[0:15] >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ROBIN WONSLEY, AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ADMINISTRATION [0:22] AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AND I AM GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR [0:30] TODAY, MAY 5, 2025. BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL [0:36] COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE [0:42] GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER [0:48] METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, [0:53] ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY [1:00] CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE [1:06] SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT SAID, I'LL NOW ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE [1:12] ROLL TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. [1:18] >> CLERK: ELLISON IS ABSENT. CASHMAN IS ABSENT. CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. [1:24] >> CLERK: VICE CHAIR PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: AND CHAIR WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS [1:30] PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE THAT, WE'LL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT [1:36] COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN'S OFFICE REACHED OUT AHEAD OF TIME NOTING THEY WOULD BE ABSENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. THAT SAID, COLLEAGUES, [1:43] I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE'LL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY. PLEASE MAKE [1:50] SURE TO SIGN IN. IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE, PLEASE FIND THE CLERKS. THAT SAID, I'LL READ [1:57] THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE US, WHICH HAS 12 ITEMS ON IT. THE FIRST IS A 2025 QUARTERLY [2:03] DONATIONS REPORT. THE SECOND IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE OPEN MOBILITY FOUNDATION OF TRAVEL [2:08] AND LODGING EXPENSES. THE THIRD IS GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE [2:14] AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS FOR LODGING EXPENSES. [2:21] FOUR IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE LOCAL PROGRESS FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES. FIVE IS A [2:27] CONTRACT WITH MINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR NIGHTTIME SAFETY. SIX IS A [2:33] CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THOMAS AND SONS CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE HENNEPIN DUNWOODY BIKEWAY [2:39] PROJECT. SEVEN IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CENTURYLINK LLC [2:46] FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES. EIGHT IS A CONTRACT WITH JPMI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR SECOND [2:54] PRECINCT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. NINE IS A BID FOR SMALL DIAMETER [2:59] SANITARY PIPE CLEANING AND TELEVISING 2025 PROJECT. 10 IS A BID FOR LIQUID CHLORINE. 11 [3:07] IS A BID FOR MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER SNOW EMPLOYING AND REMOVAL. AND 12 IS A LEGAL [3:15] SETTLEMENT STEPHON MITSON V. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, COURT FILE [3:24] 27-C V-24-18962. WITH THAT, I'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ANY [3:30] QUESTIONS IN QUEUE FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. NOT SEEING [3:40] ANYONE ELSE, I HAD MYSELF IN QUEUE. SO I DID NOTICE THAT FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, COMMITTEE [3:47] MEMBERS DID RECEIVE A PACKET ON THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE 2024 [3:54] RECAP. I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WAS A STAFF MEMBER WHO DROPPED THIS OFF FOR US AND WOULD BE [4:00] ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS. NUMBER [4:13] SIX. I'M SORRY, NUMBER FIVE. WAIT, ACTUALLY, NO, NUMBER FIVE. YEP. UH-HUH. OKAY. WE HAVE A [4:34] PRETTY DENSE PACKET FOR THIS. I'M ASSUMING IF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SINCE THERE IS NO ONE FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY [4:40] SAFETY HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM, BUT WE SOMEHOW HAVE THE [4:46] PACKET. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM, UMM, WE CAN FACILITATE [4:51] CONNECTIONS BETWEEN YOU AND THE STAFF ON THIS MATTER. I'LL ALSO BE FOLLOWING UP TO MAKE SURE WE [4:57] CAN GET A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. HI, OR ARE YOU FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY [5:04] SAFETY? GREAT! AWESOME. [ LAUGHTER ] [5:20] THANKS FOR COMING. IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF. WE DIDN'T HAVE YOU NOTED. [5:27] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS MAREN ANDERSON. DIRECTOR OF [5:34] ADMISSION IN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. >> THANK YOU, ANY OVERVIEW OR [5:40] SYNAPSES YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT THE PACKET? THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THIS ITEM. >> SURE. I JUST RECEIVED THE [5:47] VERSION, ALSO. I THINK WE CAN SAY THAT IN 2024, WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE WAS A SUCCESSFUL [5:53] PROGRAM. YOU CAN SEE -- THERE ARE NO SLIDES, BUT YOU CAN SEE [6:00] ATTENDANCE NUMBERS. AND I WANT TO ALSO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION. THERE IS A SLIDE ON VIOLENT [6:10] CRIMES STATISTICS. IT'S NEAR THE BACK. ORANGE-TO-YELLOW SLIDE. IT'S ON THE BOTTOM SLIDE [6:16] ON A DOUBLE SCREEN. IT TALKS [6:23] ABOUT HOMICIDES. WE HAD A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN 2024. SEXUAL ASSAULTS, ROBBERY, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS WERE ALSO [6:30] DOWN FROM 2022. SLIGHT INCREASE IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS IN 2024 -- FROM 2023, BUT I WANTED [6:37] TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE WINS AND REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT CRIME. AND THEN, ALSO, THE NEXT SLIDE, [6:43] WHICH TALKS ABOUT CRIME IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. IT LOOKS LIKE THEFT WENT UP A BIT, [6:49] BUT OTHER THAN THAT, SHOOTINGS, ASSAULTS, AND ROBBERIES WERE REDUCED FROM '22 AND, I BELIEVE, [6:57] 2023. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. [7:03] I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION ON THIS. THIS IS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. IT'S A [7:08] DIG INTO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS. I WISH I KNEW YOU ALL WERE SHARING SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE PACKET. I WOULD HAVE HAD THIS [7:16] IN DISCUSSION. THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE. UMM, ESPECIALLY WI AS WE'RE [7:24] CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. BUT, YEAH. I WILL, AH, HAVE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT [7:31] CHUGHTAI SPEAK AS THEY'RE NEXT IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, [7:37] DIRECTOR ANDERSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND PROVIDING SO [7:42] MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE INITIATIVE. WHICH I UNDERSTAND [7:49] IT WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE'S OFFICE WORKED TO ESTABLISH. SO AS TO [7:56] ADDRESS SOME OF THE SAFETY CHALLENGES IN DOWNTOWN WAREHOUSE [8:02] DISTRICT. THAT THEY WERE SEEING IN THEIR WARD IN THE SUMMER TIMES. I GUESS WHAT I'M -- I AM [8:11] CURIOUS ABOUT IS I THINK SEEING [8:18] THE VIOLENT CRIMES STATISTICS AND STATISTICS AND SEEING THERE WAS A PRODUCTIVE REDUCTION IN [8:25] INSTANCES OF CRIME. UMM, THAT COULD BE STEMMED TO OR LINKED TO [8:31] ACTIVATION IN THIS AREA THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE INITIATIVE. I'M CURIOUS AS TO [8:38] WHAT THE FUTURE OF WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE LOOKS LIKE. I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WAS SOME [8:43] DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY TAKING THIS MODEL AND SCALING IT S CITY WIDE. BUT THERE WAS [8:50] LESS RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO IT IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU [8:56] KNOW, IF SOMETHING IS WORKING, WHY ARE WE -- WHAT'S THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? OR WHAT'S THE [9:02] DECISION POINT ON NOT CONTINUING? INITIATIVE. [9:12] >> THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS LESS FUNDING AVAILABLE THIS YEAR. I THINK IN GENERAL, [9:18] NEW PROGRAMS, NEW INITIATIVES ARE HARD IN THE ENVIRONMENT [9:23] WE'RE IN. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REDUCE FUNDING. WE ARE WORKING WITH INSPECTORS IN THE UPTOWN AND DINKYTOWN AREAS TO [9:29] IDENTIFY NEEDS THOSE AREAS MAY HAVE AND PLAN TO USE -- OR TO EXPLORE USING SOME OF THIS [9:35] MONEY -- THE MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED IN 2025 FOR RESOURCES IN THOSE AREAS. [9:43] >> THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. I HAD A [9:50] QUESTION AROUND THE SLIDE AROUND TYPES OF OUTREACH INTERACTIONS. SO I WILL NAME -- I KNOW THERE [9:58] WERE SOME LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, SAFETY PROFESSIONALS ON SITE. BUT DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE [10:04] OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO IT. SO WANTED TO [10:09] GET A SENSE OR A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON HOW DEESCALATION [10:16] DIFFERED FROM HOSPITALITY. AND [10:23] YEAH. IT YOU CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE OUTCOMES PIECE. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, MY KNOWLEDGE [10:28] ON THIS IS ADMITTEDLY LIMITED. I BELIEVE D.I.D. HAS TWO TYPES [10:33] OF AMBASSADORS. YOU SEE THE AMBASSADORS DOWNTOWN WITH THE GREEN SHIRTS. I THINK THEY HAVE SAFETY AND HOSPITALITY [10:39] AMBASSADORS, AS PEOPLE JUST WALKING ON THE STREET. WE CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE. BUT I DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT MY GUESS [10:46] WOULD BE THAT IS DEPENDED ON WHO INTERACTED OR WHAT THE INTERACTION WAS. THAT'S THE [10:51] BEST INFORMATION I HAVE, AT THIS TIME. I CAN GET A BETTER ANSWER. >> THAT'S OKAY. AS I MENTIONED, [10:57] ONE THING THAT I WILL HAVE A COMMITMENT TO DOING IS WORKING [11:02] WITH CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER JASON CHAVEZ IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND REACHING OUT TO THE OFFICE [11:08] OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LEADERSHIP TO GET A FORMAL PRESENTATION ON THIS PACKET. SO [11:15] YOU'RE NOT HERE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE STAFF THAT IS MOST [11:20] KNOWLEDGEABLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK FULLY TO ALL THE COMPONENTS AND ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT EXCITED -- I [11:26] THINK IT WAS THE FIRST TOUCH POINT THE BODY MIGHT HAVE HAD IN RECEIVING INFORMATION ON [11:32] WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE. AND IT'S EFFECTIVENESS OR ANY OUTCOMES. THIS WAS EXCITING TO SEE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT [11:37] WE DO RIGHT BY GIVING IT THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES. AND I THINK THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE BILL [11:45] FOR THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND ANSWERING JUST EVEN SOME OF THE INITIAL QUESTIONS WE HAD TODAY. >> SURE. THANK YOU. [11:51] >> AWESOME. WITH THAT SAID, [11:58] I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE TO SPEAK .... SO [12:06] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE." THOSE OPPOSED SAY ... THE AYES [12:14] HAVE IT . AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT OUR DISCUSSION [12:23] SECTION. THE FIST ITEM, 13, DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING THE [12:29] CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND [12:34] PROJECT. I'LL INVITE STEVE GALLAGHER FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT TO COME UP AND SPEAK [12:40] ON THIS ITEM. >> HI, CHAIR WONSLEY, HI [12:45] COUNCILMEMBERS. HEP YOU HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AND ENJOYED THE NEIGHBORHOOD DAY ACTIVITIES WE HAD. OVER 30 NEIGHBORHOODS [12:51] PARTICIPATED. IT WAS A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. HOPEFULLY YOU [12:57] HAD A CHANCE TO COME OUT. MY NAME IS STEVEN GALLAGHER, THE MANAGER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMMING FOR THE CITY OF [13:03] MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH NCR. NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. I'VE HAD [13:09] THE PLEASURE OF LEADING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WORK FOR ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS NOW. AND TODAY WE ARE ASKING YOU TO [13:17] AUTHORIZE 30 CONTRACTS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND. THIS IS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS WE'LL [13:22] BE BRINGING FORWARD FOR 2025. WE HAVE 11 ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS [13:29] THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WITH [13:35] MR. ABLESON, AND MR. KAINE. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING [13:40] PUBLIC -- WE HAVE GOALS, TIMELINES, PIECES THAT ARE JUST [13:46] TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS A SUCCESS. I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW SOME PHOTOS [13:51] THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. THESE ARE FROM '23 AND '24-FUNDED PROJECTS. AND I ALSO [13:58] WANT TO MAKE SURE I POINT OUT THAT THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL [14:05] AND -- ARE ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY TO A PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND RECIPIENTS. I [14:15] WANT TO SAY THE -- ENGAGE RESIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND [14:21] COME OUT, REALLY, FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES THROUGH NCR, GOES [14:30] THROUGH A REVIEW BY COMMUNITY. BY LEGAL DEPARTMENT. AND THEN BY NCR TOGETHER. SO THESE ARE [14:36] VETTED AT THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS MEET THE GOALS [14:42] OF MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH THE MINNEAPOLIS 2040 PLAN. THAT [14:48] THEY HAVE -- THEY'RE SPENDING FUNDS ARE I IN ACCORDANCE. AND CAN ACTIVELY FINISH THE [14:55] PROGRAM WITHIN THE CONTRACT YEAR. [15:01] SO THIS DEDICATED ONGOING FUNDING FOCUSED ON INCREASING DIVERSE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, [15:08] ENGAGING HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED RESIDENTS, MEANINGFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY WITH THE FOCUS ON FURTHERING [15:13] EQUITY AND COMBINING THAT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS, AND THE [15:19] NEIGHBORHOOD SYSTEM WE HAVE. ORGANICALLY IT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER. AND SO THIS IS OUR [15:26] FOURTH YEAR. FIFTH YEAR. I'M [15:32] GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPORTS SPECIALIST [15:37] AND PROJECT LEAD FOR THE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND. AND GOING FROM HERE. [15:42] >> THANKS W, STEVE. COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE PARTNERSHIP [15:50] ENGAGEMENT FUND ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S MINNEAPOLIS 2040 GOALS. [15:56] THE BROAD ONE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS WILL BE SOCIALLY CONNECTED, HEALTHY, AND SAFE. YOU'LL SEE IN THE AGENDA PACKET, [16:02] EACH PROJECT HAS IDENTIFIED CITY GOALS THAT ALIGN WITH THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY. THIS PROGRAM ALSO HELPS IDENTIFY [16:15] ROBUST NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK. WE'RE IDENTIFYING HAVING NEIGHBORHOODS IDENTIFY THE CITY [16:20] GOALS THEY ARE PRIORITIZING AND HELPING THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND [16:26] COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS CONNECT. I'M BROADENING A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS WE CAN SUPPORT AND HAVE HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE [16:35] CONTRACTS. I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE 2025 FUNDING CYCLE. WE HAVE 30 PROJECTS [16:41] LOOKING TO APPROVE TODAY. THAT'S ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE PROJECTS. SOME ARE STILL [16:47] WORKING ON REVIEW AND SCOPES. THAT IS A MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR 2025. [16:54] THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR BUT OUR THIRD FULL YEAR OF FUNDING. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE RECEIVED A LOT [17:00] OF INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM. WE START WITH THE INTEREST FORM. WE HAD NEARLY 200 PEOPLE [17:08] COMPLETE THAT FORM. WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON APPLYING FOR. 113 COMPLETED THE FULL [17:14] APPLICATION. YOU KNOW, OTHER $22.5 [17:19] $22.5 MILLION IN INTEREST. THERE'S A HUGE NEED TO FUND SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS [17:26] ENGAGING UNDERREPRESENTED RESIDENTS. STILL A NEW PROGRAM, WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEEK INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS [17:34] AND THE FORMAT AND PROCESS AS WELL AS THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM. I'M EXCITED THAT LAST FALL WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRACT A [17:42] THIRD-PARTY EVALUATOR TO DO AN EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM AND THE 2023-FUNDED PROJECTS [17:47] WRAPPING UP AT THE END OF 2024. THAT WAS OUR FIRST FULL YEAR OF FUNDING. WE HAD THE EVALUATORS DO RESEARCH ON OUR PROGRAM, [17:55] GENERALLY, AND THEN ALSO DIRECT INTERVIEWS WITH THESE FUNDED [18:00] PARTICIPANTS ABOUT THEIR PROJECTS AND ABOUT THE PROGRAM. [18:05] THE EVALUATION, WHICH WAS -- IS FINALIZED AND WE CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO BE IN THE NEXT RCA [18:11] NOW IT'S COMPLETE. EVALUATES A PROGRAM BASED ON THE 14 MINNEAPOLIS 2040 GOALS. AROUND [18:16] WHICH THE FUNDING ALIGNS. AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN THERE A BREAKDOWN OF THE GOALS AND THE [18:22] WAYS THAT THE PROJECTS AND THE PROGRAM ARE MEETING THOSE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE QUOTES FROM PARTICIPANTS THERE. SO I WANT [18:32] TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 2040 GOALS. IT'S ABOUT ASSESSABLE CITY GOVERNMENT. ONE [18:38] OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND IS THE WAY WE TRY TO MAKE OUR APPLICATION [18:46] ASSESSABLE. OUR FOCUS WE FOUND THAT IF WE FOCUS ON THAT EQUITY OF ACCESSIBILITY, IT MAKES IT [18:52] MORE ASSESSABLE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. OUR INITIAL INTEREST FORM I MENTIONED IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. BUT WE ALSO ALLOW [18:58] PEOPLE TO TEXT US, TO MEET US IN PERSON, AND TALK THROUGH THEIR APPLICATION IDEAS. AND PUT IN [19:03] AN INTEREST FORUM AS WELL AS A PHONE CALL. WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES THROUGH THE NCR STAFF WHO ARE [19:10] OUT IN COMMUNITY. ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE, IDENTIFY SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE NEED FOR THE INTEREST FORM, AND COMPLETE IT. [19:16] IT HELPS US GET FOLKS ON OUR RADAR EARLY. SO WE CAN BE PROA ACTIVE IN HELPING PEOPLE [19:22] NAVIGATE THE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND THAT IS -- AS [19:27] MENTIONED HERE, IT'S AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. OUR INTO SESSIONS, OUR APPLICATION, OUR [19:32] INTEREST FORM. ALLOWED US TO BE PRO ACTIVE. THIS YEAR, WE WERE [19:38] ABLE TO HAVE A FULL WORKSHOP AT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE. IT WAS ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP FUND. WE INCLUDED [19:44] TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST RECIPIENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS ABOUT WHAT HAD COME OUT OF THOSE COLLABORATIONS, AND [19:50] MANY INTERESTED APPLICANTS. APPLICANTS ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION THROUGH A VIDEO [19:56] OR AUDIO INTERVIEW IN THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE WRITTEN APPLICATION. WE ALSO ALLOW [20:02] OPTIONAL VIDEO INTERVIEWS IN ADDITION TO AN APPLICATION. AND THIS IS BENEFITED THOSE APPLYING WHO FELT MORE COMFORTABLE [20:07] CONVEYING THEIR WORK THROUGH AN ORAL INTERVIEW AND HELPS US BROADEN THE NUMBER OF REVIEWERS [20:13] BEYOND JUST THOSE WILLING TO SIT AND READ HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF APPLICATION DOCUMENTS THAT EVALUATE PROJECTS. OUR [20:18] COMMITMENT TO AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS IS MEANT WE ESTABLISHED [20:24] REVIEW APPLICATIONS IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES. WE BELIEVE EACH OF [20:31] THE ELEMENTS AND OTHERS HELP MAKE IT INCLUSIVE APPLICATION [20:36] PROP EXCESS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK IN COMMUNITY. EVEN IF THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE [20:43] ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY TO NAVIGATE THE FUNDING PROCESS. TO TRY TO BUILD ON THAT, WE HAVE [20:48] AN INCLUSIVE REVIEW PROCESS. WE HAVE 39 REVIEWERS. WE HOSTED [20:54] FOUR PANELS. THE APPLICATIONS WERE THEN REVIEWED AND PUT INTO DRAFT SCOPE LANGUAGE BY NCR [21:00] STAFF AND REVIEWED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE NCR IS [21:08] REVIEWING ONE-THIRD OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO [21:14] ANNOUNCE OR RECOMMEND 30 PROJECTS FOR FUNDING TODAY. THESE, IN ADDITION TO THE ONES YOU'LL REVIEW IN THE FUTURE, ARE [21:21] FOCUSED ON EMPOWERING AND ENGAGING YOUTH, PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, [21:27] EXPANDING JOB TRAINING, AND CAREER EXPLORATION, AND IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY. WE'RE PROUD THE PROCESS HAS BEEN [21:33] DEVELOPED BY COMMUNITY, LEAD BY COMMUNITY, AND CENTERS COMMUNITY. WE'RE DIETED ABOUT THE -- EXCITED ABOUT THE [21:39] PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONS. AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS A LIST OF PROJECTS. [21:45] OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT THERE. YOU'LL HAVE IN YOUR PACKET MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EACH PROJECT. SLATED FOR APPROVAL [21:52] TODAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. . >> >>: THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING [22:03] THROUGH THE QUEUE. I SEE VICE CHAIR PALMISANO AND COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. [22:09] >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME IF THIS IS PHASE ONE, HOW MANY MORE -- I [22:15] GUESS HOW MUCH MORE MONEY MIGHT WE ALLOCATE IN THE FUTURE PHASE OF THIS PROJECT? IS THERE A [22:21] CERTAIN NUMBER OF CONTRACTS WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT? PROBABLY NOT. I WOULD ASSUME IT'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY. [22:27] BUT -- >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION. SO THIS GROUP OF 30 IS ABOUT $720,000 [22:35] AND THE NEXT BATCH 11 APPLICATIONS ABOUT $250,000. [22:41] >> AND SINCE YOU'VE MENTIONED ONE OF THE WAYS TO INTERVIEW FOR THIS IS JUST ORAL. DO WE THEN [22:48] KEEP NOTES ON THAT? SO WE CAN COMPARE AND -- >> YEAH. >> AND KIND OF WEIGH OUR JUDGMENTS FAIRLY FROM PHASE TO [22:55] PHASE. CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE ORAL INTERVIEW PROCESS. >> ABSOLUTELY. CHAIR, [23:00] COUNCILMEMBER, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE FAIR, AS YOU SAID, [23:06] THE ORAL INTERVIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ARE DONE IN VIDEO. THEY'RE RECORDED. WE THEN HAVE [23:14] INTERPRETER TRANSLATION TRANSCRIBED TRANSLATE AND TRANSCRIBE THOSE. THEY'RE PUT INTO THE SAME -- WE USE THE -- [23:19] UMM, THE GRANT PROCESS TOOL CALLED SUBMITTABLE. THEY'RE PUT [23:27] TO REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS EQUALLY. WE HAVE BOTH AVAILABLE. THE VIDEO APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS THE WRITTEN. WE WENT THROUGH, YOU [23:33] KNOW, THINKING THROUGH HOW TO MAKE SURE EXACTLY TO YOUR POINT THAT IT'S FAIR, CONSISTENT, AND [23:39] IS TRACKED. WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NCR STAFF TO DEVELOP A APPROACH THAT WAS [23:46] BALANCED. >> THANK YOU. THE DESCRIPTIONS ON SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, TO ME, SEEM FAIRLY VAGUE. AND [23:53] THEY'RE ALSO SOMEWHAT GENERIC. THINGS REPEATED OVER AND OVER IN [23:58] A LOT OF DESCRIPTION SAY "LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT." DO YOU AND THE PEOPLE VETTING THESE [24:03] PROJECTS GO THROUGH TO TRY TO SPREAD OUT, MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT CONSTANT OVERLAP? AND [24:11] THEY'RE SPREAD OUT THROUGH DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY? >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. [24:18] CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, THE APPROACH WE TAKE IS WE HAVE COMMUNITY REVIEWERS AS OUR SORT [24:23] OF PRIMARY START TO REVIEWING THE 100 PLUS APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN. THEY RECOMMEND [24:29] APPLICATIONS AND THEN NRC LOOKS AT THE APPLICATIONS AND WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE PUT [24:35] THEM INTO SCOPES FOR CONTRACTING. WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. IS THE SORT OF SUMMARY DESCRIPTIONS. [24:41] OF THOSE, THE COUNCIL ACTIONS, OBVIOUSLY, ARE SHORTER, AS WELL. BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE THE [24:47] FULL SCOPES AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. WE IDENTIFY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, AS WELL. I CAN CONFIRM [24:53] THAT EACH OF THE 13 COMMUNITY AREAS OF MINNEAPOLIS, THERE ARE PROJECTS HAPPENING IN EACH OF [24:59] THE 13 LARGER COMMUNITIES. WE DON'T IDENTIFY BY, LIKE, INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS. MOST OF THESE PROJECTS OVERLAP MORE [25:05] THAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. GEOGRAPHY. AND SO, YEAH. WE DO -- UMM, W THE INTENT AND [25:12] THE FRAMEWORK THAT WAS FUNDED BY CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 2020, IS TO FOCUS ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. SO [25:18] WE DO TRY TO -- IF THERE ARE PROJECTS COMING THROUGH THAT ARE SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP [25:25] DEVELOPMENT, AND THERE IS A SOME SORT OF A PRIORITY THERE. WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A [25:30] BREADTH OF PROJECTS BEING FUNDED. >> YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DETAILS OF SOME OF THESE. I MUST ADMIT, I HAVE [25:36] NO IDEA WHAT SOME ARE. BASED ON THE KINDS OF DESCRIPTIONS THAT WE WERE GIVEN AS LEADERS. IT [25:42] LOOKED LIKE SEVERAL AREAS OF THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE A LOT OF THE SERVICES WHILE OTHERS WOULD NOT. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT [25:50] BREAKDOWN. SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS SOUND AMAZING. AND I CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE HOW THEY BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND [25:55] BEYOND. LIKE THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT-TYPE STUFF, GENERALLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE [26:02] COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE THOSE STARTING THEM WHO STEPPED FORWARD TO SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO PARTNER ON REALLY [26:07] UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS. AROUND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PROGRAMS. [26:13] MENTORING, PLACE MAKING, JOB TRAINING, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, I'VE STRUGGLED [26:18] FOR YEARS TO UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THESE PARTNERSHIP GRANTS ARE DEFINED AS BENEFITING A [26:25] COMMUNITY. SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS SOUND LIKE THEY WOULD BE BETTER OFFERED IN A COMMUNITY [26:31] ED KIND OF SETUP OR PARKS PROGRAMMING. THEY'RE BENEFITING AN INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN THEY [26:38] ARE, LIKE, THE PUBLIC GOOD. SO THINGS THAT -- WELL, I DON'T [26:44] NEED TO GO THROUGH THE ONES I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT. BUT HOW THEY BENEFIT THE BROADER [26:49] COMMUNITY AND UPHOLD OUR PUBLIC PURPOSE DOCTRINE ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO ME. [26:54] AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR PUBLIC FUNDS WISELY. SOME OF THESE FUNDS -- [27:01] SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS TALK ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP. FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THEY CREATING A [27:06] PRODUCT OR OFFERING A SERVICE THAT ENDS UP GETTING SOLD TO THE PUBLIC THAT WAY? [27:12] >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER. I CAN'T SPEAK TO MAYBE THE PARTICULAR ONE YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT. BUT I CAN SPEAK TO THE [27:18] LAST YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WORKED WITH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T [27:25] PRODUCTS BEING DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS. IT'S ABOUT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, ET. CETERA. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT [27:31] OUR DEPARTMENT, AT LEAST I CAN SPEAK TO A PREVIOUS YEAR, WE [27:36] HAVE NOT FUNDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRODUCT THAT IS BEING SOLD. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE [27:41] INTENTIONAL ABOUT. MAKING SURE SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE PROGRAM FUNDING. >> OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE [27:47] WE'RE SPENDING OUR PUBLIC FUNDS WISELY AND TOWARD THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HERE. THANK [27:53] YOU. [27:58] >> NEXT, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. THANK YOU, ALSO, TO NCR STAFF. [28:06] I LOVE THIS. I THINK YOU HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AT [28:13] INCLUDING COMMUNITY IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. AND, REALLY, AS I LOOK AT THIS LIST, I DON'T [28:18] KNOW ALL THE GROUPS ON THIS LIST. BUT I KNOW SO MANY OF THESE GROUPS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE [28:24] A CHANCE AT FUNDING. OR WOULDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF HOW TO FILL OUT AN [28:30] APPLICATION TO BEGIN RECEIVING FUNDING. AND I'VE TALKED TO NCR ABOUT THAT A LOT DURING MY TIME [28:36] ON THE COUNCIL. AND SO TO SEE THIS LIST IN FRONT OF ME WITH GROUPS WHO HAVE BEEN REACHING [28:42] OUT FOR YEARS TRYING TO EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY COULD DO, AND, LIKE, UNDERSTANDING THAT [28:48] THEY DO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO COMMUNITY. THAT COULD GET A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING IS A BIG [28:54] DEAL TO ME. WHEN I SEE -- I MEAN, JUST THE LONG CIVIC [29:00] LEADERSHIP THAT THAT PROJECT I, YOU KNOW, MY WARD HAS PROBABLY THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. [29:08] AND THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY THING THEY'VE EVER REACHED OUT TO ASK. LIKE, HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON DOING CIVIC [29:16] ENGAGEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO BE MORE VOCAL. WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY A LOT [29:21] MORE. BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO. AND SO FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE PARTNERED [29:27] OVER THIS -- I KNOW, FOR ME, I'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. BUT I'VE SEEN ACTION IN THIS [29:33] LAST YEAR. WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY INTENTIONAL AND YOU ARE IN THESE COMMUNITIES SEEING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. AND TALKING [29:40] TO OTHERS IN AND OUTSIDE THESE COMMUNITIES ON HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THESE GROUPS. SO I'M [29:46] REALLY PROUD OF THE LIST THAT IS BEFORE US. AND SUPER PROUD THAT YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN THIS SERIOUS. [29:52] AND THIS LIST IS SO DIVERSE. IT REALLY DOES REPRESENT THE CULTURE IN OUR CITY AND PEOPLE [29:59] WHO WANT TO DO WORK. OR HAVE SOME SORT OF PASSION ABOUT SOMETHING. WE JUST DON'T KNOW [30:06] WHERE TO DIRECT THEM OR HOW TO GET IT DONE FOR THEM. AND YOU ALL ARE GETTING IT DONE FOR THEM! IT'S THE BEGINNING FOR [30:12] SOME GROUPS. SOME PEOPLE HERE HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE FUNDED AND DONE THINGS PREVIOUSLY. AND SO [30:17] I DO -- I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING YES TO THIS. [30:25] BECAUSE THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS DEFINITELY DESERVE THIS SUPPORT FROM US! THANK YOU. [30:32] >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. I HAVE MYSELF IN QUEUE. AND THEN CONTINUE WHAT [30:38] COUNCILMEMBER VETAW DID IN TERMS OF SINGING PRAISES AROUND THIS. ONE THING I APPRECIATE ABOUT THE [30:43] PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND IS, IT DOES ACTUALLY ADDRESS THIS EQUITY DYNAMIC AMONGST OUR [30:50] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. WHERE WE KNOW IT'S NO SECRET WHERE, FOR MANY YEARS, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS [30:56] ACTED AS THESE INSULAR BODIES THAT DID NOT ENGAGE WITH ITS BROADER COMMUNITIES. ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, [31:01] NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE RAPIDLY CHANGING. BECOMING MORE DIVERSE. WITH MORE RENTERS, BE [31:07] IT MULTICULTURAL GROUPS, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES COMING AND MOVING IN. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WEREN'T REFLECTIVE [31:14] OF THOSE DYNAMICS OF THOSE CHANGING CONDITIONS. AND THIS FUND SERVES TO OPEN CO -- [31:22] ENCOURAGE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO EXPLORE, IN MANY WAYS, THAT RICHNESS WITHIN OUR [31:27] COMMUNITIES. AND TO FOSTER NOT ONLY MORE INCLUSIVITY, BUT TO AMPLIFY A LOT OF THE ADVOCACY [31:34] THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. A LOT OF THE JUST, LIKE, BRILLIANCE AND [31:42] FORWARD THINKING INITIATIVES THAT ARE -- OUR RESIDENTS ARE ORGANIZING. AND ADVOCATING FOR. [31:48] LIKE, I GET EXCITED WHEN I SEE THIS LIST! I'M SEEING GROUP US THAT ARE PROMOTING INITIATIVES [31:54] TO ADVANCE, UMM, PUBLIC HEALTH. LIKE EFFORTS LIKE BREASTFEEDING, [32:00] TO CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS, AND HELPING OUR RESIDENTS LEARN HOW TO BETTER SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. [32:05] ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THIS, LIKE, NATIONAL CLIMATE. AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD [32:11] ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS DO WORK AROUND JOURNALISM AND EVEN -- LIKE, ORAL [32:18] HISTORIES. ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE HAVING HISTORICAL [32:24] LANDMARKS AND OUR DIVERSE HISTORICAL COLLECTION BE ERASED [32:31] UNDER THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. LIKE, THIS IS THE WORK THAT MAKES ME VERY [32:36] EXCITED. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD [32:42] ASSOCIATIONS TO ALSO SEE AND EMBRACE THE POSITIVITY THAT COMES WITH PARTNERING WITH SO [32:49] MANY OF THE DIVERSE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT EXIST IN OUR [32:55] CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO I FEEL VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS! AND, ALSO, TRUST, AS YOU [33:01] REITERATED MULTIPLE TIMES IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE [33:10] DISTRIBUTING PUBLIC DOLLARS IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS THE GOAL AROUND ADVANCING COMMUNITY COHESION AND CLOSENESS. AND [33:18] THAT'S AMAZING THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT ALIGNMENT BE REFLECTIVE IN THIS -- THESE CONTRACTS. I WANT [33:25] TO SAY THANK YOU. I KNOW THE DIRECTOR HAD THE GOAL TO MAKE US CRY THIS YEAR. LIKE, TWO YEARS [33:31] IN A ROW. YOU DIDN'T BRING THE VIDEO THIS TIME. BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND [33:36] CONTRACTS THAT MAKES ME EXCITED. AND I HOPE AFTER -- OR THE [33:42] SIX-MONTH CHECK IN. MAYBE IT'S THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN GET THE TEARS COMING AND HAVE SOME OF THESE FOLKS COME AND TALK TO [33:48] THIS BODY ABOUT THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNERS [33:54] AROUND HOW THIS WORK IS REALLY PLAYING OUT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND HOW IMPACTFUL THEY'RE SEEING [34:00] IT BECOME FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES RESPECTIVELY. SO WITH THAT, I [34:06] AM EXCITED TO MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. MORE THAN HAPPY, [34:12] ALSO, CLERKS, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE. [34:18] >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> CLERK: ELLISON IS ABSENT. CASHMAN ABSENT. CHUGHTAI. [34:23] >> AYE. >> CLERK: VICE CHAIR PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CLERK: AND CHAIR WONSLEY. [34:29] >> AYE. >> CLERK: FOUR AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND [34:34] WILL BE HEARD AT FULL COUNCIL. SO THAT SAID, WE ARE ON TO ITEM [34:40] NUMBER 14, WHICH IS OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM THAT IS RELATED TO A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH [34:46] RESTORATION, INC. FOR A DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES [34:51] UNDER MINNEAPOLIS US STRATEGIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE. I'M AWARE THAT THE NEW DEPUTY -- SORRY, [34:57] THE NEW DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT AMANDA [35:02] HARRINGTON FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY WILL BE SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM TODAY. [35:18] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. AMANDA HARRINGTON. DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. I HAVE TO GET USED TO SAYING THAT. THIS [35:26] REQUEST IS TO FULFILL A PROMISE THAT WE MADE TO RESTORATION INC., WHO MET US IN OUR TIME OF [35:32] NEED WHEN WE WERE HAVING A NUMBER OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. WE ASKED [35:37] ALL OF THE EXISTING VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER GROUPS TO HELP US [35:42] WITH OUR EMERGENCY KIND OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND INITIATIVE. WHERE [35:48] WE HAD FOLKS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM 9:00 P.M. TO 3:00 [35:54] A.M.INCREASE THE PRESENCE DOWNTOWN. WE HAD ALL OF THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER GROUPS, AND [35:59] MANY OF THEM HAD FUNDING LEFT ON THEIR CONTRACTS TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEM FOR THE SERVICES THEY [36:05] PROVIDED DURING THAT EMERGENCY SITUATION. RESTORATION INC. WAS ONE EXCEPTION. AND SO TO [36:10] FULFILL THAT PROMISE, WE'RE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TODAY ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BE ADDED ON TO THEIR CONTRACT SO WE [36:16] CAN PAY THAT INVOICE. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR [36:24] HARRINGTON, FOR THAT OVERVIEW. I DID PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE. JUST WITH SOME QUESTIONS THAT [36:30] INITIALLY WERE SPARKED WHEN WE HAD AGENDA SETTING ON THE ITEM. I WANTED, FIRST, TO GET CLARITY [36:36] ON -- FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE THIS BEING [36:42] MOVED THROUGH MINNEAPOLUS CONSIDERING IN THE 2024 MINNEAPOLUS CONTRACTS, THE DOWNTOWN AREA WAS NOT [36:48] INCORPORATED AS A COVERED AREA. SO I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW WHY IT WAS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THIS [36:55] MECHANISM. BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WASN'T JUST ALSO VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS THAT WERE RECEIVING FUNDING. THERE [37:01] WERE ADDITIONAL VENDORS -- OR GROUPS THAT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN [37:07] THIS. SO CAN YOU SHARE -- YEAH. WHY MINNEAPOLUS WAS AVAILABLE. [37:15] >> CHAIR WONSLEY, THANK YOU. MINNEAPOLUS WAS DOING THE WORK OF ON THE BOOTS SAFETY OUTREACH. [37:21] AND SO IT MADE SENSE FOR US TO ASK THEM TO DO SIMILAR WORK [37:26] DOWNTOWN. WE HAD ONE ORGANIZATION WORKING DOWNTOWN. TOUCH OUTREACH WAS CONTRACTED TO [37:33] DO DOWNTOWN SAFETY THROUGH THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER GROUP. WE NEEDED MORE BODIES, WHICH IS WHY WE ENGAGED THE OTHER VIOLENCE [37:39] INTERRUPTER GROUPS, AS WELL. YOU'RE CORRECT, WASN'T JUST MINNEAPOLUS. IT WAS SOME OF THE THAT A -- TRAUMA RESPONSE [37:48] ORGANIZATIONS. >> WHICH OF THE TRAUMA RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS. >> I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. >> OKAY. BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE [37:55] THERE WAS TWO SHARED IN AGENDA SETTING. ONE WAS -- FOR SURE. [38:00] AND THEN I'M NOT CLEAR IF RESTORATION WAS PART. I'M LOOKING. [38:09] IT RESTORATION WAS 2024 PACKET. FOR MINNEAPOLUS OH, YEAH. IT [38:16] WAS WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. I WAS STILL CONFUSED WHY IT WAS MOVED THROUGH MINNEAPOLUS. IF [38:22] WE HAD COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE VENDORS WHO -- AND, AGAIN, THIS [38:27] LACK OF CLARITY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, TRAUMA RESPONSE GROUPS ARE NOT DOING VIOLENCE [38:34] INTERRUPTION WORK. AND THERE WAS THIS BARRIER. LEADING TO THAT, I DID SEE IN THE RCA, IT [38:40] NOTED THERE WAS AN INFORMAL [38:46] REQUEST MADE OF THESE GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE. AND I WILL NAME [38:51] THAT WAS VERY CONCERNING. BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, EVEN WITH THE EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS OR ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE [38:57] TALKING ABOUT MOVING THINGS THROUGH MINNEAPOLUS. I THOUGHT ACTIVITIES AMONGST OUR VENDORS, [39:03] IF YOU'RE DOING VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION WORK HAD TO BE CODIFIED IN THE CONTRACT. SO WITH THAT SAID, CAN YOU SHARE -- [39:11] AND WHAT FORMAT WAS INFORMAL REQUEST -- LIKE, WHAT IS AN INFORMAL REQUEST WHAT THAT [39:18] ENTAILED. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, YOU'RE CORRECT. THERE WAS AN INFORMAL REQUEST TO THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER GROUPS BY THE TIME [39:24] IN THE DIRECTOR IN THE POSITION AT THAT TIME. BY INFORMAL, THERE WERE PHONE CALL [39:29] CONVERSATIONS REQUESTING THESE GROUPS PARTICIPATE IN THIS EMERGENCY INITIATIVE DOWNTOWN. AND, AS YOU SAID, THERE WAS NO [39:37] CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT THAT ALLOWED FOR SUCH WORK. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY VENDORS THAT HAVE PROVIDED [39:44] SERVICES TO THE CITY. WHICH IS WHY WE ENDED UP PAYING THEM, EXCEPT FOR RESTORATION INC., [39:49] WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH NOW. >> OKAY. SO WE'VE COVERED ANY OUTSTANDING INVOICES FOR THE [39:55] VENDORS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED THROUGH THE MINNEAPOLUS CONTRACT THEN? THAT DID THIS WORK FOR [40:01] DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AFTER THIS. [40:06] >> AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE, WHICH INCLUDED SALEM INC., DO WE KNOW IF THEY WERE [40:12] PAID, ALSO, THE TWO FROM THESE. SEPARATELY. >> I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION [40:17] ABOUT THE TRAUMA RESPONSE VENDORS SPECIFICALLY. I'LL FOLLOW UP. >> OKAY. SO, CLERKS, DID YOU -- [40:27] OH CHAIN OF QUESTIONS. POTENTIALLY. [ LAUGHTER ] SO WANTING TO KNOW, FORMALLY, [40:33] WHICH OF THE COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE VENDORS PARTICIPATED IN THE DOWNTOWN [40:39] EMERGENCY RESPONSE INITIATIVE. WHY -- IF THERE'S ANY [40:46] OUTSTANDING INVOICES DUE TO THOSE VENDORS SAYING WITH THE [40:51] VENDORS UNDER THE 2024 MINNEAPOLUS CONTRACTS. AND, [41:02] ALSO, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS PIECE. [41:08] THE INFORMAL REQUEST. AGAIN, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THAT PIECE OF [41:15] HOW THAT WAS ABLE TO BE MADE WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT IN REAL TIME. [41:20] AS OPPOSED TO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SERVICES WERE RENDERED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. NOW WE'RE [41:25] PLAYING CATCH UP FOR ONE OF THE VENDORS IN MAY. HOW DOES A, [41:32] LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING IN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES OR EVEN WITHIN THE LEGAL SETTLEMENT THAT [41:39] PERMITS, LIKE, INFORMAL REQUESTS. LIKE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO AN AMENDMENT PROCESS. [41:47] >> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCILMEMBERS, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS IN THE CONTRACTS [41:53] SPECIFICALLY. I'M NOT AWARE OF A PROCESS IN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT WOULD TALK ABOUT [41:59] AN INFORMAL AMENDMENT. AND IT'S NOT THE TYPE OF THING THAT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE SETTLEMENT [42:05] AGREEMENT. >> NOT THE TYPE OF THING THAT WOULD -- >> THAT'S COVERED BY THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> OH, OKAY. OKAY. AND IF YOU [42:12] CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP. IS THERE ANY OTHER OUTSTANDING, LIKE, INFORMAL REQUESTS? I WILL NAME [42:18] THAT PIECE IS STRUGGLING -- YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE PHONE CALLS OR IF THERE WERE OTHER INFORMAL [42:24] REQUESTS THAT MIGHT BE OUTSTANDING THAT WE SHOULD BE ANTICIPATING POTENTIAL [42:29] RETROACTIVE COMPENSATION. OR, LIKE, CONTRACTS FOR. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I WAS REVIEWING MY [42:36] NOTES. AND I FOUND THAT IT WAS NEW SALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST [42:42] CHURCH AND MOTHER'S LOVE WERE TWO TRAUMA RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS TAPPED TO RESPOND. [42:47] I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR QUESTION IF THERE'S ANY OUTSTANDING PAYMENT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. [42:52] >> AND I WOULD SAY FOLLOW UP, TOO, HOW WERE THEY THEN SOLICITED THROUGH THE INFORMAL [42:58] PROCESS THEN TO COVER THE DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY. BECAUSE, [43:04] AGAIN, IT WAS VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION. IT MAKES SENSE. WHY WERE THE TWO GROUPS -- I KNOW THERE WAS COMMUNITY TRAUMA [43:10] RESPONSE HAS A WHOLE HOST OF GROUPS. SO GETTING A SENSE OF HOW THAT WAS SELECTED. BECAUSE, [43:17] AT FIRST, ALSO, IS IT THROUGH D.I.D.? I THOUGHT, ALSO, I KNOW [43:23] WE HAD THE CONVERSATION DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HAS THEIR [43:29] OWN CONTRACTS THAT COVERS THAT REGION. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE FUNDED POTENTIALLY THESE TWO [43:35] GROUPS NEW SALEM INC. AND A MOTHER'S LOVE SEPARATELY TO DO [43:41] DOWNTOWN RESPONSE BUT UNDER OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION CONTRACT. >> NO. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID THROUGH THEIR OWN CONTRACT USING ARPA DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY, [43:48] WHICH WAS FUNDING THEIR CONTRACT. WE DIDN'T TAKE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS FUNDING [43:54] AND USE THAT FUNDING TO PAY THE TRAUMA RESPONSE. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID USING THEIR EXISTING FUNDING SOURCE. [44:00] >> OKAY. SO THEY WERE -- THERE WAS ARPA DOLLARS USED TO FUND [44:05] THEM. BUT ESSENTIALLY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THOUGH. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WOULD HAVE [44:11] BEEN PERFORMING THE WORK THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO. BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE [44:17] DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS TRAUMA FROM THE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN DOWNTOWN AND CONTINUE TO BE [44:22] DOWNTOWN. AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONDING. AND THE SAME WAY THEY WOULD HAVE RESPONDED TO TRAUMA IN ANY OTHER [44:28] PART OF THE CITY. >> SO WHAT WAS THE -- AGAIN, WITH I'M -- THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE YOU'RE -- THIS [44:34] IS BEING CONSIDERED THROUGH MINNEAPOLUS. SO MINNEAPOLUS I SEE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION. IF [44:40] WE ASK MINNEAPOLUS VENDORSES TO GO AND DO THIS WORK LAST YEAR, I [44:47] AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THEY'RE DOING TYPICALLY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION WORK IN ALIGNMENT [44:52] WITH THE CONTRACT. I'M CONFUSED OF THEN THESE TWO GROUPS WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE SAME [44:57] EXPECTATION OR WAS IN THE INFORMAL REQUEST SOMETHING ELSE COMMUNICATED TO THE GROUPS. >> MY UNDERSTANDING WE WOULD [45:04] HAVE ASKED THE TRAUMA RESPONSE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND DO WHAT THEY TYPICALLY DO IN ANY PART OF THE CITY. AND WE WOULD HAVE [45:10] ASKED THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER GROUPS TO FOLLOW THEIR PROCESS. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA THEY WOULD [45:16] HAVE DONE THE PARTICULAR SERVICE WE'VE CONTRACTED THEM TO DO. WHICH, IN SOME CASES, CAN LOOK THE SAME. AND THERE'S SOME [45:22] SPACE ACTIVATION. JUST HAVING A SENSE. BUT IN OTHER CASES, IT'S DIFFERENT. BECAUSE THE VIOLENCE [45:28] INTERRUPTERS ARE FOLLOWING THE K CURE VIOLENCE MODELING. [45:33] SEEING WHAT THEY HEAR ON THE STREET. AND THE TRAUMA RESPONSE IS NOT FOLLOWING THAT MODEL. AND SO IT SHOULD LOOK DIFFERENT [45:40] GIVEN THAT WE WERE CONTRACTING THEM TO DO THE DIFFERENT WORK THEY WERE CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE. [45:46] >> ORIGINALLY. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. LIKE, FOR THE DOWNTOWN. IT WAS INFORMAL KIND [45:53] OF AD HOC -- LIKE, REQUEST. SO AND THERE WAS, AH, COMBINING OF [45:59] TWO SEPARATE NSD PROGRAMS TO THEN GO RESPOND TO IT. ONE THAT [46:04] ALREADY HAD SET A VENDORS. AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE HAD OVER 20 SOMETHING [46:10] VENDORS AT THAT TIME. THAT'S WHY I ASKED, LIKE, HOW THE TWO CAME TO BE BROUGHT OVER TO [46:15] SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE. AND REVIEW OF THOSE 20 SOMETHING OTHER CONTRACTORS. SO THAT'S [46:20] WHY I'M REALLY WANTING TO HONE IN ON HOW DID THIS INFORMAL REQUEST KIND OF LEAD US TO THIS [46:27] PLACE WHERE WE'RE CONSIDERING HAVING TO PAY AN OUTSTANDING INVOICE. IT SOUNDS LIKE AN [46:33] OUTSTANDING INVOICE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRAPPED UP OR MAYBE DID NOT HAPPEN OR EVEN IN LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE OF [46:39] MINNEAPOLUS CONTRACTS. SHOULD WE ANTICIPATE DOWNTOWN BEING ANOTHER ADDITIONAL AREA THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER VERSUS, [46:46] LIKE, THIS RANDOMLY POPPING UP AGAIN. >> YEAH, CHAIR WONSLEY. WE DEFINITELY ARE WORKING ON THE INVOICES AS SOON AS WE GET THEM. [46:52] AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE FINAL INVOICE FOR RESTORATION INC. HAD THIS REQUEST TO BE [46:58] REIMBURSED FOR THE DOWNTOWN WORK THEY DID. SO THAT'S NOT BEEN DELAYED. AND OUR FUTURE [47:04] CONTRACTS WITH MINNEAPOLUS, AND SPECIFICALLY WOULD NOT ENVISION AN OPERATION LIKE THIS. BECAUSE [47:10] IF WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL, WE WOULD NOT BE DISPATCHING GROUPS TO AREAS [47:16] WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE AN EXISTING RELATIONSHIP. AND SO THIS TYPE OF SITUATION WOULD NOT [47:22] HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. GIVEN THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE WRITING AND THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL WITH MUCH MORE [47:28] FIDELITY. >> OKAY. AND THEN JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE CLERK -- WANTED TO [47:33] MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY -- YOU SAID -- DID THAT ALSO NEED A FOLLOW UP? IN TERMS [47:39] OF THE FIRST PART OF MY QUESTION. IF THE INFORMAL REQUEST HOW IT FALLS UNDER OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. IT SOUNDS [47:45] LIKE YOU SAID YOU'LL HAVE TO GET BACK ON THAT PIECE. IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE LAWSUIT. [47:51] >> COUNCIL CHAIR WONSLEY, COMMITTEE CHAIR WONSLEY, ON THE SECOND QUESTION. IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE LAWSUIT. THE [47:57] LAWSUIT APPLIES DURING THE RFP PROCESS. AND THEN HOW YOU [48:02] ADMINISTER THOSE CONTRACTS. THIS DOESN'T REALLY -- THIS ADMINISTRATION PIECE WOULD FALL UNDER IT I'M NOT AWARE OF IT [48:09] FALLING UNDER THE FINANCIAL POLICIES. IF YOU WANTED TO FOLLOW UP. >> I WOULD -- >> I CAN REVIEW. >> YEAH. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S [48:18] MOVED THROUGH. ONE, IT'S AN INFORMAL REQUEST FOR ME. LIKE, IF THIS WAS THEN HANDLED -- [48:23] BECAUSE, YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO MORE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. JUST KNOWING THAT FOR, UMM, THE CLERK [48:32] STAFF, TOO. AWESOME. THAT SAID, I SEE A FEW OTHER FOLKS IN [48:38] QUEUE. I'LL MOVE IT TO VICE CHAIR PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU. I WAS A LITTLE [48:43] CONFUSED BY THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION. I JUST WANT TO SAY HERE'S HOW I SEE THIS. THESE [48:49] ARE CONSIDERED TRAUMA RESPONSE. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE WHEN THERE'S A VIOLENT [48:54] SITUATION. AS DEEMED BY OUR PROFESSIONALS, RESPONSE DOESN'T NEED TO WAIT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE [49:02] CYCLE NEXT. THIS SEEMS VERY ABOVE-BOARD. WE ASKED RESTORATION TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICE. BUT WE DIDN'T FOLLOW [49:09] UP WITH THE TIME WITH THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THIS [49:14] IS NOW SIMPLY AMENDING THEIR CONTRACT TO PAY THEM FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY [49:21] RENDERED AND AT OUR REQUEST. I'M SEEING DIRECTOR HARRINGTON NOD. AND SO I'M GOOD. THANK [49:29] YOU.. >> NEXT I SEE COUNCILMEMBER [49:34] VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. YEAH. I GUESS I HAD SIMILAR [49:40] CONVERSATION -- TOOK A TURN THAT I DIDN'T -- I STILL DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I THOUGHT [49:45] THAT THE ACTION BEFORE US WAS TO PAY RESTORATION INC. I DON'T KNOW WHY OTHER GROUPS WERE BEING [49:51] BROUGHT INTO THE CONVERSATION. IF THE ITEM BEFORE US IS PAY RESTORATION INC. FOR SERVICES [49:58] THAT THEY'VE RENDERED DURING THE EMERGENCY. I ACTUALLY REMEMBER THERE WAS A HUGE SURGE OF [50:03] VIOLENCE DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. AND THE GROUPS WERE DEPLOYED BECAUSE THIS GROUP PRIMARILY WORKS IN WARD 4, I'M AWARE OF [50:10] IT. BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY THE THEN DIRECTOR AT THAT TIME THAT THE FULL TEAM WOULDN'T BE IN [50:16] WARD 4. THEY WERE ASKING TO DEPLOY SOME OF THE PEOPLE INTO DOWNTOWN TO HELP OUT WITH A LOT [50:24] OF THE TRAUMA THAT WAS HAPPENING DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE THERE WERE JUST SO MANY VIOLENT INCIDENTS HAPPENING. [50:30] AND SO I REMEMBER WHEN RESTORATION INC. WERE DEPLOYED TO THIS. AND SO THEY DID IT. [50:36] THEY DID THE WORK. THEY SHOULD BE PAID FOR THE SERVICES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE A [50:42] CONVERSATION ABOUT OTHER GROUPS. AND THEN, ALSO, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THERE WILL BE NO MORE [50:48] INFORMAL REQUESTS BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT MECHANISMS IN PLACE WHERE THE FUNDING STREAMS ARE [50:53] TARGETED TOWARDS THE WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. RIGHT. SO THE WAY YOU EXPLAINED IT IS, THE MINNEAPOLUS CONTRACTS ARE USING [50:59] THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL. SO THEY'LL BE DEPLOYED WHERE THEY'RE DEPLOYED. THEY HAVE GOT [51:05] A ZONE THEY'RE GOING TO WORKING ON ON THAT WITH THAT MONEY. THERE WILL BE NO INFORMAL REQUESTS OR EMERGENCY REQUESTS [51:11] FOR THOSE GROUPS BECAUSE THEY'RE DEPLOYED TO A SPECIFIC ZONE. AND THEY HAVE A CONTRACT FOR [51:17] THAT. OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE'LL USE ADDITIONAL -- I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS [51:23] ABOUT THE MASTER CONTRACTS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD WOULD BE USED FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND SUCH. SO THEY'LLULL [51:29] TOGETHER A ROLL DEX. I KNOW THAT'S A SUPER OLD WORD. BUT [51:35] ORGANIZATIONS WHO COULD BE DEPLOYED INTO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND HAVE A CONTRACT. [51:40] THAT'S NOT BEING USED ALL THE TIME. BUT MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE NEED SOME SUPPORT. THEN WE PULL IN ONE OF [51:46] THOSE MASTER CONTRACT HOLDERS. AND DEPLOY THEM DOWNTOWN. OR DEPLOY THEM TO AN AREA THAT'S [51:52] OUTSIDE OF THE MINNEAPOLUS ZONE. S IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING [51:57] WITH THIS? >> A THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THE IMPETUS FOR THE MASTER CONTRACT, A LOT OF THAT, WAS THE EMERGENCY [52:03] NEED DOWNTOWN. AND WE ANTICIPATED THAT WOULD BE LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN SOME AREA OF [52:10] OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE. WE ALSO WANTED TO FOLLOW THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL AND KNEW WE [52:15] COULDN'T USE THE MINNEAPOLUS VENDORS IN THAT WAY. HENCE, AS YOU SAID, WE'LL HAVE AL ROLODEX [52:24] OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WE CAN CALL ON WHEN AND IF EMERGENCIES DO OCCUR. WE CAN ACTIVATE, AT THAT TIME. AND [52:29] THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THE WORDING AND THE INTENT OF THEIR CONTRACT. >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR [52:36] CLARIFYING THAT. AND THE PREVIOUS -- THE CONSENT AGENDA HAD THE ITEM FROM NCR WHERE [52:43] THEY'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. AND THAT'S HOW I ENVISION THIS MASTER CONTRACT [52:49] INITIATIVE. THE SCOPE OF HOW AND WHO CAN APPLY IS SIMILAR TO THIS. PEOPLE WITH UNIQUE SKILL [52:56] SETS AROUND TRAUMA, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION IS WHO ARE BEING ASKED TO APPLY FOR THESE [53:02] DOLLARS. AND SO, I MEAN, THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICANTS. THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM A RANGE OF [53:09] WAYS IN WHICH THEY APPROACH COMMUNITY. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHO THOSE [53:15] CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO. AND HOW WE USE THAT WORK. AND DEPLOY FOLKS TO [53:23] VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS. THE PROBLEM AREAS IN MY WARD. THREE VERY DIFFERENT NEEDS. AND I'M [53:30] LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHO WE PARTNER WITH ON THOSE CONTRACTS. BUT ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE MINNEAPOLUS [53:35] CONTRACTS. AND THE TRAUMA RESPONSE WORK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER [53:41] VETAW. I PUT MYSELF BACK IN QUEUE. JUST TO LEVEL SET THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS ON TO [53:47] THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. I THINK IT'S NO QUESTION EXCITED TO SEE [53:55] THE PROACTIVE CHANGES THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT IS MAKING. I THINK IT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATIONS OR THE FLAGS I'M RAISING IN REAL [54:02] TIME NOW. HOW DID WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT, I THINK, AGAIN, LENDS ITSELF BACK TO CONCERNS OF OUR MISMANAGEMENT. WE HAD [54:09] INFORMAL REQUESTS THAT DIDN'T SEEM STREAMLINED THAT WERE BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND VENDORS TO DO WORK [54:15] THAT NOW IN JUNE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO COMPENSATE. AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS WAS NOT FACTORED [54:21] MAYBE POTENTIALLY IN THE BUDGET ORIGINALLY. IT SEEMS LIKE ORIGINALLY THESE PROGRAMS OR THE DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY RESPONSE WAS [54:27] ANTICIPATED TO BE COVERED UNDER AR A DOLLARS. AND SO I THINK THERE IS FISCAL IMPACTS THAT WERE [54:33] UNEXPECTED WITH THE DECISIONS AROUND INFORMAL REQUESTS MADE. I DON'T DISREGARD THE NEED FOR [54:39] HAVING EMERGENCY RESPONSES. I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE INFORMAL REQUEST PIECE, TOO. I KNOW ALL LAST YEAR, WE ALSO HAD [54:46] MANY CONVERSATIONS AND TOOK MANY EMERGENCY BUDGETARY ACTIONS FROM [54:51] A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ALSO RAISED FLAGS AROUND SAFETY CONCERNS IN THEIR AREA. I'M THINKING OF COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN, [54:58] COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, I KNOW COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN BROUGHT FUNDING REQUESTS AT SELF [55:05] POINTS THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR. ASKING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSES, AS WELL, CRIME OR DIFFERENT [55:11] CONCERNING EVENTS. IMPACTING SAFETY CONDITIONS IN THEIR WARD. AND THEY WERE NOT MET WITH [55:19] THE SAME KIND OF RAPID RESPONSE. EITHER VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION OR A COMMUNITY OF TRAUMA RESPONSE. [55:26] THAT WAS NOT ON THE TABLE. I WANT TO GET TO THE PIECE OF, ONCE AGAIN, HOW DO WE DEPLOY RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT IS DATED [55:32] BACK. AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE CURE VIOLENCE NOW TO GUIDE OUR MINNEAPOLUS AND PUT UP A CLEAR [55:38] FRAMEWORK HOW TO DO THE WORK. IT'S CONCERNING AROUND -- I'M LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY TRAUMA SP PIECE. THESE ARE [55:45] GUARDRAILS. THE COMMUNITY TRAUMA WORKS WERE ON THE TRAUMA [55:50] AND HEALING SERVICES. MAKING [56:00] SURE WE'RE NOT ASKING VENDORS TO GO OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THEIR CONTRACTS. THAT CAN PUT US IN PRECARIOUS POSITIONS. THESE ARE [56:06] ABSOLUTELY JUST A VIABLE OVERSIGHT QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THIS GOOD DIRECTION OF HAVING GOOD [56:12] MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. AND ADMINISTRATION OF THESE PROGRAMS IN PLACE SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO [56:19] DEAL WITH THE LOT OF THE CAY USE THAT HAP HAPPEN -- CHAOS [56:27] THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. FOR. [56:34] I'M GLAD KNOW YOU HAVE CREATED MECHANISMS TO CONSIDER THIS PIECE. BUT I DID WANT TO KNOW HOW DID WE GET HERE? FIRST OF [56:41] ALL. AND MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE ARE OTHER BUDGETARY IMPACTS OF NOW WE HAVE TO COVER [56:48] MAYBE POTENTIAL INVOICES FROM THESE OTHER GROUPS. WE SHOULD [56:57] FACTOR THAT IN. SO I WANTED TO LAY THAT GROUND AS TO WHY WE'RE [57:03] DOING THIS AND EXCITED TO SEE MORE CHANGES. I HOPE WE CAN GET FOLLOW UP ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE [57:14] TO KNOW, TOO, FOR THE CLERKS. IF THE INFORMAL REQUEST WAS APPROVED BY OCS LEADERSHIP. IT [57:27] SEEMS LIKE YOU HAD TO DO SOME FOLLOW UP ON THAT PIECE, TOO. SO I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT, AS [57:33] WELL. SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I HAD. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. [57:41] WITH THAT, I'LL MOVER THIS EYE -- ITEM FOR APPROVAL. WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT. [57:50] >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> CLERK: CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> CLERK: VICE CHAIR PALMISANO. [57:55] >> AYE. >> CLERK: AND CHAIR WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CLERK: FOUR AYES. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. OUR [58:03] NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE A RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION. [58:12] FROM 3-1-1. I'M GOING TO INVITE [58:19] DIRECTOR NZIMBI TO GIVE THAT PRESENTATION AND SPEAK TO THIS [58:27] ITEM. [58:42] >> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCILMEMBERS, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MWENDE NZIMBI. THANK [58:51] YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT TODAY. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S [58:57] PROGRESS IN 2024, AND A LOOK AHEAD TO WHAT'S COMING IN 2025. [59:07] OUR VISION IS TO BE THE TRUSTED GO-TO RESOURCE THAT CONNECTS EVERY MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT TO [59:12] THE SERVICES THEY NEED. EB EQUITABLY AND EFFICIENTLY. AND [59:17] OUR CORE, THE 3-1-1 SERVICE CENTER DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT [59:23] MAKING GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE ASSESSABLE AND EASY TO NAVIGATE. WHETHER SOMEONE CALLS US, WALKS INTO A SERVICE CENTER, OR [59:30] REPORTS AN ISSUE ONLINE. OUR JOB IS TO BE SURE THEY FEEL HEARD, HELPED, AND VALUED. [59:35] BEFORE YOU IS AN ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. THE LEADERSHIP TEAM COMPRISES OF THE OPERATIONS MANAGER, WHO [59:41] OVERSEES AND COORDINATES A DAILY OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE 3-1-1 CALL CENTER AND SERVICE [59:47] CENTER. AND THE SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER WHO OVERSEES OUR TURNING PROGRAM, SYSTEMS AND [59:54] TECHNOLOGY WORK, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, DATA ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS A CONSTITUENT AND CUSTOMER [1:00:01] SERVICE DELIVERY WORK. AND I'LL START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE [1:00:06] SERVICE CENTER. THE MINNEAPOLIS SERVICE CENTER IS THE CITY'S ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ANY-PERSON [1:00:13] CITY SERVICES. WHETHER RESIDENTS NEED HELP WITH PERMITS, LICENSING, OR GENERAL [1:00:18] CITY INFORMATION, OUR TRAINED TEAM IS HERE TO ASSIST IN-PERSON. CONVENIENTLY LOCATED ON THE SKY-WAY LEVEL OF THE [1:00:25] PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 8:00 A.M.TO [1:00:31] 4:00 P.M. AND FRIDAY 9:00 A.M.TO 4:00 P.M. STAFFED BY A DEDICATED TEAM OF AGENTS AND ONE [1:00:39] SUPERVISOR. THE CENTER CONTINUES TO GROW AS A VITAL ACCESS POINT FOR CITY SERVICES. [1:00:45] CURRENTLY PARTNERING WITH 12 CITY DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS TO SUPPORT OVER 250 SERVICES AND [1:00:54] FUNCTIONS. DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS IN-PERSON AND THROUGH VIRTUAL ENCOUNTERS ENSURING [1:01:03] SUPPORT. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING TO MEET COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS. IN [1:01:09] 2024, WE ADDED SERVICES INCLUDING DATA REQUEST ASSISTANCE, AND A TRANSIT [1:01:15] ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO TRANSIT. AFTER SEEING RESIDENTS ARRIVE AT THE [1:01:20] CENTER SERVICE HOPING TO FILE POLICE REPORTS, ONLY TO BE REDIRECTED TO CALL 3-1-1, WE [1:01:27] PILOTED A VIRTUAL 3-1-1 AGENT TO ASSIST ON SITE. AND HAPPY TO SHARE THIS SERVICE WILL [1:01:33] OFFICIALLY GO LIVE AT THE CENTER ON MAY 19th. THIS SLIDE [1:01:40] REFLECTS THE MONTH-OVER-MONTH VOLUME AND REACH DELIVERY. IN [1:01:46] 2024, WE WELCOMED -- AND [1:01:51] COMPLETED 26,473 TRANSACTIONS OR SERVICES. THIS DEMONSTRATES A SUCCESS OF THE CENTER AS A TRUE [1:01:59] ONE-STOP-SHOP WHERE RESIDENTS COMPLETE MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS IN A SINGLE VISIT. THIS SLIDE [1:02:06] SHOWS THE YEAR OVER YEAR VISITS AND TRANSACTIONS AT THE SERVICE CENTER FROM 2021, WHEN IT [1:02:12] OPENED, TO 2024. SO IT SHOWS A [1:02:18] YEAR-OVER-YEAR VISIT. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE HELD A STEADY INCREASE EACH YEAR DEMONSTRATING [1:02:25] GROWING COMMUNITY AWARENESS, TRUST, AND RELIANCE ON THE SERVICE CENTER AS A CENTRAL M HUB FOR ACCESSING CITY SERVICES. [1:02:32] NEXT IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR EAST LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER. [1:02:38] WHICH IS LOCATED AT 2228 EAST LAKE STREET. THE CENTER [1:02:44] OFFICIALLY OPENED ITS DOORS FOR SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 24, 2024. [1:02:49] IT OPERATES MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY FROM 9:00 A.M.TO 5:00 P.M. AND TUESDAY AND [1:02:54] THURSDAY FROM 11:00 A.M.TO 7:00 P.M. THE EAST LAKE SITE IS STAFFED BY TWO OF OUR AGENTS AND [1:03:01] SHARES A SUPERVISOR WITH A DOWNTOWN SERVICE CENTER. OUR [1:03:07] STAFF COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALISTS, [1:03:15] COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, THE GREATER MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL OF JUDGES AND OTHERS TO ENSURE [1:03:20] RESIDENTS RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT IN ONE ASSESSABLE LOCATION. IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS, WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING [1:03:27] SERVICES TO INCLUDE NONEMERGENCY POLICE REPORT ASSISTANCE. BEGINNING MAY 12th, OUR FRONT [1:03:33] DESK STAFF WILL BE EQUIPPED TO HELP RESIDENTS FILE THESE REPORTS ON SITE. [1:03:39] THIS DATA REFLECTS THE FIRST SEVEN WEEKS OF ACTIVITY AND IN DECEMBER OF 2024, WHILE THE [1:03:45] CENTER WAS QUITE NEW, WE SAW 69 PEOPLE STOP BY FOR VARIOUS SERVICES. A MAJORITY OF THESE [1:03:52] VISITORS FOR LOOKING FOR THE DENTIST OFFICE THAT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED THE SPACE. AND NOW [1:04:00] MOVING ON TO THE 3-1-1 CALL CENTER. OUR CALL CENTER REMAINS [1:04:07] A CRITICAL LIFELINE FOR RESIDENTS. AS A CITY'S PRIMARY INFORMATION AND SERVICE REQUEST [1:04:13] HUB, 3-1-1 SERVES ALL DEPARTMENTS BY HELPING RESIDENTS NAVIGATE CITY SERVICES AND [1:04:20] RESOLVE NONEMERGENCY ISSUES. WE PROVIDE MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS TO ENSURE CONVENES AND EQUITY IN [1:04:26] SERVICE DELIVERY INCLUDING PHONE, E-MAIL, ONLINE SELF-SERVICE FORM, AND THE 3-1-1 DPAP P OUR CALL CENTER IS [1:04:33] CURRENTLY STAFFED BY 21 TO 28 DEDICATED AGENTS AND THREE SUPERVISORS. HOW WE WORK IS HOW [1:04:43] 3-1-1 OPERATES BEHIND THE SCENES. OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS [1:04:52] FIRST-CALL RESOLUTION. MAKING SURE RESIDENTS GET THE HELP OR INFORMATION THEY NEED THE FIRST TIME THEY CONTACT US. >> I'M SORRY, DIRECTOR. I WAS [1:05:00] MADE AWARE WE'RE LIKELY ABOUT TO LOSE QUORUM IN PROBABLY 10 MINUTES. ONE COUNCILMEMBER HAS [1:05:05] TO LEAVE. SO I KNOW YOU HAVE AN EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION. AND WE [1:05:10] ANTICIPATE A FULL QUORUM FOR ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET FOLD IN. BEFORE WE [1:05:18] LOSE QUORUM, I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP TO SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU AT [1:05:23] LEAST INTO THE NEXT AO COMMITTEE TO PRESENT THIS. TO SEE IF THAT [1:05:29] WORKS. OR FIND ANOTHER DATE. [1:05:34] UNFORTUNATELY. SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE. BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T CONTINUE WITHOUT QUORUM. SO [1:05:42] I'M -- MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT. IT'S NEVER OUR GOAL TO BE IN THIS POSITION. I WILL FOLLOW UP [1:05:50] WITH YOU AND OPS AROUND THE SCHEDULING PIECE. AND SINCE THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE, I [1:05:58] WILL ASK OUR CLERKS IF I CAN JUST, FOR THE TIME BEING, HAVE THIS STILL -- SINCE IT'S A [1:06:05] RECEIVE AND FILE. PUT UNDER A POSTPONEMENT. OR I CAN MAKE THE [1:06:10] MOTION TO POSTPONE. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, I THINK WE [1:06:17] SHOULD HAVE A DATE CONNECTED TO IT. >> YEAH. THAT IS TRUE. OKAY. [1:06:31] >> IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING. IF WE NEED A FURTHER [1:06:37] POSTPONEMENT. AND JUST GO FROM THERE. >> SOUNDS GOOD. I WILL POSTPONE TO THE NEXT AO MEETING, WHICH [1:06:47] WILL BE MAY 14th, I BELIEVE. [1:06:54] CLERKS, IF -- 19th. >> 19th. >> 19th. OKAY. I'LL POSTPONE TO THE 19th. AGAIN, I AM SO [1:07:03] SORRY, DIRECTOR NZIMBI, I KNOW YOU CAME PREPARED. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION. WITH THAT, I [1:07:10] BELIEVE WE DO NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT MATTER. SO I WILL ASK FOR JUST A VOICE VOTE ON [1:07:16] THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ON POSTPONING THIS PRESENTATION TO MAY 19th, ALL IN FAVOR SAY [1:07:24] AYE. THOSE NOT. THE AYES HAVE IT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE BUSINESS FOR [1:07:30] TODAY. WITH THAT, I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED