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Meeting Minutes - Action Only  
Housing & Redevelopment Authority  
Chair Chris Tolbert  
Commissioner Russel Balenger  
Commissioner Amy Brendmoen  
Commissioner Mitra Jalali  
Commissioner Rebecca Noecker  
Commissioner Jane L. Prince  
Commissioner Nelsie Yang  
Wednesday, May 24, 2023  
ROLL CALL  
2:00 PM  
Council Chambers, City Hall  
7 -  
Present  
Commissioner Rebecca Noecker, Commissioner Jane L. Prince,  
Commissioner Amy Brendmoen, Chair Chris Tolbert, Commissioner Mitra  
Jalali, Commissioner Nelsie Yang, and Commissioner Russel Balenger  
FOR DISCUSSION  
Authorizing a loan up to $100,000.00 from the HRA Business Assistance  
Fund and waiving certain Business Assistance Fund Provisions to The  
Minnesota Museum of American Art, 350 Robert Street North Suite 101,  
District 17, Ward 2  
1
Moved by Commissioner Noecker, Resolution is Laid Over to the Housing &  
Redevelopment Authority, due back on 6/14/2023.  
7 -  
Yea:  
Commissioner Noecker, Commissioner Prince, Commissioner Brendmoen,  
Chair Tolbert, Commissioner Jalali, Commissioner Yang, and  
Commissioner Balenger  
0
Nay:  
Resolution endorsing proposed changes to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul  
Housing Finance Board’s 2024-2025 Low Income Housing Tax Credit  
Procedural Manual and its 2024-2025 Qualified Allocation Plan; Citywide  
2
Moved by Commissioner Jalali, Resolution is Adopted.  
7 -  
0
Yea:  
Nay:  
Commissioner Noecker, Commissioner Prince, Commissioner Brendmoen,  
Chair Tolbert, Commissioner Jalali, Commissioner Yang, and  
Commissioner Balenger  
ADJOURNMENT  
Adjourned  
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