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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 24, 2020 Page 4 1 Interim City Manager Yunker reviewed the ordinance with the Council. 2 3 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve second 4 reading of Ordinance 2020-03; an Ordinance Amending Multiple Sections Relating to Sewer, 5 Water and Stormwater Fees and Other Fees. 6 7 Motion carried 4-0. 8 9 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 10 11 Councilmember Webster stated she attended the Community Services Advisory Council earlier 12 in the month and had a chance to not only review the programs with the Community Services 13 Department this year but in addition was able to hear updates from other members around the 14 table. She also attended the St. Anthony Family Services Collaborative and it approved to work 15 with Marius Nacie and he has initiated some restorative circles and engagement circles. She 16 noted two have already been held and two more will be held in December. This is an 17 opportunity for community members to come together virtually in a really safe place to get to 18 know each other and in some ways start to rebuild some communication that may have been lost 19 between residents and just a chance to connect. 20 21 Councilmember Randle stated he attended the Sister Cities annual meeting on Saturday, 22 November 21st. He noted some members from Finland were able to join the meeting and three 23 new Board Members were elected. The topic of conversation was about the 75th Anniversary 24 and talk about the relationships between the St. Anthony Sister Cities and Solo Finland Sister 25 Cities. There was also discussion on pen pals. He indicated Solo has a new Mayor as well as St. 26 Anthony and there was discussion about having the two Mayors get together virtually. 27 28 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 29 30 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 31 are not on the regular agenda. 32 33 Ms. Lona Doolan, 3511 Harding Street, stated she would like to remember Jay Hartman and his 34 commitment to the City of St. Anthony. She explained when she thought of Jay some of the 35 things that come to mind are his devotion to St. Anthony, his willingness to listen, his 36 commitment to doing the right thing, his humble approach to solving problems and his constant 37 support throughout the community. She stated she has worked with Jay so many times over the 38 years and did not remember the first time she met him. She would like to recognize some of 39 Jay’s work with organizations she has been involved with. Citizens for Sustainability, Friends of 40 the Parks, St. Anthony Village Gardeners and Wilshire Park Ecology Club. She noted Jay 41 helped them achieve their vision of a pollinator pathway through St. Anthony and took the idea 42 they proposed with the Parks Commission in 2015 and he focused Green Corp. intern Kristin 43 Seaman on making it a reality. Jay continued to refer interested residents to CFS for assistance 44 in planning pollinator gardens. She reviewed some of the changes he helped make in regard to 45 pollinator gardens. She explained Jay was a strong advocate for parks and helped find more 46 4