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MINUTES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING A APRIL 17, 1979 ~ Fr A special meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council was called to order by rlayor Warkentien at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers McGough, Steele and Brown. Also PRESENT present were Clerk Administrator Barnes and Attorney Kenefick. I1one . ABSENT Dr. David French, City Horticulturist, appeared before Council to DR. DAVID inform he is ready to start the tree planting program for 1979 and FRENCH - 1979 will need the planting locations marked. He requested permission TREE PROGRAM to hire 3 students from the College of Forestry to assist in the planting of the trees. Dr. French also would like to hire a qua]a.fied person to handle the Dutch Elm disease program in Falcon Heights. Dr. French would be responsible but would like to have the other person do the actual work as Dr. French is very busy. The person selected would be a gras~uate student in forest pathology with experience working with Dutch kDm disease. Councilmember McGough moved that Dr. David French be authoriz®d to hire 3 University of Minnesota students for tree planting for an amount not to exeeed $5.50 per hour for the supervisor and $5.00 per hour for the other two. Motion seconded by Councilmember Steele and carried unanimously. ___ yor arkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown that Dr. French be authorized to select some one to handle the Dutch Elm disease program under Dr. French's supervision. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Warkentien introduced Superintendent Lloyd Nielson of District COMMUNITY=. 623, James Klassen, Community Services Coordinator for District 623, SERVICES Representative John Rose and Representative Mike Fritz, who had been DISCUSSION invitad:to attend the Council meeting to discuss the Community Services program in relationship to School District 623: and the participation of Falcon Heights citizens. Councilmember Brown reviewed the past years events as to Community Services and recreation for citizens of r'alcon Heights. She related the Recreation Committee had met with Community Services Advisory .Committee and after that meeting those in attendance. came back f eel- ing encouraged that a program could be worked out. Dan Ficken, a representative of Community Services, did meet with the Falcon Heights Recreation Advisory Committee and advised them he could set up a program under Community Services. However a week later he came back to the Committee and advised them he could not implement a recrea- tion program for Falcon Heights. At about this time Roseville submitted a recreation proposal to the .Falcon Heights City Council, naming a cost of $23,000.00, contingent upon the participation of Falcon Heights in the funding for repair of the Roseville Ice Arena. It was felt the City of Falcon Heights could J