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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 07/09/1968 - Village Meeting COUNCIL MEETING 9 July 1968 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mayor Osterholt. PRESENT WERE: David W. Osterholt, Mayor Warren Shultz James C. Brown, Clerk Quentin K. Wood, Engineer Paul R. Redpath W. Harlan Perbix, Attorney Arthur W. Miller ITEM 7-1-68 INVOCATION The invocation was given by the Rev. Arthur Emerson of the Eden Prairie Presbyterian Church, followed by the audience and council joining Mayor Osterholt in the Pledge of Allegiance. ITEM 7-2-68 MINUTES Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the minutes of 6-25-68 as published with the following corrections: Item 6-23-68 add deleting voucher 5228 and Item 6--C-68 change from July 1967-68 to July 1968-69. The motion carried. ITEM 7-3-68 VOUCHERS Motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve vouchers 5240 through 5318 for payment. 3 Upon a roll call vote, Arthur Miller voted yea, Paul Redpath voted yea, Warren Shultz voted yea, James Brown voted yea, and David Osterholt voted yea. The motion carried. ITEM 7-A-68 BIDS Bids were called for the seal coating. Bids were received from Bituminous Roadways and Allied Blacktopping. As there were several items on the bids that required checking, a motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to accept the bids and turn them over to Engineer Wood for checking and a report at our meeting of July 23rd. Upon a roll call vote, Arthur Miller voted yea, Paul Redpath voted yea, Warren Shultz voted yea, James Brown voted yea, and David Osterholt voted yea. The motion carried. ITLM 7-4-68 PUBLIC HEARING 1. Dredge property. Notes on this are in Hearing File #35. There was much discussion. All of the area residents were opposed to rezoning. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Warren Shultz to close the hearing and to deny the request for rezoning. Upon a roll call vote, Arthur Miller voted yea, Paul Redpath voted yea, Warren Shultz voted yea, James Brown voted yea, and David Osterholt voted yea. T The motion carried. i CD z COUNCIL MEETING 2 9 July 1968 ITEM 7-5-68 ROBERT FELTL Mr. Feltl appeared before the board requesting permission to move his home from Hopkins into the Village of Eden Prairie on to Lot 1, of Uncolnwood. The house is 68 by 26 feet. The report from Mr. Bren stated that the house met the requirements of the Eden Prairie building code. Motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Arthur Miller to a-prove the moving of the house by Mr. Feltl with a bond to include the necessary landscaping costs and that the house is to face on Lincolnwood. Road. Upon a roll call vote, Arthur Miller voted yea, Paul Redpath abstained, Warren (� Shultz voted yea, James Brown voted yea, and David Osterholt voted yea. The motion carried. R A! ITEM 7-6-68 WALLACE BOHRER, ETAL This was a request for sewer and water to be installed in Wallace Road in Eden Prairie Industrial Center and to assess it against the benefited property. Mr. Wood stated that the petition was signed by 100% of the property holders. a Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to accept the petition and adopt a resolution referring this to Engineer Wood for a report. Upon a roll call vote, Arthur Miller voted yea, Paul Redpath voted yea, Warren Shultz abstained from this action, James Brown voted yea, and David Osterholt ... voted yea. The motion carried. try ITEM 7-7-68 ALLAN GARRISON Mr. Garrison requested that he be added to the assessment district for the S Edina Sewer Connection. i s Mr. Arthur Miller explained that until they had some idea what Mr. Garrison was asking for and the area he asked to be added to the district, we could not go to # Edina and talk to them as we did not know the capacity that he would require of the connection. Mr. Garrison is to furnish full details on what he is proposing for the area so prime capacity can be worked out at which time some action would be considered. There was no action at this meeting. ITEM 7-15-68 ORDINANCE #117, SECOND READING Because Mr. Perbix had been unable to obtain some information which he had requested from the Attorney General and expected to have by the next meeting, a motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Warren Shultz to table until the meeting of 7-23-68. Mr. Perbix is also instructed to cinsider adding to the ordinance the banning of bow and arrow hunting in the Village of Eden Prairie. ITEM 7-8-68 SHOOTING PERMITS Because these tied in with the proposed new shooting ordinance, a motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to table until 7-23-68, The motion carried. v COUNCIL MEETING 3 9 July 1968 ITEM 7-9-68 NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED FLOOD PLAIN AND WATER STORAGE SITES Mr. Wood stated that he would like the village to request the Nine Mile Creek people to make available to the village, flood plain studies and water storage sites from the money available to them. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to request Nine Mile Creek Watershed District to prepare the feasibility study and to advise us of the cost if any to the village. The motion carried. ITEM 7-10-68 HEARING DATE ON THE PEARSON-HELLE-SAMWAY-CONDON PROPERTIES r Motion was made by Marren Shultz, seconded by Paul Redpath to adopt Resolution ;j,/F and set the hearing date for August 13, 1968. The motion carried. ITEM 7-11-68 HILLCREST COURT 2ND ADDITION Because there was some problems with easements, outlots, and the percentage donated for park land, this is to be finalized and prepared for the next meeting so that the council can determine if the Hillcrest 2nd is preceeding along with the requirements of Ordinance #93, also that the roads were to be completed to the property line and the necessary turn-arounds shown on the plat. { t No action was taken at this meeting. ITEM 7-16-68 SOUTHWEST SANITARY DISTRICT Mayor Osierholt reported that the d strict had recommended hiring Mr. Zane Mann and his employer as a financial consultants to the district. Mr. Mann's employer is Ebin Robertson. Mayor Osterholt also reported a very bad voting problem in the district under the present alignment and felt that something should be done to rectify this problem. A joint meeting was considered and is to be held with Minnetonka on July the llth at 6:30 p.m, at the Village Hall. A possibility of additional meetings were discussed. No action other then this was taken. a ! ITEM 7-12-68 PAUL MCCONNELL Mr. McConnell was not in the audience and presented no information to the board. ITEM 7-13-68 RY-MAR-LAND9 INC Mr. Jerry Martinson represent.ng Mr. Hank Ryan and Mr. Jack Netland appeared y before the board with a preliminary idea of a day camp in the Village of Eden Prairie located on the western border of the Village, north of State Highway 5 and p along County Highway 101. It would be strictly a day operation. There would be no over night facilities for the campers. The plans were very sketchy. They did request council consideration of the action. Motion was made by Pau? Redpath, seconded by Warren Shultz to approve the idea of the establishment subject to the final application and plans which must be presented for a Special Use Permit. c *. The motion carried. COUNCIL MEETING 4 9 July 1968 ITEM 6-25-68 APPOINT SUCCESSOR TO EDWARD SCHLAMPP This item was postponed to the meeting of August 13th. ITEM 6-29-68 VILLAGE PERSONNEL It was agreed that those persons who work continously on a part time basis would be included under the fringe benefit program. Motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Paul Redpath that Mr. Norman Miller and Mrs. Edna Holmgren be considered full time employees and eligible for insurance benefits under the village hospitalization and insurance program with Hennepin County and to be eligible for sick leave and vacation time on a pro-rated basis. In order to be eligible, they would have to work a minimum of 20 hours per week, averaged over a quarter. For 20 hours, they would receive 1/2 of the vacation or sick leave benefits. For 30 hours a wedr, they would receive 3/4 of the vacation or sick leave benefits and for 40 hours a week, they would receive the full vacation or sick leave benefits accured for the period worked. This is to be retroactive to 7-1-68. Upon a roll call vote, Arthur Miller abstained, Paul Redpath voted yea, Warren Shultz voted yea, James Brown voted yea, and David Osterholt voted yea. The motion carried. ITEM 7-16-68 EDINA CONNECTION Mr. Muller reported t at the Edina connection was proceeding satisfactorily with approximately 97% done; that they would be very shortly ready to start hooking up the buildings that were scheduled to be hooked into the connection. ITEM 7-17-68 ESCROW MONEY FOR THE PONDEROSA ADDITION The money for this was pa d out of the General Fund and should have been paid by bank check from the Escrow Fund directly to Mr. Turnbull. The matter must be corrected by Mr. Turnbull paying the amount back to the Village's General Fund and then receiving a check from the Escrow Fund from the bank for the amount in the Escrow Hand. !lotion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Warren Shultz to correct this by r having Mr. Turnbull pay back the money he received from the General Fund from the Village and authorizing the Mayor and Clerk and Treasurer to withdraw the correct amount from the Escrow Fund. Upon a roll call vote, Arthur Miller voted yea, Paul Redpath voted yea, Warren Shultz voted yea, James Brown voted yea, and David Osterholt voted yea. The motion carried. ITEM 7-14-68 VILLAGE ENGINEER 1. Authorization to hire additional help on the road crew. Mr. Wood reported that he wanted to have one more full time man and one part time man. As he had nobody to present to the council, the council could not act on this request. Motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Paul Redpath to allow Mr. Wood to interview and take applications for the permanent and temporary positions on the road crew and to present these to the council at the next meeting for consideration. The motion carried. COUNCIL MEETING 5 9 July 1968 2. Sunset Ridge Addition Mr. Perbix reported that he had a meeting scheduled for the 7-11-68 with the referee on bankruptcy to discuss this and felt something could come out at this meeting. 3. Riley Lake Water Tests. Mr. Wood reported that they were continually taking the _test* and were not receiving any reports at this point of polluted water. C- 4. Washington Avenue Sewer. i The fiscal agent and Mr. Perbix are preparing information on this. More i information Will be available at our next meeting. r ITEM 6-22-68 VILLAGE MINUTES The clerk reported he had received several replies from the letters sent to the various board members. He felt more information would be available by the next meeting at Which time it would be consolidated for the council. No other action came before the meeting. Motion Was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Warren Shultz that the meeting be adjourned at 11:05 p.m, i es Ce Brown, Cler 71- 6 9 S i 9 F