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the airport legislation currently being considered by the House and Senate. He advised that Speaker Sviggum gave an endorsement of that afterward. • Mayor Coughlin explained that since he was meeting with Speaker Sviggum and Representative Haake, Acting Mayor Stigney filled in for him at the North Metro Mayors Association meeting that evening. Mayor Coughlin extended his appreciation to him for acting in that capacity. Mayor Coughlin reported that this past Thursday, he and Council Member Thomason attended the Ramsey County League of Local Governments meeting and met with Ramsey County Commissioners in a round table discussion. At that meeting, the Commissioners presented reports on what they were involved in with this session and fielded questions on property tax rates since most constituents saw their property values increase. He reported that concern was also presented that St. Paul not be left out if the State moves forward with their commuter rail plan. Mayor Coughlin noted the informational packet from the Ramsey County Commissioners. Council Member Marty reported he and Planning Associate Ericson attended a community meeting at Onan concerning their expansion. He explained the informational meeting was for Mounds View and Fridley residents about Onan's 400,000 square foot warehouse which is under construction. He stated that the impacted Mounds View residents are on the western side, north of County Road H. Onan cleared trees up to their property line which raised concern since it • changed the view from a wooded area. Council Member Marty stated the meeting was not structured with a presentation but Onan had placards displayed with people standing at each to describe the project. He stated they met with Scott Hickok, City of Fridley, who expressed his interest to try to do what they could to work with their community and Mounds View. Council Member Marty advised they talked with representatives about moving the road running north of County Road H along the property line farther to the west between the two settlement ponds which will be created to handle drainage. However, due to the location of the sewage metering site and a few other technicalities, moving that driveway would not be feasible. He stated they also talked about creating a berm on the eastern side of their property. They indicated they were willing to look into it with the understanding that some of the yard areas maybe lost. Council Member Marty reported that Onan representatives have indicated their willingness to look into options as did the City of Fridley. He advised the master plan for Onan is to build another building north of the warehouse they are currently constructing which would wipe out most of the remaining trees along the resident's property to the north. He stated they did suggest Onan plant evergreen trees along the boundary so the trees are in place for this and future projects. He suggested that staff follow up on that discussion. • 2N:\DATA\USERS\JOANB\SHARE\MINUTES\CC\1999\04-26-99.WPD