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Mounds View City Council March 8,1999 Regular Meeting Page 8 Council Member Stigney stated he agreed with this, however, this consideration is not only the placement of billboards on the golf course, but rather, seven billboards along Highway 118, and it is in this regard, that he would like to obtain the residents' input. Council Member Stigney stated he would phrase an amendment to the resolution to indicate that this is an interim proposal, and does not have approval of the City Council. City Administrator Whiting advised that that the Council must be mindful not to violate its own process. He explained that in order to follow the normal course of action, particularly with this request, some type of zoning action from the Planning Commission would likely be necessary. He indicated the parameters of the action the Council could take, and the location, size, and number of signs could be determined at that time, however, it would have to go through the normal process. City Administrator Whiting stated the interest in whether or not this proposal would be possible is legitimate reason for undertaking the process to begin with. He explained that the procedure they utilize depends upon the extent to which they wish to consider this a true zoning matter, and obtaining the credible action of the Planning Commission, and later the City Council. City Administrator Whiting indicated that resident participation in this matter is a good item for discussion, in terms of what stage in the process this would be appropriate. He pointed out that if this is done prior to making application, there might be some concern in terms of whether or not the actual process can be carried out in a fair fashion. He explained that if the resident . participation takes place after the Planning Commission consideration, or as part of the Planning Commission process, it would coincide with the normal process utilized for other applicants m the community. Mayor Coughlin stated it appears that there is nothing in Resolution 5321 that precludes Council Member Stigney's requests. City Administrator Whiting stated this was correct. He added that it would be wise to insure the prior to taking some final action on the matter, this is done with some understanding of what is in the Code. City Attorney Long stated Chapter 105.02, Subd. 1, of the City Code, contains a provision which indicates that "Every current contract, conveyance, license, or other written instrument shall be executed on behalf of the municipality by the Mayor and the Clerk Administrator, only after approval by the City Council." He explained that in order to submit an application, which would be the formal document for Planning Commission approval, there would have to be action by the City Council to initiate that, on behalf of the City. He advised that they could address this with a clause that would add language to the end of the last paragraph of the resolution, which indicates "However, in no event does adoption of this resolution predetermine the Council's action on the matter." He explained that the proposal would have to go before the Council as a zoning issue, and at this point, the Council was simply allowing the matter to proceed for discussion purposes only, which is appropriate. He advised however, action to initiate this was necessary, because neither the Mayor, the City Administrator, or Golf Course Director could do this alone.