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Mounds View City Council February 24, 2014 Regular Meeting Page 7 1 Council Member Mueller explained the Festival in the Park Committee would meet again on 2 March 18, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. She encouraged those interested in volunteering for 3 this event to attend the next meeting. She discussed the events planned for this year's 4 celebration, which would be held on August 16, 2014. Parade and crafter registration 5 information was located on the City's website. 6 7 Council Member Mueller stated Citizen of the Year nominations were being taken through 8 Friday, February 28, 2014. She reported residents, community volunteers and business owners in 9 Mounds View were eligible. 10 11 Mayor Flaherty explained there would be several controlled burns in Arden Hills over the next 12 three days. He discussed a recent article from the St. Paul Pioneer Press noting there was a 13 growing need for day -time volunteer fire fighters. He encouraged those interested in learning 14 more about the local fire department to visit the sbmfire.org. 15 16 Mayor Flaherty commented the City's Town Hall meeting would be held on Monday, March 31, 17 2014. He encouraged residents to read the recent edition of Mounds View Matters. 18 19 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 20 A. Dialogue with Senator Bev Scalze 21 22 Senator Bev Scalze discussed the actions taking place at the State. She discussed the cities she 23 represents noting her public service began as a councilmember for Little Canada. She explained 24 the legislature would have a very compressed session this year. The data privacy bill was 25 reviewed along with the passing of the municipal sales tax exemption. 26 27 Senator Scalze reviewed the two bills she was working on for this year. These bills included the 28 replacement of the Rice Street Bridge over I-694 and infrastructure improvements surrounding 29 TCAAP. She reported she would also be working hard on water issues as the aquifers in the 30 metro area were being affected. 31 32 Senator Scalze believed there would be action on the minimum wage during this legislative 33 session. She reported the February forecast would be available on Tuesday. After this 34 information was available, further decisions could be made regarding infrastructure 35 improvements. She thanked the Council for the information that has been provided to her 36 regarding the need for sound walls in Mounds View. She discussed the difficulty of working 37 with MnDOT on these issues and noted she would be introducing a bill on the Senate floor 38 addressing the sound walls. 39 40 Council Member Mueller thanked Senator Scalze for her work on the sales tax exemption bill. 41 She recommended joint power agreement entities be considered for this same sales tax 42 exemption. She discussed the popularity of e -cigarettes and asked if the State would be 43 legislating these products. Senator Scalze did not anticipate the State would be passing 44 legislation on e -cigarettes. She reported the legislation would be reviewing sales tax exemption 45 status for joint power agreement entities.