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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 28, 2009 Page 7 1 your Children Safe— Computer and Internet Safety." Further information on dates and 2 locations is available from the Police Department as well as the City's website. 3 ■ He will serve on the Metro Cities Transportation Committee and the LMC Human 4 Resources Committee. 5 ■ The Chandler Drive project is proceeding as planned, and half the street is paved, all 6 utilities will be in next week, and the project will be complete by August 31, which is two 7 months ahead of schedule. 8 ■ The Arbor's Alley utilities are completed, the water main has been replaced, and the 9 project should be completed next week. 10 ■ The water main project at Water Tower Park is complete. 11 a The St. Anthony Boulevard overlay is complete. 12 • The City Hall parking lot has been paved. 13 ■ Emerald Park is progressing well and should be completed on October 15°i. 14 • The City was recently awarded an Excellence Award from the League for its water re -use 15 project. There will be a ribbon cutting on September 8`" at 5:00 p.m. The fountains are 16 down because City staff is painting the walls; the pond should be refilled this week. 17 18 Mr. Morrison noted that all projects are on time and on budget. 19 20 Councilmember Roth: No report. 21 22 Councilmember Stille: No report. 23 24 Councilmember Thuesen: No report. 25 26 Councilmember Gray reported that on June 24-26, he attended the League of Minnesota Cities 27 annual conference. He stated he attended a session by the City Administrator of Hugo wherein 28 he discussed their disaster response after the 2008 Memorial Day tornado. 29 30 Mayor Faust reported on his attendance at the following: 31 32 ■ League of Minnesota Cities annual conference. He stated that Minnesota was the first 33 state to start the "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon" program for Iraq soldiers and their 34 families. He will look into how the City may get involved to help families left here while 35 their loved ones are serving overseas. 36 • He was asked to go to the Capitol to be part of a group that presented remarks to people 37 interested in city advocacy to see how our voices are heard. The program was well 38 received and included a presentation by Senator Pogemiller. 39 a On June 29"', he spoke to Senator Langseth about the water flooding task force; the City 40 was given approximately $7 million in 1998 for this project and he wanted to express his 41 thanks to the Senator for his support of the project. He invited the Senator to join him on 42 a tour of the project. 43 • The Middle Mississippi Waters Management Organization recently agreed to conduct a 44 wetlands function and value assessment of the entire City and this project will help the 45 City manage its wetlands in the future. 7