[0:16] . . . [GAVEL] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. [0:21] MY NAME IS ELLIOTT PAYNE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. BEFORE WE CONVENE THE MEANING, [0:27] WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME GUESTS [0:33] TO SHARE IN THE SPACE. AND FIRST UP IS A NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PRESENTED BY COUNCIL [0:39] MEMBERS RAINVILLE, VETAW AND PALMISANO. [2:11] HERE WE GO. RECOGNIZING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL. [2:17] WHEREAS: NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1962 BY PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY TO [2:23] HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE DIED [2:30] IN THE LINE OF DUTY; AND WHEREAS: THIS WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES AND CITIZENS TO REFLECT ON THE VITAL ROLE POLICE OFFICERS PLAY IN [2:38] UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW, MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND STRENGTHENING THE BONDS BETWEEN [2:44] LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE; AND WHEREAS: OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE [2:52] LINE OF DUTY WHILE COURAGEOUSLY [2:57] RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR HELP━DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY, SELFLESSNESS, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE [3:04] PROTECTION OF OTHERS; AND WHEREAS: OFFICER MITCHELL JOINED THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE MISSION OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S [3:12] LIVES AND HAD ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HIS HEROISM IN A PREVIOUS LIFE-SAVING INCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER JOINING THE FORCE; [3:23] AND WHEREAS: OFFICER MITCHELL'S DEEP DEDICATION TO SERVICE, HIS [3:29] COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, AND HIS RADIANT SPIRIT LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON HIS COLLEAGUES, HIS [3:36] COMMUNITY, AND EVERYONE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM; [3:42] AND WHEREAS: THE LOSS OF OFFICER [3:47] MITCHELL HAS LEFT A PROFOUND VOID IN THE HEARTS OF HIS BELOVED FAMILY, HIS FELLOW [3:52] OFFICERS, THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE ENTIRE CITY, [4:01] AND HIS SACRIFICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN; AND WHEREAS: DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, WE NOT ONLY HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE [4:08] TODAY, BUT WE PAUSE IN SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, INCLUDING OFFICER JAMAL [4:16] MITCHELL, WHOSE LEGACY OF COURAGE AND COMPASSION WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL; [4:26] CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE WEEK OF MAY 11-17, 2025, AS [4:32] NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE [4:37] TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WORK TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL [4:50] HONORS THE MEMORY, HEROISM, AND SACRIFICE OF OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL, AND EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS [4:55] FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FELLOW OFFICERS. HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF A GRATEFUL CITY. [5:06] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHIEF, WOULD YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A COUPLE OF WORDS [5:13] ABOUT OFFICER MITCHELL AND YOUR FORCE? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. [5:20] FOR HONORING JAMAL AND PAUSING TO HONOR ALL OF THE LOVED ONES [5:25] OF THE 50 MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THIS CITY, INCLUDING [5:31] MANY, SOME WHO ARE STILL ALEAVE AND GREW UP AS CHILDREN WITHOUT A PARENT BECAUSE THEY WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY [5:40] SERVING THIS CITY. [5:46] JAMAL WAS A HERO, NOT BECAUSE OF HOW HE DIED, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW HE LIVED HIS LIFE AS A MAN. [5:52] AS PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY IF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER. [5:59] SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. THANK YOU, TORI. THANK YOU, COHEN, JALEN, CADEN [6:09] AND MASON FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. ALL OF US OWE YOU OUR GRATITUDE. AND AS I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, [6:16] LONG AFTER THOSE BAGPIPES STOP PLAYING, THE PEOPLE IN THESE BLUE SHIRT WILLS NOT FORGET YOU. WE WILL NOT FORGET JAMAL'S KIDS. [6:22] AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. [6:27] >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. LET'S GATHER HERE FOR A PHOTO. WE'RE GOING TO DRY AND GET [6:33] BETWEEN THESE TWO PIECES OF TAPE. CHARLIE, I SEE YOU DON'T WANT TO [6:41] BE IN THE PHOTO. COME ON. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW IS REQUESTING YOUR PRESENCE. [8:01] EXCUSE ME. BEFORE YOU GUYS LEAVE, I JUST WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT. [8:08] I HEARD FORMER CHIEF ARRENANDO [8:14] ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU AT A VERY MOMENTOUS, HISTORICAL [8:21] TIME IN OUR CITY. AND JUST THANK THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL YOU DO [8:26] EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [9:26] NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK. [10:35] TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. [10:41] WHEREAS: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS [10:46] ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTICIPATING, PROVIDING, AND PLANNING FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FOR DELIVERING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS [10:52] THAT ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD AND IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: PEOPLE [10:59] ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING HERE IN THE CITY OF [11:04] HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, BENEFIT EACH DAY FROM THE VAST ARRAY OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE TENETS OF [11:10] GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; WHEREAS: PUBLIC SERVICE IS A NOBLE CALLING THAT [11:16] ENABLES INDIVIDUALS TO USE THEIR GIFTS AND TALENTS, EITHER AS A PORTION OR EVEN ALL OF THEIR [11:21] CAREERS, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES [11:29] BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE; AND WHEREAS: EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY [11:36] OF MINNEAPOLIS DEMONSTRATE EACH DAY THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND FOCUS ON MAKING [11:42] THIS COMMUNITY MADE UP OF MANY COMMUNITIES THE BEST THAT IT POSSIBLY CAN BE; AND WHEREAS: [11:47] PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, PROMOTE, AND [11:53] APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT [11:59] RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 2025 AS PUBLIC SERVICE [12:05] RECOGNITION MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND HONOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE SIGNIFICANT [12:11] CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE EACH DAY AND COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR MANY [12:17] ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OFFER SINCERE GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR ALL [12:22] THEIR EFFORTS TO SERVE, PROTECT, PROMOTE, AND ADVANCE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF ALL [12:27] RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS OF OUR COMMUNITY. [12:34] [APPLAUSE] [12:40] THEN WE'LL FIRST RECOGNIZE OUR C.O.O. TO SHARE SOME WORDS. [12:45] >> WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [12:50] I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO BOTH OUR COLLEAGUES WHO STAYED UP HERE AND OUR COLLEAGUE WHO IS CAME OVER FOR THIS. [12:56] WE, OF COURSE, ARE REPRESENTING A SLICE OF THE CITY TODAY UP [13:03] HERE. AND I THINK THAT I HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHY DO WE DO THIS WORK? WHY DO I DO THIS WORK? [13:08] WHY DO WE DO THIS WORK? WE DO THIS WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEEP [13:14] DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE, TO SERVING THE PUBLIC. AND I CAN ONLY TELL YOU FOR [13:20] THOSE WATCHING WHO ARE ALWAYS WONDERING ABOUT WHY WE DO OUR WORK, OUR WORK IS SOME OF THE [13:28] MOST EXCITING WORK IN THE WORLD. WE ARE WORKING ON POLICE REFORM. [13:33] WE ARE WORKING ON TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNING. WE ARE WORKING ON PROTECTING [13:38] PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS. WE ARE WORKING ON THE ECONOMIC [13:43] WELL-BEING OF THE CITY. AND ITSNFRASTRUCTURE EVERY DAY. AND PLEASE, THIS MONTH, MAKE OU, [13:50] SURE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR COLLEAGUES, TOO. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. [13:55] WE LOVE OUR WORK. WE DON'T DO IT FOR THE PRAISE. [14:03] WE DO IT BECAUSE THE WORK IS SO FULFILL. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. [14:11] >> YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD OFTEN [14:16] TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THIS CURRENT ERA IS THE IDEAS OF APPLYING BUSINESS IDEAS TO GOVERNMENT TO [14:22] MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE. AND THERE ARE PRODUCTS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT CAN HELP [14:29] STRENGTHEN HOW WE DO GOVERNANCE HERE, BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE [14:35] BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS IS REASONS WHY WE'RE HERE. AND THIS IS NOT MAXIMIZING [14:41] PROFIT AND GETTING A RETURN TO SHARE HOLDERS. THIS IS ABOUT SERVING A PURPOSE GREATER THAN OURSELVES. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE [14:48] THAT HAS DECIDED TO SERVE SOMEONE GREATER THAN THEMSELVES BY BEING HERE, SO THANK YOU. [16:17] NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH [16:23] WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOWDHURY AND VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [17:42] ALL RIGHT. HONORING ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER [17:48] HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS: ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IS A MONTH-LONG [17:56] CELEBRATION IN MAY THAT CELEBRATES THE RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURES, TRADITIONS, AND HISTORIES OF ASIAN AMERICAN, [18:01] NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: AANHPI COMMUNITIES [18:11] CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 50 DISTINCT ETHNIC GROUPS SPEAKING OVER 100 LANGUAGES, WITH [18:16] CONNECTIONS AMONG PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BANGLADESHI, BURMESE, [18:23] CAMBODIAN, CHINESE, FILIPINO, HMONG, INDIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, LAO, PAKISTANI, THAI, AND [18:32] VIETNAMESE ANCESTRIES; AND WHEREAS: OVER THE PAST FIVE [18:39] DECADES, THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES AND CULTURES HAVE RESETTLED IN MINNESOTA, INCLUDING HMONG REFUGEES SINCE [18:46] THE 1970S, VIETNAMESE REFUGEES SINCE THE 1980S, AND KAREN REFUGEES SINCE THE EARLY 2000S; [18:53] AND WHEREAS: MAY REMINDS US TO [18:58] CELEBRATE AND HONOR OUR AANHPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT, AND THE BEAUTIFUL WAYS THEY CONTRIBUTE TO AND ENRICH [19:04] OUR DAILY LIVES IN MINNEAPOLIS; AND WHEREAS: MAY COMMEMORATES [19:11] TWO IMPORTANT EARLY DATES IN AANHPI HISTORY; THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS TO [19:17] THE UNITED STATES ON MAY 7, 1843, AND THE COMPLETION OF THE [19:23] TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, LARGELY BUILT BY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS, ON MAY 10, 1869; AND [19:34] WHEREAS: MAY PROVIDES A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE CHALLENGING HISTORY OF AANHPI COMMUNITIES [19:39] ACROSS DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES. DURING THE PAST NEARLY TWO CENTURIES, AANHPI COMMUNITY [19:47] MEMBERS HAVE FACED COUNTLESS ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND ENDURED TRAUMATIC EVENTS, [19:52] INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882, [19:58] THE LOS ANGELES CHINESE MASSACRE OF 1871, THE INVASION OF THE [20:04] HAWAIIAN KINGDOM IN 1893, THE 1917 AND 1924 IMMIGRATION LAWS THAT EFFECTIVELY ENDED [20:10] IMMIGRATION FROM ASIA UNTIL 1965, THE BRITISH LED PARTITION OF INDIA, U.S MILITARY AID IN [20:20] THE BANGLADESH GENOCIDE OF 1971, AND THE INCARCERATION OF OVER 120,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS [20:26] DURING WORLD WAR II, THE MURDER OF VINCENT CHIN IN 1982, AND THE [20:33] SPIKE OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM IN VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC; AND WHEREAS: [20:38] THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THE AANHPI COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN OFTEN SUBJECTED TO THE PERCEPTION OF [20:45] BEING PERPETUAL FOREIGNERS, DESPITE THEIR DEEP ROOTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY; AND WHEREAS: THE [20:53] PERVASIVE MYTH OF THE AANHPI COMMUNITY BEING THE MODEL [20:58] MINORITY, IN PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS OF EAST ASIAN DESCENT, HAS INACCURATELY PORTRAYED THIS COMMUNITY AS [21:03] BEING UNIVERSALLY SUCCESSFUL, OBSCURING THE SOCIOECONOMIC [21:09] DISPARITIES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY MANY WITHIN THE DIVERSE [21:15] AANHPI COMMUNITY, AND HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED TO DOWNPLAY INSTANCES OF RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION; AND WHEREAS: THE RISE OF ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT AND [21:21] RHETORIC HAS RESULTED IN A SURGE OF HATE CRIMES AND [21:28] DISCRIMINATION TARGETING THE AANHPI COMMUNITY, PERPETUATING FEAR IN THESE COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: DESPITE THESE [21:35] CHALLENGES, THE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES HAVE PERSEVERED AND MADE SIGNIFICANT [21:41] CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL FABRIC OF THE UNITED STATES; AND [21:52] WHEREAS: AANHPI COMMUNITIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE ARTS, MUSIC, LITERATURE, BUSINESS, [21:59] SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, ENRICHING THE CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE OF [22:05] MINNEAPOLIS AND BEYOND; AND WHEREAS: ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS [22:10] THE COALITION OF ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS (CAAL), ASIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZING PROJECT (AAOP), SERVING ASIAN-INDIAN FAMILY [22:15] WELLNESS (SEWA-AIFW), AND THE SEAD PROJECT NURTURE CIVIC LEADERSHIP, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, [22:21] AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR AANHPI COMMUNITIES ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA; AND WHEREAS: [22:29] AANHPI ENTREPRENEURS HAVE STRENGTHENED MINNEAPOLIS'S ECONOMY, OPENING BUSINESSES THAT [22:35] SERVE DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANCY OF [22:40] THE CITY'S MARKETS AND CULTURAL CORRIDORS; AND WHEREAS:ARTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND LEADERS FROM [22:47] AANHPI COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPANDED THE UNDERSTANDING OF SHARED HISTORIES AND BUILT INTERGENERATIONAL BRIDGES IN [22:52] MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS MINNESOTA; AND WHEREAS: ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND [22:57] PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE AMONG THE FASTEST GROWING RACIAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACCOUNT [23:02] FOR ABOUT 7.5 PERCENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS POPULATION, WHEN CONSIDERING INDIVIDUALS WHO [23:08] IDENTIFY AS ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER EITHER ALONE OR AS PART [23:17] OF THEIR MULTIRACIAL IDENTITY; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF [23:23] MAY AS ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH; AND CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE [23:29] COMMUNITIES. [23:36] THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS? [23:41] >> SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, [23:47] COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. [23:52] WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THIS VERY HARDWORKING AND FOR [24:01] HARDWORKING COMMUNITY. THEY'RE VERY RESILIENT AND ARE A VALUABLE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. [24:08] SO THE SUPPORT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS VALUABLE, SO THANKS FOR THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. [24:14] THANK YOU. GOING TO PASS IT ON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS [24:21] CHUGHTAI AND CHOWDHURY. IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE U YO PRESENT THE HONARY RESOLUTION FOR US. THANK YOU TO ALL THE OTHER [24:28] COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING US. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MIRA. [24:34] THAT'S OUR MINNEAPOLIS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ERG WHO ARE ALSO [24:39] SUPPORTING US AS WELL. AND I ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE [24:46] HOSTING THIS MONTH. ON MAY 15 AT 7:30 A.M. TO 9:30 [24:51] A.M., WE'LL BE HOSTING A COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS SOCIAL EVENT. SO COME BY AND GET SOME COFFEE [24:59] AND DOUGHNUTS. AND ON MAY 22, BETWEEN 1:00 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M., WE'LL ALSO BE [25:05] HOSTING A POT LUCK. SO COME ON DOWN AND GET SOME FOOD. [25:11] IT'S REALLY DRISHS. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY WE'LL ALSO BE HOSTING A CULTURAL [25:22] DRESS AND ARTS DISPLAY AND THIS WILL ALSO EXTEND INTO JUNE FOR [25:28] IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE HERITAGE MONTH AS WELL, SO COME ON BY AND SEE SOME PRETTY CLOTHES AND ART [25:35] AND YEAH, HAVE FUN. THANK YOU. >> WE WENT TO THE POTLUCK LAST [25:42] YEAR. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT FOOD AS YOU SAID, SO WE RECOMMEND ANYONE TO COME. [25:47] WE'LL BE THERE. OKAY. LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO. [26:24] FINALLY, I WILL WELCOME UP COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ TO RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. [27:36] ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, BUT BEFORE WE [27:41] BEGIN, WE WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND ALSO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY. [27:48] SO FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS THE SOUTHSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN ROCKED WITH GUN VIOLENCE [27:55] IMPACTING OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY AND OUR RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN PHILLIPS AND ON [28:01] LAKE STREET. THIS IS HAVING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE LOST YOUNG [28:08] ONES. OUR RELATIVES, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TRULY [28:15] ROCKED WITH THIS PAIN AND TRAUMA RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND WE WANTED TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE A LOT [28:21] OF FOLKS UP HERE TODAY ARE SOUTH SIDERS, AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TALKED ABOUT THE SITUATION [28:27] THAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT NOW. AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAIN THAT OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY IS [28:33] STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. THAT OUR PHILLIPS COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH, THAT LAKE STREET IS STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. [28:38] OUR RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. [28:43] SO I AT LEAST WANT TO START OFF WITH THAT. I JOE KNOW THAT JOE, ONE OF OUR [28:54] NATIVE LEADER, WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS SITUATION AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO [28:59] RECOGNIZE THIS. I FIRST WANT TO START OFF WITH SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WITH [29:05] DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE RESOURCES AND THE COORDINATION THAT IS [29:11] HAPPENING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND THE NATIVE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR MEXICAN AND LATINX [29:18] COMMUNITIES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED COORDINATION AS WE GET THROUGH THIS. AS WE DEAL WITH THESE [29:24] TRAVESTIES, THOUGH, I THINK WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO PAINT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AS THIS HELLSCAPE [29:33] OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WRONG GOING ON, AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS TODAY IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT [29:41] SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS ACTUALLY IS. HERE IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, COMMUNITY ISN'T A WORD. [29:47] IT IS A PERSPECTIVE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS FOLKS AT LITTLE EARTH AS WELL AS [29:54] INVITATIONS TO OUR NEIGHBORS [30:00] MEETING AT SOLDIER FIELD FOR A COMMUNITY PRAYER. LATER ON IN THE DAY AT 6:00 WILL [30:07] BE A COMMUNITY GATHERING FOR ALL TO DEAL WITH THE GRIEVING AND THE HURT. COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THIS MEANS [30:12] YOU COME WITH WHATEVER GIFTS YOU MIGHT HAVE, WHETHER IT'S YOUR TIME, YOUR TREASURES, OR JUST [30:19] REACHING OUT TO SOMEBODY THAT LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM. THAT'S WHAT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS IS [30:25] ABOUT. AS WE NAVIGATE AND GET THROUGH WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE [30:32] ATROCITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, AGAIN, I WILL REINSTATE WE [30:38] APPRECIATE THE COORDINATION OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND UPLIFT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE [30:47] COMMUNITY. AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES AS WELL. THEY HAVE LOST YOUNG ONES AND THE FUTURE AND LIFE IS NOT [30:55] REPLACEABLE, AND WE ARE HERE FOR THEM. I WILL PASS IT ON. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN [31:02] ATTENDANCE AND TO THE COUNCIL. FRIEND, WE'RE ALL RELATIVES. WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A [31:08] LONG TIME. AND THIS LIGHT IS THE ANCESTORS [31:14] THAT RECENTLY PASSED, OUR NEW ANCESTORS THAT WE'RE HONORING [31:21] WITH THE MEDICINE I DO HAVE HERE. AND I DO WALK IN THE COMMUNITY [31:26] AS A PERSON WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOME OF THE MEDICINES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LAW, BUT WE WANT [31:36] TO SAY TODAY WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY. WE ARE INTERRELATED IN SO MANY [31:41] WAYS. AND WE ARE NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY AND COUSINS, AUNTIES, [31:47] GRANDPARENTS OF EACH OTHERS. THERE ARE NO NATIONS TODAY. [31:53] THERE IS ONE STRONG COMMUNITY HERE PRESENT. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE TIME [32:00] AND HONORING OF THE YOUNG RELATIVES. >> GRACIAS. [32:05] NOW WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL [32:10] WORKERS DAY, BUT WE KNOW THAT RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, MAY DAY, IS [32:15] INTERCONNECTED WITH THE SITUATION HAPPENING IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. POVERTY, GUN VIOLENCE, WORKERS [32:21] RIGHTS, THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED ON THIS DAY AS WELL. [32:27] WE'RE RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY AND THE REASON IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER IS WE HAVE A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION [32:33] THAT IS GUTTING WORKERS, THAT IS ATTACKING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS [32:38] ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT IS DEMONIZING THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, [32:44] TARGETING MINNEAPOLIS, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERYTHING [32:49] THAT WE CAN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO UPLIFT OUR WORKERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE [32:55] PROTECTING PEOPLE'S WAGES, TO INSURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, [33:01] REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS IN GENERAL FROM DEPORTATIONS, FROM THREATS OF DEPORTATIONS, AND MAKING SURE [33:08] WE ARE ACTUALLY A CITY THAT WELCOMES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE AT [33:14] LEAST STARTED WITH THAT AS WELL. WHEREAS: AROUND THE WORLD MAY 1 IS CELEBRATED AS INTERNATIONAL [33:21] WORKERS DAY - IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES IT IS A HOLIDAY TO RECOGNIZE STRUGGLES FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS; AND WHEREAS: MAY 1 WAS [33:34] FIRST CELEBRATED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1886 AS PART OF THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT ON STRIKE TO DEMAND [33:40] BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AND SHORTER HOURS; AND WHEREAS: MANY [33:49] OF THE WORKERS WHO STRUGGLED FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY IN 1886 WERE IMMIGRANT AND BLACK WORKERS [34:01] AMONG OTHERS WHO HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED FROM THE ACTIONS AROUND LABOR AND FACED REPRESSION, DISCRIMINATION, AND VIOLENCE; AND WHEREAS: MAY 1ST [34:08] CELEBRATIONS RETURNED TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 2006 BECAUSE OF [34:13] THE DEDICATED WORK DONE BY THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO COUNTER DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIP [34:23] BETWEEN ORGANIZED LABOR AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS; AND WHEREAS: [34:35] THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL PASSED RESOLUTIONS IN 2007 AND 2009 RECOGNIZING THE GROWING IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS [34:44] RALLIES IN MINNEAPOLIS ON MAY 1, WHICH HAVE CONTINUED ANNUALLY THROUGH THE PRESENT YEAR; AND WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS HAS A LONG [34:49] HISTORY OF IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS ADVOCATES COMING TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF [34:55] SOLIDARITY; AND WHEREAS: IMMIGRANTS, WORKERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL AND VALUED COMPONENT OF OUR [35:05] MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS: LABOR UNIONS AND THE HISTORIC AND PRESENT ADVOCACY OF [35:10] WORKING PEOPLE HAS RESULTED IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION FOR THE DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND AROUND THE [35:18] WORLD; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE [35:23] MAY 1, 2025, AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY IN RECOGNITION OF [35:29] IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS. [35:39] THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE UP HERE FROM THE LABOR PARTNERS TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ADVOCATES [35:44] AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE AND WE WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS UP HERE TO SHARE A FEW [35:51] WORDS. WILLIAM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL LET YOU KICK IT OFF AND GO FROM THERE. [35:56] >> FIRST, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR GIVE US THE COMMUNITY TO BE [36:03] HERE TODAY. I AM WILLIAM MARTINEZ, ONE OF THE CO-FUNDERS OF THE MINNESOTA [36:09] COALITION IN 2006, BUT IF WE GO TO THE HISTORY, 100 YEARS AGO, [36:15] WAS AN IMMIGRANT. WITH DIFFERENT COLOR. THE ONES THAT START TAKING THE [36:21] STREETS AND EARN THE EIGHT HOURS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE [36:30] AFL-CIO IN THAT TIME. 100 YEARS LATER, STADIUM THING. THE ATTACKS HAPPEN AND YOU CAN [36:36] SEE RIGHT NOW THAT THE DIVERSITY. WE, THE IMMIGRANT WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS LABOR FEDERATION, [36:43] AFL-CIO, WE GOING AGAIN TO THE STREETS. WE GOING TO RETAKE AND FIGHT AND [36:56] MAINTAIN WHAT WE WANT. WE ARE READY TO GO AND TAKE THE STREET. ONE THING ABOUT ME, I WAS A SAME [37:04] PERSON WHO CAME TO THE COUNTRY WITH NO LEGAL DOCUMENT. BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN. JOIN TO THE UNION AND RIGHT NOW [37:09] I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR MY OWN PEOPLE. SO IT'S A PROCESS. [37:14] EVERY TIME WHEN PEOPLE TOLD US, WE STOP THERE, IT'S NOT TRUE. THE TRADES T UNION, YOU NEED TO [37:21] JOIN TO THE UNIONS TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE, BUT THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE. THIS IS A STRUGGLE IN THE [37:26] IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT, BUT THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE. WE ARE HERE LIKE ONE ONLY GROUP [37:33] OF PEOPLE, THE WORKING CLASS. AND THIS IS WHO WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU, AGAIN. AND I SEE YOU TODAY, 4:30 P.M. [37:39] IN THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. WE GOING TO BE THERE. SO DON'T WORRY. WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE TO [37:47] THE STREET. [37:59] >> ANYBODY HERE? [38:06] >> I HAVE A LADY DO THE PIECE AND WILLIAM SPOKE AND I HAVE [38:14] TALKEN. AND SINCE NO ONE WANTED TO TAKE ON THE MIC, I AM PABLO MENDOZA. [38:20] I AM A MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL 974 HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. [38:26] I'M A WORKER FOR THE AUTO BODY INDUSTRY FOR ALMOST 38 YEARS, [38:35] BU I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AS A [38:41] FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [38:46] FOR THE HOCV LIST. AND ALL OF US HERE HAVE BEEN ROAMING THE STREETS AND MARCHING [38:52] THE STREETS AND WILL DO THIS [39:01] AGAIN AND IN MARSHALL AND ST. CLOUD AND YOU NAME IT, AND WE WILL BE MARCHING ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. [39:09] SO JUST FOR WHAT? FOR RIGHTS. RIGHTS FOR IMMIGRANTS, RIGHTS [39:15] FOR WORKERS, RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS [39:21] FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS [39:27] RECOGNITION. WE HONORING OUR TEAMSTERS BROTHERS THAT THE STRUGGLE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS IN THE 1930s, SO [39:37] SOME OF YOU KNOW HISTORY IN MINNEAPOLIS IN THE 1930s WITH THE UPRISING OF THE TEAMSTERS [39:43] AND THE MILITARY IN THE STREETS. WE ARE HONORING THOSE IMMIGRANTS [39:50] THAT WERE BACK THEN FIGHTING FOR [39:55] US AND HUMBLE AND DEPORTED AND TAKEN AWAY BACK TO EUROPE BECAUSE THEY WERE EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS. [40:00] WE ARE HONORING THOSE FOLKS AND WE WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE I KNOW [40:09] SOMEONE WILL HONOR OTHERS -- WILLIAM, JASON, AND ALL OF YOU, WILL BE HONORED IN THE FUTURE [40:16] WHEN THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. THANK YOU AND AMEN. [40:38] ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING. [42:27] >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAY 1 TO ORDER. [42:33] THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [42:42] >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON -- CAN YOU HEAR ME, COUNCIL PRESIDENT? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON IS [42:47] ABSENT. NOPE, HE'S RIGHT THERE. [42:53] NOT A GREAT START HERE. I'M GOING TO START HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> HERE. [42:58] >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, PRESENT. [43:05] COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, [43:10] PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, PRESENT. [43:15] COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, PRESENT. [43:22] COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, PRESENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE, PRESENT. [43:28] >> WE HAVE 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. [43:34] BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER [43:40] PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR [43:47] PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS [43:53] CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE [43:59] THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. [44:04] ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU. [44:09] YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A RESOLUTION TO THE AMENDMENT -- OR TO THE AGENDA HONORING THE [44:15] LIFE AND LEGACY OF KURT WASHINGTON, LONGTIME NORTH SIDE RESIDENT, POET, LOST HIS LIFE A [44:22] NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AND COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HONORING HIS LEGACY EVER SINCE. [44:28] >> ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL JUST ADD THAT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE [44:35] AGENDA INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON'S AMENDMENT? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [44:46] >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI IS ABSENT. [44:51] COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. [44:56] COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, YAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. [45:02] COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. [45:08] PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA [45:13] IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING [45:18] OF APRIL 17. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. >> SO MOVED. >> A SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [45:26] >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. [45:31] COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE. [45:37] COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAIN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. [45:43] COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. [45:48] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. [45:53] FINALLY, WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITION, COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS TO THE PROPER COMMITTEES. [45:58] MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION PLEASE? >> SO MOVED. >> A SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [46:04] >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE. [46:10] COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. [46:17] COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. [46:22] VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. [46:28] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MATTERS ARE REFERRED. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM [46:35] STANDING COMMITTEES TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER STARTING WITH [46:46] ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT. >> TAKING A SIP OF WATER BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG ONE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [46:51] THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS 31 ITEMS. [46:57] FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FOR TRAVEL LODGING AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS AND MEAL EXPENSES [47:05] FOR AMANDA HARRINGTON TO ATTEND THE 2025 ADVANCING THE FIELD OF [47:13] ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE IN JUNE. TWO IS GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS OF [47:19] REGISTRATION, LODGING AND AIRFARE. AND THREE IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE ASPEN INSTITUTE OF [47:26] REGISTRATION, LODGING AND AIRFARE FOR DAMON CHAPLAIN TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN JUNE. [47:33] GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF REGISTRATION, LODGING AND [47:39] AIRFARE AND MEALS FOR CERVANTES TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN APRIL [47:45] IS ITEM FOUR. FIVE IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE POHLAD FOUNDATION FOR [47:50] TRAVEL, LODGING AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND MEAL EXPENSES FOR MELNY RUCKER AND JARED [47:55] JEFFREYS TO ATTEND THE 2025 ADVANCING THE FIELD OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE CONVENING [48:01] CONFERENCE IN JUNE. SIX IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY [48:07] TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS OF TRAVEL STIPEND, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, AND TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES FOR ADAM HAYOW [48:16] TO ATTEND A 2025 CONFERENCE. NUMBER SEVEN IS A BID FOR HAWTHORNE OFFICE BUILDOUT [48:23] PROJECT FORMORE MORCON CONSTRUCTION. EIGHT IS A BID FOR LEAD SERVICE [48:29] LINE REPLACEMENT YEAR TWO PROJECT FOR TRIPLE E AND MMB, [48:36] LLC. NINE IS A BID FOR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FROM CONCRETE IDEA INC.. [48:41] 10 IS A BID FOR RAMP C WATERPROOFING AND STRUCTURAL REPAIRS FROM RAM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES OF MINNESOTA LLC. [48:49] 11 IS A BID FOR TWELVE SIGNALS AND CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FROM THOMAS AND SONS [48:55] CONSTRUCTION INC.. 12 IS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR ITS AFFILIATES FOR DANCE [49:02] EDUCATION PROGRAM. 13 IS A CONTRACT WITH NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL AGENCY [49:08] SERVICES FOR THE AMERICAN INDIAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR METROPOLITAN URBAN INDIAN [49:14] DIRECTTORS. 14 IS CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS VENDORS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS [49:21] EMISSIONS. 15 IS CONTRACT WITH SPEAK MINNEAPOLIS, LLC, FOR PUBLIC AND [49:26] COMMUNITY MEDIA ACCESS SERVICES TO MANAGE PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION. 16 IS ESTABLISH A CONSULTING [49:32] POOL OF 18 VENNER TOS FOR I.T. STAFF AUGMENTATION CONSULTING SERVICES. 17 IS CONTRACTS WITH [49:38] NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS QUALIFYING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS 2020 SHARED RESOURCES AND [49:45] COLLABORATIONS FUND. 18 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH [49:50] CLARE HOUSING FOR H.I.V. SITE-BASED HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES. 19 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH TOUCH OUTREACH FOR YOUTH GROUP [49:56] VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES. 20 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH VARIOUS IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES OFFERING FREE [50:02] IMMIGRATION AND LEGAL SERVICES TO CITY RESIDENTS. 21 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH [50:08] COSTAR REALTY INFORMATION INC. FOR ACCESS TO REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DATABASE. 22 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH [50:14] CERTIFIED LANGUAGES INTERNATIONAL LLC FOR REMOTE INTERPRETING SERVICES. 23 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH [50:21] AXON ENTERPRISE INC. FOR SOFTWARE LICENSES FOR BODY-WORN [50:26] CAMERAS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 24 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL AID FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT [50:32] LOW-INCOME MINNEAPOLIS RENTERS. 25 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH NORTHLAND BUSINESS SYSTEM FOR [50:38] TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES AND CLOUD HOSTING MIGRATION. 26 IS A CLAIM SETTLEMENT FOR [50:46] BLAISDELL PORTFOLIO, LLC. 27 IS A CLAIM SETTLEMENT, VARIOUS CLAIMS CONCERNING 43rd [50:51] AND UPTON STORM WATER FLOODING. 28 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT, [50:57] WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM OF DAVID VINCENT. 29 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT FOR [51:02] MICHELLE GROSS AND JANET NYE V. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 30 IS A SEPARATION ORDINANCE [51:08] OVERVIEW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN 31 IS A BID FOR MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER MEETING ROOMS REMODEL PHASE 3 [51:18] PROJECT FROM SHEEHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL [51:27] ITEMS FOR A VOTE, EXEMPTING NUMBER 28. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS [51:33] MOVED APPROVAL OF THE REPORT MINUS ITEM 28. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS? COUNCIL [51:39] MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS [51:45] DEPARTMENT FOR THIS INCREDIBLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND THE EXPANSION OF DANCE EDUCATION IN [51:51] ALL K-12 SCHOOLS IN ALL 47 PARK AND RECREATION CENTERS [51:57] THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST OF WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WHEN WE COLLABORATE WITH [52:02] SCHOOLS AND PARKS IN THE CITY AND THE CREATIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS A FORMER DANCER MYSELF, I KNOW HOW MUCH THIS REALLY [52:10] CONTRIBUTES TO SENSE OF SELF AND CONFIDENCE, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROGRAM BACK TO [52:15] THE YOUTH IN OUR CITY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [52:23] I JUST WANTED TO OFFER SOME BRIEF COMMENTS ON ITEM 30 WHICH [52:28] IS THE SEPARATION ORDINANCE OVERVIEW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT I AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ [52:33] ARE CO-AUTHORING. AS WE ALL THOUGH, MINNEAPOLIS AIMS TO BE A WELCOMING CITY FOR [52:40] EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A [52:45] SEPARATION ORDINANCE THAT AFFIRMS THAT POSITION, WHICH STATES THAT THE CITY'S LAW [52:52] ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT WILL FUNCTION SEPARATELY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND THE CITY WILL NOT [52:58] OPERATE PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCING THE IMMIGRATION LAWS. WITH THAT SAID, SINCE THE START [53:05] OF THE TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION, MY OFFICE AND PROBABLY MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM YOUR RESIDENTS [53:12] THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS ORDINANCE IS FUNCTIONING, [53:17] HOW THAT RELATES TO M.P.D.'S ROLE WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE AND ALL OF OUR STAFF, AND PARTICULARLY WHAT ARE THE [53:24] POLICIES IN PLACE THAT HELPS ESTABLISH CLEAR LINES OF DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES, [53:31] ESPECIALLY FOR STAFF WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE THAT VIOLATES THOSE [53:37] POLICIES. SO DUE TO A LOT OF LOCAL AND MEDIA COVERAGE, I THINK RESIDENTS ARE AWARE THAT [53:44] PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH [53:49] MINNEAPOLIS FORMER POLICE FEDERATION PRESIDENT BOB CROW, AND THAT CURRENT POLICE UNION PRESIDENT ALSO ENDORSED CROW FOR [53:59] U.S. MARSHAL, SO A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT [54:06] THAT MEANS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION RELATIONSHIP AND POTENTIAL TARGETING OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IN RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS, [54:12] WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC [54:19] PLANS IN PLACE FROM THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION IN LIGHT OF THE [54:27] TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AIMING TO FACILITATE ANY PARTICULAR [54:34] TARGETING OF ANY RESIDENTS HERE AND TO ASSAUGE ANY CONCERNS AROUND THAT. AND FOR M.P.D. TO SHARE POLICIES [54:41] AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS FOR THOSE WHO VIOLATE THEIR POLICY. THAT SAID, THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE KIND OF PROVIDES THAT [54:46] CLARITY AND HELPS OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT AS A CITY WE'RE TAKING THESE MATTERS SERIOUSLY AND [54:54] DOING EVERYTHING WHAT WE CAN TO AFFIRM WE'RE NOT TOLERATING ANY OF THE INTOLERANT ACTIONS COMING [55:00] FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT ON THAT, AND THAT'S ALL. [55:09] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL [55:16] MINUS ITEM 28. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. [55:21] JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. [55:26] CHOWDHURY, AYE. C [55:32] CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. [55:37] VETAW, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. [55:42] VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [55:48] >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE ON ITEM NUMBER [55:53] 28. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AN I WAS JUST GOING TO MOVE THAT ITEM. [55:59] I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT. >> OKAY. WE ARE TAKING UP ITEM 28. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS [56:04] ITEM? AWE SAW SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK [56:11] THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. [56:16] KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. [56:22] JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. [56:27] CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. [56:33] CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. [56:38] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE FULL [56:46] REPORT IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE HAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR [56:51] BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [56:58] BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 15 ITEMS. ITEM ONE IS APPROVING A PERMANENT EXPANSION OF PREMISES [57:04] LICENSE FOR MOTHERSHIP PIZZA PARADISE. ITEM TWO IS APPROVING A RENTAL [57:11] HALL LICENSE FOR ROYALSTON SQUARE. ITEM THREE IS APPROVING LIQUOR [57:17] AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE FOR FRO YO SOUL. [57:25] ITEM FOUR IS LIQUOR LICENSE [57:32] HABANERO TACK COASE. ITEM FIVE IS FOR FAIR STATE BREWING WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, [57:37] BUT AFTER HEARING A RESOLUTION FROM STAFF AND OTHER, I WILL BE MOVING THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. ITEM SIX IS PASSAGE OF [57:45] RESOLUTION APROVING A TIFF PLAN FOR SNELLING YARDS FAMILY HOUSING. [57:50] ITEM 7 IS APPROVING TWO LIQUOR LICENSE. ITEM 8 IS APPROVING 41 LIQUOR [57:57] LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM 9 IS AUTHORIZING A BTAP CONTRACT. [58:02] ITEM 10 IS APPROVING A DTAP CONTRACT. 11 IS GRANTING RESOLUTION OF FINAL I A PROOUFL OF REVENUE [58:09] BOND FOR THE NACC HOUSING PROJECT. ITEM 12 IS THE PASSAGE OF [58:14] RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SPRING 2025 BROWNFIELD GRANT. ITEM 13 IS A PASSAGE OF [58:20] RESOLUTION APPROVING APPROPRIATION OF DEMOLISHING THE STRUCTURE AT 1001 WEST BROADWAY. [58:27] 14 IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY FOR [58:32] TRAVEL FEES. ITEM 15 IS AUTHORIZING TERMS OF EXTENSION FOR GREENBELT [58:38] DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. ITEM 16 IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS [58:45] AGREEMENT FOR FEDERALLY OWNED PROPERTY NEAR UPPER ST. ANTHONY [58:50] FALLS. LASTLY, ITEM 17 IS APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW NICOLLET PROJECT. [58:56] WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN HAS [59:02] MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [59:07] I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE ON SALE WINE AND BEER AND [59:13] GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE FOR FRO YO SOUL AT THE SCULPTURE GARDEN NEAR THE WALKER ARTS [59:20] CENTER. THIS IS FOLLOWING A NEW STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS LIQUOR, BEER, [59:25] AND WINE SALES IN PARKS. I'LL REALLY EXCITED TO SEE FRO YO SOUL BRINGING THIS BUSINESS [59:30] TO THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE PARK AND BRING VIBRANCY TO THIS [59:37] COMMUNITY IN WARD SEVEN. I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED THAT THEIR FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE [59:45] POSSIBLE TO SET UP AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND PLUG INTO THE POWER BECAUSE THE PARK [59:51] REDESIGN ALLOWED FOR THAT, SO THEY WON'T NEED ANY NOISY GENERATORS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT [59:56] RESIDENTS OF THE AREA KNOW THAT THE TIMING WILL BE RESTRICTED BETWEEN 11:00 AND 7:00 P.M. AND THAT ALL NEIGHBORS WILL BE [1:00:02] NOTIFIED IF THERE WILL BE AMPLIFIED SOUND. AND THEY HAVE ASSURED US THAT ANY AMPLIFIED SOUND WILL BE [1:00:08] FACING AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T GET TOO [1:00:13] LOUD BECAUSE OF THE NEW BUSINESS AS WELL. I WISH FRO YO SOUL ALL THE BEST [1:00:19] WITH THEIR BUSINESS. [1:00:25] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE NEW NICOLLET AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT. [1:00:31] I KNOW IT IS NOT IN MY WARD. HOWEVER, IT WAS RUFFLE TO GETTING TO SUPPORT THIS OUT OF [1:00:37] THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMUNITY THAT PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT IN PARTICIPATING IN [1:00:43] THE ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS THAT WERE HAD. AND THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR THE [1:00:49] HARD WORK THAT THEY DID ON PUTTING TOGETHER THIS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK. I JOKED AT THE BUSINESS HOUSING [1:00:56] AND ZONING COMMITTEE KMART PARKING LOT WAS JUST KIND OF A MEME FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT? [1:01:03] LITERALLY WE HAD PEOPLE DRESSED UP AS THE KMART PARKING LOT AND KMART FOR HALLOWEEN. [1:01:09] WE SHOULDN'T LET THIS MOMENT PASS BY WHERE WE'RE STEPPING FORWARD AND RECONNECTING [1:01:14] NICOLLET AND RESTORING ACCESS. AND JUST DELIVERING ALL TOGETHER AS A CITY A ONCE IN A GENERATION [1:01:23] OPPORTUNITY TO CENTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE HEART OF SOUTH [1:01:29] MINNEAPOLIS. AND THE THING I FELT SUPER PROUD ABOUT IS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF [1:01:35] DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TRULY HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING MULTIGENERATIONAL AND WELCOMING, RIGHT? AND TYPES OF HOUSING FOR [1:01:43] FAMILIES, MULTI-BEDROOM APARTMENT BUILDINGS, OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND TOWN HOMES. THERE'S A PARK THAT'S THERE. [1:01:50] THERE'S WORK TO GET A GROCERY STORE NEARBY. I'M HOPING THERE WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY [1:01:56] FOR SENIORS BECAUSE IT'S SO ACCESSIBLE TO TRANSIT. AND THIS IS JUST REALLY, REALLY [1:02:03] PHENOMENAL WORK AND WE'RE MAKING A GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCE ON WHAT MINNEAPOLIS AND THIS PART OF MINNEAPOLIS IS GOING TO LOOK [1:02:09] LIKE. AND I AM JUST SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE PASSING THIS FIRST STEP [1:02:16] TODAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ITEM [1:02:21] 16, THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION [1:02:28] BOARD AND OWAIMMIYONNI AND I'M [1:02:34] BUTCHERING THAT NAME, SO I APOLOGIZE. BUT SHELLY BUCK FROM THE DAKOTA [1:02:39] TRIBE HAS BEEN A GREAT REPRESENTATION AND PROVIDED GREAT REPRESENTATION IN THIS PROCESS AND NEGOTIATING. [1:02:45] SHE'S BEEN VERY PATIENT. AND SHE'S VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THIS FIRST STEP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHELLY, FOR ALL YOUR [1:02:53] LEADERSHIP. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SPEAK [1:02:59] BRIEFLY ON ITEM NUMBER 17T DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE [1:03:04] NEW NICOLLET PROJECT. WE'VE, I THINK THIS IS OUR SECOND REALLY BIG AND HISTORIC [1:03:12] VOTE ON THIS PROJECT IN THIS [1:03:17] TERM. AND AS FOLKS HERE AT THE CITY KNOW, THE WORK ON THE FORMER [1:03:22] KMART SITE AND RECONNECTING NICOLLET, YOU KNOW, HAS PREDATED ALL OF US AND HAS BEEN YEARS IN [1:03:28] THE MAKING. REALLY EXCITED TO MEET THESE DIFFERENT MILESTONES AND MARKERS [1:03:34] OF PROGRESS IN RECONNECTING NICOLLET. THIS PROJECT IS ENTIRELY IN THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS [1:03:40] AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE BORDER OF FOUR DIFFERENT WARDS, WARD 8, WARD 6, AND WARD 9. [1:03:47] AND THE PROJECT AREA IMPACTS ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. [1:03:54] AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN HISTORIC AND TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY [1:03:59] ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS GONE INTO BRINGING FORWARD THIS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK AND THAT [1:04:05] WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH [1:04:11] COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY DILIGENTLY TO ENGAGE ALL [1:04:18] ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY DIG INTO WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AS THE FUTURE OF THIS [1:04:23] HISTORIC AND GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE SOUTH SIDE. [1:04:29] SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A HUNGER AS WELL FROM IN [1:04:34] PARTICULAR THE WHITTIER COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED IN EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS ALONG THE WAY. [1:04:42] I THINK WITH SOMETHING THAT IS AS TREMENDOUS A GIFT AS A GENERATIONAL PROJECT LIKE THIS [1:04:49] ONE, COMES TREMENDOUS ANXIETY AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE [1:04:55] AND WHETHER THE PEOPLE THAT CALL WHITTIER HOME, 90% OF US ARE [1:05:02] RENTERS. AND WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO CALL THIS COMMUNITY HOME. SO WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL [1:05:11] OF THEIR WORK IN NAVIGATING AT TIMES CONTENTIOUS OR PAINFUL [1:05:17] MOMENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG AND FORWARD. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. [1:05:25] >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:05:31] I JUST WANTED TO ECHO AND CHIME IN ON THE NEW NICOLLET PROJECT [1:05:41] AS HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO AS SEVERAL DECADES IN THE MAKING. SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD [1:05:47] THEIR FINGERS ON THIS PROJECT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I REALLY WANT TO JUST THANK STAFF [1:05:56] FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THIS PROCESS. IT'S BEEN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT [1:06:03] STAFF PEOPLE WITH WORK AND INPUT ON THIS. [1:06:13] I TEACH AT MCAT AND MCAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH DESIGNING THE THOUGHT PROCESSES [1:06:18] AROUND THIS WORK. WE BROUGHT IN CONSULTANTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. [1:06:29] TO INSURE THIS PROJECT IS AFFORDABLE AND DOES NOT LEAD TO [1:06:39] DISPLACEMENT AND/OR FOLKS NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THIS [1:06:44] COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN REALLY A GREAT WORK AND PROGRESS UP TO THIS POINT, AND IT'S TRANSFORMATIVE. [1:06:51] IT WILL COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE SOUTH SIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS AND [1:06:56] LAKE STREET. MILLIONS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF INVESTMENT HAS BEEN [1:07:03] GOING INTO THIS PROJECT WITH THE NEW TRANSIT STATION LAKE STREET. [1:07:10] AND SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF [1:07:18] REOPENING NICOLLET AND BEING A GATEWAY TO WARD 8 AND ALL THE AMAZING AMENITIES THAT EXIST ON [1:07:28] THAT SIDE OF LAKE STREET, BUT IT'S A REALLY INCREDIBLE [1:07:35] DEVELOPMENT TO REOPEN THIS CORRIDOR. THANK YOU. [1:07:41] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE [1:07:46] ROLE ON THE BIHZ COMMITTEE REPORT. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. [1:07:53] W WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. [1:07:58] OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. [1:08:04] VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:08:10] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM THE [1:08:20] CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:08:25] WE ARE BRINGING SEVEN ITEMS FORWARD. ONE DESIGNATING AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2025 [1:08:31] FULTON RESIDENTIAL STREET RESURFACING PROJECT. ITEM TWO APPROVING THE CONCEPT LAYOUT FOR THE 35th AVENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. [1:08:37] ITEM THREE, APPROVAL OF MNDOT [1:08:42] LEASE AMENDMENT ALLOWING RENTAL OF PARKING LOTS UNDER I-94 [1:08:48] BRIDGES. ITEM FOUR, SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE 54th AND LYNDALE SPECIAL [1:08:55] SERVICE DISTRICT BOARD. FIVE IS EAT STREET SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY ABORT APPOINTMENTS. SIX IS GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE [1:09:01] EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THRIVING COMMUNITIES GRANTMAKING PROGRAM. [1:09:07] ITEM 7 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE BUSH FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY INNOVATION GRANT. [1:09:13] I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL SEVEN ITEMS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE [1:09:18] COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [1:09:24] I JUST WANTED TO THANK NICHOLAS AND TREVOR FOR VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE ON THE EAT STREET SPECIAL [1:09:30] SERVICES DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. THESE TWO FOLKS ARE FROM WARD 8 AND WARD 10 REPRESENTING MCAT [1:09:36] AND TASKS UNLIMITED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THE EAT STREET [1:09:41] SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT HAS REALLY STRUGGLED TO HAVE MEMBERSHIP BEYOND SAM TURNER FROM THE NICOLLET DINER, SO I AM [1:09:50] REALLY GLAD THERE WILL BE MORE REPRESENTATION HERE, AND AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ALONG [1:09:56] EAT STREET, I THINK THEIR COLLABORATION WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT AN ITEM [1:10:03] THAT WE'RE PASSING THROUGH COUNCIL, WE DID HEAR THE CLIMATE [1:10:08] LEGACY INITIATIVE 2025 UPDATE FROM DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PATRICK HAMLIN IN COMMITTEE WITH A LOT [1:10:15] OF GREAT UPDATES ON THE $10 MILLION CLIMATE INVESTMENT AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING OUT TO WEATHERIZE AND [1:10:22] RETROFIT HOMES AND BUILD OUT GEO THERMAL ENERGY AND GREEN WORKFORCE IN THE CITY. [1:10:27] IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT THE PRESENTATION FROM COMMITTEE. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, [1:10:33] I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. [1:10:42] KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. [1:10:47] PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. [1:10:52] RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. [1:10:59] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT REPORT [1:11:04] IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:11:10] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS BRINGING FORWARD ONE ITEM FORWARD. [1:11:15] IT IS A PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN APPOINTED POSITION IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH THE TITLE OF DIRECTOR OF [1:11:21] ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. [1:11:26] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK [1:11:32] TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. [1:11:38] WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. [1:11:44] CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. [1:11:49] CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [1:11:55] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. [1:12:01] FINALLY WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:12:06] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD NINE ITEMS. ONE IS THE PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE [1:12:13] RELATED TO CIVIL RIGHTS ADDING NEW PROTECTED CLASSES, BOLSTERING ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDING PROCEDURES FOR [1:12:19] EFFICIENCY. I WILL BE OFFERING AN AMENDMENT WITH TECHNICAL CHANGES, SO I WILL MOVE THIS ASIDE FOR A [1:12:25] SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. TWO IS ACCEPTING A RETAIL FLEXIBLE FUNDING MODEL GRANT [1:12:30] FROM THE FOOD AND STRUGG ADMINISTRATION. THREE AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOR [1:12:37] PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER CORE RESEARCH PROJECT. AND FOUR IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF [1:12:44] HEALTH FOR SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MEDIA CAMPAIGN. [1:12:49] FIVE IS AUTHORIZING AN MOU WITH WILEY REBER LAW FOR UTILIZING THE SPACE AT THE LAKE STREET [1:12:55] SAFETY CENTER. SIX IS ACCEPTING THE EDWARD BYRON JUSTICE MEMORIAL GRANT TO [1:13:01] SUPPORT POLICE AND ATTORNEY INITIATIVES. 7 IS AUTHORIZING ANM.O.U. WITH [1:13:08] CORNERHOUSE. 8 IS A REVENUE CONTRACT WITH SMG FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AT U.S. BANK STADIUM. [1:13:13] AND ITEM NINE IS AUTHORIZING AN INCREASED CONTRACT TO FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES FOR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF A [1:13:20] NUTRITION-FOCUSED CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION PROJECT. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THE ITEMS EXCLUDING ITEM ONE, WHICH [1:13:27] WE WILL PULL FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAD [1:13:32] MOVED APPROVAL OF THE REPORT MINUS ITEM ONE. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT? SEEING [1:13:40] NONE -- SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. [1:13:46] KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. [1:13:52] PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. [1:13:58] RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. [1:14:04] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AN THOSE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. [1:14:09] NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM ONE AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:14:14] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL NEED SOME ASSISTANCE OF THE CLERKS. CAN I JUST MOVE THE AMENDED [1:14:19] VERSION AS ONE OR TAKE THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST? EITHER-OR IS GOOD FOR ME. JUST FOR CLARITY. [1:14:28] >> MADAM CLERK? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, HONESTLY, YOU [1:14:34] COULD DO IT EITHER WAY. IF THERE IS CONSENSUS WITH THE COLLEAGUES, YOU COULD MOVER IT AS ONE. [1:14:39] >> FIRST I WILL INTRODUCE THE AMENDMENT AND TALK ABOUT IT AND IF FOLKS -- I CAN DO EITHER-OR. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE [1:14:45] AMENDMENTS. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. COOL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, WONSLEY AND I ARE BRINGING FORWARD AN [1:14:52] AMENDMENT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YESTERDAY. THIS HAS A FEW SECTIONS THAT I WILL EXPLAIN. THERE ARE THREE CHANGES TO [1:14:58] SECTION 139.10. THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THIS CHANGE WILL ADD COLOR, CREED, [1:15:03] RELIGION AND ANCESTRY ALONG WITH HOUSING STATUS TO THE BUSINESS SECTION UNDER THE DECLARATION OF [1:15:09] POLICY PURPOSE. THE SECOND COMPONENT WILL RE-ARRANGE THE ORDER OF LIST PROD TEKTED CLASSES TO BE -- [1:15:15] PROTECTED CLASSES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER PROTECTED AREAS. AND THE LAST WORDS ADDS THE [1:15:21] WORDS "A PROGRAM" TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE. THE NEXT CHANGE IN 139.20. WE ARE AMENDING THE DEFINITION [1:15:28] OF HEIGHT AND WEIGHT BY REMOVING THE WORD "TOTAL" AND BASED AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND FROM [1:15:34] COMING TO MEMBER WHO IS ADVOCATE AGAINST SIZE DISCRIMINATION. THE NEXT CHANGE IS 139.40, WHICH [1:15:40] ADDS COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, AND ANCESTRY TO THE ACTS OF [1:15:45] DISCRIMINATION SPECIFIED COMPONENT. THIS IS MEANT TO MAKE LANGUAGE CONSISTENT WITH THE BUSINESS PROVISION LISTED ABOVE. [1:15:51] AND THE LAST CHANGE IS REMOVING THE WORDS "OR RESPONDENT" FROM [1:15:57] THIS SECTION. THIS CHANGE IS THE RESULT OF A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT FROM A CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSIONER AND IT'S THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT [1:16:04] COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO MADE IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS [1:16:10] AMENDMENT TO THESE SMALL LITTLE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. [1:16:16] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MOVED TO AMEND THE UNDERLYING [1:16:22] ORDINANCE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WILL WAIT TO SPEAK TO THE OVERALL [1:16:27] ORDINANCE. >> GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THE OVERALL ORDINANCE. WE'LL TAKE IT UP. >> AND I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE ALSO IN QUEUE. [1:16:33] >> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. YOU ARE IN QUEUE AHEAD OF ME. [1:16:38] >> I'LL HOP OUT. YOU GO, PLEASE. >> I'LL GO. [1:16:44] >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT [1:16:49] PAYNE. I AM CURIOUS, CAN SOMEONE DEFINE ANCESTRY FOR ME? [1:16:55] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ? >> WE'LL HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS STAFF IF YOU CAN HELP ME EXPLAIN THAT. [1:17:04] >> WELCOME. [1:17:14] COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL WRITTEN DEFINITION AND I'M NOT 100% SURE IF IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT I [1:17:19] COULD FOLLOW-UP AND PROVIDE THAT WITH THE OFFICE. I WILL EXPLAIN ANCESTRY HAS BEEN [1:17:25] INCLUDED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THIS IS NOT A NEW CHANGE. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. [1:17:30] IT'S LISTED AS A NEW ADDITION. [1:17:40] >> CAN PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THAT AS WELL. THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE ORDINANCE APPEAR AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE, SO IT'S JUST A [1:17:46] CHANGING OF ORDERING AND INCLUDING IN THE SUBSTANTIVE PROTECTIONS IN THE INTRODUCTORY [1:17:52] PARAGRAPHS AS WELL. IT IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. IT IS NOT PROVIDING ANY ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT DIDN'T ALREADY EXIST IN THE [1:17:59] ORDINANCE. >> THANK YOU. [1:18:11] MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A DEFINITION? >> THE NATIONAL ORIGIN, [1:18:17] BACKGROUND IS THROUGHOUT YOUR -- FOR EXAMPLE, MY PARENTS WERE ITALIAN. [1:18:23] NIGH SO IT IS TO INSURE THERE IS NOT DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF SOMEONE'S BACKGROUND. [1:18:32] FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, AND IT IS TRUE THAT ANCESTRY HAS BEEN PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS [1:18:38] ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND IT'S JUST -- IT WAS SOME OF THESE EDITS ARE REALLY JUST [1:18:44] CLEAN UP TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CONSISTENCY IN THE LISTED OF PROTECTED CLASS STATUSES THAT [1:18:49] ARE IN ALL OF THE PROVISIONS. [1:18:55] >> THANK YOU. SO COULD THAT WORD BE REPLACED [1:19:05] WITH ETHNICITY? WOULD THAT BE THE SAME? >> COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I THINK THAT IS THE SENSE OF THE WORD. [1:19:12] I THINK THEY COULD BE USED INTERCHANGEABLY. OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION [1:19:20] USES, YOU KNOW, THE TERM ANCESTRY, BUT I DO THINK TO ME [1:19:25] THE ETHNICITY AND ANCESTRY WOULD BE INTERCHANGEABLE IDEAS. [1:19:32] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. [1:19:38] I WANTED TO THANK AMY WHO ADDED TO SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS AND SHE SITS ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS [1:19:44] COMMISSION AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THIRD WARD. SHE CAME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GIVE HER TESTIMONY. WE DID INCORPORATE THE [1:19:50] SUGGESTIONS AS WELL. AND THAT IS -- SO THANK YOU, AMY. >> WE CAN TAKE UP THE AMENDMENT [1:19:58] AND THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK, [1:20:05] COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. AWE THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO IN LIGHT OF I KNOW COMMENTS [1:20:11] MADE BY FELLOW CO-AUTHOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AT COMMITTEE, WE'RE BOTH PROUD AND EXCITED TO [1:20:18] BRING THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD TODAY. ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN THE [1:20:23] FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS ADVANCING ATTACKS ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND ARE [1:20:28] ATTEMPTING TO STRIP AWAY OUR HARD EARNED CIVIL RIGHTS. MINNEAPOLIS GETS TO BE A BEACON AND LIGHT IN THIS MOMENT. [1:20:35] AND WE ARE NOT ONLY DEFENDING THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS [1:20:41] AGAINST DISCRIMINATION. I WANT TO NAME ONE PARTICULAR PIECE ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE THAT [1:20:46] I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE WORK [1:20:51] THAT THE COMMUNITY LED ON, AND SHOULD THIS PASS TODAY, MINNEAPOLIS WILL BE THE THIRD IN THE U.S. TO INSURE PROTECTED [1:20:57] CLASS STATUS FOR JUSTICE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. I, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGE MY [1:21:02] COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WATCH THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ORDINANCE THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK IN THE [1:21:08] PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND DOZENS OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED RESIDENTS SHOWED UP TO SPEAK [1:21:14] ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM TO SEE THE CITY TAKE A FORMAL STAND [1:21:20] TO CODIFY THEIR RIGHTS FOR EQUAL TREATMENT AND PROTECTION. [1:21:25] AND I THINK THERE'S NOTHING LIKE PERSONAL STORIES TO REALLY DRIVE HOME WHY THIS WORK MATTERS AND [1:21:31] WHY WE GET TO SERVE IN THESE POSITIONS AND THE TYPE OF WORK WE GET TO DO IN THESE POSITIONS. SO OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE TO [1:21:37] THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, OUR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT, MANY OF [1:21:44] OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO JOINED US IN THIS PROCESS FOR ALMOST A YEAR IN MAKING THIS [1:21:52] ORDINANCE POSSIBLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARN HOW THE [1:21:59] CHANGES HAVE IMPACTED THEIR WORK AS A BODY AND HOW WE AS A COUNCIL CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [1:22:05] THEIR ABILITY TO BE EFFECTIVE IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS TO SHOW UP AND [1:22:12] EVALUATE HOW WE CAN INSURE CIVIL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU [1:22:20] TO ALL THE MANY PARTNER WHO IS HELPED MAKE A REALLY -- PARTNERS WHO HELPED MAKE A REALLY [1:22:25] MEANINGFUL POLICY HAPPEN. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT. [1:22:41] >> A COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THE LAST TIME THIS CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED WAS [1:22:46] IN 2017, AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE SEEN THE WORLD DRASTICALLY CHANGE. WE ARE LIVERING IN THE TIME WHEN [1:22:52] THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE ARE -- WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN THE [1:22:59] RIGHTS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING STRIPPED AWAY, BUT WE CAN ADD TO THE PROTECTED CLASSES AND I WILL GO OVER THE OVERVIEW. [1:23:06] IT INCLUDES CLASSES LIKE JUSTICE IMPACTED, HOUSING STATUS AND HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. THIS WILL BOLSTER CURRENT [1:23:12] PROTECTIONS AND REQUIRES ACCOMMODATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE, EXPANDS JURISDICTION [1:23:18] TO INVESTIGATE PAY AND EQUITY. IT ADDS A DEFINITION THAT INCLUDES SKIN COLOR, HAIR, [1:23:24] TEXTURE, STYLE, AND PROVIDES PROTECTIONS MIRRORING THE [1:23:29] PREGNANT WORKERS FAIRNESS ACT AND DISCRIMINATION WHICH IS [1:23:36] INTERSECTIONAL BASED UPON MULTIPLE CLASSES. AND EXPANSION TO INCLUDE THOSE [1:23:42] RESIDING WITH AND CARING FOR ADULTS AND THIS WAS LED BY CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT STAFF. [1:23:47] AS I MENTION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, THIS ORDINANCE IS A COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE THAT [1:23:53] BOLSTERS AND EXPAND MULTIPLE [1:23:59] PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION AT A TIME WHEN MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING [1:24:04] DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN OUR COUNTRY. MONTHS OF WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND STAFF, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND [1:24:10] STAFF, INCLUDING DIRECTOR, ALEX CANE, DIRECTOR PHILLIPS, ASHLEY [1:24:15] GOELD, ALYSSA GREEN IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION ALONG WITH A [1:24:21] VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE, ALONG WITH JUSTICE IMPACTED ADVOCATES, CRIMINAL [1:24:28] JUSTICE REFORM ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE AGAINST SIZE DISCRIMINATION AND HOUSING JUSTICE ADVOCATES. [1:24:34] AND AS I MENTION IN THE COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK [1:24:39] THAT WE CAN BE DOING AT A CITY ENTERPRISE WHEN THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, COUNCIL OFFICES, THE [1:24:46] MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ADVANCE POLICY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. [1:24:52] SO I WANT TO AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT. I WANT TO THANK STAFF IN WARD 9, [1:24:59] WARD 2 STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY'S STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT HELPS US GET TO THIS POINT TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN DECADES IN THE [1:25:06] MAKING. THERE HAS BEEN ADVOCACY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR. ALL WE HAD TO DO IS GRAB THAT [1:25:15] MANTLE AND BRING IT HOME. I WANTED TO HOPE WE GET SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY HERE TODAY. [1:25:20] I WANTED TO THANK OUR STAFF AT THE COUNCIL AND ALSO THE DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY DID FOR THIS, TOO. [1:25:26] I MOVE APPROVAL FOR SUPPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MOVED THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED [1:25:34] AND WILL TAKE UP BOTH WITHOUT OBJECTION. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:25:39] >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. [1:25:46] WONSLEY, AYE. [1:25:54] JENKINS IS ABSENT. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. [1:25:59] CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. [1:26:05] VETAW, AYE. CHUGHTAI, AYE. PAYNE >> AYE. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT ITEM IS [1:26:11] ADOPTED. THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS OUR [1:26:16] STANDING COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE FOUR NOTICES TODAY. [1:26:24] FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE [1:26:31] LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 333 ENTITLED SAUNA [1:26:38] ESTABLISHMENTS TO REGULATE SAUNA ESTABLISHMENTS. SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO [1:26:44] INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT MEETING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING [1:26:49] AND DEVELOPMENT CODE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 426B, ENTITLED RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. [1:26:55] THIRD, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT MEETING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN [1:27:02] ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATION CODE ADDING SECTION 18.190 RELATES TO CONTRACTS FOR SURVEILLANCE [1:27:09] TECHNOLOGY. AND FINALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT MEETING [1:27:14] OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATION CODE, ADDING [1:27:19] A NEW SECTION 18.200 RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS [1:27:26] BETWEEN $5,000 AND $175,000. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE NOTICES? COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:27:32] JUST WANT TO SHARE A BIT OF INFORMATION ON THOSE TWO NOI'S. [1:27:39] THE FIRST RELATED TO SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. SINCE 2022, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN [1:27:44] IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW TO BETTER ENHANCE THE CITY'S PRACTICES RELATED TO [1:27:49] SURVEILLANCE. I KNOW THIS WORK WAS ALSO NICHE YAYED BY THE -- INITIATED BY THE PRIOR COUNCIL STARTING AROUND [1:27:55] 2018, BUT ALSO EMPHASIZING, I KNOW, WHILE WE CAN'T REALLY [1:28:02] CONTROL THE OPERATIONAL MATTERS AROUND HOW SURVEILLANCE IS USED. MOST RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN THIS [1:28:08] REALLY ROLLED OUT UNDER THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, I [1:28:13] THINK THIS ORDINANCE HAS THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE WE'RE STANDARDIZING MORE TRANSPARENCY [1:28:19] FOR THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC TO LEARN WHEN AND WHAT TYPE OF SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT IS BEING [1:28:25] UTILIZED, AND ESSENTIALLY THE GOAL WOULD BE FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO FOSTER MORE TRANSPARENCY EITHER THROUGH THE INCLUSION OF [1:28:31] A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING PROPOSED FOR PURCHASING OR [1:28:37] THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH EXTERNAL PARTY FOR THE SOLICITATION OF THOSE SERVICES. [1:28:42] SO ALL THIS WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CITY AND [1:28:48] ESPECIALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS USING OR HAS ACCESS TO. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF, AGAIN, THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE [1:28:55] FEDERAL LEVEL. THE SECOND N.O.I. IS RELATED TO THE SECOND CHAPTER, BUT [1:29:01] UNRELATED ISSUE. WE HAVE, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF [1:29:06] YEARS AND ESPECIALLY IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE HAD MANY [1:29:12] CONVERSATIONS AROUND CONTRACTS THAT HAVE RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE BEING AWARDED TO OR JUST [1:29:21] QUESTIONABLE ETHICS FROM THE CONTRACTORS THAT'S BEEN ADMINISTERED UNDER THE FREY ADMINISTRATION. AND I KNOW THANKS TO PUBLIC [1:29:28] SCRUTINY AND ALSO COUNCIL OVERSIGHT ESSENTIALLY THERE HAS BEEN CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT ARE [1:29:35] PUT IN PLACE BY THE ADMINISTRATION SOMETIMES IN RESPONSE TO THOSE CONTRACTS B U I WANT TO KNOW IT SHOULD NOT [1:29:40] TAKE MEDIA PUBLICATIONS FOR THE CITY LEADERSHIP TO INSTITUTE [1:29:50] GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND $175,000. AND THESE CONTRACTS DO NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL, WHICH [1:29:56] ESSENTIALLY GRANTS US VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR O OVERSIGHT AS A BODY OVER THE [1:30:01] CONTRACT, AND ESSENTIALLY THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY FOR THE CONTRACTS FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. [1:30:07] THIS PARTICULAR LOOPHOLE IS ESSENTIALLY SHOWN ITSELF NOT TO BE GOOD FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, AND [1:30:14] THIS ORDINANCE SEEKS TO RECTIFY THAT. I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT AROUND THE INTENT FOR BOTH [1:30:19] ORDINANCES AS IT RELATES TO SURVEILLANCE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN TRANSPARENCY AROUND OUR [1:30:26] FINANCIAL POLICIES. >> BEFORE I CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER [1:30:32] JENKINS, COULD YOU LIKE YOUR VOTES RECORDED FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE? >> THANK YOU AND YES. >> ALL RIGHT. [1:30:37] WITHOUT OBJECTION, MADAM CLERK. >> NOTED, THANK YOU. >> THA YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [1:30:42] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION THAT I'M BRINGING BRIEFLY. [1:30:49] IT'S A RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS REMOVAL ORDINANCE. [1:30:55] IT IS REALLY, REALLY CENTERED IN THE PACT ABOUT NAMING HARM AND [1:31:01] TAKING -- IN THE FACT ABOUT NAMING HARM AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF [1:31:06] RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS BEING USED AS TOOL OF EXCLUSION [1:31:12] THAT WOULD SHAPE WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR COULD LIVE OR COULD NOT LIVE, WHERE THEY COULD BUILD [1:31:18] WEALTH, WHERE THEY COULD HAVE CONNECTIVITY IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS. REALLY THE JIM CROW OF THE [1:31:23] NORTH. AND MANY, WHILE RACIAL COVENANTS AREN'T CURRENTLY IN EFFECT, MANY [1:31:28] HOUSES STILL HAVE RACIAL COVENANTS ATTACHED TO THEIR DEEDS. AND IN CONNECTION WITH MAPPING [1:31:34] PREJUDICE, A TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THEY REPORT THAT THERE'S OVER 8,000 [1:31:41] COVENANTED PROPERTIES IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND A HANDFUL OF THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED VOLUNTARILY DUE TO THE WORK OF [1:31:47] ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEYS THROUGH THE JUST DEEDS [1:31:52] PROJECT. AND WITH THIS START WE HAVE BEGINNING TO CORRECT THE HISTORY BY ACKNOWLEDGING THESE COVENANTS [1:31:58] ARE NOT JUST ARTIFACTS OF THE PAST BUT STRUCTURE THAT STILL IMPACTS THE PRESENT. [1:32:03] THIS ORDINANCE IS HOPEFULLY THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A BROADER EFFORT TO INSURE THAT OUR CITY [1:32:08] CODE REFLECTS THE VALUES OF EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND BELONGING. AND THIS WORK WAS REALLY ACTUALLY INSPIRED BY A GROUP OF [1:32:17] CONSTITUENTS WHO I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IN THEIR EFFORT TO [1:32:29] RENAME A STREET IN MY WARD EDMOND WALTON AND THIS WORK IS COMMUNITY LED FROM THE [1:32:36] BEGINNING. AND RENAMING THAT COALITION [1:32:41] MODEL AND WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. [1:32:48] AND OTHER CITIES WERE TAKING UP THIS TYPE OF REQUIREMENT OF [1:32:53] DISCHARGING RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY COVENANTS. AND BEING A PERSON OF COLOR [1:32:59] MYSELF THAT REPRESENTS MY WARD, I KNOW THAT GOING BACK IN TIME, [1:33:04] THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OWN A HOME [1:33:13] AND BLACK, BROWN, JEWISH WHO LIVE ON EDMOND BOULEVARD OR LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT CURRENTLY HAS A [1:33:19] RACIAL COVENANT OR IN THE PROCESS OF DISCHARGING A RACIAL [1:33:25] COVENANT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEM AND THE KIDS THEY ARE RAISING. AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT HOW OUR [1:33:30] CITY GOVERNMENT CHOOSES TO RESPOND OR DOESN'T CHOOSE TO RESPOND. AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE [1:33:39] THIS WORK FORWARD. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EFFORT BEHIND THIS. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THIS IN A [1:33:47] WAY THAT MAKES SENSE AND WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO [1:33:53] GETTING A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH EVERYONE ON THE BODY ABOUT THIS AND THE STREET RENAME. [1:34:03] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, THOSE NOTICES ARE HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS [1:34:08] REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL [1:34:14] CALENDAR. WE HAVE TWO INTRODUCTIONS TODAY. FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBERS CASHMAN, RAINVILLE AND WONSLEY MOVE TO [1:34:19] INTRODUCE AND GIVE FIRST READING TO AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE, [1:34:24] ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 425A ENTITLED MINNEAPOLIS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, ESTABLISHING THE MINNEAPOLIS [1:34:30] TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION AS AUTHORIZED BY [1:34:36] MINNESOTA STATUTES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL INCLUDES THE SCHEDULING OF A PUBLIC HEARING [1:34:42] TO BE HELD AT THE MAY 202025 BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING [1:34:47] COMMITTEE MEETING. SECOND, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVES TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MADDER OF [1:34:54] AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND SUBDIVISION CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MODIFYING THE [1:34:59] DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO ADDRESS UNITS FINANCED IN WHOLE OR ■PART BY A TRIBE OR [1:35:06] TRIBAL ENTITY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTRODUCTIONS? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. [1:35:11] >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE [1:35:17] FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN [1:35:23] MINNEAPOLIS. I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM REPRESENTATIVE FRANK HORNSTEIN WHO WAS THE AUTHOR AT THE STATE [1:35:28] TO ALLOW CITIES IN MINNESOTA TO PASS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. [1:35:33] AND THEN THE GREAT FOLKS AT MEET MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDING BILL, [1:35:39] KRISTI, MELVIN, JEFF, HAVE ALL REALLY CHAMPIONED THIS AND BROUGHT THE HOTELS IN THE CITY [1:35:44] ON BOARD TO POOL RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE CARRYING [1:35:51] THIS LEGISLATION TO AUTHORIZE IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSION WITH COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 20 TO [1:35:58] HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE INDUSTRY AND THEIR STORY AND WHAT THEY'RE HOPING THIS CAN [1:36:03] HELP US ACHIEVE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:36:14] >> PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTONS HERE. IT HAPPENS, KELLY, RIGHT? SAY, I, TOO, WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT. [1:36:21] IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO COMPLIMENT BILL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. BILL, I AM TRYING TO SEARCH MY [1:36:27] MEMORY BANKS, BUT THIS IS ABOUT A FOUR, FIVE-YEAR PROCESS ON YOUR PART. HOW MANY FINGERS? [1:36:33] LONGER THAN THAT. BUT WHAT THIS WILL DO IS BRING RESOURCES INTO OUR CITY THAT OVER 200 OVER CITIES ENJOY TO [1:36:40] PROMOTE THEIR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. AND RIGHT NOW WITH DOWNTOWN [1:36:46] SLOWING DOWN, WE NEED THAT HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TO KEEP OUR PROPERTY VALUES UP AND OUR JOB [1:36:52] CREATION, AS WELL AS THE TAX THAT GENERATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BILL, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, AND LET'S KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS. [1:37:01] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. [1:37:10] KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. [1:37:16] CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. [1:37:24] VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:37:29] >> THAT MOTION CARRIES AND THOSE MATTERS ARE REFERRED TO THE [1:37:34] BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS. OUR HONORARY RESOLUTIONS TODAY INCLUDE THE FOUR THAT WERE [1:37:39] PRESENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AS WELL AS A [1:37:46] RESOLUTION HONORING THE 125th ANNIVERSARY OF DELASALLE HIGH SCHOOL. [1:37:51] AND HONORING A RESOLUTION HONORING KIRK WASHINGTON JR. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR [1:37:58] QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME WALK THIS ON. USUALLY I WOULD HAVE HIS FAMILY [1:38:04] HERE AND DO A PRESENTATION. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. WE WILL BE DOING SOMETHING IN COMMUNITY. [1:38:09] FOLKS WANT TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF KIRK WASHINGTON. NOT EVERYBODY UP HERE MAYBE KNOWS KIRK, BUT HE WAS A POET. [1:38:15] HE WAS AN ARTIST IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTING HARRISON. AND WHILE I KNEW KIRK AS A KID, [1:38:23] AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING, HE WAS ACTUALLY DOING A PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY KNOWN AS CREATIVE CITY MAKING. [1:38:29] HE WAS WORKING ON DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND THE REST OF THE CITY. AND SO JUST KIND OF REMIND ME [1:38:35] EVERY TIME THIS TIME OF YEAR COMES UP SORT OF THE WORK THAT OUR OWN ARTS DEPARTMENT IS DOING [1:38:42] IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION, THE WORK ARTISTS DO TO CREATE IMAGES AND TELL STORY, BUT ALSO TO [1:38:49] REALLY ORGANIZE AND CREATE MATERIAL CHANGE. AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, ALL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO WALK [1:38:55] THIS ON. AND HOPE TO HAVE ALL YOU GUYS' SUPPORT ON THIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:39:01] >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THE [1:39:10] DELASALLE 125th ANNIVERSARY. IT IS A TREMENDOUS SCHOOL AND A LOT OF MAYORS, POLICEMEN, [1:39:16] FIREFIGHTERS, SOME GOOD, SOME BAD, BUT I WILL BE ON SATURDAY TO GIVE THIS IN PERSON. AND I JUST APPRECIATE MY [1:39:22] COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE A GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. [1:39:28] >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SPEAK [1:39:33] TO THE RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE OF KIRK WASHINGTON JR. [1:39:38] A VERY DEAR FRIEND, FELLOW POET. WE'RE ACTUALLY BIRTHDAY BUDDIES [1:39:46] AS WELL. AND I MEAN, I THINK KIRK'S LIFE AND WORK IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF [1:39:53] HOW THE ARTS CAN CHANGE [1:40:00] COMMUNITY AND IS A VERY CRITICAL PART OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND [1:40:07] MOVEMENT CHANGE. KIRK SPENT TIME OVERSEAS [1:40:13] LEARNING AND DEVELOPING THIS CRAFT AND ADVOCATING AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES [1:40:18] THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY. [1:40:24] CERTAINLY RIGHT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M SADDENED WE DIDN'T HAVE THE [1:40:31] CELEBRATION HERE AS WE USUALLY DO HAVE AND HAVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. [1:40:38] BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I [1:40:43] UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SO I CAN PARTICIPATE. >> STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS [1:40:50] BUT AT THE OLD BIKE SHOP ON GLENWOOD. I AM FORGETTING THE EXACT [1:40:57] ADDRESS. MORGAN AND GLENWOOD. I WILL GET THE DETAILS SO THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME [1:41:02] THROUGH CAN COME THROUGH AND LOVE TO HAVE FOLKS REMEMBER KIRK AND YOU'VE READ HIS POETRY HERE [1:41:07] ON THE DAIS BEFORE. AND I CAN'T TELL ANDREA ANYTHING [1:41:13] ABOUT KIRK YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, BUT OTHER FOLKS MAYBE LEARN ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WHY HE WAS IMPORTANT TO NORTH [1:41:20] MINNEAPOLIS. >> YEAH, THE POEM I READ WAS ACTUALLY A POEM FOR THE CITY OF [1:41:27] MINNEAPOLIS. THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY FORMER MAYOR BESSIE HODGES. [1:41:33] >> A COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:41:38] PAYNE. I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE MAY DAY PARADE WILL BE SUNDAY AT NOON -- [1:41:43] >> WE ARE NOT AT ANNOUNCEMENTS YET. >> WE'LL GET THERE. WE'RE ON RESOLUTIONS. [1:41:51] >> WOW. TAKE A BREATH. TAKE A BREATH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT [1:41:57] THESE RESOLUTIONS? >> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND? [1:42:02] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. [1:42:07] KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. [1:42:13] PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. [1:42:18] OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. [1:42:24] VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:42:29] >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT [1:42:34] ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS ANNOUNCEMENTS, I AM GOING TO JUST NOTE THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST [1:42:41] UNANIMOUS AGENDA THIS TERM. AND POSSIBLY SINCE I'VE EVER [1:42:46] BEEN ELECTED TO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE TRANSITION INTO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? [1:42:56] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? >> YEAH, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. BIG DAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON [1:43:02] SUNDAY, MAY DAY PARADE. THE MAY DAY FESTIVAL ACROSS THE [1:43:10] BLOOMINGTON CORRIDOR. ALL ARE WELCOME. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. I'M SAD THAT I HAVE A SAD [1:43:16] ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE, BUT WHEN WE GET ELECTED TO THESE POSITIONS, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT [1:43:22] HOW SOMETIMES YOUR CONSTITUENTS BECOME FAMILY AND THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU BUILD WITH [1:43:28] FOLKS. WE HAVE LARD, WARD 4 HAS LOST A COOL PERSON. HE SERVED ON THE CAPITAL LONG [1:43:34] RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, RAY CHOAKE. AND THE SHINGLE CREEK WATERSHED. [1:43:43] THERE IS NO TOUR OF THE SHINGLE CREEK LIKE A TOUR FROM RAY. RAY IS SUPER COOL AND CAME TO [1:43:50] VISIT ME OFTEN. A FORMER HISTORY TEACHER, HAD LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SHINGLE CREEK AND JUST ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS [1:43:58] IN GENERAL. AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM TREMENDOUSLY AND THE POP-UP [1:44:05] VISITS AN AND CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER. I'M GOING TO MISS HIS LOVE FOR [1:44:11] HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS ARTISTIC VIBE AROUND STAINED [1:44:16] GLASS WIN DOSE. HE CREATED REALLY COOL WINDOWS AND TOOK SOME AMAZING PHOTOS OF [1:44:24] NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. IN PARTICULAR THE SINGLE CREEK. [1:44:36] THERE WAS A BEAVER DAM FORMING AND HE GOT AWESOME PHOTOS. IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR RAY CHOAKE, [1:44:44] FORMER WARD FOR RESIDENT. THANK YOU. [1:44:52] >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE TOMORROW [1:44:58] IS NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP DAY. AND I KNOW EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN [1:45:08] ACTIVITIES TO CLEAN UP, BUT I WANT TO INVITE FOLKS IF YOU WANT TO COME TO GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, [1:45:15] WE WILL BE CLEANING UP AND REPAINTING THE NAMES ON THE STREETS OVER THERE. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY. [1:45:22] AND THEN ON SUNDAY, MAY 4S THE WALK FOR MS WHICH WILL BE HELD [1:45:30] AT MINNEHAHA FALLS, AND PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE MS [1:45:35] SOCIETY. HELP RAISE MONEY TO DO RESEARCH AS WE KNOW, THE FEDERAL [1:45:42] ADMINISTRATION HAS CUT ALL SORTS OF RESEARCH FUNDING. [1:45:47] SO WE NEED TO HELP THIS ORGANIZATION TO BUILD THE COFFERS TO CONTINUE TO DO THE [1:45:53] AMAZING WORK THEY DO. THANK YOU. >> I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE TO [1:46:01] ANNOUNCE THAT SATURDAY IS OUR ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD DAY. [1:46:07] AUDUBON PARK IS HAVING A SPRING FESTIVAL. LOWER NORTHEAST HAS THE MEETING AT SOCIABLE CIDER. [1:46:13] THERE'S A TOOL SWAP AT LOGAN PARK. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPRING [1:46:18] GATHERING WITH THE COLUMBIA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SO TON OF NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY ARE GOING TO BE [1:46:24] CELEBRATING NEIGHBORHOOD DAY, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD GET OUT AND MEET A NEIGHBOR. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:46:29] >> THANK YOU. I'M A LITTLE LATE ON THIS, BUT I WANTED TO WELCOME A NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TO THE CITY [1:46:36] OF MINNEAPOLIS, DORAN CLARK. WE HAD WITH THE UNTIMELY DEATH, WE HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND I [1:46:42] HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM LAST WEEK, AND HE'S THROWING HIMSELF INTO THE JOB AND DOING A [1:46:50] GREAT, GREAT REPRESENTATION FOR NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS. SO WELCOME, SENATOR CLARK, TO [1:46:57] HIS NEW POSITION. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, [1:47:03] WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY. WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT [1:47:08] OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY . . [1:47:13] . .