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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 11,2003 Page 4 Mr. Humber gave an update on the Stone House Right-of-Way vacation Documents. He indicated that WSB &Associates, Inc. has been working with Hennepin County to coordinate 3 the vacation of portions of County Road 88 and Silver Lake Road back to the City of St. 4 Anthony. These portions of right-of-way currently reside over the eastern third of the Stone 5 House parcel. He said it is anticipated that the easements will be vacated and St. Anthony will 6 have ownership of these parcels in the near future. 7 8 Mr. Hubmer provided an update on the St. Anthony Boulevard Neighborhood Meeting. He said 9 a neighborhood meeting was held with the residents of St. Anthony Boulevard on March 5, 2003 10 to discuss a potential lighting improvement plan, as well as to discuss speed limit issues related 11 to St. Anthony Boulevard. 12 13 Mr. Hubmer reviewed the resolution authorizing WSB &Associates, Inc. to prepare the final 14 plans and specifications for the improvements to the chemical treatment room at the St. Anthony 15 Village Water Treatment Plan. He said this project is an implementation component of the water 16 and sewer study which was conducted in 2002. He said it is anticipated that the project would 17 begin construction in September 2003 and be completed by the spring of 2004. 18 19 Mr.Hubmer stated that as part of the preparation of final plans and specifications, a number of 20 options for the chlorine storage facility will be evaluated and presented to City staff for their 21 review. He said a preliminary estimate of the cost to complete water treatment plant 22 improvements is approximately$1,000,000. 0 Councilmember Sparks asked why it's being used as a bond versus taking it out of the fund 25 established for the water treatment facility. Mr. Hubmer said the fund is there so the City can 26 accrue interest and replace the plant at sometime in the future. 27 28 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen to adopt Resolution 03-026, re: Authorize bids for City's 29 water filtration system. 30 Motion carried unanimously. 31 32 VII. REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND STAFF. 33 A. Liquor Operations 2002 Annual Report. 34 Mike Larson came forward to review the St. Anthony Liquor Operations. 35 36 Mr. Larson provided background information on the St. Anthony Liquor Operations. He said the 37 City owns and operates two ofd sale liquor stores and one on-sale bar and restaurant. He said the 38 operation has a full time operations manager, a store manager at each off-sale store and a 39 bar/restaurant manager. A full time lead liquor clerk and a full time bartender are also employed 40 at the off-sale stores. He said in addition to the full time staff, the off-sale stores have 15 part 41 time clerks and the Stonehouse has 15 part time employees. 42 43 Mr. Larson said the City's liquor operations experienced increased sales during 2002 when 44 compared to 2001. He indicated that sales at store#1, located next to the Stonehouse, increased $20,000.00. Sales at store#2, located at Apache Plaza, increased $87,000.00. The Stonehouse experienced a$15,000.00 increase in sales. He said the overall sales increased$122,000.00 for 47 the liquor operation. He briefly reviewed the reasons for the increase in sales.