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City Council - 02/08/1966 - Village Meeting Council Meeting 8 February, 1966 The Eden Prairie V illage Council met in the Village Hall at 8:00 P. M. PRESENT WERE: David W. Osterholt, Mayor A. W. Miller James C. Brown, Clerk Rolf E. Haugen, Treas. Kenneth E. Anderson Quentin K. Wood, APW Alvin J. Bren W. Harlan Perbix, Atty. (2- 1-66) MINIITES Motion made by Alvin J. Bren and seconded by A. W. Miller to approve the minutes of January 18 and 26, 1966, as published. Motion carried. (2- 2-66) VOUCHERS Motion made by Kenneth E. Anderson and seconded by A. W. Miller to approve vouchers #2934 through #2993 less #2984 for payment. Motion carried. (1-18-66) FORE"'" �rnrn r T n nnwmmn a nm vim. ,cu.vyy+.. vv.•..a.....� The contract was not completed, Mr. Wood recommended a completion date for the roads of October 15, 1966, this date was to be inserted into the contract and the contract was to be delivered to Mr. Semrsd for signature and then returned to the Council for final action. A letter from Mr. Wood showing completion of Rosemary Road and Marianne Drive and recommending preliminary acceptance be given by the Colancil.M' There were some language changes to be corrected in the contract and Mr. Perbix and Mr. Wood to complete these and have it for the next Council Meeting. As soon as all aspects of this contract have been completed it will be put on the agenda for the meeting following. (1-22-66) SCEOOL CHILDREN'S SHELTERS, INC. q Mr. Perbix reported that he had suggested to the Council that no Ordinance change , would be necessary if Mr. Anthony would agree to reduce the size of the advertising on the school shelters to less than 16 square feet. Mr. Osterholt reported that he had contacted Mr. Anthony and this was to be done by the scheduled sign repainting time which is approximately every 18 months. Motion made by A. W. Miller and seconded by Alvin J. Bren to have the Building In- spector issue upon application building permits for School Shelter's, Inc. shelters in the Village of Eden Prairie and as the signs are to be reduced to less than 16 square feet no sign fee or permit fee will be required for the School Children's Shelters. Motion carried. (1-24-66) OFFICE EQUIPMENT Prior minutes had requested that the bids be submitted to the Council at the Feb. 8 meeting as bidders were still submitting equipment for tests by Village personnel and all bids have not been completed and tabulated. Was requested that action on the office equipment be postponed to the February 23, meeting. This was agreeable and no further action was taken. i 1 1 Council Meeting 8 February, 1966 (1-26-66) CRAWLER TRACTOR n Mr. Wood submitted an additional report on the John Deere Crawler which was made a past of the minutes. There was a problem in the amount of money billed the Village for the use of the rental unity by Freeway Equipment Co. and the amount agreed on by the Village personnel at the time the rental unit was contracted for. This was to be checked into by Mr. Wood and Mr. Stodola and reported back to the Council. The Council was advised that the John Deere crawler owned by the Village was being repaired and would be ready for Vil- lage use very shortly at the time of the Council meeting no dollar value could be furnished to the Village on the cost on these repairs; this was to be procured by Mr. Wood and Mr. Stodola and presented to the Council at the next meeting. (1-27-66) VILLAGE PERSONNEL Mr. Swanson for the International Union for Operating Engineers called and requested a delay due to the weather situation and in his appearance before the Council, therefore no action was taken on Mr. Swanson's request and he was to be placed on the agenda for the February 23, 1966, meeting. On the salary for the assessor a motion was made by Kenneth E. Anderson and seconded by Alvin J. Bren to set the salary for the Assessor at $5500.00 per ye&x retroactive to January 1, 1966, with the provison that upon adoption of a Village Personnel plan any applicable provisions would apply to the assessor's job. Motion carried. (1-28-66) CLEARING ITEMS OPEN IN THE MINUTES The Council went through the list submitted by Mayor Osterholt -- the following items had not been completely cleared or required additional information: March 9, 1965 -- an exPenditure was authorized for the purchase for water wages and the start of a Village Drainage Study. The Council asked if Mr. Wood would prepare a report on the information available from the guages that were procured, where they are located and the readings that are being taken from them; On the Willmw Creek request for road servicing was re- quested that a report be submitted to the Council on the March 8, 1966, meeting so that this can be caxried forward for the year 1966 and a hearing set. Items still open from the last years activities are the Nottingham Forest situation, the Sunset Ridge situation, and the Padon Downs situation. Other items still opened from 1965 have been carried over in 1966 business and are in the process of being cleared up through thenormal activities of the V111 (1-16-66) ORDINANCE ON REZONING This is on the John Teman, Feeder's, Inc. property. Motion made by A. W. Miller seconded by. Alvin J. Bren to re submit this matter to the" Zoning Board as there had been changes at the Council of the basic request and to request the Zoning Board to prepare a report from the Zoning Board and from the Village Planner and along with the reports to make their recommendation to the Council on this matter. Motion carried. -26-66) ORDINANCE NO. 70 Mr. Perbix presented to the Council Ordinance No. 70 which he had been request to draft this is the Ordinance that sets up basic restrictions on minimum building depths from the centerline of the Village road. i Motion made by Alvin J. Bren and seconded by A. W. Miller to adopt Ordinance No. 70. j Motion carried. Council Meeting -- 3 8 February, 1966 Ll--32-66) REPORT ON HHFA MEETING Mr. Wood submitted a report from Rieke & Carroll, Muller & Assoc. , Inc. of Hopkins, Minnesota, and also gave a verbal background of the meeting of February 4, at the HHFA in Chicago which Mr. Bob Carrol, Mr. Virgil Muller, and Mr. Quentin Wood attended regarding the proposed storm sewer and sanitary sewer planning loans. A report of Rieke, Carroll, Muller & Assoc. is made a part of the minutes. The Council requested Mr. Wood to make the necessar, drafts of the letters that would go along with the application for a storm sewer drainage study planning loan and a sanitary sewer planning loan and present this information to the Council for their endorsement and action at the next Council meeting. (2- 4 66) SPECIAL MEETING - PLATTING ORDINANCE Motion made by Alvin J. Bren and seconded by Kenneth E. Anderson to set a special meeting of the Council for 1:00 P. M. on Saturday, Feb, 26, to go over the Platting Ordin- ance as proposed by the Planning & Zoning Board on the request of the Council. Motion carried -5-66) HAROLD JOHNSON - BLOSSOM ROAD Mr. Harold Johnson a resident of Blossom Road appeared to request that the Council consider a turn around either at the junction of Blossom Road and Bennett Place or some- where along Bennett Place as the traffic now was required to move to a dead end road; the school buses could not make complete access to this area without going on private property and there were problems with the chilcU en in the area being required to go out across County; Road 1 to get on the school bus. A preliminary study of the area with the feasibility of ( either making a turn around or cutting Bennett Place through to County Road 1 and the pos- sibilities of the cost and how they would be proportioned is to be worked up by Mr. Wood so that a decision can be made on this road. (2- 6-66) ASSESSOR 'S SCHOOL Motion made by A. W. Miller seconded by Kenneth E, Anderson to authorize the Village Assessor, Mr. Whitmer, to attend the Assessor's School put on by the Minnesota League of Municipalities at the Pic Nicollet Hotel on March 1, 2, 3 and 4 and to authorize the neces- sary expenses for Mr. Whitmer to stay at the Hotel March 10 2 and 3. Motion carried. (2- 7-66) SHOOTING PERMIT APPLICATIONS Raymond Rannow for Boy Scout Troop #242 to conduct a rifle instruction and gun safety class on February 26 and 27 on the Norbert Rogers farm, Motion made by Alvin Bren seconded by Kenneth Anderson to issue a shooting permit to the Boy Scout Troop for Feb. 26 and 27, 1966, and to waive the normal permit fee. Motion carried. George Melin of the Hopkins VFW for a permit to conduct a firearms safety class on the Emil Donat farm. The calls is sponsored by the Hopkins VI'W and is a complete course in fir arems safety for boys who are required to have a certificate before they can obtain a hunti license. Motion made by Alvin J. Bren and seconded by A. W. Miller to grant George Melin the permit for 1966. Motion carried. Fred T. Maurer of Hopkins, Minn. , for permission to do target shooting on the Cathe Kardtch property on Willow Creek Road in. Eden Prairie. Mr. Maurer has maintain a private target for .22 rifle and pistoll on Miss Hanitch's property for many years and has permissi from Miss Hanitch to continue this operation. Motion made by A. W. Miller and seconded by Kenneth E. Anderson to grant Mr. Mauxer this permit for 1966. Motion carried. ,� Council Meeting -- 4 8 February, 1966 C2- 7-66) SHOOTING PEP14IT APPLICATIONS (CON'T) James Simons of E den Prairie. An application for alltypew of guns for shooting on premises from land owners for varmites and target shooting. 41otion mady by A. W. Miller and seconded by Alvin J. Bren to deny' the application as it was too broad in its request and to grant a permit under the application would be in cantrast with the requirements of our Shooting Ordinance. Motion carried. Councilman Miller made a request that the Shooting Ordinance be looked into for pos- sibilities of changing some of the wording to strengthen the Ordinance. Mayor Osterholt asked Mr. Miller if he would undertake this job and submit a report to the Council on his findings and recommendations. Mr. Miller agreed to do this. _2- 8-66) SUBURBAN HENNEPIN COUNTY RELIEF CONTRACT FOR 1966 Motion made by Kenneth E. Anderson and seconded by Alvin J. Dren to adopt 'Resolution. #112 renewing the contract with the Suburban Hennepin County Relief Office for the calender Year 1966. t2- A-66) OPTIONAL PLANS FOR VILLAGE GOVERNMENTMohan carried. Notion made by Alvin J. Bren and seconded by Kenneth E. Anderson that the Mayor appoint a committee of five to study optional plans of Village Government for the Village. The Committee to consist of one member from the Co?anci, one from th; Zoning Board and Cthree at large and ta7-be approved by the Council and to submit a report to the Council by April 12, 1966. (2- 3-66) PUBLIC HEARINGS Motion oarried. Motion made by Alvin J. Bren and seconded by Kenneth Anderson to adopt Resolutions 115 & 1149 Wheaton- Thomas hearing and the Finnemann Development Co. hearings the he to be held on March 8. Resolutions 116 & 113 for the Everett Moran hearing and the James-Shultz hearing; the hearings to be held on March 23. Motion oarried. ADJOURNMENT Motion made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 11:30 P. M. Jamfis C. Brown, Village Clerk