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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 28 2017 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />B. Licenses and Permits. 1 <br />C. Claims. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Motion by Councilmember Brever, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the Consent 4 <br />Agenda items. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Motion carried 5-0. 7 <br /> 8 <br />IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS – NONE. 9 <br /> 10 <br />V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF – NONE. 11 <br /> 12 <br />VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 13 <br /> 14 <br />A. Resolution 17-033; a Resolution Providing for the Sale of $5,600,000 General Obligation 15 <br />Bonds, Series 2017A. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Ms. Stacie Kvilvang, Ehlers & Associates, introduced her colleague Mr. James Lehnhoff who 18 <br />reviewed the resolution providing for the sale of $5,600,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 19 <br />2017A to finance 2017 street reconstruction projects in the City; purchase a fire truck and to 20 <br />affect a current refunding of the City’s General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009A. The terms for 21 <br />the fire truck portion would be 10 years and the refunding would be following the current term 22 <br />which has eight years remaining. The Proposed Debt Issuance Schedule was reviewed. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Councilmember Stille asked about the ten-year term for the fire truck and Mr. Lehnhoff stated 25 <br />the ten-year term is imbedded in the Bond. Councilmember Stille stated the City doesn’t 26 <br />typically borrow for rolling stock and noted the current fire truck is 32 years old and with the 27 <br />savings and interest rate, this makes sense. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to adopt Resolution 17-30 <br />033; a Resolution Providing for the Sale of $5,600,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2017A. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Motion carried 5-0. 33 <br /> 34 <br />B. St. Anthony Public Works Department Annual Report. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Director of Public Works Jay Hartman provided a PowerPoint presentation of the 2016 Public 37 <br />Works Annual Report. Mr. Hartman reviewed the Mission Statement, Department 38 <br />Organizational Chart, Street Maintenance Division, Salt & Salt/Brine Usage, 2016 Public Works 39 <br />Department Projects, 2016 Annual Employee Safety Training, Parks Maintenance Division, Park 40 <br />Usage by Ice Skaters, Water/Sewer Division, Water Main Breaks & Service Leaks, Vehicle 41 <br />Maintenance Division, City Buildings Division, Engineering Division, Street Improvement 42 <br />Projects Schedule 2016 – 2025, 2016 Street & Utility in Review, 2017 Street Improvement 43 <br />Project, Citywide Chip Sealing Schedule, Chip Seal Completed in 2016, Proposed 2017 44 <br />Improvement Projects, Citywide Sustainability Initiative, Minnesota GreenCorps Member, 2017 45 <br />Sustainability Initiatives, 2017 and Beyond and 2017 Upcoming Events. Mr. Hartman noted the 46 <br />14