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Mounds View City Council July 8, 2024 <br /> Regular Meeting Page 5 <br /> 1 Mayor Lindstrom opened the meeting for public comment. <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Rene Johnson, 7385 Pleasant View Drive, explained she and her husband supported this <br /> 4 Resolution. She discussed her journey with Mapping Prejudice and reported having their racial <br /> 5 covenants discharged. She commented on the power of words,how they can hurt or they heal. She <br /> 6 hoped to set a strong example in this community for her family as she wanted everyone to be <br /> 7 treated with kindness and respect. She thanked the City Council and staff members for all of their <br /> 8 efforts to address this matter. She urged those who received a letter from staff to have their racial <br /> 9 covenants discharged. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Joyce Jones-Strait, 7728 Knollwood Drive, spoke to the Council regarding racial covenant <br /> 12 language. She thanked the Mayor for his work to have the racial covenants on City-owned <br /> 13 properties discharged. She explained her property did not have racial covenant in place but when <br /> 14 reviewing the map of Mounds View, she learned that many of her neighbors did. She encouraged <br /> 15 her neighbors to have these covenants discharged, even though they were not enforceable,because <br /> 16 it was the right thing to do to dismantle the hate that was perpetuated by former systems. It was <br /> 17 her hope Mounds View would be a beloved community that brings justice to this issue. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Dr. Jean Strait, 7728 Knollwood Drive, explained she supported the discharging of racial <br /> 20 covenants on all properties in Mounds View. She stated she was a Hamline University Professor <br /> 21 and wrote the first ever Truth and Racial Healing Grant which created the Truth, Racial Healing <br /> 22 and Transformation Center at Hamline University. She discussed how removing racial covenants <br /> 23 was one way to dismantle systemic injustice and wanted Mounds View to lead by example. She <br /> 24 reported after first reviewing the map for Mounds View, she was shocked to see how many <br /> 25 properties had racial covenants in place. She indicated these covenants were felt as racist <br /> 26 discriminatory language of exclusion. She urged all residents of Mounds View to have their <br /> 27 covenants discharged in order to assist in creating an inclusive community for all. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Andre Cohen,7951 Greenwood Drive,stated he was proud of this community and the City Council <br /> 30 for stepping up and defending liberty and freedom through action. He understood freedom was not <br /> 31 free. He explained the cost for freedom was action and he was proud of his community. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Timothy David Wood, 2501 Sherwood Road, reported he has a degree in sociology and he <br /> 34 sometimes felt that racism didn't necessarily impact him.He stated it wasn't until he learned about <br /> 35 other ways discrimination impacted him or other people that he became more aware. He <br /> 36 commented on the time he spent studying abroad in Ireland and how important religion was to <br /> 37 those in that country. He discussed how things have been given or handed to him because of the <br /> 38 color of his skin. He explained he tried to consider how a black man would feel walking into <br /> 39 similar situations as him. He stated he completely supported the City approving the discharging <br /> 40 of racial covenants in the City of Mounds View. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Bob King, 7408 Silver Lake Road, noted he had a covenant on his property. He explained he was <br /> 43 proud of Mounds View for making it easy for residents to have their covenants discharged. He <br /> 44 understood it was important to have these covenants discharged and he did not ever want this to <br /> 45 be an issue for his property. <br /> 46 <br />
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