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1213 REGULAR MEETING 5/11~~59 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 P. M., the following Council Members being present: Harold C. Nilsen, Mayor; George J. Shavor, Trustee; Willis Vlarkentien, Trustee; Paul Coppini, Trustee and Wm. R. Utecht, Clerk. Also present were Attorney Frank N. Graham; Vern L3ungren, Enp;ineer; Nick Christensen, Building Inspector; Wm. E. Olsen, Treasurer and Ethel E. V+ihite, Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. Squad Car Mayor Nilsen read the advertisment for squad car bids as pub- bids: lished in the Rose Tribune. He asked if there was anyone present who had additional bids to submit. Nobody had any other bids to submit. The Clerk then opened the bid received from Midway Ford. 1~4idway Ford quoted ~2It00.00 on a 1959 Ford Custom complete as ber specifications, less 1 - 1957 Ford "As is" May 15th X1050.00, leaving a net cash difference of X1350.00. Transfer of equipment to be made by Arth's Service for X35.00. Attached was bid bond on Anchor Casualty Company, St. Paul, made out to the Village of Falcon Heights for 10~ of the amount bid. Utecht moved that the bid be referred to Public Safety Commissioner Don Arndt for checking. Seconded by V~arkentien and unanimously carried. Minutes: The Minutes of May 7th were approved as submitted. Continuation Mayor Nilsen then reopened the Hearing on the Lindig Rezoning Lindig Petition which had been continued from ~iay 7th. Utecht read Rezoning: letter of PQay 1l~th, signed b3' C. K. Otis, Planning Commission. It recommended that the request for rezoning be refused and that a building permit for any building for this tract be de- nied until a study of the entire Village is completed. It also recommended a deadline of December 30th, 1959. Korstad: Korstad said in view of the Planning Commission's recommendation, their group would ask the Council to continue the petition for re- zoning until an overall study of land use for the remaining land in the Village could be comple ted. Shavor: Shavor stated nobody could come up with an ~"_~~-clad zoning ordinance no matter how long you study a Village. He doesn't anticipate we can draw up a r~lan that's final any more than any other community can. He doesn't think it practical to freeze this. It would tie the Council's hands, and if someone did come in with a request for a Building permit for a big buildings the Council would have to say "No, we can't do anything until after December 30th." He recommended that the Council deny the petition. It was moved by Shavor, seconded by Coppini, and unanimously voted that the petition for rezoning; the Lindig property as requested in the petition be denied. Spiegler Nilsen stated that in view of the Planning Commission's recommenda- Building tion that the building permits for the apartments be denied until Permit: the study is completed by December 30th, 1959, he didn't think the Council was in any position to discuss it tonight, He suggested a meeting of the Land Owner, a representative of the Builders, a member of the Planning Commission, and representatives of the Petitioners meet with Howard Dahlgren, the Planning Consultant, in