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Mounds View City Council July 28, 2008 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 2 <br /> 3 <br /> A. Presentation by Louis Jambois of Metro Cities (formerly the Association 4 <br /> of Metropolitan Municipalities) 5 <br /> 6 <br />Mr. Jambois appeared before Council and made a presentation outlining the services that Metro 7 <br />Cities provides for its member cities. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Council Member Mueller asked whether there has been any feedback from the rural communities 10 <br />on the focusing of transportation dollars on the metro areas where the most people live. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Mayor Marty noted that the City used to be a member of this group but had to reduce 13 <br />memberships due to tough economic times. He then said that the Council would consider this 14 <br />request during the budgeting process. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Valerie Amundsen of 3048 Wooddale Drive asked if each City’s vote is equal or proportional 17 <br />based on population. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Mr. Jambois said that each city would receive one vote. 20 <br /> 21 <br />7. COUNCIL BUSINESS 22 <br /> 23 <br /> A. Continued Public Hearing: Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 810, 24 <br /> Amending Chapter 8 (Public Improvements and Special Assessments), and 25 <br /> Chapter 12 (Miscellaneous and Transitory Provisions) of the Mounds View 26 <br /> City Charter 27 <br /> 28 <br />Clerk Administrator Ericson noted that this is something that the Charter Commission and City 29 <br />Staff have been working on for the past year. This would provide the City with an opportunity to 30 <br />have unpaid fines certified to property taxes. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 7:43 p.m. 33 <br /> 34 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Flaherty. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Ordinance 810, 35 <br />Amending Chapter 8 (Public Improvements and Special Assessments), and Chapter 12 36 <br />(Miscellaneous and Transitory Provisions) of the Mounds View City Charter. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Council Member Stigney thanked the Charter Commission for its work on this matter. 39 <br /> 40 <br />ROLL CALL: Mueller/Flaherty/Hull/Stigney/Marty. 41 <br /> 42 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 43 <br /> 44