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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 04122005I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY n CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES APRIL 12, 2005 4 5 CALL TO ORDER 6 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 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 Gray, Horst, Stille, and Thuesen. 13 Absent: None. 14 Also Present: City Manager Mike Mornson. 15 16 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 17 ITEMS. 18 19 I. APPROVAL OF APRIL 12, 2005 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 20 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve the City 21 Council Meeting Agenda of April 12, 2005. 22 23 Motion carried unanimously. ?4 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 26 A. Recognition to Autumn Woods and Chandler Place for their donation to the St. Anthony Fire 27 Department 28 Fire Chief Malenick gave a background, stating that Rose Fitzgerald is the manager at Autumn 29 Woods. He explained that she coordinated a large lunch and ceremony as well as donations from 30 the residents, staff and local merchants for the Fire Department. He said she went out of her way 31 for the Department, and he wanted to thank her in public. She raised $4,000 in donations. 32 33 Ms. Fitzgerald said that she didn't have to twist any arms or beg; the donations came in very 34 easily. She said the participants thanked her for coordinating this fundraiser. The participants 35 said St. Anthony has one of the finest Fire and Police Departments. 36 37 Mayor Faust presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Ms. Fitzgerald. 38 39 Fire Chief explained that at Chandler Place, 26 employees get together at Christmas and 40 exchange gifts. This year, rather than exchanging gifts between themselves, they gave the 41 money to the Fire Department for a new defibrillator. He stated they received matching funds 42 from a local Neighbors Association of America. He indicated this defibrillator is available to be 43 used on children, and this type may not have worked into the budget for a number of years. 44 45 Mark Anderson, Manager of Chandler Place, said that the employee project was typical of the 46 people he works with every day. He said the residents appreciate the good care from the Fire and Police Departments. As a gesture of appreciation, this project for the defibrillator was -48 chosen. He said one of their mottos is "Our Hearts are in Service to Seniors" and he said they 49 appreciate the help in achieving that motto. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 2 Mayor Faust presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the manager. III. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Consider March 22, 2005 Council meeting minutes. B. Consider licenses and permits. C. Consider payment of claims. D. Resolution 05 -032, re: Setting fee for Police Reports. 10 Councilmember Gray requested the following change to the minutes of March 22, 2005: add 11 Councilmember Gray to the list of present attendees. 12 13 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve the Consent 14 Agenda items. 15 16 Motion carried unanimously. 17 18 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 19 None. 20 21 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 22 A. Overview from Hennepin County Commissioner and Metropolitan Council Commissioner. L14 Mark Stenglein, Hennepin County Commissioner, said he was raised in St. Anthony Village. He 25 explained the size and scope of Hennepin County is the largest of the seven counties. On a local 26 level, he said that St. Anthony is enjoying the larger library. The County Board has a 27 commitment of a larger library. He said they are committed to the road system as well. Silver 28 Lake Road is in need of maintenance and the plan is to complete a rebuild including new 29 underground utilities and fiber optic. He stated they would like to work that into the budget next 30 year or the following year. He said he has the support of the County Board. He complimented 31 the Council on the old Apache Plaza site. He said the Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority 32 bought the right of way near the railroad tracks as a future transit way. 33 34 Councilmember Thuesen said that Silver Lake Road is a high priority and that it should be made 35 a safe, walk -able area. He said the City would appreciate any help Commissioner Stenglein 36 could give. 37 38 Commissioner Stenglein said Silver Lake Road is a connector, and had added that he warns cities 39 that when the County Engineers come in, their objective is to move traffic as fast as they can. 40 The engineers are used to working with rural roads, and will have to understand that this road has 41 residences on it. This will be a pedestrian friendly thoroughfare. 42 43 Councilmember Thuesen said he is concerned about the potential increase in traffic, and 44 indicated the City would want the traffic to be calmed. Yu Mayor Faust thanked Commissioner Stenglein for his encouraging words. He added that putting 47 utilities underground and adding fiber optics are leading edge. He thanked the Commissioner for City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 3 the work on the right -of -way and noted that planning must be done early on. He commented that 2 railroad right -of -ways cannot be put back when the land is sold. 4 Councilmember Lynette Wittsack, Metropolitan Council Commissioner, said she represents a 5 small district including the eastern part of Minneapolis and St. Anthony Village. She is married 6 to Commissioner Stenglein, and is part of the Environment and Management Committees. She 7 said they distribute the Livable Communities grants. She encouraged the City of St. Anthony to 8 apply for more grants. She noted they have $15 million to give away annually. She noted St. 9 Anthony did apply for the Pollution and Asbestos cleanup grant. She indicated the Local 10 Housing Incentive Fund should be applied for. The Development Cleanup Grant application 11 deadline is June 30. She said the Metro Council will hold workshops on April 26 and 28 and 12 encouraged the City to have a Staff member attend. 13 14 Councilmember Wittsack explained she is on the Environment Committee and therefore works 15 with environmental services, which are sewers. She said there is 256 million gallons of sewage 16 per day, of which St. Anthony contributes only .3% of that. She explained inflow and filtration 17 and noted there is a plan to implement a surcharge on cities that have not met INI goals by 2007. 18 She explained the sewer water flows to an intercept in Roseville. 19 20 Councilmember Wittsack said the Council is taking a vote soon to authorize $1.5 million for the 21 Camp Silverwood, formerly the Salvation Army Camp. 22 Councilmember Wittsack explained that as Metro Transit faced a huge budget shortfall, the /4 decision was made to reduce service, and increase fare. One route in St. Anthony will be 25 eliminated, which is the route that goes from the old Apache Plaza site to Brookdale. 26 27 Councilmember Stille commented that five years ago when members from the Council and from 28 the Task Force met to plan Silver Lake Village, someone suggested applying for the Livable 29 Communities grant. He said that was the jumpstart to what is built. He thanked her for the 30 encouragement. 31 32 Councilmember Thuesen thanked her for her support regarding Camp Silverwood. He said it 33 was well documented that the right thing to do was to keep the area green and offer more 34 opportunities for our residents. 35 36 Mayor Faust commented that he appreciated her highlighting the grants. He added that the city 37 needs a type of reliable transportation. He expressed concern for the potential new employees in 38 the new businesses. He said that in regard to the route issues, if the choice was to pay more or 39 not have it, people would go for paying more. 40 41 Councilmember Wittsack pointed out that when the living areas at Silver Lake Village are 42 occupied, there will likely be an increase in ridership. She added that as the needs change, Metro 43 Transit will change as well. 44 Councilmember Wittsack stated she would leave pamphlets about the public hearings being held o across the city in the Chambers. Mayor Faust noted the pamphlets would be available at the 47 front desk of City Hall. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 4 2 VI. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 3 A. 2004 Fire Department Annual Report — Chief John Malenick, presenting 4 Fire Chief Malenick stated there were a total of 929 calls in 2004. The calls fell into three 5 categories of: service calls; invalid assist calls that are not medical, lockouts nor animal rescue; 6 and hazardous conditions. The invalid assist calls were about 19 percent of calls. Medical calls 7 were about 63 percent of calls. He noted that 19 percent of the calls were hazardous conditions 8 such as gas leaks and downed power lines. 9 10 Chief Malenick explained that accidents were grouped by location. North of 37`h Avenue has the 11 highest population concentration, and had 41 percent of the calls. South of 29`h Avenue had 22 12 percent of the calls. Between 37`h and 29`h Avenues, there were 24 percent of calls. He noted 13 that 10 percent of the calls were "out of city" which includes mutual aid calls, or misplaced calls. 14 15 Chief Malenick reported the average response time was 2:54. He noted this time included nine 16 months of calls at the temporary station, and three months of calls from the new station. 17 Traumas were the highest amount of calls at 22 percent. Miscellaneous calls accounted for 21 18 percent of calls, which includes medical problems that amount to less than 2 percent of calls on 19 their own. He explained that heart and cardiac pains account for 17 percent. The most common 20 problem is general illness, which includes the illnesses that require testing to determine. 21 22 He reviewed the types of fire calls, and noted that fire calls with actual flames showing was 6 percent of calls. There were 22 percent of hazard calls, and 23 percent of service calls. He L4 explained that 25 percent were from good intent calls, noting that those are calls where the 25 firefighters are dispatched, but a call comes in to say the department is not needed. He said that 26 false alarms are 19 percent. A cause of this could be bad heat detectors or bad alarm systems. 27 He mentioned that 22 percent of calls are related to weather. 28 29 Chief Malenick said the average dollar loss in 2004 was $3,002, which is an increase over the 30 years. He stated the 13 -year average is around $2,500. He noted the 2004 number is about $500 31 over the average, which tells him that there were larger than normal fires in 2004. The largest 32 fire was a restaurant due to a grease fire. Another large fire was in a single - family home due to 33 Tupperware burning. Because it was plastic, it was a heavy, greasy smoke and everything had to 34 be scrubbed and sealed or thrown away. He said the third major fire was a total loss of a mobile 35 home and contents. This was attributed to heat tape, and it overheated. 36 37 Aside from emergency calls, he indicated that much of the time is spent in training, equaling 38 about 84 hours per person in training. He said he had eight people go to Hennepin County 39 Medical Center for training. He said there were two people that were sent to schools for 40 intensified fire fighter training. Chief Malenick indicated some are train in- house. He explained 41 this saves money per student, and then the students are tested at the Vo -Tech. He stated they do 42 housing code when there is time. He said there are 77 documented reports and many more that 43 come in as phone calls. The vast majority deal with appearance problems such as unsightly 44 things in the yard or lawns not being cut. i 40 Chief Malenick explained that public education is done in preschools and for first graders. Third 47 graders go through a training in a mobile home. He said his department goes to senior high rises City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 5 and teaches fire prevention. In other events in 2004, he said his department participated in Village Fest, and in the sport of fire ball. The department moved into the new station, and to finish the year, they collected toys for tots. 5 He noted the Fire Department has recently completed the ISO rating. He said from all 6 indications, it went well. The department applied for a FEMA grant for $22,000. If it is granted, 7 he said they hope to obtain a new compressor. He indicated they are looking for an exhaust 8 system, and a generator for back up power. He noted they did lose some points in the ISO 9 because each necessary tool wasn't on the trucks. He said he wants to fill the trucks with 10 everything that is recommended. 11 12 Councilmember Horst asked if the Department was ready, with the grass fire season being upon 13 us, and with the conditions being dry. Chief Malenick said they are gearing up, and assured him 14 they will work with other authorities if needed. 15 16 Councilmember Stille clarified a rumor that the St. Anthony Fire Department had gone to Eden 17 Prairie for a mutual aid call. Chief Malenick said they have not gone that far away. He said a 18 couple years ago, the grass fires in Andover were more than that city could handle. St. Anthony 19 did send a truck and crew to Andover for a day. He said more recently, they were sent to 20 Ramsey for the recent building explosion. He explained that years ago when St. Anthony had 21 the 84 tornados, Andover sent a crew here without asking, and it was appreciated. Chief 22 Malenick said he could finally return the favor. i1+ Councilmember Gray commended Chief Malenick and his team for the nice work they do. He 25 asked if Chief Malenick compares the numbers and type of calls to others in the area. Chief 26 Malenick said he does compare the numbers to the state marshal's numbers. 27 28 Councilmember Gray questioned whether any information was gathered regarding how the 29 response times affect insurance rates. Chief Malenick answered that the ISO officials do spend a 30 day with the dispatcher but he could not answer that question. He said they do have an ISO 31 rating of 5 currently. He said compared to the other cities of the same population, a 5 is good; 32 others are around 9 to 10. 33 34 Councilmember Thuesen asked when the last ISO rating was done. Chief Malenick said it has 35 been ten years. He said an evaluation can be requested sooner. 36 37 Councilmember Thuesen asked if the department gets the grant, whether that would be worthy of 38 getting an ISO evaluation. Chief Malenick answered it is possible, and would possibly bump the 39 rating from a 5 to a 4 which isn't a huge difference in homeowners insurance. 40 41 Mayor Faust said that based on two businesses that have given the department money, it is an 42 indication they are deep into the community and applauded him and his department for a 43 vigorous year. 44 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 6 B. Consider Resolution 05 -033, re: Designating the National Incident Management Svstems 2 (NIMS) as the basis for all incident management in the City of St. Anthony - Chief Malenick 3 presenting, 4 Chief Malenick stated this is a comprehensive incident (emergency) response system developed 5 by the Department of Homeland Security at the request of the President. This organizational 6 structure allows many entities to work together in a disaster. He said he has been using the 7 Incident Command System. He noted that adopting this program means more training. He 8 further noted that state and local governments must adopt the NIMS in order to receive future 9 funding. He said that if this is not adopted, the City would not be eligible for grants. 10 11 Mayor Faust said as he understands it, this is a command and control system that's needed when 12 others have broken down. When national incidents happen, the coordination of federal and state 13 is necessary. 14 15 Chief Malenick said that it is not necessarily only for if systems break down, but also if a certain 16 department is overwhelmed. 17 18 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to adopt Resolution 05- 19 033, re: Designating the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) as the basis for all 20 incident management in the City of St. Anthony. 21 22 Motion carried unanimously. L4 C. Consider Resolution 05 -034, re: Adopt Third Amendment to redevelopment agreement with 25 Apache Redevelopment, LLC and update on Silver Lake Village — Stacie Kvilvang Ehlers & 26 Associates, presenting. 27 Ms. Kvilvang reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that this is the third 28 amendment to the agreement with Apache Redevelopment LLC. The terms outlined originally 29 included the reconstruction of 39`h Avenue. It was determined it would cost $2.2 million. The 30 agreement laid out how that would be paid. $1.705 million was assessed to commercial. Since 31 that time, the properties have come in and been platted. A request for reassessment is before the 32 Council. The anchor tenant was going to pay $1.2 million of the $1.705 million of commercial 33 assessments. Now that they have all been platted, the Commercial Developer has requested the 34 final special assessment amounts be changed to reflect their share based on actual square 35 footage. The anchor tenant would now pay $1.1, and the other businesses would pay $600,000. 36 She added that this does not hurt the city financially. 37 38 Councilmember Stille asked if there will be costs to refinance the bonds. He asked if there 39 would be a good chance that they would be paid off in the fall when the reassessments are levied. 40 Ms. Kvilvang answered there is a listing of prepaid assessments, which is the anchor tenant. 41 Others will only pay over time. She noted there are several properties along Stinson that have 42 repaid and, stated they will look into the situation. 43 44 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to adopt Resolution 05- 034, re: A third amendment to a redevelopment agreement by and among the City of Saint 4u Anthony, Minnesota, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Anthony, 47 Minnesota, and Apache Redevelopment, LLC (The "Developer "), dated December 19, 2003. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 7 2 Motion carried unanimously. 4 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 5 City Manager Mornson reported the following: 6 • Silver Lake Village 7 A. Applebee's Grand Opening April 18th. There will be ribbon cutting at 10:30 a.m. and the 8 business opens at 11:00 a.m. that morning. 9 B. Grand Opening Celebration planned for the summer 10 • Amcon Update: The plan is to finish off the St. Anthony Marketplace project. There will be 11 more frequent meetings with the developers. A concept review will be presented to the 12 Planning Commission. There will be a minimum of three public hearings, and on the May 13 24, the Council will consider the Planning Commission report. Construction of the retail 14 would start over the summer, and businesses would open in September. There is money 15 available to finish landscaping. 16 • Sunset Cemetery: There will be a series of six meetings if the public is interested. A text 17 amendment change will be requested, and there will be application for a Conditional Use 18 Permit. 19 A. Planning — April 19th, May 17th, and June 21st 20 B. Council — May 24th, June 14th, and June 28th 21 • State of the Cities Report: St. Anthony was featured in this report by the League of 22 Minnesota Cities. The report is on the city's web page now, under news events. • Best in Landscaping — April 15th: St. Anthony won this award for the Harding Holding 24 Ponds. The City was nominated by the Minnesota Chapter of Landscapers and Architects. 25 • History Intern — Sarah Campbell starting April 19`h: Victoria Young, professor at St. 26 Thomas, helped retain Ms. Campbell. Ms. Campbell's work plan was distributed to the 27 Council. 28 29 Future issues on the agenda for the next meeting include public hearings for: a liquor license for 30 Chipotle, an easement vacation for a church, and the budget for 2006. The Council will hear a 31 reading on a Meth Ordinance, and will consider adopting the Meth Ordinance and waiving the 32 second and third readings. Mr. Morrison congratulated the Fire Chief for his work and noted he 33 started as Fire Chief a year ago after being in the department a number of years. 34 35 Councilmember Stille reported he participated in the Pinewood Derby with a Boy Scout Troop 36 on April 2, and noted other city representatives were there. He attended a Village Fest meeting 37 on March 28, and stated the date is set for August 5 and 6. One of the discussion points was that 38 the community is under the impression that this is a city- sponsored event, however it is funded 39 by volunteers and donations from businesses. He stated he dropped one of the State of the Cities 40 reports at the library for public viewing. 41 42 Councilmember Thuesen report he participated in the Pinewood Derby with Y -Guys and in three 43 years, he had minimal success. He attended March 31 Cities Day at the Capital. He explained 44 that elected officials across the state attend the League of Minnesota Cities Day at the Capital. He said he thought it was important because it gives the opportunity to build relationships. 46 Councilmember Thuesen said he would attend the Planning Commission meeting on April 19. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 8 He thanked Autumn Woods and Chandler Place for their donations. He thanked the residents 2 that were affected by the Landscaping Award. 4 Councilmember Gray had no report. 6 Councilmember Horst indicated he attended the grand opening at Wal -Mart. He also attended 7 the Sister City meeting the previous week. He said one of the topics was the historical society. 8 He had mentioned that the city would have an intern and would be collecting historical artifacts 9 of the city. He said the members thought there already was a historian. He said they are 10 interested in having the Mayor attend the 20 -year relationship celebration in Finland. The group 11 will be requesting donations for this cause starting in September. 12 13 Mayor Faust indicated that he attended the grand opening as well. He said it was motivating to 14 listen to how they begin a day at Wal -Mart. A total of $12,500 was given in donations to the 15 Children's Miracle Network, the St. Anthony Fire and Police Departments and the United Way, 16 to name a few. Mayor said that on the 23rd, he gave a report to the Kiwanis, and gave the City's 17 goals to them. The Council met with the School Board on the 29`', and the goals were given. 18 The School Board gave a report on the Blue Ribbon Financial Report. He said this can lend 19 support to the school's lobbying efforts. He noted the Golf Tournament kicks off on August 5`h. 20 21 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 22 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that are not on the regular agenda. 64 25 Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. 26 27 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 28 Mayor Faust stated there is a company that picks up brush for $69 /year, per a mailing he 29 received. 30 31 Mayor Faust noted that May 71h is Clean Up Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Certain items can be 32 dropped off at City Hall for a nominal fee. 33 34 Mayor Faust stated the Northwest Youth and Family Services second annual leadership luncheon 35 is scheduled for May 4. Councilmember Gray is the Board Director and will request a table. 36 Don Shelby will be the speaker. He pointed out it is not free, and donations will be requested. 37 38 Mayor Faust said the City will be used as an example to the legislature as part of the State of the 39 Cities Report. He said the report shows the City is well - managed. 40 41 The annual Open Book Board of Review was held last week. Both Hennepin County and 42 Ramsey County residents are in the city, and this provides a more relaxed way of doing business. 43 44 Mr. Mornson announced the City will conduct a survey at the end of April, and said they would appreciate the residents responding if they get a call. ,0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 9 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. None. XI. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:34 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Chris Moksnes Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: City Clerk ayor