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-12- or twelve duplexes , which she plans to take to the homeowners on the • other side of Silver Lane as well as the Planning Commission. Mayor Sundland reiterated the suggestion he had made in a previous letter to the Equinox managers that the proposal should be worked out with the Silver Lane residents in accordance with the covenant put on the deed for the apartment complex and he .told the management representative he is almost certain it would be the single family homes which would be most likely to win the neighbor' s approval. Ms . McKenna responded that, "it is not her firm's intention to "force anyone to accept any proposal , " but rather, to find some other use for the berm then the existing one which has been a .source of irritation to the neighborhood for years . Mr. Enrooth suggested Sentinel might be able to sell the proposal to the residents if they include in their plans an access onto Silver Lane which would be designed to reduce some of the existing traffic hazards on that street. Brad. Bjorklund identified himself as the .-Treasurer for the League of. Women Voters and .sdid his organization has- used the party room at the apartment complex for years under the provision for a community meeting room written into the covenant. He was concerned this provision might be written out of any- new. agreement and .said he believes , "the public has a vested interest in being notified of -any possible changes in the covenant. " Councilman Marks pursued the matter .of garage security for the apartments which had been addressed in the July 13th letter from Bob Olson, Equinox manager , to Larry Hamer which .had been included in the agenda packet. Ms . McKenna said she agreed with Mr. Olson that .the garage fire wall separations would not be feasible because the resulting turning radius for individual parking spaces would .be too small for easy access . Mr. Childs had distributed copies of the letter he had written to Sentinel July 26th, in which he had attempted to clarify .some of the confusion related to the St. Anthony police policy regarding security for the garages. and had suggested ways in which burglaries and vandalsim might be prevented. The Sentinel representative told the Council Equinox' .record has not been too bad as compared with other apartments her firm manages . She believes the security patrols which would now be provided, should aid in alleviating some of the problems . The Council had been provided copies of the Mayor's letters to Mayor June Demos and the City staff of Roseville as well as to the St. Anthony Fire, Police, Public Works departments and the Fire Reserves , thanking them individually for the part they had played in the successful toxic chemical removal operation which had taken place on St. Anthony 's border with Roseville. He had .also provided them with a copy of his July 27th memorandum related to the cost distributions for the rebuilding of the St. . Anthony Boulevard bridge as reflected inthe proposed resolution, which was included. Attached to these documents was a copy of the July 23rd letter - from Richard P. Braun, Commissioner of the • Minnesota Department of Transportation giving the state' s explanation of changes in calculations for those costs . The Manager reported rec- eiving apologies from DOT officials and recommended passage of the proposed resolution accepting those changes .