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Mounds View City Council June 12, 2023 <br />Regular Meeting Page 13 <br /> <br />house for since 2007. He explained Mounds View or the County has the property valued at $700. <br />He stated he was prepared to give Mounds View $50,000 for the land behind his house. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Meehlhause stated he did not believe the City owned the land behind Mr. Preciado’s <br />home. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9762, <br />Approving Public Information/Community Engagement Contract with Rapp Strategies, Inc. <br /> <br />Council Member Lindstrom understood the City had a lot of money invested in this project and <br />noted the City would be spending another $60,000 for lobbyists. He stated he was concerned with <br />the fact the rate for services was increased $1,000 per month. He anticipated spending $30,000 to <br />$50,000 on a digital campaign would not be worth it, given the fact the survey results show that <br />67% of Mounds View residents get their information through newsletters or word of mouth. He <br />was of the opinion the City could transmit this information through the venues Ms. Amundsen <br />suggested. He did not support spending $50,000 for someone else to print and mail letters. <br /> <br />Council Member Cermak agreed stating she believed this contract was a lot of money. She <br />indicated she liked having reading materials in hand and did not like having to read digital material. <br />She indicated a lot of money would be spent on this contract if all the City wants is print media <br />and not digital content. However, she also understood the City needed to reach all generations of <br />residents. <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn understood this was a great deal of money but after the City were to draft <br />and send mailings numerous mailings, this would begin to add up as well. She questioned how <br />much the City spent to mail the newsletter. Finance Director Beer stated this cost the City $4,200 <br />per mailing. <br /> <br />Council Member Lindstrom questioned if the Council would be willing to suspend the relationship <br />with the lobbyists to cover the cost of this contract. <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn and Council Member Cermak did not support this action. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Meehlhause stated the Morris Leatherman survey is showing that even with the <br />communication efforts the City has made, which included two special mailings, information in the <br />quarterly newsletter, plus the City Administrator holding six special meetings at the Community <br />Center the City was still not getting the word out. He reported Rapp Strategies has a 100% success <br />rate when working with cities that are looking for local sales tax authorization from their voters, <br />including Maple Grove. He was of the opinion sometimes money had to be invested in order to <br />determine if more money should be invested. He stated he supported the proposed expenditure <br />noting the Special Projects Fund had enough dollars to cover this expenditure. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 3 Nay – 1 (Lindstrom) Motion carried. <br /> <br />H. Resolution 9766, Approval of the Sanitary Sewer Line Rehabilitation - CIPP <br />(Cured-in-Place-Pipe) Project.