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~32`~ SPECIAL MEETING, TUESDAY, MAY 11t, 1957 Meeting called to order at 8:00 F.M., the following council members being present: William R. Utecht, Mayor; George J. Shavory, Trustee; Harold C. Nilsen, Trustee; Gillis ~arkentien, Trustee; Clyde J. Stewart, Clerk. Also present: Frank N. Graham, Attorney. Absent: William E. Olsen, Treasurer. ~Qinutes of the previous meeting were.not read. The Mayor stated that this was a special meeting for the purpose of receiving and opening bids on Sanitary Sewer System, Improvement No. I, Part II (Street Resurfacing) but that we did not have Daylight Saving Time when the bids were advertised for, so that the bids will be opened the same as sewer bids were at our April 30, 1957 meeting,:: at 9:00 F.M. Broken concrete The Clerk reported he had talked with Mr. L. Schreiber, of on Iowa lot St Paul, owner of the lot on Iowa Avenue near the drainage near drainage hole, regarding matters pettaining to the concrete that area. had been dumped on the lot. Mr. Schreiber;. he said, knelw nothing about the concrete on the lot, but promised to check and try to find out who was responsible for placing it there. Alley The Mayor reported that Edward Bowlin, 136l~ California Ave. matter - West, claimed that the alley behind his property (opening on Albert and Hamline between Idaho and California Avenues) Edward Bowlin was an improved alley but was all broken up. The Mayor said he checked the alley and found it in bad shape, but that it is not one of the seven alleys improved in 1953. Said he would ask Engineer Vern L~ungren to check the alley and submit a report. Machine Accounting, Letter of May 13, 1957 from Mr. Burton C. Spear, Director, Ramsey County Machine Accounting Department, County of Ramsey, was read relative to the approved schedule of service charges for Machine Accounting Department services to municipalities in Ramsey County. The Clerk was asked to see if Mr. Spear could arrange to attend one of our meetings to discuss this matter with the council. Village of Letter of May 6, 1957, was read from the Village Clerk, Maplewood meeting Village of Maplewood, relative to a meeting to be held in the Maplewood Village Hall, at 8 P.M., May 15, 1957, to discuss the establishment of an exchange system for ordinances, codes and other information of value to communities. Mayor Utecht and Trustee Shavor said they would plan to attend. Mail Box matter The Clerk reported that the Bost Office Superintendent of deliveries had phoned him after checking on the mail box at Arona and Larpenteur. Said the post office employes making the pick-up found it difficult and hazardous. to make the mail pick-up when the box was near 1550 West Larpenteur, and that the post office preferred leaving the box where it was or moving it to the north side of I.arpenteur. The Superintendent agreed to replace the storage box at Idaho and Pascal with a mail box the same size as at Arona and Larpenteur, for the use of residents in the area. Mayor Utecht said he would pass the information on to Mr.RJ Luey, President, Falcon Heights Commercial Club.