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1 . to the renovation of the area rather than the merchants as had been indicated in the Board' s minutes. The Council agreed with the Board that the study should proceed as approved so that a concentrated effort might be made to set standards for updating the shopping center prior to a change in ownership for any portion of it. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to accept the Planning Board ' s recommendation that the $3 , 500 designated from the Community Development Block Grant Funds be kept for a planning study of the St . Anthony Shopping Center area and not consolidated into the re- quired comprehensive planning of the Metro Land Planning Act . Motion carried unanimously. The Planning Board representative then said the Board was willing to have a variance granted to the R.O. S . zoning for the Salvation Army Camp - which will allow the Salvation Army to construct the fieldhouse they pro- posed to build within 100 feet of Silver Lake as long as the building is .screened by plantings of tall growing trees from the lake and the re- sidences across the lake and the building ' s exterior is compatible to its natural surroundings. He explained that subsoil conditions of other locations on the campgrounds seemed to justify placing the building in the proposed location near the lakeshore. Jim Brown, the camp director, presented the plans and a model of the pro- posed building which will house a gymnasium and a swimming pool . He told Councilman Haik that , though soil testing had not yet been taken of the :proposed location , such testing would preceed any construction. He and t'�e project engineer, Cliff Kommedahl, also showed the plans for an arts and crafts/conference building which is to be built soon near the chapel on the campgrounds which they said constituted the last major building project planned for the camp. The Mayor said in addition to th verbal assurance he felt a final development plan for the camp should be placed on record at City Hall. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Haik to grant a var; ance to the R.O. S. (recreational/open space) zoning for the Salva- tion Army Camp to allow the construction of the proposed field house in th^ location requested because of the subsoil conditions of other loca- tion= in the area with the same conditions set as were established by the Planning Board on August 16 , 1977 . Motion carried unanimously. The aoard ' s recommendations were also followed regarding the acceptance of the Residential Component Detailed Plan for the Hedlund P.U .D. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the Detailed Plan, Residential Component, Hedlund P.U.D. for Lots 10-16 , Block 6 , Mounds View Acres , Second Addition, as submitted -ind to waive • the Final Plan review for the Residential Component, subject to the final (2)