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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/14/1968 Council Minutes8 4 Iylr. Bohjanen thought it would be better to check on costs of graders with neighboring communities first. Mr. Scherer accused him of stalling which Mr. Bohjanen denied. The Ryan Company ;wished to have an answer immediately as this would be their prime selling season for graders, however the offer was extended until Jan. 1, 1969; the machine could be leased out three months earlier with payments held off until after January first. It was decided to take the matter under advisement untill the next Council meeting on October 14 when we would have a definite answer for the Ryan Company. Mr. L'Allier thanked them for attending. Motion to adjourn at 10:55 made by Mr. Bohjanen and seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Minutes approved at the meeting of October 14, 196 lerk - Treasurer The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council held on October 14, 1968 was called to order at 8 p.m. by Mayor L'Allier with all members present. A large crowd was in attendance. The minutes of the September 23, 1968, regular meeting were read. Mr,. Jaworski moved to accept these minutes as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried. 1 Minutes from the budget meetings were read along with the minutes of September 26 special meeting to accept the budget and to discuss the feasibility of hiring a fulltime man. Mr. Cardinal moved to accept these minutes as corrected. Second-ill ed by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried. Two letters from Mr. Busch, Attorney representing the Anoka Land and Cattle Company were read along with an answer to the first by the Clerk. Mr. Busch was trying to arrange special meetings with the Council and the Planning and Zoning Board so that building permits for model homes on the first subdivision on Reshanau Lake could be obtained and foundations started before the frost sets in. However, the Engineers preparing the preliminary plat had been de- layed; therefore Mr. Busch will meet with the Council at their regular meeting on October 28th. A special meeting of the P&Z was tentatively planned for Oct. 29th. A letter from NSSSD was mentioned but not read as each Council member had re- ceived a copy. Mr. Christensen, Clerk for NSSSD, reiterated all correspondence which had passed from them to us since their existence in X961 and stated that Lino Lakes had made no engineering reports to them nor had ever become a member; therefore we have no reserved capacity in their lines and that the Mayor was in error in his remarks at a recent hearing. Mr. Jaworski moved that the Clerk and Engineer reply to NSSSD, acknowledging the letter. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal Carried. Affidavits of publication for Ord. No. 6K were received; a questionaire on fluoridation from Minnesotans for Safe Water Supplies; a Data -log from the Metro Council showed the estimated population of Lino Lakes on April 1, 1968 to be 3,246 and the estimated persons per occupied housing unit at 4.36. The first fines from Anoka County Municipal Court ($75) had been received. An answer from Paul W. Keve Corrections Commissioner was read, stating that the capacity of the "B" Building at the Treatment Center was 94, although they don't care to put more than fifty or sixty boys in it at one time. 1 85 Mr. L'Allier stated that there apparently is some misunderstanding betweeen members of the Corrections Department as other personnel had stated that the capacity was set at 50, plus 14 cells which are not considered permanent hous- ing, for 93"Building, until a new recreation building is completed. Mr. L'Allier stated that he had spoken to Gary Flakne in regards to this problem as well as the possibility of being reimbursed for the money spent in catching escapees. Mr. Flakne gave two avenues to follow: 1) to directly petition the state for reimbursement or 2) provide necessary data to the Representatives and Senators concerned and ask them to draw up a bill for reimbursement which they seem willing to do. Mr. Bohjanen also recommended that a set capacity on the number of persons to be housed at the Youth Center be included in the bill as this was done for Red Wing. He would also like to see some stringent measures for security added in. Mr. L'Allier was questioned on plans of the Youth Center Committee for the Youth Center but stated that when the group was finished they would give the public the whole program rather than doling it out piece-meal. A letter from Mrs. Mary Howard of Capital Mobile Homes was read. She had planned to start work in the Baldwin Lake Trailer Court by October first and felt that there was so much work to be done in renovating the old portion that she wouldn't even think of beginning the new lots until spring. Mr. Bohjanen mentioned that a new manager had moved into the house and this should improve the maintenance fiWthe Court. A letter from Northwestern Bell Telephone Company requesting permission to build a pedestal for a line was read. Motion by Mr. Bohjansi, seconded by Mr. Rosengren, to refer the letter to the Engineer for his approval was carried uannimoubly. A note from Mr. Lundheim of the County Highway Department regarding the land fill contamination in Circle Pines was read, stating the materials being dumped were sterile; also it was ditch No. 10. A letter from the Metro Council was read stating that they are making a prelim- inary investigation of data received to see if it may be feasible for discharge of sewage from Oneka and Hugo into the White Bear Lake system. Mr. dotwald stated that he had attended a second meeting of the Council as authorized; the Council will be calling on us for data. A policy stetment from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency regarding sewage treatment for Forest Lake was read. Forest Lake was directed to study the possibilities of land application on sites to the south or southwest of the Village; they were recommended to not discharge their effluent to the Sunrise River. If necessary, perhaps increased discharge to the Rice Creek chain would be allowed if additional treatment works were constructed. The list of State and County offices being voted on November 5 was received from the County Auditor and will be posted. Mr. Rosengren presented a letter received from Dick Swanson, Ag. Agent for Anoka County, requesting Lino Lakes' official position regarding the Rice Creek Water- shed. Mr. Bohjanen mentioned that he had received a request from the Watershed Association requesting a change in our policy. The Clerk was instructed to send a copy of our current resolution to Mr. Swanson. Mr. Rosengren also mentioned that the damage to the culvert on Fourth Avenue by the Telephone Company had not been repaired. A letter will be written to the maintenance department of Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. The bridge on Aqua Lane had been blacktopped. The work on West Rondeau_was finished, covered with a light coat of gravel and the shoulders seeded. Additional gravel had been put on Pine and Fourth. Mr. Rosengren thought 80th would hold out until spring. They had spent approximately $4500 for gravel; the bill from Hoekstra was $2353. Mr. Macklin, representative for the sulfite liquid treatment, was in the audience, but offered no comment. Mr. Rosengren stated they were stockpiling the remaining gravel for driveways in the Lakeview area. Mr. L'Allier stated that 80th was impassible after a rainstorm. Mr. L'Allier mentioned that he had heard that there was talk of horses causing damage to gravelled Village roads and invited comment from the audience. This brought on a half-hour of discussion, pro and con as to damage, where one could ride a horse, why some roads were worse than others irregardless of horses, damage by sod-trucks, etc. The discussion was tabled until later so that other business could be attended to. Mr. Jaworski mentioned that a power line was going across the end of Forrest Tagg's airstrip. Mr. Locher stated that one couldn't stop the com- pany from going through, but they had a right to 'just cornpensation'for the property lost. There was some discussion on the Elk River line coming through l Mr. Locher will contact the Elk River Company. Mr. Bohjanen stated that at the last C&BDC meeting they had discussed horses among other things. The brochure letter was at the typists and would be ready for the next meeting. Mr. Burman had been asked to look over the situation on Sunset again as the contractors were not sodding on the Lino side; after he had been there they agreed to sod the Lino side also. Mr. Burman had also said that Birch Street east of Centerville Road will be completed, and under a new policy the County will henceforth obtain necessary easements before beginning con- struction on rods. Mr. Dennis Wegan of Birch Street requested a variance to build on a piece of property less than 2 1/2 acres in siOtek obtained from Mrs. Domning. After discussion Mr. Cardinal moved to grant Mr. Wegan a variance on the property having the following legal description: the North 241.5 feet of the West 208.92 feet of the east 555.045 feet of Northeast 1/4 of Southwest 1/4 of Section 28, Township 31, Range 22, Anoka County, Minnesota, subject to Birch Street. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried unanimously. Mr. Cardinal presented the documents received from Mr. Cecil LaMotte necessary for his variance. The police report for September as follows: five escapees from the Youth Center, taking 5 1/2 hours; 1 break-in, 1 domestic call, two accidents; they put 939 miles on the car in 97 hours. Mr. L'Allier announced that the Governor had proclaimed October to be United Nations month also honoring the Declaration of Human Rights. The Mayor thought that the United States and the United Nations flags should be, flown on October 24, United Nations Day, on November 11, Veterans Day and on May 1 Law Day, and suggested that a flag chart be made up showing all days on which the flag should be flown. Mr. L'Allier then moved that Lino Lakes obtain a United Nations flag; if unable to obtain such free of cost, then purchase one to fly at the Hall. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried. Mr. Locher stated again that no funds could be transferred out of the Debt Redemption Fund until such time as all bonds are paid off. Then the re- mainder is automatically transferred to the General Fund. He will check further. W. L'Allier mentioned the informal meetings which the Council had had on Sept- ember 5 and October first with the Planning and Zoning Board in working on an over all rezoning map of the Village. No formal action was taken. The matter of Lindberg Construction on 64th came up again; the estimated cost of repair is $150. Mr. Gotwald, stated that he had talked to former Supervisor LaForge and talked by phone directly to a Michigan representative of the firm. Mr. Locher stated that he had notified the firm that if we do the work they will be billed, however he had not been given the exact specifications for the repair and could not put it in the letter. After discussion Mr. L'Allier moved that we will not release any bonds for Lindberg until such bill is paid. Mr. Locher will notify the proper official of Lindberg to receive process served. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried. Mr. Dupre stated that he had inspected the sewage problem on the properties on Otter Lake and found that these persons were notlocated in Lino Lakes but were 5-6 blocks over the boundary. Mr. Cardinal moved that we send a letter to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency telling them of the inspection and results thereof. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Mr. Jaworski brought up the subject of the hearing on the full-time man and grader and mentioned that the representative from Geo. T. Ryan Company was in the audience. There was considerable discussion. W. Locher read over several State laws per- taining to purchase and lease agreements by Villages and decided that it would be necessary to take bids yearly on a lease-type basis with option to buy. Mr. Jaworski at this time withdrew a motion to lease a grader from Geo. T. Ryan Co. and hire a man to operate it. Mr. Glenn Rehbein stated several objections to the Village leasing such a machine and doubted that they could find an operator willing to work for $8500. Mr. Jaworski then moved that we take bids on a grader on a lease-type basis with option to buy. Seconded by Mr. L'Allier. Vote: Aye--Mr. Jaworski and Mr. L'Allier. No--Mr. Cardinal, W. Rosengren, and W. Bohjanen. Motion failed. W. L'Allier thanked the Ryan representative for coming and his time, and also thanked Mr. Scherer and W. Houle for all their work on the project. W. Rosengren left the meeting to catch a plane. The discussion on horses on roads was resumed. Mr. L'Allier thought a little "common horse-sense" would apply here. W. Locher mentioned that our nuisance ordinance is adequate if the person causing trouble can be caught or positively identified, also there are penalties foritesspassing and malicious damage. Mr. Lee Robinson thought horses should be ridden on their owners property only. Mr. Dale Hughes mentioned that members of his saddle club were expected to enforce rules among other riders. After discussion the common concensus of the Council was that horse people must police themselves; if a situation gets out of hand then a complaint should be signed with the local police so that necessary action can be taken. The audience seemed to feel this was logical. Mr. Dennis Houle stated that the post on the Forest Lake Hospital Board was that of incumbent Richard Peterson, at-large member. Filing is open on this post until October 24th. Mr. Houle also stated that he had tried to keep the mill levy the same as there was not enough, funds in the sinking fund to carry the bonds for 15 months as required by law; however the levy had been dropped resulting in a levy for Lino of less than four mills. 88 Mr. Dick Olson was called forward to discuss his trailer and basement. He was told that he must obtain a permit from the Council in order to live in his basement, that this must bear his signature and include an expiration date. Mr. Olson stated that his trailer had left that day and that he was in the basement and had put in a new furnace rated at 150,000 BTU. He said that he planned to keep right on building as best he can. Mr. L'Allier thought that if we were not setting a precedent it would be all right to issue Mr. Olson a permit for this specific case as long as it did not bind future councils. Mr. Bohjanen moved to grant a permit to Mr. Dick Olson to live in his base- ment on a one-year basis, renewable after he comes before the Council for discussion; said permit issued as the basement is in liveable condition and due to hardship conditions. Fee for permit to be $1.00. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Mr. Dupre reported that he had inspected Mrs. LeTourneau's garage which seemed in good condition but was not on footings. Fee for moving is to be $25.00 and garage permit to be $2.50, both of which Mrs. LeTourneau has agreed to pay. Mr. Cardinal thus moved to issue the permit for the garage and the moving permit with the stipulation that the footings be completed within 30 days, also con- tingent upon payment of the fees amounting to $27.50. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Mr. Dupre also recommended that the Council give consideration to punishment for those persons not getting permits before moving in a building. Mr. Bohjanen moved that the date for Mrs. Flanagan's letter of survey to be put before the Council be set for 30 days from now (Oct. 14). Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Motion to pay the bills as audited made by Mr. Bohjanen, seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Mr. Jaworski moved to adjourn at 11:20, seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. BILLS: 2118 Office Machines and Supply Company 2119 Anoka County Union & Shopper, Inc. 2120 Lino Lakes Mileage 2121 Municipal Court 2122 Bruce Fleming 2123 NW Bell 2124 NSP 2125 Oskey Bros. Pet. Corp. 2126 North Central Public Service 2127 Mark Jolly 2128 Harold Lehman 2129 Robert Koch 2130 Brian Peterman 2131 Mrs. Nick Mangelsen 2132 Dan Byrne 2133 Jody Tagg 2134 Grant Kurre Supplies for clerk - Pub. 6J, 45,46, Notice Fuel and tires Court costs Aug.-Sept. 19 Animal control for August W#OAS1/PW/00 Sunrise Streets, Hall and Sunrise Fuel Gas for Lino Park Gopher bounty Gopher bounty Gopher bounty Gopher bounty Gopher bounty Gopher bounty Gopher bounty Gopher bounty $ 9.67 140.40 98.88 68.75 107.00 7.95 118.38 39.10 3.50 4.75 10.75 4.75 1.00 2.25 3.50 11.00 6.50 1 1 1 1 1 BILLS continued: 2135 Mobil Oil 2136 Inter-State Lumber Company 2137 Northway Hardware 2138 Columbus Township 2140 Centerville Garage 2141 State Treasurer, PERA 2142 Commissioner of Ad. Social Sec. 2143 Commissioner of Taxation Motor Fuel $ 10.36 Wood lath 2.88 Small items for shop 11.02 Grading 972.00 Tube, repair and change 17.55 Employee ded. $61.83 164.51 Employer contrib. $102.68 Employee deduc. $30.79 61.59 Employer contrib. $30.80 Minn. Withholding 51.40 Minutes approved at the meeting of October 28, 1968 89 C rk-Treasurer The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council held on October 28, 1968 was called to order at 8:11 p.m. by Mayor L'Allier with all members present. Mr. Jaworski moved to accept the minutes of the October 14 meeting as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried. Mr. L'Allier announced the following meetings: Anoka County Association here on October 30, with discussion of the proposed airport, the November 4 meeting of police and mayor, and a Metro Council meeting on October 29 with reasons presented for selecting the Ham Lake site. Mr.-L'Allier appointed Mrs. Richard Sarner as Assessor for the 1969 assessment. Mr. Cardinal moved to ratify the appointment of Mrs. Sarner as Assessor at the same salary of $1800. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Mr. L'Allier announced the resignation of Mr. Dan Waldoch from the Planning and Zoning Board due to other commitments and accepted same. He then appointed Mr. James Husnik to fill this post, as he had indicated earlier that he would like to serve. Mr. Bohjanen moved to ratify Mr. Husnik's appointment to the Planning and Zoning Board. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. The minutes of the Planning and Zoning Board were read. The hearing for the special use permit petition by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wiener was called to order at 8:32 p.m. The Attorney stated that the affidavits for posting of the notices and mailing of same were in order; at the P&Z meeting immediately preceding the Council meeting the petition had received a recommendation for approval. There was no comment pro or con from the audience. Thereupon, Mr. Rosengren moved to issue a special use permit to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wiener to place, maintain and have occupied as a residence, by Ada Nelson, a mobile home on the lands situated in the Village of Lino Lakes and which are described as follows, to-wit: Lots four and five, Arthur E. Thom Acres No. two, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for Anoka County. for the lifetime of Ada Nelson with the stipulation that the mobile home be re- moved from the premises within 30 days following her demise. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried.unanimously. The hearing adjourned at 8:36 p.m.