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-11- • RESOLUTION 87-017 A RESOLUTION REGARDING: A STREET WIDTH VARIANCE GRANTED BY THE• MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE ' CITY OF ST. ANTHONY Motion carried unanimously. Senator Marty' s— Support Sought-,_on Legislative . -Issues. Considered. Potentially Harmful for St. Anthony . Mr. Childs _ had. distributed a draft .of . the: letter- he had written. .to the . legislator after- attempts to reach him by other..mea-ris. had failed. . The letter, stating the City' s position:. on various pieces of legislation being considered, which the - Council perceived could be very harmful for St. Anthony would also.-be -sent -to State Representative John Rose, who had already indicated his support. The Council reacted as follows: Enrooth -wondered if the letter could be made stronger. -Makowske -said she was really "steamed" about the legislation she perceived would be: *cutting .into the revenues from its liquor operation• the. City uses in lieu of property taxes; *imposing a 6% tax. on all St. Anthony. purchases; *reducing local government aids at the same time a cap is placed on the City' s ability to levy to replace -the revenues which are lost; -said she didn' t see how the Council could. be expected to run a City which has so little slack in its budget right now. Sundland reported he. had learned just that day about another area where -the state would be hampering the City' s efforts to . save money; indicated: Jim Johnson of Federal Surplus . Properties had -called him to let him know that a $900,000 dollar bill had been tacked onto`-another spending bill which would move the responsibilities for surplus away from the Department of Administration into another state department and. into a vacated building in downtown St. Paul; perceived - this could be •a real loss for the .members of the • Surplus Properties Committee he serves on who represent ,counties; school_.districts , parochial schools,. hospitals;