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-2- Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Haik to grant a three foot • each width lot size variance to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sroga, Jr. for two lots at the above mentioned addresses. Motion carried. Mr.- Kronk told the Council that the Planning Board recommended that the Walbom property at 3242 Highway 8 not be rezoned to Commercial because it might change the residential character of the neighborhood. Mr. Irving Walbom, 3327 Skycroft Drive arrived at 7:45 P.M. and requested the Council's feelings about the plans he had to add to the building already on the property used for the Walbom Excavating Company if the parcel were rezoned. He told them that the company planned to remove all construction equipment and machinery from the property if such a proposal went through. Councilman Sauer and Stauffer indicated a desire to defer judgement on the proposal until they could see how it would fit into the revised zoning ordinance which the Planning Board was preparing. Mr. Walbom said he had no definite commitment for a tenant for the proposed addition to the building and was willing to wait for a further evaluation of his proposal at a later date. The meeting was recessed at 7:51 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. when the public hearing on street improvements in the City of St. Anthony was opened. When it was apparent that the number of residents who wish to attend the hearing was too large for the Council Chambers the hearing was recessed from 8:02 to 8:05 P.M. in order that the meeting could be held in the school cafeteria. • The hearing opened with a summary by Mr. Comstock of the Preliminary Report of the conditions of the roadways on 29th Avenue from Stinson Boulevard to Highway 8; on Coolidge Street from St. Anthony Boulevard to 29th Avenue, 36th Avenue from Silver Lake Road to Chelmsford Road and Penrod Lane from 36th to 37th Avenue N.E. He reported the surfaces of these roads had deteriorated to the extent that maintenance had become very difficult and repairing or replacing seemed necessary. He presented a number of alternative methods of restoring each road and estimated the costs of each alternative. On the Penrod-36th Avenue project his recommendation was to repair the cracks, replace some panels and cover the road with a one-inch overlay at a cost of approximately $47,300. He said 29th Avenue was a municipal-state aid street which was constructed in 1955 by Hennepin County but returned to St. Anthony as a municipal road. He quoted costs of alternatives as ranging from $341,000 to $422,000 and recommended the alternative whereby the roadway would be reconstructed of flexible pavement with a 40 ft. face to face curb section with a sidewalk on one aide, thereby retaining the present width of the road, at a cost of from $341,000 to $367,000. The engineer recommended that the mat on Coolidge Street be replaced as well as curb and gutters which would run to approximately $26,625.00. Mayor Miedtke explained that the purpose of the hearing was to ascertain the need • for the improvements and not to set exact assessment amounts for each parcel of land affected. Mr. Dulgar explained the colored slides which illustrated the deterioration of the roads in all three locations. It was also explained that any property owners in adjoining streets who might be assessed for the improvements and who had not been notified of the hearing would be given a chance to voice their sentiments.