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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 8, 1997 Page 10 1 Faust reported his attendance at the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities breakfast 2 meeting. The three issues addressed were the Local Government Advisory Council Study, 3 transportation funding, and dispelling the myth that cities are just another special interest 4 group. 5 Enrooth reported he was unable to attend the recent VillageFest meeting as he was out of 6 town. He stated he will be attending the Middle Mississippi Watershed District meeting on 7 July 10 and suggested this may be,a body who can address the flooding issue. 8 Marks reported he had toured the entire City of St. Anthony yesterday with City Manager and 9 the Public Works Director. 10 B. Mayor. 11 Mayor Ranallo reported he had attended the recent VillageFest meeting and all was 12 proceeding well. Councilmembers riding in the parade are required to provide their own 13 vehicle and sign. 14 Mayor Ranallo reported he had received a call from Shawn, Salvation Army, requesting 15 volunteers for a focus group. 16 Marks stated he had been.contacted and had volunteered. Wagner stated he would be happy • 17 to,volunteer but had not been contacted. 18 Mayor Ranallo stated a group of people had met last evening to discuss the group home 19 which will be located at 3500 Coolidge. He had suggested that they meet with the people 20 who are purchasing the home and that meeting will take place tomorrow night. 21 C. City Manager. 22 Mornson asked if the Council would like him to utilize the same process for applicants of the 23 Water Task Force as was used for the Parks Task Force. He noted that he had the list of the 24 persons in attendance this evening and would forward a letter to them. He suggested the City 25 put a flyer together and go into the neighborhoods to determine who was affected by the 26 flooding. Momson noted that Thursday he and the Public Works Director will be meeting 27 with WSB. He felt it may be appropriate to include WSB in the Water Task Force process as 28 they are preparing the water management plan for the City. Mornson recommended that more 29 than one City Councilmember be included on the Water Task Force as this is a large issue. 30 Mornson reported that he had been on vacation when the storm hit the City on July 1. He 31 thanked Kim Moore-Sykes for the wonderful job that she did of handling the situation and of 32 lending a sympathetic ear. He also thanked the entire City staff for their efforts. Mornson 33 noted that the City does not have any literature available for flood victims and this may be 34 something they will work on. 35 Wagner suggested it could be included as part of the Civil Defense Plan. •