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Mounds View City Council June 27, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 6 1 10. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2 3 None. 4 5 11. REPORTS 6 A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 7 8 Council Member Mueller stated she attended the League of Minnesota Cities Conference June 9 14th through June 17th. She discussed the seminars and events she attended at the conference. 10 She was pleased to report she had completed her three-year term as the Director on the League of 11 Minnesota Cities (LMC) Board. She indicated she would be moving to the Ambassador 12 program at this point. She commended the City on becoming a GreenStep City. 13 14 Council Member Mueller reported the Festival in the Park Committee met on June 21st and had 15 several new volunteers attend. She indicated there were still spots open for the car show and for 16 the craft fair. She explained the Festival in the Park Committee would meet again on Tuesday, 17 July 19th at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. 18 19 Council Member Gunn believed the LMC Conference was excellent this year. She suggested the 20 Council members share notes from the sessions they attended at the next work session meeting. 21 22 Council Member Meehlhause agreed with this recommendation. He provided further comment 23 on the sessions he attended at the LMC Conference. 24 25 Council Member Meehlhause stated Twin Cities Gateway was considering hiring a Sports 26 Management Position. This individual would work to identify ballfields for outside groups 27 interested in hosting a tournament in order to better utilize the local facilities. 28 29 Council Member Meehlhause explained he received a call from Bill Urbanski regarding the 30 sound wall on US Highway 10. He confirmed that MnDOT would be building a sound wall on 31 in conjunction with their 35W Managed Lane project. His concern was that MnDOT would be 32 sending a letter to adjacent residents to vote on whether or not they want the sound wall, and 33 residents may not realize the importance of this letter. 34 35 Council Member Gunn reported a vote will been taken for all sound wall sections along 35W. 36 37 Council Member Meehlhause wanted to make the residents of Mounds View aware that this 38 letter would be coming and to encourage them to vote in support of the sound wall. 39 40 Council Member Meehlhause provided an update on the NYFS meeting he attended last week. 41 He explained he would be serving as the Chair of this group for the next year. 42 43 Council Member Meehlhause stated he attended the Cable Commission meeting last week as 44 well and an update was provided regarding the Comcast negotiations, which was very positive. 45