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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08120081 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 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 12, 2008 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 Gray, Roth, Stille, and Thuesen Absent: None Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison and City Engineer Todd Hubmer CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. I. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 12, 2008 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to approve the City Council Meeting Agenda of August 12, 2008. Motion carried unanimousiv. II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. None. III. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Approval of July 22, 2008, Council Meeting Minutes. B. Licenses and Permits. C. Claims. D. Resolution 08 -048; Approval of Election Judges for the Primary Election on Sentemb 9, 2008. E. Resolution 08 -049; To Provide Public Safety Assistance to the St. Anthony — New Brighton School District #282 during their 5K Run that will take place on August t 26 2008. F. Resolution 08 -050; To Move the City Council Meeting Scheduled for the Second Tuesday in November. November 11, 2008 to the Second Wednesday in November, November 12.2008. Councilmember Roth requested discussion of Consent Agenda Item E. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2008 Page 2 Councilmember Roth questioned whether the City has guidelines in place to determine who can sponsor a run and ask for police assistance. City Manager Momson stated there were no established guidelines and that the only time the City normally provides these services is during Village Fest. He stated the De facto policy is that anytime anyone wants to use city streets and services, they need City Council approval. He also stated that if a private entity wanted to use these services, they would be billed for those services. 9 Mayor Faust asked City Manager Mornson to provide some guideline for the City Council to use 10 for future instances. it 12 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the Consent 13 Agenda items. 14 15 Motion carried unanimously. 16 17 IV. PUBLIC HEARING. 18 19 None. 20 21 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 22 23 None. 24 25 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 26 27 A. Resolution 08 -051; Accept Feasibility Report and Order Plans and Specifications for the 28 2009 Street Improvement Project. 29 30 The City Council discussed both resolutions contemporaneously. 31 32 City Engineer Hubmer reviewed the resolutions with the Council and indicated that Resolution 33 08 -051 included improvements to Chandler Drive from County Road D to Foss Road and Foss 34 Road from Chandler Drive to the City limits. In addition, he indicated the work in this bid is to 35 include sanitary sewer, water main, and storm sewer improvements. The total cost of these 36 improvements would be $2,413,000. He also clarified that sidewalk and street lighting 37 improvements were not included in this bid. 38 39 City Engineer Hubmer stated Resolution 08 -052 included improvements to Chandler Drive from 40 County Road D to Foss Road and Foss Road from Chandler Drive to the City limits. In addition, 41 he indicated the work in this bid is to include improvements to the sanitary sewer, water main, 42 storm sewer and construction of concrete sidewalk and decorative street lighting along Chandler 43 Drive and Foss Road. The total cost of these improvements would be $2,708,000. 44 45 City Engineer Hubmer stated the proposed funding sources for either resolution would be from 46 assessments, a 429 Public Improvement Bond, Tax Increment Funds, Water, Sewer and Storm City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2008 Page 3 Water Funds and Municipal State Aid Funds. In addition, he informed the Council of the proposed project schedule, which would be as follows: 4 Hold Neighborhood Meeting September 2, 2008 5 Approve Plans & Specifications October, 2008 6 Receive Bids & Compute Assessments December, 2008 7 Public Information Meeting February, 2009 8 Public Hearing February, 2009 9 Award Bid February, 2009 10 Award Sale of Bonds March, 2009 11 Begin Construction May, 2009 12 Substantial Completion November, 2009 13 Final Paving June 2010 14 15 Councilmember Roth questioned if the existing watermain was breaking under the road. 16 17 City Engineer Hubmer replied that the City had experienced 13 watermain breaks along Foss 18 Road this year and because the system is failing, they will continue to break. 19 20 Councilmember Roth asked if the new watermain would be located in the same place as the old 21 main. He also asked if this street experiences heavier traffic than other streets and therefore 22 would the mains break down again because of heavy traffic. 23 24 City Engineer Hubmer stated that this is a normal state aid route but does have a lot of industrial 25 truck users and public works truck users. 26 27 Councilmember Roth asked if this road would be a seven -ton design. 28 29 City Engineer Hubmer replied that the road will be accessible to seven -tons but will be designed 30 for nine -tons. 31 32 Councilmember Roth questioned that if the current infrastructure was built in the 1960s and had 33 a design life of 40 -plus years, what would the design life of the new infrastructure be. 34 35 City Engineer Hubmer stated with the materials used today, the design life would be for 60 36 years, but would most likely last much longer than 60 years. 37 38 Councilmember Gray questioned if the City had guidelines for when they put in sidewalks and/or 39 street lighting for new streets. 40 41 City Engineer Hubmer stated the City has already passed a resolution to install sidewalks and 42 street lighting for all state aid and municipal state aid highways. 43 44 Councilmember Roth wanted to know how staff determines which side of the road to put the 45 sidewalk. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2008 Page 4 I City Engineer Hubmer stated the sidewalk placement depends on elevation differences on the 2 roads and where the best location to place the sidewalk is. 4 Mayor Faust stated he sees a lot of people walking in that area and would be strongly in favor of 5 a sidewalk in this area. He also stated because they are connecting the sidewalk with New 6 Brighton, staff should look for funds from Ramsey County. Councilmember Roth asked why they would put the sidewalk on the west side of Foss Road. 10 City Engineer Hubmer stated the west side will line up with the New Brighton sidewalk and with 11 a pedestrian crossing at the railroad. 12 13 Councilmember Stille wanted to know if they could bid the sidewalk and then take it out later. 14 15 City Engineer Hubmer stated they could bid the sidewalk as an alternative. 16 17 Councilmember Gray stated that he is not opposed to sidewalks but just wanted to know how the 18 selection process worked. He also questioned if the policy is to put sidewalks on all municipal 19 state aid roads, then why would it be bid as an alternative. 20 21 Councilmember Thuesen asked if the sidewalk was placed on the west side would there be an 22 area for pedestrians to cross to the other side. 23 24 City Engineer Hubmer stated they could look at a mid -block crossing but because it is a 25 municipal state aid road, the crossing would have to be designed according to those standards. 26 27 Debra Larsen, President and Manager of Mirror Lake Condominiums, stated that a sidewalk was 28 definitely needed in this area. She stated there would be a risk to both buses and pedestrians if 29 there were no sidewalk. 30 31 Melody Pankratz, St. Anthony resident, stated she was concerned if the road was narrowed that 32 there would be additional accidents. She also wanted to know if the road flooding issue had been 33 addressed in this area. In addition, she wanted to know if wildlife would be affected by the 34 placement of the sidewalk. 35 36 City Engineer Hubmer stated that by narrowing the road, speeds would be decreased. He also 37 stated that they were aware of the flooding issue but they were not addressing it as long as the 38 flooding stayed out of homes because it was extremely expensive to remediate. In addition, to 39 address the wildlife question, he stated there would still be a green area along the railroad for 40 wildlife. 41 42 Ms. Pankratz asked if some type of permanent mesh covers for the storm sewers, like those used 43 in Roseville, could be provided. 44 45 City Engineer Hubmer stated that he has not seen it used as a permanent cover, but that he would 46 look into it. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2008 Page 5 2 Motion by Councilmember Roth to adopt Resolution 08 -051; Accept Feasibility Report and 3 Order Plans and Specifications for the 2009 Street Improvement Project. 4 5 Motion failed for lack of second. 6 7 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to deny Resolution 08- 8 051; Accept Feasibility Report and Order Plans and Specifications for the 2009 Street 9 Improvement Project. 10 11 Motion carried unanimously. 12 13 B. Resolution 08 -052; Accept Feasibility Report and Order Plans and Specification for the 14 2009 Street Improvement Project. (sidewalk and decorative street lighting). 15 16 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to adopt Resolution 08- 17 052; Accept Feasibility Report and Order Plans and Specification for the 2009 Street 18 Improvement Project. (sidewalk and decorative street lighting). 19 20 M_ otion carried unanimously. 21 22 C. General Engineer Update. 23 24 City Engineer Hubmer updated the Council on the following items: 25 26 ■ 2007 Street Reconstruction Project and Foss Road Lift Station Improvements 27 28 He stated all utility and street reconstruction improvements have been completed. In addition, 29 he stated the punch list items have been completed with the exception of a few locations where 30 sod and landscaping will be restored this coming fall once temperatures are more favorable for 31 plant growth. 32 33 ■ Water Meter Replacement Program and I &I Inspections 34 35 He informed the Council final notice has been given to the contractor and commercial users 36 requiring meters to be installed within 60 days. He also stated that he met with Sensus on August 37 5, 2008. 38 39 ■ Silver Lake Road Reconstruction 40 41 He stated that crews have completed installation of utilities south of 33`a Avenue NE. In 42 addition, he stated construction of retaining walls and roadway is underway and will continue 43 behind the utility installation. 44 45 ■ Stormwater Runoff and Filter Backwash Water Reuse Facility 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2008 Page 6 He informed the Council that the excavation for the water reuse facility has begun and construction of the underground storage tank will begin soon. VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 6 City Manager Mornson reported on the following: 7 ■ Village Fest, which occurred August 1 -3, was a success and thanked staff for all of their 8 hard work. 9 ■ National Night Out had about 30 different neighborhood gatherings and again thanked 10 staff for their hard work. 11 ■ Emerald Park Project will have its first public meeting on September 8th and on 12 September 9th the Park Commission Chair will report to the Council with the results. 13 ■ Tax Abatement Process will be used as a funding tool for the park project and at the next 14 meeting Ehler's and Associates will present information to the Council. 15 ■ 2009 Budget has been completed and the preliminary budget will be presented to the 16 Council at the September 9th meeting. 17 ■ St. Anthony Staff held a meeting with Columbia Heights and New Brighton staff to 18 discuss possible future progress. 19 ■ Sebesta Blomberg Project will have a report in 30 -60 days. 20 ■ His attendance at the Metro Cities and LMC Policy Committees. 21 ■ Kiel Rushton, St. Anthony CSO, is now the cable operator for city meetings. 22 ■ Garbage Hauler Task Force fist meeting August 18`h 23 ■ Adopt -a -Bench Program — first two benches installed on Old Highway 8. 24 25 Councilmember Roth reported on the following: 26 ■ Attendance at the Northwest Youth & Family Services training 27 ■ National Night Out 28 29 Councilmember Stille reported on the following: 30 ■ National Night Out 31 ■ Silver Lake Road Project tour 32 ■ Grant to send students and teachers to Salo 33 ■ Village Fest Committee 34 35 Councilmember Thuesen reported on the following: 36 ■ National Night Out 37 38 Councilmember Gray reported on the following: 39 ■ Village Fest Committee 40 ■ National Night Out 41 42 Mayor Faust reported on the following: 43 ■ League of Minnesota Cities Board Retreat 44 ■ Mid - Mississippi Communities Plan 45 ■ New reporter for the St. Anthony Bulletin 46 ■ Metro Cities Tax Committee 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 31 32 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2008 Page 7 • City Council Budget Workshop • Village Fest • National Night Out • League of Minnesota Cities Future Policy meeting • Silver Lake Road Project tour VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. None. X. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Faust adjourned the City Council meeting at 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Bartness Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: &&4 ( City Clerk (1;6� �1 Yayor Motion carried unanimously.