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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 26, 2016 Page 2 Improvements project should begin in 2017. A further status report will be provided later. The County Road C and 29`n Avenue Reconstruction is currently scheduled for 2021 and the County is looking at moving this project up in support of the City's timeline. 5 Mayor Faust thanked Commissioner McGuire for her update and thanked Ramsey County for 6 assistance on elections, which is a good benefit for residents. Mayor Faust stated he is happy the 7 yard recycling at Arden Hills continues and noted all residents of St. Anthony can participate in 8 that program. There is benefit to the County working with the City on the Cty. Rd C and 29`n 9 Avenue Reconstruction and hopes a happy medium can be found with Ramsey and Hennepin 10 Counties to get this project done. 11 12 Councilmember Stille stated that intersection is terrible as far as bicycles and walking. 13 14 Mayor Faust thanked Commissioner McGuire on behalf of the Council and the residents. 15 16 B. Presentation of the 2016 Villager of the Year and the 2016 Outstanding Business of the 17 Year, Samara Anderson, president of St. Anthony Area Chamber of Commerce 18 19 St. Anthony Village Area Chamber of Commerce President Samara Anderson stated this year's 20 Villager of the Year is Kristin Stendahl and the award was presented on April 14`n at JAX Cafd 21 during their annual meeting. She is involved with the St. Anthony Lions, Girl Scouts, Schools, 22 Sports Boosters and many more organizations. Chandler Place Assisted Living was the 23 Outstanding Business of the Year. The award was also presented on April 14`n. They assist not 24 only their residents but also help throughout the community. Nomination forms can be found on 25 their website for 2017 awards and they will be available earlier this year. 26 27 Mayor Faust stated there are a lot of great people in the community. 28 29 C. Arbor Day Proclamation, Scott Bentz, Parks Commission Chair 30 31 Park Commission Chair Scott Bentz reviewed a presentation proclaiming April 29in as Arbor 32 Day and becoming a Tree City USA in 2016. He noted this proclamation will happen every year 33 to celebrate Arbor Day. The Tree Board and City Staff will plan the annual Arbor Day 34 celebration. The next steps to becoming a Tree City USA is to pass the Tree Care Ordinance, 35 Celebrate Arbor Day and spend $2 per capital on tree care (the City of St, Anthony already 36 spends this amount). 37 38 Tree City USA was created by the Arbor Day Foundation and provides the framework for cities 39 to promote trees on public land. This aligns with the City's sustainability goals and leads by 40 example for residents to invest in trees on private property. Mr. Bentz noted there are 2.8 million 41 Minnesotans currently living in the state's 96 Tree Cities. The Arbor Day Celebration will be 42 held Friday, April 29`n at Trillium Park. Tree seedlings will be handed out at Spring Clean Up 43 Day on Saturday May 7cn 44 45 Councilmember Brever read the Arbor Day Proclamation. 46 47 D. Spirit of St. Anthony Award 48