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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL 1 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 <br /> 4 <br />Regular Meeting 5 <br />May 8, 2006 6 <br />New Brighton City Hall 7 <br />803 Old Highway 8, New Brighton, MN 55112 8 <br />7:02 P.M. 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br />1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 12 <br /> 13 <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 14 <br /> 15 <br />3. ROLL CALL: Marty, Stigney, Gunn, Flaherty, and Thomas 16 <br /> 17 <br /> NOT PRESENT: None. 18 <br /> 19 <br />4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 <br /> 21 <br /> A. Monday, May 8, 2006 City Council Agenda 22 <br /> 23 <br />MOTION/SECOND: THOMAS/FLAHERTY. To Approve the Monday, May 8, 2006 agenda as 24 <br />presented. 25 <br /> 26 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 27 <br /> 28 <br />5. PUBLIC INPUT 29 <br /> 30 <br />Kathleen Smith, 7405 Spring Lake Road, presented a proposal to the City to amend Chapter 7.01 31 <br />relating to animals and specifically to allow the keeping and raising of honeybees via permitting 32 <br />or licensing. She noted that honeybees got lumped into the ordinance of farm animals, and this 33 <br />may have been done because the City may have been trying to follow suit of actions brought on 34 <br />by other cities or because honey is considered a variant crop. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Ms. Smith stated many people have fears of bees, but do not realize that honeybees are not like 37 <br />hornets, wasps and yellow jackets that continually sting. She stated honeybees are nowhere near 38 <br />that and they are not an aggressive species by their behavior. She passed around an example of 39 <br />honeybees that she had collected from 18 inches around her personal hive, and showed how their 40 <br />legs contained different colors of pollen. She noted honeybees collect pollen from several 41 <br />flowering trees and all garden vegetables. She stated honeybees are crucial to maintain these 42 <br />populations of honeybees to enhance crops, make fruit bigger and better, and increase 43 <br />production. 44 <br /> 45