12-19-39 City Council MinutesDecember 19, 1939
Meeting called to order by the chairman Paul A. Seeman.
Members present: Seeman, Frandsen, Tolg, Wilson.
Members absent: Reiss
Minutes of the previous meeting read. There being no corrections or objections
minutes were accepted as read.
Motion by Tolg, seconded by Frandsen, to accept the recommendation of the planning
commission that a special building permit be granted to G. K. Halvorson for Lot 1,
Block 1, Delphian Heights, 2nd unit, and to Louis Klugman for Lot 9, Block 1, McNair's
first addition.
Seeman, Frandsen, Tolg, Wilson (Yes)
Motion by Tolg, seconded by Frandsen, that a special meeting be called for Tuesday
evening, December 26, 1939, at 8 o'clock to take up the acceptance of the plat of the
Glen Urban addition and such other business as may coms before the meeting.
Seeman, Frandsen, Tolg, Wilson (Yes)
Lotion by Tolg, seconded by Frandsen, to adopt the following resolution:
WHEREAS the owners of land in Delphian Heights, Delphian Heights Second. Unit and
Delphian Heights Third Unit, being platted areas in the Village of Golden Valley,'
Minnesota, have defaulted in the payment of taxes and special assessment$, assessed
and levied against the property located in said additions; and
WHEREAS in 1931 a water main improvement was installed in said Addition and
special assessments were levied against the lots in said platted areas; and
WHEREAS certificates of indebtedness were issued by the Village of Golden Valley,
Minnesota, to defray the cost of said improvement; and
WHEREAS said certificates of indebtedness became due and were in default by
reason of the fact that the owners of the lots in said platted Additions failed and
refused to pay the taxes and special assessments against said property; and
WHEREAS the Village of Golden Valley was obliged to refund said certificate of
indebtedness by issuing to the State of Minnesota its refunding bonds in the
principal amount of $25,000; and
WHEREAS a large number of lots in said Delphian Heights. Delphian Heights Second
Unit and'Delphian Heights Third Unit have been sold for non-payment of taxes and
special assessments and the same have been bid in by the State of Minnesota, and the
time to redeem from said tax sales will expire during the months of December, 1939,
January 1940 and February 1940, and by reason thereof title to said lots will be
forfeited to the State; and
WHEREAS the Village of Golden Valley has become obligated to the extent of over
$25,000 by reason of the issuing of said refunding bonds, and can be reimbursed only
by the proceeds of collections of said special assessments; and
WHEREAS the State of Minnesota will, after the expiration of time to redeem from
said tax sales, conduct sales of said lands in said Additions; and
WHEREAS it is necessary to protect the preferential rights of the Village of
Golden Valley, Minnesota, in and to said special assessments now in default, or
hereafter to become due, as well as the rights of the Village of Golden Valley in and
to general taxes;
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NOGG THEREFORE, BE IT RF'SOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden
Valley that formal demand be made of the County Commissioners of Hennepin County,
Minnesota, that upon any sale of said lands in said Delphian F, ights, Delphian Heights
Second Unit and Delphian Heights Third Unit after expiration of time to redeem and
after forfeiture of title to the State of Minnesota, no lot in any of said additions
be sold far less than the total of special assessments (including those now in
default and those hereafter to accrue), levied and assessed against such lot, and
that no sale of any such lot be made except upon a re -appraisal thereof, and that
no lot be sold for less than the full and true value thereof, and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Village Council petition said Board of County
Commissioners to notify said Village Council before any sale of said forfeited lands
is made so as to afford to said Council opportunity to protect its rights in the
matter, and that no sale thereof be made in any event except in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph.
BE IT FUPTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Board
of County Commissioners of Hennepin County, Minnesota, to the County Auditor of
Hennepin County, Minnesota, and to the Minnesota Tax Commission.
Seeman, Frandsen, Tolg, Wilson (Yes)
Motion by Tolg, seconded by Frandsen, to adjourn until the special meeting December
26, 1939, was so ordered.
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