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1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES <br />3 JUNE 27, 2023 <br />4 <br />5 CALL TO ORDER. <br />6 <br />7 Mayor Stille called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />8 <br />9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. <br />10 <br />11 Mayor Stille invited the Council and audience to join in the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />12 <br />13 ROLL CALL. <br />14 <br />15 Present: Mayor Stille, Councilmembers Jenson, Randle, Walker and Webster. <br />16 <br />17 Absent:None. <br />18 <br />19 Also Present:City Manager Charlie Yunker, Finance Director Shelly Rueckert, City Planner Steve <br />20 Grittman, and Commissioner Mary Jo McGuire. <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING <br />24 ITEMS. <br />25 <br />I.26 APPROVAL OF JUNE 27, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. <br />27 <br />28 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City <br />29 Council Meeting Agenda of June 13, 2023 as presented. <br />30 <br />31 Motion carried 5-0. <br />32 <br />33 II.PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION. <br />34 <br />A.35 Commissioner Mary Jo McGuire Presentation. <br />36 <br />37 Ramsey County Commissioner Mary Jo McGuire provided an update on Ramsey County <br />38 activities. Ramsey County has over 550,000 residents. They are the most concentrated in <br />39 diversity and poverty. Ramsey County encompasses all or part of 20 cities. The median <br />40 household income is $71,000. Commissioner McGuire reviewed the vision, mission and goals of <br />41 Ramsey County. They have a very active engagement process with residents and cities. Ramsey <br />42 County received $96M from the Federal Government in 2020. $72M of that was used for <br />43 housing, food, and financial assistance. Investment was made in employment support. They <br />44 received American Rescue Plan dollars also to invest in housing and homelessness prevention. <br />45 The public health department was reinforced. Commissioner McGuire reviewed some of the <br />46 issues that have been worked on including housing, transit and transportation funds. She spoke <br />47 about the HRA Levy and this was the first year for a HRA Levy. Commissioner McGuire invited <br />48 the Council to ask any questions. <br />49 <br />5