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is a little separate issue than the site plan. Mr. Lindberg's comments have been heard, but those types of complaints are true for every neighborhood; they are true for her street. There is broken glass in the sandbox at any of the parks. Management of rental properties is not. easy. She has experience with her parents condominium that has professional management, and they are not low-income housing. There are problems with management companies all the time; it is part of the nature of the game with associations, rentals or condos. That is not to say Mr. Lindberg's concerns have not been heard. They will do what they can as a City to playa role in addressing it, but she does not think it is unique to this particular situation and the fact that it is ACCAP or low income housing. Councilmember Jeffrey stated when that project went in at Sunwood Drive he was there for all the meetings and told the residents there that prior to his time on the Council and Planning Commission he wanted to take an active role in the community. He hears Mr. Lindberg's concerns and would like to have a conversation with him. That project is in his ward and he would like to sit down and talk about the concerns that were voiced here tonight because this is the first he has heard of these. He agrees these are two separate issues; there has been tragedy in various places in the City and it has nothing to do with an ACCAP project or anything else. Motion carried. V oting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Jeffrey, Olson, and Strommen. Voting No: Councilmembers Dehen and Look. Case #5: Contracted Towing Services for the City of Ramsey Police Chief Way stated at the May 8, 2007 City Council work session, Council decided the towing contract should be opened up to allow for a request for proposals process to provide the service for the City. Based upon Council direction, a Request for Proposal was made available for interested parties. A notice was published in the Anoka County Union once a week for two weeks, May 18, 2007 through May 25, 2007. The deadline for proposals was Friday, June 1, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. As of 8:00 a.m. on Monday, June 4, the City received one proposal for the towing services. North Star Towing and Service Center, Inc. submitted a proposal prior to the June 1, 2007 deadline. Their proposal met all of the requirements as stated in the RFP. Chief Way indicated with this process he followed the exact procedure that was followed in 2003. On March 7,2003, RFP's were made available with a deadline of March 31, 2003. In that case three RFP's were mailed out after they were requested by the interested parties, and three RFP's were submitted. Two RFP's came in on the last day and one was received on March 28, 2003. North Star came in on Thursday, the 31 st. They were due on Friday and he was not in the office when anything came in; it was Monday when he returned to the office. Staff recommends entering into a two year contract with North Star Towing and Services, Inc., 833 N. Street, Anoka,MN 55303 for towing, impounding and storage of motor vehicles. Mayor Gamec inquired aboutthe publication. Police Chief Way replied notification was published two weeks in a row. Mr. Robert Bowtan, local business owner of Champlin Towing Inc. located at 14300 Sunfish Lake Boulevard, stated he was not mailed the RFP's last time and he does not recall asking for one then. He was here at a meeting asking for an RFP. City Council / June 12, 2007 Page 14 of29