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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 05122009El 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MAY 12, 2009 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL. Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Roth, Stille, and Thuesen Absent: Councilmember Gray. Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison and Police Chief John Ohl. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. I. APPROVAL OF MAY 12, 2009 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the City Council Meeting Agenda of May 12, 2009. Motimi carried unanimousiy II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. A. Recognition of the Citizen's Academy Graduates Police Chief John Ohl presenting Police Chief Ohl introduced the item and stated Officer Tressa Sunde will be recognizing the graduates of the 2009 St. Anthony Citizen Academy. Officer Sunde stated this is the fourth year of the Citizens Academy. She is honored to be part of this and to help people understand what they do as police officers for the residents they serve. She stated it is commendable to have the citizens commit to this eight -week program. Officer Sunde provided an overview of the Citizens Academy Program and stated there were 21 participants in the program this year. Citizens Academy graduates Joshua Ochocki and Jonathon Dozier addressed the City Council and stated their support of the Citizen's Academy. Mr. Ochocki stated the interactive activities of the program were very beneficial. It gave him a better understanding of what the Police Department does and gave him more respect for the officers. Mr. Dozier stated the course was interesting and they got to put themselves into what police officers do. He stated the best example was the shoot/don't shoot course, and that he learned a lot about how police officers approach the situation. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2009 Page 2 2 Police Chief Ohl thanked Officer Sunde for running the Citizen's Academy Program and all the 3 other things she does for the Police Department. He also thanked Reserve Lieutenant Carolyn 4 Quick, Officer Dominic Cotroneo and Sergeant John Mangseth for their work with the Citizen's 5 Academy Program. 7 Police Chief Ohl thanked the Citizen Academy graduates for their commitment and time and 8 announced the graduates. The graduates were presented with certificates by Mayor Faust and 9 Officer Sunde. 10 11 Mayor Faust thanked the Police Department on behalf of the City Council and thanked the 12 residents who took the time to understand what the public employees go through. He 13 commended the City's police officers for their commitment to the residents and going above and 14 beyond the call of duty. 15 16 II1. CONSENT AGENDA. 17 18 A. Consider Ayri128, 2009 Council meeting minutes 19 B. Consider licenses and permits 20 C. Consider payment of claims 21 D. Resolution 09 -042: Approval of the Election Agreement with the St Anthony New 22 Brighton School District #282 for the 2009 Elections 23 E. Resolution 09 -043: Accenting a Donation from Wal -Mart to the St Anthony Fire 24 Department. 25 26 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve the Consent 27 Agenda items. 28 29 Motion carried unanimously. 30 31 IV. PUBLIC HEARING. 32 33 None. 34 35 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 36 37 None. 38 39 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 40 41 None. 42 43 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS 44 45 City Manager Morrison reported on the following City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2009 Page 3 1 May 4, 2009 meeting with Industrial Custom Products. The company is looking at 2 borrowing money from the State of Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic 3 Development for equipment purchase in the future. The company may be meeting with 4 the City Council in the future because the City Council needs to approve the loan and 5 administer it for the State. 6 ■ May 5, 2009 meeting with the City's auditing firm. The audit will be presented at the 7 June 9, 2009 City Council meeting. 8 ■ May 5, 2009 Meeting with Hennepin County Community Development staff to discuss 9 funding programs for redevelopment/rehab of contaminated sites. 10 ■ May 5, 2009 Meeting with Ehlers and Associates to complete paper work for the Fannie 11 Mae extension related to Silver Lake Village. 12 ■ Emerald Park Project will start Monday, May 18, 2009 13 ■ Upcoming May 20, 2009 Arbors Neighborhood Meeting to be conducted by City staff; 14 public hearing is scheduled for May 26, 2009. 15 ■ Items scheduled for the May 19, 2009 Planning Commission Meeting 16 ■ His attendance at the Annual City Manager Conference 17 ■ Employee Recognition Program 18 ■ Upcoming Health Fair scheduled for May 15, 2009, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the 19 Community Center. The Police and Fire Departments will be present. 20 ■ Sewer Jetter bid opening is scheduled for June 2009. 21 22 Councilmember Roth reported on the following: 23 ■ The attendance of himself, Councilmember Stille, Mayor Faust, Finance Director Larson, 24 Police Chief Ohl, and Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes at the May 6, 2009. 25 Northwest Youth and Family Services annual luncheon fundraiser. 26 ■ His attendance at the May 7, 2009 Community Services meeting. The general theme of 27 discussion was related to the school administration moving into this building this summer 28 and the amount of work that will need to be done within the short amount of time 29 between school years. 30 31 Councilmember Stille: No report. 32 33 Councilmember Thuesen: No report. 34 35 Mayor Faust reported on his attendance at the following events: 36 ■ April 29, 2009 Legislative Day 37 ■ May 2, 2009 Clean-up Day 38 ■ May 4, 2009 City Council budget work session 39 ■ May 6, 2009 Northwest Youth and Family Services annual fundraising luncheon. Guest 40 speaker John Sweeney gave tips on how improvisation can be done in a way that helps in 41 dealing with people and taking the emotional negativity out of those things. 42 ■ May 7, 2009 open house at Smashburger, the newest restaurant in the City. This is the 43 first Smashburger restaurant in the State of Minnesota. 44 ■ May 11, 2009 League of Minnesota Cities Personnel Committee meeting. The issues 45 discussed will be presented at the League's Board meeting and then to the general 46 membership. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2009 Page 4 ■ Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) meeting. Closing on the building being purchased by the MWMO was authorized. VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that are not on the regular agenda. Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. None. X. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 7:27 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Carol Hamer Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: City Clerk ayor