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• FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES _5_ April 27, 2005 INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) Council member Talbot said that last week Shirley Chenoweth passed away and was laid to rest. Phil preceded her in death by six short months. Both of them were pillars of the community. Shirley came to the City in 1978 and was hired as a secretary. By the 1980's she was promoted to City Clerk and continued to serve in that capacity until she retired in 1994. Council member Talbot said that when he and his wife came to Falcon Heights fifteen years ago, it was surprising, and really wonderful to both of them, to be called by their first names when they came to City Hall. That was part of Shirley's approach to everything. She made you feel like your hometown was a place where they knew you by your first name and cared about you. Phil served on the City Council and got Council member Gibson Talbot involved and to run for City Council as well. Shirley served all of the members of the community as the City Clerk and she will be much missed. Shirley was friendly, competent, kind, generous, caring and giving. It is a real loss to no longer have Phil or Shirley participating in Falcon Heights City government. At the same time, it is something to be celebrated that we had them as long as we did. So, our condolences to the Chenoweth family and the City of Falcon Heights. It is a little bit sad to say goodbye to Phil and Shirley Chenoweth. • Council member Lindstrom said that last week some of the members of the community and 15-20 members of the general public toured the new multi-family apartment complex at the SE Corner. He was very amazed at how beautiful the building is on the inside. It is fantastic. He was very impressed by the quality of the work. The senior building is equally nice. He was told that the majority of the people who live in the senior building were and still are Falcon Heights residents. That is exactly what the City Council was thinking about when authorizing the building of that complex. The new apartments will be ready for occupancy in the next few weeks and months. He would move there in a heartbeat and would love to have the corner apartment overlooking Snelling and Larpenteur. Council member Kuettel said she wanted to piggyback on what Council member Lindstrom said. The student population at Falcon Heights Elementary School is going down. The hope is that with seniors moving out of their homes and into the senior building, families will be moving in. She mentioned that in the May issue of the Park Bugle there is a huge article about Tatum Street lore and she hopes everyone will read the article about some of the things that occurred years ago on Tatum Street. She said she wanted to publicly thank the Lions for their support of the Falcon Heights Elementary School and its annual carnival. Once again they purchased the syrup and the cups, and donated the machine for the snow cones. The school made over $8,000 from the carnival. Also, the City and the Lions have donated money toward the purchase and replacement of the playground equipment at the school. Council member Lamb said he wanted to mention the Living Green Expo that will be at the State • Fairgrounds this weekend, April 30-May 1, from 1 AM-5 PM in the grandstand building. Admission is free. S