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1 <br />C ity Manager Casey reviewed the quarterly goals and accomplishments with the Council. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Councilmember Stille asked if City Manager Casey mentioned the potential for working with the 4 <br />School District on the football field. City Manager Casey indicated that is one of the areas where 5 <br />City Staff is helping to submit a grant to Hennepin County in regard to looking at artificial turf at 6 <br />the athletic facilities that the City co-works with along side the School District. He noted this is 7 <br />in the preliminary stages and getting information put together on what the request would be and 8 <br />what is needed for the project. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Mayor Faust thought it was important to realize that when the Council comes up with the seventy 11 <br />items in January and that was one of the items that the Council knew was going to be a multi-12 <br />year function to get to and to find the right partners and collaboratives and to get it. The City 13 <br />Council also realizes that if they are not partnering with the School District, the City only have 14 <br />1,506 acres and the City cannot build up on ballfields, so the City has to make them useable 15 <br />more of the time. The City will probably be working some different groups and the Council will 16 <br />be supportive of them and he thought it was a way to get things done. He commended City Staff 17 <br />for the hard work on all of the projects and it allows them to get the community behind some of 18 <br />these supports and pay for those functions as they come about. 19 <br /> 20 <br />VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 21 <br /> 22 <br />City Manager Casey reported that there was a Fire Department open house on Saturday and 23 <br />attendance was good despite the weather. He noted the newsletter has been sent out. October 24 <br />19th there will be the next Coffee with the Council at 9:00 a.m. at Autumn Woods. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Councilmember Jenson stated he attended the Candidate Forum on October 3rd and the Fire 27 <br />Department open house. He noted the weather was somewhat difficult but there was a steady 28 <br />flow of people. He could tell the staff put a lot of time and effort into that event. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Councilmember Stille stated on October 3rd he met with Representative Omar’s Chief of Staff 31 <br />and also other representatives. He thought it was important to recognize that office and St. 32 <br />Anthony has always had good relationships with the representatives. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Councilmember Gray stated he attended the Fire Department open house on October 5th and was 35 <br />amazed at how many people were there. He thought the kids really enjoyed the different things 36 <br />that were available, and he thought it was a successful event. He thanked City staff for the hard 37 <br />work. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Mayor Faust stated he attended all of the events mentioned. He also acknowledged the Public 40 <br />Works for keeping the streets clean in all types of weather. 41 <br /> 42 <br />VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 45 <br />are not on the regular agenda. 46 <br />13