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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 03-23-1970 Specialr j Plra16'rAUTH,-'%'1USNFaS'}T'A. i li POt 21t. 1970 A apec.ldl mQatMg of the P1.1,9mouth- Vi-ILPI4 Catme-il ries 6:1.11.ed to !recce Ery Mayor Al Wide at 7:45. D. M, on kra-rc t. 23, 1,479. SFAT:: Mayor !tilde,' Couac- i Moen 211art z., Johowatt and- Spad-tip, A,ct.3ng Na.nhSar Bernga, Attorney 014xi ern and. Engineers •Hagen And Sones.tro4. NBS .: Cout e'tlman. 1C iWAeth., out of town in husft:es g. i jAM Olson., F1jacral Corisri;ltarve Cron, the .ft:v= of Juxwt b *Ioodyr, appeased t Ltfore Cou-rcil to re•vtew the bonding pragram. He explained the report he submittot Acco1rd.tjrr-g to his. report: the. total banding on Taa ue #1 will be $1.*410,040. 0M. Issue #2 the. total bond•iing will be: $193761J0010. The t1*R bell p.la ere of sale will be April 210 19M to the. V411uRe hall and a Counci 1 quorum ithould he: presen-t, flatyor IWAs asked it the elate could be changed to Ap-ril 20th. .lira 0.1gen said it could i:E It was acceptak1r. t,r leave someone else take lits place on that date. ars he will bb unable to. be p -resent. April 27th 'vas also suggestdde It was decided t*%At elate would be too lame, inasmuch as April. 6th.was the: date origlnallq plannr•f- ran. There followed a discussion on whether or nat It would be ad'-,tsatb-le to. sell a portion al the bonds now and the lair'latnco lato.• to :arke advant•agc of a possible better market and if they should be lor.g or short term rnart.urity stands,. ;tr. Olsen sa -W it might be advisable, but the trolutae is- io great and It was quest- tonuble if the market will imprcva. It could go to-tni reverse. as it did last Ncembe rr, A shar. t maturity tures could app.ly on Issue (Ll. RE: BONDI NCP fie was atsked ff hip report took :kneo account the federal Fund grant anti fie nald it d1d not, Th,ningeir Poneatrrao advined Ont the federal Nod gron.t. to issued in partial pay-mants and Vill pasad.bly takes 6 to S monthe to receive In. full. it will he necessary. for the V111age tn have the money avatlat•ble by $aptembe-r lie -to After .further dis- evanlan on handing factors 'Mr. 01&pn s:.id ,xe will submit u ra"ev-ahluation reenrt of tho whole it teture by Fin; clr Y10.6 F'neilleAr 11e+era!ltron 91C1ll the total costa will he re-duced !,y the ,kilolot)n r:-Jeratl. lune! tma"t tlyd- " AIN ta'l'l tcc he rueel-veal Fr= toldt%n Valley. artit Of the ::i ti;tPns tri this! %authveR : fmai +'4'omettr at -on reco:lved n maria frOw Enl itkftr l!.lMM t10 LIM 9taCt1q of the preFulnt 4treet tanditious anei t•ftt tent 1 l bo dtanu to curtrer t the gl tutttiotio rkiratttee r- Fl•rrgrn tis, i l:rr'tlad +l 1.611) cltl! iauitl.t !O nttC t'ttt ttt'trecft ti-nt clic! not }pt i+laCletalp L.AL'. i rtnr h•!+lois ru+trE! 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Council minutes - March- 23., 1970 3 A MOTION was made by Mayor Pil.de, second' by Councilman Johnson to adopt RESOLUTION 110. 70-94, A .RCSOLUT:I:'IN AUTRORIZING THE VI.LLACE ENGINEHR TO SPEND UF TO $15,000 TO PURCHASE AND LAY D014N;M-'1T1 VER SA1%M AND GRAVEL IS NECESSARY TO MAK£ 'ONE PASSABLI: 'LANE ON THE STREETS REQUIRING SLCII TREAMENT TO ALLEVIATE TIIE MUD SITUATION EXISTING IN TIIE;'-SQUTII- WEST IMPROVEMENT AREA. SAID EXPENDITURE IS TO .nE TAKEN OUT AF THE CONSTRUCTION FUND. Potion passed 4 aye roll call vote. Councilman Johnson said he would tike to receive a report from the Engineer advising what areas they are going to be moving into. It had been previously mentioned that there is a 4 ton limit on trucks travelling on Highway 0101 and the trucks that will carry this 1111 weigh 3 tons when empty, se they will not be allowed on Highway 0101. Counellman Hintz asked the anglneer how he will go into the areas adjacent to Highway #1.01 in view o.f this restriction. Engineer Hagen said' •lie will havv•'-to fled a way. r Mr, Rick Ruff., 1100D Vagabond gene in Itadiey !!ills, was Asked by. Mayor Hilde if the above program will help the situatior.;,onv•yagabond Lane. Mr.. Ruff displayed a. map of the area anti pointed f.ut the bad spats that will -require f111. Ile stated. that Engineer" flagon's letter asked the citizens to bear with the Village until May 15th when work can pr.oceed to complete road surfacing, he fe"Is that is too late. Its complained .about misleading rumors, mud., poor communication with the Village, broken.promleas, veracity of the Council and staff, and, finally, his excessive taxes which have dn6led. el,nce 1.068 and that, plus the unbearable street condition, it has•hecomd intoleraW a it RES. N0. 70-94 TW AUT11 RIZATION FOR. FUNDS Mayor llilde said he, as a representative of the Council and citizens of Plymnuth, was happy to listen to rlr. Ruff and he appreciated the clarity in which he matte his presentation. The mud situation has been previously discussed he said and added that there were few, if any. projects undertaken in Minnesota last year that was ns big in scope as the Southwest !Improvement Program and installed in such a short time. We tried to limit the bad conditions that ta.uch pro ,pets bring about and also tried to save money. As f6i, as communications are concerned, we have a very limited village staff with no manager at pwasen.t on board:. The Engineer anti planner have an exceedtngly large amount of work to do. and we do not have extras -personnel to rely on fair assistance with this heave work Load. An attempt to improve coirm- un:ications will be mode with the recent purchase of a nein ma.l..l.ir:g machine. Coundl. members have unclert;iken many Hours of their personal. time Band -carrying memne and trying to overcome sone of the commtini- ctition dif floUltten. As .far its broken promisas are concerned, some mts.-s•tatemonts poasibly were dale. to wrong informntion nurpliad by con- tractors and the fact that a newly hired Engineer had to hoc.ome familiar with the program. Photo is n human eteinaw: involvad Gild no broken promisee were made purpouefu.l,ly; laytyr llilde su..ggested to lair. Ruff that a neighborhood group be formed and he will be glad to viatt with them to talk about tnxus. 'Clio tax problem not only concerns .?V011ioutFh, her the nation as a wlin:l,e, !le believes more .hilitis should. be nva.t.l.rh1., For Inent. ove3.9 of gcvernmant, Illymouth's peablanis sire iiiilque !±rearm we fife ! groom!; cominoo-I ty +incl it will continua to bt: as until thn titisu:lsed vtiIOntion critclies ur. 1 r 7 1 r A MOTION was made by Mayor Pil.de, second' by Councilman Johnson to adopt RESOLUTION 110. 70-94, A .RCSOLUT:I:'IN AUTRORIZING THE VI.LLACE ENGINEHR TO SPEND UF TO $15,000 TO PURCHASE AND LAY D014N;M-'1T1 VER SA1%M AND GRAVEL IS NECESSARY TO MAK£ 'ONE PASSABLI: 'LANE ON THE STREETS REQUIRING SLCII TREAMENT TO ALLEVIATE TIIE MUD SITUATION EXISTING IN TIIE;'-SQUTII- WEST IMPROVEMENT AREA. SAID EXPENDITURE IS TO .nE TAKEN OUT AF THE CONSTRUCTION FUND. Potion passed 4 aye roll call vote. Councilman Johnson said he would tike to receive a report from the Engineer advising what areas they are going to be moving into. It had been previously mentioned that there is a 4 ton limit on trucks travelling on Highway 0101 and the trucks that will carry this 1111 weigh 3 tons when empty, se they will not be allowed on Highway 0101. Counellman Hintz asked the anglneer how he will go into the areas adjacent to Highway #1.01 in view o.f this restriction. Engineer Hagen said' •lie will havv•'-to fled a way. r Mr, Rick Ruff., 1100D Vagabond gene in Itadiey !!ills, was Asked by. Mayor Hilde if the above program will help the situatior.;,onv•yagabond Lane. Mr.. Ruff displayed a. map of the area anti pointed f.ut the bad spats that will -require f111. Ile stated. that Engineer" flagon's letter asked the citizens to bear with the Village until May 15th when work can pr.oceed to complete road surfacing, he fe"Is that is too late. Its complained .about misleading rumors, mud., poor communication with the Village, broken.promleas, veracity of the Council and staff, and, finally, his excessive taxes which have dn6led. el,nce 1.068 and that, plus the unbearable street condition, it has•hecomd intoleraW a it RES. N0. 70-94 TW AUT11 RIZATION FOR. FUNDS Mayor llilde said he, as a representative of the Council and citizens of Plymnuth, was happy to listen to rlr. Ruff and he appreciated the clarity in which he matte his presentation. The mud situation has been previously discussed he said and added that there were few, if any. projects undertaken in Minnesota last year that was ns big in scope as the Southwest !Improvement Program and installed in such a short time. We tried to limit the bad conditions that ta.uch pro ,pets bring about and also tried to save money. As f6i, as communications are concerned, we have a very limited village staff with no manager at pwasen.t on board:. The Engineer anti planner have an exceedtngly large amount of work to do. and we do not have extras -personnel to rely on fair assistance with this heave work Load. An attempt to improve coirm- un:ications will be mode with the recent purchase of a nein ma.l..l.ir:g machine. Coundl. members have unclert;iken many Hours of their personal. time Band -carrying memne and trying to overcome sone of the commtini- ctition dif floUltten. As .far its broken promisas are concerned, some mts.-s•tatemonts poasibly were dale. to wrong informntion nurpliad by con- tractors and the fact that a newly hired Engineer had to hoc.ome familiar with the program. Photo is n human eteinaw: involvad Gild no broken promisee were made purpouefu.l,ly; laytyr llilde su..ggested to lair. Ruff that a neighborhood group be formed and he will be glad to viatt with them to talk about tnxus. 'Clio tax problem not only concerns .?V011ioutFh, her the nation as a wlin:l,e, !le believes more .hilitis should. be nva.t.l.rh1., For Inent. ove3.9 of gcvernmant, Illymouth's peablanis sire iiiilque !±rearm we fife ! groom!; cominoo-I ty +incl it will continua to bt: as until thn titisu:lsed vtiIOntion critclies ur. 1 r r r 1 S r; I... ....- . ...... -- a.. r I... ....- . ...... -- a.. 1 1 Page 3 - Special Council Minutes Dfarcki 230 1970 Mr. Ruff said he feels that major imprq.vement projects should not be under- taken with such a limited Al,lage statf. Acting Manager Barnes submitted the 14siter and Sewer Operating Bud -get. He RE: WATER b SEWER requested that an additional -man be hired for this department in which OPERATING BUDGET case the amount of $4300 will, be appliedagainst. each department's budget, n' MOTION was made by Councilman Johnsor., second by Councilman Spaeth to adopt RESOLUTION NO, M-95, A RESOLAITION 1UTHORIZING THE ACTING, MANAGER TO HIRE ANOTHER LA1PLOYEE FOR, THE WATER AND SE141BR. DEPARTMENT. Motion carried 4 aye roll call vote. n All TION vas made by Councilman Johnson, second by Councilman Spaeth to adopt AECOLUTION NO, 70-969 A RESOLUTION ALLOIWTING MR. AN1' MRS, HOWARD JOHNSON TO TEMPORARILY OCCUPY A 11OUSE TRAILER AT 620 LANEWOOD LANE, LOT 6, BLOCK 40 UNTIL THEIR BURNED OUT ROME HAS BEEN RFSTOnED FOR OCCUPANCI', 14MICH SHALL NOT E\CEE'D T140 MONTHS. Motion carried 4 aye roll call vote. NOTION was made by Councilman Ili,ntz, second by Councilman Johnson to adopt RESOLUTION N0. 70-979 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING K%YOR 1111 E' S PROCIA11ATIOR D,ESIGtNATING APRIL 19 1970 AS CENSUS DiNY IN PLYAIOUI' ie lotion carried 4 aye roll call date. Navor Ililde read a letter received from Fred Hafner, Chairman of the Pride Force Lake Improvement Committee, dated December 26, 1969 con- cerning the clean up program of Medicine. Lake. Engineer Hagen said the Road Dept. has worked on cleaning up the shoreline without trespassing ort private property. The Jaycee& an.i Snuwmubi.la Club alio worked on picking up junk 'and litter .from the i nke . '\+payor Hi tele wi 11. write a Letter of appreciation for their uffor.s to Jaycee President, Eclecin Kerschke. ,end Douglas A'Pnard, President of the Plymouth Snowmobile Club. There was a discussion with Attorney O'Brien on the legality of asking citizens to clean up junk and litter on their per.annal property. The Attarney will check into the laws on this subject. REQS. N0. 20-95 E FEEE F FOR WATER b SEWER DEPT Amended 3/30/70 Councilman Spaeth asked haw much money is being expended .for Improving Medicine LAR and whece the money will. co -tic from. Ile snit! a .limit slinuld be p 1 creed on these expenditures because It only cave r,, nn . p,ti r t,icu l n r. area, Acting Manager Barnes said it comes out of the Pratte Force buelge• , ayor Hi,lde said we cannot estimate hour much money Its heing spent, pro- bably not nay, t s the present ,nark is he:ing clone during the road crew's spare time. Engineer Hagan conc rrad and sdid the amount is very minimal. The l.ngineer wt --.is asked to hthrise whcan tiny great amrun.t. of mnney will hnve to he spent. Public forks foreman. Dred Perry, w(s directed to act on Paint ft of the Pride rWce .latter, elated Feb. 26, l. -17n. Councilman llinta reported that hoe contacted Pride Force member, !lick Kerin nl, Chairman of the Mquor License Cnomitttee, w1th respect to this Set Ula License requested by Move Nnncuso, Mayor Ililde said tliuse comm- Ittees hnve to get or.ganl,ac;1, that' aro voluntacars and :Tune 'int.h is tho do:. brie da- to setfor a report to be submitted on this study. RES. NO. 10-96 TRAILER - H e JOHNSON RE'S. N0. 70•-97 19TH DECENNIAL C ENSVS RE: PR1DE FORCE LAIN: T11PRO V 0ENIT PIAN 0 P r %I /• 17 Page 4 - Special 1,:ouncil minutds - March,23, Wf7 L•'ngineer Hagen and'the Council discussed the Engineer's memo con_ern- RE: GUIDE PIAN ing "DAta For-Contrac.ticg With Planner For Updating A Guide Plan for The Village". Engineer Hagen was asked to furnish a schematic by Narch 30th with codes showing which areas of the village are.covered by an adopted guide plan, a quide plan yet to be adopted and those for which there is no guide plan as yet. Councilman Spaeth urgee Council.to take action on adopting the Sanitary Land Fill Ordinar..ce so that the '.landowner may proceed to make arrange-, menta for the facilities he will require to operate the proposed land- fill site.. Mayor Hilde said the Pride Force was working on key q-uestions and one was who should be allowed to use it. Thev decided that anyone in and outside of Plymouth should be allowed to use this facility with the exception of garbage and rubbish haulers. There was a discussion with the Attorney on the ordinance ins ,to it's provisions, amend rients and t! }:ether or not the 1pndowr<er should be allowed to conduct rummaging and acavenFing. It was felt that the latter may incur uncovered areas of, the sanitary land fill site. Acting Manager Barnes reported on the !~Baste Disposal, Meeting that tee and Fire'Chtef Bauer attended on February 26, 197n in St. Paul. He nlso reported that a FAre Burning Permit was obtained from the (Minnesota Pollution. Control Agency for a contractor. You may apply for such per- mits in the future from Mr. Wlik of the FCA. a RE: SANITARY 1,AND FILL ORDINANCE 0 Attorney O'Brien was advised to contact the Pollution Control Agency about approving the Sanitary band .Fill Ordinance that was submitted to them. Mr. I'Hrien will redraft r final ordinance on this subject and present it at the :larch' :30'.h meeting, A review and dec!sions were mat..z on the 107V Improvement Project report RE: 1970 PROJECTS submitted by Engivaer Hagen, idION was made by Councilman Johnson. secand by Councilman 11intz to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 70-98, A RESCILUTIOU ORDERI R: A PRELIMINARY REPORT TO IMPROVE. 36T11 AVENUE 1 -ROM PILGRIM LANE TO 2ACILARY 1...141:, PROJECT #7C -8C. lotion carried 4 aye roll call vote, Engineer Hagen said he will prepare a map showing where the grillage should have atceet lights where there are through traffic stop signs. Northern States Power will be contacted for a report showing what the costs will be. 10TION was made by Mayor t(ilde, second by Councilman Johnsnn to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 7n-99, A RCSOLUTxnN AUTNORnum 'ria, SX.Pl.-aND [:t'UI1 OV S27,6Qn TO EXTET) T1.I1. WATlik P41yN FRnitm WNLNp. .1 Tn T11E l;l.,WA'l ED TANK AND 1?O IUD AVENUE AND BACK TO NIACARA LANE Tn Pati vint, WATER ShRVICF FOR THE PLYMOUTH VILLAU MAINTENANCE SITE, Motion c4rried 4 ave rol.1 call vote. Platted and unplat.ted land in the. prnposecj Centrnt Improvement arca was dincuened an to financing, nssessing, risks involved anti future land development of open land. rInyor Hilde nsN.ed Fngtneer lingen to pre- pare n schematic portraying where the sawgir, vato%r rine! storm Rower lines wiII he installed, nutline the platted aroas and give: costs for this protect. I1 Y RES. N0. 70-98 PRt1J.FCT '70-8C STREETS RF: STREET LICHTS RFS, Nn. 7n-99 WAT ER Fnit MAINTENANCE SITE RK: CENTRAL 1VPRnvF,mI:NT PIAN Page 5 - Special Council mlt,utes - "parch 23, 197t) Councilman Hintl: said on March 19th he met Mr. rrelsoaa's partner of the Nelson Land b Realty Co. in the village hall. They discussed Council's denial of the requested Conditional Use Permit covering two signs they wish to erect. One sign top be placed at the inter- section of County Road 010 at Zachary Lane and the of=er at County Road #9 and Zachary Lane. He asked that their request be placed on the agenda slain and also said that they had obtained permission from the property owners to past these %ilgns on their land. Mr. Nelson appeared before Council and said that thee still wf.sh to place one sign at County Road 010 and Zachary Lane, but decidee to pl, ce the other one tin L. J. Regia I s, property on Larch Line near Ivy' a Inn. Mayor Hilda said the Council could on.y cousider the original peti- tion covering the sign at County Roae PIO and asked why this peti- tion waa 'drought before Council. Engineer Hagen explained it wits due to the fact that the signs Tire teing placed on land remote from the subdivision of Nelson Land ,4 Realty, `tr. Velson requested permission to place their sign 5(1' back from the intersection on County Road #10 where vtsibS.: tt.v will'. lot be obscured. 10TION was made by Councilman Hintz, second by Councilman Johnson to adopt RESGLUTION' NO. 7Q-ino, ;, RESOLUTION r1PPROVINC 0A CONDITIONAL USE PILMIT TO INSTALL &It 4'x8' SIGN BY NELsm LAND &ND 'REALTY CO. 50 FEf.7 BACK FRO`' THE. S01711h EST CORNEE OF THE; I`"TFRSF.CTION AT COUNTY RoAB, 010 A.+D 7ACHARY LANE. ' otion passed 4 aye roll call. vote. our+cil reviewed the Council Project lAst as outlined on October 27, 1069 by "savor Hilde. He urged knnineer nonestroo to fall-nw air .nn our federal fund applicatior, for the `llnneapr'is Force !fain. I ng -leee- Hapen reported the Public Works Facility site is cording slang slor•.10 due to the time allowed for emmpletion. Councilman Johnson reported that the Apartment Stud* will he presented to Council after the Theroughfare Plan has been presented anti accepted. Councilman H nL,t plans to contact Mr. Ube Ci,vanaugh concerning his park land donation shortly after the first of April. 3TION was made by Mayor Ililde, second by Councilman Hintz ccs adapt RESOLUTION Nn. 70-101, A FESOLUTinN Dll'** •; oTINC THE ATTORNFY TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION CONCERNING 'rill, HENNEPIN COUNTY 1,111T1.ARY RnAltn'S PURCIIAsu, OF ACRFJ\GF FOR THEIR LIB IU,RY ON Till: FI'TVl,F P1,Y`inti otll CIVIC CFNTFR SITE. Motion carried 4 alto roll call vote. Councilman Johnson mentivied that the Village's objectives Gantt policies sho old be drafte l and be ready b;r the time a manager is hired. H ayot 1111do ragroel that goals and purposes are necessary. These could he prepared sad given to the Manager after he has been on the job for a couple of weeks he said. Coauncil.mnn Johnson said lie and Lounctlman Kindgeth have pal.eadv propared a portion of this report and should have it completed in aho.at two weeks for present- ation to the Council. Councilman Spaeth asked that the ordinance covering signs be redrafted for better clarification. "aynr lltlda directed that Councilman Spneth Engineer Hagen and Nuild.ing Inspector Rammaia stet together and write a memo to the Council regarding this qub,ject a cr it can he Riven to rhe Planning Ctimmission for their constderatton. AE: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - NELSON LAND AND REALTY RES. NO. 70-lnn f.675:7IONAL USE PEELMIT APPROVED RE. CO!tN 44TT, PRPJ FCTS RES. NO. 70-101 LIBRARY SITF RE: VILLACE POLICIfti RE: SIGN ORDINANCE Page 6 - Special Council edeu.tes -blanch 23, 1970 MOTIM oras mads by Councilmn Hintz, sowond by Cetx-ict1w..,91 _lohnoon tj RE_ •'. S : N:02 adopt RESOLUTION 00a 70-102'9 A RESQt.IJ'.'ION' AUTHORIZING 11HE USE Or' fi 1SF tE'iTS FAR C IVENT DMIA1N TO ACQUIRE EASO1F`M FOR TTiF If01 RTPfA, %Ti• INTERC E:P'FOR W1 INTERCV-PrOR SANITARY SEM-SY-et-?Me Motion tarrIed 4 aye roll call vote. AMMION was made by',Mayor 1111de, second wy C'ounci. nksn Hintz to adjourn at 11:30 P.bl. Dfotf m carried by unanimous vote. mayor Attest:m , m e