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Home My WebLink About10-15-74 CCMAGENDA --VILLAGE COUNCIL VILLAGE OF LAKE ELMO, MINN. 55042 MEETING TO BE HELD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1974. 5:00 P.M. -- Mrs. Raleane Kupferschmidt Lake Elmo Campfire Girls Mini -Park Items for Discussion: P'ZC Appointment Status of Battle Creek Watershed 6:30 - 7:30 -- Dinner Hour --Anthony's White Hat 7:30 P.M. -- Police Study Committee 8.00 P.M. -- 'Tom Schwartz- Schwartz-Martinco Plat Signing of Plat and approval of road bond. 8:30 P.M. -- Bill Eder and Don Durand Snowmobile trails 9:00 P.M. -- Tom Benson-- Ted Auger --Battan Timber Mr. ,lanes, Attorney for Battan Timber Special Use Permit --Tree disposal unit. Late additions to Agenda -- 10/15/74 5:30 P.M. -- Ort Mathews -- Lake Elmo Hardwood Lumber Small -amount of Village Property for use of parking area for Hardwood Lumber Co. 9:30 P.M. -- John Proulx--2819 Ivy Ave. -- 777-1665 Maintaining Ivy Ave. MINUTES OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 15, 1974 pg.' Meeting called to order at 5:00pm by Mayor Eder. Present:Eder, Abercrombie(5-6:30pm),Shervheim,Pott and Brookman. Also present:Bldg.Insp. Mueller,Counsel Raleigh, Engineer Bonestroo & PZC Member Lyons. Camp Fire Girls: Releane Kupferschmidt appeared again relative to Camp Fire Girls Project. Council felt property on Lake Elmo Ave., supported by businessmen in the area, should be retained for off street parking and/or snow storage.Council sug- gested project be part of Lions Park. Motion by C.Brookman 2nd by C.Shervheim to approve an area in Lions Park for the Camp Fire Girls Project. Carried 5-0. Mrs. Kupferschmidt would meet with the Park Committee regarding the plans. Parkland: Several questions have arisen regarding the park property being purchased from Lehart Friedrich. 1.Use of property until developed; 2.Washout; and 3. Fence installation. Motion by C.Brookman 2nd by C. Abercrombie to authorize C. Shervheim to negotiate based on his written recommendation to council dated October 15, 1974. Motion carried 5-0. Lake Elmo Hardwood Lumber Company: Ort Matthews appeared for Joe Rogers relative to acquiring by purchase or long term lease a triangular piece of land (.11 acre),North of their new storage facility, for parking purposes. Motion by C.Brookman 2nd by C. Pott that C. Shervheim and Counsel Raleigh meet with Joe Rogers and report back at the next council meeting with a recommendation. Carried 5-0. Helmo Ave.: Motion by C.Brookman 2nd by C.Shervheim to authorize counsel to increase Dreher condmnation award up to $3,500.00 ($38,450.00)with no commitment to absorb any of the assessment. Carried 5-0. C.Abercrombie excused at 6:30pm. Recess 6:30pm. Reconvene at 7:30pm. Lakewood Hills:Submitted plan for drainage of development. Motion by C.Brookman 2nd by C.Shervheim to refer the plan to C.Abercrombie and Engineer for recommendation. Carried 4-0. Assessor: Wm. Park requested approval of expenditure of $225.00 to attend assessors school.(Includes wage loss compensation,course fee and mileage.) Motion by C.Brookman 2nd by C.Pott to refer request to the salary study committee for recommendation. Carried 4-0. Police Study Committee: Norman "Scotty" Lyall represented the committee. General attitude is we do not require additional service immediately. Suggested consideration of a curfew for ages 17 and under. April 1, 1975 might be considered as a starting date for increased police protection. Mayor Eder and council voiced appreciation to the committee for their fine efforts. It was suggested that the committee might consider meeting 3 or 4 times a year to reevaluate the situation and pass on to the council any recommended changes. Schwart-Martinco:Engineer Bonestroo requested a reading on the ditch elevation from ' the new access road to Lake Elmo Ave. Mr. Schwartz agreed to supply. Motion by C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Brookman to approve final plat. Bond of 3,500. required to assure completion of the road. Approval subject to compliance with conditions set forth by PZC in their meeting of March 25, 1974. Carried 4-0. MINUTES OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 15, 1974 pg,2 LAke elmo Rascals Snowmobile Club:Bill Eder, Don Durand and Ron Dornfeld represented the group. They stated that they had 25 miles of posted trails in Lake Elmo in 1973-4. j Motion by C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Pott authorizing counsel to prepare ordinance 7402 amending section 1004 of the Municipal Code relating to snowmobiles, restricting use on private proerty to dated written authorization from the landowner. Carried 4-0. Question was raised relative to funds being available from DNR for purchase and installation of trail signs. Motion by C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Pott advising clerk to contact DNR and request up to $500 for development and maintaining snowmobile program. Carried 4-0. Hunting: Motion by C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Pott authorizing counsel to prepare ordinance 7403 amending section 1301 of the Municipal Code relating to possession and discharge of firearms. Hunting will be permitted with dated written author- ization of the landowner. Motion carried 3-1. Mayor Eder opposed. Benson-Auger:Motion by C.Shervheim 2nd by-C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Brookman to approve Special Use Permit for the tree disposal unit at 10689 60th St. North subject'•to their meeting following requirements: 1.Must meet noise limits of zoning code;2.Must meet all rules of the Mn. Dept. of Agriculture for disposition of diseased trees; 3.Storage of bark and/or chips to be in approved buildings; 4.Driveway, parking lot, septic system and all facilities - to meet appropriate code; 5.Anyone who hauls for hire must be licensed per waste haulers regulations; 6.Only designated haul roads will be used by out of city haulers; 7,City forester will supply recommendation of operation; 8.Logs will be stored in a neat and orderly manner; 9.All operations must be confined within the designated site; and 10. Operating hours, prior to enclosure of noisy equipment shall be from 7:00am to 6:00pm and closed down on Sundays & Holidays. Carried 4-0. Ivy Ave: John Proulx appealed to the council to do something about the condition of Ivy Ave, He was informed that city can not spend city funds on improvement of private property. If the residents and the landowners improve road to city specifications or if they petition city to improve road at their expense city would take over and maintain. Lacking such action nothing can be done by city as it is not a public street. Minutes: Claim numbers approved for payment per minutes of Oct. 1, 1974 meeting should be corrected from 74515 to 74522. Motion by C.Brookman 2nd by C.Pott to approve the minutes of the Oct.l, 1974 meeting as amended. Carried 4-0. .-� Motion by C.Pott 2nd by C.Brookman to approve minutes of the Special Budget Meeting of October 7, 1974 as submitted. Carried 4-0. PZC-Appointment: Motion by C.Brookman 2nd by C. Shervheim to approve the appointment of Mrs.Jean Novak to fill out the vacancy caused by the resignation of member Bruce Folz. Carried 4-0. Claims: Motionby C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Brookman authorizing payment of claims 74523 thru 74537. Carried 4-0. Fire Dept: Motion by C. Brookman 2nd by C.Pott to approve expenditure from Mayor's Fund for an appreciation dinner for the Lake Elmo Firemen and their guest. Mayor Eder will act as host and official greeter at this event. Carried 4-0. C.Brookman will handle arrangements. MINUTES OF THE LAICE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 15, 1974 Adjournment:Motion by C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Brookman that meeting adjourn at 10e54pm. Carried 4--0. Respectfully submitted Donald Mehsikomer Clerk MEMORANDUM October 15, 1974 To: Lake Elmo Village Council From: Lloyd Shervbeim Subject: Items too late for agenda The following items for consideration arose over the weekend too late for inclusion in the agenda for the October 15 meeting: /1. Joe Rogers would like a triangle of land in the southeast corner,of the village park which is across the street from the Fire Hall, and has left with Don Raleigh a rather elaborate drawing showing the location of the desired tri- angle. The use to which he would put it, after grading and blacktopping, would be to provide daytime parking for his errployees, leaving it open and available for village use evenings and weekend:;. He contemplates fee ownership, but could probably be persuaded to take a medium to long term lease. After viewing the terrain, and considering the trade-offs we would get in the bargain, I no longer have a strong objection to considering his proposal, and if the Council has no objection, .i would suggest that I be authorized to negotiate with him and bring back a proposal for Council con- sideration. /2-. The park land which we are purchasing from Lehart Friedrich is not all wooded, but has about 7 acres of hay land and 16 acres of open field:` A- -- - - sizeable washout exists on the portion which was farmed this year, and, after discussing this, and our obligation move some fences, with Lehart over the weekend, I would like the reaction of the Council to the following: a. Since it is not likely we will be developing this land in the next year or two, I would like to negotiate with Lehart to farm and care for the open land. I am told that yearly cash rent on good farm land in this area ranges from $15 to $30 per acre, and would expect to negotiate a price which is fair to Lehart and to the village, presumably in that range. b. On the washout, if we could take the village backhoe, it would take only a few buckets to fill the deepest part (the washout is 6 - 8 feet deep at one point), and a plow would then fill it sufficiently to farm next spring. c. The fence that we are obligated to install is already on the property, and was installed by Lehart recently -- new woven wire with steel and wooden. l posts. He would be satisfied if we merely moved that fence, and one way