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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 14, 2003 Page 2 important business was conducted at those meetings and they were to be open to the entire community. Mayor Hodson asked City Manager Morrison if it were possible to put the meeting 3 times and agendas on the City's website. Mayor Hodson added the meeting times were posted at 4 thee locations throughout the City. 5 6 Nancy Anderson, 3329 Skycroft Circle, stated she had recently talked with one of the Council 7 members regarding the public housing complex proposed on 33' and Stinson. She noted she had 8 heard about the complex from her parents, as they were upset it was to be built near their home. 9 She indicated she was involved with the Northeast Minneapolis/St. Anthony Joint Task Force. 10 She stated she and other members of the Task Force had been requesting residents sign their 11 petition and noted, at this time, over 200 signatures had been obtained. Ms. Anderson presented 12 the list of those signing the petition, along with the areas in which they resided, to Council. 13 14 Ms. Anderson stated the most common response she received was an immediate willingness to 15 sign the petition. She added people wanted to make sure the petition was not opposed to new 16 residents who had low incomes or were a minority but because the proposed units signified too 17 much crowding in too little space. 18 19 Ms. Anderson noted the plan was to obtain 500 signatures, as the Task Force had been told that 20 was the number that would indicate there was a conviction regarding the situation. 21 22 Ms. Anderson stated Mayor Hodson said he was a businessman and not a politician and his residents/shareholders were upset about this project. She discussed the affected property and indicated it had been vacant for three years. She noted the land market value was listed at 25 $40,400 and the building market value at $52,600; however, the listing price was $150,000, 26 which interested developers felt was too high. She indicated the Minnesota Public Housing 27 Authority had agreed to the listing price, however, and would be spending approximately 28 $175,000 by the time they had the property ready for use. 29 30 Mayor Hodson indicated he felt it was critical the residents had an opportunity to voice their 31 concerns. He noted Council did not have the ability to dictate to Minneapolis what they could or 32 could not do and its ordinances were different than the ordinances of the City of St. Anthony. 33 He added the crucial issue was that this project was in an area adjacent to the City and the 34 residents of St. Anthony had concerns regarding such issues as density and traffic. 35 36 Mayor Hodson thanked Ms. Anderson for working toward allowing residents to express their 37 concerns. He added, even though the City of St. Anthony did not have any say regarding what 38 happened in Minneapolis, it would help if the City's residents gave a voice to this issue. 39 40 Mayor Hodson displayed a flyer that had been created using the City's logo, which also included 41 the names of Mayor Hodson and City councilmembers. He noted Council could not endorse the 42 flyer, yet it appeared Council had endorsed it. He indicated the flyer had been referred to the 43 City's legal department, as it put Council in a compromising position. 44 Ms. Anderson stated she understood how there might be a problem with using the logo; — however, Mayor Hodson had given her permission to use his name and the names of 47 councilmembers, along with their phone numbers. Mayor Hodson responded it was acceptable