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09-11-1958M ~~ , LONG R11NGE CAPITAL {MPROVEMENTS.PLANNINf COMMISSION VILLAGE OF RICFfFiEID REGf1LAR MEET tNG - SEPTEM61=R~11, 1858 TH£ LONG RANGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING COMMiS310N MET SEPTEMBER 11, 1958 !N THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE VILLAGE HALL AT 7:00 R,M. MEMBERS PRESENT WERE: COOMBS~ ERSPAMER~-HENSHAW~ IhtOERN£Ry AND GRUNDiTZ. ABSENT: NONE . EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT WERE: GASTERLAND~. RUMPEL~ ANO SERSTOCK. ABSENT: VAN KREYELEN• THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING WERE APPROVED. 1. JUNIOR COLIE~E MR, TEO FARRINGTON~ EDITOR OF THE RICHFIELD NEWSY ANO MR. R08£RT •GUNDERSON~ CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRlzCTORS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT #280 WERE PRESENT TO Di"SCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF A JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR RICHFIELD. MOTION BY ERSPAMER~ SECONDED BY GRUNOITZ~ THAT THE LONG RANGE CAPITAL IMPROVE- MENTS PLANNING COMMISSION SEND A LETTER TO DR. ROBERT KELLER~ CONSULTANT TO THE INTERIM COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EOUCATION~ AND OTHER KEY PEOPLE INDICATING THE COM- MISS{ONES INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT A JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR RICHFIELD, CARRIED. MR. BUBSERS WAS REQUESTED TO SECURE COPIES Of "THE UNIOR COLLEGE !N MINNESOTA" FOR THE COMMIS910N MEMBERS. THE POSSIBILITY OF SECURING DR. KELLER AS A SPEAKER AT A MEETING OF Al4 CITIZEN GROUPS IN THE VILLAGE WAS AL30 OtSCUSSED. MR. ItdOERNER WOULD FIND OUT WHETHER THE RICHFIELD P.T.A. COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO COOPERATE IN SUCH AN .EFFORT. 2. SURVEY, JUNLOR.CHAMBER THE RICHFIELD JUNIOR CHAM$ER" OF COMMERCE "RICHFIELD CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY SURVEY'' WAS CONS{DERED AND PLACED ON FILE. 3. REPORT N0. Iy.STATUS THERE WAS BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE REPORT ^PRESENT STATUS OF PROJECTS RECOMMENDED IN REPORT NO. !^. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE LAST PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 2, RELATING TO COMMISSION ACTfON ON PARK EQVIPMENT~ BE REJECTED. 4. VILLAGE HAIL EXPANSION MOTION 8Y COOMBS~ SECONDED BY ERSPAMEft~ THAT THE VILLA GE. MANAGER BE ASKED TO INVlJE THE ARCHITECTS OF PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF THE Fi,R£ AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO GIVE THE COMMISSION A BBiEFIN.6 ON ALL-THE DIFFERENT PLANS WHICH HAVE'SO FAR BEEN lOJ SUBMITTED. CARRIED. 111 5. LIBRARY REPORT A COPY OF THE V{LLAGE LIBRARY REPORT WOULD 8E MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL COMMTSHiON MEMBERS SO TH~XT THIS- COULD BE DISCUSSED At THE NEXT MEETING. b. TliOR0Ut3HFARES A REPORT ON "PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THOROUGHFARES IN RICH- FIELD" WA3 PRESENTED. MOTION BY COOMBSy SECONDED BV WOERIVERy TMAT TWO COMMISSION ~ MEMBERS 8E APPO FNTED TO STUDY TH{ S RHP ORT AND BRING BACK TO THE WMOLE COMMISSION ~CUYr~'k'-d- ,: TWE i R REC OMMENDAT l oN3. CARRIED. G~oiDN lp3' .AA~Rf ,~~5~'siNt,2 r11E,t~E AP,I°~ 7. SURVEY NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. A "COMMUNITY FACT SURVEY OF RICHFIELD" BY IVORTHEEiVSTATE3 POWER WAS ALSO D157R1^ BUTED. $~ AOJOURN~ f`~1T MOTION BY WOERNERy SECONDED 8Y COOMBSy TO ADJOURN AT 9:00 P:M. CARRIED, x. s ~ J -51p~- ~-qsz~ S~ PI.,ANNED tlMPROVEMENTB AND BEAUTIFICATOON OF THOROUGHFARES IN ROCHFIELD SDME OF THE NABN THOROUGHFARES 16d R0CHFIELD APPEAR SOMEWHAT UNKEPT AND UNAT'+'RACTIVEo IN OEFdNINfd 7HE EXACT AREAS ldHlCH ARE IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT ANU THE NATURE OF lFIPROVEMENT NECESSARYp THE PLANNING COMM05S0ON REQUESTED THAT A REVIEL~J BE MAUE OF THE SITUATION GNCLUDINO CURRENT PLANS FOR SUCM IMPROVEASENTo 'T'HOSE STREETS AND AVENUES GENERALLY CONSIDER ~ Io PENN AVENUE 5p L 20 LYNDALE AVENUE 60 3p NICOLLET AVENUE 7p 4o PORTLAND AVENlJE 80 ED THOROUGHFARES ARE LISTED BELOWY BLOOA9! NGTON AVEN~U~Ep~~ ~--~- CEDAR A VENUE '""''0Fa'~ COsdwJ.uG(;co~r. 66TH STREET,- t.4~~ .~ ~~ 76TH STREET: IN EXAMINING THESE AREAS THE FOLLOWIN,~O.~~pIN~FORMATION t•!AS OBTAINEDo I o PENN AVENUE ~sti~ ~ ~'~ _ i` ON PENN AVENUEp THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS ABSENCE OF CURB ANU GUTTER. UNKEPT LO?':i AND LOTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE OVERGROWN 1dBTH WEEDS AT THE FOLLOWING PLACESS Ao 62ND STREET TO 63RD STREETp EAST SIDE OF PEhiN Bo 7~~ TO 74TH STREETS STo N9-CHOLAS CHURCH AREAp CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION Co 74TH STREET TO 76TH STREETS WEEDS ANO TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY Oe 75TH STREET TO 76TH STREETp WEEDS AND TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTYe THIS k6tEA IS BEING ~'~'D~rEJ~~VELOPED IN APARTAOENTSp NOW UNDER CO//~NSTRUCTION. 20 LYNDALE AVENUE - (~, 1t ~`~l~ LP~ ~ ~ .g,~~~,~J- a~~/~j d~~ BESIDES THE NEED FOR CURB AND GUTTERS THE ONLY 9NPRAVEWENT NECESSARY IS THE OED VELOPMENT OF THE 19pOD LAKE AREAp G1 3p PlICOLLET'ANENtlE ~/~~CLG ,~.u.tu.~G.@. ..~'~¢ r AcalNt CURB AND t3UTTER WOULD SE A"'h1ELC014E ADI)ITIONp ~PARTOCUTARLY ON THE EAST' SIDE OF NICOLLEB IN THE AREA OF THE k1UB SHOPPIN~jG CENTERo 4p PORTLAND AVENUE .~~~~%~~:~. ~Y1,~~yy,Jl'w~..~V~ THE AREA BETWEEN 62NBs STREET AND 64TH STREET OPt THE EA8T SIDE OF PORTLA"N"0'p'°ICURRENTLV I N NEED OF F 1 LL p I S OVESiGR0:1N :; I YH WEED8o AFTER THE 1 Cd5TA4E.AT 1 ON 0 F 5U I TABLE DRA !NAG E: p CURB AND GUTTER' LANDSCAPING UOULD BE POSS7BI~Ep SOME OF THIS LAND !S NOW BEING PRIVATELY LSF,m VELOAEDo 5o BLOOMBHGTON AVENUE THE 50UTHEAST CORNER OF 66TH AND BLOOMI!lGTON IS OCCUPIED BY AN OLDER 9TRUGTtiREp BEHIND 4JH9CH BS AN UNSIGHTLY GARAGED. THE PROPER~'V IS AL5O OVERGROWN 191TH WEEDSe l"iEL~DS ALSO EX 1ST BETWEEN 621+iD AND 6380 ON THE EAST S I DE AF BLOOIa 8 NGTOii{o 6p CEDAR AVENUE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTBONp T4!lS,THOROUGHFARE SHOULD BE I@~9PROVED B!A THE NEAR FUTURE. A CLOVERLEAF INTERSECTION 9S PLANNED FOR THE CORNER OF CEDAR AVENUE AND HIGF:~AD' i®Op WHICH WILL Ii.P[ZOVH,THE APPEARANCE OF THAT AREAp' . 70 66TH STREET' EXCEPT FOR A,i'EW ISOLATED UNDEVELOPED LOTSp THERE BS NOTHING PARTBCULARLY. UNSIGHTLY THAT WILL NOT BE REMEDIED :iITW,-CURD AND GUTTERo THIS 914PROVEMENT IS NECESSARY BETWEERi PORTLAND AND CEDARo 80 76~TM TREE-T ASPHALT CURB AN© QU$TER ALREADY EXIST ON THIS STREETp fV0 ADDITIONAL IMPROVEfkENTS ARE NECESSARYe -THE f3AJOR PROBLEM IS NOT THAT OF WEED C EARANCEn OLD BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES! OR A LARIiE NUMBER OF UNKEPT AREAS BUT SIMPLY THE ABSENCE OF CURB AND GUTTER ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH Tli0R0UGKFARESe HIS PROBLEM CANNOT BE ATTACKED OFi A 31NGLE PROeIECTp HOWEVERp AS OTHER FACTORS-ARE INVOLVEDp 1 •, . ~ . ,y o~?m BEFORE CURB AND GUTTER CAN B& INSTALLED' IT 4lILL SE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF THE SANITARY AND STORM SEWER So THE COMPlET10N OF THESE PROJECTS HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED 8Y 1962 IN THE NLANNING COMMISSIONaS REPORT NUMBER OIdEe CURB AND GUTTER PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED IN THIS REPORT POSTPONE CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THESE PROJECTS ARE COP9m PLETEO ANO FINANCES BECOME AVA1lABtE. CURB AND GUTTER ARE NOT IN THE t:IRS7 FIVE YEAR PRIORITY SCHEDULED SOME OF THE PREYlOUSLY MENT10NE0 AREAS A/AY BE IMPROVEp BY NOTIFYING THE VILLAGE ENGINEERo SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ABOUT TO BE CLEARED AS NEW HOMESs APARTMENTS AND NIGH WAY CONSTRUCTI013 ARE COMPLETEDo A FEW ISOLATED LOTS REMAINo THESE MAY $E OENERAILY DESCRIBED AS CURRENTLY UNUSABLE AREAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION.71-IAT THE AMOUNT OF FILL NECESSARY TO BRINB THEM TO GRADES THE RESIDENTS DESIRE TO PRESERVE 7HE CONDITION OF THE LAND FAR FARM1NGv OR HIS DESIRE TO HOLD SUCH LAND FOR A GIVEN SALE PRICE PRECLUDE THIS NI:EDe THE VILLAGE OV1NS THE NORTHERLY PART OF THE AREA ON THE EAST S1DE OF i~000 LAKE BUT NAS NO PLAId8 FOR BEAUTIFYING IT TH19 YEARo THE PLANNINB COMMISSION REPORT NUMBER ONE ASSBGNEp THIS IMPROVEMENT PRIORITY NUMBER 14,-AND RECOMMENDED THE IMPROVEMENTS BE MADE IN THE YEAR 19590 1 - ~ ~y -iy - ~ -~~~ ~~ R