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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 14, 2020 Page 5 Councilmember Webster explained she has highly considered this opportunity over the past 1 couple of years and thanked the number of residents who met with her for coffee, stopped her at 2 the Community Center, and tapped her on the shoulder to ask her to someday think about 3 running for Council. She strongly considered that possibility last Spring and one of the things 4 that she was torn about was her mom’s declining health. Councilmember Webster knew she 5 could not do both and so she really looks forward to this opportunity to serve the community. 6 She noted she has been grateful for living in the community with her husband Seth for the past 7 twenty years and extremely excited to be hired by the School District with Community Services 8 in 2008. She has really enjoyed getting to know the residents and families and looking at how 9 the school can better meet their needs through different programs. She stated each day she learns 10 so much from her sons, Chandler and Jayden. She thanked her family for their support of this 11 opportunity and for being at the meeting tonight. She also thanked Dr. Rene Corneille, School 12 Superintendent, who was behind her decision one hundred percent. 13 14 C. Quarterly Goals Update 15 16 City Manager Casey reviewed the quarterly goals with the Council. 17 18 Councilmember Jenson added that these goals are part of the City’s pyramid that comes out of 19 the strategic planning meeting. Some things are added and removed and part of the strategic 20 plan is to identify these goals. 21 22 Mayor Stille explained what the City’s pyramid is for the residents. 23 24 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 25 26 Councilmember Randle stated Coffee with the Council is scheduled for January 18th at 9:00 a.m. 27 in the Council Chambers. He indicated Sister Cities is looking for residents to host guest from 28 Salo, Finland from July 25th to August 4th. All guests are over fifty years old and if anyone 29 needs more information, Bonnie Brever can be contacted. 30 31 Mayor Stille indicated he has hosted a couple before, and Christmas cards are still exchanged. 32 He did not know what to expect but got a lot out of it and made friends as well. 33 34 Councilmember Jenson stated he attended the Ramsey County Local League of Governments 35 meeting on January 10th, which meets monthly. He was on the Board of Directors and elected 36 President at the end of last year to representative Saint Anthony. 37 38 Councilmember Walker stated he was at the meeting for the interview process along with all of 39 the other Councilmembers. 40 41 Mayor Stille stated he attended the Affordable Housing seminar in December and thought it was 42 always good to see and be abreast of what is going on in that industry. He and the City Manager 43 also interviewed for the League of Minnesota Cities article regarding Advanced Oxidation 44 Process Plan. January 8th was the Council Worksession. On January 13th, he attended the 45 13