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2006-09-22 Friday News The Friday News September 22, 2006 SAGE MARKET Sue and I stopped by the Sage Market this week where we saw Bob Kowalski, who was doing the final preparations for his “Soft” opening today. Bob invited all the City Staff and Officials to his Pre-Grand Opening party on Thursday September 28th. He plans on closing his doors to customers on that Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and starting his private party at 6:00 p.m. On Saturday, September 30th at 11 a.m. he will have his Grand Opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the general public. VISIT FROM JAY Jay Haugen the new Superint endent of Schools for District 197 (Henry Sibley) visited the City Council meeting this Tuesday to update the City Council on the School District’s ongoing remodeling project and on their upcoming referendum. With him was School Board Member Elise Jameson. Jay made a power point presentation with pictures showing what was happening with the remodeling at all of the School District’s 8 school buildings. The School District had a bond referendum passed 2 years ago for almost $60 Million which is being used to fund this work. The remodeling itself is a three year construction process. Jay informed the Council that their enrollment is up and is currently 4500 students with about 1700 of those at the High School. He said that the last “Levy for Learning” was approved by the voters four years ago and needs to be renewed. He said that he has some special personal initiatives that he wants to be funded by this levy including funds for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) that will increase the existing Levy by $2 Million. ARC GUESTS The ARC meeting this week had State Senator Jim Metzen and State Representative Rick Hansen in attendance. Among the topics discussed with these legislators was the possibility of amending the state law to allow for at least one more MAC Member that would represent the cities directly adjacent to the airport who are most affected by air noise (within the DNL 65 for those of you who know about noise contours). The City’s legislators were very optimistic about our chances of getting that legislation passed and worked out a plan of action with the Commission to try and get the law passed. Respectfully submitted, Jim Danielson City Administrator Attachments: Pipeline, Just the Facts, Planning Commission Agenda, Letter of Appreciation from resident, Pioneer Press Article “Sage Market will sell wine, dispense wisdom” and “Sainted and Tainted”.