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Mounds View City Council July 11, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 29 Council Member Stigney noted that earlier in the evening it was said that one of the golf course 1 problems and reason it doesn’t make money is due to the lawsuit and the outstanding legal debts. 2 He recalled that last year the Council voted to pay off the debt of $262,000.00 so that debt has 3 been wiped out of the golf course. 4 5 Council Member Thomas stated that the Legislature does have a deal noting that all of the 6 Committees were supposed to complete the actual language for the global deal by 5:00 p.m. 7 today to allow Staff time to assemble the bills to be heard this next Wednesday. She stated that 8 they were not done when she left and it is her hope that they were able to draw it to a close and 9 be able to complete by the end of this week. She stated that she is not sure if everything that 10 would have been done in the regular session was done in the special sessions adding that she 11 believes that they would only be adjusting the budget items. She indicated that there is an 12 additional $46 million put to LGA in the tax bill noting that how it would apply and what 13 formula would be used had not been decided at the time she left the meeting. 14 15 Council Member Flaherty stated that he was surprised to find out that the City does not sponsor 16 or budget for the Festival in the Park. He stated that he would like to know the history and asked 17 if this could be included as an agenda item in a Council work session. 18 19 Council Member Gunn noted that the Festival in the Park is coming up and would update the 20 Council as they get the schedule more solidified. She noted that August 20th is the Golf 21 Tournament and August 21st is the Festival in the Park. 22 23 Mayor Marty asked City Administrator Ulrich for a copy of the Springsted Feasibility Report for 24 the golf course that was done in the 2000-2001 timeframe. 25 26 City Administrator Ulrich clarified that the report he is referencing outlines the deficit and how it 27 would be financed. 28 29 B. Staff 30 31 City Administrator Ulrich referenced the City Hall remodel project noting that the project would 32 necessitate moving Staff from this building to other locations while the work is being completed. 33 He explained that the Police department would move to the Ramsey County Sheriff’s department 34 at Arden Hills and the City Council would have to utilize a different facility for the City Council 35 meetings. He stated that he has put out inquiries to both Arden Hills and New Brighton to see if 36 they could utilize their Council Chambers. He explained that the reason they wouldn’t want to 37 utilize a conference room at the Community Center is because the Cable TV access is less than 38 desirable. He explained that they would need four technicians to handle the truck and it would 39 be similar to what they had to do for the meeting held on June 20th and it would be more feasible 40 to utilize another Council Chambers. He stated that if Council has a preference the Arden Hills 41 location is three miles closer than New Brighton, but if they use Arden Hills the Council would 42 have to change the Council meeting night from Monday to another night due to conflicts. 43 44