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EDC Minutes May 20, 2016 Page 3 of 10 Commissioner Dahlstrom asked if someone wanted to sit in on a City Council meeting who was opposed to this development based on the Section 8 housing, what day is that meeting so that citizens can get out and meet. When would that be and how could they do that. Beeman informed the Commission that a date has not been established yet because the developer has not contacted city staff with their formal plans since they decided to expand the project. However, once the city has had a chance to meet with the developer, then the next step would be to form a development agreement. The city would meet with the developer one last time before making the final decision to go forward or not. Once the developer has met with the city, then at some point we’ll set up a meeting to discuss the project, however that hasn’t happened yet and therefore, no date has been established. Commissioner Dahlstrom asked where the information will be posted so that if people want to know the date of the meeting, how does the city put that information out. Beeman said all City Council meetings are public meetings. Anyone is welcome to attend. You don’t necessarily have to be a resident of Mounds View but that is preferred. All meetings are posted on the bulletin board in front and also on the city’s website. Residents are also welcome to come into City Hall and ask the front desk for more information. Once the agenda packets are ready, they are also welcome to pick up a copy of the packet. There are a variety of ways the public can be made aware of the meetings. Beeman said if residents are interested in this particular project, then they should be paying attention to these notifications and be listening to the Council’s meetings to see if the date has been established yet so that they can be at the meeting if they so desire, to provide any input. Dahlstrom asked if there is a reason why the City Council doesn’t post their meetings on Facebook. Dahlstrom doesn’t ever see when the meetings will occur, dates, times, etc. Beeman said, traditionally cities haven’t posted to Facebook. Instead, they have posted to the city’s website and the bulletin board. By state statute, cities are required to post in at least two places. Dahlstrom said, the reason he thinks they post to the bulletin board is because they don’t want anyone here. No one stops by, gets out of their car and looks at the public notices once per week just to see what is going to happen. If there was a social medial outlet then more people could come to those meetings and be part of the development in Mounds View. Beeman reiterated that this is why cities are required by statute to post in two different avenues. This is why the city posts on the bulletin board, newspaper, and city’s website. Not a lot of cities have posted their meetings on Facebook but it is something that we could look into. If the trend is that more people are using Facebook then maybe we should look at posting this way. Dahlstrom said, it is 2016 and many people don’t get the newspaper anymore. More people are getting their information through alerts, online, mobile devices, IPads, etc. Commissioner Helgemoe asked when the developers would like to break ground. Beeman informed the Commission that the plan is still to start sometime in August or September. It all depends on how much time it takes for the developer to get through