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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 28, 2020 Page 3 1 Grittman, eight different Councilmembers, not to mention a lot of different consultants through 2 the environmental aspect and the capacity aspects that had to accessed. This is a document that 3 he compares to the previous Comprehensive Plan and it is night and day in terms of the thought 4 and preparation that went into this plan. He congratulated the community and thank the people 5 who have put a lot of time and effort into this. 6 7 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve Resolution 8 20-043; a Resolution Approving and Adopting the Final 2040 Comprehensive Plan for the City 9 of St. Anthony Village. 10 11 Motion carried 5-0. 12 13 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 14 15 City Manager Casey reported that the liquor store operations are open in both locations. The 16 hours are 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. City Hall and the Fire Department 17 with city staff are fully operational. He noted the City needs to reschedule the Spring cleanup, 18 which was scheduled for Saturday, May 2nd. The City is hoping to have that rescheduled to 19 sometime in the Fall. For residents that have bulky items that need to be removed now he 20 suggested contacting the refuse hauler to set up an agreement for haul away and work out the 21 price. 22 23 Councilmember Webster stated Village Fest is meeting next week to determine the fate of the 24 event for 2020. St. Anthony Qantas has cancelled their meetings through the remainder of May 25 as well and two weeks ago was the Community Services Advisory Council meeting where she 26 was able to give an update from the Council. 27 28 Councilmember Walker stated he has been in communication with City Manager Casey about 29 social distancing, particularly around the tennis courts. He stated he is an avid tennis player and 30 has seen things there that he does not like to see in terms of not abiding by the six feet rule and 31 with the number of players there. One of the things that has happened since the discussion has 32 been signage put up on the fence of the court to encourage social distancing. In addition to that 33 City Manager Casey informed him that there are picnic tables near the site to the court to 34 encourage people to sit there rather then at the gate to the tennis courts to socialize. 35 36 Councilmember Randle stated he joined the League of Minnesota Cities webinar on April 21 St 37 and was given the Legislative update. He was also given an update on the open meeting law and 38 what was good to hear is that eighty percent of the cities are now meeting electronically. Most 39 cities are now abiding by social distancing. Friday, April 23rd he joined the conversation with 40 Governor Tim Walz that was also put on by the League of Minnesota Cities and what he got 41 from that is there was some interest from the City about 5G. On April 24th, he joined the Town 42 Hall meeting with Representative Omar with the Minnesota Department of Employment and 43 Economic Development and the topics were mainly about unemployment. 44 45 Mayor Stille stated he indicated on the 24th of April there was a League of Minnesota Cities 46 webinar with Governor Walz specifically related to COVID and Governor Walz was his