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09-05-50 City Council Minutesm September S. 1950 A regular meeting of the Council of the 'Village of Golden Valley was held at the Village Hall on Tuesday, September 5, 1950" at 8:00 p.m., with the following members answering to roll call: Mayor Stasel, Clerk Putnam, Trustees Pinch, Reiss and Stark. Minutes of the August 15 meeting were read and on motion by Putnam seconded by Pinch approved. Minutes of the August 23 meeting were read and on motion by Reiss seconded by Pinch ap- proved. Mr. Stark informed the Council of his meeting with Twin City Bus Line officials regarding obtaining bus service for the Tyrol Hills section. It was indicated that it would be necessary to grant a village franchise for such service and that the possibility of obtaining,bus service would be better if a joint effort could be worked out with St. Louis Park and Edina. Mayor_Stasel indicated he would discuss the matter with the mayors of these two communities. Mr. Stark was excused from the meeting. The Mayor indicated that this was the time and place for a hearing to be held on the rezoning of a thirty foot strip of property immediately north of the presently zoned area. between Turners Cross Road and the Belt Line and north of Wayzata Boulevard. No one objected to the proposed rezoning. Motion by Putnam seconded by Reiss carried to give a first reading to an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE Or THE VILLAGE Or GOLDEN VALLEY BY INCREASING THE AREA OF A CERTAIN COMMUNITY STORE' DISTRICT". The ordinance was given a first reading. Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam that, due to an urgency, a second reading be given to an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE Or. THE VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY BY INCREASING THE AREA OF A CERTAIN COMMUNITY STORE DISTRICT." The ordinance was given a second reading. Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam carried to approve the second reading and to order publication of the, ordinance. V9k,F- ®RDINANC10 XrmC4-gAia Mr. Harvey Glorvick appeared and requested that he be given a letter from the Council as to the work to be done in front of his.property, with the stipulation that he would not be assessed for the cost of such improvement in return for his dedication to the Village of Lot 42, Auditor's Subdivision 360. The village attorney prepared and read a letter setting forth the various items which were agreed to by the Council and Mr. Glorvick. Motion by Putnam seconded by Reiss carried that upon delivery of the deed to Lot 42, Auditor's Subdivision 360, Terzioh was authortzed to prepare and submit to Mr. Glorvick copy of the letter which was read by the village attorney. Discussion centered on the work to be done in front of the Village Hall. Motion by Reiss seoonded'by Putnam carried to have the slab in front of the Hall removed, to excavate the dirt and to look the front doors until a determination is made on how the front entrance is to be constructed. Mr. Stasel indicated he would have an artist prepare a drawing whowing a proposed plan for the front entrance which he would submit at the September 19 meeting. Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam carried authorizing Terzich to contact several excavators and to authorize the lowest bidder to proceed with the excavation of dirt in front of the Village Hall. Mr Swan Erickson presented plans for a proposed store building to be located on the Woodfill property north of the new gas station. Motion by Reiss seconded by Pinch carried that a committee of the Council composed of Putnam Pinch and Reiss meet at the Woodfill property at 5:15 P.M. Wednesday, September 6, such committee to have power to approve or deny the issuance of the building permit in accordance with require- ments of the building ordinances. Motion by Reiss seconded by Pinch carried authorizing payment to Viggo Olsen of $3000 on receipt of deed approved by the Village Attorney, such payment to be made initially from the P.I.R. Fund, which will be reimbursed on sale of the bond issue. Mr. R. A. Soucy, 3311 Elliot Avenue S., presented plans for a proposed precast cement step factory to be located on the Lyle Larsen property near the Jenson cement block plant. Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam carried to approve the plans as submitted and to authorize the issuance of a building permit on submission of a set of blueprints, a site plan and a legal description of the property. Discussion centered on a contract submitted by the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway authorizing the erection of telephone wires on.rdilway poles at a slight cost per mile Der year. The matter was referred to the village attorney to contact the railroad attorney, with a report to be made at the next meeting. Letter of August 29 from the County Auditor was read stating that on August 21 the Hennepin County Board of Equalization approved the request of the Village Council to return to the tax rolls property held by the Glenwood Hills Hospital: Terzich was instructed to w7ite to the State Com- missioner of Taxation reminding him previous correspondence on this matter and advising him of the County Board of Equali- sation's concurrence in the Council's request in returning property held by the Glenwood Hills Hospital to the tax rolls; and also to should any order that request that the Counoil be notified in advance effort be made to reverse the above opinions in the Council may be represented at the hearing. The Council discussed a proposed plan presented by Investors Diversified Services for a sewage system in dock 2 of Woodlawn Park. The Council agreed that the problem was a, private matter and would have to be initiated by the submis- sion of a petition to have the work done. Some doubt was expressed as to whether the State Health Department would approve of such a towage disposal system. The Council discussed the need for protecting newly con- structed road surfaces. Terzich was authorized to -most all new roads where it is deemed advisable to do so to prevent damage to the surface by heavy trucks and equipment. Motion by Putnam seconded by Reiss carried to erect per- manent "NO HUNTING ALLOWED" signs on all major.street entrances into the Village, and also to request that the County Highway Department -erect a "NARROW BRIDGE" sign at Bassett's Creek on Sixth Avenue North and warning signs to the existing school signs. Messrs. Pinch, Minder and,Kane explained discussions held with Mrs. Christianson regarding widening of Plymouth Avenue just north of the intersection of Plymouth and Pennsylvania Avenues. Mr. Kane indicated that an agreement had been reached through Mr. Edward Cohen, attorney for Mrs. Christian- son, for payment of $150.00 for property taken to widen the north side•of Plymouth Avenue at this point. Motion by Reiss seconded by Pinch carried authorizing payment of $150.00 on receipt of quit claim deed for the above property in question on a description to be furnished by the village engineer. Building department reports for the month of August were presented showing the following totals: Building. 44 permits Owners' valuation $533,425 Plumbing. 50 permits Owners' valuation 37,845 Electrical 53 permits Owners' valuation 12,560 Terzich explained the request of a Mr. Brown on Laurel and Sumter Avenue S. for gravelling that portion of Laurel Avenue which he had excavated and widened at his own expense. The Council indicated the proper procedure was to have a petition duly processed, with costs for the street improve- ment to be assessed against the benefited properties. Motion by Reiss seconded by Pinch carried to approve the following bills in the amount of 04123.42: .r - 3250 3251 3252 3253 3254 3256 3256 3257 3258 3259 3260 3261 3262 3263 3264 3265 3266 3267 3268 3269 3270 3271 3272 3273 3274 3275 3276 3277 3276 3279 3280 3281 3282 3283 3284 3285 326 6 3287 3288 3289 Everett Frandsen Charles V. Lindrud Al McGinnis Glenn M. Rye Earl Daniels Arno Denzin Patrick J. Loaney Donald Mullaney Mary Raymond Louis Terzich Julius Schmahl Federal Reserve Bank A. G. Stasel Ralph R. Stark Hans Reiss W. E. Pinch Poet Publishing Co. Bert D. Putnam C. W. Bryan J. A. Curtis, Printing Stanley D. Kane Northern States Power Co. Northwestern -Bell Telephone N. E. Lahr Co. Lyle K. Larsen Dahlberg Bros., Inc. Shell Oil Co. Barley -Davidson MiDls. Co. Landers-Norblom-Christenson Republic Creosoting Co. Co. Co. Glenn Johnson Contracting Co. Richards Oil Co. N. S. Nott Co. Hicklings Hardware Harry Hamman Lester L. Elstad Graybar Electric Co., Inc. Suburban 'Henn. Co. Relief Bd. Northwestern National Bank George Minder 114.50,,- 118.60", 127.70 154.85- 101.70- 122.00- 125.20- 106. 40N 54.85101.70122.00125.20106.40^ 82.05 160.90- 30.661" 202.40^ 75.00^ 75.00- 75.00- 75900- 29.40-,- 75.00- 105.00- 62.60- 225. 001, 5.0075.00- 75'00^29.4075.00105.00^62.60225.001, 19048 32.40N 3.43", 50.40- 19.19- 10.60- 12. SO 0.4019.1910.60-12.80 13.38- 17.42s 234.79 . 77.814', 2.20- 6.06, 211.25- 155.70- 587.00-.,,, 123.12-, 266.00 36.434,- '4123.42 Orders No. 3250/3261 above and 3238/3249 were issued for payment. Treasurerts report dated August 15, 1950, was presented showing a total of 03,433.88 in the various funds as follows: General 3945.99 Poor 1272.69 Debt Redemption 162.93 Street Improvement No. 2 461.12 P.I.R. Fund 4451.04 Glenview Terrace Bond & Interest 1336.22 Fire Station Bond & Interest 677.83 1 n 1 Improvement 11 and 12 7,1294...79- Improvement 13 l 579.15 3,433.88 Notion by Putnam seoonded by Reiss tied to adjourn to the September 19 meeting. 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