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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 12161975 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 105731 a Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1975 Document: CC MINUTES 12161975 • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES 12/16/75 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7:30 P.M. Present for roll call : Stauffer, Haik, Miedtke, Sundland and Sauer Also Present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager The following corrections were made to the minutes for the December 2, 1975 Council meeting: Page 3, Para. 1 : Voting on the motion to deny the Ernst request for a Country Kitchen restaurant: Aye: Sundland, Haik, Stauffer, Sauer May: hone Motion carried unanimously. Page 5, Para. 6: Insert after "bridge" the identifying phrase "oder the Soo Line railroad tracks near the intersection of Silver Lake Road with 37th Avenue." Page 5, Para. 8: Insert after "serve" the words "at the request of the • Study Committee: . Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the minutes of December 2, 1975 as corrected. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Dulgar then reported he had requested Ramsey County to include in their budget the extension of the bikeway over the bridge in question. The Human Relations Committee minutes for November 18 were discussed and filed after it was ascertained that the committee had been furnished the status report on the Section 8 Rent Assistance Program which might answer some questions about the eligibility of persons from outside the City receiving such assistance. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt Resolution 75-043. RESOLUTION 75-043 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLLING PLACES Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt Resolution 75-044. RESOLUTION 75-o44 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1975 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously. Page 2 • Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt Resolution 75-045. RESOLUTION 75-045 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1975 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Richard Ernst of the R.C.E. Corporation then appeared and presented plans for a Country Kitchen reste-urant which he proposed to build on approximately the north 117 feet of the commercial lot of the Standard Oil Station at 37th and Silver- Lake Road. He requested the parcel be replatted to allow all the iand north and within two feet of the present gas station to be used for the restaurant which would have an access from Silver Lake Road and parking space provided on a part of the land on 37th Avenue which is owned by American Monarch. The Council and Manager indicated their concern with the possible congestion of Silver Lake Road which might result from the traffic generated by the restaurant, the advisability of limiting the parking spaces for the service station and whether there would be enough side yard maintained for fire protection. There ►vas also speculation of how the plans for upgrading that intersection by Ramsey County might affect this proposal . It was also pointed out by several of the Council that Mr. Ernst's plans for using part of the undeveloped land to the west of the station for parking for the restaurant would probably require a change in zoning to C-2 which had met with such strenuous opposition from the neighbors and would open the door to pressure to change the zoning for other undeveloped lots along 37th Avenue. Mayor Miedtke said one of his reasons for opposing the plan was he felt the Council who had authorized the joining of Lots 2 and 3 into one lot for the construction of the service station in 1969 had implied a restriction against splitting those two lots. T!ie developer said his conversations with the onwers of the station did not Indicate that this was the intent of the Council at that time - the station was in existance before the land was zoned. He also contended that not all zoning lines followed lot lines in the City. He also said his plans to proceed with his intentions to use the remainder of the undeveloped land east of American Monarch for service office space should preclude the possibility of some other developer applying pressure to have the lots rezoned for heavy commercial use. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Sauer to table action until the January 13th Council meeting on the Ernst request to replat the land owned by Standard Oil north of their station on the northwest corner of Silver Lake Road and 37th Avenue N.E. to allow the construction of a Country Kitchen • Restaurant on the land in order that the Manager might furnish further inform- ation regarding the 1969 Council 's intent regarding land density of the lots in question, Ramsey County's plans for upgrading the intersection of Silver Lake Road and 37th, and to allow him to get a legal opinion on whether the land west of the Standard Station would have to be rezoned to C-2 to accomodate the proposed parking lot. Page 3 • Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded l,y Councilman Stauffer to table until the January 13th Council meeting any further action regarding the temporary car port which had been erected for the winter in front of 2515 29th Avenue N.E. Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Vincenzo, proprietor of the new Italian food restaurant in the St. Anthony Sopping Center appeared to request that the restaurant be allowed to ssrve wire with meals to accomodate the requests she reported receiving from custcmers for such service. Mr. Dulgar reported that a similar request had been made by Mrs. Ruth Anderson for the Northgate Restaurant. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Sundland to request the Manager work with the City Attorney to prepare for Council consideration on January 13th an ordinance establishing wine licenses for the City whi.,.h could be granted to eating places seating 50 or more persons with such licenses to be granted init°ally cri,.,a one year's trial basis. The Manager was also requested to recommend the fee he felt would be justified for such a license. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Thomas Rohnar of the St. Anthony Republican Committee requested clarifica- tion of the City's policy regarding the use of municipal buildings for political caucuses and official meetings. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sauer to amend Section 8 of the "Building Use Rules" which are part of the City's policy governing "Community Use of Village Facilities" to permit the use of municipal buildings for partisan political meetings or activities. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to adopt Resolution 75-046. RESOLUTION 75-046 A RESOLUTION APPROVING ST. ANTHONY'S JOINING JOINT COOPERATION AGREEMENT REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 Motion carried unanimously. The November 28th letter from Senator Hubert Humphrey recording Senate Bill 2008 was noted and filed. No further action was taken regarding designation of right turn lanes at the intersections of 29th and 33rd avenues with Silver Lake Road after consider- ation was given to the objections against the proposal from Hennepin County. Mayor Miedtke then commented on the State Auditor's report on Hennepin County's collection of court users fees and said the report indicated that payments of approximately $13,050 in fees were illegally charged to the City by the county since 1971 . • Page 4 • Motion by Counilman Stauffer, seconded by Ccuncllman Sundland to direct the City Manager to request Hennepin County to reimburse the City of St. Anthony for all the users fees listed as illegal in the State Auditor's report and to review other char9r,s against the f ty which shc•uid be returned. Moti:.;, carried unar;imou:ly. After considering the ar4ree-ment which the contractor on the Water Pressure Project 1974-i had made to delete: from his final billing the amount of ewtra by the City which amounted to $3,700, the following moLi_ i M.-id_•. M::tic.:n !v Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to aUthcr iti-e the final payment on the contract for Water Pressure Project 1974-1 be mace ti the Irving L.?.mppa Company. Mctlon carried unanimously. Ourinn the discussion of his status report on the Section 3 Rent P-oa r om, J i m Forne l l reported that persons living outside the City wer•e also eligib'e to obtain housing within St. Anthony. The Manager requested to contact the Highway Department regar•dinp rile instaliatlon of "Left Turn on Green Must Yield" signs at the intersect:^ns of St. Anthony Blvd. and Highway 3 and at 29th Avenue N.E. and Highway !:. TOC- condition of that part of Wilson St. N.E. which runs behind the wG3 to be checked for chuckholes. Richard Letourneau, Chairman of the Planning Board, attendej the rr.eeting following adjournment of the Planning Board meeting in another room rsnd re- ported that ail four members of the Board who attended that meeting would be able to participate in the joint meeting of the Council and the Board on January 26th for consideration of the final draft of the zoning ordinance. Mr. Letourneau requested further time to contact the three members of the Beard who were absent that evening to ascertain whether they would be willing to serve on the committee who were to study the sewer backup problems of the City. T^e matter was to be taken up again during the Council ' s January 13th meeting when the report on the Board's meeting that evening would be made. The Board chairman indicated that 6 of the 7 Board members had expressed a willingness to serve on the Planning Board during 1976. Mr. Dulgar reported on the progress of employee negotiations. The Mayor said that at the Mational league of Cities meeting in Miami , which he had attended, steps were taken to enable the smaller municipalities to have more impact an the funding policies of the federal agencies and a greater role in the League. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to grant cigarette licenses to Pic A Pop and Vincenzo's and a restaurant license to Vincenzo's. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve payment of $9,i95.66, $349.23, $2, 194.73 and $303.70 to Comstock F Gavis. Motion carried unanimously. Page 5 Motio n by Councilman Sund1ar,d, seconded by Councilman Haik to ap;)rove payment 0.4. $ .e*3 to 2a ,,.v i;oL:nty a; per agreements with the county. Mor: n '.v Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve partial o` $3,00000 to Action Courts for resurfacing the tennis courts. Motion -.ar 'ied unar-*-r-ously. ,";ct i or. :)v Co+j-ic i ligan Sauer, s�-conded by Councilman Sund l and to app.,-Qv-- t:f all verified claims listed in the December 16, 197.5 agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Copies of the replatting of the Henkel Addition were furnished, as reque�'te', by Mr. Dulgar who identified the uses now made of the parcels. Mot:on by Councilman. Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 P�M. Motion carried unanimously. • layor ATTEST: Clerk C i Mana e •