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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOPH to Lake Elmo 1972 111 A-2196 Lake Elmo BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL COTf1MISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA Robert W. Johnson Chairman Robert J. Ford Vice Chairman Harold J. Dahl Member Two County Commissioners Ex-Officio Member IN THE MATTER OF THE RESOLUTION ) FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN ) NOTICE OF HEARING LAND TO THE VILLAGE OF LAKE ELMO ) Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 414, as amended, before the Minnesota Municipal Commission in the above-entitled matter. The hearing will be held on the 13th day of July, 1972, in the Stillwater County Office Building, Stillwater, Minnesota, commencing at 10:00 a.m. All persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard orally, and to submit written data, statements, or arguments concerning the above-entitled matter. The right to testify, and the admission of testimony and other evidence shall be governed by the Rules of the Minnesota Municipal Commission. (The rules of the Minnesota Municipal Commission are found in Minnesota Statutes Annotated, at the end of Chapter 414. They may also be obtained from the Minnesota Municipal Commission upon request. ) The property proposed for annexation is described as follows: Sections 6, 7 and 1$ and the West One Half (W ) of Section 17, Township 29 North, Range 20 West. Dated this 26th day of May, 1972 MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL COMMISSION 304 Capitol Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 ffiegitaci4 Howard L. Kaibel, Jr. Executive Secretary A-21.96 J ake Elmo 41, BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA Robert W. Johnson Chairman Robert J. Ford Vice Chairman Thomas J. Simmons Member Peter E. Tibbetts Ex-Officio Member Arthur B. Schaefer Ex-Officio Member IN THE MATTER CF THE RESOLUTION ) FINDINGS OF FACT FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN ) CONCLUSIONS OF LAW LAND TO THE VILLAGE OF LAKE ELMO ) AND ORDER This proceeding, under Section 414 .031 of the Minnesota Statutes, for annexation to the Village of Lake Elmo, Washington County, Minnesota, of certain property located in the Township of Baytown, Washington County, Minnesota, more particularly described as follows: Sections Six (6) , Seven (7) , Eighteen (18) , and the West One-Half (Wz) of Section Seventeen (17) , Township Twenty-nine (29) North, Range g Twenty (20) West came on for hearing before the Minnesota Municipal Commission at the City of Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, on the 13th day of July, 1972 . Robert W. Johnson, Chairman of the Minnesota Municipal Commission, presided at said hearing. The following were also in attendance: Commissioner Robert J. Ford, Commissioner Harold J. Dahl, and Ex-Officio Members Idor Pederson and A. B. Schaefer, Washington County Commissioners. The hearing was thereupon consolidated for hearing with the proceedings in the matter of the resolution for the annexation of certain land to the Village of Bayport (Municipal Commission No. A-2197 Bayport) and in the matter of the Petitions for the annexation of certain lands to the Village of Oak Park Heights (Municipal Commission Nos. A-1725 and A-1734 Oak Park Heights) . 1 411 410 The petitioner was represented by Donald T. Raleigh, of Lawson, Kelly, Ranum & Raleigh, Attorneys at Law; the Township of Baytown was represented by Mrs. Esther M. Tomljanovich, Attorney at Law; the Village of Bayport was represented by John H. Rheinberger, Attorney at Lac; and the Village of Oak Park Heights was represented by Lyle J. Eckferg, of Eckberg, Lammers & Briggs, Attorneys at Law. The Commission, having considered the testimony of witnesses, the exhibits received in evidence and all of the other evidence, the briefs submitted by counsel, and having considered those factors set forth in Subdivision 4 of Section 414. 031 of the Minnesota Statutes, and upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein and being fully advised in the premises, makes the following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. That due, timely and adequate legal notice of the hearing ordered by the Minnesota Municipal Commission was published, served and filed. • 2,. That the area proposed for annexation contains 1, 920 acres of land, more or less, and is legally described in the Order herein. 3. The total area included within the corporate limits of the Village of Lake Elmo is 26,160 acres more or less. 4 . That the area proposed for annexation is located Easterly of and is contiguous to the present corporate limits of the Village of Lake Elmo. 5. The number of residents within the area proposed for annexation is approximately 75 persons. The population of the Village of Lake Elmo according to the 1970 census is 3, 565. 2 4 6. The assessor ' s market valuation of the Village of Lake Elmo as of January 1 , 1972 , was in the amount of $27 , 978 ,649 . 00 and the assessor' s market valuation of Baytown Township as of January 1 , 1972 , was in the amount of $5 ,779 ,247 . 00 . The assessor' s market valuation of the area proposed to be annexed to the Village of Lake Elmo is $895 , 498 . 00 . 7 . The only public facilities within the area proposed to be annexed are the Washington County Fairgrounds and the Lake Elmo Airport, the latter being operated by the Metropolitan Airport 's Commission. The only public services being provided within the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed are road maintenance and fire protection. 8 . The area proposed to be annexed is now or is about to become urban or suburban in character . 9. That the area proposed for annexation is expected to develop more rapidly than the portions of Baytown lying further to the East . This development is expected in part because of the fairgrounds and airport; it may also be expected because the area proposed to be annexed lies relatively close to the business centers and the major population centers in the Village of Lake Elmo . The Village of Lake Elmo has developed comprehensive sewer plans and comprehensive water plans which anticipate and provide for supplying municipal sewer and water service to the areas proposed for annexation. It would appear that these municipal services as well as police and fire protection could be more readily supplied to the area herein 3 . s annexed because of its proximity to the major business and population centers of the Village of Lake Elmo and as a result of the comprehensive plans of the Village of Lake Elmo providing for such services. 10. Real Estate taxes can reasonably be expected to increase in the area herein annexed, but such increase will be proportional to the expected benefit inuring to said area as a result of such annexation. 11. Due to the relative location of the area herein annexed. with respect to the remainder of the Township of Baytown, it is natural, feasible, and practical that the Village of Lake Elmo provide g rovide necessary governmental services to said area. 12 . Because of the impact and potential impact of development around the Lake Elmo Airport, the Washington County Fairgrounds and along State Highway #212, will have the greatest effect on the existing population centers in the Village of Lake Elmo, the same being the closest population center to the area proposed to be annexed, it is important that the Land Use Regulation within said � area be exercised by the same governing body responsible for land use planning and regulation within the Village of Lake Elmo. The zoning and subdivision regulations existing in the Village of Lake Elmo and those adopted by Washington County and now affecting the area proposed to be annexed are similar and the unification of the administration of those regulations in the Village of Lake Elmo would facilitate enforcement thereof. 13. The loss of the area proposed to be annexed from the Township of Baytown will not in any way impair that Town' s ability to function as a town. Moreover, the annexation herein ordered would make it 4 �► a possible for the orderly annexation of the rest of Baytown Township to the other municipalities or parties to this proceeding, to wit: The Village of Bayport and the Village of Oak Park Heights . The West One-Half of Section Seventeen (17 ) included in the petition herein would be better served by annexation to the Village of Bayport and until such time may be adequately provided for as part of the Town of Baytown. Section Six (6) would be better served by the Village of Oak Park Heights . 14 . For the foregoing reasons, and because of the sense of community and common interest apparently existing between the residents of Sections Seven (7) and Eighteen (18 ) of Township Twenty-Nine (29) North, Range Twenty (20) West, and the Village of Lake Elmo, it would best serve the interest of the area herein annexed to be annexed to the Village of Lake Elmo . This is particularly true since annexation to the Village of Lake Elmo would not appear to result in any immediate or substantial change in the rate of development of the area proposed for annexation but would insure that necessary municipal services can be provided as needed, in a fiscally sound and technically practical manner. 15 . That McDonalds Lake which is divided by the annexation herein ordered, is a non-meandered lake with a very limited watershed and will not be adversely affected by inclusion within more than one municipality. Counsel for the Village of Lake Elmo and the Village of Oak Park Heights stipulated that the boundary herein ordered dividing the lake was the most acceptable alternative . Expert opinion of the Washington County Planner was that such a 5 • division would not cause drainage or other problems of lake and land use. No party or person testified in opposition to the division as herein ordered . 16 . That the population of the area herein ordered annexed to the Village of Lake Elmo is approximately 58 . CONCLUSIONS OF LAW • 1. The Minnesota Municipal Commission has duly acquired and now has jurisdiction of the within proceedings . 2 . Municipal government of the area proposed for annexation is required to protect the public health, safety, and welfare in reference to zoning, sewage disposal, municipal water, planning, and police and fire protection. 3 . The area to be annexed is so conditioned and so located as to be properly the subject of municipal government by the Village of Lake Elmo, Minnesota. 4 . The interests of the Village of Lake Elmo and of the area herein annexed would best be served by annexation of said area to the Village of Lake Elmo, Minnesota. 5 . The area proposed for annexation is or is about to become urban or suburban in character. 6 . The township form of government is not adequate to meet the problems found to exist in the area proposed to be annexed. 7 . The annexation will not materially affect the ability of the Township of Baytown to provide governmental services for the balance of said township. 8 . That the following described area would be better served by the Village of Bayport: The West One-Half of Section Seventeen (17 ) , Township Twenty-Nine (29) North, Range Twenty (20) West . 6 9 . That the following described area would be better served by the Village of Oak Park Heights : Section Six (6) , Township Twenty-Nine (29) North, Range Twenty (20) West . 10 . An Order should be issued by the Minnesota Municipal Commission ordering the annexation of the land in Washington County, Minnesota,innesota described as follows : Sections Seven (7 ) and Eighteen (18 ) , Township Twenty-Nine (29) North, Range Twenty (20) West to the Village of Lake Elmo and providing for an election on the question of annexation pursuant to the requirements of Subdivision 5 of Section 414 . 031 of Minnesota Statutes . • 7 • O R D E R IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: That the real estate situated in the County of Wash..'_ngton, State of Minnesota, described as follows : Sections Seven ( 7 ) , Eighteen (18 ) , Township Twenty-Nine (29) North, Range Twenty (20) West be and the same real estate is hereby annexed to the Village of Lake Elmo , Washington County, Minnesota. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That on the 14th day of August , 1973 , at the Washing-=on County Fairgrounds (Hooley Building) in the Town of Baytown, an election shall be conducted and notice thereof given as required by Subdivision 5 of Section 414 . 031 of the Minnesota Statutes . IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That the population of the Village of Lake Elmo be increased by 58 persons to 3 ,623 for all purposes until the next state or federal census . • IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That all monies in the general fund and other assets of the township shall be divided on the basis of the ratio of the assessed valuation of the area annexed to the assessed valuation of the property remaining in the township. This accounting shall take place within thirty (30) days of certification of the results of the above ordered election. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That any 1973 state or federal aids or rebates received by the township after the date of this Order shall be divided on the basis of the ratio of the population annexed to the population remaining in the township. This accounting shall take place within thirty (30 ) days of receipt of such aids . 8 ! • IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That the effective date of this Order shall be May 29 , 1973 . Dated this 31st day of May, 1973 MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL COMMISSION 304 Capitol Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 #4Z14,1pr iiratqW Howard L. Kaibel , Jr. Executive Secretary 9 411 110 li MEMORANDUM The purpose of the legislature in establishing the Minnesota Municipal Commission is outlined in the opening Section of Chapter 414: "The legislature finds that: (1) sound urban development is essential to the continued economic growth of this state; (2) municipal government is necessary to provide the governmental services essential to sound urban develop-- F ment and for the protection of health, safety, and welfare in areas being used intensively for residential, commercial, • • industrial, institutional and governmental purposes or in areas undergoing such development; (3) the public interest requires that municipalities be formed when there exists or will likely exist the necessary resources to provide for their economical and efficient operation; (4) annexation to or consolidation with existing municipalities or unincorporated areas unable to supply municipal services should be facilitated; and, (5) the consolidation of municipalities should be encouraged. It is the purpose of this chapter to empower. the Minnesota Municipal Commission to promote and regulate development of municipalities se that the public interest in efficient local government will be properly recognized and served, " In attempting to fulfill this mandate in this area in Washington County, the Minnesota Municipal Commission has considered and deliberated at great length for several years . The three orders issued today p J represent our best judgment as to how "the public interest in efficient p g local government will be properly recognized and served" . The resident voters in the township will now have an opportunity to vote on these determinations. • The Township attorney and officials have argued strongly that ultimate solution in this area should be one government rather than two or three. They have indicated that they would have no objections to merger if Bayport and Oak Park Heights would also agree to consolidate. This was also the conclusion of planning experts from . the Metropolitan Council in a study done at the request of the commission as early as 1968 . While we do not wish to pre-judge • y P J g S 111 , 4 ■ our conclusions if such a proceeding were initiated, we strongly urge the municpal councils and the resident voters of these two . municipalities to file petitions giving the Commission the jurisdiction to consider such a consolidation. The :.:ommission is not empowexed to act on its own initiative. Today' s decision is a major step i the direction sought by. township officials It reduces the number of governments involved from three to two. It is a comprehensive boundary solution eliminating the need for expensive unending battles over "piecemeal" annexations . The 1968 Metropolitan Council study appoved a similar division as an "interim solution" . If approved, th former township residents will be able to petition the commission for consolidation of the two remaining villages. We urge the Villages involved to establish a rural-urban service district under Minnesota Statutes, Section 272 . 67, to assure the most equitable tax benefit ratio to all of their citizens. We also urge them to consider contracting with the capable and efficient offices of the Washington County Planning Commission for advice and assistance in establishing a comprehensive unified approach to community planning and development. 2 r -s' L_9( i,dc Elmo 0 BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA Robert W. Johnson Chairman Robert J. Ford Vice Chairman Thomas J. Simmons Member Peter E. Tibbetts Ex-Officio Member Arthur B. Schaefer Ex-Officio Member AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE RESOLUTION ) FINDINGS OF FACT FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN ) CONCLUSIONS OF LAW LAND TO THE VILLAGE OF LAKE ELMO ) AND ORDER This proceeding, under Section 414 . 031 of the Minnesota Statutes, for annexation to the Village of Lake Elmo, Washington County, Minnesota, of certain property located in the Township of Baytown, Washington County, Minnesota, more particularly described as follows: Sections Six (6) , Seven (7) , Eighteen (18) , and the West One-Half (W/) of Section Seventeen (17) , Township Twenty-nine (29) North, Range Twenty (20) West came on for hearin g before the Minnesota Municipal Commission at the City of Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, on the 13th day of July, 1972 . Robert W. Johnson, Chairman of the Minnesota Municipal Commission, presided at said hearing. The following were also in attendance: Commissioner Robert J. Ford, Commissioner Harold J. Dahl, and Ex-Officio Members Idor Pederson and A. B. Schaefer, Washington County Commissioners. The hearing was thereupon consolidated for hearing with the proceedings in the matter of the resolution for the annexation of certain land to the Village of Bayport (Municipal Commission No. A-2197 Bayport) and in the matter of the Petitions for the annexation of certain lands to the Village of Oak Park Heights (Municipal Commission Nos. A-1725 and A-1734 Oak Park Heights) . The petitioner was represented by Donald T. Raleigh, of Lawson, Kelly, Ranum & Raleigh, Attorneys at Law; the Township of Baytown was represented by Mrs. Esther M. Tomljar:ovich, Attorney at Law; the Village of Bayport was represented by John H. Rheinberger, Attorney at Law; and the Village of Oak Fark Heights was represented by Lyle J. Eckberg, of Eckberg, Lammers & Briggs, Attorneys at Law. The Commission, having considered the testimony of witnesses, the exhibits received in evidence and all of the other evidence, the briefs submitted by counsel, and having considered those factors set forth in Subdivision 4 of Section 414 . 031 of the Minnesota Statutes, and upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein and being fully advised in the premises, makes the following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. That due, timely and adequate legal notice of the hearing ordered by the Minnesota Municipal Commission was published, served and filed. 2. That the area proposed for annexation contains 1, 920 acres of land, more or less, and is legally described in the Order herein. 3 . The total area included within the corporate limits of the Village of Lake Elmo is 26,160 acres more or less. 4 . That the area proposed for annexation is located Easterly of and is contiguous to the present corporate limits of the Village of Lake Elmo. 5. The number of residents within the area proposed for annexation is approximately 75 persons. The population of the Village of Lake Elmo according to the 1970 census is 3, 565 . 2 1 • 6 . The assessor ' s market valuation of 'Lhe Village of Lake Elmo as of January 1 , 1972 , was in the amount of $27 , 978 ,64 . 00 and the assessor' s market valuation of Baytown Township as of January 1 , 1972 , was in the amount of $5 , 779 ,2L7 . 00 . The assessor' s market valuation of the area proposed to be annexed to the Village proposed of Lake Elmo is $895 , 498 . 00 . 7 . The only public facilities within the area proposed to be annexed are the Washington County Fairgrounds and the Lake Elmo Airport, the latter being operated by the Metropolitan Airport ' s Commission. The only public services being provided within the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed are road maintenance and fire protection. 8 . The area ro osed to be annexed is now or is about to P P become urban or suburban in character . 9 . That the area proposed for annexation is expected to develop more rapidly than the portions of Baytown lying further to the East . This P development is expected in part because of the P P fairgrounds and airport; it may also be expected because the area proposed to be annexed lies relatively close to the business centers and the major population centers in the Village of Lake Elmo . The Village of Lake Elmo ha s developed comprehensive sewer plans and comprehensive water plans which anticipate and provide for supplying municipal sewer and water service to the areas proposed for annexation. It would appear that these municipal services as well as police and fire protection could be more readily supplied to the area herein 3 r • i annexed because of its proximity to the major business and population centers of the Village of Lake Elmo and as a result of the comprehensive plans of the Village of Lake Elmo providing for such services. 10. Real Estate taxes can reasonably be expected to increase in the area herein annexed, but such increase will be proportional to the expected benefit inuring to said area as a result of such annexation. 11 . Due to -she relative location of the area herein annexed with respect to the remainder of the Township of Baytown, it is natural, feasible, and practical that the Village of Lake Elmo provide necessary governmental services to said area. 12 . Because of the impact and potential impact of development around the Lake Elmo Airport, the Washington County Fairgrounds and along State Highway #212 , will have the greatest effect on the existing population centers in the Village of Lake Elmo, the same being the closest population center to the area proposed to be annexed, it is important that the Land Use Regulation within said area be exercised by the same governing body responsible for land use planning and regulation within the Village of Lake Elmo . The zoning and subdivision regulations existing in the Village of Lake Elmo and those adopted by Washington County and now affecting the area proposed to be annexed are similar and the unification of the administration of those regulations in the Village of Lake Elmo would facilitate enforcement thereof. 13 . The loss of the area proposed to be annexed from the Township of Baytown will not in any way impair that Town ' s ability to function as a town. Moreover, the annexation herein ordered would make it 4 • • possible for the orderly annexation of the rest of Baytown Township to the other municipalities or parties to this proceeding, to wit: The Village of Bayport and the Village of Oak Park Heights . The West One-Half of Section Seventeen (17 ) included in the petition herein would be better served by annexation to the Village of Bayport and until such time may be adequately provided for as part of the Town of Baytown. Section Six ( 6) would be better served by the Village of Oak Park Heights . 14 . For the foregoing reasons , and because of the sense of community and common interest apparently existing between the residents of Sections Seven (7) and Eighteen (18 ) of Township Twenty-Nine (29 ) North, Range Twenty (20 ) West, and the Village of Lake Elmo, it would best serve the interest of the area herein annexed to be annexed to the Village of Lake Elmo . This is particularly true since annexation to the Village of Lake Elmo would not appear to result in any immediate or substantial change in the rate of development of the area proposed for annexation but would insure that necessary municipal services can be provided as needed , in a fiscally sound and technically practical manner. 15 . That McDonalds Lake which is divided by the annexation herein ordered, is a non-meandered lake with a very limited watershed and will not be adversely affected by inclusion within more than one municipality. Counsel for the Village of Lake Elmo and the Village of Oak Park Heights stipulated that the boundary herein ordered dividing the lake was the most acceptable alternative . Expert opinion of the Washington County Planner was that such a 5 • • division would not cause drainage or other problems of lake and land use . No party or person testified in opposition to the division as herein ordered. 16 . That the population of the area herein ordered annexed to the Village of Lake Elmo is approximately 58 . CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1 . The Minnesota Municipal Commission has duly acquired and now has jurisdiction of the within proceedings . 2 . Municipal government of the area proposed for annexation is required to protect the public health, safety, and welfare in reference to zoning, sewage disposal , municipal water, planning, and police and fire protection. 3 . The area to be annexed is so conditioned and so located as to be properly the subject of municipal government by the Village of Lake Elmo, Minnesota. 4 . The interests of the Village of Lake Elmo and of the area herein annexed would best be served by annexation of said area to the Village of Lake Elmo, Minnesota . 5 . The area proposed for annexation is or is about to become urban or suburban in character. 6 . The township form of government is not adequate to meet the problems found to exist in the area proposed to be annexed . 7 . The annexation will not materially affect the ability of the Township of Baytown to provide governmental services for the balance of said township. 8 . That the following described area would be better served by the Village of Bayport: The West One-Half of Section Seventeen (17 ) , Township Twenty-Nine (29) North, Range Twenty ( 20) West. 6 • 9 . That the following described area would be better served by the Village of Oak Park Heights : ` Section Six ( 6) , Township Twenty-Nine ( 29) North, Range Twenty ( 20 ) West. 10 . An Order should be issued by the Minnesota Municipal Commission ordering the annexation of the land in Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows : Sections Seven (7 ) and Eighteen (18 ) , Township Twenty-Nine (29) North, Range Twenty (20) West to the Village of Lake Elmo and providing for an election on the question of annexation pursuant to the requirements of Subdivision 5 of Section 414 . 031 of Minnesota Statutes . 7 O R D E R 410 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: That the real estate situated in the County of Washington, State of Minnesota, described as follows : Sections Seven ( 7 ) , Eighteen (18 ) , Township Twenty-Nine ( 2 9) North, Range Twenty ( 20) West be and the same real estate is hereby annexed to the Village of Lake Elmo, Washington County, Minnesota. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That on the ?4+th 21st day of August , 1973 , at the Washington County Fairgrounds (Hooley Building) in the Town of Baytown, an election shall be conducted and notice thereof given as required by Subdivision 5 of Section 414 . 031 of the Minnesota Statutes. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That the election judges shall be as follows : Ms . Martha Heeren , Chief Judge 12657 40th Street No . Stillwater, Minnesota Ms . Beverly Myhra 12456 40th Street No . Stillwater, Minnesota Ms . Veronica Johnson 4596 Stillwater Boulevard No . Stillwater, Minnesota IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That the population of the Village of Lake Elmo be increased by 58 persons to 3 ,623 for all purposes until the next state or federal census . IT IS FURTHER ORDERED : That all monies in the general fund and other assets of the township shall be divided on the basis of the ratio of the assessed valuation of the area annexed to the assessed valuation of the property remaining in the township. This accounting shall take place within thirty ( 30) days of certification 8 411 of the results of the above ordered election. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That any 197< state or federal aids or rebates received by the township after the date of this Order shall be divided on the basis of the ratio of the population annexed to the population remaining in the township. This accounting shall take place within thirty ( 30) days of receipt of such aids . IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: That the effective date of this Order shall be May 29 , 1973 . Dated this 31st da.y of May, 1973 MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL COMMISSION 304 Capitol Square Building St . Paul, Mirineso1a 55101 4 !of AP„tn-- 1 Howard L. Kaibel , Jr. Executive Secretary Amended Order dated this 19th day of July, 1973 fi n Howard L. Kaibel , Jr. Executive Secretary 9