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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 25, 2000 • Page 7 1 respect, Mornson will ask the new Fire Chief to attend a Council meeting for introductions. 2 9. Middle Mississippi Update. Mornson reported that Amy Sparks is the Council's repre- 3 sentative to Middle Mississippi. He stated that there were Bylaw changes this summer and that 4 he will be proposing that those changes be placed on the February 8, 2000 agenda. 5 10. Letter from Bill Soth. Mornson stated that he had received a letter from City Attorney 6 Bill Soth regarding a license agreement with Hobie Swan. By way of background, Mornson 7 stated that Hobie Swan was the-owner of a mobile home park, and the park was sold, but the 8 fence was on a public right of way. The owner needed an easement from the City and as a result, 9 the license agreement was drafted. 10 City Attorney Bill Soth stated that it was important to understand that the agreement is not an 11 easement agreement, but a license agreement, which means it is temporary. 12 Furthermore, Mornson stated that there was an error on approximately 200 of the City's utility 13 accounts this past quarter. He requested that if the Councilmembers receive any telephone calls 14 regarding this matter, to refer the calls to City Hall. Apparently, Mornson stated, there was a computer problem that was date sensitive and the City has offered to make an immediate adjust- 0 ment to the affected.residents, or to provide a credit for next quarter. 17 XII. REPOR'T'S FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. 18 Sparks reported that she had met with the Staff from the Middle Mississippi Watershed 19 Management Organization. She stated that the goal of the organization is the management of 20 water, water quality, and correcting and controlling flooding. Although the organization is fairly 21 young, the intent is to work cooperatively doing integrated flood planning. Additionally, the or- 22 ganization plans on working with an expert from the University on certain issues. Sparks men- 23 tioned that there is another meeting in March and she thought it would be helpful for the Council 24 to hear a report from the organization in terms of cooperative agreements with Minneapolis. 25 Thuesen reported that, next week,he is planning on attending a workshop learning how to con- 26 duct campaigns recognizing certain adults as outstanding role models. He will be-reporting to 27 the Council in the near future on the results of that workshop. 28 Sparks also reported that the St. Anthony/New Brighton Community Prevention Coalition is 29 having a meeting Monday, January 31, 2000, and is open to the community. The discussion will 30 focus on a mission and the goals over the next few years. The meeting will be in the High 31 School cafeteria. Randy Hodson reported that he is on the committee for the St. Anthony/New Brighton Community Prevention Coalition as well. He would invite and encourage involvement from the 34 City Council.