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Mounds View City Council February 27, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 20 City Administrator Ulrich stated he plans on being in attendance, and added that Ramsey County 1 is carrying the bill because it in regard to County Road J and will testify for it. 2 3 B. Reports of Staff 4 5 1. Reports of City Administrator 6 7 City Administrator Ulrich stated Director Ericson provided a memo in regard to the Library Task 8 Force and they did make a recommendation of four possible alternatives. He stated they would 9 be discussed by the Library Task Force at a retreat on March 1, 2006. He stated three out of four 10 of the alternatives are positive for Mounds View, and one is more for a regional type library. 11 12 City Administrator read the four alternatives, which included: 1) Consolidate staff and resources 13 from the libraries in Arden Hills and Mounds View to build one larger area library; 2) Maintain 14 two smaller libraries by constructing one in Arden Hills and leaving Mounds View as is; 3) Build 15 a new library on the current Arden Hills site, maintain the current Mounds View library, and 16 expand the Shoreview library to meet future growth; and 4) Build a new library on the current 17 Arden Hills site, build a new library on the Arden Hills site and build a new library in Silver 18 Lake Village in St. Anthony. City Administrator Ulrich reported that these four alternatives will 19 be discussed at the library board on March 1, 2006. 20 21 City Administrator suggested the Council should pass a motion supporting one of these four 22 alternates, if it felt strongly about one of them. 23 24 Councilmember Thomas suggested a letter of support could be drafted to indicate support of the 25 Mounds View Community Library. 26 27 MOTION/SECOND: THOMAS/MARTY. To draft a letter of support for the Mounds View 28 Community Library. 29 30 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 31 32 City Administrator Ulrich stated there was a position paper on eminent domain put out by North 33 Metro Mayors which the Council could provide comments on. He stated it is consistent with 34 how the legislator spoke last week in regard to eminent domain. He stated the North Metro 35 Mayors position is one to urge that wise decisions are made and listen to what the needs of the 36 communities are that may need to use eminent domain and what the positive aspects are. He 37 stated the legislators commented that they would certainly take that into account and this 38 reiterates that fact that there are valid reasons for using eminent domain. He stated private 39 property rights are important, but attention should also be given to what the City needs eminent 40 domain for and there are valid reasons for pursuing that in certain cases. 41 42 City Administrator Ulrich presented the report on the Bethlehem Baptist Church Mounds View 43 Service Project Fund, where $13,005 is proposed to be distributed. He reported that Bethlehem 44 Baptist Church has been working with Staff as well as the Park and Recreation Commission to 45