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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 28, 2011 Page 2 1 Mayor Faust expressed the City's appreciation to CenterPoint Energy for the community grant 2 which will be used to make the City's residents safer. 3 4 B. St. Anthony Historical Book — Barry Tedlund, St. Anthony Historical Society President 6 Mr. Barry Tedlund, President of the St. Anthony Historical Society presented the recently 7 published "St. Anthony Village History" book. He expressed the Historical Society's thanks to 8 Gail Olson who wrote the book, to Tom Heller who produced the book, and to the City for its 9 support and encouragement in publishing the book. He stated that copies of the book are 10 available at City Hall and on the website. He added that the Historical Society is interested in 11 continuing to interview people and collect photographs on the City's history. He encouraged 12 anyone with information and/or photographs to contact the Historical Society or City Hall. He 13 indicated that George and Florence Marks are pursuing interviews with WWII Veterans. 14 15 Mayor Faust commended the Historical Society for producing the book and encouraged residents 16 to purchase a copy of the book. 17 18 C. Update from Ramsey County Commissioner Jan Parker. 19 20 Ramsey County Commissioner Jan Parker presented the City Council with a packet of 21 information and introduced her assistant, Sara Merz. She discussed the potential State 22 government shutdown and stated that the County has contingency plans in place, as outlined in 23 the packet of information. She reviewed the County's cash flow information and stated that 24 budgets are being prepared for the next two year cycle using a 6% decrease in budgets as a 25 starting point. She advised that a road project using Federal funds to rebuild County Road C in 26 Roseville will be completed in 2015-2016 and Roseville has indicated that they are interested in 27 adding a bike trail along the shoulder. She suggested that St. Anthony consider whether it wants 28 to construct a trail on the St. Anthony portion of this road. She discussed the Union Depot 29 project in downtown St. Paul which will be restored to house a transit center. She advised that 30 Tamarack Nature Center recently opened Destination for Discovery, a free outdoor play area for 31 kids located in White Bear Township. She stated that the County has a yard waste drop-off site 32 in Arden Hills which can be used by residents of St. Anthony; City residents can also take 33 advantage of the free mobile hazardous waste collection site at Arden Hills on Fridays and 34 Saturdays. She advised that the County has some free recycling containers which it is making 35 available to municipalities for use in parks and public spaces and encouraged the City to request 36 some of these containers. She stated that the County's solid waste staff has been working with 37 some of the schools on organic waste recycling of school lunches and suggested that St. Anthony 38 may be interested in this program. She discussed the recently remodeled Roseville Library and 39 reported that a new library will be opening in the New Brighton Community Center, which will 40 be most convenient to residents of St. Anthony and is tentatively scheduled to open in October. 41 She discussed the County's benches program, which provides benches free of charge and 42 encouraged the City to contact the County if it is interested in more benches. She stated that the 43 County received a bond rating of AAA and several awards from GFOA for excellence in 44 financial reporting. She advised that the County is in discussions with the Minnesota Vikings 45 about building a stadium on the TCAAP site. She indicated that she supports this and the County 3