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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 01252005CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 25, 2005 5 CALL TO ORDER. 6 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 7 8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 9 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 10 11 ROLL CALL. 12 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Horst, Stille, Thuesen, and Gray. 13 Absent: None. 14 Also Present: City Manager Mike Momson and City Attorney Jerome Gilligan. 15 16 17 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 18 ITEMS. 19 20 1. APPROVAL OF JANUARY 25, 2005 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 21 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Horst, to approve the City 22 Council Meeting Agenda of January 25, 2005. 23 24 Motion carried unanimously. �-,o H. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 27 Mayor Faust introduced the St. Anthony 14 and Under Tennis Team and their coach. He stated 28 Councilmember Horst brought the attention of this recognition to the Council. 29 30 Councilmember Horst recognized St. Anthony's tennis team for finishing second place in the 31 Northern Section Team Tennis Championship in July 2004. He also recognized St. Anthony's 32 tennis team for placing sixth in the Oklahoma City Regional Tournament in October, 2004. 33 Also, team member Jonathon Roger was recognized for receiving the Sportsmanship Award. 34 35 I1I. CONSENT AGENDA. 36 A. Consider approval of January 11, 2005 Council meeting minutes. 37 B. Consider licenses and permits. 38 C. Consider payment of claims. 39 D. Resolution 05 -018, re: Consider Intoxicating Liquor License — Apple American Limited 40 Partnership of Minnesota, dba AWlebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar. 41 42 Councilmember Stille requested the removal of Consent Agenda Item A. 43 44 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the Consent 45 Agenda items B through D. 46 Motion carried unanimously. YU City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 25, 2005 Page 2 Councilmember Stille requested to exclude Item A from the Consent Agenda. He noted the following corrections to be made in the January 11, 2005 Council meeting minutes: Page 5, the following language should be added to the motion for Item V.13.3: "confirming the City's compliance with the 60 -day rule ". Page 7, first line, change Parks and Recreation Department to Parks Commission. 8 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Horst, to approve Consent 9 Agenda item A, subject to the above changes. 10 11 Motion carried unanimously. 12 13 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 14 A. Consider Resolution 05- 018; Intoxicating Liquor License — Apple American Limited 15 Partnership of Minnesota, dba Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar. 16 17 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:08 p.m. 18 19 City Manager Morrison noted this a public hearing for the first Intoxicating Liquor License in St. 20 Anthony. He explained this property is in the Silver Lake Redevelopment project, which 21 consists of housing and retail. He further explained that because it is a new license, a hearing is 22 required. If it is not a new license, and is a renewal, it becomes part of the consent agenda and needs no hearing. He noted the establishment must comply with the No Smoking Ordinance that will be effective March 30. He said background checks on the company have been completed, 25 and no negative implications have been found. He said there are representatives for Applebee's 26 in attendance. 27 28 Ms. Katy Sienko, Director of Operations for Applebee's, stated they are thrilled to be coming 29 into the city and excited to be the first liquor license ever handed out. She indicated they are 30 planning on an April opening. She added that they will comply with non - smoking rule. 31 32 Councilmember Stille asked about their training program for bartenders. Ms. Sienko explained it 33 is the same for any restaurant, and that there is a 6 -day training for bartenders. She said the 34 training is extensive and includes training bartenders to look for different levels of alcohol 35 consumption of patrons. She noted there is training with the Police Department for false ID 36 recognition. She distributed copies of the training program to each councilmember. She 37 commented all restaurants are in complete compliance around the Twin Cities. 38 39 Councilmember Stille asked what the d6cor will be. Ms. Sienko responded they are already 40 creating the "hometown hero" which is a wall dedicated to someone. She said a fire hose will be 41 wrapped around the front entryway as in other Applebee's, and the firefighters will sign it. She 42 also explained they will work with community agencies and schools for articles to put on the 43 walls. 44 Councilmember Thuesen welcomed Applebee's to the community and reiterated the City wants _ to keep the village feel. He encouraged them to look into the local civic organizations. 47 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 25, 2005 Page 3 Councilmember Horst questioned if they are a corporate restaurant. Ms. Sienko answered they are. 4 Mayor Faust inquired how many employees the restaurant will have. Ms. Sienko explained there 5 will be approximately 90 in the beginning. That is what has been successful before. She said as 6 business levels off, and attrition takes place, the employee count will level off to about 75. 8 Mayor Faust commented that the community has wanted an Applebee's for quite some time. He 9 thanked her and welcomed Applebee's. 10 11 Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:17 p.m. 12 13 Motion by Councilmember Horst, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to approve Resolution 14 05 -018 re: A resolution approving the intoxicating liquor license for Apple American Limited 15 Partnership of Minnesota, dba Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar. 16 17 Motion carried unanimously. 18 19 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 20 None. 21 22 VI. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. A. Consider Resolution 05 -019, re: Adopt 2005 Police Contract. Mr. Mornson reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that the Police Union 25 settled with the City for a new one -year contract. He pointed out there is a 2% increase, a $30 26 increase in health insurance deductions, and some language changes that assist in effecting the 27 new contract. He explained that Article 20, Grievance, has changed with an extra step now 28 included. He noted this falls in line with Public Works and the Firefighters Union. 29 30 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Horst, to adopt Resolution 05- 31 019 re: A resolution ratifying the 2005 agreement between the Law Enforcement Labor Services, 32 Inc., representing the St. Anthony Police Department Licensed Employees and the City of St. 33 Anthony. 34 35 Motion carried unanimously, 36 37 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 38 City Manager Morrison reported the following: 39 • There are two applicants for the one Planning Commission vacancy, which is a I -year 40 term. Will interview prior to the February 8, 2005 meeting. 41 • The two -day goal setting retreat is finished. He invited the councilmembers to look at the 42 list of goals. Goals will likely be presented at the March 8 meeting. 43 44 Councilmember Stille stated he attended a Blue Ribbon Finance Committee meeting. He noted l' the Committee will continue to meet one or two more times. He said he will present some of the findings in a future meeting. 47 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 25, 2005 Page 4 Councilmember Thuesen reported he met with half of a Boy Scout Troop a week ago to talk about city government and help them earn a badge in that area. He said he will meet with the 3 other half of the troop this week. He noted the youth are paying more attention to governmental 4 affairs than we give them credit for. He encouraged other community members who are 5 involved in an organization to include some type of education such as this in their organization. 6 7 Councilmember Gray had no report. 8 9 Councilmember Horst reported he attended the Sister City meeting on Sunday, with the stone 10 sculpture symposium as the topic. He said St. Anthony will take part in this symposium to 11 commission a sculptor to sculpt a figure statue that can be place in Salo Park, which will be by 12 the new gathering area by Wal -Mart. He said they are in the process of reviewing artists. A 13 representative from the Sister City Commission and the St. Paul Arts Council will choose a 14 sculptor. The sculptures will be moved to sister cities, including St. Anthony. He noted he is on 15 the head of the committee to raise funds. He also noted this is the 200' anniversary of the City's 16 sister city relationship with Salo. In honor of this 20th anniversary, activities are being planned 17 in Salo. He said the sister city is requesting that a member of the current council be in Salo in 18 June to help celebrate. 19 20 Mayor Faust reported that he and the City Manager met with the new Manager of Wal -Mart 21 today and was very encouraged. The manager has many years of experience in the retail 22 business, having worked for Kmart for 18 years. He had also worked with Target. He said he asked the manager to be part of the community, and believes he will. The manager is scheduled to speak at the Chamber luncheon on February 25, 2005. He said it would be beneficial for 25 anyone interested to listen to him. 26 27 Mayor Faust also mentioned the final report from the retreat will be on the web site in March. 28 29 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 30 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 31 are not on the regular agenda. 32 33 Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. 34 35 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 36 City Manager Morrison noted the Council meetings in February and March. He pointed out the 37 joint meeting with the School Board on March 29. He indicated the Council will present goals 38 with the group session portion of the Planning Commission on March 15. He noted the dates for 39 regular Council meetings in April are the 12' and 26 "'. He asked that councilmembers advise 40 him in advance if they cannot attend a meeting. 41 42 Mayor Faust stated the St. Anthony team won in the Science Bowl at McAlester College, which 43 speaks well for the school. He also noted he received a letter from a resident thanking the City 44 for keeping the sidewalks clean all year. He thanked the Public Works Department for their C work. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 25, 2005 Page 5 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. None. XI. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 7:28 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Chris Moksnes TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST:' l L City Clerk ayor