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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 16 <br /> October 14, 2003 <br /> Page 16 <br /> 1 Councilmember Faust stated he attended a September 29, 2003, Sister City meeting. He added <br /> 2 the annual meeting was scheduled for November 9, 2003. He noted people were invited to <br /> 3 attend, as more people were needed to work with the Sister City. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Councilmember Faust noted Council met with the School District on September 30, 2003. He <br /> 6 indicated discussion had been about projects done collectively and the community that was <br /> 7 served. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Councilmember Faust stated Mayor Hodson, Mr. Mornson, John Shardlow and he had attended <br /> 10 the Livable Communities Advisory Committee meeting the past Friday. He noted the City had <br /> 11 applied for a$900,000 grant for the park located in the redevelopment. He indicated Mayor <br /> 12 Hodson had done an excellent job presenting the City's application and he felt the City had a <br /> 13 "working chance." He thanked Mayor Hodson for an outstanding presentation. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Mayor Hodson responded it was a team effort and another example of how working together <br /> 16 allowed the City's projects to be completed. He noted $900,000 was a significant amount of <br /> 17 money and$6 million to $7 million had also been brought into the City for flood protection. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Mayor Hodson stated he met with the new Wilshire Park teachers the past week to give them an <br /> 20 update of what was happening in the City. He indicated he asked the teachers if they were able <br /> 21 to find housing and the teachers replied they were not having problems locating housing. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 . Mayor Hodson noted it was rumored the Chamber of Commerce would be working with the <br /> 24 developer on a Northwest Quadrant Gala Event. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Mr. Ranallo stated he would volunteer to help with the videotaping and audiotaping of the next <br /> 27 Council meetings. Mayor Hodson thanked Mr. Ranallo and asked him if he could identify a way <br /> 28 to help the problems being experienced, as they had been present for some time. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. <br /> 31 None. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. <br /> 34 None. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 XI. ADJOURNMENT. <br /> 37 Mayor Hodson adjourned the meeting at 9:09 p.m. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Respectfully submitted, <br /> 40 <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Marjorie R. Jenkins <br /> 43 Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Mayor <br /> 46 ATTEST: <br /> 47 City Clerk <br />