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City Council Meeting Minutes November 30, 1999 • Page 4 1 Thuesen reported that he was impressed with the Planning Commission's initiative regarding in- 2 vestigating lot coverage issues and the subject of impervious versus pervious surfaces. Thuesen 3 noted an interesting comment from the last Planning Commission meeting minutes regarding 4 concern about fragmentation in the implementation of City sidewalks. 5 Faust reported that he was asked by the Speakers Bureau to address the students at Bloomington 6 Middle School on November 11, 1999. Faust spoke about the Vietnam War and was surprised at 7 the number of students that could benefit by obtaining a historical prospective. Faust was heart- s ened by the participation of the students and rewarded by his experience. Faust encouraged par- 9 ticipation and involvement with the Speakers Bureau as an avenue to educate_and support the 10 students. 11 C. Mayor. 12 Ranallo reported that a settlement has been reached with MediaOne. He reviewed by stating that 13 MediaOne has updated the cable system and installed fiberoptic cables. However, in the process, 14 residents experienced problems with cable television. The City placed a penalty on MediaOne 15 and several meetings were held to negotiate a settlement that would satisfy the MediaOne cus- 16 tomers. In short, each cable subscriber will receive a letter shortly stating that MediaOne will supply the "STARZ" programming, which is a movie channel, free for three months, or as an alternative, two or three pay-per-view movies free ($4.95 or$5.95 movies). Ranallo stated that 19 cable television would be discussed further in the meeting as the Council considers a particular 20 resolution. 21 D. City Manager. 22 Mornson reported an update from the previous Council meeting regarding recent real estate 23 transactions. The property at 2713 Pahl Avenue closed on Monday,November 29, 1999, and the 24 property located at 2548 Kenzie closed on Wednesday,November 24, 1999. These last two real 25 estate transactions completed the home projects for the City for the year 1999. 26 Mornson wished to thank Roger Larson, City Finance Director, and Bill Soth, City Attorney, and 27 his staff, for assistance in closing the transactions. Mornson stated that the City has closed five 28 real estate transactions in 6 weeks' time. Furthermore,the property at 2548 Kenzie Terrace will 29 be leased back to the current owner until April 1, 2000 or sooner. Demolition on that home will 30 take place after the owner moves to a new location. 31 On a different matter, Mornson stated that Custom Liquidators is part of the H.R.A. plan regard- 32 ing the Shopping Center. The original plan was for the City to obtain a portion of the Custom 33 Liquidators' property, but the possibility is being considered to obtain all of that property. This 34 possibility is being investigated and the progress will be reported at a later meeting. Mornson reminded the audience that the last City Council meeting of the year would be held on 36 Thursday, December 16, 1999, at 6:00 p.m. Mornson felt that the agenda was fairly short and in-