1945-06-20VILLAGE OF MOUND
MINI~'fES OF THE ADJOURNED EEGUI~R MEETING OF THE MOUND VILLAGE COUNCIL
held June 2Otb, 1945.
Present for roll-call at this meeting were Mayor ~uise ~uestis,
· lrustees Neweem~, Broeckert, and Rond~rf, with Alvin recording.
The meeting eoened with the reading of the minutes of the regular meeting
of June 5th, 1945. ,ith the approval of the minutes, Mayor Hue~tls
pr. esented a legal petition, offered under Section 1201, Mason's
Minnesota statutes 1927, and signed by William £ Greig and ~argaret B.
Grelg, his wife, and by Alex W. Sewall and Mrs. Xathryn S. Sewall,
all of whom reoresente~ 100 ~ ef .the property ownership ~ronting e.n
Buckbee ~iwe, which the pe%itlen requested be condemned, in response
tc the intent of the petition, Alvin presented the following resolution
and mowed its ad~ption, to wit:
Inasmuch as the Mound ~illage oouncil is the recipient of a legal
petition signed by and representin~ 100 ~ of the ~rontage e.n
~uck~ee ~riwe, a platted and public .street in a village section,
or subaiwisian, known as the Baptist Stammer Assembly, and, inasmuch
as. t~e sl~natories to ~ts petition are t~e only ones served by t~ts
stree%, and, on their own statement, deC,are that such service is no
longer necessary or desired, and ~hat it is te the public interest,
as well as te their interest, tha~ said ~uckboe ~riwe Oe condemned,
~OW, ~'HE~'.0~J/., it is hereby resolved, aha so erdereC, tha_~
~ckbee Drive of ~he ~aptists Summer. ~ssem~ly ~e ~en~emnea and
the lots fronting upen it move tacit respective frontiers to the
center of the street in even division.
~. ~'. ~roeckert seconding t~e motion for tne aaoptlon ex'tthe
above resolution, the vote of' the council, stood unanimous.
On the invitation of Mayor ~uestls, mr. michard ,:. orawford,
re,resenting ~. Peter and mankato natural gas interests, and inter-
ested in a smrvey to determine the natural gas consuming potential
of the Lake Minnetenka region, incl~dlng the ~illage of Mound, same
~o~nting to future franchises with ,.ake communities in a postwar
natural gas development, addressed the council on this matter.
After rea~ing and considering severalforms ef ~uilding Ordinances,.
it was agree~ by the council, and without motion, that several
c~e~vies be etruck of the material available, same to be distributed
among the members for further study before any definite action be
taken on the matter.
On a motion ~y Newcemb, r~ndorf seconding, the clerk was autherize~
to notify DePuty SherSff ~rank L. Groschen cf his appointment~ by the
council to serve as Officer of the Day" at Mound Village Park on
July 4th, 1945, and to ask for a definite acceptance or rejection
of the ao_oelmtment.
'i'he a~ove buqiness concluded, the meeting .adjourned.
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