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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954 10-13 CCM Regular SessionMinutes of the proceeding of the Village Council of the Village of Brooklyn Center in the County of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, including all accounts audited by said Council October 13, 1954 The Village Council met in regular session and called to order by Arthur Paulson, Mayor, at 8 :00 P.M. The following members were present: Arthur Paulson, Wayne Gageby, Glen Sonnenberg, Allen Lindman and Paul Weekly. The minutes of the regular meeting held on September 22, 1954 were approved as read. Motion made by Paul Weekly and seconded by Wayne Gageby that a Cigarette License and an Off -sale malt license be issued to Mrs. Bernice Harriet Jubert at 5357 Emerson Ave. N. effective October 15, 1954. All members voting in favor of this motion, motion carried. Motion made by Paul Weekly and seconded by Allen Lindman to accept the pettition of abutting property owners in Block One (1), Humboldt Addition, requesting that 5 feet on either side of said alley be vacated, making this alley twenty (20) feet in width and that a public hearing be- held on November 10, 1954. Motion carried. Motion made by Paul Weekly and seconded by Wayne Gageby to accept the deed of Frank R. Storest and Clara Lillian Storest for street purposes; the north 30 feet and the east 30 feet of the West half of the North half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter (W 1/2 of N 1/2 of SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4) of Section 2, Twp 118, Range 21, also known as Lot 56 in Auditor's Subdivision No. 218, Hennepin County, Minnesota, to be used by said second party as easement for road purposes. All members voting in favor of this motion, motion carried. Motion made by Paul Weekly and seconded by Wayne Gageby that the Village Clerk be given authority to deposit the certified check presented by Joseph W. Betker dated March 13, 1953 to the General Fund account of the Village. Motion carried. Motion made by Wayne Gageby and seconded by Alien Lindman to accept the Justice Report presented by H. R. Jones for the month of September. Motion carried. Motion made by Paul Weekly and seconded by Wayne Gageby requesting the Camden Park State Bank to provide guaranty collateral in the amount of $100,000.00 for various bank accounts of the Village of Brooklyn Center. Motion carried. Motion made by Wayne Gageby and seconded by Paul Weekly giving the Northern States Power Co. authority to install one pole on 53rd Avenue North west of Northport Drive. Motion carried. Motion made by Paul Weekly and seconded by Allen Lindman to abate the assessments on that part of Lot 21 lying South of the North 75 feet thereof and West of Betker's Addition. All members voting in favor of this motion,motion)arried. Motion made by Glen Sonnenberg and seconded by Allen Lindman to deny the request of the Planning Commission to supply them with an independent professional planning engineer to advise them in regards to the two commercial centers now appearing before the Commission. Those voting in favor of this motion: Ayes - Glen Sonnenberg and Alien Lindman; nayes Arthur Paulson; no vote - Wayne Gageby and Paul Weekly. Motion carried. Motion made by Glen Sonnenberg and seconded by Allen Lindman giving Dan Elmer, Fire Chief, authority to use the balance of the budget appropriated for the fire department for 1954, in the amount of $628.38 for more needed equipment. Motion carried. adoption: Motion made by Wayne Gageby and seconded by Glen Sonnenberg to deny the request of the Northern States Power Co. to construct a new power transmission line on steel towers from the west bank of the Mississippi River to their switching station on 57th Avenue North and Shingle Creek. Motion carried. Member Wayne Gageby introduced the following resolution and moved its 172 RESOLUTION MODIFYING OILING IMPROVEMENT NO. 1954 -4 WHEREAS, on September 22, 1954 at a regular meeting of the Village Council certain work was approved to be performed which work was described as Oiling Improvement No. 1954 -4, and WHEREAS, it appears that due to adverse weather conditions only a certain portion of said work can be performed within the current calendar year, and WHEREAS, it appears that the best interests of the village and of the affected property owners would be served by reducing the scope of said project onoy to such streets as will have been oiled within this calendar year, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, as follows: 1. Oiling Improvement No. 1954 -4 is hereby modified in that only the following streets shall be oiled during the calendar year 1954: 62nd Ave. North between Aldrich Ave. and Lyndale Ave. North 61st Ave. between Camden Ave. and Lyndale Ave. North 59th Ave. North between Emerson and Lyndale Ave. North Humboldt Ave. between 53rd and 55th Emerson between 59th and 61st Dupont between 53rd and 55th Dupont between 58th and 61st Colfax between 58th and 59th Bryant Ave. between 53rd Ave. and 57th Ave. 2. The assessment roll shall be modified so as to only assess those property owners who are benefited by the oiling of the streets set forth above. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Allen Lindman, and upon vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor thereof: Arthur Paulson, Wayne Gageby, Allen Lindman, Glen Sonnenberg, and Paul Weekly; and the following voted against the same: None -; whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Member Paul Weekly introduced the following resolution and moved its adcption: RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF $22,500 STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS WHEREAS, the village council has let contracts for the construction of Storm Sewer Improvement No. 1954 -1 and Blacktopping Improvement No. 1954 -1, and the village has ordered the work by day labor on Oiling Improvements Nos. 1954 -1, 1954 -2, 1954-3 and 1954-4, all under the provisions of Chapter 398, Laws of Minnesota 1953, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, as follows: 1. It is hereby determined that the total cost of each of the improvements heretofore commenced is as follows: Storm Sewer Improvement No. 1954 -1 Blacktopping Improvement No. 1954 -1 Oiling Improvement No. 1954 -1 Oiling Improvement No. 1954 -2 Oiling Improvement No. 1954 -3 Oiling Improvement No. 1954 -4 the aggregate cost thereof being determined to be approximately $8,000.00 3,500.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 900.00 5,900.00 $22,500.00 2. It is hereby determined that the total cost of each of said improvements shall be assessed upon property benefited by the improvement. The Clerk shall forthwith calculate the proper amount to be specially assessed for the improvements against every assessable lot, piece or parcel of land within the district affected, without regard to cash valuation, based upon the benefits received. 3. It is hereby determined to finance the entire cost of said improvements by the issuance of improvement bonds. 4. There is hereby created a special fund to be designated as Street Improvement No. 1954 -B Fund out of which shall be paid the cost of the said improvements and the principal and interest on the Improvement Bonds authorized hereunder and into which shall be paid all of the proceeds of the special assessments and taxes to be levied for said improvement and the moneys received from the sale of Improvement Bonds. 5. In anticipation of the collection of said special assessments and taxes, the village shall forthwith issue and sell $22,500 Street Improvement Bonds. The full faith and credit of the village shall be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds when the moneys on hand in the Street Improvement No. 1954 -B Fund are insufficient for the purpose. 6. The Improvement Bonds shall be 25 in number and numbered 1 to 25, both inclusive, in the denomination of $1000 each except for those bonds maturing in 1961 to 1965 inclusive, which bonds will be in the principal amount of $500 each, all of said bonds having interest payable semi- annually commencing July 1, 1955. The bonds will mature in the yeas and amounts as follows: The full faith and credit of the Village will be pledged to payment of the bonds, and there will be no option of prior payment. 7. The village council shall meet at the village hall in the village on Wednesday, the 27th day of October, 1954, at eight o'clock p.m., for the purpose of receiving sealed bids for the purchase of said bonds and the village clerk is authorized and directed to cause notice of the sale of said bonds to be given by publication ten days in Commercial West, a financial paper published in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Said notice shall recite that the village will furnish printed bonds and approving legal opinion of Messrs. Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, both without expense to the purchaser, shall require that all bids be unconditional and accompanied by a good faith check in the amount of at least $1000.00 and shall specify one or more interest rates in multiples of one -tenth or one- quarter of one percent. Said notice shall further provide that delivery of the bonds will be made by the village within forty days after the date of sale at the office of the village clerk or, at the option of the purchaser, at Minneapolis or St. Paul without expense to the purchaser. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Wayne Gageby, and upon vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor thereof: Arthur Paulson, Wayne Gageby, Allen Lindman, Glen Sonnenberg, and Paul Weekly; and the following voted against the same: None; whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. The following bills were audited and ordered paid: Liquor Store #893 James Fischbach 894 Richard Jennrich 895 Steve Leba 896 Paul Felegy 817 Lloyd Sandgren 898 Distillers Distr. Co. 899 Old Peotia Co. 900 Lynn Johnson 901 Famous Brands $12,000 January 1, 1956 2,000 January 1, 1957 2,000 January 1, 1958 2,000 January 1, 1959 2,000 January 1, 1960 500 January 1, 1961 500 January 1, 1962 500 January 1, 1963 500 January 1, 1964 500 January 1, 1965 Salary Liquor n $175.00 150.00 85.63 71.24 23.75 713.41 595.39 207.85 594.38 1r3 174 902 Mid West Wine Co. 903 McKesson Robbins 904 Ed Phillips & Sons 905 Ebin Bros. Co. 906 Griggs Cooper Co. 907 Distillers Distr. Co. 908 Mpls Brewing Co. 909 Gluek Brewing Co. 910 Thompson & Sons Co. 911 Bowman Distr. Co. 912 Royal Beverage Co. 913 Chaska Beverage Co. 914 Massolt Bottling Co. 915 Whistle Bottling Co. 916 Superior Beer Distr. Co. 917 Canada Dry Giner Ale Co. 918 Coca Cola Bottling Co. 919 0. M. Droney Bev. Co. 920 Mpls Bottling Co. 521 Seven -Up Bottling Co. 922 Pabst Brewing Co. 923 Minn. Paper & Cordage Co. 924 American Linen Supply Co. 925 Truman Nelson 926 Automatic Alarm Corp. 927 Rex Distributing Co. 928 Check Cashing Fund #2824 Robert Cahlander Salary 2825 Arnold Fahlan " 2826 Henry Davis " 2827 Joseph Sienko " 2828 George Jenson 2829 Emil Carlson tl 2830 Gladys Schuckhart te 2831 Elsworth Nelson tt 2832 Standard Oil Co. Supplies 2833 Anderson Aggregates " 2834 Ernie's & Ray's Direct Service t ' 2835 Northern States Power Co. Service 2836, Sub. Henn. County Relief Board tt 2837 Miller Davis Co. Supplies 2838 Post Publishing Co. Services 2839 H. V. Johnston Culvert Co. Supplies 2840 Bruce Publiiing Co. tt 2841 Anderson Aggregates 2842 Anoka County Union 2843 J. I. Holcomb Co. 2844 Albert W. Paulson Services 2845 Terry Bros., Inc. It 2846 Coleman Oil Co. Supplies 2847 Brooklyn Center Hdwe Co. t, 2848 Edwin C. Peterson Salary 2849 G. A. Haertel Fuel Co. Supplies 2850 Dan Elmer Mileage 2851 J. V. Gleason Supplies 2852 t, tt 2853 Henn County Nurses Dist. Services 2854 Working Capital Fund Transfer 2855 Camden State Bank Warrant 2856 Paul Weekly Salary 2857 Theodore Nordquist " 2858 Lyle Signs, Inc. Supplies 2859 Ed Ryan, Sheriff Services 2860 Wallace Bruch " 2861 Remington Rand Co. 2862 Glen Sonnenberg 2863 Wayne Gageby General Liquor It tt tt tt tr ft it n tt tt tt t, tt Tt Supplies Salary Services Liquor Transfer It tt Salary t, Motion made and duly seconded to adjourn ./A) g/1111:2 Mayor $ 57.25 265.60 2710.59 980.54 1579.34 183.74 1024.92 467.10 1600.89 652.95 220.10 166.16 126.64 13.60 232.50 55.23 51.83 104.73 18.28 129.76 31.90 53.99 5.65 218.00 36.00 232.64 4966.34 $15,1302.72 175.00 175.00 150.00 150.00 75.00 96.10 100.00 141.88 74.65 153.00 27.30 84.46 279.30 6.03 14.40 23.66 29.68 19.80 24.30 18.75 85.83 390.00 47.66 4.05 178.54 11.20 25.00 698.49 81.60 1585.08 11521.75 5987.09 325.00 460.15 307.95 6.00 75.00 17.45 75.00 45.00 $23,746.15 The Village Council met in Special Session and called to order by Arthur Paulson, Mayor, at 8 :30 P.M. The following members were present: Arthur Paulson, Wayne Gageby, Glen Sonnenberg, Allen Lindman and Paul Weekly. Motion made by Wayne Gageby and seconded by Paul Weekly that we refund the sum of $57.20 to Mrs. Maud Johnson of 5435 Emerson Avenue North, she being assessed for two sanitary sewer stubs and only one being installed. Motion carried. Motion made by Paul Weekly and seconded by Allen Lindman to accept the deed presented by Arden Burguist covering his portion of the street known as Lake Drive. Motion carried. Motion made by Paul Weekly and seconded by Glen Sonnenberg that the Northern States Power Co. be given permission to construct a 115,000 volt double circuit transmission line on steel towers from the west bank of the Mississippi River to their Brooklyn Center switching station located west of Shingle Creek and immediately adjacent to 57th Avenue North. All members voting in favor of this motion, motion carried. Minutes of the proceeding of the Village Council of the Village of Brooklyn Center in the County of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, including all accounts audited by said Council October 19, 1954 Motion made and duly seconded to adjourn. 175'