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Mounds View City Council July 23, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre pointed out the public disclosure process is one in which they take requests in <br />order. Mayor Sonterre remarked he could not speak with regard to where this request is. He <br />asked that Mr. Mandosa have patience. <br /> <br />City Administrator Miller confirmed Mayor Sonterre’s explanation of how requests are handled. <br />She stated she has reviewed the requests with the City Attorney’ s office. She has recently <br />finalized some requests regarding Mr. Hammerschmidt and Mr. Kessel. She mentioned she <br />discussed with City Attorney Riggs the number of requests the City has received. Mr. <br />Mandosa’ s requests would be received in the next few weeks. <br /> <br />Mr. Mandosa asked how many requests the City has. City Attorney Riggs stated there are ten to <br />fifteen, and some of those requests are multiple requests. City Attorney Riggs stated that Mr. <br />Mandosa’s request included three separate items, and he thought the request could be handled in <br />about a week. <br /> <br />Michelle Sandback, 2356 Sherwood Road stated she spoke with Frank Pavkow of MN/DOT <br />recently regarding the noise wall. Mr. Pavkow sent a letter to the City, and Ms. Sandback <br />requested a copy of the letter. She r eported she watched a replay of the April 8 public forum <br />meeting with Representative Evans, the Senator, Mr. Pavkow, and Mayor Sonterre. At the <br />beginning of the meeting, Mayor Sonterre stated the list of questions would be forwarded to <br />MN/DOT. Mr. Pavkow informed Ms. Sandback that he has not received that letter. Mayor <br />Sonterre offered to send a video tape to Mr. Pavkow. Mayor Sonterre added that he spoke with <br />the Senator’s office and scheduled a follow up meeting for August 1 with MN/DOT. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty thanked Ms. Sandburg for forwarding the information she discovered to <br />the City Council. <br /> <br />Jane Stolelamp, 2305 Sherwood Road, stated she presented a petition on behalf of the Residents <br />for Greenfield Pond at the last Council meeting. She reported she has since received <br />information from the Environmental Quality Board. They determined the petition was valid and <br />that the Rice Creek Watershed is the responsible governmental unit. The Environmental Quality <br />Board has given direction to the Watershed f or what to do next. Ms. Stolelamp provided a copy <br />of this letter to City Administrator Miller. <br /> <br />David Jahnke, 8428 Eastwood Road, publicly thanked Sheri Gunn for all the work she did in <br />Festival in the Park. He also thanked the Lions Club for all their work. <br /> <br />Mr. Jahnke stated that TIF funding is one of his pet peeves and he had a question regarding this. <br />He stated that the Council reported they were being checked for TIF funding by the state some <br />time ago. Mr. Jahnke requested a report if the Council r eceived one. <br /> <br />Aaron Parrish, Economic Development Coordinator, responded the City did receive a <br />preliminary letter. He stated he was planning to present this report in the EDA Reports. <br /> <br />Mr. Jahnke questioned if this report is available. City Attorney Riggs responded it is not public <br />data until the city provides a report. The City has 60 days to prepare a report.