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So we’re gonna go ahead and start the meeting. If we can go 00:00:11.367 --> 00:00:16.100

ahead and Call the meeting, let’s say, call the meeting to

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order. Council member Eriksson remember Jean. Councilman Rick 00:00:25.033 --> 00:00:28.934

Klenowski, uh, she’ll be joining you shortly. Mayor

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Winston, Council member Page. Council member McGarvey. 00:00:34.667 --> 00:00:41.734

Council member Tran. Council member Tran. Yeah. Mayor 00:00:41.734 --> 00:00:46.467

Winston, you have a quorum. All right. Um, so before we jump

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into the meeting, uh, I just want to make a brief statement 00:00:50.367 --> 00:00:52.867

about interactive technology, as previously noted, council

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members Nicole Kanowski and Maria Tran of the city council

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will be participating in the meeting by interactive

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technology pursuant to Minnesota statutes. Section 13D 00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:05.867

that 02 rather than in person at the city council’s regular

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meeting place at City Hall, council chambers, 520, 85th 00:01:10.467 --> 00:01:13.467

Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. I’m physically

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present in the city council chambers along with council

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members Christian Eriksson, Amanda Young, Shelley Page, and

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Tony McGarvey. All council members can hear one another 00:01:20.667 --> 00:01:25.467

and can hear all discussion and testimony. Members of the

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public can monitor the council meeting by calling 1-218-302-59 00:01:32.367 --> 00:01:39.533

73 and entering meeting ID 246177433, and then pressing

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the pound sign. When you are asked to enter a participant ID 00:01:44.100 --> 00:01:55.266

or by watching on CCX Media Channel 16 or by live streaming 00:01:55.266 --> 00:01:56.200

it at HTTPS www.Brooklynark.org/City-council

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. Right. So if we could go ahead and rise for the Pledge 00:02:00.367 --> 00:02:17.867

of allegiance. is Into the republic. liberty and justice 00:02:17.867 --> 00:02:32.367

for all. OK. So we’ll go ahead and jump into uh the public 00:02:32.367 --> 00:02:36.033

comment section. Uh, so we’ll start with response to prior

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public comment. Thank you, Mayor Winston. Uh, Mayor

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Winston, members of council, there was one public comment at 00:02:42.767 --> 00:02:49.133

the last council meeting that was from Mr. uh Clave. um Mr.

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Clabe has situation where he’s on the city, um, wastewater 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.300

system, but he receives well water and um As part of what

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we’ve shared with the city council, um, Mr. Clave has a 00:03:01.467 --> 00:03:07.867

couple different options. One, he could Excuse me. Um, meter

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his water system and we’re going to uh our utilities 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:15.000

manager is going to make sure that he is aware of that

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information. Um, we believe we’ve already shared that, but

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we wanna make sure we’ll share that one more time. The other 00:03:20.867 --> 00:03:25.467

option is, uh, as I’ve shared with city council, um, he is

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currently paying the non-meter base rate, um, and we did a

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comparison of that base rate compared to other pure cities, 00:03:31.900 --> 00:03:36.667

and at this point, uh, we are the lowest or among the lowest

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um base rates for people in similar situations in other 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.233

communities. So, um, if the council wanted to, they could

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change that base rate or what that policy is or Mr. Clave

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could get a water meter at his expense so we can get um a 00:03:52.300 --> 00:03:55.533

detailed reading of actual how much water usage is coming from

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as well, and then in turn um charge them. Through the sewer 00:04:01.367 --> 00:04:04.467

system, um, fee structure based on the water usage amount.

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That’s it. Thanks. All right, so I didn’t receive any forms 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:13.634

from anybody for public comment. Is there anybody that needs to

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make public comments? All right, so saying nobody needs to make

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public comment, we’ll go ahead and move to approval of the 00:04:21.533 --> 00:04:28.533

agenda. Emir Winston Mayor Winston, uh, City Clerk Montero.

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I just want to make for the record that 00:04:31.233 --> 00:04:36.734

Counciloremblianowski has joined us. Thank you. Uh, let’s

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see. A council member Page. Can we add 7.3? Is that, do I need 00:04:47.200 --> 00:04:52.100

to do that now? I think you just said um. Just to add to 00:04:52.100 --> 00:04:55.900

the agenda. Motion to approve the agenda with added with

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items. OK, perfect. Uh, motion to approve. To add A 7.3 to the 00:05:03.767 --> 00:05:11.734

agenda. Is there a second? All right. So the motion was made 00:05:11.734 --> 00:05:15.400

by um council member Page, seconded by Council member

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Eriksson, um, All those in favor say aye Winston. Oh, 00:05:20.834 --> 00:05:26.133

that’s right. Roll call. OK, this is for the approval of the

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agenda item 3A Council member Erikson. Council members young 00:05:31.467 --> 00:05:38.000

Councilman Rick Kanowski. I remember Page. Council member

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McGarvey. Council member Tran. I Mary Winston. I love state, 00:05:44.467 --> 00:05:49.300

so. The motion passes with 6 yes votes, 0 no votes, 1

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abstention. Do, do, was that to add or was that for the whole 00:05:54.567 --> 00:06:02.634

agenda? That was just a OK, cool. So next we’ll move to 00:06:02.634 --> 00:06:05.133

public presentations, uh, proclamations, receipt of

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general communication, so we’ll step down to introduction of

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new employees. So I have the pleasure of introducing summer 00:06:42.133 --> 00:06:46.266

Mostafa Cook, who is our new administrative assistant 3 or

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are assessing technician in the finance department assessing

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division. She comes from advanced structural 00:06:53.734 --> 00:06:56.567

technologies where she administered payroll, handled

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employee records, and ran tax audit reports, billing, along 00:07:00.667 --> 00:07:04.400

with providing customer service. Summer has over 10 years of

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experience, which includes her administrative assistant role

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with Anoka County Property Records and taxation. She 00:07:11.266 --> 00:07:14.533

graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s

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degree and applied economics, management, and sustainability.

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She lives in Elk River with her family. She loves to read and 00:07:22.634 --> 00:07:26.467

try new restaurants, um, in her spare time, we’re excited to

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add her experience and knowledge to the Brooklyn Park

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team. Please welcome Summer. Good evening, Mayor Winston and 00:07:51.100 --> 00:07:56.266

members of the city council. It’s my pleasure tonight to

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reintroduce Ay Jacobs. As a newly promoted forestry and 00:08:01.533 --> 00:08:04.734

natural res field natural resources, field supervisor.

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Aki grew up in Brooklyn Park, attended Birchgrove Elementary,

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Brooklyn Junior High, and Park Center High School. He then 00:08:12.734 --> 00:08:16.467

went on to Hennepin Technical College where he received an

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associate’s degree in landscape design and and construction. He 00:08:20.200 --> 00:08:24.100

is currently an ISA certified arburst as well as an urban

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forestry professional. Aki and enjoy serving the community he

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grew up in and has 20 plus years experience working for 00:08:32.467 --> 00:08:36.367

the city, including just over 10 years in operations and

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maintenance. Prior to that, he worked at the golf course as a

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long term seasonal employee. Uh, outside of work, he enjoys 00:08:45.266 --> 00:08:48.634

spending time with his family at their cabin and attending to

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his kid’s numerous sporting events. Please welcome Aki 00:08:52.367 --> 00:09:31.367

Jacobs. OK. Again, welcome to our new employees. We are happy 00:09:31.367 --> 00:09:34.400

to, we’ll have you, some of you are not so new to it, but we’re

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happy to have you in your new roles, uh, so congratulations.

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Uh, so next, we’re gonna do the, uh, we’re gonna have uh council 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.834

members young is gonna read the proclamation for Asian Pacific

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American Heritage Month in the city of Brooklyn Park. Yeah 00:10:05.400 --> 00:10:10.200

Hello, hello everyone. Happy AA and HPI Heritage Month, um, so 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:15.567

this is a proclamation proclaiming May 1st through May

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31st, 2025 as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the

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city of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, whereas as of 2023, 00:10:25.166 --> 00:10:28.800

approximately 20% of Brooklyn Park residents identify as

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Asian, according to the US Census Bureau, and whereas more 00:10:33.233 --> 00:10:36.033

than 20 million people of Asian or Pacific. Islander descent

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live in the United States, according to the 2021 American 00:10:40.634 --> 00:10:44.400

Community Survey, and whereas the history of North America is

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shaped by the stories of immigrants from Asia and the

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Pacific and the native people of the Pacific Islands, and 00:10:51.867 --> 00:10:55.734

whereas some of the earliest Asian immigrants arrived from

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China, Japan, India, and Korea. Immigration reforms tied to US 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:04.100

civil rights legislation brought even more groups to the

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United States. such as Vietnamese, Cambodians,

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Laotians, Indonesians, and other people from South and 00:11:12.133 --> 00:11:15.634

Central Asia. And whereas Asian immigrants contributed

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significantly to the history of American nation building and 00:11:20.133 --> 00:11:23.533

westward expansion, and whereas the month of May commemorates

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the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the

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United States on May 7th, 1843, and whereas beginning in 1978, 00:11:34.033 --> 00:11:37.200

Asian Pacific American. Heritage Month was originally

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observed as Asian Pacific American Heritage Week under 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:44.133

President Jimmy Carter, but it was later extended to a month

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during President George HW Bush’s term in 1990. And

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whereas in 2013, Governor Mark Dayton proclaimed May 14th as 00:11:55.367 --> 00:11:58.533

Minnesota’s Hmong American Day. Now, therefore, Holly Hollis

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Winston, on behalf of the city council, city staff, residents, 00:12:01.900 --> 00:12:07.634

and the community at large do hereby proclaim May 1st through

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May 31st, 2025, as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 00:12:11.867 --> 00:12:15.734

in Brooklyn Park to recognize and celebrate the many

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contributions diverse cultures and extensive histories. Of the

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Asian Pacific American community. All right, we have a 00:12:45.567 --> 00:12:50.467

few more proclamations, um, so, uh, declaring May 18th through 00:12:50.467 --> 00:12:55.100

20th, 18th through the 24th, 2025 as National Public Works

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Week in the city of Brooklyn Park. So whereas public works

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professionals focus on infrastructure facilities and 00:13:01.533 --> 00:13:05.867

services that are of vital importance to sustainable and

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resilient communities and to the public health, high quality

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of life and well-being of the people of the city of Brooklyn 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:15.567

Park, and whereas these infrastructure facilities and

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services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts

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of public works professionals who are engineers, managers and 00:13:21.867 --> 00:13:25.100

employees and all levels of government and the private

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sector were responsible for rebuilding, improving and

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protecting our nation’s transportation, water supply, 00:13:30.667 --> 00:13:33.667

water treatment, and solid waste systems and public

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buildings and other structures and facilities essential for

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our citizens as where as it is in the public interest for the 00:13:40.533 --> 00:13:42.834

resident civic leaders and children in the city of

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Brooklyn Park to gain knowledge of And to maintain an ongoing

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interest and understanding of the importance of public works

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and public works programs in their respective communities 00:13:52.467 --> 00:13:56.634

and whereas the year 2025 marks the sixty-fifth annual National

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Public Works Week sponsored by the American Public Works 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.734

Association. Now, therefore, be it resolved, I, Hollis Winston,

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mayor of the city of Brooklyn Park, do hereby designate the

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week May 18th through 24th, 2025 as National Public Works 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:14.300

Week, I urge all residents to join with representatives of

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the American. Public Works Association and government

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agencies and activities, events, and ceremonies designed to pay 00:14:20.533 --> 00:14:23.767

tribute to our public works professionals, engineers,

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managers and employees and to recognize the substantial

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contributions they make to protecting our national health, 00:14:30.166 --> 00:14:34.533

safety and quality of life for all. Um, so that was a shorter

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one just like, and when we talk to a lot of our public works or

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ONM people, they tend not to overtalk you. Uh, they tend to 00:14:42.533 --> 00:14:44.867

focus on just getting the work done. I think we appreciate

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that. We don’t need everybody up here speaking as, as much as

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I do. Um, but I think it’s incredibly important the work 00:14:50.567 --> 00:14:55.867

that you do, uh, whether it comes to, um, sewage or uh

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water quality or some of the things with our streets, the

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public buildings, you basically take care of so much of the 00:15:01.133 --> 00:15:04.467

infrastructure that we rely on as a city, but nobody,

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everybody drives by so much of the infrastructure that you

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provide every day, but they don’t necessarily realize it, 00:15:10.233 --> 00:15:13.800

but the city absolutely does not function without what many

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of you bring to the. table and what you bring across the

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nation as well. So I just, I do want to say a heartfelt thank

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you for, for that and uh for what you do for our city, and 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:26.800

you do it quietly, and you do it without much fanfare or

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recognition. So, you do deserve a week uh to recognize you. So

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thank you. All right. So next, uh, proclaiming May 11th 00:15:46.533 --> 00:15:51.900

through 17, 2025 as Police Week in the city of Brooklyn Park, 00:15:51.900 --> 00:15:54.634

whereas the Congress and President of the United States

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have designated May 15th as peace officers Memorial Day,

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and the week in which May 15th falls as National Police Week 00:16:01.533 --> 00:16:04.900

and, whereas the members of Brooklyn Park Police Department

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play an essential role in safeguarding the rights and

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freedoms of Brooklyn Park, and whereas it is important that

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all residents know. And understand the duties, 00:16:11.634 --> 00:16:14.934

responsibilities, hazards, and sacrifices of their law

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enforcement agency and that members of our law enforcement

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agency recognize their duty to serve the people by 00:16:20.734 --> 00:16:23.467

safeguarding life and property, protecting them against

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violence and disorder and protecting the innocent and

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whereas the men and women of Brooklyn Park Police Department

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unceasingly provide a vital public service, whereas during 00:16:32.367 --> 00:16:36.200

the week of May 11, 2025, the city of Brooklyn Park will

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observe Police Week to commemorate law enforcement 00:16:40.266 --> 00:16:43.133

officers passed. and present who by their faithful and loyal

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devotion to their responsibilities have rendered

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a dedicated service to the community and in so doing have

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established a reputation for preserving the rights and 00:16:51.166 --> 00:16:54.367

security of all residents. Now therefore, I, Hollis Winston,

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mayor of the city of Brooklyn Park, do hereby proclaim May

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11th through 17, 2025 as Police Week and call upon all 00:17:02.867 --> 00:17:07.634

residents of Brooklyn Park to observe the 15th day of May

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2025 as peace officers Memorial Day in honor of those law 00:17:10.567 --> 00:17:13.000

enforce. officers who, through their courageous deeds have

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made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their community or

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have become disabled in performance of duty, and let us

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recognize and pay respect to the survivors of our fallen 00:17:22.834 --> 00:17:27.000

heroes, a survivors of our fallen heroes. So, um, you know,

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this, this also is heartfelt for me. I know that 2022, uh. I 00:17:32.767 --> 00:17:35.900

got elected and uh I didn’t know what to expect from our

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police department because Not always has my community had

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that strong relationship. But I think one of the things that um 00:17:42.934 --> 00:17:47.266

Has been very much a blessing, uh, for the council and for the

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city is that We have a police chief, we have a police 00:17:52.533 --> 00:17:56.367

officers who are dedicated to a city that works, uh, a city

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that respects everyone, and I think we have made uh leaps and 00:18:00.533 --> 00:18:03.734

bounds in terms of the relationship with within our

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community and that has really, what I love is that our police

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department embraced that and they also have results to point 00:18:10.133 --> 00:18:15.634

to that with crime at a 30-year low. Um, they’ve embraced

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programs and projects that maybe other people would see as

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a threat to them, but I think they saw the whole system and 00:18:20.834 --> 00:18:23.934

how all of that can work, uh, and I think they really might

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embraced, you know, all of the diversity and I, I think people

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have to look at diversity is not just uh skin color, right?

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But all of the diversity and all of the communities within 00:18:33.100 --> 00:18:36.266

Brooklyn Park, they’ve begun to really learn about how those

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communities work, uh, build relationships with people uh 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.367

throughout those communities and um what’s often untold is

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that those officers are putting themselves in harm’s way in

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many situations, and that’s not talked about. On a regular 00:18:50.233 --> 00:18:52.900

basis, they accept that with the job, but I think that does

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need to be called out and it and it does need to be called

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out that we have a police department that is very much

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leading the nation in terms of how we solve these problems and 00:19:01.533 --> 00:19:05.800

build these relationships. So I want to say thank you, um,

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Chief Burley and um to our police department, and I, and I,

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I know our fire chief is here. You’ll get another day, I 00:19:11.533 --> 00:19:15.934

promise you guys, um, but, uh, today, I just want to say thank

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you to our police department, so. It’s a busy month for 00:19:28.634 --> 00:19:32.367

proclamations, by the way. Uh, so this next one is declaring 00:19:32.367 --> 00:19:36.233

the month of May 2025, older Americans Month in the city of

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Brooklyn Park. So that would exclude my mother if I had a 00:19:40.800 --> 00:19:44.133

conversation with her, uh, she would reject that. So, whereas

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Brooklyn Park includes a growing number of older

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Americans who contribute their time, wisdom and experience to

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our community and whereas communities benefit when people 00:19:52.100 --> 00:19:54.867

of all ages, abilities and backgrounds have the

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opportunity to participate and live independently. And whereas

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Brooklyn Park recognizes the need to create a community that 00:20:00.667 --> 00:20:03.367

offers the services and supports older adults who may

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need to make choices about how they age, and whereas

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administration for Community living established the month of

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May as Older Americans Month, beginning in 1963, and whereas 00:20:13.634 --> 00:20:17.734

this year’s theme, flip the script on aging, focuses on the

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importance of combating ages to transform house society 00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:24.867

perceives, talks about, and approaches aging by challenging

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stereotypes and highlighting the benefits of healthy aging

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and whereas Brooklyn Park can work to build an even better 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:34.800

community for our older residents by exploring and

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combating stereotypes, celebrating the contributions

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of people of all ages in the workplace and community.

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Inspiring older adults to push past traditional boundaries, 00:20:41.767 --> 00:20:45.033

avoiding ages statements when talking about growing older,

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embracing our community’s diversity, promoting fact-based

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messages about older adults’ abilities and value to 00:20:51.467 --> 00:20:54.634

communities. Now, therefore, I holla Winston, mayor of the

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city of Brooklyn Park, do hereby proclaim May 2025 to be

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older Americans month and urge every resident to celebrate our 00:21:02.834 --> 00:21:05.800

older citizens, help to create an inclusive society and accept

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the challenge of flexible thinking around aging. So just

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a few things on this. I think this is an incredibly important 00:21:12.367 --> 00:21:15.934

um proclamation. I know that, uh, you know, as mayor, there

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have been certain groups I’ve, I’ve not always, uh, we have 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:22.900

not always meshed, and I’m not talking about older Americans.

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But, um, specific groups, and there were some people that

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came to me and they said, well, do you want to have a sit down

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and talk to these groups to see what what’s going on or how you 00:21:31.567 --> 00:21:35.734

can improve that relationship. And they said, why don’t we get

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somebody an elder in the community who’s been there. who

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has the wisdom, who has the gravitass, uh, to kind of 00:21:41.533 --> 00:21:44.033

create and bring this healing. And I think that’s one

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important thing that we don’t always um speak to as the

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incredible amount of wisdom that we just do not take 00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:52.400

advantage of within our own community. I think the second

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thing that I want to point out that this is not all talk, so,

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um, council member Page has been a wonderful addition to

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our council, and one thing she has made very clear is that as 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:07.266

we grow this biotech district, there needs to be housing, uh,

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for everybody, and that also needs include 55 plus housing 00:22:10.867 --> 00:22:14.634

for folks as well. And so I think that um we just need to

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make sure that, you know, as we build this city, we’re keeping

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people in mind. The last thing I’ll say is our community 00:22:20.166 --> 00:22:22.667

activity center that we are actively lobbying for, uh, to

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grow out, right? There will be programming in there for um

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older Americans as well. So I don’t think we, um, I get 00:22:30.567 --> 00:22:33.900

accused of talking a lot, maybe I do. However, we are also

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trying to meet that incredible amount of talk with even more,

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uh, action, uh, in meeting the needs of our community. So 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:45.100

incredibly important um that wisdom is something that I

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think we need to get more of, uh, but I also think we need to,

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as we expand as a city program for everybody, so that multiple 00:22:53.634 --> 00:22:57.834

generations can stay within the city, uh, and, uh, we can,

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everyone can learn from everyone. So, thank you. OK, so 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:38.867

next we’ll go ahead and Um, moved to the consent agenda. Is

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there a motion to Approved the consent agenda. Exactly. Right. 00:23:47.567 --> 00:23:53.400

Uh, so the motion was made by Councilor Merrickson. Excuse me, 00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:55.634

um, seconded by Council member McGarvey, I will abstain from

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this one because there’s a few things on. Uh, THC in here, um, 00:24:00.266 --> 00:24:07.834

but we will need a roll call vote. OK. And we’re voting on

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agenda item 4.0 consent. Council members young. Council 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:22.266

member Klinowski. Council member Kleanowski. Hi. Uh 00:24:22.266 --> 00:24:26.867

council member Page. Council member McGarvey Council member

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Tran. I Council member in or excuse me, Erikson. And Mayor 00:24:35.734 --> 00:24:42.066

Winston I’ll abstain. Abstain. OK. The motion passes with 6 00:24:42.066 --> 00:24:48.400

yes votes, 0, no votes, 1 abstention. Great. So next

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we’re gonna move into Um, item 5.1. 1 2nd to shuffle by all 00:24:56.166 --> 00:25:02.800

the papers. All right. So, uh, this is, this is to approve an 00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:06.533

off-sale intoxicating liquor license for uh savings Inc.

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doing business as Brooklyn Liquor is located at 6256 Moon

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Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, 55428. We have Keith. 00:25:16.133 --> 00:25:19.467

Thank you, Mayor and council members. As you stated, Mr.

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Mayor, uh, item 5.1 is a public hearing tonight to prove an off 00:25:24.133 --> 00:25:26.266

sale intoxicating liquor license for savants

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Incorporated. They’re doing business as Brooklyn Liquors 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:33.233

located at 6256 Boone Avenue North. This is a new license,

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but it’s a change of ownership, so this is not an additional

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off-sale liquor store. This is simply a change of ownership

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which requires a new license. Uh, the application and the 00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:46.634

background check have been approved. Staff does recommend

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approval of the license. The applicant is. here this evening

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if there are any questions, but that will stand for any 00:25:51.467 --> 00:25:59.400

questions. Thank you. Uh, council member Page, and then

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so we’ll go through counsel, uh, questions first, then we’ll 00:26:01.767 --> 00:26:10.100

open it up for the hearing. But Council member Page. They Thank 00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:13.800

you, Mayor. I was just asking, um, I wasn’t able to find any

00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:16.033

information about the business who’s taking over. Are they

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currently doing business in Brooklyn Park or? In the area 00:26:22.367 --> 00:26:25.667

Um, I would maybe invite the, the business owner up to asking

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you to answer some of those questions about um current

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business practices where they are and coming from if they 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:49.100

could. OK. Line up, no, sir. Hi. Um, I’m Saya Dama and um. We 00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:53.367

have applied for the liquor license of Brooklyn Liquors in 00:26:53.367 --> 00:26:57.634

Brooklyn Park. Prior to that, um, Yes, as far as business, we

00:26:57.634 --> 00:27:02.400

have 2 other businesses in the cities, one in Saint Louis Park, 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:06.667

Texas Tonka is our business, and, uh, we have been running

00:27:06.667 --> 00:27:10.934

it for the last 5 years successfully. And uh in Coon 00:27:10.934 --> 00:27:14.200

Rapids, we have another business, uh, which is the Kun

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:17.000

Rapids liquor store, which was a municipal store, multiple

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liquor store taken over by private. And we have been 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:24.800

running it for more than 5 years successfully. So, in

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addition, uh, we have a couple of other things, but prior to

00:27:27.634 --> 00:27:32.266

that, yes, I have been in Twin Cities for more than 35 years. 00:27:32.266 --> 00:27:37.100

And worked with Carlsson Group of Industries for 25, 26 years,

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:42.533

then came into retail investments myself. So that’s 00:27:42.533 --> 00:27:45.934

my background and uh yeah, Brooklyn Liquors, actually the

00:27:45.934 --> 00:27:50.000

whole Brooklyn Park, that area, uh, we found out that in the 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:54.200

market, so we just came and looked at it and found that’s a

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:57.400

good place to start our business, so we came here.

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Great, thank you for doing business in Brooklyn Park. 00:28:00.166 --> 00:28:04.367

Thank you. We’ll be involved in the community very soon. Thank.

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Thank you. All right. Any further questions? All right, 00:28:10.266 --> 00:28:12.867

so we’ll go. Thank you. And we’ll go ahead and we’ll open

00:28:12.867 --> 00:28:21.000

it up for a public hearing. All right, so it’s been open for 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.166

public hearing, uh, any comments from anybody in the

00:28:23.166 --> 00:28:29.667

audience? All right. He ain’t no comments or seeing nobody

00:28:29.667 --> 00:28:33.100

interested, uh, we will go ahead and close the public 00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:42.266

hearing. So I will go ahead and uh. Make the motion to approve 00:28:42.266 --> 00:28:45.000

um the off-sale intoxicating liquor license for savings Inc

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:50.033

doing business as Brooklyn’s liquors located at 6256 Boone 00:28:50.033 --> 00:28:55.634

Avenue North. Is there a second? So motion was made by myself,

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signed by uh council member Page. Uh, we will need a roll

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call vote. OK? Agenda item 5.1. Council member Kanowski. Hi. 00:29:05.767 --> 00:29:11.100

Council member Page. Council member McGarvey. Council member 00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:22.934

Tran. Council member Tran. I. Council member Erikson. Council 00:29:22.934 --> 00:29:29.734

members young Mayor Winston. I, the motion passes with 7 yes

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votes, 0 no votes, right? Congratulations. Thanks for 00:29:33.467 --> 00:29:35.000

showing up. Appreciate you doing business in Brooklyn Park.

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Um, so next, we’ll move to a Another public hearing to 00:29:43.367 --> 00:29:47.400

solicit testimony and improve the currency exchange license

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for L Hornito LLC uh doing business as El Hornito era so 00:29:53.367 --> 00:30:02.400

the seals located at 7970 Brooklyn Boulevard North. on 00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:17.233

tech issues here. Councilorranner Kloanowski, can 00:30:17.233 --> 00:30:22.900

you hear us? I can hear you. Sometimes the council members 00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:32.467

are a little bit faint. But I can still hear. Same to me 00:30:32.467 --> 00:30:39.900

sharing. All right. Thank you, Mayor, item 5.2 is another

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public hearing. This is to approve a currency exchange 00:30:42.934 --> 00:30:48.266

license for El Reido LLC doing business as El Renito Cericios

00:30:48.266 --> 00:30:51.133

located at 7978 Brooklyn Boulevard. This is a currency 00:30:51.133 --> 00:30:55.800

exchange business. It’s an added service, um, to this, um,

00:30:55.800 --> 00:31:01.100

business, uh, area here and there’s surrounded by a grocery 00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:05.233

and a restaurant on each side. The applicant the application

00:31:05.233 --> 00:31:08.000

and background. check has been approved. Staff does recommend

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:11.367

approval of the license and the business owner is here tonight 00:31:11.367 --> 00:31:13.400

to answer any questions with that, we’ll stand for any

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:24.367

questions. Thank you. Are there any questions? I can’t see if 00:31:24.367 --> 00:31:31.567

um. Escape. The other council members have questions. Mayor 00:31:31.567 --> 00:31:35.300

Winston, I do not see any raised hands on me. All right,

00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:40.000

see no questions, we’ll go ahead and open up to the public 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:42.834

hearing portion. Anybody like to make any comments? Or have

00:31:42.834 --> 00:31:48.533

any questions? All right, so seeing nobody, we will, um, Go

00:31:48.533 --> 00:31:50.867

ahead and close down the public hearing portion, and I’ll go 00:31:50.867 --> 00:31:54.567

ahead and introduce the motion to approve the currency

00:31:54.567 --> 00:32:00.934

exchange license for El Jurnito LLC DBA El Hornito Servisos 00:32:00.934 --> 00:32:04.567

located at 7978 Brooklyn Boulevard North. Is there a

00:32:04.567 --> 00:32:11.000

second? All right, so Moshe was made by myself, uh, seconded by 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:15.200

council member Zheng, uh, we will need a roll call. You’re

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:21.200

voting on agenda item 5.2. A council member Page. Council 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:36.667

member McGarvey. Remember Tran? Councilmemb Tran. OK council 00:32:36.667 --> 00:32:42.734

member, uh, Erickson. Councilman Rijo Council member 00:32:42.734 --> 00:32:55.834

Kanowski. Hi. OK. Council member Tran. I Mayor Winston, 00:32:55.834 --> 00:32:59.533

the motion passes with 7 yes votes, 0 or no votes. All right,

00:32:59.533 --> 00:33:02.367

well, congratulations, uh, and again, thank you for doing 00:33:02.367 --> 00:33:09.667

business in Brooklyn Park. Um, so next we will Move to item

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5.3, approved, uh, proposed reallocation use of fiscal year 00:33:14.033 --> 00:33:17.667

2024, 2025 urban Hennepin County Community Development

00:33:17.667 --> 00:33:21.934

Black Grant Program funds and authorized execution of 00:33:21.934 --> 00:33:23.500

sub-recipient agreement with Hennepin County and any

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:30.400

third-party agreements. We have, uh, Mr. John Cannara, housing 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:34.233

redevelopment coordinator. A living mayor, council member.

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My name is John Kiara, housing and redevelopment Coordinator,

00:33:38.934 --> 00:33:44.934

City of Brooklyn Park. And before you tonight here is, uh, 00:33:44.934 --> 00:33:50.800

A reallocation of Community development block grants for 00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:58.367

the physical year 2024. 2025. As a little bit of a program

00:33:58.367 --> 00:34:04.367

overview, uh, CDBG is a program that’s operated by the 00:34:04.367 --> 00:34:08.934

Department of Housing and Urban Development, and that has been

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the case since 1975. At the national objective for this 00:34:13.734 --> 00:34:18.000

program countrywide is to benefit low to moderate income

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:23.867

households in their communities. And the funding to different 00:34:23.867 --> 00:34:28.667

communities across the country is based on the population.

00:34:28.667 --> 00:34:31.867

Poverty index in specific communities as well as. 00:34:31.867 --> 00:34:37.734

Concentration of housing units. Uh, Brooklyn Park has been

00:34:37.734 --> 00:34:44.200

collaborating with Hennepin County for the past 42 years to 00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:47.934

administer this program and we do this through a joint

00:34:47.934 --> 00:34:51.266

cooperation agreement that we have executed with the county 00:34:51.266 --> 00:34:58.100

that runs for 3 years and the current contract goes up to

00:34:58.100 --> 00:35:07.166

July of 2026. Those are the income guidelines that we use, 00:35:07.166 --> 00:35:09.934

uh, in administering this program because it’s mainly

00:35:09.934 --> 00:35:14.634

designed for law. to moderate income households in the 00:35:14.634 --> 00:35:17.367

communities and so these numbers they come every year

00:35:17.367 --> 00:35:22.100

and this is what we use uh 2025 numbers have not come out yet. 00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:32.200

So they likely to come out any time now? And so why are we 00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:36.000

doing this reallocation of funding and so we have a

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:39.166

project in Brooklyn Park. It’s called the Teen Center Project.

00:35:39.166 --> 00:35:45.233

We did allocate some funding in the previous physical year of 00:35:45.233 --> 00:35:52.000

$23,479,000. This was done in February of 2024. Uh, but 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:55.667

because of some timing issues and some communication issues

00:35:55.667 --> 00:36:01.667

that end up in County. There was some non-compliance issues 00:36:01.667 --> 00:36:05.367

that were discovered during the environmental assessment. Uh,

00:36:05.367 --> 00:36:09.667

we’ve had a lot of stuff changes at the county and

00:36:09.667 --> 00:36:14.934

somehow some information was not communicated clearly to us 00:36:14.934 --> 00:36:18.667

and the environmental assessment that we did was the

00:36:18.667 --> 00:36:23.100

regular one we did, we normally do over the past several years, 00:36:23.100 --> 00:36:25.667

but because there’s some elements of new construction at

00:36:25.667 --> 00:36:32.634

the tin center. That required a deeper and a wider scope of 00:36:32.634 --> 00:36:36.467

environmental assessment and therefore, uh, we were found to

00:36:36.467 --> 00:36:42.467

be noncompliant. Uh, on that area and so the repercussions 00:36:42.467 --> 00:36:46.934

for that. We either lose that funding, Or reallocated to the

00:36:46.934 --> 00:36:52.367

different program. And so after consultation with city staff 00:36:52.367 --> 00:36:57.634

and Hennepin County staff. So we agreed and based on their

00:36:57.634 --> 00:37:03.533

recommendation as well. to direct the previous year of 00:37:03.533 --> 00:37:09.400

funding to the home rehab defined loan program, which is

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:14.200

another city administr program that county runs. And so the 00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:17.467

funding for court enforcement will remain the same as it was

00:37:17.467 --> 00:37:22.734

in 2024, 17,500. The only funding that’s gonna change is 00:37:22.734 --> 00:37:26.500

the teen center funding that’s gonna be reallocated and rehab

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:34.567

loan program. So these changes were commended in order to 00:37:34.567 --> 00:37:38.300

offset, of course. Instead of losing that money, then we’re

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:43.634

able to use it. In another program here. So the home rehab 00:37:43.634 --> 00:37:48.033

loan in the fiscal year 2025, 2026, which we’re going to move

00:37:48.033 --> 00:37:53.834

to next. Uh, was allocated about 170,000 in these vehicles 00:37:53.834 --> 00:37:58.667

here so that money is gonna be lost because we’re gonna direct

00:37:58.667 --> 00:38:04.467

it to the teen center project. To offset the loss of the 00:38:04.467 --> 00:38:09.266

previous year’s funding, so it simply uh switching the

00:38:09.266 --> 00:38:12.000

physical year funding to make sure that we don’t lose any 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:24.133

funding. And so that table explains can look and see 2024 00:38:24.133 --> 00:38:30.467

we are located 2,000,214,000 to their home rehab. 2024. So 00:38:30.467 --> 00:38:33.467

we’re switching the money from the Tin center projects and

00:38:33.467 --> 00:38:40.767

bring it to the home rehab. 234 and that will bring the total 00:38:40.767 --> 00:38:45.734

allocation for 2024 to the home rehabiified loan to about

00:38:45.734 --> 00:38:51.467

$450,000. The Environmental health program. was funded up 00:38:51.467 --> 00:38:57.800

to the tune of 17,500. There remain in place for 2024. The

00:38:57.800 --> 00:39:01.100

only program activity that’s gonna lose funding in 2024 is 00:39:01.100 --> 00:39:04.367

the team center. So that’s where you see a 0 there because

00:39:04.367 --> 00:39:14.367

that funding has been moved over to the home rehab. OK. So 00:39:14.367 --> 00:39:22.867

Minimize that just clicking here. Yeah. So, next steps are. 00:39:22.867 --> 00:39:29.734

City votes tonight. Consider that reallocation proposal. And

00:39:29.734 --> 00:39:32.200

the county board is still scheduled to meet in June next 00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:38.867

month. to do the final votes of approving this reallocations.

00:39:38.867 --> 00:39:43.734

And then July 1st, uh, contract executed and then uh start 00:39:43.734 --> 00:39:48.200

using the funds from July. As far as 2025 through June 30,

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:54.934

2026. And with that, I will take any questions. Uh there is 00:39:54.934 --> 00:39:58.667

a requested action tonight is consider approval of the CDBG

00:39:58.667 --> 00:40:01.800

relocations and program activities for 2024, 2025 00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:06.634

physical years. Thank you. Before I head into the hearing,

00:40:06.634 --> 00:40:12.000

do we have any questions from council members. Yeah. Council 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:14.734

member Erikson, oh, and please everybody make sure that you

00:40:14.734 --> 00:40:19.100

have your microphones on. We had an issue with, uh, um,

00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:28.033

council members online being able to hear us. Yeah Mr. 00:40:28.033 --> 00:40:31.934

Kunnara, I’m curious. Or maybe Mr. Gladhill might have to 00:40:31.934 --> 00:40:35.500

weigh in here. Um, I noticed in the documentation provided to

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:42.467

us that Is the compliance issue. Specifically, the um, 00:40:42.467 --> 00:40:47.400

Environmental Study that, that’s what precipitating this

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:53.667

change. Mayor Winston can Erickson. That’s correct. It 00:40:53.667 --> 00:40:57.467

was the environmental assessment review. Uh, we’ve

00:40:57.467 --> 00:41:03.000

done this several years of using CDBG at at the hood, 00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:09.233

we’ve done so many projects there. We normally do a very

00:41:09.233 --> 00:41:14.100

regular environmental review, but because uh construction was 00:41:14.100 --> 00:41:20.300

done like. Being foundations and breaking the ground, uh, 00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:24.100

Department of Housing required a much comprehensive

00:41:24.100 --> 00:41:26.834

environmental assessment, but that was not communicated to

00:41:26.834 --> 00:41:33.200

the city, uh, because of staff changes at the county and uh 00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:37.934

that was discovered very late in the day after the ground has

00:41:37.934 --> 00:41:43.867

been broken, and so that triggered some kind of uh 00:41:43.867 --> 00:41:45.266

repercussions and the repercussion was real. at the

00:41:45.266 --> 00:41:51.800

funding or lose it. So as it pertains to the possibility of 00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:56.834

getting the $4 million in HUD funding reallocated. Does this

00:41:56.834 --> 00:42:01.867

put that Use for that $4 million in jeopardy also. No, 00:42:01.867 --> 00:42:04.634

and when we hear noncompliance, all really comes down to is

00:42:04.634 --> 00:42:08.367

timing. Um, there were two different allocations of CBBG,

00:42:08.367 --> 00:42:11.000

um, and the staff that was at the county before that would 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:15.266

help us walk through that wasn’t there, and, um, the

00:42:15.266 --> 00:42:17.467

contract timing and getting the environmental review was done,

00:42:17.467 --> 00:42:20.767

but it didn’t call out the specific grant number. So we 00:42:20.767 --> 00:42:25.000

did it, an environmental review that said CDBG funding, the

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:28.100

only thing that was missing was grant numbers and timing, so.

00:42:28.100 --> 00:42:31.800

The document itself was done correctly. Um, we had to 00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:35.133

republish that to get the 2nd fiscal year, um, done, and then

00:42:35.133 --> 00:42:38.767

we had to repost it a 3rd time once we actually entered the

00:42:38.767 --> 00:42:42.467

federal dollars that you mentioned, the $4 million. That 00:42:42.467 --> 00:42:45.767

environmental review, um, comment period ends this week.

00:42:45.767 --> 00:42:49.000

And once that public comment period is done, all the

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:52.233

qualifying costs after that point will become eligible. So 00:42:52.233 --> 00:42:56.400

it’s really, at what point did we issue the bid? What time did

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:59.734

we get into a construction contract, you know, dating back

00:42:59.734 --> 00:43:02.867

to last November. Um, and expenses we had incurred up to 00:43:02.867 --> 00:43:05.000

that point just weren’t eligible. The other piece I

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:09.200

would note here too is we’re not losing this money from CDBG.

00:43:09.200 --> 00:43:11.533

This is a two-part and the county is very specific on how 00:43:11.533 --> 00:43:15.300

we have to do this. So your next case, you’ll see those

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:18.834

dollars flipped the other way. So really, it’s the same

00:43:18.834 --> 00:43:21.467

dollars allocated between uh different fiscal years. So to 00:43:21.467 --> 00:43:24.934

get to your final question, council member, um, this does

00:43:24.934 --> 00:43:29.934

not, uh, diminish our chances of getting those $4 million

00:43:29.934 --> 00:43:33.734

federal grants. Um, we’re working even up to today to get 00:43:33.734 --> 00:43:36.634

that final application in, uh, with Aon. um, what we’ve been

00:43:36.634 --> 00:43:40.200

told is there is a pathway to the approval, but only expenses 00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:43.533

that occur after that environmental review public

00:43:43.533 --> 00:43:46.166

comment period ends. That’s a qualifying activity, and then

00:43:46.166 --> 00:43:50.800

from there forward, we can charge against that. That’s why 00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:54.266

we’re switching fiscal years to the future fiscal year, um, to

00:43:54.266 --> 00:43:58.266

make that happen in the CDB CDBG context. That was a lot of

00:43:58.266 --> 00:44:08.467

words, but hopefully, um, gives the bigger picture. Any further 00:44:08.467 --> 00:44:12.867

questions? All right. Uh, so we’ll go ahead and open it up 00:44:12.867 --> 00:44:19.667

to the public. Uh, hearing portion. All right. Anybody

00:44:19.667 --> 00:44:23.533

have any comments or questions in the audience? All right, 00:44:23.533 --> 00:44:26.667

seeing none, we will close that portion. Would anybody care to

00:44:26.667 --> 00:44:40.100

make the motion? Council members. Like to make a motion 00:44:40.100 --> 00:44:46.000

to waive the reading and adopt resolution, um. Approving

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:50.734

proposed reallocation use of fiscal year 2024 2025 urban 00:44:50.734 --> 00:44:54.934

Hennepin County Community Development Block Grant program

00:44:54.934 --> 00:44:59.200

funds and authorizing execution of sub recipient recipient

00:44:59.200 --> 00:45:02.400

agreement with Hennepin County and any third-party agreements. 00:45:02.400 --> 00:45:06.166

All right, so the motion was made by Councilor Jean,

00:45:06.166 --> 00:45:09.634

seconded by Councilman McGarvey. We will need a roll call vote.

00:45:09.634 --> 00:45:13.734

You you’re voting on agenda item 5.3. Council member 00:45:13.734 --> 00:45:21.734

McGarvey. Councilmember Tran. I Council member Erikson. memory 00:45:21.734 --> 00:45:29.100

is young. Council member Kanowski. She dropped off. OK.

00:45:29.100 --> 00:45:35.166

Council member page. Mayor Winston. A, the motion passes 00:45:35.166 --> 00:45:39.867

with 6 yes votes, 0 or no votes. All right, thank you. So next,

00:45:39.867 --> 00:45:44.800

we’ll go ahead and move to item 5.4, uh, consider approving 00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:51.000

reallocation of proposed use of fiscal year 2025 slash 2026 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:54.200

urban Hennepin County Community Development block grant program

00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:57.467

funds and authorized execution of sub-recipient agreement with

00:45:57.467 --> 00:46:00.734

Hennepin County and any third-party agreements. Again, 00:46:00.734 --> 00:46:06.100

we’ll have, uh, Mr. John Cannara. A mayor Winston, uh,

00:46:06.100 --> 00:46:09.734

John Canara, housing and Development Coordinator and uh

00:46:09.734 --> 00:46:15.834

it’s the same, uh, still here we have the reallocation of 00:46:15.834 --> 00:46:22.467

CDBG funding for the physical years 2025, 2026 that we just. 00:46:22.467 --> 00:46:30.934

Completed, uh, On March 10th. Uh, so, program started way 00:46:30.934 --> 00:46:33.667

back in 1975, I administered through the Department of

00:46:33.667 --> 00:46:37.400

Housing and Urban Development. And the national objective is

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:40.200

the same to benefit low to moderate income households in 00:46:40.200 --> 00:46:44.400

the communities across the United States. The location

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:48.166

formula is based on population of location, the poverty index,

00:46:48.166 --> 00:46:53.467

and the concentration of housing units. And uh the 00:46:53.467 --> 00:46:56.734

estimated funding for the fiscal year 2025, 2026 for

00:46:56.734 --> 00:47:03.634

Broken Pack is about 438,000. And we collaborated in Hennepin 00:47:03.634 --> 00:47:06.367

County to administer this program through the Joint

00:47:06.367 --> 00:47:18.000

Cooperation Agreement. That’s an income-based program, and so 00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:21.200

those are the guidelines we use to determine who the 00:47:21.200 --> 00:47:27.100

beneficiaries are. And they proposed reallocation is simply

00:47:27.100 --> 00:47:33.533

taking all the funding. For 2025, 2026. And allocating it 00:47:33.533 --> 00:47:40.000

all to the teen center project. Uh, for several reasons.... 12, 00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:47.500

offset the loss of 234,000 from 2024 fiscal year. And 2, to

00:47:47.500 --> 00:47:51.900

focus the funding on the construction work, uh, that’s 00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:55.934

currently underway to increase the capacity. For youth

00:47:55.934 --> 00:48:02.367

programming and young adults at the center. Also in this 00:48:02.367 --> 00:48:07.667

proposal, funding for environmental health. Will be

00:48:07.667 --> 00:48:11.934

eliminated because uh they revised consolidated plans 00:48:11.934 --> 00:48:18.367

requirement for Hennepin County does not. Feature uh funding

00:48:18.367 --> 00:48:22.100

for court enforcement activities across the county. 00:48:22.100 --> 00:48:29.000

So the home rehab loan program, uh, which. has already been

00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:35.934

funded, but the funds for 2024. Will not be funded again with 00:48:35.934 --> 00:48:42.400

this funding. That’s why you see as 0. 2025, 2026 program 00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:51.467

year going to towards the home rehab law. Technology here. OK. 00:48:51.467 --> 00:48:54.166

So we’ve we’ve talked extensively with the Hennepinon

00:48:54.166 --> 00:48:58.367

staff, uh, city staff, and, uh, we are in agreement that this

00:48:58.367 --> 00:49:03.133

is the right way to proceed to make sure that no funds are 00:49:03.133 --> 00:49:06.934

lost and all funds are accounted for and they’re

00:49:06.934 --> 00:49:10.100

directed towards the city’s priorities that we’re currently 00:49:10.100 --> 00:49:14.934

undertaking, mainly the tin and projects and of course helping

00:49:14.934 --> 00:49:18.667

homeowners with home rehab. improvement, um, because as we

00:49:18.667 --> 00:49:22.500

know, Brooklyn Park, the existing housing stock is very 00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:31.033

aged and there’s a lot of need for improvements. And so that 00:49:31.033 --> 00:49:34.100

table there will show you how the allocation is gonna pan out.

00:49:34.100 --> 00:49:40.367

So home rehab initially on March 10th, we allocated about 00:49:40.367 --> 00:49:48.000

170,000. The new proposed reallocation, it gets 0,

00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:53.000

environmental health on muchent we are located 17,500. The new 00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:59.266

reallocation proposal, it gets 0. Sanuin Center, we had

00:49:59.266 --> 00:50:06.200

allocated 250 on March 10th. The new proposed Relocation 00:50:06.200 --> 00:50:18.200

They get 438 total. Now, the next steps, uh, cancel votes 00:50:18.200 --> 00:50:23.834

tonight. On this proposal and then the county board meets in 00:50:23.834 --> 00:50:29.133

June for the final. votes to approve and allocate funding

00:50:29.133 --> 00:50:33.467

for all these proposed programs, contract could be executed July 00:50:33.467 --> 00:50:37.667

1st and then uh work will begin thereafter. through June 30, 26.

00:50:37.667 --> 00:50:44.734

And uh requested action tonight is to consider approval of the 00:50:44.734 --> 00:50:49.000

CDBG reallocation and program activities. For physical a year

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:58.166

2025 and 2026. And I’ll take questions. If that Uh, council 00:50:58.166 --> 00:51:01.900

members, are there any questions? I know some of this 00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:10.367

was discussed in the last Item. A no questions. We’ll go ahead 00:51:10.367 --> 00:51:16.166

and open up the public hearing portion. So if any residents or

00:51:16.166 --> 00:51:19.867

anybody wants to speak, please do. Right, seeing no one will

00:51:19.867 --> 00:51:23.634

go ahead and close the public hearing portion, and I’ll make 00:51:23.634 --> 00:51:27.200

a motion, um, consider approving reality, let’s see.

00:51:27.200 --> 00:51:32.100

Oh, motion to waive the reading and adopt resolution 2025 00:51:32.100 --> 00:51:38.000

approving the pros proposed reallocation use of fiscal year

00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:41.734

2025, uh 2026 urban Hennepin County Community Development 00:51:41.734 --> 00:51:47.100

Black grant program funds. And authorized execution of

00:51:47.100 --> 00:51:49.367

sub-recipient agreement with Hennepin County and any third

00:51:49.367 --> 00:51:54.033

party agreements. Is there a second? OK. All right, so, uh, 00:51:54.033 --> 00:51:57.867

a motion was made by myself, Mayor Winston, seconded by, uh,

00:51:57.867 --> 00:52:03.634

council member Zhang, uh, we will need a roll call. You’re 00:52:03.634 --> 00:52:11.100

voting on agenda item 5.4. Council member Tran. Council 00:52:11.100 --> 00:52:17.634

member Tran. 8 Council member Eriksson. Council members young.

00:52:17.634 --> 00:52:27.100

Council member Kleanowski. I Council member Page. Remember 00:52:27.100 --> 00:52:32.567

McGarvey. Mayor Winston. The motion passes with 7 yes votes, 00:52:32.567 --> 00:52:37.266

0 or no votes. All right, thank you, thank you, Mr. Kanara, and

00:52:37.266 --> 00:52:41.533

thank you, Director Gladhill. Um, so seeing that there are no 00:52:41.533 --> 00:52:44.867

land use actions, we’ll go ahead and move into general

00:52:44.867 --> 00:52:49.634

action items in the first one will be uh from fire chief Sean

00:52:49.634 --> 00:52:53.233

Conway to initiate the open bid process for the fire station 00:52:53.233 --> 00:53:09.400

project. Good evening, Mayor Winston. Members of the council 00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:12.734

Sean Conway, uh, fire chief, uh, I appreciate this opportunity 00:53:12.734 --> 00:53:16.667

to come to talk to you about the next phases of our fire

00:53:16.667 --> 00:53:23.734

station project. Um, Uh was right. This doesn’t want to 00:53:23.734 --> 00:53:32.200

enhance. It’s clicking in Are. I’m just reiterating our design 00:53:32.200 --> 00:53:36.000

team, CNH architects, along with Kraus Anderson are

00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:38.634

construction manager in the numerous city departments that

00:53:38.634 --> 00:53:42.400

is dedicated to making this project in this West Campus 00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:46.200

development, um, area the best it can be, um, as you can see

00:53:46.200 --> 00:53:49.367

the collaboration not just within the city um departments.

00:53:49.367 --> 00:53:54.667

Uh Of what we’re bringing forth to uh make sure that this fire 00:53:54.667 --> 00:53:57.367

station does serve the community to the best of its

00:53:57.367 --> 00:54:02.133

ability while, uh, Really, in a sense, planning and designing 00:54:02.133 --> 00:54:05.800

that access from the CAC to PICCA and um what’s proposed to

00:54:05.800 --> 00:54:09.266

be the senior center. Um, this is a team that’s been doing, um,

00:54:09.266 --> 00:54:13.367

this work. On this slide highlights the parking area. 00:54:13.367 --> 00:54:18.667

You’re gonna see everything in white. Um, it does Show the

00:54:18.667 --> 00:54:24.000

access, I’ll just be working off saying here, um, the access 00:54:24.000 --> 00:54:27.467

for the fire apparatus on to Zane, uh, moving to Edenbrook

00:54:27.467 --> 00:54:30.734

Terrace to access the campus for the public. You’re gonna 00:54:30.734 --> 00:54:35.200

see. The expansion of the parking area along with the

00:54:35.200 --> 00:54:38.867

proposed fire station location and then moving down to uh

00:54:38.867 --> 00:54:43.100

eighty-fifth, um, previously we had A roundabout designed and 00:54:43.100 --> 00:54:48.000

the Further planning has Because Showing us that we’re

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:52.867

gonna do a 3-way stop and that, uh, not only comes at a, a cost 00:54:52.867 --> 00:54:55.634

savings, but it’s a little bit more effective for a transition

00:54:55.634 --> 00:54:59.834

from the north and the south uh areas and over to our PICA

00:54:59.834 --> 00:55:05.300

facility. These renderings, um, we’ve seen these before, but 00:55:05.300 --> 00:55:08.867

these are the just the exterior rendings, renderings of the

00:55:08.867 --> 00:55:19.567

fire station that’s proposed. all four sides. Uh, moving to 00:55:19.567 --> 00:55:23.266

the interior, um. These 4 components is why we’re 00:55:23.266 --> 00:55:28.100

building these fire stations. First and foremost for the

00:55:28.100 --> 00:55:31.266

existing infrastructure, the employee health and wellness to 00:55:31.266 --> 00:55:35.100

us to not only ensure cancer reduction initiatives are met

00:55:35.100 --> 00:55:38.834

to industry standards and best practices. Um, we are also

00:55:38.834 --> 00:55:42.567

moving the quarters both for the living quarters and the, 00:55:42.567 --> 00:55:47.867

the areas where the staff will be working and as well as their,

00:55:47.867 --> 00:55:51.100

um, evening and night quarters closer to the apparatus. So 00:55:51.100 --> 00:55:54.400

we’re cutting down that response time we’re shaving

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:57.000

seconds, not minutes, and our time to get to the scenes of

00:55:57.000 --> 00:56:01.200

house fires is 5 minutes and 20 seconds from the initial. On 00:56:01.200 --> 00:56:04.934

time of notification and this design helps facilitate that

00:56:04.934 --> 00:56:09.200

where our current fire stations do not. As well as one of the

00:56:09.200 --> 00:56:13.400

things that we’ve planned together is we needed to have a 00:56:13.400 --> 00:56:16.734

robust emergency operation center and to include a

00:56:16.734 --> 00:56:19.000

training facility that’s able to meet the demands of our

00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:24.100

community and our emergency calls. And while, lastly, 00:56:24.100 --> 00:56:26.867

updating the office space for our staff to make sure that we

00:56:26.867 --> 00:56:29.634

can work efficiently and effectively. Um, we are at

00:56:29.634 --> 00:56:35.367

capacity. There’s no more room to expand, um. For for office 00:56:35.367 --> 00:56:38.667

space for the staff and this design that’s proposed, uh,

00:56:38.667 --> 00:56:46.100

will do, um, all of those things. Moving to the 2nd floor, 00:56:46.100 --> 00:56:49.266

um, improved living conditions to include what that looks like

00:56:49.266 --> 00:56:55.133

for staff and downtime to reduce stress and Uh, help them 00:56:55.133 --> 00:56:59.000

to recover after emergency calls, as well as what I

00:56:59.000 --> 00:57:02.100

previously mentioned, just the floor plan to get them closer 00:57:02.100 --> 00:57:06.367

to the apparatus to affect the response times. In the bottom

00:57:06.367 --> 00:57:09.133

There is a basement component that does help us secure, uh,

00:57:09.133 --> 00:57:14.900

evidence. Um, for our fire marshal division, as well as uh 00:57:14.900 --> 00:57:17.734

provide an emergency storm shelter, which are facilities

00:57:17.734 --> 00:57:27.767

currently do not. Our campus planning Um Considerable work 00:57:27.767 --> 00:57:32.467

has gone into Planning for the CAC development and what that 00:57:32.467 --> 00:57:36.834

looks like for the future as well as partnering with PICA

00:57:36.834 --> 00:57:40.100

and then developing an area for our senior center, which would 00:57:40.100 --> 00:57:46.467

be the current fire station, um. In this proposal, um, cost to

00:57:46.467 --> 00:57:49.100

be presented this does incorporate all of the parking

00:57:49.100 --> 00:57:52.533

which we have previously discussed, and we have now, in 00:57:52.533 --> 00:57:57.634

a sense. Uh, remove that roundabout concept and are

00:57:57.634 --> 00:58:05.100

going to a three-way stop. So this evening, staff is seeking 00:58:05.100 --> 00:58:07.734

approval to open the bid process for the fire station

00:58:07.734 --> 00:58:14.834

project with a total budget not to exceed $45,104,519 that 00:58:14.834 --> 00:58:18.533

covers both the value engineering. Uh, bid proposal

00:58:18.533 --> 00:58:22.133

in the areas that we’ve discussed those reductions as 00:58:22.133 --> 00:58:25.367

well as the campus site development. And with that, I

00:58:25.367 --> 00:58:33.033

can stand for any questions. Thank you for the presentation 00:58:33.033 --> 00:58:39.133

and all the work on this, uh, council member McGarvey. Thank

00:58:39.133 --> 00:58:45.634

you, Mayor, and thank you, Chief. Uh, so question from a 00:58:45.634 --> 00:58:50.467

uh a resident. And I’m not, I’m not claiming that the resident 00:58:50.467 --> 00:58:57.400

is an expert on any of this, but says the typical city fire

00:58:57.400 --> 00:59:02.133

station costs $10.2 million. Brooklyn Park is asking for 4 00:59:02.133 --> 00:59:08.166

times that amount. What could we get a for 4 for $10.2

00:59:08.166 --> 00:59:13.934

million is by way of a new fire station. Winston members of the 00:59:13.934 --> 00:59:20.367

council. Council member McGarvey, um, the proposed. OK. 00:59:20.367 --> 00:59:29.467

Oh I can move this closer. The proposal back in 2019. To Um,

00:59:29.467 --> 00:59:36.867

not for a new construction, but for Uh Really, the, the 00:59:36.867 --> 00:59:40.100

addition to keep some components of the fire stations 00:59:40.100 --> 00:59:43.000

because the infrastructure project, all of our fire

00:59:43.000 --> 00:59:49.133

stations, uh, they were not built nor were they designed to

00:59:49.133 --> 00:59:54.000

house 24/7 firefighters. Um, but back in 2019, it was, it 00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:58.200

was identified as being a $10 million project back then. So

00:59:58.200 --> 01:00:01.634

now, as we look and we know what happened in 2021, there 01:00:01.634 --> 01:00:07.367

was a, I believe there was a 21% uh increase in. cost of not

01:00:07.367 --> 01:00:11.634

just uh labor materials, but I’m happy to um call up any of 01:00:11.634 --> 01:00:17.467

our team. Well, I’m from Kros Anderson or or CNH that can

01:00:17.467 --> 01:00:22.266

speak to more specifics, um, but lastly I would just like to 01:00:22.266 --> 01:00:25.567

identify the differences between what this resident

01:00:25.567 --> 01:00:27.800

feels in one fire station compared to what this fire

01:00:27.800 --> 01:00:33.000

station will hold. As the city population expands. This isn’t 01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:36.300

just a fire station. This fire station does have a training

01:00:36.300 --> 01:00:39.867

component, all of which we don’t have currently and we

01:00:39.867 --> 01:00:44.133

have to pay uh upwards of $200 to $50,000 to train our staff. 01:00:44.133 --> 01:00:48.467

It requires us to drive to Maplewood to uh in a sense to a

01:00:48.467 --> 01:00:54.367

a Go to a facility that can provide a lot of that training. 01:00:54.367 --> 01:00:58.567

That component was added to this. As well as an ELC, um,

01:00:58.567 --> 01:01:03.400

both for the civil unrest components, um, that the city 01:01:03.400 --> 01:01:07.800

has had even supporting our neighboring communities, uh,

01:01:07.800 --> 01:01:11.400

that was important for us to incorporate into this fire 01:01:11.400 --> 01:01:16.200

station design so that we could recover the city in any manmade

01:01:16.200 --> 01:01:19.467

or natural disaster. So while it’s not just a fire station,

01:01:19.467 --> 01:01:24.133

it is a training facility. It is an emergency operation 01:01:24.133 --> 01:01:27.934

center and it does allow us for expansions as the city.

01:01:27.934 --> 01:01:31.266

population grows, which would accommodate additional staff 01:01:31.266 --> 01:01:34.634

and depending on what the design or the direction is

01:01:34.634 --> 01:01:38.900

going to be for the remaining fire stations, 2 fire stations

01:01:38.900 --> 01:01:41.400

we’re gonna be operating out of this one facility for the 01:01:41.400 --> 01:01:46.166

foreseeable future. Um, it maybe, uh, Ken from Carl

01:01:46.166 --> 01:01:48.367

Sanderson can speak to more of the construction costs. That’d

01:01:48.367 --> 01:01:54.667

be great. Thank you. So for $10.8 million what could we get 01:01:54.667 --> 01:01:58.000

compared to what we’re looking at here. Um, great question and,

01:01:58.000 --> 01:02:01.367

and good evening, Mayor and council, uh, for about 10.8 01:02:01.367 --> 01:02:04.900

million, you’re gonna get about a quarter of the station you’re

01:02:04.900 --> 01:02:08.567

getting right now, um, just to help address some of those

01:02:08.567 --> 01:02:11.133

concerns about costs. Uh, so when we develop these cost 01:02:11.133 --> 01:02:15.400

estimates, we do a detailed estimates on your fire station

01:02:15.400 --> 01:02:19.400

itself, uh, taken off all the doors, uh, concrete masonry,

01:02:19.400 --> 01:02:22.367

steel, things like that to develop this budget. We also 01:02:22.367 --> 01:02:25.533

back checked that with projects that have been recently bid

01:02:25.533 --> 01:02:28.734

other fire stations in the last 6 months just to make sure that

01:02:28.734 --> 01:02:32.533

some of those prices do match and are trending on what the 01:02:32.533 --> 01:02:35.667

current market is, but ultimately at the end of the

01:02:35.667 --> 01:02:40.467

day, your fire station will get competitively bid, uh, so your 01:02:40.467 --> 01:02:43.266

station will get bid out to the market, and that is the the

01:02:43.266 --> 01:02:45.634

real competitive price, not just the estimate that we have

01:02:45.634 --> 01:02:50.133

in front of us today. Thank you. And I’m sorry, you’re, you’re 01:02:50.133 --> 01:02:53.867

with Krauss Anderson? Yeah, my name’s Ken Francis with Kraus

01:02:53.867 --> 01:02:56.100

Anderson Construction. Thank you, Mr. Francis. I have

01:02:56.100 --> 01:02:59.367

another question for you, uh, assuming, and maybe I’m wrong,

01:02:59.367 --> 01:03:03.533

but tell, so tell me if I’m wrong, but that you You are 01:03:03.533 --> 01:03:06.667

involved in planning the planning of many projects of

01:03:06.667 --> 01:03:12.533

this type and others. For cities and, and communities, 01:03:12.533 --> 01:03:20.634

etc. Uh, uh, a constituent says, Anyone. Projecting slash 01:03:20.634 --> 01:03:24.734

planning out 50 years these days with the speed of change

01:03:24.734 --> 01:03:29.634

taking place today, is that in any way, shape or form accurate.

01:03:29.634 --> 01:03:33.367

According to your expert opinion. Thank you, Mayor and 01:03:33.367 --> 01:03:36.166

council. That, that is a good question and that is something

01:03:36.166 --> 01:03:39.400

that our design team can weigh in on as well, but. The future

01:03:39.400 --> 01:03:44.367

is Changing, uh, so there is some limitations about how far 01:03:44.367 --> 01:03:48.166

in front that you can look and plan for, so, um, Quinn, would

01:03:48.166 --> 01:03:52.934

you like to answer that? Good evening, Mayor and council 01:03:52.934 --> 01:03:57.233

members. I’m Quinn Hudson, principal of CNH Architects to

01:03:57.233 --> 01:04:01.467

address, uh, what we typically design, uh, as far as longevity. 01:04:01.467 --> 01:04:05.567

We, we typically are looking at something that reaches 40 to 50

01:04:05.567 --> 01:04:08.767

years as a public investment, we want that to last. We know

01:04:08.767 --> 01:04:11.634

you’re not moving it, you’re not closing. It’s something 01:04:11.634 --> 01:04:14.734

that you will always be needed to serve the community, so best

01:04:14.734 --> 01:04:17.300

value, that’s what we typically work with all our clients to

01:04:17.300 --> 01:04:21.100

focus on. And if I might step back to the previous question 01:04:21.100 --> 01:04:26.367

uh regarding You know, typical other fire stations, uh, We’re

01:04:26.367 --> 01:04:30.400

currently working on, on, I think we have 33 fire stations 01:04:30.400 --> 01:04:33.900

under construction, another 3 in design. We’re doing cla

01:04:33.900 --> 01:04:35.900

stations uh significantly all the time. That’s, that’s our,

01:04:35.900 --> 01:04:40.900

our main work. Um, with that, uh, the size and type and, uh, 01:04:40.900 --> 01:04:44.567

um, of this fire station for a central fire station with

01:04:44.567 --> 01:04:46.900

administration. This is definitely within the size

01:04:46.900 --> 01:04:50.100

range that we would typically see for cities that have 01:04:50.100 --> 01:04:54.100

multiple stations, but the central station like this.

01:04:54.100 --> 01:04:56.767

Thank you very much. And I have one final question for the

01:04:56.767 --> 01:05:02.233

chief. And that is, what is the importance, Chief of having a 01:05:02.233 --> 01:05:06.467

rapid response time as it pertains to Homeowner’s

01:05:06.467 --> 01:05:08.166

insurance premiums, etc. Could you talk about that a little

01:05:08.166 --> 01:05:11.400

bit? Yeah. Um, Mayor Winston, members of the council. Council 01:05:11.400 --> 01:05:15.734

member Garry, I appreciate that question because um the ISO

01:05:15.734 --> 01:05:21.367

rating, which For residential commercial insurances. It 01:05:21.367 --> 01:05:23.800

basically is a scorecard for how our fire department

01:05:23.800 --> 01:05:27.767

operates. It takes into a common community risk reduction,

01:05:27.767 --> 01:05:31.533

our staffing, the apparatus we use, whether or not we have a 01:05:31.533 --> 01:05:35.900

reserve apparatus, our hydrant pressure and flow test, um,

01:05:35.900 --> 01:05:40.567

it’s very robust and we get a score for that. What that does 01:05:40.567 --> 01:05:46.500

is the lower we can get with that score, that equates to

01:05:46.500 --> 01:05:50.367

savings on our homeowners insurance. And part of that, we 01:05:50.367 --> 01:05:54.100

need to have a fire truck on the scene of a house fire

01:05:54.100 --> 01:05:58.800

within 5 minutes and 20 seconds. To put that into perspective,

01:05:58.800 --> 01:06:04.100

um, from the plane crash incident, uh, we, from the time 01:06:04.100 --> 01:06:06.467

that that’s that station, the closest station was notified

01:06:06.467 --> 01:06:11.033

till the time it was on scene was 7 minutes. It took a little 01:06:11.033 --> 01:06:14.800

over 4 minutes of travel time, but even in that 3 minutes,

01:06:14.800 --> 01:06:17.934

that’s them putting the truck in. Park. Getting out. And

01:06:17.934 --> 01:06:23.900

setting up To attack that fire and in doing so saved two 01:06:23.900 --> 01:06:29.533

houses on either side of that. So the timing aspect for

01:06:29.533 --> 01:06:36.634

residential, um, House fires, these are the things that help 01:06:36.634 --> 01:06:39.533

save our citizens money on their insurance rates is

01:06:39.533 --> 01:06:44.734

meeting those standards for ISO. So we were at a high 3, about a 01:06:44.734 --> 01:06:49.500

3.83, um, we’re gonna ask for a reevaluation, and we should get

01:06:49.500 --> 01:06:55.500

to about uh under 32. 2.84, somewhere right in there, um, 01:06:55.500 --> 01:06:59.200

but there’s no ISL class one fire departments in the state

01:06:59.200 --> 01:07:05.767

of Minnesota, and there’s only 19, um, class 2 out of I’d have 01:07:05.767 --> 01:07:09.367

to go back and check the numbers, but a couple 100 fire

01:07:09.367 --> 01:07:12.900

departments. All right. Well, thank you all for your answers 01:07:12.900 --> 01:07:25.233

very much, sir. All right, uh, council member Erikson. Um, I 01:07:25.233 --> 01:07:28.467

was just poking around a little bit because of that question

01:07:28.467 --> 01:07:32.734

you asked Councilman McGarvey. It looks like Ida is building a 01:07:32.734 --> 01:07:38.634

new central fire station to right now, um, and last year,

01:07:38.634 --> 01:07:43.467

their final estimate for that project was $47 million. Which 01:07:43.467 --> 01:07:46.233

did include the purchase of the land, but we already own the

01:07:46.233 --> 01:07:49.934

land, we paid for it a couple of years ago, so. It seems like

01:07:49.934 --> 01:07:54.367

one year later and Seems like we’re right in the ballpark and 01:07:54.367 --> 01:08:07.000

being responsible, so. Council member Page. Thank you, Mayor. 01:08:07.000 --> 01:08:11.800

OK, so just, if you can just remind me of what this uh three 01:08:11.800 --> 01:08:14.467

things. So one, with the square footage is, if you can just

01:08:14.467 --> 01:08:19.300

remind me of the The property and then, well, let’s do that

01:08:19.300 --> 01:08:24.734

first. So the square footage is. The final, the final square 01:08:24.734 --> 01:08:29.867

footage from our pal. But maybe we have to help me on that. the

01:08:29.867 --> 01:08:34.734

top of my head. Brooke’s gonna come give us those details from 01:08:34.734 --> 01:08:37.900

our last conversation, Council member page. And I know you

01:08:37.900 --> 01:08:42.166

presented all of this, but the memory is OK, thank you, it’s a 01:08:42.166 --> 01:08:44.233

good question because from, from where we’ve brought it

01:08:44.233 --> 01:08:48.567

today with the removal of, of the 7th bay, the removal of

01:08:48.567 --> 01:08:52.300

those, the conference room in the two areas. There’s a lot of 01:08:52.300 --> 01:08:54.734

numbers flying around and we can get to that specific number.

01:08:54.734 --> 01:09:00.834

Good evening, Mayor and council members. I’m just to answer 01:09:00.834 --> 01:09:04.000

your question, Councilor, uh, we’re a little over 61,000

01:09:04.000 --> 01:09:09.500

square feet. OK. And we were previously a little over 64,000,

01:09:09.500 --> 01:09:12.033

so that’s some of the reductions we’ve been able to 01:09:12.033 --> 01:09:17.400

make since we last were in front of you. OK, thank you.

01:09:17.400 --> 01:09:21.133

And then, so, and I only know residential construction, so 01:09:21.133 --> 01:09:23.300

bear with me on this. So I just wanna make sure I’m thinking of

01:09:23.300 --> 01:09:29.100

this. So is that bid going to give detailed like soft costs.

01:09:29.100 --> 01:09:32.000

Are we going to see that when the bid comes through and then 01:09:32.000 --> 01:09:35.500

is there a certain percentage or a standard percentage for

01:09:35.500 --> 01:09:38.834

overages that we budget for. When we do the bidding process

01:09:38.834 --> 01:09:41.567

or, I just want to understand that just a little bit because 01:09:41.567 --> 01:09:44.734

we’re seeing all these prices go upate every month. They go

01:09:44.734 --> 01:09:50.500

up and how do you handle those overages. Good evening, Mayor 01:09:50.500 --> 01:09:53.800

and council. Um, yes, as part of some of these estimates we

01:09:53.800 --> 01:09:57.734

do build in a bid day contingencies and escalation in

01:09:57.734 --> 01:10:01.166

that, so we currently do have about 6% included in those 01:10:01.166 --> 01:10:05.467

numbers for a bid day and a design contingency, um, and we

01:10:05.467 --> 01:10:08.734

also do have a construction contingency on top of that as

01:10:08.734 --> 01:10:12.100

well, as well as uh budget costs for FFNE and equipment 01:10:12.100 --> 01:10:17.166

and things like that. What’s the percentage for the

01:10:17.166 --> 01:10:19.934

construction currently we have 5% in for construction

01:10:19.934 --> 01:10:24.634

contingency, which is standard for a new construction project. 01:10:24.634 --> 01:10:28.900

That might be a little low. Which is a good thing, right?

01:10:28.900 --> 01:10:33.100

Well, um, with the design team we have and our past history, 01:10:33.100 --> 01:10:36.800

uh, that would lead us to believe that 5% is a good

01:10:36.800 --> 01:10:40.233

conservative number but not overly conservative. That’s all 01:10:40.233 --> 01:10:50.400

I have. Thank you. Thank you. All right, see no further 01:10:50.400 --> 01:10:54.467

questions from Excuse me, council members, uh, we’ll go

01:10:54.467 --> 01:10:59.800

ahead and open up the public. Not hearing, oh wait, uh, sorry,

01:10:59.800 --> 01:11:04.200

this is not that. We just had 4 in a row, so, um. Well having 01:11:04.200 --> 01:11:07.800

said, since there’s no hearing, I’m going to just make a very

01:11:07.800 --> 01:11:12.200

brief statement, um, uh, I, I do think that, you know, given 01:11:12.200 --> 01:11:16.467

that the The growth of our city, I think this is incredibly

01:11:16.467 --> 01:11:21.200

important. I think we’ll be using this not only for um uh 01:11:21.200 --> 01:11:25.934

fire, but a more robust fire department. I think not all

01:11:25.934 --> 01:11:27.300

fire departments are full-timers, and I think we

01:11:27.300 --> 01:11:31.834

moved to that, but given that we’re the 5th or 6th largest, 01:11:31.834 --> 01:11:34.500

uh, I think that’s necessary to provide that level of service.

01:11:34.500 --> 01:11:37.734

Um, I also like the fact that um the insurance costs were

01:11:37.734 --> 01:11:40.567

brought up, right? And so I think anything we can do that’s 01:11:40.567 --> 01:11:42.834

cost effective, and I, I do think this is cost effective.

01:11:42.834 --> 01:11:45.667

It’s a, it’s a price tag on it, but I think it’s cost effective

01:11:45.667 --> 01:11:47.900

longer term for what we’re building. What we can do to

01:11:47.900 --> 01:11:52.667

continue to push down that ISO number so that we can, um, 01:11:52.667 --> 01:11:56.367

ensure that, uh, folks are, are getting the best rate because

01:11:56.367 --> 01:11:59.734

we have an effective um uh fire department. I think that’s

01:11:59.734 --> 01:12:03.800

going to be um incredibly important, but we will also be 01:12:03.800 --> 01:12:06.667

hosting, uh, future, uh, some voting out of there and we’ll

01:12:06.667 --> 01:12:09.100

be using it for other things across the city as well, so I

01:12:09.100 --> 01:12:12.634

think that’s gonna be important. And plus, as we become more 01:12:12.634 --> 01:12:15.000

regional. I know that we have served in regional. responses

01:12:15.000 --> 01:12:17.767

with, with some other issues we’ve had with some issues that

01:12:17.767 --> 01:12:23.133

we’ve had as a region, um, and we hosted that within our, uh, 01:12:23.133 --> 01:12:25.834

fire department, which, uh, our central fire department, which

01:12:25.834 --> 01:12:28.100

wasn’t a large enough at the time, but we still hosted it

01:12:28.100 --> 01:12:32.100

there. So I think this will help us expand that reach, help 01:12:32.100 --> 01:12:35.734

stabilize the region in terms of that response. So I think it

01:12:35.734 --> 01:12:39.266

is justifiable, um, and it does make sense. So I’m glad there’s

01:12:39.266 --> 01:12:43.367

no hearing on this, uh, but I think I had hearing fatigue, so, 01:12:43.367 --> 01:12:46.367

um, so I’ll go ahead. and um well, we got Councilman

01:12:46.367 --> 01:12:51.400

McGarvey. Oh, Councilman McGarvey, go ahead. Go. make a 01:12:51.400 --> 01:12:57.734

motion way for reading and that the resolution authorizing.

01:12:57.734 --> 01:13:02.166

Says for the fire station project as part of the West 01:13:02.166 --> 01:13:06.400

Campus enhancements. All right, the motion was made by council

01:13:06.400 --> 01:13:09.033

member McGarvey seconded by council member Page. We will

01:13:09.033 --> 01:13:13.200

need a roll call vote. OK. You’re voting on the agenda 01:13:13.200 --> 01:13:17.033

item 7.1. Council member Erickson. I Council member

01:13:17.033 --> 01:13:26.100

Young. Rememb Klenowski? Hi. Council member Page. Counsel 01:13:26.100 --> 01:13:34.533

McGarvey. Council member Tran. I Mayor Winston. I, the motion 01:13:34.533 --> 01:13:40.033

passes with 7 yes votes, 0 no votes. OK All right. Well, 01:13:40.033 --> 01:13:44.200

thank you. uh, thanks for all the, the, the work on it, uh.

01:13:44.200 --> 01:13:47.400

Congratulations, I guess just moving to the bid portion, but

01:13:47.400 --> 01:13:50.767

still, congrats because I know you’re looking forward to this 01:13:50.767 --> 01:13:53.200

and, uh, again, we appreciate all the work and we know how

01:13:53.200 --> 01:13:56.100

important it is. I think residents can see how important

01:13:56.100 --> 01:14:00.467

it was in terms of, um, The plane crash that happened in 01:14:00.467 --> 01:14:03.500

our city and how quickly you’re able to respond because we have

01:14:03.500 --> 01:14:06.367

a full-time department, but there’s space and requirements

01:14:06.367 --> 01:14:08.834

needed for that, right? And as we grow as a city, we’re going

01:14:08.834 --> 01:14:12.000

to need the resources to accommodate that so that we can 01:14:12.000 --> 01:14:14.634

have that same response and even push it down the faster.

01:14:14.634 --> 01:14:24.233

So thank you. Thank you. All right. So next, uh, we have a, 01:14:24.233 --> 01:14:26.800

we’ll be appointing a commissioner to the budget

01:14:26.800 --> 01:14:31.667

advisory commission, so there’s an open position, um, and, um. 01:14:31.667 --> 01:14:37.300

Eric Poe. What is being is being reappointed to that

01:14:37.300 --> 01:14:43.467

position. Uh, I served with Eric Poe. For I want to say 2 01:14:43.467 --> 01:14:46.667

budget advisory commission terms, uh, and he knew the

01:14:46.667 --> 01:14:51.634

stuff backwards and forwards as the number of questions, uh, 01:14:51.634 --> 01:14:54.200

always relevant questions, and I think he actually led as the

01:14:54.200 --> 01:14:59.533

chair as well, um, so I think there’s a different because uh

01:14:59.533 --> 01:15:01.634

maybe somebody left abruptly. There’s a little bit different 01:15:01.634 --> 01:15:03.233

process than what we normally do for this one. I think he was

01:15:03.233 --> 01:15:06.934

the only one that applied for it. So in this case, we get to

01:15:06.934 --> 01:15:10.233

a point, um, so I’ll go ahead and make the motion and then if 01:15:10.233 --> 01:15:12.266

somebody wants to go ahead and second it, and then we can.

01:15:12.266 --> 01:15:16.100

move on to item. OK, so motion to appoint Eric Poland to the

01:15:16.100 --> 01:15:18.300

budget advisory Commission, representing the West District

01:15:18.300 --> 01:15:20.800

effective immediately for the balance of a 3-year term to 01:15:20.800 --> 01:15:26.233

expire April 1st, 2027. Um, seconded by, uh, council member

01:15:26.233 --> 01:15:31.467

Page. Um, so we will need a roll call. You’re voting on 01:15:31.467 --> 01:15:37.900

agenda item 7.2. Council member. Council member Klinowski. I.

01:15:37.900 --> 01:15:43.200

Council member Page. Council member Em McGarvey Council 01:15:43.200 --> 01:15:51.367

member Tran. I Council member Eriksson. Mayor Winston. The 01:15:51.367 --> 01:15:56.100

motion passes with 7 yes votes, 0 no votes. All right.

01:15:56.100 --> 01:16:00.367

Wonderful. So we’re gonna go ahead and move to item 7.3. I 01:16:00.367 --> 01:16:04.834

think I’m gonna recuse myself from this one. Um So is that

01:16:04.834 --> 01:16:07.900

you, uh, uh, Council member Erickson, that you’re gonna be

01:16:07.900 --> 01:16:15.300

mayor Pro Tem. Yeah, yeah. It’ll be very brief. That, 01:16:15.300 --> 01:16:17.934

that’s fine. Whatever’s best. uh Tony Thompson, what makes

01:16:17.934 --> 01:16:19.734

the most sense? I just abstain from this one, or should I get

01:16:19.734 --> 01:16:27.200

up and This is for travel allowance. Mayor, I think it 01:16:27.200 --> 01:16:29.734

would be better for you to just abstain from participating in

01:16:29.734 --> 01:16:33.033

voting on this. You get up and leave or just sit here, you can 01:16:33.033 --> 01:16:39.367

sit. OK, all right. OK, thank you. Mayor Winston, members of

01:16:39.367 --> 01:16:42.300

council, J Strobo City manager here in the city of Brooklyn 01:16:42.300 --> 01:16:48.400

Park. Uh, the mayor has been, uh, requested as part of his

01:16:48.400 --> 01:16:51.166

involvement in the Mississippi River cities and towns 01:16:51.166 --> 01:16:54.367

initiative, uh, to participate in the Great Lakes and Saint

01:16:54.367 --> 01:16:58.000

Lawrence Cities Initiative annual meeting, May 14th

01:16:58.000 --> 01:17:02.200

through 16th in Milwaukee, so coming up later this week. Um, 01:17:02.200 --> 01:17:06.634

Mayor Winston will be part of the program, um, as part of, uh,

01:17:06.634 --> 01:17:13.100

his participation in this event, uh, the mayor’s requested, um, 01:17:13.100 --> 01:17:16.734

uh, reimbursement related to gas and any parking expenses,

01:17:16.734 --> 01:17:21.400

uh, and potentially up to $80 per day and the per diem and 01:17:21.400 --> 01:17:24.867

then supplemental council pay if it’s requested, um, the

01:17:24.867 --> 01:17:28.867

mayor will be driving a city vehicle to Milwaukee, um, and

01:17:28.867 --> 01:17:32.166

so saving a little bit of an expense with regard to rent. a 01:17:32.166 --> 01:17:34.834

car, um, happy to take any questions that the council

01:17:34.834 --> 01:17:43.400

might have. So total estimated cost would be up to $293. Which 01:17:43.400 --> 01:17:47.667

would be easily accommodated within the 2025, um, council

01:17:47.667 --> 01:17:56.400

budget for these types of expenses. Council member 01:17:56.400 --> 01:18:02.133

Erickson. Motion to prove Mayor Winston to travel to and attend 01:18:02.133 --> 01:18:05.266

the Great Lakes in Saint Lawrence cities initiatives

01:18:05.266 --> 01:18:13.367

annual meeting from May 14th through 16, 2025. It can Uh, 01:18:13.367 --> 01:18:16.033

motion was made by council member Erikson. I’m gonna give

01:18:16.033 --> 01:18:19.667

it to council members young. She might be closer to my ear

01:18:19.667 --> 01:18:23.467

for seconding. I’m sorry. I know you gotta be gotta be 01:18:23.467 --> 01:18:28.166

quicker than that. So we’ll need a roll call vote. OK,

01:18:28.166 --> 01:18:31.667

you’re voting on agenda item of 7.3, the council member 01:18:31.667 --> 01:18:39.400

Kleanowski. I Council member page. Council member McGarvey.

01:18:39.400 --> 01:18:49.166

Council member Tran. Este. Council member Erikson. Council 01:18:49.166 --> 01:18:56.367

members young. Mayor Winston. Uh, abstain. The motion passes 01:18:56.367 --> 01:19:07.233

with 12345 yes votes, 0 no votes, and 2 abstentions. You, 01:19:07.233 --> 01:19:13.533

so we will next move to item 8.1, uh police department 01:19:13.533 --> 01:19:32.266

annual report. is that sharing. You sharing? Yeah. Oh. To be 01:19:32.266 --> 01:19:42.400

presented by Chief Mark Boley. Mayor Winston, Council members, 01:19:42.400 --> 01:19:45.133

good evening. Mark, really pleased, Chief, uh, my pleasure

01:19:45.133 --> 01:19:48.567

to, uh, introduce the 2024 annual report. Um, I will go

01:19:48.567 --> 01:19:52.634

through a few of the highlights, um, but, uh, the intent here is 01:19:52.634 --> 01:19:54.734

to be really transparent back when I became police chief a

01:19:54.734 --> 01:19:56.800

couple of years ago. This is one of the first things that I

01:19:56.800 --> 01:19:58.467

changed that I thought was really important, and that was

01:19:58.467 --> 01:20:02.200

to create an annual report and that we do in an effort to be 01:20:02.200 --> 01:20:04.467

really transparent with our community in all facets of the

01:20:04.467 --> 01:20:07.000

police department and have it in one concise document for

01:20:07.000 --> 01:20:10.266

that year, which includes things like use of force and 01:20:10.266 --> 01:20:13.533

crime, um and strategy. and what our accomplishments and

01:20:13.533 --> 01:20:16.767

challenges were throughout the year. And so this is 2024’s

01:20:16.767 --> 01:20:19.800

report, and again, I’ll go over some of the highlights and if

01:20:19.800 --> 01:20:21.934

uh council members have questions about the real intent 01:20:21.934 --> 01:20:24.500

here is to be transparent from the perspective of the police

01:20:24.500 --> 01:20:28.867

department. That’s a photograph of our amazing uh police

01:20:28.867 --> 01:20:31.634

department taking out our department meeting uh minus our 01:20:31.634 --> 01:20:42.233

undercover officers which are not included. Um, Chief’s 01:20:42.233 --> 01:20:45.033

message is just a message to me and the community to really

01:20:45.033 --> 01:20:47.000

recap um what we’ve accomplished throughout the

01:20:47.000 --> 01:20:50.266

year. One of the big things we had, uh, challenges with is on 01:20:50.266 --> 01:20:54.000

boarding in roughly 50 employees over the year of 2024,

01:20:54.000 --> 01:20:58.300

which is the most we’ve ever done. Um, table of contents.

01:20:58.300 --> 01:21:00.400

I’ll skip over vision and goals just to remind the community 01:21:00.400 --> 01:21:03.166

those are unchanged. I’ll talk about department coals which

01:21:03.166 --> 01:21:05.367

have been the same since I started and that’s to reduce

01:21:05.367 --> 01:21:07.634

violent crime, work with the community and crime prevention

01:21:07.634 --> 01:21:11.166

efforts. Bill police legitimacy at every interaction. I made 01:21:11.166 --> 01:21:13.233

that a priority. We wrote it down. We talked about it all

01:21:13.233 --> 01:21:16.367

the time in the police department that we cannot

01:21:16.367 --> 01:21:18.767

police unless we unless we have trust with the community and

01:21:18.767 --> 01:21:21.367

good partnerships, and that starts with uh legitimacy. 01:21:21.367 --> 01:21:24.100

People have to know that when that police officer shows up

01:21:24.100 --> 01:21:26.200

wearing this uniform, this badge that they know that

01:21:26.200 --> 01:21:28.667

they’re they’re to serve them and have the best interests of

01:21:28.667 --> 01:21:30.834

the community. And so we built that right into our goal and 01:21:30.834 --> 01:21:33.567

everything that we do and then ensure work environment where

01:21:33.567 --> 01:21:39.367

all our staff can do their best work. Um, just to recap of our

01:21:39.367 --> 01:21:42.000

patrol division, which really has talked about our crime. Um, 01:21:42.000 --> 01:21:46.767

these are our crime final crime stats for 2024, um, they are,

01:21:46.767 --> 01:21:50.000

uh, obviously really good. I’m very proud of this work. Um, we 01:21:50.000 --> 01:21:53.200

have a record low 35 year low, which is really the time period

01:21:53.200 --> 01:21:55.934

where we have really good stats where we can compare year to

01:21:55.934 --> 01:21:59.634

year. We go back 35 years, where a record low total crime

01:21:59.634 --> 01:22:03.467

in the city in Brooklyn Park and also um we are uh low, very 01:22:03.467 --> 01:22:06.166

low in the last 5 years in violent crime, which was what

01:22:06.166 --> 01:22:08.266

we hear from the community all the time. What we want to be

01:22:08.266 --> 01:22:11.367

focused on, uh, just to give you the real numbers when we 01:22:11.367 --> 01:22:14.367

talk about violent crime, they’re, they’re relatively low.

01:22:14.367 --> 01:22:16.667

Sometimes people in the community when I talk to them,

01:22:16.667 --> 01:22:18.467

believe we have thousands and thousands of violent crimes

01:22:18.467 --> 01:22:22.567

that occur in Brooklyn Park, and we don’t, um, but we have 01:22:22.567 --> 01:22:26.400

240 in 2024. Um, these are rapes, robbery, murders, um,

01:22:26.400 --> 01:22:28.400

first-degree assaults, so they’re very significant and

01:22:28.400 --> 01:22:32.166

those are um 240 times that somebody was, was victimized. 01:22:32.166 --> 01:22:36.934

So while the numbers low, it’s extremely impactful and hurts

01:22:36.934 --> 01:22:40.166

individuals and so Um, some other pieces of information on 01:22:40.166 --> 01:22:45.133

this, uh. page that I think is interesting to people is, um,

01:22:45.133 --> 01:22:47.166

sometimes people see lights and sirens and they think the

01:22:47.166 --> 01:22:49.400

police are constantly responding to calls and so we

01:22:49.400 --> 01:22:52.233

put the top 10 calls of the Brooklyn Park Police Department 01:22:52.233 --> 01:22:54.734

responds to and it’s really medical disturbances, car

01:22:54.734 --> 01:22:57.800

accidents, welfare checks, and then animal complaints. Those

01:22:57.800 --> 01:23:01.000

are the top uh calls that we are getting called for and then 01:23:01.000 --> 01:23:03.734

after that is alarms, please call for reports to take a

01:23:03.734 --> 01:23:07.033

report for like damaged property, other things, police

01:23:07.033 --> 01:23:10.033

assistance, um, then civil disputes and suspicious 01:23:10.033 --> 01:23:13.200

activities, so, uh, actually crime doesn’t even. make our

01:23:13.200 --> 01:23:17.567

top 10 things that people call 911 for. Um, stolen vehicles

01:23:17.567 --> 01:23:20.800

still remain to be a very hot topic, um, and those are the 01:23:20.800 --> 01:23:24.467

top vehicles stolen in Brooklyn Park. Um, we did see really

01:23:24.467 --> 01:23:30.367

good reduction in numbers of um uh of stolen vehicles down to 01:23:30.367 --> 01:23:35.266

310, that’s 310 too many in my opinion. And then shots fired

01:23:35.266 --> 01:23:38.367

have come down drastically, we’re just a little bit over

01:23:38.367 --> 01:23:42.166

last year, um, but compared to to the previous years, um, we 01:23:42.166 --> 01:23:48.000

feel like it’s trending in the right direction. Use of force

01:23:48.000 --> 01:23:51.166

data, another misnomer people are sometimes believe that 01:23:51.166 --> 01:23:54.634

police officers use in Brooklyn Park a lot of force, um, and we

01:23:54.634 --> 01:23:58.200

really don’t, we have been really focused on uh a lot of

01:23:58.200 --> 01:24:01.900

strategies, um, which include de-escalation, which include 01:24:01.900 --> 01:24:04.734

teaching officers how to use multiple officer calls, meaning

01:24:04.734 --> 01:24:08.400

bring more officers to a scene and really slow down an instant

01:24:08.400 --> 01:24:12.533

in and use time to your to your benefit, um, and you can see 01:24:12.533 --> 01:24:16.800

that uh in 2024, police officers used force 45 times.

01:24:16.800 --> 01:24:24.300

Um, which is extremely low and we’re very proud of that. Uh, 01:24:24.300 --> 01:24:26.500

assistants complaints, so we showed how many complaints that

01:24:26.500 --> 01:24:29.634

we have and what those complaints actually are, so 61

01:24:29.634 --> 01:24:32.867

times that we received complaints against police 01:24:32.867 --> 01:24:36.533

officers in 2024. We have uh some of the most aggressive

01:24:36.533 --> 01:24:38.734

policies around police officers’ complaints, um, I

01:24:38.734 --> 01:24:41.867

changed the policy to include every complaint alleged against 01:24:41.867 --> 01:24:44.100

a police officer will be investigated and the

01:24:44.100 --> 01:24:47.266

complainant will receive a written response on the outcome

01:24:47.266 --> 01:24:49.934

of that investigation. It does not matter what the allegation

01:24:49.934 --> 01:24:52.533

of misconduct is. It doesn’t matter if we know it didn’t 01:24:52.533 --> 01:24:55.266

occur, for example, if the employee wasn’t. that work, we

01:24:55.266 --> 01:24:57.500

still conduct a full investigation. We still write

01:24:57.500 --> 01:25:02.300

it all down. We still track it and we still report that back 01:25:02.300 --> 01:25:04.533

to the complainant. So no matter what the complaint is in

01:25:04.533 --> 01:25:07.000

Brooklyn Park, if you file a complaint, it will be written

01:25:07.000 --> 01:25:12.467

down. It will be investigated and it will be. Responded back 01:25:12.467 --> 01:25:17.667

to, uh, Nanceorn uh staff had 8 total complaints in 2024. In

01:25:17.667 --> 01:25:23.000

all the breakdown is obviously here. Uh, one thing we include 01:25:23.000 --> 01:25:26.233

here is a glossary of what complaints um are, what’s the

01:25:26.233 --> 01:25:29.533

definition, sometimes we get really heavy and police jargon

01:25:29.533 --> 01:25:31.634

and some people have a little bit difficult interpreting what 01:25:31.634 --> 01:25:34.767

does that mean? What is exonerated mean? What is

01:25:34.767 --> 01:25:37.400

conduct unbecoming mean, so we put all those definitions in

01:25:37.400 --> 01:25:41.266

here for community to be able to decipher what we see, um, 01:25:41.266 --> 01:25:43.867

when we break down those individual complaints so they

01:25:43.867 --> 01:25:47.634

can look at how many times there are complaints about a

01:25:47.634 --> 01:25:50.467

specific um uh allegation and then look at this and determine 01:25:50.467 --> 01:25:54.634

what the allegation definition. is Uh, diversification of the

01:25:54.634 --> 01:25:57.300

police department remains a high priority for me has for a

01:25:57.300 --> 01:26:00.533

long time, including when I was a deputy chief police here, um, 01:26:00.533 --> 01:26:03.834

a couple of things here we we’re starting to track officer

01:26:03.834 --> 01:26:07.467

gender diversity, um, you can see that we have now reached

01:26:07.467 --> 01:26:10.133

the highest percentage that we have for female officers. Uh, 01:26:10.133 --> 01:26:13.734

one of the things I signed I became police chief 2 years ago,

01:26:13.734 --> 01:26:18.033

2.5 years ago was a commitment to um the women police Officers

01:26:18.033 --> 01:26:21.800

Association, a 30 by 30 program where we are trying to have 30% 01:26:21.800 --> 01:26:26.000

of our sworn officers be. uh, women, um, including in our

01:26:26.000 --> 01:26:29.734

command staff, uh, since that time, we’ve promoted two

01:26:29.734 --> 01:26:33.467

sergeants to, um, rank that were both females, and then you 01:26:33.467 --> 01:26:36.266

see the numbers here of the amount of females that we are

01:26:36.266 --> 01:26:43.133

on, so we have 5 short years to get that number up to 30%. 01:26:43.133 --> 01:26:45.400

Racial diversity also remains a focus. You can see that today

01:26:45.400 --> 01:26:49.000

as I stand before you, we have uh the most diverse police

01:26:49.000 --> 01:26:53.300

department that we’ve ever had in the city of Brooklyn Park, 01:26:53.300 --> 01:26:56.767

um, about 33 officers out of our current 98 that we have

01:26:56.767 --> 01:27:00.734

working here authorized strength of 106, but 33 of them 01:27:00.734 --> 01:27:03.467

are uh officers of color, so very proud of the hard work and

01:27:03.467 --> 01:27:08.900

recruiting that we’ve done around that subject. Um, so

01:27:08.900 --> 01:27:14.100

patrol. Initiatives, um, just to update so there’s things 01:27:14.100 --> 01:27:17.867

that we brought on last year we uh came to council around uh

01:27:17.867 --> 01:27:20.000

starting a drone program and so called approved that and we 01:27:20.000 --> 01:27:23.734

have drones out there 24 hours a day in our squad cars and are

01:27:23.734 --> 01:27:26.867

used, the breakdown of how we’re using those is 166 times

01:27:26.867 --> 01:27:30.100

we flew a drone last year in 2024 regarding criminal 01:27:30.100 --> 01:27:33.266

activity that means we’re trying to look for suspects who

01:27:33.266 --> 01:27:37.100

had fled or evaded arrest, and we flew a drone, um, 79 times

01:27:37.100 --> 01:27:39.767

we were looking for missing people that had left their

01:27:39.767 --> 01:27:42.500

house or were lost, and we flew a drone to help find them, 9 01:27:42.500 --> 01:27:44.634

times we used them as coordination with our SWAT team

01:27:44.634 --> 01:27:47.834

on the deployment. Where they were assisting our SWAT team,

01:27:47.834 --> 01:27:52.000

looking through a window or doing a large area search, and 01:27:52.000 --> 01:27:54.500

then 122 times we were using it for training to practice to

01:27:54.500 --> 01:27:57.367

make sure that we’re efficient with them and make sure that

01:27:57.367 --> 01:28:01.166

we’re using them correctly and that’s a total of 376 drone 01:28:01.166 --> 01:28:05.867

flights that occurred in the city of Brooklyn Park in 2024.

01:28:05.867 --> 01:28:09.667

Uh, K9 unit update, um, we have, uh, retooled our entire key

01:28:09.667 --> 01:28:12.467

name program. I just remind council, um, that I made a 01:28:12.467 --> 01:28:15.467

commitment that I did not believe that apprehension

01:28:15.467 --> 01:28:18.133

canines no longer serve the interest of this police

01:28:18.133 --> 01:28:22.367

department or our community. Apprehension canines are 01:28:22.367 --> 01:28:25.266

canines that bite individuals when they find them, um, and

01:28:25.266 --> 01:28:27.734

that is an absolute use of force and at times can be a

01:28:27.734 --> 01:28:31.033

very significant use of force, and I believe that decisions to 01:28:31.033 --> 01:28:34.667

use force can be done by trained police officers, not

01:28:34.667 --> 01:28:37.867

our canine friends. Um, our Kenyan friends are really good

01:28:37.867 --> 01:28:41.166

about smelling things we can’t, meaning they can track and find 01:28:41.166 --> 01:28:46.467

guns, people, and drugs and are a great tool, um, but we do not

01:28:46.467 --> 01:28:49.100

need them um with all the advancements and law

01:28:49.100 --> 01:28:53.500

enforcement with tasers, pepper ball guns, and tactics and more 01:28:53.500 --> 01:28:56.667

officers we can make decisions as human beings when force is

01:28:56.667 --> 01:29:00.367

needed, not necessarily with the canine, so we no longer 01:29:00.367 --> 01:29:03.567

have any apprehension canines. These dogs do not bite people.

01:29:03.567 --> 01:29:08.367

They are all, um, just solely focused. On finding people or

01:29:08.367 --> 01:29:11.533

finding weapons, explosives and narcotics. We do have a 4th dog, 01:29:11.533 --> 01:29:15.400

which is actually a black lab. It’s just finishing training

01:29:15.400 --> 01:29:18.467

right now. So in 2025, we’ll actually have four of these

01:29:18.467 --> 01:29:21.667

canine partners out there serving our community that 01:29:21.667 --> 01:29:25.934

particular canine just um got through trials and had set the

01:29:25.934 --> 01:29:30.166

record for the fastest finds in the entire trial. So that dog 01:29:30.166 --> 01:29:32.467

is really talented and we’re looking forward to him coming

01:29:32.467 --> 01:29:39.400

out. And actually, if you look at the background, there he is

01:29:39.400 --> 01:29:46.200

right there in the bottom right. Um, and then just to breakdown, 01:29:46.200 --> 01:29:48.467

we’re talking about canines with all the statistics for

01:29:48.467 --> 01:29:52.367

each dog are listed there um for people to understand what 01:29:52.367 --> 01:29:56.367

each uh uh Kan partner was deployed upon and what they did,

01:29:56.367 --> 01:29:59.233

um, some of these though, these two of these canines had came

01:29:59.233 --> 01:30:02.100

out mid-year, so it only reflects part of the year for 01:30:02.100 --> 01:30:07.100

them. Uh, statistics on Brooklyn Park jail, um, quite a

01:30:07.100 --> 01:30:09.200

bit of staffing issues and challenges about keeping our

01:30:09.200 --> 01:30:12.500

jail staff that has been rectified in a much better 01:30:12.500 --> 01:30:17.200

place in 2025, um. Uh, also online reporting was a big

01:30:17.200 --> 01:30:26.800

initiative that we started in 2024. Online reporting is 01:30:26.800 --> 01:30:30.000

actually is, um, in many ways quicker than calling a police 01:30:30.000 --> 01:30:33.800

officer because it gets directly in front of uh

01:30:33.800 --> 01:30:36.400

sergeant and investigations, sometimes that very day or

01:30:36.400 --> 01:30:39.300

certainly the next day, making it very efficient. What we’re

01:30:39.300 --> 01:30:44.000

really seeing the benefits is many of our businesses that um 01:30:44.000 --> 01:30:48.233

are around shoplifting heavy users of like uh Fleet Farm,

01:30:48.233 --> 01:30:51.400

Target, Walmart, places that have lots of shoplifting have 01:30:51.400 --> 01:30:53.634

found this to be very beneficial because of loss

01:30:53.634 --> 01:30:56.300

prevention. officers can immediately do um a form online

01:30:56.300 --> 01:30:59.900

in both have it charged almost immediately, um, because of the

01:30:59.900 --> 01:31:02.100

process or it can get it in front of an investigator to do 01:31:02.100 --> 01:31:04.734

follow up almost immediately, so it’s a really efficient way

01:31:04.734 --> 01:31:09.033

to use our resources and also they can load in photographs,

01:31:09.033 --> 01:31:11.367

identifications, um, items missing, they can load that 01:31:11.367 --> 01:31:14.900

right into our online reporting so it has been a big advantage,

01:31:14.900 --> 01:31:19.133

uh, both for our community and certainly for our businesses to

01:31:19.133 --> 01:31:22.367

use our own shoplifting and our SWAT deployments are on here, 01:31:22.367 --> 01:31:24.467

um, what the SWAT team was deployed. upon last year.

01:31:24.467 --> 01:31:27.100

National Night Out, it’s my favorite picture in the lower

01:31:27.100 --> 01:31:29.400

left, it was just, I don’t even know who took it, I was at one

01:31:29.400 --> 01:31:32.567

of the parties, but it’s on my desk in my office and I 01:31:32.567 --> 01:31:37.667

absolutely love that photo. Uh, star center Business coalition

01:31:37.667 --> 01:31:41.100

is something that we started, um, try to connect the the 01:31:41.100 --> 01:31:43.634

businesses around Starlight, um, we know that Cub closed there,

01:31:43.634 --> 01:31:47.400

we really feel that area is more vulnerable, um, and needs

01:31:47.400 --> 01:31:50.100

a lot of connectivity with each other, so we are working 01:31:50.100 --> 01:31:53.467

diligently to build a really cohesive coalition with the

01:31:53.467 --> 01:31:56.634

businesses around that area so they can really be resilient

01:31:56.634 --> 01:31:59.166

towards criminal activity and help each other out, build a

01:31:59.166 --> 01:32:02.867

really safe and, and thriving area for businesses to thrive. 01:32:02.867 --> 01:32:06.100

Uh, investigations, breakdown of all the cases that went on

01:32:06.100 --> 01:32:10.567

to investigations, um. And some information about our community 01:32:10.567 --> 01:32:15.634

health unit, previously known as our mental health unit, um.

01:32:15.634 --> 01:32:18.367

This is additional data about community health unit I just

01:32:18.367 --> 01:32:21.634

presented uh this slide in several slides to the county 01:32:21.634 --> 01:32:23.734

commissioners around it. So when we looked at just some

01:32:23.734 --> 01:32:26.900

things that we are consistent around, and that is overdose,

01:32:26.900 --> 01:32:29.634

suicide and suicide attempts. When we track those, we look

01:32:29.634 --> 01:32:33.166

like we see that we have substantially reduced the 01:32:33.166 --> 01:32:36.100

number of those calls in the city of Brooklyn Park. Um, this

01:32:36.100 --> 01:32:38.634

is directly related to the community health unit and even

01:32:38.634 --> 01:32:41.266

more precise is directly related to our alternative 01:32:41.266 --> 01:32:44.834

response team, that is really finding solutions uh for

01:32:44.834 --> 01:32:47.367

individuals leading to us not having repeat calls to their

01:32:47.367 --> 01:32:51.667

address or to those individuals and so quite honestly, um, this 01:32:51.667 --> 01:32:54.734

has a lot of people’s attention, both at the county and at the

01:32:54.734 --> 01:32:59.467

state level about how this is working and um uh there’s a lot

01:32:59.467 --> 01:33:02.667

of conversations around how to uh take this model which we 01:33:02.667 --> 01:33:04.900

call the alternative response, but um we’re really starting to

01:33:04.900 --> 01:33:07.567

use the term as the fourth responder, if you will, so you

01:33:07.567 --> 01:33:11.133

have police, fire, paramedics, and then the fourth responder 01:33:11.133 --> 01:33:14.000

would be this mental health cars that would be on the 911

01:33:14.000 --> 01:33:18.667

system, and I really foresee Um, Hennebec County being the lead

01:33:18.667 --> 01:33:21.000

on this project in the state, but in the future, I think this 01:33:21.000 --> 01:33:24.533

is just going to be the model of how we provide service to

01:33:24.533 --> 01:33:27.200

our communities. So, uh, Brooklyn Park remains a leader

01:33:27.200 --> 01:33:29.634

in this space, and then you see some of the data down there on

01:33:29.634 --> 01:33:34.634

the bottom. Uh, another big initiative we started is the 01:33:34.634 --> 01:33:36.867

BCA task force. This was the governor set aside money to

01:33:36.867 --> 01:33:40.567

create a violent crimes task force. We put a body in that 01:33:40.567 --> 01:33:45.000

task force. They have been very successful in tracking

01:33:45.000 --> 01:33:50.200

individuals, um, involved in violent crimes, for example, uh, 01:33:50.200 --> 01:33:52.934

they were instrumental in solving, making the arrest of

01:33:52.934 --> 01:33:55.166

the shooting incident that occurred up at Wingstop, it was

01:33:55.166 --> 01:33:58.367

that group, so many of our really violent incidents are

01:33:58.367 --> 01:34:01.367

turned over to this group that has lots of resources and 01:34:01.367 --> 01:34:04.734

partner with our. investigators to do really follow up across

01:34:04.734 --> 01:34:10.467

the entire state, no matter where these individuals reside. 01:34:10.467 --> 01:34:12.734

Our school resources officers are back in school. We’re very

01:34:12.734 --> 01:34:16.867

proud of that in 2024, our school districts are also

01:34:16.867 --> 01:34:19.166

extremely happy about that. Community intervention unit, we

01:34:19.166 --> 01:34:22.200

talked about this group a lot. We’re very excited about this 01:34:22.200 --> 01:34:24.900

work that’s being done as we speak, and I walked over here,

01:34:24.900 --> 01:34:27.133

I’ve seen them leaving the police department to go out for

01:34:27.133 --> 01:34:31.367

the evening and we’re very excited to report back on 2025 01:34:31.367 --> 01:34:37.100

annual report of um how they did and what they’re doing. The

01:34:37.100 --> 01:34:39.900

showcase Halloween event, which was extremely well attended, um,

01:34:39.900 --> 01:34:42.533

again, building our brand, building our legitimacy starts 01:34:42.533 --> 01:34:45.734

with our youth, and that was just a great event to capture

01:34:45.734 --> 01:34:50.000

youth and candy, it seems to really track children to the 01:34:50.000 --> 01:34:53.200

police department, um, and this support services division. We

01:34:53.200 --> 01:34:56.934

had some hours changes, um, and we updated to be more effective

01:34:56.934 --> 01:34:59.667

for our community members. Uh, one thing that we probably

01:34:59.667 --> 01:35:03.834

don’t talk about is the amount of just for our record request 01:35:03.834 --> 01:35:06.533

that we get for the city, but specifically for the police.

01:35:06.533 --> 01:35:10.266

Just FOIA is a software that we implemented citywide, um, but 01:35:10.266 --> 01:35:12.867

really at the police department, it has made us much more

01:35:12.867 --> 01:35:15.166

efficient and it’s an online process that you can make

01:35:15.166 --> 01:35:18.467

requests, just to give you a sense of how many requests we

01:35:18.467 --> 01:35:23.734

are getting for public data. Um, we had 7110 requests for public 01:35:23.734 --> 01:35:27.900

data in one year in 2024. It is, and this is for body camera,

01:35:27.900 --> 01:35:31.734

squad camera, police reports, um, you know, statements, you 01:35:31.734 --> 01:35:34.834

name it, if it, if the police department has it generally, if

01:35:34.834 --> 01:35:37.500

it’s not under criminal investigation. It’s public and

01:35:37.500 --> 01:35:42.533

we are um at times overwhelmed with requests and keeping up 01:35:42.533 --> 01:35:45.634

with requests. We have a two day turnaround. I can tell you

01:35:45.634 --> 01:35:49.200

other communities I’m hearing it’s taking around 300 days to

01:35:49.200 --> 01:35:52.200

get turned around on a request, so we’re really doing well in 01:35:52.200 --> 01:35:54.634

this space and a lot of that is the new software that we were

01:35:54.634 --> 01:35:59.367

able to coordinate our efforts around. 2025 initiatives was a

01:35:59.367 --> 01:36:01.667

build up of flock cameras if you remember in 2024, I talked 01:36:01.667 --> 01:36:03.867

about the flock cameras that are starting to go throughout

01:36:03.867 --> 01:36:06.867

our city that just uh re license plates looking for

01:36:06.867 --> 01:36:09.734

stolen vehicles. We think that we had a, a pretty significant

01:36:09.734 --> 01:36:11.634

impact in finding stolen vehicles, reducing that number, 01:36:11.634 --> 01:36:14.367

but we think there’s a lot of work that we can do around that

01:36:14.367 --> 01:36:17.033

with these camera systems and so we’re trying to build out

01:36:17.033 --> 01:36:20.300

that network, um, also the canine and investigation, so 01:36:20.300 --> 01:36:23.100

our 4th dog that we’re bringing on are will allow us to put a

01:36:23.100 --> 01:36:26.834

dog in our canine unit canine unit in our investigative

01:36:26.834 --> 01:36:28.734

division, um, allowing them to be. on there for every search

01:36:28.734 --> 01:36:32.500

warrant that they do, um, every deployment, uh, 5 days a week, 01:36:32.500 --> 01:36:35.900

um, which is gonna be really nice for. For us and our

01:36:35.900 --> 01:36:42.900

investigative division. And with that, I will stand for any 01:36:42.900 --> 01:36:48.467

questions that you might have. Thank you for all the work that

01:36:48.467 --> 01:37:02.867

you’re doing. Um, we appreciate it, uh, council member Erikson. 01:37:02.867 --> 01:37:07.500

that was residual. Um So I guess I have a question and um

01:37:07.500 --> 01:37:09.900

you know, when we talk about those FOIA requests that seems

01:37:09.900 --> 01:37:14.100

like a ton of requests. You said that the, it creates some 01:37:14.100 --> 01:37:17.266

operational issues, and then I see, uh, some other leadership

01:37:17.266 --> 01:37:20.233

in the back shaking their head as well. Um, so, so it must be 01:37:20.233 --> 01:37:25.400

true, more than one person agreed to it, but, um, I guess

01:37:25.400 --> 01:37:30.133

other way is, is there another resource needed for that or We 01:37:30.133 --> 01:37:33.467

may be charged more for some of these things. Or is there ways

01:37:33.467 --> 01:37:36.200

we can use AI and some new technology out there that can

01:37:36.200 --> 01:37:39.200

help us sift through some of these and answer them so that

01:37:39.200 --> 01:37:43.000

they’re not kind of slowing down some of the um other 01:37:43.000 --> 01:37:46.400

important work that you’re doing. Mayor Winston Council

01:37:46.400 --> 01:37:50.467

members, I think you’re spot on. Um, we’ve got, uh, the software 01:37:50.467 --> 01:37:53.133

which really helped us coordinate the response so that

01:37:53.133 --> 01:37:58.100

um we could track them and be able to um uh you know, really

01:37:58.100 --> 01:38:00.133

coordinate the volume because it was kind of unwieldy to be 01:38:00.133 --> 01:38:03.800

honest with you, but absolutely right now it is really staff

01:38:03.800 --> 01:38:06.400

heavy of staff filling those requests and sending it out,

01:38:06.400 --> 01:38:10.767

and they come from community from attorneys, from uh, from, 01:38:10.767 --> 01:38:13.400

uh, you know, requests all over the nation from media, no

01:38:13.400 --> 01:38:15.533

matter what’s going on. If somebody wants data. that they

01:38:15.533 --> 01:38:19.266

can make a public request, um, the easy answer would be we

01:38:19.266 --> 01:38:21.734

need additional staff. I do think we gotta assemble some, 01:38:21.734 --> 01:38:24.133

at least in the police department, a team of people to

01:38:24.133 --> 01:38:26.900

really look at the strategies to be more effective, and I

01:38:26.900 --> 01:38:30.634

know that in some places like Seattle, Washington, uh, 01:38:30.634 --> 01:38:33.133

they’ve put all the police reports online and all their

01:38:33.133 --> 01:38:36.367

body cam or all their squad camera online because it’s, it

01:38:36.367 --> 01:38:38.166

was public anyway, and so they just tell people to go there

01:38:38.166 --> 01:38:41.300

and get it. I’m not suggesting that that’s that what we do, I 01:38:41.300 --> 01:38:44.500

think there’s a better way to do it. I’m just saying that, uh,

01:38:44.500 --> 01:38:47.133

other police department s around the whole, across the

01:38:47.133 --> 01:38:49.367

whole nation are feeling the same pressures, and I think

01:38:49.367 --> 01:38:51.900

we’ve got to find some alternative ways to address it, 01:38:51.900 --> 01:38:54.166

because it’s going up exponentially each year. I know

01:38:54.166 --> 01:38:58.400

that we’re gonna beat that number in 2025. So then I’m

01:38:58.400 --> 01:39:02.000

wondering then if we can, within the next few months just 01:39:02.000 --> 01:39:04.667

have maybe some solutions put in front of us if they need our

01:39:04.667 --> 01:39:06.800

support. If there’s, if there’s things you don’t need our

01:39:06.800 --> 01:39:11.133

support, that’s fine. But if you need our, our support or 01:39:11.133 --> 01:39:13.367

resources from us, uh, maybe in the next few months if we can

01:39:13.367 --> 01:39:16.400

have some options put in front of us, that would be great.

01:39:16.400 --> 01:39:20.000

Mayor Whitson council members, absolutely. uh, Council member 01:39:20.000 --> 01:39:32.900

Tran. Um Can, uh, can you explain more about misdemeanor 01:39:32.900 --> 01:39:41.467

taps. What’s different between the texts and misdemeanor. have 01:39:41.467 --> 01:39:44.200

Mayor Winston, council members, council member Tran, are you

01:39:44.200 --> 01:39:46.467

referring to what’s called a tab charge, like a misdemeanor

01:39:46.467 --> 01:39:51.133

tab charge. Is that what you’re seeing in the slides? Yeah, a 01:39:51.133 --> 01:39:53.934

tap charge is a misdemeanor that we know the person, we

01:39:53.934 --> 01:39:56.033

know they believe we have probable cause to believe they

01:39:56.033 --> 01:39:58.567

committed a crime, and the officer can submit a tab charge

01:39:58.567 --> 01:40:03.467

right to the city attorney to issue charges by summons for 01:40:03.467 --> 01:40:06.800

them to arrive. Um, that means they would not have been

01:40:06.800 --> 01:40:09.266

arrested, um, sometimes it’s because the crime’s very low,

01:40:09.266 --> 01:40:12.467

we’re not going to go out there and make an arrest and the 01:40:12.467 --> 01:40:14.734

crime the crime is so low, it just makes more sense,

01:40:14.734 --> 01:40:17.367

functionality to issue a tab charge and for the city

01:40:17.367 --> 01:40:19.533

attorney to then issue a summons for them to appear in

01:40:19.533 --> 01:40:21.667

court. If they don’t appear in court, and then it would be up 01:40:21.667 --> 01:40:26.367

to the courts to make the termination issue a warrant.

01:40:26.367 --> 01:40:35.734

Thank you. You’re welcome. Were there any further questions 01:40:35.734 --> 01:40:46.667

before I make another comment? OK, um, I will say also, um, 01:40:46.667 --> 01:40:50.400

You know, again, I know early on and I know before we came on 01:40:50.400 --> 01:40:53.100

some of the alternative response and I know that chain,

01:40:53.100 --> 01:40:56.400

that name is morphing, but there was, um, investment in

01:40:56.400 --> 01:41:00.100

that, uh, but I am excited that that is, we kind of doubled 01:41:00.100 --> 01:41:04.467

down on that. I’m excited that that’s showing fruit. Uh, I’m

01:41:04.467 --> 01:41:06.500

excited for the community intervention team. And I also

01:41:06.500 --> 01:41:11.767

think that the fact that um you are hitting milestones when it 01:41:11.767 --> 01:41:15.467

comes to women being on the force, um, also people of color

01:41:15.467 --> 01:41:19.200

being on the force, and you, you’re still pushing down crime.

01:41:19.200 --> 01:41:21.934

I think that is a false narrative that has been 01:41:21.934 --> 01:41:24.166

circulating is that when you have a certain level of

01:41:24.166 --> 01:41:26.667

diversity, you’re just not going to get the outcomes. I

01:41:26.667 --> 01:41:29.867

think within Brooklyn Park, we’re pushing back on that on a

01:41:29.867 --> 01:41:34.667

number of fronts to say that, uh, if we have, whether it is 01:41:34.667 --> 01:41:37.367

uh gender diversity or racial diversity or ethnic diversity,

01:41:37.367 --> 01:41:41.100

whatever type of diversity, um, because we have it in Brooklyn 01:41:41.100 --> 01:41:44.233

Park that we can still have some very successful outcomes.

01:41:44.233 --> 01:41:48.634

So I appreciate um you being very much a partner on that, uh,

01:41:48.634 --> 01:41:51.200

and I’m excited about where that is going to take us as 01:41:51.200 --> 01:41:55.000

well. I, you know, for residents who are concerned,

01:41:55.000 --> 01:41:58.233

we’re still going to, you know, do everything we can to fully

01:41:58.233 --> 01:42:01.100

fund our police department. I think we have addressed, there 01:42:01.100 --> 01:42:03.467

was some, there was some pay gaps that we were beginning to

01:42:03.467 --> 01:42:06.133

see between our police and other cities, and I think we

01:42:06.133 --> 01:42:08.934

are, we’ve addressed that and if you feel like we haven’t,

01:42:08.934 --> 01:42:11.800

please let us know now. Um, but I feel like we’re addressing 01:42:11.800 --> 01:42:13.767

that as well so that we can stay competitive in terms of

01:42:13.767 --> 01:42:16.567

having, you know, the best police department in, in the

01:42:16.567 --> 01:42:20.533

state. Um, and so just wanted to say kudos on that. I’m 01:42:20.533 --> 01:42:24.800

excited about that, but also that for us, that’s very much a

01:42:24.800 --> 01:42:29.266

strategy that is working. Um, we have a police department

01:42:29.266 --> 01:42:31.667

that increasingly is representing the city in 01:42:31.667 --> 01:42:35.567

flexible to be able to respond to the city in a way that

01:42:35.567 --> 01:42:38.667

residents understand and can kind of work with, um, I think

01:42:38.667 --> 01:42:43.266

the other piece that, you know, I brought up on a regular basis 01:42:43.266 --> 01:42:45.900

is, do we know when it comes to like domestic violence, and I,

01:42:45.900 --> 01:42:48.467

I wouldn’t really know how to get ahead of this. I know that

01:42:48.467 --> 01:42:52.100

we work with, is it, is it Cornerstone or yeah, so we work 01:42:52.100 --> 01:42:54.800

with Cornerstone on this, but I know that one of the, one of

01:42:54.800 --> 01:42:57.634

the metrics that we are always concerned about. Any city

01:42:57.634 --> 01:43:01.133

should be concerned about is the violent crime, is this 01:43:01.133 --> 01:43:03.934

domestic violence contribute heavily to that piece, and if

01:43:03.934 --> 01:43:07.634

so, are we beginning to, you know, kind of what are we

01:43:07.634 --> 01:43:11.000

looking at to say, how do we begin to drive that, that piece 01:43:11.000 --> 01:43:16.233

down. Mayor Winston council members, um, it’s certainly

01:43:16.233 --> 01:43:19.900

intertwined in there. We have always had, um, aggravated

01:43:19.900 --> 01:43:22.400

assaults that have been domestic related um that do 01:43:22.400 --> 01:43:25.867

drive up that number. I would, I can absolutely get more solid

01:43:25.867 --> 01:43:29.500

numbers for you of that, um, 241 violent crimes that we had

01:43:29.500 --> 01:43:35.367

last year. I don’t think um that Would would represent like 01:43:35.367 --> 01:43:38.834

the driving force, but it’s certainly a contributing factor

01:43:38.834 --> 01:43:42.800

and unfortunately has been for a long time. We have a really 01:43:42.800 --> 01:43:45.533

robust domestic abuse coordinators um that works uh

01:43:45.533 --> 01:43:49.200

with a team at Brooklyn Park, and so we work really closely

01:43:49.200 --> 01:43:52.467

with our city attorney and trying to drive down uh 01:43:52.467 --> 01:43:54.166

domestic abuse, specifically the most violent ones that we

01:43:54.166 --> 01:43:57.767

see, but it has been a challenge for several years. OK.

01:43:57.767 --> 01:44:03.100

So I think that if um if we can, and I don’t like adding work to 01:44:03.100 --> 01:44:06.033

anyone’s plate, um, and, you know, uh, city manager roll,

01:44:06.033 --> 01:44:08.934

you’d be a part of this, but if we could have maybe some of

01:44:08.934 --> 01:44:11.634

those folks in a work session one day. It doesn’t have to be 01:44:11.634 --> 01:44:15.266

a long work session, um, but if they could kind of report out

01:44:15.266 --> 01:44:18.567

on the work they’re doing, uh, and then maybe we can just see,

01:44:18.567 --> 01:44:22.400

even if it’s not a driving factor any Woman or kid or men 01:44:22.400 --> 01:44:26.033

for that matter that grow up or have to deal with that, right?

01:44:26.033 --> 01:44:29.400

That can be very disruptive throughout every aspect of

01:44:29.400 --> 01:44:32.400

their life. So if we can um just have a better 01:44:32.400 --> 01:44:34.533

understanding that maybe, maybe there’s something we can do as

01:44:34.533 --> 01:44:37.200

a city to over time begin to push that down. It would just

01:44:37.200 --> 01:44:41.500

be great to begin to have a more robust conversations about 01:44:41.500 --> 01:44:44.266

that as well. Mayor Weston remembers the timing is perfect,

01:44:44.266 --> 01:44:47.500

so next Wednesday at our staff meeting, our domestic abuse

01:44:47.500 --> 01:44:51.100

coordinator, Cornerstone, our city attorney are all 01:44:51.100 --> 01:44:52.867

presenting on the domestic to our command. staff, the, um,

01:44:52.867 --> 01:44:55.934

the challenges, the requests, and then also what are the

01:44:55.934 --> 01:45:00.200

numbers uh in 2024 and where we’re at in 2025, so the timing 01:45:00.200 --> 01:45:02.934

is perfect after after Wednesday. I’ll have a lot of

01:45:02.934 --> 01:45:05.033

new data myself and then there should be something that we

01:45:05.033 --> 01:45:07.634

should be able to bring to a work session, uh, if I could

01:45:07.634 --> 01:45:09.900

just step back a little bit in the time regarding your

01:45:09.900 --> 01:45:13.100

conversations about supporting the police department, um, that 01:45:13.100 --> 01:45:16.200

is absolutely felt. Uh, I don’t think that we have talked about

01:45:16.200 --> 01:45:19.000

it publicly, but we should because not only is there a lot

01:45:19.000 --> 01:45:21.166

of support for the police officers in the city of 01:45:21.166 --> 01:45:23.166

Brooklyn Park. But it’s shown in the actions today there as I

01:45:23.166 --> 01:45:26.467

stand before you, I believe the Brooklynburg Police firm is the

01:45:26.467 --> 01:45:29.100

highest paid police department in the state. Um, what we

01:45:29.100 --> 01:45:32.200

needed our commitment in our contract with them is to never 01:45:32.200 --> 01:45:36.100

allow them to drop below 4 in the state, and it really is the

01:45:36.100 --> 01:45:40.200

top 27 in the metro, but by all accounts, that is the top paid 01:45:40.200 --> 01:45:43.634

departments in the state, so that is a really bold statement

01:45:43.634 --> 01:45:46.734

for a community to say that we value our, our police officers.

01:45:46.734 --> 01:45:50.900

We, we know how competitive the market is, um, and we know how 01:45:50.900 --> 01:45:52.767

challenging the job. expectations are at this police

01:45:52.767 --> 01:45:55.133

department, and we’re going to compensate you at the highest

01:45:55.133 --> 01:45:57.800

level because those are the expectations we have of you, so

01:45:57.800 --> 01:46:01.100

I know that that’s super appreciated, um, myself and, 01:46:01.100 --> 01:46:04.367

and throughout the ranks of the police department and certainly

01:46:04.367 --> 01:46:06.467

for anybody out there that’s looking for a great place to

01:46:06.467 --> 01:46:10.100

work, and that is really well compensated and well supported 01:46:10.100 --> 01:46:12.000

by their council. This is the place in the city of Brooklyn

01:46:12.000 --> 01:46:18.667

Park. So, you know, folks who are looking, good officers who

01:46:18.667 --> 01:46:22.100

are looking just if you didn’t hear that, I’ll reiterate it 01:46:22.100 --> 01:46:24.667

Brooklyn Park, you know, we pay pretty well, so you’re welcome

01:46:24.667 --> 01:46:28.800

in our city. Um, so thank you again. Um, I don’t know if

01:46:28.800 --> 01:46:33.133

there’s any further comments or questions. It’s not, uh, thank 01:46:33.133 --> 01:46:38.400

you, thank you for a job well done and appreciate it. All

01:46:38.400 --> 01:46:44.834

right. So next, we will move to Council member reports and 01:46:44.834 --> 01:46:57.133

announcements. Council member Erickson. Um Two things Turn 01:46:57.133 --> 01:47:00.367

that uh mic on. Thank you. Sorry, I always forget the mic. 01:47:00.367 --> 01:47:07.567

Uh, two things. First of all is, uh, May 28th. Councilman Ber

01:47:07.567 --> 01:47:13.133

Jong and I will be hosting an open house at Willowstone Park 01:47:13.133 --> 01:47:16.934

at 5:30. It’s a chance for residents to come and ask

01:47:16.934 --> 01:47:20.166

questions of us. Uh, there will also be key staff members from 01:47:20.166 --> 01:47:24.367

various departments there, um. For accessible to residents. So

01:47:24.367 --> 01:47:28.900

if you have questions about Operations and maintenance or

01:47:28.900 --> 01:47:33.400

police department or What council member or I think about 01:47:33.400 --> 01:47:36.634

this or that. Uh, you’re welcome to come. We will be at

01:47:36.634 --> 01:47:45.233

Willowstone Park, May 28th at 5:30 until 8, I think. Be at 01:47:45.233 --> 01:47:53.900

that one as well, so. I think so. Second thing, Um And taking 01:47:53.900 --> 01:48:02.200

onto the chiefs. Um Report and our appreciation for their work, 01:48:02.200 --> 01:48:09.367

um. Two of the command staff have had very Um, I think very

01:48:09.367 --> 01:48:19.367

effective, very good. Actually 3 recently, um. Media exposures, 01:48:19.367 --> 01:48:24.133

uh, Inspector Raby’s comments on level 3 sex offenders, um. 01:48:24.133 --> 01:48:30.033

Deputy Chief Faust’s comments on Um Congregate care 01:48:30.033 --> 01:48:32.300

facilities and then the Treasure Dixon’s kind of

01:48:32.300 --> 01:48:35.166

introduction to the work of the community intervention team.

01:48:35.166 --> 01:48:39.800

And, um, If you just search their names. With Brooklyn Park

01:48:39.800 --> 01:48:41.734

Police, I think all three of them come up pretty readily in 01:48:41.734 --> 01:48:45.300

a search engine, but all three of them are worth watching and

01:48:45.300 --> 01:48:47.734

are really a testament to the hard work of our department. So

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thank you. Uh council member Kanowski. Thanks, Mayor, um, 01:48:59.367 --> 01:49:02.634

and thanks everyone. Apologies for the technical issues as I 01:49:02.634 --> 01:49:06.867

got the internet sorted out, um, nothing big. I just wanted to

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say happy birthday to council member Page, who’s sitting in 01:49:10.634 --> 01:49:18.867

chambers tonight on her birthday. Yes, happy birthday,

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Councilman Paige. Um, all right. Uh, I don’t think there’s any 01:49:24.467 --> 01:49:27.200

other reports or announcements from council members, so we can

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go ahead and head into city manager reports and 01:49:30.634 --> 01:49:34.133

announcements. Yeah, thank you, Mayor Winston. Uh, I too was

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gonna congratulate comes from age and her birthday. Thanks

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for thanks for spending with us. I’m sure you would want to be 01:49:42.133 --> 01:49:46.467

nowhere else but here. So thanks for your commitment. Um,

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to piggyback on comes from our Erickson statement in terms of

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the East District, uh. Open house, uh, which will be May 01:49:52.867 --> 01:49:57.200

28th, the, uh, additional dates that we’re finalizing, uh,

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planning for the West District would be on Tuesday, June 17th 01:50:00.834 --> 01:50:04.533

it hadn’t been technical College in Central District on

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Thursday, July 17th, and the council chambers. Again, uh,

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We’re trying to finalize all the details, make sure that 01:50:11.033 --> 01:50:14.734

those dates work for everybody, but at this point, uh, again,

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West District, June 17th and Central District, July 17th.

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And then finally, uh, go Timberwolves. Get another 01:50:21.266 --> 01:50:28.767

victory tonight. Thank you. Bye. I guess we need to hurry up.

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All right, so we’ll, uh, we’re gonna take a brief, uh, 01:50:32.867 --> 01:50:38.100

5-minute recess, and then we will move to uh a 203. Uh,

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we’ll be talking about level 3 predatory offender ordinance 01:50:42.166 --> 01:50:45.100

discussion in terms of what we’re going to put in place for