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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
3 COUNCIL MEETING
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5 DECEMBER 13, 1993
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8 I. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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10 The meeting was called to order at 7 : 00 p.m. and the Pledge
11 of Allegiance was led by Mayor Ranallo.
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13 II. ROLL CALL.
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15 Council present : Mayor Ranallo and Councilmembers Marks,
16 Enrooth, Fleming and Wagner
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18 Staff present : City Manager Burt and Management Assistant
19 Bellefuil
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21 III. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 13, 1993 COUNCIL AGENDA.
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Mayor Ranallo added "Verified Claims" as Item E under
T24 Section VI and add Representative Mary Jo McGuire after the
25 public hearing..
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27 Motion by Wagner and seconded by Marks to approve the
28 December 13 , 1993 agenda as amended.
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30 Motion carried unanimously.
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32 IV. APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 23 , 1993 COUNCIL MINUTES .
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34 Motion by Marks and seconded by Enrooth to approve the
35 minutes of the November 23 , 1993 Council meeting with the
36 following corrections :
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38 Page 5, line 6 : Judy Makowske should be identified as a
39 resident .
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41 Page 5, line 32 : A grammatical error should be changed
42 replacing the word "spoke" with "spoken" .
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Q4 Page 5, line 43 : Chuck Haik should be identified as a
5 resident .
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5 Page 6, line 18 : The phrase "has to feel" should be
6 replaced with "must determine" .
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8 Page 6, line 41 : Bob Thistle should be identified as Vice
9 President of Springsted.
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11 Page 7, lines 6-7 : Bob Rolfe should be identified as the
12 Library Director.
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14 Page 7, line 27 : Correction of the last name "Cox" to
15 "Kofski" .
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17 Page 7, line 30 : Tom Jaszewski should be identified as a
18 resident .
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20 Page 7, line 33 : Brad Bjorklund should be identified as a
21 resident .
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Motion carried unanimously.
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25 APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 23, 1993 COUNCIL MINUTES .
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27 Motion by Marks and seconded by Fleming to approve the
28 minutes of the November 30, 1993 Council meeting with the
29 following corrections :
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31 Page 2, line 18 : Correction of the spelling of Lake
32 Nokomis .
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34 Page 6, line 35 : The title of the presentation
35 Councilmember Enrooth is referring to should be clarified as
36 "What You Get for Your Tax Dollar" .
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38 Page 6, line 41 : The word "down" should be replaced with
39 "up" .
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41 Motion carried unanimously.
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43 V. LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS.
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5 Motion by Wagner and seconded by Fleming to approve the
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5 following requests for licenses and permits.
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7 Contractors License : Simon Signs, Inc, Cedar, MN and
8 Prescription Landscaping, St . Paul, MN.
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10 Motor Vehicle Starting License : Sroga' s Auto, Inc . , St .
11 Anthony, MN.
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13 Motion carried unanimously.
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15 A. Street Sian Petition.
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17 Motion by Marks and seconded by Wagner to approve the
18 petition for a street light petition received from Andrea .
19 Braun, 3011 Rankin Road.
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21 Motion carried unanimously.
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VI. PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
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25 Motion by Marks and seconded by Enrooth to approve the
26 following claims :
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28 A. City of Roseville.
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30 Payment in the amount of $19, 991 .42 for final payment for
31 project P-92-03 Old Highway 8 .
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33 B. Progressive Contractors. Inc.
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35 Payment in the amount of $26, 578 . 37 for services rendered
36 October 30 to November 24 , 1993 regarding the 37th Avenue
37 project .
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39 C. Gridor Construction.
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41 Payment in the amount of $25, 031 . 04 for services rendered
42 June 27 to July 31, 1993 regarding the water system
43 improvements project .
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5 D. Hance & LeVahn.
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5 Payment in the amount of $2 , 400 . 00 for services rendered for
6 December, 1993 .
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8 E. Verified Claims.
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10 Approval of the six pages of verified claims as submitted by
11 the Finance Director.
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13 Motion carried unanimously.
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15 VII. REPORTS.
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17 A. Planning Commission - November 16. 1993 .
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19 1. Goodyear Auto Service Center, 4020 Silver Lake
20 Road, sign variance request.
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22 Commissioner Gondorchin appeared on behalf of the Planning
Commission to support Goodyear' s petition for a ground sign
4 variance . Goodyear feels that they should be granted a
25' hardship variance due to traffic speed in the area and
26 larger neighboring signs . Gondorchin said the Planning
27 Commission voted 4-3 to approve the requested variance. He
28 said Goodyear' s hours of illumination would be consistent
29 with other merchants in the area.
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31 Mayor Ranallo felt Goodyear' s hours of illumination for the
32 sign should be restricted to hours of business .
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34 David Ewald, Executive Director of the Minnesota Sign
35 Association, appeared on behalf of Goodyear to request a
36 sign variance due to hardship based on poor visibility and
37 that a U-turn is necessary to enter the premises . He said
38 Goodyear' s major interest was to get an attractive sign.
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40 Marks said keeping a good business climate has nothing to do
41 with the hardship issue. A hardship has to do with the
42 shape of the lot and topography. He said Goodyear' s lot is
43 basically flat . He doesn' t feel Goodyear has any form of
04 hardship on their property.
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5 The City Manager said the Planning Commission felt that
6 Goodyear could possibly have a cause for hardship because of
7 the distance of the business from the road. Marks disputed
8 this because Goodyear decided to put the store at that point
9 on the property so they would have additional parking space .
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11 The City Manager indicated that another hardship issue could
12 be the visibility factor of the wellhouse blocking the view
13 of Goodyear. Wagner said the wellhouse was located there
14 before the Goodyear store .
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16 Enrooth felt that Goodyear could have an appropriate sign
17 without the sign variance, if they used the landscaping
18 bonus .
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20 Motion by Wagner and seconded by Marks to deny Goodyear' s
21 request for a sign variance .
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�3 Motion carried unanimously.
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25 B. Council.
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27 Magor Ranallo indicated he felt the Council should ask the
28 merchants to convince the people who use the shopping
29 centers to use the liquor establishments and restaurants as
30 well .
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32 Councilmember Marks had nothing to report except that he has
33 received cards from St . Anthony' s Sister City, Salo,
34 Finland.
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36 Councilmember Enrooth reported the tour of the Hennepin
37 Energy Resource Company (NERC) facility will be January 13 ,
38 1994 from 10 : 30 A.M. to 12 : 00 P.M. and encouraged everyone
39 to attend.
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41 Councilmember Fleming said the party celebrating the victory
42 of the library had been cancelled. She inquired as to how
43 much support Hennepin County gives to N.W. Youth and Family
44 Services .
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5 Councilmember Wagner attended the National League of Cities
6 Conference with Councilmember Enrooth for which he will
7 prepare a report and bring it to the work session. He also
8 wanted to remind the Council of the pancake breakfast for
9 all City employees on Thursday, December 16 at 7 : 00 a.m.
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11 1. Recycling Center.
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13 The City Manager reported the pros and cons of staying with
14 the City' s recycling center which Management Assistant
15 Bellefuil had compiled. He asked that the report be sent to
16 the Environmental Quality'Recycling Task Force to get their
17 input .
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19 The Mayor said most residents don' t know that they already
20 pay to have curb side pick up if they have garbage service .
21 Bellefuil said essentially you pay for the same service
22 twice .
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- Motion by Marks and seconded by Wagner to refer the matter
25 of the opening/closing of the recycling center to the
26 Environmental Task Force .
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28 Motion carried unanimously.
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30 2 . Cancel December 28, 1993 Council Meeting.
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32 Motion by Marks and seconded by Fleming to cancel the
33 December 28, 1993 Council meeting.
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35 Motion carried unanimously.
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37 C. City Manager. Nothing.
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39 VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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41 Mayor Ranallo opened the public hearing at 8 : 00 p.m.
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43 A. Resolution 93-068 re: Certification of 1994 Tax Levy
4 and Budget.
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6 Motion by Marks and seconded by Wagner to certify the 1994
7 tax levy.
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9 Motion carried unanimously.
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11 B. Mary Jo McGuire.
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13 Representative McGuire thanked the Council for the
14 opportunity to speak and apologized for not being able to
15 attend the Truth in Taxation meeting. She wanted to
16 congratulate everyone who worked on the library effort . She
17 invited any issues for the February legislative session to
18 be brought to her attention. soon so the issue can be placed
19 on the agenda.
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21 She indicated she had spoke with the City Manager regarding
22 the hours of the liquor store .
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- Representative McGuire offered to help out any way she could
25 with regard to American Monarch and the City Manager said he
26 was in touch with the Trade and Economic Development Agency
27 and American Monarch.
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29 IX. NEW BUSINESS.
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31 A. Resolution 93-069 re: Call Hearing on 1994 Street
32 Imnrovements.
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34 Motion by Marks and seconded by Enrooth to approve
35 Resolution 93-069 calling a hearing for the 1994 road
36 projects .
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38 Motion carried unanimously.
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40 B Resolution 93-070 re: Call Hearing on 1994 Street
41 Improvement Assessments.
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43 Motion by Marks and seconded by Wagner to approve Resolution
4 93-070 calling a hearing for the 1994 road assessments .
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5 Motion carried unanimously.
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7 C. Resolution 93-071 re: Award Bid for Sale of $215. 000
8 Bonds.
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10 Motion by Wagner and seconded by Marks to approve Resolution
11 93-071 for the bid award.
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13 The Mayor said the City still has the A-1 rating and has
14 been able to maintain that rating for the past three years
15 which enabled the City to sell the bonds' at 40 .
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17 Bob Thistle, Vice President of Springsted, Inc. financial
18 consultants, said the refund of the 1985 issue will save the
19 City almost $30, 000 . He recommend the City Council
20 authorizing the issuance and award the sale to John G.
21 Kinnard & Company.
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03 The City Manager wished to thank Mr. Thistle for alerting
24 the City to this and saving them money.
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26 Motion carried unanimously.
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28 X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
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30 None.
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32 XI. ADJOURNMENT.
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34 Motion by Marks and seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the
35 meeting at 8 : 15 p.m.
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37 Motion carried unanimously.
38 Respectfully submitted,
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40 Margaret A. Noyd
41 Council Secretary
42 ��/2 � 4�G%�tJ
43 Mayor Clarence Ranallo
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