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We go ahead and call the meeting to order, uh, so if we

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could all, so if we could do the roll call, please, and 00:00:11.533 --> 00:00:15.934

before we do roll call, I’m just gonna read this off as

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previously noted, Councilman Tran of the city council. Uh, 00:00:20.100 --> 00:00:22.367

will be participating in the meeting by interactive

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technology, so she hasn’t been able to log in quite yet.

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Pursuant to Minnesota statute, sections 13D.02 rather than in

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person at the city council’s regular meeting place at City 00:00:32.834 --> 00:00:36.133

Hall council chambers 52008 5th Avenue North, Brooklyn Park,

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Minnesota. I’m physically present in the city council

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chambers along with council members Christian Erick 00:00:41.900 --> 00:00:44.734

Erickson, um, Shelley Page and Tony McGarvey, all council

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members can hear one another and can hear all discussion and

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Brooklynark.org. slash City councilors. All right. So if we

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can go ahead and head into roll call. Council member Eriksson, 00:01:24.767 --> 00:01:32.734

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Council member Tran. Oh, here. Mayor Winston, you have a

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quorum. All right, if we could all rise for the pledge of

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allegiance. allegiance to the flag. The United States of 00:01:55.634 --> 00:02:14.467

America. You are rich. is just All right, if we can, uh, we’ll 00:02:14.467 --> 00:02:17.467

go ahead and head into public comments. So we’ll start with

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response to uh prior public comment. Uh, I’ll make a, I’ll 00:02:20.667 --> 00:02:25.467

make a brief comment after this to add on to it as well, so.

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Great, thank you, Mayor. um. Uh, there was one public comment 00:02:31.266 --> 00:02:35.500

and uh email provided from Miss Guy at Humple, um, in terms of

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the uh She was brought up, um, at the last city council 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:45.233

meeting. Uh, the first one is around the CAC renovations and

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the uncertainty in terms of if we’re getting bonding dollars

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for that, um, project this cycle of this legislative cycle, 00:02:53.233 --> 00:02:56.400

uh, the legislative session appears to be coming to a close

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that has not finalized, but we’re close to that, um,

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Director Tolberg and I have talked about in the event that 00:03:02.266 --> 00:03:05.000

we do not get any bonding resources, this legislative

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cycle that we will need to come back to the council here. uh

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within the next 2 to 4 weeks. Um, so we will be scheduling 00:03:11.567 --> 00:03:15.100

that in terms of trying to figure out um next steps on

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that project as we await the outcome of the legislative

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session. Uh, the other comment, uh, really was worth with 00:03:23.767 --> 00:03:28.367

regard to a Missguid Humel’s concerns around the school

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district and the opportunities that, um, she’s concerned that 00:03:32.166 --> 00:03:35.367

the opportunities for students south of eighty-fifth, um, by

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the Assyria School District are not equal to those

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opportunities provided to other parts of the district area and 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.100

is encouraging the city council to Uh, proactively work with

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the school district to address that, um. I can speak

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personally, you know, there have been a number of 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:55.734

conversations with the district with regard to that, um, from

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the council and staff and uh it’s ultimately a decision for 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:03.734

the school district in terms of the activities that they

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provide, um, but I know that that continues to be a concern

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for Miss Guy Temple, so, um, not discounting that in any

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fashion. That’s it. Thank you. See, I’ll just follow up on 00:04:12.533 --> 00:04:16.266

that. I’m not gonna discount uh anything either. I will say

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that when it comes to the, to the District 279. Again, that

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is something that has to be taken up with the school board, 00:04:21.467 --> 00:04:25.734

I think. Um, we don’t really take kindness the school board

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coming and telling us what to do. If they do, they have to go

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through our processes and we have, um, We have the same 00:04:32.233 --> 00:04:35.634

approach with them. We have had a number of meetings with them.

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I think we’ll continue to have a number of meetings with them,

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but I would also say this, that, um, There’s a lot of 00:04:44.367 --> 00:04:46.166

performative that occurs when it comes to people talking

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about kids and I’ve seen it my whole life. If people are

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really concerned about the children or the kids to go out, 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:55.467

raise the money, help start the programming, start the programs

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yourself. The government is not always going to be the answer.

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Uh, and in this case, I don’t know, uh, that the city has the 00:05:02.900 --> 00:05:07.233

power or should have the power, uh, given, given kind of this

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separate this concept of separation of powers. I don’t

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think that we should have the power to compel the School 00:05:14.166 --> 00:05:17.467

board to do what some folks think folk, some folks think we

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should do. Um, I think the other pieces when it comes to 00:05:20.567 --> 00:05:22.467

the community activity center, uh, I think Jay covered where

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it’s at in the legislature. If we don’t get it this year, we

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go back try next year, we look for other solutions in between.

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I think there has to be um a coming together. I often think 00:05:32.867 --> 00:05:37.834

what I what I often see is that people settle on a particular

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solution, not understanding that it’s fluid when it comes 00:05:41.467 --> 00:05:45.800

to this particular process. Uh, and that fluidity sometimes

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doesn’t always give us the answer we want immediately. Um,

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and To ask taxpayers to foot another 10 million or 15 00:05:55.467 --> 00:05:58.667

million or to rip out something that many people have grown up

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with, and they see as part of their heritage, uh, it’s not 00:06:02.734 --> 00:06:06.033

something that I think that the council at this point is

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inclined to do until we have to cross that bridge, uh, so I, I 00:06:10.767 --> 00:06:13.467

understand that the criticism that people want to answer now.

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I know that people routinely come here and say I need you to

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spend $10 million but they don’t have $10 million check, 00:06:20.100 --> 00:06:22.533

and we don’t necessarily have $10 million. a check either. Um,

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so I think I would say patience and time on that. This council

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has been here maybe 2.5 years, and there’s some people who 00:06:31.033 --> 00:06:35.233

have been here less, and this is not a situation that we

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necessarily created, but it is something we inherited in terms

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of There’s just less resources that come to Brooklyn Park and 00:06:41.767 --> 00:06:44.467

we’re doing everything in our power to get our fair share of

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resources. When you talk about what’s going on at the Capitol,

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they have made kind of a grand bargain. To say that many of 00:06:50.900 --> 00:06:54.033

these local projects that people need, now that we

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finally got representation from certain communities, they’ve

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made this kind of grand deal. And you have to look into the

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politics of it. I didn’t run for House or Senate because I 00:07:02.200 --> 00:07:06.100

don’t want to be part of that. But they have made this grand

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deal to say, uh, we’re kind of hesitant on many of these local 00:07:10.634 --> 00:07:13.300

projects, even though many of these local projects have been

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given to the southwest suburbs and other folks well before

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they came to Brooklyn Park. So we’re not the ones with the

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power of the pen to sign that legislation or to create that 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.000

legislation to get that type of funding to Brooklyn Park. There

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are folks, other folks you’ve elected for that as well. And I

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would petition them, and I would continue to petition them. 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:32.634

Uh, but we’re gonna work with the resources that we have

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within Brooklyn Park and we’re going to come to the best

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solution, but there is no one solution, and I think that many

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people are saying there is one solution, but then when I’m 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:46.300

offline and some of the quieter voices reach out to me online

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or they see me in the streets. They have a very different

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opinion. And I think there’s many different opinions of how 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:55.100

this can be solved. And so I think we have to kind of learn

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how to work with the resources we have, uh, get the resources.

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that we can get and then make the best decision and then 00:08:01.934 --> 00:08:04.533

realize that not every decision is going to be solved within a

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year or two. I know that sexism, racism, many of the isms, the

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biases that have occurred and the things that have led to 00:08:11.467 --> 00:08:13.567

Brooklyn Park dealing with the many, many of the issues that

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they’ve dealt with now, even in some cases, how our veterans

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are treated. Those are not issues that were created in a

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year. They weren’t created in 50 years. So to think that 00:08:23.367 --> 00:08:25.834

something, somebody’s gonna come in the office and change

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it over 2 years just to me. Doesn’t align with the reality 00:08:33.300 --> 00:08:36.634

in which we exist, and I don’t think it gives credit to the

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difficult decisions that people have to make. It’s always easy

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to criticize. It’s very difficult to really be a part 00:08:42.467 --> 00:08:44.567

of that solution. And so I encourage people to be a part

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of it. Um, and I think some people have stepped up to the

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blade and they’ve been a part of it and they they’ve been

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there with the losses and they’ve been there with the 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:53.367

wins. But I would encourage everyone to get involved and

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realize there’s a little bit of a Ebb and flow to dealing with

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this stuff, uh, so I will leave it at that and then we can go

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ahead and open it up to public comment. So first we have, um, 00:09:03.233 --> 00:09:07.100

Collette Guy Hempel. Uh, if you could say name and address, uh,

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unlimited to 3 minutes. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor and 00:09:26.734 --> 00:09:31.000

city council. I’m gonna go off script from, from the email 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:36.266

that I sent you. However, the courts, this has been talked

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about since before. 2022. So this has been a number of years. 00:09:41.467 --> 00:09:48.100

The school district I have been here, I have given as a matter

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of record, their community ed books. This has been going on 00:09:51.834 --> 00:09:56.667

for 4 years, plus it’s been going on for decades, actually.

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I fought with them over the dome when that was built. In 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:06.767

Maple Grove, that Park Center kids and ASIO kids would have

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time in that place too. I’ve, I’ve tried. I ran for school 00:10:13.834 --> 00:10:20.133

board 6 times. Way back when my child was in school. We pulled 00:10:20.133 --> 00:10:25.000

him out of theoso district because Anoka Hennepin was

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giving better electives, and he’s spent 7 through 12th grade 00:10:30.767 --> 00:10:38.266

in Anoka Hennepin, where he got a good education. Now You know,

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how long do kids have to wait? Two weeks ago I told you that a 00:10:44.133 --> 00:10:49.667

5th grader waiting for these scenes in 2022 would now be in

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high school. We now heard over the weekend of a Brooklyn Park 00:10:54.533 --> 00:11:03.834

kid. Being shot at Northtown Mall. 15 years old. Now I know 00:11:03.834 --> 00:11:09.734

our parks and wreck. I know our staff have contacted them, but

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it’s going to take the city council making a formal 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:20.900

complaint to the to the um commissioner of education to 00:11:20.900 --> 00:11:26.100

Keith Allenson to the Secretary of State. Um, over there, Scott.

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So Uh, I’m not quite sure who, who that guy is, I think it’s a 00:11:34.767 --> 00:11:40.767

sermon, but um, these scenes need to be dealt with. And if 00:11:40.767 --> 00:11:47.100

politicians aren’t doing their job, than other politicians

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have the voice 86,000 people stand behind you as a 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:56.734

collective group. That’s far more than my going over there.

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Council member McGarvey, Council member Tran, both 00:12:00.467 --> 00:12:05.166

attended meetings where I have spoken and so is Chief Bruley,

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where he was talking about the SRO program. I have tried every 00:12:11.634 --> 00:12:16.467

avenue that I can as an individual. And I stand in

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support my husband and I have given thousands of dollars. In 00:12:24.467 --> 00:12:31.367

chess sets and pizza, the last 3 years. To give something that 00:12:31.367 --> 00:12:36.800

every other school in Asio gets as an elementary, but those

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schools. So thank you, um, I think we have in our, I’ll 00:12:42.233 --> 00:12:47.100

respond briefly, um, we have Liz. Please forgive me, Liz

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Folinsky. Thank you. So, if you could say name and address, 00:12:52.867 --> 00:13:05.567

that would be appreciated and then 3 minutes. Thank you. My 00:13:05.567 --> 00:13:10.500

name is Lizolinsky, 8649 Matson Brook Lane. Good evening, Mayor 00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:15.166

and council members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak.

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My name is Lizinsky and I’m the VP of our local wrestling club,

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CB takedown and the CEO of our charitable charitable gambling 00:13:24.734 --> 00:13:28.000

organization. I’m here on behalf of our club, asking for

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your support and approving our charitable gambling license and 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:36.500

permits. A wrestling program serves male and female youth

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athletes from preschool through 12th grade, drawing athletes

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right from here in Brooklyn Park. These kids come from all 00:13:44.567 --> 00:13:48.367

walks of lives, many of whom wouldn’t have access to

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organized sports without programs like ours. Our goal is 00:13:51.634 --> 00:13:55.834

to offer a fully funded experience so that cost is

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never a barrier. But this license will be able to raise 00:14:00.567 --> 00:14:04.834

funds needed for gear, coaching, tournament fees, travel.

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Keeping the financial burden off families while creating a

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safe, positive, and competitive environment for all of our 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:17.200

athletes. Following Minnesota state guidelines, we’d also be

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supporting other programs within our communities. 00:14:20.834 --> 00:14:23.734

Approving this license isn’t just an investment in wrestling

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and support of the local small businesses, heavy rotation.

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It’s an investment in our youth, our community, and the values 00:14:31.533 --> 00:14:35.367

of discipline, teamwork, and perseverance. Thank you for

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your consideration. All right, thank you. So, Colette, uh. I 00:14:43.867 --> 00:14:47.667

promise it’s not going to be anything uh crazy but I did

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want to ask you a question. You made some specific asks. So 00:15:05.166 --> 00:15:10.033

regarding District 279, um, What specific people are you 00:15:10.033 --> 00:15:14.767

asking us to reach out to besides the school board? I

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would like you to let the commissioner of education, I 00:15:21.166 --> 00:15:29.133

believe it’s Willie Jeffries, and, and Governor Waltz and the

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Attorney General Keith Ellingson. And the Secretary of 00:15:32.133 --> 00:15:38.734

State. Because they are not following the Constitution of

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Minnesota that has stated in the education department in, in 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:49.100

where it talks about public education. After school

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activities and field trips are to be the same. And, and so as 00:15:57.567 --> 00:15:59.834

the school district uh I didn’t want to go too down that path

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because I know you’re passionate around this. Um, 00:16:02.767 --> 00:16:06.734

what I will say is that staff will reach out to you for

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particular talking points that you’re interested in. Uh, I

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don’t make promises on getting any meetings. I will reach out 00:16:13.033 --> 00:16:16.100

to AG Ellison. I will reach out to this, uh, to the

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commissioner of Education. I’m not going to reach out to the

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Secretary of State because very different, uh, that’s not 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:24.734

necessarily under his purview the way you think, um, and then,

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um, I will reach out to particular connections I have

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with the school board, and I will see. I will begin 00:16:30.133 --> 00:16:32.834

discussions with them. I don’t make promises on this because

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this is outside of my area. I’m, I’m hesitant when people use

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the death of a 15 year old child because I’m, I’m often

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visiting with these families when they deal with this, um, 00:16:43.033 --> 00:16:46.667

to, to connect that to this, right? And I, I don’t think

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that’s necessarily the right thing to do. But I do

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Understand the passion that you have. And uh uh I will make a 00:16:54.767 --> 00:16:58.467

commitment to, uh, with staff workout. I have some

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relationships with these people personally. I’m hesitant to 00:17:01.567 --> 00:17:03.667

talk about the governor. Uh, I mean the governor is a good

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person. I feel like he’s probably got a little bit on

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his plate right now, but I will reach out, um, as does Ellison,

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who’s, you know, fighting at the federal level as well, but 00:17:10.767 --> 00:17:13.800

I will reach out. We’ll make, uh, we will reach out in a good

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faith effort. We’ll reach out via email. I’ll reach out

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personally and then we’ll see what we can do from there. And

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then I will follow up with you. personally, that is, um, that 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:23.634

is the best that I can promise at this point around what

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you’re asking. I am grateful for that and like I said, I am

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grateful for the police department and the parks and 00:17:33.033 --> 00:17:38.400

rec, all their efforts to try to keep kids in Minnesota,

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chill and other foundations and organizations in our city that 00:17:44.834 --> 00:17:55.500

work hard to help kids. So thank you. All right, so, uh, 00:17:55.500 --> 00:18:01.266

All right, so next, um, we will move to. Approval of the agenda. 00:18:01.266 --> 00:18:08.367

And so that’s right, so I would recommend someone, well,

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someone has to pull 7.1, so if you’re gonna make the motion, 00:18:11.467 --> 00:18:14.734

um, council member Page, please move 7.1 because we don’t have

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the full council here. Please, if we can do 7.1 and move that. 00:18:21.133 --> 00:18:26.100

Do you need more than that? What you, so you’re making a

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motion to. Remove from the agenda. Alright, is there a 00:18:32.533 --> 00:18:38.867

second? I All right, so, um, motion was made to remove item

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7.1 while approving the agenda. Uh, we need a roll call vote. 00:18:46.233 --> 00:18:53.200

Council member Erikson. Council member page. On remember 00:18:53.200 --> 00:19:00.800

McGarvey. Council member Tran. Mayor Winston. I Motion passes. 00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:06.100

Thank you. All right. So next we will go to public

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presentations, uh, proclamations, so, uh. 3B1 is 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:25.133

going to be Introduction of new employees. the Or do I need to 00:19:25.133 --> 00:19:52.400

say that Well and Hi, good evening, Mayor of City council 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.634

members, um, I’m Doctor Angel Smith, the assistant city

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manager and director for the administration department

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tonight I would like to introduce you to another member 00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:10.100

of our BP family, um, Maggie Door Walker. She is the new 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:14.467

geographic information system, so GIS specialists in the

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administration department. She comes from Lores where she did

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GIS for multiple other city governments. Um, she has 3 00:20:20.767 --> 00:20:25.500

years of experience with GIS process improvement and

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automation and telling stories with data. A Maggie holds a

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degree in biology with the focus on sustainability and 00:20:33.634 --> 00:20:40.467

AGIS certificate. Maggie was previously our GIS intern in 00:20:40.467 --> 00:20:44.734

2023. And we’re thrilled to have her back on our team along

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with um her excellent skills and knowledge, she developed

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since then on a personal note, um, she enjoys rock climbing, 00:20:53.800 --> 00:20:57.567

so if anyone enjoys that, you might want to connect with her

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for that. So please welcome Maggie. Uh, good evening, uh, 00:21:15.767 --> 00:21:18.300

Mayor and members of the council, uh, we’re here tonight

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to introduce two building inspectors in the community 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.900

development department. First starting off, uh, we’re here

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tonight to welcome Eric Hoffman as one of our new building

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inspectors and our building inspections division. Uh, Eric

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started on Monday, April 28th. Uh, Eric graduated from 00:21:32.767 --> 00:21:36.100

Hannibal Tech Technical College with an AAS in electronics

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technology after graduating from Park Center High School.

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Most recently, he received a building inspection tech 00:21:41.266 --> 00:21:43.634

technology certificate from North Hennepin Community

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College to begin his new career path. He has previously worked

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as a building inspector and residential plan reviewer with

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the City of Ramsey, and a building inspector for the city 00:21:51.634 --> 00:21:55.734

of Andover. Uh, Eric has been working in the building science

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field, uh, since his first job at a local hardware store here

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in Brooklyn Park, uh, uh, which brings a diverse knowledge base 00:22:03.467 --> 00:22:06.900

to his, his new role. He lives in Champlain with his wife and

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two kids and a dog. He enjoys the outdoors and looks forward 00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:13.834

to the changing season as well as time at the cabin. And we’re

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excited to add his experience and to the Brooklyn Park team.

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Welcome, Eric Hoffman. Uh, we’re also here tonight to 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:34.634

welcome Josiah Miller as a new building inspector for the

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building inspections division, uh, Josiah started also on

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Monday, April 28th. Josiah is a certified licensed master 00:22:41.033 --> 00:22:43.767

plumber by the state of Minnesota. He brings more than

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9 years of experience as work as a master plumber. Josiah

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lives in Brooklyn Park with his wife and two children. He

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enjoys running and gardening with his family. We’re excited 00:22:53.367 --> 00:22:55.400

to add Josiah’s experience and knowledge to the Brooklyn Park

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team. Welcome, Josiah Miller. Good evening, Mr. Mayor and 00:23:05.834 --> 00:23:11.000

council members. I have 2 new employees that have recently 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:14.734

joined the finance team. The first one is Jane Yang Tao. She

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comes from the city of Brooklyn, city of Robinsdale where she

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started as a utility billing clerk processing city utility 00:23:22.367 --> 00:23:25.467

bills and accounting was promoted to utility tech

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working with vendors, key cards, accounts receivable, and 00:23:30.166 --> 00:23:33.500

employee health insurance payments. She moved into

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community development, rental and code enforcement and has

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been working with rental. Licensing code violations and 00:23:40.867 --> 00:23:45.166

citations. Jane has over 10 years of experience in

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municipality. She currently she’s currently returning to

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school to further her career for an accounting degree. She 00:23:50.634 --> 00:23:54.266

lives in Blaine with her husband Pong and two children,

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Devon and Valerie. We are excited to add her experience

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and knowledge to the Brooklyn Park team. Please welcome Jane 00:24:00.867 --> 00:24:11.000

Yang Tao. In the second employee that I would like to 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:15.033

introduce is Nate Sorgert, who’s our new senior accountant.

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He comes from plastic corporation, where he did

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procurement. He has 9 years of counting experience in both 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:25.800

governmental accounting and private corporations. He

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graduated from Minnesota School of Business with degrees in

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managerial accounting and business management. He lives 00:24:32.734 --> 00:24:36.000

in Ianti with his wife and two of his children. He has one

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adult child who is out on her own. We are excited to add. his

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experience and knowledge to the Brooklyn Park team. Please 00:24:42.000 --> 00:25:02.100

welcome Nate. We have a lot of introductions. Um, I have the 00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:05.834

pleasure of introducing Scott Schutz. He is our new

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commercial appraiser to in the finest department assessing

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division. He previously worked for the city of Maple Grove as 00:25:13.367 --> 00:25:16.467

a residential appraiser. Scott was employed with the City of

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Brooklyn Park in various roles, which included a residential 00:25:20.767 --> 00:25:24.467

appraiser, lead appraiser, and commercial appraiser. He

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returned effective Wednesday, May 28th, in a full-time role.

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He has over 20 years of experience, which includes a 00:25:32.467 --> 00:25:35.767

finance appraiser and assessing. He graduated from Saint Cloud

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State University with a bachelor’s degree in real

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estate appraisal. He lives in Anzego with his wife and has 2 00:25:43.734 --> 00:25:48.100

daughters in college. He enjoys outdoors, um, anything from

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hunting, um, to camping, to hiking, biking, and, uh, 00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:55.667

working on various wood projects. He also enjoys

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spending time with his family. We are excited to add his

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experience and knowledge back to the Brooklyn Park team. 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:21.166

Please welcome Scott. like I Good evening, Mayor Winston. 00:26:21.166 --> 00:26:24.233

Council members, police Chief Mark Bruuli, it’s my pleasure

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to introduce our new employee, Frankie Miamen. Frankie Miaamin

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was hired as a community instant intervention specialist 00:26:30.533 --> 00:26:33.834

at the police department on May 12th. Frankie has a bachelor’s

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degree in business management from Oral Roberts University

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and runs a local and international nonprofit called 00:26:40.834 --> 00:26:44.567

Sports and Leadership Academy. Frankie is an immigrant from

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Liberia, first generation college graduate. He enjoys

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using sports as a vehicle to impact the next generation.

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Welcome, Frankie. Whoever was here is a giant. All right. So, 00:27:29.934 --> 00:27:33.100

uh, we’ll make a proclamation, so I’m gonna read out the 00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:37.500

proclamation celebrating and recognizing June 19th, 2025 is

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Juneteenth Freedom Day in the city of Brooklyn Park,

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Minnesota. Whereas Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, 00:27:43.867 --> 00:27:49.266

commemorates June 19, 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galve

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Galveston, Texas to inform the last remaining enslaved African 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:56.634

Americans of their freedom. More than 2 years after the

00:27:56.634 --> 00:28:01.000

emancipation Proclamation took effect, and there’s more than 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:03.567

41.1 million people of African and African American descent

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live in the United States according to the 2020 US Census

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Bureau and whereas 29.5% of Brooklyn Park residents 00:28:10.367 --> 00:28:13.634

identified. African or African American contributing

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significantly to the city’s cultural, civic, and economic

00:28:16.533 --> 00:28:19.767

vitality. And whereas beginning in 1619, the first enslaved

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Africans were brought to colonial Virginia, and millions 00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:25.467

were forced into slavery and whereas Juneteenth serves as

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both a celebration of black freedom and a day of reflection,

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education, and commitment to equity, justice, and whereas in 00:28:34.033 --> 00:28:37.734

2021, President Joe Biden signed legislation officially

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declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday after years of advocacy. 00:28:40.133 --> 00:28:43.300

From black communities and leaders across the country and

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whereas the city of Brooklyn Park honors Juneteenth as a

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critical marker in American history and a time to uplift

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the voices, stories, and ongoing contributions of 00:28:51.467 --> 00:28:53.867

African and African American residents and where’s the city

00:28:53.867 --> 00:28:56.667

of Brooklyn Park will host its annual Juneteenth celebration

00:28:56.667 --> 00:29:01.233

on Saturday, June 21st, 2025 in North Hennepin Community 00:29:01.233 --> 00:29:03.900

College to commemorate this day with community, culture, and

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reflection. Now, therefore, I, Hollis Winston, mayor of the

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city of Brooklyn Park on behalf of the city council staff and 00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:15.100

residents do hereby proclaimed Thursday, June 19, 2025 as

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Juneteenth, Freedom Day in the city of Brooklyn Park, we call

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upon all residents to join and celebrate educating and 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:24.200

recognizing the continued resilience, contribution,

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:27.533

contributions and history of African and African American

00:29:27.533 --> 00:29:36.000

communities in Brooklyn Park. I think we have a few folks that 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:39.100

were we’re planning on saying a few words or? OK, so if you

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:42.900

guys say and then I’ll, I’ll say uh uh wrap a few things up 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:44.634

where we’re supposed to give you any of you a copy of this

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or? No. OK. Thank you, uh, Mayor Winston. It’s always a 00:29:55.367 --> 00:29:58.367

pleasure. Thank you, City council. My name’s Cindy

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Devenish. I’m the community engagement and experience 00:30:01.567 --> 00:30:05.367

manager. I’m proud to introduce um some members of our

00:30:05.367 --> 00:30:08.834

Juneteenth, um. Uh, planning team, would you please approach?

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Thank you. Um, I’m gonna allow them to, uh, time to introduce 00:30:15.467 --> 00:30:18.667

some of them themselves, um, please go ahead. Good evening.

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My name is Cindy Hill. I’m a longtime Brooklyn Park resident. 00:30:21.867 --> 00:30:27.734

I’m the CEO and the co-founder of Minnesota Chill Foundation.

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We’ve been a part of this um wonderful celebration within 00:30:31.567 --> 00:30:35.200

our community for the last, I would say 3 or 4 years. We’re

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:39.900

very happy to be a part of this. This is a great celebration for

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:43.734

everyone in our community to celebrate our heritage and also 00:30:43.734 --> 00:30:48.100

not just for us, we, a city of Brooklyn Park has done a very

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:51.800

good job of making sure that other cultures also are 00:30:51.800 --> 00:30:55.033

everywhere are able to. celebrate within the city. This

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is how we all come together. So hopefully that you will come

00:30:58.734 --> 00:31:09.367

out and support us. On the 21st. Thank you. Yeah, yeah. Hello, 00:31:09.367 --> 00:31:12.166

my name is Justice Davis and I’m a resident of Brooklyn Park. 00:31:12.166 --> 00:31:24.734

The job. Um, I am Nasir Davis, Class of 2025, and I’m just 00:31:24.734 --> 00:31:27.467

thankful for the opportunity to be here, um, celebrating

00:31:27.467 --> 00:31:35.467

Juneteenth with my family and community. I’mmari Davis, a 00:31:35.467 --> 00:31:41.900

resident of Brooklyn Park Class of 2026, um, excited to help 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:47.266

out on the 21st of June at North Hennein. Come out, guys.

00:31:47.266 --> 00:31:56.767

Yeah, yeah. Thank you uh for joining us and also just a 00:31:56.767 --> 00:32:00.567

friendly reminder that um The celebration at North Hannepin 00:32:00.567 --> 00:32:02.800

Community College, we would love for the city council to

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:07.033

show up, be a part of the parade, our wonderful mayor has

00:32:07.033 --> 00:32:11.767

agreed to be the grand marshal, so thank you. Also will provide 00:32:11.767 --> 00:32:16.567

uh welcome we Mart. So again, thank you. Um, we will have the

00:32:16.567 --> 00:32:22.033

Brooklyn Center, uh, mayor April Graves also, uh, 00:32:22.033 --> 00:32:25.634

participate as a second grand marshal, so we’re looking

00:32:25.634 --> 00:32:30.367

forward to that collaboration, um, and we also be hosting a 00:32:30.367 --> 00:32:33.667

golf tournament on Friday, June 20th, so please come on out.

00:32:33.667 --> 00:32:40.166

Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, counsel. Yeah. Hey 00:32:40.166 --> 00:32:51.900

y’all going to see that. Oh OK. Thank you. You know, 2026 is 00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:55.634

gonna be here sooner than later, so don’t, don’t seem so sad,

00:32:55.634 --> 00:33:00.934

like it’s so far away. But um regarding uh Juneteenth, again, 00:33:00.934 --> 00:33:03.667

uh, incredibly important holiday. We’re not all free

00:33:03.667 --> 00:33:08.634

until we are all free. And I think when, uh, When African

00:33:08.634 --> 00:33:12.934

Americans were freed. I mean, the, the The contributions we 00:33:12.934 --> 00:33:19.100

have made, not just in America, uh, but, uh, morally, uh, and,

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:23.300

uh, when you’re talking about a Martin Luther King or Malcolm X 00:33:23.300 --> 00:33:27.166

or Harriet Tubman or WEB Du Bois. But when you’re talking

00:33:27.166 --> 00:33:29.233

about the contributions to music, whether it’s rock and

00:33:29.233 --> 00:33:33.000

roll, whether it’s hip hop, uh, the contributions have been 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:37.734

stupendous and I think Uh, many times people overlook. Just the

00:33:37.734 --> 00:33:41.500

sheer number of inventions and contributions, a small 00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:43.266

percentage of the world’s population have made, whether

00:33:43.266 --> 00:33:46.300

it’s a stop light or so many other things, even when you

00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:49.467

talk about Washington DC and how Washington DC is designed.

00:33:49.467 --> 00:33:54.767

I think it was Benjamin Maneker, and they actually lost the 00:33:54.767 --> 00:33:57.734

designs to Washington DC and, um, Benjamin Maneker, I cannot

00:33:57.734 --> 00:34:01.367

recall if he was a former slave and they had freedom, but, uh, 00:34:01.367 --> 00:34:04.467

he was brilliant, brilliant African American man. He

00:34:04.467 --> 00:34:06.834

remembered the whole layout of Washington DC and so as they

00:34:06.834 --> 00:34:09.867

built it, they went to him. He put it down on paper, and then

00:34:09.867 --> 00:34:12.634

they were able to build it, right? Uh, I think he was still 00:34:12.634 --> 00:34:15.266

a slave when some of that happened. So when we talk about

00:34:15.266 --> 00:34:19.900

the contributions, I think many times. People forget that after

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:22.634

that freedom was gained, even during the freedom we were 00:34:22.634 --> 00:34:24.900

contributing. But after that freedom was gained, there has

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:32.166

been a Contribution at the worldwide level that um Very 00:34:32.166 --> 00:34:35.367

much dwarfs us as what we in in terms of what we are as a

00:34:35.367 --> 00:34:38.033

percentage of the entire population. We’re less than 1%

00:34:38.033 --> 00:34:40.934

of the world’s population. We are a tiny, tiny people when 00:34:40.934 --> 00:34:44.533

you talk about the 8 billion people on this planet, but all

00:34:44.533 --> 00:34:48.233

around the world, people know who African Americans are, and

00:34:48.233 --> 00:34:52.000

much of that came because we were freed and we were able to 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:55.767

give many more contributions and the freer we get, uh, the

00:34:55.767 --> 00:34:59.000

more contributions we will make. So it’s an incredibly important

00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:02.033

day. I don’t think a lot of people know what it. Uh, but if 00:35:02.033 --> 00:35:05.467

you hear some of the same noise you hear on July 4th, just know

00:35:05.467 --> 00:35:08.567

that there’s some people celebrating the freedom that uh

00:35:08.567 --> 00:35:10.734

some of their ancestors got a little late. That’s all. Thank 00:35:10.734 --> 00:35:18.100

you. Can you say something? What’s the name of it. You need

00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:33.634

a recommendation, let me know. And thank you to our staff for 00:35:33.634 --> 00:35:36.767

all the extra work they do with uh Juneteenth. Thank you to

00:35:36.767 --> 00:35:42.166

Minnesota Chill and Cindy Hill. And then thank you to the youth, 00:35:42.166 --> 00:35:46.200

um, who made those, uh, remarks. Just so you know, they’re gonna

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:48.667

be broadcast all all over the world, but thank you all for,

00:35:48.667 --> 00:35:51.367

for getting up there and having the bravery to do that. Very 00:35:51.367 --> 00:35:56.634

much appreciate it. All right, next, we’re gonna move into the

00:35:56.634 --> 00:36:07.300

consent agenda. 1 2nd. So we’re going to have a vote on the 00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:09.800

consent agenda. I know that there will be somebody’s gonna

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:12.634

have to make the motion, but I’m gonna recuse myself from 00:36:12.634 --> 00:36:16.233

this vote, um, So if you want, do you want to just sit in my

00:36:16.233 --> 00:36:30.634

seat and then make the motion for the agenda. OK. I just can 00:36:30.634 --> 00:36:44.133

I move the consent agenda. We have a roll call, please? Uh, 00:36:44.133 --> 00:36:48.100

council member Page. Council member McGarvey. Council member

00:36:48.100 --> 00:36:58.166

Tran. I can’t remember Eriksson. Uh, motion passes. Thank you, 00:36:58.166 --> 00:37:06.634

Mayor. So. Do the wave or something,, there you go,. You 00:37:06.634 --> 00:37:15.567

can hear here. Congratulations. All right. Yeah, I know. Thank 00:37:15.567 --> 00:37:20.367

you all for showing up. You don’t have to stay for all of 00:37:20.367 --> 00:37:28.367

it, I know. Um, uh, we love you too though. It makes us feel

00:37:28.367 --> 00:37:32.734

more important. um Thank you. So, seeing there’s no public 00:37:32.734 --> 00:37:36.367

hearings, no land use actions, we’ll go ahead to general

00:37:36.367 --> 00:37:42.800

action items, item 7.1, uh, was removed, so we will be heading 00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:49.867

to item 7.2. which will be presented by Is a chief Chief

00:37:49.867 --> 00:38:12.467

Brewley or Deputy Chief Elliot Faust. So. Am I doing this 00:38:12.467 --> 00:38:45.467

right? Stop it. right. Good evening, uh, Mayor Winston 00:38:45.467 --> 00:38:48.467

called some members, Police Chief Mark Ruley. I’m here with

00:38:48.467 --> 00:38:51.767

Deputy Chief Elliott Faust, and we’re here presenting on uh 00:38:51.767 --> 00:38:55.634

request to renew um and expand upon our current Axon

00:38:55.634 --> 00:38:58.834

Enterprise agreement. Um, there’s just a few slides in

00:38:58.834 --> 00:39:02.467

conversation, but we certainly welcome questions and that’s uh 00:39:02.467 --> 00:39:06.100

primarily why I brought uh Deputy Chief Fastwith, he is

00:39:06.100 --> 00:39:17.300

the project manager on this. So we, uh, have uh a needs 00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:20.500

assessment that we’ve done on our agency, uh, specifically 00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:23.834

one of the big hurdles that we have as an aging RMS system

00:39:23.834 --> 00:39:26.467

that is failing, not keeping up with the needs of the

00:39:26.467 --> 00:39:28.667

organization. The key things with our records management

00:39:28.667 --> 00:39:32.166

system is it lacks the integration uh with neighboring 00:39:32.166 --> 00:39:35.567

police agencies, meaning we can’t interconnect with other

00:39:35.567 --> 00:39:38.734

agencies to see and share data with our records. Um, that’s a

00:39:38.734 --> 00:39:43.033

huge hindrance in our our uh our communities have never been 00:39:43.033 --> 00:39:45.734

more transit, especially our youth. And never been more

00:39:45.734 --> 00:39:49.533

transient from community to community. Um, it’s becoming

00:39:49.533 --> 00:39:52.100

costly to maintain. It is a model that pays for every 00:39:52.100 --> 00:39:55.834

integration, every update, we are um right amidst a need for

00:39:55.834 --> 00:39:58.934

a massive upgrade, which is going to be extremely expensive

00:39:58.934 --> 00:40:01.233

and continued problems to integrate with Henman County 00:40:01.233 --> 00:40:04.934

Dispatch, uh, we have dispatch, uh, we do not control that, so

00:40:04.934 --> 00:40:08.033

every day we have to get a dump of the police calls into our

00:40:08.033 --> 00:40:11.367

records management system that rarely works, um, and in fact 00:40:11.367 --> 00:40:14.500

it’s worse than works, it works part of the time or part of the

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:17.567

cases come over requiring our staff to literally mine through

00:40:17.567 --> 00:40:19.767

all the. calls to make sure that they transfer all the

00:40:19.767 --> 00:40:22.033

cases into our records management system for all the 00:40:22.033 --> 00:40:25.133

police calls that were taken by our officers that day, um, and

00:40:25.133 --> 00:40:28.867

then there’s just no innovating this, this product is stagnant

00:40:28.867 --> 00:40:31.667

and is not clearly meet the needs of the future of where we 00:40:31.667 --> 00:40:34.200

want to go as a police department and as a city. Um,

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:38.533

we also have a body worn cameras that um are going to

00:40:38.533 --> 00:40:42.300

need replacement in our relative to the future, um, 00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:46.100

really archaic in the way that um they only record a video and

00:40:46.100 --> 00:40:48.567

you’ll see the product that we’re asking to. upgrade to is

00:40:48.567 --> 00:40:52.900

much more and essentially is a camera and a computer that is 00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:56.634

mounted onto the police officers. Uh, Taser technology,

00:40:56.634 --> 00:40:59.734

um, while it’s advanced, the, the taser 26, which we have now

00:40:59.734 --> 00:41:01.900

is quite honestly antiquated, there’s a much better product 00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:05.634

that is also included in this, and then, uh, tools in the

00:41:05.634 --> 00:41:08.834

future to be progressive and continuously innovate, which is

00:41:08.834 --> 00:41:13.100

part of this agreement that all future products um and 00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:15.800

developments of future products are given to us at the same

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:18.567

cost we’re paying now, no additional cost. Which is huge,

00:41:18.567 --> 00:41:22.634

and we’ll kind of circle back to that, um, I, uh, recently 00:41:22.634 --> 00:41:26.467

the city of Brooklyn Park did a employee survey to really

00:41:26.467 --> 00:41:28.367

figure out what each department’s doing well and

00:41:28.367 --> 00:41:30.800

where we have areas of improvement where the police 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:33.934

department found themselves doing really well as our staff,

00:41:33.934 --> 00:41:36.033

our police officers and, and support staff said that the

00:41:36.033 --> 00:41:40.367

people on their team, uh, treat them with respect, very high 00:41:40.367 --> 00:41:42.667

remarks, the supervisor empowers me to get my work done,

00:41:42.667 --> 00:41:47.100

uh, in the way that I see best, which is awesome. My supervisor

00:41:47.100 --> 00:41:48.100

communicates important information so our.

00:41:48.100 --> 00:41:50.734

communication is good, uh, supervisor supports my efforts 00:41:50.734 --> 00:41:53.200

in developing and growing, which is fantastic as a leader,

00:41:53.200 --> 00:41:57.467

that’s exactly what I want to see in my police department.

00:41:57.467 --> 00:41:59.667

And then I enjoy working with the people on my team, so

00:41:59.667 --> 00:42:02.300

people like to come to work and work together and our head in 00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:05.467

the right direction. Very exciting. The biggest area that

00:42:05.467 --> 00:42:08.100

we had for improvement as a police department is this one

00:42:08.100 --> 00:42:10.266

on the bottom that’s highlighted and that is our 00:42:10.266 --> 00:42:13.100

systems, processes and procedures enable me to work

00:42:13.100 --> 00:42:16.367

efficiently and that is very true, um, that does not

00:42:16.367 --> 00:42:21.367

surprise me. We have lots of independent uh programs and 00:42:21.367 --> 00:42:25.300

systems that do not speak to each other and rarely work, um,

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:28.000

well, and so it creates lots of additional work and we’ll get

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:31.834

to some of those examples of what this new product is going 00:42:31.834 --> 00:42:37.900

to correct. Uh, so what is the actual investment? We’re asking

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:40.900

for 1,294,000 and a little bit of change. That’s over 10 years 00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:45.000

that we’re looking for that cost. Uh, the average cost

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:51.367

would be $129,000 417 dollars a year, uh, so relative, it’s a 00:42:51.367 --> 00:42:54.567

pretty small dollar amount for what we’re asking. Uh, what we

00:42:54.567 --> 00:42:57.867

gain, we gain access to taser 10, uh, right now we have Taser

00:42:57.867 --> 00:43:03.266

26. It fires two deployments at 25 ft max range. The taser 10 00:43:03.266 --> 00:43:10.133

is a 10 shot deployment at 45 ft, so shoots much farther, has 00:43:10.133 --> 00:43:13.233

multiple ability to shoot up to 10 times and not that we would

00:43:13.233 --> 00:43:17.000

shoot one person 10 times, but the taser is often effective,

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:19.734

not because it doesn’t work, but because we can’t make

00:43:19.734 --> 00:43:22.000

connection with the two darts that are being fired, that’s 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:25.634

the only reason. Yeah, the two darts reached the actual

00:43:25.634 --> 00:43:29.834

individual and are able to make contact with the skin, um, I’m

00:43:29.834 --> 00:43:33.634

on two points of contact during um a reasonably muscle-related 00:43:33.634 --> 00:43:38.100

area. It is extremely effective, uh, and in fact, 100% effective

00:43:38.100 --> 00:43:42.200

depending on how far apart the darts are. Uh, this gives 00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:44.467

officers 10 opportunities to make that connection to be

00:43:44.467 --> 00:43:48.100

effective. Uh, many deployments that we have, the officer

00:43:48.100 --> 00:43:50.100

deploys to deployments, they are not effective because of 00:43:50.100 --> 00:43:54.000

thick winter clothing, because of a miss, because somebody’s

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:56.667

moving around or because it hits a belt buckle or a million

00:43:56.667 --> 00:43:58.934

other variations, and as soon as those two deployments are

00:43:58.934 --> 00:44:03.100

over, they’re out, they have to resort to some other, um, use 00:44:03.100 --> 00:44:06.266

of force and quite honestly, the taser is the best

00:44:06.266 --> 00:44:08.767

de-escalation tool that has ever been introduced to law

00:44:08.767 --> 00:44:12.500

enforcement. It has saved countless lives, countless as 00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:15.767

involved shootings and so to uh give this tool to be able to

00:44:15.767 --> 00:44:20.033

shoot way farther and have more opportunity, um, quite honestly 00:44:20.033 --> 00:44:23.166

is a risk management tool. I don’t think that we could not

00:44:23.166 --> 00:44:26.300

offer to our officers. Uh, new records management system, this

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:29.033

is the big one, this is uh completely taken a records

00:44:29.033 --> 00:44:32.834

management system and moving it off onto the Axon product, this 00:44:32.834 --> 00:44:35.300

product is made for police departments specifically, it

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:38.166

was crafted. It’s one of the few companies that made a

00:44:38.166 --> 00:44:40.934

product um for a police department to interconnect with 00:44:40.934 --> 00:44:44.567

other police departments and to interconnect with all the other

00:44:44.567 --> 00:44:47.467

products that are made with their camera systems with their

00:44:47.467 --> 00:44:50.567

evidence systems, um, and be seamless, we’ve seen it. Other 00:44:50.567 --> 00:44:53.900

agencies have it and uh we absolutely love it. Uh, that

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:56.867

actually would not be completed until 2028 because it’s a

00:44:56.867 --> 00:45:00.000

pretty big undertaking to take all of our data and get it 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:02.734

merged over and get ready, um, but that would be included in

00:45:02.734 --> 00:45:06.467

this and it’s a big one. The other really big one is moving

00:45:06.467 --> 00:45:09.300

to use an AI technologies, and that is really what this

00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:13.900

company is going to and quite honestly, um, what a lot of law 00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:17.767

enforcement and other agencies are going to, and that is, uh,

00:45:17.767 --> 00:45:21.000

using technology to be way more effective and efficient, um, 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:25.100

and where I really see this having an impact is not um.

00:45:25.100 --> 00:45:28.567

Reducing our, our officers that we have, but really, uh, Steven

00:45:28.567 --> 00:45:31.567

Naf, the need for additional officers in the future and 00:45:31.567 --> 00:45:34.800

using our time very effectively to have police officers doing

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:38.467

the work that we want them to do and not tied up in all these

00:45:38.467 --> 00:45:40.567

systems or report writing. So some of the things that they 00:45:40.567 --> 00:45:45.033

have are draft one, auto transcribe, policy chat, live

00:45:45.033 --> 00:45:48.166

translation, and a redaction studio to redact video and

00:45:48.166 --> 00:45:53.000

we’ll get into what that actually looks like. Uh, so 00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:56.100

here’s the calendar. Um, this product what we’re asking isn’t

00:45:56.100 --> 00:46:00.367

just a a replacement to Taser 10, but in fact puts us on a 00:46:00.367 --> 00:46:03.567

long term replacement plan to refresh all of our in squad

00:46:03.567 --> 00:46:07.834

cameras, our tasers, our body cameras, um, in our virtual

00:46:07.834 --> 00:46:11.500

reality training, all that is replaced in 2026 when we signed, 00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:14.233

if we sign this contract, depending the council’s

00:46:14.233 --> 00:46:17.533

approval, but then you’re, um, you can see in year 28, there’s

00:46:17.533 --> 00:46:21.300

a refresh in year 2031, there’s a refresh, and so we are paying 00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:24.400

now for years in advance. advance of all the technology.

00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:30.767

So in 2031, if there’s a, a taser. 20 or a in 2036 if 00:46:30.767 --> 00:46:34.033

there’s a new version of a body camera, we’re getting that um

00:46:34.033 --> 00:46:37.800

for the same cost that we’re paying today. Uh, the taser 10,

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:41.500

we talked about the 45 ft creates more time and space for 00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:44.166

de-escalation to resolve conflicts, and that’s what

00:46:44.166 --> 00:46:47.133

everybody wants, uh, improves accuracy, effectiveness, and

00:46:47.133 --> 00:46:50.567

reliability. It’s just a much better product, um, more 00:46:50.567 --> 00:46:52.900

effective and less lethal tools. Quite honestly, I’ll say it

00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:56.367

again, there’s not a better de-escalation tool that we have

00:46:56.367 --> 00:47:00.734

than in a taser and taser 10, uh, really expands upon that 00:47:00.734 --> 00:47:05.000

opportunity. The body camera 5, this is, uh, replacement, which

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:08.734

would be immediate, um, and the body camera that we have now is

00:47:08.734 --> 00:47:11.467

just video body camera 5 is much more in video. In fact, it 00:47:11.467 --> 00:47:15.200

is a supercomputer on their chest that does record. It’s

00:47:15.200 --> 00:47:19.634

160 degree field of view. It has axon, artificial

00:47:19.634 --> 00:47:23.100

intelligence, embedded into it. So all the AI tools are 00:47:23.100 --> 00:47:27.467

integrated into the camera. Uh, it writes reports from the

00:47:27.467 --> 00:47:30.300

camera camera audio. So it can effectively an officer will go 00:47:30.300 --> 00:47:33.233

to a police report. talked to an individual about maybe a

00:47:33.233 --> 00:47:35.867

stolen car. By the time the officer gets back in their car,

00:47:35.867 --> 00:47:39.100

it’s written the police report ready for the officer to review

00:47:39.100 --> 00:47:42.900

and approve or make slight adjustments. Uh, it really 00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:46.133

removes any officer bias as all human beings, we have bias. It

00:47:46.133 --> 00:47:49.834

takes it out. It’s simply taking what was said, placing

00:47:49.834 --> 00:47:52.634

it into a police report and putting it on paper for the 00:47:52.634 --> 00:47:57.367

officer to approve or not approve or amend as needed, uh,

00:47:57.367 --> 00:48:00.500

really advanced and quite honestly, that is the, the, um, 00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:04.233

Just the tip of what it’s capable of, and I’ll have

00:48:04.233 --> 00:48:08.233

Deputy Chief Elliot Faust expand upon that. Uh, stream to

00:48:08.233 --> 00:48:11.734

the supervisor, so this effectively is connecting the 00:48:11.734 --> 00:48:14.934

officer to the supervisor completely. So if the uh if the

00:48:14.934 --> 00:48:18.300

officer pulls her gun or taser, the supervisor is immediately

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:20.834

notified that um that camera has identified the officer has 00:48:20.834 --> 00:48:26.800

used their gun or or weapon. um this is. Quite honestly, really,

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:29.900

in some eyes, Big Brother stuff, but really has a high level of

00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:33.000

accountability for a staff, we as, as you all of you know, 00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:36.266

police officers are an a safe safety sensitive position. Um,

00:48:36.266 --> 00:48:39.533

we need high levels of accountability. We want high

00:48:39.533 --> 00:48:42.200

levels of accountability because that’s how we have a 00:48:42.200 --> 00:48:44.934

great police department is doing things right all the time

00:48:44.934 --> 00:48:50.233

and having tools like this that ensure um that we never have uh 00:48:50.233 --> 00:48:53.367

individuals make mistakes that don’t get caught, that there

00:48:53.367 --> 00:48:57.734

aren’t accountability, um, this type of. Of technology um

00:48:57.734 --> 00:49:04.000

closes up any gaps in the system. With that, this is kind 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:06.900

of the big slide about AI um in the details of all the things

00:49:06.900 --> 00:49:10.667

that it’s going to do and advance us, um, and really is 00:49:10.667 --> 00:49:13.734

the big part of this is going to rectify a lot of the

00:49:13.734 --> 00:49:16.467

concerns from our staff about our systems and in place and so

00:49:16.467 --> 00:49:20.634

I’m gonna turn it over to our resident expert on artificial 00:49:20.634 --> 00:49:25.400

intelligence, Deputy Chief Fast. Good evening, Mayor Winston,

00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:29.867

members of the council, um. In my almost 18 years of law

00:49:29.867 --> 00:49:33.467

enforcement, there’s been one trend that we have not been 00:49:33.467 --> 00:49:37.634

able to reverse, and that’s more time spent by officers

00:49:37.634 --> 00:49:40.467

doing paperwork and data entry, which equates the less time on 00:49:40.467 --> 00:49:43.300

the street, and that’s something that technology

00:49:43.300 --> 00:49:46.767

really up to this point hasn’t been able to help us out much

00:49:46.767 --> 00:49:49.467

with these new products that are hitting the market, quite

00:49:49.467 --> 00:49:51.800

honestly, we’re mind boggling we’ve done an incredible amount 00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:56.000

of research we’ve, we’ve seen them working, um, in real time.

00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:59.033

I’ve witnessed them, we’ve met with other agencies. that are

00:49:59.033 --> 00:50:01.233

already using these tools, um, and there’s been a few studies 00:50:01.233 --> 00:50:05.133

that are starting to come out now, so uh one product that

00:50:05.133 --> 00:50:08.634

really um kind of hooked us into this idea of AI being a

00:50:08.634 --> 00:50:11.800

force multiplier for us is what’s called draft one, and 00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:15.233

that’s um the, the artificial intelligence through your body

00:50:15.233 --> 00:50:18.367

camera, writing a draft police report for you, that’s already

00:50:18.367 --> 00:50:22.000

being done in some agencies, even in Minnesota, some of our 00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:24.800

partner agencies like Kennebec County are already shifting

00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:27.533

towards this technology, um, in Bismarck, North Dakota, they

00:50:27.533 --> 00:50:32.200

just um completed a study where um they found that 11 hours per 00:50:32.200 --> 00:50:37.367

day were saved by their officers just by the AI um

00:50:37.367 --> 00:50:40.166

doing the um the draft report for you and simply all that is 00:50:40.166 --> 00:50:44.400

is it takes all of the body camera audio, audio only,

00:50:44.400 --> 00:50:47.767

transcribes that all into words and then. It does its magic

00:50:47.767 --> 00:50:51.300

behind the scenes and puts that into a draft police report, and 00:50:51.300 --> 00:50:55.033

it’s taking out the laborious, putting your fingers on these

00:50:55.033 --> 00:50:57.734

keys and this bandwidth restriction that is really

00:50:57.734 --> 00:51:00.367

information flowing through your fingers, it’s, it’s taking 00:51:00.367 --> 00:51:03.033

that out and um there’s gonna come a day where we, we

00:51:03.033 --> 00:51:06.834

wouldn’t imagine typing police reports with our fingers and uh

00:51:06.834 --> 00:51:11.033

Fargo, North Dakota, they, they calculated 16 minutes saved per 00:51:11.033 --> 00:51:16.467

report, 90 hours save props are per year, um. They have a

00:51:16.467 --> 00:51:20.100

product called um Fors One, in law enforcement, there’s an 00:51:20.100 --> 00:51:23.867

incredible amount of forms that are used, stolen vehicles,

00:51:23.867 --> 00:51:26.800

missing persons, um, any type of data entry that needs to

00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:30.767

happen, needs to come through a forum. All that is generated 00:51:30.767 --> 00:51:33.467

through AI with the body camera picking up the audio and

00:51:33.467 --> 00:51:36.734

putting it onto the form. I’ve seen it work in person. It’s

00:51:36.734 --> 00:51:40.467

absolutely incredible. Um, we have autotranscribe, um, again, 00:51:40.467 --> 00:51:44.634

all of the body camera audio is being transcribed and so we can

00:51:44.634 --> 00:51:48.467

program certain keywords. Um, troubling things that um if if

00:51:48.467 --> 00:51:51.900

an officer were to say we would want to know about that, that 00:51:51.900 --> 00:51:55.200

AI will alert us and the supervisory staff immediately

00:51:55.200 --> 00:51:57.767

that hey, maybe there’s a piece of that body worn camera that

00:51:57.767 --> 00:52:00.533

you should look at right now, and that flags and immediately 00:52:00.533 --> 00:52:04.133

gets sent to a supervisor, and that’s a level of

00:52:04.133 --> 00:52:06.400

accountability that only this technology will allow us to, to

00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:10.033

have, we, we don’t have the bandwidth for or for our 00:52:10.033 --> 00:52:12.233

sergeants to watch every piece of body worn camera video out

00:52:12.233 --> 00:52:15.200

there. The AI is doing the work for us, alerting us to anything.

00:52:15.200 --> 00:52:18.634

It might be concerning taking us straight to that policy chat.

00:52:18.634 --> 00:52:24.000

The body worn camera can be um activated almost like a a Siri 00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:27.634

on an iPhone, where you, you ask it, what does the Brooklyn

00:52:27.634 --> 00:52:29.900

Park Police Department’s policies say about this matter

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:32.467

that I’m not sure about rather than pulling out a policy 00:52:32.467 --> 00:52:36.834

manual, which we don’t even have in um you know, in a paper

00:52:36.834 --> 00:52:40.233

form anymore, it’s all online. You simply ask your body on 00:52:40.233 --> 00:52:44.233

camera, what is the policy, um, demanding that I do in this

00:52:44.233 --> 00:52:46.867

instant, and it, and it tells you exactly what should be done

00:52:46.867 --> 00:52:50.100

right there and then. Um, live translation, we use the service 00:52:50.100 --> 00:52:53.467

right now called Language Line where we call up a phone, uh,

00:52:53.467 --> 00:52:57.567

phone number, there’s another person um that speaks a native

00:52:57.567 --> 00:53:00.233

language and um does a two-way translation, the body camera 00:53:00.233 --> 00:53:04.634

does all of that in every language that is known, um,

00:53:04.634 --> 00:53:08.834

live time, it’s there’s a video online that shows it demoed and

00:53:08.834 --> 00:53:13.033

it’s absolutely incredible. Um, Redaction Studio is an 00:53:13.033 --> 00:53:16.767

important one because um we, we get an incredible amount of

00:53:16.767 --> 00:53:20.467

freedom of information requests. squad video body worn camera 00:53:20.467 --> 00:53:27.033

video, and there’s so many laws and intricate um. Um, um,

00:53:27.033 --> 00:53:29.667

pieces of, of evidence that we have to redact, rather than a

00:53:29.667 --> 00:53:33.400

human being sitting down and redacting each um face maybe of 00:53:33.400 --> 00:53:36.500

a juvenile that’s in a video that cannot be released to the

00:53:36.500 --> 00:53:40.367

public. The AI does that for us, where it’s taking the the 00:53:40.367 --> 00:53:45.667

manual laborious labor out of it, um. And, and these are,

00:53:45.667 --> 00:53:49.367

these are 7 tools that are released in 25. There’s 7 more

00:53:49.367 --> 00:53:54.734

being released in 26,, 7 more being released in 27, and this, 00:53:54.734 --> 00:53:57.900

um, what we’re we’re proposing is giving us unlimited access

00:53:57.900 --> 00:54:01.634

to every tool that they come out with in 10 years, um, and I 00:54:01.634 --> 00:54:05.467

have no doubt that we would buy every one of these individually

00:54:05.467 --> 00:54:07.166

regardless in the future because the future will, we

00:54:07.166 --> 00:54:09.567

won’t even be able to imagine doing police work without some

00:54:09.567 --> 00:54:12.934

of these tools, so, um, I really think it hedges us 00:54:12.934 --> 00:54:16.567

against the future needs, um, by Getting in early and taking

00:54:16.567 --> 00:54:21.533

advantage now, so Chief, did I miss anything? Thanks, Deputy 00:54:21.533 --> 00:54:25.133

Chief False, just to give a practical example to council,

00:54:25.133 --> 00:54:28.300

um, you can imagine officers going to the domestic where the

00:54:28.300 --> 00:54:31.000

person does not speak English, maybe they speak Spanish, and a 00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:34.367

female upset and right now they have to pull out a car, dial a

00:54:34.367 --> 00:54:39.500

language line because they don’t understand how to just to

00:54:39.500 --> 00:54:41.734

uh determine um this female’s issue, if it’s a domestic or 00:54:41.734 --> 00:54:43.867

what’s going on, they call and they get a hold of a stranger.

00:54:43.867 --> 00:54:47.033

We have to punch in a code to identify our account and then

00:54:47.033 --> 00:54:50.367

tell them why we’re there. We then hand the phone over to the 00:54:50.367 --> 00:54:53.634

female to a stranger. And now she’s got to talk to a stranger

00:54:53.634 --> 00:54:56.233

who then has to tell me what’s going on, then I give the phone

00:54:56.233 --> 00:55:00.133

back and forth, um, and, and that is what we were forced to 00:55:00.133 --> 00:55:04.634

do. The new day of policing is the camera is telling the

00:55:04.634 --> 00:55:07.000

officer exactly what she is saying the minute that that he

00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:11.100

or she walks in there, I immediately has a conversation 00:55:11.100 --> 00:55:14.233

leveraging the transcribe um from the camera supercomputer

00:55:14.233 --> 00:55:16.634

on their chest and the level of service is so much better and

00:55:16.634 --> 00:55:19.500

the experience is so much better for our community in

00:55:19.500 --> 00:55:23.367

that environment, in my opinion. Uh, virtual reality training, 00:55:23.367 --> 00:55:26.834

so this comes with the full spectrum of leveraging virtual

00:55:26.834 --> 00:55:30.767

reality training to make sure that we’re able to use the, the 00:55:30.767 --> 00:55:35.033

taser at its um absolute best, um, being that it is an

00:55:35.033 --> 00:55:37.233

advanced piece of technology, we have to make sure that our

00:55:37.233 --> 00:55:42.033

staff know how to use it, um, properly, effectively, and I 00:55:42.033 --> 00:55:45.233

have not had these goggles on or this program, but I have

00:55:45.233 --> 00:55:49.467

heard nothing, but it is incredible experience to use it,

00:55:49.467 --> 00:55:53.233

um, an incredible level of training. So that is kind of a 00:55:53.233 --> 00:55:55.667

high level review of the request before you tonight and

00:55:55.667 --> 00:56:01.300

with that, I’ll stand for any questions. Well, thank you for 00:56:01.300 --> 00:56:07.100

the, uh, presentation. Um, um, uh, from both of you. We

00:56:07.100 --> 00:56:09.767

appreciate it. And thanks for the work you do, so we’ll head

00:56:09.767 --> 00:56:15.634

into questions, so council member Mugay. Thank you, Mayor. 00:56:15.634 --> 00:56:23.100

Excuse me Uh, so just two quick questions from me. Uh, one 00:56:23.100 --> 00:56:25.300

being, what is the force think of this? I mean, what are the

00:56:25.300 --> 00:56:31.033

what are the The, the cops on the street think of this. Is it, 00:56:31.033 --> 00:56:36.367

is the payoff in the Report Difficulties, all that stuff

00:56:36.367 --> 00:56:40.767

worth. Being that closely monitored all the time, I guess. 00:56:40.767 --> 00:56:43.367

Yeah, Mayor Winston, council members, Council member Garvey,

00:56:43.367 --> 00:56:47.200

I think that’s a great question, um, and overall I think they

00:56:47.200 --> 00:56:50.367

really like it. Um, they, they are excited about the 00:56:50.367 --> 00:56:53.767

possibilities of a huge time savings, um, they’re excited

00:56:53.767 --> 00:56:56.400

about having quick access to information to translate, um,

00:56:56.400 --> 00:56:58.133

some of the obstacles. You can imagine how frustrating it is

00:56:58.133 --> 00:57:01.033

to go to a scene in a robbery and nobody speaks English and 00:57:01.033 --> 00:57:03.767

it takes you forever to navigate this entire thing.

00:57:03.767 --> 00:57:07.467

When time and seconds mean things, right? Or a medical or

00:57:07.467 --> 00:57:09.667

somebody is injured severely, and you can’t get the right

00:57:09.667 --> 00:57:13.233

information about them and to have that do it for you, um, 00:57:13.233 --> 00:57:16.467

that is the type of things officers been been crying for

00:57:16.467 --> 00:57:19.734

to be more effective. Um, the other thing is they see the

00:57:19.734 --> 00:57:22.467

opportunity for like forms, I can give you an example, um, 00:57:22.467 --> 00:57:24.233

you would be horrified if you’ve seen the amount of work

00:57:24.233 --> 00:57:27.767

that goes in for an officer taking a auto theft report. Um,

00:57:27.767 --> 00:57:31.166

the amount of forms, the amount of, uh, scanning, the amount of 00:57:31.166 --> 00:57:34.166

trying to get that entered this system by the time they get

00:57:34.166 --> 00:57:37.300

back in their car, well, I’ve already prepped the form for

00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:39.500

auto theft, auto populated. Everything that was told to

00:57:39.500 --> 00:57:42.867

them in in the farm will be ready to go to, to be 00:57:42.867 --> 00:57:46.467

transferred. So that type of efficiency, I believe is, you

00:57:46.467 --> 00:57:49.567

know, based on the employee surveys exactly what they’ve

00:57:49.567 --> 00:57:52.934

been asking for and has been a big headache um for a long time 00:57:52.934 --> 00:57:56.233

for our agency, and it’s no fault of anyone other than just

00:57:56.233 --> 00:58:00.300

layer on, um, many different systems that very few of them 00:58:00.300 --> 00:58:04.000

ever work together. Uh, lastly, the accountability, um, I, I

00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:07.233

have not even heard a word about it, uh, the culture in

00:58:07.233 --> 00:58:10.000

the Brooklyn Park Police Department. we strive to be the 00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:13.634

best, um, we expect that out of each and every one when we walk

00:58:13.634 --> 00:58:16.834

through that door, um, and we expect it from each other, and

00:58:16.834 --> 00:58:18.467

there’s levels of accountability to make sure

00:58:18.467 --> 00:58:23.233

that we are. They already have sergeants uh reviewing 5 of 00:58:23.233 --> 00:58:27.000

your body camera videos at random, and then when we, and

00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:30.100

those are assigned by our Axon standards program. So we 00:58:30.100 --> 00:58:33.467

already have A on standards, which is a program that

00:58:33.467 --> 00:58:37.634

monitors the camera and sends the sergeant videos and says

00:58:37.634 --> 00:58:40.066

randomly review these videos, the Surgeon has to watch the 00:58:40.066 --> 00:58:42.767

video and then has to respond back to the officer like, hey,

00:58:42.767 --> 00:58:45.800

you could have done this better, but what we find out is it’s

00:58:45.800 --> 00:58:49.100

responding back to the officer like, wow, great job. That was

00:58:49.100 --> 00:58:51.734

really well done. That’s great service. That’s a great, uh, 00:58:51.734 --> 00:58:54.767

respect that you brought that situation when none was given

00:58:54.767 --> 00:58:59.667

to you. We appreciate it. And so they, when they first

00:58:59.667 --> 00:59:03.300

learned that sergeants were going to be watching random. 00:59:03.300 --> 00:59:04.934

Body cameras like anybody we’re paranoid like great, I’m gonna

00:59:04.934 --> 00:59:07.567

get in trouble for every word I say. And what they found out

00:59:07.567 --> 00:59:10.400

was, it’s the opposite. You’re actually getting accolades for 00:59:10.400 --> 00:59:13.900

all the great work you’re doing all the time, um, and of course,

00:59:13.900 --> 00:59:16.634

is there some level of accountability in there that

00:59:16.634 --> 00:59:19.767

you know that you’re, your, uh, your camera, every scene that

00:59:19.767 --> 00:59:23.033

you go to that your body worn camera could be watched for 00:59:23.033 --> 00:59:27.400

sure, so to layer on this where we’re gonna have technology, um,

00:59:27.400 --> 00:59:30.166

they’re already doing it at a really high level, and quite 00:59:30.166 --> 00:59:33.266

honestly, they know it, and I just don’t. believe the ones

00:59:33.266 --> 00:59:38.166

that are good, um. are quite honestly, not worried about it

00:59:38.166 --> 00:59:41.367

and the ones that aren’t left or never got hired here, in my 00:59:41.367 --> 00:59:45.033

opinion. Well, and that was kind of my concern. It’s not

00:59:45.033 --> 00:59:49.233

gonna be, uh, anything that drives away potential officers

00:59:49.233 --> 00:59:53.467

from the city. Um, and then my, so thank you for that. And then 00:59:53.467 --> 00:59:57.233

my second question, um, I think you touched on it, but this

00:59:57.233 --> 01:00:01.133

will work with the camera system that we recently 01:00:01.133 --> 01:00:05.300

approved, maybe 6 or 8 months ago that identifies stolen

01:00:05.300 --> 01:00:11.634

vehicles reported by other departments. Yeah. Mayor 01:00:11.634 --> 01:00:15.400

Winston, uh, members of the council, council member Mugary,

01:00:15.400 --> 01:00:18.100

um, we approved Flock, um, that was a one year contract. It was

01:00:18.100 --> 01:00:21.767

kind of a pilot project that we were trying out that does 01:00:21.767 --> 01:00:24.533

integrate with this, although it’s slightly different because

01:00:24.533 --> 01:00:26.767

that’s an LPR license plate reader technology. I think

01:00:26.767 --> 01:00:30.300

that’s what you’re referring to, um, so it’s, it’s a different 01:00:30.300 --> 01:00:34.567

data input,, but um, it actually does integrate into

01:00:34.567 --> 01:00:38.934

the system, um, without getting too into it, um, there is kind

01:00:38.934 --> 01:00:42.033

of an overall map that you can look at, um. It would show 01:00:42.033 --> 01:00:44.734

where all the officers are, where their body camera is, you

01:00:44.734 --> 01:00:46.634

could click on their body camera, you could watch it if

01:00:46.634 --> 01:00:50.100

you wanted to, if you’re part of the supervisory team. Um, 01:00:50.100 --> 01:00:53.767

that also has uh the LPR, the license plate reader technology,

01:00:53.767 --> 01:00:56.300

the flat cameras would be displayed on that map as well.

01:00:56.300 --> 01:01:00.166

Um, and that’s another feature of this product and it’s all 01:01:00.166 --> 01:01:02.266

the integration and working together is really the beauty

01:01:02.266 --> 01:01:17.767

of it. So it does work together. Thank you. Councilman Bran. Um, 01:01:17.767 --> 01:01:24.300

my question for you is when When should the the officer 01:01:24.300 --> 01:01:33.233

used the taser. Mayor Whitston, Councilor, Councilor Tran, um, 01:01:33.233 --> 01:01:36.467

Quite honestly, to give, um, dissertation on police use of

01:01:36.467 --> 01:01:39.734

force and when it’s appropriate to use an impact device or

01:01:39.734 --> 01:01:44.000

electronic control device like the taser would be. Really 01:01:44.000 --> 01:01:47.734

complex and I don’t. You know, it would be difficult to give

01:01:47.734 --> 01:01:54.133

you all the circumstances. Right now Um, yeah, because, 01:01:54.133 --> 01:02:02.133

you know, if you just deal with the resident, um, in the city, 01:02:02.133 --> 01:02:08.500

uh, teenager, husband and wife, domestic. violent or elderly.

01:02:08.500 --> 01:02:13.166

Um I don’t think that they should be used for those people. 01:02:13.166 --> 01:02:18.834

Mayor Winston council members, Councilmember Tran, uh, we

01:02:18.834 --> 01:02:21.900

don’t either, and that’s exactly what our training 01:02:21.900 --> 01:02:25.567

policy says is there’s factors that are called elevated risk

01:02:25.567 --> 01:02:28.266

factors where if you have individuals who are pregnant,

01:02:28.266 --> 01:02:33.033

elevated positions, um, or our, uh, frail and firm like the 01:02:33.033 --> 01:02:36.400

elderly, um, we elect not to use a taser in most

01:02:36.400 --> 01:02:40.567

circumstances, um, but there’s never absolutes because if the 01:02:40.567 --> 01:02:44.900

individual is, uh, got a knife, um, and the only options the

01:02:44.900 --> 01:02:49.100

officer has is to use deadly force. or a less lethal device

01:02:49.100 --> 01:02:52.400

like taser, um, we obviously would allow them to use the 01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:58.166

taser even if somebody is infirm or, um, You know

01:02:58.166 --> 01:03:02.200

pregnant or what, what we identify as a risk factor again. 01:03:02.200 --> 01:03:10.100

Really complex subject that, um, officers study deeply, um, and 01:03:10.100 --> 01:03:13.734

test on to make sure that they know the rules on the policy

01:03:13.734 --> 01:03:19.000

and the state law around police officers’ use of force, and

01:03:19.000 --> 01:03:22.734

then each specific technique, um, and the potential injury it 01:03:22.734 --> 01:03:26.000

could cause and therefore, the level of force in which that is

01:03:26.000 --> 01:03:31.233

put at is quite honestly a really deep topic that we just. 01:03:31.233 --> 01:03:34.500

Don’t have the time or bandwidth here to do it, but it

01:03:34.500 --> 01:03:43.634

would be a topic for another day, I believe. Thank you. I 01:03:43.634 --> 01:03:50.734

remember page. Thank you, Mayor. Um, back to the topic, um, that 01:03:50.734 --> 01:03:54.800

we’re addressing tonight. I’m just curious, a couple things.

01:03:54.800 --> 01:03:59.634

One is, um, the 10 year contract, just as fast as

01:03:59.634 --> 01:04:02.834

technology is moving, um, and it looks like you have, this is 01:04:02.834 --> 01:04:05.467

in the middle of another contract and we have the

01:04:05.467 --> 01:04:09.734

ability, um, to To not refresh. I was trying to read the words.

01:04:09.734 --> 01:04:14.500

Is it a new contract, um, and is this costing any money to 01:04:14.500 --> 01:04:18.934

not be using the old contract is my first question. Is there

01:04:18.934 --> 01:04:22.734

a penalty? I don’t even know. Mayor Winston council members, 01:04:22.734 --> 01:04:25.667

council member Page, I hope I can answer that. Um, what about

01:04:25.667 --> 01:04:32.166

the, the length of the contract is, um, Axon. Has been and owns 01:04:32.166 --> 01:04:35.300

the market on things like camera systems, body worn

01:04:35.300 --> 01:04:40.467

camera systems, um. On, uh, the taser, which was the original 01:04:40.467 --> 01:04:45.166

trademark. Company name and device that they made, um, and

01:04:45.166 --> 01:04:49.233

then now they’re getting into the realm of AI and records

01:04:49.233 --> 01:04:51.900

management system, um, there’s probably not many companies I 01:04:51.900 --> 01:04:56.100

would ever consider a 10 year contract. We have been with

01:04:56.100 --> 01:04:59.900

this company since 1999, um, having contracts with them and

01:04:59.900 --> 01:05:01.634

so they get renewed and that’s what we’re looking to do today 01:05:01.634 --> 01:05:05.467

is renew and expand to include um the records management

01:05:05.467 --> 01:05:10.033

system and then now all this AI technology. Uh, what is really 01:05:10.033 --> 01:05:14.367

nice is, um, we are. With, with signing on early, like we are,

01:05:14.367 --> 01:05:18.567

we are getting this for the next 10 years for the same cost

01:05:18.567 --> 01:05:22.367

for the $126,000 a year, no matter what they create, we get 01:05:22.367 --> 01:05:28.400

it, um. Without sounding too corny, it’s almost too good of

01:05:28.400 --> 01:05:32.467

an opportunity not to. The city was going to spend a lot of 01:05:32.467 --> 01:05:36.233

more money, uh, over the next 10 years in policing and

01:05:36.233 --> 01:05:40.066

technology where we’re going to get this for $126,000 a year. 01:05:40.066 --> 01:05:44.867

Um, there’s products. In a year, like draft one that we’ll spend

01:05:44.867 --> 01:05:49.734

that just for 5 licenses and so um the length of time in this

01:05:49.734 --> 01:05:54.300

company and for what we’re getting is, is Not a concern 01:05:54.300 --> 01:05:56.800

for me. The second part of your question, and if I don’t answer

01:05:56.800 --> 01:05:58.767

this correctly, it’s just because I don’t understand it,

01:05:58.767 --> 01:06:05.033

so please correct me. um. But, uh, their Tyler Tech is the 01:06:05.033 --> 01:06:07.233

current records management system that we currently have.

01:06:07.233 --> 01:06:09.767

And so we have to take everything from Tyler Tech,

01:06:09.767 --> 01:06:13.100

which is due to be upgraded, we don’t want to pay that money to 01:06:13.100 --> 01:06:16.767

upgrade it because it’s an antiquated system, but we do

01:06:16.767 --> 01:06:20.567

have to keep that uh through 2025 and, and I’ll actually 01:06:20.567 --> 01:06:22.834

deflect here a little bit to Deputy Chief because he’s the

01:06:22.834 --> 01:06:26.900

project manager, um, until we get this transferred over in

01:06:26.900 --> 01:06:29.800

2028. And so I think you might be better off to kind of

01:06:29.800 --> 01:06:33.900

navigate that. But am I on the right track of what you’re 01:06:33.900 --> 01:06:36.266

talking about so I appreciate that because I was leading to

01:06:36.266 --> 01:06:38.634

the next question, which you already started to answer, so I

01:06:38.634 --> 01:06:41.000

may, let me just add on to this because I think you’ve already 01:06:41.000 --> 01:06:44.133

answered it. So I appreciate that. So my question was just

01:06:44.133 --> 01:06:46.667

leading to in the event that there’s more advancements,

01:06:46.667 --> 01:06:49.367

which obviously there will be, we’re privy to that as we go

01:06:49.367 --> 01:06:53.634

along. So you led me right to exactly what I was asking, so I 01:06:53.634 --> 01:06:56.834

don’t think I need any more clarification on that. It

01:06:56.834 --> 01:06:59.000

sounds like you’re going through the one contract for a

01:06:59.000 --> 01:07:02.233

certain amount of time, and this is just locking it in for 01:07:02.233 --> 01:07:06.000

a very low price for a long time, and then we don’t have

01:07:06.000 --> 01:07:09.133

additional costs on top of that for advancements in technology,

01:07:09.133 --> 01:07:13.467

right? That’s perfect. That’s 10. That was all I was asking 01:07:13.467 --> 01:07:15.500

and thank you, thank you for getting through my question

01:07:15.500 --> 01:07:18.634

there because I wasn’t sure how I was, I was asking it too, so

01:07:18.634 --> 01:07:25.767

I appreciate that. Thank you. All right, great questions, um, 01:07:25.767 --> 01:07:29.367

because remember Tran, did you have any more questions? Uh, no,

01:07:29.367 --> 01:07:34.166

I tried to lower my hand, but I couldn’t do that uh on my side. 01:07:34.166 --> 01:07:38.300

Thank you. No worries. All right, so, uh, Council member

01:07:38.300 --> 01:07:47.667

Erickson. Thank you. Um, maybe I’m missing something 01:07:47.667 --> 01:07:50.467

incredibly obvious, but there is a um quote here in our 01:07:50.467 --> 01:07:59.300

packet. Which, which shows a significantly higher cost. But

01:07:59.300 --> 01:08:06.867

then I see something like $6.3 million in total savings. Off 01:08:06.867 --> 01:08:14.233

of a original quoted. price of Something like $9 million. Are 01:08:14.233 --> 01:08:20.033

we really getting like 80% off the cost of this product. Mayor 01:08:20.033 --> 01:08:23.834

Winston, members of the council, council member Eriksson, um,

01:08:23.834 --> 01:08:30.767

The total cost of the package. Um is not uh. What we wanted to 01:08:30.767 --> 01:08:35.567

portray is what the additional cost over what we are already

01:08:35.567 --> 01:08:38.467

positioned to pay, so we already have a contract with

01:08:38.467 --> 01:08:44.734

Axon. Um, if we were to stay status quo with that contract 01:08:44.734 --> 01:08:48.467

and not change anything, um, I, I don’t remember exactly what

01:08:48.467 --> 01:08:51.734

the number um was, but I think that might be what’s in your 01:08:51.734 --> 01:08:59.567

packet. Um, the 1.294, I believe, million is what This

01:08:59.567 --> 01:09:03.734

new contract would cost in addition to what we’re already 01:09:03.734 --> 01:09:13.634

slated to pay. Perfectly clear, thank you. All right, uh, 01:09:13.634 --> 01:09:17.867

seeing no further questions. Um, I’ll go ahead and make the

01:09:17.867 --> 01:09:22.800

motion. To waive the reading and adapt resolution 2025 01:09:22.800 --> 01:09:25.767

authorizing the police department to enter into an

01:09:25.767 --> 01:09:30.567

agreement with Exxon Enterprise Inc. Is there a second? Yeah. 01:09:30.567 --> 01:09:35.367

The motion was made by myself, uh, Mayor Winston, seconded by

01:09:35.367 --> 01:09:41.300

council member McGarvey. Um, so we will need a roll call. 01:09:41.300 --> 01:09:46.634

Council member McGarvey. Council member Tran. I. Council

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member Eriksson. Uh council member Page. Mary Winston. 01:09:52.500 --> 01:10:00.667

motion passes. All right. Thank you for the, uh, great 01:10:00.667 --> 01:10:05.934

presentation and, um, all the work that you do. All right, so

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next we, there’s no discussion items, so we’ll head into

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verbal reports and announcements. Are there, uh, 01:10:11.834 --> 01:10:14.500

I’m gonna make one, but are there any council member

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reports or announcements? Oh, Councilor McGarvey. I’m just 01:10:20.767 --> 01:10:24.100

gonna call you uh right after each one, every time. No, you

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don’t have to do that. But thank you, Mayor. No, I just

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want to bring up again uh we’re 36 days out for the National 01:10:35.266 --> 01:10:39.000

Veterans wheelchair games, which will be held here in

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. This year, July 17th through the 01:10:42.400 --> 01:10:47.500

22nd. Uh, the venue for bowling in this year’s games is right

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here in Brooklyn Park at Bowleo on Brooklyn Boulevard, and they, 01:10:52.767 --> 01:10:57.500

they still need volunteers. So for more information on how to,

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I suppose it might be late to sign up as an athlete, but for 01:11:01.300 --> 01:11:05.033

more information in all of it or pertaining to all of it, you

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can go to wheelchairgas.org. It’s all one word, wheelchair 01:11:11.133 --> 01:11:15.166

games.org and please go and sign up to volunteer. Help out

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with the wheelchair games. Thank you. All right, um. So I 01:11:25.834 --> 01:11:29.033

wanted to give a special congratulations or shout out to

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our Champlain Park softball team for winning the state 01:11:32.166 --> 01:11:36.100

championship. Uh, so they’re very own and and uh got a lot

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of athletic talent in Brooklyn Park. I don’t think they get

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enough credit, so wanna again congratulate them. Uh, I played 01:11:43.033 --> 01:11:46.734

baseball, not softball, but that ball moves awfully fast,

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so, um, congratulations again. uh, and we will be reaching out 01:11:52.100 --> 01:11:54.300

to formally invite the team to come here in a few weeks if

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possible. So big congratulations, we’re proud of

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y’all and uh you, you’re making us look good in Brooklyn Park. 01:12:00.634 --> 01:12:06.500

So, so thank you. Uh, any other comments? All right, so next we

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have city manager reports and announcements. Yeah, thanks, 01:12:10.200 --> 01:12:13.900

thanks, Mayor Winston, um, just a couple of things this evening,

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uh, just a heads up that we are doing a series of town halls

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coming up, uh, so we’re inviting the community to those,

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um, there will be one per district and. Um, the first one 01:12:23.567 --> 01:12:29.133

that we’re doing. is in the West District, um, Councilor

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McGarvey and Mayor Winston will be present. Uh there’ll be an, 01:12:33.667 --> 01:12:38.166

uh, next Tuesday, June 17th at 5:30 to 7:30. It hadn’t been

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technical College. Uh, that will be followed by the Central 01:12:40.834 --> 01:12:44.367

District, uh, town hall gathering that will be held

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here in the city Hall council chambers from 5:30 to 7:30 and

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then the uh East District will be held on the July 23rd at 01:12:53.467 --> 01:12:58.800

Edinburgh USA. So, a similar time frame, so. For to um Uh,

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conversations with the community members and uh 01:13:02.567 --> 01:13:10.000

updates and questions. Thanks so much. Bye. All right, so