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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • March 14, 2000 Page 11 1 Mr. Johnson directed the Council's attention to a report in the agenda packages entitled "City of 2 St. Anthony Fire Department 1999 Annual Report." Mr. Johnson reviewed the report in detail 3 with the Council, providing facts and figures of emergency runs, fire loss, age distribution, and 4 public education programs. Additionally, Mr. Johnson stated that the first aid and CPR classes 5 that were offered to students turned out to be in high demand and very successful. 6 Cavanaugh remarked that the low fire numbers indicated excellent prevention methods and he 7 commended the Department on the aggressiveness of fire prevention. 8 Cavanaugh expressed his belief that the Council will need to obtain ideas from the City Manager 9 on maintaining uniformity in the community and neighborhoods regarding code and ordinance 10 violations. 11 Hodson expressed his appreciation for the leadership that Fire Chief Johnson has given the City, 12 community and City Staff. He also wished to state that he continually receives positive 13 comments from the residents about the leadership from the Department. 14 D. City Manager. City Manager Michael Morrison reported that the City is currently working on a goose problem. 6 Two years ago, the City experienced a similar problem and talked with a professor from the 17 University of Minnesota. The City is currently in discussions with the University of Minnesota 18 and Mornson stated he would report back to the Council at the next meeting. 19 Mornson further reported that he has been in contact with Parks Commission Chair Carol Jindra 20 and a tentative date of June 12, 2000 has been set for the joint meeting between the Commission 21 and the City Council. The Parks Commission is anxiously awaiting the results of a site survey 22 for Central Park and that will be a topic of discussion for the meeting, as well as other issues. 23 Additionally, Mornson stated that a regular City Council meeting is scheduled for June 13, 2000; 24 however, that is the same date as the League of Cities Conference in St. Cloud. Mornson asked 25 for input if the Conference would conflict with the regularly-scheduled Council meeting. 26 Mornson reported that he and Roger Larson, Finance Director, met with "Netlink," a company 27 that provides computer consulting for the City. Due to requests from the Council and the public, 28 the City plans on updating the City's web page to add meeting agendas and minutes. The City 29 has asked Netlink for a proposal to do such work, or the City has considered training someone in- 30 house to update the web page. 31 Hodson asked Mornson if the City would consider recruiting high school students to coordinate �2 the effort to update the web page. 33 Mornson further reported that the process is almost complete for the hiring of a new Assistant