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-3- The 3 The December 13th letter from the Hennepin County Bureau of Emergency Preparedness regarding the proposed siren conversion project was- in the agenda packet and Mr. Childs • commented that the item had never been -budgeted for because of the uncerta.inity about its becoming a reality. When the conversion is made, he said the funds would be transferred from reserves to purchase the equipment which would be required to convert the City sirens to .receive the radio activated control signals. Mayor Sundland told the student observer that if the power goes out, even with the new system, there would be no siren sound. . Councilman Marks observed that, after various state and federal grants are applied to the equipment costs, the City might have to pay only a quarter of the purchase costs for the equipment. The agenda packet included the December. 18th metter from the North Suburban Cable Commission related. to the monitors the City must have for the other cable equipment which has already been received. Mr. Childs reported that since that letter was received,: the MSCC had voted to pay for the monitors. Our monitor will be installed in the City Council Chambers. The December 29th memorandum from the .Minnesota Cable Communications Board assessing the effect of the Cable Communications .Policy Act of 1984.on Minnesota franchises, statutes, and the Cable Board's own rules, was ordered filed as informational . Tim Pekarek inquired .when the City could expect to see the Council proceedings broadcast and was told by Councilman Ranallo that would probably not happen at least for a year, because the City doesn't yet have the necessary taping equipment. The agenda included -the December 14th notice that a public hearing would be held in the Metropolitan Chambers January 28th to receive public comment on the proposed new regional Solid Waste Management Development Guide/Policy. Plan, .copies of which had • been distributed to the Council and Mayor by the Manager. Mr. Childs indicated he had some concerns about the proposal , including the recommendation that in 1988 the State Legislature set up a system for requiring all residents to separate their own recyclable materials. The Mayor- said he foresaw this might be difficult for older residents and Mr. Childs indicated he perceived many people like himself would rather pay to have the garbage haulers perform this serv.ice. Councilman Marks indicated he believed-the prohibition of land disposal of unprocessed municipal waste should have been mandated sooner than 1990. At 8:00 P.M. the Mayor read the notice and opened the hearing to consider the imple- mentation of the Old- Highway 8 (.Walbon) Redevelopment/Tax Increment Plan for the development of the 32 unit townhome project proposed to be constructed on the triangular shaped parcel of land generally described as the southwest corner of the intersection of 33rd Avenue N.E. and Old Highway 8, containing approximately 110,000 square feet of land now owned by the Walbon family. The notice had been published in the January 2, 1985 Bulletin and meetings to get nei_ghbor.hood input had preceded the hearing. Four of these neighbors were present. The. packet containing the Redevelopment/Tax Increment Plan, the Consultant 's recommendations for Council and H.R.A. action, as well as pertinent data on the redevelopers proposal to construct the project and site plans for the townhouse project they propose to construct on the Walbon property had been distributed in advance of the meeting to the Council members. Mr. Krier indicated the course of action he proposed would conform to the policies previously adopted -by the City and suggested by state statutes and would include the referral of the Plan to the H.R.A. for their deliberation and referral back to the Council following.the comment and recommendations of the Planning Commission, School District #282, and Hennepin .County. The Council in turn would send the Plan with