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Mounds View City Council January 23, 2017 <br />Regular Meeting Page 5 <br /> <br /> 1 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 2 <br /> 3 <br />10. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4 <br />A. January 9, 2017, City Council Meeting Minutes. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Council Member Hull requested a correction on Page 1, Line 44 stating Allina was spelled 7 <br />incorrectly. 8 <br /> 9 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the January 9, 2017, City Council meeting 10 <br />minutes as amended. 11 <br /> 12 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 13 <br /> 14 <br />11. REPORTS 15 <br />A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Council Member Gunn stated she attended an I-35W Coalition meeting today and the group 18 <br />received a post-election recap. It was noted Minneapolis would be approving the joint powers 19 <br />agreement. She explained this project remained shovel ready but still lacked funding. He 20 <br />provided further comment on the federal funding for this project and encouraged the City to draft 21 <br />letters and send them to local representatives to gain support for this project. She provided 22 <br />further comment on the proposed project including the benefits of the MnPASS lane. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Council Member Hull stated he would like to see the City donate $1,000 from the Bethlehem 25 <br />Baptist donations to CPY on a yearly basis. He discussed the great work CPY was doing with at 26 <br />risk youth and he wanted to see the City support this organization. The Council supported this 27 <br />recommendation. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Council Member Meehlhause explained he attended a Twin Cities Gateway board meeting last 30 <br />Tuesday. He noted this group continued to do well financially. He discussed the hospitality tax 31 <br />collected through November of 2016 and was pleased to report revenues were collections were 32 <br />up 3%. He described how the City utilized gateway funds on a yearly basis. He thanked Steve 33 <br />Markuson for the great work he does in marketing the nine communities involved in Twin Cities 34 <br />Gateway. He suggested the Council invite Steve Markuson and Al Stauffacher to attend the 35 <br />April worksession meeting to provide an update. The Council supported inviting Steve and Al to 36 <br />the April work session meeting. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Mayor Mueller recommended a representation from the Twin Cities North Chamber of 39 <br />Commerce also attend this meeting, along with representatives from the YMCA. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Council Member Meehlhause stated he would be attending an NYFS meeting on Thursday. He 42 <br />noted he would be attending a League of Minnesota Cities training event along with the Mayor 43 <br />and Council Member Gunn on Friday and Saturday. 44 <br /> 45