HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-06-1994 CMW CITY COUNCIL/MANAGER WORKSHOP
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD
5:00 p.m., Monday, June 6, 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 Acting Mayor Rossbach at 5:00 p.m.
B. ROLL CALL
Mayor Gary Bastian Present (Arrived at 5:05 p.m.)
Councilmember Sherry Allenspach Present
Councilperson Dale Carlson Present
"~uncilperson Marv Koppen Present
.ouncilperson George Rossbach Present
Others Present:
City Manager Michael McGuire
Assistant City Manager Gretchen Maglich
Community Center Manager Tom Eastman
C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The following item was added to the agenda:
H. OTHER BUSINESS
1. Burning Permit
Councilmember Carlson moved that the agenda be approved as amended. The motion was
seconded by Councilmember Allenspach and was approved.
Ayes: Allenspach, Carlson, Koppen, and Rossbach
Absent: Bastian
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Mayor Bastian arrived at 5:05 p.m.
D. ARCHITECT/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER'S QUARTERLY UPDATE ON
COMMUNITY CENTER
Marianne Repp from the architectural firm of AKRW, and Dick Gunderson and Ned
Dripps from the construction management firm of McGough Construction Co. were
present at the meeting. Ms. Repp presented copies of the Quarterly Update on the project
stating that A&P's contract is 71% complete, Doody Mechanical is 86% complete, and
Hunt Electric is 72% complete. There was some discussion about alarming the building
through the remainder of the construction phase. Staff stated that Change Order #3,
burying the NSP lines on White Bear Avenue and four other items regarding this project
will be presented to the City Council at their June 13 meeting.
Mr. Bill Bruen, the City's fire contract negotiator, arrived at the meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Representatives from AKRW and McGough and Mr. Eastman left the meeting at 5:32
p.m.
E. FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE
City Manager McGuire reported that he and Mr. Bruen met with Parkside Fire
Department representatives for a negotiating session. A summary of that meeting was
part of the Council's agenda packet. Mr. Bruen explained the fixed and variable costs
formula used in negotiation and reported that the Parkside Department responds to 21
of the City's fire/medical calls but is requesting 28% of the annual fire department
budget. After considerable discussion, the City Council directed Mr. McGuire and Mr.
Bruen to explore other options with Parkside including freezing their annual payments at
the 1993 level and working towards a municipal department over the next three years;
freezing the annual payments at the 1993 level and over the next five years bringing all of
the departments to a common expenditure level based on the percentage of calls they
service; and beginning negotiations with East County Line Fire Department.
F. PLANNING COMMISSION -COMMERCIAL PROPERTY STUDY
Members of the Maplewood Planning Commission present were Will Rossbach, Roger
Anitzberger, Les Axdahl, Mary Martin, Lorraine Fischer, Gary Gerke, Jack Frost, Marvin
Sigmundik, Kevin Kittridge, Director of Community Development Geoff Olson, and
Associate Planner Ken Roberts. Commissioner Will Rossbach presented the nine
recommendations of the Commercial Property Study. It was the consensus of the City
Council that the Planning Commission study intensities of commercial land uses and
ways to categorize and regulate development based on that intensity of use.
Mayor Bastian left the meeting at 6:55 p.m. to attend LS.D. 622's Blue Ribbon
Committee Meeting.
Members of the Planning Commission left the meeting at 7:05 p.m.
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OTHER BUSINESS
1. Burning Permits
Councilmember Rossbach stated that he would like staff to investigate other ways of
issuing or handling burning permits. Mr. Rossbach stated that he would place this
item on the agenda at the June 13 meeting.
H. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
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