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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 061020081 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 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 JUNE 10, 2008 CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL. Present: Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen; Councilmembers Roth and Stille. Absent: Mayor Faust and Councilmember Gray. Also Present: City Manager Mike Mornson and City Engineer Todd Hubmer. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. I. APPROVAL OF JUNE 10, 2008 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the City Council Meeting Agenda of June 10, 2008. Motion carried unanimously. II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. None. III. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Consider May 27, 2008 Council meeting minutes. B. Consider licenses and permits. C. Consider Payment of claims. D. Resolution 08 -038: Renewal of Municipal Insurance Coveraae and the Waiver of Tort Liability Limits for the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Program. E. Resolution 08 -039: Execution of a Joint Cooperation Agreement between the City of St. Anthony and Hennepin County for Participation in the Urban Hennepin County Community Development Block Grant Program in FY 2009 -2011. Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve the Consent Agenda items. Motion carried unanimously. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 10, 2008 Page 2 IV. PUBLIC HEARING. None. V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. None. 9 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 10 11 A. Consider Resolution 08 -040; Accepting the Bid for the Water Re -Use Project. Todd 12 Hubmer, WSB & Associates, presenting. 13 14 City Engineer Hubmer stated Resolution 08 -040 authorizes the acceptance of the bid for the 15 Water Re -Use Project. Based on the review of finances and the bid package that has been 16 presented, staff is currently working with Hennepin County to resolve funding issues associated 17 with the project. Staff recommends tabling the resolution until the issues are resolved. 18 19 Councilmember Stille asked if tabling the resolution will impact the ability to complete the 20 project in a timely manner. 21 22 City Engineer Hubmer replied the completion date may need to be extended a couple of weeks. 23 Staff is working feverishly towards a resolution. 24 25 City Manager Momson asked how many days the City is allowed to hold the bid. 26 27 City Engineer Hubmer replied up to 90 days. He indicated staff would like to get the project 28 done in connection with the Silver Lake Road Project and before winter. 29 30 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to table Resolution 08 -040, 31 Accepting the Bid for the Water Re -Use Project. 32 33 Motion carried unanimously. 34 35 B. Consider Resolution 08 -041; Ordering Feasibility Report for the 2009 Street 36 Reconstruction Project. Todd Hubmer, WSB & Associates, presenting, 37 38 City Engineer Hubmer reviewed the resolution with the Council, outlined the location of the 39 2009 Street Reconstruction Project, and reviewed the proposed project schedule. 40 41 Councilmember Stille asked if neighborhood meetings will be attended by the tenants or owners 42 of commercial property and high density housing that is included in the project area. 43 44 City Engineer Hubmer replied in many cases both the owner and the tenants of commercial 45 property attend the meetings. Staff will notify the owners of condominium units and apartments 46 and encourage them to post information for the residents to attend the meeting. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 10, 2008 Page 3 Councilmember Stille verified with City Engineer Hubmer that the reconstruction project is driven by the watermain breaks that have been occurring. City Engineer Hubmer indicated in addition the pavements are not holding up to their life span and are rapidly deteriorating. 6 Councilmember Roth verified with City Engineer Hubmer that this is the only street 7 reconstruction project planned for 2009. He asked if this project will result in a different project 8 being pushed back. 9 10 City Engineer Hubmer replied there was a tentative schedule established based on a number of 11 different items. There were a number of segments along the 36`h Avenue area of Silver Lake 12 Road that had been considered in order to complete projects on the west side of Silver Lake 13 Road. These projects will be delayed one year due to this project. 14 15 Councilmember Roth inquired about the split between commercial and residential properties 16 included in the project. 17 18 City Engineer Hubmer replied the project consists of about 75% residential properties, which 19 mostly includes mutli - family dwellings; the remainder of the properties are commercial and 20 industrial. 21 22 Mayor Pro Tem Thuesen inquired about improvements in the past ten years in relation to holding 23 neighborhood meetings and communicating to the residents about these types of projects. 24 25 City Engineer Hubmer replied each year staff has learned something new and tried to improve 26 communication. They have added additional neighborhood meetings, information is included in 27 the City newsletter, and magnets are distributed with contact information. 28 29 Councilmember Roth asked if both Foss Road and Chandler Drive will be built to commercial 30 specifications. 31 32 City Engineer Hubmer replied Foss Road north of 37`h Avenue to where it joins Chandler Drive 33 will be more of a residential street; the properties in this area are mostly multi - family residential. 34 Chandler Drive north of 37`h Avenue, including the portion that becomes Foss Road north to the 35 City boundaries will be designed to a higher standard; this portion has large trucks and heavy 36 industrial traffic. 37 38 Councilmember Stille asked if there has been consideration of past discussions about the need to 39 be flexible in planning. 40 41 City Engineer Hubmer stated the CIP is reviewed each year. He noted there may be situations 42 where a road deteriorates quicker than expected and they may switch gears and get into that 43 project sooner than expected. 44 45 Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen asked at what point there will be a sense on the bids that will be 46 received. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 10, 2008 Page 4 2 City Engineer Hubmer replied there will likely be a large number of bids submitted due to the 3 current conditions in the housing industry and the little work that is available for contractors. 4 5 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 08- 6 041, Ordering Feasibility Report for the 2009 Street Reconstruction Project. 7 Motion carried unanimously. 10 City Engineer Hubmer provided an overview of the Silver Lake Road Project. He stated staff is 11 staying in touch with Hennepin County and coordinating efforts. The project is moving along 12 very well. 13 14 Councilmember Roth inquired about the status of the 2007 Street Reconstruction Project. 15 16 City Engineer Hubmer stated punch list items are being completed on the 2007 Street 17 Reconstruction Project. The project should be complete in the next few weeks. 18 19 C. Consider Ordinance 08 -006; Amending Section 580 Fireworks Dealers 20 21 City Manager Morson reviewed the ordinance with the Council and indicated that staff has 22 noticed that the current City ordinance restricts the total quantity of consumer fireworks stored 23 on any property from exceeding 100 pounds. Minnesota Statute 624.20 states "A local unit of 24 government may not..., prohibit or restrict the display of items for permanent or temporary retail 25 sale authorized under paragraph (c) that comply with National Fire Protection Association 26 Standard 1124." He stated there is not a weight limit in Standard 1124. City Manager Mornson 27 explained the weight limit was likely included in the City ordinance in order to limit gas stations 28 or smaller commercial stores from putting up tents for the sale of fireworks. However, Wal -Mart 29 and Cub are the only businesses that applied for a permit in 2007, and at this point are the only 30 two that have applied for a 2008 permit. City Manager Mornson stated staff recommends 31 waiving the first and second reading of the ordinance and adopting the proposed ordinance 32 tonight. 33 34 Councilmember Stille verified with City Manager Morson that the current ordinance cannot be 35 enforced according to State Statute. 36 37 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to waive the First Reading 38 and Second Reading, approve the Third Reading, and adopt Ordinance 08 -006; Amending 39 Section 580 Fireworks Dealers. 40 41 Motion carried unanimously. 42 43 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 44 45 Councilmember Stille thanked staff for their work in hosting the visitors from the Sister City of 46 Salo, Finland last week. He stated it was a good week of sharing and learning from one another. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 10, 2008 Page 5 They are reminded that they are alike, but similar in many ways. They take comfort with the similarities and learn from the differences. One of the differences is that Salo is going through the consolidation of about ten different cities. He thanked the Sister City Committee for entertaining the guests and encouraged interested residents to become involved with the Sister City Committee. 7 Councilmember Roth reported on attending the Park Commission meeting on Monday, June 9`h. 8 He stated there was a discussion on the plans for the Emerald Park Project. Over the next couple 9 of months the Park Commission will be engaging the public again in reviewing the plan that has 10 been out for a couple of years, and possibly see if they could move that forward as a project to be 11 started and completed next year of funding is available. He thanked Randy for the work in 12 coordinating last week's activities with the delegation from Salo. 13 14 Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen reported he had an opportunity to spend time with the delegation from 15 Salo. One thing that was reaffirmed to him was how much St. Anthony and the Sister City are 16 alike. Salo is dealing with many of the same issues and concerns as St. Anthony, including an 17 energy crisis, similar social issues, and a housing crisis. He commended Councilmember Stille 18 for all the effort put into the Sister City visit and thanked staff for their efforts. 19 20 City Manager Mornson reported the deadline to submit applications for the Single Garbage 21 Hauler Task Force is Friday this week. He suggested extending the deadline to July 17, 2008 22 with the task force appointed at the July 22, 2008 City Council meeting. This would allow time 23 to submit an article on the Task Force in the City newsletter. 24 25 It was noted that it would be beneficial to have an article included in the City newsletter with the 26 hope of having more participants in the Task Force. 27 28 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to extend the application 29 period for joining the Single Garbage Hauler Task Force to July 17, 2008. 30 31 Motion carried unanimously. 32 33 City Manager Momson reported the following: 34 ■ The audit presentation will be included on the June 24, 2008 City Council meeting 35 agenda. 36 ■ The City will be receiving an updated proposal on energy efficiency of all city buildings. 37 • Overview of the schedule for the Emerald Park Construction Project 38 ■ There are currently no agenda items scheduled for the July 8, 2008 City Council meeting. 39 In the past, the first meeting in July has usually been cancelled. A decision on this can be 40 made at the next City Council meeting. 41 42 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 43 44 Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council 45 on items that are not on the regular agenda. 46 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 10, 2008 Page 6 Hearing none, Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen moved forward with the agenda. IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. None. X. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen adjourned the meeting at 7:42 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Carol Hamer Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor Pro Tem Motion carried unanimously.