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05-12-1959LONGE RANGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING COMMISSION VTLLAGE OF ~tICrIFIELD REGULAR MEETING May 12, 1959 A~INUTES The Long Range Capital 1859 in the basement of order by Vice-Chairman Members present were: Absent: jJoerner Coombs appeared at 7:45 Improvements Planning Commission met P~iay 12, the Village Hall. The meeting was called to ~rspamer at 7:05 P.~1. Ers,{pamer, iZeiter, and Grunditz P.M Ex-Officio members present were: Absent: None. Gasterland, :~umpel, Serstock, and Van I{revelen. The Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as printed. 1. RESOLUTION ON THOROUGHFARES. The resolution on thoroughfare beautification prepared by Erspamer and Leiter was given to all members.. Moved by Reiter, seconded by Grunditz that the resolution be adopted. Carried unanimously, Grunditz moved that copies of the resolution be sent to the Village Council, School Loard, Lichfield News, all civic organizations, and churches. Seconded by Reiter. Carried unanimously. The Administrative Intern was asked to send a copy of the letter to tdr. Gasterland who is a Commissioner of the-Dan Patch .District, and he would see that it got to all Boy Scout leaders in the community. 2. STREET LIGHTING. Because street lighting for the commercial areas involves the will of the business men in the area as well_as-the question of curbs and gutters, it was felt that it was questionable how active the Commission-could be in this field. It taas decided to postpone further discussion of the Street .Lighting report until priorities were discussed at a later date.. 3. PRESS CONTACT . bir. Biter and I~ir. t~oerner had been unable to see- .the press about publicizing the need for Village fall expansion but would follow through and report back at the next meeting. The Village Manager mentioned that the League of t~Jomen Voters had held an open house at the Village Hall on April 18,-1959, and over 300 adults had attended. (more) 0~'t Minutes LRPC (Continued) May 12, 1959 4. CONDUCT OF MEETINGS. Mr. Erspamer felt that more order should be maintained at meetings and that no visitor should be allowed to speak unless he were on the agenda. It was the consensus that this problem could ~e handled by strong control caithin the meeting without outside pub- lication. 5. PRIORITIES. ` Each official member discussed his own listing of -priorities. In order to save the time of Ex-Officio members since they had made no new project requests, Coombs moved that a meeting of the offic- ial members of the Commission be called to discuss priorities alone Second by Reiter. Carried unanimously. 6. LIQUOR STORE FUNDS. The financing of priorities was gone into in a limited way. In relation to the use of bond issues versus liquor store funds for park improvements, the Village Alanager pointed out that liquor store funds he,ve been used for purchase of park property and for park improvement to a great extent. Liquor store funds cannot be dedicated for and one use because each new council is empowered to make ids own de,eision about the funds. An attempt would be made to gimme the public more information on this whole question. of the us a of liquor store funds . Further discussion of fina~-- cing would take place of ter the meeting on priorities. Air. Serstock asked to be excused at 8x30 p.m. ?. PLAN A. From the minutes it seemed unclear to some members as to whether` the Commission had definitely `underwritten Plan A as the way to - _ expand the Village Hall: They felt that the library aid not belong with the Public Safety facilities and the other Village Hall offices both from an esthetic and practical viewpoint. A~~,,_.:, _. Reiter suggested the possibility a~ reiocating_the library in t~~,. Liquor Store on Lyndal ~iM ue and Q.f purchasing new property far a liquor store on ~a~4~~ Mr. Rutp.pel volunteered that three different branch libraries might be an` ans~rer to giving availab~ -.. ity to all Richfield children. Thee was- a question as to wbetl~er this would be acceptable to the Hennepin County Library Board since branches so far have not been used in other. suburban commUUi ties. Reiter moved that further discussion of Plan A be heTd`at-she next meeting. Second by Coombs. Carried unanimously. (more) 9~t. .~ ~~ A2inutes La~PC (Continued) Aiay 12, 1959 8 . i~EET ING DATES Following up the poll of members as to a change in the meeting date far the Commission, Reiter moved that the date be changed from the second to the first Tuesday of each month. Second by Grunditz. Carried unanimously. 9 . CITIZENS' LEAGUE . At a Citizeri~s League meeting ~ahich Air. Lrspamer had attended on April 21, 1959, a League member had suggested that the Planning Commission study the successes and failures of different businesses 3:n Richfield. According to the by-laws such a topic would be a :=permissible item to take up, but it Baas decided to take it into consideration not as a separate survey but as it is related to our. .~4ther prQ.jects. 10..- COHIMUNI~y CENTERS MEETI1~iG. .At a me~ting.of Community Centers, Incorporated, on April 29, 1959, helpp of-the Commission had been enlisted for a report on future needs,~.~of i.ichfield in the .area of parks and swimming pools. Minutes. •of: 'this:;°•me~eting had been made available to the Commission,. but the :-exact n~aure of the help desired was 'not clear. Air. Coombs volun- te~rred` to~.;conta.ct Air. ~~~oerner who had been the official observer.. of•~ 'thee ~o~nmission at the meeting. so that an answer could be-made to - Community ~Ce~nters. It seemed to: be the consensus that this etas an ~a;rea there the Commission cou~d ~e helpfuls l~r. Andersanwas aslced to gather together all the .material avail- able on ~rarks, swimming pools, etc. and have it ready for members by .the next meeting date. ~1. A~I~tUTES P OCEEDURE. :J~r. Reiter felt that the minutes did not express what actually ::happened at meetings of the Commission and that they should be more ~n detail. °The question of taking the happenings verbatim was discussed .and Air. Reiter volunteered to bring-one of the young men from his office to do this. It was suggested that perhaps the Village Hall would prefer having one of its own employees to do this type of recording, but the question was not resolved.- The secretary- would carne the minutes more fully for the next meeting. 12 . AD3 OU RNI~I~IT.. Coombs moved to adjourn at 10:00 p.m. unanimously.. Second by Reiter. Carried Respectfully submitted. /s/ urel Grunditz A4rs. Gordon Grunditz, -Secretary. ~'~ I . ~ ~' ~ RESOLUTION RE: THOROUGHFARE BEAUTIFICATION ~aHEREAS, it is acknowledged that proper physical care of property both public a._3 private adds to the beauty of a community, enhances property values and promotes civic pride, and ~JHEREAS, -certain Richfield thoroughfares, especially Penn Avenue, Lyndale Avenue, Isicollet Avenue, Portland Avenue, and 66th Street are in need of extensive beautif ication through the control of weeds and excess sand and gravel, rnai~~zcenaiice of boulevards and ~~allcs, sodding, filling, grading, and removal of surplus dirt, and j~IICREAS, the beautification and proper maintenance of property and thoroughfares should be the concern of all -- the village govern- ment, owners and users of real estate, business and commercial enter- prises, and civic organizations, both individually and collectively, and tJHEREAS, such thoroughfare beautif ication appears to be of benefit to the development of the village and thus would be of proper concern to the Richfield Long Range Capital Improvements Planning Commission according to Article I of Resolution #1188 ~~hich established the sai~. Commissions THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Richf field Long Range Capital Improvements Planning Commission recommend 1. That the Village of Richfield enf orce all pertinent .ordinances and use all other means at its disposal to clean up, improve, and maintain the thoroughfares and boulevards within the villageo 2. That an appeal be made to the public, press, and civic organizations for their cooperation in the inauguration of a village ,ride beautif ication grog ram to s tart immedi- ately and- continue as long as there is need. Passed by the Richf field Long .tangs Capital Improvements .Planning Commission this 12th da~r of >~at,T, 19~9~