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Home My WebLink About57 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1955/04/2526 Resolution No. 56 - continued ��d�t�dK��g/Kkkd�(4/d�8�/��%��k��klX std/N0,�/Kk/t6XX6,�dr« WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park has given consider- ation to the provisions of the so-called Harris Bill (H.R. 4560), and WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park is a rapidly growing suburb of the City of Minneapolis, having a population in excess of 35,000 inhabitants residing for the most part in residences which have been constructed in the last ten years and which are heated by natural gas, the cost of such heating in this climate being a substantial item in the budget of every householder, and WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council that there is not a truly competi- tive market in the producing gas fields which constitute the supply of natural gas for this area, and that effective control of rates by the Federal Power Commission must necessarily include control of the prices paid to producers and owners of sources of supply, and WHEREAS, the City Council concludes that it may be assumed that the Federal Power Commission will 'properly take into account the risks involved in explora-_ tion for oil and natural gas in determining the prices of natural gas under its jurisdiction, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that the Congress of the United States be hereby memoralized in opposition to the passage of the so-called Harris Bill or any legislation having as its object the limita- tion of jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission with respect to prices and rates paid for natural gas to producers and owners of sources of supply, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park requests the members of Congress from Minnesota to exert their efforts in oppos- ition to this bill, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be directed to submit forthwith a copy of this resolution to each member of the congress of the United States from the State of Minnesota. Resolution No. 57 Adopted April 25, 1955 On motion of Councilman Bolmgren, seconded by Councilman Perkins, the follow- ing resolution having been read by the Secretary, was adopted by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS fe ST.LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY COVERING THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT, RECON- STRUCT, MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND USE A 1L2 -INCH WATER PIPE LINE WITHIN A 36 -INCH REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE CASING AT ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA WHEREAS,' the Council of the City of St. Louis Park has requested permission of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company to construct, reconstruct, main- tain, repair and use a 12 -inch water pipe line within a 36 -inch reinforced con- crete pipe casing,- across the right of way and under the main tracks of the railway, at/$0019W/0011/0/0M/#06100/1101/#10/0000//11,100/0 A /¢0g1 0/$ (j6 /16 01 Station 447 plus 73, St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota; and WHEREAS, there was presented to the Council a draft of proposed license agree- ment, bearing the legend at the top of the page "3-30-55", covering such cons- truction, etc., of said water pipe line, which draft was reviewed by the Council Members present. 0 a 2 Resolution No. 57 - continued BE -IT RESOLVED by the said Council of the City of St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota, that the City Manager and Mayor be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute a license agreement between the City of St. Louis Park and the Minneapolis i St. Louis Railway Company substantially in the form of the draft exhibited at this meeting, covering the right of the City to construct, re- construct, maintain, repair and use, at its own sole cost and expense, a 12 inch water pipe line within a 36 -inch reinforced concrete pipe casing, across the right of way and under the main tracks of the Railway, at Station 447 plus 73, St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Resolution No. 58 Adopted April 25. 1955 On motion of Councilman Jorvig, seconded by Councilman Middleton, the follow- ing resolution having been read by the -Secretary, was adopted by unanimous vote of all Members of the Council present: RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPOSED BUS ROUTES WHEREAS it is necessary in order to provide adequate public transportation within St. Louis Park and into Minneapolis with transfer privileges for residents of the westerly Section of the City that the Minneapolis Street Railway Company extend its bus lines along the routes hereinafter proposed, and it is essential that the residents of the areas to be served by these proposed routes be given the proposed service, and WHEREAS the routes hereinafter proposed appear to the Council to be feasible and desirable and if properly scheduled, not detrimental to existing service; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that the following proposed bus service extension of existing bus route of Minneapolis Street Railway Company be hereby approved, subject to the continuing right of the City Council to prescribe police regulations in connection with use thereof: Extension of route, now terminating at Minnetonka Boulevard at Idaho Avenue westerly on Minnetonka Coulevard to Louisiana Avenue; thence north on Louisiana Avenue to Cedar Lake Road; thence westerly on Cedar Lake Road ,to Boone Avenue; thence north on Boone Avenue to West 25th Street; thence easterly on 25th Street to return on Cedar Lake Road. Also on Minnetonka Boulevard from Louisiana Avenue -to Texas Avenue; thence south on Texas Avenue to West 37th Street; thence East on West 37th Street to State Highway No. 7; thence westerly on State Highway No. 7 to return to Texas Avenue. Also from Lake Street at Wooddale AvenueiSoutherly on Wooddale Avenue to West 36th Street; thence west on West 36th Street to Alabama Avenue; thence south on Alabama Avenue to Ezcelsior Boulevard; thence east on Excelsior Boulevard to Brookside Avenue; thence north on Brookside Avenue to return to Alabama Avenue (this latter route to replace the now existing service on Alabama Avenue from the Excelsior line of Twin City Motor Bus Company). BE IT -FURTHER RESOLVED that the City hereby approves application of the Minneapolis Street Railway Company to the Railroad,and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota for certificate authorizing such proposed extensions, and upon receiving such certificate the said Company shall be hereby author- ized to use said public streets of the City for such bus service on the sched- ules approved by the Commission from time to time, ,subject to the reserved right of Police regulation as heretofore observed, and on condition that trans- fer privileges be given on the said lines within St. Louis Park.