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MARCH 199 1973 MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL VILLAGE OF HUGO t The meeting was called to order at 7:07 PM by Mayor Carlson. Roll was called: Carlson, LaValle, Leroux, Bjorum, and Lease present. Paragraph 59 Page 1 of the minutes of March 5th were corrected to read that the road request of Tom Pogreba was referred to the Village Attorney and Village Engineer for their investigation, not identefication. The last sentence of page 4, paragraph 3 was deleted where it stated "Tom Crever said he certainly trys to check the land unless he knows it very well." Minutes approved as corrected. Village claims for payment were approved after review by Council. Jerry Dube didn't attend the meeting, but sent Mayor Carlson a note regarding several road problems in the village; 157th St. closed between Harrow and Homestead, 125th St. closed at Sunset Lake, 170th Sto closed from Marier's to Henna Ave., and 177th St, closed between Henna and Greystone. Carlson reported that Albert Quie will forward information on the village HUD applioatication as soon as it is known. A letter from the Washington County Planning Department was read concerning an Open Space Program for the County. A meeting is to be held on March 21, 19739 7:30 PM at the Oakland Junior High School in Lake Elmo, and any of the Council or interested citizens are urged to attend. A letter from State Representative Jerry Belisle was read wherein he stated that final information regarding the additional Liquor License for the village should be out in the neat two weeks. Mayor Carlson reported that he had attended a meeting in Brooklyn Center on March 15th concerning a proposed uniform electric franchise between Northern States Power Company and approximately 30 communities in the Metro area. The organization holding the meeting, who wants to set up a Rate Authroity had another alternative, which would be a joint agreement between these communities. If enough communities enroll in membership, the organization to be know as Metro Rate Authority would hold their first annual meeting April 2, 1974. Motion made by Carlson and seconded to give the Proposal For A Metro Rate Authority to the Sewer and Water Committee for their recommendation by the 16th of April. Motion carried. Fire Chief Ken Granger appeared before Council with Specs for the new fire truck. He had drawn blue prints for the truck and had written a 7 page report on specifica— tions, some of which he explained to the Council. Concerning color of the new equipment, Granger said the firemen would like yellow, but he'd like to stay with red. He stated that North Branch and Roseville have or are getting yellow equipment. LaValle questioned whether Engineer Kuusisto could draw the blue prints to scale when giving out for bids. Howard said he could draw them, but we should require the successful bidder to supply approved drawings. Motion made by LaValle, seconded by Lease to refer fire department truck specifications to the Village Attorney for his legal opinion and to have the Village Engineer furnish scale blue prints. Motion carried. Larry Furlong appeared before Council concerning his subdivision plan. He would like a public hearing scheduled soon as he's rushed for time. Irene Leroux to recommend to the Planning Commission that they should schedule a public hearing for Furlong in April.