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I Councilmember Ranallo reported several residents, upon noting the City's new entrance sign, had called him to tell him the fact that the lettering for "St. Anthony Village" had confused them. He said 4 their comments were to the effect that the Council had told them not too 5 long ago that St. Anthony was required by statute to be referred to as 6 the "City of St. Anthony" and now, you're telling us its' OK to call it 7 "St. Anthony Village"." Mr. Soth told him if the change was made, all 8 official documentation statutorily had to be identified as from the 9 "City of St. Anthony Village" but it might be possible to refer to the 10 community as "Village" in other situations without changing the 11 letterheads, etc. When Councilmember Enrooth indicated he wouldn't be 12 interested in making the change if it would cost the City or the 13 residents too much to do so, the City Attorney said he didn't think the 14 change would be too difficult or expensive but he would check it out 15 with the Minnesota Department of State and report his findings back to 16 the Council as soon as he could. 17 There was concurrence that having two cities in Minnesota with the same 18 name is very confusing at times and Mayor Sundland pointed to the fact 19 that 67% of the community had responded to the recent survey by 20 indicating they chose to be identified as from "St. Anthony Village." 21 PUBLIC HEARING 22 Gross Golf Course and Sunset Memorial Cemetery Spokespersons Object to 23 Having to Pay for Reconstruction of St. Anthony Boulevard At 8:02 P.M., the Mayor opened the public hearing on the $112,850.95 the 25 City proposes assessing against abutting properties for the 26 reconstruction St. Anthony Boulevard between the Burlington Northern 27 Railroad bridge and the south City limit line. He referred to the 28 Notice of Hearing which had been mailed to the abutting property owners 29 and published in the Bulletin and Resolution 88-047 with which the 30 Council would be adopting special assessments against the only two 31 properties which abut St. Anthony Boulevard in the subject, Gross Golf 32 Course and Sunset Memorial Cemetery. 33 Staff ReRgrt 34 Mr. Childs told the representatives of those two properties that under 35 the City Assessment Policy the Council had adopted in February, 1986, 36 the amounts they were being assessed included the costs of: 37 *a 5 ton roadway thickness, even though a 9 ton roadway had been 38 constructed with the difference between a 5 and 9 ton design being 39 paid for by the City; 40 *an 8 foot traffic lane next to their properties needed for ingress 41 and egress with the cost to reconstruct the middle of the road being 42 paid by the City for the use of the general public; 43 curb and gutters for which they would have to pay 100%.