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Mounds View City Council April 24, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 9 Mayor Marty stated that Staff has been working on some questions for an informal survey to be 1 handed out at the upcoming Town Hall Meeting that will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2006. 2 3 City Administrator Ulrich explained the list of possible questions is a draft version. 4 5 Mayor Marty confirmed that one of the survey questions relates to signs and billboards. City 6 Administrator Ulrich indicated that is correct. 7 8 Mayor Marty asked how the question reads. City Administrator Ulrich handed out the draft 9 questions to the Council. He explained the question reads, “Discussion regarding the relocation 10 of billboards in the community is ongoing and consideration is being given to alternative 11 locations. Which locations do you feel are appropriate for billboards? Check all that apply: US 12 Highway 10, County Highway 10, Old Highway 8, I-35W, Other”. He stated it is a general 13 survey question to find out where people feel billboards would be appropriate. 14 15 Mayor Marty stated that if the Council votes on this issue, then the question could be stricken 16 from the survey. He stated he would like to get a straw poll of residents at the Town Hall 17 Meeting. He suggested postponing the final decision until the survey results are received. He 18 mentioned he has heard from some residents on this issue, and thought the City might be able to 19 get more opinions from residents that attend the Town Hall Meeting. 20 21 Councilmember Stigney stated that his mind is made up regardless of the Town Hall Meeting. 22 He stated it is not a good idea to put billboards on County Highway 10. 23 24 Councilmember Flaherty stated his mind is not made up, and he certainly would welcome public 25 input. He stated that throughout the negotiations with Medtronic, the City had a “good faith 26 agreement” and the location south of Woodale Drive was mentioned more than one time. He 27 stated it would be disingenuous to them to remove it from the table. He stated he is looking for 28 more input. He stated he wants to ask Clear Channel what they are planning in that location and 29 that he would like to see a rendering. He indicated he would also like to have information from 30 the business owners around the area for their feelings on what will happen. 31 32 Councilmember Flaherty stated this is in the heart of the business community, and there are no 33 homes on the front or back of the location south of Woodale Drive. 34 35 Councilmember Gunn noted that Mr. Dan Hall is present, and that he volunteered the Mermaid 36 as a site for a billboard. 37 38 Dan Hall, 2200 Highway 10, stated that he cannot give the exact date that it started to look like 39 the Medtronic project would go through, but he was approached three people on the City Council 40 or City Staff to see if he would be interested in having a billboard on his property. Mr. Hall 41 indicated that he was interested, so he contacted Clear Channel in good faith. He stated it has 42 been approximately ten months since conversations were begun with Clear Channel. He 43 indicated he has spent $10,000 and has been under contract with Clear Channel since February 44 15 in several renditions, because he had input from the representatives from the City of Mounds 45