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. L -6- r Motion by Councilman -Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to • request the MTC to include the 29th Avenue N.E. . and .Silver Lake Road site in their capital improvement -program for 1980 for -loca- tion of a bus shelter at a cost to the City of up to ten percent, but not to exceed $500,.s.as per their agreement. Motion carried unanimously. In response to the suggestion from the Apache Plaza Shopping -Center that more sidewalks might improve the economic viability of the center, it was Mr. Fornell' s .recommendation that any more sidewalks other than those approved for- 39th Avenue N.E. should be rejected due to maintenance costs, unless the shopping center management indicates a willingness to participate in the installation and maintenance costs of providing these improvements at other sites. Councilman Marks saw the City as lacking .in sidewalks, but Councilman Ranallo agreed with the Manager, saying "We have enough trouble maintaining the streets. " Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to table action on the request for additional sidewalks for the Apache Shopping Center area and have the Manager notify Ruth Welch of Apache Plaza. Voting on the motion: f Aye: Letourneau and Ranallo Abstention: Marks Motion carried. The question of whether the temporary bingo licens�,requested for the St. Charles Mardi Gras could be granted was researched by Mr. Soth, whose opinion was that such a license is not required if _ less than five such- sessions are held within a year. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded -by -Councilman Marks to grant a one-day "3..2 beer- permit for the .St. Charles Mardi Gras, . February .17, and to authorize -the bingo- .game operation during that event. r Motion carried. unanimously. - The Council noted and� ordered .failed the February - 6 response from the school -district -to the' Manager's questions -regarding the heating of Parkview for evening meetings., and the- 1979 investment report .from the Clerk/Treasurer.. 'Mrs:..;J_-Johnson. was commended :for. -the improve- a: ments- she had initiated .for: -the City'-s:,.investments Also rioted and filed were the -December Police~"Department -report, the January Fire Department report, and:'the Manager:s.:,-assessment of- the :recent developments inpolice radio -serv-ice.. The:Chairman. relayed • the Mayor's request that. the :name of Bob, Berg be.-'placed -before them x 'for appointment to the Advisory .Committ6e to the 'City Health Board, but was unable to answer Councilman`.Marks' '.question-as to the..ap- . ipointee' s expertise in the field of -public -'.health. Motion by, Council- \� man Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks --to appoint,-Bob Berg,