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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08231977 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII 105566 Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1977 Document: CC MINUTES 08231977 19W CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES August 23, 1977 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7 : 31 P.M. Present for roll call : Sundland, Haik , Miedtke and Sauer . Absent : Stauffer Also present: Jim Fornell , Acting City Manager William Soth, City Attorney :Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the minutes for the August 9 , 1977 Council meeting as presented. Motion carried unanimously. • Jerr ° Ccwan presented the recommendations and actions taken as reported in the Planning Board minutes of their meeting August 16 , 1977 . of the conditions which the Board had set for recommending ap- re of the building permit which will allow a union hall to be built fcr International Union of Operating Engineers , Local 49 , in the St . -,.nthony Office Park. Fred Dereschuk , representing the 49 ' ers , presented the letter of agree- ment ,rom Goodall Rubber that the union could use 36 parking spaces in their parking lot should need arise for more off site parking space than prc�--_czed on the local ' s property. He and Mark Tritschler, project en(,i_nee - for Rauenhorst Corporation, discussed the site plans for the ' ui_1c? lnrT and extended an invitation to the Council to attend the ground- bre :J:i n ceremonies the next day. �1ot1o:z by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Haik to grant a building permit to Local No. 49 to erect the building they proposed on Lot Block 1, St. Anthony Office Park Addition, subject to the same con- ditions as set by the Planning Board August 16 , 1977 . lotion carried unanimously. Mr. Cowan reported the recommendations of the Board regarding the Com- munity Development funds which had been designated for a planning study of tn:e St . Anthony Shopping Center quadrant. Councilman Sundland said it -.aas the major owners of the shopping center who had been apathetic 1 . to the renovation of the area rather than the merchants as had been indicated in the Board' s minutes. The Council agreed with the Board that the study should proceed as approved so that a concentrated effort might be made to set standards for updating the shopping center prior to a change in ownership for any portion of it. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to accept the Planning Board ' s recommendation that the $3 , 500 designated from the Community Development Block Grant Funds be kept for a planning study of the St . Anthony Shopping Center area and not consolidated into the re- quired comprehensive planning of the Metro Land Planning Act . Motion carried unanimously. The Planning Board representative then said the Board was willing to have a variance granted to the R.O. S . zoning for the Salvation Army Camp - which will allow the Salvation Army to construct the fieldhouse they pro- posed to build within 100 feet of Silver Lake as long as the building is .screened by plantings of tall growing trees from the lake and the re- sidences across the lake and the building ' s exterior is compatible to its natural surroundings. He explained that subsoil conditions of other locations on the campgrounds seemed to justify placing the building in the proposed location near the lakeshore. Jim Brown, the camp director, presented the plans and a model of the pro- posed building which will house a gymnasium and a swimming pool . He told Councilman Haik that , though soil testing had not yet been taken of the :proposed location , such testing would preceed any construction. He and t'�e project engineer, Cliff Kommedahl, also showed the plans for an arts and crafts/conference building which is to be built soon near the chapel on the campgrounds which they said constituted the last major building project planned for the camp. The Mayor said in addition to th verbal assurance he felt a final development plan for the camp should be placed on record at City Hall. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Haik to grant a var; ance to the R.O. S. (recreational/open space) zoning for the Salva- tion Army Camp to allow the construction of the proposed field house in th^ location requested because of the subsoil conditions of other loca- tion= in the area with the same conditions set as were established by the Planning Board on August 16 , 1977 . Motion carried unanimously. The aoard ' s recommendations were also followed regarding the acceptance of the Residential Component Detailed Plan for the Hedlund P.U .D. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the Detailed Plan, Residential Component, Hedlund P.U.D. for Lots 10-16 , Block 6 , Mounds View Acres , Second Addition, as submitted -ind to waive • the Final Plan review for the Residential Component, subject to the final (2) • plat review of the property into the 12 lots , as indicated. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt the resolution providing for the reassessment and apportionment of certain dropped special assessments which had been previously levied against the Diamond 8 Apartments and Apache Plaza. RESOLUTION 77-039 A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE REASSESSMENT AND APPORTIONMENT OF CERTAIN SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PREVIOUSLY LEVIED Motion carried unanimously. The Council then considered the data which had been provided them by Mr. Fornell for making a determination of what costs should be assessed to property owners for the improvement of 29th Avenue N.E . Omar Shabez and Tom Shaeffer of T.A.P. 29th Avenue N.E. were present for the discus- sion. Consultation with the City Attorney and Acting City Manager resulted in the agreement that the percentage of the total costs which was to be assessed to the property owners would have to be determined for inclusion • in Resolution 77-040 which could be used by the Acting City Manager as a guideline for determining what the individual assessments would be. Mr. Scth answered Councilman Sauer ' s question of whether the assessment amour., through a line by line consideration of the cost elements furnished by ;- . Fornell , but Councilmen Haik and Sundland felt this was unnecessary sir_c- it was their contention that all the MSA funds received by the City for this street could be used for its reconstruction. Co:,. cilman Sundland saw the "more liberal" figure for the assessment, as projected by Mr. Fornell, as resulting in an average assessment per parcel of Ubout $1 , 436 which he said was not too far off his own estimate in 1976 of $1 , 400 . However, he could not accept using the individual curb gutter allowance figures provided, because he felt that although there were nc prior assessments for curbs and gutter recorded for some of the parcels east of Silver Lake Road, those homeowners had probably paid for the improvements through original purchase price on their homes and felt it would be fairer that all parcels along 29th should therefore be treated equally and the gross curb and gutter costs averaged out to include all parcels . Both Councilmen Haik and Sundland felt the residents on 29th deserved special treatment in assessment policy because of the heavy use of their street by other motorists . They agreed that if it were necessary to use the major portion of the MSA funds allocated to the City for the prcject, any other road construction in the community should be delayed until the reserves were built up again. (3) • Mayor Miedtke disagreed, he felt it would be a disservice to the rest of the City to delay other needed street construction because of an over- generosity to 29th. He cited a similar situation on another MSA street, 33rd Avenue N.E. , where the residents paid large assessments and re- iterated his concern with setting a precedent for future street renovation projects. While the meeting was recessed from 8: 25 P.M. to 8 : 30 P.M. , Mr. Fornell calculated the net assessment which would reflect the curb credit. Motion by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt Resolution 77-040 which establishes the gross amount to be assessed to benefited properties on 29th Avenue N.E. , for Street Improvement 1976-1 as $120, 960. 48. Before voting on the motion, the following amendment was made: Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Mayor Miedtke to deduct from the gross figure above the amount of $13 , 308 for curb and gutter re- placement cost to be spread equally over 69 2/3 parcels on 29th and will result in an amended net assessment of $107, 652 . 48 . RESOLUTION 77-040 A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE AMOUNT THE CITY WILL PAY ON STREET IMPROVEMENT 1976-1 AND THE AMOUNT TO BE • ASSESSED ON STREET IMPROVEMENT 1976-1 The amended resolution passed unanimously. :lr . Fornell ' s August 22nd update of figures set out in his August 19th memorandum for establishing an assessment for Street Improvement Project 1976-2 which tied a major Columbia Heights street improvement project into Stinson Boulevard at Silver Lane was accepted in the following motion: Motion by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Sauer to adopt Resolution 77-041 establishing the amount to be assessed to the benefited property at 2401 Silver Lane by Street Improvement Project 1976-2 as $996 . 61 . RESOLUTION 77-041 A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE AMOUNT TO BE ASSESSED ON STREET IMPROVEMENT 1976-2 AND THE AMOUNT THE CITY WILL PAY Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Soth had conferred during the recess with Mr. and Mrs . Ervin Beutz and C .W. Bartlett regarding the plat approval of the property on 39th Avenue N. E. , which the Beutzes had purchased for a car wash and he re- ported there is some question of whether the original owner_ of the pro- perty listed on the plat should be Apache Realty Fund or the Apache Corporation, as explained in his August 23rd memorandum. The Attorney (4) • suggested that the final plat not be signed by City officials until the questions regarding the title is cleared. Mr. Bartlett speaking for Mr. and Mrs . Beutz indicated they were in agreement with this condition. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to ap- prove the final plat for Lot 1 , Block 1, Apache Plaza Second Addition but to direct the Mayor and City Clerk not to sign the document until the problem with the ownership of the parcel is resolved to the satis- faction of the City Attorney. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. and Mrs. Beutz were again reminded that the City intends spreading dropped assessments against this property as approved in Resolution 77-039 . Mr. Fornell announced the City Manager Selection Committee ' s meeting August 24th and there was a discussion of whether the finalists selected by this group should be interviewed individually or a group by the Council . The City Attorney will research the question of how the Open Meeting Law is applicable to such interviews . The Council concurred with Mr. Fornell ' s August 3rd recommendations that the Public Works equipment should only be rented out to private parties for essential services and not for non-emergency jobs and he was directed • to formulate a policy. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Haik to declare as uncollectible all checks listed as such during 1976 by the St. Anthony Municipal Liquor Stores . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Mayor Miedtke to set the second, third and fourth Mondays in September as the dates for reviewing theol978 City Budget. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to grant the beer license requested for the St. Charles parish steak fry September 16 , 1977 and to waive the fee for such a license. Motion carried unanimously. The July 1977 report of home care provided residents of St. Anthony by the North Memorial Medical Center was filed. Mr. Fornell will set up a meeting with the District #282 School Board which they have requested to discuss the future of the Parkview/City Hall building for either August 30th or 31st. (5) Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 105567 Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1977 Document: CC MINUTES 08231977 OFFICIAL MINUTES REVENUE SHARING PROPOSED USE PUBLIC HEARING August 23, 1977 The Revenue Sharing Proposed Use Public Hearing was opened at 7: 12 p.m. by Jim Fornell, Acting City Manager. Present: Jim Fornell, Acting City Manager Duane Miedtke, Mayor Robert Sundland, Councilman William Sauer, Councilman. arrived at 7: 13 p.m. No one else appeared to express an opinion on the expenditure of these funds. , The hearing was closed at 7:14 p.m. by Mr. Fornell. Mayor ATTEST: dA./ City Clerk