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Mounds View City Council August 13, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 8 website. He indicated several officers and Niko participated in the recent Special Olympics 1 Torch Run. 2 3 Council Member Gunn requested further information on National Night Out. Police Chief 4 Kinney stated the event was a huge success in the City with 35 events registered with the 5 department. He enjoyed attending the various events and received a great deal of positive 6 feedback from the residents. 7 8 Council Member Mueller thanked Police Chief Kinney for the update on the event that took 9 place over the past weekend. 10 11 City Administrator Ericson announced he met with the vendor regarding the City Hall sign. He 12 indicated the vendor was asked to make the repair at their expense. Staff was hoping the sign 13 would work through the end of 2012. A replacement sign was being investigated that would 14 allow three lines of text. 15 16 City Administrator Ericson indicated he attended a Charter Commission meeting last week along 17 with Finance Director Beer and Public Works Director DeBar. Staff provided answered 18 questions and provided information to the Charter Commission. He noted the Charter 19 Commission currently had four vacant seats and were seeking volunteers and applications were 20 available at City Hall. 21 22 City Administrator Ericson commented the Council has been discussing the County Road 10 23 corridor revitalization. Estimates were received for the painting the traffic signals with the first 24 vendor estimating the expense to be $27,025. An additional bid was requested by staff and this 25 bid came in at $27,700. If the Council would like to move forward with this work, staff would 26 need direction on how to proceed. 27 28 City Administrator Ericson indicated the corridor and median would be cleaned this week by the 29 Shoreview Department of Corrections prior to Festival in the Park this weekend. In addition, the 30 Public Works crew would be hanging banners this week. 31 32 City Administrator Ericson noted he received feedback from Planning Associate Heller and Greg 33 Johnson of Coventry Senior Living. The City was anticipating receiving plans from Coventry in 34 the next week or so. 35 36 Mayor Flaherty requested further information from Staff on how the traffic signals in the County 37 Road 10 corridor would be refurbished. City Administrator Ericson indicated he could provide 38 further specifications. He explained the poles would be sandblasted and repainted a light brown 39 color. He noted the City would need to complete this work at some point in time, as the County 40 would not cover this expense. 41 42 Council Member Gunn asked if LGA funds could be used to cover this expense. Finance 43 Director Beer stated this would be an option to the Council. 44 45