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December 13, 1954
REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 13, 1954
A' regular meeting of the Village Council was called7to order by Mayor R. C.
Fernstrom at 8:10 P. M.
The following Council Members were present at roll call:
Trustee Jorvig
Trustee Middleton*
Clerk Justad
Mayor Fernstrom
Also present was Village Attorney, Edmund. T. Montgomery.
Verified Claims
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the following verified
claims were approved, and the Mayor and Clerk were authorized to issue warrants covering
same, by the following roll call vote: Trustee Jorvig, yea; Trustee Middleton, yea;
Clerk Justad, yea; Mayor Fernstrom, yea:
Aldersgate Methodist Church 25.00 Anderson Cadillac, Inc. 25`.00
American-La France-Foamite Corp. 34145 Orville_Anderson 60.00
Badger Meter Mfg. Co. 210.33 Baldwin Supply Company 1.35
Behning. Hardware Co. 1.90 Belt Line Pay Dump 75.00
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to 1.69 Ole Bergerson 50.00
Bethesda Invalid Home 90.00 A. B. BJornson 67.50
tt It it 150.00 Black Top Service Company 5488
Behning, Hardware Co. .31 _ " " It
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11 1.30 Boyer-Gilfillan Motor Co. 70.13
.30 Brookside Drug 8.36
Victor Carlson & Sons, Inc. 25.00 " " 13.75
Civil Service Assembly 6.00 !' " 2.39
Commonwealth Electric Company 48.49 " " 1:66
Community Chest & Council of Henn. Co. 2.00 " " 23.52
Dahlberg Brothers, Inc. 3.75 '' " 23.48
if it to 26.74 n n 1.10
if if tt 8.68 " " 3.00
Doepke Building Movers 1,000.00 !' '-' 18.98
Ess Brothers Foundry 360.00 Ewald's Dairy 6.63
M. L. Gergestad 11,97 R. C. Fernstrom 94.20
J. V. Gleason 101.92 Hewitt Rubber Company 324.00
Gruss Industries, Inc. 49.25 Hoglund & Company 7.11
J. V. Gleason 434.75 Homelite Corporation 21:60
V it ' It 3,148.37 H. V. Johnston Culvert Co. 78.75
Vernice E. Larson 3.85 Lilac Way Mobile Station 10.70
Wm. H. Mc Coy 243.6o Midway Tractor and Equipment 17.81
Minn. Fire Equipment Company 1.50 National Tea Company 27.04
Andy Nelson 172.00 NW Bell Telephone Co. 66.25
Park Dance Studio 25.00 L. P. Pederson 81.30
Red Owl Stores 41.10 Rosholt Equipment Co. 17.94
it tt It 24.92 ,t tt It 62.97
Service Equipment Mfg. Co. 69.95 " " " 9.42
Shell Oil Company 32.86 Don Skoro 1.40
Union Cong'l. Church _ 25.00 Vil. of SLP Water Revenue Bond
West Disinfecting Company 57.05 Debt Redemption Fund _ 2,523.00
Lois E. Williams 2.00 Wooddale Luthern Church 25.00
Gas Main Extension
On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Middleton, the following gas
main extension was approved by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present:
Job S-331 In Utah Avenue at West 35th Street.
Applications for 1954 Licenses
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the following appli-
cations for 1954 licenses were approved, and the Mayor and Clerk were authorized to
issue licenses to expire December 31, 1954, by unanimous vote of all Members of the
Council present:
Macey Sign, Incorporated Signs and Billboards
Minnesota Tree Service Christmas Trees
Robert Peterson " 11
Floyd Roberg it if
December 13, 1954
Applications for 1955 Licenses
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the following
applications for 1955 licenses were approved, and the Mayor and Clerk were authorized
to issue licenses to expire December 31, 1955, by unanimous vote of all Menbers of
the Council present.
Anderson Cadillac, Incorporated Gas Station 2 pumps
Anderson & Dahlen, Incorporated Gas Connections
It it " Heating
Arrowhead Fireworks Company, Inc. Store Fireworks
Bacons Electric Shop Electrical
Belden-Porter Company Electrical
'! Heating
n n it Plumbing
Belt Line Shell Service Gas Station 7 pumps
. Betty's Cafeteria Restaurant
" it Cigarette
Blaylock Plumbing -Company Plumbing
Blix and Neslund Electric Company Electrical
Bostrom Sheet Metal Works, Inc. Heating
Bowler Company, a Corporation Heating
11 11 " Plumbing
Brookside Drug Store 3.2 Beer Off-Sale
Restaurant
Cigarette
Canteen Company of Minnesota "
Wm. Carlson Plumbing & Heating Co. Plumbing
Coca Cola Bottling- Company Signs and Billboards
Cook Appliance, Incorporated Gas Connections
Cramer Electric Company .electrical
Richard. B. Dewey "
Electric Maintenance Corporation "
John Ess and Sons "
Excelsior Baking Company Bakery Truck 2 Trucks
Family Fruit Store Cigarette
It It it Sell Milk Retail
'! '! '! Soft Drink
It '-' It 3.2 Beer Off-Sale
Foo Chu Cafe Restaurant
" it It Cigarette _
. Gustafson-Fuxa, Incorporated Electrical
T. D. Gustafson Company Gas Connections
n It n • n Heating
if n if n _ Plumbing
Harry S. Horwitz and Company
Bonds
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee- Jorvig, the following
bonds which have been approved by Village Attorney, Edmund T. Montgomery were approved
by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present:
CAS INSTALLATION BOND $1,000.00
Anderson & Dahlen, Incorporated, principal
Columbia Casualty Company, surety
Effective December 31, 1954 Expires December 31, 19550
HEATING LICENSE BOND $$12000.00
Anderson & Dahlen, Incorporated, principal
Columbia Casualty Company, surety
Effective December 31, 1954 Expires December 31, 19550
HEATING LICENSE BOND $1,000.00
Belden-Porter Company, a Corporation, principal
Commercial Insurance Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 19550
PLUMBING LICENSE BOND $4,000,00
Belden-Porter Company, a Corporation, principal
Commercial Insurance Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955°
PLUMBING LICENSE BOND $4,000.00
Blaylock Plumbing Company, a Corporation, principal
Commercial Insurance Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955
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Bonds, Continued
HEATING LICENSE BOND $1",000.00
Bostrom Sheet Metal Works, Incorporated, principal
Saint Paul-Mercury Indemnity Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955.
HEATING LICENSE BOND $1,000.00
Bowler Company, a Corporation, principal
Commercial Insurance Company, surety
Effective Date January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955.
PLUMBING LICENSE BOND $4,000.00
Bowler Company, a Corporation, principal
Commercial Insurance Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955.
PLUMBING LICENSE BOND $4,000.00
Wm. Carlson Plumbing & Heating Co., principal
Commercial Insurance Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955•
SIGN AND BILLBOARD BOND $1,000.00
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Minnesota, Inc., principal
Saint Paul-Mercury Indemnity Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955.
GAS INSTALLATION BOND $1,000.00
Cook Appliances, Incorporated, principal
The Travelers Indemnity Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 December 31, 19.55, Expires.
GAS INSTALLATION BOND $1,000.00
T. D. Gustafson Company, principal
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, surety ,
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955.
HEATING LICENSE BOND $10000.00
T. D. Gustafson Company, principal
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, surety _
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955,
PLUMBING LICENSE BOND $4,000.00
T. D. Gustafson Company, principal
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955.
PLUMBING LICENSE BOND - $4,000.00
Harry S. Horwitz, dba Harry S. Horwitz & Company, principal
Commercial Insurance Company, surety
Effective January 1, 1955 Expires December 31, 1955.
SIGN AND BILLBOARD BOND $1,000.00
Macey Signs, Incorporated, principal
Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company, surety
Effective January 20, 1954 Expires December 31, 1954.
PUBLIC CONTRACTORS BOND $12,000.00
Leonard C. Swedlund, dba Ecklund and Swedlund, principal
United Pacific Insurance Company, surety
Effective November 22, 1954 -- covering the furnishing of all labor and
materials 4nd complete grading of all streets laid out and dedicated in
subdivision plat known as Cedar Knoll Manor Third Addition, in accord-
ance with grades and plans therefore established by the Village Engineer
and in addition thereto stabilize and surface said streets in accord-
ance with specifications on file in the Office of the Village Engineer.
Plat Approved - Rearrangement of Lot 6, Block 3. Cedarcrest Second Addition
On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Middleton, the Plat of Rear-
rangement of Lot 6, Block 3, Cedarcrest Second Addition was approved and accepted,
and the Mayor and Clerk were authorized to sign same for the Village, subject to
approval of the Village Attorney, by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council
present.
December 13, 1954
Petition for Sanitary Sewer
On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Clerk Justad, the following petition
was, referred to the Village Engineer, Chairman of the Sewer Department Committee
and Special Assessment Department for checking and recommendation, by unanimous vote
of all Members of the Council present:
P-1519 PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER, signed by Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Svenddal,
2849 Brunswick Avenue and others, dated December 13, 1954, for the
construction of sanitary sewer in BRUNSWICK AVENUE FROM 28TH STREET
TO 29TH STREET.
Planning Commission's Report on Application for Permits to Erect Billboards - General
Planning Commission's report dated December 8, 1954, on the application of
General Outdoor Advertising Company for permit to erect seven billboards on the roof
of the Texa-Tonka Shopping Center at 8000 Minnetonka Boulevard, and for two bill-
boards on the roof at 7924 Minnetonka Boulevard, was read.
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the above applica-
tions for permits to erect billboards were referred to the Committee of the Whole
for further investigation, by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present.
Quit Claim Deed
On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Middleton, the quit claim
deed with St. Louis Park Theatre Company as party of the first part, and the Village
of St. Louis Park as party of the second part, dated November 1, 1954, for the
following described property to be used for alley purposes, was approved and accepted,
and the Village Attorney was instructed to file said deed with the Office of Register
of Deeds of Hennepin County, Minnesota, by unanimous vote of all Members of the
Council present:
"FOR ALLEY PURPOSES: That part of the East seven (7) feet of the West five-
eighths (W 5/8) of the Northeast quarter (NES) of the Northwest quarter
(NW4) of Section Six (6), Township Twenty-eight (28), Range Twenty-four
lying North of the South line of West Thirty-first Street extended "West."
Planning Commission's Report on Application for Permit to Build Warehouse
Planning Commission's report dated December 8, 1954, on the application of
M. L. Gordon Sash and Door Company for a permit to build a warehouse at Lake Street,
Monitor Avenue and Highway No. 7, was read.
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the M. L. Gordon
Sash and Door Company were granted a permit to erect a warehouse at Lake Street,
Monitor Avenue and Highway No. 7, subject to twenty-foot setback from State Highway
No. 7 property line as required by Ordinance, and that the spur track to be connected
with the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad shall not cross Lake Street; and,
subject to further consideration that the setback of the building from Lake Street
conform to the setback line established by the existing buildings to the east in
the same block, by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council presents and the
Building Inspector was authorized to issue said permit, according to plans therefore
submitted by the applicant.
Equipment and Supplies for Civil Defense
On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Middleton, the following
requisitions for equipment and supplies for the Office of Civil Defense, signed by
Ralph La Hue, Director, were approved, and the Clerk was authorized to issue purchase
orders covering same,' by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present:
No. 4587 Dated December 8.,- 1954 Approximate Amount $ 36.48
No. 4588 it rr 8, " " rr 7.45
No. 4589 �� n 9, u n rr 22.16
No. 4590 n n' 10, n rr " 23.50
No. 4591 rr n 10� rr n " 352.00
No. 4592 " " 1.12 n If n 75.96.
Advertise for Bids for Meters, Horns and Stops
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the Clerk was
authorized to advertise for the following materials for the' Water Department; bids
to be opened January 3, 1955, by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present:
500 5/8" x 3/4" meters
3 2" Compound Meters
4 3° it it
500 Copper Meter Horns
500 5/8" x 3/4" Corporation stops
25 1" Corporation stops.
Application for Permit to Erect Sign - Macey Signs
On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Middleton, the application of
December 13, 1954
Application for Permit to Erect Sign, Cont'd. C�
Macey Signs, dated November 12, 1954 for a permit to erect an advertising sign
for Pilgrim Cleaners at 6408 Minnetonka Boulevard was approved subject to proper
setbacks, and the Building Inspector was authorized to issue permit for same, by
unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present.
Payroll Checks - December 23, 1954
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Clerk Justad, the Mayor and Clerk
were authorized to issue Village Employee's December 31st, 1954 salary checks on
December 23, 1954, by unanimous vote of all Members of the -Council present.
Salary Increase for June Sandberg
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the salary of
June Sandberg, Water Department Clerk, was increased from $210.00 per month to
-$220.00_,per month, effective December 1, 1954 to conform with automatic increase,
by�aW Wan vote�of all Members of the Council present.
Request for Limited Audit of Accounts and Affairs of Village for 1954
On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Middleton, the Clerk was
instructed to order a limited audit of the accounts and affairs of the Village
for the year 1954 by the State Public Examiners Office, as provided for in Laws
of 1953, Chapter 689, by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present.-
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Setback for Garage - Frank Anderson
Frank Anderson, 9011 Stanlen Road appeared. Explained the 28' setback 'of the
garage he is constructing on his property and presented a letter from the neighbors
on either side stating that they'have no objection to this setback.
Resolution
On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Middleton, the following
resolution was adopted by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present:
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS Frank Anderson, owner of premises located at 9011 Stanlen Road has
informed the- Council that in construction of a residence on his said lot, due to a
mistake in the survey, not due to the owner's fault, the front line of the residence
is set back 28 feet from the adjacent street instead of the required 30 feet; and
waiver having been filed with the Council signed by adjacent property owners, and it
appearing that due to partial completion of the residence before discovery of the
error, unnecessary hardship and practical difficulty will occur unless a reasonable
variation in the setback is permitted, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that variation in setback requirement of the Zoning Ordinance
for lot known as 9011 Stanlen Road be hereby authorized so as to permit construction
of residence thereon with 28 foot setback from Stanlen Road.
Animal Report
Animal report of Animal Rescue League of Hennepin County for week ending
December 11, 1954, was read and ordered filed.
Advertise for Bids for Squad Cars
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the Clerk was
instructed to advertise for bids for one to four squad cars for Police Department,
trading in the cars now being used; proposal to show the credit or allowance to be
given for each car to be traded in; bids to be opened on -Deeember_-27, 1954, by unani-
mous vote of all Members of the Council present. 0 L
Minutes
The minutes of meetings held December 6 and 10, 1954 were read. On inotionoof
Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the minutes of meetings held December
6, and 10, 1954 were approved by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present.
Meeting Ad-iourn ed
On motion of Trustee Middleton, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the meeting was
adjourned at 10:55 P. M., by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present.
R. C. FERNSTROM, Mayor
ATTEST:
JOSEPA JU , Clerk