1949-03-26 V!L, LA~E' _OF ~OUN~
~.. MI~TES OF THE ~oU~R ME~I.N~ OF THE MOUND 'VILLAOE COUNCt~,~JOU~
FROM ~RCN ~gth to ~ROM 20th. ,
Reapon~ing to roll call at 5;30 P. M. were DaviS, Wlnkel, Pierce,
White anA Alwin, representing a full council. ~resent also were
R. J. Rondorf anA Forest McKelYey,repreaenting the Northlan0..
GreyhounA Lines; paul ~J. Dorenkemper aha G. J. June speak~L~g for
the Moun~ Business Men's Association, an~ ~r. Hauser, Station Agent
at Mound for the Great Northern Railroad Co.
Business before the meeting was to establish controls governing
the parking situation.around.~the~G,.N, D~pot; to come to definite
un~erstanding~ with reference to bus parking in front of the
Greyhoun~ Bus Depot; to exten~ and to elaborate parking facilities
for commuters on G. N. Railroad property; to further consider the wi~en-
ing of Central Ave., and to pave it, from the School North to the
village limits; to appoint a Justice of ~the Peace to ~succee~ Arthur
Ho!mquist, resigned; and to do such.other business ~as ,mlg~ht regularly
come before it.
After ~iscuss~on of the depot matter, it was agree~ by Hauser to
get the approval of the Great Northern to paint the base of the
depot against parking and to post a limit as between 8 A. M. and
8 P. N. He was to report to the village as soon as approval reached
him.
With reference to commuter parking near the bus depot, this on
Great Northern property, as a possibility, it was generally agreea,
and without motion, that ~ouncilman White Join June and Dorenkemper
of the Business Men~s Assn. as a delegation to~interview~Krueger of
the Greyhound Co. to join in a general aopeai to the Great Northern
for parking rights.
After a general ~iscussion of the bus parking problem, the consensus
of agreement was that depot-front parking was to be limited to
two buses parking parallel and end on. That surplus buses were to
park in the alley, and that the alley, widened to 80 ft, was to
serve as a turn-around to orientate bus traffic. This to proceed
as soon as post-winter street conditions permitted, and that all
necessary steps be taken to bring this about, including legal checks.
It was moved b~ ~,Vhite that the villai.~e clerk be authorized "to
direct a letter to the Mound Business ~en's Association a~suring
this organization that the Mound Villa'ge Council was in f~ll
accord with their ~uto-park program and would participate in
any ai~s. This was seconded by Winkel, the council carr~ving.
In harmony with cohclusions expressed by ~iayor Davis, the council
stood agreed that the general widening and improvement of Oentr&[1
Ave. should all include the improvement of the roadbed and the
widening of Dell Str., at least to its Junture with Bryant Ave.
On the repo. rt by 9.1win with reference to an Air Map of the Village,
and as recommended by Toltz, King, & Day, the council was agreed
that ~he matter be further investigated with the ultimate result
that the map be made.
Action with reference to the appointment of a Justice of ihs Pease
was withheld pending further assurances that N. A. Cobb would accept
~e ~o~.
The clerk, by general agreement and without motion, wss authorized
to issue further notice, through the local press, with reference
to t, he nee~ of licensin~ dogs and the availability of the necessary
~sgs.
After a review .of the problems of local garbage collecting and
~be c~re of the village park during the current summer, matters
to be dealt with more definLtely in coming meetins, the meeting-
a~Journed. ~his on.a motion by Alwin at 5:45 P. N.