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it Council Member Marty reported the residents on the south side of County Road H are concerned about increased truck traffic. He advised that residents were told Onan would try to route all of their truck traffic northerly on County Road H. He explained that a representative of Onan then stated that their truck traffic was routed on Old Central and Highway 65 but that was not earlier relayed to the residents at the meeting. Council Member Marty stated the truck traffic on County Road H2 has been a discussion matter and Onan did indicate during the meeting that they routed their traffic to County Road H2, making 150 trips per day from the warehouse to the plant. He suggested the City keep "tabs" on this to determine if truck traffic has increased on County Road H2. Council Member Quick had no report. Council Member Thomason stated she attended the Ramsey County League meeting and found it interesting to meet all the Ramsey County Commissioners who informed of their particular forte 5 and district, and what they were working on at the State level. She reported the primary concern was taxes. Council Member Thomason stated she also attended an Economic Development Commission meeting. She reported they are working on the Comprehensive Plan and will be doing so for several meetings until they "hammer" something out. Council Member Stigney reported that he represented Mounds View at the meeting of the North Metro Mayors Association on April 14, 1999. He reported that Elwyn Tinklenberg, the new Minnesota Transit and Transportation Commissioner, gave a presentation on the direction he would like to see for light rail as a transit option. Council Member Stigney stated the Association is also pushing to abolish levy limits. He stated that he has his own views on these issues but this Association supports light rail and abolishing levy limits. Council Member Stigney also commented on the Governor's MTC tour of the "bottleneck" locations which, at the time of the tour, were not congested. Council Member Stigney updated the Council on the recommendations from the recent Planning Commission meeting. City Administrator Whiting reported on the meeting he attended at the Anoka County Airport to discuss methods to get to know the pilots better to resolve problems. He stated they will be meeting with the Metropolitan Airports Commission(MAC) to discuss sound abatement issues. Mayor Coughlin reported he also attended a meeting with representatives from the YMCA, Pinewood Elementary School, School District staff, and representatives of the manufactured home parks to discuss plans to have on-site programs for kids in manufactured home parks since they may not have the ability to be driven to the Community Center. 3 U:\CARIS\COUNCIL\MINUTES\MVCC26.APR