HomeMy WebLinkAboutMar 22, 1927Cz'±' ic mat i~.b lic atica
-~rcfl 22nd , ±92't.
A ragu!az.' :r~etir~ ~.z 'the Counci'; oi' the umty of Colu~'nbis Heights was
meld at the city offices with all members present.
l[inutes were rest: of i.[arch 8~h meeting smd sd. journed meeting of
t,lsrch lS~h; corrections made completir~ mo~ion by ~sr::ow ths~ Counoil
meet on the ~ld day of [,[srch 19E7 oy adding wo~s"Ayes ~snimous, carried"
smd omit~ir~ ~?rs:ak ittner's :rmme',w~ch lm'd been sroz:eo~asly i:ac
'frown the' committee appointed to i~spect gr'ade or~ Centr&~ between 41st
42nd aref~ues. ~,'[ith above corrections, minutes wars approved.
The following bil~ were read. and si!owed by resolution offered. ~y
S~ephen~on, se,conded by Gillette; zo!l call with ayes unanimous:- Grace
· ~ ~ ~62.'50' Wm. ~_r. Ku~m, ~75 06; Jamas
~,. Sullivan ~21.00, Eec nard ~eyes, , ~ .
i'~ench, ~75.00; Jacob H. Heat. r,, ~57.50; F. A. ~eitars, ~14.00; Oegz~
, -~. ' a .
Soxensen, .~t7.00. H. ~ean, ~2~.00; Vfm. Spain, f~72.60, 3. ~. Kramer,
~53.90; John Ks!grin, ~29.00; G. ~. Balsa, ~5!.00; ;Tm.'Lei~ch,
Hazel ~ ~ ~ ;~57 50- ~2i:is. = a . .
. ~rac~=ar, . , ~en.ral Etectri. c, ~591 21; CoS_ Hgta.
s~70,C0- iifx. 12slmbezo, w2.0O; Cash ~or stamps, ~5.06; i[o~o~ Haulage Co.,
~3o.00; 21iller-Davis Co., 50~; i~ultom ~aA: & Cotton Liills, ~2'[.93; W.
!~o$ Co., ~4.00; Col. Hgta. Z'~ire 3ept. ~40.O0; Electric Blue ?rin~ Co.,
~2.006; Julius 2. acb~ht,
iLo$iomby 0strander, seconds6 ~y Karzo~ wi~h roll call, ayes
incus, carried, $hat the foilo,~.ng c~m~ittee report on the ~'zank Ittner
claim 'be acceisted:- "~o the i~[ayor and l~iembeza o~' City C~nci!;-Your
eo~Littee om the Frank i'ttm~r c!a~n make the foil~ving zei~ort.
~ki;~{}: a care~i study off the situs'rich om theo~ ~' '~nd, consulting wi$'h
the City ~ttorney, amd !ooki~6 up the records in the~City Mangers
Offff~e, ~e ffi~d the Council ~s the r~s'ht' to construct cur~, ~$ter
and sidewalk axil. the necessary gradi~ Eo~ same. There was noshing
in ~he city rec~ds esta'olishing a grade ~n ~en$ral ~venma ~revio~ to
"~raw~g ~2'f7 adopted July 1~.26,' sE~er,,wrds corrected August 24, 1925,
The cha~'e on drawing ~277 bei~ between 40th ~venme a nd 41s$ Avenma,
~rawing ~277 ~es the cmcrete pavement off ~'-s~-~ ~" -'
~.~ ,~mgm~y ~5 as the es-
ta~lz~ed, gzao. e. According $o ~he drawing submitted by the S~ete Hig~ay
~ep~x~$, the only bui!di~a on the West side off Central ~venue be$~een
~41s$ and 42nd Avenues was the Columbia School at cromer of 41s$ Avemze
and 2he. store bmiiding' at c6~ner off 42~d Ave~e, when s~vey ,,oas
Acco~d.~8- to the same draw~g,S~ eMv~$ion off ffinished surface o~ con-
crete pavement is lower S~ ~he dir$ road at times off'sudsy between
stations 30 a~. 55 a dis$~ce off 300 froot e~tending ffrom 42~d 2venue N,E.
to 300 Eeet soa$h off~42md 2venue. ~his establishes the ~act ~hat She
buildi_¢ mo' o~ed by Frank Ittn~r, was built sifter 2he present
off Trunk Eighway'~5 was establis~d a~. no damage has been ~n~ $o She
above ~n~iomed p~perty by the ci%~ constructing cur~, g~er and si~e-
walk on Centra~l Avenue be~we~z 402h Avenue and 42md." ~ity l~ger
Lei$ch was advised $o give report ~o Frank zt$mer.
An appeal Erom the Board off Education signed, by Sup't. o~ schools,
Edgar Hemd.erscn, ff~x an outlet for child, rem living on 445h avenue wi:~hou$
havi~ to trespass on pziva'te p~per$y, was read. ara the matter was re-
fferred 2o city ~ger, ~itch and l~eil i~[cLeod ~o ~ke te~orsry arrange-
/~.ments to ~:ve tae child, rem cross over certain !o't~ until s-ach t~e as
the s$reet ~y be graded.
Mo~ionby Oil!err a~ seconded by Ste~hens~.with ayes unsnimem.s,
carried, that $he follow, lng petition be s-ccet~$ed:- "~o ~e honorable
mayor a ~ members off the City Conrac i!, ;Ts the unders~ned ~
o~ners do petition the city couac.i! So grade, ~uzfsce and cux~ smd
gutter on 45rd. Avenue east ffro~a Central avenue to East t.ine off
41, Blk 2, i(eservoir Hil~, Col. Hgt,. 'Je ffm~hermore p~$i$ion flor
2 moxe Street li~$s."
Resolution ffrom the ~are~s & ~eachers ~ssociaticn urging the
.~T~tY gOfffisi!::.not ..to grsnt~ths li~@ns~-.f-or-...the,..oPeration 'of -~ores2 ]~srl~,
smd ~pp]t~cS~ion for ~z~sw~21 ~ ~nce hall and. theatre t~ce'nse Eo'r~ ~
l~o:~st F,~ for the 'seaSon of 192'~ suomittec] by S, H; Xa~ were read
a~ ~' mo~ion by ~arzow, 'seconded ~y ~mlla ~e wi"~ ayes ~snmmous,
~arri~d, tha~ action oh obov~ co~tmieations be laid over ~il ~he
~t r~t~r mastic, ~pril 12th, to a ll~v 'time for proposed action
$o be tsmn by other local organizations on, the subject
M~iomby ~arro~, sec onged by Gi!let~ with a~$
carried,. Chat the foll~ing city attorney H. E. ~eterson's opinion
be Eiven to Frank ~oster who submitted ~he peti$ion concerning the an-
n¢~$~iom of 2he Village of Columbia Heights ~o ~inneapolis, st ~t~ re-
gm~r,~e~i~ of 2he ci'~ e.~il on ldareh 8th:- "William Leitch, 0i~y
~~: ~ have ~elivere~ to ~-two petitions, each dated September
fi~, 1926, p~por~-ing to b8 petitions to the Council of ~the City of
~Ol~is Es ~hts, s ~ attaci~ng t[he same t o the City of l~inn~epolis, under
S~:~iO~s ~l~ md 1414, Ge~erat Statutes of ~,{innss~a 1923, The Pstitio~
sr~ ~s~h fs$~lly defective, in that they do not describe ~ legs. 1 smd
~u~i~% wsythe pro~r~ to be detached. After the ~ of each pe-
ti~er ~. the h~se n~b.er of the propezty he o~, but this is not suf-
ficisn~ t~ ~mply with ~he statute. The petitions ars also defect%~e in
that ~y~ur m~cip~ti~ is described as "The Vill~oe o~ Columbia Hei~t~,"-
~e~ is no longer any s~h organization. The petition should be address-
eR to ~h.e '"~ity of,Columbia Hashes." Became of ~he above fatal defee~s
in ~he said. De~i~ions, .I would, advise t~ Ci~ Cazncil to refuse to
o~' fhem, ~s I do not consider them mtfffioien2 to snsts~ any futu~
,or.~eedi~s in ~he ms~ter. You ~fo~e& me ihs2 the petitioners nave
asker ih.at ~ petitions be r.e'~z~ed to them so tha~ 2hey can fill
the, d,~'~6~i~ion off the property. I see no objection to returning the
psti~i.ons, ~ i2 is not a~visable to ~:ser~ anything in an
.after it ~s beaf~ s~ed rap, and in ~his case it wazld, be'improperi
i~ssr2 ~he &esorip~io~ of the pr~er~y after the sign¢tures hsd been
.obtai~d, wither a ~o oatamn~n~ ~he sPi~r~sl of each petitioner to any
alterations ~hst migl~ be ~de in the'pe~i~ion. I2 is objectionable
inser~ a~tSing in, s petition after it has been signed up. The peri%loners
sn.ouig be rsqu~eg, if ~hey desks tm p~ceed, ~o sign up s new petition
in rime a~ 'l~sl form" signeR, H. E, Paterson.
~wo reDres~tatives of 2he Northwestern Bell Telephotos Comps~ asker
2t~ City., C~il for ~ission 2o se~ cez'tain teleph~e poles in Colchis
un:~~, ~arried t~t permis si~n be gr~nted.
;.:~ot'~on by 0attender, seconded by Gill~tt wi~ ayes unanimous, carried
that dm~amd for cash refund on cancelled license flor ~expired po:~ion
~ year ~uhmitted ~y J. Hudak off ~he Electric Construction Compe~ ce
ta ~l.ss indefinit el~.
Letter ~r~ the s~eeutive secretary of the Les~e of ~i~ss~s ~-
l~ipsli~ies calli~ attention of the Esyor and city counc~ to the plans
ffo:r ~e~hihits at the &th am~l.c~vention off the league to be held in
~inn~apoli~ J~s 9th, 10th a~ llth, and inviting ourm~icipality to
parti~i~te, was read. l~otion by Gillett, sec~ded by 0attender with
ayes ~snimous, carried that city manager, ~itch request the difffsrent
lo,al organizations to give this proposition i~ediste c~sid, eration and
s c t i on ~.
Ostr.andsr offered the ffol~owi~ res olution, seconded 0y STEphenson
with roll ca~, ayes unanimous, carriSd: "BE IT R~O~ BY T~,
C~NOIL 0F THE CITY 0F COL~IA ~IGHTS: That the proposed assess~nt
f~ Erad. s on ~th avenue fr~ Central avenue to Tyl~ er street and filling
on Central between 39th sz~ &0th avenues be con~i~ed and the same
and is'~reoy ordered to bs ~lseed. on the a~e~ment~o ~ ~' -~ roll, to be
as assessment ~lS. Ps~ble in three yearly insta~m~Zs casting ~
''Stephens ma made the motion, seconded 'Dj Dilld~t wit2a r'oll oa 1!, ayes
unanimm~s ~a~ ci~y.c~ncil accept' ~id's'u~it~d Oy O. C. ~al~er~
E. ~g. Christian ~or ~he s~scing o~Olk s~ree~.northeas~ oegweem Dg.~h
and ~7~n avenmes and Col~bia.Hei~s si'de of ~'t~ avenue be~ween ~olk
s~ree~ a'nd' Tyier s~ree'~ ac, c. Ord~:g-~ o' ~,ec~ic~ions. o.f'~'-oi~y engineer
for the i~p s~n. of ~)1~7.50; '~
Oarl~on Dahl asked for' imProv~memt on 3gth' avenue fr~ Reservoir
o~levsrd Esst~to Buc~nan s.treot, and was ad$ised t0~h'ave~ a~:peti~ion
siEned b'y the adjoining' proPerty's" o~vners core.rig ~he-su0ject of ~his
improvm~n~., and t o su~it the petition to city c rune[il ..[:
. Kayor Soderho~l ~de the sugge~t'io~ t~t' each councilms n
that .he stu~ the ~ state, auditor's report' -of ~e c. ity's~ b~ ~ ess dyring
the past year. ' ~
· Eay o.r S oderhoMff ?a'commend'eE ths2 '~Ci'~y: ~.~nc il a~t' .on '2 lvin ~t~ner' s
su~.esti0n to'start the con'dea~t~on of-'fiv~ fee,'on eaph.side o~41st
awenue from- ~ntral avenue east to. the' 21ou~';, S,tephens ~ ma~de- m~t'ion
tt~t' c'~nc il proceed, to condemn above~- de;sc~:i'0pd terr~ ~e~..-' l~o'~on~ se-
conded by Ostrander, roll ~ ll: 0strand. er, yes;..~arr'.~'~;:' not
Gillett, ~s; Stephenson; yes; So~d~rhoim, yes. -' -
Step~nson m~ed ffbr an adjou~.e,d meet~g~.to ~ he~d.at .e, ig~t
o'clock Marmh ~ ' d~ .
o0th,--sec reded by 0arran ed
Mayo~... o f Columbia Heights.