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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 4 August 27, 2002 Page 4 1 Ms. Andrews reviewed where the funding is allotted throughout the agency, with 68%.of 2 the funding going to programs, 15%to the building, 9%to development and 8% to 3 administrative services. She noted the funding provided by the cities is only a small 4 portion of the agency's budget as it also receives grants and donations from local 5 organizations as well. 6 7 Ms. Andrews stated the agency is seeking a representative from the City of St. Anthony 8 for the agency board meetings,which are held at 7:00 a.m. on the second Tuesday of 9 each month. She thanked the Council for their time and asked for questions and 10 comments. 11 12 Councilmember Sparks asked how the agency received youth for the employment 13 program. Mr. Loftgren stated this was handled through the local police departments. 14 15 VIII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 16 Mr. Morrison reviewed the referendum issue with the Council and noted the Council could not 17 take a stance on this issue one way or the other within the chambers. He informed the 18 Councilmembers of the first Public Facilities Task Force meeting was to be held on September 19 3, 2002. 20 21 Mr. Morrison noted the budget handouts address the revised expenditures within the budget, 22 which will be addressed at a future meeting. He explained there would also be a cut in the 23 police/fire budget and an increase in the HRA budget due to the Tires Plus lease. 24 25 Mr. Morrison stated CTV was going to now provide video streaming services, which would 26 allow residents to watch public meetings on the Internet. Mayor Hodson indicated he was happy 27 with this new service. 28 29 Councilmember Sparks noted the Community Forum did not address the events that will take 30 place at Apache Plaza on September 14, 2002 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Barry Tedland 31 handed out a flyer to the Councilmembers.and noted the event was called Revisit the Village. He 32 noted there would be live bands, a bon fire, magic shows, a petting zoo, dunk tank, moonwalk 33 and a street dance. Mr. Tedland noted there were some good anchors in the shopping center 34 again and encouraged the residents to attend the event to learn of things yet to come. 35 36 Councilmember Faust noted on August 16, 2002 he attended a committee meeting at the LMC 37 where they addressed a 10%cut across the board for city services in 2003. He noted this would 38 affect the City next year with Council representation needed at the legislative sessions next 39 January, February and March. 40 41 Councilmember Faust noted he, the mayor and Mr. Mornson met with Congressman Sabo to 42 discuss Apache Plaza. He noted they spent a full hour with him and proved to be very 43 beneficial. 44 45 Mayor Hodson agreed stating this was an excellent-meeting to bring Congressman Sabo up to 46 speed with the NW quadrant redevelopment. He indicated Congressman Sabo was informed of