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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997/07/07 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular 7CITY OF MINUTES PAST. LOUIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING RKST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA July 7, 1997 1. Call to order Mayor Dorfman called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. 2. Presentations Mayor Dorfman introduced members of the St. Louis Park Royalty each of whom gave their name, what school they attended and grade. Mayor Dorfman presented a plaque to Rod Stendel, 29-year employee of the City, who is retiring. 3. Roll call • The following Councilmembers were present at roll call: Jeff Jacobs, Beverly Flanagan, Sue Sanger, Ron Latz, Robert Young, Jim Brimeyer and Mayor Gail Dorfman. Also present were the City Manager (Mr. Meyer); City Attorney (Mr. Scott); Deputy City Manager(Ms. Kutzler); Director of Community Development (Mr. Harmening); Parks and Recreation Director(Mr. Gears); Director of Public Works (Mr. Rardin); Finance Director(Ms. McBride); City Clerk(Ms. Larsen); Street Maintenance Superintendent(Mr. Knutsen); and Police Chief(Mr. Mitchell). 4. Approval of minutes June 16, 1997 Council meeting: There being no corrections/amendments, the minutes were approved as received. March 24, 1997 and June 9, 1997 study sessions: There being no corrections/amendments, the minutes were approved as received. 5. Approval of agenda for July 7, 1997 It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to approve the consent agenda. The motion passed 7-0. It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to approve the agenda. The motion passed 7-0. PUBLIC HEARINGS None. 101 REQUESTS, COMMUNICATIONS, PETITIONS Mr. Albert Anderson, 4201 S. Cedar Lake Rd.,requested to speak on the upcoming police chiefs appointment. It was his opinion that promotion from within instead of hiring an outsider would be a morale builder for the Police Department. 7a. Moldenhauer complaint and request for Council consideration Request from Paul Moldenhauer to amend City's ordinance regarding number of parked vehicles on residential property. Mr. Moldenhauer, 4000 block of Salem Ave So.,presented his request and a petition requesting that the City perhaps limit the number of vehicles and adopt enforceable ordinances. He described in detail the situation on his street with numerous illegally parked vehicles. The present ordinance is ineffective in addressing this situation. Councilmember Young would prefer that staff look at this, look at other communities and bring back to a study session. It was moved by Councilmember Young, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to place this item on an upcoming study session. Councilmember Jacobs referenced the ordinance re junk cars and asked that it be part of staffs report. He saw two problems: the number of cars and the condition of those cars. The motion passed 7-0. RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES 8a. Minnesota Auto Theft Prevention Grant Resolution 97-81 Chief Mitchell said the $40,500 grant will be used for overtime of police officers to target three neighborhoods in the City which have historically been the victims of auto theft. It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Latz, to adopt Resolution 97-81 entitled"A resolution approving a grant agreement between the Minnesota Auto Theft Prevention Program and the City of St. Louis Park." The motion passed 7-0. • 8b. School Employment background check ordinance -2nd reading Ordinance 2095-97; Resolution 97-88 It was moved by Councilmember Latz, seconded by Councilmember Jacobs, to adopt Ordinance 2095- 97 entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 7 of the St. Louis Park City Code concerning criminal 102 history of background investigations conducted for school hiring authorities", approve summary and authorize its publication. The motion passed 7-0. It was moved by Councilmember Flanagan, seconded by Councilmember Jacobs, to adopt Resolution 97-88 entitled "A resolution establishing a fee to conduct criminal history background investigations for St. Louis Park school hiring authorities." The motion passed 7-0. 8c. Approval of School District#283 request for funding from Cable TV Fund It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Young, to approve the 1997 request for $25,000 and an automated playback system equipment grant of up to $8,000 for 1998. The motion passed 7-0. 8d. Resolution to approve increase in pension multiplier for members of the Police and Fire consolidated fund Resolution 97-82 It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Jacobs, to adopt Resolution 97- 82 entitled"Resolution approving increase in pension multiplier for members of the Police and Fire Consolidated Funds." The motion passed 7-0. 8e. Resolution authorizing application for local comprehensive planning assistance grant Resolution 97-83 It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to adopt Resolution 97- 83 entitled "A resolution authorizing application for Local Comprehensive Planning Assistance Grant." The motion passed 7-0. 8f. Second reading of Zoning Ordinance amendments related to tree preservation Ordinance 2096-97 It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Brimeyer, to approve second reading, adopt Ordinance 2096-97 entitled"An ordinance amending the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code relating to zoning by amending Sections 14:3-1 and 14:4-11", approve summary and authorize its publication. The motion passed 6-1 (Councilmember Sanger opposed). 103 8g. Resolution establishing growth forecasts for households, population and employment for the years 2010 and 2020 Resolution 97-84 It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Brimeyer, to adopt Resolution 97-84 entitled"A resolution supporting growth forecasts to the Year 2020." Councilmember Sanger asked that outside of the housing in the Town Center area, the City doesn't have a clue as to where the forecasted 2,541 households will be in the City. Mr. Harmening said some of the current housing under construction will count towards that figure. Other than Town Center and Oak Park Village (which is in question), he could not point to any specific area in the City where there would be significant housing development. Councilmember Latz wanted the record to reflect with regard to Oak Park Village, Mr. Harmening's comment was only indicative that staff and Council have not undertaken any comprehensive planning or projections for that area. Mr. Harmening said that was correct. The motion passed 7-0. REPORTS FROM OFFICERS, BOARDS,COMMITTEES 9a. Amendment to Municipal Code related to Snow Removal Parking Restrictions, Section 10-315 This proposed parking restrictions on some residential streets during snow plowing operations and authorization for City Manager to impose parking restrictions during snow emergencies. Mr. Rardin gave background material, what is being proposed and why. If Council concurs with the proposals from Public Works, the timetable would be: start public hearing process on July 21, go through August and it is hoped all necessary resolutions amending the code, etc. would be before Council in early September. A proposed public awareness campaign could commence in August. Peter Mitchell, 4300 Highway 7, #3 spoke. He felt better about the proposed amendments after hearing the presentation and asked several additional questions of staff. Leonard Getzkin, 2912 Glenhurst Ave. spoke. His complaint was the number of customers/employees of businesses around the corner from him who use his street as a parking lot--not just in the Winter, but all year round. Ralph Briske, 2620 Jersey Ave indicated his main concern was making it possible for people to get out of their driveways and to get to work. John Basil, 6208 Oxford St. Indicated that he encouraged, at a minimum, adoption of No Parking from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until streets are fully plowed. He also would encourage No Parking on streets overnight when snow occurs. 104 Linda Beek, 4221 Excelsior Blvd. said there was no off-street parking for the three businesses in her building. She feared the few parking spaces she had on Excelsior will be taken over by the expanding Opitz across the street. She asked that 37th St. be exempted from the propoed 8:00-5:00 ban. Mayor Dorfman asked, and Mr. Rardin concurred, that Excelsior Blvd. is exempt from parking restrictions, but the side streets off of Excelsior are not. He would check on the status of 37th St. Councilmember Sanger asked for clarification of paragraph 4 of the proposal wherein it seems to read that residents are prevented from parking in their own driveways sometimes. With respect to the restrictions being in effect on weekends, how would this affect the Jewish residents who do not drive from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. She felt a mechanism needed to be developed to take this, into consideration. Mr. Rardin recalled earlier discussion of just this situation and it is recommended residents park their cars in a spot where it will not be a problem should it snow. He said staff would look into the parking situation around synagogues and where necessary, streets will be exempted from the restrictions. Councilmember Sanger wanted to clarify that very narrow streets such as Alabama and Blackstone already have restrictions on one side of the street during snow times. On those streets the one-side restriction would remain in effect in addition to the new snow plow restrictions? Mr. Rardin said that was correct. Several other residents expressed their views of this item. Councilmember Jacobs would like to see built into the ordinance provisions for not only permit parking but for exempted streets including those which might be exempted in the future including a street or even part of a street. He would want flexibility so that if circumstances change that can be addressed. Mr. Meyer directed attention to Section 2b which was intended to provide for just that. In terms of flexibility, he envisions a process for amending the ordinance by resolution which would not require publication, hearings, advance notice, etc. Councilmember Sanger asked, if the proposal were adopted, to what extent will the snow plowing service be delayed for some streets as a result of not starting until 8 a.m. Mr. Rardin said it won't'necessarily be delayed. Even today they start before then, picking and choosing streets that are virtually empty before heading into residential neighborhoods. They were just asking for residents to cooperate with the City in getting their vehicles off the street if at all possible. Councilmember Brimeyer said exceptions will be made, but this proposed policy was so much more effective that what is currently in place, and he was comfortable with it. It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Brimeyer, to set a public hearing for July 21, 1997 to amend Municipal Code Section 10-315 related to Snow Removal Parking Restrictions. 105 The motion passed 7-0. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS lla. Approve purchase and conveyance of property to Habitat for Humanity Property located at 2912/2914 Texas Ave. It was moved by Councilmember Latz, seconded by Councilmember Jacobs, to approve the purchase agreement between the City and the seller and the Assumption and Assignment Agreement between the City and Habitat for Humanity and authorize the Mayor and City Manager to execute said documents and any related documents. The motion passed 7-0. 11b. Contract with Sojourner Project,Inc. Provision of advocacy services for victims of domestic assault It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Flanagan, to authorize the execution of a contract with Sojourner Project for domestic assault advocacy services. 11c. Authorization to execute a Professional Services contract with WSB & Assoc. to develop the City-wide Water Resources Management Plan By consent, Council authorized the Mayor and City Manager to execute a contract with WSB & Assoc. to provide professional engineering services to develop the City-wide Water Resources Management Plan. 11d. Bid tabulation: Intersection modification -West 27th St/Louisiana Ave, Project 95-07 By consent, Council rejected all bids and authorized staff to re-advertise lle. Bid tabulation: Storm sewer, curb and gutter, pavement and overlay, street lighting and bituminous walk, Project 96-30 (Cedar Lake Rd/Park Place Blvd. to Quentin Ave) By consent, Council designated Midwest Asphalt Corp as lowest responsible bidder and authorized execution of a contract in the amount of$299,521.35 11f. Professional Services for Video Inspection and Analysis of City's sewer system, Project 97-14 106 ' It was moved by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Young,to execute an agreement with CEL for services associated with video inspection and analysis of the sewer system.. The motion passed 7-0. MISCELLANEOUS None. CLAIMS, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACT PAYMENTS a. Verified claims -- By consent, claims were approved and payments authorized. b. Contract payments Final 1. T. L. Stevens Well Co., contract 4153. Amount$32,454.90 (Resolution 97-85) 2. Ron Kassa Construct, random concrete replacement. Amount$4,378.69 (Resolution 97-86) 3. Snell Mechanical, ventilation improvements/sheet metal fabrication at MSC. Amount: $6,600.50 (Resolution 97-87) By consent, Council adopted resolutions authorizing final payment. Partial Rec Center Renaissance contract payments Nova Frost Inc. 16,598.40 Midwest Asphalt 43,614.47 North Metro Landscaping 91,967.60 Maertens-Brenny Const 376,361.15 Anderson Iron Works 27,940.45 KMH Erectors 950.00 KMH Erectors 26,556.30 George Cook Const. 38,599.30 Brent Anderson Assoc. 475.00 Empirehouse Inc 40,084.30 Crawford Door Sales 17,384.05 Mulcahy Inc 16,753.49 Grazzini Brothers Co 2,717.00 107 Acoustics Assoc 6,874.20 St Paul Linoleum& Carpet 25,035.35 Swanson& Youngdale 53,537.25 Bartley Sales 9,956.95 Bartley Sales 7,904.00 Bartley Sales 126.35 Seating& Athletic Facility 40,533.65 Becker Arena Products 6,118.00 Gorham-Oien Mech 26,354.71 Falcon Fire Protection 739.10 Ridgedale Electric 10,830.00 Wanzek Construct 223,133.43 Other partial payments Matt Bullock, excavation and embankment. Amount: $44,622.69 Valley Paving , watermain replacement/pavement mill & overlay (Shelard Park). Amount: $76,387.41 Universal Applicators, cleaning, repairing, painting Res. No. 1. Amount: $77,593.38 Hardrives Inc, street/signal system improvements. Amount: $402,706.19 TMI Coatings, water Res. No. 1 roof replacement. Amount: $185,488.45 By consent, partial payments were approved and payment authorized. 14. Boards and Commission It was moved by Councilmember Young, seconded by Councilmember Jacobs, to appoint Councilmember Flanagan to the Community Education Advisory Council. The motion passed 7-0. Mayor Dorfman said the City and Golden Valley have established a Traffic Demand Management Committee on which Councilmembers Sanger and Brimeyer will serve. 15. Communications From the Mayor- TwinWest Chamber of Commerce honored Jim Brimeyer with its yearly "Bravo" award. She expressed her thanks to Chief Mitchell for his service to the City and wished him well. From the City Manager- Mr. Meyer extended his thanks to outgoing Police Chief Mancel Mitchell for his 13 years of service with the City. There will be a coffee honoring him on Thursday, July 10 at 2:00 p.m. 108 Mr. Meyer gave an update on the storm, reporting the City received 3.57 inches of rain in 45 minutes. He lauded the efforts of every department in the City in responding to the virtually unmanageable 11 overload to the 911 system as well as countless other calls from residents. 16. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. on a motion by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Sanger which passed 7-0. lia 4 .)r(O/a,e/'Mayor Dorfman Re ording Secretary I 109