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Home My WebLink AboutAug 9, 1927 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS. ~..: The regular'meeting of the city council of' the City Of 6(o~it~mbia Heights, held at the high school on Tuesday evening, :~Ugust .9t~h; called to order a2 8.:10 by Mayor Foster; all members ~'' ~'~i~nuCes-of the regular meeting of Jul~ 26th and a special m~o~i~ng of~August ~rd were. read and upon motion by' KarrOw, · W~aon~.e~] by Deutseh and. passed by a vote of all ayes were accepted as read. " The ~ollowzng b~lls were read. .W.. C. Gauve~te, $69~$Q,_~cn :~'elsen ~12. 00 ?Emit Gustafson, $2.~0; ~s. ~ p~per, ~z,~p; ~dr'nn'~w~ ]~atmb~r~' $21e00; Ne We Bel!_Tezepno:ne uo., ,j.~,Ou, $87~[O;~E~"A. Trucker. $57,50; Ool~bia Hezghts Record, ": Res.~!ution was offered~ by '~b~ow, seconded by Dahl, that bills ~e~.at~]~wmd as read. Roll call; a~ ayes. ~'.::';Bi~s of ~rtin Wunder!i~h for grading and surfaOinE of' TFler' 'm~r.ee2 a~d ~d Avenue, co,Or'ding 'to ~lans and specifications sub- mitred by~ city engineer were read as follows: Tyler~stree~, at $~,864-,00; ~rd Avenue, at $1, 567 ..00 . These bids being the onl~ $~e~-. ~m]~m~tted and being considerably lower than the engineer's ~t'~t'em, ~t was deoide~ to accept them and upon me~nt~n offered B~a~,m~ that t'be bid of ]~artin Wunderlieb be accepted and that~ ~ · t ~ to enter into contract with ~rope~ :city zuthorities be anst~uo: :'him~ that ~idder submit c~oie foot of sample of rook to be used, I ~ ~~ mamager and cit~ council The resolu- same t.o be appzove~ by oitp ti:on was seconded by Deutseb a.~d rolT call was answered ~y all ayes : T~ b~d of Carlso~ Sidewalk Co. of $2,112.00 for curb E~tt.~r: and driveways on 8~rd Avenue was opened an5 upon motion by .D:~:u~h and second by Harrow, with a vote of all a~es., it was i~ ~2~ refer this bid to the city manager For a report at the A:n applicat%on for a license to do pl~bing was ~ece~ved ~om ~ste KOlbP.~ This application was accompanied by a ~o~ by Waiter L:aycock.~ ~An appl~ cation was received form William O~ipk ~or s, license to make house 5rains. Ther~ was also an ap- ~ie:atien from D. A. smith for~a pl~.ber's l~cense. ~[otion was ~$d~ b~ Dahl and seeond~" ~by Karrow that al! applications be ~]e~s~ to City Manager to ascer~a~ whether applicants could :~a:s~ ~uneapolis examination--which is one of the requirements to s~cu~ing a license in this Deutsch requested that immediate action be taken rel~tive to t. the applications since there w~re a number of outside' plumbing concerns attempting to secure contracts on CalUmbia Heights work a~d he was in favor af protecting local workmeJ as much as possible 'An application was read from S. H. 'Kabm"for a license to m~er- ate a motion picture show and a dance hall at Forest Park~. This application was accompanied by a resolution passed by a grou~ of' citizens at a mass meeting on July 28th and s'igned by H. J. Kapka, requesting that the license be granted. The application ws~s denied upon motion by Dahl, senonded by Deutsch and a vote of all ayes. Louis Ctucka submitted ~ petition signed by 240' fre'ehol'ders asking ~bat. the citY~coune.il .se~ a date for a special election at which the question of,'~.an~xation to ~inneapolis could be submitted to the' voters of Columbia Heights. 'Dahl made a motion 2hat the petition be referred to the city zf~nager for a chebk-up as to the ' validity of the signatures thereon. This' mo't ion was seconded by ~arrow and ~as.~ed .by a vote of all ayes. Mr] Geronse~ appeared before, the council' as a 'committee of one from the,Taxpayers' Associs, tion to request that' %~.e city ~.ouncil' set the date of ,the election o~ ar. nekation ks neat to the legal [~.a limit of expiration as possible in order that' public meetings. could be held to give all an opportunity to learn of th'e ~dvan- tages or disadvantages of the e,.ont, emplated move. A peti'tion request-lng improvement of alley in Block 8~ be-' 'tween 37th and 39th Avenues was discussed and upon motion by Kartow and second by Gi!ttte, with a vote of all ayes, it was passed'to refer this petition back to the conm~ittee for mome signatures. W. C. Gauvette appeared in behalf of residents in neighbor- hood of University ASenue, between 40th to 44th, and called th~ coun~,il~s attention to the fact that, while attempts bad been made to secure an outlet for the people of this section, at the presen, t time it was impossible for them to get access to their property without trespassing~ The owner of the property upon which these residents had been trespassing was present and affered to ~ell to , the~ city his entire half acre for roadway purposes for the sum of $700.00, His offer was said to be a radical change of mind from a previous offer he bad made to lease a driveway to the city and upon motion by Deutscb, which was seconded by Dahl, it was passed to have city manager get in t,...uch with owners of other property which might be available for a .'driveway and that the advisability o ce street oper. ing in that section be investigated by the manager, A petition was reaeived from 13 property owners asking that cinders be spread o~1 Seao~d strec~t from 40th to 42nd. This peri-, tion apparentl~ bad suf,~i'~,iert signatures and upon motion by Kar- row and seaond by Dabl a. nd a vote of all ayes it was passed to accept thee petition and have it tak~ the r~egu!ar pr.oceedure re- quired by charter. A co~nunication was read fr:m H. E. Peterson stating tBs~t he would not take further steps in the condemnation proceedings on ~41st Avenue until a~otber attempt had been made to seaure more quit claim deeds., Deutsch moved that city manager be instructed to in- vestigate quit claim deed program and also other work of city at- 77 ~',o'rn~e'y with the end in view 'of' determining the advisability e~ms, ppO~ti~g a regular city attorney at a regUlar salary in · · e the need Pre' p'laee ~'T engaging the services 0f an atto~n y as. ~ntod i~self. This motion was withdrawn and p~es, en~ed as a sugg~iOn and it was then rust'her 2uggested by Dahl that'&l~t AVenue pr,~epert2 owners ~e asked to ~a~ over on t~eir im- prsveme'nt program to ,see whether their difficulties could nQt be ,o~,~eem~, without legal action. :' ''~ The second estimate of HSn~ Nod. land'& Sons,. se~er contract · b~,.~s snbmitted as per the following sohedule~ second esti- mate"~' $!$~715,q0; ~les~ discounts a~d advance, $9,420~57; balang~ d~ue-'~"~:2~j~ Karrow offered resolution that the~sec0nd ~s~ ~te bS.~Ilowed~ seconded o~ G~lle~te, ~d Cz~d by rot ~ille of E. M. ~Ohrist~n ~ Talberr f~r ~46i.51 stil~ due ~,o~ ~r, aet and .39th A~enu~ '~Y ~ ~ontraots were read 'and upon motion ~ts.~h and seconded b~ Dahl 'it ws~s passed by a'v6te a~"~-that' ~hese. bill~ be al~owetl ~er pro, er deductions were ma~s b~y' ~2.ity manager ~and Droper proc eedure -on ~fina~ esti~te '~ Fra~ It t~er appeared before the colu~il and stated that he w~8~ '~t~ a loss to know why the ~eit~ manaEer (Er. Leitch) ba, d '~ot --f~Tlowed instruCtions'of the co~ci~ in providing an~ alley 8-~ a~Jd asked Further that the a,mount spend ~or this improve- m~nt be t:aken from the gene~a, Tund because of p~culiarities surroUnding its neces ~:dt~. Nr, Anderson was instructed to in- vest. isate and repo~ at the next meeting. ' R~'solut~on was ~ffered by Dahl~that Drawing N°. ~78, the prof~ile oT,~rd Avenue, be :accepted b~ the council. This was se~eomSe~ by Deutsch~and,.~c~tried'bP a vote of all a~,es. · Eesolut~on was offered by Deutsch that Drawing ~ No. , the p~o~!e s~f ~2nd Avenu ,~ be accepted by the ~oumcil. This was seeo~,~ed by ~hl and carried ~animously. · ~'~rm, Se~ultz appeared ~before the conncil and inquired as the f~l~ng of boulevard' on ~Oth'be'tween Central and Reservoir ~Su~;~r~, She sai~ that there was ~n' ~pp~ent ~avoring e,ert~n Droperty owners ~sn, the citF ma~,ager was instructed to i~ve st i ga~ e. ~ forme'~ly used b~ the po ,~ ~ g,: ~ ~ ~ ___ ~Lf~a~s b~' Db~l, it was passed to ask U~ou mot~ b~ K~-zow, s~,~ ..... 7 .... ~ ear before co~cil a.t ~ts ~xt ~e~lar meeting ~,,.d expta~,~ b~s ~ of the police department, '~ ~''~ ~ ~ ese~t~d t~e 1928 budget a:s required The cit~ manager pr J~ ~ ~ ...... ~ Karrow oTfered the b~~, cha~e:r a~a_~-.-'-~-~,~:~ the city manager ~ fdll~w~ reso.~uz~on, w~ , ~ r to next regular :~.th,e ~928 ~udge'$, same be held ore seconded by . .... ~ ....... i~ , This resolution was '~'YZ,~Z~e ~ p~sse~ u~nzmousl~. , ' , ..T~e~S"being no~ further business the meeti~.g was ~djourned' up.o~ motion by Gii!ette, seconded by D~hl,~nd oarried.