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Mounds View City Council June 13, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 10 • MOTION/SECOND. Thomas/Gunn. To Approve Resolution 6558, remove Item 2 and Item 4 and to approve the plans and specifications, setting a bid date, and authorizing staff to advertise for bids for the Groveland Park Building Replacement Project. Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. G. Set a Special Meeting of the City Council for June 20, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. at the Mounds View Community Center located at 5294 Edgewood Drive for the purposes of considering the proposed sale of land comprising the Bridges of Mounds View Golf Course to Medtronic. City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich stated that the meeting on June 20~' is to be a joint meeting with the City Council and EDA noting that the items to be discussed that are applicable to both bodies, which are comprised of the same people but technically two different bodies. He stated that the public hearing for the public subsidy is also scheduled for that evening and would be part of the City Council's review. He indicated that he also spoke with Bob Glazer who indicated that he is planning to provide Council with aten-minute presentation during the public comments segment of the meeting. He reviewed the agenda noting that they would discuss the next step at the end of the public hearing process. He stated that it would be an open meeting with no set adjournment time. Council Member Gunn suggested establishing rules of process before the meeting. She stated . that she would like to see that everyone signs in with their name and the City they are from; allow Mounds View residents the opportunity to speak first, in the order of sign-in and then all others; everyone signed in would be allowed one time to speak; anyone with responses would be allowed to respond after all others have had an opportunity to speak first. She stated that this would provide a more orderly and fair process for the residents noting that she has received comments from many of the residents expressing frustration that they were not given a chance to speak. She stated that everyone should have an opportunity to speak and suggested that the Council really consider outlining the process prior to the meeting. She suggested providing the audience with an overview of the meeting process at the beginning of the meeting. Council Member Stigney agreed with everything to make it orderly and asked how they would go about differentiating residents from non-residents. Council Member Gunn explained that they would be able to differentiate based on the sign-in sheet because all speakers would be expected to sign in and include the City they reside in. City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich stated that they discussed this at a staff level and it was thought that it would be a good idea to hand everyone a card. They would then sign their name on the card with their address and hand the card to the attendant when they come forward to speak. He stated that if they outline the process at the start of the meeting and then ask all residents to step forward to speak. • Council Member Thomas agreed stating that this would apply to all except the local business