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• Volunteers in Public Safety (YIPS) Commissioner Woods reported the following: o Project Lifesaver continues to expand at the County level and at the State level. o There is an upcoming Blood Drive on April 7h that the VIPS will assist with. They are always looking for more blood donors. o VIPS will prepare dinner for the April Fire Department meeting. Public Safetv / Homeland Securitv Update Director Jacobson reported working with Risdall Advertising Agency and the Wildlife Science Center to set up a wolf web cam. This project will continue even though Medium Toast will be going to another location since she was not accepted back into the wolf pack. The process to replace the open Deputy Director position has started; there are five internal candidates that have applied. The candidates will be doing testing the end of April and a decision should be made the beginning of May. At the annual Police Department meeting, Officer Trevor Hamdorf was named Police Officer of the Year and Officer Ted Layton was named Traffic Safety Officer of the Year. Detectives continue to work on leads for the Lee Goodwin homicide. Director Jacobson passed around a goad article regarding the success at the skate park that was published in the Minnesota Police Chief s magazine. Commissioner Woods also noted a good article that was in the Star Tribune regarding the BART program. Council Liaison Council Report Council Representative Samuelson noted the following items: o The south McDonalds will be rebuilt this spring. This process should take 13 weeks. o The Town Hall meeting date is May 22. o The Neighborhood meetings are done. Old Business Commissioner Allen noted some graffiti on a Silver Lake Flats building. Commissioner Schuman noted some on an electrical box at Polynesian Village. This will be looked into and covered up. New Business • No new business.