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-3- boundaries with its move to New Brighton and he had recently heard from the Mayor of that City that he was very appreciative of the work the Legion was doing in his • community as well . Mayor Sundland indicated he perceived Columbia Heights would also benefit from the move, He had received calls from the administrator of the St. Anthony Health Center and from a Wilshire School official expressing concerns about the delays in the re- construction of 37th Avenue N.E., the Mayor reported, and he requested that the Manager see if he could get some sort of a project completion schedule from Ramsey County. Mr. Childs indicated he would do so but indicated the constant rainfalls the area had been experiencing were to a great extent responsible for slowing up this project as well as the Kenzington and Walker on Kenzie projects on the other end of the City. Mr. Childs said the Mayor had been correct when he told the proprietor of the shoe repair shop in the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center that he would probably have to be out of his shop early next year because the agreement with the redevelopers of that. center called for a takedown between January and May. The Manager indicated the Mayor had also been correct in telling the shop owner that in order for him to receive relocation compensation, he would bevrequired to stay in his location until he receives a notice from the City to vacate. Mayor Sundl.and then stated that he perceived the City had lost a good friend with the untimely death of Karol Hertog of Hertog Floral , Inc. the previous week and indicated he had sent an expression of sympathy from the Council to Mrs. Hertog's family. • Councilmember Makowske had distributed�copies-of a.letter"she had received from a St. Anthony resident. who had concerns about the St. Anthony Boulevard reconstruction project and the Councilmember indicated she had been unsuccessful to date in setting up an appointment with those residents to talk over their concerns. Councilmember Makowske said, as she was certain had been true for other Council members, she had received numerous calls from 27th Avenue N.E, residents about the commercial facility the META Partnership proposes to construct along their alley and indicated she perceived it had been "a very wise decision" to table any further action on the project until after the meeting META has scheduled with those neighbors next Thursday to explain just what the developers proposed to do when they redevelop the Legion Club. site, H-owever, the Councilmember said she had been very surprised to hear from one of those residents that as of the previous evening, no invitation had been received. Mr. Childs reported the City had received their notice only that day. When the Manager indicated the invitations had only been extended to those property owners who live within 200 feet of the subject property who would normally receive a notice Qf a variance request, Councilmember Ranallo indicated that, because he perceived all the residents on 27th Avenue could be affected to some degree by the I ncrease in traffic on the alley behind the proposed project, he believed they should all be given the opportunity to express any concerns they might have to the developers. Councilmember Marks agreed that it would be better to "err on the side of too many people than not enough. Councilmember Enrooth commented that the City had fulfilled its legal requirements • for notification when the variances for the project had been approved in December and he perceived the City should not now become involved in the public relations work the Council had requested from the Developers, April 22nd. Mayor Sundland