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Interim City Manager Yunker reported that staff received a resignation from Dan Payne of the 1 <br />Planning Commission effective January 1st. He noted the Council will need to look at how the 2 <br />City will want to fill that slot. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Councilmember Jenson stated on December 15th he attended a meeting with the Metro Cities 5 <br />Race Equity Ad-Hock Committee. Over the last several months the committee has developed a 6 <br />questionnaire that is now being brought up to the League of Minnesota Cities that will be sent 7 <br />out to all cities looking at how the LMC can help cities and what resources are required. He 8 <br />indicated on December 17th he attended the year end Metro Cities meeting for the Board of 9 <br />Directors and the primary item was the change over in personnel and approved who was going to 10 <br />come on board. There were also some close outs of some of the service delivery procedures that 11 <br />were finalized and approved. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Mayor Stille stated since the last City Council meeting, he attended the Regional Council of 14 <br />Mayors on December 14th. December 15th the Council had a work session where everyone 15 <br />participated. January 11th he attended the Regional Council of Mayors and it was very 16 <br />interesting and some food for thought, Thomas Fisher, the Director of Minnesota Design Center 17 <br />at the U of M together with Peter Frosh from Greater MSP, talked. He reviewed the topic with 18 <br />the Council. The thought was how to position themselves on what is coming and what to do 19 <br />from a Zoning and Planning perspective and how to handle the assets. He noted he also attended 20 <br />the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization Board Meeting, and the Stewardship Fund 21 <br />was touched upon which is a series of grants that organizations can get. If anyone is interested 22 <br />and wants to know more about this item, he indicated he would open to discussing it further and 23 <br />direct them to the right areas. 24 <br /> 25 <br />VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 28 <br />are not on the regular agenda. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Hearing none, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda. 31 <br /> 32 <br />IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 33 <br /> 34 <br />None. 35 <br /> 36 <br />X. ADJOURNMENT. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Mayor Stille adjourned the meeting at 7:22 p.m. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Respectfully submitted, 41 <br />Sue Osbeck 42 <br />TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 43 <br /> 44 <br /> Mayor 45 <br />ATTEST: 46 <br />3