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COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 28, 2003 APPROVED 49 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR (BEER) LICENSE • 50 AND CABARET LICENSE FOR SANDBURR DAYS Approved 51 52 OPEN MIKE 53 54 A. Anoka County Commissioner, Rhonda Sivarajah 55 56 Rhonda Sivarajah asked to take this opportunity to introduce herself, noting she has previously met 57 some of the Council members, but not all of them. She indicated she is available if they need any 58 assistance on a County level, and will leave her cards so the Council can contact her. She looks 59 forward to working with Lino Lakes in growing the community. She stated she met with some of the 60 Lino Lakes staff today and received an update on the development that is taking place. She provided 61 an update on the Rice Lake Regional Park Preserve Development, noting they will be adding up to 62 1,000 acres, which they were able to accomplish with resolutions of support from the Lino Lakes City 63 Council as well as Columbus Township. She advised funds from the Metropolitan Council and Rice 64 Lake Watershed District will be used for the project, and they hope to have 600 acres acquired next 65 month. She thanked the Council for their support, and reiterated she looks forward to working with 66 the city. 67 68 Councilmember Carlson stated she is aware Commissioner Sivarajah has been attending meetings 69 with Lino Lakes, Hugo and Centerville on the freeway interchange issues, and she appreciates her 70 participation and recognition of the importance of these intersections to their cities and the safety of 71 their residents. 72 • 73 B. Centennial Fire Department, Accept Donations for Safety Camp, Milo Bennett 74 75 Fire Chief Milo Bennett advised that he is before the Council to pass on information concerning 76 donations they have received for their Safety Camp, scheduled for August 14th. He stated the Safety 77 Camp has been occurring for 10 years, and is funded strictly by donations. He indicated this year 78 they received two significant donations; $1500 from the Lexington Fire Relief Association and $1500 79 from the Centennial Fire Relief Association, both which were made possible by charitable gambling 80 contributions. He invited the City Council to join them during the Safety Camp, and especially 81 during the graduation ceremony. 82 83 Councilmember Dahl moved to accept the donations for the Safety Camp from the Lexington and 84 Centerville Fire Relief Associations. Councilmember Carlson seconded the motion. 85 86 Motion carried unanimously. 87 88 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 89 90 There was no report presented. 91 92 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 93 94 A. Acceptance of Police Officer Resignation 95 • 2