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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 22, 2008 Page 7 I VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 2 3 City Manager Morrison reported on the following: 4 ■ The third Citizens Academy graduation is upcoming 5 ■ Silver Lake Road Project bond sale is upcoming 6 ■ There will be a meeting held with the cities of St. Anthony, Minneapolis, Roseville, and 7 the Three Rivers Park District on maintenance issues to be cleared up in relation to 8 Northeast Diagonal Trail. 9 ■ He and 15 members of City staff attended Loss Control Seminars this past month put on 10 by the League of Minnesota Cities Trust. 11 ■ He and Police Chief Ohl, as well as other cities close to St. Paul, have been meeting with 12 St. Paul staff regarding the upcoming Republican Convention. The City of St. Paul is 13 proposing a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for additional police assistance that may be 14 required for mutual aid. The League of Minnesota Cities is reviewing the proposed JPA 15 on behalf of the cities that surround St. Paul. The benefit to St. Anthony is that if the 16 Police Department is called out on a mutual aid request related to the event they will be 17 reimbursed for the officers' time through funds set aside from the federal government. 18 19 City Manager Morrison commended Finance Director Larson on receiving the Certificate of 20 Achievement of Excellence in Financial Reporting. 21 22 Mayor Faust noted the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust has raised their rates. 23 Fortunately the City of St. Anthony has not had issues similar to those that have been occurring 24 in the City of Maplewood with the City Council and staff saying things that are not appropriate 25 and ending up in litigation. It is important for the public to realize that some cities do not work as 26 well as this city does with staff, elected officials, and residents. 27 28 Councilmember Gray reported on attending the following events: 29 ■ VillageFest Committee Meeting on Tuesday, April 15`h. The parade route is being 30 finalized, the Committee reviewed a map of where the activities will take place, and it 31 was discussed that there may be fireworks. 32 ■ Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 17`h. He congratulated Brian 33 Brady on receiving the 2008 Villager of the Year Award and Wireless World for 34 receiving the 2008 St. Anthony Business of the Year Award. 35 36 Mayor Faust explained that VillageFest is not run by the City; it is an event run by volunteers 37 and Councihnember Gray serves as the Council liaison. The committee is always looking for 38 volunteers; anyone interested in participating should contact the Committee Chair Juliann 39 Hunter. 40 41 Councilrember Roth indicated he has nothing to report. 42 43 Councihnember Stille reported on attending the following events: 44 Sister City Committee Meeting on April 13`h. The Committee is working on the 45 possibility of sending a couple of students to Salo, Finland in February 2009. A visit is 46 planned from the Sister City the first week of June.