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SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 9, 1958. ~~~~ Meeting was called to order with the following Council Members present: Harold C. Nilsen, Mayor; Geo. Shavor, Trustee; Paul Coppini, Trustee; Wm. Utecht, Clerk. Also present were Frank N. Graham, Village Attorney; and Ethel E. tRhite, Dep. Clerk and Dep. Treasurer. Absent: Willis Warkentien, Trustee and Wm. E. Olsen, Treasurer. Tatum St. Published Notice and Affidavit of Posting was read. The Public Improve- were also advised dates of publication. ment Mayor Nilsen stet-ed he felt it was his fob, as Mayor, to bring the status of Tatum Street to the attention of the group with the thought in mind that they should think about filling the ditches and revising the grade. He mentioned that at the previous meeting a price of $1.10 a front foot had been talked about, but now the feeling of the Council is that the assessment should be~about X1.25 a front foot. He also brought out the fact that nearly all the .people on Tatum Street had contributed to the problem about 1100' north on Tatum. The plan is to revise the grade to match existing driveways and match property along the street as close as possible - the revision to be from 0 to 9"; fill the ditches and construct the street into a conventional city section with a 30' driving surface and a 10' boulevard on each side. The ditches to be filled within about Lt" of the top with ordinary fill and then about 4" of black dirt for seeding or sodding. It is necessary to continue with a ditch for the last 300' north of Larpenteur as the County has plans for contin- uing the construction of Larpenteur to a City Type Section. The plan is to take care of the drainage by installing !t catch basins and a culvert to carry the. water about 100' e~.st, as shown on plan. As soon as the grading is completed, the contractor who is now do- ing the street work will move in and complete the bituminous sur- facing. The Public was then asked to express their opinions: James Jaros, 17It8 Tatum asked if that meant they would have to seed and sod the boulevards themselves and he was told "Yes". Richard Finn, 1892 Tatum, said he understood the X1.10 per front foot mentioned last time included the so called roll-curbing; and he was told that rolled curbing is still included - the same as built along Arona, and that its purpose was mainly to control the flow of water. Edw. Bloomfield, 1900 Tatum, asked if they were going to lower the whole of Tatum Street. L3ungren told him the lowering would vary from 0 at Larpenteur to about 9". He asked if the present figures were definite and he was told they were approximate. He asked how it would be financed. Attorney Graham advised him that the assess- ment code under which we are proceeding provides for payment in cash of the portion assessed without interest or for the spreading of the assessment into installment payments over a period of years to be determined by the Council which would bear interest at a rate to be determined by the Council. Finn asked if anyone had thought about speaking to the other individ- ual residents about filling their own ditches. Nilsen that type