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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 27, 2015 Page 5 1 Mayor Faust encouraged Ms. Seaman, during her meetings at the school, to discuss with the 2 teachers what they are looking for and ways to leverage some of that money into fostering a 3 program that lives long into the future. Mayor Faust welcomed Ms. Seaman to the City and 4 stated the City is very involved in sustainability of all things. D. Third Quarter Goals Update 8 City Manager Casey provided an update on the Strategic Initiatives including Environmental 9 Stewardship, Quality Infrastructure, Robust Technology, Quality Housing & Commercial/ 10 Industrial Businesses, Inclusive "Village" and Safe, Sound and Progressive Community. The 11 update included action steps, responsibility, and comments. The next update will be held after 12 the first of the year. 13 14 Mayor Faust stated it appears we have come up with a new list but many of these items are 15 ongoing. Not mentioned was implement organized collection was one of the City's goals for a 16 long time. Another goal the City has had for a long time is the Fix -It Clinic and the sustainable 17 house remodel project, which is underway. 18 19 Mayor Faust stated he appreciates all of staff s hard work to do the things that makes this City 20 truly different in terms of being progressive. 21 22 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 23 24 City Manager Casey reported on the Fix It Clinic. There were 55 people that brought 83 items 25 and of those 83 items 64 were fixed (77% rate) and 519 pounds were diverted from the waste 26 stream. There was also a TechDump held and there were 3792 pounds of items that were 27 recycled. 28 29 Mayor Faust commented 519 pounds out of the waste stream was excellent and it is good to see 30 people are being more cautious and re -using items when they can. Those are great things for the 31 community to embrace. 32 33 Councilmember Brever stated last Friday, she attended an Active Living Hennepin County 34 Workshop where Dr. Edward Ellinger spoke. 35 36 Councilmember Jenson stated last night he attended the Fire Department Relief Association's 37 Monthly Meeting. Last week he had several discussions with the History Committee. They are 38 finding how to best market the book "More Pigs Than People" and are also preparing for their 39 annual meeting. 40 41 Mayor Faust reviewed on October 20 he attended the Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting, 42 along with the City Manager. At the meeting, security was discussed in terms of small 43 businesses. 44 45 On October 21, Mayor Faust attended the Minnesota Municipal Beverage Association Regional 46 Meeting and the City is fortunate to have its liquor operations manager and staff. Mike Larson is 47 well respected in that group and the City should be grateful to have him as our liquor manager.