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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 2020 Page 5 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 1 2 City Manager Casey reported that both liquor stores are open and operational. Both open at 3 10:00 am until 8:00 pm, Monday through Saturday. 4 5 Councilmember Walker stated he did an interview for CTV. 6 7 Councilmember Jenson stated on April 30, he participated with Metro Cities Annual conference 8 and leading into that meeting there was another discussion about Metro Cities is working with 9 the Legislature to develop a policy to support local funding as a part of the Cares Funding Act so 10 that the State’s portion can be received into the Cities. Also at the Annual meeting, there was 11 elections of the president, vice-president and four returning members. On May 4, he attended the 12 City Worksession with four items that were discussed. On May 8, Ramsey County Local League 13 of Governments had their monthly meeting which was a round table discussion about each 14 member City or Organization and what they are doing about COVID-19. He also took a Zoom 15 seminar on leadership skills refresher course for City elected officials. 16 17 Councilmember Webster stated St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce sent out guidelines that 18 were created and distributed by Target Corporations for how businesses can safely open and they 19 actually received this document from Mayor Stille who received it from attending the Regional 20 Council of Mayors. 21 22 Mayor Stille stated the document is something that Target put a lot thought into and is about how 23 to open up their retail facilities. He stated on May 4th he also attended the Worksession and there 24 was discussion about turf and speed limits. He reminded the public that at work sessions the 25 Council does not make any formal decisions but that was discussed, and the consensus of the 26 Council was to bring that topic back to the next Council meeting on the 4th Tuesday in May. On 27 May 11, he attended the Regional Council of Mayors and one component was Target’s 28 presentation. He also heard from Doctor Craig Shield with Blue Cross/Blue Shield who is a 29 sponsor of the Regional Council of Mayors regarding embracing health implications of 30 community desire and what it means for physical, mental and social health and how does the 31 Council plan so that they can build equity into the infrastructure. 32 33 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 34 35 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 36 are not on the regular agenda. 37 38 City Manager Casey indicated he had one online form submittal from Ms. Erin Jordahl-Redlin, 39 3012 Armour Terrace, that read “Regarding the School District’s proposal to install artificial turf 40 on the football field, if the City Council votes to financially support the proposal, will funding 41 for other City services be reduced to pay for the turf. Will our taxes be increased on community 42 members to fill the hole in the budget created by extending the Community Center lease 43 payments to pay for the turf project. Is the City planning to help for the ongoing maintenance 44 costs of the turf project, is the City planning on helping to pay for the costs of replacing the turf 45 when it is necessary to do so, what are the environmental mitigation plans for replacing the turf. 46 5