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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 10/22/1968 - Village Meeting COUNCIL MEETING 22 October, 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 Robert J. Lapic, Treasurer Arthur Miller Quentin K. Wood, Engineer Paul Redpath W. Harlan Perbix, Attorney Don Brauer, Planner The invocation was given by the Reverend Alden Keiske of the Eden Prairie Methodist Church followed by the Council and audience joining Mayor Osterholt in the Pledge of Allegiance. ITEM 10-23-68 MINUTES Minutes of 10-8-68. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the minutes with the following corrections: Item 10-9-68 Eickholt property. The motion by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller was to instruct the attorney to draft a resolution approving the re-division of lots 5, 6, and 7 of Eickholt's Addition as per the survey presented. Item 10-14-68. Second paragraph - the word 'my' should be replaced by the word 'our' so the sentence reads 'no action was taken at this time as we are awaiting a reply from our request to the school district. ' The motion carried. Minutes of 10-10-68. Motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Paul Redpath to approve the minutes aspublished. z The motion carried. ITEM 10-24-68 VOUCHERS Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Warren Shultz to approve vouchers 5614 through 5624 for payment. r r 5 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 10-25-68 PUBLIC HEARING - MCPHEETERS PROPERTY Notes on this are in File #37. Mr. Robert McDonald and Mr. Robert Morehouse represented the McPheeters' interest in appearing before the Council. i. 4 Motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Arthur Miller to instruct the attorney to draft an ordinance rezoning the McPheeters' property from R-2 to SI and M-2 as per the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Planner. The motion carried. C:OWNCIL MLETING 2 22 October, 1968 Q: Motion was then made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Mayor Osterholt that a Letter of Intent be drafted by the owners of the property, that they would screen the property on highway 5 with plantings as per the planners recommendation, that they would grant an easement along the property line as per the planners recommendation, and that they would build according to the SI requirements on x the M-2 zone. The information in this letter and the easement and so on is to be approved by the attorney before they are presented to the building inspector and the building inspector is not to issue a building permit until it has been presented. The motion carried. f„. ITLM 10-29-68 FREDER.ICK R. BOYES CO) Mr. Boyes and Mr. Marble represented the Padon Downs people in presenting, again, U_ to the Council the water, problem which has been perpetuated by the October rains. +C� The Mayor stated that there had been procedures taken some time hack and that the = people had then dropped these. He instructed the attorney tc present the informa- tion at the next meeting as to what was necessary to re-open or re-establish a hearing by the Conservation Department and to have Mr. Hite take a look at this as one of his first areas when he takes over as village manager. ITEM 10-32-68 EDEN PRAIRIE INDUSTRIAL CENTER PLAT Mr. Warren Shultz stated that he wished to be excused from all action regarding this particular item. Mr. Jim Lindsey from Lindsey Engineering made a presentation of the plat. Mr. Whitcomb of M.T.S. asked Mr. Osterholt if he would read a letter he had received from Char Lynn that conveyed the feelings of both organizations. Mr. Osterholt read the letter -to the group and it was decided that we should have a meeting with Char Lynn and M.T.S. and the other .interested parties before a decision was made. No action was taken. ITLM 10-26-68 VILLAGE ATTORNEY 1. Ordinance 125, second reading. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to adopt the second reading of Ordinance #125. The motion carried. 2. Anderson Lake property. The attorney resorted that he had everything ready and was ready to proceed with the appraisals and was instructed to do so. 3. Fire Station property. No action was taken as there was no information available. 4. E ickholt resolution. The attorney presented the resolution on the Eickhol.t property. A motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Warren Shultz to adopt Resolution M- #241 approving the re-division of the Eickholt properties. 4 O Ci O COUNCIL MELTING 3 22 October, 1968 The attorney also presented an agreement with the Village of Edina for the operation of the sewer connection. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Warren Shultz to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to enter into an agreement with the Village of Edina on a sanitary sewer operation. The motion carried. The attorney then presented a letter from Carl Dever on condemnation for the Southwest Sanitary Sewer District property. This will be on the agenda for the next Council meeting. ITEM 10-27-68 ED SEIBER - VRASPIR PROPERTY Mr. Seiber appeared representing Mr. Frank Vraspir asking permission to divide his property by the removal of 1.3 acre piece from a 20 acre parcel without r going through the provisions of Ordinance #93. The 1.3 acre piece is separated by Rowland Road from the balance of the parcel and would not be an item that could be considered in any development of the rest of the parcel. Motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Arthur Miller to authorize the attorney to draft a resolution dividing the property as requested by Mr. Seiber. The motion carried. There was also some discussion on fees for this type of work from the property holders. The attorney is to present this to us at the next meeting. !-- ITEM 10-28-68 CHARLES BLACK ,4 Mr. Black was not present. Mr. Wood said all the information was not available. t w. O ITEM 10-30-68 PARK AND RECREATION CD The Clerkread a letter from the Park and Recreation Commission which requested = certain actions. 1. Outlot 4. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Warren Shultz to take the necessary steps to acquire Outlot 4 and to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to file an application on Outlot 4, Eden View, Second Addition. The motion carried. E 4 2. The Park Appraisal. There was some discussion and several motions were started on this matter. Finally, a motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Paul Redpath for the Mayor to appoint a committee consisting of one member from the Park and Recreation Commission, the attorney, the planner and one member from the Council to meet with the various g appraisers to get costs, etc. , on the park land as involved in the 1969 LAWCON applications and report back to the Council. The motion carried. The Mayor then appointed Mr. Daniel Boos from the Park and Recreation Commission, Mr. Warren Shultz from the Council to work with Mr. Perbix and Mr. Brauer on this 4 ff subject. y� i i t COUNCIL MEETING 4 22 October, 1968 3. The Park and Recreation Commission requested up to $500.00 to construct skating facilities as approved by the committee. Motion was made by James Brown, seconded by Paul Redpath to authorize up to t $500.00 for the construction of skating facilities provided the committee from the Park Board clears with the attorney on any legal requirements on the properties involved. a 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 10731-68 WARREN CARLSON Mr. Carlson asked if we had received any information from the school board. We have not. He said that is all he requested. Mrs. Hope Lindmann asked to present her recommeridat ions to the Council. She presented a preliminary plat of her land area as it could be developed. She said she had some ideas that would possibly be changed but she would like to see what the Council had in line of an ordinance before she went into any great detail. She also presented an agreement which she signed stating that she would be in favor of maintaining the minimum number of children in the area. She then asked the Council for a permit for a mobile home park. As we do not have an ordinance, we could not act on that request. ITEM 10-32-68 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1. Cedar Forest Plat. This was not ready. It is to be placed on the agenda for the next meeting. Mr. Redpath asked Mr. Wood if they could do something about an area in Sunset Ridge where the road had become very dangerous. Mr. Wood said Mr. Stodola would get at it first thing the next day and attempt to fix the road. ITEM 10-33-68 FIRE TRUCK STORAGE The Clerk had received information from the insurance company as to the insurance costs. He stated that these could be rather excessive for the use that was being made of the property. s Motion was made by Warren Shultz, seconded by Paul Redpath for the Clerk to check with the street department and to determine if the two fire trucks could be stored in the village garage. The motion carried. ITEM 10-3 u-6 8 V ILT.,AGE PERSONNEL No action was taken on this matter. ITEM 10-35-68 LETTERS The Clerk reported that he had received a let-ter from Mr. Bob Elhers showing how all the money from the bonds had been invested so it would be readily available when the village needed it and would earn interest until it was actually required by the village for any project. No project that the money was allocated for in the bond issues would be delayed per se. The money is available on COUNCIL MEETIi3G 5 22 October, 1968 immediate notice. It had been invested so that it would all earn a maximum account of interest for the Village. We also had a letter from the City of Hopkins requesting consideration of a resolution on Highway #18. This will be on the next agenda. Mayor Osterholt reported he had a meeting with the State Labor Department of Local #49. He had advised them that a manager would be taking over the Village and the personnel should meet with him regarding the employees of Local #49. He also stated that he had attended a meeting at the University of Minnesota School or Architecture with some members from the community and would advise them on further action. Mr. Arthur Miller reported on a newspaper article regarding Highway #169 and County Road #18. He wanted to know what action the Council would take. The Council felt that this should be pursued to determine where and when the roads were going; through and would continue to keep on top of it. Mrs. Phyllis Olson asked if the alternate of County Road #18 was now Shady Oak Road and this the Council could not answer, per se, although they had approved a road alignment for Shady Oak Road which would zee-align the road. It did not appear that this approval was involved with County Road #18. Motion was Trade by Paul Redpath to adjourn at 11:00 P.M. The motion carried. i - - -