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Regular Meeting _ October 109 1962 Mr. Carley9 Village Engineer, reported on proposed drainage works for handling storm water from the area of the new high school betvreen Demont Street and County Rdo "D", immediately Vilest of the Soo Line Railroad tracks. The Ehgineer~s report was that the necessary storm sewer construction required to bring the water under the Soo Line tracks to Savage Lake would cost approximately X12,000. He went on to point out that although this would solve the problem for the school, the addition of this water to Savage Lake could very probably create difficulty for property owners adjacent to Savage Lake by raising the lake level to an extent that it would cause water to enter the basements of such home owners. For this reason he pointed out it would be necessary to construct an outlet from Savage Lake to the St. Paul Water Works right-of-way which is also the course of Gervais Creek, thereby emptying the overflovr into Lake Gervais. The Village Engineer pointed out that he thought the school district should be advised o£ this proposal and also that the Highway Department should be brought into the matter for the reason that the construction of Highway 35E has reduced the storage capacity of Savage Lalteo T'he Clerk read a registered letter signed by 12 residents of the Village to the effect that in the opinion of these people the rezoning petition presented to the Village Council by Mro John Monn is inadequate. The Clerk also read a report received from the Planning Commission to the effect that the Planning Commission refrained taking any action vrith reference to rezoning the Monn property because the Planning Commission feels that any such rezoning should await the total rezoning and overall Village plan recently authorized by the Council and now in process of preparation by Milner VV. Carley & Associates and Frederick P. Memmer9 Village Attorney. Mr. Spooner asked the Village Attorney to explain the provisions of the zoning law with reference to petitions and what elements were necessary to make a rezoning petition legally proper. The attorney answered this question and there was considerable discussion by Council members and by various people present at the meeting. Upon motion by Vitale9 seconded by Coenen9 it was "RESOLVED9 that the Village Attorney by and is hereby authorized to check the legality of the petition and determine whether or not the petition as presented meets with all requirements of the zoning law and that if the petition was proper and legal9 that the Monn property be zoned commercial and the Building Inspector be authorized to issue a building permit." Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. The Clerk then read a letter from the Ramsey County League of Municipalities asking that every municipality in Ramsey County take an active part in the League and that every municipality make provision in its budget for paying League dues during the year 1963. The Clerk read a letter from Minneapolis-St. Paul Sanitary District which sets forth certain basic processes of the said sanitary district. This letter was received and placed on file, - 2 -