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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 09 July 13, 2004 Page 8 1 Councilmember Thuesen indicated that he is still not convinced that three is the magic number to 2 begin requiring permitting. He suggested that an irresponsible dog owner of one should be 3 required to go through the permitting process for two dogs. 4 5 Mayor Hodson stated that he is "okay"with the second version as presented. He noted there is 6 already a section in the ordinance addressing nuisance and barking dogs. He indicated in regard 7 to enforcement, he would like to believe that other communities specify the number of feet other 8 than utilizing the term abutting. 9 10 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 11 City Manager Mornson reported the following: 12 1. Four public hearings will be held on Tuesday, July 20, 2004. Reports will be on the 13 agenda at the July 27, 2004 Council Meeting. 14 2. The decision was made to bid the development o 39h Avenue, Silver Lake Development, 15 in three phases. The Second phase, which is the pavement of the roads from Sliver Lake 16 Road to the public park area,will be bid Friday,July 23, 2004, and will be presented by 17 Todd Hubner at the July 27, 2004 Council Meeting. 18 3. The Shell of the new liquor store is constructed. The store is anticipated to be open by 19 September 10, 2004, therefore,the road will be in by that date as well. 20 4. A total of five new commercial retail buildings will be up by Labor Day. 21 5. The permit was approved by Wal-Mart over the July 4, 2004 weekend; construction will 22 begin the middle of July. 23 6. The Fire Station is on scheduled to open mid-October to early November. A dedication 24 will be held in November, which will coincide with Fire Prevention Week. 25 7. Since the open house at Public Works, the salt storage facility has begun construction. 26 8. Have been officially notified that Spectators will be withdrawing as a restaurant 27 candidate for the Silver Lake Development. The developers have until September 2005 28 to deliver the City a restaurant for the planned development. Of the four restaurants 29 biding, the developers chose Spectators. Spectators have been putting up a lot of new 30 restaurants and will not be able to meet the deadline. An update will be presented at an 31 upcoming Council meeting. 32 9. The City has had an impressive year financially, being a"major"accomplishment despite 33 new construction and the"massive"re-developments. Credit needs to be given to Stuart 34 Bonniwell,Roger Larson, the Police Chief, the Fire Chief,the Public Works Director and 35 the Liquor Operations Manager for their efforts. 36 37 Councilmember Horst reported his attending a meeting with the St. Anthony Sister Association. 38 He noted the topic of discussion was the return of the high school choir from Finland. He added 39 that St.Anthony will be having a Finnish visitor coming,with a picnic and community event 40 being held, on Saturday, July 17, 2004 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., in her honor. 41 42 Councilmember Stille reported the opportunity the Council recently had to tour a refurbished 43 home, on 33rd Avenue,by the Greater Metro Housing Association(GMHA). He noted that the 44 service they provide to communities to provide a homeowner the chance to sell their home for 45 market value without having to make improvements to meet code regulations. GMHA in return 46 puts additional money into the property creating an updated and improved home to market. He