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City Council Meeting Minutes November 30, 1999 Page 5 1 eluded three or four issues for discussion and the meeting is anticipated to end around 7:00 p.m. 2 Mornson announced.that, after the meeting, the City is hosting an open house for the outgoing . 3 Councilmembers. 4 Mornson reported that The Hitching Post is in the process of renovation. A groundbreaking 5 ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, December 9 in the morning, and the project is 6 expected to proceed quickly after that point. 7 On an unrelated matter, Mornson reported that a Harding neighborhood meeting was held on 8 November 10, 1999. He stated that there was approximately 90 minutes of dialogue with WSB 9 & Associates, Jay Hartman (Public Works Director), the landscape architect, and Mornson. He 10 reported that there was apparently some disappointment from the homeowners regarding holding 11 pond options. WSB had decided to hear from property owners about their expectations. 12 Furthermore, Mornson stated that the landscape architect had a meeting with the property owners 13 to obtain input and thoughts from the residents. The next step is that WSB & Associates and 14 Mornson will meet with the landscape architect and a'second neighborhood meeting will be held 15 in January or February. 06 Mornson reported further on the Hearth of the Earth meeting mentioned earlier by Cavanaugh. 17 The meeting was initiated from Ramsey County Department of Public and Urban Development. 18 He stated that there were seven or eight Staff members from Ramsey County in attendance, 19 Department of Corrections, Transportation, and the Community Development Director. The 20 meeting was intended to reveal the Heart of the Earth's plans and how those plans would impact 21 services, as well as consider a cooperative agreement with the County. 22 Mornson stated that he was present at the meeting, as well as Kim Moore-Sykes, Management 23 Assistant, Councilmember Cavanaugh, Councilmember-elect Amy Sparks, as well as Warren 24 Rolek, Superintendent of ISD #282. 25 Mornson mentioned that there had been an article in the newspaper that the transaction with 26 Heart of the Earth School was over because of a lack of funding. Heart of the Earth admittedly 27 did lose some of the funding, but the transaction has not been canceled and the School intends to 28 continue. The School will retain an open dialogue-with the Salvation Army. 29 Mornson stated that another purpose of the meeting was to introduce the School's concept to the 30 City and to Ramsey County. The School is searching for funding, and the City made it clear at 31 that time that the City is not in a position to make a decision on funding due to the change in 32 Councilmembers at the first of next year. Mornson stated that Ramsey County discussed the 3 possibility of funding; however, the County felt that an invitation into the project from the City 4 of St. Anthony would be necessary to instigate that option. a