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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 04102018I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 APRIL 10, 2018 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 Gray, Jenson, Randle and Stille. 16 Absent: 17 Also Present: City Manager Mark Casey, Assistant to the City Manager Charlie Yunker, Fire Chief 18 Mark Sitarz, Planning Commissioner Jedd Larson, and Public Works Director Jay 19 Hartman. 20 21 22 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 23 ITEMS. 24 25 1. APPROVAL OF APRIL 10, 2018 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 26 27 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve the City 28 Council Meeting Agenda of April 10, 2018 as presented. 29 30 Motion carried 5 -0. 31 32 11. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 33 34 A. Spirit of St. Anthony Award 35 36 Assistant to the City Manager Charlie Yunker presented the 2017 Spirit of St. Anthony Award to 37 Sandy Simon. Ms. Simon made a few comments and noted she is honored to work for the City. 38 39 Mayor Faust noted this is a peer driven award. He commended Ms. Simon on her 20 years of 40 service to the City. 41 42 B. 40 Years of City Employment for Ja Own 43 44 Fire Chief Mark Sitarz congratulated Assistant Fire Chief Jay Olson on his 40 years with the City 45 of St. Anthony. Fire Chief Sitarz provided background information on Assistant Fire Chief Jay 46 Olson. Assistant Fire Chief Olson made some comments. 47 48 Mayor Faust also congratulated Assistant Fire Chief Olson on 40 years with the City. 49 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 10, 2018 Page 2 III. 10 11 12 13 14 IV 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 V CONSENT AGENDA. A. Approval of March 27, 2018, City Council Meeting Minutes. B. Licenses and Permits. C. Claims. D. Resolution 18 -032. a Resolution Acceptine Donations and Grants Received in the 15` Quarter of 2018. Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve the Consent Agenda items. Motion carried 5 -0. PUBLIC HEARINGS — NONE. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. A. Resolution 18 -033 a resolution approving a variance to add a 372 so. ft. sunroom to the back of the home at 3421 Skycroft Drive. Planning Commissioner Jedd Larson reviewed the City Code requirements for setbacks. The Code requires a rear yard setback of 25 feet. Mr. Larson noted the applicable codes. The applicants (Thomas and Jennifer Gille) is requesting a variance to construct a sunroom that would encroach into the required rear yard setback to result in a rear yard depth of 7' and 5/8" feet. The property location was indicated on a map. The Applicant's request for a variance from the rear yard setback to allow for the construction of a sunroom is reasonable, per the findings listed in the City Code. Staff and the Plan recommends approval of the variance to encroach into the rear yard setback. A public hearing was held on March 26, 2018 and no one spoke for or against the request. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the application unanimously. Mr. Larson reviewed the criteria for and Consistency with Criteria for Variance Approval. All applicable criterion was met with the exception of b. The plight of the property owner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by the property owner — the plight of the property owner is due to the placement, construction proposed, and overall square footage of the proposed deck design. The lot is platted and home placement on the lot is relative to others in the general area. Councilmember Jenson asked how this differs from other encroachments on setbacks within the City. Mr. Larson showed an overhead map of the property and noted the setback is different because it faces Skycroft Drive rather than Skycroft Circle. The neighbors to the north have nearly the same addition as requested. Mr. Gille was present but did not choose to address the Council as the presentation covered the request. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 10, 2018 Page 3 Councilmember Stille stated he supports the request, noting this is quite a large variance at 17.5 feet but would fit nicely into the neighborhood. Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 18 -03; a Resolution Approving a Request for a 17.5 -foot variance from the rear yard setback to allow for placement of a proposed sunroom 7.5 feet from the property line at 3421 Skycroft Drive. 10 Motion Carried 5 -0. 12 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 13 14 A. Resolution 18 -034: a Resolution to approve a request to keep four (4) chickens in an R -1 15 zoning district at 3600 Coolidge Street NE. 16 17 City Manager Casey reviewed a request that was received from the Applicants on March 26, 18 2018 to keep chickens on their property. The applicant provided a site plan showing the location 19 and dimensions of the proposed enclosure on the property, as well as a written request to the City 20 Council. 21 22 The Applicants (Kevin and Kara Coppinger) provided a written request and diagram showing the 23 location and dimensions of the chicken coop in relation to their property. The Applicant states 24 that the coop will be located along the western side of the house and be located adjacent to an 25 existing deck, next to the house, away from the property lines. The coop will be 91" long, 39" 26 wide, and 49" high — a total of 24.6 square feet. All chickens will be female. The Applicants 27 have spoken with both neighbors that share a property line with and received verbal approval. 28 The back yard has an 8 -foot privacy fence around the perimeter of the property. 29 30 Staff recommends City Council adopt the resolution. 31 32 The applicants were present but did not have anything to add to staff s report. 33 34 Councilmember Stille noted the resolution does not specify female chickens. Ms. Coppinger 35 stated the request is for only female chickens. 36 37 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 38 18 -034; a Resolution to approve a request to keep four (4) chickens in an R -1 Zoning District at 39 3600 Coolidge St NE. 40 Motion Carried 5 -0 41 42 B. Resolution 18 -035, a Resolution supporting the Contamination rg ant application 43 submitted to the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) by 44 The Village, LLC for Environmental Remediation at 2501 Lowry Avenue. ELI City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 10, 2018 Page 4 City Manager Casey introduced a request for the City Council to adopt the resolution supporting the Contamination Cleanup Grant Application and Part 1 of the Revolving Loan Application that was provided for their review. The estimate for the cleanup is $322,400. $219,000 would be requested to come from DEED, $64,400 from Hennepin County. The remaining funds of $38,400 would come from The Village LLC. It is in the public interest to remediate the contamination from the site. This application needs to come from the City. There will be no cost for the City to do the bookkeeping. 9 Councilmember Stille asked if anything is known about the potential development of the Bremer 10 site and Mr. Casey stated there have been further discussions but no update. 11 12 Councilmember Stille stated he is concerned if this is flexible in the event the Bremer Site needs 13 to be cleaned up. The Village LLC is only reimbursed for eligible expenses spent. He has read 14 there may be contamination on the property across the street. He was surprised to see TIF for 15 $12M because Council has not talked about any TIF on the site not knowing what any qualified 16 costs are. He stated he does not want this approval to include any TIF financing on this project. 17 18 Mr. Casey indicated the application states pending TIF approval and the $12M was generated by 19 the developer. Ehlers and Associates will look at the numbers and recommend an eligible cost 20 amount. The City has not completed their review or made any commitment to the use of TIF 21 financing referenced in the application. He stated this statement could be added to the resolution. 22 23 Councilmember Jenson read the types of chemicals that are currently in the property and stated 24 clearly, there is a need to get rid of this contamination. 25 26 Councilmember Stille stated the contamination not only came from the two dry cleaners, but 27 there is diesel contamination on two hot spots on the Lowry Grove site. Oil was spread on the 28 roads to keep the dust down over the years. Mr. Casey stated the PCA will be monitoring the 29 clean-up project. 30 31 Councilmember Randle asked if The Village LLC was aware of the contamination before they 32 purchased the property. Mayor Faust believes the PCA has known about this since the 2000's. 33 34 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, approve Resolution 18- 35 035; a Resolution supporting the contamination grant application submitted to the Department of 36 Employment and Economic Development (DEED) by The Village LLC for Environmental 37 Remediation at 2501 Lowry Avenue. Staff is directed to add to the Be It Further Resolved 38 paragraph "The City Council of the City of St. Anthony Village has approved the contamination 39 clean up grant application submitted to DEED by The Village LLC, for 2501 Lowry Avenue but 40 the City has not completed their review or made any commitment to the use of TIF financing 41 referenced in the application." to the resolution. 42 43 Motion carried 5 -0. 44 45 Mayor Faust noted traffic was always an issue and suggested the City Manager be directed to do 46 a traffic study now so there is a baseline before any work starts and provide suggestions. This City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 10, 2018 Page 5 2 H 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 VII. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 should be to the north of the residential streets. Mr. Casey stated a scope and pricing can be brought back for Council to determine what level of traffic study is requested. Councilmember Jenson stated the baseline of number of units can be also taken into account for the traffic study since that number has decreased since last traffic study. C. St. Anthony Public Works Department Annual Report Public Works Director Jay Hartman reviewed the 2017 Public Works Annual Report including the Public Works Mission Statement, Public Works Department Organization, Street Maintenance Division, Salt & Salt Brine Usage, 2017 Public Works Department Projects, 2017 Annual Employee Safety Training, Parks Maintenance Division, Park Usage by Ice Skaters, Water /Sewer Division, Water Main Breaks & Service Leaks, Trojan UV PHOX System, Vehicle Maintenance Division, City Buildings Division, Engineering Division, Street Improvement Projects Schedule for 2018 — 2027, 2017 Street & Utility in Review, 2018 Street Improvement Project, Citywide Chip Sealing Schedule, Proposed 2018 Improvement Projects, 2018 Sustainability Initiatives, 2018 and Beyond, and 2018 Upcoming Events. The entire Public Works Annual Report is available on the City's Website at www.savmn.com. Councilmember Stille asked about the water main break graph and noted this graph tells why the improvement projects are needed. He thanked the residents for being so receptive of these projects, noting the Public Works Department touches so many parts of the City. Mayor Faust noted cities lose a lot of water with leaky water mains. This is down considerably now and the industry standard is 10% and when last reported St. Anthony was at 5 %. This is another reason the street projects are done. When changing the hours on the splash pads and saving millions ($7M) of gallons of water is good science -based work. He commended Mr. Hartman on the great job the staff does on plowing. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. City Manager Casey reminded Council about the Draft Comp Plan Open House April 11, 2018 in Council Chambers from 6 -8 p.m. The draft Comp Plan is available on the City's website. On April 21, 2018, will be Coffee with the Council at 9 a.m. in Council Chambers. The Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation information is on the City's newsletter. Councilmember Stille asked about the status of the ADA questions that were brought up at the last meeting. City Manager Casey stated there will be a full continuation of the sidewalk with a detour on the east side of the road. It should be completed by the end of this week. Councilmember Jenson had no report. Councilmember Stille reported on April 10, he attended a Civic Leadership Breakfast for the Dwelling Place. On April 5, he attended the Community Services Board Meeting. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 10, 2018 Page 6 Councilmember Gray stated on April 5, he attended the North Suburban Communication Commission Meeting. Councilmember Randle stated on April 5, he attended the Strategic Planning/Goals and Objectives Session for the Police Department. He is very impressed with what the Police Department is doing and their willingness to change to make the Department a better place. 8 Mayor Faust noted on April 9, he attended the Regional Council of Mayors Meeting. There was 9 an Open Meeting Law Violation posed against the City. The Council disagrees with the 10 conclusion but will take the advisory opinion under consideration when planning future planning 11 sessions. 12 13 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 14 15 No one appeared to address the Council. 16 17 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS — NONE. 18 19 X. ADJOURNMENT. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debbie Wolfe Timesaver off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: f/` Cit Clerk Mayor