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Home My WebLink About1975/06/09 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - RegularMINUTES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA June 9, 1.975 ,tting was called to order at 5:54 p.m. by Acting Mayor Rose -Mary Griak. `` iloWing Councilmen were present , Seymour Druskin Keith Meland Lyle Hanks Rose -Mary Griak ,; j.,; ilmen Thiel and Graves arrived at 6:02 p.m. and 6:04 p.m, respectively. Fleetham arrived at 6:50 p.m. t ; so present was the City Manager. ;ye following representatives of the Community Education Program and School -eict were present: School Board Member Robert Hanson; the Superintendent Schools, Marvin Ma1re; the Director of Community Education, Bruce Johnson; .,Iirlee Landstrom, Reva Gould and Karen Reeves. Co=unity Mr. Hanson proposed that he read the proposed Community Education E;;L,�ation Budget and that any Councilmen with questions should interject them when that item was being covered. In regard to the senior :�izen program, Councilman Thiel stated that it appears the program is getting eer help and that he would like to see more volunteers ;way from the use of volunt recruited and used. In response to a question, the City Manager noted that the City's contribution to the Community Education Prom for gra 975 sappli8aoion for 510,000 had been budgeted in the Community Development Block Grant use in senior citizens related programs* !lr.flanson, Dr. Macre and Mr. Johnson discussed the state aid available through per capita taxes and the estimated income from this sources rovided information on last Councilman Druskin requested that the Council be P as well as the numbers year's assessed valuation used in computing state aid, t�rticipants of pre-schoolers and and percentages of total Community Education P previous years* He also senior citizens and the increases in th�hatnghowestheecompnrt�tive growth in requested that information be provided ort the progrzim. numbers of participants versus funds required to supe 41. procedure used to recruit instructors for C01nublety Danson outlined the Education programs and stated that volunteers be rprovidewd on the number of Councilman Meland requested that information andathennumber of courses for which there courses for which there are no fees is no reimbursement to the instructor* behind cutting the ar,iln�� citizen councilman Druskin questioned the reasoning �rowt.11 rItul stjgg e . sted Program which has shown one of the gref;test amounts cel , ch lor cc)ul.d be channeled f:nthc'tlfunds ndsT1ECc»t� there are other sources of funding whl quest toned tnk.1.►�g citizen program. Mr. Hanson stated that he Lt .Gclucf1t�l.an to Hula{d�ize the senior "then self-supporting programs in Com�mun Y citizen program. L!i7 R Council Minutes, �u"` 1975 the Meeting and kux_thc.r c.yplF4tnf�d r_1►o: Richard Duthler arrived at the interest anti( J ��elt CA (J Mx Dr'uskin questioned genJ�,r funding. Councilman of thf�sc� funds to :,�;�� I st t r,c. aid availability that 0 portl()n of the 15r, pc:r investments and the av] ieUg$lit.y ung. J lmvn N<�n short-term Councilman Thiel, ro ram., Co Hanks citizen program. support. the senlot p g tax be utilized to general account tc� thE� senior capita be transferred from the K What other fund Ar�urrNg suggested that $2,500 Druskin questioned citizens account• Counc:i.lman general l aceoun t and, theret ore, rants) may be made available to the $ equested (i.e. g n f'or. the senior citizen x a°budgeCHtordetermine provide additional fundi g rants interest, community education staff review Last yea that the that went into the general account from g , the amount of funds etc . ro might have to be Educat-ion program g Councilman Meland stated that the Community to finance expanded a ressive in fund raisers as a sou]manoThielest ted that he felt more more g Counci to reduce Community Education activitiesin the. Community Education program volunteers are needed to help J unity staff. Councilman Hanks costs in lieu of paid instructors and exp not be expanded without funding stated that Community Education should o time the programa and that care should be taken to avoid relying sources to c n upon funds that may not be availablep b Councilman Thiel, seconded by Councilman Meland, that: (1) the It was moved Y Counc(2) a contingency account be established Plan A proposed budget be approved; into which would go income from interest on carriedefo�rwardmfromttheeprevio previous funds, any unencumbered balances or surplus carried and similar year, increases in the mill levy over lastyea, everyimonth for mated uthe first six unappropriated funds; (3) this fund be reviewed months of the year $ (4) that disbursements from thrict basedunt bonmade prrogramsodevelope: approval from the City Council and the School Dist and presented by the Community Education Director; and (5) that a minimum of $5,000 in Community Development funds 'be placed in the contingency account$ Councilman Graves stated that he could not support this motion as he feels it will hurt the existing senior program. Councilman Hanks stated that he is opposed to not doing anything to reduce the general fund account, as proposed. Councilman Griak stated that she can support allocating $5,000 in Community Development funds for the maintenance of the existing senior program but that she objects to the assumption that the entire $10,000 would be utilized to maintain the existing program; she suggested that the City should consider developing senior programs to reach those individuals not presently being served under the Community Education program, The motion passed 4 - 3 (Councilmen Meland, Graves and Hanks opposed)• Upon motion of Councilman Hanks, seconded by Councilman Druskin, the meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m. to be reconvened following the Board of Review meeting. The meeting reconvened at 9:24 p.m, following the Board of Review IDeetirl MTC Bus A brief outline on the proposed service adjustment of R°Ute Route 36 36 was given by Councilman Thiel. Due to the existing Ie� of service and the low olitan 1 patronage volume, the MetroP Commission is requesting the City Council 1: to approve service adjustments 158 Minutes, June 9, 1975 r`,ute, effective July 14, 1975 (Refer to M&C No. 75.49) . Following a brief discussion, Councilman Hanks moved, seconded by Councilman Thiel that the Citv Council concur in the proposed adjustments to Route 36. The motion L�rr1ed 6 - 0 (Councilman Graves out of the chambers). Count Councilman Griak moved, seconded by Councilman Thiel, that a --� resolution outlining redistricting criteria be adopted. Council - Redistricting g man Graves stated his opposition to the Council adopting such a resolution inasmuch as a recent meeting held in Minnetonka on June 5, 1975 was not rep- resentative and was initiated by one of the County Commissioners. Councilman Druskin stated that he likewise opposed the adoption of such a resolution and felt that it would be unwise for the City Council to become involved without a full discussion of the many facets of the problem. He stated that the matter of County redistricting was the responsibility of the Hennepin County Commis- sioners and that they are responsible to ensure proper representation for both the urbanized and suburban areas. Councilman Griak then stated that apparently she did not have all of the back- ground information relative to this matter and thus withdrew her motion. Mayor Fleetham indicated that he felt that the City should support a districting plan that provides for suburban districts. He stated that the question involved is whether or not suburbs should be dominated by the City of Minneapolis. After a brief discussion, Councilman Griak moved, seconded by Councilman Graves, that the City Council withhold support of resolutions that support obvious positions of political figures outside of St. Louis Park. Councilman Griak stated that by this motion, she wanted to ensure that party politics are kept out of local government. The motion carried 7 - 0. Councilman Thiel then moved, seconded by Councilman Hanks, that a resolution be adopted by the City Council supporting equal representation according to population. After discussion, the motion was withdrawn. Louisiana --Avenue Representatives from the City's consultants (Batpeesentgtose Bridge Ddsign Wolsfeld a on the Louisiana Avenue bridge, review with the Council various bridge designand costn of estBRWimates* Mr +soave Bennet, Vice President of the ArchitmQter��ls, etc. He stated that any depar.- seven variations of bridge designs, Larry Gardner stated ture from the basic design woHighwayuld be an extra cost • MDe artment and that ,di that he had been in contact with the ofd eral extraordinary treatment of such federal guidelines allow for funding, bridge designs. He stated that even though the bridges were very large mselves structures, they were -designed to allow them tdwataandbynd areaedevelopment� structure and not detract from the overall roadway meeting at 10:10 p.m; President Pro Tem Graves assumed Mayor Fleetham left the m g the chair to preside. ilman Meland moved to approve alt Following a lengthy discussion, CouncxV11rious 1ld" su'bmitted. There wa-s no second to this motion. Councilman per the exhibits Councilmen indicated their choices and after further the numUersoin��_ltei-nti- then to reduce Thiel moved, seconded by Counci:l1nr�n Me between c and "F:," t elect between alternatives �� ''select two alCer.na- Ives from seven to two and s motion was later withdrawn to a:11Uw for each Councire a to given three votes. fives. Upon roll call alternrat i,ves "cII and "g" were each P � 159 CouleeMinutes, June 91 1915 1'etn Gr;.,vca called for a 40j- vatE discussion, President Pro _ 1 (Count �i l man (it i ak ra After' further ternatiVe "gl, a The vote was ternad ort of Al Cotinc:i..l.rr�an t[�3nks, that the Aiterna_ in. Supp seconded by poLtica Councilman Thlel then moved, given additional treF��,�Led 5ento y-�sln(Counr.il�an C,r1 tine it 911 bridge design The motion c.a ak of the surface in the beam area. opposed)• U St. Louis Park Bicentennial on appointments to t e Bicentennial Action 1.915. Commission Commission was deferred uncia. June 1 , Community Council continued its discusitiz`nnprogram budget,EdCoUncin CommunityThe proposed senior c L-;, Education budget and the prop revioua disc.u.ssion of the Comuun,,, Bud et Meland stated that he felt the p et and did not provide any Education budget was a r�eac tion to the proposed budget E back to the Council alterna_ guidance for school authorities to .o°osednprogXams. He indicated that the g and proposed tives in support of existing ntentions and council should offer some guidance as Co its icommunity Education ebudget, ias to funding in both the general account of the well as the senior citizen budget. ion made t the Councilman Thiel indicated that the intention Communityis tEducationaprograms3and $ meeting was to ensure better control over the account that would help expenditures and to begin building a contingency future senior citizen programs when federadher side ffersalterna- longer available. He stated that the proposedbudget didnot o fives and made no attempt to involve more volunteers seniorncitizen program. budget should Council_ man Griak stated that she did not feel that t have assumed that all community development funds were to be allocated to the senior citizen program. She stated that it was her belief that some of the community development funds should be allocated to those programs and activities that would reach all senior citizens in the community and not those just active in the community education senior citizen program. i Councilman Hanks stated that he did not agree with the motion passed earlier by the Council but would support taking $2,500 from the general fund and transferring it to the senior citizen program, together with $5,000 allocated from the City's community development funds. He stated that the senior citizf"� program was an excellent program and that it should not be cut* Councilman stated that the senior citizens have done more to continue their program bot;' by fund raising and by volunteer efforts and therefore should be sustained insomuch as possible with available funding. Councilman Druskin felt that the manner in which the budget was submitted W3' dictating the amount of dollars that should bero rammed without alternate"e° . or without sufficient consideration of the use of volunteers, transfer of fu. from the general fund, use of interest on investments and such other source`' He indicated that he would hope that this information would be taken inti ;. consideration and that alternatives brought back to the City Council for study and action. He stated that since the senior program has steadily the Council should continue to support it by finding every available. furOJ source. After a lengthy discussion, Councilman Meland requested that the City inquire as to the School Board's action on the budget and that the COu�`1 160 v,sr,ci 1 minutes, June 9, 1975 ttie� set a date for a meeting to continue this discubsion on tht community at I on budget. motion by Councilman Griak, seconded by Councilman Druskin, the eting was adjourned at 10:55 p.m, Al Attest: wo Chris erc es, City Manager Ric 161 ni rro lem