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MINt1TBS OF' TI-IF D~EFTiNCx OF THIi VILLAGI3 COIJIVCIL OF "fI-ITS VSL,l.A.G) OF LIT'T'l,l~ CANADA The regular meeting of the. Council of the 1/i.ilage of Lit- tle Canada was held at the L,it.tJ.e Canada Fire Hall on Vlednesday, Feb- ruary 1"?, 19!'7, at '7x30 P.M. The following Council members were pre- sent; Louis W. Melancon, Mayor; Roy P. Nadeau, Clerl~; L;dward I..oeffl.er and Carl Spooner, Trustees. John Vitale, Trustee, ura.s absent. Also present were Tied Y. Hemmer, Village Attorney; Louis Jesperson, Road Super i.ntendent; and Oscar F. l,ondin, Building Inspector.. Aii,nutes o:f the regular meeting of January 3, 19';7 and the special meeting of February 1, 1957 were approved as read. He>srs. lfenry Monn, Richard Jacobsen, Lee Morri and Joseph Fletcher, who live in the vicinity of Twin 'i..ake immediately North oi• the lli.llage of I.,ittie Canada, appeared before the Council and stated that: they~and the majority of the citizens living in their area desire to be annexed to the Village of I,ittie Canada. Mr. PJtonn stated that he }ras always felt a close association with the Village because he f'ormerl.y lived within the Village area and his r,iril.dren attend school in the Village. Mr. Jacobsen expressed similar sentiments. It was pointed out by this group that, the present indications are that most, if not all, of the Tovrnship of Vlhite Bear will be included within the limits of the City of White Bear in the near future. They explained that, they had mur_h more in com!non vrith I..ittle Canada. than they have with the City of V!hi.te Bear. They also pointed ouC that because the Village of Little Canaria i.s substa.ntially a rural suburban area and the Village policies are such that the, maintenance of this character- istir.. is likely to continue for an indefinite period in the future. This being the case, the people in the `I•win Lakes area feel that they would mur,h rather be part of a rural type of• vilia.ge development than a highly populated, urban type. After considerable discussion the matter was referred to the Village Attorney f'or the purpose of prepar- ing the necessary procedures and determining the boundary lines of the portion which these people have aslted to be annexed by the Village. Mr. Francis Garceau of 2210 Desoto SCreet, appeared before the Council and sta.t,ed that he wished to lodge a complaint about neigh- bors who burn trash at any time of the da.y or night without regard to the inconvenience ca.use8 to other people and lie also wished to com-- piai,n about the ?'act that people who ovrn vacant lots in the area ad- jaceni, to his home have always permitted vegetation to grow vri.thout any control or cutting. This matter was referred to the Weed Inspector by the 'Vili.age Council. The Clerk read a letter from Swen Anderson pertaining to irt- sper,tion f'or licensi.ny gas installers. It, was pointed out that at tyre