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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_58Jul10REGULAR MEETING JULY 10, 1958. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. with the following Council Members present: Harold C. Nilsen, Mayor; Geo. Shavor, Trustee; Willis War- kentien, Trustee; and Paul Coppini, Trustee. Also present were Frank N. Graham, Village Attorney, Wm. E. Olsen, Treasurer and Ethel ~%. udhite, Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. Absent: Wm. R. Utecht, Clerk. Minutes of the regular meeting of June 26th were approved as submitted. Cig. It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by Shavor and unanimously carried Licenses that the following licenses to sell at retail Cigarettes, Cigar- ette Papers and Cigarette Wrappers be granted: #94 Allan C. Fritsche, Standard Oil St., 1691 No. Snelling. #95 Anplebaum's Food Markets, Inc., 1558 W. Larpenteur. #96 Robert C. 3lomberg Drug, 1583 No. Hamline. #97 Don Shields, Shields Cafe, 1526 W. Larpenteur. MGI It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Coppini and unanimously Licenses voted that Master Gas Installer's Licenses as follows be granted: #114 Roy A. Miller, Custom Furnace and Air Conditioning Co., 1934 St. Anthony, St. Paul, 4, Minn. #113 W. G. Olinger, "'win City Furnace Co., 459 No. Snelling, St. Paul, 4, Minn. #115 Richard W. Johnson, Midwest Equipment Service Co., 300 University tive., St. Paul, 3, Minn. #116 Tony Ferrara, Standard Heating Co., 1694 Selby Ave., St. Paul, Minn. Off Sale It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Coppini and unanimously Beer voted that Non-Intoxicating Malt Liquor "Off Sale" License #46 be granted to Applebaums' Food Markets, Inc., 1558 Larpenteur. Master It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Coppini and unanimously Plumber's voted that Master Plumber's Licenses be issued to the following: Licenses #17 George B. Waterman, 1491 No. Hamline Ave., St. Paul, 13. #20 Francis T. Vdagner, Rose Plumbing, 1125 W. Co. Road B., St. Paul, 13. #21 Louis H. Nienaber, Nienaber Plumbing and Heating Co., 664 Cherry St., St. Paul, 6. #22 Axel Newman, Axel Newman Heating & Plumbing Co., 1608 Como. Ave., W., St. Paul, 6. Sewer It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by Warkentien and unanimously Installer's voted that Sewer Installer's Licenses be granted to the follow- Licenses ing: #16 B. E. Crogness, Crogness Seger Const. Co., 1191 California. Drive, St. Paul, 13. ~~:+~~ #18 W. A. Hermes, Rosetown Sanitation, 1869 Pleasant, St. Paul, 13, Minn. ~~ "~~ a.,N #19 Axel Newman, Axel Newman Heating & Plumbing Co., 1608 Como, St. Paul, 13. Filling It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by Shavor and unanimously carried Station that license #69 to operate the Standard Oil Filling Station at License Snelling and Larpenteur be granted to Allan C. Fritsche. Dogs It was moved b Nilsen seconded Co y , by ppini and unanimously carried that letter from Richard N. Franke, 1375 uY. Iowa, citing damage done to his yard by dog belonging to someone of the Jack Ziegler family be referred to Willis iM1'arkentien. Barthel Letter from Douglas Shhets ~ Bell, 112 E. 6th St., 5t. Paul, 1, Lots dated July 7th was read. It stated they were enclosing a petition pertaining to lots le, 1lt, 15, 20 and 21, Block 1, Barthel Villas. They stated the matter of the issuance of building permits has dragged on for many years, and they were anxious to bring it to a head. There was no petition enclosed, and thc~ letter was referred to Attorney C,raham. Alley Letter from A. H.Paschall, 1l~76 W. California, stating his opinion that the alley between Pascal and Arona, between California and Idaho had been improved, was read. Members of the Council are sure this alley has never been brought up to specifications as an improved alley, and the matter was referred to Trustee Coppini. Business Card from Fillmore & Bradbury, 15 E. Franklin Ave., Mpls. ~, re- Men garding used Christmas Street Decorations, and letter from White Bear Assn., Inc., inviting Falcon Heights to participate in their Centennial Days Parade, were referred to George Williams, Falcon Heights Hdwe., Chairman of the Falcon Heights Business Mens~ Association. Arona St. Copy of letter written by Milner W. Carley & Associates, to :fir. Larp. to Roy Holzer, Water Department, City of St. Paul was read and filed. Hoyt. It stated: Numerous complaints have been received regarding the condition of Arona Street resulting from the installation of water main in this street. The Village Council was of the under- standing that the Ramsey County Highway Department was authorized to make the necessary repairs. The County Engineer's Office in- formed the Council it had been authorized to perform only certain portions of the work. Council requested Milner Carley & Associates to contact Water Department, City of St. Paul and request that the balance of the work be performed immediately. L3ungren advised he would be willing to meet with representatives of St. Paul at their convenience. Pascal Andrew Geisen, 1860 No. Pascal, spokesman for a group of residents Avenue on the east side of Pascal, between Garden and Ruggles, said Ditch their drainage ditches had been left in an unsightly and hazardous condition. It was moved by Shavor, seconded by Nilsen a.nd unan- imously voted to authorize the Village Engineer to proceed with the work of refacing and resodding the ditch along the East side of Pascal from the north edge of Ruggles to the Barthel Villas Sump Area for the purpose of protecting the street and preventing erosion of the shoulder. Estimated cost X300.00. It was moved by Coppini, seconded by Shavor and unanimousl~r voted that we place a reflectorized sign at the dead end of Ruggles at Pascal. Sign FH It was moved by Shavor, seconded by Coppini and unanimously ~ ~'`-'~ State voted that the Building Inspector be authorized to issue a. permit Bank for the erection of a Directional Sign for the Falcon Heights State Bank as per instructions of building inspector. Sprinkl- Letter from Leonard N. Thompson, Water Department, City of St. ing Paul, dated July 1st was read. It stated it is necessary to impose a temporary restriction on sprinkling permitting sprinkling of the odd numbered homes on odd numbered calendar days and even numbered homes on even numbered days; and that in justice to the citizens of St. Paul, it is necessary to request any outside areas which are being served from the City of St. Paul to observe the same regulations. Present restrictions will be in effect until public notice is given to the effect of their removal. Streets There was a general discussion regarding checking and finishing up the street work, and it was agreed that this could best be done by Engineers, Council Members and Contractors making a personal inspection tour and it was decided that they would meet at 8 A. M. Saturday, July 12th, for this purpose. During the discussion the following points were brought out: The contractors would practically have to bury the curb on Simpson to take care of drainage. Shavor doesn't think south portion of Simpson is graded properly. T. K. D. A. & Associates will run levels on the south 300' of Simpson where it runs into Ruggles and see if it can be fixed with Hot Patch. Steffen looked at Dr. Larabee's driveway and thinks it is a good fob. He doesn't think he has any trouble with the car except when the heavy boat is attached which lowers the car. It can be taken care of by tilting and bringing the gutter up higher in front of Mrs. Smith's house. Building Inspector Nick Christensen said he told all those people they were putting their driveways up too high but they did it anyway. hors. Smith says she can't park in front of her house and wants more black top. Street was put back into original contour. Mrs. Smith would not permit Lametti to fix her driveway. Regarding ditches, Harry Bronson, County Engineer, told Steffen all they expected the Village to do was to put black dirt on the slopes and seed them. Steffes thinks Victor Lametti will pay X500.00 toward the expense of repairing Autumn & Prior Streets. Steffes will get a clearance on Snelling Drive. Will meet Palmer Monday. Coppini said he had re- ceived a complaint that the heavy machinery had cracked Blomberg's Driveway. Steffes advised that the County would accept Garden as it now is and maintain it. He predicts trouble with Garden due to the heavy traffic inasmuch as it wasn't designed to handle such heavy loads. The following letter, dated July 10th, 1958, from Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson & Associates, Inc., signed by Arnold M. Steffes, was read: "We are handing you herewith Certificate #11 issued to the Jay W. Craig Company for work performed by them for the month of June. The Amount due the Contractor certified by this certificate is X17,115.65. The amount retained in accordance with the terms of the contract is 10~ which amounts to X7,698.03. We have estimated the amount of work yet to be completed by the Jay W. Craig Company during the month of July and the amount of extra work performed during June and July as follows: Extra order #2 which will be prepared to the Jay W. Craig Company ~(% s'~. for hauling excess material from Holton and Crawford Sts. and placing same on other streets as required, This work to be performed on the equipment rental basis. ~ 329.25 Lower catch basin at Holton & Garden Sts. and fill around the catch basin with bituminous material 15.00 Grade and remove material along the south side of C=arden be- tween Holton and Pascal in front of the church. This material had been soaked with water all night by the owners of the church property and in order to complete the work it was necessary to remove this material and replace same with dry material. The equipment rental to perform this work amounted to 29.00 Place gutter on Hamline between Idaho and Iowa from the end of the existing twin culverts to the catch basin located south of Idaho. Total labor, material and equipment rental 326.50 Patch Arona south of Garden and Asbury south of Ruggles. Sur`'aces on these streets had broken up due to poor drainage conditions ex- isting during the winter. Total amount of labor, material and equipment rental 140.00 Construct spillway on Holton 350 ft north of Garden on the west side of Holton. Labor and material. 30.00 The contractor submi±ted a bill for flagmen which he had to main- tain at barricades because the people removed the barricades and drove on the streets preventing the Contractor to proceed with the street resurfacing. 18 hr. at X3.00 per hr. 54.00 Total amount of extras ~ 923.75 We are also enclosing a copy of the Periodical Estimate #1 which we are paying direct to the Jay W. Craig Company for surfacing of Pascal Ave. north of Garden Ave. where the sanitary sewer had to }.~e lowered to serve I~r. Olsen~s home at 1784 North Pascal. This es- timate is furnished you for your records showing that this work was not included as a cost to the Village of Falcon Heights. For the Village Council's information we are furnishing the following estimated project costs We estimate the total contract work to complete the street resurfacing to be ~ 80,294.00 Extra Order #1 approved 1,369.15 Extra Order #2 above described 923.75 Total contract plus extras is ~ 85,586.90 Less Credit #1 596.80 Total contract plus extras less credits 96 81,990.10 Estimated cost of oil stabilizing and sealing Tatum St. ~ 4,900.00 1 1 1 ~C~~~ v Total estimated project cost X86,890.10 In our letter of April 30th, 1958 we estimated the total contract to be ~8i~,437.l~t~. btie have also made an estimate of the final contract amount for the Peter Lame+ti Construction Company. The total contract plus extras equals ~ 617,573.22 Deduct Credits 1,100.80 This includes the amount of °617.00 as a credit for the work omitted on Tatum St. and a credit to the Village in the amount of X339.80 which represents one-half the cost of cleaning the culverts and ditches along Ruggles Ave. The net contract equals ~ 646,572.k2 The amount of previous payments equals 615,l~59.82 Estimated final amount to Peter Lametti Con- struction Co. 31,112.60 The estimated total contract cost to Peter Lametti Construction Co. and Jay W. Craig Co. 733,1162.00 Deduct original contract amount as follows: Jay W. Craig Co. ~ 71,22$.00 Peter Lametti Construction Company ~ 621,630.65 Total ~ 692,858.65 Overrun of the two contracts 96 110,603.87 In our letter of April 30th we estimated the overrun on both contracts to be X39,169.96. The difference between the final estimated cost and those submitted to you on April 30th is plus ~1,1131t.91." Mayor Nilsen expressed his disavpointment that the contract would exceed the °900,000.00. Tatum St. WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisment for bids for the improvement of Resolution Tatum St. from Larpenteur Avenue to Roselawn Avenue by grading and storm sewer work, the bid of T. A. Shifsky & Sons in the amount of X68,673.115 was received complying with the advertisement. AND WHEREAS it appears that T. A. Shifsky & Sons, 361 W. County Road E., St. Paul 12, is the lowest responsible bidder, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VII;CAGE COUNCIL OF FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA: The Pdayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to enter into the contract submitted with T. A. Shifsky 3c Sons, 361 W. County Road E., St. Paul, 12, Minnesota, in the name of the Village of Falcon Heights for the improvement of Tatum Street from Larpenteur Avenue to Roselawn Avenue by grading and storm sewer construction ~VaiJV BONDS according to the plans and specifications approved by the Village Council and on file in the office of the Village Clerk. It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Coppini and unanimously voted to adopt the $bove resolution as stated and read by Attorney Graham. It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by w"darkentien and unanimously voted to authorize Engineer L~ungren to prepare Change Order #1 eliminating the construction of storm sewers off of the Public Property. It was moved by Shavor, seconded by Vdarkentien and unanimously voted to adopt the following resolution. WHEREAS, the Village of Falcon Heights has purchased the follow- ing bonds of the face value of $150,000.00 of the Village of Falcon Heights Sanitary Sewer System Improvement ~.3ond issue with funds of its sanitary sewer bond sinking fund and has deposited the said bonds with the First National Bank of St. Paul for safekeeping: Amount Rate Serial Nos. X100,000 1.~.75~ 676/720 incl. - due 1-1-7l~ 721/765 incl. - due 1-1-75 801/810 incl. - due 1-1-76 ~ 25,000 4.75% 876/900 incl. - due 1-1-78 $ 10,000 4.50 373/77 L incl. - due 1-1-67 G16/20 incl. - due 1-1-68 4b 10,000 1~.75~ 581/5 incl. - due 1-1-71 b26/30 incl. - due 1-1-72 ' $ 5,000 t~.50~ 121/25 incl. - due 1-1-68 NOW THEREF^RE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Falcon Heights as follows: 1) That the safekeeping department of the First National Bank of St. Paul be, and it hereby is, authorized, until instructed otherwise by resolution of the Council, to clip and cancel the coupons of the said bonds as they become due and to forward them to the then Village Treasurer of the Village of Falcon Heights at the Village Hall, 161t1~ W. Larpenteur Avenue, St. Paul 13, Minnesota. 2) That the safekeeping department of the First National Bank of St. Paul be, and it hereby is, authorized, until instructed otherwise by resolution of the Council, to cancel the bonds as they become due and to forward them to the then Village Treasurer of the Village of Falcon Heights at the Village Hall, 16114 West Larp~nteur Avenue, St. Pain, 13, Minnesota. 3) That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the safekeeping department of the First National Bank of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota. County It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by Coppini and unanimously Work voted that work order #2 going into the County of Ramsey, as Order #2. written up by Engineer L,jungren, be accepted. Lauderdale It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Nilsen and unanim- Day Parade ously voted to grant permission to Fire Chief Gordon Nelson to use our Engine #1 in the Village of Lauderdale for their annual Lauderdale Day Parade being held Saturday, July 26th, 1958, beginning at 1 P. Pd., as per his letter of July 9th, provided there is no cost to the Village of Falcon Heights. Insurance Letter from Ben C. Kuefler, Ochs Complete Insurance Service, 1080 Roselawn Avenue, St. Paul, 13, Minn., dated June 30th was read. It asked the opportunity of serving the Village of Falcon Heights when we next review our Insurance Program, and the letter was referred to. Clerk Utecht. Special It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by Coppini and unanimously Meeting voted that we set a special meeting of the Village Council for 7:30 P. M. Thursday, July 17th. Bills On motion by Shavor, seconded by Warkentien, the following bills were ordered paid: General Fund: Tieso Electrical Contractors, remove fixture from Stewart's house ~ 6.95 Milner W. Carley ~ Assoc ., Engr. Services 1239.60 BrigxTs, Gilbert, Morton, Kyle ~ McCartney, legal services June 409.11 Ethel E. White, services last half July 133.12 Allan's Standard Service, Kerosene, Rd ~ Br. 1.20 Falcon Heights Hdwe., Fire Dept. 3.16 Parks & recreation 12.24 15.40 League of Minnesota Municipalities, Directory 3.00 b4cClain, Hedman Rr. Scheldt, Sup. Clk's Office 7.53 N. L. Splett, Fire Dept., Insp. forms 29.75 Minnesota Fire Equip., Fire Dept., gaskets 2.43 American Linen Sup., Serv. Fire Dept. 6.55 Northern States Power, bill due July 12th 133.51 Rose Tribune, 2 Ads for ;ids 12.08 Miller Davis, Treas., Ledger sheets 3.52 Minit Car Wash, Car wash book, Smith, Police 5.00 City of St. Paul, sealer rental, 2nd quarter 2566.67 .Thorne Coal and Oil, Fuel Oil, FD 20.14 VH 10.07 30.21 Volunteers, fire and drill time 160.00 Wm. E. Jastrow, Plbg. Insp. fees and gas last half July 25.00 Henry J. Dachtera, policing June 214.00 LeRoy Humphrey, Policing June 98.00 Kenneth Schmidt, policing, June 128.00 Earl Smith, policing June 144.00 N. W. Bell Telephone Co. Mi 4-5050 ~ Mi ~-5575 Construction Fund: 34.33 J. W. Craig Co., Com. No. 3645, Certificate #11 17,115.65 ~(~~'7 ~~ ~~ Adjournment On motion, the meeting adjourned at 12:30 A. M. Signed~~ ' Clerk. Approved _ _ ~~~ ~~!~~~~ • Mayor. 1 i 1