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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJul 10, 1961OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting july 10, 1961 ~,ieetin~ called to order at S p.m. Ail m~bers present. Invocation offered by Father Brand of ~]maculate Conception Church. Motion by King seconded by Orendorff, that we dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last regular and special meetings. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by McCline seconded by Chies, that the following bills be paid out of their proper funds: Roll Call - Ail Ayes. Walter D. Bowers Griggs,Cooper & Co. Old Peoria Co. Ed. Phillips & Sons Walter D. Bo%~ers Johnson Paper & Sup. Mpls. Gas Co. N. S.P. Co. Payroll Account Petty Cash Extra Payroll Addressograph Mult. Corp. Admin. Street, Water American Linen Sup. Am. Photocopy Equip. Bob's Gun Shop Burroughs Corp. City of C.H. C. H. Body Shop C.H. Firemen's Relief C. H. Pharmacy C.H. Police Relief C.H.Water Dept. Construction Bulletin Ralph J. Corbett Dalielson Pharmacy Far,ham ' s Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk First Natl. Bank Gallagher's Service Gopher Glass Co. 21.55 Floyd C. Lawson 20.10 120.59 Leef Bros. Inc. 92.56 4~4.12 Lorby Bus & ~hol. 3S.00 227.01 Lyle Signs Inc. 50.40 ~.25 Magee Hale Park 0 Meter 2~.S0 10S.21 ~dwest Bldg. Services 199.09 152.16 Gladys b~ller,City Tr. 1,02~.92 2069.~6 Miller-~avis Co. 126.00 24,156.17 Minar Co. 42.09 159.72 Mpls. Oxygen Co. 1.60 S6.93 ~tpls. Welders Sup. Co. 5.37 ~5.30 Mobil Oil Co. 275.33 202.50 Motorola 27.50 2.60 Munic. Equip. Co. 37.50 65.00 Natl. Ch~]~earch Corp. 396.86 31.25 Natl. Recorders 51.40 12.50 Bruce ~awrocki 11.00 30.00 Northern Automotive Co. 15.05 175.00 Northern Sanitary Sup. 15.50 4.50 Northrup,Y~ng & Co. 25.16 50.00 North Star Concrete Co. 100.4~ 107.06 Nils Nygaard 33.50 3,156.67 Oil Burner Service Co. 7.86 11.24 Joe Orendorff ~.50 3,156.63 Ovshak Printing Co. 487.30 38.26 Pepsi-Cola Btlg. Co. 10.66 33.60 Pepsi Cola Btlg. Co. 15.00 355.89 Walter Reinhart 2.1~ 1~.56 H.A. Rogers Cu. 230.86 10.90 C.R. Sonnenberg 415.00 162.50 Kenneth Stinson 30~.30 46,971.70 Tierney Typewriter Co. 12.15 1,932.92 Warner Hardware S.64 40.00 Warning Lites of Minn. 32.40 16.28 M.O. %'~atson 16.35 54.17 Dale ~'~ick 10.50 Wm.H. Ziegler Co. 396.13 3.7~ Albinson 72.15 3.30 Borchert ingersoll inc. 1S5.53 106.17 Park Board Petty Cash 15.01 25.00 Dunkley Surf. Co. 183.25 25100 Grace-Lee Products Inc. 3.34 121.87 O.W.Kromer Co. 7~.40 8.50 Lakelakd Sign Co. 35.75 11.30 John P. Murzyn 14.03 28.20 Olson Plumbing Co. 21.5o 95.75 Grant Storage Battery Div. 34.29 Gray Company HallingBros. Heights Elec. Co. W.L Herbert,M.D. Ind. Sch. Dist.%13 J & W Mfg. Co. Chas. E.Keeley Co. Keep Fill Products Lange Tank & Maint. BILLS CONT'D. Alex Atroshenko ~%~erican Linen Sup. Automatic Refrig.¢nc. Coca-Cola Btlg. Co. Gordon Cummens M.M. Dahlheimer Distillers Distr. Co. J.C.Doherty & Sons O.M. Droney Bev. Co. H.J. Dumphy Agency H.J. Dumphy Agency Famous Brands,Inc. Griggs,Cooper & Co. Kuether Distr. Co. Lynn Johnson Co. Inc. 91.'20 91.84 4O .O5 91.06 250.00 1,882..26 3,918.83 825.60 2,138.26 2,445.10 358.10 8,310i86 206.62 573.72 .433.50 197.72 McKesson & Robbins . Mid-West Wine Co.. Misc. Liquor& Rest. Tr. Fund Natl. Cash Reg. Co. Old Peoria Co. Ed. Phillips& Sons Pilgrim Bottling Co. Joe~-J~-Rak Francis Roach ~' John P. Roach · Schlitz Brewing Co. Sunderland Sup.,Co. Yale Engineers,Inc. Recreation Bills 987.64 315.80 77.00 30.60 35.64 163.99 1,053.06 4,495.24 4.20 150.48 3.60 305.00 -107.30 12.75 1,546.9~ TOTAL $121,052.72 Mr. I<va!heim'discussed the Storm sewer installation presently being made'across £¢~. Herringer's property east of Hart Lake and 39th Avenue. Mr~ Kvatheim,stated that Fir. Herri~ger ahd 'the City Manager would meet with him Tuesday noon to discuss several existing probl~0s, including, this installation. Motion by McCline seconded by King, that the meeting adjourn at 8:30 p.m Roil'Call - Ail Ayes. Recess'called. Meeting called to order at 8:35 p~m. .Seating" .of new council~took place. Roll'Call: Armstrong, King, McCline Nawrocki, Oren~orff. Motion by McCline seconded by Orendorff, that Robert King be re-elected President of the City Council. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by King seconded by McCline, that Eva Pritchard be retained as' Secretary of the CitYCuuncil . Roll Call - Ail Ayes. ~otion by Orendorff se~on~sd by Nawrocki, that the regular council meetings be held~at 8 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th ~4onday of each month.' Bids'on air conditioning the CA~inistration offices were received from the.following: Frank's Heating & Sheet Metal Co. Standard Heating Co.- Motion by orendorff seconded by ~awro~zi, that these bids for air conditioning be turned over to the City Manager and report back at the next'regular meeting. Roll Call - All,Ayes. Request was received from Edner Erickson for subdivision of Lot 12, Block 3, Silver Lake Addition. Motion by King seconded by Orendorff, that this.request for .subdivision be granted as follows: Southeasterly % of Lot 12 and Lot 13 - 60' Bldg. site; Northwesterly % of Lot 12 and Lot'll - 60' Bldg. side, upon payment of outstanding special assessments of $343.02. Roll Call-- All Ayes.~ Request was received from Rand'Realty foJ'"subdivision of Lot 5,Block 5, Auditors Sub. of Waltons"S.A.4th. Motion by ~cCline seconded by ~awrocki, that this request for subdivision be granted as follows: South 77' of the West 115' of Lot 5,Block 5; Lot 5 except the South 77' of the West 115', Block 5, Aud. Sub.of W.S.A.4th, upon payment of the outstanding special assessments. Roll Call - All Ayes~' Request was received from Theodore Holsten for subdivision of Lot 43 and the East ½ of the East ½ of Lot 44, Sheffield Acres. Motion by McCline seconded by King, that 'this request for subdivision be granted as follows: Easterly 64' of Lot 43, Sheffield Acres; Westerly 64' of Easterly 12S' of Lot 43; Westerly 22' of Lot 43, and Easterly ½ of East ~ of Lot 44, upon payment of the outstanding special assessments of $1,913.93. Roll Call - All Ayes. Petition received to open alley between 45th & 46th, ~d~ 7th & Washington. Motion by King seconded by ~IcCline, that a hearing be held on this alley opening at the August 14th meeting. Roll Call - All Ayes. Request from Oscar Hartz for base work on Lincoln Street north of 37th. Motion by McCline seconded by Orendorff, that a hearing be set for July 24th for this base work. Roll Call - All Ayes. Request for Curb,Gutter & Blacktop on 46~ between Jefferson & ~adison. Motion by McC!ine seconded by King, that a hearing be held on this work at the July 2~th ~eeting and include Jefferson to £~lonroe. Roll Call - All Ayes. R~quest for special Use permit to operate catering service at 4000 Washington St.N.E. Motion by Nawrocki seconded by ~lcCline, that this peri,it be denied due to lack of suffieient parking space. Roll Call - All Ayes. The City Council requested a statement fro~ Florence Dziuk as to the activities of catering service. Mr. Robert Bird presented a preliminary plat of Reservoir Heights and requested lot exchange with Columbia Heights to be used for Park purposes. Motion by King seconded by Nawrocki, that the City Manager be authorized to obtain an appraisal of certain property in Reservoir Hills for the p~rpose of exchange with ~r. Bird. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by King seconded by Orendorff, to give approval of preliminary plat of Reservoir Heights. Roll Call - All Ayes. ~. joe ~oodman~039 University Ave. was present regarding sewer in- stallation on University Avenue from A0th Avenue to 42nd. Motion by King seconded~y ~lcClime, that a hearing be held at the next regular meeting for the installation of sanitary sewer on University Avenue from 40th Avenue 700 feet north. Roll Call-Ail Ayes. Resolution offered by Nawrocki seconded by I~ing, BE i~ HEP~EBY i~ESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, that i'V~EREAS, it has become necessary and expedient due to traffic volumes in the City of Columbia Heights, to plan for additional signalized intersections primarily on Trunk Highway ~5, and WI{EREAS, The Depart~ment of High%~ays of the State of ~,~innesota has indicated their willingness to cooperate in the planning, design and financin~ of additional signalized intersections, and W~EP~EAS, Present road developments and access routing 'necessitat~tes immediate action, TPIEREFORE, The City Council. of the City of Columbia .Heights hereby agrees to enter into a contract with -the Department of Highways of 'the State of 9Linnesota for the purpose of: Re-v'ampin~the existing semaphore at A0th Avenue and Central Avenue, into a multi-dial system. Replacing of -the School signal at 4!st Avenue N.E. and Central, with standard traffic control sig~als. - Installing a multi-dial traffic control signal for AA-th and 45th~ Avenues on C~ntral Avenue synchronized to facilitate smooth traffic flow on Central Avenue. Interconhecting of the foregoing signalized intersections along Central Avenue from 40th to 45th ~venues. Installing of a fully traffic actuated signal at 'the County Roa~ intersection at 49th ~_venue N.E. and Central Avenue, and ~7~IEREAS, ~wo of'these signalized intersections involve the Village of Hilltop as well as the City of Columbia Heights, that the financing pf the signals owned jointly, by the two communities, including maint- enance and power supplied, shall be'handled by separate contractural agreement between the two communities. Roll Call - All Ayes.. Resolution~offered by ~ing seconded by ~IcCline, BE IT I-~BY RESOLVED by the City Council of 'the City of Columbia Heights, that the City Treasurer be and'she is hereby instructed to transfer from 'the Liquor Fund as- Follows: $3,741.78 to the Fire Fund 500.00 to the Band Fund and that there--are sufficient moneys in said Liqu. or Fund to make such transfer. ~ol! Call - All Ayes. The City Manager reoorted the Board of Equalization was meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 13, t9~1. ~ ~ ~ne City Manager reported that a complete Generator was'available from .the Shriners. i{ospital, which c~uld be used for the new pump station'for emergency pumping. This will be checked into further. The City Council agreed to hold interviews on July 20th starting at 7 p.m. with applicants who wished to serve on the Planning & Zoning Commission and other Commissions and Boards. ~Iotion by King seconded by Orendorff, that Bruce Nawrocki, be appointed as Council representative on 'the Planning and Zoning Commission. Roll Call - All Ayes. ~dotion by Orendorff seconded by Nawrocki, 'that Bob I{ing be appointed as 'the Council representative on the Recreation Commission. Roll Call - All Ayes. A Resolution was received from 'the Columbia Heights Library Board, recommending that the present .Library Board consisting of iqine- (9) members be abolis~ed and that a new Board consisting of Five (5) members be appointed.- Motion by ~.~Cline seconded by King, 'that the recommendation of the Library Board be accepted, and that an ordinance be drawn in this accord. Roll Call - All Ayes. First reading of Ordinance No.52S, Being an Ordinance abolishing the Library Board as created in Ordinance No.316, as amended in Ordinance No.317, and establishing a Library Board for the City of Columbia Heights of Five (5) members. Motion by King seconded by McCline, that the final plat of Rand Realty be accepted subject to the approval of the County Surveyor and City Attorney. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by King seconded by McCline, that the City Manager be authorized to spend up to $500.00 for the construction of a s~'ap manhole for storm drainage purposes, in the Block between Washington & Jefferson from 49th to 50th. Roll Call - All Ayes. The City Engineer reported considerable time had been spent in a study ~or immediate measures to be taken and for future design of an ultimate water main syst~o. The City Engineer asked for the concurrence of the City Council to hire rental equipment to speed up the base work so that the bituminous sur- facing can be installed before the end of August this year, and this was granted. First reading Ordinance t~o.$29, BEiS~G AN ORDINANCE ~NDING O.%DINANCE NO. 462: Adopting a district map containing boundaries of Districts within each of which various regulations shall apply, defining certain terms used herein: Requiring the provision of automobile parking space: Providing for exception of certain regulations: Providing for ~ending these regulations and the Map: Establishing a Board of Appeals: Providing for a~oinistration and enforcement and imposing penalties for the violation and relealing Ordinance No.171, and ordinances amending same. Motion by McCline seconded by I~ing, that the following estimates be paid out of the proper funds: Northern Contracting Co. $1500.00 R.D. Thomas & Associates 760.56 Park Construction Co. 8955.53 Anderson Aggregates 5091.14 Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by King seconded by Nawrocki, that the solicitor's permit request from Thomas O"Neill, be denied. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by Orendorff seconded by Nawrocki, that the following Licenses be granted, upon pa~ent of the proper fee: Roll Call - 3.11 Ayes. Brite-Lite Elec. Co. 1091 Payne Ave.,St. Paul Electrical U.S. Bench Corp. ~ corner 43rd & Central " ~ corner of 40th & Central Special Use Permit j~aes Kiycheff, 4040 Central Ave. TV & Radio Repair Serv. ~nil C. Pitter 4002 - ~th St.,Special Use Motion by King seconded by McCiine, that the meeting adjourn at 11:42 p. ' . Secretary ~o City Council Roll Call - All Ayes. MAYOR '