1949-05-03VILLAGE OF MOUND
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~[!NUTES OF THE PJ,,GULAR I~EETING OF THE I~iOUND V!~_LA~ ~ COUi'ICIL HELD
D[ay 3rd, 1949.
Respond. lng to roll call were Winkel, '.~hite, Pierce, and Alwin;
Ifayor Davis appearing later.
After the reading and approval of th~ minutes of the regu!ar meeting
of April 5th and of the Hearing and m~eting of.Apri~ ~rd, the
council, und,v~r the baton of cou~cilman Pierce, proceeded with a
Hearing to the Great L'.orthern R. ~?.. Co. covering the paving and
the laying of curb and gutter along Park Ave. over a dista~ce of
580 ft. The Great Northern was represe~'~ted by ~iessers ~7. E. Kelley
a~5 J. Howard Evans of the G. N. tax department. As presented
at this meeting, the railroad company was agree~ to stand its share
of the cost for curb and gutter, since it represented a definite
improvement of railroad property. However, it was cdntended that
the D5 % of the cost of paving, that was to be borne locally,
should be acce!oted by the village, since the benefit went to the
public generally. The railroad company also made it clear that
it expecte~ that portion of the Park Ave. Improvement fronta~5e
bordering on railroad property that had been leased to the Village,
would, be taken care of at vi!!a~e expense. The hearin!d concluded
with the ass'urance to the raj!real compally that there would be
anotl~er heari~'~:~ covering the mahter after~bids for the work had
been let by the County.
Tith reference to the removal of the 2Seton Crossing" from the
Broderick Ave. intersection to a point approximately three-hu~dred
(~00) feet furthe~ ~;Test, alon~f; the G. H. tracks, the council was
assured that this was agreeable to the railroad company an~ that the
railroad company stood re~ady to do its part as soon as the village
took the initial steps. It was also agreed to take measures
to preve.nt parking' closer than twelve feet from the railroad track
at any stra~et intersection
The c.ou~cil heard the En~ineer's Report covering the paving and the
curb, gutter, and sidewalk installations for Ce'ntr~! Ave. from
Dell Street North to the Villas? iimits. Discussion ceutered
about a choice of paving mixes and cost differences as between
limiting c~rb & gutter construction to Gran~ View Drive, or extend-
in~:~ It to the vi!la~e lir~t~; The ~stim~tes:~pr'es~nte~:~W~rei~t~mite~
~0 C~a~d~>'Eut%er Const~ction to Grand View Drive, with or without
concrete gutter aprons, and presenting a difference as between
~8,800.00 and $~9,~00.00. It was the general agreement of the
Co~cil that,, aacor~in~_~ to the wqrdin6 0f the petition, the overall~
cost of~ curb and gutter and sidewalk construction was to be assessed
against .~rantage. ,It was generally a6ce~bed~
1 thsit ~the paving of
the straet was to be borne by the sta%e.~
In li~t ~of ~the abo. ve, t~e clerk was adthorized ~to ~draw ~up a resolution
calling~for a hearing with reference {O'{h~ ~abO~e, ~ame to take
~lace ~h the village office in the e~en~ng ~Of~2 ~2~rd, 19~9, at
S. P. H. Further, that a copy of suck'pU~dli~ed~r~soluti°n.~ ~ ~ ~. wa~
%o be mailed to every owner and tax-payer owning frontage on
above ~r~'o~sed improvement, thus callin'~:~'Att$~tion to the hearing.
With reference, to .raethods for:assessiny~ the cost of t e above, it
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VILLAGE OF MOUND
was f;e}iera~gai~reed that tlle Road Comi:iittee ~icet on Id'ay 7th to forriM!ate
r~co~ ...... ~,~lc~atlo~'~8 ...... to t]i~ council with ...... ~,~'~ .... .... ~ to this, s~.~.e~-~ to be
submitted ju~.ot prior to tne~ ne~r~:~' ~ "-~' of l~.~a~. ~ ox~:,,~.~_.
By F;eneral ag~eei::~ent of the coVncil, the clerk u. as authorize6 to
convey ~'~n invitation to th". James Fottr~! ~'n~ other officials of
the local ~nterstate ~ov;er Co. to atten6 the adjourneJ ......." ~etmn~:~" ~" of
~a~ SSrd, t949~ to further discus the proposed rate raise towar6
a possible solution.
Ju~.~= .... ~,nts~o_ action with re~erence to tr'~e fo!lowin~f, was postponed
oendin:~ the ooinion of the village attorney, to wit: Conduct of the
i. ic.:uor'.~tore with ~'eference t& the cash purchase recuirements in
connection ~'.~z~.~ the who! .... ~a buyin~ Of be~r und,~r the new law;
local diffioulties in connection with a water main extension East
down Park Ave. in anticipation of water for thc Z~unicipel Bui!din:~;
anC the possibilities of chan6e to a City I/iana~[ier Form of Governme~t
for the villa;~e un:~er recently enacted State law.
ITo action was taken on the extension of 'tke L{oun~ Union Cemetery
zn~o the ~,l,~OkAe .... O.ctOi~ lyz~ m~.So O~,. %~e cemett~ry; this on tke ri:beer,,
of councilr::an ~.finkel tk,,~t tkere wa~D~roxi:::ately an acre v,i ' ,
~ thin
the cemetery that woulJ ~ive place to about ~0 &~raves. It was
suT~ested, however, by ~[r. m?iI~]qol that the villa~e secure itself
throu~a the purckase of a least two acres of the adjoining woodland.
The cou~cil heard the re~:,ort of Cou:milman Pierce v;ith reference
to the vil!aLle park, su~zestil[ithe operation of the place by some-
one 'bonde~;:in the form afa concession. Pierce a!sq ?eported on the
ne d of dock and. ~'ivln~ boar~ i~st~ l!atlons, the need of table
rt~pairs ~nJ of chalrs, of p!ayLground equipment, the getting ready
of fireplaces and other picnic faci!i'ties. ,Ail of this to be
ready by I..~ay 15th, or at least by Decoration. Day. The' quest for
a vark operator was left S:n the ka~d~ 'of Councit~:~an Pierce. This
was by ~-;ener,',i a~:~]reement. .,
Tke recuest of P. J. Swenso~~, for the e×tension of Crocker Ave.
to his !ot~ !8 & 17, Lakeside Park, to ~::.iv~ the lots access to
the outside v,;or!d, anJ ti~.e ~v?itten request of ,:'[rs Arthur i[eison
fo~ neL~:f~oor~ooc str:u~et i~;~provement, u~ere oia. ced into the han.,ds of
Cou:tci!man '¥inkel for investigation.
On a motion by Pierce, supported by Yfini:el, tke council authorized
-,~v .... ~+ of the following bills'
P~;paicola Bott!idj, Co ........ ~ S.39:Story B,sv. Co ..........
7 Up oototmn~.., Co ............. lo.56:Coca Cole. Boti,linr~; Co..
C~o!J i(e~:]a.1 Bev. Co ........... 99.50 :Purity Bev. Co .........
Pal:,~_cr & l;orm.?ndin ......... -..13-!. 15 :i,[annini::-An,Jerson Co ....
Carter Bev. Co ............... [~16. 95: Can &a Dry {~inger Ale..
Z~:in~etonka Bev. Co ........... 9D.ii4:Cha~):a Bev. Co .........
Pabst Sales Co ............... 78.90:0. ~,:[. Droney Bev. Co...
15.90.
'78.07.
509.
S5.57.
49.75.
16.75.
Standard 0il Co .............. 6.80:Distil!ers Distributinig $790.64.
O!C Peorma Co ................ 591.OZ:,,.:c~,,~o,.On
" .... Coooer & Co .2 094.64.
~ ~ " Inc. 604.64',~r~ ,s, ... ,
~[innetonka L~otor Express ..... SS.~G:State Ba~ of
?fslter E. Booth & Sons ....... 7.TD:Sub. Henn. Co. Rlf. Brd.
Finley ~otors ................ 16,90:Cox Bros ............... 10~,78.
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,~(Ound 0il Sta .............. .$
Rosholt EOuipment 0o ........
Interstate Power Co .........
Interstate Power Co .........
Interstate Power Co .........
l:~d Hdw. Co ..................
L. E. Streat~r Lbr. Co ......
Geo. Blat zhelm ..............
G1 enn NI cho 1 s ...............
5.50:Bud's Pure 0il Sta .... .$
61.6~:American Linen Oo ......
180.15:Interstate Power Co ....
1S.73:Interst~te ,Power Co....
102.00:L[d. Hdw. Co .......... ~..
32.40: Frances ?onsford .......
1]'.~3:R. B. Kohout ...........
6.25:James Peterson .........
17.?5:Wm. Gaspar .............
98.35.
11. '~0.
40.78.
6.32.
17.02.
10.00.
!3.S9.
35.00.
9.00.
On a motion by Winkel, Pi,:~rce supporti!~6, the meetings ao. journea
to reconvene I~onday, .... ~ 23r~, 1949, at 8. P
President