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City Council - 11/23/1966 - Village Meeting COUNCIL MEETING 23 November, 1966 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m, by Mayor Osterholt. PRESENT WERE: David W. Osterholt, Mayor Arthur Miller James C. Brown, Clerk Rolf Haugen, Treasurer Kenneth Anderson Quentin K. Wood, APW Alvin Bren W. Harlan Perbix, Attorney ITEM 11-13-66 MINUTES OF 11-10-66 Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to approve the minutes with the following corrections, to change the voucher numbers to 3577 to 3652. The Clerk also called attention to the members certain typographical errors. With these corrections the minutes were approved. The motion carried. MINUTES OF 11-2-66 Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to approve the minutes as published. The motion carried. ITEM 11-14-66 VOUCHERS Motion by Kenneth Anderson, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve vouchers 3653 through 3660 for payment. The motion carried. ITEM 11-15-66 PUBLIC HEARINGS The Hearings on the M-2 property located along Highway 5. Notes are in Hearing Files 22 and 24. Mr. Warren Shultz appeared along with Mr. John Linner against rezoning the property owned by Mr. Shultz and Mr. Linner and his mother. The Board felt that some additional information was required including a more detailed layout of the area involved on a larger scale . Mr. Wood was instructed to put this information on a map showing the present zoning and the proposed zonings. Motion was made by Kenneth Anderson, seconded by Alvin Bren to continue the Hearing until the meeting of December 28, 1966. The motion carried. ITEM 10-6-66 NORTHERN STATES POWER No action was taken at this meeting. 1 COUNCIL MEETING 2 23 November, 1966 ITEM 9-33-66 ORDINANCE ON THE HAGEN MASON PROPERTY The ordinance was not available as the description had not been received by the Attorney. No action was taken. ITEM 8-28-66 RESOLUTION ON MINUTES Mr. Perbix and the Clerk presented Resolution 146 for the Council's approval. The Clerk read the resolution at the meeting. Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to adopt Resolution 146. The motion carried,. Mrs. Kenneth Middleton asked if the Citizen's League could receive copies of the Council's minutes. She was advised that the Council had established a s policy of sending the Citizen's League copies of the minutes and at the time r Mrs. Blacklock was the secretary, she was receiving c6;)ies of the minutes. She has continued to receive copies of the minutes but has since transferred her responsibilities from being secretary of the Citizen's League to a member of the Park and Recreation Commission and as such was receiving the minutes in this capacity. Notation will be made that Mrs. Kenneth Middleton is to receive the minutes. Mr. Howard Peterson made the suggestion that the Citizen's League keep the Village informed as to who the Citizen's League secretary is at all times so that the minutes can be sent to the proper party. ITEM 11-16-66 NORMAN UNDERSTAD Mr. Norman Understad appeared before the Council represented by his Attorney, Mr. Klugel, requesting that the Council refund the money held in escrow for the completion of the roads in Nottingham Forest. There was some discussion as to the completion of the drainage-way through a Mr. Carlson's property in the area and the removal of certain unsightly and objectionabie objects. Mr. Understad stated that this was private property and Mr. Carlson had re- fused to allow him to go on to the property to make any changes in the existing conditions and the Village at this time could also not go on the property. Mr. Perbix advised the Council that the money held in escrow was held for a specific purpose. This purpose had been accomplished by Mr. Norman Understad as per the Village Engineer and therefore we could no longer hold money for some other purpose. Motion was made by Kenneth Anderson, seconded by Alvin Bren to refund the balance of $1500.00 held in escrow to Mr. Norman Understad on the Nottingham Forest project. The motion carried. °l COUNCIL MEETING 3 23 November, 1966 ITEM 11-17-66 SHOOTING PERMIT Mr. Brad Waldack requested a shooting permit for a .22 rifle. Motion by Arthur Miller, seconded by Kenneth Anderson to deny approval of the shooting permit. The motion carried. ITEM 11-18-66 EDINA SEWER Mr. Muller of Reike, Carroll, Muller, appeared before the Council and advised them that this would now appear on the Agenda for the meeting of December 5, 1966 at the Edina Village Council. He requested that members of the Council if possible support him at this time. No other information was available. Mayor Osterholt had reported that he had contacted Mayor Bredesen of Edina as to the sewer project and the Mayor stated that they would give it due consideration at the next Council meeting. ITEM 11-19-66 LAND FOR VILLAGE NEEDS Mr. Quentin Wood presented a map to the Council showing the possibilities of additional land being acquired by the Village south of the present Village Hall. He stated that he had talked with the owner, Mr. Rogers, who at this time has stated that he is not interested in selling any of his property. Mr. Wood was asked if any price had been established by Mr. Rogers. This had not been established. It was felt that we should continue to pursue this at least to the point of establishing a price on the property and then make a decision. No other action was taken at this time. ITEM 11-D-66 CHILDREN AT PLAY SIGNS The Eden Prairie Lion's Club had furnished to the Village, "Children at Play" signs to be placed at appropriate areas throughout the Village. A motion was made by Kenneth Anderson, seconded by Alvin Bren to authorize the purchase by Mr. Ray Stodola of the Road Department of up to 25 posts for these Children at Play signs and to place the signs in the necessary locations and also to purchase the necessary hardware and to instruct the Clerk -to write a letter of thanks to the Eden Prairie Lion's Club. The motion carried. ITEM 11-E-66 JOE SEMRAD Mr. Semrad appeared before the Council requesting permission to divide lots 2 and r i COUNCIL MEETING 4 23 November, 1966 F 3 in Block 1 of Kingts Court Addition as Mr. Semrad did not have specific layouts in mind but was working with a large map and stating that they would take 60 feet here and approximately so many feet here. He was advised to prepare this information so that the Council could look at it properly by having it laid out on a map showing the exact dimensions of the new lots and where t` . and what would be done and present it to the next Council meeting. 0� ITEM 11-F-66 USE OF THE VILLAGE HALL i The Jaycees appeared before the Council requesting the Council waive the fee E for the use of the Village Hall so that the Jaycees could hold a Christmas party for their children. F-- Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to waive the fee for the Jaycees. The motion carried. C ITEM ll-G-66 HIGHWAY 169 AND 212 _.a Q There have been a great deal of discussion throughout the area about changing the proposed routing of 169 and 212 as originally approved by the Town of Eden Prairie and re-approved by the Village Council. It was felt that the Council should re-affirm the position they have taken on this road. A motion was made by Kenneth Anderson, seconded by Arthur Miller that the Clerk be instructed to send a letter to the Commissioner of Highways with a copy to the District Engineer in Golden Valley re-affirming the Councils position regarding Highway 169 and 212 as proposed to the Village and which the Village has accepted and approved. The motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m. James C. Brown, Clerk z v 4 K I u- `+i MINUTES OF THE CANVASING BOARD for At THE VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE The Village Council sitting as the Canvasing Board for the Village of Eden Prairie met at 10:00 p.m. , December 6, 1966 at the Eden Prairie Village Hall. PRESENT WERE David W. Osterholt, Mayor Alvin Bren, Councilman James C. Brown, Clerk Arthur Miller, Councilman Kenneth Anderson, Councilman The Clerk presented the report of the Election as furnished by the Judges of the Election Districts. District 1 Council Paul R. Redpath 188 E Kenneth E. Anderson 116 Dale Dressen 1 Clerk James C. Brown 228 Write in for 18 people 29 District 11 Paul R. Redpath 176 Kenneth E. Anderson 165 Dave Dale 1 Dick Smith 1 Clerk James C. Brown 281 Write in for 11 people 24 District 111 Council Paul R. Redpath 182 Kenneth E. Anderson 156 Clerk James C. Brown 255 Write in for 22 people 33 Motion by Alvin Bran, seconded by Arthur Miller to accept the report of Election and declare Paul R. Redpath elected for the 3 year Council term and James C. Brown elected for the 2 ye Clerk term. Mot on carried. JamMs C. Brown 1