HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-31-1968Record of Official Proceedings of the --Co m"mon Council
• of the., City, of Rochester, Minn.., January 31, 1968
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Minutes of a special meeting of the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, in said City, on January 31, 1968.
President DeVries called the meeting to order at 4:30 o'clock P. M., the
following members being present: President DeVries, Aldermen Day, Ellison, Folkert, Larson,
Perry, Postier. Absent: None.
The call of the special meeting was read and President DeVries ordered the
same placed on file, the said meeting having been called for the purpose of (1) amendment to
the thoroughfare plan, adoption of official map and setting hearing (2) Inspection Department
and (3) approving resolution adopted by the Public Utility Board authorizing entering into
contract with Crown Iron Works Company, Inc. and any other business the said Common Council
may deem proper.
The following resolution adopted by the Public Utility Board was read and upon
motion by Postier, second by Day, and all voting in favor, the resolution was approved:
"Be it resolved by the Public Utility Board of the City of Rochester
that the Common Council authorize the said Board to enter into a contract
with CROWN IRON WORKS COMPANY, INC. for furnishing in accordacne with
plans and specifications prepared by Pfeifer and Shultz, Engineers
Structural Steel and Miscellaneous Iron
the amount of the contract to be Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand Three
Hundred Eighty Dollars ($418,380.00) and CROWN IRON WORKS COMPANY, INC.
being the lowest responsible bidder.
Be it further resolved that the Common Council direct the Mayor and
City Clerk to execute the contract documents."
A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute
on behalf of the City of Rochester, the contract with Crown Iron Works Company, Inc. Upon
motion by Day, second by Postier, and all voting in favor, the resolution was adopted.
The following recommendation of the Public Works Committee was read and upon
motion by Larson, second by Folkert, and all voting in favor, the recommendation was approvedl,
and the City Attorney instructed to prepare the necessary ordinance:
"To: Mayor and Common Council
From: Public Works Committee
Subject: Reorganization of Inspection Activities
The Public Works Committee recommends that the following plan of organization
for the inspection activities be made effective April 1, 1968:
1. That the building, plumbing, electrical, heating, air
conditioning and ventilating inspection activities be
organized under one Department of Inspection.
2. That the Position of Chief of Inspections be created to be
responsible for the administration of the Inspection Department.
(See attached job description for Chief of Inspections).
3. That the responsibility for issuing zoning certificates be`
assigned to the position of Director of Planning.
4. That the responsibility for coordinating activities related
to the physical development of the City be assigned to the
Director of Planning.
Request that the City Attorney prepare the necessary ordinance changes to
include the intent of this recommendation.
The basis of this recommendation is as follows:
1. Recognition of the increased responsibility of the City as the
nature of the physical development of the Community becomes
more complex.
2. Recognition of the need for technical and administrative skills
that were not heretofore as demanding.
3. Recognition of the need for improved coordination between the
several activities of City government as they relate to the
physical development of theCity.
4. Recognition of the need for centralizing the administrative
responsibility of the several inspection activities.
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5. Recognition of the need for a singular interpretation of
the zoning ordinance.
Respectfully submitted,
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
/s William H. Perry, Chairman
/s Robert L. Larson
II /s R. J. Postier
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j' The recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission stating that they had
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,:reviewed the proposed amendment (Council initiated) to the City's Thoroughfare Plan to add
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(First Avenue S. E. in a Southwesterly direction from Second Street S. E. to Fourth Street
,S. E. near Broadway and to add Sixth Street S. E. from Broadway to Third Avenue S. E.; they
I'f ind that these proposed streets will be necessary in the future to be able to adequately
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'accommodate the traffic volumes projected for these streets by the ROTPS study; they,
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'jtherefore, recommend that the City's Adopted Thoroughfare Plan be amended to include and
�idesignate the two segments of streets as follows: (1) First Avenue S. E. extended to the
Iisouth and west from 2nd Street S. E. to 4th Street S. E. - designate as a Primary Thoroughfare
(2) Sixth Street S. E. from Broadway to Third Avenue S.E. - designate as a Seconday
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Thoroughfare, was read. A motion was made by Perry, second by Larson, that the recommendation
!be accepted and the City Attorney be instructed to prepare the necessary resolutions ordering
':hearings'. A drawing of the area was placed on the table for viewing by the Common Council.
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?Alderman Postier stated that he did not think future action on this street should be considered
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;!until more details were presented, he said the Housing & Redevelopment Authority had already
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;spent in excess of $295,000 and admitted that they do not have a feasible way of brining the
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Avenue across; he said it looked as if they would be taking some of the parking lot for
!roadway and he wondered if this was financially feasible and felt some definite plan should
;Ibe presented. C. A. Armstrong, City Engineer, stated that there were no definite plans but
!;they had just given a concept and if that is acceptab;e they will then start working further
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1lon the plans. Mr. Harold Krieger, Attorney was present representing Mr. Dale Cravath who has
applied for a permit to build a 55 unit building which would be in this area or built on the
jsite of the burned Hotel Norton but this permit was now being withheld; he requested thattthe
;!Council set the hearing on the .plan and map for later in February or the first part of March;
the said he felt they had been purposely delayed on the permit and they should have more time
,to accomplish any solution on the matter and dif not feel another two or 'three weeks would be
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out of order. President DeVries asked Mr. Krieger if his client would withdraw his
,application for a permit if the hearing date would be extrmded to March 4th. Mr. Krieger said
�Ithey want to leave their permit stand on file and proceed to have the permit protected.
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:Alderman Day stated that he did not think a hearing should be set unless something definite
,shad been decided to do; if we approve a plan tike this we should be prepared to start buying
the property but before we do this we should know where we going, whether we build a ramp over
the river or what we are still going to come back to 4th Street, the worst traffic street in the
':City; if you are talking about a cement ramp over the river you are talking about a lot of
,money; he said he felt we should have a map and feasibility report to show what we are working
on; he said he was not opposed to 6th Street going acros but would like to know what we are
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running into. Alderman Folkert asked if the merger does not go through on the railroad
tracks could;tGhis be a grade level crossing. Mr. Armstrong stated that prior to today he had
not heard of anything but a grade crossing. Alderman Larson stated that all the plans have I,
come up with a plan that 1st Avenue, where they would go beyond this immediate area and he I�
felt this would take some engineering and did not think this should be decided now but did II
feel we should proceed with setting of the hearing and then the other events would fit into
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place as time goes on. R. V. Ehrick, City Attorney explained that the recommendation of
the Planning & Zoning Commission before the Council recommended that the plan be amended in
• two respects; one of the resolutions prepared for today calls for a hearing on the amendments
in the thoroughfare plan, the original plan was adopted in 1962 and has been amended and to
I�amend this plan requires a ten days notice of hearing and the adoption of an amendment to the
plan; as far as the plan is concerned it does not need to be precisley stated and defined as II
to location and the plan does not do anything as far as preserving any particular land for
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people using them; planning acts give the Common Council the power, if they want, to preserve
public is lands for p public use; then they must adopt an official map and this map must be
detailed to such an extent that any person owning land described on the map can determine
what portion has been tagged for public use, upon adoption of the official map this is then
recorded and then if the owner of the land wishes to build, he applies for a pemit and if thisli
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is denied he can appeal to the Board, which is the Common Council; under certain circumstances'
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a delay of six months in.granting a permit is authorized and in that six months you must
initiate procedure to acquire land for which the construction permit has been requested; the
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second resolution which has been prepared schedules a hearing on the official map. Alderman 1
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Postier stated that the plan protides for a five conner Ithtersection where 1st Avenue connects)
to South Broadwayand asked the City Engineer i h' a y E g f this was feasible and also asked if 1st �
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Avenue was a one way would it be carried on South to the property near the dairy and would
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it be economically feasible to do this., C. A. Armstrong, City Engineer, stated that he did �I
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not think the five corner intersection was practical or needed and the Barton Aschman report ,
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showed an adequate area without five corners; he said the property near the dairy would be a
• logical place if we got rid of the railroad tracks but he said it would not be economically
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feasible if the railroad tracks were still here. President DeVries then called for a vote
on the original motion made by Perry, second by Larson, that the recommendation of the Planning
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and Zoning Commission be accepted and the City Attorney be instructed to prepare resolutions
ordering hearings and all voting in favor thereof, except Aldermen Day and Postier who voted
"nay", the motion was carried.
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Alderman Perry introduced a resolution ordering a public hearing on the pro-
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posed amendment to the "THOROUGHFARE PLAN" with respect to the extension of 1st Avenue S. E.
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and with respect to the extension of 6th Street Southeast, to be held at 7:30 o'clock P. M. I%
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on Monday, February 19, 1968 in the Council Chambers, in the City Hall, was read. Mr. Harold,'
Krieger, Attorney again submitted that he felt his client, Dale Cravath, has been delayed !I
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with intent relative to issuance of his permit and it would indicate to have more time and j
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li requested that a thirty to sixty day extension of- the date for hearing be given. A motion was
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made by Larson, second by Ellison, that the said resolution be adopted as read and all voting
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;I in favor thereof, except Aldermen Day and Postier who voted `nay", President DeVries declared
the said resolution duly passed and adopted.
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Alderman Perry introduced a resolution ordering.a public hearing to be held at
!I 7:30 o'clock P. M. on Monday, February 19, 1968 in the Council Chambers in the City Hall to
li consider the adoption of an amendment to the "THOROUGHFARE PLAN" of the City of Rochester to
I' designate two street segments to be added to the "THOROUGHFARE PLAN" as follows: (1) First
�I-Avenue Southeast extended to the south and west from Second Street Southeast to Fourth Street
Southeast near the intersection of Fourth Street Southeast and Broadway -to be designated as a
i; Primary Thoroughfare (2) Sixth Street Southeast extended from Broadway to Third Avenue
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' Southeast -to be designated as a Secondary Thoroughfare, which was read. A motion was then
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made by Perry, second by Larson, and all voting in favor thereof except Alderman Day and
!I Postier who voted "nay", President DeVries declared the said resolution duly passed and
I; adopted. Mr. Krieger stated that this is the one that will freeze Mr. Cravath and again
spoke in opposition and does not think the Common Council has enought information to set such
a hearing, this is now in effect urban renewal which no one has voted on and submitted that
the hearing on February 19th is entirely premature and frezzing the permit.
A motion was then made by Postier, second by Ellison, that the Council consider
business other than the call; all voted in favor.
{I Alderman Day, Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, stated that his committee
had considered the application of Charlies Food Market for a license to sell cigarettes and a
license to sell "off sale" 3.2 beer and recommend that the licenses begratned. Upon motion
by Day, second by Ellison, and all voting in favor, the recommendation was accepted and the
City Clerk was instructed to issue the said licenses.,
Upon motion by Postier, second by Ellison, and all voting in favor, the meeting
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was adjourned.
City Clerk
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