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-8- The Council considered the. recommendations from .the City Manager and Fire Chief in the following: Motion by. Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Sundland to authorize staff to fill the full, time Assistant Fire Chief position, as proposed, at the specified salary .of $23,000/year and to seek 'a Reserve Assistant Fire. Chief, based upon a competitive selection process, at a salary not to exceed $1 ,000/year above normal reserve compensation. Motion carried unanimously.. Tom McMullen and. Dick Enrooth discussed the results of the survey which had been made regarding services and programs provided by the Community Services Department. Mr.. McMullen said he was very pleased with the citizen response, indicating- the .community feels very positively about the quality of- the life in the City and have indicated they believe the school and City government have been responsive to their needs. He said 92 percent of those who responded believe the park system is .adequate and only requires further amenities rather than capital. improvements. He found .the answers to questions of where the community gets most of its information about City activities .very interesting since the school newsletter seems to be the major source. Residents had also indicated a need to have provided more information regarding school and Council decisions and Jim S.chwartz, . a reporter for the St. Anthony Bulletin, was questioned regarding St. Anthony subscribers and promotional efforts by his paper to increase this from 650 . He will report back at a later-meeting. Kathy Knapp, Senior Citizen Coordinator for the Community Services Program, discussed the results of the 1980 survey of District 282 senior citizen residents. She noted that most seniors do not at this time .feel a need for help or assistance from governmental bodies nor personally for additional .services, but want these available because they either believe their. neighbors may need them or they themselves may have need of morecommunity. programs in the near future. Because of this response Mayor Haik felt the Community Services Department .shou-ld be cautious about expanding services to the seniors except perhaps referring their indication .of a need for better. transportation to the Metro Transit Commission and perhaps the development of a .service similar to. a "rent-a-kid" program to help them maintain their homes. Councilman Sundland. thanked .the . Community. Services representative for the surveys, believing they were both well done and provided needed information to .the Council. Councilman Marks reported complaints he and the City have received regarding the refrigeration trucks which run all night on the Walbon property on Old Highway 8. Mr. Fornell had addressed this problem in his March 23 and 26th memorandums. Mr. Berg reported Mr. Walbon seemed receptive to the concept of converting the property to hous- ing under Tax Increment Financing or another redevelopment tool, but Councilman Sundland wondered whether the neighbors might not oppose a townhouse development as well. Mr.. Berg said .it is almost