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Mounds View City Council June 26, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 7 1 encouraged the Council to not consider what other communities are doing but rather to remain true 2 to Mounds View. 4 Chris Lillemo, 5132 Long Lake Road, asked if the trash survey has been fixed and do the questions 5 make sense. He feared that this was not the case. He questioned why the City wanted to control 6 trash hauling. He stated after hearing the comments from the haulers he was wondering why the 7 City wanted to aid in getting rid of the little guy. He supported the trash haulers having proper 8 competition in order to provide better service for their customers. He recommended the City focus 9 on how to fix property taxes and that the Council consider how to spend wisely on behalf of its 10 residents. 11 12 Kathy Lee, 7719 Woodlawn Drive, requested the Council hear the voices of the public when it 13 comes to the Ardan project. Even if this meant selling the land to local residents. 14 15 Julie Clark, 8005 Woodlawn Drive, stated she moved to Mounds View seven years ago and the 16 Ardan area was labeled as a park. She commented on the goals for the City's parks. She encouraged 17 the City to create a destination park with trail connections on the Ardan property. She reviewed 18 the location of the potential redevelopment areas within the 2040 Comp Plan and noted the Ardan 19 Park was not included, nor did the Strategic Plan align with the Comp Plan. She then reviewed 20 photos of a nature center and trails stating this would be a better use of the forest and wetland area. 21 22 Cindy Camarillo, 5299 Greenfield Avenue, explained her street was dead ended when the 23 Greystone Flats were built. She indicated she had concerns with the Ardan development as the 24 City had no infrastructure in place to support children and families. She stated the City did not 25 have inner city transportation, clinics or daycares which meant the new residents would be using 26 the same routes as existing residents. She feared the City did not have a cohesive plan in place but 27 rather was putting projects into available pockets. She encouraged the Council to revisit how it 28 wants to develop. She did not believe the City's streets were taking a beating because of the trash 29 haulers, but rather there can be defaults in the concrete or asphalt. 30 31 Bob King, 7408 Silver Lake Road, asked what happened to voting in Mounds View. He was of 32 the opinion Ardan should be voted on by the residents, along with organized trash collection. He 33 did not appreciate living in a City that told its residents what to do. He recommended another 34 Council vote be held in February so the residents do not have to wait until April to have another 35 special election. 36 37 Crystal Hoon, 2501 Sherwood Road, defined the term desertification and commented on how 38 important it was to heal the land. She reported she lives on a nice sized lot in Mounds View and it 39 would remain healthy and organic. She noted one-third of the planet was threatened by 40 desertification. She noted the dust bowl was a human created desertification. She explained the 41 residents of Mounds View have ideas for the Ardan property in order to keep it healthy and 42 protected. 43 44 Tiffany Alexander-Susens, 5209 O'Connell Drive, commented she was concerned about the Ardan 45 proposal. She reported the loss of this space would be detrimental to the community. In addition, 46 the loss of the wetland would make the draught situation worse. She recommended the Council