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84 Mr. John Peterson appeared before the council in regards to the placement of a prefab chimney in his house currently under construction which was not approved by the heating inspector. Mr. Peterson presented the original plans and pointed out that the chimney was shown in the plans of this house. The council agreed that the village' inspection was in error by the overlooking of such chimney but upheld their decision that prefab chimneys should not be allowed in the construction of new houses.. The council requested Mr. Walter Skiba to inspect the chimney space on Mr. Peterson's house and advise him in the placement of a brick chimney in a manner suitable to village code with the least possible expense to Mr. Peterson. Mr. Alan Crane, of the Planning Commission, appeared before the council and presented an application from Mr. Robert Hook for the rezoning of property on County Road I eaei of Long Lake Road from farm residential to Class C residential to allow the building of seven unit apartment houses. A Public Hearing was established for the rezoning and a hearing set for the July 21st meeting at 7:00 P.M. Motion by Sullivan, seconded by Christensen that the village attorney and the village engineer arrange to obtain easements on the westerly side of the present Fairchild Avenue between Sherwood Road and Highway 10 or an additional 27 feet without cost to the village. Motion carried unanimously. Attorney Meyers was instructed to check the legal ownership of Lot C which lies between Lot 64 and Lot 65 Auditor's Sub— Division 89 through which Sherwood Road passes. The requests for easements on Sherwood Road between Groveland and Long Lake Road was discussed and tabled until Mr. Dalgren, the village planner, has submitted the overall street plan for the village. Motion by Smith, seconded by Gibson to raise the salaries of Officer Slifer and Officer Grabowski to $150.00 per month effective July 1st. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Gibson read a letter from Trustee Achterkirch who stated with regret that . he must resign from the council as a Trustee. Motion by Gibson, seconded by Sullivan to accept resignation of Mr. Achterkirch. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Gibson stated that he would direct a letter to Mr. Achterkirch stating that his resignation was accepted with extreme regret. Clerk Smith read a. letter from Mr. Popovich, an attorney for the firm of teterson, Popovich and Marsden, Attorneys at Law, regarding the street approvement assessment for Edgewood Drive which was necessary for construction of said road for access to the Edgewood Junior High School. A letter from Mr. Popovich pointed out that the school district was not notified of the road assessment which would be paid by the school district and was not aware of this situation until a request for payment including interest was received by the Mounds View School District. Mr. Popovich pointed out that since the school district was not notified of the assessment which was passed by the council in the fall of 1958 that payment of the interest due on this assessment should not be the liability of the school district but turned over to the village for payment. Motion by Gibson, seconded by Sullivan that the letter from lair. Popovich be given to Attorney Meyers for action and an answer returned to the council at the July 21st meeting. Motion carried unanimously. The following licenses were presented to the council for action and approved: Shields' Gas and Electric request for Corporate License and electrical contracting, The Tieso Electric Company for renewal of their electrical contracting license, Lester Burwell renewal of the heating contracting license, the Comfort Heating and Air Condition renewal of their heating and air conditioning license, Bernard R. Wolke for renewal of general contracting license, Miles Construction Company of St. Paul for renewal of general contracting license and the Commonwealth Electric Company of St. Paul for renewal of electrical