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Home My WebLink About2000/08/07 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular CITY OF OFFICIAL MINUTES ST LOUIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING PARK ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA AUGUST 7, 2000 1. Call to Order Mayor Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7.30 p.m. 2. Presentations a. Junior Leader Presentation Doug Langefels, Director of Parks and Recreation introduced Patty Reno, Junior Leader Coordinator. Ms. Reno explained the Junior Leader program and presented Certificates of Appreciation to the Junior Leader volunteers who put in well over 1000 hours of volunteer time at the neighborhood parks this summer. b. Livable Communities Presentation Kann Duvall and Ted Mondale of Met Council presented a Certification of Appreciation to the City for their participation in the Livable Communities Program. 3. Roll Call The following Councilmembers were present at roll call: Jim Brimeyer, Ron Latz, Chris Nelson, Sue Sanger, Sue Santa, Robert Young, and Mayor Jeff Jacobs. Also present were the City Manager(Mr Meyer); City Clerk (Ms Reichert), City Attorney(Mr. Scott), Director of Finance (Ms. McGann); Recreation Supenntendent (Mr. Birno), and Recording Secretary(Ms. Olson). 4. Approval of Minutes a. City Council Minutes of July 17, 2000 The Council approved the minutes with the following changes: Item 8b, Page 4, Paragraph 6, change "majority of SLP residents" to "99% of SLP residents". Item 8b, Page 5, Paragraph 8, change "first meeting" to "first reading". b. Study Session Minutes of June 26, 2000 The minutes were approved as presented. 5. Approval of Agendas a. Consent Agenda. It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Nelson, to approve the consent agenda. The motion passed 7-0. b. Agenda It was moved by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Santa, to approve the agenda. The motion passed 7-0. c. Resolutions and Ordinances By consent, Council waived reading of resolutions and ordinances. Council Meeting Minutes -2- August 7, 2000 6. Public Hearings 6a. Public Hearing- Benilde-St. Margaret's School: Private Activity Revenue Bonds Jean McGann, Finance Director presented a staff report. Mayor Jacobs opened the public hearing. Jim Hamburge, President of Benilde-St. Margaret's gave a brief overview of the project. There being no others wishing to speak, the public hearing was closed. No formal action needed to be taken at this time. 7. Petitions, Requests, Communications - None 8. Resolutions and Ordinances 8a. First reading of an ordinance amending the Municipal Code regarding conduct of City Council meetings Cindy Reichert, City Clerk presented a staff report and recommended approval. Councilmember Sanger asked what the procedure was for any of the public who desired to raise an issue to be put on the agenda. Ms. Reichert stated that members of the public have the option of directly addressing the council, but that all items would need to be placed on the agenda prior to the meeting Persons wishing to address the council could contact the administration office to be placed on the agenda. Councilmember Nelson clarified that the public could continue to notify their Councilmember about an item that they wanted placed on a City Council agenda. It was moved by Councilmember Latz, seconded by Councilmember Brimeyer, to approve first reading of an ordinance amending the Municipal Code by adding section 2-100 and deleting sections 2-101 through 2-121 regarding conduct of City Council meetings. The motion passed 7- 0. 8b. Resolution approving application of grant for the development of soccer fields. Resolution No. 00-091 Rick Birno, Recreation Superintendent presented a staff report. Councilmember Brimeyer asked if this confined the City to soccer at Oak Hill Park at Central Park. Mr. Birno stated that the application was for two soccer fields, one of which we would identify at Oak Park Village. Mr Meyer, City Manager stated that in lieu of letting the opportunity to apply for the grant go by, if for some reason we decide that these fields wouldn't be built there, we could apply for an amendment to the grant which would allow us to use it, but we wouldn't have any guarantee that the amendment would be approved. Councilmember Nelson asked how specific the application needed to be. Mr. Birno stated that the application needed to be specific and there was a chance that if the City did not specify sites and outline when the process would be started this could impact the City's opportunity of receiving a grant He stated that there was a limited amount of money available. Councilmember Nelson was in favor of spending this money for the matching portion. Councilmember Young questioned how many additional funds would be required and where would they come from. Council Meeting Minutes -3- August 7, 2000 Mr Birno stated that some of the funds would come from the St. Louis Park Soccer Association and the rest of the funds would come from the City's park improvement budget if available. Councilmember Latz questioned how the decision to make the application is a commitment to spend the matching funds or give the City an opportunity later if the grant is received. Mr. Meyer stated that if the City accepts the grant and accept the monies than there is the commitment for the matching funds He stated that it was not the intent to use the balance of the monies in the Park Improvement Fund for the soccer field alone, but for a larger project in the Oak Hill area. Councilmember Latz was in favor of the application of the grant. It was moved by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Latz, to approve Resolution No. 00-091 authorizing application for a$100,000 grant designated for assistance with the development to two soccer fields in the Oak Park Village area. The motion passed 7-0. 8c. Resolution Imposing Civil Penalties for Liquor License Violations Resolution No.'s 00-092, 00-093, 00-094, 00-095, 00-096, and 00-097 By consent, Council approved the following Resolutions: Resolution No. 00-092 imposing civil penalty for liquor license violation for Westwood Liquors, 2304 Louisiana Avenue Resolution No. 00-093 imposing civil penalty for liquor license violation for Texas Tonka Liquors (Summit), 8242 Minnetonka Blvd Resolution No 00-094 imposing civil penalty for liquor license violation for Knollwood Liquor, 7924 Highway 7. Resolution No. 00-095 imposing civil penalty for liquor license violation for Vic's Liquor, 6316 Minnetonka Blvd. Resolution No. 00-096 imposing civil penalty for liquor license violation for Gipper's, 4608 Excelsior Blvd. Resolution No. 00-097 imposing civil penalty for liquor license violation for Classic bar and Café, 4700 Excelsior Blvd. 8d. Resolution Appointing Election Judges for the Federal/State Primary and General Elections on September 12, 2000 and November 7, 2000 Resolution No. 00-098 By consent, Council adopted Resolution No. 00-098 appointing election judges for the Federal/State Primary and General Elections on September 12, 2000 and November 7, 2000 8e. Resolution Supporting Perspectives Inc.'s Funding Requests To Hennepin County and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Resolution No. 00-099 By consent, Council adopted Resolution No. 00-099 supporting Perspectives' funding request to the Hennepin County, Affordable Housing Incentive Fund (AHIF) and MHFA. 8f. MSP Real Estate Development Agreement Amendment By consent, Council adopted the Second Amendment to the Contract for Private Redevelopment between the City of St. Louis Park, the Economic Development Authority and MSP SLP Apartments, LLC. Council Meeting Minutes -4- August 7, 2000 8g. CSM Development Agreement Amendment By consent, Council approved the First Amendment to Contract for Private Redevelopment between the City of ST. Louis Park, the Economic Development Authority, and CSM Hospitality, Inc. 8h. Rottlund Development Agreement Amendment By consent, Council approved the First Amendment to Contract for Pnvate Redevelopment between the City of St. Louis Park, the Economic Development Authority, and the Rottlund Company, Inc. 8i. Approval of lease agreement for a communications antenna with Metricom, Inc. Resolution No. 00-100 By consent, Council approved Resolution No. 00-100 authorizing execution of lease agreement with Metricom, Inc, fir commumcations antenna. 8j. Resolution for specially assessing the cost of installation for a fire suppression sprinkler system for a commercial building at 7600 Highway 7 Resolution No. 00-090 By consent, Council adopted Resolution No. 00-090 authorizing installation and special assessment of a fire sprinkler system at 7600 Highway 7 and directing the Mayor and City Manager to execute a special assessment agreement with the property owner. 9. Reports from Officers, Boards, Committees a. Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission Minutes of May 10, 2000 b. Human Rights Commission Minutes of June 21, 2000 c. Board of Zoning Appeals Minutes of June 22, 2000 d. Vendor Claims e. Single Audit Report f. Cable Television Advisory Commission Minutes of April 13, 2000 g. Cable Television Advisory Commission Minutes of May 18, 2000 By consent, Council accepted all reports for filing. 10. Unfinished Business -None 11. New Business 11 a. Bid tabulation for dehumidification system replacement in the west arena of the Rec Center By consent, Council designated S B S Mechanical, Inc. as the lowest responsible bidder, and authorized execution of a contract for replacement of the dehumidification system in the west arena of the Rec Center in an amount not to exceed $114,000 11b. Bid Tabulation: Storm Water Flood Area No. 2 (8311 Franklin Avenue) - Project No. 00-05 By consent, Council designated F.F. Jedlicki, Inc. the lowest responsible bidder and authorized execution of a contract with the firm in the amount of$59,015.00. 12. Miscellaneous - None Council Meeting Minutes -5- August 7, 2000 13. Claims, Appropriation, Contract Payments Final - Lametti & Sons $34,224.17 Emergency repair Contract No. 32-00 Bituminous Roadways $63,076.86 Contract Sealcoating Contract No. 52-00 Calgon Carbon Corporation $11,246 50 GAC Contract No. 20-99 By consent, adopt the following Resolutions: Resolution No. 00-101 accepting work on granular activated carbon, Contract No. 20-99 with Calgon Cargon Corporation Resolution No. 00-102 accepting work on emergency watermain repair, Contract No. 32-00 with Lametti & Sons, Inc Resolution No. 00-103 accepting work on contract sealcoating, Contract No. 52-00 with Bituminous Roadways, Inc. 14. Communications From the Deputy City Manager- None From the Mayor- Mayor Jacobs stated that this year there were over 100 National Night Out block parties in the community. Councilmember Brimeyer requested that the issue of art funding be placed on a study session agenda in September. 15. Adjournment It was moved by Councilmember Bnmeyer, seconded by Councilmember Santa, to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m. The motion passed 7-0. ______ , / 1 )(. ty Clerk Mayor/ n / i