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• Page 4 July 28, 1997 Mounds View City Council APPROVED Bill Fritz, 8072 Long Lake Road, stated his concern as to the safety at the 118/35W access point. The cut which was made from the Highway 610 to the Old County Road J has dumped traffic onto Long Lake Road Promises were made by MNDOT that this would be taken out if it created problems. Mr. Fritz stated with the theater development, additional traffic will be generated on Long Lake Road. He would like to see something done about this. Jerry Linke, 2319 ICnollwood Drive, explained that there is a caveat in the approval process whereby if certain conditions were met, it could constitute removal of the intersection. He encouraged the Council to check with the Police Departments for Mounds View, Blaine, and the Highway Department to obtain the number of accidents that have occurred at the site. Mr. Linke noted the memo of July 25,1997 to the City Council in regard to proposed re-alignment of Edgewood as part of the redevelopment project proposed for the south side of Highway 10. He noted that this would eliminate the soccer field and wondered if the Park & Recreation Department was aware of this proposal. He stated the city is already short on soccer field space and this would only add to the problem. Mayor McCarty explained that this is at a very preliminary stage and that he does not believe the city would intend to eliminate a field without replacing it. He noted that there is still much research to be done to determine the feasibility and the city intends to fully involve the public in the process. Again, he noted that the • proposal is in a very preliminary stage. Mr. Whiting stated that there would never be any decisions made that were not in the best interest of the community. David Jahnke, 8428 Eastwood Road, asked for an agenda clarification on the presentation by MSP Real Estate for the development proposal for the Silver Lake Commons area. Mayor McCarty explained that the Council would be recessing their meeting at approximately 8:00 p.m. to move to the EDA Meeting for the Public Hearing in regard to this item. PUBLIC IIEARINGS• There were no Public Hearings scheduled for this meeting. COUNCIL BUSINESS: Mayor McCarty noted that he would like to have the Council consider Item 11 (C) at this time. C. Receive the audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31,1996. Jeff Wilson, of Tautges, Redpath presented the Annual Financial Report for the City of Mounds View noting that this is the first year that the Finance Department has taken 100% responsibility for the report and acknowledging the excellent job they did in completing it. He proceeded to go through the management letter with the council. He noted that their recommendations would be to stay on top of the MSA funds and continue to look at the water and sewer rates, incorporating small increases each year rather than a large increase every four years. . Mayor McCarty recessed the City Council meeting at 8:15 p.m. to hold the EDA Public Hearing in regard to the sale of land located at 2625 Highway 10 for the purpose of a Redevelopment Project.