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Mounds View City Council January 27, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 3 Representative Bernardy indicated she has looked into the soundwall and then said she was able 1 to help Coon Rapids get a soundwall and will do what she can for the residents of Mounds View 2 on the matter. 3 4 Council Member Quick asked if the rules could be changed as the way he understands it if you 5 have a road and you add a lane you are entitled to a sound wall but if you take a road that lead 6 nowhere and attach to it a new road and quadruple the traffic there is no provision for a 7 soundwall and that is ridiculous. 8 9 Representative Bernardy said she thought working to change the policy was a good suggestion. 10 11 Senator Betzold commented that they would do what they could but MNDOT has always been a 12 bureaucracy unto itself and they are difficult to work with. 13 14 Representative Bernardy indicated she holds out hope because she was able to assist with a 15 soundwall on 610. 16 17 Mayor Linke asked them to do whatever they could to save local government aid. 18 19 Senator Betzold commented that at the end of December then Governor-elect Pawlenty had 20 suggested to Governor Ventura to hold back on local government aid but he did not because it 21 would have caused immediate issues with cities. He then said that he thinks you could expect he 22 would propose that again as he indicated that he does not want to touch classrooms and taking 23 that off the table means cutting everything else by 30%. He further commented that wherever the 24 cuts come they would be deep and noticeable. 25 26 Representative Bernardy indicated that adult basic education was cut 10% but in real terms it was 27 mid-year for them and that meant significant staff cuts and a much bigger impact to the program. 28 29 Senator Betzold indicated that they have made serious cuts in state agencies as well as the 30 legislature. The Senate has made drastic cuts, there are no pages and support staff was cut. He 31 further commented that stopping everything the state would do would still result in a $3 billion 32 deficit. 33 34 B. Resolution 5921, a Resolution of Appreciation for Rich Sonterre 35 36 Mayor Linke indicated Council passed a Resolution at the last meeting but had inadvertently 37 forgotten to invite the recipients to the meeting. 38 39 Mayor Linke read Resolution 5921, a Resolution of Appreciation for Rich Sonterre previously 40 approved by Council and presented the plaque to Mr. Sonterre. 41 42