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Mounds View City Council September 25, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 6 1 Council Member Gunn reported she attended a Cable Commission meeting last week. She 2 commented on the meeting and streaming rate increase that would be put in place. 3 4 Acting Mayor Meehlhause thanked Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson for 5 hosting the Silver View Pond neighborhood meeting last week. He discussed how improving this 6 pond quality would benefit the community. 7 8 Acting Mayor Meehlhause thanked Vern Rice for moderating the Mayoral Candidate Forum last 9 Thursday. 10 11 Acting Mayor Meehlhause stated he attended a Twin Cities Gateway board meeting last week 12 and he was pleased to report revenues were up 6% for the first six months of 2023. 13 14 B. Reports of Staff. 15 • Dog Kennel Licensing — 3 or more issue 16 17 City Administrator Zikmund asked if the Council supported allowing residents to have three dogs 18 as pets, with no breeding. The consensus of Council was to support this recommendation. 19 20 • Noise Ordinance Conflict— 6:00 a.m. vs 7:00 a.m. 21 22 City Administrator Zikmund asked if the Council wanted to allow the noise ordinance to kick in 23 at 6:00 a.m. or 7:00 a.m. He stated based on feedback from residents, he did not believe the 24 public wanted noise before 7:00 a.m. 25 26 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson requested the City still allow commercial 27 districts to begin making noise at 6:00 a.m. He reported all contractors could not begin work until 28 7:00 a.m. 29 30 City Administrator Zikmund explained half of the noise complaints were coming from trash 31 haulers that were visiting apartment complexes before 6:00 a.m. 32 33 Council Member Lindstrom asked if the Council could give the City an exclusion from the 34 Ordinance. City Attorney Riggs reported this could be done. He indicated if apartment complex 35 pickup times were adjusted the haulers would be impacted or disrupted. 36 37 Rebecca Scholl, 2467 Hillview Road, stated as a construction worker, it benefits workers to start 38 work early in the day to avoid the heat. She reported she believed it was safer to have trash 39 haulers coming early in the day before children are on the street and walking to schools. 40 41 Further discussion ensued regarding the schedules followed for trash haulers when picking up 42 trash at apartment complexes. 43 44 The Council supported keeping the Noise Ordinance language as is. 45