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Mounds View City Council May 8, 1999 <br />Regular Meeting Page 16 <br /> <br />someone simply did not care for the manner in which an individual was representing them for <br />four to six years, there would be very little they could do about it. <br /> <br />Mayor Coughlin commented he has not been particularly pleased with the President of the United <br />States during the past seven and a half years, and he has dealt with this. He explained that this is <br />simply the democratic process in action. <br /> <br />Mayor Coughlin stated there was partial consensus of the Council to direct legal staff to conduct <br />research in this regard. <br /> <br />City Attorney Long stated staff could provide some statistics for the Council, in terms of average <br />term lengths, and staff would also prepare some draft language that would accomplish four-year <br />terms for Mayor and six-year terms for Council Members, so that if they desire to move forward <br />in this process, it could be included with the other changes that are being contemplated. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty suggested that rather than tying up legal staff time, the Council could <br />direct Assistant to the City Administrator Reed to contact the League of Minnesota Cities <br />regarding the statistics. <br /> <br />City Attorney Long agreed, adding that legal staff would prepare the draft language. <br /> <br />C. Highway 10 Study Process. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Jopke stated on March 13th, the Council approved a general <br />work plan and allocated funds to have Springsted & Associates facilitate discussions regarding <br />the future of Highway 10. He indicated that as staff has worked with Sprinsted to put some detail <br />to the study process, and they have come to the conclusion that changes to the work plan and <br />process originally proposed may be necessary. He explained that the original work plan focused <br />almost entirely upon community discussions to identity issues and priorities, however, as they <br />have examined all of the previous studies, it has become apparent that there has been <br />considerable community input, and it appears that most, if not all of the issues have been <br />identified at this point, therefore, it might be more appropriate to build upon those studies and <br />prepare a specific action plan that would focus upon those common elements, and allow them to <br />proceed to the next step of implementing improvements. He indicated a finance plan could also <br />be developed to assist the City in this regard. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Jopke stated staff has discussed this matter with the <br />University of Minnesota Design Center, with regard to the role they might take to assist the City <br />in visualizing the possibilities, as well as how the I-35W Corridor discussion could assist in this <br />matter. He indicated representatives of Springsted were present to discuss the refocused study, <br />adding that staff desired to ensure that the Council was comfortable with this direction prior to <br />proceeding. He provided the Council with a memorandum that described the revisions to the <br />process. <br /> <br />Sharon _____ of Springsted & Associates stated the revised process came forward after they had <br />an opportunity to examine a number of the studies that have been done in the past, and to discuss <br />this matter with Community Development Director Jopke to obtain a sense of what might be a <br />means to synthesize all of the good work that has been done on the roadway study over the past