09-20-49 City Council Minutes129
September 20, 1949
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting
of the Village Council of Golden Valley, Minnesota, was held at
its usual meeting place in the Village Hall on September 20, 1949,
at 8:00 otclock p.m.
The following members were present: Putnam, Pinch,.Reiss,
Stark and Stasel, and the following were absent: none. Mayor
Stasel presided, and Village Clerk Putnam acted as Clerk.
Minutes of the September 6 meeting were read and on
motion by Putnam seconded by Pinch approved.
The Mayor opened the meeting to a hearing on the rezoning
of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company property located on
Mendelssohn Avenue N. just north of the Westview School property.
Mr. Sommers, Assistant District Manager, and Mr. Beach, engineer
for the phone company, explained the need for erecting a new
Orchard Exchange building for the installation of automatic equip-
ment to improve the telephone service in this area. No one ap-
peared in opposition to the rezoning. Motion by Putnam seconded
by Stark carried to give a first reading to "AN ORDINANCE AMEEND-
ING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY BY
ESTABLISHING A CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.11 The ordinance was
given its first reading. Motion by Putnam seconded by Reiss
carried that, due to the existing emergency, a second reading be
given to "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE Ord. Bk.
VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY BY ESTABLISHING A CERTAIN COMMERCIAL n.113
DISTRICT.t' The ordinance was given its second reading. Motion
by Pinch seconded by Reiss carried to approve the second reading
of the ordinance and to order its publication.
In accordance with the Advertisement for Bids theretofore
properly published, seal bids were received and opened for the
furnishing of labor, skill, and materials for the proposed im-
provement of various streets and public ways of the Village.
Following the opening and consideration of the bids,
Trustee Reiss introduced the following resolution and moved its
adoption:
- RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Advertisement for Bidspublished in
The Robbinsdale Post on September 81 1949, and in the Construc-
tion Bulletin on September 81 1949, for the following described
improvements:
1. The installation of hard surface pavement of bituminous or
other suitable surface material and curb and gutter and such
changes in surface drainage as may be found necessary on the fol-
lowing named streets:
Triton Drive from Noble Avenue westerly to Quail Avenue;
Quail Avenue from the north boundary of Woodlawn Park
southerly to Culver Road;
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Orchard Avenue from the north boundary of Woodlawn
Park to the south boundary of Woodlawn Park;
Culver Road westerly from Noble Avenue to Regent
Avenue;
Perry Avenue from Triton Drive southerly to Culver
Road;
Cherokee from Normandy Place to Culver Road;
Normandy Place from Perry Avenue westerly to Quail
Avenue;
2. The installation of hard surface pavement of bituminous
or other suitable surface material and curb and gutter and
such changes in surface drainage as may be found necessary
on the following named street:
A service road heretofore dedicated to the Village
for street and highway purposes, located in Woodlawn
Park and described as follows: All the tracts or
parcels of land lying and being in the County of
Hennepin and State of Minnesota, described as follows,
to -wit: The Easterly 15 feet of Blocks One (1) and
Two (2) of Woodlawn Park according to the map or
plat thereof on file and of record in the office of
the Register of Deeds in and for said county recorded
in Book 119 of Flats page 3, being more specifically
described as the Easterly 15 feet of Lots 1, 2, 32
and 4 of Block One (1) of said subdivision and the
Easterly 15 feet of Lots 1, 2, 31 41 51 6, 71 81 9,
10, 11 of Block 2 of said subdivision;
3. The installation of hard surface pavement of bituminous
or other suitable surface material and curb and gutter and
such changes in surface drainage as may be found necessary
on the following named streets:
Zephyr Place, formerly known as Park Place, from
its intersection with Nineteenth Avenue North in a
southwesterly direction a distance of 550 feet;
York Avenue North, from its intersection with
ZephyrPlace in a generally south and east direction
a distance of 550 feet;
bids were duly received, opened, and tabulated according
to law, and the following of said bids were found to comply
with the advertisements: _
F. 0. Tessem, Robbinsdale, Minnesota
Bid II - Woodlawn Park - 970 lineal
feet of curb and gutter @ $1.70 per
lineal foot $1649.00
Total $1649.00
Gust A. Holm, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bid I - Woodlawn Park (Triton Drive, etc.)
20,000 square yards bituminous surface
$8200.00
Bid III - Noble Avenue Service Road -
1900 square yards bituminous surface
779.00
Bid IV - Zephyr Place and York Avenue
North - 4000 square yards bituminous
surface
1240.00
Total
$10219.00
J. W. Craig Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bid I - Woodlawn Park (Triton Drive, etc.)
20,000 square yards bituminous surface
@ 45 cents per square yard
9000.00
Bid III - Noble Avenue Service Road -
1900 square yards bituminous surface
@, 45 cents
855.00
Bid IV - Zephyr Place and York Avenue
North - 4000 square yards bituminous
surface @ 45 cents
1800.00
Total
$11655.00
and,
WHEREAS, it appears that Gust Holm of Minneapolis is the
lowest responsible bidder for those items of said improvement
on which his bid is set forth above, and WHEREAS, it further
appears that F. 0. Tessem of Minneapolis is the lowest
responsible bidder for those items of the said improvement
described in his bid set forth above, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of
Golden Valley that the Mayor and Clerk be, and the same hereby
are, authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Gust
Holm of Minneapolis and to enter into a contract with F. 0.
Tessem of Minneapolis, in each case in the name of the Village
of Golden Valley, for the improvement of the streets described
above in the manner above set forth, and in each case, for the
items on which the said Gust Holm and F. 0. Tessem have been
found to be the lowest responsible bidders according to the
plans and specifications approved by resolution adopted by
the Village Council September 6, 1949, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Village Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to return forthwith to all bidders the
deposits made with their bids, except that the deposits of
the successful bidder and the next lowest bidder in each of
the above cases shall be retained until contracts have been
executed with said Gust Holm and said F. 0. Tessem.
Passed September 20, 1949.
Attest:
Village Clerk
Mayor
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Trustee Stark seconded the motion for the adoption of
said resolution, and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: Pinch, Putnam, Reiss,
Stark, and Stasel, and the following voted against the
same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and
adopted and was signed and attested by the Mayor and the
Clerk.
Petition dated September 9 and signed by B. J.
Marschalek and others was read requesting vacation of the
alley in Block 2, Delphian Heights. Motion by Pinch,
seconded by Putnam carried to refer the petition to Ter-
zich for verification and check of adequacy.
Plans for the Woodfill Store were reviewed. Motion
by Reiss to direct the issuance of a building permit to
Woodfillts in accordance with the plan submitted was
seconded by Stark and carried.
Motion by Reiss seconded by Pinch carried to give a
first reading to "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY BY ADDING TO THE USES PER-
MITTED IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.}f The ordinance was given
its first reading.
Motion by Reiss seconded by Pinch carried to accept the
quit claim deed for the norther -most 1041 of Highview Ter-
race by Marcus McNabb.
A letter from the Minneapolis Institute of Sanitation
Services, signed by Fred Bowman, secretary, was read in
which the MISS proposed the operation of sanitary fill dumps
within Golden Valley with certain stipulations. Mr. Stark
suggested that the proposal be referred to Terzich for in-
vestigation of the organization and report at the next
meeting, at which time further consideration would be given
to the proposal.
The fire in the dump at the Belt Line and Medicine
Lake Road was discussed. Lotion by Stark seconded by Reiss
carried that if the fire is not extinguished by midnight
September 26, the provisions of the ordinances pertaining
to dumps and nuisances shall be enforced and a letter sent
to Mr. Stein notifying him of the Councilts action.
Mr. Harry Schwartz appeared and stated that he had
completed the construction of roads and had erected signs
and installed culverts in the Cloverleaf Addition, and was
requesting release from his bond. Terzich was instructed
to check the roads, culverts and signs in the Cloverleaf
Addition and to report at the next Council meeting.
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Letter dated September 14 from the Planning Commission
was read recommending the re -Zoning of the telephone company
property on Mendelssohn Avenue, and also recommending that the
Council take such action as may be necessary to insure only
one dump operation at one time and that the operators of
such a dump post a minimum bond of 12000.
Mr. Johnson, 1810 Zephyr Place, requested the extension
of Zephyr Place at its southern end for a few feet back and
the erection of a better road block at the end of this street.
The matter was referred to Pinch and Terzicli.
Mr. A. L. Strege, 2021 Regent Avenue, and Mr. George
Elquist, 639 Archibald, requested electrical permits for
their basement homes. It was indicated that electrical per-
mits would be granted subject to their submitting letters
stating their intention to complete the shell and permanent
roof -on their homes within a twelve month period.
Motion
by Reiss seconded by Pinch carried
to approve
the following bills in the amount of $4060.95:
2523
Everett Frandsen
$103.90-,
2524
Chas. V. Lindrud
112.45-,,
125.20-
25.202526
252.5
Al McGinnis
109.40-,
2526
Arno Denzin
49.95-,
2527
Jacob Holzheu
30.00"
2.528
Paul LeBrun
110.10A
2529
Patrick J. Loaney
89.10+
2530
Donald Mullaney
8.75,\
2531
Roy V. Olson
58.70-
8.702533
2532
Mary Raymond
138.20-
2533
Louis Terzich
93.00,
2534
Peter Raskob
43.50-
2535
Hugh A. Mengelkoch
7.74-,
2536
Walter S. Booth & Son
3.10
2537
Miller -Davis Co.
311.88..
2538
Morrell & Nichols
30.75-,
2539
Dahlberg Bros.
10.52-
2540
Skelly Oil Company
130.51
2541
Wm. H. McCoy
28.04.
2542
2543
Shell Oil Company
Minn. Fire Equipment Co.
12.00-
2544
Thompson Lumber Co.
6.27-1
389.55-,
2545
2546
Mrs. Mary Hyer
Borchert -Ingersoll, Inc.
57.36
2547
Vim. H. Ziegler Co., Inc.
12.76 '
22 N
12.-,
2548
Hawkinson Tire Tread Service
52.5500-\
2549
Dickey & Milbert, Inc.
1806.50-\
2550
Lyle Signs, Inc..
�.40�60.95
Orders No. 2503/2522 and No. 2523/2535 above were
issued for payment.
Motion by Reiss seconded
to October 4, 1949.
.Attest:
Village Clerk
by Putnam carried to adjourn
Mayor