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Mounds View City Council February 26, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 10 entity acting to defend him or herself or to protect members of the general public from an immediate life-threatening danger”. He believed such an Ordinance would not impact any member of the community from owning a firearm, from possessing or carrying a firearm lawfully in the City or to transport a firearm out of the City for practice purposes. He indicated this type of Ordinance would place Mounds View on the leading edge of the country in an effort to curtail deadly shootings of any kind. Kenneth Glidden, 5240 Edgewood Drive, encouraged the Council to consider if the proposed Ordinance amendment would make the residents of Mounds View safer. Lisa Rolfs, 8429 Eastwood Road, stated she was not the only person in the room that found this topic and the two separate hearings confusing. She believed most of the people in the room had not heard about the gun range until two weeks ago, much less understood why the Council was proceeding with an Ordinance amendment that would now allow the discharge of weapons in the City. She indicated she felt like she was running trying to catch up to a speeding train without fully understanding the topics on the table. She explained she was in favor of City Code aligning with State Statute. However, she believed this was all that should be considered at this time. She encouraged the Council to not rush through an amendment that would allow the discharge of guns at a gun range at this time. She feared that the Council was simply acting on behalf of a private party and not in the best interests of the Mounds View residents. Joan Dauphinee, 7801 Gloria Circle, stated she has been trying to investigate all of the things that are happening in the City. She questioned if Mounds View would be reviewing this Ordinance if a developer had not proposed a gun club with apartments. She asked if the Heartland Gun Club had assisted the City with the proposed amendment. She reported the NRA was pushing gun shops and gun ranges into suburban areas and she feared people were becoming numb to guns. She stated she was perplexed and confused as to why the City was pursuing this change. She could not understand why Heartland Gun Club was coming to Mounds View, Minnesota for a gun club when their only other location was in Florida. She encouraged the Council to consider the back room deals that were being made surrounding guns. She stated she was scared and nervous about this issue. She indicated she has done lock down drills with kids, talked with these kids and understood these kids would change the climate of America right now. She encouraged the Council to be transparent with their actions and believed this issue would not be coming before the City if it weren’t for INH and the Heartland Gun Club. Ann Zierdt, 7416 Parkview Drive, noted the definition of transparent as having thoughts, feelings or motives that are easily perceived. She believed now was not the time to consider amending the City’s gun Ordinance given the number of shootings that are occurring in the country. She questioned why the developer, Pat Egan, had been consulting with the City on this matter if the City was simply coming into compliance with State Statute. She believed there was no reason for Pat Egan to be at City meetings. She feared his only interest in the City was gun club and not any retail or apartments. She thanked the Council for their dedicated service to the community but asked them to be transparent regarding this project. She commented on January 15th she left messages with Penny Howard and Chris Lennox as she wanted to learn about their stance on the proposed gun club. She stated she received a call back from Chris Lennox and was told by the