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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 25, 2008 Page 12 stakeholder meeting will be held in mid -April with the schools, churches and key property owners along Silver Lake Road. The anticipated project start date is approximately May ls` Information will be available next week on bids for the project, which were opened today. City Manager Mornson reported the 2009 budget is underway with financial strategies. A public hearing on the budget will be held April 22 "d; following that there will be worksessions held with staff. 9 City Manager Mornson reported the last scheduled date for Junior Achievement is April 8`h. 10 Students were given the option of attending a City Council meeting, and both classes have said 11 they will be attending. 12 13 City Manager Mornson announced the League of Minnesota Cities Safety and Loss Control 14 Workshops will be held in April. 15 16 City Manager Mornson announced staff will be attending GIS training with WSB & Associates 17 over the next few weeks. 18 19 City Manager Momson reported Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates will be present at the 20 next City Council meeting to discuss next steps in funding for the Silver Lake Road Project, as 21 well as provide an update on Silver Lake Village. 22 23 City Manager Momson announced that Silver Lake Village has been recognized in the April 24 edition of a national development magazine. 25 26 Councilmember Gray reported he attended the first meeting for Village Fest 2008 at the end of 27 February. The next meeting is scheduled on Thursday. He stated Village Fest will be a challenge 28 this year with Silver Lake Road being under construction. It will be held at St. Anthony 29 Shopping Center; there will be a parade both days, and a band Friday and Saturday night. 30 31 Mayor Faust announced a League of Minnesota Committee has looked at different 32 methodologies on how to release value information on cities. Further information will be 33 forthcoming in the next couple of weeks. 34 35 Mayor Faust announced he attended the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization 36 (MWMO) Meeting on March 18`h. The Board selected the firm to handle site selection and 37 project management for the new MWMO building. The MWMO will also be working with the 38 Youth Conservation Corps in conjunction with the State. He announced he is serving on the 39 Logo/Identity Development Subcommittee for the MWMO. 40 41 Mayor Faust stressed the importance of buying locally whenever possible. He commented the 42 Chamber of Commerce will likely be focusing on these efforts. 43 44 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 45