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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 13, 2004 0$ Page 8 1 Village to provide an annual payment of$52,175 commencing January 1, 2005, through 2 December 31, 2006. 3 4 Discussion: 5 6 Mayor Hodson suggested available options should be explored with adjoining communities, for 7 example. 8 9 Councilmember Faust asked if this had ever been explained to the public. He requested 10 Councilmember Horst give an explanation. 11 12 Councilmember Horst indicated 30 years ago cities across the State entered into an agreement 13 that the State would allow school districts to levy for park and recreation programs,which were 14 handled through the School District and Community Services; however, during budget cuts the 15 Governor disallowed that levy authority. He stated the City was asked to "fill in the gap,"which 16 it did. He added the City was currently asked to provide funding for an additional period, during 17 which time the City would explore if the funding should be made available on a permanent basis. 18 He stated different options would be investigated that could accomplish the same thing. 19 20 Motion carried unanimously. 21 22 B. Sister City Stone Sculpture Symposium. 23 Councilmember Faust explained the Sister City Association entered into an agreement with 24 International Sister City and State Sister City to do a stone sculpture symposium next summer. 25 He indicated a letter was received in February from the City's Sister City Association indicating 26 they had decided last fall to participate with the State City Association and the Sister City Stone 27 Sculpture Symposium in 2005. He noted the sculptures would be placed in public places in 28 sister cities statewide. 29 30 Councilmember Faust indicated the City's sister city, Salo(?), Finland, would be asked for a 31 master stone sculptor and St. Anthony Village would be asked to find a location for the 32 sculpture. He noted a motion needed to be made agreeing to find a site yet to be determined, 33 which would allow Councilmember Horst to go to the Sister City Association with the message 34 that the City would find a place for the sculpture. 35 36 Motion by Councilmember Faust, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to affirm to the Sister City 37 Association that the City of St. Anthony would identify a site for the installation of a sculpture 38 completed through the Sister City Stone Sculpture Symposium. 39 40 Discussion: 41 42 Mayor Hodson noted the City had several options. Councilmember Faust suggested a site not be 43 chosen at this point, as only an affirmation that the City was going to find a site was needed. He 44 indicated his motion was only committing to a space of land on public property for the sculpture. 45