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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 14, 2017 Page 6 and noted the St. Anthony Civic Orchestra is a jewel. He stated there will be a Christmas concert 1 and a spring concert held. On November 14, Mayor Faust attended the Mississippi Water 2 Management Organization meeting and reported there is no increase. 3 4 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 5 6 Ms. Cynthia Sowden, Northeaster Newspaper, 2844 Johnson Street NE, asked when the Council 7 vacancy will be filled and how. 8 9 Ms. Maret Olson, 3312 Edward Street NE, stated she is concerned with the vacancy and about 10 the diversity on the Council. She would like to see an election rather than an appointment. If 11 there is to be an appointment, she would like to see the candidate who came in third receive the 12 appointment. She does not remember a contested election in the past. There were two candidates 13 that made great efforts and came very close to winning the election. She reviewed what a City 14 needs to do. She stated she has seen the Council fail on zoning and policing issues, noting the 15 City has been sued multiple times by the Justice Department for Civil Rights Violation. She 16 believed the Council needs to be diversified as she no longer trusts the City Council to act the 17 way she would if she were on Council. 18 19 Mr. Jedd Larson, 2800 31st Avenue NE, read a prepared statement. He noted he is also on the 20 Planning Commission and asked if the Adult Day Care is an appropriate use of the property at 21 37th and Stinson. He noted questions were raised regarding the knowledge and fitness of the 22 Applicant to operate an Adult Day Care Center and apologized to the Applicant on behalf of 23 himself for not doing his part to redirect the conversation at the Planning Commission Meeting. 24 25 Ms. Erin Redlin, 3012 Armor Terrace, urged the City Council to appoint Nancy Robinett to the 26 open seat on the City Council. Since Nancy received only 18 votes fewer than Councilmember 27 Jenson, she believed the Council would be taking into account the resident’s desires. 28 29 Ms. Kathleen Lohmar, 3113 Armor Terrace, asked Council to be open and transparent with the 30 procedure and process to fill the open Council seat. She would like Nancy Robinett to be 31 appointed to the open seat. She stated she was glad when Jedd Larson was appointed to the open 32 seat on the Planning Commission earlier this year and had expected to see a more open process 33 for that opening. She asked the City to help residents of Lowry Grove with a monetary 34 settlement. Ms. Lohmar stated one resident is entering his mobile home through an open window 35 on a step ladder and another resident with a small child is still living in an Extended Stay Motel. 36 She heard the street project contractors are being fined $1,000 a day for late completion and 37 stated since those are dollars not planned to come to the City, she hopes those monies could be 38 re-directed to the Lowry Grove residents. 39 40 Mayor Faust stated on September 12, the City Manager provided the options for the open seat on 41 City Council. Council has not discussed this. He reviewed the two options are either appointment 42 or to hold a special election on April 10, 2018. Mayor Faust asked Councilmembers to state how 43 they would prefer to see this handled. 44 45 14