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• FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES _2_ February 25, 2004 CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Gehrz said she was asking that Consent Agenda Item G3: Authorization to apply for third CERT grant, be deleted from the Consent Agenda because the City won't be applying for a CERT grant at this time. Talbot moved approval of the Consent Agenda, as amended and outlined below. The motion was unanimously approved. 1. General Disbursements through February 19, 2004: $ 225,390.91 Payroll (02/01/04-02/15/04): $ 14,300.36 2. Authorization to sign three year contract with Kern DeWenter Viere for auditing services 4. Approval of final plat for Falcon Heights Town Square, Second Addition Approval of resident survey for the Neighborhood Commission Mayor Gehrz said that after the events of 9/11, the community was mobilized to develop a plan • for local home security. One of the issues that came up was the need for more first aid training. The National Safety Council offered a free week of training for first aid which could be taken on-line. She contacted them and offered the City as a pilot City. This was developed as a joint project with them, but almost a year and a half has gone by and the National Safety Council has not proceeded any further with the project. She does not want to lose the talents of the researcher who needs to do this for her master's degree in public health. This is an opportunity for the Neighborhood Commission to work with a public health graduate student at the University of Minnesota on an Emergency Preparedness Needs Assessment survey to be conducted this spring. The Council is being asked to review the survey and authorize the Neighborhood Commission to go forward with it. She introduced Ms. Jenna Washnieski, the graduate student who will conduct the survey, and Ms. Kris Grangaard, Chairperson of the Neighborhood Commission. Ms. Washnieski said that 500 residents will be surveyed. The University of Minnesota is a State agency so driver's license lists can be used to obtain names of residents. A survey and cover letter will be sent to each participating resident, along with a $1.00 incentive. She gave a brief review of the survey components, i.e. exploration of the neighborhood liaison program, resident comfort and cohesion, perception of threat, demographic information, etc. She said she will be starting within the next few weeks and hopes to have results by June or July. She will quantify the information and provide a report. Recommendations will be made, based upon what is known about the City and emergency preparedness. Funding support will be coming from a grant from the Department of Epidemiology. • A brief discussion followed.