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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 022620201 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 February 26, 2020 4 5 CALL TO ORDER. 6 7 Mayor Stille called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 8 9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 10 11 Mayor Stille invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 13 ROLL CALL. 14 15 Present: Mayor Stille, Councilmembers Jenson, Randle, Walker and Webster. 16 Absent: None 17 Also Present: City Manager Mark Casey. 18 Guests: Parks & Recreation Commission Chairperson Therese Bellinger. 19 20 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 21 ITEMS. 22 23 I. APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 26, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 24 25 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City 26 Council Meeting Agenda of February 26, 2020. 27 28 Motion carried 5-0. 29 30 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS — NONE. 31 32 III. CONSENT AGENDA. 33 34 A. Approve February 11, 2020, Council meeting minutes. 35 B. Licenses and permits. 36 C. Claims. 37 38 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the 39 Consent Agenda items. 40 41 Motion carried 5-0. 42 43 IV. PUBLIC HEARING. 44 45 A. Resolution 20-021; a Resolution Approving On -Sale Liquor License for Steele and Hops 46 located at 2800 39th Avenue NE. 47 48 Mayor Stille opened the public hearing at 7:06 p.m. 49 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 26, 2020 Page 2 1 City Manager Casey reviewed the Resolution approving an On -Sale Intoxicating Liquor License 2 for Steele & Hops located at 2800 39th Avenue NE 3 4 Mr. Bob Kinsella, owner Steele & Hops, addressed the City Council. 5 6 Councilmember Jenson complimented Mr. Kinsella on the business and thought it would be a 7 good fit in St. Anthony. He asked what type of food format this will be. Mr. Kinsella explained 8 it will be similar to their restaurant in Woodbury, Tamarack Taproom and also their Barley and 9 Vine Restaurant in Lakeville. These menus will find success especially in a little more suburban 10 setting like this and there will be a mixture of offerings and price points. 11 12 Councilmember Randle asked what the seating capacity is. Mr. Kinsella thought it was around 13 150 to 180 but was not sure at this time. 14 15 Councilmember Webster welcomed the business to St. Anthony and noted the Chamber of 16 Commerce likes to do ribbon cuttings and informed Mr. Kinsella as the opening day nears to 17 contact the City in order to help plan that with the Chamber of Commerce. 18 19 Councilmember Walker explained he did have a chance to look at the menu being offered, and 20 he did like the options being offered for people who do not eat meat. He also liked that the 21 business will be open until 11:00 p.m. 22 23 Mayor Stille welcomed the business to the community. He asked Mr. Kinsella to comment on 24 community involvement because he thought that it was a big part of what the business is about as 25 well. Mr. Kinsella indicated the restaurant does well at hiring from the area and young kids 26 looking for their first job. He stated they love bringing those kids into the restaurant 27 environment and want to make sure it is positive for them and a positive experience. Some other 28 things that have been done, which is different at each location and what the community asks of 29 them, the restaurant will do fundraisers for teams and schools. He reviewed some of the events 30 that are done at their different restaurants and locations. 31 32 There being no additional public input, Mayor Stille closed the public hearing at 7:17 p.m. 33 34 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Webster, to approve Resolution 35 20-021; a Resolution Approving On -Sale Liquor License for Steele and Hops located at 2800 36 39th Avenue NE. 37 38 Motion carried 5-0. 39 40 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF — NONE. 41 42 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 43 44 A. 2020 Parks & Environmental Commission Work Plan. 45 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 26, 2020 Page 3 1 City Manager Casey stated the City Council is requested to approve the 2020 Parks & 2 Environmental Commission Work Plan. 3 4 Parks & Environmental Commission Chair Bellinger made a presentation to the City Council on 5 the 2020 Parks & Environmental Commission Work Plan. 6 7 Councilmember Randle asked for elaboration on the item "Explore Central Park Solar 8 Demonstration Project". 9 10 Chair Bellinger indicated that was something that the Citizens for Sustainability introduced to 11 them and the Commission does not have the details yet and will be talking about it. It is going to 12 be a demonstration type of solar system in the park. 13 14 City Manager Casey explained the placement where the solar array will go would be ultimately 15 up to the Council. 16 17 Mayor Stille stated the City Council has heard from the Planning Commission regarding their 18 work plan and now from the Parks & Environmental Commission and the City never used to 19 have these workplans but this has been a good framework and sets the tone for the Commissions 20 purpose. 21 22 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve the 2020 23 Parks & Environmental Commission Work Plan. 24 25 Motion carried 5-0. 26 27 B. Ordinance 2020-01; an Ordinance Amending Chapter 150 of the City Code Concerning 28 Access to Multi -Family House Structures by United States Census Bureau Employees. 29 30 City Manager Casey reviewed the Ordinance with the Council and indicated that this is the 31 second reading amending Chapter 150 of the City Code concerning access to multi -unit housing 32 structures by United States Census Bureau employees. 33 34 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to advance to the 35 third reading of Ordinance 2020-01; an Ordinance Amending Chapter 150 of the City Code 36 concerning access to multi -family house structures by United States Census Bureau Employees. 37 38 Motion carried 5-0. 39 40 C. 2020 Strategic Plan. 41 42 City Manager Casey reviewed the 2020 Strategic Plan with the City Council. 43 44 Councilmember Jenson stated when the City Council participated in the two-day event there was 45 a lot of input from everyone that attended and participated which made for a very robust process 46 that was conducted. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 26, 2020 Page 4 1 2 Councilmember Walker explained there was discussion about the mission statement and the 3 vision statement and in the document, it says that no changes were made, and he was curious if 4 that was final or could there be future discussion, or will things stay as they are. Mr. Casey 5 stated in regard to the document stating no changes were made, as of what was presented in 2019 6 Strategic Plan and a couple of years before that compared to what is presently in front of the 7 Council there were no changes that were made so that would reflect why that comment was 8 made. In regard to the question of if there are opportunities for that, it would be up to the City 9 Council as policy makers to see if that discussion should be revisited. He believed that the 10 facilitator that led it, stated his opinion and talked a little on Friday morning that there are 11 organizations that do take a look at their mission and vision and the amount of time it takes to 12 make sure it gets its just due of conversation because those are the guiding direction for this 13 organization and is something that should have a lot of dialogue and time to make sure it is done 14 carefully in regard to any changes. 15 16 Councilmember Walker stated at the Thursday session there was a comment regarding the term 17 inclusion and the document Mr. Casey sent out it was noted that the word was too political, and 18 he was not sure exactly what that meant. Mr. Casey stated the comments that are being referred 19 to is discussions throughout the sessions on Thursday, the facilitator, as he led the discussions 20 used several big white pieces of paper to try to capture what the discussions were. The facilitator 21 offered to type up the information on the white sheets into a document. He noted the information 22 was documented but he was not sure who said the comment or how it was stated in the 23 discussion. 24 25 Councilmember Randle indicated the comment was made by him and he stood by that comment. 26 He stated inclusion today has been used so much as a political buzzword to the point that people 27 do not actually know what it means anymore. He noted that is only from his standpoint. What 28 he wanted was for someone to talk and tell him what the City needs to do to be more inclusive or 29 how does the City feel it is not being inclusive. 30 31 Councilmember Webster thanked Mr. Casey and his staff to planning the goal setting. She 32 appreciated the reports from the Department Heads to help her understand what will be on the 33 Council's radar a year, three years, five years and ten years from now. 34 35 Mayor Stille reviewed the process that the two-day strategic plan meeting involved. 36 37 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the 2020 38 Strategic Plan. 39 40 Motion carried 5-0. 41 42 C. St. Anthony Administration Department Annual Report. 43 44 City Manager Casey presented the St. Anthony Administration Department's annual report to the 45 City Council. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 26, 2020 Page 5 1 Councilmember Webster asked for clarification on the age of the demographics with twenty 2 percent of the population were children. Mr. Casey stated the twenty percent are birth to five. 3 4 Councilmember Walker asked approximately how long the tour of the City takes. Mr. Casey 5 explained the process and indicated the time depends on how many questions are asked and 6 information requested. 7 8 Mayor Stille thanked Mr. Casey and all of the staff for the hard work done on this report. 9 10 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 11 12 Councilmember Webster stated she attended Coffee with the Council at Autumn Woods with 13 Mayor Stille on Saturday, February 15th. There were about a dozen community members that 14 attended that event. She really liked the event and getting to know people. She also noted on 15 February 21 St, Metro Cities hosted a session put on by the Minnesota Housing Departments on 16 how to access State resources for affordable housing. There was some remarkable data on the 17 shortage of housing across the State along with the shortage of affordable housing as well. One 18 of the pieces shared at the event was for senior age 65 to 74, that is the least likely age group to 19 move and the trends are certainly showing aging in place. She also indicated she has a goal to 20 meet with all of the department heads and has appreciated meeting with Chief Mangseth, and 21 Ms. Rueckert the City's Finance Director along with Mr. Hartman the Public Works Director. 22 Two things she has appreciated about those meetings is it has allowed her to learn more about 23 their commitment, not only to the City but to the residents as well and it has also been fun to 24 learn more about their three, five- and ten-year goals for their departments. 25 26 Councilmember Randle stated on behalf of Sister Cities they are still looking for residents who 27 are willing to host their friends from Salo and if anyone is interested in hosting to contact himself 28 or Bonnie Breuer or anyone from Sister Cities. He noted the date's needs are July 25, 2020 to 29 August 4, 2020. 30 31 Mayor Stille stated on February 12, 2020 he attended the Hickory Hog ribbon cutting ceremony 32 and this is a unique business that started out of a food truck. He noted this is a homegrown 33 product and the food is really good. 34 35 Councilmember Jenson stated on February 14th he attended the Ramsey County Local League of 36 Governments and at the meeting were guest speakers Susan Brower, the State Demographer and 37 Julie Woods, the Ramsey County Policy Director, and they are part of this Complete Count 38 Committee that is represented by the State and talked a lot about how the State is going to ensure 39 access to apartment buildings for the Census. There was also talk about expanding or developing 40 the strategic direction on moving community engagement activities. He explained on February 41 15th he also attended the Coffee with the Council event. Three things talked about were trying to 42 understand the affordable housing system and process how that works and there was talk about 43 some developments and identification along Kenzie Terrace and advertising on fencing. Plus, 44 the group really wanted to make a point that a lot of good things that are happening in St. 45 Anthony that could be better published. He thought it was a very good meeting. He stated on 46 February 20th he attended the Metro Cities Board of Directors meeting and the guest speaker City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 26, 2020 Page 6 1 there was Charlie Zelle, new Met Council Chair, and his discussion covered a lot of territory but 2 mainly focused on improving regional efficiency in infrastructure accountability. He thought the 3 Met Council is going to have their hands full but will certainly has an aggressive agenda to 4 accomplish some things that will be measured. 5 6 Mayor Stille stated on February 20th the City Manager, Police Chief, and himself met with the 7 City Administrator and the Mayor of Lauderdale to have a once a year get together to see how 8 things are working and if anything can be improved. It was a very good meeting. 9 10 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 11 12 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 13 are not on the regular agenda. 14 15 Hearing none, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda. 16 17 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 18 19 None. 20 21 X. ADJOURNMENT. 22 23 Mayor Stille adjourned the meeting at 8:14 p.m. 24 25 26 Respectfully submitted, 27 Sue Osbeck 28 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 29 310ATTEST: �Gttr 32 Cit lerk