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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 102720201 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 OCTOBER 27, 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: Interim City Manager Charlie Yunker, and City Planner Stephen Grittman. 18 Guests: Liza Donabauer, DDA Human Resources, Inc. and Chris Christopherson and Anthony 19 Earsom, The Official Restaurant. 20 21 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 22 ITEMS. 23 24 I. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 27, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 25 26 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City 27 Council Meeting Agenda of October 27, 2020. 28 29 Motion carried 5-0. 30 31 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS — NONE. 32 33 III. CONSENT AGENDA. 34 35 A. Approve October 13, 2020, Council meeting minutes. 36 B. Licenses and permits. 37 C. Claims. 38 D. Resolution 20-080; a Resolution Approving State of Minnesota Joint Powers agreement 39 with the City of St. Anthony for the use of systems and tools available over the state's 40 criminal justice data communications network; and subscriber amendment. 41 42 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the 43 Consent Agenda items. 44 45 Motion carried 5-0. 46 47 IV. PUBLIC HEARING — NONE. 48 49 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 27, 2020 Page 2 1 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 2 3 A. Resolution 20-081; a Resolution Approving a Request for a Preliminary Plan Stage PUD. 4 constituting an amendment to the Silver Lake Village PUD, for the Interstate 5 Development Multi -family residential project of 38 dwelling units at 3725 Stinson 6 Boulevard NE. 7 8 City Planner Grittman reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that the applicant 9 has submitted updated exterior plans since the Planning Commission's review. Staff is 10 recommending approval of the Preliminary Plan Stage PUD with the conditions outlined in the 11 staff report. 12 13 Councilmember Walker asked in regard to Condition 14 he asked for background on why there 14 was no consensus on that. Mr. Grittman indicated Condition 14 was not presented to the 15 Planning Commission originally but was one of the discussion points that a couple of Planning 16 Commissioners raised as being one of the items that held them back from voting in the 17 affirmative for the project. 18 19 Councilmember Walker asked if the City Council required this what would be the pros and cons. 20 Mr. Grittman thought the pro would be that there would be a mechanism in place that would 21 ensure that affordability would be a part of this project. The con would be that a mechanism 22 would need to be created in order to monitor that, which staff does not have in place right now. 23 24 Councilmember Webster asked for clarification on what the regulatory process would be for the 25 City. Mr. Grittman reviewed the reporting requirement for the affordability aspect of the project. 26 27 Councilmember Jenson asked what analysis was performed to determine that water run off 28 would not be a problem. Mr. Grittman indicated one of the aspects of this project is it would 29 have its own storm water retention under the parking lot. 30 31 Mr. Michael Holst, Lead Developer for the project addressed the City Council. 32 33 Mayor Stille asked if anyone would like to address the City Council. No one wished to address 34 the City Council. 35 36 Councilmember Jenson explained in reviewing the data put together by the Planning 37 Commission, this developer is targeting people with incomes of $40,000 a year range and he was 38 in favor of St. Anthony trying to move forward with this concept. He thought it was a small 39 project, but it will give them a good idea if this will have good application in the future. He liked 40 the idea of holding the price down where the City does not have to subsidize the developer. He 41 thought this was well thought out and was in favor of this concept. 42 43 Councilmember Randle explained he also liked the project and thought it was very well thought 44 out. His concern was with the parking, but it seemed like that has been resolved. There is no 45 TIF which is always a plus and the fact that the developer is being creative with this project to City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 27, 2020 Page 3 1 make it work which he appreciated. He was looking forward to seeing how this project works 2 out and indicated he was in favor of this as well. 1 3 4 Councilmember Webster stated one of things she was most interested on this project is in 5 February she attended a session put on by the Minnesota Department of Housing and they talked 6 about the shortage of housing across Minnesota and specifically the shortage of workforce 7 housing. She thought this addressed some of St. Anthony's needs for housing. She thought this 8 was a good option in closing the gap of the housing shortage. She also explained she was 9 particularly intune with this project because it is more on the affordable side and looking at folks 10 making $15-$20 an hour, this will provide an affordable housing option in the community. 11 12 Mayor Stille indicated he was ok with this project for a number of different reasons. It is really 13 intriguing about the market rate. He liked that there were no City or State subsidies on this 14 project. He thought the modular was cutting edge as well. 15 16 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 17 20-081; a Resolution Approving a Request for a Preliminary Plan Stage PUD, Constituting an 18 Amendment to the Silver Lake Village PUD, for the Interstate Development Multi -Family 19 Residential Project of 38 Dwelling Units at 3725 Stinson Boulevard NE with the conditions in 20 the staff report dated October 27, 2020. 21 22 Motion carried 5-0. 23 24 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 25 26 A. Approval of Position Profile for City Manager Recruitment. 27 28 Ms. Liza Donabauer, DDA Human Resources, Inc. reviewed the position profile with the 29 Council. 30 31 Mayor Stille noted under priorities/projects/goals of the new manager, the third bullet point 32 states "...Initiate a community survey to gauge the resident's vision for the community...", that is 33 kind of a goal setting action step, if it gets there, but he did not think the Council has really 34 talked about a survey. He did not want to make it sound like that is the direction the Council is 35 going down necessarily and that it is approved. He might be ok with a survey in the future, but 36 his point was this has not been talked about yet. 37 38 Councilmember Webster explained when she saw that she did think certainly for a new City 39 Manager coming in it is helpful to gather information from the community and the residents to 40 find out more about the services currently being offered, where resident satisfaction is with those 41 services and she thought it is a great opportunity to learn more about what the areas for 42 development and areas that can be strengthened in the City. She saw that as a ninety day, or 120 43 day plan that leaders have when coming into an organization to really get a sense of the 44 organization. Mayor Stille explained he was saying that the Council should indicate doing a 45 survey instead of putting it out there without discussion or a goal setting session. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 27, 2020 Page 4 1 Councilmember Webster wondered how a new City Manager will get the data in order to set 2 goals without having access to a community survey. Mayor Stille explained goal setting is done 3 the first week in January and a City Manager will not be hired until the end of January so the 4 Council can talk about it then and did not think it needed to be a part of the profile because it has 5 not been discussed. 6 7 Councilmember Jenson was not sure how the Council would even structure that because he 8 thought the responsibility of the survey should come from the Council and not from the City 9 Manager. Mayor Stille thought that was a point as well and the Council has not decided on that 10 yet. 11 12 Ms. Donabauer asked if there was a possibility of changing how the sentence is presented such 13 as "The potential City Manager would lead discussion on the potential of a community survey." 14 Mayor Stille stated that would be fine as long as it does not look like it has been approved 15 already, which is the issue he has with the sentence. Councilmember Jenson agreed. Ms. 16 Donabauer indicated she would change the document to accurately reflect the needs of the City 17 Council. 18 19 Councilmember Webster asked how it might be added into the profile the flexibility where the 20 potential City Manger could come in and have an opportunity to engage in a data gathering 21 process and perhaps present that plan to Council and also provide some financial resources that 22 would be necessary in which to engage in that data gathering role. Ms. Donabauer indicated that 23 might be able to be covered in the sentence before. 24 25 Mayor Stille thought this should be put aside and discussed at the goal setting session. 26 27 Ms. Donabauer reviewed the salary range for the potential City Manager with the City Council. 28 29 Councilmember Randle indicated he did not like the high end of the salary range but speaking 30 with staff about it he was a more comfortable with it but still not comfortable with the amount. 31 Ms. Donabauer asked what Councilmember Randle's comfort level would be. 32 33 Councilmember Randle indicated he was not comfortable with the high end of this salary range 34 at this point and thought it should be lower. Ms. Donabauer indicated the range represents the 35 life span of the position and the earning power there. She noted a candidate that applies for this 36 position never comes in anticipating asking for the top range because then there is no room to 37 grow, however it does show them the room they have to grow. Councilmember Randle thought 38 that helped and was fair. 39 40 Councilmember Jenson explained he was looking at the ranges provided and thought the low end 41 listed was on the high side for a low end. Ms. Donabauer explained the salary range was the 42 information that was presented to her from staff. She did not know where the range comes from. 43 44 Mayor Stille asked Ms. Donabauer to explain what the difference is between a City Manager and 45 a City Administrator. Ms. Donabauer reviewed the roles and differences between them. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 27, 2020 Page 5 1 Councilmember Walker thanked Ms. Donabauer for the clarification because he was wondering 2 as well because he thought the salary range was high as well but now that the City Manager 3 position has been clarified he indicated he was more comfortable with the range. 4 5 Ms. Donabauer reviewed the job description with the City Council. 6 7 Councilmember Jenson indicated under education on the job description, it is not brought up that 8 a master's degree would be preferable which he felt it would be from his perspective. 9 Councilmember Webster indicated under the category "Desirable Job Qualifications", Master's 10 degree in Business Administration is listed. 11 12 Ms. Donabauer reviewed the search timeline with the Council. 13 14 The Council preferred January 19th and 20th for interviews but was fine with the rest of the 15 timeline given in the staff report. 16 17 B. Resolution 20-082., a Resolution Approving a Special Event Permit submitted by The 18 Unofficial located at 3701 NE Stinson Blvd for tailgating events on multiple dates. 19 20 Interim City Manager Yunker reviewed the resolution with the Council. 21 22 Councilmember Walker asked what the timeframe was for past events. He wondered if those 23 events were pre-COVID. Mr. Yunker indicated that was correct. Councilmember Walker 24 explained the reason he asked is because that is a significant difference with those events versus 25 what is being requested now. He asked what the specific guidelines would be in terms of the 26 Pandemic and also how would the parking lot be structured for these events. Mr. Yunker 27 indicated there is a map in the packet showing the parking lot layout. He noted every other 28 parking space will be blocked off to separate the groups and it will be outside. 29 30 Councilmember Walker asked if there would be an expectation beyond that for those who show 31 up. Mr. Yunker indicated that was not specifically noted in the staff report but from staff's 32 perspective he assumed the Official would be following the same guidelines that they have to 33 follow now under operating as a restaurant both with patrons inside as well as outside on the 34 patio. 35 36 Councilmember Webster indicated one of the thoughts she had as she was looking through the 37 staff report was to add the additional guidelines that were imposed from the Minnesota Attorney 38 General's office last Summer regarding public gatherings. She wondered, as a Council, if the 39 request is approved there may be additional requests, guidelines or limitations placed by other 40 governing agencies in the State. She thought this was something the Council needed to consider 41 as well. 42 43 Mr. Chris Christopherson, applicant, indicated he could only speak to the regulations that are 44 currently in place and the bourdon would be on them to shift on the fly, if necessary. He thought 45 that was something they have all learned to do over the past few months. Mr. Anthony Earsom, City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 27, 2020 Page 6 1 General Manager for the Official reviewed the proposed plan for the restaurant during COVID 2 with the Council. 3 4 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve Resolution 5 20-082; a Resolution Approving a Special Event Permit submitted by The Unofficial located at 6 3701 NE Stinson Blvd for tailgating events on multiple dates. 7 8 Mayor Stille explained the City expects the Official to adhere to the Minnesota Department of 9 Health guidelines. 10 11 Motion carried 5-0. 12 13 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 14 15 Councilmember Webster stated she is the Council Liaison to the Family Services Collaborative 16 with a meeting coming up in two weeks and she noted she will be bringing more information to 17 the Council about some community engagement work the Collaborative is supporting. She 18 indicated this will specifically bring community members together for some engagement and 19 healing circles. She appreciated the community continuing to adhere to the pandemic rules and 20 encouraged everyone to continue to wear masks. She also encouraged everyone to vote and 21 appreciated the early voting and voting by mail by many. 22 23 Councilmember Walker stated on October 29th he will be a panelist along with eight others 24 discussing relationships/dynamics between African Americans and Africans. He indicated it will 25 be streamlined starting at 6:00 p.m. for two hours. He noted details are on CTV Facebook page. 26 27 Mayor Stille stated on October 19th he was invited to be a panelist on Genesis and the League of 28 Minnesota Insurance Trust, and the topic was it was an educational panel and the effects of the 29 community after an officer involved shooting. He noted on October 26th the City Council had a 30 Worksession that all Councilmembers were present, and the CIP and fee schedule was discussed 31 along with other things. He was also honored to address the students inducted into the National 32 Honor Society. He indicated that meant a lot and he was able to talk to many of the students in 33 the community and got their take on the community. He also encouraged everyone to vote and 34 gave times and dates. 35 36 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 37 38 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 39 are not on the regular agenda. 40 41 Hearing none, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda. 42 43 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 44 45 None. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 27, 2020 Page 7 1 X. ADJOURNMENT. 2 3 4 5 6 Respectfully submitted, 7 Sue Osbeck 8 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 9 10 11 ATTEST: / /.. 12 City Clerk Mayor Stille adjourned the meeting at 8:36 p.m.