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Mounds View City Council July 22, 2024 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom explained an administrative penalty would be charged to residents that do not <br />have their racial covenants discharged before point of sale. He anticipated that most residents in <br />Mounds View would want to take care of this on a voluntary basis. He stated the City Council <br />could escalate the fines in the future if there was a great deal of non-compliance. <br /> <br />Luke Edmond, 8407 Spring Lake Road, questioned if the buyer or seller was getting penalized. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom reported the seller would be penalized. <br /> <br />Catherine Smith, 2142 Bell Lane, inquired what the timeline was to have the racial covenants <br />discharged before fines would be assessed. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom indicated the City would work with the homeowner at the time of sale on this <br />matter. He explained a sewer line inspection would have to be completed at the point of sale as <br />well. <br /> <br />Sharon Kirscher, 8406 Red Oak Drive, asked how many people have come forward so far to have <br />their racial covenants discharged. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom understood that 30 residents have had their racial covenants discharged to date. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom closed the meeting for public comment. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Clark/Gunn. To Waive the Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance 1014, <br />Adding a New Chapter 38 to Title II of Mounds View City Code Regarding Discriminatory <br />Covenants. <br /> <br />ROLL CALL: Cermak/Clark/Gunn/Lindstrom. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom read a statement as to why the community was responsible for doing something <br />about racism. He stated at Alcoholics Anonymous there is a statement, when anyone anywhere <br />reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA to be available and for that I am responsible. He stated <br />when Mounds View began to approach the topic of racial covenants the Council did so through a <br />lens of the legacy of exclusion that racial covenants represent and the hurts associated. He <br />understood racial covenants were a movement after slavery that led to segregation. He appreciated <br />how the City was acknowledging the wrong in racial covenants but wanted to see the City move <br />farther in order to address the foundation of hate and exclusion. He reported the City’s theme was <br />thriving and desirable. He commented on how the Community Engagement Committee had <br />created the slogan, Welcome Home. He discussed how with these themes defining the City, a <br />deeper look was taken into the history of the community and the effects of racism through the <br />Mapping Prejudice project and the awareness that was brought to this issue. He reported Mounds <br />View was four square miles and had 571 racial covenants in place, which averaged to one every <br />37 feet. He explained in Mounds View hundreds of homes that have language in place that states