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Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council
of the City of Rochester, Minn., July 9, 1970 •
. Minutes -of a meeting of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota
held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, in said City_, on July.9, 1970.
President Postier called the meeting to order at 8:30 A. M., the following members
being present:. President Postier., Aldermen Cherland, Larson,.Ludowese,.McNary, Strain, and
Willmarth.. Absent: None..
The recommendation of Mayor Day to appoint Charles Heroff as Captain in the Police
Department. Upon motion by Willmarth, second by Strain, and.all voting in favor, the
recommendation was approved and the appointment confirmed.
Upon motion by Willmarth, second by Ludowese, and all voting in favor, the.
meeting was adjourned to 7:30 P. M.. on July 20, 1970.
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Recommendation of the Engineering Traffic Department that approval be given to the
North -South One -Way StreetSystem in the Central Business District, with the primary street
alignment descttbed as follows
Alternate A-1 The Southeast diagonal connection between South Broadway at 9th
Street and First Avenue Southeast at East Center Street.
Alternate B-1 'The Northeast connection on First Avenue East between East Center
Street and North Broadway at Thirteenth Street.
Alternate B-4 The Northwest diagonal connection between North Broadway at Sixth
Street and First Avenue N. W. at West CenterStreet.
Alternate A-4 The Southwest diagonal connection between First Avenue S. W.
.South of Sixth Street and South Broadway near Ninth Street.
A motion was made by Larson, second by McNary, that this plan be approved.
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President Postier asked Mr. Jack Dolan, Traffic Engineer, to show a copy of the proposed
plan and to explain what the changes were. Mr. Dolan said at the south end connection -
instead of coming through Soldiers Field Park it is back north and coming through the
Adamson property, across the bridge to the Holiday Service Station and connecting there;
the north bound traffic would leave Broadway before we get to the South Broadway bridge
and then follow between the railroad tracks and river and connect back into First Avenue
as it exists at 4th Street S. E. and continue across the river and connecting into the
existing First Avenue.
Mr. Phil Halling spoke in behalf of himself and his brother, he said they owned
the office building at 724 First Avenue S. W. and if this plan went through it would
harm their building, they had plans concerning a new building and business and would
not be able to continue with this; they also did not think that they should have to
read about this in paper to find out what was going on, he felt they should have been
contacted and told before it was made public.
Mr. Bill Adamson, representing Adamson Motors at 626 First Avenue S. W., also spoke.
He also said they had not been contacted and only found out about it by reading the
paper; he said they also had plans to extend their building, they had completed
negotiations for the old Fire & Safety Building on Broadway and had approval from
Chrysler for putting a $350,000 to $400,000 building on Broadway; he said they would like
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to keep their business downtown but if this plan went through they would be forced to
move out. He said they had planned to sell their building next to KROC on the west side
of the street, move their body shop into their present building and put up a complete
new facility on Broadway on the old Fire & Safety property.
A motion was made by Alderman Strain to reject this plan and it be taken back for
another look, his motion was lost for want of a second.
A motion was made by Strain, second by Ludowese, that this be tabled for further
discussion; the motion and second were withdrawn.
A motion was then made by Alderman Larson that this be tabled for 60 days, his
motion was lost for want of a second.
Alderman Larson and Alderman McNary withdrew their motion to approve the plan.
After further discussion, a motion was made by Willmarth, second by Ludowese, that
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this plan be rejected and put on the shelf for a year; upon roll call all voted in favor
except Larson McNary, "nay".
and who voted
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