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1 Councilmember Ranallo suggested contacting the Rochester Mayor to find 2 out who the Rochester official was who could professionally design the 3 float. He agreed that it was high time the City had another float 4 and an Aquatennial Queen candidate to give St. Anthony better 5 exposure than its getting now with a school band who rarely appears in 6 the metropolitan area and "residents have to go to Fargo to see them. " 7 The Councilmember was certain there would be a lot of St. Anthony 8 people who would be happy to work on a project which promoted the 9 community like this one would. Ms. Olsonoski indicated she would be 10 able to discuss the project one on one with Councilmembers after the 11 Apache Polish Days were over. 12 City Research Funding for Pedestrian Signal at 39th and Stinson 13 Ms. Olsonoski reported a group of senior residents from Heights Manor 14 had been lobbying the new manager of the Apache J. C. Penney store and 15 herself to see what they could do to get a pedestrian crossing signal 16 on that busy intersection where the three way stop signs aren' t very 17 helpful for getting the blind and handicapped residents in their 18 apartment building across Stinson to shop at Apache. 19 A bus load of Manor seniors had gone to the Columbia Heights Council 20 meeting the previous night to request the Council' s aid in getting 21 some type of Community development or County funds to pay for the 22 signal. The Apache representative said she was bringing the matter 23 up to the St. Anthony Council that evening because she expected 24 Columbia Heights officials would be contacting the City to share the 25 costs. 26 Councilmember Ranallo recalled there had been some talk about having a 27 study of that crossing made years ago even before Mr. Childs ' arrival 28 but he didn' t know what the results of the study had been. 29 Councilmember Enrooth told Ms. Olsonoski the City had used most of its 30 available CDBG funds for the traffic siqnals on Kenzie Terrace, which 31 had cost about $80 , 000. and, from what the engineers on that project 32 had told the Council, he was afraid the cost of even a pedestrian 33 signal in this location probably wouldn' t be much less. 34 The matter was laid over for further research by staff. 35 REPORTS 36 COUNCIL 37 Councilmembers Do Some Politicking for City at Congressman Sabo' s 50th 38 Birthday Party, February 28th 39 Makowske said she had an opportunity to speak not only to Congressman 40 Sabo but also to Congressman Bruce Vento about the City' s water 41 contamination problems and perceived from he conversation with the 42 latter, that the City might have missed a good bet by not getting • 10