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! s"@uNA1fRG1 � L. January 12, 1998 Mounds View City Council 1 Motion Carried - 5-0 2 3 8, REPORTS: 4 5 Stigney: Council member Stigney noted a correction in the Newsletter which went out to residents. The time 6 of the Council Work Sessions is 6:00 p.m.rather than 7:00 p.m. 7 8 Mayor McCarty: Mayor McCarty noted that he had held out on one commissioner appointment for the Parks 9 Commission. The candidates were from one neighborhood and he felt it would be good to get a broader 10 representation for the position. If there are no more volunteers,there is a waiting list of people who can fill in 11 and who are very capable. He noted it would be beneficial to get someone from the south side of Highway 10 12 in the southwest or southeast corner of the city. 13 14 Mayor McCarty stated he received a call from JoAnn Finney who represents Habitat for Humanity. A 15 dedication ceremony will be held on January 24th and a representative will be needed from Mounds View. 16 He felt that perhaps Jerry Peterson,Chairman of the Planning Commission would be a good candidate to 17 represent the city. 18 19 Mayor McCarty stated he feels that the city should do something to set up and identify the real estate value 20 model for the City of Mounds View that sets the real estate values at this time so that we can keep a track or 21 record as to the how the real estate values may change within the city from impact of the Anoka County 22 Airport. At the same time,a noise model should also be done for the city. 23 24 Mayor McCarty stated he feels with the anticipated completion of the Community Center,the city should really 25 begin investigating how to implement a commission on youth. This would be a commission made up of youth 26 from 7th grade through 12th grade with adult involvement. 27 28 MOTION/SECOND: McCarty/Gunn to direct staff to investigate the means by which the City could appoint 29 and implement a Commission on Youth. 30 31 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 32 33 Report of Attorney: Mr.Long gave an update on the airport issue. He explained that,on behalf of the City of 34 Mounds View,he had asked MAC to delay voting on master plan for the Anoka Airport until an answer could 35 be obtained as to whether or not MAC could proceed with their plan given the court order that exists governing 36 the airport. He stated he feels residents should ask their legislatures to sponsor an amendment to that Section 37 of the law that would make it clear that the airport runway was to stay at a 4,000 foot runway. 38 39 MOTION/SECOND: Koopmeiners/Stigney to authorize Staff to work with the State Representative to 40 develop legislation that would clarify law that would govern the development of the airport. 41 42 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 43 44 Report of City Administrator: Mr.Whiting noted that he had distributed a copy of a memo dated January 8th 45 from the architect on the community center which laid out some issues that will need to be addressed at the next 46 council meeting. He noted that some of the options that the council has been considering for the community 47 center are stretching the discussed budget and these items will need to be discussed further before the bid 48 specifications are put together. One alternative the council discussed was the heated sidewalk-an item which