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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 03231993 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII ioizio Box: 19 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1993 Document: CC MINUTES 03231993 CITY OF ST . ANTHONY 2 3 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 4 5 MARCH 23 , 1993 6 7 8 1 . CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 9 10 The meeting was called to order at 7 : 00 p .m. by Mayor Ranallo 11 who led the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 13 2 . ROLL CALL 14 15 Council Present.: Mayor Ranall-o and Councilmembers Marks , 16 Enrooth, Fleming and Wagner 17 18 Staff Present : City Manager Burt , Management Assistant Urbia 19 and City Attorney Soth 20 21 3 . APPROVAL OF MARCH 23 , 1993 COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 22 23 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the agenda for 24 the March 23 , 1993 Council Meeting with one addition to 25 Unfinished Business , that being, the second reading of the 0 Accessory Structure Setback ordinance. 28 29 Motion carried unanimously 30 31 32 4 . APPROVAL OF MARCH 9 , 1993 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 33 34 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to approve the minutes of 35 the March 9 , 1993 Council Meeting with the following 36 corrections : 37 38 page 5, lines 17-20 : This paragraph should read as follows : 39 "The City Manager noted that the third reading of the 40 ordinance should occur on April 13th. He advised that 41 ordinances have traditionally been effective right after the 42 third reading. " 43 44 page 11 , line 10 : Delete "twelve" 45 46 47 Motion carried unanimously 48 49 50 5 . LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 2 4 5 6 Town & Country Foods - Garden Shop 7 8 The Manager of Town & Country Foods sent a letter requesting 9 a permit to operate a garden store in its parking lot from 10 April 20th through June 15th . 11 12 The City Manager advised that this will be outside sales which 13 is usually not allowed by ordinance but it has been allowed 14 for some time per approval of the Council . 15 16 Motion by Enrooth, second by Marks to approve the permit 17 application as submitted by Town & Country Foods for a garden 18. shop on its property from April 20 , 1993 through June 15, 19 1993 . 20 21 Motion carried unanimously 22 23 24 Amusement Device Licenses 25 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the applications for amusement device licenses submitted by the following 28 businesses : 29 30 St . Anthony Lanes 31 Pizza Hut 32 Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat 33 Slick ' s Alternative 34 St . Anthony Fun Center 35 36 37 Motion carried unanimously 38 39 Bench License 40 41 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the application 42 for a bench license submitted by U. S . Bench Company. 43 44 Motion carried unanimously 45 46 Bowlina Alley License 47 48 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the applications 49 for bowling alley licenses as submitted by the following 50 businesses : • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 3 4 5 6 St . Anthony Lanes 7 Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat 8 9 Motion carried unanimously 10 11 12 Cigarette License 13 14 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the applications 15 for cigarette licenses as submitted by the following- 16 businesses : 17 18 F.W. Woolworth 19 Apache New Market 20 St . Anthony Mobil 21 St . Anthony Lanes 22 Stop-N-Save 23 Slick ' s Alternative 24 25 Motion carried unanimously &1 Contractors 28 29 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the application 30 for a contractor ' s license submitted by Kevin Dooley, Coon 31 Rapids , Mn. 32 33 Motion carried unanimously 34 35 36 Heating License 37 38 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the application 39 for a heating license submitted by General Sheet Metal 40 Corporation of Minneapolis , Mn . 41 42 43 Motion carried unanimously 44 45 Garbage Hauler ' s License 46 47 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the application 48 for a garbage hauler license submitted by Boone Trucking, 49 Inc . . 50 Motion carried unanimously • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 4 4 5 6 Juke Box License 7 8 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the application 9 for a juke box license submitted by Slick ' s Alternative . 10 11 12 Motion carried unanimously 13 14 Service Station Licenses 15 16 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the applications 17 for a service station license by the following businesses : 18 19 St . Anthony Mobil 20 St . Anthony Unocal , Inc . 21 Stop-N-Shop 22 Dick ' s St . Anthony " 66" 23 - 24 Motion carried unanimously 25 0 Vendina Machine Licenses 28 29 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the applications 30 for a vending machine license 'submitted by the following 31 businesses : 32 33 Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat , Inc . 34 St . Anthony Lanes 35 36 Motion carried unanimously 37 38 3 . 2 Beer "On-Sale" Licenses 39 40 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to approve the 41 applications for 3 . 2 Beer "On-Sale" licenses for the following 42 businesses : 43 44 Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat 45 St . Anthony Lanes 46 Pizza Hut , Inc . 47 48 Roll call : Ranallo, Enrooth, Fleming, Wagner - aye 49 Marks - nay 50 Motion passes • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 5 4 5 6 3 . 2 Beer "Off-Sale" Licenses 7 8 Motion by Wagner, second by Fleming to approve the 9 applications for 3 . 2 Beer "Off-Sale" licenses for the 10 following businesses : 11 12 Stop-N-Save 13 Berggren ' s Market Enterprises , Inc. (Apache New Market ) 14 15 Roll call : Ranallo, Enrooth, Fleming, Wagner- aye 16 Marks - nay 17 18 Motion passes 19 20 6 . PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS 21 22 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the following 23 claims : 24 25 North Suburban Cable Commission Payment in the amount of $9, 565 . 98 to North Suburban Cable 28 Commission for the City ' s 1993 contribution . 29 30 Dorsey & Whitney Law Firm 31 32 Payment in the amount of $793 . 50 to Dorsey & Whitney Law firm 33 for legal services rendered through January 31 , 1993 for 34 various matters . 35 36 Verified Claims 37 38 Payment for the three pages of verified claims as submitted by 39 the Finance Director . 40 41 Motion carried unanimously 42 43 7 . REPORTS 44 45 A. Report of Councilmember Wagner 46 47 Councilmember Wagner attended a breakfast meeting which was 48 formerly Commissioner Salverda ' s Breakfast Club. The guest 49 speaker was Dottie Reitow, who is the Metropolitan Council ' s 50 Chairperson. • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 6 4 5 6 Councilmember Wagner observed that Ms . Rietow has a different 7 philosophy than the previous Metropolitan Council Chairperson, 8 Mary Anderson. She will be a very aggressive chairperson and 9 has indicated she has a philosophy which will focus on 10 streamlining government and governmental bureaus . She 11 commented on some specific plans she has regarding 12 transportation matters , waste control and cost of disposal , 13 and the issue of fiscal disparities . 14 15 The Mayor noted that St . Anthony has not faired very well from 16 the Fiscal Disparities Act . Councilmember Wagner stated that 17 the basis for the fiscal disparities distribution formula is 18 very old and it has been recognized that it needs updating. 19 20 The issue of an elected Metropolitan Council versus an 21 appointed body was also discussed at the breakfast meeting. 22 23 24 B. Report of Councilmember Fleming 25 Councilmember Fleming represented the City at the recent National League of Cities Conference in Washington, D.C. At 28 the last Council meeting she indicated she would be making her 29 comments and observations regarding the content and useful 30 information available at the Conference at this Council 31 meeting. She referred to the NLC ' s latest newspaper which 32 reviewed some of the comments made by President Clinton and 33 other topics discussed at the Conference. Among the issues 34 discussed which Councilmember Fleming found interesting were 35 labor mandates , legislation and regulations , the Police Bill 36 of Rights and matters regarding children and health care. 37 38 Councilmember Fleming represented the City at a meeting of the 39 Northwest Youth and Family Services Commission. It was noted 40 that the agency served only one child from St . Anthony during 41 the last quarter . She expressed a desire to meet with a staff 42 member regarding the use of this agency by St . Anthony 43 residents . She also requested some information on what the 44 City Council had approved for donations to this agency. 45 46 Councilmember Fleming visited a third grade classroom and 47 spoke on government to forty-five children- She also attended 48 a Chamber of Commerce meeting where she distributed 49 participant forms for those interested in being in the Village 50 Fest Parade . 9 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 7 4 5 6 Councilmember Fleming, who attended a meeting hosted by 7 Representative Sabo, advised that the City will be placed in 8 the Fourth Congressional District , effective in 1995 . 9 10 She also mentioned that she felt the goalsetting session was 11 fantastic . 12 13 C. Report of Councilmember Marks 14 - 15 Councilmember Marks served as - one of the leaders at the 16 Planning and Zoning Institute. He will also be participating 17 at a similar function to be held at North Hennepin Technical 18 Institute . 19 20 Councilmember Marks represented the City at the National 21 League of Cities Conference in Washington , D. C. While there he 22 attended a Civic Visioning Seminar which used Rock Hill , South 23 Carolina as an example of visioning. 24 25 Leaders in Rock Hill looked at its City in six areas in this visioning process for turning the direction of the City 49 around. In 1970 there had been thirteen textile mills 28 operating successfully in the City and they were the largest 29 employers in the area. By 1980 all of these mills had closed, 30 the economy was depressed and the City ' s tax base had 31 virtually disappeared. It ' s neighbor in North Carolina offered 32 serious competition to the economic future of Rock Hill . 33 34 Councilmember Marks explained how a two year plus process 35 turned the City around and it is now enjoying success in such 36 areas as environment , education and historical as well as 37 other arenas . Forty new industries have been attracted to the 38 City . Also, Rock Hill did a "female" David which has been used 39 very effectively as a marketing tool . No final report has been 40 compiled on these efforts as it is being viewed as an on-going 41 process . He saw possibilities for St . Anthony for using some 42 of the Rock Hill strategies . 43 44 Councilmember Marks also attended forums which addressed the 45 President ' s economic stimulus package which was presented by 46 former Mayor Latimer and Henry Cisneros , a former NLC 47 President and a member of the President ' s cabinet . Part of the 48 package included the addition of 100 , 00 new police officers in 49 the country, revamping of the human services agenda and 50 delivery, and having a partnership with all levels of government . • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 8 4 5 6 Mayor Don Fraser shared his views of solving problems of 7 poverty, the current welfare system and youth preparation for 8 the future . 9 10 The workshop on the North American Free Trade Agreement was 11 chaired by Larry Bakken, the President of the Minnesota League 12 of Cities . Loss of employment opportunities and capital costs 13 were two concerns of participants discussed at this workshop . 14 15 Councilmember Marks has attended three functions of the 16 National League of Cities where presidents addressed the 17 delegates . He felt no other president had inspired the 18 delegates as much as President Clinton . He presented his 19 economic plans and made his comments without the benefits of 20 notes . It was also noted that the NLC Board of Directors have 21 endorsed the President ' s plan . Councilmember Marks did not 22 recall this having been done for any other president . 23 24 25 D. Report of Councilmember Enrooth oThe Village Fest Committee held a meeting on March 22nd and 28 twenty-two people attended. There was a report from all 29 committees and their status . 30 31 Councilmember Enrooth noted there was some questions regarding 32 the City ' s participation on the Village Fest . 33 34 35 E. Report of Mayor Ranallo 36 37 The Mayor also addressed the third grade class to which 38 Councilmember Fleming had referred . He was questioned about 39 potholes and licenses for sale of cigarettes . 40 41 Mayor Ranallo felt the goalsetting session was very 42 beneficial . He did suggest that perhaps it could start earlier 43 on the first day as there was considerable materials to cover . 44 45 46 B. Report of the City Manager 47 48 The City Manager had nothing to report at this time. 49 50 • !1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 9 4 5 6 8 . PUBLIC HEARINGS 7 8 A. Urban Hennepin County Community Development Block Grant 9 Program, Year XIX (Resolution No. 93-021 ) 10 11 The public hearing was opened by Mayor Ranallo at 7 : 40 p .m. 12 13 The City Manager advised that the funds from the CDBG Program 14 in Hennepin County had decreased nearly $10 , 000 . This decrease 1.5 is due to a decline in the population as well as other 16 factors . Staff is recommending an increase in funding for 17 senior citizen programs and that the single family rehab 18 program receive the remaining funds . 19 20 Motion by Marks , second by Wagner to close the public hearing 21 at 7 : 42 p.m. 22 23 Motion carried unanimously 24 25 0 6 Motion by Marks , second by Wagner to approve Resolution No . 7 93-021 being a resolution approving projected use of funds for 28 1993 (Year XIX) of the Urban Hennepin County Community 29 Development Block Grant Program. 30 31 32 Motion carried unanimously 33 34 35 COUNCIL MEETING RECESS 36 37 Motion by Enrooth, second by Marks to recess the Council 38 Meeting at 7 : 44 p .m. for an HRA meeting. 39 40 Motion carried unanimously 41 42 43 The Council Meeting was reconvened at 7 : 55 p.m. 44 45 46 B. Proposed Amendment to the Apache Redevelopment and Tax 47 Increment Financing Plan for 3901 and 3909 Silver Lake 48 Road (Resolution No. 93-022 ) 49 50 0 01 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 10 4 5 6 The public hearing for this redevelopment and tax increment 7 financing was opened by Mayor Ranallo at 7 : 55 p .m. 8 9 The redevelopment project is to build a professional office 10 building at 3901 and 3909 Silver Lake Road . The building will 11 house dental offices for Dr . Raymond Hellickson, Dr . Ronald 12 Vescio and associates . 13 14 A letter was received from the dentists detailing their plans 15 for redevelopment of these two parcels -which would also 16 include the removal of an existing structure. Plans for the 17 project were included in the Council agenda packet . 18 19 Motion by Wagner, second by Marks to approve Resolution No . 20 93-002 which is a resolution 1993-1 amendment to redevelopment 21 plan for redevelopment project area No . 3 - Ramsey County and 22 the redevelopment project to be undertaken pursuant thereto 23 and tax increment financing plan for tax increment financing 24 District No. 4 - Ramsey County, and making findings with 25 respect thereto . 6 7 Motion carried unanimously 28 29 30 The public hearing was closed at 8 : 05 p .m. 31 32 33 9 . NEW BUSINESS 34 35 A. Proposed 1993 Street Improvements 36 37 On March 10th, staff held meetings with residents from the 38 areas in which street improvements are being proposed. At 39 these meetings estimated costs for each improvement were 40 presented to those in attendance. 41 42 Streets being considered for reconstruction are Penrod Lane 43 from 36th to 37th Avenues ; 31st Avenue from Rankin Road to Old 44 Highway 8 ; Croft Drive from Rankin Road to 31st Avenue; and, 45 Rankin Road from 31st Avenue to Townview. Streets selected for 46 an overlay are Rankin Road from 31st Avenue south to dead-end 47 and Croft Drive from 32nd Avenue from Croft Drive to 31st 48 Avenue . 49 50 • •1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 11 4 5 6 Minutes from these neighborhood meetings were included in the 7 Council agenda packet . Estimated improvement cost summaries 8 drafted by Maier Stewart and Associates were also included in 9 the packet . The City Manager noted that estimates are 10 typically high. 11 12 The City Manager advised that when bids are received the 13 Council will hold a public hearing to determine if there will 14 be a project . Councilmember Fleming inquired if a public 15 hearing could be held before the bids are gotten . The City 16 Manager felt this would not be advisable as only estimated 17 costs would be available for discussion . He feels that 18 property owners prefer to have actual costs . 19 20 The City Manager recommended that all of the projects be bid 21 as a package thereby affording the City the best possible 22 rates . The Council could then consider each street in the 23 package project by project . 24 25 Discussion continued regarding the assessment policy and how �6 actual assessments are determined . It was noted that the 7 assessment formula addresses all unusual sized lots and 28 frontages . This includes double lots , curves and corner lots . 29 30 An appraisal firm had been employed to draft opinions of the 31 market value contribution which may be realized from each of 32 these street improvements to adjoining properties . The 33 appraiser ' s letter stated his observations are preliminary and 34 not a formal appraisal . 35 36 The City Attorney advised that if there are court cases 37 resulting from these assessments an appraisal would be 38 required. He noted that special benefit to a given property 39 must be equal to the amount of the assessment . 40 41 The City Attorney stated that the City ' s fifty-fifty split of 42 costs of assessments plan is supported by the appraiser and is 43 in keeping with the law. He noted that while there is no 44 formula for this in the law the courts want fairness to the 45 benefitted property owners to be a primary concern when 46 determining the amount of an assessment . He also stated that 47 if the formula produces an assessment which appears to be way 48 out of line for a particular property, the City Council can 49 adjust this when it adopts the assessment rolls . 50 • •1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 12 4 5 6 Motion by Enrooth, second by Wagner to direct the City Manager 7 to take bids for road construction , restoration and overlays 8 and to advertise for bids . 9 10 Motion carried unanimously 11 12 13 B . Amendment No. 4 to the Granular Carbon Activated Water 14 Filtration System Contract with the Minnesota Pollution 15 Control Agency (Resolution No. 93-0-2-3 ) 16 17 This contract has been reviewed by the City Attorney. He noted 18 that the State would like to include a clause for "not-to- 19 exceed" amounts . 20 21 Councilmember Wagner noted this is only a ten year extension . 22 23 The City Manager contacted Briggs and Morgan and was advised 24 that the contract probably cannot be extended. 25 �6 Motion by Marks , second by Wagner to approve Resolution No . 7 93-023 which is a resolution authorizing the Mayor and City 28 Manager to sign the amendment No . 4 of the granular activated 29 carbon water filtration plant . 30 31 Motion carried unanimously 32 33 34 10 . UNFINISHED BUSINESS 35 36 A. Second Reading of Ordinance 37 38 Motion by Enrooth, second by Wagner to approve the second 39 reading of the Accessory Structure Setback Permit Ordinance . 40 41 Motion carried unanimously 42 43 44 B. Council Work Session Agenda Items 45 46 Mayor Ranallo requested that the Liquor Operations Manager be 47 present at the April 6th Council work session . He would like 48 a full report - on the liquor operations prepared for the 49 agenda . The Mayor had questions regarding the profits of the 50 off-sale operation . 0 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 MARCH 23 , 1993 3 PAGE 13 4 5 6 7 The City Manager advised that there will be an architectural 8 report on the Community Center proposals on the agenda for the 9 work session as well . 10 11 11 . ADJOURNMENT 12 13 Motion by Marks , second by Wagner to adjourn the meeting at 14 8 : 35 p .m. 15 16 Motion carried unanimously 17 18 19 Respectfully submitted, 20 21 Jo-Anne Student , Council Secretary 22 23 Aw 24 25 t 06 Mayor Clarenc Ranallo 7 28 29 ATTEST : 30 City C1 rk 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50