[0:17] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON CHAVEZ AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

[0:22] I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETING FOR

[0:27] MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL

[0:38] MEMBERS OF THE STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO

[0:47] BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE

[0:54] ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE

[1:01] PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT.

[1:06] >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN. >> PRESENT.

[1:13] >> CASHMAN IS ABSENT. JENKINS. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI.

[1:19] >> PRESENT. >> KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT.

[1:25] >> AND CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 11 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

[1:30] HAVE A QUORUM AND WE MUST END THIS MEETING AT 4 P.M. TO THE

[1:39] PLANNING COMMISSION CAN SET UP. FIRST I WILL SEE WHO IS ON QUEUE. AND IF WE CAN GET THE

[1:47] MEETING QUEUE SET UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I SEE COUNCIL

[1:53] MEMBER WONSLEY ON QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I

[1:59] WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA UNDER ITEM NUMBER 5,

[2:04] WHICH WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TITLE 5.3 THAT'S IN FRONT OF MY COLLEAGUES. IT WILL ADD IT TO

[2:10] THAT ITEM. IT IS AN ADDITIONAL STAFF DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE

[2:15] TOPIC OF THE MDHR SETTLEMENTS. AND THIS ITEM COMPLEMENTS THE

[2:21] OTHERS THAT'S LISTED UNDER ITEM 1. SO I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT AND WE CAN

[2:27] GET TO THAT WHEN WE CONSIDER IT.

[2:33] >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[2:39] PAYNE. >> I'M IN QUEUE TO ALSO AMEND THE AGENDA IF WE WANTED TO TAKE UP THIS AMENDMENT FIRST.

[2:45] >> WE CAN MOVE THEM FORWARD TOGETHER. >> OKAY. COLLEAGUES, IN FRONT OF

[2:50] YOU, I AM MOVING TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE THE FOURTH NOW

[2:55] SUB ITEM AGENDA NUMBER 5 IN THE

[3:01] CONSENT DECREE SUBCOMMITTEE. THIS ITEM IS A LETTER IN WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL HAS SIGNED TO THE MAYOR. POLICE

[3:08] REFORMS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE TOPIC OF THE CONSENT DECREE. AND

[3:13] IF I COULD GET A SECOND ON THAT. >> SECOND.

[3:19] >> THAT'S BEEN SECONDED. COLLEAGUES, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS BEING ADDED TO THE AGENDA? AND I

[3:26] MIGHT NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH OUR CLERKS HERE. BUT WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO MOVE,

[3:32] WELL, WE'RE AMENDING THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE BOTH THESE ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[3:38] >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? GIVEN THAT THESE

[3:44] WERE UNEXPECTED ITEMS, I'M GOING TO NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH OUR CLERKS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. APPROVAL

[3:50] ON THE AGENDA AS AMENDED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[3:56] >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTE

[4:01] ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MY QUEUE IS NOT

[4:08] WORKING, BUT IF PEOPLE CAN PLEASE USE THE QUEUE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER

[4:13] CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WAS JUST WANTING TO ASK FOR YOU TO NOTE

[4:20] MY ATTENDANCE. >> PLEASE NOTE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN'S ATTENDANCE. OKAY. NOW

[4:27] OUR FIRST ITEM WILL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY

[4:33] CLERK CASEY CARL. THANK YO >> THANK YOU, AND GOOD

[4:38] AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CASEY CARL. AS THE CHAIR NOTED, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL

[4:45] TRACKING REPORT. THIS REPORT COVERS YEAR-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S PROGRESS. THAT MEANS FROM JANUARY OF THIS

[4:51] YEAR THROUGH THE LAST COUNCIL CYCLE, WHICH ENDED JUNE 5TH. A COPY OF THE FULL REPORT WAS

[4:57] INCLUDED IN YOUR BRIEFING MATERIALS AND IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC USING THE LINK ON THIS MEETING AGENDA THROUGH

[5:04] LIMS. AS ALWAYS, BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE REPORT, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MY

[5:09] TEAM AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE, ESPECIALLY OUR CHIEF CLERK KEN

[5:15] DAYLORE IN VALIDATING THE DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE REVISIONS. THEIR

[5:20] WORK ENABLES A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE CITY'S WORK AND ACCESSIBILITY AND

[5:25] ACCOUNTABILITY. OF COURSE I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE MAYOR'S CABINET AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO HELPED US TO TRACK THE STATUS OF

[5:31] ALL OF THESE ITEMS AND PROVIDE CURRENT UPDATES ABOUT THE STATUS OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. AS ALWAYS, THE

[5:38] REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS THAT CORRESPOND TO THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING

[5:43] TRACKED. AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, THAT INCLUDES ORDINANCES, ENTERPRISE POLICIES, LEGISLATIVE

[5:49] DIRECTIVES AND STAFF DIRECTIVES. TOGETHER, THESE FOUR TYPES OF

[5:57] ACTIONS POLICY MAKING FUNCTIONS. WE PRIMARY EXTRACT DATA FROM OUR

[6:03] LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM, OR LIMS. THIS PROVIDES THE FILE

[6:08] OR OFFICIAL ACT NUMBERS, STATUS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE FIRST

[6:14] THREE COLUMNS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE FOURTH COLUMN ON THE FAR RIGHT INCLUDES COMMENTARIES

[6:20] FROM BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT PROVIDES AN EXPLANATION ABOUT THE VARIOUS

[6:25] ITEMS AND THE STATUS. THE CLERKS HAVE IMBEDDED LINKS TO THE FILES, OFFICIAL ACTS, MEETING

[6:32] AGENDAS AND MORE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FULLER CONTEXT AS WELL AS ACCESS. WE'VE INCLUDES CROSS

[6:40] REFERENCES SUCH AS BETWEEN ORDINANCES AND LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES. BEFORE WE GET TO CURRENT DATA, I WANTED TO

[6:46] PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A REPORT SINCE JANUARY, WHICH WAS A

[6:55] SUMMARIZATION. I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IT HERE ON THIS SLIDE. I SHARED THAT THE COUNCIL WAS OUTPACING

[7:01] ITS PERFORMANCE WHICH COVERED THE YEARS 2022 AND 2023. IN FACT, IN THE END, THE COUNCIL

[7:09] ACTED ON 1,149 DIFFERENT MATTERS. THAT BREAKS DOWN TO 47 ORDINANCES THAT WERE ENACTED.

[7:16] 449 RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED. AND 1953 DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WERE APPROVED. IT

[7:22] WAS A VERY BUSY AND A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR. IN FACT, IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WHICH IS

[7:27] JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, I NOTED THAT THE INCREASE IN OUR OVERALL

[7:33] LEGISLATIVE WORK LOAD, WHICH WAS SHOWING THE DATA IN THESE REPORTS, PROVED THAT THE PACE

[7:38] HAD EXCEEDED WHAT HAD BEEN PROCESSED IN BOTH YEARS OF THE PRIOR TWO-YEAR TERM. DESPITE

[7:44] THAT SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THE DATA SHOWED THERE HAD BEEN COLLABORATION BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON A

[7:50] NUMBER OF IMPORTANT AND CONSEQUENTIAL POLICY PROPOSALS AND PRIORITIES. IN FACT, IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES, DATA

[7:59] SHOWED THAT COLLABORATION WAS THE NORM NOT THE EXCEPTION. STILL, THIS INCREASED PACE

[8:04] PRESENTS ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES PRIMARILY THAT THE ENTERPRISE IS OFTEN HARD PRESSED TO MAINTAIN THE PACE THAT IS

[8:10] EXPECTED BY COUNCIL. AND THAT INCLUDES THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. NOT AS THE RESULT OF

[8:17] POLICY DISAGREEMENT, MISALIGNMENT OR OTHER INTENTION. RATHER, IT'S THAT THIS INCREASE

[8:23] LEVEL OF POLICIES WORK IS IN ADDITION TO AND ON TOP OF CORE SERVICES, FUNCTIONS AND PROGRAMS

[8:29] THAT ARE THE DAY-TO-DAY FOCUS OF ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. EVERY DEPARTMENT, AS COUNCIL KNOWS,

[8:35] HAS CORE FUNCTIONS THAT CONSUME THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES. AND THESE SIMPLY DO NOT INCLUDE TIME OR RESOURCES

[8:41] FOR ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE WORK. THIS LEVEL OF INCREASED LEGISLATIVE WORK CREATES A

[8:46] TIPPING POINT FOR THE ENTERPRISE. AS I RAISE THAT CAUTIONARY FLAG AGAIN, WE LOOK

[8:52] FORWARD THIS THE REST OF THIS YEAR, THE PROCESS WHICH HASN'T

[8:57] OFFICIALLY BEGUN YET. AND THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR OF AN ELECTIVE

[9:04] TERM AND ITEMS MAY NOT CARRY FORWARD. THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO CONSIDER. AND WE'LL

[9:09] NEED TO PRIORITIZE THAT WORK IN ORDER TO AVOID OVERWHELMING OUR DEPARTMENTS. TO ILLUSTRATE THE

[9:16] IMPACT I'VE OUTLINED, I'VE PROVIDED A COMPARISON ON THIS SLIDE SHOWING TOTAL STATISTICS FROM ALL OF THE 2024 SESSION

[9:22] AGAINST YEAR-TO-DATE NUMBERS FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. REMEMBER

[9:28] YEAR-TO-DATE MEANS JANUARY THROUGH THE LAST CYCLE, WHICH ENDED JUNE 5TH. REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JANUARY THROUGH

[9:34] MAY. AT THE HIGHEST POINT IN THIS LEVEL, AS ALREADY NOTED,

[9:42] 1,449 ACTS IN 2024. 633 ACTS SO

[9:49] FAR THIS YEAR. WE ARE ON PAR FROM THE PACE WE SET LAST YEAR AND POTENTIALLY EVEN TO EXCEED

[9:55] THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. IN TERMS OF ORDINANCES, COUNCIL

[10:00] ENACTED 47 ORDINANCES LAST YEAR, AND HAS ALREADY ENACTED 25 THIS

[10:05] YEAR. AGAIN, SHOWING WE'RE ON PACE TO EXCEED THE TOTAL VOLUME FROM 2024. WE'VE ALREADY

[10:12] EXCEEDED THE HALFWAY PARK COMPARING THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE

[10:17] THERE ARE OTHER COMPARISONS FROM THE CATEGORIES ON THIS SLIDE. AGAIN, I WILL SAY COUNCIL HAS DEFINITELY SET AN AGGRESSIVE

[10:22] PACE IN TERMS OF ITS OWN OUTPUT. I'M GOING TO NEXT GO THROUGH ON DIFFERENT SLIDES EACH OF THE

[10:28] FOUR CATEGORIES FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2025. STARTING WITH ORDINANCES, WHICH ARE THE

[10:34] EQUIVALENT OF LOCAL MUNICIPAL STATUTES OR LOCAL LAWS. HERE YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE DATA FROM THE

[10:42] TOTAL ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN 2025. AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF ORDINANCES WHERE FINAL

[10:53] DISPOSESIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. 43 ORDINANCE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED SINCE

[11:00] JANUARY, WHICH DOES INCLUDE 16 THAT WERE CARRIED OVER FROM 2024. THE TOTAL NUMBER IS ABOUT

[11:07] 16% FROM THE TOTAL INTRODUCTIONS WE'VE HAD SO FAR IN 2025. OF THAT TOTAL VOLUME, 17 ORDINANCES

[11:12] HAVE BEEN ENACTED SO FAR THIS YEAR. WHEN COMPARED TO ALL OF 2024, AS I JUST HIGHLIGHTED,

[11:19] THAT'S ROUGHLY 36% OF THE TOTAL

[11:25] NUMBER ENACTED. WE'RE AT THE MIDWAY POINT. THE PACE IS SIGNIFICANT. NONE OF THOSE

[11:32] ENACTED ORDINANCES HAVE BEEN CODIFIED YET. HOWEVER, WE DO EXPECT THAT THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SUPPLEMENT TO

[11:39] THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN THE NEAR TERM. 23 PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO STAFF FOR DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THE

[11:44] STANDARD LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THOSE ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT. THOSE 23 PROPOSALS

[11:50] ACCOUNT FOR ROUGHLY 53% OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF ORDINANCES PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED THIS YEAR THAT I'VE

[11:56] ALREADY MENTIONED. TWO ORDINANCE PROPOSALS HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH. AND WE ANTICIPATE FINAL

[12:03] ACTION IN JUNE OR JULY. THAT INCLUDES AN ORDINANCE THAT

[12:09] ADDRESSES LICENSING FOR SAUNAS. AS WELL AS AN ORDINANCE

[12:14] REGULATING THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS CURRENTLY IN THE

[12:20] HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. GIVEN A HIGH VOLUME OF VETOES LAST YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN NO

[12:27] VETOES THUS FAR IN 2025. SO THE CLERKS HAVE ALSO PROVIDED SOME COMPARATIVE DATA ON THIS SLIDE

[12:32] FOR REFERENCE. MOST NOTABLE HERE AGAIN, I THINK IN MY OPINION IS THE FACT WE'VE ALMOST MATCHED IN

[12:38] THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ORDINANCES INTRODUCED IN 2024.

[12:44] THIS SLIDE SHOWS DATA FOR ENTERPRISE POLICY SO FAR THIS YEAR REFLECTED ON PAGES 4 OR 5

[12:50] OF THE WRITTEN REPORT. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSALS FOR ENTERPRISE POLICIES

[12:56] INTRODUCED THIS YEAR. OF THAT, FOUR POLICIES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.

[13:06] FEDERAL NEIGHBORS NOT ENEMIES ACT. SUPPORT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE MINNEAPOLUS

[13:12] STRATEGIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE, AND DROWNING RISK AND SAFETY FOR

[13:19] CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT IS STILL HELD IN THE

[13:29] PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PROVIDED ON CURRENT YEARS AND PRIOR YEARS. AS I NOTED, THE

[13:35] OUTPUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY IS REDUCED IN COMPARISON TO PRIOR YEARS. THIS

[13:41] IS UNSURPRISING GIVEN THE NEW GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. THE MAYOR WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE

[13:46] LEAD ON POLICY MAKING PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL OPERATIONS. SO I WOULD EXPECT

[13:52] THAT THIS CATEGORY CONTINUES TO BE LOWER IN THE FUTURE AS A RESULT OF THAT. HOWEVER, AS THE

[13:57] GOVERNING BODY, THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNCIL TO SET

[14:04] PRIORITIES AND TO GUIDE WHICH IS CAPTURED IN THESE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO

[14:10] TRACK THIS CATEGORY. AND AS AN INTERESTING COROLLARY, I WOULD

[14:15] NOTE THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TRACKING A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATION POLICIES SO THERE

[14:20] IS PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT WORK DONE BY THE ENTERPRISE. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS

[14:25] LEJTS LATIVE DIRECTIVES, WHICH ARE INCLUDED ON PAGES 5-7. AS

[14:32] YOU KNOW LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES ARE FORMAL ACTIONS BY THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST FROM THE MAYOR INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, OR

[14:38] OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT FOR THE COUNCIL'S OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE POLICY MAKING OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS AS PROVIDED IN CITY

[14:45] CHARTER. DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, A TOTAL OF 35LDs HAVE

[14:54] BEEN ADOPTED. ROUGHLY 83% FROM THE TOTAL VOLUME OF LAST YEAR HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE IN THE

[15:02] FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE CURRENT YEAR. MAJOR INCREASES IN VOLUME THAT I'VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING.

[15:07] DESPITE THAT SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN VOLUME, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY REPORTED BACK ON 16 OF THOSE DIRECTIVES. THOSE

[15:13] MATTERS ARE NOW CLOSED WHICH INDICATES A COMPLETION RATE OF

[15:20] 46%. ANOTHER FOUR OF THOSE HAD REPORTS GIVEN, BUT THEY ALSO REQUIRE FURTHER OCCURRING

[15:25] REPORTS OR ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP WORK. THAT'S ABOUT 11% OF THE TOTAL VOLUME STILL IN QUEUE.

[15:32] THERE ARE 15 LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES THAT ARE IN QUEUE WHICH REPORT BACK TO THE PROPER

[15:38] COMMITTEES. NINE HAVE SPECIFIC DATES ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNED PRESENTATIONS IN THE MONTH AHEAD. ONE LEGISLATIVE

[15:47] DIRECTIIVE WAS VETOED BY THE MAYOR. RELATIVE PLANS FOR THE

[15:54] GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA. -- FOR BOTH THE CURRENT

[16:02] AND PREVIOUS YEARS. FINALLY, WE HAVE DATA FOR STAFF DIRECTIVE HIGHLIGHTED ON PAGES 8-10 ON

[16:08] YOUR WRITTEN REPORT. STAFF DIRECTIVES ARE DIFFERENT FROM LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES, AND THAT THESE ARE DIRECTIONS FROM

[16:15] COUNCIL TO ITS OWN LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. IN 2024, IT ALSO

[16:21] INCLUDED DIRECTIVES IN REQUESTS TO THE CITY AUDITOR. HOWEVER, REQUESTS HAVE NOT BEEN TRACKED IN THIS REPORT. IT WILL BE A NEW

[16:28] CATEGORY OF DATA THAT WILL BE ADDED GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THE AUDITOR IS SEPARATE FROM COUNCIL AND THOSE CAN'T BE DIRECTIVES,

[16:33] THOSE ARE FORMAL REQUESTS. SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 28 STAFF DIRECTIVES

[16:39] THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. THAT'S ABOUT 67% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF DIRECTIVES ADOPTED IN ALL

[16:44] OF LAST YEAR. AGAIN, THAT DATA SHOWS AN INCREASING VOLUME THIS YEAR WHICH PUTS US ON PAR WITH

[16:51] OR EXCEEDING THAT FROM 2024. OF THE TOTAL VOLUME, NINE HAVE HAD REPORTS RETURNED TO COMMITTEES AND ARE NOW CLOSED. INDICATING A

[16:59] CLOSURE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 32%. 16 STAFF DIRECTIVES REMAIN IN QUEUE. I'LL NOTE AS WE

[17:05] STARTED THAT WE HAD DID FOUR DIRECTIVES IDENTIFIED IMPROPERLY AS FORMAL REQUESTS TO THE

[17:11] AUDITOR. THOSE FOUR REQUESTS ARE NOTED IN THE REPORT. I'LL JUST FOR THE RECORD SAY IT INCLUDES AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF THE

[17:18] CASE INVOLVING DAVIS MATURI. CASE INVOLVING ALISON. A REVIEW

[17:27] OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION AT

[17:32] LAKE STREET AND BLOOMINGTON AVENUE VERY RECENTLY. THE STATUS IS ALSO SHOWN THAT THE AUDITOR

[17:38] HAS ACCEPTED ALL FOUR OF THOSE AND PLANS TO BRING FORWARD THE AFTER ACTION REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS IN THE FUTURE. AND

[17:47] AG AGAIN, CLERKS HAVE PROVIDED ANALYSIS FOR THE CURRENT AND PRIOR YEARS. AS WITH LEGISLATIVE

[17:56] DIRECTIVES, IT'S INCREASING OVER THE PAST YEAR. I THINK IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT WE WILL EXCEED THE VOLUME FROM LAST YEAR

[18:02] WHEN WE FINISH THIS YEAR. I THINK THIS IS IN PARTICULAR A CATEGORY WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE

[18:08] TO SEE GROWTH AND EXPANSION IN FUTURE YEARS AS THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT BUILDS UP ITS OWN CAPACITY TO PROVIDE THE DESIRED

[18:15] LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL'S LEGISLATIVE POLICY MAKING AND OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS. THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A PRIMARY

[18:22] FOCUS FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR, AND AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE TO BUILD

[18:27] THAT SOLID FOUNDATION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT DIVISION. SO THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT FOR DATA.

[18:32] IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR PLANNED QUARTERLY REPORTING CADENCE. THE

[18:41] THIRD REPORT WILL BE AT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, SEPTEMBER 22ND. AS I'VE SAID

[18:47] BEFORE, THAT THE DATA CLEARLY SHOW THE COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION ARE ACTIVELY

[18:53] COLLABORATING TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. EVERY POLICY AND ACTION TAKEN BY

[18:59] COUNCIL REFLECTS THE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE, CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE WORK OF OUR CITY'S DEPARTMENTS WHICH

[19:05] INCLUDES THE NEARLY 4,000 PROFESSIONALS WHO BRING THEIR TALENTS TO THIS CITY EVERY DAY.

[19:10] THESE REPORTS ARE NOT MERELY HIGHLIGHTING COUNCIL'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY CERTAINLY ARE COUNCIL'S

[19:17] ACCOMPLISHMENTS. BUT IN REALITY, THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE WORKING

[19:22] TOGETHER. AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR THAT AS WE HEAD INTO A CITY ELECTION

[19:28] YEAR, I ESPECIALLY THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO KNOW THE CITY IS WORKING TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISHING IMPORTANT THINGS

[19:34] FOR ITS RESIDENTS. WE WORK BEST AS A CITY WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. HAVING SAID THAT, I LOOK FORWARD

[19:39] TO BRINGING FORWARD THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT IN SEPTEMBER. THAT COMPLETES MY FORMAL PRESENTATION. I KNOW YOU HAVE A

[19:45] VERY TIGHT TIMELINE AND A BIG AGENDA, MR. CHAIR. I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE

[19:51] ANY. >> THANK YOU, CLERK CARL FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO CHECK THE QUEUE TO SEE IF ANY OF

[19:57] MY COLLEAGUES ARE ON QUEUE. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL SEE YOU

[20:02] BACK HERE IN SEPTEMBER. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL

[20:08] DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION. NOW WE

[20:14] WILL BE RECEIVING A PRES

[20:23] PRESENTATION. I WILL WELCOME UP KATIE SMITH AND JON MARTIN. >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND MEMBERS OF

[20:28] COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS KATIE SMITH, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AND VOTER SERVICES,

[20:34] AND I AM JOINED BY OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, JON MARTIN. WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE TO GIVE YOU A

[20:41] BRIEF PRESENTATION COVERING THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE SET UP FOR THIS 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

[20:47] I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH SOME REALLY KEY DATES. THEY'RE LEADING UP TO BIG ELECTION DAY

[20:52] ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH. BUT WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO WHAT WE IN THE ELECTIONS AND

[21:00] SERVICES TEAM CONSIDER A BIG KICK OFF. THAT STARTS WITH

[21:06] CANDIDATE FILING NEXT MONTH. NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY, THE START OF OUR ABSENTEE VOTER

[21:14] PERIOD WHICH STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. OUR PUBLIC

[21:19] ACCURACY TESTING. IT'S WHEN WE PUBLICLY FOR ALL INTERESTED

[21:25] PERSONS RETEST FOR A SECOND TIME ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE UTILIZED DURING OUR

[21:30] ELECTION. SO REALLY IMPORTANT DAY WHERE WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT. THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE PROCESS AND THEY CAN SEE

[21:38] PHYSICALLY THOSE MACHINES BEING TESTED AND THE ACCURATE VOTES BEING TABULATED FROM THAT

[21:43] PROCESS. WE DO LIVESTREAM THAT. THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AHEAD OF THAT EVENT. THIS

[21:50] YEAR'S PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER 14TH. AS ALWAYS, THE STATE OF

[21:57] MINNESOTA IS AN ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION STATE, SO IF SOMEONE DOESN'T REGISTER BY

[22:02] OCTOBER 14TH, THEY CAN ALSO COMPLETE THAT REGISTRATION PROCESS EITHER AS A PART OF VOTING EARLY OR AS A PART OF

[22:08] VOTING ON ELECTION DAY. BUT MAKING THE PRE-REGISTRATION CUT-OFF DOES MAKE THE PROCESS

[22:15] SIMPLER. IT MEANS YOU DON'T NEED TO BRING ANYTHING WITH YOU WHEN YOU COME TO VOTE, YOU PROVIDE

[22:20] YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU GET CHECKED IN. THAT ONE'S OCTOBER 14TH. ABSENTEE VOTING

[22:28] WILL END ON NOVEMBER 3RD AT 5 P.M. THAT'S WHEN OUR EARLY

[22:33] IN-PERSON VOTING ENDS BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY IS ELECTION DAY.

[22:38] OUR MAIL BALLOT RETURN DEADLINE IS ELECTION DAY ITSELF AT 5 P.M.

[22:44] FOR IN-PERSON DROP OFF. THAT'S A CHANGE THIS YEAR THAT GOES INTO EFFECT FOR THIS ELECTION. IT COMES OUT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE

[22:50] CYCLE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG KEY IMPORTANT ONES TO REMEMBER. 5 P.M. CUT-OFF FOR MAIL BALLOT

[22:57] DROP-OFF ON ELECTION DAY. I'VE GOT ANOTHER SLIDE THAT HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THOSE OTHER

[23:03] CHANGES AS WELL. FOLLOWING ELECTION DAY ON NOVEMBER 4TH, IT IS A RANKED CHOICE VOTING

[23:09] ELECTION. WHICH MEANS ANY WINNERS THAT AREN'T KNOWN ON ELECTION NIGHT WILL GO INTO

[23:16] TABULATION ROUNDS. WE HAVE THOSE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH WHEN THAT PROCESS

[23:22] WILL HAPPEN. WE RESERVED

[23:28] NOVEMBER 6TH ON CALENDARS. AS I

[23:35] MENTIONED, THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF THIS YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE CYCLE. THE

[23:40] HIGHLIGHTED ONE THERE AT THE TOP IS THAT NEW ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP OFF AT 5 P.M. THAT'S THE TIME

[23:47] WHEN OUR VOTERS CAN ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY BRING THEIR BALLOT IN TO OUR OFFICE AND TURN IT INTO

[23:52] US. THAT'S A CHANGE THIS YEAR. IT'S ONE THAT WE'RE REALLY HIGHLIGHTING DURING OUR VOTER

[23:59] OUTREACH. DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTIN WILL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT ONE OF

[24:04] OUR EFFORTS AND WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING IN ALL OF OUR MEDIA OUTREACH AS WELL. THERE WAS ALSO

[24:10] AN ADDITION STATING THAT THE STUDENT HOUSING LIST WILL BE PROVIDED TO US DURING THE 18-DAY

[24:17] PERIOD OF EARLY VOTING AND DIRECT BALLOTING. IT'S SOMETHING

[24:23] THAT WE'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

[24:29] ON AND SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE'RE

[24:36] EXCITED TO SEE THAT CHANGE HAPPENING STATE WIDE. OUR STUDENTS CAN REGISTER WITH THAT

[24:41] METHOD EVEN EARLIER. THERE'S A NEW CHAIN OF CUSTODY PLEA AND REQUIREMENT THAT'S COMING UP WHERE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR

[24:48] CHAIN OF CUSTODY PLANS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. IT'S NOT A CHANGE IN OUR

[24:54] PROCEDURES OR OUR PROCESS. WE ALREADY HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN PLACE. THINGS LIKE SECURE

[25:00] BALLOT STORAGE AND SECURE HANDLING OF OUR VOTING MATERIALS. IT'S JUST A NEW FORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE

[25:06] SOLIDIFYING VIA THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. THERE ARE NEW VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS

[25:12] AND ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT NEXT MONTH. AND NEW SIGN UP FORM THAT'S

[25:17] GOING TO BE COMING OUT FOR THE ABSENTEE LIST NEXT YEAR. SO WE ARE REMINDING PEOPLE AS THEY'RE

[25:24] INTERESTED AND CONNECTING WITH OUR OFFICE THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE THAT THOSE NEW FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE

[25:29] STARTING NEXT MONTH. AND THEN FINALLY, ANOTHER KEY CHANGE OUT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE CYCLE COMES

[25:36] WITH FILING. IT REQUIRES A PROOF OF RESIDENCY PROVIDED DURING

[25:41] FILING BY CANDIDATES. THAT CAN EITHER BE A VALID CURRENT PHOTO ID OR AN ID PLUS A DOCUMENT. IT

[25:48] MIRRORS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR WHENEVER SOMEONE REGISTERS TO

[25:54] VOTE. THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY IN EFFECT. IT'S ALSO REQUIRES A

[25:59] NAME PRONUNCIATION FORM. SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ALREADY

[26:05] RECEIVING DURING OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS WHEREVER WE'RE TAKING

[26:10] IN THOSE CANDIDATE FORMS. AND IT'S THE WAY THAT OUR PROGRAMMING HAPPENS FOR OUR

[26:18] ASSISTIVE VOTING DEVICES SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR CANDIDATES'

[26:26] NAMES ARE BEING CORRECTLY ANNOUNCED. FINANCE REPORTING AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DUE

[26:31] SPECIFICALLY IN ELECTION YEARS WHEN A NAME IS ON A BALLOT, AND AN ANNUAL REPORT DUE EVERY YEAR.

[26:43] WE HAVE OUR EARLY VOTING HOURS. THEY'LL BE GOING UP ON OUR

[26:50] WEBPAGE SO THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS CAN SEE THOSE LISTED. THEY MIRROR QUITE SIMILAR TO

[26:56] WHAT WE'VE OFFERED IN PREVIOUS YEARS IN THE GUBERNATORIAL AND

[27:02] THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL. WE HAVE EXTENDED HOURS THE LAST TWO

[27:13] WEEKENDS, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY HOURS. WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO BE OFFERING POP-UP VOTING

[27:19] THIS YEAR DURING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. I CAME IN AND TALKED ON IT A LOT BUT IT'S A PROGRAM

[27:25] WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. WE'VE SEEN ITS SUCCESS BOTH IN TURNOUT AND REACHING VOTERS WHO

[27:31] WOULDN'T OTHERWISE PARTICIPATED. THIS YEAR WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT EVENTS SCHEDULED. WE'VE GOT THEM

[27:38] ALL OCCURRING WHEN OUR VOTERS CAN FEED THEIR BALLOTS IN THE

[27:44] TABULATION THAT WE'LL HAVE SET UP. WE USED CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE USED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

[27:52] THINGS LIKE GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSEMENT, TURNOUT, CVAP

[27:59] DATA, ANY FACILITIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED A NEED, AND ACCESS AS WELL IN FACILITY SPACE. THOSE

[28:06] FIVE INCLUDE ONE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON TUESDAY,

[28:12] OCTOBER 21ST, FROM 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. WE'LL BE HOSTING IT AGAIN AT THE WISEMAN ART MUSEUM. WE

[28:18] SAW A REALLY HEAVY TURNOUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA POP-UP DURING OUR PRESIDENTIAL

[28:23] ELECTION. WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. WE'VE GOT PLANS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE LINES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE

[28:30] UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALREADY ON OUTREACH EFFORTS. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE

[28:37] STUDENTS. BUT ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY AT THE U OF

[28:45] M WEISSMAN ART MUSEUM. HENNEPIN

[28:51] ELECTIONS WON'T BE SERVING VOTERS, SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REACH DOWNTOWN. WE'VE GOT A POP-UP IN THE

[28:58] SERVICE BUILDING IN ROOM 100 ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND. AND ALL OF THE REST OF THESE ARE 11 A.M.

[29:06] TO 6 P.M. WEISSMAN WAS DIFFERENT TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR HOURS OF

[29:11] OPERATION. THE THIRD ONE IS AT THE URBAN LEAGUE. URBAN LEAGUE

[29:16] HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER WITH US MAKING SPACE AVAILABLE FOR VOTING. THIS TIME WE'LL BE ABLE

[29:21] TO DO THAT DURING A MUNICIPAL YEAR. IT WILL BE AT URBAN LEAGUE

[29:27] TWIN CITIES ON FRIDAY, THE 23RD. AND WE'LL BE HOSTING AGAIN AT MIDTOWN GLOBAL MARKET. THAT

[29:34] ONE'S SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH. AND THEN LASTLY,

[29:40] WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP INTO WARD 4. WE ARE GOING TO BE OUT AT

[29:47] WEBER PARK. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27TH. WITH THAT, I'LL GO

[29:53] AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTIN. HE'LL FINISH UP A FEW SLIDES AND I'LL STAY HERE

[29:59] AS WELL SO WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF

[30:05] ELECTIONS JON MARTIN. GOING OVER SOME POLLING PLACE CHANGES WE'VE

[30:12] HAD SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2024. THERE WERE

[30:17] SOME THAT WERE TEMPORARY CHANGES BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION ON THE BUILDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE USING.

[30:23] SO THEY'RE JUST MOVED TEMPORARILY. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME WHICH ARE PERMANENT MOVES.

[30:30] EITHER THE CURRENT BUILDING TENANT DIDN'T WANT TO BE A

[30:36] POLLING PLACE OR THE BUILDING JUST DIDN'T SUIT OUR NEEDS

[30:41] ANYMORE. THE NEWER CHANGES THAT WE HAVE WILL EASE OUR TEMPORARY

[30:48] LOCATIONS, WARD 2 LOCATION 6 ON CAMPUS. THAT POLLING PLACE IS BEING MOVED FROM GRACE LUTHERAN

[30:54] CHURCH TO THE HILTON HOTEL ON CAMPUS. FOLKS WILL BE VOTING THERE FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION THIS YEAR, AND THEN THE 2026

[31:03] ELECTIONS. THE OTHER TEMPORARY RELOCATION IS IN WARD 5 PRECINCT 4, WHICH IS THE WILLARD-HAY

[31:12] NEIGHBORHOOD. FOLKS WILL BE VOTING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN

[31:19] NORTH COMMONS PARK. THE MORE PERMANENT CHANGES, WARD 5 MOVING TO UROC FROM THE LINCOLN SCHOOL.

[31:27] AND ALSO IN WARD 7, PRECINCT 2 MOVING TO THE KENWOOD COMMUNITY

[31:34] CENTER FROM ST. PAUL EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THERE WERE CHANGES THAT

[31:39] WENT INTO EFFECT WHICH VOTERS VOTED AT DURING THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SENATE DISTRICT 60

[31:44] THIS WINTER IN FEBRUARY, AND THOSE WERE IN WARD 1, PRECINCT

[31:50] 1, NEW POLLING PLACE IS PREMISE, INC. MOVED FROM COLUMBIA GOLF

[31:56] COURSE. CHANGES IN WARD 3, BOTH OF THOSE VOTING LOCATIONS CHANGED TO LOGAN PARK REC

[32:03] CENTER. THEY MOVED FROM SPRINGHILL MANOR HIGH RISE. WARD

[32:10] 3 PRECINCT 4 VOTED AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMY FOR 2025 AND

[32:18] 2026, IT'S BEING ALSO AT LOGAN PARK. ALL RIGHT. FOR THESE CHANGES, WE HAVE A ROBUST WAY OF

[32:27] COMMUNICATING THOSE CHANGES TO THE VOTERS AFFECTED. FIRST, WE

[32:34] MAIL OUT A POSTAL VERIFICATION CARD TO VOTERS TELLING THEM THAT THEIR POLLING PLACE IS GOING TO

[32:41] BE CHANGED. ALSO, WE WILL BE

[32:48] DOING TARGETED PAID SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISEMENTS. WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN BY ZIP CODES IN OUR

[32:54] HOUSEHOLD MAILER THAT WE MAIL OUT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY. THESE POLLING CHANGES WILL

[32:59] BE HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL. ALSO

[33:05] DURING FOR OUR VARIOUS OUTREACH AREAS WE HAVE INFORMATION

[33:13] HIGHLIGHTING THOSE CHANGES AT JUNETEENTH AT SATURDAY, AND CHANGES TO WARD 5 AVAILABLE FOR

[33:20] PEOPLE. BOTH IN 2024 AND FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAD SIGNS AT THE

[33:25] POLLING PLACES SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE AND HIGHLIGHTING THE CURRENT OR

[33:32] UPDATED LOCATIONS THAT FOLKS WILL BE VOTING AT THIS YEAR. NEXT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR

[33:39] NEW ASSISTED VOTING DEVICE. SO THE CITY FOR THIS ELECTION WILL HAVE -- WILL ADOPT CITY-WIDE THE

[33:47] EXPRESS VOTE IS OUR NEW ASSISTED VOTING DEVICE. PRIOR, WE USED A

[33:53] DEVICE CALLED THE OMNI BALLOT. THIS WAS ROLLED OUT ON A PILOT

[33:59] LAST YEAR. AND THEN FOR THE SENATE DISTRICT 60 SPECIAL ELECTION, EVERY PRECINCT IN THAT

[34:06] ELECTION ALSO USED THIS NEW DEVICE. COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THIS DEVICE DOES, IT CAN READ

[34:12] THE BALLOT TO PEOPLE. IT CAN ZOOM IN AND MAGNIFY THE BALLOT.

[34:17] PEOPLE CAN OPERATE THE DEVICE EITHER USING THE SCREEN. IT'S A

[34:23] TOUCHSCREEN. AND THEN IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND PICTURE, THERE'S ALSO LIKE A BRAILLE

[34:30] KEYPAD THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO NAVIGATE THEIR SELECTIONS. THE

[34:35] BALLOT ONCE PEOPLE VOTE USING THIS DEVICE, THE CHOICES ARE PRINTED OUT ON WHAT IS CALLED A

[34:41] SKINNY BALLOT. IT'S PICTURED IN BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT-HAND

[34:47] PICTURES. THE BALLOT IS CALLED SKINNY BALLOT BECAUSE IT'S SKINNIER THAN THE NORMAL BALLOT

[34:53] THAT YOU MIGHT USE IF YOU'RE NOT USING THIS DEVICE. THIS BALLOT, HOWEVER, DOES FEED DIRECTLY INTO

[34:59] THE SAME TABULATORS THAT PEOPLE NOT USING THE SKINNY BALLOT WILL USE. THERE WILL BE AN EXTRA TRAY

[35:06] WHICH HAS A SKINNIER CHUTE THAT PEOPLE CAN FEED THE BALLOT IN

[35:11] EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS IF SOMEONE WAS FILLING IN THE LARGER BALLOT. DIRECTOR SMITH

[35:21] TALKED A BIT ABOUT OUR VOTER OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION PLANS. WE HAVE A LOT OF ROBUST

[35:28] EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE ENTIRE CITY IS ELECTION

[35:36] READY, BUT WE REALLY USE THESE COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES TO SPECIFICALLY TARGETED OUR

[35:43] UNDER-REPRESENTED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALSO ELECTION READY

[35:49] IN OUR ELECTIONS. WE SO FAR HAVE ABOUT 15 PLANNED VOTER OUTREACH

[35:55] EVENTS. THOSE NUMBERS WILL GROW. AND THESE EVENTS RANGE FROM THE

[36:00] WIDER LIKE BIG EVENTS LIKE OPEN STREETS TO MORE TARGETED COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE SOMALI

[36:08] INDEPENDENCE DAY, JUNETEENTH, THE HMONG FREEDOM FESTIVAL.

[36:17] PLANS TO GO TO AT LEAST ONE EVENT IN EACH WARD FOR THIS

[36:24] ELECTION. WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE ABOUT 15 PRESS

[36:31] RELEASES, WHICH WE'LL BE ISSUING OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANT DATES,

[36:36] IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE ELECTION. BUT ALSO OUR OFFICE GOES IN THE

[36:42] MONTHS OF OCTOBER LEADING UP TO

[36:48] THE ELECTION. WE GO ON THE VARIOUS CULTURAL RADIO STATIONS,

[36:53] BILINGUAL STAFF WILL GO ON THESE STATIONS TO BE INTERVIEWED TO TELL FOLKS WHO LISTEN ABOUT WHAT

[36:59] THEY NEED TO DO TO VOTE, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE ELECTION READY. ALSO, WE PLAN TO DO SOME

[37:06] TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS. SO WE DO COMMUNICATIONS IN SOME OF THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTERS

[37:13] BOTH ON PAPER AND ONLINE. WE HAVE THE, FOR THE STUDENTS AT

[37:20] THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, WE CAN SEND OUT EMAIL BLASTS TO EVERY STUDENT ON CAMPUS. AND

[37:27] THIS YEAR, WE PLAN TO DO SOME ADVERTISEMENT ON THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE MINNESOTA DAILY

[37:34] AS WELL. AND ALSO FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR

[37:40] BIG POSTS, OUR KEY DATE POSTS WILL BE TRANSLATED. THEY'LL NOT ONLY BE IN ENGLISH BUT THEY'LL

[37:47] BE TRANSLATED INTO HMONG, SOMALI, AND SPANISH. LASTLY,

[37:53] WE'LL BE SENDING OUT OUR HOUSEHOLD MAILER WHICH GOES OUT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY.

[38:00] DIRECTOR SMITH TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT, BUT FOR OUR ELECTION RESULTS, ALL OF THE RESULTS WILL BE RELEASED AS THEY ARE

[38:06] COMPLETED AND THEY'LL BE RELEASED ON OUR CITY'S ELECTIONS

[38:13] WEBSITE VOTE.MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV.

[38:20] WHEN RESULTS ARE RELEASED, THEY'LL PROBABLY ALL COME ALL AT ONCE OR IN ONE BIG WAVE ONCE

[38:26] THOSE ABSENTEE NUMBERS ARE MERGED WITH THE RESULTS FROM THE POLLING PLACES ON ELECTION DAY.

[38:36] AND BECAUSE WE'RE USING CHOICE VOTING, SOME RACES WON'T BE CALLED ON ELECTION DAY. THE ONES

[38:43] THAT GO ON RING CHOICE TABULATION, THAT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. MOST LIKELY WE'LL HAVE IT ALL DONE BY WEDNESDAY. AND THE LAST THING I

[38:53] JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON IS CAMPAIGN FINANCE. A FEW DEADLINES TO REMEMBER FOR

[39:00] CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS. THERE ARE TWO REPORTS THAT ARE DUE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. THE PRE

[39:07] PRIMARY REPORT WHICH IS DUE

[39:15] AUGUST 2ND, AND THE PRE -- THE POST GENERAL REPORT AFTER THE

[39:21] ELECTION WHICH IS DECEMBER 4TH. AND THEN THE CERTIFICATION OF

[39:27] FILING, THAT IS DUE ON NOVEMBER 12TH. SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THIS IS NOT

[39:34] COMPLETED AND TURNED INTO OUR OFFICE, THE WINNERS WILL NOT BE

[39:39] ABLE TO ASSUME THEIR OFFICE UNTIL THE CERTIFICATION OF FILING IS COMPLETED. THAT

[39:49] CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 4TH. POLLS ARE OPEN 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M.

[39:55] DIRECTOR SMITH AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE

[40:00] PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO SEE IF ANYBODY IS ON QUEUE. FIRST UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN.

[40:06] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE IF YOU COULD SAY MORE

[40:13] ABOUT THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH EDUCATION FOR MINNEAPOLIS IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

[40:20] I UNDERSTAND DEMOCRACY. I KNOW THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THERE. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE OUTREACH THAT YOU WILL BE DOING? IF YOU

[40:27] COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH, IT INCLUDES THAT AMENDMENT. THAT'S JUST ADDING

[40:32] SOME EXTRA FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. INCLUDES THINGS NOT ONLY LIKE US GOING OUT TO

[40:39] COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT ALSO US BEING ABLE TO ADVERTISE IN LOCAL

[40:45] NEWSLETTERS AND NEWSPAPERS. WE'VE GOT THE CULTURAL MEDIA ROUNDS THAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR

[40:51] MARTIN HAD MENTIONED. YEAH. AND THEN ALSO WE'VE JUST BEEN REALLY

[40:57] WORKING ON OUR OUTREACH WHEN IT COMES TO HIRING SO THAT WE'RE

[41:03] SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE ON STAFF BOTH DURING EARLY VOTING, BUT ALSO AT THE POLLS WHO WERE ABLE

[41:10] TO SPEAK A LANGUAGE WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING IN TO VOTE SO THAT IT'S BOTH THAT KNOWLEDGE BEFORE

[41:16] CASTING YOUR BALLOT. BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THE SAME SERVICE AND SUPPORT AND SAME

[41:21] HELP FROM YOUR ELECTION JUDGE OR FROM YOUR EARLY VOTING SPECIALIST WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN TO CAST YOUR BALLOT IN PERSON.

[41:28] >> VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

[41:33] >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST A QUICK THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH. THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTIN. FROM MY

[41:41] PERSPECTIVE OVER THE YEARS, ELECTIONS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT WHAT THEY

[41:46] DO. AND THAT IS IN LARGE PART TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU RUN. THESE

[41:54] PRESENTATIONS I GUESS MEMBER 10 YEARS AGO SEEMED LIKE ASPIRATIONAL. LIKE HERE'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. WELL, YOU'VE

[42:00] ACTUALLY GOTTEN THERE. SO THANK YOU AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

[42:09] >> ALL RIGHT. NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THE

[42:14] WORK THAT YOU AND THE ENTIRE ELECTIONS TEAM IS DOING. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> MR. CHAIR, I KNOW YOU HAVE A

[42:20] LONG AGENDA, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY PUBLICLY,

[42:29] I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, YOU HEARD DIRECTOR

[42:36] SMITH SAY SEVERAL OF THESE MINNEAPOLIS HAD IN PLACE OVER YEARS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOW CODIFIED IN STATE LAW. AND I

[42:43] WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT THAT TALKS ABOUT IS NOT JUST THE LEADERSHIP THAT BENEFITS OUR VOTERS, YOUR

[42:50] CONSTITUENTS. BUT ON THE LARGER ISSUE, I APPRECIATE THEIR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY

[42:57] AND VOTERS, AND TEAM AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO DRIVE THESE IMPROVEMENTS STATE WIDE SO

[43:02] THEY'RE NOT JUST HERE LOCAL. I THINK THEIR IMPACT FAR EXCEEDS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

[43:08] >> THANK YOU, CLERK CARL. OUR CITY IS LEADING THE STATE. COLLEAGUES, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK

[43:14] TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION. AND NOW I WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO COUNCIL

[43:19] PRESIDENT PAYNE AS THE CHAIR OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ.

[43:25] FIRST, WE WILL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION FROM MICHAEL HARRISON AND DAVID DOUGLASS

[43:32] ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL SEMI ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT. WE WILL INVITE ELEFA UP.

[43:57] >> WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, VICE PRESIDENT

[44:04] CHUGHTAI, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, DAVID DOUGLASS, CHIEF MICHAEL

[44:09] HARRISON, AND EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. BEFORE WE TURN

[44:16] TO OUR PRESENTATION, WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO ALL OF YOU AND THE MINNEAPOLIS

[44:21] COMMUNITY ON THE TRAGIC MURDERS OF REPRESENTATIVES HORTMAN AND

[44:28] HER SPOUSE AND SENATOR HOFFMAN AND HIS SPOUSE. WE HAVE SEEN WHAT A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY THIS

[44:36] IS. WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE VICTIMS AND

[44:42] THEIR FAMILIES. WE'VE HEARD THEIR EXPRESSIONS OF PAIN AND WE GRIEVE WITH THEM AND WITH ALL OF YOU. I WAS LISTENING THIS

[44:50] MORNING ON MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC RADIO, THEY DID AN EXTENDED PRESENTATION ON VIOLENCE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IN THE NATION.

[44:56] AND ONE OF THE PANELISTS COMMENTED THAT MINNEAPOLIS SEEMS TO BE GROUND ZERO FOR SO MANY OF

[45:03] THE ISSUES OF VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL TENSION THAT THE COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING. AND

[45:09] THAT UNDERSCORES FOR US THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU AND THAT WE ARE DOING IN

[45:16] PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, NO ONE SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE

[45:22] BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE, WHO THEY REPRESENT, THE BELIEFS THEY HOLD, THE VIEWS THEY EXPRESS, OR

[45:28] HOW THEY CHOOSE TO PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD. THE POLICE MUST BOTH UPHOLD AND

[45:33] EMBODY THAT PRINCIPLE, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CONSENT DECREE ARE THE MEANS TO THAT END. WE

[45:41] RECOGNIZE IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE ASKED TO WORK WITH YOU TO DO THIS WORK. WE TAKE IT

[45:47] SERIOUSLY, AND WE STAND WITH YOU TO ACHIEVING THE ENDS OF THESE AGREEMENTS. WE APPRECIATE THE

[45:56] OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE REPORT TO THE

[46:02] PUBLIC IN TWO FORMS. WE HOLD THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS EACH YEAR,

[46:09] AND WE ISSUE TWO PROGRESS REPORTS, WRITTEN PROGRESS REPORTS. BUT THE TWO DON'T SYNC.

[46:14] AND AS A RESULT, WE ISSUE PROGRESS REPORTS BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEM. SO THIS

[46:22] IS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR MOST RECENT PROGRESS REPORT

[46:27] THROUGH ALL OF YOU. AND WE HOPE THIS WILL BECOME A REGULAR FEATURE AS WE GO FORWARD AND

[46:34] ISSUE THESE REPORTS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN OUR FINDINGS AND TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AND ALL OF YOU CONTEXT FOR THE

[46:40] WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

[46:46] WE'RE APPEARING FOR YOU, JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION, WE JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL AND TO THE

[46:51] PUBLIC ABOUT WHO WE ARE, OUR ROLE. OF COURSE, WE'LL SUMMARIZE

[46:56] OUR FINDINGS FROM OUR MOST RECENT PROGRESS REPORT. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO I THINK ALL

[47:03] OF YOU KNOW FROM THIS SELECTION

[47:08] PROCESS, EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL, WE'RE A

[47:15] 501(C)(3) COMING TOGETHER WITH POLICE TO A SHARED VISION FOR POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY

[47:20] SERVE. WE TAKE THAT SERIOUS. WE'RE NOT IN THE CONSENT DECREE BUSINESS. WE'RE ACTUALLY ATTRACTED TO THIS WORK BECAUSE

[47:26] IT'S CLEAR FROM THE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DID IN THE RESEARCH THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE ACROSS THIS

[47:32] COMMUNITY AND INCLUDING THE POLICE FOR THE KIND OF CHANGES THAT WE THINK ARE NECESSARY TO

[47:39] HEAL AND CHANGE AND REPAIR POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY. WE

[47:49] HAVE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM, AS WE'VE SAID. POLICING EXPERTS, LAWYERS, CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES.

[47:54] WE HAVE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MONITORED AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MONITORED, AND THOSE WHO

[48:00] MONITOR. OUR ROLE IS PRESCRIBED

[48:06] AND CONSTRAINED BY THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WHICH SUMMARIZED HERE, THE AGREEMENT

[48:13] PROVIDES THAT OUR PRIMARY DUTY IS TO FAIRLY AND EFFICIENTLY --

[48:21] WE MAY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ISSUE REPORTS. BUT WE DO NOT

[48:27] HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER OR REQUIRE THE CITY, M.P.D. OR MDHR

[48:33] OR ANY EMPLOYEE TO TAKE OR DEFER FROM TAKING ACTION. IN OTHER WORDS, THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT DON'T WORK FOR US. WE

[48:38] DON'T RUN THEM. WE ARE NOT AN

[48:43] AGENT OF EITHER PART PARTY OR THE COURT. WE HAVE THREE BASIC

[48:50] ROLES: WE MONITOR. WE COACH. WE USE OUR EXPERIENCE TO HELP THE

[48:56] DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY COME INTO COMPLIANCE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE REPORT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE COURT, TO ALL

[49:03] OF YOU ON THE CITY'S PROGRESS TOWARD THOSE GOALS. PUBLIC

[49:10] FEEDBACK IS INTEGRAL TO THE PRO

[49:15] PROCESS. AS I NOTED, WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROCESS.

[49:21] AND ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK WE USE TO INFORM OUR WORK. WE REPORT TO THE PARTIES, TO THE COURT, TO

[49:27] THE PUBLIC, AND OF COURSE, TO ALL OF YOU. I'D LIKE TO NOW TURN

[49:35] IT OVER TO CHIEF HARRISON TO TALK ABOUT SUMMARIZE THE FINDINGS FROM OUR SECOND

[49:41] PROGRESS REPORT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT TO YOU TO

[49:48] TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT HAS BEEN DOING, AND WHAT'S LEFT TO DO. SO FAR, THERE HAVE

[49:53] BEEN A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT HAVE

[49:58] MADE APPROVAL AND COMING TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT DECREE. MAINLY USE OF FORCE POLICIES WHICH IS MADE UP OF 17

[50:05] POLICIES WHICH MAKE UP A SUITE OF USE OF FORCE POLICIES. CRISIS

[50:11] POLICY HAS BEEN APPROVED. MISSION, VALUES AND GOALS HAS

[50:17] BEEN APPROVED. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS NEAR APPROVING. I WILL

[50:26] PULL THIS UP AND GIVE YOU THE 17 POLICIES THAT MAKE UP THE USE OF

[50:34] FORCE. THEY ARE 5-301 FORCE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, OPERATIONS

[50:39] AND STANDARDS, USE OF FORCE REPORTING, USE OF FORCE REVIEW,

[50:45] AUTHORIZE AND PROHIBITED FORCE OPTIONS, FORCE OPTION

[50:53] RESTRAINTS -- FORCE OPTION HANDHELD CHEMICAL AEROSOLS.

[51:01] FORCE OPTION CEWs. FORCE OPTION

[51:07] BATONS. FORCE OPTION K-9s. FORCE OPTION FIREARMS. FORCE OPTION

[51:14] CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. --

[51:24] DEESCALATION, CRISIS INTERVENTION AND RESPONDING TO HIGH RISK. SO THOSE ARE THE 17

[51:29] POLICIES THAT MAKE UP THE SUITE OF USE FORCE POLICIES. SO THAT'S

[51:40] WHERE POLICIES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. THERE ARE STILL POLICIES THAT ARE NOT YET

[51:45] APPROVED. NOW WE MOVE INTO TRAINING PROGRESS. WE'LL GET INTO THE PROGRESS, THEN WE'LL GET INTO WHAT'S LEFT TO BE DONE.

[51:52] 2025 TRAINING PLAN, AND THE TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS WAS COMPLETED AND APPROVED. BOTH OF THESE HAVE BEEN PRAISED AS

[51:58] MODELS AS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PUT

[52:05] TOGETHER AN ANNUAL TRAINING PLAN. THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM HAS AN 8-HOUR REFRESHER

[52:11] TEAM. IT'S NOT AN EVALUATOR APPROVED TRAINING, BUT THEY DELIVERED IT BEFORE THE POLICY

[52:16] WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED. THEN THERE'S CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING FOR 911 DISPATCHERS

[52:22] WHICH IS NOT YET DEVELOPED BUT IT'S UNDERWAY. THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE THIRD CATEGORY. FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT,

[52:28] AND NON-DATABASE TECHNOLOGY PLAN IS NEARLY COMPLETED. A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT AND IT IS

[52:33] ALMOST THERE. AND THE CITY LAUNCHED WEBSITE THAT EXPLAINS TO CITY EMPLOYEES THE PROS ES IS

[52:38] FOR FILING AND INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS AGAINST M.P.D. SWORN

[52:44] PERSONNEL IS UNDERWAY. NEXT, WE HAVE MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS

[52:51] AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE RECRUITMENT AND STRATEGY FOR

[52:56] COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT WAS APPROVED. INVESTIGATIVE TRAINING HAS BEEN

[53:02] DELIVERED FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, AND THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW OR OPCR

[53:09] PERSONNEL. IAD AND OPCR HAVE MADE PROGRESS TOWARD REDUCING

[53:15] THEIR INVESTIGATIVE BACKLOGS. AND SOPs ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT

[53:20] TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS REFERRING MISCONDUCT CASES FOR COACHING.

[53:26] NEXT IS OFFICER WELLNESS, WHICH IS THE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. 21 MEMBERS

[53:31] HAVE BEEN TRAINED. EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM OR EIS POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS ON TRACK

[53:36] TO BE COMPLETED. THE LAST ONE IS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS. THE

[53:42] DATA SYSTEMS PLAN IS COMPLETED AND APPROVED. THE NEW POLICY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE HAS BEEN

[53:47] DEMONSTRATED. THEY HAVE SEEN AND TEST DROVE THE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT WOULD GIVE THEM

[53:53] THE ABILITY TO CREATE, MAINTAIN IN A BETTER WAY. USE OF FORCE,

[54:01] VEHICLE PURSUIT REPORTS IS UNDERWAY. HERE ARE THE CHALLENGES. THE POLICY

[54:08] DEVELOPMENT. WE KNOW IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME. IT HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN EXPECTED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. THERE HAS

[54:14] BEEN PROGRESS BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THIS PACE

[54:20] IMPACTS DELAYS IN THE REQUIRED WORK DOWN STREAM. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WORK HASN'T BEEN DONE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS

[54:26] WHY IT TAKES SO LONG. WE WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE

[54:31] GOOD POLICIES. YES, WE WANT THEM TO GET THEM DONE QUICKLY. BUT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

[54:37] THEY ARE GOOD. WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR CAPACITY RESTRAINTS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY

[54:43] PERSONNEL FACE COMPETING PRIORITIES BALANCING BOTH REFORM INITIATIVES WITH THE DAILY OPERATIONS. AND WE HAVE CONCERNS

[54:49] ABOUT THEIR CAPACITY BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE TASKED WITH

[54:54] DOING REFORM WORK BUT ALSO HAVE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES IN BALANCING THE TIME BRINGS ABOUT

[55:02] CONCERN. DELAYS HIRING VENDORS REMAINS A CONCERN. THE WELLNESS UNIT IS UNDERSTAFFED AND RIGHT

[55:09] NOW ONLY HAS TWO FULL-TIME PERSONNEL. IT IS WAY

[55:16] UNDERSTAFFED FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO COME UNDER COMPLIANCE. THEY'VE

[55:22] MADE A LOT OF PROCESS IN HIRING NEW PEOPLE AND ONBOARDING THEM TO THEIR DIVISIONS AND GETTING

[55:27] THEM TRAINED. THE TRAINING ISSUES. THE CRISIS INTERVENTION

[55:32] REFRESHER TRAINING HAS BEEN DELIVERED BUT NOT INDEPENDENTOR EVALUATOR APPROVED DUE TO

[55:40] DELIVERY ISSUES. WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF THINGS HAPPEN ESPECIALLY DISRUPTION INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS WHICH WE BROUGHT TO

[55:45] THE ATTENTION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND ADDRESSED IT. THE LEADER OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS ADDRESSED IT.

[55:52] THEY WILL NOT HAVE THOSE ISSUES. IF THEY DO, WE BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION AGAIN, WE'LL BRING IT

[55:59] TO YOUR ATTENTION. THEIR SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP MODEL HASN'T STARTED. IT IS VENDOR

[56:06] BASED. THEY HAVE CONTRACTED WITH A VENDOR. THEY ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE COMPLETED AND DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED LATER THIS YEAR.

[56:13] AND THEN THERE ARE TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS. THE CURRENT DATA SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW ARE INADEQUATE

[56:21] AND LACK CAPABILITIES, AND IT HINDERS OUR ABILITY TO AUDIT AND

[56:27] ASSESS, AND IF THE DATA IS EVEN GOOD. THAT NEEDS TO BE

[56:32] ADDRESSED. AND THEIR PUBLIC-FACING DATA DASHBOARDS REQUIRE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

[56:37] I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DAVID AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THIS NEXT

[56:44] REPORTING PERIOD. >> WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS WE'RE BUILDING. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE

[56:50] RIGHT POLICIES IN PLACE. WE HAVE TO TRAIN ON THOSE POLICIES. BUT THEN WE NEED THE DATA SYSTEMS

[56:56] NECESSARY TO MANAGE AND MONITOR THOSE POLICIES AND TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE. AND OF COURSE, WE NEED DISCIPLINE AND

[57:04] ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS BECAUSE AS CHIEF HARRISON OFTEN SAYS, POLICE OFFICERS DO WHAT WE TEACH THEM TO DO, TRAIN THEM TO DO,

[57:11] AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING OR NOT DOING. AND THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL. AS WE LOOK

[57:17] OVER YEAR TWO, WE HOPE TO COMPLETE THE POLICY PROCESS. RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T PROMISE THAT

[57:22] THEY'LL ALL BE DONE. BUT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THOSE THAT ARE MOST

[57:27] IMPORTANT, SUCH AS STOP SEARCHES AND ARRESTS. AS WE APPROVE

[57:33] POLICIES, WE'LL APPROVE THE TRAINING. TRAINING WILL COMMENCE. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW

[57:39] THAT ALL OF THE YEAR TO TRAINING GOALS WILL BE MET. I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ARE

[57:44] WORKING ON GIVING US NEW DEADLINES AND A NEW PLAN. WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH THEM ON THAT.

[57:49] BUT THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROCESS ON ALL THE

[57:55] PROGRESS AND TRAINING. DATA SYSTEMS NECESSARY SO THAT LATER THIS YEAR AND INTO YEARS THREE,

[58:01] WE CAN BEGIN THE AUDITING. AS A GENERAL MATTER, WE DON'T AUDIT BEFORE THERE'S A CHANCE FOR

[58:07] CHANGE. WE ALREADY KNOW THINGS AREN'T RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THE MDHR AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[58:14] CONSENT DECREE TOLD US. JUST TO AUDIT BEFORE THINGS CHANGE JUST TELLS US MORE OF WHAT WE ALREADY

[58:20] KNOW. WE TRY TO GIVE IT A CHANCE TO GET THE POLICIES AND TRAINING IN PLACE AND AUDITING THE CHANGE

[58:25] PROCESS AND MEASURING CHANGE. SO WE'VE LISTED THESE HERE. BUT

[58:32] THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THEM, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY OF THIS IN MORE DETAIL. WE

[58:39] INVITE AND WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, ARE

[58:44] THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL GO

[58:50] AHEAD AND ADD MYSELF TO QUEUE, AND OTHER FOLKS CAN JUMP IN.

[58:56] COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE AROUND THE CHALLENGES? IT'S

[59:04] DISHEARTENING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DURING TRAINING. COULD YOU EXPAND ON

[59:10] THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? >> YES. >> SO WE OBSERVE TRAINING AS

[59:16] OFTEN AS WE CAN, AND WHILE OBSERVING THIS, SOMETIMES WE'RE ACTUALLY IN PERSON, SOMETIMES

[59:22] WE'RE DOING IT VIRTUALLY. WE SAW THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THEIR PHONES. THERE WERE

[59:28] PEOPLE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. THERE WERE PEOPLE CHALLENGING THE VALIDITY OR CHALLENGING THE NEED TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE

[59:35] CHANGES. AND SO WE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LEADERSHIP THAT THEY SHOULD ADDRESS THIS. THAT

[59:42] THIS THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE CLASS HAS COMMEND OVER THE ROOM AND

[59:49] SHOULD BE DELIVERING INSTRUCTION WITHOUT DISRUPTION. AND IF

[59:54] PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT NOT CHALLENGE WHETHER THE

[59:59] DEPARTMENT NEEDS THIS AND GIVING THEIR OPINIONS WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT. AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ATTENTIVE

[1:00:05] AND FOCUSED AS IF THEY WERE IN A TRUE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS THE GOAL TO TURN THIS INTO AN

[1:00:13] ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM, THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD RESPOND TO THE

[1:00:19] INSTRUCTOR AS IF THEY WERE IN ANY OTHER HIGH LEVEL ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. >> I'LL SHARE THAT I'VE HAD THE

[1:00:24] OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE SOME OF THE TRAINING, INCLUDING USE OF FORCE, AND THIS WAS WITH THE

[1:00:31] CADETS NOT IN FIELD TRAINING. AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE

[1:00:36] RECEPTIVITY OF THE CADETS. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE TECHNIQUES THAT WERE GETTING TRAINED, AND

[1:00:42] SEEING HOW THOSE TECHNIQUES WERE COMPARED AND CONTRASTED WITH OTHER STYLES THAT HAD

[1:00:49] HISTORICALLY OR TRADITIONALLY THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED TO. SEEING THE BIG DIFFERENCE AND SOME OF

[1:00:55] THE BRAZILIAN YJUJITSU.

[1:01:08] >> I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. DAY ONE AND DAY TWO USE OF

[1:01:13] FORCE TRAINING. THEY'RE WORKING TO GETTING APPROVAL. DAY THREE

[1:01:18] USE OF FORCE WE WILL GRANT COMPLIANCE AFTER THE DELIVERY OF THE DAY THREE USE OF FORCE

[1:01:24] TRAINING. WE CAN GET YOU THAT ANSWER. BUT TO ADD CONTEXT TO WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER, THAT

[1:01:30] WAS IN SERVICE TRAINING. NOT RECRUIT TRAINING FOR NEW RECRUIT. >> THAT WOULD BE MY ASSUMPTION.

[1:01:36] >> IT WAS NOT THE NEW RECRUIT. IT WAS THE IN-PERSON TRAINING FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS. SO WE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF

[1:01:42] THE LEADERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. IT HAS BEEN GIVEN BACK TO US HOW IT WAS ADDRESSED.

[1:01:48] AND EVEN IN SPEAKING WITH INSTRUCTORS, THE INSTRUCTOR HAS INFORMED US THAT YES, IT HAS

[1:01:55] BEEN ADDRESSED, BROUGHT INTO MEETINGS. THE INSTRUCTOR KNOWS THE AUTHORITY HE OR SHE HAS

[1:02:02] INSIDE THE CLASSROOM TO HAVE TO COMMAND AUTHORITY. >> IF WE COULD NOTE FOR

[1:02:08] ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I'M SURE OUR STAFF ON OUR SIDE CAN GIVE US THAT NEXT TRAINING DATE. I'D LIKE TO BE

[1:02:14] ABLE TO OBSERVE THAT IN-FIELD TRAINING TO SEE WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE IS. I SEE A FEW OTHER

[1:02:20] FOLKS IN QUEUE. I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS BUT I WILL COME IN LATER. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL

[1:02:29] MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, CHIEF DOUGLASS, AND

[1:02:35] HARRIS WAS IT? >> MICHAEL HARRIS. >> I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

[1:02:42] ABOUT THE TRAINING NEEDS AND SOME OF THE PROGRESS ON THAT. FIRST OF ALL, WHERE CAN WE SEE THE TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT

[1:02:47] THAT WAS DONE? >> WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. THE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE A NOTE TO FOLLOW UP AND GET THAT TO YOU.

[1:02:54] >> YEAH. I'M ACTUALLY CURIOUS IF THAT COULD BE MADE PUBLIC. >> I THINK IT IS PUBLIC. I

[1:03:02] THOUGHT IT WAS PUBLIC. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT AHEAD OF MYSELF. >> THANKS. IF IT'S PUBLIC, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO

[1:03:08] BE ABLE TO REVIEW AFTER THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO MAYBE THE CLERKS TO FOLLOW

[1:03:13] UP WITH THAT ONE. SO THAT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS IT'S DONE.

[1:03:18] >> YES. >> OKAY. THANKS. AND THEN I

[1:03:24] REALLY WANTED TO ASK ABOUT PAGE 74 OF THE CONSENT DECREE WAS ABOUT INTERACTIONS WITH YOUTH

[1:03:30] AND TRAINING NEEDS FOR BIAS AS IT RELATES TO INTERACTING WITH YOUTH. AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT

[1:03:37] ANYWHERE THIS IN UPDATE. AND SO CAN YOU PROVIDE ME WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT IS BEING

[1:03:43] ADDRESSED. >> THERE'S AN ENGAGING WITH MINORS POLICY THAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING DONE IN

[1:03:49] CONJUNCTION WITH THE STOP SEARCH AND ARREST POLICY. SO THAT POLICY AND THAT TRAINING WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THIS NEXT REPORTING

[1:03:55] PERIOD. >> IN THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD. SO THE NEXT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. >> I WOULD THINK SO. WE'RE STILL

[1:04:01] WAITING FOR THE CITY TO THE SEQUENCING OF POLICIES AND TRAINING AND THE DEADLINES. BUT

[1:04:07] IT WILL BE IN YEAR TWO. >> THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED OF UNDER STAFFING OF THE WELLNESS

[1:04:13] DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL, YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT THE CONSENT DECREE RECOMMENDS IN

[1:04:18] TERMS OF STAFFING AT THE WELLNESS DEPARTMENT AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO. SINCE THERE'S

[1:04:26] CURRENTLY TWO STAFF IN THAT DEPARTMENT. >> CORRECT. I DON'T RECALL WHETHER THE DOCUMENT SPECIFIED A

[1:04:32] STAFFING LEVEL. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REPORT. THE STAFFING

[1:04:38] LEVEL IS INSUFFICIENT. I BELIEVE THEY'RE HIRING THREE MORE PEOPLE. >> YEAH. THERE'S BEEN A COMMAND

[1:04:44] CHANGE. THERE IS A NEW COMMANDER. BUT THEY'RE TWO

[1:04:49] FULL-TIME MEMBERS IN THE UNIT. WE LOOK AT FOR AGENCY THIS SIZE

[1:04:55] IT'S WOEFULLY UNDERSTAFFED FOR THE NEEDS THAT WE KNOW THE AGENCY WOULD HAVE. AND SO WE

[1:05:02] JUST NOTED THAT RESOURCES HAVE TO BE DEDICATED IN ORDER TO MAKE

[1:05:08] COMPLIANCE. >> DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD MEET THE NEED? >> WE CAN LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES

[1:05:14] AS WHAT OTHER AGENCIES DO THAT ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE AND SIMILAR IN NEED, AND MAKE

[1:05:20] RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT A NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE IS. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DOES NOT

[1:05:25] SPECIFY AN AMOUNT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE WE DO THAT SO THAT THEY CAN DELIVER WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THEIR

[1:05:33] MEMBERS FOR WELLNESS. >> I UNDERSTAND THE DEPARTMENT IS IN THE HIRING PROCESS TO FILL

[1:05:38] ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND MAY BE REASSIGNING SOME FOLKS INTO IT. THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IT.

[1:05:44] >> AND THEN THE TOP UPDATE, I WOULD SAY TOP PROGRESS THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH IS

[1:05:50] THE USE OF FORCE POLICIES. THE 17 USE OF FORCE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. HAVE ALL

[1:05:56] OFFICERS, INCLUDING CADETS AND IN THE FIELD BEEN TRAINED ON THE NEW USE OF FORCE POLICIES? WHERE

[1:06:02] IS THAT AT? >> NOT COMPLETELY. FOR EXISTING OFFICERS, IT'S A THREE-DAY

[1:06:09] TRAINING. DAYS ONE AND TWO HAVE BEEN DEPLETED. DAY THREE IS SUBJECT TO OUR APPROVAL AND WILL

[1:06:15] BE DELIVERED SOON. >> JUST SO I'M UNDERSTANDING, HOW MANY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON THESE POLICIES AND

[1:06:21] HOW MANY HAVE NOT? >> EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TRAINED ON DAY ONE. IT'S A THREE-DAY TRAINING. EVERYONE'S BEEN

[1:06:26] TRAINED ON DAY ONE. NEARLY

[1:06:32] EVERYONE HAS BEEN ON DAY TWO. DAY THREE HASN'T BEEN APPROVED.

[1:06:38] THE TRAINING HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED. WE'RE WORKING TO GET THAT TO US. ONCE THEY APPROVE

[1:06:46] IT, WE CAN BEGIN DELIVERING ON IT. >> OKAY. I ASK THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A WEEK AGO,

[1:06:53] JUNE 3RD WHEN THERE WAS THE FEDERAL OPERATION ON LAKE STREET. THERE WAS VIDEO CIRCULATING OF AN M.P.D. OFFICER

[1:06:59] SHOVING A PROTESTOR. WHICH I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE NOT IN LINE WITH OUR NEW POLICIES. SO I'M

[1:07:05] WONDERING IF YOU ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ON THE GROUND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING INTO THE

[1:07:11] NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR MORE TRAINING. >> WE ARE. AND THAT IS WHY USE

[1:07:18] OF FORCE WAS PRIORITIZED OVER SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE WE KNEW WHAT OFFICERS WERE DOING ON A DAILY

[1:07:24] BASIS, EVEN RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TIMES THAT THEY HAVE TO USE FORCE. THERE ARE TIMES THEY NEED

[1:07:30] TO USE FORCE. MAYBE THERE ARE TIMES IT'S USED WHEN THEY DON'T NEED IT. THAT'S WHY THIS WAS

[1:07:38] HIGHEST POLICY TO TAKE ON FIRST. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AFTERWARDS AND LATER.

[1:07:43] USE OF FORCE BECAME THE THING THAT THEY DECIDED AND WE AGREED TO PRIORITIZE, TO DEVELOP AND

[1:07:48] TRAIN AND TEACH RIGHT NOW. ALTHOUGH DAY 3 IS NOT YET APPROVED. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW,

[1:07:55] I'LL ASK THE CHIEF ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK. HE'LL BE HERE IN FRONT OF COMMITTEE AS WELL. BUT

[1:08:00] I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR NOT

[1:08:05] JUST TRAINING BUT THEN HOLDING FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS ON THE JOB WHEN THEIR

[1:08:11] TRAINING WAS NOT PUT TO USE AND WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF THAT. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE STEPS WE

[1:08:16] SHOULD BE TAKING TO HOLD THE OFFICER ACCOUNTABLE TO BREAKING THE POLICY? >> THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUS

[1:08:23] OF THE ISSUES OF ACCOUNTABILITY. DISCIPLINE, SOME IS PROCEDURES THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING. WE

[1:08:30] MONITOR THESE EVENTS. WE MONITOR HOW THEY INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS FROM BOTH RANK AND PUBLIC TO

[1:08:36] MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING IT FAIRLY AND EFFECTIVELY. >> GOOD. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO

[1:08:43] SEE THAT THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW PROCESS IS NOW UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE. I THINK

[1:08:48] IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAN FILE THOSE COMPLAINTS AND SEE THE RESULTS.

[1:08:54] SO THAT IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN. SO THAT'S GOOD

[1:09:02] NEWS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU. AND GREETINGS.

[1:09:07] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. MY NAME IS COUNCIL MEMBER AURIN CHOWDHURY, I REPRESENT THE

[1:09:13] 27th WARD IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. I APPRECIATE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHAT WE'VE

[1:09:19] BEEN THROUGH AS A COMMUNITY, AND YOUR SOLIDARITY IN THAT. AND COMING INTO THIS MEETING TODAY

[1:09:26] FOLLOWING THIS WEEKEND, IT JUST FEELS THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE HAVE THESE

[1:09:32] CONVERSATIONS AROUND ENSURING THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS

[1:09:37] HAVING THE BEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM. TREATING EVERY

[1:09:44] PERSON THAT THEY INTERACT WITH WITH DIGNITY AND EQUALITY AND

[1:09:51] PRACTICING CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING. I HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FROM THROUGHOUT THE SEMI-ANNUAL

[1:09:57] REPORT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE TIME FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO ASK QUESTIONS. BUT I

[1:10:02] WANTED TO KIND OF START WITH THE SECTION WHERE THE QUARTERLY

[1:10:09] REVIEW PANELS ARE DISCUSSED, AND

[1:10:15] THE DISCUSSION AROUND TRAFFIC STOPS AND THE RAISING OF PERFORMANCE AND REVIEW CONCERNS,

[1:10:21] AND JUST SOME OF THE DATA REPORTING CHALLENGES. MAYBE WE

[1:10:26] TAKE A STEP BACK. COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW PANELS ARE.

[1:10:31] >> YES. THANK YOU. THE PURPOSE OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW PANELS

[1:10:38] IS TO TAKE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED THAT ARE CAPTURED ON VIDEO, NAMELY BODY CAM VIDEO,

[1:10:46] AND TAKE THOSE ON STOPS. THERE WAS ANOTHER QUARTERLY PANEL

[1:10:51] REVIEW ON SEARCHES. BUT TO TAKE ANOTHER OF INCIDENTS CAPTURED ON

[1:10:57] VIDEO, BRING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT TOGETHER. WE AS MONITORS WORK IN-PERSON. AND TO

[1:11:06] LOOK AT THOSE VIDEOS, THEY DISCUSSED THEM AMONG THEMSELVES AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT

[1:11:11] WE SAW FROM BEGINNING TO END. IN BOTH QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEWS,

[1:11:17] THE ONE ON STOPS, THE ONE ON SEARCHES, WE SAW A NUMBER OF

[1:11:23] ISSUES. AND WHEN THE DEPARTMENT DISCUSSED IT AMONG THEMSELVES,

[1:11:28] THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN, AND THIS IS FROM MY

[1:11:33] OBSERVATION, THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A LEGITIMATE STOP. AND THEN

[1:11:40] WHETHER OR NOT DEESCALATION WAS USED WHEN THE PERSON WAS

[1:11:46] ESCALATED, FORCE HAD TO BE USED. MAYBE THEY WERE HANDCUFFED. MAYBE THEY WEREN'T. BUT THE STOP ALL THE WAY UP TO ARREST, MAYBE

[1:11:53] A SEARCH AND A SEIZURE. EVERY ASPECT WE SAW IN THE VIDEO. WE

[1:11:59] SAW THREE, FOUR, MAYBE FIVE VIDEOS. THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OF WHETHER OR NOT IT

[1:12:05] WAS A LEGITIMATE STOP. THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN THE ROOM AMONG THE RANKS OF

[1:12:11] WHETHER OR NOT THE SEARCHES WERE LEGI LEGITIMATE. WHETHER OR NOT THINGS WERE DONE ACCORDING TO POLICY, PROTOCOL, WHETHER OR NOT

[1:12:19] THE TACTICS WERE SAFE OR UNSAFE. THERE SEEMED TO BE A HEAVY

[1:12:24] DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DEESCALATION WHICH WAS ON THE END OF IT, AND THE EXPLANATION BY THE OFFICER TO THE CITIZEN OF

[1:12:30] WHY THE CITIZEN WAS STOPPED. WHY THE CITIZEN WAS SEARCHED. THAT EXPLANATION WAS A REALLY, REALLY

[1:12:36] GOOD EXPLANATION TO CALM THE CITIZEN AT THE END. BUT WHAT WE WERE NOTICING THAT THEY WEREN'T

[1:12:43] DOING IT. THAT THAT WAS NOT AT THE BEGINNING BUT RATHER AT THE END. EXPLAINING WHY WE STOPPED AS OPPOSED TO DEALING WITH THE

[1:12:50] REASON WE STOPPED AND IF THE REASON WAS A GOOD REASON. AMONGST THEMSELVES, THERE WERE

[1:12:56] DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. WHEN WE LEFT, WE NOTED THAT. WE MADE

[1:13:02] THAT KNOWN. AND THERE IS A PROCESS TO IMPROVE THE QUARTERLY

[1:13:07] PANEL REVIEW. I WILL ADD THAT THE VIDEOS WE SAW PREDATED ANY

[1:13:12] OF THE NEW POLICIES. THE FIRST ONE WHICH WAS STOPS, THEY WERE OVER A YEAR OLD. WE DID NOTICE

[1:13:19] THAT THE VIDEOS WE SAW WERE NOT CURRENT, BUT VIDEOS THE POLICY

[1:13:25] PREDATED ANY OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY'RE UNDERTAKING NOW. SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE

[1:13:31] IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY TO IMPROVE THE QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW, NUMBER ONE, TO ASCERTAIN

[1:13:38] OFFICERS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. WHETHER THE SEARCH IS ACTUALLY THE RIGHT THING LEADING TO AN ARREST. IF IT'S NOT, WHAT

[1:13:48] ACCOUNTABILITY WILL TAKE PLACE TO FIND THAT? THAT IS UNDERWAY AS WE SPEAK. WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THEM AND WE WROTE THAT

[1:13:54] IN OUR REPORT. >> THANK YOU. YEAH. WITHIN YOUR

[1:13:59] REPORT I FOUND -- I FELT LIKE I REALLY READ YOUR CONCERN. AND

[1:14:09] WHILE THEIR PAST CASES, THERE WAS CURRENT M.P.D. STAFF PRESENT

[1:14:14] PERFORMING WHAT YOU ARTICULATED AS EITHER UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR

[1:14:19] NOT HAVING A REASONABLE REASON FOR STOP. AND IN THAT SITUATION,

[1:14:27] THOSE OFFICERS BOTH ESCALATED,

[1:14:33] LIED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ULTIMATELY COULDN'T AGREE. I

[1:14:38] HEAR YOU SAY THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS AFTERWARDS. WHAT DID THAT TYPE OF FOLLOW UP LOOK LIKE

[1:14:44] AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO KIND OF CORRECT FOR THAT AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT OR LEARN

[1:14:53] FROM THIS INITIAL QUARTERLY REVIEW PANEL ON THIS INSTANCE?

[1:14:58] >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE EXACT ANSWER OF WHAT THEY'RE

[1:15:04] BUILDING TO TURN THE QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW INTO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE OTHER THAN THEY'VE GIVEN

[1:15:09] US ASSURANCE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THOSE TWO QUARTERLY

[1:15:14] PANEL REVIEWS. AND THEY'RE BUILDING THE QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW TO NUMBER ONE, ASSESS

[1:15:20] WHAT THEY SAW, AND TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO CORRECTIVE ACTION

[1:15:26] EITHER THROUGH TRAINING OR DISCIPLINE OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH. SHOULD THEY FIND THAT IN THE QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW

[1:15:32] THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS OBSERVED THAT WAS WRONG BY POLICY OR WRONG BY LAW. THEY'RE

[1:15:38] WORKING TO BUILD THAT OUT. THEY KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND ONE. WE WERE

[1:15:44] THERE TO OBSERVE. WE MADE IT KNOWN WHAT WE SAW. BUT WE SAW THAT THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE

[1:15:50] DEPARTMENT WHO SAW IT LIKE WE SAW IT. THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO PERHAPS

[1:15:55] DIDN'T SEE THE ISSUES OR JUST SAW IT DIFFERENTLY. >> OKAY. >> BUT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE

[1:16:01] LEADERSHIP WERE RECEPTIVE TO OUR OBSERVATIONS AND OUR OPINIONS OF WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE THINK

[1:16:07] THEY NEED TO DO. >> THE POLICE CHIEF WAS PRESENT FOR THIS AS WELL? >> YES. >> OKAY. AND THEN WHO MAKES UP

[1:16:14] THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMAND STAFF? >> ASSISTANT CHIEFS, THE CHIEF

[1:16:19] WAS THERE. ASSISTANT CHIEFS, DEPUTY CHIEFS, COMMANDERS, INSPECTORS. AND THERE WERE A FEW

[1:16:26] OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT. >> OKAY. I NOTICED IN THE

[1:16:34] SECTION OF IT THAT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE STOPPED. AND I KNOW THAT WHAT

[1:16:42] BRINGS US HERE TODAY IS TWO FINDINGS OF RACE-BASED POLICING AFTER THROWING INVESTIGATIONS AT

[1:16:50] BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THE RACIAL

[1:16:57] MAKE-UP BEING UNLAWFULLY STOPPED WERE? >> I'D BE ANSWERING FROM MY

[1:17:03] MEMORY, BUT IN THE FIRST ONE WHEN IT WAS ON STOPS, I BELIEVE

[1:17:08] IT WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES. AND I BELIEVE ONE OR TWO IN THE

[1:17:15] SEARCHES WAS NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN. BUT I'M GOING FROM MY

[1:17:21] MEMORY ON THAT. >> OKAY. AND THEN WAS THIS

[1:17:27] REPORT THE FIRST TIME CITY OR

[1:17:32] M.P.D. LEADERSHIP LEARNED OF IN SITUATION OF COMMAND STAFF NOT

[1:17:38] BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY LAWFUL POLICING? >> I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT

[1:17:43] THAT FOR ME, PLEASE? >> YEAH. WAS THIS REPORT OR THIS

[1:17:50] QUARTERLY REVIEW PANEL ONE OF THE FIRST INSTANCES OF M.P.D. OR

[1:17:57] CITY LEADERSHIP NOT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE OFFICERS, COMMAND STAFF THAT

[1:18:04] WERE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY IF LAWFUL POLICING WAS OCCURRING IN THESE INSTANCES. >> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE ONE ON

[1:18:09] STOPS WAS THE FIRST ONE. IT WAS THE FIRST ONE WE WERE IN OBSERVATION IN PERSON AND ONLINE

[1:18:15] VIRTUALLY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE OTHER MEETINGS THAT THAT WAS EITHER VIEWED OR DISCUSSED PRIOR TO THE QUARTERLY

[1:18:21] PANEL REVIEW ON THE STOPS. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS ON SEARCHES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE

[1:18:27] A FEW MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE I PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS ON THE

[1:18:34] HISTORICAL BACKLOG DATA FOR OPCR AND IA. TO BE HONEST, I KIND OF

[1:18:42] FOUND THIS DATA A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. THE DATES WERE INCONSISTENT, AND THE TIMELINES

[1:18:48] DIDN'T FEEL AS ALIGNED. AND JUST

[1:18:55] PERSONALLY FELT LIKE THAT WERE SOME CONCLUSIONS BEING DRAWN HERE THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT THERE. TO YOUR BEST

[1:19:02] KNOWLEDGE, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS DATA IS ACCURATE AND WHAT QUALITY REVIEW HAS BEEN DONE OF

[1:19:09] THIS DATA? ANY QUALITY CHECKS? I KNOW THAT AUDITS HAVEN'T

[1:19:15] STARTED. >> WE ARE IN WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND OPCR.

[1:19:21] WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING GOOD DATA. SO WE CHALLENGED THEM TO MAKE SURE WE

[1:19:27] WERE GETTING THE GOOD DATA. NOW IN OUR WEEKLY AND BIWEEKLY

[1:19:32] CHECK-INS WITH IA AND OPCR, WE'RE GETTING -- WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WERE

[1:19:37] ORIGINALLY IN THE BACKLOG, WHICH WAS PRE-DATED. AND I BELIEVE THE

[1:19:42] DATE WAS -- >> 180. >> 180 DAYS BEFORE THE CUT-OFF POINT. ANYTHING THAT CAME IN

[1:19:48] AFTER THE 180-DAY BECAME PART OF THE NEW CLASSIFICATION OF CASES

[1:19:54] THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE HISTORICAL BACKLOG. BOTH OF THEM HAVE WORKED TO IMPROVE THE

[1:20:01] BACKLOG, REDUCE THE BACKLOG. HIRING NEW PEOPLE. ASSIGNING PEOPLE TO THOSE UNITS. TRAINING

[1:20:07] THEM HOW TO DO THESE INVESTIGATION. BECAUSE ALONG WITH ADDING PEOPLE, THEY HAVE TO ADD SKILL. AS WE ADD SKILL, THE

[1:20:13] CASES CAN BE DONE BETTER. THEY CAN BE DONE FASTER. WE BELIEVE WE GET THE DATA NOW, WE BELIEVE

[1:20:20] IT'S ACCURATE DATA BECAUSE WE'RE CHECKING IN WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE WEEK ON WHAT THEY HAD,

[1:20:27] WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, AND THE SPEED IN WHICH IT TAKES TO COMPLETE THE CASE. NOT JUST

[1:20:34] WHERE YOU ARE BUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM BEGINNING TO END FOR A SEASONED INVESTIGATOR. HOW

[1:20:41] LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM BEGINNING TO END WITH A NEW INVESTIGATOR. THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD GET BETTER

[1:20:46] OVER TIME WITH SKILL IMPROVEMENT AND CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS. WE BELIEVE THAT THE DATA IS GOOD NOW. WE DIDN'T KNOW AT FIRST.

[1:20:51] BUT WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM SO REGULARLY NOW THAT THE NUMBERS

[1:20:57] SEEM TO BE THE SAME. >> THAT IS RIGHT. BUT WE'VE NOT AUDITED INDEPENDENTLY THE

[1:21:04] PROCESS AS TO THE NUMBERS OR THE QUALITY OF THE DISPOSITIONS. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM EVERY WEEK. WE CAN TELL FROM WORKING

[1:21:10] WITH THEM, THEY'RE ACCURATELY REPORTING THE NUMBERS. BUT WE WILL SEPARATELY DO OUR OWN

[1:21:16] INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE NUMBERS AND QUALITY OF THE DISPOSITIONS AND THE CASES. >> AND IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN

[1:21:22] IN THE SECOND YEAR? >> YES. >> OKAY. AND WERE CASES REVIEWED

[1:21:27] TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE NOT WRONGFULLY SENT TO COACH SNG. >> NOT YET.

[1:21:33] >> NOT YET. OKAY. >> WE UNDERSTAND THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE CHANGES AND THEY BELIEVE THEY'VE ADDRESSED THAT

[1:21:39] ISSUE. BUT WE HAVE NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THAT YET. >> GOT IT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT

[1:21:45] THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DATA BARRIERS SPECIFICALLY FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WHICH IS

[1:21:50] POLICE MISCONDUCT REPORTED FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. ONE OF

[1:21:56] THE THINGS THAT I READ WAS THAT THEY MANUALLY DO IN TAKE. WHAT

[1:22:02] DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES MANUAL IN-TAKE LOOK LIKE NOR IA?

[1:22:13] >> I THINK IT MEANS THEY ENTER THE DATA. I MAY HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. IT'S THE

[1:22:20] TRACKING SYSTEMS THAT I THINK, WE THINK NEED IMPROVEMENT. >> YEAH. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY

[1:22:27] DON'T HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR AUTOMATION OR STATUS UPDATES.

[1:22:33] >> CORRECT. >> IS IT PAPER FILES? IS IT THEIR OWN LIKE OLDER COMPUTER SYSTEM?

[1:22:39] >> I THINK IT'S MORE OF THE LATTER. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A

[1:22:44] CONSISTENT SYSTEM THAT YOU PUT IT IN ONCE AND IT TRACKS THROUGH. SO THEY HAVE TO

[1:22:53] CONSTANTLY MANUALLY TRACK. >> I'LL ASK FOR A FOLLOW-UP ON

[1:22:59] SPECIFICALLY WHAT DOES MANUAL INTAKE LOOK LIKE FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS. >> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, PART OF

[1:23:06] THE MANUAL PROCESS IS HOW THEY CATEGORIZE WHAT IT IS THEY SEE. SO IT IS A MANUAL PROCESS TO

[1:23:15] CATEGORIZE THE TYPE OF INFRACTION, THE TYPE OF VIOLATION AND WHERE IT FALLS. SO THAT'S STILL A MANUAL PROCESS.

[1:23:21] >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

[1:23:26] >> I WILL NEXT RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. FIRST, THANK YOU SO MY

[1:23:32] COLLEAGUES FOR RAISING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD. I DID WANT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION OR FOLLOW UP TO SOME OF THE

[1:23:38] THINGS THAT'S BEEN RAISED ALREADY. INITIALLY, TOO, I'VE LOOKED AT PAGE I BELIEVE IT WAS

[1:23:47] 33 RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC STOPS, AND PARTICULARLY, THE DYNAMICS THAT BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE

[1:23:53] HIGHLIGHTED AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY IN TERMS OF RECEPTIVITY BY BOTH RANK AND FILE POLICE OFFICERS. AND THEN

[1:24:00] ALSO HOW WE WERE SEEN -- SORRY. HOW EITHER YOU ALL WERE

[1:24:06] OBSERVING THE COMMAND'S LEADERSHIP BUY IN. BECAUSE FROM THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, IT

[1:24:11] SEEMS LIKE CULTURE ISSUES OR MISCONDUCT ISSUES REALLY STARTS TO BECOME NORMALIZED WHEN YOU --

[1:24:19] WHEN TOP LEADERSHIP IS ALSO EXHIBITING THAT. SO REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO YOU START FROM THE TOP. I HEARD YOU MENTION

[1:24:26] SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE M.P.D. LEADERSHIP IS PUTTING IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE

[1:24:31] TRAININGS OR WORKSHOPS RELATING TO TRAFFIC PURSUITS. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS

[1:24:38] OF HOW THAT'S PLAYING OUT FOR INSTANCE ON THE CRISIS

[1:24:43] INTERVENTION TRAINING. I KNOW IT'S ON THE SLIDE. LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM AMONGST RANK AND

[1:24:48] FILE OFFICERS WERE NOTED THERE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL HAD A CONVERSATION BASED

[1:24:54] ON THE REPORT WITH M.P.D. AROUND WHY THERE WERE OFFICERS CHALLENGING THE PRESENCE OF

[1:25:00] EITHER ELEFA OR MDHR IN THOSE TRAININGS. SO JUST GETTING A

[1:25:09] SENSE OF WHAT -- >> GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. I THINK YOU SAID IT, IT'S A

[1:25:15] CULTURAL ISSUE THAT HAS HAD TO AND CONTINUES TO HAVE TO BE

[1:25:21] ADDRESSED ABOUT OTHERS IN THE ROOM OTHER THAN THE SWORN MEMBERS. THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO

[1:25:29] MINNEAPOLIS. BUT THE CULTURE CHANGE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, AND I THINK IT IS, OF OTHER PEOPLE

[1:25:35] MONITORING AND WATCHING WHAT'S DONE AND WHAT'S SAID AND PUSHING BACK AGAINST WHAT'S SAID THAT'S

[1:25:42] INCORRECT, WHAT'S DONE THAT'S INCORRECT. AND THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, OF MDHR, OF THE CITY,

[1:25:49] ANYONE, A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO IS OBSERVING TRAINING. AND THE

[1:25:56] CULTURE OF OFFICERS AND RANK AND FILE ACCEPTING THAT THOSE FOLK ARE IN THE ROOM, AND HAVE INPUT ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND

[1:26:02] HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. I THINK WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY'RE WORKING TO ADJUST TO

[1:26:08] THAT NEW CULTURE. THAT'S POINT ONE. WE BROUGHT IT TO -- OF

[1:26:13] COURSE WE BROUGHT IT TO THE LEADERSHIP THAT THESE THINGS

[1:26:19] OCCUR. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED. WE'VE CIRCLED BACK WITH

[1:26:27] INSTRUCTORS WHO TOLD US THAT THE INSTRUCTORS MET WITH AGENCY LEADERSHIP. INSTRUCTORS NOW KNOW

[1:26:34] THEY HAVE COMMANDING CONTROL OF THE ROOM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING TO THE FUTURE TO SEE IF

[1:26:40] THAT REALLY MANIFESTS ITSELF AND IS SUSTAINED. IF THEY BACKSLIDE, WE WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING

[1:26:46] THAT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING NEW TO THE OFFICERS, TO THE RANK AND FILE, THAT THERE ARE OTHER

[1:26:52] PEOPLE THAT KNOW AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE ACCESS AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THE CLASSROOM. THEY JUST HAVE TO

[1:26:58] ACCEPT THAT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING NEW. OVER TIME THEY WILL COME TO ACCEPT IT. IT WILL

[1:27:04] BECOME NORMAL. BUT THEY'RE MOVING INTO THE NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS. THE BEST PRACTICE WAY OF

[1:27:10] DOING THINGS. IT'S NEW AND STRANGE TO SOME PEOPLE. PEOPLE CHALLENGE WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY ASK QUESTIONS AND THEY CHALLENGE WHAT IS

[1:27:17] DIFFERENT. WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO POINT OUT THAT NUMBER ONE, WE'RE THE MONITOR. WE HAVE TO BE THERE. WE CAN BE THERE. WE

[1:27:23] SHOULD BE THERE. WE SHOULD BE REPORTING ON WHAT WE SEE THAT GOES WELL AND WHAT WE SEE THAT

[1:27:28] DOES NOT GO WELL. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I HOPE I ANSWERED THAT. >> AND THE ANSWER OFFICERS PIECE

[1:27:36] AGAIN, HOW YOU'RE RELATING TO THEM. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO THEN TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO MEET WITH INSTRUCTORS.

[1:27:43] EVERYONE ELSE TO KIND OF DO THE SHIFTING OF CULTURE. >> I HAVE BROUGHT CONCERNS

[1:27:50] DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF IN THE FIRST YEAR. I HAVE BROUGHT CONCERNS TO OTHERS IN THE AGENCY WHO HAVE DELEGATED AUTHORITY

[1:27:58] FROM THE CHIEF. I HAVE SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE TRAINING. WE GO

[1:28:06] THROUGH EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IS MAKING SURE THE

[1:28:15] VERTICAL COMMUNICATION IN AND UP THE CHAIN OF EXPAND, AND THE LATERAL ACROSS MAKES ITS WAY TO

[1:28:21] THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HEAR IT AND MAKES IT WAY BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HEAR IT AND

[1:28:26] DO IT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO. EVEN THOUGH WE MAY BRING IT TO SENIOR

[1:28:33] LEADERSHIP, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PERFORMING ON THE GROUND GET GOOD GUIDANCE,

[1:28:39] GET GOOD INSTRUCTION ON WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. NOT THAT THEY GET IT BUT THEY UNDERSTAND

[1:28:45] IT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> I'LL ADD BRIEFLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP. TONE AT THE TOP IS EVERYTHING. WE CAN

[1:28:51] OBSERVE THESE THINGS. WE DON'T RUN THE DEPARTMENT. THE CHANGE HAS TO COME WITH THE LEADERSHIP

[1:28:58] AT THE TOP COMMUNICATES THE NEW DIRECTION AND MAKES IT CLEAR THAT EVERYBODY IS EXPECTED TO BE

[1:29:03] ON BOARD AND WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. IT'S NOT JUST THE ISSUE OF GOING TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM OR THE

[1:29:10] INSTRUCTORS, WE TAKE THE CONCERNS TO THE CHIEF, AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE CHIEF --

[1:29:17] POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE COMMAND AND CONTROL. YOU CAN HAVE QUESTIONS. YOU CAN HAVE OPINIONS. BUT ONCE THE

[1:29:22] ORGANIZATION MAKES THE DECISION, IT'S UP TO EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW THAT DIRECTION. THAT'S THE STANDARD WE WILL HOLD THE

[1:29:28] DEPARTMENT TO. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE REFERENCING

[1:29:34] THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE. I SEE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL WILL BE ADDRESSING NEXT IS

[1:29:39] AROUND THE DISCIPLINE MATRIX. I WILL NOTE ON PAGE 40, AND WHY

[1:29:44] I'M INTERESTED IN THIS IS YOU ALL NOTE THAT THERE WAS IT SEEMS LIKE FROM OUR MONITORS, AND I'M

[1:29:51] READING FROM HERE, EXPRESSION OF FRUSTRATION AND ANGER WITH THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS AND WHAT

[1:29:57] THEY PERCEIVE AS INCONSISTENT APPLICATION AND HANDLING OF

[1:30:02] DISCIPLINE. I KNOW MY OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT TO M.P.D. AS WELL AROUND GETTING WHAT'S THE SENSE

[1:30:07] OF THE STATUS OF OUR DISCIPLINE MATRIX. IT WAS SLIGHTLY UNCLEAR

[1:30:13] TO ME. IF YOU CAN SUMMARIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT. AS YOU MENTIONED, HORIZONTAL,

[1:30:19] VERTICAL. BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT'S BEEN RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, WE'VE

[1:30:26] SEEN IN WEEKS TROUBLING INCIDENTS OF PERCEIVED MISCONDUCT BY OFFICERS. AND ALSO, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN

[1:30:32] COMPLIANCE WITH SOME SENSITIVE ORDINANCES THAT'S MEANT TO PROTECT VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

[1:30:38] AND WHAT ARE THE DISCIPLINARIAN OPTIONS AND GUARDRAILS THAT'S IN PLACE? IT'S BEEN LACK OF

[1:30:46] CLARITY. IT SEEMS FLEXIBLE AND MALLEABLE. JUST WANT TO GET THE

[1:30:52] SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE DISCIPLINE MATRIX POLICY. >> GREAT POINT. OUR

[1:30:58] PARTICIPATION IS, NUMBER ONE, WORKING WITH THEM TO GIVE THEM NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES ON WHAT

[1:31:05] A GOOD MATRIX SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THE GOOD MATRIX HAS TO BE BUILT

[1:31:11] ON THE STRONG, GOOD, STRONG POLICIES. SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE INFRACTIONS OF POLICIES, THE

[1:31:18] MATRIX PROVIDES FOR DISCIPLINE THAT IS FAIR AND CONSISTENT AND JUST AND IS COMMISERATE OF THE

[1:31:27] VIOLATION. POINT ONE. POINT TWO, THE DISCIPLINE GIVEN FOR ANY

[1:31:33] INFRACTION IS ACROSS THE AGENCY FOR ANY ONE PERSON WHO VIOLATED A PARTICULAR POLICY. AND ANYONE

[1:31:40] ELSE ACROSS WHO VIOLATED THE SAME POLICY AND THE SAME DISCIPLINE IS DISPENSED TO THAT

[1:31:46] PERSON IN THE SAME WAY. UNLESS THERE ARE ESCALATING

[1:31:51] CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN VIOLATED MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT SHOULD BE

[1:31:58] A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE. BUT THE SAME INFRACTION COMMITTED FOR THE SAME POLICY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME DISCIPLINE. WE ARE

[1:32:04] WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BUILD OUT A DISCIPLINARY MATRIX THAT DOES THAT. BUT THAT HAS TO

[1:32:09] BE DONE ON TOP OF THE POLICY THAT PRESCRIBES WHAT THE POLICY

[1:32:15] SHOULD BE AND WHAT THE DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE IF AND WHEN THAT POLICY IS VIOLATED.

[1:32:21] >> THANK YOU. AND ALSO I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN DID A NOTATION FOR A MEMO. SOME

[1:32:27] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY FOCUSED ON

[1:32:33] ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CAPACITY ISSUES THAT YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTED HERE. AND I THINK YOU ALSO TOUCHED ON, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE

[1:32:40] PUBLICATION OF THIS EVALUATION REPORT, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT IN TERMS OF OPCR

[1:32:45] GETTING ADDITIONAL STAFFING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT ARE OR

[1:32:50] WHAT HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH COUNCIL TO THE MAYOR'S BUDGET TO

[1:32:56] SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED HERE. SO I'M SEEING

[1:33:02] YOU HIGHLIGHTED STAFFING SUPPORT OR RESOURCES NEEDED FOR IA, FOR INSTANCE. OR LOOKING AT SOME OF

[1:33:12] THE TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE ACCURATE DATA OR SO YOU CAN TRACK COMPLIANCE WITH

[1:33:17] THESE PROVISIONS. I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT HAS BEEN

[1:33:22] COUNTED ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GOING INTO THIS NEXT BUDGET SEASON, AND WHAT THOSE GAPS CONTINUE TO BE BASED OFF OF WHAT

[1:33:28] WE HAVE FUNDED OR WHAT WE HAVE NOT FUNDED. >> THANK YOU. >> THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I

[1:33:34] HAD. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS MIGHT

[1:33:41] BE MORE LIKE A POINT OF FEEDBACK. I REALLY APPRECIATE

[1:33:49] HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT YOU ARE AN AGENT OF THE PEOPLE AND INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR.

[1:33:54] INDEPENDENT FROM THE CITY. RIGHT. SEEING A NOD OF YES. AT THE SAME TIME, TOO, YOU BOTH ARE

[1:34:00] VERY IN SYNC. ONE THING THAT I'LL JUST LIKE SHARE WITH YOU IN

[1:34:07] LOOKING AT THE STATUS OF YEAR ONE GOALS, JUST AT A QUICK

[1:34:12] GLANCE. THE WAY THAT IT'S LISTED OF STATUS COMPLETED, THE FIRST

[1:34:21] THREE WITH THE CITY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY AND THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

[1:34:28] BUT THE FIRST THREE ARE ALL GOALS THAT ELEFA COMPLETED. AND

[1:34:36] I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE A SEPARATION OF THOSE GOALS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

[1:34:42] THAT YOU APPEAR INDEPENDENT. AND I THINK THIS COULD BE MIS

[1:34:51] MISCONAS -- MISCONSTRUED THAT THE CITY IS COMPLETING GOALS.

[1:34:57] THAT'S ONE FEEDBACK THAT I WANTED TO SHARE. AND THEN THIS REPORT ALSO STATES THAT THERE'S

[1:35:03] A COMPLETED COMMUNITY MAP. COULD YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT IS, AND COULD YOU POINT OUT

[1:35:09] TO ME WHERE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED. >> YES. THE MAP IS OUR IDEA BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO

[1:35:15] BROADLY IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO HELP THE COMMUNITY BUILD TIES WITH ALL

[1:35:20] THE CONSTITUENCIES THAT ARE WORKING IN THIS SPACE. SOME OF

[1:35:26] WHICH ARE ACTUALLY HERE TODAY. SO IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, WE

[1:35:32] WOULD MOST A COMMUNITY MAP IT'S VOLUNTARY FOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SPACE TO PRESENT THEIR INFORMATION. YOU GO TO THE

[1:35:38] WEBSITE TO SEE WHO ELSE IS WORKING IN THIS SPACE AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR MISSION.

[1:35:44] IT IS OUR HOPE, RIGHT, EVENTUALLY WE'RE LEAVING, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO LEAVE IN PLACE

[1:35:50] IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OVERSIGHT. AN ELEMENT OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE GROUPS DOING THE WORK KNOW OF EACH

[1:35:56] OTHER AND CAN WORK WITH EACH OTHER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE WORKING TO FORM AN

[1:36:03] IMPLEMENTATION LIAISON COUNCIL. BUT FIRST, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS A MAP IS ON OUR

[1:36:08] WEBSITE. I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER THE LINK REPORTS. AND AS WE GET INFORMATION, WE BUILD IT OUT. SO

[1:36:13] THAT'S THE SPECIFIC ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. BUT AS WE LOOK AT IT MORE BROADLY, WE'RE ALSO

[1:36:20] HOPING TO BUILD AN IMPLEMENTATION LIAISON COUNCIL. THIS WOULD BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD COMMIT TO ATTENDING

[1:36:26] REGULAR UPDATE MEETINGS ABOUT PROGRESS. AND THE REASON WE WANT

[1:36:31] TO DO THAT IS THAT WHAT WE FOUND IN OTHER PLACES IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE WITH YOU AT THE BEGINNING ARE OFTEN NOT THERE

[1:36:37] WITH YOU AT THE END. THE PEOPLE DECIDE, OH THINGS ARE GOING WELL. THEY STOP ATTENDING. THEN

[1:36:44] YOU GET A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

[1:36:49] IS TO FORM A GROUP THAT KNOWS

[1:36:55] PROGRESS AND CONTINUITY. THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO EXPLAIN MORE BROADLY TO THE COMMUNITY. ONE

[1:37:01] FOOTNOTE IS THERE ARE LOTS OF GROUPS WORKING. IT TENDS TO BE

[1:37:07] THE SAME 100 PEOPLE AND YOU CAN OVER BURDEN PEOPLE. WHETHER WE DO IF AS A STAND ALONE OR BECOME

[1:37:13] PART OF ANOTHER. BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO SORT OF BUILDING THAT CONTINUITY AND RELATIONSHIP

[1:37:19] SO THAT PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THIS AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER SOME OF THE IMPORTANT

[1:37:24] OVERSIGHT AND ENGAGEMENT ROLES WHEN WE'RE GONE. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY

[1:37:34] CLARIFYING. I APPRECIATED COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YOU BRINGING UP THE LIST OF

[1:37:39] CAPACITY, PROCUREMENT ISSUES, DELAYS IN CONTRACTS. AND WE HAVE

[1:37:46] A LOT OF GOALS IN STATUS YEAR TWO FOR ON TRACK. HOW LIKELY DO

[1:37:54] YOU THINK THAT THE CITY AND THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE TO MAKING THESE GOALS?

[1:38:00] >> WE DON'T KNOW. THE CITY IS WORKING, IS DOING ITS OWN INTERNAL REVIEW AND IS GOING TO

[1:38:06] COME PRESENT TO US IN I THINK THE NEXT WEEK OR SO THEIR NEW REVISED PLAN. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING

[1:38:13] AT THINGS AND THEN WE'LL MERGE THEM. GIVEN THE PACE OF THINGS, I THINK WE'LL GET THE POLICIES

[1:38:19] DONE AND MUCH OF THE TRAINING. BUT WE DO HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE TIME INVOLVED FROM

[1:38:25] POLICIES TO DEVELOPMENT THAT NOT ALL OF THE TRAINING CAN GET DONE BY YEAR TWO. BUT WE HAVE NOT YET

[1:38:31] HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT ITS VIEWS OF IT. AS WE LOOK AT

[1:38:41] IT, WE THINK -- ALL THE YEAR TWO GOALS ACCOMPLISHED. >> OKAY. YOU SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW FROM

[1:38:46] THE CITY NEXT WEEK THAT YOU'RE CHECKING IN ON? SORRY.

[1:38:53] >> NOT AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN PROCESSES AND COMING UP WITH NEW

[1:38:58] DEADLINES AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO US AND WE'LL TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW REALISTIC THEY

[1:39:05] ARE. WE MAY SUGGEST DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET TO THE STOP, SEARCH, AND ARREST. I ASSUME

[1:39:12] THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IF IT WASN'T A PRIORITY, WE WOULD

[1:39:18] RECOMMEND THAT WE GET THE STOP, SEARCH SUITE POLICIES. WE NEED

[1:39:23] TO GET THAT POLICY DONE. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BEHIND TRACK. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO

[1:39:31] ACCELERATE THAT. >> I ALSO APPRECIATE THE NOTATION OF WHAT HAS COUNCIL

[1:39:37] DONE TO SUPPORT MEETING THESE GOALS WITHIN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. I KNOW THAT IN OUR

[1:39:45] 2024 BUDGET, WE APPROVED 34 DIFFERENT POSITIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, M.P.D.,

[1:39:51] CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I.T., CIVIL RIGHTS. AND THEN I THINK WE APPROVED HANDFUL OF FTEs IN

[1:40:00] THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS LAST YEAR TO ENDEAVOR IN THAT GOAL. AND THEN THE EARLY INTERVENTION

[1:40:06] SYSTEM. I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT A $2.3 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM

[1:40:13] THIS COUNCIL. I GUESS IN THAT SAME VANE, LOOKING AT THE FIRST

[1:40:22] SET OF REPORTS, THERE'S A LOT BEING DONE TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. DO YOU THINK THERE WILL

[1:40:27] BE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SAY

[1:40:32] YET. BUT YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION WE'RE ASKING. THERE ARE LOT OF PEOPLE DEPLOYED TO DO

[1:40:40] THIS. FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW EVERYONE'S BEING USED. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE ARE BEING

[1:40:47] DEPLOYED IN THE BEST WAYS. AND I GUESS STILL THERE WERE TWO

[1:40:53] IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS, THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. WHEN WE CAME IN, WE URGED THEM TO DO SOME

[1:40:59] RESTRUCTURING TO GET BETTER ALIGNMENT. THAT'S IMPROVED. BUT

[1:41:05] THAT'S THE OTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT TO ASSESS YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO TO MAKE SURE WE'VE

[1:41:10] GOT PEOPLE DEPLOYED THE RIGHT NOW. WE DO KNOW THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THESE TASKS, BUT WE DON'T YET

[1:41:17] KNOW THE BALANCE BETWEEN EFFICIENCIES AND ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. >> YEAH. I THINK EVEN IN THIS

[1:41:25] REPORT THERE WAS A MENTION OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF A NEED OF

[1:41:30] LIKE AN ANALYST, AN ADDITIONAL ANALYST POSITION. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S

[1:41:36] WORKED THROUGH THE BODY YET. THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME. I THINK SOME OF THE LAST THINGS

[1:41:42] THAT I KIND OF WANT TO TOUCH ON,

[1:41:48] ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOVING TO DISMISS THE DOJ CONSENT DECREE,

[1:41:55] THERE WAS A LOT THAT HAPPENED REALLY QUICKLY AND THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF MY IMPETUS TO REQUEST

[1:42:03] THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HELP GET ELEFA BEFORE THIS BODY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST

[1:42:09] AND UNDERSTANDING HOW FAR ALONG WE'RE MOVING ON THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WHAT DOES IT MEAN NOW

[1:42:19] WITHOUT THE DOJ CONSENT DECREE. ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND KIND

[1:42:25] OF STRIKING IN THE REPORT THAT WAS IN A LOT OF SPEECHES AND A LOT OF NEWSLETTERS WAS THAT THE

[1:42:31] CITY AND M.P.D. HAVE MADE MORE PROGRESS TOWARDS BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE

[1:42:37] REFORM IN THE FIRST YEAR OF MONITORING THAN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. AND THE MAYOR EVEN

[1:42:45] SHARED AND INVOKED ELEFA IN A STATEMENT WHERE YOU SAID OUR

[1:42:51] INDEPENDENT MONITOR HAS LAUDED THE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS WE'VE MADE UNDER THE SETTLEMENT

[1:42:56] AGREEMENT, AND THE PUBLIC CAN COUNT ON CLEAR AND MEASURABLE PROOF THAT OUR REFORMS ARE MOVING FORWARD. AND A QUESTION

[1:43:05] I'VE HAD AND I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS WHAT MEASURABLE PROOF DO YOU HAVE THAT THE CITY AND M.P.D. HAVE

[1:43:12] MADE MORE PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE REFORM IN THE FIRST YEAR MONITORING MORE THAN ANY

[1:43:18] OTHER JURISDICTION? >> SO COLLECTIVELY, OUR TEAM HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCES WITH A

[1:43:23] NUMBER OF CONSENT DECREES. WE KNOW OF OTHER CONSENT DECREE, THERE ARE ANNUAL CONSENT DECREE

[1:43:29] CONFE CONFERENCES. GENERALLY IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE FIRST YEAR OF

[1:43:35] OUR INVOLVEMENT, OTHER CITIES ARE NOT AS ORGANIZED. MANY CITIES RESIST THE CHANGE. WE

[1:43:41] HAVE NOT FOUND RESISTANCE HERE. PERHAPS ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE WE GOT HERE, THE CITY WAS PREPARED TO

[1:43:48] MOVE FORWARD WITH US. THEY WERE RECEPTIVE TO OUR SUGGESTIONS AND

[1:43:53] RECOMMENDATIONS. AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROGRESS WE'VE NOTED IS SIGNIFICANT. DOESN'T

[1:43:59] MEAN THAT IT'S FAST ENOUGH OR ENOUGH. WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE SAYING THAT AGAIN IN YEAR

[1:44:05] TWO. >> RIGHT. >> BUT WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WE THINK IT'S FAIR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. WE CAN TELL

[1:44:12] YOU THAT THE PERSONNEL IN M.P.D., PERSONNEL IN THE CITY REALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.

[1:44:18] WE'RE NOT GETTING PUSHBACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED WITH

[1:44:23] IMPLEMENTING THIS. THEY HAVE WORKED NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. THEY'VE BEEN RECEPTIVE. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORK. AND

[1:44:28] THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN EVERY CONSENT DECREE CITY. BUT THIS IS

[1:44:34] JUST THE FIRST YEAR. AND NOW WE ARE REALLY GOING TO EXPECT -- LET ME STEP BACK. WE DESCRIBED

[1:44:42] IT AS A FOUNDATION YEAR AS WE GOT TO KNOW THE DEPARTMENT AND WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND ITS

[1:44:47] RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES AND WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. THEY HAD A LOT TO LEARN. BUT IN YEAR TWO,

[1:44:52] WE WILL BE MOVING, EXPECTING MORE FROM THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY DELIVER, AND WE WILL BE

[1:44:59] HOLDING THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF

[1:45:06] LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE. FIRST YEAR, A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHED. BUT AS WE NOTE IN OUR REPORT, IF YOU

[1:45:12] READ THE WHOLE REPORT, WE HAVE A LOT OF SHORT COMINGS AND

[1:45:18] INEFFICIENCIES. WE DO SEE POTENTIAL HEADWINDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE GO FORWARD.

[1:45:23] SECOND PROGRESS REPORT IS A FAIR SNAPSHOT IN TIME IS FAIR. BUT IT'S NOT A PREDICTION OF WHAT

[1:45:31] WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. >> YEAH. WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IN THE CONTEXT AND IN THE

[1:45:37] RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CONSENT DECREE CITIES, THE MOST AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IS MORE ABOUT A

[1:45:44] WILLINGNESS TO SHOW UP AND DO THE WORK AND LESS OF A RESISTANCE TO INDEPENDENT

[1:45:51] MONITORING AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> I THINK THAT'S FAIR. >> YEAH. AND I THINK I JUST WANT

[1:45:56] TO STATE FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR ME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE REALLY SOBER IN THIS MOMENT AROUND THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE

[1:46:02] TRYING TO MAKE IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE DEFICIENCIES ARE AND

[1:46:07] UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE HEADWINDS ARE. AND I FELT LIKE THE WAY THAT STATEMENT WAS TAKEN AND

[1:46:14] PORTRAYED PUT ROSE-TINTED GLASSES OVER THE SITUATION. AND IT WAS LESS -- IT GAVE THE

[1:46:20] APPEARANCE THAT WE WERE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS ON LIKE A LOT OF MEASURABLE CATEGORIES. AND I

[1:46:28] THINK THAT'S NOT THE CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE AUDITS THAT STILL HAVE TO HAPPEN. AND THAT

[1:46:34] IS WHERE WE WILL UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S ACTUAL MEASURABLE PROOF

[1:46:39] THAT WE HAVE MADE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS. AND IN THAT

[1:46:48] QUESTION, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE GOALS HAVE NOT BEEN STARTED YET, AND THERE'S A FOOTNOTE

[1:46:55] ABOUT THE AUDITS ITSELF THAT

[1:47:00] WILL ONLY BEGIN AFTER TRAINING IS COMPLETED OR UPDATED IN SIX

[1:47:09] TO 12 MONTHS PASSED OR ELAPSED. DOES THAT MEAN IN THE REPORT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYMORE

[1:47:15] AUDITS CONDUCTED OR WILL THERE BE SOME? >> I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME. I

[1:47:20] THINK WE'LL BEGIN TO AUDIT BACKLOG. THE BODY WORN CAMERA POLICY WILL BE APPROVED AND

[1:47:26] TRAINED. AND SO WE THINK CERTAINLY IN YEAR TWO WE'LL AUDIT THAT. WHETHER IT WILL BE

[1:47:33] BY NEXT OCTOBER WHEN OUR NEXT REPORT IS DONE, I DON'T KNOW. WE MAY BE IN THE PROCESS OR

[1:47:39] COMMENCING IT. BUT THOSE ARE AT LEAST TWO AUDITS THAT WE EXPECT. >> OKAY. TWO AUDITS FOR SURE

[1:47:44] THAT WE'LL EXPECT. >> AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS. BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO. >> THANK YOU. WHEN DOES THE NEXT

[1:47:49] REPORT COME OUT? >> THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD RUNS OCTOBER 30TH. THE PROCESS

[1:47:56] IS, IT TAKES US A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD TO ASSEMBLE THE REPORT. THEN THE

[1:48:02] PARTIES HAVE AT LEAST 30 DAYS TO GIVE US FEEDBACK. THEN WE

[1:48:07] INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN WE ISSUE THE REPORT. THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT LAG

[1:48:12] BETWEEN THE CLOSE OF THE REPORTING PERIOD AND THE ISSUANCE OF THE REPORT AS A

[1:48:18] FUNCTION OF THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> AND THEN FOR THIS DRAFT OF

[1:48:24] THE SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW BEFORE IT WAS FINALIZED AND PUBLISHED,

[1:48:33] WERE THERE -- WHO GAVE FEEDBACK ON IT? WAS IT COMMUNITY GROUPS,

[1:48:38] THE CITY, MDHR? >> THE CITY, MDHR. THE CITY AND

[1:48:47] THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MDHR. >> AND THEN WHAT DID YOU RECEIVE ON THIS REPORT? I'M KIND OF

[1:48:54] HARPING ON THIS SENTENCE BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE REALLY SOBER ABOUT WHERE WE

[1:48:59] ARE IN THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WHAT FEEDBACK DID YOU RECEIVE ON THAT STATEMENT? >> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE CITY

[1:49:05] WAS VERY PLEASED WITH IT. I THINK MDHR PROBABLY THOUGHT IT WAS TOO GENEROUS. IT WAS A

[1:49:13] SENTENCE WE THOUGHT ABOUT. WE WENT BACK. WE ALL COLLECTIVELY REVIEWED IT TO MAKE SURE WE AS A

[1:49:19] TEAM WERE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, AND WE ARE. MICHAEL OFTEN SAYS

[1:49:24] THE WAY THE MESSAGE LEFT MY LIPS IS NOT THE WAY IT LANDED ON YOUR EARS. AND THAT MAY BE THE CASE

[1:49:30] WITH THIS. WE, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE BEEN AT IT A YEAR. BUT WE RECOGNIZE WE ARE

[1:49:37] STEPPING INTO A DECADE OF MISTRUST AND BROKEN PROMISES.

[1:49:43] AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT US AS THE NEXT PROMISE WAITING TO BE

[1:49:49] BROKEN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX IN ONE YEAR MISTRUST THAT HAS DEVELOPED OVER A DECADE. WHAT WE

[1:49:56] NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE'RE WORKING THIS PROCESS THROUGH. IT IS -- THIS IS A LONG

[1:50:01] PROCESS. AND IT HAPPENS INCREMENTALLY, AND CERTAINLY

[1:50:07] MORE SLOWLY THAN PEOPLE WOULD WANT. WE SAID WITH RESPECT I

[1:50:14] THINK TO TRAINING IT WAS MORE

[1:50:19] IMPORTANT TO BE RIGHT -- THE DEPARTMENT CARRIES ON AFTER WE GO, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE

[1:50:24] THE TIME TO BUILD THESE THINGS RIGHT. WE DO NEED TO ASK FOR PATIENCE IN THAT PROCESS. IT IS

[1:50:32] ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SO COMMITTED, WHY WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE'VE GOTTEN TOUGHER

[1:50:39] FEEDBACK AT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS THAN TODAY. BUT THE

[1:50:45] PUBLIC HAS NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT SHARING WITH US THEIR VIEWS OF THE LIMITATIONS ON THE PROCESS

[1:50:51] AND THEIR SKEPTICISM ABOUT IT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. WE'RE GOING TO BE

[1:50:56] TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES AND OUR

[1:51:01] LIMITATIONS. AND WE HOPE THAT BY DOING THAT OVER TIME PEOPLE WILL AT LEAST COME TO RESPECT THAT WE

[1:51:07] ARE DOING OUR BEST TO IMPLEMENT THESE AGREEMENTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. >> YES. >> WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A

[1:51:13] WHILE. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK FOR ME READING

[1:51:19] THIS REPORT, I THINK THE APPEARANCE AND THE MAINTAINANCE OF INDEPENDENCE IS KEY. I THINK

[1:51:26] THERE'S PLACES WHERE THAT CAN BE

[1:51:31] IMPROVED. I THINK THE TYPE OF

[1:51:36] MESSAGING THAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED.

[1:51:43] JUST HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESS TO BE MADE AND THIS IS

[1:51:48] YEAR ONE. YEAR ONE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YEAR TWO IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AND THAT THERE'S MORE WORK

[1:51:53] TO BE DONE. AND I THINK THAT PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IS REALLY, REALLY KEY NOT ONLY FOR THE

[1:52:02] INDEPENDENT REVIEW BUT FOR THIS COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A DECADE

[1:52:08] OF MISTRUST, IT'S DECADES OF MISTRUST, RIGHT, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. AND I'LL JUST

[1:52:16] CONCLUDE WITH MY LAST QUESTION AND THEN I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I KNOW

[1:52:26] THAT ELEFA IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS USING BOTH

[1:52:32] QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION AS A PART OF THE AGREEMENT. THIS REVIEW ALSO

[1:52:39] REQUIRES AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF M.P.D. OFFICERS. WILL THE RESULTS OF THESE SURVEYS BE

[1:52:45] INCLUDED IN THE NEXT SEMI ANNUAL REVIEW? >> WE'RE DEVELOPING IT NOW. I DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS WILL BE

[1:52:52] COMPLETED IN THE RESULTS BY THE NEXT SEMI ANNUAL REPORT. BUT IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN YEAR TWO.

[1:52:59] AND WILL CERTAINLY, WHEN WE HAVE THE RESULTS, WE WOULD REPORT THEM AT OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING.

[1:53:04] I MEAN, WE'LL GENERATE A REPORT OF THE SURVEY. AND IF THE PARTIES AGREE, WE CAN JUST

[1:53:10] RELEASE THE SURVEY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO WAIT. WE HAVE TO BE BOUND BY THE COMMUNICATION

[1:53:15] STRUCTURES IN THE AGREEMENT. BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY ASK THE PARTIES, IF IT MAKES SENSE, WE

[1:53:21] CAN JUST RELEASE IT. >> GREAT. WELL THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO OUR

[1:53:27] CHAMBERS AND DOING THIS PRESENT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF A

[1:53:33] CONSISTENCY IN THIS TYPE OF MEETING. >> THANK YOU. SO DO WE. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

[1:53:38] >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I APPRECIATE

[1:53:45] THE TWO POSITIVE REPORTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN. AND I KNOW THE

[1:53:51] COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT DO AS WELL. WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT'S NOT OVER. I LOVE HOW YOU STATED

[1:53:56] THAT. THAT'S YEAR ONE. YEAR ONE HAS BEEN GOOD. BUT WE'RE HOPING

[1:54:01] FOR THE SAME TRENDS IN YEAR TWO. AND I'M HOPING WE CONTINUE TO WORK AS A COMMUNITY IN A

[1:54:07] POSITIVE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT YEAR TWO IS EVEN BETTER THAN

[1:54:12] YEAR ONE BECAUSE I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN DO IT. THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES THAT YOU

[1:54:18] LAID OUT HERE TODAY, THE TRAINING, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD FROM PEOPLE

[1:54:25] THAT THEY WANTED BETTER OF FOR M.P.D. AND IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S

[1:54:30] NEVER HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH, BUT IT'S HAPPENING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR

[1:54:36] THE WORK. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING US ON TRACK TOWARDS

[1:54:42] PROGRESS, POSITIVE PROGRESS. THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR BUMPS IN THE ROAD. I'M JUST

[1:54:48] HOPING THAT WE'RE ON THE SIDE OF BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THINGS. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS

[1:54:54] YOU'VE SAID TODAY THAT YOU OBSERVED IN TRAINING, I LIKE THAT YOU SHARED THAT BECAUSE WE CAN TAKE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT

[1:55:00] THIS THIRD TRAINING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS LOOKED AT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. ARE

[1:55:07] PEOPLE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? I PERSONALLY CAN LOOK AT MY PHONE

[1:55:13] AND HEAR TOO. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. BUT I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE WANT

[1:55:20] UNDIVIDED ATTENTION ON THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS ONE THING BECAUSE LIVES ARE AT STAKE. I LOVE THAT. THAT'S AN OBSERVATION

[1:55:26] THAT YOU'VE SHARED AND THERE'S SOME BEHAVIORS THAT CAN BE

[1:55:32] CORRECTED. THERE'S SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT CAN BE PUT OUT THERE AND SAID, OKAY, NO PHONES DURING THE TRAINING. RIGHT. THIS

[1:55:37] IS THE EXPECTATION. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. THAT FEELS POSITIVE TO

[1:55:42] ME. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE KIND OF ROUNDED THIS OUT BY SAYING WE'VE GOT NO RESISTANCE.

[1:55:48] EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK ON THIS. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

[1:55:54] FOR THE TIME TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU SPENT IN COMMUNITY. I'VE COME TO AS MANY

[1:56:01] COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I COULD ATTEND. IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. BUT I LOVE THAT YOU LET

[1:56:06] COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE WHERE THEY ARE AND THE EXPECTATION IS NOT FOR THEM TO COME AND FIND YOU

[1:56:13] SOMEWHERE OR TO JUST HAVE ONE WAY OF CONNECTING. BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OPINIONS AND VOICES

[1:56:18] AND IDEAS AND CONCERNS. AND I THINK THOSE ALL NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR US TO HAVE BETTER POLICING. WE ALL CARE

[1:56:25] ABOUT IT. AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE TIME, THE EFFORT.

[1:56:30] OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIFFERENCES AND STYLES OF THINGS. BUT I'M

[1:56:35] OPEN. AND I'M TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND HOW IT WORKS, AND HOW IT FITS OUR

[1:56:43] RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE POSITIVITY. THANK

[1:56:51] YOU FOR THIS REPORTING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YEAR TWO

[1:56:56] BEING EVEN BETTER, AND ME BEING ABLE TO PUT OUT A NEWSLETTER THAT HIGHLIGHTS EVEN BETTER WORK

[1:57:02] THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING ON POLICE REFORM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WE SHARE YOUR HOPE AND WE

[1:57:08] THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR

[1:57:14] BRINGING YOUR TEAM OUT TO WARD 3. IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. I HAD SO MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS

[1:57:19] ABOUT HOW WELL YOU'RE DOING. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT YOU

[1:57:25] ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CORRECT, WE WANT MORE. WE WANT IT FASTER. WE

[1:57:32] WANT IT BETTER. BUT OUR OFFICERS AND COMMAND STAFF ARE WORKING HARD, AND FOR YOU TO SAY THAT

[1:57:38] LOUD IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE

[1:57:43] TODAY. YOU'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT OF TOUGH QUESTIONS. BUT YOU ANSWER ACCORDINGLY. IT'S GREAT

[1:57:49] THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE TIME TO EDUCATE US ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING

[1:57:55] IN YOUR ROLE IN THIS COMEBACK FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR BETTER SERVICE. THANK YOU BOTH.

[1:58:00] IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> AND THEN I PUT MYSELF IN

[1:58:09] QUEUE -- [LAUGHTER] >> I PUT MYSELF IN THE QUEUE TO HOPEFULLY ASK SOME CLOSING

[1:58:14] QUESTIONS THAT CAN CARRY US TO OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM. YOU KNOW, I PULLED UP OUR WEBSITE

[1:58:19] THAT WENT THROUGH OUR TIMELINE JUST KINDA GOING ALL THE WAY

[1:58:24] BACK TO 2020. VERY EARLY ON ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK WAS A JOINT STATEMENT ALONG

[1:58:30] WITH MDHR AROUND SOME SHARED PRINCIPLES BEFORE WE GOT INTO THE FULL NEGOTIATION OF THE

[1:58:35] SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THAT JOINT STATEMENT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE EXPECTATION OF A DOJ CONSENT

[1:58:41] DECREE. AND IT WAS HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH A COUPLE OF THINGS. I

[1:58:47] THINK THE MAIN THINGS THAT THE CITY WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WAS CONSOLIDATING THE WORK OF

[1:58:53] BOTH OF THOSE AGREEMENTS UNDER ONE MONITOR, WHICH HEAVILY INFLUENCED THE SELECTION OF

[1:58:59] ELEFA AS THE MONITOR BECAUSE THE DOJ DID HAVE SOME ROLE IN

[1:59:04] SIGNING OFF EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T PER THEIR AGREEMENT. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS

[1:59:10] CONTEMPLATED WAS THERE MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTMENTS OR AMENDMENTS

[1:59:16] TO THE -- TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TWO DOCUMENTS WEREN'T IN CONFLICT. A LOT OF US ON THE

[1:59:23] DAIS PROBABLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION ALREADY, BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE MECHANISM

[1:59:31] FOR AMENDING OR MODIFYING THE AGREEMENT.

[1:59:36] >> I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK

[1:59:42] TO THE MECHANISMS. I KNOW THE AGREEMENT HAS PROVISIONS TO BE AMENDED. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN

[1:59:48] AMENDED FOR SOME THINGS. BUT I

[1:59:53] CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LEGAL ISSUE. WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO DISCUSSIONS. I DON'T KNOW THE LAW. I DON'T --

[2:00:02] >> IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE AMENDED ESSENTIALLY UNDER THE CORRECT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, CORRECT?

[2:00:08] >> I THINK I'M ONLY HESITATING BECAUSE AS A LAWYER, I'M RELUCTANT TO ISSUE A LEGAL

[2:00:14] OPINION WHEN NOT. BUT AS A GENERAL MATTER AGREEMENTS, PARTIES CAN GENERALLY AMEND

[2:00:21] AGREEMENTS. THIS ONE IS SUBJECT TO THE COURT'S APPROVAL. SO IT WOULDN'T I THINK BE ENTIRELY UP TO THE PARTIES. BUT UNDER THE

[2:00:27] RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES, I'M SURE IT CAN BE ACHIEVED. >> AND THEN ASSUMING COURT

[2:00:34] APPROVAL, HAS THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BEEN AMENDED SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED BACK IN

[2:00:41] 2023? HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH THE COURT IN ANY AMENDMENTS? >> WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO THAT, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S AMENDED TO CHANGE

[2:00:49] SOME DEADLINES AND DATES. PARTIES PRESENTED AS THE COURT, I BELIEVE IT WAS GRANTED BY THE

[2:00:54] COURT PROMPTLY. CERTAINLY NOTHING EVER CAME BACK TO US WITH ISSUES WITH THE AMENDMENTS. >> THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE

[2:01:01] THERE'S A LOT OF US THAT ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE

[2:01:07] PROVISIONS ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED. THE MAYOR'S BEEN ON THE RECORD. A LOT OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ON THE RECORD.

[2:01:13] WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT BEYOND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN THAT JUST

[2:01:19] LAST WEEK THE MAYOR ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER MAKING SAID COMMITMENTS. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE

[2:01:24] SURE THAT THESE COMMITMENTS CAN OUTLAST THIS MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, FRANKLY. AND WE'RE

[2:01:32] LOOKING TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS A POTENTIAL VENUE TO DO THAT. WE'RE IN UNCHARTERED

[2:01:38] TERRITORY. WE DON'T HAVE A ROADMAP. MY INTENTION IS TO BUILD THIS ROADMAP IN PUBLIC. I

[2:01:43] THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE A REALLY CRITICAL PARTNER IN THIS ROADMAP. AS WE'RE IN THESE EARLY

[2:01:50] STAGES OF DEVELOPING THIS ROADMAP IN A VERY PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT WAY, DO YOU SEE A

[2:01:57] PROBLEM WITH MERGING THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE WITH THE STATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT? >> AGAIN, WITH THE CAVEAT I'M

[2:02:04] NOT THE LAWYER, I DON'T KNOW THE LAW. I DON'T. THERE'S NOTHING

[2:02:10] I'M AWARE OF THAT WOULD. >> OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I

[2:02:15] ALSO SAW, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A TWO-PARTY AGREEMENT. I THINK I SAW IT REPORTED IN AXIOS, THAT

[2:02:26] THE COMMISSIONER ON HUMAN RIGHTS WAS -- DO YOU KNOW IF THE MDHR

[2:02:33] COMMISSIONER HAS EITHER MADE ANY OFFERS OR AGREED TO SIT DOWN TO

[2:02:38] TRY TO NEGOTIATE THIS? DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'D BE AMENABLE TO THAT?

[2:02:44] >> I BELIEVE BASED ON PUBLIC INFORMATION, I THINK THEY'RE AMENABLE TO IT.

[2:02:50] BUT WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES ABOUT THAT. >> OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK, YOU

[2:02:57] KNOW, WE HERE ON CITY COUNCIL ARE JUST VERY INTERESTED IN FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE CODIFY

[2:03:04] THESE COMMITMENTS IN A WAY THAT DEFINES THIS INSTITUTION, NOT JUST THE MAYOR, NOT THE CITY

[2:03:09] COUNCIL, BUT THESE INSTITUTIONS OF REFORM. I'M HOPING YOU CAN BE A PARTNER IN BUILDING THIS

[2:03:15] ROADMAP OUT IN PUBLIC. >> IT WAS CERTAINLY OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'D BE PARTNERING WITH YOU TO IMPLEMENT BOTH AGREEMENTS UNDER JUDICIAL

[2:03:21] OVERSIGHT. AND WE THINK THAT WOULD BE THE PREFERRED PATH IF IT'S ACHIEVABLE. I WANT TO BE

[2:03:29] CAREFUL NOT TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITHOUT JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT IT'S NOT ACHIEVABLE. I DON'T THINK

[2:03:34] THAT'S RIGHT. BUT CLEARLY, JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT IS BETTER AND IT'S PARTICULARLY BETTER IN THIS

[2:03:40] COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH DISTRUST. WE HEAR THINGS, SO WE

[2:03:46] UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THAT. I THINK OUR POSITION IS WE'RE PREPARED TO DO WHATEVER WE ARE

[2:03:52] ASKED TO DO AND ARE CAPABLE OF DOING TO HELP ACHIEVE THE ENDS OF THE TWO AGREEMENTS.

[2:03:58] >> I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY IN QUEUE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT

[2:04:03] PRESENTATION. I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY VALUING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS CONVERSATION PLAY OUT IN PUBLIC.

[2:04:09] >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING BEFORE YOU IN THE FUTURE. >> EXCELLENT. AND SEEING NO

[2:04:16] FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION. THE NEXT ITEM IS A STAFF DIRECTION AUTHORED BY

[2:04:23] MYSELF DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO PRODUCE AN

[2:04:28] ANALYSIS RELATED TO MUNICIPAL OVERSIGHT AND CONSENT DECREES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IN THE INTEREST OF TIME,

[2:04:37] I'M NOT SEEING ANY COMMENTS. SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS

[2:04:42] ITEM. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS?

[2:04:51] AYES HAVE IT. AND THAT CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM I'M GOING TO

[2:04:58] ACTUALLY ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO JUMP IN BECAUSE THERE'S SOME

[2:05:03] PROCEDURAL NUANCES THAT WE SHOULD REALLY TALK ABOUT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[2:05:10] FIRST, I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE UP FRONT FOR PUTTING COUNCIL IN AN

[2:05:16] AWKWARD POSITION. THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING QUICKLY AND I PERHAPS DID NOT INTERVENE IN A

[2:05:22] TIMELY MANNER WHEN NECESSARY. THIS MORNING, MS. SINATRA, THE

[2:05:29] CLERK OF THIS GROUP -- AND THAT THE SEQUENCING OF THOSE IS OUT OF ORDER. SUB ITEM 2 WHICH IS

[2:05:37] THE PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO WAIVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ON A

[2:05:43] LEGAL MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL NEED TO COME BEFORE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S

[2:05:49] OFFICE TO TAKE ACTIONS RELATED TO THERETO. SEQUENCING ITEMS

[2:05:55] FROM A PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE, NUMBER 2 NEEDS TO COME FORWARD

[2:06:00] FIRST. IT NEEDS TO PLAY OUT BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS BEFORE THE BODY CAN CONSIDER THE

[2:06:06] FIRST SUB ITEM WHICH IS -- I

[2:06:13] JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT ITEM 2 HAS A DEPENDENCY TO ITEM 1.

[2:06:19] ITEM 3 WHICH IS A NEW STAFF DIRECTIVE WHICH WAS ADDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AT THIS

[2:06:24] MEETING, AND ITEM 4 FROM YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, A LETTER TO

[2:06:30] BROADLY POLICE REFORM AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE NOT DEPENDENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF THE

[2:06:37] RESOLUTION THAT SEEKS TO WAIVE PRIVILEGE ON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S MEMO WITH ADVICE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY NUMBER 1, I THINK

[2:06:44] WE SHOULD RE-ORDER THE AGENDA FIRST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

[2:06:50] CLEAR ON WHAT ARE RELATED ITEMS. SUB ITEM 2 SHOULD BE NUMBER 1. OBVIOUSLY, IF THE BODY WISHES TO

[2:06:57] TAKE UP 3 OR 4, WHICH ARE NOT DEPENDENT UPON THAT, THEY MAY DO SO TODAY. THE SUB ITEM 1 AS IT

[2:07:07] APPEARS IN THE AGENDA WOULD NEED TO BE MOVED TO THE END, AND THE

[2:07:15] OUTCOME DEPENDENT ON THE RESOLUTION. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BODY.

[2:07:21] >> THANK YOU. I WILL SAY WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE SHOULD TAKE UP THAT RE-ORDERING AND PICK UP

[2:07:29] ITEM 2 AS ITEM 1. AND POSTPONE

[2:07:34] ITEM 1 CURRENTLY TO OUR NEXT CYCLE PENDING MAYORAL REVIEW. AND THEN WE CAN TAKE UP THE

[2:07:42] ITEMS 3 AND 4 REMAINDER. SO WITH THAT, WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ON

[2:07:47] OUR NEW ITEM 1, THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION WAIVING

[2:07:53] ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ON THE LEGAL MEMORANDUM. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER

[2:07:59] WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. AND ACTUALLY, IN RESPONSE TO THE ORDERING RECOMMENDATION THAT

[2:08:05] CLERK CARL MENTIONED, I PREPARED COMMENTS THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES THE OVERALL PACKAGE THAT WE'RE

[2:08:10] BRINGING FORWARD. SO I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. COLLEAGUES, ITEM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY 5.1, NOW THAT IS

[2:08:18] BEING MOTIONED TO BE POSTPONED TO THE NEXT CYCLE. ESSENTIALLY JUST SUMMARIZING THAT IS A

[2:08:23] DIRECTIVE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY REQUESTING THAT WE TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO MODIFY THE

[2:08:29] CURRENT LEGAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO INCORPORATE THE PROVISIONS FROM

[2:08:36] THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE. I AUTHORED THIS DIRECTIVE TO USE THE EXISTING PATHWAY OUTLINE IN

[2:08:41] THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE HOW THE CITY COULD HAVE A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT THAT

[2:08:49] INCLUDES THE REFORMS THAT WERE IN THAT FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE DESPITE THE DISMISSAL BY THE

[2:08:54] TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS AN ACTION IN WHICH I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY

[2:09:00] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS WITH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SINCE JANUARY. THIS ACTION WILL ALSO

[2:09:06] ALIGN THE COUNCIL WITH THE MAYOR'S RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE FEDERAL

[2:09:11] PROVISIONS, AND HIS MOST RECENTLY PASSED OR APPROVED EXECUTIVE ORDER. THE CURRENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES, AGAIN, A

[2:09:18] PROVISION THAT ALLOWS THE CITY AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO JOINTLY AMEND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S

[2:09:25] CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR COURT CONSIDERATION. ESSENTIALLY, THIS MOTION WAS REALLY, AGAIN, TO OUTLINE A WAY FOR US TO

[2:09:31] FORMALIZE THAT COMMITMENT AS A CITY AND BACK THOSE STATEMENTS WITH A LEGALLY BINDING TWO-PARTY

[2:09:36] AGREEMENT. AS YOU ALL AWARE SHORTLY BEFORE THE LAST COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING WHEN THIS ITEM WAS GOING TO BE

[2:09:43] CONSIDERED, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RELEASED ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE MEMO. THE CONTENT OF

[2:09:50] THAT MEMO RAISED MANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AND I KNOW FOR SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO I'VE DISCUSSED

[2:09:56] IT WITH. GIVEN THE MATTER THAT WE KNOW THE CONSENT DECREE IS OF HIGH IMPORTANCE FOR BOTH THE

[2:10:02] PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL. AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE HIGHLIGHTED, I BELIEVE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD BE HAD

[2:10:08] IN PUBLIC. AND PARTICULARLY, ABOUT WHAT ACTIONS THE CITY IS OR WERE NOT TAKING TO PROTECT

[2:10:14] THOSE REFORMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE. AND THIS ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS US

[2:10:20] TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC CONVERSATION. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, I WORKED WITH THE

[2:10:26] CLERKS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE IS

[2:10:31] NAMING AS I BELIEVE ITEM NOW 5.1, CL IS A RESOLUTION TO WAIVE

[2:10:39] THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ON THE MEMO. THIS ACTION MIRRORS COUNCIL ACTION THAT ACTUALLY

[2:10:45] TOOK PLACE IN 2021 WHEN THERE WAS A COUNCIL VOTE TO WAIVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE TO

[2:10:51] ALLOW FOR MORE TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION ABOUT A MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST. LASTLY, I'M

[2:10:57] BRINGING FORWARD ITEM, AND BECAUSE I'M MIXING UP, THE

[2:11:02] NEWEST MOTION 5.2, THANK YOU, WHICH IS A STAFF DIRECTION --

[2:11:09] WHAT THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE TO ACTIVATE PROVISION 438 IN THE

[2:11:15] SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THAT PROVISION IS CALLED MECHANISM TO JOINTLY MODIFY AGREEMENT AND IT

[2:11:22] STATES THE PARTIES MAY STIPULATE TO CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO DISAGREEMENT. THE

[2:11:28] PRIVILEGED MEMO THAT COUNCIL RECEIVED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INCLUDED AN

[2:11:35] OPINION, BUT IT DID NOT EXPLAIN AFFIRMATIVELY OF HOW IT GETS

[2:11:41] ACTIVATED. THIS MOTION ASKS THE ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT PROCEDURE IS TO ACTIVATE THE

[2:11:47] PROVISION SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DIRECTIVE IS NOT ASKING FOR A MEMORANDUM ABOUT

[2:11:56] THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE SPECIFICALLY. IT IS ASKING FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE PROCESS TO USE THIS PROVISION IN GENERAL.

[2:12:01] AND SINCE THE CITY SIGNED ON TO THIS AGREEMENT OVER A YEAR AGO, I ASSUME THE CITY ATTORNEY'S

[2:12:07] OFFICE HAS A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT PROVISION CAN BE USED AND

[2:12:12] ACTIVATED. AS I STATED EARLIER, I BELIEVE THERE IS WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT THAT MODIFIED MDHR

[2:12:20] SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE DISMISSED FEDERAL REFORMS IS A SHARED DESIRED OUTCOME. SO I

[2:12:27] WOULD LIKE TO INVOKE A COMMON PHRASE HERE AROUND COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI, DON'T TELL ME NO,

[2:12:33] TELL ME HOW. MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY --

[2:12:39] SORRY, THE WAIVER, WHICH IS NOW 5.1, IS ESSENTIALLY ASKING US TO

[2:12:44] UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID NO, AND NOW 5.2 IS ASKING THEM TO TELL US HOW THE

[2:12:50] PROVISION CAN BE USED. AND I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WILL, AGAIN, ALLOW US TO HAVE A FRUITFUL

[2:12:56] CONVERSATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WITH THE PUBLIC AROUND THE ACTIONS THIS BODY IS TAKING TO

[2:13:05] ENSURE. WITH THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THE MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM NOW 5.3, I THINK

[2:13:12] IS WHAT IT IS. 5.4, THANK YOU, CLERK CARL. WITH THAT, I WILL

[2:13:18] MOTION ITEMS 5.1, 5.2 FOR APPROVAL.

[2:13:26] >> LET'S TAKE THOSE UP ONE AT A TIME. WE'LL DO 5.1 AND THEN

[2:13:32] WE'LL DO 5.2 SEPARATELY. AND STILL ON THIS MOTION FOR PRIVILEGE, I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:13:38] >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL

[2:13:43] QUESTION ON THAT SECOND PART. I HAVE AT LEAST THREE POINTS TO MAKE HERE ALL IN REGARDS TO THE

[2:13:49] WAIVING OF PRIVILEGE. I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE

[2:13:56] TIME. .1, AS MENTIONED THIS MORNING ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPIC, A LOT OF STAFF TIME IS

[2:14:07] GOING INTO THESE. THIS PROVISION HAS EXTRAORDINARILY TAKING AWAY FROM SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE ON.

[2:14:12] ALL OF THIS TAKES TIME AWAY FROM WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COULD OTHERWISE BE FOCUSING ON,

[2:14:19] INCLUDING LITIGATION AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WOULD ALL AGREE IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY GIVEN THE POPULATIONS

[2:14:26] THAT WE SERVE, NOT PRESENTATIONS TO US ON INFORMATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. POINT TWO. WE SEEM

[2:14:35] TO THINK IT'S POLITICALLY CONVENIENT TO WAIVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE NOW.

[2:14:40] YET, THAT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE THE CASE, AND THIS REALLY, REALLY OPENS THE DOOR TO WHAT

[2:14:48] WILL BE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW AND WHEN WE WILL RECEIVE NECESSARY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM

[2:14:54] OUR ATTORNEYS. THIS FEELS LIKE AN UNNECESSARILY DANGEROUS SLOPE THAT MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN

[2:15:01] THAT DOOR. POINT THREE, LET'S TALK ABOUT RISK IN OPENING UP

[2:15:07] OURSELVES TO MORE LIABILITY THAN NECESSARY. SOMETHING WE EACH HOLD HERE, OUR BASIC OATH OF

[2:15:13] OFFICE THAT WE TOOK THAT COMES WITH OUR ELECTION CERTIFICATE, IT AFFIRMS RIGHT AFTER

[2:15:19] SUPPORTING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, SUPPORTING OUR STATE LAWS, OUR ADHERENCE TO THE

[2:15:24] CHARTER. THIS IS ABOUT OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. OUR

[2:15:29] FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING THE BUREAUCRACY, AS

[2:15:35] MANY A SKEPTIC MIGHT THINK, BUT IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR CITY

[2:15:42] BUDGET. AND NOT OPENING OURSELVES UP TO ADDITIONAL LIABILITY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY BY

[2:15:48] OATH IS TO PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS. THE WHOLE CITY. AND

[2:15:55] THAT'S ABOUT OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I HEAR A LOT ABOUT OUR EFFORTS TODAY ON CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING. THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND

[2:16:01] WE ALSO NEED CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATING BY NOT VOLUNTARILY ADDING MORE AND MORE TO OUR OWN

[2:16:08] CITY'S LIABILITY. LIKE VOLUNTARILY. LET ME ADD A FOURTH

[2:16:15] POINT HERE. THIS SURE FEELS LIKE ANOTHER HUGE WASTE OF TIME JUST FOR SHOW, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING

[2:16:21] THAT SOMEONE ALREADY LEAKED THIS MEMO TO A NEWS OUTLET YET AGAIN.

[2:16:28] AND I JUST NEED TO SAY THIS, I KNOW OF ONE ATTORNEY UP HERE ON THE DAIS, MAYBE ONE OF THE REST

[2:16:34] OF YOU WENT TO LAW SCHOOL AND PASSED THE BAR, BUT SHE, ATTORNEY ANDERSON IS OUR LEGAL

[2:16:41] ADVISOR. NONE OF US UP HERE ARE ATTORNEYS THAT I KNOW OF TODAY. AND I FIND IT COMPLETELY

[2:16:48] INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK LEGAL ADVICE FROM ONE ANOTHER, OR AS WAS DONE A FEW MINUTES AGO,

[2:16:55] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, FROM ELEFA. THEY'RE NOT OUR LEGAL

[2:17:00] ADVISORS. NEITHER I OR OUR COLLEAGUES ARE LEGAL ADVISOR. WE HAVE ONE CITY ATTORNEY GIVING US

[2:17:06] LEGAL ADVICE, AND IT NEEDS TO STAY THAT WAY. >> I'LL REMIND COLLEAGUES TO NOT

[2:17:17] IMPUTE MOTIVATIONS AND FOLKS' ACTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO

[2:17:22] QUESTIONS. ONE IS OF COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. SO YOU'RE ON THE COUNCIL THE LAST TIME THE

[2:17:30] ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE WAS -- I'M SEARCHING FOR THE TERM,

[2:17:36] REVISED. >> WAIVED. >> WAIVED. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THAT CIRCUMSTANCE?

[2:17:41] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, IT WAS A WHILE AGO.

[2:17:46] CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY AND TELL ME WHEN ATTORNEY-CLIENT

[2:17:52] PRIVILEGE WAS ON THIS DAIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> WE WERE TOLD IT LAST HAPPENED

[2:17:58] IN 2021. >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WE WAIVED ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE

[2:18:03] FOR? I DO NOT REMEMBER. >> I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

[2:18:09] DO YOU KNOW, ATTORNEY ANDERSON, THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED?

[2:18:15] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO CALL ON CLERK CARL BECAUSE I THINK CLERK CARL HAS

[2:18:22] MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT SITUATION WAS.

[2:18:27] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY OR CLERK CARL, WHO WANTS TO TAKE IT? >> I'M PRETTY SURE CLERK CARL

[2:18:33] WILL REAFFIRM BECAUSE IT'S IN THE LIMS FILE. BUT THIS HAPPENED BACK ON JUNE -- SORRY, THIS

[2:18:43] HAPPENED APRIL 24, 2021, AND THE MATTER WAS RELATED TO THE USE OF

[2:18:50] LESS LETHAL WEAPONS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> THANK YOU. MY SECOND QUESTION IS FOR ATTORNEY, WHAT ARE WE

[2:18:55] GIVING UP BY WAIVING THIS? WHAT IS THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS? YOU

[2:19:02] KNOW, CLEARLY THIS IS CLIENT-ATTORNEY PRIVILEGE IS INSTITUTED FOR A REASON.

[2:19:08] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE PURPOSE OF THE PRIVILEGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT

[2:19:15] COMES TO ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT LITIGATION MATTERS IS SO THAT THERE CAN BE

[2:19:21] FRANK DISCUSSIONS RELATING TO LITIGATION MATTERS WITHOUT THAT

[2:19:27] SHARING OF INFORMATION CREATING ANY SORT OF RISK TO THE CITY'S LEGAL INTEREST AND LITIGATION.

[2:19:32] SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, PRIVILEGE SHOULD BE PRESERVED TO AVOID ANY RISK. AND I GENERALLY RECOMMEND

[2:19:39] AGAINST WAIVERS. BUT IT'S NOT MY DECISION WHETHER TO WAIVE PRIVILEGE. IT IS THE CLIENT'S

[2:19:45] DECISION. AND THE CLIENT IS THE CITY ACTING THROUGH ITS DUALLY

[2:19:54] AUTHORIZED CONSTITUENTS, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE OFFICIALS THAT ACT AS THE CITY IN THESE MATTERS. SO ESSENTIALLY, IT'S

[2:20:02] PRESENTATION, A VOTE BY THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR. LIKE OTHER LEGISLATIVE

[2:20:08] ACTIONS. SO IT'S NOT UP TO ME TO DECIDE WHETHER PRIVILEGE SHOULD BE WAIVED. AGAIN, IT IS NOT MY

[2:20:15] RECOMMENDATION THAT PRIVILEGE BE WAIVED IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF

[2:20:21] THINGS. BUT NOT MY DECISION. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:20:29] SO MY QUESTION IS VERY SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE'S IS WHAT IS THE RISK OF OPENING UP

[2:20:34] THIS MEMO TO THE PUBLIC. ATTORNEY ANDERSON, WHO IS THE PERSON THAT WE MIGHT BE AT RISK

[2:20:40] OF BEING SUED BY? WHAT IS THE RISK OF SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC?

[2:20:46] >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

[2:20:53] MEMBER CASHMAN, SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE IN LITIGATION WITH MDHR. YOU KNOW,

[2:21:01] THEORETICALLY, AGAIN, ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT MDHR MATTERS COULD BE USED

[2:21:07] AGAINST US BY MDHR. COULD BE USED AGAINST US BY POTENTIAL

[2:21:13] INTERVENERS. YOU KNOW. I DON'T WANT TO SORT OF SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT THE RISK MIGHT BE. I MEAN,

[2:21:21] I MARKED IT ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH ONGOING LITIGATION. SO YOU

[2:21:28] KNOW, IF IT WAS JUST AN OPINION JUST ABOUT GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE

[2:21:35] WITHOUT APPLICATION TO A LITIGATION MATTER, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MADE OTHER LEGAL OPINIONS

[2:21:42] ABOUT GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE PUBLIC. BUT BECAUSE THIS HAS TO DO WITH LITIGATION, THAT'S WHY

[2:21:47] IT'S GOT THE PRIVILEGE. >> SO THE GROUPS IN THE

[2:21:53] LITIGATION, YOU'RE THINKING OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS? BECAUSE I DID SEE

[2:21:59] COMMISSIONER REBECCA LUSERO TOLD

[2:22:05] AXIOS THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO -- INTO THE STATE LEVEL AGREEMENT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE IN

[2:22:12] AGREEMENT WITH US IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. >> SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET

[2:22:18] TOO MUCH INTO WHAT THE MEMO TALKS ABOUT. BUT THE MEMO IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE

[2:22:26] QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DO, NOT JUST YOU, BUT ALSO

[2:22:31] WHAT THE MAYOR CAN AND CANNOT REQUIRE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DO,

[2:22:37] WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NOT QUITE -- THE FACT THAT THE COMMISSIONER MAY OR MAY NOT BE OPEN TO

[2:22:45] MODIFYING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT

[2:22:50] THE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE MEMO.

[2:22:55] >> I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TO AN OUTCOME OF THE

[2:23:02] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONSENT DECREE PROVISIONS BEING FOLDED INTO THE MDHR SETTLEMENT

[2:23:08] AGREEMENT. IF THAT'S OUR GOAL THEN HOW CAN WE GET THERE THROUGH THE SERIES OF ACTIONS

[2:23:14] THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY. I SEE THE NEW ONE THAT WAS ADDED ASK FOR A PUBLIC MEMO TO EXPLAIN THE

[2:23:20] PROCEDURAL PROCESS. SO IF THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED, THEN WHY ARE WE LOOKING TO WAIVE

[2:23:25] PRIVILEGE ON THE OTHER MEMO? >> IS THAT A QUESTION FOR ME,

[2:23:33] COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AS I HIGHLIGHTED IN MY

[2:23:40] COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, IT'S TO GET TO THE BASIS OF WHAT MANY OF US ARE

[2:23:46] STILL UNCLEAR OF. THE SECOND IS TO SAY COME TO OUR NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH A MEMO AND A PRESENTATION ON HOW

[2:23:52] WE CAN ACHIEVE WHAT YOU NOTED THE MODIFICATION PROVISION THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE MDHR

[2:23:58] SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. SO IT'S A FULL PRESENTATION ON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THEY'RE SAYING WE CAN'T. AND

[2:24:05] THEN TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON HOW. SO THOSE ARE BOTH COMPLEMENTARY. AND YOU CAN'T DO

[2:24:13] THAT WITH A MEMO JUST BEING LEAKED TO THE PUBLIC. WE'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE MADE FULLY

[2:24:19] PUBLIC THROUGH THE MECHANISMS OF THIS BODY SO IT CAN BE ADDED TO LIMS, AS OTHER LEGAL MEMOS HAVE

[2:24:25] HAPPENED IN THE PAST. EVEN THE ONE I REFERRED TO IN 2021. THE

[2:24:31] CITY ATTORNEYS EVEN UPDATED A

[2:24:38] MEMO THAT THEY FELT W-- THAT'S N OPTION FOR THEM AS WELL. BUT

[2:24:44] THERE'S NOTHING AROUND ACTUAL RISKS RIGHT HERE. I JUST ATD AT

[2:24:49] LEAST WANTED TO REITERATE. >> CITY ATTORNEY ANDERSON.

[2:24:54] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ANOTHER THING I GUESS I WOULD POINT OUT. IF WHAT THE BODY

[2:25:01] WANTS IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL OPINIONS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE CLOSED

[2:25:09] DISCUSSIONS. I'VE TALKED WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO HAVE A CLOSED DISCUSSION TO DISCUSS BOTH MY OPINION ON THIS MEMO AND

[2:25:16] MY ULTIMATE LEGAL OPINION REGARDING WHETHER WE CAN OR CAN'T MODIFY THE SETTLEMENT

[2:25:23] AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE CONSENT DECREE TERM. THOSE CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS ALLOW FOR,

[2:25:32] AG AGAIN, A FRANK DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE ATTORNEYS. SO IF THE

[2:25:38] GOAL IS TO GET THIS BODY TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

[2:25:46] >> COLLEAGUES, WE ARE AT 3:58 P.M., AND WE HAVE THIS ROOM FOR TWO MORE MINUTES. I WOULD

[2:25:55] SUGGEST THAT WE TRY TO TAKE THIS ITEM UP FOR A VOTE.

[2:26:02] >> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> IT'S REALLY QUICK BECAUSE I

[2:26:08] JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD, US WAIVING PRIVILEGE,

[2:26:13] THAT IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND THAT'S FOR THE CITY

[2:26:19] ATTORNEY, RIGHT? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THE PRIVILEGE WAIVER, AGAIN, HAS TO BE VOTED

[2:26:25] ON BY THIS BODY AND THEN IT GETS PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR AND THEN THE MAYOR CAN VETO IT OR APPROVE

[2:26:30] IT. IT'S THE NORMAL PROCESS FOR PASSING AN ACTION. >> SO IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL?

[2:26:37] >> YES, IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL. >> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD BECAUSE A MEMBER ALLEGED THAT WE WERE

[2:26:45] POTENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY TROUBLESOME TO

[2:26:51] PUT INTO THE RECORD SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE CLARITY. >> IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, DO YOU

[2:26:58] HAVE SOMETHING VERY QUICK? >> YES, I DO. IT WOULD SEEM THE

[2:27:04] PRUDENT COURSE TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION ON WEDNESDAY. LET'S DO IT RIGHT AND DO IT CORRECTLY PER

[2:27:09] OUR CITY TOATTORNEY'S ADVICE.

[2:27:15] THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. YOU HAVE THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION.

[2:27:24] >> I BELIEVE IT IS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S. WE STILL HAVE TO

[2:27:30] DISPOSE OF THIS. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> THAT'S ON APPROVAL?

[2:27:35] >> THIS IS ON APPROVAL OF PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION 5.1, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. THE WAIVER.

[2:27:42] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE.

[2:27:47] >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN.

[2:27:52] >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> ABSTAIN.

[2:27:58] >> JENKINS. >> NAY. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE.

[2:28:05] >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO.

[2:28:11] >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES, FOUR

[2:28:18] NAYS, AND ONE ABSTENTION. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT, WE

[2:28:24] WILL TAKE UP. >> SPEAKER. >> THAT PASSES, AND WE WILL NOW TAKE UP ITEM WHAT IS NOW 5.2,

[2:28:33] THE WONSLEY MOTION ON THE MECHANISM FOR AMENDING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. I'LL ASK

[2:28:38] THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.

[2:28:44] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO.

[2:28:51] >> VETAW. >> NO. >> OSMAN. >> AYE.

[2:28:57] >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> I JUST WANT TO STATE I WISH

[2:29:02] WE WOULD HAVE HAD DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM PRIOR TO CALLING THE VOTE. BUT NO.

[2:29:12] >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

[2:29:19] >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FOUR NAYS. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THEN THE

[2:29:26] FINAL ITEM WAS AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION OF WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME. SO I --

[2:29:31] >> CHAIR, WE CAN TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES. >> WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES ON THAT. OKAY. JUST VERY QUICKLY.

[2:29:39] >> YOU SHOULD HAVE USED THAT FOR THE LAST ITEM. >> ITEM 4 IS A LETTER THAT WAS

[2:29:46] DRAFTED TO SHARE WITH THE MAYOR. ITEM 4 WAS A LETTER THAT I

[2:29:52] DRAFTED TO SHARE WITH THE MAYOR ALONGSIDE WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES. >> SPEAKER.

[2:30:02] >> ITEM -- ACTUALLY, 3 IS A LETTER THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE

[2:30:07] MAYOR EXPRESSING THIS BODY'S INTENTION TO COLLABORATE ON A

[2:30:12] SHARED COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSENT DECREE. AND TO HAVE

[2:30:20] THOSE PROVISIONS BE IMPLEMENTED DIDN'T WAY THAT OUTLAST BOTH

[2:30:26] THIS MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER MAY BIND THE

[2:30:31] ADMINISTRATION BUT ONLY SO MUCH AS IT BINDS IT TO ANOTHER MAYOR WHO IS WILLING TO CONTINUE THOSE

[2:30:37] PROVISIONS. A FUTURE MAYOR COULD RESCIND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS

[2:30:43] THE RIGHT MECHANISM TO BIND THIS INSTITUTION TO THESE PROVISIONS.

[2:30:49] IT REQUIRES BOTH AN ACT OF COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. IT REQUIRES A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

[2:30:55] SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO SIGNED ON TO THIS LETTER. THERE'S A SUPER

[2:31:01] MAJORITY OF SIGNERS TO THIS LETTER, AND IT SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO POLICE REFORM, AND

[2:31:07] OUR COMMITMENT TO BIND THIS INSTITUTION TO DELIVERING ON THOSE PROVISIONS. AND SO I JUST

[2:31:13] WANTED TO SHARE THAT THIS HAS BEEN PASSED ALONG TO THE MAYOR. I WAS HOPING TO HAVE A BUNCH

[2:31:19] MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION ON THE MATTER. BUT AS I SAID IN THE PREVIOUS ITEMS, IT'S REALLY

[2:31:24] IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS PROCESS PLAY OUT IN PUBLIC. PLAY OUT IN PUBLIC AS MUCH AS

[2:31:31] POSSIBLE. I THINK THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE IN OUR CLOSED SESSION ON WEDNESDAY ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT

[2:31:37] BALANCE OF PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVILEGED IS. BUT I THINK PART OF WHAT IS GOING TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF REFORM IS NOT JUST

[2:31:43] THAT WE SAY THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS BUT THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN TRUST THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY

[2:31:48] DOING THOSE THINGS. AND THE WAY THAT WE BUILD THAT TRUST IS THROUGH OPENNESS, HONESTY,

[2:31:55] TRANSPARENCY, AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHEN WE'RE FAILING. AND I THINK THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FAILING IS AS

[2:32:00] IMPORTANT AS IT IS THE COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY. SO YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS

[2:32:07] EXPRESSED PREFERENCES IN THE PAST OF JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL ME. BUT THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE

[2:32:12] TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THIS LETTER IS A PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO

[2:32:20] OUR DESIRE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE MAYOR TO REALLY FIGURE THIS OUT. THIS IS GOING TO BE NOT FIGURED OUT

[2:32:27] IN THE NEXT CYCLE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIGURED OUT IN THE NEXT TERM. IT'S GOING TO BE A

[2:32:33] MULTI-YEAR PROJECT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL DELIVER ON THE LEGACY OF GEORGE FLOYD. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE ACTION HERE IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE. WE

[2:32:40] NEED TO CREATE A NEW LIMS FILE. IT'S NOT TO VOTE ON THE LETTER. THE LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO THE

[2:32:48] MAYOR. FOR CLARITY. >> CORRECT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY. DO WE WANT TO HAVE

[2:32:56] FIVE MINUTES OF DISCUSSION ON THIS? I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO ON QUEUE.

[2:33:01] >> MR. CHAIR, I WAS IN QUEUE FOR THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WE HAD

[2:33:06] ZERO TIME LEFT AND HAD TO VOTE ON. I DON'T FIND IT APPROPRIATE IN THE STEWARDSHIP OF THIS BODY

[2:33:12] THAT THE TIME KEEPER GIVES EXTRA TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR LETTER GETS DISCUSSED. I HAD A

[2:33:17] SUBSTANTIVE QUESTION TO THE AUTHOR ON THE LAST ONE AND HAD TO TAKE A VOTE WITHOUT IT. AND

[2:33:23] SEEING IT UP HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT DID NOT ALLOW ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO HER

[2:33:30] BEFORE HAND. SO THAT'S THAT. MOVING ON, JUST LIKE YOU, I

[2:33:36] DON'T NEED PUBLIC TRANSMISSIONS OF MEMOS AND RECEIVE AND FILES OF THINGS MADE PUBLIC BETWEEN

[2:33:42] THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO DISCUSS MATTERS WITH HIM.

[2:33:48] >> WELL, WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL ITEMS ON THE SUB

[2:33:53] COMMITTEE AGENDA. I CAN PASS THE CHAIR BACK OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. I DON'T KNOW THAT

[2:33:59] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME FOR REPORTS. >> WELL WE ARE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO GET YELLED AT AFTER THIS MEETING. FINALLY, WE

[2:34:06] RECEIVE REPORTS FROM THE STANDING COMMITTEES. WE'LL FIRST BEGIN WITH THE AEO COMMITTEE.

[2:34:13] COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I'M GOING TO PULL A COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AND JUST READ THE

[2:34:25] HEADLINE. THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD 24 ITEMS. THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ON

[2:34:31] LIMS. JUST BEING COGNIZANT OF TIME. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO MY

[2:34:37] OFFICE. >> WE HAVE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT WITH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THE

[2:34:43] BUDGET COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD TWO ITEMS. ALL OF YOU WERE IN COMMITTEE THIS MORNING

[2:34:49] WHEN WE BROUGHT THESE UP. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE

[2:34:54] BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT OVER TO VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THE

[2:35:01] BHZ COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING 16 ITEMS TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I STRUGGLE JUST READING

[2:35:06] THE HEADLINES FOR THIS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT. NUMBER

[2:35:13] ONE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING. NUMBER TWO, APPROVING

[2:35:19] AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. NUMBER

[2:35:25] THREE, APPROVING LICENSE SIDEWALK LICENSE FOR BLACK SHEEP PIZZA. NUMBER 4, APPROVING NINE

[2:35:31] LIQUOR LICENSES. 5, APPROVING 54

[2:35:37] LICENSE RENEWALS. SIX. SEVEN, AUTHORIZING GRANT SUBMITTALS.

[2:35:44] NUMBER 8, ACCEPTING AND AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR THE UPPER

[2:35:51] HARBOR TERMINAL OUTDOOR MUSIC VENUE. NINE, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR THE

[2:35:57] PROJECT AT 2714 BRYANT AVENUE. 10, MITIGATION PLAN FOR THE

[2:36:04] UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL. 11, AUTHORIZING A GREAT STREETS LOAN TO THE LATINO CENTER FOR

[2:36:09] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 12, APPROVING 21 APPOINTMENTS TO THE MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

[2:36:14] ON HOUSING. 13, APPROVING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD

[2:36:20] OF COMMISSIONERS. 14, APPROVING TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE 2025 LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE RELATED TO

[2:36:28] WINDOW CLEANING AND SAUNA ESTABLISHMENTS. 15, APPROVING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO

[2:36:33] THE MINNEAPOLIS SKYWAYS. 16, APPROVING A STAFF DIRECTION RELATED TO PET RESTRICTIONS IN

[2:36:39] RENTAL PROPERTIES. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO

[2:36:44] QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. I'LL

[2:36:50] PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAS SEVEN

[2:36:57] ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT SEWERS. THE SECOND IS LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. THREE

[2:37:03] IS A VARIOUS REQUEST FOR LAKE HARRIET PARKWAY. FOUR -- FIVE IS

[2:37:12] A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. SIX IS PRIORITIZING A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT LIST. AND SEVEN IS

[2:37:19] APPROVING COMMENTS ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND SUBMITTING THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MET

[2:37:25] COUNL. I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. NO ONE IS ON QUEUE. AND LASTLY, WE'RE GOING

[2:37:33] TO GO WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH HAS FOUR

[2:37:38] ITEMS. 1 IS -- TWO IS ACCEPTING AND AUTHORIZING A GRANT FOR THE

[2:37:44] MINNESOTA AUTO THEFT PREVENTION WITH MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THREE IS

[2:37:52] CONSIDERING A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH STATE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS ITEM WAS FORWARDED WITHOUT

[2:37:59] RECOMMENDATION. AND LASTLY, 4 IS APPOINTMENT TO SAFE AND THRIVING WORK GROUP. WITH THAT, I'LL

[2:38:05] STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND SEEING NO QUESTIONS, WITH THAT, WE'VE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TO

[2:38:10] COME BEFORE COMMITTEE TODAY. AND HEARING NO OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED ON TIME. BYE.