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Mounds View City Council March 14, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 11 1 Council Member Thomas stated she hadn’t made up her mind yet, but she was having a difficult 2 time thinking of going over budget when it’s only March. 3 4 Mayor Marty asked whether Public Works had gone over budget in the last couple of budgets. 5 6 Finance Director Hanson stated individual components may have been over, but Public Works as 7 a total entity had not been over. 8 9 Council Member Flaherty stated he didn’t like going over budgets, but if there was somewhere 10 else to shift the money from, he wouldn’t have a problem with approving it. 11 12 Council Member Thomas and Mayor Marty stated they would also feel comfortable with that. 13 14 Council Member Stigney stated perhaps this was an opportune time to work with a reduced staff 15 of seven people. He raised an issue of seeing employees standing and driving around aimlessly 16 in the past. 17 18 Council Member Thomas stated she would like to adopt the Resolution with Option 1 with seven 19 positions, and have two weeks of discussion on what to do regarding hiring three others. 20 21 MOTION/SECOND. Thomas/Gunn. To Approve Resolution 6436 with Option 1 with seven 22 positions, Approving the 2005 Public Works Seasonal Employee Positions. 23 24 Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. 25 26 C. 7:25 Public Hearing to Consider a Variance Request for a Reduced Number 27 of Covered Parking Spaces at Greenfield Estates Located at 7635 Greenfield 28 Avenue 29 30 Director Ericson informed the Council that Greenfield Estates would like to build 100 31 garages, and by Code they are required to have 125 since they have 125 units. He stated they 32 only rent 50 percent of their current 125 garages out now. The Planning Commission voted 3-3 33 on this issue, so the motion failed, and the applicant has appealed that decision. He stated that he 34 has not received any comment from the property owners in the area regarding this issue, but that 35 Staff supports this plan and the renovation of the site. However, the Planning Commission 36 recommends that this not be approved because they fail to find a hardship and there is adequate 37 space to construct 125 stalls. 38 39 Mayor Marty opened the public hearing at 10:13 p.m. 40 41 Alan Menning, who offices at 321 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, stated he has managed 42 Greenfield Estates for 20 some years. He explained the problems they’ve had with the garages 43 being placed where they are, and with people starting fires, vandalism, climbing fences, dumping 44 garbage, etc. He also explained that the new garages will have garage door openers so that 45