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Mrs. Michaeloff cited several instances in law under which she felt the matter • might be referred to a judge for a decision and the City Attorney urged the couple to weigh the matter carefully with their attorney before entering into legal action which could prove costly to the applicants and to the City. Mrs. Michaeloff's request for a return of her building permit application fee was referred to the City Manager. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to direct the City Manager and the City Attorney to draft a letter from the Council and Planning Board urging the FHA. to reconsider their refusal of financing for an R-1 or R-2 dwelling on the Michaeloff property and that the consideration of the use of such types of property be referred to the Planning Board with the suggestion that the mortgageability of such property be taken into account when the group are redefining the zoning ordinance. Motion carried. Mr. Rick Johnson, 2582 Long Lake Road, Roseville, requesting permission to build a new home over a city storm sewer that runs through Lot 11, Block 11 Belden Terrace Addition appeared before the Council next. Mr. Vickrey commented on the recommendations contained in his letter of August 27, 197+ to the Council regarding the request to build and stated that the Planning Board minutes of August 201 197h were in error in stating that the request had been "disapproved of by the City Attorney" saying that his firm had "strongly advised against the approval of the building plans by the Building Inspector" . He pointed out the conditions under which an appeal was • being made to the Planning Board as the Board of Appeals and Mr. Johnson was asked if he still wanted to appear before the Board of Appeals. Mr. Johnson said he was withdrawing his request for a hearing before the Board. Mrs. McGinn gave a short resume of the seminar of National League of Cities she had attended the previous week and will give a formal presentation to the Council in October. The members of the Planning Board and Mr. Fornell left at 9:10 P.M. to work on the revision of the zoning ordinance. Mr. & Mrs. Chester Nelson, 3916 Macalaster Drive N.F. had requested that "excess interest" on assessments be applied to pay off the assessments re- maining against their property and Mr. Dul.gar and Mr. Comstock explained how any interest charged to the property owners in excess of that paid for bonds is used to cover any underassessment of improvement projects or placed in the construction funds for future improvement projects. Mr. Dulgar told Mrs. Nelson he could find no record of a stated intention of the 1961 Council to apply any differences in interest rates to pay off assessments. He pointed out the impossibility of actually tracking down the specific use of such monies but mentioned several instances of use of such funds in starting improvement projects. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Sauer to deny Mr. & Mrs. Nelson's request for application of interest to their assessment payments. Motion carried.