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Mounds View City Council September 25, 2017 Regular Meeting Page 6 1 B. Reports of Staff. 2 1. Crossroad Pointe (Verbal). 3 4 City Planner/Supervisor provided the Council with a verbal update on Crossroad Pointe. He 5 explained on Thursday, September 21St staff held a neighborhood meeting to discuss potential 6 development options for Crossroad Pointe. He stated 60 residents were in attendance and some 7 of the common themes were with the close proximity of the proposed indoor shooting range to 8 the adjacent residential neighborhood. He requested the Council discuss the proposed 9 development and provide staff with feedback on the proposed indoor shooting range. 10 I 1 Mayor Mueller opened this portion of the meeting up to public comment at 7:23 p.m. 12 13 Hearing no comments from the public, Mayor Mueller asked for comments from the Council 14 regarding the Crossroad Pointe redevelopment. 15 16 Mayor Mueller stated she would like to see the developer move forward with the four-story 17 market rate apartment building and townhomes with the gun club and with another option other 18 than the 16,000 s.f. indoor shooting range. She discussed the history of sporting goods stores in 19 Mounds View and explained that having gum sales in the community was not new to the City. 20 She stated in the end she would like to see the project moving forward. 21 22 Council Member Hull explained he supported the project as well. He indicated he visited a local 23 gun club in Chanhassen and found it to have a social atmosphere that was family friendly. He 24 believed that the gun club would draw people into the community. 25 26 Council Member Gunn agreed and stated she was in favor of the development project with the 27 gun club. She anticipated the proposed use would stand the test of time. 28 29 Council Member Meehlhause commented he has completely changed his stance on this project 30 since first hearing from the developer. He appreciated the fact that the developer talked to the 31 Mounds View Police Chief and noted Police Chief Harder offered his full support to the indoor 32 shooting range. He understood that the indoor range would greatly benefit the Police 33 Department. He explained he visited the gun club in Chanhassen and discussed the decibel 34 requirements for these establishments. He appreciated the fact that alcohol was not allowed in 35 these facilities. He noted he also visited the gun clubs in Robbinsdale and Osseo. He reported 36 Osseo and Robbinsdale have had no issues with their gun clubs. He explained he would now be 37 willing to offer his support to the project with an indoor shooting range. 38 39 Council Member Bergeron thanked staff for providing a very informative neighborhood meeting 40 last Thursday. He commented on how the development has changed each time he has heard from 41 the developer. He supported the developer pursuing other options for the specialty retail space, 42 other than the indoor gun range. 43 44 Interim City Administrator Zilcmund updated the Council on the City Administrator search. He 45 asked if the Council had any feedback on this process. The Council had no additional feedback.