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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,December 10, 2012 Page 3 Mayor Roe noted that one of the bidders for that item had requested removal of Con- sent Item 7.e entitled, "Award Contract for Demolition of the Buildings on the PIK Terminal Co. Limited Partnership Property located at 2680/2690 Prior Avenue. Mayor Roe further noted removal of Business Action Item 12.e entitled, "Community Development Department Request to Issue a Ramsey County Court Citation for Unre- solved Violations of City Code at 1927 Rosedale Drive. Johnson moved,Willmus seconded, approval of the agenda as amended. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Johnson;Willmus; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. 3. Public Comment Mayor Roe called for public comment by members of the audience on any non-agenda items. a. Dean Jilek, Choir director at Roseville Area High School (RAHS) Mr. Jilek advised that the RAHS Junior and Senior Choir had been selected to sing at the National Convention in Dallas, TX, only one out of four chosen from across the nation to participate. Mr. Jilek noted that the last high school choir from Minnesota to perform had been the Owatonna High School in 1980. As a Choir Director, Mr. Jilek expressed the privilege in this honor; and stated that he was gracious and humbled for RAHS and him to have such an opportunity, at- tributable to the fantastic Fine Arts/Music Department at RAHS. For the pub- lic's information, Mr. Jilek advised that the cost of the trip for the Choir would be approximately $44,000 and for those community members wishing to con- tribute to that cost, they could do so on line at givemn.org/RAHS Choirs. Mayor Roe and Councilmembers collectively thanked Mr. Jilek and the students for providing the music tonight and wished them well. b. Eugene Bahnemann,2656 N Lexington Avenue Mr. Bahnemann stated that there were non-union workers working on the state- of-the-art fire station; that there were no union City staff; that there were no un- ion firefighters; and questioned why there were union Police officers; since it could cut out a whole lot of money from the City budget. 4. Council Communications, Reports, Announcements and Housing and Redevelop- ment Authority (HRA) Report Mayor Roe announced, as identified by the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon of Suburban Ramsey County, an opportunity and encouraged citizens to send a Christmas card to a wounded American Veteran at: