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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 101220211 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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 47 48 49 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 12, 2021 CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Stille called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Mayor Stille invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL. Present: Mayor Stille, Councilmembers Jenson, Randle, Walker and Webster. Absent: None Also Present: City Manager Charlie Yunker and City Engineer Justin Messner CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. I. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 12, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve the City Council Meeting Agenda of October 12, 2021 as presented. Motion carried 5-0. II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION — NONE. III. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Approve September 28, 2021, Council meeting minutes. B. Licenses and permits. C. Claims. D. Resolution 21-070 — Certifying Special Assessments for the Delinquent Public Utilit Service Accounts to the 2022 Hennepin Co. Tax Rolls. E. Resolution 21-071 — Certifying Special Assessments for Delinquent Public Utility Service Accounts to the 2022 Ramsey Co. Tax Rolls. F. Resolution 21-072 Certifying Special Assessment for Delinquent Waste Hauler Accounts to the 2022 Hennepin Co. Tax Rolls. G. Resolution 21-073 — Certifving Special Assessment for Delinquent Waste Hauler Accounts to the 2022 Ramsey Co. Tax Rolls. Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve the Consent Agenda items. 2 0 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 12, 2021 Page 2 IV. PUBLIC HEARING — NONE. V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF — NONE. VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. Motion carried 5-0. 9 A. Resolution 21-074 — Recounizing the Second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples 10 Day 11 12 Mr. Yunker reviewed at its regular meeting on July 14, 2020 the City Council made changes to 13 the City holiday calendar to discontinue recognizing Good Friday and Columbus Day as City 14 holidays, and to recognize Juneteeth as a City holiday. The remaining holiday is provided to staff 15 as a floating paid holiday. 16 17 The City Council has wishes to begin recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day as an official City 18 holiday. Beginning in 2022, in place of the floating holiday, staff will be provided a paid holiday 19 on the second Monday in October and City Hall will be closed in recognition of Indigenous 20 Peoples Day. These dates have been discussed with the Unions and will be included in the Union 21 Contracts. 22 23 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Webster, to approve 24 Resolution 21-074 — Recognizing the Second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day. 25 26 Motion carried 5-0. 27 28 B. Resolution 21-075 — Restricting Parking on Rankin Road for the 2022 Street and Utility 29 Improvements 30 31 City Engineer Justin Messner reviewed this resolution approves restricting parking along 32 portions of Rankin Road. Parking will be restricted on the west side from 33`d Avenue NE to 31 Sc 33 Avenue NE. Prior to this project parking has been prohibited on the west side of Rankin Road 34 from 33`d Avenue to just south of 32"d Avenue. To satisfy MnDOT State Aid requirements a 35 formal resolution prohibiting parking must be recorded. 36 37 Councilmember Randle asked if the residents will get plenty of advanced notice on this and Mr. 38 Messner stated there will be public meetings to review and residents will be informed. 39 40 Councilmember Jenson asked why there is no parking on the west side of the street and Mr. 41 Messner stated the parking was a nuisance from people parking on neighboring streets for the 42 school. 43 44 Mayor Stille asked if this doesn't work in 2-3 years from now, changes can be made and Mr. 45 Messner stated it could be changed although the City would need to adhere to MnDOT State Aid 46 requirements. A different street within the City could be identified as a State Aid Road. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 12, 2021 Page 3 2 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 3 21-075 — Restricting Parking on Rankin Road for the 2022 Street and Utility Improvements. 4 5 Motion carried 5-0. 6 7 C. Resolution 21-076 — Accepting Plans and Specifications and Ordering Advertisement for 8 Bids for the Water Tower No. 1 Rehabilitation. 9 10 City Engineer Justin Messner reviewed this resolution approves the plans and specifications and 11 authorizes the advertisement for bids for the Water Tower No. 1 Rehabilitation Project. Staff 12 anticipates opening bids on or near November 11, 2021. Bids will be reviewed for accuracy and 13 brought back to City Council to award the project. 14 15 Mr. Messner stated repainting of the water tower will be necessary and the plan is to ask the 16 residents which of four different renderings should be used for the water tower. 17 18 Councilmember Walker asked who will design the four renderings and Mr. Messner stated the 19 rendering group at WSB will prepare the renderings. There is no additional cost of repainting 20 with a new design. 21 22 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve Resolution 23 21-076 — Accepting Plans and Specifications and Ordering Advertisement for Bids for the Water 24 Tower No. 1 Rehabilitation. 25 26 Motion carried 5-0. 27 28 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 29 30 City Manager Yunker had no report. 31 32 Councilmember Walker stated he attended the Citizen Police Academy last Saturday. It was 33 different from the previous one that was held during COVID. 34 35 Councilmember Jenson stated he attended the Candidates Forum sponsored by the League of 36 Women Voters on October 7, 2021. On October 8, he attended the Ramsey County Local 37 League Meeting. 38 39 Councilmember Randle stated last Friday was homecoming at the High School. He had not seen 40 the community so jubilant and the stadium was packed. 41 42 Councilmember Webster stated she attended the Candidates Forum on October 7, 2021. 43 44 Mayor Stille asked how Tech Dump was this year. City Manager Yunker stated everything went 45 well. 46 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 12, 2021 Page 4 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM — NONE. No one appeared or called in for the community forum. IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. The NineNorth Programming, Website and Social Media report was provided to City Council for September 2021. Coffee with the Council will be held October 16 with Councilmember Jenson and Mayor Stille being present. It will be held outside the building if possible otherwise in the Council Chambers. X. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Stille adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debbie Wolfe TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: ' i Cler J