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<br />Item No: 4 <br />Meeting Date: January 3, 2012 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Review Candidates for the Tri-City County Rd 10 Task Force <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> The City Councils from Mounds View, Blaine and Spring Lake Park met in joint session on <br />Wednesday, May 25, 2011. One of the issues discussed concerned the ongoing and persisting <br />confusion regarding the name of County Road 10. The City Councils directed the administrators to <br />organize a task force to consider a consistent, unified name for the corridor from 35W in Ramsey <br />County to Highway 47 (University Avenue) in Anoka County. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Since the May tri-city Council meeting, the administrators have met and corresponded to discuss <br />and consider the potential make up of the task force. It was originally suggested that the task force <br />consist of the following representatives from each community: <br /> <br /> * Two business representative <br /> * One resident representative <br />* One Council representative <br /> <br />It is envisioned that the task force would meet once a month (or less frequently) during 2012 and <br />after three or four meetings rotated between the three communities, generate a short list of possible <br />names for the City Councils to consider. <br /> <br />The City announced the formation of the task force and solicited candidates in the Mounds View <br />Matters, in the Business News, on the website and on its Facebook page. Three residents have <br />expressed an interest: <br /> <br />• Joan Bosard <br />• Helen Chambers <br />• Gary Meehlhause <br /> Despite strong support among the business community to assign a name to the corridor, at this point <br />no business representatives have indicated a desire to participate on the task force. Given that, I <br />would suggest we appoint two residents instead of two business reps, with a third resident identified <br />as an “alternate.” (We will continue to solicit for a business representative.) <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> Pick two of the three residents to represent the City and continue to seek a business representative <br />to participate on the Task Force. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br /> <br />