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2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
3 FEBRUARY 11, 2020
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5 CALL TO ORDER.
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7 Mayor Stille called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
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9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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11 Mayor Stille invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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13 ROLL CALL.
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15 Present: Mayor Stille, Councilmembers Jenson, Randle, Walker and Webster.
16 Absent: None
17 Also Present: City Manager Mark Casey, City Planner Stephen Grittman, and City Engineer Justin
18 Messner.
19 Guests: None
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21 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
22 ITEMS.
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24 I. APPROVAL OF February 11, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA.
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26 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City
27 Council Meeting Agenda of February 11, 2020.
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29 Motion carried 5-0.
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31 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS — NONE.
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33 III. CONSENT AGENDA.
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35 A. Approve January 28, 2020, Council meeting minutes.
36 B. Licenses and permits.
37 C. Claims.
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39 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Webster, to approve the
40 Consent Agenda items.
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42 Motion carried 5-0.
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44 IV. PUBLIC HEARING
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46 A. Resolution 20-011; a Resolution Approving Application from Doran SLV, LLC for the
47 Vacation of all those Drainage and Utility Easements, Originally Dedicated on the
48 Recorded Plat of Silver Lake Village.
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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
February 11, 2020
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1 City Engineer Justin Messner stated Doran SLV, LLC has submitted an application to re -plat a
2 portion of the Silver Lake Village plat. The resolution vacates the existing drainage and utility
3 easement as recorded on the original Silver Lake Village plat.
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5 Councilmember Jenson thought it made sense because the building will overlap on top of a
6 portion of the sewer line. When will the construction take place once the easement is vacated
7 and the sewer line is moved. City Engineer Messner explained the developer indicated
8 demolition will begin in early spring and at the time of that the storm sewer will be relocated and
9 be a part of the construction on the project.
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11 Mayor Stille indicated if this is not approved then the project will not happen because no one
12 will build on top of a pipe or easement. City Engineer Messner indicated that was correct.
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14 Mayor Stille opened the public hearing at 7:05 p.m.
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16 Mr. Christian, owner of Carbone's Pizza, thought this will be quite well for his business. He
17 asked what the timelines will be. City Manager Casey explained the City is still waiting for
18 permits to come in but the first permit to come in would be a demo permit and the City has not
19 received that yet. He noted all of the information will be on the City's website and updates will
20 be provided on a regular basis.
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22 Mr. Dan Kuntz, member of the community, asked if the developer intended on having a
23 temporary drainage plan between the demolition and the rebuild. City Engineer Messner
24 explained the way the existing storm sewer is set up the developer plans on constructing a new
25 storm sewer leaving the old storm sewer in place and live and then make the connection and
26 remove the old storm sewer.
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28 City Manager Casey indicated throughout the entire project it will be overseen by City Engineer
29 Messner's staff to make sure everything is in compliance with both City Code and also State
30 Laws.
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32 There being no additional public input, Mayor Stille closed the public hearing at 7:08 p.m.
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35 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve Resolution
36 20-011; a Resolution approving application from Doran SLV, LLC for the vacation of all those
37 drainage and utility easements, originally dedicated on the recorded plat of Silver Lake Village.
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39 Motion carried 5-0.
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41 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF — NONE.
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43 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL.
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45 A. Resolution 20-012; a Resolution Amending the City of St. Anthony's Street Maintenance
46 Agreement.
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February 11, 2020
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2 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated the City is being
3 asked to agree to this Amendment. This Amendment reflects that the retail properties (and not
4 residential) in Silver Lake Village should continue to have the obligation to maintain portions of
5 39th Avenue adjacent to the retail areas. By executing the Amendment, the City continues to
6 have the right to assess the remaining retail properties if the need ever arises.
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8 Councilmember Jenson asked if this is referring to all of the areas that run parallel to the retail
9 buildings that run adjacent to the sidewalk areas and the parking stalls but not the street itself.
10 City Manager Casey indicated that was correct. This is only regarding the retail locations. He
11 noted the City is not waiving any additional risk or liability with this and the City still has the
12 ability to assess.
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14 Mayor Stille asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak on this item. No one responded.
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16 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve Resolution
17 20-0012; a Resolution Amending the City of St. Anthony's Street Maintenance Agreement.
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19 Motion carried 5-0.
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21 B. 2020 Planning Commission Work Plan
23 City Planner Stephen Grittman reviewed the 2020 Planning Commission Work Plan with the
24 Council.
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26 Councilmember Jenson thought there were many different topics built into the workplan and is
27 very extensive, much more extensive then previous years and he wanted to compliment City
28 Planner Stephen Grittman team on compiling the list of activities.
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30 Mayor Stille indicated many of these items are forward looking and things change constantly in
31 this world. He noted this workplan will be posted for the residents to look at.
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33 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to accept the Planning
34 Commission's 2020 Work Plan.
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36 Motion carried 5-0.
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38 C. Resolution 20-013; a Resolution Approving a Wine/Strong Beer License for Carbone's
39 Pizzeria located at 2700 39th Avenue NE.
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41 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that staff has
42 completed background checks and is recommending approving the Wine/Strong Beer License.
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44 Councilmember Jenson thought this request was quite similar to other restaurants in the area that
45 have beer and wine sales. City Manager Casey indicated that was correct.
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February 11, 2020
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1 Mr. Christian, Carbone's Pizzeria, along with his partners thanked the City for hearing this
2 today. He indicated Carbone's Pizzeria is in Silver Lake Village and recently remodeled in the
3 dining room and hope to serve beer and wine soon. He noted his business does catering as well.
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5 Motion by Councilmember Walker, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution
6 20-013; a Resolution Approving a Wine/Strong Beer License for Carbone's Pizzeria located at
7 2700 39th Avenue NE.
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9 Motion carried 5-0.
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11 D. Ordinance 2020-01; an Ordinance Amending Chapter 150 of the City Code concerning
12 access to multi -family house structures by United States Census Bureau Employees.
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14 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that the City is
15 partnering with the State of Minnesota Demographer's office to ensure a complete count in the
16 2020 Census.
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18 Councilmember Randle asked upon access to the multi -family housing, is this a one-time
19 approach or will it continue to come back on multiple occasions. City Manager Casey indicated
20 he was not sure how many times it will be but in order to achieve their goal and the goal is to be
21 able to have this done electronically. Follow ups will be done with those that were not done
22 electronically and there is a certain point where the Census Bureau will stop coming around.
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24 Councilmember Randle indicated he has always wondered how accurate the Census counts were.
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26 Councilmember Webster appreciated City Manager Casey bringing this issue to the Council.
27 One of the other undercounted groups known is families with children birth to age five and in
28 2018 when the birth data was looked at for all of the babies born in St. Anthony, fifty-five
29 percent of the babies born were to families who live in apartment communities. She appreciated
30 the support and thought this will benefit the entire community.
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32 Mayor Stille indicated this is exacerbated by the fact that St. Anthony does have a lot of multi-
33 family housing and that is the type of housing and residents, people who occupy multi -family
34 housing are the ones that are most likely to be undercounted.
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36 Mayor Stille asked if there was anyone in the audience wishing to speak. No one came forward.
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38 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve the first
39 reading of Ordinance 2020-01; an Ordinance Amending Chapter 150 of the City Code
40 concerning access to multi -family house structures by United States Census Bureau Employees.
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42 Motion carried 5-0.
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44 E. Resolution 20-014; a Resolution Establishing an Absentee Ballot Board for the 2020
45 Election Year.
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February 11, 2020
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1 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that since 2016, St.
2 Anthony Village had been able to designate the ballot board responsibility to Ramsey County for
3 all of the City of St. Anthony's ballots, however new this year, Ramsey County will only be
4 accepting and rejecting for Ramsey County and the City's absentee ballot board with accepting
5 and rejecting for Hennepin County.
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7 Councilmember Jenson asked because this is a change will it be heavily advertised the fact there
8 is a change and will need to vote in the County lived in. City Manager Casey indicated the
9 resident will still be able to go to their normal precinct but when coming into City Hall to do the
10 pre -voting that is when it will be distinguished.
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12 Mayor Stille asked if there was anyone in the audience wishing to speak. No one came forward.
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14 Motion by Councilmember Walker, seconded by Councilmember Webster, to approve
15 Resolution 20-014; a Resolution Establishing an Absentee Ballot Board for the 2020 Election
16 Year.
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18 Motion carried 5-0.
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20 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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22 City Manager Casey reported that the next Council meeting has been moved from Tuesday,
23 February 25th to Wednesday February 26th at the same time due to caucuses on February 25th.
24 He also noted this Saturday, February 15th is Coffee with the Council and will be held at 9:00am
25 at Autumn Woods. He stated periodically the City Staff and School Board Staff get together for
26 an opportunity to work on different things. Last Friday both groups got together and talked
27 about what each department does and what is happening at the schools. He thought this helps
28 strengthen the culture and the relationship. He thought this was a very successful outing and
29 helped build relationships.
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31 Councilmember Jenson stated he did not have anything to report.
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33 Councilmember Walker stated as Commissioner of North Suburban Communications
34 Commission and North Suburban Access Corporation he met with Dana Healy to get acquainted
35 over tea this past week.
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37 Councilmember Webster stated she had two announcements from the Chamber of Commerce as
38 Council Liaison. On February 12th at 10:30am there is a ribbon cutting and grand opening of
39 Hickory Hog, which is located in the Silver Lake Village development. The Chamber is also
40 seeking applications for Business of the Year and Village of the Year and are due by February
41 27th. She wanted to thank City Manager Casey for continuing to work with Dr. Corneille,
42 Superintendent, to foster those relationships and partnerships between the schools and City staff.
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44 Councilmember Randle indicated he did not have anything to report.
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February 11, 2020
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1 Mayor Stille stated on January 31 St, he attended coffee with the Chamber and talked about the
2 City, Walmart and other items. On February 10th he attended the Regional Council of Mayors
3 and Charlie Zelle was at the meeting, Chair of the Metropolitan Council and he touched on many
4 items. He thought it was really good to see the Chair's perspective on and what background he
5 brings to that position. He indicated the League of Minnesota Cities and Metropolitan
6 Municipalities was also there, talking specifically about the fees associated with developers.
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8 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM.
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10 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that
11 are not on the regular agenda.
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13 Hearing none, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda.
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15 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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17 None.
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19 X. ADJOURNMENT.
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21 Mayor Stille adjourned the meeting at 7:40 p.m.
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24 Respectfully submitted,
25 Sue Osbeck
26 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.
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29 ATTEST:
30 City C erk
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