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r -3- for sale of flowers and an art sale at that intersection were cited as reasons for refusing the request. Motion by Stauffer, seconded by Sauer to 6en,7 request to ,ell flowers from her -oro-oerty on S.W. corner of Silver Lake RC. & 37th Ave. Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Michaelhoff then stated her intentions of proceeding with her plans for sale of flowers on her property since she was not allowed to use this property for any other purpose except the payment of taxes. The Manager was instructed to alert the Police Dept. to enforce the City regulations against any commercial enterprises not licensed by the City. Mayor Miedtke proclaimed that the week of April 18 thru 20th be designated as "Honey Sunday Week" as per Jaycee request. Mayor Miedtke also proclaimed April 25th as Arbor Day and the period from April 25th to May 25th as Arbor Month in which time the residents of St. Anthony would be encouraged to plant trees to replace any killed by disease. Mr. Dulgar then reported on the City's plan to move the seedling trees now planted in the nursery out into the community this year and to establish 1,000 seedlings in the nursery for next years planting. Plantings were also discussed for the triang- ular shaped corner across from Medtronics. The Manager expressed his prefer- ence for plantings in the City parks rather than payment to residents for plantings of trees on private lots and Councilman Haik reported on the tentative plans of the Bicentennial Committee to incorporate the planting of trees along 29th Avenue with the celebration. • The following motion was made after the Manager told the Council that he had received assurances from the merchants of Apache Plaza Shopping Center that they intended to cooperate with the Rod Hopp Shows: Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve the permit to the Rod Hopp Shows to conduct a carnival at the Apache Plaza Shopping Center from May 20th thru May 27th subject to (1) the area being cleaned up by the applicant at the close of the carnival, (2) the carnival operating only during the hours the shopping center is open and (3) security being provided for all such hours. Motion carried unanimously. The information provided by the League of Minnesota Municipalities regarding the proposed distribution of the railroad and telephone gross earnings taxes and the easing of the levy limits was discussed but no action taken. The Council also discussed attendance at the 1975 convention for the League of Minnesota Municipalities to be held in St. Paul from June 11th to June 13th. The Mayor and the Manager provided information regarding the land use bill now before the Legislature and SF 939 which deals with restrictions of local land use and development controls. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Mayor Miedtke to support the Land Use and Development Bill and to indicate the Council's opposition to SF 939. Motion carried unanimously. The Investment Report for March 1975 was filed as informational.