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Item No: 05E <br />Meeting Date: October 19 <br />M0U_TNDitSVVtEW <br />Type of Business: CA <br />Administrator Review: <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nyle Zikmund, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution No. 9171 Approving City's Official Newspaper for <br />the remainder of 2019 <br />Introduction: <br />In accordance with Minnesota state law, the City Council is required to annually designate a <br />legal newspaper of general circulation in the City as its official newspaper. The City did that in <br />January 2019 approving the Mounds View -New Brighton Bulletin as our official newspaper. <br />Discussion: <br />Staff has been informed by Lillie Suburban Newspaper that the Mounds View -New Brighton <br />Bulletin will no longer be publishing legal notices as is rumored to be going out of business, and <br />therefore, the City must approve another legal newspaper. We have received an official bid from <br />the Sun Focus who has merged with the Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life and is now called the <br />Blaine/Spring Lake Park/Columbia Heights/Fridley Life. We have also received bids from <br />Shoreview Press (Press Publications) and the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. We also received an <br />email from the Star Tribune showing interest in publishing our legal notices for the remainder of <br />2019. <br />An addition, the City received a phone call from the owners of the Shoreview Press expressing a <br />sincere interest in becoming our legal newspaper. They indicated that if they were selected, <br />they would make any necessary adjustments in bulk delivery to make sure the Press was <br />delivered to Mounds View's high -traffic locations, including the library and City Hall. Carter <br />Johnson, the owner, indicated that he has several meetings on Monday but would try to make <br />the Mounds View Council meeting to address any questions that you may have. <br />In regard to circulation in Mounds View, The Life delivers their newspapers to approximately <br />3,500 households. The Shoreview Press has indicated that circulation in Mounds View is <br />minimal but, as stated, they would make changes deliver to high traffic areas in Mounds <br />View. The Pioneer Press and Star Tribune are subscription newspapers. <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />