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1~~~ permits be granted. Korstad stated he had talked with some of the business men anal had vrritten statements from 11 of them asking that their names be withdrawn from the oetition. This reduced thA number of signatures on the business :m.en's petition from 29 to 18. Korstad. said. taxes are one of the most important considera- tions and asked are ~rre going to end up with 25 or 29 thousand dollars. In any apartment building '-here are children, h~~~r. SUiegler estimates 70 children. ESnmet l~~illiams, Supt. of the School District, told them the cost of education per pupil for 1958 was ~~09.00, plus X67.00 capital retirement. Seventy children at °409.00 each adds up to about X28,630,00 for edu- cation. Ifrhat; is subtracted from the X25,000.00 mentioned 'oy Aar. Robins last week or the ?29,000.00 mentioned tonight, there is little, if anything, to be gained taxwise. ARr, B: R. Teig, Assistant Planning Director, St. Paulg told "Rr, Korstad the average rur_s 3-1/3 x~eople per unit in apartment buildings or 1-1/3 children per unit. On that basis the village would be out money simply on the cost of education. There is also the problem of playgrounds. If Ure have 70 children, where will they play? There is no playground. area on Fry, St. ;~~~ary's or L"aple Knoll. V~hat are we going to do for a playground? In the summer time is when we need a. recreation area. Minimum standards do not contemplate any playground area. Planning Commission pointed out ~~eed of playground area even ii it ^,°ant leaving out one building. There is al ~ the traffic problem created by 102 units. Accord- ing to the St. Paul Planning hoard, the average is 1-1/2 cars per unit. Korstad doesn't see where there vrould be any place to park them them except on Fry Street. Certainly they cannot park on the Lindig Property. That would leave 51 cars to hark on Fry, olus service trucks, guests and an occasional party. This adds up to a dangerous traffic situation. Regarding ~.~vater, he has to smile a little. They have had quite a time with their-water and have spent many hours talking to ;.~.r. Thompson and they have come out with one solution and this is without the 102 units. Adr, Thompson recom:ends that there i s only one solution znd that is nor the '~Tilla~;e or H :alcon Haiehts to put, up a 100,000 gal. tank in +.h is area. In a test, the ~tirater ~,nTas turned on in the kitchen sink at 1-~ or 15 houses on Garden ~•~Tenue at one +,~me, and the pressure fell 10#. One of Thompson's men was there. The Council must recognize that this is a residential area. Th.e commercial Property butts back onto residential property. They have no quarrel v~ith the south 179 or 180' which is properly commercial. They feel that nothing north of the 179' should be commercial. The residents of the area are prepared to file a petition asking for the rezoning to Presidential ~ except for the south 179' which is commercial„ Korstad says he knows of no way to bind the Spiegler Company to complete the six-building project. It has been stated that they will buy the property piece by Niece. They definitely think