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3 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLACrE OF LITTLE CANADA The regular meeting of the Council of the Village of Lit- tle Canada was held at the Little Canada Fire Hali on Tuesday, February 1, 1955 at 7:30 P.M. The following Council members were present: Louis W. Melancon, Mayor; Roy P. Nadeau, Clerk; Carl Spooner, John M. Vitale, Trust:ees. F,dward R. Loeffler, Trustee, was absent. Also present were Fred P. Memmer, Village .A.ttorney, Oscar F. Londin, Building Inspector, and Al C. Johnson, Electrical Inspector. The riinutes of the regular meeting of January Ll.th were approved as read, Mr. Francis Garceau, 2?_10 Desoto Street, outlined a problem which he suggested the Council should give some attention to. Mr. Crarceau pointed out that, he is a building trades woa°]ter, that he resides in Little Canada, and that on numerous occasions he has been unable to work on construction projects in the City of St. Paul be- cause that city has an ordinance giving preference to workers re- siding within the city. Mr. Garceau suggested that the Council of Little Canada should adopt an ordinance giving preference on all village work to residents of the village. After some discussion between Garceau and the Council it was informally decided that after Mr. Garceau sees some of the other governing bodies in the county, the Council of Little Canada would be willing to cooperate along the line suggested if other municipalities do likewise. Mr. J. L. Johnson of 999 St. Paul Avenuz in the City of St. Paul explained to the Council that he owns land on the South side of County Road B2 between Edgerton and Arcade Streets and that hi.s property extends from County Road B2 to Highway 736. This par- ticular land was purchased from the late Peter Ducl~arme. Johnson stated that he would like to divide this property into lots with 80 ft. fronts instead of the 100 ft. lots required by the Village at the present time. After some discussion the Council indicated without any formal action that it was not disposed to make any change in the building code as it now stands and that if Mr. John- son intends to build, he will have to have lots with 100 ft. street fronts, each lot containing at least 22,000 sq. ft. JoluZ Vitale reported on behalf of the committee consist- ing of h.tmseif and Edward Loeffler with reference to the granting of privileges for installing natural gas to Northern States Power Company as follows: Mr. Vitale reported that he had talked with Mr. Cleo Smith Mayor of the City of White Bear, and that Mr. Smith indicated the Louncil in White Bear is ready to enter a franchise or contract for use of the streets with Northern States Power Com- pany. lIe also stated that the Council of Wllite Bear has been