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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 10082002 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 105506 Box: 34 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 2002 Document: CC MINUTES 30082002 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2002 • Page 1 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 3 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 4 5 October 8, 2002 6 7 CALL TO ORDER. 8 Mayor Hodson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 9 10 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 11 Mayor Hodson invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 13 ROLL CALL. 14 Present: Mayor Hodson; Councilmembers Horst, Sparks, Thuesen, and Faust. 15 Absent: None. 16 Also Present: City Manager Mike Mornson. 17 18 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION,AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 19 ITEMS. 20 21 I. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 8, 2002 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. Motion by Councilmember Sparks to approve the City Council Meeting Agenda of October 8, 2002. 24 25 Motion carried unanimously. 26 27 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 28 A. Presentation of Appreciation Plaque to Merle Fischer. 29 Jay Hartman, Director of Public Works, stated he is pleased to take this opportunity to recognize 30 Merle Fischer for over 25 years of service with both the Army and Air National Guard. Mr. 31 Hartman introduced Mr. Fischer and his family members. He explained that Mr. Fischer has 32 recently returned after a seven-month deployment due to the events of September 11, 2001. Mr. 33 Hartman reviewed Mr. Fischer's 25-year history of service to the United States of America 34 which included action during Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation 35 Freedom Eagle. He advised that Mr. Fischer's United States Air Force occupation is C-130 36 Flight Medic and he will retire in February of 2003. Mr. Hartman stated Mr. Fischer, for the 37 past 10 years, has been employed as a utilities operator for the City of St. Anthony. In addition, 38 Mr. Fischer enjoys coaching his three active daughters, fishing, and hunting. Mr. Hartman 39 congratulated Mr. Fischer for 25 years of service in the Air National Guard. 40 41 Mayor Hodson read in full and presented Merle Fischer with a plaque of appreciation for his 42 service to the United States of America for the past 25 years in the Air National Guard. 43 0 Mr. Fischer thanked the Council for this recognition. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2002 Page 2 Councilmember Faust stated it is not just the recognition of Mr. Fischer's 25 years of suffering 2 sacrifice for his country but for his wife and family also. He stated he served for 23 years and 3 appreciates the dedication and support of Mr. Fischer's family members. He stated he knows 4 Merle's daughters and wife have missed their father and husband and are also patriots. 5 Councilmember Faust stated it is not often you get an opportunity to honor and salute a patriot 6 and extended his appreciation to them. 7 8 III. COMMUNITY FORUM. 9 Mayor Hodson invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items 10 that are not on the regular agenda. 11 12 Hearing none,Mayor Hodson moved forward with the agenda. 13 14 IV. CONSENT AGENDA. 15 B. Consider September 24, 2002 Council meeting minutes. 16 17 Councilmember Sparks requested that Item A be removed from the Consent Agenda. She 18 requested a correction to the September 24, 2002 meeting minutes, Page 7, Line 29,to indicate: 19 "to Family Services Collaborative and includes the Cities of St. Anthony and part of New 20 Brighton." 21 Mayor Hodson noted the meeting minutes incorrectly contain two copies of Page 2 and asked that one be deleted. 24 25 Motion by Councilmember Sparks to approve the September 24, 2002 Council meeting minutes 26 as corrected. 27 28 Motion carried unanimously. 29 30 C. Consider licenses and permits. 31 D. Consider payment of claims. 32 E. Resolution 02-066 re: Approve Election Judges for November 5, 2002 State General 33 Election. 34 35 Motion by Councilmember Sparks to approve Consent Agenda Items B, C, and D. 36 37 Motion carried unanimously. 38 39 V. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 40 None. 41 42 VI. REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND STAFF. 43 None. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2002 • Page 3 1 VII. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 2 A. Ordinance 2002-0005, re: Moratorium on Licenses for Secondhand Goods. 3 4 Mr. Mornson reviewed the ordinance with the Council and advised that because several requests 5 for secondhand goods stores are received each week, staff recommended the Council consider 6 this moratorium ordinance for adoption tonight. He explained that the current ordinance is 7 outdated and staff will submit it to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will 8 have up to one year to put the new ordinance into place. Mr. Mornson recommended the 9 Council waive first and second reading and consider this for the third reading and adoption 10 tonight. 11 12 Motion by Councilmember Horst to waive first and second reading, approve third reading, and 13 adopt Ordinance 2002-005, re: Moratorium on Licenses for Secondhand Goods. 14 15 Councilmember Sparks asked why staff is recommending this ordinance be adopted rather than 16 following the process for first and second reading. Mr. Mornson advised that staff is currently 17 receiving several requests per week and under the current ordinance, the City does not have the 18 ability to inspect or control this type of use. During the moratorium period, this type of use 19 would not be allowed until the revised ordinance is adopted. 20 21 Motion carried unanimously. 9 VIII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 24 Mr. Momson reported that at the request of the Metropolitan Airports Commission(MAC), the 25 St. Anthony Police Department, and other metropolitan police departments, are working to 26 provide security at the metropolitan airports. This occurred when MAC released the National 27 Guard from airport security. Mr. Mornson explained that the League of Minnesota Cities has 28 made an arrangement to allow this to occur, however, the City is paying the time and then billing 29 MAC. The City is making a commission on part of it. Mr. Mornson explained that this will be 30 reflected in the City's budget by showing extra overtime expenses and an increase in revenue. 31 32 Mr. Mornson noted that last year,the State permitted the sale of certain types of fireworks. Now 33 the City is receiving inquiries about street sales of fireworks so in the future staff will be 34 recommending an ordinance to regulate the sale of fireworks and setting a time limit for that 35 type of sale. 36 37 Mr. Momson reviewed the schedule of upcoming meetings. 38 39 Mr. Mornson advised that on October 16, 2002, the City will make a presentation in front of the 40 Metropolitan Council's Livable Communities Committee. Councilmember Faust will be 41 attending that meting on behalf of the City. Mr. Mornson stated they will have 15 minutes to 42 update them on the Apache Project and ask for some of the $6 million that is available for 43 livable communities. He noted the City may know by the end of October whether St. Anthony 0 will receive funding. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2002 Page 4 Mr. Morrison noted the liquor referendum will be on November 5th and staff will e-mail the 2 Council with those results. Mayor Hodson asked for a telephone call as well as an e-mail 3 update. 4 5 Mr. Morrison stated the Public Facilities Task Force update was held last week and went very 6 well. 7 8 Mr. Morrison stated the Fire Department Open House will be held on October 9, 2002 and the 9 pancake breakfast will be held on Sunday, October 13, 2002. 10 11 Councilmember Horst reported he attended the September 25, 2002 open house for Chandler 12 Place and explained that they recognized the 15th year anniversary for Chandler Place and the 13 35th year anniversary for the St. Anthony Health Center. He thanked them for the invitation to 14 this very nice event, and wished them good luck in the future 15 16 Councilmember Sparks had no report 17 18 Councilmember Thuesen had no report. 19 20 Councilmember Faust encouraged all to attend the Fire Department Pancake Breakfast on 21 October 13, 2002 from 8:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. at City Hall. 40 Councilmember Faust reminded the community of the October 14, 2002 Candidate Forum 24 starting at 7:00 p.m. which will be hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. All State Senators and 25 Representatives for St. Anthony have been invited. Councilmember Faust stated this is an 26 opportunity to ask questions of those candidates. 27 28 Mayor Hodson stated there was an excellent meeting last Saturday with the Public Works and 29 Fire Department Task Force. He stated they viewed several examples of buildings that would fit 30 in St. Anthony. Mayor Hodson stated this is a very energetic task force and the City could not 31 have selected a better group of people to evaluate this and come up with some options. 32 33 Mayor Hodson stated he has been nominated to sit on the Transportation Advisory Board 34 through the League of Minnesota Cities. He stated he thinks he can contribute to that group and 35 would like to follow up on that nomination. However, he has an obligation to serve on the North 36 Suburban Cable Commission. Mayor Hodson stated he would like to find someone in the 37 community to serve on this Commission and asked for the Council's input if they know someone 38 who has that interest. 39 40 Mr. Morrison stated Staff will advertise this opening with a one-year term. It was noted that this 41 is an important appointment since they will be representing the City of St. Anthony. Mr. 42 Mornson stated it would be at the appointment of the Council. 43 0 Mayor Hodson stated he can serve as the alternate. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2002 Page 5 Mayor Hodson reminded all that it is homecoming week at the St. Anthony High School with a 2 lot of activities. He noted that Central Park is greening up and beginning to look like a facility. 3 4 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 5 None. 6 7 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. 8 None. 9 10 XI. ADJOURNMENT. 11 Motion by Councilmember Faust to adjourn the meeting at 7:23 p.m. 12 13 Motion carried unanimously. 14 15 Respectfully submitted, 16 17 18 Carla Wirth 19 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 20 21 Mayor ATTEST: 40 City Clerk 24 25 0