HomeMy WebLinkAboutJuly 26, 1949The city manager advised he would advertise for the above bids to be
opened at the next regular council meeting.
Several citizens and a representative of the Minneapolis Gas Co. were
present, and .ccm,p~ ained of the fact that gas could not be made available
to, residents on 6th St., from 40th to ~Oth Aves., because of the refusal
o~~ Mrs. Szyperski to allow the necessary main to pass through a portion
of her property. · Motion by Yencho seconded by Trench that the matter
be turned over to the city manager, and that he be emp~owred to take
wkatever steps are required to acq'ire the 30 feet of property necessary
for passage or,he main; and that he be empowered to offer up to $100.00 for
purchase of said property, after which, if necessary, Condemnation
proceedings can be begu~n. Roll call - all ayes.
~¢.tion b Yencho seconded by Trench to grant the request for a street
l~ght at 48th Ave. and Otb St. Roll call - all ayes.
Resolution offered by Lange seconded by Trench that the city manager be
authorized to acquire the land necessary for a water pump station and a
se~wage lift station ~in the Hilltop Addition. Roll call - all ayes.
Motion by Lange seconded by Trench that no advertisements be made
until October, 1949, for bids for the construction of sewers in the
Hilltop area. Roll call - all ayes.
Motion by Trench seconded by Lange that the mayor instruct the chief
of police to deputize the necessary number of firemen needed to police
the grounds at the Columbia Heights Festival. Roll call - all ayes.
~otlon by Yencho seconded by Trench to deny the application by G.
Baldwin to install a pay dump on Lot 15, Blk. E, Walton~s Sunny Acres,
~nd Addition. Roll call - all ayes.
Discussion was had on possible locations for a new dump in Columbia
He i ght s.
Motion by Trench seconded by Yencho to approve installation of 355
feet of..~ ~.wer and two catch basins between ~rd and ~th
Aves.~b~-~T1- all ayes~
~,~otion by Trench seconded b Yencho that the pumping sta tion supervisor
be given ~I00 wages for services for the month of July, 1949,2~-~7
Y~ ~ ~ ~ .... ~ Roll call - all ayes
~ ~otion by Yencho seconded by Trench to adjourn. Roll call - all ayes.
C TFIC IAL PRO ~DINGS
Re ~alar Meeting July
~,leetinS called to order at 8:00 p.m. All members present.
~jnutes of last regular and:~spec, iat.meetings, rea~ and approved.
~.~otiOn by Lange segb:ded by T~eact~~ to*gran*t~ *
the application of Stanley Tah
baka, 3846 polk St., for a pluJa0ing license. Roll call - all ayes. ~
A proposal from the Minneapolis Institute oi' Sanitation Services was
read, requesting an agreement whibh' Woutd~.~lIow the ab0ve=~ehtloned
or~anizzti~n'toi~b~-the'~oleToperators of deposit holes within the City
of CoDmnbia Heights. The council advised that it would be necessary for
the Lnstitute to first find and propose suitable locations for the
deposit holes, before any such agreement would ce considered by the
counc il.
Er. Heglund of-R. D. Thomas and Associates reported on the tabulation
bids, for furnishing a centrifugal water pump to the City of Columbia
Heights. ~otion by Lange seconded by Trench to accept t~e alternate
bid of Fairbanks Morse & Co. Roll call - all ayes.
Mr. John Smith was present and requested he be granted licenses to
sell beer at 838-~0th Ave. Motion by Lange seconded by Trench that
the matter be tabled, and be brought up again at the next council
meeting. Roll call - all ayes.
Motion by Yencho seconded by Spekulant ~hat the city manager be instructe~
to advertise for bids for necessary improvements to the city pumping ~
station. Roll call - all ayes.
Mot ion by Yencho seconded by Trench to grant the following applications:
(1) By Northern States Power Co.., for installation of one pole and
street light on Reservoir Blvd. a~nd 43rd Ave.; (2) Application by
Minneapolis Gas Co. to install 4-inch main on Mill St., from 850' E.E.
line Bth St., to #~21, Lot 3l, Block 66, Columbia Heights Annex;
and (3) Application by Nortr~western Bell Telephone Co. to place one
anchor on the north side of $1st Ave., at the alley west of ~th St.;
one anchor on the south side of 42nd Ave., west of Sth St.; two achors
in the alley west of 5th St., between 49th and BOth Aves.; and three
poles on the north side of 49th Ave., between 4th and 8th Sts. Roll
call - all ayes.
Motion by Lange seconded by Yencho to issue check for $100 in payment
of the purchase by the City of Columbia Heights of the west 30 feet of
Lot l, Block 2, Columbia Heights Acres, for public roadway purposes.
Roll call - all ayes.
A petition was read, signed by three residents in the Walton Rearrangement'
of Lots ~3 & 34, requesting the city to grade and install a water main
on that part of Peters place wLich would be availsble for use to Lots
No. 12, l~, l~, 15, 16 and 17 in Walton, s Rearrangement of Lots ~3 & 34.
Motion oy Trench seconded by Spekulant to turn the petition over to the
city manager to take its regular course. Roll call - all ayes,
Roll
Motion by Lange seconded by Trench to grant the application of
Gage-Reeves Co. for a heating license and an electrical license.
call - all ayes.
Mr. Joseph Kowal, 1208-4~th Ave., was present and inquired when sewers
would be installed on 4~th Ave, for use b~ the residents in that area.
He was advised installation would be made this year.
A letter was received from Henry ghanedling, s Sons Corp., requesting
a permit for twelve bowling alleys to be installed in a building to be
built at Gould and Central Aves., at the former site of the Community
Methodist Church. Notion by Lance seconded by Trench that the above
bo~ting alley permit be issued to the above party at such time as he makes
application for a building permit at the above address. Roll call - all
ayes.
Th~ mayor recommended the appointment o'r' .~r. Spekulant to the Library
Board. Motion by Trench seconded by Yencho to concur with the mayor's
re.~o.v~nendation. Roll call - all ayes.
First reading of Ordinance No. ~'~,, "Being an ordinance vacatin/S that part
of the north, south alley in block sixty-five (65), Col~ambia Heights A nex
to ~inneapotis, that lies between Lots twenty-six and twenty-seven (26-27)."
A bill from Mr. Dunemann was received by the council, for the replacement
of glasses broken while the above party was performing work for the City
of Columbia Hei~?~ts. ~o action was taken on the above matter.
R~EAD1U~G OF BILT.S:
P. Theo. 0!sson
RaM L. Ernest
Darlene Sotebeer
Joseph Podany
Neil Cleland
Walter Reinhart
Clyde C. Johnson
Dennis Roach
Wm. 0stmoe
~i¢:t or Saf
Otto Dunemann
Lucille Hawkins
Nick Kirchansky
Wm. F. N~cHugh
Fred Spoor
Jo~ J. Rak
Dorothy Dorsch
Je~nette Uroik
John H. Janke
Pat ~,:i les
Marjorie Anderson
Ja~.e s ~c Ke nna
Earl Ctetand
Patrick ~JcNauahton
Vincne nt Guzik
Curtis Chrls t opherson
Earl Ctetand
0. H. Prestemon
Paul Trench
John Yencho
Bernard Julkowski
Ali Sundber g
August peterson
~pls. Gas Co.
S. ?. Ereskie
Edward Buhilt
Ed ~¢.i skowic
~e~dell ~ur phy
161.30 Rosella C Johnson ~ 101 70
132. Z0 Joseph Wargo 42.40
69.70 Walter Cot tretl 131.30
124.20
.,,erie G!ader 124.20
lO~. 80 Floyd Bixler lll. l0
10O.90 Gerald E. Sotebeer llB.20
7~.03 Pauline Glatzmaler 63,80
'E2.Ol Omar Schwartz 1~2. Z0
133.90 Pat Ke ,~medy ll7.30
llB. 50 John ~urzyn llO.
108.00 Dan De~ars ll~. 80
05.70 Alii E. Sundberg 88, 80
25.00 E ling Drangeid 146.00
93.86 John Roach 9,3.86
98.98 Joe Fedorko ~3,86
9,3.86 Lucitle Segebarth 65.60
19.24 Irene J. Bayer 32,84
18.24 Ernest L. Olsen 36.52
82.01 ~4et ro Jedinak V1.00
64.~4 Betty Lynch 62.07
51.68 John J. Rak 46.15
i00.00 Clyde Brown 127.03
133.66 Alex Atroshenko 104; 50
105.86 Peter Hery!a 123.56
106.40 Henry Dykhuizen 101.08
123.31 Joe Homza 98~70
106.40 F.D. Edwards 105jO0
4.00 Leonard Lange 3.00
3.00 Andrew Spekulant 3.00
3.00 Edward Rafel 8.00
78.75 Richard Gallagher 89.00
25.00 Wm. J. Wilkie 60.00
45.00 N.W. Bell Tel. Co. 114.35
4.12 Collector of Int. Rev. 55.00
175.00 R.P. Nyberg 75.00
8.00 Col. Hts. Fire Dept. 157.00
30.59 Francis Bassett 6.65
3~. 81 Joe Wajda 4.50
Col. Hts. State Bank $ 337.40 Julius Schmahl $ 312.42
'$ 6617.94
},~otion by Lange seconded by Yencho that the bills be paid out of their
proper funds. Roll call - all ayes.
}dotion by ~ seconded by Lange
~~ ~0FFICIAL p~
Regular I,.~e et lng
~ay~r
August 9, 1949
}ieeting called to order at 8:15 p.m. All members present.
~inutes of last regular meeting read and approved.
~iotion by Trench seconded by Spekulant t~hat the presently-engaged sewer
contractor shall place his next rig at 44th and Central Aves. and
conm~ence sewer construction east from that point. Roll call - all ayes.
The following sealed bids were opened and read, on the installation of
water mains in the City of Columbia Heights: (1) ~.~J. J. Jacobs ~ Sons;
(2) Lametti and_Lametti, Inc.; (3) phelps-Drake Co., Inc.; (4) Orfei
a~d Eariani; (5) Western Underground Construction Co.; and (6) Bonander
and' Co. Notion by Trench seconded by Lange, to turn the bids over to
the' city manager for tabulatioa and return at the next meeting.
Roll call - all ayes.
The followin~ sealed bids were opened and read, on the work necessary
in providing a new connection from the ~inneapolis water system to the
Columbia Heights water pumping statioa: (1) H. R. Nichols Co.; a¥~d
(2) Phelps Drake Co., Inc. }~!otion by Yencho seconded~by Lange that
the award be held up, pending further, study of ~he matter. Roll call
all ayes.
~[otion by Trench seconded by Spekulaut to grant the following licenses:
Edw. F. Seestrom
I.~arquette Electric Co.
Raymond T. Vosika
Cronstroms Heating and
Sheet ~etal, Inc.
Willard E. Burke
Roll call - all ayes.
1402 W. Broadway, ~pls.
~02 Earq~ette Ave., ~pls.
Route 10, Mpls.
Electrical
Electrical
Electrical
4225 Hiawatha Ave., Npls.
4325 Upton S., ~pls.
Heating
Heating
Letter from the city fire department was read, requesting the city to
grant allowances to eight of its firemen for a registration fee and
one meal, while attending the St. Croix Valley Firemen, s Assn. annual
meeting at Anoka, August 14, 1949. ~otion by Yencho seconded by Trench
to grant the above request. Roll call - all ayes.
No~ion by Lange seconded by Trench that ~200.00 be paid Carl Sorenson,
for the acquisition, by the city, of the east 8.18 feet of Lots 19-Z0,
i~clusive, in Block 01, Columbia Heights Annex to ~inneapolis. Roll
ca~ -,~ all ayes.