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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 3, 1949 Roach 95.86 ~c~.i!e 3e~eb:zrth . ,iikie 60.00 Jul [us Schma~l, 3t. Treas. 2?7. ! = D' De[~,~r~, 7.98 ?2,., ard [.ii sko',.,~ lc i 3. ~0 C~trt~s Chr~stopner~on ~3.28 ~.:. Gas Co. 17.92 igrt'z'~'~e.:term Bell Tel. Co. I 1'4.10 J. ~'. ~[reskie 175.00 Fre~ jpoor 3i.92 Bert[,' LTnch 27.60 irene J. Boyer 3.70 John .i. Janke i9.53 L':z. ?.[c[(uJh 31.74 V;m. F. L[cHugh Fred Spoor .Joe J. Rak Betty Lynch irene ,7. Borer John J. lak John 7[. Janke Pat t,~i! es Ali Sundberg Col. Hts. State Bank Richard Gailagher Col. Hts. Fire Dept. Darold Schafer Paul ['[atul a 103.26 98.98 93.86 65.35 £5.80 45.78 18.88 74.70 25.00 304.3~ 89.00 257.00 7,98 23.28 Col. H~. F~emen's Relief Assn 116.75 First Nat. Bk. of St; Paul t]pis. City Treas. August ?eterson R. P. Nyberg T · _,chh Roach Joe Fedorko L'ar jot ie Anderson Jeannette Urbik Ernest T. Olsen Peter Pontius 251.20 6066.80 45.00 75.00 31.38 35.34 23.~5 15.70 31.05 · 36 TOTAL ~1~=~. 58 .i:~tion by Nygaard seconded by Yencho to pay these bills out of their pr.~per funds. Roll c ti - all ayes. !oti ~n by Nygaard .~econded by Ue!don to grant the [inneapolis Gas Company's request for approval of its plan for extension of gas main on 7th St., bet'~:'~eei: 43rd and 44th Aves., 360 feet. Roll c~tl - all ayes, ?~tion to adjourn.to May 3rd. £. ~afel, ~ecret~y t~8 the Council H. Soderholm, i.~Ai'OR OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS ~eeting ~eeting called to order at B:O0 p.m. All members present. May 3, 1949 ~[otion by Yencho seconded by Trench that the Columbia Heights Fire Dept. be granted tLe permit for a festival, with the ttnderstanding that only rides, eat lug stands and certain types of lcc al concessions wo._~ld be operated. Roll call- all ayes. ~en representin~ several Columbia Hei~-~ts plumbin~ firms were present and asked an ordinance be passed requiring plumber,s licenses be issued only to plumbers who set up a shop, maintain a stock and maintain a telephone in Columbia Heights. The council agreed to hold a meeting before ~ay l0 between the city engineer, plumbing inspector, representa- tives of the council and city plumbinm firms, and possibly of representa- tives of the city electrical firms. The co ncil also agreed to hold up issuance of any more plumbing or electrical licenses until a report of said meeting had been made to the council. Mr. i!oye was present and requested the' alley 0etweea Reservoir Blvd, and Taylor St., between 3~th and AOth 'Aves., ~.~e fixed for proper draina~e and brought down to proper ~rade level, h'e was a~vised t. is wo~ld be checked ir/to. Mrs. Wermerskirchen was present reoardin6 ~er claim for damages, which claim had been presented before ~t the council meetin~ of 12, 1949. The council a~reed ~o inspect her property before ~ay a~d agree on damages, i£ any~, due her.' Motio~ by Wetdon seco~led by' Trench to' adopt the street ~ade on 41st Ave., from Reservoir to Bti~so~ Blvd., as recommended by the city manager. Roll call - all ayes. ~rs. Miller. was present re~ardi~ a petltio~ to /~ade aa platted ~th A~e., between Central Ave. and Reservoir Blvd. The Council agreed to ~ t~spect t?ts avenue, wit~ re6ard to the· petition, o~ the eveni~ of~ May 4. The council aereed to inspect 42nd Ave~ to determine the ~ecesstt~' of another arc liaht between t cae no~ situated at t: · top and'bottom of the hill on said avenue which precedes. Reservoir Blvd. ~otion by weldo~ seconded b: wY~aard to allow each of three fLre depart- men~ mer~bers expenses, not to exceed $~. 50 per day, for three days' attendance at the Fire School in St. Paul, actual expe.~se account to be submitted. ~oll call - all ayes. ~., Motion by Nyoaard seconded by Walden tc turn over the followinj matters to the city manager and have hi.~ report back o,': same: (1) Petition by .J. Laplns~i and W. Miller that curb, Eu~ter a~d the a~reet of jackson f~m 40th Ave. to 41st Ave. be repaired, the at,et to ~ve curbs and ~u~ters and ~to be ~ised for drainage; (2) Petlt~on, sioned by seven persons, for lnstal~tion of sewer on Buc~nan St. f~m ~th to 3?th Aves.; (3) Petition to open and ~ade the alley between! Tyler and Polk St., 41st to 42nd Aves. ~I1 e~l - all ayes. Motion by ~eldon seconded by Yencho to /~rant, with reservations, permlssio~ to Fred Cornelius 'to erect a retai~in~ wall i~ frost his property at 5'~04 Polk St., approximately ~ inches from the sidewalk. Roll call - all ayes; of A letter from Chat Her~tn~e~ was read, which requested the fixin~ of 41st Ave., a~d also requested Central Ave. betswept a~t its ~utters clea~ed. Tt~e city manager advised tha~ this matter had bee.~ taken ~a~t~i~ from the, Clean Up Committee was read, ~d. ich letter requested ~e.cou~cil to ta~e adva. n~a~e ~f_t.~e mosquito aba~e~ent pro,ram. Motmonoy NyEaara seco~aea vy ~elaon tha~ t~e cit., manaEer contact .Mr. Heuper to ascertaI,~ what the ~osquito abate~ent prooram consists 'of, ~oll call - all ayes. Motion by Trench ascended by Yencho to accept the COmmonwealth Electric Co~pany's bid for installation of a~,tomatic traffic stjcaAs at the intersection of Ce.,~tral and 4Oth Aves. ~olt call - all ayes. It became necessary for Mr. Yencho to leave the ~etin~ to attend to other ~.~atters at this time, and he was e'~cused. A request was made that the council meeting scheduled for ~ay 1949, ce set ahead one day in order not to conflict wit2~ other activity in the fieldlaouse that evening. The co-~ncil advised it would consider tois request at its following meeting. First reading of 0rdinance~/ being an $rdinance vacati~ the south ~feet of Peters place commencing at the Northeast Corner ol~ Lot 1,~xtending to the southwest corner of Lot 4, Block 3, re- arrangement of Lots ZZ and ~, Block O, Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Ninnesota. First reading of ~0rdinance~'~/being an ordinance authorizing t he sale by the city of Columbia Heights of certain real estate known as that part of Peters Place heretofore vacated and lying east of the extension of the south boundary line of Lot one, Block ~hree, rearrangement of Lots ~3 and ~4, Block 8, Columbia Heights, Anoka County, ~innesota, except ~he easterly three feet t~ereof, reserving to the grantor a perpetual easement and right to enter upon said tract to use, operate, repair a~d o~herwise maintain the water main and water hydrant ~pon the easterly l~. feet of said tract of land, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the register ~-~fdeeds in and for Anoka County, ~innesota. A letter from Roy Bentzen, Sr., 4347 6th St., was read, co:~p!aining of the fact that the sewer by' his property is too high for him to properly connect to, and also complaining of the fact that his stop box had act been repaired as pro~i~ed by the city. He whs advised tt~e stop box would be repaired and the correction of his sewer wot~ld have to be taken care of by the contractor. The council agreed to 'have the city manager send a communication to (1) the ~innesota Linseed Oil Co., advising, that its fire protection there has expired; and (2) to the fire chief, advising that ,the ~[innesota Linseed 0il Co. contract has exp'red and he is no longer responsible for fire protection t2uere. Seco~d reading of Ordinance ~49, being an ordinance authorizing the sale by the City of Columbia Heights of certain real estate known as Lots I ~ 2, Block 2, Second Subdivision of Block ~F", Columbia Heights Arauex to ~inneapolis. _ Ordinance 249 offered by Nygaard seconded by Weldon. Roll Call - all ayes. ~otion by Nygaard seconded by Weldon t~t the proposed ordinance, proposed as Ordinance ~0, being an mz~linance authorizing the sale by the City of Columbia He~o~hts of certain real estate kno~ as Lots l0 & ll, Block ~, Secona Subdivision of Block "F", Col~mbia Heights Annex to ~inneapolis, be cancelled. Roll call - all ayes. First readin~ of Preamble to Ordinance ~.~'t~bei~ an ordi~nc% entitled, "An ordinance authorizing t2~e sale by the City Treasurer of ~1~,344.00 Emergency Debts Certificate~. First reading of Ordinance ~'~being an ordinance authorizir~Z t~e sale by the City Treasurer of ~1.~,344.0.0. E~ergency Debts Certificate. Preamble to 0~dinance~'~offered by Nygaard seconded by Weldon. Roll call - all ayes. O~di~ance~offered by Trench seconded bU Nygaard. Roll call - all ayes. Notion b~~ Trench secouded by Nygaard that the request by Paul Swensen, §9~ Van~'Buren St., to tap the City of Columbia Heights, water main for his residence to ce located at 4501 Jefferson St., be denied until such time when the city's water system is better able to take care of it. Roll call - all ayes. A letter from the Minnesota Safety Council was read, which letter sta~ed the city had won a place on the National Traffic Safety Contest,s Honor Roll and would receive a certificate for same. The council agreed that a presentation of the Certificate would be made at the next meetin6 of the Commercial Club. A letter from the Minnesota Safe~y Council, advising t ~hat its Governor, s Award Presentation Dinner would be held ~ay 17~ 1949, was read. It was agreed that on Election Day Councilmen Trench, Weldon and Yencho will lock up the doors a~. the schools ~£~ .~he ballots_have hedncoun~d_ arid' tl~ete~ion~ Ju~ge~ :~'~hav$~t~. Motion by Nygaard seconded by Trench to place on file a ~etition t~ha~ t~ ~i~y~rchase and beautify the triangular corner on 37th Ave., between Central Ave. and Reservoir Blvd. and a letter from Mr. Bridell regarding said petition. Secdnd r~ad~Bg~of Evelyn Dahgr's applications for off-sale and on-sale beer licenses at Z911 University Ave., and Thomas Daher's request for revokation of his beer license in the event that Evelyn Daher,s beer license applications were approved. Mot ion by Nygaard seconded by Trench to gran~ Evelyn Daher's applicat ions for off sale and on-sale beer licenses and a license to operate a restaurant at ~911 University Ave.; and to grant Thomas Daher's request for revokation of his beer license ~e ~~'~h~Ev-~t~n~ Da-h~-r ' s'~'t~v _~t-i ce~'~.e~ffp-~I~ t~ i'~ha ~'~w-e're a~..ve d. Roll call - all ayes. ~otion by Trench seconded by ~ygaard to grant the following applications: (1) pinball machine license, at Al's Place, ~gll University Ave.; (2) Cigarette license to Jack Easby, 4801 5th St.; (J) Transfer of gasoline service station license for ~orm, an Hulleman at 40~6 Central Ave. to Wes Weldon. Roll call - all ayes. Motion by Weldon seconded by .Trench to pay the Fire Department's bill for . Roll call - all ayes. Motion by weldou seconded by Nygaard that the city attorney and city manager be instructed to go forward with the exchange with the ~onarch Soap Company of the land in the rearrangement of Block F. Roll call-all ayes. Motion by Nygaard seconded by Trench to adjourn. Roll call - all ayes Sec~retary~-~o t~ Cou cil NAYOR