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-11- • RESOLUTION 87-017 A RESOLUTION REGARDING A STREET WIDTH VARIANCE GRANTED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY Motion carried unanimously. Senator Marty' s Support Sought on Legislative Issues Considered Potentially Harmful for St. Anthony Mr. Childs had distributed a draft of the letter he had written to the legislator after - attempts to reach him by other means had failed. The letter, stating the City' s position on various pieces of legislation being considered, which the Council perceived could be very harmful for St. Anthony would also be sent to State Representative John Rose, who had already indicated his support. The Council reacted as follows: Enrooth -wondered if the letter could be made stronger. Makowske -said she was really "steamed" about the legislation she . perceived would be: *cutting into the revenues from its liquor operation the City uses in lieu of property taxes; *imposing a 6% tax on all St. Anthony purchases; *reducing local government aids at the same time a cap is placed on the City' s ability to levy to replace the revenues which are lost; -said she didn' t see how the Council could be expected to run a City which has no slack: at1411. in its budget right now. Sundland -reported he had learned just that day about another area where the state would be hampering the City' s efforts to save money; -indicated Jim Johnson of Federal Surplus Properties had called him to let him know that a $900,000 dollar bill had been tacked onto another spending bill which would move the responsibilities for surplus away from the Department of Administration into another state department and into a vacated building in downtown St. Paul; -perceived this could be a real loss for the members of the • Surplus Properties Committee he serves on who represent counties, school districts , parochial schools, hospitals;