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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES <br />OCTOBER 27, 2015 <br />4 <br />5 CALL TO ORDER. <br />6 <br />7 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />8 <br />9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. <br />10 <br />11 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />12 <br />13 ROLL CALL. <br />14 <br />15 Present: <br />16 Absent: <br />17 Also Present: <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING <br />21 ITEMS. <br />22 <br />23 I. <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Brever, and Jenson <br />Councilmembers Gray and Stille <br />City Manager Mark Casey, <br />30 II. <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 27, 2015, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. <br />Motion by Councilmember Brever, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City <br />Council Meeting Agenda of October 27, 2015. <br />Motion carried unanimously. <br />PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS <br />A. Presentation of Nourish 282 by Julie Pierce <br />Ms. Julie Pierce, Executive Director of Nourish 282 reviewed Nourish 282 is a local outreach <br />program started with a mission to help families in need throughout the St. Anthony/New <br />Brighton School District (District 282). Nourish 282 has programs serving children within the <br />District, weekend food supplement, Free Winter Store, and gift card supplements. The largest <br />initiative is a partnership with The Sheridan Story, providing free food bags for students to take <br />home on Fridays. They are currently providing more than 50 students with weekend food within <br />all of the schools (Community Services, Wilshire Park, SAMS and SAVHS). All food is non- <br />perishable and each bag contains one canned vegetable and fruit, one protein, one ready to serve <br />item and rice, beans or pasta. It only takes $131 to feed one student for the entire school year. <br />The Sheridan Story is a non - profit out of Northeast Minneapolis that partners with community <br />organizations and churches to provide weekend food backs for food insecure students in the <br />metro area. The Sheridan Story is currently serving more than 3,500 students in more than 60 <br />metro schools. Ms. Pierce stated 1 in 6 children are hungry with the most being in the suburbs. <br />Ms. Pierce stated in addition to the weekend food program, a Free Winter Outerwear Store is <br />hosted. The Free Store took place on Monday, October 12`h at Wilshire Park. Families were <br />invited to come and shop from donated jackets, snow pants, boots, etc. This year 25 students <br />