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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 23, 2009 Page 5 1 Silver Lake Village Update: 2 o Condos: 130 total of which 115 are sold. 7 of these sold this year. Total value of 3 $1,651,746. 4 o Cottages: 26 total of which 23 are sold. 6 of these sold this year. Total value of 5 41,553,293. 6 o Co -op: 42 total, 20 reserved; 78 unit rental 7 ■ Workman's Comp Rate is .78, the lowest it has ever been. 1.00 is considered the normal. 8 ■ The Fire Department will be volunteering with Muscular Dystrophy this year. 9 ■ Officer Huddle received the following awards for his work with the Roseville Swat 10 Team: MN Police Officer Association Police Officer of the Year Award Honorable 11 Mention; Department Medal of Honor, SOTA Swat Officer of the Year; Minnesota 12 Police Chiefs Medal of Honor; and Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association 13 Honorable Mention. 14 15 Consensus of the Council was to direct staff to cancel the July 14, 2009 City Council meeting 16 and to schedule the third reading of ordinance 2009 -005 for the July 28, 2009 City Council 17 meeting. 18 19 Mayor Faust noted that insurance costs were $4,000 lower this year and commended staff for the 20 efforts associated with the workman's comp rate. 21 22 Councilmember Stille reported on this attendance at the Family Services Collaborative Board 23 meeting prior to the City Council meeting. He explained that the organization currently serves at 24 risk kids that are generally middle school and up in age. Due to the desire of the County for the 25 funds to be used for early childhood there may be a change in focus. 26 27 Councilmember Thuesen reported that recent speakers at the Vital Aging Council were Andy 28 Parrish of AARP, and Bob Roepke, former Mayor of Chaska. Mr. Parrish spoke about health 29 care reform, financial security, home emergencies, and maintaining health and long term care. 30 Mr. Roepke spoke about communities supporting residents as they age. 31 32 Councilmember Gray: No report. 33 34 Councilmember Roth: No report. 35 36 Mayor Faust reported on his attendance at the following: 37 June 15, 2009 Vital Aging Council meeting. Mr. Bob Roepke spoke about a community 38 for a lifetime. He discussed a master plan for aging, as well as putting the human element 39 into comprehensive planning. There is some sentiment that St. Anthony may not have 40 enough community space for the senior component, and this may need to be looked into 41 in the future. However, the City has been amenable to requests by the seniors to use space 42 at city hall, audio visual equipment, etc. He note there may be areas where the Vital 43 Aging Council can be enhanced. 44 League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) Board meeting prior to the City Council meeting. It 45 was his last meeting as a board member; if elected on Thursday he will be an officer. He 46 encourages membership on LMC policy committees.