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Mounds View City Council October 10, 2011 <br />Regular Meeting Page 10 <br /> <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller indicated the Mounds View Business Council meeting would be held 1 <br />on October 19th at the Community Center at 7:00. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Council Member Gunn reported the YMCA Advisory Committee met on October 3rd. She 4 <br />reviewed the items discussed. She explained the Minneapolis and St. Paul YMCA’s were 5 <br />merging. The programs at the Mounds View YMCA were doing well and the event center was 6 <br />booked through November. It was discussed the Chamber of Commerce space was still empty 7 <br />and potential renters were discussed. She noted Nathan Danielson was hired as the new 8 <br />executive director of the YMCA. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Mayor Flaherty commented he attended a Five Cities meeting earlier this afternoon. The big 11 <br />discussion was on the I-694/TH10/Snelling Avenue construction. He anticipated there would be 12 <br />a great deal of congestion while this project was underway. Mayor Flaherty explained he spoke 13 <br />with the mayor of Roseville regarding canine units. The group was waiting to hear back on a 14 <br />report from the State regarding the Arden Hills site and the potential development of a Vikings 15 <br />Stadium. 16 <br /> 17 <br /> B. Reports of Staff. 18 <br />1. Public Works Project Updates 19 <br /> 20 <br />Public Works Director DeBar provided a status update to the Council regarding Area D. He 21 <br />noted the final wear layer would be put down on Monday and the contractor was finishing up 22 <br />punch list items. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Public Works Director DeBar indicated he has spoken with the County regarding County 25 <br />Highway 10 and how the intersections could be funded by grants. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Public Works Director DeBar reviewed how the HVAC unit on the Community Center was 28 <br />being addressed. Sidewalk improvements would be completed yet this fall at the Community 29 <br />Center adding a pedestrian ramp with an additional sidewalk to Branson. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Public Works Director DeBar explained the City Hall generator would be operational next week. 32 <br />He discussed the work that has been completed on Lambert Park explaining that the footings 33 <br />were now completed. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Finance Director Beer stated he has been discussing the City’s meter readers with Public Works 36 <br />Director DeBar. He indicated in 2007, 2,400 phone-read meter readers were replaced with 37 <br />Neptune readers. This model has proven highly successful for the City. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Finance Director Beer explained the Census model meter readers had a short battery life. The 40 <br />batteries had to be replaced every six to eight years at an expense of $25 plus Staff time. He 41 <br />questioned if the Council was interested in replacing the 800 Census meter readers with the 42 <br />Neptune model. He indicated the expense would be approximately $80,000. 43 <br /> 44