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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_58Sep25 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING SEPT. 25, 1958. Meeting was called to order at 6:00 P. M., the following Council Members being present: Harold C. Nilsen, Mayor; Geo. Shavor, Trustee; Willis Warkentien, Trustee; Paul Coppini, Trustee; and Wm. R. Utecht, Clerk. Also present were Frank N. Graham, Village Attorney, Wm. E. Olsen, Treasurer; Vern L~ungren, Village Engineer; and Ethel E. White, Dep. Clerk and Dep.. Treasurer. The Minutes of the meeting of September 11th were !approved as submitted. Street After discussion, it was moved by Shavor, seconded by Coppini and Lighting unanimously voted that Northern States Contract for Street Lighting be renewed. Papers were signed and delivered to Mr. Vanelli, rep- resentative of Northern States Power Company. Invest- It was moved by Utecht, seconded by Shavor and unanimously voted ments to adopt the following resolution presented by Attorney Graham: RESOLUTION REGARDING INVESTMENT OF SANITARY.SENiF:R SYSTEM N0. 1- SINKING FUND ACCOUNT FUNDS: WHEREAS, The Village now has on deposit at the Falcon Heights State Bank in its "Sanitary Sewer System No. 1- Sinking Fund Account" the sum of X59,734.87 and WHEREAS, These funds will-not be needed until after December 26th, 1958, to meet the payments of principal and interest due January 1st, 1959 on the Sanitary Sewer System No. 1- Bonds of the Village; NOVP THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of Falcon Heights, Minnesota: I. The Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to purchase for the "Sanitary Sewer System No. 1- Sinking Fund Account" of the Village of Falcon Heights, X60,000.00 United States Treasury Bills due December 26th, 1958 through the Investment Department of the First National Bank of St. Paul and to drax the necessary check on the said account for the purchase of said bills. 2. The First National Bank of St. Paul is hereby authorized and directed to hold the said bills in its Safekeeping Department, for the Village of Falcon Heights, to issue its safekeeping receipt therefore to William E. Olsen, Village Treasurer, to cash in the said Bills promptly on December 26th, 1958 and to deposit immediately the entire proceeds in the "Village of Falcon Heights, Sanitary Sewer System No. 1-, Sinking Fund Account" at the Falcon Heights State Bank. Vacation Letter of September 15th from Attorney Graham to Willis Warkentien, of regarding vacation of alleys was read. It advised this proceeding alleys is governed by section lt12.851 of the Minnesota Stats. Rental After discussion, it was moved by Utecht, seconded by Nilsen and of hall unanimously voted that the Clerk write Sharon Boland that the Village for Attorney advised the Council the Village Hall is intended primarily dancing for Civic Meetings and advised against renting it for other classes purposes. Soil After discussion, it was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Coppini Testing and unanimously voted to pay Twin City Testing and Engineering Laboratory, Inc. $125.50 out of construction fund to cover their invoice #65447 for Field Investigation and Tests Sept. 11th. ~r~. ~, ~ .. Regional Letter to Mayor Nilsen from the Mayor of Stillwater, Andrea Meeting Madsen, stating they will be hosts for the regional meeting League of of the League of Minnesota Municipalities to be held at 6:30 Minn. P. M. Thursday, 10/2/58, at the Grand Cafe Club Rooms, Main Mun. and Myrtle, second floor, was read. After discussion, the clerk was instructed to make dinner reservations for 8 at X1.75 each. Drainage Letter of September 15th from Toitz, King, Duvall, Anderson & Simpson Associates, informing us that correcting the drainage at Simpson Street & Crawford can only be properly done by storm sealer, was read; and held for referral to Ljungren. Schifsky Zt was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Shavor and unanimously Check voted to return to T. A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc. the X10.00 check they deposited with us to cover alley plans and specifications. Licenses It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by Shavor and unanimously voted to grant MGI License #119 to Willard Krinkie, Jr., of the Snelling Company, 1400 St. Anthony Ave., St. Paul, 4. It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Shavor and unanimously voted to grant MGI License #120 to John E. Mitchell, dba the Mitchell Company, 1669 Selby Ave., St. Paul, 4. It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Coppini and unanimously voted to grant Master Plumber's License #26 to Henry G. Peter, dba Louis H. Peter Co., 286 So. Snelling, St. Paul, 5. Mutual Letter from the Village of St. Anthony, regarding afire department Aid Fire mutual aid agreement was read. It was moved. by titecht, seconded Assistance by Shavor and unanimously voted to turn the letter over to Warken- tien who will discuss the matter with Falcon Heights Fire thief, Gordon E. Nelson, and report to the Council for further action. Venetian After discussion, it was moved by Varkentien, seconded by Coppini Blinds and unanimously voted to authorize the clerk to purchase 8 Vene- tian Blinds, and required fittings, for the Village Hall, after rechecking three estimates received. The Clerk to use his own best judgment as to color, Seger After discussion regarding the possibility and advisability of Conn. rebuilding the present septic tank into a manhole, the matter of V. H. & making the sewer connection at the Village Hall and Fire Station F. S. was referred to Warkentien for checking and as to whether we could run a pipe through the dry well and then bring it up so it could be used as a cleanout. Budget After discussion, it was recommended by Nilsen that we work on the budget after the other business has been taken care of at the meeting set for October 6th. If this is not possible, we will have to set a special meeting for the purpose of determining the budget. Fund It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by Coppini and unanimously voted Transfers that the Treasurer be authorized to draw a check in the amoint of X49.72 on the general account and deposit it to the "Sanitary Sewer No. 1- Construction Account" at the First National rank, to correct an error. Also that the Treasurer be authorized to draw a check in the amount of X651.88 on the general account taking 1 1 this sum out of the Village Hall and Fire Station Sinking Fund ~ ~'`"'~ and deposit it in the "Sanitary Sewer No.l- Sinking Fund Account" at the Falcon Heights State Hank, also to correct an error. Falcon Letter of September 15th from the Planning Commission, regarding their Woods recommendations for Falcon Woods No. 2- was read. A general dis- No.2. cussion followed. Nilsen advised he and Shavor had sat in on a meet- ing with the Hermes Board of Directors. Ewald Hermes had talked multiple dwellings for the back of his property. Generally speaking, the original street plan seemed to meet with their approval. It all comes back to where they have no final idea what they intend to do or when.. Ewald talked about a Com-nercial Entrance but Ljungren questions whether they would want it there. If they went through with a 60' road, either the hoose or garage would have to go, and they would lose one apartment site.. Hawkins doesn't know definitely what he will do or when. Nobody knows what the University may do. Hawkins said he ~o uld like to see water go south and west, and would see that it would not drain onto Tatum. Ljungren stated we would not be running any more water into Falcon Woods No. 1-. All streets in Falcon Woods No. 2 will drain south - away from Falcon Woods No.l. Gage said he will move the bank back maybe !~' to give Falcon ~'Yoods No. 1 a little larger back yard. He would have the slope so that 1/2 would belong to Falcon Woods No. 1 and 1/2 to Falcon Woods No. 2. Ljungren says there is a good chance the City of St. Paul will bring a 2!t" water main on Larpenteur all the way to Eustis some time next year. Ljungren said there is no problem at all with the Sanitary Sewer. Sewer on Autumn is of adequate depth to allow all the new subdivision to flow north and still main- tain a minimum of 7' of cover over the new sewer. Manholes are pNt~o- vided at the center of the cul-de-sac on both Moore and Howell. When the rest of the area is developed, it will be served by sanitary sewer running north from Larpenteur along ~doore, and connecting to the new manhole to be constructed in the center of the cul-de-sac on this street. Prior, Howell, Garden and Dionne will then connect to the Howell Avenue sewer. Regarding certifying the street plan to the Register of Deeds, Hawkins doesn't know just what changes the future might bring. He does not want to tie himself down to lot sizes, etc,, but•they will have to fall within limits set up by ordinances. Nilsen reported that the latest developments had been discussed with three members of the Planning Commission on Wednesday, September 2l~th, (Cartwright, Ctis, Christensen) including Village Engineer's latest report and plans. They reported no objection to the plat of Falcon Woods No. 2 itself, and reluctantly gave verbal approval to go ahead, with Falcon Woods No. 2; stating that this was a continua- tion of piece-meal planning of which they did not approve, but real- ized the problems that can not now seem to be resolved. Petition Petition dated 9/23/58, signed by 38 residents of the Maple Knoll Regarding Area, was read. It stated: "The undersigned residents of the Maple Streets Knoll Area consider the condition of their streets unsatisfactory and Mapl® wish to call attention to the following: 1. Large areas of Maple Knoll Knoll Drive and Garden Avenue are spongy. This is not due to tempera- Area ture. 2. barge areas are checkered or cracked and already breaking up. This is not due to excessive traffic, because traffic on Garden Avenue is very limited. The surface started slipping and breaking up within a few days after the contractor finished working on those streets. 3. Tho the contractor has made a patch here or there once a week or so, he has made no effort to correct these conditions all ~L V~~ around. It appears to us that a patch might have been made where an individual home owner called in a complaint -- and no more. !t. We would ob3ect to having more oil and sand put on the streets until proper repairs have been made, because the oil would merely serve to cover up the poor condition of the street. 5. The undersigned would like to have a meeting with the Council at their next Council meeting to discuss the matter in detail. If you will advise one of the undersigned of the date and time, they will be present. Mr. Wm. Korstad and Mr. E. W. Spring were present to represent the residents of the Maple Knoll Area. They were advised: Tests had been taken which showed the base to be satisfactory. The trouble seemed to be caused by improper volatizing of the bituminous material and trapped moisture. Craig Company .had agreed to come in and scarify the streets and re-roll them. Steffes, of TKDA & Associates, had recom^~ended the addition of a coarser material which should result in a harder surface and a higher crown. The addition of this coarser material would cost from four to eight hundred dollars. .Spring advised the drainage was "Wonderful" -- he thinks the problem is to correct the grading and not the crown. It was determined that it would cost less to have this work done now than to wait until Spring. Therefor, it was moved by Shavor, seconded by Coppini and unanimously voted that the recommendation of Pdr. Steffes' to bring in some additional bituminous material in connection with the reworking of the streets in the Maple Knoll Area be authorized with the understanding that the total cost will not exceed X800.00; and that the Village Engineer, Vern L~ungren, work with Steffes on the streets in the Maple Knoll Area, paying parti- cular attention to the curves. Fire It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Utecht and unanimously Dept. voted to approve requisition #151 for the Fire Department. Req. San. Serr. After discussion, it was moved by Utecht, seconded by Shavor and Insp. by unanimously voted that the Village Engineer be authorized to ad- City of vise the City of St. Paul to inspect Falcon Heights' Sewer System St. Paul according to their letter of September 11, 1958, at a time when they are able to give us their most competent men. Past due The matter of referring past due Sewer Rental bills to the County Surer Auditor for addition to the tax statements was referred to Rental Attorney Graham. Douglas Attorney Graham will have copies made of L3ungren's survey of the Rees' drainage problem, and recommendations for the correction of same, Prop. and forward them to Mr. Rees with the suggestion that Mr. Rees study them and then contact Mr. Graham at which time they will arrange a meeting with Village Officials to discuss the matter. Drainage L~ungren suggests filling up low spots and seeing what happens. Simpson He thinks this process will eliminate 75% of the standing water & Craw- and spread the rest. They will use a power broom to sweep out ford. the water and the work should be done in a short time. Drainag® Shavor thinks the drainage condition here is somewhat better than Pascal & it was, but there was water standing clear across the street Idaho Sunday. L~ungren thinks the only solution is to cut a "Seaborn" dip and hope that that will drain it. n ~~ 1 1 ~~`'.. ~ J Parking Plans for this parking lot were referred to L~ungren. LotFH Church Barthel Shavor advised they have assessed values on all lots and that they Villas vary from x¢1,350.00 to X525.00 and that they are going to use that -- as a rough guide to strike a balance. They got some estimates as to how much it would cost to fill in lots. We could not afford to pay more than between $650.00 and X1050.00, but that does not consider what is to happen to the water if the lots were filled and that did not include cost of storm sewer. Shavor will submit a written report. Law suit Graham advised the Council that the Northern States Power suit vs. Lametti, vs. Falcon Heights, vs Roseville is coming up the week of October 6th. In the meantime, he will talk with Loftsgaarden, Attorney for Roseville. There is some talk about whether we would be interested in settling, etc., but Graham wants to talk it over with Loftsgaarden. Set-back It is Mr. Grahams opinion that parking on set-backs is permissable -- Parking that that is the reason for set-backs. Bills On motion by Warkentien, seconded by Coppini, the following bills were ordered paid: General Account. N. W. Bell Telephone, Mi 6-5200 22.55 Minn. Fire Extinguisher, 2 Helmits, 1 Shield 3p,23 Dunn Welding Sup. Co., Inc., Oxyg_,en 16.08 Ethel E. +'~hite, Supplies and time RC0~1 meeting 10.21 Midway Ford, Car Exp., Police Dept. 9.19 Mobile Radio Engr., Radio Repairs, Police Car 31.50 Wm. E. Jastrow, Fees as plumbing inspector ~ gasoline 53.00 Rose Tribune, Pub. Ord. 50 55.05 Ethel E. White, Services last half of September 132.00 Fannie H. Smith, Supplies Treas. Office 5.75 Milner W. Carley & Assoc., alley report, plans & specs. 357.60 Milner W. Carley & Assoc., assessment roll Tatum 79.91 Milner W. Carley & Assoc., Engr. Serv. X40.00, Ruggles St. Drainag® plan X153.50, Flameburger alley drainage plan and report $92.50 286.00 Milner off. Carley & Assoc., plans and specifications Falcon Woods No. 2 Escrow 767i4 Joe. W. Koalska, cutting weeds 130.00 Otto W. Rohland, Jr., Ramsey County Treasurer, Tatum St. assessment 45.00 Adjjourn- On motion, the meeting ad~ounred at 10:40. meet j Signed ,li ~ ,, Approved ,w-~,~~ C. ~,~~~,~,'~~-,` Clerk. A4ayor. See back of this sheet for additions. ~~ ~~ Skating Rink Gage will grade for a small skating rink on the Falcon Woods future extension of Prior. Street Plan L~ungren is to proceed to make up a street plan for the Falcon Woods remaining area for filing with the planning commission, . No. 2. Area. showing street, property line, and street width so they may consult with Guy J. Kelnhofer, State Planning Commission. Nilsen objected to any plan showing definite access from Tatum West on any built up property. D 1 ~l 1087 SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 6, 1958 FOR ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS FALCON WOODS N0. 2, Ar?D ASSESSMENT HEARING TATUM ST. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P. M., the following Council Members being present: Harold. C. Nilsen, Mayor; George Shavor, Trustee; Willis Warkentien, Trustee; and Paul Coppini, Trustee. Also present were Frank N. Graham, Village Attorney; Vern Ljungren, Village Engineer; Wm. E. Olsen, Treasurer and Ethel E. White, Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. Absent: Wm. R. Utecht, Clerk. Bids Street Mayor Nilsen read the advertisment for bids as published in the Grading, San. Rose Tribune September 18th and 25th, 1958, and asked those Sewer Cons t. present if they had additional bids to submit. No additional bids & Gravel Base being received, the Council proceeded to open bids previously re- Const. Falcon ceived which were as follows: Woods No. 2. Robert W. Moore ~ Austin P. Keller, 886 Edmund, St. Paul, 4 bid , ~7.1t,262.57. Bid was accompanied by bid bond. Walton Excavating Co., 3242 Highway 8, Minneapolis, 18, Minnesota bid $14,882.67, Bid was accompanied by bid bond. Avoles Contracting Co., 779 E. 7th St., St. Paul, 6, Minn. bid ~13,091.?9. Bid was accompanied by bid bond. It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Shavor and unanimously voted that the bids be referred to Engineer Ljungren for checking, tabulation and recommendation. After checking the bids, Engineer Ljungren reported: The low bid was X306.10 higher than the Engineers estimate. Avoles Contracting Company bid X13,091.79 total. Robert W. Moore & Austin P. Keller bid X14,272.50 total. Walton Excavating Company bid X14,882.67 total. After discussion, it was moved by Coppini, seconded by Nilsen and unanimously voted to adopt the following resolution: RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID: WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement for bids for the making of the following described local improvements Street grading, sanitary sewer construction;:.-and gravel base construction on: Prior Avenue from Autumn St. to Summer St. Summer St. from Moore Ave. to Howell Ave,, Moore Avenue from Sumer Street south to and including the cul-de-sac Howell Avenue from Summer Street south to and including the cul-de-sac according to plans and specifications on file in the office of the Village Clerk in said Village Hall bids were received, opened and tabulated according to law and the follo~sing bids were received complying with the advertisement: ~- 1088 Robert ~1. Moore & Autin P. Keller, 886 Edmund, St. Paul, !t, Minnesota ~llt,272.50 total. Walbon Excavating Co., 3242 Highway 8, Minneapolis, 8, Minnesota ~11~,882.67 total. Avoles Contracting Co., 779 E. 7th St., St. Paul, 6, Minnesota X13,091.79 total. AND WHEREAS it appears that Avoles Contracting Company, 779 E. 7th St., St. Paul, 6, is the lowest bidder and that their bid is X306.10 higher than the Engineer's Estimate, and Mr. Gage, Developer of Falcon Woods No. 2, who was present at the meeting, advised the Engineer that he had no objection to the awarding of the contract on the Avoles bid, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCII, OF THE VILLAGE OF FALCON HEIGHTS MINNESOTA: 1. The Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Avoles Contracting Co., 779 E. 7th St., St. Paul, 6, Minnesota in the name of the Village of Falcon Heights for the improvement of the following streets: Prior Avenue from Autumn St. to Summer St. Summer St. from Moore Avenue to Howell Ave. Moore .Ave. from Summer St. south to and including cul-de-sac. Howell .Avenue from Summer St. south to and including cul-de-sac by street grading, sanitary sewer construction and gravel base construction according to plans and specifications therefor approved by the Village Council and on file in the office of the Village Clerk. 2. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to return forthwith to all bidders the bid bonds sumitted with their bids except that the bid bond of the successful bidder and the next lowest bidder shall be retained until a contract has been signed. Assessment The meeting on the Assessment Hearing opened at 7:30 P. M. Hearing Mayor Nilsen read the Notice of Hearing on Proposed Assess- Tatum St. ment for Street Grading and Storm Sewer Construction of Tatum Street as published in the Rose Tribune September 18th and 25th, 1958. Engineer Ljungren advised the original estimate was $8,673.45. There were several change orders issued deleting and adding certain processes. Project was entirely completed for X7,991.81, to which was added the cost of Advertisement for Bids, Engineer- ing Fees, including staking, etc., and rreparation of Assessment Roll which brought the net cost to $9,218.06, of which ~6,659.l~2 is being assessed - making the assessment for a 75' lot X108.00. Nilsen said he thought the assessment as set up is about as fair a break-dawn of the cost as could be expected. Nilsen asked if there were any questions. Jean Kammer said nearly~$Lt000.00 had been eliminated and asked why the assessment still came to X108.00. Ljungren advised 10$ 9 that the storm surer eliminated amounted to ~2,19lt.00. Kammer was also advised we added to the cost by sodding portions of the ditches and replacing six driveways plus additional costs on unit price work such culvert removal, etc. Geo. Gasparro asked why the ditch hadn't been sodded on his side of the street. He also said the ditch was now full of rocks. L3ungren said the rocks were cleaned up by Schifsky - anything there now must have been pushed in by Craig. Nilsen advised the reason the sodding wasn't done was to save money but that the rocks would be cleaned out, and they would watch the ditch for erosion. If erosion becomes serious, ditch will be repaired and sodded to take care of it. Kammer said he had been told there wouldn't be any increase in water at his end, but that there was and the ditches couldn't possibly handle it. Kammer said water had never come from the North before, bat both Nilsen and Thelander said it had - parti- cularly in the Spring. Albin Struck said his driveway had been left low. He was ad- vised that the contractor didn't fill any driveways back of the property line. Struck asked why they didn't clean up the sand now. Nilsen advised the matter had been discussed at length and the Council had decided it would be more economical and beneficial to clean it up in the Spring when they could also clean up the winter debris. It was agreed that if anyone wanted any of that surplus sand, it would be alright for them to take it up and use it for fill where needed on their own lots. Hogberg asked why the interest rate was set at 6~. He was ad- vised the Village Council had used 6% on all previous assess- ments and that the interest rate was an inducement to pay promptly. Hogberg asked how the assessments were going to be set up. He was advised that if the Council passes a resolution, there will be a 30 day period within which people can pay the assessment without any interest. Any assessments remaining unpaid at the end of the 30 day period will be certified to the County Auditor, and can be paid any time before mecember 31st by paying the full amount of the assessment, plus the interest from the day the resolution is passed until December 31st, 1958. After that, they will be put on the tax roll and one can still pay the full amount of the assessment, plus the interest for the entire year in which the assessment is paid. Struck asked if the assessment could be paid on Saturday. He was advised the office is not open Saturdays, but a check could be mailed in any time. Thelander asked if we still took sewer rental payments at the office, and he was advised that we did. Schirrmeister asked if the cost of removing the sand was so high that it couldn't be done this Fall. He sas advised that it would be more economical to do it in the Spring. Schirrmeister asked why so much sand had been used. L3ungren answered that this 1090 being the original seal job, it required twice as much sand as will be required for the regular maintenance seal jobs in the future. The question of why salt was used was brought up. Ljungren advised salt served two purposes -- it kept the stock pile from freezing, making it easy to spread the sand and salt misture, also that the salt cut into the ice or packed snow, causing the sand to stay put and give it a non-slipping surface. There being no further questions, the hearing was declared closed at 8:30 P. M. Tatum St. After discussion, it was moved by Shavor, seconded by Warken- Assessment tien and unanimously voted to adopt the following resolution: RESOLUTION ADOPTING ASSESSMENT: WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Notice being given as required by law, the Council has met and heard and passed upon all ob- jections to the proposed assessment for the improvement of Tatum Street from the north line of Larpenteur Avenue to the south line of Roselawn Avenue by street grading and storm sewer construction. NOW, THE R~'ORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA: 1. Such proposed assessment, a copy of which is filed herewith and made a part hereof is hereby adopted, 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 install- ments extending over a period of ten years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January 1959 and shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of the adoption of this assessment reso- lution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessm®nt from the date of this resolution until December 31st, 1959. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid install- ments. 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, e$cept that no interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid within thirty days from the adoption of this resolution; and he may, at any time there- after, pay to the County Treasurer the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31st of the year in which such payment is made. 4. The Clerk is forthwith instructed to transmit 3 certi- fied duplicate of this assessment to the County Auditor to be extended on the proper tax rolls of the County, and such assessment sIva11 be collected and paid over in the same manner as other municipal taxes. 1 [i 1091 Brady Fence It has been determined that the fence Brady proposed to con- Variance struct will be entirely within his property line and the Council therefore has no objection to the completion of this fence. Law Suit Attorney Graham reported that the Northern States Pawer.: Company's Suit against Lametti and the Village of Falcon Heights has been tentatively set for trial November 3rd, 1958. Snelling Attorney Graham reported that at the suggestion of Steffes, he Avenue wrote a letter on behalf of the Village to the State of Binnesota, requesting that they return the ten thousand dollar deposit since we understand that the sewer and street work on Snelling Avenue has been approved by the State of Minnesota. Rees' Attorney Graham advised that he had wri tten a letter to dlr. Property Rees advising the estimated cost of the proposed improvement would be $1~,1~00.00, asking that A4r. Rees review the matter and arrange a meeting so they can discuss it later. Engineer's Ljungren reported Craig has reworked quite a bit of Maple Report Knoll, took clay out at Garden and Arona and will take clay out Streets and of Garden. That is Lametti's expense. Schifsky advised Ljungren Alleys he will use a plant mix on the alley work because of the late- ness of the season. Sine is going to prime the streets in Falcon I~ioods first and then lay a ner~ mat. He is working now. Parking Lot Falcon Heights Ljungren advised that although there is a minor amount of sand being adddd to lot 18 Barthel Villas, it doesn't appear that Congregational it will materially affect the drainage for the area. Ljungren Church. will write a letter to the Council regarding his recommendations on this project in accordance with plans submitted by Mr. t~urchie, sending a copy to Rev. Trimble. Holton St. After discussion, it was moved by d'darkentien, seconded by Coppini Drainage , and unanimously voted that the ditch on Holton should be cleaned out and a little spillway built to run the water into the: ditch as per Ljungren's recommendation. Falcon 'r`oods Ljungren informed Nick Christensen, Building Inspector, that no No. 2. building permits are to be issued fc~r Falcon t~roods No. 2 until the rough grading of streets is done. Rees' Coppini asked if the drainage ditch in the National Tea Alley Alley between Larpenteur and Crawford should be filled. Ljungren recommended that it be cleaned out and left open -- otherwise there would. be about 8" of water retained. Hoyt Ave. After discussion, it was recommended that VYarkentien advise Mr. Curbing Gamriel and Mr. Pugleasa that owing to the additional amount of expense for engineering services and the cost of bringing the curbing around the corners to make a finished job, it is the Council's recommendation that the matter be held over until next Spring and. then done by petition and on an assessment basis inasmuch as the one property owner will not voluntarily put in curb to complete block. 1092 RCOA Police Warkentien advised that the Ramsey County Officials' Committee Association Police Committee were holding a meeting October Meeting 8th, 7:30 P. M., and it was suggested the 1'4arkentien contact Don Arndt and see if he would be able to attend. Repairs Heat- It was moved by Coppini, seconded by Shavor and unanimously ing Plant voted that Warkentien telephone Richard ~'y. Johnson, dba Village Ha11 Midwest Equipment Service Co., to replace the pump which is failing with a suitable, water lubricated pump, at a cost of approximately ninety to one-hundred dollars installed. Warkentien to advise Fire Department to salvage the old pump if possible for a stand-by. Playground Mem'~ers of the Falcon Woods Playground or Recreational Area Committee met with Mr. Graham for a short discussion, and it is the Committee's recommendation that the Council hold off committing itself on the University Property while they check into the possibility of securing another site. Adjournment On motion, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30. r Signed C erk. Mayor. 1