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• FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES _4_ Apri127, 2005 Authorize Mayor to accept invitation Mayor Gehrz said the University of Minnesota owns almost half of the land in Falcon Heights and maintaining frequent communication with the university administration is essential to the City's continued ability to work cooperatively with this large institution on land use issues of concern to our residents and businesses. The new Vice President for University Relations has invited the mayor and a guest to a dinner and speaker on campus on May 10 at the University's expense. She is requesting authorization from the City Council to accept this invitation on behalf of Falcon Heights. Council member Kuettel said she wanted to comment that it is truly important for the Mayor to attend something like this to remind the University of Minnesota that the City is next door. Council member Lamb said he is assuming that the reason the Mayor is asking for City Council approval is because of the rules barring anyone on the Council from accepting anything of monetary value, including meals. That is why it is necessary to make this motion for City Council approval. . Mayor Gehrz said that without City Council approval, she cannot accept an invitation for dinner at the University, unless she is giving a speech, and she has not been asked to give a speech at this event. Mr. Bryan Olson, 1592 Roselawn Avenue, asked if the University is charging admission for dinner and the speaker. What is the admission? Mayor Gehrz said she did not know. She said the letter of invitation simply invites her to be a guest at this dinner in celebration of the 101St anniversary of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Generally, with something like this they sometimes invite some selected guests to be their guests, for example, those mayors who represent cities where the University has campuses. The event will be open to the public, with dinner at Coffman and continued celebration at Northrop. DNN anchor Aaron Brown will be the keynote speaker. Lamb moved approval to authorize Mayor Gehrz and a guest to attend the May 10th dinner and speaker as a guest of the University of Minnesota Vice President for University Relations in celebration of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association's 101St anniversary. The motion was unanimously approved. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS: None INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: • Council member Talbot said that for years the City had the company and faithful participation of Phil and Shirley Chenoweth. 4