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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 04271993 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIII IIIIIIII 101216 Box: 19 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1993 Document: CC MINUTES 04271993 • CITY OF ST . ANTHONY 2 3 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 4 5 APRIL 27 , 1993 6 7 8 9 1 . CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 10 11 The meeting was called to order at 7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor Ranallo 12 who led the Pledge of Allegiance . 13 14 15 2 . ROLL CALL 16 17 Council Present : Mayor Ranallo and Councilmembers Marks , 18 Enrooth, and Fleming. 19 20 Council Absent : Counci.lmember Wagner was out of town . 21 22 Staff Present : City Manager Burt , Management Assistant Urbia 23 and City Attorney Soth 24 25 0 3 . APPROVAL OF APRIL 27 , 1993 COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 28 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the agenda for 29 the April 27 , 1993 Council Meeting. 30 31 City Manager Burt requested an Executive Session be held 32 between the Council Meeting and the Housing and Redevelopment 33 Authority Meeting. Pending litigation will be discussed at the 34 Executive Session. 35 36 Motion carried unanimously 37 38 39 4 . _APPROVAL OF APRIL 13 , 1993 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 40 41 Motion by Fleming, second by Enrooth to approve the minutes of 42 the April 13, 1993 Council Meeting as presented and there were 43 no corrections . 44 45 Motion carried unanimously 46 47 5 . LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS 48 49 Motion by Enrooth, second by Marks to approve the license 50 applications for the following businesses: • r ' REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 APRIL 27 , 1993 3 PAGE 2 4 5 6 Murphy ' s Service Center , Inc . for a cigarette license 7 8 Murphy' s Service Center , Inc . for a service station license 9 10 Bernick ' s Full-Line Vending for two vending machine licenses 11 12 13 Motion carried unanimously 14 15 6 . PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS 16 17 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the claims as 18 submitted by the following businesses or firms : 19 20 A. Julee Quarve Peterson 21 22 Payment in the amount of $800 . 00 to Julee Quarve-Peterson for 23 the handicap accessibility audit for St . Anthony Village. 24 5 B. Government Training Service Payment in the amount of $2 , 117 . 32 to the Government Training 28 Service for the consultant ' s fee and . expenses for the 29 Council /staff retreat . 30 31 C . Maier Stewart & Associates 32 33 1 . Payment in the amount of $881 . 74 to Maier Stewart & 34 Associates for specifications and plans for 37th Avenue. 35 36 2 . Payment in the amount of $4 , 958 . 63 to Maier Stewart & 37 Associates for plans and specifications for the 1993 38 street reconstruction project . 39 40 D. Keys Well Drilling 41 42 Payment in the amount of $5, 315 . 00 to Keys Well Drilling for 43 the Lowry Grove Park well drilling project . 44 45 E. Stuart J . Bonniwell 46 47 Payment in the amount of $7 , 500 . 00 to Stuart J. Bonniwell , 48 Certified Public Accountant for the progress billing in 49 connection with the audit of the St . Anthony Village financial 50 statements for the year ended December 31 , 1992 . • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 APRIL 27 , 1993 3 PAGE 3 4 5 6 F . Verified Claims 7 8 Payment of the one page of verified claims as presented by the 9 Financial Director . 10 11 Motion carried unanimously 12" 13 7 . REPORTS 14 15 A. COUNCIL REPORTS 16 17 1 . Report of Councilmember Fleming 18 19 Councilmember Fleming had nothing to report at this time . 20 21 2 . Report of Councilmember Marks 22 23 This summer the City will be hosting a delegation of visitors 24 from Salo, Finland. Salo is St . Anthony ' s sister city. io Councilmember Marks advised that a much smaller delegation of visitors will be coming than was first anticipated. He felt 28 the economic problems being experienced in that country have 29 impacted on the number of people who are able to afford to 30 make the trip. 31 32 3 . Report of Councilmember Enrooth 33 34 The most recent meeting of the Village Fest Committee was held 35 on April 26th . There were fewer people in attendance than at 36 previous meetings . Councilmember Enrooth felt this was because 37 of many other conflicting events and meetings . 38 39 4 . Report of Mayor Ranallo 40 41 The Mayor received a letter from Ms . Robin Warner who stated 42 she felt the City should intervene on her behalf regarding her 43 recent employment termination . 44 45 Ms . Warner was employed by the St . Anthony Chamber of 46 Commerce, the Sports Boosters and the Lions Club in their 47 cooperative charitable gambling operation. 48 49 50 • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 27 , 1993 3 PAGE 4 4 5 6 In his letter of response , the Mayor advised Ms . Warner that 7 it is not within the purview of the City to become involved 8 with personnel issues . Members of the City Council received a 9 copy of the Mayor ' s letter of reply. 10 11 These three organizations lease space in the Apache Wells and 12 the Stonehouse in which the gambling operation is run . 13 14 A petition signed by patrons of these two establishments was 15 a-1 so received . The petition supported a number- of issues among 16 which were posting of winners , and respectful treatment of 17 employees . 18 19 Terry Taylor, Gambling Board Chair, was at the Council 20 Meeting. He stated he had not seen the petition before 21 tonight . Councilmember Enrooth observed that the Council can 22 do nothing until the three organizations respond . Mayor 23 Rana,llo requested Mr . Taylor to talk to members of his 24 committee and return to the City Council . 25 The Mayor received a letter from three property owners who 0 live on Stinson Boulevard . The primary reason for the letter 28 was to indicate what they view as negative impacts the CUB 29 store will have on their property values . 30 31 They are also concerned with increased traffic on Stinson 32 Boulevard , speeding, noise, vandalism and littering in their 33 area . They inquired if there will be additional police 34 officers hired to deal with the problems which may come from 35 this store. 36 37 Councilmember Marks feels the traffic enforcement in St . 38 Anthony is superior to that of surrounding communities . 39 40 Councilmember Enrooth suggested it may only be an assumption 41 and not a proven. fact that the CUB store will adversely affect 42 real estate values . 43 44 The City Manager observed that when Apache Plaza was built. 45 thirty years ago none of these concerns became an issue. 46 47 Mayor Ranallo recalled there used to be three grocery stores 48 in the City with their associated traffic. Now with fewer , 49 there is little likelihood that traffic will ever reach that 50 level again . • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 APRIL 27 , 1993 3 PAGE 5 4 5 6 The Mayor and City Manager will draft a letter of response to 7 these three property owners . 8 9 B. Report of the City Manager 10 11 A. St . Charles Marathon 12 13 Mayor Ranallo advised that the Marathon will require a minimum 14 of twenty adult volunteers from St . Charles . The City Manager 15 stated the Police Reserves will be stationed at the 16 intersection where the runners/bikers/walkers cross Silver 17 Lake Road . 18 19 Motion by Fleming, second by Marks to approve the request from 20 St . Charles Church to hold its annual marathon on October 2 , 21 1993 from 9 : 00 a .m. until Noon . 22 23 Motion carried unanimously 24 25 B. CUB Update 0 Ms. Joan Ahrens , representing Super Valu Stores and Dennis 28 Cavanaugh , representing the C . G. Rein Company, who owns 29 Apache Plaza , were at the Council Meeting to answer questions . 30 31 Mr . Cavanaugh advised he recently received the development 32 agreement forms from the City ' s legal counsel , Dorsey & 33 Whitney and the Springsted Financial Advisors . He expects- to 34 have these forms completed by the end of the -week . 35 36 The City Manager advised there are some items yet to complete 37 which include an updated water quality study and demolition 38 plans for certain parts of Apache Plaza . Barr Engineering has 39 been hired to do the water quality study. The City Manager 40 anticipates all of the agreements and details will be 41 completed within forty-five days . 42 43 Councilmember Marks inquired as to the opening date for the 44 CUB Store . Ms . Ahrens responded the groundbreaking is 45 scheduled for Spring 1994 and the opening date should be in 46 the fall of 1994 . She noted that all parties involved have 47 been working on this project diligently. 48 49 The City Manager felt going into the bond market at this time 50 was advantageous . • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 27 , 1993 3 , PAGE 6 4 5 6 8 . PUBLIC HEARINGS 7 8 A. Compliance With Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA, ) 9 Resolution No . 93-027 10 11 The Public Hearing was opened at 7 : 25 p..m. 12 13 Mayor Ranallo read the public hearing notice which appeared in 14 the April 14 , 1993 edition of the Bulletin . 15 16 Julee Quarve-Peterson conducted the accessibility audit of all 17 of the City ' s facilities , sites and buildings . Her report was 18 presented to the Council in an Executive Report format . She 19 stated that this report is an administrative overview and an 20 action plan . 21 22 Ms . Quarve-Peterson reviewed why the law exists and how it 23 applies to St . Anthony Village . She noted that not every 24 facility must comply but there is an obligation to provide 25 access . 0 She said that the City Council must reach and make some 28 decisions regarding the recommendations contained in her 29 report . These decisions have to be made on funding available, 30 community needs , etc . 31 32 The City Manager advised that staff has prepared a plan for 33 action based on Ms . Quarve-Peterson ' s information. This is a 34 transition plan and is formulated in three phases . 35 36 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to close the Public Hearing 37 at 7 : 40 p .m. 38 39 Motion carried unanimously 40 41 42 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve Resolution No. 43 93-027 being a resolution approving the City of St . Anthony ' s 44 compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) . 45 46 47 Motion carried unanimously 48 49 9. NEW BUSINESS 50 • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 APRIL 27 , 1993 3 PAGE 7 4 5 6 A. Quotations for Street Materials and water Supplies for 7 1993 8 9 10 This item was removed from the agenda as the quotations for 11 these materials were not prepared for presentation . 12 13 14 B. Request for Authorization for the Creation of an 15 Additional Tax Parcel 16 17 This request. was received from Apache Plaza, Ltd . The letter 18 of request noted that a written authorization from the City 19 for the creation of this tax parcel is a requirement of the 20 Ramsey County Department of Taxation and Records . 21 22 Motion by Marks , second by Fleming to authorize the City 23 Manager to prepare a written authorization -for the creation of 24 a separate tax parcel for Apache Plaza , Ltd. 25 0 Motion carried unanimously 28 C. Proclamation - Arbor Day and Arbor Month 29 30 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve the proclamation 31 designating April 30 , 1993 as Arbor Day and May, 1993 as Arbor 32 Month in St . Anthony Village . 33 34 Motion carried unanimously 35 36 37 Councilmember Marks felt it is vital that conservation and 38 restoration of ' forests be encouraged . He noted that large 39 white pine forests in Wisconsin have been nearly eliminated . 40 The wood from these trees was used for buildings which are no 41 longer in existence. 42 43 D. Resolution No. 93-028 - Re: Metropolitan Waste Control 44 Commission Grant Application 45 46 The City Manager explained the purposes for which these grant 47 funds are to be used . They are to be used to create a low 48 interest loan pool for homeowners to disconnect sump pumps and 49 drain tile from the sanitary sewer system. 50 • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING • APRIL 27 , 1993 3 PAGE 8 4 5 6 Motion by Enrooth , second by Marks to approve Resolution No. 7 93-02'8'being a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant 8 application to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for 9 infiltration/inflow control projects . 10 11 Motion carried unanimously 12 13 14 E. Ordinance No 1993-003 , Re : Late Water Meter Readings and 15 Water Bill Payments (First Readina) 16 17 Motion by Marks , second by Fleming to approve the first 18 reading of Ordinance No. 1993-003 being an ordinance relating 19 to untimely water meter readings and delinquent water bill 20 payments ; amending Sections 610 . 00 and 610 . 10 of the 1993 St . 21 Anthony Code of Ordinances . 22 23 Motion carried unanimously 24 5 EXECUTIVE SESSION 28 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to recess to an Executive 29 Session to discuss the possibility of a lawsuit regarding a 30 pending condemnation case of the Good Luck Cafe at 7 :.45 p.m. 31 32 Motion carried unanimously 33 34 35 Motion by Marks , second by Fleming to close the Executive 36 Session and return to the Regular Council Meeting at 8 : 35 p.m. 37 38 Motion carried unanimously 39 40 41 42 10 . UNFINISHED BUSINESS 4.3 44 A. Public Hearina - Road Improvements 45 46 The City Manager explained that the bids on the proposed road 47 improvements are expected next week . A letter will go to all 48 affected property owners explaining the costs and the 49 improvements . 50 • REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2 APRIL 27 , 1993 3 PAGE 9 4 5 6 Motion by Marks , second by Enrooth to approve Resolution No . 7 93-029 which is a resolution scheduling the public hearing 8 date for road improvements for May 25, 1993 . 9 10 Motion carried unanimously 11 12 B. Work Session Agenda Items 13 14 Councilmember Fleming requested that the financial status of 15 the City' s liquor operation be on the work session agenda . 16 17 The Ci.ty Manager advised there will be some discussion at the 18 work session regarding the budget and areas for possible cuts . 19 He stated he will have a plan drafted whereby there will be no 20 layoffs of personnel and services will not be affected . 21 22 11 . ADJOURNMENT 23 24 Motion by Enrooth, second by Marks to adjourn the meeting at 25 8 : 40 p .m. 0 Motion carried unanimously 28 29 30 Respectfully submitted, 31 32 33 Jo-Anne Student , Council Secretary 34 35 36 37 38 ayor Clarence Ranallo 39 40 41 ATTEST: i 42 City Cle k 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50