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REGULAR, P~ZI;ETING Tt1AY 28th, 1959. 1221 tdeeting was called to order at 7:00 P, t<S. , the following Council r~?embers being present: Harold C. Nilsen, P,Zayor; George J. Shavor, Trustee; Millis 4Varkentien, Trustee. Also present were Frank N. Graham, Village Attorney; Ulm. E. Olsen, Treasurer; Vern J. Ljungren, Village Engineer and Ethel E. 'ldhite, Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. Absent Paul L. Coppini, Trustee and tiym. R. Utecht, Clerk. i~~7inutes of the regular meeting of May l~~th were approved as submitted. P~finutes of the Special Meeting of ?~iay 21st were approved as submitted. Lindig Mayor Nilsen stated that at the regular meeting of May l~.th a comm- Spiegler ittee had been appointed to study the problem of building permits for the proposed apartment buildings and called for reports. Shavor reported the various arguments against the project were re- peated in practically the same manner as they had been brought up at the other meetings. The purpose of the meeting; was to give the developer a. chance to come in and discuss the plan changes which they had agreed to make; but which they had never had a chance to present before. The meeting was not restricted -- it was left open to discussion of the advantages and disadvantages -- and the develop- er did have an opportunity to go into the matter of makings the pro- ject more attractive. V~~then the matter was referred to Dahlgrens the Planning Consultant, he proposed a somewhat revised plan of the grounds, playgrounds and parking which was at variance with the orig- inal proposal. We went right down the list of objections and the developer was agreeable to making most of the changes suggested. The parking in back was originally straight from sou+ h t th d ~ o nor an with the playground to the west which would have meant crossing the parking lot when going to or leaving the playground. Driveway was too long and would give an opportunity for someone to get up pretty good speed. Planner suggested shortening the driven^ray and provid- ing two more rows of parking where the playground was originally. For better appearance in the block9 some people think a stagnered arrangement of buildings is preferable to a straight line so it was suggested that two buildings be set back !~0' and the other two 1~5~. The Planner suggested the Designer could come up with a better looking brick, and I understand that the plan coming up tonight does have some improvements. Planner suggested ornamental fencing instead of wire fence orig- inally proposed and builder agreed to that. There was some question as to whether or not it would be desirable to have a concrete curb in front of the property. I see the developer has drawn in a curb which keeps margin of street Vrell defined. The Village is planning to put in water part way down Larpenteur in order to eliminate excessive construction costs later on, and the developer has agreed to use that water line off the 12" if condi- tions are right. This means that the costs would be spread against this property as well as other users of the water line. The parking lot would be properly surfaced -- ±.hat would be made a part of the specifications. J