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Mounds View City Council January 13, 2025 Regular Meeting Page 8 1 7. PUBLIC COMMENT 2 3 Mayor Lindstrom encouraged the public to speak with kindness and respect when addressing the 4 City Council during Public Comment. 5 6 Murwo Mohamed, 2657 Mounds View Boulevard, requested the City Council invest in new 7 workout equipment, including a smith machine and leg press for the Community Center. She 8 recommended that the lighting along Mounds View Boulevard also be improved for pedestrian 9 safety. She discussed how she takes the bus to work every day and noted she has almost been hit 10 twice on Long Lake Road when walking home from the bus stop. She asked that the police 11 department monitor the driver behavior in this area. She asked that a bus shelter be created at Long 12 Lake Road for warmth during the winter months. 13 14 Mayor Lindstrom indicated he would be speaking with the Met Council and explained he would 15 discuss lighting and a bus shelter. 16 17 Vince Meyer, 8380 Spring Lake Road, explained he submitted an information disclosure request 18 to the City. He reported he heard back from the City that they do not have the information he was 19 requesting. He understood staff had information on which driveways were installed incorrectly 20 and he would like this information to be passed along to him. 21 22 Joyce Jones Strait, 7728 Knollwood Drive, spoke to the Council regarding the Tribute Park. She 23 indicated she was born in St. Paul and moved to Mounds View when she was in kindergarten. She 24 explained she was now a school teacher and she lived through the pipeline explosion. She 25 remembered the funerals for the Spano girls. She reported she stood in her parent's living room 26 when the 35W Bridge collapsed. She appreciated how bridge and pipeline safety has been 27 improved since these events occurred. She noted she has multiple military members in her family. 28 She was of the opinion the Tribute Park should be community funded and not City funded. 29 30 Dr. Jean Strait, 7728 Knollwood Drive, stated she learned so much about the history of this 31 community by attending this meeting. She explained she grew up in a small town named 32 Johnstown where her father was the fire chief and her godfather was the police chief. She noted 33 she almost lost her dad in the 1977 flood. She understood the fear of not knowing if your loved 34 one will come home from. She stated she believed the Tribute Park was a wonderful idea that 35 needs to move forward. However, she was confused with how the City could agree to spend 36 $175,000 from the Special Projects Fund. She believed it was a conflict of interest that Council 37 Member Meehlhause had voted to move this project forward when he was a Mounds View Lion. 38 She feared the Council was getting sloppy with their actions. 39 40 Sharon Kirscher, 8406 Red Oak Drive, explained she lived through each of the tragedies in 41 Mounds View. She stated she liked the way this came together as a Tribute Park because this 42 would honor military and all first responders. 43 44 8. COUNCIL BUSINESS 45 46 None.