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MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22,1999 PAGE 3 just because other cities do. This is our town, and for once I would like to call on the ordinary people, the people who have not normally had a voice in this town, and ask them what you want your City to be. All bets are off, the sky is the limit, let us dare to dream. In all of this, let me issue you a bit of a warning. It is natural that when the winds of change blow across the waters of the status quo, that waves of resistance will rise up. The stronger the wind for change, the larger the waves of resistance become. We must resolve in our hearts and in our minds to face those ways head on, and press through them and seek after our goals, or our goals will never be reached. This is not a time for the timid. So in closing, I would ask all of you to begin to ponder the questions I put before you: who are we?; what do we want?; where are we going? In the upcoming months, you will be asked to answer these and other questions. And, once we begin to find out collectively what our community's vision is, I will then call upon the residents of this City to volunteer and take part in discussion groups and come forth with an answer to a fourth question: how do we get there from here? If we are willing to pause at this time to begin to answer these questions, we can truly become a proactive community. A people with a vision and a people with a mission. One last thing that I would add personally as I end this address, to those who are so inclined, I would ask for your prayers for this City and its future. It is my belief that without a strong dose of higher wisdom, our hope for having a vision for this City will be much harder to accomplish. I thank in advance for those prayers. And, I thank you for your time and consideration as well. Thank you. 5. REPORTS Mayor Coughlin extended a thank you to Council Member Stigney for running last weeks work session. Mayor Coughlin attended an airport mediation meeting with Mr. Whiting, Cari Schmidt, and Bob Long. Councilwoman Thomason indicated that she had attended an EDC meeting on February 17, 1999. Mr. Stigney attended the Planning Commission meeting February 17, 1999. Two new members of the Planning Commission were introduced, and time was spent going over with all the new members the process used by the commission and its meeting format. There was discussion of the bylaws that changes were made before and then changes were reintroduced at this Planning Commission and brought the new members up to date as to where things were at. There was discussion regarding the Comprehensive Plan and also some discussion pertaining to permits for vendors coming with their fruit and vegetable stands in the summer so they can bypass CUP process that has to be attended to every year. The Planning Commission also acted on a Resolution recommending approval of an oversized garage at 8100 Long Lake Road. Mr. Long discussed the airport mediation. Mr. Long stated that what was agreed to today would hopefully save the City money. It was agreed to spend for a period of time the litigation which would be a very costly stage of taking depositions with various players in the process and from a historical perspective takes a while to uncover here. It was agreed to suspend that while we pursue the state legislation, and with some luck we get legislation passed and the hard work of our State