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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-03-1998 CMW - COUNCIL/MANAGER WORKSHOP CITY OF MAPLEWOOD 5:00 p.m. Monday, August 3, 1998 Maplewood Room, City Hall MINUTES A. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Rossbach at 5:02 p.m. B. ROLL CALL Mayor George Rossbach Present Councilmember Sherry Allenspach Present Councilmember Dale Carlson Present Councilmember Kevin Kittridge Present Councilmember Marvin Koppen Present Others Present City Manager Michael McGuire Community Development Director Melinda Coleman Fire Chief Joel Hewitt MIS Coordinator Steve Hurley Police Chief Don Winger Captain Mike Ryan Community Services Coordinator Colleen Dirkswager C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Councilmember Carlson moved to amend the Benda to add item 71 Inter-Sovernment Relations Mayor Rossbach moved to amend the agenda to add item J2 HiShwav 61 -Used Caz Sales. Councilmember Koppen moved to amend the agenda to add item J3 WBABA Parade. Councilmember Kittridge moved to amend the agenda to add items J4 Family Shelter and County Pool Mayor Rossbach moved annroval of the agenda as amended. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Kittridge. Ayes: All present August 3, 1998 Council/Manager Workshop Page Two D. REVIEW COMMUNICATIONS OPTIONS AND RESEARCH City Manager McGuire provided a brief Synopsis of discussions and direction presented at the July, 1998 workshop then turned the topic over to Chief Hewitt and Captain Ryan for presentation of research findings. Ryan provided information gathered from other Cities utilizing the County dispatching system. Most of these cities shared similar concerns to Maplewood but were pleased with the results. St. Paul was excited about the opportunity to provide Maplewood with a proposal for dispatching services, however, needed time to research and prepare such a proposal. Hewitt outlined his concerns with current status of dispatching response to firefighters/calls. Currently their needs and expectations are not being met and regardless of the choice for dispatching options these items would need to be addressed. The Council directed staffto continue to research the options. Specific items to address are 1) employees concerns, 2) cost concerns and 3) quality of service. They would like to consider a future public meeting to offer a forum for community discussion. Research information will be brought back in 30-60 days. E. WEB PAGE PRESENTATION MIS Coordinator Hurley presented the Web Page design. Council directed staffto determine the amount of time we can afford to allocate for an individual to be responsible for monitoring and updating the Web Page. Council firrther determined that it would not be worth the effort to design a Web Page that had only static information. F. DROP OFF RECYCLING CENTER Community Development Director Coleman provided background information and current status on the recycling center. The service has been offered to the community since 1986 and is costing the city approximately $13,800 annually to maintain not including clean-up time in staff hours. There is also concern about who is utilizing the area. Individuals from Mahtomedi and Wisconsin have been benefiting from a service Maplewood residents are paying for. Staff requested direction on cost justification for a service which is benefiting the East Metro. Council would like this to be brought back at a council meeting for a > vote. In addition, they would like staffto research options and provide recommendations for alternatives. G. CHARITABLE GAMBLING DISCUSSION Community Oriented Services Coordinator Dirkswager outlined previous discussions on the status and plan for future use and process for Charitable Gambling funds due to the initial intent of the program. Council directed staffto place Share-a-Home program and Dispute Resolution Center firnding in the general fund. Other internal programs will be submitted for and evaluated annually during the budget process. August 3, 1998 CounciUManager Workshop Page Three H. MAPLEWOOD 2020 DI ION City Manager McGuire mentioned that there was nothing new to report on this topic. However, Mike Ericson, the new Assistant to the Manger would be beginning September 1 and this would be delegated to him. I COMMUNITY ORIENTED SERVICE PDATE Community Services Coordinator Dirkswager provided a brief summarized update on activities. County Fair summary; Hmong Funeral home update -which included a petition for "No Parking" on English street due to the concerns with increased traffic, parking and pedestrian safety, and a National Night Out reminder. J. OTHER BUSINESS 1 Inter-Governmental Relations Councilmember Carlson shared his concern with the reputation Maplewood was receiving by other Governmental agencies. Carlson felt that Councihnembers needed to be more sensitive to the need to maintain good relations with these other agencies and not get into habits of making derogatory comments about them. Z. Highway 61 Used Car Sales Mayor Rossbach shared his concern with staff that Highway 61 was turning into a used car sales lot. The number of cars for sale parked along 61 was interfering with normal traffic and posing a hazard to other drivers. He asked if staff had begun a survey of the area to find out how businesses and residents in the area feel about this. Staff had not yet begun a survey, but would do so. Chief Winger mentioned they were issuing tickets when vehicles are parked over-night. 3. Parade Partv Councilmember Koppen requested the use of the MCC for an after parade party be hosted at the MCC. The coordination of this event was fumed over to Community Oriented Services Coordinator Dirkswager. 4. Family Shelter & County Pool Councilmember Kittridge asked for an update on the status of these two County projects. Community Development Duector Coleman mentioned that the homeless shelter submission for building plans was probably one month away. She is expecting the application to come in soon for the pool to be reviewed by the Design and Review Board. I. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourn at 6:55 p.m.