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Mounds View City Council October 8, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 7 <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller indicated that she received the opinion from Attorney Riggs on the 1 <br />Charter and thanked him for the information. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Council Member Mueller said that the Irondale Marching Band came in first place in their class, 4 <br />got the highest scores in their class, and scored the highest ever at the competition in Iowa. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Council Member Flaherty indicated that there is a flooding issue on the new trailway and he 7 <br />would like Staff to comment on that. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Public Works Director Lee explained that the area in question was designed to infiltrate and the 10 <br />plan to correct that would be to dig an infiltration trench with clear rock to allow room for 11 <br />draining the area. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Acting Mayor Stigney said that the City Attorney letter did not discuss whether it would be 14 <br />possible to refund previous special assessments and whether there would be petitioning rights for 15 <br />residents. 16 <br /> 17 <br /> B. Reports of Staff 18 <br /> 1. Xcel Energy Gas Main Permit Update 19 <br /> 20 <br />Public Works Director Lee indicated that the permit was issued and then updated the Council on 21 <br />the project to date. 22 <br /> 23 <br /> 2. 2009/2010 Street Project – Authorize Data Collection/Rain Gardens 24 <br /> 25 <br />Public Works Director Lee provided information on the data collection and rain garden program 26 <br />development. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Council Member Mueller asked if there are any grant programs for assistance with implementing 29 <br />rain gardens. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Director Lee indicated that Staff is not aware of any at this time. 32 <br /> 33 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To Authorize Staff to Work with a Consultant on a 34 <br />Rain Garden Program. 35 <br /> 36 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 37 <br /> 38 <br /> 3. Street and Utility Improvement Program Proposal – Announce 39 <br /> Upcoming Meetings 40 <br /> 41 <br />The upcoming meetings on the Street and Utility Improvement Program are scheduled for 42 <br />October 15, 2007 and October 22, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. 43 <br /> 44 <br />C. Reports of City Attorney 45