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Mounds View City Council September 24, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />Ms. Rynders said that she was amazed when Mr. Beer came up with the suggested funding 1 <br />package, as that is affordable. She then said that not giving residents the opportunity to have 2 <br />their roads done for $1,000 over 10 years would be doing them a disservice. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Sandy Dewing of 2816 Sherwood Road addressed the Council and asked Council to consider 5 <br />what would be done for the streets if this goes to referendum and is voted down. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Tom Kosel of 8120 Jackson Drive said he holds the distinction of living on the worst street in the 8 <br />City. Mr. Kosel indicated that one reason for a referendum is to allow residents to express 9 <br />opinion, but, that has been provided through the Task Force, public hearings and the ability to 10 <br />come to Council meetings to speak. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Mr. Kosel said that a referendum makes it possible that a minority of the citizens can defeat a 13 <br />project because that only takes into consideration those that actually come to the polls. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Jim Cavanaugh of 7956 Red Oak Drive said that he lives on the busiest street in the City and it 16 <br />continues to get worse. Mr. Cavanaugh said that the Task Force met 11 times this year and 11 17 <br />times last year and recommended the same design. He then said that every year that this is 18 <br />delayed adds $100,000 to the cost of the project. Mr. Cavanaugh asked Council to vote for the 19 <br />project and get the streets fixed. 20 <br /> 21 <br />6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUISNESS 22 <br /> 23 <br /> A. Follow-up on Request for Funding for the 2008 Care-a-Van (Senior 24 <br /> Community Services (SCS) Ron Bloch) 25 <br /> 26 <br />Mr. Bloch from Senior Community Services addressed the Council and provided information on 27 <br />their request for funding for the 2008 Care-a-Van explaining that they have had lack of interest 28 <br />and support from the other communities. Mr. Bloch requested that Council table this request at 29 <br />this time. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Senior Community Services is working to lower the cost per ride, as that has been a concern of 32 <br />the area cities involved in this project. 33 <br /> 34 <br />B. Xcel Energy Gas Main Permit Update 35 <br /> 36 <br />Public Works Director Lee explained that Staff has been working with Xcel and believes that all 37 <br />the details have been worked out. Staff is working on a list of conditions to require with permit 38 <br />approval. 39