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6 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />July 9, 2013 <br />Page 4 <br />Councilmember Roth reported on his attendance at the July 8°i Sister City meeting. Re stated the <br />annual end of year Sister City meeting is scheduled for November 17°i at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. <br />He indicated the annual FinnFest event will be held in Minnesota next year on August 8-10. <br />Councilmember Stille reported he attended the St. Anthony Civic Orchestra concert on July 4°i at <br />Salo Park. <br />9 Councilmember Gray reported lie will be attending the North Suburban Communications <br />10 Commission meeting on July 11`x' and the Commission will be voting on a proposal to extend the <br />11 Comcast franchise agreement for one year. <br />12 <br />13 Councilmember Jenson stated the City Council invited former Mayors and City Councilmembers <br />14 to attend the annual League conference last month and he received several thank you letters from <br />15 the elected officials who attended the conference stating they appreciated being invited. <br />16 <br />17 Mayor Faust reported on his attendance at the following: <br />18 ® July I" meeting with City Manager Casey and representatives from Columbia Heights <br />19 and Fridley where they received the feasibility study for shared services. He advised that <br />20 City Manager Casey and the City Managers from Columbia Heights and Fridley will <br />21 work together to consider options for shared services, training opportunities, and/or <br />22 purchasing collaboratively and further information will be presented at a future meeting. <br />23 ® July 8°i Regional Council of Mayors meeting with a presentation by the Urban Land <br />24 Institute (ULI). He explained that ULI is working with Greater MSP on efforts to <br />25 promote this region to the rest of the country. He stated the City has strongly encouraged <br />26 the development of a resilient infrastructure including electrical grids and responding to <br />27 natural disasters. He also discussed the July 8°i Star Tribune article about the Regional <br />28 Indicators Initiative (RII). <br />29 o July 9°i MWMO Board meeting. Ile stated the Board adopted an amendment to the water <br />30 program from the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR). <br />31 <br />32 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. <br />33 <br />34 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that <br />35 are not on the regular agenda. Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. <br />36 <br />37 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS - NONE. <br />38 <br />39 X. ADJOURNMENT. <br />40 <br />41 Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m. <br />42 <br />43 Respectfully submitted, <br />44 Barbara Hughes ('TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.) <br />45 <br />46 ATTEST: Mayor <br />47 City Clerk <br />