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Mounds View City Council August 23, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 6 the Council would like to see included on the board, they can contact the City Administrator, the cable television producer, or himself', and they would attempt to do this. Mayor Coughlin commented the bulletin board looked very good. He stated Patrick Toss, the cable technician had shown him some of the capabilities of the system and he was very impressed. He noted it was quite timely that they were researching a new system at the time the old system failed, and providence had worked in their favor. Finance Director Kessel noted the Council had requested to obtain standards for televising cable cast meetings. He reported the Cable Commission would be meeting the following day, to finalize those standards, and they will be presented to the Council at the Work Session on September 20. He stated the camera utilized for videos, whether for screen shots from the podium, or for connecting to the computers, could not be connected to the system. He noted that three months prior, staff had rented a system for a presentation, and were considering purchasing this system, at this time. He stated this matter would likely be addressed to the Cable Commission at the meeting as well. He commented that it was hoped they could have a system in place to utilize for the upcoming budget presentations. He added that this system was portable, and could be used for other meetings in other facilities. Finance Director Kessel stated they have commenced the purchase of laptop computers for the Council Members. He stated two Council Members have received their computers, and one in on order, and should be available the following week. He suggested interested Council Members contact City Administrator Whiting or himself, and they would attempt to provide them with a computer, as soon as possible. City Administrator Whiting reported staff had received notification that the meeting held by the Metropolitan Council in August, concerning the allowable decibel levels in the developments surrounding airports was not well attended. He noted Representative Haake had attended the meeting, however, due to poor noticing on the part of the Metropolitan Council, they have scheduled a second meeting to be held in Fridley on October 13th. He indicated the time and location of the meeting would be brought forward to the Council at a future meeting. City Administrator Whiting stated a meeting was held that afternoon, regarding the golf course issues, including future cash flow, the ability to meet the requirements of the operations, and debt obligations. He explained at the previous Work Session, they had discussed some form of an interfund loan to assist the golf course through periods when it would not be able to meet those obligations, based upon the projections provided by staff He stated one of the suggestions was to borrow from the Special Projects Funds, and to utilize some form of Council action to guarantee its repayment. He explained after further examination, they considered the option of a different fund, and essentially attempting to keep that action as far removed from the General Fund as possible. He indicated they had consulted an attorney from Briggs and Morgan, who had done the bond work for the golf course, as well a majority of the TIF agreements, regarding whether or not they could utilize tax increment funds for this purpose. He commented the attorney advised this would probably not be the case. He indicated, however, there are some provisions that have come forward through the Legislature and the State Auditor's Office, which may suggest that some of the TIF funds could be accounted for in a manner which would relieve them of some of the restrictions they typically assume exist with TIF. He noted that this matter required further research.