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06-02-53 Council MinutesREGULAR MEETING of the VILLAGE COUNCIL June 2, 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 ,veadowbrook School in said Village on the 2nd day of Jeune, 1953, at 7:30 P. !u. The following members were present: Foss, Rahn, Reiss, and Stasel and the following arrived after the meeting had begun: Stark. vUVED by Rahn Seconded by Foss Carried that the reading of the minutes of tiie meeting of -:ay 19, 1953 be dispensed with and that said minutes stand approved as submitted to each member of the Council prior to this meeting unless some member of the audience wishes them read. (The minutes were not read.) Re: Gravel Pit: The Village Clerk presented an affidavit of publication of notice of public hearing to be held at this time and place regarding the zoning of a parcel of land as described in said affidavit from Open Development to Commercial. Said affidavit was examined, approved and ordered placed on file. The ;Mayor announced that this was the time and place for the hearing above referred to, and all persons present who desired to do so were afforded opportunity to express their views thereon, as follows: Mr. Russell Smith spoke in favor of the re -zoning. There were no objections. MOVED by Rahn seconded by Foss carried to give a first reading to an Ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE .AiZNDING TLE ZONING ORDINANCE LY ,STAT-LISr1ING A CEI,TriIN CO...!JBRCIAL DISTRICT". !viOVED by Rahn seconded by Foss carried, to approve the above Ordinance quoted by titled upon its first reading. iviGVd;D by iiahn seconded by Reiss carried, that due to the existence of an urgency and the fact that no objection to the proposed re -zoning was voiced 72 that a second reading be given to an Ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE iMMNDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING A CERTAIN COIRCIAL DISTRICT". 4, � ... ,m 4- 1��_ . MOVED by Feiss seconded by Stark carried that the above Ordinance quoted by title be approved upon its second reading and that publication be ordered. Member Rahn then advised the Council that Metal - Matic, Inc., 4402 Washington Avenue, Idlinneapols 12, is interested in the purchase of the Village gravel pit and the adjoining property of "Mr ^Russell Smith and that, should the property be us, said Company would dedicate a 60 foot right-of-way to the Village of Golden Valley for road purposes. ,:ember Rahn stated that preliminary negotiations with Metal -Matic, Inc. had brought out the following details: That :Metal -'Matic desired to purchase in 1953 4 acres more or less abutting upon 1,innetka Avenue from the Village of Golden Valley at a price of y10,000.00; that said Company desired a five-year purchase option for the remaining 17 plus acres and would pay the sum of '16,000.00 for said remainder; that the value of the first building which Metal -Matic intends to build upon the premises in 1953 would cost in the neighborhood of a quarter of a million dollars; that the building would be a one-story building and that suitable parking facilities would be provided, and that the premises would be attractively landscaped. IrIOVED by Kahn seconded by Foss carried that the Village attorney be instructed to draw up an earnest money contract of sale and an option agreement with k etal-Iulatic, Inc. for the sale of the Village gravel pit according to the above terms and other terms too lengthy to be included herein. 41,,Iember Rahn abstained from voting upon the above motion. Lr. Bliss, representative of metal -;Matic, Inc., stated upon question by alr. Foss that his company would pay 1r. mane, Village. Attorney, an undeter- mined fee for the extra work of drawing up the above documents and closing the sale. 1 1 1 C rublic ifearing, :unitary Newer: The Village Clerk presented an affidavit showing publication in the official newspaper of the notice of public hearing on the proposed sewer improvement described in the resolution of this Council relating thereto, adopted on Iviay 12, 1953, said affidavit was examined, approved, and ordered placed on file in the Office of the Village Clerk. The 1uayor then announced that the meeting was open for public hearing on said proposed improvement and all persons present who desired to do so were afforded opportunity to express their views thereon. iso objections to the making of said improvement or to the levy of assessments to pay the costs thereof, were made, except as follows: Newer Improvement rroponents Statement lir. Robert F. Lloyd Mr. Lloyd stated that he 3312 iloble avenue and his neighbors wanted the sewer at any cost, and further, that they desired to have sewers as quickly as possible. lair. Clifford F'. iiaga, rresident Noble Grove association 3302 i�yle avenue air. Haga stated that even those persons residing in Noble Grove addition who have experienced no trouble with sewers at the present time are in favor of sani- tary sewers in the area; that the Village of Golden Valley is certain to grow in population and that his Association favored the sewer plan which would give the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people, that is, his association favored the "overall sewerage plan presented by the G.Iui.Orr Company'; �lr. Haga further stated that the Village would grow wholesomely and that, in his opinion the only way to grow wholesomely was to install sanitary sewer at this time. 14 Dr. "IcLaughlin 2924 .4uail avenue of V'oodlawn Park Addition Dr. vc:Uaughlin stated that there was an acute need for sewer in i"oodlawn nark, that the people in his area favored the overall Orr plan but that should the overall plan not materialize, his neighbors and himself would then want to tie in with the Crystal system. Tyr. D. ). mound lar. Round spoke in favor 3425 Terrace Lane of the overall sewer Delphian heights addition plan. 4r. rickson, Moble Grove i'Ir. . j. 0. Aitken 2437 Parkview Boulevard ,,r. v'v-illiam Pinch ur. . Erickson stated that he, for cne, did not care what it cost, his only question was...."is it going to be done and if yes, when is it going to be done", and that he wanted sewers regardless of cost. fir. Aitken also spoke in favor of the overall sewer plan. :ter. b-illiam Pinch stated that he personally did not need sanitary sewers, but that he was in favor of paying a minimum cost so that triose who needed sewers could have them. Ir. Pinch further stated that he understood the cost for making the trunk pipe larger in sewer area ffl would be paid by means of an ad valorem tax which would probably mean a tax of lz to 2 mills per property owner over the next 20 years. 1 1 11 1 1 rersons objecting to sanitary sewers in the Village of Golden Valley were then permitted to express their views thereon. Objectors Objections Cook Mr. Cook stated that the 1408 6umter Avenue North cheapest possible way to Winnetka Addition obtain sewers was to join in with Crystal on its proposed trunk interceptor that he did not think that the rest of the Village would get any immediate benefit from the installation of sewers in the Village; that he believes that the assessment for sewers against his property would be so extreme that he and others would be unable to bear the financial burden. .�r . hakin 'wr. . Bakin spoke against South Winnetka avenue sanitary sewers on the same grounds as Tyr. . Cook. A discussion then followed which showed the objectors were under the impression that the Village intended to install sanitary sewer interceptors throughout the whole Village. It was pointed out to the objectors that the Council proposed to install sewers only in the Northeast corner of the Village, that is, Sewer area jfl, and that the rest of the Village would be reYuired to pay only the added cost necessary to make the proposed interceptors in Sewer area lit large enough to carry the sewerage from the whole Village if and when the rest of the Village hooks up to the trunk interceptors, and that the cost of making the sewers larger, as pointed out by vdr. Pinch, would be by means of an ad valorem tax of a few mills. Upon question, 1�1r. harry vayeron, representative of the G. iii. Orr Company stated that it is the practice of Villages in tkis part of the United States to assess only one part of a corner lot for sewers. Mr. kayeron further stated that if Golden Valley built the sewer interceptor alone, that is, through Sewer Area jtl without participation from Crystal, the cost per front foot for the construction of the interceptor would be 4'1.28 per front foot instead of 41.25. dfl 76 Member Rahn then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: +'SOLUTION ORDERING CONSTRUCTION OF SEWER lir1PRO VEMENT NO. 1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, as follows: 1. 'shat at a hearing held this day at 7:30 o'clock r. M. at Meadowbrook School in the Village of Golden Valley, ;Minnesota, after noticeof said hearing duly published as re4uired by law, this Council has consulted the views of all persons interested, and being fully advised of the pertinent facts, does hereby determine to proceed with the con- struction of a proposed sewer improvement for said Village in accordance with the description of said improvement contained in said notice, undertaking the improvement in conjunction with the Village,of Crystal, with the Village of Golden Valley paying 556 of the cost, and the Village of Crystal paying 45% of the cost of said improvement. Said improvement is hereby designated as Sewer Improvement No. 1 of the Village. 2. The cost of said improvement shall be paid out of special assessments and general ad valorem taxes to be levied as set forth in said noticeof public hearing. :Mayor fittest: • Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by yember Stark, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following members voted in favor thereof: Foss, Rahn, 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. Kim The Village Clerk and the administrative Assistant were instructed to advise the Village of Crystal of the foregoing action. Opening of bids, 1953 street improvement and drainage project: The ilayor announced that this was the time and place for opening and consideration of sealed bids for the construction of 1953 Street Improvement No. 17 and 1953 Storm Drainage Improvement No. 1, in accordance with the notice of advertisement for bids published by the Clerk as directed by the resolution of this Council adopted on Iwlay 19, 1 953• ;Ghe Clerk presented to the Council sealed bids for the construction of said improvement, submitted in ac- cordance 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: Portion of Work Total Contract Name of Bidder Bid on Cost Jay 'A'. Craig Co. PROPOSAL A 21,779.00 Tessem Const. Co. PROPOSAL D 19, 507.50 Sculley Const. Co. PROrGLrAL A 23,131.00 rRuPGSaL B 26,211.00 PRUPOSAL C 7,570.00 PRUPOutiL D rV 28,840-00 Peter Lametti Const. Co. PROPOSAL C 6,951.00 PR01'OSAL D 21,104.30 Sandstrom & Haffner PROPOSAL C 6 7,320.00 PROPOSAL D 21,615.00 Jack Yuelch PROPOSAL A 22,748.00 PROPOSAL B 4 28,348.00 rROPOSAL C 6,124.00 PROPOSAL D 21,124.50 dorettini & 1 cNulty PROi'06AL C 71289-30 PROPUSAL D 25,376.30 78 Bury & Carlson PRUr'G ,AL A 4 20,295-50 PROP03AL B 4 21,247.50 iiember Reiss then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION "'WARDING CUNTRACT FOR THi COlvSTRUCTION OF 1953 STREET Lv1PROV viM+NT NO. 17 AIZ 1953 STOMI Di i= INAGE I ,urROVE uai;NT NO. 1 BE IT R SOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, %innesota as follows. 1. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the lowest responsible bidders for the work and materials necessary for the construction of 1953 street Improvement No. 17 and 1953 Storm Drainage Improvement No. 1 of the Village are as follows: Name of Bidder Portion of Work Total Contract amount of Bid :'flame of Bidder Bid on .beatson & Kelly Cost Terry Exc . Co. PROrO:j'AL C �'' 6,140-50 i-RUPOSAL D 18,535.00 Lametti & Sons PRO GSAL C 5,863.00 'R0P06AL D 18,082.25 Leatson &. :telly PROPUL)AL C 5,567.20 YiiUt U:ssi'L D 34, 568.00 Bury & Carlson PRUr'G ,AL A 4 20,295-50 PROP03AL B 4 21,247.50 iiember Reiss then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION "'WARDING CUNTRACT FOR THi COlvSTRUCTION OF 1953 STREET Lv1PROV viM+NT NO. 17 AIZ 1953 STOMI Di i= INAGE I ,urROVE uai;NT NO. 1 BE IT R SOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, %innesota as follows. 1. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the lowest responsible bidders for the work and materials necessary for the construction of 1953 street Improvement No. 17 and 1953 Storm Drainage Improvement No. 1 of the Village are as follows: Name of Bidder Portion of a"Mork Bid On Base amount of Bid .beatson & Kelly P'R6PU6AL C 5,567.20 Bury &: Carlson PROPOSAL. B 21,247-50 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 and of record in the office 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 Village in accordance with the terms 1 LIM of said bids, when each of said bidders shall have furnished a contractor's bond in the amount of the bid, conditioned as required by law. 3. The Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to return forthwith all cash deposits, bid bonds, or certified checks furnished by other bidders, and to retain those furnished by said contractors until the execution and filing of said contracts and bonds in his office. 4. All other bids are rejected including speci- fically but not exclusively all bids for Turner's Cross Road drainage work. 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. Zoning of certain property on Wayzata Boulevard: Moved by Rahn, seconded by Feiss carried to give a second reading to an ordinance entitled: 11A1NT ORDINANCE raL NDING TnTE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE VILL&GE OF GOLDEN VALLEY DY . STaBi.ISHING CERTAIN CC1''4LMRCIAL DISTRICTS." IwOVE'D by Rahn seconded by Stark carried to approvl,F. ��®i;�IL�NC the above ordinance quoted by title on its second reading and to order publication thereof. 1, ember i3oofc PAGE i5 Reiss voted 1114011. Re: Northland Greyhound Company: The Clerk presented an affidavit of publication of notice of public hearing to be held at this time and place regarding the zoning of a parcel of land as described in said affidavit from Open Development to Radio District. Said affidavit was examined, approved and ordered placed on file. The iviayor announced that this was the time and place for the public hearing above referred to. All persons present who desired to do so were afforded opportunity to express their views thereon, as follows: There were no objections. The administrative Assistant then read letters from the Sheriff of Hennepin County, "otorola Communications and Electronics, Incorporated, and Mobile Radio Engineering, Incorporated. All of said letters assured the Village Council that should radio and tele- vision interference develop it would be properly cor- rected although said companies were of the opinion that • c none would develop. The Administrative assistant then advised the Council that he had received a letter from the Office of :Civil Defense endorsing the proposed con- struction of a radio tower by the Greyhound Company at the location indicated in the notice of cublic hearing. ivOUD by Stark that a first reading be given to an ordinance entitled f'Aiv ORDINANCE Ai,`ENDIVG THE ZONING URDIiiANCE OF THE VILLA&L Uig' GOLDEN VALLEY hl' LSTA= BUSHiiVG A CERTali4 RADIO DISTRICT". The motion died for want of a second. ivember Riess then inquired whether or not such a radio tower facility could be used by the Village rolice,Zire and other departments, Representatives of the Greyhound and Lctorola Company who vaere present assured the Council that such an arrangement could be worked out at no cost to the Village, whereupon member :Mark again moved that a first reading be given to an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINA1VC ' ALMNDING THE ZUNiAG ORDINANCE OF 'Ihh VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY !sY ESTABLISHING a CERTAIN RADIO D13TRICT" . Twember Reiss seconded the above ivotion. Vote being taken thereon, members Foss and Rahn voted "NC" and members atark, Reiss and Ltasel voted "YL6". The motion died inasmuch as a four-fifths vote is required. The Council then instructed the Administrative Assistant to advise the Fire Chief and all interested ,jepartments that there was a possibility of connecting fire alarms and police communications with the radio facility of the northland Greyhound Company and to report said Departments' attitudes to the Council at the June 16th meeting. Re: Lot 20, Block 1, McNair manor: 'rhe Administrative Assistant advised the Council as to how the problem at hand arose. i�r. Edward Tomczyk, Right-of-way Negotiator for the Hennepin County Highway Department, advised the Council that damages to said lot arising from their construction of Golden Valley Road would come to approximately $200.00. iv.r. Lax Hector, owner of said lot was offered the sum of 4750.00 for the lot, which he refused. The Council then advised dir. Hector to appeal to the rlanning Commission for a waiver of building reliuire- ments other than that already presented to the Council. T4 - 1 81 Re: Request for commercial building permit, Robert Odell: This matter was carried forward from the meeting of May 19th, 1953, in order to give members of the Council time to study the matter. Moved by Stark seconded by Rahn carried to grant Ar. Robert Odell a commercial building permit for a sheet metal shop located approximately 6100 Golden Valley Road per plans and specifications on file in the Office of the Building Inspector and to instruct the Building Inspector to issue such permit. rublic hearings, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance: The Village Clerk presented an affidavit of publication '' of notice of public hearing to be held at this time and place regarding the Comprehensive Zoning Ordi- nance as described in said Affidavit of Publication. Said Affidavit was examined, approved and ordered placed on file. The %rayor announced that this was the time and place for the public hearing above referred to, and all persons present who desire to do so were afforded opportunity to express their views thereon as follows: There were no objectors. vOTED by Mark seconded by Rahn carried to give a first reading to an Ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINAi`tiCE REGULATING THE LOCATION, SIZE, USE, AND HEIGHT OF BUILDINGY, THE !RRINGEIENT OF BUILDINGS ON LUIS, AND THE Dr.wITY Of POPULATION IN THE VILLAGE OF GULDEN VALLEY, AND FOR THE PURPOLE OF PROLOTING THE HEALTH SAFETY: 51012 CONVENIENCE, PROSPERITY AND GENERAL*E ORDINANCZ AELFARE AND FOR SAID PURPOSE TO DIVIDE THE VILLAGE1300K R4G INTO DISTRICTS". vOVED by :Mark seconded by Rahn carried to approve the above ordinance quoted by title on its second reading and to order the publication thereof on July 1st, 1953. The Village Attorney was instructed to confer with the Editor of the North Hennepin Post regarding the probable cost of editing and publishing a book or pamphlet containing said Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. Re: Street game Change "June Avenue" to "Ardmore rive loved by Foss seconded by Rahn carried t�7-, --r-- -k � C7 � DPp!A N' give a first reading to an Ordinance entitled "AN , ORDINANCE CHANGING THE id10 OF A CERTAIN STREET". DOOK rA6E__,.;� • roved by Foss seconded by Rahn carried to approve the above ordinance quoted by title on its first reading. Re: rolice Department:_ 1yioved by Foss seconded by Reiss carried to incorporate the minutes of the joint meeting between the Golden Valley Village Council and the Golden Valley Civil Service Commission into the minutes of this meeting, as follows: raid meeting was held on Tuesday, day 26th, 1953 at the Village Hall at 8 P.i. Present were all members of said groups with the exceptions of 'Mr. Reiss and :�r. Glmen. 1vir. Hauer stated that the Eligibility List has ex- pired, detailed the procedures necessary to establish a new list, and pointed out that it was necessary to advertise the starting salary of any new patrolmen. I ull particulars on the establishment of said list as agreed upon may be found in the files of the Civil ;service Commission. The Council and the Commission discussed the number of men in the Police Department, their salaries, and Y4ours of work. The following was agreed upon: That hereafter the Village of Golden Valley will support a Police Department of five full time police officers; that the starting salary of beginning police officers shall be '4297.00 per month; and that the work week of the Police Department personnel shall be forty hours effective as soon as five full time patrolmen are employed; that no increase in salaries shall be paid to present patrolmen at this time, but that if during the three month period following the retention of five men on the department the record of the department is such that merit increases are warranted, the Council will consider merit increases for presently employed officers. The Council inquired as to the attitude of the Com- mission regarding the establishing of the Village Hall as Police Headquarters. The Commission stated that it regarded such a move favorably. It was further agreed that the normal employer-employee relationship existed between the Council and the Police Department insofar as salary increases is con- cerned, which is to say that the Council expects cooperation, respect, hard work, and support from the members of the Department in carrying out Village activities and policy. r-etition to re -zone a certain area from Community Store and Railroad Districts to residential District: Resi- dents of the area bounded on the East by France avenue, on the South by Olson 24'emorial Highway, on the West by Indiana Avenue and on the north by the Zinneapolis Northfield & Southern Railroad Tracks petitioned the Council to zone said area to residential. The Council acknowledged receipt of said petition and referred it to the Planning Commission for their study and recommendation. League ofvlinn. !unicipalities Convention: &oved by Rahn seconded by Foss carried that the Village Attorney be paid :3W50.00 to defray expenses in attending said organization's meeting on June 11-12-13, 1953. Members Reiss and Stark voted "NO". Bills: COVED by t:ahn seconded by :.stark carried, to approve 6,002.92. the following bills in the total amount of 5872 Arno Denzin 162.52• 5873 rarvin Schuller 124.26 5874 Alden Wi, Lidster 136.97 5875 Joseph 'A1itz 123.02 5876 Jack Fisher 53.60 5877 Lawrence Larsen 86.80 5878 Royce Tj:. Gwens 190.00 5879 Royce W. Gwens 50.00 5880 iarie Ehr 85.40 5881 rel 14cGinnis 142.86 5882 Alois J. Stein 142.56 5883 Everett Frandsen 132.78 5884 Lillian Gee 51.00 5885 Evelyn Denzin 50.40 5886 Wae L. Fay 7.50 5887 Frank G. Nygren 102.00 5888 B. A. Shuttleworth 25.00 5889 Void 5890 Federal '_reserve Bank 400.40 5891 Val Bjornson, Treasurer 118.05 - 5892 J. Gordon Boyer 500-00, 5893 Zinn. Fire Equip. Co. 4.60 - 5894 Wm. H. Ziegler Co. 67.74 5895 iv. ti 4. Fire Co. 39.94 ` 5896 inn. Sand & Gravel Company 5.73 5897 Shell Oil Company 32.16 5898 Landers-Norbloom-Christensen 26.36 5899 N. W, National bank 49.00 5900 Northern States Power Co. 90.37 5901 Black Top Service Company 24.50 5902 Harry Harfhaan 104.36 itM 5903 5904 5905 5907 5908 5909 5910 5911 5912 5913 5914 5915 5916 5917 5918 5919 5920 5921 5922 5923 5924 5925 5926 5927 5928 5929 5930 5931 5932 5933 5934 5935 5936 5937 5938 5939 5940 5941 5942 5943 5944 ,ester L. Elstad lwinneapolis Securities J. A. Curtis N. VJ. Bell Telephone Company Construction Bulletin Standard Cil Company Suburban Henn. County Stanley D. Bane Stanley D. Kane r,. G. Stasel Juane Foss Kenneth W. Rahn C. 4i Bryan Hans Reiss Ralph R. Stark Rudolph Kragel John R. Johnson E. i,:. �Ic.Allister Harry B. Grangroth Lyle j. Larsen Vernon "Iattson Roy L. ylwell L. Hanover Alden iui. Lister irarvin Schuller Joseph Silitz Neal Rydmark 'v'Jalter Ortenblad Eugene Thotland Emil Brademan 1'red Greenfield B. A. Shuttleworth E. 4. Reiss Norman Brown Lambert 1.. Lucier Charles :chaub Thomas iv filler %i. J. Fahrendorff ji , n . :mi th John R. till Tod Ellis Relief Board 4 74.52 11.40 25.65 47-15, 51.84 35.35 25.00 225-00- 150-00 °t 105.00 105-00 105.00 105.00 105.00 41-50, 87.50 18.50- 52.62 162.00 64-50- 51-50 176.00- 4.00 2.00 4.00 39.50 47.30 131.00, 66.07 51.00 90.50 90.85 48.00 46.50 30.90 42.79 65.00 92.30 106.50 75.00 ivO'iFLD by Toss seconded by iiCahn carried that the meeting adjourn. i !r ayor attest: /� Clerk 1 1