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-2- funding is usually not available for. Hennepin County projects because • that portion of the City fails to meet the low to moderate income criteria set for funding; but agreed to check to see if the senior rental project might qualify. The Manager indicated CDBG funded sidewalks are planned from Silver Lake Road to the Diamond 8 apartments when County Road D is recon- structed. He also said there is a possibility $34 ,000 in funds might be freed up for the other projects if the County won' t accept another extension of funding for acquisitions for "the Kenzie Terrace Project. When he checks this out with Hennepin County, Mr. Childs said he would also inquire about Commissioner Bjorklund' s suggestion that the funds might be used to update the City 's identification signs , which the Manager said he doubted would qualify, and. his other suggestion, which might .be more feasible, to use CDBG funds to reprint the Know Your City booklet, which it could be . argued would primarily benefit the transient tenants of the .apartments in Ramsey County who are not familiar with the City. The Manager told Commissioner Jones a final decision on the fund allocation could be- delayed until the special meeting which the Com- mission would be requested. to hold April 3rd, and in the .interim, he could get an estimation of the costs of providing the sidewalks along 37th and Stinson and of having the community directory printed. Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Wagner • to table action on the CDBG allocations , pending the Manager 's researching costs of the various proposals made that evening. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to move the agenda and. take off the table the request for a new Gross Golf Course clubhouse . Motioncarried unanimously. Richard J. Yates, 5742 Colfax South, a special services representative for golf facilities for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board; Dennis Ryan, 310 .4th Avenue South, Director of Engineering for the Park Board; and Paul Madsen of Arvid Elness , Inc. , the architect who had presented the clubhouse plans at the February 21st meeting, were all present to answer the. concerns which had been raised about the project at that meeting. Commissioner Bj.orklund told them he had visited -other .Park Board facilities at Theodore Wirth, Columbia, .and Lake Nokomis and hadn 't seen any building which wasn' t constructed of either masonry or brick, which he perceives to be much more vandal proof than the shake exterior planned for. the St. Anthony facility. The Commissioner wondered why, "such a beautifully designed building was being constructed so cheaply" , • and asked how much more it would cost to build. the same type of build- ing in St. Anthony . Mr. Yates disputed his characterization for the proposed construction as "cheap" and Mr. Madsen told the Commissioner there is only a $40 ,000 ' spread between shakes and the other exterior finishes .