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Mounds View City Council March 27, 2017 Regular Meeting Page 6 races. She stated the committee was seeking sponsors for the bike races given the high expense 1 of the event. She encouraged the public to consider attending the next Festival in the Park 2 Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 18th at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall in the Conference Room. 3 4 Mayor Mueller reported the City of Mounds View will be celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 5 2018 and a committee has been formed to begin preparations for this celebration. She invited 6 Mounds View residents to consider assisting with this event and to contact City Hall for further 7 information. 8 9 Mayor Mueller stated on Friday, March 31st she would be attending a Minnesota Women in City 10 Government meeting sponsored by the League of Minnesota Cities where the attendees would be 11 addressing how to effectively communicate via social media. 12 13 Mayor Mueller encouraged the public to consider purchasing a tree through the Ramsey County 14 Friends of the Park tree sale. Further information regarding the tree sale could be found at City 15 Hall. She noted orders must be placed prior to Friday, April 21st. 16 17 Mayor Mueller stated she received a letter from Mark and Mary Holmes, parents of Patrick 18 “Homer” Holmes, who lost his life when the 35W bridge collapsed. She read the letter in full for 19 the record noting the Holmes family appreciated the recognition the City of Mounds View 20 continued to provide to volunteer coaches. 21 22 Mayor Mueller encouraged residents to fill out a postcard with their correct address for the Sun 23 Focus to ensure their publications were delivered in a timely manner to all Mounds View 24 residents. 25 26 B. Reports of Staff. 27 28 Police Chief Harder invited the public to attend a fun event this Thursday, March 30th at 4:30 29 p.m. where five members of the Mounds View Police Department would be taking on another 30 team at Northeast Youth and Family Services. 31 32 Police Chief Harder thanked Council Members Meehlhause and Gunn for attending the Bowling 33 with a Cop event, along with the volunteers from Target Corp. 34 35 Police Chief Harder reported that all retired Mounds View Police Officers would be honored on 36 Thursday, March 30th. 37 38 Finance Director Beer noted the bond issue for the Public Works Facility would be called on 39 Thursday. 40 41 Public Works Director Erickson updated the Council on the Public Works Facility project noting 42 the contracts were being reviewed by the City Attorney. He explained the street project would be 43 starting in the coming weeks once the road restrictions were lifted. 44 45