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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1994 Page 14 1 Lucille Calguire, 3436 Silver Lane, stated that she casts her vote vigorously and excitedly for this 2 project. She questioned the people who are opposed to the project as to what they do want to do 3 with Apache if this project doesn't go through. St. Anthony is a neighbor to the City of 4 Roseville, which allots more land to parks than any other City in the State of Minnesota. This is 5 possible because they have a lot of retailers who pay their taxes for them. We don't have that in 6 St. Anthony. We in St. Anthony spend money just like everybody else, we want to spend our 7 money here. 8 Ted Holsten, 3213 Townview Ave.N.E., a 27 year resident of St. Anthony, sees an opportunity 9 to enhance and vitalize the community surrounding Apache and at the same time greatly reduce 10 the impact on water quality of the run-off from the present situation. This seems to him to be a 11 win-win situation. 12 Ken Johnson, owner of Hardee's restaurant for 24 years, stated that when he first came here, 13 Apache was in it's "hey-day". He has seen it just go down and crash. He employs approximately 14 50-60 teenagers. He wants to see the project go and thinks it is super for the City of St. Anthony. 15 Paul Haik, 701 4th Avenue South#500, questioned Dennis Cavanaugh regarding the receivership 16 with Apache Plaza. 17 Mr. Cavanaugh explained that he had an agreement with the bank to have a signed purchase 18 agreement with CUB Foods by March 31, 1994. That did not occur. As a result,the bank had 19 several options. At this point in time,the bank has elected to appoint a receiver. This simply 20 means that all the money goes through a receivership. C. G. Rein is still directly involved in all 21 negotiations with CUB and Knox. 22 Blake Szurek, 3408 Roosevelt Street N.E., stated that he agrees wholeheartedly with most of the 23 comments he has heard. He feels there is a lot of energy behind this proposal and would like to 24 see that energy be extended into other areas around Apache such as the New Market, which will 25 be closing and the SAV Liquor store building. He wondered if there are community uses that 26 this set of buildings could be used for or will they be used commercially. He stated he would 27 like to see decisions made quickly as to what we can do with the other properties. 28 Mr. Cavanaugh responded that he is exploring all options. The building is situated behind the 29 CUB building and is not highly visible, so C. G. Rein is exploring options other than retail use at 30 this time. 31 John Madden, 3701 Foss Road, stated that he is in favor of the project for several reasons. He 32 was a member of the Economic Redevelopment Task Force that was formed in the Fall of 1993 33 by the City Council, in response to the concerns that property values either had declined or 34 would decline in the future unless the community became actively involved in development or i 35 redevelopment of under-utilized property within the City. After 9 months of study, the 36 committee's number one priority was Apache Plaza. St. Anthony's commercial tax base is