HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000052_pg065Utir Home Rule Charter, effective January third of this year, diren-bothat
the mayor annually report on the state of the City. This requirement
rerresents one of a number of ongoing efforts to get increased public
awreness and participation in City Government. Anotner example of this
effort is the survey that has just been sent out for the purpose of
determining the needs ana desires of residents for park facilities.
Another is current efforts to establish. neighborhood associations to
oetter bin clown local interests and concerns. A Charter requirement
which also aids the two-way communication we seek is for more City News-
letters . The Newsletters will include, each year, summaries of, the
budget and a five-year plan for improvements in public services and
facilities, TMs last feature will provide residents with information and
the opportunity to have input on long-term direction for each City
Department.
The Planning Commission is currently working toward a revised comprehensive
plan which will, in part, set out zoning for future physical development
for the City. The Comprehensive Plan in conjunction with the previously .
mentioned long-term plan. for the city _departments will do much to shape
our remaining growth. In this connection, the consensus .appears to be
that !,eunds View should remain primarily a "bedroom" community. liewever,
I intend to encourage further surveys such os the current one on
in order to better estatlish the wishes of the public in these matters.
Two major concerns facing Mounds View are the relocation of Highway 10
and the threatened expansion of Anoka County Airport. 'On last December
7th, Minnesot Department of Transportation Commissioner Braun established
that the future corridor for Highway 10 would he along the northern
border of Mounds View, thus rejecting suggestions that the corridor be
located farther north so as to relieve anticipated noise problems from
truck. traffic. It has been difficult to make a case for a more northerly
route in the face of resolutions by earlier City Councils (going back
to 1971) and highway department plans that supported the proposed relocation.-
New that the decision has been made, the Council is concentrating its
efforts toward minimizing the problems that the relocation could bring.