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Mounds View City Council April 25, 2011 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 1 <br /> 2 <br />10. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3 <br /> 4 <br />None. 5 <br /> 6 <br />11. REPORTS 7 <br />A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Mayor Flaherty thanked all residents who attended the Town Hall meeting last Monday night. 10 <br />He felt the discussion held was valuable. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Mayor Flaherty noted the Medtronic Foundation has provided 18 scholarships in the north 13 <br />suburban area high schools. For 2011, Medtronic was offering two scholarships to north 14 <br />suburban schools totaling $16,000 over four years. He noted Emma Larson and Dwayne Vang of 15 <br />Irondale High School received scholarships from the Medtronic Foundation. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Council Member Gunn indicated prom was a huge success. She noted Mark Braun was recently 18 <br />in the Star Tribune, focusing on his athletic abilities given the fact he is in a wheel chair. She 19 <br />congratulated Mark for his determination. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Council Member Mueller noted she would be attending a workshop meeting on Wednesday, May 22 <br />11th on how to apply for grants to support the City’s natural areas and park projects. She noted 23 <br />five different seminars would be offered at this event. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Council Member Mueller explained the Blaine Airport would be holding its Aviation Days on 26 <br />May 21 st and 22nd. She encouraged all to attend this family-friendly event. 27 <br /> 28 <br /> B. Reports of Staff. 29 <br />i. Public Works 2010 Annual Report 30 <br /> 31 <br />Public Works Director DeBar reviewed the 2010 Public Works Annual Report with the Council. 32 <br />He highlighted the main issues addressed over the year, noting the Public Works Department had 33 <br />15 full-time staff employees and nine part-time employees. The City was served well by the 34 <br />longevity and experience of the department. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Public Works Director DeBar indicated the City was fortunate to be working with Rick Wriskey, 37 <br />the City’s contract forester. In addition, the Public Works Department was pleased to have a GIS 38 <br />intern to assist with updating City maps. He further described the breakdown of the department 39 <br />and how each portion was staffed. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Public Works Director DeBar noted Area A of the street and utility project was complete, along 42 <br />with Areas B and C. Area D was in the planning process and would be completed in 2011. The 43 <br />City currently had 43 miles of streets to maintain, sweep and inspect. 44 <br /> 45