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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 03291977 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII 105546 Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1977 Document: CC MINUTES 03291977 • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES March 29 , 1977 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7 : 30 P.M. Present for roll call: Sundland, Haik, Miedtke, Stauffer and Sauer Also present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager Jim Fornell , Administrative Assistant Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Haik to approve the minutes of the March 15 , 1977 Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. gorge Marks presented the recommendations to the Council as they were made by the Planning Board during their March 15 , 1977 meeting. He said during the Public Hearing that evening on the request from Richard and Phyllis Fudali to erect an apartment building of approx- imately 30 units on Foss Road which will be oriented to the holding pond which is known as Mirror Lake. The Board had unanimously agreed to recommend approval of rezoning the property to allow the con- struction. Mr. Fadali , 500 Brookdale Towers , discussed his proposal and told the Council he did not plan to start construction of the building until April, 1978. Agreeing that the development would provide a better use of that particular property than its existing zoning for "light industrial" since the usage will be more compatible to the residential neighbor- hood, the Council took the following action: Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve rezoning Lots 17 and 18, Block 12 , Mounds View Acres , Second Addition from "L. I. " (light industrial) to "R-4" (multiple dwelling) to allow the construction of the proposed apartment building as pre- sented by Mr. Richard Fudali on that property. Motion carried unanimously. Charles Bartlett, 7721 Pillsbury Avenue South, representing Speciality Equipment Company, then appeared to present his request that he be allowed to construct a self service car wash off the private service road just east of the Firestone store along 39th Avenue N.E. Mr. Marks reported that a majority of the Board had felt the request for concept approval deserved an affirmative recommendation to the Council subject to the conditions cited in the March 15th minutes. The ap- plicant then told the Council of his company' s success in developing • this type of business saying one of the projects in Bloomington had evoked not one objection when a request for expansion was approved by the Bloomington City Council. He replied to Council questions by • telling them that the only signage contemplated was that shown on the plans for the front of the building; Apache had agreed to the necessary curb cuts on the road they own in front of the property and he felt his request included provision of enough stacking space to serve the customers even on the busiest weekends of the year. He pointed out the four methods designed into the plans to prevent foreign materials from the car wash from entering the City's sewer system. The developer said he felt his requirements for "good housekeeping" would certainly be met by the proposed operators of the car wash, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Beutz of New Brighton. Hours of operation will be from 7 :00 A.M. to 10 :00 P.M. during which time there will be attendants on the property at least 70% of the time especially during the busy hours of each day and almost constant supervision provided over the weekends. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Sundland - -to -grant approval of -the plans for a self service car wash to be erected as proposed by C. W. Bartlett on the south 150 feet of Lot 1, Block 1, Apache Plaza, Second Addition, subject to the project complying with all City and State building requirements and codes. Motion carried unanimously. The Planning Board representative then reported that the Board members are individually evaluating the PUD which had been presented • that evening by Gordon Hedlund for the approximately five acres he owns across Silver Lake Road from Apache Plaza with their findings anticipated to the considered at their next meeting and the possi- bility of a recommendation being made to the Council during that body's last meeting in April. Mr. Dulgar gave the first reading of the ordinance which will amend the City's parking regulations by establishing 3 :00 A.M. as the hour when the Police Department will first tag illegally parked vehicles thereby minimizing the use of police personnel for this acti- vity. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Haik to waive further readings and adopt Parking Ordinance 1977-004. ORDINANCE 1977-004 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE PARKING OF VEHICLES: AMENDING SECTION 720 :05 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Coundilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Haik to adopt a resolution which will provide funding of uniform allowances for the City clerical staff. RESOLUTION 77-021 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1977 BUDGET (2) • Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt the resolution permitting the leasing of radio communication equipment. RESOLUTION 77-022 A RESOLUTION APPROVING LEASE OF PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Haik to adopt the resolution by which the collection of assessments on local improvements will be continued by Ramsey County. RESOLUTION 77-023 RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE APPORTIONMENT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS Motion carried unanimously. The Council considered Larry Hamer's March 24th cost estimate for completing the walkway around the holding pond known as Mirror Lake, which they had requested the previous meeting. The Manager reported that an application for two CETA positions to complete the project • had already been made and if approved, will appreciably cut down the costs to the City. He also said he had informed New Brighton that the City was considering reactivating the construction of a chip pathway around the pond and understood a resolution reflecting New Brighton's reaction to the project, would be directed to St. Anthony. Mr. Dulgar concluded his report with the City 's intention of adding to the number of trees they had already planted in this area. Four residents of the Mirror Lake Manor whose condominiums face the holding pond were present and expressed their opposition to the im- provement feeling it might encourage more strangers to enter the area with the resultant increase of misuse of the condominium owners ' property. Karen Karkula, owner of condominium #4061 said she felt the majority of condominium owners at Mirror Lake Manor would oppose the chipped pathway if they realized the impact it might have on the picnic areas they have built up near the pond and the increase in outsiders who will be drawn to the area. She felt they were not fully informed of these evantualities when they responded to the survey made by the owners association board. She said she and other lake- front property owners have had to pull the weeds , water the trees on City property and chase off unwelcome parkers and others who don't realize they are on private property. She was concerned with how the pathway would be maintained after CETA funds were not longer available. She said she had been burglarized four times since she had moved to her condominium and she and her neighbors , Connie and Willard Lengston • who own condominium #4063 told of problems they now experience with (3) people exercising their dogs along the pathway as well as the lit- tering and damage to wildlife. They all felt outsiders might mis- takenly consider their property to be public park area. Another condominium owner, Burton Emerson, said he had paid a premium price for his property adjoining the lake and was often distrubed by people parking late at night under his bedroom windows. A New Brighton resident, K.D. Messer, .592 Rolls Road, said he has lived on the pond twelve years and maintained 50 feet of back yard down to the pond and he wondered if it should prove necessary to erect a fence to separate the public from private property, who would be responsible for erecting such a fence. Councilman Stauffer and Haik agreed that the City owned it to the residents of that area which is so densely populated and isolated to develop some recreation and open space for them on the publicly owned property. Councilman Haik told the opponents of the pathway that she also lived on a-lake-, Silver Lake, which is-public property and she and her neighbors have found it is up to them to delineate out- siders who use the lake, the division of public and private property and her experience had been that most people were very cooperative once they became aware of the distinction. Councilman Stauffer also pointed out to the condominium owners the fact that the apartment dwellers on the other side of the pond also should get some benefit from the City owned natural resources in that area and wondered if many of the property owners adjacent to the holding pond had not • erroneously considered the land fronting on the pond as their own when is reality it belongs to the City. The Mayor suggested it might be advisable to have the City indicate by staking where its property extends since the condominium owners are evidently having difficulty getting this information from the builders . Dennis Engle, represent- ing the owners association board said there are 148 other units in the complex besides the four who spoke and a majority of these had indicated they favored such a pathway be built for walking and jogging purposes but agreed to take another survey to affirm the previous poll of Mirror Lake Manor. Councilman Sauer and Sundland said they would like to postpone a de- cision on the pathway until the poll has been taken and all residents near the pond had been notified regarding the City's plans to con- struct the chip walkway around the pond. It was also agreed that the City should provide an access to the recreation area. Motion by Mayor Miedtke and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to table any action on the chip pathway on the City' s property around the perimeter of Mirror Lake until all the City residents in the area of Highcrest, Foss Road and 37th Avenue N.E. who live in the vicinity of the lake as well as New Brighton neighbors have been informed of the City' s plans. Motion carried unanimously. (4) • Emilio Garcia of Barcelona, Spain, an AFS student living in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Seeman, told the group and members of the press who were present about his family and home in Spain and related his experiences while attending school in the United States. Pictures were taken of the presentation of an honorary citizenship to him by Mayor Miedtke. The meeting was recessed from 8 :50 P.M. to 9 :00 P.M. and reconvened by the Mayor to consider the February North Memorial Medical report of services to City residents which was then filed. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Mayor Miedtke to follow the Manager's recommendation to withdraw the request to Twin City Federal for an additional 10 foot of boulevard. Motion carried unanimously. During the discussion of the March 10 , 1977 request from Ruth Welch, General Manager of Apache, that the City ordinance be suspended to allow overnight camping on the southwest corner of the shopping center's parking lots during the CB Jamboree June 11th through the 19th, the two staff members told of their unsuccessfuly efforts to get the Apache Merchants Associaiton and the CB association to provide specific details regarding the event including the exact figures for the number of vehicles which would be camped in the City at any specific time. They also reported an inability to obtain an applica- tion from the BC'ers for a public hearing before the Planning Board for a modification of the City ordinance which the City Attorney felt would be necessary if the participants in the Jamboree were to be permitted to park overnight within the City. Mr. Fornell reported he had been advised by the CB group that the date of the March Plan- ning Board meeting would be too late for them to publicize the camp in and the CB officials were almost 99% certain that they would drop their plans for the overnight parking. Councilman Sundland said he felt that since the Apache Merchants Asso- ciation had indicated they would assume the responsibility for the clean up after the campers and had indicated the overnight camping was a necessary part of the promotion which they considered vital to the shopping centers ' economic health , the Council should go along with the project. Councilman Haik said she was not too concerned with a controlled number of campers using commercial property and she shared Councilman Sauer's expression of sympathy with the merchants ' need for the pro- motion and would be just as concerned about the campers using the Salvation Army Camp for auxilliary campgrounds. However, both hesitated to vote for the request without more specifics regarding the number of campers to be anticipated, what arrangements had been made for a possible overflow of parkers who could not be accomodated at Apache and an assessment of police protection which the CB'ers had • promised the City Police Department. (5) • Mayor Miedtke felt the campers would not represent a benefit to the residents of St. Anthony as a whole and conversely could become a detriment to the City and proposed the following: Motion by Mayor Miedtke and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to deny the request that overnight campers be allowed to use the parking lots of Apache Plaza from June llth through 19th, 1977 because of lack of specific information. Voting on the motion: Aye: Miedtke, Stauffer, Sauer and Haik Nay: Sundland Motion to deny, carried. The letter from Representative John Sarna agreeing to support the changes in H.F. 448 changing the hours of voter registration was filed. No action was taken regarding the purchasing of liability insurance which would cover the City officials and staff. Since the City is indirectly represented by the associations to which it belongs, the Manager said he could see no advantage to having fur- ther representation on the Hennepin County Criminal Justice Council and no further action was taken on the matter. No City action was considered necessary regarding the claim by a re- sident on 29th Avenue N.E. for alleged damage to her home foundations by work done by the Dunkley Company on that street. The AMM Bulletin was filed as informational. The January and February reports from the Fire Department was filed. Councilman Stauffer reported complaints from residents near the St. Anthony Hich School regarding the students frequenting the area behind the bleachers during the late evening hours . There was also discus- sion of recent violations on school ground of ordinances against drinking alcoholic beverages and though it was felt the control of school property is the school 's responsibility, the Council felt the Police Department deserved to know that the Council expects them to enforce all ordinances regarding the use of liquor or drugs whether on school property or on public roads. Councilman Haik left the meeting at 9 :00 P.M. Jim Fornell said that though preliminary figures indicated that there might be 150 homes in the City which might be considered sub- standard and might qualify for aid in upgrading, many of these might (6) prove to be structurally sound. He added that with City lots costing as much as $12,000 it is not economically feasible to expect low income housing to be erected on them. The Mayor added that the pre- sent market situation has resulted in even the smallest homes in St. Anthony commanding very high market prices. The requested survey of existing housing will be presented later. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to grant all licenses listed in the March 29th Agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve payment of all Verified Claims listed in the March 29th Agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve payment of $76. 00 to Comstock & Davis for services rendered regarding Minnesota State Aid payments. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to adjourn the meeting at 9 :45 P.M. • Motion carried unanimously. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk CL 101,1 ",A Cit Man ge • (7)