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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 27, 2017 Page 3 1 Councilmember Gray stated on June 14 -16, he attended the annual League of Minnesota Cities 2 (LMC) Conference in Rochester along with the rest of the Council. 4 Councilmember Brever noted she also attended the LMC Conference in Rochester. Councilmember Jenson stated he also attended a pre- conference seminar along with the LMC Conference in Rochester. On June 26, he attended the St. Anthony Fire Department Relief Association Meeting. 10 Councilmember Stille attended the LMC Conference and on June 26, he attended the Planning 11 Commission Meeting. 12 13 Mayor Faust was also at the LMC Conference and noted how the LMC handled the incident in 14 July 2016 and embraced the equity issue and inclusiveness. The majority of the Conference was 15 related to that. 16 17 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 18 19 Ms. Nancy Gonzalez, 3109 Rankin Road, stated she has lived there for 31 years and a dear friend 20 of hers, Frank Adelmann, took his own life on June 20. Frank lived in Lowry Grove and killed 21 himself 10 days before the City was going to evict him. He was a lifelong citizen of St. Anthony. 22 She provided a brief explanation of Frank's life in St. Anthony, indicating she had looked after 23 him and provided monetary support over the years. Ms. Gonzalez is caring for the cat that had 24 survived Frank. Ms. Gonzalez warned there will be repercussions from the closing of Lowry 25 Grove and asked why no study was done about the closing of Lowry Grove. She believed 26 Frank's death was caused by poorly executed public policy. 27 28 Mr. Howard Dotson, Maple Grove, stated he has served in St. Anthony has a hospice chaplain. 29 He believed the death of Philando Castile was a homicide and that every officer needs to have 30 CIT training. Mr. Dotson noted Officer Yanez had 2 hours of CIT training, which is the source of 31 this tragedy. 32 33 Mr. John Thompson, noted he heard the meetings the Council had attended which is just 34 checking the box. He stated he was in the courtroom when he heard black lives don't really 35 matter. Mr. Thompson stated they cannot move at Council's pace. He saw Officer Yanez shoot 36 his friend seven times and they can move forward when blood money isn't paid. Mr. Thompson 37 believed that the Council has blood on their hands and asked the Chief of Police, Mayor, and 38 Councilmembers to stand up and resign. He stated he will organize to remove all from their 39 positions and wants his friend back, not money. 40 41 Ms. Sandy Sherman, Foss Road, stated she is a member of St. Anthony Villagers for Community 42 Actions ( SAVCA). She read a statement prepared by the SAVCA and stated her belief that 43 Mayor Faust and the Council have demonstrated a pattern and practice of ignoring and 44 dismissing concerns, compromising the well -being of many community members. She believed 45 that Mayor Faust has become a liability to the city and the results of his decisions were fiscally 46 damaging to our community. The statement read by Ms. Sherman included incidents through the