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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 03241992 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII ioizsa Box: 19 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1992 Document: CC MINUTES 03241992 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 3 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 4 5 MARCH 24 , 1992 6 7 8 1 . CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 9 10 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ranallo at 7 : 30 p.m. it who led the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 13 2 . ROLL CALL 14 15 Council Present : Mayor Ranallo, Councilmembers Fleming and 16 Wagner 17 18 Council Absent : Councilmembers Marks and Enrooth 19 20 Staff Present : City Manager Burt and City Attorney Soth 21 22 23 3 . APPROVAL OF MARCH 24 , 1992 COUNCIL AGENDA 24 25 Motion by Wagner , second by Ranallo to approve the agenda for the March 24 , 1992 Council Meeting with one addition: 28 Request of Knights of Columbus to hold its Tootsie Roll 29 Fundraiser in the City of St . Anthony. 30 31 Motion carried unanimously 32 33 4 . APPROVAL OF MARCH 10 , 1992 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 34 35 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to approve the minutes of 36 the March 10 , 1992 Regular Council Meeting with the following 37 corrections : 38 39 page 7 , line 22 : Change the word "permit" to " license" 40 page 7 , lines 31/32 : Delete the phrase "could never be done 41 satisfactorily" and replace with "would be very difficult to 42 be done" 43 page 12 , line 6: Change "#88" to "#8" 44 page 16, lines 13/14 : Delete all of the verbiage on lines 13 45 and 14 and replace with the following: "an additional sign 46 which reads, "Drive Safely, Protect Our Children" with the 47 Kiwanis Club logo to be added to the bottom of the signs . " 48 49 Motion carried unanimously 50 51 APPROVAL OF MARCH 14 , 1992 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING_MINUTES 0 Motion by Fleming, second by Ranallo to approve the minutes of 54 the March 14 , 1992 Special Council Meeting with the following REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , 1992 3 PAGE 2 4 5 6 correction : 7 8 page 1 , line 8 : Add to the beginning of the sentence, "Some 9 of" 10 11 Motion carried unanimously 12 13 5. LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS 14 15 Amusement Device Licenses : 16 17 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve fourteen 18 amusement device licenses for Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat at Apache 19 Plaza . 20 21 Motion carried unanimously 22 23 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve two amusement 24 device licenses for Slick' s Alternative, 2450 38th Avenue 25 Northeast . 26 0 Motion carried unanimously 29 30 31 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve six amusement 32 device licenses for St . Anthony Lanes, 2654 Kenzie Terrace. 33 34 35 Motion carried unanimously 36 37 38 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve three amusement 39 device licenses for Pizza Hut , 3801 Stinson Boulevard 40 Northeast . 41 42 43 Motion carried unanimously 44 45 Cigarette Licenses: 46 47 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the cigarette 48 machine license for St . Anthony Mobil . 49 50 Motion carried unanimously 51 54 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , 1992 3 PAGE 3 4 5 6 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the cigarette 7 machine license for St . Anthony Lanes , Inc. 8 9 Motion carried unanimously 10 11 12 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the cigarette 13 machine license for Slick' s Alternative. 14 15 16 Motion carried unanimously 17 18 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the cigarette 19 machine license for Speedy Markets, Inc . 20 21 Motion carried unanimously 22 23 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the cigarette 24 machine license for Town & Country Foods . 25 Motion carried unanimously 8 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the cigarette 29 machine license for Dick ' s Amoco Food Shop. 30 31 Motion carried unanimously 32 33 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the cigarette 34 machine license for Apache New Market . 35 36 Motion carried unanimously 37 38 Bench License: 39 40 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the bench 41 license for U. S. Bench Corporation of Minneapolis, Mn: 42 43 Motion carried unanimously 44 45 46 Bowlina Alley License: 47 48 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the bowling 49 alley license for St . Anthony Lanes , Inc . 50 51 Motion carried unanimously 54 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , 1992 3 PAGE 4 4. 5 Garbaae Hauler Licenses : 6 7 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the garbage 8 hauler license for Larry' s Quality Sanitation of Ramsey, Mn. 9 10 it Motion carried unanimously 12 13 14 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the garbage 15 hauler license for Nitti Disposal , Inc. of Eagan, Mn. 16 17 18 Motion carried unanimously 19 20 Juke Box Licenses : 21 22 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the juke box 23 license for Slick ' s Alternative. 24 25 Motion carried unanimously 8 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the juke box 29 license for Pizza Hut . 30 31 Motion carried unanimously 32 33 34 3 . 2 "On Sale" Beer Licenses : 35 36 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the 3. 2 "On 37 Sale" beer license for Pizza Hut , 38th and Stinson Boulevard. 38 39 Motion carried unanimously 40 41 42 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the 3. 2 "On 43 Sale" beer license for St . Anthony Lanes . 44 45 Motion carried unanimously 46 47 3 . 2 "Off Sale" Beer Licenses : 48 49 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the 3 . 2 "Off 50 Sale" beer license for Town and Country Foods, St . Anthony 51Shopping Center . sMotion carried unanimously 54 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 ,1992 3 ' PAGE 5 4 5 6 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the 3 . 2 "Off 7 Sale" beer for the Speedy Market # 7, 32nd Avenue and Stinson 8 Boulevard. 9 10 Motion carried unanimously 11 12 Motion .by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the 3 . 2 "Off 13 Sale" beer license for Berggren' s Market Enterprises, Inc. 14 (Apache New Market) . 15 16 Motion carried unanimously 17 18 Service Station Licenses : 19 20 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the service 21 station license for St . Anthony Unocal , Inc. 22 23 Motion carried unanimously 24 . 25 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the service station license for Dick' s Amoco Food Shop. 8 Motion carried unanimously 29 30 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the service 31 station license for Dick' s St . Anthony 66 . 32 33 Motion carried unanimously 34 35 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the service 36 station license for St . Anthony Mobil . 37 38 Motion carried unanimously 39 40 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the service 41 station license for Speedy Market # 7 . 42 43 Motion carried unanimously 44 '45 Vendina Machine Licenses : 46 47 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the vending 48 machine license for St . Anthony Lanes , Inc. 49 50 Motion carried unanimously 51 54 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14 , 2992 3 PAGE 6 4 5 6 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the vending 7 machine license for Woodside Vending, Inc. 8 9 Motion carried unanimously 10 11 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve the vending 12 machine license for -Pizza Hut . 13 14 Motion carried unanimously 15 16 Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Fundraiser 17 18 Ray Eklund, 3120 Wilson Street Northeast , a Trustee of the 19 Knights of Columbus , Council #4381 , is requesting permission 2.0 for members of the organization and their families, to solicit 21 donations through their Tootsie Roll promotion. He advised 22 that these solicitations will only take place in front of 23 businesses and firms where permission has been given by the 24 respective owners to so do. 25 The dates of the solicitations are April 25, 26 and 27 . The proceeds of this fundraiser will benefit the mentally handicapped of Hennepin and Anoka Counties . 29 30 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to allow the Knights of 31 Columbus members to stand in front of various locations, in St . 32 Anthony to solicit donations to the Tootsie Roll fundraiser on 33 April 25, 26 and 27 . 34 35 Motion carried unanimously 36 37 38 6 . PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS 39 40 41 A. Norwest Banks 42 43 Motion by Ranallo, second by Wagner to approve payment in 44 the amount of' $4 , 238 . 75 to Norwest Bank for interest on 45 the debt service payment . 46 47 48 Motion carried unanimously 49 50 51 B. GAB Business Services, Inc. Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve payment i.n 54 the amount of $9, 854 . 00 to GAB Business Services , Inc. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , 1992 3 PAGE 7 4 5 6 for the City' s portion of costs due on the repair of a 7' damaged squad car. GAB Business Services , Inc. is an 8 adjusting firm. 9 10 Motion carried unanimously 11 12 C. Hance & LeVahn Law Firm 13 14 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to approve payment in 15 the amount of $2 , 400 . 00 to Hance & LeVahn law firm for 16 legal services rendered for the month of March 1992 17 relative to St . Anthony prosecutions . 18 19 Motion carried unanimously 20 21 22 D. North Suburban Cable Commission .23 24 Motion by Fleming, second by Wagner to approve payment in 25 the amount of $9, 149 . 40 to the North Suburban Cable Commission . 8 The City Manager advised that the city receives franchise 29 funds . This year the City received $24 , 000 from the Cable 30 Commission and is to make a donation back to the Cable 31 Commission for $9, 149 . 40 . 32 33 Motion carried unanimously 34 35 36 E. Verified Claims 37 38 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to approve the four 39 pages of verified claims as presented by the Finance 40 Director. 41 42 Motion carried unanimously 43 44 45 7 . REPORTS 46 47 A. Report of the Council 48 49 Report of Councilmember Warmer 50 51 Councilmember Wagner attended the Apache Merchants Association Board Meeting today. He noted that Dennis Cavanaugh spoke very enthusiastically regarding the CUB 54 store locating in Apache Plaza. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , 1992 3 PAGE 8 4 5 6 Councilmember Wagner noted he briefly addressed the tax 7 increment situation at Apache Plaza. He felt this was 8 necessary so it would be understood the City was not 9 responsible if the CUB negotiations fell through. 10 11 He felt the "theatre" deal was back on which was also 12 indicated by Mr. Cavanaugh. 13 14 Councilmember Wagner discussed th,e situation which has 15 developed with the Sheik' s Garden Restaurant owner, Mr. 16 Alwan, with other merchants in Apache Plaza . He noted 17 that no concern was expressed. 18 19 He also met Mr . Alwan to discuss his intentions for the 20 future of the restaurant . Mr . Alwan stated he has filed 21 to reappear for a request for a conditional use permit . 22 He indicated he is willing to discuss a three month 23 "trial " period with a reduced number of video games and 24 an increased number of kiddie machines . He again stated 25 he intends to have a family-oriented business . Mr. Alwan observed that there are twelve video games in the bowling alley on the lower level of Apache Plaza Shopping Center. 8 29 30 The City Manager noted he had advised Mr. Alwan to not 31 attend this Council Meeting in that there would only be 32 three Councilmembers in attendance. 33 34 Mayor Ranallo has received many phone calls from 35 residents complimenting the Council ' s denial of the 36 conditional use permit request . 37 38 Councilmember Wagner stated that Mr. Alwan is now 39 planning on reversing the location of the games on the 40 site plan . He will have eight video games and eight 41 kiddie machines alternately placed. 42 43 The City Manager felt a public hearing on this matter 44 would be prudent to receive public comment . The Mayor 45 agreed and felt Mr. Alwan should go through the complete 46 process . 47 48 Councilmember Wagner noted that Mr . Alwan felt pool 49 tables would attract an undesirable element and he is not 50 planning on having pool tables in his establishment . 51 Report of Councilmember Fleming 54 Councilmember Fleming advised that the next Village Fest REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , 1992 3 PAGE 9 4 5 6 meeting is scheduled for April 13th at 7 : 15 p.m. 7 8 Officers of Village Fest are as follows ; Barbara 9 Olsonoski , President ; Rita Ranallo, Vice President ; 10 Dorothy Fleming, Secretary; and Audrey Wagner, Treasurer. 11 12 The City Manager requested direction from the Council 13 regarding the City ' s continued finanical support of 14 Village Fest in light of the budgetary constraints the 15 City is facing. 16 17 Presently, the City staff does the monthly meeting notice 18 mailings as well as other mailings, supplies the postage 19 and provides some in-kind support services . 20 21 The Mayor suggested that the mailings be slowed down to 22 save postage. Councilmember Fleming felt phone call 23 reminders for meetings could be done. Mayor Ranallo 24 concurred and .requested this be done for one month and 25 attendance be checked. 40 Councilmember Fleming is also the Publicity Committee 28 Chair for the Village Fest . She intends to use the 29 newspapers for disseminating information which will be 30 cost free . 31 32 Councilmember Fleming attended the League of Minnesota 33 Cities Legislative Conference today. The City Manager and 34 the Management Assistant also attended. 35 36 She met with Representative McGuire and Senator Marty 37 where she presented information from the Council ' s March 38 14th Emergency Meet.ing. 39 40 Representative McGuire stated she felt cities should be 41 more independent . She is presently spending considerable 42 time on worker ' s compensation legislation . 43 44 Councilmember Fleming felt both the Senator and the 45 Representative appear to be more interested in where 46 cities are making cost cuts than the State. She received 47 a handout which addressed local employee ,salaries. 48 49 Consolidation of services and personnel was discussed. 50 Councilmember Fleming noted that St . Anthony is already 51 a participant in many consolidation efforts and has been 0 for a long time. 54 She noted that Representative Terry Dempsey stated he has REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , 1992 3 PAGE 10 4 5 6 no faith in the "permanency" of the sales tax. 7 8 Councilmember Fleming attended the Transportation Meeting 9 where the disposition of the Motor Vehicle Tax was 10 discussed. Presently, it all goes into the State' s 11 General Fund. 12 13 The City Manager addressed proposed legislation regarding 14 a sales tax being placed on city purchases . He noted that 15 the League of Minnesota Cities feels this proposal would 16 spread the problems equally and would apply to cities , 17 townships and counties . Presently, the budget cuts which 18 are being proposed do not include counties , school 19 districts or townships . 20 21 The Mayor noted that residents must realize that property 22 taxes will have to be increased or services reduced. 23 Councilmember Fleming felt that potential cuts in 24 reducing police or firefighters will affect the health 25 and safety of the City. Report of Mayor Ranallo 8 29 Last week Mayor Ranallo and Larry Hamer, Public Works 30 Director, attended the Aga Khan New Year Celebration. 31 They shared a meal with all of those in attendance. 32 33 About seventy-five people join in the .worship and they 34 area non-christian religious group. The beliefs of the 35 organization is that no welfare nor unemployment help can 36 be received. The Mayor explained how unemployment is 37 funded by an employer insurance policy. 38 39 Two residents of St . Anthony are members of the group. 40 They meet every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in 41 the Community Building. It was the Mayor' s observation 42 that many professional people are members. 43 44 At the New Year Celebration they were entertained by 45 children of the members who did folk dancing. The Mayor 46 noted that the sect originated in India, but that now 47 most of its members are natives of Kenya and North 48 Africa. 49 50 The City Manager advised that the owners of the new Stop 51 "N" Shop will be having an Open House and he will keep the Council apprised as to what dates are being considered. Mayor Ranallo noted that nearly all of this 54 strip mall is leased which is on Stinson Boulevard and REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , .1992 3 PAGE 11 4 5 6 38th Avenue Northeast . 7 8 The City Manager stated that the Ritz Cleaners has 9 located in the former space occupied by the Tastee Bakery 10 on 37th Avenue, east of Silver Lake Road. 11 12 On- March 27th, there will be a meeting at Autumn Woods to 13 discuss re-routing a public bus to that location. The 14 City Manager has been advised that no members of the 15 Minneapolis Park Board will be in attendance at the 16 meeting nor will Minneapolis Councilmember Dziedzic. He 17 noted that efforts to have a bus route near Autumn Woods 1s have been going on for over three years . 19 20. Mayor Ranallo advised that the Goal Setting taping was 21 done on February 27th. It will be shown on cable at 5: 30 22 p .m. on March 31st and April 2nd. 23 24 April 6th is the Chamber of Commerce Annual, Meeting. It 25 will be held at Jax Cafe and the tickets are $20 . 00 . Mary Jo Palerenta is the guest speaker. George Wagner and Dick Johnson are the co-recipients of the Community Services 28 Award. A new Chamber Board has been elected with Dorothy 29 Thorson as its President and Dick Horst as Vice 30 President . 31 32 B. Report of the City Manager 33 34 The City Manager received a phone call from a new 35 resident of St . Anthony inquiring as to the wisdom of 36 having a stop sign located at the intersection of 37 Skycroft and Maplewood. 38 39 The resident was advised that the stop sign had been 40 placed there as there had been considerable traffic 41 generated by the High School . It was felt this was no 42 longer the case and the resident requested the sign be 43 removed. 44 45 The City Manager will contact residents in the- area for 46 opinions on the sign. 47 48' 8 . PUBLIC HEARINGS 49 50 There were no public hearings . 1 9 . NEW BUSINESS 3 54 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24 , 1992 3 PAGE 12 4 5 6 A. Ramsey County - Silver Lake Road Executive Summary 7 8 The Council ' s agenda packet included an Executive Summary 9 of the Silver Lake Road Project prepared by Ramsey 10 County. The cover letter from the Director and County 11 Engineer for Ramsey County requested that the St . Anthony 12 City Council take action on this matter by May 1 , 1992 . 13 14 A traffic, flow chart was also included for the Council ' s 15 consideration of the project which will extend from 16 Silver Lane to I-694 . 17 18 The City Manager advised that Ramsey County is 19 considering widening Silver Lake Road and is proposing a 20 sidewalk on both sides . He noted that the City will be 21 responsible for the costs of the sidewalk. He suggested 22 that the plan for the sidewalk installation be left in 23 the project until the road is in . 24 25 Mayor Ranallo requested the plans for the proj.ect be presented at a Council Meeting so the Council can take action. No Council action was necessary at this time. 8 29 10 . UNFINISHED BUSINESS 30 31 There was no unfinished business . 32 33 11 . ADJOURNMENT 34 35 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to adjourn the meeting at 36 8 : 20 p.m. 37 38 Motion carried unanimously 39 40 41 -Respectfully submitted, 42 43 44. Jo-Anne Student , Council Secretary 45 46 47 48 Mayor Clarence Ranallo 49 50 51 ATTEST: City Clerk