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2/22/1999
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• <br />• <br />MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br />FEBRUARY 22, 1999 <br />7:00 P.M. <br />1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Coughlin. <br />AF'PROV"D <br />2. ROLL CALL: Mayor Coughlin, Council Members Stigney, Thomason. <br />Absent: Marty, Quick. <br />3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />Additional corrections for February 8 meeting minutes, Page 1, third paragraph from the bottom, <br />report says Mr. Marty attended the planning commission, should be Mr. Stigney. <br />Page four, item 9E, spellings for names, Ordeen, Braathen, Laube, Hegland, Kahn. <br />Motion/Second: Thomason/Stigney. To approve minutes for January 25, and February 8, 1999. <br />Ayes - 3. Nays-0. Motion passes. <br />4. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: State of the City address, Mayor Dan Coughlin. <br />Mayor Coughlin stated: Fellow neighbors, in keeping with the City's charter, I, as your mayor, am <br />required to give you a message on the state of the City. It is traditional in addresses like these that <br />the Mayor speak of all of the Council doings in the last year, all of the accomplishments that it was a <br />part of and listing the occasional struggles that we still deal with. I don't have any energy, nor do I <br />have any desire to list things that have already been covered by a great degree by cable television and <br />by our newspapers. And, medical science has found other ways to put people to sleep other thanjust <br />have the Mayor talk about old news. We as a city face normal struggles that every other city our size <br />faces. The demands of services versus demands for lower taxes. The pressure to rebuild, versus the <br />desire to preserve some of our past, and the overall struggle for the average citizen to be heard above <br />all of the other voices that come screaming at City Hall. To mention a list of the accomplishments <br />that this City has made would only speak to what we have done. This is the part that usually gets the <br />lions' share of our attention. However, the other side of the coin is not about what we have done, but <br />is about who we are. I submit to you that it has been long over due for someone to discuss the state <br />of the City in the context of who we are. I have often wondered what makes Mounds View different <br />than any other suburb here in the Twin Cities. We don't have any national monuments within our <br />boundaries, we don't have any world famous people that were born here, there are no real tourist <br />attractions or historical sites for people to visit here contained in our four square miles. And, to add <br />insult to injury, we have a major highway cutting right through the heart of our town. <br />• So, what makes this City more than just a place that people drive through on their way home from <br />work. We the people, the citizens and neighbors who built this town and call it our home. We are <br />the reason that the City is special. So then, from what is the state of our City in respect to its greatest <br />
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