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~Ir, Glassmier then decided to stay on and finish the inspection wi.~h the help of Mr. °orter. When he left Saturday he assured Mr. Porter that he would recommend a class 8~classification, which he thinks will come through in a month. This will mean somevahere in the neighborhood of a 48p reduction for dwellings and 2~.% for commercial property and will cover all those within 1000 feet of a hydrant. Mr. Glassmier stated further Chats had hydrants continued to White Road, he could recommend a still lower . classification with a saving of from 6 to 15~. Mr. Svranson reported that the Zoning and Planning Commission had made no progress-with the Regional Planning•Commission in drawing up a map far the S.O.M. Lander and Ridgebury Area, and that inasmuch as they could not tell what would happen to Aintree, it was wiser to do nothing further until i~~rhoever developed the. area come in with a plan. At this time the commission could study it, together with the S.O.M. Property. This would save. any additional spending on surveys and maps. Mayor Hodgson said that our new platting ordinance had stopped expansion plans for that area, and to include the Aintree layout would necessitate a topographical map which would cost mone3r. Arr~yy developer of this area would have to have the same bind of map and it would be wiser to let him pay for it. ' Mr. Swanson then spoke of the property West of the Town Hall belonging to Carrie Leslie.. He told Council that it had been rumored that the Board of Education was interested in this property, but had found that they were purchasing a piece from the Hills and putting in a driveway to bring their buses in off Wilson Mills Road. He stated that Mrs. Leslie had called upon him that evening and seemed very anxious to sell her property to the Village. She stated that at the present time she was unable to support herself and, suggested that the Village purchase the p'rapex°ty and pay her fifty or sixty dollars a anonth as long as she lived and then to her sons until the sum agreed updn had been paid. She thought ~10,000o00 would be a fair price. The Board of Education thought, however, that this wa.s too high. Mr. Hanson told Council that they should come to some agreement about the matter or drop it and advise.Mrs. Leslie that we did not want the property: Mayor Hodgson said that there were two reasons why the vil7.age had never done anything. One, because of the Board of Education and, two, the matter of 'financing such ~a venture. Council discussed this matter for a-considerable period and were unanimous in dropping the matter and notifying Mrs. Leslie that the Village was not interested.. Mr, Taylor reported that the Village had grown rapidly in the last~~ew years and its accumulated records were overflowing every available container and were being contained in a manner not sud.table for such valuable records. He stated that the Clerk had asked him to conside*• a two-door storage oupboard, a !~®drawer legal file, a Bates numbering machine and a calculator to replace the second hand model used for years and now on its last legs. 5.