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Document: CC MINUTES 04141998
1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
3 APRIL 14, 1998
4 I. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL.
5 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor
6 Ranallo.
7 II. ROLL CALL.
8 Councilmembers Present: Ranallo; Marks, Faust, Cavanaugh, and Thuesen.
9 Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison.
10 Councilmembers Absent: None.
11 Mayor Ranallo welcomed Public Works employee Jack Haley to the Council meeting. Mr.
12 Haley is enrolled in a class at North Hennepin College relating to road construction materials and
13 maintenance.
14 III. APPROVAL OF APRIL 14, 1998 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA.
15 Motion by Marks, second by Thuesen to approve the April 14, 1998 Regular Council Meeting
16 Agenda as presented.
• Motion carried unanimously.
18 IV. APPROVAL OF MARCH 24, 1998 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES.
19 Motion by Marks, second by Faust to approve the March 24, 1998 Regular Council Meeting
20 Minutes with the following change:
21 Page 5, Line 32: Replace "Kalus" with "Kalis".
22 Motion carried unanimously.
23 Mayor Ranallo stated that tonight's Council meeting was live broadcast on Cable Channel 16
24 and would be rebroadcast on Wednesday, April 15 at 6:30 P.M. and Saturday, April 18 at 11:00
25 A.M. He noted the City is looking for volunteers to aid Director Ruth Mason with the cable
26 production and asked anyone interested to contact City Hall.
27 V. LICENSES/PERNIITS/PETITIONS.
28 Motion by Marks, second by Faust to approve the following licenses:
29 General Contractors License:
30 Kraus-Anderson Construction Company, Minneapolis, MN/renewal
31 E.R. Berwald Roofing Co., Inc.,North St. Paul, MN/renewal
Belair Builders, Inc.,New Brighton, MN/3720 Macalaster Drive
41 Emerald Builder, Minneapolis, MN/3055 Old Highway 8
34 Topline Advertising, Inc., Blaine, MN/2801 Kenzie Terrace
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1 Northeast Tree& Timber, Minneapolis, MN/no permits pulled
2 Heating Contractors License:
3 Modern Heating & Air Conditioning, Minneapolis, MN/no permits pulled yet
4 Statewide Gas Services Inc.,Norwood, MN/3429 Stinson Blvd.
5 Service Station License:
6 Murphy's Service Center, Inc., 3501 - 29`h Avenue NE
7 Smart Shop, 3259 Stinson Boulevard
8 Don's Apache Auto Wash, 3725 Stinson Boulevard
9 Dick's St. Anthony 66 Service, 2700 Kenzie Terrace
10 Apache Amoco, 3700 Silver Lake Road
11 Fuel Mart Inc., 3813 Stinson Boulevard
12 Sarna's Stop -N- Save, 2400 - 37`'Avenue NE
13 St. Anthony Unocal Inc., 2801 Kenzie Terrace
14 Cip-arette License: (Renewal)
15 Murphy's Service Center, Inc. (counter sales)
16 Snyder Drug#5071 (counter sales)
17 St. Anthony Liquor Stores SAVI & SAVII (counter sales)
18 Apache Amoco (counter sales)
19 Fuel Mart, Inc. (counter sales)
Sarna's Stop -N- Save (counter sales)
1 Smart Stop Superette (counter sales)
22 Garbaize Haulers License: (Renewal)
23 Aspen Waste Systems Inc., St. Paul, MN/Commercial License
24 Waste Management of MN, Inc., Blaine, MN/Commercial & Residential
25 Walter's Recycling& Refuse, Circle Pines, MN/Residential
26 Vending Machine License: (Renewal)
27 Automatic Sales Company, Minneapolis, MN
28 St. Anthony Liquor Store/Stonehouse
29 Cavanaugh asked how these licenses differ from companies employed to trim trees in the City.
30 Morrison explained that any work done in the City requires a City license unless the company
31 has a State license or certification.
32 Motion carried unanimously.
33 Motion by Thuesen, second by Faust to approve the following permits:
34 Temporary 3.2 Beer Park Permit:
35 Villagefest/August 1, 1998/Central Park
3.2 Beer Licenses:
0 Minneapolis Park Board/Gross Golf Course, 2201 St. Anthony Boulevard
38 Smart Shop Superette, 3259 Stinson Boulevard
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1 Cub Foods, 3930 Silver Lake Road
2 Fuel Mart Inc., 3813 Stinson Boulevard
3 Sarna's Stop -N- Save, 2400 - 37'Avenue NE
4 Voting on the motion: Ranallo, Faust, Cavanaugh, Thuesen voted aye. Marks voted naye.
5 Motion carried.
6 VI. PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
7 Motion by Marks, second by Thuesen to approve the following claims:
8 A. 1998 Road Project:
9 1. Springsted, Inc. in the amount of$10,763.75 for services preliminary to the
10 issuance of$725,000 General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998A.
11 B. 5 pages of Verified Claims as presented by the Finance Director.
12 Motion carried unanimously.
13 VII. REPORTS.
A. Councilmembers.
q15 Faust reported he and City Manager had visited Senator Moe on March 27 after an article
16 appeared in the paper that there would not be a Bonding Bill. At that visit Senator Moe promised
17 there would be a Bonding Bill. Faust commended the efforts of the Storm Water Task Force,
18 City Councilmembers, Staff, and other residents involved, for their efforts and efficient process
19 which has enabled the City of St. Anthony to secure $2 million in State funding.
20 Mayor Ranallo thanked Councilmember Faust for providing the City with contacts at the
21 legislature through his involvement on the Legislative Committee of the League of Minnesota
22 Cities. He noted this had been a very helpful part of the process.
23 Thuesen expressed his appreciation to Councilmember Faust, the rest of the Council and the
24 Mayor for their efforts in gaining flood relief funding. He also thanked City Manager and Staff
25 for their hard work and the Task Force members and other citizens for their involvement. He
26 stated the end result was achieved as a result of many people's hard work.
27 Thuesen reported he will be attending a Minnesota Finance Workshop for elected officials on
28 April 23, 1998. The workshop will focus on understanding a City's financial program and City
29 Council involvement with policy decisions. He stated he looked forward to attending and felt
30 this would be beneficial to him as a policymaker when dealing with financial and budget
31 decisions.
0 Marks reported the Salo, Finland Wind Orchestra visit is fast approaching. The group will be
33 arriving Friday at 6:30 P.M. rather than 6:00 P.M. He congratulated the committee who
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1 organized the hosting, transportation, and entertainment on a tremendous job and stated he looks
2 forward-to the group's arrival.
3 Cavanaugh reported his attendance at the Northwest Youth and Family Services (NWYFS)
4 Board meeting. The Federal Government has shifted some welfare funds to the Federal, State
5 and Local Governments. This has resulted in NWYFS receiving over$1 million in additional
6 funding. NWYFS has developed an action team to determine how the money should be funneled
7 into the program.
8 Cavanaugh displayed the proposed invitation to the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. He stated -
9 the volunteer committee has been very busy and there is tentative entertainment scheduled for the
10 dinner.
11 Cavanaugh reported he had met with the Mayor of Falcon Heights last week. She is involved
12 with a committee of the League of Minnesota Cities for improving community life and has
13 invited Cavanaugh to attend. Cavanaugh stated he would also like to attend the League of Cities
14 Conference.
116 15 Mornson noted Faust had also expressed an interest in attending the League of Cities conference.
Mayor Ranallo stated.that generally all the Councilmembers try to attend the League of Cities
17 conference and two Councilmembers attend the national conference.
18 B. Mayor.
19 Mayor Ranallo reported he had called each of the members of the Bonding Committee for the
20 State of Minnesota. He received one response in the form of a letter from Gary Ladeck, thanking
21 him for calling.
22 Mayor Ranallo reported that on March 25, 1998, he, City Manager, and Councilmember Faust,
23 had attended a dinner held by the Northeast Business Group to recognize Officers Christman and
24 Lehner for the apprehension of persons involved in a drive-by shooting which occurred in St.
25 Paul. The Commander of the St. Paul Police Department commented at the dinner that the
26 number of traffic stops per day has a direct impact on the number of burglaries which occur in
27 that day. Ranallo noted that St. Anthony has a large number of traffic stops per day.
28 Mayor Ranallo reported his attendance at the presentation of the Eagle Scout Award to Andrew
29 Kagel. All four boys in that family have received the award and Ranallo suggested the family be
30 recognized at an upcoming Council meeting.
31 Mayor Ranallo noted that at the last Council meeting it had been stated that the Police
Department was over budget for 1997. He has investigated this comment and discovered that the
10 Police Department was actually under budget by $48,464.87.
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1 Mayor Ranallo reported he had received a call from a Columbia Heights resident asking why the
2 St. Anthony City Council had stated that Columbia Heights does not respond to medical calls
3 when actually they do. The resident stated that the Fire Department responds to medical calls
4 and also has an ambulance. Ranallo apologized for this error.
5 Mayor Ranallo reported that Chandler Place held an Open House last Wednesday and will be
6 holding a formal program on May 7, 1998, and the Mayor and Councilmembers will be invited.
7 Mayor Ranallo noted that this year the National Volunteer Week and State of Minnesota.
8 Volunteer Week will be held concurrently. He presented a Proclamation that the week of April
9 19 - 25, 1998 be Volunteer Recognition Week in the City of St. Anthony.
10 Motion by Marks, second by Thuesen to approve a Proclamation declaring the week of April 19 -
11 25, 1998 to be Volunteer Recognition Week in the City of St. Anthony.
12 Motion carried unanimously.
13 Mayor Ranallo noted that on April 25, 1998,the St. Anthony Kiwanis and Village Gardeners are
14 planning a Clean Up Day at Trillium Park. The patrons of Quiet Water Salon have donated
funds for the planting of trees at the park. Ranallo presented a Proclamation that April 25, 1998
416 be Earth Day in St. Anthony Village.
17 Motion by Marks, second by Thuesen to approve a Proclamation declaring April 25, 1998, as
18 Earth Day in St. Anthony Village.
19 Motion carried unanimously.
20 1. Asset Building.
21 Mayor Ranallo reported he and City Manager had met with the Director and two Boardmembers
22 of ACTION, and were provided with a list of ideas that could be done as a City to build assets in
23 youth. These ideas are listed in four categories including the Police Department, Fire
24 Department, Public Works Department, and the City Council. After much discussion, it was
25 determined that all departments will chose one or possibly two items in their category to expand
26 upon.
27 Mornson noted that ACTION has already recognized them for items that the departments are
28 currently doing to build assets in youth which the list does not include.
29 C. City Manager.
30 Mornson reported on the following items:
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1 1. The water tower study which was authorized by the City Council in March of 1998 will
2 be presented at the April 28 Council meeting. The Council will make a decision as to the
3 extent of restoration and repainting to be done.
4 2. Staff will present a sidewalk study at the April 28 Council meeting. A rating system is in
5 place and a recommendation of which sidewalk is slated for improvement will be
6 presented.
7 3. The Fire Department report will be presented at the April 28 Council meeting.
8 4. The pre-construction meeting for the 1998 street improvement project is scheduled for
9 April 21.
10 The pre-construction meeting for the 33 d Avenue project will be held in May. Staff will
11 work closely with Warren Rolek due to summer activities at the school. The school is
12 also requesting that their driveway be widened as part of the project. The driveway
13 improvement is not MSA eligible and the school will be funding that portion. This may
14 be presented as a change order.
15 5. Mornson met with Dan Solar, Ramsey County, today and it is Mr. Solar's opinion that
16 the project is still on schedule. Momson will be meeting with Jay Hartman, Public
17 Works and Mr. Solar tomorrow. Two further meetings will be held. The first, a
18 neighborhood meeting to discuss the proposed sidewalks on the east side of Silver Lake
Road and the second, for the City Council to decide on the bridge railing design.
4PO Mornson suggested that the neighborhood meeting be held just prior to the Council
21 meeting so that the results could be presented to Council and the interested parties could
22 stay and partake in that meeting.
23 6. The League of Minnesota Cities Conference will be held in Duluth, Minnesota from June
24 16 -19, 1998.
25 7. The survey questions have been submitted to Decision Resources and it is anticipated
26 they will be returned next week. No questions were received from the School District:
27 Mornson has asked Decision Resources to include their schedule so that it can be
28 advertised to the public. The survey will be conducted between May 15 and June 15,
29 1998.
30 8. Mornson reported on flood mitigation issues:
31 a. A representative of FEMA visited the City of St. Anthony last week and along
32 with Momson and Todd Hubner of WSB, toured the area of the five homes
33 proposed for demolition. FEMA is currently preparing an Environmental
34 Assessment Work Sheet and will notify the City if they will receive funds by May
35 15, 1998. The response appears to be favorable and if funds are granted, the City
36 will receive them by June 15, 1998 after contracts are approved.
37 b. Six property owners have received applications for the City Grant Program.
Notice of the program was included in the City newsletter which was mailed
today..
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1 C. Mornson met yesterday with Kent Locksnoe, Director of the DNR. It is Mr.
2 Locksnoe's opinion that the City of St. Anthony will receive $2 million in funding
3 provided a contract with the State of Minnesota is worked out. Mornson will
4 meet with DNR staff within 30 days to start working on the contract.
5 d. Staff is proposing that the Storm Water Task Force meeting which is scheduled
6 for May 6 be postponed to May 13 as there is a conflict with the Annual Chamber
7 of Commerce meeting. Staff will also direct WSB to determine a
8 recommendation for use of the $4 million (as this is a matching grant) and present
9 this to the Task Force. The Task Force will present their recommendation for the
10 use of the funds at the Council's May 26 meeting. Mornson has talked with Sue
11 Kozarek and it may be that the Task Force's work will be done after the May 13
12 meeting. The members would be forwarded any Council agenda items which
13 pertain to the recommendations they have made. This decision will be discussed
14 at the May 13 Task Force meeting. We are now going into a decision-making
15 stage which will require a large amount of Council involvement.
16 e. More good news! On April 13, 1998, the Metropolitan Council approved a loan
17 in the amount of$40,000 to the City of St. Anthony to pay WSB for the sump
pump inspection program. The loan will be forgiven if it is certified to the Met
9 Council every year that the Sump Pump Ordinance is effective for a five year
20 period.
21 f. The utility bills will be mailed on April 17, 1998. These bills will include the
22 increase in the Storm Water Utility Fee from $3 to $13.
23 Ranallo stated that Senator John Marty had voted against the Bonding Bill because it was tied
24 into other issues. He did however, put forth a great effort to help the City of St. Anthony with
25 the flood relief issue.
26 Mornson noted Senator Marty had set up the initial meeting with the Director of the DNR.
27 8. The Legislature has voted for levy limits to remain in place for. 1999. The tax rate for
28 commercial will decrease again from 4.0%to 3.5%. Mornson has directed the Finance
29 Director and Bob Thistle of Springsted to determine how this will affect the tax districts.
30 The only real concern is the Apache district. The Legislature does have a provision that
31 if the decrease in the tax rate impacts the ability of the City to pay its bond,the City can
32 setup a special district to levy against the benefitted property to assist in paying the bond,
33 or use other TIF money.
VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS -None.
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1 IX. NEW BUSINESS.
2 A. Approval of Proposal for Engineering Services for Fuel Tank Replacement.
3 Mornson reported that in 1997 the Federal Environmental Protection Agency adopted regulations
4 governing underground storage tanks. All fuel tanks installed before December 1998 that do not
5 meet the standards must be removed. One such tank which was located by the old Community
6 Center has been removed. There are existing fuel tanks near the Public Works building which
7 need to be removed.
8 Mornson noted the funds for this project are in the City budget. The Minnesota Petro Fund will
9 reimburse 90% of the cost of the tank removal back to the City provided a contractor who is on
10 the Pollution Control Agency-list is utilized. Staff is recommending that Nova Environmental
11 Services, Inc. be hired for this project.
12 Motion by Marks, second by Faust to retain Nova Environmental Services, Inc. in the amount of
13 $6,284.00 for the fuel tank replacement at the Public Works building site.
14 Motion carried unanimously
15 B. Ordinance 1998-007, re: Cable TV Franchise Term (Waive First 2 Readings and Adopt).
Mayor Ranallo noted that City policy is to have two readings and then adoption of any ordinance
*7 change. This situation is unique in that the City did approve an extension of this ordinance 2-3
18 months ago which will expire on April 20, 1998. He explained that Meredith Cable is in the
19 process of selling the cable company and the company was to be purchased by U.S. West. U.S.
20 West was not allowed to purchase the cable company as it would infringe on the open policy
21 regarding cable. U.S. West has since decided to split it's company and include Media One who
22 would then purchase the cable company. He requested the Council approve this ordinance
23 amendment to allow the law firm time to continue to make progress on this issue.
24 Motion by Marks, second by Thuesen to waive the first two readings and adopt Ordinance 1998-
25 007, an ordinance amending Cable Franchise Ordinance 1982-009, Article II., Section 4,
26 Franchise Term.
27 Motion carried unanimously.
28 C. Resolution 98-037, re: Wetland Conservation Act.
29 Mornson reported this resolution will designate the City of St. Anthony as the administering
30 agency of the Wetland Conservation Act for the southwest area of the community.
31 Motion by Marks, second by Faust to approve Resolution 98-037, adopting the permanent rules
32 of the Wetland Conservation Act.
0 Motion carried unanimously.
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1 D. Resolution 98-038, re: Set Fee for Police Reports.
2 Motion by Cavanaugh, second by Marks to approve Resolution 98-038, setting a fee for police
3 reports.
4 Motion carried unanimously.
5 E. Resolution 98-039, re: Approval of a Computer Consultant.
6 Motion by Marks, second by Thuesen to approve Resolution 98-039, approving NETLink
7 International as the City's Computer Consulting Service.
8 Motion carried unanimously.
9 F. Resolution 98-040, re: Approval of the Contract with Northwest Youth and Family
10 Services.
11 Motion by Thuesen, second by Cavanaugh to approve Resolution 98-040, approving the
12 agreement with Northwest Youth and Family Services and authorizing the Mayor and City
13 Manager to execute said agreement.
14 Cavanaugh noted that the City had made an annual contribution of$2,500 and asked if the
difference would be paid.
16 Mornson stated the difference of$700 will be paid.
17 Voting on the motion: Faust, Marks, Cavanaugh, Thuesen vote aye. Ranallo voted naye.
18 Motion carried.
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20 X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
21 A. Ordinance 1998-004, re: Tobacco and Tobacco Related Products ( 2nd Reading_Z
22 Motion by Marks, second by Thuesen to approve the 2nd reading of Ordinance 1998-004,
23 relating to tobacco, tobacco products and tobacco related devices, amending Section 510 of the
24 1993 St. Anthony Code of Ordinances.
25 Motion carried unanimously.
26 B. Ordinance 1998-06, re: Fees for Tobacco and Tobacco Related Products( 2nd Reading 1.
27 Motion by Marks, second by Thuesen to approve the 2nd reading of Ordinance 1998-006,
28 relating to fees for Tobacco and Tobacco related products; amending Section 615.06 of the 1993
29 St. Anthony Code of Ordinances.
0 Motion carried unanimously.
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1 XI. ADJOURNMENT.
2 Motion by Marks, second by Faust to adjourn the meeting at 7:44 P.M.
3 Motion carried unanimously.
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5 Respectfully submitted,
6 Lorri Kopischke
7 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.
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10 ATTEST:
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