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~3 r <br />Legislative Lynn Matteson and John Gasink, members of the legislative <br />committee committee, appeared before the council. t~?r. Matteson stated <br /> that after the committee meetings with representatives of <br /> engineering firms they recommended that the council request <br /> the Villa ge attorney to prepare the necessary forms to request <br /> the Housing and Home Finance Agency for a loan for the Village <br /> of Falcon Heights to be used to make a preliminary survey <br /> for sanitary and storm sewers in the Village. Mr. Matteson <br /> pointed out that the committee was not making a recommendation <br /> as to the engineering firms to be employed. at this time nor <br /> were they recommending that the project proceed but that they <br /> were recommending that the Village take steps to see if they <br /> could get a loan to do the preliminary survey work. hir. ~,Ratteson <br /> pointed out that the committee felt that sooner or later sewers <br /> would have to be put in the Village and that at that time the <br /> loan would have to be repaid. The committee felt that the <br /> Village would get full value for any money spent on a survey at <br /> this time and recommended that the application be made for the <br /> maximum amount allowable. <br />Application for After discussion, Cartwright moved that the recommendations <br />loan to be and report of the legislative committee on the sanitary and <br />prepared .storm sewer matter be accepted and that the Village Attorney <br />be requested to prepare an application to the Housing and <br />Home Finance Agency for a loan to cover a preliminary survey <br />for the Village of Falcon Heights for storm and sanitary sewer <br />service for the Village, with authority to secure necessary <br />engineering information needed to complete the form from the <br />Village engineer and to present the same to the council at its <br />next meeting. The Mayor seconded the motion and it was <br />unanimously carried. <br />Report on r~r. Matteson then reported to the council on the status of the <br />Municipal liquor proposed bill to permit the Village to establish a municipal <br />store legislation liquor store. He summarized the history of the Village's attempts <br />to secure such legislation, pointing out that six years ago a <br />bill had passed both houses of the legislature but had been vetoed <br />by Governor Youngdahl and that four years ago a bill, al though <br />recommended for passage in the House, had been defeated in <br />committee in the Senate. Mr. Ratteson stated that they understood <br />the bill was defeated in the Senate because of two uncertainties, <br />i.e., first, a question as to whether there was any place in the <br />Village under existing law where a liquor store could be <br />established, and second, the question as to whether or not the <br />people of the Village desired a municipal liquor store. He felt <br />that these two uncertainties had been answered by the Attorney <br />General's opinion, indicating that there was no place in the <br />Village that a municipal liquor store could be established under <br />existing law and by the advisory ballot favoring a municipal <br />liquor store 2 to 1. <br />Proposed bill Mr. ~~atteson pointed out that he had had a bill drafteak and <br />had submitted it to Representative Claude Allen and Senator <br />Elmer Anderson. Representative Allen had indicated that the <br />bill appeared to be in proper form and that he would introduce <br />it in the House. Senator Anderson had discussed the bill with <br />various Senators whoms he believed would be on the liquor control <br />committee of the senate this year and he reported to Mr. Matteson <br />that the results of his survey were negative, th at it appeared <br />