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City Council Minutes May 28, 1997 Page 2 33 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 97-19, SUPPORTING THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION'S APPLICATION FOR THE LAUDERDALE RAVINE RESTORATION PROJECT Mr. Keith Yapp, consulting engineer for the City of Lauderdale, presented a plan to better manage drainage along the southern edge of the University Golf Course in Lauderdale. There is an opportunity to get funding from the Board of Water and Soil Conservation if the cities of Minneapolis, Falcon Heights, and Lauderdale jointly apply through the Middle Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. Councilmember Gibson Talbot arrived at 7:40 p.m. Motion was made by Councilmember Jacobs to approve Resolution 97-19, supporting the Middle Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization's grant application for the Lauderdale ravine project. Motion passed unanimously. REQUEST TO PROVIDE APPLICATION INFORMATION TO LOCAL AREA FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY (MHFA) COMMUNITY FIX-UP FUND Administrator Hoyt reported that the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) has a community fix-up fund that offers lower-interest loans for home improvements. The program is initiated and coordinated by local financial institutions after a city provides the local banks with guidelines as to where the funds are needed. A city cannot ask that funds be allocated to every property in the city. Staff recommended that all neighborhoods of Falcon Heights with the exception of those built after 1980 (Falcon Woods III, Coffman Condominiums, and Maple Court) be eligible for the loan program. Motion was made by Councilmember Gibson Talbot to establish the following criteria for the MHFA Community Fix-up Fund: all homes in Falcon Heights shall be eligible with the exception of those areas developed after 1980 (Falcon Woods III, Coffman Condominiums, and Maple Court.) Motion passed unanimously. CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 5 REGARDING LICENSING OF POOL HALLS AND BILLIARD PARLORS Administrator Hoyt reported that following discussions with the planning commission, the staff drafted language requiring licensing of pool halls and billiard parlors. The prosecuting attorney and the police chief were consulted on this matter. A license would be issued to the proprietor of an establishment after a property owner had received the required conditional use permit required in a B-3 zone. There are presently no applications for this type of establishment on file with the city, nor have there been any recent inquiries about this type of use.