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-5- October 21st letter from Ramsey County notifying the City that nominations were being taken for the Rice Creek Watershed District • Board of Managers were distributed along with copies of the October 19th notification of the second meeting on search areas for transfer stations and solid waste processing facilities scheduled to be held in the Golden Valley City Hall, at. 7: 30 P .M. , - November 9th. Mr. Childs reported permits had been taken out for exterior facia work and roof- repairs on the Apache Plaza Mall building and the Mayor indicated Mr. Cavanaugh of the C. . G. Rein Co. had told him the center owners also plan to redo the floors in the mall which would seem to indicate the long-awaited renovation of the center might at- last become a reality. There would be no H.R.A. meeting held that evening, Mr. Childs said, but, if the attorneys -complete the documents which would affect the purchase of the property for Phase 1- of the Kenzie Terrace Redevelop- ment Project and transfer- of that property to the redevelopers , an H.R.A. meeting could possibly be. scheduled for 5 : 30 P.M. , October 28th. The Manager said fie would . verify this date with both the Council and Planning Commission as he- would that place and time of the actual . signing with Arkell. The October 18th staff notes were accepted as informational as was the brochure furnished by the. Agriculture Department which portrayed the destructiveness of the gypsy moth whose presence in the City is being tested by the federal inspectors. . The- Mayor reported having been • interviewed by both the Star and Northeaster about a possible infesta- tion and he urged staff cooperation with the inspectors so immediate action can be taken to protect the ' City's trees, if such action becomes necessary. The Council acknowledged the honor paid to both the City and Mr. Childs. when he had been invited to. speak to the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce about the. efficiences -the City had utilized to keep taxes down in the face of declining state aids ; particularly those employed by the liquor. operation, Public Works Department, and the Fire Depart- ment in their joint purchases program with other municipalities . The addendum to the specifications for joint purchase of motor fire apparatus ..under the latter program had been included in the agenda packet. Motion by Councilman' Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve as presented the modification of specifications for the joint purchase of a fire pumper and to advance the bid opening to November 15 , 1983. Motion carried unanimously. During the final reading of. the ordinance which would raise the Councilmembers ' and Mayor' s salaries., Councilman Letourneau noted that the City of Wayzata had recently almost doubled their City officials ' • salaries and indicated he believed, since the last raise had been almost eight years ago, such a raise was long overdue. Councilman