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Mounds View City Council June 12, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 3 Council Member Marty advised that some of the issues facing the surrounding communities • could be beneficial to Mounds View and its residents. He explained that New Brighton is currently reconstructing Silver Lake Road from Interstate 694 and north, and rt would be helpful to keep abreast of this project, as well as the progress of the arsenal project that is currently underway in Arden Hills. Council Member Marty read a prepared statement as follows: • • "I am hereby submitting my resignation to the Charter Commission. I have previously voiced concerns about the direction that this Commission is taking, and I feel even more strongly about it at this time. 1 had originally campaigned to make all City business public business, and it greatly distressed me that the Charter Commission refused to be televised, and met away from City offices to ensure this. I do not feel that it is the business of the Charter Commission to run the City, as the Charter Commission members are appointed by a Ramsey County Judge, which is similar to the Metropolitan Airport Commission and the Metropolitan Council in that the members are appointed, however, in those cases it is the Governor that makes the appointments, and I also have a problem with that because I feel that those governing bodies should also be publicly elected by the people, so that the citizens can ultimately have some control or say in their decisions. I believe in our Charter and I believe in our City, and I do not wish to be associated with, or affiliated with, a small group of our un-elected citizens, who as I see it, wish to try to run or control our City. Under the wrong direction I feel that this could be dangerous and could put our own Charter in possible jeopardy, and this greatly concerns me, as many people have invested much time and effort into our Charter. We have good people on our Charter Commission, but once again, I implore you to try to work with the rest of the City, the commissions, City Council and City Administration, to attempt to make our City even better and stronger, without attacking various elements in our City. I wish you well, and please try to work toward the betterment of our City so that we can all move in one direction; forward, together, in strength and unity. We won't always agree, as I well know, however, oftentimes the best decisions come out of forums such as this, in which disagreement is present but compromises are made by all in order to try to incorporate differences of opinion to achieve the best all around goal or outcome for our City and neighbors. Thank you, and please do not be led into confrontational positions with the rest of our good City and neighbors." Council Member Stigney stated as a member of the Mounds View Charter Commission, he took umbrage with some of these statements.