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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08222006I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 AUGUST 22, 2006 CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. 9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 10 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 11 12 ROLL CALL. 13 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Gray, Horst, and Stille. 14 Absent: Councilmember Thuesen. 15 Also Present: City Manager Mike Mornson and Assistant City Manager Kim Moore -Sykes 16 17 18 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 19 ITEMS. 20 21 I. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 22, 2006 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 22 23 Mayor Faust stated he would like to add Item D, Payment made to SM Henges and Item E, 24 Payment made to Northdale Construction. 25 26 Motion by Councilmember Horst, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the City 27 Council meeting agenda of August 8, 2006 with additions D and E. 28 29 Motion carried unanimously. 30 31 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 32 None. 33 34 III. CONSENT AGENDA. 35 A. Approval of August 8, 2006 Meeting Minutes 36 B. Consider licenses and permits. 37 C. Claims. 38 D. Payments made to SM Henges Construction (2005) $83,873.15 39 E. Payments made to Northdale Construction (2006) $226 727.60. 40 41 Motion by Councilmember Horst, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve the Consent 42 Agenda items A through E. 43 Motion carried unanimously. 44 45 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 46 A. Resolution 06 -069; Modifications to the Redevelopment Plan and Redevelopment Proiect 47 No. 3 and TIE District No. 3. 48 49 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:08 p.m City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 2 Ms. Stacie Kvilvang, Ehlers & Associates, summarized the modification to Redevelopment Project No. 3 (Cub Foods TIF) and TIF District No. 3. Ms. Kvilvang stated as Ehlers & Associates completed the City Tax Increment Financing reports the State Auditor, it was determined the City would have excess increment ($247,405) in 2005. Excess increment is defined as increment generated in excess of what was budgeted. Ms Kvilvang stated this is typical of districts developed over 10 years ago and Ehlers recommends a full budget modification. 9 Ms. Kvilvang explained that since the City and HRA is modifying the TIF budget; Council is 10 required to hold a public hearing on the modification to Redevelopment Project No. 3 (Cub 11 Foods TIF) and the budget modification that is being proposed. She stated Council is not 12 enlarging the district; it is just modifying the budget to compliance with auditing requirements. 13 14 Mayor Faust stated it is a good to amend the budget up because there is greater increment in it 15 due to the growth of the TIF District. 16 17 Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:10 p.m. 18 19 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve Resolution 06- 20 069; Resolution Adopting a Modification to the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Project 21 Area No. 3 and adopting a Modification to the Tax Increment Financing Plan for Tax Increment 22 Financing District No. 3 therein. 23 24 Motion carried unanimous],. 25 26 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 27 None. 28 29 VI. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 30 A. Ordinance 06 -004: Single Sort Recycling, 31 32 Assistant City Manager Kim Moore -Sykes reported this is the third and final reading to change 33 the language to the City's Ordinance Chapter 5 regarding recycling collection. She stated Staff 34 met with representatives from the garbage haulers doing business in the City earlier this year 35 regarding the possibility of allowing recycling pick up every other week to accommodate single - 36 sort recycling. She stated the first reading was at the July 25`h City Council Meeting, where 37 Staff was directed to include additional language about glass as a recyclable and container size to 38 the proposed draft. 39 40 Ms. Moore -Sykes reported the second reading was at the August 8`h City Council Meeting where 41 language regarding the container size was discussed and further changes were proposed to 42 change the standard container size and recycling material was further defined as plastic beverage 43 containers. Ms. Moore -Sykes stated the Ordinance now reads under 555.01, Definitions, 44 Subdivision 3 Recyclables: Materials which may be recycled or reused through recycling 45 processes, including metal and plastic beverage containers, glass, newsprint, and any other City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 3 1 materials designated as recyclables by Council resolution. She stated changes to subdivision 11 2 Residential Container reads: Any container intended for the collection of recycling materials that 3 has a volume of 100 gallons or smaller container upon request of the resident. 4 5 Ms. Moore -Sykes stated under 555.02, subdivision 5 (a) Licensing Requirements: Curbside 6 recycling collection will be made available to all residential customers. At a minimum, such 7 services must include bi- weekly collection and hauling of all recyclables on collection days. 8 Charges to customers who have no curbside recycling collection will be no less than the charges 9 for services, which include curbside recycling collection. 10 11 Ms. Moore -Sykes stated under 555.03 Requirements and Restrictions, (k) Haulers are required to 12 provide residential containers for recycling that will hold 100 gallons or smaller container upon 13 request of the resident. She reminded Council that regular garbage hauling will continue to be 14 done weekly. 15 16 Ms. Moore -Sykes reported as part of the review Staff contacted other cities on issues regarding 17 garbage hauling and single sort recycling. She reported some of the issues included Pup trucks 18 hauling garbage and recyclables from large multi and single family residences that back on 19 alleys; the amount of truck traffic in neighborhoods on garbage day; noise and air pollution 20 concerns; and the impact of heavy vehicles on the City's streets and alleys. Ms. Moore -Sykes 21 stated Licenses and business fees were discussed. She explained the City currently requires a 22 business license for haulers at $150 per annum, which is similar to other metro -area cities. She 23 stated the discussion included raising fees to better reflect the City's cost to repair streets. 24 25 Ms. Moore -Sykes stated Staff also discussed alternative systems of garbage and recycling 26 hauling such as municipal collection, organized collection, open (free market) collection, 27 requiring multi - family residences as part of the City's recycling program and fuel consumption. 28 She stated the major concern of most Cities is multiple trucks on streets on collection day. 29 30 Councilmember Stille thanked Ms. Moore -Sykes for her candor in brining this to the Council. He 31 understands everything could not be addressed tonight. Councilmember Stille stated he was 32 surprised that multi family residences were not required to participate in recycling. He asked if 33 there are examples of the use of licensing fees for street and alley repair. 34 35 Ms. Moore -Sykes stated Blaine charges $750 per year, but most communities charge about $150. 36 37 Mayor Faust stated Ms. Moore -Sykes brought up some good items and Council needs to look at 38 these. He asked if the haulers wanted to talk. 39 40 Ms. Jennifer Klennert, Waste Management, replied she was available to answer questions. 41 42 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:18 p.m. 43 44 Mr. Al Gline, 2601 Kenzie Terrace, stated Kenzie Terrace has about 150 units they want 45 weekly recycling because they do not have the space for storage of additional containers. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 4 Mayor Faust stated Council found that multi - family units are not required to recycle and this would need to be addressed. Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:20 p.m. 7 Councilmember Horst stated he had discussions with residents who are concerned with the size 8 of the containers who asked if they would be forced to have larger containers at their homes. He 9 commented this should be discussed further. 10 11 Councilmember Stille stated with every meeting Council learns more, such as addressing alleys 12 and truck traffic and the lighter trucks that could be used in the alleys. He emphasized there is 13 more work to be done and would like to do it right. 14 15 Councilmember Gray stated he would like to see it tabled and asked Staff to continue working 16 with vendors to try to figure out ways to reduce traffic for garbage pickup. He stated he feels the 17 City has an opportunity to do this right. 18 19 Mayor Faust suggested Council ask Staff to look at a pilot program for a year and then re- 20 address it. He summarized what he heard from Council and recommended someone should make 21 a motion to table this to the second meeting in September to give Staff more time to work on 22 issues raised. He said it behoove the Council to encourage everyone to recycle, even in the multi 23 family units. 24 25 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Horst, to table Single Sort 26 Recycling decision until the September 26, 2006 meeting. 27 28 M_ otion carried unanimously. 29 30 Councilmember Horst asked Mr. Gline what is done with the recyclables now and does it 31 services the multi- family unit. 32 33 Mr. Glein stated there are a total of nine containers to hold their recyclables. 34 35 Councilmember Horst asked if they realized the single sort would mean everything could go into 36 one container. 37 38 Ms. Jennifer Klennert, Waste Management, explained how apartments and multi family units are 39 handled. She stated multi family residents would continue to contract for once per week or what 40 ever the multi units required. She said both Walters and Waste Management would continue to 41 service multi family weekly. 42 43 Mayor Faust asked Ms. Klennert if they had contracts with the multi family units. 44 45 She replied yes, each hauler had a contract with specific multi family units. 4 5 6 7 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 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 5 Mayor Faust restated every time Council talks about single sort recycle it learns something different. He stated Staff would work this out and find out how the recycle is working B. Resolution 06 -0070; Authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to execute the agreement between Hennepin County and the City of St. Anthony for Road Maintenance Services. City Manager Morrison stated the current contract with Hennepin County expires on December 31, 2006. He indicated this is for a new agreement for road maintenance with Hennepin County. He reported the City actually provides services for the County and in return an increased payment for the 2007 contract of $24,994, from $11, 314 in 2006. He stated with costs going up, the minimum the City would receive each year would be $24,994 for 2007 through 2011 with adjustments for increased costs. Mayor Faust asked Mr. Mornson how long St. Anthony has had a contract with the County. City Manager Mornson replied it has been at least 12 years Motion by Councilmember Horst, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve Resolution 06- 070; a Resolution Authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to Execute the Agreement between Hennepin County and the City of St. Anthony for Road Maintenance Services. Motion carried unanimously. VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. City Manager Morrison reported the meeting updates for the calendar include: - Joint Meeting with the School Board on August 29, 2006 in Council Chambers - City Council meeting September 8, 2006 beginning at 8:00 p.m. due to primary elections. - Comprehensive Planning Meeting September 13, 2006; with a plan for an open house and presentation on October 16, 2006. - Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing — Planning Commission — November 2006 - Public infrastructure insert into the October 15 newsletter to give an update on the Silver Lake Road and Foss Road Lift Station. Mayor Faust reported he continued on with the Fiscal Futures Policies meeting with League of Minnesota Cities on August 9, 2006. He stated they are moving forward on some issues. Mayor Faust said he would keep residents up to date as they are approved. Mayor Faust reported attending the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Revenue Committee on August 15, 2006. He stated this meeting parallels that of the League of Minnesota Cities except it is more focused on the metro area needs as far as what is going on in the Legislature. Mayor Faust reported attending a League Board Meeting on August 17, 2006. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 6 2 Mayor Faust and City Manager Morrison met with Vital Aging on August 22, 2006 on the role it 3 would play in the City. Mayor Faust stated he would host and facilitate a forum to bring all 4 interested parties in. He stated Vital Aging had done work for the community and there are 5 volunteers who what to help. 6 7 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 8 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward to address the Council on issues not on the 9 regular agenda. 10 11 Ms. Wendy Huebner, 2501 Lowery Avenue N.E., President of the Lowery Grove Resident 12 Association, stated she is here to petition the City to pass a Park Closing Ordinance to provide 13 compensation for the mobile home owners of Lowery Grove in the event of a park closing. Ms. 14 Huebner stated she had a draft of a proposed Park Closing Ordinance and a list of all the park 15 closing ordinances passed in the State of Minnesota and the dates of passage. Ms. Huebner 16 stated she also had the State statute that provides for Cities to pass a park closing Ordinance. 17 She mentioned she also had letters of support from Senator John Marty, Representative Wendy 18 Greeling, Father LaFontain of St. Charles Church and neighborhood organizations of Waite Park 19 and Audubon Park. She reported she also had video tape of interviews residents of Lowery 20 Grove on how a park closing would impact their lives. She stated it is her understanding it would 21 be placed on the Planning Commission agenda for presentation and discussion. 22 23 Mayor Faust replied he would ask Staff to research the Minnesota Statutes to take into account 24 both sides. He stated the Planning Commission would look at it and ask Staff to do research. 25 26 City Manager Morrison recommended Council meet with the City Attorney as he does not 27 believe it goes to the Planning Commission first or if the Planning Commission plays a role in 28 the design of a statute. He stated this is more of a policy decision for the City Council. 29 30 Mayor Faust remarked this is why this is brought up in this forum and a decision is not made. He 31 stated it is best to go slow and go right rather than go left and go wrong. He stated he would ask 32 Staff to look at all the issues. 33 34 Ms. Sandra Boone, 2501 Lowery Avenue N.E., addressed the Council and expressed she is a 35 resident of the park and a member of the Lowery Grove Resident Association. She stated she 36 would like to bring to the Council's attention how a park closing affects their homes. She stated 37 she would lose her home if the park closed; she wants is an option if the park closes. She stated 38 mobile in front of the name does not make it any less a home. She fears she may not have 39 anywhere else to go. Ms. Boone stated what is fair to other residents should also be available to 40 residents of a mobile home park. She would like the Mayor and Council to keep in mind these 41 are homes and not a group of transient people. She stated it would be a hardship if the park were 42 closed with no ordinance in place. 43 44 Mayor Faust stated he and the Council are sensitive to people and their living environments. He 45 stated this without prejudgment as to which way the Council will go. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 7 2 Ms. Gwen Longtine, 2501 Lowery Avenue N.E., addressed the Council. She stated she is also a 3 resident of Lowery Grove and a member of Lowery Grove Resident. Ms. Longtine stated she 4 has lived here for six years and saw lots of people losing homes because there were no park 5 closing ordinances in place. Ms. Longtine stated she has a child with developmental challenges 6 she is responsible for and could not afford conventional housing. She stated it is only fair if the 7 park closed to compensate residents to help relocate their homes. She hopes their needs will be 8 taken into account. 10 Ms. Suzanne Ashton, 2501 Lowery Avenue ME, stated she has lived at mobile home court for 11 seven years. She would like to be able to sleep easier and hopes the Council would pass a park 12 closing ordinance. Ms. Ashton said this has been wonderful for her as a single parent to be able 13 to afford to help her child get an education and she would like the opportunity to go back to 14 school; remaining in the mobile home park would help make that happen. She stated she likes 15 living in St. Anthony and does not want to move. She also would like to see the homeowners of 16 Lowery Grove receive compensation to help with a move should the park close. 17 18 Ms. Sheila Kennedy, 2501 Lowery N.E., stated she has lived in the park for seven and one half 19 years and found herself a widow shortly after moving in. She reported she works as a retail clerk 20 not far from the park. Ms. Kennedy stated moving would be a huge financial burden and hopes 21 the park would remain a viable option. If it could not, compensation to help move if the park 22 closes would be a great help. Ms. Kennedy hopes the Council would look favorably on this 23 request. 24 25 Ms. Diane Nelson, representing the owners of Lowery Grove, stated she is here to let the 26 homeowners know the owners have not made any decisions and has concerns for how this would 27 impact the park residents. She stated since no decision had been made, the owners plan to have 28 meetings with the residents so they know what is happening. She stated they are willing to talk 29 with entire group, City staff, Council and residents and be proactive in the process. 30 31 Mayor Faust stated all ideas and all sides are listened to all equally and respectfully. He stated 32 decisions are made according to what is best for the City. He stated all citizens are treated and 33 all property owners the same; no one is greater or lesser in their eyes. He stated he would direct 34 Staff and to meet with Ms. Nelson, Ms. Huebner and the City Manager to discuss what both 35 sides propose and come back with a recommendation to the City Council. Mayor Faust stressed 36 that Council would make sure due process of law is followed. 37 38 Mayor Faust stated all plans going forward will include notifying Lowery Grove residents. He 39 encouraged the residents to look at posted agendas at the library, the internet and on Channel 16. 40 41 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 42 Mayor Faust announced the next Council meeting is at 8:00 due to Minnesota primary election. 43 He encouraged everyone to vote. 44 45 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 8 XI. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dianna Wise TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: ku% % 1 City Clerk ayor