05-18-54 City Council MinutesREGULAR MEETING
of the
VILLAGE COUNCIL
May 18, 1954
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of
the Golden Valley Council was held on the 18th day of Nay, 1954,
at the Village Hall in said Village, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
The following members were present: Hies, Foss, Huebsch,.R.ahn
and Stark and the following were absent: None. The Mayo call-
ed the meeting to order at 7:45 o'clock P.M.
MOVED by Foss seconded by Bies carried that the minutes of the
meeting of May 4th, 1954, be approved as corrected and the read-
ing of said minutes be dispensed with and approved, except as
corrected, 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.)
Sanitary Sewers, New Hope: Mayor Honsey and Clerk Trucker of
the Village of New Hope advised the Golden Valley Council that
New Hope Village wanted to know whether or not Golden Valley
is willing, to construct, the proposed sanitary sewer intercep-
tor with enough capacity for New Hope. payor Honsey further
advised the Council that New Hope can and will pay immediately
the cost of increasing the pipe size, but cannot pay, at this
time, the increased cost of digging and other contingencies,
and further, that New Hope did not anticipate that it would
need sanitary sewers for five or ten years.
Upon question, the New Hope delegates stated that New Hope would
be willing to pay for increased maintenance costs on a year to
year iasis before their village is actually serviced with san-
itary, sewers, and would, upon being actually serviced with san-
itary sewers, be willing to pay for increased cost of digging
and other contingences on a savings or flow basis, or a com-
bination of the two, and further, that New Hope knew that sewer
service to New Hope was contingent upon the actual construction
of the North Rranch interceptor.
MOVED by Rahn seconded by Stark carried to grant the Village
of New Hope tentative approval to join in the construction of
a joint sewer service based upon the above considerations as
now agreed upon, and that the Village Attorney be instructed
to draft a resolution incorporating said considerations, the
resolution to be presented, after acceptance by Golden Valley,
to the Village of New Hope for their acceptance.
Sanitary Sewers: Reference was made to the letter from the
State of Minnesota, Department of Health, dated May 10th, 1954.,
said letter advising the Village Council that said department
of the State of Minnesota has approved both plans for the con-
struction of sanitary sewer facilities designed to empty into
the metropolitan sanitary sewer system.
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Mr. Mayeron, representative of the G. M. Orr Engineering Com-
pany, presented'a writing dated May 14th, 1954, said writing
showing that on the basis of the low bid and other known costs,
and on the basis of assessable property in the northeast por-'
tion of the Village, as determined by Mr. William Fortier, the
proposed sanitary sewer would cost property owners X2.00 per
lineal foot or 480.00 per acre.
Upon inquiry ,Ir. Mayeron stated that with the above approval
of the State Board of Health the way was- now open for Golden
Valley to proceed with the construction of sanitary sewer
facilities as previously discussed by this Council, but that
he did not know whether or not the Village of Crystal pro-
posed to construct a sanitary sewer interceptor jointly with
Golden.Valley or whether Crystal would build its own system,
and if Crystal built its own system, whether or not said system
could or would follow a northerly route.
The Council instructed the Administrative .Assistant to inquire
of the State Board of Health as to when said Board intended to
call a conference of suburban authorities to discuss problems
relative to sanitary sewers, and requested the Mayor to in-
quire of the City of Minneapolis as to whether or not said
city has approved any plans which the Village of Crystal may
have submitted for the construction of a sewer interceptor
which might take a northerly route.
Request for Rezoning, Associated Contractors; MOVED by Foss
seconded by Rahn carried that notice of public hearing on the
rezoning of a tract of land lying north of County Road No. 41
and west and adjacent to Turner's Crossroad South, from Open
Development to Commercial and from Open Development to +Com-
munityesignated "Industrial" and "Commercial" districts in
the proposed new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village)
be inserted in the official village newspaper, said public
hearing to be held on June 1, 1954•
Rezoning, Request of Mr. Boblett: Mr. Robert P. Boblett ap-
peared before the Council and stated that he represented the
real estate brokerage firm of A. D. Strong Company, and that
his firm was representing an undisclosed principal who wished
to locate on approximately 46 acres of land lying north of
T. H. No. 12 and east of County Road No. 18. Mr. Boblett fur-
ther stated that his principal proposed the construction of
a home -office type building of 4 to 6 stories in height, and
that although his client wished the are zoned industrial, his
client would not undertake any manufacturing on the premises,
although at some future date they might construct a research
and development building. Mr. Boblett stated that construc-
tion of a 6 story office building requires the Council waive
a restriction in the comprehensive zoning ordinance passed,
but not published, which limits the height of buildings in
Industrial districts to 40 feet.
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MOVED by Foss seconded by Rahn carried that notice of public
hearing on the rezoning of a tract of land comprising approxi-
mately 46 acres lying north of T. H. No. 12 and east of County
Road No. 18 from Open Development to Commercial (designated
"Industrial" district in the proposed new Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the Village) be inserted in the official Village
newspaper, said public hearing to be held on June 1, 1954 -
Rezoning, Request of Mr. Enoch Anderson: The Administrative
Assistant advised the Council that the Planning Commission re-
commended that a tract _of land in spot 41 Section 28, Township
118, Range 21, lying west of T. H. #100 and south of Golden
Valley Road, zoned from Open Development to Community Store
District, "without precedent", any building constructed on said
premises not to be closer than 100 feet from the nearest edge
of the main traveled right-of-way of T. H. No. 100. Mr. Enoch
Anderson, owner of the premises, stated that he proposed to
construct a filling; station on said premises.
MOVED by Foss seconded by Rahn that the request for rezoning
of the above described tract of land from Open Development to
Community Store be denied. Upon vote being taken on the above
motion members Foss and Rahn voted in favor thereof, and mem-
bers Bies, Huebsch and Stark voted "NO"; whereupon the Mayor
declared the motion lost.
MOVED by Stark seconded by Bies that notice of public hearing
on the rezoning of a tract of land situated in Lot 4, Section
28, Township 118, Range 21, from Open Development to Community
Store Districts (designated "Commercial" district in the pro-
posed new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village) be
inserted in the official Village newspaper, said public hear-
ing to be held on June 1, 1954, Upon vote being taken on the
above motion i°lembers Bies, Stark and Huebsch voted in favor
thereof; and Members Foss and Rahn voted "NO"; whereupon the
Mayor declared the motion carried.
"An Ordinance to Remedy Hazards": The Administrative Assistant
presented a petition signed by 33 home owners, said petition
requesting the Village Council pass "... legislation which would
require the filling and/or fencing of property upon which ex-
cavations exist and all other property on which hazards exist."
MOVED by Foss seconded by Rahn carried to instruct the Village
Attorney to draw up a general hazard and nuisance ordinance,
said ordiance to apply (1) to any structure which by reason of
its condition is a hazard to children or to the general public,
and (2) to man-made excavations on any premises, public or pri-
vate which might constitute a hazard to c'-.ildren or to the gen-
eral public, it being the intent of the Council to cause such
hazards to be remedied by the property owners by construction
of a fence, filling the excavation, or otherwise removing the
hazard.
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No Spiking Ordinance: The Administrative Assistant presented
and read letters setting forth the views of the persons and
organizations listed below on the proposed "No Spiking" Or-
dinance.
Mr. LeRoy E. Schuller, Manager, Schullerts Tavern,
letter dated 5/1Y54 54
Mr. Lester L. Elstad, citizen, letter dated 5/17
Mr. Maher J. Troup, Manager, The White House,
letter dated5/15/54
Mr. Wm. H. Varner, Jr., Constable, letter dated 5/13/54
Rev. J. Marshall Newton, Pastor, G. V. Methodist Church,
letter dated 5/14/54
The Mayor with the consent of the Council appointed a committee
consisting of Members Stark, Rahn and Huebsch to study the mat-
ter further in order to incorporate as many of the ideas as
possible as set forth in the above mentioned letters.
Request for Commercial Building Permit, Mr. Clarence Sheerly:
The Administrative Assistant presented the plot plan and plans
and specifications for the construction of a filling station
on tract "SP of R. L. S. #30- MOVED by Bias seconded by Stark
that the permit be granted.
A number of residents residing near said tract of land spoke
in opposition to granting the permit, and requested the Council
give them time to organize for the purpose of purchasing said
tract of land. Member Bias and Stark thereupon withdrew the
above motion and second, respectively.
MOVED by Rahn seconded by Foss carried that the matter be laid
on the table until the regularly scheduled meeting of June
15, 1954, in order to grant residents of the area time in.which
to organize for the purpose of purchasing said tract of land.
Dudget Report: The Council agreed to meet for dinner on June
22nd, 9 4., for the purpose of studying the budget report sub-
mitted by the Administrative Assistant, time and place of said
meeting to be arranged by the Administrative Assistant.
Report of Committee Re: Jig Track Structure: (See minutes of
May th, 19 The Ad-�inistrative Assistant reported that
members Rahn and Stark had viewed the structure, and had in-
dependently agreed that the structure was not objectionable,
and that the Administrative Assistant had issued a building
permit for said structure to Associated Contractors, charging
therefore a double fee. The Council accepted the report and
ratified the above action.
Re: Billboards: In compliAyance with the instructions of this
Council of May 4th, 19541 the Village Attorney submitted a
draft of the question regarding billboards to be submitted to
the Attorney General. There were no suggested alterations of
the draft as submitted. The Mayor instructed the Attorney to
submit the question as drafted to the Attorney General on
May 24th, 1954, members of the Council to snake any suggested
changes on or before said date. The Mayor ordered the matter
of billboards deferred until the meeting of June 1st, 1954•
Re: Special Assessments, Meadowbrook School: The Administrative
Assistant was instructed to advise the County Auditor of the
correct street address of Meadowbrook School and to return
special assessment tax statements to the County Auditor.
Police and Justice Reports for the Month of March: Member Rahn
submitted his analysis of said reports for the month of March.
Said analysis was accepted by the Council. Member Rahn com-
mented that the Police Department had not been engaging in tar-
get practice as instructed by this Council in 1953, and that
he had discussed the matter with the Chief of Police, McGinnis..
Mr. McGinnis was present and stated that he would cause members
of his department to engage in regular target practice in the
future. Member Rahn further stated that in his opinion all
that was needed in Police Reports was a summarization sheet
and suggested that some other type of report might be more feas-
ible and convey more information to the Council and to the pub-
lic. It was decided to carry the present reporting system
through the month of June, 1954, after which the Council would
review the feasibility of continuing the present police report.
The Mayor assigned Police and Justice Reports for the month of
April to Member Stark.
Fire Department Conventions Member Rahn meadm,a letter from the
Golden Valley Fire Department advis1ing;_the; Council that members
of sai,,d department wished to attend the annual Fire Convention
to be held in Hibbing, Minnesota. MOVED by Stark seconded by
Rahn carried to allocate $100.00 expenses for the year 1954,
to the Golden Valley Fire Department for the purpose of attend-
ing said convention.
The Council decided that Village personnel attending conventions
shall report the value of the convention in promoting efficiency.
Re: Census: Member Rahn presented a clipping showing that the
population of the Village of Crystal has doubled since the 1950
census. The Council instructed the Village Attorney to Invest-
igate procedures and probable cost of a census of Golden Valley.
Maddaus Lane, Fund 17 Special Assessments: (See minutes of
May 4ths 19 Citizens protesting their special assessments
for improvement of Maddaus Lane in 1953 attended the meeting.
Reference was made to a letter signed by said residents dated
May 12th, 1954. The matter was discussed at length. No action
was taken.
American Legion Lodge Hall: Mr. Chester Lundin, representative
of Chester Bird Post #523 of the American Legion, presented
plans and specifications for the construction of the American
Legion Lodge Hall located north of Glenwood Avenue and east
of T. H. #100. The Council instructed the Administrative As-
sistant and Village Engineer to study the plans and report
back to the Council at the meeting of June 1st, 1954•
Bills: MOVED by Foss seconded by Bies carried to approve the
following bills in the total sum of 01720.99.
6926
through 6945 Payroll
21.510.15
6946
Post Publishing Company
7.80
6947
City Treas., Minneapolis
31.50
6948
Ed Ryan, Sheriff, Henn. Co.
30.00
6949
Ace Maintenance
28.00 y
6950
American Electric Co.
13.00 .
6951
Mine Safety Appliance Co.
188.80
6952
J. C. Haigaard Co.
9.75
6953
Minn. Fire Equipment Co.
549.00 -
6954
Henn. Co. Agric. Society
25.00
6955
Standard oil Co.
44.80
6956
Bury and Carlson
190.00
6957
H. A. Rogers
14.63
6958
W. S. Nott Co.
78-561111
0., 720.99
MOVED by Foss seconded by Bies carried that the meeting adjourn.
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Attest: .
Clerk