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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 12, 2007 Page 6 City Manager Morrison reported Staff applied for two grants through Transit for Livable Communities for sidewalks along Stinson and Silver Lake Road. He stated St. Anthony was not awarded the grants; however, there are more rounds of funding and Staff would continue to apply- 7 City Manager stated Police Chief Ohl mentioned the Police Department applied for three grants 8 and were funded for two. He reported the Safe and Sober Grant for $12,000 and the Ace Grant 9 for $5,000 would be used to reimburse the police overtime pay for these programs. He reported 10 a Safe and Sober Contract would be entered into at the next Council Meeting. 11 12 City Manager Morrison mentioned the website could now be used to report street light outages to 13 Xcel Energy. 14 15 City Manager Morrison stated Julianne Hunter has requested update to Council on Village Fest 16 activities. 17 18 City Manager Mornson reported that Kay Andrews from Northwest Youth and Families would 19 present an update to Council at the next meeting. 20 21 City Manager Morrison reported that Mr. Bill Weber, consultant on the comprehensive plan 22 would present an updated comprehensive plan to the Planning Commission on July 17, 2007 and 23 to the City Council on July 24, 2007. He stated the six -month review process was completed by 24 the surrounding cities, agencies, and Met Council. 25 26 City Manager Morrison reported Mr. Hubmer would report on the Comprehensive Water 27 Resource Management Plan at the July 24, 2007 Council meeting. He mentioned this is required 28 by state law and the comprehensive plan. 29 30 City Manager Morrison reported the population report was received from the Met Council. He 31 stated St. Anthony's population has increased as of April 2006 to 8,36 1. He stated that of that 32 total, 5,291 are in Hennepin County and 2,340 are in Ramsey County. 33 34 Councilmember Gray reported that on June 7, 2007 he attended the North Suburban 35 Communications Commission and the North Suburban Access Corporation. He stated the 36 highlight of the meeting was the distribution of ten scholarships amounting to $40,000 awarded 37 to ten residents of the ten communities represented on the Commission. He commented Nick 38 Bennett received the award for St. Anthony. 39 40 Mayor Faust reported the Council met with the School Board on May 29, 2007. He stated this is 41 done quarterly to exchange information. 42 43 Mayor Faust reported that on May 31, 2007 Council and the City Department heads conducted a 44 mid year strategic review, toured the City, and looked at the five goals to see where the City is 45 on each. 46