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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 1 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES 2 SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 3 4 I. Preliminaries 5 6 CALL TO ORDER 7 8 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 9 10 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 11 12 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 13 14 ROLL CALL 15 16 Present: Mayor Faust Councilmembers Brever, Gray, Jenson, and Stille 17 Absent: None 18 Also Present: City Manager Mark Casey, City Attorney Phil Steger 19 20 II. Public Hearing 21 22 A. Mayor Opening 23 24 Mayor Faust reviewed Roberts Rules of Order and the procedures that apply to Public Hearings. 25 26 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:02 p.m. 27 28 Mayor Faust stated the purpose of the public hearing is to review the closing of a manufactured home 29 park, as required by City Code and State Statute. Mayor Faust noted that at approximately 4 p.m. today 30 the City received correspondence from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (“MFHA”). A copy of 31 the correspondence was available for review. Ms. Margaret Kaplan, Community Development Director 32 for the agency was present. Mayor Faust explained the letter raises some issues that the public should 33 hear before the public hearing continues. 34 35 Ms. Kaplan stated that part of the MHFA mission is to help residents have safe, affordable housing in 36 the community of their choice. The MHFA is also the administrator of the Minnesota Manufactured 37 Housing Relocation Trust Fund. Ms. Kaplan explained how the Trust Fund works. The Trust Fund is 38 used to assist residents when a park is closed. Currently the status of Lowry Grove is in the courts. It has 39 not yet been determined that the park will close. Ms. Kaplan noted when a park closes, the park owner 40 must pay $3,250 per household to the Trust Fund to assist displaced residents with relocation costs. 41 42 City Attorney Steger asked Ms. Kaplan if there is risk that residents may not get paid from the fund. Ms. 43 Kaplan stated once a third party is appointed and people start making applications to the fund, 45 days 44 after receipt of applications payments are made. Required documentation is necessary with the 45 applications. She does not want people at this point to make a choice between receiving their relocation 46 compensation now or forego the rights they have that are the subject of the lawsuit. The third party 47 would help those residents entitled to compensation receive it. She does not know the timeline of the 48 lawsuit at this time. 49 11