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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Regular Meeting June
The meeting was called to order at 8:08 p.m. Roll Call:
Norberg, Heintz, Connor, Nawrocki - All Present.
Invocation was given by City Manager Watson.
Payment of Bills.
Motion by Norberg, seconded by
bill s be approved for payment
Roll Call - All Ayes.
25, 1973
Land,
U.S. Postmaster $ 500
Treas., St.ofMinn. 1OO
Comm. of Taxation 1,162
Comm. of Taxation 12
Val Bjornson,St.Treas. 2,508
Val Bjornson,St.Treas. 132
Famous Brands 445
Johnson Bros.Whle. Liq. 427
Old Peoria, Inc. 1,830
Twin City Wine 87
Wine Merchants 197
League of Min. Municp. 330
League of Min.Municp. 30
Addressograph-Multp. 6
Albinson's 106
American Linen Supply 14
APECO Corp. 17
Anderson Aggregate 33
Anoka Co. Sherriff's Dep. 20
Automotive Paint Spec. 1
B & E Patrol 325
W.H. Barber Oil 509
Barton Contracting 299
Bill Boyer Ford 6,610
Chapin Publish. 24
Col.Heights Fire Dep. 305
Col.Heights Fire Dept. 228
Library - Petty Cash 24
Col.Heights Pharmacy 8
Continental Safety 88
Conway Fire & Safety 14
Crane Supply 234
Crown Iron Works 102
Marvin Dumdei 269
Paul Dwyer 4
Elvin Safety Supply 54
Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk 182
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Flexible Pipe Tool $ 295
Forman Ford Paints 225
Fridley Office Supply 340
Genuine Parts Co. 654
Gestetner Corp. 199
Glenwood Inglewood 45
Goodin Company 25
Gopher Tamp & Die 254
Gross Industrial 51
Payroll Account 49,684
George Brown 13
Hall,Smith, Juster,EtA1 506
Royhl Hedblad 10
Heights Electric 39
Mark Hickey 23
William Hollom 40
House of Rental 4
Aunt Jenny's Rest. 47
Ideal Sheet Metal 45
Indep. BlackDirt Co. 75
IBM Corp. 3
Int'l.City Management 14
Harland B. Jones 42
Ronald Kal ina 875
John Kettering 50
Knox Lumber Co. 81
Leef Bros.,Inc. 236
Dt~nald Lohse 8
Metro. Sewer Board 14,318
Midway Tractor Equip. 23
Midwest Asphalt 520
Miner-McAlpin 3,816
Mpls.City Treas. 16,172
Mpls. Gas Co. 80
Minn.Adm.Asslsstants 2
Minn. Fire Equip. 61
Minn. Fire Equip. 307
Modern Clean-up Serv. 1,000
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Municipal Finance Assoc.
MDls. Gas Co.
No. States Power Co.
N.W. Bel I Tel .Co.
U.S. Postmaster
Paul Puzak
Rogers
Rutger's Universi ty
Shorty's Towing
Sportsman Reloading
Sun Ne~papers
Texgas Corp
Tracy Printing
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
'~Va te rous Comoany
Malcolm O. Watson
Ziegler, Inc.
N.W. Bell Tel .Co.
No. States Power
Minn-Kota Excavating
Payrol 1 Account
Johnson Bros.Whle. Liq.
Ed Phi 11 i ps & Sons
Quality Wine Co.
Wine Merchants Co.
B~zl i Electric
Merri ] 1 Moen
~/ol vet ton Engr. Co.
Col .Heights Recr. Com.
Ray Crumb's Athletic Sup.
Gager's Handicraft
Gopher Athletic Supply
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888 13
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201 80
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93 60
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2,277 71
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2,594 62
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59 96
195 77
1,727 06
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327 32
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Indp. School District 13
Leslie Paper
Nelsonls Office Suoply
S $ S Arts & Crafts
Shorty's & Sons Towing
Supt. of Documents
O. M. Droney Bev. Co.
Chester Ewer
Fridley Distributing
N./4. Bell Tel.Co.
Pepsi Cola Btlg. Co.
Brauer & Associates
Dunkley Surfacing
Heights Electric
Nat'l.Safety Council
Northdale Const.Co.
$ 135.55
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458 70
92 88
12,272 28
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k}ids on Grader.
Bids were received on a new grader for the Public Works Department.
On]y one bid was received and that was from Ziegler Company
on a 120 Caterpillar Motor Grader at a base bid price of $32,258.80,
minus deduct for trade-in of used grader, for a net orice of
$29,250.00. Included in the proposal from Ziegler were
maintenance expenses and a guaranteed minimum repurchase.
Councilman Norberg expressed concern over the fact that only
one comoany bid on this equipment. He suggested the bid be
rejected and specifications be prepared for competitive bidding.
M~ion by Heintz, seconded by Connor that t'ne bid be awarded to
Ziegler Company, that the council finds use of mechanical
controls as soeci lied is necessary to the uti ] ity of the vehicle
and therefore a val id oart of the specification and a val id
reason for acceoting the sole bidder. Roll Call: Land,
Heintz, Connor, Naw~cki - Ayes. Norberg - Nay.
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Bids on Towing and Storage Contract.
Bids were received on towing and storage contract for the coming
year at the last regular meeting. The Police Chief and City
Manager reviewed these bids and recommended award to Shorty's Towing,
as low bidder, and based on the type of calls anticipated.
Motion by Land, seconded by Heintz that the bid on towing and
storage be awarded to Shorty's Towing. Roll Call - All Ayes.
Bid on Sale of Old City Garage site, 3901 Jefferson.
The City Manager reported informal bids were received on sale of
the old City Garage site at 3901 Jefferson Street. Only one
bid was received and that was from Kenneth E. Hentges, dba
Columbia Metal Fabrication, Inc~ in the amount of $50,000.
A check in the amount of $5,O00 was submitted with Mr. Hentges
bid, as bid security.
The requirements in the proposal included that the site would not
be ~ailable until October 1st, and that the old metal quonset
building be removed on or before January 2, 1974.
The City Manager reported he talked with the City Assessor in
regards to the valuation of this property and they felt
$50,000 was in line with the appraisals. It was recommended
the Council consider accepting the bid from Mr. Hentges.
Motion by Norberg, seconded by Land to accept the bid for the
old City Garage property at 3901 Jefferson Street from
Kenneth E. Hentges, in the amount of $50,000. Roll Call - All Ayes.
An ordinance will be prepared on this sale for a first reading
later in the meeting.
Ordinance #807 - Sale of Property South of 950-47th Avenue N.E.
A discussion was held on Ordinance #807 which would sell a
parcel of land south of 950 - 47th Avenue N.E. to Peter Barna,
in the amount of $500. (Lot Five, Block Three, Sheffield's
Second Subdivision, Anoka County, Minnesota (Exce~ East 83.33')
(Subject to easement for alley purposes over the North Fifteen
feet (15') of above description and over that part of said
block lying between the extension of North and South lines of
Lots Five (5) and Twenty-six (26), of said Fifteen (15') foot strip.)
The City Manager reported he contacted Mr. Barna and notified
him of an offer of $600 for this property from Vern Hoium.
Mr. Barna responded that he is an adjoining owner of this property
and made an offer of $500 originally which he felt was reasonable
value for the property to be used for additional parking for his
commercial building on Central Avenue.
Mr. Barna did not want to get into a bidding process on this.
The Council members discussed this ordinance Tn the light of
who had the greatest need for this property with resoect to oarking.
A second reading was held on the Ordinance for sale to Pete Berne.
Offered by Land, seconded by Norberg. Roll Cal l: Land, Norberg,
Nawrocki - Ayes. Heintz, Connor - Nay. Ordinance #807 was
adopted.
Ordinance #809 - Vacating Right, f-way for Cir-Tech Development.
City Attorney Kal ina recommended no action be taken on Ordinance #809
vacating the northerly ]4~ of 39th Avenue right-of-way ]ying
south of Lot ]6, Block 73, Co]umbia iieights Annex, and the easterly
15~ of Cai ifornia Street right-of-way lying west of Lots ]6 thru 22,
Block 73, Columbia Heights Annex, for Cir-Tech deve]onment
pending closing of the orooerty sale.
Ordinance #$10 - Sale of 3901 JefFerson Street.
A first reading was held on Ordinance #810 - sale of old city
garage site at 390l Jefferson Street to Kenneth E. Hentges,
dba Columbia Metal Fabrication, for $50,000.
Ordinance #768 - Vacating Streets and Alleys '.,,'est oF California Street
for Burlington-Northern Railroad.
A second reading was held on Ordinance #786 which would vacate
streets and alleys ,,vest of Cal[ fornia Street for Burt ington-Northern
Railroad. (This ordinance had its first reading over l~years ago) .
Offered by Land, seconded by Norberg.
A discussion was held on this ordinance. The Counci 1 members
asked what was actual ]y being vacated and fiuestioned whether
or not it would be wise to vacate both halves of California Street
instead of just the west 1/2.
Motion by Heintz, seconded by Norberg to table consideration on
the ordinance until the next regular meeting. Roll Call Al ] Ayes.
Resolution #73-49 Designating $82,500 for Park Development Purposes.
Offered by Heintz, seconded by Norberg.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights, that
WHEREAS, it is desirable to proceed with park improvements in
several areas of our community including grading, landscaping,
and general development work to make several Darks more useable,
and
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WHEREAS, it has been the practice to budget only for partial
development in a long-range program to avoid extra tax levies, and
WHEREAS, in 1973 the City of Columbia Heights has received
moneys from other sources which can be used for park purposes,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights that the intent of the City Council is that the
allocation is estimated to be divided as follows:
Prestomen Park
Gauvi tte Park
Memorial Park
Silver Lake Park
Ostrander Park
Southwest Park
22.41%
18.80%
9.70%
4.85%
16.36%
27.88%
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Treasurer be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to establish an $82,500 park
development fund to be administered toward the ultimate completion
of the various parks throughout Columbia Heights as determined by
the Park Board, and the staff personnel of the City of Columbia Heights.
Roll Call - All Ayes.
Resolution #73-50 - Buyback Provisions for P.E.R.A.
Offered by Land, seconded by Heintz.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights, that
WHEREAS, Chapter 715, Laws of 1965, restored the buy-back
provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Association, and
WHEREAS, Section 353.28, M.S.A., authorizes the governing body
of any municipality to match the contributions made on buy-backs
by any of its city officials and city employees,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Columbia Heights does hereby assume the obligation of matching
its employees and city officials contributions in all cases wherein
said employees and city officials have carried out the provisions
of Chapter 715, Laws of 1965, and said funds shall come from the
1973 General Fund Budget.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Columbia Heights will
honor all certifications from the Public Employees Retirement
Association affecting matching funds under the buy-back provisions
of said Chapter 715, Laws 1965.
Roll Call - All Ayes.
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Parking ¥,~aiver, Columbia Heigists State Sank.
Representatives from Columbia Heights State Bank were oresent
at the meeting to oresent to the Council their oro?osal for
develooment of a new bank facility at 5250 Central Avenue ~I.E.
The proposal presented showed a two-story structure with a drive-in
operation in the back on the lower level. Two curb cuts presently
exist to allow for two-way access into the oarking area. 63
parking spaces have been provided.
The City Manager reported the proposal was reviewed by both the
Planning & Zoning Commission, and the Traffic Commission. The
Traffic Commission studied the traffic oatterns in the area and
recommended the pbt plan be approved with a 24' driveway along
the westerly edge of the oroperty.
The Planning Commission recommended a parking waiver be granted
under the present zoning ordinance to recognize that the 63 parking
spaces orovided conformed with the new zoning ordinance now
under consideration.
Motion by Heintz, seconded by Connor that a variance be granted
to qerral Herringer for the development of the proposed Columbia Heights
State Bank at 5250 Central Avenue N.E. to allow develooment of the
site with parking for 63 cars, and that the Council has found
that 63 parking spaces are adequate in securing the safety and
welfare of the community, doing substantial justice, and
observing the spirit of the zoning ordinance. Rol] Call - All Ayes.
Law Enforcement Crime Prevention Seminar.
A request was received to allow Chief Glader and Officer Jendro
of the Police Department to attend a Law Enforcement Crime
Prevention for Minnesota seminar to be held July 9'-12 in
Alexandria. Lodging and meal expenses for this session will be
borne by the Governorls Commission for Crime Prevention&Control.
Chief Glader would only attend the orientation meeting on
Jdy 9th, with Officer Jendro attending the full session.
Motion by Land, seconded by Heintz to grant the request.
Roll Call - All Ayes.
Resolution ~73-51 Change on Project Numbers.
Offered by Norberg, seconded by Land.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights, that
WHEREAS, certain projects are scheduled for construction
and should have new number designations to avoid duplicates
as follows:
4th Street N.E. from 44th to 45th Avenue N.E., curb and
asphalt mat was authorized on June Il, 1973 as #676, but
shou ld be #483.
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38th Avenue from Main to University for curb only,
3rd Street from Edgemoor to 38th Avenue for curb and mat,
and 3rd Street from 37th to 38th Avenue for curb only,
all of which were authorized April 4, 1973, as #676 should be
#685.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Assessments Clerk be directed to
designate said projects accordingly.
Roll Call - All Ayes. Adopted.
Recess was called at 10:30 p.m.
The meeting reconvened at 10:35 p.m.
Complaints on Zayres-Shoppers City.
A petition was presented signed by approximately 30 people who
live in the vicinity of Zayres-Shoppers City requesting the
Council to have Zayres stop all deliveries on the south side of
the building, stop delivery trucks from using 43rd Avenue fo-
entering and exiting, pay for repair and resurfacing of damaged
43rd Avenue, repair the picket fence, and install a chain link
fence between the driveways on the south side of the property
to keep litter and trash within their proprty. A spokesman
from the neighborhood was present and said requirements and agreements
set forth at the time Zayres was built have not been lived up to
and asked the Council force actions.
Motion by Norb~g, seconded by Heintz to accept the petition and
place it on file. Roll Call - All Ayes.
Staff members were directed to research Council and Planning
Commission records on what actions have transpired in the past
and check on any stipulations on the original building permits.
Motion by Land, seconded by Norberg to refer the matter to the
City Manager for verification of the extent of these problems
and follow-up with the owner, and include surveilance of the area
to gather evidence, and report back at the next regular meeting.
Roll Call - All Ayes.
Transfer of Funds for Secretarial Help.
The City Manager requested the Council authorize a budget transfer
of $5,000 from unallocated general fund to administrative salary
fund for necessary secretarial help in the administrationoffices.
Motion by Heintz, seconded by Land to g ra~t the request.
Roll Call - All AYES.
Pick-up Truck for Sewer and Water Department.
A request was received from the Public Works Director to take
bids on a new pick-up truck for the Sewer and Water Department.
A letter from Sewer and Water Superintendent Jolly was submitted
outlining the particular s~yle of machine wanted.
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Motion by Heintz, seconded by Land that the City Manager be
authorized to advertise for bids on a new pick-up truck, bids
to be opened on Thursday, July ]9, ]~73, with a renort to the
Council at the July 23, ]973 Council meeting. Roi ] Cai ] - Al ] Aves.
5ids on Black Dirt and Sod.
Motion by Land, seconded by Norberg that the City Manager be
authorized to advertise for bids on black dirt and sod for various
park sites, bids to be ooened July ]gth, with a reeort back to
the Council at the July 23, 1973 Council meeting. Roll Cai] -
All Ayes.
Bids on Sale of 3755 and 3801 California Street.
The City Manager reported on disadvantaees of being a landlord
with respect to two industrial sites on Cai ifornia Street
and asked the Counci ] to authorize taking bids on the sale of these
two sites, inc].udinq stru~ures.
Motion by Heintz, seconded by Connor that the City Manager be
authorized to advertise for bids on sale of oroDerty at 3755 Cal ifornia
and 380] Ca] i~rnia Street, bids to be ooened July 17, 173 at
2:00 p.m., with a report back to the Council at the July 23, 1973
Council meeting, that the City Manaqer also be authorized
to gat appraisals on these two properties. Ro]] Ca]] - Al1 Ayes,
Purchase of House 1101 - 41st Avenue N.E.
The owner of 1101 41st Avenue N.E. (next to LaBelle Park) has
exoressed an inter~t in selling this oroperty to the City as
cart of park development in the area. Motion by Land, seconded
by Norberg that the City Manager be authorized to negotiate for
the acquisition of property at 1 lOl - Lllst Avenue N.E.
Ro! 1 Call - Al 1 Ayes.
Fence Next to St. Timothy's Church.
A discussion ~as held on a request for fence installation from
St. Timothy's Church between the City Dark pro~erty and the
church property to halo in cutting down vandalism. The City
Manager reported the Park Board reviewed this matter and
voted to deny the request for a fence. The Board felt a
fence would not solve the oroblems around the church area.
Motion by Norberg, seconded by Land to grant the request for a
fence, the cost of which to come from the Unal located General
Fund. Roll Call: Land, Norberg, Connor, Nawrocki - Ayes.
Heintz - Nay.
Motion by Norberg, seconded by Land that the City Manager be
authorized to expend $2,175, 50~ of which is to be reimbursed
by St. Timoth¥~s Church, to make the exoenditure for the fence,
based on informal quotations received. Roll C~]] - All Ayes.
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Purchase of Carl Sorenson Property.
The City Manager reported he has been in contact with the attorneys
for Carl Sorensen and made an offer of $2,500 for the Sorenson
property, located next to Ostrander Park. The Sorenson's have
agreed to accept this proposal.
Motion by Norberg, seconded by Heintz, that the Mayor and City Manager
be authorized to enter into an agreement for purchase of the
Sorenson property, provided there is clear title. Roll Call -
All Ayes.
4th of July Fireworks Display.
Councilman Heintz reported the Recreation Commission is planning
to hold an "Old Fashioned" 4th of July Celebration in the City
and have approached organizations in the School District to
participate in any project for the 4th they couP. At the last
Council meeting, the Council members expressed interest in
providing a fireworks display in Huset Park. He said Linda Hansen
has been in contact with a company for a 1/2 hour aerial display,
and a contract was presented for the Mawr and City Manager to
sign.
Motion by Heintz, seconded by Norberg that the Mayor and City Manager
be authorized to enter into a contract for a fi'reworks display,
the cost not to exceed $500. Roll Call - All Ayes.
Jamboree.
It was reported the Activities Committee is holding a meeting
this week to discuss the Jamboree. The Counci'l members suggested
Councilman Heintz represent the Council at this meeting and
some guidelines be prepared as far as the carnival is concerned,
to avoid problems in the future.
Meeting to Discuss Audit.
The City Manager reported a meeting will be held between the
Council, himself and the Finance Director to go over the 1972 audit,
the meeting to be scheduled July 26, 1973 at 7:00 p m,
Licenses.
Motion by Heintz, seconded by Norberg that the licenses as listed
be granted, upon payment of proper fee~ Roll Call All Ayes.
Motion by Norberg, seconded by Connor
Call - All Ayes.
S~/~/~retary to the Counci 1
to adjc~.rl~ 12:16~.m.
Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor
Roll