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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 22, 2000 . Page 9 1 Morrison wished to remind the Council of the Employer Recognition Lunch to be held on March 2 1, 2000 from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Additionally, he reminded the Council of the Open House for 3 Dick Johnson and Kim Moore-Sykes on March 3 from 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. 4 Morrison stated that the Chair of the Planning Commission has requested to be placed on the 5 agenda for the March 14, 2000 meeting to discuss the possibility of retaining a planning consult - 6 ant to assist in negotiations for redevelopment with Hillcrest Development. 7 XI. REPORTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. 8 Hodson did not have a report. 9 Thuesen reported that he attended the Parks Commission meeting on February 14, 2000 as the 10 Council Liaison.. He relayed that the Commission is anxiously awaiting the site survey for 11 Central Park in order to develop a concrete plan for redevelopment. Additionally,through 12 discussions of Central Park and the lack of green space available for ball fields, questions arose 13 concerning the possibility of grants available for use by the City. In that respect, Thuesen 14 inquired if there are opportunities with City Staff available to explore potential grants, or if a 15 viable option would be to hire a grant writer. 016 Morrison replied that recently the City Manager has prepared grants,but in light of the Parks 17 Commission's special needs relating to park space, it might be an option to hire a grant writer. 18 Cavanaugh suggested that after the closing occurs between Hillcrest Development and Apache 19 Plaza, that there might be a chance to coordinate some space with Mr. Tankenoff. 20 Sparks reported that ACTION is sponsoring an event on March 18, 2000 at City Hall from 9:00 21 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. to talk about activities in St. Anthony and New Brighton, and to discuss activi- 22 ties for youth, block parties, block clubs, gathering places, and other ideas. Everyone is invited 23 to attend. 24. Additionally, Sparks reported that there is a presentation.at Wilshire Park on strengthening our 25 schools. The event will be presented as a community forum on Monday, February 28, 2000 from 26 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., with a follow-up meeting on March 13, 2000 to discuss specific concerns 27 and implementing changes. 28 Cavanaugh reported that he spoke at a recent Kiwanis meeting and stated that the organization is 29 in search of new members. He encouraged an interest in membership to Kiwanis because of the 30 strength and abilities of the organization to promote positive improvements throughout the City. 31 Additionally, the Kiwanis organization is tantamount in promoting positive benefits for children. @32 Cavanaugh further reported that he attended a joint meeting with the School Board to set forth 33 where both the City and School stood on certain issues. One issue in particular is the renovation