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At this point, Mr. Cxerome took issue %rith our Engineer by saying -that he had <br />permission from the Engineer to use bank gravel instead of slag to speed up <br />the road and get things going. Our Engineer said that he had never given such <br />permission; -tlzat he had learned from past experiences that when you have a good <br />plan you should know enough to follatq it, and he would never uncier arry, circumstances <br />approve any-thing outside our ardinance,; that the only way he would be in f avor <br />of gravel would be to.have a change made in our Ordinance and there was no <br />likelihood of tha.s happeni.ng. ` <br />Referred to- Mre Edelman, Council tiaas told tha-t the ordinance had to be <br />fulfill.ed; that they w ere the only body that could give permission to override <br />it; that Mr. Gerome, if he tsished, could post a bond, and put the plat- on record <br />and se11 lots, but no building permits could be issued unt31 full campliance <br />with our ordinance had been effected as to •temporary roads. <br />Nr. Gerome then had a Zong cliscussion taith CounciT and tried to make it <br />. clear that he ti,ras. riot ttying to evade our ordinance or do arything that would <br />je.opardize oiir village or his development; that he had had such delay_in getting <br />the road going9 a nd the season b eing fa-r advanced, had taken the quickest way <br />to get things started and, as he supposed, had.full permission from our Engineero <br />Rfi?. Ger.ome went on to say that he had put ara over 6p"2000e00 of bank g ravel and <br />the slag in addition to comply with our ordinance tiaould really make the cost - <br />of the raad eXOrbitanv. Telayor Endress then said that as we had only four members <br />of counci:L present arnd a. speca.al meeting due on the 29th, it would be wisest for <br />the developers ' together wi.tYt our engineer arxl the comtnittee9 to get together <br />and study the matter 'and t ry to work somethirg out. . <br />Mr. Wedler then asked if it wou7.cl not be wise to have any deviation in <br />our ordinance put in 1ax°itino before being carried outa NIr. Edelman said that only Council could make any deviations in the <br />Ordinance, on the basis of hardship. <br />Mr. De Nore tras then asked to'o e sure to have specifications for sealing <br />i.n the Worton Park Roads fo-r our special meeting. <br />° There was nothing -Eo report from the Building Comrus.ttee m' <br />As ilir, Taylor was not present, nothing was reported for the Finance <br />Commiticee, but Mr. Edelman. brought out the f act that he had been able to secure <br />the Zeslie property izext to the Totqn Ha11 for $13'500.00 instead of the $159000.00 <br />asked at firsto He stated that.they wanted $1000.00 dotan and the balance by <br />October lst. Mr. Edelman also reported that he had taken up with the clerk <br />various methods of financing this 'matter0 <br />Mr: Falk9 seconded by Mro Hopkins9 then introducEd Ordinance No. 587' <br />entitleds' "An drdinance to Authorize the Purchase of.Certain.Rea1 Estate From <br />George C,'Leslie and Edith M. Leslie I'or Wg5_00o0011s As -there were insufficien-t <br />members p"resent to suspend the rules, this Ordinance was placed on its first <br />reading. " _ ._ . <br />3.