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Mounds View City Council September 13, 1999 <br />Regular Meeting Page 14 <br />Mr. Doran stated this has been a fairly wet year, and there has never been a time they could not <br />go out and play in the park. He stated he did not realize that they could rent a net, adding that <br />they had considered purchasing a net. <br />Mayor Coughlin stated staff would make this point better known to the residents. <br />Mr. Doran requested earlier notification of the public hearing date. He stated he had just <br />received his notification that date, and if it could be received a day or two earlier, it would help <br />to bring people in to the meetings. <br />Mayor Coughlin stated a public hearing to discuss the matter had been held several months prior, <br />and the notices were sent out at that time. He stated he had also corresponded with Mr. Sonterre <br />in this regard. <br />Mr. Doran thanked the Council for their time. Mayor Coughlin thanked Mr. Doran for his <br />comments. <br />There were no further requests or comments from the floor. <br />10. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br />A. Public Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinance 635, an Ordinance to <br />Enact a New Chapter of the Mounds View Code of Ordinances to Administer <br />and Regulate the Location, Relocation, Installation and Reinstallation of <br />Facilities in the Public Right-of--Way in the public Interest. <br />Mayor Coughlin opened the Public Hearing for Items 10 A and 10 A-1, at 8:10 p.m. <br />City Administrator Whiting stated there are three related ordinances on the agenda that evening, <br />including the added agenda item 10 A-1, Ordinance 630. He explained that Item A is the Public <br />Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinance 635, and after the public comment is taken, if the <br />Council so chooses, they would vote to adopt this ordinance. <br />City Administrator Whiting stated the same condition exists for Item C on the agenda, which is <br />indicated as the Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance 640, however, is actually the <br />Second Reading. He noted Item 10 A-1 is the Second Reading and continuation of the Public <br />Hearing of Ordinance 630. <br />City Attorney Long stated the ordinances presently before the Council had been discussed at <br />several meetings. He explained Ordinance 630, the right-of--way ordinance, is the City's general <br />right-of--way authority, and is modeled after the model right-of--way ordinance compiled by the <br />League of Minnesota Cities. He explained that this ordinance provides cities more control over <br />issues relating to the rights-of--way, including the recovery of cost to the taxpayers which might <br />occur with the degradation of roads due to utilities, cable television companies, and other similar <br />• service providers. He explained that the Legislature had provided this to the cities as their <br />authority to maintain some control over what goes into the right-of--way. He stated that Item <br />10A, Ordinance 635, is related in terms of providing the City authority to require a utility to <br />