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Mounds View City Council October 9, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 15 Paul Good, City Administrator Ulrich, Director Lee, and County Staff were all in consensus that 1 the intersection needed and warranted a stoplight. He stated the County’s budget has been cut 2 and there is no funding available for such a stoplight. 3 4 Mayor Marty asked how all the stoplights in New Brighton were done and why the County could 5 not install one in Mounds View. He continued that the County indicated they had the budget 6 when such stoplights were installed. 7 8 Mayor Marty stated that Mounds View is trying to come up with a cooperative effort with the 9 City of New Brighton and the County also donating funds to the project. He noted that Mounds 10 View has the City of New Brighton’s cooperation. 11 12 Mayor Marty noted the Candidate’s Forum video was much better than the original broadcast and 13 the rebroadcast will be on Channel 16. He noted that Communications Coordinator Blackford 14 would attempt to get the Candidate’s speeches broadcast on Channel 16 as well. 15 16 Mayor Marty noted that election day is coming up. 17 18 Councilmember Gunn noted that on October 27th Pinewood would be celebrating their 50th 19 anniversary. She noted the activities planned for the week. 20 21 Councilmember Stigney stated regarding the broadcast of the Forum, there were problems using 22 the equipment. He stated that the City discussed posting an operator’s checklist and asked if it 23 had been removed. He asked City Administrator Ulrich to reestablish the checklist. 24 25 Councilmember Stigney stated that both the Chamber of Commerce and School Board have been 26 using the City to vote for various issues. He stated he would like the City to draft a policy 27 regulating the use of the City’s cable service to ask for votes. City Administrator Ulrich stated it 28 would be discussed at a future work session. 29 30 B. Reports of Staff 31 32 1. Public Works Director’s Report on Greenwood Drive 33 34 Director Lee reported that the City received a request to dead-end Greenwood Drive. He 35 explained that traffic counts were taken in two locations on Greenwood Drive, north of County 36 Road I and south of Sherwood. He noted the counts on each end and said both counts were 37 extremely low. He stated there does not seem to be an overabundance of vehicles using the road. 38 39 Director Lee stated Staff examined cul-de-sac requirements using the standard radiuses of 45 feet 40 and 60 feet in width. He showed the Council the impact on the properties in the area of putting 41 in a cul-de-sac on Greenwood Drive. He said in order to install a standard sized cul-de-sac, the 42 Council would have to acquire several properties. He stated that there would be a significant 43 impact on the properties that would have to be acquired. 44 45