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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 25, 1997 Page 4 1 • 2 D. City Manager. 3 City Manager Momson reported he was pleased and proud to announce that Management 4 Assistant Kim Moore-Sykes had been named the "Outstanding Assistant in the Twin Cities 5 Area" 6 Mornson reported members of the Metropolitan Transit Staff had visited the City on March 7 14, 1997 to introduce themselves. They noted that they had learned about.what was 8 happening at Apache Plaza and wanted to make sure there were arrangements for Metro 9 Transit buses as the Park and Ride is no longer there because of CUB. Mornson advised 10 them to contact OPUS and First Bank. 11 Mornson reported the CUB Foods "invitation only" opening celebration is scheduled for April 12 3, 1997 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:00 P.M. 13 Momson reported Mike Berggren, Apache NewMarket, will speak at the Kiwanis meeting 14 March 26, 1997. Mornson also noted a letter from American Payment Center offering to 15 install a drop box at CUB Foods for City utility payments. The fee for this service is $25.00 16 per month. 17 There was Council consensus to authorize the drop box for City utility payments.at CUB 18 Foods Store. 19 Mornson reported his attendance at a meeting on March 18 1997 with the Sports Boosters • P g � P 20 School Board, Community Services and BRW, Inc. in regard to the Park Plan. He stated he 21 did ask BRW, Inc. to include the location of the performing arts center in the Plan and also 22 informed them that time is of essence. BRW, Inc. stated they intend to have a Plan for 23 review by Council by May 6, 1997. 24 Momson reported he had met with WSB on March 17, 1997 in regard to the Storm Water 25 Management Plan. A Public Informational meeting will be held on April 29, 1997 and notice 26 of the meeting will appear in the City newsletter. 27 Momson reported KKE Architects had completed the Purchase Inspection of the Tires Plus 28 building. A formal report has not yet been received but the initial verbal report was that the 29 building was extremely sound. There are a few cracks in the cement and a portion of the roof 30 needs repair. Mornson reported City Attorney is still working on the Environmental Report. 31 Mornson also noted that most of the contingencies of purchase that City Attorney had 32 described at the previous HRA meeting have been met. The only remaining issue is that 33 Super Valu has never approved the plans. They are in the process of reviewing the plans 34 which is normally a 30 day process. Staff has asked them to expedite this process if possible. 35 Mornson stated he and Liquor Operations Manager would like to propose that a sign be 36 installed as close to CUB Foods as possible to let people know that the Municipal Liquor 37 Store is still open. This is necessary as the New Market store is closing and it may appear • 38 that the Liquor Store is also closed.