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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2005 Page 7 2 Motion carried unanimously. 4 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 5 City Manager Mornson reported the following: 6 • Silver Lake Village 7 A. Applebee's Grand Opening April 18th. There will be ribbon cutting at 10:30 a.m. and the 8 business opens at 11:00 a.m. that morning. 9 B. Grand Opening Celebration planned for the summer 10 • Amcon Update: The plan is to finish off the St. Anthony Marketplace project. There will be 11 more frequent meetings with the developers. A concept review will be presented to the 12 Planning Commission. There will be a minimum of three public hearings, and on the May 13 24, the Council will consider the Planning Commission report. Construction of the retail 14 would start over the summer, and businesses would open in September. There is money 15 available to finish landscaping. 16 • Sunset Cemetery: There will be a series of six meetings if the public is interested. A text 17 amendment change will be requested, and there will be application for a Conditional Use 18 Permit. 19 A. Planning — April 19th, May 17th, and June 21st 20 B. Council — May 24th, June 14th, and June 28th 21 • State of the Cities Report: St. Anthony was featured in this report by the League of 22 Minnesota Cities. The report is on the city's web page now, under news events. • Best in Landscaping — April 15th: St. Anthony won this award for the Harding Holding 24 Ponds. The City was nominated by the Minnesota Chapter of Landscapers and Architects. 25 • History Intern — Sarah Campbell starting April 19`h: Victoria Young, professor at St. 26 Thomas, helped retain Ms. Campbell. Ms. Campbell's work plan was distributed to the 27 Council. 28 29 Future issues on the agenda for the next meeting include public hearings for: a liquor license for 30 Chipotle, an easement vacation for a church, and the budget for 2006. The Council will hear a 31 reading on a Meth Ordinance, and will consider adopting the Meth Ordinance and waiving the 32 second and third readings. Mr. Morrison congratulated the Fire Chief for his work and noted he 33 started as Fire Chief a year ago after being in the department a number of years. 34 35 Councilmember Stille reported he participated in the Pinewood Derby with a Boy Scout Troop 36 on April 2, and noted other city representatives were there. He attended a Village Fest meeting 37 on March 28, and stated the date is set for August 5 and 6. One of the discussion points was that 38 the community is under the impression that this is a city- sponsored event, however it is funded 39 by volunteers and donations from businesses. He stated he dropped one of the State of the Cities 40 reports at the library for public viewing. 41 42 Councilmember Thuesen report he participated in the Pinewood Derby with Y -Guys and in three 43 years, he had minimal success. He attended March 31 Cities Day at the Capital. He explained 44 that elected officials across the state attend the League of Minnesota Cities Day at the Capital. He said he thought it was important because it gives the opportunity to build relationships. 46 Councilmember Thuesen said he would attend the Planning Commission meeting on April 19.