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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES April 12 , 1977 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7 :31 P.M. Present roll call: Haik, Miedtke, Stauffer and Sauer Absent: Sundland Also present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager Jim Fornell, Administrative Assistant The minutes for the March 29, 1977 Council meeting were corrected as follows: Page 6 , paragraph 10 : Councilman Haik left the meeting at "9 :30 P.M. " not "9 :00 P.M. " Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Haik to approve the March 29 , 1977 Council minutes as corrected. • Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Sauer presented the St. Anthony Jaycee Distinguished Service Awards for exceptional and innovative volunteer service to the community through the school, churches or service organizations to Bill Bowman, Barbara Capelletti, Marge Cowan, Donald Hickerson, Mary Hoffman, Jeanne Kantorowicz and Andrea Wyatt. The Mayor then extended the congratulations and gratitude of the community to the recipients . The sequence of the agenda was then resumed to take up the matter of ex- tending the chip pathway around the perimeter of Mirror Lake on City owned property. Dennis Engle who represented the Mirror Lake Condominium Owners Association Board of Directors , reported that another poll of the association had been taken with a 44% response indicating 42 condominium owners oppose the upgrading of the pathway and 24 were for it. He said along with the ballots the residents had shown a preference for establish- ing a grass path and improvement of the area by plantings and landscaping contemplated by the City. Several who had responded to the poll had re- quested that fences which were on City property should be removed to allow the use of the lakefront for pedestrian and jogging purposes. Mr. Engle said the board would have preferred to ascertain the sentiments of the 56% of condominium owners who had not returned their ballots but were willing to comply with the expressed views of the majority who had indicated they opposed making a formal path around the lake. Thomas Obinger, 510 15th Avenue S.W. identified himself as a New Brighton resident whose residence abuts the City property and said he opposed the establishment of a formal pathway around the lake for reasons which were