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06-05-51 City Council Minutes1 June 5, 19if 51 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meet- ing of the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, was held at the Village Hall in said Village on June 5, 1951, at 7:30 otclock P.M. The following members were present: Putnam, Reiss, Stark, Stasel, and the following were absent: Pinch. Motion by Stark seconded by Putnam carried to approve the minutes of the May 15 meeting as read. Motion by Stark seconded by Putnam carried to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting held on May 22 as read. The Mayor anndunced that this was the time and place for opening and consideration of sealed bids for the construction of 1951 Street Improvement No. 34, in accordance with the notice of advertisement for bids published by the Clerk as directed by the resolution of this Council adopted on May 22, 1951. The Clerk presented to the Council sealed bids for the construction of said improvement, submitted in accordance with said notice. Said bids were then opened, publicly read, and considered, and the engineer for the Village tabulated the total contract cost under the terms of said bids in accordance with the unit prices stated therein, and said bids were found to be as follows: Name of Bidder Portion of Work Bid on Jay W. Craig Company Bituminous and all other work except concrete work Ashworth Company As above Pfeifer & Sewall As above Total Contract Cost 57,705.80 67,566.40 $ 61,152.30 F. 0. Tessem All concrete work 46,000.00 Member Reiss then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 1951 STREET IMPROVEMENT NO. 14 BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, as follows: 1. It is hereby found, determined,.and declared that the lowest responsible bidders for the work and materials neces- sary for the construction of 1951 Street Improvement No. the Village are as follows. Name of Bidder Jag W. Craig Company F. 0. Tessem Portion of Work Bid On Bituminous and all other work except concrete work. All concrete work Base Amount of Bid 057,705.80 X46,000.00 and that the bids submitted by said bidders listed above are in all respects in accordance with law and with the published advertisement for bids and with the plans and specifications heretofore approved by the Council and now on file in the of- fice of the Village Clerk; and that the engineer employed by the Village has recommended that said bids be accepted, and said bids are hereby accepted. 2. The Mayor and Village Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to make and execute a contract on behalf of the Vil- lage in accordance with the terms of said bids, when each of said bidders shall have furnisaed a contractor's bond in the amount of the bid, conditioned as required by law. 3. The Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to re- turn forthwith all cash deposits, bid bonds, or certified checks furnished by other bidders, and to retain those fur- nished by said contractors until the execution and filing of said contracts and bonds in his office. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Stark, and upon vote being taken thereon, all members voted in favor thereof, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Messrs. Mitchell and Davenport of the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Rwy. Co. requested a building permit for a garage to be located on Lots 154 and 1S5, Glenwood Addition, for storage of company cars. Motion by Stark seconded by Reiss carried to approve the plans and site plans for the garage as presented, with fire walls to be in- cluded as necessary. Motion by renewal of the tions and bonds No. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 Putnam seconded by Stark carried to approve following off -sale liquor licenses per applica- on file: Clifford A. Adams Golden Valley Inn Ralph Green Douglas M. Larson New Boulevard Clara J. Schuller Sadie Shapiro Chester Tomcheck Burton S. Waldron Off -sale liquor tt it it et tt tt n 1t It it tr it it tt II it 1 1 file in the office of the Village Clerk. The Magor then announced that the meeting was open for public hearing on said proposed improvement, and all persons present who de- sired to do so were afforded opportunity to express their views thereon. No objections to the making of said im- provement or to the levy of assessments to pay the cost thereof were made except as follows: none. Member Stark then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption, subject to acquisition of Kennedy and Enghauser strips for right-of-way ori east side of Regent Avenue RESOLUTION ORDERING CONSTRUCTION OF STREET IMPROVEMENT BE,IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, as follows: 1. At a hearing held this day at 7:30 o'clock P.M., at the Village Hall in the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, after notice of said hearing duly published as required by law, this Council has considered the views of all persons interested, and being fully advised of the pertinent facts, does hereby determine to proceed with the construction of a street improvement in said Village, in accordance with the description of said improvement contained in said notice. 2. The area to be assessed to pay the cost of said im- provement shall include all property within the Village which is benefited by the improvement, as follows: All property abutting on the following described streets and portions of streets. SHANGRI-LA Lots Number 262 27, 28, 29, 302 310 32s 331 34-o 35, 36, and 37, Auditorts Subdivision Number 361, State of Minnesota, County of Hennepin, accord- ing to the map and plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said county. Mayor Attest: Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Reiss, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following members voted in favor thereof: Putnam, Reiss, Stark, Stasel, 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. Member Stark then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ORDERING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, that E. George Minder, of Golden Valley, is hereby appointed as the engineer for the Village for the construction of a street improvement and he is hereby author- ized and directed to prepare plans and specifications for the construction of said street improvement described immediately above. Mayor Attest: The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Reiss, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following members voted in favor thereof: Put- nam, Reiss, Stark, Stasel, 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. The Clerk submitted to the Council plans and specifications for the street improvement described immediately above, which were approved and ordered filed with the Clerk. Member Stark then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION APPROVING FLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF A STREET IMPROVEMENT BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, that the plans and specifications for the street improvement described immediately above, heretofore prepared by the engineer for the Village and now on file in the office of the Village Clerk are hereby approved as the plans and specifications in accordance with which said improvement shall be constructed, except as the same may be modified by further action of this Council, in accordance with law. Mayor Attest: Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Reiss, and upon vote being,t aken thereon, the following members voted in favor thereof: Putnam., Reiss, Stark, Stasel, 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. Charles Johnson and his attorney, George Hedlund, ap- peared to request reconsideration by the Council for a soft drink license for the drive-in located adjacent to Hicklingts Hardware for this year's operation only. Peti- tion was also presented signed by -several of the local businessmen indicating they had no objection to the opera- y tion of this drive-in. Mr. H. F. Williams of the theatre stated he objects to the drive-in because of its nearness to the air-conditioning intake, which he said caused the odors to be objectionable to theatre patrons. Motion by Stark seconded by Reiss carried to grant a soft drink license for the drive-in for this current year only. Mr. Johnson and his counsel agreed that the request for the license would be limited to this yearts operation only. Upon vote being taken on the above motion, there were two YEAS as follows: Stark and Reiss, and two NAYS as follows: Putnam and Stasel. Motion lost. Mrs. Anna Held Etzler and George Becker, architect, pre- sented a model and plans for a series of apartment houses - to be located in the new proposed Second Addition of Spring Green. Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam carried to__refer the plans for the proposed apartment houses to the Planning Commission for its consideration and recommendations at its meeting to be held on June 14 and to request that the Plan- ning Commission also consider the possibility of placement of future garages. Mr. Becker presented remodeling plans for the old Milk House building which will be rebuilt into a proposed office building. An architectural pier extending beyond. the 35 ft. setback requirement was considered as not being an integral part of the structure and therefore could extend closer than the required 35 ft. Motion by Stark seconded by Reiss carried to authorize the building inspector to issue the per- mit to remodel the former Milk House at its new location. The Council discussed the possibility of acquiring the Olsen property north of Bassettts Creek for gravel purposes for future needs of the Village. Viggo Olsen was present and indicated that the property contained approximately 21 acres and was valued at $14,000; he further indicated that the property was nod being surveyed. Motion by Reiss seconded by Stark carried to acquire the Olsen property of approximately 21 acres for 014000 subject.to the receipt of a warranty deed and a survey of the property and to pay J $500 earnest money upon receipt of the warranty deed and survey, with the balance to be paid January 1, 1952• Mr. Leslie Helms of the M.I.S.S. requested a dump permit to complete dumping on the He'�,ing property on the east side of Winnetka.Avanue. The Council suggested that the M.I.S.S. present a complete outline of their plans for operating the dump should the permit be granted, specifically covering the following items: program during process of filling, location and availability of fill material, length of time it might take to fill the area, approval of neighbors, availability of equipment, contractual requirements and other pertinent information. This information is to be presented at the next Council meeting on June 19. Terzich explained that there would be several instances where it would be necessary to authorize extra charges in the work of remodeling the Village Hall. These extras would be discussed with the contractor and authorized by the architect. The Council gave Terzich authorization to approve various extras that may be necessary on the Village Hall to assure the best job possible. A petition dated May 18 signed by various residents on Winsdale Street between Hampshire and Jersey to out down the road to a new grade to provide better drainage was referred to the village engineer for investigation and recommendation. Letter dated May 31 from the General Services Administra- tion was read extending the rental on space in the Village Hall to June 30, 1952, in accordance with the option in the contract previously approved and placed on file. Motion by Reiss seconded by Stark carried to extend the lease from July 1, 1951 to June 30, 1952, per request of the General Services Administration. Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam carried to grant ap- proval to the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company to place buried cable in the state highway right-of-way along Olson Highway, per their request of May 31 and subject to approval of the State Highway Department. Motion by Reiss seconded by Stark carried to grant ap- proval to the Minneapolis Gas Company for main extensions No. 198, 2040 205, per plans on file. Motion by Reiss seconded by _'Stark carried to place the $4066.24, which represents the balance from the state loan, in the Village General Fund. Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam carried to set the hourly rate of pay of volunteer firemen at a flat rate of $2.00 per hour for daytime hours Monday through Friday. This 14 was done to compensate the firemen who work at higher hourly rates and who would therefore be taking substantial reduc- tions in pay in order to report on a fire call during working hours. Letter dated June 4, 1951 from Harold Chard of the State Highway Department was read listing the following amounts which the State Highway Department will pay as their share in the blacktopping of the southern portion of Ottawa Avenue South: 1,889 S. Y. Bituminous Surface at .465 per S.Y. $878.38 1,.x89 S. Y. Stabilizing at .03 per S.Y. 56.67 472 C.Y. Stabilized Gravel at .60 per S.Y. 283.20 $T7 5 Building department reports for the month of May were presented showing the following totals: Building 34 permits Owners, valuation 6378:900 Plumbing 43 permits owners, valuation 31,780 Electrical 27 permits Owners) valuation 8,215 Letter of May 14 from Roy Haeg, supervisor of assess- ments, was read setting the Board of Review meeting in Golden Valley on July 5, 1951- Motion by Reiss seconded by Stark carried to set the time of the Board of Review meeting at 7:00 p.m. July 5 at the Village Hall. Treasurer's report dated May 31, 1951, was presented showing a,total of 070,441.43 in the various funds as follows: 0 General Fund $220912.39 Poor Fund 2,239.40 Street Improvement No. 2 573.96 P. I. R. Fund 17,301.92 Glenview Terrace Bond & Interest 1,957.35 Fire Station Bond & Interest 1:531.09 Street improvement_ -No. 11 & 12 -703.22 Street Improvement No. 13 24,687.94 Street Improvement No. 14 -59-40 7Os • 3 Motion by.Stark seconded by Reiss carried to approve the following bills in.the total amount of 03470.97: 3884 Everett Frandsen 122.70v 3885 Al McGinnis 131.50- 3886 Glenn M. Rye 119.22- 3887 Donald D. Andersoh 34.60- 3888 Arno Denzin 127.96 3889 Patrick J. Loaney 134.00-° 3890 Donald Mullaney 116.26- 16.263891 3891 Marvin Schuller 126.26.E 3892 Mary Raymond 78.2& Louis Terzich 199.2Og *5.59,( 3yi 4 %�W. A. Moes 165. Memo) 1 1 Dated June 5, 1951. Mayor Attest: The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Stark and upon vote being taken thereon the following members voted in favor thereof: Put- nam, Reiss, Stark, Stasel, 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. Member Reiss introduced and read the following written resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED STREET IMPROVEMENT BE IT RESOLVED, by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, as follows: 1. In conformity with the provisions of Chapter 119, Session Laws of Minnesota, 194:9, this Council proposes to construct a street improvement within the Village, as stated in the form of notice included in paragraph 3 hereof. 2. This council shall meet at the time and place speci- fied in the form of notice included in paragraph 3 hereof for the purpose of holding a public hearing on the proposed street improvement as therein described. 3. The Clerk is authorized and directed to cause notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting to be published for two successive weeks in The North Hennepin Post, being the official newspaper of the Village, the first of such publications to be at least 14 days, and the second at least 7 days, before the date of such meeting and public hearing. Such notice shall be in substantially the following form: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED STREET IMPROVEMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, will meet on the 3rd day of July, 1951, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., at the Village Hall in said Village at which -time and place a public hearing will be held on a proposed improvement to consist of establishing and changing the grade thereof, . opening, grading, and gravelling the same, and making such changes in surface drainage as, may be found necessary, and providing ways and means for the disposal of surface water, on the street described below, in accordance with the preliminary plans and estimate now on file in the office of the Village Clerk. Winsdale Street, between Rhode Island Avenue North and Quebec Avenue North. All property within the Village which is benefitted by the improvement is proposed to be assessed for such improve- ment as follows: All property abutting on the above des- cribed street. All owners of such property are hereby notified to be present at said public hearing and make known their objections to such improvements, if any there be. Dated June 5, 1951. BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL Village Clerk 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, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by the Mayor and his signature attested by the Clerk. Motion by Reiss seconded by Putnam Tied to adjourn to the June 19 meeting. i gor Attest:y' ` Gtr Village Clerk 1