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Mounds View City Council January 11, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 7 Council Member Mueller reported on January 22-23, 2016 the League of Minnesota Cities would be holding their Experienced Officials Leadership Conference at the Earle Brown Center in Brooklyn Center and the theme is The Livable City. The keynote speaker was Peter Kageyama Council Member Meehlhause explained the NYFS Executive Committee would be meeting on Friday, January 15, 2016. Council Member Meehlhause indicated the Festival in the Park Committee would be meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Steve Markuson would be in attendance to assist with brainstorming ideas to further promote the festival. Council Member Meehlhause noted CenturyLink would be providing a quarterly update on their implementation plan on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at the CTV offices. Mayor Flaherty stated he met with Five Cities Mayors today with City Administrator Ericson. He discussed the proposed redevelopment plans for Rosedale noting this would begin in the fall of 2016. He indicated the spine road for TCAAP would begin construction in 2017. B. Reports of Staff. 1. Administrator Updates City Administrator Ericson reported staff would have a City Planner candidate for the Council to consider at the next City Council meeting. He indicated the candidate has accepted the position conditionally. He stated the targeted start date was February 1st. City Administrator Ericson explained the EDC would be meeting on Friday. The group would be discussing TIF and the City’s tax abatement policy. A recommendation would be made by the EDC and the EDA would then address these items at an upcoming meeting. City Administrator Ericson discussed the proposed revenue share with the YMCA for 2015. He noted the City would be receiving $33,194. He stated the YMCA was looking into reinvesting a portion of these funds ($4,900), along with their own excess revenues into new equipment. Further information on this reinvestment would come before the Council at a future meeting. The Council supported the reinvestment of these funds. City Administrator Ericson discussed the results of the organized garbage collection survey. He explained the direction of the Council was to move forward with the process and for the City to consider organized collection. Staff was still uncertain as to the benefits and cost savings the City would see until further negotiations were completed. He asked if the Council wanted to hold a public hearing in order to put the garbage haulers on notice of the City’s intentions. Council Member Gunn was not in favor of holding a public hearing until staff gathered additional information on the benefits of organized collection.