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1 Regular Council Meeting . 2 July 28, 1992 3 Page 7 4 5 6 7 Mr. Hoban reported the neighbors had been unsuccessful in 8 talking to the offenders and just the day before, a 9 missile from a bottle rocket had been fired at him while 10 he was mowing his lawn, missing his foot by about six 11 inches. He said he didn't actually see either occupant 12 of 2704 fire the rocket but saw the white smoke rising 13 from their deck on which they were sitting. He added 14 that his neighbor, Mary Ann has a very large family and 15 he perceived the missile could just as well have hit one 16 of the children who were playing in their front yard at 17 that time. When Mr. Hoban said he reported the incident 18 to the City police the officer who responded told him he 19 could do nothing because he had not personally seen who 20 had shot the rocket off. Lack of police response was 21 also cited by Mr. Hoban to his request that the police 22 check out a car parked in front of his house July 5th. 23 The resident speculated that the police might have not 24 been as responsive as they could have been because Mr. 25 Hanson and Mr. Brown are on the City Fire Reserves. 26 27 Mr. Hoban reported that the two had admitted to the City 28 Manager that they were parking their vehicles in front of 29 the neighbors ' houses just to spite them and he reported 30 they also had begun flashing the lights on the trucks at 31 around 9 :30 p.m. to further irritate the neighbors. On 32 top of it all, Mr. Hoban reported both he and his 33 neighbor, Mary Ann, had just received notices from an 34 attorney saying they were harassing Mr. Brown and Mr. 35 Hanson because "they haven't violated any laws or 36 ordinances and the City police haven't charged them with 37 any violations" . 38 39 Mr. Hoban said he now realizes he can call the Hennepin 40 County Sheriff' s office who would ticket the two for 41 parking violations. He intends to do that because he no 42 longer trusts the St. Anthony police perceiving they give 43 preferential treatment to the residents of 2704 Pahl 44 Avenue. He also questioned whether it was proper police 45 procedure for the officer who had responded to the bottle 46 rocket incident to ask him if he had retained an attorney. 47 48 Mr. Hoban concluded by saying that in spite of assurances 49 to the police and the landlord of the residence at 2704 50 Pahl that other arrangements had been made for storage in 51 another location, he had watched the renters unload their 52 mowers onto the property the previous Friday night and 53 back on the trailer Monday morning.