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-3- drained out the existing storm sewer. The Gardenettes had also requested that the • large flag flown in the park be lit at night as well and the Public Works Director told Councilmember Marks the electric usage would be metered. He said an estimate of electric costs would be hard that night because they would be predicated on the size of both the motor and pump used in the fountain. Mr. Hamer agreed with the Mayor that the fountain and lighting the flag would improve an area which is already an asset to the City. He said people would be able to sit on the benches already provided in the park to watch the fountain cas- cade and an 18 foot cascade would certainly let driver's on Highway 88 know they were passing St. Anthony Village. Mr. Amundsen indicated that all that was nec- essary that evening was to have the Council give concept approval to the fountain design. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to approve the concept design submitted by the Village Gardenettes for the fountain theypropose to erect, as stated, at the southern edge of Trillium Park at the entrance of the City on St. Anthony Boulevard and Highway 88. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Ranallo told the Gardenettes there might be more incentive to contribute towards the project if the names of all who donated were inscribed on a plaque to be displayed with the others on the back wall of the Council Chambers, Jerry Isaacs, developer of the Northgate Office Park, south of the park on Highway 88, who was present for a matter connected with one of those office condominiums, said he would • be glad to donate the plaque for that purpose. George Wagner, who indicated he was substituting for Commissioner Bjorklund, who had been designated to represent the Commission at the Council meeting, then reported the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held August 20th. He said there had only been two items .which required official action by the Com- mission and the majority of that lengthy meeting had been devoted to what he termed to be "housekeeping matters which needed to be attended to, including reaffirming the policies which would be followed in relation to what had been historically accepted by past Commissions, but on which the newer members, including himself, had not had their say". Other concerns which took up the Commissioners' time had been how the matters the Commission had handled in the past few months had finally been dealt with by the Council . The Council perception was that these matters had been well documented in the minutes and called for no further action on their part. The Commission representative proceeded to report on the two matters which required recommendations from the Commission to the Council . Commissioner Wagner said there was very little concern expressed by the Commissioners in regard to the conditional use permit request for a tanning salon in the Northgate Office Park because the Commission had handled a similar request the previous month and had attached the same conditions for approval as had been approved by the Council for the tanning facilities in a beauty shop in the same commercial area. The Commissioner also said the P.E.J. representative had assured the Commissioners during the hearing that he intended to • conduct his business in an ethical manner. Motion by Councilmember Ranallo and seconded by Councilmember Marks to grant a con- ditional use permit to P.E.J. , Inc. , 104 Metro Square Building, St. Paul , under the