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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-16-19473 1 • 1 1 • 1 Decemb Minutes of an adjourned regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers in the City Mall, in said City, on December 15, 1947. President Lemmon called the meeting to order at 7:30 o'clock P.M., the following members being present: President Lemmon, Aldermen Akenhead, Fox, Fryer, Kennedy, Kjerner, Absent: Alderman Yaeger due to illness. Upon -motion by Kjerner, second by Fryer, the minutes of the meetings of November 24th and December 2nd, 1947 were approved. President Lemmon stated this as being the time and place set for' a hearing on the levying of special assessments for the grading of 6th Avenue Northwest from lath to 14th Street Northwest; 7.th Avenue Northwest from loth to 14th Street Northwest; Sth Avenue Northwest from llth to 14th Street Northwest; 9th Avenue Northwest from loth to 14th Street Northwest; 11th Street North west from 5th to 9th Avenue Northwest and 12th Street Northwest from 5th to 9th Avenue Northwest. Mr. Butlin was present and objected to the assessment, stating that he felt the taxes were excessive and that an additional assessment would work a hardship upon his son who owned a lot in Manley's Addition. Mayor McQuill stated that property owners had not objected to the improvement but did object to it being done on an assessment basis. Mr. Mart; Brataas was presentat the meeting and presented a plan of a proposal for the improvement of 12th Street Southeast between 3rd Avenue Southeast and the bridge over Bear Creek. The matter was referred to the Street & Alley Committee and the City Engineer. The matter of again granting a temporary permit to Mr. Floyd Sibley to operate a barber shop in his residence on llth Avenue Southeast was brought to t attention of the Common Council by a number of residents in that locality, who urged that Mr. Sibley be allowed to operate his shop at his residence. The grant' of a permit was protested by,several of the barbers operating in the down town part of the City. A motion was made by Fox, second by Kjerner, that the granting' of the said permit be not renewed. All present voted in favor thereof. A proposed agreement wherein the Service Cabs wouldlease to another party their present eo_uipment was presented to the Common Council and the matter was referred to the City Attorney. Mr. lam. Saterdalen again brought up the matter of rezoning the Blackburx property at the corner of 4th Avenue and 7th Street Southeast. Ater hearing Mr. Saterdalen's protest against the construction of a tenplex apartment building on the said property, a motion was made by Fryer, second by Fox, approving the recommendation of the Board of Zoning that the property be again rezoned as residential.. Ing The following resolutions adopted by the Public Utility Board were each