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Council Meeting Minutes February 9, 1988 I .Brandt updated council on 'meeting (Voss was terrified authority for development with Senator Novak. the Ramsey County Charter Commission's that the county might get bonding purposes); Sinda will discuss bonding ~ Brandt reported the North Suburban Cable Commission is still meet- ing every two weeks and the next sessions will address public ac- cess (what is it, who uses it, who doesn't use it, why, why not, what should it be, what can it be, who should make it that, what are the company's responsibilities under the agreement, are they living up to them or not, should they, are there better options, etc.) and they are seeking input from everyone; Sinda believed it would be worthwhile for Judy Goepel, the city's Events Coordina- tor, to attend. With regard to "council comments" in the Bulletin, Gunderman would like to pursue the articles as long as the articles are relative to issues rather than the person. Benke suggested articles be written from a personal perspective, and be scheduled through staff with a courtesy copy distributed to all councilmembers prior to publication. Benke stated the intent of the articles is to provide general awareness and background that councilmembers per- sonally feel to be informative; Gunderman agreed with the positive team building concept. I Sinda reported on a hearing at Spring Lake Park of a legislative commission that has been looking at transportation needs for the state; city councils have been taking a position because, unless there is more money in the state to take care of the road mainten- ance and building needs, there will be big problems. The Commis- sion is taking a leadership role and is putting together legisla- tion that would shift 30% of the automobile excise tax (which now goes into a general fund) to transportation and an increase of three-cents-per-gallon tax on gasoline. In response to Gunderman's question, Benke indicated the first hearing is tomorrow in the House and next week in the Senate. Motion by Gunderman, seconded by Larson, to SUPPORT A TRANSFER OF 30% OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX (MVET) FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE HIGHWAY FUND AND A 3% INCREASE IN THE GASOLINE TAX CONTIN- GENT UPON THE MVET TRANSFER BEING MADE. 4 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried I Benke announced the Northern Mayors' Association has retained Joseph Strauss as Executive Director for one year to primarily focus on developing clear-cut goals and objectives for the Associ- ation, and to make sure that transportation projects that trigger or serve developments come to the northern suburbs at the appro- priate time, and the motion just passed is consistent with that type of strategy. Gunderman stated both the New Brighton Area Historical Society and Stockyard Days, Inc. have asked about being a commission. Page 8