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h CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES June 23 , 1981 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Haik at 7 :37 P.M. Present for roll call: Marks , Haik and Letourneau. Absent: Sundland and Ranallo. Also present: Larry Hamer, Acting City Manager; Ron Berg, Administra- tive Assistant; William Soth, City Attorney; and Carol Johnson, Clerk/Treasurer. The minutes of the June 9th regular Council meeting were amended to clarify in Paragraph 2 , Page 4 , that the June 11th workshop had been scheduled to begin at 6 :30 P.M. and interviews conducted at 7 : 00 P.M. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve as amended the minutes of the regular Council meeting held June 9 , 1981, and the minutes as submitted for the workshop conducted prior to the June 9th meeting. Motion carried unanimously. The minutes of the May 20th meeting of the Kenzie Terrace Task Force were accepted as informational with the Task Force recommendations deferred until consideration of an HRA for the City, later in the evening. Iry Peterson reported on actions taken and recommendations to the Council made by the Planning . Commission during their June 16th meet- ing. He said a major portion of the evening had been devoted to the continuation of the public hearing on the Danelski variance request for an addition to the home at 330.1 Croft Drive which will utilize a passive solar concept. Mr. Berg reiterated his own and some of the Commission members' concerns regarding establishment of a precedent for granting variances because the solar energy concept is involved and showed sketches of the proposed addition which had been developed by Berg and Associates, an architectural firm specializing in environ- mental technology. Mr. Peterson said the plans as presented had impressed the Commission members but a reluctance to establish a precedent for this concept without more knowledge as to what technology is involved, had resulted in a tie vote, with no recommenda- tion made to the Council. Mr. Danelski explained how he will utilize a passive solar concept in his proposed addition and said a southern exposure is required , adding that a southern siting will also be more conducive to natural con- vection. He pointed out how isolated his home is on the corner of 33rd Avenue N.E. and told the Council his neighbor to the east is 135 feet distant from his home and the home to the west, 125 feet away. He had originally thought the solar system would require a 20 foot addition, but the architects had been able to develop plans gofor a 12 foot addition, which will also reduce the size of the