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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFeb 14, 1972p. 27 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting February 14, 1972 The meeting was called to order at 8:05 p.m. Norberg, Jeska, Heintz, Nawrocki - present. Roll Call: Land, Minutes of last Council meeting. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz that the minutes of the last Council meeting be approved as presented in writing and the reading be dispensed with. Roll Call - All Ayes. Payment of Bills. Motion by Land, seconded by Jeska that the bills as listed be paid out of their proper funds: Roll Call - All Ayes. Val Bjornson, State Treas. $ Postmaster Postmaster The Carney Company Griggs, Cooper & Co. Johnson Bros.Whle. Liq. Johnson Paper & Supply Minn. Distillers, Inc. Ed Phillips & Sons Payroll Account Famous Brands, Inc. Griggs, Cooper & Co. Johnson Bros.Whle. Liq. Old Peoria Co., Inc. Ed Phillips & Sons Sep-Ko Chemicals Inc. Twin City Wine Co. Addressograph Corp. Air Pneutronic Co. Am. Academy of Orthop.Surg. Am. Soc. for Pub.Admin. Anderson Aggregates Apache Office Supplies George F. Brown Burroughs Corp. Cargill, Inc. Chapin Publishing Co. City of Col.Hts. City Wide Locksmithing Coast to Coast Stores Columbia GreatLake Corp. Co] . Hts. Agency Col .Hts. Pharmacy 4,701 75 3OO OO 30 OO 1,O22 40 58 55 1,261 18 65 73 3,120 02 67 69 46,383 23 419 03 85 9O 1,035 79 1,211 94 1,804 93 50 44 453 13 7 82 22 OO 4 95 25 OO 360 18 29 25 13 20 46 OO 47O 85 6 90 5O O0 15 25 43 33 24 13 125 O0 34 62 Col.Hts.Poli.PettyCs$ ColHts.Lib. PettyCash Comm. of Taxation Cont.Legal Educa. Mitch Demars Diesel Service Co. Eklund Clothing Co. Eklund Clothing Co. Elvin Safety Sup. H.E. Erickson Co. Gestetner Corp. Merle Glader Gopher Glass Gopher State Oil Geo. M. Hansen Co. Royhl Hedblad Heights Electric Heights Shell Serv. Robert Jendro Lester Johnson Royhl Hedblad John S. Larson Lowry Central Bowl. Maint. Experts Metro. Business Forms Metro. Sewer Board Mpls.City Treas. Minn.Assessors Aso. Minn.Dept.ofHighway 36 79 23 80 1,5lO 31 8 16 47 45 31 4 129 7 61 61 3,960 9 42 24 54 3 12 111 28 65O 63 16,252 14,987 15 33 Modern Clean-up Ser.15,633 Motorola 347 Nat' 1 .Fre. Protect. 30 N.E. Au to Body 6 N.W. Bell Tel. 25 67 75 43 2O 4O 9O 9O 4O O0 4O 53 OO 95 10 15 44 75 97 18 OO OO 7O 54 O0 O0 38 18 40 O0 5O O0 p. 28 Ovshak Printing $ 54 Alfred Schroeder 240 Soc. of R. E. Aprais. 35 Russell Sonnenberg 3 State Treasurer 27 Will lam Thibault 20 No. Subur. Mutual Aid Asoc. 25 Uniforms Unlimited 7 W & W Generator 435 Waste Mgmt. of Minn. 6 M.O. Watson 38 Payroll Account 4,758 Apache Office Sup. 5 The Bookmen, Inc. 23 Flower City 70 Jos~n' s Am. Lib. Line 186 Learning Corp.ofAmerica 167 Mattel Home Prog. 1 7 Monarch Book Co. 903 Nat'l.Directory Serv. 5 Outdoor Life Book Club 5 Roger A. Podany & Assoc. 38 Regent Book Co. , Inc. 51 Charles Scribner's Sons l lO Shoppers Charge 4 3M Business Products 64 Supt. of Documents 4 Time-Li fe Books 5 Frederick Ungar Publish. 30 Western Publishing Co. 3 World Book Encyclopedia 7 A & B Sporting Goods 14 Am. Linen Supply 4 Cassidy Products 12 Coca Cola Btlg. 1,159 Comm. of Taxation 19 Conway Fire & Safety, Inc. 31 Conway Fire & Safety, Inc. 457 Garwood Twin Ci t les 50 Heights Electric 16 Home Gas Co. 76 Industrial Supply 3 Lange Tank & Mai nt. 62 Walter Leslie 6 Mars Industries 51 Mel's Van O Lite 49 Mi nn.Wanner Co. 300 John P. Murzyn 23 N.W. Bel 1 Tel. Co. 11 Ovshak Printing 55 Pepsi Cola t~tlg. 8 Shopmaster Quality Tools 10 Sun Newspapers 8 A. Weis Am. Co. 1 ,754 A & B Sporting Goods 171 O0 O0 O0 75 13 O0 OO 5O O8 O0 5O 35 92 2O O0 2O 34 95 o9 O1 79 5o O7 93 O7 8O 25 63 89 72 5O 4O 81 O0 25 78 5O 5O O0 15 2O 92 O1 ~8 8~ O1 O0 2O O0 O0 O0 75 45 98 45 Apache Office Supply $ Col .Hts. Recr. Comm. Columbia Transit Corp. Dunn & Fowler, Inc. General Office Prod. Li nda Hansen Paul's Gulf Service Pommer Mfg. Co. Gary N. Scholb Val Bjornson Hinn.Hosp. Serv. Am. Linen Supply John Barna Bronner's Extermin.Co. Coca Cola Btlg. Comm. of Taxation Dalco Roofing & Sheet Met. Distillers Distrib. J. C. Doherty & Sons O. M. Droney Bev. Lawrence Duffee Eberhard Candy & Tob. Chester Ewer John Fo 1 ta Fridley Distributing Fridley Food Market R. E. Fritz, Inc. Ganzer Distributor Gold Medal Bev. Co. Gross Industrial Hamm's Twin City Sales Kuether Distrib. McKesson Liquor Mel's VanO Lite Midwest Wine Co. Modern Air Condt. Pepsi Cola iitlg.Co. Petty Cash Fund Pioneer Detective Agency Pohle Sales Joe Rak Rex Distributing Co. John Roach Royal Beverage Co. Seven Up Btlg. Co. Sunderland, Inc. Superior Products Mfg. Twin City Filter Serv. Ess Brothers & Sons Bert T. Hanson Const. Peter & Carol ine Tema Adler Steel Prod. Co. Brookdale Fo rd Century Tool & Metal Comm. of Taxation 9 236 253 180 60 6 6 18 ]2 2,532 3,653 98 ]5 8 71 2,941 ]00 11,744 301 567 3 140 119 36 7,102 55 63 1 ,590 29 8 1,527 1 ,841 766 52 4O2 77 68 233 23 1 ,625 12 984 17 46 202 8] 21 3 460 1 , 202 32,968 3O4 27 75 ]9 63 80 78 OO OO 6O 9O 95 8O O3 10 O2 OO 75 25 42 OO 57 13 48 O0 65 O4 ]8 O5 OO 2O 4O 34 4O 12 47 86 98 36 28 9o 94 85 53 OO 74 4O 32 75 4O OO 3O O0 31 36 O0 95 OO 76 p. 29 Davies WaterEquip. Co. $ Electric Motor Repair Electric Motor Special. Emerson' s Automotive Fridley Office Sup. Genuine Parts Co. Goodin Company Gross Industrial Ser. Hayden-Murphy Equip. Int'l .Business Mach. Mel's Van O Lite Mobile Radio Engrg., Inc. 3M Bus.Produc. Sales Warning lites Ziegler, Inc. Central Ave. Hdwe. No. States Power 35 4O 6 75 21 30 35 00 ! 69 74 454 14 64 77 40 60 39 O0 486 ¢0 ~16 36 41 10 885 78 984 667 11 12 7O 1 O0 Total $201,505.04 Agreement on Blasting Permit. Wyman Smith, attorney for Park Construction, Jerry McDonald of Park Construction, and Dick Smith representing Barton Contracting were present. A lengthy discussion was held on an agreement received from Wyman Smith earlier in the day outlining standards on the blasting permit. The City Attorney said there were significant changes on the agreement and recommended no action be taken on re-issuing the permit. It was suggested by Councilman Norberg to table any further action on the agreement until a representative from the insurance company comes in who can commit them on claims. Possibly a meeting could be set up later in the week between the Council and City Attorney and the attorneys representing Barton and Park Construction to discuss the agreement further. Ordinance //777 - Sale of Property. A first reading was held on Ordinance //777 - sale of Lot l, Block 2, Apache Heights, to Audria Williams Hartry in the amount of $6,005.00. Ordinance //778 - Sale of Property. A first reading was held on Ordinance //778 - Sale of Lots 2 and 8 in Block 2, Apache Heights to Dr. Paul Williams in the amount of $6,000.00 and $5,005.00 respectively. p, ~0 Ordinance //779 - Sale of Property. A first reading was held on Ordinance //779 - Sale of Lot 9, Block 2, Apache Heights to Dr. William J. Carr and Ann H. Carr in the amount of $5,005.00. Ordinance //780 Rezming 828 - 40th Avenue to ROC. A first reading was held on Ordinance //780 rezoning Lots 47 and 48 in Block 63 Columbia Heights Annex (828 - 40th Avenue N.E.) from C-2 General Commercial to R-O-C Residence Over Commercial. Resolution on N.S.P. Street Lighting Contract. The City Manager presented a resolution authorizing a street lighting contract with Northern StatesPower Company. He said this is a five year contract. It was suggested the City Attorney review the contract before action is taken. Consideration of Designating 40th Avenue as State Aid. The City Manager reported the Traffic Commission recommended the Council consider ~th Avenue from Reservoir £o Arthur as a state aid road. He said a public hearing on the matter was held at the last Traffic Commission meeting at which time questions were raised and two petitions filed, one from the home owners in the neighborhood and the other from businessmen in Columbia Heights. The petitions were both in opposition to designating 40th Avenue as state aid. Concern was expressed about increased traffic, widening of the roadway, removal of stop signs, and the flow of traffic being carried over to Apache Plaza. Councilman Land reported after the Traffic Commission meeting he went down and talked with the property owners facing 40th Avenue. He told them all sides of the problem and suggested an alternative of making this a residential street. He said he received favorable responses. Residents from the area were present and a lengthy discussion was held. Questions were raised as to what exactly the costs were for residential vs. state aid, the legality of assessing the home owners the same as school and park property, since some of the residents have already been assessed for curb and gutter will they be assessed the same as others, what happens to the children do they get cross walks, sidewalks, stop signs, etc. A request was made that the Council direct a letter to be sent to the petitioners outlining the points discussed to be used when circulating another peti tion. p. 31 Motion by Norberg, seconded by Jeska that the City Manager be authorized to advertise for a hearing on curb and gutter under state aid, or curb, gutter and blakctop under a residential type project, the hearing to be held on March 27, 1972 at 8:00 p.m. Roll Cal 1 - All Ayes. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz to table the matter of designating 40th Avenue from Reservoir to Arthur as state aid. Roll Call - All Ayes. Recess was called at 9:45 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:07 p.m. Rear Yard Waiver for 4400 Central. A request was rece:i, ved for a 4' rear yard waiver to allow the 7-Eleven Market to be located at 4400 Central Avenue. The City Manager reported the Planning Commission reviewed the plan and recommended the waiver to allow them to place the building 4' from the alley. He said the building would be 7' from the north lot line. This would leave room for a door on the north end of the building and they would be able to place a refuse container in the location out of sight from 44th Avenue. Motion by Land, seconded by Norberg that the waiver be referred to the Traffic Commission for review of the traffic problems and report back to the Council. Roll Call - All Ayes. Home Occupation Permit for 4660 Heights Drive. A request was received from Henry J. Schmidt for a home occupation permit to use his house for an office. Mr. Schmidt was present at the meeting and said his.bUsiness is selling wigs. No deliveries would be made to his house. A petition was submitted signed by his neighbors indicating no objections to the operation. Motion by Heintz, seconded by Jeska that the home occupation permit be granted as recommended by the Planning Commission. Roll Call - All Ayes. Bus Shelter, 37th and Central. A sketch was presented of a proposed bus shelter the M.T.C. is putting up at 37th and Central Avenue N.E. Mayor Nawrocki said it will go on public property 10'north of the Lawyers Building. Motion by Norberg, seconded by Land that the Mayor and City Manager be authorized to enter into an agreement with the Metropolitan Transit Commission for placement of a bus shelter at 37th and Central Avenue N.E. Roll Call - All Ayes. p. 32 Report on Senior Citizen Housing. Mayor Nawrocki reported the Housing Authority of the City met and adopted a resolution requesting consideration be given by the H.U.D. office to the development of low income family units. He said a meeting was held on Friday last week with the contact man from H.U.D. and we may hear shortly favorably on this housing. Request from Activities Committee to hold Jamboree. A request was received from the Activities Committee to hold the 1972 Jamboree on June 16, 17 and 18. Murphy Shows is the carnival. It was reported the Activities Committee has obtained the necessary permission from the Park and Recreation Commissions to hold the Jamboree in Huset Park. They request closing of Jefferson Street from 39th to 40th Avenue N.E. as a safety measure. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz to grant permi~ion for the Activities Committee to hold the Jamboree subject to filing of proper insurance certific-ates with the City Manager, as approved by the City Attorney, and subject to review of closing off Jefferson Street by the Traffic Commission. Roll Call- All Ayes. Street Lighting for Superamerica. Motion by Heintz, seconded by Land that the Mayor and City Manager be authorized to enter into an agreement with Superamerica Station for placement and actual charges on a street light by their station at 50th and Central. Roll Call All Ayes. Storm Sewer for Gauvitte Park. The City Manager said in reviewing the budgetary allotments on P.I.R., we have sufficient funds budgeted for a storm sewer in Gauvitte Park. The City Attorney said in the state law, if 100% of the property owners are in favor of the assessment, there is no need for a hearing. The suggestion was made to get a letter from the Park Board on the matter. Sound Slide System. A request was received from the Civil Defense Director to purchase a 3-M Sound Slide System. This could be used for training in the Civil Defense Fire Rescue Unit and the Police Reserve, the Fire Department could use it in their demonstrations, and it ~ould be used in presentations at City Council meetings. The cost is $984.20. The Council members expressed concern on how much the equipment would actually be used. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz to deny the request. Roll Call: Land, Norberg, Jeska , Heintz - Ayes. Nawrocki Nay. p. 33 Board of Eq~ization Meeting. The City Manager reported a letter was received from the Anoka County Assessor proposing May 31, 1972 at 8:00 p.m. be set for Board of Review or Equal ization. The Council members concurred with that date. Public Hearings on Alley Paving and Seal Coating. Motion by Land, seconded by Jeska that the City Manager be authorized to advertise for hearings on concrete alley paving and street and alley seal coating to be held at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 16, 1972 in the Field House. Roll Call: Land, Jeska, Heintz, Nawrocki - Ayes. Norberg - Nay. Solicitors License. A request was received from Rev. John L. Rios of the Latin American Gospel Mission for a solicitors license. He requests the license fee be waived on the basis of a charitable organization. Councilman Norberg asked if Rev. Rios had filed reports showing financial disclosures, and requested the' license be contingent upon this. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz to grant the request for a solicitors license. Roll Call: Land, Jeska, Heintz, Nawrocki - Ayes.. Norberg abstained. Human Rights Commission Appointmen~t. The suggestion was made that interviews be set up with the three applicants for appointment to the Human Rights Commission at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 17th. Lawsuit on Pipe Companies. It was reported there is an action against nine pipe companies. A form was received asking if the City wishes to be included in the suit which would allow the Attorney General to represent the City's interest. The City Attorney recommended the City be included. The only cost would be the time involved by the Engineering Department in figuring how much pipe the City bought. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz to join in the lawsuit and have the proper and necessary officials execute the documents to comply with the No~h District Alabama Court. Roll Call - All Ayes. Licenses. Beer License for JoAnne C. Pastuszak, 500 - 40th Avenue N.E. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Land that the 3.2 on-sale beer license, the 3.2 off sale beer license, ~X~X~XXX~K~ ping pong, pool table, and cigarette licenses be granted for 500 - 40th Avenue to JoAnne C. Pastuszak. Roll Call - All Ayes. p. 34 Motion by Land, secon~d by Heintz that the licenses as listed be granted upon payment of proper fees, that the special use permits include all restrictions previously imposed on the permits. Roll Call - All Ayes. Brooklyn Center Case on Levy Limitations~ Mayor Nawrocki reported Brooklyn Center won the case on the ability of the Auditor to levy anything above the so-called ~ levy limitations without the express permission of the State Tax Commissioner. Library Situation. Councilman Norberg explained a discipline problem at the Library with a group of teenage boys. He also expressed concern over the exit-entrance to the Library basement. The City Manager was directed to resurrect the plans that were drawn up several years ago about another entrance down the back stairs. Architect for City Garage. Motion by Heintz, seconded by Norberg that the Mayor and City Manager be authorized to enter into an agreement with Architect Tom Van Housen for architect services on the new City garage. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Norberg t) adjourn at 12:31 a.m. Roll Cal 1 - A1 1 Ayes. B[uce G. Nawrocki, Mayor