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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_64Sep232151 REGULAR P~ETTNG OF SEPTET~'BF,R 23, 1961 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P,Td. with the following members being presents T,~ayor Harold Nilsen; Clerk 1`d, A. ~iortenson; Trustees Millis Vuarkentien, Charles Stone, and ti~illiam Black. Also present vrere Engineer Lemberg, Attorney Galvin, Treasurer Olsen, and Deputy Clerk Tina Vavoulis. Black moved, seconded by T~gortenson that the minutes of the meeting of September 9, 196J~ be approved as read. Carried. Voter Registration: T~Iortenson advised that he had attended meeting regarding voter registration. It seemed to be the consensus of opinion that registration should be county wide and each village within the county should have permanent registration of voters, .& bill is to be presented to the legislature to this effect. Falcon Heights Congre- On h4onday evening, September 21, Black met with gational Church Ponding theBoard of Trustees of the Falcon Heights Area - Congregational Church regarding the water problem Barthel Villas: which exists. Black's comments are made a part of these minutes by reference and are on file in the Clerk's office. Application for Sub- Pursuant to due call and notice, the Hearing was division of Land - called to order at 7:30 P.2~~. Stone moved that Joseph Bianchi - the following resolution be adopted by the Council: Hearings ti~HEREAS Joseph D, Bianchi 13 the owner of certain real estate located in the Village of Falcon Heights used for single-family residence, and Resolution apx~roving sub-division of Joseph ~'~HEREAS said owner has submitted to the Village Bianchi Lot in the Council plans and data pursuant to Ordinance 69, Village of Falcon Heights .Paragraph 3 of said Village for a proposed plan for pursuant to the Pro- a subdivision of an existing lot by metes and bounds visions of Ord. 69, description and the Council reviewed said preliminary Article 3: plans on August 26, 196lt and referred them to the Village Planning Commission pursuant to said Ordinance, and WHEREAS, on September 9, 196l~ Planning Commission approved the preliminary subdivision plans as submitted by said owner and. the Village of Falcon Heights Council then ordered a public hearing to be held on September 23, 196l~ at 7:30 P. M, and. published and mailed notice vras given as required by statute. N(~$T, THEREFORE, BF, IT RESOLVED 1. Said proposed subdivision is hereby approved by the Village Council of the Village of Falcon Heights in acc~ dance ~~vith the Certificate of Survey of Charles 0, Cseorgi dated July, l~>6~. submitted to the Village of Falcon Heights Council and on file with the Clerk thereof, subject to the following: 2, At the time of the conveyance of the subdivided 2152 lot to purchasers, Joseph Bianchi or his successor in interest shall create a ten-foot wide easement over the easterly property line of the new lot, all as showm on the above-referred-to survey. 3. Joseph D, Bianchi or his successor in interest shall also create a twenty--foot wide easement over the westerly portion of the proposed new lot all as shown on the above survey for boulevard and street purposes. ~. The proposed easements shall be created by such instruments suitable for recording to be prepared by the Falcon Heights Village attorney. The motion for the adoption of the fore~;oing resolution was duly seconded by member Black and upon a vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor thereof: Nilsen, ~Iortenson, ~~farkentien, Stone and Black; the following voted against the same: none. Y~hereupon said resolution was duly declared passed and. adopted. Complaint of H. Per. Harry PaDelford was present to register complaint against PaDelford -182l~ No. his neighbor at 182$ Simpson - John Hussman. The tiro dogs Simpson: are barking at all hours of the night, the yard is filled Dogs with dog dirt, and noisy car motors are started up at 6:00 Noisy cars A.1,~. and are kept running in the driveway until 8:00 A.M. He was advised that complaint could be signed and filed with the Justice of Peace. Violation is cited in Ordinance 20 and it is also a State Statute cited under Nuisances. Galvin will write to ~1r. Hussman that the Village has acknowledged receipt of such complaint. H e a r i n g Proposed Nssessment for 1963 t~aterb'Iain and Sanitary Sewer Improvements Pursuant to due call and notice, the Bearing was called to order at 8:00 P.I. for the purpose of passing upon the proposed assessment for the improvements by installation of 6~~ watermains and lot services and. related benefits, such project is known as the V+Cater~2ain and Sanitary Sewer Improvement of 1963. Carl Gear V1e were aware of the fact that the sewer assessment could go 1905 N. Snellings to X10 a foot and we thought the Village would get an easement on the back side of the property. Water was to be X4.00 a foot and on the basis it would be on the back of the lot. I am out of town quite a bit but was informed by tie neighbors that they had received calls changing original plans. Nilsen: I made the calls with regard to the change as to where lines would go. The University would not grant an easement along the back of the property. tide sought several sources of obtaining water. St. Paul would not allow the Village to buy water from Roseville. Galvin: In order to tap the Roseville water system, we would have to enter into agreement with Roseville as to whose meters would be installed, whose water charges, etc Engineer can probably advise if there was any difference in the proposed price and actual contract price or cost. It was suggested 213 that water .line be brought down the back of the lot. Most of the homes there have their garages and utility poles on the back lot line, The University has its experimental tract immediately behind, li(e asked the University for easement and they were not willing to do that at this time because they felt that the property would not be benefited as far as they were concerned. No final agreement could be made with Roseville or the University. There is no utility ease- ment on the back of those lots. Engineer reached agreement for the installation of the water line in the front of the property line. St. Paul paid the cost of jacking under Snelling Avenue. Nilsen: The difference in cost between connection in the back lot line as opposed to the running from the front lot line distances involved, difference in basements -what are they? Lemberg: This cost is less than the original estimate of X7.00 a foot. That estimate was given at a public hearing. Gear: My driveway is low and softer than it was before. 'r'rhen they put in the sod, they made the tunnel V-shape. It is almost impossible to do a decent job of cutting grass. Z have about 12 feet of water that just lays in that tunnel now. Lemberg: The State Highway Department has the say about the ditch. They made an inspection on the ditch and approved it. Stone: Brad, is there a way of getting in touch with the Highway Department about this? Lemberg: It was inspected and approved by the High~Nay Department. I can talk to them about it. Mrs. Pantzar: When they put the pipes in, they broke my water line and 1865 No, Snelling since then I have been having a lot of rust in the water and I still have a lot of rust. Lemberg: rdiaybe with the increase in pressure something got loose in your old water line. It's 20 to 25 years old, isn't it? Schwantes: ~7~~ Lindig Street: T am trying to build a house in the Village on Lindig Street. This doesn't pertain to assessments, but it is a situation which is pertinent. In planning our house, we were interested in having the elevation of the house -the basement floor, at a certain point - not way up in the air, but about 22 feet above the street, eYe had previous exper- fence with the depth of the sewer in the street and getting the fall - on Fairview Avenue. Mr. Lemberg gave me the information with regard to the depth of the sewer. The particular lot which I have has the sewer 91 feet below the street. This was very good - it took care of our needs; I checked with P$r. Lemberg with regard to the fall that would be needed that would make it possible for us to have drainage out of the basement and into the sewer. Brad did warn me that before you build a house you better 1 1 1 215l~ uncover the end of the stub to make sure it is where we think it is. The end of the stub was uncovered and we checked the elevation and found that the sbub was 6 - 62 feet below the street, The elevation there was about two feet higher than it might have been. He could have had it down there about two feet lower than it actually was. This wouldn't meet our needs at all. YYe didn't want to build there then. Brad came out and checked this. The result is that the Nodland Construction Company decided to lower the stub without any cost to rne. I have nothing to complain about. This is the situation that I think the Village Council ought to know about and I think the idea was that this fellow who re-laid the stub was supposed to check others along the street but no others were checked. ~e donut know how high those other stubs are. I think it is too bad that these stubs are not laid so as to take advantage of the full fall. I am about half way up and there certainly are a number of lots where the sewer depth is deeper. I was told that the contractor followed speci- fications - they probably did, but if they did, I think the specifications are wrong. You understand the point I am trying to make. ~, fall should be provided for - no more than they need so a home-owner can do what he wants. I don't know too much about sanitary sewers and that sort of thing, but the sewer line is on the east side of the water line - in other words the stub has to go past the water line. The water is about 18" above it. Lemberg: The sewer line was laid first. According to their records, they were very surprised about this. At their expense -they did redo this one, and checked another at the other end. Schwantes: chile they were checking, it would have been appropriate to check another lot where the stub could have been lowered. It seems that mine could be the only one. The hole is still open and I hope they take care of that soon. John Strait Are we on Fairview Avenue being assessed for any of the 1763 Fairview: Lindig Street improvements? Galvin: .The plat has been accepted, which plat leaves out the real estate of the home-owners on Fairview Avenue, since rRx, Lindig is being assessed 100 per cent. In the future if =;rou wish to obtain access to Lindig Avenue through the back half of your lot, an agreement has been executed which would permit you to acquire from Lindig, at a cost which would have been the assessment to you had you been a party to this improvement. This sets up an agreement for him to sell a strip which would allow him to get back the portion which he paid, which you would have paid had you participated, that is for having access to that street. You are not affected by this pro- ceeding, Nils ens Curb and gutter are entirely separate costs. There is no co-mingling with respect to those pro3ects. The cost to Lindig is X6.65 a front foot. 2155 Harley Otto Is the University paying the same as the home- 1847 Fairview: owners on Fairview and Larpenteur for footage where it goes on its land? How much are they paying? Galvin: `The University is being assessed on the same front foot basis as the individual home owners because same is based on the benefit. Only a portion of the University property is affected by this improve- ment because in certain areas, al though the water line might run adjacent to its property, the benefit would not be to the University, The University is assessed the same, X6.65 afoot - 683 feet on Clevs- land Avenue and on the north side of Larpenteur east of Cleveland for a distance of 90~ feet. This is the area on which the water line abutts their property. There are two proceedings here tonight, the University is assessed under a different statute and they received a special no tice about this hearing and they will include the cost in their biennial budget and it is presented to the legislature. They are being assessed at the same rate. Otto: Along Fairview - they are not being assessed at all? Nilsen: No, they are not being benefited, Incidentally, these people should know that there is a 12tt main along Cle veland Avenue and St. Paul paid for the over-sizing, over and above the cost of an 8" Pain. This was done thinking of future development in that area. Donald Shannon In regard to the assessment - we can pay that within 1890 Tatum: 30 days without interest? ~~te will each get a notice? Nilsens Yes. Casper Hanson Are we bound to that 30 days, or could it be 60 days? 1896 No. Holtons From a mechanical standpoint, as long as the assessment roll stays in the office. Under the state statute, Galvin: October 10th is the dead line for certifying the assessment roll to the auditor's office. Vie have had an extension so it must be certified in 30 days, yvhich is the absolute minimum. Tdrs. Pantzar: Haw soon do we have to hook up to the sewer? Galvins Qrdinance 58 provides that the owners and occupants have two years to connect from the time the connection is available. Mrs. `yiacGregor Could you elaborate on the adjustments on the odd Fairview Avenue: size lots? Lemberg: This is about the odd shaped lots in Falcon V~foods. Some have very wide back yards with narrow front lots. It vrould not be fair to assess them only on their front footage, 1 1 1 2156 Frank Skogs Vuhat is the ~~0 assessment to the idaple Knoll Area? 1607 Maple Knoll Nilsen: Oversizing cost. At the time the connection was made in 1960 when there eras a problem in connection with the pressure. The cost to oversize the lines was deferred until actual connection of water is made to the house. Otto: In computing, was the x$60 subtracted from the total cost? Nilsen: No. This is in connection tivith the cost of the ~Yater Main that was laid on Larpenteur in 1960. The people along Larpenteur Avenue v~rere assessed on the basis of a 6" water main, but all the people west of Snelling Avenue have to absorb the additional cost. It was paid for by the Village but it was spread over all the properties - on the pnobabi- lity of all areas, the areas not ,yet developed. The X60 charge is being made as each home is hooked on to the system. That X60 was not computed, but is completely separate, Lindig: We pay for a pumping station now. Nilsens The listing on the real estate tax form is nomenclature. Galvin: In addition to the real property taxes, on the statement from the auditor's off ice, one of those assessments is called Larpenteur Avenue Waterl~ain and Pumping Station, bedause when originally proposed, it was proposed to put in a pumping station. However, in the course of thepro~ect, that was found to be impractical. The name of the improve- ment was not changed and. remained as above, and the bond issue was called that also. The name has never changed even though no pumping station was ever built. Nilsens We tried to get connection at Cleveland and Dudley, but St. Paul would not allow it then. Tyro series of bonds - Series A and Series B were contemplated. Series A were issued only - not Series B for the Pumping Station. Series A was for the Larpenteur Avenue tiYaterMain, and Series B would have been for the Pumping Station. We never borrowed any money for Series B. The original proposal was that the people only on the west side of Snelling should be assessed for that -that is the connection charge. Had the city of St. Paul gone a1 ong with some of our proposals, we would not have had these other problems. How is the water pressure? (Several answered 'very good.') We got a better price on sewer and water than we did a fevr years ago tikrhen sewer was„8.96 afoot and water north of Ruggles on Pascal Avenue and around there was $7.25 a foot in 1960. Al Struck There is a hole in front of my driveway still - in the street 1806 Tatum: It will be taken care of. Nilsen: Is there anyone else wishing to be heard? (There was none.) 2157 1,Yater P.gain and Sanitary Sewer Improvement 1963 Assessment: The following resolution was introduced by ~~ar~centien who moved its adoption: RESOLUTIOr1 ADOPTItICr A5SESS~~~NT FOR V~ATER iiAIN AND SANITARY SL"4JER I?~1PI?.OVEI:~IENT Or 1963 ~~~1HL-;i-~EAS, pursuant to proper notice duly given as required by law, the council has met and heard and passed upon all objections to the proposed assessment for the aforesaid improvement, NOV'l, THEREFORE, BE IT Rr~,SOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUI'1CIL OF FALCON HEIGHTS, MIx~1NESOTA: 1. Such proposed assessment, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, is hereby accepted and shall constitute the special assessment against the lands named therein, and each tract of land therein included is hereby found to be benefited by the proposed improvement in the amount of the assessment levied against it. 2. Such assessment shall be payable in equal annual installments extending over a period of 20 years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Ivlonday in January 1965 and shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per cent per annum from the date of the adoption of this assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessment from the date of this resolution until December 31, 196. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments 3. The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor pay the whole of the assessment on such property, with interest accrued to the date of payment, to the village treasurer, except that no interest shall be cha rged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the adoption of this resolution; and he may, at any time thereafter, day to the county treasurer the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made. !~. The clerk shall fortln~rith transmit a certified duplicate of this assessment to the County Auditor to be extended on the proper tax lists of the county, and such assessments shall be collected and paid over in the same manner as other municipal taxes. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Black, and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Nilsen, ~3ortenson, 1Yarkent ien, Stone and Black; and the following voted against the same: none. ti'Jhereupon said resolution was duly declared passed and adopted, this 23rd day of September 196t~. i f' 2158 The following resolution was introduced by Stone, who moved its adoption: WaterMain and RESOLUTION ADOM'TT~1G ASSESSMENT FOR WATER MAIN Sanitary Sewer TI~4PROVER'~NT OF 1963 ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE Improvement UNIVERSITY OF ",MINNESOTA ~FtITHIN THE VILLAGE 1963 -.Assessment OF FALCON HEIC~iTS, MINNESOTA on Property Owned by Univ, WHEREAS the laws of Minnesota, Chapter u35.19 provide of Minnesota: for the method of assessing special assessments against property owned by the University of :!innesota and benefited by such improvement, and ti~fiEREAS theVillage Council of the Village of Falcon Heights has met pursuant to proper notice duly given as required by law, and VVti1HHEREAS the Council has met and heard and passed upon all objections to the proposed assessment for said improvement, NOt~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COIIfNCIL OF FALCON HEIGHTS, P1IINi~OTA: 1. Such proposed assessment, a copy of which is attached hereto, is the amount that would have been assessed against said property if the property had been privately awned. Said assessment is hereby accepted and shall constitute the special assessment against the lands named therein and each tract of land therein included is hereby found to be benefited by the proposed assessment in the amount of the assessment levied against it. 2. Such assessment shall be payable in e~}ual annual installments extending over a period of twenty years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first P~ionday in January, 1965, and shall bear interest at the rate of b~ per annum from the date of the adoption of this assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessment from the date of this resolution until December 31, 1965. To each sub- sequent instal lment, when due, shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments. 3. The ov~mer of any property so assessed may at any time prior to the certification of the assessment to the county auditor, pay the whole of the assessment on such property, tivith interest accrued to the date of the payment, to the village treasurer, except that no interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is .paid within 30 days from the adoption of t?~is resolution; and he may, at any time thereafter, pay to the county treasurer the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid with interest, accrued to December 31, of the year in which payment is made. ~.. The Clerk shall forth~rith transmit a certified duplicate of t~~is assessment to the county auditor to be extended on the proper tax lists of the county and such assessment shall be collected and paid over in the same manner as other municipal taxes. 2159 The motion for the adoption oz the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Black, and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereofr T~Tilsen, T~~~ortenson, 1~tarkentien, Stone and Black; and the following voted against the same: none. j~dhereupon said resolution was duly declared passed and adopted, this 23rd day of September 196.. Lindig Curb and. Gutter Stone moved, seconded by B"lack that Hearing on the and Surfacing - Proposed Proposed Assessment for Lindig Street Curb and Gutter Assessment Hearing;: Project be continued, also the street construction cost and blacktop cost of the street. Such Hearing is, therefore, continued to October l~, 1964 at 8:OU P,''.~I. Motion carried. Variance - James r.~ikkelson Itir. James R~~ikkelson of 1731 No. Simpson was present and 1731 No. Simpson Streets submitted variance application. Said application for variance from the building code, if Granted, tivould permit addition of a room onto his home that would extend an additional two feet beyond the code speci- ficatio~s. Black moved., seconded by Stone and carried that this variance be referred to the Planning Commi- sion for their consideration & recommendation, Sewer trouble Stone moved, seconded by Nilsen that bill from Roto- 1~.37 California Avenues Rooter for sewer repair at 1l~37 California be paid. Motion carried.( Rosetown Sanitation was called. in to dig to the sewer line and found a broken the in the stub, ) Schommeris Swimming Pool The Deputy Clerk was instructed to write Mr. Ray Displays Schommer next February 1st to inform him that the permit to operate a display swimming pool on the Falcon Heights Bank lot adjacent to Weber's Cottage Inn will not be renewed. 'T'here have been numerous complaints about the general untidy appearance and he has failed to apply a dust coat to the grounds as he had originally agreed. ~-H Use of Village Hall: Request of Ramsey County ~-H to reserve Village Hall for afternoons of October 21, October 28, November ~., and November 11 was granted. Meetings will be held for a maximum of 50 women, 'No Parking Signs' Lemberg tivill observe traffic in front of the Falcon Falcon Heights Church: Heights Church on Sunday mornings and make recommendation as to placing sigms, Sale of bonds to meet Moved by r~rarkentien, seconded by Black that the Village payment for Refunding Sewer Treasurer be authorized to sell the nu3nber of bonds Improvement of 1963: sufficient to meet payment due for Refunding Sewer Improvement obligation due October 1, 196.. Upon a vote being taken, the above motion was carried, Jury cases to be heard: Gal vin advised that on October 5th, jury trials will be held by the Justice of the Peace. Furnace to be Cleaned: Stone moved, bYarkentien seconded that the Fire Department be autr~.orized to have the furnace cleaned inasmuch as January 1962 was the last cleaning date. I~~idwest Equipment Service is the low bidder for the job and vrill be contacted. 2160 Traffic Violations Z'here was a short discussion regarding a Traffic Bureau: Violations Bureau for this Village. Bills: Falcon Heights Hardware -purchases August 32.22 Farnham~s -office supplies 10.18 Ramsey County Treasurer Mach. Acctg. -California Curb and Gutter Project 33.55 Minn. Hospital Serv.Association 127.92 N.uV.Bell Telephone Co. - August 60.00 Briggs and Morgan - August legal 568.75 G. Gustav Hard - tree consultant services 18.75 Midway Ford Co. - mice. and repair squad car 26.17 E, J, Pennig Co. - gravel mix 20.13 Salaries including Councilmen 2,106,~t7 W/lti Imp. 196 0 Refunding Sewer Imp. -transfer of funds 472.51 LAti'V~~ ~ P,S, American National Bank -.Int. & Prin on bonds 3,385.95 Ref. 1963 American National Bank t' " " " 5 373 22 W/M Imp.1963 American National Bank " '~ '~ ~~ ., . 9,772.37 Adjournment: Upon motion, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 P.M. ~ ~S erk t ~~~~`'f P~ a~yor i