HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 8, 1950..~ _ ~IAL PROCEEDTNGS
Regular ~eeting
August 8, !9~0
~.~ieeting called to order at 8 P.I. Ail members present.
Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
Proposed plans were presented for a new Liquor Store and a discussion took
place.
Requests were made to have 39th and Johnson Street graded and the City Engineer
was asked to investigate this and make a report.
Theo. Anderson was in ag[in requesting that 2~ street be graded so that Gas
could be installed and he was told this wo~d be done as s~on as time permitted.
Reso!ut{on offered by Spekulant s$conded by Trench, ,WPZ~LEAS, The Con~nissioner of
Hiyhways of the State of ~innesota has now determined to designate and make permanent
~be location of Trunk Highway No.6~ formerly designated as Trunk Highway No.~, through
the City of Columbia Heights as shown upon the plans ~hich are presented herewith and
made a part, ~areof, and
~EP~AS, Said Comnissioner of Highways is desirous of constructing, reconstructing
and i~p. roving maid Trunk Highway through said City and ha~ prepared plans for said
construction, rec_mastruction and inprovement, a copy of which said plans are presented
herewith and made a part of this resolution; and
~;'~E~.~R~AS~ The Co~"struction, reconst_~uction and i~orovement of said Trunk High~y
requires ~ change in the ~rade of the streets ~n said City along and upon ~hich said
Trunk Highway passes, said change of grade being, designated and shown on said plans,and
,.~.AS, It is to the best interest of said City that said Trunk High~y be constructed,
reconstructed and in!oroved t_hro~agh said City in accordance with said plans and the
Standard ~irmesota Highway Specifications and upon the grade designed therein, and
~W. The Commissioner off Highways is desirous that theCity of Columbia Heights
V~E'~AS,
will not license or permit hereafter,-any encroac.hment'o£ any nature, including curb
gas stations or billboards or other structures, ~ca~y-.kind whatsoever, on the right
of way of said Trunk Highway No.6~ w~thin the corporate l~mJts o£ said Cit~y o£
Columbia Heights as shown upon ~he plans and maps hereto attac~ed, and
;;HEREAS, In the Furtherance o£ the public wa!! being and satiety it is desirable and
necessary to ~l~nate traf£ic hazards by eliminating any encroacb~nents ~atsoever
including gas pumps or gas stations or billboards or other structures o£ any kind
~atsoever, now or hereafter existing in or upon the said Trunk Highway right o£ way, and
W..EREAS, Said Comissioner of Highways desires, in the interest o£ public satiety, that
all parking o£ vehicles on said Trunk Highway be parallel with the curb and at least
20 feet from any crosswalk at all pub~tic streets ~_ntersecting said Trub_k Highway within
the corporate limits of saidCity, and
~EREAS, It is to the best interests of SaidCity that all parking of vehicles be parallel
to the c,mrb;
NC.W, .~ ..... ~, PE IT RESOLVED~ That said plans and specifications for the construction,
reconstruction and inprovement o£ said Trunk Highway through said City, be and the same
hereby are approved, and said City hereby co.~sents to the change in grade o£ the streets a
along which said Trunk Highway passes, as shown in said plans; and
BE IT FI~T~'ER FESOLVED~ That said City does hereby agree and convenant that it will
meyer permit or s~af£er, ~dlthin its corporate limits, any encroachment o£ any kind
p¥er~, irctudin~ cvmb gas pumps and gas stations~ billboards or other struct~es o£ any
kind whatsoever, upon the ~_ght o£ way of Trunk Highway No.6~ as shown on said plans
and that to the above end said City hereby agrees that it will never issue any,license
perm,.t, or grant, or give any leave or liberty or any other consent of whatever form
for 'the bonstruct'~on-or.maln%en~'~ce ~Dif any encroachment whatsoever, including curb gas
pum_r.s and gas stations, billboards or other structures of a~ny kir. d v~atsoever, upon
said right of way; and that said City will cooperate insofar as possible to el~ainate
existing encroachments constituting traffic hazards and will further take any nec-
essary action to eliminate any encroachment that may hereafter exist on said Trunk
Highway right of way~ and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That saidCity does hereby agree to require the parking of
all vehicles on said Trunk Highway to be parallel with the curb and at least 20
feet from any crosswalks at all public streets intersecting said Trunk Highway within
the corporate limits of saidCity. Roll Call - All Ayes.
~r. Wyman Smith representing the Village of Fridley, requested that Columbia Heights
fix the streets in Plynouth Addition as agreed after installing se~r there last year.
The Council agreed to do wh~ was~necessary.
A Petition was received to extend the Twin City Street Ry. Bus from ~th to 5Oth
on 5th Street N.E. Notion by Lange seconded by Spekulanb, to forward this Petition
to Nr. C.B. Bren of the Twin City Street Ry. ~o. Roll Call - All A$~es.
Petitions were received for and against re-zoning certain lots on UniversityAve.
~otion by Yencho seconded by Lange to table this until they had an opportunity to
investigate this matter further. Roll Call - All Ayes.
Mr. ~alik, 2~01 Reservoir Blvd. was in and complained that the Water tank was con-
tinuously running over and causing considerable damage to his property. He was
told this would be taken care of and elimimated just at soon as possible.
~otion by Trench seconded by Yencho , that the present water bill of ~r. Na~i~,
2201 Reservoir Blvd. be cancelled. Roll Call - AllAyes.
Bids for Pipe v~re received from the following:
Elk River Concrete Co., 752 Builders Exchange,
North Star Concrete Co., 1201 Arthur St. N.Ei.
Twin City ESncrete Pipe Co., 215 Second St. S.E.
Ninneapolis
Notion by Lange seconded by Trench to accept the bid of the Twin City Concrete
Pipe Co. at $2,~22.50. Roll Call - Allm~y~s~
Notion by Trench seconded by Yencho,that James Kolby, 5~7 - ~Oth Ave. N.E. be
granted the following licenses: On and Off-Sale Beer, Cigarette and Restaurant.
Roll Call - All Ayes.
~otion by Yencho seconded by Lange that a Plumbing License be granted Blaylock
Plumbing Co., 7731 - 2th Ave. So. ~inne~olis. Roll Call -All Ayes.
Notion by Spekulant seconded by Trench that Electrical Licenses be granted the
following: Spencer Electric Co., 2207 Lyndale Ave. So., Ninneapolis.
L.E. LaNay,Electric Naintainance Corp., 310 - 3rd Ave. No.,~pls.
Stevens Electric Co., 925 - 2nd Ave. So., Ninneapolis
Roll Call - All Ayes.
Notion by Yencho seconded by Spekulant, that permit be granted Edwin Hoglund,
}!1!17 University Ave. to install a private water main from Carl F. Olson,~20 -
2th St. N.E. Roll Call - All Ayes.
~otion by Yencho seconded byTrench, that the ~inneapolis Gas Co. be granted
permission to install the following Gas ~ain extensions:
" ~ain on ~th Ave. from 33' ~V.~. Line Arthur St. to #1819 Rear of Lot 6 Blk.2
"Main on Jefferson St. from 32' N.N. Line 23rd Ave. N.E. to 2322 S.80' pf E ½
Lot 9 Block 2.
8" Main on hlst Ave. N.E. from 4' ~.¥.Line Arthur St. to ~2010 Lot 2 Block 6
4" Main on Polk St. from 510' N.N. Line 39th Ave. to #3943 Lot 20 Block 1
3" Main on 42nd Ave. from Quincy St. to Jackson St. Roll Call - All Ayes.
~otion by Trench seconded by Spekulan% to authorize Orfei & Marianni to go ahead
~ th Sewer on 38th Ave. v~th Laterals on 3rd St. Roll Call - Trench & Spekulant
~s. Lange, Yenoho'and Prestemon - No.
Eotion by Trench seconded by Lange, to pay Orfei & Marianni for the Lift Station
~d half of the balance owing at this tLme. Roll Call - All Ayes.
R~ADING OF BILLS
Salary Bills
Ed. Phillips & Sons.
k~erican Linen Co.
Anderson & Brabec
Baldwin Supply Co.
Century Tool & ~.eta! Co.
Jay W. Craig Co.
Cci.Heights Feed Co.
Cci.Heights Fire Dept.
Eependable ~4otors Inc.
Earl Dory
Rsgister of Deeds
E-X Motor Service
?!our City Welding Co.
Grant Starage Battery Co.
Goodin Company
Ea!!ing Bros.
Heights Electric Co.
Fred Hegg Automotive Supply
Dr. ~.L. Herbert
Johnson Bros. "66" inc
Keep Fill Products, Inc.
Kindem Erickson Lbr.Co.
Leer Bros. Inc.
Langs Hardware Co.
6,790.76
1,774.97
4.33
2.00
9.15
~9.75
972.00
1..30
5.oo
1,064.00
5.00
32.90
30.70
12. 92
34.55
.41.23
8.56
13.o0
lO.65
6o.00
15.36
1,00
37.40
League of Minn. Municipalities 152.O0
Hiller Davis Co. 37.~
Minn, Fire Extinguisher Co. 49.22
Gladys E. ~i!!er,Npis.City Treas
3,962.90
Northern States Power Co.
~.G. Ouimette
Orfei & Mariani
Ovsha~ Printing
?etro!emm Service Co.
Pink Supply Co.
Rosenwald-~ooper Inc.
Rocket Ofl Co.
~a~e~ I~Co
John Seman
Standard Oil Co.
Glen B. Skog
St.Paul Stamp 7~rks
Tvd_n City Brick Co.
912.98
15.oo
37,748.L1
22.50
16.~8
23.50
7o.oo
252.¢4
20.00
827.87
lO1.60
482.00
2.50
220.07
Ben Thorson
Warner Hardware Co.
Seven-Up Bottling Co.
Nesbitt Bottling Co.
James A. Williams
Pioneer Steel Fabricators Co.
Roy Bentzen,Sr.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Lov~ & Campbell
Goodin Co.
American Linen Co.
Coast to Coast Stores
Kremer & Davis Co.
McKesson & Robbins
Famous Brands
Ed. Phillips & Sons
Distillers Distr.Co.
Griggs Copper & Co.
S~nnyHill Distr. Inc.
George Benz Sons
Old Peoria Co.~Inc.
Swiss Fine House
Mpls. Brewing Co.
0.~. Droney
J.C. Doherty Co.
Kato Sales
Chaska Beverage Co.
Purity Beverage Co.
Horris Distr. Co.
Gold Yeda!Beverage Co.
Ganzer Distr. Co.
Coca Cola Bottling Co..
Seven-Up Bottling Co.
Carbonic Machines, Inc.
Northv~st Equipment Co.
LaEode Chemical Co.
Jo_hn Leslie Paper Co.
American Linen Supply Co.
Petty Cash
Coast to Coast Stores
John Eurzyn
Floyd Bixler
Raymond Baker
Kenneth Stinson
!1.50
t7.50
4.00
8.80
17.10
8.~2
5~o.oo
4.lb
15.oo
18.76
~.5o
25.00
2,326.30
4,305.02
371.91
2,983.23
2,154.18
246.94
].,949.LP-
616.M.
56.25
l,O85.95
226. Bo
97.34
9o.15
84.4o
82.94
lOO.5O
5!5. m
t2.80
40.80
139.20
27.70
45.00
29.5o
43.47
156.92
20.50
10.00
9.75
3~.~0
93.5o
Gerald A. Rose
Robert Boundstone
Wm. Martell
Minn. Hospital Service As s' n.
Ronald Trafton
LeRoy Trafton
Curtis Christopherson
TOTAL ~ '$
h2.69
90.00
t08.00
1 .5o
25~00
25.00
76,'196.45
Motion by Spekulant seconded by Yencho to4psy these bills out of their pmoper funds.
Roll Call -All Ayes.
Motion by Trench seconded by Yencho, that the Heating, Electrical and Plumbing
permits be granted at the regular fees at the Columbia Heights High School.
Roll Call - All Ayes.~
Motion to Adjourn.
~ecre~ary ~o the Council'
~ ~YOR
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
EegularMeeting
August 22, 1950
Meeting called to order at 8:10 P.M.
All members present.
Minutes of the last H~eting were read and approved.
Mr. Chester Mc Callumwas in regarding the curb situation at 40th and Van Buren St.
~nd the City Engineer was 'asked to discuss this with him.
Mr. Roy Bentzen as spokesman for the Commercial Olub, recommended to the Council
that the Exclusive Franchise to Verne Passage for operating Taxi Cabs be approved.
Motion by Lange seconded by Trench, that Orfei &-Mariani clean out the 2nd Street Sewer and
re-set risers according to specifications and provide accurate measurements for
stacks. Roll Call -AllAyes.
First readihg~of'Ordinance No.269, Being an Ordinance repealing Ordinance No.202,
Being an Ordinance to Amend Ordinance No~96, Being an Ordinance providing for the
licensing of Taxi-Cabs and regulate their operation in Columbia Heights ~ =
First Reading of Ordinance No.270, Being an Ordinance to Ammend Ordinance No~96,
Being an Ordinance for the Licensing of Taxi Cabs and regulating their operation
in Columbia Heights.
A request was~made to have 4th Street between 4~th and 45th graded ~hrough
and the city Manager will try to acquire land so that this could be done.
The ~inneapolis Gas Co. should be asked to fix the street at 45th and 4th Street
and the City Engineer to report at the next meeting on this.
Another Petition was received opposing the rezoning of University between 44th .
and 45th. Motion by Spekulant seconded by Trench to refer thia rezoning question