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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES January 8, 1980 • The meeting was called to order by Mayor Haik at 7 : 30 p.m. Present for roll call: Letourneau, Ranallo, Haik, Sundland and Marks. Also present: Jim Fornell, City Manager; Ron Berg, Administrative Assistant; William Soth, City Attorney; and Carol Johnson, Clerk. Mayor Haik welcomed Councilman Marks to the Council, thanking him for the years of service on the Planning Commission which should provide him with unique expertise for his new position. The minutes for the Council 's December 18 meeting were corrected and clarified as follows: Page 1, para. 6 : Substitute "Advisory Committee to the Health Board" for "Health Board" in the third line. Page 3, para. 3 : The motion approving the variances for the Stafford building was clarified to indicate the final landscaping plans must be presented for Council approval prior to occupancy. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve as corrected and clarified the minutes for the Council meeting held December 18, 1979 . Motion carried unanimously. The minutes for the Public Hearing on the amendment of projects and activities to be funded for Year VI Community Development Block Grant funds which was held before the Planning Commission, December 27 ,- 1979 , were presented by Brad Bjorklund, Chairman Pro Tem. He suggested the minutes should be amplified to indicate intensive advertising and publicizing of the availability of the CDBG funds for rehabili- tation of existing residential housing will be necessary in order for the program to succeed. Mark Elmberg, Hennepin County Office of Planning and Development, was again present as he had been at the Commission' s hearing to discuss the program with the Council. Mayor Haik expressed the concern of the Council that it might prove to be confusing to the public to tell them initially that the adjusted income level for qualifying for the funding will be $7,500 and then change those limits upwards if the response warrants a change later. However, they indicated a willingness to accept the assurances of Mr. Elmberg that the county will handle the publicity in such a manner that there will be no reason for a person who might qualify failing to apply for the funds. They also accepted his recommenda- tions for changing the avarage rehabilitation expenditure to $5,000.