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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 20, 1980 -3- PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS: The Council interviewed Scotty Lyall, / (Tri-Lakes area), Laura Frazer (Old Village), Vicki Gifford (Tri-Lakes area), and Birger Olson, (Cimarron) for positions on the Planning Commission. The Council will review all the applicants and notify them of their decision. LICENSES: Mottaz moved, seconded by Armstrong, to approve the licenses for the following: General Contractor - Futura housing Corp. 1.245 S. Birch Lake Building, White Bear Lake, Mn. 55110, and Solid Waste Hauler - Ron's Sanitation Service, 813 Mary St. N. Maplewood, Mn. 55119. Motion carried 4-0. ENGINEER'S REPORT: A. MSA Project 1980 - Engineer Bohrer reviewed the three concerms expressed at the hearing: 1) cost - City's share of the project 2) easements required for the curved corners, and 3) use of the road for farm equipment. Engineer Bohrer contacted the Highway Departments again. They will not approve a plan with 900 T-intersections with stop corners unless the City has a proposed intersection plan for the near future. Therefore, the amount of easement requested wills necessary. He also explained the alignment of the Moris and Eder driveways with the through street, The Administrator recommended the Council. base their decision on whether this improvement is necessary, If so, now is the time to initiate the project. The City Council agreed these gravel roads should be up -graded, with this project offering a reasonible cost to the property owners. Nottaz expressed concern with a State Aid collector road being constructed 1/4 mile east of the proposed County Collector 13. (The City has generally agreed to the location of proposed County 13 in the Comp Plan.) He also feels since the majority of the property along the improvement is owned by two families an equitable type of assessment is necessary, or the large asses- sment costs could promote development, X.proposal for a. per driveway assessment and/or benefit charge met with Council agreement. The Engineer stated that the costs discussed did not include easement costs. The Council further discussed road design and speed limits, Maynard Eder state, if necessary, his family would go to court to fight the curved corners; and suggested contacting a higher official in the highway Department with the sauare corner request. He also suggested extending 45th Street east and Keats south;" thereby eliminating one corner, This has been considered,, but the present roadbed would still remain and pose traffic problems. Farm machinery with iron wheels can travel. on the blacktop provided they have no protruding mechanismeq.'lugs, that might damage the blacktop. Pott moved, seconded. by Mottaz, to authorize the MSA Project to pave 47th St., Julep, and 45th St,, provided the State agrees to square oo.rners with stop signs, Discussion- The Engineer said he talked to the highest highway official; and, the next person in command would be. an elected official,