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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 8, 2005 Page 6 1 ® 39°i Avenue is being worked on with MnDOT; it will be bid in May with completion 2 approximately September. 3 ® Congressman Sabo's aide will attend the next Council meeting. He said the City would 4 like to thank her for the funding she has given to the projects in the city. 5 ® A meeting was held with Dominium on the senior housing project. There will be 80 units 6 just for seniors and the city would like to see the seniors in the community go into the 7 proj ect. 8 ® The City is working with the School District to complete a conimmity-wide survey. The 9 proposal for this project will be presented at the March 22 meeting. A survey of this type 10 has not been done since 2001. 1.1 ® The web site is changing developers to Govofe.com. There are more options for 12 managing the web site and. making it user friendly. 13 ® Sunset Cemetery report: A proposal to demolish the building on St. Anthony ,Boulevard 14 will be present to the Planning Commission on March 15. 15 0 A meeting was held with a representative fsonn AmCon on St. Anthony Marketplace. 16 There are two restaurants that are interested in the corner property next to H&R ,Block. 17 There is a list of issues that must be resolved. with the Council and Planning Commission. 18 There will be public hearings. 19 ® Flections will be held this fall for the City and Schools. They will share the City Clerk 20 and work together in the elections. 21 ® An Agreement with the City of Roseville has provided a new phone system. 'this 22 building has been converted, and provides more capabilities. 23 24 Councilmember Gray had no report. 25 26 Councilmember Stille stated that he took advantage ofinvitation to visit the new library in 27 Rogers. He said their footprint is smaller than St. Anthony's. They had wireless internet service, 28 which is absent from the St. Anthony library. Ire noted he took part in Read Across America and 29 read at Wilshire Park. 30 31 Councilmember Thuesen stated he also took pint in Read Across America and had a good time. 32 33 Mayor Faust reported he met with the Mayor of ;Falcon Heights. St. Anthony has a police 34 contract in conjunction with Falcon Heights, and they agree to continue that contract as long as it 35 is beneficial for both parties. Mayor Faust said because he is new, the Mayor of.Ualcon Heights 36 wanted to meet with him. It was beneficial for both cities organizationally and financially. He 37 gave her a torr of the city and she was impressed with Silver Lance Village. He explained Falcon 38 Heights undertook a redevelopment project on the corner of Larpenteur and Snelling. While it is 39 a good project, it is small in the scope of what St. Anthony is doing. 40 41 Mayor Faust said he and Mr. Pratt met with the City Manager to discuss fixture developments. 42 Mr. Pratt requested to appear before the Council in June or July. He said they toured the urban 43 townhouses, and suggested when it is further in construction, the Councilmembers should tour 44 also. 45 46 Mayor Faust stated that if residents wish to get into senior housing, they can call the City Hall 47 for information. The information is available on the web page as well. 5