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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 05081979 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII iosass Box: 36 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1979 Document: CC MINUTES 05081979 ). CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES May 8 , 1979 The meeting was called to order at 7 : 30 p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem Sundland. Present for roll call : Letourneau, Ranallo, Sundland and Sauer. Absent: Haik. Also present: Jim Fornell , City Manager Ron Berg, Administrative Assistant William Soth , City Attorney Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve the minutes as submitted for the Council meeting April 24 , 1979 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve as submitted the minutes for the Council work session April 26 , 1979 . Resolution 79-030 was accepted as an Agenda addition. • The ordinance relating to the City personnel policy had been further revised to change the compulsory retirement age to conform with the federal statutes and to exclude the position of City Manager. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt Ordinance 1979-001 ORDINANCE 1979-001 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY PERSONNEL AND ESTABLISHING A BASIC PERSONNEL POLICY, REPEALING SECTION 135 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve the final reading and adopt Ordinance 1979-004 . ORDINANCE 1979-004 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A VEHICLE USE POLICY, REPEALING SECTION 135 : 87 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Fornell announced the membership of Local 17 , representing the bartenders unit, had accepted the terms of the new contract with the Citv . a - Y v -2- Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adopt Resolution 79-028 . • RESOLUTION 79-028 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LABOR AGREEMENT WITH LOCAL 17 Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Sauer to adopt the resolution approving the labor agreement with Local 792 , representing the clerks unit, subject to ratification by the member- ship. RESOLUTION 79-029 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LABOR AGREEMENT WITH LOCAL 792 Motion carried unanimously. The Council had been provided with documents confirming the settlement of the special assessment litigation for several Ramsey County pro- perties . Councilman Sundland said he thought the settlement, whereby the City will receive 57 percent of the original principal amount of the assessments, indicated the Council had acted wisely in pursuing the legal action through its special council , Charles LeFevere . Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve Resolution 79-030 . RESOLUTION 79-030 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING AND RATIFYING STIPULATIONS OF SETTLEMENT IN CERTAIN SPECIAL ASSESSMENT APPEALS AND DIRECTING REASSESSMENTS IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH. Motion carried unanimously. The May 8 letter from D. R. Koski, Director of Traffic Engineering for the City of Minneapolis, indicated that city' s and Hennepin County 's reaffirmation of participation with St . Anthony in the in- stallation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Lowry Avenue N.E. and Stinson Boulevard, and approximated the City ' s share of the costs at $5 ,000 . The City ' s consulting engineer had foreseen it might take one and one-half to three months to process an appli- cation for MSA funding of the project. At a cost which he did not see as cost effective for such a small amount, the Manager recommended using Capital Expenditure funds instead. He said the City has many other projects which will demand MSA funding and waiting for such funding might delay or even jeopardize the project which had been requested as a pedestrian safety measure for both students walking to St. Charles Elementary School and customers of the St. Anthony National Bank which will open in June. • v -3- Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Sundland to participate in the costs of the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Lowry Avenue N.E. and Stinson Boulevard in an amount not to exceed $5 , 500 , to be funded from Account No. 499-1, and to authorize the Manager to sign the necessary agreements pending their review by the City Attorney. Motion carried unanimously. The April 24 recommendations from the City ' s consulting engineer , Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. , for replacement of sections of the sanitary sewer lines along Highcrest Road in conjunction with the rebuilding of that street were considered. Roger Short had re- ported to the Manager that an early morning televising of that line had indicated an exceptionally high flow for a dry season of 80 to 90 gallons a minute through the line. This he saw as proof that the majority of the inflow and infiltration through those lines was coming out of that neighborhood and led him to conclude that, though the proposed interception of the flow from that region through the Metro Waste lines through Roseville might alleviate sewer backups during high water periods , there could be no guarantee that such would be the case. The question of what the City could do if it could be proven the inflow resulted to a great degree from residential drain tile illegally connected to the City system was again explored with • Mr. Fornell who said even federal agencies are questioning whether treating such inflow might be more cost effective than forcing the disconnection at residents ' expense. Council members were in agree- ment that the City should avail itself of any opportunity to prevent future residential sewer backups in that area. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Sundland to accept the recommendations of the consulting engineer regarding the sanitary sewer replacement on Highcrest Road in conjunction with 1979 Street Improvement Project - 1 . Motion carried unanimously. Council direction was requested by Mr . Fornell regarding the pension of Richard Kristyniak, a Public Works employee who was a full time fireman prior to July 9 , 1973, who is seeking, through legislative action, retention of the more lucrative fireman pension, even though it was disallowed by PERA. Though they acknowledged the person in- volved to be an excellent employee , Councilmen Sauer and Ranallo were opposed to making an exception to City regulations in this case fearing such action might set a precedent for other employees . Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to place the Council on record as opposing H.F. 1044 . Motion carried unanimously. -4- Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Sauer to authorize a City proclamation of the observance of Law Enforce- ment Week, May 13-19 . Motion carried unanimously. Rod Bernu, construction manager for M & M Development Corporation , appeared to discuss his May 1 request for street access and storm sewer service along Anthony Lane for the warehouse his firm pro- poses to construct on property they will purchase in Roseville at the end of that City street. He promised to give the City full cooperation regarding looping the water line if their property were involved. He also saw as an advantage to the City the place- ment of the driveway for the warehouse which could be used by the City as a turn-around for emergency vehicles . The Mayor Pro Tem suggested Mr. Bernu seek formal acknowledgements from property owners along Anthony Lane that they would not oppose these concessions to M & M and return with them to the Council on May 22 . . Mr. Fornell said he would also like, at the same time , a written understanding from Roseville regarding th(, services to be provided by St. Anthony. He told the Council the consulting engi- neer for the rebuilding of Anthony Lane is scheduled to report to them on May 22 on cost overruns which precipitated a rebidding of the project and said, though there is no legal requirement to do so, he saw as a courtesy a rehearing on costs to be assessed before • affected property owners early in June. He was requested to report the Bernu request to the Planning Board. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve the maintenance service agreement between Ramsey County and the City for the continuance of the City ' s sweeping of the county roads . Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was recessed from 8 : 30 p.m. to 8 : 40 p.m. when a taped presentation of cable television was provided by Ann Davis of the Minnesota Cable Communications Board. She told the Council that she and Robert Zeller, who was also present, represented the Commis- sion which was formed by the Governor to promote the cable television industry in the public interest and were appearing that evening to inform them regarding the types of services the City can expect if they decide to franchise. Mr. Berg had provided pertinent informa- tion regarding the service , and the Cable Board representatives answered questions about its possible benefits to the City and pro- cedures for establishing rates for each municipality. Mayor Haik arrived at 9 : 40 p.m. Councilman Sundland continued to chair the meeting. It was agreed the next step in the franchising process , the naming • of a citizens ' advisory committee , should be taken, with each Council member to make one appointment to that body before the next Council meeting. -5- Information regarding the 911 emergency telephone planning/dispatch • services had been provided by Mr. Fornell. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to follow the Manager's recommendation to continue dispatching emergency serivices through the Hennepin County Sheriff ' s radio, but to keep the option open for reconsideration of Minneapolis dispatching, should there be a resolution of the cost and benefit factors. Motion carried unanimously. Consideration of the proposed police reserves , intern, CSO, and crime prevention programs was pursued further. Mr. Fornell will research the availability of L.E.A.A. funding as requested by Councilman Sauer. He answered Councilman Ranallo ' s question of whether the other three programs were possible without the services of the CSO, whose position will no longer be funded after May 15, by saying these programs might conceivably be put in operation without the CSO, but it appeared she might be in the posi- tion to facilitate them since she had done the preliminary research for them and she and Sgt. Puffer had been working with the senior citizens on projects from which additional crime prevention programs might be started. Councilman Ranallo saw the simultaneous initiation of the reserve • and intern programs as essential so that if one does not work out the City will have the other program for extending the productivity of the regular police department and said he now felt, if the direc- tion for the programs could only be provided by the CSO, there might be merit in continuing that position. Councilman Letourneau disagreed saying he felt that if the ground- work for the intern, reserve, and crime prevention programs had already been laid by the CSO, it would only seem practical that the reserves and intern programs could now be set up by regular_ staff and the reserves and interns used to provide the crime prevention program. He was concerned that the CSO person, knowing the position will terminate in December, might not give 100 percent performance to the programs. His and Councilman Sundland's opposition to the continuance were reflected in their voting on the following: Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Sauer to adopt the resolution which will continue the CSO position until January 1, 1980 , on the condition it shall be the responsibility of the CSO to initiate the proposed police reserve, intern, and crime prevention programs and bring them up to the stage where when the CSO position is phased out, they will be operational to such an extent they can be taken over by the police department. • P, v -6- RESOLUTION 79-021 A RESOLUTION FUNDING A POLICE CSO THROUGH DECEMBER 31 , 1979 Voting on the motion: Aye : Ranallo, Sauer, and Haik Nay: Letourneau and Sundland. Motion carried. Reserve recruitment will begin immediately, Mr. Fornell said later. Favorable comments on the format of the fire department report preceded its direction to be filed along with the police report. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to grant a restaurant license to D.N.E. operating Professors . Motion carried unanimously. Reports Complaints regarding Berger employee parking on 37th Avenue N.E. were reported by Councilman Sauer. Mr . Fornell will research how parking was treated in the agreement with Berger for the plant expansion. • Mayor Haik sought Council representation at the North Suburban Chamber dinner and suggested someone attend one of the dinners at the Congregate Dining Hall to assure the senior citizens that the existing police/community programs will be continued. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of $2 ,050 to the Dorsey firm for services for March, 1979 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adjourn the meeting at 10 :24 p.m. Motion carried. 2�zCu Mayor ATTEST: CIL • City Clerk a