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Home My WebLink About08-25-1948Record of" Official Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., . August 25, 1948 F_j 1 U 1 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 August 25, 194s. President Lemmon called the meeting to order at 7:00 o'clock P. M., the following memberer being present: President Lemmon, Aldermen Akenhead, Anderson, Kennedy;; and Theel. Absent: Aldermen Yaeger and Kjerner, due to illness. Thecall of the special meeting was read and President Lemmon ordered that the same be placed on file, the said meeting having been called for the purpose of considering the approval of plans and specifications of a warehouse and the City Engineers estimate ll of cost for construction of same and any other business the said Common Council may deemjl proper, IIII I The City. Engineer's estimate of cost for the construction of a warehouse and - garage (First Section) in the amount of $19,100.00 was read and the same was ordered placed on file. Alderman Theel introduced a resolution.accepting plans and specifications and estimate of :cost and ordering bids for the construction of a warehouse and garage (First Section), which was read. Upon motion by Akenhead, second by Theel, that the said resolution be adopted as read, and all present voting in favor thereof, President Lemmon declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. A Supplemental and Amendatory Agreement to the Lease made and entered -into between the City of Rochester, Minnesota and the Rochester Airport Company under date of November 1, 1945 was read and ordered placed on file when executed by the Mayor and the 'I 10ity Clerk. Alderman Anderson introduced a resolution approving a Supplemental and Amendatory to the Lease made and entered into between the City of Rochester, Minnesota ,Agreement and the Rochester Airport Company under date of November 1, 1945 and instructing the, yor and City Clerk to execute the said Agreement, which was read. Upon motion by Akenhead, second by Kennedy, that the said resolution be adopted las read, and all present voting in favor thereof, President Lemmon declared the said Iresolution duly passed and adopted. The following veto of Ordinances No. ,ordered placed on file: 691, 692 and 693 was read and the same was p August 23, 1949 Members of the Common Council Gentlemen: I am returning herewith ordinances no: 691, 692, and 693 without my approval. It being, in my opinion, that when an ordinance has.been properly prepared and passed by the Common Council, there should be no delay in presenting said ordinance to the Mayor for his approval "On the next day after the passage thereof" (See Section 94 of the City Charter). 0 Record of Official Proceedings of .the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., August 25, 19 4g Ordinances and resolutions have been transmitted to me from two (2) to five (5) days after passage and in the absence of any reasonable excuse for this delay, I shall now, and in the future, insist that resolutions and ordinances so transmitted have become void because of non-compliance with this section of our Charter. Furthermore, I would suggest that those sections in your resolutions or ordinances delegating executive or administrative authority to the Legislative Body is unconstitutional in most instances, and invites litigation. In addition to objections to the ordinances as drawn, I wish to protest the installation of two-hour parking meters without first having the ordinance duly passed authorizing 2 hour parking. Kindly recall the decision of Judge Finklinberg in the recent injunction proceedings relative to installation of parking meters without proper authorization, Respectfully, CLAUDE H. MC QUILLAX Mayor" Alderman Kennedy introduced an Ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance repealing an Ordinance regulating traffic, the operation and parking of vehicles, the use of streets for driveway entrances and designating arterial highways in the City of Ror-hester, Minnesota", which was given its first reading. present Upon motion by Anderson, second by Akenhead, and upon roll call and all/voting in favor thereof, the rules were suspended and the Ordinance was- given its second reading. Upon motion by Theel, second by Kennedy, and upon roll call and all present voting in favor thereof, the rules were suspended and'the Ordinance was given its third and final reading.. Upon motion by Akenhead, second by Anderson, that the said Ordinance be adopted as read, and all present voting in favor thereof, President Lemmon declared the said Ordinance duly passed and adopted. Alderman Kennedy introduced an Ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance regulating traffic, the operating and parking of vehicles, the use of streets for driveway entrances and designating arterial highways in the City of Rochester, Minnesota", which was given its first reading. • Upon motion by Akenhead, second by Theel, and upon roll call and all present voting in favor thereof, the rules were suspended and the Ordinance was given its second reading. Upon motion by Kennedy, second by Theel, and upon roll call and all present voting in favor thereof, the rules were suspended and the Ordinance was given its third and final reading. Upon motion by Kennedy, second by Akenhead, that the said Ordinance be adopted as read, and all present voting in favor thereof, President Lemmon declared the said Ordinance duly passed and adopted. Alderman Kennedy introduced an Ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance amending an Ordinance to authorize the installation, regulation, control and use'of parking meters 1 Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council of.the City.of Rochester, Minn:, August 25, 1949 1 1 1 • 7 L 1 in the City of Rochester, Minnesota", which was given its first reading, J Upon motion by Akenhead,-second by Theel, and upon roll call and all .present i voting in favor thereof, the rules were suspended and the Ordinance was given its second' reading. . . Upon motion by Theel, second by Anderson, and upon roll call and all present �I voting in favor thereof,• the rules were suspended and the Ordinance was, given i.ts third !j and final reading. Upon motion by Akenhead, second by Kennedy, that the said Ordinance be adopted; as read, and all present voting in favor thereof, President'*;Lemmon declared the said Ordinance duly passed and adopted, li A communication from the Board of Park Commissioners requesting the Common Council to instruct the City Attorney to take immediate steps to secure;, damages under the bond covering the Barrett Roffing on -the Mayo Civic Auditorium was read and upon motion by Kennedy, second by Theel, the matter was referred to the City Attorney. I The following communication from the Board of Park Commissioners was read and upon motion by Anderson, second by Kennedy, the same was referred to the Public Grounds Committee and the City Attorney: August 19, 194s " Honorable Members of the Common Council .of the City of Rochester Rochester,: Minnesota Gentlemen: . i Your resolution asking that the Section of Mayo Park west of Second Avenue and north of Second Street S. E. be converted to a parking area was considered at our meeting of August lSth. A majority of th•e members voted in favor of converting that portion of Mayo Park on Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Block 21, Original Plat, into a parking area for automobiles if and when our Board is furnished with the written permission of Mayo heirs to make such a change in Lots 1 and 2, which were deeded to the city "for" a public park as a part of Mayo Park" by Doctors William J. Mayo and Charles. H. Mayo and their wives provided: The Common Council of the City of Rochester sets aside money in the General Fund to: 1. Pay the cost of moving statues. now in the area to suitable sites elsewhere. 2. Pay the cost of converting it to a parking area and:- --main- taining it as such after conversion. 3. Pay the cost of restoring it, to a park area when it is no longer required for parking automobiles, or should it be found necessary to re -develop the area as a part of the Mayo Memorial. Very truly yours, BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS,_ WM. C. SCHACHT, Secretary." After discussing the matter of representation for the Second Ward of the City I, of Rochester on the Common Council, a motion was made by Theel, second by Anderson, that', President Lemmon contact Alderman Yaeger regarding his intentions -relative to his continuous absence on the Council, due to illness. All present voted in favor -of the motion. 9 Upon motion by Anderson, second by Kennedy, the meetingwasadjourned. City Clerk