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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_58Apr24_Special990 SPECIAL HEI~RI.dG, THURSDAY, April 2l~, 1958. The Hearing ti^ras declared open at 7:05 P. ~1., with the following Council ~~~embers present: Harold C. Nilsen, i~~2ayor; Geo. Shavor, Trustee; ti"rillis ~`oar~sentien, Trustee; Paul Coppini, Trustee and 1fum. R. titecht, Clerk. Also present were r'ranlc N. Graham, Village Attorney, and Ethel i. V4rhite, Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. 's . w.., P1~ayor Nilsen said the purpose of the meeting was to consider the petitition submitted April 10th by the Falcon Heights Congregational Church, for the rezoning of lots 18 and 19, Block 1, 3arthel Villas from "Residence Dist. A" to "Business District for Church Parking Purposes Only" which was signed by over 50~ of the affected property owners. yp~~~°,. J~. SWV `Y Published notice of meeting eras read. Letter from the Planning hoard was read. It stated: "It is the unanimous opinion of the Planning Commission that the use of the land as a parking area .for Church Parking Only is an acceptable and necessary land use. The Flapping ~3osrd also stipulated "The grade and. surfacing of the ,~,~;,,,,,.,, lot should be determined by the Council on a ~~ basis which will not reduce the ponding area _ ~;~~`'!~ or lessen the ground absorption rate in the area until such time as storm sencer service is available. Also that a detailed plan of the improvement of this area, with elevations and surfacing, should include specific lanes of entrance and exit, properly curbed and identified by signs." ~,r. Larry ti'+infrey, 1171 Ingerson road, as spokesman for Falcon Heights Congre- gational Church, said that up until the time the storm sewer is put in, they ~,vill not put in black top. They vrill use rock or cinders and oil it to settle the dust so that it v,ill not be a nuisance. They will grade it so it won't stop the flow of vrater into the hole. They hope to start using it this fall. They expect to core ir, from the south because that approach is nearer to the grade level than the east. He was advised by village yttorney Graham trat parking lots are going to be licensed and -ghat en+„rances anal exits will be set by the Council. Robert Loughry, 2009 Asbury, asked if they had the privilege of ordering a car removed if it was left parked there, and. he ~~-as told that this could be done by calling the Police and asking them to remove the car. No one else wishing to be heard, the question was asked if there vrere any objections to rczoninfi the ?~rorerty to "i~usiness District for Church Parking Furposes only. There being none, it was moved by t+uarkentien, and seconded by Utecht that Ordin:~nce ~L.9 (vrhich was read) AN ORDIN~lI~iCE A!`.~~ENDI"dG THE ZC~IING r4AP ";~HICH IS ~`, P^ERT Ur CRDI~~'~`,PJCE 8, be adopted. The follo:vin~ ;:ote was taken and recorded: Ayes: Nilsen, Shavor, arkentien, Copnini and Utecht. ways: None The T~I~ayor then declared OR7I^?~;1'CL ~;.9 adopted }jar a unanimous vote and ordered the publication of same. 990-B w ,t .. iY~e hearing ~~vas declared closed ^t ?:30 P„ ~,. Signed ~ ~~ ~. V &rnroved ~- ~~~ ~ ~~~~~ _,:a~ror. 1 REGULAR I'.EETING I~~21~I58 ~.geet~ng was called ±o order at 7:35 P. r~I. with the following Council ;Members present: Harold C. Nilsen, :':rayon; Geo. Shavor, 'T'rustee; iPillis l~+~arkentien, Trustee; Paul Conpini, Trustee and u`:~m. R. utecht, Clerk. Also present were Village l~ttorney, crank N. !ry~raham, '~Vm. E. Olsen, Treasurer; a.nd Ethel E. ti'ihite, Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. The:~Iinutcs of the April lUth meeting z=rere approved as submitted. Sanitary Letter from Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson R,. Associates, Inc. Sevrer stating they are sending a complete set of Falcon Heights Sar.- Plans itary Sewer Plans consisting of Drawings Nos. 11 to 25 inclusive, as ~r,~ell as final tabulations of the wye record shourn on Drawing 13, Sheet 2 for Pascal - Larnenteur to F~oselawn, Drawing 18, . Sheets 1 and 2, Ilamline -Hoyt to Roselawn, Drawing; 19, Sheet 1, ti`dest Snelling Drive, lirawing 19, Sheet 1, East Snelling Drive and Drawing 2G, Sheet 1, Ho1lJnrrood Court, was read and receir~t of this r~aterial was confirmed by I':Irs. 'White. Plumber ~?~ It Vras.moved by Conpini and seconded by 4'~arkentien that, all Sewer In- requirements having been met, Plumber's License #17 and Sewer staller's Installer's License #~1l~ be issued to John A. Healy, Jr., Licenses President, Healy Plum'~;ing & Heating Company. ?~.4otion unanimously carried. :3~1 Police After ~'iscussion, it was moved by Coppini and .seconded by PTA Car- ~~Jarkentien that the request of the Falcon Heights P. T. A. for nival four men to act as policemen at their carnival to be held at the school `~Tay 9th, be referred to Don Arndt, Public Safety Corimissioner. I"otion unanimously carried. ^lanket After discussion, it was moved by Shavor and seconded by ti5iarken- for tien that Don Arndt, Public Safety Co°nmissioner, be authorized to Police Car buy a blanket for the squad car. ,Iotion unanimously carried. Smoke Ex- ?'tiarkentien reported he talked to John Rysgaard about the Smoke tractor Extractor and was assured there is plenty of power to run a Smoke Extractor off the generator of the fire truck in case house power is not available. It was moved by h~ta.rkentien and seconded by Conpini that the Fire Department's Requisition #1l~1 for 1 P160-16" Super Vacuum Smoke Ejector, 115 volt, A. C. 1~1~ :I. P. `rotor, at X107.80 be approved. "lotion unanimously carried. Telephone Letter of April 17th from TJorthwestern "ell Telephone Company Rates advising they had billed in error at the rate of ~>5.00 per month,. for i>~ri. 6-5200, and that they vrere changing the billing to 510.15 per month, effective I~?ay 1st, 1958, was read and filed. Autumn R~ Dan ia].ide, 1998 Aut~.mn, asked Vhat had been done regarding Falcon Prior Sts. ~~oods Streets. He ~,;as advised the streets had been checked, that they were not in food condition and there was the possibility of further breakup. Engineer Ljungren's letter stating there was a division of rcaponsibility and liability a.nd suggesting that certain tests be made on the bituminous surfacing, base and sewer trench which might help clarify these responsibilities, was read. It was moved by utecht and seconded by Nilsen that Village Engineer Ljungren be authorized to spend approximately ~200.U0 for the pur- pose of testing on the Falcon v""floods streets as soon as conditions permit -- we to advise i"°.~Tr. ~31ide the result of tests and further plans later. P~Sotion unanimously carried. ~~2 Drainage ~dessrs. Keller, Geisen and Guertin from Pascal Avenue were present to discuss drainage at Pascal and Ruggles and the poss- ibility of having a concrete culvert instaa_led in front of their homes. ?~Tr. Geisen said the culvert running dot^rn Ruggles and crossing Pascal is full of dirt; that one of Lametti's bull dozers had run over it and broken it, end that it had never been replaced just repaired temporarily w~.th apiece of pipe. Keller, 1852 No. Pascal, said he thinks the situation is all due to the sewer being put in arld if something isn't done, the road will wash into the ditch. Engineer Ljungren stated that, in his opinion, the best way to handle this for a year or so would. be to put a bituminous material in the bottom of the ditches, haul in Mack dirt for the slope, and peg sod. The matter will be studied further and P.7ayor Nilsen asked if these men vrould come to the next meeting vrhen they hope to have def- inite information. Holton John J. P~icDonough, 1891 Holton St., inquired about plans to lower Street the street and furnish black dirt. P.~ayor Nilsen advised him of the problem of doing over all these streets with the engineers and checking them before Craig Company comes in to complete their contract; that the Council had been advised to wait a couple weeks before this is done because the frost is not out of the ground yet and there is a possibility of further damage. 'Zr. "~cDonough also asked about load limits. He was advised that the State Law reads 4 ton from ~'Iarch 15th to •ay 15th, unless otherwise designated by the Council. He was advised that the County wants to use Garden and Albert as detours and if load limits were lifted now, heavy traffic would be on the streets. In answer to his question as to whether lowering Holton Street had been discussed, he was told that it had, but that no decision had 'peen reached. "`c Donough is to be notified when plans are complete. Fred Gardner, 1880 Holton, asked what the load restrictions on Roselawn were and he was told !~ ton until '..!ay 15th. Hamline, ton, Holton, 7 ton, by permit, and 3 ton on all newly fir_ished streets. Albert Smith, 1820 Holton, asked what was going to be done about drainage and repair of their street. He was +old checking v,-ould be done. He asked about resodding of their lot line. He was advised no decision had been made. John J. ;?cDonough, 1891 Holton, asked Ljungren if Holton was going to be lowered. Ljungren said it has not been definitely decided. Fred Kroeger, 1881 Holton, asked about establishing a grade for his x~ronosed concrete driveway. He was advised to wait until the grade for the street had been determined, and then after the street was surfaced, to line up his driveway with the center of the street; that that v~ould give him good drainage -- about a. 6" slope from his driveway and about a 6" slope from the center of the street to the gutter line. Storm Louis Payee, 1i 63 G~lifornia, asked if anything more had been done Sewer on the storm sewer. He was told nothing more had been done. i:2~eting had been continued to un indefinite time and that a notice would be published before holding another hearing. Gage De- is. Gage asked if the Council had reached a decision about ~~ 3 velop_ment his proposed. development. The Planning Commission's letter of April 24th was read, vrherein they recommended that a pro- fessional planner 1-e called in to develop an over-a11 plan for ~:he unplatted portion of the village; that a properly engineered determination of street levels and storm and sanitary sewer layouts should be made; that a neigr.borhood type of play- ground or recreational area approximately 200' x 300' be provided either by the developer, the property ovmers, or by the village before any further development is approved. A basis for series development should be studied; a stipules±ion that set-back and lot levels be approved by the Village engineer or Council; a means of access be made from Tatum St• to the playground area, the minimtun a ~. to 6' wa11_~vay; the final plap to be subject to recom^~endation and review by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission also specified that the follovring condi- tions should be considered in the overall planning for the area: Determination should 'e made of tha+ point in the de- velopment of this area at vrhich an access road from Larpenteur should be required. Investigations should be undertaken to determine if the university of i.?innesota vrould be willing to release property for an access road to the west. At the Larpen- teur Avenue end of the development, consideration should be given to business zoning or residence district C zoning as a suffer zone between_ Larpenteur and t.,his residence property. The Planning Commission emphasized +„hat no more piecemeal planning should be permi+.ted in the Village. ~~Zayor Nilsen advised that :fir. Gresham, Ljungren, :'r. Hawkins and he drove over the Hawkins Property and looked over the site and discussed the development vri+„h him. dilsen feels Hawkins would be villinT to consider an overall elan for the area :nzt he doesn't ~~rant to t>e bound by anything because he intends to continue in the nursery business. Pegarding play- ground area, ,:'r. Gage advisee that vVhile his property cost '4,500.00 an acre, `"rs. Julia Lindig, 1870 Roselawn, has arnrox- ima±ely 3-3,~l~ acres right bark of her home that she :would be -~ailling to sell at the present time for X2,300.00 an acre. There is no access to this land but he feels sure the Village could. make arrange:~~ents for an easement. He understar_ds that Art Lindig also has some property he would be lrfilling to sell. i3oi,h these nieces of property are in the area specified by the petit ion. for a playground area. In view of the .zany problems, Ltecht said he thou,,,ht we should call in a professional planner. ~';arkentien ::aid ±he Village should plat everything available to '.{eep the Lniversit~.* of I~Rin-~esota from taking it over. it vas moved by ?'ar'~ent.en ^r;d seconded bar Shavor that '..'az,or Nilsen be authorized to contact Tar. ~~onestroo and. find out,, vrhat the cost of a planni_r1g survey from rairvietiw to -~.he university Property, Larpenteur to Roselawn, and Larpenteur from Snelling west, would be and what he could do. T:.otion unanimously carried. Play- 'rs. ;;,undstrom prese:~ted the ':-ill age Council with a. Playground Ground. Survey prepared by members of the League of 'y";omen Voters. Sewer Attorney Graham advised that the sewer rental increase eras rental. passed by th° St. Paul City Council Tuesday, the 22nd. It krill be published Saturday, the 2-:5th. ~~`~ Sinking Letters, cat-~d April 21~±:h, 1958 from Attorney Graham and from r'und : ir. Sander of Juran and ?:Toddy, Inc. , indicating teat the Village mijht be ably t.o buy seven thousand do7_lars worth of its 1 sevrer ~.onds v~;ere read. After discussion, it ~:~as moved by Ltecht and seconded by Coppini that ~~;e authorize Attorney Graham to negotiate for the purchase of these 'conds at the best price available but to be no more than the price ducted in the letter. _:~tidn unanimously carried. Tevrer Letter from Graham, regardir_g Sanitar~T Sewer S~rstem Improvement .sonds. ~l bonds ti^ras read, It r:as pointed out that the ~;mericar. ~at.ional .:sank iS designated as paying agent for the `°900,000.00 pond issue, ar~d that one year's interest on the entire bond issue is payable July 1st,, 1953 in accordance ti^rith the terns cf the coupons. It ha.s been ascertained that s,•re will have the money to pay this interest. Ordinance Attorney Graham mentioned he hri.ll work on ar. ordinance covering parking lots and one covering hours and containers for trash '~ arn,~rs . 1857 It -ryas moved by Coppini and seconded by'lr'arkentien that. vre fur- Flolton nish 3 yards of black Wirt aY~d sod for repairing easement ad- joining 1357 Holton. i:Totion unanimously carried. Cig. & 'T`reasurer Olsen reported that he had received from Stafford Liquor King, State Auditor, rand v::arrant ~f3!.3955, liquor tax a.pport,ion- Taxes merit in the amount of ~R.2,1t~3.96 and vrarrant }~3~~8010, Cigarei.,te max A-~nortionment, ~~1,961t.53, vrhich represent the portion of estate Faxes on Liquor and Cigarettes undistributed since Feb. 15th, 1958 because of the still rending ?"hite 'dear Lake Annexa- tion suit. Present partial distribution is on the basis of ~7¢ per capita from liquor aY_~.d 5Z;¢ Tyr capita from. ci~larettes. L.rp. Letters from ?~,Iilner i~. Carley ~ Associates and -tarry S. >ronson, from Cotti.ty T;ngineer, regarding resolution for the approval of tTleir Arena to plans {'or Larpenteur Avenue from A:~ona to Hamline, were read. Hamline After discussion, it ,~:as moved by I~Jilsen and seconded by ti~;arken- tien that +.,he Village Clerk be authorized to sip~n the resolu- tion ap roving the plans for Larpenteur Avenue. i''otion unanim- ously carried. ~'.,eq. X142 It eras moved by'~f;arkentien ~.nd seconded by Coppini that the T~'ire Department's requisition ~llt2 ':~e a~nroved. motion unan- imously carried. Garage It :^:~as agreed that °<,rkentien would invetitigate the cost of a garage for Village :'all property. Lauderdale It tiryras moved by Shaver a;-~d seconded by utecht that ~'iayor l~ilsen Fire vrrite to '`Tayor Dronkala of Lauderdale asking that they reconsider Contract their letter of November 1~~, 1956 to the extent that, the Falcon Heights :ire Department vrill be able to answer urgent calls in- volving human life not necessarily contingent upon association with fire when human judo-,went dictates such action. ~~"otion unan- imously carried.. 1 1 1 Regular meeting; Z~/2t~/58 continued. ::ills On motion by '~^+arkentien, seconded by Shavor, the folloUrin~ bills were ordered paid: General Fund: Otto V~. P~ohlar;d, Ramsey Co., Treas,, Str. P:?a:int. rfa2_-.G2.64, Lighting Intersections 32.50 ~275.11~ E. J, >ossard, plu~~?bin~ Insp. fees and gas 53.00 Baden~s pure Oil, repaz.rs police car 11.83 r! . Vu . ell Telephone, P:~i 6-5200 18.37 Falcon Heights State Sank, rubber stamp 1.55 Elec. Communication ~;ngrs., repair police car radio 13.00 i.~ilner ti'~;. Carley & Associates, Engr. Serv. 10.00 l~,'alter S. Booth ~ Son, verified acct. forms 18.15 Ethel E. ~~hite, services last half of ~nril 13G.1~7 Farnham Sta. & School Sup., Royal .Arm Chairs l~30.00 ~,4i-~nesota Fire Equipment Co., Fire Uept. Supplies 59.35 Rose Tribune, print notices of Pub. Hearing ~i.80 Pure Oil, gas, Police ~532.01~, Fire 17.86, Cevrer 13.31 63,24 A. J. Falkoski, fees Plb~. Insp. 15.00 Gn motion, the meeting was adjourned at 12:00 P. t,i. 1 ~~~ ~ Si~ned~~~Z;C/ _.i lc,rk. . /~ A~noroved ~~~~ ~ / ,i ayor,~~...~.~