City Council - 08/09/1966 - Village Meeting COU""CIL MELTING 9 August 1966
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Osterholt at B-00 P.M.
PRESENT WERE :
.David W. Osterholt , Mayor Arthur Miller
James C. Brown, Clerk Rolf Haugen, Treasurer
Kenneth Anderson W. Harlen Perbix, Attorney
Quentin K. Wood, Engineer
ITEM 3-1-66 MINUTES OF JULY 27 , 1966.
Motion made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the 'Xinutes of
July 27 as published with the correction as made by the Clerk.
The motion carried.
I:EM S-2-66 VOUCHERS
Motion mace by Kennett_ Anderson , seconded Ly Alvin Bren to approve Vouchers
33214 through 3398 for payment.
The motion carp.-ied.
:iTE10, B-3-66 PUBLIC HEARI14GS
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1. Joe Semrad. The notes are in Hearing File #15.
Per. Moorehouse and Mr. Semrad, appeared before the Council and presented their j
petition. There was no objection from the area for the proposed zoning.
A motion was then made by Kenneth Anderson, seconded by Arthur Miller to instruct
the Attorney to draft an Ordinance rezoningr this property from RA and POC to R1.
The motion carried.
2. Olson-Moorehouse. This is the Olson property. The notes are in File #14.
Mr. Hoorehouse and Mr. McDonald appeared representing Mr. Olson and also Mn. Olson's
Attorney, tor. Michaels.
Several people in the audience spoke regarding this rezoning. The majority of the
opinion appeared to be that the people were against the rezoning , although some
spoke in favor of it. These are referred to in the Notes.
A motion was then made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to instruct the
Attorney to draft an Ordinance to rezone per the petition to M-1 from RA and RC.
Upon a roll call vote , Arthur Miller voted yes, Kenneth Anderson voted yes, Alvin
Bren voted yes, James Brown voted no, and Mayor Osterholt voted no.
The motion carried.
Mr. Michaels then questioned the Villapre Attorney as to whether the fact that there
had been a split decision on the motion to instruct him to draft an Ordinance, what
the requirement was on adopting anAt Ordinance. The Attorney advised I
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that it would require 4 of the 5 members to vote in favor of the Ordinance.
As there had been some discussion during* the Hearing on proposals made by the
Village Planner, Mr. Hawkes, it was felt that more information should be supplied
on this matter.
A motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to continue the
Hearing until August 24.
This motion carried.
ITEM 4-14-66 DUCK LAKE DRAINAGE KIDS
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Three bids were received , 0. A. Arnt Contractors , 14. E. Kraft Co. Inc . and
Northern Contracting Company. {
The bids were opened by the Clerk and publicly read.
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A motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to accept the bids and
turn them over to the Engineer for checking and tabulation.
'The motion carried. j
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ITEM 5-11-66 EDIINA SEWf:.T? �
Request from Mr. Garrison and Mr. Tones to be included in the Northeast Eden Prairie
Sewer District which would be tied into the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan
District through the Village of Edina. As several. steps in the procedure had al-
ready been taken it would be necessary to do some back tracking and the Attorney ad-
vised the Council if this request was to be accepted these parties were to be added .
Also it would be necessary to check with Edina and the Consulting Engineering, firm
as to the feasibility of adding; this area-
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MAotion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to instruct Mr. Wood 1
to contact Reike, Carroll, Mueller and the Village of Edina on this request and to
report back to the Council.
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ITEM 5-6-66 MITCHELL TOBIAS
Mr. Tobias presented detailed plans of the Drive-In Restaurant which he proposed
building at the Junction of County Road 1 and Highway 169. Ile also verbally with-
drew the verbal request he had made to include with this a m inature golf course so
that the request is now only to be for a Drive-in Restaurant which will also have
inside eating.
A motion by Alvin Bren, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to grant approval of the site
plan and to authorize the granting of a Special Use Permit for this Drive-In
Restaurant at County Road 1 and State Highway 169.
The motion carried.
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I'TEti 6-6-66 JAr�9ES, CLEASONI, LOWINSKI LAND ALTERATION PERMIT
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The people had not prepared the information and were not present at the meeting.
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No action taken on this matter.
0 ITEM 7-5-66 MIN2dEAPOLIS GAS COMPANY
Representatives of the Gas Company appeared before the Council. Mr. La?Mott and
Mr. Brandon presented a copy of a proposed Ordinance, a copy of a proposed speci-
fication sheet which shows installation standards for 2 pounds per square inch
plastic piping and also proposed for high pressured domestic gas. They asked that
the Council and the necessary officials of the Villal!e read through these so that
they would have an understanding of it and they asked to be put on the Agenda for
the next meeting.
No other action was taken on this matter at this time.
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ITEM 7-10-66 LGUIS SCHMIDT
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Mr. Schmidt did not appear. This item was dropped from the Agenda until Mr.
Schmidt requests beinf; placed on the Agenda at a future date.
ITEM 6_32_66-TORDINANCE 48
Changes as requested by the Council in the SI Ordinance were presented by Mr.
- Perbix in the form of a new Ordinance, Ordinance No. 80. The changes were to
eliminate outside storage on the premises as part of the normal operation of the
plant. The only outside storage to be allowed , would be what would be normal
during the construction of a building on the site.
Motion was made by Kenneth Anderson, seconded by Alvin Hren to adopt Ordinance No.
80.
•G The motion carried.
ITEM 6-38-66 LANDSCAPING THE VILLAGE HALL
' Action was postponed until the meeting of August 24th.
ITEM 6_21 y66 -HAYNES VS HOLASEK
w The Clerk reported that the Village Attorney had advised the Village through
C:i the Clerk that the action against Mr. Holasek by Mr. and Mrs. Haynes which the
C:) Village of Eden Prairie was a party in the original complaint had now been dropped
Z and no action at this time is pending against the Village of Eden Prairie. This was
reported to the Council and made a matter of record in the minutes.
ITEM 8-4-66 HOWARD PETERSON
;Mr. Peterson read a statement regarding; Item 7-3-66 of the Minutes of July 12, 1966
in which he differed with the opinions as presented in the minutes.
A motion was made by James L+rojVn, seconded by Arthur Miller to accept the statement
and place it on file.
The motion carried.
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ITEM 8-5-66 CHA11GE IN' POLLING PLACES
The Clerk reported that he had contacted the three churches and they had advised
in the affirmative that they would be willing to have the churches used as polling
places for the elections in the Village of Eiden Prairie.
Mr. Perbix then ;resented Resolution No . 113 which spelled out that in the future,
elections io District 1 would he held in Precinct I would be held in Immanuel
Lutheran. The polling; place for Precinct 2 is the Eden Prairie Presbyterian
Church and the polling place for Precinct 3 is the Eden Prairie Methodist Church.
A motion was then made by Kenneth Anderson, seconded by Arthur Miller to adopt
Resolution No. 113.
The motion carried .
ITEM 8-6-66 QUENTIN K. WOOD
Mr. Wood requested permission to attend the University of Minnesota Hydraulic !
Conference on August 29 and 30th. There is a $50.00 fee for this confe_ence
which covers the necessary expenses as far as the actual. conference itself is
concerned.
A motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to authorize
Mr. Wood to attend the conference on the University of Minnesota Hydraulic
Conference on Augusc 29 and 30 , and to authorize paying the fee of $50.00.
The motion carried.
ITEMS 8-6-66 SEAL COATING
Mr. Wood presented the roads which he would like to advertise for .bids on.
They are Rowland Road, -Jarrett Road, Hamilton Road, Eden View II , parts of Duck
Lake Trail and parts of. 'ranlo Road.
A motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to advertise for bids
on the Seal Coating, the above roads in the Village official newspaper and also the
Construction Bulletin.
The motion carried.
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ITEM 8-7-66 VILLAGE HPLL PAVING
Mr. . Wood presented the Specifications for the blacktopping in the Village Hall
Parking area.
A motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to advertise in the
Village official newspaper and the Construction Bulletin for bids to be received
the 24th of August.
The motion carried.
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IT!"!', 9-11-66 ,J'j''1K CON7 'D
No ;notion was made on this matter. The report to be prepared and nresented at
the next Council meeting.
ITEM 8-12-66 BILLI3OARD ORDINANCE
Mr. Perbix had a copy of the Bloomington Ordinance which he :Celt had some very good
points. He also pelt that our Ordinance had certain ideas which should be kept in
some of the areas as far as billboards are concerned in the Village.
L;otion was made by Alvin Then, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to instruct the Attorney
to draft a new billboard Ordinance and present: it at the next council meeting .
The motion carried.
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ITEM 8-13-66 CIVIL D FENSE: ORDINANCL
The Attorney stated that he had partiall,r completed the Ordinance and would have
it completed within the next week. lie felt that as the Ordinance was quite lengthy
and quite detailed that it would he well to make copies and mail to the members of
the Council before the next Council meeting , so that they could have a chance to R.
study the Ordinance before it was presented for adoption.
No further action was taken on this matter. And it will be placed on the next
Agenda.
ITEM 8-14-66 MAYOR OSTERHOLT
Mayor Osterholt turned the Chairmanship of the meeting over to the Vice-Mayor
Arthur Miller and appeared before the Council as a member of the Council not as
the Chairman. lie pave a report to the Council on Village planning which he felt
the Village had now reached a state where now because of changes in the road
structure that it was time to up date the present Village Ordinance and Zoning map
and this could be done in three ways, either through the Village financing the
plan entirely, hiring a Planner and preparing the necessary information all on
Village funds through the support of the Federal government under the 701 program.
The third alternative would be, do nothing and just go along as we have been for
the past year.
He asked the Council to consider the alternatives to be done under the planning
programs. He had a magazine which he asked that the Council members read it at
their convenience. He also stated that he would request no action at this time but
felt that the Council people would think -this over and be prepared to make a re-
commendation at the next Counc it meeting. He also asked the Chairman of the Planning
and Zoning Commission, Mr. Arthur Miller, if he would ask for a recommendation from
the Planning and Zoning Commission.
No other action was taken on this matter at this time.
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ITEM d-15-66 CLERK BROiTN REQUEST FOR ELECTION SUPPLIES
The Village will be conducting* three elections in 1966. It will be necessary to
procure certain suDolies for these elections, also the Clerk asked the Council to
set the wage rate for the judges that would be hired for the election and to
authorize the Clerk to contact individuals so that the Council could be presented
with a list of judges for the elections.
Motion was made by Alvin Bren , seconded by Kenneth Anderson to authorize the
Clerk up to $100.00 for election supplies, to set the wage scale for election at
$1.50 per hour and to authorize the Clerk to contact individuals and to present
a list to the Council for approval.
The motion carried.
ITEM: 8-16-_66 _ EXTRA HELP FOR THE -ASSESSOR #�
The Board of Review when it met on August 1, 1966 had been advised that it would
be necessary to hire some extra help for Mr. Whitmer so that the Village
Assessment books could be completed within a reasonable time of there due date.
The Board of Review authorized Mrs. Edna Holmgren to provide thie help for
Mr. Whitmer. The Council in acting in it's official capacity is ratifying these
actions.
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The motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to authorize
up to 250 hours for Mrs. Edna Holmgren to work on the Assessment books.
The motion carried.
ITEM B-17-66 NORTHERN STATES POWER BUILDING PERMITS
Mr. Wood reported that none of the municipalities which he contacted charged a
fee for the permit for a, transmission line within their Village boundaries. They
do charge permit fees for permanent installations, such as Sub-Stations and perms- '
nent buildings. It was stated that many of the municipalities felt that if they
charged a fee for the transmission line they could not have the line relocated.
They also would be assuming certain responsibility if they charged a permit.
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Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to authorize a
permit for transmission lines in the Village of Eden Prairie to be issued to
Northern States Power Company upon presentation of complete an(! detailed plans as
to exactly where the line would be going, type of construction and so on so that
the permit could be properly and correctly applied to the line and to provide this
permit with no fee for transmission lines within the Village of. Eden Prairie.
The motion carried.
ITEM 8-A-66 LETTER FROM MR. HERBERT DAVIS
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The Clerk presented a letter he had received from Mr. Herb Davis who represents
a Troup of people in the Anderson Lake area that have requested permission to
appear before the Council.
Motion was made by Alvin Bren , seconded by Arthur Miller to place this matter on
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the Agenda for the August 24th Council meeting and to instruct the Clerk to advise
Mr. Davis of this action.
The motion carried.
ITEM 8-B-66 SHAKOPEE RESOLUTION FOR MINNESOTA BRIDGE
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The Clerk presented a request from Shakopee for a Resolution favoring a crossing
of the Minnesota River other 'than what is presently proposed by the State Highway
Department for Highway 169. As the Resolution was not accompanied with any infor-
mation as to where the final crossing would be located or what other proposals
were being considered with this . It was felt that the City of Shakopee should send
a representative to the Council meeting to explain this before the action would be
taken by the Village. The Clerk was so instructed to advise the City of Shakopee
of this decision.
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Motion was then made by Alvin Bren to adjourn at approximately 11:30 P.M.
The motion was carried.
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