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SPECIAL MEETING, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 19511
Meeting eras called to order at 7:50 P.M., roll call recording the following
council members present: George J. Shavor, Acting Mayor; Andrew Hustrulid,
Trustee, David P. Caria~rirght, Trustee; Clyde J. Stewart, Clerk. Absent:
Robert E. Stenzinger, Mayor, and Frank N. Graham, Atto rney. Also present,
William E. Olsen, Treasurer.
Considerable work was done on the 195 budget, especially with
respect to the general, fire maintenance, street and bridge and fire equipment
funds.
After some discussion, it was agreed that provision should be made
for fire hydrants in areas to which City water is extended.
The clerk was asked to determine whether Falcon Heights apportionment
of the County's Road and Bridge fund could be transferred into the Village's
street and bridge fund.
On motion, the meeting ad3ourned at 11:12 P.M.
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REGULAR MEETING, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 195
Meeting called to order at 7:110 P.M., roll call recording all council members present
as follows: Robert E. Stenzinger, Mayor; George J. Shavor, Trustee; Andrew Hustrulid,
Trustee; David P. Cartwright, Trustee; Clyde J. Stewart, Cle rk. Also present,
Gilliam E. Olsen, Treasurer, and Frank N. Graham, -Attorney.
Minutes of Regular meeting, September 22, 19511, and of Special meeting, September 29,
19511, were heard and approved as read.
M.G.I.
License #!~3 Approval of issuance of .blaster Gas Installer's License No. !~3
for period October 1, 1951, thru June 30, 1955, for Twin City
Gas Heat Eng. Co., 1518 Randolph Avenue, St Paul, eras voted
on motion by Cartwright, seconded by Hustrulid.
M.G.I. as issued to Boehm Heating. Company, of St Paul, for period
License #t~1t October 1, 195. thru June 30, 1955, was approved on motion
by Hustrulid, seconded by Cartwright.
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Regn. #1x1
Fire Dept.
Regn.#42
Civil
Defense
Natl Fire
Protection Assn.
membership
covering supplies needed by Fire Department, was approved
on motion by Cartwright, seconded by Hust.rulid.
for 250 identification cards, six card index outfits with
ruled. cards, and 200 oath forms for Civil Defense, was
approved on motion by Hustrulid, seconded by Cartwright..
for the year beginning November 19511, including six firemen
magazines, dues X12.50, was approved on motion by Cartwright,
seconded by Hustrulid.
School buses- Letter of October 1, from the Superintendent of Schools, was
Tandem axles read, res~uestng~permission to operate school buses without
tandem rear axles over certain Village streets. Stenzinger
moved that said letter be referred to Attorney Graham for
study and report.
Requests gun The clerk reported receiving a phone request from Bernard
purchasing J. Shipstad, 1756 Holton, for a written permit from the
permit council to purchase a 38 Smith and Wesson revolver. After
discussion, Hustrulid moved that the request be referred to
our attorney for checking and report. Seconded by Shavor and
so ordered.
VH&FS In connection with gravel needed for the Village Hall and
parking lot Fire Station parking area, the clerk reported that Engineer
gravel Carley estimated this at 60 yards, plus the cost of grading
approximating 4 hours at X8.00 an hour. Zt was agreed to
refer the estimate to Street Commissioner Seaborn so that he
may determine whether. Mr. Carley or the County can do the
work at the lowest cost, with request that it be ordered done
immediately at the lowest cost.
Crossroads The matter of rearrangement of part of the Crossroads Addition
Addition plat submitted by Mr. N.L. Hermes, the developer, was discussed
with Mr. N. L. Hermes and his attorney, hqr. Charles. E. Nieman,
who were present. Engineer Carley~s letter of October 11, 195Lt,
in connection with his previous recommendation that Fry street,
as shown in the above mentioned proposed subdivision, be dedicated
to a full 60-foot width, and his recommendations with respect to
necessary construction which will have to be done if the street
is to develop with houses constructed on each side of it, was
read. !~!r. Nieman stated that 33 feet of the proposed roadway
is owned by the Village and questioned that the developer had
any right to rebuild a public street. He said that the plat
submitted by Mr. Hermes proposed to dedicate the 12-foot strip
adjacent to Fry street and another 5 feet, so that ultimately
this would be a 50-foot street as it is in the Maple Knoll area.
Mr. Nieman said that *~r. Hermes should not be asked to give
another l0 feet as a boulevard for the benefit of residents
across the street and. that this would cut down the size of the
lots owned by the developer so there would be question as to
whether Mr. Hermes could afford to go_ ahead with the proposed
development. After considerable discussion, it was decided
to hold a special meeting for considering the matter further,
said meeting to be attended by Mr. Hermes and his attorney,
Engineer Carley, the Planning Commission and Street Commissioner
Seaborn. The Village Clerk was asked to arrange such a meeting
on a date to be agreed upon.
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Snow Letter from County Engineer and list of streets proposed for
plowing snow plowing, were read. After discussion, Stenzinger moved
195l~-55 that the file be referred to Street Commissioner Seaborn,
requesting that Burton and Folwell streets be cut off the
list, since the Village has never done snow plowing on these
streets and. does r_ot have an easement on same. Seconded by
Cartwright and motion carried unanimously. In connection
with Clapp-Thommsen request for snow plowing in Maple Knoll,
it was agreed to have the Street Commissioner see if the County
could not use small equipment for this purpose.
Attorney's Copies of letters from Attorney Graham were noted with respect
letters to (1) question as to whether municipal liquor store may be
located in Village under present statute (2) Boehm Heating
Company taking out master gas installer's license and. permits
(3) Klatt's Addition and necessary easement from School district
(4) amending ~~innesota statVttes to simplify method for having
boulevard trees trimmed and for assessing costs (5) deadline
for filing in Villa ge election (6) A.G.'s opinion that street
commissioner may be appointed an election fudge (7) approval
of final hard plat of Klatt's Addition and performance bond
required in this connection.
Bus Fare Attorney Graham reported on hearings to be held by the
Hearings, State Railroad and. Warehouse Commission for the purpose of
Mpls-St Paul setting permanent bus rates for Minneapolis and St Paul.
Falcon Heights, he said, has been asked to participate, but
that in view of our situation in this respect and the expense
involved in attending such hearings, that he would not recommend
doing so. He said any council members wishing to attend could
do so.
Bills: On motion by Hustrulid, seconded by Stenzinger, the following
bills were ordered paid:
Falcon Heights Hardware,, supplies,F.D., 9-18, X20.05
Natl Fire Protection Assn., membership starting 11-1,
including 6 firemen magazines,~12.50
O.J.Rental & Sales Co., 1 cylinder oxygen, X3.70
Geo. E. Swanson, car mileage, Sept , $23.32
Vol. firemen, payroll, Sept., :150
Nor, States Power Co., water heater elec., $l~.28
" " " elec. serv., 10-12, X16.74
Brown ~ Day, Inc., 1 tongue gras~ing forcep, ~9.l~0
~,~inn. Fire Equipt Co. , 500 f t. 2 ~" d, 3 , fire hose , X739.90
Briggs,Gilbert,Morton,Kyle~~Macartney, legal services to
9-3o-5t~,~150; ownership report,Rl7,totall~167
McClainR~Hedman Co.,.office supplies, clerk, ~3.Lt0
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Mi 5050, 10-1-51t, X15.95
Nick Christensen, fees, bld permits 399 thru 408, $11lt.91
Don Arndt, expenses,, public safety supervisor, Sept., $10.00
Henry Dachtera, policing & mileage, ~152.l~8 (thru 9-30-54)
Earl Smith, policing & mileage, thru 10-7-51t, x].03.97
James Waller , policing & mileage thru 9-9-54, ~6l~1.88
Northern States Power Co., street lighting, 10-12, 9670.00
Ramsey County Treasurer,. street work 8-26 to 9-25-5~t, X50.11
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Fire Protection, After discussion as to providing fire protection to
Univ. Grove E., University Grove East, the Fsrm Campus and State Fair grounds,
Univ. Farm - Shavor moved that the matter be referred to our attorney for
State Fair grounds checking and. report. Seconded by Stewart and motion carried,
unanimously.
Street It was reported that dwel~in~~s on.a n}unber of streets do hot
numbers have house numbersR or Nt~a~ num~e~stlpar`eY' too small or not
placed where they may.b e readily seen. The matter was referred
to Building Inspector Christensen for checking and recommendation.
Proposes After discussion of the proposal, to extend the water main to
water main our Vill age Hall and .i",i~e . Station, ~Car°twright moved that Mayor
to Village StenzinGer write the St Paul mayor, asking him if the City would
Hall be willing to consider our request for extension of the water
main to our Village Hall and Fire Station, and if so, that the
City furnish us an estimate of the cost. Seconded by Hustrulid
and motion carried unanimously.
State Fair In connection with land which the State Fair Board has reportedly
Board proposal offered St Paul as a stadium site on the basis of exchanging
re land same for land in the Village area on Larpenteur, question was
exchange asked as to what we might do to prevent the exchange or to
restrict the use of such land so acquired by the State Fair
Board. After discussion, Cartwright moved that Hustrulid be
appointed to see the Secretary of the State Fair Board to
determine what plans they may have in this connection. Seconded
by Stenzinger and motion carried unanimously.
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Public Safety
Committee Report The Mayor presented the Public Safety Committee's summary report,
covering policing operations, ~~tay 19, 195t~ to September 30, 1954,
together with cost of operation and fines taken in. In connection
with recommendations of the committee, the following action was
taken:
As to discontinuing the stop sign on Larpenteur for use of the
Farmers Union Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association employees; Cartwright
traffic sign moved that the Mayor be requested to discuss the matter-with
the Association to see what agreement can be arrived at. Seconded
by Hustrulid and motion carried unanimously.
Juvenile cases As to referring juvenile cases to the Ramsey County Juvenile
Court for handling; Stewart moved approval of the Committee's
recommendation, seconded by Stenzinger, and carried unanimously.
To continue As to continuance of Village policing until June 1, 1955; the
Villa ge policing ,point was raised that this would bind the incoming council
that takes over in January 1955. Cartwright then :roved that
present policing operations be continued until further action
of the council. Seconded by Hustruli.d and motion carried
unanimously.
Salaries of police As to increasing salaries of police officers from ~k1.50 to
increased $1.75 per hour for each officer; Cartwright moved approval of
said salary increases effective October 15, 195l~. Seconded
by Stenzinger and motion carried unanimously.
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Police to log As to requiring that all police officers log in and out of
in-out V.H.~F.S. the Fire station; Shavor moved approval of said recommendation,
seconded by Stenzinger and carried unanimously.
Adjournment: On motion, the meeting adjourned at 11:15 P. M.
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Approved: Cler
Mayor
SEECIAL MEETING, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1954
Meeting called to order at 7:45 P.;d., roll call recording the following council
members present: .George J. Shavor, Acting mayor; Andrew Hustrulid, Trustee; David P.
Cartwright, Trustee; Clyde J. Stewart, Clerk.
Also inattendance were: William E. Olsen, treasurer; Frank N. Graham, Attorney,
Milner W. Carley, Engineer; Planning Commission Chairman Lorris Williams and members,
C.K. Otis, J.A. Gallaher and Nick Christensen, Mr. IvT, L. Hermes and his attorney,
Mr. Charles E. Nieman, also were present.
Acting Mayor Shavor briefly reviewed the discussion held with Messrs. Hermdes and
his attorney, Mr. Nieman, at our regular meeting of October 13, as toQ`re'arrangement
of the Crossroads Addition plat submitted by I~r. Hermes and the council's decision
to hold this speci al meeting for discussing the matter further with Engineer Carley
and the Planning Commission members present.
The Clerk was asked to read the Planning Commission's letter of August 21, 1954,
recommending that the plat be re-drawn tm shmw a b0-ft. roadway for Fry street.
Engineer Carley's letter of October 11, 1954, also was read, recommending that
Fry street be dedicated to a full 60-foot width, with recommendations as to necessary
construe tion if the street is to develop with houses being built on each side of it.
Mayor Stenzinger At this point (8:00 P.M.) Mayor Stenzinger arrived and took
charge of conducting the meeting.
Hermes-Nieman Mr. Hermes and his attorney, Mr. Nieman, were asked if they
wished to be heard. Mr. Nieman stated that since acquiring
a 12 foot strip, l~dr. Hermes' property abuts on Fry street
which is 33 feet wide. Mr, Nieman said the developer is in
a position to do nothing~or sell his property off along Fry
street, stating it was a question of how much he could spend
and still have enough left to come out properly. Agreed from
the standpoint of the Village that it would be desirRble ta~timately
to have a 60-foot street, but pointed out that Mr. I~ermes as
one individual cannot afford to carry the freight that will benefit
property owners on both sides of the street, and that Mr. Hermes
does not control property to provide for a 60-foot roadway on
Larpenteur. Said there was a question whether we ought to have
a 50-foot street 100 to 150 feet off Larpenteur and then 60 feet,
or if the proper thing is to lay out the 50-foot street at the