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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005/03/21 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular 7CITY OF OFFICIAL MINUTES SATiII(DLIISCITY COUNCIL MEETING ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA MARCH 21, 2005 1. Call to Order Mayor Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7.30 pm Council members present: Mayor Jeff Jacobs, John Basill, Susan Sanger, Sue Santa, and Sally Velick Councilmembers Phil Finkelstein and Paul Omodt were absent. Staff present City Clerk (Ms. Reichert), City Manager(Mr. Harmening), City Attorney (Mr. Scott), City Engineer (Ms. Hagen), Director of Parks and Recreation (Ms. Walsh), Engineer Development Manager (Mr. Olson), and Recording Secretary (Ms. Stegora-Peterson). 2. Presentations - None 3. Approval of Minutes 3a. City Council Minutes of March 7, 2005 Councilmember Santa noted on page sixteen, in the second paragraph from the bottom, in the first sentence "they" and"them" should be replaced with "the City staff". Councilmember Sanger indicated on page seventeen, after the friendly amendment, it should note that she accepted. The minutes were approved as corrected. 4. Approval of Agenda and Items on Consent Calendar NOTE The Consent Calendar lists those items of business which are considered to be routine and/or which need no discussion Consent items are acted upon by one motion If discussion is desired by either a Councilmember or a member of the audience,that item may be moved to an appropriate section of the regular agenda for discussion 4a. Adopt resolutions imposing Civil Penalties for Liquor License Violations according to the recommendation of the City Manager. Resolution No. 05-043 Mpls Golf Club Resolution No. 05-044 Fuddruckers Resolution No. 05-045 Vescio's 4b. Accept for filing Planning Commission Minutes February 16, 2005 4c. Approve agreement between the City of St. Louis Park and the City of Golden Valley for provision of Public Safety Dispatch services and authorize Mayor and City Manager to sign the agreement 4d. Approve Resolution No. 05-046 accepting work on Louisiana Avenue Traffic Improvements City Project no. 00-17 Contract No 49-04 4e. Approve Resolution No. 05-047. authorizing continuation of temporary permit parking in front of 3128 Idaho Avenue South Traffic Study No 591 4f. Accept for filing Housing Authority Minutes February 9, 2005 4g. Accept for filing PRAC Minutes December 15, 2004 Council Meeting Minutes -2- March 21, 2005 4h. Accept for filing Planning Commission Minutes March 2, 2005 It was moved by Councilmember Santa, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to approve the Agenda and items listed on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed 5-0. 5. Boards and Commissions Mayor Jacobs thanked the volunteers for serving on Boards and Commissions. 5a. Citizen Representative to the Basset Creek Watershed Management District It was moved by Councilmember Santa, seconded by Councilmember Velick, to appoint Richard Johnson as Citizen Representative to the Basset Creek Watershed Management District. The motion passed 5-0. 5b. Minnehaha Creek Watershed Comprehensive Water Resource Management Planning Group It was moved by Councilmember Santa, seconded by Councilmember Basill, to appoint Helen Pitt as primary and Mary Karius as alternate to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed Comprehensive Water Resource Management Planning Group. The motion passed 5-0. 5c. Police Advisory Commission It was moved by Councilmember Santa, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to appoint Karen Bream and Jasper Jonson to the Police Advisory Commission. The motion passed 5-0. 5d. Human Rights Advisory Commission. It was moved by Councilmember Santa, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to appoint Ahmed Maaraba, Shelley Taylor and Michael Cohn to the Human Rights Advisory Commission. The motion passed 5-0. 6. Public Hearings 6a. Public Hearing to consider granting an On-Sale Wine and Beer License for Grand City Buffet, Inc. located at 8914 Hwy 7. Ms. Reichert presented the staff report. Council Meeting Minutes -3- March 21, 2005 Mayor Jacobs opened the public heanng. No speakers present. The public hearing was closed. It was moved by Councilmember Santa, seconded by Councilmember Velick to approve an on-sale wine and beer license. Councilmember Sanger asked if this was at Louisiana Avenue? Mayor Jacobs replied it was by Knollwood. The motion passed 5-0. 7. Requests, Petitions, and Communications from the Public—None 8. Resolutions, Ordinances, Motions 8a. City Engineer's Report: Local Street Rehabilitation Project—Area 1, Project No. 2004-1000. Resolution No. 05-042 Mr. Olson presented the staff report. Councilmember Sanger asked if residents would be given advance notice when the street use would be limited. Mr Olson replied yes, they would have a pre-construction meeting with a schedule of the contractors proposed work and would also send notification letters to residents. Councilmember Santa asked if the public library and the senior program at Lennox would also receive notice. Mr. Olson responded they would inform them as well. They have also proposed to have handouts available at the library and Lennox Center regarding the road construction. It was moved by Councilmember Santa, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to adopt Resolution No. 05-042 accepting this report, establishing and ordering Improvement Project No. 2004-1000, approving plans and specifications, and authorizing advertisement for bids. The motion passed 5-0. 8b. Browndale and Nelson Park Building Improvements Ms. Walsh presented the staff report and discussed the building layouts. Councilmember Basill thanked Ms. Walsh for the public process and making changes as a result of resident input. Mayor Jacobs noted he attended the meetings and one of the only suggestions was to have benches at the top of the sliding hill. Councilmember Sanger asked if the bathrooms would be available for use by people using the trail. Ms. Walsh replied when they left bathrooms open in park areas, there had been vandalism. Their advice would be not to leave them open on a daily basis. They could have them open for special events and at other times on a tnal and error basis. Council Meeting Minutes -4- March 21, 2005 Councilmember Sanger asked if the final designs had been shown to the neighborhood. Walsh replied yes, there were public meetings Councilmember Sanger noted that the Bronx Park Neighborhood may be having another association meeting at the end of April and would be interested in seeing this. Ms. Walsh replied she would leave them a diagram and would talk with the neighborhood president. It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Basill, to approve plans and specifications for the buildings at Browndale and Nelson Parks and authorize solicitation of bids for the project. The motion passed 5-0. 9. Communications Councilmember Basil] noted that the Youth Artists held a reception and exhibition at the library. Students from Susan Lindgren prepared art, which was fabulous. Mayor Jacobs stated that the Youth Summit will be held on April 12th at the St. Louis Park High School from 5.30-8:30 PM. Bookmark in the Park will hold a meeting on April 13th at City Hall The Lennox Spaghetti Dinner is April 15th at Lennox. Councilmember Santa stated that the Metropolitan Council is having a public heanng on Apnl 12`h regarding bus service from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Hopkins Arts Center. Mr. Harmening added that staff had been looking at the plan proposed by Metropolitan Transit. They are eliminating two routes in St. Louis Park, 604 and 605, which are circulator routes. They are reducing service on other routes. Staff would be attending the public hearings and may be coming before the City Council for action expressing concerns about the proposed cuts 10. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m. 51--4-4 ' 12(2--- -f–A-6-----s City Clerk May r