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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council - 06/24/1969 - Village Meeting MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE VILLAGE COUNCIL Tuesday, June 24,1969 7:35 P.M. Village Hall The invocation was given by Councilman khrren Shultz. The council and audience joined Mayor Osterholt, in the Pledge of Allegiance. Members present were; Mayor Osterholt Councilmen, Haugen, Redpath, Shultz, and Nesbitt. Also present were Manager George Hite and Attorney Harlan Perbi.x. I. I�IUTES OF MAY 27 AND JUKE 3, 1969 Mr. Nesbitt moved that the minutes of May 27 and June 3, 1969 be approved. Mr. Redpath seconded. All voted aye. Motion carried. II. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. 1969 Temporary Street Improvements. Manager Hite presented the proposed project noting that it- encom- passed approximately 7 miles of gravel streets within residentally subdivided areas and effected approximately 399 individual properties. He explained that the project consisted of grading, shaping and com- pacting existing road bases, applying oil prime coat covering with an aggregate and oil seal. He presented the estimated total project costs of $141,455.00 and an estimated assessable cost of $314003.00. He estimated the rate of assessment against each of the anticipated 399 assessable lots would be $86.0h. He explained that the pro- posed temporary street improvement could in no way be equated with asphalt paving but that the design was intended to provide adequate service for 2 to 5 year -period before the anticipated utility installations. Mr. Hite presented a series of view graphs outlining a the axtent of the assessable areas for each of the road ways within the total proposed project. Property owners on East Staring Lane, Ridge Road, Hilltop Road, Valley Road, Kurtz Lane, Lincoln Lane, Hiawatha Avenue and Highview Drive presented petitions; or statements in opposition to the proposed temporary street improvements. Mr. Hite recommended that salt be substituted for oil on West 62nd Street between County Road h and Woodland Road because of the heavy traffic on the roadway and -the difficulty of assessing the half of the abutting property which is located within the Village of Minnetonka . He noted that the salt would result in an assessment per application of ten to twenty dollars and that it may be necessary to make two or three applications each year in order to retain the shapA of the roadway and to alleviate the dust problem. i Residents of the Duck Lake, School Addition and Scenic Heights areas asked about the possibility of sanitary sewer or water mains being installed within the next year or two. Mr. Hite replied that the possibility was now under consideration by the engineers retained by the Village to prepare over all utility systems plans k June 2h, 1969 Council Minutes Page two and if it appeared that such installations would be possible within the next two years he would recommend to all concerned that the proposed temporary street improvement project be abandoned within those areas . He said he expected to be able to determine within the next three or four Meeks whether or not the hearing on lateral installations within these areas would be scheduled during the coming winter. If such a schedule would be possible he would advise all concerned. The residents within these areas generally agree that if utility work was to be installed y within the next couple of years that temporary street work should be delayed. Mr. Shultz moved that the Council authorizes the West 62nd Street temporary street improvement as presented by Manager Hite and that final action on the remaining projects be considered by the Council at, its meeting on July $th, 1969. 14r. Haugen seconded. All voted aye. Motion carried. III. PETITIONS, RE STS AND COMMUNICATIONS . A. Hennepin County General Hospital Referendum. Hennepin County Auditor notified the Village Council that a Special Refereacbm election on the future of General Hospital would be held on September 9, 1969. D. Kenneth A Schaitberger. Application Fbr Set-Up License. Manager Hite reported that he had reviewed the application with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and that he would recommend that a set-up license for Dutch's Resort for 1969 be issued. G. 01,yrnpic Hills Golf Club. Application for On Sale Liquor License. This application submitted by Mr. Ion J. McGlynn on behalf of the Olympic Halls Golf Club was received for consideration. Manager Hite noted that no action could be taken on this or any other simular application until such time as the Council had exercised a liquor option and established the necessary control ordinances. D. Hennepin County League of Municipalities. Mr. Martin E. Conway. Executive Director of the County League y attended the Council meeting and adviesed the Council that the League was anxious to provide whatever services it might to its member municipalities. He askes that Eden Prairie continue to support the League . I IV. RE COM��N DA TIONS AND REPORTS A. Round Lake Beach. Manager Hite reported that the Beach would be open for swimming I instructions and general recreational swimming on Monday June 30, 1969. He noted that the response to the swimming instruction June 2h, 1969 Council Minutes y Page three program had been good and that all classes were filled. He reported that the Park Commission had recommended that the a operating costs of the beach (staff, etc.) be offset to the 3 extent of possible by fees charged to those who utilize the beach facility. The acquisition and development costs of the beach would be paid for out of property tax levies and bond r proceeds. In deference to the shortened swimming season necessitated by the late start the Park Commission had re- x commended that the fee schedule for 1969 be as follows: family season ticket 5.00 y individual season- ticket 3.00 daily admission for those .50 without season tickets Mr. Shultz moved that the fee schedule as recommended be approved. Mr. Haugen seconded. All voted aye. Motion carried. a B. Hennepin County Highway department. Promised 1969-1975 Construction Program. Manager Hite reviewed the proposed construction program for Hennepin County highways as it had been prepared by the Hennepin County Highway engineer. He indicated that the program involved the following county highway construction with in the Village of Eden Prairie. The Start of Crosstown Highway construction between County Road #18 and Shady Oak Road including the interchange at Shady Oak Road. The beginning of construction and relocation of Shady Oak Road between the Crosstown highway and Highway 169. This will be a two lane facility designed to be expanded to Four lanes. The project will terminate just north of existing 169. 1971 The start of the Crosstown construction between Shady Oak Road and Interstate 494 including the construction of the clover leaf at the 494 interchange . The construction of a new bridge on County Road #1 going across t he Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad near Lake Riley. 1973 The construction of an interchange on County Road #18 at Valley View Road and a revision of the existing 494-County Road 18 diamond / interchange into a clover leaf. (� 1974 The start of the construction of a new bridge MffAc i�)-Aku tes Page four across the Minnesota River on County Road #18. 197 The construction of the crosstown highway between Interstate 494 and County Road #4. Manager Hite noted that there were a number of significant omissions in the proposed program noteably County Roads 61 and 1. He indicated that he would be conferring with the County engineers relative to these matters. He also stressed that the proposed program is beyond the present financing capability of the County would require either significantly increased road construction mill leviesp long terin bonding,, or imposition of wheelage taxes. He suggested that the wheelage tax was a source of revenue that not only the County but many metropolitan municipalities were going to have to give serious consideration to. Meeting adjorned 10:35 P.M. G2 ' ' / .. Edna M. Holmgren Clerk i I i 1 f P , 6 } P i MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE VILLAGE COUNCIL Tuesday, June 24, 1969 4:30 P.M. Village Hall BOARD OF REVIEW Attending: David W. Oster hol t, Mayor $ Paul R edpath, Councilman Warren Shultz, Councilman Ralph Nesbitt, Councilman George C. Hi te-i Manager L. E. Whitmer, Assessor Roy Johnson, Hennepin County Arthur W. Miller, Harold .lenkens and E. C. Peterson appeared. Their property valuations were discussed, no action was taken. Edna M. Holmgren, C erk