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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 07/25/1967 - Village Meeting COUNCIL MEETING 25 July, 1967 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Mayor Osterholt. PRESENT WERE: David W. Osterholt, Mayor Paul Redpath James C. Brown, Clerk Rolf E. Haugen, Treasurer Alvin Bren Quentin K. Wow, APW Arthur Miller W. Harlan Perbix, Attorney The meeting was opened with an invocation by Mayor Osterholt and the Council and audience joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag. ITEM 7-18-67 MINUTES OF JUNE 151 1967 SPECIAL MEETI14G ON THE DOG ORDINANCE Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve the minutes as published with the removal of Mr. Arthur Miller's name as being present at the meeting. The motion carried. MINUTES OF JUNE 27, 1967 REGULAR MEETING Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the minutes as published with the following corrections: To add Mr. Paul Redpath's name to those being present. On page u, Item 6-13-67, the third paragraph, to remove the "the" in front of Mr. Schaitberger's name. The motion carried. } s t MINUTES OF JULY 11, 1967 REGULAR MEETING Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve the minutes with the following corrections: Item 7-7-67 Mr. Virgil Muller instead of Mr. Arthur Miller reporting with Mr. Paul Redpath. I On page three 3.n the second paragraph, the last phrase "it should close down" should read, "something should be done'!. Or page five, the second item, Mayor Osterholt reported that the League of Women Voters would be holding a meeting on a Mental Health Center. (Add the words "on a". ) On page six, Item 7-14-67, the second paragraph, add the word Miller after Arthur. The motion carried. COUNCIL MEETING 2 25 July, 1967 ITEM 7-19-67 VOUCHERS Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve Vouchers va 4313 through 4323 for payment. GCC The motion carried. ITEM 7-26-67 BIDS 1. The bids on seal coating. Bids were received from the following bidders: COMPANY BASIC BID ALTERNATE BID Allied Blacktop 510,371.50 $11,200.02 Bituminous Roadways 9,535.00 10,622.59 Armor Coat 8,956.46 12,854.35, Northern Contracting 10,760.86 11,324.34 Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to accept the bids and turn them over to Mr. Quentin Wood for checking and recommendation. Mr. Wood was to report back later in the meeting. i Mr. Quentin Wood reported back that all the bids met the specifications as presented by the Village; that Armor. Coat was the low bidder for the base bid, Bituminous Roadway, the low bidder, for the alternate bid. He stated that the alternate bid was a higher type seal coat which he had specified only on roads that would warrant the higher type coat; certain x roads did not receive the alternate bid. He recommended that Bituminous Roadways be awarded the contract for the seal coating based on their alternate bid, the low bidder, as they were under the estimated amount and the budgeted amount. Mr. Wood felt that because we had a low bid we could do some additional roads. He is to recommend to the Council the additional roads and the amount so that the Council can approve this additional work. A motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Paul Redpath to accept the bid of Bituminous Roadways on the alternate bid for seal coating the Village streets H as shown on the specifications. c� The motion carried. Q 2. Street Signs. -j a Bids were received from the following: Gopher Stamp and Dig: Company bid only on the delivery of the signs. Their total bid for 160 posts, bracket assemblies and 648 street name plates was $2,662.80. i iLyle Sign Company bid,furrished and installed or delivered. Their total bid: 7 4 t COU14CIL MEETING 3 25 July, 1967 for the total number, of signs, furnished and installed was $3,775.00. Their total bid for the signs delivered to the Village was $2,527.20. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to accept the bids on signs, turn them ever to Mr. Quentin Wood for checking and to report back at our next Council meeting. The motion carried. ITEM 7-21-67 SOUTHWEST SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT Mr. Carl Dever, Attorney for the Village of Minnetonka, representing the attorneys in the District, presented a resolution which the various communities involved were signing, setting up a joint study for the proposed plant location and the amount of money each community would be contributing. Eden Prairie had already made known it's contribution. This was recorded in the resolution. This was in the form of an agreement between the communities to authorize this study and the motion was made by Paul. Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the agreement with the City of Hopkins, City of Wayzata, Village of Deephaven, Village of Eden Prairie, Village of Medicine Lake, the Village of Minnetonka, the Village of Plymouth, the Village of Woodland, and the Town of Eagle Creek and to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign same; this agreement on the Southwest Sewer Study. The motion carried. ITEM 7-22-67 ELMER J. PETERSON HENNEPI11 COUNTY SURVEYOR REGARDING 14EW PLATTING LAW ON PUBLIC ROADS Mr. Peterson explained that under a new law recently enacted by the 1967 Legislature, they could now officially describe a road both in writing and by a legal drawing. The roads then would be recorded with the County and. anybody who had a requirement for knowledge of the road location such as a subdivider or a contractor doing road work could obtain a copy of the road plat which would give the exact locations of the road and it's specific curves, corners and so on without the individual- having to read through an involved legal description to determine where the road was located. He explained that they had already surveyed in Eden Prairie some nine miles of road and would continue to survey at our request on those roads which we requested them to survey. He will prepare all the necessary work so that we can proceed with filing plats of our Village roads and streets. There was some question on the filing fee. They believe it has now been waived from municipalities and, of course, this would be an additional incentive for the Village to continue to have it's roads surveyed. The Village was very pleased to have Mr. Peterson come out and explain the procedure to the Council and citizens in attendance so that they would be familiar with what the County is doing to upgrade certain problem areas that we have had in the past with the location of so called existing roads. Mayor Osterholt expressed the thanks of the Council and the community to 3 COU14CIL MEETING 4 25 July, 1967 Mr. Peterson for his time and stated that we would continue to work very closely with his office with the surveying of additional roads. ITEM 7-23-67 ROBERT EINSWEILER - METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSIOPJ Mr. Einsweiler appeared before the Council to report on the Anderson Lake area as seen through the eyes of the Metropolitan Planning Commission Staff. The MPC people felt that the Anderson Lake area had the potential to be a good park area in the County Park System. There seemed to be a difference of opinion between the MPC and the Hennepin County Park Reserve District as to where money would be spent .for the acquisition of lands for the System as the MPC had approved the County's grant application for Federal Funds to purchase land in the Anderson Lake area. ':he County is now determined to purchase land elsewere than in the Anderson Lake area with these funds. There is some time limit on them. The County has received an extension of six months on the allocation of Federal Funds for certain properties and they must be used now before the end of the year. Mr. Einsweiler felt that if various groups could be pers,.iaded to work on the area and the possibility of County money, private mone,r and/or Federal mone"r g to procure options on the lard at this point so that it could be purchased in the future. This would reserve the land and still give the land ownerran idea of what he was going to be able to do with his land if he wants to sell it. At the present time, there has been a great deal of talk about the County procuring the land for a park district but no actual work has been done by the County with the individual land owners. Yet when they talk of selling their land for some other type of development other than the Hennepin County Park Reserve, they are discouraged by various citizens and community groups from attempting to do this as they must hold it for the Park Reserve District. Mr. Einsweiler felt that the time to act was now; get started on this. If they are going to have a park in the Anderson Lake area, to procure the options on the land and then take the necessary steps to procure the money to buy out the options. Several citizens in the audience spoke both for and against the park. There was an offer to help in the raising of money. Mayor Osterholt appointed a committee of Mr. Russell Marsh, Mr. Paul Enblom, and Mr. Howard Peterson as a Park Reserve Citizen's Committee for the Village of Eden Prairie to coordinate the activities of the various groups who would be working on the Anderson Lake area, to act as a holding and clearing house for any information or funds that would be provided for the procurement of the Land. Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Mr. Russell Marsh, Mr. Paul Enblom and Mr. Howard Peterson to the Citizen's Committee on the Anderson Lake Park. The motion carried. a t I `7 COUNCIL MEETING 5 25 July, 1967 ITEM 7-24-67 ORDINANCES 7-11-67 Fire Code Ordinance. Mr. Harlan Perbix reported that in contact with the Fire Underwriters and the State Fire Marshal, they had recommended that we adopt the full National Fire Code rather than the abbreviated code. He had only received a copy of the full code just prior to the meeting and had not had tiiae . to completely go through it or to make any recommendations on it. It was felt that with this information, we should postpone the second reading of the Fire Code Ordinance until Mr. Perbix could prepare the information so that we could adopt the ordinance completely. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to instruct the Attorney to draw up the ordinance to adopt the full National Fire Code. The motion carried. The Dance Hall Ordinance. Mr. Harlan Perbix reported that he had received some information from Mr. Paul Redpath regarding additions which could or could not be worked into the Dance Hall Ordinance but had not had time to work them in. He would ' prefer that the Council waited until he had these worked into the ordinances 3 as there were some very major changes which he felt should not be made between a first and second reading but should be incorporated into the ordinance prior to the first reading. Mr. Perbix will mail copies of the revised ordinance to the members prior to the next Council meeting when it will be scheduled for the first reading. ITEM 7-25-67 NORTHERN STATES POWER l. 11,E KV line. The Kosteckas appeared before the Council requesting that an adjustment be made in the line on the south of Smetana Lake where it crosses the water; that the Company move the line and follow the general shoreline of the lake. The Holaseks, Arthur and George, who own the property on which the easement is being taken, stated that they felt the easement should run in as straight a line as possible and by putting in additional poles would not improve the sight picture for people across the lake, but it would be taking additional land into the easement procedure. By going where the line was scheduled to go, it would not affect the value of the lake as a recreational area. The line would be high enough above the water. The poles would not be as visible in this location as by putting additional poles in to curve the line around the small bay at the south side of Smetana Lake. Mr. Ripson who represented Northern States Power stated that they were starting construction on the line the week of the 31st. They were working from the sub-station, east; and would be in the area involved within a matter of weeks. J v Z COU14CIL MEETING 6 25 July, 1967 They could make some adjustments if it was required. They would have to order new poles. This could delay their construction schedule. It was felt that since the Council had given approval of the route that this was something than should be worked out between the individuals involved if there was something to work out and they were asked to meet together, Northern States Power, the Holasek brothers, and the Kosteckas and discuss this matter of the location of the line. The people met in another room in the Hall and it was finally worked out that the line would go in the original approved location. Q 2. 345 KV line. Mr. Don Brauer's report was not ready for the meeting that evening. It was ft discussed and felt that a special meeting should be held on this matter. A motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to hold a special meeting on August 3, 1967 for a report from Mr. Brauer on the 345 KV line. The meeting is to start at 8:00 P.M. at the Village Hall. The motion carried. WEN ITEM 7-26-67 INFORMATION REQUESTS BY CITIZENS NOT ON THE AGE24DA Mrs. Phyllis Olson requested information on whether they would receive abbreviated minutes or full minutes. She was advised to contact the office at the Hall. She also asked if there was life insurance on the Mayor and at Council. She was advised that all employees whether they are paid or not when they are working on official village business are covered by Village Q Insurance programs. o _ Mrs. Geneva Middleton asked about a letter which the Girl Scouts sent to the Village on May 23. Mr. Osterholt has the letter. ' Mr. Paul Redpath asked about the Golf Course rezoning. This has been referred to Brauer & Associates and they have not come up at this point with a report. ITEM 7-27-67 LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS Clerk Brown presented a letter from Mr. Serios withdrawing his request for 3.2 beer, - cigarette, and set-up licenses and asking that his money be refunded. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to accept Mr. N.W. Serios' withdrawal of his application for licenses and to authorize the refunding of his money. The motion carried, The Clerk reported on a letter he had received from the State of Minnesota regarding anew Minnesota law which requires that any plat which abuttes on land of the State Highway System be approved by the Highway Commissioner. This I tX will have to be implemented into our program of reviewing and approving plats. Y COUNCIL MEETING 7 25 July, 1967 A letter was received from Gerard's , Inc. regarding the completion of the road known as Gerard Drive. They are going to complete the balance of the road in the Top View area and felt that because they only owned the property now on one half of this road that the Village should handle the other part. The Council suggested that Mr. Quentin Wood. and Mr. Harlan Perbix check this out and come in with recommendations for the Council to consider at the next meeting. ITEM 7-28-67 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1. Westgate. Mr. Wood reported that they would be under construction some tilde:- this week repairing the damage done in the problem areas in Westgate and eliminating the cause of the erosion problems on Mr. Schutrop land. 2. Sunset Ridge. Mr. Perbix reported that this matter would be coming up in court, that there would be some additional information needed on it on which he would be work- ing with Mr. Wood. 4 z 3. Layout 8P. This was not ready for adoption. k. Bury & Carlson. Bury 6 Carlson had requested an additional 60 day extension on their 30 day permit to haul gravel up until 10:00 at night from their pit on old Highway #1a. Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to grant them a 30 day extension and if they require additional time, they would have to come to the Council for it. 5. Topographical map. It was' felt that in order to get this off the ground, we should advertise for bids for the map with several alternate proposals within the bids as to pay- ment and financing, Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to advertise for bids for a topographical map of the Village and the bids to be taken on August 22, 1967. The motion carried. 6. Changing Ann Lane to Ann Court Mr. . Wood reported that in Topview Acres, we have an Ann Lane. There was also another Ann Lane in the Hopkins Postal District and he suggested that Ann Lane be changed to Ann Court. A motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve the name change, Ann Lane to Ann Court. The Attorney is to pick this off along with " the High Drive name change for a future ordinance adaptation. The motion carried. d E �f COUNCIL MEETING 6 25 July, 1967 ITEM 7-29-67 STREET DEPARTMENT 1. Snow Fence . Mr. Ray Stodola reported that he had received a better price on snow fence then he had received when we discussed it for the budget in 1966. It was felt that he could get several additional rolls for the amount of money which was budgeted and that we should go on a program of replacing the snow fence with the new snow fence so that we would have some good sturdy snow fence for the Village with which to work. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to authorize the purchase of up to $300.00 worth of snow fence and 50 posts at $1.25 each. L The motion carried. 2. Roof on the Village Garage. Mr. Stodola was to get two bids for repairing the roof and to present to the Council at the next meeting so that we can authorize the final action on this matter. a ITEM 7-30-67 SANITARY LAND FILL a } Because Mr. Martin Grill was unable to attend the meeting, he had asked that we postpone this for a period of time. Due to an accident, he would to i requiring some additional treatment and would advise us when he could make some meetings with the Council. The other parties had been notified and no action was taken on this matter. ITEM 7-31-67 DRAINAGE STUDIES AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS - SCENIC HEIGHTS Reike-Carroll-Muller were not prepared to present anything at this time. ITEM 7-32-67 VILLAGE PERSONNEL REPORT ON UNION CONTRACT The Committee had not met. They will try to hold a meeting within a week and report back to the Council. No other action was taken. ITEM 7-33-67 ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS Mr. Paul Redpath asked that the dog license ordinance be on the next agenda. 3 ITEM 7-34-67 EDINA REZONING The Planning and 'Zoning Commission recommended to the Council that they advise Edina that they were in favor of the proposal for rezoning the property between old and new #18 south of Valley View Road in the Village of Edina as presented by the Edina Village Planning Group to the Eden Prairie Planning Commission and Council. +' COUNCIL MEETING 9 25 July, 1967 Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to adopt a resolution expressing favorable consideration and to request a joint effort on the development of the sewer, water, and road utilities in this particular area of Edina and Eden Prairie. The motion carried. W The meeting J was adjourned at 11:50 P.M. " G O x 4amBrown, Clerk p ti 4 I j t { s 4 V H to cC a�. O ^r,