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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 11041997 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 100928 Box: 19 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1997 Document: CC MINUTES 11041997 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 NOVEMBER 4, 1997 4 I. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL. 5 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by 6 Mayor Ranallo. 7 II. ROLL CALL. 8 Councilmembers Present: Ranallo, Marks (Arrived at 8:10 p.m.), Enrooth, Wagner, and Faust. 9 Also Present: City Manager Mike Mornson. 10 Councilmembers Absent: None 11 III. APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 4, 1997 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 12 Motion by Faust, second by Enrooth to approve the November 4, 1997 Regular Council 13 Meeting Agenda with the following change: 14 City Manager Mornson stated the minutes of the October 28 meeting will be approved at the 15 next meeting. He noted this evening the Council will also be acting as the Canvassing Board. 16 Ranallo noted at approximately 8:30 p.m. he will be going on cable interviewing candidates. 17 He stated he will be leaving the meeting at that time and Mayor Pro Tem Enrooth would continue the Council Meeting. q19 Motion carried unanimously. 20 IV. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 28, 1997 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING 21 MINUTES. 22 The Minutes will be approved at the next Council Meeting. 23 V. LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS. 24 Motion by Wagner, second by Enrooth to approve the following licenses: 25 Heating License 26 Groff s Heating & Air Conditioning, Rosemount, MN/3400 Croft Drive 27 Airco Heating & Air Conditioning, Columbia Heights, MN/3503 Edward St. 28 American Heating & Air Supply, Fridley, MN/3204 Croft Drive 29 Automatic Garage Door & Fireplaces, Fridley, MN/2912 Old Hwy 8 30 Contractors License 31 Cold Spring Granite Company, Cold Spring, MN/Sunset Memorial Park 32 Lawrence Sign, St. Paul, MN/St. Anthony Liquor Store 33 Motor Vehicle Starting License Murphy's Service Center, Inc., 3501 - 29h Avenue NE City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 4, 1997 • Page 2 1 Cigarette License (Change in Ownership) 2 Sarna's Stop `N' Save, 2400 - 37'h Avenue NE 3 Service Station License (Change in Ownership) 4 Sarna's Stop `N' Save, 2400 - 37th Avenue NE 5 Motion carried unanimously. 6 B. A petition was presented and the police chief has no problem with this request. Wagner 7 asked.if that would make the intersection a four-way stop. Mr. Morrison stated it would. 8 Motion by Faust, second by Wagner for approval of placement of a stop sign at 34`' Avenue 9 NE and Edward Street. 10 Motion carried unanimously 11 C. Mr. Ron Hansen appeared as a follow up to his appearance at the last Council Meeting. ;� He 12 stated the Ordinance gives the requirement of written notice and a 30 day waiting period 13 before any signs are permitted. He believes the 30 day waiting period is ridiculous. He 14 requested Council look at the Ordinance and amend it to allow signs to be removed. 05 Mayor Ranallo suggested this go back to the Planning Commission for review. Mr. Hansen 16 stated he received a copy of a memorandum and believes it states Council will allow the sign 17 to remain. Mayor Ranallo stated after reading the memorandum, the Council, Staff, and City 18 Attorney find that the sign was constructed under the Ordinance and will allow to remain. 19 Mr. Hansen stated the Ordinance states those types of signs are not allowed in an R-1 district. 20 He noted a number of inconsistencies. 21 Councilmember Marks arrived at 8:10 p.m. 22 Mr. Hansen requested the sign be removed or the applicant be required to submit an 23 application for variance. He stated this is not a commercial property. He questioned why the 24 commercial section of the code is being looked at when considering this sign. The City made 25 an error and the City needs to get the matter resolved. This is an exact duplicate of what 26 happened a couple of blocks away on the Pirino property. Mayor Ranallo stated he will 27 forward Mr. Hansen's request to the City Attorney for review. 28 Wagner requested Mr. Hansen write his concerns and provide them to Council. Mr. Hansen 29 stated the burden of proof should not lie on the citizens but rather should be on the City who 30 made the error. He suggested Council read the Ordinance as it applies to this residential 31 property. The neighbors are not in favor of the sign. Mr. Hansen stated he would like to 32 have the City Attorney's opinion in writing. • City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 4, 1997 • Page 3 1 Mr. Hansen summarized this is not a commercial property but it was looked at under the 2 commercial section of the Ordinance. 3 Ranallo stated he just received the memorandum today. 4 Motion carried unanimously 5 VI. PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS. 6 Motion Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the following claims: 7 8 D. 3 pages of Verified Claims as presented by the Finance Director. 9 10 Motion carried unanimously. 11 VII. REPORTS. 12 13 A. Councilmembers 14 Councilmember Enrooth stated there was a short commercial on TV regarding flood 15 insurance. He wondered if anyone had called and inquired. Wagner stated flood insurance is 16 available but difficult to obtain. Ranallo stated he has heard a rumor that there were a few 0 residents who collected on the July 1 flood. 18 Marks nothing 19 Faust nothing 20 Wagner nothing 21 22 B. Mayor 23 Mayor Ranallo reviewed he and Mike Mornson had a meeting with the Superintendent and 24 Chair of the School Board. He stated the School Board is very pleased with what is 25 happening at the Community Center. The main question was when would the tennis courts be 26 completed. They were advised of the pollution problem that needed to be corrected. This 27 was the cause for the delay. The plan now is to wait until next Spring to lay the blacktop. 28 Fortunately, two years ago the City took out insurance and that insurance covered the digging 29 of this tank. In early 1998, all City Councilmembers and School Board members will meet 30 together and exchange ideas for improvement. 31 Wagner questioned if anything was mentioned about the Tot Lot. Ranallo stated they wished 32 to publicly thank Wagner for his participation on that. 33 34 C. City Manager. 1. FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 4, 1997 • Page 4 1 The City applied for a grant and the City is one of the three entities that would go to the next 2 step forward. Another application will be submitted. He will be meeting with WSB 3 regarding the application. 4 The City also applied for another grant and received word that the City would receive some 5 funding through the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. 6 2. Liquor Store Update 7 There is a roof problem. Tires Plus has to be closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to the roof 8 problems. They will have to be paid for their time closed. The roof should be done-by 9 tomorrow. Sav II will be closed the week of November 10, 1997. A Grand Opening will be 10 held. 11 3. Open House for Larry Hamer on November 20, 1997 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. 12 4. The City has no written sidewalk policy. Marks stated when sidewalks are 13 planned, maintenance should be part of the planning process. 14 5. Mornson will attend a League of Minnesota Cities will meet November 6, 1997 on possible changes to mobile home parks. 16 6. 33rd Avenue NE Update 17 MnDOT will pay for the 8 foot sidewalks on 33rd Avenue NE. Light placement will be 18 reviewed. 19 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to recess the City Council Meeting at 8:30 p.m. for a 20 meeting of the Canvass Board to canvass the results of the November 4, 1997 City Election. 21 The Council Meeting was reconvened at 8:32 p.m.. 22 Mayor Ranallo left the meeting at 8:33 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Enrooth continued the meeting. 23 VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None. 24 IX. NEW BUSINESS. 25 A. Resolution 97-052, re: SCORE Recycling Grant Application for 1998 26 Wagner questioned why USA Waste was not included in the list of collectors. Mornson 27 asked if they were a major collector and Wagner stated he did not know for sure. Mornson 28 will look into that and amend the Resolution if necessary. 49 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve Resolution 97-052, regarding SCORE 30 Recycling Grant Application for 1998. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 4, 1997 • Page 5 1 2 X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 3 A. Ordinance 1997-010, re: Cable TV Franchise (3`d Reading) 4 Marks asked if there were any more changes. No one on the Council indicated any changes. 5 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner for approval of Ordinance 1997-010 regarding Cable 6 TV Franchise. 7 Motion carried unanimously. 8 Morrison stated staff is currently working on the Silver Lake bridge project. Those residents 9 affected by a new sidewalk will be notified and a neighborhood meeting will be held. 10 Anthony Kaczor, stated when he saw the dentist's sign erected, he was pleased with the sign. 11 He stated the sign brings the area up to the 90's. He is a resident on 33`d and it is a nice 12 addition to the area. He does not believe everyone in the area hates the sign. 13 Regarding the sign issue, Joe Osterbauer stated he stated he is pleased with the sign and 14 believes it fits well within the neighborhood. 05 XI. ADJOURNMENT. 16 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to adjourn the meeting at 8:36 P.M. 17 Motion carried unanimously. 18 Respectfully submitted, 19 Debbie Wolfe 20 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 21 22 Mayor 23 ATTEST: 24 City Clerk • Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 100929 Box: 19 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1997 Document: CC MINUTES 11041997 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • CITY ELECTION RESULTS MINUTES 7 November 4, 1997 The meeting was called to order at 8:30 PM for the purpose of canvassing the November 4, 1997 City election results. Present: Mayor Ranallo, Councilmembers Marks, Enrooth, Wagner, and Faust Also Present: Michael Mornson, City Manager The following report was presented to the Canvassing Board: Precinct 1H Precinct 2H Precinct 1R TOTAL Councilmember (4 year term, 2 seats open) Dennis Cavanaugh 525 783 216 1,524 Dick Enrooth 177 348 98 623 Brian Thuesen 260 345 90 695 George Wagner 180 415 97 692 Write Ins Dave Drews 1 • None 1 Hal Gray 1 Tom Schlosser 1 Denise Dunn 1 Anna Dagen 1 Christy Dahlberg 1 Bob Deseter 1 The total number of votes cast is 1,959 of the registered voters. Motion by Faust, second by Marks, to approve and certify to Hennepin and Ramsey Counties the City election results of November 4, 1997. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by. Marks, second by Wagner, to adjourn the meeting at 8:32 PM. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Connie Kroeplin, City Clerk • Minutes of Canvassing Board of November 4, 1997 City Election Page 2 Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk CERTIFICATION I certify that this is a true and accurate copy of the records of the City of St. Anthony. City Clerk S lgtg7 • Date