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1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
2 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
3 MAY 26, 1992
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5 I CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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7 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. with the Pledge
8 of Allegiance led by Mayor Ranallo.
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10 II ROLL CALL
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12 Council present: Ranallo, Marks, Enrooth, Fleming and
13 Wagner
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15 Staff present: Tom Burt, City Manager and Roger Larson,
16 Finance Director
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18 III APPROVAL OF MAY 26, 1992 COUNCIL AGENDA
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20 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth approve the agenda for
21 the May 26, 1992 Council meeting with the addition of one and
22 a half pages of verified claims to be considered under VI.
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24 Motion carried unanimously.
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26 IV APPROVAL OF MAY 12, 1992 COUNCIL MINUTES
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28 Motion by Marks, seconded by Wagner to approve the minutes of
29 the May 12, 1992 Council meeting with the following correction:
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31 Page 3, line 40: Add "lift" after "vehicle" .
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33 Motion carried unanimously.
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35 V LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS
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37 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve the following
38 as listed in the May 26, 1992 agenda packet:
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40 Contractors Licenses
41 Hal Brennan, 8501 4th Avenue South, Mpls.
42 MN Able Fence Inc. , 114 East Acker Street, St. Paul MN
43 Norsk Concrete Construction, Inc. , Spring Lake Park, MN
44 Kleinman Realty Co. , Mpls. , MN
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46 Multiple Dwelling Licenses
47 Equinox Apartments/Sentinel Management Company
48 Highcrest Manor/Wesley Robertson, Owner
49 Caravelle Apartments/Sheldon Mortenson, Owner
50 Autumnwoods Apartments/Lapel Limited Partnership
51 Plaza Apartments/Frances Sandberg, Owner
52 Chandler Place; SAGE Company
53 Lakehill Apartments/Metes and Bounds Management Company
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55 Motion carried unanimously.
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• 2 May 26, 1992
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6 Temporary 3 .2 Beer Permits for City Parks
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8 Motion by Wagner, seconded by Fleming to approve the temporary
9 beer and wine permit applications submitted by the following:
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11 Randy Hodson for the Day family going-away-party to be
12 held in the Central Park pavilion May 29 from 6:00 p. m.
13 to midnight;
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15 Patricia Fagerlee for the use of the Central Park
16 pavilion and baseball diamond for the Robertson family
17 picnic to be held from noon to dark on June 6;
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19 Patricia Fagerlee for the use of the Central Park and
20 baseball diamond for the Kravetz family picnic to be
21 held from noon to dark on July 11.
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23 Roll call : Wagner, Fleming, Ranallo, Enrooth - Aye
24 Marks - Nay
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26 Motion carried.
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28 VI PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS
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30 Verified Claims
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32 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of all
33 verified claims as listed in the May 26, 1992 Council. agenda
34 packet and as presented for approval prior to that Council
35 meeting.
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37 Motion carried unanimously.
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39 VII REPORTS
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41 A. Council Reports
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43 Councilmember Wagner
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45 The Councilmember reported attendance at the May 21 Community
46 Services Advisory Committee meeting 'where it., was'=:determined- that it
47 would be very difficult to balance the budget without dropping
48 some of the activities whose fees don' t cover the cost of the
49 activity. Mayor Ranallo reported receiving several complaints
50 from parents from outside St. Anthony about proposed
51 elimination of the toddler portion of the daycare services.
52 Councilmember Wagner indicated those users of the toddler
• 53 services were going to try to market the program to generate
54 enough participants to justify its retention without a drain
55 on the budget. Alternatives to discontinued programs will be
56 sought, he said.
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• 2 May 26, 1992
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6 Councilmember Fleming
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8 The Councilmember reported responding with a letter of protest
9 to the negative article carried by the St. Anthony Bulletin on
10 the D.A.R.E. program which the City has supported and
11 encouraged. When Police Chief Engstrom called her attention
12 to a Wall Street Journal article which also raised questions
13 about the program. Councilmember Fleming said she had written
14 a note to Sgt. McGanley who is in charge of the Minneapolis
15 D.A.R.E. program requesting that he let the City know if there
16 are problems other communities are experiencing of which St.
17 Anthony might not be aware. She also told the Mayor she is
18 trying to find out who wrote the Bulletin story to identify
19 the source of that information.
20
21 Councilmember Fleming had her notes on the conferences she had
22 attended the previous week duplicated for the other
23 Councilmembers. She had attended a conference on "Hate .
24 Discrimination . Bigotry . Racism . Crime - Right here in the
25 Suburbs" held May 18 in the Minnetonka Radisson. The program
26 addressed diversity of race, income, and family structure
• 27 which call for communities making long term commitments to
28 change to meet the challenges of having populations projected
29 to reach a 45% mix of minority and ethnic by 2080.
30 Cooperation of business communities, especially Chambers of
31 Commerce will be essential, according to the various speakers
32 at the conference and the Councilmember said it was also
33 considered necessary for cities to have Active Human Rights
34 Commissions. The roles neighborhood Crime Watch programs can
35 play was also underscored. The Mayor recalled that the City
36 Council had been forced to undertake the responsibilities of
37 the City' s Human Relations Commission after such commissions
38 in the past had failed to function.
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40 Councilmember Fleming also summarized her notes on the
41 Community Leadership Forum on Family Violence sponsored by the
42. Ramsey County Communities at the Earle Brown Center May 21 .
43 She said she thought this conference especially was worth the
44 time and money spent on it and indicated she was surprised to
45 see hundreds in attendance. The conference called for
46 cooperation between communities in the effort to stem the tide
47 of family violence. The Councilmember noted that District
48 #282 Superintendent of Schools had already received
49 instructions on setting up a Non-Violence Program in the
50 school district. Councilmember Fleming reported being
51 particularly edified to hear almost every speaker acknowledge
52 that the problem would never he solved without God's help.
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• 2 May 26, 1992
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6 Councilmember Enrooth
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8 The Councilmember reported that the City had actually come out
9 $3 .29 ahead on the May 2nd Clean Up Day. He thanked Mayor
10 Ranallo and Councilmembers Wagner and Fleming for helping to
11 make the activity such a success. Councilmember Enrooth
12 indicated there would be another Clean Up Day held in
13 September and his Committee plans to sponsor similar clean ups
14 twice a year in the future. The efforts of the Public Works
15 Department personnel were also gratefully acknowledged.
16
17 Councilmember Marks
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19 The Focus had carried a story on the Sisters Cities visitors
20 from Salo, Finland and the Councilmember reported receiving
21 the first offering of housing for the visitors .
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23 Mayor Ranallo
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25 The Mayor reported reception of a letter that same day from
26 the Chairman of the Hennepin County Commissioners in which Mr.
• 27 Derus requested St. Anthony representation at the public
28 hearing on "Diversity of programs available to .families in
29 Hennepin County" which will be conducted by the U. S. Advisory
30 Committee on Families at the Hennepin County Center from May
31 26 through May 29, 1992 .
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33 Mayor Ranallo reported that on May 20 he had presented the
34 Chamber of Commerce Bob Sundland Memorial award to Pat
35 Sommerville of St. Anthony who will be attending classes on
36 Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. The Mayor said
37 he also gave his State of the City address at the meeting
38 after which one of the members approached him to ask why the
39 City didn' t use tax increment funding to a greater extent. The
40 Mayor said he told the questioner all the problems the City
41 has run into trying to set up this type of funding for
42 prospective businesses like CUB and SuperValue. The man was
43 referred to the City Manager for further information and that
44 discussion apparently convinced him that tax increment
45 financing was not the safest route to pursue to get more
46 business for the City.
47
48 Mayor Ranallo indicated his State of the City address on cable
49 had also included information on tax increment financing and
50 no viewers had accepted his invitation to pursue the subject
51 further with City staff . As a matter of fact, in spite of
52 heavy coverage of the talk prior to the telecast and the
53 repetition of the program seventeen times on cable, the Mayor
54 indicated he had heard from only five persons who had viewed
55 his presentation.
1 Council Meeting
• 2 May 26, 1992
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6 B. City Manager Reports
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8 Mr. Burt indicated that because the DNR had been slow in
9 getting necessary information back to the City, the hearing on
10 the Lake Ordinance could not be held until the June 23rd.
11
12 The Manager responded to questions related to changing the
13 speed limits near Gross Golf Course by telling the Council
14 staff had great concerns from a safety standpoint related to
15 pedestrian traffic and potential damage to boulevard trees if
16 that were done. He said drivers in that area on a regular
17 basis go off the road because they are watching the golfers
18 rather than the road. The Manager indicated the Police Chief
19 was also concerned that, since so many drivers reach speeds of
20 between 40 and 50 now, they might just drive even faster if
21 the limits are raised. Mr. Burt also pointed out that if
22 residents perceive the City changing the speed limits in this
23 area, they might figure limits could also be lowered on City
24 streets which would tend to bog down traffic all over the City.
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26 City Manager Burt reported he was making slow progress in his
• 27 negotiations with Apache Management related to a definitive
28 plan for tax increment financing. He said he perceived a need
29 for further input before he proceeds with these negotiations
30 and suggested a lunch with the Mayor and legal counsel
31 following precedents set by the former mayor might be
32 helpful . Mr. Burt than indicated a "client/attorney" advisory
33 letter could be directed to the rest of the Council telling
34 them of any new tactics which might result from that meeting.
35 He was directed to schedule such a luncheon meeting the
36 following week.
37
38 The City' s 1991 Audit had been distributed that day to the
39 Council and Stu Bonniwell, the City Auditor urged
40 Councilmembers to contact Mr. Larson on any items on which
41 they had questions . . Copies of Mr. Larson's May 14 memorandum
42 and recommendations on "Unappropriated Fund Balances " with
43 supporting data had been included in the Council. agenda.
44
45 Mr. Bonniwell congratulated the City on a good year in spite
46 of cuts in state aid. He told Councilmember Marks he
47 perceived no outstanding procedural changes needed to be made
48 in the day-to-day accounting operations . His recommendations
49 related to the transfer of the funds in the debt service for
50 the 1968 Bond Fund into a capital projects fund as well as the
51 earmarking of funds to cover various employee compensation
52 funds will be addressed by staff recommendation at a later
• 53 date. The Auditor congratulated staff on the prudent handling
54 of $9, 000,000 .00 in cash investments for which the market
55 values all exceeded the costs, at least at this date.
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6 Mr. Bonniwell indicated he recalled the Council 's intent of
7 letting the audit out for bids this year and thanked the Mayor
8 for telling him he had done an excellent job on the 1991 audit.
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10 The agenda was suspended to take up the item under "A" NEW
11 BUSINESS.
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13 IR NEW BUSINESS
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15 A. Approval of City' s Insurance Carrier for 1992
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17 Mark�-Flaten_ of American Risk Services, Inc. , was present to
18 discuss the League of MN Cities insurance renewal proposals
19 for insurance coverage for the City from June 1, 1992-May 31,
20 1993 as discussed in the City Finance Director ' s May 21
21 memorandum to Mr. Burt which had been included in the
22 Council ' s agenda packet.
23
24 Mr. ' Flaten_; told the Council that the City had again "plowed
25 new ground" when he and Mr. Larson had met with the League of
26 MN Cities Insurance Trust Representative a year ago and the
• 27 Finance Director had told him he had read someplace where
28 "lime yellow firetrucks were easier to see than red
29 firetrucks" . Mr. Larson's suggestion`t ,ar--: the League give a
30 discount for that color translated into a 10% discount on auto
31 liability for trucks of that color including St. Anthony' s .
32
33 Mr.� Flaten- drew attention to the City's largest increase
34 which was for Workers Compensation. The decision to go to a
35 guaranteed cost rather than to a retroactive program proved to
36 be a wise decision he pointed out, because the City's
37 experience this year was far worse than in prior years . The
38 Council agreed with staff that in view of anticipated
39 claims,the guaranteed cost program should be retained for
40 another year. Mr. Burt reported the City had established a
41 Safety Committee this year to work with the League' s Loss
42 Prevention Representatives in an attempt to decrease thes_ e-,
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43 types of claims, especially for back injuries.Mr. ' late _
44 perceived an improvement in premiums for the next year due to
45 the League' s proposed deductible program and legislative
46 action this year.
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48 The insurance representative indicated attendance of City
49 liquor servers at the League training sessions for liquor
50 servers could result in a $5,000. 00 cost saving for the City.
51 Mr. Platen_ ,recommendations were accepted in the following:
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• 53 Motion by Marks, seconded by Wagner to accept the League of
54 Minnesota Cities insurance proposal as recommended in the
55 Finance Director ' s May 21 memorandum to the City Manager.
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57 Motion carried unanimously.
1 Council Meeting
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6 VII CONTINUATION OF CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS
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8 Letter of Intent to Purchase Restaurant Equipment
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10 Mr. Burt ' s May 18, 1992 Letter of Intent to the St . Anthony
11 Park State Bank had been duplicated in the agenda packet and
12 the City Manager discussed possible effects of the action on
13 the Stonehouse operation.
14
15 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve the Letter of
16 Intent to purchase restaurant equipment from Mannings
17 Restaurant as presented.
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19 Motion carried unanimously.
20
21 VII PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE
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23 X UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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25 A. Approva.l. of Ramsey County' s Reconstruction of Silver
26 Lake Road
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28 Mr. Burt reported expressing to New Brighton officials St.
29 Anthony' s concerns about reconstructing the roadway to
30 anything_, less than four lanes because of anticipated increases
31 of business at Apache Plaza. The Manager indicated he had
32 pointed out the City' s fears that the vehicular turning
33 accidents already being experienced on that roadway would only
34 be increased with sharp traffic count increases which will
35 surely follow from the type of businesses being considered for
36 Apache and all the new construction along New Brighton's
37 section of Silver Lake Road.
38
39 Councilmember Marks reiterated that he personally always
40 philosophically opposed increasing traffic through residential
41 areas but from the standpoint of supporting Apache Plaza had
42 come to accept that a four lane roadway was the only design
43 the City could support. The other Councilmembers agreed that
44 providing vehicular safety at intersections called for an
45 upgrading of the existing roadway with no changes in actual
46 road width except for turning lanes at intersections. St.
47 Anthony had already suffered similar intersection changes with
48 the upgrading of County Road D. It was also noted that the
49 reconstruction would be paid from federal monies in this
50 case.
51
52 Motion by' Enrooth, seconded by Fleming to approve the Ramsey
53 County reconstruction of Silver Lake Road as presented with
54 recognition that construction of a sidewalk on the west side
55 will depend on water flow approval by other governmental
56 agencies .
57
58 Motion carried unanimously.
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• 2 May 26, 1992
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6 B. Approval of Second Reading of Ordinance 1992 -003
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8 Motion by Marks, seconded by Wagner to approve the second
9 Reading of the ordinance limiting the number of licenses at
10 any one establishment .
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12 Motion carried unanimously.
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14 XI ADJOURNMENT
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16 Motion by Marks - seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the May 26,
17 1992 Council meeting at 8:49 p.m.
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19 Motion carried unanimously.
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22 Respectfully submitted,
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27 Helen Crowe, Acting Secretary
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32 Mayor Clarence Ranallo
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