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22 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 23, 2000 Page 11 1 making that particular position a voting position and Thuesen would like the opportunity to 2 discuss this in further detail at another regular Council meeting or worksession. 3 Cavanaugh suggested that Thuesen speak with City Manager Michael Morrison about putting 4 that issue on the agenda for a Council meeting. 5 Sparks reported that she attended a meeting on the Community Prevention Coalition for Safe and 6 Affordable Housing. This organization is putting together a calendar of events for youth over the 7 summer. 8 Sparks mentioned that she had provided a memo to City Manager Michael Morrison and copied 9 the Council regarding consideration of a communication task force to draft a plan. Sparks had as 10 a reference a copy of a plan that was drafted a few years ago. She will provide the Council with 11 a copy of the plan and discuss the same in the future. 12 Cavanaugh encouraged Sparks to do the research in this issue and provide that information to the 13 Council. He believed it would be beneficial to review this matter and provide some structure. •14 Cavanaugh reported that the worksession held on May 15,2000 during the day was a productive .5 worksession. Additionally, Cavanaugh encouraged the Councilmembers to attend the League 16 Conference coming up in June. 17 Cavanaugh reported that he had attended the Communities Prevention Coalition meeting on Safe 18 and Affordable Housing and was impressed to see how many youth were participating in the 19 planning. Additionally, he was impressed with.the participation of the youth in the upcoming 20 VillageFest celebration. 21 Cavanaugh announced that the open house to be held on May 30, 2000 is the first of many steps 22 in having town meetings and open houses. He noted that Shoreview had an open house recently 23 and the City was pleasantly surprised at the community response. 24 Furthermore, Cavanaugh reported that the Kiwanis organization held a.bike ride to raise funds 25 for the food shelter. The event was successful and Cavanaugh was impressed at the outreach the 26 Kiwanis has for the community. He announced that the Kiwanis had sold subsidized bike 27 helmets for $5.00 and the helmets were of high quality. Additionally,this was the first event that 28 the City's new bike patrol had attended and Cavanaugh stated that he received positive feedback 29 about having law enforcement on bikes. 30 Cavanaugh reviewed for the audience and community that the Council had just held a joint meet- • 31 ing with the School Board that evening (May 23, 2000), and the main focus of the discussions ,2 centered around the Central Park rehabilitation.