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Mounds View City Council November 27, 2023 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br /> <br />Deputy Fire Chief Matt Grantz provided the Council with an update from the SBM Fire <br />Department. He explained SBM would be kicking off the Santa Parade next week, Monday <br />through Thursday and would be in Mounds View on Tuesday night. He stated back in March the <br />department hired a recruitment individual to assist with bringing 29 new individuals into the <br />department. He discussed how important this was to the department while it shifts to a duty crew <br />on January 1, 2024. He commented further on how the fire stations would be staffed in the new <br />year. He was pleased to report the department took delivery of new fire engine #3, which would <br />be at the North Station. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom thanked Deputy Chief Grantz for his update and stated he was looking forward <br />to the Santa Parade. <br /> <br />7. PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> <br />Vince Meyer, 8380 Spring Lake Road, stated at the last meeting he asked if needed a permit to <br />park a dumpster on his road. He explained the police department told him he cannot. He reported <br />there was a tree removal service on his street today for three hours that locked up traffic and this <br />past weekend a family had a birthday party with eight visiting cars that were parked in the street. <br />He anticipated residents on his street would have garage sales this summer. He questioned how <br />this parking should be addressed and asked if a special permit was required for parking. He <br />discussed the bad driveways that were found along his roadway and requested the City <br />communicate better with the residents within this street improvement project. <br /> <br />Sharon Kirscher, 8406 Red Oak Drive, discussed the traffic meeting she was not able to attend. <br />She indicated she was irritated with the options that were proposed, such as putting a stop sign at <br />LaPort and Red Oak Drive. She was of the opinion the only way to slow traffic down would be to <br />put in traffic circles because people were not slowing down for the stop signs. <br /> <br />Nick Super, 8088 Edgewood Drive, explained he has lived in his home for the past three years and <br />has bene a resident of Mounds View for the past 29 years. He commented on the sales tax <br />referendum that failed in the last election. He believed that the community center expansion project <br />was a good project for the City and would have drawn people to the community. He anticipated <br />the communities negative response was due to the proposed funding. He urged the City Council <br />to find another funding method to move this project forward without additional taxes on Mounds <br />View residents. He then asked if the Council was offered any form of compensation from Pulte <br />Homes or an affiliate in order to support the Ardan Park project. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom and the remainder of the Councilmembers reported they received no <br />compensation to support this project. <br /> <br />Brian Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, spoke to the Council regarding the proposed 2024 tax <br />levy. He reported he received the recent edition of the Mounds View Matters. He explained he was <br />confused because it appears total revenues and expenditures would be less in 2024, but the City <br />would be asking for more taxes. He commented on the Charter cap, which was 6% and could only <br />be raised to 9% if four Councilmembers agreed to raise it to 9%. He feared that the percentage of <br />increase was more than was spoken about by the Council in September. He understood the amount