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Mounds View City Council April 12, 2021 <br />Regular Meeting Page 10 <br /> <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer reported the Metro INET group met and provided direction to the Executive <br />Board to create an RFP for hiring the firm that will hire the Executive Director. <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer explained the City’s new utility billing website was rolled out last week. <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Beeman stated on April 26, 2021 the EDA would be holding a public <br />hearing for the public sale of land to BioClean. He discussed the work staff has been doing to <br />prepare for the land sale. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported he had a meeting with MnDOT <br />regarding right-of-way along Groveland Road. He stated there was a portion of land MnDOT <br />would like to return to Mounds View and another portion that would be potentially returned to <br />Blaine. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson explained staff applied for an EAB grant <br />and was awarded $11,996 for the replacement of ash trees in Lambert and City Hall Park. He asked <br />if there was Council consensus to accept this grant. The Council supported the City accepting this <br />grant. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson discussed an I&I Grant that he applied for <br />through the Met Council for 2021 and 2022. He explained he requested $700,000 for pipe lining, <br />$20,000 for joint sealing, $30,000 for manhole lining and $20,000 for manhole sealing. <br /> <br />Mayor Mueller and the Council supported the City pursuing this grant. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson the Parks, Rec and Forestry Commission <br />was looking at upgrading the playground equipment at Random Park. He discussed how the price <br />of construction material, steel and rubber were quite high at this time. He questioned if the Council <br />wanted to move forward with this purchase or to wait on this purchase. <br /> <br />Council Member Hull supported the purchase going forward. <br /> <br />Mayor Mueller recommended staff prepare the necessary documentation for the playground <br />purchase and the Council can vote on this in two weeks. <br /> <br />Council Member Meehlhause stated he lived on the south side of town and he looked forward to <br />having improvements made to Random Park. <br /> <br />City Administrator Zikmund reported Council Member Bergeron supported the Council taking <br />action on this item in two weeks. <br /> <br />Council Member Cermak supported the Council looking at this item in further detail in two weeks. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson explained the splash pad could open this <br />year but according to CDC guidelines could only be at 50% capacity. He indicated this would