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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 26, 2005 Page 7 1 Gray has indicated his interest. Staff has two meetings set up, with the first on August 2 22. The meetings will be the fourth Monday of every month. 3 • Reorganization of Front Office Complete 4 o Phuongmai — Receptionist/License Clerk; came from the City of Crystal 5 o Robin — Utility Billing; came from the City of Brooklyn Park 6 o Jackie — Liquor Accounts Payable/Payroll; from Utility Billing 7 o Judy Monson has offered to come back and provide training as temporary help. 8 • St. Anthony Marketplace Update 9 o Two variances, one conditional use permit, and amendment to Developer's 10 Agreement for August 23. Another proposal will be brought forward. They will 11 propose the restaurant on the front of the pad site. There will need to be an 12 amendment to the Developer's Agreement. There will be 8 resolutions to 13 consider at the August 23 meeting. 14 Silver Lake Village Redevelopment 15 o Phase III of 39`h Avenue on schedule 16 o Park is also under construction with an expected completion date of 9/30 17 o Equinox is building new garages 18 o 39th Avenue Street Dance October 1 or 8`h 19 o More businesses are moving in. 20 • Ramsey County Task Force — to advise the library system. This starts August 10. They 21 are looking for a resident and Councilmember to join the task force. 22 • Upcoming meetings 23 o August 1 — Worksession at 6:00 p.m. 24 o August 2 — National Night Out 25 o August 9 — Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m. 26 o August 22 — Silver Lake Road Task Force at 7:00 p.m. 27 o August 23 — Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m.; the Historian will give an update. 28 o August 30 — Joint Meeting with School at 6:30 p.m. 29 o Police Report will be posted on the web site weekly. 30 31 Councilmember Stille encouraged participation in the Village Fest. He watched the Patriots 32 band in Colorado at the 4th of July celebrations and noted the Patriots band did a great job. 33 34 Councilmember Thuesen noted he received a letter from a resident regarding the crosswalk in 35 front of the community building. He said he will pass it on to the Councihnembers. 36 37 Councilmember Gray said he had a graduation party at the Pavilion and commented it was a 38 tremendous place for a party. It is underutilized. 39 40 Mayor Faust attended a Minnesota Mississippi Water Management Organization meeting on the 41 12th of July. They discussed natural prairie grasses. Mr. Hubmer will talk with the Executive 42 Director and discuss potential demonstration sites in the city. One of the issues that came up last 43 year in the Planning Commission meetings is our ordinances are not in sync with native 44 restoration, and low use of water, and there is a better way of doing this. 45 46 On the 19th of July, Representative Goodwin spoke at the Chamber of Commerce regarding the 47 session.