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-5- Mr. Hamer told .Councilman Letourneau he will check again to be sure the detour signs are up on Highway 88 to warn drivers that the St. Anthony Boulevard roadway east of the highway has been closed for bridge reconstruction. Mr. Childs reported he has already contacted Craig Morris regarding the new "Anniversary" sign he has .put up in front of his shop at 3909 Silver- Lake Road, telling him to either replace the sign with the "Grand Opening" sign he is entitled to, or take the sign down, and, in any event, to turn off all the lighting on the property after business hours . Councilman Marks relayed several resident concer.ns. he has received while he was campaigning. Mr. Hamer told him the shrubbery on 29th Avenue N.E. , whish was posing a traffic -hazard, had been reported by. the Police Departmentand cut down. Mirror Lake resi- dents were concerned with the number- of cats which are running loose in their neighborhood, according to .the Councilman. He also requested staff research whether selling automobile licenses , as other municipalities do, might be a money making project for the City . Bob Olson, Manager of the Equinox Apartments , failed to appear for a discussion of Council concerns .related to that complex. Mr. Hamer reported a building permit has been .requested for an "earth home" to be built on the Herlitz property across 33rd Avenue N.E. from the City Hall . He distributed the information packet on the home to the Council and said, since there will be no variances required for the construction, he will submit the same data to the Planning Commission as an informational item only. The June Fire Department and May Police Department reports were accepted as informational , as were the July 7th staff meeting notes . . Mr. Childs reiterated the concerns he had expressed in his cover letter attached to documents related to the proposed Senate File 1934 which the Manager perceives would make it difficult for the City to utilize Public Works employees to do various construction and maintenance jobs they now perform for the City.. He and Mr. Hamer can see no benefit to the . City , but, rather, that the legislation would benefit the consulting engineers and contractors . Councilman Marks indicated that though he sees where the bill is designed to effect greater efficiencies in the way the cities operate , he agrees the City is .best able to make a judgement as to what type of labor would be most cost effective for their particular projects . Motion by May.or .Sundland and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to authorize a letter which would reflect the City 's concerns and opposition to Minnesota State File 1934 . Voting on the motion: Aye : Sundland, Enrooth , Ranallo and Letourneau. • Abstention: Marks . ` Motion carried.