04-21-53 Council Minutes32
REGULAR MEETING
OF THE
VILLAGE COUNCIL
April 210 1953
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting
of the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley,
Hennepin County, Minnesota was held at the Village Hall
in said Village on the 21st day of April, 1953, at 7:30 P.Z.
The following members were present: Foss, Rahn, Reiss, Stark,
and Stasel, and the following were absent: none.
Moved by Rahn seconded by Stark carried that the minutes
of the last'regular meeting be approved as corrected.
Moved by Rahn seconded by Reiss carried teat the minutes
of the special meeting of April 13, 1953 be approved as
read.
Sanita_r_xSewers: The Administrative Assistant read a
memorandum regarding the joint meeting of April 16, 1953
between the Golden Valley Village Council and the Crystal
Village Council, as follows:
"Present were all members of the Golden Valley Council
including the Village Attorney, the Administrative Assistant
and the sanitary sewer engineers. Present were all members
of the Crystal Council including the Village Attorney but
not including Crystal's sanitary sewer engineers.
After discussing the probl3ms of joint and separate sewer
systems the Councils adjourned to separate chambers to
decide upon the proposition of sharing the initial const-
ruction costs of a joint sanitary sewer interceptor
system on a 45% proportion for Crystal and 55% proportion
for Golden Valley.
The Councils then reconvened. All present agreed to the
above proposition for the sharing of costs, subject to
confirmation at a regular meeting of each Council. The
meeting then adjourned by mutual consent."
Member Stark then offered the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That should the Village Council of the
Village of Golden Valley hereafter determine to install
all or a part of a sanitary sewer interceptor system in
conjunction with the Village of Crystal the costs of such
system insofar as such system is a joint venture be shared
on the basis of Golden Valley's paying 55% of the costs
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and Crystal Village's paying 45% of the costs, provided,
however, that the Village of Golden Valley shall in no
case be bound for any costs whatsoever unless and until
it determines to proceed with all or part of said proposed
sanitary sewer system.
The above resolution was seconded by Member Foes, and
upon vote being taken thereon all voted in favor thereof.
Advisory Election: Moved by Rahn seconded by Reiss carried
Hat tfte Village of Golden Valley conduct an advisory election
in each of the four sewer areas as determined by the G.M. Orr
Engineering Company, date of said election to be May 4, 1953,
the purpose of said election being to aid the Council in
determining whether or not a sanitary sewer interceptor
system shall be installed in any or all of said areas at
this time.
The Administrative Assistant then read a proposed notice
and ballot prepared by the Village Attorney which notice
and ballot were approved as to contents.
Bids, Bituminous Maintenance Unit: Moved by Reiss seconded
by Rahn carried a all bidg for said unit be rejected,
on the grounds of procedural irregularities, that specif-
ications for said unit be approved as submitted bythe
Administrative Assistant, and that an advertisement calling
for bids on said unit be placed in the official village
newspaper, said bids to be opened at the May 5, 1953 meeting.
1953 Captial Improvement Program: The Administrative
Asks st-anti� enema advised the Council regarding petitions for
capital improvements, and of the sufficiency thereof.
The Clerk presented preliminary plans for a street
ir,aprovement consisting of eight street improvement projects
and preliminary plans for a storm drainage improvements
consisting of two storm drainage projects, all prepared
by the Engineer for the Village, and said Engineer►s
estimate of the cost of said improvements as follows:
For street improvement, $ 17,000.00
For storm drainage improvement, $ 30,000.00
which plans and estimates were examined by the Council,
approved and ordered filed.
Member Reiss introduced and read the following
written resolution and moved its adoption:
M,
RE00LUTION PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED STREET IMPROVEMENT AND PROPOSED STORM DRAINAGE
II _PROVEMENT
BE IT RESOLVED, By the Village Council of the Village
of Golden Valley, Minnesota, as follows:
1. In conformity with the provisions of Chapter 398,
Session Laws of Minnesota, 1953, this Council proposes to
construct a street improvement and a drainage improvement
within the Village as stated in the form of notice included
in paragraph 4 hereof.
2. The Village Engineer has reported tot he Council
advising it in a preliminary way that the proposed street
improvement and the proposed drainage improvement are both
feasible and that each should best be made as proposed and
not in connection with some other improvement, and has given
his estimated costs of the improvements as follows:
Proposed street improvement 17,000.00
Proposed drainage improvement P 302000.00
3. The Council shall meet at the time and place
specified in the form of notice included in paragraph 4
hereof for the purpose of holding a public hearing on the
proposed street improvement and the proposed drainage
i°iprovement as described therein.
4. 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, the official newspaper of the Village, the first of
such publications to be in the issue of said paper dated
April 30, and the second of said publications to be in the
issue of said paper dated May 7, 1953• Such notice shall
be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON
PROPOSED STREET AND DRAINAGE IIPROVEMENTS
Notice is hereby _given that the Village Council of the
Village of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, will
meet specially on Tuesday, the 12th day of May., at 7:30
otclock P.M., at the Village Hall in said Village, at which
time and place a public hearing will be held on certain
proposed street and drainage improvements, which will be
considered at said public hearing, which improvements are
described below, all in accordance with preliminary plans and
estimates now on file in the office of the Villae Clerk.
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STREET IMPROVEMENT
The proposed street improvement includes the
following: Establishing and changing the grade of
and opening the following streets, and improving the
same by grading, gravelling and construction of pave-
ment, by installation of street drainage, and by const-
ruction of such curb and gutter as is required for
preservation of the work:
1. Quebec Avenue North from end of surfacing on north
side of Bassettts Creek to Faribault Avenue North and
Faribault Avenue North from Quebec Avenue North to
Pennsylvania Avenue North, including a bridge tolcarry
the street over Bassettts Creek.
2. Jersey Avenue North from tb.e.southerly boundary of
Sixth Avenue North (State Aid Road -No. 25) southerly
to the northerly boundary of Trunk Highway no -55.
3. Kyle Avenue North from its intersection with Culver
Avenue North to its intersection with Twenty-seventh
Avenue North.
4. Lee Avenue North from its intersection with Culver
Avenue North to its intersection with Twenty-seventh
Avenue North.
5. The entire length of Maddaus Lane.
The installation of concrete curb and gutter
and sidewalk on the following described street:
6. The southerly side -of Twenty-sixth Avenue North
from the most easterly alleyway in Block One (1),
Delphian Heights Second Unit, to themost westk;rly
alleyway in said Block.
Establishing and changing the grade of and
opening the following street, and improving
the following street, and improving the same
by grading, gravelling and oiling and including
installation of street drainage.
7. Idaho Avenue North from its intersection with Golden
Valley Road to its intersection with Hampshire Avenue
North.
The estimated cost of all of the above items of the
" street improvement is > 17,000.00, The area proposed
to be assessed therefor includes all property abutting
on the above described streets and portions of streets;
and, in the case of the project numbered 1 above, all
property in Winnetka Addition oth--r than property
abutting on Winnetka Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue
North in said addition, and also all property abutting
on Rhode Island Avenue North from its intersection with
Golden Valley Road to its intersection with Faribault
Street.
DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT
Constructing storm sewers and systems to
drain the following streets and property
abutting thereon, and the following areas:
1. The north side of Olympia Street from its inter-
section with Winnetka Avenue North to its intersection
with Orkla Drive and tr.Qetq B,C,D, E. and J, Registered
Land Survey No. 13, lying in the NE -1 of the SE1 of
Section Thirty (30), Thwnship One Hundred Eighteen (118),
Range Twenty-one (21), lying north of the North line
of the plat of Golden Oaks Second Addition and abutting
upon Winnetka Avenue North,
2. Beginning at a point 735 feat due north of the
southeast corner of Section 33, Township 118, Range 21
(intersection of Turnerts Crossroad, and the creek)
thence east 160 feet, thence south to Glenwood Avenue,
thence east along Glenwood to the west boundary of Lot
22, Block 4, Spring Green; thence south through,Spring
Green and including the following: Lots 9 to 22, 23 to
28 in Block 4; Lots 11 to 29 in Block 2; Lots 1 to 10
in Block 3; Lots 1 to 25 in Block 5; and all of Block
6 to a point at the southeast corner of Lot 21 Block
2; thence along a line to include all lots in Blocks
1 and 2 of the proposed plat of Golden Hills mw on
file in the office of the Village Clerk, to the
intersection of State Highway No. 12 and the designated
18 foot alley in Golden Hills; thence north and east
along the alley to a point 500 feet east of Turner's
Crossroad, thence south to Hi�Iway 12, thence west
along Highway 12 to the east 4 corner of Section 4,
Township 117, Range 21, thence west and north to
include the property known as Gluek1s Brewing Company
property and Jerry Cramer property to a point 160
feet west of Turner's Crossroad, thence due north to
a point approximately 700 feet north of Glenwood
Avenue, thence east to point of beginning.
The estimated cost of all of the above items of
the proposed drainage improvement is $ 30,000.00.
The area proposed to be assessed therefor includes all
property abutting on the above described streets and
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parts of streets, and all property served by the
improvement as above set forth.
The Village Council proposes to proceed under the
-authority granted by Chapter 3.98, Minnesota Laws for
1953 -
All persons interested are hereby notified to be
present at said public hearing, there to make their
objections to said proposed improvanents, if any there be.
BY 04DER OFT . VILLA UNCIL
1&&Vet e.
Village C er
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing
resolution was duly seconded by Member Rahn and upon
vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor
thereof: Rahn, Foss, Stark, Reiss and Stasel. and
the following voted against the same: none. whereupon
said resolution was declared duly passed and adoptdd,'
1gned by the Mayor and his signature attested by the
Clerk.
License Fees: Golden Vallez Golf Club: Mr. Ray Ewald,
president of said club, addressed the Council regard-
ing the matter of his club's license fee which, under
the village Tavern Ordinance, is $ 600.00 per annum.
Upon question by the Chairman of the License Committee
the Village Attorney stated that the present operation
of the Golden Valley Golf Club falls within the scope
of the Tavern Ordinance as said ordinance defines a
tavern. After further discussion during which it was
point out that the Council would be condoning the
violation of a village ordinance should golf cubs be
excused from payment of the fee provided by law, moved
by Rahn seconded by Stark carried that the Village
Attorney be instructed to draft a new tavern ordinance
which would exclude golf clubs, and to present the
new ordinance to theCouncil at the May 5, 1953 meeting.
Request for Building Permit, Mr. Clifford Adams: Mr.
Clifford Adams petitioned the Council for permission
to construct a liquor store north and east of the
intersection of Olson Memorial Highway and Mendelssohn
Avenue. The Administrative Assistant advised the
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Council that through oversight a building permit for
a commercial building permit had been issued to Mr.
Don Hyers for the construction of a filling station
at said intersection although a study of the zoning
ordinances shows that the area under consideration
is zoned Open Development. It was also pointed out
that said area had been treated for many years as
though it were in fact zoned Community Store.
Moved by Foss seconded by Rahn carried that the
following described area be zoned from Open Development
to Community Store, and that notice of public hearing
on said zoning be placed in the official village news-
paper, date of the hearing to be May 5, 1953: (brief
description) A strip of land 765.8 feet long bounded
on the east by Mendelssohn Avenue , on the south by
OlsDn Highway, and on the North by the area presently
zoned'Community Store.
Re -zoning of Property in Westurban Addition: Members
o e audience were advise that a p-ublic -hearing
had been called for May 5, 1953 on the proposed re-
zoning of a parcel of land lying north and west of
the intersection of Noble Avenue and Golden Valley
Road.
Mpls. N. & So. Railroad Co. re: Commercial Property:
FF. Davenport and—r. Bradley advised the Council
that several good industrial prospects were negot-
iating with the company for the property and thatone
particular prospect may take the whole parcel, but
that if he did not, there were other prospects who
may take substantial portions of the property. It
was agreed that the company will report on its
progress at the May 51 1953 meeting.
Licenses: Moved by Rahn seconded by Stark carried
o issued the following licenses per applications on
file:
Li c. No.
To Whom Issued
Purpose
656
New Boulevard Cafe
Tavern
657
New Boulevard Cafe
Soft Drinks
658
G.V.Off Sale Liquors,Inc.Soft Drinks
659
Daugherty-Hyers Drive In
Soft Drinks
660
Bd. of k'ark Comm.
Soft Drinks
661
Woodfill's Shell Service
Soft Drinks
662
Ramacher' s 66 Service
Fil=-ing Station
663
Woodfill's Shell Service
Filling Station
664
Ramacher's 66 Service
Cigarette
665
Edward J. Howard
Cigarette
666
Bd. of Park CommissionersNon-intox, On -sale
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667 New Boulevard Cafe Non-Intox, Offs -sale
668 G.V.Off-Sale Liquors Inc. Non-Intox, Off -sale
670 Lakeview Dairy Distribute Milk
671 Golden Valley Cab Auto Livery
On the application of the Black Top Auto Livery for a
license to operate a taxi service in the Village of
Golden Valley, License Committee Chairman Rahn requested
the Mayor to appoint Member Rahn and Member Stark a
committee of two to investigate the matter and to report
back to the Council at the meeting of May 5, 1953, the
_ same committee to make recommendations regarding the
liability insurance amounts to be earried by every taxi
company licensed in the village of Golden Valley.
First Readin , Zoning Ordinance: Moved by Reiss seconded
y Foss carried to give a rs reading to an ordinance
entitled, "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE LOCATION, SIZE
USE AND HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS, THE ARRANGEMENT OF BUILDINGS
ON LOTS, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION IN THE VILLAGE
OF GOLDEN VALLEY, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE
HEALTH, SAFETY, ORDER, CONVENIENCE, PROSPERITY AND
GENERAL WELFARE AND FOR SAID PURPOSE TO DIVIDE THE
VILLAGE INTO DISTRICTS."
Grass Fires_, Report of Attorne . The attorney reported
that his studies o thVillage Ordinances showed that
present ordinances prohibited the starting of bonfires
within the limits of the Village except under certain
stipulated conditions, and that present ordinances
prescribe sufficient penalties for their violation.
Street Lights: The Administrative Assistant presented
the recommendations of the Planning Commission and of
the'Northern States Power Company. Moved by Reiss
seconded by Rahn carried that the matter be deterred
until the October budget meeting.
Tax Forfeited Lands: Action deferred until the meeting
of May —5tFi:
Re: Crandall surface water easement: Moved by Reiss
seconded by Stark carriea thatthe Village Attorney be
instructed to advise George S. Crandall et al that
unless they present within the next few weeks a good
and sufficient surface water drainage easement to the
Village, the Council will consider the reinstatement
of the special assessment from which they were excused
in October of 1952.
Insurance on Garage: Moved by Foss seconded by Rahn
carried that the Village garage, insurable value,
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20,427.00 be insured with the Farmerts Home Mutual
Company on an 80% co-insurance basis, three year term,
for fire, extended coverage, vandalism and malieious
mischief.
M ls. Gas Company Franchise: Moved by Rahn seconded
y Reiss carried that the Village Attorney be authorized
and instructed to meet with the attorneys for other
villages, and with any and all associations of village
officials, for the purpose of drafting a franchise with
the Minneapolis Gas Company which w ill serve as a
medel ordinance.
Re: Village Assessor: The Village Attorney reported
a state law requ res the assessment of personal
property each year regardless of whether or not the
property is owned by a private person or business.
It was agreed by the Council that the burden is on
the taxpayer to cause his property to be classed as
homestead. The Village Attorney was instructed to
obtain an opinion from the attorney general as to
whether or not the mails may be used by the village
assessors in the filing of homestead exemptions.
Resignation of Patrolman Conn Rye: The Council rec-
ognized the resignation -of-F-a-t-r-o7man Glen Rye,
effective May 1, 1953• The Administrative Assistant
was instructed to inquire of the Civil Service
Commission regarding the existance of an eligibility
list.
Plumbing Inspector: A Mr. Farr, plumber, accused
Plumbinge nspector, Mr. Hamman, of abuse of his
authority. There appearing from the facts as stated
by Mr. Farr that no abuse of authority existed, the
Mayor,ended the discussion.
Clerical Help: Moved by Rahn seconded by Foss carried
that tne�xatninistrative Assistant be authorized to
hire one additional clerk in the general administrative
office at a salary mt to exceed $ 200.00 per month.
Salaries: Member Reiss, Road Commissioner, advised the
Council that members of the Road Department had
approached him with regard to increasing the salary
of each man $ 35.00 per month, and paying the Road
Foreman $ 25.00 per month for the tse of his personal
car. The Administrative Assistant was instructed to
make data available to Mr. Reiss regarding the salaries
paid to employees in comparable communities. Mr.
Reiss agreed to make recommendations to the Council
at the May 5, 1953 meeting.
Bills: Moved by Rahn seconded by Reiss carried that
the bills in the total amount of $ 6,220.26
be approved.
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1
J
5747
5748
5749
5750
5751
5752
5753
5754
5755
5756
5757
5758
5759
5760
5761
5762
5763
5764
5765
57666
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5769
5770
5771
5772
5773
5774
5775
5776
5777
5778
5779
5780
5781
5782
Arno Denzin
149.90
Alden M. Lidster
132.20
Marvin Schuller
120.08
Joseph Silitz
114.08
Royce W Owens
190.00
Marie Ehr
85 40,
Everett Rrandsen
132.78
Al McGinnis
142.86
Glenn M. Rye
134.76
Alois J. Stein
142.56
Minn. Fire Equip. Company
89.75”`
Ed Ryan, Sheriff Henn. Co.
1.50A
St. Paul Stamp Works
9.19A
Williams Hardware
6-771,
E.H. Renner And Sons
2,064.00
Golden Valley Direct Service
8.75 1%
Halprin Supply Company
Minn. Toro Company
Swan Erickson and Son
Rural Henn. Co. Nursing
James R. Brown Plbg. Co.
Standard Duplicators
J.N.Johnson Co.
Crane Company
Blacktop Service Co.
Hoff Rubber Sump Co.
W.A. Moes
Standard Oil Company
Forman -Ford and Company
Shell Oil Company
J.A. Curtis
Hickling's Hardware
Miller -Davis
23.80 A
47.25A
384.00
Com. 855.75
Hanover Tool Sales Company
Village of Crystal
Post Publishing Company
Total $
Moved by Foss seconded by
meeting adjourn.
488.76
18.00
27.75
4.69
49.80
7.5o
15.00
46.08
37.20
50.17
42.25
42.00
23-0
6.65 .„,
517.33
8,40
,220.
Rahn carried that the
Mayor
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