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Mounds View City Council July 11, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 31 Director Ericson provided the Council with an update noting that the City has reached an 1 agreement with the Snyder’s developers and have a stormwater management plan that addresses 2 all stormwater issues. He stated that it would be consistent with Rice Creek Watershed 3 requirements and would not involve any deep stormwater pits. He stated that they have a real 4 good plan. He stated that he has no update on the Hartstad development adding that it would 5 probably be on the Watershed District agenda for July 27th. He stated that they posted notice for 6 the Planning Associate position in the newspaper this weekend and already have people 7 interested in the position. He provided the Council with a large map with the route changes for 8 the Metropolitan Transit System. He stated that the routes and services for Mounds View did not 9 change and all services will continue to be maintained. 10 11 Council Member Flaherty referenced the 'for sale' on the property across the street and asked 12 what the City is looking for on the property. 13 14 Director Ericson clarified that the City does not own that piece of property noting that it currently 15 belongs to Walgreen’s. He noted that this item was included on this evening’s agenda for the 16 planned unit development amendment. He explained that this property is allowed one use and 17 that is for a restaurant. He indicated that City Staff has been working to help develop this lot 18 noting that developers and real estate agents have stated that the reason there are no takers is due 19 to the location and no visibility to Highway 10. He stated that on the next Council agenda there 20 would be an amendment request to allow for office use at this location. He stated that the 21 Caribou coffee shop will be opening on August 6, 2005 and are currently in negotiations with 22 other possible tenants. 23 24 Council Member Stigney asked how much they are asking for the property. He suggested finding 25 out the asking price as a possibility for the City to purchase the open land. 26 27 Director Ericson stated that he did not know what they were asking adding that the City did ask a 28 couple of times in the past to donate the property to the City if they wanted to. He stated that he 29 would research what they are asking for the property and update the Council. 30 31 C. Reports of City Attorney 32 33 City Attorney Riggs stated that they clearly have a multi-prong process with this referendum. He 34 noted that they now finally have an ordinance in place and the Charter allows challenges to 35 ordinances in certain situations and it requires a petition to come in. He stated that they do not 36 have the petition yet but the assumption is that the citizens will bring it forward. He explained 37 that when this happens it will fall on him and City Administrator Ulrich to determine the 38 adequacy of the petition based on the information that has been supplied to Ms. Haake including 39 the appropriate statutes, the appropriate sections of the Charter and the appropriate sections of the 40 Minnesota Rules. He stated that the next step in the process of reviewing is determining whether 41 the question is a valid question for the ballot. He stated that case law is not favorable of this kind 42 of question being placed on a ballot. He stated that he wants to be sure that the Council 43 understands that there is a clear difference between administrative acts and legislative acts. He 44 stated that it pretty clearly falls under the administrative context and Council should be aware of 45