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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 05092006i CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 3 May 9, 2006 4 5 CALL TO ORDER. 6 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 9 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 10 11 ROLL CALL. 12 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Gray, Stille, and Thuesen. 13 Absent: Councilmember Horst. 14 Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison. 15 16 17 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 18 ITEMS. 19 20 1. APPROVAL OF MAY 9, 2006 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 21 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the City 22 Council Meeting Agenda of May 9, 2006. 23 24 Motion carried unanimously 25 26 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 27 None. 28 29 III. CONSENT AGENDA. 30 A. Consider April 25, 2006 Council meeting minutes 31 B. Consider licenses and permits 32 C. Consider payment of claims. 33 D. Resolution 06 -046: Accepting grant money from the State of Minnesota Labor & 34 Industry Division for St Anthony's Public Works and Police Department 35 E. Resolution 06 -047: Accepting Grant Money from the State of Minnesota Public Safety 36 Division for St. Anthony's Police Department 37 38 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve the Consent 39 Agenda items. 40 41 Mayor Faust advised that Item D relates to the receipt of a grant from the State of Minnesota 42 Labor & Industry Division to the City's Public Works and Police Departments in the amounts of 43 $3,815 and $2,080 respectively. He thanked and recognized the effort of those department heads 44 for submitting grants and their commitment to the community to be fiscally responsible. 45 46 Motion carried unanimously, 47 48 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 49 None. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 2 2 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 3 A. Presentation of Cable Commission CTV and Impact of Federal Leeislation. 4 5 Mayor Faust welcomed Coralee Wilson, CTV, to the meeting. 6 7 Coralee Wilson, CTV, stated she appreciates the opportunity to address the City Council and 8 referenced the background information she had provided to the Council about CTV and the 9 North Suburban Communications Commission (NSCC). 10 11 Ms. Wilson explained that CTV is not the "cable company." St. Anthony is a member of two 12 organizations, the NSCC and North Suburban Access Corporation (NSAC). The NSCC was 13 organized first and when the franchise was awarded, then took over the responsibility to 14 overlook and administer the service. The NSAC was created by the NSCC to oversee and 15 administer public access for the ten cities. The NSAC is a nonprofit 5010 corporation. 16 17 Ms. Wilson explained that when the franchise was originally awarded, the NSCC was 18 responsible for public access, including training. Most cable companies did not do a great job at 19 that because they only offered it to get the franchise. Once it was awarded, it was not a profit 20 center for them and they did not really care if it did or did not succeed. When Gus Hauser bought 21 the company from Group W, he said CTV should to it instead so a transfer of management was 22 negotiated for public access and it came under NSAC. Ms. Wilson explained her job, when 23 hired, was to get the NSAC up and running and it was decided to use the name CTV because 24 public access in Minnesota is most times considered where you put your boat into the water. 25 26 Ms. Wilson advised there are significant differences in the two organizations. The primary 27 difference is funding. The NSCC is funded by the City's franchise fees and has a budget to 28 determine what the City will contribute to the budget. That contribution is based on a percentage 29 of the total franchise fees of the ten cities. The NSAC is funded by a grant from the cable 30 company and an annual equipment grant. The grant represents the negotiated value of the 31 company's original public access commitments in the cable franchise. She noted the budgets for 32 both have been provided in the informational packet. Ms. Wilson pointed out that the larger 33 budget is in the NSAC because that is where the bulk of the staff and equipment exists. The 34 NSCC has only three half -time positions and is responsible for franchise administration. 35 36 Ms. Wilson explained there is not a lot of rate regulation but they do have authority to regulate 37 the lowest tier of program service, like off broadcast channels, and rates for equipment and 38 installation. That is done to ensure the cable company completes rate request forms required by 39 the FCC. In 2005, they looked at cable company rates and equipment and installation rates and 40 determined they overcharged in 2004 and 2005. As a result, in March subscribers received a 41 $2.89 rebate from Comcast. 42 43 Ms. Wilson stated they also track State and Federal regulation and oversee the institutional 44 network, which is a separate cable network that links all of the public sector organizations in the 45 ten cities (school district, county, universities). She explained that at this point fiber links the 46 cities but this past year an agreement was worked out with Ramsey County to allow them to use 47 St. Paul fiber and their fiber to connect the County's St. Paul and Arden Hills facilities. They City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 3 I also worked with St. Paul to develop a common agreement to make it easer to administer the 2 agreement. They are now making money on the institutional network. 3 4 Ms. Wilson announced that it is the 15`h anniversary of CTV as the documents were signed 15 5 years ago in April to transfer the equipment and management to the NSCC. Since then, they 6 have grown and been a value to the community. Ms. Wilson advised of the current number of 7 producers, volunteers, and programs broadcast, which included election coverage, parades and 8 festivals, local and high school sports, concerts, and other programming. In addition, they have 9 retooled and launched web streaming and are pleased with the results. It is their goals to do 10 another web streaming upgrade over the summer and unveil Version 2 in September or October 11 of this year. 12 13 Ms. Wilson stated they will look at a proposal from an engineering firm to do a strategic plan for 14 the institutional network that is heavily used by communities and universities. She explained the 15 need to assure they can keep up with those needs, which does not necessarily mean the entire 16 network will be rebuilt at one time but goals will be established. Their goal is to get more fiber 17 into the network because many school districts still have coaxial cable in their network. 18 19 Ms. Wilson explained that the NSAC and CTV are also trying to keep up with the evolution of 20 society and will be tapeless by the end of this year. They will eliminate the use of VHS and Beta 21 tape and go with M2 and digital transfers playing from the server. Beyond that they will look at 22 what it means to become a community media center. Ms. Wilson stated many people are into 23 blogging, pod comcasting, and vloging and CTV wants to be relevant to the younger generation 24 to keep them involved and transmit programming in ways they understand and will be 25 accessible. 26 27 Ms. Wilson advised there was some minor State legislation but it did not pass and it does not 28 look like it will go anywhere. Next year, it is expected that Qwest will be back with a bill to 29 transfer all cable franchising and video franchising to the State level. She explained that Verison 30 and ATT have been successful in many States in getting that move approved. Ms. Wilson stated 31 they will be tracking that legislation and probably opposing that attempt. She explained they 32 have seen attempts by Verison and ATT to get cities out of the way because they have decided 33 cities are obstacles and they do not want to have to provide community television. Ms. Wilson 34 advised of the bill's progress through the House and Senate that would create a national 35 franchise, eliminating the local franchise. She also advised of the proposed process to obtain a 36 national franchise, explaining that due to the requirement for a 30 day consideration, the FCC 37 will not have time to look at financial, technical or legal qualifications. In addition, as soon as a 38 company applies for a national franchise and is serving one, then the incumbent provider can 39 make application. This means that CTV's income will go from just over a million dollars to 40 about $218,000. Ms. Wilson stated on that income the CTV could continue to exist in some 41 fashion but it would not be in the fashion it is today and wouldn't be able to provide election or 42 community event coverage, or mobile production trucks. It would be a drastic cut. 43 44 Ms. Wilson stated that even though the bills says the city can manage the right -of -way and 45 enforce regulations over right -of -way, any appeals by a national franchise holder would go to the 46 FCC and not the local community. Also, there is no requirement for a national franchise holder 47 to build out the entire community so they can pick and chose their location, looking for high City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 4 1 value customers. That bill has passed out of both the subcommittee and committee and it looked 2 like it would go to the floor of the House. However, it has been held up because Representative 3 Sensenbrenner has asked for jurisdiction of the bill. Now House leadership is considering what 4 to do with that request. Ms. Wilson asked the Councilmembers to contact the Minnesota 5 delegation as soon as possible to express concerns about this bill. 7 Ms. Wilson stated it had been hoped that the Senate bill would be an improvement and involve a 8 bipartisan approach. Instead Senator Stevens came out with bill on May 1't and it is worse than 9 Senator Barton's bill. In the Stevens' bill, franchises are still awarded by a city but still only 10 have to provide its name and contact information and if the City does not approve in 30 days, it 11 would take effect. Again, the city is not permitted to evaluate the legal, technical, and financial 12 qualifications for operating a franchise in its city. Unlike the Barton bill that says the new entry 13 has to serve at least one subscriber before the incumbent can get rid of their franchise, the 14 Stevens' bill indicates all they have to do is make application. Funding would be 1% but 15 explicitly allows the video provider to deduct from that their cost for operating the institutional 16 network, which may leave nothing. Or if their costs exceed the 1%, they can bill the cities for 17 that cost. With these bills, the rights -of -way appeals again go to the FCC and if they rule against 18 the city and decide the city has been abusive in exercising their power, the FCC can order the 19 city to pay the provider who brought the appeal their attorney fees and all the costs of the 20 Commission's appeal. Again, there is no build out requirement so they can pick and choose 21 where they want to build the system. 22 23 Ms. Wilson advised that hearings on the Senate bill are scheduled for May 18 and 25. She stated 24 it is critical that the City contact Senator Dayton and Senator Coleman and say it is not 25 acceptable, unless the City wants to give up authority of its public rights -of -way. She 26 recommended the City make contact via calls or a -mails instead of mailing a letter. She offered 27 to answer questions and stated she can provide more information, if desired. 28 29 Mayor Faust thanked Ms. Wilson for this presentation, noting the Council has also received 30 information from the League of Minnesota Cities. He stated it is good to broadcast this 31 information tonight to alert customers hearing the broadcast to be aware that service may be lost. 32 33 Ms. Wilson concurred and urged viewers to also call their elected officials. 34 35 Mayor Faust noted that Councilmember Gray is the City's representative to the Cable 36 Commission and stated he appreciate Mr. Gray's work on the City's behalf. He asked if the 37 City's school district does not have fiber. Ms. Wilson stated they only have three schools and 38 installed their own fiber between the schools. She stated she thinks they are also linked to the 39 fiber from the City Hall. 40 41 Mayor Faust advised that he was asked several weeks ago by some young girls who selects the 42 radio channel and music to be played on the City's channel when not broadcasting. Ms. Wilson 43 explained it is probably selected by Ruth Mason or Kim Moore - Sykes, but it is the City's 44 prerogative. However, she would suggest that the City not select a commercial radio station due 45 to copyright issues and the commercials that are broadcast. She explained that St. Anthony uses 46 a digital cable box and can run music from a music service that offers a wide variety of music 47 types. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 5 2 Mayor Faust noted that the City has a relationship with Salo, Finland, and invited CTV to attend 3 the June 8, 2006, Salo Park dedication at 5 p.m. so the ceremony can be taped for later broadcast. 4 Ms. Wilson stated they will be in attendance. Mayor Faust stated the City appreciates the work of CTV and what they bring to the residents and the Council supports CTV in those efforts. 9 Councilmember Thuesen asked if the National League of Cities has been involved with 10 lobbying. Ms. Wilson stated they have and are part of a coalition with five to six other 11 organizations. However, they have been a bit hampered because legal affairs staff is depleted. 12 But, as an organization, they have been active and sent out action alerts. Ms. Wilson stated she 13 does forward those action alerts to City staff. 14 15 Mayor Faust advised that you can sign onto the League of Minnesota Cities website and sign 16 their list server to receive updates on these issues. He again thanked Ms. Wilson for her 17 attendance and information provided. 18 19 VI. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 20 A. Consider Resolution 06 -048• Adopting the Tax Increment Policy. 21 22 Mr. Morrison reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that it will approve a Tax 23 Increment Policy tailored after what was done on the Silver Lake Village project. He suggested 24 the draft resolution be introduce tonight, the Council discuss the policy and offer suggestions, 25 then table the resolution and bring it back for approval at the next meeting. 26 27 Mr. Morrison advised that the policy has three objectives that a project has to meet to be 28 considered for Tax Increment Financing (TIF): 1) long -term benefit to the community; 2) quality 29 employment opportunities; and 3) significantly adds to the City's tax base by providing high 30 quality benefits. He explained that the application for TIF assistance must be accompanied with 31 a signed development application and payment of a $3,000 non - refundable fee, which will cover 32 the City's costs to review the application. Then, to obtain a predevelopment agreement, the 33 applicant will need to pay a $10,000 escrow payment to help cover City fees to determine if the 34 applicant meets the policy tests. 35 36 Mr. Mornson suggested adding statements for a "look back" provision as the City had with 37 Silver Lake Village to allow the City to look back at the developer's finances and that the 38 developer must demonstrate experience in doing this development. The Policy will also indicate 39 that TIF will be pay -as- you -go only. He noted that even though the City is issuing bonds, they 40 are not issued until the project is fully developed so there is no risk to the City. The Policy will 41 require pursuit of all third party grants. 42 43 Mr. Morrison drew the Council's attention to pages 9 and 10 of the application, that addresses the 44 projected number of jobs created and wage categories. He noted that St. Anthony has never 45 provided TIF for job creation or wages because, as a first ring suburb, the City needs to remove 46 blight. He recommended that instead of listing job creation and wages, to list the number of low, 47 medium and high range jobs. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 6 1 2 Mayor Faust stated his preference to take it one step farther and list pay ranges and dollars 3 instead of just listing the number of jobs in each of those ranges. He noted the City already has 4 the policy of pay -as- you -go so he is glad that it will be written into the policy. He also supports 5 the reference to fiscal disparities staying within the TIF district because the Council has made a 6 basic commitment to the public to assure it is a self - sustaining operation. Mayor Faust stated he 7 also noticed the "but for" reference on page 4 and suggested the "but for" language be amplified 8 as it is indicated in the purpose section of State Statute. He explained he is making that 9 suggestion for amplified language because future Councils may not understand that total 10 concept. 11 12 Councilmember Gray asked if there has not been a previous policy. Mr. Morrison stated that is 13 correct and he has found that many other cities also do not have a TIF policy because of the 14 restrictions in the Statutes. Mr. Morrison noted this is a general policy and will assure all are 15 treated the same. In addition, the City gets a lot of "fly -by- night' developers that end up wasting 16 staffs time to determine if they can get TIF. 17 18 Councilmember Thuesen asked if this policy is more internal or if there is pressure from the 19 State to keep cities accountable. Mr. Morrison explained that the Mayor attended a TIF seminar 20 where one of the Ehlers & Associate speakers said if the City does not have a TIF policy, it 21 should. 22 23 Mayor Faust pointed out that this policy lays out all the issues so everyone knows they are being 24 treated the same and it will free staff time in not having to answer these questions. 25 26 Councilmember Thuesen stated he hopes it will also result in the more serious developers 27 proceeding. 28 29 Councilmember Stifle stated that TIF is something the City does not want to hand out to 30 everyone and asked if findings are needed should the Council desire to deny an application. Mr. 31 Morrison stated it is his opinion that the City has a lot of flexibility if they want to approve or 32 deny the application. He noted that before a TIF application is submitted to the Council, staff 33 and financial consultants will eliminate many of the applications. So, by the time it gets to the 34 Council, it has staff's "blessing." 35 36 Councilmember Stille stated he wants to assure the Council has the flexibility needed to approve 37 the projects they determine are the best for the City. Mr. Morrison stated the Council does have 38 that flexibility with this TIF policy. Mayor Faust suggested staff obtain a legal opinion on that 39 issue which can be included in the TIF policy. 40 41 Mayor Faust noted this TIF policy is patterned after the Silver Lake Village project, which is one 42 of the better development agreements that the City has used. Mr. Mornson stated that is correct 43 and advised that other cities are calling to learn how St. Anthony structured such a good deal to 44 assure the project was completed and TIF use. He explained that the development agreement is a 45 key component to spell out those issues. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 7 1 Mayor Faust stated that consideration of Resolution 06 -048, Adopting the Tax Increment Policy, 2 will be tabled to the May 23, 2006 Council meeting. He encouraged Councilmembers to inform 3 staff of changes they would like made to the TIF policy prior to that meeting date. 4 5 B. Consider Ordinance 06 -001 Housekeeping of City Ordinances 0 St reading). 6 7 Mr. Momson presented the ordinance and explained that that it addresses housekeeping issues. 8 He recommended this action be taken in one motion, to waive the first and second readings, 9 approve the third reading, and move directly to adoption. Mr. Morrison presented the wording 10 changes as follows: 11 12 Chapter 3 — Personnel: The term "personal leave" was changed to "personal time off (PTO)" as 13 suggested by the City's Auditor. In Section 300.19, fifth sentence, the word "requested" was 14 changed to "request." 15 16 Chapter 6 — Fees: The fee for duplicate dog tags will consistently be listed at $5.00. The 17 wording "per unit" will be added after the fee to help clarify for City staff. Charges and 18 Assessments, Section 620.03 and 620.04, the due date will be changed to "November 15," which 19 will allow residents an extended opportunity to pay their assessment directly to the City. 20 21 Chapter 13 — Building, Housing, Construction and Signs: Section 1315.01, Definition, the word 22 "basing" was changed to "bathing." 23 24 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to waive the first and 25 second readings, approve third reading, and adopt Ordinance 06 -001, Housekeeping of City 26 Ordinances. 27 28 Motion carried unanimously. 29 30 C. Consider Resolution 06 -049 Supporting NE Diagonal Trail Plan with No Financial 31 Responsibility to the City of St Anthony_ 32 33 Mr. Morrison reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that this was directed at the 34 last Council meeting to indicate the City supports the Northeast Diagonal Trail but will not 35 support it financially. 36 37 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to adopt Resolution 06- 38 049, Supporting NE Diagonal Trail Plan with No Financial Responsibility to the City of St. 39 Anthony. 40 41 Motion carried unanimously 42 43 D. Consider Resolution 06 -050 Supporting the Installation of the Stone Sculpture at Salo 44 Park in the City of St. Anthony. 45 46 Mr. Morrison reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that it supports the 47 installation of the stone sculpture at Salo Park. He explained that Councilmember Horst has City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 8 been working on this matter and indicated that St. Paul Public Art is requesting a resolution stating the City supports the installation. 4 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to adopt Resolution 06- 5 050, Supporting the Installation of the Stone Sculpture at Salo Park in the City of St. Anthony. 6 7 Motion carried unanimously. 8 9 E. Consider Resolution 06 -051 Dedication of Salo Park 10 11 Mayor Faust stated he initiated this resolution, noting the dedication of Salo Park will be held on 12 June 8, 2006, at 5 p.m. at Silver Lake Village. Mayor Faust read the resolution in full. 13 14 Motion by Mayor Faust, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 06 -051, 15 Recognizing the Dedication of Salo Park in recognition of the Sister City relationship between 16 Salo, Finland and St. Anthony, Minnesota. 17 18 Motion carried unanimously 19 20 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 21 City Manager Morrison reported the following: 22 • Upcoming Vital Aging Council meeting and presentations by the Police Chief and Fire 23 Chief. 24 • MnDOT has a new grant program for sidewalk construction that provides a safe school 25 zone to transport students. Staff will make application and request a resolution of support 26 from the school district. He noted that the Highcrest sidewalk is on the agenda for next 27 year construction and a workshop will be held tomorrow on that project. Since this 28 sidewalk divides Roseville and St. Anthony, it may be possible to do something more 29 with that project. 30 • It is anticipated that the e-mail subscriber list for the Police Department will be ready by 31 June 1, 2006. Subscribers will be sent crime alerts. 32 • Lauderdale is not interested in a joint purchase of a speed cart and Falcon Heights has 33 indicated they will buy their own. St. Anthony will probably budget for a speed cart, 34 which is estimated to cost $4,000. 35 • Cable Telecaster Ruth Olson has given notice that she will be leaving shortly once a 36 replacement is found. Arden Hills and Little Canada have also lost their telecaster so the 37 Cable Commission may hire someone to do this work at the three cities and then bill the 38 city for the hours used. Mr. Morrison stated an article regarding this opening will be 39 placed in the newsletter. 40 • Mr. Morrison advised of the items that will be on the May 23, 2006 Council meeting 41 agenda, noting it will be a full agenda. 42 43 Councilmember Thuesen asked whether the speed cart will provide the City with downloadable 44 information. Mr. Morrison stated he does not know and will ask Police Chief Ohl. He noted the 45 old speed cart did provide that type of information. Mayor Faust agreed that the City would like 46 that data. 47 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 9 1 Mayor Faust asked whether the Highcrest sidewalk is eligible for the new MNDOT sidewalk 2 grant. Mr. Morrison answered in the affirmative and explained that it is a State road but that is 3 not a requirement of the MNDOT grant. However, the sidewalk has to be available to get 4 children to school. Councilmember Stille stated he enjoyed working on clean up day and visiting with residents. 8 Councilmember Stille stated he attended the first meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Task Force 9 on May 8, 2006 and explained this was the first of five meetings. He stated he is looking 10 forward to that process. 11 12 Councilmember Gray stated that last Wednesday he attended the Northwest Youth and Family 13 Services Leadership luncheon, a fundraising event, and believe it was very successful. He 14 thanked Mayor Faust, Councilmember Thuesen, City Manager Morrison, Parks Director 15 Hartman, and Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes for their support in attending that function. 16 17 Councilmember Gray stated he received an e -mail from Steve Peterson, President of the 18 Northeast Lions Club, who will be before the Council to apply for a gambling license for the 19 Village Pub. He explained they have agreed to a lease with Village Pub and that application will 20 be discussed at the May 23, 2006 Council meeting. 21 22 Councilmember Thuesen referenced the Vital Aging Council agenda and stated that at a future 23 meeting he would like a representative from Vital Aging to present the findings of their recent 24 survey. 25 26 Councilmember Thuesen stated he enjoyed the Northwest Youth and Family Services 27 Leadership luncheon, which included an excellent speaker. He noted this group does many good 28 things for the community. 29 30 Councilmember Thuesen stated he attended the Comprehensive Plan Task Force meeting. He 31 stated he believes this is an important process that will create a document that is not put on the 32 shelf but is intended to be used a guide for the next ten years in how the City will develop, its 33 philosophies, and many other issues. He encouraged residents to provide their thoughts to the 34 Council or other members on the Task Force on how they see St. Anthony in the next ten years. 35 36 Mayor Faust reported on the Mayor's Association meeting held April 28 and 29 in Austin, 37 Minnesota where the theme was emergency operations. He advised that many of the mayors 38 have gone through serious travesties and it was interesting to hear what they had to say. Mayor 39 Faust commented that based on the City's table top exercise, he thinks St. Anthony is in better 40 shape now than before should something occur. 41 42 Mayor Faust commented that it is interesting when you go into a community like Austin that has 43 a strong identity with a business, which in their case is Spam. 44 45 Mayor Faust stated he also attended the Northwest Youth and Family Services Leadership 46 luncheon and least anyone think it was a free meal, it was not, it was a fund raiser. He stated that City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 10 1 Art Rolnick, Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank, was the speaker and made a 2 compelling argument for investment in education and how it pays back, even starting at prenatal. 3 4 Mayor Faust stated he attended the May 4, 2006, Middle Mississippi Water Management 5 Organization retreat that was held at the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District. He 6 suggested that later this summer, the Council and staff tour this building that has a green roof, 7 rain gardens, and pervious parking lot so no water runs off the site. He stated this group has only 8 been in existence for five years as a functioning group and the retreat was a worthwhile event. 9 10 Mayor Faust noted the City's clean up day is a very important event for the community and 11 reminded residents that they can take their tree limbs over to the Ramsey County Arden Hills 12 recycle point, even if residing in Hennepin County. He stated it was encouraging to see residents 13 come to do recycling and perhaps some improvements can be made to next year's clean up day 14 to expand services to include electronics. 15 16 Mayor Faust stated his agreement with the comment of Councilmember Thuesen that the Comp 17 Plan Task Force is creating a living document. He stated he served on that group ten years ago 18 and refers back to that Plan. He noted that St. Anthony wouldn't have the things it has today 19 without that blueprint and he appreciates Councilmembers Gray and Thuesen serving on that 20 Task Force. 21 22 Mayor Faust reported that he attended another board meeting with the Mississippi Water 23 Management Organization and advised that this organization is very concerned about water 24 runoff and the quality of water that ends up in the Mississippi River. He stated it is vital and 25 important work to assure the water is clean and recyclable to use in the future. 26 27 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 28 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 29 are not on the regular agenda. 30 31 Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. 32 33 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 34 Mayor Faust displayed a copy of the street construction plan and indicated it was sent out last 35 week along with a refrigerator magnet containing telephone numbers to call if assistance is 36 needed. 37 38 Mayor Faust again reminded and invited all to the Salo Park dedication to be held on May 8, 39 2006. 40 41 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. 42 None. 43 44 XI. ADJOURNMENT. 45 Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:12 p.m. 46 47 Motion carried unanimously. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2006 Page 11 2 Respectfully submitted, 5 Carla Wirth 6 Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 7 8 / jayor 9 ATTEST: �4 10 City Clerk I