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Home My WebLink About1947/12/29 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular December 29, 1947 SPECIAL MEETING - December 29, 1947 A meeting of the Village Council was called to order by President Erickson at 8:25 P. M., with the following Councilmen present at roll call: Trustee Bolmgren Trustee Jorvig Trustee Perkins Clerk Justad President Erickson Verified Claims On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following verified claims were approved, and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue warrants for same, by the following roll call vote: Trustee Bolmgren, Yea; Trustee Jorvig, Yea; Trustee Perkins, Yea; Clerk Justad, Yea; President Erickson, Yea. American Printing Company 94.70 Brookside Grocery 19.70 0. B. Erickson 104.60 Firestone Stores 1.98 Edwin Gilbert 52.50 " " 215.40 K.' Johnson 3.66 '! " 28.80 Landers, Norblom, Christenson 28.89 '! '! 26.74 Minn. Fire Eqpt. Company 92.25 E. T. Montgomery :75.75 Tom Motzko 1.40 NW Bell Telephone Company 18.60 " .60 John M. Palmer 137.23 7.85 Panther Oil & Grease Mfg. Co. 75.50 Standard Supply Company 18.24 Village Street Dept. 63.47 Swenson's 4.00 " " " 23.95 Terry Excavating Co. 18.75 84.97 Ed Werner 18.40 '! It It 28.68 Williams Hardware 10.52 ►' " 6.84 Deed Accepted for Highway Purposes On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following deed was accepted by unanimous vote of all members of the Council except Trustee Perkins (not voting), and ordered recorded - deed dated December 29, 1947 from Richard J. Westling_and Marlys J. Westling: "All that part of the' Southwest Quarter (SW ) of Southeast Quarter (SEt) of Section Seven.(7), Township One Hundred Seventeen (117), Range Twenty- one (21) described as follows: Beginning at a point in the South line of said Quarter Quarter, One Hundred Seventy-five (175' ) Feet East of the Southwest corner thereof; thence North parallel with the West line of said Quarter Quarter Three Hundred Fifty (350' ) Feet; thence East parallel with the South line of said Quarter Quarter Sixty (60') Feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Quarter Quarter Three Hundred Fifty (350' ) Feet to the South line of said Quarter Quarter; thence West along said South line Sixty (60' ) Feet to point of beginning, except County Highway (Boone Avenue)", according to the duly recorded plat thereof, for Highway purposes. ' • _ Licenses Approved On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the following applications for 1948 licenses were approved, and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue licenses to espire December 31, 1948, by unanimous vote of the Council: Mill City Furnace Company, Heating Gage-Reeves Company, Heating Stellco, Incorporated, Heating Syverson Sheet Metal Company, Heating Automatic Heat Service Co., Heating Northwestern-Hanna Fuel Company, Heating Mc Vicker Sales & Service, Heating Industrial Electric _Co., Electrical American Electric Company, Electrical Minneapolis Electric Service, Electrical Ray C. Plant, Electrical Gage-Reeves Company, Electrical Blaylock Plumbing Co., Plumbing Bernard A. Kirckof, Plumbing Siefert Food Market, Cigarette Eatons, Incorporated, Roller Skating n n " Milk"at Retail J. A. K. Sales, Pin Ball Cloverleaf_Creamery, Milk_Truck Alfred Hay, Boarding Stable Dutch Mill Dairy Bar, Restaurant Old Dutch Grill, Restaurant " " It Cigarette " " " Cigarette IOU • December 29, 1947 Licenses Approved, Cont'd. Culbertson Cafe, Inc., 3.2 Beer Off-Sale Bunny' s Tavern, Inc., Restaurant - n, » it n 3,2 Beer On-Sale " " " Cigarette Cigarette " " " 3.2 Beer - On Tavern " " " 3.2 " Off Restaurant " " " Tavern Mc Carthy's SLP Cafe, Cigarette Albin J. Lovaas, Cigarette Restaurant " " _ " 3.2 Beer - On Tavern n H '! 3.2 " Off " " 3.2 Beer-On Sale Andy Johnson. Cigarette Harriett W. Jennings, Cigarette " " 3.2 Beer - Off " " 3.2 Beer-Off Sale Giller Drug Store Cigarette Belt Line_Shell Serv. Gas Station (5 pumps) " " " Soft Drink n It " " - Cigarette '! '! " 3.2 Beer-Off it " '' '! Soft Drink James P. Demos_ 3.2 Beer - On it " " Tavern it " " Restaurant '! !' !' Cigarette License Bonds & Others On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the following bonds were approved by unanimous vote of Councilmen present: HEATING BOND, with William H. Stevenson DBA M. & S. Heating Company as principal, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company as surety, dated November 25, 1947, in the amount of $1,000.00. HEATING BOND, with Northwestern-Hanna Fuel Company as principal, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company as surety, dated January 30, 1948; in the amount of $1,000.00. PLUMBING BOND, with Earl Lawrence Blaylock, DBA Blaylock Plumbing Company as principal, and The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company as surety, dated November 15, 1947, in the amount of $4,000.00. HEATING BOND, with Harry R. Bostrom, DBA Bostrom Sheet Metal Works as principal, and Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company as surety, in the amount of $1,000., dated January 1, 1948. HEATING BOND, with A. B. Donaldson, Inc. a Minnesota Corporation as Principal and Continental Casualty Company as surety, dated October 20th, 1947. HEATING BOND, with Northwestern Blaugas Company as principal, and The Aetna Casualty Company as surety, dated December 8, 1947, in the amount of $1,000.00. (For 1947) Heating BOND, with Northwestern Blaugas Company as principal, and The Aetna Casualty Company as surety, dated December 8, 1947, in the amount of $1,000.00. (For 1948) PLUMBING BOND, with Grudem Brothers Company, Incorporated as principal, and American Surety Company of New York as surety, dated December 16, 1947, in the amount of $4,000.00. HEATING BOND, with Grudem Brothers Company, Incorporated as principal, and American Surety Company of New York as surety, dated December 16, 1947, in the amount of $1,000.00. HEATING BOND, with Alden Syberson, DBA Syverson Sheet Metal & Heating Company as principal, and American Surety Company of New York as surety, dated December 18, 1947, in the amount of $1,000.00 181 December 29, 1947 License Bonds, Continued HEATING BOND, with:John H. Kop, DBA Mill City Furnace Company as principal, and WESTERN SURETY COMPANY as surety, dated October 29, 1947, in the amount of $1,000.00 WATER REGISTRAR'S BOND, with J. A. Werner as principal, and American Surety Company of New York as surety, dated December 16, 1947, in the amount of $2,000.00. Time Extended for Moving Garage On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the President and Clerk were authorized to execute a stipulation to be prepared by the Vil- lage Attorney, extending the time for moving garage from 1850 Maryland, from January 1, 1948 to April 1, 1948 (Lindahl), by unanimous vote of the Council. Skating Rinks - Park Superintendent Mr. Keller and Mr. Menzel of the Park Board reported that skating rinks were not in good condition, and made some recommendations that should be carried out to put the rinks in shape. It was suggested that Kenneth Johnson act as Park Superintendent, and the Park Board deal directly with him - the appoint- ment to be made the first of the year. Offer of Lot for Parks not Accepted Mr. Keller of the Park Board reported that the North 86.9 feet of Lot 33, Block 7, Browndale, owned by Dan°Whalen, would be too small for Park use, and recommended that same not be accepted. Lights Ordered for Hockey Rink On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the Clerk was instructed to order the Northern States Power Company to place 2 poles at the hockey rink located between 33rd and 34th Streets and Dakota Avenue, by unani- mous vote of the Council. Hearing - Rezoning A hearing was had on the petition of Lars N. Hjelvik for rezoning Lots 9 and 10, Block 14, St. Louis Park, from "C" Density to "D" Density. Mr. Whipps, 3455 Alabama Avenue appeared in opposition, .stating that ,there would be too many cars and too much parking, and would shut out light. He said that many other neighbors were coming up but didn't know why they didn't show up. After looking over the plans and plat of ground that would be used- for parking, he seemed less critical. Ordinance On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the following Ordinance was adopted by unanimous vote of the Council: ORDINANCE NO. 291 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF_ST._ LOUIS PARK The Village Council of the Village of St. Louis Park do ordain as follows: Section 1. Section 14 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of St. Louis Park adopted January 20, 1932, as heretofore amended, is hereby further amended together with the Density District Map therein referred to, by deleting from that portion of the Village therein zoned "C" Density: Lots Nine (9) and Ten (10), Block Fourteen ' (14), St. Louis Park and said property is hereby included within the portion of the Village zoned "D" Density. Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its publication. Meeting Adjourned The meeting was adjourned by President Erickson at 9:55 P. M. 0 R Fi.i��Pif<7SAT President of the Village Council ATTEST: / OSEP JUST", Village Clerk