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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 07 January 27, 2004 Page 7 1 State to resolve any differences and added an update would be given at the March 2 meeting. 3 ■ The Assistant gave birth to a baby boy and would be back April 12, 2004. 4 ■ The City Clerk's last day is May 14, 2004. 5 ■ Judy Monson, the front office receptionist,would be retiring at the end of the year. 6 ■ Todd Hubmer and Public Works Director Hartman would be receiving an award from the 7 State of Minnesota Council of Engineers Association on Friday for the City's flood 8 mitigation work of the past six years. He explained the City was receiving the Grand 9 Award,which was the highest award given in the State of Minnesota and made the City 10 eligible for national award nominations. He stated it was a"good feather in the cap" for 11 this Council and task force. He added Mr. Hubmer was expected to bring the award to 12 the February 10, 2004,meeting. 13 The future agendas would be fairly hectic; therefore, he asked that Councilmembers 14 advise him of any planned vacations. He noted many housekeeping items would be on 15 the future agendas and several issues regarding Apache Plaza would be coming before 16 Council in the next 90 days, along with the Fannie Mae loan, the asbestos abatement 17 grant and the need for confirmation that the City was included in the Senate bill approved 18 the past Friday,which would help pay for the 39`�Avenue improvement. 19 20 Councilmember Horst stated he had no report. 21 22 Councilmember Stille indicated he was a guest at the Kiwanis meeting on January 14, 2004. He 23 noted the following evening he was part of a goal-setting session for the St. Anthony/New 24 Brighton Family Services Collaborative. He explained the Collaborative was a group of people 25 comprised of teachers, School Board members,police,parents, City Council, etc., who were 26 working together to provide services and programs for young people. 27 28 Councilmember Stille stated he attended the National Homebuilders Association meeting the 29 previous week and participated in a seminar called`Building Community/Creating Value." He 30 explained the seminar reviewed the newest plats and designs,noting the progress that had been 31 made in the last 50 to 60 years. He stated he was reminded of what was happening at Apache 32 Plaza, where the City had the benefit of developers who had gained knowledge through their past 33 efforts of"trying things that did and did not work." He added there would be growing pains 34 involved and encouraged residents not to get lost in the small picture. He reminded residents the 35 large picture was about creating value and the building of community. 36 37 Councilmember Thuesen stated it was good to have Councilmember Stille as part of the Council, 38 as Councilmember Stille's expertise would be appreciated as the City moved forward with 39 Apache Plaza. 40 41 Councilmember Thuesen indicated he wished to give his personal congratulations to the two 42 firefighters previously commended. 43 44 Councilmember Faust noted lives sometimes got lost in the discussion and the firefighters had 45 saved someone's life. 46