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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 14, 2000 • Page 3 1 Additionally, Mr. Tankenoff stated that in coming days, more information will be released as it is 2 finalized within Hillcrest Development. Mr. Tankenoff offered that Hillcrest Development 3 wants to have a complete cleansing and freshening of the Center and would like to provide the 4 community with a solid minimum of what to expect in the coming months. 5 Hillcrest Development will soon be presenting a landscaping plan to the City Manager, City 6 Staff, and consultants. The company has submitted a draft of a zoning overlay ordinance that 7 they believe will have a positive impact for both Apache Plaza and the neighborhood. 8 In response to suggestions for the City to hire its own planner, Mr. Tankenoff was in full support 9 of the City retaining a planner to work on its behalf. Time is of the essence, he stated, and Hill- 10 crest is willing and anxious to begin coordinating efforts with a planner retained by the City. He 11 stated it would assist in the success of the project and would positively impact the scope and per- 12 ception of Apache Plaza. 13 For the Council's information, Mr. Tankenoff distributed a copy of a report that concerned shop- 14 ping centers and how such uses have changed in the surrounding area. He noted that there is an 15 interesting list of shopping centers that have been converted to other uses and invited the Council •16 to notice the consistent pattern and relate it to Apache Plaza. 17 Hodson commended Mr. Tankenoff for consistently apprising the Council, as well as the 18 community, on updates for Apache Plaza. Hodson related that he has heard a significant amount 19 of positive feedback from the community relating to receiving consistent updates and for the 20 project scope as a whole. 21 Mayor Cavanaugh thanked Mr. Tankenoff for his presentation and attendance at the Council 22 meeting. 23 B. Update on Events Regarding the Sister City Association. 24 Mayor Cavanaugh introduced Ruth Ann Marks, 3424 Silver Lake Road, St. Anthony, and invited 25 her to address the Council. 26 Ms. Marks began by stating that she is the President of the St. Anthony Sister City Association 27 and Co-Chair of the Youth Art Exchange. Ms. Marks stated that the youth in St. Anthony have 28 put together and created two-dimensional art pieces and 60 of those pieces have been sent to 29 Salo, Finland for display. 30 Salo, Finland is St. Anthony's sister city and, at the same time, the youth in Salo have created 31 and forwarded art for display here. The theme for Finland's artwork is "Life in Salo." The 32 pieces are expected to arrive shortly and a grand opening art show will be held at the Community •33 Center on Thursday, April 13, 2000 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. There will be additional public 34 viewing times on Friday, April 14, 2000 from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m., Saturday, April 15 from 10:00