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will organize the play. The entry fee is $3.00 per couple; prizes will be awarded and lunch will be available for those who wish to order something. ' Pre -registration will greatly simplify setting up tables and the preparation of food and it is hoped you will pre -register by sending your check to Nancy Hansen, 1887 Edgewater, Arden Hills, 55112, or by calling her at 633-1860 indicating your intention to come. ..... Also under study by the Public Safety Committee: Controlling or closing the Highway 51 entrance to Bethel College. Police report there have been 15-20 accidents at this intersection in the past year; most of these involved bodily injuries and most were caused by cars attempting , to cross the two lanes of traffic in order to make a left turn into Bethel from Highway 51. An inquiry will be made to the State Highway Department to determine if they would run a traffic count on the number of left turns , at this point to assist the Public Safety Committee in making its recommend- ation..... I I ..... "P-1" is an expression becoming increasingly familiar to more; and more village residents. P-1 is a new zoning description which refers to properties used by a limited section of the public, such as colleges, li- braries, municipal buildings, post offices, churches, schools, etc. which are not essentially residential, commercial or industrial usages. At at least two recent village meetings the P-1 description and concept generated confusion - and some attacks..... One of these occasions was the January ' 10'Public Hearing Re Proposed Adoption of a New zoning Ordinance and New zoning Map'. (This new proposed zoning Ordinance has been under study by village Committees and Officials for several years, and its formal public debut was Jan. 10.) Although residents raised questions or objections to various proposals included in the new map, the P-1 issue seemed the "hot- test", with a number of citizens wondering if the P-1 areas weren't designed, to favor the interests of the "public" users rather than those of the adja- cent residents..... Several days prior to the above Public Hearing, at the Planning Commission meeting of January 4, Commission members held a lengthy ' discussion of their own on the P-1 description, with the upshot being a un- animous motion from the Commission recommending to Council that it (Council) postpone its decision on the P-1 District until the current controversy re- garding Northwestern College (which falls in the proposed P-1 category - as do Presbyterian Homes, Bethel College and Lake Johanna Elementary School) is resolved..... Council seems to have a real Hot Potato on its hands with this one. Presumably Council members have retired to their respective cor- ners, holding their aching heads, and will deliberate further before taking final action on the proposed zoning ordinance and map..... S �- c nea,ct- P.;. IiC t c ^ " (-I P4 ,4,__ 1, ._ ..... From the Public Safety Committee/Police Department: Police Chief Pat Sexton is on an indefinite leave of absence for reasons of health, and Police Lieutenant McCall is his stand-in for the time being..... There has been some talk and thought regarding a reorganization of the Police ' Department, such as contracting with Ramsey County for police service. After lengthy discussion the Public Safety Committee drafted a unanimous motion to Council stating it strongly favors maintaining "an Arden Hills , Police Department"..... ..... Also under study by the Public Safety Committee: Controlling or closing the Highway 51 entrance to Bethel College. Police report there have been 15-20 accidents at this intersection in the past year; most of these involved bodily injuries and most were caused by cars attempting , to cross the two lanes of traffic in order to make a left turn into Bethel from Highway 51. An inquiry will be made to the State Highway Department to determine if they would run a traffic count on the number of left turns , at this point to assist the Public Safety Committee in making its recommend- ation..... I I