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City Council Meeting Minutes December 16, 1999 • Page 4 1 Cavanaugh as well wished to offer his thanks and appreciation to the outgoing Councilmembers 2 and Mayor Ranallo. He acknowledged that working with the three gentlemen had been a 3 learning experience, despite occasional differences of opinion. Cavanaugh mentioned that he 4 had known Mayor Ranallo for many years and that until Cavanaugh was elected as a City 5 Councilmember, it was hard to fully appreciate the difficulties of elected office. He wished 6 Councilmembers Marks and Faust and Mayor Ranallo the best of luck. 7 Marks reported that he had attended a FACA (Finnish-American Cultural Association) meeting 8 and that-he became involved-in that organization through the Sister City Association. With re- g spect to the Sister City organization, Marks reported that the art exchange continues on track and 10 that he had also attended a meeting recently on that subject. In short, art is expected to be arriv- 11 ing from Salo, Finland and currently art is being collected from all the area schools that will be 12 transferred to Finland. Marks anticipated a successful exchange. 13 B. Mayor. 14 Mayor Ranallo reported that the City had budgeted for two defibrillators for the year 2000. Cur- 15 rently, he stated,there are three squad cards on duty at certain times in St. Anthony. Ranallo 16 wished to announce that Bill McReavy and his family of McReavy Funeral Home is donating a defibrillator for the third squad car and now St. Anthony can benefit-from the reassurance of hav- ing all squad cars equipped with defibrillators. 19 Ranallo announced that the two newly elected members of the City Council, Ms. Amy Sparks, 20 and Richard (Dick) Horst, were in attendance. Ranallo stated that, as Councilmembers, they are 21 entitled to keys to City Hall and he handed both members keys and business cards. Ranallo ex- 22 pressed appreciation to City Manager Mike Mornson for arranging for-the keys and cards. 23 C. City Manager. 24 Mornson reported that at the City Council's November 30, 1999 meeting,the 33rd Avenue Street 25 Project was discussed. At that time, concern had been expressed over the increased amount of 26 catch basins from four to eight. Mornson stated that he had conferred with Todd Hubmer, WSB 27 & Associates, and determined that the four added catch basins would, in fact,help to alleviate the 28 water problem, and not add to the problem, as had been a concern. 29 Mornson further reported the possibility of a valuation increase and that the Board of Review 30 would be addressing that issue at the appropriate time. 31 In reference to the Harding project, Mornson stated that the City had a landscape architect meet 32 with the property owner and provide different ideas and options. At the January 11, 2000 City 33 Council meeting, it is planned to have a proposal to review for landscape services. 11 Mornson proclaimed that December 31, 1999 is a short time away and that the City and residents 35 can rest assured that all the systems have been checked and are ready for Y2K. From a technol