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What’s at stake in this November’s election By MSR News Service lections have consequences, said former President Obama, shortly after his inauguration in 2009. And although this year—2023—is considered an off-year election, there are important issues on the ballot this November, as well as candidates who are in contested races across the Twin Cities. This week and in the weeks leading up to Election Day, the Minnesota SpokesmanRecorder will give readers an overview of the political races in Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as local ballot initiatives. We will also provide voters with information about how their vote could impact community resources, public safety, housing, education, taxes, infrastructure, and their quality of life.
A competitive race in Ward 8 By Cole Miska Contributing Writer
Jenkins and challengers Soren main goals if elected would be Stevenson, Terry White and to work on police accountability and accessible housing. Bob Sullentrop. Bob Sullentrop, the only Jenkins, a local poet who is community forum and discussion that includ- a transgender Black woman, conservative to run for the poed the four candidates has represented the district sition, says he is for police and for Minneapolis’s City since 2018. She says that if “law and order.” His main conCouncil Ward 8 seat was held re-elected her main goals will cern was safety, and he said if Tuesday night, October 3, at be to address racial inequities elected he would restore the the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the city, such as in access to Minneapolis Police DepartRecreation Center, organized health care and employment. ment (MPD) to full staffing Soren Stevenson, who lost levels and would sweep unby the League of Women Voters. The Ward 8 district en- an eye when he was injured housed encampments. Terry White, who has a compasses several prominent by a rubber bullet fired by an
(l-r): Bob Sullentrop, Andrea Jenkins, Soren Stevenson, Terry White Black communities, including the Powderhorn and Field neighborhoods and the area around 38th and Chicago. The four candidates include incumbent Minneapolis City Council President Andrea
MPD officer while attending a protest against the murder of George Floyd in 2020, says he views his campaign as a “call to action” in response to everything he has seen in the last three years. Some of his
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background in healthcare regulatory services, says he’s running because he “believes in a better Minneapolis.” White wants to balance police accountability while maintaining ■ See WARD 8 on page 5
This week, the MSR takes a look at two contested Minneapolis City Council races in Ward 4 and Ward 8. The candidate forums sponsored by the Minnesota League of Women Voters provide an opportunity for those running for elected office to express their views on various issues and define their political differences. You can register to vote online at mnvotes. gov or at your polling site on Election Day or at early-voting locations. You will need proof of residency to register to vote or update your voter registration. In Minnesota, you can vote by mail until Tuesday, October 24; early in-person voting ends on Monday, November 6. Election day will be on Tuesday, November 7. The location of neighborhood polling sites can be found at www.pollfinder. sos.mn.gov.
The City Council race in Ward 4 By H. Jiahong Pan Contributing Writer ll of the Minneapolis City Council seats are once again up for reelection, following the U.S. Census count two years ago that forced local, statewide and federal voting districts to be redrawn. Because the Charter Commission changed boundaries last year, candidates running for City Council seats are running in Ward 4 Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw wards that have been redrawn Photo by H. Jiahong Pan and may reflect a markedly different voter base this Novem- and environmental pollution, partment, assaults, property ber than in previous years. as well as the Upper Harbor destruction, homicides, larceny and robbery are down Terminal redevelopment. Candidates running in Ward 4 Leslie Davis, who spent the compared to the same time Four people are running for 1980s fighting the construc- last year. On the other hand, the Ward 4 seat on the Minne- tion of the downtown Minne- burglaries, carjackings, sex ofapolis City Council. They include apolis incinerator, responded fenses and stolen property ofLaTrisha Vetaw, the incumbent to questions from attendees fenses are up. Voters elected who defeated Phillipe Cun- lamenting the lack of public re- Vetaw in 2021 in part because ningham in 2021. Challengers strooms at the Downtown and they felt more confident in her vying for Vetaw’s seat include East Lake Targets, complaints support for the police. criminal-justice activist Marvina that the police and City CounVetaw pledged to collaboHaynes, environmental activist cil are corrupt and need to be rate with others who work for Leslie Davis, and business own- replaced, and other issues. and serve the city to create er Angela Williams. policies to hold Minneapolis In the forum held by the On public safety police accountable while also League of Women Voters at Public safety and policing listening to her constituents. North Market on September have been on top of mind for “We’ve worked on policies 20, candidates answered ques- Ward 4 residents. According around the use of swear words tions on public safety, housing, to the Minneapolis Police De■ See WARD 4 on page 5
Rep. Omar proposes federal bill to protect Black women and girls By Abdi Mohamed Contributing Writer
“Despite Black women and and girls. “This bill is dedicated to the memory of Minnesotans girls representing a disprolike Brittany Clardy, and the portionate number of missing he effort to spotlight countless other Black women women in the United States, the crisis of missing who have been the victims of their cases typically garner and murdered Black crimes, but whose cases were less attention,” said Rep. Watwomen and girls has gone na- initially brushed off by law en- son Coleman. “These missing women are mothers and tional with the introduction forcement,” said Rep. Omar. “The crisis of missing and daughters, sisters and friends. of the Brittany Clardy Missing and Murdered Black Women murdered Black women and Each of them deserves the atgirls demands urgent action. tention we would give to any and Girls Act in Congress. Rep. Ilhan Omar proposed This is not just a piece of leg- missing person. “The creation of a dedicated the bill during the Congressio- islation. It’s a beacon of hope nal Black Caucus Annual Legis- for Black women and girls office within the DOJ [Departlative Conference in late Sep- across the nation. By creating ment of Justice] focused on tember, where she believed it a dedicated office, we are not these cases can offer hope to the would gain support from her only addressing the alarming families and friends of the nearly colleagues. The introduction of disparities in violence but also 100,000 missing Black women the bill now gives her a shorter reaffirming our commitment to and girls across the country.” time frame for passage com- ensuring that every Black life is Minnesota’s groundwork valued and protected.” pared to typical bills. Most sections of the bill Rep. Bonnie Watson ColeDespite this challenge, she was able to garner the sup- man of New Jersey sponsored were inspired by the work port of 57 members of the the bill with Rep. Omar and un- done in Minnesota to establish Congressional Black Caucus derlined the issue of disparity the first office in the country (CBC) to endorse the bill and that Black women and girls are dedicated to providing jusaddress the issue of missing facing when it comes to solv- tice for missing and murdered Black women and girls and and murdered Black women ing their cases.
(l-r): Dr. Brittany Lewis, Lakeisha Lee, Rep. Omar, Rep. Bonnie Coleman, Tiffany Roberson (MMAAW) Photo courtesy of Rep. Omar’s office their families. “We all watched with attentive eyes the progress Minnesota was making in regard to creating the Office on Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls, and were inspired,” said Rep. Omar, who worked with Dr. Brittany Lewis and Lakeisha Lee, both part of the Missing and Murdered African
American Women task force that was integral in establishing the state office. The two traveled throughout Minnesota along with other members of the task force conducting interviews and doing research to collect information on the experiences of Black women who had been the victims of violence and
abuse. They found that many women who were victimized experienced systemic failures in health, housing, and financial opportunities, that put them at risk for further victimization. “We really did utilize the research that Dr. Lewis has done [and] talking to Clardy’s family about what would be necessary in looking at the Minnesota legislation that passed. [We looked at] what they learned from the task force, utilizing all of that to inform the legislation was a vital part of the process,” Rep. Omar said. According to the National Crime Information Center, 268,884 girls and women were reported missing in 2020; 34 percent of them were Black despite being only 15 percent of the U.S. female population. On average, cases involving Black girls and women stay open four times longer than other cases ■ See OMAR on page 5
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New sales tax increase funds transportation and housing By H. Jiahong Pan Contributing Writer he spike in inflation over the past year has made the cost of fuel and groceries even more expensive. And that amount just went up a bit higher with the recent one percent sales tax increase in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties that went into effect on October 1. Changes in state law this past session created a threequarter-cent sales tax to fund transportation and a quartercent sales tax to fund housing. According to the Minnesota Department of Revenue, the taxes are expected to generate over $700 million annually. Generally speaking, sales tax increases are regressive, acknowledged Ben Helvick Anderson, vice president of policy and organizing at Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative. That means that they hurt lower income earners and poorer households more than more affluent households, But Helvick Anderson notes that Minnesota has measures in place to mitigate the impact of sales tax increases on poor families. “There are some good mechanisms in Minnesota to make it less regressive, such that food, clothing and prescription drugs are exempt from the Minnesota sales tax,” said Helvick Anderson, whose organization lobbied for the housing funding portion of the sales tax this past legisla-
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will receive the money based tion projects. The region is already see- on population and how their ing the results of the sales state-subsidized roads are betax increase. Metro Transit ing used, and have to spend will receive about $450 mil- 41.5 percent for traffic safety, lion annually, enough to plug 41.5 percent to repair and their anticipated $150 million maintain road pavement, and shortfall when it exhausts its 17 percent for transit, bike pandemic relief funds in 2026. and walking. They will also be able to use Counties are still evaluating that money to increase the how they can spend revenue wages of their workers, in- for affordable housing. The crease service, improve bus county boards will decide how stops, build out the region’s to spend transportation and alphabet-letter routes that housing sales tax revenues by make fewer stops, and in- the end of the year. crease the system’s security The Minnesota Housing presence. Finance Agency is also deterA day after the sales tax in- mining how to allocate the crease went into effect, Metro approximately 3,000 housing Transit added two trips on their vouchers funded by the metOne percent sales tax increase will be used to fund public transportation. Photos by H. Jiahong Pan Northstar line, a commuter ro-area sales tax. The vouchrailroad connecting Minneapo- ers are for a new state rentDFL Rep. Frank Hornstein, bankroll 3,000 housing vouch- lis to St. Cloud with a transfer assistance program designed tive session. However, there are some who chairs the House Trans- ers. The remaining $0.03 will to a bus in Big Lake. Metro to mimic Section 8 housing items that will be subject to portation Committee that go towards Twin Cities-area Transit is also asking riders to subsidies. the new sales tax increase, passed the sales tax on transThe rent assistance proincluding dining out, food de- portation this past session. gram has a total of approxiliveries, and purchases from “We’re not going to be able mately 5,000 vouchers, with to solve our many and varied local hardware stores. about 2,000 vouchers funded Helvick Anderson adds needs in transportation with by a $46 million appropriation that affordable housing is in what we have now.” by the legislature that are set Of the extra dollar that will desperate need of additional aside for greater Minnesota funding, the same concern ex- be charged for a $100 purhousing authorities. pressed by transportation ad- chase, roughly $0.59 will go State law says vouchers vocates. Both argue that de- towards funding Metro Tranare to be allocated to local spite the fact that sales taxes sit and the suburban transit housing authorities based on generally lead to higher costs providers to maintain and how many of their residents for monthly expenses and expand service. In addition, are eligible for assistance retherefore hurt low-income $0.13 will go to local counties gardless of whether they are families more, it’s one of the to fund affordable housing, being served by the housing best ways to generate addi- and another $0.13 will also go authority. To make that deto fund county transportation. tional revenue. termination, they are to use Roughly $0.06 will go to cit“[Sales taxes] should not be numbers from the Census the only source. [But] at the ies to fund affordable housing, American Community Survey, end of the day, we need new and another $0.06 will be alloa questionnaire that is more revenue,” said Minneapolis cated to Minnesota Housing to involved than the decennial Census and conducted on select households annually. The sales tax increase will not be the only thing that funds housing and transit. The gas tax will now be indexed to inflation and the tax on motor vehicle sales will increase. Starting next July the state will also begin charging a 50cent fee on product deliveries that cost over $100 from placbike and pedestrian infrastruc- tell them how to spend the es such as Wal-Mart and Amature projects. It will be distrib- sales tax money by visiting me- zon. This tax will fund transuted by the Transportation trotransit.org/forward. portation initiatives statewide. Advisory Board, a 37-member Meanwhile, counties are body facilitated by the Met- still determining how to H. Jiahong Pan welcomes ropolitan Council to distribute spend the proceeds. For the reader comments at hpan@ federal funds for transporta- transportation revenues, they spokesman-recorder.com
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By Chris Juhn Staff Contributor n 1984 Pete Rhodes first launched Black Music America, a Black-owned, 24-hour audio channel. “I was content with just having an audio channel,” explains Rhodes. “But we saw the influx of larger audiences with BET [Black Entertainment Television]. We wanted to mimic BET.” In 2003 Rhodes got the opportunity to expand the audio channel by then-president of Time Warner Cable Eric Brown, an African American who came in to run the system. “He saw the content that I had and thought it would be appealing to the African American audience, which is the largest ethnic audience of cable subscribers in the world,” said Rhodes. At the time, African Americans watched 10 percent more television per week than any other ethnic group. It was then that Rhodes decided to relaunch Black Music America (BMA) as a culturally focused cable network.
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We think MSR: If viewers want to our watch BMA programs, where can they see it? business PR: We’re available on Xfinity impacts the cable network on channel 937. MSR: What has been your community viewing audience? MSR: What has been your PR: Unlike most channels, biggest challenge in owning a by providing we’re not tied to the Nielsen business? them with the ratings. Currently there are PR: Our biggest challenge was our first time there. Kim 400,000 cable subscrib- is having the resources. We [Rhodes] and I, we’re just reconnection over ers, so 10 percent of them have a 24-hour commercial ally surprised and elated at Photo by Chris Juhn to the culture watch the channel daily. If I cable network channel. It’s no the number of people who Pete Rhodes had to say what was the most different than Oprah’s chan- came up to us on that cruise that they’re watched day, it would have to nel [OWN], but we don’t have and said they’ve watched our in the country. That’s our next and connect and get advice on be our Sunday gospel block. the resources that Oprah and channel. So just to know that big push. where you want to go. looking The Discovery Channel have people are familiar with the for and that MSR: What sort of programs to hire the right type people station and it’s something that MSR: What advice would you MSR: Would you like to add do you have? that we need for consistent they like, and it’s something give to an aspiring entrepre- anything that has not been they need. PR: We try to spotlight the output of our services. that fits their needs, is gratify- neur? covered?
various genres of the Black music experience—from jazz MSR: What inspired you to to gospel, and blues to hip hop. Our programming restart your business? PR: The marketplace need flects that. On Mondays we inspired me to launch the have The Minneapolis Sound. business here in Minneapolis. Tuesdays, we look at Black When I came to town, there male groups, individual artists, wasn’t a lot of culturally spe- and their music. On Wednescific programming and events days, we spotlight women in for the Black community and music. Thursdays, it’s throwcommunities of color. We back days—the old classics in started the channel to be an genres from jazz to hip hop. asset for providing informa- Fridays and weekends it’s a tion and entertainment to the combination of all of Black music. urban communities.
Our programs are professionally run, and we have a system that keeps up with what we’re trying to do. But we just lack the financial resources to do what we want to do and finding good people on a consistent basis. At any given time, we will have 3-4 employees.
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Continued from page 1 adequate law enforcement levels. Public safety and the 3rd Precinct The first question at the forum posed to the candidates was what approaches were effective for addressing crime in Minneapolis. Jenkins pointed to the efforts already implemented by the city to create a commission of public safety that included police, firefighters, emergency management, and violence interrupters. Stevenson also supported a comprehensive public-safety system but said that current leadership had “doubled down on reactive approaches that have failed to keep us safe.” Asked about the best location for a building to house
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when they’re interacting with people,” Vetaw said at the forum. She added she helped bring in state money to fund the police, and she also wants to address the shortage of 911 operators and diversify the city’s approach to public safety. Angela Williams wants the police to build trust in the community. “We need more people, more officers in the community to show that they are human just like everybody else, and that they care,” said Williams. Williams also wants to connect “public-safety groups with a proven record of results” with the police, take away money from publicsafety groups that don’t have a proven track record and give it to the police, as well as create police oversight commissions in each neighborhood. Marvina Haynes, who believes her brother Marvin is wrongfully incarcerated for a crime he did not commit and has been working to free him, wants to reallocate funding from the police and invest it in resources for those who are suffering from drug addiction, as well as for youth jobs and resources. She also wants funding from the police department to be invested in mental health resources, since she is a single mother of a child with a disability. “As far as the drug use, bring in more facilities to be able to give them the proper care that they need. We just need to see the money go somewhere else [aside from policing],” said Haynes. Leslie Davis agrees with Haynes but has a different approach. Davis believes police who perform poorly should not be paid and thinks former Navy SEALs could serve as a
that housing and support services should be denied to unhoused people because of drug use. Both Jenkins and Stevenson also agreed that action is needed on climate change and that large-scale investments in green initiatives should be undertaken by the city. The two were split on fees, however. Stevenson supported a fee for carbon initiatives, while Jenkins was wary that fees would be passed on to consumers and noted that the city would need to be careful that any fees were balanced by environmental benefits and the financial burden on the community. Stevenson and Jenkins both voiced support for neighborhood associations, but Stevenson directly accused Jenkins of not directing enough funding to the associations.
“Unfortunately, under Council President Jenkins’s leadership [neighborhood associations] have been allowed to shrivel up to the point where many neighborhood organizations are having to get rid of beloved staff, including here in Kingfield. [It has gotten] to the point where neighborhood associations can’t meet their basic programming,” Stevenson said. Jenkins did not directly respond to Stevenson’s comment on the issue of neighborhood associations but did mention that she was working on a plan from the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) to increase neighborhood association funding and making sure it was distributed more equitably.
private security force to re- sure housing stays affordable ties in our city, [I believe that] place the police. “I’d use half for those who need it. Rent we allocate funding to meet of that [$350,000] to hire a control laws limit how much our climate equity goals. What couple of Navy SEALs, let someone’s rent can be in- I’m excited about is that we them patrol around a neigh- creased annually. But Mayor get to pick what those goals borhood,” said Davis, whose Jacob Frey opposes the mea- are based on the full plan,” campaign promotes anti-vac- sure because he believes it said Vetaw. Haynes says she is workcine, COVID-19 hoax messag- does not solve issues around ing. He also thinks traffic safe- affordability and the housing ing with her best friend to ty issues could be addressed supply. Minneapolis voters improve the air quality on the approved a ballot measure North Side because of the airwith speed bumps. in 2021, directing the city to quality issues the state faced this summer. She also wants study the concept. Housing and gentrification For Haynes, the most im- to reduce the pollution comThe subprime mortgage crisis hit North Minneapolis portant issue is housing sta- ing from a nearby trash site. Williams believes she needs hard. A 2011 tornado that bility. “The rent is too damn ripped through the North Side high,” said Haynes, who is to do something to address made affordable housing even a Section 8 voucher recipi- the environmental health of scarcer. In the following years, ent. She wants to see rent the people who are here tocorporate landlords bought controls capped at no more day. She believes those issues up what remained of the af- than a three percent increase can be addressed by continufordable housing stock and a year. Haynes, who rented ing to fund solar programs, began to rent it out, charging from corporate landlords that work with communities to adneglected to maintain their dress environmental justice isexorbitant fees. Councilmember Vetaw’s properties to the point where sues, as well as hold the Henoffice is tracking 40 of those people had to move, wants to nepin Energy Recovery Center homes that are on the mar- prevent corporate landlords (HERC) accountable for what ket and wants to ensure they from buying up homes on the is going on in the community. go to people who will live in North Side. Incumbent Vetaw oppos- On the Upper Harbor Terminal them. She is currently working United Properties, owned on a program that helps first- es rent control. “Rent control time homebuyers and people has never worked anywhere,” by the Pohlads, along with First Avenue, are currently of color buy homes in Min- she said. working with the city of Minneapolis. Vetaw added that neapolis and the Minneapolis the public housing author- On the environment Ward 4 is arguably one of Park and Recreation Board to ity needs money so they can make repairs and bring their the most polluted areas in build a 20-acre park and conMinneapolis. The Minnesota cert venue to replace a closed buildings up to standard. Williams stresses the need Department of Health found warehouse and shipping port. to look at other factors. “We that people who live in the zip The project, called the Upper have to look at the racial code that encompasses most Harbor Terminal redevelopwealth gap. We have to look of Ward 4 made 131.4 emer- ment, was approved by the at economic decline. We have gency room visits for asthma City Council in 2021. The Upper Harbor Termito look at resources that are per 10,000 people between just not available to people like 2016 and 2020. This rate is nal is controversial to some they used to be,” said Williams. about four times higher than Northsiders because they be“How can I protect people the seven-county metro rate, lieve the project focuses more from gentrification? That’s a which is 34.5 emergency on the needs of outsiders, not loaded question.” Williams room visits per 10,000. An at- so much on the self-determiadded that renters need pro- tendee asked candidates how nation of those on the North tections and she did not think they plan to make the city Side. The city plans to allow up to 570 homes on the site, some that the Upper Harbor Terminal carbon-neutral by 2050. Vetaw wants to ensure of which will be affordable to project will help Northsiders. money earmarked for envi- those making 50 percent of the ronmental causes is invested area median income. AdditionOn rent control Some housing advocates in Ward 4. “As a council mem- ally, First Avenue will contribhave organized around sup- ber that represents one of the ute proceeds from ticket fees porting rent control to en- most underserved communi- to the McKinley Neighborhood
Association that they can use as they see fit. The concert venue opens in 2025. Haynes said at the forum that she needed more time to process the project and to understand its impact on the ward.
for Black women to be central to this work, especially those with proximity to these issues in hopes that they have a better understanding of the needs of victims. As Dr. Lewis and Lakeisha Lee spoke to service providers and women in shelters, they found that having someone who looked like them and was familiar with their experiences helped to ensure that they had a better experience through the process. The federal MMBW office would be tasked with conducting research into the crisis and reporting its findings to Congress focusing on the causes of these cases, analyzing the intersections of human trafficking and domestic violence, and making policy recommendations towards a comprehen-
sive solution. The office would also create a national advisory committee made up of Black women and girls with personal experiences and would include family members of victims. It would also be charged with issuing grants to community-based organizations that provide culturally appropriate survivor and victim support programs.
MPD’s Third Precinct, Jenkins cies to be specifically targeted and Stevenson agreed that to help BIPOC renters. more community engagement was needed. Originally, Jen- Both leading Ward 8 kins had wanted to see the candidates strongly precinct located at Century support continued Plaza downtown but said that funding for the option was now “off the table.” public housing Stevenson did specify a location for the main precinct levy and a but mentioned the idea that “housing first” neighborhoods could have approach where smaller police substations, the focus is to get and that “we have time” to decide on a location, saying that unhoused people the lack of a building had not in housing decreased the Third Precinct accommodations. officer’s response times. Housing and rent control policy Jenkins and Stevenson hold similar views on housing—both want a rent-control policy. However, Stevenson wants a “strong” general rentcontrol policy, while Jenkins wants any rent control poli-
data are central components that helped establish the state Continued from page 1 office for Missing and Murdered Black Women (MMBW) and are a large part of what according to a report by Re- helped establish the federal search in Action and The Advo- office. cates for Human Rights. “In 2021, the state of Min- Going nationwide The local office for MMBW nesota became the first in the nation to create a Missing and was created to increase the Murdered African American coordination of informationWomen’s Task Force,” said Dr. sharing among counties, police Lewis, founder and CEO of Re- departments, and other state search in Action. “As a leader of agencies. With the issue of this effort, Research in Action MMBW gaining national atused our community-centered, tention, Rep. Omar and others equity-in-action process-mod- began looking for coordination el to work with women who and communication to extend have been directly impacted across state lines through the by this violence, in the final Department of Justice. “The other big piece is golegislative report to identify concrete and actionable solu- ing to be the data-sharing and creating a central point for that tions.” The access and sharing of data to be held,” Rep. Omar
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Both leading Ward 8 candidates strongly support continued funding for the public housing levy and a “housing first” approach where the focus is to get unhoused people in housing accommodations. Neither candidate believed
said. “We want to utilize the opportunities that will be created from grants for states to also begin collecting that data and putting it in a national database, so that there is a hub for that information.”
“Despite Black women and girls representing a disproportionate number of missing women in the United States, their cases typically garner less attention.” Another component that came out of the local task force’s research was the need
Candidate priorities The forum ended with the
“There was an opportunity for affordable housing. There was an opportunity to get homeless people out of encampments and into a space where they can be safe. What we didn’t need was another entertainment venue coming into our community.”
question of each candidate’s top three priorities. Jenkins listed affordable housing, public safety, and climate change as her top three priorities. Stevenson said his top priorities were a working public safety system and accountable police department, housing issues, and climate change. Terry White listed his three priorities as homeless encampments, small businesses, and affordable housing. Bob Sullentrop listed only one main priority— homeless encampments— saying he already promised a supporter on Stevens Avenue that he would “get rid of the homeless people camping across the street from her house.” Cole Miska welcomes reader comments at cmiska@spokesman-recorder.com. business for that,” said Vetaw. On their most important challenges “Stable housing,” said Marvina Haynes. “I think if we are able to provide people with housing, we know we can provide people with stability,” she said. She also wants to fund more resources for youth. “We don’t need people babysitting our kids. What we need is for our kids to have real opportunities. We see a lot of organizations that come up and get funding from the city and other places. But we never really see their work come directly to the corners of the city.” Angela Williams is more fiscally conservative. “Property taxes,” she said. “Why are they coming up with more taxes for us to pay? She added, “Another challenge is integrity, accountability and transparency at the City Council level. I live in the middle of two drug houses. I see cars coming out and they go down the street and then they turn and go that way. I see young kids standing at the bus stop with shirts over their heads getting high.” Ward 4 Councilmember Vetaw has a different perspective: “All 12 of my colleagues and the mayor understand that we have a trust issue with government. People don’t feel like their basic needs are being met. And as the Ward 4 council member, I try my best to do that,” she said. “Basic needs for folks over here are trash removal on time, adequate snowplowing, safe streets, and thriving neighborhoods. The consent decree is a big part of how we’re going to move [because it] is gonna cost us a lot of money.”
Williams thinks the project needs more housing and worries the proposed entertainment venue will bring public safety and environmental health issues. “What we didn’t need was another entertainment venue coming into our community. If we wanted to answer the question about gentrification, there it is right there,” said Williams. “There was an opportunity for [affordable housing]. There was an opportunity to get homeless people out of encampments and into a space where they can be safe.” Vetaw thinks the project is good for the North Side because it will create access to the river, and those who buy tickets to see a show at the Upper Harbor Terminal will pay a fee to fund the nearby McKinley Neighborhood Association. “We have a huge opportunity for economic deH. Jiahong Pan welcomes velopment and some help with reader comments at hpan@ our tax base here. We need spokesman-recorder.com.
rienced during the loss of her sister. “Many young Black women in the U.S. have the same story as Brittany, but do not get media attention. The families are not heard by law enforcement, and they are left feeling lost and hopeless,” said Lee, cofounder of The Brittany Clardy Foundation. “As Brittany’s keeper, I want to bring awareness to those who are lost and voiceless, and Families not heard amplify their needs, and walk Lee spoke about the ways alongside survivors with hope in which the system failed her for future generations, advofamily when her sister, Brit- cating for change. We must tany Clardy, was murdered and can do better. I believe more than a decade ago. Since when Black women and girls then, Lee has led on this issue are safe, all of us are safe.” of MMBW and has continued her goal to support change so Abdi Mohamed welcomes that families do not go through reader comments at amohamed@ what she and her family expe- spokesman-recorder.com.
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Phyllis Braxton’s new book of ‘authentic wisdom’ A masterclass in building healthier relationships
By Tony Kiene Contributing Writer he year 2023 has proven to be an amazing year for North Minneapolis resident Phyllis Braxton. The world-renowned Miraval thought leader, diversity equity inclusion specialist, and founder and CEO of Pink Consulting LLC, released her first book in March. The best-selling “Be Right or Be Effective: A 30-Day Journey to Master Life’s Messes and Overcome Unexpected Challenges,” has been called “thoughtful, compassionate, funny, vulnerable, and brilliant.” She has also been described as filled with “authentic wisdom” that will “inspire you to take action and better your life.” But Braxton, who has been a force-ofnature in the self-care space for more than a quarter of a century, is far from done. A second book is due out early this winter. And she continues to make an indelible impact in the lives of others, whether here in the Twin Cities or well beyond, through her consulting, activism, coaching, artistry, and empowerment initiatives including her very own nonprofit wholeSOUL Inc. So how did the extraordinary Braxton make the journey to where she is today?
And while she continues to serve others through her consulting work, Braxton never forgot the lessons of her parents when it comes to education. A lifelong learner, Braxton has added a second master’s degree, this one in clinical social work from St. Catherine’s University, which accompanies her graduate social Hurricane Katrina turning point work licensure (LGSW). When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Braxton is also the first Black thought leadAugust 29, 2005, there weren’t many places er ever certified by the Miraval Resort & Spa in hit harder than Moss Point, Mississippi. Sus- Tucson, Arizona, a global leader in health and tained winds exceeding 125 miles per hour wellness. Plus, she never gave up her pursuit of and storm surges of more than 20 feet in many her Ph.D. and is nearing the completion of her areas destroyed much of Moss Point. doctoral studies in the Leadership for Change Braxton was devastated. Feeling the need program at Fielding Graduate University. to go back home to help out, she made the decision to walk away from her Ph.D. studies. Bestselling author In 2006, she founded Pink Consulting LLC, When Braxton’s first book, “Be Right or Be Effective,” hit shelves on March 9 of this year, it debuted at #3 on Amazon’s Best Sellers list of cognitive behavioral therapy books. “The book is designed to meet people where they are,” she says, “to support them in building positive mindsets and enhancing their skillsets.” Braxton, who admits to her own struggles with anxiety, is concerned about women and girls, and in particular women and girls of color, who have experienced trauma in school and the workplace. “I believe in coaching over counseling and supporting people through a trauma-informed lens.” The follow-up to her first book is entitled, “Good Intentions, Bad Results: A Practical Guide to Build Intercultural Confidence and Healthier Relationships at Work, Home, and School.” It continues Braxton’s work in the trauma-informed therapy space and is due out later this year. When talking about the message she is hoping to send with this latest effort, Braxton explains, “I wish for more empathy and grace. Empathy for ourselves so that we can extend it to others. So that we can find ways to grant which took off in short order and to date has each other more grace. So that we’re curious conducted intercultural and personality as- as opposed to accusatory. And that we lift one sessments, provided professional and personal another up to choose life, and abundant life. A coaching, and delivered intercultural develop- purposeful life.” ment services to more than 100 organizations, reaching more than 100,000 individuals. For more information about Braxton and Pink Whether working with small nonprofit Consulting, visit pinkconsultingllc.com. To puragencies or much larger institutions includ- chase her books, go to phyllisbraxtonbooks.com. ing Princeton and Stanford, Braxton says that Pink’s programs and services “are always cusTony Kiene welcomes reader comments at tomized to fit the client’s needs and goals.” tkiene@spokesman-recorder.com. cally. Her success at Morris Brown caught the attention of recruiters at the University of Minnesota, where she earned her master’s in adult education. As she pursued her doctorate, she also served as an adjunct professor teaching graduate-level courses in her field.
Bestselling author Phyllis Braxton
lations, they kept us in a bubble. It just didn’t come up.” It was after graduating from Moss Point High School and matriculating to Atlanta’s Morris Brown College, a historically Black col“I was so naïve” lege (HBCU), when Braxton notes she “came Along the Pascagoula River and barely five into my culture, into my Blackness.” miles from the northern shores of the Gulf “There was a march of some sort,” recalls of Mexico lies Braxton’s hometown of Moss Braxton, “and some of the students were talkPoint, Mississippi. One of five children raised ing about taking it to ‘the Man.’” by Viola and Sammy Braxton, she and her sib“I was so naïve,” Braxton laughs today. “I was lings were taught by their parents the impor- like, ‘Who’s the man?’” tance of education from a very young age. “My mother had an eighth-grade educa“I wish for more empathy tion. My father only finished the third grade,” explains Braxton, who adds that both parents and grace. Empathy for worked in cotton fields. “They emphasized edourselves so that we can ucation and made it a priority that all of us go extend it to others. So that beyond high school.” we can find ways to grant The message clearly got through, as the five children of Viola and Sammy have colleceach other more grace.” tively gone on to earn an associate degree, five bachelor’s degrees, and a total of seven master’s degrees. Braxton herself will soon add a Attending an HBCU certainly proved to be Ph.D. to that tally. the right choice, she says. “It anchored me, Still, there was one thing that Braxton’s grounded me. It expanded my awareness of family never discussed. “My parents never Black culture. And it taught me just how comtalked about race,” she reveals. “They taught plex the world was.” us about hard work, the importance of being Seeing the world open up before her eyes, a good person. But when it came to race re- Braxton continued to apply herself academi-
in new ways and deepens the understanding in your heart and your body.” Based in Washington, D.C., Step Afrika! has spread the gospel of step culture worldwide, touring more than 60 countries. The group peries University of Minnesota the beats found their way into Brogdon, director of artistic formed for President Barack By Sheletta Brundidge campus for three upcoming the body of the people, the and community programs at Obama’s Black History Month Contributing Writer Reception in 2016. Earlier this experiences, with student/ Drumfolk. That led to the his- Northrop Auditorium. Founded in 1994, Step year, Step Afrika! was among With “Drumfolk,” Step educator morning matinees toric development of distinct Afrika! will give Minnesota on Oct. 12-13 and an evening performance traditions like Afrika! became the first pro- the celebrated Black performring shout, tap and stepping. audiences a rich, rhythmic, performance on Oct. 13. “The stories they tell are The high-energy perforreverberating Black history lesson through a performance mances will recreate the little- about our history as Americombining dance, drums and known story of how enslaved cans and how that shows up Africans in South Carolina in dance, music and culture. movement. The Step Afrika! troupe will used drums to start a revolt in They tell the story in an imtake the stage at Northrop 1739. When the Africans lost portant, respectful, joyful and Auditorium at the Twin Cit- the right to use their drums, exuberant way,” said Kristen
Acclaimed dance company Step Afrika! performing at Northrop Auditorium
attendance. “People in the audience will emerge a little different than when they came in and took their seats,” promised Brogdon. “They will feel the vibrations in their bodies. Minnesota audiences tend to be beautifully polite and attentive. With Step Afrika! there will be lots of back-and-forth between the stage and the audience, the entire theater filled with energy.”
Step Afrika! Photo by Jacob Andrew Iwinski fessional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. The performances thrill with a blend of percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities combined with traditional African and contemporary dance. “The history reflected in this show is being rewritten out of the curriculum in the region where the history took place. A lot of us didn’t learn about these events in school,” Brogdon said. “Learning through experiences in the theater opens people up
ers to join the President and First Lady for the Juneteenth Step Afrika! will offer a perCelebration at the White formance of “Drumfolk” on Oct House. 13 at 7:30 p.m., and student Step Afrika! dancers are matinees on Oct. 12 and Oct. committed to community en- 13 at 10:30 a.m., at Northrop gagement. While in the Twin Auditorium/U of M Twin Cities Cities, they will visit North campus, located at 84 Church High School in Minneapolis St. S.E. in Minneapolis. and Prodeo Academy in CoAll are welcome; registration lumbia Heights. They will offer is required. For tickets and infora free stepping workshop for mation, visit people of all abilities and skills www.northrop.umn.edu/ in the auditorium of Prodeo events/step-afrika-2023. Academy on October 9. The performances promSheletta Brundidge welcomes ise an exhilarating and eye- reader responses to sbrundidge@ popping night out for those in spokesman-recorder.com.
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More Lessons in Leadership By Marian Wright Edelman
wrote in my college diary. not in our living above our Others I internalized and, like ability, but rather in our living “It will not be sufficient for many others who heard him below our capacities.” One of Morehouse College, for any col- frequently, I often shared his the many Morehouse students lege for that matter, to produce words. I especially remember Dr. Mays helped shape was Dr. clever graduates, men fluent in his oft-repeated “God’s Minute” Martin Luther King, Jr. speech and able to argue their from an anonymous sage: When Morehouse College way through; but rather honest bade Dr. King farewell after I have just one minute men, men who can be trusted in his assassination at a service public and private—who are sen- Only sixty seconds in it, on the grassy rectangle consitive to the wrongs, the suffer- Forced upon me—can’t refuse it necting Atlanta University with Morehouse, where I stood with ings, and the injustices of society Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it, thousands of others who had and who are willing to accept re- But it’s up to me to use it. sponsibility for correcting the ills.” I must suffer if I lose it, marched behind his simple Give account if I abuse it. mule-driven cortege, Dr. Mays - Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Just a tiny little minute— movingly saluted his former student, fellow freedom fighter But eternity is in it. and servant of God, with Ralph Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, MoreWaldo Emerson’s words: “See house College’s president from “The tragedy of life how the masses of men worry 1940-1967, said this about the themselves into nameless kind of graduates and leadis often not in our graves, while here and there ers he expected Morehouse failure, but rather in a great unselfish soul forgets to produce. As a student at himself into immortality.” neighboring Spelman College, I our complacency; Who are our Dr. Mayses toheard and saw Dr. Mays often not in our doing too day—our moral compasses in and had the privilege of singing much, but rather in in Morehouse’s Sunday morncrucial sectors of American life? ing chapel choir and hearing our doing too little; Every time there is a new dethis great man’s wisdom. bate over political leadership it By James E. Clyburn tures across the country have lot box has come under such not in our living Of the six college presidents is worth returning to the examintroduced or enacted laws to attacks. Ahead of the 1876 in the Atlanta University acaples we want to see. It is also above our ability, Earlier this month, I stood curb Black Americans’ access Presidential Election, South demic complex, Dr. Mays was up to us to encourage the next alongside my colleagues as we to the ballot box. Arizona and Carolina Democratic Congress- the one students looked up to but rather in our generation of unselfish citizens announced the reintroduction Mississippi enacted legislation man Martin Witherspoon Gary most. He inspired and taught and servant-leaders who are living below our of the John R. Lewis Voting to require burdensome proof devised a devious campaign, us by example and stood by us sensitive to the wrongs, sufcapacities.” Rights Advancement Act, leg- of citizenship to determine eli- known as the “Edgefield Plan,” when we challenged Atlanta’s ferings and injustices of society to impede the Black vote. islation aptly named after the gibility to register to vote. racial discrimination, and we and ready to do their own part The Edgefield Plan called hungrily internalized his unerrstalwart civil rights champion Dozens of state legislatures He taught us all “the tragedy to transform the world. and my dear departed friend. I introduced bills to restrict the for physical violence, and even ing belief that we were God’s of life is often not in our failure, often recount the story of how practice of voting by mail. Oth- murder, to keep Blacks from instruments for helping trans- but rather in our complacency; Marian Wright Edelman is and when I first met John Lewis. er states have begun aggres- voting. He worked closely with form the world. not in our doing too much, but founder and president emerita of It was in October 1960. We sively removing voters from the rifle clubs and the South CaroSome of his teachings I rather in our doing too little; the Children’s Defense Fund. were 19-year-old college stu- rolls and redrawing Congres- lina White supremacist group dents attending an organizing sional maps blatantly designed known as the “Red Shirts” to execute it. meeting of the Student Non- to silence the Black vote. Devastatingly, he was sucviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Atlanta, Georgia. cessful. The violence and disorThe John R. Lewis Years later, we would serve der tilted the scale and placed Voting Rights together in the U.S. House of the Democrats back in power Advancement Act Representatives, once again after years of Republican conmunicipal vehicles—the larg- tion engine and gas pumps By Ben Jealous would restore and united under the cause for “a trol. est in the country—to buy only overnight, even if our warming modernize the more perfect Union.” We’ve already begun to zero-emissions cars and trucks planet may need quicker action. When General Motors, In 2013, we sat down to- protections outlined see these terrifying echoes of beginning in 2025, and heavier That fear mongering is inaccuChrysler and Ford—the “Big the past reverberating today. gether and discussed the Suin the 1965 Voting vehicles after 2028. By 2035, rate and misplaced. It’s a meaThree” American automakThere are the restrictive voter preme Court’s decision in ShelRights Act and call the entire city fleet will be zero sured, unmistakable direction ers—were close to extinction suppression laws I described by v. Holder. We reflected on on states and emission. 15 years ago, their workers and that UAW leaders see clearly. above. Then came January 6, the efforts that we had underthe American people stepped Their members must benefit localities with a 2021—a day that will live fortaken as college students and in to save them. The United from that, they told me when recent history of wondered what the decision ever in our history as a moment Auto Workers (UAW) gave we met in Detroit last month. meant in the larger fight for of discredit and disgrace. We discrimination to back wages and benefits they Instead, the Big Three have equal access to the ballot box. are clearly treading in dangerpreclear new had every right to get under a been pushing battery making We were reminded of the ous waters, and if we want to election changes. contract they had negotiated and electric vehicle assembly years when our Black brothers preserve the foundation of our to states that don’t offer union and sisters, especially those in democracy, we must pass this just a year before. Now, rather than being paid workers protection or to plants the South, were subjected to Look no further than Ron bill. back, union workers face getcreated through joint ventures indignities such as being re- DeSantis’ Florida and the disThe John R. Lewis Votthat allow them to operate outting left out of the future of quired to answer questions like mantling of an opportunity dis- ing Rights Advancement Act the car business. And the rest side the UAW’s deal. how many jelly beans were in trict held by former Congress- would restore and modernize This is an all-too-familiar a jar and being subjected to lit- man Al Lawson. Then, in July the protections outlined in the of the country is being told we have Hobson’s choice when it pattern in this country’s his2021, the Court further weak- 1965 Voting Rights Act and call eracy tests to cast a ballot. comes to electric vehicles—we tory—corporations, billionaires, Importantly, we feared what ened the 1965 Voting Rights on states and localities with a can have them, but only at and the politicians representwas to come. Although we lost Act in its decision in Brnovich recent history of discriminaa cost to our neighbors who ing their interests pitting poor John just a few short years later, v. DNC, making it more difficult tion to preclear new election build them. and working Americans, who he too began to see some of to challenge discriminatory vot- changes. We see this when Ford anactually aspire to the same futhose fears realized. It would also restore Secing laws. nounces it’s slowing constructure, against each other. They In the years since Shelby v. Yet, this is far from the first tion 2 of the Voting Rights Act, do it with hyperboles like asHolder, several state legisla- time that access to the bal- which was struck down in Br- tion of a battery plant in Michigan. And when Donald Trump, sassination and altering estabnovich v. DNC, making it easier who leads Republican presilished expansion plans. to challenge discriminatory votWe’re well beyond 2008. dential primary polls, goes to ing laws. It is the remedy our naProfits for the Big Three are a non-union company outside tion needs to fight back against soaring. Consumers want elecDetroit to claim that “the auto these dangerous challenges to industry is being assassinated” tric vehicles, and as a nation our democracy and ensure that by the move away from dirty we’re encouraging them to all Americans can make their fuels. buy them through tax credits voices heard at the ballot box. Neither auto workers nor passed last year. Importantly, it would also It’s those cars and trucks honor John’s life work. He was the climate can afford for us to fall for this false narrative. If That’s the same year that that we’ll drive into a livable one of the most courageous anything, we should see that California, New York, and 14 future. We must ensure that people I’ve ever known, and I momentum is moving squarely other states will require all cars clean energy transition is a think constantly of how much submissions@spokesman-recorder.com and more rapidly in the other and trucks sold to be zero emisfair one to the people who will we owe him. Almost none of direction. That’s what Presimake it possible. sion vehicles. They’ve agreed us made the kinds of sacrifices that John made, even as dent Biden means when he to ask carmakers to increase Ben Jealous is executive dia young college student, at a says that talking about the cli- the share of electric vehicles they sell slowly and continumate is talking about good jobs. rector of the Sierra Club, the nalevel that some of us could only New York’s City Council ously over the next 13 years. tion’s largest and most influential strive for. voted unanimously to move This isn’t a rash rush to grassroots environmental organiEnacting the John R. Lewis its fleet of more than 30,000 abandon the internal combuszation. Voting Rights Advancement Act would make a statement to submissions@spokesman-recorder.com the people of this country that this august body believes in the sacred promise of “a more perfect Union” as expressed in the ads@spokesman-recorder.com preamble to our Constitution.
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IN DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation Court File No.: 27-CV-23-14943
State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Respondents. IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES NOTICE To the Respondents hereinabove named: You, and each of you, are hereby notified that on January 12, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before Judge Francis J. Magill, in the Courthouse at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, via remote hearing, the Petitioner will present a Petition now on file herein for the condemnation of certain lands for trunk highway purposes. This hearing will not be in person at the Courthouse. Instructions for attending the remote hearing may be obtained from Hennepin Court Administration. The remote hearing may be access by video at https://Zoomgov.com/ join, or by phone at 833-568-8864. For either method, the Meeting ID is 160 407 2732 and the Meeting Password is 309514. A copy of the Petition is attached hereto and incorporated herein. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that Petitioner will also move the court for an order transferring title and possession to Petitioner of the parcels described in the Petition in accordance with Minn. Stat. §117.042, as of February 16, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that all persons occupying the property described in the petition must VACATE THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED AND MOVE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 16, 2024. All advertising signs or devices located in the area being acquired must be removed by February 16, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that (1) a party wishing to challenge the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for a taking must appear at the court hearing and state the objection or must appeal within 60 days of a court order; and (2) a court order approving the public use or public purpose, necessity, and authority for the taking is final unless an appeal is brought within 60 days after service of the order on the party. Dated: October 5, 2023 KEITH ELISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 St. Paul, MN 55101-2134 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 282-2525(TTY) ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation
----State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., City of Plymouth, County of Hennepin, Plymouth Hotels, LLC, Northeast Bank, United States of America Small Business Administration, WestHealth, Inc., U.S. Bank National Association, PHS WestHealth, Inc., CFT NV Developments, LLC, East West Bank, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Bremer Bank, National Association, Delrey Plymouth Associates, Old National Bank, successor in interest by corporate merger, consolidation, amendment, or conversion to First Community Bank, 2980 Empire Lane LLC, Extra Space Storage Inc., Pauly Enterprises, Inc., Holiday Stationstores, LLC, as successor in interest to Holiday Stationstores, Inc., Plymouth Pointe Plaza, LLC, CSM Equities, LLC, Eagan Fitness LLC, d/b/a Orangetheory Fitness, SL Plymouth LLC, f/k/a Stretchlab, Christopher J Salon, Inc., TCC Wireless, LLC, FedEx Office Print Services Inc, Crisp & Green, LLC, Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., Boger Dental, P.A., Core Chiropractic & Health, P.A, also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest or lien in the real estate described in the Petition herein, Respondents. ----IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES ----PETITION ----To the District Court above named the State of Minnesota brings this Petition and respectfully states and alleges: I. That Trunk Highway Legislative Route numbered 188, which has been renumbered 55, and which has been located according to law and passes over the lands herein described. That it is duly covered by Centerline Orders numbered 20641, 20644, and 43743; Amended Width Order numbered 100107; Amended Access Order numbered 100108; and Temporary Easement Order numbered 100109. II. That the Commissioner of Transportation deems it necessary that the State of Minnesota for trunk highway purposes obtain the lands herein described in fee simple absolute, together with the following rights: to acquire all trees, shrubs, grass and herbage within the right of way herein to be taken, and to keep and have the exclusive control of the same; to acquire from the owners whose lands front thereon any existing right of access to said highway in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned, and to keep and have the exclusive control of all access to said highway in accordance with the law governing controlled access highways; and to acquire a temporary easement in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned. With reference to Parcel 218B, there appears a mortgage executed by Plymouth Hotels LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company as mortgagor, in favor of Minnesota Business Finance Corporation, and assigned by agreement to the United States of America, acting through the United States Small Business Administration, filed in the office of the County Recorder in Hennepin County, Minnesota, as follows: Dated Date Filed Document No. March 1, 2021 March 1, 2021 T-5868392 It is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order authorizing the Court Administrator to accept and deposit payments, in an interestbearing account, from the Petitioner to the court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order transferring title and possession of the parcels herein described, prior to the filing of an award by the court appointed commissioners, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order requiring the parties to exchange any appraisals at least 14 days prior to a commissioners’ hearing, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.036. The Petitioner reserves its right to recover costs of clean up and testing and all other damages arising from the presence of pollutants, contaminants, or hazardous materials
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on the property described herein, from all potential responsible parties, including respondents herein where appropriate, in a separate legal action to the extent permitted by law. III. That the following described lands in these proceedings taken are situated in Hennepin County, Minnesota; that the names of all persons appearing of record or known to your Petitioner to be the owners of said lands or interested therein, including all whom your Petitioner has been able by investigation and inquiry to discover, together with the nature of the ownership of each, as nearly as can be ascertained, are as follows: FEE ACQUISITION Parcel 218A C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW That part of Tract A described below: Tract A. Tract A, except the north 40.73 feet thereof, Registered Land Survey No 1424, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 604548; which lies southwesterly and southeasterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 10 feet northeasterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northwesterly at a right angle for 26.3 feet; thence southwesterly at a right angle for 10 feet to the southwesterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; together with that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, which lies northwesterly and southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southwesterly line of said Tract A, distant 60 feet southeasterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence northeasterly at a right angle for 7 feet; thence northwesterly parallel with said southeasterly line to the westerly line thereof and there terminating; containing 690 square feet, more or less; together with all right of access, being the right of ingress to and egress from that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, not acquired herein, to the above described strip; also a right to use the following described strip for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: A strip being that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, adjoining, northeasterly and northwesterly of the above described strips, which lies southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of said Tract A, distant 14 feet northeasterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northwesterly at a right angle for 26.3 feet; thence southwesterly at a right angle for 4 feet; thence northwesterly parallel with the southwesterly line of said Tract A to the northwesterly line thereof and there terminating; A strip being that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, adjoining and northeasterly of the third above described strip, which lies southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of said Tract A, distant 60 feet southeasterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence northeasterly at a right angle for 20 feet; thence northwesterly parallel with the southwesterly line of said Tract A to the northwesterly line thereof and there terminating;containing 2151 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Fee City of Plymouth Special Assessments and Easement County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments FEE ACQUISITION Parcel 218B C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW That part of Tract A described below: Tract A. Tract B, Registered Land Survey No. 1424, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1438422; which lies southwesterly and northwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 10 feet northeasterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence southeasterly at a right angle for 13.7 feet; thence southwesterly at a right angle for 10 feet to the southwesterly line of said Tract A and there terminating;containing 137 square feet, more or less; together with all right of access, being the right of ingress to and egress from that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, not acquired herein, to the above described strip; also a right to use the following described strip for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: A strip being that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, adjoining, northeasterly and southeasterly of the above described strip, which lies southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of said Tract A, distant 5 feet northeasterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northwesterly at a right angle for 115.23 feet; thence northwesterly to a point distant 14 feet northeasterly of a point on the southwesterly line of said Tract A, distant 135.23 feet northwesterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northwesterly parallel with said southwesterly line for 183.7 feet to an intersection with the northwesterly line thereof and there terminating; containing 1584 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Plymouth Hotels, LLC Fee Northeast Bank Mortgage United States of America Mortgage Small Business Administration County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments Parcel 223 C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: Tract A. Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, West Suburban Health Campus Fourth Addition, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1377437; which lies southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 15 feet northeasterly of the southeasterly corner thereof; thence northwesterly at a right angle to an intersection with the southwesterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 7944 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: WestHealth, Inc. Fee U.S. Bank National Association Mortgage PHS WestHealth, Inc. Lessee County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments Parcel 310 C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: Tract A. Lot 5, Block 1, PLYMOUTH MARKETPLACE, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; which lies southerly and easterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point
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on the east line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 18 feet northerly of the most southeasterly corner thereof; thence westerly at a right angle for 8 feet; thence southerly parallel with said east line to the south line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 174 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: CFT NV Developments, LLC Fee East West Bank Mortgage City of Plymouth Easement Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Easement Bremer Bank, National Association Easement County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments Parcel 319B C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: Tract A. Lot 4, Block 1, Plymouth Freeway Center, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1482208; which lies southwesterly of a line run parallel with and distant 5 feet northeasterly of the southwesterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described; containing 1568 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Delrey Plymouth Associates Fee Old National Bank, successor in interest Mortgage by corporate merger, consolidation, amendment, or conversion to First Community Bank 2980 Empire Lane LLC Easement Extra Space Storage Inc. Easement Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Easement Pauly Enterprises, Inc. Easement Holiday Stationstores, LLC, as successor Easement in interest to Holiday Stationstores, Inc. Plymouth Hotels, LLC Easement County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments FEE ACQUISITION Parcel 527 C.S. 2723 (55=188) 902 S.P. 2723-144RW That part of Tract A described below: Tract A. Lot 1, Block 1, CSM Plymouth Business Campus, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1392029; which lies southeasterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the southwesterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 60.00 feet northwesterly of the southeast corner thereof; thence southeasterly on an azimuth of 113 degrees 03 minutes 36 seconds for 52.47 feet; thence on an azimuth of 83 degrees 06 minutes 31 seconds for 19.13 feet to the southeasterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 309 square feet, more or less. together with all right of access, being the right of ingress to and egress from that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, not acquired herein, to the above described strip; also a right to use the following described strip for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes: A strip being that part of Tract A hereinbefore described, adjoining, northeasterly and northwesterly of the above described strip, which lies southwesterly and southeasterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of said Tract A, distant 15.01 feet northeasterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence southeasterly on an azimuth of 116 degrees 39 minutes 34 seconds for 42.29 feet; thence on an azimuth of 126 degrees 20 minutes 42 seconds for 61.29 feet; thence on an azimuth of 120 degrees 43 minutes 39 seconds for 71.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 107 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds for 81.02 feet; thence on an azimuth of 77 degrees 24 minutes 48 seconds for 56.99 feet; thence on an azimuth of 29 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds for 46.82 feet; thence on an azimuth of 122 degrees 39 minutes 07 seconds for 46.00 feet to the southeasterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 10,006 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Plymouth Pointe Plaza, LLC Fee CSM Equities, LLC Easement Eagan Fitness LLC, d/b/a Orangetheory Fitness Lessee SL Plymouth LLC, f/k/a Stretchlab Lessee Christopher J Salon, Inc. Lessee TCC Wireless, LLC Lessee FedEx Office Print Services Inc Lessee Crisp & Green, LLC Lessee Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. Lessee Boger Dental, P.A. Lessee Core Chiropractic & Health, P.A Lessee County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments WHEREFORE, Your Petitioner prays that commissioners be appointed to appraise the damages which may be occasioned by such taking, and that such proceedings may be had herein as are provided by law. Dated: September 20, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) erik.johnson@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 100948 MINN. STAT. § 549.211 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The party or parties on whose behalf the attached document is served acknowledge through their undersigned counsel that sanctions may be imposed pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 549.211. Dated: September 20, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) erik.johnson@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder October 12, 19 26, 2023
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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
IN DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation Court File No.: 27-CV-23-15163
State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Carver Property Management A & K LLC Respondents. IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES NOTICE To the Respondents hereinabove named: You, and each of you, are hereby notified that on January 16, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before Judge Susan N. Burke, in the Courthouse at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, via remote hearing, the Petitioner will present a Petition now on file herein for the condemnation of certain lands for trunk highway purposes. This hearing will not be in person at the Courthouse. Instructions for attending the remote hearing may be obtained from Hennepin Court Administration. The remote hearing may be access by video at https://Zoomgov.com/ join, or by phone at 833-568-8864. For either method, the Meeting ID is 160 466 6423 and the Meeting Password is 786814. A copy of the Petition is attached hereto and incorporated herein. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that Petitioner will also move the court for an order transferring title and possession to Petitioner of the parcels described in the Petition in accordance with Minn. Stat. §117.042, as of February 20, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that all persons occupying the property described in the petition must VACATE THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED AND MOVE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 20, 2024. All advertising signs or devices located in the area being acquired must be removed by February 20, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that (1) a party wishing to challenge the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for a taking must appear at the court hearing and state the objection or must appeal within 60 days of a court order; and (2) a court order approving the public use or public purpose, necessity, and authority for the taking is final unless an appeal is brought within 60 days after service of the order on the party. Dated: October 5, 2023 KEITH ELISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 St. Paul, MN 55101-2134 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 282-2525(TTY) ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Condemnation
----State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Carver Property Management A & K LLC, Lakeside Capital Holdings, Inc., City of Plymouth, County of Hennepin, Lancaster Village Apartments Limited Partnership, L.L.P., Jones Lang LaSalle - Minnesota, Inc., formerly known as The Staubach Company-Minnesota, Inc., Fannie Mae, U.S. Bank Trust National Association, also
STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Civil-Other Court File No.: 27-CV-23-15544
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all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest or lien in the real estate described in the Petition herein, Respondents. ----IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES ----PETITION ----To the District Court above named the State of Minnesota brings this Petition and respectfully states and alleges: I. That Trunk Highway numbered 005, being Route numbered 169, and Trunk Highway Legislative Route numbered 383, which has been renumbered 169, have been located according to law and passes over the lands herein described. That it is duly covered by Right of Way Plat Order numbered 100073 and Graphic Order numbered 100115. II. That the Commissioner of Transportation deems it necessary that the State of Minnesota for trunk highway purposes obtain the lands herein described in fee simple absolute, together with the following rights: to acquire all trees, shrubs, grass and herbage within the right of way herein to be taken, and to keep and have the exclusive control of the same, and to acquire a temporary easement in those cases which are herein particularly mentioned. It is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order authorizing the Court Administrator to accept and deposit payments, in an interestbearing account, from the Petitioner to the court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order transferring title and possession of the parcels herein described, prior to the filing of an award by the court appointed commissioners, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §117.042. Further, it is the intention of the above-named Petitioner to move the court for an order requiring the parties to exchange any appraisals at least 14 days prior to a commissioners’ hearing, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 117.036. The Petitioner reserves its right to recover costs of clean up and testing and all other damages arising from the presence of pollutants, contaminants, or hazardous materials on the property described herein, from all potential responsible parties, including respondents herein where appropriate, in a separate legal action to the extent permitted by law. III. That the following described lands in these proceedings taken are situated in Hennepin County, Minnesota; that the names of all persons appearing of record or known to your Petitioner to be the owners of said lands or interested therein, including all whom your Petitioner has been able by investigation and inquiry to discover, together with the nature of the ownership of each, as nearly as can be ascertained, are as follows: FEE ACQUISITION Parcel 221 C.S. 2772 (169=383) 901 S.P. 2772-125RW All of the following: That part of Lot 15, Block 2, GLEN ERIE ADDITION, shown as Parcel 221 on Minnesota Department of Transportation Right of Way Plat Numbered 27-245 as the same is on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; together with other rights as set forth below, forming and being part of said Parcel 221: Temporary Easement: A temporary easement for highway purposes as shown on said plat as to said Parcel 221 by the temporary easement symbol, said easement shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Carver Property Management A & K LLC Fee Lakeside Capital Holdings, Inc. Mortgage City of Plymouth Claimant of an Interest
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TEMPORARY EASEMENT ACQUISITION Parcel 202 C.S. 2772 (169=383) 909 S.P. 2772-125RW The right to use that part of Tract A described below for highway purposes, which right shall cease on December 1, 2026, or on such earlier date upon which the Commissioner of Transportation determines by formal order that it is no longer needed for highway purposes; Tract A Lot 6, Block 1, Plymouth Plaza 4th Addition, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota; the title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 1071130; which lies easterly and southerly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the south line of Tract A hereinbefore described, distant 123 feet westerly of the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly at a right angle for 14 feet; thence easterly parallel with said south line to an intersection with easterly line of said Tract A and there terminating; containing 1738 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Lancaster Village Apartments Limited Partnership, L.L.P. Fee Jones Lang LaSalle - Minnesota, Inc., formerly known as The Staubach Company-Minnesota, Inc. Mortgage Fannie Mae City of Plymouth Mortgage U.S. Bank Trust National Association Mortgage County of Hennepin Taxes and Special Assessments WHEREFORE, Your Petitioner prays that commissioners be appointed to appraise the damages which may be occasioned by such taking, and that such proceedings may be had herein as are provided by law. Dated: September 26, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) erik.johnson@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 100947 MINN. STAT. § 549.211 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The party or parties on whose behalf the attached document is served acknowledge through their undersigned counsel that sanctions may be imposed pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 549.211. Dated: October 5, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/Erik M. Johnson ERIK M. JOHNSON Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0247522 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1476 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) erik.johnson@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
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State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Trust under Will of Clarkson Lindley. Respondents. IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES NOTICE To the Respondents hereinabove named: You, and each of you, are hereby notified that on January 11, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before Judge Kristin Siegesmund, in the Courthouse at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, via remote hearing, the Petitioner will present a Petition now on file herein for the condemnation of certain lands for trunk highway purposes. This hearing will not be in person at the Courthouse. Instructions for attending the remote hearing may be obtained from Hennepin Court Administration. The remote hearing may be accessed by video at https://Zoomgov. com/join, or by phone at 833-568-8864. For either method, the Meeting ID is 161 082 3319 and the Meeting Password is 013495. A copy of the Petition is attached hereto and incorporated herein. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that Petitioner will also move the court for an order transferring title and possession to Petitioner of the parcels described in the Petition in accordance with Minn. Stat. §117.042, as of February 15, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that all persons occupying the property described in the petition must VACATE THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED AND MOVE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE AREA BEING ACQUIRED ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 15, 2024. All advertising signs or devices located in the area being acquired must be removed by February 15, 2024. YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED, that (1) a party wishing to challenge the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for a taking must appear at the court hearing and state the objection or must appeal within 60 days of a court order; and (2) a court order approving the public use or public purpose, necessity, and authority for the taking is final unless an appeal is brought within 60 days after service of the order on the party. Dated: 10/2/23 KEITH ELISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/William Young WILLIAM YOUNG Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0393502 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 St. Paul, MN 55101-2134 (651) 757-1386 (Voice) (651) 282-2525(TTY) ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
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----State of Minnesota, by its Commissioner of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. Thomas Burton, Matthew V. Chafee, P. Burton Gray, and Charles C. Burton, as trustees of Trust under Will of Clarkson Lindley, State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Doran Companies LLC, Minnehaha Center LLC, Target Corporation, Minnesota Transitions Charter School, Twin City Laundromat, LLC , Planet Fitness Franchising, LLC, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., County of Hennepin, also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest or lien in the real estate described in the Petition herein, Respondents- - - - IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LANDS FOR TRUNK HIGHWAY PURPOSES ----PETITION ----To the District Court above named the State of Minnesota brings this Petition and respectfully states and alleges: I. That Trunk Highway Legislative Route numbered 104, which has been renumbered 55, and which has been located according to law and passes over the lands herein described.
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right angles) from the Westerly line of said Auditor’s Subdivision; thence Southerly along said last parallel line to an intersection with the North line of East Lake Street; thence East along said North line of East Lake Street to the point of beginning; which lies southerly of Line 1 described below: Line 1. Commencing at Right of Way Boundary Corner B414 as shown on Minnesota Department of Transportation Right of Way Plat No. 27-90 as the same is on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for said Hennepin County Minnesota; thence northerly on an azimuth of 333 degrees 36 minutes 49 seconds along the boundary of said plat for 133.30 feet to Right of Way Boundary Corner B413 and the point of beginning of Line 1 to be described; thence on an azimuth of 83 degrees 55 minutes 10 seconds for 2.66 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 47.87 feet; thence on an azimuth of 179 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 5.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 163.46 feet; thence on an azimuth of 101 degrees 12 minutes 28 seconds for 56.09 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 19.41 feet; thence on an azimuth of 359 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 15.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 98.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 179 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 17.00 feet; thence on an azimuth of 89 degrees 53 minutes 52 seconds for 262.29 feet to the southeasterly line of Tract A hereinbefore described and there terminating; containing 4826 square feet, more or less. Names of parties interested in the above-described land and nature of interest: Thomas Burton and Matthew V. Chafee and Fee P. Burton Gray and Charles C. Burton, as trustees of Trust under Will of Clarkson Lindley State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Mineral Rights Department of Natural Resources Doran Companies LLC Claimant of an Interest Minnehaha Center LLC Easement Target Corporation Lessee Minnesota Transitions Charter School Lessee Twin City Laundromat, LLC Lessee Planet Fitness Franchising, LLC Lessee Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Lessee County of Hennepin Taxes, Special Assessment and Easement WHEREFORE, Your Petitioner prays that commissioners be appointed to appraise the damages which may be occasioned by such taking, and that such proceedings may be had herein as are provided by law. Dated: August 29, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/William Young WILLIAM YOUNG Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0393502 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1386 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) william.young@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 100945 MINN. STAT. § 549.211 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The party or parties on whose behalf the attached document is served acknowledge through their undersigned counsel that sanctions may be imposed pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 549.211. Dated: August 29, 2023 KEITH ELLISON Attorney General State of Minnesota s/William Young WILLIAM YOUNG Assistant Attorney General Atty. Reg. No. 0393502 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2128 (651) 757-1386 (Voice) (651) 297-1235 (Fax) william.young@ag.state.mn.us ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder October 12, 19 26, 2023
earned her master’s in theo- ance and perspective as part Year guard Angel Robinson, along with center logical studies, she began of her internship. Georgie Jones, forwards Kiara Buford, and Continued from page 12 Continued from page 12 “While I’m not a person of working with Vanderbilt Ath6 columns 10" CyoEbony Black and guards TheairraxTaylor, color,” said Collins, “I think letics shortly after graduation. nna West, Shayla Johnson and $18.10 Abby Gust 1st run: PCI led = $1,086 Medlock, Abby Reed, Felcia Bell, Mauri Hor- the Minutemen to a Class that it’s important. Talking “I’ve always had a calling in AAAA statePCI cham2nd run: $12.06 = $723.60our membership well over ton, forward Jill Kalvik, and center Tisa Thom- pionship with a 32-0 record. to my mentor as part of this my ear,” noted Collins, adding 3rd run: $12.06 PCI = $723.60the next year,” said McKane as, led the Polars to the Class AAA state title program, it’s really important that now, being in athletics, “I Total: $2,533.20 of Collins in a released statefinishing with a 29-0 record. that he is my mentor.” Brooks could not work in clergy but St. Paul Central, 2008, Coach Willie Taylor ment during the summer. is one of two Black athlete still do something that was Robinson was gone but Buford and Taylor Collins first got involved Minneapolis North, 1999, Coach Faith John- emerged as team leaders and led them to in college athletics as a Uni- very people-oriented. Over directors in the MIAC and son Patterson their second consecutive state Class AAAA versity of Virginia undergrad, the course of my graduate the only Black AD at a Twin Horton, a senior who was named Metro title with Jones, West, Taylor, Howard, Kywhere she earned a bach- studies, and then my profes- Cities school. Player of the Year and Miss Basketball, led anna Johnson, and Samantha Robinson-Ricks. To become more incluelor’s in sociology. “I worked sional career after that, I rethe Polars to their second straight Class AAA Finishing with a 28-4 record. ally felt like I was in the study sive across the board at on the football team as an state crown with Reed, Thomas, Kalvik, and of how people orient themboth the league level and at equipment manager,” she reMedlock contributing to a 24-2 record. the 13 MIAC institutions is selves in the world.” Minneapolis South, 2009, Coach Ahmil Jihad called. something Collins hoped to Despite her Power Five Behind Metro Player of the Year and Miss After her B.A., Collins conSt. Paul Central, 2001, Coach Willie Taylor help foster during her oneexperience in many areas, Basketball Tayler Hill’s 47 points in the Class templated joining the clergy. “I Guards Vel Williams, Serena Nalls, and AAAA state championship game, she teamed year stint with the league. “I Collins readily admits she was raised Episcopalian. I went Nakia Carlisle, center Michele Thomas, and with Tyisha Smith, Europe Guy, Gabrielle would love to just put it out still has much more to learn through a discernment proforwards Rikiee Ellis and Nina Boyd led the Roberts, and Ameshia Courney, leading the cess in my undergrad career about the business of college there that I love to be a reMinutemen to a third-place finish in Class 4A Tigers to the title while compiling a 31-2 reto see if I wanted to be in the athletics, even at the Divi- source.” competition and a 27-3 record. cord. clergy. That wasn’t for me, but sion III level. Macalester ColCharles Hallman welcomes studying religion was some- lege Athlete Director Donnie Minneapolis North, 2003, Coach Faith Minneapolis North, 2009, Coach Faith Brooks will serve as a mentor reader comments at challman@ thing that was interesting”. Johnson Patterson to provide additional guidspokesman-recorder.com. Johnson Patterson After Collins pursued and Guard Mia Johnson teamed with cenLed by senior post player Brianna Edwards ter LaRaea Starr and backcourt mates Tyrai and eighth-grade guard Seyanna Johnson, Bronson, Kandis Williams, and Faith Buchan- Chelsy McGee, Talaya Rich, and Allina Starr an, leading the Polars to the Class AAA state led the Polars on an improbable run to a runals or groups, even with deep team owner. championship with a 28-2 record, the first of ner-up finish in Class AAA competition. The WNBA squandered an pockets compared to Whites Continued from page 12 a three-peat. opportunity to strike a blow with deeper pockets. Quite the list! Michael Jordan is the last and bust open that elusive Majority team owners Black person to be major- ownership glass ceiling. The St. Paul Central, 2007, Coach Willie Taylor Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald welcomes sign the checks and do the ity owner of a major league league endlessly talks a good Miss Basketball and Metro Player of the reader comments at mcdeezy05@gmail.com. hiring and firing. sports franchise. He owned game when it comes to diverWhy aren’t there more the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets sity, equity and inclusion. But Black majority owners? for 13 seasons until he sold as we saw last week, when Among the complex reasons the club in August. Jordan money talks, diversity walks. is the ever-present racial bought it in 2010 from Robwealth gap in the U.S. that ert Johnson, the founder of Charles Hallman welcomes too often can prove hard to BET, who at the time was the reader comments at challman@ overcome for Black individu- league’s only Black majority spokesman-recorder.com.
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When money talks, diversity walks [by AASEG] to try to get the WNBA expansion, not even in passing, or at least to offer a bid.” Abraham added that he believed the fact that AASEG was a Black-led group might have scared off some folks from taking them seriously. “I would take the learnings and experiences from this process and set a new strategy towards continuing to pursue my goal of owning a WNBA t’s been nearly a week since the WNBA announced that a 13th team will be coming to the Bay Area, to begin play in 2025. A second expansion franchise is expected to be announced later this year to make the W a 14-team league for the first time since 2008. The NBA‘s Golden State Warriors will own the Bay Area team. “Over the last 18 months, we’ve held bid meetings with a handful of potential markets. The San Francisco Bay Area has proven to meet the mark,” declared WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. Sadly, what was ignored amidst the hoopla is that a couple of years
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ago a group from Oakland, Calif. was formed to pursue a WNBA team for that city. Former WNBA player Alana Beard led the African American Sports and Entertainment Group (AASEG) efforts in this regard. However, not one person from the AASEG was present at last Thursday’s star-studded, invitation-only announcement ceremony at the Golden State Warrior’s arena. That absence wasn’t lost on city resident Zennie Abraham, who last week sent us his latest video blog on YouTube. He complained that the dignitaries did not recognize “the work done
over six decades ago. A March 2023 article in The Guardian pointed out, “Black people still struggle to break the most fortified glass ceiling in sports…the owner’s suite.” Black journalist and author David Steele added, “Black ownership is the last chance for these sports to prove they’re not just fundamentally racist.”
“Black ownership is the last chance for these sports to prove they’re not just fundamentally racist.” team. My life’s work is to shift how women, in particular women of color, experience access to networks, capital, and opportunities,” tweeted Beard last week on her social media account. Furthermore, this was a lost opportunity for the WNBA, with a majority of players who are Black, while none of the majority owners are. Actually, the last time Blacks were majority pro team owners in this country was when the Negro Leagues existed
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Byron Allen Photos courtesy of Facebook Last year, Black media mogul Byron Allen got outbid by Walmart heir Rob Walton to buy the Denver Broncos football team. Former college
and pro basketball player Brian Davis failed to buy Washington’s NFL club, losing out to a group that includes Earvin “Magic” Johnson. But the NBA legend isn’t the majority owner. The same for former WNBA player Renee Montgomery, who is the first W player to own a team. She is coowner of the Atlanta Dream. The same for Sheila Johnson, who partly owns the NBA‘s Washington Wizards, the NHL‘s Washington Capitals and the WNBA’s Washington Mystics. ■ See VIEW on page 11
Tommies volleyball frosh puts her academics first By Charles Hallman Sports Columnist utside hitter Miriam Unongo is one of five freshmen on the 20-member St. Thomas volleyball squad this season. “I’m learning a lot. It’s a lot different than high school,” Unongo, a Minneapolis DeLaSalle High School graduate, told the MSR after a recent practice. Collegiate volleyball “is a lot faster than clubs. I don’t really think anything could have gotten me ready for this.” The six-foot outside hitter, a two-time all-conference selection, as a senior helped DeLaSalle to its first Minnesota state tournament appearance as Section 3AAA champions and a semi-finalist as a junior in 2021. A four-year honor roll and National Honor Society member, Unongo earned the school’s Servant Scholar Award. She fully understands the importance of education and keeping it in proper perspective as a student-athlete. As a high schooler, her extracurricular activities included executive board secretary on the student council. Her first semester as a collegiate is naturally a transition
welcoming. They’re also supportive during bad days, when I wasn’t playing well. “It’s very exciting because we’ve been working hard all preseason,” noted Unongo. “I think it started over the summer… We really pushed each
“I don’t really think anything could have gotten me ready for this.” other in the gym” and in the weight room. “I just say it’s the pace of the game and the pace of school in general, because everything just Unongo at the net Photo by Kylie Macziewski moves quicker,” the Tummies’ first-year player pointed out. period, adjusting to life after “That was a big factor for me.” “You have to be ready for the ball Unongo is St. Thomas’ only to come back. And school work high school. She calls herself a “nerd” at school—and always Black volleyball player this just keeps piling up.” wants it to be a priority over season. Rather than standing The South Minneapolis navolleyball. “My academics are out, she instead fits in well in tive said that freshman homereally important. The school the mostly young Tommies sickness hasn’t hit her yet. “I really emphasizes it, especially squad (nine sophomores and live 15 minutes away [from five froshs). for minority students. the St Paul campus],” stressed “I really connected with them Unongo. “I’ve gone home a “They have so many resources and opportunities com- during my official visit,” recalled few times now, but I still miss pared to other schools that I Unongo of her recruiting visit them,” she said of her family. was looking at,” said Unongo. to campus. “Everyone was very The Tommies player’s col-
New MIAC official answers a call ax Collins is one of a three-person MIAC staff that includes Commissioner Dan McKane and Associate Commissioner BJ Pickard. She was hired August 1, after working at Vanderbilt University, first as assistant and then director of student-athlete development, which also included spearheading name, image and likeness (NIL) efforts. Collins joins the state’s only Division III conference through the NCAA Division III Ethnic Minority and Women’s Internship Grant, designed to offer opportunities and give experience in college athletics for women and ethnic minorities. She takes over in the second year of the two-year grant after Emma Nelson, now an assistant volleyball coach at Augustana (S.D.) Jax Collins Courtesy of MIAC University, left in May. sional career.” Collins also joins the MIAC at a time when “I really felt like I was in the the 103-year-old conference, the only Division study of how people orient III league whose entire membership is located themselves in the world.” within one state, is adding diversity, equity and inclusion to its four existing core values: QualIn a recent MSR interview, Collins said she ity Athletics, Academics, Student-Athlete Wellwanted to move up North. “Minnesota was Being and Integrity. “She brings great experience in college athletdefinitely going to be further north. I would say that the grant definitely helped facilitate my ics, and her talents and perspective will serve ■ See SOE on page 11 moves, a really great next step for my profes-
Miriam Unongo lege plans include majoring in business administration and minoring in data analytics. Pursuing a law career might also be part of her future as well—Unongo was a high school mock trial captain. “I’m thinking about going into law, specifically IP—intellectual property. There’re so many possibilities. I’m not sure.” Unongo offers some advice
Photo by Charles Hallman to young Black girls thinking about playing volleyball. “I’d love to encourage more girls of color to get into volleyball,” she said. “I feel like there’s so many opportunities with the sport alone,” she said, including possibly earning a college scholarship. Charles Hallman welcomes reader comments at challman@ spokesman-recorder.com.
Some of the most exciting girls basketball teams I ever saw
y career in photojournalism began during the summer of 1987. Since then, I have witnessed many outstanding high school teams. Here are 10 of the most exciting girls basketball teams I enjoyed covering from 1987 to 2009. While some outstanding teams are not included on this list, causing some disagreement, remember that I had to choose from many and these are the Willie Taylor ones most exciting to me as a photojournalist. Minneapolis North 1988, Coach Jim Dubose The Polars won their second consecutive City conference championship behind the outstanding play of center Gloria Holcomb, forwards Stacia Hines and Daphne Walker, and guards Margaret Davis, Ebony Kelly, and Queen Wilson. Minneapolis Roosevelt, 1989, Coach Frank Hentges The Teddies stopped the Polars’ quest for
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a three-peat by winning the City conference crown with center Angelique Brittain, forwards Kim Carpenter, Jenny Hanson, and Katrina Wheeler, and guards Cindy Hovet, and Carita Goines leading the way. Minneapolis North, 1998, Coach Faith Johnson Patterson Miss Basketball and Metro Player of the Year forward Tamara Moore, along with guards Tiara ■ See PREP on page 11