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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 24, 2003 Page 7 1 Councilmember Sparks responded that the City's consultant was supposedly an expert. She 2 stated there had been problems with the soil because it was sandy. The sandy soil was causing 3 the grass to take hold at a slower pace. She added that the sandy soil was chosen because of 4 drainage issues. Councilmember Sparks noted that the people who designed the park were not 5 taking care of growing the grass, as another entity was responsible for the turf management. 6 7 Councilmember Faust indicated that on June 13, 2003, Mayor Hodson, Mr. Momson and he had 8 met at Ehlers to finalize the report on the Blue Ribbon Panel to bring to the Council. He also 9 stated that he had attended the League of Minnesota Cities' meeting June 18 to 20, 2003. He 10 listed some of the speakers at the meeting and felt there had been a very good interchange about 11 how cities were working. He noted there had been editorials in the morning papers that stemmed 12 from that interchange. 13 14 Councilmember Faust stated that, later in the meeting, the mayor of Washington D.C. had been 15 the speaker. He felt the mayor's presentation was very enlightening and positive. He indicated 16 that a synopsis of proposed laws and laws that had passed this year,,as they pertained to cities, 17 would be received in the mail. He encouraged those who could to attend the League conference, 18 as St. Anthony could emulate some of the things other cities were doing. 19 20 Councilmember Sparks noted that the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization would 21 be having a public hearing in St. Anthony on July 17, 2003. They would be presenting the 22 capital improvement projects slated for the upcoming budget year. She also indicated that the 23 Village Fest, planned for August 2, 2003, at the Salvation Army camp, was moving forward. 24 25 Councilmember Faust indicated that the League of Minnesota Cities would be changing their 26 annual conference from June to October, which hopefully would allow more opportunity for 27 attendance. 28 29 Mayor Hodson noted that he had received a call from one of the City's state representatives. She 30 suggested that she could give an update on what was happening at the Capitol. Councilmember 31 Faust asked if a meeting should be planned. Mayor Hodson asked Mr. Morrison if he thought 32 the meeting could be scheduled. Mr. Morrison responded that he would try to schedule a 33 meeting sometime in August. He thought that would be a good time, as the City would know the 34 impact of the budget changes by that time. He added that it would also allow the City to keep a 35 pulse on such issues as wine in grocery stores, elimination of enterprise funds, etc. 36 37 Mr. Morrison noted that on Monday, June 23, 2003, a letter had been sent to Congressman Sabo 38 from Mayor Hodson inviting him to the Chamber golf tournament. Mr. Morrison stated that 39 Congressman Sabo had called personally and indicated that he would like to attend. 40 41 City Attorney Gilligan noted that the legislature had scheduled the bar closing time at 2:00 a.m. 42 He added that, if the City did not take any action, restaurants could remain open until 2:00 a.m. 43 It was the Council's responsibility to act if they wanted to keep the closing time at 1:00 a.m. 44 45 Councilmember Sparks indicated she would like to keep the closing time at 1:00 a.m. 46