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Mounds View City Council <br />~egular Meeting <br />Page Three <br />April 26, 1.993 <br />the decision to release the information to the papers. Mr. Frits stated <br />that perhaps the newspaper did not print the article correct or it was given <br />to them wrong. Mr. Frits stated that the newspaper article reported the <br />date wrong of the incident incorrectly. Mr. Frits stated that it could not <br />have happened on October 14 because Mr. Frits stated that he knew where the <br />gentlemen's car was on November 14 and the whereabouts of the gentleman on <br />that date. <br />Mr. Frits stated that the Focus had done an article on this situation, but <br />why wasn't there any information in the Bulletin, the official newspaper or <br />in the Minneapolis or St. Paul paper. Why didn't this make the news? The <br />people in Mounds View need to be informed as to what is going on in the <br />community. <br />Mr. Frits then stated that on the outside sign it reads, "Just Where Is <br />Mounds View Going". Mr. Frits stated that this visioning process is a way <br />to get input from the citizens. Mr. Frits stated that he received a nice <br />brochure in the mail stating that the City was going to set up seven or <br />eight task forces to see what the people in Mounds View want for the future <br />of their community. Mr. Frits stated that the City of Mounds View has spent <br />approximately $8,000 on professional surveys. Mr. Frits wanted to know how <br />the City of Mounds View can trust the residents of Mounds View to come up <br />ith what Mounds View wants for the future, when they apparently had no <br />rust in the professional people they hired to conduct the surveys. Mr. <br />Frits wanted to know how much money it takes to see what the people of <br />Mounds View want. Mr. Frits stated that the people of Mounds View have <br />stated what they want for the City, but the Council doesn't listen. <br />Mr. Frits stated that one year ago he asked the City Council `if there would <br />be a hearing on the sidewalk on Long Lake Road and Mr. Minetor stated that <br />if the residents weren't paying for it, a public hearing need not be held. <br />Mayor Linke commented on the items that Mr. Frits had brought up. Linke <br />stated that Samantha Orduno would find out about the decision made to not to <br />extradite regarding the elderly gentlemen. Linke further stated that Dick <br />Meyers, a former City attorney, charged the City $50.00 per hour and that <br />his protige, Mark Karney, still charges the City $50.00. The reason the <br />price is low is that Mounds View was one of the first cities that Mr. Meyers <br />practiced in. Linke stated that there had been talk about raising the fees, <br />but nothing has come forward. <br />Mayor Linke stated that there was a hearing on Long Lake Road and that <br />residents were encouraged to meet individually with Mr. Minetor and his <br />staff if there were concerns about the sidewalk. <br />Mr. Frits indicated that there was a public hearing on Long Lake Road, but <br />not on the sidewalk. Mr. Frits said he came before the Council at a Regular <br />Council Meeting and asked if there was going to be a hearing on the <br />~idewalks for Long Lake Road and that Councilmember Wuori commented that <br />