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City Council Regular M eeting Minutes January 28, 2003 Page 2 I knowledgeable to help research this issue. She also asked if the St. Anthony Housing Group 2 could go to the Developers to get action. 3 4 Mayor Hodson stated the Council would look at the information. He said the Council and 5 financial advisors are taking a look at the financial piece. 6 7 Mayor Hodson stated if she had financial backing that could make this happen the St. Anthony 8 Housing Group could bring it to the Council and Developer. However,with a$4 billion State 9 deficit there will be challenges without financial backing. 10 I I John Lindstrom of 3371 Garfield Street, Minneapolis, attends Faith Church and is a member of 12 the St. Anthony Housing Group. He said members of the Group either attend a church, live in 13 the community, and/or work in the community. He's very concerned about affordable housing 14 for low/moderate income households. He stated the group is primarily working through the 15 Metropolitan Interfaith Council Housing and gave an overview of what this council does. He 16 said they don't have the resources to get the financing and feels it should be a joint effort 17 between the City and Developer. He said the City has had past milestones they've prospered 18 through. He noted that following World War H the community experienced rapid growth in 19 residential development. Prospective homeowners, especially veterans, were able to secure 20 mortgage loans from the Federal Goverm-nent at a very attractive rate. He said this made it 21 possible for families with modest incomes to obtain a decent, safe, and affordable house. 22 23 Chris Swanson of 3020 Silver Lake Road moved to St. Anthony on January 3, 2003. He stated 24 he's both frustrated and concerned because the house he moved into has a pond behind it and 25 even though it's not a public area,people are utilizing it as one. He said people are using the 26 pond as a skating rink, a dog park, and an area to walk/run. He stated he's here as a concerned 27 citizen and wants to know how it can be more publicly noted that it's not a public area. He 28 stated the people using the pond do not live on the block. He asked, at the very least, if signs 29 could be put up stating"Private Property". 30 31 Mayor Hodson stated this issue could be addressed at the next Goal Setting Meeting. 32 33 Councilinember Thuesen said residents could be reminded that the pond is private property in 34 the newsletter. 35 36 Councilinember Sparks stated Mr. Swanson could call the police regarding this issue. 37 38 Hearing no further comments,Mayor Hodson moved forward with the agenda. 39 40 IV. CONSENT AGENDA. 41 42 1 Consider Januga 14, 2003 Council meeting mi.nutes. 43 2. Consider licenses and permits. 44 3. Consider pg=ent of claims. 45 46 Councilmember Sparks requested the removal of Consent Agenda Item I 47