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1 = when=- he. returns to the City. to.: ascertain.--his- interest in serving on .. . 2 this board. . . 3 . Negotiations With School :District -to Continue 4 Mt. Childs said- he'. and the , Mayor would be meeting later' this week 5 with District #282 -School. - Board Chairman -John Durand and 6 Superintendent Dr.;-. Crystal Meriwether in an attempt to ,keep the 7 - dialogue going on .the Parkview issue. Mayor. Sundland reported that 8 in addition, a meeting to discuss general city - and school concerns 9 between the Mayor and Board liaison . had .be.en scheduled, similar to 10 ones held in the- past.. Interestingly,.: this meeting had been 11 initiated by the school. 12 Manager Contacting Firms to Do Community Survey 13 Mr. Childs indicated his .-.performance of this task the Council had 14 given him had been made easier when the Star Tribune had carried a - 15 story on cities who are , doing similar surveys , which gave him the 16 names of several other firms to contact. 17 Council Finds Owners ' Plan to Refurbish St. Anthony Shopping Center 18 Disappointing 19 The City Manager told Councilmembers Makowske and Marks , who had not 20 yet viewed the above plans left with him by the center • 21 representative that week, that he was certain they would be as. 22 "uniformly unimpressed" with them as the Councilmembers who had seen 23 them were. He -told -them that, instead of the extensive renovation 24 the owners ' spokeswoman had promised to encourage the Dairy Queen 25 owner to stay in the center, only a -$60 , 000 facelift is now planned. 26 Mr. Childs said that amount is supposed to cover the- costs of 27 painting the brick and the support columns and hanging canvas over 28 the walkways this fall and striping the parking lot next spring. He 29 perceived the only good thing had been that the City had at last -had 30 an opportunity to meet with someone in the flesh who actually 31 represented the Portuguese family who owns the center. The Manager 32 reported that person had told him the center is in a family trust 33 now that the patriarch has died and the family doesn' t . want to sell 34 ilt or change its mode of operation, intending to put- no more than the ' 35 cash flow back into the center. Mr. Childs said he perceived the 36 center is not updated, it will be 'even harder -to get good tenants to 37 generate 'cash flows for improvements . He • told Councilmember 38 - Makowske no explanation had been made why the owners had failed. t:o 39 sign, the leases of the -good tenants who had wanted to move. there. 40 PUBLIC HEARINGS 41 Council Authorizes. $1 , 263 , 150 Tax Levy to Cover 19.88 .Budget 18