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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 21, 1987 PAGE 3 Leslie Davis of Earth Protector organization invited the Committee to work with other organization comparable to theirs throughout the metro area. A meeting has been set up for Thursday, July 23rd, at the Holiday Inn. Davis would like to consolidate these organizations so they could have more political influence. 5. Update from Beeman Place, Debbie Sheets, Director Director Debbie Sheets gave an update of Beeman Place which is almost two years old and is the only home for adult people with mental illness problems in Washington County. Beeman Place has the capacity for 15 residents with an age range of 18-35 and with an equal number of male and females. A smoking room has been added which decreases tension between the smokers and non-smokers. There are 8.6 (2 of which are administrative) full time people staffing the house 7 days a week 24 hrs a day. There is usually double coverage or more between hours of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Director and Program Director are always on call. Councilwoman Armstrong has attended some of the informational meetings and found it to be a very structured organization and very well run. Councilman Johnson stated he has not received one negative report regarding Beeman Place. City Engineer Bohrer had comments made to him about parking and asked if there are enough off-street parking or is this someone's preference that they park on the street. Debbie responded that most of the time there is enough parking. When the people want to play basketball, they move the cars out to the street. When they have interviews or speakers, they are unaware of no parking on the streets. Debbie urges people to call her with questions or concerns they may have. 6. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Grading, Gravel Based Construction and Bituminous Surfacing Improvements--47th Street (Keats to Kimbro) Pursuant to published notice, Mayor Arlyn Christ opened up the public hearing at 7:55 p.m. in the City Council chambers. City Engineer Bohrer gave a presentation for proposed improvements on 47th Street between Keats Avenue and Kimbro Avenue by grading, gravel base construction and bituminous surfacing. The estimated cost of such improvement is $138,000.00. There are seven property owners invovled in this proposed improvement, Sullwold on the North, Reiks, Johnson, Wahl, Stevens abutting the South, and Pechan and Hartman to the South which gain their access from 47th Street. This improvement is being proposed as part of the City's ten year Municipal State Aid Improvement Plan. This road is a MSA road which means it functions more than just a local street. It is a collector type street and Refering to a diagram, Bohrer pointed out that the travelled roadway