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Mounds View City Council April 14, 2025 Regular Meeting Page 11 1 Mayor Lindstrom reported Project Ardan was promoting Earth Day week from April 20 through 2 April 28 and was encouraging residents to make a positive impact on the greenspace in the 3 community. 4 5 Mayor Lindstrom explained he received a note from Carrie at Just Deeds and noted the residents 6 of this community has dispatched 196 racial covenants to date. 7 8 Mayor Lindstrom stated he received a letter from a resident who is unhappy with the condition of 9 their neighbors yard on Spring Lake Road. He passed this letter along to City staff. 10 11 Mayor Lindstrom commented on Wednesday, he would be speaking to graduates at the Stillwater 12 Prison who received their GED to share his own personal story. 13 14 B. Reports of Staff. 15 16 Finance Director Bauman stated the 2024 audit would be presented to the City Council at the first 17 meeting in May. 18 19 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated the Explore More summer program 20 was up 30% this year. He noted the City would be partnering with Arden Hills to provide a Rec 21 on the Go program as well this summer which would bring recreational programming to the City's 22 parks. He indicated he was working with the District 621 to have Meals on Wheels run out of the 23 Community Center. 24 25 1. Public Works — Tree Sale 26 27 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated there would be an arbor day planting 28 event at Silver View Park on Friday, April 25 at 12:00 p.m. He commented further on the tree sale 29 the Public Works staff was proposing to host. 30 31 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To allow Public Works staff to host a tree sale with tree 32 prices at the same cost that was charged to the City. 33 34 Ayes — 4 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 35 36 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported he met with Ramsey County 37 recycling to discuss the fence at the compost site. 38 39 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson provided the Council with an update on the 40 Ardan and Silver View ponds projects. 41 42 Police Chief Zender thanked the City Council and community for their outpouring of support for 43 K9 Niko and Investigator Erickson. 44 45 Police Chief Zender commented on the eyeball for life event that would be held on Saturday, April 46 19.