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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 04092024I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 APRIL 9, 2024 4 5 CALL TO ORDER. 6 7 Mayor Webster called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 8 9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 10 11 Mayor Webster invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 13 ROLL CALL. 14 15 Present: Mayor Webster, Councilmembers Doolan, Jenson, Randle and Stephens. 16 17 Absent: None 18 19 Also Present: City Manager Charlie Yunker, Fire Chief Izzy Diaz, and City Planner Steve Grittman. 20 21 22 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 23 ITEMS. 24 25 I. APPROVAL OF APRIL 9, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 26 27 Motion by Councilmember Doolan, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve the City 28 Council Meeting Agenda of April 9, 2024. 29 30 Motion carried 5-0. 31 32 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 33 34 A. Hennepin County Commissioner Irene Fernando. 35 36 Mayor Webster welcomed Hennepin County Commissioner Fernando to the meeting. 37 38 Commissioner Fernando introduced herself to the Council stating she was the youngest woman to serve 39 on the Hennepin County Board, the first Filipino American to be elected in the State of Minnesota and 40 the first board chair of color in Hennepin County's 172 year history. She reported it has been an honor to 41 represent the residents in District 2 and to extend the communities vision. She provided the Council with 42 a general update from Hennepin County and commented on the County's key priorities, which were 43 health, housing, and HERC. The extensive healthcare system in the County was described, along with 44 the County's regional transit system. She appreciated the Council being strong advocates for bus rapid 45 transit routes throughout the County and discussed how the County was working to raise the baseline for 46 wages. Commissioner Fernando thanked the Council for their time and stated she would available for 47 comments or questions. 48 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 9, 2024 Page 2 Councilmember Doolan thanked Commissioner Fernando for attending this meeting. She asked how the City could help with moving the Lowry BRT line forward. Commissioner Fernando reported it would be beneficial to have a letter of support from the City's elected officials as well as from other community 4 stakeholders. 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 Councilmember Jenson thanked Commissioner Fernando for her tremendous efforts on behalf of the community. Mayor Webster reported she attended a regional council/mayor's meeting yesterday with the City Manager. She extended her thanks to the County Board for approving funding for the Safe Community Summit that will be held in May. She believed this would be an incredible opportunity for cities, school districts, and partner organizations to come together and discuss shared systems. B. Arbor Day Proclamation. The Council read in full a proclamation declaring Friday, April 26, 2024 as Arbor Day and the month of May as Arbor Month in St. Anthony Village. C. Earth Day Proclamation. The Council read in full a proclamation declaring Monday, April 22, 2024 as Earth Day in St. Anthony Village. III. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Approve March 26, 2024, Council meeting minutes. B. Licenses and permits. C. Claims. D. Resolution 24-028 — Resolution Accepting Grants and Donations Received — 01 2024. Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Doolan, to approve the Consent Agenda items. Motion carried 5-0. 36 IV. PUBLIC HEARING — NONE. 37 38 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF — NONE. 39 40 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 41 42 A. Fire Annual Report. 43 44 Fire Chief Diaz presented a PowerPoint presentation of the 2023 Annual Fire Report and 45 reviewed it in detail. The presentation included details on staffing levels, retirements, calls for 46 service noting there has been a 200% increase. He provided a breakdown on the types of calls, City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 9, 2024 Page 3 I the ALS program, service calls to St. Charles Church, Hazmat team activities, number of ALS 2 responses, training hours completed by his crew, housing and rental code contacts, community 3 outreach opportunities, and open house events. He closed his presentation by discussing the 4 Department's commitment to serve and reviewed several messages received from the public. 6 Mayor Webster thanked Fire Chief Diaz for the comprehensive report. 8 Councilmember Randle requested further information on why the paid -on call model was no 9 longer sustainable. Fire Chief Diaz explained this service model was a problem both for the City 10 and nationwide, where there were no longer enough people interested in providing fire service on 1 I a paid -on call basis. 12 13 Councilmember Jenson thanked Fire Chief Diaz for the calls for service breakdown and noted 14 the fire department was responding to five calls per day. 15 16 Councilmember Jenson commended Fire Chief Diaz and the entire fire department for providing 17 St. Anthony Village residents with high quality service. Fire Chief Diaz thanked the City Council 18 and staff members for their continued support. 19 20 Councilmember Doolan thanked the fire crew for providing her with rips on how to help friends 21 with mobility issues. 22 23 Mayor Webster stated the City was very fortunate to have a highly trained fire department that 24 provides an incredibly high level of service to residents. She commented on a recent mutual aid 25 fire event that occurred in Fridley and thanked Fire Chief Diaz for taking the lead at the scene. 26 She thanked the department for providing a higher level of care and for continuing to pursue the 27 ALS program. 28 29 B. Ordinance 2024-01 — Amending the St. Anthony City Code, by Amending Sections of 30 the City Code relating to Nuisance. Signage, Permitting, Performance Standards and 31 Land Use. 32 33 City Planner Grittman reviewed the ordinance with the Council and indicated the ordinance 34 presents a series of proposed code amendments for the City Council's third and final reading. Per 35 the Council's review and discussion of the material at the first reading, updates have been made 36 to a few of the sections. The "final" ordinance represents the summary of those comments, with 37 no new changes since the second reading. 38 39 Mr. Grittman referenced the cover memo and the final draft of the proposed ordinance, as well as 40 additional background related to the changes made to the parking sections in 2023. At that time, 41 the City Code was amended to separate parking and storage, shifting parking regulations into the 42 zoning section (152), and retaining nuisance storage in that section (92.19). Because there were 43 other nuisance storage issues to address, the updates to 92.19 were delayed, and the former 44 parking regulations in 92.19 remained until this round of updates. 45 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 9, 2024 Page 4 1 Mr. Grittman noted in 2023, there were two primary amendments to the parking regulations, 2 including an expanded set of definitions (152.08), and an expanded set of parking regulations 3 (152.179). Both redlined versions are attached to provide additional background about the 4 current language as adopted by the Council last year. 6 Mr. Grittman explained this is the third and final of three readings of the proposed ordinance. 7 The Council is asked to comment on any elements of the language. If approved, the action would 8 be to approve the third and final reading, and to adopt Ordinance 2024-01 as it is presented or 9 amended in final form. 10 11 Mr. Gritman reviewed that the Planning Commission considered the proposed elements of the 12 Ordinance at a public hearing during its regular meeting on February 20, 2024. The Planning 13 Commission discussed the various sections and noted that there was nobody from the public to 14 comment on the amendments. Their discussion included comments in the staff report noting 15 potential policy or technical issues for review. The City Council took up the first reading of the 16 Ordinance at its regular meeting on March 12, 2024. The Council discussed the Planning 17 Commission recommendations, directed staff to modify a few of the items, and commented on 18 others. At the March 26, 2024 City Council meeting, the Council held the second reading of the 19 proposed Ordinance, reviewed changes made to the Ordinance draft reflecting prior Council 20 discussion, and had no farther changes. Staff is requesting adoption of the ordinance as 21 presented, or as amended with any final comments from the City Council. 22 23 Mayor Webster thanked staff for including the amendments that were made to the code regarding 24 parking. She appreciated the visuals as well. 25 26 Councilmember Doolan asked if the Council was approving the amendments related to noise and 27 the parking changes were approved in the past. Mr. Grittman reported this was the case. 28 29 Further discussion ensued regarding the definitions portion of City Code. 30 31 Motion by Councilmember Doolan, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve final 32 reading and adopt Ordinance 2024-01, Amending the St. Anthony City Code, by Amending 33 Sections of the City Code relating to Nuisance, Signage, Permitting, Performance Standards and 34 Land Use. 35 36 Motion carried 5-0. 37 38 C. Resolution 22-029 — Resolution Approving a Summary Publication of Ordinance 2024- 39 01. 40 41 City Manager Yunker reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated it approves 42 summary publication of Ordinance 2024-01 instead of publishing in its entirety. 43 44 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Doolan, to approve Resolution 45 22-029, Resolution Approving a Summary Publication of Ordinance 2024-01. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 9, 2024 Page 5 Motion carried 5-0. D. 2024 Goals Update. City Manager Yunker presented the 2024 Goals Chart highlighting the City's mission and vision, core values of trust, service, and inclusion, list of strategic initiatives, and individual action steps related to each strategic initiative. The challenges facing public safety staffing was further discussed. 10 Mayor Webster thanked staff for providing the Council with a detailed overview on the City's 11 2024 goals. She stated these goals came out of the Council's three-day goal setting session, 12 which was held in January. 13 14 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 15 16 Councilmember Stephens stated she attended the Congresswomen Omar's town hall at 17 Silverwood. She noted she also attended several trainings and distributed over 70 surveys to 18 community members and businesses. She reported she was passionate about creating an 19 onboarding procedure with safety features. 20 21 Councilmember Jenson stated he attended the Falcon Heights town hall meeting on March 27 22 where the police discussion was explored. He explained on March 28 he attended an NYFS 23 board of directors meeting where finances were discussed. He reported he also attended the 24 Silverwood Park town hall meeting with Congresswoman Omar on April 4. 25 26 Councilmember Doolan stated on March 27 she met with Three River Parks Commissioner Erin 27 Kolb and discussed expanding Silverwood programming into schools. She also attended the 28 March 27 town hall meeting at Falcon Heights. She reported on March 28 she attended the 29 Minnesota Cities Climate Coalition zoom call that discussed new State funding programs. On 30 April 1 she attended a Chamber of Commerce meeting where officers were elected. She 31 indicated on April 4 she met with David Donovan at Silverwood Park to discuss requests from 32 teachers. She also attended the April 4 Congresswoman Omar town hall and on April 6, she 33 attended a CFS meeting where Earth Day events were discussed. She noted on April 7 she 34 attended a community engagement event. 35 36 Mayor Webster stated on April 4 she welcomed attendees to Congresswomen Omar's town hall 37 event at Silverwood Park. On April 7 she met with members of the Faith United Methodist 38 Church where she provided a State of the City address and encouraged those in attendance 39 provide feedback on the policing partnership with Falcon Heights. She stated on April 8 she 40 attended the Regional Council of Mayor's meeting where discussions focused on public safety. 41 She noted this group also hosted an hour-long meeting for female mayors where networking and 42 support was offered. 43 44 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM — NONE. 45 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 9,2024 Page 6 Mayor Webster invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that are not on the regular agenda. Allen Swenson, long time resident of St. Anthony Village, explained he was a member of Kiwanis and he wanted to invite the Council to attend the 70a' Annual Pancake Breakfast, which will be held on Sunday, April 28, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. He reported all proceeds from this event will be invested back into the community. 9 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Councilmember Doolan reminded the public that on April 11 the Chamber of Commerce would be hosting their annual dinner. She stated on April 18 an open house would be held for the policing request. Councilmember Jenson reported on May 8 at 11:30 a.m. a leadership luncheon would be hosted by Northeast Youth and Family Services. Mayor Webster recognized community members who were Muslim, noting this week was the end of Ramadan. X. ADJOURNMENT. Motion by Councilmember Stephens, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to adjourn the meeting at 8:22 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Heidi Guenther Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 33 ATTEST: 34 �' i � L"de= in Mayor Motion carried 5-0.