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Regular Council Meeting January 8, 1991 page 4 1 7. REPORTS 2 o A. Council Reports 4 5 Mayor Ranallo held a Mayor's Meeting on Saturday, January 5th. One resident felt the Recycling Center area could be cleaned up. The need for warming house attendants was discussed. A resident suggested in- creased use of senior citizen volunteers should be considered. He related 9 the positive results being experienced with the use of volunteer senior 10 citizens in Sun City, -Arizona. 11 12 A third resident felt the City needed more visible signs of identification 13 placed in strategic locations. Identification signs would be a real i4 aid for visitors coming into the City as well as others. Mayor Ranallo 15 suggested a Boy Scout Troup may want to consider some of these signs for 16 a future project. He also felt there should be signs to identify the 17 Apache Shopping Center and the St. Anthony Shopping Center. These two 18 areas are frequently confused with each other by shoppers from other 19 communities. The signs would particularly be of benefit to the Centers' 20 merchants. 21. 22 Mayor Ranallo met with the Mayors of Arden Hills, Shoreview and New Brighton. 23 They discussed the anticipated shortfall in funding from the State and 24 possible avenues their respective cities could take to deal with 25 funding cutbacks. 26 27 The City Manager has already discussed the shortfall with the City's 28 Department Heads and requested thev explore areas in their departments �9 to cut back costs. He noted an anticipated shortfall of Local Govern- 30 ment Aids may be in the amount of $124,000. He recommended the. Council 31 schedule a work session before February 1st to review department budgets. 32 33 Mayor Ranallo and Councilmember Wagner met with Dennis Cavanaugh of the 34 management firm for Apache Plaza. He indicated to them he recently has 35 sent lease agreements to four prospective tenants. Cavanaugh requested 36 the Council to review some refinancing options for the Shopping Center 37 to enable him to write down some rentals and to do some facelifting and 38 remodeling of the building. 39 Previously, the Council had authorized the use of some Industrial Revenue 40 41 Bonds for Apache Plaza management. This opportunity was not taken. 42 The City Manager stated he will contact the former City- Attorney, Jerry 4.3 Gilligan, regarding the establishment of a new district and if this 44 could directly impact on the City's Local Government Aids allocation. 6S 46 Councilmember Wagner felt a more positive posture should be in evidence .47 when discussing Apache Plaza. Councilmember Fleming agreed and had 48 observed an attitude about Dennis Cavanaugh that appeared to not be 49 very flattering. She felt he appeared to be trying to improve the 50 Shopping Center and gain new tenants. Councilmember Wagner will be