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-5- 2. There was significant staff and community input into the final project plans • through various public hearings on the proposal ; and 3. The 29 units of residential housing provided by this project would be a welcome addition to the community. Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Wagner reported the request for subdivision without platting for'. the three apartment units on the west side of the Caravelle Apartment complex had gained unanimous approval of the Commission members who accepted the Manager 's May 16th assessment that "the individual buildings would stand as separate projects without violating the letter or intent of the City zoning and subdivision ordinances. " Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to approve the sub- division without platting for the S 1/2 of Lot 4 and all of Lots 5, 6, and 7, Block 7 Moundsview Acres, 2nd Addition (3720, 3728, and 3800 Foss Road N.E. ) to be�_ ,divided into three separate parcels to conform with Survey #4427, dated February 28, 1964, find- ing, as did the Planning Commission, that: . 1 . No opposition to the subdivision request was expressed at either the May 21st Commission hearing or May 28th Council consideration of the project; and 2. The proposed subdivision would allow the existing buildings on these parcels to conform to all pertinent zoning requirements, including those for setbacks and lot size. • Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Marks noted .Commissioner Bjorklund's remarks related to the need for a Capital Improvement Plan which had been reported on the last page of the minutes and he asked Commissioner Wagner whether it was his perception that there was a Commission consensus that such a program was needed immediately, especially as it pertained to rebuilding the streets in the Village. The Commissioner responded by saying the Commission members had been talking for some time now about the need for the City to make some long range plans related to capital expenditures and had come to believe a year ago that the Commission would be involved in that planning process, because they had been invited to participate in a special Council work session with representatives of the Metropolitan .Council where suggestions for setting up the planning process were given. However, Commissioner Wagner said, only Commissioner Bjorklund had specifically raised the questions about the Commission 's involvement in the planning for the reconstruction of the streets, although, the. Commissioner added, the rest of the Commissioners agreed :that some sort of master ,plan for that project would have to be drawn up and d,i.scussed,with-.the residents well in advance of actual construction. Councilman Marks recalled that when he had first gone on the Council five or six years ago, he had been given the impression that St. Anthony had a real problem with its streets, and the Councilman said, he had been prepared at that time to move on the project immediately. Reflection over the years, however, the Councilman said, had caused him to perceive that "Maybe we don't have such a problem after all ". The • Councilman also said he perceived further that, in spite of many studies, the Council was still without any clear direction that the streets needed to be replaced immediately and that, rather, it might be adequate to just continue sealcoating, which could possibly be less expensive.