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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJan 11, 1971OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting January 11 , 1971 The meeting was called to order at 8:05 p.m. Jeska, Logacz, Nawrocki - present. Rol 1 Cal 1: Land, Heintz, Invocation was given by Rev. Edgar Streufert of St. Matthews Lutheran Church. Motion by Heintz, seconded by Jeska that the minutes of the last regular meeting be approved as presented in writing and the reading be dispensed with. Roll Call - All Ayes. Payment of Bills. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Logacz that the following bills be paid out of their proper funds. Roll Call - All Ayes. Minn. Hospital Serv. $ State Treasurer State Treasurer Univ. of Minnesota Consolidated ~ev. Co. Famous Brands, Inc. Johnson Bros.Whle. Liq. Ed Phillips & Sons Col. Hts. Water Dept. Col. Hts. Water Dept. Minneapolis Gas Co. Farmers & Mechanics Bank N.W. Bell Tel. Co. Payroll Account Merrill Chapman Co. Anderson Aggregates Conrad E. Anderson Cargill, Inc. frands Coleman Columbia Electronics Col. Hts. Pharmacy Col. Hts. Pharmacy Commissioner of Taxation Danielson Drug Co. Danielson Drug Co. Dale Dietrick Eklund Clothing Elvin Safety Supply First Luth. Ch. Brotherhood Stanley Landowski L E Publishers, Inc. Midwest Bldg. Service Minn. Fire Equipment Minn. De@t. of Highways Mobile Radio Engr. Modern Clean-up Serv. 1,771.25 John Moneta 1,521.36 Alan Morrow 4,892.34 Newcomb Bros. Nurs. 30.00 Northern Oxygen Serv. 377.85 Northwest Landfills 296.79 Curtis Ramsdell 741.25 Ji. L. Shiely Co. 530.44 ROba-t Skiles 163.31 Uniforms Unlimited 547.65 Williams Stell & Hdwe. 1,O47.55 Zander Lettering 150.O0 Payroll Account 821.17 Apache Office Sup. 41,705.10 Augsburg Publishing 11.76 Better Homes & Gardens 516.35 R. R. Bowker Co. 50.00 Channing L. Bete Co. 50.00 50.00 50.00 592.00 135.00 34.25 408.00 50.00 25.OO 100.83 7.5O 6,052.37 7.10 18.12 4.32 23.50 53.88 225.12 Col. Hts. Lbr. Petty Cash 22.06 9.75 K~Doubleday & Co. 150.OO 17.O0 Elliott Film Co. 6.69 29.87 The Greystone Press 4.40 3.42 Groiler Educational Cor. 115;O0 905.68 Kirkus Service 60.00 16.54 Leisure Time Products 14.40 7.90 Lundblad's Bindery 74.95 50.00 M:erck & Co. 10.53 17.75 M!pls. Public Library 3,000.00 30.60 M, onarch Book Co. 643.97 50.00 Eat'l. Geographic 3.50 50.00 Outdoor Life Book Clb. 11.38 58.50 Silver Burdette Co. I0.10 643.50 Time-Life Books 8.68 74.00 Wall Street Journal 32.00 34.77 A & A Hdwe. 129.50 12.00 Coast to Coast Stores 31.75 12,836.16 Col. Hts. Park Petty Cash 18.O2 Commissioner of Taxation Conway Fire & Safety Danielson Drug General Office Prd. Mel's Van 0 Lite John P. Murzyn N.W. Bell Tel . Co. A Weisman Company Coast to Coast Flaghouse, Inc. Gen'l. Office Prod. Gary N. Scholla Speed-O-Print Corp. John Barna Bronner's Exterming. City Wide Locksmithing Commissioner of Taxation Distillers Distrib. J. C. Doherty & Sons O. M. Droney Bev. Co. Eberhard Candy & Toba. John Fol ta Fridley Distrib. Co. Fridley Food Market Ganzer Distributor Gold Medal Bev. Co. Gross Industrial Ser. Herb's Electric, Inc. Emil Koistinen Kuether Distrib. Co. Eddie Mattson McKesson LIQUOR Co. Midwest Wine Co. Misc. Liq. & Rest. Trust Olson's Plumbing Pepsi Cola Btlg. Co. Petty Cash Fund Pohle Sales Joe Rak Rex Distributing John Roach Royal Beverage Distrib. Seven Up Btlg. Co. Sunderland, Inc. Superior Products Victor Comptometer Corp. Burroughs Corp. No. States Power Co. Coca Cola Btlg. Co. Mpls. Bldg. Co. Old Peoria Co. Pioneer Detective Agency Ed Phil lips & Sons 6 63 700 13 56 14 35 15 84 24 10 99 O0 1,123 63 200 55 64 14 35 9 97 66 75 9 5O 8 75 15 25 3 ,E)7 4 3 309 46 372 50 996 75 138.40 66 60 9,380 46 62 50 1,933 70 4O 75 12 8O 16 71 119 6O 2,451 24 59 2O 526.34 232 77 136 50 5O 25 1 36 80 41 72 1,932 48 15 6O 846 35 15 6O 98 13 534 95 166 60 62 50 2.8O 75O OO 2,034 77 222 05 93 75 102 76 58 25 4,902.82 Am. Nat'l. Bank Anoka Co. Po~iceChief$ Henn. Co. Police Chiefs Anoka Co. LawEnforce. Apache Office Sup. City of Col. Hts. Francis Coleman Eklund Clothing Eklund Clothing First Nat'l. Bank Hoffman Electric Int'l. PoliceChiefs Robert Jendro Ronald Kullas Minn. Chief of Police Minn. Police& Peace Of. Arthur A. PoTter Smoke-Eater Surub. Police Off. Ass'n. Tri County Law Enf. Uniforms Unlimited Uniforms Unlimited Uniforms Unlimited John Folta Total Bills $ 23,754 30 5 O0 5 O0 59 OO 3 56 50 O0 200 5 95 14 25 131 ,3O7.87 33.00 25.OO 62.66 18.95 10 OO 54 O0 lO O8 12 O0 34 O0 lO O0 41 .95 l lO.70 107.80 33.30 $160,834.20 Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation. A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Mr. Kenneth Sheehan who served on the Human Rights Commission for the past two years who resigned from the Commission in November, 1970. Proclamation Setting Winter Jamboree Week. WHEREAS, the Jaycees of Columbia Heights have developed a tradition of providing for the citiznes of our community a Wintertime Jamboree which provides them with a period of wintertime fun and relaxation, and WHEREAS, this community event helps to provide our citizens with additional ways to work together to develop a closer unity and community identity, and WHEREAS, this event will be the first significant step in the celebration of our 50th year as a City. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor of the City of Columbia Heights, do hereby proclaim February 3-7, 1971 as the City's 5Otb Anniversary Year's Winter Jamboree and do hereby urge every citizen, civic organization and merchant within our community to participate in the various events planned. I further commend the Columbia Heights Jaycees for their effort in this as well as the many other meaningful and worthwhile community projects they run each year, which help to make our community a better place in which to live. Proclamation Designating 5Ot.h Anniversary of City Charter. WHEREAS, 1971 is the 5Otb Anniversary of the adoption of a Home Rule City Charter for the City of Columbia Heights, and WHEREAS, it is the desire of our City Council and civic groups to properly recognize this milestone in the growth of our community, NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor of the City of Columbia Heights, do hereby proclaim the year 1971 as Golden Anniversary Year. I do hereby urge every citizen, civic organization and business establishment within our community to participate in the various events planned for this year. I do further recomend that all organizations planning programs utilize our "Golden Anniversary Theme" and work cooperatively with our "5Oth Anniversary Committee" under the Chairmanship of Judge Leonard Keyes. Proclamation Setting Jaycee Week. WHEREAS, the civic bodies and service organizations of our community and the departments of the local government recognize the great service rendered to this community by the Columbia Heights Jaycees, and, WHEREAS, the United States Jaycees and its affiliated state and local organizations have set aside the week of January 17-23,1971 to be observed as Jaycee Week, and WHEREAS, this organization of young men has contributed ~aterially to the betterment of this community throughout the year, THEREFORE, I, Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor of the City of Columbia Heights, do hereby proclaim the week of January 17-23, 1971 as Jaycee week in the City of Columbia Heights, and urge all the citizens of our community to give full consideration to th~ future service of the Jaycees. Bids on Dog CatcherServices. Bids on dog catcher services ~X~Jfor Feb. l, 1971 to Feb. l, 1972 were received from the Following: Tonka Kennels James Dooley B & E Patrol $3,990.00 Total Bid Patrolling $5.00/hour Boarding fee. $2.00/day Special Calls $5.00/call Disposal Fee $3.00/each unclaimed animal $3,900.00 Total Bid Motion by Jeska, seoonded by Heintz that the bids be turned over to the City Manager for tabulation and report back at the next regular meeting. Roll Call - All Ayes. Consideration of Award of Bids on Office Machines. A discussion was held on the bids received at the last regular meeting for a folding-inserting machine, check signer and automatic mailing machine. It was reported a bid was received 1/7/71 from Burroughs Corporation on a check signer as follows: Burroughs Corp. New: Less $1 ,975.00 400.00 Trade-in $1,575.00 Rebuilt: Less $1,425.00 400.00 Trade-in $1,025.00 The City Manager said a letter was received from the Auditor indicating the check signing equipment would be acceptable to them and the City Manager said based on the bid tabulation, the bids would be very comparable. Councilman Land suggested taking a better look at the machines brought in before the meeting for demonstration purposes and he made a motion, seconded by Jeska that consideration of award of bids be tabled until the next regular meeting for additional information. Roll Call - All Ayes. Hearing on Burlington-Northern Proposal. A continued hearing was held on the Burlington-Northern requ~t to rezone property west of California Street for a proposed switching yard. Representatives from the Railroad were present as well as residents from the affected ~area. Mayor Nawrocki said considerable discussions were held with the Railroad since the last Council meeting and based on these discussions a proposed agreement answering some of the concerns expressed was put together. A lengthy discussion was held on various sections of the agreement particularly with regard to responsibility for locating storm sewer lines, the proposal to deed lots along California Street from 37th to 40th Avenue to the City of Columbia Heights possibly for park purposes, and blasting operations. A second reading was held on Ordinance #747 authorizing rezoning of the property including the following change in Section 3: Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force a. Upon the execution of an agreement between the City of Columbia Heights and Burlington-Northern Railroad, and b. From and after 30 days after its passage. The ordinance was offered by Logacz, seconded by Heintz. Roll Call - All Ayes. Ordinance #747 was adopted· Councilman Land said he felt the agreement was fair and he was pleased with the way things turned out. He is in favor of the land deeded to the City for park development but it should not be developed until such time as the rest of the park properties obtained through the years 'has been developed. Hearing on Shell Oil Proposal. A public hearing was held on a request for rezoning property at 37th and Central Avenue N.E. and vacating Spains Alley to allow construction of a new Shell Service Station. Attorney Guzy, representatives from Shell Oil Company, and residents from the vicinity were present· Attorney Guzy explained Shell proposes to build a 3 bay cape cod~ style station with a mansord roof immediately behind-:the existing station tilting toward Central Avenue. It appeared the majority of the residents present were now willing to compromise with the proposal and a second reading was held on Ordinance #745 rezoning Lot 12, Spains Addition from R-3 Multiple Dwelling to C-2 General Commercial. The ordinance was offered by Jeska, seconded by Land. Roll Call - All Ayes. The Ordinance was adopted. A first reading was held on Ordinance #746 vacating Spains alley from Central to Reservoir and platting a new public alley along the northerly 20' of Lot 12, Spains Addition, for acess from the north-south public alley north of Lot 12 to Reservoir Boulevard. After a lengthy discussion on location of utilities, it was decided to draft an agreement between the City and Shell Oil which would coincide with the rezoning ordinance, copies of which will be distributed to the interested residents before the next Council meeting when the second reading of Ordinance #746 will be held, the agreement to cover ~X~ the items of concern brought forth by the neighbors. Recess was called at 10:35 p.m. The Meeting was called to order at 10:45 p.m. Resolution Striking 26' From Assessment on Project #640. The resolution was offered by Logacz, seconded by Jeska, WHEREAS, the property known and described as Lot 11, Block 6, Aud. Sub. of Walton's 2nd Sub. in the name of Oscar A. & Betty J. Hallgren was assessed $165.00 for local improvement No. 640 and WHEREAS, the frontage of this lot is only 139 feet, so therefore the charge should have been $139.00, therefore 26' was not benefitted by said improvement No. 640; ~BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of ~ umbia Heights, that the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized and directed to strike from Local Improvement No. 640, the $26.00 charged against the above described parcel of land and the assessment should be in the amount of $139.00. Passed this llth day of January, 1971. Roll Call - All Ayes. Request to Hold Snowmobile Races. A request was received from the Jaycees to hold snowmobile races February 7, 1971 in conjunction with the Winter Jamboree at Memorial Park. The City Manager reported Memorial Park would not be suitable since iron stakes standing 3' high are throughout the area. Motion by'Jeska, seconded by Logacz that the request for a permit be granted at a site to be worked out with the City Manager. Roll Call - All Ayes. The Jaycees also challenged the City Council to a snowmobile relay race on February 7th and the Council responded to the challenge with "They will fill the need." Request for Jaycee Beer License. The Jaycees requested a beer license to cover Jaycee activities throughout the year, including serving beer at meetings in the field house. The City Attorney was directed to research the ordinances regulating beer licenses. Request for Special Use Permit for 666 - 40th Avenue N.E. A request was received from Robert Jorges for a special use permit to operate a dental lab in the former Kisses Grocery Store at 666 - 40th Avenue, as recommended by the Planning Commission. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz that the special use permit be granted. Roll Call - All Ayes. Request for Home Occupation Permit Renewal, 4556 Polk. A request was received from Mrs. Luella Urick for a home occupation permit renewal to operate a beauty shop at 4556 Polk, as recommended by the Planning Commission with certain conditions. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Logacz, that the permit be renewed on the condition that a permit be taken out by May 1st to complete the unfinished garage and that the work be completed by September 1st. Roll Call - All Ayes. Request Authorization to Purchase.-~Parkin~ Meters· Motion by Land, seconded by Heintz, that the City Manager be authorized to purchase 17 new parking meters, the cost not to exceed $986. Roll Call - All Ayes. Report on Blood Bank. The City Manager reported receipt of a letter from the War Memorial Blood Bank indicating blood coverage is available to Columbia Heights residents in several ways and indicating they would try and get more blood to Mrs. Eckman. Dr. Williams recommended the City continue with the War Memorial group and the Mrs. Jaycees will discuss this item at their next meeting, Thursday, Jan. 14th in the field house. Request Authorization to Attend Pub'lic Works Conference. Motion by Land, seconded by Logacz to authorize Mr. Brown, Mr. Gustafson and Mr. DeMars to attend th~ City and Village Engineers and Public Works Officials Conference February 4-5, 1971 at the University of Minnesota at a cost of $30 per person plus parking. Roll Call - All Ayes. Ordinance #750 Relating to Multiple Dwelling Licenses. A first reading was held on Ordinance #750 amending Ordinance #693 being an ordinance relating to multiple dwellings and the licen~ng thereof. Ordinance #750 clears up the language in Section 6 of Ordinance #693 relating to registration. Payment for Boom Truck. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz to authorize paymentof $3,1OO to Northern States Power Company for the Boom Truck purchased from them. Roll Call - All Ayes. Payment for Signal at 37th and Un.iversi~y. Motion by Heintz, seconded by Jeska that the bill in the amount of $t6,558.~O8 to the State Highway Department for our share of the signal cost at 37th and university be paid out of its proper fund. Roll Call - All Ayes. Licenses. Motion by Heintz, seconded by Land that the licenses as listed be granted upon payment of proper fees including home occupation permits and special use permits be granted subject to the conditions impos~J -previously shall continue. Roll Call - All Ayes. o Minneapol is SewerContract'. Mayor Nawrocki reported discussions with the City of Minneapolis on our sewer contract and said they have agreed to take the $12,661.21 and split it as a settlement in accordance with their March 24th letter. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz that the City Managerbe authorized to prepare a final dollar settlement for sewage disposal charges with the City of Minneapolis for 1968, 1969 and 1970 in accordance with their letter of March 24th and with the Mayor's discussions with the Minneapolis officials. Roll Call - All Ayes. Report on ~/ater Supply. It was reported a letter was received from the State Health Department regarding the status of our municipal water supply indicating things are in pretty decent shape. Garbage Collection Service At Apache Apartments. Mr. Sonnenberg reported over the holidays there were problems with the vat service at the Apache Apartments but now things are being straightened out. Motion by Logacz, seconded by Jeska to adjourn at 11:55 p.m. All Ayes. ~-?jCe G'. :Na~wF~k~i , "Mayor Roll Call - · I ,,'~,,'., ~' ( .if.,~?..",l,~-tSg_,- _--- ~ecre~a r~6-'{h-~ '~bnc i 1 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting January 25, 1971 The meeting was called to omddr at 8:20 p.m. Heintz, Jeska, Logacz, Nawrocki - present. Roll call: Land, Invocation was given by Mr. Roger Barden, Bethel Semina~ who is interim Pastor of Calvary Covenent Church. Motion by Land, seconded by Heintz, that the minutes of the last regular Council meeting be approved as presented and the reading dispensed with. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by Land, seconded by Heintz, that the following bills be paid out of their proper funds: Roll Call - All Ayes. i