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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/28/1970 Council Minutes (2)20;3 Mayor Rivard stated that Centerville had requested a proposal from the County as early as 1960. For the past year and one -half help from the County has diminished to a point where calls for help have gotten nothing. Mr. Rivard thought that another motive for the Sheriff's proposal was that this would help the Sheriff's department which doesn't have as much as it wants. He felt that Centerville wouldn't get much more help under the County proposal. Mr. Myhre questioned why the County would give so much for a few years. There, was discussion on Ramsey County policing which seems satisfactory and is financed by taxes. Al Westerhaus of Circle Pines asked whether the Village attorneys had checked the two proposals. Mayor L'Allier stated that Lino Lakes had not done so but would have the Attorney check a contract. Attorney Locher, now present, stated that he had read through the combined proposal but had made no determination. Mayor L'Allier asked Mr. Locher if there was any basis for the charge that such a subsidy was an illegal use of funds. qtr. Locher stated that it seems the County can enter into contract and levy special assessments. It was mentioned that all 4 villages were required for the proposals. Richard Hirt of Lexington stated that he didn't like either cost; for the money, Lexington could provide a full time force. There was further discussion on the training and the training officers furnished by the County. Mayor L'Allier noted that the session was out of time. He would ask the Lino Council if they wished to seek an Attorney General's opinion on the training statutes. Mr. Mclurchie stated that he had talked with persons on Federal funding -- a program director and a financial officer would be necessary. Mr. Otte stated that with Federal money comes Federal controls. The meeting closed at 8:31 p.m. Minutes approved at the meeting of October 13, 197 Clerk- reasurer. The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council held on September 28, 1970 was called to order at 8:34 p.m. by Mayor L'Allier with all members present. There were no minutes ready for acceptance because of lack of time for preparation due to the primary election and the two budget meetings. Mr. L'Allier mentioned that a meeting to discuss mobile home parks as part of a continuing effort to obtain information on same was tentatively scheduled for October 13th. Letters requesting proposed legislation for the 1971 session on taxation of mobile homes had brought answers from the Metro Section of the League of Minn. Municipalities and the Minn. Mobile Home Assn. These answers were read. Mr. T. H. Walters, Exec. Director of the Mobile Home Assn. was present. Mr. Summers, representing Gilbert Menkveld, stated that he had requested Mr. Walters to make a presentation and would call him during the hearing. 204 The hearing on a request for rezoning to commercial and a special use permit for a trailer park for Gilbert Menkveld was called to order at 8:40 p.m. Mr. Locher noted that a change was requested in the area to be rezoned to include the entire tract. Mr. Locher then read the affidavits of mailing for this hearing and noted that the affidavits of posting and publication had been previously read and were on file. The. Clerk stated that she had same in the files. Mr. Walters took the floor to present mock -up 10 -acre models of a plat of regular houses and a mobile home park. He passed around samples of two pamphlets with facts on mobile homes, and mentioned that any proposed legislation which.was adopted in the 1971 session would probably not take effect until the middle of 1972 or 1973. He stated that the advent of the 14 ft. wide trailers in Minnesota had made the older models obsolete; also, thet50% of the trailers in Minnesota are outside of trailer parks. Mr. Walters stated that his group as well as many other organizations were asking for a standards code for the manufacture of trailers which would require a third party inspection. Mr. Walters then gave figures using national and state statistical averages, showing that the 10 -acre plat of 24 residential homes based on a $21,000 value for combined house and land would ultimately yield $16,700 in taxes, of which $11,690 would go to the school district to support the 15 school age children from those homes. From the mobile home court containing 60 units, based on a value of $8,000 per unit plus $2,000 per lot value, the total tax revenue would be $22,820 with the school's share at $12,820 for the same number of children. W. Walters mentioned that the new housing plat would not yield these taxes until 1973 if built in 1971, but the trailer taxes for half the units (providing the court were completely filled in 2 years) would come back in 1971 and 100% in 1972. Mr. Walters also noted that there would be continuing municipal cost to maintain streets and easements in the housing plat but that the mobile home park owner must maintain his own streets. Discussion on taxes, road easements, the license plates required for trailers and the derivation of the number of children from trailer parks followed. Mr. L'Allier had some questions for clarification: on using State statistics rather than national; non- homestead tax base (only homestead if on State of Federal leased land); the Class 2 personal property classification (Mr. Walters noted that Class 2 refers to property on leased land); the change in taxes for mobile homes if the new legislation is passed (Mr. Walters thought it might increase taxes slightly). Mr. L'Allier asked what the purpose was for recommending changes in the present law. Mr. Walters answered that, "today this is our law, but let's rewrite it for agreement's sake." After more discussion Mr. Jaworski noted that it won't gain anything if the trailers won't, qualify as homestead under the new laws; Mr. Walters countered that they were trying to put the trailer on an equitable basis, but it was up to the municipality to set the taxes. Mr. Walters stated that his group was the prime mover behind the League's proposal to get the mobile home into title law for chattel mortgages; they have been doing a lot of research on taxing them equally with real estate. ! L'Allier asked whether the new law would cause more taxes to be gen.Qrated from a mobile home than at present and if the mobile home would appreciate in value. Mr. Walters stated that this depended on local policy and on wehther the trailer owner added things such as a breezeway and garage. Mr. L'Allier asked_ what prompted the action on the uniform code enforcement; Mr. Walters replied that this was agreed upon on a national level. Self - policing by the industry was necessary for a better quality of mobile homes. 1 1 Mr. L'Allier asked if the revision of the tax laws would make mobile home parks more attractive to the municipalities; Mr. Walters stated that they would be no more so than now, but he felt that they were attractive now. Mr. L'Allier then asked why they were changing the tax structure; Mr. Walters stated that it was for debt purposes only; the assessed valuation of the municipality would increase. Mr. Summers took the floor to present figures of his own. He stated that a mobile home park of 100 units of $8,000 value each would bring $26,332.80 in taxes using the current mill rate of 263.33 (State), this giving $13,166.50 to the schools and $7,899.84 to Lino Lakes. In addition, the assessed valuation of $28,000 would bring $12,242 in real estate taxes, with $8,409.20 going to the schools and $1,800 to Lino Lakes. The total then would be $21,575 to the schools and $9,700 to Lino Lakes in 1971. Mr. Summers stated that a Metro Council survey of 36 trailer parks (out of 72) in the area had shown an average of .187 school age child per trailer or 5.3 units per school age child. Thus, this 100 unit court would produce about 19 school age children. Although they have agreed to adults only in Phase 1, the school district would still receive from $1,000 to $1,100 for these non- existent children. Mr. Summers proceeded to give the depreciation schedule for mobile homes, stating that the taxable value of a new trailer is 10% of its list price; this value decreases 1 % /yr. until the taxes paid are the same as on a new trailer of $2,000 list price, with the rate of decrease of 4 to 1, based on $10,000. Mr. Summers noted that meanwhile the mill rate is going up sufficiently to nearly offset the depreciation. Mr. Summers stated that it was unfair to assume that the whole park would depreciate and drop in value as such because new trailers would be constantly replacing older ones which are moving out. Because of this turnover, approximately the same license fees would be collected with perhaps a slight increase and the under- lying land value keeps going up. Mr. Summers then presented figures showing that the total taxes on an $8,000 list mobile home on a pad would be $362.42 whereas the taxes collected on an $8,000 house would be $204.32 based on our current mill rate and the 30% deduction for sales ism exemption. Some disucssion followed on depreciation percentages of lower value trailers in comparison, with persons in the audience purporting that more children are to be found in trailers in this area than the averages used for the metro area. Mr. Walters stated that the next subcommittee meeting on the proposed legislation would be on October 16 in Room 18G of the Capitol Building. Mr. Bohjanen moved to grant (as per his motion at the July 27 meeting) rezoning to commercial (Ord. 6S) to Gilbert Menkveld and a special use permit for a mobile home park providing that Mr. Menkveld's sewer plan meets with Pollution Control Agency's recommendation and that he complies with our ordinances; also that he indicate the age of the trailers to be accepted in the park at 7 to 10 years, providing also that the trailers should look like new models when brought in; that this be for Phase 1 of the plan only and that it be limited to school age children; that Mr. Menkveld would hole the Village free and clear if there were any lawsuit on this matter, also that the following variances to requirements be allowed: 1. The size of the lots would be 4,900 sq. ft. and 5,300 sq. ft. with a density of 4.8 units per acre. 206 2. Deviation from the 10" angle from the street. 3. 20 ft. setback from the main streets, but only 10' setback on dul de sacs. 4. 12' distance between trailers rather than 20'. 5. 24' interior streets rather than 30'. 6. More than the required 10% recreational land, about 15% overall; also, that this would apply to Mr. Menkveld's heirs and assigns. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Vote: MIr. Jaworski, no; Mr. Cardinal, no; Mr. Rosengren, yes; Mr. Bohjanen, yes; Mr. L'Allier, no. Motion failed. Mr. Cardinal moved to adjourn the hearing for Mr. Menkveld at 10 :04 p.m. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried unanimously. It was decided that the tentative mobile home park meeting scheduled for October 13 would be held at some time later than October 16 at Mr. Walters' convenience; he will contact the Clerk. The next regular Council meeting falls on Columbus Day, October 12. Mr. Bohjanen moved to schedule the next meeting for Tuesday, October 13. Seconded by W. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. The Clerk presented a sign application by St. Paul Statuary to build a sign for St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Since it appeared to be oversized as allowed by Ord. 51, it was given to Mr. Locher for checking with the ordinance. Affidavits of publication had been received for the notice of acceptance of affi- davits of candidacy. A letter from Mrs. Ruth Freeman, formerly Mrs. Ruth Cegla, was read requesting that the off sale liquor license be changed to the new name; also, the new business name for Eddie's Liquor Store is to be Ruth's Bottle Shop. The Clerk inquired whether new bonds for the off sale license would need to be issued. Mr. Locher stated that it was no problem, that the bonds could be corrected, or amended and the licenses too. Mr. Bohjanen moved to allow the change in name on the licenses for Mrs. Freeman, and that the bonds be corrected. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. Mr. Cardinal reported that Planning & Zoning had recommended approval of three of the five sign permits requested by Mr. Lee C. Smith. Application #32 was the same as permit #28 and was s triken. Application #33 was rejected since there was in- sufficient room between #28 and #26. W. Cardinal moved to deny application #33 due to insufficient room. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. Mr. Cardinal moved to accept applications #31, 34 and 35 by Lee C. Smith for signs with the stipulation that detailed plans of the signs be submitted for the file. Seconded by fir. Rosengren. Carried unanimously. The Clerk will notify Mr. Smith. Mr. Cardinal stated that Planning & Zoning had discussed getting out of the Forest Lake Hospital District. W. Locher stated that there is a problem in that the land is pledged for the existing bonds, and we are still obligated until the bonds are paid off. Perhaps a different method of funding the bonds could be found. Mr. Cardinal asked the Clerk whether copies of Ordinance #51 are given to sign applicants and was told yes. 1 1 1 1 Mr. Jaworski, Mr. Rosengren and Mr. Bohjanen had no reports. Mr. L'Allier asked for the Council's thoughts on policing, regarding inquiry of the Attorney General concerning training of part time officers. Mr. L'Allier moved to request, an opinion of the Attorney General as to whether Lino Lakes is obligated as a municipality of our size to undertake the cost of such training and whether Lino Lakes is responsible for providing such training; also whether it is possible to obtain facilities for convenient hours for such training. Also, to what extent the law on this subject shall be enforced and what period of time we have to comply with it. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried unanimously. Mr. Jaworski and Mr. Rosengren both commented that they would like to see up keep our part time force. Mr. Locher mentioned that the proposed sign for St. Joseph's Church was slightly over the 24 sq. ft. requirement in a residential area and would require a variance; however, it was within the ordinance. The Clerk inquired as to whether the stone- work constituted part of the sign as far as the measurements were concerned. It was decided to put the rate increase by North Central Public Service Co. on the next agenda as Mr. Blaylock had had insufficient time to study the proposals for this meeting. Mr. L'Allier moved to adopt - Ordinance No. 54 on explosives as set forth by the Attorney General's office. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. Mr. Locher, after consulting Ord. #51, stated that the superstructure of the sign is not included in the dimensions (see Section GG, Page 194, on computation of size). Mr. Cardinal mentioned that Planning & Zoning had discussed exempting churches from sign fees as a general rule. Mr. Bohjanen moved to exempt churches from sign permit fees. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. Mr. Locher noted that a resolution on fees would be in order to handle this. Mr. Cardinal moved to adopt a resolution that the annual sign permit fee for churches be $0.00. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. Mr. Jaworski moved that the sign application for St. Joseph's Church be sent to Planning & Zoning Board since a variance would be required. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried unanimously. An application for a septic systems license from Weleski & Son was presented along with an insurance certificate and bond. Mr. Locher stated that all was in order. Mr. Bohjanen moved to grant a septic system license to Weleski & Son and to authorize the signing of such license by the Mayor andClerk. Seconded by W. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. It was decided to put the proposed ordinance on inflammable liquids (now #55) on the agenda for next time The Clerk will send copies of Mr. Juleen's recommended changes to all members. Mr. Myhre stated that police officer Bill Anderson was resigning effective Oct. 1. Mr. Cardinal moved to accept this resignation. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried unanimously. The Clerk will send a letter of appreciation for his fine work. Mr. Myhre stated that he was trying to keep Mr. Anderson on until October 15 when he will be moving. 2 8 After discussion, Mr. L'Allier moved to authorize the taking of applications for a fourth policeman, with the understanding that the job is temporary in nature. It was decided that putting official advertisements in the paper was a !este of time.; the papers were asked to make note of the opening. The appli- cations are to be in by October 13 when it will be on the agenda. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried unanimously. W. Jaworski moved to pay the bills as audited. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried unanimously. Mr. Cardinal moved to adjourn at 10:30 p.m. Seconded by W. Bohjanen. All noted aye. C::Minutes approved at the meeting of October 13, 1. 0 j l--V-iya BILLS: 3257 3258 3259 3260 3261 3262 3263 3264 3265 3266 3267 3268 3269 3270 3271 3272 3273 3274 3275 (3276) (3276) (3277) (3277) (3277) 3278` 3279 3280 3281 3281 September 28, 1970 Village of Lexington Ralph M. L'Allier Andrew J. Cardinal William I. Bohjanen Ronald J. Jaworski Henry H. Rosengren Harold A. Braastad Superamerica Winfield C. West Jacques Johnson Harold L. Lehman Ronald J. Jaworski Columbus Township Robert Lundgren W. H. Barber Oil Co. Arsenal Sand & Gravel Co. Ashbach Aggregates, Inc. Viking Steel Products, Inc. Reub's Tire Shop Northwestern Bell Telephone �� 11 North Star Oil Corp. ff ff If ft Charles W. Cape Glenn Rehbein, Inc. Jerome Rosengren State Treasurer, PERA SEPTEMBER 1970 PAYROLL: 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 Ralph M. L'Allier William I. Bohjanen Andrew J. Cardinal Henry Rosengren Ronald J. Jaworski June L. Emerton Edna L. Sarner Marvin B. Myhre Virgin F. Lundberg (continued) Clerk- Treasurer Second half of 1970 fire contract Mayor's expenses Councilman's expenses " n of fi Village Hall rent for October Police motor fuels Plumbing Inspector's fees Bounty on 50 pairs gopher feet Bounty on 45 pairs gopher feet Reimbursement for lost wages due to court appearance. Roadwork for August Weed cutting along Village streets 6,000 gallons Mc -800 road oil 42.10 tons coarse sand for roads 15.3 tons class 5 gravel 12" culvert and band Repair of tire for tractor Service for Hall Service for Parks Police motor fuels Parks motor fuels Roads motor fuels CD Director's expenses 2.5 hours scraper -- landscaping Pipe fittings for new septic system PERA payroll deductions for August Village contributions for August $50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 300.00 200.00 250*00 200.00 $1680.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 190.00 58.61 135.20 12.50 11.25 45.78 1032.00 540.00 698.48 40.00 14.54 8.37 13.80 20.75 6.55 11.85 4.88 182.25 25.00 70.00 6.00 123.62 191.26 1 1 A SEPTEMBER 1970 PAYROLL CONTINUED: 1225 Richard S. Hauer $100.00 1226 William G. Anderson 100.00 1227 Lena Billik 50.00 1228 Chancy E. LeVesseur 25.00 1229 Imogene Secretan 154.65 1230 Kay P. Olson 19.39 1231 VOID 1232 Clifford A. Hagen 76.00 1233 John R. Juleen 108.00 1234 Roy H. Backlin 882.00 1235 Robert A. Lundgren 356.40 1236 Virgil M. Beecher 45.90 1237 Jerome Rosengren 45.90 1238 Gunder B. Gunderson 143.10 (ELECTION JUDGES) 1239 Phyllis A. Blaylock '35.25 1240 Mary M. Crandall 35.25 1241 Joyce K. Dufresne 35.25 1242 Jean L Krube 35.25 1243 Agnes C. LaMotte 35.25 1244 Agnes M. LeTendre 35.25 1245 Signe M. Miller 35.25 1246 Dorothea Schmidt 32.31 1247 Erma Grygelko 8.22 1248 Lynn D. Hansen 8.22 1249 Ellen E. Hawkins 8.22 1250 William Houle 8.22 1251 Ursuline Liehtscheidl 8.22 1252 Anita Nadeau 8.22 1253 Norma Nadeau 8.22 1254 Lucy Tauer 8.22 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council held on October 13, 1970 was called to order by Mayor L'Allier with all members present at 8:09 p.m. 3[r. Bohjanen moved to accept the minutes of the regular September 14th meeting as submitted. Seconded by W. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. Mr. Jaworski moved to accept the minutes of the canvassing meeting held on Sept. 16 as written. ,Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Motion carried with W. L'Allier abstaining as he had been absent. The minutes of the budget meetings on Sept. 23 and 24th were presented for approval. Bohjanen inquired whether any information had been obtained from the Metro Sewer Board. W. Gotwald stated that it had been difficult to get hold of the Board members but that he had spoken with Mr. Morris Dorton of the Metro Sewer Board and that a meeting had been set for 10 a.m. on Thursday at the Board headquarters. W. Gotwald stated. that Joe Cook, our representative on the Board had felt that we would make no headway; also since the Sewer Board had a budget to meet it didn't seem fair to them that we might postpone our payment.