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Mounds View City Council <br />~gular Meeting <br />Page Five <br />May 10, 1993 <br />Orduno stated there are no other Regional Senior Centers in the area. <br />Fridley is using a remodeled school as a Senior Center. Most cities <br />have community centers that include a senior center. <br />Julie Trude stated that she can't justify an $87,00 expenditure for <br />1700 seniors to use. This will cost approximately $50 per senior and <br />if there aren't that many interested seniors. <br />Mayor Linke stated that the percentage was higher when Edgewood <br />was open as a senior center, now many of those go to Shoreview. <br />Mayor Linke further stated that when the random survey of 500 <br />people was conducted, Mounds View had the highest percentage of <br />seniors who would use the Center of all four cities (81%). <br />Julie Trude asked if a postcard could be sent to the seniors in <br />Mounds View asking how many would use the center. Ms. Trude stated <br />that she would feel much better as a taxpayer supporting something <br />that the seniors of Mounds View would use rather than a Center Fridl <br />seniors would use but Mounds View would subsidize. <br />Out. of 100 seniors surveyed for each city the percentages were as <br />follows: ,New Brighton 67% for, 20% opposed; Spring .Lake Park 1% for <br />. and Mounds View 81% strongly favored and 11% opposed,. <br />Julie Trude stated that she doesn't want to begrudge the seniors, <br />but will be asking in the near future if something similar <br />could not be arranged for the teens in the City. Trude stated that <br />there is a lot. of vandalism in the City and-there are a lot of 10 - <br />15 year old home with no supervision and maybe this would be a way <br />of directing their energy level. Ms. Trude stated she is neither <br />for or against the senior center. <br />ey <br />Arthur Schwadeke, 2661 Lake Court. Circle, stated that he strongly <br />opposes the senior center and is embarrassed that this is being <br />discussed. Mr. Schwadeke stated that it is his own fault if he <br />didn't learn through the years to get involved in recreational <br />things. Mr. Schwadeke stated that his friends are also not in <br />favor of the center and that he nor any of the friends he has were <br />contacted when the 100 seniors were called for the survey. Mr. <br />Schwadeke stated that, in his opinion, there is a small number of <br />greedy people who want to get their fair share. Mr. Schwadeke stated <br />that the money could be spent far better for the youth or teenagers <br />of Mounds View. Again, Mr. Schwadeke stated that he did not mind the <br />City spending his tax money wisely, but he stated he does not think <br />this is a wise expenditure. <br />Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road, stated that he had gone through the <br />consultants.' study, the presentation material and original information <br />sheet and finds three different recommendations and three different <br />sets of figures. Mr. McCarty stated, that in his opinion, the consultant's <br />