1952-05-091326
VILLAGE OF MOUND
MINUTES 0~ ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING, MAY 9th., 1952
Meeting called to order at 8:35 P.M., in the basement of the
Krause Building, by Acting Mayor Bebmler. Also present were
Councilmen Bly and Livingston,' Ma~or Davis and Councilmen Pierce
absent for cause. In attendance were Wm. Feyder of Toltz, King
& Day, Village Engineers, Rev. Fagerlin, representing St. John,s
Lutheran Church, A. R. Kelly, Div. Engineer, and John R. Sever-
son, Right of Way Land & Tax Dept., Great Northern Railroad and
Joe Krause.
The purpose of the meeting was to
conduct the hearing on the Assessment
Roll prepared for the Improvement. of
Central Ave., Highway No. ll0, Pro-
ject No. 14 as advertised in the Pilot
issues of April l0 and 17, 1952.
Bly stated that there was one only
protest in writing filed with the
Village, it being from Consolidated
School District No. 85, dated May 6,
1952, as quoted below:
"Re:
Plat
61710
61690
Curb and Sidewalk Assessments"
Parcel ~ssessment Amount
$441.54
7225 169.08
5000 394.08
"Protest is being filed with reference
to the above subject assessments set
'up against the parking lot area. I
have been inforu~ed by the School Board
that last year when plans were being
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Council of the Village of
Mound will meet at 8 o'clock P.M.
on the 9th day of May, 1952 in the
basement of the Krause Building
in said village to pass upon the
proposed assessment for the im-
provement of Highway 110, North
. of the Great Northern tracks tO
the village limits, consisting of
the widening of said highway and
the installation of curb, gutter
and sidewalks. The proposed
assessment amounts to $8,94&$8.
The area to be assessed is the
property abutting on. said im-
provement. The proposed assess-
ment is on file in the village office,
and open to inspection by
public. Any person desiring to
object to the assessment is re-.~
quested to file with the actiDg
village manager, a written state-
ment of his objections on or be-
fore the date of hearing.
Edna J. Gooder
Acting Village Manager
(4-10, 17)
made for the Highway Improvement Pro-
ject at a meeting held in the Krause Building, the Village agreed
to absorb the improvement cost as pertaining to the area compris-
ing the parking lot. The School on the other hand, agreed to
accept assessment for sidewalk, curb, and gutter improvement ex-
tending North on the School side by the athletic field."
"Signed Allan F. Liebrenz, Business Manager"
Wm. Feyder, Engineer who was present at the meeting of May 8,
1951 stated as follows: "To my knowledge, at any meeting I
attended, there was never any mention or discussion on the part
of the Village of reducing o~ eliminating the assessment regard-
ing the School parking lot area." Bly stated that he had read
the above quoted letter to each of the three Councilmen present
at the May 8, 1951, meeting, namely Mayor Davis, Councilmen
White and Winkel, none of whom fecal I any such agreement, and
further that no mention was made of same in the Minutes of said
Meeting.
Rev. Fagerlin requested that provision be made for a twenty foot
wide driveway instead of the ten foot width provided for on the
plans, as an entrance in the rear of the St. Jo~hns Lutheran
Ohuffch.~. T~is wo~ld mean that an extra l0 lineal feet of 7-
mnc~ wa±x oe inc±uded in the assessment to replace the same
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amount of 4-inch thick walk. Accordingly, the assessment for
Plat N. 6121~, Parcel 7800 was corrected to provide for the
change.
Mr. A. R. Kelly, Division Engineer, Great Northern Railroad,
after examining the Assessment made against the Railroad
Orooerty for 7 inch sidewalk, amounting to a total of 101.76,
stated that the Railroad Company ~ould make no objection to
the same.
Wm. Feyder stated that a correction was in order for the
Assessment against Plat No. 61690, Purcell No. 5000. The
change was due to the fact that the School District had been
assessed for a 66 foot frontage, which actually was a Village
roadway. This correction was made leaving a frontage of 14
feet only to be assessable against this parcel and changed the
total assessment from $394.08 to $58.80
After full consideration given to the one formal objection and
to the corrections as listed heretofore in the minutes, Living-
ston offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:
h~EREAS: Pursuant to proper notice duly given as required by
Minnesota Statute, number ~12.4~1, the Council of the Village
of Mound has met and heard and passed upon all objections to
the proposed assessment for the improvement of Central Cvenue,
Project No. l~, from the Great Northern Railway tracks North
to the village limits and has emended such proposed assessment
as it deems ~ust. Therefore, Be it Resolved by the Village
Council of the Village of Mound, Minnesota:
That such proposed assessment as amended a copy of which is
attached hereto and made a part hereof be and the same is
hereby accepted and sh~l constitute the special assessment
against the lands named therein, and each tract of land there-
in included is hereby found to be benefited by the proposed
improvement in the amount of the assessment levied against it.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That such assessment shall be payable
in equal annual installments extending over a period of ten
(lO) years, the first of said installments to be payable on
or before the first Monday of Jan'uarv, 1953, and one install-
ment each year thereafter.
Said installment shall bear interest at the rate of six per
cent per annum. To the first installment shall be added in-
terest on the entire assessment from the date of this resolu-
tion up to and including August 15, 1953, to each subsequent
installment when due shall be added interest for one year on
all unpaid installments. Said assessment and the accruing
interest t½,~r~on sh~i be ._~ lien 'upon the property included
therein concurrent with general taxes, and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the clerk forthwith transmit a
certified duplicate of such assessment with each installment
and interest set forth separately to the County Auditor to be
extended in the proper tax lists of the county, and such
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assessments shall be collected and paid over in the same mMner
ss other municipal taxes, provided that any owner of any property
so assessed may ~t any time prior to the certification of the
assessment to the County Auditor pay the whole of the assessment
against an~ parcel or any annual installment, without interest,
to the Village Treasurer; and he may at any time thereafter pa~
the whole of such assessment or any annual instalment, thereof,
with interest, as to any lot, piece or parcel effected thereby.
Bi~ seconded, and the vote for adoption stood 3 Yeas, No Nays.
Bly offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption,
seconded bT Livingston:
'/fHE~&S, Mr. Fe.vder, of the Village Engineers, has presented
the following recommendations for changes in the Plans for Im-
provement of Project No. 14,
1. Eliminate the concrete gutter crossing the intersection of
Grandview Drive and Central &ye., and replace with a 15-inch
diameter culvert, including end sections.
2. Install culverts with end sections under the Bergen Driveway,
and the Pollock Driveway,
NOW, THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED that the Engineers be authorized to
instruct the Contractor to perform the work as recommended above,
as an extra under their contract, at the unit prices under the
contract for sLlch work.
The vote for the adoption of the resolution stood 3 Yeas, No Nays.
Eugene Hodge, owner of the former Leekle¥ property, at the Cor-
ner of Todd and Chase, appeared and offered opposition to the
proposed plan to use excess fill dirt from Project 14, in grad-
ing Chase Street from the intereection with Morgan to Todd. The
Council advised him that it was their general feeling that fill
material, which was available for this purpose, and under the
terms of our contract with the Park Construction Co., could be
placed there at no expense to the Village, represented the sav-
ing of man~ hundreds of dollars, and although they were in s.vm-
path¥ with his desire to retain the large lawn now existing on
the road right-of-way in front of his house, they felt that this
road should be graded now, when it could be done without cost to
the Village.
On motion dml¥ made and seconded and carried unanimously, the
meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
William I. Davis, Mayor
~ttest Trustee