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OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD
4:30 p.m., Thursday, August 1, 1991
Conference Room A, City Hall
MINUTES
A. CALL TO ORDER
The Council/Manager meeting of the Maplewood City Council was
held in Conference Room A, City Hall. The meeting was called to
order by Mayor Bastian at 4:31 p.m.
B. ROLL CALL
Mayor Gary Bastian Present
Councilperson Dale Carlson Present
Councilperson Fran Juker Present - Arrived at 4:40 p.m.
Councilperson George Rossbach Present
Councilperson Joseph Zappa Present
Others Present:
City Manager Michael McGuire
Assistant City Manager Gretchen Maglich
Director of Community Development Geoff Olson
Environmental Health Officer Bob Wenger
Human Resource Director Gail Blackstone - Arrived at 5:30 p.m.
C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The following changes were made to the agenda:
D. NEW BUSINESS
2. Recycling Charge
3. Zoning Hearings
4. LMC Conference Report
5. MIA/POW Flag
6. Transportation Issues.
7. Timing Issues
E. OTHER BUSINESS
1. Other Organizations
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Mayor Bastian moved that the agenda be approved as amended. The _
motion was seconded by Councilperson Zappa and approved.
Ayes: Bastian, Carlson, Rossbach and Zappa
Absent: Juker
D. NEW BUSINESS
1. Organized Collection
Director of Community Development Olson and
Environmental Health Officer Wenger presented the staff
report which set forth four types of garbage collection
and addressed thirteen other issues including billing
responsibilities, recycling, yard waste, provision of
carts, exemptions, and bar code systems. Following
considerable discussion, Mayor Bastian moved that staff
investigate whether or not the City can legally set the
prices charged for Qarbage collection services within
the City, and if so, can the City establish a volume
based fee schedule which sets a price per bag
collected. The motion was seconded by Councilperson
Zappa and approved.
Councilperson Juker arrived at 4:40 p.m.
Ayes: All
2. Recycling Charge
City Manager McGuire reported that Ramsey County has
agreed to continue the practice of collecting
assessments on property tax statements to fund a
curbside recycling program, and County staff wants to
know if Maplewood would like to use that County service
in lieu of the City doing its own collection through
the sewer billings. Councilperson Rossbach moved that
Ramsev County assess and collect all recvcling program
charges throuch the property tax system for 1992, and
that the City Council determine the amount of the
assessment at a later date when more information is
available about the Countv's administrative charge and.
the Citv's proposed use of the current balance in the
Recvclina Program Fund. The motion was seconded by
Councilperson Carlson and was approved.
Ayes: Carlson, Rossbach, and Zappa
Nays: Bastian and Juker
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3. Zoning Hearings
Community Development Director Olson distributed a
memorandum regarding two remaining areas to examine as
part of the Comprehensive Plan update. In these areas,
differences exist between the land use and the zoning
designations, and the City Council had requested that
public hearings be conducted to change one of the
designations. It was the consensus of the City Council
that separate public hearings should be conducted for
1) the Oswald property north of Larpenteur and east of
the Burlington Northern Corridor and 2) 2500 - 2580
White Bear Avenue, and a separate hearing should not be
held for a third area, the Pete Gilbert property south
of Roselawn on 35E.
Human Resource Director Gail Blackstone arrived at 5:30 p.m.
4. LMC Conference Report
-Mayor Bastian and Councilmembers Carlson, Rossbach and
-Zappa commented on their experiences at the LMC Annual
Conference in Rochester in June.
5. MIA/POW Flag
City Manager McGuire reported that the City has
received several requests from veteran organizations to
fly the MIA/POW flag at City Hall. Following some
discussion, Councilperson Zappa moved that the Citv
Council take no action to chance the current policy of
flvina only the Federal, State and City flags. The
motion was seconded by Councilperson Rossbach and was
approved.
Ayes: All
6. Transportation Issues
Councilpersons Zappa and Rossbach reported on their
meeting with N.E.S.T. administrator Judy Hutchinson in
which they discussed no-show and cancellation rates,
current funding of N.E.S.T. versus the Roseville
transit system, and Maplewood's contractual .obligation
through 191. It was the consensus of the Council that
following the N.E.S.T. meeting on Wednesday, August
7th, Councilpersons Zappa and Rossbach would bring back
more information to help the Council make a decision
about future funding commitments.
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7. Timing Issues
City Manager McGuire asked the City Council how they
would like to handle the presentation and review of the
consultant's feasibility study on the proposed
community center. It-was the consensus of the City
Council that the report be formally accepted at the
August 12, 1991 City Council meeting and that the
document be reviewed in detail at a Council/Manager
meeting later in the month.
E_ OTHER BUSINESS
1. Other Organizations
Councilmember Zappa reported that he recently attended
a Municipal Legislative Commission meeting, and based
on the membership dues, he questioned the value of the
City's membership in the organization. It was the
consensus of the Council that staff will copy and
distribute to all Councilmembers background information
about MLC and that more discussion about memberships
will occur at the August 15th budget meeting.
City Manager McGuire provided a-brief update on progress of the
Ramsey County Local Government Services Study Commission. In
addition, he announced that the City's Employee Picnic is
scheduled for Wednesday, August 28th, 5:00 p.m. at Battle Creek
Regional Park. Human Resource Director Blackstone reported .that
the arbitration with L.E.L.S. is scheduled to continue into a
third day - Tuesday, August 6, 1991.
G. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:41 p.m.
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