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Mounds View City Council June 12, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 12 2 City Attorney Riggs requested the Council acknowledge the passing of Mayor Al Hull declaring 3 a vacancy on the Mounds View City Council and provide notice that the vacancy will be filled at 4 an upcoming Special Election. He explained this Resolution would start the process and would 5 allow the City to meet the special election date of November 7. He reported staff would have filing 6 dates and timelines for the Council to review at a future meeting. 7 8 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Cermak. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9761, 9 Acknowledging the Passing of Mayor Al Hull, Declaring a Vacancy to Exist on the Mounds View 10 City Council, and Providing Notice that the Vacancy will be filled at an Upcoming Special 11 Election. 12 13 Ayes — 4 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 14 15 G. Resolution 9762, Approving Public Information/Community Engagement 16 Contract with Rapp and Associates. 17 18 Assistant City Administrator Beeman requested the Council approve Public Information/ 19 Community Engagement Contract with Rapp Strategies, Inc. He explained this contract would 20 explore expansion options at the Community Center. He reported at the June 5 Council Work 21 session there was a presentation from Todd Stone with Rapp Strategies. He reviewed all of the 22 consultants the City has used to assist with the Community Center expansion community 23 engagement project. He reported Rapp Strategies, Inc. specializes in communication. He 24 commented further on the proposed project timeline and recommended approval of the contract. 25 26 Rene Johnson, 7385 Pleasant View Drive, commented on the survey results for the Community 27 Center expansion. She reported the survey sampled a small portion of the Mounds View 28 population. She appreciated the fact that the Council was looking to find more ways to 29 communicate with the public regarding this project. She believed any survey that was conducted 30 among residents should have the residents reviewing the questions. Lastly, she urged the Council 31 to redo the survey that was conducted regarding the garbage haulers. 32 33 Valerie Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, expressed concern with the price for this contract. She 34 questioned if the City should be spending this much money when City staff could work to 35 disseminate information. She believed the City's responsibility was to provide information to the 36 residents and the residents were then able to decide whether or not they wanted to support a 37 Community Center expansion and local sales tax. She feared the Council was spending too much 38 money on this project and the City did not even know if it was going to move forward. 39 40 Tony Preciado, 8217 Long Lake Road, reported he has offered to purchase the land behind his 41 house for since 2007. He explained Mounds View or the County has the property valued at $700. 42 He stated he was prepared to give Mounds View $50,000 for the land behind his house. 43 44 Acting Mayor Meehlhause stated he did not believe the City owned the land behind Mr. Preciado's 45 home. 46