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City Council Minutes 09-27-1976 Special I MONTICELLO CIY COUNCIL SPECIAL M September 27, 197 - 12:00 Noon Present: Con Johnson, Stanley all, Dick Martie, Gene Walters. Absent: Denton Erickson. Purpose of meeting was to rev systems for residential and d along with reviewing lighting Highway 25 into the downtown Mr. Lionel Johnson from NSP, official, reviewed the variou types of lighting along with ew different types of lighting wntown areas of Monticello from 1-94 interchange on long with another NSP aspects of different he rate schedule. Decision for the type of ligh ing to be reviewed at tonight's meeting for the are from 1-94 to the downtown. I Meeting adjourned. tJ= fA);t..., Gary W' ber City Administrator GW / mj q I I MONTICELLO CI Y COUNCIL SPECIAL M September 27, 197 -- 4:00 P. M. Present: Con Johnson, Stanley all, Dick Martie, Gene Walters. Absent: Denton Erickson. Herb Ketcham and Chuck Liddy re proposed city hall building. T for up to fourteen people, thre ence room, lobby, restrooms and 115-120 people. Also reviewed cations to be required for the Herb Ketcham indicated that the up plans and specifications for date tentatively set for Novemb iewed a detailed model of the e plan included a staff area offices, a workroom, a confer- council chamber for seating as an outline of the specifi- arious components of the building. next step would now be working bidding purposes. Bid letting r 15, 1976. I Meeting adjourned. Gara~ fA) ~ City Adm nistrator GW / mj q I I REGULAR MEETING OF THE M NTICELLO CITY COUNCIL September 27, 19 6 7: 30 P.M. Members present: Con Johnson, tanley Hall, Dick Martie, Gene Walters. Member absent: Denton Ericks n. Citizens comments. Mrs. Thrilva Birch inquired as seed or sod boulevards dug up 0 Broadway Avenue. P.W. Director along Broadway Avenue will be t to whether city could re- 75-1 Improvement Project on indicated that these areas ken care of as weather permits. 1. Public Hearing - Sewer and John Badalich, city engineer, g ve presentation on the following improvements petition d for: Extensions. A. 6th and Vim to 6th & EI - water extension. I B. W. side of Pine & 7th to Cedar and 7th Street - sewer extension. C. Chelsea Road & Cty Rd 1 to Hwy. 25 & C ty Rd. 11 - water extension. D. 4th & C eda r to 4th & Pi sewer line repair. The sewer line repair on 4th St eet would not be assessed to abutting property owners. Hearing no objections, a motion was made by S. Hall, seconded by Martie and unanimously carri d to adopt a resolution order- ing the above sewer and water i provements as change orders to the 76-1 Improvement Project wi h Qrfei & Sons at an estimated cost of $63,375.51. 2. Public Hearin Dr. Fish. uest for Si e ard Setback Variance b Dr. Fish requested a sideyard va iance of 1!' to build an addition to his existing garage; I The ordinance calls for a 10' s.deyard setback, but the abutt- ing property owner, Mrs. Viola chneider had no objection to the variance request. (See sup lement 9-27-76 #1.) Regular Meeting of the Council September 27, 1976 A motion was made by Walters, seconded by Hall and unani- mously carried to approve the variance request of 1!' for Dr. Fish's property. I 3. Public Hearin - Lot Size Variances for Subdivision Re uest by Lester Finn. Lester Finn requested lot size variances to subdivide a 66' x 165' lot into two (2) lots each 82!' x 66', (5,445 square feet). Current ordinances require 10,000 sq. ft. as the minimum size of a new lot in an R-2 zoning district. Due to the large variances required, a motion was made by Hall, seconded by Martie and unanimously carried to deny the subdivision request and lot size variances. 4. Public Hearing - Lot Size Variances for Subdivision Re- quest by Ben Arnold. Ben Arnold was proposing to subdivide Lot 2, Block 1, Manhattan Lots into (2) parcels, for use as residential lots. I Mr. Arnold was requesting a variance on lot width from 80' to 67' and a variance on the minimum lot size from 12,000 sq. ft. to 10,846 sq. ft. A motion was made by Martie, seconded by Walters and unan- imously carried to deny subdivision request for lot size variances. 5. Consideration of Adding a Small Printing Business as a Permitted Use in a B-3 Zoning District. Mike Fish has indicated a desire to open a small printing business in the former Pro-Mart building located south of 1-94, currently zoned B-3. Engraving, printing and publish- ing is presently allowed as a permitted use in an 1-1 (Light Industrial) district only, but the city plann~Howard Dahlgren and the Planning Commission, have recommended that a printing I or publishing business that would not employ more than six persons be added as a permitted use in a B-3 (Highway Business) district, also. I I I 6. Regular Meeting of the Council September 27, 1976 A motion was made by Walters, s imously carried to approve an 0 a small printing or publishing or less persons as a permitted (See Ordinance Amendment 8-15-7 conded by Martie and unan- dinance Amendment adding employing six (6) se in a B-3 zoning district. #20. ) Streets to Abuttin John Sandberg submitted apprais Is on the following streets recently vacated or con idered for vacation: 1. Cedar St. from 7th Street south to 8th Street: Appraised value $12,000.00 2. Oak Street between Broadw y Avenue & River St.: Appraised value - 3,000.00. A motion was made by Walters, s imously carried to offer the ab Restaurant & VFW Club) each t 0 of 7th Street at the appraised one half. (See supplement 9-27 Walters made a motion, seconded carried to offer the east t of River Street and Broadway Avenu on a defeasible deed for $1.00 contingent upon the property be If the property is used for a c chase the property at the appra (See supplement 9-27-76 #3.) conded by Martie and unan- tting property owners (J's Cedar Street lying south alue of $6,000.00 for each 76 #2.) by Martie and unanimously ak Street lying between to Pat and Mary Donahue or a period of 2 years, ng used for a medical clinic. inic, the Donahues may pur- sed value of $3,000.00. 1-94 1nterchan e 7. Consideration of Street to Broadwa Avenue alon A motion was made by Walters, s imously carried to adopt resolu plans and specifications for hi lighting improvements on Hwy. 2 Avenue. 8. Consideration of Fertilizer Tanks conded by Martie and unan- ion ordering OSM to prepare h pressure sodium street between 1-94 and Broadway - Li uid A motion was made by Hall, seco ded by Walters and unan- imously carried to approve a bu'lding permit for (2) liquid fertilizer tanks for Richard Os wski contingent upon the construction of a dike surround"ng the tanks. Regular Meeting of the Council September 27, 1976 Gwen Bateman, dog patroler for the city, presented to the council preliminary plans and a scale model for a new dog pound under consideration. I 9. Consideration of Dog Pound Improvements. The proposed building would be a cement block structure capable of housing 12 to 15 dogs. A motion was made by Hall, seconded by Martie and unan- imously carried to have OSM prepare plans and specifica- tions suitable for bidding using the preliminary plans and scale model as a guide. 10. Consideration of Possible Street Names. A list containing names of early settlers and people with historical background in Monticello was reviewed by the council as possible names for the unnamed public roads, etc. (See supplement 9-17-76 #4.) The council consensus was not to use the names of early citizens in naming the streets. I A motion was made by Johnson, seconded by Walters and unan- imously carried to have Johnson and Walters prepare street names for review by the council at the next meeting. 11. A motion was made by Martie, seconded by Hall and unan- imously carried to approve the bil~for September as pre- sented and the minutes of the September 13, 1976 council meeting. (See supplement 9-27-76 #5.) 12. Architect Contract - City Hall. A motion was made by Martie, seconded by Hall and unan- imously carried to have the mayor and city administrator meet with Gary Pringle, city attorney, to review the architectural contract prepared by Architectural Alliance, and enter into a contract for services if approved. 13. Public Hearing Notice - Sewer Extension. A motion was made by Walters, seconded by Martie and unan- imously carried to have a public hearing on Oct. 11, 1976 to consider the possibility of extending sewer to the VFW Club located approximately 400 ft. south of Cedar & 7th Street. I Regular Meeting of the Council September 27, 1976 I The consensus of the council wa stallation of (16) new high pre in the newly annexed residentia John Badalich presented prelimi warming house proposed for the consensus was to proceed with p specifications for bidding in 2 Council consensus was to hold t council on October 11, 1976 (Co 1976 (Veteran's Day) as usual. Meeting adjourned. Richard Wolfstell Adm. Assistant I RW/mjq I to proceed with the in- sure sodium street lights areas. ary drawings for the new th Street park. Council eparation of plans and weeks. e regular meetings of the umbus Day) and October 25,