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08-27-1951~~s VILLAGE COUAtCIL MEETING August ~ 27y -1951 - ~ ` The Council of tha Village of -Richfield` met in regular session Monday, August. 27, 1951. All members were~pr~esent.' The President called the meeting to order and asked far a reading of the minutes. I~t was moved 9by Sam=-~Little.~ohn and seconded 'tfy; Gordon Bgw~n that t}~e minutes be approved as read and ordered published.,, .' ~~ 1. Mr. Harlow read a recoffimer~ation of the Engineer on the re- ~ . quest made by Mrs. F. E~~in Starr, Jr. for a special use. perm~:t on the location of a garage- at X824 ~. 74`th Str®®t a ~ ~- aSpe ci al permit for geira~e slioulc'l 'k)e ~ based ~ upon locating ithe } garage 35 feet from the front property line to the nearest corner of the' bui'lding' and also connecting same with the house. Details may b e obtained from the Builds ng Inspect_or . or the Village Engineer.a , It was mov®d ~by~ Ernest- Iverson: and seconded by Sin Little ~ohn that a building permit be ggrranted for said garage if its coca ion meets with the reconm~endations of -the En,~in®er. It was moved by Gordon Bien and second®d byy Ernest ~Iuers on that the Engineer's ^ repo t on this ~a.tter be fs led by th® Engineer and Clerk. Carri ed. .. a .c 2. A1:fred Rueter, 7727`Cedar Avenue appear®d before th® Council on the matter of gr ading Bloomington A~reriue between 56th and 78th Streets. All deeds except one on property abutting said Avenue havc~j begin„or are in the process- of .being acquired. It was moved byy Gordon Bowen and seconded bg Sain~?,,ittle~ohn that the Attorney be authors zed on behalf of the Village to accept and to file said deeds. Carried. '' It was the opinion of the Engineer that som®+ of -this grading ~orls can be done, this fall and the. remainder of it newt wing. 3. Mrs. Georgette Yule 6701 Grand-.Avenue, requested that sh@ be gr~ented a spe ci al perms ~ t o operat e a clothing store.. at said address • She submitted the names .of .seven neighbprs in t_he .vicinity wh,o ex- ressed nv ob•~eetiora to the operation of suet. a~ dreaa shop in ~er home. It" Sias moved bg Gordoia. Ban~en and seconded b~: G~larence. g.~ " . Christian that the natter be referred' to. the, Zon~.r~. Co~mnission. Carried. ~ ~- It was moved by Sam Little3ohn and seconded by Gordon Bow®n that- the Clerk be directed to' advertise for" ~ public bears ~ by the Zoning Commission on this special pertdit, ~ sa,i'd hearing~o'~ be held at 8:00 P.M. Monday, September 17, 1951, Carried. p . - - 4. B6r. E., T.Tang, 6312 Nicollet Avenue, requested permission to install a slide at -the Park' at' 82"rid 'anc7: Nicdlle`t`, said ~~slide `to be donated by the Franklin Cooperative Creamery. . ~ .. - ~~~~ It was moved by Gordon Bcsven and seconded by Sam Little~iohn that the re~aest be grated ®n eonditioa that it is agreeable to Thorpe .Bros.; , owneors of said P~~ty~ 5, gr. Tang. requested that a step ~ ~.nstal~.®d_at 63rd sad l~ieollet for the protection of children gsing the pars playground. ' It was moved bg ~Gsrdoa Bot~rent aiad seconded by Sam Idttle~ohn that the matter be referred to the Police Depar~m®nt. and the tanager for 3avestigatioa and a~ion• 6, ~6r. S'torm: ne~,g appoint®d recreational `:director for the Qi]],age , of Richfield istrodneed h3.mself to flee Council and public agd spoke in general terms oa his proposed program for~the village. The ~aaager spoke on park responsibilities iYi the ~t and present. A$r. ~o~ahan mentior~ed..that the Cnity Council 'dal spend money.. it receives from ~t~. Com~n3.ty Chest; for recreatio~1. proposes in the 93llag® of Richfield. R~aest for seeh espend3tnr®s t~i.ll, be received and pass®d on by th® Ccmmau~.ity Council. 7• Carl A. gallc;uist, 6709 Chicago Avena®, rednested per~3seion to bnild~his garage .three feet from the lot lines It was mowed bg t~ordon Bowen and seconded by'Tom llTaaters that the matter be referred to the F.~igineer for investigation and that the Rngin®er re~rt his re- ea®mendation to the Council and to fir. Rallgnist. $• Al Gross, 8 Pest 66th 3treet~ preaetrted plans and specifications which it~• dicated.the location of a near station he proposes to build on the corner ®i' 66th. and ~1.collet. It was moped by Gordon Bowen and seconded by,~F,rnest Iverson that the Mayor be dirjected to issae a building permit card for said bnildiag~ providing plans and specifications meet r~giremeats of building ordinaaee. 9. Ray:.Cleveland, 685. Purtlaad Avenue, .Chairman of the Aviation Coamittee of the neapol.is Chamber .of Gommerc®~ ,read a letter directed ~to Robert Aldrich Exe-• cative Secretary of the ~etropmlitaa Airports Commiee3oa seat by ~nator Hubert hr oa the matter of the raa~or instal'Latios of II. 9. Arm Air Foe in this ix~. C1®v®land requested. that t e Council ass a re~so ution ng such ma3or installation of Us~.Army ~iir ~orce in this ar®a: Gordon Boaren introdriced tRhe fall.owiag resolution and mowed its adopts©nt It was seconded by Sam IeLttle~'ohu, A~ R1~SOIIJTIOR .~ S~ There :is lack of. aeat® Air Force establishments i~.thin the area of the Upper 1~ississippi'River bas3~a~ particularly. a'3.th respect to esota; ,aad ASS It has been indicated to the 9illage of Richfield that there are strategic poiate within this area considered vital; here is considerable lacaah public feel.3~g w~.thin this .area that. this. particular region should have coias~L- derably better Aar Force protectioa,• now, therefore, B~£ IT RF,SOL6ED, That the ,V~,llage of Richfield make ever~* effort .possible to secare the locat~.oa ,off .the :wed Forceps and their aviation facilities and activ.L- ti"es at the ~ntaeapol.is-St. `~u1 Uetropo7.~.taa~ A3rpas~ Com~i.ssion~ s Anoka Caanty site'..ad~acent to the mayor petropolitao.Area of e~ols and-St• Pauli and to this end $ .request is ~h~rebg ;.submitted to tie .Depait of the Aar ponces for snob adequate location. and `installation; ar~d . ~,~~ Blg ST FURTI~R R~OL4ED, That Senator Aubert H, Iiumphrey be requ®sted to prca.• Geed as expeditious3~ as possible in ca_ont the proeisians of this resolution. Poll ®f votes= Ayes- - 5 . Sys _ ., The President declared the solution duly adopted. 10 The N~ager read a letter invit3.gg repr+ssentatioa. from the village of ~.ctcr- field at a meeting of the Aviation Interim Camm*3.ttee, estab]3.shed by this last le~.slature, to be held Thursd~-, A:t~,st ~• It was moved' by Wiest Iversa~ -and eeconded by Qordon B~ex~ that,,the Cvane3a. ~tuthot~3.ze the Attorney and the ~ana~er to appear before said Igt®r3.m Committee and te, request that Riehfield* s problems w~.1]. at scmz® tip be pat on the interim Coar- mitteef s agenda. Carr3.ed• . ]1• ,T. A. St:tl3.van, 7521 Clinton, appeared before tffie Caancil on behalf ofthe a citizens in the 75c~ -block requesting that the blacktopping fob provided-for by fends in esoro~r held by the Village of Riebfie].d, be done as soon as prossibl®s Ae shed- that the o3.l3ng as proposed 3x- the 9i31~,ge-~dde o3.33og p~gram ~auld not be des3rab].®, Street ligxats were requested for the eor~.rs of 75th and 76th Streets on Clinton.. . I2. It was moved by Gordon Bowen and s~onded by Tc~ Wallters that the clerk '~ authorized to ac2vertise for b~.ds for blacktapping of all streets for` which money is nom held in escrovr, said bads to be advertised in the 1~.chfield News and 3a the Construction Ba1]:etin, and to be opened at .8:00 P.~. ],~ondsy, September_7~:, 1951• Carried, ~ --- 13. It yeas moved by Gordon Barren and seconded by Ernest Iverson that .the engineer be instructed' to check the grades for drainage in the arse of 75th and .Clinton " said and report to the Cotu~c3,1 fhe amount of ~tut~k n~esse~ to br3.ng s rse s o ®s Carried. l~. ~.lo G. iCrocak, 753 Lyndal®, made appl3~eat3:on far a bo~ld3~ng perm3:t gc~r a dtdve-3~ stand a~ appro~ately ?537 ~+nda7.e Ave~e. I~r. gi~ak presented no sarveg to indicate the location of building on lot, r It was-moved by Tom Walters and seconded by Gordon Bowen that the Neyor be instructed to issue a building pex~it card after the survey is presented showing the location of, the. building 3.f it is approved by the Engineer. , Garr3:ed. 15. ~ Al Grose, ~ hest 66th Street, stated to the Council that he wa.s w3.].].iag to build a building west of-his present residence for lii~arg purposes 3.f that would be agreeable to_the Council. _ Sea Littlejohn was directed to contact the Friends of .the Library:to-determine the reaction to each a praposal• 16. The Clerk. then read ®stimate. No. 5 of ~ Borne ~ St. Paul, Minnesota far 'sock cpa~O].e+ted op the constractdon of :cork within Storm Sewer District No. D-~• . '; It was nbved by Tom falters and seconded by Sem Littlejohn that estimate Ido. 5 of Dan Barre of:St. Paul, Minnesota-for work ao~pleted within Storm r District No. D-3 be approved, adopted, and a]1 owed and that the Mayor and Clerk be, 129 and they are hereby authorized and direct®d to issue the-proper ~arraxr~s in.pay- ment of„the same in the amount of ~]1,658.7~.. Voting ayes f~ordan Bowen Ernest Iverson Tom. ~Talters Sam ?~3.tt1®~Qlm Clarenae,H. Christian yeting nay: 0 There be3ag 5 votes for and 8 votes against' the.Hayor declared the motion Qarri®d. 4 1?. It ~.s m©rred b~ Tom falters ar~d asconded by Wiest Iverson that tI~ bobd oaf F. Morettini filed w~.th the village of Kichfield coring the work to be done in Storm Severer District F ~ approved. Carried. 18, fir. Bien stated that the Village should secure easeme~xts for deeds to the following street areasa 11th Avernze from 62nd to 66th and 6~,th street betwreen s ~ ~- ~,~ 11th and 13th Ave~.e, where starry suers axe already installed in sa3.d streets„ The A~torne~+ was instructed to secure such deeds, '19. The eP reported OA the pragt'ES9 df the selection of a fnl7.-tame Clerk. He stated that the Citizens' ~Com~T.ttee composed- ofs fir. Robert' Broad, Fred Keller, .Hrs. xermit Kagan, - hrs. Roger Berg]a~nd, G. Keed ~acemiber, -had r®v3:e~ed the applications of eleven applicants for said position. Sis out of the.eleeen had been recommended to the ~aanager for special interviews. The tanager stated he intended to interview three of. terse sax this week. . g.0. The B~anager armed whether the Council was prepared to authorize hin to pro- ceed to folla~r out the recommendations contained in the ~Adm~xristrative and Personnel Survey of the Richfield .cipal Goverrnae~a which was snbnaitted to the Cour~il on J4ne ~?~ 1951' l3o'rir that the Caunc3.1 had_had time to d3.gest th® reports ~ , It was moved by Tors ~Palte~rs, a~econded by Freest Iverson that the g3,l7.age ~axrager be authariz®d to pa~oaeed to institute chao~ge~r 3.xt orga~.zatian and ad- ministrative~pra~tices.and pratedures as recommended 3.n the Ad~Lnistrative and Persa~m®l Survey report as he sees fit. Carried. , 21. The follca~ing co~msauzication from ~• Yaffett., the Hillage A~ssor, was gi~+en to the Council= . "August 27, 1951 Honorable Council Village of K3.chfield Dear Sirs. T wash to repcsct to Y~ gentleaen the action taken: by the Rennepin Goutitq Board of Com~tssio~rs on the application of the North~nesE Airlines on the abatement instituted bg them to release them of the taxes an the three hangars that I . assessed against them far the year 1q~0• The Cauaty Board in regular a®ssion, after hearing both sides of the gr~estian,. voted unai~mously to deny the application of the ~'orthwest Airlines. By so ~~V doing, the assessment re®ains oa the tax rolls for the year 1950. The fall and tree valsse of the assessment was ~~0, X0.0©, the eases sad sra7ue ~2E3U, f~sCO Thantdng yen for past cvoperatioa, I rein Yours truly, {Signed) Earl. H. ~affett The Attorney stated that the County Board did ~t deter~aine that this property belonged to Northwest Airlines but by their action placed the problem of prr~f with"the Eorthsest A3xliaes• a~ a ~~. On the recg~.est of Ronald JoY~nson, 6801 Tinoent Aeer~,e S., for a speeial permit for the looatien of his garage, the Engineer reeom~nended Chats especial permit, if granted, should be based upon the requirement that the garage floor shra.'19 bs at leasr~ 6 inches above the street curb sad that the front of garage extend' not mare thaw 2 feet beyond the north side of house, and also that the earth banks ~ pro~rly sloped and sodded." It was mosred by Tom Tapers and seconded by~GOrdoa Bowen that a special permit be granted on the basis of the Engineerts recommendations. Carried. ' 23. The Engineer also reported on the petition regarding cleaning uP Lot 9, Block 1, Ea~irwcod Park First Addition from N. ~. Nelson, et al, 63ltta. Numb©ldt Avex~tte +. a scion of the above property resreals a shall supply of old building material pi]sd up at~the rear of the lot. Ig this instance there does ~ _ not appear t0 be a~ sttolation of aid' Vibe ordinance: 2~. The Nngin®er reposed on the pet3.t3.on for regrad3~g a11ey b®twaen 93ncent and Mashburn A~ver~u®a and 'Nest 67th and 68th Si~reets= "The above alley ~s r~lgraded this spring. In doatng so there ~ :::. .". _ a~rans objections free a few of the property oa¢~rs. These .objections sure considered and changes sere made according],y. S~.nce this cork c ° cc~pleted, other property ousters have objected to the grade line. In v3:e~r of~ t2~se objections, the objecting pr~erty owners ire regn®sted ` to ~,bmit a- petition rega.est3stg a change of grade.. ~efbr~ this w,s~ts can be done, it t~i]1 be necessarg to sake a survey so that grade can be properly established." It was moved by Garen Bow®n and seconded by Ste. Littlejohn that the - Lngineer be instructed to istvestigate and to rsporrt to the Council on the status of-the present street grade in the Improveffient strict l A with respect to the grade established by the ordinance. Carried. 25. The Mager reported that fir. Bngberg, agent for the Pillage in securing .. property in Grass Lake (the storm se~eer waters), recommends that the 1Tillage . acquire Blocks 2 and 5, Ray`s I-~ Addition, for storm ses~r waters 3.rt storm Sewer n3strict F. - It was moved by Sain Little john and seco~led~ by Tom 'halters that the village acquire said property. Carried. 26. The Manager read s letter from the County Eighway ]repartment requesting that persons or corporations making holes in Cossnty Roads for various instal]a~- tions be requ-iced to prt~t the street back into 3,ts orig~.nal cond3t3.on. The ~~Y Highs~y Y3epa;-tment exprQssed its desire that the ~iZlage_ adma~3.ster the prog~. The Gaancil e~ressed its desire to aabperate. . 27. The ~ai~ager advised the Coimc~l that the Village bas had some regneats to remove trees becaaise they are 3.n the tray of a proposed drive~.y, -and ask®d what is the Cc~ne3.1 p©licg oa this matter. It was moved bg Sam I,dttle~ohn and seconded by Gordon Bowen that it be the policy of the V3.1'Lage that the- Village w3.la. remaove at. Village e~,aen~ a~q tree which has beeomae~ a hazard or wh3.ch must be .removed as~ part of a public improve.. . merit pro~ect3 brit that in all•ether cease trees ~ be removed ~nl~ after ob- taiaing the consent of the V3.1'I~a.ge Engineer, and at the eupense of the interested • private party or parties. .-The-decision of the~Aillage En~.neer is to be made after eoesideratioa of the fast that the general .public has an interest in boule- vard trees and that permission•to remove such trees should be granted only when it is evident that fa.iltire to grant per~ad.s aion world 3~ose a hardship on the iadividtiaal~ and permt~3on 'Bing granted only on conditioh that the individual. agr~s, in writ3~g to .place the groniid area. 3n as g®ed condition as before ra. move]. of ~ the tree. ~ ~ . 28. It was moved by Sam T.ittle~ohn and seconded bg Tom falters that thee-Engineer be authorized to ok. all pers~lts for gas main installations and telephone pole ~, installations. Carried. 29, It was moved bg Rrne~ `I~ersen ~aaid seconded by Sam l+ittle~ohn that the agree.- meat running betw+~en the @illage of. Richfield and Byron 9elander and'.~rbert t~lsen, ev~eriAg the oo~essions operating in Angsbiirg Park cog .the date of. ~~~ 27a> ~951a. ~e app~'e~. . that. tie, ~. amp the ~gex, ~_ ~thorized to sign said agreement on beh~tf of the Village. Case-ied,,a.~ .....,,IIa . 3D, Ths Attorney reported on the Richfield Theatre license. He staffed that the ostiers~ of the theatre sere willing to pay the ~250,~ fee covering the period of 19t~9 and 1950 and are agreeable $a .peg the license fee for tYie ~-ear 1951 ac- ccxrding, to the new schedule. It way moved bg Gordon Bowen and seconded by ~atttl®3ohn~ that. the 9i11age accept 'this eettle~nent providing the fees are paid by :,eptember~ 15, 1,951. Carr3.ed, - 31. The Attorney reads CR~I~A1~E N0, 3.031 a i A~ t~DINAHCE G THAT cERTAI3~i oR~zE ~o. 3.03 ~F THE . V.'[I~LAGE OF RICBFTELU, PA35ED THE 21Sif DA`3t CF AB'GIIST, 19~1a A~ • SUBS~($JE~1'PZY ,entitled: aAI~;~~TNANCEy REGtFI~'IYdG THE IS~FAI~ OF THEATRE LICENSEES l~ . THE VI],LAAGE CF xTCBFIEL~I, BEHREPIN CCs bZH~EShc'A.s ~he.Vil]age Council of ths.Village.of Richfield do ordain as Billows ' Than Section 3 of the ~ shave entitled c~s°dinance be amended to read ' - as follouss - aS~ION 3. The fee for each license to cart' on the baisiness specif~led in Section l' hereof, shall , be• in the sum of ~1a0~G0," - ~ .It ~s ffiaved bg Go~rdoa Boveen and second®d 'b~ Ernest Iverson tYiat this con- .. stitate the first reading. Carr3.®d. ~ ~ . • 32.: The Att®raeg read the following ordinances