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Mounds View City Council August 22, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 3 signage in order to keep traffic flowing to these businesses. 1 2 Judy Elfstrand, 2071 Pinewood, understood the County Road I overpass as to be reconstructed in 3 2017. She asked if this work would be completed. Mr. Lindeberg stated the County Road I 4 bridge would be completed as part of the MNPASS project. 5 6 Ms. Elfstrand requested further information on the auxiliary lanes along County Road I. Mr. 7 Lindeberg provided the Council and Ms. Elfstrand with additional information on how the 8 auxiliary lanes would be designed. 9 10 Hearing no further public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:34 p.m. 11 12 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8611, 13 Municipal Consent for MnDOT I35W North Project. 14 15 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 16 17 Mayor Flaherty requested Items 7F and 7G be discussed next. The Council supported this 18 recommendation. 19 20 F. 7:00 p.m. Public Hearing, Resolution 8620 to Consider a Chicken Keeping 21 License for Andre and Patricia Koen located at 7951 Greenwood Drive. 22 23 Assistant City Administrator Crane requested the Council consider a chicken keeping license for 24 Andre and Patricia Koen at 7951 Greenwood Drive. She stated eight chickens were being 25 requested and reviewed the location of the proposed chicken coop. It was noted one neighbor 26 objected to the keeping of chickens in Mounds View. Staff reviewed the request further and 27 recommended the Council hold a Public Hearing and approve of the request. 28 29 Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:38 p.m. 30 31 Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:38 p.m. 32 33 Council Member Mueller questioned how many requests the City has approved over the past year 34 for chicken keeping. Assistant City Administrator Crane estimated the City had received four to 35 six requests. 36 37 Mayor Flaherty asked how much experience the Koen’s had with raising chickens. Andre Koen, 38 7951 Greenwood Drive, reported he had no experience raising chickens but he and his wife were 39 interested in living a more sustainable life. He had recently doubled the size of his garden and 40 wanted now to provide his family with their own eggs. 41 42 Mayor Flaherty questioned how Mr. Koen would be constructing his chicken coop. Mr. Koen 43 indicated he would be purchasing a pen from Fleet Farm and noted his chicken coop would also 44 have a four foot by 12 foot run. 45