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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 10281975 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 105723 Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1975 Document: CC MINUTES 10281975 CITY OF ST. AIMTHONY COUNCIL M I UTES OCTOBER 28j, 1975 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor tlledtke. Present at roll call : Sauer, Sundland, Miedtke, Stauffer Absent: Haik Also present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager Jim Fornell , Adm. Asst. Addendum to the agenda was proposed by Mayor Miedtke and Mr. Dulgar. Senator Eugene Stokowski , who was in attendance at the meeting, said that although he was unable to accept the Council 's invitation to attend their budget meetings, he had found this opportunity to attend the meeting and he could answer any questions and find out what impact the state legislation of the last few years had on the community of St. Anthony. The senator said he realized that unlike Minneapolis and Columbia Heights in his • legislative district, the municipality of St. Anthony had been shorted in this year's distribution of taxes although he pointed out that the citizens them- selves had benefitted through tax cuts and transfer of welfare costs to the state. He explained that 68% of the taxes collected by the state are returned to the residents through the schools, counties and municipalities. The legislator asked that city officials let him know before January of 1976 what legislation would benefit this particular municipality. Mr. Dulgar suggested one way of cutting down legislated expenses was to modify that legislation which forced St. Anthony to pay overtime to employees to keep the municipal office open for voter registration since in the 20 hours the offices were open in 1974 only 4 people registered and so far in 1975 only 2 people have showed up to reaister during the 17 hours provided for their convenience. Senator Stokowski agreed there had to be some differential between highly mobile communities and well-settled communities like St. Anthony. He felt this might be rectified by granting the county auditors some discretion in regulations governing voter registrations. The minutes of the October 14th council meeting were corrected as follows: Page 4, para. 7: Association of "Petro" Municipalities rather than "Minn" Municipalities. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the mintues of the October 14th meeting as corrected. Motion carried unanimously. • Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the mintues of the October 21 , 1975 Special Council meeting. :lotion carried unanimously. Mr. !!m. Eowerman appeared to present the recommendations of the Planning Board as contained in the minutes of their October 21st meeting. "lotion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to grant a sideyard variance of approximately 4 feet to Mr. & tlrs. !!m. Tedlund to allow them to construct a balony on their home at 3114 Rankin Raod. Notion carried unanimously. 'ZMr. Ray Sopcinski was present regarding his request for a side yard variance to build a garage on his property at 2524 St. Anthony Road. He indicated he wanted to construct the garage on the west side along Edward Street rather than directly behind his home. A lengthy discussion followed in which Mr. Sopcinski reiterated his arguments for building beyond his side yard which is presently substandard. These included his problems with storm water, reluctance to remove trees and shrubs now on his property and to spoil the aesthetics of the appearance of the back yards in his neighborhood. • Councilman Haik arrived at 7:50 P.N. The Mayor and Councilman Stauffer expressed their opposition to allowing a variance which would make Mr. Sopcinski 's side yard only half the amount which is required by city ordinance. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to grant a 7 foot side yard variance to Mr. Ray Sopcinski to allow him to construct the garage he proposed on Lot 1 , and that part of Lot 2 lying east of the west 30 feet of Block 5, Clark & King Hennepin Gardens. Voting on the motion: Aye: Sauer, Sundland, Haik May: Miedtke, Stauffer \ Motion carried. Hi".-Dowerman then told the Council that the Board felt that, since the notific- ation to the residents regarding the reconvening of a public hearing on the Ernst proposal for a Country Kitchen only specified a discussion of the revised plan for the proposal , they could only recommend that the public hearing be reconvened November 18th. Nr. Fornell told of his conversations with the City Attorney which indicated the notice had met the intent, if not the letter of the law and suggested the terminology for the following motion. !lotion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Ilaik to direct the Planning Board to reschedule for their November 18th meeting a Public Hearing on the revised site plan and application for rezoning from Light Industrial to 2� J • Commercial the easterly 322 feet of Apache Terrace, Block 1 , Lot 1 to enable the R.C.E. Corporation to construct a Country Kitchen restaurant as part of an office building complex and to waive further application fees. _:Z loti n carried unanimously. r. Gerald Louiselle, 3400 Croft Drive . took exception to the Boards' failure to approve the amending of the City ordinance to include a florist and gift shop as one of the permitted uses for allowing a Conditional Use Permit. He said he did not feel his business activities differed substantially with those of the Herfurth Realty Company or the Twin City Federal banking business which had been granted conditional use permits for properties in the same area. He also challenged the Board's premise that permitting him to convert the Hedlund house at 390€ Silver Lake Road to a florist shop would open the area to other commercial business since he felt only the Board and Council had the power to allow such development. Mayor Miedtke felt the Council shou Id have some estimate of what traffic might be generated by such a business but made the following motion: Motion by Mayor tliedtke; seconded by Councilman Sauer to direct the Planning Board to hold a Public Nearing on the Louiselle request at their November 13 meeting to consider amending the zoning ordinance to include a florist and gift shop as a permitted use in the Conditional Use Section. • Before voting on the above, Councilman Sauer pointed out that the public meet- ing to consider the new zoning ordinance was scheduled for the first week in December and it might be preferable for Mr. Louiselle to present his request at that hearing so that it might be considered in conjunction with the proposed planned development for that area. Councilman Sauer then withdrew his second and the motion died for lack of a second. j P1r. Bowerman then told the Council that, although the Board had misgivings about the request from Mr. Clarence Pould, 1295 Qakcrest, Roseville, that he be granted a building permit to erect a warehouse of steel construction on Foss Road which he would use to store and repair pipe organs, the majority felt they could not refuse the request since the property in question is still zoned Light Industrial . The Building Inspector was ill and not present and the colored drawings and plans for the building were not available and Mr. Fornell returned to the city hall to ascertain whether he could locate them. Action was tabled to await his eturn. s Mr. Tom Nealy, Attorney for the Coodyear Tire and Rubber Company, presented the drawings and site plan for the free standing sign noodyear is requesting a variance to the sign ordinance to allow then to erect such a sign in front • of their store at 4020 Silver Lake Road. He said the existing sign on the south side of the building would be removed to enable the company to comply with the signage size limitations set by the ordinance and said the company only planned to have the sign lit during business hours. • 4 Councilman Haik expressed her opposition to the proposal saying Goodyear knew the signage limitations when they set their store so far back on the property and she felt permitting another free standing sign would just further detract from the appearnce of that particular tract. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to grant a variance to the sign ordinance to allow the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to erect the free standing sign, as per submitted plans, in front of their store at 4020 Silver Lake Road as long as the sign is kept at the grade level of the parking lot and is indirectly ) it and only during the hours the business is open. Voting on the motion: Aye: Sundland, Sauer, Stauffer Play: Miedtke and Haik Motion carried. firs. Carol Folstad, 3609 Downers Drive, and two other members of the Village Gardenettes presented the plans they had for landscaping the area north of St. Anthony Boulevard and between Silver Lake Road and TH 3. She said the group was anxious to take advantage of the Highway Department's offer to provide the dirt and grade the area for their plantings of trees, shrubs and flowers. She told the Council that in a cooperative effort with the Bicentennial Committee and other civic organizations the garden club hoped to have a flag arrangement of flowers ready for the Bicentennial observance next summer. She said, however, they could proceed no further with their plans until they were certain water service to the area would be made available. Consideration was also given to Councilman's Haik's proposal that a fountain might be later included in the plans. Other proposals for using the plantings for City identification were also discussed. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to authorize the extension of water service to the area where the Village Gardenettes planned to landscape. Motion carried unanimously. The material Mr. Fornell returned with was not the specific drawing of the Gould building which the Council felt they needed to make a decision and when the Manager suggested more detailed landscaping and parking plans should also be submitted, the following motion was made: Motion by Councilman Sauer,seconded by Councilman Stauffer that the Council table action on the Gould request for a warehouse to be constructed on the property on Foss Road described as Lot 3, Flock 1 , Henkel Addition. • Motion carried unanimously. The discussion of the upgrading of 29th Avenue which had been tabled from several previous meetings was resumed with representatives of T.A.P. 29th Avenue memb ers and a group of interested residents present. • 5 Councilman Sauer reported that the revised plans for the project as drawn up by the City Engineer had been presented at a meeting with Representative Sarna, State Highway officials and a member of the Attorney General 's staff, however, Omar Shabaz of T.A.P. and Councilman Haik reported they had been unable to get the final decision of the group and were unable to report whether MSA funding would be available for the new parkway design. They therefore requested that action be tabled on the proposal . Mr. Gerhard Bentler, 2900 Roosevelt Street; requested clarification of what the new proposal entailed and Councilman Stauffer tried to bring him up to date on the changes in the proposal . Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to table action on the rebuilding of 29th Avenue until the next regular Council meeting (later set for tlovember 4) . Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Shabaz said the committee would prefer having any follow up with state officials handled by members of the committee rather than by the City Manager as suggested by Mayor lliedtke. The meeting was recessed from 10: 10 to 10:30 P.M. A lengthy discussion of suggested revisions of Ordinance 1975-007 followed with most objection made to the period of time which must elapse before an Illegally parked vehicle can be removed from the city streets. Mr. Dulgar was requested to incorporate the Council 's suggestions into a newly revised version of the ordinance for presentation at the next Council meeting. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to table action on Ordinance 1975-007 until a revised version can be prepared by the Manager. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt Resolution 75-041 . RESOLUTION 75-041 A RESOLUTIOM MODIFYING THE 1975 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to adopt Resolution 75-042. RESOLUTIOM 75-042 A RESOLUTIOM MODIFYING THE 1975 BUDGET • Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sundland to change the dates of the regular monthly meetings of the Council to the first and third Tuesdays of M!ovember and December because of proximity of holidays and to designate the first Tuesday in January, 1976 as an organizational meeting of the Council . Motion carried unanimously. • Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adopt the title of ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE CIVIC CENTER for the remodeled Parkview school building which will house the City administration; police and community service offices. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Dulgar reported that Ramsey County had set a public meeting for con- sideration of the upgrading of County Road D for 7°30 P.M. , Movember 19th, in the Wilshire School . He said Pew Brighton and Roseville would also participate in the meeting. The Manager then reported on his conversations with Ramsey County regarding the installation of a pedestrian bridge on the east side of Silver Lake Road and over the Soo Line tracks. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to request that Ramsey County install a pedestrian bridge over the Soo Line Railroad Tracks on the East side of Silver Lake Road. Motion carried unanimously. Several members of the Council indicated an interest in attending the meeting of the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities to be held October 30th. • Mayor Miedtke told the Council that Mrs. Peellie Connors who resides in the St. Anthony Mursing Home will be 100 years of age on November 11th and he would offer the congratulations of the City to firs. Connors during the celebration planned in her honor for Movember 3th. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to direct the City Manager to make arrangements to send a birthday floral arrangement to the St. Anthony Nursing Home for the Movember 8th observance of the 100th birthday of Mrs. Hellie Connors. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor then told the Council he had received a request from Mrs. Erving Lantto, 2712 27th Avenue P .E. that a bus shelter be provided at the MTC stop near the Dairy Queen in the shopping center. The Manager said there was some doubt whether the two bus shelters already requested for other points in the city would be built since the MTC had received so many similar requests from other communities and the number of people who use this particular stop would probably not warrant a shelter being built. There was some speculation whether the merchants of the shopping center would see an advantage in having a shelter at that location. No action was taken. Mrs.- Ruth Harris, 3509 Stinson Blvd. N.E. ; is Councilman Stauffer's choice for appointment to the Human Relations Committee and the Manager was requested to inform firs. Harris of her appointment. Councilman Sauer reported the uses which had already been made of the new community center in the St. Anthony Village Civic Center which included a Teen Center, open gym for men and women and also volley ball games. He said an eight member Board of Directors for the Teen Center had been appointed by the Community Services Advisory Committee. T 7 • The Police and Fire Report for September 1;+75 was directed filed. The meeting scheduled for October 29th with the School Board to hear the presentation regarding the proposed Sports Center was noted. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to grant the licenses listed in the October 28th, 1975 agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve payment of $4,377.49 to the Dorsey Firm for services in September, 1975. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve payment of $$2,257.00 to Associated Litho for printing of the city calendars. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to approve payment of all verified claims listed in the October ?_R, 1975 agenda. The Council followed the recommendations of Mr. Dulear in the following motion: • Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Mayor Miedtke to approve a leave of absence for Elvira V escio. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adjourn the meeting at 10;37 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor ATTEST. --yCferk— .__.. .._ C iana e •