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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 8, 2020 Page 4 Interim City Manager Yunker reported that clean up day is Saturday, September 12th from 8:00 1 am to 2:00 pm at Public Works. He noted there is a link for people to sign up online for a time 2 slot which will help keep things running smoothly. 3 4 Councilmember Walker stated he is entering his third online session of a book reading called 5 “Stamped”, which covers anti-racism and is primarily set for high school students and parents of 6 the students. 7 8 Councilmember Webster stated she is a Liaison to the Community Services Advisory Council 9 and there is a meeting on Thursday, September 10th. She indicated she is also the Liaison to the 10 St. Anthony Qantas and there will be a work session on Wednesday, September 9th at 12:00 pm. 11 12 Councilmember Randle stated on Sunday, September 13th Sister Cities will be having their 13 retreat. The October visit from Finland Road show has been postponed. Sports Boosters will 14 have their first meeting on Wednesday, September 9th. 15 16 Councilmember Jenson stated on Wednesday, August 26th he participated in Coffee with the 17 Council. On August 31st he participated with the work session meeting the Council had. 18 September 3rd the Metro Cities Board of Directors met, and Metro Cities deployed an Ad hock 19 Race Equity Committee and the Board set a one-year timeline and approved a detailed scope of 20 work. He indicated they also finalized a new Race and Equity Policy Statement and sent that 21 forward. On September 4th he attended the Ramsey County Local League of Governments Exec. 22 Board meeting where they approved the financial budgets and are in the green. The Collective 23 Work Force Group presented their scope of work as a long-term improvement via policy 24 changes. Mental Health is the consensus issue as it affects everyone, schools, and communities. 25 This plan will be presented to the larger Board of Directors meeting on Friday, September 11th. 26 27 Mayor Stille stated he attended the August 31st work session and heavy on the agenda was to get 28 the process started to recruit a recruiter for the City Manager position and should be coming 29 before the Council at the next meeting for voting. On September 8th he attended the Mississippi 30 Water Management Organization Board meeting. 31 32 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 33 34 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 35 are not on the regular agenda. 36 37 Hearing none, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda. 38 39 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 40 41 Mayor Stille noted looking forward to October 6th, potentially is the Night To Unite designated 42 night. 43 44 45 46 10