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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 04091974 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII 105746 Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1974 Document: CC MINUTES 04091974 A CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES 4-9-74 • The meeting was called to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7:30 P.M. The following were present at roll call: Haik, Sauer, Sundland, Miedtke, and Stauffer. Also present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager Larry Vickrey, City Attorney Jim Fornell, Adm. Assistant Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve the minutes of March 27, 1974. Motion carried. Mrs. Marlys Berg, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission was present and the contents of the letter her committee proposed to send to Judge Arthur were discussed with her as well as how the letter had a direct relationship to the business of the City. Action on the letter was tabled until the next Council meeting in order that all the Council members might have an opportunity to read Judge Arthur's letter. Councilman Haik asked the Council for a re-evaluation and direction on the Wetlands Ordinance in view of changes in objectives which she saw as occuring since she had originally proposed the ordinance which she said she intended only • to guarantee some protection for Silver Lake. Mrs. McGinn and Mr. Leiourneau of the Planning Board arrived at 7:45 P.M. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adopt the Coon Rapids Con3ervancy District Crdi.nance for the City of St. Anthony. Before voting on the motion a discussion was held regarding the Department of Natural Resources' directives •co all municipalities to present their open land and waterways protection ordinances in a specified time as well as the efforts of a similar nature by the Metro Council. Mr. Dulgar and Mr. Vickrey commented on the vagueness of some of the wording in the Coon Rapids ordinance. Pairs. Stauffer then withdrew her second of the motion and the motion died for lack of a second. The chair ruled to table action on the Wetlands Ordinance until all pertinent information could be considered by the Council. Action on increasing the amount of fee the City of St. Anthony could collect when an animal is impounded by B & F was tabled with a directive to the Manager to present to the Council any suggestions he might have whereby the ordinance could be changed to rrovide at least a charge large enough to cover the costs incurred by the City when an animal is impounded. Mrs. McGinn and Mr. LeTourneau left the meeting at 8:20 P.M. to return to a meeting of the Planning Board being held in another room in the building. Mrs. McGinn reported that a firm decision had not been reached regarding the proposed mini park at the corner of St. Anthony Road and Roosevelt N.F. when the Board met April 2nd. CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES 4-9-74 • The meeting was called to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7:30 P.M. The following were present at roll call: Haik, Sauer, Sundland, Miedtke, and Stauffer. Also present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager Larry Vickrey, City Attorney Jim Fornell, Adm. Assistant Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve the minutes of March 27, 1974. Motion carried. Mrs. Marlys Berg, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission was present and the contents of the letter her committee proposed to send to Judge Arthur were discussed with her as well as how the letter had a direct relationship to the business of the City. Action on the letter was tabled until the next Council meeting in order that all the Council members might ha-.-e an opportunity to read Judge Arthur's letter. Councilman Haik asked the Council for a re-evaluation and direction on the Wetlands Ordinance in view of changes in objectives which she saw as occuring since she had originally proposed the ordinance which she said she intended only • to guarantee some protection for Silver Lake. Mrs. McGinn and Mr. LeTourneau of the Planning Board arrived at 7:45 P.M. Motion by Councilman Haik, secor_dec', by Councilman Stauffer to adopt the Coon Rapids Conservancy District Crdi.nance for the City of St. Anthony. Before voting on the motion a discussion was held regarding the Department of Natural Resources' directives to all municipalities to present their open land and waterways protection ordinances in a specified time as well as the efforts of a similar nature by the Metro Council. Mr. Dulgar and Mr. Vickrey commented on the vagueness of some of the wording in the Coon Rapids ordinance. Mrs. Stauffer then withdrew her second of the motion and the motion died for lack of a second. The chair ruled to table action on the Wetlands Ordinance until all pertinent information could be considered by the Council. Action on increasing the amount of fee the City of St. Anthony could collect when an animal is impounded by B & F was tabled with a directive to the Manager to present to the Council any suggestions he might have whereby the ordinance could be changed to rrovide at least a charge large enough to cover the costs incurred by the City when an animal is impounded. • Mrs. McGinn and Mr. LeTourneau left the meeting at 8:20 P.M. to return to a meeting of the Planning Board being held in another room in the building. Mrs. McGinn reported that a firm decision had not been reached regarding the proposed mini park at the corner of St. Anthony Road and Roosevelt N.F. when the Board met April 2nd. -2- Residents 2-Residents from the above mentioned area who had requested the mini-park at the March 26th Council Meeting were again present and repeated their statements • which favored the purchase of the land from Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sroga. Mr. Sroga was also present and expressed the urgency he felt for an early decision on the matter. Mr. Dulgar, at the request of the Council, had prepared a report on possible funding for the project and he reported that he had been unable to come up with a source for such funds from the Revenue Sharing funds or liquor store receipts since any revenues from either had already been earmarked for other projects and city ordinances did not allow use of Water Revenue Funds for this type of project. The only possibility he saw for setting aside the land for a recreation area was through a leasing arrangement whereby the City could use the land for a play area as long as the number of children in the neighborhood warranted such a use and it could be returned to its owner if such a use was no longer necessary or desired. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Sundland to decline the acquisi- tion of the Sroga property for a mini park. Voting on the motion: Aye: Haik, Sundland, Miedtke, Stauffer Nay: Sauer Motion carried. • Meeting was recessed at 8:30 P.M. and reconvened at 8:36 P.M. with resumption of the discussion of the mini park. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to direct the City Manager and Attorney to attempt to negotiate a leasing arrangement with Mr. Sroga for the south portion of his property for use of neighbor children as an open play area. Motion carried. Mayor Miedtke gave the final report from the committee set up to study the curfew law and stated that the group had reached the decision that the curfew regulations, when fully understood, were completely satisfactory and should be left as written. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to direct the City Manager to write a letter of thanks to all persons who worked on the above mentioned committee. Motion carried. Mr. Vickrey's memo of April 3,197+ pointing out how under the 197+ state legislation, municipalities could be assessed for public improvements made by the Minneapolis Park Board in their communities was discussed and filed as informational. • Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to table action on a petition for street lights in the alley between 27th Avenue N.F. and Lawry Grove Mobil Home Park. Motion carried. -3- Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adopt a resolution supporting the nomination of Mayor Victoria Joyner of Osseo for the C.C. Ludwig • Award for 1974. RESOLUTION N0. 74-019 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING MAYOR VICTORIA JOYNER OF OSSEO FOR THE C.C. LUDWIG AWARD Motion carried. A discussion was initiated by Councilman Sauer regarding the dissatisfaction voiced by the residents of St. Anthony as to the amount of news coverage given community events by the Sun Newspaper and the possibility of establishing a different legal newspaper. lex. Vickrey read the statuatory requirements of a legal newspaper for the Council. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Sundland to invite Mr. Wasniewski editor of the North Sun to attend the next council meeting to discuss reasons why consideration was being given to changing legal publications. Motion carried. Mayor Miedtke and Councilman Stauffer reported on the Suburban League meeting and told the Council that the Metropolitan Council had set up an advisory committee of elected officials from the metropolitan area and if any of them were interested in becoming a member of such a committee where they could help in the determination of metro impact they could indicate such a desire to either Mayor Miedtke or Jack Kozlak of the Metro Council. • Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to designate the St. Anthony Chief of Police as the official applicant to request reimbursement from the Minn. Peace Officers' Training Fund to cover the cost of training for the department's new patroloZn. Motion carried. Mr. Dulgar reported that the coot of the Tennis Court Lighting Project was running about $2,000 above the amount budgeted and suggest that these funds might be taken from the Council's Contingency Fund. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to direct the City Manager to indicate to the St. Anthony Board that we hoped to award the low bid for all these courts and ask them to concur if possible. Motion carrie d. Mr. Dulgar was directed to try to set up the next ,joint School Board-Council meeting for May 22, 1974. A discussion of results of a recent meeting with the School Board regarding the use of Parkview School as a city hall resulted in the following motion: Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Sundland to direct the City Manager to inform the council at their next meeting as to the time frame within which all pertinent information would have to be in regarding preparation of plans, setting up a bond issue, estimated construction timing and possible completion dates in order that the Council could consider the expansion of the present city hall to meet the City's needs for more room. -4- Motion carried. • Mr. Dulgar reported that he had heard from the New Brighton Village officials regarding the pathway around the holding pond at Mirror Lake Manor and they had invited him to attend their next council meeting at 9:00 P.M. April 23, 1974 which was the same date as the St. Anthony Council's next meeting. It was decided that the meeting that night would be shortened so that Mr. Dulgar and other Council members, who desired to do so, could attend the New Brighton meeting. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sauer to grant the licenses as listed in the April 9, 1974 agenda. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve payment of $2,320.57 to the Dorsey Firm. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve payment of $175.00 to B & F Patrol. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Mayor Miedtke to approve payment of all verified claims as listed in the April 9, 1974 agenda. • Motion carried. Meeting recessed at 9:50 P.M. and reconvened at 10:00 P.M. for a presentation by Francis Schuck of Constructive ?design Architects of the plans for the renovation of the St. Anthony Liquor Lounge, Secretary Helen Crowe was excused at 10:30 with Mr. Dulgar assigned the task of recording any motion which might result from the work session. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Mayor Miedtke to authorize the City Manager to advertise for bids for the liquor store remodelling on April 24,1971+, Closing date for receipt of bids to be May 17th at noon with the bid to be awarded on May 22nd at a special council meeting. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to appoint Mr. George Marks of 3424 Silver Lake Road to the Planning Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Howard Peterson. Voting on the motion: Aye: Haik, Stauffer, Sundland Nay: Miedtke Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to adjourn at 10:55 P.M. 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