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Mounds View City Council March 9, 2026 Regular Meeting Page 3 of municipal public property. He reviewed the information that was provided by the City Attorney 1 and reiterated that this would be a policy that would be overseen by the City Administrator. 2 3 Council Member Clark expressed concern with the fact there were language differences in the 4 ordinances. 5 6 Mayor Lindstrom stated he believed the entire version of the ordinance was within the packet, just 7 the order may have been mixed up. He supported the Council moving forward with the Ordinance 8 approval and staff can review the language further. 9 10 Council Member Smith asked if the policy was part of this ordinance. City Administrator Zikmund 11 clarified the policy was not part of the ordinance. 12 13 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Clark. To Waive the Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance 1056, 14 Regulating Use of Municipal Public Property directing staff to publish an ordinance summary. 15 16 ROLL CALL: Clark/Gunn/Meehlhause/Smith/Lindstrom. 17 18 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 19 20 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Approve the City of Mounds View Separation 21 Ordinance Policy. 22 23 Council Member Smith explained she would not be going up to, nor would she be identifying any 24 squad car or ghost vehicle. She commented she did not have the authority to walk up to a federal 25 agent and ask why they were operating in the community. She indicated this policy would require 26 the City Councilmembers to do this, and she wanted to make it clear that she would not be taking 27 this action. 28 29 Council Member Meehlhause questioned if the intent of the policy language was to have a City 30 employee if they observe a vehicle in the City, report this to the City Administrator. 31 32 Council Member Gunn stated this was how she was reading the policy. 33 34 Council Member Smith expressed concern with the fact the City may be blowing the cover of 35 undercover federal agents working in the community. She did not support City officials taking 36 this action. 37 38 Mayor Lindstrom stated he anticipated suspicious vehicles calls will be made to the police 39 department and the police department could make a determination on what activity was occurring. 40 If it was determined there were federal agents conducting immigration activities, the City 41 Administrator would then be contacted and could take action. 42 43 Council Member Smith reiterated that there would be no penalty for federal agents operating in 44 the City, which led her to question why the City was passing this policy and ordinance in the first 45 place. 46