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Mounds View City Council January 28, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 2 • Steven Berg of 2614 Louisa Avenue asked if he would be allowed to speak on the exercise equipment now or when it is heard on the agenda later in the meeting. Mayor Sonterre asked him to reserve comment until it is heard on the agenda. David Jahnke of 8428 Eastwood Road asked whether information concerning the press release would be provided during this meeting. Mayor Sonterre indicated that the press release had been added to the agenda as item 7G under Council Business. Mr. Jahnke indicated he had watched the work session and has reservations about the press release because he feels the City has important business to conduct rather than arguing and wasting time on it. Mayor Sonterre indicated Council would hear comments concerning the press release at that point in the agenda. Mr. Jahnke commented that the legislation concerning officers issuing speeding tickets does not . restrict the number of tickets that can be written. He then explained that the legislation was meant to eliminate quotas and does not mean officers cannot be told to go out and do their job, and part of that job is to write tickets. Mr. Jahnke expressed concern that an alarm went off during the work session and Council Members had made light of the situation. He then suggested that the City needed to determine why the alarm is sounding before a serious situation presents itself. He further commented, "an open mind is like an open window, but you put a screen on the open window." Mayor Sonterre noted that Council did make light of the alarm system that evening and then explained that the one function of the alarm goes off regularly for no apparent reason and does not have a bearing on the other fire features of the alarm system. Michelle Sandback of 2356 Sherwood Road handed informational packets to Council concerning the noise wall issue. She then reviewed the information with Council and noted the reason she had brought the issues up is she has questions regarding the noise priority study that was done and what the zoning classifications were for those sites and for those sites added subsequent to the initial noise priority study. She further commented that she feels the City needs to ask MNDOT these questions. Ms. Sandback indicated that in 1975 the Commissioner was authorized to extend 1 % from the . Minnesota motor vehicle gas tax and other federal aid into $10 or $12 million annually for noise abatement. She noted the previous federal aid was shifted to other areas and then indicated she would like to know what happened to the 1 %.