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Mr. L'Allier requested the Clerk to place proposed Ordinance No. 54 on inflammable liquids on the agenda for July 27th. He asked Mr. Bohjanen if anything new had come up on the watershed meetings. Mr. Bohjanen stated that neither watershed group had had any meetings; at least he had not been advised of any. Mr. Gotwald had no special report. Mr. Locher stated that he had received a letter from the State Attorney General which actually sidestepped the matter of restricting the number of school -age children in a trailer court or restricting the trailers to only new ones, but had stated that it was a matter for local determination. The enforceability of such restrictions is questionable; if a trailer owner with other children should go to court we might be obliged to defend the case. Mr. Locher had subsequently received a letter from Joseph Summers, Atty. for Menkveld, who wishes the matter to be put on the agenda. Mr. Rosengren moved to continue the Menkveld hearing on July 27th at 9:30 p.m. and to authorize the sending of the notices again. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried unanimously. Mr. L'Allier commented that the reason we had asked an opinion of the Attorney General was because of the question of legality of enforcing the restrictions. He felt that it was a sham we couldn't get an.answer because it was a political year—chances are that we'll have to go to court because of this and have to waste the taxpayers money because of the politicians. Mr. L'Allier acknowledged the presence of Vern Plaisance who stated that he was trying to get the previously mentioned letter from the Hwy Department but hadn't yet received it, Mr. Plaisance stated that the criteria contained a formula called the 85th percentile which goes on the statistical assumption that 85% of the motorists will obey the posted limit while 15% will go faster than they should. He mentioned that some states use the 90th percentile which gives a higher limit. Although this doesn't seem realistic, national statistics bear the law out. Mr. Plaisance stated that the County had informed him that they have asked for a new study on the Main Street speed limit. Mr. Art Hagen of Mattson Building & Supply, Inc. was present to answer questions on his company's bid. Mr. Hagen gave statistics on the 8" insulation which has a U factor of .034 compared with a U factor of .09 for the 1 -12" or 3" insulation. Stran -Steel uses 8" insulation almost exclusively and have therefore gotten the method of applying it down so well that they can offer a deduction for its use because of a saving in the labor factor. Mr. Hagen stated we could talk with many satisfied customers as far as insulation or other matters. He stated that we could get all of their colors in either gauge. The guarantee on leakage would have to come from the general contractor as the panels come without holes from the factory. Mattson would give a one -year guarantee on leakage and all workmanship, but would still take care of problems after that period of time. Stran -Steel has a five -year guarantee against defective materials. Mattson is a franchised general contractor for Stran - Steel. They do the bulk of the work except for the plumbing, heating and electrical which is sub - contracted out on a bid basis. On questioning by Mr. Bohjanen, Mr. Hagen stated that a local man might be hired if needed on their permanent crews. Mr. Hagen stated that the air conditioning and heating would be as shown in their plan; namely that both would go overhead. If we wished to have the ducts in the cement they will do so, but it would•be an alternate to their bid. Heating and air conditioning will be Lennox. There was further discussion on the insulation and on the definition of a commercial door which, according to Mr. Gotwald, would not