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-2- be completely unbiased and should reflect .only the official recom- mendations of the Commission -as a whole, leaving .the differing opinions to be reported in the minutes . These minutes are read in advance by the Council and often trigger specific questions about those differences . The minutes of the meeting that evening would be reported by Mr. Jones . Mr. Childs distributed .copies of the response from Metropolitan Council indicating they would be willing to -assist the City in developing a housing plan at no charge. He credited Mr. Krier :s -.timely advice that such assistance would be available and noted that the City would probably be the first, ,and possibly the only, recipient of such free service, since the Metro Council had since .had .second thoughts about undertaking such an expensive program at no -cost to the recipients . He regrets the program would. probably not be available before the school district' s Growth and Development study is completed, he told Mr. Jones. Only minor cosmetic changes in wording have been made .in the proposed sign ordinance whichwould be given .its . second reading by the Council February 22nd, according to Mr. Childs . However, - the Chair drew the Commission members '. attention to- the Council 's January 25th minutes which reported her agreement to present for Commission reaction Council- man Mark' s recommendation that the definition of Sign Surface Area be tightened up. Motion by Mr. Bjorklund and seconded by Mr. Jones to request staff re- write the definition of Sign- Surface Area. in Subdivision 25 , Section •? � 430 : 00 of Ordinance 1983-001 , to assure both sides of a sign would -be included in the total surface area. Motion carried unanimously . The Manager said the definition of gas stations on Page 11 of the ordinance is also being rewritten by the City Attorney so service stations which do not sell gasoline would not .be permitted the same signage as those facilities which .do. For the benefit of the new members, .Mr. Childs gave the historical background of the problems the City has had with the temporary signage permitted Craig & Company under the Hedlund PUD and reported a new violation of the agreement Mr. Morris had entered into with the City when the signage was permitted. Motion by Mr. Bjorklund and seconded by Mr. Jones to .nominate Bill Zawislak to serve as Chair Pro Tem for .the Planning Commission during 1983, pending his acceptance .of that position. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs reported the Housing and Redevelopment Authority had met twice since the February 8th interviews for the Kenzie Terrace Re- development Project to evaluate the proposals from the Knutson Company and Arkell Development. He told Mr. Jones the final selection of one of the two firms to develop the project, February 22nd, would not necessarily be based on the design proposed by either firm, but,