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Mounds View City Council June 12, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 4 1 Vince Meyer, 8380 Spring Lake Park Road, stated on May 19 he visited the Public Works facility. 2 He reported he has some problems with the area in front of his yard. He commented the soil put in 3 his yard was full of rocks. He explained the City has since hydroseeded over this soil. He believed 4 grass would not grow in this rock filled soil. He discussed how the poor soil that was used was 5 also impacting the driveways and trail. He reported the City has also hydroseeded over stumps and 6 concrete chunks. He stated he would be having the University of Minnesota on his property to test 7 his soil. He questioned if the City would be paying to replace this soil once the test results came 8 back. He requested the City Council look further into his concerns because these issues had to be 9 fixed. 10 11 Rene Johnson, 7385 Pleasant View Drive, asked where ideas for the Community Center expansion 12 came from. She questioned if this was from a group of residents, a Commission, staff members or 13 the City Council. She has not heard of any basketball leagues who have committed to coming to 14 Mounds View. She believed government needed vision in order to sustain itself. She feared the 15 vision was short -sided at this time. She feared the proposed improvements at the Community 16 Center would not thrive if not promoted. She indicated the Council needed community buy in, and 17 the Council did not have this. She discussed how Arden Hills will be developing the TCAAP site 18 in the near future. She suggested Mounds View preserve its small bedroom community feel that 19 welcomes visitors to its parks and tree lined streets. She did not support filling all open areas with 20 apartment buildings without checking current occupancy rates. She challenged the Council to 21 rethink how to draw people into the community and the Community Center. 22 23 CR Barragan, 7765 Spring Lake Road, stated he was pleased being a Vietnam Veteran that the 24 meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. However, he has learned that sometimes when 25 things are often repeated the meaning has been lost. He then read the Pledge of Allegiance and 26 discussed the promises that were made when the pledge was recited. He suggested if this was the 27 City's motto that these core values be adhered to, otherwise the City Council should stop saying 28 the Pledge of Allegiance. 29 30 Valerie Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, noted she has lived in the City of Mounds View for the 31 past 44 years. She commented on the Community Center survey and explained she would like to 32 see a list of the questions that were asked. She stated she would like the community to be able to 33 make comments at the Council work session meetings. 34 35 Acting Mayor Meehlhause reported there was only one meeting where public comment was not 36 taken, and this was a mistake in hindsight. 37 38 Ms. Amundsen thanked Acting Mayor Meehlhause for the clarification and reminded the Council 39 that the City Charter gives the residents of Mounds View certain rights and hearing public 40 comments was one of the rights that was very clearly articulated. She understood it has not been 41 the City's practice to have record keeping at the work session meetings but she knew other cities 42 were using having this work done. She urged the Council to consider moving in this direction. 43 44 Sharon Kirscher, 8406 Red Oak Drive, stated she was unable to get the garbage survey to work. 45 She requested the City fix the problem in order to allow people rank the haulers. 46