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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 11, 2017 Page 4 is a single woman with four children. Councilmember Brever stated she would like to give Ms. Chrisler a second chance. 4 Councilmember Stille asked Mr. Casey if there are any further violations, what would the 5 process be for taking the license away. Mr. Casey stated that would be a revocation of a license. 6 This has happened in the past and that option is available to Council. 8 Councilmember Gray stated he is inclined to agree with Councilmember Brever to give Ms. 9 Chrisler a chance. 10 11 Mayor Faust asked what the license fee is and Ms. Chrisler stated it is $250. Ms. Chrisler has 12 been in business for a year without a license and ignorance of the law is not an excuse. Mayor 13 Faust suggested she pay last year's license fees as a sort of penalty. City Manager Casey stated 14 this is a one -time fee. Mayor Faust cautioned Ms. Chrisler about the people she associates with 15 and stated she may wish to use another type of advertising. 16 17 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to approve the appeal for 18 massage business license. 19 20 Motion carried 5 -0. 21 22 B. Resolution 17 -037: a Resolution Approving Grant Applications for Environmental 23 Cleanup for the property located at 2501 Lowry Avenue NE LLowry Grove). 24 25 City Manager Casey reviewed Mr. Mike Mergens of EntrePartner submitted a letter to Council. 26 The letter stated The Village LLC is in the process of redeveloping the property at 2501 Lowry 27 Avenue NE, and environmental investigations at the property have revealed pre- existing 28 contamination, including the migration of dry cleaner solvents from a neighboring property and 29 the existence of certain petroleum and diesel -range organics relating to the operation of the 30 manufactured home park at the property. Significant remediation including soil excavation and 31 installation of a vapor mitigation system is necessary for successful redevelopment of the 32 property. Remediation of the pre- existing contamination is a citywide benefit and as such fulfills 33 a public purpose. Because the project will result in significant economic development, The 34 Village is requesting the City of St. Anthony Village serve as the applicant of Contamination 35 Cleanup Grant Applications to be submitted to the Minnesota Department of Employment and 36 Economic Development, the Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County. As required by statute, 37 a development authority, port authority or municipality must be identified as the applicant and 38 sign a resolution of support for the Applications. The funding from the Grantors can pay up to 39 75% of the estimated environmental cleanup costs. The deadline to submit the applications is 40 May 1, 2017. To meet the deadline, the Council is requested to adopt the resolution of support. 41 42 Mr. Casey noted the final paragraph of the resolution states `BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED 43 that, the City of St. Anthony Village has not yet received, or acted, on development applications 44 for Southern Gateway site, and the City Council of the City of St. Anthony reserves all rights to 45 approve, deny, or modify any such applications for Southern Gateway site. 46