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06-28-76 agenda I CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager QJ?" `e. The Honorable Mayor At and Members of the City Council City of Richfield!;. Council Letter No. 203. Agenda Jun,e 28, 1976 Gentlemen: I Subject: Authorization to Call for Bids for Public Safety Security Monitoring System On August 11, 1975 the city council received a staff report on security needs for city buildings. Although this report covered security deficiencies in.. several city-:owned buildings, one of the major areas of concern related to security problems in the public safety building area. The basic public safdev- security problem results from the physical layout of the ptgblic safety wing o?'city hall. Though the public safety department is staffed on a 24-hour a day basis, the number of personnel during a 24-hour period fluctuates widely, with only one individual on duty at some times. Because the area consists of two levels with considerable off'Ice and storage space, the problem of security monitoring is complex. While the main accesses to the public safety wing can be controlled by electric locking devices, visual monitoring of individuals requesting entry is limited at the front door and non-existent at the lower level rear door. There are several specc concerns regarding our monitoring capability. One of the primary areas of security concern is the prisoner detention area. Currently, one responsibility of the public safety dispatcher is to monitor the welfare of prisoners being detained in the building, However, the physical layout of the bui ding makes it impossible for a single dispatcher to monitor the detention, ar a without actually leaving the communications'' center. During the past year'bo h the Hennepin County jail and two suburban detention facilities P9?prienced'`pris, ner-committed suicides which resulted from lack of supervision. Richfield experienced a-similar problem with a prisoner committing suicide in our detention facility several years ago.. In our particular situation, the problem is further compoun 'ed.by the fact that a single female dispatcher is frequently re- sponsible for monitoring the activities of-one or more male prisoners. Therefore, to protect the city from a civil liability, as well as assure the wellbeing of prisoners in our custody, it is necessary to upgrade the monitoring capabilities within the prisoner detention area. The second pritigal area of concern is the security of police vehicles in the parking area at the rear of city hall. A substantial investment is represented f Council Letter No 203 -2- June 28, 1976 by these police division vehicles which are currently parked- in an open, un- protected area. We-presently have no method of monitoring these vehicles for security purposes! Two local incidents within.the past year have spurred addi- tional concern in this area. The cities= of':'St. Louis' Park and Burnsville had vehicles which were bombed while parked in areas directly adjacent to their public safety headquarters..- Nationally, there has been a recent increase in incidents where explosive devices had been attached to police vehicles. Again, the problem is that a single public safety di,spatcher.cannot monitor the rear parking area without leaving the communications center and going to the rear of the public safety area. Therefore, it is critical that the monitoring capabilities of the rear parking area be upgraded to prevent potential damage to police division !vehicles, or injury to police officers. The monitoring problem of the rear parking area is compounded by the fact that there is no way to visually identify people seeking access to the building from this area. While the rear door is electronically controlled, it is constructed of a standard commercial frame with plate glass. It would be. feasible for an in- dividual to break in and grain access to the public safety area without the know- ledge of the dispatcher on duty. This would make the dispatcher extremely vulnerable to the actions of a party who had gained access from the rear of the building because of our'inability to monitor the area. The final security concern we have is security surveillance in both the • booking room area and the jail unloading areas. These areas need surveillance because individual officers are bringing prisoners into the public safety facility alone. There is presently no means of surveying the movement of prisoners into the building, nor of monitoring the safety of an officer once he leaves his vehicle to transfer a prisoner into the booking room and jail unloading areas. To alleviate these problems, the adopted 1976 city budget included funds for the purchase of a !television surveillance monitoring sy stem for the public safety area. The proposed system. would provide cameras at key locations in the public y safety area with rrionitoring screens to be installed within the communications center. This would give the dispatcher on duty visual control of the prisoner detention cells as well as t e other security risk areas identified in this council letter. While long range ity plans provide for some remodeling of the public safety facilities, it is unlikely that this will be accomplished in the next several years. Furthermore, both the television security cameras and the monitoring screens can be removed and reinstalled to meet changing needs or a different facility' in the future. The public safety department has developed specifications for a television monitoring system that will meet the present needs, as well as being expandable to meet any future change in needs. It is the recommendation of the public safety director, in which I concur, that the city council authorize the advertising of bids for this televisio , security monitoring system. • cc: Public Safety Director Administrativei Assistant Respectfully sub ' ed, K. BurJgraaff City Manager CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA i Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 202 Agenda June 28, 1976 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Gentlemen: Subject: Resolution Approving Construction of Tennis Courts at the Metropolitan Sports Area The Metropolitan Sports Area Commission has been investigating the in- stallation of approximately ten. tennis courts on sports area property. The courts would be operated on a commercial basis intended to serve the hotels and motels in the vicinity. The plan proposes that the courts would be oper- ated on a self sustaining basis and would probably provide some net income to the commission over a period of years. The Metropo?.itan Sports Area Commission is continuing to investigate this matter, but is requesting that the three cities of Minneapolis, Bloomington and Richfield adopt resolutions in accordance with the ownership and operations agreement which would permit the construction and operation of these tennis courts. A copy of a proposed resolution is attached. Respectfully submit d, Wayne S. Burggraaff City Manager WSB/eja cc: City A RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OF TENNIS COURTS ON SPORTS AREA PROPERTY WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Sports Area Commission is desirous of erecting and maintaining upon its present facility tennis courts for the use of the residents and citizens of the Metropolitan Area; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Sports Area Commission has sufficient funds with which to erect said tennis courts; and WHEREAS, Paragraph 4.4 of the Ownership and Operations Agreement of August 13, 1954, as amended, by and between the City of Minneapolis, the City of Bloomington and the City of Richfield provided that additional facilities and improvements shall be made only when recommended by the Commission and approved by each participating municipality; and WHEREAS, said Metropolitan Sports Area Commission has recommended to each of the municipalities of Minneapolis, Bloomington and Richfield that such facility should be built and would be beneficial to the health and welfare of the citizens and residents of said Metropolitan area and its visitors. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of • Richfield that the City of Richfield hereby approves, pursuant to the recommendation of the Metropolitan Sports Area Commission, the construction of tennis courts upon the present site occupied by the Metropolitan Sports Area Commission. Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 28th day of June, 1976. Loren L. Law MAYOR ATTEST: Thomas J. Moran CITY CLERK 0 CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA I Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 201 Agenda June 28, 1976 j j The Honorable Mayor and alp ?© OOC? e Members of the City` Council City of Richfield Gentlemen: Subject!: Authorization to Call for Bids On the June 28, 1976 city council agenda there is an item requesting authoriza- tion to call for bids) for the drilling of a new supply well for the water department. The drilling of this supply well will be the first phase of City Project No. 695. . After completion of the well drilling, the city's consulting engineers will finalize pumping and distribution plans and specifications for use of the well. Request for authorization to call for bids for these plans and specifications will be submitted to the city council at later date. It is the recom endation of the public works director, in which I concur, that the city council authorize the calling for bids for drilling of a new supply well. Respectfully submitted, Wayne S. Burggraaff City Manager WSB/bll cc: Public Works Director I I I CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager i Council' Letter No. 200 Agenda June 28, 1976 'The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City bf Richfield i Gentlemen: Subject: Ordinance Amendment Relating *to Day Care At the May. 24, 1976 city council meeting the city council gave first reading consideration to the attached ordinance; amendment providing for day care homes.'' The ordinance amendment provides that group family day care homes (more than five, 'I?Ibut fewer than eleven children) may operate upon the issuance ? of a certificate of occupancy from the city council. The amendment is written in such a way sole` that an application for such certificate must be accompanied by a petition indicating the position of certain adjacent property owners. The city council may the grant the certificate or if deemed necessary, hold a hearing or refer the matt r to the planning commission for a recommendation. The ordinance amendment does not provide for any certificate of occu- pancy for family day care homes ( no more than five children.),. State legislation enacted earlier this year precludes municipalities from regulating day care homes. Nevertheless, a majority of the city council did express an interest in- including a provision in the ordinance amendment to require notification of adjacent property owners concerning a new family day care home. The attached ordinance amendment which was given first reading consideration on May 24, 1976 does include a requirement that such notification be given by the applicant. At the meeting of May 24 there was discussion concerning whether the ordinance amendment should require such notification and if so; whether it should be the applicant or the city who is responsible for notification. Council members requested that this matter be reviewed by the city staff prior to June 28 which is when the amendment would come before the city council for second reading consideration. At the May 4 city council meeting I suggested that inclusion of this notification requirement cou1 tend to develop the expectation that the city was in a position to Council Letter 1 o. 200 -2- June 28, 1976 regulate family day care homes. I continue to believe that-.any notification requirement for family day care homes could be confusing and, therefore, suggest that the city council adopt the ordinance amendment without the nofitication requirement and try that procedure for a period of time. If problems develop, it wound be possible to quickly amend the ordinance to require notifi- cation. In the event the city council does decide to include a notification require- ment for family day care homes, it is the recommendation of the city attorney that it be the responsibility of the applicant rather than the city to make such notice. The wording could be as follows: (6) Family Day Care Homes: providing n ce is given b the applicant to property. owners whose _pro rty abuts upon or is directly across the street from the'pr osed 'site. Such notice shall be given in writing at least days before the license for the family day care is to be issued by the state commissioner of public welflore Respectfully submitted, Wayne S. Burggraaff City Manager WSB/eja cc: Planning Director City Attorney ? AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3.27, SUBDIVISION 3; SECTION 3.30, SUBDIVISION 1 AND SECTION 3.31, SUBDIVISION 1 OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN: Section 3.27, Subdivision 3 of the city ordinance code is hereby amended by adding paragrphs (37) and (38) to read as follows: 11(37) 'Family Day Care Home' means a residential structure in which a • program is conducted providing day care for no more than five (5) children at one time including the day care provider's own children under school age; provided that such program and the facility in which it is conducted are licensed and meet the requirements for licensure pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 257.101 and all city and state health and safety regulations. (38) 'Group Family Day Care Home' means a residential structure in which a program is conducted providing day care for more than five (5) but fewer than eleven (11) children at an one time, including the provider's or helper's children under school age; provided that such program and the facility in which it is conducted are licensed and meet the requirements of licensure pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 257.101 and all applicable city and state health and safety regulations." Section 3.30, Subdivision 1 of the Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield is hereby amended by adding thereto paragraphs (5) and (6) to read as follows: 11(5) Group Family Day Care Homes; provided that a certificate of occupancy is first obtained therefor from the city council. Such certificate shall be issued unless the council finds that such use fails to meet the standards contained in Section 3.41, Subdivision 5 of this code. An appli- cation for a certificate of occupancy shall be accompanied by a petition indicating the written approval of those property owners who approve of the proposed use and whose property abuts upon or is directly across the street from the proposed site. The council may grant a certificate with or without a hearing or it may refer the application to the planning commission for a recommendation before acting on the application. 6) Family Day Care Homes; providing notice is given to ne ty owners or occupants by the applicant." s ` Section 3.31, Subdivision 1 of the Richfield Ordinance Code is hereby 40 amended by adding paragraph (4) to read as follows: "(4) Group Family Day Care Homes: provided that a certificate of occupancy is first obtained therefor from the city council. Such certif- icate shall be issued unless the council finds that such use fails to meet the standards contained in Section 3.41 Subdivision 5 of this code. An application for a certificate of occupant shall be accompanied by a petition indicating the written approval of those property owners who approve of the proposed use and whose property abuts upon or is directly across the street from the proposed site. The council may grant a certificate with or without a hearing or it may refer the application to the planning commission for a recommendation before acting on the application." Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this day of , 1976, Mayor • ATTEST: City Clerk CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 199 Agenda June 28, 1976 The Honorable ;Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield ' I Gentlemen: i Sub"ect: Discussion of Annual Membership Fee For Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Mayor Law has requested that there be a discussion item on the payment of the '61ty's annual dues for the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities. The dues for the City of Richfield are provided for in the 1976 budget and amount to $3, 097. A letter from Josephine Nunn, Mayor of Champlin, -• concerning the dues statement is attached. The dues are included on the list of bills for the June 28 city council meeting. Respectfully submitted, I Wayne S. Burggraaff i City Manager WSB/eja ? :+l association of metropolitan municipalities 300 hanover bldg. 480 cedar street May 28, 1976 OARD OF DIRECTORS st. Paul, minnesota 55101 (612) 222-2861 Josephine Nunn Champlin Dear Mayor Law: ice President . LyallSchwarzkopf As the new President, it is my privilege to enclose this Minneapolis brief note along with your Association Dues Statement for the 1976-1977 membership year which begins June 1, 1976. ide a As a member of the Association Board of Directors since Clyde Allen Clyde the merger in 1974, I have been pleased at the way the mem- Bloomington bership has responded to bring the Association through a Richard Asleson difficult period of adjustment and transition. Apple Valley Jack Bailey Occasionally, someone who has not been active in the Associ- Minnetonka ation expresses doubt concerning the ability of the Associ- ation to successfully represent the needs and interests of Robert Bruton Maplewood our diverse municipal membership. However, those who do par- ities b , er c ticipate in our activities soon realize that all mem James Cosby regardless of population or geographic location, have far more gs H interests in common than they have interests which are differ- Courtney Waoe Even when interests are seemingly different, agreements ent Edina . can often be achieved through the debate, discussion and in- June Demos teraction inherent in the processes of the Association. The over Roseville words of Abraham Lincoln are as true today as they were certainly hal l 100 years ago: "If we don't hang together, we s Maynard Eder hang separately". Lake Elmo Robert Erickson The AMM is increasingly being recognized as the spokesman for metropolitan e t l Maple Grove , ur a cities in the metropolitan area by the Legis Lyle Hanks agencies and the media. Many new challenges, opportunities tinued - St. Louis Park and problems remain ahead for the cities and your con that lo- participation in the Association will help to assure - David Hozza St.Paul cal government remains a viable partner in the overall govern mental decision making process. Tom Johnson Minneapolis We look forward to even a better year in 1976-77 with your Thomas Kelley continued input, support and participation. St. Paul Sincerely, Duane Miedtke St. Anthony Bruce Nawrocki C7 Columbia Heights Josephine Nunn Larr Thompson AMM President and Wa Mayor of Champlin xecutive Director Vern Peterson JN: sb CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 198, Agenda. June 28, 1976 i The Honorable Maybr and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Gentlemen: j Subject: > Amendment to On-Sale Liquor Ordinance The attached ordinance amendment has been prepared at the request of the `State Department of Taxation. The existing ordinance provides that no license may be,granted unless the applicant is current in payment of any city taxes or assessments. The • amendment extends this same concept to include state collected taxes. It is recom fended that first reading consideration be given to this ordinance amendment. Respectfully submitted, Wayne S. Burggraaff City Manager WSB/eja cc: City Clerk is AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER XI, SECTION 11.06 OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN: Chapter XI, Section 11.06, Subdivision 11, Paragraph (1) of the Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield relating ineligibility for issuance of an intoxicating liquor license is hereby amended to read as follows: "Subd. 11. Ineligibility for License. Existence of any of the following conditions render any applicant ' ineligible for receipt of a license: (1) No license shall be granted, or renewed, for operation on any premises, on which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the City or of the State are due, delinquent and unpaid. In the event any action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 278 questioning the amount or validity r; of taxes, the city council may, on application by the licensee, waive strict compliance with this provision;. •: no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any portion thereof, which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one- year after becoming due." Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota .this day of 1976. Mayor ATTEST: 'City Clerk ,` y i CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 197 Agenda June 28, 1976 The Honorable Mayor and Members of'thle City Council City of Richfield Gentlemen: Subject: Recommended Denial of Application for Taxicab Driver License I Mr. Timothy John skulley,_.3840 Sheridan Avenue South, Minneapolis, is listed on the June 28, 1976 city council agenda as an applicant for a new taxicab driver license. Investigation conducted as part of the license application process has substantiated the fact that Mr. Skulley has a criminal background which was mi represented on his license application. Therefore, it is recomui,ended hat the city council deny this application for taxicab driver license . Respectfully submitted, Wayne S. Burggraaff City Manager WSB/eja cc Public Saf ty Director Deputy Ci y Clerk i j _ CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 196 Agenda June 28, 19 7 6 L The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Gentlemen: Subject: Barricades for Block Parties Mr. Francis E. Woodill, 6221 Newton Avenue, has requested 'permission to barricade 1Vewton Avenue between 62nd and 63rd Streets for, the hours of 8:00 p.m. through midnight, on Friday, July 16, or in the case. of rain, on Saturday, July 17, for the purposes of holding a block party. Mrs. Charles Tooley, 7421 Vincent Avenue, has requested permission to barricade Vincent Avenue between 74th and 75th Street's between 2:00 ., p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on July 10, 1976 for the purposes of holding a block; party. The only stipulations attached to these requests are that the barricades and warning devices be erected by the city in such a way' so as to discourage through traffic, but to permit ingress and egress of emergency vehicles in the event this would be required during the time of the block party. Respectfully submitted, Wayne S. Burggraaff City Manager WSB/eja cc Public Sa feItIy Director Public Works Director Fire Chief i