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09-16-55 Special MeetingSPECIAL MEETING of the VILLAGE COUNCIL September 16, 1955 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a Special Meeting of the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, was held at Meadowbrook School, 5130 Glenwood Avenue, in said Village on the 16th day of September, 1955, at 7:30 otclock P. M. The following members were.present: Bies, Foss, Nadasdy, Rahn and Stark; and the following was absent: None. The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:40 o'clock P. M. PUBLIC HEARING Sanitary Sewer Trunk Improvement No. 2. The Village Clerk presented an affidavit of publication of notice of public hearing on certain sanitary sewer improvement described in a resolution of this Council relating thereto adopted on August 16, 1955. Said affidavit was examined, approved, and ordered placed on file in the office of the Village Clerk. The Mayor discussed the problems facing this Council at this meeting and then asked Member Rahn, as chairman of the committee which recommended that Sanitary Sewers be constructed inthis area, to discuss background matter relating to the development of that portion of the Village described in the affidavit of the publication. The Mayor then asked Mr. Mayeron, representative of the G. M. Orr Engineering Company, to present estimated costs and other engineering data as follows: Total cost less force main (to be installed and paid for by General Mills) $1,053.000.00 (trunk sewer to serve 1700 sewer acres). Sewer to serve souther Golden Valley and northern St. Louis Park $664..000.00. (The City of St. Louis Park to pay 25% of this cost) Sewer for western Golden Valley $389,000.00. Estimated cost $2.15 per front foot or $515.00 per acre, which includes street replacement. Cost per home: Trunk sewer $2.15 per front foot; Lateral sewer $5.30 per front foot; stub $75.00; house connection $200.00 (to be done by private plumber). Mr. Mayeron stated that the cost per year on the tax rolls for a 100 foot lot would be approximately $82.00 per year over a 20 year period, and that the sewer rental charge would be approximately $16.00 per year per home. - Mr Mayor then stated that the committee's written report was on file in the office of the Village.Clerk, and that said report contained most of the data discussed by Mr. Mayeron. The Mayor then announced that the meeting was open for public hearing on said improvement and all persons who desired to do so were afforded opportunity to express their views thereon. September 16, 1955 No objections to the making of said improvement were made except as follows: Objector No person stated directly that they were opposed to the sewer, although from the questions asked by various persons it was apparent that they did object to the sanitary sewer project. The following persons gave their names and addresses and asked questions as indicated above, (Too lengthy to recite herein). Julius Held 1330 Natchez Avenue South I. T. Dahl 145 Edgewood Avenue South Lyle K. Larsen 7430 Wayzata Boulevard Proponents: Bussell Fernstrom Mayor of St. Louis Park Francis X. Helgeson 201 Janalyn Circle Thomas A. DeCola 4700 Glenwood Avenue Objection The implied objections may be summarized as: 1. Too early in the development of the Village. 2. The proposed contruction was for the benefit of heavy use districts. 3. Too costly. 4, No benefit. 5. No need. Mayor Fernstrom stated that the City of St. Louis Park had voted on September 12, 1955, to proceed with a joint sanitary sewer project with the Village of Golden Valley in 1953, and that St. Louis Park would pay 25% of the cost of const- ructing a sewer through Golden Valley into the City of Minneapolis. Mr. Helgeson stated that a meeting of 15 families in the Glenurban area had resulted in an unanimous vote in favor of the installation of sanitary sewers. Mr. DeCola stated that he owned 10 units in this area and had spent a great deal of money repairing his farm -type sewers in these units and therefore was in favor of the immediate installation of sanitary sewers. 1 D 1 Mr. Alfred Bakken 400 Winnetka Avenue South Mr, E. Adolphson 309 Turnpike Road Mr, Marcus Mattison 17 Meadow Lane South Mrs, Tony Ferrara 100 Meadow Lane South Mr, Glenn Brown 611 Sumter Avenue South 0 September 16, 1955 Mr. Bakken stated that he lived in the proposed sewer area and there were 100 homes in his vicinity that needed and wanted sanitary sewers installed. Mr. Adolphson stated that if industry did not go into the area contemplated by General Mills and homes were built instead, schools would be --required to accomodate the increased number of children. He also stated that sewers would be a necessity in a few years and now was the time to do something about it. Mr. Mattison stated that sanitary sewers were the only permanent answer to the problem and that he was in favor of the improvement. Mrs. Ferrara stated that they had spent a small fortune on repairs of their various types of farm -style sewer system and that none of the repairs had worked satisfactorily, and that the State Board of Health could condem their property if they so wished. Mr. Brown stated that the need forsswer in his area was urgent. The following persons indicated that they were not opposed to nor yet in favor of, the project: Mr. Melvin Hetland 324 Meander Road Mr, C. T. McGrew representing the Confer Bxothers Realty Co. (Westchester Addition) The Mayor called for a show of persons as to who was in favor and as to who was opposed to the improvement. Nineteen persons stood up and were counted as being opposed to the construction of a trunk sanitary sewer in the area described in the affidavit of publication. Thirty eight persons stood up and were counted as being in favor of the construction of a trunk sanitary- sewer anitarysewer in the area described in the affidavit of publication. No listing was made as to who was opposed or who was in favor. The Mayor requested that t herecord show that a petition had been received from Glenwood Addition with 33 names thereon, and also the r eceipt of a letter f rom Mr. and Mrs. John Gibbons, 1116 Alpine Pass, urging the Council to act favorably on the instant sewer project. The Mayor then closed the meeting to the public. September 16, 1955 Mr. Mayeron, upon question by Member Foss, stated that the estimate was 95% accurate. Mr. Foss stated that he was not prepared to vote on the matter at this meeting, that he thought sufficient notice had not been given, that he was not convinced of the desire or ability of the residents to pay for the project, and wanted more time to study the matter. Member Rahn then introduced the following resolution herein quoted by title and moved its adoption, "RESOLUTION ORDERING CONSTRUCTION OF TRUNK SEWER NUMBER TWO". The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Bies and upon roll call vote being taken thereon the following voted as follows: Q .-.-!✓�-�-� 2 77- Bies Yes Foss No Nadasdy Yes Rahn Yes Stark No The Mayor thereupon declared that the motion had failed inasmuch as a majority was necessarsr. Member Foss then introduced the following resolution herein quoted by title and moved its adoption, "RESOLUTION ORDERING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT". The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Stark and upon vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor thereof: Bies, Foss, Rahn, Nadasdy, Stark, and the following voted against the same; None, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by the Mayor and his signature attested by the Clerk. Said Resolution called for a public hearing to be held on October 3, 19551 at 700 o'clock P. M. at this place, Meadowbrook School. MOVED by Foss seconded by Starkc ied to adjourn. At 1 1 1