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Mayor Hunt called the City Council to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Council chambers. PRESENT: Siedow, Dunn, Hunt, Armstrong, DeLapp, City Planner Dillerud, City Engineer Prew, City Attorney Filla, Building Official Jim McNamara, and Administrator Kueffner. 1. AGENDA Additions to Agenda by the City Administrator: GO Bond Payment, Job Evaluation for Jim McNamara, Revised Assessment Policy for discussion, Update on Unfinished Business, Six-month report on budget vs. expenditures. Hiring temporary position (Filing Clerk); ADD. 9G. Update on Met Council M/S/P Dunn/Armstrong - to approve the July 16, 2002 City Council agenda, as amended. (Motion passed 5-0). 2. MINUTES: July 2, 2002 M/S/P Armstrong/Dunn - to approve the July 2, 2002 City Council minutes, as amended. (Motion passed 5-0). 3. PUBLIC INQUIRIES/INFORMATIONAL: A. Public Inquiries Paul Boucher, 8419 Lake Jane Trail, moved in 8 weeks ago and noticed vandalism and cars speeding when he got home from work around 6-8 p.m.. Mr. Boucher called the sheriff, who sent out a Deputy who commented handing out 2-3 speeding tickets, but 15 or so warnings. Mr. Boucher indicated he has not seen any level of reduced speeding since that time. He reiterated the neighbors' concerns with speeding for several years. Council member DeLapp added that mailboxes on the west end of Lake Jane Trail have been targeted by baseball bats. The City Engineer will look into if there is a lack of road signs east of Lake Jane. B. Brian LaClair, Republican Candidate for State Senator (56) Brian LaClair introduced himself, that under the new redistricting plan he will be running as the Republican Candidate for State Senator (56) against Len Price. Mr. LaClair indicated he has signed a "no taxes" pledge and has concern with the amount of power Met Council has been given. C. Ginny Holder, Ramsey/Washington Cable Commission Ginny Holder reported AT&T and Comcast want to merge. Once done, a new company will have 40% of the nation's subscribers. Their auditing firm states the new franchise cannot handle all of this and recommends denial of the franchise. Lake Elmo has a weighted vote of 3 out of the 100 votes so no matter how she votes, it won't matter in terms of a majority vote. If the Commission denies the merger application, a law suit may follow. Ms. Holder indicated if she feels the commission has no right to deny, she may register Lake Elmo's vote on the record so that it is not included in a lawsuit. Holder will LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 16, 2002 2