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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSept 25, 1972 p. 205 ~ IC IAL PROCEEDINGS Regular meeting Sept. 25, 1972 The meeting was called to order et 8:20 p.M. in the City Council Chambers. Roll call - Nawrocki, Connor, Norberg, Land present. Heintz absent. Invocation was given by Father Ince, Immaculate Conception Church. Motion by Land seconded by Norberg that Temple Nygaard be appointed Secretar~ pro tem for this meeting. Ail ayes. Oorrections should be made in the minutes of the September llth meeting as follows: page 197, the date of the meeting should be changed frc~ Sept. 12th~ to Sept llth; page 203,~ the bid opening date on stairway to library basa~ent should be October 19th, not 17th; page 204, Counc~.Lman l~rbe~g's proposal does not refer to hiring o$ consultants, but to making use of valuable talent avail- ab--~e in the city on a volunteer basis by means of a standing commission. Motion by Norberg .seconded by Land that these corrections be made. Ail ayes. Motion by Norberg seconded by Connor that-bills totaling $188,457.14 be paid out of their proper funds. Roll call, all ayes. Am. Public Works Assn. State Building Inspector Payroll account Intl. City Managem. ent Assn. Val Bjoruson State Treas Val Bjornson State Tress. Famous Brands Inc. Griggs Cooper & Co. Inc. Johnson Bros. k~lse Eiq.Co. Ed Phillips & Sons Co. Elec. Judges' Salaries Acme Glass Co. Am. Linen Supply A~derson Aggregate Co. Aunt Jenny's Restaurant Autoraac B & E Patrol W. H. Barber Oil Co. Barton Contracting Co. Bury& Carlson Inc. Chapin Publishing Co. Col, Heights Fire Dept. Col. Heights Fire Dept. Col. Heights Water Dept. Davies Water Equip.Co. Davey Tree Stump Re~oval Dorsey, Marquart et al Flexible Pipe Tool Co. Fridley Office Supply Co. Robert Friis Genuine Parts Co. Gestetner Corporation Gopher Glass Co. Gopher State Oil Co. R.L.Gould & Co. 140.00 20.00 46,897.13 128.50 4,865.60 128.48 1,716.66 398.67 675.63 1,417.24 2,705.88 18.00 17.54 2,199 · 71 57.oo 4.00 325.oo 1,623.49 2,077.23 156.oo 20.40 268.00 375.00 557.25 660.92 5o.o% 1,447.50 142.56 52.77 2o .45 866.10 995.OO 19.60 176.90 18.65 Gross Industrial Service Hall Equipment Inc. Royhl Hedblad Royhl Hedblad Hedquist Construction Co. Intl. Bus. Machines Corp. Robert Jendro Ronald Kaline Albert Kordiak et al Lakeland Sign Co. Lange Tank & M aint. Inc. Man and Manager John P. Marchiniak Metropolitan Sewer Bd. Mpls. City Treasurer Mpls. Electronic Bal.Co. Mpls. Equip. Co. ~'~nn-Kota ~xcavating Co. 25.20 338.19 26.94 10.OO 2, 9o.95 5.94 46.OO 8OO.OO 160.00 45.oo 235.OO 42.00 33.90 16,252.54 16,195.28 8.58 124.45 1,136.56 ~"~dern Air Conditioning Co. Modern Cleanup Service Moore Business Forms Inc. Bureau of Bus. Practice No. States Power N.W.Emergency Eq.& Sup. N.W .Bell Tel. N.W.Natl. Bank Elmer ~'~. Olson Co. Ovshak Printing Co. Pheoll Mfg. Co~ Phillips Petroledm Co. Post~aster of Mpls. Minn · Dept.of Highways SilverLake Clinic Standard Oil Di~isicn Sun Newspapers 63.00 ,1,0OO.00 10.94 10.80 2.00 158.68 25.00 50,932.%O 158.90 4 .oo 21.90 166.05 300.00 61.65 27.0O 1,168.63 253.63 p. 206 Tracy Printing Inc. l~in City Filter Service ~¢~V~.Generator Rebldrs 'Inc. Malcolm 0. Watson O1 son s .Plumbing Payroll Account J~n. Linen Supply Co. Royhl Hedblad James-Kapala Lower Lumber Co. I'~l's Van 0 Lite Midway Tr~.ctor & Equip. Co. Natl. Recr. & Park Assoc. No.) States Power C~. h~ Modern Resurfacing Inc. Olson ' s Plumbing Co. Pepsi Cola Btlg Co. Soil Testing Laboratory United Chemical Co. Twin City Testing & Engrg. Apache Office Supplies General Office Produc~s O. M~ Droney Beverage Co. Chester Ewer Gross Industrial Service 53.00 Kuether Distributing Co. 3,969.47 3.00 Modern Air Cond. Co. 20.70 109.50 N.W. Bell Tel. Co. ~ 5.50 88.1% Olson' ~ Plumbing 147.50 202~76 Pepsi Cola Btlg Co. 105.35 1,206.87 Rex Distributing Co. 1,6%5.04 4.55 Col. Heights Agency Inc. 5,983.00 20.00 Lyle Signs Inc. 34.45 20.00 Mp!s. Gas Co. 89.35 249.87 No. States Power Co. 2,20!.45 24.17 ~N.W.Bell Tel Co. 931.43 19.61 Petty Cash Fund 48.69 25.00 Famous Brands Inc. 720.21 379.06 Griggs Cooper & Co. Inc. 1,547.13 281.28 Johnson Bros.. ~hlse Liq. 261.90 175.02 Minn. Distillers Inc. 210.00 22.00 Old Peoria Co. Inc. 498.57 4.00 Ed Phillips & Sons Co. 421.71 108.00 Wine Merchants Co. 488.65 404.15 Northdale 0oust. Co.Inc. 716.04 307.65 22.50 188,457 .!~ 856 .lO 72.24 ~, 8.4o, Bids on Pick-up Truck The City Manager had respectfully requested that the Council reject bids received mE on.one pick-up truck, instead~to readvertise for+~"t~o ,trucks, inasmuch as there is ~s, ufficient money in the budget, and also in include in th~ specifications an alternate of a bucket seat with small desk type console nex~ to the driver. So moved by Land, seconded by Connor. Roll ~call on rejecting the bi~s - Connor and Land aye, Norberg & Nawrocki nay. Motiou failed. Motion by Lind seconded by Connor that b~ds for pickup truck be tabeled u~ti! the next meeting. Roll call~- ayes Connor. Land, Nawrocki, Nay, Norberg. ~The motion c~rried. , Bids on se~er fodder One bid was received for the sewer rodder, as only the one company is capable of ~ supplying the type of equipment that is needed. Motion°by Land seconded bY Norberg to award the bid to Flexible Pipe Tool Co. in the amount of $5,489.00. All ayes. , He ari.n..g.., on mid-block street lighting, WaShington 43rd to ~th WHen the hearing was set on this~mid-block.st~re~t' lighttng' a petition had]been submitted with signatures of 60.7~ of the~prope~ty ovmers who would be assessed for it. However two of the signers have,since ~sked that their names be removed from the petition, therefore slightly less than 50% of the owners remain. Attorney Kalina said there is some question concerning the legality of the city's levying an assessment to cover cost of a ~contract with a~private company. Be- cause of this, and the uncertain status of the petition, it was moved by Eand seconded by Norberg to continue the hearing until the next regular meeting to be.held Tuesday Oct. lOth. Roll call, all ayes. p. 207 Special Use Permit for Alcoholics Anonymous meeting place A request has been received from Alcoholics Anonymous to use the basement of the grocery store at 4301 Fifth St.~.E. for meeting rooms. The Fire Chief has inspected the promises and approved it providing (1) a second means of egress fro.~ the basement is built and (2) an approved fire extinguisher be provided. This Special Use Permit has been recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission, and a petition signed by the near neighbors accompanys the application. Motion by Norberg seconded by Conner to grant the Special Use Permit to AA and Mr. Arthur Fischer who is the CT~airman and will be the operator of the grocery store, providing it meets safety standards and providing cars are not parked in front of the nearby residences. Roll call a!l ayes. Resolution ~7.2-64 Establishin~ a Co~rdssion on Science and hn~ineerin$ MotiOnh~ ~'o'rb~r'g seconded by ~'and to tabl'e 'd'i'scussion and action on the Cont~ssion until the next regular meet.~lg. Roll call, all ayes Ordinance 768~ vacating streets and alleys West of California Street Attorney Kalina reported that tit"as to the property involved in this vacating have not been cleared. Motion by Land seconded by Norberg to continue action on the ordinance until the next meeting. Ail ayes. Ordinance 792~ rezonin$ for Minneapolis k lectric Steel ~stings Co. ~ first'reading was held on Ordinance 792, rezon"i~t'o'M-2 H~avy Industrial Lots 9 thru 17 (ex the northerly 22.5 feet of Lors 9 and 17) Block 69, Colum~ ia Heights Annex, as recommended by the Planning a nd Zoning Commis- sion.. A hearing will be held at the October lOth meeting, at which time the expansion plans ofM ESC will be fully explained. Ordinance 793~ vacatin~ and relocatin~ south section of Lookout Place ~ '~irst resdi'ng w~s held on Ordinance 793 vacating and rel'~'ating the south section of Lookout Place. This ties in with Ordinance 792, above. Annual Fire Chief's meeting in Duluth October 1-2. ~oti'on' by ~'an~ seconded by Con~or that Fire Chief Fran Basset be given per- mission to attend the Minnesota State Fire ~ief's annual meeting in Duluth October 1 and 2 with expenses authorized. Roll call all a yes Professional Emergency Care Course Motion by C'o'nnor seconded by Land that P~trolman Donald French be granted permission to attend the ~ifth Annual Professional hmergency Care Course at Unity Hospital Sept. 27-30, with expenses paid. Roll call all a yes. Ma;~a,~mment Session for police personnel Request receive~'for permission for ten people frc~ the po!dce department to attend the Management Session at St.Thomas College Oct. 18th and Oct. 26th. The original request to send 4 people was revised because of a lowered tuition rate if 10 people or more attend. Motion by Land seconded by Conner to grant the req~]est, and that expenses be authorized. Roll call, a 11 ayes. Lot Subdivision~ Lot 47 Block 3 Reservoir Hills Moti0'n by Lan'd sec'ended by ~o~berg that a subdivision be approved dividing the West 75' of Lot 47 lying north of the so~th 140' subject to road and utilitYFeasem~ents over the north 30', Block 3, ~servoir Hills. The Owner is Robert ischer, 1235 - 43 Avenue. Roll call all ayes. pa§e 208,. Government Purchasing and' Insurance Seminar Motion by Land seconded by Conner to authorize John Barna to attend the first annual government purchasing and insurance seminar to be held in Rochester Minnesota October 18-20 ~lth expenses paid. Roll call all ayes, Custodial Service Upon receded-da'ti-on by the City Manager, it was moved by Conner seconded by . Norberg that the Mayor and City Manager be authorized to renew the contract with Maintenance Experts on custodial service at the Municipal Building and the Library for the coming year, Nov. I 1972 to Oct. 31, 1973~ thereby ,exer- cising the contract option. Roll call all ayes. pr.es.temon... Park' development A delega~io~' of' pe'ople' we~'e present from' the Prestemon Park area. Mr. Berg from the Engineering Department' displayed a' draying of the park and eXPlained the two alterna.te ways in which the ,area could be served with storm sewer (1) improving the existing pond and installing piping to Hart Lake and Silver Lake or (2). elimiua~ti.ng ~the pond and using all piping. Cost estimates can be .figured both ways and this Will be a~"assesSable projeCt.. Mo~i0~ by'."" Ea~d seconded by Conner that the City Manager be instructed to advertise for a hearing to be held October :2~th and ~that a piece of storm sewer yet to be done on Hayes Street be included in the project. Roll call~ all ayes. 3 bhilding ~onstruc~i'on j°b~ . . ............. v..: ........... t'~'tion by Norberg seconded by Conner that ,the City Manager be instructed to eall~ for bids. on 3 city-owned.'buildings, bids to be opened at 2 P.M. Thursday OctOber 19th and report made to 'the council at the next regUlar 'meeting., Roll call: all ayes. The project~ are (1)' library 'stairwell to the basement area (2) pumphouse superstructure at 44th' add Reservoir Blvd~ and (3) the completion o'f thetbuilding at-38Ol California Street. ~_erican ~aterworks Confere~ce ' o ' Motion by Land seconded by ~0~nor that Don Jolly, water-sewer superintendent, be permitted to attend the confePence of the North Central Section 'of the American ?ffa%erworks Association to be h'eld October 2nd to hth ~t' Pick NicOllet Hotel-,~' with expenses authorized. All ayes. Bake~r Flink snow plow The ~ity Manager asked permission to buy one Baker Flink snow-plow. Two such plows were in 'the budget: but only one is n~'e'ded' At--tHiS' 'time'. .in'as~mh' as tn~s is~a Patented-plow and the city is standardized on this type of equip- ment, he,asked-permission to buy it without the taking Of~bids. An estimate of ~1630 less $3~5 for hitches not needed~ netting $1305 has been received from the MacQueen Equipment Inc. M orion b,~ Land seconded by Norberg to authorize the City Manager to spend up to $1305 f'or Baker Flink snow plOW.... All' a~es. K-Mart Development ~epresentatives ~of K-mart were present; The,store building is complete and grand opening scheduled for'Thursday'Sept. 28th. Their attorney Johnson reported that only 3 items of landscaping are unfinished (1) the fence on the east and north prooerty lines. Posts are installed 'but many days Of heavy rain have prevented the' stretdhing of the. fence an~ 'b~e '{ns'e~b{n'g of ~the slats. "They will ru'sh com- pletion · and it should be done in i week. (2) Grading on. the landscaped part between the.parking lot and the. fence. T. hey ~¢_tl work on that any day that is dry. (3) Planting of trees~ . The City M~nager reported,that he wculd prefer to wait until after a frost when freshly dug trees can be obtained, rather than t° insist on planting them now and spring dug trees would be used. page 20~ The Mayor expressed concern about the embankment between Shakey's Pdzza and K-Mart. Second-hand railroad ties have been installed to stabilize the bank, and Attorney Johnson reported that this was done by Tom Sullivan, owner of Shakey's Pizza, to enlarge their parking lot. I;~en K-mart plans were originally submitted they showed slopes and no retainin~ wall. The question was raised a~ to whether we have any police power in re~ards to the stabilization of the bank. The City I~na~erwill follow up on this. Walk-way into K-mart from the north A verbal request has been made by a resident north of K-Mart for a ~.ate in the fence and a walkway, so that shoppers on foot and employees might get to the store without going way around to the Central Avenue entrance. Mr. Norberg recomuended that this be brought first before the Planning Conmtission and them to the council with something definite in the way of a plan. Sidewalk alon$ 37th AVenUe A request has been received frc~ an area resident for a sidewalk on 3?th Avenue between Central Avenue and Polk Street. Councilr. an Land concurred with this request, in fact he is of the opinion that sidewalks should be installed along 3?th Avenue all the way from Central to Hart Blvd. It was mentioned that.~ perhaps State Aid funds could be obtained to cover part of the cost. ~ihere would be no rush about a definite plan. Possibly the City Manager and the Engineering Department could work on it over the winter months with cost estimates and layout. Motion by Land seconded by Norberg that this be done before the 1973 construction season, about May l, 1973. Roll call, all a yes. Ordinance 791~ amendin$ Ordinance #603 ("J~mk Car" ordinance) DiscussiOn f'ollowed as to the terminolog-~ to be use'~ in the amendment in order to clarify the status of recreational vehicles. Motion by Connor seconded by Norberg that the phrase "camping purposes exclusively" be added to the definition of a Bus. Ail ayes. Motion by Norberg seconded by Land that the phrase "exclusively for recreation purposes" be substituted for "primarily for recreation purposes" in the definition of Motor truck, truck tractor, or commercial vehicle. All ayes. It was decided to add another paragraph in Section 3, as follows: "It is similarly unlawful for any person owning, driving, or in charge of any bus, motor truck, truck tractor, or co~nercial vehicle excluded above as being designed exclusively for recreation purposes or camping purposes to cause or permit more than ~.zo of the s~.~e to stand longer thsn 24 hours continuously on, in front of, or beside any property in a residence district except for the purpmose of loading or unloading." A-second r~.ading of Ordinhnce #791 was held. Ordinance offered by Land~ seconded bY Connor. Roll call, all ayes. -~Licenses see insert on following page Rice Creek watershed district Motion by N~rberg seconded by Land that the City Manager be authorized to repre:~ent the city and make a presentation in respect to the justification of keeping Columbia Heights out of the Rice Creek watershed district. Roll call, all ayes. Joint meeting with Planning and Zoning Commission The Planning Commission has nearly finished studying the zoni:~g ordinance proposed by A~*i~.-;est Planning and Research, and they have asked for an informal neeting with the City Council. It was decided t hat tomorrow evening, Sept. 26 would be satisfactory. page 210 Proclamation On Cleaner Air Week~ beginning Oct. ~ayo~'~a~rbc~i read the following proclamation: WHEREAS: the purpose of Cleaner Air ~Ieek is to promote a united educational program for cleaner a ir and. to help build a better, Stronger America;and ~KqEREAS: air pollution is a serious cormnunit¥ problem brought about through industrial e~ansion a~d increasing population~ and since industry and . populations give every i~cation of continuing to increase at ~ressive rate; soot, smoke, slyash and noxious f~es and gasses promise to become a greater hazard to ~e health and-welfare of-the people of our Co~uni~, as well as a source of gr~ve ec°~omice waste; and W~: in these d&ys when the Nation's security is t~eatened, air pollutio~ ~ abat~e~t assumes increasing ~portauce in its preventio~ of waste of materials a~d e~ergy, its cutting the cost of ~el, factory upkeep and .mai~tenanc% and its reaction of illness and absenteei~;-and ~AS: the hazard of air Ro~ution can be greatly d~inished ~rough intellig~t action i~vol~ng, e~'eeriug.equipment, research, education and_Personal conscience~ and W~P~AS: with some of the mechanical means a~eadyavailable combined with the enli~te~ed a%titude of industry~ air pollution control is forging' ahead, but ~ese measures must be continued and ~r~er measures insti- tuted to win the race~ainst air pollution; and ~f~RE~: tobacco ~oke is a major contributor to pollution of the-indoor en~ron- merit causing Erave 'discomfort to the non-smoker and resulting in a significant hazard to th~ health of both smoker and non-~oker alike$ and %~RE~: for these reasons the abatement of air pollution in all its va~ous foms is of utmost conce~ to American cit~zens$. NUff, T~PEFO~, I, BRUCE G. N~;ROCKI: Mayor of the City of Col~bia Heights, do herebyprocla~ the week beginging October l~, 1972 "'~CLEA~R AIR Be it further resolvsd that ~is Council, in obse~ance of National Clea~er Air Week~ will ban the smoking of pipes, cigars and cigarettes by all persons visiting, these Council Chambers'during the period of October l~ to October 21~ 1972. ~d be it ~rther resolved that this Council request that all citizens cooperate fully in ~e obse~ance of t~s week and undertake a year-round c~pai~ to abate dest~ctive air polhtion fr~ all sources. ~WITI~SS WHE~OF, I have hereunto set my hand this 2~th day of Sept~ber in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundreds nd seveuty~o. B~ce G. NawrHcki, Mayor, ity of Col~bia Heights ~dj 0ur~.t ~.~tion ~ Connor seconded by Norberg to adjourn at 12:~0 .M Temple ~ygaard, 6ecreta~y~pro-tem Insmrt page 209: Licenses Motion by Land 'seconded by. Connor that'the list of licenses as presented by granted upon payment of the proper fees.. All ayes.