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-6- new 6-new highways to serve the proposed project could well exceed the 200 million dollar • the Department of Transportat ion has in its budget from now to the year 2000 for all highway construction. the message the coalition had sent to the Governor, the Mayor said, was that fiscal disparities contribution from the mega-mall should not be considered at a special session of the legislators, but rather worked out in a- general session. He added that even prominent officials from the Governor's own office had been critical of his role in this controversy. Councilman Ranallo told Mayor Sundland he supported his participation in the coali- tion and urged him to "keep going". Councilmember Makowske reported she would be meeting with the other members of the Board of Directors of the Ramsey County League of Local Governments, September 6th, and indicatedAt was her intention to propose_ they consider inviting a Ramsey County judge to attend a future RCLLG meeting to shed some light .on.how'judges set their fines and sentences. The Councilmember indicated she' had attended her first meeting of the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Housing Committee and found it Very informative. She then noted the impressive picture of Councilmember Marks which had appeared on the front page of the most recent League of..Minnesota Cities paper. Councilmember Enrooth indicated the Rice Creek Watershed District wouldl!be meeting in September to finalize the various requests from cities, including the City's own concerns related to bodies of water within the St. Anthony boundaries. • Councilmember Marks reported he had attended the August 2nd meeting of the executive board of the Youth Service Bureau as well as the Miller-Schroeder conference on innovative financing for redevelopment projects on the same date. The Councilmember offered to share the "stacks of literature on a whole range of creative financing tools" he had come away with from that meeting. The Hance report on matters conducted at Hennepin County Municipal Court August 7th was ordered filed after brief comments on the number of large fines, the majority of which had been stayed by the judge, as well as the large number of bench warrants which had been issued. Mr. Childs said he wasn't certain what percentage of those warrants would be enforced, but he 'knew the St. Anthony Police were especially good atcatching those offenders. The July financial report was filed without further comment. The Manager report ed. receiving a call the day .before indicating that H.U.D. had given the final approval to the Walker on Kenzie senior housing project. He said the City plans on buying the property from Mr. Saliterman within the next few weeks . and anticipates construction 'to be started right away. The closing on the Brighton Development townhomes was held August 22nd and Mr. Childs said the groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled to be held at 4:30 P.M. , September 11th. Bids on another St.. Anthony housing project, the-Chandler Residence, would be taken the next day, he added. The Manager then told the Councilmembers that the Mayor had been elected Vice Pre- sident of the St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce, from which position he would assume the presidency next year.