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Mr. Marty stated he would like to thank Mr. Mueller for coming back. Mr. Marty stated he has sat out there and seen Mr. Mueller come up and address this issue a number of times, getting the !i response "we will look into it." Mr. Marty stated this is one of the reasons we have included on the agenda unfinished business. This will stay on unfinished business until it gets addressed, and Mr. Marty stated it will get addressed. Jerry Blanski,2933 Woodhill Drive. Mr. Blanski stated he is here for two reasons. One was to observe the Council for my first time. The second, is to formally give you a personal thank you ' to this Council, the past Council, and to the staff. Mr. Blanski stated he will going away from here with good feelings about the new Council. Mr. Blanski stated he was here on December 28 in regards to my frustration over the cigarette machine over at the Mermaid because in just one night alone when he and his wife were there, two groups of teenagers purchased cigarettes there, so they knew that if it is done that much in one night, it is being done at other times. Mr. Blanski stated a switch has been installed on the machine, so Mr. Blanski decided to test it. Mr. Blanski put his money into the machine, pulled the lever, and could not get any cigarettes. Mr. Blanski went to the bartender, the bartender flipped the switch, I went back, pulled the lever, got my cigarettes. Mr. Blanski did additional testing, wanting to find out if the switch is still on. Mr. Blanski stated he put his "four bucks" into that"thing" a second time and he did not get his cigarettes. Mr. Blanski went to the bartender and talked a little bit, and got his $8 back. Mr. Blanski wants to thank the Council and Cari Schmidt for sending the letter to the Mermaid about 1-1' that cigarette license because over at the Community Center you have this little flier there that `' says, "let's make smoking extinct." Mounds View is passing these out, by that little thing that happened, Mounds View has done its part in stopping underage smoking. 9. COUNCIL BUSINESS A. Park wetland mitigation public hearing. Mayor Coughlin requests background on this. (Mike) this litigation project commenced on behalf of the wetland that was mitigated at the Community Center. Staff and consulting engineers surveyed numerous sites throughout town to try to come up with a suitable site for litigation. The approximate acreage was about 0.48 acres required to mitigate the Community Center. Out of all of the sites that were surveyed throughout the community, Woodcrest Park was chosen and rated number one in its compatibility to the mitigation and also the surroundings. Part of it is because of its original makeup, some 20 to 25 years ago, as my staff has told me,that area was very wet,there was not a lot done with it, and consequently a lot of street sweepings and dumpings were put in that site, and eventually became high enough, and some years it was dry enough to park, in which case the amenities of parks were started to put in there. A hockey rink was put in there. A park shelter. Some playground equipment, and other amenities. In recent years the hockey rink has been taken down because maintaining the ice in that area in trying to get it stabilized was a considerable maintenance "headache." The building is very much unstable due to the shifting soils and very high ground 9 U:\CARIS\COUNCIL\MINUTES\MVCC22.MAR ``if