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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005 07-11 CCM Study Session MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA STUDY SESSION JULY 11, 2005 CITY HALL — COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER The Brooklyn Center City Council met in Study Session and was called to order by Mayor Myrna Kragness at 6:04 p.m. ROLL CALL Mayor Myrna Kragness and Councilmembers Kathleen Carmody, Kay Lasman, Diane Niesen, and Mary O'Connor. Also present were Acting City Manager Curt Boganey, Director of Public Works /City Engineer Todd Blomstrom, and Deputy City Clerk Maria Rosenbaum. CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS AND QUESTIONS Councilmember O'Connor requested the following amendments to the June 27, 2005, Regular Session minutes: Paae 10, Fourth Paragraph She would like the amounts discussed by the City Manager Michael McCauley included. Paae 11, Third Paragraph She would like the comment regarding the six and seven story building clarification discussed by Planning and Zoning Specialist Ron Warren included. Paae 14, First Paragraph She would like the last sentence to read "Mr. Warren responded yes the sanitary sewer would be able to hold all the water and that calculations will have to be submitted to the City Engineer prior to the time of building permits ". Council discussed the requested changes and the fact that the minutes are not verbatim. Mayor Kragness expressed that if the Council would like to have changes made to the minutes, they need to be in writing. Councilmember O'Connor expressed that she believes she does not need to put her changes in writing and that she should be able to discuss her changes at the meeting. 07/11/05 -1- Councilmember Carmody informed that she had submitted amendments for the June 27, 2005, meeting minutes to the City Manager and discussed them as follows: Studv Session, Paae 2, Visit Minneapolis North Item She would like to have language added that Mayor Kragness is on the board of Visit Minneapolis North. Acting City Manager Curt Boganey suggested that the language requested by Councilmember Carmody be added to the June 27, 2005, Work Session minutes since that is where the discussion ended. Rep-uular Session, Paae 16, First Paraaranh She would like to have the word inappropriate changed. She informed that she was not comfortable with the word inappropriate and after discussing with the Council she would like the word amended to non - verified. DISCUSSION OF WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM AS TIME PERMITS PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS SUGGESTED BY WILL DARN Councilmember Lasman expressed that she believes parking issues are being reached in different ways throughout the City and she would like to consider some of the suggested ordinance amendments by Will Dahn. She believes that some of the suggestions have some merit and that the City needs to stay on top of code enforcement. Council discussed the possibility of sending the proposed ordinance suggestions to the Code Enforcement Officers and the Housing Commission for their feedback. Councilmember Carmody expressed that she does not believe this issue needs to be sent to the Housing Commission since they had previously discussed the issue; and that she would like to first see if code enforcement could be done on a more regular basis. Mayor Kragness suggested having the City Manager discuss this issue with the Police Chief. DISCUSSION OF INTEREST IN REQUEST FOR STEPFAMILY DAY PROCLAMATION Mayor Kragness informed that she had received a request for a proclamation declaring Stepfamily Day and questioned if the Council would be comfortable with putting this on an agenda. She expressed she believes this is something that is important and working well. Councilmember Carmody expressed that she believes the County deals more with Stepfamilies and that she would not care to adopt this proclamation; however, would not vote against. 07/11/05 -2- Councilmember Lasman inquired if the proclamation could be amended to read Family (Stepfamily) Day. Mayor Kragness responded that she believes the proclamation would need to remain as written and informed that if the Council were not comfortable with adopting the proclamation she would do a Mayor's Proclamation. Councilmember Niesen expressed that she also would not care to adopt the proclamation; however, would not vote against. A motion by Councilmember Niesen, seconded by Councilmember Lasman to adjourn the Study Session at 6:45 p.m. to the Informal Open Forum. Motion passed unanimously. A motion by Councilmember Niesen, seconded by Councilmember Lasman to re -open the Study Session. Motion passed unanimously. Mayor Kragness informed that she would do a Mayor's Proclamation. DISCUSSION OF RESPONSE TO LANG NELSON REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF STREET RECONFIGURATION REQUEST Councilmember Carmody expressed her apologies for responding to Mr. Lang and informed that she had not received a response from Mr. Lang. Councilmember Niesen discussed that she was okay with the response that Councilmember Carmody sent to Mr. Lang and that she would like to continue being helpful with Mr. Lang. Mayor Kragness informed that she will be meeting with Mr. Lang on June 12 and will be expressing that she believes it would be good for him to work with the neighbors; and that this matter would be placed on a future Work Session. MISCELLANEOUS No miscellaneous items were discussed. ADJOURNMENT A motion by Councilmember Niesen, seconded by Councilmember Lasman to adjourn the Study Session at 6:54 p.m. Motion passed unanimously. City Clerk Mayor 07/11/05 -3-