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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 06, 2010 Page 5 tend national organization meetings; however, he advised that this had not occurred during his tenure. Mr. Grefenberg suggested that, based on the economy, new technologies such as internet, phone, or web conferences, needed to be considered. Mr. Grefenberg expressed appreciation for the progress made to -date; however, he opined that there was still work to be done. Mayor Klausing closed the Public Hearing at 7:05 p.m. with no one else appearing to speak. 2. Approve Agenda By consensus, the agenda was approved as presented. 3. Public Comment Mayor Klausing called for public comment by members of the audience on any non- agenda items. No one appeared to speak at this time. 4. Council Communications, Reports, Announcements and Housing and Redevelop- ment Authority (HRA) Report Mayor Klausing offered the City's congratulation to Parkview School having been named a 2010 National Blue Ribbon School; and offered his congratulations to two (2) Roseville High School graduates recently named 2011 Rhodes Scholars. Councilmember Pust apologized to the public for not having a written statement prepared for the City Council to read into the record at their November 29, 2010 Special Meeting related to the asphalt plant. Councilmember Pust explained that her family was currently dealing with a medical issue, and therefore, she was unable to prepare her statement. Councilmember Pust advised that her vote would have been "Nay" for those reasons in- cluded in the recorded findings; and encouraged constituents to contact her through her City website or phone if they had questions on her positions. Councilmember Roe, in his role as the City's representative on the North Suburban Communications Commission (NSCC) and the Access Corporation, reviewed several re- cent developments at NSCC. Councilmember Roe advised that they had received notifi- cation from Comcast on the upcoming franchise renewal, a complicated three -year process; and also that City Manager Malinen had agreed to be on a small working group to facilitate that process. Councilmember Roe further advised that, for some time, C -TV had been operating out of the old Owasso School building on Woodhill, and that the building had significant challenges and unpleasant conditions for its employees; and ad- vised that a new lease was recently approved for C -TV to move to the same facility as the temporary Ramsey County Library Roseville had been located during remodeling of the library facility; with some of the operations moving in a few weeks, and the move antic- ipated for completion in May of 2011. 5. Recognitions, Donations, Communications