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Mounds View City Council May 12, 2008 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Mayor Marty noted that Heidi Steinmetz and he attended a function at the Medtronic facility last 2 <br />Thursday and he spoke with Steve Molly and Jim Dresen about this issue and, they stated that 3 <br />they had been approached again and they have installed curtains and all employees on the south 4 <br />side are to close curtains at night to cut down on light pollution. He then said that they are open 5 <br />to other alternatives that would meet the fire code because they would prefer to turn the lights 6 <br />off. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Mayor Marty said that Council other than Council Member Hull attended the Totino’s Grand 9 <br />Opening last Friday. He then welcomed Totino’s to the City and said the food is good. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Council Member Mueller provided an update on Festival in the Park on August 16 and 17, 2008. 12 <br />The car show is on Saturday with the parade on Sunday. There are fireworks both Saturday and 13 <br />Sunday evening sponsored by Medtronic. Some exciting things this year are the fine art show, 14 <br />battle of the bands, and entertainment groups. The 50th Anniversary Cookbook is for sale at the 15 <br />Festival. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Council Member Mueller noted that the Anoka County Airport is celebrating Aviation Days May 18 <br />17 and 18, 2008. Proceeds from the event sponsor the aviation museum. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Mayor Marty indicated that the Welcome to Mounds View city signs are being installed and he 21 <br />likes the blue now that it is up. Mayor Marty would like public works to look into the location 22 <br />for the sign on the left on Silver Lake Road as it seems out of place. 23 <br /> 24 <br />B. Reports of Staff 25 <br /> 1. Reminder – Employee Appreciation Lunch – May 21, 2008 26 <br /> 2. Senator Betzold and Representative Tillberry will be speaking to the 27 <br /> City Council on Monday, June 9, 2008. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Council Member Mueller said that she was appointed to the League of Minnesota Cities Ethics 30 <br />Task Force and the first meeting is May 14, 2008 in the afternoon. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Mayor Marty indicated that he received a Political Harmony survey in the mail. He has asked 33 <br />Staff to provide this to Mr. Ericson for review and he would like other Council Members to 34 <br />provide comments as well. 35 <br /> 36 <br />C. Reports of City Attorney 37 <br />None. 38 <br /> 39 <br />12. Next Council Work Session: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. (special) 40 <br />Next Council Meeting: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 7 p.m. 41