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i;Iinutes of the meeting of the Lake Elmo Village Council Hay 4, 19 71 Meeting called to order at 7:35PM by I':'Iayor Brookman. Present:Trookman,Friedrichg�-letson,Shervh.eim,Park & 1,1ehsikomer. Absent:Abercronibie. Clerk advised the Council to insert claim number 173 as the last number approved for payment at the last meeting. I.Iotion by Councilman Watson 2nd by C.Shervheim to approve the minutes of the April 2091971 meeting after the above insertion. Carried 4-0. C.Abercrombie absent. Letter from Jane Arneson requesting the her special use permit to permit her to keepher establisment operating when she 2nd by C.Friedrich to _permit the hiring beauty shop �rrhile Iirs. Arneson in array. relay the information to Mrs. Arneson. council to issue a variance to: hire a beautician so that she can is on vacation. l;loti.on by C.Watson of additional help to operatethe Carried 4-0. Clerk instructed to Clerk advised that he had received an audited report of the financial status of the NONE Interceptor Sewer Program. C. Watson a.dvi.s�d that the Village of Lake Elmo would r$ceive an additional $2013.49 in the next couple of weeks as part of the HUD contribution. Mr. Don Conlin 4005 Lake Jane Road expressed the opinion that the new homes in the Village of Take Elmo were being assessed at a different rate than older homes and that it was penalizing new residents in the Village. Mr. Conlin asked what he should do about his tax situation since he had sent a note to the Village assessor for consideration of adjuxstment. The Mayor advised him that he should go ahead and pay his first half taxes which are due inlay 31, 1971 but to pay it under protest. Richard Johnson asked why the Village did not pass a resolution endorsing the PCA ruling on burning. C.Shervheim explained that the ruling was in effect regardless of whether or not the Village had passed a resolution. It was further pointed out the the PCA has been giming variations that are not in line with the original ruling and where they had given permits for burning in I'Voodbury but had refused the Village of Lake Elmo on a similar type request. The Council is still working on this situation. 1Ir. and Firs. Harold Iverson appeared to determine if the Village Council had made a ruling regarding issuing a. building permit for lot 21 of Bersch- en Shores Addition. Clerk read the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of April 13, 1971 in which they recommended to the Council that the request for a building -permit be denied. This was carried by the PC 7-0. (question wau raised regarding consideration of the Village vacating the property covered by easement turned over to the Village by the Berschens. Counsel Raleigh advised that if the Village did dispose of the property that they should charge at least enough to cover the assessmnet against the property for the road improvement. T;Taynard Eder advised that the reason that this property was deeded to the Town of East Oakdale was to provide accecc to lots in the la.keshore area. Mr. Eder felt that the issue of vacation and the issuance of a building permit were two weparate issues and each should be resolved independently of each other. It was reported that Lake Jane is a meandered lake at the 920ft elevation. The ordinary high water mark for Lake Jane not established. Letter from Gene Hollenstein Chief Hydrologist of the State of Minnesota read to the council. Copy attach.