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7 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />June 27, 2017 <br />Page 7 <br />1 Jordahl - Redlin believed that no changes will happen until those in power are gone, stating she <br />2 has lost confidence that the leaders of St. Anthony can address the problems. <br />3 <br />4 Ms. Kelly Regen, 2614 30'x' Avenue NE, stated they moved to St Anthony two years ago before <br />5 they knew. She apologized she did not step up and join the residents and asked Mayor Faust to <br />6 step up and step down. <br />7 <br />8 Ms. Heidi Andermack 2705 Townview Avenue NE, quoting Franklin Roosevelt, stated `the only <br />9 thing we have to fear is fear itself.' She believed a lot of decisions have been made by the <br />10 Council out of fear in the last year and that St. Anthony is in a downward spiral due to fear and <br />11 decisions made. She stated the energy of the people present is going to take back the community <br />12 because they are fired up and ready to go. <br />13 <br />14 Ms. Sophia Valdez, 2404 27' Avenue NE, stated she appeared before the Council a year ago and <br />15 spoke about progress. She believed that progress did not happen following Philando Castile's <br />16 death. She quoted the definition of a good leader and asked the Council to exercise their <br />17 strengths. <br />18 <br />19 Ms. Kate Martin 2513 35`s Avenue, stated she has attended Lowry Grove meetings every week <br />20 for the past year. She shared examples of how community members have helped the Lowry <br />21 Grove residents and stated she is very sad about what happened at Lowry Grove. She believed <br />22 that while the Council attended different meetings, they found no time to help the Lowry Grove <br />23 residents and this group of leaders has ignored the Lowry Grove residents. <br />24 <br />25 Ms. Jennifer McGuire, 3408 31' Avenue NE, stated she shared last year about an incident that <br />26 occurred in her front yard. She has spent a lot of time searching the database made available to <br />27 her, spoke to the DOJ, spent some time with Lowry Grove residents, and a family from Lowry <br />28 Grove is moving into her home. Ms. McGuire stated she is a member of the Police Advisory <br />29 Council and her wife was at the meeting where the Police Department annual report was <br />30 presented but was not allowed to ask Chief Mangseth any questions. Ms. McGuire stated she <br />31 found Mayor Faust's treatment of her wife at that meeting to be horrible and disrespectful <br />32 including homophobic commentary, which she does not appreciate that. She stated it is <br />33 inappropriate to make commentary about people who are not like yourselves. <br />34 <br />35 Mayor Faust asked if anyone else wished to speak. No one appeared at the podium <br />36 <br />37 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS — NONE. <br />38 <br />39 X. ADJOURNMENT. <br />40 <br />41 Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 9:25 p.m. <br />42 <br />43 Respectfully submitted, <br />44 Debbie Wolfe <br />45 TimeSaver off Site Secretarial, Inc. <br />46 <br />