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UNA/ PROVED Page 11 • June 23, 1997 Mounds View City Council 1 MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Stigney to approve the purchase of the playground equipment to upgrade the old 2 equipment at Groveland Park as per the recommendation of the staff and Park&Recreation Commission. 3 4 VOTE: 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 5 6 J. Consideration of Resolution No.5123,Authorizing the Mayor and City Administrator to sign the 7 Youth Initiative Construction Grant and the Disbursement Agreement with the Minnesota 8 Department of Children,Families and Learning,State of Minnesota as Representative of the City of 9 Mounds View. 10 11 Mr.Whiting noted that this resolution is in reference to the grant that the city has been notified that they will 12 receive pending meeting the states conditions in the grant agreement. He noted that Ms.Saarion initiated this 13 grant application and that it would award the City$375,000 which will be used for construction as part of the 14 City's community center project for youth activities. 15 16 Acting Mayor Koopmeiners extended his appreciation for Ms. Saarion's efforts in the grant process. 17 18 MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Stigney to Approve Resolution No.5123,Authorizing the Mayor and City 19 Administrator to sign the Youth Initiative Construction Grant and the Disbursement Agreement with the 20 Minnesota Department of Children,Families and Learning,State of Minnesota as Representative of the City of 40 21 Mounds View. 22 23 L Consideration of Authorization to Hire a New Community Development Director. 24 25 Mr.Whiting explained that Ms. Sheldon has submitted her resignation as Community Development Director 26 with the City of Mounds View and will be returning to Colorado. Therefore,it will be necessary for the 27 Council to accept Ms. Sheldon's resignation and to authorize staff to advertise for a new Community 28 Development Director. Furthermore,considering the number of ongoing projects,he has concerns being able 29 to carry through with many of the projects that are in process. Ms. Sheldon has suggested that the city work 30 with Patrick Peters at SRF Consulting during the interim period to try to keep the vision alive. Mr.Whiting 31 stated he has not had an opportunity to contact Mr.Peters yet, but hopes to do so and discuss this option in 32 greater detail at the next council work session. Council member Trude stated she feels it is very critical that 33 this avenue be pursued as she is very concerned about the continuity of the ongoing projects. 34 35 Ms. Sheldon noted that Mr.Peters was involved in the Highway 10 SRF Study which was recently completed 36 so he is familiar with the corridor. 37 38 Council members took this opportunity to thank Ms.Sheldon for her dedicated service to the city and stated it 39 has been a pleasure working with such a professional. 40 41 MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Quick to regretfully accept Ms.Sheldon's resignation as Community 42 Development Director for the City of Mounds View. 43 44 VOTE: 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 45 . 46 MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Trude to authorize the Clerk Administrator to begin the search for a new 47 Community Development Director for the City of Mounds View. 48