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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-18-1961408 Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., September 18, 1961 D S,WALD_P_LI,B LI S,H,I,N,O_D,D.•_N,EW_. LM,•_M. I,N.N._A3528 was read.and President Tingley ordered the same placed on file. A summons and complaint - Max Renner Well Company, a corporation as Plaintiff and vs. City of Rochester,• amunicipal corporation, and Ellerbe and Company, Inc. a corporation as Defendants, ,was read and upon motion by Stadler, second by Leonard and all voting in favor thereof, the summons and complaint was referred to the City Attorney.. A letter from Maurice S. Albin, M.t D. of 901 - lst Street N. W. petitioning the Council to install stop signs on the eastern and western corners of 1st Street N. W. as crossed by 9th Avenue N. W. was read and upon motion by Wilson, second by Leonard, and akl voting in favor thereof, the request was referred to the Public Safety Committee. A letter signed by Cal Smith, Manager of the Mayo Civic Auditorium, requesting addition - .al lighting on 3rd Avenue Southeast, commonly called the parkentrance, which extends from East Center Street directly toward. the arena doors of the auditorium, was read and upon motion by Stadler, second by Leonard, and all voting in favor thereof,,the letter was referred to the Purchasing, Utilities and Miscellaneous Committee. A .petition with 10 signatures requesting that 7th Avenue Northwest, one block from Lourdes High School and North of Second Street N. W., be restricted to one-way parking was read and -upon motion by Stadler, second by Wilson, and all voting -in favor thereof, the petition was referred to the Public Safety Committee. The petition of The Kruse Company requesting that the property to(be known as Folwell Heights Second Addition be annexed to the City of Rochester was read and•upon motion by Wilson, second by Stadler, the petition was referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The application of The Kruse Company requesting approval of the preliminary subdivision plan to be known and designated as Rolling'Greens Fourth Addition was read and upon motion by Wilkus, second by Wilson, and all voting in favor thereof, the application and copies of the plan were referred to the City Planning and Zoning Commission. The application of The Kruse Company requesting approval of the preliminary subdivision plan to be kown and designated as Park Home Subdivision was read and upon mbbion by Wilkus, second by Wilson, and all voting in favor thereof, the application and copies of the plan were referred to the City Planning and Zoning Commission. The petition of The Kruse Company to have Outlot 1, Rolling Greens Fourth Addition, changed from a residential to a multiple dwelling zone was read and upon motion by Wilkus, second by Wilson, and all voting in favor thereof, the petition was referred to the City Planning and Zoning Commission. 0 A letter from the Rochester Bus Line, Inc. requesting approval to continue upon the same arrangements for the current year 1961-62 as was approved'on February 42 1961, giving additional service to the John Marshall High School, was read and upon motion by Stadler, second by Wilson, and all voting in favor thereof, the requested permission was granted. Letters signed by R. Drew Miller, M. D. and Mrs. Mary K. Faucett requesting that Sth Street Southwest be closed off west of 16th Avenue Southwest were each read and upon motion by • 1 • 1 Wilson, second by Leonard, the letters were referred to the City Planning & 'Zoning Commission. • Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn:, September -.18, .1961 40 9 1 C11 wo • 1 1 • 1 A letter from Carl Slight, Secretary of the Olmsted County Chapter of American War Dads requesting permission to have their annual tag day on Saturday, September 23 was read and upon motion by DeVries, second by Wilson, and all voting in favor thereof, the requested permission was granted. The request of E. A. Rundell, Jr. petitioning for the establishment of a 25 foot minimum setback line in the Bumpus Addition was read and upon motion by Wilson, second by DeVries, the same was referred to the City Planning and Zoning Commission. All voted in favor thereof. The following letter from the Rochester Airport Commission was read: "Members of the Common Council City of Rochester Rochester, Minnesota Gentlemen: The Airport Commission recommends'to the Common Council that the City of Rochester enter into a lease with Rocket Aero, Inc., leasing "Tie Down Area #11"for the same term as the present lease of Rocket Aero, Inc. on the "T-Hangar" and upon the following terms and conditions: a. The rental shall be $210.00 per annum (24; per sqi, ft. per year). b. The City shall have the right to terminate the lease on sixty day notice to Rocket Aero, Inc., if the need arises for - additional "T-Hangar" on the Airport and Rocket Aero, Inc. fails to provide the same and others are ready to construct such additional "T-Hangars". c. The City Has no obligation to pave or construct a taxiway on the north side of the "Tie Down Area #111. d. The operator of the Airport shall -be obligated to remove snow and otherwise maintain the twenty foot (28') taxiway strip to be paved between the "T-Hangar" and "Tie Down Area #111. Neither the City nor the opeator shall have any obligation to remove snow, cut grass, or otherwise maintain other portions of the land between and surrounding the "T-Hangar" and "Tie Down Area #1" leased premises. Respectfully, /s Don Swenson, Chairman Airport Commission" A motion was made by DeVries, second by Stadler, that the recommendation be accepted and when the bids for grading, base and prime coat for taxiway construction on T-Hangars have been tabulated and accepted, the City Attorney is instructed to prepare a lease with Rocket Aero, Inc. All voted in favor thereof. • A motion was made by Stadler, second by Wilkus, that�the meeting be adjourned at 2:45 P. M. to allow the members of the Council to attend the funeral of Albert J. Toddie. All voted in favor thereof. President Tingley called the meeting to order again at 4:15 P. M., all members being present. (Alderman Morris arrived at 4:15 P.M.). t The recommendation of the Public Works Committee stating that they had considered the request of L. Bielenberg for permission to construct driveways onto llth Ave. N. W. onto and out of Lot.1, Block,l, Bielenberg and Giese's First Addition and recommend that two one-way drive- ways as shown on the accompanying plan be permitted (the westerly driveway to be one-way only, entering the lot from llth Ave. and the easterly driveway being one-way leaving the lot to llth Ave. N. W.) was read.' Upon motion by Morris, second by Wilson, and all voting in favor thereof, the recommendation was approved. 0 41 Q Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., September 18, 1961 • D, 5,WALD_PU,B L15, N„I,N, G.0 C_N E W.U, LM ..M I, N,N..A 952E The recommendation of the Public Works Committee.stating that they had considered the request of the Planning and Zoning Commission for "the Council to.seek a solution with the Highway Department" on the question of directional markings at the Trunk Highway'52-14*Inter change in Northwest Rochester, and after'reading'the report of the Highway,Department to the Planning Board on this matter, they do not`feel that further pre$sing of the subject would be of any avail.without also presenting definite suggestions that would meet the requirements of the Uniform Traffic Control Manual that seems to govern these signs, and recommending that the Council table this matter, was read. Upon motion by Stadler, second by Wilson, and all voting in favor thereof, the recommendation was approved. The recommendation of the Public Works Committee and the Building Inspector that the Building Code be amended by adding thereto the following was read: That subdivision C'k of Section 8f of said ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed so as to read as follows: (CZ) In the residential district, garages, other than those attached to and forming a part of the main building on the premises, and small out buildings shall not be'located ahead of or in -front of the rear line of the main building on the premises nor located within one and one-half (1k) feet of any side or rear line of the lot. 'In case of corner lots where the rear line of'such•corner lot joins the side of the adjoining lot the garage and small out buildings shall not be located closer than six feet from the rear line of such corner lot and also shall not be located closer to the.street than the front building line as established for the adjoining lot: Mr. Tom Moore, Planning Director,•stated that he felt this should have been referred to the City Planning and Zoning Commission for their review and recommendation. Frank Everett, Fire Chief, stated that he did not feel 1k feet from a lot line was enough because if a garage were each built on a lot and were only 1k feet from the line.there would be one foot between two garages if they had a foot overhang and he recommended that it be left at 3 feet,from the lot line. A motion was made by Wilson, second by DeVries, that the recommendation be approved and the City Attorney be instructed to prepare the necessary resolution. A motion was made by Leonard, second by Wilkus, to amend the above motion that it include.that this recomtendation be referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission for review and recommend"ation; all voted in,favor of the amendment. President Tingley then called for a vote on the motion as amended; all.voted in favor thereof so the motion was declared carried. The recommendation of the Public Works Committee that the bid of H & H Electric Company for a semi -traffic -actuated traffic signal on 5th Street N. W. at 6th Avenue'N. W. be accepted at the lump sum bid, and checks be returned to the unsuccessful bidders, was read and upon motion by Wilkus, second by Wilson$ and all voting in favoX thereof, the -recommendation was approved. The recommendation of the Public Works Committee that the bid of H & H Electric Company for a fixed time traffic signal to be installed on North Broadway at 2nd Street be accepted at the lump sum bid, and "checks be returned to the unsuccessful bidders, was read And upon motion by Wilkus, second by Wilson, and all voting in favor thereof, the recommendation was approved. "The recommendation of the Public Safety Committee that parking be prohibited at all times on the south side of 2nd Street S. W., one hundred and fifty feet (150'.) more -or Less, East 1 • 1 1 • u • Record of Official Proceedings of the.'Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., September, 18 1961- 41 . • 1 1 • of the intersection of llth Avenue and 2nd Street was read and,upon motion by Stadler, second by Wilson, the recommendation was approved.and the City Attorney was instructed to prepare the necessary.resolution. All voted in favor thereof. . The recommendation of the Finance, Ways & Means Committee that the City advertise for bids for repointing the City Hall was read, and.upon motion by Morris, second by Leonard, and all voting in favor thereof, the recommendation was approved and the City Clerk was instructed to prepare a resolution ordering bids for same. The recommendation that the bid of Weis Brothers, Inc. in the amount of $39,392.00 (bid of $39,650.00 less alternate No. 3 in the amount of $258.00 = $39,392.00) for building a dog kennel and -house be accepted and certified checks be returned to the unsuccessful bidders was read. A motion was made by Wilkus, second by Wilson, that the recommendation be approved and upon roll call and all voting in favor thereof, except Alderman Morris who voted "no", President Tingley declared the motion carried. The recommendation of the Rochester Airport Commission that the bid of Quarve & Anderson for Alternate "B" in the amount of $1,400.40 for grading, base and prime coat for taxiway construction on T-Hangar at the Rochester Municipal Airport be accepted and certified checks be returneo.tp the unsuccessful bidders was read. Upon motion by Wilkus, second by Stadler, the recommendation was approved. All voted,in favor thereof. Mayor Smekta inquired if anything further had been done on the sign on 6th Street S. W. which would allow a right turn on the red,light; C. A. Armstrong, City Engiueer,,stated that the reason that it had been held up was that the City was also requesting permission from the State of Minnesota to have an arrow which would allow east bound traffic on.6th St. S. 14. to make a right turn on a red light on Broadway; he said they had approved an arrow for the traffic going South on Broadway to make right turn onto 8th St, S. W. on a red light but they did not approve the request.to have an arrow for the east bound traffic to turn south on Broadway on a red light. He was instructed to proceed with having the arrow installed which would allow southbound traffic on Broadway to make a right turn onto 6th St. S.W. on a red light. Mr. Ed Brown and Mr. Everett Engels, Electrical,Contractors, and Mr. Clarence Sattre, a Building Contractor, were present and spoke in ppp6siti6n to -Section 7, (c) circuits and outlets of the new Electrical Code._ They brought wires and cable and demonstrated how each method would work. A lengthy discussion was held but no action was taken. Upon motion by Wilson, second by DeVries, the meeting was recessed until 7:30 P. M. President Tingley called the meeting to order at 7:30 o'clock P. M. the following r members being present: President Tingley, Aldermen DeVries, Leonard, Morris, Stadler, Wilkus, Wilson. A letter from Baldy Hansen, Mayor of the City of Austin, Minnesota, inviting the Mayor and Council to attend the League of Minnesota Municipalities regional meeting to be held in Austin, Minnesota on September 18, 1961 was read. It was noted that September 18, was set as the next Council meeting so if Council members wished to attend another night would have to be 0