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Mounds View City Council March 22, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 10 amendment through regarding City projects that require special assessments. He reported he 1 would bring further information to the Council once it is available. 2 3 Council Member Stigney questioned why the Charter was considering this change and requested 4 further information from Staff. 5 6 Council Member Hull agreed and asked what the motive behind the changes is. 7 8 Council Member Mueller stated feasibility reports were quite expensive and she felt there were 9 many other areas of the Charter that could be amended or reworked. She did not see the need for 10 a change to the proposed section and suggested Staff forward a memorandum to the Charter 11 Commission. 12 13 Council Member Gunn agreed with these comments and felt Staff’s memo should be sent to the 14 Charter Commission. She questioned how future projects would proceed without numerous 15 petitions and complaints. 16 17 Mayor Flaherty suggested a memorandum from Staff be delayed and instead a meeting be 18 scheduled between the Council and the Charter Commission to gain insight on the motives and 19 discuss the proposed amendments. 20 21 City Administrator Ericson indicated Coventry Senior Housing presented a proposed plan to the 22 Planning Commission. The major concern at this time was traffic through the adjacent 23 neighborhood. The developer would like to come before the City Council at the next Work 24 Session meeting to gather feedback before submitting an official plan. 25 26 City Administrator Ericson noted the City has budgeted for him to attend three training 27 conferences in 2010. Funds were set aside in the 2010 budget for each event. He questioned if 28 the Council was still in favor of him attending all of these events. 29 30 Council Member Hull suggested the Clerk certification training be attended and the other two 31 eliminated from the budget. 32 33 Council Member Mueller was in favor of City Administrator Ericson attending all three events. 34 35 Council Member Stigney suggested two out of the three events be attended and that City 36 Administrator Ericson select the two that would be most valuable. 37 38 Council Member Gunn agreed with Council Member Stigney and noted the MCFOA conference 39 must be attended. 40 41 Mayor Flaherty felt the MCFOA conference was crucial and suggested that one of the other two 42 events be selected. This would be another opportunity for savings to the community. 43 44