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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2025 Page 8 1 Mr. Charles Elliott, 3404 Silver Lake Road, has lived in St. Anthony for over 20 years. They 2 have strong ties with the community. They moved to Wisc. and decided to keep their St. 3 Anthony home. They applied for a rental license and passed the inspection. The house is 4 homesteaded, and when it isn't rented, they stay in the home. They are very careful about their 5 guests. The house is immaculate. Most of their guests have a close connection to the community. 6 He appreciated the discussion this evening and the thoughtful consideration for the residents. 7 They have structured their life to have this short-term rental. If there were a ban on short-term 8 rentals, they would be forced to make a decision to sell the house. He asked if some 9 grandfathering should be done. He would be happy to participate in the development of an 10 ordinance to include short-term rentals. 11 12 Mr. Brent Casper, 29th Avenue, purchased his home in 2013. His wife quit her job to care for 13 newly adopted teenagers. They moved to a larger home in New Brighton and decided to have 14 their St. Anthony home be an Airbnb. They plan to move back to St. Anthony when their 15 teenagers are out of the home. They have had no complaints from neighbors. He described the 16 background of some of the renters and their reasons for renting. They have operated Airbnb for 3 17 years. He welcomed the Council to tour the home. Affordable housing does not exist in St. 18 Anthony. The Special Olympics are coming to Minneapolis next year, and they already have 19 guests coming for that. 20 21 IX. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL - NONE. 22 23 X. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 24 25 City Manager Yunker reported there are funding requests on the State and Federal levels for a 26 public safety facility. Cannabis has been in the news, and St. Anthony has received their 27 preliminary license approval. Final approval is received after a final inspection of the building. 28 29 Councilmember Doolan reported that on July 30, she attended the sister city picnic. She 30 appreciated Councilmember Randle's efforts with the event. On July 31, she attended the Salo 31 Park concert. She attended Village Fest and National Night Out (5 different block parties). On 32 August 11, she attended the Chamber of Commerce Meeting. 33 34 Councilmember Jenson reported that he attended the Sister City Picnic, the Village Fest Parade, 35 and the bingo booth. He participated in National Night Out. He noted Councilmember Doolan 36 created a nice handout for Council, and he received positive feedback. Councilmember Doolan 37 noted that Barb created the handout. On August 7, he attended the Ramsey County social event. 38 39 Councilmember Elnagdy stated that she attended the Sister City Picnic and Village Fest 40 Activities. She attended four block parties during Night to Unite. 41 42 Mayor Webster stated on July 20 that her family participated in a home energy audit. Residents 43 of St. Anthony can call 651-328-6220 to schedule and use Promo Code FRIEND-ZRM for 50% 44 off. On July 30, she attended the Sister City Picnic. She attended the Village Fest parade. She 45 thanked the announcers of the parade on NineNorth. She participated in Village Fest Bingo. 46 There were 630 attendees for Bingo. She attended four Night to Unite parties.