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Page 1 UNAPPROVED • April28, 1997 Mounds View City Council 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL 8 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 9 RAMSEY COUNTY,MINNESOTA 10 11 Regular Meeting 12 April 28, 1997 13 Mounds View City Hall 14 2401 Hwy. 10,Mounds View,MN 55112 15 ********************************************************************************** 16 17 CALL TO ORDER 18 19 The Mounds View City Council was called to order by Mayor McCarty at 7:00 p.m.on April 28, 1997. 20 21 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE • 22 23 ROLL CALL 24 25 MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor McCarty,Council members Trude, 26 Quick,Koopmeiners and Stigney 27 28 ALSO PRESENT: Chuck Whiting,Clerk Administrator 29 Cathy Bennett,EDA Director 30 Bruce Kessel,Finance Director 31 Pam Sheldon, Community Development Director 32 Jim Ericson,Planning Associate 33 Bob Long,City Attorney 34 35 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: 36 37 Mr. Whiting stated he would like to give a brief update on the Anoka County Airport status. He noted that he 38 has had discussions with Representative Evans regarding the city's frustrations with the Metropolitan Airport 39 Commission and their development of a Comprehensive Plan. The City provided input and Public Hearings 40 were to be held in February or March by MAC. Those hearings have not been held yet. Two weeks ago,the 41 Council met with a representative of MAC and since then the council has been checking to see what can be 42 done legislatively. Some legislation was proposed and was approved last week. 43 44 Mr.Bob Long provided details on the amendment which basically states that the Metropolitan Airports 45 Commission shall not expend any public funds for planning or construction of capital improvements at the 46 • Anoka/Blaine Airport that will in any way conflict with the July 28, 1986 court order. This is a house bill and • 47 the senate version does not contain the language so when it goes to the conference committee,the goal will be 48 to keep the language in the house bill.