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Mounds View City Council September 27, 2021 <br />Regular Meeting Page 8 <br /> <br />Council Member Bergeron indicated this was a different world today and explained retail gun sales <br />was not an allowed use within City Code. <br /> <br />Mayor Mueller asked if retail gun sales were an allowed use within the B-2 District. City Attorney <br />Riggs clarified it was unclear that it was allowed under City Code because it was not mentioned. <br />He stated City Code has a catchall that states if a use is not mentioned, it is a prohibited use. He <br />believed the best course of action would be to have staff review this matter further and could report <br />back to the City Council at a future meeting. <br /> <br />Council Member Hull explained he tended to agree with the Mayor on this issue, but understood <br />he was in the minority. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Sevald reported he would study this issue further with the City <br />Attorney and would report back to the Council at a future meeting. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported the Local Surface Water Plan and <br />MOU was approved by the watershed district last week. He indicated the City was one step closer <br />to becoming the local governing unit (LGU) for storm water. He noted the sealcoating was now <br />completed for 2021. He explained the State approved the variance on Spring Lake Road last <br />Thursday. He thanked Andy Thomas and his staff in the Parks Department for putting on a great <br />Community Resource Fair on Saturday, September 18. He provided further comment on the work <br />that was being done on Water Treatment Plant 2. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated the splash pad has closed for the <br />season. He commented further on a sand filter that was required for the system and filter upgrades <br />already completed. <br /> <br />Council Member Meehlhause requested staff provide the Council with information regarding park <br />and community center rentals at a future Council meetings. <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer reported staff would be addressing the remaining fund budgets with the <br />Council at the next Council worksession meeting. <br /> <br /> ii.) Cul-De-Sac’s <br /> <br />City Administrator Zikmund stated the 2022-2023 street improvement projects have raised the <br />idea of cul-de-sacing a road. He reported MSA roads cannot have cul-de-sacs. <br /> <br /> iii.) Watershed Appointment/Local Government Control <br /> <br />City Administrator Zikmund stated the City has received a verbal request to continue to partner <br />with the Anoka County cities, led by Circle Pines. City Attorney Riggs commented on the small <br />expense to prepare a request to submit an amicus brief noting a lot of the work was done. He <br />estimated the brief would cost the City $500 to $2,000, depending on the requests that are made <br />by the other attorney. The consensus of the Council was to support staff moving forward on this <br />matter.