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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972/05/24VILLAGE OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota Minutes of the meeting of the Village Council, Village of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, held May 24, 1972. PRESENT: Councilmen Branning, Garrison Pearsall and Hollenbeck (attended at 7:4O) Clerk Aselson ABSENT: Mayor Largen Acting Mayor Pearsall celled the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. All residents attending took part in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. Sidewalk Sales - Proposed resolution submitted to Council by planning Commission. Noted received~ to be discussed further at meeting of June 7th. Councilman Hollenbeck attended. MOTION: of Garrison, seconded by Hollenbeck, to approve the minutes of the meeting of May 10th as corrected. Ayes - 3, Nays - 0; Branning abstaining. Greenleaf 5th Addition Street Lighting Contract MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Garrison to approve the contract with Dakota Electric Association for the installation of street lights in Greenleaf 5th Addition. Ayes - 4~ Nays o O. MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Garrisons to pass Resolution 1972-80, establish- ing the billing Procedure for street lighting in Greenleaf 5th Addition and Greenleaf Townhouse 5thAddition. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. Reports Councilman Garrison said he had been contacted by a church group interested in doing some type of community service They were thinking about some work on transit. He thought perhaps some type of questionaire to Village residents could be handled by them. He will discuss this more with them. Councilman Garrison then requested the Planning Commission to define the working procedures of the Architectural Committee. Councilman Pearsall mentioned the monthly Municipalities magazine and the article on organiZation development. He thought it would be well for some of the council or permanent staff to pursue O.D. training. Mr. Lawrence Daily, Mayor of Farmington presented to the Council a Royal Summons to a Centenniel Dinner in Farmington Mr. Eldon Hoaglund and Jerry Bell presented the plans and specs for four additional Village parks to be developed. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Garrison to proceed with the County in the reshaping of the ditches on County Road 38, at an estimated cost of $2,O00, 55% to be paid by the County. Ayes - 4, Nevs - O. (The Engineer commented that there will be black dirt available for this project from the Galaxie Avenue improvement project.) Page MOTION: of Garrison, seconded by Branning, to approve the plans and specs for the completions of the four parks and to pass Resolwtion 1972-81 authorizing advertisement for bids for completing Greening, Pennock and Duchess parks and the grading at Westview and Galaxie, plus tennis courts. Said bids to be received June 23 1972 at 2:00 p.m. Ayes - 4~ Nays - O. The attorney reported on the Galaxie Park condemnation. A settlement has been reached in the amount of $7,300.00 with Hoffman Brothers, contingent on the instal- lation of a driveway. MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Branning, to pass Resolution 1972-82 accepting the settlement figure and contingency. Ayes - 4~ Nays - O. MOTION: of Garrison, seconded by Hollenbeck, to accept the agreement for the Town- house 4th Addition with the changes agreed upon and the addition of the performance bond in the emount to be submitted by the Village Engineer. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Garrison, to accept the Planning Commission's recommendation and approve the final plat for Townhouse 4th Addition and authorize the Acting Mayor and Clerk to sign same. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Branning seconded by Garrison to approve the preliminary report and pass Resolution 1972-83, setting a public hearing on utility improvements for the Apple Valley Townhouses for June 14 1972, at 8:00 p.m. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Hollenbeck, to authorize the Engineer to make an addendum to the bids for Lapaz Addition utilities to add utililty improvements for the new community building and to change the date for accepting the bids to June 9, 1972. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Garrison seconded by Hollenbeck, to set the bond for Oak Ridge Park development contract bond at $63,000 as recommended by the Engineer. Ayes - 4 Nays O. The Administrator reported that WWTC had cancelled the zoo program again and were now planning on having it the 10th of September. The Administrator is to write a letter regarding this to WWTC. MOTION: of Garrison, seconded by Hollenbeck, to authroize the expenditure of $337.50 to enlarge the wine display area at the.liquor store. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Pearssll, to appoint Councilman Garrison as the Fire Department liaison to the Village Council. Ayes - 3, Nays - O. Branning abstained. MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Garrison, to approve the change-order for the completion of the Village Hall Park to add a half court, multi-use court to the project at a cost of $1,300.00. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Garrison, to authorize the hiring of David Ellis as supervisor of installation of playground equipment at a rate of $2.50 per hour. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. Page 3 May 24, 1972 MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Garrison, to authorize the spraying of dandelions in the Village as recommended by the Park Director Area to be sprayed about 50 acres including Newell Park. Ayes - 3, Nays - 1 (Hollenbeck). MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Garrison, to pass Resolution 1972-86 order- ing bid advertisement for the paving of the extension of Whitney Drive to Cedar Avenue. Bid opening set for June 26, 1972, at 2:00 p.m. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. Gross Payroll Report for May 19, 1972, received. MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Garrison, to pass Resolution 1972-84 authoriz- ing the County Surveyor to check plats and registered land surveys in Apple Valley. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Hollenbeck to authorize the hiring of Henry Scott as part time liquor store clerk replacing Mr. Foss at the rate of $2.15 per hour. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Pearssll, to cancel the meeting of June 21, 1972. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Hollenbeck seconded by Pearsall, to pass Resolution 1972-85 setting a public hearing on Clark Oil Conditional Use Permit for July 5, 1972, at 8:00 p.m. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. Memo on Pumphouse ~4 received. MOTION: of Hollenbeck seconded by Branning, to pay the claims and bills, checks # 4163 through # 4205, in the smount of $604,926.83. Ayes - 4, Nays - O. MOTION: of Hollenbeck, seconded by Branning, to adjourn. Unanimously carried. Adjourned at lO:15 p.m. ATTEST: Richard G. AsIeson Village Clerk Fred J. Largen, Mayor