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7.30 Parks & M. S. Mergen's bill for X5902.50 for grading the West Falcon Playgrounds Heights Playground was discussed. The Deputy Clerk was instructed to ask Mr. Curtis Larsen to get in touch with Engineer Ljungren. Special The SPECIAL HEARING was called to order at 8:15 P. M., the follow- Hearing ing Council Members being present: Harold C. Nilsen, Iviayor; George Wm. F. Lin-Shavor, Trustee; Willis Warkentien, Trustee; Paul Coppini, Trustee dig Rezon- and Wm. R. Utecht, Clerk. Also present were Frank N. Graham, ing Village Attorney, and ^thel E. White, Deput~T Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. Mayor Nilsen read the notice as published in the Rose Tribune, also the Affidavit of Posting Notice of the Special Hearing at Bernt- son's Drug, National Tea and Blomberg's. Attorney Graham advised he had checked the signatures on the peti- tion signed by Carlton B. Kittleson, Jr,, and others requesting the rezoning of the Lindig property from Business District to Residence District B; an ownership report of the St. Paul Abstract and Title Guarantee Company and found the petition had. been signed by more than 50~ by number of the property owners within 500 feet of the property sought to be rezoned. Nilsen advised that the Planning Commission, as 'set out in our Ordinance, consists of 5 men, 3 of whom are appointed by the Council, 1 each year to serve a term of 3 years, plus the Street Comms.ssioner and the Building Inspector as ex-officio members. Last .year, Rr. L. Hindermann and E. J. Pennig were appointed to serve as consultants on streets. Rte have had 6 men voting and that is contrary to the voting procedure, Since then he had talked to both Pennig and Hindermann, who are both very capable and experienced men, and Pennig had submitted a letter stating that due to the pressure of his bus- iness which would not give him the required time to spend with the Planning Commission it would be better for him to resign from the Planning Commission. Letter of resignation from Pennig was read. Utecht moved that Pennig's resignation be accepted. Seconded. by FFar- kentien and carried unanimously. It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by Coppini and unanimously voted that the Clerk write E. J. Pennig expressing our appreciation for his services. Nilsen moved the appointment of W. L. Hindermann to the Planning Commission. Seconded by Utecht and unanimously carried. Korstad: At the last meeting we told the Council and the Members of the Planning Commission who were here that we were going to engage a real estate appraiser and a planning engineer. .Because of the 10 day limitation, we were not able to complete our real estate appraisal, and we cannot now come up with a complete real estate appraisal of the effect of the rezoning of the Lindig Property on the surrounding area. 1 r~ L~ Korstad submitted copies of a report received by the~~ group from Sherman S. Hasbrouck, City Planner to the Council and the attorney for the landowner, and read the same to the public as follows: