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7 Santa on Fire Truck Big Hit with Council 2 Councilmember Makowske indicated she perceived all the other 3 Councilmembers were in agreement with her own conclusion that the "Santa 4 Claus on the City fire truck certainly helped to make St. Anthony an 5 enjoyable place to live." 6 City Resident Proposes Grant Anvlication to Minnesota Pollution Control 7 Agency Regarding a Study of Apache Plaza Parking Lot Runoff Into 8 Silver Lake 9 Councilmember Enrooth reported receiving a phone call from former 10 Planning Commission member, Doug Jones, indicating the lakeshore 11 resident was seeking the type of tangible support from the Council 12 needed before the MPCA would seriously consider his request. The 13 Councilmember indicated, with concurrence from both Councilmember Marks 14 and Mr. Childs, that more research on the ramifications of lending such 15 City support would be necessary before the Council should even consider 16 the options proposed by Mr. Jones for serious discussion. 17 Councilmember Enrooth indicated Mr. Jones told him the lake residents 18 believed the runoff from the shopping center parking lot was causing the 19 cloudy appearance of the lake and interfering with the aeration of the 00 lake itself. Councilmember Enrooth also indicated he would call Mr. Jones and request he consult with City staff and provide the information 'I needed to justify a Council resolution. 23 Councilmember Marks Reports Further on Anoka/Hennepin Light Rail Plans 24 The Councilmember indicated that at its last meeting, the Corridor 25 Advisory Committee on which he serves, took another look at the Central 26 and University Avenue segments of roadway in respect to what's 27 available; actual construction costs; and availability of parking 28 space. He said the Committee had found transit over some segments 29 would be very expensive. The need for transfer areas had been explored 30 and the Committee was now concentrating on a southern connection of 31 the two segments to get to downtown Minneapolis and a switching back and 32 forth between the two avenues to go north to Northtown. 33 Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority to Hold First Meeting January 34 3rd 35 Councilmember Marks reported that day receiving a notice to that effect, 36 which meant that committee was also starting to plan for similar light 37 rail activities in Ramsey County in which he would also be 38 participating. Councilmember Makowske was told John Madden would be 39 unable to serve as the City's technical adviser on that Committee 40 because he would be unable to make day time meetings. The City Al Manager added that he had since found that a staff appointment was really intended and he was filing his own name in on the application with the possibility of assigning some other staff person to serve as