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Mounds View City Council August 22, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 4 1 Mayor Marty asked if Medtronic had paid the Festival sponsorship prior to the negotiations. 2 3 Mary Scotch, 7806 Gloria Circle, said no one is putting anyone on the spot but the question is, 4 did Medtronic sponsor in the previous years before now. Councilmember Thomas stated she is 5 not on the committee and does not know. 6 7 Ms. Scotch stated that is a fair question. Councilmember Thomas stated that was not the 8 Mayor’s question and that is why she urged caution. 9 10 Mr. Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road, stated that Medtronic has not been a sponsor in the 11 past. He stated the community is hurt when put head-to-head with neighbors in a negative way 12 and he is begging the Council to take a stand, sit down with Medtronic, and talk this out. He 13 stated he does not think the contract has been signed, noting City Administrator Ulrich stated it 14 was just finalized from the July 8th draft. Mr. McCarty asked all to go back to their roots, noting 15 Mounds View is full of nice people, as is Medtronic. He stated when driving someone out as 16 sweet as Councilmember Sherry Gunn, then that is the wrong thing to do. He asked for a standby 17 for two weeks and stated he will be happy to debate Mr. McCombs and search what their project 18 really means. Mr. McCarty stated Mounds View is an involved community and residents care 19 very deeply. Residents support a continuum of recreational programs and the golf course if a part 20 of that. He stated he thinks the City can put that together with Medtronic and again asked the 21 Council to give residents two weeks to sort it out in calm and civil manner. 22 23 Councilmember Stigney stated this is a “cheap shot” on Medtronic by Ms. Haake and personally 24 thanked Medtronic for their contribution to the Festival in the Park for the fireworks. He stated 25 he hopes Medtronic also contributes in the future. If it was their first contribution, he welcomes 26 it and thinks Ms. Haake’s attack was out of line. 27 28 Councilmember Thomas stated she works very hard to stay calm, rational, keep working 29 relationships with people, and not let things get into personal attacks. In response to Mr. 30 McCarty’s request, she stated that two weeks will not do anything because the Council has 31 looked at those options and made the decision. Councilmember Thomas stated she will not go 32 back and do it again. The Council is done with the negotiations and the matter was voted on so 33 there is no negotiating anymore or participating in negotiations. She stated that whether this can 34 be talked out as rational adults and everyone stay calm, that is the stage where we are at. The 35 decision is made 36 37 Councilmember Flaherty stated that no one took more time on this and no one has had more 38 compassion than him and all worked very hard to look at all the variables so everything was 39 taken care of when the Council took the vote. 40 41 Mayor Marty stated he also did a lot of work, as did Councilmember Flaherty. He stated even 42 when he met with Roger McCombs he was trying to negotiate. But that is the consensus. 43 44