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Resolution No. 1426 Adopted July 22, 1957
APPROVING COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT CONTROL
WHEREAS, the City -Council has been informed by the Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Hennepin that it has under consideration a
proposed mosquito abatement program for the county, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has investigated mosquito abatement and
consulted with the state entomologist in regard thereto and undertaken a
comprehensive mosquito abatement program for the City of St. Louis Park
during 1956 and 1957, and deems it in the best interests of the people of
the City of St. Louis Park as well as the county as a whole that such a pro-
gram be undertaken by the county, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that
the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County be hereby urged to under-
take such mosquito abatement program for the entire area of Hennepin County
as said County Board deems appropriate.
Resolution No. 1427 Adopted July 22, 1957
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1420, ORDERING
STREET IMPROVEMENT
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has advised the City Council that the estim-
ated cost of alley surfacing Improvement No. 57-142, ordered by -Resolution No.
1420, will be less than $5,000.00; and it is advisable that the work be done by
the City and not done by cohtract, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council that said Resolution No. 1420 be
hereby amended so as to order the Director of Public Works to proceed with
said improvement by day labor.
Resolution No. 1428 Adopted July 29, 1957
ORDERING STREET GRADING AND GRAVELING
WHEREAS, the City Council has met at the time and place specified in
the notice published in the St. Louis Park Dispatch July 18 and 25, 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 im-
provement 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 public improvements be hereby ordered in
accordance with plans and specifications which have been prepared by the
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City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk, and which are hereby approved,
and the Director of Public Works is authorized to do the work with City
labor and equipment.
STREET GRADING AND GRAVELING
Impr. No.
57-43 Cedar Lake Road from Flag Avenue to County Road 18.
Resolution No. 429 Adopted July 29, 1957
FOR AWARD AND ISSUANCE OF IMPROVEMENT BONDS
WHEREAS, the City Council has opened bids for purchase of Improve-
ment Bonds to be issued by the City in the aggregate sum of $1,025,000.00,
to be dated September 1, 1957, pursuant to advertisement for bids published
July 13, 1957, in the Commercial West, and July 11, 1957, in the St. Louis
Park Dispatch, as authorized by Resolution No. 418 Authorizing Advertisement
for Bids for Purchase of Improvement Bonds, adopted by the City Council
July 8, 1957, which bids are as follows:
Allison Williams & Associates: 3.60% on all bonds maturing March 1, 1959,
1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963; 4.10% on all bonds maturing March 1, 1964, 1965,
1966, 1967 and 1968, plus extra interest of 1.20% per annum for period
March 1, 1958 to March 1, 1959 represented by separate coupons.
Kalman & Company Incorporated & Associates: 4.10% on_all bonds plus separate
and additional coupons on all bonds at the annual rate of 8/10 of 1% from
March 1, 1958 to September 1, 1958 and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems the said bid of Allison -Williams
Company and Associates: Piper Jaffray and Hopwood, J. M. Dain & Company,
Northwestern National Bank, First National Bank of Minneapolis, First National
Bank of St. Paul, Mannheimer Egan, Incorporated and Caldwell Phillips Company
to be the highest and best bid of a responsible bidder, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City -Council of the City of St. Louis Park as
follows:
1. The said bid of AllisonWi]liams Company and said associates
(hereinafter referred to as "purchasers") is hereby accepted to purchase
$1,025,000.00 Improvement Bonds of the City of St. Louis Park dated Septem-
ber 1, 1957, to bear interest as follows: Bonds numbered 1 to 750 maturing
in the years 1959 to 1963 both inclusive shall bear interest at the rate of
3.60% per annum to September 1, 1958, at the rate of 4.80% per annum from
September 1, 1958 to September 1, 1959, represented by two separate sets of
interest coupons in the amounts of $18.00 and $6.00 respectively, and at the
rate of 3.60% per annum after September 1, 1959; and bonds numbered 751 to
1025 maturing in the years 1964 to 1968, both inclusive, shall bear interest
at the rate of 4.10% per annum to September 1, 1958, at the rate 5.30% per
annum from September 1, 1958 to September 1, 1959, represented by two separ-
ate sets of interest coupons in the amounts of $20.50 and $600 resetvely,
and at the rate of 4.10% per annum after September 1, 1959, .0interest
payable September 1, 1958 and semi-annually thereafter on March 1, and Sept-