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Lake Elmo City Council Minutes for July 7, 1987 Page 7 with it. There are some guidelines in the design manuals that indicate that it (the curbs) would be a safe situation. Bohrer further stated that moving the road North would require property acquisition from the property owner on the North. If the City choses to go with this proposal, the City should, to clear up the matter of right-of-way, negotiate with the property owners (on the south side) to see if they will dedicate a road easement (about from the fences to the section line). On the north side, there will be some right-of-way acquisitions needed from Mr. Sullwold (approximately 1/2 acre) . It was the consensus of the council to proceed with the proposal as presented by the City Engineer; ie: To proceed with designing the street by moving it 4 feet to the north and using the curb design in an effort to preserve the significant trees, contingent upon approval from the State Engineer, and the City Engineer should prepare for the public hearing based on this proposal. Bohrer also commented that some of the Oak trees will require some trimming of the lower branches, and some of the non -specimen trees will have to be removed. The Mayor called a recess at 8:55 p.m. and the meeting reconvened at 9:05 P.M. 9. City Council Reports A. Alledged Planning Commission Improprieties Council member Moe distributed a letter from Oakdale's City Planner, Brent Brommer, addressed to Steve DeLapp, Planning Commission Chairperson regarding the Federal Land proposal. Council member Moe stated that he recently talked with the Brent Brommer, the City Planner from Oakdale. Brommer mentioned that he had been talking to the Planning Commission Chairman from the City of Lake Elmo in regards to a proposal that he was trying to sell or give to the City of Oakdale that had something to do with the Federal Land Company. Moe said he asked Brommer if he would explain a little more about what he (DeLapp) was doing, and Brommer responded that he had been calling him on the phone, and had stopped into the office and requested a letter be sent in response to his questions to the City of Oakdale._ Moe questioned who gave DeLapp any authority to speak for the City of Lake Elmo. Moe further asked DeLapp if he knew the purpose of the Planning Commission, and asked DeLapp for an explanation of the letter that was sent to him from the City of Oakdale, and asked DeLapp if he did or did not try to sell the Federal Land proposal to Oakdale. DeLapp responded that a $20+ million project is quite significant to the City of Lake Elmo. The proposal to put this project on land that is zoned Rural Residential with a future land use map of farming was a notable item that people should be aware of. DeLapp said he checked the City Ordinance which states that property owners within 350' of