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Mounds View City Council May 13, 2013 <br />Regular Meeting Page 13 <br /> <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller noted the Mounds View Community Theater would be putting on Les <br />Miserables this summer. She encouraged the public to take part in this event. <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller indicated Discover Aviation Days would take place on June 1st and 2nd <br />at the Anoka-Blaine Airport. <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller stated the Ramsey County League of Local Government would meet <br />again on Thursday, May 30th at the St. Paul Schools Administrative building at 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller noted the Mounds View Business Council met last Wednesday <br />morning and discussed the upcoming road construction season with MnDOT. <br /> <br />Council Member Meehlhause thanked Finance Director Beer for his analysis of the impact on <br />property taxes with TIF District No. 1 being decertified. <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn explained Saturday, May 18th was Irondale High School’s First Colorful <br />Splash Dash 5K Walk/Run to benefit the schools food shelf. She encouraged all to take part in <br />this fun event. <br /> <br />Mayor Flaherty noted he would be attending the North Metro Mayor’s Association meeting on <br />May 15th at Bunker Hills. He then thanked Officers Demko, Smith and Schulte for joining the <br />City’s Police Department. <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller commended Mayor Flaherty for his nicely written letter to Jim Tolas. <br /> <br />B. Reports of Staff. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ericson announced Staff attended the TCAAP remediation meeting last week <br />and a summary was provided to Council. He explained he attended an Airport Commission <br />meeting recently and the control tower would be closed June 15th. He indicated he would keep <br />the Council appraised on this situation. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ericson then discussed upcoming agenda items in further detail. He noted a <br />Five Cities meeting would be held next week. <br /> <br />1. Quarterly Report – Police Department. <br /> <br />Police Chief Kinney reviewed his first quarter report for the Police Department with the Council. <br />He commented arrests were down this quarter, which was a direct correlation with the reduced <br />number of officers with the department. He anticipated this would increase after the newly hired <br />officers were on their own. <br /> <br />Police Chief Kinney commented theft remains the top crime in the City. He noted there was a <br />large increase in the number of gun permits requested in the first quarter. The operations of the