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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-23-1949Record of. Official Proceedings of the'. Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minn., , May: 2.3. '194.9 1 • 500 0 1 1 j 1 Minutes of a special meeting of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, I! Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall in said Cit President Lemmon called the meeting to order at 4: 30 o'clock P. M. the following members being present: President Lemmon, Aldermen Amundsen, Anderson, Kennedy; i Miner, Morris and Theel. Absent: None The call of the special meeting was read and President Lemmon ordered that the,; ,same be placed on file, the said meeting being called for the purpose of considering the;i ,petition of the Church of the Nazarene for a permit to construct a church building at 1109-111 Fifth Avenue Yorthwest and an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance (No. 550 changing i� ILot 3, Block 1, of I-reland's First Addition to the City of Rochester from a residential i i. to a commercial zone as previously approved by action of the Common Council and any other I ' (business the said Common Council may deem proper.-,, • I The petition of the Church of the Nazarene. for a permit to build a church on the property located at 109-111 Fifth Avenue Northwest was again brought to the attention I !of the Common Council. A motion was made by Anderson, second by Theel, that the request', I as made to the Board of Zoning be denied. All voted in favor of the motion. Th-e City Engineer stated that he wished to hire an operator for the power j jshovel and bulldozer at the City Dump grounds, on a temporary basis. Upon motion by j I Theel, second by Morris, and all voting in favor thereof, the City Engineer was instructed to employ the extra man, who would be paid on claim.- The City Engineer stated that he wished to hire a man to inspect sidewalks in he City of Rochester and upon motion by Kennedy, second by Amundsen, he was authorized j �I o hire one man for that purpose, he to be employed on a temporary basis and to be paid y claim. President Lemmon stated that the Citizens Advisory Committee had recommended hat an expert be employed to make a survey of the. City -administrative offices and .also study of revenue for the City of Rochester. A motion was made by Anderson, second by mundeen, that the City Advisory Committee be empowered to investigate firms qualified to o such work and recommend to the Common Council a firm or individual qualified to make he proposed survey and also investigate the cost of making the said survey. Alderman Miner stated that a check had been made of various locations in the I ity of Rochester where additional street lighting is needed. Upon motion by Miner, 1' ;I econd by Anderson, the installation of the following list of street lights was requestedi: 4th Street and 6th Avenue Northwest; 7th Street and llth Avenue Northeast; llth Avenue nd 9th Street Southeast; 4th Avenue between llth and 12th Street Southeast; 9th Street nd 1 th Avenue T 3 ue_Northeast; 7th Street and 1 th Ave nue 7 3 e ue Northeast; 3rd Street and 16th venue Northeast; 4th Street and 17th Avenue Northeast; loth and 9th Streets on 19th venue Northeast; 3rd Street Southeast between llth and 13th Avenue and 7th Street and 5th Avenue Southwest. 0 Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council to of the City of Rochester, Minn., May. .23, 1949 An Ordinance amending an Ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance for the purpose of promoting health, safety, order, convenience and general welfare, by regulating the use of land, the location, size, use and height of buildings, and the arrangement of buildings on lots, and the density of population within the City of Rochester, Minnesota, all in accordance with a comprehensive plan (No. 559)", was given its first reading. Upon motion by Kennedy, second by Morris, 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 Morris, second by Miner, and upon roll call and all voting • in favor thereof, the rules were suspended and the Ordinance was given its third and final reading. Upon motion by Morris, second by Kennedy, that the said Ordinance be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Lemmon declared the said Ordinance duly passed and adopted. The matter of renewing the lease on the Council. Committee room which is now used as a Federal Rent Control Office was considered. Due to the fact that the Federal Government has now found other available space for the office of the Housing Expediter and that the Common Council felt that the room was now needed for the City, a motion was made by Morris, second by Anderson, and all voting in favor thereof, instructing the City Clerk to notify Mr. Blake Hadden of the Council's wishes in the matter. Upon motion by Kennedy, second by Amundsen, the meeting was adjourned. City Clerk 1