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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 27, 1994 Page 5 1 Wagner reported on his attendance at the recent Friends of Library Club meeting at the St. 2 Anthony Branch. Charles Brown, Hennepin County Library Director, stated at the meeting that 3 there were no immediate plans for closing this branch library. Mr. Brown is plans to meet with 4 all the City Councils by the end of the year. There is a meeting at the Ridgedale Branch Library 5 for all members of the Hennepin County Friends of Library and volunteers on November 5th. 6 Wagner distributed peanuts and reminded those present of the upcoming Kiwanis Peanut Day, a 7 fundraiser to be held on September 30, 1994. 8 Wagner also expressed sorrow at the recent passing of Ed Hance,who has been the City's 9 prosecuting attorney. He spoke of the need for service organizations in the St. Anthony area to 10 make a major effort in the drive for organ donors. 11 Fleming commented that there are two things involved with the risk of the St. Anthony-branch 12 library closing. One being the budget and the other being low usage. She emphasized that it is 13 up to the residents to keep the library open by obtaining library cards and using the library. 14 Marks reported on a telephone call he received today from a St. Anthony resident. This resident 15 was concerned with having a large business, such as Knox,move into Apache. He felt it would cause a hardship on the smaller hardware stores. Marks said he understood the resident's concem but felt that St. Anthony will greatly benefit by the addition of Knox and CUB Foods. These 18 businesses will help the tax base which in turn funds the schools and other city matters. 19 Enrooth reported his attendance at a meeting of the Environmental Quality/Recycling Task 20 Force. They are becoming quite active and are writing an article which will be included in the 21 City's next-newsletter. 22 D. City Manager, 23 City Manager Mornson reminded the Council that there will be a Budget Work Session next 24 Tuesday, October 4th. Department Heads will be in attendance to answer any questions. 25 Mornson announced a Neighborhood Meeting in the Council Chambers, regarding Street 26 Improvements on October 26th at 6:00 PM. The City Manger, Public Works Director, and RCM 27 Engineer will be in attendance. Letters will be sent to homeowners to announce the meeting. 28 Resolutions will be forthcoming in November or December. 29 Mornson reported that the National League of Cities Conference, December 1-4, will be attended 30 again this year by Councilmember Wagner. Mornson announced a Homecoming party for the Gophers scheduled as a promotion at the Stonehouse which is being done to raise activity levels in this establishment. The Stonehouse is 33 doing much better this year than last year.