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section sheet prepared by the Zoning Officer and which was sho~,a~ at tonightvs meeting° Mro Gustafson said it was his understanding that tl-~ey could not do this bec.ause it would require another p'~:~blic hearJ, n?~o Mro Gustafson said the motion that is on the floor now is not that line o Mro Anderson read Seco 8~5b and asked for a:,~ ~ interpretation of this section of the zoning code and objected to thi~ motion~ Mrs~ Anderson objected to the fact that the co~nercial 'Ousi~'tea~ses in this area ~ave not put in screening between the com~ me~c~[a! a~d residential a~?eas~ Mr~ Gustafson suggested we req~ire a bond to put in the screening and have the bond for two years to be sure the screening is there and grov~ng~ Mr o Gustafson said the commercial people don~t operate in good faith by providing proper screening~ Mrs~ Oliphant said originally this was residential p~ope~%y a~d she feels we should not extend the co~aercial property past where it was originally o Mro Dickenson asked why change the present zoning? Mr~ Westphal doesn't want his property to be ~:;piito Nfo (~o~ham said the problem is lack of bufferingo Mr o Anderso~ agrees that on the property in the cor~nercial zone~ it should ~ome u~der thc conditional use category. Mtso Oliphant said the best ~,~ay is to leave it residential and then if they want it corm~er~ial~ they would have to come in to have it resoned. Mro Cox said wo now have business licenses o The motion was seconded by Mro Reimann~, The question was called~ Mr~ Cox, Mr~ Gorham~ Mr~ Reimann and Mr~ Mick~ e!son voting yes and Mrs~ Oliphant voting no~ The Council fur~her agreed that the Attorney would prepare the exact legal description and i~re~t~ent it to the Councito ..I-J!.~:(]f~.r~t.~:~,~'a'!,~]:i!~]i~f.2?p?~t_~M..~.~__Iean jame~_.~ They plan to have a pamphlet pu. blished giving the history of Ramsey~ She spoke about the old cemetery just north of McGregor~s Tr~ck Stop on Highway ]_0. Many of the l?a'vostones have been stolen. The cemetary is full of weeds~ b~tl~h ~md tangled v'ines~ Some of the first settlers of Ramsey in~ c.I..uding a few Indians are buried in this cemetary~ Mro GreenberS has oJ?gered to furnish new fencing for the cemetary and also looking ~owa¥'d :~ome landscaping~ etc~ She asked for volunteers to res~ore this ce~etary~ ,lust call Mrs~ James at /+21~3~-~2 or her Co~Chairman~ i,,fr:3~ f~och~.:'~'~ at ~21--7105, They are thinking about having a tree i.~lan'[,i~:.I'l day this fall encouraging all residents to plant at least one ti'e% which helps beautify R~sey and also helps the environment o She asked the Council if they wanted them to go about the ~rocess of h'ing designated a Bi~Centennial Cityo It takes about six week:~ and she feels there might not be time before the deadline~ Mr~ berg :~ also giving a right of way across his land into the cemetary. lie doesn't wa~'~t it open all year round because of the vandalism~ Hrs o James asked if they could have the road open and have a gate~ ]vlrs~ Jame~:~ said she wou]_d hunt up the first post office buildin[- which was t.'~.p near the present weigh station and is now believed to be a l?~{.l cabin located up in Burns To~ship~ A notice ini[ t!~.~.~ }.~eod for volunteers to help with the cemetary restoration~ will bo placed in our next Newsletter~ .[v~]A~ ~.qt?:,~?_es Perkin:~ wa[~ introdpced~ The Council rose to thank Mrs, Perkims for her gift of a flag to the City° She gave a little of