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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 13 June 26, 2001 Page 12 t XIII. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 2 Councilmember Sparks noted,that a group of residents were organizing an Intergenerational Theater 3 Project for the summer. She added that tryouts would be held at the High School next week on 4 Thursday and Friday evenings. 5 Councilmember Thuesen stated that the current library system would still be in the Shopping Center, 6 but the owners of the Shopping Center were not ready to publicly comment on where the new library 7 would go. He added that their latest estimation could be by the end of July, and the new library would 8 be more updated, and larger than the current library system. Councilmember Thuesen added it could 9 be up and running by November 161" 10 Councilmember Thuesen added that he read the letter from Assistant City Manager Sue Henry I 1 regarding muffler noise, etc. He stated he would be anxious to see how it turns out, as he does not see 12 how it can be legislated. Councilmember Hodson stated that it is more of a small warning that gives the 13 officers the use of another enforcement tool. 14 Mayor Cavanaugh stated that noise is an issue for anyone living on the main roads..-,He-stated that he _. 15 was entertaining the idea to have the newspaper to do a story-on-the-noise-from:illegal mufflers:=He. -- 16 stated that noise is a quality of life issue. 17 Mayor Cavanaugh stated that the worst part of being issued a speeding ticket was being pulled over. 18 He added that putting a sign up just encourages awareness and sensitivity to the noise issue. 19 Mayor Cavanaugh mentioned a letter he received from the daughter of the first mayor for the City of St. 20 Anthony. She is a senior now, who plays cards in the atrium, and asked why she has to pay a fee to 21 come up here and play cards. Mayor Cavanaugh stated that because card playing in the atrium is 22 under the community services umbrella, and community services charges fees for their programs. 23 Mayor Cavanaugh added that this was not the first time that the issue has come up, and wanted the 24 Council to be aware of his response. 25 XIV. ADJOURNMENT. 26 Motion by Mayor Cavanaugh to adjourn the meeting at 9:28 p.m. 27 Motion carried unanimously. 828 Respectfully submitted, 29 Courtney Seesz 3o Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.