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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-07-1994 CMW i s CITY COUNCIL/MANAGERWQRKSHOP OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD 5:00 p.m., Monday, November 7, 1994 Maplewood Room, City Hall MINUTES A. CALL TO ORDER The Council/Manager meeting of the Maplewood City Council was held in the Maplewood Room, City Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Bastian at 5:00 p.m. B. ROLL CALL Mayor Gary Bastian Present Councilmember Sherry Allenspach Present Councilperson Dale Carlson Present Councilperson Marv Koppen Present Councilperson George Rossbach Present Others Present:. City Manager Michael McGuire Assistant City Manager Gretchen Maglich Community Development Director Geoff Olson C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The following items were added to the agenda:. , F. ADULT THEATER/BOOK STORE ORDINANCE will become Item E. E. CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE RENEWAL will become Item F. J. OTHER BUSINESS 1. 946 Currie Court 1 T 2. Mayor's Update 3. Letters 4. Fire Committee's First Meeting 5. Upcoming Meetings Councilmember Carlson moved that the aoenda be aaaroved as amended. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Rossbach and was approved. Ayes: All D. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION JUDGES Councilmember Rossbach introduced the followine Resolution and moved its adoption: Resolution 94-11-130 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ELECTION JUDGES RESOLVED, that the City Council of Maplewood, Mimesota, accepts the fotloving list of Election Judges for the 7994 General Election, Tuesday, November 8, 1994: PRECINCT N0. 1 PRECINCT N0. 5 PRECINCT N0. 9 PRECINCT N0. 73 Sylvia Brown, Chr Don Weigert, Chr Margaret Earley, Chr Am Fosburgh, Chr Mildred Dehen Grace Capra Elsie Anderson Diane Golaski Virginia Dehen Betty Eddy Elaine Kelly Mary Lou Lieder Audrey Duelloran Marion Frcetick Grace Lake Darla Pleau Joan Kotasa Thelma Ling Lorraine Petschel Gladys Sass Louise Nieters Betty Ryan Margaret Revoir Lydia Smail PRECINCT N0. 2 PRECINCT N0. 6 PRECINCT N0. 70 PRECINCT N0. 14 Milo Thonpson, Chr Elsie Wiegert, Chr Betty Haas, Chr Shirley Luttrell, Chr Fred DuCharme Joan Button Joan Cottrell Csrol Berger Barbara Gallagher Elsie Copt Joeme Cumien Paul G. Donlin Joseph Kotasa Roselle Limon Jce Ryan Nelen King Rose Marie Menders Mereella Watson D. Franklin Tolbert Israel Peter Moreno Donne Wirth Colleen Zaiser Delores Lofgren PREC[NCT N0. 3 PRECINCT N0. 7 PRECINCT N0. 71 PRECINCT. NO. 15 Pat Thompson, Chr Phyllis Erickson, Chr Lorraine Fischer, Chr Richard Lofgren, Chr Pet Blanck Marie Allen Joan Cerr Joen Bertelt Jean Dickson Margaret DuCharme Mery Fischer Ama Mae Breidenstein Kathleen Dittel LeAm Kaup Rita Frederickson Ted Haas Florence Stetta Amette LeCasse Alene Hune Elaine Rudeen Lauree Sutton Lorraine Rosauer Betty Mossong William Schnellmen Edith Stottlemyer PRECi NCT N0. 4 PRECINCT N0. 8 PRECINCT N0. 12 PRECINCT N0. 16 Richard Wotszon, Chr Kathy Supan, Chr Delores Schipp, Chr Mervin Berger, Chr Marian Clerk Jeanette Bunde JaEllen Buismen Linda Dum Katherine Fatenzer Shirlee Horton Phyllis Lofgren Carolyn Eickhoff Lloyd Hecht Gunlwrg Mowchan Beverly Ogilbie Mildred Iverson Marion Jungemen Vehey Tateosian Debbie Schurhamer Lori Tauer Judy Widholm Guy Vogt Joyce Vogt 2 ,The motion was seconded by Councilmember Koppen and was approved. Ayes: All E. ADULT THEATER/BOOK STORE ORDINANCE Councilmember Carlson stated that he was interested in this item, because a newspaper article reported that an adult book store owner reported that he would be expanding into suburbs other than Richfield. Community Development Director Olson distributed a Woodbury legal opinion dated August, 1992 regarding the City's ability to regulate sexually oriented businesses. Following some discussion, Councilmember Carlson moved that staff be directed to research possible wavs to regulate sexually oriented businesses including the use of a conditional use permit: zoning: use of moratorium: and setback requirements from single family residential. churches, schools. Darks, on- sale liquor establishments. and aublic buildings. Community Development Director Olson left the meeting at 5:20 p.m. F. CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE RENEWAL Mayor Bastian provided an update regarding the philosophies of the different communities that make up the Ramsey/Washington Counties Suburban Cable Commission (R/WCSCC). There was some discussion about who should be authorized to negotiate the franchise renewal (the current Cable Commission is not authorized to renegotiate the franchise), how should the new joint powers agreement in 1998 be structured, and what communities are interested in clustering for the renegotiation and the 1998 structure. There was discussion about sending a letter to the mayors, Councilmembers and administrators/managers of all twelve communities in the current commission inviting them to attend a group meeting at the Community Center in the near future. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the future of cable tv in our area, provide background information to all elected officials, present and collect different options, and find out what other communities are envisioning for the commission's future. Mayor Bastian moved that a meeting be set up for all of the elected officials and administrators in the Commission's communities to converge and talk about the Commission's future. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Koppen and was approved. Ayes: All G. COMMUNITY FUND Councilmember Carlson stated that he was interested in pursuing the idea of a Community Fund; an endowment fund earmarked for particular projects to which people could donate money or other assets. The City Council discussed using Charitable Gambling funds as seed money. It was the consensus of the Council that staff research how to set up such a community fund; provide a comparison of City staff administering it vs. the St. Paul Foundation; and investigate the ability of future Council's to distribute the money or change the policies. 3 H. LS.D. 622 COMMUNITY EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT. Ms. Carol Anderson could not attend the meeting due to illness. Staff distributed copies of her personal notes and stated that if the Council wanted her to attend a future meeting, she would be rescheduled. i. POLICE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Due to the time (6:02 p.mJ, this item was tabled until 6:30 p.m. J. OTHER BUSINESS 1. 936 Currie Court _ Councilmember Rossbach asked about the letter he received from resident living next door to 936 Currie Court regarding the driveway. City Manager McGuire stated that the formal notification of the variance hearing on October 24 was mistakenly mailed only to the resident at 936 Currie Court. Since one of the parties did not receive notice, the City notified the driveway owner not to proceed and that this had been rescheduled for November 14. 2. Mayor's Update Mayor Bastian provided information about upcoming meetings and issues that were raised at his last Mayor's Forum. L POLICE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Police Civil Service Commissioners Steven Gunn and Robert Dollerschell and staff liaison, Director of Human Resources Sherrie Le and Director of Public Safety Ken Collins arrived at 6:30 p.m. Each _ person provided the City Council with information about the responsibilities, accomplishments, and future tasks of the Commission. Mayor Bastian left the meeting at 6:45 p.m. Commissioners Gunn and Dollerschell, Human Resource Director Le, and Public Safety Director Collins left the meeting at 6:53 p.m. J. OTHER BUSINESS (cont.) 3. Letters 4 i ' City Manager McGuire reported that the City had received two letters from a spouse of a terminated employee that contained threatening remarks. 4. Fire Committee's First Meeting City Manager McGuire reported that the Fire Committee conducted its first meeting last week. In preparation for the next meeting on November 21, City Manager McGuire asked the Council for their thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of six different fire department organizational structures. He requested that this information be submitted to him by November 14. 5. Upcoming Meetings City Manager McGuire listed several upcoming public meetings in the community. K. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m. 5