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Home My WebLink AboutCCMin_49Aug2348 REGULAR MEETING - TUESDAY, AUGUST ~ 1919 Present: Lynn Matteson George Shavor krt Lindig John Rysgaard Ralph Van Hoven E• B. Rowley Frank Graham The meeting was called to order at 7:50 p.m. by Mayor Matteson. Minutes of the meetings of August 2 and August 9 were read and approved. Bills Following bills were presented for payment: Geo. Swanson, X50, car allowance Briggs, filbert, Morton, Kyle & Macarioney, ~p200 for July Hermes Florist - X25.00 for rental of garage for fire dept. for Sept. and X5.50 for installine one wall plug. Wolters. Auto Supply, X1.25 for battery for fire dept. Lindig moved, seconded by Shavor that the bills be paid. Motion carried. Request granted to Rowley read a request from Claire F. Hildman for an off- Hildmanfor off-sale sale beer license. The request was accompanied by a beer and cigarette check for X5.00. Lindig moved, seconded by Shavor, that license the license be granted to Mr. Hildman. Motion carried. Rezoning of Hermes After consideration of the request from N.L.Hermes for property granted rezoning and the reading of a letter received from the Ramsey County Planning Commission recommending the re- zoning, Trustee Shavor introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLVED that the petition of N.L. Hermes and others submitted June 27, 19l~9 requesting that Lots 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 11t, 35, 36, 37, and 38 of Cross Roads Addition be rezoned from Residence District A to Business District be and it hereby is granted and that the said property be hereafter zoned as business property. Lindig seconded the motion for the adoptior. of said reso- lution and on the same being put to the meeting, the fol- lowing vote was had and taken: Ayes -Matteson, Shavor, Lindig, Rysgaard Nays -None Thereupon the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted. S~-phi+~ ~~yen~.^~, The request of W• F• Stepnitz and others to have property located south of Larpenteur Avenue be- tween Snelling Drive and Arona Street rezoned from Farm Residence to: Parcel A to Business; Parcel B to Business; and Parcel C to Residence C, in accordance with the plat attached to the request, was given consideration. Mayor Matteson read a letter received from the Ramsey County Planning Commission advising that it was withholding recommendation. After due consideration and deliberation, Shavor intro- duced the following resolution and moved its adoption: a RESOLVED that the request of dated June 1l~, 1949 requesting that Parcel A (the south 150 feet of the north 359-5/10 feet of the NGIt4 of the NVP~ of of the NyP4 of Section 22, Township 29, Range 23, except 49 1 the west 506-5/10 feet) be rezoned from Farm Residence to Business District be and it hereby is denied. Trustee Lindig seconded the motion for the adoption of said resolution and on the same being put to the meeting the following vote was had and taken: Ayes - Matteson, Nays - None Thereupon the Mayor declared Shavor, Lindig, Rysgaard the resolution duly adopted. After consideration of the rezoning of Parcel B, Rysgaard intro- duced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLVED that the petition of W. F. Stepnitz and others dated June 11G, 1919 requesting that Parcel B (the east 67 feet of the west 126-5/10 feet of the south 150 feet of the north 359-5/10 feet of the NW4 of the N4P4 of the NW4 of Section 22, Township 29, Range 23) be rezoned from a Rarm Residence District to a Business District be and it hereby is granted upon condi- tion that the property shall be used only for parking purposes and that no building, other than a small temporary building necessary for parking purposes, shall be erected thereon. Lindig seconded the motion for the adoption of said resolution and on the same being put to the meeting, the following vote was had and taken: Ayes - Matteson, Shavor, Lindig, Rysgaard Nays - None Thereupon the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted. After consideration of the rezoning of Parcel C, Rysgaard intro- duced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLVED that the petition of W. F. Stepnitz and others dated June 1l~, 19k9 requesting that Parcel C (that part of the NW4 of the NW4 of the NAf4 of Section 22, Twp. 29, Range 23) be rezoned from a Farm Residence District to Residence District ~ be and it hereby is granted, expressly conditioned upon the understanding that the raw houses be erected in accordance with the plans submitted and that the raw houses will be completely brick veneered. Lindig seconded the motion for the adoption of the said resolution. Before the motion was ,put to the meeting, Ray Schommer, 11G97 yP. Idaho, asked if he might be heard. His request being granted he made a plea to have the rezoning denied. He acted as spokes- manfor the various adjacent property owners who were opposed to the rezoning. These residents objected to the rezoning on the basis that it was their opinion the multiple row houses would decrease the valuation of their homes. Ray Schommer added there would be no objection to the building of duplexes on this property. Mayor Matteson, speaking on behalf of the council, advised that it was the opinion of the council that the multiple row houses would be as desirable as duplexes,. that the shape of the land was more suitable for row houses than for duplexes, that the proposed row houses would act as a proper buffer between the residential section proper and the business section, and that the council had to view the problem from the overall picture of the village so far as improvement of the land was concerned. -,--.. ~~ Harry Dunham, 1511 W• Idaho, E. C. Day, 1506 W• California, and A. H. Strane, 1?~89 R. Idaho, joined Ray Schommer in his plea that the request be denied. Mayor Matteson asked for a five minute recess, at the con- clusion of which he stated that the council felt the re- zoning centered on the question as to whether duplexes or multiple row houses would be more suitable, and it ap- peared to be a matter of difference of opinion. He added that the council felt it would be advisable to secure the professional advice of a disinterested person who is en- gaged in municipal planning. t Rezoning Tabled Rysgaard moved that the above resolution for the rezoning of Parcel C be tabled until a professional opinion could be obtained. Motion seconded by Lindig and carried. Professional Advice Mayor Matteson moved the council instruct and direct Requested on Rezoning Trustee Shavor to employ a professional city planning en- gineer to make a survey of the rezoning of Parcel C as requested by W. F. S tepnitz and that a special meeting of the council be called to hear the reggrt as soon as it is obtained. Motion seconded by Lindig and carried. Ordinance #6 After introducting Mr. Darrell, Traffic Engineer of the Highway Department, Frank Graham read and presented Ordinance #6 (nAn Ordinance Regulating the Use of Highways within the Village of Falcon Heighta and Imposing Penalties for the Village thereof.tt) After the reading of the ordi- nance, Rysgaard moved it be adopted. Motion seconded by Shavor and carried. Dachtera and Zirnhelt Upon motion by Rysgaard, seconded by Lindig, the following appointed police officers resolution was adopted: RESOLVED that Henry Dachtera and A• C. Zirnhelt be and they hereby are appointed police of- ficers for the Village of Falcon heights with such duties and hours as may be prescribed by the village council, subject at all times to the direction of the Mayor. Compensation for officers After due consideration, Mayor Matteson introduced the fol- lowing resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLVED that the compensation for the policy officers be established as follows: X1.00 per hour, with a maximum of 15 hours per week per officer, plus 8¢ per mile for miles driven with a maximum of 150 miles per week per officer. Trustee Lin- dig seconded the motion for the adoption of said resolution and on the same being put to the meeting the following vote was had and taken: Ayes - Matteson, Shavor, Lindig Nays -Rysgaard Thereupon the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted. Fire Dept. to accept The fire department has agreed to accept the police calls Calls. Others and to relay the calls to the police officers. inasmuch deputized as the two police officers may not always be available, it was the suggestion of H. E. Anderson that the fire chief and the assistant fire chief be deputized and it was the suggestion of J.P. Paul Coppini that the members of the Public Safety Committee be deputized. After giving the matter consideration, Lindig moved the adoption of the following resolution: RESOLVED that George Swanson, Fire Chief, Harold Imhoff, Assistant Fire Chief, and Joseph Rechtiene, _ William Utecht, and George Geis, members of the Public Safety Committee, be and they hereby are appointed special police of- ficers for the Village of Falcon Heights, to be available end to respond to emergencies as they arise within the village, subject at all times to the direction and control of the village council. Motion seconded by Rysgaard and carried. Public Safety Fund Upon motion by Rysgaard, seconded by Shavor, the following reso- Established lution has adopted; RESOLVED that it is hereby granted and the Village Treasurer is hereby directed to set upf~n the village books a special fund to be known as the Public ~ afety Fund to which there is hereby transferred the sum of X500 from the gen- eral fund, and that all charges in connection with the police protection and all receipts from fines and other sources shall be debited and credited to the public safety fund. Badges and Pistols Mayor Matteson presented the badges and pistols to the police Awarded officers as follows: Dachtera Badge 270. 1 Pistol No. 9$(022 ~irnhelt Badge No. 2 Pistol No. 99201l~. Joint police pro- Mayor Matteson stated he felt it might be advisable some time tection to be con- in the future for the Village of Falcon Heights to join with sidered the Village of Roseville and the Village of Lauderdale in police protection. It would then be possible to have a police car with , two full-time police officers. He asked the Public Safety Committee to give the matter some study and after making the study to give the council its recommendation regarding the ad- visability of considering this type of police protection some time next year. Lease with U. of Minn. Upon motion by Lindig, seconded by Rysgaard, the following reso- lution was adopted: RESOLVED that the Mayor and the Deputy Clerk be and they hereby are authorized to enter into a lease with the University of Minnesota covering the rectangular piece of land located immediately adjacent to the Farmers Union Grain Terminal Garage on the west to be used as the location of the combined village hall fire station, the lease to run for a per- iod of 30 years from July 1, 19l~9 at X15.00 per year, with a option of the Village having a 15 year renewal at a rate to be agreed on, the lease to be in fhe form and containing the identi- cal terms of the original lease submitted by the University of Minnesota as modified by agreement with the University of Minnesota. Upon motion, the meeting adjourned at l:l a. m. August 2l~. Depu y er APPROVED: Mayor