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Home My WebLink AboutDec 27, 1971p. 206 OFFICIAL PRO CEED INC~S Regular Meeting December 27, 1971 The meeting was called to order at 8:05. Roll call: Nawrocki, Logacz, Jeska, Heintz, Land, present. Motion by Heintz seconded by Jeska that Temple Nygaard be appointed Secretary pro-tern for this meeting. Roll call all ayes. Motion' by Heintz seconded by Logacz that t he minutes of the last regular and special meetings be accepted as presented in writing and the reading dSspensed wi~:h. Ail ayes. Motion by Jeska seconded by Logacz that the bills totaling $97,835.31 as listed be paid out of their proper funds. Roll call, all ayes. Famous Brands Inc. Old Peoria Co. Ed Phillips ~ Sons Val Bjornson, State Treas. Payroll Account Payroll Account },~dem'~ Cleanup ~Ser~ice Griggs Cooper & Co. Johnson Bros. Whlse Liq. Johnson Paper & Supply Co. Ed Phillips & Sons Co. T~n_'n City Wine Co. Johnson PaPer & Supply Co. Merle Olsder P. onald Kullas Donald Lohse Jct:n Marchiniak Donold French Curt, is Ra~s dell Robert Jendro James Montague Leonard Olson John Dowv~ey Pd ch~rd Sctmidt Frances Col~c,a n J~.es Kapala Ralph Dur~y A & A Hdwe. Ability Tire Co. Allied Aluminum Mfg. Anoka County Apache Off.~ c e Sup?lies B & E Patrol Badger Meter Inc. Blumberg Photo Sound Co. Cargill Inc. Cargill Inc. Centr~l Machine Corp. City of Minneapolis Cos st to Coa st Stores Cci.Heights Fire Dept. 65.29 Columbia Heights Fire Dept. 215.00 224.50 " " " 322.00 1,042.49 Columbia Heights Water " 966.'34 2,332.32 Conw.~y Fire & Safety Inc. 9.50 14,032.09 Co-op Lead & Chmical Co. 150.36 43,759.22 ' Davies Water Equip Co. 137.14. 1,488.50 Elvin Safety Supply Co. 22.86 107.71 Ess Brothers & Sons Inc. 100.00 124.44 Faurot Inc. 4.50 111.58 Friden Div. Singer Co. 69.00 128.86 Genuine Parts Co. 359.87 87.05 Olenn Metalcraft Inc.' 36.00 59.58 Goodin Company 665.59 94.32~ Hayden Murphy Equip. Co. 126.40 15.20 Royhl Hedblad !0.00 15.OO Royhl Hedblad 15.00 15.41 Home Gas Co. 4.88 15.26 Iud. Sch. Dist.~13 301.61 24.82 Information ServSces Div. 65.55 14.85 Institutional Sal~s Inc. 86.50 15.00 ' Keep Fill Products 'Co. 18.65 73.95 Albert Kordiak et al 160.00 15.40 Rona ld Kullas 35.90 17.50 Lampert Bldg. Center 28.50 10.20 Lange Tank & Maint. Inc. 15.50 31.05 Lowry Lunber Co. 66.04 50.00 Evelena Loyd 10.00 256.27 Lyons Chemicals Inc. 415.00 277.95 ~dison Chemical Co. 126.97 3.4.8 M~intenance Experts Inc. 650.00 66.70 Midway Tractor & Equip Co. 163.72 5.81 Midwest Pl. & Research 75.00 325.00 Minneapolis Equip Co. 495.00 10.50 Mpls. Gas Co, 974.21 28.80 Mpls. Oxygen Co. 52.77 648.66 Minn. Dept. of Highways 20.03 295.98 Minn. Dept. cf Highways 75.62 461.25 Modern Cleanup Serv. i,000.00 18.00 Neptune Meter Co. 165.44 24.43 New Minar Ford Inc. 26.46 185.00 North. em ~anitary ~pply Co. 39.90 p. 207 No. States Power Co. .No. States Power Co. I':orthfield Co. !':¢,rth StanToncrete N.W.Be!l Tel.Co. Nott Company Olsons PlumbinF Olsor~s Plumbf ng Olsons Plumb~ ng Oxford Chemical s Paper Calmenson & Co. Pioneer Rim & ~r~eel Co. Pitney Bowes Inc. Singer-Fride.~ Div. Spencer Sokolowski Standard Oil Oiv. St~sndard Spring Co. Taft Mar.~ue Woodcraft O.B. Thompsm~ Elec.Co. Tracy Printing Inc. ~I~in City Bolt & Supply Twin City Filter Service Inc. Uniforms Unlimited Inc. Wallace Supply Co. k'srning Lites Inc. Waterous Company Water Products Co. Wheel Service Co. Inc. Williams Payroll Account A & A Hdwe. Better Homes & Gardens The Bookmen Inc. R .R.Bowker Co. Bowmar Records Inc. Bro Dart Doubleday & Co Inc. Elliot Film Co. The Kirkus Service Inc. 2,075.05 Lundblad's Bindery Inc. 53.15 1,671.90 3M Bus.Products Sales 64.80 136 · 88 Melsa 100. O0 219.85 Monarch Book Co. 74~.44 880.64 Natl. Directory Ser~rice 5.41 83.04 Natl. Geographic Society 3.50 92.00 Outdoor Life Book Club 6.04 15.57 Postmaster 28.00 4.50 S~.Paul Book & Sta.Co. 75.90 136.30 Stechert-Hafner Serv. Agcy. 121.71 318.87 Supt. of Documents 5.50 10.15 Teach~ng Resources Films 25.00 272 .OO Time-Life BooV~ 5.63 47.O0 U. $.Dept. of Commerce 1.75 800.00 Univ. of Minnesota 7.30 777.27 Weston Woods 18.70 27.12 A ~ A Hdwe. 126.78 1}.85 Coca Cola Btlg. 205.90 21.00 Columbia Metal Fab'. 22.74 26.88 Heights Electric 359.38 37.30 Lyle Signs Inc. 76.85 6.00 Olsons ' Plumbing 5.25 50.35 C.W.Tho~son C o. 19.00 8.76 Williams Steel 32.50 38.76 Steve Wodziak 15.O0 383.50 America~ Handicraft 8.72 341.95 Col.Ngts. Rec.Com. 336 .O0 7.80 Columbia Transit Corp. 1!0.00 53.82 Ancka Co.Health Dept. 20.00 1,924.85 Chester Ewer 87.68 14.35 Emil Koistinen 109.12 15.43 Dunkley Surfacing 8,445.60 24.52 Midwest Fence Co. 1~021.10 37.50 19.99 97,835.31 13 32.16 ' 4.39 60.o0 .Open bids on legal publications for 1972 Only one bid was received for legal publications for 1972, that of the Sun Newspapers. A letter was submitted 'itemizing the rate, which is set by Minnesota law. Motion by Land seconded by Heintz that this bid be accepted, and that the Mayor and City Manager be authorized to enter into a contract for same. Roll call, all gyes. ordinance 768 Vacating Streets and alleys West of California St. for Burlington Northern. ~e Uity Attorney reported that he has gooe"through many abstracts and deeds for proper- ties involved in th~s vac~ting, and that there are many gaps a~ld omissions. To be sure of getting good title to the properties, the second reading of the ordinance shculd not be held at this time. Ordinance #771~ Secon~ readin~ ~ Second reading' of O~din~nce #771 was held,' creating the R-5 zone which allows the planned Unit Development of To~ Ho,~ses. ordinance offered by Jeska seconded by Land. All ayes. p. 208 Recosnition of "Truck Driver of the Year" Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hoffman were present. Mr. Hoffman, 4424 Arthur Place N.E. has been named the American Trucking Associates national "Driver of the Year" for 1972. He has driven 2.8 million accident-free miles in 32 years, has been credited with extinguis~ing two fires a nd with administer, rig first aid to a critically injured accident victim. Mayor Nawrocki extended to Mr. Hoffman congratulations for his accomplishment. Ordinance #772~ Second readin$ ~ A second reading of Ordinance #772 was held, rezoning 4430 ~yler Place, from R-2 General Residential to R-5 Planned Unit DeveloMnent of Town Houses. Ordinance offered by Land seconded by Jeska. Roll call, all ayes. Ordinance ~773~ Second readin~ A second reading of Ordinance ~773 was held, vacating 39th A~nue frc~a McKinley Street to Stinson Blvd. Ordinance offered by Jeska seconded by Land. Ail ayes. Ordinance #774~ Amending Ordinance ~684, Second reading A second reading of Ordinance #774 ws'~ heId, which amends certain sections of the "Club Liquor License" ordinance #684. Offered by Logacz, seconded by Jeska. Roll call - Ayes Logacz, Jeska, Land, Nawrocki. Heintz abstained from voting. Park Construction Corn any blastin permit " b' P ' g' Attorney Wyman 'mith was present representin~ Barton Construction Company, a sub-contractor doing the rock removal for Dark Construction Co. ~t the Burlington Northern site. They are very anxious to have their blasting per- mit renewed. Attorney Smith explained that the Fireman's Insurance Company who insure Barton Company for damages to private property, are reluctant to admit to damages at thds time as it is much too early in the construction project. Nevertheless Barton Company would like to appease the people and to be allowed to blsst. They suggest establishing a fund gratuitously which could pay for current damages to priwte property and even make amends for pain or inconvenience. These small claims would in no way affect any valid claim which might be made at a later date to t he insurance company. After the need for the fund is ended, any monies left over would be dot. areal to the City, possibly for the park fund. It was impossible at th~ s meeting to set an amount which would be necessary in this fund, nor to establish a schedule whereby property damages coul~3 be valued. It w~s suggested that a committee could visit homes, some on Main Street and at least one on Second Street, to determine the amount of d~u~ge which may already have occurred. It w as decided that Dick Smith o f Barton Contracting should be on the Con~aithee, and also Councilmen Heintz and Land. Before the Janqary 10th meeting the attorney for the contractor, and also City Attorney °okolowski will meet to prepare a set of .~.~uidelines whereby this fund would be established aud out of which sm~]l cla~nns cmld be paid. recess was called at 9:25 and the ~eeting reconvened at 9:45. Call for bids on a traile.~- mounted generator Mr. Gust~fson of the ~ngineering Depar%ment explained the t}qoe of generator which is needed, and it was moved by Land seconded by I.ozacz to authorize the City Manager to advertise for bids on one trailer mounted 30 kilo-watt standby electrS, c geuerating set, to be opened at the January 10th meeting. All ayes. p. 2O9 Buildin~ 0fficisls Institute Per~iss~'on wa's re'quested fo'~ ex]~enses whereby the Building Inspector could take advantage of this school to be held January 17-19 in Minneapolis. Dis- cussion followed as to ti%ether Mr.Sonnenber~ could be spared for 3 days, inasmuch ss the inspect, ion load is unusually heavy at this time. It was left up to the City Manager to determine the feasibility, an5 zrith this stipulation it was moved by Land seconded by Logacz to ay~prcve the expenditure. Roll call: all ayes. Public Works Conference Motion by Land seconded by Jeska to authorize payment of expenses for 3 men to attend the Oublic Works Conference to be held ~ n February. Ail ayes. Call for bids on domestic animal control Motion by Heintz seconded by Jesks to authorize the City Manager to call for bids on domestic ani~na! control to be opened at the regular meetin~ on January lOth. Roll call, all ayes. All.ey right-of-way ,oroblem_~ 6th to 7th;' h~th to h6th P~:cause of the unusually deep lots which were platted in Columb,la Heights Acres, parcels have been subdi~,,]ed to front on either 6th Street or ?th Street, in varying depths. In one particular instance a property ovmer on the 7th Street side of the alley in this block also has tJ.t!e to ~' of the property on the 6th Street side cf the alley, resu!tin~ in a situc~.~ion where some owners have actually paid an assesa.~ent for an alley to w~hdch they have no legal access. To complicate the situation, the owner of record now wants to be paid for the 3' strip. This involves ~ property o~mers on 6th Street - James Ertzgaard, Harold Julkowski, and Arlo Hughes at ~31, ~37, and ~]_ -6th Street respectively. Fir. Sokolowski suggested two possible sol,]tions (!) the City could condemn the 3' strip anJ then proceed to widen the alley right-of-way thereby siving the 6th street ,ide legal access ~o the alley, or (2) the Councila~ou].~ state thst the assessment that was made for the alley is not proper, and that it must be corrected. Inasmuch as the alley would then lie entirely on property owned by Mrs. Kantola, ~32-?th Street, she would receive an additional assessment. It was decided that the City' Attorney and/or the City ManaMer would see t~t this letter is written and report back to the Council when an answer is received. Ordinance ??~ Amendin.g #?29, Highway Traffic Ee~a!ati~n Act Upon recommendation by the CityAttorhey, a first reading was held of Ordinance which w~ald amend Ordinance #?29 so that ColumbJ~ Heights regulstions would be identical to those of the State of Minnesota. Ordinance #776, amending #~73, relating to ~eeping of dogs. A technicality in the wording of one section of the dog ordfnance necessitates an amendment thereto, as recommended by the Uity Attorney. A first reading of Ordinance #776 was held at this time. Re~..o.rts Mr. Gust~fson, Assistant Engineer, reported that a fence has been erected by the railroad property near Califo~ia Street, but f t is not at the property locatf on or grade. We have been assured by the radlroad that in the sprin~ this fence instal- lation will be corrected. ~or the time being they would ldke to leave it as it is for protectfon. p. 210 Licenses Motion by Jeska seconded by Land that the list of liceuse applicatdons be approved upon payment of the proper fee. Roll call, all ayes, Cancellation of Check #14062 Motion by Jeska seconded by Logacz that check ~14062 in the amount of $12.00 made out to the State Board of Health be cancelled. Ail ames. Motion by Jeska seconded by Logacz toadjou?n at 10:40 Ail ayes. ~/ ,, Bruce G. Nm, rocki, Mayor Secreta~ pro-t~]to the Council