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Home My WebLink AboutFebruary 14, 1950~,~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. A letter from Robert Brown, 4916 - 6th St., was read, stating that all cesspools in the 4900 block of 6th St., ~ere he has assisted in installin~ cesspools, will be filled in in Spring as early as possible. Resolution offered by Yencho seconded by Lange, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA ITEIGHTS HEREBY RESOLVES that, '~fHEREAS T. H. #65 northerly of Columbia Heights is now being used by a traffic volume exceeding the capacity of the presently-constructed 18-foot pavement; and ~'g4EREAS the area northerly of Columbia Heights is rapidly being ~developed as suburban district which will add further to t,be traffic volume using T. H. #65, and 'A~!_EREAS the present development adjacent to the right of way of T. H. #65 is such that the widening of the right of way would remove a large number of homes and business places at considerable expense to the State and inconvenience to abutting property; and WHEREAS T. H. #65 is the only north-and-south highway through the area. It is recommended to the Commissioner of Highways that T. H. #65 be relocated and improved on a route approximately one-fourth mile westerly of the present location, thereby providing the area with an added north-and-south route from T. H. #lO0 to T. H. #lO near Spring Lake Park. Roll Call - All Ayes. Seco.,ui reading of Ordinance #262, entitled, "AN OPJDI~;D~CE TO A~END 0RDI~TANCE #lTl, TB~ SA~¥.[E BEI~G AN 0RDI~ANCE ENTITI~ D, "AN OPdDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE GF PRONOTiHG HEALTH, SAFETY, ORDER, CONVENIENCE AND GE~.~ERAL WELFARE Bk-REGUIATING THE~ USE DF LAND, THE LOCATION A~q) THE USE OF BUIID INGS AI~D THE AFdqA~GEME~T OF BUILDING L~TS A2.YD THE DENSITY OF POPULATION lq_~ THE C/%~z~ OF COLUI, IBIA HEIGPI~S". Ordinance No. 262 offered by Trench seconded by Spekulant. Roll Call - All Ayes. N!otion by Trench seconded by Spekulant that the City Council recommend to the city manager that a building permit be issued to William Levy for a theatre and bowling alley on Lots 21, 22 and 23, Block 3, Reservoir Hills, upon approval of plans and specifications for said building by the city managen. Roll Call: Ayes: Trench, Spekulant and Pres~emon. No~ .'vot~-ng:' ~Yen~ho ~and. Lange. Eotion by Trench seconded by Spekulant that William Levy be granted a motion picture theatre license for a theatre to be located at Lots 21, 22 ' and 23, Block 3, Reservoir Hills, upon completion of the building for said theatre. Roll Call: Ayes: Yencho, Trench, Spekulant and Prestemon. Not Voting: Lange. Eotion by Lange seconded by Trench to grant Harold Ames on- and off- sale beer and restaurant licenses at 4159 Central Ave. Roll Call: Ayes: Trench, Spekulant and Lange. Nays: Yencho and Prestemon. The city manager advised that the U. S. Public Bldg. Administraticn had offered to lease the upstairs oJ~_ ,.,.t~a f~re station for the use of the Census Bureau for 5 months~o~o~n~n~etVe~4~y I and ending May 31, 1950. Rfotion by Yencho seconded by Trench that the above offer be accepted. Roll Call - All Ayes. ~'iotion by Trench seconded by Spekulant that the City ~ianager notify all residents along Central Avenue, who have not already made sewer and water main connections, that it is advisable to n~ke such connections before ~ue Hig2away Dept. begins its project of widening Central Ave.~ ;his Summer.' The city manager advised he had written several residents in the 48 and 4800 blocks of Central Ave., who are connected to the Columbia Heights water system, advisLng them to replace their present corroded main ~before extension work is begun on Central Ave. this Sum~r. .The city manager presented his resignation, effective March 15, 1950. I~;otion by Trench seconded by Yencho that the resignation be accepted as of ~[arch 15, 1980, or as soon ~ereafter as practical. Roll Call - All Ayes. 'Resolution offered by Spekulant seconded by Trench, BE IT HER~EBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that tb~ attendmuce fee 'paid to policemen policing dances at the Columbia Heights Field House and Youth Center be increased from $3.00 to $5.00 an evening. Roll Call - All Ayes. - Resolution offered by Spekulant seconded by Lange, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED~ by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that thepay scale for truck drivers, laborers and psrk board employees of tile City of ~ Columbia Heights be raised to $1.46 per hour, and that the pay scale paid for operation of other types of city equipment remain as previouslyJ set. Roll Call - All Ayes. ~EADING OF BILLS: G~orge V. ~,~eyers Geo. Benz and Sons Co. Leonard Lange Andrew Spekulant Edward Rafel Rosella C. Johnson Joseph Wargo Lois C. Anderson J~seph Podany Nell Cleland Walter Reinhart Clyde C. Johnson Omar Schwartz- Pat Kennedy Clyde Brown Peter Heryla Patrick ~cNaughton Henry Dykhuizen V~ncent Gusik 0tto~ Dunneman L~c ille Hawkins Erling Drangeid John Ro ach Joe Yedorko John Folta Floyd BLxler Mar Jorle Anderson John ~ n. Janke 1!1.72 Ed Phillips & Sons 588.04 0. H. Prestemon 5.00 Paul Trench 5. O0 John Yencho O.O0 P. Theo. 01sson 103.4~ Ray L. Ernest 42.40 Darlene Sot ebeer 62.10 Walter E. Cottrell 137.14 Nerle Glader 124.74 Floyd Bixler 1~4.74 Gerald M. Sotebeer 79.77 Pauline Gla tzmaie r 134.8~ Wm. 0stmoe 12~. 2~ Victor Sar 150.98 Earl Cle land lS $. 88 Alex Atroshenko 125.~8 Curtis Cb~ i~s topherso n 130.80 Ray Thompson 100.88 John Mur zyn 12~ 34 Dan DeMars 67.14 Al! E. Sundberg 160;14 Wm. P. ~IcHu~ 104.62 Fred Spoor 104.62 Joe J. Rak 108.72 Lucille Segebarth 128.94 Betty Lynch 45.88 Jeannette Urbik 12.96 Peter Pontius 28 4.62 4.00 3.00 3.00 177.44 145.94 77.94 145.84 136.74 128.94 12 8.94 65.24 147.84 124.44 147.54 116.24 128. O0 167.12 122. § 4 124.54 99.34 104.62 100.42 104.62 79.52 76.60 27.38 4.02 R~ADING OF BILLY (Cont' d.) ~ohn J. 'Rak ~_i tro Jedinak John Bus tom Ray Nyberg, Jr. Edward ~iiskowic Associated Woodworkers A. & A. Sheet Metal Shop R. R. Betcher 42.56 44. ~6 60.66 72. ~0 30.63 9.45 130.08 151.32 Walter D. Bowers, Cty. Treas. 5.94 Wm. Bros;Boiler & Nfg. Co. Commonwealth Elec. Dan's Grocery Fink of the F. & E. Heights Elec. Co. Alfred Harmmer Johnson Auto Supply Co. Johnson Bros. "66", Inc. Kindem-Erickson Lbr. Co. Minn. Fire Extinguisher Co. Miller Davis Co. Nason Publishing Co. ~inar Co. John Nordin R. P. Nyberg L. W. Northfield Co. Phelps-Drake Co., Inc. Ralph D. Thomas & Assoc. Standard 0il Co. St. Paul Stamp Works Syntron Co. Williams Standard Service Eugene Edwards Chris Seesholtz Raymond Baker Jim NcMurchie Pommer Co. Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. Howard I. Moore Costello ~fE~ Co. Ha ldeman- Lan gfor d Kremer-])avis Northland Elec. Supply Co. Mr. Harvey Churchill Nesbitt Bottling Co. La Mode Chemical Co. Johnson Paper & Supply Co. E. R. Nordgren Famous Brands, Inc. Distillers Distrib. Co. Eld-West Wine Co., Inc. ~cKesson & Bobbins Willard Distrib. Co. Eorris Distrib. Co. Pabst Sales Chaska Bev. Co. 71.95 13.80 3.67 114.50 28.35 46.64 21.88 62.48 2.25 88.65 45. O0 812.60 870.04 5.00 120.60 759.65 3628.64 50.80 11.48 5.75. 3.30 39. ~5 84.38 3.00 9.98 6.80 16.80 2.50 12.50 7.92 25.00 12.8O 5.00 310. O0 15.00 13.16 20,00 1376.00 2604.52 263~3I 750.20 42.80 30.42 54.13 3O. VO Ernest T. 01sen Joe Homza Dennis Boa ch Col..Hgts. Fire DeDt. American Linen Co. Apex Shade Blind Co. Amer. Pub. Works Ass'n. Dr. Jo S. Bluementhal Eva Brandell, Reg. of Deeds Col. Heights Agency, Inc. Col. Hgts. Feed Co. Globe Mfg. Co. Flour City Body Corp. The Holm Co. 28.56 65.02 29.26 246.00 81.86 35.20 1.00 2.00 .75 28. O0 27.05 32.75 16. O0 192.60 Halling Bros. 13.34 Internat'l. Chiefs of Polfc~, Inc. Lang's Hdwe. ~anagement Inf. Service Gladys E. Miller, Mpls. City Treas. Morton Salt Co. Northern States Power Co. Northwestern Radiator Serv. Ovshak printing Co. H. A. Rogers Co. Rocket 0il Co. John Seman Standard Spring Co. Rosholt Equipmen~ Co. Wm. H. Ziegler Co. Felix Sochacki Jack Podany Edward Murzyn Dick Johnson Heights Electric Co. ~oca-Cola Co. E. B. Crabtree .~arnham Stationery & School Supply Costello Erg. Co. Seven-Up Bottling Co. Brunswick-Balke Coilender American Linen Co. Graham Paper Co. Pioneer De2ective Agency Harlin Agency 01d Peoria Co. Griggs-Cooper & Co. Swiss Wine House · Mpls. Brewing Co. J. C. Doherty 0. ~. Droney Bev. Co. Purity Bev. Co. Kato Sales Co. 10. O0 18.65 ~0.00 350.00 50.40 964.45 9.25 67.50 7.60 761.36 2.00 41.85 33,90 · 62.14 71.50 61.25 3.00 8.65 2.50 88.94 85.76 7.20 23.26 75.16 129.23 37.29 3.18 38,60 131.63 1278.26 410 ~ BO 329. O0 750.65 435.20 33.60 16~00 391.10 READING OF BILLS ~Cont'd,) Chas. Ganzer $ Seven-Up Bottli g Co. O. H. Prestemon Col. HAts. Record SECRETMR]~ 437.15 16.8O 15.00 168. O0 Coca-Cola Bottling Co. $ 18.00 Ferry Cash Fund 252.85 John Sarvis 5.25 TOTAL $27900.45 MAYOR ' OFF iC _AL PROCEED £NGS Regular. Neet lng February 28, 1950 Meeting called to order at 8 P.M. All members present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved with the followig amendment: The resolution raising the pay scale of truck drivers, laborers and p~-rk board employees of the city of Columbia Heights is deleted and replaced by the following resolution: "BE iT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the p~.y scale for all city employees be increased two cents per hour over the wage set for 1949, based on a work week of forty hours." Motion by Yencho seconded by Lange that the following licenses be granted: Twin City Plbg. & Htg. Co. 2912 Bloomington Ave. Heating Anderson & Dahlen W. H. Williams Central Service ;7m. F. Gifford Roll Call - All Ayes. 1314 ~;. Broadway 575 - 40th Ave. 4201 Central Ave. 558 - 40th Ave. Heating Gas Station (5 pumps) Gas Station Gas Station (5 pumps) A letter from the Mpls. Traffic Engineer was read, enclosing a petition from the Northeast Community Council for stop signs on 57th Ave. at Buchanan and Johnson Sts. ~otion by Lange seconded by Yencho that the~ · matter be turned over to the Folice Dept. for their recommendation and report at the next Council meeting. Roll Call - All Ayes. ~qesolution offered by Yencho seconded by Lange, The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights hereby resolves that, WHEREAS, Special Assess- ments for Lot~22, Btk. 9, Roslyn Park Addition on Job Nos. 177 and 201 in the amounts ~f $67.68 andeS87.50 have been ~aid in full; BE IT THEREFORE ~RE$OLVED that the County Auditor be and he is~hereby authorized to strike from the assessment rolls the aforesaid assessments. Roll Call-All Ayes. The City ~ganager stated several requests had been made for an additional street light at 40th and 5th St. Motion by Lange seconded by Ye~_ncho that the Northern States Po~er'Co. be asked to install a street light at %he above location. Roll Call -All Ayes. Resolution offered by Yencho seconded by Lange, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the city