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Mounds View City Council November 22, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 12 1 Ayes-4 Nays-0 Motion carried. 2 3 12. REPORTS 4 5 A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 6 7 Councilmember Gunn stated that she and Acting Mayor Marty had attended a meeting today 8 regarding the proposed school closings, and nothing had been determined yet, but there will be 9 another meeting at 7:00 tomorrow night at the Mounds View High School cafeteria. She stated 10 that on November 30th at 6:00 there would be another meeting regarding truth in taxation at the 11 District Service Center. She stated there would be a regular School Board meeting at the 12 Community Center at 7:00 p.m. on December 14th, and another meeting on December 16th at the 13 Mounds View High School cafeteria at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the preferred school closing scenario. 14 She stated on December 21st at 7:00 at the Mounds View High School auditorium the School 15 Board plans to take action approving the school closing scenario. 16 17 Acting Mayor Marty stated that the school districts in the state are being impacted by cuts to 18 education by the state government, and they are operating at a deficit of $4.9 million for next 19 year, and they are trying to bring it down to $3.1 million. He stated that not all the schools are 20 full, so they are trying to consolidate schools. He stated the school district has leased out some 21 other buildings that they are trying to negotiate out of the leases in order to use actual school 22 buildings instead. 23 24 Acting Mayor Marty stated that during the campaign he had noticed that many residents do not 25 have the blue boxes at their mailboxes, and he would like to have the papers contacted to supply 26 these boxes to the residents who don’t have one. 27 28 Councilmember Quick requested that staff contact Ms. Humphrey to inform her about the 29 procedure for getting a street light put on her street. 30 31 B. Staff 32 33 City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich stated that he had received a call about the airport runway 34 extension, and that the east/west runway would be expanded from 4,000 to 5,000 lineal feet, and 35 that Barb Hockey indicated it was her opinion that it was consistent with the state statute and the 36 agreement that had been reached after the lawsuit the city was involved with. 37 38 1. Hidden Hollow update (Ericson) – verbal 39 40 Director Ericson handed the Council some written materials on Hidden Hollow, and he explained 41 that they are hopeful that they will have a couple of more building permit applications come in 42 on this development, and Procraft will be working through the winter on the model home. 43 44