CCM 06/23/2014
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF FRIDLEY
JUNE 23, 2014
The City Council meeting for the City of Fridley was called to order by Mayor Lund at 7:06 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mayor Lund
Councilmember-at-Large Barnette
Councilmember Bolkcom
Councilmember Varichak
Councilmember Saefke
OTHERS PRESENT:
Wally Wysopal, City Manager
Darcy Erickson, City Attorney
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director
PROCLAMATION:
Women of Today Founder’s Day
SERVICE REPORT:
Fridley ‘49er Days
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
City Council Meeting of June 9, 2014.
APPROVED.
OLD BUSINESS:
1.Second Reading of an Ordinance under Section 12.06 of the City Charter Declaring
Certain Real Estate to be Surplus and Authorizing the Sale Thereof (Ward 1).
WAIVED THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO.
1317 ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLICATION.
2.Claims (1406 ACH PCard and 164223-164415).
APPROVED.
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3.Licenses.
APPROVED THE LICENSES AS SUBMITTED AND AS ON FILE.
4.Estimates.
Astech Corporation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1025
St. Cloud, MN 56302
2014 Street Rehabilitation Project No. ST2014-01
Estimate No. 2 ........................................................................................ $257,402.59
APPROVED.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:
MOTION
by Councilmember Barnette to approve the Consent Agenda. Seconded by
Councilmember Varichak.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
OPEN FORUM VISITORS:
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Linda Abbott,
5390 7 Street NE, thanked Mayor Lund and the City Council for their service
for the City of Fridley and residents. She was there to ask about the product that is added to
municipal water to produce fluoridation. She learned the FDA is the agency that demands
manufactures seeking to sell drugs over the counter or by prescription to prove they are safe.
She asked if the product the vendor, Hawkins, Inc., uses for the fluoridation in Fridley’s water is
safe and effective and approved by the FDA.
Mayor Lund
said he was not sure but would check with staff.
Councilmember Saefke
said he could give Ms. Abbott the information on the chemical
composition but he could not confirm one way or the other.
Ms. Abbott
said if the product is not approved by the FDA, it is unethical and fraud. She said
she thinks Fridley wants to offer safe water for residents.
Mayor Lund
said Fridley’s water is highly regulated through different government agencies,
and Fridley annually produces a water quality report. He said the requested information may be
covered in that report. He will forward her request to staff and get back to her.
Councilmember Bolkcom
asked if Ms. Abbott talked to the Director of Public Works who
sends out the water study.
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Ms. Abbott
said she talked to Kory Jorgensen and the Minnesota Department of Health.
Mayor Lund
stated that Kory is the head of the Water Division. He asked what kind of
response she got.
Ms. Abbott
replied that Kory said Fridley buys the product in bulk from Hawkins, Inc., at $4.60
per gallon in an average of three years, and that is how much Fridley pays to fluoridate the water.
Scott Hickok
, Community Development Director, said at the last meeting a gentleman spoke at
the “Open Forum” asking staff to look at some things and answer some questions regarding
parking. Staff has answered the questions. He said he would send a letter to the person and
answer his questions.
Councilmember Bolkcom
asked him to summarize the report.
Mr. Hickok
said the gentleman is the most southwestern resident in the City, and his front yard
looks out to the rail yard. He wanted to use the property across the street for parking and was
asking if there was any jurisdiction for him not to park there. The rail owns the property and
does not have the authority to give permission for people to park on the grass, which is an
unapproved parking surface. The rail personnel will drive on the property for the rail industry
use. Staff is enforcing the law consistently across the board. The resident would need
permission to park there and would have to park on an approved parking surface like asphalt.
Councilmember Bolkcom
announced there will be another recycle drop-off day on July 26
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. due to the bad spring weather. Residents will be getting a postcard in the
mail with the details. The next drop-off after that is in October.
ADJOURN:
MOTION
by Councilmember Barnette to adjourn. Seconded by Councilmember Varichak.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:33
P.M.
Respectfully Submitted,
Krista Peterson Scott J. Lund
Recording Secretary Mayor