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tS]:NUTES City Council December 23~ 198i Park Mrs. Sca7.ze reported that the terms of Lois Runyon~ Carl Spooner arXl Commission Bill Sanders all expire as of December 3~~ 1981 on the Park Commission. Appointments Scalze stated that all three have attended 11 out o f the 12 meetings that the Commission held. Scalze a1.so stated that she was not in favor of advertising these positions, Hanson agreed that the positions should not be advertised due to the lack of interest the Council has had in the past when trying to fill Park Connnission vacancies. Scalze reported that all three have reappliea zor the position and £elt that a11 three have done an excellent job for the City. Mrs. Scalze introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 81-12-713 - REAPPOTNTING LOIS RUNYON~ CARL SP00 D B LL S NDERS TO THE PARK COMMISSION The foregoing resolution was dul.y seconded by Mr. Hanson. Ayes (5) Scalze, Hanson~ Nardini~ Forsberg~ Fahey. Nayes (0). Resolution declared adopted. This resolution appears in Resolution Book No. 7~ Page 1t81t. Unimproved rir, k'orsberg was concerned about tne City~s issuing building permits Streets on unimproved streets. A'orsberg was concerned about this because of the difficulty to get fire trucks to these homes should the need ever arise. Fahey stated that the Council has allowed this with tne condition that the person be deemed in favor of the street. Forsberg felt that a house should not be bua:lt on an unimproved street until the base is in and the road is graded and it is usable. Fahey commented that he would go along with that. Mrs. Nardini stated that she would research the City Code and see what it says. City Fahey stated that he proposes a January 6 workshop session at which Attorney City Attorney applicants wi11 be interviewed. k'ahey stated that he has Position narrowed the applicants down to three, These are: Sweeny-O~Connor & Leriay, Grannis-Grannis-Campbell & Farrell and Moore-Coste7.lo & Hart. Faney stated that the Clerk has checked on these firms and a11 received excellent recommendati~ons from the other cities they rep~~gent. F'ahey stated that these are the three he recommends and he eliminated the other firms for one reason or another. Fahey also stated that he does not know any of the attorneys in these £irms. Fahey stated that some o£ the reasons he eliminated other £irms was that they did not want to represent the City £or both civil and prosecution woric, or they did not have municipal experience. Also one firm reprsents Maplewood and Fahey £elt conflict of interest situations could develop. Page _3.7-