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Mounds View City Council Page Eight Regular Meeting August 9, 1993 At a time when the businesses are having problems the City Council is trying to revoke the sunset clause which was placed on the streetlight utility as a stop gap or check and balance. Mr. Wolens stated that the Council is constantly attempting to increase the cost of doing business in Mounds View. Mr. Wolens stated that it is more costly to do business in Mounds View than it is in Blaine and in many other cities. The City of Mounds View is constantly spending more money. Mr. Wolens stated that if the City continues to do this with the revenue numbers down, there will be an increased number of businesses vacant in the City of Mounds View. Mr. Wolens encouraged the -Council- to -stop spending money as the businesses cannot afford it. Mayor Linke stated that there is a problem in the City with surface water and that every time it rains there is standing water. Linke asked Mr. Wolens what the City should do, let it stand or let the system back up and don't make any plans to fix it or put any moneyaway for repair of the system. Wolens stated that the major area of concern should be the Highway 10 corridor. Wolens asked if when the County or State turns over part of the highway to the City, it will be fixed, correct? Mayor Linke explained that when the highway is. turned over it will be turned over as is. • Wolens stated that the businessmen are paying the majority of the fees. The Federal government will get 15% of the business lunches and this will severely affect the restaurants in the area. This type of cause and effect hurts the businesses. Mr. Wolens stated that part of the utility franchise fee is increased overtime for the code enforcement officers. Wolens commented that the business owners in Mounds View will pay the majority of this fee because Mounds View requires them to put in much larger parking lots than does the cities of Blaine or Spring Lake Park. Mayor Linke stated that he deals with those numbers every day. Linke asked Mr. Wolens to propose a way topay for the repairs of the storm water system. Wolens asked how many problems the City have with surface water runoff. Mayor Linke reported that there were three homes in the Ardan area flooded out during the last heavy rainfall and that there are problems in the entire Ardan area.