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• Working with Captain Jeff Katers in order to create two PD computer images that will, in turn, allow us to quickly build PD computers in minutes rather than hours. This will reduce staff time spent doing updates and installations on the computers when setting them up initially and reduce turn - around time if they break down. Planning/Building • Conference call re: status update of Stoney River. Building Permit expected to be issued in approximately 30 days. • Conference call re: revised schedule for Alternative Urbanwide Area Review (AUAR) for The COR. Anticipate a request to order update in April. • Staff is working on scheduling a Planning Commission Work Session in February to review multiple concept plans for potential future developments. Police • In need of Daycare. Officers received a call of a six month old left unattended at a licensed in - home day care. The complainant indicated that she arrived to pick her son up from daycare and found the lights off as she entered the residence. She located her son in a bouncy chair in a room with no one around. The daycare provider was located and stated she forgot the child was there and had left to go to Wal -Mart. There was a 16 year old home but he was unaware that the child was there. The complainant wanted the daycare provider charged. The provider was charged with Child Endangerment, a gross misdemeanor. Anoka County Child Protection was notified. • Animal Identification. An officer was dispatched to a call of a porcupine in the garage of a Ramsey residence. The officer located a muskrat in the corner of the garage but was unable to get the animal out. The complainant was given the phone number of an exterminator to assist her. The following morning, the complainant contacted the police department three times requesting further assistance in getting the animal out of the garage. She stated that the person that the officer suggested was too expensive and she wanted an officer to come back and remove the animal. She was advised to try other exterminators to assist her. • Good News. Chief Way had an opportunity to discuss public safety with Congresswoman Michele Bachmann at her new office in Anoka this past week. Bachmann indicated that Hwy #10 improvements are going to be her number one priority. Public Works • Winter returned on Sunday with a quick 2" of snow. The original forecast was freezing rain, so PW crews were out early Sunday afternoon spreading salt to hopefully prevent the rain from bonding to our main roads. We were fortunate and the moisture turned over to snow almost immediately. PW crews were back in Sunday night to plow off our arterial routes and re -apply salt with that shift ending at about 9:30pm. The full crew was back in for the 3 time at 2am to start city wide plowing. Monday night was more of the same with the crew called back in at 0130 to salt our streets citywide because of freezing rain. Thanks to all our drivers for making our city streets as safe as possible. Utilities • The public works on -call person was dispatched to retrieve a fire hydrant that was struck and broken off after a vehicle struck it over the weekend. This happened in the Brookfield development on 170th Trail. The hydrant appears as though it was dragged down the roadway due to the damage to the hydrant. Repairs to the hydrant will be made including new paint and then the hydrant will be re- installed and put into service.