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-3- provided to. St. .Charles , but both the-...City and County are committed ', • to providing a traffic signal in front of the building and CDBG funds have already been allocated for that purpose. The Manager then . indicated .he is somewhat optimistic .that the property for this project could be acquired without condemnation. Mr. Yurick indicated that with a concrete,:building, the project could probably be built in about eight months. Commissioner Jones told .the Arkand=representatives he perceives they did an excellent job of presenting the project to the neighbors since the Manager. has .reported receiving absolutely no complaints from the residents about the height or any other facet .of the proposal. Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and -seconded- by Commissioner Jones to recommend Council approval of the. Planned .Unit ,Development Concept Plan for Phase 1 of the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment_ Project as proposed by the Arkand Partnership and detailed -in prints of plans for setbacks, floor and -unit designs and elevations which were sub- mitted during the public hearing before the St. Anthony Planning Commission June 21, 1983. Voting on the motion: Aye : Bowerman, Jones , Makowske, Zawislak, Wagner, and Franzese. Abstention: Bjorklund (because of.. an indirect association with the • builder) . Commissioner Bjorklund inquired about the .illegal sign for the sale of worms and . leeches on Stinson Boulevard near 28th Avenue N.E. The Manager told. him that, ' with the construction by the City in that area, he is certain the. sign has already. been removed. He also again promised to see what he can doabout the non-conforming sign further up on Stinson which .advertises . Apache Plaza and which is very poorly maintained. . Mr. Childs would also .have the Public Works Director see to it that the . area behind the Apache Medical Center is kept mowed. With his June 16th memorandum,.. Mr. .Childs had included several pub- lications which he believes might be helpful to the Commissioners in developing a Six Year Capital Improvement Plan for the City. He reiterated that he plans . to have' a State Department of Economics Planning and Development representative present at the July 19th meeting to talk on the planning process and to help the Commissioners get started on - the Plan. Referring. to the 1980 City of St. Anthony Comprehensive Plan dealing with capital improvements, Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he would like' to see smaller items , such as squad _cars, eliminated from the new plan and only major capital expenditures included. Commissioner- Jones suggested the various department heads start now to prepare the lists of capital improvements they see a need for in the next -six years and Mr. Childs indicated he plans to have • each of these persons appear before the Commission to personally present their proposals and plans . -