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Home My WebLink About1948/03/01 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular 1 Ej 8 February 16, 1948 Cr t�� Hearing - Street Vacation A hearing was had on the petition of The Linde Air Products Company to > vacate a portion of lex Avenue. The petitioner appeared by its attorney, and C=1 there were no objection. Resolution On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the follow- ing resolution was adopted by unanimous vote of all members of the Council: RESOLUTION VACATING STREET WHEREAS, petition of all of the owners of real property fronting on the line of Rex Avenue adjacent to Lot 17, Block 164, and Lot 1, Block 57a, Re- arrangement of St. Louis Park, has been duly filed with the Village Council re- III questing said portion of said street be vacated, and said Council has met at the time and place specified in a notice embracing a copy of said petition duly .....k published and posted and has heard all persons interested, and it appears that said portion of said street is not used and serves no public purpose, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of St. Louis Park that all that portion of Rex Avenue adjacent to Lot_ 17, Block 164, and Lot 1, , Block 57a, Rearrangement of St. Louis Park, according to the plat thereof re- corded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Hennepin County, Minnesota, as the same is now dedicated and laid out in said Village be hereby vacated. Meeting Adjourned The meeting was adjourned by President Erickson at 11:05 P. M. -:. - 'SON President of the Village Council ' ATTEST: I i /�/✓. I . . ' Mg= • JOSEP1I JUSTAD Vil ,7e Clerk I REGULAR MEETING - MARCH 1, 1948 A meeting of the Village Council was called to order by President pro tem H. W. Perkins, with the following Councilmen present at roll call: 8:20 P. M. • Trustee Bolmgren Trustee Perkins Clerk Justad Verified Claims On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, 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 Perkins, Yea; Clerk Justad, Yea. Joseph Justad 200.00 Ellida C. Parchem 92.50 C. L. Dickinson 75.00 James R. Dahl 119.00 Carl Iverson 132.00 Andy Nelson 150.00 F. J. Senander 137.50 Robert D. Standal 119.00 Robert M. Sorensen 126.50 Dan Whalen 124.00 Irwin Freeland 132.00 George Gibson 137.50 Donald Glassing 119.00 Truman Hedwall 129.00III Clyde Johnson 119.00 L. M. Johnson 132.00 Omar Mc Gary 124.00 Kurt Scheibe 137.50 C. M. Williams 150.00 Peter Stienstra 150.00 Edwin Gilbert 122.50 C. C. Wolford 122.50 J. A. Werner 137.50 Beverly Johnson 80.00 A. Anderson 100.00 John Balich 164.00 J. Brockman 100.00 Helen L. Bradley, DBA Suburban John H. Connery 100.00 Sanitary Drayage Company, R. B. Connery 136.50 3,003.00 " II " 4.90 Elsie Dahlstrom 45.75 E. H. Duemke 10.00 H. W. Darby, M. D. 54.00 A. Donahue 155.20 II II 'I It It 52.00 Harry F. Elwood 50.00 C. H. Farmer - _ 241.37 1 69 March 1, 1948 Verified Claims, Cont'd. E. Ferch 100.00 H. Freiborg 150.70 George Gibson 48.00 Edwin Gilbert 64.26 H. Girard 183.85 " II 53.41 W. C. Henderson 35.00 Alvera A. Gilbert 101.00 J. 0. Johnson 130.04 K. Johnson 150.00 C. W. Jones 100.00 Walter Jungblut 140.31 Maynard Kays 150.85 Mildred Kadlac 34.25 Roy Lea 146.90 C. Lindgren 143.97 0. R. Mc Gary 137.15 Vance Marfell 104.00 Edmund T. Montgomery 5.00 E. Omestad 131.87 " " " 55.00 Wm. M. Pascoe 100.00 IIIt, q n16.75 Gertrude Renner 107.25 C. ,F. Rihl 204.15 II E. W. Sahl 128.37 E. Sewall 177.22 F. Sewall 143.12 ' Jerry Sewall 90.00 Peter Stienstra 21.77 Gunnar Stromer 120.00 J. C. Utton 250.00 Ira •M. Vraalstad 150.00 Ed Werner 18.50 It " " 32.83 J. S. Williams 115.00 Martha L. Wylie 60.00 American Radiator & Standard Associated Agencies 1,259.45 Sanitary Corporation 117.26 Automatic Switch Co. 14.69 Badger Meter Mfg. Co. 16.53 Brooks Service Station 6.00 It It " ►' 19.87 Wm. Bros Boiler & Mfg. Co. 66.00 It II If " 12.12 C. Ed. Christy 11.10 Construction Bulletin 21.00 It " " 2.35 Crown Rubber Stamp Co. 2.26 Dahlberg Brothers, Inc. 22.98 Dickey & Milbert 19.85 " II " 26.87 Fadden Pump & Equipment Co. 1,313.92 " '' '! • 5.64 Martin F. Falk Paper Co. 9.50 If It II 19.00 Hobart Brothers Sales 330.00 It " '! 77.71 Edwin Gilbert 1.20 If II '! 10.46 Hobart Sales & Service 17.59 '-' " II 30.43 If It ' " 100.75 " it " 26.32 II It II 19.28 , It II II 34.43 Goodwin Joss Lab. 5.00 It " '! 130.97 International Harvester Co. 7.59 K. &_R. Service Station 2.00 III Kokesh Hardware 4.00 It II " If3.75 Lametti & Lametti 59.40 II '! II 4.00 n r' 24,84 II II II n 5.00 Landers, Norblom, Christenson 155.23 '! if '! '! 3.00 '► it " 52.84 The Linde Air Products .62 Lyle Sign Company54.40 Wm. H. Mc Coy 17.33 Miller-Davis Co. 7.95 Mpls. Auto Supply Co. 12.02 Minneapolis Blue Printing Co. 1.16 ' Mpls. Gas Light Co. 1.22 Minn. Fire Extinguisher Co. 7.50 II - it " '► 8.11 Morton Salt Company 53.20 Tom Motzko 5.00 National Tea Co. 37.44 It rr 1.80 It II II 18.72 ti It 8.55 rr II It 37.44 u u 5.40 " '! It 36.06 Northern States Power Co. 8.05 NW Bell Telephone Co. 3.30 It " It II 2.53 rr n " rr 78.55 rr rr rr rr 2.24 Northv estern1'Hanna Fuel Co. 19.35 '' II '! '! 1,615.03 "_ _ II II II 19.35 NW National Bank, Mpls. 4.79 Pockrandt Lumber & Fuel Co. 43.06 Poucher Prtg. & Lithg. Co. 40.70 Republic Creosoting Co. 35.68 Rogers Hydraulic, Inc. 14.00 Rosholt Equipment Co. 19.50 " " " ' 27.65 Royal Typewriter Co., Inc. 22.50 St. Louis Park Dispatch 34.20 It It II It 52.60 It It II It 27.60 St. Louis Park Garage _ 3.35 SLP Water Revenue Bond Sinking it rr 11 II 7.00 Fund 333.36 III Terry Excavating Co. 177.00 II It It 4,791.70 n n n 233.20 n It n n It 1,125.02 If II II 20.00 Ira M. Vraalstad 3.00 Westerdahl_Hardware 7.05 Williams Hardware 4.23 II If .40 u rr 2.55 It !r 2.04 Westerdahl Hardware 3.32 Western Underground Construction Company 971.25 Trustee Jorvig Trustee Jorvig arrived at 8:28 P. M. Tax Discussion A discussion regarding high taxes was had with a group present from area near Parkview. They were told that assessment made in 1947 were now in the 170 March 1, 1948 Tax Discussion, Conttd. hands of the State and that we expected word from them 'in about three weeks. The group were also told about the Board of Equalization meeting that would be held on the fourth Monday in June, when 1948 `taxes will be received. No action taken. Hearing - Proposed Assessments A hearing was had on proposed assessments for improvements M-33 and M-34. No one appeared. Resolution On motion of Clerk Justad, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote of all members of the Council present: STREET IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, pursuant to resolution of the Village Council adopted January 26, .1948, and published in the St. Louis Park Dispatch January 30, 1948, the Village Council has met at the time and place specified in said resolution and has heard all testimony offered by interested parties in connection with pro- posed assessments for improvement M-33, tar that for alley in Block 4, Parkview, and improvement M-34, tar mat for alley in Block 2, Browndale, and the Village Council has set the amounts of benefits conferred by said improvements upon each lot, part of lot, piece or parcel of ground benefited thereby ratably and in proportion to the special benefit conferred upon it, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of St. Louis Park that the total cost of said improvement M-33 is 11504.00, 'and said improvement M-34 is $541.80 and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amount 'of special benefits conferred upon each lot, part of lot, piece or parcel of ground for the cost of each of said improvements determined as above set forth ii hereby determined to be as res- pectively set forth in the following list, and there is hereby levied and assessed against each lot, part of lot, piece or parcel of ground described therein an assessment equal to the sums therein respectively set forth as author- ized by Chapter 382, Laws of Minnesota 1903, 'payable in three 'equal annual in- stallments the first of which shall be payable concurrent with real estate taxes levied in 1948 and collected in 1949 together" with a penalty of 10% if not paid in full within thirty days after publication 'of this resolution and interest at 6% per annum from the date of issuance of orders for financing this improvement. Grading - Jersey & Kentucky between 32nd & 33rd On motion of Trustee Bolmgreri, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the Village Engineer was instructed to contact E. H. Shursen or Pacific Investment Company regarding the grading of Jersey and Kentucky 'Avenues between 32nd Street and 33rd Street, by unanimous vote of Councilmen `present. Complaint - Odors from Republic Creosoting Plant On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the Clerk was instructed to write to the Republic Creosoting Company and inform them of complaints received about smoke and odors emanating from their plant. Motion was passed by unanimous vote of the Council. • • Hearing - Sidewalk Assessments A hearing was had on the sidewalk assessments for sidewalk constructed on the South side of 41st Street between Webster and Zarthan Avenues. No one appeared. • On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, action on above mentioned sidewalk assessments was deferred to March 8, 1948, by unanimous vote of Council Members present. Petition - Vacation of Alley ' On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, the petition of Wm. 'A. Reiners and Chester Newby, for the vacation of alley adjacent to Lots 20, E--1 22, and 23, Lilac Way Terrace was referred to the Planning Commission, by un- animous vote of Councilmen present. Estimates Approved On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, the following Estimates of contract work in progress as presented by Village Engineer J. C. Utton'was approved, and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue warrants covering same, by unanimous vote of Councilmen present. 171 March 1, 1948 _Estimates, Continued ESTIMATE NO. 3 Sanitary Sewers - Job - 2-B Western Underground Construction Company, Contractors 75 L.F. 9" V.C.P. 8'-10' deep @ 4.40 per L. F. $ 330.00 75 L.F. 9" V.C.P. 10'-12' " @ 4.60 " " " 345.00 150 L.F. 9" V.C.P. 12'-14' " @ 5.25 " " " 787.50 2 6" on 9" Ys @ 2.50 each, 5.00 2 6" 1/8_Bends @ 1.50 3.00 30 L.F. 6" House connections @ 1.90 per L. F. 57.00 1 M.H. 0'-8' " @ 150.00 each 150.00 3 L.F. Extra depth M. H.. _ @ 20.00 per L. F. 60.00 700 L.F. 6" V.C.P. (Materials on job only) @ .27 per L. F. 189.00 3,022.51 L. F. 9" V.C.P. " @ .47 " " " 1,420.57 70 6" on 9"_Ys !' 2.13 each_ 149.10 90 6" 1/8,Bends '! @ 1.10 " 99.00 300 M.H. Steps @ .65 " 195.00 16 M.H. Frames and Covers @ 29.00 '! 464.00 $4,254.17 Less 20% $ 850.83 Less Estimate #1 1,390.01 #2 1,042.08 3,282.92 Balance due - $ 971.25 ESTIMATE NO. 8 Equipment Contract, Wells #4 & #5 Fadden Pump & Equipment Company, Contractors Estimates Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive - previously rendered $22,466.73 1 75 H.P. 1800 RPM 220-440 /3/60 splash proof horizontal) BB Louis Allis motor, 8 GE wall mounted unit electric ) heater ) 1,545.80 • - $24,012.53 Less 15% $3,601.88 Less Estimate #1 2,397.60 Less Estimate #2 1,464.67 Less Estimate #3 6,674.48 Less Estimate #4 1,243.74 Less Estimate #5 4,319.33 Less Estimate #6 1,560.09 Less Estimate #7 1,436.82 22,698.61 Balance due - $ 1,313.92 /s/ J. C. Utton, Village Engineer. Licenses Approved On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, the following applications for 1948 licenses were approved and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue licenses to expire December 31, 1948, by unanimous vote of Councilmen present: Richard Opsal Heating Sterling Electric Electrical Economy Sheet Metal, Inc. Heating E. J. Morrow Company Heating Richfield Heating Heating Ed Peters Plumbing Zepher Oil Co. Cigarette Petitions - Curb and Gutter On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the following petitions were referred to the Village Engineer and Street Department Committee, for checking and recommendation, by unanimous vote of Councilmen present: 172 March 1, 1948 Petitions, Curb and Gutter, Cont'd. Petition for CURB AND GUTTER, signed by Maurice L. Gordon, 2824 Vernon Avenue, and `~ others, dated February 24, 1948 -- to be constructed on the West side of Vernon Avenue between 28th and 29th Streets. Petition for CURB AND GUTTER, signed by Sidney S. Scherling, 3333 Alabama Avenue and • ,e,g) - others, dated February 2, 1948 -- to be constructed adjacent to Lots 10, 11, 12, Block 2, Maple Park Addition to St. Louis Park Petition - Sanitary Sewer On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, the petition signed by•W. A. Weist, 4315 Wooddale °Avenue, St. Louis Park and others, -dated January 28; 1948, for the •construction of sanitary sewer in Wooddale Avenue between Morningside Road and West 44th Street, was referred to the Village 'Engineer and Sewer Committee, by unanimous •vote of Council Members present. Petition - Sidewalk -/a-/ On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, the petition of Maurice L. Gordon, 2824 Vernon Avenue, St. Louis Park and others; dated February 24,• 1948, for the construction of sidewalk on the West side of Vernon Avenue, be- tween 28th and 29th Streets, was referred to the Village Engineer and Street De- partment Committee for checking and recommendation, by unanimous vote of Council Members present. Petition - Water Main On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, the petition signed by Erwin A. Johnson, 414 Builders Exchange, Minneapolis and others, dated Feb- ruary 16, 1948, for the construction of water main in Colorado Avenue between Minnetonka Boulevard and a point 360 feet North of 28th Street, was referred to the Village Engineer and Water Department Committee, by unanimous vote of Council Members present. License for 3.2 Beer On Sale (Non Profit) On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the application of Frank H. Lundberg Post, American Legion for a license to sell 3.2 beer On- Sale under Ordinance #287, was approved, and the President and Clerk were author- ized to issue license to expire December 31, 1948. Motion was passed by unani- mous vote of Council Members present. Protest Against Liquor License The following letter dated February 17, 1948 wa§ read and ordered filed with Liquor License Applications: "Village Council _St. Louis Park % Mr. Joe Justad, Clerk 3860 Alabama Avenue St. Louis Park, Minnesota Gentlemen: At a recent meeting of the membership of Wooddale Luthern Church, the fact was called to our attention that a license for liquor is being sought for a certain location in St. Louis Park. After considerable discussion a motion was duly made, seconded and carried that a letter of protest be written to the Village Council, stating that Wooddale congregation objects to the issuance of any additional liquor license now, or at any time in the future, to any place within one-half mile distance from the church grounds at Fortieth and Wooddale. Please file this letter for future reference when this matter is again brought up for consideration. . Very sincerely yours, WOODDALE LUTHERN CHURCH /s/ R. E, Koefod, Secretary" Bingo - Police Association A letter from the Suburban Police Association, dated February 28, 1948, March 1, 1948 17 d Bingo, police Assn., Cont'd. requesting permission to play Bingo at their Annual Spring Dance to be held at the American Legion Hall, April 1, 1948, was read. No action taken. Water and Sewer School and Plumbers School On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, Ira Vraalstad was authorized to attend the Water and Sewer School to be held at the University of Minnesota, March 15th to 20th, 1948; and Edwin Gilbert to attend the Plumbers School during the same period, with all necessary expenses paid. Motion was passed by unanimous vote of Council Members present. Licenses Approved (L. V. Foye) , _ IIIOn motion of Trustee Bolmgred, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the application of L. V. Foye for the following 1948 licenses was approved and the President and Clerk were authorized to issue licenses to expire December 31, 1948: • 3.2 Beer Off-Sale • Soft Drink Off-Sale Motion was passed by unanimous vote. of Council Members present. Permission to Place Poles On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the Northern States Power Company was authorized to place two (2) poles in alley between Raleigh and Salem Avenues and 27th and 28th Streets, by unanimous vote of Council Members present. Minutes The minutes of meeting held February 16, 1948 were read and approved as read. Special Permit to Connect to Water Main On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, a special permit was granted to -Alfred E. Johnson to connect the home at 5521 West 42nd Street to the water main in Webster Avenue and West 42nd Street for water service in said home, with the understanding that the owner of said property pay an assessment of $67.50; said payment to be credited to the future water main assessment when the III water main is laid past the said property. Motion was passed by unanimous vote of Council Members present. Meeting Adjourned The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 P. M. by President pro tem, H.W. Perkins. . /4„.„a„, p,„g - J H. W. PERKINS President pro tem, Village Council, St. Louis Park, Minnesota _ ATTES •_ d Jos ,i' JUSTAD Vi ` ge Clerk • SPECIAL MEETING - MARCH 8, 1948 A meeting of the Village Council was called to order by President pro tem H. W. Perkins at 8:02 P. M., with the following Councilmen present at roll call: Trustee Bolmgren III Trustee Perkins Clerk Justad Verified Claims On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Clerk Justad, 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 Perkins, Yea Clerk Justad, Yea