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1 1 1 June 10, 1974 must be issued. The application of Luther LeVessure was in order. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried. Mr. Henry Speiser had neglected to sign his application. The Clerk is to contact him and his application will be considered at the June 24, 1974 meeting. Mr. Gotwald had looked over the letter concerning the Battle Creek Watershed District and said that the hearing scheduled is to consider the expansion of this District. Mr. Gotwald felt that the City should object to being included in this District for several reasons. We have had no communications• from this District, there has been no engineering study and most of the area of Lino Lakes is already included in the Rice Creek Watershed District. This would be an overlapping situation. All platting done in the area must be approved by the RCWD at the present time and with the formation of this district, one more agency could be involved thus complicating the procedure of platting. Mr. Ross asked if the City received copies of the RCWD and was told that we do. The Clerk was instructed to draft a letter for Mr. Gotwald informing this group that; 1) we are not a part of the drainage system that flows into Battle Creek. 2) there has been no engineering study as to why Lino Lakes should be included in this district. 3) the City of Lino Lakes doesn't need another agency controlling the growth of the City and 4) the City of Lino Lakes had neither representation on this Board nor communications from them. Mr. Carl Nelson asked if the two districts overlapped and was told No. Mr. Gotwald reported that he will have a preliminary cost estimate for planned road repairs for the next meeting. The Clerk asked who to get to test the water at the well. Mr. Gotwald suggested Gene Smith of White Bear Township, Bill Imme of Circle Pines or Greg Morstad of Lexington. Mr. Al Ross made comment of the study being conducted by the City for full time Law enforcement. He felt that we have a Library District, Hospital District and felt that with the number of surrounding communities needing full time protection, a Law Enforcement District could be set up. He felt that this matter should be put on the ballot this fall and let the people vote on it. He also reminded the Council that the possibility of issuing an unlimited number of liquor licenses. He felt that this should also be on the ballot for approval of the residents. Mayor Bohjanen told Mr. Ross that there has been three meetings of the Commission studying a full time Police Department, the next one is scheduled for June 26, 1974. Before any decisions are made on this, a public hearing will be held. This project is still very much in the planning stages. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve requisitions #436 through #446 inclusive. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried. Mr. Zelinka moved to pay bills with checks #5787 through and including #5810. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried. Mr. McLean moved to adjourn at 10:30 p.m. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Aye.