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Mounds View City Council February 13, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 18 • Councilmember Flaherty stated the City Council encourages citizens to form action groups to help the City meet its goals and establish new ones. Mr. Amundsen stated he was leaning towards street projects and also that the Council should review the EDA establishment as far as what authority it has and how it is established. Councilmember Flaherty asked if the EDA is a direct relationship from the charter. Mr. Amundsen stated the EDA is established under state statute, and there are restrictions that might not have been established. He explained the City Council does not govern the EDA. Councilmember Thomas stated that by no means does the Council think there are only ten things to accomplish this year, but rather these are the top ten priorities. Councilmember Stigney stated he would be happy to hear citizens' comments and review citizens' petitions. MOTION/SECOND: GLJNN/THOMAS. To waive the reading and adopt Resolution 6743 Adopting City Vision and Mission Statement, Goals Program, Values Statement, Rules of Conduct, and Action Plan. Councilmember Stigney asked if all ten goals have the majority of City Council support. Mayor • Marty stated there was Council consensus. Councilmember Stigney referenced Goal 10 to make the Mounds View Community Center self- sufficient and asked if this meant financially self-supporting or if these are two different terms. Mayor Marty asked how goal 10 can possibly fit in with possible recommendations. He stated he understood it to mean self-supporting. Councilmember Gunn stated she took it to mean both self-supporting and self-sufficient. She explained something should be in the Community Center that would make it more usable and more often used to provide more function for the City. Councilmember Thomas stated the task force will bring a recommendation to the Council for what the Community Center should be used for or how it should be adapted. She stated the Council will take the recommendation and make the decision. Mayor Marty stated there have been good discussions regarding the Community Center and he is impressed with the brainstorming that has taken place. Councilmember Stigney asked the Council members if they believed the goal regarding the Community Center should read "financially self-supportive". Councilmember Thomas said she would not support that change.