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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 051220201 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 MAY 12, 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, City Planner Stephen Grittman, Assistant to the City 18 Manager Charlie Yunker and Police Chief Jon Mangseth. 19 Guests: None 20 21 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 22 ITEMS. 23 24 I. APPROVAL OF May 12, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 25 26 Mayor Stille added Item 6c (Resolution Extending Period of Local Emergency) 27 28 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City 29 Council Meeting Agenda of May 12, 2020 as amended. 30 31 Motion carried 5-0. 32 33 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS — NONE. 34 35 III. CONSENT AGENDA. 36 37 A. Approve April 28, 2020, Council meeting minutes. 38 B. Licenses and permits. 39 C. Claims. 40 D. Resolution 20-044; a Resolution Approving A Request to keep three (3) female chickens 41 in an R-1 zoning district at 3509 31st Avenue. 42 E. Resolution 20-045; a Resolution regarding Renewal of Municipal Insurance Coverage 43 and the Non -Waiver of Tort Liability for the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust. 44 45 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the Consent 46 Agenda items. 47 48 Motion carried 5-0. 49 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2020 Page 2 1 2 IV. PUBLIC HEARING — NONE. 3 4 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 5 6 A. Resolution 20-046; a Resolution Approving the request for a preliminary and final plat as 7 "Silver Lake Village 3rd Addition", creating two development parcels subject to the 8 regulations of the Silver Lake Village PUD at 3800 Silver Lake Road 9 10 City Planner Grittman reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that the 11 recommendation is based on a finding that the proposal, with the conditions cited, is consistent 12 with the requirements for Plat consideration as required by the Subdivision Ordinance, with the 13 long-term objectives of the Silver Lake Village PUD, and with the recommendations and policies 14 of the St. Anthony Comprehensive Plan. 15 16 Councilmember Randle stated he was confused about the units and if they are connected to the 17 outlot. Mr. Grittman indicated there are no units on outlot B, that is Salo Pond and park area as 18 currently planned now. 19 20 Mayor Stille explained he would vouch for the context of this particular project. 496 units on 21 one site to be built all at once on one parcel is a lot. Having the capability for the developer to 22 split this in half and maybe having one lender do the first phase and one do the second phase 23 provides liquidity and enhances the chances of success here for the project and he did not see a 24 downside for the City. He thought this was a very reasonable request in his mind. 25 26 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve Resolution 27 20-046; a Resolution Approving the request for a preliminary and final plat as "Silver Lake 28 Village 3`d Addition", creating two development parcels subject to the regulations of the Silver 29 Lake Village PUD at 3800 Silver Lake Road. 30 31 Councilmember Jenson explained he support this resolution because the final PUD requirements 32 will continue to apply and the full build out of the project will be required to comply with the 33 terms of the approved PUD. 34 35 Motion carried 5-0. 36 37 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 38 39 A. Resolution 20-047: a Resolution Ordering Preparation of Feasibility Report for 2021 40 Street and Utility Improvements. 41 42 City Engineer Messner reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that staff 43 recommends approving the resolution and including the Sanitary Sewer Capacity Improvements 44 identified in the recently completed Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) that was 45 completed as part of the Silver Lake Village Redevelopment Project. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2020 Page 3 1 Councilmember Webster appreciated as looking at future developments in the community how 2 that may put pressure on the City's sanitary sewer and learning about the engineer's process in 3 identifying those areas and locating areas in which need improvement along Chandler Drive and 4 the Crossroad lift station. She also appreciated how clear the projects schedule is. 5 6 Mayor Stille asked Mr. Messner to go back to the lift station slide, he indicated the City typically 7 does a street project a year and most recently the City has not only had a full street project but 8 now some mill and overlays and it is becoming more common as people are following the annual 9 projects. The funding sources get more dynamic and he understood this is the first meeting, but 10 he wondered if Mr. Messner has identified any funding sources for this particular project because 11 this serves a little different segment of the area. Mr. Casey explained with a traditional street 12 project the City uses a 429, General Obligation Bonds, and then there is an assessment that goes 13 against that and it defrays some of the costs along with the regular costs and then they are put 14 onto people's property taxes. With this pipe bursting project of enlarging the sanitary sewer 15 capacity, part of the feasibility study will be looking at the sources and uses as staff works its 16 way through the projects. The source for this would be actually coming from an existing Tax 17 Increment Financing (TIF) pooling dollars that would be available to the City for any project that 18 is located in Ramsey County so as staff comes forward as it is bringing these to a little bit more 19 finer tune and have an opportunity to get a sense of what the estimated cost would be for those 20 staff will also be able to bring back what is anticipated the sources to be able to fund those uses. 21 22 Mayor Stille agreed and thought there had to be some TIF involved because this is not a typical 23 assessment arrangement that the City would have with adjacent landowners. 24 25 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 26 20-047; a Resolution Ordering Preparation of Feasibility Report for 2021 Street and Utility 27 Improvements. 28 29 Motion carried 5-0. 30 31 B. St. Anthony Police Department Annual Report. 32 33 Police Chief Mangseth presented the St. Anthony Police Department Annual Report to the City 34 Council. 35 36 Councilmember Walker thanked Chief Mangseth for the report and review and appreciated the 37 work Chief Mangseth and his staff is doing during the Pandemic and something to commend. 38 He indicated he liked the fact that is was mentioned the Police Department is not just about 39 enforcing the law but also taking care of people. He thought that would be a good mission 40 statement in some sense. He thought that was incredibly important to emphasis that it is an 41 important need in any community to take care of the citizen, whether with mental health or some 42 other crisis. He also appreciated the work that is being done. 43 44 Councilmember Walker asked in regard to training if Chief Mangseth could expand on the 45 elected training and what that would look like. Chief Mangseth explained elective training for 46 the officers could stem from pursuits that they are wanting to actively partake in as it relates to City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2020 Page 4 1 their other positions on the department. He reviewed some elective training that the officers can 2 take. 3 4 Councilmember Walker asked if there is a way to find out how St. Anthony Police Department is 5 doing compared to other municipalities of same size and demographics. Chief Mangseth 6 explained it be more of a matter of looking at the City agency and statistics and then going to a 7 specific City of similar size and requesting their data and then doing a comparison. 8 9 Councilmember Webster thanked Chief Mangseth for sharing his reports. She thanked him for 10 partnering the Lights on Microgrants Program and offering the repair vouchers. She also 11 thanked the Police Department for partnering with Diversion Solutions. She asked for more 12 information on some of the bias training that the officers undertook. Chief Mangseth reviewed 13 the training programs with the Council. 14 15 Councilmember Jenson stated regarding the Train the Trainer Training, his experience in that 16 with working in the corporate world, when you have to go and learn something and then in turn 17 train someone else the effectiveness of what you have learned is much more enhanced and really 18 expands your bandwidth in how you go about training additional people. He compliments the 19 Chief on that process and for doing that. 20 21 Mayor Stille thanked Chief Mangseth for the presentation and wished he could make all of the 22 residents read the report because the residents would then find a well thought out and sincere 23 message and a lot about the City's officers. He read a paragraph from the presentation that he 24 thought really ties the Police Department all into the City. He indicated the paragraph really 25 struck him and what the City is trying to do and transcends down to training. He stated the 26 booklet talks about training and the four pillars of procedural justice and ties those in. Fairness, 27 voice, transparency, and impartiality. He encouraged the residents to take a minute to look at 28 this document and see what is learned. He called out a few of the officers that contributed to 29 this. He explained it was an honor for him to sit in the Mayor's chair today and offer the Police 30 Department the Council's full support going forward and he thanked the Chief for all his hard 31 work and the City appreciates it. 32 33 Chief Mangseth indicated it is a privilege to lead that fine group, they are the boots on the 34 ground, the rubber that meets the road, these individuals are the ones that represent them in the 35 most positive way every day. 36 37 C. Resolution 20-048; a Resolution Extending Period of Local Emergency. 38 39 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that this resolution 40 would coincide with the State Local Emergency period. 41 42 Motion by Councilmember Walker, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 43 20-048; a Resolution Extending Period of Local Emergency. 44 45 Motion carried 5-0. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2020 Page 5 1 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 2 3 City Manager Casey reported that both liquor stores are open and operational. Both open at 4 10:00 am until 8:00 pm, Monday through Saturday. 5 6 Councilmember Walker stated he did an interview for CTV. 7 8 Councilmember Jenson stated on April 30, he participated with Metro Cities Annual conference 9 and leading into that meeting there was another discussion about Metro Cities is working with 10 the Legislature to develop a policy to support local funding as a part of the Cares Funding Act so 11 that the State's portion can be received into the Cities. Also at the Annual meeting, there was l 2 elections of the president, vice-president and four returning members. On May 4, he attended the 13 City Worksession with four items that were discussed. On May 8, Ramsey County Local League 14 of Governments had their monthly meeting which was a round table discussion about each 15 member City or Organization and what they are doing about COVID-19. He also took a Zoom 16 seminar on leadership skills refresher course for City elected officials. 17 18 Councilmember Webster stated St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce sent out guidelines that 19 were created and distributed by Target Corporations for how businesses can safely open and they 20 actually received this document from Mayor Stille who received it from attending the Regional 21 Council of Mayors. 22 23 Mayor Stille stated the document is something that Target put a lot thought into and is about how 24 to open up their retail facilities. He stated on May 4th he also attended the Worksession and there 25 was discussion about turf and speed limits. He reminded the public that at work sessions the 26 Council does not make any formal decisions but that was discussed, and the consensus of the 27 Council was to bring that topic back to the next Council meeting on the 4th Tuesday in May. On 28 May 11, he attended the Regional Council of Mayors and one component was Target's 29 presentation. He also heard from Doctor Craig Shield with Blue Cross/Blue Shield who is a 30 sponsor of the Regional Council of Mayors regarding embracing health implications of 31 community desire and what it means for physical, mental and social health and how does the 32 Council plan so that they can build equity into the infrastructure. 33 34 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 35 36 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 37 are not on the regular agenda. 38 39 City Manager Casey indicated he had one online form submittal from Ms. Erin Jordahl-Redlin, 40 3012 Armour Terrace, that read "Regarding the School District's proposal to install artificial turf 4l on the football field, if the City Council votes to financially support the proposal, will funding 42 for other City services be reduced to pay for the turf. Will our taxes be increased on community 43 members to fill the hole in the budget created by extending the Community Center lease 44 payments to pay for the turf project. Is the City planning to help for the ongoing maintenance 45 costs of the turf project, is the City planning on helping to pay for the costs of replacing the turf 46 when it is necessary to do so, what are the environmental mitigation plans for replacing the turf. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2020 Page 6 1 Why does the City feel confident that now is the time to move forward with the installation of 2 artificial turf on the football field during a pandemic and without broad community discussion." 3 4 Mayor Stille indicated normally during community forum there is no comment from the Council 5 but because this was thought about, there should be some response offered. The 2022 budget 6 discussion is going to take place in 2021 and there could be a $32,000 gap if this is approved and 7 the Council will be discussing how that gap is filled at that point in time. With regard to 8 maintenance costs he did not have any expectations that the City would be helping fund the 9 maintenance of the turf. He explained the City would not be obligated to replace the turf. He 10 noted the environmental mitigation plans is a School District question and he thought maybe at 11 the next meeting the City Athletic Director, Troy Urdahl and Superintendent Renee Corneille 12 could come and answer those questions. 13 14 Ms. Lona Doolan, 3511 Harding Street, stated she listened to the Worksession last week and 15 regarding the turf replacement discussion she has not heard anyone talk about the long-term 16 plans for the turf replacement. She understood that it is a ten-year life span and she thought it 17 was important to look at and ask questions about how the City is going to actually dispose of a 18 football field sized amount of trash which is not recyclable. She also wondered why this 19 decision needed to be made now when there are many unknowns about returning to school and 20 what community play will look like this fall. She thought that given the number of people 21 currently out of work and the acknowledgement of what the City and School may be facing in 22 terms of what needs to be done to adjust the facilities, it might worth asking if the discussion 23 could be deferred until everyone is back to functioning within normal parameters. She knew that 24 Dr. Corneille talked about using levy sources as a part of the funding and she wondered what 25 happened if future capital investment is needed to make the facilities safe for return and the 26 source of funds is not there. 27 28 Ms. Doolan noted at the Worksession there was also discussion about speed limits and she was 29 happy to hear the Council was being proactive about this opportunity and she supported both the 30 initial change to the twenty-five miles per hour as well as taking up a study to look at can it go 31 lower to twenty in some parts of the City. With the change in demographics there are so many 32 more young kids biking and walking along the streets and it seems more appropriate to consider 33 twenty miles per hour in some parts of the streets, particularly ones with no sidewalks. 34 35 Mr. Paul White wondered what the City's role was regarding the turf project if it is really the 36 School District's project. He also asked whether the City requires there be paired review studies 37 on some of what Ms. Doolan talked about, the environmental and project lifespan. 38 39 Hearing no one else, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda. 40 41 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 42 43 Mayor Stille encouraged people to get online and fill out the Census. 44 45 X. ADJOURNMENT. 46 1 2 3 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2020 Page 7 Mayor Stille adjourned the meeting at 8:51 p.m. 4 Respectfully submitted, 5 Sue Osbeck 6 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 7 8 .® 9 ATTEST: 10 City lerk