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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 12021975 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 105729 Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1975 Document: CC MINUTES 12021975 4 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES December 2, 1975 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Councilman Sundland, Mayor Pro Tem. Present for roll call : Haik, Stauffer, Sundland and Sauer. Absent: Mayor Miedtke Also Present, Jerry Dulgar , City Manager Jim Fornell , Adm. Assistant Larry Vickrey, City Attorney I .C. Comstock, City Engineer Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve the minutes of the Movember 18, 1975 council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. 11r. Jerry Cowan presented recommendations to the Council as made by the Planning Board and contained in the minutes of their meeting of Movember 18, 1975. * -----Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to direct the Planning Board to hold a public hearing at their January 20, 1976 meeting on the Bryant Investment Company request for a zoning change to Commercial of Plat 63507, Parcel 7620 in order that a retail and professional offices building might be constructed between the G & G Body Shop and the Legion Club buildings on Kenzie Terrace. Motion carried unanimously. "..,--'Mr. -Cowan then told the Council it was the unanimous decision of the Board to recommend denial of the request from Mr. Richard Ernst and the American Rockwell Monarch Company to rezone the land American owns east of their present building to accomodate two buildings - the first, an office building and the second, a Country Kitchen restaurant and office building. tie listed the reasons on which the Planning Board based their decision to deny approval of the proposal and told of the opposition which was again voiced by the residents of the area. Mr. Ernst then pointed out how the original proposal had been revised to provide only two driveways and a positioning of the buidings themselves in such a manner as to divert traffic .away from Belden Drive. He said he had the approval of the Ramsey County Highway Department for such curb cuts and was negotiating with the Standard Station for an access road from Silver Lake Road which also met with the highway department 's approval . The developer felt the proposal should be considered a part of the Apache Plaza Shopping Center "neighborhood" rather than that of the residential area across 37th Avenue and contended that the "Apache neighborhood's was one in which there were already many commercial incursions in the original Light Industrial zoning. Mr. Ernst said the restaurant which had evoked the opposition of the residents to the proposal represented only 20% of the project with the remaining 80% devoted to professional office space use. • Page 2 He estimated the two buildings would bring in close to $24,000 in taxes. Mrs. Maureen Iverson; who said her livingroom and bedroom would be directly across 37th Avenue from the proposed restaurant, challenged Mr. Ernst's contention that the restaurant was only 20% of the proposal , saying it was the first of the buildings proposed to be built with no actual timetable set for the erection of the office building. Other residents who reiterated their opposition to the proposal were Art Thompson, Duane Duerre and Roger Martin. Mr. Edward J. Fiore, General Manager for American Monarch, told the group that "the development of that particular property was inevitable" and he felt a "C-1" zoning was inappropriate for the parcel since he didn' t believe professional occupants could be found for an office building situated between a factory and a gas station. He doubted his company would be interested in expanding their business to the east since the topography of the land was especially rough and would req- uire an amount of leveling which would be too expensive. Besides, he said, there was an unidentified easement running across the property. Mr. Kenneth Lee, 2322 Wilson St. H.E. , former owner of the property, then said he had drawn in the easement when it was anticipated that a sewer line was to be built from Mpls. to service the electronics company which had at one time proposed building on the property. • When Councilman Stauffer polled the residents on whether any of the permitted uses under the existing Light Industrial zoning would prove offensive to them, no one could give a use they opposed as much as the restaurant and several of them said they felt the lack of space on that parcel was a factor which would preclude the use of the land for any major industrial enterprise. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to table action on the proposal until the new zoning ordinance is approved. Voting on the motion: Aye: Stauffer, Sauer Nay: Sundland, Haik Motion to table not carried. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Haik to deny the request for rezoning the easterly 322 feet of Apache Terrace, Block 1 , Lot 1 , from Light Industrial to C-2 for the same reasons the Planning Board had recommended denial : i .e. ; 1 . 37th Avenue N.F. should serve as a transitional area from the heavy commercial use of Apache Plaza to the residential area south of 37th Avenue H.F. • 2. The proposed would generate significant traffic on neighboring streets, making those streets more noisy and hazardous. 3. The detrimental impact on property values in the area more than outweighs the potential property tax receipts from such a proposal . ' 4. There is concern about the generation of trash in the neighborhood and the emission of odors from the restaurant. Page 3 • 5. The necessary signage for a restaurant is not consistent with the residential neighborhood to the south. Voting on the motion: Aye: Sundland, Haik Nay: Stauffer, Sauer Motion not carried. CFia-i,rman Sundland then declared a recess from 8:28 to 8:45 P.M. An informative session conducted by fir. Fornell was held on the new zoning ordinance with Mr. Fornell illustrating the proposed changes with a slide presentation. Copies of the existing ordinance as well as the latest revision of the proposed ordinance were distributed and commented on by Council members, Planning Board members (Letourneau, Rymarchick, Hiebel and Cowan) who were present as well as Harry Lekson and interested residents. The final draft of the ordinance will contain revisions suggested by the City Attorney and Howard Dahlgren, Planning Consultant, and will be reviewed at a joint meeting of the Council and the Planning Board, tentatively set for P"onday, January 26th. At that meeting the date for a public hearing will be set. • Comments from the residents on the new ordinance were solicited with the request that their remarks be presented in written form so they could become a part of the imput considered by the Council in preparing the final draft of the ordinance. fir. Harold Henkel , who now resides in New Germany, Minnesota, said he felt the property he still owns on Chandler Drive should remain zoned Light Industrial since all the recent permits for that area had been granted under the existing zoning. Mrs. Chester Nelson, 3916 Macalaster Drive, opposed any change in the zoning of the undeveloped land across from Apache Plaza or for those parcels for which conditional use permits had been already granted. Mr. Orlyn l-J. Miller, 444 Upton Avenue North, of !,)ehrman & Chapman Associates, who wrote the North Study for that area, said he wished to provide the thinking of Mr. Gordon Hedlund, owner of a large tract of the above mentioned undeveloped strip, regarding the type of development of that land Mr. Hedlund felt would be compatible to the area and would at the same time provide some economical gain to him. Mr. Miller did not consider the contemplated zoning of the tract to R-4 as an economically feasible method of developing the land. Councilman Stauffer then pointed out that the conditional use permit issued for a retirement apartment building on a portion of that land was still in effect. is Mr. Miller said he would present in written form, Mr. Helund 's proposal for developing the land he owns in that area. Mr. Ray Sopcinski , 2524 St. Anthony Road, agreed to indicate on a copy of the ordinance any changes he felt should be made. Page 4 • Mr. Michael Carroll , 3829 Foss Road, objected to the R-4 zoning of his property because of an indication he had from St. Anthony Millwork that they were interes- ted in using his property for expansion of their plant. Mr. Lee was concerned with how his property, Lot 7, Block 7, Moundsview Acres, 2nd Addition, which is located next to the proposed Twin City Federal building construction would be zoned. Mr. Lowell Thompson, a member of the District #282 School Board , but speaking only for himself, was concerned that young families with children might be discouraged from settling in the City if the proposed minimum square footage for single family dwellings or insistance on double garages should be adopted in the new ordinance. He said St. Anthony would then have the most restrictive building codes in the metro area and if families with young children were unable to build within the City the present school system might be lost to the City. The date of January 26 for a Joint meeting of the Council and Planning Board was to be decided on at the meetings of both bodies set for December 16th. The discussion of the zoning ordinance was concluded at 10:30 P.M. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve the County Road Maintenance Agreement with Hennepin County whereby the county will pay for routine maintenance of their roads in St. Anthony. • Motion carried unanimously. Following a discussion of the disadvantages of the present use of Apache Plaza Shopping Center as a polling place with Mrs. Nelson, who is an election judge, the Council decided to go with the following recommendations from the Manager: Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to designate the Emerald Park shelter building as the Ramsey County polling place in the City of St. Anthony. Motion carried unanimously. Action on the temporary car port which had been erected for the winter in front of the Marinan residence at 2515 29th Avenue N.E. , was tabled until the next meeting to give Council members an opportunity to view the structure. Mr. Dulgar said he and the mayor had attended the meeting regarding the raising of rates to be paid by the City to Hennepin County for their housing City prisoners in the Hennepin County Adult Correction Facility and they had decided that in the long run the City would benefit from the raise since Minneapolis will now be paying its share of the costs. Mr. Vickrey reported that Mr. Michaelhoff had failed to sign the agreement that the construction materials and truck would be removed from his property at 3640-44 Silver Lake Road before December 1st and although the attorney was re- quested to try to settle the matter out of court, the following direction was • given him to implement if negotiations fail : Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to direct the City Attorney to proceed with the injunction against the property owners of 3640-44 Silver Lake Road for their violation of the City ordinance. ` Page 5 • Voting on the motion: Aye: Sundland, Sauer, Stauffer ASstain: Haik Motion carried. The Engineer and Manager were directed to try to negotiate a settlement with the Irving Lamppa Company for the adiitional expenses incurred by the City when the contract with the Lamppa Co-. for Water Improvement Project 197Ls-1 was not completed. Mr. Comstock then told the Council that additional soil testing was necessary before the rebuilding of 29th Avenue M.E. is begun. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to authorize the expenditures recommended by the City Engineer for additional soil testing on 29th Avenue M.E. Motion carried unanimously. The Engineer will give a verbal report on the proposed sewer repairs on 29th as well as a report on sewer problems in general at the next council meeting. • Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Haik to direct the City Manager to request Ramsey County to include in their 1977 budget for the improvement of County Road D the bridge which will permit connection with the New Brighton bikeways , Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Dulgar was requested to ascertain by letter whether each of the prospective members of the committee who signed up to study the sewer backup problems was still interested in serving on the committee and how they felt their educational or work background could best be implemented in the study. Richard Letourneau, Chairman of the Planning Board, agreed to find out at the next Board meeting whether any Board member would be willing to head this study group and serve as its laisson with City personnel . The Manager then pointed out some of the expenses which had been incurred by the Committee which studied the rebuilding of 29th which now would have to be assessed as extra costs to the property owners. Action on the letter from Hennepin County regarding the Community Development Block Grant program was tabled until the December l6th Council meeting to give the Attorney an opportunity to review the program. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sauer to permit the East Side Branch of the YMCA to set up a Xmas Tree Lot in the St. Anthony Shopping • Center and to waive the license fee. Motion carried unanimously. Larry Hamer's report of the cost of installing a storm drain on 39th Avenue was filed. Page 6 • notion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to grant a car starting license to Apache Mobil . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to approve payment of $8,820.42 to Victor Carlson & Sons for Sidewalk Improvement Project 1975-1 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve payment of $1 ,954.58 to the Dorsey Firm for services during October, 1975. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve payment of all verified claims listed in the December 2, 1975 agenda. Motion carried unanimously. There was further discussion with the attorney of the Lamppa matter before adjournment. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adjourn the meeting at 12: 10 A.M. • Motion carried unanimously. iayor ATTEST: _ Clerk I)i4AIV) Ci ranag •