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