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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 25, 2018 Page 4 Wendy Webster getting the information and coordinating the event. Mayor Faust congratulated the CHANGE students who were at the high school encouraging students to vote. Councilmember Stille thanked the students that came up with the ideas. VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. Councilmember Jenson stated he attended the Fire Relief Association Meeting last evening. 10 Councilmember Stille stated today he attended a NAOIP Meeting and the topic was Pace Funds. 12 Councilmember Gray reported he received an email from Dana Healey, Director of CTV. The 13 FCC has a meeting tomorrow and one of the subjects is to promote faster development of 5G 14 Wireless. 15 16 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 17 18 A former resident of Lowry Grove stated she is looking for justice because Council knew Lowry 19 Grove was going to be sold and the Council lied to them. She felt they were discriminated 20 against because they were poor and she wants justice for their community. She thinks the 21 Council does not care about the lives of seniors and children because they were `thrown to the 22 curb' by Council. 23 24 A former resident of 2501 Lowry Grove, stated she is here fighting for justice for the residents of 25 Lowry Grove. She has to get up early so her son can catch the bus at 5:30 a.m. because Council 26 closed Lowry Grove. They are fearful in their new neighborhood and they felt safe in Lowry 27 Grove. She believed it was not right what Council did to them because they are Latinos. Her son 28 still attends school in St. Anthony. She asks for justice for everyone. 29 30 Ms. Antonia Alvarez, lived at 2501 Lowry Grove, stated she brought her own interpreter because 31 they have never been offered an interpreter from the City. From the very beginning, they have 32 faced discrimination from the Council. She said it is the Mayor's fault that some of the students 33 attending St. Anthony schools do not live in St. Anthony because the Council threw them out. 34 She demanded the check of justice that the community of low- income people were denied. The 35 resident association demands affordable housing for their low- income community. They would 36 like to receive damages for the residents of Lowry Grove because many are still paying the price 37 for the injustice Council has done to them. Every day she receives calls from people who are still 38 living in the streets. They want the right to return to the City with dignity as a community of 39 color and low- income. She stated the longer the residents of Lowry Grove need to wait for 40 justice the longer the Council's cross to bear will become. There was a man that killed himself in 41 Lowry Grove (Frank Delmar). She demands justice on behalf of him and the whole community 42 in Lowry Grove. She hopes Council has seen the newspapers because others are demanding with 43 them. She stated they want justice, affordable housing, and damages to be paid to the resident 44 association. She wants Council not to just listen to her but to act. 45 46 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.