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I I I Council Meeting Minutes April 28, 1998 Page 11 Council Business. continued Motion by Samuelson, seconded by Larson, TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF THE REQUEST OF NUTEC CONSTRUCTION CO. OF THE SITE PLAN LP-339 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY AT CLEVELAND A VENUE AND COUNTY ROAD D. 5 Ayes, 0 Nayes. Motion carried. Redevelopment Specialist Jill Bishop reviewed the need to correct the problem of numerous addresses along the Old Highway 8 corridor, She outlined the chronology leading up to the decision by the Council to proceed with this name change and emphasized the importance of uniformity in addresses as it relates to emergency services, citing the numerous addresses now existing along this corridor, She noted that staff is, and will continue, to work with the affected property owners and with the post office to make this transition as efficient as possible. The address changes are set to coincide with the telephone area code changes scheduled for July 1st. Motion by Hoffman, seconded by Gunderman, TO WAIVE THE FIRST AND SECOND READING AND ADOPT AN ORDINANCE RENAMING PARTS OF OLD HIGHWAY 8, 8TH AVENUE NORTIlWEST, AND 5TH A VENUE NORTHWEST IN THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON. 5 Ayes, 0 Nayes. Motion carried, Fulton explained that at the Town Hall Meeting in March, Mr. Richard Morris brought up the issue of safety on 29th Avenue NW by children using Hidden Oaks Park. In April, the Parks and Recreation Director and the Public Works Director met with Mr. Morris to review the situation. It was agreed that a potential safety situation did exist and a recommendation was made to establish no parking zones on both sides of 29th Avenue NW where pedestrian crossing does occur. The specific zones recommended to be posted are as follows: 1. East side of 29th A venue from the park entrance on the north to the parking lot entrance on the south, 2, West side of 29th Avenue from the south end of the retaining wall on the north to the church entrance on the south Motion by Samuelson, seconded by Larson, TO WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION EST ABLISIDNG NO PARKING ZONES ON 29TH A VENUE BY HIDDEN OAK PARK. Park and Recreation Director Maurie Anderson, explained that in 1977, the City entered into a joint powers agreement with St. Anthony School Districe #282 to cooperatively develop the Silver Oak school grounds to serve the school and community. The City financed the improvements, with the exception of the tennis courts which were subsidized with a State of Minnesota Grant. In early 1980 the school district declared the property surplus and sold it to a developer who subsequently converted the building into condominiums, The land on which the tennis courts were located was also sold, Anderson went on to explain that the City did retain 5 acres for park purposes. The developer agreed to replace the tennis courts, at his expense, at the time he developed the area on which they had been built. Council Businefl~ N utec Construction Redevelopment of site at Co.Rd D/Cleveland LP-339 Report No. 98-095 Address Changes Old H wy ,8 Corridor Report No. 98-096 Ordinance No. 641 No Parking on 29th Ave NW by Hidden Oak Park Report No, 98-97 Resolution No, 98-056 Tennis Courts for Silver Oaks Park Report No. 98-098