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Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting Councilmemb Hankner stated she does have some concern a Mr Merritt's cre dentials, as some concerns have been by profes sonals regarding his credi She again st she felt they cannot proceed un th EIS is in hand. Leann Sporie, 295 Ironton Street, Fridley, stated she feels MAC would drop the plan tomorrow if the City could convince them. She recommended solving the money problems by going to neighboring communities and enlisting their aid. She added they need people who are not running for public office to handle it. Councilmember Linke replied he had called the City of Fridley and asked for their support and was told by the City Manager that they were not going to support Mounds View, with one of the reasons being they did not want to rile their businesses. Councilmember Hankner stated she had contacted several surroundings cities and sought their signature a, but was not able to get everyone to sign. Bob Beutel recommended tabling the discussion further and scheduling it for an agenda session and notifying the public. It was the concensus of the Council to discuss further at the next agenda session. Mr. Pietrini stated that was not acceptable to him, and made accusations against the Council of making promises to hold meetings and then not doing so. Motion /Second: Doty /McCarty to table action on the resolution until the next agenda session and have more discussion and bring in both the pro and the con on the issue and move forward in the vane that there be a debate on this, and let the public have clear knowledge of what the Council is doing. 4 ayes 1 nay Councilmember Hankner voted against the motion, stating that she feels very comfortable with the advise Attorney Meyers has given the Council, to wait, and she respects his opinion, and they should proceed with his recommendation. August 27, 1984 Page Four Motion Carried