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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC January 20, 1976 CITY 01 ANDOVER REGULAR CITY COUNCI L MEETING - JANUARY 20, 1976 AGENDA (Revised _ 1/16/76) Presentation of Bicentennial Plaque General Information Meeting with Commissioner Edward Fields and County Sheriff Ralph Talbot. 1. Call to Order 2. Agenda Approval 3. Approval of Minutes a) December 16, 1975 b) January 6, 1976 4. Public Hearings a) Community Development Block Grant (Continued) b) Green Acres Storm Sewer (75-5) _ Continued 5. Petitions, Requests, Communications a) St. Patrick's Church - Bingo Permit b) Norb~rt TempI - Waiving of Platting of Lot c) 0' Brien's Acres _ Final Plat Approval d) Audette Brothers Addition - Final Plat Approval 6. ordinancel and Resolutions I: . :: ""'1" o"dm..oe 7. Reports of Officers, Boards & Committees a) Park /Recreation Board - Athletic Association b) Crim'e Prevention Committee c) Engirieer - Acceptance of Meadowood Streets d) 8. Old Business a) -I . . Animal Control Contract b) Unreèolved Claims , ) 9. New Business a) Election Precincts b) Maintaining Skating Rink on Private Property c) Sanitary Sewer billing and collection procedures d) Uncollectible Accounts Receivable 10. Payment of Claims 11. Adjournment CITY 01 ANDOVER REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JANUAR Y 20, 1976 MINUTES The Andover City Council met at 7:30 P. M., January 20, 1976, in the City Council Charrl::e1J¡ to confer with County Commissioner Edward Fields, County Engineer, Paul Ruud, County Sheriff Ralph Talbot and Undersheriff Donald Dwyer; and to receive a commemorative plaque from the Bicentennial Committee. Mrs. Arlene Nehring, Chairman of the Andover Bicentennial Committee, very briefly reiterated on the Committee background and members. Mrs. JoAnn Chouinard, Committee Publicity Chairman, presented the City with a plaque designating the City of Andover as a Bicentennial Community. Commissioner Fields explained to the Council that as a City, Andover must approve all grade plans for work done by the County within the City limits. Discussed were the 1) Faherty Bridge Project (1976), 2) upgrading of '7tŒAveriue south of C.S.A.H. 20 (l97~), 3) upgrading of 7th Avenue north of C, S. A. H. 20 (l97~, the overpass on 7th Avenue, 4) the bridging of the Rum River near the highschool, and5)the extension of Ha";son Boulevard between C. S. A. H. 116 and C.S.A.H. 16. Mr. Fields , noted that the County would like a resolution from the Council approving the proposed I Rum River cros sing as a concept, inasmuch as this would aid in receiving Federal , Funding on the project. Mr. Ruud prese~ted the Council with a map showing the proposed highway plans and briefly outlined same. Discussion was had on the proposed C. S. A. H. It]) proposed extension. Mr. Ruud noted that right-of-ways could be handled at a later date, however, he did want the City to be made aware of the County plan, thus giving the Council and Planning and Zoning Commis sion an opportunity to thoroughly review it. Sheriff Talbot and Undersheriff Dwyer covered the Police Budget "problems" relative to an ov~rload of personnel due to several communities cancelling contracts. With the use of Jeveral charts prepared by the Department, costs for police protection in the individual communities within the County, were shown and explained. Also discussed very briefly were the advantages and disadvantages of the possible establishment of a Subordinate Law Enforcement Service. The Regular BifMonthlY Meeti~~'~; ~~~' ~n~;~:r City Council was called to order by Mayor Richar¡; J. Schneider at 8:30 P. M., at the Andover Community Center, 1685 Crosstown oulevard N. W.. Anoka, Minnesota. Councilpersons ~resent: Holasek, Rither, VanderLaan Councilpersons Absent : Windschitl Also present: City Attorney, William G. Hawkins; City Engineer, D. R. Kasma: City Planning and Zoning Chairman, Dave Jack; City Administrator, Norman Werner; City Clerk, P. Lindquist; and approximately 25 residents and others. Regular Çouncil Meeting - 1/20/76 Page 2 - Minutes Agenda Approval MOTION by VanderLaan, seconded by Rither, to approve the agenda with the deletion of Item No. 3 (Approval of Minutes), with the provision that at 10:00 p, M, , the Council will again review the agenda. MOTION AMENDED by Rither, seconded by VanderLaan, to add Item No. 9-e (Letter from Council to Former Building Official). MOTION AMENDED by Schneider, seconded by Holasek, to add Item No. 9-f (Acknowledgement of Letter from James Thurston). Motion and amendments carried unanimously, Community Development Block Grant Engineer Kasma outlined for the Council, his letter dated January 20, 1976, stating in part that all statistics gathered from the County and other agencies, the Green Acres Area did not fit into the classification of "low and moderate" income to the extent that it could qualify for the Grant. Discussed was the other ~alternative for a possible Grant-Round Lake Parkland, as far as I) future costs for maintenance and operation, 2) costs for development, 3) balancing of the Grant Funds, if received, and city costs, and 4) Grant Application costb to T. K. D. A. I MOTION by Hol~sek, seconded by VanderLaan, to close the Public Hearing to citizen input. Motion carried unanimously. I The majority of the Council felt they did not want to pursue the grant at this , time, inasmuch as the City was not in a financial position to contribute funds to the project. Green Acres Storm Sewer MOTION by Van~erLaan, seconded by Rither, to close the Public Hearing for the constructiontf Green Acres Storm Sewer (75-5), and to terminate the project; noting said cons ruction to be included in the 1976-1 Green Acres Improvement Project. MOti01 carried unanimously, St. Patrick's Church Bingo Permit I Two parishioners from St. Patrick's Church appeared requesting a permit to conduct bingo gabes on the' dateš specified (list on file with clerk), for the year, 1976. It J.as noted that the requirements as set forth in State Statute governing same,1 had been followed and there were no objections. MOTION by VanderLaan, seconded by Rither, to approve the Bingo Permit and Schedule as presented, for St. Patrick's Church. Motion carried unanimously. Regular Council Meeting - 1/20/76 Minutes - Page 3 Norbert TempI - Request to Waive Pla:ting Requirements Attorney Hawkins stated that the lot in question could be included as part of the Plat presently being prepared by Mr. TempI for the area adjoining this lot; and that a situation creating a need for a variance would be applicable under City Ordinance No. 10 if Mr. TempI did not own adjoining property -this could be considered adjoining inasmuch as only the road easement separated the parcels. Mr. Jack advised the Council that the Planning and Zoning Commission was not aware of Mr. Hawkins opinion at the time that they reviewed the request and made their recommendation to approve on the basis of a hardship created by the City street (Gladiola Street) separating this parcel from the area being platted. MOTION by Rither, seconded by VanderLaan, to direct the Staff to prepare a resolution denying the "Waiving of Flatting Requirements" for Norbîrt TempI as referenced in the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendat on dated January 8, 1976, for the reason that said request does not comply with the provisions of Ordinance No. 10 and lOA. Vote: Yes - Holasek, Rither, VanderLaan; Present - Schneider (felt that Mr. TempI should have been made aware of this situation at the time he first requested the variance.) Motion carried. 0' Brien Acres - FinålcPlat:.,:\ppr.oval The Clerk advised the Council that all fees have been paid. No objections were offered by the Engineer or Attorney. MOTION by Rither, seconded by VanderLaan, to direct the Staff to prepare a Resolution Accepting the Final Plat of O'Brien Acres. Motion carried unanimously. , ¡ Audette Brothers Addition _ Final Plat Approval I Attorney Hawkin,s recommended approval authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to sign the Fin al PIa t. The Clerk noted that all fees have been paid. A slight discrepancy in the Dedicatio~ Clause as indicated by the Title Opinion was noted., MOTION by Holasek, seconded by VanderLaan, to direct the Staff to prepare a Resolution , Accepting the Final Plat of Audette Brothers Addition, subject to correction of the dedication cl~use. Motion carried unanimously. Parking ordinanle I Discussion was had on Section 4 in the proposed ordinance inasmuch as this item was covered in City Ordinance No. 8; and Section No. 5, relative to the 1" of snow , specification. MOTION by Rither, seconded by VanderLaan, to amend Section No. 5('2) . in the proposed Parking Ordinance to read.. . "Following the declaration of a snow emergency by thk City, .it shall b,,-unlawful to park or permit to be parked, or to continue to park lor permit to stand, any vehicle upon any City street until such time as the sno..J has been plowed from said street, or the snow emergency declaration lifted" . Motion carried unanimously. Regular Council Meeting - 1/20/76 Minutes - Page 4 Parking Ordinance (continued) MOTION by Rither, seconded by Holasek, to delete Section 4 in the proposed Parking Ordinance, noting that it is not necessary inasmuch as it is already covered in City Ordinance No. 8. Motion carried unanimously. MOTION by Holasek, seconded by Rither, to adopt Ordinance No. 33, An Ordinance Regulating the Parking of Motor Vehicles Within the City of Andover. MOTION AMENDED by VanderLaan, seconded by Holasek, to correct the title to read. . . . "An Ordinance Regulating the Parking of Motor Vehicles on Public Streets Within the City of Andover'.'. Amendment and motion carried unanimously. Meadowood Streets MOTION by Rither, seconded by Holasek, to direct the Administrator to prepare a resolution indicating final acceptance of the streets in the Meadowood Addition, as recommended by the City Engineer; subject to receipt of a "Letter of Credit" by the City from:Gold Medallion Homes. covering seeding and mulching. Motion carried unanimously. Reconsideration ~f Agenda Items ¡ MOTION by Van~erLaan, seconded by Rither, to handle only Item No. 7 -a (Parks/ Recreation Board, Item 8- b (Unresolved Claims), Item 9-d (Uncollectible Accounts Receivable), Iterh 9-e (Letter from Council to Former Building Official). I MOTION AMENDED by Holasek, seconded by Schneider, to include Item 9-f (Letter from James Thurston). Amendment and Motion carried unanimously. parks/Recreatiol Board - Athletic Association A short discussJn was had relative to the fact that such an Association had not yet been established in the City. MOTION by Holasek, seconded by VanderLaan, that the City of &dover adopt a Resolution Approving the Concept of an Athletic , Association. Motion carried unanimously. Unresolved Clails G&G Publishing J A short discussi n was had on the poor workmanship in the printing of the Newsletter and Bicentennial 'Festival Programs-it was noted by Councilperson Rither that words were mis-spelled in the letter from G. &G. objecting to the City's offer to reimburse them for paper only. MOTION by VanderLaan. seconded by Holasek, to authorize payment of one-half the amount charged by G. &G. Publishing, as total settlement. Motion carried unanimously. Regular Council Meeting - 1/20/76 Minutes - Page 5 Unresolved Claims (continued) Ehlers and Associates Councilperson Rither noted that Council minutes for the period of January 23, 1975 through the billing date of March 25, 1975, indicated that the charges covered additional work requested by the Council, and therefore, was a just claim. MOTION by Holasek, secon'!ed by Schneider, to table action on this claim until a full Council is present. which will be February 3, 1976. Vote: Yes - Schneider, Holasek; No - Rither, VanderLaan (feel there is sufficient information to make a decision at this time). Motion tied. MOTION by VanderLaan, seconded by Rither, authorizing payment to Ehlers and Associates in the amount of $1625.95, covering services from January 23, 1975 to March 27, 1975. Vote: Yes - Rither, VanderLaan; No - Schneider, Holasek. Motion tied. Uncollectible Accounts Receivable After some discussion with reference to the possibilities of collecting any of the costs; and upon the opinion of the City Attorney that in the majority of the cases, the costs' of collection would exceed the bill, MOTION by Rither, seconded by ',H91asek, .-. to instruct the Administrator to prepare a Resolution directing the Cl<:rk/Treasurer to write_off those charges as shown on a memorandum from the Clerk/ Treasurer, dated January 12 (Exhibit "B", attached). Motion carried unanimously. Letter from colcil to Former Building Official Councilperson Rlther read a letter he had prepared (Exhibit "C", attached) and made a MOTION to cO~lVey this letter of appreciation to Walter L. Arntzen. Motion seconded by VanderLaan ~nd carried unanimously. Letter from JaJes Thurston I A brief discussion was had on the letter to the Council from the City Building Inspector I relative to the Council's wishes for him to remain as Building Official. MOTION by Schneider, s~conded by Holasek, to convey to Mr. Thurston, a vote of confidence by the Council. jcouncilPerson Rither stated that Mr. Thurston was at the January 13 Meeting, and rw s advised of this at that time, and was also made aware of the fact that no decision ~s to promotion could be made until the entire staff structure was reviewed at the February 2, 1976 Meeting. Vote: Yes - Schneider, Holasek; No - Rither, Vander Than. Motion tied. Regular Council Meeting - 1/20/76 Minutes - Page 6 Fire S, rvice Contract MOTION by Holasek, seconded by Rither, to direct the Administrator to draw up a Resolution for Approval of the City of Andover to Enter Into a Fire-Service Contract with the City of Anoka for the Year, 1976, in the Amount of $3, 464. 10. Motion carried unanimously. Payment of Claims MOTION by Rither, seconded by Holasek, to pay General Fund Claims Nos. 542 through 566, in the amount of $7.398.13. Motion carried unanimously. Adjournment MOTION by VanderLaan, seconded by Rither, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned - 11:30 P.M. Patricia K. ~\~11~ ~ TKDA TOm, KING, DUVALL, ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED ENGINEERS AND ARCHITI!:CTS 1408 PIONEER BUILDING SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55101 224-7891 ·,'i'.J',,".II:I'I,'" '~ _j. i ' ,,1 ¡ v January 20, 1976 t·' r ,!. ~.' , . " " I· J: J r J IoU V .~, , .";.); ¡"P,kC, ..-,,'I,','·! ,"" (~ (- t',~ . t ."n·J r_'. ,.;,q " ,J-. ,. ,> '.... . . ' ,~, ~ '.j-," Honorable Mayor and City Council .1, ", ,',f' ,;" Andover, Minnesota "i- ,e,- " i" í ~ Re: Community Development I,~ . , , Block Grant Program ¡,- Commission No. 6223-76 .' .::, II',;" Council Members: ",...... 1-'·"1,',,1:'-' At the request of the City Council at the January 6, 1976 meeting we have investigated the feasibility of making a HUD Block Grant Application for sanitary sewer construction in Green Acres Area. ¡ ¡ We contacted Anoka County offices and learned the following: ¡ 1. AnoTJ County Assessor gave us the market value of the homes in both , the Green Acres and Northwoods Area for 1974 with a statement that a 100/01 increase would be made in 1975. We have prepared one-half ¡ section maps showing the market values and the following is a list of , the market values shown on that map: I Green Acres Market Value No. of Home s 10,000-20,000 3 20,000-30,000 40 30,000-40,000 7 Total 50 Northwoods, Area O-ln,oOO 3 In. lInll- ¿o. (;lIlI ¿ ¿lI, 1'1\1)- Ill. lIOU 54 10,000-40.1'00 ¿O Total 7') r. -.-- Honorable Mayor and City Council Andover, Minnesota January 20, 1976 Page 2 2. Anoka County and State Unemployment Service stated records are avail- able for Counties only and the entire City of Andover. No information is available for specific areas in Andover. Because of the market value of the homes and the un-availability of employment information, I recommend ~ proceeding further on a grand application to HUD for either of these areas. We recommend the Council proceed with the grant application for Round Lake Land Acquisition and Development in the amount of $450, 000. We further recommend that if unsuccessful in this grant application that WI¡ make one for the project under the LAWCON Program. The LAWCON Program grant applications have to be submitted by July 15, 1976 and so we would know if the project is accepted by HUD under the Community Development Block Grant Program prior to doing any work on the LAWCON application. I y.'ill revi'1w this report with the Council at the January 20, 1976 meeting. Very truly yours, TOLTZ, KING, DUVALL, ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED ~~~~~ DRK:pp cc: Mr. No man Werner, Admin. Mrs. P tricia K. Lindquist, Clerk '¡¡ûV QV 1JI::¡f:pQV'!1[J ~ M E III 0 R A N D U M To: MA YOR AND COUNCIL Copies To: ADMINISTRATOR From: CLF.RK Da t e : Jl\NU.^.RY 17. 1 Q76 Reference: UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE The following charges have been on the books for well over a year . each: Curtis Martell Fire Call $ 66. 00 Al Fanucci Fire Call 66.00 Roland Huber Fire Call 150. 00 David Bertram Fire Call 15 O. 00 Skycroft Corp. Mowing grass 22.50 Sharon Raske Ordinances 1.50 , Mr. Martell is no longer in the area (all billings have been , rt'tltrnr'd sh0:-ving "unable to locate "). Mr. Fanucci absolutely e lt5Ch to pay this charge. You will recall that at the Fire Call L,· rtlfi<atlOn' Hearing in 1974, one call was dlvided equally b<'tween iourlresidents and not certified. The other two persons ,nvolved did pay their $66.00. It is my understanding that we , .'In only certify those calls prior to the year of certification. Mr. Huber aid Mr. Bertram were car fires, which are not "ollectible th'rough usual certification process. Both billings , hd \'t' bf'cn returned showing "unable to locate". é>h{croft cortoration has gone out of business and the owner, Mr. Weber cannot be located. ! have sPOke~ to the Auditors about these uncollectibles, and they agreed that perhaps they should be ''written off ", rather than expend any additional city funds trying to collect. PKL