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01/12/1970 - 00019056��� THE MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP MEETING OF JANUARY 12, 1970 Mayor Kirkham called the Pu�l�c IIearing and Workshop Meeting of January 12, 1970, to order at 7:35 P.M PLEDG� OF ALL�GIANCE. Mayor Kirkham asked everyone to stand and �oin in saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ROLL CALL: MEMBERS PRE5FNT MEMBERS ABSENT: ADOPTION OF AGENDA: Liebl, Samuelson, Sheridan, Kirkham Harris MUTION by Councilman Liebl to adopt the Agenda as presented, Seconded by Councilman Sheridan, Upon a voice vote, there being no nays� Mayor Kirkham declared the motion carried. OLD BUSINESS CONSI➢ERATION OF RESOLUTION #5-1970 STATING NO FURTHER REC CHARGES WILL BE COLLECTED UND�R TI-IE PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION NO. 61^1967: The Mayor said that the Council had discussed this item at the previous Council Meeting. He asked the City Attorney if he had any Purther remarks to add. The City Attorney said that he, the City Manager and the Finance Director will be meeting to recommend the way this is to be done and when that has been figured out, he felt the ordinance originally adopted should be nullified. Councilman Samuelson said that this had been thoroughly discussed and he was in agreement with the Resolution. MOTION by Councilman Samuelson to adopt Resolution #5-1970. Seconded by Councilman Sheridan. Upon a voice vote, there being no nays, Mayor Kirkham declared the motion carried, Councilman Liebl asked the Pinance Director how much money is involved, The Finanre Directox said that it was in the neighborhood of $2�O,OQO, DISCUSSION RL'GARDING OPEN BURNING Ma�°or Kirkham said he would like to see the Council reactivate their interest in the Air Pollution Ordinance on which they have already held heaxings. Councilman Liebl said he had received calls over the last two years regarding this sub7ect and he wondered if it wouldn't be in order to instruct the Administration to conduct a feasibility study on a Municipal pick up system� whether it could be done, and the financial aspects. � , � �'� � PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP MEETING OF JANUARY 12, 1970 PAGE 2 � The City Manager said that Blaine has a Municipal system The charge is $25 00 a year and they pick up everything, He said he did not know if they have adopted a burning ordinance. The City Manager said that he has made a study on taking bids on garbage and trash pickup which is the way that Columbia Heights is handling theirs Councilman Liebl said that his bill is $33 or $36 a year and he has to keep it in front of the garage which a lot of older people can't do. He has £ound that the people working for these companies are not paid enough to keep good he1p. He said that Blaine seems to have a satisfactory arrange- ment, and the homeowners gain. Mayor Kirkham said that as he sees it now, he would prefer to go out on bids to keep private enterprise, but if a study shows a municipal system would be the best - that would be the way to go, He asked the City Manager to check out the figures for the Council. The City Planager said that he had discussed this with Blaine but they felt it was still too soon to te11 how their system was going to work out. The Fire Prevention Chief was asked if the City was giving out burning permits. He said that we would issue them, but there are not many calls for them right now. The City Attorney said that he felt open burning comes under the 7urisdiction of the Pollution Control Agency and they should be issuing the perma.ts. The Fire Prevention Chief said that the policy sheet � on open burning before the Council this evening is only an excerpt out of a series of orders on air pollution by the Pollution Control Agency, and he was not familiar with the rest. Councilman Sheridan asked if there was a defa.nrtion of open burning in the order. He said he would assume it meant open air burning and burning in an approved fire container might be classified differently. If this was the case, the order would affect industrial and commerca.al, but residential very little He said that if he could assume this, it would allow backyard burning until such time as the Pollution Control Agency prohibited it, or until we had a pa.ckup system. Councilman Liebl said that he felt the City could not say no burning at all if they don't provide means to have it hauled away, He felt that step was necessary first. Councilman Sheridan said that he thought most industrial and commercial do haul theirs away now. He asked if a refuse pickup service would take care of industry and commercial on a City basis, The Fire Prevention Chief said that Columbia Heights does not even take multiple dwellings, they have to have dumpsters, and the owners are responsible that they are taken care of. The City Manager said that St, Louis Park has a taxation syseem. He said thai, the Anoka County Comma.ssioners are conducting a study on a method of b�ling with a central pick up point. , Councilman Liebl said that he did not think the Council could take any further action until they receive more detailed information from the PCA ��� PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP ME�TING OF JANUARY 12, 1970 PAGE 3 The City Attorney said he and the Fire Prevention Chief will get more information from the Pollution Control Agency on definitions and on their other orders. The Fire Prevention Chief said they would get in touch with them and if the City Manager is going to check on Blaine's system, they should have a report back for the Council in a few weeks. PUBLIC HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT - WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO 98. Mayor Kirkham read the Notice of Hearing. The City Engineer put the map on the pro7ection screen showing the area under consideration. He said that this was a fairly simple construction. He said that we are drilling a well in this area, and this will be an extension of the main to the well and also will serve the land platted by the Great Northern Railway Company. He said rt was a 12" line and if the Council orders it in, they hope to complete the work to have water available to Great Northern Industrial Center for this construction season. Councilman Sheridan asked if the new complex coming in in the northeast corner of this center can be served by the previous line so they can occupy their complex prior to the installation of this well and line. The Crty Engineer said that this is possible, but they feel that for this size plat, they need an additional source of supply. A representative for the FMC Corporation was present at the Council Meeting He said that they are interested in the development of th�s area. He said that they understood that the assessment will be against the airport property as they felt it should be. The City Engineer said that Great Northern representatives had said they would be at this meeting. He suggested they continue the hearing later in the meeting to give Great Northern a chance to get here. CONSIDERATION OF CHANGE ORDER #1, WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT �95, SCHEDULES E AND F The City Engineer explained that the original proposal had been to go deeper, but they had found the water they need earlier. He said they propose a new motor and minor work, but the pro�ect will be cut back about $2�000. Councilman Sheridan asked about the "knock-out panel" listed. The Con� sulting Engineer explained that the hole had been advanced to 175' and the 1ow bidder was not able to remotely operate the machine, so it was his expense to replace the wa11 knocked out, but it seemed reasonable to put in the knock-out panels for any future maintenance. Councilman Liebl asked how many gallons they are getting from Well #7 and what did the original do. Mr. Comstock said that it is set up for 1200 gallons a minute, and at the close, the other we11 was pumping about 500. MOTION by Councilman Sheridan to authorize the Administration to execute Change Order No. 1, Water Improvement Project No. 95. Seconded by Council^ man Liebl. Upon a voa.ce vote, there being no nays, Mayor Kirkham declared the motion carried. � , � � �- � PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP MEETING OF SANUARY 12, 1970 PAGE 4 ' COMMUNICATION FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF I-IAYES SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO ANOKA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS� Mayor Kirkham said he had received a copy of a letter sent to the Commissioners asking for a pedestrian operated signal for Hayes School traffic across Mississippi Street They say that the new speed limit of 35 mph has aggravated the problem of children crossing the street. MOTION by Councilman Sheridan to receive the letter and refer rt to the Administration to support the request of the school. Seconded by Council- man Samuelson. Upon a voice vote, there being no nays, Mayor Kirkham declared the motion carried, The City Engineer said that the Count,y could put in an advisory speed sign of 30 mph which would slow down the cars in this area, and this could be done immediately. He pointed out that the pedestrian control signals are not legal anymore, that we must have full signals. Mayor Kirkham said that this was a good idea. DISCUSSION REGARDING FRIDLEY POST OFFICE: Councilman Liebl said that he would like to suggest that a letter be written to our Senators and Representatives requesting support to increase the hours the Post Office in Fridley is open as he felt it should be open � on Saturdays, and to request bigger facilities, because of the traffic problem at the present location. Mayor Kirkham said that he thought L-he Crty could try, but at present the Government is in the process of cutting down on services rather than enlarging. Councilman Liebl felt that with our increased population and present industry with increased taxes, Fridley had the criteria necessary for more service, and a Resolution might get some action Councilman Sheridan thought it might be a qood idea for some City Organization to start this request and the Council back them. Mayor Kirkham agreed that it may be time to start working on this again, and felt that there should be strong action from commercial companies as well. Councilman Sheridan said that the mail problems are a sore spot with the industra.al and commercial developments north of Mississippi as their mail must come out of Coon Rapids. He suggested that the Chamber of Commerce be contacted and asked for support. MOTION by Councilman Liebl that the Administration draw a resolution regarding a Fridley Post Office to be sent to our government legislators and L-hat the Chamber o£ Commerce be contacted to give their support. Seconded by Councilman Sheridan. Upon a voice vote, there being no nays, Mayor Kirkham declared the motion carried. CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING ON WATER IMPROVPMENT PROJECT NO 98: Councilman Sheridan saa.d that the term used for the pipe is "water main" ile asked what portion is to be assessed and iP this area has ever been � assessed before, shouldn't this be called a lateral? 1�2 PUBLIC HEARING AND WORKSHOP MEETING OF JANUARY 12, 1970 PAGE 5 The Crty Engineer said that 100o will be assessed, and they are putting in � a 12" pipe because of the future sprinkler systems and fire demands of the industrial development of the plat. Councilman Sheridan said he didn't question the size of the pipe, but the assessment. He said that if this is to be extended to 43rd Avenue to serve a larger area, it should be part of our system, and the pipe to serve 7ust this area should be like a lateral assessment. The City Engineer said that this is only the unprove- ment hearing, and Great Northern had questioned the possibility of a credit on the assessment, which could be discussed at the assessment hearing. Mr. Comstock said that other areas in the City have larqer than 6" pipes pro- vided because of the demands, and they are 100a assessed. For instance, Commerce Park and another in Pro7ect 93. He said that in light and heavy industrial areas, more than 6" pipe will be necessary for fire and sprinkler systems The definition of a lateral could be a pipe 6" or larger needed to provide necessary water service. The representative of Great Northern Railway Company had not arrived at the Public Hearing which was scheduled for 8:D0 P.M The Public Hearing was closed at 5-30 P M. AD.70URNMENT The Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting of January 12, 1970 was ad7ourned at 8:30 P M. by Mayor Kirkham. Respectfully submitted, � (' J �s�� ' 4 ����� ���-���r�-__ �r,� �G t � L Mary Lu Strom ' Jack O. Kirkham Acting Secretary to the Council `-� Mayor I �