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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 1, 19490F~'IC IAL PROCEEDINGS Adjourned ~ieeting November 1, 1949 ~ieeting called to order at 8 Spekulant present. Prestemon, Lange, Trench and A group of citizens was present and requested that sewers be laid on the north end of 6th St. next, by the workers and equipment now working in that area. The council stated it would advise' the contractor that it desired to have this done. A group of citizens was present.and requested the installation of sewers on 2~~ St., from 38th Ave. to Ed~emore Place. The Council advised that this would be done. Raymond Ross, 2110-!lth Ave. S., Minneapolis was present and requested the Council to pass a resolution ~hich he had prepared, urging the Federal Housing Administration to approve Lots 24, 25, 26 and 27, between 40th and 41st Aves. on Jackson St., as a site for the erection of an apartment building. Resolution offered by Trench seconded by Lange, whereas an application has been made to the Federal Housi~ Administration at ~dinneapolis, ~.iinn., for the approval of~ he site located on the east side of Jackson St. between ~Oth and ~lst Aves. N.E., or legally described as Lots ~$, ~6 and ET, Columbia Heights Annex to Einneapolis, Anoka County, ~inn., for t~e erection of an apartment building, designed to meet the engineering specification and construction requirements of the Federal Housing Administration; and Whereas the a0ove site is an ideal location, and the said housing needs is in great demand within this ' Czty, and Whereas the above project is a defe~se measure, being mid center of the defense plants located in this area, and which would be defeated for the lack of proper loaning funds without Federal Housing Insurance; Therefore Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that we urge the approval of the above site for the construction and development of the above-named project by the said ~"ederal Housing Admi.~istration to the end that said project may immediately be gotten under way; and Be It Further Resolved that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Director of the Federal Housing Administration at Minneapolis, ~,~inuesota, and to the main office at Washington, D.C., and to tae Honorable Roy Wier, Congressman of the ~rd Congressional District of ~innesota. Roll Call-All Ayes. At this point Councilman Yencho joined the meeting. First reading of Edward J. Hansely's applications for off-sale and on-s~le beer licenses at 547-40th Ave. Resolution offered by Yencho seconded by Lange, The City Council of the ~ity of Columbia Heights hereby resolves that, ?~EREAS, Special Assessments for Lots 26 and 27 Block 16, Columbia Heights Annex, on Job )Io. 200 in lhe amount of ~325.76 have been paid in full; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the County Auditor be and he is hereby -authorized to strike from the assessment rolls the aforesaid assessment~. Roll Call-All Ayes. Resolution offered by yencho seconded by Lange, The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights hereby resolves that, '~EREAS, Special Assessments for Lot 4, Blk. 9, Waltons Sunny Acres 3tm en JoO. No. 200 in the amount of $316.98 have been paid in full; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the County Auditor be and he is hereby authorized to strike from the ass rolls the aforesaid assessments. Roll Call-All Ayes. Letters from tbs Wilkinson Home Finance Corporation, Minneapolis, and the Federal Housing Administration were read. These letters claimed that the City of Columbia Heights had agreed to install sewers in Hilltop Addition by the fall of 1949; and also claimed that letters were on file from the City of Columbia Heights which acknowledged that such an agreement had been made. The matter was discussed witch a representative of the Wilkinson Home Finance Corporation who was present. The Council requested the said corporation to prepare a bond guaranteeing that all taxes will be paid on all assessable property in the Hilltop Addit ion, if sewers are installed in that area. A letter fr~ the League of ~innesota ~unicipalities was read, advising of a course on Town Planning being offered by the University of Ninnesota. ~otion by Spekulant seconded by Trench to place the above letter on file. Roll Call-All Ayes. Resolution offered by Trench seconded by Spekulant adopting assessment roll for the following local improvement, and determining that said improvement be made and ratifying and confirming all other proceedings heretofore had. Local Improvement No. ~01. Sanitary sewers. W¥1EREAS, the City Council of Columbia Heights, ~innesota, met on the ~Sth day of October, 1949, at the City Office insaid City, beirg the time and place set when and where all persons interested could appear and be heard by the Council with respect to benefits, and to the proportion of the cost of making the local improvement above described, a notice of such hearing having been heretofore duly published as required by law; and, ~HEREAS, this Council has heretofore estimated and fixed the cost of such local improvement na~ d has prepared an assessment roll therefore. THE CI~Z COUNCIL OF COLU~BIA HEIGHTS HE~B~ RESOLVED: Section I. That this Council does hereby adopt the aforesaid assessment roll known and described as "Assessment Roll for Local Improvement No. B01". Section II. That this ~ouncil hereby finds and determines that each of the lots and parcels of land enumerated in said assessment roll was and is especially benefitted by such improvement in an amount not less than the~amount set opposite the description of each such lot or parcel of land respectively in said assessment roll in the column headed "Amount of Prcposed Assessment". And this Council further finds and determines that the proper proportion of the cost of such improvement to be especially assessed against such lot or parcel of land is the amount set opposite the description of each such lot or parcel of l~nd respectively in said assessment roll in said column headed "Amount of Proposed Assessment". Section III. That said assessment roll be and the same is hereby ado~ted as the assessment roll the following local improvement hereinbefore described, and that said assessment roll shall be hereafter known and designated as "Assessment Roll for Local Improvement No. 201". Section IV. That said assessment shall be payable in arn~ua! installment for a period of B years on or before the first day of June in each of the years from 1950 to 1957, with interest and penalties as provided by law. Section V. That this Council does hereby determine and re-determine to proceed with said improvement does ratify and confirm all other proceedings heretofore had in that regard, and said improvement shall hereafter be known and numbered as "Local Improvement No. 201". Section VI. ~ais resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Roll Call-All Ayes. ~ne size of tt.~ present liquor store inventory was discussed, and the Council agreed that the liquor store manager should keep a much smaller inventory on hand. The proposed City budget for 1950 was discussed. Eotlon to adjourn. I re t~ary ..... Sec 0F3'IC IAL ?ROCEED!N~S Regular Meeting 0. 'H. Pres'temon, ~,~ay r November $, 1949 ~eeting called to order at 8 P.M. All members present. Minutes of the last regular and adjourned meeting were read. The minutes of the regular meeting of October 25, 19~9, were amended as follows: The resolution setting aside a special fund for purchas~e of equipment for the Fire Department was amended by changing ~the word "~lO0.O0" to "~lO00.O0" The minutes were then approved. " Discussion was had on the Board of Education's plan to extend the City High School west across Jackson St. A group of proper~ owners who ~'~uld be affected by the construction of such an addition were present and dis- cussed the n~tter with ~ue Council. The Council assured the above property oysters that, if such an addition is built, the City would extend the closed portio~ of Jackson Street to the west, at an angle, with all its present Improvements. The street would then intersect with 41st Ave. at the location of the present alley between Jackson and Quincy Sts. Fi~-st reading of Ordinance No. 258, entitled, "AN f~Di!f~2,TCE VACATING Ah~D D!SCOi'~TiNUIi~G THAT PAP, T 0~- JACKSON STREET, NE, DESCRIED AS FOLLOWS: Co~,~mencing at the SE corner of Lot Fifteen (15), Block Forty (40), Columbia Heights Annex to Minneapolis thence proceeding North a distance of 240 feet more or less to the SE corner of Lot Nine (9), Block FoFty (40), Columbia Heights Annex to Einneapolis."