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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 13, 2011 Page 4 Mayor Faust expressed the City Council's thanks to Fire Chief Malenick for securing the grant for the siren and for locating it next to the fire station to take advantage of the back -up generator. Councilmember Roth reported on his attendance at the following: • September 6th City Council work session. • September 8th Cable Commission meeting. He advised that the Cable Commission is currently engaged in a three year renewal of the contract with Comcast. • Participation in Cable Commission Finance Committee monthly meetings to take a closer look at financing in the contract renewal process and to make sure all necessary controls are in place to maintain a solid organization for all ten cities. Councilmember Stille reported on his attendance at the following: • August 30th City Council work session. Councilmember Gray — No report. Mayor Faust reported on the following: • August 30°i joint meeting with School Board. • August 30th MWMO executive committee. • September 6'h meeting with Kiwanis regarding their Aktion charter. • September 8'h MWMO executive committee. • September 12'h Regional Council of Mayors meeting with keynote address by Tina Smith, Chief of Staff for Governor Dayton. • September 13tH MWMO meeting. He stated that another turf maintenance class is scheduled for September 27tH 27 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that are not on the regular agenda. Mr. Ken Brown, 3422 Silver Lane NE, appeared before the City Council and requested that the City address a landscaping problem caused by the Silver Lane project. He presented pictures of the area and stated that in the past he and his neighbors have always maintained this area. He explained that following the road construction projects, the area was seeded last fall which was unsuccessfiil because nothing was done to prepare the soil, then this summer, the City came back and seeded agaiti but the area was only watered once. He indicated that the City is close to sign - off on the project and based on discussions with the Project Engineer last year, the City agreed to deliver sod - quality turf and some sodding was done along the boulevard. He added that he has teamed that the area will not be restored to where it was before the Foss Lane project. He requested that the City bring in top soil and seed the area again to eliminate the eyesore. He also asked if the City is going to mow and fertilize this area. He suggested that landscaping on future projects include more than just the Engineer's sign -off and felt that taxpayers should not have to pay twice to get this area looking decent.