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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 1981/01/05 Ix r I, Duane McCarty, request a Special Council Meeting on Monday, January 5, 1981, 7:00 p.m. at the Mounds View City Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to appoint the official newspaper, depository, and acting Mayor for the year 1981. ayor T ANNUAL MAYOR'S MESSAGE JANUARY 5, 1981 In this annual message I would like to focus attention on what I see as the main challenges we will face over the next two years and for years into the future. These are the push by the Metropolitan Council for higher density housing, the need to preserve as much as possible of our remaining wetlands and demands by developers for expensive services. I believe most of us choose to live in Mounds View to avoid the urban problems— traffic, pollution, high taxes, and so on— that often seem to be associated with highly built -up, high housing density areas. Another specific cost factor to be concerned about is that today many of our utility services are at or approaching capacity, so that major new demands on those services would likely require expensive additions. Because lot sizes in Mounds View tend to be relatively large, we are vulnerable to pressure for lot splits and for multiple family housing. The consequence of what could amount to doubling of our housing is that existing services would have to be duplicated at a cost of many millions dollars to present residents— costs that are unlikely to be fully recovered by new tax revenues. I therefore see it as being an obligation of the City Council to resist these housing pressures unless benefits to the City can be clearly shown to outweigh costs. I have discussed before the many reasons for preserving our remaining wetlands, but I want to emphasis here the fact that they have been found to be effective in cleaning up storm water. This function will become highly important to us in the near future because the Federal Government will be requiring cities to do the cleaning job-- if not by natural means then by very expensive treatment plants. tin ordinance has been in preparation for some time which, if adopted by the new City Council, I am sure will go far toward meeting this second challenge. Lastly, it has been widely accepted practice in the past to supply services to developers based on the assumption that such investment will be returned through new tax revenues. It has become clear that this can be bad business for the City. Recognizing this, we are now requiring major developers to pay for their own storm water facilities. We now need to extend the principal that new development should pay its own way to other tility services in order to make sure that the residents are not left h olding the bill. Much of what we do in local government involves routine or actions that may be important to individuals but which do not have city wide impact. What makes the three issues i have cited different is they could mean many thousands of dollars to each resident. Consequently, it is here that 711 we on the new Council can make contributions. CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW January 5, 1981 7:00 p.m. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING 1. Administration of Oath of Office to Mayor and New Councilmembers 2. Approve Resolution No. 1222 Appointing Official Newspaper and Depository and Acting Mayor AGENDA SESSION A. Review Resolution No. 1221 Appointing Director and Alternate Director to the Suburban Rate Authority B. Consideration of Staff Recommendation Regarding Bids for Police Vehicles C. Consideration of Staff Recommendation Regarding Municipal Code Review and Revision D. Presentation of Parks and Open Space Plan E. Discussion of Forester Position and Sick Leave Status F. Consideration of Maternity Leave of Absence for Accountant Mayor McCarty called the Special Meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Mounds View City Hall Council Chambers. Members Present Councilmembers Hodges, 2. ROLL CALL Forslund, Doty, Blanchard and Mayor McCarty Staff Present Clerk Administrator Pauley Clerk Administrator Pauley issued the oath of office to Mayor Duane McCarty. Clerk- Administrator Pauley issued the oath of office to Councilmembers Phyllis Blanchard and Willard Doty. Councilmember Forslund made a motion, seconded by Doty, to adopt Resolution No. 1222 Resolution Appointing Official Newspaper, Official Depository, and Acting Mayor for 1981, and waive reading of the resolution. Ayes -5 Nay_ 0 s� Mayor McCarty delivered the annual Mayor's 5. MAYOR'S MESSAGE Message citing three major issues to be faced by the City of Mounds View during 1981, those being: developer's demands on services wetlands preservation traffic (Copy of Mayor's Message attached) Councilmember Doty made a motion, seconded by Hodges, to adjourn the meeting at 7:09 p.m. Ayes -5 Nays -0 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING City of Mounds View January 5, 1981 MOTION CARRIES MOTION CARRIES Respectfully sibmitted, 7 l/ Donald F. Pauley Clerk- Administ'Xator DATE APPROVED: 01 -26 -81 3. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS SWORN IN 4. RESOLTUION NO. 1222 RESOLUTION APPOINTING OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, OFFICIAL DEPOSITORY, AND ACTING MAYOR FOR 1981 6. ADJOURNMENT