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Mounds View City Council March 12, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 8 2 City Planner/Supervisor Sevald summarized the Council's discussion and thanked them for their 3 input. He then updated the Council on front porches noting staff was pursuing an Ordinance that 4 would allow for a 24 -foot front yard setback for front porches. He commented on the standards 5 in place for surrounding communities. 6 7 Mayor Mueller stated she grew up in a home with a front porch. She explained she would be in 8 favor of reducing the setbacks as proposed by staff to allow for a front porch. 9 10 Council Member Gunn was in agreement stating porches bring people to the front of their house 11 and encourages interaction with neighbors. 12 13 Council Member Hull and Council Member Meehlhause agreed. 14 15 Council Member Bergeron asked if a new construction home would have to be 30 feet from the 16 property line. City Planner/Supervisor Sevald reported this was the case. 17 18 City Planner/Supervisor Sevald provided the Council with an update on Crossroad Pointe noting 19 staff had recently met with INH and visited a site with the developer in Cambridge. He 20 explained INH was still interested in the development and was in talks as to what could go in the 21 site previously slated for a gun range. He stated INH did not want to close the door on the 22 commercial portion of the development and noted staff would be meeting with the developer 23 again at the beginning of April. 24 25 City Planner/Supervisor Sevald commented on an Open House that would be held on April 301h 26 in conjunction with the Town Hall Meeting, noting this event would encourage community 27 engagement. If the Council did not support this option, another idea would be to create an 28 interactive map on the City's website. He reported this map would have to be created by a 29 consultant. He explained another option to encourage community engagement would be to 30 conduct a phone survey. He provided further comment on how a phone survey would be 31 conducted by a private party. He indicated staff supported the City holding an Open House and 32 completing a phone survey and requested comment from the Council on how to proceed. 33 34 Council Member Gunn asked what the cost would be to conduct the phone survey. City 35 Planner/Supervisor Sevald reported this would depend on the number of questions included in 36 the survey. He estimated the cost would be around $20,000. He stated another option would be 37 to complete a survey via Survey Monkey. He indicated this option would not be as scientific as a 38 phone survey. 39 40 Council Member Meehlhause questioned if a survey could be included with the utility billing. 41 City Planner/Supervisor Sevald stated this was considered by staff but noted there were barriers 42 with this option as well. 43 44 Mayor Mueller stated she supported a survey being completed through the utility billing to 45 include a self-addressed stamped envelope to ensure the surveys were returned. She supported