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1 1 1 January 27, 1975 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order on January 27, 1975 at 8:05 P.M. by Mayor Bohjanen. Councilmen present: Jaworski, Marier, McLean and Zelinka. Mr. Locher was also present. Mayor Bohjanen requested the audience to stand for a moment of silence in memory of Mr. Milford Kline who passed away this past week. The "Citizen of the Year" award was presented to Mr. Richard Juleen for his many years of service to this City. He is also a Charter Member of the Civil Defense. Mr. Marier moved to approve the minutes of January 13, 1975 as written. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. Mr. Carl Byron of Gene's Towing appeared before the Council to ask about 'snowbirds', He now has a place to store the vehicles that are towed in and he would like the Councils permission to be res- ponsible for this towing. He asked how long these vehicles must be held before they can be disposed of. Mr. Locher said there should be an Ordinance for this and he will bring samples to the next Council meeting. Mr. Bryon told the Council that the cars will be stored at the Skyline Autobody lot. He is bonded and has insurance to cover this operation. He has an office at his home but storage of all vehicles will be at the above named locations. He only tows vehicles away on order from the Police Department. The general consensus of the Council was approval of this operation. Mr. Jaworski so moved. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. The hearing for the final plat of Whispering Pines presented by Mr. Charles Nelson was called to order at 8:15 P.M. Mr. Marier reported this plat have been reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board and they had recommended approval. The Rice Creek Watershed Board had also given approval of the plat. However, a letter from Mr. Doyle of the Metropolitan Council Staff informed the Council that this plat will be reviewed by the Human Resources Commission on Thursday, January 30, 1975 at 3:30 P.M. The recommendation from the Metropolitan Staff Council is that the plat not be approved. However, the Council felt the reasoning was inconsistent and capricious. Mr. Nelson stated that he had started with Z acre lots to be sold in lots of two in order for splitting when utilities were installed. He was told that according to Metropolitan Guidelines this size lot would not be considered. He then went to the expense of having the area re- platted to conform with Metropolitan wishes. Now that it is platted according to the requirements, the recommendation is to not approve. He fails to understand the reasoning behind the recommendations. After some discussion of this recommendation from the Metropolitan Council Staff, Mr. Marier moved to accept the Whispering Pines plat as presented. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. On the matter of the portion to be set aside for park purposes, Mr. 105