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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 05232017I 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 MAY 23, 2017 4 5 CALL TO ORDER. 6 7 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 8 9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 10 11 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 13 ROLL CALL. 14 15 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Brever, Gray, Jenson, and Stille. 16 Absent: None. 17 Also Present: City Manager Mark Casey. 18 Guests: Marilyn Jenson, Jim South, and Joe Basara. 19 20 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 21 ITEMS. 22 23 I. APPROVAL OF MAY 23, 2017 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 24 25 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson to approve the City 26 Council Meeting Agenda of May 23, 2017. 27 28 Motion carried 5 -0. 29 30 11. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 31 32 A. Salo Park Concert Series Presentation 33 34 Ms. Marilyn Jenson announced the 2017 Salo Park Performance Schedule (Thursday nights 7 -8 35 p.m): 36 June 22 — Ecuador Manta 37 June 29 — SA Civic Orchestra 38 July 6 — Jazz On the Prairie 39 July 13 — Shoreview Northern Lights 40 July 20 — Calhoun -Isles Community Band 41 July 27 — 7 -Cats Swing 42 August 3 — Dirty Shorts Brass Band 43 August 10 — Music of the Mississippi 44 45 More information can be found on the website. Ms. Jenson thanked the Committee members 46 and the generous sponsors. hi case of inclement weather, the concerts will be held at the St. 47 Anthony Community Center. 48 49 Mayor Faust thanked the Committee for their work. 2 B. Dare 2 Be Real Students Presentation Councilmember Brever introduced students from the Dare 2 Be Real program at the high school. She provided a brief summary of what the students did. Mr. Estrada, the adviser was present and introduced the students (captains and future captains). The students described the program and noted three community meetings have been held. 9 Councilmember Brever thanked the group for attending, wished the seniors the best of luck, and 10 thanked them for leading the three community meetings. 11 12 Councilmember Stille suggested the Kiwanis organization may be a group they should meet with 13 and give a presentation. One of the students mentioned the Key Club at the high school, which is 14 affiliated with the Kiwanis. 15 16 Mayor Faust stated the title of Captain will show leadership for future endeavors. Mayor Faust 17 stated he started out as a Student Council member in High School, noting the students are 18 showing a great attitude. He stated the community meetings were very good and thanked Mr. 19 Estrada and the students for their involvement. 20 21 C. Summer Survival Camp Presentation 22 23 Police Chief Jon Mangseth thanked the Dare 2 Be Real students and for their organization of the 24 community meetings and stated the Police Department wants to be part of the process going 25 forward. Police Chief Mangseth introduced Officer Jim South and Firefighter Joe Basara. He 26 announced the dates for the Summer Survival Camp are June 14 -15, 2017. This is a camp for 41 27 graders and is the 7' annual camp. Officer South and Firefighter Basara provided a summary of 28 the camp, reviewed the daily activities, and indicated the camp is full this year with a waiting 29 list. 30 31 Councilmember Gray asked how many kids are in the program. Officer South stated there are 55 32 kids. The number of kids are limited due to staff time and there are currently 2 on the waiting 33 list. 34 35 Mayor Faust stated he was amazed eight years have gone by with this program, noting it is a 36 positive impact with the children and the parents. He thanked them for their time and effort. A 37 photograph was taken of the group present. 38 39 II1. CONSENT AGENDA. 40 41 A. Approval of May 9, 2017, City Council meeting minutes. 42 B. Licenses and Permits. 43 C. Claims. 44 D. Resolution 17 -043; a Resolution Approving Minnesota Department of Transportation 45 Master Partnership Contract Renewal. 3 E. Resolution 17 -044; a Resolution reearding Renewal of Municipal Insurance Coverage and the Non Waiver of Tort Liability Limits for the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust. Motion by Councilmember Brever, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the Consent Agenda items. Motion carried 5 -0. 10 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS —NONE. 11 12 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. 13 14 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 15 16 A. Resolution 17 -45; a Resolution to Approve a Request to Keep Chickens in an R -1 Zoning 17 District at 3626 Belden Drive NE 18 19 City Manager Casey reviewed a request letter and stated a coop site plan diagram was received 20 from applicants Michael Guest, Kim Borton and Connor. The site plan shows the planned 21 location of the coop is in the southwest corner of the rear yard and according to the applicant, 22 that corner of the yard is relatively isolated with an 8 -foot fence separating their yard from the 23 neighbor to the west and a shed partially blocks the view from the neighbors to the south. Staff 24 has reviewed the area and confirmed that these structures exist and will likely obstruct the view 25 of the coop from the surrounding neighbors' yards. There does not appear to be a fence 26 separating the applicant's property from the property to the south, although there is existing 27 vegetation on both properties that will provide some visual screening. Mr. Casey reviewed the 28 specifications of the proposed coop and noted the four chickens will be females. Staff has 29 reviewed the applicant's materials and based on the reasonable location, dimensions, and details 30 provided, do recommend approval of this request to keep four female chickens on the property. 31 Staff recommends that the coop location be set back at least 5 feet from any property line as is 32 the standard for an accessory structure. Currently setback dimensions are not indicated on the 33 site plan. 34 35 Mr. Michael Guest, applicant, stated he recently moved to St. Anthony. 36 37 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 17- 38 045; a Resolution Approving a Request to Keep Chickens in an R -1 Zoning District at 3626 39 Belden Drive NE. 40 41 Motion carried 5 -0. 42 43 B. Resolution 17 -046; a Resolution to Approve a Request to Keep Chickens in an R -1 44 Zoning District at 3631 Harding St NE 45 4 1 City Manager Casey reviewed a request letter and stated a coop site plan diagram was received 2 from the applicants, the Wesches. The site plan shows that the planned location of the coop is 3 adjacent to an existing garden and 18 feet set back from the south property line with the garden 4 separating the coop from the neighboring property to the south. The site plan also shows existing 5 vegetation acting as a partial screening buffer along the eastern property line and a tall wooden 6 fence along the northern property boundary that would screen the view from the property to the 7 north. The applicants' property is bounded by a chain link fence on the east and south sides, 8 which does not completely screen the view of the coop from neighboring properties. The 9 applicants have indicated that they have communicated with and received verbal consent from 10 their neighbors to the east and south regarding their plans to keep a chicken coop in the back 11 yard. Mr. Casey reviewed the specifications of the coop. The applicant has indicated that they are 12 only planning to keep six chickens on their property. Staff has reviewed the applicant's materials 13 and based on the reasonable location shown on the site plan and the statement of neighbor 14 consent, do recommend approval of this request to keep six chickens on the property. 15 16 Councilmember Stille asked if this was the first request for six chickens. City Manager Casey 17 stated he does not recall. 18 19 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to adopt Resolution 17- 20 046; a Resolution Approving a Request to Keep Chickens in an R -1 Zoning District at 3631 21 Harding Street NE. 22 23 Motion carried 5 -0. 24 25 C. Resolution 17 -047; a Resolution to Approve Special Event at The Unofficial on July 29, 26 2017. 27 28 City Manager Casey reviewed Chris Christopherson has submitted a request to hold a special 29 customer appreciation event at The Unofficial Dive Bar & Grill on Saturday July 29, 2017. 30 31 Mr. Christopherson reviewed the event, noting it was approved and held last year. A diagram of 32 the event submitted was provided for Council review. They are requesting approval to have 33 outdoor food, liquor, and music. 34 35 Mayor Faust stated the application stated 4 -10 p.m. Mr. Christopherson stated the live music will 36 run from 4 -10 p.m. Food, beverages and the craft vendors will begin at 10 a.m. and end by 10 37 p.m. 38 39 Councilmember Stille asked about the live music. Mr. Christopherson stated there will be 40 amplified instruments (PA and speakers). The music will face away from the apartment 41 buildings. He did not believe there were any issues last year. 42 43 Councilmember Gray stated he lives in Silver Lake Condominiums and he enjoyed the music but 44 a number of people in the area did not approve. He noted the music is difficult with senior 45 housing being even closer than he is and some found it annoying after 6 or 7 p.m. S 5 1 Mayor Faust stated there were some complaints and questioned the naming of the event. Mr. 2 Christopherson stated he would like this to be an annual event where the community can come 3 together. He explained this is the first he's heard about any complaints and they want to work 4 with the community to make this work. 5 6 Councilmember Gray asked the City Manager about what complaints were received. Mr. Casey 7 noted according to the police records there were three calls complaining about loud music. 8 Councilmember Gray noted the people who were there loved it. He suggested the timing of the 9 music be changed. 10 11 Mayor Faust stated the Council can change the hours of the music as they need to be sensitive to 12 the neighbors not attending the event. He suggested 9 p.m. be the end of the music. Mayor Faust 13 stated it is also an issue of the noise after the music stops. 14 15 Mr. Christopherson said 9 p.m. would be fine. 16 17 Councilmember Stille stated it can be reviewed again before next year's event. City Manager 18 Casey stated he will give Mr. Christopherson a run -down after the event of any complaints 19 received. 20 21 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 17- 22 047; a Resolution Approving a Special Event at The Unofficial on July 29, 2017 revising the 23 time for the music from 4 to 9 p.m. 24 25 Motion carried 5 -0. 26 27 D. Resolution 17 -048, a Resolution to Approve Special Event at The Unofficial on August 28 6, 2017 29 30 City Manager Casey stated Chris Christopherson has submitted a request to hold a special classic 31 car show event at The Unofficial Dive Bar & Grill on Saturday, August 6, 2017. 32 33 Mr. Chris Christopherson reviewed the event, stating they would host the Spartans Classic Car 34 Club in their parking lot and have between 80 -100 beautifully restored 1964 and older classic 35 cars parked around the perimeter of their parking lot. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 36 During the event, they would like to sell cans of beer and soda and sandwiches outside. They are 37 also requesting a DJ playing music at a reasonable volume. The DJ will play from 10 a.m. to 2 38 p.m. 39 40 Councilmember Brever noted this is Village Fest weekend and asked if there was another car 41 show on Sunday. Mayor Faust stated the only thing on Sunday is the pancake breakfast. 42 43 Mayor Faust stated the timing for the music needs to be added to the resolution being 10 a.m. to 44 2 p.m. 45 E I Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 17- 2 048; a Resolution Approving a Special Event at The Unofficial on August 6, 2017 with DJ music 3 being from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 4 5 Motion carried 5 -0. 6 7 E. Resolution 17 -049, a Resolution to Appoint Planning Commissioner to Fill Vacancy 8 9 City Manager Casey reviewed this resolution is to appoint Jedd Larson to the Planning 10 Commission. On May 8, 2017, the City received a resignation from Marshall Lichty whose term 11 ends on December 31, 2018. Mr. Jedd Larson applied and was interviewed last December for the 12 Planning Commission and would fill out Mr. Lichty's term through December 31, 2018. 13 14 Commissioner Stille thanked Marshall Lichty for his service to the Planning Commission. Mayor 15 Faust agreed. 16 17 Motion by Councilmember Brever, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to adopt Resolution 17- 18 049; a Resolution Appointing Jedd Larson to the Planning Commission through December 31, 19 2018. 20 21 Motion carried 5 -0. 22 23 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 24 25 City Manager Casey had no report. 26 27 Councilmember Jenson stated on May 16, he attended the tour of the City and the work session 28 that followed. On May 18, he attended Ramsey County Local League of Governments/Met 29 Council Joint Meeting. On May 22, he attended the Fire Department Relief Association Meeting. 30 31 Councilmember Stille attended the May 16 City Tour. On May 17, he spoke at the Kiwanis 32 Meeting. 33 34 Councilmember Gray attended the May 16 City Tour and work session. 35 36 Councilmember Brevet also attended the May 16 City Tour and work session. 37 38 Mayor Faust attended the May 16 City Tour and work session. On May 19, he and City Manager 39 Casey attended a meeting with another City and talk about organized collection. 40 41 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 42 43 Mr. Ira Matts, 3220 Edgemere Avenue, stated he has lived there for thirty years and on his street, 44 people are driving way too fast. He explained there are a number of preschool aged children on 45 the street and he is trying to avoid a tragedy. He does not know what needs to happen to get 46 people to slow down. Chris Farhead, a neighbor, stated vehicles are not slowing for the 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 May 23, 2017 Page 7 crosswalk. Another neighbor stated he was in his front yard and tried to get someone to slow down and the car drove around him. Mayor Faust stated the City Manager will speak with the Police tomorrow and get back to Mr. Matts. Mr. Matts stated he thought about writing a letter and passing it around the neighborhood outlining what is happening. He explained they know at least one neighbor who has been speeding down the street. Mayor Faust suggested Mr. Matts wait until Mr. Casey gets back to him. IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. Mayor Faust stated the City has not received anything regarding Lowry Grove for any action and the Council cannot comment on anything until they see items for approval. He explained when items are received, notification will be given to residents for public input. X. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debbie Wolfe RmeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor