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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 11/28/1967 - Village Meeting v Y J COUNCIL MEETING 28 November, 1967 t/1 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mayor Osterholt. 0 -J P;LSLNT WERE: _ David W. Osterholt, Mayor Paul R. Redpath James C. Brown, Clerk Rolf E. Haugen, Treasurer Alvin J. Bren Quentin K. Wood, Engineer Arthur W. Miller 41. Harlan Perbix, Attorney ITEM 11-19-67 INVOCATION The invocation was given by Rev. Stanley Starr of the Eden Prairie Baptist Church followed by the audience and Council joining the Mayor in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. ITEM 11-26-67 MINUTES Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve the minutes of 11-7-67 as published. The motion carried. Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve the minutes of 11-14-67 as published with the following correctio.s: On Item 11-6-67, Number 3 - Duck Lake, the last sentence in the paragraph should read, this would be a different matter but would provide for a more logical reason for setting a level which would control the lake rather than just setting a lake level. IVII The last sentence of the section is to read, there was no motion but fir La Mr. Perbix is to await an engineer's report giving the recommended lake level before preparing any resolutions for the Council to act on. The motion carried. Y ITEM 11-21-67 VOUCHERS Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve vouchers 4 646 to 4657 for payment. The motion carried. ITEM 11-22-67 BIDS c� Wt Bids for the snow plow for the Caterpillar grader were received from the Ziegler Company and the Little Falls Machine Shop. Ci Cz Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arx hur Miller to turn the bids over to Mr. Quentin Wood for a report at the meeting of 12-12-67. The motion carried. Bids on the bituminous spreader. } Mr. Quentin Wood presented a letter recommending that the low bidder, George T. Ryan Co. be awarded the bid as they met the specifications in all important areas, exceeded them in some and he generally felt that the bid was complete and did recommend that it be accepted. k COUNCIL MLLTING 2 28 November, 1967 Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to accept the recommendation of the engineer and award the bid to the low bidder, the George T. Ryan Company for $3,100.00. The motion carried. ITEM 11-23-67 VILLAGE ATTORNEY 1. Duck Lake. No action was taken on this. There was a letter from Rieke-Carroll-Muller that was incomplete and is to be reworded. There were some questions from Mr. Earl Raths and Mr. Frank Poul on costs and assessments. It was explained to them that until approval for the structure had been granted there would be no hearings on how it would be paid for as the Village could not do this until they had approval to build the structure. Before any assessments were made, it would be necessary to hold public hearings on them. 2. The 169-212 report. Report from Mr. Brauer of Brauer & Associates. Planning Report ##10 was read to the Council. Mr. Redpath also read a state- ment regarding planning; in the Village in this particular area. Mr. Miller stated that he felt that the highway had been approved, that the zoning in the area had been forced on many of the citizens and approved sometime back and did not want to see it changed. Mr. Quentin Wood felt that any change in the highway plan would set it back several years. It was agreed that we would attempt to have the Highway Department, the Planners, and Industrial Commission people meet with the Council on December 12, 1967 to discuss this and see how i-c can be worked out. ITEM 11-24-67 STREET DEPARTMENT 1. No information on the Moline loader. 2. The steam jenny. Ray Stodola reported that he had contacted the County and that you could not purchase a steam jenny which would both clean engines and vehicles and also thaw culverts and which would do both jobs in a workmanlike manner. A motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to authorize the purchase of a steam jenny for the shop, not to exceed $400.00. The motion carried. ITEM 11-25-67 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1. Sunset Ridge. No action. Mr. Perbix reported that the attorneys were out of town and expected back sometime before the next meeting. f COUNCIL HLETING 3 28 November, 1967 2. Eden bills Drainage. No further action was taken. 3. Release of the Justus bond on the Fuller Road. A deed for the half of Fuller Road which was not owried by Mr. Andy Justus had been received by the attorney. In checking it out with the Village Engineer, it was found that they did not deed sufficient land to complete the turn around on the southwest end of Fuller Road. This was to be worked out by Mr. PerLix and Mr. Wood so that sufficient land would be received by the Village for the complete turn around. Motion was then made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to authorize the release of the bond to Mr. Justus upon the receipt of a quit-claim deed from the Fuller people for the part of the Fuller Road which would be necessary to complete the turn around. The motion carried. 4. The furniture for the Engineer's office. This was held open pending additional requirements for furniture in the Village Hall. 5. Cargill Test Road. Mr. Quentin Wood reported that toe Cargill. people desire to make a test of their Car-Guard during the winters of 1967, 1968, and 1369. They had chosen 4L as test roads, a stretch of Highway 101, a stretch of Highway 7, one to be tested with pure salt and one with Car-Guard. They had chosen Riverview and Homeward Hills Road in Eden Prairie to be used as a control road where only sand would be put on the road, no salt of any kind. K None of the residents on the roads involved in Eden Prairie had been contacted nor had the school which runs a school bus over Riverview Road been contacted regarding; this matter. It was felt that in view of these conditions that no action would be taken until the residents were advised of this and also the school administration and school board. This would be carried over until the meeting of December 12, 1967 at which time it will be acted on. d ITEM 12-26-67 SOUTHWEST SANITARY DISTRICT There have been no meetings and nothing to report. ITEM 11-27-67 ELECTION JUDGE CHANGE Mr. James Brown reported that Mrs. Eva Hirt who had been appointed as an election judge in District 11 had been taken seriously ill and would not be able to work on December, 5, 1967. He had contacted Mrs. Pearl Wood who had previously worked in District 1 and had just recently moved into District 11 and she would be willing to work. Sz COUNCIL MEETING 4 28 November, 1967 Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to appoint Pearl a Wood in place of Eva Hirt as an election judge in District 11. The motion carried. ITEM 11-28-67 LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS The attorney presented a Resolu#ion 183 which was a resolution rejoining the Hennepin County Relief Association for 1968. The Village had been a member for many years in the past. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to adopt Resolution 183 putting Eden Prairie into the Suburban Hennepin County Relief Association for 1968. ITEM 11-29-67 INFORMATION AND REQUESTS BY CITIZENS NOT ON THE AGENDA Mrs. Frances Blacklock brought up something which would normally come before the Park Board but because of the time element asked the Council to consider if the Village would be interested in sponsoring ski instruction for the people in the Village during the Christmas holidays at the Cedar Hills Ski and Golf Course. She stated that .Edina is doing this in their area and felt that it would be very good if the Park and Recreation Commission could set something up in this area. The exact cost had not been determined nor had the final hours and so on but it was felt that this would be something to consider for the Village of Eden Prairie . Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller for the Village to sponsor a childrens holiday ski instruction for Village youngsters with the Park and Recreation Commission acting as a sponsor. f The motion carried. Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Paul Redpath that the meeting be adjourned at 9:50 p.m. The motion carried. s t-- s sC. Brown, C r ti. Q .mot S