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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 22, 2005 <br />Page 8 <br />Councilmember Horst stated he attended a Sister City meeting earlier in the month. The <br />3 twentieth anniversary of the Sister City relationship is coming up and the planned activities will <br />4 be held in Spring 2006. There will be a Minnesota Rock Carving Symposium; artists from the <br />5 state will work to create sculptures that will be placed around St. Paul and in Silver Lake Village. <br />6 He also noted that earlier in the month he attended the Community Services Board meeting. <br />7 They went over the new catalog. There are significant changes this year including fully <br />8 operational internet signup. <br />9 <br />10 Councilmember Stille had no report. <br />11 <br />12 Councilmember Thuesen said he attended the joint meeting with the Planning Commission. This <br />13 meeting is held annually and it gives the opportunity to clarify the future plans of the City. He <br />14 noted the residents have high expectations of the City Staff, and he said the employees have met <br />15 the challenge well. He said they have done a lot of work this year, and made the Council look <br />16 good. <br />17 <br />18 Councilmember Gray had no report. <br />19 <br />20 Mayor Faust indicated that he received a call on the 14th of March to testify before the senate on <br />21 a subcommittee on liquor. The Subcommittee is chaired by Senator Pappas of St. Paul. The <br />22 senator was sick, however, and he did not get to testify on one of the issues as planned. He said <br />he was able to tell another Senator about how St. Anthony does business through the League of <br />Minnesota Cities, and that set the standard for the bill. He added that the City's close <br />25 relationship with the League of Minnesota Cities is important. <br />26 <br />27 Mayor Faust said that on the 15'h he gave the goals to the Chamber of Commerce Convention, <br />28 and the next day he gave the City's goals in a talk at Chandler Place with about 45 people in <br />29 attendance. Those residents are very interested in what is going on. They are appreciative, and <br />30 know firsthand that Public Works is there when something goes wrong. <br />31 <br />32 Mayor Faust said he got a call earlier in the day from the Mayor of Columbia Heights and <br />33 wanted to pass along that the former mayor came by to talk about some issues. He noted it was <br />34 unprofessional, and would not do that in the future. He is a supporter of Wal -Mart. <br />35 <br />36 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. <br />37 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that <br />38 are not on the regular agenda. <br />39 <br />40 Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. <br />41 <br />42 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. <br />43 None. <br />44 <br />^ X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. <br />None. <br />47 <br />