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-3- the Wards Auto building, which is soon to be vacated, might be a good choice. Another Penrod resident suggested Wards Garden Center or the Country Store building, where commercial useage is already established and there is adequate parking and good visi- bility. Wayne Carlson, 3917 Macalaster Drive, echoed their objections to placing the liquor operation east of Silver Lake Road and conclu- ded by questioning whether "St. Anthony should be in the liquor business at all. " He would be willing to pay more taxes "to see the City get out of this business altogether. " Bill Zawislak, 2500 34th Avenue N.E. , identified himself as being in a rather unique position as a resident to speak to the issue since he is the manager of the municipal liquor stores (bottle shops only) in Anoka. He said he had never before realized St. Anthony is so dependent on its liquor operation for operating revenue, nor that the taxpayers might end up paying $200 more in taxes if the City were not in the liquor business . His choices for constructing a building would either be at 37th and Silver Lake Road "where there might not be room", or the southeast corner of Silver Lane and Silver Lake Road, which he considered a "prime location for a liquor store, but not a bar" . He reasoned the decor of the building could be planned to match that of the ad- joining residential area, and insisted the operation would not generate any more traffic than the Tom Thumb store farther north on Silver Lake Road, nor require later hours of operation than • Twin City Federal. He told those present that St. Anthony is one of the very few liquor operations in the metropolitan area which can make it in a shopping center because of parking and surmised the rental for the existing operation will run from $7 to $15 by 1986. Richard Hanson, 4009 Penrod Lane, said he works in the office of the city assessor for Minneapolis , and questioned whether St. Anthony might not receive a "windfall" from the legislated con- sideration of the market value rather than limited value in asses- sing taxes in the future. Mr. Fornell told him that levy limita- tions are based upon a per capita amount, hence there would be no windfall. Mr. Hanson disagreed that only an off-sale operation should be built, saying the City wiil "have to build a bar to make a profit", and questioned why the City didn' t condemn the commer- cial property it wants for its fair market value. It was thought that condemnation is somewhat limited to utilities and doubted the courts would allow a municipality to condemn property for a liquor store. Mr. Zawislak said Anoka is condemning for just such a purpose. Tom McMullen, 3909 Penrod Lane, wondered how involved the City' s residents had been made in the presentation of the City' s need for a raise in levy limitation prior to the referendum, and questioned whether they knew "they might end up with liquor in a residential • area if revenues were not raised. " He offered to "carry the banner a T