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Mounds View City Council January 25, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 3 View not to head down this same path. She feared that with the City intervening the free market 1 would be interrupted. She encouraged the City Council to take a step back and allow residents 2 the opportunity to guard this freedom because one size did not fit all. 3 4 Lance King, 7751 Greenwood Drive, stated he has lived at his home for 25 years. He explained 5 the population of Mounds View did not support organized trash collection. He stated this went 6 against the grain of free enterprise and would cause a monopoly. He opposed organized 7 collection and wanted to have a choice. He encouraged the Council to provide residents with 8 proof that the garbage trucks were damaging the roadways. He believed that residents will 9 always want the option to change vendors in order to keep costs low and service high. He 10 encouraged the Council to focus on City functions and not residential services. 11 12 Terry Wiley, 2279 Oakwood Drive, understood the new roads in the City were a concern. He 13 discussed the patches that have already been placed on Bronson. He explained the roadway was 14 either poorly designed or the contractor used sub-standard materials. He then provided comment 15 on the state of disrepair of Quincy Street. He believed that school buses and semi-trucks were 16 more of a concern on the City’s streets than refuse haulers. He stated it appeared the Council 17 was being strong-armed by a large corporate garbage company and explained that this reflected 18 poorly on the City of Mounds View. 19 20 Art Fudenberg, 7325 Parkview Drive, stated he has lived at his residence for the past 30 years. 21 He opposed the City pursuing a single trash hauler. He resented the fact that he had to leave the 22 comforts of his home in order to voice his opinion on regarding this matter. He believed the City 23 should not overstep its bounds and would be opening a can of worms by entering into the refuse 24 hauling business. He recommended residents be allowed to select their own refuse hauler that 25 best meets their needs without government interference. He believed the people of Mounds 26 View have already spoken regarding this matter given the recent results of the survey. He 27 discussed the cost of implementing a single hauler and provided comment on the City of 28 Maplewood’s recent decision to pursue organized collection. He recommended Mounds View 29 not grow the size of its local government. 30 31 Victoria Odeson-Kenz, 6928 Pleasant View Drive, stated she has been a resident in Mounds 32 View for 31 years. She strongly opposed organized collection in the City and asked who brought 33 this issue forward. She feared how residents would be impacted when they breached their 34 current refuse contracts. She explained that she would be suing the City if she were forced to pay 35 fines for breach of contract. She encouraged the Council to hear the voices this evening and to 36 not move forward with this matter until the public could vote on the item this fall. 37 38 Mike Read, 2208 Lois Drive, indicated he and his wife opposed a single contract hauler. He 39 understood the roads were a concern and encouraged the City to use high quality contractors on 40 the roadways. 41 42 Vern Rice, 7412 Parkview Drive, asked if any of the questions being raised this evening would 43 be addressed by the City Council. 44 45