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Mounds View City Council August 8, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 26 • Council Member Gunn reviewed the Festival in the Park schedule with the Council. She stated that the golf tournament is scheduled for August 20, 2005 and anyone interested in signing up can do so at the golf course. She stated that Bingo is scheduled to begin at noon adding that they would also have strolling jugglers wandering the park throughout the day. She noted that the jugglers would also be involved in the parade and would be offering lessons to anyone interested in learning the art of juggling. She stated that a Battle of the Bands is also scheduled and encouraged teens with bands to sign up for the competition. She stated that the band scheduled for the evening entertainment would be the Rocking Daddy and the Rough Cuts, which was the blues band that played last year. She stated that Saturn of St. Paul in Mounds View would be sponsoring the dance. She stated that there would be plenty of food vendors and the Bethlehem Baptist Church is bringing in a lot of items of the children to play on noting that the fireworks would be sponsored by Medtronic and is scheduled to begin at 10:00 p.m. She stated that local businesses have really stepped up to the plate this year in their support of the festival and thanked them for all of their support. She stated that the parade is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. adding that the route would begin along Bronson, go up Edgewood, east on County Road I, south on Quincy and ending again on Bronson. She stated that they have a lot of fun events planned this year and encouraged everyone to come out and join in the fun. Council Member Gunn stated that she watched the last Planning Commission meeting and was quite upset with one of the Planning Commissioners for insulting City Staff and calling the City Council and Staff lazy. She stated that this is totally unacceptable as the Planning Commission represents the City and should show more respect and support. She acknowledged that everyone • has a right to their opinion but there is a time and a place for expressing their opinions and this was not one of those times. She stated that staff works very hard adding that she is very proud of the work they do. She stated that she felt that something should be done or said, as this was totally uncalled for. Council Member Stigney stated that he also watched the meeting and expressed his agreement with Council Member Gunn. He stated that the attack on City Staff is uncalled for and to take it further, they were basing their votes on a personal belief rather than on a charter of what they were hired to do. He stated that if they don't know their duty and the tasks they are assigned to handle then they should be covered on the expectations of their position with the Commission. He stated that Director Ericson did a good job of explaining noting that it fell on deaf ears or they just had a Planning Commission that did not want to hear what he had to say. He stated that their actions should be based on something other than their own personal views. Council Member Thomas agreed stating that she too was very disappointed. She stated that she has been one to go publicly on the record each time they have had a question and she has ultimately supported the recommendations of our Commissions because that is what they are there for, noting that there were so many public .statements made at that meeting that were blatantly in opposition to the topic at hand and it does color for her how she will accept a recommendation from them. She stated that it does change how she views their recommendation. •