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1 5 0 Two letters from Kenneth Rehbein were read concerning the Hall Building. The first indicated that the rent was to be raised to $150.00 per mont, effective June first. The second stated that the Hall had been sold to Harold A. Braastad, Route 4, Anoka, Mr. L'Allier stated that he had talked with Mr. Braastad who apparently has no immediate plans for the building, but will give us notice when he makes a decision. W. L'Allier asked the newspaper reporters to give notice on the sale of the Hall, mentioning that bond for a new building will be on the November ballot. An announcement of an Association meeting to be held Wed., April 30 was made. Hopefully, all the local legislators would be present to speak on current legislation. A letter was received from Mr. Wm. Beck of Consulting Services, Corp. stating that his charge for background work and attendance at five meetings would be $100 per meeting. Mr. Chas. Tooker, of Beckman and Swenson, had called to say that his Charge for five meetings would be $300.00 plus $20 per hour for background work. The affidavits had been received for the printing and publishing of ordinances No. 47 and 48. A letter from Oneka Township agreeing to our contract for work on the County Line north of Main Street was read. Mr. Tin. VanHousen, of Progress Designs Assoc. had been asked by Mr. Gotwald to appear before the Council. Mr. VanHousen lives in North Oaks, where he is the building inspector. He is currently the chairman of the Open Space Committee of the League. His firm has done planning work with the St. Paul Port Authority, Maplewood, the new town of Jonathan, Liberty Plaza, etc. The firm people are not statistical planners; they would be happy to do consulting work; they use heli- copter and plane to survey the community. Their charge for principal planners is $20 per hour, draftsman, $12.50 per hour. Mr. Van Housen didn't feel that 701 plans would benefit us, private plans would be better. He felt that multiple dwellings areas were necessary for a community to survive. Many times commercial operations can co -exist with residential housing. After some discussion, W. VanHousen was thanked and promised to send a letter of charges for five meetings. Mr. Leo Bruder of J &W Pickup Service was present. The letter written to him was read. Mr. Locher read from Ord. 6, showing that salvage operations were not included, but needed a special use permit. Mr. Bruder mentioned that he sold the items in question when there was enough to make it pay. He was in the process of cleaning up the yard. It seems as soon as hebegins his clean -up, that the complaints start coming in, in his opinion. Mr. Locher read from Ord. 32 on nuisances, that it was illegal to have the ground strewn with litter of most any sort. Detail of the hearing were spelled out for Mr. Bruder. Mr. Clem Frazer, next door neighbor of the Bruders, offered some comments of the condition of the place and past troubles. Mr. Bohjanen thought that perhaps the erection of a building to house the junk would be better than putting up a fence. Mr. Bruder will talk to the Attorney before making a decision on whether to get a special use permit, and will contact the Clerk if he wishes one. The Planning and Zoning minutes of April 16 were read. Mr. George J. Smith requested a special use permit to operate a riding stable on the old Louis Rehbein farm on Birch Street. He would have riding trails on the property only, sending out only 10 horses with a guide. He had no plans to build, but planned to improve the trails. However, Mr. Smith was informed that he could not be issued a special use permit since he was not the owner of the property yet.