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-4- on the Technical Advisory Committee and Mayor Sundland reported Council- man Enrooth had indicated to him that the Councilman believes he would have the time to serve as the- elected official from the City on the Citizens 509 Task Force. The resident who would serve as the City' s second representative on the task force would be sought through a news article . (the city newsletter) by Mr. Childs. Copies of the January 8th notice from the County Assessor to the City Clerk designating that a Board of Review should be held in St. Anthony May 8th were distributed by the -Manager who commented that he did not anticipate a large attendance since it appeared there would not be an appreciable raise .in property taxes in the .City this year. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to sched- ule a Board of Review to be conducted by the Council in their chambers at 6 : 30 P.M. May 8, 1984 . Motion carried unanimously. Suzy Gammell, 83 Barton Avenue S.E. , Sales Manager for the Kenzington. of St. Anthony gave the Arkell progress report on the condominium project for which she presented a colored rendition which she said she ,believed to be "an accurate rendering" of the development after rev- isions recommended by the Council and Planning Commission. She reported 16 units., .had been sold to date which she believed to be very encouraging considering the first advertisements are not scheduled for ten days and there had been very little followup over the holidays on interest from prospective buyers who were responding to . "word of mouth" advertising.. Ms. .Gammel perceives from the number of phone calls coming into her office that community interest is still high and she expects that interest to be further heightened when the grand opening .for .the full size model of the condominiums- is held within the next four weeks in the trailer Arkell has on the Kenzington site. During the Council reports, Councilmen Makowske and Marks both .reported receiving complaints about the "ugly bottle" sign which advertised the -opening of the new liquor warehouse. , Councilman Marks wondered whether governmental signs of this type should not be reviewed by the Planning. Commission. Mr. Childs responded by saying the sign had. been removed about a week earlier and the Mayor recalled that the decision when the new Sign Ordinance had been adopted had been not to burden the Planning Commission with temporary signage which is often down before the Commission has an opportunity to :act. Councilman Enrooth reported receiving calls about the manner in which the water meter readings .were taken this year. He recommended that in the future there be more effort made to notify the residents in advance of the readings and that -the readers carry better identification.. Councilman Makowske wondered if the. youthful appearance of one of the • readers had not aroused the concerns of some of the residents. The Mayor indicated Councilmen Enrooth and Marks had held their discuss- ion with Mr. Childs about the City Manager ' s salary structure and a work session would now be necessary to reveive their report and to neg-