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MINUTES OF THE. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MAY 6, 1975 pg• 2 S.D.834: Mr. Maurice Jensen appeared on behalf of S.D.834 - Oakland Jr. High School regarding possible hookup to Cimarron Sewage Plant. Engineer explained, letter in file, that the Cimarron system is capable of handling Cimarron, Oakland Jr. High School and that part of Lake Elmo identified as the old village. Motion by Councilman Abercrombie 2nd by Councilman Shervheim to give tent- ative approval for 834, Pemton and Lake Elmo to work out a contract. Plans will be submitted thru normal permit. Carried 5-0: Mayer Plat:(Mayor Eder turned the,gavel over to Acting Mayor Abercrombie since he had a personal interest in the proceedings. Property involved covers land owned by Berschens, Eder, Mayer & Slinde). Motion by Councilman Pott 2nd by Councilman Shervheim to approve preliminary platting of existing lots with special applicable conditions: 1.No park donation required because these are all existing lots; 2.Complete topal map not required; 3.Topal map must be supplied for the critical areas which include the Mayer building site and the Mayer drainage site; & 4. Parties involved must furnish clerk with a $1,000.00 bond to guarantee completion of plat within the required time limits. Motion carried 5-0 M.Eder abstained. Acting Mayor Abercrombie returned the gavel back to Mayor Eder. Kraft Circle Drainage:Discussion regarding the letter from the engineer regarding the possible solution to the ponding problem. No final action taken. K-Mart: Councilman Shervheim presented Resolution R75-15 restating the council's position opposing the special access on Cty. 70 west of 694 to the proposed K-Mart Site. He requested council confirmation. Second by Councilman Abercrombie. Carried 4-0. Councilman Pott abstained. Delapidated bldg.:Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilman Pott to order removal of delapidated building on Raymond F. Krueger farm in the West 1/2 of the SEcorner of Section 11 under the hazardous building statute. Carried 5-0. Batten Timber:Motion by Councilman Shervheim 2nd by Councilman Pott authorizing counsel to obtain a restraining order to shut down operation of the Batten Timber operation and ordering the burning of all inventories of diseased trees. Carried 5-0. Water Tank:Bids had been.received and opened at 10:00 AM May 6, 1975. Engineer had reviewed the bids and made a tabulation of all five bids. Bids were received from 1.Apex Contracting Inc.; 2.Newman Co. Contractors; 3.Brown Enterprises Inc.; 4.Larson Tank Co.; & 5.Frogner Corp. Quotes varied from a low of $7.020.00 to 9,875.00. Engineer recommended the award to the low bidder. Motion by Councilwoman Lyons 2nd by Councilman Abercrombie to award the contract to low bidder Apex Contracting for $7,020.00 to include base bid plus alternate B. Carried 5-0. Rbvenue Sharing:Clerk advised that he had received notice of amount due to Lake Elmo during the Sixth Entitlement Period (July 1, 1975- June 30,,1976). The amount is $23,125.00. The balance in the Revenue Sharing account brings the total available to approximately $32,000.00. Clerk requested council to consider how this should be budgeted. Revenue Sharing requires that this information be published and acknowledgement returned to their office by June 24, 1975. Recommendations will be discussed at the May 20,1975 meeting.