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<br />u iity Council Minutes
<br />August 11, 2008
<br />Attachment A
<br />e�xpire�sse�d she was con�ce�rn�e�d about ob�t'ain�in�g ot'h�e�r affordable
<br />h�ousin�g, in addit�ion to con�ce�rn�s ab�out, the future of tier and her
<br />husband's e�m�pil�oym�e�n�t�.
<br />Ms. Thiom�as oplinie�d t'hiat, it, was pier unide�rst'anidinig t'hiat, ce�rt'aini
<br />residents were going to re�m�ain�, and that some of those residents had
<br />been asked to provide ve�rificat�ion of their- income e�l�igib�il�it�y, but t'h�at,
<br />tier faun il�y had not been asked to do so. Ms. Thomas furt�h�e�r n�ot,e�d
<br />t'h�at, many of the am�e�n�it�ie�s pire�viousl�y available were n�o longer
<br />available to residents, or even accessible, whether due to con�st'ruct,ion�
<br />or due to management de�cision�s. Ms. Thomas advised t'h�at, there had
<br />been no re�m�ode�l�in�g in their aplart,m�e�n�t, during their 11 years of
<br />residence, and that she had been under the im�pire�ssion t'h�at, there
<br />would be n�o re�n�t, increases until the re�m�ode�l�in�g had been com�pil�e�t�e�d,
<br />and those benefits realized by re�side�n�t�s. Ms. Thomas advised t�h�at, her
<br />child's bedro= had mold, which had been re�ple�at,e�dl�y re�plort�e�d to
<br />m�an�age�m�e�n�t�; and further advised that she had been e�xple�riie�n�ciin�g
<br />personal and severe health issues and had been out of work since
<br />June, and this was just, one more stress ploin�t, to deal with. Ms.
<br />Thiomr as niot'e�d t'hiat, just, the t,e�rmr "eviction" had negative coniniot'at,ionis,
<br />and allowed people to make the assum�pit,ion that they had done
<br />som�e�t'h�in�g to cause their- e�vict�ion�. Mr. Thomas advised that everyone
<br />on their- floor had received e�vict�ion n�ot�ice�s.
<br />Mayor Klausing expiressed h�is sym�plath�ies to Ms. Thomas, and cl�arified
<br />t'h�at, the City Council is not in�vol�ved with rental agreem�en�ts or
<br />financing, and asked that the City's code enforcement staff fol�l�ow up,
<br />regarding splecific physical issues with the facil�ity.
<br />Ms. Thomas oplin�e�d that residents were being evicted for som�e�t�h�in�g for
<br />which the de�ve�l�ople�r was re�ce�ivin�g tax credits; and t'h�at, the project
<br />was n�ot, pirovin�g to serve a plub�l�ic plurplose�.
<br />Council m�e�m bey- Ilhlan oplin�e�d the need for the City Council to foal l�ow up
<br />on t'h�e�ir in�t,e�n�t, to discuss t�h is furt�h�e�r on a future Council agenda; and
<br />que�st�ion�e�d whether it was possible for the City to get additional
<br />inrm
<br />�fo�at�ion from the pirople�rt,y owners. Coun�cil m�e�m bey- Ilhlan furt�h�e�r
<br />oplin�e�d that, in the City Council's approval of tax exempt bands, the
<br />circum�st�an�ce�s brought forward tonight were t�roub�l�in�g; and e�xpire�sse�d
<br />her con�fusion as to why rent was in�cre�asin�g and why residen�ts were
<br />b�e�in�g e�vict�e�d from the pirople'rt�y; and sought additional inrm
<br />�fo�at�ion�
<br />from the pirople�rt,y owner on t'h�at, asple�ct'.
<br />d - Anonymous Fernale Speaker, Rwiden t of Centennial Commons
<br />Apartments
<br />The sple�ake�r oplin�e�d that a number of residents have had con�ce�rn�s and
<br />com�pil�ain�t�s; and that many had moved out, in�cl�udin�g several wh�o had
<br />become homeless. The sple�ake�r in�dicat�e�d t'h�at, many who had
<br />at�t�e�m�pit�e�d to expires their- con�ce�rn�s to various plub�l ic agencies had
<br />been referred to ot�h�e�rs to the ploin�t, of frust'rat,ion and con�fusion�, and
<br />t'h�at, many of those residents had become fearful of the consequences
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