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VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING September 7, 1937 The regular meeting of the Village Council was held at the Municipal Bldg Wed Sep 7, 1937 at 8 o’clock P.M. Members present: J.D. Flaherty, Pres.; G.A. Bailey, Geo Cornelius, Wm Patenaude, Trustees; Wm H Greupner, Clerk. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Mr. Handke, Supt of schools came before the Council and asked if the Council would pay for the school police as they had in the past years. A motion was made by G.A. Bailey seconded by Geo Cornelius to hire Harold Sykes at $10.00 a month to act as police on the highway at the school corner. Motion carried. Mr. Handke also asked to have a committee of the Council meet with him to see if a better plan could be figured out to take care of loading up he school buses. J.D. Flaherty pres appointed Geo Cornelius and G.A. Bailey to meet with Mr. Handke and take care of this matter. It was brought to the attention of the Council that something should be done about the bicycle riders in the business district. It was decided to have the clerk put a notice in the paper asking all bicycle riders not to ride thru the business district. Mr. Noonan attorney for O.W. Farrell and and Sust of Nyberg, lease agent of the Great Northern Railroad Co, were present at this meeting to discuss the building permit for an Oil Station on the property between Steins Warehouse and the Depot which the Council had denied at a previous meeting. Mr. Noonan presented a new set of plans and specifications which he asked the Council to act on. Frank White, Village Attorney, said he wished to look over these plans and specifications. A special meeting to be called Sept 20, 1937 to act on this matter. Mr Nyberg spoke to the Council about the resolution that the said Council passed on Aug 18, 1937 whereas the claims that the property which the Great Northern Railroad Co leased to O.W. Farrell was a highway by prescription as the Village has used it for this purpose for about 70 years. The said Mr. Nyberg told the Council that this matter would have to be straightened out and that they could take it to court as they claim the village has no right to this land. Mr. Ed Rowland representing the Highway Dept came before the council with the plans of the new highway which is going to be build between Anoka and Elk River and asked the Council to pass a resolution accepting the grade approval in the city limits. A good share of the people living on Main Street were present at this meeting interested to know where the highway was going thru Elk River. Mr. Ed Rowland told the people that the present project was up to the Mississippi bridge and that there would be plenty of hearings for the people to voice their opinions when they continued the highway from there on. The following resolution was passed Whereas the Commissioner of Highways of the State of Minnesota is about to designate the location of Trunk Highway No. 10 formally designated Trunk Highway No. 3 through the village of Elk River as shown upon the plan which is presented herewith and made a part hereof, and