04-14-1952c _ REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING .
- `' Village" of Richfield ,.
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Pursuant to -due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting _~of the -Village
Council of the Village of Richfield; Minnesota, ~a:s duly held at td~e Village Hall
in said Village on Monday, April ].la., 1952, at 7:00 0' clock P.M.
Members .present: Keller, Ivers~, ~,indeberg, ,Shi.elds- and -Walters ; ,
_ Members absent: None
The Mayor called .the meeting .to order and requested a reading of the minutes.
The minutes of the regular meeting held March 31, 1952 were read and corrected.
Moved by Walters, seconded by~Lindeberg that"said minutes as corrected be
approved.. Carried. ~ '
,The minutes of the Adjourned meeting_ held April 7~, 1952 were read and cor-
rected.
Moved by Lindeberg, seconded by Iverson that said minutes as corrected be
approved.. Carried.
The Mayor announced that the next order of business- would be items-on the agenda.
1. Licenses and permits.
Herbi.e~s Home-Grocery Soft Drinks
7 East 70th Street ~ Off-sale beer
Cigarettes
Club "66" Inc Dance License (12.days)
1.L~.00 East 66th. Street
Dairy GZu.een
16 East 66th Street
Food
Soft Drinks
~ Moved by Iverson, seconded by Shields that the above applications for 1i-
~,, censes be approved. Carried.
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2._Claim for .Refund of Gas Pump License Fees
The Council informally tabled the claim pending the receipt of additional
information from the clai~;a~5. t. ~ _
3. Financial Reports for 1~1a,rch, J
No action taken.
4._Re-valuation of Real Estate `
The Manager read a letter from the Assessor requesting a meeting with the
\ Council for the purpose of reviewing the assessor`s progosed~revaluation of resi- '~
dential and commercial property in .the Village.-The Council informally agreed to
hold this meeting in the assessor's office on April 22, 1952 at x:00 P,M.
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5. Ball Park°Sites
Moved by .Reller, seconded by Shields that a consideration of this matter °
be tabled until Mr. Bert Storm, Village Recreation .rector, submit a report on
recommendations. Carried.
6. Sub-Division Regulations
7~.e Council informally agreed to meet on the first Monday in May, at which
time this matter would be discussed along with other proposed Ordinances.
7. Cab Rates
The Planager read the following letter from Mr. E. W. Peterson, owner of
the Richfield Cab Company:
~~Village Manager
Dear Sir:
Your request for ~~leter Rates are as follows: Meter Flag--3Q~; then 30;~ ,
for each one-half mile thereafter. Two minute clock.
° Yours truly,
E. W, Petersonf~
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• Moved by Iverson, seconded by Shields that said rates be approved,a~.d
that the Clerk instruct the owner to post a copy of said rates in each cab. Carded.
$. Unsanitary Conditions: 6615 Clanton Avenue South
69th & Penn Avenue South
65.0 Longfellow
Moved by Walters, seconded by Shields that the Village Health Officer be
requested to make an immediate investigation of the above locations, and report,
Carried.
9. County Nursing Service
NNyoved by Iverson, seconded by , Rellar, t}lat. tb.e Village Clerk write a
letter to the Rural Hennepin County Nursing ?district and request a report of-their
activities, and as to who to call for aid, and who is entitled to aid. Carried.
10. Protest against Used Car Lot at 70th Street &Nicollet. Avenue
'.~he•.Manager read a letter from Mr. Donald L. Imme protesting the issuance of
a~~special use permit for a used car lot at 70th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
No action taken.
1. Request for a Special Use Permit to Operate a Used Car Lot at 70th Street &Nicollet
Avenue
' Moved by Iverson; seconded by Lindeberg that the request be granted, pro-
vided the stipulations contained in the permit include the recommendations of a Com-
mittee composed of the petitioner and his representative, two representatives of .the
interested citizens, and Councilman Iverson. Said recommendations to be determined
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a meeting of said committee to be held April 23, 1852 at 7:00 o'clock P.NI. in the
Village Hall. Carried.
12. Establishment of No Parking Zones
Moved by Walters, seconded by Reller that the Ville.ge Ma~aager request the -
Chief of Police to furnish the attorney with his recommendations for "No Parking"
zones. Carried.
13. Gontract for Bituminous via.terials
A proposed contract between the Village of Richfield and the Northwestern.
Refining Company was presented to the Council for approval. Said contract provided
for the purchase ~ of bituminous materials in accordance witd~. bids received on March
31, 1952, and accepted ~n Ap~+il 7, 1952. .
Trustee Walters moved that a copy of this contract be given Clerk's rile
No. 118, and diet the Mayor and Manager be authorized and directed to execute said
contract®on beha7.f of the Village as soon as the contract bidder has provided a
public contractor's bond approved bar the Village Treasurer and Village Att?rney for
X26,874.00 in accordance with Minnesota Statute, Chapter 574. Trustee Iverson
seconded the motion and upon roll: call, the following members voted in favor thereof:
Reller, Iverson, Lindeberg, Shields and Walters. 9'here being no votes against the
motion, it was declared carried anal adopted.
].la.. Asphalt Storage Tank
T~Ioved by Walters, seconded by Lindeberg that the Village Manager be authorized ~~ ~
to advertise for bids for the constxu.ction of footings and piers to support the asphalt
-tank. Carried.
15. S tx'ee t Improvements
'T'rustee Walters introduced the following Resolution and moved-its adoption:
RESOLUTION .
RESOLUTION DIRECZING THE PREPARATION OF P_R~LIMCNARY PLANS AA1D COST
ES TI1~@iT~ ON VILLAGE WIDE STREET II~IPROVEI~IlTT `
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Richfield as follows:
1. That it is hereby determined to be necessary and expedient to the public
convenience and, general welfare that the following improvement be undertaken; A generr
al program of street surfacing of all Village-owned streets, consisting of oiling
and bituminous stabilized sub-grade and seal coati.n.g.
2. That. the Village Engineer~'be and'is hereby autlzori~ed and directed to pre-.
pare preli~inary plans and estimates of cost for such improvement, and -that such plans
and cost estimates be submitted to this Gouncil by the Village Engineer at .his earliest
convenience.
Trustee Lindeberg seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing Resolution and '~
upon roll call, the following. voted in favor thereof; Reller, ~bdalters, Iverson
,L-in:deberg and Shields; and the following voted against same; None `
~. ~ H'UPON Said resolution was declared :duly passed and adopted.
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16. Street ~ight~.ng Policy
The- Council informally instructed the Vi ll.age Manager to continue the
present policy, subject to the appropriation allotted in the budget.
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17. ~m~rovement of 62nd Street
(a) The Village Engineer stated that the Minn-~apolis Engineering Department
has requested that the Village cooperate in the opening of uJest b2i~d Street from '
Penn Avenue to Xerxes Avenue, and from Nicollet Avenue to Portland Avenue.
Moved by Walters, seconded by Shields, that the Villa ge Attorney be instruc-
ted to contact the owners of property on the South half of 62nd Street from Penn
Avenue to Xerxes Avenue for the purpose of obtaining deeds 'to said property. '
Carried.
' (b.) The Village ~n.gineer also stated that the City of IKinneapolis would
like to work out an agreement for maintaining 62nd Street from Pillsbury to Nicollet,
Loved by Walters, seconded by Shields that the Village ''~n.gineer contact the
City of Minneapolis for the purpose .of working out a plan whereby this section of
. 62nd Sheet would be maintained by ivTi.ntzeapolis anc~ Richfield on alternate years.
Carried.
18. Application-for Relief
A letter was submitted by the Relief Administrator reco,-nmending that a
xequest for relief be denied. This letter was. given Clerk's- File ~To. 52-R_2 ~n.d is
j on file in the Clerk's office. The Relief Administrator also recommended that the
`'__ _ Council direct the appli.cant's family to assume the responsibility.
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Moved by Walters, seconded by Shields that the Clerk answer said letter in
accordance Frith recommendations of the Relief Administrator. Carried.
19. Policy on Purchasing
Moved b~~ Zindeberg, seconded by Iverson that purchases of the following com-
modities be made on a competitive-bid basis: Petroleum products, tires, fire
ser~ce, combined fire and fire service, bituminous materials, and any other 3t~m
or items which are used by the Village, and on which savings coTald be made by
' purchasing on a competitive-bid basis. Carried. '
20. Cab Call Sox
The Richfield Cab Company requested a. permit to inst«~_1 a post for a call
box to be located on the Southeast corner of b2nd Street and ~icollet Avenue, said
post :to_ be four feet east of the i`Iicollet Avea~ue curb, and twelve feet South of the
62nd Street curb.
N[oved by Iverson, seconded by Shields that the request be granted. Carried.
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Request for Special 3uilding Permit
Mr. F. D. Prokop, 6b21 Knox Avenue South, requested permission to build a home
with a garage attached at 2017 West 67th Street, the proposed garage ~to be set back
twenty-five feet from Lot I;ine instead of thirty% feet as required by ordiizaazce.
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,~ Moved by Iverson, seconded by Shields that the Building Inspector be author-
ized to issue a building permit for said home and garage, prpvided N1r. Prokop ob-
tain astatement signed by all owners of property .in the block; stating that they
do not object to this garage being only 25 feet from the Lot Line. Said letter to ~
include the name of each owner, together with the Lot and_Block Numbers_of proper-
ty owned. Carried.
22. Deed to Street - 7t~th & Portland
' Mr. Ralph Ha.rford, 7407 Portland Avenue South, presented a deed granting
the, Village the following described property:
That part of the TVorth One hundred Forty Eight and nine/tenths
' (N7.la.8.9). feet of the West Half (~T2) of the Northwest Quarter (iVW~)
of the Southwest Quarter (SW4) of Section 35 Tow.aship 28, Range 24,
described•as follows.: The North Thirty (N30j feet and East Thirty (E30)
feet thereof, tAgether with that part of .said described tract lying
` East of the center line of Portland Avenue South for a distance of
Fifty (50) feet.
e Moved by Iverson, seconded by Shields that said-deed be accepted. Carried.
23. Meeting Day of Board of Review
The Manager read a.letter from the Cour_ty Supervisor of Assessments stating
that the date set for the Board of Review 1°Zeeting in the Village of Richfield is
Monday, July 14, 1952, and requesting that the Council set the Tiou for said meet-
ing. ZYie Council informally agreed that said meeting ould comm-nence at 9:00 A.M. 'i
on July 14, X952. ~ ~ - - I_
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24. Special' Liquor" Store Election
Trustee Iverson introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION
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RESOLU~LON PROVID]I~TG FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION _ON C~~TTINUING OPENATION
OF MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE ~ _.
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Richfield as
follows:
1. That a Special village election be held in this Village on~Monday,
June" 9th, 1952, between the hours of 7:00 0' clock A,M. and 8:00 0' clock P.NI,
2. Zhat said election shall be held at the regular polling places
for village elections; and that the following are hereby appointed judges and
'clerks for said election:
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-Dist No. Polling Place Judges Clerks
1 East Richfield School Mrs. Ethel Aretz Dagney Vinge -
20th Aven E. & 66th St Mabel Rich Dorothy M. Dill
Alice Blom -
2. Village Hall Gladys Hollenbeck Florence 1leder
6700 Portland Avenue Betty Elsen Mabel Sanford °
Gladys Lien
• ~3. Central School Florence Tickner Lois Smith
Harriet & 72nd Street Clarice Couillard Mildred Mitton
Ethel Ondick
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1~, American Legion Hall Fran'ees Nta,ffett Esther ~~uist
65th & Nicollet Doris Garvey Mabel Hughes
Emma Gasterland
. 5. Emerson Avenue Community Florence He~~lin Berniece Bleedorn ~~
Church Venita Nordeen_ I~larion Lartholomew
?701 Emerson Ave. S. Helen Heinrich-
6. Woodlake School Genevieve Krogstad .Ann Fowler
Dupont Ave. & 66th Street Pearl McNulty Helen Hutchinson
Jessie Luhmann
7. Lincoln Hills School Gertrude Egsgaard , E]..zzabeth Wedekind
Penn Ave. & 75th Street Marguerite Davis Bernice Ross '~~'
Elea Shada
• 3. That the question to be submitted at said election shall be the following:
nShall the Village continue to operate its municipal liquor
store rather than issue private liquor licenses?" •
1~. That the Village Clerk is authorized and directed to-pause printed bal-
lots to be prepared for use at said election which shall be in substantially the
follc~aing form: - '
OFFICIAL -BALLOT ~ _ ____
SPECIAL ELECTION
- VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD
June 9, 1952
aSHALL 7HE VILLAGE CONTIIJUE ~ OP.~RA.TE IZS- I~1UTdICIPAL LIQUOR S~.C?RE RATHER
7.'HFiN ISSUE PRI'.~ATE LIQUOR LICEI~ISES?"
Ins trot YES (-) - -
NO C)
Instructions to Voters: Voters desiring to vote in favor of the foregoing propo-
sition shall make a cross mark (x) in the square opposite the word "YES'. Voters
desiring to vote against the foregoing proposition shall make a crossmark (x).in the
square opposite the word "NOrr~ -» •
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5. That:the Village Clerk shall give notice of said election by publi-
cation of t~~ro week's publishedN'notice in both newspapers published in the Village,
and by posting iri. at least three public a.L~c1 conspicuous' placed in 'the pillage at
least ten days prior to said election; and` shall post a copy o_f this resolution
in at least three public and conspicuous places in the Village at least 30 days
prior to saifl: e2ecthin. ~ o '" - ~ '~ ` ~ a
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6. That the said election shall be held and conducted in accordance with.
the statutes of the.. S'iate , of i''.drnriesbta applicable to special village .elections;
that the offices and_emp~oyeesyof the village are hereby authorized and directed
to perform any and-all acts necessary .to tY}g proper conduct of said election; ,and
that the Council shall meet as required by `~:aw for the purpose of canvassing :said
election and declaring ~~ results thereof. ~
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by
Trustee Shields anal upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in f avor
thereof; ,Rel~e~l, Ive,~son, Linc~eberg, Shiel~Cis and Walters, and- the ~,ollpwi:ng~voted
agai nst the re~solutioxi: ~~T,one. ~
SHEREIIPON said resolution was declared duly passed and"adopted. '
25. Request for P~~.t to Coristruct:a Commercia]. Building,, .~. :~"
Mr. 0. R, Anderberg, 51x.1.6 -Oak LawiiAvenue,. requested a permit to construct
a commercial- l~u~.ldin.g- on ;Lot 8,, ,Block 6, Fari.rwood Park Addition. ,: ,;
Moved by'~Iverson, seconded by Shields that the 1~iayor be authorized to
issue a building permit card for the construction of said building, subject to th.e
approval of_ tl~e.,~i.gin~er,, ,arid t+heF owner's compliance wit,. the building ordinance.
Carried,
26. New Plats ~~' ~ ~: ~~,
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_ (a) Wa7,]..ace 8c, 5unngside Acres Third Addition o t
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Moved by Walters, seconded by Shields that this plat be approved subject to
recommendation of the Village Engineer as-set forth in Contract Mo. 120, and _° ,
owner's full compliance wi tJ:i the Platting Ordinance. Carried.
(b) S toyke' s Addition
Moved by Iverson,
to the recommendation of
and the owner's full coin
Moved bf Shields,
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seconded by Shields that this plat be approved subject
the Village Engineer as set :orth in Contract No. 121
pliance with the Platting Ordinance. Carried.
seconded by Walters =that the meeting adjourn until April. 22,
Ui11:.; g~,. Hall. Carried ~ ~_
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Meeting adjourned at 12:00 P,M,
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~. Village Clerk. , . ,