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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 24, 1950~otion by Lange seconded by Yencho thai'the bills be paid out of their proper funds. Roll Call- All Ayes. Mo$ion by Spekulant seconded by Lange to aJourn. -C'0U~T C I L--SE ORE TART -y 0PFIO IAL PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting Mayor January 24, 1950 Meeting called to order at 8 P.M. All members present. Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved, with the following amendment: The motion removing Mr. Farmer from the City payroll is s~aended by changing the vords "January l, 1980" to "Febr-~ary l, 1950". A letter from the State Labor Conciliator was read, offering to help bring an end to the labor dispute existing between the City and its street crew and park board employees. The Council advised the city manager to accept the offer and arrange for a meeting between the above parties. N. otion by Yencho seconded by Trench to grant a GO-day extension of Ray Nelson's temporary permit to occupy a house trailer at ~$~0 ~ormoe St. Roll Call-All Ayes. Motion by Lange seconded by Spekulant that the ~others Clubs of Columbia, 0akwood and Silver Lake schools be granted~permits ~9--us~-th~' Fie~idfmu~e for their indoor picnics, and that the fees for bhe permits be waived. Roll Call-All Ayes. Motion by Yencho seconded by Trench that H. D. Ames' applications for on- and off-sale beer licenses at 41~9 Central Ave. be allowed to take their regular course. Roll Call-All Ayes. ~totion by Yencho seconded by Trench to grant the following licenses: Henry Green Mpls. Etec. Serv. Co. Hgts. D-X Serv. L. B. Pugh Mpls. Gas Co. Degideo 0il Burner Serv. 213 No. 6th St. 2751 Hennepin 4204 Central 4036 Central V39 Marquette Electrical Electrical Gasoline Sra. (2 pumps) Gasoline Sta. (3 pumps) He at lng Heat ing Roll Call on the motion to grant the above licenses -- All Ayes. A letter from J. Burlingame was read, thanking the City for placing an arc light on ~nd Ave. Notion by Lange seconded by Spekulant to place the letter on file. Roll Call-All Ayes. Resolution offered by Lange seconded by Spekulant, THE CITY COUNCIL 0P T?~ CITY OF COLU~BIA HEIGHTS i~RE~Z RE$O~VE$: That the Columbia Heigh%s State Bank be hereby designated as a depositor~ for monies of this City for a period of one year, beginning the 1st day of January, 1950, and the Treasurer of this City is hereby directed to deposit monies of this City in said bank; and the Columbia Heights State Bank is hereby authorized and directed to honor and pay ~ny checks or orders, w~en si by the City Treasurer, for the withdrawal or transfer of funds on deposit in said Bank in whatever form. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ~nat in case such deposits sna±±/e~uu~ ~zv~ Thousand ($5000.00) Dollars, said depository shall i:~mediately furnish bond or securities in lieu of bond according to law, and the First National Bank of Mpls. is hereby designated as a place for the safekeeping of all securities furnished in lieu of such bond. Roll Call-All Ayes. Resolution offered by Lange seconded by Spekulant, ~E CITY COUNCIL ~F THE CITT OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS HEREBY RESOLVES: That the First National Bank of Minneapolis be hereby designated as a depository for monies of this City for a period of one year, beginning the 1st day of January, 1950, and the Treasurer of this City is hereby directed to deposit monies of this City in said bank; and the First National Bank of Npls. is hereby authorized and directed to honor and pay any checks or orders, v~en signed by the City Treasurer, for the withdrawal or transfer of funds on deposit in said Bank in whatever form. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That in case such deposits shall at any time exceed Five Thousand (~5000.00) Dollars, said depository shall i~Tmaediately i~rnish bond or securities in lieu of bond according to law, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is hereby designated a~ a place fbr the safekeeping of all securities furnished in lieu of such bond. Roll Call-All Ayes. A letter from the League of Minn. Municipalities was read, giving information ~n mt~ni~ipal offials short cours.e opportunities offered at the Univ. of ~inn. Continuation Study Center. Motion by Trench secouded by Lange that the City pay the expenses of any Councilman taking the course~,' and that An itemized list of said expenses must be submitted. Roll Call-All Aye s. The City manager reported that the Planning Commission had voted to rezone Lots 18 thru ~l, inc., Block ~, Reservoir Hills, located on ~ne east side of Central Ave., between ~Bnd and ~Zrd Aves., the said property being rezoned from residential to co~maercial property. First reading of Ordinance B69, entitled, "A;~ 0BDR~ANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE #lTl, THE SA~E BE~G AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED, 'AN ORDI~_~ANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING HEALTH, SAFETY, ORDER, COHVENIENCE A~D GENERAL WELFARE BY REGUIATING THE USE OF LAND, T~ LOCATION AND THE USE OF BUILD~GS A~D THE ARRANGE}~.~T~T OF BUILDING LOTS AND THE DENSITY. OF POPULATION LN THE CITY OF C OLLU~BIA HEIGHTS' ." Resolution offered by Trench seconded by Lange, The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights hereby resolves t~hat, 'WHEREAS, Special Assessments for Lot Three (~) Block Thirty-Two (~B) Columbia Heights Annex on Job No. ~00 in the amount of $169.77 have been paid in full; BE IT THEREFORE RESOL1~ED that the County Auditor be and he is hereby authorized to strike from the assessment rolls the aforesaid assessments. Roll Call -- All Ayes. William Levy was present and applied for licenses to operate a theatre and bowling alley on a site located on the east side of Central Ave., between ~2nd and ~$rd Aves. Motion by Lange seconded by Yencho that the matter of issuing additional theatre licenses be postponed until the next regular Council ms eting. Roll Call -- All Ayes. i~otion by Yencho seconded by Lange ~at the area office of the U.S. Census Bureau be permitted to rent the upstairs of the Fire Departmemt Building during the time the census is being taken. Roll Call -- All Ayes. The Council agreed to delay improvements to the city liquor store until it has ascertained whether or not the present quarters can be enlarged. Works Departme ~he city manager stated that the Ninneapolis Water/had made the following z'equests: (1) authorization of the Columbia Heights Fire Department to answer fire calls of the Columbia Hei~hts Filtration Plant; and (2) use of the City's hydrants in case of fire. ~iotion by Lange seconded by Spekulant to grant the above requests. Roll Call-All Ayes. READING OF B ILLS: 0.H. Prestemon Andrew Spekula nt John Yencho P. Theo. 01sson Ray L. Ernest Darlene Sot ebeer Walter E. Cottrell ~erle Glader Floyd Bixler Gerald M. Sot ebeer Pauline Gla tzmaier Omar Schwartz Pat Kennedy Clyde Brown Ale x Atroshenko Peter Heryla Curtis Chr is tophe rson Ali E. Sundberg John ~ur zyn Dan De~ars C~is Seesholtz Erling Drangeid Job-u Roach Joe Fedorko Jchn Folta Betty Lynch Jeanne te Urbik John J. Rak ~itro Jedinak John Rus tom P. 0. Nelson Col. Hghts. Fire Dept. Edward ~iskowic Richard Galla get R. Po Nyberg Walter D. Bowers FM~st Natl. Bank ~'~pls. Gas Co. CoL. Hgts. State Bank Geo. Benz Sons Co. $ 4.00. Leonard Lange $ 3.00 3.00 Paul Trench 3.00 3. O0 Edward -Rafel l0.00 181.~0 Rosella C. Johnson lO1.70 132.20 Joseph Wargo 42.40 69.70 Lois C. Anderson 50.40 131.30 Joseph Pod any 1~4. ~0 1~.4.~0 Neil Cleland ll~.60 ll6.80 Walter Reinhart 11~.60 116.80 Clyde C. Johnson 93.03 07.B0 Dennis Roach ~3.94 12~.~0 Wm. 0stmoe 133.90 117.30 Victor Saf 112.50 121.77 Earl Clels_ud ll9.88 104.~0 Patrick McNaughton 100.$0 ll4.10 Henry Dykhiuszen 97.0~ 97.0~ Vincent Guzik 106.40 88.80 Lucille Have, ins 65.70 ll0.20 0t to~ Dunemann 108.60 112.80 Eugene R. Edwards 49.21 68.13 Felix Sochacki 50.00 146.00 'Cfm. F. McHugh 93.86 93.86 Fred Spoor 98.98 93.86 Joe J. Rak 93.86 107.28 Luc ille Segebarth 119.07 68.4V ~arJorie Anderson 46.21 32.20 Ernest T. 01son 31.84 54.51 John H. Janke 18.40 71.00 Joe Homza 72.54 22.08 Andrew Jacobson 26.00 1V.V6 Raymond Baker 3.00 126.00 M. C. DeNars 25.44 4.65 Ali Sundber g 25.00 89,00 August Peterson 45.00 85.00 S. F. Kreskie 175o00 311.62 Chet Herringer 3,869.56 5,9V0.!V John R. Coan 69.20 238.29 N.W. Bell Telephone Co. 114.65 694.68 Julius Schmahl 351.40 433.29 Ed. Phillips & Sons TOTAL Mo'bion by Yencho seconded by Spekulant that the bills be their proper funds. Roll Call-- All Ayes. Co. 2~ 101.98 ~19, 62B. 15 paid out of Resolution offered by Yencho seconded by Lange, .HE IT P~REBY RESOL~ED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the City Treasurer be and she is hereby instructed to transfer the sum of $1,000.00 Dollars from the Liquor Fund to the Fire Fund; and that there are sufficient monies in said Liquor Fund to make such a transfer. Roll Call -- All Ayes. Resolution offered by Yencho seconded by Lange, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by ~he City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the City Treasurer be and she is hereby instructed to transfer the sum of $600.00 Dollars from the Liquor Fund to the Library Fund; and that there are sufficient monies in said Liquor Fund to make such a transfer. Roll Call -- All Ayes. Resol. ution offered by Yencho seconded by Lange, HE IT HEREBY-RESOLVED by the City Council of me City of Columbia Heights that the City Treasurer be and she is hereby .~nstructed to transfer the sum of $3,000.00 Dollars from t he Liquo~ Fund to the Street Fund; and ths_t there are sufficient monies in said Liquor Fund to make such a transfer. Roll Call -- All Ayes. Resolution offered by Yencho secOnded by Lange, BE IT HEREBY RES0~¥ED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the City Treasurer be and she is hereby instructed to transfer the sum of 3,000.00 Dollars from the Liquor Fund to the Police and Cou~t Fund; and that there are sufficient monies in said Liquor Fund to make such a transfer. Roll Call -- All Ayes. A letter [~ the Fire Department was read, recommending (1) discontin- uance of/~-s~ice to Minn. Linseed 0il Co. and Trailer City, Inc., unless a standby charge agreement for such service is put into effect; and (2) that the City discontinue its standby service charge agreement with the Mpls. Fire Department and abide with its mutual fire aid agreement with other communities. No action was taken on the recommendations. The secretary presented an affidavit showing posting on the official bulletin boards, in accordance with Section 19 of the city charter, of proposed Ordinance 261, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDZ{G FOR THE \ISSUANCE OF $V5,000.00 PER~IAh~EI~T I~PR0~,.'~NT REVOLVING FUND B0~IDS, DETER~,IN~JG THE FOP~I AND DETAILS OF Ti~E BONDS, CREATING A SINKING FUND T~[EPW. FOR A[fD LEVYING TAXES FOR ~E PAY~EL~ THEREOF."; which affidavit was examined, found satisfactory, and ordered placed on file. secretary further reported that the said omdinance had been filed in his office as directed by the Council and had remained so on file in his office for a period of more thau one week prior to the time of this meeting. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, said ordinance was then placed upon its second reading and was fully and distinctly read. Councilman Yencho then moved the final passage and adoption of said ordinance, which motion was seconded by Councilman Lange, and, upon vote being taken thereon, the following councilmen voted "aye": Lange, Trench, Spekulant, Yencho and Prestemon; and the following councilmen voted "no": None. ~fhereupon said ordinance was declared duly passed and adopted and was approved and signed by the Eayor, which was-attested by the Secretary. ~,~otion to adjourn. 0EPIC I~L ?ROCEEDiNGS Regular ~e e t lng February 14, 1950 Lleeting called to order at $ Z-'.M. Ail members present. ~,~inutes of last meeting r earl and approved. A petition bearing 24 sign tureswas read, requesting the rezon&ng of both sides of Central Ave.; from 42nd to 43rd Ave., from a residential to a co~muercial area. ~,{otion by Yencho seconded by Spekulant that the matter be turned over to the Planning Commission for a hearing as soon as possible. Roll Call - All Ayes. ~ request from Raymond Ross, 2110 - llth Ave. S., was read, asking the rezoning of Lots .~Do 54, inc., Block 5, Reservoir Hills, for multiple- family dweiling/.~-%ion by Yencho seconded by Spekulant that the matter be turned over to the Planning Co~muission for a hearing as soon as possible. Roll Call - All Ayes. A petition was read, asking that the Doty Contractors and Excavating Co., ce restrained fro~operatlng their business at 3723 - 2~ St., which is in a residential area. 5~iotion by Yencho seconded by Trench t t~ t the above company be advised to discontinue the operation of said business at the above address, and cease the storage of gasoline above ground at the above address. Roll Call - All Ayes. A letter from the Library Board was read, giving plans for leasing of part of the building at 836 - 40th A~e. as new quarters for the~_City Library. ~otion by Yencho seconded by Spekulant tlmt the City ~,auager b e instructed to draw up such a lease for a period of three years, with an option for two years, according to the conditions stated in the above letter, and together with inside painting of the above quarters. Roll Call - All Ayes. A letter from ~rs. F. ~achlitt was r~ad, requesting permission to connect to the City's watermain at 41st Ave. and ~nd St., for a private watermain connection to ~llO Main St. ~otiou by Lange seconded by Spekulant t)uat the matter of allowing non-residents to connect to the City's water mains be turned over to the City ~anager for further study. Roll Call- Al~l Aye s. ~otion by Yencho seconded by Trench t.hat the following licenses begranted: Jo~mnsbn~'Sl~ndard Service 39B9 ~en~ra'!~.Ave. Gas Station (3 pumps) Jack Easby 4301 - 5th St. Cigarette H. A. Nordby ~ Heating Roll Call - All Ayes.