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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 01281975 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIII IIII 105678 Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1975 Document: CC MINUTES 01281975 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES January 2811975 • 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. Asst. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to approve the minutes of the January 7, 1975 Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the minutes of the January 14, 1975 Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Jerry Cowan of the Human Relations Committee was present to answer any questions the Council might have regarding the Committee minutes of January 21, 1975 and, when there were no such queries, the minutes were filed. Mr. Richard Letourneau presented the recommendations carried in the Planning eZ Board minutes of January 21, 1975. He first expressed the Board's dissatisfact- • ion with the large lighted sign which Mrs. Carol Brown of the Herfurth Realty Co. requested a sign variance to erect in front of her office at 3901 Silver Lake Rd. Mrs. Brown then presented her plans for a modified 25.x+ sq. ft. sign which was 5 feet high and for which she was uncertain of the manner in which it would be lighted. Councilman Haik said she would be unhappy with establishing a precedent for any free standing sign along Silver Lake Road and the mayor said that, since Mrs. Brown's original presentation of her request to renovate the residence at 3901 Silver Lake Road into a branch office of the realty business indicated a minimum of "drop in" business, he could see no justification for this type of sign. There was a discussion of the possibility of only using a sign which would locate the business and provide those who were looking for it with its name and address. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Sundland to deny the Herfurth request for a variance to the sign ordinance to allow a free standing sign in front of 3901 Silver Lake Road with the intent of maintaining the residential nature of that area. Voting on the motion: Aye: Haik, Sauer, Sundland, Miedtke, Stauffer Motion carried unanimously. Letourneau explained the thinking behind the recommendation from the Planning i Board to allow Mr. R.F. Ingvaldsen to temporarily keep the T.V. repair sign he now has in his front yard at 3621 Stinson Boulevard. He cited his own reluctance to establish such a precedent but said it was the final conclusion of the Board that the sign be allowed because of the hardship aspects of the request. -2- Mr. Dulgar pointed out numerous instances where the City had compelled residents to remove signs which advertised a business activity in their homes. The Mayor • said the City ordinance does not allow any commercial activities in residential areas and recommended the request be denied. Mr. Ingvaldsen was present and asked he be allowed to keep the sign until he was able to again find employment in the engineering field. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to grant a 90 day permit to Mr. R.E. Ingvaldsen to retain the sign he has in front of his residence at 3621 Stinson Blvd. Voting on the motion: Aye: Sundland Nay: Sauer, Haik, Miedtke, Stauffer Motion not carried. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sauer to direct Mr. R.F. Ingvaldsen to remove within 90 days the T.V. repair sign he has in his front yard at 3621 Stinson Blvd. Voting on the motion: Aye: Haik, Sauer, Sundland, Stauffer Nay: Miedtke • `ion carried. Mayor Miedtke congratulated Mr. Letourneau for his election as Chairman of the Planning Board. When Mr. Letourneau conveyed the Board's request for individual copies of the Robert's Rules of Order the City Attorney advised him that more than five years ago the Council had decided that Council meetings would be run by chair decision and not be bound by Robert's Rules of Order. The Board Chairman was assured his group would be provided at least a copy of the book as reference material. Mr. Allan Davidson of Medtronics Inc. appeared to discuss with the Council the removal of the temporary office building which his company two years previously had been granted permission to use to temporarily house personnel on the property on Highway 8. He requested that the company be granted permission to leave the trailer in its present location until the weather would permit its removal. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Stauffer that Medtronics be directed to remove the trailer on their property within the 90 days and that they be officially advised of these directions and provided with copies of the evening's minutes dealing with the matter. Motion carried unanimously. • Nancy Reeves of the Metropolitan Council appeared and explained the new Federal rent subsidy program whereby the City could participate in the Federal lower income housing program with the Metro Council serving as the City's Housing and Redevelopment Agency. She explained how the program was intended to utilize 1 -3- r existing housing units. Ms. Reeves indicated St. Anthony has at least 150 units which could qualify and she felt the City might possibly be granted • assistance for from 30 to 40 of these units. The Metro Council representative said residents of the City would be given first priority to such assistance and she thought there were many who live here now who would be able to fit the qualifications. Mayor Miedtke said he thought the program would give the community an opport- unity to provide housing for those of low income who consist of not only of minorities, but also of newly-wed young couples, senior citizens and the handicapped. In answer to a question from Mrs. Donald Connelly of 2409 St. Anthony Blvd. Ms. Reeves said the program was strictly voluntary and no landlord would be compelled to accept the rent subsidy arrangements. Revised figures for fair market rents were also provided by the Metro Council HRA representative. Councilman Haik expressed her concern that such aid might be concentrated in 't the northern section of the City since most of the rental property is located there. Because the Council was unable to ascertain what control they might have over the program, the following motion was made: Motion .by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to table action until the February 11th meeting on participation in the Housing Assistance Payments Program when they hope to have clarification of the question of local control over numbers of units in the program. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Miedtke and Mr. Dulgar explained the proposed resolution whereby the City would join with other Hennepin County communities to qualify as an Urban County to obtain Federal funds under the Housing and Community Develop- ment Act of 197+. The Council members expressed a reluctance to sign a joint power agreement without clarification of several points, especially the "idemnification clause" which the City Attorney pointed out might prove to be a problem. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adopt the resolution entering into a joint power agreement designating Hennepin County as an "Urban County". Voting on the motion: Aye: Sauer and Miedtke Nay: Haik, Sundland, Stauffer Motion not carried. Wayne Leonard of the Ramsey County Highway Department showed a rough draft of the county's proposal to upgrade Silver Lake Road from 37th Avenue to Silver Lane. A discussion of what the City would have to do to fulfill its part of the agreement and what the plans of the county were for the regulation of is traffic at the intersection of Silver Lane and Silver Lake Road preceded the following motion: -4- Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sauer to authorize the Mayor and Manager to enter into an agreement with Ramsey County to rebuild • Silver Lake Road between a point 326 feet north of County Road D to a point 638 feet north of Silver Lane. Voting on the motion: Aye: Haik, Sauer, Sundland, Miedtke, Stauffer Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was recessed at 10 P.M. and reconvened at 10:18 P.M. for a discussion of the sewer rate change. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to direct the City Attorney to draft a new sewer rate ordinance reflecting sewer rate changes at 38 cents per hundred cubic feet under Method 3 in the memo and to consider the new ordinance at the next meeting. Voting on the motion: Aye: Haik, Sauer, Sundland, Miedtke, Stauffer Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Haik to appoint Mr. Richard Rymarchick, 3405 Belden Drive, and Mr. Jerry Cowan, 3316 Croft Drive to serve during 1975 on the St. Anthony Planning Board. Motion carried unanimously. • The Manager was directed to notify Mr. Rymarchick of his appointment and the other applicants of the selection. Mr. Cowan was present and was congratulat- ed by the Mayor who also urged another applicant, Mr. Virg Gottwalt, 2920 33rd Avenue N.F. , who was present to apply again if there should be another vacancy. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to direct the City Engineer to prepare a comprehensive sewer plan for the City to be submitted for approval under the Metro Sewer Act. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to express the Council's commendation to Carol Johnson for a job well done regarding the handling of City's funds. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adopt Resolution 75-011- RESOLUTION 75-011 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1975 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously. • Mr. Fran Schuck of Constructive Design presented the feasibility study he had been commissioned to prepare on the comparison of costs of remodelling the present City hall; moving part or all of the City business to Parkview School, if it is available for leasing, or building a new City Hall. I -5- In updating his previous figures on the cost of remodelling the present facilities, he explained that construction costs had risen 18% in the last 18 • months, and it was almost impossible to set a firm figure on any future construction. The architect said his study included 1h,500 sq. ft. of the space in Parkview to house all the services necessary now and 13,000 sq. ft. at the present City Hall. Scheme A of the study covered the cost of utilizing the whole south portion of the school building leaving the northern section near the recreation area for possible compatible use in the future. Mr. Schuck said this plan would mini- mize construction and was not a proposal for rebuilding the structure and would involve mostly partitioning present school rooms in such a manner that they could be reconverted to use as school rooms, if necessary. This plan which would involve moving the Administration offices as well as the Fire and Police departments to Parkview would provide all three departments with entrances off 33rd Avenue N.T. rather than the busier Silver Lake Road. The plan would utilize the newer of the two heating systems in the building with the addition of air conditioning if desired for the Administration and Police departments. A new heating system would have to replace the old one in the section where the cafeteria and kitchen are now for the fire department with a 30 foot fire hose tower to be erected to the east of the building. The projected cost of the scheme was $183,000. Under Scheme B, whereby only the Administration and Police services would be moved to the school for three years and the present fire department would be • remodelled and expanded to include the new fire truck and living and training quarters, the projected cost was $58,708. Scheme C revised the estimated cost of updating the present City Hall at $236,365 from $200,309 with the cost of adding a second floor raising this to $279,297• Scheme D set the cost of erecting a new City Hall of 16,926 sq. ft. at $541,000. There was also a discussion of the cost of converting that portion of the present City Hall which would not be used for expansion of the Fire department in Scheme B so that it could be leased to the County as a library. Several interested residents who were present for the discussion, including Mr. Cowan and Mr. Gottwalt, were furnished copies of the feasibility study and asked questions about the different proposals. Supplying the reason for the three year interim plan for use of Parkview and for the desirability of its use, Councilman Stauffer said there had been no other attractive use of the school building which had been presented to date and she felt the building should not be empty since an empty building would probably generate a great deal of pressure for its use as a commercial enterprise. Mr. Schuck left the meeting at 11:15 P.M. • Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve payment of $74.30 to Comstock & Davis. Motion carried unanimously. -6- Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Mayor Miedtke to approve payment of $200 to Constructive Design for a study of the structural defects in the roof . of the warming house. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve payment of all verified claims listed in the January 28,1975 agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to adjourn the meeting at 11:23 P.M. Motion carried. a or ATTEST: 47 Clerk JIIVA,,�I i y JMang r •