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-2- The Mayor .reported there had been a disappointing turnout for the League of Women Voters' seminar on Chemical Awareness for Responsible Decisions held in the City Hall, October 25th. However, it was noted there had been a large turnout of parents for the similar seminar sponsored by the Middle School and chemical awareness programs are being held at St. Charles Borromeo and by the Kiwanis Club. Senator Ashbach'.s call to Mr. Childs regarding the City' s redistrict- ing options was reported in the minutes of the City staff meeting held October 22nd and the Manager said the Senator was interested in finding out if St. Anthony would rather be included with a Minne- apolis or St. Paul district or with the suburban districts. .The- staff had indicated they believed- the City should be included with the suburban districts, which would be the choice of a majority of the Council, if the existing subdivision of the City between Ramsey and Hennepin Counties could be eliminated with redistricting. Councilmen Ranallo and Marks indicated they preferred staying with Minneapolis , if the County split remains . Mayor Haik believed the-. City has many common interests with the St. Paul suburbs . Councilman Sundland agreed, but emphasized he would rather stay with the City of Minneapolis than to be put into a district with the City of St. Paul. Brad Bjorklund, Chairman of the Planning Commission reported recom- mendations- to the Council and staff from the Commission, as reflected in the minutes of their meeting, October 20th. He read the Commission recommendation that the City draw upon the Letter of Credit, which guarantees performance of all landscaping, parking, fencing, and • signage plans submitted when the Craig & Company shop was approved under the Hedlund PUD, if those projects are not completed, as agreed to, by November 30., 1981. Mr. Berg presented a color rendering of the plans and said he had seen for himself, that day, that Mr. Morris - has purchased shrubbery which is partially installed. The fence is not in, and- Mr. Berg said he is not qualified to judge whether Mr.. Morris is correct in his contention that building the fence between his lot and that to the east owned by Kenneth Lee before the grade is corrected may cause a drainage problem for Mr. Lee when he builds his new home on that site. Mr. Morris reiterated that he believes it "will be much more sensible" to install the fence after the property to the north on which Sid Johnson is con- structing townhomes and Mr. Lee 's lot have been graded. He added, since his property is so much higher than the homes on Penrod, a six foot fence will probably be ineffective for screening those homes from the commercial usage on his property. Mr. Lee was present and said he had requested Sid Johnson to draw up plans for the home he proposes to build on his lot but he. could . give no firm date for that construction. The Mayor indicated she would not be interested in laying the matter over without some assurance that the grading would be done in the next few weeks. Mr. Bjorklund said the Commission had taken into consideration the fact that extending the Letter of Credit would be a complicated process and had questions as well regarding the City' s responsibilities related to fence and landscaping installations if. the $3 ,200 Letter of Credit is withdrawn. The question regarding drainage had been raised too late for him to make an inspection, Mr. Hamer said, but