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Mounds View City Council July 8, 2024 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 Fire Chief Retka stated he was really proud of the great work that was being done by the fire corps 2 team. 3 4 Mayor Lindstrom thanked Fire Chief Retka and the entire SBM Fire Department for their 5 dedicated service to the community. 6 7 8. COUNCIL BUSINESS 8 A. Resolution 9950, Supporting Mapping Prejudice — Director Dr. Kirsten 9 Delegard,Michael Corey, Technical Lead. 10 11 Dr. Kirsten Delegard thanked the Council for their public service. She discussed the work she has 12 been doing with Mapping Prejudice in order to bring light to how race has shaped the environment 13 over the past century. She commented on the policies that were put in place to steer public and 14 private investments as well as determining who has access to highly resourced schools and 15 greenspace. She indicated the Twin Cities metro area has one of the highest racial gaps when it 16 came to home ownership. She reviewed an example of the racial covenants that were in place in 17 Mounds View. She commented further on how her team has worked to map prejudice and had 18 worked to flag deeds that have racial covenants in place. She discussed how she has worked with 19 more than 9,000 volunteers on this project. She reported more than 30,000 racial covenants have 20 been identified to date. She commented how racial covenants drove segregation in the metro area 21 and legitimized violence against black residents, while also impacting generational wealth for 22 decades. She believed the City was sitting in a moment of historic opportunity and she appreciated 23 how the City Council was addressing this matter. She appreciated how the City was 24 acknowledging the racial covenants or structural racism that was in place and she looked forward 25 to working with Mounds View residents to have these covenants discharged. 26 27 A round of applause was offered by all in attendance. 28 29 Mayor Lindstrom thanked Dr. Delegard for her detailed presentation on Mapping Prejudice. 30 31 City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council approve a Resolution supporting Mapping 32 Prejudice. He explained the City has been working to bring awareness in order to have racial 33 covenants within the City of Mounds View properly discharged. He explained the City would be 34 donating $1,000 in charitable gambling funds to Mapping Prejudice in order to assist with their 35 efforts. 36 37 Council Member Clark requested further information on the letters that were sent from the City to 38 residents. City Administrator Zikmund explained per the Council's direction staff sent letters to 39 residents that have racial covenants in place. He noted the packet of information sent to residents 40 included a letter from staff explaining racial covenants,along with a form to assist with discharging 41 the covenants. He reported he has had residents reaching out to him or visiting City Hall in order 42 to have their racial covenants discharged. 43 44 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Clark. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9950, 45 condemning the use of Discriminatory Covenants, Discharging Discriminatory Covenants on City 46 Property and Supporting Mapping Prejudice.