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would be a mistake to turn down the opportunity to compete for the funds. Mayor Gamec stated the funding will be awarded this year and he knows-~ lot of the funding will be lost for next year so he would like to get in on the ground floor. He stated he hates to miss out on the opportunity to help the Task Force since he does not anticipate TIF. Councilmember Zimmerman stated his concern that the grant will be $100,000 and the City will be expected to pay ten times that for low income housing. Mayor Gamec stated the City has the option to refuse the grant if that's what the strings are. Councilmember Hendriksen called for a point of order and asked why the Mayor feels he can argue with Councilmember Zimmerman when he offers a comment. Mayor Gamec stated he was having a conversation with Councilmember Zimmerman.' Councilmember Zirnmerman asked City Administrator Norman if he had raised the issue of affordable housing. City Administrator Norman stated the City is on record as supporting affordable housing Councilmember Hendriksen offered a friendly amendment to shorten paragraph 1) as follows: "That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to apply to the Metropolitan Council for this funding on behalf of the City of Ramey." Mayor Gamec and Councilmember Anderson accepted the friendly amendment. Further discussion: Councilmember Hendriksen stated he is willing to accept grant funding if there are reasonable strings attached. City Administrator Norman stated he agreed with that amendment to the resolution. Councilmember Zimmerman asked if this will come back before the Council if the grant is approved. City Administrator Norman answered in the affirmativel Amendment can'ied. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Anderson, Hendriksen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Absent: CouncilmemberKurak. Motion can'ied. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Hendriksen, Anderson, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Absent: CouncilmemberKurak. Case//6: Approve City Council and Council Committee Meeting Minutes Councilmember Hendriksen referred to the June 25, 2002 Council minutes, and reviewed his comments in the last paragraph of Page 19 and first paragraph of Page 20 regarding the Mayor making an inappropriate apology on his behalf. He pointed out that while there is a long paragraph of what he said, the Mayor's comments are not reflected. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that as he was speaking, the Mayor made a number of comments and those comments are not included in the meeting minutes. He stated that his comments are related to the comments being made by the Mayor and the minutes need to reflect everything to give a true picture of what was going on. Mayor Gamec suggested the meeting tape be reviewed and staff, add those comments. He suggested they be added verbatim City Attorney Goodrich stated the minutes do not generally reflect verbatim and asked if that is a precedence. City Council/July 9, 2002 Page 21 of 24 -79-