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Lake Street News Brief
August 15, 2006

Lake Street Celebrates - August 28^th from 6-8pm   
Celebrating the Success of the Midtown Exchange
and Congressman Sabo’s 28 Years of Dedicated Service     

There will be mariachi music to welcome you this evening. We invite you to buy dinner from any one of the fine dining experiences that await you at the Global Market. Congressman Sabo has announced that he will retire this term and we want to thank him for his commitment to this community during his years in Washington. Together we will enjoy the featured documentary: Building At A Crossroads...the story of the transformation of the Midtown Exchange.
5:30- 6:30 Mariachi Band    6:15- 6:30 Martin Sabo    6:30- 7:30 Showing of documentary

Announcements:

• CPED closed on the easement for the NW triangle portion of the Hiawatha Lake intersection in June.  For the next three months, CPED will move forward with site planning. The area under the bridges has been identified as a public art opportunity and the focus will be on designing and constructing public artworks and developing a maintenance strategy.  This will support open-ended systems such as lighting that will enhance the environment and connect it to the surrounding district. There will be a community presentation on August 21, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Resource Center of the Americas to show the work that has been done thus far and to make people aware of the scope and schedule for the work.
     
• For Limited Liability Companies (LLC), particularly those with a single member, who become employers:  There has been confusion regarding the need for a separate Employer Identification Number for the LLC.  This link will provide clarification: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=158625,00.html . 
  
• The sod in front of the Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery will be replaced between the curb and sidewalk. It will be done this fall which will give it a much better chance of getting established. 
  
• Licensing Inspector Rich Tuffs asked us to pass on a request for assistance.  He is having problems with unlicensed ice cream trucks through out the city. If you see an ice cream truck in the neighborhood look to if they have a valid green 2007 Minneapolis Mobile Food Vendor sticker posted on the side of the vehicle.  If they don’t, please get:
  * the license number
  * vehicle description
  * location of vehicle
  * and time of day it was in the area.

          Please email the info to  richard.tuffs@ci.minneapolis.mn.us or call him at 612 673-3911.