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• license which Mr. Fornell reported runs from March 15th to March 15th. The fee paid for this license was $300 .00 and it was agreed that the Club Liquor license fee to be determined later should be paid in addition. Councilman Stauffer said she had not been convinced that conditions had changed to any great extent since the Council had refused the same re- quest by the Legion two years ago and felt it was the Council 's duty to preserve the low tax rate which is a result of favorable liquor store revenues. She was also concerned that setting such a precedent might lead to similar requests from other civic organizations. Mr. Bisanti responded to this by saying "the Legion is the only such organization who can qualify for such a license because it has been in existence for 15 years" . Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to tempor- arily table action on the Legion request to enable the post's officers to submit the formal application for the license. Motion to table carried unanimously. Mr. Fornell said the oversight by Hennepin County to complete the re- quired environmental assessment required for the release of Community Development funds for the park improvements projects would also result in a delay of four weeks in the tree planting project for which C.D. funds were to be used. It was his suggestion that the tree plantings in Ramsey County could go ahead if Public Works funds were authorized for • such a project and the C.D. funds when they could be released, could be used for such plantings in Hennepin County. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to authorize the expenditure of up to $3, 000. 00 from Public Works funds for tree plantings with the size and location of the trees to be left to Mr. Fornell 's discretion. Motion carried unanimously. The North Memorial report of services to City patients was filed. The Council discussed the proposed tennis courts which seem to be eligible for Community Development funding on the Well House #5 property on Silver Lane. Mayor Miedtke and Councilman Stauffer expressed their concern with "squeezing the courts into such a limited space just because the funds are available" as well as "possible traffic generation at an already con- gested corner" . Councilman Haik could foresee no more than two cars being parked at the courts at any one time. Motion by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Sundland to direct • the Acting City Manager to submit an application for Community Develop- ment Block Grant funds to be used for a tennis court located on the Well #5 property. (5)