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Mounds View City Council August 8, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 9 Council Member Gunn stated Festival in the Park would be held on Saturday, August 20th. She 1 reviewed all of the events planned for the day and encouraged the public to attend. 2 3 Council Member Meehlhause explained the Festival in the Park Committee would be meeting on 4 Tuesday, August 16th at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. It was noted the committee was still in need of 5 volunteers. 6 7 Council Member Meehlhause indicated he attended the recent Cable Commission meeting for the 8 Mayor. It was noted the group discussed the Comcast franchise negotiations. 9 10 Council Member Meehlhause reported he, Council Member Gunn, Council Member Hull and 11 City Administrator Ericson would be attending the Rice Creek Commons Celebration on 12 Wednesday. 13 14 Council Member Meehlhause stated he would be attending an NYFS meeting on Friday and next 15 Wednesday. 16 17 Council Member Gunn explained she would be attending a 35W Coalition meeting on Thursday, 18 August 11th. She hoped to have an update on the 35W MNPASS project for the Council by 19 August 22nd. She discussed a recent article in the newspaper noting Roseville would not be 20 granting municipal consent until this fall. City Administrator Ericson reviewed a list of 21 upcoming environmental impact and noise wall meetings for the 35W MNPASS project. He 22 encouraged residents to attend these meetings in order to learn more about this project. 23 24 Mayor Flaherty was pleased to report the City had 23 or 24 neighborhood parties registered with 25 the City. He appreciated meeting a number of young families along with old friends during 26 National Night Out. 27 28 B. Reports of Staff. 29 1. Finance Department Quarterly Report 30 31 Finance Director Beer reviewed the Second Quarter financials with the Council. He discussed 32 the City’s revenue and expenses for the first six months of the year, which were in proper 33 alignment at this time. It was noted the City’s Street Improvement Project would wrap up next 34 spring. He was pleased to report the entire project came in $3 million under budget. The City’s 35 investments were discussed and it was noted there has been a slow draw down over time as TIF 36 Districts have decertified. He noted the 2016 audit was now complete and staff has begun to 37 work on the 2017 budget. Staff then reviewed the 2017 budget approval timeline. 38 39 2. Liquor License Update – Keshav Enterprises, Inc. 40 41 City Administrator Ericson stated the Council recently approved a liquor license for Keshav 42 Enterprises at the former Snap Market. He reported the applicant went out of the country and 43 there was an issue with his insurance documentation. For this reason, a liquor license was not 44 issued by the State of Minnesota. In addition to this, the deal for the property fell through. He 45