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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08131991 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 101385 Box: 19 Folder. CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1991 Document: CC MINUTES 08131991 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 0 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF 4 5 AUGUST 13 , 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 Mayor 11 Ranallo who led the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 13 2 . ROLL CALL 14 15 Council Present : Mayor Ranallo, Councilmembers Marks , En400th, 16 and Wagner . 17 18 Council Absent : Fleming. 19 20 Staff Present : City Manager Burt and Management Assistant 21 Urbia 22 23 3 . APPROVAL OF AUGUST 13 , 1991 COUNCIL AGENDA 24 25 Motion by Marks , second by Wagner to approve the agenda for 26 the August 13 , 1991 Council meeting with the addition of the Wrestling Matches to be held on August 25th at 2 : 00 p.m. 40 sponsored by Rosie ' s Restaurant . 29 30 Motion carried unanimously 31 32 33 4 . APPROVAL OF JULY 30 , 1991 COUNCIL MINUTES 34 35 Motion by Marks , second by Wagner to approve the minutes of 36 the July 30 , 1991 Council meeting with the following 37 corrections : 38 39 Page 3 , line 29 : Marks voted "nay" Delete "Wagner" 40 Page 6 ,' lines 21/22 : Delete "welcoming banner which was placed 41 across Silver Lake Road" and replace with "the signature 42 support banner which had 450 signatures that were collected at 43 Apache Shopping Center" 44 Page 10 , line 23 : Delete "Street " and replace with "Traffic" 45 46 Motion carried unanimously 47 48 49 SPIELMANN PRESENTATION 50 51 Mayor Ranallo presented a framed certificate of recognition to- Joe Spielmann for his earning first prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Minnesota Board of Aging. Joe wrote an essay about his grandfather , Virgil Arsenault . Mr . Arsenault was in 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 13 , 1991 0 PAGE 2 4 5 6 attendance at the Council Meeting and was introduced by Joe. 7 Mayor Ranallo read the certificate and congratulated Joe. 8 9 10 5. LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS 11 12 Contractors Licenses 13 14 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the contractors 15 license for Suzes Home Restoration, Inc. of Columbia Heb ghts, 16 Mn. 17 18 Motion carried unanimously 19 20 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the contractors 21 license for Phoenix Construction of the Northwest , Inc ._ of 22 Brooklyn Park, Mn . 23 24 Motion carried unanimously 25 26 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the contractors IN license for Hoppe Remodelling of Moundsview, Mn . 29 30 Motion carried unanimously 31 32 33 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the contractors 34 license for Kunz Construction Company of North St . Paul , Mn. 35 36 Motion carried unanimously 37 38 39 3 . 2 Beer Temporary Permits 40 41 Motion by Wagner, second by Enrooth to approve the 3 . 2 beer 42 temporary permit for Robert Davies , 3001 29th Avenue N.E. for 43 a picnic of the Village Originals on September 8th in Central 44 Park from 12 : 00 noon until 6 : 00 p.m. 45 46 Roll call : Enrooth, Wagner, Ranallo - aye Marks - nay 47 48 Motion carried 49 50 51 Motion by Wagner , second by Enrooth to approve the 3. 2 beer 2 temporary permit for Douglas Parker, 2800 W. Armour Terrace, for the Nationwide Papers company picnic -on August 22nd at 4 Central Park from 5: 00 p.m. unt.il 9: 00 p.m. I REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Of AUGUST 13 , 1991 PAGE 3 4 5 Roll call : Enrooth , Wagner , Ranallo - aye Marks - nay 6 7 Motion carried 8 9 i0 6 . PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS 11 12 A. Braun Intertec 13 Motion by Marks , second by Ranallo to approve payment in 14 the amount of $7 , 152 . 00 to Braun Intertec for services 15 rendered regarding the Pavement Management Study,* 16 17 Motion carried unanimously 18 19 20 B. Barr Engineering Company 21 Motion by Marks , second by Ranallo to approve payment in 22 the amount of $1, 659 . 70 to Barr Engineering Company for 23 professional services rendered from June 2 , 1991 through 24 June 29 , 1991 regarding subwatershed analysis , 25 development of model imput files and review of 26 topographic mapping information . The City Manager advised that there has been a slow down 29 at the firm because of vacations and a plan will be 30 brought to the Council by October . 31 32 Motion carried unanimously 33 34 35 C. Hance & LeVahn 36 Motion by Wagner, second by Enrooth to approve payment in 37 the amount of $2 , 400 . 00 to Hance & LeVahn law firm for 38 professional services rendered relative to St . Anthony 39 prosecutions for the month of August , 1991 . 40 41 Motion carried unanimously 42 43 44 D. Verified Claims 45 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve the six 46 pages of verified claims included in the Council agenda 47 packet . 48 49 Motion carried unaimously 50 51 7 . REPORTS A. Council Reports 4 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 13 , 1991 PAGE 4 4 5 6 Report of Councilmembe Warmer 7 Councilmember' Wagner had nothing to report at this time. 8 9 10 Report of Councilmember Enrooth 11 Councilmember Enrooth reported that the Hennepin County 12 Groundwater Committee is drafting a policy for 13 groundwater quality control . This report will be 14 distributed to all communities in Hennepin County upon 15 its completion. He noted that some water quality control 16 done by the City of Eagan will be a consideration". 17 18 19 The Clean Water Partnership Grant Program will be viewed 20 as a source for funding for this policy and its 21 implementation . 22 23 Councilmember Enrooth noted that the Village Fest 24 Committee had its wrap-up meeting. He felt this year ' s 25 event was the best in its history and there was very good 26 participation . He noted that although there are still some bills outstanding that it appeared that the, event IN would break even . 29 30 Report of Mayor Ranallo 31 Mayor Ranallo agreed that the Village Fest was very 32 successful and observed that there were many children in 33 attendance. He commented on the high level of activity of 34 the pony rides . 35 36 The Mayor will be holding a Post Village Fest Party at 37 his home on September 6th. He requested the City Manager 38 to post this event as all of the members of the Council 39 have been invited. 40 41 The Mayor advised that the dates for the Village Fest 42 next year are July 24 - 25, and may include the 26th if 43 Committee decides to hold a parade. He noted these dates 44 are the same as the dates when the City will be hosting 45 the 1992 Unicycle National Championships . 46 47 Mayor Ranallo informed the Council that Councilmember 48 Enrooth has been appointed to serve on the Hennepin 49 County Recycling Task Force. The charge of the Task Force 50 is to advise the Hennepin County Commissioners on policy 51 relative to recycling issues . The current tipping fee was 2 discussed . 4 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 40 AUGUST 13 , 1991 PAGE 5 4 Report of Councilmember Marks 5 Councilmember Marks commented on the "water quality" of 6 the Dunk Tank at the Village Fest . He had volunteered to 7 be a "target" in the Tank. 8 9 The St . Anthony Civic Orchestra will be leaving on August 10 14th for Salo, Finland, St . Anthony' s Sister City. 11 Councilmember Marks and his wife will be travelling with 12 the Orchestra to Salo and then will be continuing on to 13 Moscow and other areas . Before the Council Meeting was 14 convened, Mrs . Marks brought an engraved silver bowl and 15 a .scrapbook of St . Anthony photos for the Counjil to 16 view. These items will be presented to the Orchestra' s 17 hosts in Salo. .18 19 20 Councilmember Marks felt Councilmember Wagner and his 21 wife , Audrey, should be thanked for their hospitality 22 shown to the women from Wisconsin who volunteered to stay 23 with the Special Olympic athletes from St . Vincent for 24 all of the ten days they were participating. Members of 25 the Council agreed that these volunteers should be 26 recognized. is Columbus Day Celebration 29 Mayor Ranallo reported on a meeting held at Apache Plaza 30 by parties interested in having a celebration for the 31 500th Anniversary of Columbus Day. He noted that members 32 of the Apache Merchants Association had expressed 33 interest in participating as had Barb Olsonoski , Manager 34 of Apache Plaza. 35 36 There will be events for the whole month of October. On 37 October 6th thirty portraits of Columbus memorabilia and 38 documents will be on display at the Shopping Center . On 39 Sunday, October 27th from Noon to 5 : 00 p.m there will be 40 "The World' s Largest Spaghetti Feed. " This will be hosted 41 by an Italian group and the Knights of Columbus. The 42 Mayor noted that the liquor store w.ill supply the wine 43 for this meal . 44 45 B. City Manager ' s Report 46 47 The City Manager advised that the City' s liquor 48 advertisement will appear on Channel 23. It is scheduled 49 to run around 10 : 05 p.m. but the City Manager noted that 50 is seldom the time certain. 51 Rosie' s Restaurant contacted the City Manager regarding a wrestling match it is sponsoring on August 25th. He 4 noted that permission was not needed for this event . He REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 13 , 1991 3 PAGE 6 4 5 6 stated his concerns to the sponsors regarding parking and 7 restroom facilities . The, City Manager noted that a 8 rainout date has been selected. It is August 26th and the 9 event will be held at the St . Anthony Shopping Center. 10 11 12 8 . PUBLIC HEARINGS 13 14 There were no public hearings . 15 +� 16 9. NEW BUSINESS 17 18 A. Resolution No . 91-035 ; Re : Participation in a storm water 19 program with the City of Minneapolis 20 21 22 The City Manager advised that the EPA has put in some 23 very strict guidelines for storm water handling for 24 cities over 100 , 000 population. He noted that one percent 25 of St . Anthony ' s storm water is located in Districts #6 26 and V . If corrections are needed it could cost the City about $5 , 000 . There are no costs for a permit only if any corrections are needed. 29 30 It was the consensus of the Council that the City take no 31 action in light of the fact that most of the City's water 32 drains into the Rice Creek Watershed District . The City 33 Manager observed that if there are any contaminants in 34 the City they would most likely have come from an 35 industrial area . Industries are responsible for their own 36 clean up of contaminants . -37 38 No council action was taken on the resolution. 3 9' 40 41 B. Resolution No. 91-036 ; Re: Paper Procurement Policy 42 Hennepin County requires municipalities to adopt 43 procedures the same or similar to its policy for paper 44 procurement in order to remain eligible for funding under 45 the Hennepin County Funding Assistance Policy for 46 Recycling. 47 48 Urbia explained the procurement policy and advised that 49 recyclable paper costs a little more. 50 51 Motion by Marks , second by Wagner to approve the adoption of Resolution No . 91-036 which approves a paper is procurement policy for the City of St . Anthony. 54 I REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 13 , 1991 PAGE 7 4 5 6 Motion carried unanimously 7 8 C. Resolution No. 91-037 ; Re: Early retirement incentive. for 9 City employees 10 The City Manager advised that PERA is supporting this 11 incentive program to encourage retirement of high 12 salaried employees . He noted that there are four 13' employees on the St .' Anthony staff who qualify and. two 14 have indicated their intention to retire. This retirement 15incentive is being offered for one year. 16 17 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to adopt Resolution 18 No. 91-037 being a resolution of non-precedence for early 19 retirement incentive for City of St . Anthony employees . 20 21 Motion carried unanimously 22 23 24 25 26 D. Resolution No. 91-038 ; Re: Opposing "Police Bill of Rights" legislation Mayor Ranallo observed that this legislation would 29 curtail any meaningful police supervision. The City 30 Manager noted that it would also create bureaucratic 31 paperwork . He said there was no discussion regarding this 32 legislation when it was passed by the Senate and it 33 presently is in the House of Representatives . 34 35 It was felt that perhaps this legislation was a reaction 36 to the situation in Los Angeles or really an 37 "overreaction. " 38 39 Motion by Enrooth, second by Wagner to adopt Resolution 40 No. 91-038 , a resolution opposing "Police Bill of Rights" 41 legislation. 42 43 _ Motion carried unanimously 44 45 10 . UNFINISHED BUSINESS 46 47 A. Ordinance No. 1991-006 ; Re: Construction Moratorium 48 (Third reading) 49 The City Manager has received calls from three member's of 50 the Planning Commission. They all stated that the 51 Citizens ' Committee should include residents from all areas of the community, not just those from the area addressed in the Moratorium. 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 13 , 1991 3 PAGE 8 4 5 6 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to adopt Ordinance No. 7 1991-006 being an ordinance relating to a moratorium on 8 issuance of permits for construction of new buildings and 9 certain alterations in a defined area north of Kenzie 10 Terrace and south of St . Anthony Boulevard; amending the it 1973 Code of Ordinances by adding a new Section 360. 12 13 Motion carried unanimously 14 15 16 Mayor' Ranallo requested Councilmember Marks to thank his 17 wife, Florence for putting together the scrapbook for 18 presentation to representatives of the City of Salo, 19 Finland. 20 21 11 . ADJOURNMENT 22 23 Motion by Ranallo, second by Marks to adjourn the meeting at 24 8 : 10 P .M. 25 26 Motion carried unanimously 29 30 31 Respectfully submitted, 32 33 34 Jo-Anne Student , Council Secretary 35 36 --l-aA4,444o 37 Mayor Clarence Ranallo 38 39 ATTEST: 40 City Cler 41 42 43 •