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HomeMy WebLinkAbout401 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1957/06/10230 Resolution No. 400 Adopted June 3, 1957 COMMENDING ANDY NELSON, CHIEF OF POLICE WHEREAS, the City Council deems it an appropriate time to review the long and faithful service of Andy Nelson as Chief of Police of the City of St. Louis Park, and WHEREAS, Andy Nelson has rendered outstanding service as an honest, humane and intelligent Chief and leader of the police force of the City, has trained the police officers of the City to be unusually courteous in the performance of their duties, and has rendered outstanding service to the children and youth of the City, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that Andy Nelson be hereby commended and congratulated for his outstanding service to the City as Chief of Police. Resolution No. 401 Adopted June 10, 1957 ORDERING STREET EXTENSIONS WHEREAS, the City Council has met at the time and place specified in the notice published in the St. Louis Park Dispatch May 30 and June 6, 1957, relating to the public improvements hereinafter described and has heard all interested persons appearing at said meeting and has secured from the City Engineer a report advising it in a preliminary way that each proposed improve- ment is feasible, and as to whether it should best be made as proposed or in connection with other improvements, and the estimated cost of the improvements, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that the following proposed extensions of public streets of the City be hereby ordered: Impr. No. Location 57-24 Extension of Yosemite Avenue from West 26th Street to West 27th Street (60 feet in width) 57-25 Extension of West 26th Street from the West line of Block 3, Eaton's 1st Addition West to the Easterly line of Yosemite Ave. extended North (60 feet in width) 57-26 57-27 57-28 Extension of the East one-half of Hampshire Ave. from the North line of Westwood Park 2nd Addition to Wayzata Blvd. (30 feet in width) Extension of the West one-half of Pennsylvania Ave. from West 16th Street to West 14th Street (30 feet in width) Extension of the North one-half of West 26th St. by acquisition of the South 33 feet of the West 360.7 feet of the SE* of the NEQ, Section 8, Township 117, Range 21 231 Resolution No. 401 - continued Impr. No. Location 57-29 Extension of West 26th Street from Natchez Ave. to Quentin Ave. extended North to Quentin Ave. extended North and extension of the West i of Natchez Ave. from West 27th St. to West 26th St. (30 feet in width) The City Attorney is authorized to commence proceedings in District Court of .Hennepin County for condemnation of rights of way for each of said Street extensions. Resolution No. 402 Adopted June 10, 1957 REJECTING BIDS FOR SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT NO. 56-52 SECTIONS B AND C WHEREAS, pursuant to advertisement for bids duly published, the City Council received and opened bids May 13, 1957, for construction of Sanitary Trunk Sewer No. 3, Sewer Improvement No. 56-52, Sections A, B and C, and WHEREAS, on May 20, 1957, the City Council by resolution determined that the bid so received from Nodland-Barbarossa, a joint venture, for Section A, in the sum of $986,059.00, was the lowest bid of a responsible bidder for said Section A, and that the bid of L & L, a joint venture consisting of Lametti & Sons, Inc. and Peter Lametti Construction Co., was the lowest bid of a responsible bidder for Sections B and C, and the City Council did at said time reject the bid of a joint venture consisting of Rue Contracting Company, a partnership, and Sornsin Construction Co. Inc., a corporation, as not being the lowest bid of a responsible bidder, and WHEREAS, legal action has been commenced questioning the validity of the contract to be entered into with said L & L, joint venture and Nodland- Barbarossa, joint venture and WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council that due to municipal bond market conditions it would be unwise to attempt to issue bonds to finance construction of said Sections A, B and C at this time, and that delay in con- struction of Sections B and C and the necessary financing of the same would be desirable in order to obtain a favorable interest rate, and WHEREAS, the Council has been advised by its Engineer that substantial saving in construction and supervision cost may be anticipated by re-adver- tising for said Sections B and C upon the basis of completion by May 1, 1958, in lieu of October 1, 1958, as provided for in the original contract conditions, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that the said bids received May 13, 1957, for Sections A, B and C, Sewer Improvement 56-52, by L & L, joint venture, and said Sornsin & Rue, joint venture, the same being submitted as "tied" bids, be hereby rejected together with bid of Nodland- Barbarossa for Sections B and C, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that action of the City Council May 20, 1957, determining the said bid of Nodland-Barbarossa, joint venture, to be the lowest bid of a responsible bidder received for said Section A, and authorizing ex- ecution of Contract by the Mayor and City Manager for said Section A is hereby ratified and confirmed, and