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Mounds View City Council February 26, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 12 1 its Ordinances in compliance with State and Federal law and he was told no. He was told local 2 governments have the right to have their own Ordinances and what they want in it. Mr. Chou 3 recommended he contact an attorney to do pro bono work on behalf of the Mounds View 4 residents. He explained he was very seriously considering taking this action. He commented the 5 vast majority of residents of Mounds View do not want a gun club/gun range in this City. 6 7 Dr. Kathleen Higgins, 7801 Gloria Circle, requested a show of hands from the members in the 8 audience who were against the proposed Ordinance amendment. Fifty-three members of the 9 audience raised their hands. 10 11 Mr. Kosel stated he wanted the Ordinance changed to include an absolute prohibition of gun 12 sales and gun use within Mounds View. 13 14 Danielle Fixell, 2528 Ridge Lane, asked how long the City has not been in compliance with State 15 Statute and questioned why the City was making a change at this time. 16 17 Mayor Mueller stated she was uncertain how long the City has been out of compliance. 18 19 Hearing no further public input, Mayor Mueller closed the public hearing at 8:26 p.m. 20 21 Council Member Bergeron encouraged the members of the public to remain in attendance to 22 witness the vote. 23 24 Council Member Hull questioned when the developers came before the Council to discuss their 25 plans for Crossroad Pointe. City Planner/Supervisor Sevald explained this occurred in August of 26 2017. 27 28 Council Member Hull commented he believed residents have had plenty of time to inform 29 themselves on this topic given the fact the Council has been discussing this matter since August 30 of 2017. He asked how long the Crossroad Pointe property has been vacant. City 31 Planner/Supervisor Sevald stated the site has been vacant since 2013. 32 33 Council Member Hull requested further information on the developments that have been 34 proposed for this property since 2013. City Planner/Supervisor Sevald discussed the 35 developments that have been proposed for this site. He noted a Hy -Vee would not fit on this site 36 due to the fact they require 10 acres of land. 37 38 Council Member Hull understood the public was looking for more retail in the City. He 39 provided further comment on how retail was dying due to increased sales on the internet. 40 41 Council Member Meehlhause inquired if a City could prohibit the sale of firearms. City Attorney 42 Riggs explained this would be difficult for a City to do but noted zoning requirements could be 43 put in place. 44 45 Council Member Meehlhause questioned how the City was made aware of the fact it needed to