04-30-1951~~~ -
Council Minutes
Qillage of Richfield
April 3D, 1951 -
The Council of the g3,].lage of Richfield held its last regular meeting for I~
April on the 30th. All members were present. The President called the meeting to
order. The Clerk read the minutes of the last regular meeting held on April 9th,
1951, and those of the special meetings held on Apr3.1 18th, and on April 23rd. It.
was mooed by Tom Tafalters and seconded by Gordon Bogen that the minutes be approved
as read aril authorized for publicat3.on •in.the official organ for the Vill.agd.
Carried.
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~ Mr. Mayne A. Luschan, 7100 Oakland Avenue South,_presented asketch on property
.that he owns between 70theand 71st Street on Oakland. The sketch, made by Cartwright
and Olsoi~~ showed the property n3.th each lot 87a~ a 1229', two lots facing on Oakland
and two lots facing on Portland: It was mowed by S. M. Littlejohn and second®d by
Gordon Bowen that the Council offer no ob3ections if the plat is submitted on that
basis. Carried.
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-2 Mr. Leslie W. Cochrane, 6'j21 Lakeview Avenue, requested that an investigation'
be made on lots 3,1~, and 5, Block 11, Fairwood Park~Addition, with regard to the
special assessments made for storm sowers. Tt was moved by Tom ~Talters and .
s®conded by Gordon Bowen t~iat the matter be refers®d to the `Eng3.neer ~.nd the
Assessor and that they report back to the~Louncil at the next regular meeting to
be held on Mary 1.1~th. Carried. _ o ... ~. .. `- -~ - , _
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Mr. Clarence T~T3.11, 6739 Stevens Avenue•5outh, representing C..~. Olson,
Con ractor, read a 'letter stating that he had heard that the Council had no
intention of putting through 1st Avenue South between 68th and 69th Streets; and
he asked for a written verification. The Mayor stated that the only way the
street could be put through in that area is that the over of the lot in the
street area deed the lot to the ~Tillag®. 2t was moved by Gordon Bowen and _
seconded by S. M. Littlejohn that the matter be referred to the Attorney.
Carried.
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Mrs.. Ernest Forbes, 6327 James Avenue South, appeared before the Council
on damages caused by raising-the s-rreet in front of said property causing. the
wat®r to drain on to her lot. She statdd. that the street was graded in 1950
and that the house was bu3.lt on the lot in 1946. It was maned by S. M. Little-
john that the matter be referred to the weer and Street Commissioner for
solut~.on. Seco~dsd 1~y Tom ldalters. Carried.
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It was moved by Gordon Bowen and seconded by Clarence Christian that the
Attorney prepare liability rel®ase forms for use 3n cases similar,to the above
situation. Carried.
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~) Mr. Alvin Lindell, of Lindell and 1nTedin, Machias and Tool Company, of 7721
Pillsbvey_Av®nue South, requested permission to build an addition to the shop at
said ad~ess. It was moved by Gordon Bowen. and seconded•by Tom ~Talters'that the
Mayor issue a building permit card for said building, providing, plans and spec-
ifications fulfill the requirements of the building ordinance. Carried.
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~ Mr. Charles ~+1. Jacobsen, 6532 - 21st Avenue South, requested that the alley
t said address, back of lots 15,20 and 21:•be closed to a depth of 13.6 in order
to make it possible for him to build a garage 3n that area. He was instructed that
he would have to get the signatures of the 7 remaining property wooers before the
alley could be vacated. The Attorney, Clayton LeFevere, stated that if it could
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be vacated, it might revert back to the original plaster so that he could not make
use of it for that purpose, and iS ft dad revert back to ~e origi.nal platter, possibly
only half of the alley could come into his possession. The matter was th®n dropped.
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~~ ~lrs. Louise Shaver, 6300 Logan Av®nu®.South, requested that the alley betty®en
63rd and 6~.th Street between Logan quad Morgan be ®ither opened all the gray through
or closed all the way through. ,After some discussion, Tom Walters moved and Ernest
Iverson s®cond®d that the request be filed until a petition from all concerned
be presented to the Council. Carri®d.
~) P4rs. Louise Shaver, 63~ Logan Avenue South, and Air. Webber, or 6309 Logan
Avenue South stated that there were 1~.I~. lots in their block and that there wer®
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only 11 signers on the petition .for blacktopping and that the remaining people
did not 1Qaow about it unt3.1 it was all over w3.th. It was stated that the special
assessm®nts were too high. Mrs. Shaver was told that a publi-c hearing was held
and no ob3ection had been presented, therefore, the matter had been properly taken
care of. Sh® was referred to the Assessor for an abatement of taxes on Lots 1 & 3
for blacktopping. °~
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fd. Nlr. Gust Falld®n, 6.29 Lyndale Avenue South, requested a pea~3.t for a filling .
sta~ion on b1~01 - Lyndale Avenue South, said filling station to be on Lot I~, Black 6,
Lyndale Oaks Addition, arul stated that it was 300' from the church in that area. It
teas moved by Ernest Iverson and seconded bar Tom Walters that .the per.~3.t be issued
for said building on the condition that plans and specifications meet r~i.th~the
requirements of the building ordinance. Carried.
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!~ W. E. Med.~alf, 6833 Oliver Avenue South, present®d a petition to t he Council
requesting the removal of the out-house a~ul.well at 6955 Penn Avenue South. $e
stated that the premises were definitely a health hasard.. It was moved by Gordan
~• Bowen and second®d bar Ernest Iverson that the xealth Officer inspect the property
'and report to the Council at the next regular meet3.ng. Carried..
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~ /a) Mr. $enzy Kli.er, 6501 Oliver Avenge South, stated that a petition had been
presented to the Council concerning Gibbish Construction Co., and his practice
~- of storing his equipment and materials on, residential property. This petition
had b®en referred to Mr. Ralph Lee, the former village Attorney, but no action
had been taken. He stated that-the situation was now votes that it had 'been.
It was suggested to Mr. Iilier that a complaint be sworn out against Mr. Gibbish
and that he b® brought before the court. It was moved by^Gordon Bowen and
f second®d bar Tom T~alters that the Attorney be instructed to draw up and. sue a
complaint against G3.bbish Construction Compa~.on the basis of v3.olation of
r certain village ordinance. Carr3.ed.
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It was moved by Tom Walters and second®d by Ernest Iverson that~the Clerk
inform the Council at.t he next regular meeting, concerning the status of ~e
temporary offic® Of Per. Gibbish. Carri®d. e
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~ i,3) MacGregor and Davis, Arch. and Eng3~®ers, presented theCouncil with the
asd®ssment sch®dules OII Storm SeweP Districts D, D-3, J and Improvement 1 8.
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The following resolution vas read:
_ BFSOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION.~F NOTICE OF HEARSNG
ON PROPPED ASSF~ s~#ENT FOR CONSOLIDATED STORM. SEis~'
DISTRICT D, STORM SEt~ER DISTRICT DA3, STORM SEI~
DISTRICT J, AND STREET IMPROVEI~3T N0. 1-A.
B~ IT RESOLVED by the village Council, of the village of Richfie~.d,
.Ntinnesota, as follows:
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1. TI~e Village .has heretofore constructed storm sewers iia
districts designated as Consolidated Storm Sewer District D, Storm
Sewer District D-3 Bud Storm-Sewer District J and has improved various
streets by grading and surfacing and laying curb and getters,~ich
improvement has been heretofore designated as Street Improvement
Rio. 1-A.
2. The Village Clerk with the assistance of the Village
Engineer has calculated the proper atnotaat~ to be specially assessed
for said improvements. •°-
3. The Council shall meet at the Village Hall, in the Village °
on the 18th day of June, 191, at 7 o~clock, P.M., to pass upon the
proposed assessment. -°
4. The Village Clerk shall publish notice of the bane and place
of said meeting in the official newspaper once at least thirty days °
prior to the date of such meeting. -
It was moved by Gordon Bowen and seconded by Tom Walters that the preceding
resolution be adopted. -
Poll of Votess 5 Ayes.
0 Diays.
The President decalred the resolution duly passed and adopted. _
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Iy~ Mr. Davis, of MacGreg®r and. Davis, stated that contractor Dan Borre
is now prepared to put in the curb and gutter in Stoma Sewer District D-3.
He asked whether or°not the Council wanted the firm of MacGregor and Davis
to stake out the curb and getters or if the°Village Engineer will do it.
It was agreed to that the firm of MacGregor and Davis-will do the staking
out of the work and the°Village Engineer w3.11 supervise the work. Carried.
~5~ Mr. H. L. Hehls,,representing the Zoning Comoai.ssion, stated that the
group had held two special meetings. One on Wednesday, April 25th, and one
on Saturday,~April 28th. The Saturday meeting had been attended by Ms. Harlow
and Mr. Wefald. Mr. 8. W. Pierson, of Mp1s:, had stated that it was necessary
to make a preliminsry investigation of information now at hand in order to de-•
termine what in addition would be necessary to establish a master plan for the.
Village preparatory to amending the present ordinance or•drafting a new
ordinance. Mr. Hehls asked that the Zoning°Commission be authorized to
expend np to X250.00 for the puurpose of obtain3n a use map of the Villag®
to be correlated with other information which the Engineer now has on t he
matter. This work would be completed in thirty days or less or by the
second meeting in May so that it could be•presented to the .Council in
concrete form. This would show what could be doi3e towards developing
a master plan for the guidance of the Council and Commission. It was moved
by Gordon Bowen and seconded by Tom Walters that Mr. Pierson be hired to
make such a p~relimiraary study for an amount to exceed X250.00 and that
he be under the supervision of the Village Manager. Carried.
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l~The Zoning Commission recoarmtendsd that the application presented by
K t Haugen for the rezoning of his property f rom residential to
commercial be tabled until this suxvey to be made by Mr. Pierson can be
completed.
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17~ It was moved by Tom Walters and seconded by Ernest Iverson that tl~e
Co it re3ect all bids i.tted on the grader aua~d the the s accompaning
the bids be returned. Car-rigid
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• l~ 1Kr. E. G. Hugelen, 68~ -2nd. Avenue South, owner of 5 lots in the Pinew
re sted permission to sell 65~ of said lots acid retain 60~'for his own purpose.
The Council offered no objection to thie request.
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~ f) Mr. Robert F. Brenny~ 3017 - 5th Avenge Soutar, owns Lots 2 & ~ 3 at 6th
and 2nd Avenue South in Goodspeed~s First Additioa, asked for permission to
i' sub-d3.vide said lots bar taking 25 ~ from Lot 3 and add~.ng it to Lot 2, The
~ Council offered no objection to this proposal.
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r ~ aSMr. Fr{~nk Yatekoske, 7?~5 Vinoent Avenue South, asked if there was an
F ordinance is the Village for the control of"dogs. He was told that the
~. li'cense committee would soon m®et and consider this probl®m together ja3.th
the other license problems. °
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~) Pqr. Ralph A. Hollenback, 67l~ Nicollet Avenue South; appeared before
the Council stating that he would deed 30' for street purposes to t he Village
of his land that runs from along .the South.°eide of 67th Street from Portland
to Park Avenue South. Ernest Iv®rson moved and Tom falters seconded that the
. Council accept. the deed for said 30~. Carried.
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a2~i. N!. Littlejohn moved and Ernest"I~erson seconded that the Clerk~be
t, authorised to return ch®ck x`6088 in the amount of X230.00 deposited by the
l~innosota Fire Equipment Co., in conne.etion with the bid on the recently
F purchased fare truck. Carried.
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.?3)It was moved by.S. M. Littlejohn and seconded by Gordon Bowen that the
N. .Power Co., be permitted to place one .pole on East 73rd Street from 105h
to 11th Avenue and one pa.e ®n East 71tth Street from 10th to 11th Avenue, erad
one pole on 5th Avenue-and 62nd Street. Carried.
~Y~It was moved by S. M. Littlejohn and seconded by Tom.Walters'that the
N. W. Bell Telephone Co., be permitted to place a buried cable in IIpton Avenue
at W®st 702 Street aad West 70th Street and also on T,~est b2nd Street bets~een
Harriet gad Garfield, as shown in detail on the•sketch X35. Carried.
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aS,The Clerk read a communication f ram the Assessor requesting that the
Village plat book be brought up to date. It was moved by Gordon Bowen and
_ seconded by S. M. Littlejohn that the request be granted .and that Fred Johnson
~ be instructed to do the work. Carried.
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`,The Assessor filed with the Council a copy of the letter-sent to
8obert Fitzsimmons, County Auditor, placing on the assessment rolls three
.hangers osned by the Northwest Airlines, Inc.
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~Z~The Clerk read a°letter from Gerald B. Fitzgerald, in which he stated
that his survey on the Richfield Recreational and Park facilities will be
ready by the middle of Nay. It was moved by Gordon Bowen add seconded by
Ernest Iverson that the letter°be filed. •
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~~ The Clerk then r®ad a letter from the Red Owl S-t~res, Inc., asking for
Pe ssion to erect an addition to the building at 66th~and Nicollet. The
building would be 20 x !~0'and would .be constructed on the W®st side of their
present building. It was moved by ~xordon Bowen and seconded by S. M ittle= --
john that the Council ratify the Building Inspectors a cti®n of iss ng a
permit for said addition. Garried.
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a°f) The Glerk read a oo~nunication fr~n the Police Dept. on road restric-
tio in which it was suggested that a system of weighing be put in to•effect.
The Council decided that the matter be referred ~ti the Manger for study
and report back to the Council.
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.3°~ It was moved by S. M. Little3ohn and seconded by Ernest Iverson that the
Village Attorney be instructed to write to the Richfield 2'heatrd the final
notice requesting payment of license fees for 1949 and 1950. Carried.
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.3~) Tt was moved by Gordon Bowen and seconded by Tom Walters that the Augsburg
Park date of June ?~.th requested by the ~oodlake Lutheran Church, be changed to
June 17th and that the date of June 8th for Augsburg Park, requested by the
St. Feter's School be changed to June'2nd for Central Parks provided that these
dates do not interfere with other dates alr@ady granted. Carried.
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3 ~~It was moved by Tom Walters tYiat the Clerk inform appl3.cants requesting
the use of Augsbur Park to contact Mr. Wolff who has exclusive rights for the
concession of the ark, in case they wish to carry on some activity that would
infringe upon these rights. The motion was lost because of the want of a
second. °
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33~ Gordon Bowen introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption:
WHEREAS, the Village of Richfield is `operating under the Council
Manger form of government, and
WHEREAS, the position of Administrative Engineer was previously
created by Resolution of the Council'of the Village of
Richfield, and - °
T~~S, certain duties of the office known as Administrative
Engineer are incompatible with the Council Managet~ form °
of government, and,
Wf~REAS, the Council by Ordinance'12.03 has created the office of
Village, Engineer, '
NOkd, THEREFORE, BE IT REJUOLVED, that the Office of Administrative Engineer,
' be and is hereby abolished and that all engineering duties
provided for in Ordina~C~ 12.03 be transferred to said Village
Engineer.
Tom Walters seconded the above motion. ~ '
Poll of Votes: 5 Ayes
0 Nays
The President declare dthe motion duly°passed and adopted.
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At 1:1~ o'clock, A. M., it was moved by Gordon Bowen and. seconded by
Tom Walters that the meeting be ad3ourned. Carried. '
° ° ° Respectfu~].y Tsa,tted,
George Soberg, Clerk
Village of Richfield
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