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UNAPPHOVED • Page 7 October 27, 1997 Mounds View City Council 1 MOTION/SECOND: Koopmeiners/Quick to Approve Resolution No.5168,a Resolution Approving the Final 2 Plat of Mounds View Business Park East Second Addition for Everest Group,Ltd. 3 4 VOTE: 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 5 6 COUNCIL BUSINESS: 7 8 C. Consideration of Resolution No.5172,A Resolution Authorizing the Abatement of Nuisances at 9 2349 Laport Drive. 10 11 MOTION/SECOND: McCarty/Quick to postpone action on Resolution No.5172,until November 24, 1997 12 and instruct staff to work with the property owner to develop a voluntary abatement plan. 13 14 VOTE: 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 15 16 Council member Quick noted that this item has been before the Council several times and he is concerned that 17 the Council come to some conclusion soon. Council member Koopmeiners also stated his concern as to the 18 upcoming Winter season and the need to get the property cleaned up yet this Fall. 19 20 D. First Reading of Ordinance No.605,An Ordinance Implementing a Franchise Fee on Electric and • 21 Natural Gas Utility Companies for the Operation of the Utility within the City of Mounds View. 22 23 Mr.Whiting explained that the Franchise Fee for the 1998 Budget needs to be reinstated. The Council 24 discussed the city's preliminary budget and it was decided that the franchise fee needed to be reinstated,but 25 rather than at a 3%rate,it would be at a 2-1/2%rate. This would be a one-year ordinance with the franchise 26 fee sunsetting on 12/31/98(this is actually a one year extension of the franchise fee). 27 28 Mr.Long explained that the original ordinance(#519)passed on November 20, 1992 made the 3%franchise 29 fee sunset on 12/31/97. The franchise fee change is allowed as per the last clause of the ordinance. 30 31 MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Koopmeiners to Approve the First Reading of Ordinance No.605,An Ordinance 32 Implementing a Franchise Fee on Electric and Natural Gas Utility Companies for the Operation of the Utility 33 within the City of Mounds View,and to waive the reading. 34 35 ROLL CALL VOTE: 36 37 Mayor McCarty aye 38 Council member Quick aye 39 Council member Koopmeiners aye 40 Council member Stigney aye 41 42 Motion Carried(4-0) 43 44 E. Consideration of Approving the Cooperative Agreement and Initial Agreement by and between the 45 City of Mounds View and Minneapolis Public Housing Authority for Silver Lake Commons. e46 47 Mr.Long provided the Council with a quick update on this issue. As discussed,staff was to bring back to the 48 Council a Cooperative Agreement and Initial Agreement in order to move forward on the Silver Lake