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Special City Council Meeting Monday,June 1, 2015 Page 4 the steps being taken to-date. Ms. Mueller expressed her interest in being out and about in the community, and also expressed her desire to be more involved in driving this effort and meeting these initiatives, and offered her assistance to the City Council in achieving that goal. Specific to litter, Ms. Mueller opined that this not just a situation in SE Roseville, but throughout the community, further opining that the battle also involved other bordering communities who may,have different priorities than Roseville, but im- pacted Roseville's efforts also. Ms. Mueller opined that she didn't feel safe when finding trash everywhere, since she felt that frequently spun out of control and made the overall situation worse, while also affecting water quality. As an exam- ple, Ms. Mueller noted the litter at bus stops at Larpenteur Avenue and Rice Street, as well as at County Road B and Rice Street, and their lack of garbage cans and therefore litter issues. Ms. Mueller advised that she had been battling differ- ent agencies to find the responsible party to address about his concern. Ms. Mueller concluded by asking the City Council to please clean up the streets of Roseville literally and figuratively; and offered her assistance wherever and as needed. d. Lisa McCormick,Wheeler Street Ms. McCormick offered her support of the previous speakers. Ms. McCormick noted when the Pawn America business license renewal came forward last fall, she brought forward a model ordinance as a recommendation to help tie that license to its conditional use. However, Ms. McCormick stated that she had heard nothing since that recommendation, and reminded the City Council of this and asked them to follow-up and report to the public on that issue. e. Frank Hess, 1907 Shady Beach Avenue As a life-long resident of Roseville, Mr. Hess stated his feeling that their quadrant of the community was not taken into consideration, especially with the pawn shops and multi-family apartments surrounding their neighborhood. Mr. Hess al- so offered his assistance to the City in addressing the situation. f. Diane Hilden, Bayview Drive Ms. Hilden endorsed the comments of her neighbors, opining that this was a tacky gateway to the City of Roseville and was getting worse, with crime issues in that - area for some time. Ms. Hilden recognized the multiple jurisdictions involved, and long-term issues of the nightclub, offering some anecdotal history of negative happenings and activities throughout the years. With serious issues, including suspected gang activity, Ms. Hilden admitted it was scary to live across from these businesses; and also noted previous problems at McCarron's Beach involv- ing rival gang activity. While recognizing some solutions found by multiple po-