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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL 1 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 <br /> 4 <br />Regular Meeting 5 <br />April 27, 2015 6 <br />Mounds View City Hall 7 <br />2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 <br />7:02 P.M. 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br />1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 12 <br /> 13 <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 14 <br /> 15 <br />3. ROLL CALL: Flaherty, Gunn (arrived at 7:46 p.m.), Hull, Meehlhause, Mueller 16 <br /> 17 <br /> NOT PRESENT: None 18 <br /> 19 <br />4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 <br /> A. Monday, April 27, 2015, City Council Agenda. 21 <br /> 22 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the Monday, April 27, 2015, agenda as revised. 23 <br /> 24 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 <br /> 26 <br />5. PUBLIC INPUT 27 <br /> 28 <br />Kathleen Smith introduced herself to the Council and stated she was a resident of Mounds View. 29 <br />She discussed the importance of honey bees to the City and environment, noting the population 30 <br />of honey bees was declining. She requested that the Council allow honey bee colonies in the 31 <br />City of Mounds View. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Mayor Flaherty questioned how many bees were in a honey bee colony. Ms. Smith explained 34 <br />that a colony could start out with somewhere between 10,000 and 12,000 bees. As the colony 35 <br />grows there could be 40,000 to 50,000 bees. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Mayor Flaherty asked if bees were able to winter in Minnesota. Ms. Smith indicated she protects 38 <br />her colony with a wax covered box and leaves a fair amount of honey in the hive to provide the 39 <br />bees with key nutrients they need to survive the winter. She commented that the hive needed to 40 <br />remain at 95 degrees Fahrenheit over the winter months. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Council Member Mueller thanked Ms. Smith for the information she provided to Council. 43 <br /> 44