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-3- Representative Rose responded by saying several months ago he had answered a question put to him by indicating he would support the liquor industry moving into the grocery stores, but since then had been made aware of the ramifications of that legislation on St. Anthony through conversations with Councilman Ranallo and Mayor Sundland and had now taken the stand that, if the bill came before his committee, he would no longer support it because he had become convinced that the legislation would not be good for either the youth or the community of St. Anthony. Both the Mayor and Councilman Ranallo complimented the legislator on his openness to the community's concerns and endorsed his change of mind on the issue. Representative Rose said he had been made aware of the lag of time on insurance reimbursements in St. Anthony after the April tornado and offered his aid and experience with the Roseville tornado in getting these matters settled quickly. He said he would take these complaints to Mike Hatch, Commerce Commissioner, who had been quick to respond to this type of problem in the past. The Representative concluded his presentation by thanking the Council for inviting him to discuss these matters with them and indicated he hoped to be able to attend the City's Back. in Bloom Ball , April 13th. George Wagner reported the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held February 19th. He told the Council that Larry Hamer, at the request of the Commission, had testified about the condition of the fence around the Victor and Rosemary Munayco home at 3507 Edward Street N.E. , following the April 26th tornado. As stated in the Commission minutes, Commissioner Wagner reported the Public Works Director had written to Mr. and Mrs. Munayco in September, when the fence was still down, advising them that they would have to petition the City for a variance to retain the six feet • height for their front yard fence, since the City's determination had been that the entire fence had been over 75% damaged in the storm and the front section was no longer grandfathered into the Fence Ordinance, which allows only four foot high fences for front yards. Mrs. Munayco reiterated the statements she had made when applying for the variance related to the problems she and her husband experienced trying to get the first contractor they had paid to repair the fence to do so, finally retaining another contractor to put the fence up in November to keep it from rotting over the winter. The applicant said she and her husband wanted the Council to understand that it was only adverse circumstances which had prevented the fence being rebuilt early in the summer and she indicated she recognized that there was still a great deal to be done to the fence before it would be satisfactory to either the City or herself. However, she disputed that the fence had ever been more than 50% down. Mayor Sundland told Mrs. Munayco he could certainly empathize with her predicament since his own fence had been blown down during the same storm and, since it was also non-conforming, had to be cut down when it was put back up. He added that it had been his contractor who found out the Mayor's fence height was no longer allowable under the new Fence Ordinance. The Mayor also told the Munaycos that Rick Johnson, who sat across the aisle from them, had more than 75% damage to his wholesale florist business in the same neighborhood and, because that business had been grand- fathered into the existing Zoning Ordinance as a non-conforming use, could not rebuild his greenhouse, but was redeveloping the property to residential dwellings. The applicants were also told the City had issued a memorandum on May 1 , 1984, which • had attempted to answer re.si;dents' concerns about repairing the tornado damage to their properties and had set up meetings where questions could be presented to local and state agencies who were available to help. In that notice, which had been delivered to each home by the St. Anthony Girl Scouts, residents had been cautioned