1941-04-01VILLAGE OF MOUND
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~fINUTES OF THE REGULAR ~q~TING OF THE MOUMD VILLAGE COUNCIL HELD
April 1st, 1941.
Responding to roll-call in the new Village Office were Mayor
J. C. Krause, Trustees B. F. ~lnkel, C. R. Ferrall, and Evan Jones,
with Alwin as Recorder.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and approveS,
and the Clerk having preps, red and presented for approval the
assessment spread for all of the proposed and approved main extensions
for the Shirley Hills District, Trustee ~van Jones presented the
following resolution and moved its adoption:
DUE NOTICE HAVING BEEN GIVEN in accordance with Sec. 10,
Chap. 382, G. L. 1925 to all persons interested of a proposed
assessment to be specially assessed against all lots, pieces or parcels
of land benefitted by that certain proposed extension of water
mains on Lakewood Avenue in Front of Lot A and Lots 1 to 13, Blk 3,
Shirley Hills Unit "D" and on County H~ghway No. ? and Harrison
Avenue, in front of Lot 5, Block 7, and Lots I1 to 17, Plock 5,
~hirley Hills, Unit B, and Lots 15 to 19, .~n~ I. ots 1. ]0, ].3. and
14, Block 1, Shirley Hills, Unit D, and
Edgewater Drive and Rosedell Avenue in front of Lots 2 to 7, and Lots
11 and 12, Block 1, Block 1, Shirley Hills, Unit D, and Lots 1 to
~, Plock 1 end Lots I to 6, Plock 2, ~hlrley Hills, Unit B, and on
County Highway No. 7 be%ween ~ontclair Avenue and Rosedell Avenue,
and whereas the Village Clerk h~s calculated the proper amount to be
specially assessed against each Lot, piece of parcel of land as the
proposed assessment, which oroposed assessment ha~ been filed in the
office of said clerk, now therefore be it hereby resolved, the council
having duly examined and considered said prooosed assessment and
havin~ heard all persons concerning the same, that ~ald s~sessments be,
and they hereby are, confirmed
Alwin having seconded the motion for adoption, the vote of the council
stood unanimous.
And so the resolution stood adopted
The Resolution confirming the clerk's calculations and authorizing
the assessment havin~ been approved and passed b.v the council, Trustee
Evan Jones, supported by Trustee B. F. ~Finkel, offered the following
Resolution, to wit:
~REAs it has heretofore been resolved by the council of the
Village of .~,~ound to extend the water mains of the village water system
on Lakewood Avenue,. County Highway No. 7, Harrison ~venue, Vale Avenue
and on other streets and parts of,~streets of the Village of 5~ound,
the construction of which has heretofore been undertaken ~nd the cost
of which will be approxtmstely the ~um of ~14,650.00, ~nd whereas
a part of the cost, to wit: the sum of $2,782.47 is to be paid by the
village of ~[ound and the balance to be paid through assessments levied
against the lots, pieces or parcels of land benefitted, now therefore,
it is hereby resolved that said extension of ma~ins and improvement
be financed by issuing water improvement CertifiCates of Indebtedness
to be paid in installments over a period of sixteen years by fourteen
annual installments of $I,000.00 each and by one final installment
of $650.00, the earliest maturing installment to be paid on or before
the 1st day ~f December, 1942, that said certificates be issued with
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such interest as shall be offered to be peld not exceeding the rate of
4~ (ocr cent ) per annum, to be dated and issued as of June l, 1941, and
be it furlher resolved that advertisements for the sale of such Certi-
flcates of Indebtedness be inserted in the ~innetonka Pilot, a legal
newspaper published ~t ~ound, Hennepin County, ~-~Inne,~ota, for two iosues
beginning April 10th, 1941, to give notice to the public that e special
meeting of the Village Council of the Village of ~ound will b~ held
in the v~llage office in said village for the ourpose of receiving
sealed bids for the purchase of said Certificates of Indebtedness at
such rate of interest ~nd for such ~rices as may be offered on ,~onday,
the 28th day of ,~pril, 1941, at 7:30 o'clock P. ~'.
The motion and second being for the adootion of the resolution, the 9oie
of the council stood un~nlmous.
~n~ so the resolution stood, adooted.
Certain lots to be serviced b.v orooosed, watermain extensions on Fernside
~venue being now cleared on the books of the County :~udttor," Attorney
~[. E. Psrdee was authorized to oroceed with all legal ~teos to enable
the oetitioned-for improvement. This on ~!otion bz~ Trustee Jones, Trustee
Winkel suooorting, sn~ the council aporoving,.
The Clerk rer:d ~ :a ?o~!o~"lng ~oo]ication? f'c,r the post o~' ~artender
for the newly oropo~e~ "On ~:~ale'~ ~unicipal Licuor ~'tore:
The application of '.cron :.~. Hastings with 28 en:~.orsers
The application for the po~t of ~-~.n,~i;,ier of ,~harles Dsugherty
'the soolicsiion wiih "'ols reference~ of John ~'. ~nderson.
'~)~e .~'oo!icallon with three references of '~'o~ ~.~ ~
The a~o!ication of Anthony J. Rowan.
The aoplics, tion, with eig~t wellknown liouor house re~erences,
of Oscar~atterberg.
The council not being ready to set on these aoolfcations, it was
moved by Trustee "?i. nkel that they be laid on ~he table for later con-
sideration. This motion was suoported by Trustee Jones, the council
conct~rring.
'~'~or Krause havimg received a. letter from the Rural Hennepin County
qurplus Commodity Committee announcin~ the fact thet H'enneoIn County
hsd flnsl]y unanimously accepted the ~ood ~.tsmo Plan, the Clerk was
notified to iS.~mUe ~, check to the Com,modity Committee in the sum. of
~332.00, which sum had alread? been authorized at ~ former meeting and
which constituted the Village of ~ound sh~l~e toward the revolving fund
of $2Q~;,000 to keep the Food ~tamp Plan in Operation.
The Clerk was authorized without motion to write to the Interstate
Powe~asking for an extension of the bl~aeket lights North, up Central
Aveme to the village limits. .~!so, to have representatlve~ of the
Co~oany confer with Trustee B. F. Winkel to arrange for extensions of
the lighting service throu~,hout newly ~ettled portions of the '~hirley
Hills District. ~
On motion by Trustee Jones, Trustee Winkel ~upoorting, 5~ayor Krause
was authorized to apooint a committee to select the location for a
Sewage disposal plant for the village.
With reference to the infringements of an easement for a sidewa]_k
slong I. ot 8, Auditors ~ubdivlsion #170, ~nd Lot 4, ~.~cNaught's ~ddition
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the generaI character and hearing fo~ which had prevlou~Zy been
advertised in the ~tnnetonka Pilot, Alwin presented the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
PE.~TITION HAVING BEEN ~,~ADE by Katherln C. Pardee and Neely E. Pardee,
owners of Lot 8, Auditor's ~ubdlvlsion 170 and of Lot 4, ~,fcNaught's
Addition to ~,Tound for the vacation by the village of ~,~ound of certain
pa~ts of the easement In the streets adjacent to said premises because
certein struot~3res on said premises now infringe upon setd easement beyo~
th~ pre~ent ~urvey line of ~i~ premises end for more th~n thirty
years past have infringed thereon ~nd due notice h~vlng been given In
accordance with the statute snd the mat~er hsving been he~rd by the
council in accordance with s~id notice,
NO~, THEREFO?~, It is Hereby Resolved that the easement in the
streets adjacent to said premises may be, ~nd hereby is, vacated as
follows:
Beginnin~ at the Northwest corner of .Lot 8, ~uditor's ~ubdivlslon
No. 170, thence East along the North Line of said Lot a distance of
40.1 feet,' thence North a distance of 1.23 feet, thence West to a point
four-tenths (0.4~ of a foot North of said Northwest corner, thence ~outh
four-tenths (0.4) of a foot to said Northwest corner of said Lot 8,
Auditor's Subdivision No. 170.
Also beginnkng at a point four-tenths ~0.4) of a foot North of the
~orthwest corner of I,ot 8, Auditor's ~uvdivision No. 170, thence ~outh
on the ~est line of Lot 8, Auditor's ~ubdlvision No. 170 ~nd on the
~est line of ~ot 4, ~cNaught's Addition to ¥ound, to the ~outhwest
corner of Lot 4, ~cMsught's .Addition to ~ound, thence ~est three-tenths
(0.3) of s foot, thence North on a llne p~rallel with the West line
of Lot 8, ~udltor's ~ubdlv!sion ~o. 170 ~nd of Lot 4, WcNaught's
Ad~Itlon to ~ound to a point three-tenths (0.3) of a foot west of a
point on the V~est line of Lot 8 ~-uditor's ~u~dlvislon No. 170, sixty-
one ~nd eighty-nine one hundredths (61.89) feet ~outh of the Northwest
corner of said Lot 8, Auditor's ~ubdivislon No. 170, thence ~est to a
point nine-tenths (0.9) of a foot west of the West llne of ssid Lot 8, $~
thence North to a line parallel with the ~est line of said Lot 8 s dis-
tance of 62.2 fe~t more or les~ to s~ point nine-tenths (0.9) of ~ foot
West of the point of beginning, thence ~as% nine-tenths(0.9) of a foot to
the point of beginning.
Trustee C. R. Ferrall seconding the motion for adoption of the above
resolution, the vote of the council~tood unanimous.
And so the resolution stood adopted.
On a motion by Trustee ~inkel, the Clerk was authorized to write
to the ~atertown Telephone Company asking that f~rm to appear before
the council, at its regular meeting of ~ay 6th, 19~1, with the full
details of its franchise with thi~ village. Trustee Jones seconded
thi~ motion, ond the council concurring.
On the recuest of Vi~lsge. _ . : Treasurer ~. ~f. Johnsom, 't.~e ~:ouncil, on
motion by Trustee ??inkel, trustee Jones suD~ort, lng, authorized the
retirement of ~135.00 of Outstanding Poor Fund wsrsnts.
The following bills were ~.oproved ~nd ordered paid:
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Cbe~. mown~r, snow ......... 5.40.~erttn Cres~e]., ~now... 5.40
J, C. qte[~, Police ....... lO0.O0.!eRoy ~r. e!w[n,recorder 25.75
~' ¥ Joh~son, G ~ ~ 25 .... " · ~'r~ .
................ '. ~,o~ .... on, '"~ter d~t ~ 25
~treater [~r. Co, rent .... 25.00.C.T. bTeum~nn, I:. ~'tore. 25.00
G[ R. Cole, ~o]~ice........ 50.00.. ~. .,,.~' T-Tuff,.. ~'ngr ~. °tor~O0.O0
LeRoF ~f..~'.].win, 'Vator Demt 25.00.R.H. qurm!u~ Corn ...... 332.00
lilt. Ek of ~Jd War. retire't i35.O0.Distillers DIstrib. Cot9 78.03
Ed. Phil]_i~s ~;. ~ons Co .... 413.21.Geo. HastinFs, grr, vel.. 1!.70
~. C. F[n].e~z, red, irs ..... 10.69.~[tks Pilot, Pub ........ 35.70
!'rt'-~ Pilot, Easer,:eut Pub 4.50-~r
.,. H A Koehler ....... 148.53
~-~ A. Koehler, L. ins.. 31.20.~'t~nd~rd Cfi, fuel ..... 16.60
'-~tsn. dsrd Oil Co., fuel g.i. 57.60.~nter~t,?te Power Co .... 11.77
~. H. Co Rlf ~rd .......... 10.O0."d Grocery, ~lf groc... 5.57
Vi],. of~'~m~.,.ole. Plain....... 7.60.Fadger ~,~etar ','nfg Co.,. 7.20
James C. "'il!son Co. filtr 2.03.?tand~rd :2f! Co., ga~... 14.62
Crane ~
,~o., c~rb cocks etc. 171.58.
'!'here being no further bu~!ne~m, (he meeting =tood adjourned.
President
Attest ........................
Recorder