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S. 1 Mr. Childs indicated the $15 ,000 allocated towards the pedestrian 2 signal project would complete that program. The brochure Mr. Childs • 3 had distributed outlined the senior social programs for which the City 4 had historically allocated 150 of each year ' s CDBG funds as well as 5 the budget for Community Services who run these programs. 6 Staff had recommended the Commission either allocate the remaining 7 $6 , 442 towards the construction of a concrete sidewalk on Kenzie 8 Terrace which could be tied in with the senior developments in that 9 area and would make getting to the bank and church much easier and 10 safer for those residents or to set those funds aside until $10 ,000 11 can be raised to pay the costs of recodifying the 1973 Code of 12 Ordinances, as proposed during the planning and goal setting retreat 13 the previous weekend. 14 The Commissioners were generally agreed that it would be better to use 15 the funds this year to finish off the Kenzie project rather than to 16 hold the funds over for a project which couldn' t even be started until 17 next fall. However, they also concurred that serious consideration 18 should be given to using next year' s allocation to bring the City 19 codes into compliance with revisions in state standards and to 20 eliminate some of the redundancies and conflicts related to election 21 laws, licensing, etc. which have occurred in the City ordinances over 22 the past 15 years. 23 The hearing was closed at 7: 40 P.M. 24 Commission Recommendation 25 Motion by Brownell , seconded by London to recommend the Council 26 allocate St. Anthony' s $25 , 222 Year XIV Community Development Block 27 Grant funds for the following planning activities: 28 Kenzie Terrace Pedestrian Signal Project $15, 000 29 Kenzie Terrace Sidewalk Project $ 6 , 442 30 Senior Citizens Social Programs $ 3 ,780 31 Motion carried unanimously. 32 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 33 TCF Plan Accepted Despite Neighbor Objections to Bypass Lane 34 The February 16th public hearing on TCF' s plans to expand its existing 35 two lane drive up facility to four banking lanes plus a 12 foot wide 36 bypass and emergency vehicle lane had been tabled for a traffic flow 37 study to demonstrate the new facilities would improve existing parking 38 and traffic congestion conditions both on site and on the side 39 streets. The Commissioners had also suggested the study include 40 consideration of exit and access improvements as well as one way 41 traffic patterns, if that would help. The bank' s proposals were 42 removed from the table and discussions reopened as to whether the 2 •