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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • November 22, 1994 Page 11 1 Bill Mackey, CUB Foods, stated that they look forward to getting the project 2 under construction. He said CUB was pleased with the reception they received at 3 the Planning Commission meeting last week. He feels there is a lot of support in 4 the community for the project. CUB appreciates the support and looks forward to 5 working with St. Anthony. 6 Kim Johnson, 3304 Skycroft Drive, reported that earlier this year,he served on 7 the Economic Redevelopment Task Force Commission. Their mission was to 8 look at undeveloped or underdeveloped areas in St. Anthony. He stated that his 9 initial personal view at the time, was that Apache Plaza would best be suited for 10 residential purposes. He has since changed his mind. He fully supports the 11 redevelopment project now. He states he is also a member of the school board. 12 Apache Plaza is a major contributor in the school abatement. He supports the 13 City Council and thanked them for their leadership in this project. He stated that 14 he has met with several members of the school board and they are in.full support 15 of the CUB Foods and Knox Lumber project. They feel it is best for the city, the 16 school district and the general community. 07 Ranallo stated that the City Council will be working hard next week to get the 8 petition withdrawn and get the residents on the lake to agree to some other plan. 19 To date, the City has obligated $250,000 to.improve lake quality by 20% and 20 catch 75-78% of Apache Plaza run-off with the proposed 3 ponds. He reported 21 that this is the maximum monetary amount the City can afford. Until now, all TIF 22 programs have been funded for ten years. This project, due to delays-and 23 increased interest rates has been extended to 17 years. If it were allowed to go 24 any further, it would endanger the City. Ranallo assured CUB Foods and Knox 25 that something will be done next week to resolve these issues. He encouraged 26 residents of St. Anthony to talk to the homeowners on Silver Lake and ask them 27 to withdraw the petition. Ranallo commended Commissioner Horst for his article 28 to the editor of the Northeaster and the St. Anthony Bulletin. He stated that it is 29 necessary for all the citizens of St. Anthony to put the benefits of the entire 30 community before the benefits of one person. 31 Jim Hoska, 3209 31st Avenue N.E.,thanked the City Council, City Attorney and 32 Planning Commission for all the work they have done for this project. He 33 encouraged the City Council to get Apache "up and running". 34 B. Mayor. 35 Mayor Ranallo reported that this year is St. Anthony's 50th year anniversary. The first 406 event to be held in celebration of the anniversary will be a prayer service which will be 7 held on January 17th. All the churches in St. Anthony will be involved in the prayer 38 service. He hopes that this annual prayer service will continue every year. The second 39 event will be the annual community dance, held at Apache Plaza on February 12th.