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Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting August 22, 2022 Page 2 1 7. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS - CONTINUED 2 B. 2°d Quarter PD Report — Police Chief Harder. 3 4 Police Chief Harder reviewed the Mounds View Police Department's second quarter report with 5 the Council. He stated drug arrests were down, but noted VCET was still active in the community. 6 He explained DUI offenses were up along with theft offenses. He stated this was not just a Mounds 7 View issue, but rather theft was up 30% throughout the entire metro area. He encouraged the 8 residents of Mounds View to register their catalytic convertors with the Mounds View Police 9 Department. 10 11 Mayor Mueller stated she lives on Groveland Road between Mounds View Boulevard and 85tn 12 She discussed how the construction traffic along Groveland Road was adversely impacting the 13 residents in her neighborhood. She requested the Mounds View Police Department place extra 14 enforcement along Groveland Road. Police Chief Harder discussed how his officers were 15 distributed throughout the City to address crime and speeding. 16 17 Council Member Meehlhause thanked the Mounds View Police Department for their tremendous 18 efforts on behalf of the community, and Chief Harder for his leadership. 19 20 C. Jill Brown and Troy Olsen — North Metro Mayors. 21 22 Jill Brown, Executive Director of the North Metro Mayors, introduced herself to the City Council. 23 She thanked the Council for being a member of the North Metro Mayors organization. She 24 commented on the great work this organization has done by pulling together the mayors in the 25 North Metro. 26 27 Troy Olsen, North Metro Mayors representative, introduced himself to the Council noting he was 28 a lobbyist for North Metro Mayors. He discussed the roadway projects North Metro Mayors was 29 lobbying for at this time. He commented further on the candidate forums that are hosted by North 30 Metro Mayors. 31 32 Mayor Mueller thanked Ms. Brown and Mr. Olsen for their presentation and for working 33 effectively on behalf of the City of Mounds View. 34 35 Mayor Mueller recommended the Council address Item 6 — Public Comment next. 36 37 6. PUBLIC COMMENT 38 39 Sheryl Hoye, 7750 Long Lake Road, discussed the rerouting of Bus Route 25. She explained she 40 received a letter from Metro Transit letting her know that a bus would now be driving past her 41 home. She highly opposed this. She questioned how many of the Councilmembers lived on a bus 42 route. 43 44 Mayor Mueller reported she lives on a bus route and noted this has not been a problem. 45 46 Ms. Hoye asked if Mounds View was incentivized in any way by having buses.