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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 23, 1997 Page 14 • 1 There was Council consensus to hold a special work session on October 8, 1997 at 7:00 P.M., 2 if necessary, to discuss the recommendations prior to the October 14, 1997 Council meeting. 3 He asked if this was satisfactory to the Task Force members and stated did not want to 4 take anything away from them. 5 Mr. Jacobs stated the Council was not taking anything away. The Task Force can only make 6 recommendations. He thanked John Kuharski and the other members of the Sub-committee 7 for all their efforts and thanked God that they were in the community and lived with the 8 residents to help them through this process. 9 Mayor Ranallo thanked all the members of the Task Force for their efforts. 10 D. Councilmembers. 11 Faust reported his attendance at a League of Minnesota Cities Fiscal Futures meeting on 12 September '11, 1997. He noted the Committee completed its policy position for adoption at 13 the Annual League of Minnesota Cities meeting on November 21, 1997. He and City 14 Manager will attend that meeting. The upcoming policies will be more specific and the 15 Committee intends to deal with the legislature in a more positive means. 16 Marks reported his attendance at a recent Parks Task Force meeting.. Members walked 17 through the parks and addressed the highest priority of locating the tot lot for Community • 18 Services which is required by law. 19 Marks reported that he and his wife had attended a State Sister City Organization Committee 20 meeting in Duluth last Saturday. There was discussion of various programs done in cities in 21 the area and part of Wisconsin. The Mayor of Duluth gave the final presentation and was 22 incredibly positive. 23 24 E. Mayor. 25 Mayor Ranallo had no report. 26 F. City Manager. 27 1. Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Meeting. 28 Mornson reported he will attend this meeting on Wednesday. The Federal Government has 29 declared Ramsey and Hennepin Counties disaster areas and is giving $'/z million to FEMA. 30 All cities will be represented and he felt a representative of St. Anthony should be present. 31 Mornson also noted that he and Management Assistant have submitted a loss report on behalf 32 of the City of St. Anthony for the loss of a squad car, etc. Staff is still exploring as many 33 funding options as possible. 34 2. MPRS Meeting. 35 Mornson reported the City is a member of the MPRS and he will be attending a meeting to 36 update the 36 cities on Thursday. 37 3. Public Works Director.