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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 07301991 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 101382 Box: 19 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1991 Document: CC MINUTES 07301991 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 0 2 3 COUNCIL MEETING !MINUTES OF 4 5 JULY 30, 1991 6 7 8 1 . CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 9 10 The Council Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by 11 Mayor Ranallo who led the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 13 2. ROLL CALL 14 15 Council Present: Mayor Ranallo and Councilmembers Enrooth, 16 [larks, Fleming and Wagner 17 18 Stsff Present: City Manager Burt and Management Assistant 19 Urbia. 20 21 3. APPROVAL OF JULY 30, 1991 COUNCIL AGENDA 22 23 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve the agenda for 24 the July 30, 1991 Council Meeting with the addition of a 25 status report from representatives of the Northwest Suburban 26 Youth Services Bureau and recognition of a resident who 7 earned honors at the Special Olympics. 8 29 Motion carried unanimously 30 31 4. APPROVAL OF JULY 9. 1991 COUNCIL MfiETING MINUTES 32 33 Motion by Marka, second by Fleining to approve the minutes of 34 the July 9, 1991 Council Meeting as presented and there were 35 no corrections. 36 37 Motion carried unanimously 38 39 40 Mayor Ranallo Introduced Susan Stapleton, who is the newly-hired 41 reporter for the St. Anthony edition of the Focus Newspapers. 42 43 5. LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS 44 45 Contractors Licenses 46 47 Motion by Marks, aec.-ond by Enrooth to approve the 48 contractor's license for D 6 D Construction Company of 49 Cedar, Mn. 50 51 Motion carried unanimously 103 2 3 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JULY 30, 1991 3 PAGE 2 4 5 6 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the 7 contractor's license for Albrecht Company of Roseville, Mn. 8 9 Motion carried -unanimously 10 11 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the 12 contractor's license for Ceres Tree Company of Roseville, 13 Mn. 14 15 Motion carried unanimously 16 17 Motion by !larks, second by Enrooth to approve the 18 contractor's license for Lifespace Construction. Inc. of 1.9 Fridley, Mn. 20 21 Motion carried unanimously 22 23 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the 24 contractor's license for Prescription Landscaping of St. 25 Paul, Mn . 26 i 7 Motion carried unanimously 29 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the 30 contractor's license for Clean Sweep, Inc. of Eden Prairie, 31 Mn. 32 33 Motion carried unanimously 34 35 Heating -Contractors 36 37 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the heating 38 contractor's license for St. !Serie Sheet Metal , Inc. of 39 Spring Lake Perk, Mn. 40 41 Motion carried unanimously 42 43 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the heating 44 contractor's license for Minnegasco, Inc. of Minneapolis. 45 Mn. 46 47 Motion carried unanimously 48 49 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the heating 50 contractor's license for J.K. Heating Company of St. Paul , 51 Mn. 412 3 Motion carried unanimously 54 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JULY 30, 1991 PAGE 3 4 5 6 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the heating 7 contractor's license for Dependable Indoor Air Quality, Inc. 8 of Coon Rapids, Mn. 9 10 Motion carried unanimously 11 12 Cigarette License 13 14 Motion by Wagner, second by Enrooth to approve a cigarette 15 license for Langdon, Inc. (Town b Country Foods) . 16 17 Roll call: Enrooth, Fleming, Wagner , Ranallo - aye 1.8 Marks - nay 19 20 Motion carried 21 22 3.2 Beer Off Sale 23 24 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to approve the 3.2 beer 25 off sere license for Langdon, Inc. (Town & Country Foods) . 26 10 Roll call: Enrooth, Fleming, Wagner , Ranallo - aye Wagner - nay 29 30 Motion carried 31 32 Temporary 3.2 Beer Permit 33 34 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to approve the temporary 35 3.2 beer permit for Dennis Fagerlee, 3407 Croft Drive for a 36 company picnic to be held in Central Park on' August 7, 1991 37 from 4:00 to 11:00 p.m. 38 39 Roll call: Enrooth, Fleming, Wagner, Ranallo - eye 40 Marks - nay 41 42 Motion carried unanimously 43 44 6. CLAIMS 45 46 A. Barr Engineering 47 Motion by Narks, second by Enrooth to approve payment 48 in the amount of 08,362.78 to Barr Engineering for 49- professional services rendered during the period of 50 April 28, 1991 through June 1 , 1991 . 51 52 These services were for topography maps of the waste water facility. 4 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 02 JULY 30, 1991 3 PAGE 4 4 5 6 Notion carried unaniaously_ 7 8 B. Nater Stewart Associates 9 Notion by Narks, second by Wagner to approve payment in 10 the amount of 62.052.70 to Nater Steward 6 Associates 11 for engineering services rendered frog Jun& 2' 1991 12 through June 29, 1991 for Chandler Drive plans and 13 specifications. 14 15 Notion carried unanimously 16 17 18 C. Maier Stewart & Associates 19 Motion by Marks, second 'by Wagner to approve payment in 20 the amount of 8474.08 to Maier Stewart & Associates for 21 engineering services rendered from June 2, 1991 through 22 June 29, 1991 for Kenzie Terrace sidewalk plans and 23 specifications. 24 25 Motion carried unanimously 26 7 D. American National Bank 8 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve payment 29 in the amount of $9,516.25 to the American National 30 Bank of St . Paul . This is the interest on the Genera= 31 Obligation, Equipment Bonds . 32 33 Motion carried unanimously 34 31 E. Dorsey & Whitney :6 ^7 Motiar, by Parks, second by Fleming to approve IRS payment in the amount of 51 .318.77 to Dorsey S Whitney gg for legal serviceb rendered through May 31 , 1991 40 regarding the water treatment facility. 42 422 Motion carried unanimously 43 44 . 2. Motion by Marks , second by Fleming to approve 45 payment in the amount of 0119.40 to Dorsey & Whitney 46 for legal services rendered through May 31. 1991 47 regarding Fosa Road Lift Station (NewMech Companies) 48 49 Notion carried unanimously 50 51 03 3 54 I REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JULY 30, 1991 PAGE 5 4 5 6 3. Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve 7 payment in the amount of 05,857.00 to Dorsey 6 Whitney 8 for legal services rendered through May 31, 1991 for 9 certification of ordinance&. 10 11 Notion carried unanimously 12 13 4. Motion by Marks, second by Flaming to approve 14 payment in the amount of 02,501.62 to Dorsey 6 Whitney . 15 for legal services rendered through flay 31, 1991 for 16 various items. 17 is Motion carried unanimously 19 20 21 F. Hance and LeVahn 22 Motion by Wagner, second by Marks to approve payment in 23 the amount of 52,400.00 to Hance 6 LeVahn for legal 24 services rendered for the month of July 1991 relative 25 to St . Anthony prosecutions. 26 27 Motion carried unanimously 8 9 G . Verified C1451as 30 Motion by Marks, second by Enroot.h to approve the five 31 paces of verified claims as submitted by the Finance 32 Director . 33 34 Motion carried unanimously 35 36 SPECIAL OLYMPIC: REPORT 37 3a Councilmember (Wagner and his wife were among the hosts for the 39 Special Olympics contingent from St. Vincent. Some of the 40 participants visited the City and took part in a parade, did some 41shopping at Apache Plaza with gift money they had received and a 42 few went fishing at Silver Lake. 43 44 All of the participenta, their families and their coaches 45 expressed sincere appreciation for the amenities shown them by 46 residents of St. Anthony. 47 46 Those who hosted the participants received pins from them in the 49 shape of St. Vincent and some have indicated an interest in 50visiting later this year or next. 5! 52 0 3 4 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JULY 30, 1991 PAGE 6 4 5 6 Mayor Ranallo felt a special thanks should be given to George and 7 Audrey for all of their effort on behalf of the Special 8 Olympians. 9 10 The Mayor requested ataff to try to gather the names of all of 11 the St. Anthony residents who worked with the Special Olympics so 12 they could be publicly recognized and thanked. 13 14 Members of the Council felt the metro media coverage of the 15 Special Olympics were very poor and lacking. 16 17 Councilmember Wagner advised that funds were donated for use by 18 the Special Olympics participants by the Kiwanis Club, the Apache 19 Merchants Association and privat.e. citizens. Approxi.met.ely 0200.00 20 was sent back with the Olympians for use in a special needs 21 school . He noted that the welcoming banner which was placed 22 across Silver Lake Road was sent back with the athletes. 23 24 The Kiwanis Club was commended for its very active participation 25 on the Special Olympics. The Club made a tape of the events and 26 it is presently being edited . 7 Katie Timmer, a resident of St. Anthony, participated in the 29 Special Olympics and received numerous medals and honors. Mayor 30 Ranallo presented her with a plague recognizing her achievements. 31 32 NORTHWEST SUBURBAN YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU REPORT 33 34 Dean Maschka, a Boardmember of the Bureau, referred the Council 35 to an information packet each member received with current 36 information and background material regarding the bureau.. 37 38 Maschka noted that the allocations of the Bureau have not been 39 revised in ten years. The allocations are based on population and 40 most of' the ten cities serviced have representatives on the Board 41 of Directors. 42 43 A twelve minute video of the aervices provided by the Bureau was 44 shown . The video addressed all of the services available and 45 indicated that a cross section of the population was served, not- 46 a-46 dust youth. 47 48 Maschke advised that no new programs have been instituted in 1991 49 that were notfee based. 50 5: 52 REGULAR COUNCIL MEET_N� JULY SO, 199: •3 PAGE 7 S 5. 6 Shelly Freeman, represents the St . Anthony School District on the 7' Board of Directors. She advised that the 1990 contribution to the S. Bureau from the City was 67,873.00, the 1991 contribution waa• 9 55,000.00 and t`,e Bureau's request from the City for 1992 is .0 55,721 .00 . T:,e 1992 request is based on the same basis as the ot",e: ten cities which are members of the Joint Powers agreement that being population.. :-� Freeman noted that St . Antt.ony has never been a part of the Join= 15 Powers Agreement and has never been under the some contribution. _= auidellnes as the other cities. The increase is 3% plus an :7 ad;ustment for population over the next two years. She advised t`:at services of the Bureau are still provided at the Wilshire :9: Park School , the Middle School and at the High School . ---'0 2� Freeman, who has served on the Board for one year, has noticed 22 that the clientele in the City is changing. She feels the 23 addition of the Health Center is a real plus to the operation. It 24 was her opinion that residents of St. Anthony should be making 25 better use of the services available at the Bureau and has been 26 working closely with the Police Chief. 1 7 8 Kay Andrews, Executive Director of the Youth Services Bureau, 29 advised that the Bureau provides intervention/treatment services 30 whereas the D.A.R.E. Program provides prevention services. This 31 comment was in response to a question regarding funding available. 32 for these types o3 services. 33 34 Councilmember Marks observed that the record of repeat offenders 35 is very impressive as there are very few. He was particularly 36 impressed with the teen suicide program which helped friends of 37 those who had committed suicide. 38 39 Mayor Ranallo indicated his concern with the longevity of the 40 programa of the Bureau and questioned what is being considered 41 for financial sources in the future. 42 43 Andrews responded that no new programa have commenced that were 44 not fee based and fees can be earned through the Youth Employment 45 Program. 46 47 Andrews told the Council of a pilot volunteer program recently 48 started by Firstar Bank of New Brighton. Employees of the bank 49 have adopted the agency and will supply forty employees who will 50 offer their volunteer services to the Bureau. She noted that the 51 Bureau is still receiving some corporate and local donations but 52 these have decreased in amount. 3 54 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JULY 30, 1991 PAGE 8 4 5 6 Mayor Ranailo thanked the representative& of the Youth Services 7 Bureau for their taking the time to attend the Council Pleating. 8 9 7. REPORTS 10 11 A. Report of Councilmember Fleming 12 Councilmember Flexing noted that there is a School Board 13 Meeting on August 6th which is the some night as the 14 National Might Out is being observed. 15 - 16 B. Report of Councilmember Wagner 17 Councilmember Wagner had nothing further to report as he had 18 given a report on the Special Olympics. 19 20 C. Report of Councilmember Enrooth 21 Councilmember Enrooth recently returned from Edmonton where 22 the Edmonton Mall is located. This mall was built and is 23 operated by the same developer who is building the Mall of 24 America in Bloomington. 25 26 Councilmember Enrooth noted that the Edmonton Mall is seven million dollars behind in its taxes and the City is considering taking over the operation of the Mall. The Mall 29 has seven hundred shops under one roof. 30 31 The Village. Feat has had no recent meeting and it appears 32 most of the plans are in place. 33 34 The Mayor noted that the Firster Bank of St. Anthony donated 35 6500.00 to the Village Feat. 36 37 D. Report of Councilmember Marks 38 Councilmember Marks is preparing for a trip to Salo, Finland 39 with members of the City'& Orchestra. They will leave on 40 August 14th. He plans to continue on and travel to Russia. 41 He requested to take a picture of the Council at the and of 42 this meeting to present to the City leaders in Salo. 43 44 E.. Report of Mayor Renallo 45 The Mayor reported that Joe Spielman won an award from the 46 Board on Aging . He requested that this individual be invited 47 to attend a future Council meeting. Speilman i& in sixth 48 grade. 49 50 The Mayor chaired the first meeting of the League of 51 Minnesota Cities' Federal Legislation- Committee. He noted 52 that some of the items discussed were of importance to St. �3 Anthony . Among the items was the National League of Cities' 4 health care policy which the Mayor felt paralleled 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 JULY 30, 1991 PAGE 9 4 5 6 socialized medicine. Stor■ water management was .also 7 discussed. Many cities like St. Anthony have a lake within 8 its boundaries. Many. of these lake& are polluted and because 9 of overbuilding in the area, lbkeshore residents are 10 experiencing, problems with. water in their basements. The 11 Mayor advised that grant funding will be sought to conduct a 12 study of the problems. Restriction of construction in the 13 area of bodies of water way be a consideration. 14 15 Mayor Ronallo related some of the experiences he and his 16 family had while hosting a Special Olympian and her family 17 in his home. He viewed the entire experience as one which 18 all involved enjoyed and benefitted from. 19 20 REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER 21 22 A . Comprehensive Plan Revisions and Corridor Study 23 The City Manager advised that a summary of the Comprehensive 24 Plan was included in the agenda packet. He noted that a 25 Citizens Committee would be used as a resource for the 26 Planning Commission. 27 The City Manager reviewed his plan for the use of a 9 Planner's services. He noted that it may take about a year 30 to complete the Corridor Study. 31 32 B. August 6th Work Session/National Night Out 33 The August 6th Council Work Session will start at 6:00 p.m. 34 to avoid interfering with Counclmembera' attendance at 35 National Night Out block parties. 36 37 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS 38 39 There were no public hearings. 40 41 9. NEW BUSINESS 42 43 A. Resolution No. 91-034; Rel Community Development block 44 Grant Subrecipient Agreement 45 46 Notion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve Resolution No. 47 91-034 being a resolution authorizing the Mayor and City 48 Manager to - execute aubrecipient agreement with Hennepin 49 County for the Urban Hennepin County Community Development 50 Block Grant Program. 51 52 Motion carried unanimously B. Mirror Lake Spillway Improvements 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEfiTING 2 JULY 30, 1991 SPAGE 10 4 5 6 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to redesignate Fund 509 to 7 be used for street and other improvement projects. 8 9 Fund 509 is the Revolving Improvement Fund. The estimated 10 cost of the spillway improvement is 060,000.00. 11 12 Kc tion carried unanimously 13 14 Motion by- Marks, second by Wagner to approve using the 15 services of Barr Engineering to prepare the plans and 16 specification& for this project. 17 18 Motion carried unanimously 19 20 The City Manager indicated it is hoped this project will be 21 completed by this Fall . 22 23 C. 37th Avenue/Stinson Boulevard - Street Lights 24 The City Manager advised this project is being designed by 25 Hennepin County personnel. Northern States Power will move 26 the light poles and the Soo Line has been contacted 27 regarding the disposition of their tracks. Funding for this 8 project will be coming from the State of Minnesota. The pro?ect should begin in the Spring of 1992. 0 31 There is a Joint Powers Agreement in place with Columbia 32 Heights so the pedestrian crossing at 39th Avenue should be 33 done at the same time as the aforementioned project. 34 35 10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 36 37 A. Estimated Assessments on Chandler Drive 38 Only commercial properties will be assessed on this project. 39 The Meier Stewart firm will be preparing the assessment&. 40 The curve in the road on the City-owned side of the Drive 41 will be smoothed out by City crews to meet the state 42 standards. 43 44 The Public Hearing and awarding of the bid for this project 45 will take place at the same time. 46 47 S. Ordinance No. 1991-006; Re: Moratorium 48 The City ![onager advised that the only changes in the 49 ordinance since it had its first reading were on pages 2 and 50 3 regarding the effective date of the ordinance. 51 52 The City Attorney has reviewed the ordinance and copies of 53 the ordinance will be sent to members of the Planning �4 Commission for their consideration. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JULY 30, 1991 3 PAGE 11 4 5 6 Motion by Ranallo, second by Marks to approve the second 7 reading of Ordinance No. 1991-006 being an ordinance g relating to a moratorium on issuance of permits for 9 construction of new buildings and certain alternations in a 10 defined area north of Kenzie Terrace and south of St. i1 Anthony Boulevard; amending the 1973 Code of Ordinances by 12 adding a new section 360. 13 14 Motion carried unanimously a J 16 Douc Jones, a resident of St. Anthony, advised that - the 1992 17 '.,!nicycle National Championships will be held in St . Anthony. ;3 :a Mr . Jones also noted he had been in contact with the Sports 20 Bvosters regarding their willingness to fund a portion of the 2. costa for a sidewalk on Silver Lane. 22 23 The City Manager noted that many requests from the City are into 24 the Sports Booaters for funds. 25 11. ADJOURNMENT 28 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 29 9: 15 p.m. 30 31 Motion carried unanimously 32 33 34 Respectfully submitted, 35 36 ---------------------------------- 37 Jo-Anne Student, Council Secretary 33 39 ---------- 40 - - 40 Mayor Clarence Ranallo 41 42 Attest:_ _____ __ -------- 43 City Cler 44 45 46 0