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the airport legislation currently being considered by the House and Senate. He advised that <br /> Speaker Sviggum gave an endorsement of that afterward. <br /> Mayor Coughlin explained that since he was meeting with Speaker Sviggum and Representative <br /> Haake, Acting Mayor Stigney filled in for him at the North Metro Mayors Association meeting <br /> that evening. Mayor Coughlin extended his appreciation to him for acting in that capacity. <br /> Mayor Coughlin reported that this past Thursday, he and Council Member Thomason attended <br /> the Ramsey County League of Local Governments meeting and met with Ramsey County <br /> Commissioners in a round table discussion. At that meeting,the Commissioners presented <br /> reports on what they were involved in with this session and fielded questions on property tax <br /> rates since most constituents saw their property values increase. He reported that concern was <br /> also presented that St. Paul not be left out if the State moves forward with their commuter rail <br /> plan. <br /> Mayor Coughlin noted the informational packet from the Ramsey County Commissioners. <br /> Council Member Marty reported he and Planning Associate Ericson attended a community <br /> meeting at Onan concerning their expansion. He explained the informational meeting was for <br /> Mounds View and Fridley residents about Onan's 400,000 square foot warehouse which is under <br /> construction. He stated that the impacted Mounds View residents are on the western side, north <br /> of County Road H. Onan cleared trees up to their property line which raised concern since it <br /> changed the view from a wooded area. <br /> Council Member Marty stated the meeting was not structured with a presentation but Onan had <br /> placards displayed with people standing at each to describe the project. He stated they met with <br /> Scott Hickok, City of Fridley, who expressed his interest to try to do what they could to work <br /> with their community and Mounds View. Council Member Marty advised they talked with <br /> representatives about moving the road running north of County Road H along the property line <br /> farther to the west between the two settlement ponds which will be created to handle drainage. <br /> However, due to the location of the sewage metering site and a few other technicalities, moving <br /> that driveway would not be feasible. He stated they also talked about creating a berm on the <br /> eastern side of their property. They indicated they were willing to look into it with the <br /> understanding that some of the yard areas may be lost. <br /> Council Member Marty reported that Onan representatives have indicated their willingness to <br /> look into options as did the City of Fridley. He advised the master plan for Onan is to build <br /> another building north of the warehouse they are currently constructing which would wipe out <br /> most of the remaining trees along the resident's property to the north. He stated they did suggest <br /> Onan plant evergreen trees along the boundary so the trees are in place for this and future <br /> projects. He suggested that staff follow up on that discussion. <br /> 2 U:\CARIS\COUNCIL\MINUTES\MVCC26.APR <br /> i <br />