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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 9 1 Mayor Faust asked whether the Highcrest sidewalk is eligible for the new MNDOT sidewalk 2 grant. Mr. Morrison answered in the affirmative and explained that it is a State road but that is 3 not a requirement of the MNDOT grant. However, the sidewalk has to be available to get 4 children to school. Councilmember Stille stated he enjoyed working on clean up day and visiting with residents. 8 Councilmember Stille stated he attended the first meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Task Force 9 on May 8, 2006 and explained this was the first of five meetings. He stated he is looking 10 forward to that process. 11 12 Councilmember Gray stated that last Wednesday he attended the Northwest Youth and Family 13 Services Leadership luncheon, a fundraising event, and believe it was very successful. He 14 thanked Mayor Faust, Councilmember Thuesen, City Manager Morrison, Parks Director 15 Hartman, and Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes for their support in attending that function. 16 17 Councilmember Gray stated he received an e -mail from Steve Peterson, President of the 18 Northeast Lions Club, who will be before the Council to apply for a gambling license for the 19 Village Pub. He explained they have agreed to a lease with Village Pub and that application will 20 be discussed at the May 23, 2006 Council meeting. 21 22 Councilmember Thuesen referenced the Vital Aging Council agenda and stated that at a future 23 meeting he would like a representative from Vital Aging to present the findings of their recent 24 survey. 25 26 Councilmember Thuesen stated he enjoyed the Northwest Youth and Family Services 27 Leadership luncheon, which included an excellent speaker. He noted this group does many good 28 things for the community. 29 30 Councilmember Thuesen stated he attended the Comprehensive Plan Task Force meeting. He 31 stated he believes this is an important process that will create a document that is not put on the 32 shelf but is intended to be used a guide for the next ten years in how the City will develop, its 33 philosophies, and many other issues. He encouraged residents to provide their thoughts to the 34 Council or other members on the Task Force on how they see St. Anthony in the next ten years. 35 36 Mayor Faust reported on the Mayor's Association meeting held April 28 and 29 in Austin, 37 Minnesota where the theme was emergency operations. He advised that many of the mayors 38 have gone through serious travesties and it was interesting to hear what they had to say. Mayor 39 Faust commented that based on the City's table top exercise, he thinks St. Anthony is in better 40 shape now than before should something occur. 41 42 Mayor Faust commented that it is interesting when you go into a community like Austin that has 43 a strong identity with a business, which in their case is Spam. 44 45 Mayor Faust stated he also attended the Northwest Youth and Family Services Leadership 46 luncheon and least anyone think it was a free meal, it was not, it was a fund raiser. He stated that