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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 13, 2011 Page 4 1 Mayor Faust expressed the City Council's thanks to Fire Chief Malenick for securing the grant 2 for the siren and for locating it next to the fire station to take advantage of the back-up generator. 4 Councilmember Roth reported on his attendance at the following: 5 • September 611 City Council work session. 6 • September 8"' Cable Commission meeting. He advised that the Cable Commission is 7 currently engaged in a three year renewal of the contract with Comcast. 8 • Participation in Cable Commission Finance Committee monthly meetings to take a closer 9 look at financing in the contract renewal process and to make sure all necessary controls 10 are in place to maintain a solid organization for all ten cities. 11 12 Councilmember Stille reported on his attendance at the following: 13 • August 30°i City Council work session. 14 15 Councilmember Gray —No report. 16 17 Mayor Faust reported on the following: 18 • August 30°i joint meeting with School Board. 19 • August 30°1 MWMO executive committee. 20 • September 011 meeting with Kiwanis regarding their Aktion charter. 21 • September 8°i MWMO executive committee. 22 • September 12°1 Regional Council of Mayors meeting with keynote address by Tina 23 Smith, Chief of Staff for Governor Dayton. 24 • September 13°i MWMO meeting. He stated that another turf maintenance class is 25 scheduled for September 27"i. 26 27 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 28 29 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 30 are not on the regular agenda. 31 32 Mr. Ken Brown, 3422 Silver Lane NE, appeared before the City Council and requested that the 33 City address a landscaping problem caused by the Silver Lane project. He presented pictures of 34 the area and stated that in the past he and his neighbors have always maintained this area. He 35 explained that following the road construction projects, the area was seeded last fall which was 36 unsuccessful because nothing was done to prepare the soil, then this summer, the City came back 37 and seeded again but the area was only watered once. He indicated that the City is close to sign - 38 off on the project and based on discussions with the Project Engineer last year, the City agreed to 39 deliver sod -quality turf and some sodding was done along the boulevard. He added that he has 40 learned that the area will not be restored to where it was before the Foss Lane project. He 41 requested that the City bring in top soil and seed the area again to eliminate the eyesore. He also 42 asked if the City is going to mow and fertilize this area. He suggested that landscaping on future 43 projects include more than just the Engineer's sign -off and felt that taxpayers should not have to 44 pay twice to get this area looking decent. 45 0