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Council Meeting March 13, 1990 page 7 - • 1 It was stated that the citizen input received was very valuable. 2 3 Councilmember Makowske will be attending a Youth Service Bureau Meeting 4 on March 15th. She did attend a Historical Commission Meeting on March 5 13th. The Commission received papers from the early 1900's and some copies 6 of the magazine, "Boy's Life." It was felt this material was very interesting. 7 8 Councilmember Enrooth has been visiting the Recycling Center for the last 9 few Saturdays where he had conducted an impromptu survey of those using 10 the Center. He noticed there has been considerable increase in the use 11 of the Center since the local paper has carried some articles regarding 12 closing the Center. It was observed by Councilmember Enrooth that many 13 people are opposed to closing the Recycling Center and he has received 14 many calls and comments supporting this position. Mayor Pro-tem Ranallo 15 has also received many calls regarding this subject and noted that all 16 of the callers are adamently opposed to closing the Center. 17 18 Councilmember Marks stated that there was a session at the NLC Conference 19 about recycling. The main point made was that what goes into landfills must 20 be reduced. 21 22 C. City Manager Report 23 24 The City Manager advised that the Request for Action forms had been passed �5 out. He advised the recipients to complete the form as completely as possible 26 and state if a specific person on the staff is requested to handle the �7 situation. Councilmember Enrooth felt no person should be required to 28 identify himself/herself in any manner. 29 30 In response to a request from the Council , the City Manager has followed up 31 on the complaints concerning the parking of vehicles on lawns and boulevards. 32 He noted that parking on paved surface only is permitted. Twenty-six letters 33 have been sent to violators. They all were responded to and most property 34 owners stated they were unaware that this was not permissable. One caller 35 inquired if crushed rock could be put down on Kis property on which to park 36 his vehicle. He was advised that the ordinance does not address any type 37 of surface other than paved. There was one citation issued to one uncooperative 38 person. 39 40 1 . Cable Television 41 42 A memo from the City Manager advised the Council of the potential number of 43 viewers of the public access channel to view City Council meetings. He felt 44 this may increase if there were a "hot" topic on the agenda. The City 45 Manager has received only two calls from residents requesting that the 46 City Council meetings be cablecast. Recently, the City received $11 ,000 47 from cable franchise fees. It was noted that the franchise money is not • 48 a budgeted revenue so this money has been accounted for in miscellaneous 49 revenues and ultimately ends in the General Fund balance.