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-3- The Council concurs further with the Planning Commission, that the Final P.U.D. • Plan is compatible with the Development Concept and Detailed Concept Plans for this project and that adequate opportunity had been provided for public input which no one took advantage of to express opposition to the Plan or the project. Motion carried unanimously. As stated in the minutes, the Manager would be reporting the Commission input related to the proposed Redevelopment/Tax Increment Plan for the Chandler Place project to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, October 8th. No Council action was deemed necessary regarding the Commission interpretation that the sign variance granted the previous tenant in the beauty shop at 3909 Silver Lake Road could be retained for the 3 foot by 8 foot groundhugging sign proposed to be erected by George Deschene as identification of the beauty shop he plans to relocate from the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center into that building. Commissioner Bjorklund told Councilmember Makowske it was true that this would be his last year on the City Planning Commission and was thanked for his seven years of service to the City on that board. Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo asked the Commissioner to get the word around that the Fire Department would be sponsoring a fund raiser October 12th to purchase a $10,000 portable pacemaker defibrillator for Department use in cardiac emergencies. Com- missioner Bjorklund indicated he perceived there might be a good response from the community with its older population, where the majority of the calls the Fire Department responds to involve medical emergencies. • Councilmember Makowske reported she and Councilmember Marks and City Manager David Childs had attended the Ramsey County League of Local Governments meeting which had been held September 18th in the Council Chambers. Both Councilmembers indicated they had found the meeting very informative and had appreciated the opportunity to have questions they had about matters pending before the Metropolitan Council answered firsthand by Chuck Wiger and Mary Hauser and Metro Council staff persons. Mr. Childs told Councilmember Enrooth the newsletter to be mailed with the water bills would remind residents of the City's winter parking restrictions, which the Manager agreed would be especially timely this year,' '-with one of the earliest,,snow- falls on record just that morning. Councilmember Makowske announced that the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Housing Committee, on which she serves, would be sponsoring an Affordable Housing Conference October 25th which she suggested might be especially interesting since H.U.D. respresentatives would be present to answer questions about future govern- ment housing programs. The Mayor Pro Tem indicated he had attended State Representative John Rose's town meeting with St. Anthony residents in the Council Chambers the previous evening and reported there had been a problem with the outside doors which the Councilmember perceived might have accounted for a smaller than expected attendance. Mr. Childs said he had encountered the same problem with the locks that evening and had to prop the doors open to allow access to the meeting. The Manager said he would Is report the problem to the school district who had installed the new doors on the building.