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Mounds View City Council November 27, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 2 1 department hired a recruitment individual to assist with bringing 29 new individuals into the 2 department. He discussed how important this was to the department while it shifts to a duty crew 3 on January 1, 2024. He commented further on how the fire stations would be staffed in the new 4 year. He was pleased to report the department took delivery of new fire engine #3, which would 5 be at the North Station. 6 7 Mayor Lindstrom thanked Deputy Chief Grantz for his update and stated he was looking forward 8 to the Santa Parade. 9 to 7. PUBLIC COMMENT 11 12 Vince Meyer, 8380 Spring Lake Road, stated at the last meeting he asked if needed a permit to 13 park a dumpster on his road. He explained the police department told him he cannot. He reported 14 there was a tree removal service on his street today for three hours that locked up traffic and this 15 past weekend a family had a birthday party with eight visiting cars that were parked in the street. 16 He anticipated residents on his street would have garage sales this summer. He questioned how 17 this parking should be addressed and asked if a special permit was required for parking. He 18 discussed the bad driveways that were found along his roadway and requested the City 19 communicate better with the residents within this street improvement project. 20 21 Sharon Kirscher, 8406 Red Oak Drive, discussed the traffic meeting she was not able to attend. 22 She indicated she was irritated with the options that were proposed, such as putting a stop sign at 23 LaPort and Red Oak Drive. She was of the opinion the only way to slow traffic down would be to 24 put in traffic circles because people were not slowing down for the stop signs. 25 26 Nick Super, 8088 Edgewood Drive, explained he has lived in his home for the past three years and 27 has bene a resident of Mounds View for the past 29 years. He commented on the sales tax 28 referendum that failed in the last election.He believed that the community center expansion project 29 was a good project for the City and would have drawn people to the community. He anticipated 30 the communities negative response was due to the proposed funding. He urged the City Council 31 to find another funding method to move this project forward without additional taxes on Mounds 32 View residents. He then asked if the Council was offered any form of compensation from Pulte 33 Homes or an affiliate in order to support the Ardan Park project. 34 35 Mayor Lindstrom and the remainder of the Councilmembers reported they received no 36 compensation to support this project. 37 38 Brian Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, spoke to the Council regarding the proposed 2024 tax 39 Levy. He reported he received the recent edition of the Mounds View Matters. He explained he was 40 confused because it appears total revenues and expenditures would be less in 2024, but the City 41 would be asking for more taxes. He commented on the Charter cap,which was 6% and could only 42 be raised to 9% if four Councilmembers agreed to raise it to 9%. He feared that the percentage of 43 increase was more than was spoken about by the Council in September. He understood the amount 44 that was certified to the County could go down,but could not go up. He urged the Council to work 45 to lower the proposed tax levy, noting the proposed increase would be a huge burden on hard 46 working families and seniors.