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Mounds View City Council November 24, 2025 <br />Regular Meeting Page 11 <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom explained he recently attended a Nine Cities meeting where the group discussed 1 <br />housing legislation. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Mayor Lindstrom stated he recently attended the Regional Council of Mayors where former 4 <br />Governor Pawlenty was in attendance. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Mayor Lindstrom commented on the North Metro Mayors meeting he attended noting the group 7 <br />mostly discussed TH610. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Mayor Lindstrom reported he served at the food distribution event on Sunday. He thanked 10 <br />Representative Jebens-Singh for attending this event. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Mayor Lindstrom stated he attended a planning meeting for the Community Meal, which will be 13 <br />held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 8. He encouraged residents to sign up if 14 <br />planning to attend on Eventbrite. It was his hope the community would take the opportunity to 15 <br />bowl after the meal. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Mayor Lindstrom explained on Saturday, December 6, the City would be holding a town hall 18 <br />meeting on gun violence with the Attorney General and parents from Annunciation. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Mayor Lindstrom thanked the community volunteers that assisted with the abatement work for the 21 <br />home on Irondale Road. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Mayor Lindstrom stated he spoke at St. Thomas today and presented to the law clinic regarding 24 <br />the clemency work he was doing throughout the State. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Mayor Lindstrom indicated on Tuesday, December 9 he would be speaking at the Rush City prison 27 <br />to speak to the graduates. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Mayor Lindstrom thanked the community for being supportive of the work that was conducted by 30 <br />the Mounds View City Council. 31 <br /> 32 <br /> B. Reports of Staff. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Finance Director Bauman reported the Truth in Taxation meeting would be held on Monday, 35 <br />December 1 at 6:00 p.m. She noted the final budget and tax levy would be approved by the Council 36 <br />on Tuesday, December 9. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Assistant City Administrator Beeman stated City staff was working on rental license renewals and 39 <br />code violation issues. He explained the housing policy would be reviewed by the Council at the 40 <br />Monday, December 1 worksession meeting. 41 <br /> 42 <br />City Administrator Zikmund further reviewed the items that would be discussed by the Council at 43 <br />the Monday, December 1 worksession meeting. He indicated that the City currently has $190,000 44 <br />in LAHA dollars and commented on how a $10,000 allocation was necessary for those in need in 45 <br />order to properly complete any improvement project that came out of an energy audit. 46