HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000042_pg253PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA
A regular meeting of the Mounds View City Council was called to order by
Mayor Pickar on September 13, 1976, at 8:03 p.m., at Mounds View City Hall,
2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112.
Present: Mayor Pickar
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
Absent:
Also
Hodges
Baumgartner
Rowley
Councilmember Shelquist
present: Clerk - Admin. Achen
Attorney Meyers
Engineer Hubbard
MSP (Baumgartner - Rowley) to approve the minutes as presented of August 23,
1976 regular meeting.
CITIZENS COMMENTS E REQUESTS. Mr. Gordon Ziebarth, 5150 Bona Road, presented
the Council with a check for $4,000 on behalf of the Mounds View Bicentennial
Commission. Mr. Ziebarth then read a statement from the Executive Director
of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission in which they approved
a grant for a community billboard. Mayor Pickar stated he knew that getting
this grant was no small thing. Mayor Pickar, speaking for the rest of
the Council, thanked Mr. Ziebarth and the Commission for the effort
they put into this project. Mr. Ziebarth stated that they can appreciate
the work involved with filing all of the forms after forms for the grant.
Councilmember Hodges questioned when this sign will go up. Mr. Ziebarth
stated they are shooting to be in the ground and operating before the snow
flies, if it doesn't snow before November.
Mr. Bruce Lindgren, 2847 County Rd. H -2, stated his neighbor and he did
not get the initial statement that they had to register their property
for the inspection program. Now they got a notice they are past due and
will have to pay a double fee of $30. Mr. Lindgren stated that it may
have been an oversight on his part, but when his neighbor didn't get it
either, they don't think it is fair to pay $30 to get one unit inspected
when they did not get the initial notice.
Mayor Pickar stated that he discussed this with the Attorney. Atty. Meyers
stated the ordinance we adopted was published in the legal paper, so that
notice was given. The City, since this is the first year, went to the
extra effort of mailing notices to persons we have on record as being
owners. Most of the response received was about the fee itself, but no
one claimed they did not get the notice. Atty. Meyers does not think
it would be prudent to waive any of the double fees. The City will
probably go to court on some of these, and the City should not be in the
position of unevenly enforcing the law. Lack of mailed notice is unfortunate,
but not fatal as far as the City's position goes.
Mr. Lloyd Mavis, 2833 County Rd. H -2, stated that someone else owned both
of the places and maybe he got the notice. He stated that sometimes the
mailboxes are open and the mail gets blown around. Mr. Mavis stated that
it should have been a registered letter. Atty. Meyers stated that published
notice is sufficient by law.
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