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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 22, 2007 Page 8 reconstruction of the sidewalks along Old Highway 8 and the contractor would be the responsible for the repair at his cost. City Manager Morrison reported the newly redone alleys did not pass the test, so they will be redone at the expense of the contractor. 7 City Manager Morrison reported a portion of Old Highway 8 would receive new mill and overlay 8 at no increased cost to the City. He commented this would result in improved drainage. 9 City Manager Morrison displayed a copy of the water quality report that would be mailed out to 10 residents. 11 12 Councilmember Stille commented City Manager Momson's report on increasing staff for the 13 Liquor Stores fit in with the audit report given by Ms. Moeller. 14 15 Mayor Faust thanked City Manager Mornson for the bike patrol report. 16 17 Mayor Faust stated it is important for the public to know the Pollution Control Agency issues 18 have occurred well into the 1980's and water filtration plant was part of that. He commented the 19 City received money from the Federal government in 1990 for water quality. Mayor Faust 20 commented it is important that the City has staff with the institutional knowledge that can talk 21 about what happened in the past and apply it to the present and the future. 22 23 Councilmember Stille reported he attended the Salo Park Dedication and visited with the 24 students and the teacher from Salo, Finland. 25 26 Councilmember Stille reported he attended the Kiwanis Meetings where the Sister Cities 27 Committee met and recognized Mr. Dave Abramson for contribution to Sister Cities. 28 29 Councilmember Thuesen reported he attended the Salo Park Sculpture dedication 30 31 Councilmember Thuesen passed on his appreciation to the Police Department for the bike patrol. 32 33 Councilmember Gray reported on the NW Youth and Family Services first quarter services. He 34 stated the NW Youth and Family Services provide mental health counseling, diversion services, 35 youth run business services, senior chore youth, and senior chore seniors. He stated cost for the 36 contract is $3,500 per year and the total value for the first quarter services amounted to $6,600. 37 38 Mayor Faust reported he met with the school delegation from Salo, Finland and had a good 39 meeting. He stated he spoke to the people from the school who commented they enjoyed the 40 event. He stated Mr. Tom Keith discussed sending the band to Salo in a couple of years. 41 42 Mayor Faust reported that on May 16, 2007 he was a judge for the Project Citizen where junior 43 and senior high civics classes from 29 schools made up a story board on projects such as: water 44 contamination, park safety, graffiti, school bullying, tailgating, and buck thorn. He explained the 45 students reported who they talked to, what the laws were, and using a thought process, analyzed