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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Q$ <br /> January 27, 2004 <br /> Page 8 _ <br /> 1 Councilmember Faust stated he attended the Mississippi Water Management Board of <br /> 2 Commissioners the previous Tuesday, as Council had appointed him to cover that organization. <br /> 3 He reported he was elected by the Commissioners from the Cities of Minneapolis, Falcon <br /> 4 Heights and Lauderdale to be the Vice Chair. He added the president of the Minneapolis City' <br /> 5 Council was its Chair. He indicated Council's previous representative, Amy Sparks, did a good <br /> 6 job representing the City, as the Board had a good opinion of St. Anthony Village. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Councilmember Faust indicated the Board had its meeting at the St. Anthony Falls Library <br /> 9 located at the University of Minnesota, which included the National Center for Earth Surface <br /> 10 Dynamics. He explained the Center brought in thousands of gallons of water from the <br /> 11 Mississippi River to show how water flowed and acted. He noted it was a great place for <br /> 12 children studying earth science to tour, as water and river flows were modeled to teach about <br /> 13 hydraulics. He added he intended to talk with the schools regarding the Center. He noted it <br /> 14 could be found on the web at www.safld.mn.edu <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Mayor Hodson stated he received information in an e-mail from the Minnesota Transportation <br /> 17 Alliance noting the $750,000 for the Northwest Quadrant was "in that package." He added he <br /> 18 was pleased to see Congressman Sabo and others were thinking of the City. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Mayor Hodson noted the legislative session was about to begin and assumed he would see <br /> 21 Councilmember Faust and Mr. Morrison there. He invited the other Councilmembers to go down <br /> 22 to the Legislature, as well, as it was important the City sHodsond a united front. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Mayor Hodson indicated the goal-setting session was "incredibly productive" and thanked <br /> 25 Council and staff for their participation. He noted there were many action items on the plan, <br /> 26 which hopefully would be coming out in paper form in March. He stated he was impressed with <br /> 27 this Council and previous Councils and added Ehlers and Associates had helped the City with its <br /> 28 goal setting. He thanked those who put in long hours. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Mr. Morrison noted the Planning Commission met the previous Tuesday and elected Joel <br /> 31 Stromgren as the new Chair, with Todd Hanson as the Vice Chair. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. <br /> 34 None. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. <br /> 37 None. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 XI. ADJOURNMENT. <br /> 40 Mayor Hodson adjourned the meeting at 7:42 p.m. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Respectfully submitted, <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Marjorie R. Jenkins <br /> 45 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. <br /> 46 <br />