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I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
2 CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES
4 April 25, 1989
5 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of
6 Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. The meeting had been preceded by the
7 Board of Review Continuation Meeting at 6:30 P.M. followed by a Council
8 Executive Session.
9 ROLL CALL
10 Present: Marks, Sundland, Enrooth, Makowske.
11 Absent: Ranallo.
12 Also present: David Childs, City Manager
13 Sue VanderHeyden, Assistant to the City Manager
14 APRIL 11, 1989 COUNCIL MINUTES
15 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve with the following
16 change:
0 Page 1, line 17: Capitalize "April".
18 Notion parried, WMimously.
19 APRIL 11,_1289 gXECUTIVE SESSION COUNCIL NIHMS
20 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve as submitted.
21 Motion carried unanimously.
22 The April 11th Board of Review Minutes were laid over for clarification
23 of Mr. Child's statement on Page 4.
24 LICENSESaMMITS/PBTI-TIONS
25 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to grant the following licenses
26 as listed in the April 25, 1989 Council agenda packet:
27 Cigarette
28 Dave's St. Anthony Mobil (renewal).
29 Contractors
30 Midway Sign Co. , Inc. , St. Paul, MN
® Barkley Construction, Minneapolis, MN
r Asphalt Specialties Co. , Lakeland, MN
1 Heating
Custom Mechanical, Inc. , Fridley, MN
3 Motion carried unanimously.
4 Motion by Sundland, seconded by Enrooth to grant an on-sale 3 .2 beer
5 permit to Emerald Garden Restaurant in Apache Plaza for which the
6 necessary papers for a wine permit have not yet been submitted by the
7 applicant.
8 Voting on the motion:
9 Aye: Sundland, Enrooth, Makowske.
10 Nay: Marks.
11 Motion carried.
12 SIS
13 Mr. Childs clarified several items in the verified claims before the
14 following:
15 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of all City
16 accounts payable listed for March 31 and April 14, in the April 25, 1989
17 agenda packet as well as all liquor accounts payable listed for March
0 31 and April 12 in the same agenda packet.
19• Motion carried unanimously.
20 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of the final
21 contract payment of $13,751.74 to Ashbach Construction for grading and
22 paving contracting on the St. Anthony Boulevard reconstruction project.
23 Motion carried unanimously.
24 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $12,754.00
25 to Polar Chevrolet for the 1989 Chevrolet Caprice squad car for the
26 Police Department.
27 Motion carried unanimously.
28 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $2,400.00
29 to the Hance & LeVahn law firm for legal services rendered for the month
30 of April, 1989 relative to St. Anthony prosecutions.
31 Motion carried unanimously.
32 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $19,627.86
33 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for May sewer services.
34 Motion-carried unanimously.
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Motion by Sundland, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $1,988.40
to the Government Training Service as the consultant's fee plus travel
3 expenses related to the January 20-21 Planning and Goal Setting Retreat.
4 Motion carried unanimously.
5 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $4,542.35
6 to Hennepin County as the amount the City engineers calculated remained
7 for the County Road D Reconstruction Project.
8 Motion carried unanimously.
9 REPORTS
10 APRIL 5, 1989 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES PERTAININGTO HARDEES SIGN
11 VARIANCE REQUEST - COMMISSIONER TED BROWNELL
12 Variance Granted for Second Hardees Sign
13 Planning Commission Recommendation
14 Commissioner Brownell reported the applicant had requested a Council
15 decision on his variance be delayed until the April 25th meeting. The
16 Commission representative used the portions of the April 5th minutes
17 pertaining to this issue as well as design drawings of the proposed sign
41 as reference points in his report. He also indicated:
19 -The variance request was for a 37.1 square foot sign to be erected
20 on the south facing mansard roof in addition to the 76 square foot
21 freestanding sign which, in 1985, the restaurant owner had been
22 permitted by the City to 'take down from the roof and install instead
23 on the southeast corner of his property close to Silver Lake Road.
24 -The restaurant would have a total of 107.1 square feet of signage
25 with the second sign where the City ordinance allows 150 square feet
26 of signage, but only one sign per establishment.
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27 -The Commission had recommended with a 3 to 2 vote that the variance
28 for the second sign be granted for the reasons reported in the
29 Commission minutes which the Commissioner summarized.
30 Councilmember Marks commented that "state law says 'hardship' has to
31 result from what's written in the ordinance or is the nature of the
32 ordinance and/or the nature of the lot itself which makes it different
33 from other lots when it comes to 'shape, unusual topography, etc. and not
34 whether it's difficult to get business without the signage." He asked
35 Commissioner Brownell whether the Commission had taken that into account
36 with their recommendation.
37 The Commissioner's response was that he perceived the majority of the
38 Commissioners were of the opinion that "the site did have unique
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1 difficulties which represented a hardship because the main access
available into the site, itself is on a service road to Apache from which
the visibility of. both the freestanding sign in front of the restaurant
4 and the restaurant .itself are obstructed by the gas station and vehicles
5 parked around it. He reiterated that a northbound driver on Silver Lake
6 Road might find it difficult to identify the restaurant in time to turn
7 onto the service. road because of these obstructions. The Commission
8 representative confirmed that the Commission had been convinced that
9 there was something about the nature of the lot itself which caused the
10 hardship and not just the economic difficulties of the owner.
11 Councilmember Bnrooth observed the objectiveness of the report in spite
12 of Commissioner Brownell's own perspective as indicated in his vote on
13 the Commission's motion.
14 Proponents - Charlene D. and Ren R. Johnson, Hardees owners
15 lir. Johnson reiterated that as soon as the weather permitted the
16 freestanding sign in front of his restaurant would be enclosed down to
17 the ground level. He answered Council questions as follows:
18 -the roof sign would be internally lit on only the south side facing
19 Silver Lake Road;
20 -thinks the sign he had moved off the roof looked "super" where it was
21 now but "the banners the Mobil station is able to have hide the
Hardees sign from northbound traffic and make a sign on the roof
necessary to identify the restaurant in time to turn into the service
24 road on the other side of the gas station. ";.
25 -pointed out that there was no break in the Silver Lake median which
26 would allow prospective customers to turn around once they've made
27 that identification.
28 Councilmember Makowske indicated that, because of the residential area
29 across the street, she would like to have the sign turned off at 11:00
30 P.M. which is the. latest time the restaurant owner had said his business
31 would be open.
32 Council Action
33 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to accept the recommendations of
34 the Planning Commission and grant a variance from the Sign Ordinance of
35 the City Code to allow the proposed 37.1 foot wall sign on the westerly
36 portion of the south facing mansard roof of the Hardees Restaurant,
37 . 4004, Silver Lake Road, subject to the sign lighting being turned off
38 at 11:00 P.M.
39 In granting the variance (for a second sign at this location) the
40 Council finds, as did the Planning Commission) , that:
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1 1. The sign meets all conditions required by the statute to be satisfied
Wbefore a sign variance can be authorized because:
3 a. it won't be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to
4 other property in the same area;
5 b. the sign would help overcome the hardship of not being able to
6 identify the turn into the restaurant; and
7 C. the restaurant's setback from Silver Lake Road, where its
8 visibility is obstructed by signage and vehicles parked in front
9 of a gas station, make it somewhat unique in terms of visibility.
10 2. The City Council recently granted the Burger Ring Restaurant, which
11 is proposed to be constructed in close proximity to Hardees, a
12 variance to the sign -code which permitted multi-signage for that
13 building.
14 3. No opposition to the variance was expressed to staff either before or
15 after the April 5th Commission hearing and no one appeared in
16 opposition during the Council's April 25th consideration.
17 Motion carried unanimously.
18 Restaurant Owner Perceives Loss for Business Community with De ure
19 of ,Mr. Childs
is Before he left the meeting, Mr. Johnson told the Councilmembers he hated
21 to see Mr. Childs leave St. Anthony because he perceived the City
22 Manager had always been most helpful to him and other businessmen in the
23 City.
-24 COUNCIL REPORTS
25 domcilmember. Marks Reports Attendance the Previous Week at Lavern
26 Go-yernmtent Training Session and Youth Service Bureau Executive Board
27 Meeting
28 The Councilmember reported that he thought the Council might be as
29 interested as he had been to learn during the YSB Board meeting that
30 almost 90% of the inmates incarcerated at the men's prison at Stillwater
31 and a women's reformatory one of the Board members had visited, had been
32 either physically or sexually abused themselves when they were children.
33 Councilmember Marks said he had concluded from what he had heard at that
34 meeting that whatever organizations like the YSB can do to protect kids
35 from that type of abuse could have an "incredible payoff in the future
36 even if you only considered that in terms of money and not lives which
37 are lost. "
38 CeuncLlmember Enrooth Warns of Immending Controversy About Who's Going
39 to Monitor Groundwater Contapaination
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1 The Councilmember had co-signed a letter to the municipalities served
by the Groundwater Study Committee, of which he is a member, warning
of the need for monitoring groundwater to prevent contaminant seepage.
4 He said he anticipated there might be the same problems over whether
5 the state or the county should be responsible as there had been with the
6 watershed district issues. Mr. Childs indicated the letter was being
7 circulated.
8 Childs Reno�tsAMU 19th Ramsey County League of Loyal Governments
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10 Councilmember Makowske reported she had been unable to attend the above
11 because of her father's hospitalization for a few days last week. She
12 indicated she was glad the City Manager had been able to make the
13 meeting and wondered whether any action had been taken related to
14 banning plastics:
15 Mr. Childs reported the meeting had merely touched on the plastics
16, issue, promising to generate copies of the Minneapolis ordinance which
17 the City Manager reported he had been able to get for inclusion in the
18 agenda packet and discussion later in the meeting. He said the main
19 focus of the RCLLG meeting had been the joint sharing of the Turtle Lake
20 Elementary gymnasium by the City of Shoreview and the Mounds View School
21 District as an example of joint projects between cities and school
22 districts.
Councilmember Makov;ske I d� icates Historical Society Undertaking
ftabership Drive and Ma ing� Arrangements for Booth at Villa"Fest
25 The Councilmember reported her committee was developing a membership
26 form to accomplish the above and she had met briefly with the
27 VillageFest Committee regarding the booth. She indicated the Historical
28 Committee would like to have the resident data she was circulating that
29 evening published in the next Newsletter so people can turn them in
30 during the community celebration in June. Councilmember Makowske also
31 reported she and Florence Marks would have the by-laws and incorporation
32 documents ready for review by the Committee at their next meeting.
33 ASL 11, 1989 BOARD OF RMEN MINUTES
34 Action on the above had been deferred for clarification of the City
35 Manager's comments on Page 4 which he recommended be deleted as
36 "unimportant to any particular property valuation change."
37 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve the April 11th Board
38 of Review Minutes with deletion of all. of Mr. Childs' comments in lines
39 24-28.
40 Notion ,carried unanimously.
41 PUBLIC HEARINGS
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I PUBLIC HEARINGS
Council Agrees to Assist in Funding Three Year Silver Lake Geese Removal
3 Project
4 At 8:00 P.M. Mayor Sundland opened the hearing on the above by reading
5 aloud the Notice of Hearing which had 'been published in the April 2nd
6 Bulletin. The Mayor reported learning from Mayor Hadtrath of Columbia
7 Heights that his City Council had already passed a motion authorizing
8 payment of their share of the costs of having the geese removed under
9 the supervision of Dr. James Cooper of the University of Minnesota as
10 requested by the Silver Lake Residents Association. Mayor Sundland
11reported that although he and the other Councilmembers were certainly
12 conscious of the problem, he personally had heard from no lake residents
13 one way or the other since the Notice was published.
14 Proponents
15 Jerry and Diane Faust,_ 4033 Silver Lake Terrace, were present to speak
16 in favor of the program. Mr. Faust indicated that although he did not
17 belong- to the Residents Association and could not speak for its members,
18 he stated that "as one of those most affected by the geese because I
19 live on the point where they squawked the most," he was certainly for
20 their removal. He said he was also assuming all property owners who had
21 the same problem would be in favor of their removal.
10 Councilmember Enrooth indicated that he had concluded from what he had
seen so far that although there would probably never be a 100% consensus
24 of all lake residents, the problems with the geese had escalated .to the
25 point where the highest level of agreement had been reached around the
26 lake in spite of diverse interests connected to the geese. The
27 Councilmember warned that even with a three year program, .all the geese
28 would never be removed, but at least additional growth in their numbers
29 would be limited. Because of the inborn instincts of the geese to
30 return each year to the island where they first nested, the proposed
31 removal program was the most logical way of preventing the problem from
32 growing.
33 Ron Severson, 2912 Silver Lake Court, as President of the Silver Lake
34 Residents Association, indicated he lived on a cul de sac which was not
35 on the lake and not directly impacted by the geese except when they flew
36 over. However, he reported, at the last Association meeting last June,
37 the largest attendance he had ever seen had been present because of the
38 geese and the removal program idea.
39 The Association President then introduced Dr. Cooper, who he said could
40 personally report on his meeting with the Columbia Heights City Council
41 and could answer this City Council's questions about how effective
42 similar geese removal programs had been in other areas.
43 Dr. Cooper reported that:
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1 -Because geese instinctively return to the area where they first nest,
the young geese on the island would be relocated to Minnesota areas
i where there are currently not enough geese.
4 -The DNR would transport the mature geese to areas in Kentucky,
5 Tennessee, and Arkansas -where theywould be welcomed and hopefully
6 exchanged for turkeys to be relocated in southern Minnesota.
7 -The primary feathers in the wings of the adult geese would be clipped
8 in a manner no more painful than clipping human fingernails which
9 would prevent them from following their inborn homing instincts to
10 return to the area where they originally nested. Once they have
11 nested in a new location, that instinct would be transferred to that
12 new location.
13 The. University of Minnesota's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
14 Professor pointed to the phenomenal 200% growth rate for geese which had
15 produced anywhere from 200 to 300 geese on the island where the last
16 computer data his department had was for seven pairs in 1983. Dr.
17 Cooper reported the four year program his department had undertaken on
18 Long Lake in New Brighton had reduced .the goose population from 170 to
19 35 this year, with only 15 expected this spring.
20. Dean Prekker, 2401 Silver Lane, indicated his wife, who was with him,
21 was Association Secretary and the minutes of the last meeting which she
22 had with her that evening indicated that the members of the Silver Lake
16 Residents Association although not unanimous in their agreement, the
majority by far favored the geese removal program and an additional
25. Association assessment of $20.00 per year per member was instituted to
26 support it. He reiterated that there had been the largest attendance
27 by far than at any other Association meeting was to vote for the
28 program. The lake resident drew the Council's attention to the- fact
29 that when the same proposal had been made at the Columbia Heights
30 Council meeting, there had also been no one speaking in opposition to
31 the proposal. He attributed that to the experience both Columbia
32 Heights and St. Anthony residents who use the swimming beach on the
33 Columbia Heights side have had with the geese droppings.
34 Mayor Sundland commented that Mayor Hadtrath had told him the Columbia
35 Heights Council had certainly been positive about the program and the
36 St. Anthony Mayor said he sensed none of the St. Anthony Councilmembers
37 were opposed to it. He. therefore closed the hearing at 8:20 P.M.
38 Council Action
39 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to authorize the funding of the
40 proposed three year geese removal program for Silver Lake for an amount
41 not to exceed $1,000.00.
42 Motion .carried unanimously.
43 CO , INU TION OF REPORTS
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DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES
2 Brief discussions preceded the orders to file the following:
3 -April 11th report from Hance & LeVahn reporting cases the City
4 Prosecutors had handled in Hennepin County District Court up to and
5 including April 5, 1989;
6 -March Liquor Operation Sales Summary;
7 \ -January and February Police Department Reports including the February
8 Police Reserves Report.
9 CITY MANAGER
10 April 18, 1989 Staff Meeting Notes
11 Mr. Childs told Councilmember Marks he believed the sidewalk along the
12 west side of Silver Lake Road up to Highway 694 was a part of Ramsey
13 County's preliminary plans for upgrading that same portion of Silver
14 Lake Road and would be paid for from County MSA funds. The City
15 Manager said he anticipated the project would be a couple of years
16 down the. road, although funding was more available for this. project
17 than. it had been for County Road D.
Councilmember Makowske observed that the Public Works Department had
managed to dispose of most of the dead fish along the Silver Lake
20 shoreline. Mr. Childs told her it had taken several workers and a
21 portion of a six yard dumpster to get the job done in about a day.
22 Councilmember Enrooth said he understood most of the .winter killed
23 fish were carp with only a few panfish to dispose of.
24 Mr. Childs indicated he wasn't certain whether 29th Avenue had been
25 swept by the Public Works crews, but in any event, the Publlic Works
26 Department would probably have to, as in years past, do a second
27 sweeping to remove the refuse from boulevards which residents push out
28 into the streets.
29 Staff Directed to Adapt Minneapolis Food Packaging Ordinance for St
30 Anthony
31 Ms. VanderHeyden's April , 20th memorandum discussed the copy of the
32 ordinance which she had included in the agenda packet and Mr. Childs
33 reported the various reactions he anticipated from other municipalities,
34 the counties and the state, some of which might pre-empt local
35 regulations.
36 Councilmember Marks indicated he had been the one who requested staff
37 get a copy of the ordinance and said he believed it should be modified
38 and passed by the Council. Councilmember Makowske seconded his motion
39 to that effect, saying she perceived the City should do everything it
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1 could to remove nondegradable nonreturnable and nonrecyclable packaging
from the waste stream. The maker of the motion indicated one of the
other- reasons he favored the removal of plastics was because most of
4 them were produced from petro chemicals which were also environmentally
5 damaging. The Councilmember said' he believed that as long as plastics
6 can't be reused, he could see no reason to continue their use.
7 Mayor Sundland said he agreed with both of them, but thought the issue
8 of environmental preservation from environmentally acceptable packaging
9 should really be handled by the state legislature to avoid a "hodge
10 podge" of ordinances which might, in the long run, result in the issue
11 . not getting the acceptance it deserved. Councilmember.Makowske said she
12 agreed that this concept should be statewide but thought the fact that
13 cities were passing these ordinances would give a "clear message" and
14 impetus to the state legislature to act quicker. Councilmember Marks
15 indicated he didn't think what St. Anthony did was going to take a big
16 difference in the overall scheme of things, but he perceived the real
17 value lay in a lot of municipalities passing ordinances like this.
18 Councilmember Enrooth agreed that it was important to have support of
19 the larger cities' actions around the first and second ring suburbs
20 because a voice which has some consensus to it might convince the
21 manufacturers to voluntarily change back to more environmentally
22 acceptable packaging like glass, etc.
23 Mr. Childs said both Minneapolis and St. Paul wanted the state to take
24 over the legislation and had in fact requested they do so. Those
cities had also perceived the need for federal help as well. However,
he pointed out that Minneapolis had licensed food establishments prior
27 to passing their ordinance which gave them the mechanism for regulation
28 which St. Anthony currently doesn't have. Since revocation of such
29 licenses is the penalty for non-compliance, the City lacks the tool for
30 enforcement which is an issue on which staff would need further
31 guidance. The City Manager also pointed out that Minneapolis has a
32 Health Commissioner who is charged with enforcing the process, and had
33 also set up a process for establishing rules and regulations, as well
34 as an Advisory Committee on Environmental Acceptable Packaging to
35 oversee the process. He suggested it might be beneficial for St:
36 Anthony to meet with Minneapolis officials to see whether in light of
37 St. Anthony's small size and proximity, requests for commercially
38 acceptable packaging can be referred to the Minneapolis agencies which
39 are already in existence. The Manager also sought Council suggestions
40 about how enforcement could be handled. It was agreed that the food and
41 beverage industry would be lobbying strongly against having to spend
42 millions of dollars to retool their plants. However, Mr. Childs said,
43 he perceived those industries always had the options of making their
44 packaging recyclable or creating markets for the kinds of plastics they
45 are now using.
46 The option of having a deposit charged on containers to make them
47 returnable was also explored.
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I The issues of enforcement and determination of what's commercially
Wacceptable were left for further staff research.
3 Council Action
4 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to direct staff to study the
5 Minneapolis Food Packaging ordinance further and make the appropriate
6 changes necessary for a St. Anthony ordinance.
7 Motion carried unanimously.
8 Council Authorizes a S2,000.00 Loan for a St. Anthony Parade Float
9 A copy of the agreement with Parade Productions Incorporated to
10 construct and decorate the above 26 foot long, 10 foot wide, 12 foot
11 high float for $4,500.00;- which °had -been executed by -the President of
12 the St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce, had been included in the agenda
13 packet as well as the drawing of the proposed float. Mr. Childs
14 reported that the VillageFest Committee through the Chamber of Commerce,
15 had requested that the City authorize the initial $2,000.00 loan to get
16 the process started. Ms.. VanderHeyden reported the Committee had
17 received a contribution of $2,500.00 from the Tri-City American Legion;'
18 $500.00 from TCF; $200.00 from Berger Transfer; and she thought $500.00
19 from the. St. Anthony National Bank as well as a number of $25.00 and
20 $10.00 donations from other sources to help fund the project. ,
21 Committee members are continuing the phone solicitations of other
businesses and residents are also being contacted, the Assistant to the
City Manager said. She . also reported the VillageFest Committee had
24 decided the previous evening to get a beverage company to send out a
25 refrigerated van which could serve as the Committee headquarters from
26 which Committee members could sell ice cream, pop, and popcorn with
27 profits used to support the float project. The Fest button only needed
28 a logo, Ms. VanderHeyden added. At the suggestion of several
29 Councilmembers, she agreed to contact Don Makowske personally to see if
30 he would be willing to direct his talents to that project. The
31 Assistant to the City Manager concluded her report by indicating she
32 perceived a lot of progress had been made to assure the success of the
33 VillageFest with many activities, including a 5K run to draw larger
34 crowds.
35 ' Council Action
36 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to authorize a loan of $2,000.00
37 to cover the start-up costs for the St. Anthony Parade Float.
38 Motion carried unanimously.
39 ARM Property Tax Brochure Welcomed as Tool for llaining City's Share
40 of at. Anthony Tax Bills
41 Staff had included in the agenda packet copies of the brochure with
42 which the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities had attempted to
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I make property taxes more understandable and to draw comparisons between
the inconsistencies between property taxes paid in the metro area and
those paid by outstate communities. Several municipal newsletters
4 underscoring the points made in the brochure had also been attached for
5 the Council's information.
6 Councilmember Makowske indicated she thought the explanation Ms.
7 VanderHeyden had given in the latest Newsletter had been excellent and
8 should help residents distinguish just what percentage of their tax
9 bills were attributable to the City. The Councilmember said she was
10 convinced after conversations with a good many residents that many of
11 them had failed to make that distinction and still blamed the City for
12 the cost of services provided by the school and other governmental
13 entities which are paid from City property taxes.
14 Favorable Workmen's Compensation Claims Earn City $46,477 Insurance
15 Refund
16 Mr. Childs held up the check from the League of Cities Insurance Trust
17 Fund which the City had earned from a favorable loss experience during
18 1987-1988. He added that several claims this year might result in a
19 smaller check next year, but said he didn't, expect a large rise in the
20 City's experience modification rate because it would be calculated on
21 multiple year losses and "if the City could make 1989/90 like 1987/88,
22 it would be doing very well."
Staff Recommends Piller Management, Inc. to Manage Proceeds of City's
Settlement With Army
25 Mr. Childs reported he and Ms. VanderHeyden had recently met with
26 representatives of the above firm who are custodians for the 4M Fund
27 through the League of Minnesota Cities who had submitted the proposal
28 to manage the City's settlement funds'- he was distributing to
29 Councilmembers that evening. The City Manager said the management firm
30 also had a program which could set up time schedules for operating the
31 permanent carbon filtration facilities. He also indicated both Ms.
32 VanderHeyden and he had perceived that because of the management
33 company's relationship with the League and the level of trust the staff
34 had been able to build through working with the same people on the 4M
35 Fund, Piper Management might be a good possibility for managing the
36 settlement funds.
37 Manager Again Thanked for His "Seven and a Half Year Tour of Duty With
38 St. Anthony"
39 The Mayor offered the above expression of appreciation especially for
40 the humor Mr. Childs had always added to each of his reports during
41 Council meetings over the years which he said Councilmembers would miss
42 once he's gone.
43 NEW BUSINESS
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1 Police Department to Use Savings From Managing Fitness Program In-House
4Vto Purchase a Heavier Duty Treadmill
3 The above proposal had been made in Chief Hickerson's April 17th
4 memorandum where the Police Chief requested permission to use the
5 $1,200.00 budgeted for a fitness consultant, $300.00 saved from the
6 purchase of a radio, and $1,500.00 already budgeted for equipment to
7 purchase a Trotter Model 440 treadmill for aerobic exercises, which
8 would cost about $2,944.00, or $1,444.00 more than had been budgeted for
9 this equipment.
10 Mr. Childs indicated he agreed with the Chief's assumption that a
11 heavier duty treadmill was needed where so many persons were using the
12 same equipment and pointed out that only a budget transfer was actually
13 being requested.
14 Council Action
15 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to authorize the necessary budget
16 transfer to allow the Police Department to purchase a Trotter Model 440
17 treadmill from Tread Aerobics Industries for $2,944.00, as recommended
18 by Police Chief Don Hickerson.
19 Motion carried unanimously.
20 New Signage ARRroved for City Owned Businesses
aRay Nelson, Liquor Operations Manager, was present to answer questions
22 related to new signage proposed for the Stonehouse, 2700 Highway 88,
23 about which the Assistant to the City Manager had written an April 21st
24 memorandum in the agenda packet and reported the two bids which had been
25 received for the proposed signage. Ms. VanderHeyden had recommended the
26 low bid of $6,165.00 from Arrow Sign Company be accepted for the sign
27 package to include removing the canopy on the east side of the building;
28 moving it to the west side; and removing the existing Restaurant sign
29 from the front of the building.
30 Mr. Nelson clarified the documents in the agenda packet by telling the
31 Councilmembers that:
32 -He anticipated no problem selling the generic Restaurant sign
33 Mannings had purchased when they moved in.
34 -The 69 foot long, 4 foot deep, back-lit awning would be installed all
35 across the front of the building and would carry the words Stonehouse
36 above the entrance and Dining & Dancing on the left section and Bar
37 &. Grill on the right.
38 -Egg crating would prevent the sign lighting from reflecting back into
39 the large window on that side.
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1 -There would be no signage on the east side of the building except the
existing pylon on which the copy might be 'changed. The existing
canopy sign on the front would be relocated above the west side entry
4 where diagonal parking for the SAV I liquor warehouse shouldn't
5 interfere with its visibility from Kenzie Terrace, St. Anthony
6 Boulevard, and Silver Lake Road.
7 -He thought a burgundy and ivory combination of colors would work well
8 in the awning and should blend well with the stone on the building.
9 Copy for the proposed sign changes on the pylon sign was then considered
10 with Councilmember Makowske suggesting several modifications in
11 lettering size and position to make the sign more effective. Mr. Childs
12 advised that there would be a similar canopy sign going up on at the
13 Apache Wells establishment for which he thought a deep green. color might
14 be effective ,without altering the competition between the two City
15 operations.
16 In relation to the issues he perceived the Council needed to consider
17 with the Stonehouse signage, Mr. Childs indicated:
18 a. Since it identifies a separate building, the Stonehouse sign
19 should require no formal action at all except approval of the
20 color combinations.
21 b. The new awning system represents less than 150 square feet of
sign surface which is allowed for one location.
23 C. The southern exposure of the relocated canopy can't be seen
24 anyway and therefore could easily be eliminated, leaving only
25 the lettering for Stonehouse and Dining & Dancing to be
26 considered which, in light of the many recent precedents for
27 allowing more than one sign for locations which can be seen from
28 more than one street (Kenzie Terrace, St. Anthony Boulevard, and
29 Silver Lake Road in this case) , might be allowable.
30 d. The argument could also be made that because Mannings Restaurant
31 is a separate business within the City's establishment, that
32 business might deserve its own identification.
33 e. Only the copy would be changed on the "grandfathered in" pylon
34 sign.
35 The discussion of whether regular variance processes had to be followed
36 when it came to community owned buildings centered around the assumption
37 which had been reinforced with the licensing procedures, that the City
38 as a regulatory agency should not have to seek licenses or variances for
39 itself. The consensus was that of all the signage being considered,
40 only the existing canopy signage would require a variance for any
41 private business- seeking the same signage approval.
42 Council Action
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Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to authorize the erection of
the proposed awning on the front of the Stonehouse liquor operation
3 facing Highway 88.
4 Notion carried unanimously.
5 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to authorize the change in copy
6 proposed for the existing City's pylon sign on the Highway 88 side of
7 the Stonehouse.
8 NotiM carried unanimously.
9 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to refer the plans for potential
10 signage on the relocated canopy to the Planning Commission for their
11 review for recommendation.
12 Notion carried unanimously.
13 Mr. Nelson was then requested to investigate signage improvement for
14 the Apache SAV II liquor operation.
15 Councilmember Enrooth commented that he was somewhat disturbed to see
16 the number of times when there were only five Commissioners present to
17 vote on issues on which he would have preferred to have gotten the
18 perspective of all seven Commissioners.
09 Police De rp�eht MWgyment Contract ApVxgyAd by Council
20 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to adopt Resolution 89-009 which
21 approves the 1989 union contract with the City Police Department with
22 necessary modifications of language to bring the agreement up to date.
23 RESOLUTION 89-009
24 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE 1989 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
25 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY AND AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE,
26 COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) COUNCIL 14, LOCAL 57
27 REPRESENTING THE ST. ANTHONY POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
28 Motion carried unanimously.
29 St. Anthgnv Given Hennepin County Award for Recycl ng Efforts
30 Ns. VanderHeyden indicated the plaque had been given to the City during
31 the annual recycling luncheon sponsored by Hennepin County, April 19th.
32 She said the City had been honored for recycling 13% of its wastes.
33 The Assistant. to the City Manager indicated the Minnesota Pollution
34 Control Agency and the City had not completed the final draft of the
35 agreement concerning the permanent carbon filtration facility.
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1 ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the City Council meeting
3 at 9:25 P.M.
4 Motion carried unanimously.
5 Respectfully submitted,
6 Helen Crowe, Secretary
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8 Mayor
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