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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 24, 1998 Page 6 1 of March 19 which was sent to Conferees has been received and they are aware of the requests of 2 St. Anthony. Faust stated the City needs to keep the pressure on and that if this is done, he is 3 confident of positive results. 4 Marks reported he had also spoken with Representative McGuire and he confirmed her diligent 5 efforts. 6 Marks reported his attendance at the Parks Task Force Meeting and agreed with Thuesen that it 7 was a very positive meeting. They have put together an overall plan for Central Park which may 8 be upgraded slightly before being-presented to the Council. They will also be recommending the 9 establishment of a Parks Commission to continue the enormous job of extending the park system 10 beyond Central and the other parks. He noted that the City of St. Anthony has one-half of the 11 acres of park that normally exists in a City of this size. He suggested the opportunity of building 12 a walking path system that would utilize the City's own property and other public and privately 13 owned property. He also suggested the opportunity to utilize some of the land which is acquired 14 in flood mitigation. He suggested ideas such as these should be included in the Comprehensive 15 Plan to provide the Parks Commission with direction. 16 Marks distributed a schedule of the upcoming visit from Salo, Finland. Visitors will arrive on the evening of April 17. Scheduled events will include: Saturday - band rehearsal, orientation of 8 the City of St. Anthony and a tour of Minneapolis; Sunday - church service, supper in 19 community homes and band rehearsal; Monday - concert and tour of the High School, City of St. 20 Anthony tour and official welcome to the City, and dinner at the Stonehouse; Tuesday - concert 21 at the Landmark Center, reception, tour of the St. Paul Capital, and School Board meeting; 22 Wednesday - Kiwanis and two performances at Wilshire Park School; Thursday - a potluck 23 supper at City Hall and the orchestra and band will rehearse together; Friday - official City 24 greeting at City Hall with a concert and reception. The group will depart on Saturday. 25 Cavanaugh expressed appreciation for the new podium. He then reported his attendance at the 26 Safety Fair conducted by the Boy Scouts and held at the City Hall last Saturday. The event was 27 well done with a lot of enthusiasm and huge participation. 28 Cavanaugh questioned the intent of the letter of joint power agreement with Northwest Family 29 Service. 30 Mornson stated this was to be a topic at the April 7 work session. He explained that the original 31 contract with Northwest Family Services called for a$1.20 contribution per capita or $8,000- 32 $9,000 per year. St. Anthony contributed $2,500 and would effectively be in violation of the 33 contract. The contract has since been rewritten to state the population of Ramsey County rather 34 than the per capita of the City so that St. Anthony may now be in compliance and may sign the 0 contract. 36 Cavanaugh noted that the door to the City Hall was locked during the last City Council Meeting.