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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 11, 2001 • Page 5 Mornson reviewed the TIF memo. He indicated that, back in November,they approved a motion to call for a public hearing on January 8, 2002 to amend the City of St. Anthony' s TIF budget. He added that it is the money from the Chandler tax increment district. Mornson stated that new items were added to the plan that provided them the authority to purchase new property for redevelopment. Mornson continued that possible land purchases could include: Purchase and Removal of Hardee' s Property to prepare for redevelopment Purchase and Removal of Exhaust Pro Property to prepare for redevelopment Removal of Phillip=s 66 Gas Station to prepare for redevelopment Councilmember Faust encouraged Councilmembers to attend the League of Minnesota Cities Conference. Mornson concurred. Councilmember Thuesen also agreed that attendance to the League of Minnesota Cities Conference was important and valuable. Councilmember Horst indicated that an audit had been done by the school board of the services provided by community services. He added that the audit revealed that there is some significant shortfall in some programs putting them into budget crisis. He added that there was a lot of discussion • of what they could/should cut. He concluded that these were issues that he would like to bring up at another meeting with the Council,and asked the Council to keep an open mind regarding these issues in relation to goal-setting. Mayor Hodson reviewed the letter that he had distributed to the Council, Planning Commission, and Northwest Quadrant Steering Committee regarding a Developer Open House for the Northwest Quadrant to be held on January 24,2002 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the St. Anthony City Hall and Community Center. He urged all residents to take the opportunity to come in and view some of the options. Mayor Hodson referred to a memo he had received from Santa Claus. Santa indicated that he would be riding on the fire truck through the City of St. Anthony on December 100, ITh, and 19`''. He stated he would also be collecting toys for Toys for Tots while he rides through town. Mayor Hodson reviewed the Urban Currents Program where he will be present to discuss Smart Growth. Mayor Hodson referred to a meeting with State of the Region on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 which he and Mornson will attend and bring the information back to the Council at the next meeting. XIII. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. None. XIV. ADJOURNMENT. Motion by Councilmember Sparks to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.