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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-23-1933541 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 at 10:00 o'clock A.M., on August 23r.d91933. Meeting called to order by President Liddle. Roll Call. Present: Liddle, Amundsen, Dallman, Hicks, Miller, Moody, Norton. Absent: None: The call for the special meeting was read, said meeting being called for the purpose of action on the request of the Public Utility Board to make In ustrial appropriations for a local public works program under the National Recovery Act, and any other business that the said Common Council might deem proper. The following copy of resolution passed and adopted by the Public Utility Board was read and President Liddle ordered that the same be placed on file: "WHEREAS, The City of Rochester, Minnesota, has prepared a local public work:, program for the relief of local unemployment, which program will be financed by the thirty (30) percent grant provided for in the National Industrial Recovery Oct and seventy (70) percent will be provided from Public Utility Fgnds of said City, and WHEREAS, The said public works program is as follows: Extension of Broadway Street South ornamental lighting $3860 40 , underground distribution and ornamental lighting .&o:;new post office building $61000009 trunk line sanitary sewer in Broadway Street North and South, from Fourth Street Northeast to Sixth Street Southeast and Southwest 043211*62 9 sypiknn section of trunk line sewer running from Broadway Street South in Third Street Southeast to Third Avenue Southeast and in Third Avenue S:E: from Third Street to Fourth Street $89807.689 extension of the Broadway Trunk, line sanitary sewer running from Broadway and Sixth Street to the Southwest sewage lift station to eliminate the said lift station $6,970401, the construction off . a new bridge on Fourth Street Southeast over the Zumbro River $23000.00 , the construction of a new bridge over Cascade Creek on Fourteent)[ Street Northwest ,$12,000.00, the repaving of Center Street West from Br%adway Street to First Avenue $3123409 the repaving of First Street Southeast from Broadway Street South. to the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company -trkeks $1695.009 the repaving of Second Street Southwest and Southeast from First Avenue Southwest to First Avenue Southeast 04077,0009 the repaving of Second Street Southwest from Eleventh � Avenue Southwest to Thirteenth Avenue Southwest $89398.609 the repaving of Second Avenue Southwest Fifth Street to Sixth Street $1716.009 the repaving of Fifth Street Southwest First Avenue to Second Avenue $1537050 9 the repaving of First Street Southwest from First Avenue to Fifth Avenue $59660009 the repaving of Sixth Avenue Southeast from Fourth Street Southeast to a point four hundred (400) feet north $2,000.00, the construction of park drives for Slatterly Park $29300:00; the construct tion of new driveway $840.00, the making of a parking area $152.759 and the construc- tion of two foot bridges across Cascade Creek $900,00 each for Kutzky Park; the construction of a sprinkling system for Central Park 6300.009 the resurfacing of Tourist Park drives $617.409 the laying of water mains in Tourist Park 416000009 the surfacing of Mayo Park Drives and the installation of drainage $294730009 the construction of an additional greenhouse for Mayo Park $4800.009 the surfacing of driveways in Mayo Park $446i409 and installation of 500 feet of 11" pipe in St. Mary's Park $1004009 construction of curbing around Cascade Park 1919.73, construc- tion of two concrete tennis courts at Cascade Park $ 2650.00, the installation of Sprinkling system for Cascade Park $200.009 the construction of six (6) concrete tennis courts at Soldier Field $76500,009 the completion of Soldier Field Drives and I the surfacing of all drives $109583,009 construction of concrete curb eld gutter along Sixth Avenue side of Soldier. Field $162000 the construction of two foot bridges in Soldier Field across the Zumbro River f1,0004009 totaling $171,309,58, seventy (70) percent of which would be $119,916.70, and WHEREAS, The Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, has, under date of February Bth,1933, ruled that surplus funds from the operation of the local Public Utility Departments may be used for other city purposes, part of said ruling being quoted as follows: 042 In our opinion such part of the earnings of your Power utility ruining after. the Public Utility Board has pursuant to Section 154 of your city charter made sufficient allowance for the cost of the operation, maintainence and extension of the plant, the interest on all bonds which have been issued on account of any extension of said ple4it, and for a reasonable reserve fund for use at any time in making repairs and extensions, may,if there are no outstanding unpaid bond obligations or other lienable claims against such fund or plant be used by your municipality for general city purposes and WHEREAS, This Pub'lic Utility Board approves the said program for public works, except: Broadway Street Ornamental Listing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 3860.00 Underground distribution system and ornamental system -Post office 6100.00 Sanitary sewer from Bdwy and 6tr St SW to U*Vage lift station SW 6970.90 All projects pertaining to park improvements - - - - - - - - - - 39152.28 $56083.18 SO THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Public Utility Board of the City of Rochester, Minnesota: That the Common Council of said City be and the said Common Council is hereby requested to authorize this Public Utility Board to make appropriations- from the Public Utility Fund to the following named funds of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, for the amounts that they are concerned in the said public wor:Ks pro`;rw.n1 viz, Public Utility Fund, Electric Light Department none- - ; Sewer Fund• of the City of Rochester,Minnesota, 36.4131:51 Bridge Fund of the City of Rochester, Minnesota,$ 24,500.00 ; Street and alley Fund of the City of . RochestergMinnesota, . 19,744.97 ; Park Improvement Fund of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, none and Be it further resolved by the amid Public Utility Board; That upon authority of the Common Council of said City that appropriations be made in the above set forth amounts, the warrant, for Payment thereof to show- specifically the purposes for which the appropria- tion is made. 1 0 which was read: Alderman Moody introduced the following resolution, "WHEREAS, The City of Ro chest er , Minnesota, is in a critical situation as to the unemployment of some of its citizens in that some of them have been without regular or even temporary employment for some time past. and �I�WHEREAS, A program of local public works projects has been prepared to create employment for the citizens of Rochester, Minnesota, and , WRLWAS, the National Industrial Recovery Act provides that the Federal Government will,make outright grants of thirty (30) percent of the cost of labor and materials to apply on approved municipal public works projects provkded that the municipality concerned is able to finance the other seventy (70) percent, and WHEREAS, the Public Utility Board of .said City, at a meeting thereof held Au€,ust 22nd,1933, approved a local program and by resolution duly passed and adopted made request of t- ,is Common Council that they be authorized to make appropriations therefor from the Publid Utility I 543 Fund of said City; the said program approved by the said Public Utility Board being* A trunk line sanitary sewer in Broadway Street North and South from Fourth Street Northeast to Sixth Street Southeast and Southwest�43,211.62, a siphon section of trunk line sanitary sewer running from Broadway Street South in Third Street Southeast to Third Avenue Southeast and in Third Avenue S.E. from Third Street to Fourth Street $8,907.689 the construction of a new bridge on Fourth Street Southeast over the Zumbro River $2390009"009 the construction of a new bridge on Fourteenth Street Northwest :over Cascade Creek $129000009 the repaving with two and one-half J*) inch brick of Center Street West from Broadway to First Avenue $3123000, the repaving with two and one-half *) inch brick of First Street Southeast from Broadway Street South to the Chicago Great Western Railroad ComparW trdcks $1695.009 the repaving with two and one-half ,(2�) inch brick of Second Street Southwest and Southeast from First Avenue Southwest to First Avenue Southeast $4077:00, the repaving with two and one-half (2'�) inch brick of Second Street Southwest from Eleventh Avenue Southwest to Thirteenth Avenue Southwest $89396.60, the repaving with two and one-half (2�) inch brick of Second Avenue Southwest between Fifth Street Southwest and Sixth Street Southwest $1716.00 9 the repaving with two and one-half (2�) inch brick of Fifth Street Southwest between First Averse Southwest and Second Avenue Southwest $195370,50 9 the repaving with two and one-half (2F) inch brick of Sixth Avenue Southeast from Fourth Street Southeast to a point four hundred (400) feet north $29000.00, and the repaving with two and one-half (22) inch brick of First Street Southwest from First Avenue Southwest to Fifth Avenue Southwest $5660:009 totaling $1159226.40 9 seventy (70) percent of which is $80,658.481, and WHEREAS, The said resolution passed and adopted by the said Public Utility Board asked for authority to appropriate $369413-051 to the Sewer Fund of said City, $24.500,00 to the Bridge Fund of said City, and $19,744.97 to the Street and Alley Fund of said City, each of which is to come from the Public Utility Fuhd of said City, and WHEREAS, This Common Council deems it expedient and necessary that this program be approved and that the authority be given for the appropria- tion of the above mentioned amounts to the funds named for the purposes stated; SO THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota: That the Public Utility Board of said City be, and the said Board is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate, from the Public Utility Fund of said City $36,413061 to the Sewer Fund of said City for a trunk line sanita: sewer construction described above, $249500:00 to the Bridge Fund of said City for the construction of the two (2) bridges mentioned and $19,744497 to the Street and Alley Fund of said City for the repaving described above, and Be it further resolved by the said Common Council: That the said public works program is hereby approved, and that the Mayor, City Clerk, and the City Attorney, of said City are hereby authorized and directed to make formal application to the . Feddral Emergency Administration of Public Works at Washington, D.G., through the Minnesota Public Works Advisory Board for a grant of thirty (30) percent $349567.92, to complete the funds necessary for the above public works program totaling $1159226.409 after consideration of the appropriations to be made from the Public Utility Fund totaling $80,$58.489 and Be it further resolved try the said Common Council: That the City Engineer of said City be and he is hereby authorized and directed to secure the necessary assistance for the early preparation of the plans, profiles, cross sections, specifications and estimates of cost for each of the above described improvements, and Be it further resolved by the said Common Council: That the appropriations made by the Public Utility Board from the Public Utility Fund for the purposes above set forth shall show on the warrant specifically the purpose for which the payment is made, so that the funds may be used for no other purpose whatsoever, except for return to the Public Utility Fund in the event that any one of the improvements concerned is not approved by the Federal Emergency Administra- tion of Public Works at Washington D.Co, or the Minnesota Public Works Advisory Board, or the Regional Administrator: " Upon motion by Moody, second by Miller, that the said resolu- tion .be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. o 4 4 The matter of the prices that Bemel Brothers are paying for junk -bought locally was discussed, and upon motion by Moody, second by Norton, the City Clerk was instructed to notify Bemel Brothers that they shall pay the market Price for junk purchased locally, otherwise this Common Council will entertain applications for another local junk dealers license: Upon motion by Hicks, second by Dallman, the Common Council adjourned. 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