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Regu I ar Beet i ng - Novcniber 13, fj~j7 been completed actor-cling to spec,ification> anti is in proper condition to he accepted hyrhE; Village for mair~terrance. dlr. Jespersen, Street Supe)r~intenGeni~, indicated that he trail nc objec'rions to the acceptance of said street. Upon moi'ion by Vitale;, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RE SOLVEU, That Arkwright Street from County Road i3 to (_aurie Road be and is botchy accepicd for mair:tenance as a village street and the Clerk is hereby instructed to return to FSer;ry Schroeder the bond which Nor. Schr-c~cr- had placed with tl7e Viilaae to guarantee r,ompletion." Aye - ~ id~rys - 0 The resolution was adopted. The Clerk read a Iei~ter from a village resident requesting an arcliyht at Gervais Creek Road and Centerville Road. Mr. Jespersen, Street Superintendent, reported that he had investigated flee Iccat4on art it stated That there is no need fora light at this corner. Tf~e Counci! toak no act ion and instructed the Cier4c to place the letter on file. The Clef°k read a petition from a group of young men in the village requesting permission of i'he Council to conduct automobile; races on Savage Lake durir',g the winter rnonih, while the lake is frozen. The proposal offered by these; young men was to heave aui~c racing an Sunday a'rternoon; during the winier~' season. The petition they presented had been circulated among resident=. adjacent to the lake and had boson signed by most of them, hh,r. Floyd Patten, 222 Little Canada Road, Baas pr°c~serrt and explair.od hi; position with reference to racing cn the fake sinr,e he is an owner of property abui~tiny the lake and actually owns land to the center- of the lake. i-le said than he did not wish to op- pose any reasonable proposition that these yauny men had, but that >ince he owns property to the center of the lakey he wanted to be sure that he would not be liable for any bodily injuries or' damages that might occur as a result of ttrese races, tAr. Hemmer, Village Attorney, stated that since thi,is not a sa--called "meandered" lake and since the property ovmerships extent; to the center of the: lake, the Courc71 has no local right to grant or deny I~aermission as regr.iested in the pe- tition. Upon motion by Nadeau, seconded; by Vitale, it was "RE.SOI_VL(?, Thaf the request of these young peo- ple be turned aver to the Villago Attorney for the purpose of consulting wii'h file Ramsey County Sheriff's office and the County Recreation Committee to con-~ sides the possibility or` conductir:g such races on Lake Gervais instead of or, Savage Lake." Ayes-5 Nays - 0 The re>olution was adopted. 2 ._