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-2- 3. $1 ,825 to the Edward J. Hance firm for St. Anthony prosecutions from May 3 • through June 6, 1985; 4. $26,813.15 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for services during April , 1985; 5. $162.20 and $417.00 to Dorsey & Whitney for legal services during March and April , 1.985; and 6. $1 ,504 to the Association of Metropolitan Municipa-lities for 1985-86 dues. Motion carried unanimously. John Madden was present to report the June .18th Planning Commission minutes start- ing with the Commission's recommendation for denial of a conditional use permit for a karate school at 2526 Harding Street N.E." 'because the applicant had failed to appear at the hearing on his request in spite of having been advised his presence was essential to a recommendation for approval , as indicated on the copy-of that letter which the Manager had included -in the Council agenda packet.. The Commission representative told the Council that, even though the Commissioners had been very concerned about the vacancies"in the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center, where the school would be located, they were reluctant- to give an approval to a usage on which they had no input from the applicant related to some of the concerns which were raised during the hearing. Mr. Madden said that one of those concerns which was raised by another member of the Commission had been the possibility that the approved usage might someday evolve into a undesirable usage like a sauna, although the majority of the Commissioners had been convinced that the only usage would be the one for which a permit had been applied. • As he had indicated in his June 21st memorandum to the Council on the proposal , Mr. .Childs reiterated that there had apparently been some sort of mixup on the part of the applicant related to the date he was supposed to appear and the Manager indicated he did not perceive a karate school would normally generate the kind of problems anticipated by .one of the Commission members. . Rick Kaput, 5726 - 26th Avenue South, the applicant, denied any activity resembling a sauna would be connected with his Northland: Karate Studio, saying he intended to run only a karate school with weight lifting a "heavy bag" and the necessary locker rooms, showers and bathrooms. The City Attorney confirmed for Councilman Makowske that the City could attach any conditions it- chooses to such a permit including limiting its usage to a very narrow, specific use and calling for a yearly review of the operation: Councilman Ranallo asked CommissionerMadden why the Commission had recommended .denial of the request rather than just tabling action as they had for other similar requests in the past.. The Commissioner indicated he had been told that was the policy adopted by the Planning Commission, which he said he had personally protested, perceiving not all the. current Commissioners had been given an opportunity to pro- vide input to the procedure. Councilman Makowske said she recalled that when she had been on the Commission the concern had been that applicants would be able to circumvent the Planning Commission altogether if they were allowed to present their requests directly to the Council • without first presenting their proposal for Commission.-reaction, which she added was the procedure which had been set up. Councilman Ranallo commented that he remembered many cases in the past where the Commission had tabled the proposal because the applicant was not present. Mr. Soth said if the matter were tabled it would not go to the Council at all .