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Item No: 8A <br /> MOUNDS VIEW Meeting Date: July 2024 <br /> Type of Business: Council Business <br /> City Administrator Review: <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Nyle Zikmund, City Administrator <br /> Item Title/Subject: Discharge of Racial Covenants <br /> Second Reading Ordinance 1014 - requiring Discharge of <br /> Discriminatory Covenants on Private Property at Point of <br /> Sale. ROLL CALL VOTE of Ordinance 1014 and ordering <br /> Summary Publication. <br /> Introduction: <br /> At the July 8, 2024 Council meeting, council adopted Resolution 9950 supporting <br /> Mapping Prejudice and providing a $1,000 donation from the Charitable Gambling fund <br /> to further their mission. Council also adopted Resolution 9951 of Support/Joining Just <br /> Deeds Project — a partner in the effort to repudiated Discriminatory Covenants. <br /> Council conducted a public hearing and first reading of Ordinance 1014 - Discharging <br /> discriminatory covenants on private property at point of sale required at the July 8, 2024 <br /> Council Meeting. <br /> This is the second reading of Ordinance 1014. Staff has received no correspondence <br /> or communication since the first reading. <br /> Discussion: <br /> Mapping Prejudice Project: <br /> In the past decade, there has been a renewed interest in Minnesota/Metro Area in <br /> discharging them from property records. The University of Minnesota Mapping Prejudice <br /> Project, created in 2016 as an experiment has reset the effort of ease in discharging of <br /> covenants. Their interactive website map allows anyone/property owners with access to <br /> a computer to obtain the basic but critical information to complete DISCHARGE OF <br /> RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AFFECTING PROTECTED CLASSES Minn.Stat.507.18 <br /> Form 40.10.01 (2019). <br /> Upon completion of the form, and submission to Ramsey County Recorders office, which <br /> is waiving the $43 filing fee, the discharge process is completed. <br /> See attachments for more information on the Mapping Prejudice Project <br /> The Mounds View Vision <br /> A Thriving Desirable Community <br />