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Mounds View City Council May 13, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 22 Council Member Stigney indicated he needed a key to City Hall also and then asked for a summary of the sale prices of the vehicles sent to auction. Council Member Marty indicated he had spoken to Deputy Chief Brennan and learned that the City had gotten better prices than expected. Mayor Sonterre indicated that Senate File 2727 had passed the House and Senate and been signed by the Governor. He then said that Ramsey County has said that documents will be available within four weeks. Mayor Sonterre reported he had attended a Blue Print for Success meeting in Shoreview concerning planning for transportation, housing and infrastructure in the year 2030 because there is expected to be one million more people in the metropolitan area by that date. He then offered to provide information on upcoming meetings if anyone was interested in attending. Mayor Sonterre publicly thanked the City's Police Department and Ramsey County for responding to the police situation at a Mounds View apartment complex involving a heavily armed gunman. The man was apprehended and no one was injured. Mayor Sonterre publicly thanked the Police Department and Ramsey County for responding to a situation in the mobile home park that turned out to be an explosive devise filled with metal • scraps and glass. The bomb squad was able to diffuse it and no one was injured. Mayor Sonterre indicated the emergency personnel that serve the City have done a wonderful job with protecting residents and he wanted to publicly thank them. Council Member Marty reported he had attended a Northwest Youth and Family Services meeting and noted that a new quarterly report that will be easier to understand is in the works. Council Member Marty indicated he had spoken to a representative from Rice Creek Watershed District and learned that the District is leaning toward not constructing the Greenfield ponding project. He then asked to have discussion of whether the City is interested in having a holding pond on the portion of land north of Highway 10 between the golf course and Sysco be placed on a work session agenda. Mayor Sonterre indicated the City should ask Rice Creek to provide an explanation as to why this project would not come to fruition after considerable time and effort had been given to it. Council Member Quick asked whether Council Member Marty had gotten his information while attending a meeting with Rice Creek. Council Member Marty indicated he had received a call from a citizen and had then done some calling on his own and this is his unofficial feeling. •