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r Mounds View City Council Page Tw Regular Meeting May 11, 19� MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Rickaby to amend the motion on page six of the April 27 Council Meeting minutes regarding the purchase of two weight scales from Twin City Scale as stated above and correct the minutes to reflect this amendment. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Blanchard to approve minutes of April 27, 1992 as amended. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: No special order of business was scheduled for this meeting. -RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR: Peggy Ashland, 2564 Silver View Plaza, owner/proprietor of Adde Lane Floral stated a complaint regarding vendors selling flowers on Highway 10. Ms. Ashland stated that the vendors selling flowers on the corners takes away • business from the local floral shops. Ms. Ashland stated that it is frustrating to have these vendors come in and take business away from the local floral shops. The floral shops pay overhead and taxes and are in the City permanently, while the transient vendors have none of these costs but take business away from those whose livelihood is flower sales. Mayor Linke stated that the City cannot outlaw these vendors. If these vendors meet all requirements stated in the Municipal Code and pay the fee that is required, the City cannot infringe on their right to sell. Ms. Ashland asked if the Council could regulate the dates for flower sales —by—the-peddle_; ash—as-not-al-law3ng them—to—se-1-1 on Mother's Day- Mayor Linke stated this could not be done. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, stated that the City could be more restrictive as far as regulating these vendors, however, one must be careful as this could be impinging on the peddler's constitutional rights to free enterprise. Ms. Ashland asked if the peddler's could be placed at a distance from the other two floral shops intheCity rather than two blocks and six blocks away. •