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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES March 9, 1976 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7:40 P.M. Present for roll call: Sundland, Haik, Miedtke, Stauffer, Sauer. Also present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager Larry Vickrey, City Attorney I.C. Comstock, City Engineer Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve the minutes for the Council meeting held February 10, 1976. Motion carried unanimously. Representative Steven Novak again appeared before the Council to personally present the House version of the Metropolitan Planning and Land Use bill and discuss its passage through the State Legislature. He also gave a brief resume of other legislation in which city officials had indicated an interest. Since action was tabled on all matters considered by the Planning Board at its meeting February 17, 1976, no one appeared from that body and the minutes were filed. Mr. R.C. Sopcinski read a progress report from the Sewer Study Committee of which five other mergers were in attendance. Included in the recommendations of the report was the request that at least 6 hours each should be given to the committee for research and discussion by the engineer. Mr. Dulgar said he believed he might be able to answer some of the 23 questions which were directed to the Engineer and Mr. Comstock said he might not have at his disposal the information necessary to reply to such questions as those dealing with the ability of Minneapolis and Roseville to handle more of the City's sanitary sewer flow. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to authorize the Engineer to spend up to 15 hours in research and meetings with the Sewer Study Committee at the direction of the City Manager. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Dulgar then informed the Council .at it had come to his attention that more residents were installing drain tiles in their homes with some being connected to the sanitary sewer lines and he felt some specific regulations should be established to require a permit with a minimal fee set for any installation of drain tile so that the City could have better control of the situation. Following a discussion of whether more publicity would effectively in orm the public about the problem of illegally installed drain tile, -the following motion was made: