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Home My WebLink AboutCC 05-14-1951 1IIIlUTES OF .f.DJ0UBRJ) lIEETIBG OF 'lEE COUNCIL OF 'lEE VI~GE OF .A.BDE1If HILLS, MIBBESO'l'A Held in the !loa Hall, JIonday, )lay 1Jl.~. 19.51 17 \ !he meeting was called to order prOmptly by Jra;ror Cumm1Dg11. . All councilmen were present at the roll call. DLe clsrk then read the miDlltes of the regular meeting held ","pdl 30th, which were approved as read. J'1nanceCom.D1 ttee: Chairman Jloepner reported as follow81 (a) On the unchanged present status of the apportioIllll8nt of joint property between the town and village on which oertain oHTellpudence and opinions are under study by 'huBtee Mack; the. t he also contacted the COIll1ty Auditor's office in_- regard to the personal property tax collecticns from the fire in the Arms Plant and found 9 firms had paid their tex aggregating $.16.789.30 111 full, while 7 whose tax agg1'egates $71.2.58.0.5 had paid only 172 up to the.t tillll; the total is 16 firms. with a total tu of $94.047.3.5. (la) He also reported that the $2.5,000 JIlIws item was uacell. by the Reference J):l.yision of the St. Paul PubliC Library e.nil. they replUi'ted an item ullller date of Karch 14, 19.51, p. 12, in the St. Paul :Dispatoh which mentions Ul. appropriation made by the town of $20.000 for roads and bridges and $7,000 tor tire proteotion. Public Saf'etycOGllaittee: Chairman Mack rsported as :follOW81 (a) That he is awaiting report on our ti_es before dete1'lllinPg the amount ... should spend for fire protection. !his in turn dspends on the foregoing ap- portiolllllent. In this connection Jloepner reported that :RoseTille expects to submi t a proposal of a monthly Charge OfJ2.5.00 plus a certain additional charge per hOl1l'. for covering the area a oining the 'tillage of ROs8Yille. Delange- reported that Spring Lake Park Fire Dept. stated at the joint meeting it expects $1.000 per anDWm. (b) Jrack also reported on the RBa:Whse meeting regarding the orOSB- ing at Soo LiDe tracks and Hamline Ave. He said the meeting was postponed to the liay after (April 20th) at which no action was taken because of the pro- posed Change in the state highway and the fact that the rea" is not regarded now as as heavily tratelled as expected. (c) J!'ack also reported the t he bought the cap bad<\8s for the oou... stables as authorized at the previous meeting, at $6..50 each,~ and in addi tion the constables bought, at their expense, _tching badps for their shir ts, and that thsy will cury the badges bot by the Tillage in their wallets for identification. . Zilliox Addition: Ths clerk read a letter from Yr. Milner W. Carley, Suryeyor, re revised plat of the proposed Zilliox Addition; Yr. Car_ ley then explained the revisions, and also the meaning of tentative approval, tha tit applied to the layout of the addition and did not prejudice the final approval by the council; in the revised plat Connolly Ave. was stopped at Huron st. as a dead-end because the State Highway Dept. would not allow it to enter the Service LaDII east of the proposed 200. Bo. .51 beoause the lane at that point 1II&S too JIllrrow to acooDlllloc\a.te the traffic travelling north. 18 . '!hen McClung moTBd and Kaok seconded a motion that the revised plat ot the said prOposed addition be tentatively approvecl. insofar as the general plat plan is concerned. subject to application beil1€ made within two _eke for re- zoniIlg of the prepert;y to Class "A" :Residential; in connection with the re- zoning Mr. Carle;y requ.eeted that the petition from adjoining propert;y ownere be waived and 'that the council rely on a published notice ot the hearing On the re-zoning; motion oarried. Proposed Re-Arrangement ot Blockl!, ArdenHi.1lsl!l'o. ,: :r.rr. Car- le;y then showed the council a traciIlg ot a proposed re-arraIlgement of: Block 11, Arden Hille No. " lIa;y 1951, whioh will re-al1gn the borderline lots so as to be entirely within the limits of the Village of Arden Hills; at the present time some lots extend into the Village of :Rossville. !his was only a preTiew and required no action by the council. l/lr. Doll&ld D. Kingsley, an engineer representing Jialph D. !homas and A88ooiatee, Inc., of MiDIlBapolis, appeared in response to an invitation following their letter, and said he had listened to the disl:Ussion on the Zilliox addition, and in the course of his talk to the cOlUlCil recormnended the adoption 01' a planning commission ordinance; he aleo stated 'that dead-end roads have been a souroe 01' trouble to every comrmmit;y, and recommended the alternative of a tu.rn-about; he aleo stated that it was thair experience that the State High'llaJl' Depar tmant was intlexi ble in allowing aocess to highwa;ys a,t paints other than those shown on blueprints; that it is difficult to cha1l![e metes-end-bounds descriptions to lot-end-block descriptions after platting; that the village governing bod;y has the fiJl&l say-so on the acceptance of a plat; he recommended the following: (1) Planning Commission ordinance; (2) building inspector, (,I zoniJlg ordinance, (4) building code, and (5) a proposal to accompaDJ' proposed plats setting out requirements tor the conditioning ot streets, etc. tor final approval b;y the c-ouncil. Public Yorks CoDunitteel Chairman DelAnge reported as follows: (a) He ordered a culvert 16" x 28' put in tor )(r. DeGidio on View.A.vellnS. '!he question ot .hether the village or property owner pays for the same is awaiting the reoommendation of his eommittee. (b I !he clerk handed DeLange the County Suneyor 'e last billing in the amount 01' $328." tor road work, of which some items, according to DeLange, are pa;yable 'by the township. (c I Chairman DeLange also reported that he is calling a lII8eting of his committee at which the SUbject of dusty roads treatment will be given oonsideration. . Public Weltare COrllJllfttee: Chairman McClung reported that an ordiname cove:rWig clumping .ill be drawn and submi tted. in .hichcolUlllction the clerk will furnish him wi th a cop;y of an ordinance in torce in a lIe1ghbor Tillage. 19 lleporb of'Officlalsl !!he clerk reported that Ordinance NO.2, adopting state Highway 'l'raffioAot, was published J!'/l.y 3, lj/5l in the Rose '!l'ibune and is now in foroe. . Doepller moved and DeLange seconded a motion that the appointment of "hin Hurlbert as building ill.8pector be contil1l1e4 indefinitely subjeot to revooation at the w11l of the c_l1, and to ratify all permits issued since April 15th. the expiration of the last utension of his appointment; carded. Seoond reading of ordiuancesl !he clerk read -An Ordinance Estall- l1shiRg a tollllll1ssion to Plan for the Ph;vsical Development of the Village of Arden Hills, MiIlnesota, etc." introduced at the prsvious meeting. Ihereupon disoussion centered on the effect of the proposed ordinance on metes-ani- bounds desoriptions lees than 2i--acree and 150' wide, and the constitutionality of projecting streets and reserved areas for public use for a diotance of two miles beyOnd present village 11mi te ao authorized by the .ta tu tes. Ho.... ever, becmse of the lateness of the hour (about 1114.5 P.M.) JIlC1ung inquired it fUrther disllUseion on the ordinaJllle oould be contil1l1ei to a later meeting; thereupon a motion by Jl'ayor Cummings, which _s 8eco d, to adjourn to 7 P.M. on Monday, J!'/l.y 21st, 1951 was carried. '-7 15th. ](eeting adjourned about 12t15 A.M., APPROVED ~ ,'"--' , ~ ..: ~ ~, 1~ I --. .,0.<:'--jf7'i..;-YL/<-:') ~ ~- . ~ '- 1tayo I' . .