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Mounds View City Council June 26, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 28 MOTION/SECOND: MARTY/GUNN. To extend the City Council meeting until the agenda is 1 finished. 2 3 Councilmember Flaherty asked that the meeting be postponed after this item because at the end 4 of meetings, things are rushed. He said either more meetings need to happen or shorter agendas. 5 He feels that the things farther down on the agenda do not get due diligence. 6 7 Mayor ,Councilmember Thomas, Councilmember Gunn, and Councilmember Flaherty stated 8 their opinion that the meeting should continue until finished. 9 10 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 11 12 Mayor Marty said he spoke with City Administrator Ulrich about it and agreed about the 13 feasibility report. He stated the feedback he has gotten is that residents are questioning the 14 exercise center. He stated there are fitness centers in the area and questioned the City’s fitness 15 center’s necessity. He added his biggest concern is whether or not the City could get the 16 necessary memberships. 17 18 Mayor Marty said he asked about the City subsidizing the Community Center and does not want 19 to spend money for the study. He suggested it be put on the ballot as a referendum item to ask 20 the citizens exactly what they want. He said several years ago the Police Department was put on 21 a referendum question and passed. He suggested between now and the election, that the City put 22 out RFPs to find out what other ideas there are for the building. 23 24 Councilmember Gunn asked what the RFPs would be for. Mayor Marty said something could 25 come in that was never discussed before. Councilmember Gunn asked if RFPs have to be 26 something specific. Councilmember Thomas stated that a “general” RFP could not be put out. 27 Mayor Marty said he believes it should go on the ballot to let the citizens decide. 28 Councilmember Gunn asked about the rest of the project, Mayor Marty asked for it to be put on 29 hold. 30 31 Councilmember Thomas asked what would be put on the ballot and pointed out with the Police 32 Department the City already did the research. She said that the information must be there in 33 order to put it on the ballot. She said even if it was on the ballot, the research must be done first. 34 She added she likes the referendum on the ballot, but that the market analysis must be done first. 35 36 Mayor Marty stated he just came up with the idea after deciding $28,000 was too much to spend 37 on the research. Especially since it had taken at least 6 years of his requesting a community wide 38 survey at a cost of only $11,000. 39 40 Councilmember Stigney asked what should go on the ballot, and said he believes that citizens 41 should be asked if they want a fitness center that will cost “X” numbers of dollars. 42 43 Councilmember Flaherty asked that this come up for discussion again, and asked if the fitness 44 center really should be the issue the market analysis tackles. Councilmember Flaherty stated he 45