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City.Council Regular Meeting Minutes • November 22, 1994 Page 7 1 City Attorney Soth reported that he needed to receive the appropriate paperwork 2 from the Engineering Attorney of Apache Plaza. If Apache does not require the 3 EAW, they need to show evidence of this. 4 Marks expressed that the city as a whole wants the project. He stated that it 5 would greatly improve not only the community,but also the city taxes, and the 6 school district. He feels that the school district and Apache Plaza are the two 7 anchors in St. Anthony. The referendum for the school district was not passed 8 and Apache Plaza is failing. He stated that the project was not only necessary for 9 financial reasons, but also for environmental reasons. He stated that the holding 10 ponds have always been an important part of the development but that there also 11 must be balance. The Tax Increment Funding has been found and the City 12 Ordinances have been met. He wondered how far the city had to go to get the 13 project. He stated that the City of St. Anthony needs to get this project. 14 Ranallo reported that the Rice Creek Watershed meets tomorrow night but they 15 have to table the discussion regarding this issue, as they will not have all the 16 necessary information before them. There is a special city council meeting 467 scheduled for November 29 at 6:30 P.M. to discuss the EAW. The Rice Creek 8 Watershed District will then meet on November 30th to discuss the issues. 19 Fleming stated that the city has to all pull together for this project. She 20 questioned how the city can all pull together now if there is a petition filed that is 21 stopping the project. 22 Wagner stated that the city has demonstrated their interest in cleaning up Silver 23 Lake even before there was a proposed addition of CUB Foods and Knox at 24 Apache Plaza. They have now committed Tax Increment Financing in the amount 25 of$250,000. He feels the city is making a huge effort in this project. 26 Ranallo reported that they will be holding the special council meeting November 27 29th and asking the city attorney to get all the necessary information by that date. 28 The city will try to work with the people who live on Silver Lake,to get the 29 petition withdrawn and if this is not possible, they will be forced to go the legal 30 route. He reported that only 23 of the 50 households,who live on the lake signed 31 the petition. 32 City Attorney Soth stated that the 11 points submitted by the Silver Lake 33 Homeowners Association were not all directly involved with the Apache 34 Plaza development project. He stated that the project should not be held hostage to the issues that were not directly related to it. The only items