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Mounds View City Council February 27, 2006 <br />Regular Meeting Page 20 <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated he plans on being in attendance, and added that Ramsey County <br />is carrying the bill because it in regard to County Road J and will testify for it. <br />B. Reports of Staff <br />1. Reports of City Administrator <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated Director Ericson provided a memo in regard to the Library Task <br />Force and they did make a recommendation of four possible alternatives. He stated they would <br />be discussed by the Library Task Force at a retreat on March 1, 2006. He stated three out of four <br />of the alternatives are positive for Mounds View, and one is more for a regional type library. <br />City Administrator read the four alternatives, which included: 1) Consolidate staff and resources <br />from the libraries in Arden Hills and Mounds View to build one larger area library; 2) Maintain <br />two smaller libraries by constructing one in Arden Hills and leaving Mounds View as is; 3) Build <br />a new library on the current Arden Hills site, maintain the current Mounds View library, and <br />expand the Shoreview library to meet future growth; and 4) Build a new library on the current <br />Arden Hills site, build a new library on the Arden Hills site and build a new library in Silver <br />Lake Village in St. Anthony. City Administrator Ulrich reported that these four alternatives will <br />be discussed at the library board on March 1, 2006. <br />City Administrator suggested the Council should pass a motion supporting one of these four <br />alternates, if it felt strongly about one of them. <br />Councilmember Thomas suggested a letter of support could be drafted to indicate support of the <br />Mounds View Community Library. <br />MOTION/SECOND: THOMAS/MARTY. To draft a letter of support for the Mounds View <br />Community Library. <br />Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated there was a position paper on eminent domain put out by North <br />Metro Mayors which the Council could provide comments on. He stated it is consistent with <br />how the legislator spoke last week in regard to eminent domain. He stated the North Metro <br />Mayors position is one to urge that wise decisions are made and listen to what the needs of the <br />communities are that may need to use eminent domain and what the positive aspects are. He <br />stated the legislators commented that they would certainly take that into account and this <br />reiterates that fact that there are valid reasons for using eminent domain. He stated private <br />property rights are important, but attention should also be given to what the City needs eminent <br />domain for and there are valid reasons for pursuing that in certain cases. <br />City Administrator Ulrich presented the report on the Bethlehem Baptist Church Mounds View <br />Service Project Fund, where $13,005 is proposed to be distributed. He reported that Bethlehem <br />Baptist Church has been working with Staff as well as the Park and Recreation Commission to <br />