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MINUTES OF THE IAKE ELMO VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 18, 1972 Meeting called to order at 723OPM by Mayor Brookman. Present:Brookman$Shervheim, Friedrioh,Watson,Abercrombie,Park & ]Vfehsikomer. Also present:Counsel Raleigh -Engineer Bonestroo. kbsent:None. Mayor requested that the minutes of the January 4$.1972 meeting be changed to show that the Planning Commsision should appoint two members to the committees to consider the future park and sewer programs. Each service group should be entitled to one member, on each committee. Motion by C..Shervheim 2nd by C.Watson that the minutes be approved as corrected. Carried 5-0. Motion by C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Abercrombie that the Oakdale Athletic Assoc. be given permission to sell beer at their recreation nights to be held at the Lake Elmo VFW on January 29,A.pril 11 and October 21,1972. Carried 5-0.. Discussion regarding selection of an official publication for the Village.. Clerk reported that the Stillwater Gazette had 68 daily and 265 weekly subscribers in bake Elmo. Washington County Review has a circulation of 504 of which 502 are paid. Lake Elmo customer breakdown was questionable since they can only go by make Elmo Zip; Code which includes area outside the Village. Estimate is about 50%. Mr. John Harms.= of the Washington Cou#ty Bulletin presented his pitch in behalf of his paper. Decision of which paper will be the official paper tabled until next meeting. The residents of Olson Lake Road were enmass for the meeting and selected their three youthful girls Gail Swanlund$Karen Broggen and Lee Ann Wethe as their spokesmen. Letter from the County Surveyor was read in which he recommended that the Council refuse to permit retention of the Olson Lake rather than Ideal name.. Comments from the floor were allowed by the Mayor. Ifter reviewing all the points against the change and the reasons for re- taining -the old name the Council on a motion by C.Abercrombie with a 2nd by C.Shervheim agreed to the name of Olson Lake Trail for that portion of the road from Hidden Bay. Road to County Hwy 68. Motion.carried 5- 0. LeRoy Rossow represented the citizens of Tab"lyn Park regarding the naming of Southhill Blvd. Prev&ously the Council had gone along with the name Southhill Trail rather than the proposed name of 29th St. and Ironwood Ave, for this 2 block road. The county surveyor asked that the Council reconsider and if they had to change would they accept the name of Ironwood Trail. Mr, Rossow advised that they preferred the Southhill Trail name but would agree to the: Ironwood Trail.. He had. contacted and represented all the af- fected citizens. Motion by C.Shervheim 2nd by C.Watson that the clerk be advised to xxxi relay to the county surveyor that the Council. had approved the name Ironwood Trail. Carried 5--0. Mr. Richard Johnson Chairman of the solid waste disposal study committee reviewed the results of the original study and asked the Council to take setion. Clerk instructed to distribute copies of the report to the Council ,nembers for study with a decision to be made at the Feb.1$1972 meeting. Clerk also requested to come up with some sort of a license for haulers to be reviewed at this same meeting, Motion by C.Watson 2nd by C.Abercrombie that Clerk write a letter to the County Commissioners advising them that Richard E. Johnson was appearing before them regarding the solid waste disposal site In the Village of Lake ^+.Imo as a delegate of the Village. Complaints regarding open vehicles$ poor polieing,improper use etc. would be presented. Motion carried 5-Oo