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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08081989 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII ioisza Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1989 Document: CC MINUTES 08081989 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY � 2 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 3 August 8, 1989 4 The meeting was called to order at 7: 32 P.M. with the Pledge of 5 Allegiance led by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo. • 6 ROLL CALL 7 Present: Ranallo, Enrooth, Marks, Makowske (enter 7: 36 P.M. ) . 8 Absent: Sundland. Mayor Sundland and his wife are visiting Salo, 9 Finland, St. Anthony's Sister City. 10 Also present: Sue VanderHeyden, Acting City Manager 11 William Soth, City Attorney 12-- JULY 26, 1989 COUNCIL MINUTES 13 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve with the following 14 changes: 15 Councilmember 'Makowske arrived at 7:36 P.M. 16 Page 1: Add "Councilmember Enrooth arrived at 6: 35, P.M. " 417 before "LICENSES/PERMITSIPETITIONS". 8 Page 2: Add "Councilmember Makowske .arrived at 6:38 P.M. " 19 before "REPORTS". 20 Page 4, para. 4: Delete "the" before "accommodations" ; add "the" 21 before "parking" in last line. 22 Page 5, para. 1: Add "parking" before "had" in line 2. 23 Change "erroneous" to "wrong because of the market 24 change" in last line. 25 Page 6, para. 1: Correct spelling of "Ames" One-Hour Photo in line 26 5. Add "Councilmember Ranallo left at 7: 25 P.M. for 27 a VillageFest meeting. " 28 Page 9, para. 3: Add "Barb" after "Connie" in line 2. 29 30 Motion carried unanimously. 31 LICENSESZPERMITSJPETITIONS 32 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve the following licenses:, 33 Contractors 34 Scott Stern., dba, Scott Stern Construction, St. Paul 35 Western Remodelers, St. Paul 36 Straitline Construction, Minneapolis 37 W. Zintl Construction, Inc. , North St. Paul 8 Cedarcraft Construction Design, Maple Grove 9 Cornerstone Home Exteriors, Anoka el Heating 2 Air Conditioning Associates 3 Motion carried unanimously. 4 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to approve the following 3.2 5 beer permits: 6 3 . 2 Beer Permits 7 Douglas C. Parker, 2800 West Armour Terrace, August 10, 1989, Central 8 Park, company softball game. 9 Dennis Fagerlee, 3407 Croft Street N.E. , August 16, 1989, Central Park, 10 company picnic. 11 Dennis Fagerlee, 3407 Croft Street N.E. , August 21 , 1989, Central Park, 12 family picnic. 13 Before voting on the motion, the Mayor Pro Tem requested staff to change 14 the beer permit for the St. Charles Steak Fry, September 15, 1989, to 15 include "and on the grounds" for where the beer will be allowed. 16 Voting on the motion: 7 Aye: Ranallo, Enrooth, Makowske. 8 Nay: Marks. 19 Motion carried. 20 CLAIMS 21 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Ranallo to approve payment of the 22 verified claims. 23 Motion carried unanimously. 24 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $1,372.92 25 to Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. relating to replacement of the Foss 26 Road Lift Station. 27 Motion carried unanimously. 28 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $3 .348.00 to 29 the Calgon Carbon Corporation relating to the temporary granular 30 activated carbon system. 31 Motion carried unanimously. • 2 1 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $15,782. 25 2 to the Employee Benefit Administration Company as the quarterly payment � 3 for participation in the League of Minnesota Cities Self-Insured 4 Workers' Compensation Program. 5 Motion carried unanimously. 6 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $2,832.13 7 to Dorsey & Whitney for legal services rendered from June 1, 1989 8 through June 30, 1989. 9 Motion carried unanimously. 10 Cable T.V. Update it Dennis Murphy, 3412 Downers Drive, who is the City Representative on the 12 North Suburban Cable Commission, was present to discuss the current 13 issues facing that Commission. 14 Mr. Murphy distributed a four page report to the Councilmembers and 15 staff which listed four major issues which were discussed. He discussed 16 in depth the Commission's plan for taking over public access television 17 from North Central Cable. 18 Mr. Murphy called the council's attention to the two items which had 19 caused the most concern in the plan, which were that the Cable Company 20 had not provided the required funding to the community programming 01function; and that, without approval of the Commission, the Cable 2 Company had reduced the performance bonds. Mr. Murphy does feel, 23 however, that the Cable Company and Commission will come to agreement, 24 possibly as early as August, 1989. 25 Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo inquired as to Mr. Murphy's thoughts on cable 26 deregulation. Mr. Murphy indicated that federal legislation appears 27 to be headed back towards regulation. Both men agreed that cable T.V. 28 costs have increased almost 40% since deregulation went into effect. 29 Mr. Murphy also asked for Council opinion on televising City Council and 30 Planning Commission meetings. Overall, Councilmembers agreed they would 31 be in favor of televising their meetings, but expressed concerns about 32 costs to the City, equipment, quality, community interest, and the 33 City's ability to find a person with the expertise to film the meetings 34 on a consistent basis. 35 Mr. Murphy responded to Council's concern about costs by saying the City 36 receives $21,000 plus from franchise money or, he suggested applying for 37 available grant money. 38 Councilmember Makowske's suggestion to wait until a new City Manager is 39 in place before looking into this matter further met with a motion by 40 Councilmember Marks to direct staff to set up televising City Council 41 and Planning Commission meetings with a target date of two months. The • 3 1 motion failed to receive a second, whereupon the following motion was 2 made: • 3 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to direct staff to investigate 4 televising City Council and Planning. Commission meetings; to ascertain 5 appropriate costs, availability of equipment, and other related 6 information to be ready for presentation at the September 12, 1989 7 Council meeting. 8 Motion carried unanimously. 9 REPORTS 10 COUNCIL 11 Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo expressed his sorrow at the death of Bill 12 Flaherty. The other Councilmembers echoed their agreement and said Mr. 13 Flaherty had been a community leader of the highest regard for many 14 years and he will be greatly missed. 15 Barb Olsonoski of Apache Plaza, informed the Mayor Pro Tem that Apache 16 will not be sponsoring a queen for next year. Council and staff will 17 research other community service organizations as to interest in this 18 sponsorship. The cost to the sponsor would be about $3 ,000 for 19 conducting the pageant, advertising, selection, and entering the queen 20 in the Aquatennial and Winter Carnival contests. Ms. Olsonoski agreed 21 to assist another sponsor if one is found. •22 Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo also spoke about the success of the VillageFest 23 celebration. He said most of the vendors made money and that many of 24 those gave the money back to the community. He and Mrs. Ranallo are 25 planning a get together for those who helped with the VillageFest. 26 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES 27 The following reports were ordered filed: 28 *Hance & LeVahn, Ltd. on various matters conducted at the Hennepin 29 County District Court up to and including July 19, 1989. 30 *Police Reserve Monthly Report for June, 1989. 31 *After Councilmember Marks noted the fact that the firefighters 32 responded to six times more total medicals (32) than fires (5) , the 33 Fire Department July, 1989, Monthly Report was also filed. 34 ACTING CITY MANAGER 35 The Councilmembers congratulated Acting City Manager VanderHeyden on her 36 election to the Board of. the Minnesota Association of Urban Management 37 Assistants, which had been noted in the August 1st Staff Meeting Notes. • _ 4 1 PUBLIC HEARINGS • 2 The public hearing on the property tax assessment against 3316 Skycroft 3 Circle was opened at 8: 35 P.M. by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo. The notice of 4 hearing had been published in the Bulletin on July 26 and August 2, 1989 5 and was delivered by certified mail to the property owner, Frances Cheng 6 at her California address. 7 Mr. Wallace Anderson, 3321 Skycroft Circle, which is directly across 8 from the Cheng property, was present to comment on the increasingly poor 9 appearance of the property. 10 The owner's son, Dr. John Cheng, had contacted Acting City Manager 11 VanderHeyden prior to the hearing and indicated he had been unaware of . 12 the large amount of overdue bills but would like to attempt to pay the 13 bills before they are certified to the County. Ms. VanderHeyden 14 suggested that, because the son was very cooperative and the City has 15 until October to certify, she would recommend the Council approve 16 Resolution 89-020 and the resolution would not be certified to the 17 County for one month, allowing the Cheng's to yet resolve the issue. 18 The City Attorney confirmed the legality of this procedure and indicated 19 that the City could indeed certify the assessment if all costs are not 20 paid. 21 The public hearing was closed at 8:45 P.M. 22 Before the motion to approve Resolution 89-020 was made, the 024 3 Councilmembers directed that the legal fees incurred since the Resolution was developed should also be paid by the property owners in 25 a separate motion. 26 Motion by Marks, seconded by, Enrooth to approve the resolution 27 certifying water bill, maintenance, and legal costs, to include an 8% 28 rate of interest per annum on those costs; said interest to begin in 29 one month (September 8, 1989) , to the County Auditor regarding property 30. at 3316 Skycroft Circle. 31 RESOLUTION 89-020 '32 A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING CHARGES TO THE COUNTY 33 AUDITOR TO BE LEVIED AGAINST CERTAIN PROPERTIES 34 FOR COLLECTION WITH THE TAXES PAYABLE IN 1990 35 Motion carried unanimously. 36 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to add onto the above costs as 37 listed in Resolution 89-020 any and all legal fees incurred by the City 38 must also be paid by the property owner of 3316 Skycroft Circle. 39 Motion carried unanimously. _ 5 1 ACTING CITY MANAGER (continued) • 2 The Acting City Manager reported that Well #3 will be reopened 3 Wednesday, August 9, 1989. 4 It appears that the search for a Council Secretary has been completed. 5 Jo-Anne Student, a resident of Northeast Minneapolis, has indicated her 6 interest in the job and the Acting City Manager expects Ms. Student to 7 take the minutes of the August 15th Planning Commission meeting. 8 Lastly, Ms. VanderHeyden said there is enough money in the 9 Beautification Fund to pay for the removal of newspapers for the next 10 several months. 11 NEW BUSINESS 12 Proposed Tax Levy and 1990 City Budget to Be Certified to Counties 13 Compliance with the Truth in Taxation law is difficult due to the law's 14 uncertainty; therefore a proposed tax levy and City budget has been 15 prepared as a precautionary measure to submit to Hennepin and Ramsey 16 Counties. 17 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve the resolution 18 certifying a proposed tax levy and the 1990 City Budget. 19 RESOLUTION 89-022 020 A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING PROPOSED TAX LEVY AND 1990 21 BUDGET IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN TAXATION ACT 22 Motion carried unanimously. 23 Bids for Purchases for the Apache Wells Saloon Accepted 24 Two bids were received for the furniture and equipment at the Apache 25 Wells Saloon - from Premier Restaurant Equipment and Felling Products 26 Company. 27 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Ranallo to accept the lowest bid of 28 $52, 383 .00 from Premier Restaurant Equipment Company for the purchase 29 of furniture and equipment for the Apache Wells Saloon. 30 Motion carried unanimously. 31 The following bids were received regarding the completion of the heating 32 and air conditioning duct work at the Apache Wells Saloon. 33 Installation of Heating and Air Conditioners 34 Air Conditioning Associates; A.R.I . Mechanical; Air Corp. Inc. • 6 1 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to accept the lowest bid of 2 $4 ,750.00 from Air Conditioning Associates for the installation of 0 3 heating and air conditioners at the Apache Wells Saloon. 4 Motion carried unanimously. 5 Air Exchange Unit for Kitchen 6 Air Conditioning Associates; A.R.I. Mechanical 7 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to accept the lowest bid of 8 $6,450.00 from Air Conditioning Associates for an air exchange unit for 9 the kitchen at Apache Wells Saloon. 10 11 Motion carried unanimously. 12 Installation of the Cooking Hood 13 Air Conditioning Associates; Premier Restaurant Equipment; Felling 14 Products 15 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Ranallo to accept the lowest bid of 16 $$1 .500.00 from Premier Restaurant Equipment for the installation of the 17 cooking hood at Apache Wells Saloon. 18 Motion carried unanimously. •19 Bids for the Kenzie Terrace sidewalk Project 20 Five bids were received for the installation of a sidewalk on the north 21 side of Kenzie Terrace - Northern N; Thomas & Sons; Tom Co. ; Gunderson 22 Bros. ; and Standard Sidewalk. 23 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to accept the lowest bid of 24 $21,355.00 from Standard Sidewalk to construct a sidewalk along the 25 north side of Kenzie Terrace. 26 Motion carried unanimously. 27 ADJOURNMENT . 28 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 8:55 P.M. 29 for the St. Anthony Housing and Redevelopment Authority meeting which 30 followed immediately. 31 Motion carried unanimously. 7 !, 1 Respectfully submitted, 2 Connie Kroeplin 3 AJA Ad A 4 Racyor P^aj 5 ATTEST: 6 •City- Clerk - 7 I 8 9 10 8