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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986/02/18 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - RegularMINUTES CITY COUNCIL MEETING ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA February 18, 1986 1. Call to Order 2. Presentations 3. Roll Call 4. 5. Approval of Minutes February 3, 1986 Council meeting. The motion passed 5-0. The meeting was called to order at 1:33 by Mayor Lyle Hanks. None. The following members were present at roll call: Thomas Duffy Larry Mitchell Allen Friedman Lyle Hanks Keith Meland It was moved by Councilman Mitchell, seconded by Councilman Meland, to approve the minutes of the It was moved by Councilman Duffy, seconded by Councilman Mitchell, to approve the minutes of the study session held February 10, 1986. The motion passed 5-0. Approval of Agenda for February 18. The motion passed 5-0. It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Mitchell to approve the consent agenda It was moved bar Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Duffy to approve the agenda for February 18 with the addition of 7c. Request for limited parking on Alabama north of Excelsior Blvd. The motion passed 5-0. 6a. Stone's Foods PUBLIC HEARINGS Request for 3.2 beer license It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Mitchell to continue the hearing to March 3, 1986. The motion passed 5-0. -33- City Council February 18, meeting minutes 1986 6b. Alley improvement Resolution 86-23 There being no one wishing closed with the right of it at a future date. r Project 85-38: Alley improvement, 2900 block of Dakota/Edgewood to speak, the Mayor declared the hearing Council to thereafter reopen and continue It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Mitchell to waive reading and adopt Resolution No. 86-23 entitled "Resolution ordering improvement, ordering preparation of plans, specifications and authorizing advertisement for bids for Improvement No. 85-38: Alley paving 2900 block between Dakota and Edgewood Avenues." The motion passed 5-0. 6c. Special permit: Franz Klodt Request of Franz Klodt & Son Resolution No. 86-24 for a special permit to construct a 290 -unit apartment development at propose intersection of Belt Line Blvd. extended and Park Glen Rd. There being no one wishing to speak, the Mayor declared the hearing IF closed with the right of Council to thereafter reopen and continue it at a later date. ` It was moved by Councilman Duffy, seconded by Councilman Friedman, to waive reading and adopt Resolution 86-24 entitled, "A resolution granting special permit under Section 14-195 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code relating to zoning to permit the construction of a 290 -unit apartment development for property zoned R-4, multiple family residence district, located at the proposed intersection of Belt Line Blvd. extended and Park Glen Rd." The motion passed 5-0. PETITIONS, REQUESTS, CONM4UNICATIONS 7a. Gambling license renewals The Mayor alluded to addendum 7a added to the agenda It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Duffy to receive the gambling requests for filing for Viet Nam Vets (bingo); American Legion Post 282 (pulltabs and bingo), and Past Commanders Association (pulltabs and bingo). The motion passed 5-0. 7b. Conservation Federation Request of Conservation Federation to hold a one -day raffle It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Duffy, to receive the report for filing. The motion passed 5-0. -34- 4 City Council meeting minutes February 18, 1986 7c. Park Pantry Coop parking restrictions of 45 north of Excelsior Blvd. He and return to Council with a Councilman received a of Directors Coop which minutes to a hour on moved that staff take recommendation. Duffy letter of is both a look said he had from the Board the Park Panty seeking limited sides of Alabama at the situation The motion was seconded by Councilman Mitchell and passed 5 -0 - RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES 8a. Right-of-way: Excelsior Blvd. Acquisition of right Resolution 86-25 Excelsior Blvd. of way on It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Duffy to waive reading and adopt Resolution No. 86-25 entitled, "Resolution authorizing purchase of property for the Excelsior Blvd. widening project." The motion passed 5-0. 8b. Port authority designation It was moved by Councilman Mitchell, Resolution 86-26 seconded by Councilman Meland, to waive reading and adopt Resolution 86-26 entitled, "A resolution supporting the legislative act granting the power for the establishment of a port authority of the City of St. Louis Park." The motion passed 5-0. 8c. Securities for collateral It was moved by Councilman Meland, Resolution 86-27 seconded by Councilman Duffy, to waive reading and adopt Resolution 86-27 entitled, "Resolution approving securities for collateral from Shelard National Bank, St. Louis Park, MN." The motion passed 5-0. REPORTS FROM OFFICERS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES 9a. Zarthan/Alabama traffic study Traffic study: 3200 block, Zarthan/. Resolution 86-28 Alabama It was moved by Councilman Friedman, seconded by Councilman Mitchell to waive reading and adopt Resolution 86-28 entitled, "Resolution authori- zing the removal of a parking restriction sign and installation of "No parking" sign. The motion passed 5-O -35- `, J _-,A City Council meeting minutes February 18, 1986 9b. Sign ordinance Keith Meland said he had spoken and felt Council should look at term basis if they agreed that the area because of construction. Request for change in the sign ordinance re temporary signs to several people about this request some sort of an exemption on a longer some sort of distress was caused in Philip Eder, 4100 Cedarwood Rd., of the Leaning Post, said he was not asking for a change in the ordinance. He was under the impression there was some mechanism for temporary relief or hardship cases. He said whether construction proceeds or not, they are in the difficult position of tryingAo let people know they are indeed open for business. It was moved by Councilman Mitchell, seconded by Councilman Friedman, that this item be scheduled for a study session. A question of enforcement was raised and Councilman Mitchell felt en- forcement being withheld until the matter was more fully discussed was not the way he would proceed. The Mayor felt the enforcement issue was contingent on how soon Council was going to be studying the issue. Councilman Mitchell cautioned moving very carefully in this matter, as the sign ordinance has proved very effective and he would not want to jeopardize its effectiveness, to which Councilman Duffy concurred. The motion passed 5-0. 9c. Municipal Amicus Program Cities Program. of the City's intent to It was moved seconded by to notify the participate in iy Councilman Meland, Councilman Duffy League of Minnesota the Municipal Amicus Councilman Friedman wondered if the there was ever an instance when the City would use this service, if other municipalities had used the service and if so, with what results. The City Manager said that the money would go into a pool, and if the League felt it had to step into a particular municipal case which might have an impact on other state municipalities, they would draw upon the pool's funds. He cited several cases in which this program had participated. Councilman asked if those municipalities not participating, i.e., paying dues, would be able to take advantage of thg program, to which the City Manager said he suspected they would.He compared it to cities which don't belong to the League of Minnesota Cities still benefit from the League's legislative and lobbying efforts. The motion passed 4-0-1 (Councilman Friedman abstained), R City Council meeting minutes February 18, 1986 9d, Water/Sewer fund balances had been sufficiently answered. Councilman that he all of his Friedman commented was not satisfied that questions re the balances It was moved by Councilman Friedman, seconded by Councilman Mitchell to receive the report for fi 1 ing. The motion passed 5-0. 9e. Excelsior Blvd, traffic study traffic consultants. It was moved by Councilman Mitchell, seconded by Councilman Duffy, to authorize staff to meet with Councilman Friedman asked if other regional shopping centers would be looked at. The City Manager replied that was correct in terms of traffic that might be diverted from other centers to the Excelsior Blvd, area. He felt it was important to look at the proposed uses of this development and then make comparisons. Councilman Friedman asked what was meant by review of on/off ramps, and the City Manager replied that a Metropolitan Council review had indicated the northbound ramp off of Highway 100 onto Excelsior Blvd. might not have the capacity to handle anticipated traffic and staff would want to study this more closely. 11 The motion passed 5-0. The City Manager asked for clarification on how to proceed, that is, staff will proceed to talk with consultants on how they would approach this and gather ballpark figures on costs. He suggested Council might want to start thinking who is going to pay for that - the Authority, the City Council or 50-50. Councilman Friedman hoped that the structure of any study would be F such that it could be broken down in some order of importance rather than presenting Council with a flat fee for the study. Councilman Meland felt this might be an appropriate use of tax increment financing, to which the City Manager agreed it would be an excellent use for that means of funding. 9f. High school area parking Resolution 86-29 No. 86-29 wood,FI or1da, Streets" and the program. entitled "Resolution Georgia and Hampshire direct staff to set The motion passed 5-0. IV It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Friedman to waive reading and adopt Resolution authorizing parking restrictions on Edge - Avenues between W. 32nd and W. 33rd up a neighborhood meeting to explain -37- City Council meeting minutes February 18, 1986 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 10a. Boards and Commissions It was moved by Councilman Meland, j seconded by Councilman Duffy to appoint Councilman Friedman to serve on the Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District Park Advisory Council. The motion passed 511111F0. It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Mitchell111 to accept the resignation of Steve Quint from the Planning Commission. The motion passed 5-0. NEW BUSINESS lla. Bid tab: Loader Frank Doherty addressed the Council. He commented that the specifications for this item were written so that only one firm could bid on it, and therefore the City was probably { paying more than was necessary. The City Manager said that under D5 of the specifications, requests A for deviations from the specifications were requested to accommodate Mr. Doherty's company, _J In answer to Councilman Friedman's question, Mr. Doherty said they had not bid the second time because of the buy-back provision in the specifications requiring a performance bond. 1 The City Manager said this was a relatively new concept in municipal equipment purchasing. Councilman Friedman was concerned that this eliminated competition in bidding and that a monopoly would be created for this type of purchase, The Public Works Director explained that although this was a relatively new concept, available only to municipalities, Hennepin County, Bloomington, Edina have used this option recently. It was moved by Councilman Duffy, seconded by Councilman Meland to designate Ziegler, Inc. as the successful bidder and authorize execution of a contract for a front end loader and production option package for $90,649, The motion failed 3-2 (Councilmen Friedman, Mitchell opposed). T It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Duffy to defer the item to March 3, 1986. ; The motion passed 5-0. llb. Bid tab: Paint water tower It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Duffy, to designate Tenyre Coatings «� -38- r City Council meeting minutes February 18, 1986 as lowest responsible bidder and execute a contract for $130,000, The motion passed 5-0. Councilman Mitchell asked if there were a deadline for completing the inside work and the Director of Public Works responded the deadline was June 2 for completion of the whole project. If not completed, at that time the penalty clause would be invoked. llc. CDBG public hearing Community Development Block Grant public hearing. It was moved by Councilman Mitchell, seconded by Councilman Duffy, to set the public hearing for March 3, 1986 The motion passed 5-0. MISCELLANEOUS 12a. Claims Kevin Barney, c/o attorney Sally Lorberbaum, 1715 Lansford, Mendota Heights Daniel J. Meyers, 4705 16th St., SLP By consent, the claims were referred to the City Clerk and City Attorney, 12b. Communications from Mayor. Mayor Hanks presented a brief Centennial update. The City's float was in the St. Paul Winter Carnival parade. 12c. Communications from City Manager The City Manager asked for input on the Highway 7 proposal. He reminded Council of the Friday 7:00 a.m. meeting with legislators. Councilman Mitchell viewed meeting with the legislators as a City Manager's meeting. He would ask that Council take the position that any member of the legislative delegation is free to come to any Monday night meetings or study session. The City Manager felt it was important to meet with the legislators because of the various actions the Legislature is expected to take affecting municipalities. It was the consensus that the Friday morning meeting be cancelled, Relative to the Highway 7 Corridor Redevelopment, it was moved by Councilman Duffy, seconded by Councilman Meland, to direct staff to proceed with negotiations. Councilman Mitchell asked if part of this matter was to be discussed in executive session and for other areas, an executive session was not necessary. The City Manager responded that if condemnation were to be discussed, _39_ City Council February 18, meeting 1986 minutes that matter would be eligible for an was debate relative to going into Meeting law be violated. Since price Council was not obligated to discuss concurred. The motion passed 5-0, executive session. He said there executive session would the Open was being discussed, he stated that in public. The City Attorney CLAIMS, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACT PAYMENTS 13a. Verified claims It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Duffy to approve the list of verified claims prepared by the Director of Finance dated February 18, 1986 in the amount of $479,011.54 for vendor claims and $12,993.25 for payroll claims and authorize the City Manager and City Treasurer to issue checks in the appropriate amounts. The motion passed 5-0. 13b. Contract payment - Partial It was moved by Councilman seconded by Councilman to approve the following payment. J. T. Kirby, Carpenter Park shelter. Amount. $10,279.00. The motion passed 5-0. 14. Adjournment oatl�meth, Recording Secretary -40_ Meland, Mitchell contract It was moved by Councilman Meland, seconded by Councilman Duffy to adjourn the meeting at 8;37 p,m. . .� - . , _.-- �._.. _ _ _ _ -