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Mounds View City Council September 27, 2021 Regular Meeting Page 8 1 Council Member Bergeron indicated this was a different world today and explained retail gun sales 2 was not an allowed use within City Code. 3 4 Mayor Mueller asked if retail gun sales were an allowed use within the B-2 District. City Attorney 5 Riggs clarified it was unclear that it was allowed under City Code because it was not mentioned. 6 He stated City Code has a catchall that states if a use is not mentioned, it is a prohibited use. He 7 believed the best course of action would be to have staff review this matter further and could report 8 back to the City Council at a future meeting. 9 10 Council Member Hull explained he tended to agree with the Mayor on this issue, but understood 11 he was in the minority. 12 13 Community Development Director Sevald reported he would study this issue further with the City 14 Attorney and would report back to the Council at a future meeting. 15 16 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported the Local Surface Water Plan and 17 MOU was approved by the watershed district last week. He indicated the City was one step closer 18 to becoming the local governing unit (LGU) for storm water. He noted the sealcoating was now 19 completed for 2021. He explained the State approved the variance on Spring Lake Road last 20 Thursday. He thanked Andy Thomas and his staff in the Parks Department for putting on a great 21 Community Resource Fair on Saturday, September 18. He provided further comment on the work 22 that was being done on Water Treatment Plant 2. 23 24 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated the splash pad has closed for the 25 season. He commented further on a sand filter that was required for the system and filter upgrades 26 already completed. 27 28 Council Member Meehlhause requested staff provide the Council with information regarding park 29 and community center rentals at a future Council meetings. 30 31 Finance Director Beer reported staff would be addressing the remaining fund budgets with the 32 Council at the next Council worksession meeting. 33 34 ii.) Cul-De-Sac's 35 36 City Administrator Zikmund stated the 2022-2023 street improvement projects have raised the 37 idea of cul-de-sacing a road. He reported MSA roads cannot have cul-de-sacs. 38 39 iii.) Watershed Appointment/Local Government Control 40 41 City Administrator Zikmund stated the City has received a verbal request to continue to partner 42 with the Anoka County cities, led by Circle Pines. City Attorney Riggs commented on the small 43 expense to prepare a request to submit an amicus brief noting a lot of the work was done. He 44 estimated the brief would cost the City $500 to $2,000, depending on the requests that are made 45 by the other attorney. The consensus of the Council was to support staff moving forward on this 46 matter.