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Mounds View City Council January 24, 2005 <br />Regular Meeting Page 18 <br /> <br />organizations. He stated he wanted staff to give him an accounting regarding whether the 1 <br />charitable gambling process is giving 40 percent back to the City. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Mayor Marty corrected page 13, line 33, to omit the “it” so that it would read, “…as proposed, it 4 <br />would be…” 5 <br /> 6 <br />Mayor Marty corrected page 16, line 13, to read, “Mayor Marty stated that at page 1, line 38, it 7 <br />should be spelled “Heilman”. 8 <br /> 9 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Flaherty. To approving the City Council Minutes of January 10, 10 <br />2005 as amended. 11 <br /> 12 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 13 <br /> 14 <br />12. REPORTS 15 <br /> 16 <br /> A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Council Member Gunn stated that the soft opening for the CVS store is February 20th, and the 19 <br />grand opening is going to be approximately a week after that. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Council Member Stigney stated that the paper said it was going to be January 30th. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Council Member Gunn stated that they’ve been having problems finding a pharmacist, so there is 24 <br />a good job opportunity there. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Mayor Marty reminded residents to show up and vote at the special election on February 1st at the 27 <br />Community Center, and that the doors would be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Mayor Marty stated that The Bulletin had contacted him last week, and anyone who doesn’t have 30 <br />a blue mailbox should contact them, and they will come and install one. 31 <br /> 32 <br /> B. Reports of Staff 33 <br /> 34 <br />1. Economic Development Director Report . 35 <br /> 36 <br />Community Development Direct or Ericson stated that the City had been contacted by a realtor 37 <br />representing the property owners at 2394 County Road 10, otherwise known as the Donut 38 <br />Connection, and had asked if the City would be interested in purchasing the property. He stated 39 <br />this is a small site, about 20,000 square feet, carved out of the gas station site. He stated that 40 <br />they indicated they are looking for a selling price that will be below Ramsey County assessed 41 <br />values, and that they are motivated sellers. He stated he has scheduled this for Planning 42 <br />Commission review at their February 2 nd meeting. He stated that there is a strong likelihood that 43 <br />the gas station could also be available, and the two properties together would make a very nice 44 <br />redevelopment, which may not occur without the City’s or EDA’s acquisition. He stated he was 45