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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • March 14, 2000 Page 12 1 City Manager. Twenty-six applications were received, and those have been narrowed down. A 2 decision is expected to be made by the end of the week. 3 Mornson reminded the Council that the regularly-scheduled City Council meeting set for March 4 28, 2000 has been canceled. As an aside, Mornson reminded the Council that the month of April 5 would bring forth many new issues, including the new budget process, audit presentation, a dis- h cussion regarding the moratorium for the Salvation Army property, as well as progress on the 7 Apache Plaza. 8 Additionally, Mornson reported that he and Mayor Cavanaugh attended a meeting with the 9 Salvation Army. He felt it was a productive meeting and wished to inform the community and 10 Council that the property is now back on the market for sale. The Heart of the Earth School, who 11 was in negotiations for the purchase, has encountered difficulties in purchasing the property, al- 12 though the possibility still exists for that purchase to continue. 13 However, Mornson stated that it is a large parcel of property, encompassing 128 acres. He noted 14 Mayor Cavanaugh's prior comment that the parcel is large in light of the fact that it is in a fully- 15 developed community and the City is concerned about the decisions to be made surrounding that property. The Salvation Army had reassured the City during the meeting that it would foresee some type of public use for the property and would be somewhat choosy in the potential buyer. 18 One main point Mornson wished to announce is that the Salvation Army expressed a desire to 19 open up communications with the City and that it was concerned about the moratorium on the 20 property. 21 On an unrelated matter, Mornson reported that he had a meeting with John Marty's assistant re- 22 garding the bonding bill. Mornson was able to report good news about the bill and stated that it 23 was his belief that St. Anthony would be high on the list to receive funds for flood mitigation. 24 Mornson stated that the Ramsey County Commission conducted and invited City Managers and 25 Mayors of five cities to talk about joint issues. Momson and Mayor Cavanaugh received updates 26 from the Transportation Department of Ramsey County and found out that the Silver Lake 27 Bridge project is currently up for bids. 28 Cavanaugh offered that he felt a similar meeting should be held with Hennepin County as it 29 would be beneficial to have an overview of items that could be accomplished for the community. 30 XI. REPORTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. 31 Hodson reported that he attended an outstanding meeting with the Community Prevention Coalition. The meeting involved grant writing and funding for the group, which is working with 46 charitable gambling and the Sports Boosters to identify funds available.