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Resolution No. 212
October 21, 1958
Member Teresi introduced the following resolution and MOVED its adoption:
"RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND
EXPEDIENCY OF ISSUING PARK SYSTEM BONDS
AND CALLING SPECIAL ELECTION TO VOTE ON
THEIR ISSUANCE"
BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley,
Minnesota, as follows:
1. It is hereby found and determined that it is necessary and ex-
pedient for the Village to partially develop,�improve and'equip the ex =
isting.park lands in order to provide a park system more adequate to the
needs of the. Village, and to issue its negotiable coupon general obli-
gation bonds in an amount not to exceed $97,000.00 for the partial devel-
opment, improvement and equipment of said park system.
2. The proposition of issuing such bonds, as set forth in the form
of ballot presceibed below, shall be submitted to the voters at a special
election which is hereby called and directed to be held on Tuesday, the 2nd
day of December, 1958 between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 8:00 o'clock
p.m. Said election shall be held at the following polling places within
each of the election districts heretofore established, and there are hereby
appointed three persons to act as judges of election at each polling place,
as follows:
Election Polling Place
District
No. 1 Noble School, 2600 Noble Avenue
No. 2 Golden Valley High School
4800 Glenwood Avenue
No. 3 Shopping Center
8030 Floyd B. Olson Memorial
Highway
No. 4 Church of the Good Shepherd
145 Jersey Avenue South
Judges of Election
Mrs. Irene Hafterson
Mrs. Earl Costigan
Mrs. Fern Griffin
Mrs. L. 0. Wallgren
Mrs. Arnold Larson
Mrs. Cecily Helgesen
Mrs. Eileen Asunma
Mrs. Dorothy Caryl
Mrs. Don Scrimger
Mrs. Sheldon O stroot
Mrs. Lillian Turgeon
Mrs. Helen Voss
The judges of election in each election district shall appoint two residents
thereof to serve as clerks of election.
3. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause
notice of said election to be posted at each of said polling places and at
least three other public and conspicuous places within each election dis-
trict, not less than ten days before the date of said election, and to
cause such notice to be published in the Suburban Press not less than seven
days before said date, which notice shall be in substantially the following
form
Resolution No. 212 (Continued) October 21, 1958
NOTICE OF SPECIAL VILLAGE ELECTION
ON PARK SYSTEM BONDS
VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held in
and for the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 2nd day
of December, 1958, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and. 8:00
o'clock p.m., at which the following proposition will be submitted to the
voters of the Village:
Shall the Village of Golden Valley borrow money
and issue its negotiable coupon general obligation
bonds in an amount not exceeding $97,000 for the
purpose of partial development, improvement and
equipment of existing park lands and recreational
areas?
All registered and qualified voters of the Village are entitled
to vote at said election within the respective election districts in which
they reside, as heretofore established for municipal dlections, and the
polling places within each of said election districts will be as follows;
Election District
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
Dated: October 21, 1958
Polling Place
Noble School, 2600 Noble Avenue
Golden Valley High School
4800 Glenwood Avenue
Shopping Center
8030 Floyd B. Olson Memorial Highway
Church of the Good Shepherd
145 Jersey Avenue South
BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
/s/ ROGER K. ULSTAD, VILLAGE CLERK
4. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause
official ballots to be prepared for said election and to be distributed
to the judges at each of said polling places. Said ballot shall be
printed in black ink on lavendar paper, if paper os such color is
obtainable, and the face thereof shall read as follows:
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Resolution No. 212 (Continued) October 21, 1958
OFFICIAL BALIOT
SPECIAL ELECTION
VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA
December 2, 1958
VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
SHALL THE VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE ITS
NEGOTIABLE COUPON GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT
EXCEEDING $97,000, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARTIAL DEVELOPMENT,
IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPMENT OF EXISTING PARK LANDS AND
RECREATIONAL AREAS
YES .....
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: IF YOU WISH TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
ABOVE PROPOSITION, MARK A CROSS (X) IN THE SQUARE OPPOSITE
THE-WORD"YES" IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SUCH PROPOSITION. IF YOU
WISH TO VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSITION, MARK A CROSS (X) IN THE
SQUARE OPPOSITE THE WORD "NO" IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SUCH
PROPOSITION.
On the back of each ballot there should be printed the words "OFFICIAL BOND
BALLOT", the date of election, the facsimile signature of the Village Clerk
and lines for the initials of two judges.
Voting at said election shall be done by voting machines as at other Village
elections in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 20.9 M.S.A. and, for
that purpose, proper ballot labels shall be prepared substantially in
accordance with the form of official ballot above set forth and, in addition,
sufficient paper ballots shall be prepared to satisfy estimated requirements
for absentee voting purposes.
5. The Commissioner of Registration shall accept registrations of
voters until the 20th day prior to said election and shall then complete
the election register for each district and deliver the register to the
judges for the respective districts on the day preceding said election.
The Village Clerk shall also provide the election judges with suitable tally
sheets, forms for official returns, ballot boxes and other necessary supplies
for the conduct of said election. Said election shall be held and conducted
in the manner prescribed by law, and the judges shall record opposite the
name and address of each registered voter appearing in the election registers
the words "voted" or "not voted" as the case may be, and any challenge,
affidavit or other information as may be required. The judges at each
polling place upon the closing of the polls shall forthwith count the votes
cast, and record the same in the official tally books, and said books, with
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Resolution No. 212 (Continued)
October 21, 1958
the ballbts'_cast and the election registers and the official returns
shall thereupon be returned to the Village Clerk. Within two days
after the election, to wit, on December 3, 1958, at 7:30 o*clock P.M.,
this Council shall meet as a canvassing board and declare the results
appearing from said returns.
Attest:
V'" 1 Clerk an Administrator
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by Member Scherer, and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: Bies, Flannagan, Nadasdy, Scherer,
and Teresi;
and the following voted against the same: None,
whereupon said resolution was declared dily passed and adopted.
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