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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 23, 2016 Page 5 City Manager Casey had nothing to report. Councilmember Brever read a prepared statement about her attendance at last week's presentation at the Roseville Library and her experiences with raising her adopted Korean daughter. She looks forward to working with others in the community and having conversations to make a change in this community. 9 Councilmember Jenson stated he attended several meetings in the last two weeks including being 10 the liaison to the Ramsey County Local League of Government, Rice Creek Gardens ribbon 1 1 cutting ceremony, League of MN Cities, Ramsey County Library Good Time for Truth Session, 12 security training meeting, and St. Anthony Fire Department Relief Association. 13 14 Councilmember Stille stated on August 15 he attended a workshop in Minneapolis on the same 15 book Councilmember Brever discussed in her report. 16 17 Councilmember Gray thanked Councilmember Brever for sharing her personal story. 18 19 Mayor Faust had no report this evening. He did read A Good Time for the Truth and stated it will 20 take a while for the City to reach equity. 21 22 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM 23 24 Mayor Faust reviewed that individuals may address the City Council about any item not included 25 on the regular agenda. Speakers are requested to come to the podium, state their name and 26 address for the Clerk's record, and limit their remarks to five minutes. Generally, the City 27 Council will not take official action on items discussed at this time, but may typically refer the 28 matter to staff for a future report or direct the matter to be scheduled on an upcoming agenda. 29 30 Ms. Mel Chaput, 3537 Coolidge Street NE, referred to her email sent to the Council on August 1, 31 2016. She read the email in full and asked that copies of an article to be distributed throughout 32 the City and provided the pdf in the email. She stated the divide has become more defined and 33 the article has not been distributed. She referenced support for St. Anthony police signs that had 34 been distributed, noting the school district is being proactive as well as the St. Anthony Group 35 for Change. She asked if the community can afford more bad publicity if the Council is working 36 on behalf of everyone. 37 38 Mr. John Thompson stated he works at St. Paul Public Schools and Philandro Castille was a 39 good friend of his. He stated he has been racially profiled in St. Anthony and Falcon Heights. 40 He is unable to mourn his friend's loss and now that Yanez is back to work, Philandro's mother 41 has been slapped in the face. He shared a story about his last conversation with Philandro and 42 asked that Yanez be removed until after investigation has been done. He felt this is a new 43 epidemic of the problems with police in the United States, that Yanez should not be paid by 44 taxpayers, and was a murderer. Mr. Thompson stated he is scared to be pulled over in Falcon 45 Heights, the Council needs to get it right, and the conversation needs to start today. 46