City Council - 02/14/1967 - Village Meeting COUNCIL MEETING 14 February, 1967
J The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mayor Osterholt.
PRESENT WERE:
David W. Osterholt, Mayor Paul R. Redpath
James C. Brown, Clerk Rolf E. Haugen, Treasurer
Alvin J. Bren Quentin K. Wood, APW
Arthur W. Miller W. Harlen Perbix, Attorney
ITEM 2-1-67 MINUTES
The minutes of 1-25-67: at the end of the last sentence of the last paragraph
add the words, and Senate File #89.
Motion was then made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to approve the
Minutes of 1-25-67.
The motion carried.
The Minutes of 1-26-67. Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren
to approve the minutes as published.
The motion carried.
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ITEM 2-2-67 VOUCHERS
Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve vouchers
3845 through 3916 for payment.
The motion carried.
ITEM 2-3-67 BIDS FOR CRAWLER LOADER
Bids were received from the Frank Knapp Equipment Company, the Carlson Equipment
Company, the Ace Equipment Company, the International Harvester Company, the
Freeway Equipment Company and the Hall Equipment Company.
The bids were opened and publicly read. Motion was then made by Arthur Miller,
seconded by Paul Redpath to have Mr. Ray Stodola and the Clerk check the bids
for accuracy and compliance with the specifications and report at the next
meeting.
The motion carried.
ITEM 2-4-67 PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. The M-2 along Highway #5 continued from the meeting of January 26.
There was no one in the audience to protest the hearing or speak for or against it.
Motion was then made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to instruct the
Attorney to draft an ordinance to rezone the M-2 property east of the railroad #
tracks on both sides of Highway 5 as published and also the R-A property to SI
leaving a 100 foot strip of POC along Purgatory Creek; to rezone the property
as published immediately west of the railroad tracks and north of Highway 5 to
R-A; to rezone the property adjacent to Highway 5 and west of the railroad tracks
to C-2 and to rezone the property on the corner of Highway 5 and Eden Prairie Road
to C-2.
The motion carried.
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ITEM 1-31-67 HOUSE FILE 57
The Clerk reported that the House of Representatives had passed Mr. Keefe's
bill unanimously and it was put on the floor for a vote. The bill now goes
to the Senate for action. Mr. Bergerud is supporting this with a campanion
bill and we should be hearing from Mr. Bergerud very shortly.
ITEM 1-32-67 EDINA SEWER
Mr. Virgil Muller reported that the problem seemed to be with Hennepin County
in the road access as they were in the process of laying plans and constructing
new roads in the area where the sewer crossing would take place. It was felt
there could be some altezrbLtives. Mr. Muller presented a written report to
the Council stating the problems as they had arisen, the possible alternatives
and his recommendation.
A motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller, to accept the report
by Rieke-Carroll-Muller Associates and to have the property owners notified of
the possibility of delay or additional cost.
The motion carried.
Regarding the Metropolitan Sewer, Mr. Muller and Mayor Osterholt reported that s
they had attended meetings since the last Council meeting on this, that there R
were several bills being processed, all of them having good and bad points.
Mr. Muller reported that he was preparing some information on these bills now.
He also presented a resolution which Mayor Osterholt had received from
Minnetonka to support a joint power's bill between the Villages of Minnetonka,
Hopkins, Eden Prairie, Deephaven, and Medicine Lake.
No action was taken on this resolution as it was felt that more work should be
done in the preliminary stages before this resolution was passed by the Village
Council.
ITEM 2-5-67 I .E. WHITMER REQUEST TO ATTEND ASSESSOR'S SCHOOL AND THE
EXPENSES INCIDENTAL TO IT.
Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Arthur Miller to send Mr. Whitmer
to the Assessor's School and authorize the expenditure up to $65.00 to cover his
expenses.
ITEM 2-6-67 ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
The bids for the road supplies for the year 1967 include road material and
gravel and the fuel supplies to operate the village trucks.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to authorize the
advertising for these bids in the Suburban Hennepin County Review and the
Construction Bulletin. The Council would take the bids at 7:30 p.m. on
March 14, 1967.
The motion carried,
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ITEM 2-7-67 VILLAGE HALL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
1. Engineering Department.
Mr. Wood stated that he had been unable to get a price at this time on the
drafting machine which he felt would be of most value to the village and asked
that we delay this matter until the meeting of 2-28-67.
2. Purchase of the coping machine.
The Clerk explained that the office presently has on approval, a used copy
machine, the Thermo-fax brand made by the Minnesota, Mining, and Manufacturing
Company, that this machine would provide a lot of office help for the village
and that copies could be made quickly of letters and reports where one or two
copies were needed for someone without raving to hand type or hand write them.
The machine was versatile enough to make transparencies and could also do some §
other things. The cost of the machine was $275.00 and of course, it would re-
quire certain supplies to operate it.
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Motion was made by Alvin Bran, seconded by Paul Redpath to authorize the Clerk
to purchase the Minnesota Mining Thermo- fax Copy Machine at the cost of $275.00
and authorize up to $100.00 for supplies.
The motion carried.
1 ITEM 2-8-67 ORDINANCE 93 - PLATTING ORDINANCE
There was discussion on certain items in the ordinance where they felt there
sould be some corrections or changes. They discussed mainly the donation of
property and/or money for park purposes. There were provisions in the present
ordinance for 5% ,requesting up to 10% by certain individuals including a re-
commendation from the Park & Recreation Commission that this be done. And there
were also some minor wordings which were asked to be removed or corrected.
Motion was made by Alvin Bran, seconded by Arthur Miller to have the attorney
draft the final revision of Ordinance 93 for the next meeting.
The motion carried.
ITEM 2-9-67 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Clerk reported that at the special meeting called by the Council over
thirty individuals signed up with the intent to form a volunteer fire organiza-
tion; that organization is off the ground. A meeting has been called for the
23rd of February to get the organization going.
Mr. Ray I. Mitchell was elected Chairman at the special meeting of the Volunteer
Fire Department Organization and has taken charge of the group. rt
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Motion was made by Alvin Bran, seconded by Paul Redpath to authorize the attorney
to draft a volunteer fire department ordinance for the village.
The motion carried.
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ITEM 2-10-67 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
1. Extention of Dell Road to Highway 5.
Mr. Wood explained that in order for us to get the access ramps and bridge on
the new 169-212 road going through the village in the western area, it would
be necessary for us to have some sort of road in existance at the time the
Highway Department puts in the new highway.The village has been of the opinion for some time that a road connecting Dell
Road with Highway #5 on the north should be extended to the western part of
the village. This would require that the village take some action in order to
get this area prepared for road building.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Paul Redpath to set a special
meeting for March 2, 1967 at 8:00 p.m. with all of the property owners involved
in the area where this road would go through to explain to them the reasons for {
the road, the potential benefits or non-benefits which would be derived from it
and the village's position on it.
The motion carried.
2. The Don Anderson, Claredon Park, Mason-Hagen-Astleford-Carter revised
grading plan.
( Mr. Wood explained that Mr. Don Anderson who has a mining operation in Eden
Prairie on Hennepin County Highway #18 in Section 1, had worked with the Claredon
Park people and had received permission from them to prepare their property for
future development. In order to do this, a revised grading plan on the properties
held by Claredon Park, Mason-Hagen-Astleford-Carter and Mr. Don Anderson was
called for as these three properties presently joined and without the Claredon
Park people in the grading plan, the final grading would leave the property in
the shape of a cone with the Claredon Park in it with the over all grading of
the entire area in preparation for future development.
Mr. Anderson is also requesting approval of a mining license on the Claredon
Park property.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to approve the revised
grading plan for Don Anderson, Carter-Mason-Astleford-Hagen, and Claredon Park
properties and to authorize a mining license for Don Anderson on the Claredon
Park property and to revise the contracts on the Don Anderson, Carter-Mason-
Astleford-Hagen property and issue a new contract on the Claredon Park property
setting the bond on this property at $5,000.00.
The motion carried.
3. Minnesota Highway Department Layout 7-H.
Mr. Wood reported that the zoning Board had requested a special meeting with
the Council and the Highway Department to go over certain aspects of this
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layout. Mr. Wood had been in contact with the Highway Department and the
only date that they presently had available in February was the 28th.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to set the special
meeting for February 28, 1967 with the Highway Department and invite the
Zoning Commission to attend this meeting.
The motion carried.
4. Special Road Supplies.
Mr. Wood stated that with the very heavy snow rover, the possibility of a
large amount of water this spring when the snow is starting to melt, it would
require some special polyethylene and sand bags in order to save certain roads
in the village.
He explained that last year we were able to save some areas where there were
washs developing by lining ditches with the polyethylene and channeling the
water through this rather than through the soil.
He requested permission to purchase polyethylene up to $200.00 and sand bags
up to $100.00 and additional sand for the roads and also for use in this work
for $300.00.
Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by Alvin Bren to authorize purchase
j of these materials up to the amount of $650.00.
The motion carried.
ITEM 2-11-67 REQUEST FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR AN ORDINANCE COVERING
MULTIPLE DWELLINGS AND PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
It was felt that the Council at the resent time was interviewing
g planners and
a special meeting would then be held with the Zoning Board for final action on
the planners. This was one of the areas where a planner would be required, to do
some special work for the village; that no action be taken at this time on this
request; that this be held in abeyance until the village has decided on the
planning program for the year 1967, etc.
ITEM 2-12-67 LETTERS AND SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS - MAYOR OSTERHOLT
Mayor Osterholt read a letter from Dr. John Wright requesting that he be re-
lieved from the duties on the Planning and Zoning Commission at this time as the
duties of Director of the Eden Prairie School Board precluded his spending the
time he felt necessary on the Planning and Zoning Board.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren to accept Dr. Wright's
resignation and instruct the Clerk to send a letter to Dr. Wright accepting his
resignation and thanking him for his work in behalf of the village in the past.
The motion carried. #
Mr. Miller then stated that he had an individual, in mind who he would like to
nominate for the Board. He read to the group his qualifications of service to
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the community and village as a whole. He then made a motion to nominate Homer
Raguet to fill out the unexpired term of Dr. Wright.
Mr. Alvin Bren seconded the motion. The motion carried with Mr. Paul Redpath
abstaining.
Mr. David Osterholt stated that he had received some further communications on
the Metropolitan Section of the League of Municipalities and asked that the
members of the Council consider this and have it placed on the agenda for the
next meeting and to whether Eden Prairie would or would not wish to join this
group.
Mayor Osterholt also said he was considering a citizens advisory commission
for the village, the commission to include the president, chairman or his
representative of the organization of the village such as the Eden Prairie
Lions, Legion, Citizens League, Jaycees, representatives from the churches,
the various representatives of residential areas; also certain individuals
who had served the community in the past and by their experience would be able
to lend this group some vital information, people like Mr. Anthony Hirt, Mr.
Donald Rogers, and Mr. Kenneth Anderson, He stated that he would have this
ready to present at the next meeting.
Mayor Osterholt stated that the Park Board had had a special meeting to consider
the information presented by the special committee of Mr. Miller, Mr. Skjelbostad
f and Mr. Nygaard regarding the Kutcher property on Birch Island Lake.
It was felt that this could be worked out but with the wide discrepancy in the
appraisal that had been asked for, that a professional appraisal should be made
of this property.
Motion was made by Paul Redpath, seconded by James Brown to authorize the hiring j
of an appraiser for this property.
Upon a roll call vote, Paul Redpath voted yes, Arthur Miller voted no, James
Brown voted yes, Alvin Bren voted no, David Osterholt voted yes, and the
motion carried.
Mayor Osterholt also brought up the letter received from the Eden Prairie Jaycees
on their seminar on sewage to be held on February 22, at the Hopkins High School 7
to which the members of the Council are invited.
He presented a ..letter from the Hennepin County Highway Department regarding the
County proposal whereas Hennepin County would support the communities in develop-
ing recreational areas and improving the lakes in the community.
The Clerk explained that last year the Council had requested aid for the Starring
Lake area where we presently have a public access. The Council had asked for
both lake improvements and increased area for public access.
{ The Council asked the Clerk to contact Mr. Leddy, the Administrator for the
Hennepin County Highway Department to relay this information and ask for further
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information on this lake improvement and lake access acquisition program.
Mr. Wow presented a letter from the Department of Army, St. Paul District
Court of Engineers in which they are studying the feasibility of extending
commercial navigation further up the Minnesota River to a point near Shak-
opee, Minnesota from the present limits of Savage, Minnesota.
w� They are requesting information from the communities involved as to the potential
use of the river. The Clerk was instructed to check into this and advise the
Department of the Army Corps of Engineers.
A letter from the Willmar City Council supporting a resolution supporting the
Hennepin County League of Municipalities regarding revisions of their liquor
laws was presented. This was to be placed on file as Eden Prairie's in support
of the Hennepin County League Resolution as presented to the Legislature at
this time.
ITEM 2-13-67 ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS
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The Clerk stated there have been items that have been asked to be delayed, one
of them is the item on the changes to the shooting ordinance.
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The Mayor appointed Arthur Miller, Bob Jarrett, and Harry Picha to a committee
to look into possible changes in the shooting ordinance and this will appear
on the Agenda of March 28, 1967.
On the animal ordinance, the Mayor appointed Jim Brown, Alvin Bren and Paul
Redpath to look into the possibilities of some kind of ordinance for the Village
of Eden Prairie. This will appear on a future agenda.
The Clerk also advised the Council that coming up was the Northern Contracting
request for renewal on their Asphalt plant and that the Village had received in-
formation from the attorney for Mr. Josef Pausch from Aerodyne Machinery Corpora-
tion requesting that the permit be denied and asking to be in attendance at
the meeting.
This will be on the agenda for the 28th of February.
ITEM 2-14-67 SHOOTING PERMIT
Mr. Fred T. Maurer has again requested a shooting permit to shoot on a special
range which he has on the Catherine Hanitch property on Bryant Lake. He has £
had a permit the past two years. There have been no objections or complaints
from his operation. He does not use this as a public shooting range but only
operates it for his own pleasure.
Motion was made by Alvin Bren, seconded by Arthur Miller to grant Mr. Fred T.
- Maurer a shooting permit for the year 1967.
The motion carried.
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ITEM 2-15-67 FARMHAND, INC.
Mr. Richard Kinney, Vice-President of Farmhand appeared before the Council to
request information as to whether they felt the concept as presented by Farmhand
for a test track in the property they are considering purchasing for a corporate
headquarters and engineering research development building in Eden Prairie in
the SI Zoning would be compatible with the SI Zoning.
The test track is to be used to test the axles and certain frame components
under known loads on a special design track where the strains can be scientific-
ally put into the quipment by the use of specially constructed ramps built into
the track. This would not be a test track for tractors or engines but for the
equipment that a tractor would pull. They would use a small tractor on what is
known as a "tenter" to pull the equipment in the test conditions.
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This tractor would run at a slow idle and there would be a very small amount of
noise generated by the tractor. The track, itself, would be camouflaged by the
use of the basic topography, itself, by the use of specially constructed masonary
walls and by the use of certain landscape features. The reasons for this is
that the company, itself, does not want this track to be an area of high visibility
as there would be certain prototypes being tested on the track that would be used ;
in future sales and at the .time that they are being tested they do not want their
competition to know too much about them.
Mr. Richard Kinney .answered questions from both the Council and the audience
regarding their operation. He stated that the basic operation would be for a
corporate office building to act as the headquarters control for their various
plants which are located throughout the country.
They also would have an engineering and research group in the building which
would do the future development and programing for the Farmhand Company. This
operation would be completely inside the building and completely screened from
public and/or individual access as it would be a restricted area.
Mr. Perbix was asked his opinion on this and he felt that under the SI Ordinance
that this test track could be built and operated and it would not be against the
provisions of the ordinances.
He also stated that the Council could only give an opinion regarding the concept
of the plan as the plans are not detailed at this time.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Alvin Bren that if the test track
meets the basic concept of the SI Ordinance as far as construction, it would be
allowed.
The motion carried.
The meeting adjourned upon a motion by Alvin Bren at 12:10 a.m.
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DATE: February 14, 1967
TO: Eden Prairie Village Council
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FROM: Eden Prairie Industrial Commission
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SUBJECT: Proposed request of Farmhand Corporation, Hopkins, Minnesota$
We have solicited the participation of this company to build in our
Village. After reviewing their request and plans for the Bren property
in the Anderson Lake area, we endorse their plans providing they can
meet the SI requirements,
Respectfully submitted,
Robert Gibson, ice-Chairman
Eden Prairie Industrial Commission
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