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l PLANNING COMMISSION - MAY 21 , 1991 2 Page 9 . 3 4 different use of the property would be better for that 58 5 acre site, since the Apache owners themselves have admitted 6 the income from the existing mall to only be $900, 000. 00. 7 8 POPHAM HAIK SEMINAR MAY 29 9 Commissioner Faust reported receiving an invitation to the 10 workshop and asked how many Commissioners had received the 11 notice. Only Commissioner Franzese indicated an ability to 12 attend what would be a workday event. 13 14 ZJ •16 ' HALF CENT SALES TAX ENACTED BY STATE LEGISLATURE 17 The Manager commented that he thought the only reason the 18 additional tax was passed was to transfer taxing respon- 19 sibility onto the local governments . He said neither 20 Hennepin nor Ramsey County could afford not to adopt the 21 raise. However, with a zero budget planned for St, Anthony 22 next year, Mr. Burt said he anticipated. the impact on the 23 City would probably not be too severe, 14 INTERN HIRED TO REPLACE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER 25 David Urbia who is just finishing his graduate studies will 26 be assuming some of Sue VanderHeyden' s duties especially those 27 dealing with recycling at first. Once he has become more • 28 familiar with that job, Mr . Burt indicated he was anticipating 29 Mr. Urbia would be able to take on some of the managerial 30 duties such as developing the storm sewer utility charges, etc. 31 The Manager added that, hopefully, if the City isn' t hurt any 32 worse than it appears it was hurt by the Legislature this time, 33 the position of Assistant City Manager could be refilled later 34 on. 35 36 MIDBLOCK LIGHTING ON SKYCROFT 37 Commissioner Franzese reported the residents on her block on 38 36th Avenue N. E. are taking steps to get similar midblock 39 lighting as a security measure for their street . Mr. Burt 40 + attributed the co:iperative effort on Skycroft to a very 4.1 aggressive drive by Mr. Smith who lives on that street 42 to get 99 perce:it signage of a petition for that lighting. 43 The Manager assured the Comnissioners that the Skycroft 44 homeowners are paying the entire forty dollar cost of 45 installinU the decorative pole they selected as as well 46 as additional usage costs for the lighting which will run 47 about twelve dollars a month to be paid with the resident ' s 48 water bills . He added that he anticipated the extra lighting 49 on Skycroft rrculd be the impetus for more midblock lighting 50 of other long carp; Mocks in =t . Anthony whose residents 51 would be willing to pay for the added security. 52 Mr. Burt indicated he wanted to congratulate=_ t_ie Skycroft 53 residents and particularly Mr. Smith for following through 54 on the desire for more lighting expressed during a 55 Crime Watch meeting. Connission<<r Franzese said th-_ interest