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Mounds View City Council June 20, 2005 Special Meeting Page 14 owned by the residents and it was the City who had control of this and the future use of this land 1 should be determined by the resident’s and not only by the Council. He stated the billboards 2 were compatible for the golf course, but not for Mounds View. 3 4 Mayor/President Marty stated to poll the Council would not be justified because they were not 5 yet ready to take a vote. 6 7 Council Member/EDA Commissioner Stigney stated he was a taxpayer and his predisposition 8 was to do the very best for the overall taxpayer. He stated he would make up his mind as to what 9 he thinks was best. 10 11 Council Member/EDA Commissioner Thomas replied she did not have a predetermined position. 12 13 Council Member/EDA Commissioner Flaherty stated he had not made up his mind and asked 14 them to be allowed to gather all of the information and make a decision. He stated the citizens 15 made him a representative for the City and that was what he was going to do. He stated he would 16 make the best decision he could for the City. 17 18 Council Member/EDA Commissioner Gunn stated she was not the swing vote and she had a 19 mind of her own. She indicated she needed to hear from everyone so she could make a decision. 20 She stated they were all going through the numbers and the information. 21 22 Mayor/President Marty stated he had in the past stated that based on the information he had at 23 different points that he could not vote for this deal, but now they were getting more information, 24 pieces of the puzzle were coming together, but he still wanted to hear from the residents. He 25 stated when he has met with the Medtronic representatives, he had always told them that 26 whatever deal came in it had to be the best deal for the citizens and if he did not feel it was the 27 best deal, he would not vote for it and at this time, he was still waiting to hear from everyone and 28 he was still gathering information which was still coming in. He noted, personally, on a decision 29 of this magnitude, he would not feel uncomfortable at all for this to go to a resident vote. 30 31 Jim Gould, 7879 Spring Lake Road, stated it appeared the Council/EDA had painted themselves 32 into a corner and asked who would pay the $312,000 staff time if this did not go through. City 33 Administrator Ulrich responded right now the amount was at $314,000, which would be the 34 responsibility of the City if this did not go through. 35 36 Mr. Gould expressed concern that the bill would keep going up and the taxpayers would end up 37 paying for it. He expressed concern about the increase in traffic. He expressed concern about the 38 increase in planes at the airport. He stated the City needed to look at the recreational asset the 39 golf course was to the community and it would be better to hold onto the land because the land 40 value would always be there and there was no rush to get rid of it right now. He stated the golf 41 course probably got utilized a lot more than they realized. He believed this was a conflict of 42 interest for Council Member/EDA Commissioner Gunn also. 43 44