Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 01/23/1968 - Village Meeting w i4 weY , COUNCIL MEETING 23 January, 1968 :. The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mayor Osterholt. PRESENT WERE: t-- David W. Osterholt, Mayor Robert J. Lapic, Treasurer r✓� James C. Brown, Clerk Quentin K. Wood, Engineer Arthur W. Miller W. Harlan Perbix, Attorney LA_ o Paul R. Redpath J C ITEM 1-15-68 INVOCATION The invocation was given by the Rev. Stanley Starr of the Eden Prairie Baptist Church follwed by the audience and Council joining Mayor Osterholt in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. ITEM 1-16-68 MINUTES OF JANUARY 2, 1968. A motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the minutes of 1-2-68 as published. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. ITEM 1-17-68 VOUCHERS A motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve vouchers 4808 through 4825 for payment. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. l ITEM 1-18-68 BIDS ON THE SEWER PROJECT ON THE EDINA-EDEN PRAIRIE SEWER Bids were received from the following firms., Nodland Associates, Inc. Barbarossa 6 Sons, Inc. Austin P. Keller Construction Co. Johnson Brothers Contractors, tnc. Orfei & Sons, Inc. Northern Contracting Co. D.M. Noyes Construction Co. Peter Lametti Construction Co. Phelps-Drake Co. , Inc. McDonald S Associates, Inc. G.L. Contracting Inc. Randall & Reed Construction Co. i Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to accept the bids f and refer them to the engineer for study and recommendation. tag. 4 Upon a roll call vote , all members voted yea. The motion carried. i Mr. Wallace Erdahl of Research, Inc. asked to speak and stated that Research had just learned that bids were being taken tonight, had not granted an easement on their property and wanted to further discuss the matter. He was advised that the engineers and attorney would be discussing this with him and information j COUNCIL MEETING 2 23 January, 1968 would be compiled for the Council if it was necessary. ITEM 1-19-68 NORTHERN STATES POWER Mr. Rollie Comstock, Arthur Dein art, Dan McCarthy, and Ralph Dowler, and George Warner from Northern States were in the audience. Mr. Comstock acted as spokesman for the group and submitted a letter to the Council which re- stated Northern States position and asking for permission to construct a line along the route originally proposed in the Village of Eden Prairie, for the Council to reconsider the Company's application of July 8, 1964 for a permit to install an electric transmission line in the Village of Eden Prairie. Mr. Comstock presented information upon the line as did Mr. Deinhart. There were several questions answered for the Council and from members of the audi- ence by Mr. Comstock. Mr. Brauer also was present and answered some questions by members of the audience regarding the line. t A motion was made by Paul Redpath to give Northern States Power permission on the route as requested providing they use architectural towers and to work with Mr. Brauer in the placement of other than architectural towers. The motion died for lack of a second. Mayor Osterholt felt that no action should be taken on the matter -jntil a full Council was present, Mr. Shultz being absent for personal reasons and stated that this would be on the agenda for February 13th unless a full Council was not able to convene at which time a special meeting would be called when the full Council could convene to act on Northern States Power Company's request. ITEM 1-20-68 VILLAGE ATTORNEY 1. Ordinance #93 revision. Mr. Perbix presented the two revisions which he had made to Ordinance #93 as requested by the Council and this was discussed with Mr. Perbix and Mr. Brauer. Both felt that the provision that deleted the Subdivision 2 in its entirety would be the one which would be correct and making a change in Section 10 of Subdivision 13 by adding a minimum easement footage was what was the intent of the Council and Mr. Miller's original motion. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by James Brown to adopt the first read- ing of Ordinance 110 to include with this to add to Section 10, Subdivision 13.2 a minimum of 50 feet for the drainage easement and to delete in Subdivision 2 in its entirety and remove the word "school" in Section 2 of Subdivision 1 of Section 11. Upor, a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. i i COUNCIL MEETING 3 23 January, 1968 2. Ordinance #108 second reading, this is the corrections and changes in the dog control ordinance. The motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to dispense with the second reading and adopt Ordinance #108. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. 3. Ordinance #109, this is the ordinance on street names. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to dispense with the second reading and adopt Ordinance #109. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. ITEM 1-21-68 ORDINANCE #106 The Clerk brought the fact that the Ordinance #106 went into effect January 1st, that dog licenses had been issued in the Village since that date and a large number of licenses had been issued but felt not all of the Village was properly licensed and wanted to know the Councils position as far as controls as authorized under this ordinance. It was felt that the original committee should study a report to the Council at the meeting of February 13, 1968. It was reminded that Mr. Bren had been on this committee. Mayor Osterholt stated that he would appoint Mr. Shultz along with Mr. Redpath and Mr. Brown on the committee to report on February 13th. ITEM 1-22-68 MRS. HOPE LINDMAN Mrs. Lindman askea to be ear on the February 13th meeting and not on the 23rd as originally requested because of the lateness of the hour. ITEM 1-23-68 STREET DEPARTMENT 1. The specifications for a 3/4 ton pickup. Mr. Ray Stodola had prepared the detailed specifications to be used for the purchase of a 3/4 ton pickup by the street maintenance department and the Village in general. It was felt that this would be a good investment for the Village. At the present time they were using the large 5 ton trucks to run errands that could be better done in a pickup truck at a greater cost saving to the Village and at less wear and tear on the snow plowing vehicles. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to authorize the Clerk to advertise for bids for the 3/4 ton truck to be taken on the night of 2/27/68. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. t 2. Steel wheeled roller. Mr. Quentin Wood had prepared detailed specifications for the purchase of a steel wheeled roller. He did want to include hydro-static drive as one of the specifications. This was granted by the Council. A motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to authorize the r` Clerk to advertise for bids to be taken on the night of 2/27/68. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. r C r i COUNCIL MEETING 4 23 January, 1968 ITEM 1-24-68 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1. The Blossom road turn around. Mr. Quentin Wood stated that there was not enough room in the right-of-way for the turn around. They needed an easement for this particular turn around which they were having a problem with. He was to report at the next Council meeting on this and what could be done about it. 2. The Edina-Eden Prairie rpoject for upgrading old #18. Mr. Wood explained that the Edina Engineering Department had worked out a project which would call for the installation of sanitary sewer, water and storm sewer along old County Road #18 and at the same time regrade old County Road #18 to a grade comparable to the new County Road #18 and the projects going on between old and new #18 in the alteration of the land. Edina is assessing this project to the property owners on their side of the road. Eden Prairie would have to bear a portion of the costs as a portion of the road in Edina, part in Bloomington, and a portion in Eden Prairie. The estimated cost was $722,000.00 of which Eden Prairie's share would be $430,000.00. Mr. Wood stated that we should have a public hearing on this to acquaint the people of this matter and the attorney stated that he would prepare a resolution to this effect. The Village set a minimum of 750 feet back from the old County Road #18 on the west as the assessable area and any of the old County Road #18 on the east of old County Road #18 as an assessable area. s A motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur MilleF to adopt Resolution ') Upon a ro 1 call vote, all voted yea. The motion carried. 3. Membership. Mr. Wood asked that the Village set up a membership for the Village in the American Association of Public Works and the Village Engineer, a member of the CVEAM which is part of the American Association of Public Works and authorize Ray Stodola to be a member of this. Fie also had requested a membership in the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers. It was discussed that certain of these memberships would be tax deductable for an individual but not for the Village and it might be well for the Village to consider this in whether they authorize payment for the membership or ask the individual to do this on his own if he so wishes. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller for the Village to join the APWA and for Mr. Wood and Mr. Stodola to join the CVEAM. Upon a roll call vote, all voted yea. The mot:.on carried. 1 Mr. Quentin Wood also asked permission for himself and Mr. Stodola to attend the APWA conference on the 15th and 16th of February at the University of Minnesota. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by James Brown to authorize Mr. Stodola and Mr. Wood to attend the APWA conference and pay the fees as required. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. + COUNCIL MEETING 5 23 January, 1968 ITEM 1-25-68 METROPOLITAN SECTION MINNESOTA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES The Clerk explained to the Council some of the requirements of this League. It had been previously brought to the Council's attention by Mayor Osterholt. Clerk Brown Explained that we were one of the few metropolitan communities not a member of the League and felt that we were missing alot by not joining and getting an active voice in its operation and discussions. A motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to authorize the Village of Eden Prairie to join the Metropolitan Section of the Minnesota League of Municipalities. Upon, a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. ITEM 1-26-68 THE SOUTHWEST SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT a Mr. Carroll and Mr. Muller of Rieke-Carroll-Muller were present and went over some questions the Council had and presented information on the meeting held in Hopkins the 18th of January. They also stated that they would be working with the Council and contacted some of the other communities who have shown an interest in becoming a part of this district and would have this information availabtb very shortly for the Village's use and this would be supplied to the Council. ITEM 1-27-68 SET DATE FOR DISCUSSION ON 1968 WAGE AND BENEFITS FOR ALL VILLAGE EMPLOYEES. The Mayor asked that the original wage committee which had worked on the wages and ( negotiations for the Union people present a proposal on all the Village employees. He was reminded that Mr. Rolf Haugen was no longer the Village treasurer. He appointed Mr. Robert Lapic to work on this committee along with Mr. Redpath and Mr. Brown and they are to report at the meeting of February 13, 1968. ITEM 1-28-68 OFFICE EQUIPMENT The Clerk requested authority to purchase an olivette print type calculator for a the office mainly to be used by the bookkeeper, the price to be $499.00 with a $100.00 trade in on the old Remmington machine, making a total cost to the Village of $399.00. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. Mr. Quentin Wood asked permission to set a date to advertise for bids for sand and gravel, gasoline and fuel oil, bituminous material, road oil and other road materials. f Upon a motion made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to set a date for taking these bids in March 26, 1968. Upon a roll call vote, all members voted yea. The motion carried. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by J es Brown that the meeting be adjourned at 11:55 p.m. The motion carried. A- QA id" Jam C. Brown, CleYk 0