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Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council
of the City of Rochester., Minn., October 6, 1950 .
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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 October 6,1950.
President. Fryer- called the meeting to order at 5:00 o'clock P. M. , the followi 1!g
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,members being present: President Fryer, Aldermen Anderson,.Helmkay, McPherson, Miner and
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Morris. Absent: -Alderman Amundsen.
The call of the special meeting was read and President Fryer ordered -that the
same be placed on file, the said meeting having been called for the purpose of considering
proposals for the construction of a grandstand to be located -at Mayo Field and any other;)
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business the said Common Council may -deem proper.
The following communication from the Board of Park Commissioners was read and
President Fryer ordered that the same be placed on file:
October 6; 1950
"Honorable Mayor and
Members of the Common Council.
City -of Rochester, Minnesota
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Gentlemen:
We wish to report that the Rochester Baseball
Association desires to proceed with the construction of
the grandstand at Mayo Field on the basis of the Stocks
and Olson supplementary proposal amounting to $76,020.00.
This figure would include structural steel, reinforcing
steel, roof over the grandstand, seats (box and bleacher j
with painting and numbering), 2 concession booths, 2
-ticket booths, press box, dugouts, ramps and ramp walls.
$3,990.00 would be left out of the bond issue to
pay the architect's f.ee.
We•request your permission•to enter into contract
with Stocks & Olson on this basis.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. C. SCHACHT, Secretary
Board of Park Commissioners
City of Rochester, Minnesota"
President Fryer stated that those representing the•Baseball Association would
be heard at this time. Mr. E. A. Zuehlke, Business Manager of the Rochester Baseball
Association and Mr. Harold Roth, Mr. Bernard husk, Mr. John Wright, Mr. George Ayshford
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,and Mr. Arthur Osman, Jr., members of the.Baseball Association, were present at the "
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meeting. j
After hearing respresentatives from the Baseball Association, the*matter was 1!
,discussed at length by the members of the Council and during the discussionoit was
'brought to the attention of those present that in accordance with the announced program
for repayment of the bond issue, original plans for construction of the new Mayo Field
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grandstand were approved with certain modifications, and use authorized as. long as all
proceeds whatsoever, over and above taxes and regular admission, from sale of reserved
seats are paid over to the City Treasurer to be applied by the Treasurer on cost of '
[erection of the grandstand; these proceeds being defined as, follows: monies paid by each
patron, or in his behalf, for the prior right to occupy at any time any designated seat
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in the' ball park, -whether the reservation be for an entire season, the remainder of the
season, "or any particular sporting event.
Alderman Morris introduced a resolution authorizing the Park Board to enter
into contract. with Stockle and: Olson for the construction of a grandstand at Mayo Field
in accordance -with rtheir request of October 6, 1950, which was read.
Upon motion by Morris, second by McPherson, that the; said resolution be adopt
as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President- Fryer declared -the said- resolution
duly passed and adopted.
On September 18, 1950 a license for the sale of 3.2 beer wholesale was grants
to'the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, which is represented by Mr. Francis E. O'Hearn.
Since he has now received his license.as a wholesale distributor a motion was made -by
Miner, second by Anderson, that a "off sale" non -intoxicating malt liquor license to se
at retail, previously issued to him, be revoked. All voted in favor of the motion.
Upon motion by McPherson, second by Helmkay, the meeting was adjourned.
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