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05-19-53 Council MinutesREGULAR MEETING of the VILLAGE COUNCIL May 19, 1953 Pursuant to due call and noticethereof a regular meeting of the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, was held at the Village Hall in said Village on the 19th day of May, 1953, at 7:30 P.M. The following members were present: Foss, Rahn, Stark and Stasel; and the following member arrived after the meeting had begun: Reiss. Moved by Rahn seconded by Foss carried that the reading of the minutes of the meeting of May 5, 1953 be dispensed with a and that said minutes stand approved as submitted to each member of the Council prior to this meeting unless some member of the audience wishes them read. (the minutes were not read) Moved by Stark seconded by Foss carried that the minutes of the May 12, 1953 meeting be approved as read. Mpls. No. w So. Railway Company Report: Mr. Davenport, representative of said company, a_vised the Council that there were no new developments regarding industrial tenants on the company's property since the last meeting and requested the Council to permit him to submit a report in writing at the meeting of June 16, 1953• Said request was granted. Re: Extension of Thotlan Tcad: The Administrative Assistant rea-c lefters from the interested parties req- uesting a continuation of the matter until the meeting of June 16, 1953• TheCouncil agreed to the continuation. Re: Gravel Pit: The Administrative Assistant read from the Planning Commission minutes of May 14, 1953, in which said commission decided to recommend the zoning of the village gravel pit and the land immediately adjacent to and north of said gravel pit to Commercial (New Category, Light Industrial.), according to a legal description on file in the office of the Village Clerk. Mr. Russel Smith, owner of the property lying north of the gravel pit, appeared at the meeting and spoke in favor of the proposed zoning. After a discussion during which member Rahn advised the Council of the ?glans of the industry which seeks the property under consideration, MOVED by 1� 1 1 O Rahn seconded by Foss carried that notice of public hearing on the proposition of zoning said property from Open Development to Commercial be advertised in the official villane newspaper, said public hearing to be held at Meadowbrook School June 2, 1953• Zoninc, of Certain PropertIT Onw�a zata Boulevard: The A inistrative AssiLtant read from the Planning Commission minutes of May 14, 1953, in which said commission decided to recommend the zoning of certain lands adjacent to said Boulevard from Open Development to Commercial (New Category, Light Industrial), according to legal descriptions on file in the office of the Vill ge Clerk. MOVED by Rahn seconded by Utark carried to give first reading to an ordinance entitled:"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY BY ESTABLISHING CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS." Proved by Rahn seconded by Stark harried to approve the above ordinance quoted by title on its first reading. Re: Lot 20, Block 1, McNair. Manor: The Administrative Assisead from the .Planning Commission minutes of May 14, 1953, in which said Commission decided to urgently recommend that all or a part of Lot 20, Block 1, McNair Manor, be condemn,d and/or purchased on the grounds that construction of a home on said lot with a 1.4 foot setback would constitute a serious visibility hazard to traffic, and would, in addition, detract from the appearance of the entire neighborhood. It was agreed by the Council that the recommendation of the Planning Commission should be considered, and instructed the Administrative Assistant to get an Expression from Hennepin County and Minneapolis P,=,rk Board as to their participation in the cmt of such a project in addition to entering into preliminary negotiations witht he owner of said lot, for the purchase thereof. No action was taken with regard to permitting the completion of the structure presently located on said lot. The matter was ordered placed on the agenda for the June 2, 1953 meeting. Re: Northland Grey hound Company: The Administrative Assistant read from the minutes of the May 142 1953, meeting of the Planning Commission, in which said commission decided to recommend the zoning of a tract of land to Radio District according to a legal description on file in the office of the Village Clerk. Mr. F.X. Beumer, representative of said company, and Mr. Harold H. Naftalin, owner of the property, petitioned the Council for reconsideration of the Council's prior refusal to zone said property as requested. After discussion, The Administrative Assistant was instructed to obtain a writing from the County Sheriffts Office and the Federal Communications Commission expressing said organizations approval or disapproval of the location of a radio station on the premises on the ground of interference with present radio and television reception, and to report at the June 2, 1953 meeting. MOVED by Rahn, seconded by Stark carried that notice of public hearing on the proposition of zonin; said property from Open Development to Radio District be advertised in the official village newspaper, said public hearing to be held at Meadowbrook School on June 23 1953• Re: Request for Coamercial Blg. Permit, Robert Odell: Mr. Rob er , ell ef—a-1-*peTit1 ne-cT-the Council for permisson to construct a sheet metal shop to be located at approximately 6100 Golden Valley Road in an area presently zoned Commurity Store. Mr. Odell stated that no neon signs, billboards, etc, would be erected on the premises, shoild the permit be granted Action on the request was deferred until the meeting of June 2, 1953• New Tavern Ordinances: Moved by Rahn seconded by Foss [S'Er: OR-DINANc arrie3�ro give a second reading to an ordinance /5'S entitled. "AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CE— TAIN ORDINANCES ROOK eIELATING TO THE OPERATION OF DANCE HALLS, PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL GOLF CLUB NON -INTOXICATING MALT LIQUOR LIC7NSES, AND REGULATING AND LICENSING TAVERNS." Moved b7T Foss seconded by .Rahn carried to declare the ordinance above quoted b-� title duly adopted, and to order its publication in the official village newspaper. Moved by Rahn seconded by Foss carried to give a second reading to an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE (SEE ORDINANCibICENSING AND REGULATING PLACES OF BUSINESS WHERE 9GDK PAGE. /.;; l--PAINMENDAISIpROVIDP�RMITTED OR 1n�`iERE MUSIC AND ENTER-, Moved by Rahn seconded by Foss carried to declard the ordinance above quoted by title duly adopted and to order its publication in the official village newspaper. Plumbing Ordinance: Moved by Foss seconded b7 Stark carried to give a first reading to an ordinance entitled: t' AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY BY STR-KING SECTIONS 19 AND 21 THEREOF 65 AND ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR THE TYPE, CONSTRUCTION, AND LOCATION OF WELLS, SEPTIC TANKS, CESSPOOLS, TILE DISPOSAL FIELDS, AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTE14S, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSU..A_NCE OF PTRMITS, THEREFOR, R .GULATING THE TYPE AND CONSTRUCTION OF SEW.ACE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF." Moved by Foss seconded by Stark carried to approve the above ordinance quoted by title on its first reading. The Council instructed tha ^dministrative Assistant to instruct the Plumbing Inspector to attend the next meeting of the Council. Waivers of Building Requirements: The Administrative Assistant—read from the Planning Commission minutes of May 14., 1953, in which said Commission decided to recommend the approval of waivers set forth below: 1. Moved by Rahn seconded by Stark carried to approve the division of unplatted property locate) at the intersection of Turnerts Cross Road and Glenwood Avenue per plat on file in the office of the Village Clerk upon the request of Mr. T. DeCola, provided, however, that single family dwelling units only be constructed on the three sub -standard lots included in the plat. 2. Moved by Stark seconded by Foss carried to approve the division of unplatted property lying between Turnpike Road and Glenwood Avenue per plat on file in the office of the Village Clerk upon. the request of Mrs. Presteraard. 3. Moved by Stark seconded by Foss carried to approve setback waiver on Lots 303 and 304, Glenwood Addition upon the request of Mr. Phillip Lysne per plans on file in the office of the Village Clerk. 4- Moved by Rahn seconded by Foss carried to approve the recommendation of the Planning Commission on the request of residents of June Avenue to change the name of said street to "Ardmore Drive", and to instruct the Village Attorney to draft an ordinance so naming said street to be presented to the Council at the June 2, 1953 meeting. 5. No action was taken on the recommendations of the Planning Commission to approve the setback waiver requested by Mr. Lucas on Lots 1 and 13, Bloek 3, Tyrol Hills, on the grounds tbat Mr. Lucas had not complied with conditions stipulated bar the Commission. Re: License, Black Top Auto Livery: Member Rahn, Chairman of the License Committee, read varioi-s letters of residents approving additional taxi service for the village, and reported that the committee of two recommended the approval of the Council on the matter. MOVED by Rahn seconded by Stark carried to issue license No. 669 to the Blaok Top Auto Livery Company per applications on file. Garbage License: The Administrative Assistant reported Mr. Ca� ri Engebretsen had re-applied for a license to collect garbage, and that the premises of 6323 Knoll Street had been cleaned of large amounts of debris. Moved by Foss seconded by Stark carried that license No. 67B be issued to Carl Engebretsen to collect garbage in the Village of Golden Valley, per application on file. League of Minn. Municipalities Convention: Moved by Stark seconded by Foss carried to pay tie Administrative Assistant 50.00 to defray expenses in attending said organization's meeting on June 11-12-13, 1953• Turner's Cross Road, Turnpike Road, Wayzata Boulevard, etc., nraina e improvements: The Village Attorney reg a ✓letter dated May I,-1953, from the bond attorneys dealing, with procedural matters in relation to the above stated improvement, which letter was ordered placed on file The Mayor then stated that in his opinion it was mandatory that some improvement in drainage should be made in the area under consideration but that before the improvement is ordered the following matters should be a matter of record: (1) Each property owner affected by the improvement should know how much the project will cost him, and (2) the Village should know exactly how much Hennepin County will contribute toward improving the drainage of the area adjacent to Turner's Cross Road inasmuch as said road is a County Road and would benefit from the improvement under consideration. The Village Attorney stated that the :spreading of assess- ments on such a project is an extrem:�ly difficult matter, and that he did not $link that the person presently employed to do such uork would be able to do it, and further, that computing the assessments wasa job for an engineer, but tht if the Council did order the Village Engineer to undertake the work outlined by the Mayor, said engineer should be negotiated with as to costs. MOVED by Rahn, seconded by Reiss carried that the project be dropped inasmuch as the petition before the Council is invalid. m The Council then a greed that the Village Engineer be instructed to determine all facts involved in the drainage of the area adjacent to Turner's Cross Road including the following: (1) the cost to property owners, and (2) the exact amount of money which Hennepin County will contributd toward draining the area. Re: Civil Service Commission Recommendations: The Council agreed to a j io n meeting with the Golden Valley Village Civil Service Commission to be held at the Village Hall on Tuesday, May 26, 1953, at 8:00 P.M., and instructed the Chief of ?olice to be availabe during the meeting, if called upon to appear beforethe two groups. Re: 1952 Audit: The Mayor invited all members of the Council o be his guests at the Minneapolis Athletic Club on Friday, Evening, June 5th, 1953 at 5:30 P.M., at which meeting the auditors will present the 1952 audit with detailed explanations on all phases of the audit. Re: 1952 Street Improvements: Member Reiss pointed out several instances in which the contractor for the 1952 street improvements had either neglected to perform necessary work or had done an inferior job. The Administrative Assistant was instructed to present a tabulation on all such matters to the Council for consideration at the June 16, 1953 meeting. The Council agreed to the following statements of policy concerning all Village Employees who are employed on a full time basis and who are not presently under Civil Service. A. If presently credited with overtime not in excess of eighty (80) hours, employees may use such over- time as compensatory time off, provided, however, that szch overtime credit is expended as said time off before the first day of November, 1953, If not so expended, credit for said overtime will be withdrawn. B. The previous policy of compensatory time off in lieu of payment for services is hereby discontinued. C. It is the declared policy of the Village Council to discourage all overtime work by employees. The work day is her°e7y declared to be eight (8) hours, the work week forty (40) hours, and the work month one hundred and seventy-three hours (173). D. Graere overtime work is absolutely necessary, such overtime work shall be approved in advance by the Administrative Assistant except under the following Conditions: LUC In case of emergency tre discretion of the senior employee on the job shall control. An emergency must require the services of one of more employees for a period of time greater than one hour. E. Snow Removal Operations: Where overtime work is expended in snow removal operations the discretion of the senior employee in contpact `<ith the operation shall determine the amount of overtime work necessary to complete the job. Where overtime work can reasonably be anticipated in connection with said operations such fact shall be communicated to the Administrative Assistant in advance of the accumulation of overtime. All full time regularly employed employees engaged in said operations must expend eight (8)• hours at regular pay during the day (12:00 Midnight to 12:00 Midnight) to be eligible for over- time payment for services. Extra labor hired to help in the operations shall not be paid for overtime services, except where such an employee has been engaged in the operation for ten (ID) or more consec- utive hours. F. All employees engaging in overtime work under (D) shall receive compensation at the rate of time and a half provided monthly pay is less than 350.00 perm:;nth. Employees receiving more than U 350,00 shall be paid overtime only if the overtime is a continuation without substantial break of the regular eight hour work day. In the case of (E.) the same rules apply to employees receiving* more than $ 350.00 per month, as these employees rec- eiving less than 4 350.00 per month. G. Payment for overtime services accumulated under section (D) and (E) shall be madeevery sixty (60) days hereafter on the basis of a 173 hour work month. H. Time sheets shall be kept by all deportment heads showing the hours of time spent in village service both for regular and overtime credits, the forms, content, method of reporting, and other details to be determined by the Administrative Assistant. I. The Village Council reserves the right to interpret the above policy statements, and in all cases its determination shall be final. 7 1E Bills: Moved by Stark seconded by Reiss carried to approve 7e7ollowing Tills in the total amount of $ 3,975,55, the Council having disapproved the following bills: Minneapolis Securities Corporation 75.00 Alden M. Lidster 109,25 Arno Denzin 125,76 Marvin Schuller 102.46 Carl Engebretsen 25.00 $437-47 Bills apTroved as follows: 5618 Kemper Motors 33.99 5819 Arno-Denzin 175.14 5820 Marvin Schuller 129.24- 5821 Alden M. Lidster 140.91.L 5822 Joseph Silitz 123.02 5823 Royce W. Owens 190.00 5824 Marie Ehr 85-40 5825 Alois J. Stein 142.56 5826 Everett Frandsen 132,78•° 5827 Al McGinnis 142.86 5828 Lillian Gee 80,43 5829 Evelyn Denzin 75.25 5830 Ingrid Woehning 83,15 5831 Fae L. Fay 98.10 5832 Opal Elstad 95.00° 5833 Frank 0. Nygren 88,50 5834 Hanover Tool Sales Company 6,65 , 5835 Mrs. Don Scrimger 8,04 5836 Mrs. Benjamin Farr 8.04 5837 Mrs. Ilene As.umna 8.04 5838 Mrs. C.E. Carlson 8.04 5839 Mrs. Wm. J. Halluska 12.00 5840 Mrs. Elring Nordness 1,•75 5841 Mrs. Ferol Leni$ 6.75 5842 Mrs. Hilda Pankonie 6.75 5843 Mrs. Fred Plante 6,75 5844 Mrs. Irene Hafterson 11.25 5845 Mrs. Mayfred Moore 11.25 5846 Mrs. Georgia Nelson 6,94 5847 Mrs. Jeanne Fudge 6.94 5848 Mrs. Bernice Swenningsen 6.94 5849 Mrs. Inez Kullberg 6,94 5850 Ed Ryan, Sheriff of Henn. County 27.00 5851 Ohio Chemical and Surgical Company 10.10 5852. Glenwood Supply Company 18.68 5853 W. r. Lahr Company 8.17 5854 Hickling►s Hardware 33.43 70 5655 DahlbergBros 103.08.-, 15-o8, 5856 Smith -Dunn Company 5857 Japs-Olson Company 58.55 ` 5858 N.W. Bell Telephone Company 136.81`- 5859 Thompson Lumber Company 75.66 5860 N.W. Hanna Fuel Company 156.00 5861 5862 Minn. Fire Equipment Company International A ss t n of Fire Chiefs 7.00 5863 Goldan. Va.*!.7_ey Fire Department 464.22 28.06° 5864 U.S. Steel Supply Division 164.00 5865 Standard Oil Company 5866 J.A. Curtis 109.00 42.55 5867 Post Publishing Company 39-73, 5868 Panama Carbon Company 25.00 5869 Dave Fischbein 74.00 5870 5871 Corriets Lonegren, Brackett & Freeman 25.00 TOTAL 3,975.55 Moved by Stark seconded by Reiss carried that the meeting adjourn. Mayor ATTEST: ILIad 40 ktxc Clerk 1