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City Council - 07/22/1969 - Village Meeting t1INUTES EDEN PRAIRIE VILLAGE COUNCIL Tuesday, July 22, 1969 Village Hall , 7:30 P.M. The invocation was given by Attorney Harlan Perbix. The Council and others in attendance joined Mayor Osterholt in the Pledge of Allegience. Members present were, Mayor Osterholt, Councilmen, Haugen, Shultz and Nesbitt. Also present were Manager George Hite and Attorney Harlan Perbix. I. SALE OF $1 55© 000.0 0 GENERAL OBLIGATION SOUTHWEST SEWER DISTRICT e clerk presented affidavits showing publication in t e oTficial newspaper and in the Commercial West of notice of sale of $1 ,555,000.00 Southwest Sanitary Sewer District Bonds of the Village, bids for which were to be considered at this meeting as provided by resolution adopted on June 10, 1969. The affidavits were examined and approved and ordered placed on file. The Clerk reported that two sealed bids for the purchase of the bonds had been received at her office at or before the time stated in the notice. The bids were then opened and publicly read, and found to conferm to the notice of sale and to be accompanies; by the required bid security. The purchase price. F cupon rates and net interest cost under the terms of each bid were reported to the Council. (See enclosure) Member Shultz then introduced Resolution No. 279, entitled "Resolution Authorizing, Selling and Establishing the' terms of j $1 .550.000.00 Sanitary Sewer District Bonds", and moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Member Haugen, and upon vote being i taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Mayor Osterholt, and Councilmen Haugen, Shultz and Nesbitt; and the following voted against the same: None; whereupon the resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. II. MINUTES OF JUNE 10 19 24 24 and July 8 1969. After correcting e minutes of-June loth by incorporating the first reading of Ordinance 136 , and the minutes of the regular meeting of June 24th by incorporating the second reading of Ordinance 136, the Minutes of all five meetings were unanimously approved. III. APPOINTMENTS A. Yout Ae Pointments to Advisor Commissions. Mayor Osterholt announce�T� that e proposea to nave these appointments made at the August 12th meeting, and asked that the Council submit nominations to him for appointments to the Human Rights and Park Commissions, and that the full Council be prepared to make similar appointments to the Planning and Industrial Commissions. l 3 Council "A notes July 22, 1969 Page 2 IV. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COPMMUNICATIONS A. fletro oli tan Area Salary Survey. The Village Manager Submitted a copy o the 1969 Metropolitan Area Salary Survey and noted that the Survey was one of the services the Village received through its membership in the "Metropolitan Section of the League of Minnesota tl�unici Pali ties. He stated that the result of the survey would be fused, in the process of negotiating with employee groups for 1970 salary schedules. V. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS 11ap ewoo ar . Estates. Final Plat Approval . Mr. Alex Dorenkemper, developer • t�laplcwaa Park Estates presented his final plat and indicated that he would soon secure the necessary developer's bond. The Village tlanager recommended that the final plat be approved subject to its being reviewed and accepted by the Village Engineer and subject futher to the receipt and approval of the Surety Bond by the Village Attorney. Mr. Nesbitt moved that the final plat of Maplewood Park Estates be approved by the Council subject to the qualitications des- cribed by the Village Manager. "Mr. Haugen seconded. On roll call , all voted aye. %lotion carried. G. Au gust 12. 1969 Meeting Location. The Village "tanager announced that in—accordance with the ounce s request that at least three regular Council meetings be conducted within the Village's neighborhood areas, ; he had reserved the Prairie View Elementry School on the night of august 12, 1969 for this purpose. Mr. Nlesbitt moved that the Eden Prairie Village Council conducts its regular August 12, 1969 meeting at the Prairie View Elementry Sch6ol at 7:30 P.111. Mr.Naugen seconded. :all voted aye. Motion carried. C. Purchase of Fire Station - Public Works Site. The Village Manager recommended that the Village Purc ase approximately 10 acres of land located in the Southeast quardrant of the intersection of TH 5 and Nitchell Road to serve as a site for the Fire Station and Public Works Building. He noted that the 10 acres were considerably in access of the area required for the building to be constructed within the next year, but that he was confident that the Village would require an area of at least this size to accommodate its Public Works and Fire Facilities within the next 10 years. He futher recommended that the approximately $50,000.00 required to purchase the property be initially borrowed from the Fire Station and Public Works Building bond proceeds and that these bond funds be later repaid through general fund surplus or tax levies. He noted that a small portion of the cost or approximately $15,000.00 would be ligitima to charge against the bond issues as at least three acres of the site would be necessary to accomodate the structures to be provided through the bond issues proceeds. Mayor 0sterholt suggested that the earning the Village has received through its investment of Fire Station and Public Works bond proceeds be used to purchase some of the land area. Mr. Shultz moved that the Village Manager be authorized to purchase approximately 10 acres of land from MTS Inc. at a cost to exceed $5,000.00 per acre and that the money be temporarily borrowed from the Fire and Council Minutes July 22, 1969 Page 3 and Public Works bond proceeds with the intent that the Council would repay all but about $15,000.00 of the cost through general funds surplus transfers, property tax levies, and bond fund investment earnings. Mr. Nesbitt seconded. On roll call , all voted aye. Motion carried. D. Contract for Design Services-Fire Station and Public Works Buildin . The Vi age manager submitted a prop or architectural services for the new Fire Station and Public Works Building and recommended that it be approved. The proposal was submitted by Mr. Lloyd Bergquist of Bergstad, Wallberg, Bergquist Assoicates Inc. The proposal contempleted full architectural services by the architect with compensation by the Village to be on an hourly basis with the maximum for the entire project not to exceed $14S000.00. In a letter attached to the proposal Mr. Bergquist indicated that the maximum fee was less than that recommended by the Minnesota Society of Architects becasue some of the effort put into the original Fire Station Project could be utilized on this project. Mr. Nesbitt moved that the Village Manager be authorized to excute a contract on bebalf of the Village with Bergstad , Wallberg, Bergquist and Associates Inc. in accordance with their proposal dated July 17,1969. Mr. Shultz seconded. On roll call , all voted aye. .. Motion carried. E. Property Division. Parce14000. Section 2 Clifford Rodin. The Village Manager presented Mr. Bo in s request for a property division approval and recommended that it be approved. He noted that the land wasJocated on the west side of Shady Oak Road approximately 11 mile south of West 62nd Street. The land would be divided into two tracts, the smaller of which would be 250 feet square and it would have access to Shady Oak Road. The Manager reported that the Planning Commission had conducted a public hearing on the request and had at its meeting on January 7,1969, recommended to the Council that the division be approved. Mr. Shultz moved that the division of the portion of the southeast quarter of the northeast one quarter of Section2 Township 4 116 Range 22 as submitted by Mr. Clifford Bodin be approved. Mr. Haugen seconded. On roll call, all voted aye. Motion carried. F. Council Extends S4pathy To The Family of Paul R. Red path. Mayor ster o f expressed the ounc s sorrow and sympathy to the family of Councilman Paul R. Redpath, whose brother was recently killed in an aircraft accident. Y G. Park Commission Request for Legal Advise. By resolution adopted at its meeting on July 21 , e Park Commission requested the Council to ask the Village Attorney to investigate the ownership and possible public use status of lands located within the meander lines {� within the area generally north of Topview Acres and west of Interstate 494. Mr Shultz moved that the Village Attorney be asked to investigate this matter and advise the members of the Park Commission. f Mr. Haugen seconded. All voted aye. Motion carried. c Council Minutes July 22, 1969 Page 4 H. Olympic Hills Golf Course. Mr. Nesbitt asked that the Village Manager investigate the Olympic Hi1 Is Golf Course construction to determine if all the necessary permits and approvals were being obtained. The , Vi 11age Manager said that he would make a full report on the matter at the next Council aleeti ng. Meeting adjourned at 8:55 P.M. Edna M. Holmgren,- Clerk J a 4 `a i 1 !i I a i i