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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005/06/27 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Study Session CITY OF ST. LOUIS OFFICIAL MINUTES PARK CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION June 27, 2005 The meeting convened at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers present: John Basill, Phil Finkelstein, Sue Santa, Sally Velick and Mayor Jeff Jacobs. Staff present: Deputy City Manager(Ms Gohman); Planner(Mr. Fulton); Economic Development Coordinator(Mr. Hunt); Planning and Zoning Supervisor(Ms. McMonigal), TSS Director (Mr Pires); and City Clerk (Ms. Reichert) 1. Condominium Market Report Mr. Thomas O'Neil of Dahlgren Shardlow and Uban presented a report to council entitled "Market Viewpoint: Twin Cities Condo Market 2004-2005." Planning Commission members Carl Robertson, Dennis Morris and Lynne Carper were also present at the meeting. Following the report Councilmembers Basill and Finkelstein questioned whether additional research could be done when proposals come forward to ensure developers chosen to work in the city were qualified, competent and expenenced. Ms. McMonigal responded that if a particular development proposal is an allowed use, council has little control in that regard. Council has discretion at the zoning level, with comp plan amendments and when financial assistance from the city is involved. She offered to do further research for discussion at a later date. Councilmember Finkelstein also requested that council consider the "top 10 development sites" in the city, and that council discuss "plan by corridor" zoning overlay districts. Mr. Moms thought it would be prudent to develop additional controls to put the brakes on residential development in the city Ms. McMonigal informed council that staff is working on a study of commercial and industnal properties in the city, which will be helpful in planning for future development 2. Wireless Study Update Mr. Pires reported that the community wireless survey was almost done and council will be receiving information from that survey in late July. There is also a town hall meeting scheduled for July 26`h :F•r Mr. Pires introduced Tom of the SLP School District. SLP City and School staff have been working on strategies for helping persons who may not have the hardware necessary to access the Internet to gain that access. The philosophy being, that if a local wireless network is created to benefit the public, efforts should also be made to ensure the equipment needed to take advantage of that resource should also be made available. Mr. Pires anticipated this to be a city/school/business collaboration. Study Session Minutes -2- June 27, 2005 Councilmember Finkelstein believed all work on this should be completed prior to the next legislative session. Councilmember Santa said that people are asking where the city is at with this project and she is anxious for more information so that she can keep residents updated. Mr. Pires said that promotion for the town meeting is coming soon and that there will also be media releases on the subject. 3. Salary Cap Ms. Gohman presented proposed salary modifications which reflected recent legislative changes in the salary cap for local government officials. Ms. Gohman also asked council to consider options for dealing with the Paid Time Off balances accrued by employees who had reached the cap. Council also opted to transfer the PTO hours into Health Care Savings Plans which could be set up to happen July 315t of each year. Admin Services staff will prepare documents to bring forward for council adoption 4. Council and EDA Salaries Council considered options for changing Council and EDA salaries, which must be done during an election year. Council had not raised council salanes since January of 2002. Because two councilmembers were not able to participate in the discussion, council asked to defer further discussion to a future study session. 5. Communications The City Clerk answered questions from council about a public heanng to be held July 5th regarding issuance of a liquor license to a retail store to be located in the Miracle Mile Shopping Center. 6. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 9:04 p.m 'I� Ci y Clerk May.