09-26-50 City Council Minutes0
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• ® September 26, 1950
• Purauent to due call and notice thereof, a special meeting
of the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Minne-
sota, was duly held at the Village Hall in said Village on
September 26, 1950, at 8:00 o'clock P. M.
The followingmembers
. were present: Putnam, Reiss, Stark,
Stasel, and the following were absent: Pinch.
Mr. E. E. Crowl resubmitted a proposed plat to be located
on the east side of Noble Avenue in the vicinity of 25th and
26th Avenues N. Terzich indicated that he had discussed the
proposed plat with Mr. L. Z. Carlson, owner of the property
abutting to the north of the Crowl property, and that Mr. Carl=
® son indicated his willingness to dedicate 30' on the proposed
26th Avenue N. and that he would grade said road to the same
elevation as that portion of 26th Avenue N. being.constructed
by Mr. Crowl. It was reported that the village engineer,
Mr. Pinch and Terzich viewed the proposed plat with Mr. Crowl
on September 26. Notion by Reiss seconded by Stark carried
granting preliminary approval to the proposed plat, subjectto
the dedication of 30' by Mr. L. Z. Carlson for the north half
of the proposed 26th Avenue N., and subject to the exclusion of
the proposed road at the southeast corner of the plat which
would be a dead end as proposed, and subject to the installtion
of a bituminous curb and gutter toe be constructed subject to
approval"by the Council or its delegated agent.
Terzich indicated he and Mr. Pinch had held a discussion
with Mr. Chard relative to a proposed agreement offered by the
State Highway Department on sharing the cost of blacktoming
the southern portion of Ottawa Avenue. Mr. Chard is to prepare
an agreement which will be submitted for action by the Council
at its next meeting on October 3. The Council indicated its
willingness to vacate property east of Ottawa Avenue,subject
to the retention of about a 15' boulevard on the east side of
Ottawa, whi°oh property was dedicated to the Village in August,
1946. Such vacation is to be processed after it is determined
where the exact property lines are.
The Mayor announced that the meeting was oven for the con-
sideration of objections to the ,oroposed assessment for 1950
Street Improvement No. 13 of the Village. The Clerk presented
an affidavit showing publication of notice of hearing in the
Robbinsdale Post on August 24, 19502 which was examined, found
satisfactory, and ordered placed on file.
The Clerk reported that the following persons had filed
written objections, which said objections affected the lfts,
pieces of parcels of land set opposite each name:
Name
None.
Property
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general taxes upon the property described therein and all there-
of; the total amount of each such assessment shall be payable
in equal annual installments extending over a period of 9 years,
the first of said installments, together with interest on the
entire assessment from the date hereof to August 15, 1951, to
be payable with general taxes for the year 1950, collectible in
1951, and one of each of the remaining installments, together
with one year's interest on that and all prior unpaid install-
ments, to be payable with general taxes,for each of the years
1951 through 1958, collectible in the resneotive ensuing years.
6. Prior to certification of the assessment to the County
Auditor, the owner of any lot, piece or parcel of land assessed
hereby may at any time pay the whole of such assessment or any
installment thereof with accrued interest to the Village Treasurer.
7. The Clerk shall, as soon as may be, prepare and trans-
mit to the County Auditor a certifiedduplaicate of the assessment
roll, with each then unpaid installment and interest set forth
separately, to be extended upon the proper tax lists of the
County, and the County Auditor shall thereafter collect said
assessments in the manner provided by law.
Approved:
Mayor
Attest:.
Village Clerk
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: Putnam, Reiss, Stark,
Stasel, and the following voted against the same: none; where-
upon said resolution was declared duly passed and ado-nt.ed, and
the Mayor being present affixed his signature thereto in'ap-
proval thereof, and his signature was attested by the Clerk.
Member Putnam introduced and read the following wtitten
resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION PROVIDING 1950 TAX LEVY FOR
PAYMTNT OF 052,000 VILLAGE IMPROVTMrWT
BONDS OF 1950
BE IT RESOLVI'D, by the Village Council of the Village of
Golden Valley, Minnesota, as follows.:
1. To provide moneys for the payment of principal of 'and
interest on 052,000 Village Improvement Bonds of 1950 of this
Village, to be dated October 1, 1950, there is hereby levied
upon all of the taxable property in the Village a direct, ad
valorem tax, which shall be spread upon the tax rolls and col-
lected with and as a pert of other general property taxes in
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said Village, for the year 1950, in the amount of ,11,500.
2. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed_
to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County
Auditor of Hennepin County, together with such other informa-
tion as he shall require, and to obtain from said County
Auditor a certificate that said.tax for the payment of said
bonds has been levied.
Attest:
Village Clerk
Mayor
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was
duly seconded by Trustee Reiss, and upon vote being taken there-
on the following voted in favor: Putnam, Reiss, Stark, Stasel,
and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said
resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, and was signed
by the Mayor, which was attested by the Clerk.
Mrs. Smith and others living on Rhode Island between Knoll
and Olympia Streets requested that the drainage along Rhode
Island be corrected before freezing weather. The village
engineer discussed the matter and the Council directed Terzich
to change the grades alightly to eliminate the drainage problem.
Counbil discussed the matter of architectural services for
remodeling the Village Hall. Putnam explained his discussion
with Clair Armstrong, who indicated that it would be necessary
to have a preliminary fee to proceed with the project. Ter-
zich explained his discussion with Mr. Hardenberg of Humphrey
and Hardenberg on the latter's desire to be commissioned for
the work with no preliminary fee to be charged. Terzich was
authorized to contact Mr. Hardenberg to obtain preliminary
suggestions on remodeling of the Hall.
Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam carried to approve the
proposed grade for Winnetka Avenue submitted by the County
Highway Department, such plans being an extension of the plans
previously approved and to continue from Plymouth Avenue to
Medicine Lake Road.
Terzich explained the request of Mr. Jay Golfus on York
Avenue regarding the opening of a culvert under the road which
empties into a neighbor's property. Consensus of the Council
was that the culvert did not serve any Village purpose and
therefore the matter was not a Village problem.
Lotion by Putnam seconded by Reiss carried authorizing the
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Northern StatesPower,Com-oany to ereot poles on Plymouth and
Valders Avenues, per request dated September 20.
Letter dated Se-otember 25 from the Police Department was
read in which request was made for three additional men, a
40 -hour week, and a salary increase of 025.00 per month per
man. Letter wts placed on file for consideration at the first
meeting in January.
The village attorney stated that an agreement had been
reached between the insurance company and Mr. Crosby and his
attorney, Mr. Art Nelson, regarding the drainage ditch on
Poplar Drive.
Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam to adjourn to the
October 3 meeting.
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Mayor
Attes d�
Village Clerk