[0:16] SCWOOP [0:39] >>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOT PAYNE, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY [0:45] COUNCIL. AND BEFORE WE CONVENE OUR MEETING, WE HAVE SOME HONORARY RESOLUTIONS TO PRESENT [0:51] TODAY. WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME GUESTS TO THE SPACE TO SHARE IN THESE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE TAKING UP OUR AGENDA. [0:57] FIRST, IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SENATE MAJORITY [1:03] LEADER DZIEDZIC A BRIDGE [1:54] AND WE'LL BE WELCOMING HER FAMILY UP FRONT. >> JOIN US ON EITHER SIDE.. [2:25] >> COME ON OVER! GET ON EITHER [2:32] SIDE. [2:41] >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING! THIS RESOLUTION IS [2:48] DESIGNATING THE MINNESOTA SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CARRIE DZIEDZIC [2:53] MEMORIAL BRIDGE. WHEREAS, CARRIE DZIEDZIC REPRESENTED THE RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE [2:58] PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA AS A MEMBER OF THE MINNESOTA SENATE FROM 2012 TO 2024. AND, WHEREAS, [3:07] DZIEDZIC DIED ON DECEMBER 27, 2024, WHILE SERVING IN OFFICE. SURVIVED BY HER LOVING FAMILY. [3:13] AND MANY FRIENDS. AND, WHEREAS, DZIEDZIC WAS BORN AND RAISED IN [3:20] NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS, AND A PROUD GRADUATE OF EDISON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF [3:26] MINNESOTA. WHEREAS, DZIEDZIC DEDICATED MUCH OF HER LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE, WORKING FOR U.S. [3:33] SENATOR PAUL, THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD, THE MINNEAPOLIS PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, AND [3:38] SERVING AS A STATE SENATOR FOR 12 YEARS. AND, WHEREAS;WAS [3:48] CALLED BY MANY IN THE COMMUNITY TO RUN IN A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR MINNESOTA SENATE IN JANUARY OF [3:53] 2012 AND WON WITH OVER 77% OF THE VOTE. HIGHLIGHTING HER CONNECTION AND POPULARITY IN HER [4:00] SENATE DISTRICT, AND, WHEREAS;DZIEDZIC WAS UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED AND LOVED BY HER [4:06] LEAGUES FOR INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, INTELLIGENCE, AND HARDWORK. AND, WHEREAS;DZIEDZIC [4:12] WAS A POWERFUL ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ALL OF HER CONSTITUENTS. AND, -- [4:26] >> WHEREAS;DZIEDZIC WAS COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND [4:32] HARASSMENT USHER HERBING CHANGES TO WORKPLACE POLICY. AND, [4:40] WHEREAS;DZIEDZIC PROUDLY REPRESENTED STUDENT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE BY ENSURING THAT STUDENT VOICES AND NEEDS [4:46] WERE WELL REPRESENTED IN HER OFFICE. ESPECIALLY IN HER FIGHTS FOR FREE COLLEGE TUITION, [4:51] RENTER PROTECTIONS, AND TRANSIT ACTIONS. AND, WHEREAS;DZIEDZIC NOT ONLY SHOWED UP FOR YOUNG [4:57] PEOPLE, SHE EMPOWERED THEM THROUGH POSITIONS IN HER SENATE OFFICE, OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER ON LEGISLATION, AND THROUGH [5:04] STEADFAST MENTORSHIP. AND ... >> WHERE WHEREAS;DZIEDZIC [5:14] OVERSAW SWEEPING CHANGES THAT INCLUDED HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND [5:20] INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, POLICIES ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL [5:25] MINNESOTA CHILDREN. AND, WHEREAS;DZIEDZIC PASSED IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGES EVEN WHILE BATTLING CANCER. [5:33] REQUIRING PRIVATE HEALTH INSURERS TO COVER THE COST FOR WIGS FOR PATIENTS EXPERIENCING HAIR LOSS DUE TO TREATMENT. AND [5:42] WHEREAS;THE 10th AVENUE BRIDGE IS LOCATED IN SENATE DISTRICT 60 AND IS A KEY ARTERY. AND SHE [5:52] WORKED TIRELESSLY TO SECURE STATE FUNDING DOLLARS FOR THE 10th AVENUE BRIDGE IN 2017. [5:57] THANKS TO THE STATE'S INVESTMENT, THE 1 10 AVENUE BRIDGE HAS BEEN INCLUDED BIKE [6:04] LANES AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS MAKING IT SAFER FOR STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS AND DZIEDZIC THROUGHOUT HER CAREER AS A STATE [6:10] SENATOR IN HER CAUCUS AND IN THE WHOLE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT WAS A BRIDGE BUILDER. [6:18] >> YOU DO THE HONORS. >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVE, THE MAYOR AND CITY [6:23] COUNCIL DO HEREBY DESIGNATE THE 1 10 AVENUE BRIDGE LOCATED [6:30] OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS [6:37] KARI DZIEDZIC MEMORIAL BRIDGE ON HER BIRTHDAY.. [6:42] >> WOO! [ APPLAUSE ] [6:48] >> WHILE TODAY IS A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR OUR DEAR [6:55] FRIEND, KARI DZIEDZIC. I WANT TO THE OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY FAMILY MEMBERS, FIRST, WHO MIGHT [7:00] WANT TO SAY ANY WORDS AND COLLEAGUES OF OUR LATE SENATOR. [7:07] IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO? CALLIE? [7:14] >> I'M KARI'S SISTER KELLIE. [7:21] SHE WOULD PROBABLY BE EMBARRASSED THAT WE'RE MAKING A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS. SHE'S SO WELL DESERVING AND SHE WOULD BE [7:27] HAPPY WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER ON HER BIRTHDAY. >> I CAN GO NEXT. AND THEN IF [7:34] THERE'S ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO GO RIGHT AFTER ... SO, FOR [7:40] ME, SENATOR DZIEDZIC WAS ONE OF MY FIRST MENTORS. I GOT TO KNOW [7:47] SENATOR DZIEDZIC WHEN I WAS JUST 18 YEARS OLD. AND I KNEW THAT AS A YOUNG PERSON, AS A YOUNG [7:53] WOMAN, AS A WOMAN OF COLOR, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, POLITICS WAS [8:00] NOT ALWAYS A SPACE WHERE I FELT INCLUDED OR PEOPLE LIKE ME WERE MADE SPACE FOR. AND I WANTED TO [8:07] GET MORE INVOLVED AND I CREATED A STUDENT GROUP OF A COUPLE OF OTHER FRIENDS, HOPING THAT WE [8:12] COULD CREATE A SPACE FOR YOUNG WOMEN, TRANS, AND NONBINARY [8:18] PEOPLE TO STEP INTO POLITICS. OUR FIRST CHAMPION WAS SENATOR DZIEDZIC. SHE SHOWED UP TO [8:24] EVERY MEETING THAT WE REQUESTED HER TO SHOW UP TO. NOT JUST IN OUR FIRST YEAR, BUT EVERY SINGLE [8:31] YEAR THAT I WAS IN COLLEGE. AND SHE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO [8:36] WORK IN HER OFFICE, WHICH WAS WHAT SPARKED MY INTEREST IN [8:43] PURSUING PUBLIC SERVICE FULLY. I GOT TO WATCH A PERSON WHO [8:49] ILLUSTRATED WHAT PUBLIC SERVICE, THROUGH AND THROUGH, IS AND WAS AND SHOULD BE. THAT WOMAN WAS [8:59] HILARIOUS, SHE WROTES TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY. [9:04] HANDWRITTEN OR SHE WOULD GIVE ME AND THE OTHERS IN THE OFFICE TO HELP OUT. I WOULD WATCH HER [9:12] PORE OVER HER DESK FOR HOURS JUST READING AND READING AND [9:17] PREPARING. AND SHE WOULD EMPOWER SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. WHETHER THEY LIVED [9:22] IN CEDAR RIVER SIDE, ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS, IN NORTHEAST, TO COME IN AND BE [9:28] A PART OF MAJOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THAT WAS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE HISTORIC 2023 LEGISLATIVE [9:37] SESSION WHERE SHE MADE MINNEAPOLIS SO PROUD AS A [9:42] MAJORITY LEADER. I WILL PASS IT ON TO ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANY WORDS. [9:55] >> I AGREE THAT KARI WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT UPSET WITH US FOR MAKING SUCH A BIG [10:02] FUSS ABOUT HER! IF THERE WAS ANYONE WHO DESERVED TO HAVE A BIG FUSS MADE ABOUT HER, IT WAS [10:08] OUR FRIEND KARI. LIKE COUNCILMEMBER, I WAS INSPIRED BY [10:13] KARI AND SHE SOUGHT ME OUT WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. AND INSPIRED ME TO GET INVOLVED WITH [10:19] STATE POLITICS. AND BECAUSE OF HER, I GET TO BE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE! AND REPRESENT [10:25] THE COMMU COMMUNITY THAT SHE DID SO MUCH FOR. NORTHEAST [10:31] MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE JUST HER BIG LOVES WITH HER FAMILY. AND SHE PORED EVERYTHING INTO OUR [10:37] COMMUNITY. AND I THINK ABOUT HER EVERY DAY AT THE CAPITOL. AND I KNOW THAT SHE'S THINKING A [10:42] LOT ABOUT US AND SOMETIMES FRUSTRATED WITH US BUT ULTIMATELY PROUD OF AN [10:48] EVERYONE WHO IS HERE TODAY AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OUR CITY. I'M GLAD WE HAVE A BRIDGE FOR [10:55] KARI, WHO REALLY WAS A BRIDGE BUILDER. >> THANK YOU! I WANT TO SAY [11:01] CONGRATULATIONS TO PAT. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AND TO SEE THAT DZIEDZIC NAME NOW ON THE BRIDGE IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU SO [11:07] PROUD. AND I HOPE YOU DRIVE OVER IT A LOT. [11:14] [ LAUGHTER ] KARI HELPED ME A LOT WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE. AS DID HER FATHER, WALT. WE CAN'T CELEBRATE KARI [11:22] WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT WALT, TOO. BOTH KARI AND WALT TOLD ME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE AN ELECTED [11:28] OFFICIAL. I RAN FOR PARK BOARD IN 2008 AND LOST. WALT AND HELPED ME A LOT IN THE CAMPAIGN. [11:35] MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS HE COULD HAVE. [ LAUGHTER ] BUT BOTH WALT AND KARI STUCK TO [11:44] THE MANTRA THAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH. AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THE [11:51] TRUTH. AND SO ONE OF WALT'S SONS REMINDED ME THAT TODAY. I [11:56] SPEAK THE TRUTH. AND I GET THAT FROM YOUR FATHER AND YOUR SISTER. SO THANK YOU. [12:13] >> I'M FORTUNATE TO SERVE IN THE STATE SENATE FOR SENATE DISTRICT 60. FOLLOWING IN KHAN [12:26] KARI'S FOOTSTEPS. THE DAY THE AMENDMENT WAS OFFERED TO NAME THE BRIDGE. YOU SAW ALL OF [12:33] KARI'S COLLEAGUES RAISING HER HANDS. YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU WANT TO SPEEP SPEAK. [12:38] I'D NEVER SEEN SO MANY HANDS RAISED WANTING TO SPEAK IN THE SENATE ABOUT ANY MATTER. AND [12:44] EACH OF THEM SHARED PARTS OF THE STORIES THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD. IT WAS TRUTH TELLER, INTEGRITY, AND BRIDGE BUILDER. [12:50] WHETHER IT WAS SOMEONE TELLING THAT STORY FROM GREATER MINNESOTA, THE SUBURBS, HERE IN [12:56] MINNEAPOLIS, OR IN SAINT PAUL. IT WAS THE SAME STORY. REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT. KARI [13:03] WAS CONSISTENT AND BELOVED BY EVERYONE IN THE SENATE. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER LEAD US IN [13:09] SENATE DISTRICT 60 AND IN ALL OF MINNESOTA. [13:15] >> GOING TO COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KARI WAS MY FRIEND. I [13:21] MET KARI A LONG TIME AGO WORKING ON PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SPEND TIME [13:27] WITH SENATOR DZIEDZIC RIGHT WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY. WE HUNG OUT ON [13:33] FRIDAYS WHEN SHE COULD. A GROUP OF US. AND HAD DINNER. COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, AS [13:39] WELL, WOULD JOIN. AND IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN TO SEE HER. WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT SHOPPING! THEN IT BECAME ABOUT WIGS. WE [13:46] WERE BOTH CANCER SURVIVORS, SO WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD [13:51] CONVERSATION ABOUT HAIR, CLOTHES, AND WHERE THE SALES WAS. SHE LOVED! SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVED A GOOD SALE. IF THERE WAS [13:57] A GOOD SALE, SHE KNEW WHERE IT WAS AND COULD TELL YOU WHEN AISLE TO GO IN, WHERE IT WAS EXACTLY, WHAT COLOR IT WAS, WHO [14:04] THE DESIGNER WAS, AND SO WE HAD A LOT OF FANTASTIC CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SHOPPING AND ABOUT HOW WE [14:12] WOULD PAY IT FORWARD WITH CANCER PATIENTS. I MISS HER SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO MISS HER SO MUCH. [14:18] IT WAS A SUMMER THING WE WOULD GATHER EVERY OTHER FRIDAY AND HAVE DINNER AND SO I'M GOING TO [14:24] MISS HER GREATLY. SHE WAS JUST A WONDERFUL PERSON. ALWAYS. SHE HELPED ME WHEN I RAN FOR [14:30] PARK BOARD. SHE HELPED ME ON PUBLIC POLICY. SHE HELPED ME WITH FREEDOM TO BREATHE AND [14:36] TOBACCO WORK, FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SHE WASN'T JUST A CHAMPION FOR NORTHEAST IN HER DISTRICT, SHE LOVED NORTH [14:42] MINNEAPOLIS, TOO. AND SHE WAS A FIGHTER! SHE COULD ARGUE WITH YOU LIKE NOBODY ELSE. AND SO I [14:48] LOVED HER. WE ALL MISS HER. AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE US HERE CELEBRATING HER THIS WAY. AND I [14:54] WILL DEFINITELY CROSS THAT BRIDGE AS MUCH AS I CAN. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE [15:00] ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS? OKAY. WHY DON'T WE TAKE [15:07] A BIG GROUP PHOTO. THIS REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF MANEUVERING. BECAUSE YOU NEED TO TRY TO GET BETWEEN THESE LINES RIGHT HERE ON THE FLOOR. [15:14] SO SQUEEZE IN! AND IF WE CAN HAVE THE FAMILY COME TO THE [15:20] FRONT. PAT, WHY DON'T YOU COME TO THE FRONT OVER HERE. . [17:27] >> >>: NEXT UP, WE'LL WELCOME SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS. [18:00] IS THISSEN? YES, IT IS. FOR [18:08] THE PICTURE, WE HAVE TO BE BETWEEN THE BLACK PIECES OF TAPE. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. [18:13] THIS RESOLUTION IS TO CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME TO CITY HALL MEMBERS OF THE ULTRAVIOLET [18:21] TEAM, WHICH IS THE SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM THAT WENT TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS [18:26] THIS YEAR.! YES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM! I KNOW [18:36] A LITTLE SOMETHING. I WAS AN INNOVATION COACH FOR MY SON'S ROBOTICS TEAM IN THE PAST FOR A [18:42] CU COUPLE OF YEARS. I SAW THE AMOUNT OF VISION, PLANNING, [18:48] AND RESEARCH IT TAKES TO LIFT ONE OF THE PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND. AND HOW MANY STARTS AND STOPS AND COMPLETE RESTARTS THAT [18:54] SOMETIMES THIS KIND OF WORK TAKES. AND WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT SEEING ROBOTICS OVER THE [19:00] YEARS, IS WHAT A DIVERSE TEAM IT TAKES IN TERMS OF SKILLS. FOR A [19:05] TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY A PLACE FOR YOU ON A ROBOTICS TEAM WITH ALMOST [19:11] ANY PARTICULAR SKILL SET YOU WANT TO WORK ON. AND HAVE. I [19:17] REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM TIM, ACTUALLY, LATE LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW MANY CONTRIBUTIONS [19:23] EACH TEAM MEMBER MADE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH YOUR COOPERATION [19:29] AND YOUR DEDICATION THAT IT'S TAKING -- IT'S TAKEN TO BASICALLY START FRESH FOUR YEARS [19:34] AGO. AS CAMERON, THE TEAM CAPTAIN WAS SAYING. SO THANK YOU! AND LET'S NOT FORGET TO [19:39] ALSO RECOGNIZE THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS AND THE MENTORS AND THE COACHES IN THIS WORK. SO [19:47] WITH THAT ... I'M GOING TO READ THIS RESOLUTION THAT HONORS YOU AND YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS. [19:56] WHEREAS: HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS COMPETITIONS OFFER A UNIQUE BLEND OF SPORT AND STEM EDUCATION, WHERE TEAMS OF STUDE [20:02] WITH DIVERSE SKILL SETS DESIGN, BUILD, AND PROGRAM ROBOTS TO COMPETE IN GAME-BASED [20:08] CHALLENGES; AND WHEREAS: FIRST (FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) ROBOTICS INSPIRES YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [20:13] LEADERS AND INNOVATORS, BY ENGAGING THEM IN EXCITING [20:19] PROGRAMS THAT BUILD SCIENCE, EN AND TECHNOLOGY SKILLS, THAT INSPIRE INNOVATION, AND THAT FOSTER WELL-ROUNDED LIFE CAPABILITIES INCLUDING SELF [20:25] CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION, AND LEADERSHIP; AND WHEREAS: ROBOTICS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES [20:30] FOR STUDENTS TO MASTER TRADE SKILLS INCLUDING METAL AND WOOD [20:39] COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOPHISTICATED CONTROL CODE; AND WHEREAS: THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE (MSHSL) SANCTIONS FIRST COMPETITION, MAKING IT AN OFFIC [20:47] MSHSL ACTIVITY; AND WHEREAS: TH SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS [20:52] TEAM, ULTRAVIOLET, FIRST FORMED IN 2007 AND WAS REINVIGORATED IN 2022; AND WHEREAS: ULTRAVIOLET IS A STUDENT DRIVEN EXTRACURRIC [21:00] AT SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL WHERE TEAM MEMBERS ARE GUIDED BY A SIGNATURE SET OF CORE VALUES THAT EMPHASIZE COOPERATIVE [21:06] COMPETITION, GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM, RESPECT FOR TH CONTRIBUTIONS OF OTHERS, AND [21:13] COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; AND. WHEREAS: ULTRAVIOLET HAS ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY BY STARTING [21:19] AND RUNNING A SCIENCE FAIR AT WINDOM ELEMENTARY AND A GIRLS IN THE SHOP PROGRAM AT SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS DONE [21:25] OUTREACH AT NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS; AND WHEREAS: PRIOR TO 2022, ULTRAVIOLET HAD NOT EVER QUALIFIED TO [21:32] PARTICIPATE IN THE FINAL ROUNDS OF ANY COMPETITION; AND WHEREAS: [21:38] SINCE 2022, ULTRAVIOLET QUALIFIED FOR THE MSHSL STATE TOURNAMENT TWICE, TAKING HOME FIRST PLACE IN 2024; AND [21:47] WHEREAS: ULTRAVIOLET HAVE BEEN INVITED TO COMPETE AT THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD COMPETITION FOR THREE OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS [21:53] AND IN 2022 ONE TEAM MEMBER RECEIVED SPECIAL GLOBAL RECOGNITION FOR THEIR [21:59] LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE; AND WHEREAS: THE 2024-2025 FIRST ROBOTICS SEASON, INCLUDING THE [22:06] CHAMPIONSHIP, WAS THEMED "FIRST DIVE" AND FOCUSED ON THE OCEAN AND ITS DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS, ENCOURAGING TEAMS TO EXPLORE THE [22:12] UNDERWATER WORLD AND INNOVATE FOR A BETTER FUTURE WITH HEALTH [22:18] OCEANS; AND WHEREAS: THE FIRST REQUIRED TEAMS TO BUILD A ROBOT THAT SIMULATED REMOVING ALGAE [22:24] FROM A REEF AND REPLACING IT WITH PIECES OF CORAL; AND WHEREAS: THE 2025 ULTRAVIOLET TEAM WAS COMPRISED OF [22:31] TWENTY-FOUR TEAM MEMBERS: CAMERON, ALENA, MASON, VICTOR, JERRY, RAIN, HENRY, LEAH, [22:38] KAELAN, HENRI, JONAH, EMILY, FINN, MALCOLM, OWEN, ANDERS G., [22:47] DREW, ANNA, SADIE AUGGIE, LIAM, SOPHIA, AND ANDERS T., ALONG WITH LEAD MENTORS TIM DIRR AND [22:53] LYNN MEYER, MENTORS JONATHAN KI KEVIN JOHNSON, DAVE BRUINS, TRENT ROEMEN, MATTHEW SCHROER, [23:01] AND JOHN VOGT, AND STAFF ADVISO YARA ANDERSON; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED━ THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY [23:06] PRESENT THIS HONORARY RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF SOUTHWEST HIG ROBOTICS TEAM'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN [23:12] THE MSHSL AND FIRST CHAMPIONSHI WORLD COMPETITIONS. [23:20] CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS! WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK SPEAKERS. WE'LL START OFF WITH TIM DIRR. [23:29] >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THIS IS REALLY [23:35] SPECIAL FOR US. AND VERY BRIEFLY, I WANTED TO SAY THAT [23:41] FIRST ROBOTICS -- EVERY ONE OF THE MENTORS WE HAVE ON THE TEAM, AND REPRESENTS ALL KINDS OF SKILLS, ALL VOLUNTEERS. THE [23:48] TEAMS ARE FUNDED BY BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. CHECK THE BACKS OF OUR SHIRTS, YOU CAN SEE [23:54] WHO THEY ARE. SO IT'S A TERRIFIC VALUE FOR THE COMMUNITY! WE UNDERSTAND THAT [24:01] IN SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT [24:07] UNIVERSAL THROUGHOUT THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO WE OPERATE A PUBLIC [24:12] FIELD WITH A FULL-SIZED MACHINE SHOP IN LINCOLN SCHOOL IN NORTH [24:18] MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE DOING IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CAREER TECH ED PEOPLE WITH MINNEAPOLIS [24:23] PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND SO FAR IT'S GOING REALLY WELL! I WANT YOU GUYS TO ALL KNOW THAT THE FIVE [24:30] FRC, THE BIG ROBOT TEAMS OF MINNEAPOLIS, WASH BURN, CAMDEN, [24:37] EDISON, ROOSEVELT, AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THOSE KIDS IN LEGO [24:42] LEAGUE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ALL THE WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. [24:53] [APPLAUSE] >> AYE. I'M THE CURRENT ASSISTANT CAPTAIN AND WILL BE CAPTAIN AS OF LATER TODAY. [25:01] HA-HA YEAH. I WANT TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT ROBOTICS IS. NOT JUST BUILDING THE ROBOT, BUT THE [25:07] OTHER SKILLS YOU LEARN ON THE TEAM. FROM THIS TEAM, I KNOW I'VE GIVEN PRESENTATIONS TO SO [25:14] MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO -- LIKE, LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK PUBLICLY AND [25:20] PROFESSIONALLY TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SKILL. AND THIS TEAM TEACHES THAT. AND OUR ABILITY TO GO OUT [25:25] IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELP BUILD S.T.E.M. INTEREST FROM A YOUNG [25:31] AGE IS SO IMPORTANT. SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND GETTING THIS HONOR. [25:40] >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TO HAVE IN THE ROBOTICS ROOM. IF YOU DON'T [25:48] MIND, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK PICTURE. YOU HAVE TO FIT YOURSELVES BETWEEN THE TWO BLACK PIECES OF TAPE. SO WE CAN ALL [25:54] KIND OF SCRUNCH IN. IF THERE'S SHORTER PEOPLE, WE CAN -- I CAN BE IN THE BACK ROW HERE. NEXT [26:54] UP, WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING BRYAN [27:05] DODD'S SERVICE TO THE CITY. [28:20] >> THIS RESOLUTION IS HONORING [28:26] BRYAN N DODDS TO HIS SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE MINNEAPOLIS. HE STAYED AN EXTRA [28:32] DAY AT THE CITY FOR THIS RESOLUTION. SO THANK YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] [28:41] WHEREAS: BRYAN DODDS BEGAN HIS WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND CITY EN ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2019, AND [28:46] CARRIED OUT THE SIGNIFICANT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WIT THE PUBLIC'S BEST INTEREST [28:54] ALWAYS AS HIS HIGHEST PRIORITY, BALANCING COMPLEX AND COMPETING INTERESTS WITH ADEPT TECHNICAL [29:00] POLITICAL SKILL TO FIND THE BES PATH FORWARD FOR MINNEAPOLIS; [29:06] AND WHEREAS: MR. DODDS IS A NATURAL LEADER AND ADEPT PROBLEM SOLVER WHO SOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND DETAIL OF PROJECTS IN HIS [29:14] PURVIEW, EDIT AND IMPROVE EVERY [29:20] DOCUMENT HE TOUCHED, AND WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO ENTHUSIASTICALL EXPLAIN COMPLEX PROJECTS TO ANY [29:26] AUDIENCE; AND WHEREAS: MR. DODDS' PASSION FOR SERVICE AND HIS UNDERSTANDING O THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK LED THE [29:32] DEPARTMENT THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S STREETS, DRINKING WATER, SEWER SYSTEM, AND OTHER [29:39] CRITICAL SERVICES THAT RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS RELY UPON EVERY DAY; AD [29:47] , [29:52] WHEREAS: MR. DODDS IS NATURALLY AND ALWAYS EAGER TO LEARN AND COLLABORATE WITH HIS COLLEAGUES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND OTHER CITIES AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, THE N [29:59] ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND CITY ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA; AND [30:05] WHEREAS: MR. DODDS LIVES HIS YE COMMITMENT TO MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION BY BIKING, [30:11] WALKING, SKIING AND TAKING TRANSIT TO WORK, OFF-SITE MEETINGS AND CONSTRUCTION SITESD [30:16] WHEREAS: IN THE LAST 5 YEARS, MR. DODDS' UNWAVERING POSITIVE APPROACH AND SUPPORTIVE LEADERSHIP HELPED THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF THE P [30:23] CIVIL UNREST, DROUGHTS, MYSTERIOUS RIVER SHEENS, MAJOR [30:30] WATER MAIN BREAKS, 20 SNOW EMERGENCIES AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS INCLUDING THE 10TH AVENUE BRIDGE CENTRAL [30:36] CITY TUNNEL AND HENNEPIN AVENUE [30:43] DOWNTOWN; AND WHEREAS: MR. DODDS' COMMITMENT IMPROVING THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS ROOTED IN WORK T [30:48] IMPROVE EQUITY AND SAFETY FOR STAFF AND ALWAYS TOOK TIME TO UPLIFT THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC [30:54] WORKS EQUITY TEAM AND REMIND ST [30:59] AND COLLEAGUES ALIKE THAT “SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT”; AND. MR. DODDS IS WIDELY RESPECTED B A BROAD ARRAY OF PARTNERS AND [31:04] STAKEHOLDERS AND WAS REGULARLY SOUGHT OUT FOR HIS INSIGHTFUL, [31:10] ASTUTE, AND CREATIVE ADVICE ON ISSUES WELL BEYOND THE DUTIES T UNDER THE PURVIEW OF A CITY ENGINEER; AND [31:16] >> WHEREAS: MR. DODDS LED WITH A FOCUS ON COLLABORATION, TRUST, COMPASSION AND RECOGNITION OF [31:26] THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE OVE [31:32] DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND WILL B DEEPLY MISSED BY THE CITY'S ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS A LEADER, MENTOR, [31:38] COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED━ THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, IN [31:44] RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND SIGNIFICANT AND POSITIVE IMPACT HE HAS HAD [31:50] DURING HIS 5 YEARS OF SERVICE, DO HEREBY PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO BRYAN DODDS TOGETHER WITH THEIR MOST SINCER [31:57] AND APPRECIATION AND WISH HIM MUCH HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT IN HIS NEW ROLE AT MNDOT. [32:13] >> THANK YOU. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS ON YOUR OFFICIAL LAST DAY? >> I WOULD LOVE TO. THANK YOU. [32:19] THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY. THANK THEM FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING. [32:24] WHETHER I STEPPED AWAY FROM DINNER, MISSED DINNER. STANDING [32:33] IN THE CORNER TALKING ON THE PHONE. OUT LATE AND TAKING CALLS LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN [32:38] THE MORNING. I'D LIKE TO THANK TIM, BRETT, MARGARET, THE MAYOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE [32:44] CITY. AND FOR HAVING CONFIDENCE IN ME. I'D LIKE TO THANK PUBLIC [32:50] WORKS DIVISION DIRECTORS PAST AND PRESENT FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR COLLABORATION, AND FOR TAKING MY CALLS AT ALL HOURS OF [32:56] THE DAY AND NIGHT. I'D LIKE TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS ADMIN STAFF [33:01] AND ALL OF PUBLIC WORKS STAFF, AND OTHER STAFF THAT CARE ABOUT [33:06] THE CITY AND WORK EACH DAY TO KEEP THE CITY RUNNING SMOOTHLY. THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO [33:12] THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'VE GREATLY ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW [33:18] YOU, WORKING WITH YOU DAY IN AND DAY OUT. I SEE YOUR PASSION FOR MINNEAPOLIS. FOR ADVOCATING FOR [33:24] THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE, AND FOR PUSHING THE CITY TO DO OUR BEST AND BE OUR BEST. AHAVE [33:31] GREATLY APPRECIATED YOUR THOUGHTFUL C QUESTIONS. WHEN WE SAT DOWN TO WORK THROUGH AN [33:37] ISSUE TOGETHER WE CAME AWAY WITH A SOLUTION THAT WAS BETTER FOR THE COLLABORATION. THANK YOU. EVERY DAY WE TAKE PRIDE IN [33:42] MAKING MINNEAPOLIS BETTER. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] [33:54] >> WELL I AM VERY MUCH GOING TO [34:00] MISS BRYAN DODZ. DODDS. IT'S BEEN A JOY WORKING WITH YOU SINCE DAY ONE. I THINK YOU BRING A LOT OF POSITIVE ENERGY [34:07] INTO THE SPACES YOU WORK. YOU MADE OUR AGENDA SETTING MEETINGS AND OUR MEETINGS REALLY LIGHT. [34:12] AND THAT'S HARD TO DO WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH REALLY TOUGH ISSUES IN THE CITY. WE HAVE WORKED [34:18] THROUGH SOME CHALLENGING ISSUES IN THE WARD, INCLUDING A POLLUTION SPILL IN CEDAR LAKE RECENTLY. I APPRECIATED YOU [34:24] CALLED ME RIGHT AWAY. SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S REALLY [34:30] CRITICAL TO PUBLIC SERVICE. IS, LIKE, TAKING OUR COMMUNITIES ALONG WITH US WITH EVERY PIECE [34:35] OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND JUST A FUN STORY ABOUT BRYAN. AROUND [34:41] THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WENT ON A SOUTHWEST LIGHT RAIL TOUR. AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THE [34:48] GREENLINE EXTENSION BEING BUILT. LARGELY THROUGH WARD 7. AND I THINK IT WAS AFTER A PRETTY HEFTY RAIN. WE WERE ON BICYCLE. [34:54] WE GOT STUCK IN, LIKE, A MUD SLIDE. HA-HA NOT A MUD SLIDE BUT, UMM, THE PATH WAS [35:00] INCREDIBLY MUDDY. WE COULD NOT BIKE AT ALL. WE KIND OF, LIKE, HITCHED OUR BIKES ON OUR BACKS [35:06] AND MADE THIS HIKE THROUGH THE WARD. AND WE WERE ALL WEARING OUR PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE, OF [35:11] COURSE. WE HAD JUST COME FROM CITY HALL. SO IT WAS INCREDIBLY FUN TO DO THAT TYPE OF FIELDWORK [35:16] WITH YOU AND SEE THE WARD THROUGH YOUR EYES. AND TO SEE THE CITY THROUGH YOUR EYES AND THANKS FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING [35:23] PUBLIC SERVANT. MNDOT IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU! [35:29] [ APPLAUSE ] [35:36] >> I WANT TO ECHO MY THANKS FOR YOU. WHEN I CAME IN AS A [35:42] COUNCILMEMBER, I DIDN'T KNOW THE DETAILS ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS. YOU HAVE A WAY OF MAKING SURE [35:49] EVERYBODY LEAVES BEING LIKE, "I LOVE PUBLIC WORKS!" AND YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. WE HAVE DONE [35:55] SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SO MANY THINGS TOGETHER. BUT I CAN [36:01] REMEMBER YOU COMING TO JUSTICE PAGE, TO BE WITH STUDENTS WHO [36:07] WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD A FUTURE CITY. AND YOU CAME TO HELP THEM AND THINK [36:12] CRITICALLY. AND AFTERWARDS, YOU DIDN'T JUST GO BACK TO CITY HALL. YOU DROVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BECAUSE IT WAS [36:17] ONE OF OUR YEARS WHEN WE HAD TONS OF SNOWFALL. AND WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE [36:23] NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE, LIKE, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE ROADS. AND WE NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY [36:29] ABOUT THIS. SO THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF YOU JUST ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND [36:35] CONTINUING TO ALWAYS PUT RESIDENTS FIRST. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ALWAYS [36:40] ADMIRED AND I'M GRATEFUL YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE WITH US BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO THANK YOU [36:52] [ LAUGHTER ] >> OKAY. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHEN YOU'RE A YEAR-AROUND [36:58] BIKE COMMUTER, I THINK EVERYBODY WHO DOES THAT GOES THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF SHOWING UP AT BIKE [37:04] PARKING OR IN THE BIKE ROOM AND AS THE SEASON GETS LONGER, YOU START SEEING THE NUMBERS DWINDLE [37:10] AND DWINDLE. AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT WHEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S LIKE ME AND [37:17] BRYAN DOWN THERE IN THE BASEMENT OF CITY HALL SUITING U UP [37:23] TO GET OUT IN THE WINTER EVEN WHEN IT'S 20 BELOW. WHEN MINNEAPOLIS MAKES IT TO THE NUMBER ONE BIKE CITY IN THE [37:28] COUNTRY. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENS THROUGH NOT EVEN HAVING ELECTED LEADERS [37:33] WHO BIKE OR ARE PRIORITIZE THAT TYPE OF MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO [37:39] TRANSPORTATION. IT'S WHEN YOU HAVE LEADERS LIKE BRIAN DODDS WHO LIVES THAT EXPERIENCE [37:44] HAD THE CLOSE CALLS OF A CAR DRIVING TOO CLOSE TO THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER WHO RECOGNIZES [37:50] THE NEED FOR SAFETY AND THE NEED FOR JUST KIND OF COMFORT AND A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU'RE [37:56] OUT ON THE STREETS MOVING AROUND OUR CITY. AND WITHOUT THAT FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP IN [38:01] OUR CITY, WE DON'T GET THOSE ACCOLADES. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT PERSONALLY. [38:06] BECAUSE I LOVE BIKING HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF. OR AT [38:12] LEAST TRY TO. WHEN I GOT ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU WERE IMMEDIATELY A PERSON THAT I [38:20] LEANED ON TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MY ROLE IS AND HOW BIG PUBLIC WORKS IS A PART OF THAT. AND JUST [38:25] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH A WILLING RESOURCE FOR ME AND [38:31] BEING SO ACCESSIBLE. IT [38:36] MATTERED SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY TEXT MESSAGES WHEN I WAS OUT IN THE LATE PART OF THE EVENING TAKING PICTURES [38:41] OF MAINTENANCE HOLES AND ASKING YOU QUESTIONS. AND YOU WERE GIVING ME REALLY GOOD ANSWERS. IN REAL TIME. THANK YOU FOR [38:48] SERVING OUR CITY THROUGH NOT ITS EASIEST PERIODS. ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PERIODS IN TIME. [38:55] AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST EVERY SINGLE DAY COMING IN WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. AND GIVING [39:01] IT YOUR ALL! I'M -- I GUESS I'M HAPPY FOR MNDOT. I GUESS. [39:06] [ LAUGHTER ] BUT I WILL REMAIN TO BE JEALOUS. AND I HOPE IT'S OKAY IF I REACH [39:12] OUT EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE. IF THERE'S A QUESTION HERE AND THERE. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE [39:19] KUDOS TO JEN SWANSON AND WILL FOR HELPING COORDINATE AND WORK ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU [39:25] SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? [39:35] DIRECTOR? >> TIM SEXTON. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WHEN SOMEBODY IS LEAVING, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK [39:41] ABOUT THE LEGACY THEY LEAVE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF WONDERFUL PROJECTS THAT ARE MADE BETTER BECAUSE OF BRYAN. I THINK THE [39:48] NUMBER ONE THING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS, THOUGH, IS THE PEOPLE. AND I THINK HE'S LEFT A LEGACY [39:54] OF CURIOSITY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AND I THINK THAT IS SO VALUABLE AND HAS MADE PUBLIC WORKS BETTER. THAT'S GOING TO [40:00] CONTINUE BECAUSE OF HIM. RIGHT. IT'S ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS, TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO [40:07] DO. AND NOT JUST KEEPING YOUR HEAD DOWN. IT'S LOOKING UP AND LOOKING AROUND. RIGHT. SAYING, [40:12] "DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? HOW DOES THIS HELP PEOPLE? CAN WE DO THIS BETTER? ESPECIALLY THE [40:18] PEOPLE WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE AS LOUD OF A VOICE ACROSS OUR CITY." THERE'S A STRONG LEGACY [40:23] HE'LL LEAVE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS BETTER BECAUSE OF WORKING WITH BRYAN. [40:32] [ APPLAUSE ] [40:43] ANY LAST CALLS. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I HOPE WE MAKE IT A WONDERFUL LAST DAY FOR YOU! [40:49] LET'S GET IN BETWEEN THESE BLACK LINES ON THE GROUND. GET A GOOD [40:56] PICTURE! NEXT UP COUNCILMEMBER [42:20] CHAVEZ FOR IMMIGRANT HERITAGE [42:26] MONTH, WORLD REFUGEE DAY, AND CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. [43:21] >> HELLO EVERYONE! SO BEFORE WE BEGIN READING THE RESOLUTION, WE WANT TO THANK NCR FOR ALL THE [43:29] WORK THEY DO AND OUR STAFF THAT ARE HERE UP HERE WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE [43:35] MADE POSSIBLE. WE'LL READ THE RESOLUTIONS AND SOME OF US HAVE SOME THINGS TO START. WE'LL START THERE. SO ... [43:50] MNI SOTA MAKOCE (MINNESOTA) IS THE ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE DAKHÓTA AND OJIBWE NATIVE NATIONS, WHO HAVE LONG STEWARDED THIS LAND ON WHICH WE RESIDE; AD [44:02] WHEREAS: WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PEOPLES, MOST OF US ARE HERE BECAUSE SOMEONE IN OUR FAMILY LINE MIGRATED SETTLED, OR WAS ━ ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE COMPLEX HISTORIES HELPS US BETTER [44:08] UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER TODAY; AD WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS IS HOME TO ALL PARTS OF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN [44:14] EASTERN, SOUTH AND NORTH AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS AND MORE, CELEBRATING RACIAL, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LINGUISTIC [44:20] DIFFERENCES TO THE UNIFIED AND WELCOMING CITY; AND [44:26] >> WHEREAS: WE EXPRESS OUR DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE STATE OF [44:31] MINNESOTA, AND THE CITY OF [44:38] MINNEAPOLIS FOR PROVIDING SAFETY, OPPORTUNITY, AND A PLAC TO CALL HOME FOR IMMIGRANT AND [44:44] COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE JOURNEYED HERE TO BUILD NEW LIVES; AND WHEREAS: JUNE MARKS THE CELEBRATION OF IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH, WORLD REFUGEE DAY (JUNE 20), AND CARIBBEAN [44:52] AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, HONORING DIVERSE STORIES, CULTURES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE, AND [44:58] CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES THAT ENRICH OUR SHARED SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC LIVES; AD [45:06] WHEREAS: IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE, AN CARIBBEAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE VITAL TO OUR CITY'S ECONOMY CONTRIBUTING AS WORKERS, ENTREP CAREGIVERS, EDUCATORS, AND [45:13] INNOVATORS ACROSS EVERY SECTOR, AND STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE OF MINNEAPOLIS; AND [45:23] WHEREAS: >> WHEREAS: WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE INTERGENERATIONAL [45:30] OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE FAMIL━ ELDERS WHO BRING WISDOM AND TRADITIONS, YOUTH WHO BRING ENERGY AND HOPE, AND ALL WHO [45:37] CARRY FORWARD CULTURAL LEGACIES THAT ENRICH THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR CITY; AND [45:43] WHEREAS: WE RECOGNIZE THAT THES CELEBRATIONS OCCUR AT A TIME WHEN IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES ARE FACING GROWING [45:50] HOSTILITY, XENOPHOBIA, RACIAL PROFILING, HARMFUL RHETORIC, AND POLICY THREATS, WHICH SEEK TO U [45:59] THEIR DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND PLAC IN OUR COUNTRY; AND [46:05] WHEREAS: WHILE MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS━BY [46:11] ALL OF US: GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS [46:19] ALIKE━WHO FOSTER INCLUSION, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES, AND ADVAN JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR [46:25] CITY AND STATE; AND WHEREAS: THIS MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AFFIRM THAT OUR STRENGTH AS A SOCIETY IS ROOTED [46:31] IN OUR UNITY, COMMUNITY, AND TOGETHERNESS, TO EMBRACE OUR DIVERSITY AS A SOURCE OF [46:38] RESILIENCE, GROWTH, AND SHARED IDENTITY; AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR FATES ARE TIED TOGETHER; AND [46:48] THE .. >> WHEREAS: IN RECOGNITION THAT BUILDING A MORE JUST FUTURE REQ [46:54] COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY; WE AFFIRM OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO ALLYSHIP AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT AND [47:01] REFUGEE COMMUNITIESY LISTENING, LEARNING, ADVOCATING AND USING OUR VOICES AND PLATFORMS TO ADVANCE JUSTICE AN BELONGING; AND [47:09] WHEREAS: WE RECOGNIZE THE EQUAL RIGHT TO INFORMATION IN ALL LANGUAGES IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A [47:15] PILLAR OF EQUITY, AND WE AFFIRM EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE, ACCESS SERVICES, AND PARTICIPATE FULLY IN CIVIC, [47:20] CULTURAL, AND COMMUNITY LIFE IN THE LANGUAGE THEY KNOW BEST, WITHOUT FEAR OF EXCLUSION OR [47:27] DISCRIMINATION; AND WHEREAS: WE REJECT ATTEMPTS TO [47:32] DIVIDE US BASED ON RACE, LANGUA IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR BACKGROUND, AND INSTEAD COMMIT TO A VISION OF COMMUNITY ROOTED [47:38] IN DIGNITY, INCLUSION, AND SOLIDARITY; AND WHEREAS: WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESS [47:44] NEED FOR SAFE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITIES WHERE ALL INDIVIDUALS, REGARDLESS OF [47:50] IMMIGRATION STATUS OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, CAN LIVE FREE FROM FEAR, DISCRIMINATION, OR MARGINALIZATION; AND WE SUPPORT [47:56] AND ADVANCE THE VALUES OF THE “ALL ARE WELCOME HERE” CAMPAIGN, WHICH SEEKS TO PROMOTE [48:03] INCLUSIVITY AND DIGNITY IN OUR CITY; AND [48:10] ... >> WHEREAS: THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS COMMITTED TO SU IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES BY ADVANCING [48:16] POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT FOSTE INCLUSION, SAFETY, AND [48:23] OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL [48:29] RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF JUNE AS [48:34] IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH AND CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH, AS WELL AS JUNE 20th AS WORLD [48:39] REFUGEE DAY. IF STAFF CAN GIVE A WARM WELCOME AND ROUND OF [48:44] APPLAUSE. THEY HELP MAKE THIS CITY RUN! THEY HELP DRAFT THESE RESOLUTIONS. AND THEY ARE OUT [48:50] HERE ON THE FRONTLINES EVERY SINGLE DAY MAKING SURE THAT THIS CITY IS THE BEST CITY TO WORK [48:55] IN. WE WANTED TO HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY, AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE SOME OF OUR STAFF SAY A FEW [49:01] COMMENTS. BUT WE CAN'T READ THIS RESOLUTION WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE ACTIONS THAT [49:07] HAPPENED ON JUNE 3rd. WE SAW A FEDERAL ACTION. THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO [49:13] HAVE RIGHT HERE. BECAUSE WHAT WE SAW ON LAKE OF BLOOMINGTON WAS DISHEARTENING. WE SAW A [49:20] MILITARIZED OPERATION ON LAKE STREET. WE SAW PEOPLE WITH LARGE WEAPONS, MILITARY VEHICLES [49:26] THAT CAME INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO INSTILL FEAR INTO OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. WE SAW PEOPLE THERE [49:33] WITH I.C.E. BADGES. THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID OUT LOUD. THAT IS DISHEARTENING. WE SAW PEOPLE [49:38] WITH DHS AND IN ANY MOMENT IN MIEAPOLIS, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE [49:44] THINGS, THOSE INSTILL FEARS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IF YOU'VE EVER HAD LOVED ONES BE DEPORTED, [49:51] IF YOU'VE HAD LOVED ONES BE IMPACTED BY THIS UNJUST AND CRUEL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, YOU [49:59] WILL KNOW THAT ANY FEDERAL ACTION LIKE THIS IS HURTFUL. [50:06] AND WHAT QUESTION WILL NOT DO UP HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS DOWN PLAY THAT TRAUMA THAT [50:12] OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCED. AND WHAT WE WILL NOT DO IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS DOWN PLAY WHAT PEOPLE FELT ON JUNE 3rd. [50:19] BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS DISGUSTING AND IT'S WRONG AND WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THAT IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. NO ONE [50:25] SHOULD EVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCE MILITARY VEHICLES BEING ESCORTED BY OUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEES IN [50:31] MINNEAPOLIS. NEVER. NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO KNOW THAT OUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEES WERE [50:36] STANDING SIDE BY SIDE BY PEOPLE THAT HAD I.C.E. AGENT BADGES. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THAT IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND I WILL [50:44] CONDEMN THAT EVERY MOMENT I CAN. TODAY, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE [50:51] SAYING IS WE'RE HERE. WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN MINNESOTA. BECAUSE OUR [50:56] COMMUNITY MATTERS. THIS DAY AND THIS MONTH MATTERS. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET FASCISM OR [51:03] SCARE TAT TACTICS GET US AWAY FROM MINNEAPOLIS. [51:08] THIS IS OUR HOME, TOO. WE BELONG IN THE UNITED STATES. WE BELONG IN MINNESOTA. WE BELONG IN MINNEAPOLIS. BECAUSE THIS IS [51:14] OUR HOME, TOO. SO I WANTED TO AT LEAST SAY THAT AND THANK OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT ARE HERE TODAY. BECAUSE THEY HELPED RUN [51:20] THIS CITY. AND THEY MAKE THIS CITY A GREAT PLACE. THANK YOU. [51:27] [ APPLAUSE ] [51:34] >> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO UPLIFT ONE LINE THAT WAS WITHIN THIS RESOLUTION, THAT OUR FATES [51:41] ARE TIED TOGETHER. RIGHT. THE GROWING HOSTILITY, THE ATTACKS ON OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, [51:48] THAT IS JUST ONE STEP OF WHO'S NEXT. RIGHT. LIKE, WE HAVE TO RECKON WITTHE FACT THAT WE ARE [51:54] IN A DIFFERENT MOMENT IN OUR NATION, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, OUR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE [51:59] UNDER ATTACK. THEY'RE STARTING WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS. REGARDLESS OF THEIR STATUS. REGARDLESS OF FOLLOWING [52:06] DUE PROCESS PRACTICES. AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT. I'M ASKING EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF [52:12] MINNEAPOLIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NARRATIVE OF JUNE 3rd REMAINS WITHIN THE BACKS OF [52:20] IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT WAS PRESENT THERE. THERE WAS NO REASON THAT VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO HEAVILY MILITARIZED. THERE WAS NO REASON WHY THOSE [52:29] LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE HAD THEIR FACES COVERED. OTHER THAN TO SCARE COMMUNITY [52:35] MEMBERS. I WANT TO ROOT US IN A CONTEXT. THIS PAST SATURDAY, [52:42] TOP I.C.E. OFFICIALS SENT OUT E-MAILS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL AGENTS ACROSS OUR NATION SAYING [52:48] THEY WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE MUCH ARRESTS TO MEET A CO [52:54] A QUO DRAFT OF THE DHS DIRECTOR OF 3,000 ARRESTS A DAY. AND THE FOLLOWING DAY, JUNE 4th, IN [52:59] THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. WE SAW THE SINGLE MOST ARRESTS [53:06] EVER IN ONE DAY. 2,200 ARRESTS. SO MAKE NO MISTAKE, WHAT [53:11] HAPPENED ON JUNE 3rd WAS NOT IN A VACUUM. IT WAS IN A [53:16] CONTEXT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR NATION. AND IS AN IMPORTANT, MORE THAN EVER, THAT [53:22] ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ANYONE WITH A PLATFORM SPEAKS WITH CLARITY. BECAUSE IF WE ALLOW EVEN AN INCH, MAKE NO [53:30] MISTAKE, THEY'LL TAKE A MILE. AND WE ARE RESILIENT. WE WILL RISE. WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S [53:35] BACK. WE SAW ON THOSE STREETS OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAITH [53:43] LEADERS, ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS, PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH, PEOPLE THAT WE SEE IN OUR GROCERY STORES OUT THERE SCARED. [53:50] UNPREPAREDDED TO PROTEST. BUT READY. READY TO STAND UP FOR THE VALUES OF THIS CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND THAT IS [53:55] SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD UPLIFT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT. IT'S GOING TO BE MESSY. BUT OUR [54:02] COMMUNITY MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WANTING TO SEE FROM ALL OF US AND WHAT WE BELIEVE. THAT'S [54:08] SOMETHING I WANT TO CELEBRATE TODAY ON WORLD IMMIGRANT DAY. [54:23] WOULD SOMEONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? >> THANK YOU. I'M THE CITY'S [54:28] EXECUTIVE SPONSOR OF THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP. THANK [54:38] YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR ADVANCING THIS RESOLUTION. IT IS A MEANINGFUL ACTION THAT SAYS [54:46] THAT WE MATTER COMING FROM THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. THAT I, AS [54:53] AN IMMIGRANT, MATTER. AND THAT IT ALSO AFFIRMS THE INVALUABLE [54:59] CONTRIBUTIONS M OF OUR [55:05] IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY TO OUR CITY, OUR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. AND IT SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE OF BELONGING. NOT ONLY TO [55:10] RESIDENCE DECE DECENT -- RESIDENTS FROM THE IMMIGRANT BACKGROUNDS, BUT ALSO TO OUR CITY STAFF WHO BRING THEIR LIVED [55:18] EXPERIENCES, THEIR LANGUAGES, AND CULTURAL RICHNESS TO PUBLIC SERVICE. EVERY DAY. IT IS VERY [55:26] EASY TO DISCONNECT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY TO WHAT IMPACT IT'S HAVING ON OUR [55:31] CITY STAFF. AND I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION AND [55:38] REFUGEE AFFAIRS OVER AT NCR. AND, ALSO, THANK KAREN NCR [55:44] DIRECTOR FOR ALWAYS REACHING OUT TO US. AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO [55:51] THE CITY STAFF FROM THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IT REALLY IMPACTS US, TOO. AS [55:56] WE'RE ON THE FRONT LINES OF PROVIDING SERVICE CITY. SO THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. [56:07] [ APPLAUSE ] >> HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBERS FOR [56:13] ADVANCING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. MY NAME IS MICHELLE RIVERA. [56:19] AND FOR PEOPLE UP HERE AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, IT MAY NOT HAVE SEEN, WE WERE LOCKING ARMS AND THAT WAS AT THE IN [56:30] HANDS OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND ALSO FELLOW MEMBERS. THE SENTIMENT [56:36] BEHIND THIS ACTION OF US BEING TOGETHER AND LOCKING ARMS TRULY [56:42] DEMONSTRATES THAT WE UP HERE ARE AS ONE. AND WE INVITE YOU IN [56:48] THE AUDIENCE, AND PEOPLE WHO MAY BE LISTENING, TO JOIN US. THIS CITY IS A WELCOMING CITY. [56:54] THAT'S A REALITY. AND WE'LL SAY IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING HERE. WE'RE [57:00] VERY GRATEFUL THAT OUR FRIENDS FROM EL SALVADOR, INCLUDING THE [57:07] SALVADORIAN CONSULATE ACCEPTEDDED A LAST-MINUTE INVITATION TO COME UP WITH US. I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES [57:12] THAT ALL OF US ARE EXPERIENCING IS WHO DO WE TRUST? AND, YOU [57:18] KNOW, I TRUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UP HERE. I TRUST THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I INTERACT WITH [57:24] EVERY DAY. I HOPE THEY TRUST ME, TOO. AND I THINK AN EXAMPLE OF THAT TRUST WAS VERY DAY AFTER [57:31] THE INCIDENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE HOSTED COMMUNITY HOURS AT CAREER FORCE. AND WE HAD A GREAT, [57:38] GREAT TURNOUT! WHERE PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY COULD ASK QUESTIONS. THEY COULD GET [57:43] INFORMATION. WITH A GOAL OF GETTING PEOPLE TOWARDS A BETTER PLACE. RIGHT. WHETHER IT'S [57:49] ACCESSING ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES, CONNECTING WITH A LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER, AND MORE. AND THAT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL THING. [57:55] EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS, IT'S A SUCCESS, AND IT'S A VICTORY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY [58:01] PROUD OF. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE WORKING AT THE CITY. SO THANK YOU ALL! THANK YOU FOR THIS [58:07] RESOLUTION. I AGREE, THIS IS A MOMENT OF CELEBRATION. IT IS A VERY CHALLENGING MOMENT. WE'RE [58:12] AT A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE WERE DURING IMMIGRANT HERITAGE [58:18] MONTH, WORLD REFUGEE DAY, CARIBBEAN AMERICAN DAY LAST YEAR. I KNOW WE CAN SEE IT [58:24] THROUGH TOGETHER. I THINK TRUST IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] [58:36] >> ALL RIGHT EVERYONE. LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO. IN BETWEEN THE BLACK LINES. ARE [58:51] YOU HERE FROM THE CONSULATE? OH. OKAY. PERFECT. SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE MORE. [1:00:44] >> NEXT UP, WE'RE RECOGNIZING PRIDE MONTH. WOO HOO! [1:01:14] [ APPLAUSE ] [1:02:03] >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. OUR NEXT RESOLUTION IS RECOGNIZING [1:02:13] JUNE 2025, AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, [1:02:18] TWO SPIRIT, INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL PRIDE MONTH. [1:02:24] [ APPLAUSE ] AND I KNOW THAT IS A MOUTHFUL, BUT WE HAVE TO SAY EACH AND [1:02:32] EVERY NAME. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE INCLUSIVE. RIGHT. WHEREAS: [1:02:43] IN 1975, MINNEAPOLIS WAS THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER [1:02:50] IDENTITY/EXPRESSION, A POSITION [1:02:56] SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED BY NUMEROU MINNESOTA CITIES AND THE STATE ITSELF; AND. MINNEAPOLIS WAS THE [1:03:05] FIRST CITY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE CREATING A DOMESTIC-PARTNER REGISTRY; AND. THE CITY OF [1:03:16] MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO FULL LEGAL EQUALITY FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES, [1:03:29] IN PARTICULAR TO END THE EXCLUSION OF SAME-SEX COUPLES FROM MARRIAGE, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC AND VOCAL PROPONENT OF [1:03:52] THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY STATUTE PASSED IN 2013 BY THE MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; AND. THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL [1:03:57] DISTRICT, OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEG AND NUMEROUS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, HAS LONG ADVOCATED FOR THE 2014 PASSAGE OF THE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE [1:04:03] MINNESOTA SCHOOLS ACT, PROVIDIN A CLEAR DEFINITION OF BULLYING AND FOCUSED ON BULLYING PREVENTION; AND. IN 2015, [1:04:08] SAME-SEX MARRIAGE EXPANDED TO ALL FIFTY STATES THROUGH VARIOUS STATE COURT RULINGS, STATE LEGI [1:04:16] DIRECT POPULAR VOTES, AND FEDERAL COURT RULINGS; AND. IN FEBRUARY 2017, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CREATION OF THE [1:04:24] TRANSGENDER EQUITY COUNCIL AS A BOARD TO THE CITY ON MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY; AND. IN JANUARY 2018 [1:04:37] VICE-PRESIDENT ANDREA JENKINS AND COUNCIL MEMBER PHILLIPE [1:04:43] CUNNINGHAM WERE SWORN IN AS THE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER COUNCI ELECTED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY [1:04:52] COUNCIL [ APPLAUSE ] AND THE FIRST TWO, OPENLY BLACK [1:04:57] TRANSGENDER ELECTED TO ANY CITY COUNCIL IN THE UNITED STATES; [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [1:05:03] AND. IN 2019, THE CITY BANNED CONVERSION THERAPY FOR MINORS, [1:05:08] AND IN 2021, GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER RESTRICTING CONVERSION THERAPY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF [1:05:14] MINNESOTA; AND. IN 2021, CITY E ORGANIZED TO CREATE THE SEXUAL [1:05:23] ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY (SOGI) EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP, FOR PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS [1:05:31] LGBTQ2SIAP+ AND ALLIES, WHO HELP DRIVE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STRATEGY AND ENSURE WE HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE; AND. IN [1:05:38] JANUARY 2022, COUNCIL MEMBER [1:05:46] JASON CHAVEZ WAS SWORN IN AS TH FIRST LGBTQ+ LATINX COUNCIL MEM ELECTED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY [1:05:53] COUNCIL, AND COUNCIL VICE-PRESIDENT ANDREA JENKINS WAS ELECTED BY HER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS THE FIRST BLACK OPENLY TRANSGENDER COUNCIL [1:05:59] PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES [1:06:07] [ APPLAUSE ] AND, WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS HAS A [1:06:12] LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, TWO-SPIRIT, INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL (LGBTQ2SIA) COMMUNITY, [1:06:17] SUSTAINING AND SUSTAINED BY SO MANY WELCOMING ORGANIZATIONS, PLACES OF WORSHIP BUSINESSES, N SCHOOLS, EVENTS, AND MORE; AND. [1:06:22] MINNEAPOLIS HAS BENEFITED FROM THE SERVICE AND TALENTS OF NUMEROUS LGBTQ2SIA+ ELECTED OFFICIALS, ON THE CITY COUNCIL, [1:06:30] THE PARK & RECREATION BOARD, THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE & TAXATION, AND IN BOTH THE MINNESOTA HOUSE [1:06:38] AND SENATE, AS WELL AS OF COUNTLESS APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND CITY EMPLOYEES; AND. MINNEAPOLIS, ANNUALLY, HOSTS TH [1:06:45] TWIN CITIES PRIDE, THE CITY'S LARGEST OUTDOOR FESTIVAL, IN [1:06:50] WHICH LORING PARK IS TURNED INTO A FORUM FOR CELEBRATING LGBTQ2SIA+ PRIDE AND THOSE, [1:06:56] INCLUDING ALLIES, WHO WORK FOR IT; AND. [1:07:02] >> WHEREAS: IN DECEMBER 2022, MAYOR JACOB FREY SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER 2022-04, WHICH [1:07:10] MINNEAPOLIS AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR HEALTHCARE AND. THROUGH THIS CLASSIFICATION, THE CITY OF [1:07:18] MINNEAPOLIS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH INTERNAL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO EMBED LGBTQ2SIA+ [1:07:26] EQUITY WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AS AN ORGANIZATION, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE IMPROVED [1:07:38] SERVICES, PROGRAMMING, AND POLICY MAKING THAT IMPACTS THOS WHO ARE MOST MARGINALIZED WITHI LGBTQ2SIA+ COMMUNITY; [1:07:43] WHEREAS: IN 2022, THE CITY OF M ESTABLISHED THE JOB CLASSIFICATION OF LGBTQIA+ EQUITY PROGRAM MANAGER, A [1:07:50] CLASSIFICATION THAT WAS CREATED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE ADVOCACY AND HARD WORK OF [1:07:56] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE A PART OF THE TRANS EQUITY COUNCIL; AND [1:08:08] >> WHEREAS: IN JUNE 2023, CITY PASSED A RESOLUTION HONORING DRAG PERFORMANCE AND DRAG [1:08:14] CULTURE AS A FORM OF FREE SPEECH, THEREBY SUPPORTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS TO [1:08:20] EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY AND OPENLY AND STAND IN SUPPORT OF DRAG ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS [1:08:26] EVERYWHERE; AND WHEREAS: IN DECEMBER 2024, CITY [1:08:33] FUNDED A LGBTQ2SIA+ MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGAN [1:08:39] THAT DELIVERS DIRECT, AFFIRMI, AND HOLISTIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE WELLBEING OF LGBTQ2SIA+ INDIVIDUALS; AND ACROSS THE [1:08:47] UNITED STATES, LGBTQ2SIA+ COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO FACE [1:08:55] GROWING THREATS, INCLUDING HARM [1:09:02] LEGISLATION TARGETING TRANSGENDER YOUTH, DRAG PERFORMERS, GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE, SELF-EXPRESSION AND INCLUSIVE CURRICULA; AND. WHERE [1:09:08] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS STANDS FIRM IN OPPOSING SUCH EFFORTS AND REMAINS COMMITTED TO BEING WELCOMING, AND AFFIRMING CITY [1:09:14] FOR ALL; >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL━ [1:09:26] THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE JUNE 2025 A “LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, TWO-SPIRIT [1:09:32] INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL PRIDE MONTH” IN THE CITY OF [1:09:42] MINNEAPOLIS [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND THAT L RESIDENTS AND [1:09:49] VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN IN THE EVENTS CELEBRATING [1:09:55] LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, TWO-SPIRIT, INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL PRIDE MONTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO ADVANCE FULL LGBTQ2SIA+ [1:10:04] EQUITY ACROSS MINNESOTA. [1:10:10] HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE! [ APPLAUSE ] [1:10:18] AND WILL THERE -- IS ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE [1:10:26] ISSUES? >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I USE [1:10:32] THEY/SHE PRONOUNS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUTFRONT [1:10:37] MINNESOTA. OUR LARGEST ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. GRATITUDE TO THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING PRIDE MONTH HERE AT A TIME WHEN OUR [1:10:44] COMMUNITIES ARE FEELING THE HURT OF A NATION THAT IS NOT SEEING OUR FULLNESS. AND THE RICHNESS [1:10:49] THAT WE BRING TO COMMUNITIES LIKE MINNEAPOLIS. I'M GLAD THAT [1:10:55] THE COUNCIL, AS WELL, RECOGNIZED OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES TODAY. I THINK IT'S [1:11:00] REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE WAYS IN WHICH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CAN SHOW UP FOR ALL OF ITS [1:11:06] RESIDENTS. WE ARE ALL PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CALL HOME HERE. AND WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO [1:11:11] THE RICHNESS, TO THE CELEBRATIONS, TO THE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, TO THE BUSINESS [1:11:16] COMMUNITY HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND I THINK [1:11:21] MINNEAPOLIS HAS LONG BEEN THAT BEACON FOR FOLKS HERE IN MINNESOTA. AND BEYOND. TO SHOW [1:11:27] WHAT CAN BE DONE WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH ADVOCACY AND REPRESENTATION IN CITY SPACES TO MOVE FORWARD [1:11:35] IMPORTANT POLICIES. THIS 50 PLUS YEAR HISTORY OF ADVANCING IMPORTANT POLICIES AND [1:11:40] INVESTMENTS IS ONE THAT MUST CONTINUE AND IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT IN THIS MOMENT NOW. [1:11:47] SO MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. WHO ARE HERE TODAY. AND TO ALL THOSE [1:11:53] WHO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE GOOD WORK AHEAD. TODAY, [1:11:58] ESPECIALLY, I WANT TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THAT FOR MANY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THIS A TIME OF FEAR [1:12:04] AND UNCERTAINTY. OF CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND GOVERNMENT [1:12:09] INTRUSION. A TIME WHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR IDENTITIES ARE BEING CALLED INTO QUESTION [1:12:15] BY THE HIGHEST POWERS IN OUR LAND. AND I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US, [1:12:21] ESPECIALLY THOSE IN ELECTED OFFICE, TO STAND UP, TO STAND WITH COMMUNITY, TO SPEAK UP, AND [1:12:26] TO USE THE POWER THAT WE HAVE TO HOLD OUR COMMUNITIES DEAR AND TO PROTECT THEM. SO I ENCOURAGE [1:12:32] EVERYONE HERE TODAY, BOTH ON THE COUNCIL, IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND IN COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER [1:12:38] WHAT STEPS YOU CAN TAKE THIS PRIDE MONTH TO NOT JUST COME AND CELEBRATE, WHICH I HOPE YOU DO! [1:12:44] BUT TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES. WHETHER IT'S BUSINESSES OR INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR LIVES. BECAUSE YOUR VOICES [1:12:50] AND YOUR WORK MATTERS IN THIS CONTINUING FIGHT AHEAD. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WILL BE [1:12:56] HARD, BUT OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE ENDURED CHALLENGES BEFORE. AND WE WILL ENDURE THIS, IF WE STAND [1:13:02] TOGETHER. HAPPY PRIDE. [1:13:08] >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RACHEL SAYER. THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. AND I AM THE [1:13:14] EXECUTIVE SPONSOR OF THE CITY'S QUEER EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP THAT HAD AN AMAZING PRIDE PARTY [1:13:21] EARLIER TODAY ALREADY. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO [1:13:29] COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION. BEING SEEN AND CHAMPIONED MEANS [1:13:36] A LOT TO US. FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT CAT MENTIONED. WE REALLY ARE SO HONORED AND PROUD [1:13:43] TO STAND TOGETHER WITH YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU, AGAIN. HAPPY PRIDE! AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL [1:13:50] OUT DANCING AND AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [1:14:02] >> THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK. WORKING WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENS. I WANT TO GIVE US [1:14:09] A CLAP TO THEM. FOR ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE MONTH THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR [1:14:14] COMMUNITY. [ APPLAUSE ] [1:14:36] >> WE'VE BEEN HOLDING DOWN 159 15th AND WILLOW DURING [1:14:42] PRIDE. WE HONOR THE ARTISTRY THEY BRING TO OUR CITY. COME TO L 15th AND WILLOW TO HANG OUT [1:14:50] WITH US DURING PRIDE WEEKEND. [1:14:56] >> ALL RIGHT. IN BETWEEN THE BLACK LINES. [1:16:21] >> NEXT UP, WE'LL RECOGNIZE SANDRA MARISOL CRUZ DAY. [1:17:07] >> HOLA! B BUENOS DÌAS. [1:17:17] WE'RE HONORING SANDRA MARISOL CRUZ. WHEREAS: SANDRA MARISOL [1:17:24] CRUZ ARANA IS A LEADER AND DIPLOMAT COMMITTED TO HER WORK AND HER COMMUNITY, LEADING HER COUNTRY'S CONSULAR REPRESENTATION IN MINNESOTA. HE [1:17:29] WORK HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD THE MISSION OF REPRESENTING EL SALVADOR AND SERVING SALVADORAN ABROAD; AND WHEREAS: SINCE SALVADORANS HAVE [1:17:35] HAD A HEADQUARTERS FOR THEIR CO HERE IN MINNESOTA, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CONSUL SANDRA CRUZ [1:17:41] SALVADORAN COMMUNITY RESIDING I MINNESOTA HAS BENEFITED FROM TH SOLIDARITY, MUTUAL AID, [1:17:46] KINDNESS, AND EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH CONSULAR SERVICES ARE [1:17:52] PROVIDED THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF CONSUL CRUZ ARANA; AND [1:18:00] >> SORRY. I'M NEW AT THIS. WHEREAS: WITH CONSUL CRUZ ARAN' [1:18:06] SUPPORT, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED TO SERVE THE SALVADORAN COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING THE COUNTRY'S [1:18:15] GASTRONOMY, CULTURE, ART, AND FOLKLORE. THIS ORGANIZATION ALS [1:18:20] HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND FOSTERS GREATER UNITY, COEXISTENCE, AND MUTUAL SUPPORT [1:18:26] WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN MINNEAPOLIS; AND WHEREAS: HER WORK IS CHARACTERIZED BY HER DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM, WHICH HAS [1:18:31] CONTRIBUTED TO STRENGTHENING TI WITHIN THE SALVADORAN COMMUNITY [1:18:37] RESIDING IN THE JURISDICTION. HER WORK HAS ALSO STRENGTHENED THE PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF DIPLOMATIC AFFAIR [1:18:43] NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED━ THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL [1:18:49] DO HEREBY HONOR CONSUL SANDRA MARISOL CRUZ ARANA FOR HER COMMITMENT, SERVICE, AND DEDICATION TO THE SALVADORAN COMMUNITY AND MANY CONTRIBUTION [1:18:55] IN MINNEAPOLIS. [ APPLAUSE ] AND WE'RE GOING TO PASS IT TO [1:19:00] YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS WILLIAM MARTINEZ. FIRST, I'D [1:19:07] LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR [1:19:13] THE SUPPORT. FEW MOMENTS AGO, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT DIVERSITY. THIS IS WHEN EVERYBODY -- YOU [1:19:20] SEE ALL THE LATINOS. WE ARE DIVERSE, TOO. WE ARE DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT SHAPES. AND THIS IS THE RICH -- THIS IS THE [1:19:26] RICH OF MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS THE RICH OF MINNESOTA. ALL [1:19:32] DIVERSITY. AND FOR US, IT'S AN HONOR WORKING WITH SANDRA. I'M [1:19:38] HERE FOR 23 YEARS. AND WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE. WE NEED TO [1:19:44] DRIVE INTO CHICAGO. THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO [1:19:50] SANDRA CAME HERE AND STARTED WORKING. THANKS TO HER, WE HAVE THIS GROUP OF BUSINESS OWNERS. [1:19:55] IF YOU GO ON LAKE STREET -- [ APPLAUSE ] ONE OF THE MORE RICH LATINO [1:20:02] NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU'LL GO TO -- [1:20:09] RIGHT. IT'S GUATEMALA BUT WE SAY IT'S OURS. IT'S A PART OF [1:20:14] HOW RICH WE ARE IN CULTURE. AND THANKS TO SANDRA, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD. WE HAVE -- WE'RE [1:20:20] GOING TO HAVE THE THIRD SALVADORIAN FESTIVAL HERE IN MINNESOTA. I SAY WE, BUT HER [1:20:28] GROUP AND THE CONSOL, THEY WORK [1:20:34] IN DAKOTAS, IOWA, AND MINNESOTA. IT'S NOT ONLY ONE STATE. IT'S BIG. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SANDRA, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO! AND [1:20:40] THANK YOU, JASON, FOR THE SUPPORT EVERY TIME. EVERY TIME WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, YOU HAVE OUR BACK, WE HAVE YOUR BACK. [1:20:47] [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. WELL, THIS IS AN [1:20:52] HONOR FOR ME. NOT JUST TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. TO BE A PART OF [1:21:01] THIS COMMUNITY THAT BRINGS ME PRIVILEGE AND THE LOVE THAT IS MINNESOTA. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO [1:21:07] TELL YOU, THIS, THREE YEARS AGO WHEN THEY TOLD ME I WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO MINNESOTA. I [1:21:13] WAS, "OKAY." AND NOW I FOUND A BIG FAMILY HERE! SO I'M VERY PROUD TO SERVE MY COUNTRY. I'VE [1:21:20] BEEN DOING THIS FOR AROUND 15 YEARS. AROUND THE U.S. SO [1:21:25] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WILL WORK HARDER TO REPRESENT MY [1:21:30] COUNTRY AND MY COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ALL OF US LIVE HAPPY [1:21:36] HERE IN MINNESOTA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:21:43] [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO RIGHT HERE. [1:23:04] >> FINALLY, WE WILL RECOGNIZE NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY WITH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. OUR [1:23:11] LAST RESOLUTION. [1:23:32] >> THE MOST PATIENT PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. THANK YOU! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. LOVERS [1:23:38] OF WATER USUALLY ARE, RIGHT? [1:23:44] THAT'S R RIGHT. I LIKE THAT. WE GO WITH THE FLOW. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU [1:23:50] ALL, AGAIN, FOR BEING SO PATIENT AND WAITING. I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE APPOINTED [1:23:55] COMMISSIONER TO THE MISSISSIPPI WATER SHED. AND SO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KEVIN REACHED OUT TO ME [1:24:02] AND ASKED IF WE COULD DO THIS HONORARY RESOLUTION. AND MYSELF, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON, [1:24:08] AND RAINVILLE ARE HONORED TO DO IT BECAUSE THE MISSISSIPPI RUNS THERE U OUR WARDS. NOT THAT [1:24:15] IT DOESN'T OTHERS BUT EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WHEREAS: THE [1:24:26] MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS 2,340 MILES IN LENGTH, CONNECTS COMMUNITIES BETWEEN MINNESOTA AND THE GULF [1:24:35] OF MEXICO, AND HAS THE LARGEST WATERSHED IN THE UNITED STATES DRAINING 31 STATES AND 2 CANADI [1:24:43] PROVINCES; AND THE DAKOTA NAME FOR THE RIVER IS [1:24:50] HA-HA WAKPA, RIVER OF THE FALLS, AND THE RIVER HAS SERVED AS A SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL [1:24:56] TOUCHPOINT WITHIN THE DAKOTA HOMELAND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. [1:25:01] AND >> WHEREAS: THE MISSISSIPPI [1:25:07] RIVER PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY MINNEAPOLIS' FLOUR MILLING, COMMERCIAL LUMBER, AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; THE MISSISSIPPI IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' FOUR MAJOR [1:25:12] MIGRATORY BIRD CORRIDORS, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL FOOD WATER, AND SHELTER TO OVER 300 BIRD SPECIES AS THEY JOURNEY TO AND FROM BREEDING GROUNDS; AND THE [1:25:19] MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS HOME TO OVER 260 FISH SPECIES AND [1:25:26] PROVIDES HABITAT FOR MYRIAD PLANTS, MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS, AND [1:25:35] REPTILES; AND >> WHEREAS: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PROVIDES AN AVERAGE OF 57 [1:25:40] MILLION GALLONS OF DRINKING WATER EACH DAY FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SEVEN OTHER [1:25:46] MUNICIPALITIES, AND PROVIDES DRINKING WATER FOR OVER 20 [1:25:52] MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS OUR NATION; AND THE 72-MILE STRETCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI THAT RUNS TH THE TWIN CITIES IS DESIGNATED B THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AS TH [1:26:00] NATIONAL RIVER AND RECREATION AREA OR MNRRA, AND IS THE ONLY [1:26:07] PARK SITE DEDICATED TO THE [1:26:13] MISSISSIPPI RIVER; AND ON APRIL 16, 2025, AMERICAN RIVERS DESIGNATED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER [1:26:19] AS AMERICA'S MOST ENDANGERED [1:26:30] RIVER® DUE TO INTENSIFYING FLOO RISK, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE REDUCTION OF FEDERAL SUPPORT; AD >> WHEREAS: TOGETHER, WE SHARE [1:26:37] RESPONSIBILITY OF SAFEGUARDING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY REDUCING POLLUTION NURTURING HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, AND FOSTERING A DEEP SENSE OF [1:26:42] CONNECTION AND STEWARDSHIP WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED━ THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO [1:26:51] HEREBY RECOGNIZE JUNE 2, 2025, AS NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND JUNE 1-15, 2025, AS RIVER [1:26:58] DAYS OF ACTION, AND DO ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS DURING THE RIVER DAYS OF ACTION THAT [1:27:04] CELEBRATE AND PROTECT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. [1:27:12] [ APPLAUSE ] WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SPEAK. . >> >>: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, [1:27:18] COUNCILMEMBER VETAW AND RAINVILLE AND ELLISON. WE APPRECIATE AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. AND [1:27:23] TO WORK TOGETHER TO RECOGNIZE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS AN INCREDIBLY VALUABLE AND SPECIAL [1:27:29] PLACE THAT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY. MY NAME IS ABBY MOORE. I'M HERE TO [1:27:36] REPRESENT THE MISSISSIPPI WATER SHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION. OUR MISSION TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND [1:27:42] HABITAT IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATER SHED. AND WE SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON THIS LOCAL AREA WHERE [1:27:48] THE WATER RUNS THROUGH OUR CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE COULD NEVER DO OUR WORK WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE PEOPLE OF [1:27:54] MINNEAPOLIS, AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE STANDING UP HERE AND MANY WHO ARE AREN'T [1:28:00] HERE TODAY. I'M HERE WITH FOLKS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TIRELESS [1:28:05] ADVOCATES FOR THE RIVER ITSELF. WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, WHO ARE OUT THERE HELPING PEOPLE CONNECT WITH AND ENJOY OUR [1:28:12] RIVERS THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL RIVER AND RECREATION AREA. MISSISSIPPI PARK [1:28:19] CONNECTION, A NONPROFIT PARTNER OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND OUR PARK HERE, AND THEN WE [1:28:24] HAVE ONE MISSISSIPPI WHO ORIGINATED THIS DAY. AND THIS [1:28:30] TWO WEEKS OF ACTION WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FRESH WATER WHO IS OUT THERE [1:28:35] WORKING ON KEEPING ALL OF OUR FRESH WATER FRESH, CLEAN, AND HEALTHY. AND SO THANK YOU. WE [1:28:41] ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS. AND I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC TO MICHAEL ANDERSON FROM ONE MISSISSIPPI. [1:28:47] >> THANK YOU, ABBY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THIS MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI [1:28:54] RIVER. AND AS A DAY DEDICATED TO AMERICA'S MOST ICONIC WATER [1:29:01] WAY, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO KEEP FLOWING FROM HERE. IT'S ALL ABOUT CONNECTING HEARTS TO [1:29:08] ACTIVATE MINDS SO HANDS CAN REACH. NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY REMINDS US TO TURN [1:29:14] TOWARD EACH OTHER. THE RIVER IS THE GREAT CONNECTOR, SPANNING OVER 2,300 MILES FROM HERE THE [1:29:22] HEADWAY STATE IN MINNESOTA. AS A RESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS, THE [1:29:27] RIVER, WE HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL OF OUR DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBORS. AND [1:29:33] NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY IS MINNEAPOLIS JOINS 10 OTHER [1:29:38] CITIES IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR DOWNSTREAM. INCLUDING ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: THREE OUT OF [1:29:46] THE FOURTH QUAD CITIES. AS WELL AS THREE STATES THAT HAVE JOINED [1:29:51] THE NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY MOVEMENT IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR INCLUDING MISSOURI, [1:29:57] ILLINOIS, AND WISCONSIN. AND WE KNOW MINNESOTA WILL BE FULLY IN NEXT YEAR, AS WELL. AS WILL OUR [1:30:03] COMMITMENTS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. AS WE HEARD IN THE RESOLUTION, WE HEARD ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE [1:30:10] THAT THIS RIVER SERVES TO OUR COMMUNITIES. UP-AND-DOWN. [1:30:16] BEYOND THAT, THE RIVER NEEDS OUR HELP. WE ALSO HEARD IN THE RESOLUTION THAT IT WAS DECLARED [1:30:23] THE MOST ENDANGERED RIVER BY AMERICAN RIVERS THIS YEAR. IN [1:30:29] 2025. THE ADVOCATES THAT ABBY NAMED. THE VARIATION ORGANIZATIONS UP HERE, AND I [1:30:35] WOULD ALSO ADD A LOCAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER NETWORK MEMBER, GREENLANDS BLUE WATERS, [1:30:42] GREAT RIVER GREENING, THERE ARE OVER 75 ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THIS MISSISSIPPI RIVER NETWORK THAT ONE MISSISSIPPI [1:30:47] COORDINATES. ALL WORKING TOGETHER UP-AND-DOWN OUR VITAL WATERWAY. AND SO WE TAKE THIS DAY WITH GREAT JOY. TO [1:30:56] CELEBRATE OUR VITAL WATERWAY. THAT PROVIDES OVER 20 MILLION [1:31:01] PEOPLE WITH DRINKING WATER. INCLUDING THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AS WE HEARD. THIS [1:31:07] NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY FLOWS INTO TWO WEEKS OF ACTION [1:31:13] AND OPPORTUNITY. THAT IS THE RIVER DAYS OF ACTION. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT [1:31:18] MISSISSIPPIRIVER.ORG. YOU CAN FIND OVER 30 EVENTS HAPPENING UP-AND-DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN-PERSON AND ONLINE. AND [1:31:25] I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. IT SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISING TO ANYONE. THE TWIN CITIES, MINNEAPOLIS, IN PARTICULAR, I [1:31:30] THINK, HAS THE MOST EVENTS GOING ON! ALL RIGHT. THE COMMUNITY REALLY, REALLY CARES. AND WE HAVE SUCH A LONG HISTORY. AND [1:31:39] RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI HERE LOCALLY. SO WE REALLY INVITE EVERYONE TO USE THIS AS A DAY TO TURN TOWARD [1:31:47] EACH OTHER. TURN TOWARD THE RIVER. FIND THAT COMMON GROUND [1:31:52] SO WE CAN CREATE A HEALTHIER HOW M FUTURE FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU [1:31:58] SO MUCH. [1:32:51] >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL THOSE PRESENTATIONS. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY [1:32:57] COUNCIL FOR JUNE 5th, TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:33:03] >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: JENKINS. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: PALMISANO. [1:33:08] >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. [1:33:14] >> CLERK: OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: RAINVILLE. CHAVEZ. [1:33:19] >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: ELLISON. [1:33:24] >> HERE. >> CLERK: KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. [1:33:30] >> CLERK: PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT. . >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER [1:33:35] RAINVILLE IS HERE. THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO [1:33:41] OFFER THE FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST [1:33:47] INCLUDES REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, [1:33:53] ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL [1:34:00] COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR [1:34:05] COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE [1:34:13] AGENDA? COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER [1:34:20] PAYNE. WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD AN ITEM UNDER ITEM 1 UNDER "NEW [1:34:28] BUSINESS." RELATING TO THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIONS [1:34:34] AT LAKE BLOOMINGTON. ASKING FOR A REQUEST FOR THE CITY AUDITOR FOR AN AFTERACTION REVIEW. [1:34:39] >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE UNDER THE ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OF A [1:34:45] REQUEST TO THE CITY AUDITOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO [1:34:51] CALL THE ROLL ON THAT AMENDMENT. [1:34:56] >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. [1:35:01] >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. [1:35:07] >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [1:35:12] >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THAT [1:35:17] AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. . [1:35:23] >> >> The: CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. [1:35:28] >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. [1:35:33] >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. [1:35:38] >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE AGENDA [1:35:44] IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 15. [1:35:50] ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MOVES. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. >> CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:35:56] >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> YES. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. [1:36:01] >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. [1:36:06] >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:36:12] >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY, WE [1:36:18] HAVE THE REFERRAL OF REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. [1:36:23] >> CALL THE ROLL. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. [1:36:28] >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. [1:36:33] >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [1:36:38] >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THOSE MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED. THE [1:36:44] NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS REPORTS FROM OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THOSE ARE TAKEN IN [1:36:51] ALPHABETICAL ORDER BEGINNING WITH THE REPORT OF OUR ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S [1:36:57] CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:37:03] THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 18 ITEMS. THE FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE [1:37:08] FROM THE CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES ALLIANCE FOR REGISTRATION, LODGING, AND AIR FARE TO ATTEND [1:37:15] THE ANNUAL MEETING. THE SECOND IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION [1:37:20] FOR LODGING, TRAVEL EXPENSES, AND MEALS FOR A COMMUNITY [1:37:26] PARTNER TO ATTEND THE CULTURAL OF CELEBRATION AND MEETING. >>. THREE IS A CONTRACT [1:37:32] WITH SHORT ELLIOT HENDRICKSON INC. FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY [1:37:38] IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT AS SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS IN WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD. FOUR IS [1:37:43] CONTRACT WITH AL ALIE I CAN'T ENGINEERING INC. FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY [1:37:49] IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT AT BLOOMINGTON AVENUE AND MINNEHAHA PARKWAY. FIVE IS A CONTRACT [1:37:55] AMENDMENT WITH PARKE PARK ANALYTICS LLC AND [1:38:02] CONSULTING SERVICES FOR SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT RECRUITMENT AND HIRING. SIX IS A CONTRACT [1:38:08] AMENDMENT WITH EGAN COMPANY FOR STREET LIGHT INSTALLATIONS. SEVEN IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH GRIES LENHARDT ALLEN PLL [1:38:19] WOVMENT FORWORKERS' COMPENSATION LEGAL SERVICES. NUMBER EIGHT IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH WIESER [1:38:24] CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC. FOR REINFORCED MAINTENANCE HOLE COVERS. NINE IS A CONTRACT [1:38:30] AMENDMENT WITH GOOD WORKS CONSULTING LLC FOR LEARNING AND ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT [1:38:36] SERVICES. 10 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH RESTORATION AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC FOR [1:38:41] HILTON RAMP WATERPROOFING PROJECT. 11 IS ACCEPTING BIDS FOR THREE SEPARATE COMPANIES FOR [1:38:48] PUBLIC IMPOUND TOWING SERVICES AROUND THE CITY. 12 IS A BID [1:38:55] FOR FRIDAYLY ROOF. 13 IS A BID [1:39:02] FOR WASH BURN WATER TOWER RESTORATION. 14 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT CLAIM OF ANTHONY [1:39:10] KUCZEK. 15 IS A WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM. 16 IS A [1:39:16] LEGAL SETTLEMENT. 17 IS LEGAL SETTLEMENT TYLER V. HENNEPIN [1:39:25] COUNTY. 18 IS LEGAL SETTLEMENT CHURCH OF HOLY CROSS. I MOVE APPROVAL FOR ALL ITEMS EXCEPT [1:39:31] FOR 15. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT, MINUS ITEM 15 FOR A [1:39:38] SEPARATE VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:39:47] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. [1:39:52] >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> >> AYE. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. [1:39:58] >> AYE. >> A RAINVILLE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. [1:40:04] >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. ADOPTED. NEXT [1:40:13] UP ITEM NUMBER 15. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:40:20] >> WONSLEY. >> NAY. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. [1:40:25] >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. [1:40:31] >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. [1:40:36] >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> NAY. [1:40:44] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 11 AYES AND TWO NAYS. [1:40:49] >> THAT CARRIES AND ADOPTED. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP OUR BUDGET [1:40:56] REPORT FROM OUR VICE PRESIDENT [1:41:02] CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU. BRINGING FORWARD THREE ITEMS FOR APPROVAL TODAY. [1:41:07] ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE CITY COUNCIL'S 2026 BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE MAYOR'S 2026 RECOMMENDED [1:41:14] SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT TO [1:41:20] TRANSMIT THESE TO, UMM, THE MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION, UMM, [1:41:28] REGARDING EMPLOYEE REALLOCATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR. AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A [1:41:34] PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING THE EQUALIZATION OF ASSESSED [1:41:40] ELEVATIONS OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AS RECOMMENDED BY THE 2025 LOCAL BOARD OF APPEAL AND [1:41:47] EQUALIZATION. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE [1:41:52] COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE ITEM [1:41:58] NUMBER TWO PULLED OUT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, PLEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO HAS REQUESTED PULLING OUT ITEM TWO. [1:42:05] SO WE WILL TAKE UP ITEMS ONE AND THREE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE [1:42:11] ITEMS? SEEING NONE. CLERK CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY IT [1:42:17] >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> CHOWDHURY. [1:42:23] >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. IS ABSENT. [1:42:31] RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. [1:42:36] >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. [1:42:41] >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES AND ONE [1:42:48] NAY. >> THAT CARRIES. NOTING COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO IS IN QUEUE FOR A QUESTION. [1:42:55] >> MY APOLOGIES, MR. CHAIR. I MEANT TO VOTE AYE ON ITEMS ONE AND THREE. I WAS TEMPORARILY [1:43:02] DISTRACTED. IT WAS ITEM TWO PULLING OUT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. WITHOUT OBJECTION FROM OTHERS, IF I CAN CHANGE MY VOTE TO A [1:43:08] POSITIVE. >> MR. CLERK? >> 13 AYES ON ONE AND THREE. >> CARRIES. NEXT ITEM NUMBER [1:43:14] TWO. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO? COUNCILMEMBER [1:43:20] ELLISON. >> YEAH. I'LL VE SPEAK BRIEFLY. I WASN'T ABLE TO VOTE [1:43:26] AT BUDGET COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE RAN LONG. AND I'LL SAY THAT I'M [1:43:32] CONCERNED. OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THAT WE NEED THESE POSITIONS IN THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE SOURCES, AND, [1:43:40] YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CPED REPRESENTATIVES HERE. WE'VE GOT [1:43:46] REGULATORY SERVICES REPRESENTED HERE. AND TAKING FTES OUT OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNS ME. [1:43:52] FOR SEVERAL REASONS. I KNOW WE HAD A DISCUSSION NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS [1:43:59] CAUTIOUSING FOLKS AGAINST AUSTERITY MEASURES, EVEN AS WE FACE TOUGH BUDGET TIMES. YOU KNOW, CPED IS THE DEPARTMENT [1:44:06] THAT HELPS SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT HELPS, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING. I DON'T KNOW [1:44:11] THE SPECIFICS OF THIS ROLE, BUT I KNOW JUST A YEAR AGO, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT ADDING FTES TO [1:44:17] CPED SO THEY COULD IMPLEMENT THEIR PROGRAMS A LITTLE FASTER. A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND THOSE -- SO TAKING AN FTE OUT OF [1:44:24] CPED IS CONCERNING. REGULATORY SERVICES IS A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY [1:44:30] FINDING ITS LEGS EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE. I THINK PRIOR TO ME BEING IN OFFICE YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT SORT OF [1:44:36] C CONSTRUCT OF RE REGULATORY SERVICES. WHEN ARRIVED, A HUGE PART OF THE [1:44:42] BUDGET WAS TAKEN UP IN THIS SORT OF IMPRACTICAL, INEQUITABLE FEE [1:44:48] MECHANISM. A LOT OF THEIR BUDGET WAS BUILT ON THAT. AND WE WORKED REALLY DILIGENTLY. THE DEPARTMENT, FIRST, AND THEN [1:44:56] THE INSTITUTION SECOND TO MAKE SURE THAT REG REGULATORY SERVICES COULD BE BUILT IN A WAY WHERE IT EVERYBODY ISED [1:45:03] RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY FAIRLY WITHOUT THE INCENTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, AGGRESSIVE FINING AND [1:45:11] FEES. AND SO TAKING AN FTE OUT OF REGULATORY SERVICES, ESPECIALLY AS WE KNOW WE MIGHT [1:45:17] BE CALLING ON THEM MORE. ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT REGULATORY SERVICES HELPS WHEN [1:45:22] IT COMES TO EXECUTING THINGS LIKE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW [1:45:28] REGULATORY SERVICES IS ESSENTIAL WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING [1:45:35] INSPECTIONS. AND SO I THINK TAKING FTES OUT OF THESE TWO DEPARTMENTS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY PROBLEMATIC FOR ME, AND [1:45:42] SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THE ITEM FOR THAT REASON. AGAIN, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS. I DON'T KNOW THE NATURE -- THE [1:45:48] FULL NATURE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET TO FOUR FTES IN A WAY THAT WAS, YOU [1:45:54] KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT SERVED THE ADMIN BETTER. BUT, AS IT [1:46:00] STANDS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, US TAKING CAPACITY OUT OF TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT I REALLY FEEL LIKE ARE IMPORTANT TO [1:46:05] MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR HOUSING STOCK, BUILDING MORE HOUSING, UMM, AH, AND SPURRING [1:46:11] MORE ECONOMIC GROWTH, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS, IT'S -- I'M NOT [1:46:17] COMFORTABLE MAKING IT FOR US TO MAKE THAT MOVE HERE. SO JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES. AND I HOPE THAT WE [1:46:24] CAN -- I KNOW THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SORT OF POSTPONED AND DELAYED AND DEBATED. BUT I WOULD HOPE WE CAN MAYBE PAUSE THIS ITEM -- [1:46:32] OR MAKE ROOM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY IMPEDING ON THESE AREAS [1:46:39] OF -- THAT I THINK ARE CRITICAL IN OUR CITY. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. [1:46:44] >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I PULLED THIS OUT BECAUSE I WON'T [1:46:49] BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION TODAY. THE PAST AUDIT CHAIR FOR [1:46:54] 10 YEARS, I CAN SEE THE NEED FOR INCREASED AUDIT SERVICES IN OUR ENTERPRISE. I ALSO SUPPORT [1:47:01] ALLOWING OUR NEW CITY AUDITOR THE TIME TO EVALUATE HIS DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS AND BRING [1:47:06] FORWARD HIS REQUEST FOR MORE POSITIONS. WE DID, BEFORE [1:47:12] MR. TIMERMAN ARRIVED AS AN AUDITOR AMENDMENT HAD A -- THAT FUNDED THE ENTIRETY OF THE [1:47:18] FIVE-YEAR STAFFING PLAN IN ONE BUDGET CYCLE. I THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO LET THIS REQUEST PLAY OUT AND BE EVALUATED [1:47:24] AGAINST THE NEEDS OF ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGH A REGULAR BUDGET PROCESS. I WANT [1:47:30] TO POINT OUT, THIS -- THESE POSITIONS TAKE THE FULL YEAR OF THE BUDGET. WE ARE IN JUNE. BUT THESE POSITIONS TAKE THE [1:47:36] FULL YEAR OF THE BUDGET FOR THESE POSITIONS. AND THAT'S NOTABLE. I ALSO HAVE SOME [1:47:44] CHALLENGES REPRESENTING THESE THREE IMPACTED DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, FOR CPED, THIS WILL BE A [1:47:50] LOSS OF AN INSPECTOR IN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. I JUST HAD A CONSTITUENT THIS WEEK TELL ME IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET A [1:47:56] PLUMBING INSPECTION FOR A SMALL PROJECT. ALL THE OTHER WORK HAD TO STOP WHILE THEY WAITED FOR AN [1:48:02] INSPECTION. AND NOW CREWS HAVE BEEN SENT TO OTHER JOBS. IT REALLY DOES IMPACT A MATTER OF [1:48:09] SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND A MATTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY WHEN WORK CAN'T BE [1:48:14] DONE. AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING LABORERS. WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING SKILLED [1:48:20] TRADES PEOPLE WORKING HERE IN OUR CITY. FROM A REG SERVICES [1:48:26] PERSPECTIVE, TO LOSE A LEAD HOUSING INSPECTOR, WE ALREADY STRUGGLE KEEPING ON TOP OF OUR [1:48:32] RENTAL AND NUISANCE AND VACANT BUILDING INSPECTIONS. I'M CONCERNED THE LACK OF SUPPORT FOR LIVABILITY ISSUES IS GOING [1:48:38] TO BE FELT DEEPLY BY OUR RESIDENTS. AGAIN, I'M ALL FOR APPROPRIATELY STAFFING OUR AUDIT [1:48:46] AUDIT DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS. BUT NOT AT THIS [1:48:51] WAY. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I [1:48:56] KNOW WE -- THIS ITEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED A CYCLE TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THERE TO BE [1:49:05] MORE DISCUSSION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET TO A DIFFERENT OUTCOME [1:49:11] HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, NOT SEEKING TO, UMM, CHANGE ANYONE'S MIND [1:49:17] HERE, BUT WANTED TO SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL, AH, CONTEXT ABOUT THESE POSITIONS AND ALL THE [1:49:23] EVENTS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED, UMM, THAT LEAD US HERE. WE HIRED A NEW CITY AUDITOR EARLIER [1:49:30] THIS YEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S STARTED IN THE ROLE THAT HAD BEEN FILLED BY AN INTERIM PERSON [1:49:39] FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. UMM, AND HAS REALLY HIT THE GROUND [1:49:44] RUNNING IN REACTIVATING THE [1:49:49] AUDIT COMMITTEE IN GREATER INVOLVEMENT IN THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK THAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN [1:49:54] THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT. ALONG WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS APPROPRIATELY STAFFED. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE [1:50:00] SOMEONE WHO COMES WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD. UMM, AND, YOU [1:50:06] KNOW, I THINK WHEN THE CITY AUDITOR APPROACHED US WITH SOME [1:50:12] PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UMM, GAPS WITHIN HIS DEPARTMENT AND BEING ABLE TO CARRY OUT CORE SERVICES, [1:50:18] UMM YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO -- BY "WE" I MEAN LEADERSHIP AND [1:50:25] THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. OUR CITY CLERK AND OUR OTHER STAFF [1:50:31] WITHIN THE CLERK'S OFFICE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE VACANCY REPORT AND IDENTIFY THESE FOUR [1:50:37] POSITIONS. ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO [1:50:44] PERSON IN FILLING THESE POSITIONS. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS OF SAYING THAT WE'RE CUTTING AN INSPECTOR. THERE IS [1:50:51] NO PERSON IN THAT POSITION. ONE OF THESE POSITIONS HAS BEEN VACANT FOR 10 YEARS. AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING. HAS BEEN [1:50:57] VACANT SINCE 2015. UMM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE [1:51:03] HAVE CORE SERVICES FILLED, YOU KNOW, JUST TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP AN ITEM ASKING THE CITY [1:51:12] AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO CONDUCT AN ADDITIONAL AFTER ACTION REVIEW INTO THE EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED [1:51:17] WITH A FEDERAL OPERATION IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. THESE TYPES [1:51:23] OF AFTER ACTION REVIEWS THAT THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT IS UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW, TWO OF THEM, YOU [1:51:31] KNOW, HAVE TO BE -- HAVE TO BE, UMM, CONTRACTED OUT, AND HAVE [1:51:36] VERY SIGNIFICANT COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT OR THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT CAN [1:51:41] ABSORB THE COST OF EVERY SINGLE TIME INSTANCES LIKE THIS COME UP. SO I APPRECIATE THAT [1:51:48] BUILDING THAT TYPE OF CAPABILITY IN HOUSE SO WE CAN CONDUCT THESE TYPES OF SPECIAL REVIEWS, UMM, [1:51:56] AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, AH, WE ARE MOVING WITH TRUST WITH OUR RESIDENTS WHEN INSTANCES HAPPEN [1:52:01] IN OUR CITY. AND THEY'RE BOUND TO THAT THREATEN OR JEOPARDIZE [1:52:08] OUR UNDERMINE OUR CREDIBILITY WITH RESIDENTS WITH THE [1:52:13] COMMUNITY. I'LL NOTE, THESE ARE POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES, THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE [1:52:19] HOLDING WITH INTENTION. WITH THE HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO CHANGE [1:52:26] WHAT THE -- HOW THE POSITION EXISTS OR ELEVATE IT INTO A [1:52:31] POSITION OF LEADERSHIP. AND I THINK THAT DEPARTMENTS, AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS, ARE MOVING WITH AT LOT OF INTENTION [1:52:38] THERE. THE REALITY, THOUGH, IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S CLEAR [1:52:43] DIRECTION, UMM FROM THE CABINET AND FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO [1:52:48] HOLD ANY VACANT POSITIONS RIGHT NOW. AND THAT THESE ARE ALL, UMM, LIKELY GOING TO BE LOOKED [1:52:55] AT FOR CUTS AS A PART OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. SO MAKING SURE THAT THESE FOUR POSITIONS [1:53:02] ARE NOT CUT AS A PART OF A BALANCING OUR BUDGET, AND [1:53:07] INSTEAD CAN PROVIDE A VALUE ADD. AND SAVE US MONEY, HONESTLY, IN THE LONG RUN. AND BUILD DEEPER [1:53:14] CAPABILITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME. IT'S WHY, UMM, WE HAVE CONTINUED [1:53:20] TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD. AND WOULD HOPE THAT COLLEAGUES ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT. AND [1:53:28] UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE RESERVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE. [1:53:45] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE [1:53:51] POSITIONS THAT WERE BEING TAKEN. HOWEVER, THE DUE DILIGENCE BY [1:53:58] COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT AND THE EXTRA TIME TO LOOK INTO WHAT [1:54:04] THESE POSITIONS MEANT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN VACANT, ALL [1:54:09] OF THEM, AT LEAST FOR A YEAR. AND THAT ONE POSITION, AGAIN, FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. [1:54:15] 10 YEARS. IT SHOWED ME THAT, OKAY, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHERE [1:54:21] WE NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR CITY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE INVESTMENT IS. IT'S AN [1:54:26] INVESTMENT INTO OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR SPECIAL REVIEWS, INCLUDING AFTER ACTION REVIEWS, [1:54:32] LIKE THE ONES WE'RE DOING FOR THE CASE W, AND NOW A REQUEST [1:54:38] WE'RE DOING TO DO AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF MPD'S [1:54:44] INVOLVEMENT OR RELATIONSHIP TO THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION THAT TOOK PLACE. WE [1:54:53] NEED AN INDEPENDENT ARBITER TO LOOK INTO THIS. FRAUD, WASTE, [1:54:59] AND ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS, PERFORMANCE AUDITS, COMMUNITY SAFETY AUDITS, AND MANY MORE [1:55:04] THINGS. OUR AUDIT DEPARTMENT IS NOT AT THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED TO MEET THE MOMENT OF OVERSIGHT IN [1:55:10] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IT IS A CRITICAL FUNCTION WHICH ITS [1:55:16] MUSCLE HAS NOT GROWN. AND IN ADDITION, THE DEMANDS OF AUDITS IS ONLY GOING TO GROW. [1:55:22] ESPECIALLY AS WE NEED TO LOOK AT TOUGHER BUDGET YEARS. WHERE WE [1:55:28] NEED INDEPENDENT EVALUATION TO FIND EFFICIENCIES TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE HOW WE CAN MAKE CUTS AND [1:55:34] SMARTER SPENDING DECISIONS. AND WITHOUT THESE POSITIONS, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE PLACE WHERE WE [1:55:40] ARE TODAY. WE HAVE TO SEARCH HIGH AND LOW FOR FOUR POSITIONS. AND MAKE DETERMINATIONS WITHOUT [1:55:47] THIS INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS. AND I THINK THIS WILL SERVE US REALLY WELL INTO THE FUTURE. AND THIS IS A [1:55:52] DEPARTMENT THAT WE JUST HAVE NOT INVESTED IN FOR A LONG TIME. AND I ALSO DO NOT BELIEVE THAT [1:55:59] THESE VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING ARE GOING TO MAKE [1:56:04] ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM CRUMBLE. AND I WANT TO STATE THAT. I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF [1:56:10] AN ALARM SET OFF IN THE EARLIER PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THESE DEPARTMENTS CRUMBLE. WHAT IT [1:56:16] WILL DO IS ENSURE THAT A DEPARTMENT THAT SORELY NEEDS RESOURCES FOR OVERSIGHT HAS [1:56:23] THEM. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> LAST THING I'LL SAY, I [1:56:30] TOTALLY AM SOLD ON THE NEED FOR THESE FTES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S [1:56:37] NOT REALLY THE DEBATE HERE. BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S UNDENIAL THAT, LIKE, THAT BOTH CPED BUT [1:56:44] ESPECIALLY ARE REG REGULATORY SERVICES NEEDS [1:56:49] HOUSING INSPECTORS. IT'S A PART OF HOW WE DO TENANT PROTECTIONS. IT'S A PART OF HOW WE DO A LOT [1:56:55] OF ALL OF OUR WORK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN I'D BE MORE WILLING [1:57:00] TO CALL ON REG SERVICES. NOT RIGHT NOW, ASK THEM WHAT WE CAN [1:57:06] DO TO FILL THE POSITION ASAP THAN TAKE THE POSITION AWAY ENTIRELY. I WANT TO BE MINDFUL [1:57:12] OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL COST IS. COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO TALKED [1:57:18] ABOUT >> I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL COST. I THINK THAT'S MORE OF WHAT I WANT US TO BE [1:57:24] MINDFUL OF US, WHAT ARE WE LOSING HERE? I SEE THE NEED FOR [1:57:30] WHAT WE'RE GAINING BUT WHEN I THINK OF WHAT WE'RE LOSING, WITH REGARDS TO THOSE TWO FTEs, I [1:57:36] THINK WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF CAPACITY TO SERVE PEOPLE PROACTIVELY AND QUICKLY AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED ECONOMIC, YOU [1:57:45] KNOW, ECONOMIC ENERGY AND TENANT PROTECTIONS. THAT'S ALL. I WILL [1:57:51] LEAVE IT THERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:57:57] >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I AM [1:58:02] NOT INSINUATING THAT SOMEONE DIDN'T DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE HERE. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT [1:58:08] THE MPD POSITION. THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR THE LONGEST AND POTENTIALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT. AS WE ALL KNOW, SOMETIMES VACANCIES [1:58:17] CREATE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, [1:58:22] MEANING THERE IS NEAR CONSTANT TURNOVER AS EMPLOYEES GET [1:58:27] PROMOTED TO HIGHER LEVEL POSITIONS AND THE LOWER LEVEL JOBS ARE FILLED WITH NEW [1:58:33] EMPLOYEES. HIRING TAKES A LONG TIME AND COUPLED WITH CHALLENGES IN HR, THAT CAN MAKE IT SEEM [1:58:39] THAT A POSITION IS NOT IMPORTANT, WHEN IT IS. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AND I TALKED [1:58:46] ABOUT THE FUNCTIONAL IMPACT OF POSITIONS LIKE THESE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW AT TIMES A DEPARTMENT [1:58:51] HEAD OR DIVISION DIRECTOR MAY BE TRYING TO ORGANIZE HOW WORK GETS [1:58:56] DONE AND WHAT POSITIONS ARE APPROPRIATE TO DELIVER SERVICES. POSITIONS MAY BE VACANT BECAUSE IT'S SETTING UP A LARGER [1:59:03] SCHEMATIC AND REMOVING ONE COULD MAKE EVERYTHING ELSE FALL APART. SO, SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER [1:59:10] ELLISON, I'M NOT SAYING THAT AUDIT FOR A CITY OUR SIZE SHOULD NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN [1:59:16] IT, BUT I'M WEIGHING THEM AGAINST THE PRACTICALITY OF NEEDS TO DELIVER SERVICES FOR [1:59:21] THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, [1:59:31] I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. [1:59:37] >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. [1:59:42] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:59:48] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. [1:59:53] >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 7 AYES AND 6 NAYS. [2:00:00] >> THAT ITEM CARRIES AND THE FULL REPORT IS ADOPTED. NEXT IS OUR BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND [2:00:07] ZONING COMMITTEE GIVEN BY THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR. OZ. COUNCIL [2:00:19] MEMBER OSMAN. >> NOW POINT OF ORDER. >> YES, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I [2:00:26] WAS A NO ON ITEM NUMBER 15. I WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH THE CLERK. [2:00:32] >> WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. >> JUST CHANGE IT. [2:00:39] [LAUGHTER]. >> IT WAS A NO? >> YOU VOTED YES. >> YOU WERE RECORDED AS VOTING [2:00:45] AYE. >> THAT WAS A NO. THANK YOU. >> THAT MEANS 10 AYES AND 3 NAYS. >> OKAY, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE [2:00:51] OUTCOME OF THAT AND IF THE CLERK CAN GET THAT DOCUMENTED, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR BIZ REPORT BY [2:01:00] COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU. >> THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE WILL [2:01:05] BE BRINGING FORWARD 18 ITEMS, THE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION AUTHORITYING THE 2025 HUD ACTION [2:01:13] PLAN EXPANDING THE LICENSE FOR [2:01:18] BAR BARBETTE, AND GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE FOR FRO-YO SOUL. AND THE MINNEAPOLIS [2:01:26] 3R50U6789 DIRECT, A PIMENTO KITCHEN ON NICK LET AND THIS WAS [2:01:31] SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, STAFF HAS ALERTED ME THAT THERE WILL BE -- [2:01:39] HOLD ON, ACTUALLY I AM NOT SURE I HAVE THE RECENT INFORMATION HERE. IS THIS THE CURRENT [2:01:47] INFORMATION HERE? THIS WILL BE -- THIS LICENSE WILL BE [2:01:52] WITHDRAWN. THEREFORE, I WILL MOVE TO DELETE ITEM NUMBER 5. [2:01:59] ALL RIGHT, 6 IS APPROVING TWO [2:02:04] LIQUOR LICENSES, 7 IS APPROVING 5 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS, 8 IS [2:02:10] 2 GAMBLING LICENSES, 10 IS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE UPDATED FINE SCHEDULE, 11 IS [2:02:17] AMENDING THE 2025 LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE POLLUTION CONTROL FEES, 12 IS APPROVING MINNEAPOLIS WORKFORCE [2:02:23] DEVELOPMENT BOARD, SEAT 11 APPOINTMENT, 7 IS APPROVING ZONING REDUCTION FOR THE SILVA [2:02:30] ON THE HOUSING RIVER PROJECT, AUTHORIZING CHANGES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, THE [2:02:39] 2026-27 HOUSING TAX QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLAN AND PROCEDURE MANUEL, 16 IS AUTHORIZING [2:02:45] PARTNERS IN PROPERTY COMMERCIAL LAND TRUST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 19 EAST 26TH STREET, [2:02:53] AND 17 IS THE PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION AFROOUFING HUD [2:02:58] RESOLUTION TO CPED, AND THEN THE PURCHASE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE EAST PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD [2:03:05] INSTITUTE. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR APPROVAL AND MOVE TO DELETE ITEM NUMBER 5. [2:03:13] >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT INCLUDING THE [2:03:19] DELETION OF ITEM 5. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN? [2:03:24] >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT A COUPLE OF ITEMS, THE FRO-YO SOUL LIQUOR [2:03:31] LICENSE, WHICH WILL BE BRINGING FOOD, DRINKS, AND ENTERTAINMENT [2:03:37] TO THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. THIS IS EXCITING, IT WILL BRING A LOT OF ENERGY TO ONE OF OUR TOP [2:03:42] REG REGIONAL DESTINATIONS IN THE CITY. THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR [2:03:47] WASHED 7. I WANTED TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE TO AMY FOR ALL THE [2:03:52] TIME AND DILIGENCE SHE PUT INTO THIS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A GOOD LIQUOR LICENSE [2:03:58] IN PARK TERRITORY, SO I BELIEVE THAT FRO FRO YO SOUL WILL HAVE A [2:04:08] LOT OF SUCCESS OVER THE SUMMER. THE MANAGER AMY'S WORK IS SEEN [2:04:13] AND APPRECIATED. I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS VERY [2:04:19] EXCITING. THEY HAVE TAKEN SUCH A LONG TIME TO COME TO FRUITION AND INVOLVED A LOT OF DUE [2:04:25] DILIGENCE FROM OUR PARTNERS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY OVER MANY, MANY YEARS. SO I'M VERY [2:04:31] PROUD TO AUTHOR THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR HOSPITALITY [2:04:36] INDUSTRY, WITHOUT PUTTING A BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS, A FINANCIAL BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS, CREATING A TOURISM [2:04:43] IMPROVEMENT DIRECT IS A FORWARD THINKING STEP, HELPING US INVITE [2:04:48] SO MANY MORE PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT AND EXPERIENCE ALL THAT MINNEAPOLIS HAS TO OFFER. I'M [2:04:57] GRATEFUL FOR THE LOCAL HOTELS FOR THEIR BACKING OF THIS INITIATIVE AND IT WILL HELP US [2:05:02] COMPETE FOR MAJOR EVENTS TO BRING MORE JOBS, REVENUE, AND VIBRANCY TO OUR CITY, NOT JUST [2:05:09] DOWNTOWN BUT CITYWIDE, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHERE TOURISM TENDS TO SLOW. I [2:05:16] ALSO KNOW SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES RELY ON OUR VISITOR [2:05:22] COMM ECONOMY. SO IT WAS IMPORTANT AND GREAT TO HEAR FROM A WIDE ARRAY OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE PUBLIC [2:05:30] HEARING, INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNITE HERE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WORKERS, [2:05:37] AND THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL [2:05:42] YOUR WORK AND YOUR MANY YEARS I [2:05:49] WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH THIS INITIATIVE. [2:05:57] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO [2:06:02] ACKNOWLEDGE PHIL IN YOUR EIGHT YEARS OF WORK ON THIS, I'M GLAD YOU CAN SEE IT GET ACROSS THE [2:06:08] FINISH LINE TODAY. AND THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT. OUR CITY WILL NOW JOIN OVER 200 CITIES IN AMERICA. [2:06:15] THEY HAVE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. TO THE G.M.s, I WANT [2:06:20] TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THOSE ARE HARD SEATS YOU HAVE BEEN SITTING ON FOR [2:06:26] HOURS. MORE THAN THAT, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH MEET MINNEAPOLIS [2:06:32] TO DO SOME BYLAW CHANGES TO REFLECT THIS NEW RELATIONSHIP NOW THAT THE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT [2:06:38] DISTRICT WILL HAVE WITH YOUR HOTELS AND THAT ORGANIZATIONS. BE SURE THAT IT WILL BE RUN [2:06:44] PROPERLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND AGAIN, THANK YOU BILL FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND [2:06:52] ESPECIALLY THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY. I'M SO PROUD TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND. [2:06:59] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE, I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM [2:07:05] NUMBER 4 AND 11 BUT STARTING WITH NUMBER 4. I JUST WANT TO [2:07:12] NAME AS MY COAUTHORS HAVE ALREADY, THE MINNEAPOLIS [2:07:19] IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS MORE ABOUT BOOSTING VISITOR NUMBERS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT INVESTING IN [2:07:24] PEOPLE AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO UNITE HERE [2:07:30] LOCAL 17. THANKS TO THEIR ADVOCACY, THIS ORDINANCE STRATEGICALLY SUPPORTS WORKFORCE [2:07:35] DEVELOPMENT BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO MEANINGFUL, WELL PAYING CAREERS AND HOSPITALITY AND [2:07:42] TOURISM THROUGHOUT MINNEAPOLIS. I WANTED TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE ADVOCACY OF [2:07:48] UNIVERSITY AREA HOSPITALITY LEADERS, AS A RESULT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH MY OFFICE, WE [2:07:54] ALSO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT ENSURE THE BENEFITS OF THIS ORDINANCE IS DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY TO BENEFIT [2:08:01] HOTELS OUTSIDE OF JUST DOWNTOWN. SO THAT MEANS THAT THE BENEFITS THAT WILL COME THROUGH THESE [2:08:08] FEES WON'T JUST BE CONCENTRATED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN REGION. THEY WILL ALSO REACH NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF [2:08:14] MINNEAPOLIS -- MINNESOTA AND BEYOND, BRINGING MORE VISITORS, [2:08:20] MORE SPENDING, MORE INVESTMENTS, AND MORE OPPORTUNITY TO EVERY CORNER OF MINNEAPOLIS. I SEE [2:08:26] THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY OF US BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE RESILIENT ECONOMY AND THANK YOU [2:08:32] TO THOSE PARTNERS. ALSO INCLUDING MEET MINNEAPOLIS FOR WORKING WITH ALL OF US IN [2:08:37] BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO [2:08:43] THIS VERY EXCITING AND INNOVATIVE POLICY. I FORGOT. [2:08:50] ITEM NUMBER 11, REGARDING THE 2025 LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE, JUST [2:08:56] WANTED TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF. THIS COMES AS A RESULT OF [2:09:03] 2.5 YEARS OF WORK OF LOOKING AT HOW WE ASSIGN FEES TO OUR CARBON [2:09:14] DIOXIDE AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AS A RESULT OF THIS FEE OF US GETTING AN UPDATED STUDY TO MAKE [2:09:20] SURE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING MORE ROBUST INITIATIVES COME THE START OF 2026, TO MAKE SURE THAT [2:09:28] WE ARE REACHING OUR CARBON NEUTRAL GOALS THAT I THINK WE'RE [2:09:37] STILL -- WE STILL HAVE SOME WAYS TO GO IN REACHING. SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THIS BECAUSE THESE FEES GO INTO [2:09:45] IMPLEMENTATION ON JULY 1ST AND REALLY EXCITED TO STAFF FOR [2:09:50] COLLABORATING WITH US TO GET TO THIS POINT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:09:55] >> MR. CHAIR IF WE CAN PULL OUT 11.2 FOR A SEPARATE CONVERSATION AFTER THIS VOTE. [2:10:03] >> WE SURE CAN. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> WELL, IF COUNCIL MEMBER [2:10:09] PALMISANO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM, I WAS GOING TO PULL OUT 2. [2:10:14] >> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO 11.2 [2:10:20] AS WELL. >> GOT IT. SO LET'S TAKE UP THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT. [2:10:26] >> MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK THE CLERK WOULD SUGGEST PULLING ALL OF 11 AS THE THREE PARTS [2:10:32] INTERRELATE SO WE SHOULD PULL ALL OF 11 AND VOTE ON THAT AS A SEPARATE ITEM. >> GOT IT. I'LL HAVE THE CLERK [2:10:41] TO CALL THE REPORT, PULLING OUT ITEM 11 SEPARATELY. [2:10:47] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [2:10:52] >> AYE ON ALL AND ABSTAIN ON ITEM NUMBER 16. [2:10:58] >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [2:11:04] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [2:11:11] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. [2:11:16] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:11:22] >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES ON THE REPORT EXCEPT FOR NUMBER 16, [2:11:27] WHICH HAS 12 AYES AND 1 ABSTENTION. >> THOSE ITEMS CARRY. [2:11:34] [APPLAUSE]. >> NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM 11 AND DO FOLKS WANT TO GET INTO [2:11:41] QUEUE FOR ITEM NUMBER 11? [2:11:51] >> MR. CHAIR WANTED TO SPEAK BUT I WILL LET THE PEOPLE THAT DID THE WORK ON THIS GO AHEAD OF ME [2:11:58] IF THEY WISH. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS, SO ITEM 11.2 ON THE [2:12:04] SIDEWALK CART VENDORS. AS BACKGROUND, THIS IS ABOUT [2:12:10] AMENDING THE LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE FOR SIDEWALK CART VENDORS FROM $719 TO $63. THE [2:12:17] $63 AMOUNT IS THE COST FOR NON-PROFIT FOOD TRUCKS CURRENTLY, BUT THERE'S ONLY BEEN [2:12:24] 3 IN THE HISTORY OF WHAT I WAS ABLE TO READ ABOUT. $719 [2:12:29] SUPPORTED BY THE FEE STUDY, BUT COUNCIL HAS THE RIGHT TO REDUCE THAT FEE AS NECESSARY. I DID SEE [2:12:42] THE BIZ CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND I APPRECIATE FROM THE COLLEAGUES THAT IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO START THEIR OWN MICRO [2:12:47] BUSINESSES. AS WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS WITH SIDEWALK VENDORS [2:12:53] CURRENTLY, CITATIONS DON'T WORK AS THEY CAN'T PAY THESE FINES [2:13:00] AND IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO EARN A LIVING BUT DOING SO SAFELY WITH SAFE FOOD THEY'RE [2:13:07] SELLING. THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT ETHICAL GOVERNANCE THAT I THINK WAS IMPORTANT IN THAT COMMITTEE. I [2:13:13] UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATION AND THOUGHT BEHIND THIS AND I TAKEN TO HEART THOSE COMMENTS, BUT IN [2:13:19] THIS REAL BUDGET DEFICIT THAT WE'RE FACING NEXT YEAR, THIS IS THE COST OF ENFORCING AND [2:13:28] LICENSING FOOD CART VENDORS. SO WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THE PLAN TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE [2:13:36] PER THE LICENSE BETWEEN THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO REDUCE IT TO. WE STILL [2:13:43] HAVE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT COST THAT ARE [2:13:49] EXPENDED IN THIS PROGRAM. ARE THE CUTS MADE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WHERE? I DON'T THINK WE ARE IN [2:13:55] THE POSITION TO WRITE IT DOWN THIS MUCH WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CUTS, [2:14:00] THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO FIRST START OFF [2:14:08] BY SAYING THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF IN BUSINESS LICENSING, [2:14:17] DCCO JELLY, MICHELLE, OUR CITY [2:14:24] ATTORNEYS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ADDRESSING THE CREATION OF [2:14:30] ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SIDE CART STREET VENDORS IN OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WHO HAVE FACED JUST [2:14:37] CITATION AFTER CITATION FOR NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CURRENT SIDEWALK FOOD CART [2:14:43] LICENSING AND WE ARE TAKING APPROACH OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE COME INTO COMP [2:14:48] COMPLIANCE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE CULTURALLY COMPETENT [2:14:54] AND RECOGNIZING THE ECONOMIC BARRIER OF STARTING THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS AND COMING INTO [2:14:59] COMPLIANCE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD A REDUCED FEE OF [2:15:04] $63 IN LINE WITH THE NON-PROFIT FOOD TRUCK FEE AND RECOGNIZE [2:15:10] THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY IMMIGRANT MOMS CANNOT AFFORD PAYING 7$719 [2:15:18] JUST TO GET A LICENSE ON TOP OF HAVING TO PAY FOR A SIDEWALK [2:15:26] STREET CART THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE HEALTH CODES WE NEED AND PURCHASING THE FOOD [2:15:33] THEY NEED TO PREPARE AND BEING IN A COMMISSARY KITCHEN. WITHOUT THIS FEE REDUCTION, IT WILL BE [2:15:39] IMPOSSIBLE FOR THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACTUALLY STEP INTO COMPLIANCE AND BECOME [2:15:46] ENTREPRENEURS. WE WANT TO SEE INCUBATION HAPPEN FOR THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND HAVE [2:15:52] IMMIGRANT MOTHERS TO HAVE ONE DAY THEIR OWN FOOD TRUCK AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I [2:15:59] WANT TO THANK THE STAFF IN HELPING US DETERMINE THE $63 FOR [2:16:04] THIS FEE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY AMENDABLE TO AND THANK YOU [2:16:11] TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR AGREEING AS WELL AND I HAVE HOPE THAT IN REDUCING THIS FEE, WE [2:16:18] WILL SEE NOT ONLY THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH APPLY AND GET THIS LICENSE BUT WE WILL SEE A [2:16:24] GROWTH OF OTHER SIDEWALK STREET CART VENDORS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND ALL OF THAT FUNDING WILL [2:16:32] COME BACK TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR ENFORCEMENT. I WANT TO ALSO MAKE THE POINT, WE [2:16:37] ARE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY RIGHT NOW ENFORCING THE SIDEWALK [2:16:46] STREET CARTS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE IN DANGEROUS [2:16:52] LOCATIONS VENDING AND IN PARKS AND WE'RE GIVING OUT CITATION AFTER CITATION THAT IS [2:16:57] IMPOSSIBLE TO PAY. MOVING FORWARD COMPLIANCE IN THE LONG RUN WILL SAVE THE CITY OF [2:17:03] MINNEAPOLIS MONEY AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ARE ALSO LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF HOW WE MIGHT HAVE [2:17:09] COST REDUCTIONS IN TRACKING WHERE VENDORS ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE'RE TALKING TO OTHER [2:17:17] ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS IN OTHER CITIES AND FOLLOWING THE FOOT SSTEPS OF CITIES LIKE LOS [2:17:24] ANGELES, CHICAGO, SAN DIEGO, P PORTLAND, WHO HAVE ALL REDUCED [2:17:30] THEIR SIDEWALK STREET CART VENDOR FEE. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. [2:17:36] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WOULD TELL THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE [2:17:42] ASKING STREET VENDORS TO PAY $719 FOR A LICENSE, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE LICENSES [2:17:49] IN THE UNITED STATES. $719 TO TRY TO BECOME A TREAT [2:17:54] ENTREPRENEUR, A STREET VENDOR IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE CITY IS SPENDING TONS OF MONEY [2:18:00] ON ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCING THE CITY'S ORDINANCES WHEN IT COMES [2:18:06] TO HEALTH CODE AND OTHER ISSUES. SPENDING A TON OF MONEY IN INSPECTIONS INTO SENDING FOLKS [2:18:12] WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALLOWING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GIVE CITATIONS AND SO FORTH INTO THESE SITUATIONS, THAT IS A [2:18:18] LOT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON ENFORCEMENT. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS WE PASS AN [2:18:23] ORDINANCE TO EXPAND THE LOCATIONS. THERE IS NOW A CONTRACT IN PLACE TO HELP [2:18:30] VENDORS GET INTO COMPLIANCE WITH A NON-PROFIT THAT THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH. IN ORDER TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE, WE KNOW THAT [2:18:36] REDUCING THE COST FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, BUT EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO BECOME A VENDOR IN OUR CITY, [2:18:43] REDUCING THAT SO THEY CAN GET INTO COME APPLIANCE AND DO THIS WORK SAFELY, SECURELY, AND IN [2:18:48] COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CITY CODES. I THINK THAT WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY THAT ARE ASKING US, [2:18:53] WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK, PLEASE SUPPORT US. I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY TO FIGURE OUT HOW [2:18:59] TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS SAFELY, AS QUICKLY, AND AS RESPONSIBLE AS POSSIBLE, BY HELPING CREATE A [2:19:06] FEE REDUCTION TO $63, WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTO [2:19:13] COMPLIANCE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WORK OF OUR STAFF GOING OUT TO CERTAIN VIOLATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. THAT'S [2:19:19] JUST A MATTER OF FACT. WE WILL CREATE MORE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR [2:19:26] OUR CITY. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT THING. I JUST LIKE TO SAY THIS WAS IN CONVERSATIONS WITH [2:19:32] OUR DCCO, THE MAYOR AGREED TO THIS FEE, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AND I, AND [2:19:38] WE'RE HOPING WE GET THE SUPPORT HERE TO PASS IT. THANK YOU. [2:19:43] >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN AND SAY WE HAVE SEEN STUFF LIKE THIS BEFORE WHERE YOU [2:19:50] BASICALLY HAVE AN OPTION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, A REALLY HIGH FEE AND NON-COMPLIANCE ALL [2:19:58] TOGETHER. IN THOSE INSTANCES AND I THINK JUST TO NAME ONE [2:20:03] DEPARTMENT AS AN EXAMPLE, ANIMAL CONTROL HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS. THEY REALIZE THAT THEY WEREN'T GETTING COMPLIANCE [2:20:09] AND WHEN THEY LOWER THEIR FEE, THEY STARTED GETTING COMPLIANCE. PEOPLE STARTED PARTICIPATING IN [2:20:14] THE PROGRAM. WHAT THAT DOES IN ADDITION TO US GETTING MONEY FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS IN [2:20:20] COMPLIANCE IS WE NOW CAN TRACK OUR DATA BETTER. I THINK THAT IN [2:20:25] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AS AN INSTITUTION, WE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AND SOMETIMES WE TAKE FOR [2:20:31] GRANTED JUST HOW WELL -- WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERFECT HOW WELL WE TRACK A LOT [2:20:36] OF THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES DO NOT TRACK. A LOT OF CITIES, EVEN [2:20:43] LICENSE RENTAL UNITS, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THEY HAVE. THIS WILL GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MANY [2:20:49] VENDORS ARE TRYING TO PURSUE THIS BUSINESS AND THEN WORK WITH THEM OVERTIME TO INCREASE THE [2:20:56] FEE AS WE KIND OF KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO, TO ME I SEE IT AS US AS A GOOD [2:21:02] FAITH EFFORT TO CREATE A LOW BARRIER OF ENTRY, GET AS MANY PEOPLE INTO COMPLIANCE AS [2:21:07] POSSIBLE, AND MODIFY THIS OVER TIME AS WE GET TO KNOW THIS POPULATION AND KNOW THESE [2:21:12] ENTREPRENEURS. THAT'S WHY I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT TODAY. I SEE IT INLINE WITH THINGS WE HAVE DONE TO CREATE A LOW BARRIER OF ENTRY [2:21:19] SO WE GET THE DATA, OPPOSED TO HAVING PEOPLE HIDING THEIR PETS OR HIDING THEIR BUSINESS OR [2:21:26] HIDING THEIR RENTAL UNITS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. [2:21:31] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. MAYBE THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR THE AUTHORS, [2:21:37] SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON SAID, I'M JUST WONDERING IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY PAY THE FEE OR WHEN THEY RENEW, [2:21:45] DOES IT GO TO THE LARGER FEE OR IS IT EVERY TIME THEY GET THIS LOWER FEE THEY HAVE TO PAY THE [2:21:52] LOWER FEE INDEFINITELY OR DOES IT EVER GO UP? >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, THANK YOU [2:21:58] FOR ASKING IT. THIS WILL BE A REGULAR ANNUAL FEE. THIS IS IN CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF [2:22:04] THAT WE WOULD ANALYZE HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THIS FIRST YEAR WHERE WE HAVE THE NEW VENDOR [2:22:09] LICENSE AND THEN WE WOULD EVALUATE IT AND CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT FUTURE FEES COULD LOOK LIKE. WE KNOW [2:22:15] THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF SUMMERS IN ORDER FOR THESE VENDORS TO GET THEIR FOOTING. SO, TODAY WE ARE CHANGING THE [2:22:22] FEE, BUT AS WE ARE DOING TODAY, WE CAN IN THE FUTURE CHANGE IT [2:22:27] AGAIN TO ADDRESS ANY NEEDS THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SIMPLY, YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE YEAR OVER [2:22:34] YEAR UNLESS WE MAKE A CHANGE. >> OKAY, I THINK THAT IS KIND OF THE PROBLEM WE HAVE HERE. WE SEE [2:22:42] RESTAURANTS GO VIRAL EVERY DAY AND BECOME MULTIMILLION DOLLARS RESTAURANTS SO OUR FOOD CARTS [2:22:47] AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. A BUSINESS CAN START OFF WITH THIS [2:22:52] INEXPENSIVE FEE, AND THEN GO VIRAL, AND THEN BECOME A HUGE BUSINESS, AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO LET THEM PAY THE $80 OR [2:23:00] WHATEVER THE FEE IS INDEFINITELY WHILE OTHERS ARE PAYING THESE LARGER FEES? I ACTUALLY HAD MORE [2:23:07] PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT FOOD TRUCK FEES, THE $2,000 FOOD [2:23:12] TRUCK FEE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD BE AN ONGOING [2:23:17] THING. I DO UNDERSTAND MORE LIKE MAYBE AT AN ENTRY LEVEL TO GET PEOPLE IN, BUT LIKE AS AN [2:23:23] ONGOING THING, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS [2:23:29] INFLUX OF PEOPLE NOW, YOU KNOW, APPLYING. HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT THAT? WHO IS THE STAFF [2:23:34] THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT THIS POTENTIALLY HIGH INFLUX OF NOW NEW BUSINESSES GETTING LICENSES [2:23:44] TO OPERATE THESE FOOD CARTS? THIS COULD BE HUNDREDS, IF NOT MORE. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR [2:23:54] THAT? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> MAYBE I WILL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, BUT I DID WANTED TO [2:24:01] HIGHLIGHT JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF HOW WE ARE THINKING OF REDUCING THE FEES [2:24:06] FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THEY HAD A $541 FEE, THEY REDUCED IT TO $27.51. FOR THE [2:24:15] CITY OF CHICAGO, THEY REDUCED THE FEE TO $100, WITH FURTHER REDUCTIONS FOR SENIORS, [2:24:22] VETERANS, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO $50. THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO CUT THEIRS DOWN TO [2:24:29] $38. >> I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHICAGO OR COUNCIL [2:24:37] MEMBER CASHMAN -- CALIFORNIA'S PROPERTY TAX SITUATION IS, THIS IS A CUT INTO THE DOLLARS [2:24:45] BROUGHT INTO MINNEAPOLIS AND WARD 4. WE ARE ALREADY FEELING THE BURDEN OF INCREASED PROPERTY [2:24:50] TAXES, SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE USING OTHER CITIES TO REFERENCE THE FEES, BUT I THINK FOR ME, I AM [2:24:57] LOOKING AT THE OVERALL CITY BUDGET AND HOW LOSING A LARGE CHUNK OF MONEY IN MINNEAPOLIS IS [2:25:02] GOING TO AFFECT MY WARD IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT UP SOMEWHERE. [2:25:09] YOU STATE IN YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU EXPECT THERE WILL BE AN INFLUX OF POTENTIALLY SINGLE [2:25:14] MOMS WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THIS OR WHOMEVER, I DON'T KNOW. I DO APPRECIATE THAT OTHER CITIES [2:25:20] HAVE DONE IT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY IN MINNEAPOLIS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO [2:25:25] MAKE UP. >> I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. WE WILL GO THROUGH OUR BUSINESS [2:25:31] LICENSING PROCESS, THAT WILL HELP US. WE HAVE CPED THAT IS READY AND WORKING TO GET PEOPLE [2:25:39] INTO COMPLIANCE, MAKING SURE WE CAN HAVE IT IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AS WELL, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON A ONE PAGER, [2:25:45] MAKING SURE WE CAN COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN IT COMES TO -- THAT'S PART OF IT, [2:25:51] WHEN IT COMES TO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXES HERE TODAY, LIKE I THINK THERE ARE ONLY 7 LICENSES [2:25:57] IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, HOW THIS IS SUPER EXPENSIVE. THERE [2:26:04] ARE NOT MANY LICENSES ACROSS THE CITY RIGHT NOW. >> YOU'RE SAYING THERE WILL BE. LIKE THIS IS THE ENTRYWAY FOR [2:26:10] THERE TO BE MORE LICENSES. >> THERE WILL BE MORE LICENSES WITH THIS BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE ACCESS, RIGHT? WELL, SOME [2:26:16] OF US HAVE HELPED PASS A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT IS WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION RIGHT NOW THAT [2:26:22] WILL HELP PEOPLE GET INTO COMPLIANCE, GET THE TRAINING, EVERYTHING THEY NEED. SO THE RFP [2:26:27] WAS RELEASED, THAT WAS SIGNED, AND NOW THERE IS A CONTRACTOR [2:26:33] WHERE WE CAN AS COUNCIL MEMBERS LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS ORGANIZATION WILL WORK WITH [2:26:38] VENDORS SO THEY CAN GET INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT'S ONE PART THAT THE CITY IS DOING AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE. WE HAVE [2:26:45] OUR OWN CITY CHANNELS, LIKE AMY WHO WILL HELP PEOPLE GET INTO COMPLIANCE OR GO THROUGH THE [2:26:51] CITY PROCESS AND THE OTHER COMPONENT IS ABOUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, I DON'T WANT TO SAY [2:26:59] THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT THERE ARE ONLY 7 SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT HAVE LICENSES RIGHT NOW. >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE [2:27:04] SAYING COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, BUT THE GOAL OF THIS, WHICH I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN LOWER THE FEE AND MORE PEOPLE [2:27:09] ARE INTERESTED AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM, [2:27:14] RIGHT? TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THAT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE [2:27:23] APPLICATIONS, PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE LICENSE, COLLECT THE FEES, GET [2:27:29] THEM THE ACTUAL PAPER COPY TO DISPLAY, ALL OF THESE TECHNICAL [2:27:34] THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH THE PERSON GETTING THE LICENSE. EVEN IF WE HAD 20 MORE BUSINESSES, THAT IS A LOT OF WORK AND [2:27:42] SOMEBODY HAS TO MANAGE IT. SO THAT WAS A PART OF MY QUESTION, THE OTHER PIECE WAS, HAVE WE [2:27:48] THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE THE ENTRY FEE BEING THIS AMOUNT AND THEN LOOKING AT, LIKE IN THE FUTURE, [2:27:55] THE FEE GOING UP TO THE REGULAR AMOUNT BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO [2:28:01] GET MORE PEOPLE INTO THE FOOD CART BUSINESS, HAVE A LOCATION, [2:28:06] YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AT PROVIDING AREAS FOR EXPANDING THE AREAS IN WHICH THEY CAN HAVE [2:28:13] THE FOOD CART. SO THEN, ONCE WE HELP THEM TO GET ON THEIR FEET, THEN DO THEY GO TO THE REGULAR [2:28:19] FEES OR THE PREVIOUS FEES IS WHAT I WAS SAYING. I'M OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU. [2:28:25] >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK BUT JUST CIRCLE BACK, WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE AN ISSUE HERE. THE [2:28:33] ISSUE IS YOU DRIVEN LAKE STREET AND YOU SEE FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO SELL MANGOS TO YOU, [2:28:41] THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE, A LEGAL WAY FOR THEM [2:28:47] TO SELL FOOD AND THIS WAS FAIRLY CREATIVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER [2:28:52] CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY TO COME UP WITH THIS SOLUTION. THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING TICKETED. WE'RE NOT [2:28:59] SURE, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEALTHY. THIS IS THE [2:29:05] ORDINANCE TO KEEP THOSE FOLKS IN RESPECT -- PROCESS OF SELLING [2:29:14] THEIR FOOD, A HEALTHY AND LEGAL WAY. NOW WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THAT IN MY OPINION. I DON'T KNOW [2:29:21] WHAT FOOD CART OR WHAT INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN PAY $100. [2:29:28] IF YOU RAISE THE FUND TO $700, OR WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT, YOU [2:29:34] WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. PEOPLE WILL GO AROUND THAT PERMIT AND START SELLING [2:29:41] ILLEGALLY, I GUESS, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY FOR THE FOOD. YOU WILL SEE THAT. SO THIS IS A REALLY [2:29:47] CREATIVE WAY FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE STAFF TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY HEY, THIS IS A PATHWAY FOR THOSE FOLKS TO, YOU [2:29:55] KNOW, TO GET THEIR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY AND KEEP OUR PUBLIC HEALTHY. SO LET'S JUST DROP THIS [2:30:01] FEE THING AND LET'S BE FAIR TO THESE FOLKS AND GET THEM ON THE [2:30:08] PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU COUNCIL [2:30:18] MEMBER OSMAN. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE WORK TOWARDS THE SIDEWALK FOOD CART LICENSE AND DETERMINING THIS FEEL IS THIS [2:30:25] WONDERFUL RARE OCCURRENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY BEING ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND [2:30:30] PROBLEM SOLVE. WE SPOKE TO OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR. WE HAD A SEPARATE MEETING SPECIFICALLY [2:30:36] ABOUT HOW WE COULD REDUCE THE FEES. WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT [2:30:42] ARBITRARILY. THERE WERE NO RED ALARMS BROUGHT FORWARD IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE MADE A POINT [2:30:48] TO ASK. THAT FELT IMPORTANT TO US. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S [2:30:54] ULTIMATELY YOUR CHOICE IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR THIS OR NOT. WORKING PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD $719, PERIOD. [2:31:01] THIS IS A WAY TO LET WORKING PEOPLE INTO THE DOOR OF THE [2:31:11] SIDEWALK CART VENDOR PROGRAM. I AM SUPER PROUD TO BE MOVING THIS FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO [2:31:19] SEEING THE 1 VIEW SIDEWALK STREET CARTS THAT COME THROUGH THIS FEE CHANGE AND THE NEW LICENSE AND THE SUPPORT THAT [2:31:26] THIS COUNCIL AND OUR CITY HAVE AGREED TO AND I AM EXCITED TO [2:31:33] SEE A POSITIVE SHIFT WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> THANKS, I JUMPED IN QUEUE. I [2:31:39] THINK THESE ARE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SEEING A NUMBER SO MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT WAS INITIALLY [2:31:47] EVALUATED. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO REMIND MY CLOOOLLEAGUES, I F [2:31:55] LIKE ALL OF OUR FEES ARE ANNUALLY -- YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY RENEWED. WE EVALUATE THEM ALL [2:32:01] THE TIME. SO, I THINK THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AS WE SEE THE NUMBER [2:32:08] OF VENDORS GROW, AS WE GET TO WORK WITH THOSE VENDORS TO SEE WHAT THEIR REVENUES LOOK LIKE, [2:32:15] AND AS WE IN REAL-TIME HAVE STAFF GOING OUT THERE TO DO [2:32:22] INSPECTIONS, I THINK THAT WILL HELP EQUALIZE OVERTIME THOSE FEES. I THINK THEY WILL [2:32:28] INEVITABLY WILL GO UP, BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS JUST A BASELINE BARRIER OF ENTRY [2:32:35] FOR FOLKS. THE SECOND THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, I HAD ONE [2:32:42] OTHER POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE. IT'S ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW. I THINK THIS IS GOOD POLICY WE CAN [2:32:48] MOVE FORWARD IN AND FOLKS CAN BE REST ASSURED, THIS FEE SCHEDULE WILL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL AT [2:32:53] A PRETTY REGULAR CLIP AND I REMEMBER THE POINT I WAS GOING [2:32:59] TO MAKE. THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING ENFORCEMENT NOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S SAVING US ANY MONEY. [2:33:05] I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YES, THESE FEES MAYBE DON'T MAKE US [2:33:11] WHOLE, BUT OUR CURRENT MODE OF ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T MAKE US WHOLE EITHER, AND IN ADDITION, [2:33:16] WE'RE PENALALIZING PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS KNOW THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. I THINK THEY [2:33:25] OFTEN DON'T REALIZE THEY ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. FOLKS HAVE A MEANS, THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING, THEY KNOW HOW TO BAKE [2:33:30] OR SLICE FRUIT, SO THEY WILL TRY TO MAKE A BUCK AND THEN THEY ARE HIT WITH HEAVY FINES AND THEY [2:33:36] ARE HARASSED ON THE STREET. SO I THINK THAT WITH STAFF GOING OUT TO MEET WITH THIS POPULATION OF [2:33:43] VENDORS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE, I THINK A LOT OF EDUCATION HAS HAPPENED. I [2:33:49] THINK A LOT OF EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. I THINK WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS PROFITABLE FOR THESE VENDORS [2:33:57] OVERTIME, AND LUCKILY WITH GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE THIS ANNUAL PROCESS BUILT IN THAT WILL ALLOW [2:34:03] THE FEES TO BE EVALUATED YEAR AFTER YEAR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:34:08] >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND TO MR. OSMAN. THIS IS ABOUT BEING [2:34:16] FAIR COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, THIS IS FIGURING OUT HOW THE COST DOESN'T SHIFT TO OTHERS WHO ARE [2:34:22] PAYING HIGH FEES AND ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. THANK YOU FOR COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW FOR [2:34:28] ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HERE. I WILL REPEAT COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW'S QUESTION BECAUSE IT WASN'T [2:34:34] GETTING ANSWERED, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS? EVERYONE AGREES [2:34:39] IT'S REASONABLE TO NOT OVERBURDEN THIS POPULATION OF [2:34:45] PEOPLE, FAIR ENOUGH. HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT. I DIDN'T OBJECT TO THE REDUCTION BUT I DO OBJECT TO [2:34:51] HOW AND WHERE WE MAKE IT UP. THERE IS NO PLAN FOR THAT. I WANT US TO ALL THINK ABOUT THAT [2:34:57] AS WE GO INTO BUDGET THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON MADE SOME GREAT POINTS ABOUT [2:35:03] HELPING TO CREATE A LOW BARRIER TO GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE INSTEAD OF SKIRTING THE SYSTEM [2:35:09] OR KNOWING THERE IS A SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOOD THEY ARE SELLING SAFE AND COUNCIL [2:35:17] MEMBER VETAW MADE SOME GREAT POINTS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DO SEE A SLIDE IN US [2:35:24] JUST REDUCING EVERY FEE, ALL FEES FOR EVERYTHING WHEN WE GET [2:35:29] COMPLAINTS FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THIS. I DON'T THINK ENFORCEMENT IS THE ANSWER HERE BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS [2:35:35] CONVERSATION AND THIS IS JUST A CAUTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND SOMETIMES COUNCIL MEMBER [2:35:40] ELLISON, YOU CHANGE MY MIND, YOU HAVE CHANGED MY MIND HERE TODAY. [2:35:47] THANK YOU. >> WITH THAT, I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE. COUNCIL [2:35:52] MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT [2:35:59] THESE FEES WOULD BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEY WOULD GET RAISED? [2:36:04] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS ACTION. I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS. THERE [2:36:09] IS A PROBLEM HERE WHERE YOU GET BROWBEATEN FOR ASKING QUESTIONS. [2:36:15] I 100% SUPPORT THIS, I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR THIS. I UNDERSTAND IN A YEAR, THERE WILL BE AN [2:36:21] EVALUATION AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT. I JUST WANTED THE AUTHORS TO TELL ME WHAT THEIR PLAN WAS FOR IT AND THEY DIDN'T. [2:36:28] >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU DON'T THINK I AM TRYING TO BROWBEAT YOU. I JUST WANTED TO [2:36:34] MAKE SURE YOU WILL BE COMFORTABLE THAT THIS WILL BE EVALUATED. AUTHORS HAVE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK TO MAKE SURE IF [2:36:40] THE FEES NEED TO BE RAISED, THEY WILL BE RAISED. >> YEAH, WE HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. >> AND THE LAST COMMENT IS I AM [2:36:47] VERY PLEASED TO VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE I WILL JOIN FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER JASON CHAVEZ IN [2:36:55] THE SUPPORT OF CAPITALISM. >> IT'S CALLED IMMIGRATION JUSTICE. [2:37:01] [LAU [LAUGHTER]. >> CAPITALISM. >> WITH THAT, WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL [2:37:07] AND WE'LL TAKE THIS ONE AT A TIME, 11.1 FIRST AND THEN 11.2. [2:37:14] SO 11.1. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. [2:37:19] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [2:37:24] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:37:29] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. [2:37:35] >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND NEXT IS [2:37:42] 11.2. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:37:47] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [2:37:52] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. [2:37:58] >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:38:04] >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT COMPLETES THE BIZ REPORT. NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR CLIMATE [2:38:10] AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. [2:38:17] PRESIDENT. THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS 19 ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD TODAY. [2:38:22] ITEM 1, PASSAGE OF AN HONORARY RESOLUTION DECLARING MAY 18th [2:38:30] NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE KEN WOOD PAVEMENT REHABILITATION [2:38:37] PROJECT. ITEM 3 AMENDING THE 2022 STREET LIGHTING PLAN MAP TO [2:38:42] RECLASSIFY 9 STREET SEGMENTS AS PEDESTRIAN STREET LIGHTING CORRIDORS. ITEM 4 IS AUTHORIZING [2:38:48] THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE 2025 MnDOT METRO LOCAL [2:38:54] PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. ITEM 5 IS AUTHORIZING A PIPELINE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH BNSF TO INSTALL A [2:39:02] STORM WATER STORM SEWER PIPELINE. ITEM 6 APPROVING A PERMIT FOR THE ART FAIR, WHICH [2:39:08] IS IN MINNEAPOLIS. ITEM 7 IS APPROVING A LARGE BLOCK PERMIT FOR NOONS ON NICK LET, WHICH IS [2:39:15] THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL'S NEW VERSION OF WHAT USE TO BE DOWNTOWN THURSDAYS. ITEM 8 IS [2:39:21] APPROVING A LARGE BLOCK EVENT PERMIT FOR THE TASTE OF MINNESOTA ALSO IN NICOLLET MALL. [2:39:29] NUMBER 9 IS WELCOME DOWNTOWN TARGET CORE WEEK AT NICOLLET [2:39:36] MALL. NUMBER 10 IS THE RATE SCHEDULE FOR THE IMPOUND LOT. ITEM 11 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE UPTOWN [2:39:43] SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM 12 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE [2:39:48] BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ITEM 13 IS APPOINTMENTS TO THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. [2:39:54] 14 IS THE BIANNUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. [2:40:00] ITEM 15 IS DESIGNATING THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. ITEM 16 IS [2:40:06] AUTHORIZING A LEASE AMENDMENT FOR COMMERCIAL LAND UNDER AYE [2:40:13] 395 BRIDGE. THE LARGE BLOCK EVENT FOR WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIFE. ITEM 18 IS AN AMPLIFIED [2:40:19] SOUND PERMIT APPLICATION FOR WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE. FINALLY ITEM 19 IS DIRECTING STAFF TO [2:40:26] PRODUCE AN ANALYSIS OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OVER VEHICLE NOISE POLLUTION. [2:40:32] ALL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL 19 ITEM >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN MOVED [2:40:40] APPROVAL FOR THE REPORT. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [2:40:45] >> THANK YOU CHAIR PAIN. I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW COMMENTS, THE AMENDMENT TO THE STREET [2:40:51] LIGHTING PLAN MAP TO CLASSIFY 9 STREET SEGMENT AS A PEDESTRIAN [2:40:57] STREET LIGHTING CORRIDOR. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, COUNCIL HAS MADE STRIDES IN THE EXPANSION OF [2:41:03] STREET LIGHTING ACROSS THE CITY BUT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE NEED [2:41:08] TO NOT ONLY CENTER LIGHTING OF OUR STREETS, BUT ALSO OF OUR [2:41:15] SIDEWALKS. THIS IS VERY MUCH A PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S PART OF SUPPORTING PUBLIC TRANSIT, PEDESTRIAN, AND BIKE USAGE, AND [2:41:22] IT'S OVERALL ENHANCING LIVABILITY ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THE PEDESTRIAN STREET LIGHTING [2:41:28] CORRIDOR PROGRAM HAS HELPED US TO EXPAND WHAT OUR LIGHTING PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE IN A WAY THAT [2:41:34] BEST MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS NO REASON FOR COMMUNITIES TO BE [2:41:41] PITTED AGAINST ONE ANOTHER WHEN IT COMES TO LIGHTING. I IN FRAKT RECENTLY RAISED THIS POINT WITH [2:41:47] THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE TEAM AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION SHARE THIS VIEW. THIS-YEAR WE'RE NOT ONLY [2:41:54] ADDRESSING STREET LIGHTS THAT HAVE REMAINED OUT FOR FAR TOO LONG, BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDING SIDEWALK LIGHTING IN AREAS WITH [2:42:00] WELL DOCUMENTED SAFETY CONCERNS AND HIGH PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY. THESE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS WILL [2:42:08] SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND FINALLY RESPOND TO A COMMUNITY DEMAND THAT HAS FOR [2:42:13] SOME TIME GONE UNMET. I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER ENGAGEMENT ON THIS ISSUE AND COLLABORATION [2:42:18] WITH MY RESIDENTS, WITH MY COLLEAGUES, STUDENTS AND OTHER KEY UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA [2:42:25] STAKEHOLDERS ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THE AREA AROUND [2:42:32] CAMPUS AS WELL SAFER FOR ALL THOSE WHO WORK, PLAY, AND LIVE THERE. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE COMMENTS. [2:42:41] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE, I JUST WANTED TO THANK A FEW OF THE NEW ADVISORY BOARD [2:42:47] APPOINTEES, SO FOR THE UPTOWN SPECIAL SERVICE ADVISORY BOARD, I JUST WANTED TO THING CHRISTA, [2:42:54] LAURA, AND NICHOLAS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT BOARD AND HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO BRING IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF [2:43:01] SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT RENT THEIR RETAIL SPACE AND NOT JUST [2:43:07] PROPERTY OWNERS. I WANTED TO THANK CLIFF MOUNT JOY AND JULIA [2:43:13] FOR BEING OUR WARD 7 REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PEDESTRIAN [2:43:18] ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE SO MANY LARGE BLOCK EVENT PERMITS TO BE COMING [2:43:24] THROUGH AND TO REALLY BRING A LOT OF VIBRANCY TO DOWNTOWN AND I WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO ALL [2:43:32] THE FOLKS THAT REFORMATTED THE DISTRICT LIVE THIS YEAR AND IT [2:43:38] WILL BE THREE LARGE PUBLIC EVENT SERIES, THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL BE THIS SATURDAY NEAR THE PRINCE MURAL ON FIRST AVENUE AND 7th [2:43:46] AND 8th STREET ACTUALLY AND THIS AREA, THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT OF [2:43:52] MINNEAPOLIS IS UNIQUE. IT HAS A LOT OF BARS AN CLUBS, AND [2:44:00] 1:00 A.M. TO 3:00 A.M. IS INCREDIBLY BUSY AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO [2:44:06] EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAVE LIVES. LAST SUMMER WE HAD A REALLY [2:44:11] HORRIFIC VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AT 5th AND HEN PIN. I'M GRATEFUL TO [2:44:19] THE FOLKS THAT ARE PUTTING IN THE WORK TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT. ONE INITIATIVE IS HIRING THE [2:44:26] D.I.D. AMBASSADORS TO WORK LATE NIGHT TO FILL THE GAP OF PERSONNEL IN THAT BAR CLOSE HOUR [2:44:32] AND I'M HOPEFUL IT WILL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT SCENE IN THE [2:44:41] WAREHOUSE DISTRICT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO [2:44:47] ACKNOWLEDGE A PIN FROM THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO MAKE THIS WAREHOUSE DISTRICT [2:44:53] LIVE WORK WITH LESS. THE BUDGET GOT CUT BY A LOT AND THIS IS AN [2:45:00] EXAMPLE WE'RE FACED WITH. BUDGETS ARE GOING TO BE CUT. MAKING DUE WITH LESS HAS BEEN [2:45:06] CREATIVE WITH THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SPOTTING NOT JUST THE DOWNTOWN [2:45:13] IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BUT PUBLIC WORKS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE OPEN UP FOR THE HOSPITALITY. THIS WILL BE A [2:45:18] GREAT SUMMER SEASON. PEOPLE WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME AND THEY WILL BE SAFE. THANK YOU. [2:45:24] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A PROLONGED DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. WE DID [2:45:30] HAVE ONE AT COMMITTEE AND SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE LOOKING AT WAYS TO FIX THE [2:45:39] STREET LIGHTING BUDGET THIS YEAR. I IUNDERSTAND THAT ITEM [2:45:45] NUMBER 3 IS ABOUT ADDING THESE 9 STREET SEGMENTS. I AGREE THEY [2:45:55] SHOULD BE PART OF OUR PEDESTRIAN PRIORITIZATION MAP BUT THIS ACTION APPROVES ADDITIONS TO THE [2:46:01] MAP. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE PUSHBACK ABOUT THE NARRATIVE THAT IT HASN'T AND DOESN'T [2:46:07] IMPACT STREET LIGHT REPAIRS. WE ARE IN JUNE AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF STREET [2:46:13] LIGHT REPAIRS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING WITH HALF OF THEIR BUDGET. I AM [2:46:19] GLAD WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND A FINANCIAL FIX TO THIS. I KNOW [2:46:25] THAT SEVERAL OF US, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO FIX THIS BUDGETARILY. [2:46:33] THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO PUSH BACK SOME NARRATIVE THAT IT [2:46:39] DIDN'T SUPPORT STREET LIGHT REPAIRS. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. [2:46:45] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> YEAH, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP THAT POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO JUST RAISED AND ALSO I [2:46:50] WORK WITH THE CLERK TO MAKE SURE THIS E-MAIL GETS ATTACHED TO THE FILE AFFIRMING FROM THE [2:46:57] ADMINISTRATION THAT FAR BEYOND ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS, NO PROJECTS WERE GOING TO [2:47:03] BE IMPACTED. IN FACT, THIS E-MAIL WAS SENT OUT ON MAY 15th THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW THE [2:47:08] PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY COUNCIL ARE STILL GOING TO BE ADVANCED AND EXECUTED. SO AGAIN, [2:47:15] WE'RE NOT IN THIS PHASE, SINCE I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND SHARING [2:47:25] MISINFORMATION. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN SHARE WITH THEIR RESIDENTS ABOUT YOUR PROJECTS [2:47:31] WILL BE JUST FINE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT [2:47:37] PAYNE. IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND JUST TO PUT IT ON ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IS DISINGENUOUS. WE [2:47:43] REPORTED MULTIPLE LIGHTS OUT FOR YEARS IN OUR CITY. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. I FEEL THERE IS A FINGER POINTING TO OUR COUNCIL [2:47:51] MEMBER WONSLEY AND IT IS UNFAIR WHEN WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THESE LIGHTS FOR MANY YEARS. THANK [2:47:57] YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY [2:48:05] GRATITUDE WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DINKY TOWN LIGHTING. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG [2:48:11] TIME COMING. LET ME READ YOU TO TITLE. DINKY TOWN, THE CITY OF LIGHTS. RESIDENTS ARE PUSHING [2:48:16] FOR SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF PEDESTRIAN LEVEL LIGHTING ON 15th AVENUE [2:48:22] SOUTHEAST. PUBLISHED JANUARY 28, 2005. THIS IS REALLY NEEDED IN THIS COMMUNITY. COUNCIL MEMBER [2:48:29] WONSLEY FOUND A WAY TO DO IT AQUINN -- AQUINN TO OTHER WAYS [2:48:36] TO LIGHT PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT ADDRESSING COPPER [2:48:43] WIRE THEFT, WHICH HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN MY WARD AND I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR, AND [2:48:48] LIGHTING IN THIS AREA WHERE IT'S NEEDED FOR THE STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS IN THE AREA IS GOING [2:48:54] TO HAPPEN AND THERE IS ACTION MOVING FINALLY. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. [2:49:02] >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION [2:49:08] ABOUT STREET LIGHTING HERE. YOU [2:49:13] KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT, BUT THERE [2:49:20] WAS A FINANCIAL SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM AND WITH PUBLIC WORKS [2:49:28] NOT HAVING ENOUGH RESOURCES IN THEIR STREET LIGHT REPAIR BUDGET THIS YEAR AND THANKFULLY WE WERE [2:49:35] ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE ON MONDAY AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL [2:49:43] THAT OUR CFO WAS ABLE TO JOIN US AND SHED SOME LIGHT INTO THE [2:49:50] ACTIONS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED BY THE MAYOR AND PUBLIC WORKS LATE LAST WEEK. SO JUST AS A [2:49:56] REMINDER, THERE IS A REASON THAT THERE ISN'T -- YOU DON'T SEE AN ITEM IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT THAT WE ADOPTED EARLIER [2:50:02] IN THIS MEETING ON CONTINGENCY FUNDING FOR THE STREET LIGHT [2:50:08] REPAIR BUDGET IN PUBLIC WORKS AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE IS NO ACTUAL ITEM COMING BEFORE US, NO [2:50:15] ACTUAL FINANCIAL FIX TO A PROBLEM HERE. THAT'S WHY THERE IS NO ITEM THAT WE ARE [2:50:21] CONSIDERING ON IT. SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO CONTINUE [2:50:26] AS PLANNED, STREET LIGHTS WILL BE REPAIRED AS PLANNED, THERE IS NO NEW MONEY FOUND TO FIX THE [2:50:32] PROBLEM THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY CREATED OR MAYBE NOT CREATED. WHO KNOWS. GRATEFUL THAT STREET [2:50:38] LIGHTS ARE BEING REPAIRED, THAT'S AWESOME. THEN SECONDARILY, I JUST WANTED TO [2:50:45] FLAG THAT I DON'T WANT TO -- UNLESS THIS IS CONVENIENT FOR [2:50:51] THE CLERKS, I DON'T WANT TO PULL THE ITEM BUT I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST ITEM NUMBER 10. I KNOW [2:50:57] IT GOES ALONG WITH THE ENTERPRISE COMMITTEE REPORT. I AM GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS ITEM TO INCREASE FEES IN [2:51:05] THE IMPOUND LOT, BUT THERE IS A REALLY COMPLICATED SET OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE THAT WE [2:51:11] CAN'T APPROVE BOTH THE NEW [2:51:17] CONTRACTS FOR IMPOUND LOT SERVICES, WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE WITHOUT INCREASING [2:51:23] FEES. THERE IS A DIFFERENT FIX [2:51:29] HERE THAT I WAS GOING TO EXPLORE WITH PUBLIC WORKS. IT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION, BUT GENERALLY [2:51:34] SPEAKING, I'M OPPOSED TO INCREASING FEES TO THE IMPOUND LOT SO I WANTED TO DO THAT BUT I [2:51:40] DON'T WANT TO CREATE UNINTENTIONAL PROBLEMS HERE SO I'M NOTING THAT FOR COLLEAGUES. [2:51:47] >> SEEING NO ONE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE [2:51:53] ROLL ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH WE WILL DO A SEPARATE VOTE FOR. [2:52:02] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:52:08] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [2:52:13] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. [2:52:19] >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. [2:52:24] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THOSE ITEMS CARRY AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL [2:52:30] ON ITEM NUMBER 10. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [2:52:36] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [2:52:42] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RYAN. >> AYE. [2:52:47] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. [2:52:52] >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> NAY. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:52:59] >> AYE. >> 12 AYES AND 1 NAY. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES AND COMPLETES THE REPORT. THE NEXT [2:53:05] IS THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [2:53:10] >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS BRINGING FORWARD THREE ITEMS. A [2:53:18] TEMPERAMENT EASEMENT FOR THE CREEK AND ITEM 2 IS AUTHORIZING [2:53:23] THREE CONTRACTS WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR SERVICES AND ITEM 3, A CONTRACT EXTENSION [2:53:30] FOR 18 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE IN THE PUBLIC CONDUCT REVIEW. I MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THESE [2:53:36] ITEMS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [2:53:41] SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [2:53:47] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [2:53:54] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. [2:53:59] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. [2:54:04] >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. THAT [2:54:10] CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. >> WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE PRESENTED BY [2:54:17] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, WE ARE BRINGING FIVE ITEMS FORWARD. THE HONORARY RESOLUTION FOR [2:54:23] MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. NUMBER TWO IS THE STAFF DIRECTION TO PROVIDE A LANDSCAPE [2:54:28] ANNOUNCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL PUBLIC RESTROOM PROGRAMS. 3 IS THE [2:54:34] HOMEGROWN FOOD COUNCIL. 4 IS AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE TO A CONTRACT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY [2:54:40] FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS AND 5 IS EXTENSION OF A GRANT [2:54:45] CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR RECRUITING MPD [2:54:50] OFFICERS. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [2:54:56] COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN? >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK STEVEN YOUNG FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO [2:55:03] COLLABORATE ON THE HOMEGROWN FOOD COUNCIL. HE IS A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE OWNER. I THINK THAT BRINGS A [2:55:09] REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS. THANKS. [2:55:16] >> THANK YOU. >> MR. PRESIDENT, ON ITEM NUMBER [2:55:23] 2, YOU AND I HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSSION THIS. I WANTED TO NOTE THIS DIRECTS THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, THERE [2:55:29] ARE MATTERS IN HERE THAT INVOLVE LEGAL ANALYSIS, THE ZONING CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES, [2:55:36] AND THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONSULT WITH THE OFFICE OF [2:55:42] THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. IS THERE AN AMENDMENT WE NEED TO TAKE UP ON THAT? >> CERTAINLY WE WOULD LOVE TO [2:55:48] HAVE THE LANGUAGE PUT IN AND IF YOU WANT THE CLERK TO ADD THAT INTO THE OFFICIAL ACT, WE CAN. >> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO [2:55:55] THAT? >> THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE [2:56:03] ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:56:08] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [2:56:14] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. [2:56:19] >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:56:24] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED AND THAT COMPLETES THE REPORTS OF ALL OF OUR [2:56:30] STANDING COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE TWO NOTICES TODAY. ITEM 1 IS [2:56:37] FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN WHO GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE [2:56:44] STREETS AND SIDEWALK CODE AMENDING COMPOSITIONS IN CERTAIN [2:56:51] DISTRICTS. ITEM 2 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AMENDING THE [2:56:58] STREETS AND SIDEWALK CODE TO ELIMINATE THE SUNSET PROVISION FOR THE SPECIAL DISTRICT. ARE [2:57:03] THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE NOTICES? SEEING NONE -- OH, [2:57:09] COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, COULD YOU GIVE US A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT [2:57:16] THIS SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT'S COMPOSITION ORDINANCE IS ABOUT AS ONE OF THESE IS IN MY WARD. [2:57:23] IS IT AS SIMPLE AS CHANGING THE NUMBER OF SEATS OR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN? [2:57:29] >> THANK YOU. YES, THIS IS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SEATS SO THEY CAN FUL [2:57:35] FULFILL YOUR R-- CORIUM, TO MAK SURE THAT THE BOARDS CAN [2:57:42] FUNCTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAIN. [2:57:48] JUST A QUESTION FOR THE AUTHOR'S CLARIFICATION, I GUESS. IS THIS [2:57:55] TO EXTEND THE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT INDEFINITELY? [2:58:03] >> YES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, [2:58:10] THOSE NOTICES ARE GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE INTRODUCTION AND [2:58:17] REFERRAL CALENDAR. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TODAY. FIRST, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AND [2:58:23] COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE CODE TO THE CLIMATE AND [2:58:29] INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATED TO CONCERTS AT THE UPPER HARBOR COMMUNITY PERFORMING ART CENTER. [2:58:38] SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGTAI INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER AMENDING TITLE 1 OF THE CODE FOR FIRST [2:58:44] READING TO THE BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE ADDING TITLE 16 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AS A PROVISION [2:58:51] SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT. MAY I HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE THOSE INTRODUCTIONS. [2:58:56] >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [2:59:03] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> ABSENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. [2:59:09] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [2:59:15] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. [2:59:21] >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [2:59:26] >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. THAT [2:59:34] CARRIES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS, WE HAD SIX HONORARY RESOLUTIONS ON OUR [2:59:40] AGENDA, ALL OF WHICH RECEIVED PRESENTATIONS PRIOR TO TODAY'S MEETING. THERE WAS A 7th IN OUR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE [2:59:46] COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? MAY I HAVE A [2:59:53] MOTION TO ADOPT THOSE MOTIONS. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [2:59:59] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [3:00:05] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [3:00:10] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. AYE. [3:00:16] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGTAI. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [3:00:21] >> THAT CARRIES. NOW WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF THE LOCAL [3:00:27] HISTORICAL DESIGNATION RELATED TO THE GLENDALE TAIL -- [3:00:33] TOWN TOWNHOUSE. THIS WAS FROM THE BUSINESS AND ZONING COMMITTEE FROM THE LAST MEETING SO I WILL [3:00:39] CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM. >> I CAN ADDRESS IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. [3:00:44] >> SO, I WANT TO MAKE -- I KNOW THIS IS FRUSTRATING FOR EVERYONE. NO ONE HAS A LONGER [3:00:51] HISTORY WITH THIS IDEA OR MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, THAN WE DO. I NOW SEEN THIS ITEM COME [3:01:00] BEFORE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE COUNCILS, OVER MULTIPLE [3:01:06] COMMITTEES, MULTIPLE YEARS AND TERMS. IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE. I KNOW I AM -- I HAVE MY [3:01:17] PERSPECTIVE ON THE ISSUE BUT I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE FINAL ACTION AND I WONDER IF THE COUNCIL WILL BE [3:01:25] AMENDSABLE TO ONE MORE DELAY. I DON'T WANT TO DELAY IT [3:01:31] INDEFINITELY. I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ONE MORE CYCLE DELAY BEFORE [3:01:37] TA TAKING FINAL ACTION, SO A FEW MORE QUESTIONS COULD BE ANSWERED. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER [3:01:43] ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT WHAT MY CONCERNS ARE AND WHAT MY THINKING IS, BUT [3:01:49] YEAH, I THINK ONE MORE CYCLE DELAY, I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION [3:01:55] AND SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES CAN SUPPORT IT. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. [3:02:00] >> THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. FURTHER DISCUSSION [3:02:06] COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY? >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I [3:02:12] WILL JUST GIVE SOME CONTEXT AS I HAVE SHARED IN AN E-MAIL IN [3:02:17] COMMUNICATION THAT I AM UNABLE TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER AND HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF AS A RESULT OF [3:02:22] ADVICE GIVEN BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAYING THAT VOTING ON [3:02:28] THIS MATTER PULLS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. I WANTED TO GROUND THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE EFFORT [3:02:34] TO SECURE HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOR GLENDALE HAS ALWAYS BEEN LED BY RESIDENTS. FAR BEYOND ME [3:02:42] JOINING THIS COUNCIL AND AFTERWARDS. I NOMINATED GLENDALE LAST YEAR AT THEIR REQUEST AND I [3:02:48] REMAIN COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED AND I DO KNOW AT THIS [3:02:54] TIME, THOSE RESIDENTS WERE LOOKING TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. I [3:02:59] THINK IDEALLY BEYOND ONE CYCLE [3:03:07] TO ACTUALLY ALLOW MORE TIME. SOME OF THE REASONS I WOULD SUPPORT THAT IS THE REFERRAL, I [3:03:13] WOULD SAY TO THE CLERKS, WOULD GIVE MPH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A LONG AWAITED [3:03:19] REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OR PROPOSAL FOR GLENDALE, SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO BEEN ASKING [3:03:25] FOR, FOR YEARS AND THAT MPHA OR MINNEAPOLIS HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS CURRENTLY COMMUNICATED TO [3:03:32] OUR RESIDENTS IS AN ACTIVE [3:03:37] DEVELOPMENT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMMUNICATED AS EARLY AS LAST YEAR DURING ONE [3:03:43] OF THEIR MEETINGS. IT ALSO PROVIDES TIME FOR MPHA TO [3:03:52] IMPLEMENT AN ANTIDISPLACEMENT PLAN. THIS IS A KEY CONCERN [3:04:00] ABOUT BEING DISPLACED FROM THE COMMUNITY THEY MADE HOME SAND A CLEAR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN [3:04:09] COULD IDEALLY ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. HAVING MORE TIME AROUND THIS MATTER ALLOWS THE COUNCIL TO PUSH FOR THE [3:04:15] RESOURCES NEEDED TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND PUBLIC HOUSING, NOT JUST AT GLENDALE, BUT ALSO CITYWIDE. [3:04:24] THAT INCLUDES ADVANCING PUBLIC HOUSING, WHICH WILL HELP MPHAs, [3:04:32] THE CAPITAL BACKLOG, AND THE 20 MILLION OF THAT BELONGS TO GLENDALE ALONE. SO, I JUST [3:04:39] WANTED TO AFFIRM SOME OF THE ASPECTS OR BENEFITS OF HAVING [3:04:44] SOME MORE TIME AROUND THIS AND ALSO WANT TO REAFFIRM THAT [3:04:50] REGARDLESS OF A VOTE OR OUTCOME ON THIS MATTER, I REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH [3:04:55] GLENDALE RESIDENTS TO GET NEEDED REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PURSUED AND ENFACACTED TO PRESERVE [3:05:05] GLENDALE'S HISTORY AND AMPLIFY DEMANDS. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT CONTEXT. [3:05:13] >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I [3:05:18] THINK I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN. I DO SUPPORT THIS MOTION TO [3:05:24] DELAY AT LEAST ONE CYCLE, MAYBE [3:05:31] MORE, PARTICULARLY AS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY MENTIONED TO [3:05:37] ACTUALLY SEE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT [3:05:42] P PLAN. YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO JUST NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, MPHA [3:05:51] HAS BEEN DOWN THIS PATH WITH OTHER PROPERTIES. THEY HAVE [3:05:59] RENOVATED PROPERTIES AND TENANTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN. SO, [3:06:08] YOU KNOW, I DEEPLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS [3:06:14] OF GLENDALE EXPRESS BECAUSE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, PUBLIC HOUSING HAS BEEN SOLD TO [3:06:24] PRIVATE INVESTORS AND TURNED INTO CONDOS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THAT HAS NOT [3:06:31] BEEN THE REALITY HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE [3:06:38] WILL GET TO THIS WHEN WE GET TO [3:06:45] ACTUALLY VOTE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, [3:06:54] DEEPLY NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PRESERVE [3:07:02] IT. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> IF I COULD AMEND MY AMENDMENT [3:07:08] SLIGHTLY, I INTENDED TO REFER THIS TO THE CLERK TO ALLOW THE [3:07:14] CLERKS MORE TIME ON DISCRETION WHEN TO BRING THIS MOTION [3:07:19] FORWARD. THAT WAS MY INTENTION. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD [3:07:26] RECOMMEND THAT THE AMENDMENT BE ALTERED, THAT IT WOULD BE [3:07:32] REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS COMMITTEE WORK TO BE DONE. WHEN WE DELAY AT [3:07:37] COUNCIL LEVEL, THERE ARE ISSUES. IF YOU WANT THE DISCRETION OF WHEN THIS COMES BACK, THE BEST IS TO REFER IT TO COMMITTEE. [3:07:42] >> THEN I WILL REFER IT TO COMMITTEE THEN. WITHOUT OBJECTION, LET'S SWAP THAT [3:07:48] MOTION OUT FOR A ONE CYCLE DELAY TO A REFER BACK TO THE BIZ [3:07:54] COMMITTEE. NOT SEEING ANY OBJECTION. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO [3:08:01] REASSURE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT I WILL BE FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD ON HOW THIS DISCUSSION [3:08:07] GOES. YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN YOUR SHORT CAREER WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. YOU HAVE DONE [3:08:13] REMARKABLE THINGS. I WILL BE RELYING ON YOUR EXPERTISE AND ADVICE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK [3:08:19] YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I [3:08:28] JUST WANT TO STATE THAT FOR ME, [3:08:34] IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PUBLIC HOUSING IN GLENDALE REMAIN PUBLIC HOUSING. I APPRECIATE THE [3:08:42] DIALOG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES, AND WITH MPHA AND I [3:08:49] ASKED A QUESTION JUST PLAINLY ST [3:08:54] STATING WILL THIS BE PUBLIC HOUSING. I APPRECIATE GETTING [3:09:00] THAT RESPONSE. GLENDALE WILL [3:09:10] CONTINUE TO SERVE THE SAME MPHA RESIDENT AND HOPEFULLY MORE [3:09:15] SERVED BY THE TEAM MEMBERS AND GUIDED BY THE SAME MPHA CEO AND [3:09:20] BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. I LIKE [3:09:26] THE THOUGHT OF US GETTING A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT [3:09:34] REDEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE TO ME AND I KNOW THEY'RE IN A PHASE [3:09:41] WITH BUILDING WITH THEM WHAT THAT COULD BE AND THERE IS AN OBVIOUS INTEREST IN NOT JUST THIS CITY COUNCIL BUT COUNCILS [3:09:51] IN THE PAST AND IN THE FUTURE. WITH THAT, I WILL BE SUPPORTING [3:09:57] THIS MOTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. [3:10:02] >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS WAS LED BY THE PRESIDENT OF GLENDALE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY [3:10:10] TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AS AN EXHIBIT TO SEE THE HISTORY OF GLENDALE. A [3:10:19] WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND I MET [3:10:32] IN THE 50s NOW. 50 YEARS LATER, HE CAME BACK AND ATTENDED THE EXHIBIT. SO THAT SAYS A LOT [3:10:38] ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS LAND [3:10:44] AND HOW IT SHAPED MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES. SO IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IT OUT, EXHIBIT OF GLENDALE, THAT WOULD [3:10:51] BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [3:10:57] >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I PERSONALLY DO THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ACTION ON THIS TODAY TO [3:11:02] PROVIDE CLARITY TO BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND MPHA, I WILL NOT [3:11:10] SUPPORT THE MOTION TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. I DO NOT [3:11:16] THINK IT WILL SPEED UP IMPROVEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION. IT [3:11:22] MAY FURTHER RESTRICT IMPROVEMENTS AND GLENDALE DESERVES HOMES THAT ARE UP TO [3:11:27] DATE AND NOT CRAMPED AND I AM GLAD TO SEE THEY'RE PUTTING MORE SOLID PLANS TOGETHER AND AGREE [3:11:35] DISPLACEMENT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE AS THIS PROJECT PROCEEDS. [3:11:44] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR WHAT [3:11:50] COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN SAID. YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS FOR VARYING AMOUNTS OF TIME WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN [3:11:55] BEING THE NEWEST TO THIS DISCUSSION AND HER INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD SPEAKS VOLUMES TO [3:12:01] THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE ALL HAD TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THIS. I DO WANT TO [3:12:08] ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MPHA WHO USE TO HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF HIM AS A CITY [3:12:15] COUNCIL MEMBER, DOES INDICATE THAT THE ONE THING THAT CANNOT [3:12:24] HAPPEN IS INACTION. AS WE SEN IT [3:12:37] BACK FOR MORE CONVERSATION, COMMITTEE WORK SEEMS LIKE IT [3:12:44] NEEDS TO BE DONE. LET'S BRING THIS BACK AS QUICKLY AS [3:12:56] POSSIBLE. >> I HEARD MPHA HAS BEEN IN [3:13:06] TOUCH TO COME PHYSICALLY TOWARDS [3:13:28] GLENDALE. I HOPE MANY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO SO. THIS GIVES, I [3:13:34] WANT TO REEMPHASIZE MPHA THE TIME THEY NEED TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. I HAVE BEEN TO [3:13:40] SEVERAL MEETINGS NOW WHERE RESI [3:13:53] RESIDENTS HAVE FOR GLEN DATE. [3:14:00] THIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW THEM MAKE MOMENTUM AROUND [3:14:07] ANTIDISPLACEMENT AND STARTING A PROCESS WITH EVERY RESIDENT AROUND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR [3:14:33] YOU. SO THOSE THINGS CAN TAKE PLACE. >> SEEING NO ELSE IN QUEUE, I [3:14:40] WILL ASK FOR THE REFERRAL OF ITEM 1 UNDER UNFINISHED BUSINESS [3:14:46] FOR THE BIZ COMMITTEE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> ABSTAIN. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [3:14:52] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. [3:14:57] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:15:03] >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. [3:15:08] >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 10 AYES, 2 NAYS, [3:15:15] AND 1 ABSTENTION. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT ITEM IS REFERRED BACKR THE BIZ [3:15:29] COMMITTEE. >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THURSDAY, WHICH IS JUNETEENTH, SO WE HAVE A SHORTENED CYCLE [3:15:37] COMING UP AND REMIND FOLKS THAT THEY DECLARED IT BEFORE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE [3:15:42] MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, SO AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT CYCLE, WE HAVE JUNETEENTH AS A [3:15:48] HOLIDAY THAT WOULD END OUR CYCLE, SO IT WOULD BE ONE DAY EARLIER ON THAT WEDNESDAY. >> GOOD REMINDER. SECOND WE HAVE [3:15:58] A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THIS WAS POSTPONED FROM THE BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE REPORT AT OUR LAST [3:16:04] MEETING. I WILL CALL ON THE COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON TO ADDRESS THIS [3:16:12] ITEM. >> I DO NOT HAVE THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM AND I WOULD LOVE FOR STAFF TO COME AND [3:16:18] HELP GIVE ME THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM. IT'S OUT OF MY MINE, I APOLOGIZE. [3:16:25] >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. COUNCIL [3:16:31] MEMBER ELLISON, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO CLOSE THE LOOP WITH YOU ON THIS. I ASKED BOTH YOU [3:16:37] AND CHAIR OSMAN FOR ONE CYCLE DELAY TO GET ONE OUTSTANDING [3:16:43] PIECE RELATED TO A PARCEL IN THE 10th WARD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD [3:16:48] FIGURED OUT. THAT HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETE AND IN FRONT OF YOU IS [3:16:54] A MOTION THAT ADDRESSES THE PROPERTY AT 2400 THIRD AVENUE [3:17:05] SOUTH, JUST CHANGING THE BUILT FORM GUIDANCE AND THE BUILT FORM OVERLAY ZONING THERE. THERE IS [3:17:12] AN ACCOMPANYING MAP THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS MOTION TO MAKE [3:17:17] THIS -- THE FORMALIZE THIS CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN -- THIS HAS [3:17:24] BEEN A COLLABORATION WITH STAFF BOTH IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT [3:17:31] AND IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO HAD REVIEWED ALL OF [3:17:36] THIS LANGUAGE AND PROVIDED THIS MATERIAL. SO I WILL MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL AND ASK FOR A [3:17:43] SECOND. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> YES, THANK YOU. I WAS CAUGHT [3:17:49] OFF GUARD AND I THOUGHT WHAT ITEM IS IN FRONT OF US. I REMEMBER THE CONTEXT AND OUR CONVERSATION. THANK YOU FOR THE [3:17:55] REMINDER. YES, I AM REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT IT AND YEAH, THANK YOU. [3:18:02] >> ALL RIGHT. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF [3:18:09] THIS ITEM. I WILL ASK THE CLERK [3:18:14] TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. [3:18:19] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. [3:18:25] >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE IS [3:18:30] ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. [3:18:36] >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. [3:18:42] >> THAT MOTION CARRIES AND FINALLY WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF A CONTRACT WITH ADVANCING EQUITY [3:18:48] COALITION IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO EXPAND ACADEMIC [3:18:54] SUPPORT IN COMMUNITY. THIS IS BACK BEFORE US ON THE REQUEST OF [3:19:00] COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. I WILL CALL ON HER TO MAKE A MOTION. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I [3:19:08] WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT GIVEN WHAT I LEARN IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. THIS WILL SUPPORT MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC [3:19:14] SCHOOL STUDENTS AND I THINK WE NEED TO BRING RESOURCES TO MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND [3:19:19] FAMILIES IN AS MANY WAYS AS WE CAN. I WORKED ON PARTNERSHIP [3:19:26] GRANTS BEFORE I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND WE BROUGHT SOME REALLY GREAT PROGRAMING TO THE [3:19:32] BILINGUAL SCHOOLS OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHICH IS STILL GOING ON TODAY DOING AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND COMMUNITY [3:19:40] GARDENING AND I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND AND [3:19:46] ASK COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL, IS THERE A [3:19:53] SECOND? >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, YOU ARE IN QUEUE FOR A PRIORITY MOTION. >> I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. I [3:20:00] WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURAL CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THIS ITEM [3:20:06] BACK, SINCE WE TOOK A CONCLUSIVE VOTE AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE BUSINESS [3:20:12] DAYS SINCE THEN. I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CLERK. >> MR. CLERK. [3:20:18] >> TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY'S INQUIRY, THE ACTION WAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL LAST, YOU WILL [3:20:23] RECALL WAS ONE OF A SERIES OF PROPOSED CONTRACTS FOR THE USE OF THIS FUNDING. THIS ITEM WAS [3:20:30] SEPARATED FROM THE ONE ITEM THAT HAD MULTIPLE CONTRACTS AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE WAS TO AUTHORIZE THE [3:20:36] CONTRACT. WHAT THE COUNCIL DID WAS NOT VOTE TO AUTHORIZE THAT. THAT IS NOT A CONCLUSIVE OR [3:20:43] DISPOSITIVE MOTION TO DENY THE CONTRACT. IT'S NOT A CONCLUSIVE OR DISPOSITIVE MOTION TO APPROVE [3:20:50] THE CONTRACT. THE VOTE WAS NOT TO TAKE A FINAL ACTION. THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT PROCEDURALLY [3:20:56] IS THAT THE ITEM REMAINS ON THE DOCKET IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. UNTIL THERE IS A DISPOSITIVE ACTION, APPROVE OR FORMALLY DENY [3:21:03] OR ANOTHER ACTION THAT IS D DEFINITIVE OR CLOSES THE ITEM, IT IS WITHIN THE PURVIEW TO TAKE [3:21:10] THAT UP. WHEN CONSULTED ON THAT MATTER, WE GAVE THAT ADVISE TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN THAT THIS IS STILL ON THE DOCKET IF SHE [3:21:16] WISHES TO BRING THAT FORWARD, SHE DOES HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU. JUST IN THAT SAME [3:21:21] VEIN, WHEN WAS THIS ADDED TO THE AGENDA? >> THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, THIS [3:21:27] WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VOTE AT COUNCIL. I WOULD SAY I [3:21:34] WILL LOOK TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN TO CORRECT MY MEMORY. I WOULD SAY WITHIN A FEW DAYS. I DIDN'T RESPOND RIGHT AWAY, THERE [3:21:40] WERE OTHER THINGS ON MY PLATE WHEN I DID RESPOND TO HER, I THINK IT WAS AT THE END OF LAST [3:21:45] WEEK, PERHAPS, AND TOLD HER THIS WAS MY ANALYSIS IN LOOKING AT THE ACTIONS OF COUNCIL. WE DID [3:21:52] CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON HOW TO FORMALIZE THE ACTION OR VOTE THAT WAS TAKEN BY [3:21:57] COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING, WROTE HER A LENGTHY E-MAIL IN RESPONSE, CIRCLED BACK AND SAID [3:22:04] IF YOU WANT THIS ON THE AGENDA, WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE POST IT. COUNCIL LEADERSHIP WAS [3:22:09] LOOPED IN ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS, SO WHEN WE POSTED THE AGENDA, THIS WAS UNDER [3:22:15] UNFINISHED BUSINESS. I WILL ADD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BODY, YOU MAY RECALL THAT THIS IS THE [3:22:20] FIRST MEETING AFTER MY RETURN FROM A FAIRLY LENGTHY VACATION AND IF THE CLERK HAD BEEN ON HIS TOES AND THINKING AT THAT TIME, [3:22:26] WHEN THE COUNCIL TOOK A NON-ACTION, ACTION I WOULD HAVE INTERVENED AND SAID WE NEED A [3:22:32] DISPOSITIVE ACTION IF THE INTENT OF THE BODY WAS TO DENY THE CONTRACT. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MOTION TO DENY RATHER THAN [3:22:39] JUST NOT AUTHORIZE. SO FOR THAT PURPOSE, I WILL SAY I WASN'T THINKING IN THE MOMENT THAT THE [3:22:46] ACTION TO NOT AUTHORIZE IS NOT DISPOSITIVE, NEVER THE LESS, WE DID FORMALIZE THAT AS A FORMAL [3:22:53] VOTE. THE MAYOR RETURNED IT UNSIGNED, WHICH NORMALLY WOULD [3:22:59] HAVE BEEN DEEMED APPROVED. IT IS WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY TO TAKE UP AND CONSIDER. TODAY I WOULD [3:23:04] SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER EITHER APPROVING IT AS A DISPOSITIVE MOTION, DENYING IT [3:23:10] IF THAT MOTION FAILS, AND DENYING IT WOULD ALSO SAY TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA. THAT [3:23:15] OFFICIALLY CLOSES A FILE IN LIMBS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT [3:23:21] EXPLANATION. I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE IT BACK ON THE AGENDA AND I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND [3:23:27] MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE TAKE A VOTE, IT'S ACTUALLY THE FINAL [3:23:33] ACTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN FOR BRINGING THIS [3:23:38] FORWARD, FOR BRINGING IT BACK. LAST COUNCIL CYCLE, I SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THIS. FOLKS WERE VOTING [3:23:53] ON THE IT WAS A CHARTER SCHOOL. THEY NEED THE HELP THEY CAN GET. [3:24:00] THE COALITION SENT OUT A WONDERFUL E-MAIL, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING OUT. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU SPOKE OUT. YOU SENT THAT [3:24:07] WONDERFUL VIDEO OF YOUNG ADULT MAN, STUDENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED [3:24:12] YOUR SERVICES AND RECEIVED THAT MENTORSHIP, RECEIVED THAT HELP. [3:24:18] IT IS REALLY YOU DOING THE REAL WORK AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR [3:24:24] COMMITMENT TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND FOR US, WE SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT ALL [3:24:30] THE YOUNG PEOPLE, A WAY WE CAN MAKE THEM SUCCEED. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO. [3:24:36] EVEN IF THEY'RE CHARTER SCHOOLS, THEY STILL DEMAND SERVICES, THEY STILL NEED THE RESOURCES THEY [3:24:44] CAN GET TO SUCCEED IN LIFE. WE'RE BACK TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR E-MAIL, I BELIEVE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING OUT AND [3:24:50] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON THE FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. THANK [3:24:57] YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I AM [3:25:02] PLEASED TO SEE THE SPECIFIC FUNDING PROJECT FROM THE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUNDS [3:25:08] BEING RECONSIDERED, WHEN I VOTED LAST TIME, I DIDN'T FIND IT APPROPRIATE TO GO BACK AND PICK [3:25:14] OUT WINNERS AND LOSERS. THIS ONE SURE GOT PULLED OUT AND PICKED [3:25:19] ON WITH A LOT OF MISINFORMATION. AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, I VOTED NO [3:25:25] ON THE ENTIRE ACTION BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION IN DETAIL IN THESE PROPOSALS AND [3:25:30] WE NEED TO EXERCISE OUR OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE EACH AND EVERY ONE IS A GOOD USE OF [3:25:36] PUBLIC FUNDS. THAT HAS GIVEN US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DEEPER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ONE [3:25:42] HERE. THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS AND THE SUPPORTERS OF THE HALLMARK CLUB. I SEE YOU IN THE [3:25:47] AUDIENCE. YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH A VERY LONG MEETING AND I REALLY APPLAUD YOU WORKING AND AD [3:25:54] ADVOCATING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND YOUR GROUP. IT'S AN ONGOING GROUP AND IT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF EFFORT AND SUPPORT AND JUST [3:26:01] RESILIENCE FROM THE STUDENTS TO GET TO THIS POINT. SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT [3:26:07] HAVE ENGAGED IN THAT DEEPER DISCUSSION. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION TODAY. [3:26:14] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN FOR [3:26:19] BRINGING THIS BACK. I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED IT AND WAS VERY, VERY UPSET IT FAILED [3:26:30] BECAUSE I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROGRAM AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE WITH THIS GROUP BECAUSE THEY HELPED IN A [3:26:36] WONDERFUL WAY AT CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WARD [3:26:44] 4. I APPRECIATE YOU BROUGHT I BACK. I DIDN'T KNOW IT COULD BE BUT I AM REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU BROUGHT IT BACK AND IT IS [3:26:50] GOING TO BE BEFORE US AGAIN TODAY. I HOPE IT PASSES TODAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE YOUNG [3:26:56] PEOPLE AND SOME NOT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY AND THEY SAT THIS [3:27:02] WHOLE TIME WAITING WITH THEIR SIGNS AND SOME HAVE TAKEN A NAP AND WOKE UP AND THEY ARE WAITING [3:27:10] FOR A POSITIVE RESPONSE. SO I REALLY DO HOPE THIS COUNCIL COMES THROUGH FOR OUR YOUNG [3:27:16] PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. THEY CLEARLY ENJOY WHAT THEY [3:27:22] GOTTEN FROM THIS PROGRAM AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS. IT'S NOT JUST [3:27:29] THIS HOMEWORK HELP PROGRAM, BUT HOMEWORK HELP IS THE PROGRAM [3:27:34] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT COMING BACK. I APPRECIATE YOU SITTING [3:27:41] AND ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DOING IN THIS [3:27:46] COMMUNITY, ADVOCATING FOR THEMSELVES, SAYING MAYBE THERE WAS A BAD DECISION MADE BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NEED THIS SERVICE [3:27:51] AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP AND TELL YOU AND SHOW YOU THAT WE NEED THIS SERVICE AND HAVING THE SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILIES AND [3:27:57] THE ADULTS IN THEIR LIVES IS ALSO NECESSARY. SO THANK YOU ALL [3:28:02] SO MUCH TODAY FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND YOU SHOULD GO BACK AND TELL YOUR CIVICS TEACHERS [3:28:08] THAT YOU GOT A LESSON IN CIVICS TODAY HERE AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH [3:28:14] FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I REALLY DO HOPE WE GET THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE. [3:28:21] >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> YEAH, I GUESS I WILL SPEAK TO SAY, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT [3:28:27] OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION HERE. MY UNDERSTANDING, I GUESS I WILL SAY AS OF NOW, THIS PROGRAM THAT [3:28:33] WE'RE FUNDING DOES NOT GO TO SERVE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND SO [3:28:39] THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. I DO -- I WILL EXPRESS OPENLY SOME [3:28:46] DISCOMFORT THAT THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE DOES. OKAY, SO THANK [3:28:57] YOU FOR HELPING ME UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT SERVE CHARTERS. YOU ARE IN THE PUBLIC [3:29:03] SCHOOLS. SO IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO GET ONE SET OF INFORMATION, GET SOME OTHER [3:29:10] INFORMATION, AND YOU ARE VERY GRACEFUL, FRUSTRATED AS YOU ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WITH ME, SO I WILL BE CHANGING MY VOTE TO [3:29:18] SUPPORT THIS AND THANK YOU ALL. [3:29:23] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO, I WANT TO FIRST [3:29:30] EXPRESS THAT I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO ANY ATTENTION JUST LAST NIGHT WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK [3:29:36] TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CHECK IN WITH FOLKS THAT I WOULD HAVE [3:29:41] CHECKED IN WITH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT WITH VERY [3:29:48] LITTLE TIME AND JUST SPENDING EXTRA TIME LAST NIGHT THINKING THROUGH HOW I WOULD VOTE ON THIS [3:29:55] ITEM. I FIRST WANT TO STATE, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ON THIS BODY AND SOME [3:30:01] COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THIS IS NOT A POINT ATTACK. EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR OPINION. [3:30:07] PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS, THAT'S DEBATABLE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT ANSWER TO A [3:30:13] PUBLIC BODY. THERE IS NO ELECTED BODY. THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY. THEY TAKE PUBLIC FUNDING THAT [3:30:19] TAKES AWAY FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION WHEN WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THAT TYPE OF FUNDING, PUBLIC DOLLARS INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE [3:30:26] THEM. I JUST FELT LIKE THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO STATE MY OPINION AS OTHERS HAVE. THIS [3:30:33] ITEM SPECIFICALLY GOES INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I RECOGNIZE THAT I SEE THAT. I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE ORGANIZATION [3:30:41] PLATFORMING, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ED ADD LIESS -- ALLIES THAT HAV [3:30:49] BEEN A PROPONENT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. I HAVE SEEN THAT AND THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. I THINK THAT THIS [3:30:56] ORGANIZATION SHOULD CLARIFY AND WORK ON HOW THEY ARE CHAMPIONING [3:31:01] PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF THEY ARE TO REALLY FULLY EARN THE TRUST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE WEARY OF THEM. THAT'S WHAT I WILL SAY. [3:31:08] WITH THAT, SINCE THIS DOES GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SUPPORTS THE STUDENTS THERE, I WILL BE [3:31:14] CHANGING MY VOTE AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. I DO HOPE THAT YOU SINCERELY HEAR WHAT I HAVE [3:31:19] SHARED BECAUSE IT IS A PERCEPTION THAT EXISTS. IT IS WORTH ADDRESSING BECAUSE WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC [3:31:33] SCHOOLS. >> I'M ADDING MYSELF TO QUEUE. I WAS NOT PLANNING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM BUT I WILL JUST SHARE [3:31:39] A TTLE BIT OF A PERSONAL STORY WHY I WAS A NO IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO I WENT TO MILWAUKEE [3:31:45] TRADE AND TEXAS TECH CAL HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS A REALLY BAD [3:31:53] PUBLIC SCHOOL, I WILL BE HONEST. I HAD A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. I WAS ONE OF THOSE DISADVANTAGED [3:32:00] YOUTHS THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF FAILING, ESPECIALLY GOING -- I GRADUATED [3:32:07] IN 2000. SO IT WAS A VERY BAD PUBLIC SCHOOL. IT'S ONLY BEEN IN MY ADULTHOOD THAT I CONNECTED [3:32:13] THE DOTS ON THE BIGGER PICTURE. THE BIGGER PICTURE, I WILL NOT [3:32:20] BURY THE LEAD. IT'S NOT CALLED MILWAUKEE TRADE AND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ANYWHERE, IT'S [3:32:28] CALLED BRADLEY TECH. SO THEY CREATED A NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THE BRADLEY [3:32:35] FOUNDATION IS THE CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE VOUCHER OF OUR [3:32:40] PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THEY'RE AIMING TO DISMANTLE THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT'S ONLY [3:32:45] BEEN IN MY ADULTHOOD THAT I RECOGNIZED THE REASON MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE WAS SO BAD IS [3:32:51] BECAUSE LEADERS AT THE BRADLEY FOUNDATION WERE IN DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PLANT THE SEED OF [3:32:57] THIS NEW INNOVATIVE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE BRADLEY TECH. THAT GOT [3:33:04] CREATED SHORTLY AFTER I GRADUATED. SO MY SCHOOL WAS VERY INTENTIONALLY DISINVESTED IN FOR [3:33:10] MANY YEARS AS AN INTENTIONAL WAY TO UNDERMINE MY SCHOOL AND MY [3:33:16] PERSONAL EDUCATION. THEN THEY LAUNCHED BRADLEY TECH, THIS [3:33:21] MODULAR, LET'S BE RESPONSIVE TO THE FREE MARKET AND BUILD UP THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS IN [3:33:26] THE TRADES. THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE WALLS FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS. [3:33:32] THIS WAS A COMPLETELY DYSFUNCTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS DESIGNED BY PEOPLE WHO CARED [3:33:38] ABOUT THE PROFITABILITY OF THE LABOR FORCE. SO I ENTERED INTO [3:33:43] THIS VOTE NOT BASED ON HOMEWORK CLUB, I WATCHED THE VIDEOS, I LISTENED TO THE PODCASTS, I [3:33:50] THINK YOU'RE DOING AMAZING WORK. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WORK. I AM NOT ENTERING INTO THIS VOTE [3:33:55] BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF THE HOMEWORK CLUB, I'M ENTERING INTO THE VOTE BECAUSE OF THE [3:34:01] STRUCTURAL ISSUES AROUND HOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED. MY BIG QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE [3:34:07] DISINVESTING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS? WHY DO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO FILL THESE GAPS? WE NEED [3:34:13] TO ACTUALLY THINK IN A MORE STRUCTURAL WAY OF HOW WE HAVE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SO [3:34:19] THAT THIS PROGRAMING IS BAKED [3:34:24] IN. OUR JOB HERE IS TO THINK STRUCTURALLY. OUR JOB IS TO [3:34:30] THINK STRUCTURALLY. THAT IS THE SOURCE OF MY NO VOTE THEN AND IT'S THE SOURCE OF ANY NO VOTE [3:34:36] NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I ALSO WANT TO NAME WHY MY VOTE [3:34:42] WILL BE REMAINING A NO. SO, I ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF [3:34:48] CONTEXT OF THE ORGANIZATION, HAVING ALSO BEEN PART OF ANOTHER [3:34:54] ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATED STRINGENTLY FOR LET'S SAY MORE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN OUR [3:35:01] PUBLIC EDUCATION OR TO SIPHON MONEY AWAY FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION, CALL STUDENTS FOR [3:35:06] EDUCATION REFORM. WHEN THAT VOTED, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION CALLED ADVANCING EQUITY THAT A [3:35:12] NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT I ORGANIZE ALONG WITH, STUDENTS FOR EDUCATION REFORM, MOVED OVER TO [3:35:19] ADVANCING EQUITY. I WANT TO NAME [3:35:26] THE REASON WHY I'M ROOTED IN MY VOTE, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THIS ORGANIZATION, I REMEMBER [3:35:34] JUST THE LAST STRIKE THAT MFT [3:35:39] EDUCATORS HAD, WHERE MANY OF US SUPPORTED A RESOLUTION, MANY OF [3:35:44] US WALKED THE PICKET LINES AND ADVOCATED FOR THE FULLY FUNDING OF OUR SCHOOLS. THE EXECUTIVE [3:35:50] DIRECTOR, OR THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THIS ORGANIZATION WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT. THERE IS A [3:35:59] MINNESOTA ARTICLE WHERE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS HOLDING A SIGN DURING THIS STRIKE. SO I [3:36:04] WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE AND THAT'S THAT. [3:36:13] >> I AM SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE. SO I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [3:36:20] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS IS [3:36:26] ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [3:36:31] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [3:36:37] >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. [3:36:42] >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> NAY. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:36:48] >> NAY. >> THERE ARE 8 AYES AND 4 NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. [3:36:57] [APP [APPLAUSE]. >> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TODAY WE ADDED AN ITEM [3:37:03] TO NEW BUSINESS. THIS IS A MOTION BY SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTING AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW FROM THE CITY [3:37:08] AUDITOR. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE LEAD AUTHOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM AND [3:37:14] TO MAKE A MOTION. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I [3:37:19] AMBRIDGING THIS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY RELATED TO REQUEST TO THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN LAKE [3:37:26] AND BLOOMINGTON ON JUNE 3, 2025. ON TUESDAY, THERE WAS A FEDERAL [3:37:32] OPERATION THAT LEFT AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, WHEN MY OFFICE HEARD THAT FEDERAL AGENTS WERE [3:37:37] ON THE STREET -- >> EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR BUSINESS HERE. [3:37:47] >> TO THE SCENE, TO THE SITE TO WITNESS THE FIRSTHAND [3:37:53] MILITARIZATION OF OUR COMMUNITY. THERE WERE ARMORED VEHICLES ON LAKE STREET, FEDERAL AGENTS [3:37:59] CARRYING ASSAULT RIFLES, AND PRESENT FOR AN OPERATION UNDER THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE [3:38:05] IN A GROUNDBREAKING CRIMINAL OPERATION. WHILE WE AWAITED FOR MORE INFORMATION, WE SAW THAT [3:38:10] THE SPOKES PERSON SAID THIS OPERATION WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND [3:38:15] STATE PARTNERS, AS WELL AS U.S. BORDER PATROL AND I.C.E. [3:38:24] ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS. AND THE DEA, ATF, COASTAL GUARD, AND [3:38:30] TSA WERE LISTED AS PARTNERS. THIS REQUEST IS MAEVENLT TO GIVE DESERVED AND NEEDED ANSWERS IN [3:38:37] AN INDEPENDENT FASHION. I HOPE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN WEARY OF THOSE TRYING TO DOWN [3:38:43] PLAY THE TRAUMA THAT OUR [3:38:49] COMMUNITY EXPERIENCED. IT REMINDED THEM OF WHAT THE SUMMER OF 2020 FELT LIKE. WHILE ONSITE, I WITNESSED I.C.E. AGENTS AND [3:38:56] MPD CLOSING OFF THE AREA BY HANDING CLOSING TAPE TO THOSE [3:39:01] CONDUCTING THE OPERATION ASSISTING WITH CROWD CONTROL. NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF RAID THIS WAS, IT WAS CLEAR THAT [3:39:07] COMMUNICATION IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FELL SHORT AND THE CITY'S RESPONSE DID NOT KEEP [3:39:13] PEOPLE SAFE AND THE POLICE PRESENCE WITH I.C.E. WAS [3:39:18] DAMAGING ON COMMUNITY RELATION. WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN THE OFFICIAL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION [3:39:23] POLICY IS THAT ALL UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS. IF THIS IS [3:39:33] HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO RESPOND IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS, IF AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN IN THE [3:39:40] FUTURE, THERE SHOULD BE QUESTIONS ABOUT AND CHANGES TO THIS CURRENT APPROACH. ON JUNE 3RD, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE [3:39:46] SHOVED, THROWN TO THE GROUND, AND MISTREATED. NOW PEOPLE'S [3:39:53] PERCEPTION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING DISMISSED. WE KNOW MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS LOST THE [3:39:58] TRUST IN THE SUMMER OF 2020. ONE WAY I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN REBUILD TRUST IS BYPASSING THIS [3:40:04] AFTER ACTION REVIEW REQUEST TODAY AND BY STANDING UP TO THE [3:40:09] TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, TELLING THEM THESE ACTIONS ARE NOT WELCOME IN OUR CITY. I SAW FIRSTHAND THE NUMBER OF LAW [3:40:15] ENFORCEMENT, PERSONNEL WITH I.C.E. BADGES, THE DISREGARD FOR MANY OF THOSE PERSONNEL THAT [3:40:24] LOOKING FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE TRAUMA IT CAUSED TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN [3:40:30] SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. I HOPE THIS REQUEST, IF TAKEN, BRINGS LIGHT TO THE QUESTIONS THAT MANY OF [3:40:35] OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE AND I MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS [3:40:41] MOVED THIS FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> AND BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE [3:40:47] QUEUE, I WANTED TO CHECK IN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS AND SEE IF YOU WANTED TO BE RECORDED ON [3:40:54] THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR THE EQUITY PROCESS. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT. I WOULD [3:41:02] LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS AN AFFIRMATIVE. >> BECOMES 9 TO 4. [3:41:08] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT [3:41:14] PAYNE. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ DID A FANTASTIC JOB JUST INTRODUCING THE ITEM. THE ONLY [3:41:20] THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THIS IS A CLEAR NEED FROM OUR [3:41:26] COMMUNITY TO GET ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED AT LAKE AND [3:41:31] BLOOMINGTON AND THE CITY'S ROLE IN THAT. THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I BELIEVE THIS BODY NEEDS [3:41:38] TO ASK AND THIS IS ONE STEP AND ONE TOOL WE NEED TO HAVE TO GET [3:41:44] INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IN THIS MOMENT, [3:41:50] WE ADDRESS THIS SITUATION WHERE I.C.E. WAS ON THE GROUND IN [3:41:56] MINNEAPOLIS IN A HEAVILY IMMIGRANT CORRIDOR WITH A LOT OF SCRUTINY AND STRENGTH BECAUSE AS I SAID IN MY REMARKS DURING THE [3:42:05] RESOLUTION, GIVING THIS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AN INCH TO SHOW UP IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND VIOLATE OUR VALUES, THEY [3:42:12] WILL TAKE A MILE. I AM REALLY HAPPY TO BE A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS [3:42:19] AND LOOK FORWARD TO EARNING THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [3:42:25] >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS AND EXTEND MY GRATITUDE [3:42:32] FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ IN TAKING RESPONSIVE ACTION AND MOVING QUICKLY IN RESPONSE TO [3:42:38] THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED JUST THIS PAST TUESDAY. I KNOW THAT YOUR WARD IS STILL REELING FROM [3:42:45] THOSE TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND YOU HAVE BEEN BUSY IN THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO [3:42:53] HAS MY OFFICE. THERE HAS BEEN AN OUTPOUR OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO FILL THAT WE ARE NOT [3:42:59] ABLE TO ANSWER AT THIS TIME AND THAT HAS BEEN DEEPLY FRUSTRATING. I BELIEVE IT'S [3:43:05] EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATE THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT AND RESPONSE [3:43:12] TO THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 3RD. MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS [3:43:18] DO NOT SUPPORT FEDERAL AGENTS CONDUCTING MILITARIZE OPERATIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY [3:43:23] IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST PRONE TO BEING ATTACKED BY THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. MANY OF [3:43:31] OUR RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS OR THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE ANY TYPE OF ROLE IN THESE [3:43:39] FRIGHTENING OPERATIONS, OFTEN RIGHT-WING OPERATIONS, AND THE [3:43:46] PERCEPTION THAT THE MPD MAY HAVE SUPPORTED THE OPERATION IS INCREDIBLY DAMAGING AND THERE [3:43:52] ARE SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM TUESDAY. ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MORE CLARITY OR [3:44:00] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXCEPT THROUGH PRESS CONFERENCES AND [3:44:06] MEDIA RELEASES THAT CAN PROVIDE CONFLICTING INFORMATION. THIS IS WHY WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT [3:44:13] EVALUATION OF WHAT TOOK PLACE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT AUDIT. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE START OF [3:44:19] THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, I HAVE RECEIVED QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS WHO WERE CONCERNED [3:44:24] ABOUT THE SEPARATION AND HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IN OUR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT [3:44:30] WILL ENFORCE IT AND DUE TO MEDIA COVERAGE, RESIDENTS ARE AWARE [3:44:35] THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER [3:44:43] FEDERATION PRESIDENT BOB CROW AND THE CURRENT POLICE UNION PRESIDENT RECENTLY ENDORSED CROW [3:44:50] FOR U.S. MARSHAL. UNDERSTANDABLY, RESIDENTS HAVE A CONCERN TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE [3:44:58] RANK AND FILE LEADERSHIP WITHIN MPD HAS ALIGNED THEMSELVES WITH THE TRUMP AGENDA AND OUR WORRIES [3:45:04] OF THAT IMPLICATION LOCALLY AS WE'RE SEEING A DAILY DISREGARD OF THE RULE OF LAW AT THE [3:45:10] FEDERAL LEVEL. I HOPE MAYOR FRY AND HIS EXECUTIVE TEAM CAN SEE [3:45:16] THESE WERE EXACERBATED BY WHAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY. COUNCIL [3:45:23] MEMBER CHAVEZ AND I AUTHORED A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THIS BODY PASS ASKING MPD TO PRESENT ON [3:45:31] HOW THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING OUR SEPARATION [3:45:37] ORDINANCE. THAT PRESENTATION WILL BE COMING TO THE ADMINISTRATION ON JUNE 23 AT [3:45:43] 1:30 P.M. OF COURSE, I INVITE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US AT THE COMMITTEE IF YOU ARE [3:45:49] INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC OR WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS. I ALSO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND OR WATCH [3:45:55] VIA LIVESTREAM. I ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I AM DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE MAYOR'S [3:46:01] ADMINISTRATION IN THEIR RESPONSE. I KNOW THAT WE HEARD A LOT OF INFORMATION, SHARING THAT [3:46:06] THERE WERE VALID REASONS FOR MPD TO BE THERE BUT AGAIN, INSTEAD [3:46:11] OF UNPACKING HOW A MILITARIZE OPERATION MAY BE TRIGGERING FOR THE LAKE STREET IN SOUTH SIDE [3:46:18] COMMUNITY, WE HAVE SEEN THE MAYOR AND OUR CHIEF DEFLECT AND [3:46:24] HAVE NAMED THAT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INTENSIFYING PROTESTS AND SPREADING [3:46:30] MISINFORMATION AND NOT ONLY IS THIS UNHELPFUL, IT DEFLECTS WHAT [3:46:35] IS BEING ASKED IN TERMS OF REAL-TIME AND URTH QUESTIONS ON HOW AND WHY THE CITY OF [3:46:40] MINNEAPOLIS, WHICH CLAIMS TO BE A WELCOMING CITY, WHY WOULD THEY PARTICIPATE IN ANY OPERATION [3:46:46] INVO INVOLVING I.C.E. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AT LEAST TO THE PUBLIC IN THE COMMUNITY [3:46:52] WHO WERE EITHER ON THE STREETS ON TUESDAY, DOCUMENTING THOSE OPERATIONS, DOCUMENTING I.C.E. [3:46:59] PRESENCE THERE AND HAVE SINCE BEEN REACHING OUT TO COUNCIL TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE CITY [3:47:06] OF MINNEAPOLIS WAS TESTED ON TUESDAY. WHILE I'M CONCERNED BY THE ACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE BY [3:47:11] THE CITY AND MPD, I AM DEEPLY PROUD AND INSPIRED BY OUR [3:47:16] RESIDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO SCARE OUR IMMIGRANT [3:47:22] NEIGHBORS OR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ALSO BACK OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES. WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE [3:47:28] AUTHORS IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND GIVING US SOME IMMEDIATE ACTION STEPS TO TAKE TO [3:47:34] HOPEFULLY GET CLEARER ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. [3:47:40] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I THINK SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE ON IS [3:47:46] SOMETHING I HEARD CHIEF O'HARE RITZ SAID LAST NIGHT ON TV. I'M [3:47:53] PARAPHRASING, THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT SHOWED UP AT LAKE AND BLOOMINGTON THIS WEEK WERE [3:47:58] REALLY TONE DEAF ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THEY WERE SHOWING UP TO. I'LL SUPPORT THIS ACTION [3:48:05] BECAUSE TELLING THE TRUTH MATTERS. I ALSO HOPE THAT IT [3:48:11] INCLUDES THE COMMUNICATION SENT OUT BY ALL OF US AND THE INFORMATION WE ALL RECEIVED ABOUT IT. IN MY MIND, AN AFTER [3:48:18] ACTION REVIEW INCLUDES ALL OF US, INCLUDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT [3:48:23] THAT HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO COMMUNICATE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY IN [3:48:31] THIS TIME OF VERY INCREASED FEAR AND POLITICAL TENSION, FEARS [3:48:36] AROUND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND [3:48:41] APPOINTED STAFF FROM YOUR OFFICES CREATED AN INCREASINGLY TENSE SCENE. THIS COMMUNITY [3:48:48] TRUSTS YOU. THIS COMMUNITY TAKES YOUR LEAD. SO INFLAMMATORY OR [3:48:57] UNCORRECTED MESSAGING JEOPARDIZES PUBLIC SAFETY AND I HOPE THAT IS IN THIS AFTER ACTION REPORT. THANK YOU. [3:49:03] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I DO HOPE THAT THIS AFTER HOUR -- I AM GOING TO [3:49:09] VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE LET'S GET THE TRUTH OUT THERE. LET'S ACCEPT THE TRUTH WHEN IT COMES BACK. I HOPE THIS INCLUDES THE [3:49:17] COMMUNICATION FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS. I HOPE IT INCLUDES WHAT MUTUAL AID IS. WHEN ONE LAW [3:49:25] ENFORCEMENT AGENCY NEEDS ANOTHER, THAT CALL GOES OUT AND THAT RESPONSE HAPPENS. I HOPE IT [3:49:31] INCLUDES THE OFFICERS' INJURIES THAT WERE SUSTAINED DURING THIS AND I HOPE IT TALKS ABOUT WHY [3:49:36] LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS INVOLVED. WHAT HAS BEEN TOLD SO FAR IS THAT IT WAS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING, [3:49:43] MONEY LAUNDERING, A DRUG ENFORCEMENT ACTION. FIRST OF [3:49:49] ALL, I CAN TELL YOU THE TRUTH RIGHT NOW, BOB IS NOT THE [3:49:55] PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE FEDERATION, HE IS NOT. LET'S ALL GO FORWARD ON THIS. I AM GOING [3:50:01] TO VOTE FOR THIS AND IT WAS THE MILITARY THAT STOPPED THE RIOTS [3:50:06] ON LAKE STREET. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> WOW, OKAY. WELL, AS SOMEONE [3:50:18] WHO LIVED THROUGH CIVIL WAR, WHO [3:50:25] EXPE EXPERIENCED -- HAD TRAUMA OF [3:50:31] CIVIL WAR AND ALSO EXPERIENCED WHAT HAPPENED ON 2020 LAKE STREET, WHAT HAPPENED ON LAKE STREET AND BLOOMINGTON WAS VERY [3:50:40] DISTURBING. A FEDERAL OPERATION INTO ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE [3:50:45] NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY WERE CARRYING RIFLES, [3:50:51] ASSAULT RIFLES, ARMED VEHICLES, FORCEFUL TACTICS RIGHT IN THE [3:50:57] MIDDLE OF THE DAY. SO THAT PUT ME AND EVERYONE ELSE TO FEAR. [3:51:08] THIS HAPPENED IN THE HEART OF LAKE STREET. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE THROWN ON THE GROUND. IT'S [3:51:14] CHAOS IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE VIDEOS. IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES [3:51:20] FELT FEAR, CONFUSION, AND REAL TRAUMA. MOST PEOPLE THAT COME TO [3:51:27] THE UNITED STATES COME FROM WORSE, SO THE FLASHBACKS ARE REAL TO SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE. [3:51:33] SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I HAD BROUGHT A VIDEO TRYING TO [3:51:39] GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I CAN TO COMMUNICATE BECAUSE MY PHONE WAS BLOWING UP. PEOPLE WERE CALLING ME THAT I [3:51:47] REPRESENT, MOSTLY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. NO ONE SHOULD SEE, [3:51:54] SHOULD HAVE TO SEE A MILITARY STYLE GEAR AND TACTICS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES, THEIR [3:51:59] BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT EXPLAINING OR WARNINGS. WHETHER THIS WAS ABOUT IMMIGRATION OR [3:52:06] SOMETHING ELSE, THE IMPACT IS THE SAME. THAT KIND OF FORCE FOR [3:52:16] COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY EXPERIENCED TRAUMA. THIS REOPENS A LOT OF WOUNDS AND FLASHBACKS. [3:52:22] PEOPLE ARE HURT AND PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AND HONESTLY, THEY HAVE [3:52:28] EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO. LAKE STREET HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT. WE HAVE SEEN IT. FOR WHAT WE [3:52:34] HAVE SAW RECENTLY, IT'S VERY DISTURBING. I REMEMBER WE SAID [3:52:40] NEVER AGAIN AFTER GEORGE FLOYD. WE SAID WE WILL REBUILD TRUST [3:52:46] WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE POPULATION [3:52:52] AND THE RESIDENTS. THAT HAS TO [3:52:57] MEAN SOMETHING. I'M HAPPY TO [3:53:03] JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND OTHER MEMBERS TO CALL AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND IT'S ABOUT [3:53:08] GETTING THE FACTS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE [3:53:15] EXPERIENCED WARS, CIVIL WARS LIKE I DID. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE [3:53:20] EXPE EXPERIENCED 2020 ON LAKE STREET, THERE ARE TRAUMA. THERE ARE [3:53:31] FLASHBACKS. IT'S A REAL IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. SO, JUST [3:53:37] WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND WE [3:53:42] ALL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND REALLY [3:53:48] STAND UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DO REPRESENT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IF THIS [3:53:54] ACACTION IS UNACCEPTABLE, WE ALL HAVE TO SPEAK UP, AGAIN, IT'S THE [3:53:59] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE WHAT HAPPENED [3:54:05] ON LAKE STREET IN BLOOMINGTON. YOU CAN CARRY OUT YOUR WORK, YOUR INVESTIGATION, BUT DO IT IN [3:54:12] A WAY THAT WILL NOT PUT PEOPLE IN FEAR AND TRAUMA AND [3:54:18] FLASHBACKS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:54:25] THE PLACE IN WHICH I AM COMING FROM IN EXPERIENCING THIS IS AS [3:54:31] A BROWN PERSON, AS A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, AS A FRIEND TO MANY [3:54:37] WHO HAVE VARYING LEVELS OF STATUS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHO ARE REALLY SCARED. THAT LIVED [3:54:44] EXPERIENCE, I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. LIKE IT IS VERY [3:54:50] DIFFICULT FOR SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE THAN OTHERS AND THAT'S A REALITY. I FIND IT [3:54:57] EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING THAT LEADERS UP HERE ARE TAKING TIME [3:55:04] TO BLAME ESCALATION ON ALERTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I.C.E. WAS ON THE GROUND WHEN THE [3:55:11] REASON FOR ESCALATION THAT OCCURRED WAS A MILITARIZED FORCE WITH ASSAULT RIFLES IN OUR [3:55:19] COMMUNITY. BEFORE ANYONE POSTED ANYTHING, EVERYTHING WAS ESCALATING. THERE WERE SEVERAL [3:55:25] ARMORED VEHICLES, PEOPLE WITH ZIP TIES, THEIR FACES COVERED, [3:55:30] IN A HEAVILY IMMIGRANT CORRIDOR, AT A TIME WHERE I.C.E. [3:55:35] DETENTIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN OUR CITY, OFTENTIMES WITHOUT WARRANT [3:55:41] OR DUE PROCESS AND INITIALLY, [3:55:48] THESE FEDERAL AGENCIES MAY HAVE SAID THIS IS FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUT WHAT EVERY [3:55:55] LEADER SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE IS IF THERE IS A PRESENCE OF I.C.E., [3:56:01] THAT SHOULD SET OFF AN ALARM THAT DETENTIONS ARE POSSIBLE. [3:56:08] LITERALLY ON SATURDAY, TOP LEADERS OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SENT OUT MESSAGES LETTING EVERY ARE WITH TO [3:56:20] GET CREATIVE TO TUP THE KNOB, [3:56:25] QUOTE, UP TO 11 AND ARREST PEOPLE -- THESE ARE KNOWN AS [3:56:31] COLLATERAL ARRESTS. SO LET'S NOT BLAME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR WANTING [3:56:37] TO ALERT THEIR COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE PERCEPTIONS SHARED BY [3:56:42] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE THERE ON THE GROUND THAT IT WAS TROUBLESOME TO SEE THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE SITE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TRUST IS ALSO [3:56:49] ABOUT PERCEPTION AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS THERE AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY VALID AND IT IS OUR JOB TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS AND [3:56:56] TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY. WHAT DO SHOULD BE BLAMING AND HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE IS THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT WERE ON [3:57:02] THE GROUND AND WERE ON SO CARELESS AND STRUCK FEAR TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY [3:57:11] . I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AFTER-ACTION REVIEW TO COME BACK AND I HOPE LEADERS IN OUR CITY [3:57:19] WILL ACTUALLY PUT THE OVERSIGHT AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY ON WHERE [3:57:24] THINGS ARE ACTUALLY ESCALATED. [3:57:31] >> IS COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I EMAILED THE CHIEF ASKING [3:57:36] WHO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT LAST NIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTED OFFICIALS. I DIDN'T GET A [3:57:41] STRAIGHT ANSWER. I EMAILED HIM AGAIN TO GET A CLARIFICATION WHICH ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR EMAIL [3:57:48] MEDIA AND TEXT MESSAGES. CHIEF, I'M ASKING YOU NAME THEM. NAME WHICH ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR [3:57:54] YOU'RE AFRAID TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE YOU'RE LYING. ICE WAS PRESENT IN OUR [3:57:59] COMMUNITY. THERE'S NO DENYING THAT. ICE WAS IN OUR COMMUNITY [3:58:06] PEOPLE WITH ICE BADGES WAS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO DOWNPLAY PEOPLE'S TRAUMA IS WRONG. IT'S [3:58:11] JUST WRONG. I WANT PEOPLE TO BE WARY ABOUT THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW IMMIGRANTS SHOULD NOT BE [3:58:16] CONCERNED THAT ICE WAS PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY REACTION BECAUSE OF MILITARY [3:58:22] TANKS, PEOPLE WITH WEAPONS IN OUR CORNERED. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING WITH FEAR. [3:58:31] PEOPLE ARE IN OUR CORNERED WHO ARE COVERING THEIR FACES, CAN YOU AGREE THEIR BADGES WITHOUT [3:58:36] THEIR NAMES AND WE HAVE GUNS IN OUR STREET AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY, NO WORRIES. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. DON'T BE SCARED. [3:58:43] THAT IS CONCERNING. THAT IS BIGOTRY, THAT IS WRONG. IF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED [3:58:49] YOUR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS BEING DEPORTED OR WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FACE ICE MEMBERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, TAKE A STEP BACK. [3:58:55] ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRIVILEGE AND TAKE A STEP BACK. PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED AND THEY'RE [3:59:01] FRUSTRATIONS; RIGHT? I'LL ASK THE CHIEF WHICH ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE YOU TALKING WHEN I [3:59:07] POST SOCIAL MEDIA WAS PRESENT AND THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [3:59:13] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. I JUST WANT TO OFFER A FEW CLARIFICATION POINTS. THAT WERE [3:59:18] BROUGHT UP. I THOUGHT I WAS CLEAR BUT I VERY MUCH NAMED THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A CLOSE [3:59:25] RELATIONSHIP WITH FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER FEDERATION PRESIDENT BOB CROW [3:59:31] AND ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CURRENT POLICE UNION PRESIDENT CHERYL SMITH ALSO HAS ENDORSED [3:59:37] THAT SAME FORMER PRESIDENT FOR U.S. MARSHAL TO BE PART OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. I THINK [3:59:43] THAT'S THE KEY HIGHLIGHT HERE. IN TERMS OF THE TRUTH PIECE AND I THINK THE DESIRE FOR ALL [3:59:48] OF US TO SEE THAT AND WHY IT'S QUESTIONABLE COMING FROM THIS PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION -- I [3:59:54] MEAN, PEOPLE ARE REFERENCING 2020 IN PARTICULAR IS BECAUSE WE [3:59:59] ALSO REMEMBERED AT THAT TIME THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE FREY [4:00:05] ADMINISTRATION AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS PUT OUT SAYING GEORGE FLOYD DIED OF A MEDICAL [4:00:13] INCIDENT. IT BECAME AN ESCALATION BECAUSE THAT WAS FALSE AND IT TOOK EXTERNAL [4:00:19] FORCES AND MANY OTHER REPORTS LIKE OUR AFTER-ACTIONS, THE [4:00:24] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION TO ACTUALLY AFFIRM THAT THE CITY OF [4:00:30] MINNEAPOLIS, OUR CURRENT MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION DID NOT PUT OUT ACCURATE INFORMATION AND THAT [4:00:35] LED TO ESCALATIONS. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD [4:00:41] NOT HAVE REPEATED THERE AND I'M HOPING TAKING EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT EVALUATION BECAUSE [4:00:47] WE CAN'T JUST TAKE VERBATIM OR AT SURFACE LEVEL THAT THIS [4:00:52] ADMINISTRATION IS JUST GOING TO COME OUT AND SHARE THEIR TRUTHS AND THIS WILL BASED ON ACTUAL [4:00:59] ACCURATE ANSWERS FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND, AGAIN, WHY DID WE RESPOND AS CITY LEADERS IN THIS [4:01:04] A WAY THAT DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE IT DIFFERED FROM 2020, [4:01:10] MAY OF 2020 THAT IS WHY I'M EXCITED GETTING THIS AFTER-ACTION DONE TO REALLY SEE [4:01:17] HOW FAR HOW FAR HAVE WE LEARNED FROM OUR LESSON FROM MAY OF 2020 [4:01:23] AND TO AFFIRM LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HIGHLIGHTED -- THERE IS ABSOLUTE [4:01:30] GASLIG GASLIGHTING GOING ON IN THE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS AND TO RESET IT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION OF WHY [4:01:36] WILL WE EVEN COULDN'T -- OR BE INVOLVED IN AN OPERATION [4:01:42] INVOLVING ICE AT THIS CURRENT PLACE IN TIME IN OUR COUNTRY. I HOPE THAT COMES THROUGH, [4:01:48] AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE CITY AUDITOR FOR TAKING IDEALLY 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TO [4:01:54] APPROVE OF THIS NEXT -- I WILL HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE OF THIS REQUEST SO THAT THIS BODY AND THE PUBLIC CAN GET ADDITIONAL [4:02:02] ANSWERS AND ACCURATE INFORMATION. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ADD [4:02:11] TO THE DISCUSSION HERE. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE AN AUTHOR ON THIS ITEM. I'M A [4:02:20] LITTLE TROUBLED, TOO, BY COMMENTS BOTH UP HERE ON THE [4:02:26] D DIIS DAIS BUT THE THINGS I'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS COVERAGE FROM [4:02:33] OUR LEADERS FROM THE CITY WHETHER IT'S THE CHIEF OR, YOU KNOW -- I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS WHO ARE -- WHO [4:02:40] HAVE BEEN QUOTED AS WELL. JUST TALKING ABOUT LIKE CERTAIN [4:02:45] ELECTED OFFICIALS SPREADING DISINFORMATION -- I'M ONE OF -- [4:02:52] I'M ONE OF 14 ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT REPRESENT MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS HERE AT THE CITY [4:02:59] LEVEL, AND ONE OF 2 THAT WAS AT LAKIN BLOOMINGTON ON JUNE 3RD [4:03:06] EARLIER THIS WEEK. I STATED FACTS -- IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING THAT I SAID IF [4:03:11] YOU THINK IT'S SPREADING DISINFORMATION OR STOKING FEAR THAT'S UNWARRANTED COME TO TALK [4:03:17] TO ME ABOUT IT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME NAMES FROM EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT MEANS TO TALK ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS [4:03:22] SPREADING MISINFORMATION, SPREADING FEAR. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT I SAID? OR ARE YOU TALKING WHAT [4:03:28] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ SAID? WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT I SAID COME TALK TO ME ABOUT IT [4:03:33] I'D LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT I SAW WITH MY OWN EYES, WITH MY OWN EYES. [4:03:42] ICE AGENTS ON LAKE AND BLOOMINGTON. MORE THAN WITH [4:03:47] THEM WITH SOME PEOPLE. IT HAPPENED MPD OFFICERS ON LAKE. [4:03:53] IT HAPPENED. DON'T GASLIGHT ME. DON'T GASLIGHT IS OUT SEIDERS. [4:04:00] THAT DID HAPPEN. SECONDLY, I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, [4:04:06] THIS IS THE THIRD I BELIEVE AFTER-ACTION REVIEW IN RECENT [4:04:12] HISTORY THAT THIS COUNCIL IS REQUESTING OF THE CITY AUDITORS' OFFICE AND I SEE THAT THE CITY [4:04:18] AUDITOR IS HERE AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS PATIENCE FOR SITTING THROUGH A LONG MEETING AS WELL. I'M WONDERING, [4:04:24] MR. AUDITOR, IF YOU CAN JUST JOIN US AND SPEAK TO, YOU [4:04:31] KNOW -- YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE US SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON HOW -- WHAT TYPE OF RESOURCES [4:04:37] MAY EXIST TO HELP SUPPORT SUCH A THING HAPPENING. I UNDERSTAND IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION AND THE [4:04:42] DISCRETION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WHETHER TO CONSIDER THIS REQUEST OR MOVE FORWARD [4:04:48] WITH IT BUT I JUST -- RESOURCES FOR THIS DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION TODAY AND [4:04:54] I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO HEAR SOME THOUGHTS FROM YOU. >> WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU [4:05:02] PRESIDENT PAYNE AND THANK YOU COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. CITY COUNCIL, I'VE HAD AS MUCH TIME [4:05:08] TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS EACH OF [4:05:15] YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR TO TAKE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THIS SITUATION. [4:05:21] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS COMMITTED TO BE RESOLUTELY [4:05:28] INDEPENDENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AS [4:05:35] NEW INFORMATION SURFACES ABOUT THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN MINNEAPOLIS EARLIER THIS WEEK, INCLUDING THE [4:05:42] MILITARITION OF MILL TARTION AND [4:05:51] IT WAS BREACHED. IF THIS MOTION CARES THE OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR WILL OPEN A LIMITED SCOPE OF THE [4:05:58] SERVICE REVIEW OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS LEADING UP TO AND [4:06:05] IMMEDIATELY AFTER TUESDAY'S INCIDENT. WE WILL INVESTIGATE IF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE [4:06:11] DEPARTMENT HAS AND FOLLOWED SEPARATION PROCEDURES AND OTHER [4:06:17] POLICIES RELATED TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING [4:06:23] PARTNERING AND AND WORKING WITH FEDERAL AGENCY INCLUDING ICE. THE RESULTS OF OUR REVIEW [4:06:30] WILL BE RELEASED IN A PUBLIC REPORT. AS YOU NOTED I DOIE TO WORK WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO MOVE THIS ON TO OUR AUDIT PLAN. [4:06:39] AND WE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MEET THE DEADLINE THAT WAS REQUESTED. I DO APPRECIATE THE [4:06:46] INVESTMENTS THAT YOU MADE IN OUR OFFICE THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS NECESSARY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO [4:06:52] TAKE ON A REVIEW LIKE THIS. AS YOU MENTIONED COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, THESE AFTER-ACTION [4:06:57] REVIEWS ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT THAN THEY ONCE WERE AND THE NEW RESOURCES WILL CERTAINLY [4:07:03] HELP US BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, WHEN AS I'VE MENTIONED I DON'T WANT TO SAY NO FOR LACK OF [4:07:11] RESOURCES. >> THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [4:07:16] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST A FEW THINGS FOR ME. [4:07:22] ONE IS -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT MY COMMENTS. I MADE A STATEMENT [4:07:27] AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT ME AND, FRANKLY, I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I COMMUNICATED WITH MY WARD TO THE BEST OF MY [4:07:34] ABILITY AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS TO ME. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOCARE [4:07:40] WHO TO ASK HIM WHO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND WOULDN'T WASTE ANYTIME AWAY FROM MY CONSTITUENTS TRYING TO FIGURE IT [4:07:47] OUT. THAT IS WHO I AM. SECONDLY, I'M -- I DON'T LIKE THAT SHARE SCHMIDT IS BEING [4:07:53] A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE, [4:07:59] YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW, LIKE CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THINGS GET BROUGHT UP. EVERY SINGLE [4:08:06] PERSON YOU ENDORSE EVEN IF THAT'S TRUE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE THING [4:08:13] THEY DO. CHERYL SCHMIDT IS NOT THE CHIEF OF POLICE THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS STOOD IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA HE'S NOT GOING TO ENFORCE [4:08:19] ALONG WITH THESE AGENCIES AND SO THAT'S WHO WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE CHIEF HAS. CHERYL [4:08:25] DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TELL OFFICERS TO GO AND STAND WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND ENFORCE [4:08:30] ANYTHING. SHE'S A UNION PRESIDENT AND BOB CROW -- DID HE GET APPOINTED? I DON'T THINK [4:08:35] SO. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT CHERYL AT ALL. SHE HAS ZERO TO DO WITH THIS. [4:08:43] SHE, LIKE, LITERALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS CONVERSATION BUT WHEN THESE SORTS OF THINGS GET BROUGHT INTO IT, THAT'S WHERE [4:08:50] CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE CREATED. THAT'S WHEN CONSTITUENTS START TO CONNECT THINGS THAT ARE NOT [4:08:56] REAL. I AM 100% FOR SURE DOWN FOR THIS AFTER-ACTION ROUTER. [4:09:02] REPORT -- REPORT. WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM IT AND EVEN IF WE CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH EACH [4:09:08] OTHER. THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN AFTER THESE THINGS HAPPEN. I SAW THE IMAGES. I CAN SEE THE FEAR IN PEOPLE. MY [4:09:15] PHONE WAS BLOWING UP, TOO, ON THE NORTH SIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IS OUTSIDE. I TOTALLY GET IT. I [4:09:22] THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS AFTER-ACTION REVIEW. I'M PROUD OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT IT FORWARD BUT THIS HAS [4:09:30] NOTHING TO DO WITH BOB CROW AND CHERYL. THIS HAS TO DO WITH WHAT MPD DID AND WHAT WE'RE [4:09:37] GOING TO DO IF MPD DID PLAY A ROLE IN IT OR NOT. IF MPD DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, AND [4:09:44] THESE RAIDS STILL HAPPENED WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT FOLKS BECAUSE WE CANNOT STOP THEM FROM SHOWING [4:09:50] UP IN OUR COMMUNITY WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR WHAT WE CAN AND [4:09:55] CAN'T DO. OUR WORK IS: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A COMMUNITY TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF [4:10:03] MINNEAPOLIS? AND I PERSONALLY -- I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT MPD WENT THERE TO DO. IF [4:10:09] MPD DIDN'T SHOW UP, WOULD WE BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION? ABSOLUTELY WE WOULD BUT THIS [4:10:15] STARTED OUT -- THE CONSTITUENT CALLS I GOT WAS IS MPD THERE? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? I THOUGHT [4:10:20] THEY WEREN'T GOING TO ENFORCE THIS? AND WHEN I FOUND TUN OUT THAT MPD WAS THERE TO TALK TO [4:10:27] CONSTITUENTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THINKS DIDN'T ESCALATE [4:10:32] FURTHER, I WAS OKAY WITH THAT. I UNDERSTOOD MPD'S ROLE IN THIS. WHAT I'M NOT OKAY WITH IS US NOT [4:10:38] JUST SAYING: WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN THIS? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A COUNCIL TO PROTECT [4:10:44] RESIDENTS WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES IN? AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO SEND US AN EMAIL OR CALL US AND SAY: HEY, WE'RE ON OUR WAY, [4:10:50] MINNEAPOLIS. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO BE [4:10:57] SURPRISED JUST LIKE WE WERE EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN IT HAPPENED. SO I WANT THIS AFTER-ACTION REPORT TO PREPARE [4:11:04] US FOR THE FUTURE. WE ARE ONLY IN 6 MONTHS OF THE FOUR-YEAR [4:11:10] TRUMP PRESIDENCY. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. FACTS ARE [4:11:15] GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. THIS AFTER-ACTION REPORT COULD BE THE BLUEPRINT FOR HOW WE ACT. SO I [4:11:21] 100% SUPPORT HE IT. I THINK IT'S NECESSARY BUT I ALSO THINK [4:11:26] IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO NOT LIKE MAKE THINGS THAT AREN'T -- AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT -- I [4:11:34] DON'T KNOW WHAT -- -- HONESTLY Y'ALL I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT STATEMENTS Y'ALL PUT OUT FOR REAL. LIKE I'M TALKING ABOUT [4:11:41] WHAT WE'RE SAYING TOWARDS THIS AFTER-ACTION REPORT. WE GOT TO STICK TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN [4:11:46] THIS AFTER ACTION REPORT. THERE IS NO REASON TO BRING UP ANYTHING THAT HAS -- THAT HAS [4:11:51] NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. WE HAVE ENOUGH HAVE TO DEAL WITH HERE. THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON GETTING [4:11:58] THIS DONE, GETTING IT DONE WELL AND THEN SPRING INTO ACTION FOR [4:12:06] THIS COMMUNITY. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE [4:12:12] ROLL ON THE MOTION TO REQUEST AN AFTER-ACTION REPORT TO THE CITY AUDITOR. (ROLL CALL.) [4:12:38] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT IS [4:12:43] ADOPTED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A REQUEST FOR CLOSED SESSION BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THE [4:12:48] CITY ATTORNEY, AND WE RECESS, I WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL [4:12:59] MEMBERS? NOT SEEING ANY, WITH THAT WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AND WE'LL [4:13:06] NOW CONSIDER THE REQUEST FOR A CLOSED SESSION TO HE HAVE IS THE BRIEFING ON A LITIGATION MATTER LISTED ON THE AGENDA BEFORE I [4:13:12] MOVE TO CLOSE THE MEETING I'LL RECOGNIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE REQUESTED CLOSED SESSION. [4:13:17] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE NEXT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE TWO CASES IN [4:13:24] LITIGATION. ONE IS ENTITLED LMG VERSUS DAVID CAMPBELL AND THE [4:13:29] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, 24CV042622 WHICH IS IN THE DISTRICT OF [4:13:34] MINNESOTA AND THE OTHER IS KING COUNTY ET AL. VERSUS TURNER, 225CV814, WHICH IS IN [4:13:42] THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. YOUR LAWYERS WISH TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING TO COUNCIL OR [4:13:47] THESE LITIGATION MATTERS. ACCORDINGLY UNDER THE MINNESOTA OPEN MEETING LAW, MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 13D.05 SUBSIX [4:13:55] 3B THE COUNCIL MAY UPON A PROMOTION MAY CLOSE THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES OF [4:14:02] ATTORNEY/CLIENT COMMUNICATIONTH. IN CONSIDERING THE MOTION THE COUNCIL SHOULD WEIGH THE RIGHT TO THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT ITS GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE NEED OF [4:14:07] THEITY TO PRESERVE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH ITS ATTORNEYS. [4:14:14] >> THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. I MOVE TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC MEETING AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE OPEN MEETING LAW [4:14:21] SPECIFICALLY MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 13D.05 FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE [4:14:26] LITIGATION MATTER OF LMG VS. DAVID CAMPBELL AND THE CITY OF [4:14:31] MINNEAPOLIS AND THE LITIGATION MATTER OF KING COUNTY ET AL. VERSUS TURNER. MAY I HAVE A [4:14:36] SECOND TO THAT MOTION. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. (ROLL CALL.) [4:15:01] >> THERE ARE 11 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND BEFORE WE [4:15:07] RECONVENE, I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE A 30-MINUTE RECESS AND [4:15:12] RECONVENE AT 2:20. IN THE CLOSED SESSION ROOM AND FOR THE [4:15:19] VIEWING PUBLIC I'LL NOTE THE RECORDING WILL CONTINUAL AND THE [4:15:25] CITY COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION. [4:15:31] . [4:15:36] (30-MINUTE BREAK AND THEN CLOSED SESSION) [4:49:47] . . . . . . (CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN CLOSED [4:49:53] SESSION) [5:02:56] WITH. . . . . 1K3W450 [5:06:50] MR. REQUEST. . . . . SOME CAN. [5:10:31] . . . THAT THAT THAT THAT, [5:13:03] OTHERWISE, I GUESS. . . SOME [5:19:39] WILL WILL. . . S HAD [5:23:32] >> THE TIME IS NOW 2:56 AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED AN OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING OUR [5:23:38] CLOSED SESSION. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO PROVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. (ROLL CALL.) [5:24:09] >> THERE ARE 8 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. I WILL RECOGNIZE [5:24:15] VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI TO MAKE A MOTION. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE [5:24:21] CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDING CLAIMS FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES IN LMG VERSUS [5:24:29] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ET AL. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FILE NO. 24-CV-04622 BE SETTLED [5:24:37] IN THE AMOUNT OF $900,000 PAYABLE TO KNUTSON KC TRUST [5:24:43] ACCOUNT FROM FUND ORG N [5:24:51] NO. 069001500100145400. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS [5:24:57] AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS SETTLEMENT. >> IS THERE A SECOND? [5:25:03] >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. (ROLL CALL.) [5:25:25] >> THERE ARE 8 AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES AND WITH THAT WE'VE COMPLETED OUR [5:25:30] BUSINESS TODAY, AND WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY [5:25:37] ADJOURNED. .