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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_71Dec233120 1 1 1 iyllldiJTES OF is.EGULQ.N. COUNCIL I•r:ETING FALCON HEIGHTS, R~INIdESOTA DECEfi~~ER 2„ 1971 A regular mee~i.ng of the Falcon Heights Council was called to order by Mayor Warkeritien at 7:5U P.M., on December c"3, 1971. P:~t~;,~~EAIT: Mayor ~~ar~xentien, Councilmen Black, Ecklund, Stone and Taylor. Also present were Clerk-Ao'ministrator Barnes, Engineer i,emberg and Attorney Zdrazil. AB SEiJT : None . minutes: P~iotion by Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Black, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of November 2~, 1.y71, with the following amendments: Page 1, Paragraph 9, should read "The matter of the variance recauest for the Harry Olson property, lt~3b °vdest Larpenteur Avenue. Pir. and Nlrs. Harry Olson, their Attorney, Tryil3iant J. McEvoy, and 29 neighbors appeared in support of the Oisons request for variance. Mayor Vdarkentien said that in view of numerous derogatory remarks being made that it was his intent to set the record straight that the Council and Planning Commission members have worked diligently on this request and other matters. That it is the intent of the Courtcii. to consider the P ~ arming Cor.,mission recommenda- tion. and likewise consider the variance request in behalf of the Olsons in respect to the Village Ordinance in the matter. Councilman Black read all previous letters between the Vil~~age Office, Planning Conunission, and the Olsons, and other petitions, requests, provisions of Ordinance No. 6i:, filed in the office of the Village Clerk. No applica- tion was applied for previous to construction of t'rte fence. i•ir. Olson related that he thought the swimming pool instal- ler had obtained permits in 1968 to construct the fence at the same time pertnits were obtained for the pool instal- lation. The previous fence was installed before the Ordin- ance came into effect. Page 2, Par•a.graph :i.0, should read "I~ir. ifc%voy suggested leaving the fence at the present location on a trial basis." Pate i~, Paragraph 7, should read "If a Hi-raise Development wex•e constructed on Larpenteur Avenue west of Tatum Street." iJlotion by Councilman Black, seconded by Councilman ^laylor, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of December 9, 1971, with the foll.owirtg amendments Page 1, Paragraph 2, should read "To sell Christmas trees fer the Falcon Heights Church Youth Group, at 1795 idor-l:h Holton." 3121 Page 1, Paragraph 4, at end of paragraph add "Motion Carried." Page 3, Paragraph 3, add at the end of Ordinance Name "To the i~innesota State Statute, Chapter 169, 180, 171." Page ~, Paragraph 6, should read "AN OtDINANCE LOTra~rilNG THE LICENSE FEE F'OR I3NSPAYED FENIAALE DOGS FROM THE P_R.ESENT ~1~.00 PER YEAR TO X7.50 PER YEAR." Insert on page 3, Councilman Ec'r;lund moved, seconded by t•Iayor T~raarkentien, that the Clerk=Administrator was instructed to recuest the Village Engineer to study the need for a proposed stop sign on the east bound lane of huggles Street at Asbux~ Avenue. Motion carried. Sewer :~iepair A letter was read from Attorney's Smith, Blomquist, Vitko Claim: any:. iiur,~niel. seeking reimbursement for the sewer repair claim of i•rs. Udward NIolin, 1t~33 ~°~est Larpenteur avenue, in the amount of 4~~30.21;, tahich pa3~,ent was denied by the Village a+.. its meeting of November 2~., 197i. :engineer Lemberg was instructed to ca11 the Attorney and discuss the Village policy on payment of sewer claims. Piaster Gas Counci iman Taylor moved, seconded by Councilman B1acI~, to License Granted.: approve a master gas installers license for the Ttain City Furnace Company, ;~59 North Snelling Avenue, St. Paul, i~iinrl., for the period commencing Juiy 1, 1971 and ending June 30, 10;2. Motion carried. Insurance Bid Councilman Black moved, seconded by Councilman Ecklund, Award: that the Paul J. Brener Con;pa.ny, 625 Stryker Avenue, St. °aul, IF~innesota, be awarded the Village insurance contract for the year 1972 on the basis of the bid which he sub- mitted, and is labeled alternate No. 1, in the amount of :2,981.28. Motion carried. Comprehensive General Liability - ~ 556.00 Comprehensive Auto Liability ~li15.00 'sorkmen' s Cor:ip . Policy ~I, 310.28 TOTAL ~; 2,981.28 Stop Sign at Councilman Stone moved, seconded by Councilman Taylor, to riuggles and ~?lbert deny the installation of a stop sign at i~uggies and Albert Street Denied: Street, on the Eecommendation of Engineer Lemberg as the proposed sign does not sex°ve any pux~pose other than to try tc sloY; dorm traffic and since it does not provide condi- tions that warrant a stop sign. ~~iotiorx carried. Signa. Lite ttaising Councilman Stone moved, seconded by Councilman Taylor, at Larpenteur and th,=;:t thr: Clerc- dm:~nistrator be autriorized to refer tree 'r'ry Street - request of the ~zamsePT County Public '~dorks Department to Rec±uest by 'yamsey r~3.i se the signal liter at Lax•penteur and. Fry Street to the County Public orks `di:'.i ~~ge Lt~;ineer fo~• recommendation. notion carried. Department: 3122 1 1 1 iioseviile rrea Councilman Blacl: volunteered to attend the rteeting per- School ~ieetit~;: taitzirg to enrollment projections for the next decade, I:elc. at the r'osevill.e Schcoi. District ibo. 623, January 13, 19?~, at 7:3G P.IM. Ct. Paul Carpus A discussiora Sias held in regards to the prelir,~inary pro- Pia.nning ~ee.ting posed University Faun Campus planning and development as Discussiorx: proposed by the University of ;Minnesota. It was generally assumed that the plan did have merit to it. The only concern was the use of ~'ais'viei• Avenue as one of their tho?'oughf.'ares and closing severa.i other major routes off such as Cl~vela.nd and. Commorn;ealt'rt Avenues. The University plat~tiir4 group indicated that their final report would be submitted to the concerned goverrunental units in approxim- ate1~- six weeks . Payroll : Counci :Loran Taylor -roved, seconded by Councilman Stone, to approve the payroll for. the period endit~; December 31,1971, in the a~iouttt of ~1,6~t~.t.ti. i~iotion carried. Genera. Couru:ilr:.ian Stone moved, seconded by Councilman :~cklund, to I)i sbizrsernetzts: pa;,r the general disbursements ~"or the period ending Decem- ber 23, 1971, in tiie amount of ~3, 767.53. i~'~otion carried. Sinking: Fund _~<~yor I;arY;entien moved, seconded by Councilman Stone, to I3o. 7: pay the interest, principal, and bati~L fee for ~int;in~T Fund <'? ccount Ito . 7, in t'rte ~L ount of :958 . b~.;.. •soti on carri :~d . roposed County =ayor as_~ent;ien moved, seconded 'oy Counciima.n Lcklund, Health Department: that the Village ma:tse known our feelings to :Cd. Salverda, County Commissioner, of our feeling for a County Health Departraenr. and that the Village does not have need f'or a Count„r Health Departr,~ent as proposed. iiotion carried. i.ink _";ttendants %?ayor I-arkentien moved, seconded by Councilman Black, that at 'cniversity Grove the Vil:~age au~i,horize attendants at the Grose area and no Playground: more than one at a ti°ie. AYu:: `ar'_Kentier~, Elack, xcklund, Tailor. IvAi': stone. I•lotion carried. Stop Sign at The Clerk-Adr:2inistrator ti~kas requested to wine aletter to Ha,:nlne and. t~osela~vn the _~~;~.msey Coutrty rt~ineer and find ou~l; if a study hr.s i~,ecuested: peen planned for a stop sign a.t Hamiine and ioseia~~;n, and alao Garden and Hamli ne and F airv-iew and i{osei~,wn. Sheriff's report: Councilman Dci~lunc'~ read the =30vei~ber Sheriz"fps report. I~ ire ieport : Counci 1;,Zan Fcklund read si ire deport Pvo . 2c~ . rteport on yob, ..ttorney ~dra~il reported to the Council on low cost Ylousin~=, Cost Housing: and related that the Villas~e does not have suitable; site for low cost ~.ousing as the I•~etro CounciJ_ had reported to the: nC-S•iS iTtedl? . Councilzn~a,n lay for IIlOVF~Ci, SeCOridt;d by I'"'ay02' :arkentien, t0 direct the Cleric-Adrninist~ator to write a letter to thr: i-etropolitan Council of the Tv.7in Cities area, oz the Vil.i.age 3123 Council disp_easure in tile..- fact the Metropolitan Council di ' not inrox~n them that a 1otiT cost housing study was bei~~; made ttiit.'r, the considerati o11 of the Vii1~L~;e of FaiooiZ Heights being included in the classification of first priority in such development. Lotion carried. Labor ~ gx•ee~„ent I~Totiotx by Councilman ± aylor, seconded by ayor ~arkentien, 1971 and 1972: to pay Ben r~uefler for 9t hours as =', part tithe erployee ~1.6~ per houa: and court salary at ~2~ per month totaling :,l~u per t~~onth for the year 1972. AYE;: 3, Id~YS: 2. ~ioti on carried. i~iotion by Councilman ~s'~uylor, seconded bvT Councilman B1acI~, to pay Genevieve Belgea for the year 1971, :~3Q per t~~onth subject to Ii~S approval, and y~32 per month fox' the year 1972, a total sala~~y of x;607 per month. AYr~S: ~, I~L~Y: i. T~~otion carried. I~Iotion oy I~ayo.~ aarkentien, seconded by Councilman Stone, to authorize t're Cier'.-~-_4arninistrator to hire an employee for th:; Traf f'ic Buy: eau at a rate o.f ~~CO per month for the year 1972. notion carried. 1 _~djou~~~nrnent : ~otion by Counci iman Stone, seconded by Councilman ~ckiund, to adjourn the meetinf at 11:9 P.i. `~ ~ Ziiiis C . x. ~arlcentien, Mayor ATTES'~ ,~i De~aan B. Barnes, Clem-1~Cmni straf:~r~-~'y' 1