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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 />March 12, 2012 6 <br />Mounds View City Hall 7 <br />2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 <br />7:04 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, Stigney, Hull, Mueller, Gunn. 16 <br /> 17 <br /> NOT PRESENT: None. 18 <br /> 19 <br />4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 <br /> A. Monday, March 12, 2012, City Council Agenda. 21 <br /> 22 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the Monday, March 12, 2012, agenda as 23 <br />presented. 24 <br /> 25 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 26 <br /> 27 <br />5. PUBLIC INPUT 28 <br /> 29 <br />Mike Reed, 2208 Lois Drive, thanked the plow truck drivers for clearing the snow after the 30 <br />recent storm. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Dan Mueller, 8343 Groveland Road, spoke to the Council regarding vacant and foreclosed 33 <br />homes. He understood there were parties interested in buying the vacant homes, but financing 34 <br />was difficult. He encouraged the Council to seek other options for revitalizing the housing stock 35 <br />beyond the CDBG funds as the number of vacant homes within the City was growing. He 36 <br />recommended the Council use TIF funds to assist with renovating and purchasing foreclosed 37 <br />homes. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Mayor Flaherty stated the Council was reviewing housing stock options to address the vacant and 40 <br />foreclosed homes in the City. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Tom Carlson, Woodlawn Drive, asked how many vacant homes there were in the City at this 43 <br />time. 44 <br /> 45