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Mounds View City Council September 12, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 9 A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 1 2 Council Member Mueller reported Minnesota Women in Local Government would be hosting a 3 program on Friday, September 23rd where Michelle Purdue would be the guest speaker. 4 5 Council Member Mueller stated on Saturday, October 8th an Open House would be held at the 6 Blaine-Spring Lake Park-Mounds View Fire Department located on County Road 10. 7 8 Council Member Mueller indicated the First Annual Festival in the Park Craft and Vendor Fair 9 would be held on Sunday, October 9th at the Community Center from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 10 11 Council Member Mueller discussed the food donations that were made to the Ralph Reeder Food 12 Shelf at the Festival in the Park Car Show and thanked everyone for their participation. She 13 explained the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf was really in need at this time and encouraged the public 14 to consider making a donation. 15 16 Mayor Flaherty questioned how many vendors would be at the Festival in the Park Craft Show. 17 Council Member Mueller reported she currently had 10 vendors. 18 19 Council Member Gunn explained she attended the Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative 20 meeting on Thursday, September 8th with Police Chief Harder. She indicated this group was 21 focusing its efforts to find organized activities for children to do after school. She understood 22 the Y would like to begin a Youth Council. She stated she would be attending further meetings 23 for this group. 24 25 Council Member Meehlhause reminded residents that live along US Highway 10 in the Laport 26 neighborhood to cast their vote for the MnDOT sound wall and to attend the neighborhood 27 meetings. He discussed how the voting would be processed by MnDOT. 28 29 Council Member Meehlhause indicated the YMCA Advisory Committee met today and 30 discussed the success of the Y’s summer programs. He reviewed the program revenue, park 31 rental, room rental and event rentals for 2016 compared to previous years. He reported fall sports 32 programs were underway and participation rates were looking good. He commented a youth 33 diabetes prevention program was going to begin shortly at the Y. He indicated the YMCA’s new 34 website for the event center was now up and running. 35 36 Council Member Gunn reported the Mounds View Public Schools would be holding a free youth 37 heart screening for all Mounds View and Irondale High School students. The screening would be 38 held at the Mounds View High School on Saturday, September 17th from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 39 The goal would be to have 300 students screened. 40 41 Council Member Meehlhause reminded the public the Mounds View Business Council would 42 meet next on Wednesday, September 14th at 7:30 a.m. at the Mermaid. The guest speaker will be 43 the Master Developer for the Rice Creek Commons development. 44 45