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-8- Dan Ganley, 2405 St. Anthony Boulevard and Brunis Smoka, 2513 St. Anthony Boulevard, • were of the same opinion that the church had plenty of parking spaces available along Stinson Boulevard and in the parking lots behind the church and school . Mr. Smoka said the only problem was getting the parishioners to use the spaces which were available. Louis Altmann said he lived right across the street from the St. Charles rectory and perceived a need to widen the street in that area to accomodate church traffic because, "People would probably continue to park there no matter what they are told". The Mayor observed that "there's enough representation of the church here tonight to get the message across" . Councilmember Ranallo commented that he per- ceived if the extra four feet are taken off the south side of the street, all the trees on that side of the church would probably be lost. Mrs. Bochnak commented that she had not yet been shown any reason for doing the street right now and indicated she did not consider the fact that MSA funds might be lost to be a good enough reason. Councilmember Enrooth told her the Council foresees the taxpayers are going to be faced with a large tax bill very soon to upgrade the streets in that part of the City which have outlived their normal lives. He said for the Council to turn down MSA funds which are available for only this street, might appear very irresponsible. Mrs. Bochnak was told further that, although those funds could be used to complete the reconstruction of St. Anthony Boulevard past the golf course, that project cost has been estimated at over $600,000 which is far more than the MSA monies the City has accumulated for this project. The homeowner was also advised that if the funds were used for the project further east, it would probably be 1994 before enough money could be accumulated again • to do this street. Mr. Knox was assured that the Council was considering only a '32 foot wide street at this point and the homeowner asked whether the stated intent to "to upgrade the quality of this street" included upgrading the lighting as well . Mr. Hamer said if the homeowner was referring to decorative lighting, he had contacted NSP who handles the City's lighting program, since the March 25th hearing and been told illumination would be lessened with that type of lighting and that the City would have to pay $12 where $6 is charged now per light per month for the existing intersection lights. And, the Public Works Director said, that would only be if the wiring is in. Only underground wiring would be acceptable for decorative lighting and Mr. Hamer said the only wiring in that area now comes from poles in the alleys. The City would have to pay to dig the lines into the street and the cost would run about $2 a linear foot so if the City bought the lights outright, the costs would be pro- hibitive, according to the Public Works Director. He then pointed out that the property owners along Anthony Lane South in the Industrial Park had requested decorative lights for their street, but nothing had come of their request because they were not yet willing to pay for that improvement. Mr. Kausel said he understood the Minneapolis Park Board had provided cable for lighting all along the Boulevard at one time, just as it had in the Lake of the Isles area, but the decision had been that it was not needed and the lights were moved to the alleys. Mr. Hamer indicated the system on the northside of the street is no longer usable. Mr. Smoka indicated he perceived the project had to be built to eliminate the flood- ings the homeowners in this area experience regularly. Mr. Childs reiterated that the 18 inch pipe, which is to be installed now, could not correct their drainage problem until after the main line on Wilson isoreconstructed. The Manager indicated he and Mr. Hamer had come to the realization that a feasibility study of that area's