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FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES July 28, 2004 INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: -14- Council member Lamb said the City received a letter from Keystone Community Services thanking Falcon Heights residents for their donations of money and food to their food shelf program earlier in the year. He read the letter aloud for the benefit of the viewing audience, and it is outlined below. "Thank you so much for your generous donation of $1,000.00 and 3,155 pounds of food to Keystone Community Services Food Shelf Program during the first six months of 2004. As you may already know, Keystone Community Services resulted from the merger of Merriam Park Community Services and Neighbor to Neighbor, two community based agencies with similar services, missions, values and a long history of working together. Keystone provides a range of quality human services for children and youth, individuals and families, and seniors. We appreciate your donation and your choosing Keystone to meet human service needs and help make life in our community better for all our neighbors. With your help and the help of more than 60 dedicated volunteers, we expect to distribute over 500,000 pounds of food through 10,000 food shelf visits in 2004. With the merger we now run four food shelves. Our Midway Food Shelf alone saw as many as 500 visits a month in 2003. We always like to hear from you. We value your input as well as your support. Again, thank you. Greg Wandersee, President" i Council member Lamb thanked everyone for participating in the food drive. Mayor Gehrz said she wanted to give a big thank you to the Parks and Recreation staff, the Parks Commission, the Lions, Junior Leaders and all of the people who came to the Ice Cream Social. She thanked Laura Kuettel and Chuck Long for being in the dunk tank. Council member Lindstrom said the Lions had their meeting the other night and could not remember a more successful Ice Cream Social. Mayor Gehrz said there was a wide range of ages represented at the Ice Cream Social. The current issues of the Sun Focus and the Roseville Review have photographs and there are also photographs on the City web site. She said that earlier in the year the City won the Business Journal's "Best in Real Estate Award for Mixed Use Development. There was a huge dinner and the finalists in each of the categories of real estate were in attendance. A DVD of her application interview was shown for the benefit of the viewing audience. The regular City Council meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, Mary Shea Kodluboy Deputy Clerk • nr