03-26-2018 CC - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Mounds View City Council March 12, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 9 1 the City also holding an Open House at the Town Hall Meeting. It was her opinion a phone 2 survey would not be successful and was too costly. 3 4 Council Member Bergeron stated renters in the City would not be made aware of the survey. He 5 suggested the City find a way to include this demographic in the survey. Finance Director Beer 6 reported the City had a separate mailing list for renters and this list could be used for the survey 7 mailing. 8 9 Council Member Gunn questioned the timeline on the survey and asked what information staff 10 was hoping to gain for the City's Comprehensive Plan. City Planner/Supervisor Sevald 11 explained staff was hoping to gain feedback on the acceptable level of housing density and how 12 to apply grant funding for housing. 13 14 Council Member Meehlhause asked if the survey was required for the Comprehensive Plan. City 15 Planner/Supervisor Sevald reported the survey was not a requirement. 16 17 Mayor Mueller commented on the recent discussions held by the Comprehensive Plan Taskforce 18 and why a survey was being recommended. She explained in order to better understand how to 19 further develop the Mounds View Boulevard Corridor staff was seeking input from the entire 20 community and not just the 13 taskforce members. 21 22 Council Member Bergeron questioned how frequently the rental list was updated by staff. 23 Finance Director Beer explained this list was updated each time a newsletter was mailed out. 24 25 Mayor Mueller recommended the phone survey not be pursued, but rather consider mailing out a 26 survey in a utility billing and hold an Open House at the Town Hall meeting. 27 28 Council Member Hull and Council Member Gunn supported the water bill mailing and Open 29 House as well. 30 31 Council Member Bergeron stated he would like to see the utility bill mailing completed so long 32 as all renters were sent the survey as well. 33 34 Council Member Meehlhause agreed and encouraged staff to phrase their questions carefully to 35 ensure the City is able to gather valuable information. 36 37 Public Works Director Peterson reported the Community Center would be closed for the next 38 week and a half for cleaning and maintenance. He noted Public Works staff would be filling 39 potholes in the coming weeks. He explained he would be conducting interviews for the GIS 40 position on Tuesday, March 13tH 41 42 Finance Director Beer stated the City's 2017 audit was now complete. He anticipated Council 43 would be receiving a report on the audit at the April 23`d City Council meeting. 44