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P egular I".' eeting ~!ovember 14, :L977 Page Two At this point in the meeting I.'r. Tom Folker and }-r. George Ziegler came in. Fe was seeking approval on his final plat for High Point, but was not scheduled on the Agenda. It was the consensus of the Council to wait and review this after getting and reviewing the Engineer's report. ~r. _~'~ereson read a letter from Paul Ruud of Anoka County Oepartment of Fighways reffarding County Road 56 saying that the improvements to County Road 57 and Industry Boulevard would benefit the City in serving its needs, b*e felt th, at at this time County Road 56 does not seem to warrant as much attention as the other areas. ~:'r. ~!ereson read correspondence from the Office of Congressman James !.. Oberstar announcing that he will be holding ten open meetings during the next four weeks to hear what the people of the Eighth ,District are thinking regarding the Con- _~ress and the entire ~-'ederal Government. Mayor Cox said that. someone should plan to attend and that some prepared statement and c~ment~:, should be ?r. l~,.ereson read a memo from Joan Thunell reporting on the October 20th District ll Advisory Council I,.-eet5ng. ir. I<ereson read a letter from citizens living on Rivlyn Avenue N.W. in Ramsey expressing their discontentment with the Grosslein fence. ~'ayor Cox sa5d a letter should be prepared and sent to the citizens indicating that the Council feels that Grosslein's screening is very adequate. Councilman Gamec su?igested that it could be pointed out that the trees in the future will provide even ~or~ screening. OlD BUSIr,:ESS ]. [!owers Orive Informational Response Yayor Cox reminded everyone that Fr. ?ereson had mailed a letter out to the citizens 5.n 'the area to get their feelings about upgrading the street. ~'ereson said he received response from about 75 percent of the people arid that the majority ,ms definitely in objection to improving the road indicat5pg that they were satisfied with the condition of the road. Fe said he received no response s~ring that they would like to see the improvement in any way. Nr. 1,:ereson indicated that a letter would be sent to the people saying that the City appreciated their response and let them know the results of the survey. 2. Off Sale Liquor Issue I,.r. !,iereson read a report of findings concerning the "off sale" liquor ldcense subject put together by the subcommittee for "off sale" liquor license. There was discussion about such things as a size stipulation, a possible need for an eligibilit:f requirement, and if the establishment should be licensed for both on sale and off sale together. It was the consensus of the Council that an off sale liquor license ordinance be prepared in a very simple draft so that it can be reviewed and looked at by the Council.