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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 12/12/1967 - Village Meeting COU14CIL MI14UTLS 12 December, 1967 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mayor Osterholt. PRESENT WERL: David W. Osterholt, Mayor Paul R. Redpath James C. Brown, Clerk Rolf E. Haugen, Treasurer Alvin J. Bren W. Harlan Perbix, Attorney Arthur W. Miller Quentin K. Wood, Engineer Z ITEM 12-1-67 INVOCATION The invocation was given by the Rev. Tom Christian from the Glen Lake Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. The Council and audience joined Mayor Osterholt in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. !— ITEM 12-2-67 MINUTES OF I1-28-67 Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the ts� minutes of 11-2S-67 as published. C= The motion carried. ..al C ITEM 12-3-67 V0UCH.3RS Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve vouchers 4658 through 4 737 for payment . The motion carried. ITLM 12-4-67 BIDS ON SNOW PLOW 4LMr. Quentin Wood reported that on the two bids received, the bid from Ziegler } met the requirements or are greater, was recommended by the County as being the proper unit to mount on our grader and he recommended that this bid be accepted. It was also the low bid. A -,, motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to accept the engineer's recommendation and award the contract to the low bidder, the Ziegler Company for a snow plow for the CAT grader. The motion carried. ITEM 12-5-67 VILLAGE ATTORNEY 1. The Duck Lake. Mr. Virgil Muller of Rieke-Carroll-Muller presented a letter giving the re- commended level for the lake, recommending that a control structure be built fi maintaining a level of `1 with provisions to raise the level to -rTS, or lower to 9: `1 1 913 Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to have the attorney j arrange for hearing information on the permit for a control structure at Duck Lake. The motion carried. 2. The 169 Resolution. i Mr. Quentin Mood reported that the State was unable to make the meeting this j evening and Mayor Osterholt felt that we should have all parties involved at M the meeting. 95 COUNCIL if II-4UTLS 2 12 December, 1967 A motion was made by Alvin bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to delay action until 12-26-67. The motion carried. 3. Street names. The Clerk brought up the fact that by motion the Council had approved three street names since July and felt that we should act on an ordinance to establish these as permanent names. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to instruct the attorney to draft an ordinance on the three street name changes as approved in the minutes - Ann Lane to Ann Court, 25 July, 1967, Highview Drive to Red Oak Drive, 13 June, 1967, and Sheridan Avenue to Sheridan Lane, 10 Oct. 1967. The motion carried. ITEM 12-7-67 STREET DEPARTMENT 1. Loader .for the Moline tractor. Ray Stodola stated that there was no information available on this and this would be carried on at the next meeting. ITL'M 12-8-67 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1. Mr. Perbix reported that there was nothing on Sunset Ridge. 2. Pir. Quentin Wood reported that there was nothing further on the Eden Hills Drainage. j 3. The Cargill Road Test. 4L ►•Ir. Dick Jamison of Cargill stated that the test is to be conducted by Cargill, American Association of Public Roads and the Ford Motor Company to determine whether the Cargard as used as advocated by the Cargill people was a deterrent to corrosion effects of salt as used by many highway departments in the country. F They stated that a test was being conducted using, pure salt on Highway 101 ! between 'r3ighway 7 and County Road #5, using; the Cargard on the County Road ##3 j between Shady Oak and Eden Prairie Road and they wanted to use sand as a control factor only on Riverview and Homeward Hills Road in Eden Prairie. There was some question as to the safety factors. Mr. Quentin Wood stated that the salt used by the Village was only to .:eep the sand pile from freezing. It had no effect on the safety factor of the sand. Mayor Osterholt questioned if they gave approval and there was a safety problem the Village would terminate the test. This was agreeable to the parties involved. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve the agreement } with Cargill and Cargill to pick up the tab for any extra expense incurred by the Village in conducting this test in the Village. Upon a roll call vote, Paul Redpath voted yes, Arthur Miller voted yes, Alvin Then voted yes, James Brown voted no, and Mayor Osterholt voted yes. The motion carried. { COUNCIL 1111ELT ING 3 12 December, 1967 ITL;M 12-6-67 REV. EMERSOt4 - L:DEN PRAIRIE: PRL;SBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Emerson appeared before the Council and stated that the church at a board meeting the previous week had voted to make a payment to the Village of Eden Prairie for services rendered in lieu of the church paying taxes. He felt that the church was a part of the community, that it required certain services such as police and fire protection, road maintenance, and that as a participant in community activities should pay a share of the cost of these services. lie hoped that this would be a step followed by the tax exempt institutions in the community. He then presented a check for $100.00 to the Village as a payment by the Eden Prairie Presbyterian Church in lieu of taxes. A motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller, to accept the contribution of $1OO.00 from the Eden Prairie Presbyterian Church and place it in the general fund and instruct the Clerk to write a letter of thanks. The motion carried. ITEM 12-9-67 THE EDI14A SEWER Mr. Virgil Muller of Rieke-Carroll-Muller stated that Edina and Eden Prairie had been approached by the contractors and County to act on the construction of the trunk lines under the road as the contractor was in the process now of working;. Due to the weather conditions lie was able to do work -which would have been delayed until next spring. In checking with ter. Perbix, it was found that the six months had elasped since the public hearing was held and the Council had not ordered the project then it would be necessary to hold a re-hearing. Mr. Norby of the Park Construction Company who was in the audience stated that they would be willing to work with us in this project and felt that the time element while vital was not such that we could not accomplish everything within the legal time requirements as they thought it would probably be April before they actually were forcing; the connection with Transistor Electronics by the removal of their Imhoff tank which is located in the present road right of way. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to adopt Resolution setting the rehearing for 1-9-68 for the Edina Sewer Connection. The motion carried. ITEM 12-10-67 PLANNING AND ZONING 1. The Richard Holasek - William liolasek transfer of property. It was explained that in making a survey of the Richard Holasek property, it was found that William Holasek had been using approximately 12 feet of the Richard Holasek property for many years and Mr. Richard Holasek wanted to make a quit claim deed to William Holasek, transferring; this property to him. He required Village approval in making the transfer of this property. I f COUNCIL MLETING 4 J )f1 12 December, 1967 Motion was made b Arthur y Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to instruct the attorney to draft a resolution permitting the transfer of property from Richard Ilolasek to William Holasek. The motion carried. 2. Northern Contracting, Company - Special Use Permit for two years for an asphalt plant in Laden Prairie for Minnetonka Blacktop. The request was received frOT'l the Northern Clontracting people for a two year blacktop plant on their property in Eden Prairie. Mr. Pausch, President of Aerodyne Machinery, asked to appear and showed pictures of the operation as presently constituted by Northern Contracting across from his plant on Industrial Road. He stated that the operations presented a nusiance as it raised dust, noise, and dirt which caused dis- comfort to his employees. Mr. Warner asked some questions regarding the use of the plant. Mr. Ferren and Mr. Cruse were both in the audience and Mr. Ferren stated that with a two year permit would be modernizing the plant, putting in a new plant which would have a greater capacity and also would be a better operating plant as far as the elimination of the dust and noise. Mr. LeGrand brought up the problem with trucks in the general area and he felt that a one year permit should be the limit. Also that the people involved should be required to have flag men on the road so as not to create a hazard for the people who live in the area and were trying to get to and from their r homes. s hlr. Paul Redpath brought up the question that if the M-2 in this area was rezoned in the comprehensive plan, could they do this? Mr. Perbix stated that there would be some legal questions on this which would really probably have to be answered by a court. Mr. Warner wanted to know if any of the Council had been down in the area recently, that the area was a shambles. Members of the Council are familiar with the area. There was some question on the fact that another plant had been turned down. It was explained that the rezoning was turned down and that this was not a new plant but a renewal of an existing permit. Motion was made by Paul Redpath to grant a two year permit to Northern Con- tracting. There was no second. i Motion was then made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to grant a one year permit to Northern Contracting for a blacktop plant and ask Brauer for a study on the future use of the area. The motion carried. Y z COUNCIL MEET I14G 5 12 December, 1967 Mr. Pausch requested that Northern Contracting refrain from putting any sand on the road. Mr. Cecil Cruse stated Lhat there would be no sand on the roan in the area. 3. Neal Slate Company — Special Use Permit Mr. Wally Neal, Mr. Donald J. Perrenoud, Mr. Bob McDonald and Mr. Bob Morehouse appeared before the Council requesting a Special Use Permit for the Neal Slate W Company to build a building in the Eden Prairie Industrial Center. This had gone before the Planning and Zoning Commission and had been approved by them. a They presented a Letter of Intent to the Village stating what they would be manufacturing; which was in the line of a blackboard material and related items. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to grant a Special Use Permit to the Ileal Slate Company for their building as proposed in their plans presented to the Council, the exterior finish to be of break-off blocks as shown on the plans. The motion carried. ITEM 12-11-67 1968 LICE14SLS t~IO The Clerk presented the various application groups for 1968 licenses. �i tam Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve the 3.2 aon sale beer licenses, all of which were renewals. cmThe motion carried. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the 3.2 off sale beer licenses , all of which were renewals. The motion carried. i Motion was mace by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve the well licenses, all of which are renewals. The motion carried. Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve the cigarette and tobacco licenses, all of which are renewals. The motion carried. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve the sewer licenses, all of which are renewals. The motion carried. t Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the plu.nbing licenses. The motion carried. `s Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve the Drive In Theatre license. 4 The motion carried. j 4 COUI:C IL MEETING U 12 DecernLer, 1967 "otion was -;;ade Ly t .Iviri hren, seconded Ly Paul Recipath to approve the Dance Ball license. The :Notion carried. ITEM 12-12-67 i IO olARD C. MOTT Howard Nott requested permission to have a permit to shoot a .22 caliber rifle along the north bank of the f4innesc;ta River on public property. The Clerk explained that there was no public property along the north bank of the Minnesota River. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to deny the request for a shooting., permit. The motion carried. ITEM 12-i3-67 LETTERS A1ID COMMUNICATIONS A letter was received from Mr. Ben Toensing addressed to the Mayor and members of the Council. Copies were given to all of the Council members and a copy was given to Mr. Perbix to report on at the next meeting. 2. The Fire Department requested approval to purchase the silk screen required for a decal for making declas for the Fire equipment for the Village. The master would cost $36.00 and the declas then would be approximately $4.50 or $5.00 depending; on size. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve the pur- chase of the master and 12 decals. The motion carried. i 3. The Clerk brought to the Council's attention that he had ordered tags and license application blanks for the dog, ordinance that would be taking effect January 1, 1968. tie also requested information on notification. It was felt that the paper and school could do a very good job in getting this information out. 4. The Clerk presented a letter from Mr. Richard Bren that stated Mr.. Arthur- Miller had requested a 120 day extension on the removal or repair of certain buildings which the Miller family own in Eden Prairie. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to grant 120 day extension to the Miller brothers, Upon a roll call vote, Paul Redpath voted yes, Arthur Miller abstained, Alvin Bren voted yes, James Brown voted yes, and Mayor Osterholt voted yes. The motion carried. Mr. Arthur Miller brought up the question on Ordinance #93 where he had requested a certain part to be removed from the ordinance. The attorney stated that he had not drafted an ordinance removing this item and this will be put on for the first meeting in January. COU14C IL MEETING 7 12 December, 1967 Mr. Quentin Flood stated that there were also some engineering requirements which should be considerd at this time. Mr. David Osterholt stated that Local 49 had asked that we act on the health and welfare provisions for the road crew. This will be on the meeting of December 26, 1967. ITEM 12-14-67 INFORMATION AND REQUESTS BY CITIZENS NOT ON THE AGENDA Mr. William Segar and Dr. Reynolds, citizens of the Village of Edina who lived on County Road #18 appeared before the Council to complain about the construction work on the County Road #18-62nd-169 interchange area. They were advised that this was a County-State contract in which the Village was not a partner. Mr. Norby representing the contractor, Park C�,nstruction, stated they would be willing to work with the citizens in the area as far as the noise factor was concerned, that by contract with the County-State were authorized to run two shifts and by union contract had to start at 7 in the morning. They would attempt to work the noise factor out with the people to the best of their ability and would like to talk with them. Mrs. Phyllis Olson asked if :sir. Quentin Wood said the signs were put up before the project was o.k. 'd on the Cargill project. Mr. Wood stated the signs had been put up without permission. David Dale asked that he wanted it recorded that he did not wish to be appointed IL to the Planning and Zoning Board. Mr. Paul Choiniere wanted to know if members of the Deputy Sheriff's Office who work in Eden Prairie served in their off duty hours as police officers at the Barn. They do on occasion. i Mr. Don Pennie wanted to know if NSP would be on the agenda for 12-26-67. They would be on the agenda but it now has to sit with the new Council which would not meet until January. Mr. Wally Lueth appeared before the Board regarding the Special Use Permit for Modern Tire Company who is the purchaser of his plant. This will be on t:ze agenda for 12-26-67. The meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m. s C. Brown, Clerk Jk t 8950 Eder, Prairie Road • Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55343 Telephone 941-2262 f44 4 DATE: December 12 , 1967 TO: Eden Prairie Council FROM: Richard J. Bren, Building Inspector W SUBJECT: Request from Mr. A. W. Miller Mr. A. W. Miller requests a one hundred and twenty (120) day extension to the notice that I sent him on October 10, 1967 giving him ninety (90) days to demolish or remove certain buildings in the Village of Eden Prairie. This would extend the notice to the loth of May at which time the work is to be completed by required repairs that will conform to the U.B.C. Code or by demolition and removal. Richard f &ren, Building Inspector VILLAGE O� EDEN PRAIRIE RJB/bh 1 { I a ,I i 8950 Eden Prairie Road• Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55343• Telephone 941-2262 0 October 10, 1967 i r Arthur W. Miller 8430 Eden Prairie Road Eden Prairie, Minnesota Dear Mr. Miller: ' This letter is in regard to the buildings you and your brothers, Norman, Fred and Haro&d, own located near Eden Prairie Road and the railroad tracks. There are five of these buildings. i 1. Where the pickle factory operated. 2. What used to be the blacksmith shop. 3. Two houses on the southside of the tracks. 4. Building on the north side of the tracks. I have inspected these buildings and find that these buildings constitute a hazard to safety by reason of dilapidation and also constitute a fire hazard, therefore, I request that these buildings be abated by demolition or removal. All such work shall be completed within ninety (90) days from the date of this notice. Thank you for your cooperation. Very truly yours, VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE )') Richard J. Bre , Building Inspector RJB/bh r { { December 19, 1957 Mr, A. K. IKi11er 8430 Eden Prairie Road Eden Prairie, Minnesota S5343 Dear Sir: Your request to Mr. Richard Brun for an extention of the time given you to repair or remove certain buildings which you am4 y w f wily ( Own in the Village of Edam Frsiria van promentod to the Cou=xU at their msular mooting or Decaeber t?, im at wbich time Bracy actod on this request and granted you aE oae huemdraed and twenty day (124) mctention which gives you until the lCth of Maya 1969 to either remove or repair the buildings to meet the Uniform Building Coder Standards. Very truly yowae, VIU ACB Or EDEM PRAUZ i i ,Tames C. saes Clark Jee/bh alas Richard J. Bran, DuLldimg Inspector V. Horlam Prerbix, V41"a-o Attorney