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Page 2 these people to stay out of the park. There has been discussion about fund raisers in the future. Will add bench and picnic area on the west side in the shady areas. There is a noticeable difference in the cleanliness of the park now compared to a month ago. We have been working with the School District and informing Pike Lake staff. They have been very supportive. They are helping with smoking issues. Frischman inquired if Gafken has seen more residents up there helping out. Gafken stated he has. He also has seen more new kids on the skate park which is really cool. Frischman stated Parks, Recreation and Environmental Commission backs these youth 150%. We want you to be successful, if there is something that you need, feel free to step forward and vocalize it to anyone of us. Trevorrow inquired whether or not the climbing wall gets used. If yes, will it be painted? Breuer stated it will be painted and it does get used in the summer by the "Y" Daycare and by our Ed -Ventures Daycare. Heinrich stated going to the park and having an adult presence there is helpful. Meyer spoke to Mark Gafken and told him what he is doing now will have long range benefits for the whole community. V. Correspondence A. Council Report — Council Member Mary Burg Burg stated she was really proud of the youth. Council did approve to move forward with this. Council has worksession/team building in the winter. We have items that we would like the Council to discuss. There were a lot of things on the list so we created an additional Tues. (I" of the month) to talk about these things. This months discussion was on our legal representation. We developed an RFP. Every three years we review all of our professional services; and every 6 years do an RFP. Also discussed land use issues. Group of residents will review our sign ordinance. Will have a group of 7 to give us recommendations. Met with the New Brighton/St. Anthony School District. Just to talk about things we both have in common. We refinanced some of our general obligation bonds. The City has a AA rating which is very high. Saved over $100,000 by refinancing. VI. Public Hearing A. Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan — Kerry Thorne Kerry Thorne stated this is the 7th year New Brighton has done a hearing on the Stormwater Pollution Plan. This is a requirement by the Federal government. EPA was created to help with water quality. It was found that most of the pollution comes from industry and point sources. They developed a system of permits which did help to improve water quality until about the 1980's when it started to get worse again. They investigated and found that most of the pollution today is not coming from point sources but non -point sources such as rain water off the land and coming off properties. The only place the Mississippi River meets the water quality standard is the first mile after the sanitary sewer in pig's eye. The water coming from the treatment plant is cleaner than what is washing off the land.