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MINUTES City Council (Cont'd.) January 9, 1980 Mrs. Gallagher reported that some of the sights the seniors are interested in for the location of this development are in the order of their preference: the Cardinal Property; the Shrier Property; the Collova property on McMenemy. P+lrs. Gallagher requested that the Council take some action on acquiring ttie location for the senior housing complex. Gallagher stated that the Council should act quickly as applications for financing must be in by the middle of "r~arch, otherwise the project vaould have to wait until next year. Councilman Fahey stated that he has asked the City Clerk to put together a plat of the various areas where such a housing complex could be located. Fahey mentioned that there is some property on Minnesota Avenue also which might lend itself to such a development. Fahey stated that the Council should make some type of decision on the location of the complex so that the City Attorney could start negotiating for the property. Council discussed holding a special meeting to look at sites for the housing complex within the next week. The Council asked the Attorney if this would violate the open meeting law if the Council held a meeting without having enough time to advertise the meeting. Attorney Parks stated that under the emergency clause of the open meeting law the Council could call a special meeting. Mayor Nanson stated that he would like to declare an emergency and call a special meeting for Saturday, January 12, at 11:00 A.f4. to begin in the City Center. The Council will then proceed to visit possible sites for the senior citizen housing complex. Cable TV Mayor Hanson reported that P1r. Tarnowski will chair the City's Cable Committee TV Committee. The Committee will be having their first meeting very shortly. Park Carl Spooner reported that the Park Commission has a few projects Commission that were unfinished at the end of 1979 and would like the Council, Report to note this so that the amounts budgeted for these projects in 1979 are set aside until the completion of the projects. Awarding The Tree Inspector, Tom fiorwath, reported that the City only received 1980 Tree one bid for 1980 tree removal, That bid was from Haynes Tree Service bid in the amount of $5,303,00. Last year the awarded bid was in the amount of $2,731.00. The amount of the bid for 1980 includes cutting, hauling and removing stumps. page -1?.-