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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 10, 1998 • Page 7 1 Mayor Ranallo noted the address needs to state clearly "St. Anthony" rather than "Minneapolis". 2 . Cavanaugh noted there is a car on Kenzie Terrace and several other cars in the.City which are not 3 in compliance with City Codes. 4 Fire Chief Johnson stated he had a letter in the printer addressing the car on Kenzie Terrace when 5 the printer broke. Compliance is a slow process and he is taking one violation at a time and 6 correcting it. He is finding that after talking with residents, they do resolve the issues. He is 7 planning to go around the neighborhood and drop off reminders of the Spring Clean-Up day 8 scheduled for May 2, 1998. 9 Leslie Witterschein, Foster, Wentzell, Hedback& Brever, LLC, explained the criminal 10 prosecution process for these violations. She stated it is much better to obtain compliance with 11 local persuasion than to try to enforce the ordinances criminally. 12 Cavanaugh reported VillageFest will have its first meeting on March 11, 1998. 13 E. Mayor. 14 Mayor Ranallo reported that at the last Chamber of Commerce meeting, it was agreed to hire an Executive Director. George Wagner has agreed to take this position. Ranallo stated the Chamber of Commerce has offered to help train students to be clerks at the Council meetings to 17 greet residents and explain the procedures. 18 Mayor Ranallo introduced Ruth Mason who is running the video equipment. 19 F. City Manager. 20 Mornson reported that seven members of Staff attended an Internet seminar in Bloomington. All 21 department's were represented and the seminar was well received by Staff. Mornson stated he 22 has also submitted a request to the National League of Cities for books on policies of how and 23* when to use the Internet. 24 Bob Moberg is leaving RCM. His replacement will be his supervisor who had been present at 25 the last Council meeting. Mornson stated he is very competent. 26 Peter Willenbring, WSB, attended the March 4 work session to discuss grant programs and other 27 flood related activities. There were several questions left unanswered at the completion of that 28 meeting and Mr. Willenbring will put together a list of questions and concerns and present them 29 at the March 24, 1998 Council meeting. Due to the limited amount of funding,he has suggested 30 that the following items be prioritized in this order: 1. Home buy out, 2. Grant program(because 31 it benefits the entire community), and 3. Central Park(because of ease and cost). Mornson explained that under the proposed guidelines of the City grant program, the dates for application were April 1 to May 15. It has been decided to postpone those dates to from May 1 to June 15. 34 This will give the City time to determine how much money will be made available by the