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Minutes of. the Lake Elmo Village Council December 1, 1970 Meeting called to order at 7:30PM by acting Mayor Watson. Present:Watson,Aberc.ronibie,a"hervheim,l+riedrich,Park and Mehsikomer. Absent: Brockman. Councilman Shervheim moved and Councilman Abercrombie seconded the motion that -the minutes of the November 17, 1970 meeting be approved as submitted. Carried 4-0. Letter from the League of Municipalities read regarding action to be taken by the League during the next session of the state legislature. Item one dealt with trying to get the state to guarantee local bond. issues. Item 2 was allowing the municipalities to have more power to regulate short term borrowing. Motion by Councilman Shervheim second by Councilman Abercrombie to return the ballot postcard that the Village of Lake Elmo disapproved on both issues. Carried 4-0. B&E Patrol was at the meeting at the request of the Council. First the Council. asked the representative of B&B what progress had been made in the patrolling and what pickups were made. The report was that no dogs were Pound loose during the patrols even though patrols were varied at dif. ferent hours of the day and at different hours... B&S, requested a copy of the map for the Village. .A listing of all the streets was given B&E as well as a map of Cimarron. B&E said they had difficulty communicating with the Village so we advised them that the Village Office had certain hours and that messages -to and from them could be routed through that medium. Edna Beers would be the contact on a norman basis. Calls for special service would still come from the Council not from anyone at large. Dave Cady of Cimarron presented plans for an entry cover and asked for permission to allow installation on the homes in the Cimarron Park. Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilman Abercrombie that the Council approve the design. Installation. and handling of the permits would still be arranged through the Building Inspector,Ben Friedrich. Carried 4--0. Clerk advised the Council that use of the Village Hall was getting a little out of line. Requests have been for as many as three groups in one night. It was the general. opinion of the Council that the hall be ma,d.e available to Village Sponsored Activities with only approval thru the clerk's office that the hall was available. Request for use of the building for other uses should be submitted to the full Council in writing to be acted on. This would mean. that all such requests would have to be received three weeks before -the use date. Motion to pass on this action submitted by Councilman Shervheim with 2nd by Council- man Friedrich. Carried 4-0. Carl Olinger asked the Council. for permission to Landscape his back r yard.at,4220 Lake Jane ]:.load. Normally action by the Council would not be required but since the remaval of 10,000 yds. of fill was involved he thought the' Council should. have a say. Motion by Councilman Friedrich 2nd by Councilman Shervheim that permit be granted. Carried 4-0. Elmer Richert asked several questions and requested answers. 1. Size of skating rink. Councilman Shervheim to acknowledge. 2< Can he use gravel from the old. gravel. pit which the Village is byying from the state. Advised affirmative. 3. Asked rate to be charged if Village supplied a loader and an operator. Advised to charge $15<00/hr. In the interest of get- ting the debris cleaned up at Ijohmann's we had man and equipment on the scene for 1-� 2 hrs.