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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • March 14, 2000 Page 2 1 In relaying the importance of defibrillators, Mr. Johnson stated that the fire department was re- 2 cently called for a medical emergency. The first squad car on the scene used a defibrillator. Mr. 3 Johnson expressed his appreciation as well to Mr. McReavy and his family for the donation of 4 medical equipment. 5 C. Presentation to City of Award Received by SEH. 6 Mayor Cavanaugh introduced and welcomed Richard Potz of the firm Short, Elliott, 7 Hendrickson, Inc. ("SEH") and Michael Foertsch, Manager of the Municipal Department of 8 SEH, to the Council meeting. 9 Mr. Potz began by providing a background of the criteria for the award. The Concrete Pavement 10 Association and the Minnesota Department of Transportation awarded ten companies in 1999 for 11 outstanding service. The criteria for the awards is based on a rating system in place for new con- 12 struction as well as rehabilitated concrete pavement. The rehabilitated pavement must prove that 13 after one year it can withstand environmental conditions and serve the purpose for which it was 14 intended. 15 SEH received notice that the project the firm completed at 33rd Avenue from Silver Lake Road 10 to Highcrest Road and been nominated and had won the award. The award stated that it was for the outstanding performance of high quality concrete pavement construction. In addition,the 18 project had been rated the best project of its type completed in Minnesota during 1999. 19 In this respect, Mr. Potz and Mr. Foertsch presented the award to Mayor Cavanaugh on behalf of 20 the City of St. Anthony. 21 Mr. Potz reminded the Mayor that all State awards are automatically forwarded to the National 22 contest. 23 On behalf of the City, Mayor Cavanaugh thanked Mr. Potz and Mr. Foertsch for their presenta- 24 tion of the award. 25 VI. COMMUNITY FORUM. 26 A. Update from Scott Tankenoff, Hillcrest Development, re: Apache Plaza. 27 Mayor Cavanaugh invited Mr. Scott Tankenoff, Managing Partner of Hillcrest Development, to 28 address the Council. Mr. Tankenoff is in charge of the Apache Plaza redevelopment and, in this 29 respect, brought panoramic pictures of the Plaza as it currently exists. Mr. Tankenoff stated that 30 an interesting point to note is the lack of landscaping around the building. 31 Consequently, Mr. Tankenoff presented an illustration of the proposed renovation of the outside of the structure. He reminded the Council that the illustration was a minimum standard of the planned final outcome of the outside of the building.