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Mounds View City Council June 13, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 12 1 Mr. Glazer stated that it was also reported that the manufacturing work would be outsourced or 2 would it be limited to office and R&D work. 3 4 Council Member Thomas explained that according to what was discussed at the legislature a 5 limited amount of manufacturing and R&D would be taking place adding that this would be 6 basically limited to and considered the headquarters and R&D. 7 8 Mayor Marty stated that the initial phase 1 would be a consolidation of the six CDRM sites. 9 10 Council Member Thomas stated that according to the TIF files the filed with the Legislature 11 phase one would be 1200 moved jobs and the remaining would be new jobs. 12 13 City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich stated that it would be approximately 2,000 existing jobs from 14 other locations. He stated that he did not know what type of jobs it would involve. He 15 referenced the tax issues noting that taxes would go down approximately $2.00 per household 16 with everything else being equal if Medtronic is just taken by itself. He stated that the City 17 would still have a general tax levy next year that would go above the $200 so it is likely that the 18 residents would still see a tax increase from the normal tax levy. He stated that the tax levy was 19 scheduled to increase $10.00 and with Medtronic coming in it would increase by $8.00. He 20 stated that he does not want to leave the impression that taxes would be going down next year 21 because that is not the case. 22 23 MOTION/SECOND. Thomas/Flaherty. To authorize a special meeting of the City Council for 24 June 20, 2005 at 6:00 p.m., at the Mounds View Community Center located at 5294 Edgewood 25 Drive for the purposes of considering the proposed sale of land comprising The Bridges of 26 Mounds View Golf Course to Medtronic. 27 28 Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. 29 30 H. Authorization to conduct a Study to evaluate the Feasibility of Rerouting 31 Driveways within the Red Oak Estates Development Area through a Wetland 32 onto Long Lake Road. 33 34 Community Development Director Ericson stated that last week they had a meeting with the 35 residents around the Red Oak Estates Townhome development. He stated that it is the southwest 36 corner of Long Lake Road/County Road H2. He noted that approximately 50 residents attended 37 noting that it was the first opportunity in a group setting to discuss the townhome development 38 project. He stated that 72 units were approved in the 1970’s noting that six units were 39 constructed and 66 units are yet to be constructed. He stated that based on a ruling by a judge 40 last year they are looking at 66 additional units. He stated that what they wanted to discuss with 41 the residents is that they were fully informed on the project and to ensure that they were aware 42 that this was not something the City supported and their hand was forced. He stated that it gave 43 the opportunity to ask several questions of the developer noting that it also gave them the 44 opportunity to ask questions about drainage, access points and traffic concerns. He stated that 45