City Council - 01/26/1967 - Village Meeting COUNCIL MEETING 26 January, 1967
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Osterholt at 8:00 p.m.
PRESENT WERE:
David W. Osterholt, Mayor Arthur W. Miller
James C. Brown, Clerk Paul Redpath
Alvin J. Bren
ITEM 1-27-67 MINUTES 1-3-67
Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve the
minutes as published.
The motion carried..
ITEM 1-10-67 MINUTES OF JANUARY 10, 1967
On Item 1-18-67, the statement should read, Mr. Rolf Haugen presented to the
Council information on the time clock. He stated that he had been able to
procure a very good clock at a price of $50.00 which was a reasonable figure. s
Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to appr-)ve of the
purchase for the IBM time clock. j
The motion carried. i
With these corrections , motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller
to approve the minutes as published.
The motion carried.
ITEM 1-28-67 VOUCHERS
Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve vouchers
3834 through 3844 for payment.
The motion carried.
ITEM 1-29-67 PUBLIC HEARINGS
Hearing #1 M2 along Highway #5 continued from January 10, 1967.
Mr. Shultz asked that this hearing be continued until February 14 as one: of the
participants was not able to attend the meeting.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin,.Bren .to continue the hearing
until February 14, 1967.
The motion carried.
Hearing #2 The Char-Lynn residential property on County Road 1 in Sections 26
and 27 to be considered for rezoning from RA to RI.
Notes and information on this are found in Hearing File #25.
Char-Lynn was represented by Mr. Arnie Bloomquist who presented the information
to support their request for rezoning.
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Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to instruct the
attorney to draft an ordinance to rezone this property from RA to RI as per
the publication.
,G. The motion carried.
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Hearing #3 Diversified Realty - Richard Holasek request to rezone property on
Baker Road and 62nd Crosstown west of 494 from RA to C2.
Notes and information are found in Hearing File #23.
C/) Mr. Sieber represented the petitioners. There was much discussion on this
c matter both pro and con.
j A motion was then made by Alvin Bren, seconded by James Brown to instruct
cm the attorney to draft an ordinance to rezone from RA to C2 as per the pub-
lication.
Upon a roll call vote, Paul Redpath voted no, Arthur Miller voted yes, Alvin
Bren voted yes, James Brown voted yes, and David Osterholt voted yes.
The motion carried.
ITEM 1-30-67 SUBURBAN ELLIEF BOARD
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Suburban Hennepin County Relief Board Renewal of Calendar Year 1967.
Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to adopt Resolution
i S contracting with the Suburban Hennepin County Relief Board for handling
the poor relief for the Village of Eden Prairie for 1967.
The motion carried.
ITEM 1-31-67 HF 57
This item had been acted on previously at a special meeting. Mayor Osterholt
reported that he and Councilman Miller attended the special Hearing regarding
HF 57 at the Legislature and were pleased to report that the Committee had
approved the bill and reported it out of Committee to the House of Representatives.
ITEM 1-32-67 EDINA SEWER
Mr. Virgil Muller was not here but had provided the information for Mayor
Osterholt who reported that they were working with the County and the County
now had changed to an earlier letting for the contract for the service road
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They hoped this could be worked out very shortly and information provided for
`+ the Village as to when we would be asking for contracts for the Edina Sewer
connection.
Mr. Virgil Muller also reported that there have been six bills introduced into
t` the Legislature regarding the Metropolitan Sewer Concept. He would receive
La copies for them and was in the process of getting the other two as soon as these #
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were available, he would make notes and turn them over to the Council for
study.
ITEM 1-33-67 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
1. Extension of Dell Road.
Mr. Wood was not present at the meeting to explain to the Council what was
required. No action was taken on this.
2. The purchase of a drafting machine.
Mr. Wood again was not present to present the information as to the cost in-
volved and no action was taken on this.
3. Authorization to attend University Conference on State and Federal Aid.
Mayor Osterholt stated that he would be attending that meeting and Council
man Miller stated that he would be available also.
Motion was then made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Paul Redpath to authorize
Mayor Osterholt and Councilman Miller to attend the Conference on State and
Federal Aid on February 9 and 10, 1967 and to pay the fees.
The motion carried.
ITEM 1-34-67 STREET NAMES ORDINANCE
This was not ready and would be continued until the next meeting.
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ITEM 1-35-67 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Clerk reported to the Council that the areas that presently serve the
Village with Fire Service feel that with our, population both residential and
industrial that we are in an opportune moment to begin a volunteer fire depart-
ment to serve the Village of Eden Prairie.
They feel that if we postpone the matter we are delaying an action that should
take place within the next two or three years in that Eden Prairie should pro-
vide its own fire service.
They will assist in the training and work with the volunteers and continue to
provide fire protection for the community until such time the community is able
to provide its own fire protection with its own equipment and its own people.
As explained, it takes time to organize and train a volunteer force and to
equip it and the communities felt that the population of Eden Prairie is pro-
bably three times that of what the populations of Shakopee and Hopkins were
when they first organized their volunteer fire departments. With our industrial
expansion we are paining personnel who would be available for the operation for
a volunteer fire department during the day where their communities are losing
this same type of personnel.
Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to set a special
meeting for February 9, 1967 at the Village Hall to activate a volunteer fire
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department for the Village of Eden Prairie.
The motion carried.
ITEM 1-36-67 VILLAGE INSURANCE
The Clerk reported that he had compiled information sufficient to advertise
for bids on the total insurance program for the Village of Eden Prairie.
A situation which over the last two years has been developing to the point
where many individuals felt that the community should be buying their in-
surance from one or another agent who claims that they have the best coverage
for the least cost and the only way this can be determined is to have the
competing insurance people submit bids on an identical program..
The Clerk explained that in checking certain things that we were under insured
because of inventories which have recently been taken also by combing certain
things we would get additional coverage which at present we did not have. At
this time there is no way of knowing What the total premium would be on the
bids but it was felt it would be representative of the insurance program bid to
other communities.
Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to authorize the Clerk,
James C. Brown, to advertise for bids for the Village insurance.
The motion carried.
ITEM 1-37-67 VILLAGE PERSONNEL
Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Paul Redpath to set the meeting date
of February 28, 1967 as the meeting in which the wage proposal for the various
employees of the Village would be discussed and acted on retro-active to January
1, 1967.
ITEM 1-G-67 GAS PUMP FOR THE `PILLAGE GARAGE
Mr. Ray Stodola reported an accident had caused the pump to be damaged beyond
normal repair. The pump was a used pump and many other repair item3 were not
available.
Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to authorize Mr. Ray
Stodola to purchase a reconditioned pump and have it installed, limiting the
price to $175.00.
The motion carried.
ITEM 1-H-67 LOADER FOR THE MOLINE TRACTOR
Motion was rude by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to authorize Mr. Ray
Stodola to investigate the cost of having an industrial type loader mounted on
the Minneapolis-Moline tractor presently owned by the Village of Eden Prairie.
The motion carried.
The motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren that the meeting be
adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
The otion carried,
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urnC. Brown; Clerk