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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA A special meeting of the Mounds View City Council was called to order by Mayor Pickar at 7:30 PM on June 20, 1977 at the Mounds View City Hall, 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, Minnesota 55112. Members Present: Also Present: Mayor Pickar Councilmember Baumgartner Councilmember Hodges Councilmember Ziebarth Councilmember Rowley Clerk- Administrator Achen OPENING OF PROJECT 1977 -2 AND 3 BIDS Administrator Achen reported that four bids had been received for the projects, ranging from a low of $42,651 to a high of $57,364.44. The low bidder was Alexander Construction Co., Inc. of Apple Valley. Project 1977 -2 includes the street and utility service improvements necessary to develop the Berwyn Addition plat on Bona Road between County Road H and Woodcrest Drive. Project 1977 -3 includes extension of a six inch watermain from Knoll Drive to the interior of Greenfield Park where a fire hydrant will be installed for ice rink flooding. It also includes extension of a plastic line to the general area of the pitcher's mound for a future underground sprinkling system. MSP Ziebarth- Hodges) to award the bid for projects 1977 -2 and 1977 -3 to Alexander Construction of Apple Valley, Minnesota for $42,651. 5 ayes Mayor Pickar adjourned the meeting until 8:00 PM, the scheduled time for the public hearing on recreational and commercial vehicles. PUBLIC HEARING ON RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Mayor Pickar opened 1.11'.' public f ?ea ri rlu on rJ2creat;onal is is ies and st'u'd that the Council was looking for input from the citizens on how they would like Chapter 40 revised. Mayor Pickar gave a brief background of Chapter 40. It was revised in February 1977 after the Planning Commission spent two years revising and updating it. A public hearing was held on February 8, 1977 on Chapter 40. The Chapter was passed at that meeting and controversy immediately arose. Mayor Pickar indicated that the Planning Commission and City Council members were aware that there would be immediate contro- versy but that the Chapter was passed as a whole with the idea to go back to problem areas. The Planning Commission again discussed the recreational and commercial vehicle laws and gathered input from the citizens. It voted on the issue and was tied at 3 to 3.