Ramsey Resident - 1985 - March/April

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J I ~ I) ~ ( ~ ~ I \ i . I 't , I ~ J t 1 ~ t .I, I t -- Tri.City Newsletter -, March/April".1985,--;-.Page 6 , ~ ~ '" ~ -......". = 50 acres of right-of-way; 560 ding the proposed Envi- Comm.-ss.-on meet.-ng notes acres of open space, 100 ronmental Protection Or- acres Lake Itasca., dinance and recommended In order to comply with that Council adopt this or- PLANNING AND ZONING passed a motion recommen- state law, the city must adopt dinance. COMMISSION ding that City Council adopt an Environmental Protection The commission set a pub- The Planning and Zoning resolutions regarding Ram-, Ordinance to address Ram- lie hearing date of February Commission met on Tuesday, sey's support of Ramsey sey's shorelands, wetlands 19, 1985 at 7:30 p.m. for Jan. 15, 1985 and conducte,d Center Partnership in their at- and critical areas; the Com- preliminary plat approval for public hearing regarding Mr. \ tempts to develop River's mission set a public hearing Kovar Addition; a work ses- Allan Johnson's, request to Bend Properties at densities date of Feb. 5, 1985 regard- sion regarding ordinance temporarily use a mobile specified in City Ordinance ing this proposed ordinance. recodification will follow the home for office space and to and Ramsey's request that, Mr. Kenneth Peterson was public hearing. sell automobiles in_ an 1-1 DNR redefine boundaries of reappointed chairman and The Commission authoriz- District; the Commission Scenic River Land Use Gerald Zimmerman was reap- ed Anne Norris to arrange a passed a motion recommen- Districts. The Commission pointed vice-chairman of the joint meeting between this ding that 'Council approve Mr. tabled Preliminary Plat ap- Planning Commission for commission, City Council and Johnson's request. proval for River's Bend Pro- 1985. Metro Council regarding den- The Commission also con- perties until DNR and the The Planning and Zoning sity criteria set in the City's ducted a public hearing regar- developers resolve the densi- Commission met again on Comprehensive Plan. ding River's, Bend Properties ty issue. February 5, 1985 and con- Commissioners Deemer PARK AND RECREATION request for preliminary plat A representative of the ducted a public hearing regar- and Zimmerman reported COMMISSION approval for a parcel lying owners of that land formerly highlights of a zoning seminar The Park and Recreation south of the proposed Rum known as the General Mills they attended. Commission did not conduct River' Bridge Crossing and property was present to 'sub- a meeting in December, 1984 east of Hwy. 47. Through mit a conceptual review of the AIRPORT COMMISSION and at the, time of this discussions, it became P.U.D. development proposed In lieu of their December newsletter article preparation, known that the density pro- for that area. The project pro- meeting, the Airport Commis- no minutes from the Park posed in the plat is in com- poses to involve a total of sion toured other municipal Commission's January. 1985 pliance with City Ordinances 1241 acres, 631 acres of lots; airport facilities. meeting had been submitted but does conflict with DNR 252 single family dwellings, The Airport Commission to the city. regulations. TheComml::.sion average lot size of 2.5 acres, conducted a regular meeting Cont. to page 8 """,;""""""""""""#",#",#""""",,,,"",#"#"#,###,##,##"#",,,,,,#,,##,,#,#,,##,,,,##'##'##'###'#'##"#'##"##""##',##'#"'#1'#'#'##,##,###~ Cont. from page 5 ' of Health and for te,mporary directing the City Planner ty report for the street grade heat needed to complete prepare a report regarding the, problem at the intersection of pump house construction; pros/cons and mechanics of County Road No. 5 and No. 85-3 approving a interfund Tax Increment Financing. Azurite. Resolution No. 85-22 temporary loan from the 'Mr. Bergeron of Bergeron requests' that DNR redefine City's General Fund to the and Associates was present the Rum River Scenic River Water, Utility Fund in the and stated that the Ramsey Boundary. Council adopted amount of $7000 for the pur- Resident Newsletter is having' Resolution No. 85-23 suppor- chase of water meters; No. financial problems; it is sup- ting the developer's request 85-4 accepting bids for water' ported by the sale of adver- to develop River's Bend Se- meters and awarding bid to tisement space and there are cond Addition at a density Davies Water Equipment. not enough residents in rate that would have been Council received reports Ramsey alone to warrant a allowed by City Ordinance regardiClg Landfill Water Mon- business buying costly ad prior to DNR imposing it's itoring, Pest Control and space. Mr. Bergeron sug- regulations on that property. Landfill Inspection; the coun- gested attempting a tri-city Mr. Don S'tauffer and Mr. ty has requested t~at Waste newsletter with Anoka ,and Steve Larsen were appointed Management prepare a Andover which would in- to the Airport Commission to Groundwater Study by June crease citizen coverage and fill the vacancies created by 30, 1985. Council passed a reduce the cost of ad space. the resignations of Mr. Bill motion to send the county a . Council passed a motion ap- Morrow and Mr. Ken Patz. Mr. letter regarding the legibility proving of a tri-city newsletter Donald Greenberg, Mr. Glen of their well monitoring beginning in March of 1985 Hardin and Mr. Steve Schmidt reports and also to request and for two 'bi-monthly were reappointed to the that the county provide publications thereafter. Economic Development Com- Ramsey with personnel to A citizen was present and mission. review and answer any ques- stated his objection to Waste With regards to Waste tions regarding the results of Management of Minnesota's, Management of Minnesota, the Groundwater Study. Inc. abolishment of the $1 Inc.'s request for a temporary Council received a draft dumping permit for Ramsey conditional use pel:-nit for copy of the Metro Council's residents. Mayor Heitman re- mining purposes, the Council Proposed Solid Waste Man- quested the reporter present set a public hearing date of agement Development Guide prepare an article for the February 12, 1985 at 7:30 p.m. Policy Plan and passed a mo- Anoka U,nion informing the Council adopted City tion to form a Ramsey Ad Hoc citizens that this $1 dumping Staff's response to the Metro Landfill Committee. permit has' been abolished Council's Proposed Draft of It was brought to Council's and the reason for it. Solid Waste Management attention that a sign located Council adopted Resolu- Development Guide/Policy , in the River's Bend Develop- tions No. 85-6 approving par- Plan and directed the City At- ment area regarding mun- tial payment to Arcon Con- torney to present this icipal sewer and water is in struction in' the amount of response as Ramsey's posi- violation of city code; council $70,829.05; No. 85-7 approving tion at the Metro Council passed a motion authorizing partial payment to A & K Con- public hearing set for January that the sign be removed with- struction in the amount of 28, 1985. in 90 days. $34,654.08; No. 85-8 receiving Resolution No. 85-25 was Council received a letter a feasibility report regarding a adopted establishing an Ad from a certain property owner drainage problem on a certain Hoc Landfill Committee to stating that rather .than sell, resident's property; No. 85-9 consist of 8 members (7 they would prefer to allow ac- to identify affected property voting and 1 non-voting ex- cess rights to the landfill owners;, and No. 85-10 to officio); that the non-voting sliding area with certain receive the feasibility report ex-officio member will be a stipulations. and set a public hearing of representative of Waste A motion was passed d irec- Apri I 9, 1985 .for the extension Management of Minnesota, ting the Personnel Committee of municipal services to Inc.; and a 6 month time frame to study the present wage River's Bend Second Addi- will be put on the committee, scale, fringe benefits and tion. Resolution No.'s 85-11 which will be renewable at comp time. _ thru 85-20 were adopted Council's discretion. Through Council met again on 'ordering,feasibility reports for a series of two motions, the January 22, 1985 and as the 1985 sealcoating projects. following persons were ap- first order of business the Council adopted Resolution _ pointed to the Landfill Ad Hoc council passed a motion No. 85-21 ordering a feasibili- Committee: Douglas Foun- tain, Steve Deluca, Joe Leleux, Roger McCulley, Erika Sitz, Vern Wentura and John Lichter. Mr. Terry Miller of Waste Management of Min- nesota, Inc. will serve as the ex-officio member. Resolution No. 85-26 was adopted approving payment 0' tt'e bl s '0' the ""0" ., 0 January in the amount of $456,969.05. In accordance with Pre- cinct Liaisons called for in the City Charter, Councilmember Cox was appointed to Precinct No. 1, Coun- cilmember Reim'ann was ap- pointed to Precinct No.2 and Councilmember Schlueter was appointed to Precinct No. 3. The City Council met on January 29, 1985. Public hear- ings were conducted regar- ding street improvement pro- ject for Ramsey Terrace and' storm drainage improvement project for Watershed District No. 43, Subdistricts FT1 and FT4 which include parts of Ramsey Terrace and Flint- wood I. Council passed a mo- tion directing that the City Building Official meet with persons potentially affected by the proposed storm drainage improvement project to come up with alternative assessing methods and report back to city council with their findings. Mr. Rick Foster presented a drawing of the developer's sign they would like to place at the River's Bend Develop- "ment area and Cou nc i I granted approval to that sign. ' A motion was passed ap- proving a temporary loan of Ramsey Community Develop- ment Block Grant funds to the' City of Ham Lake. Council held a regular meeting on Feb. 12, 1985 and conducted a public hearing regarding Waste Management of Minnesota Inc.'s request for a temporary conditional use permit for mining pur- poses. Council unanimously on January 16, 1985 and Chair- man Ippel informed the com- mission that the Metro Coun- cil has just submitted their comments regarding Ram- sey's Airport Master Plan draft and have not been reviewed as yet; FAA has not completed their review of the draft.' The commission discussed the municipal airport tour taken in December and sug- gested that a similar airport tour be video taped for show- ing at the next Airport Public Informational Meeting which is targeted for the end of March, 1985. passed a motion to disap- prove of Waste Management of Minnesota's request for a temporary conditional use permit for mining based on the fact that Minnesota State Statute 473.806 "places a moratorium on development of any property within the Site P d.es ;"'':" ~~ '~a: .....-c;; ~....C Ject property IS rn the Site P designation; and Anoka Coun- ty and Metro Council have not lifted that moratorium. The Council appointed Mayor Heitman to serve on the Ramsey Landfill Board; Ms. Arlene Stafford to the Anoka-Hennepin School Dis- trict 11 Advisory Board; and Councilmember Cox to the Anoka County Joint Law En-' forcement Council. C 0 u n c i I received, for review, an ordinance propos- ing to convey from the City of Ramsey to Rum River Hills, Inc. Outlots A, B; D, and E to be used for public golf course. CO\Jncil passed a motion to conduct one regular Council meeting per month on the 4th Tuesday for the months of March, April and May. , Council adopted Resolu- tion No. 85-28 supporting Anoka County Resolution No. 85-6 relating to Federal fun- ding for the completion of County Road 116 including a Rum River Bridge Crossing. Council adopted Resolu- tion No. 85-29 authorizing the sale of general obligation refunding bond to replace 1981 general obligati.on im- provement bond. Council passed a motion to send appropriate City Staff person to Moody's Rating Services, Inc. in New York in order to apply for an upgrade in Ramsey's bond rating. Mr. John Lichter declined his appointment to the Ad Hoc Landfill Committee and Council passed a motion to appoint Mr. AI Pearson to the Committee in place of Mr. Lichter.