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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDec 22, 1969136. REPORTS The City Manager reported contacting hardware stores in the Columbia Heights area informing plastic garbage containers are illegal in the City and asking cooperation in selling metal containers to the residents. The City Attorney reported the new Council members take office the~ first business day in January and there is no requirement that a Council meeting be held that day. He reported either an ordinance be adopted or the City Manager call a meeting to establish the date of the first meeting. The City Attorney informed the Council members there has been trouble in the schools with people pulling the fire alarms. The City Engineer reported Orfei and Sons began work on the H.U.D. project.. LICENSES Councilman King raised a question about a solicitor's license application 'from the Christian Record Braille Foundation and it was decided to hold the application until another meeting. Motion by King~ seconded by Jeska that the license applications as per list attached except the one from Christian Record Braille Foundation be approved as presented upon payment of proper fees. Roll Call - All Ayes. Hotion by King, seconded by Jeska All Ayes. to adjourn at ll.~.j3 p.m. Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor Roll Call Secretary ~'o the Council OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting December 22, 1969 The meeting was called to order at 8:07 p.m. ~leska, Nawrocki - present. Logacz - absent. Roll Call: Land, King, Motion by Land, seconded by' Jeska that the minutes of the last regular meeting be approved as presented in writing and the reading dispenseo wi th. Roll Call - All Ayes. I I 137. Motion by Jeska, seconded by King that the following bills be paid out of their proper funds: Roll Call - All Ayes. Payro!l Account Consolidated Beverage 3ohnson Bros.Whle. Liq. Johnson Paper & Sup. Ed Phillips & Sons Co. Sep-Ko Chemicals, Inc. 3rd N.W. Bank -Investment A & A Hdwe. Ability Tire Co. Aibinson Am. Custom Uniform Co. Am. Linen Supply Co. Am. Photocopy Equip. Co. Anoka Co. Chiefs of Pol. Armco Steel Corp. Armco Steel Corp. B & E Patrol, Inc. John Ba rna Bill Boyer Ford Co. Brookdale Ford Burroughs Corp. $37,040. 10 121 .00 2,831 .08 46.36 314.42 164.78 .O0 28.57 634.82 64.89 4.8O 11 .76 120.00 5.OO 25.O8 715.65 300 .O0 2.5O 23.80 32.23 19.55 Cash Register Sales, Incr 379.80 Cherne Industrial, Inc. 228.92 Coast to Coast 314.95 Coast to Coast 47.39 Col.Hts. Fire Dept. 350.00 Col. Hts. Fire Dept. 348.00 Col. Hts. Pharmacy 41.22 Col. Hts. Library 24.89 Commercial Saw Co. 5.00 Conway Fire Extinguisher 6.00 Crown Iron Works Co. 158.40 Crystal Motors, Inc. 143.07 Dictating Machine Serv. 249.00 Div. of Boiler Inspec. 12 OO John T. Downey 7 51 Monroe Dragsten 6 70 Elk River Concrete Prod.l,413 04 F & M Motor Service 2 25 Finance & Commerce 11 O0 Flexible Pipe Tool Co. 216 35 Donald J. French 17 30 Friden Div., Singer Co. 44 O0 Fridley Office Sup. Co. 82.04 Merle Glader 4.33 Glenwood Inglewood 96.33 Gestetner Corp- 16.50 Goodin Company 19.90 Gopher State Oil Co. $ C~oss Industrial Ser. Great North Trading Post Hagen Office Equipment, Inc. Hall Equipment, Inc. Royhl Hedblad Hts. Shell Service Henn.Co. Chiefs of Police Hillcrest Safety Equip. Homelite Independ. ScholDist.13 Instrument Cont.Co. I.B.M. Corp. Int'l. Harvester Co. Albert Kordiak Melvin Land J.N. Larson Chevrolet Thomas Larson Leer Bros., Inc. Donald Lohse Lowry Lbr. Co. Lyle Signs, Inc. John P. Marchiniak Metro. Business Forms Midway Tractor & Equip. Miller Davis Co. Mpls. Equipment Co. Minn.Admin.Asst. Assoc. Minn. Chiefs of Police Assoc. Minn. Pol. & PeaceOff. Assoc. Modern Clean-up James E. Montague Nat'l. Fire Protect. Assoc. No. States Power Co. No. Suburb. Mutual Aid N.W. Bell Tel. Co. Northwest Landfill, Inc. Olson Plbg. Co. Olson Radiator Co. Ovshak Prtg. Co. Paper Calmenson & Co. Phillips Petroleum Co. Postmaster Power Tools, Inc. Riebeth Welding Supply Harry K. Russell Richard L. Schmidt Sherwin-Williams, Co. 112.20 25.60 60.00 17.00 193.24 IO.OO 6.O5 5.OO 175.70 4O.65 157.56 14.37 8.4O 16 31 160 O0 9o 65 24 65 15 3O 102 47 16 25 28 57 273 36 10 OO 97.30 28.5O 64.25 17.34 2.00 10.O0 48.oo 1,000.00 23.20 22.75 4.OO 34.00 25.OO 44.OO 190.87 22.50 69.50 297.92 103.40 18.50 19.30 4.73 225.00 5.3O 14.42 138. Shoppers City Singer, Friden Div. Spencer' Sokolowski Standard 0il Co. Standard Spring Co. Minn. Dept. of Highways Suburb. Poi. & Peaceoffic. Superior Products Sun Newspapers Tracy Prtg. Co. Uniforms Unlimited U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co. W & W Generator Re-Bldrs. Wallace Supply Co. Warning Lites, Inc. Water & Sewage Works Waterous Company Malcolm O. Watson Weber & Troseth, Inc. Welle Auto Supply Co. Wi 11 lams Zander Lettering Zander Lettering Ziegler, Inc. Payroll Account John T. Downey Richard L. Schmidt A & A Hdwe. City Wide Locksmithing Coast to Coast Coca Cola Btlg. I~ol umb ia Electronics Petty Cash Fund - Park Construction Bulletin R. L. Gould & Co. Royhl C. Hedblad , Lectro Systems, Inc. Lyle Signs, Inc. Mars Industries, Inc. Minn. Fire-E'xtinguisher R'Lee Construction Co. Daniel A. Strootman Sun Newspapers Superior Products Mfg. Tracy Prtg. Co. A & B ~porting Goods Col. Hts. Pharmacy Northland Milk Co. The Playhouse Co. Wilson Sporting Goods Canada Dry Btlg. Co. 72 OO 1 85 7oo 00 175 37 918 79 20 3O OO 105 27 4O8 3O 25O 5O 16 45 196 20 36 85 45 O2 9 84 15 O0 1 o5 3o 54 45 29 24 24 87 119 16 6 55 4 75 1,35o 00 2,383 69 36 OO 36 O0 21 63 13 2O 23 27 65 5O 2O 45 ~4 51 32 25 47.50 3o 00 26 85 95 75 900 4o 00 2,O95 O0 15 O0 19 2O 48 O5 35 00 129 O0 25 2O 14 96 70 97 2o 4o 172 26 Consol i dated Bev. Co. $ 287 15 Famous Brands, Inc. 1,111 41 Griggs Cooper & Co. 200 70 Johnson Bros.Whlse. Liq. 821 45 Ed Phi II ips & Sons 33 73 Consolidated Bev. 16 05 Eberhard Candy & Tob. 139 45 John Folta 95 70 Ganzer Distributor !,335.O5 Eddie Mattson 77 30 N.W. Bel 1 Tel. Co. 4 50 01son Plbg. Co. 11 OO Pepsi Cola Btlg. Co. 40 36 Rex Distributing Co. 503 15 Francis Roach 113 40 Seven-Up Btlg. Co. 349 50 Coca Cola Btlg. 104 05 Fritz Company, Inc. 15 73 T. C. Fed. Savings & Loan 144 OO Anthony Yurkew 1st Nat' 1. Bank, Oakridge & Anthony Yurkew 1st Nat'l. Bank, Oakridge 432.00 & Gordon & Pelagia Savage Robt. J. & Helen L. McNulty 72.00 & M. G. & Jane Z. Astleford Jos. M. & Marian B. Johnson 24.00 & Katherine J. Repsold Eugene A. & Lila Sabourin 144.00 & Mark Z. Jones II & Judith Scott Jones R. A. & Carol A. Jacobsen Donald L. Drabant K. L. & Alice J. Kenoyer Thomas Wendell & Vivian C. Gilbertson Lill lan Backman Cronstroms Htg. & Bruce E. Judith A. Henderson R. L. & Mary L. Laumeyer & R. A. & Carol A. Jacobsen Anderson Aggregates, Inc. Cargill, Inc. Dunkley Surfacing Co. 144.O0 144.O0 144.00 144.O0 24.00 72.00 47.6O 144.00 1,463.49 997.50 2,060.63 Total Bills $71,544.28 139. Motion by King, seconded by Land that authorization be given to pay the Anoka County Department of Highways the amount of $5,547.00 for electrical system cost to the City of Columbia Heights for workr0n 40th Avenue. Roll Call - All Ayes. A Resolution and Plaque were presented to Robert King for his 12½ years of service on the City Council. Mayor Nawrocki said Mr. King has been a source of help and inspiration to him. The Resolution was offered by Jeska, seconded by Land, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, that WHEREAS, Robert G. King has dedicated a record 12½ years of conscientious service a~ COuncilman in our community, and WHEREAS, the City has grown from 15,000 to over 25,000 citizens and experienced development of a well-ordered nature during his tenure of office, some of which are: 1. Promoting a park expansion program assuring park facilities for all sections of the city. 2. Construction of a Municipal Building housing all administrative and emergency services. 3. Instituting a 24-hour emergency dispatcher service for Police, Fire and First Aid. 4. Completing and adopting a city-wide zoning plan in accordance with a comprehensive land use study and supporting an additional study under the 701 planning program presently in its final stages of research. 5. Approving a street lighting rejuvenation program resulting in recognition as the best street lighted City in Minnesota. 6. Building our own public library including a major expansion thereof when usage increased beyond expectations following initial construction. 7. Inaugurating a post card notification procedure on public hearings in addition to legal publications prior to any statutory requirements on same. 8. Ratifying our water supply contract with the City of Minneapolis, assuring our citizens of a perpetual reliable water supply storage facility 9. Initiating a long range storm sewer program in anticipation of future needs. 10. Studying the various problems incumbent upon a community experiencing fast growth and undertaking the actions necessary for their solution. ll. Approving the first major H.U.D. public facilities project on watermains thereby acquiring Federal Assistance to off-set assessments for needed services. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in recognition of his dedicated service to the City of Columbia Heights, Councilman Robert G. King, be presented with an appropriate plaque in appreciation thereof. Passed this 22nd day of December, 1969. Roll Call - All Ayes. Second reading of Ordinance #717 was held, allowing a restaurant in C~2 Districts. O[fered by: Land, seconded by: Jeska. Roll Call - All Ayes. 140. A Resolution designating Director and Alternate Director to Suburban Rate Authority was offered by King, seconded by Jeska, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota as follows: Bruce G. Nawrocki is hereby designated as a Director of the Suburban Rate Authority, and Walter S. Logacz is hereby designated to serve as alternate Director of the Suburban Rate Authority for the year 1970 and until their successors are appointed. Roll Call - All Ayes. Representatives from Northern Pacific Railway were present with revised plans and requested reconsideration of their application for rezoning the area between the alleys on each side of California Street and between 37~h Avenue N.E. and 40th Avenue N.E. Motion by King, seconded by Land that the City Manager be authorized to advertise for a hearing on the rezoning request of Northern Pacific Railway, the hearing to be held at the January 26th regular meeting of the City Council. Roll Call - All Ayes. Bids on field house remodeling were received from the following: (See Bid Tabulation attached) Adam Construction Co. Bergl und-Johnson Country Builders El-View Construction Co. Kloster-Madsen Kruger Lieberg Construction Motion by Land, seconded by King that the bids be turned over to the City Manager for tabulation and report back at a special meeting which is hereby called for Monday, December 29, 1969 at 8:00 p.m. Roll Call - A11 Ayes. Magney Construction Nordling Construction Orvedahl Construction Roger Sheehy Construction Motion by Land, seconded by King that the next regular meeting of the City Council is set for Monday, January 12, 1970 at 8:00 p.m. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by King, seconded by Land that the City Manager be authorized to advertise for bids for legal publication and dog catcher services for 1970, the bids to be opened at the January 12, 1970 meeting. Roll Call - All Ayes. A discussion was held on the specifications for dog catcher services and it was suggested that 24-emergency service be required and that maybe the calls could go through the Police Department where a log would be kept. Motion by Jeska, seconded by King that the bingo permit application for 1970 from the V.F.W. Club be approved and the fee waived. Roll Call - All Ayes. A request was received from Mr. Francis Seward of 4550 Central Avenue to operate a popcorn wagon in the City of Columbia Heights. Mr. Seward was present at the meeting and stated he plans to operate the truck he bought from Rueben Peterson in the same manner as the ice cream trucks have been operating. The Council explained restrictions were put on the ice cream trucks as to where they could operate, insurance, and other safety items. The City Attorney was instructed to check on the restrictions. Motion by Land, seconded by King that the license application for the pop 141 . corn wagon be referred to the City Attorney and report back 'at the next regular meeting, January 12, 1970. Roll Call -All Ayes. Mayor Jack Kirkham of Fridley was present asking that the City pass a resolution identical to one passed in Fridley last week in opposition to the use of University of Minnesota facilities for a convention of the Young Socialist Alliance organization. He stated this organization advocates the overthrow of the present form of government and that tax supported schools and buildings should not be used for meetings of this type. The Resolution in opposition to the Young Socialist Alliance Convention at the University of Minnesota was offered by Land, seconded by King, WHEREAS, the announcement has been made that the Young Socialist Alliance will hold their annual national convention December 27 to 30 at the University of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, THe Association is headed by a person purported by the news media to be a full-time Marxist revolutionary bent on overthrowing the establishment and replacing capitalism with socialism in the United States; and WHEREAS, the University is a tax supported institution maintained and supported by those who treasure the heritage and form of government prevailing; and WHEREAS, American youth are fighting and dying on battlefields to halt the spread of communism and preserve not only the American way of life in this Country, but assure peoples of less powerful governments are not driven to submission to a communistic government; and WHEREAS, the people who support and maintain our tax supported schools should have a voice in the use of such property by those who advocate the overthrow of our government; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights is opposed to the use of tax supported facilities for use of organizations advocating the overthrow of our government; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights to go on record as being opposed to the University of Minnesota or any other tax supported school or legislative body allowing the use of a public building for meetings held by any organization whose members or membership includes those who advocate the overthrow of our present form of government - national, state or local. Roll Call - All Ayes. The Resolution will be sent to the University Board of Regents, President Malcolm Moos, and members of the Senate and House of Representatives Education~or the State of Minnesota. Committee A recess was called at 9:25 p.m. The meeting came to order at 9:42 p.m. The City Attorney presented a letter from Mr. Dean Nyquist, the attorney representing the Columbia Heights Apartment Owners Association. The letter stated there was tremendou~ discrimination against apartment owners in the city as to rates for garbage collection service and the requirement that the contractor furnish vats. The City Attorney will respond to Mr. Nyquist and a draft of the letter he will be sending to Mr. Nyquist will be reviewed by the City CoUncil. 142. A discussion was held on the Rice Creek Watershed District. Mayor Nawrocki stated he receives letters on this and would like to sit down with A1 Kordiak and the City Engineer at an informal session to work something out. The City Attorney reported the appeal from Asselstine and Johnson on the assessment hearings. Motion by Jeska, seconded by King that expenses be authorized for any member of the Traffic Commission to attend the Minnesota Safety Council's Annual Meeting. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by King, seconded by Land that the license applications as per list attached be granted upon payment of proper fees. Roll Call - All Ayes. Councilman Land reported problems with juveniles~ operating the pin ball machines at Mad¥'s Bowling Lanes. He spoke~ith Chief Glader who has warned Mady's about this. Motion by King, second by Jeska All Ayes. to adj ou Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor Roll Call SeCretarY/ to the Council OFFICIAl_ PROCEEDINGS SPECIAL MEETING December 29, 1969 The meeting was called to order at 8:10 p.m. Jeska, Nawrocki - present. Logacz - absent. Roll Call - Land, King, Motion by Land, seconded by King that the following bills be paid out of their proper funds: Roll Call - All Ayes. Payroll Account Am. Nat'l. Bank & Trust Co. Consolidated Bev. Co. Famous Brands, Inc. Griggs Cooper' & Co., Inc. Old Peoria Co., Inc. Ed Phillips & Sons Co. Val Bjornson, State Treas. Val Bjornson, State Treas. Firemen's Relief Assoc. Comm. of Administration Dr. W. L. Herbert John S. Larson Mpls. City Treasurer $ 35,408 10 2,225 55 416 10 31 47 145 69 68 60 109 36 4,067 57 46,861 91 9,152 OO 1,497 29 55 O0 43 7O 8,699 69 Mpls. Gas Co. $ 765.67 Mpls. Postmaster 66.00 Minn. Hosp. Service 1,243.O0 Mobile Radio Engr. 22..95 N.S.P. Co. 1,784.77 Robt. Peterson,Co.Tr. 772.82 Robt. Peterson,Co.Tre. 5,547.00 Police Relief Assoc.9,152.00 Poucher Prt. Co. 198.40 Minn. Recrd. & Park 6.00 Donald Paul &Sons 285.75 Total Bills $T28,626.39