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W. Cardinal also asked about having a telephone available for the Council
in the evenings. After discussion, W. Rosengren moved to get one phone and
have 3 jacks installed: Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously.
Norton Miller presented a letter from Francis Husnik indication that
Holly Drive had been maintained by Centerville °Township and Lino Lakes
from 1936 to 1958 inclusive. W. Locher checked the wording on this end
indicated the chages that should be made. Copies of this affidavit °were
to be made for all members, the Attorney and the Engineer. The Clerk
was asked to check the old files for records of such maintenance, as
was W. Gotwald Also.
R.oy Becklin asked the reporters to warn parents about children tunneling
in the snow banks because of the danger of the plow sealing them in.
Mr. Jaworski moved to pay the bills as audited. Seconded by Mr, Cardinal.
Carried unanimously.
Mr. Cardinal moved to adjourn at 10:15 P.m. Se723de)l by !4r. L' Allier. Aye.
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The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council held on February 22,
1971, was called to order at 7:57 P.M. by Mayor L'Allier with all members
present.
W. Bohjanen moved to accept the minutes of the February 8th meeting as
corrected. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried unanimously.
The Clerk reported that no insurance bids were ready yet. She presented
2 applications for the Deputy Clerk position from Mrs. Elaine Hunt and Mrs.
Shirley Gothmann, noting that Mrs. Sarner, Assessor, had filled out an
application but had wished it withdrawn since other applications had,,been
received. Also, the affidavits of publication of the notice were here.
W. Bohjafien,moved to turn the applications over the Personnel Commission
for consideration. Seconded by W. Jaworski. Carried unanimously.
Mr. Cardinal stated that W. Cecil LaMotte had again presented his pre-
liminary plat for LaMotte's Third Addittion to the P&Z on Feb 17th. The
Clerk read a letter from W. Gotwald regarding some,omissions from the
plat. The turnaround and the future Centerville Park road were discussed.
Mr. Cardinal moved to accept the preliminary plat of LaMotte's Third
Addittion subject to compliance to the Engineer's recommendations.
Seconded by Mr.'Jaworski. Carried unanimously.
The Molin Concrete Products building plans were discussed. A letter from
the Planner regarding same was read, stating that Molin should reduce limits
of construction to a 50' setback from 4th Avenue, require planting of trees
in various places, show the utility entrances clearly and require the
approval of the exterior apperance of the building by the Building Inspector
W. Cardinal noted that the P&Z had „recommended approval of the plans.
W. Cardinal moved to accept the plans for Moline Concrete Products subject
to the Engineer's approval of the utility entrances and the sewer system.
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Seconded by W. Bohjanen. Mr. Jaworski inquired whether Moline had contacted
the Highway Dept. about Lilac Street being a 9 ton road. They had not,
but it was the concensus of the Council that a road used under those loads
would be repaired to handle same. The vote on the motion was unanimously
in favor. Mr. Gotwald will be asked to make 2 copies of the plans which
were corrected by the Planner. Molin was instructed to get the Engineer's
approval, then approval from the Planner, and finally to call either the
Clerk or the Building Inspector for authorization to get the building permit.
They plan to start construction the middle of April. The building will
involve 8.2 acres; the estimated value of the building and equipment will
be about $1 Million.
Mr. L'Allier stated that Mr. Locher still, had the Zoning Classification; he
has been ill and hes had no chance to get together with the Planner and the
Engineer yet on this.
Mr. Cardinal presented written recommendations from the Personnel Commission
regarding hiring a full- time:man and contracting for janitor service. The
date of March2nd at 8 P.M. was set for an informal meeting before the Council
to discuss the recommendations and the Deputy Clerk applications with the
Personnel Commission. The Clerk will send copies of the applications to the
Commission members prior to the meeting.
Mr. Jaworski stated that the Park Board had met on Feb 15th and had discussed
the Metro Parks proposal. Mr. Jaworski moved to allow the Planner to attend
the next Park Board meeting on March 15th to discuss coordination of park
plans. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried unanimously.
W. L'Allier noted that at the special meeting held on Feb. 16th concerning
the Metro Park proposal, that it had been the consensus of the Council
members to authorize the Planner to :.meet with the Anoka County Park Planner,
the Chairman of our Park Board and Metro Council members to talk about
excluding some areas along the freeway, Hwy 49 and Birch St.; they had
felt that some of the land should be set up for park purposes. Mr. Jaworski
moved to authorize the above - mentioned persons to meet with the Metro Council
and to report back. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried unanimously. Mr.
Jaworski will set up a special meeting with the Council to report on the
results of the park meeting. The Clerk will notify the persons involved
when the date has been set. Mr. L'Allier felt that we should hurry on this
since the Legislature is moving on proposals for reimbursement of such lands
taken from municipalities.
Mr. Rosengren had no report on roads. He mentioned that he had contacted
someone on prices for a second had gas. pump, tank and air compressor, and
would have the prices later this week.
Mr. Bohjanen stated that the C&BDC had had no meeting since the, Open House.
There had been a good turnout for the affair. He wished to have a letter
sent to the Circle -Lex VFW thanking them for the flag donation. Mr. Bohjanen
felt that the Council should consider the purchase of more folding chairs.
Mr. Rosengren will look into prices on stacking chairs.
W. Bohjanen stated that Iry Zastrow had made an estimate on installing
wooden panels on the front of the Council table. Mr. Zastrow stated that
he would fasten 2 temporary wooden panels on the brace under the table for a
cost of $25. Mr. Bohjanen moved to have Mr. Zastrow install two 16" panels
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on the Council table as proposed. Seconded by W. Jaworski. Carried
unanimously.
W. Bohjanen suggested that a showcase be installed on the wall in the
hallway about 3 feet from the Clerk's window, the size to 8' long, 8"
deep and as high as the Clerk's window. There was discussion, with it being
'noted that the hallway could be used at election time and the showcase might
be in the way for the booths. No decision was made.
W. Bohjanen mentioned that concerning the municipal license fees, he was
finished with the book; there had been no chairman appointed for the committee
which was studying this, and no meeting had been held. He was ready to sit
with the other members and make a report. He noted that we would soon have
to set fees for garbage pickup.
Mr. L'Alliet noted that the County had promised us an ordinance on the no-
burning and garbage disposal; however, they had none yet but had sent us
copies of 2 other model ordinances. He felt that we should send a letter
tb the PCA telling them that we are working on an ordinance to adopt their
regulations in order to conform at the earliesttpossible date. Also, Mr.
L'Allier felt that we should sit down with the aerial photos to see what
areas we could exclude from the ordinance, since burning is allowed in areas
where there are less than 200 people per square mile. This exclusion would
have to be re- evaluated each year. Mr. L'Allier stated that we should try
to set up an evening meeting with the PCA to discuss the matter. It will
be included in the letter to the PCA that we intend to meet xdth them on this.
W. L'Allier appointed Mr. Jaworski temporary chairman of the committee
on municipal license fees and instructed him to call a meeting.
The police report for January was read as follows: 2,694.1 miles driven,
281 home and business checks, 26 complaints, 9 assists to/by other depart-
ments, 6 accidents, 5 aid given to motorists, 3 housefires, 3 legal papers
served, 3 stoled articles recovered amounting to $2,850, 1 theft amounting
to $61 2 false burglar alarms, 1 person picked up on warrant for arrest
from Ramsey County.
W. L'Allier moved to authorize Marvin Myhre and Rick Juleen to attend an
emergency training course at Unity Hospital in March. Seconded by W.
Jaworski. Carried unanimously. W. L'A11ier.mentionedA hapt while W. .�
Myhre was in the hospital, W. William Anderson had been,�to fill in temporarily
on the police force.
W. L'Allier stated that he had copies of several proposals for legislation
as it relates to the Youth Center. It was his intent to have the Council
go on record favoring these with & resolution to be sent to our Legislators
asking them to back the same.
1. House File 977, Senate File 279.
This bill would safeguard facilities such as the Treatment
Center from unauthorized trespass. On occasion persons have
broken in to bring out residents of the Center.
2. House File 248, Senate File 123
This bill would provide for a new correctional facility to be
built on State land adjacent to the St. Cloud facilities and
provide for its funding.
3. Proposal Number 15
This proposal would permit females to housed in the Red Wing
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facility.
4. House File 433, Senate File 397.
This bill would allow correctional officers to assume the power
of peace officers in taking escapees into custody, allowing
for more effective use of corrections personnel.
Mr. L'Allier moved to pass a resolution that the Lino Lakes Village Council
go on record favoring the following bills now before the Legislature: House
File 377, Senate File 279; House File 218, Senate File 123; House File 433,
Senate File 397; and favoring Proposal Number 15; that this resolution be
directed to our Legislators as well as all Legislators from Anoka County,
also to the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Gary Flakne, as well
as all members of that Committee. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously.
It was decided that the model ordinances to adopt APC 8 would be discussed
at the next meeting. The Clerk will contact Mr. Gorwald to have him set up
a meeting with the PCA on excluding areas of Lino Lakes from the ordinance.
Mr. Al Dupre stated that Jandric wants to build a model home on the East side
of Reshanau Lake, but not on either of the 2 basements now there. After
discussion, Mr. Bohjanen moved to authorize the issuance of a building
permit to U.S.Lakes Development for a model home in Lakes Addition No. 2,
contingent on the Engineer's and Planner's approval and the identification
of the exact location. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren, Carried unanimously.
Donald Aldentaler, speaking for the Drifters Snowmobile Club, asked whether
Lino Lakes was considering any snowmobile ordinances at this time. Mr.
L'Allier stated that we had none under consideration at this time; he felt
that the clubs were doing a good job of policing themselves - -he had received
only one snowmobile complaint this year.
Mr. Myhre suggested that Lino Lakes adopt the State statutes regarding snow
mobiles so that we have them in our books --then we can collect the fines
on the violations rather than the State. This would be similar to our Ord.
#3 regarding cars. There was some discussion on this. Mr. L'Allier stated
that this would be taken up at the next Police meeting. There was some
diseussiom on out-of -town snowmobilers causing problems.
Mr. Cardinal asked whether the lights on the flag had been changed. There
was some discussion. Mr. Backlin noted that one of the security lights had
gone out, and that this made a difference on the lighting on the flag.
A motion made by Mr. Rosengren and seconded by Mr. Cardinal made Mr. Jaworski
official coffee maker for the Council meetings. Carried unanimously. Mr.
L'Allier asked Mr. Jaworski to see that coffee and rolls were available for
the Assn meeting Wednesday evening.
The bills were audited. Mr. Cardinal noted that time cards having entries in
ink needed the signature of the Councilman in charge of the proper department.
Mr. L'Allier stated.that the bill for some $5000 from Mattson Building
& Supply should be paid as there was some $8000 retainage yet to pay. Mr.
Cardinal moved to pay the bills as audited provided that the Council members
initial the time cards. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried unanimously.
The Clerk was asked to write the Assessor, asking her to check with her
insurance agent to see whether her car was covered while on Village business.
Mr. Bohjanen moved to adjourn at 9:10 P.M. • • ed by r C�w' inal�
Minutes approved at meeting of March 8, 197
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