00:00:05.533 --> 00:00:15.367

We can go ahead and call the meeting to order. Council 00:00:15.367 --> 00:00:23.200

member Erikson. Council members young. Council member 00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:29.200

Klianowski, Mayor Winston. Council member page. Council

00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:33.934

member McGarvey. Council member Tran. Mayor Winston, do you 00:00:33.934 --> 00:00:36.634

have a quorum. Our wonderful we could go ahead and rise for the

00:00:36.634 --> 00:01:02.734

pledge of allegiance. Pledge to the flag. All right, so we’re 00:01:02.734 --> 00:01:07.934

gonna go ahead and head into public comment, but we’ll start

00:01:07.934 --> 00:01:11.266

first with response to prior public comment. Yeah, thank you, 00:01:11.266 --> 00:01:13.900

Mayor Winston. Uh, Mayor Winston, members of council,

00:01:13.900 --> 00:01:17.634

there is, um, one public comment at the last full city

00:01:17.634 --> 00:01:21.266

council meeting, uh, we had a representative from Tessman 00:01:21.266 --> 00:01:25.100

Ridge, uh, talk about Um, some issues they’re having with the

00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:28.467

mail and getting the post office uh to get those worked

00:01:28.467 --> 00:01:32.000

out. Our planning director Paul Mogush reached out to the mail. 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:36.634

Or reach out to the post office, um, they had some processing

00:01:36.634 --> 00:01:40.634

issues internal to the post office, they got resolved and 00:01:40.634 --> 00:01:43.467

uh are working with Tessman Ridge to get the mail delivery

00:01:43.467 --> 00:01:45.767

back to where it needs to be. So that’s heading in a good

00:01:45.767 --> 00:01:50.734

direction. Um, and then there was one letter that was 00:01:50.734 --> 00:01:53.467

provided for public comment, uh, just more of a letter of

00:01:53.467 --> 00:01:57.867

encouragement to counsel in terms of Um, being respectful

00:01:57.867 --> 00:02:00.667

and, and uh the work of the council from Miss Guy Temple. 00:02:00.667 --> 00:02:09.500

Thank you. All right, thank you. So next we’ll head into public

00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:15.800

comment and it is it uh Joshua? Law 3 E. All right. Joshua 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:22.734

Eloth. All right, I’ll be brief. I just want to say thank you to 00:02:22.734 --> 00:02:27.100

Marcellus Davis in the city for hosting Doctor Stacy Patton on

00:02:27.100 --> 00:02:30.900

February 26th in celebration of Black History Month. Uh, I’m 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:34.400

not gonna speak for the entire audience, but I came away from

00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:38.300

her lecture, uh, with far more understanding of the challenges

00:02:38.300 --> 00:02:42.634

that children face, um. You know, as they grow up and, and 00:02:42.634 --> 00:02:45.667

speaking as a member of the recreation and Parks Advisory

00:02:45.667 --> 00:02:53.367

Commission. Um, I wanted to also say that Uh, her lecture 00:02:53.367 --> 00:02:58.634

reminded me of just how vital our programs and facilities are

00:02:58.634 --> 00:03:01.734

ensuring that children have a safe place to learn and grow. 00:03:01.734 --> 00:03:11.867

And that’s all I had. Thank you again. Thank you. All right, so 00:03:11.867 --> 00:03:18.367

next we’ll go ahead and head into approval of the agenda. Is

00:03:18.367 --> 00:03:25.834

there a motion to approve the agenda? The 2nd All right, so 00:03:25.834 --> 00:03:29.100

the motion was made by Councilor McCanowski, uh,

00:03:29.100 --> 00:03:37.000

seconded by a council member Zhang. Labor, say I. I, any nas, 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.800

any abstentions? All right, there being none, the motion

00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:46.634

passes, uh 7 to 0. Uh, so next we’ll head into uh we can head 00:03:46.634 --> 00:03:49.634

down, I would say uh counsel for introduction of new

00:03:49.634 --> 00:04:22.500

employees. Good evening, Mayor Winston Council members, Police 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:25.533

Chief Mark Ruley. I’m very proud to be here this evening

00:04:25.533 --> 00:04:28.767

to introduce many new employees, um, and we’ll get right to it.

00:04:28.767 --> 00:04:33.834

Uh, first one is Shona Greaves Community Incident Intervention 00:04:33.834 --> 00:04:36.834

Specialist. Uh, Shona was hired on January 21st. She has a

00:04:36.834 --> 00:04:38.934

bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree of science from

00:04:38.934 --> 00:04:41.567

the University of Florida with a focus and family, youth, 00:04:41.567 --> 00:04:44.834

community, and science. China has worked part time with the

00:04:44.834 --> 00:04:48.533

city of Minneapolis as a behavior crisis responder and

00:04:48.533 --> 00:04:51.734

full time with child protection in Hennepin County. Scheuer 00:04:51.734 --> 00:04:55.934

enjoys spending time with her almost 2 year old Min

00:04:55.934 --> 00:04:58.233

Goldendoodle named Archie. She has family in Jamaica, New York,

00:04:58.233 --> 00:05:02.934

New Jersey, and Florida. She’s super aunt to her nephews in 00:05:02.934 --> 00:05:07.367

New Jersey, Shona loves music, movies, and the beach, which

00:05:07.367 --> 00:05:14.100

she misses the most since leaving Florida. Oh, I’m sorry, 00:05:14.100 --> 00:05:30.800

you can go up there. Sorry. Next employee is Keith Adams. 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:34.300

Uh, Keith is the community instant intervention specialist.

00:05:34.300 --> 00:05:37.100

Keith Adams is a community in intervention specialist who

00:05:37.100 --> 00:05:41.400

started with us on February 13th, Kea, Keith has previously 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:44.767

worked as nutrition assistant and insecurity. He is currently

00:05:44.767 --> 00:05:48.000

a private chef and has an up and coming cooking business.

00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:50.533

Keith enjoys cooking, watching football, and spending time 00:05:50.533 --> 00:05:53.800

with his daughter and promises to cook lunch for the police

00:05:53.800 --> 00:06:11.734

chief every day. Keith. the want to say. What’s that? Uh, 00:06:11.734 --> 00:06:17.467

our next newest employee is Abu Monsore, community incident

00:06:17.467 --> 00:06:20.500

intervention specialist. Abu started with the community 00:06:20.500 --> 00:06:22.500

incidents intervention specialists on February 13th.

00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:26.934

He is originally from Monrovia, Liberia. Abu has a master’s

00:06:26.934 --> 00:06:29.400

degree in administration of justice and security, who has

00:06:29.400 --> 00:06:33.767

worked as a lead mental health technician Abu enjoys exercise, 00:06:33.767 --> 00:06:36.934

learning new things and helping others. He also loves spending

00:06:36.934 --> 00:06:55.200

time with his family. Next new employee is Melissa Nielsen. 00:06:55.200 --> 00:06:58.800

She’s also a community in incident intervention

00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:02.100

specialist. Melissa was hired as a community incident 00:07:02.100 --> 00:07:04.367

intervention specialist on February 13th, Melissa is

00:07:04.367 --> 00:07:06.400

currently enrolled in a community justice program

00:07:06.400 --> 00:07:09.100

through the University of Phoenix. She previously worked

00:07:09.100 --> 00:07:12.300

in the mental health field in the community, has owned her 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:16.000

own company, was a chef, and worked in retail. Well, this is

00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.734

a mother of one and a dog, mom of 5, in her spare time, 00:07:20.734 --> 00:07:22.900

Melissa enjoy spending time in the gym. She’s also a foodie.

00:07:22.900 --> 00:07:26.033

And interested in art. Lisa is very excited to start with this

00:07:26.033 --> 00:07:44.734

new adventure. Our next play is Jasmine Miller, Community 00:07:44.734 --> 00:07:48.000

Instant intervention specialist. Jasmine started working at the

00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:50.734

Brooklyn Park Police Department, February 24th as an instant 00:07:50.734 --> 00:07:53.800

intervention specialist, Jasmine has a bachelor’s degree

00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.467

in criminal justice and law enforcement from Saint Cloud

00:07:56.467 --> 00:08:00.467

State University and agreeing behavior or viral environmental 00:08:00.467 --> 00:08:03.467

engineering from the School of Aerospace Medicine, Jasmine has

00:08:03.467 --> 00:08:06.634

previously worked as an explosive detective canine

00:08:06.634 --> 00:08:10.400

handler as an EMT and served in the Air Force, worked in the 00:08:10.400 --> 00:08:13.533

victim witness division of Washington County Attorney’s

00:08:13.533 --> 00:08:17.266

Office. Desmond has a fiance and a puppy. They are

00:08:17.266 --> 00:08:20.634

experiencing their first son in March. expecting their first 00:08:20.634 --> 00:08:27.934

son in March. It will be an experience as a father, I will

00:08:27.934 --> 00:08:31.200

tell you that. It’ll be an experience. Just being enjoys 00:08:31.200 --> 00:08:54.667

uh working out running, cooking, and reading. My ex employee 00:08:54.667 --> 00:08:57.133

israeli Castillo Rosario, also a community incident

00:08:57.133 --> 00:09:00.734

intervention specialist. Hereli started working with Brooklyn 00:09:00.734 --> 00:09:03.734

Park Police Department on February 24th is an instant

00:09:03.734 --> 00:09:06.400

intervention specialist. She has a bachelor’s degree in

00:09:06.400 --> 00:09:08.567

criminology and criminal science. She’s previously

00:09:08.567 --> 00:09:11.200

worked as a correctional officer detention deputy for 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.634

Hanna MC County Sheriff’s Office. She enjoys spending

00:09:13.634 --> 00:09:17.100

time with her husband and 3 young children watching crime

00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:19.734

shows and documentaries, traveling, and she loves to try

00:09:19.734 --> 00:09:41.133

new foods and restaurants. And our last employee to introduce 00:09:41.133 --> 00:09:44.400

is Troy Hill. He is a police cadet. Troy Hill was hired on

00:09:44.400 --> 00:09:47.667

March 3rd as a police cadet. Troy is Champlain Park High

00:09:47.667 --> 00:09:49.734

School graduate before working in the city of Brooklyn Park,

00:09:49.734 --> 00:09:54.467

Troy owned a construction company for 15 years, worked in 00:09:54.467 --> 00:09:56.634

security and in executive protection and was a real

00:09:56.634 --> 00:09:59.800

estate agent. Troy enjoys fishing, hunting, and anything

00:09:59.800 --> 00:10:23.900

outdoors and spending time with his very large family. The last 00:10:23.900 --> 00:10:26.033

word I just like to say for counsel as you can see that

00:10:26.033 --> 00:10:28.667

many of our new employees this evening were related to our

00:10:28.667 --> 00:10:31.800

community intervention unit, which we’re very proud, um, is 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:34.634

up and running and uh we obviously have 2 more, um,

00:10:34.634 --> 00:10:37.233

individuals that will be on boarded here in the next month

00:10:37.233 --> 00:10:39.834

or two, but we’re very excited with the work starting,

00:10:39.834 --> 00:10:43.233

especially as we’re arriving at summer, so, um, more to come on 00:10:43.233 --> 00:10:46.266

that. I think we want to do a kind of a formal press

00:10:46.266 --> 00:10:48.200

conference with the introduction to the community,

00:10:48.200 --> 00:11:19.300

but, uh, we’re very excited about having them out so. to I 00:11:19.300 --> 00:11:37.500

don’t need to share. Yeah All right, before we move to 3B, um, 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:42.800

Just share that I was talking to council member Erickson 00:11:42.800 --> 00:11:46.000

about all of the community intervention folks who are

00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.000

coming in and they’re going to the gym and they’re running and

00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.400

they’re working out and It puts some pressure on me, but thank 00:11:52.400 --> 00:11:55.166

you, council member Erickson, because you said they run, so I

00:11:55.166 --> 00:12:01.166

don’t have to. So I appreciate that. Thank you. So, so we’ll 00:12:01.166 --> 00:12:05.567

go into uh public presentations, proclamations, um, oh, we’re

00:12:05.567 --> 00:12:10.533

already on that. So we’ll head to the RAC annual report. Uh 00:12:10.533 --> 00:12:13.200

good evening, Mayor Winston, members of the council, Brad

00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.367

Talberg Recreation and Parks director, uh, here tonight with

00:12:16.367 --> 00:12:20.667

a very brief uh introduction of Judy Purcell, the recreation 00:12:20.667 --> 00:12:23.400

and Parks Advisory Commission chair to give our annual report.

00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:32.400

Good evening, Mayor Winston and members of city council. My 00:12:32.400 --> 00:12:36.734

name is Judy Purcell and I’m the chairman of the recreation

00:12:36.734 --> 00:12:39.200

and Parks Advisory Commission here to present the annual

00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:50.100

report. Our PAC. Our PA is made up of 12 commissioners, 00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:53.867

including Vice Chair Ya who’s sitting right there and myself

00:12:53.867 --> 00:12:59.367

and the rest of us, we have one city council liaison on council

00:12:59.367 --> 00:13:04.467

member page. And 2 youth commissioners, youth 00:13:04.467 --> 00:13:10.800

commissioners are unique to our commission. I joined ARPEC 2 00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:13.734

years ago and enjoying getting to know more people in Brooklyn

00:13:13.734 --> 00:13:23.667

Park and supporting the city’s goals and visions. In 2024, our 00:13:23.667 --> 00:13:30.000

pack and staff focused on 4 primary items. The first was 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:34.266

the renovation and expansion of Zanwood Community Center. The

00:13:34.266 --> 00:13:40.367

project will be breaking ground in April of 2025. But our PAC 00:13:40.367 --> 00:13:43.033

was involved in community engagement for the project in

00:13:43.033 --> 00:13:48.834

2024. APEC discussed the community activity center

00:13:48.834 --> 00:13:53.100

improvements project, a number of times in 2024 and eventually 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:57.300

decided on the addition of multi-chore gymnasium space

00:13:57.300 --> 00:14:04.367

instead of converting an ice arena. Third, APAC as staff to 00:14:04.367 --> 00:14:08.100

evaluate options to improve transportation to events and

00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:13.567

programs offered by the city of Brooklyn Park. Microtransit 00:14:13.567 --> 00:14:17.100

circulator buses and single event contracting for

00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:19.467

transportation were discussed, but all options were eventually

00:14:19.467 --> 00:14:26.100

determined to be cost prohibitive. Lastly Adult use 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:30.500

cannabis became legal in Minnesota on August 1st in 2023 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:34.667

and there became a need to update the park ordinance to

00:14:34.667 --> 00:14:38.467

include the prohibiting of smoking or vaping cannabis in

00:14:38.467 --> 00:14:42.767

the parks. This updated ordinance is adopted in 2024, 00:14:42.767 --> 00:14:53.934

and the park rule signs were updated. At the January meeting, 00:14:53.934 --> 00:14:56.100

our PAC commissioners identified topics that they

00:14:56.100 --> 00:15:01.400

would like to address or explore during 2025. A total of 00:15:01.400 --> 00:15:06.233

5 priorities were moved forward. As previously mentioned,

00:15:06.233 --> 00:15:08.400

commissioners are extremely excited for the construction of

00:15:08.400 --> 00:15:11.533

a teen center and the renovation of the existing 00:15:11.533 --> 00:15:17.400

space at the Zanwood Recreation Center. The CSC improvement

00:15:17.400 --> 00:15:21.634

project is seeking additional state bonding funding and if 00:15:21.634 --> 00:15:25.900

successful, take the next step in planning process to add a

00:15:25.900 --> 00:15:29.767

multi-purpose court space, additional outdoor event space

00:15:29.767 --> 00:15:37.166

and improved entrances to the CCAC for all users. In addition 00:15:37.166 --> 00:15:40.467

to the existing portfolio of adult programs, ERA 00:15:40.467 --> 00:15:43.734

commissioners would like to see staff focus on developing

00:15:43.734 --> 00:15:48.000

additional programs that would appeal to the biPA elder

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:56.400

population of Brooklyn Park. Third is the Northwest Area 00:15:56.400 --> 00:16:00.200

Park. In 2016, the City Brooklyn Park developed concept 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.934

plans for a park to be developed near the start of the

00:16:03.934 --> 00:16:09.367

Blue Line light rail extension near the current intersection

00:16:09.367 --> 00:16:14.033

of 101st Avenue, and Wanatka Avenue. Almost 10 years later, 00:16:14.033 --> 00:16:17.200

as the plans to develop the Northwest area of Brooklyn Park

00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:20.934

move ahead. APEC commissioners felt it would be important to 00:16:20.934 --> 00:16:23.634

revisit the plans and see how it aligns with the current

00:16:23.634 --> 00:16:26.266

needs of the cities and the planned development of the area.

00:16:26.266 --> 00:16:34.266

Fourth, sports tourism can be a great boost to any local 00:16:34.266 --> 00:16:38.100

economy. Our PEC commissioners like to explore more

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:41.266

information about the possibility of making Brooklyn 00:16:41.266 --> 00:16:46.634

Park a destination for youth sports by seeking redevelopment

00:16:46.634 --> 00:16:50.567

opportunities to create sport complexes to complement our 00:16:50.567 --> 00:16:58.467

existing facilities. In addition to these priority

00:16:58.467 --> 00:17:02.634

topics, REC will receive regular staff updates on the 00:17:02.634 --> 00:17:07.400

availability of community health resources, the reopening

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:12.734

of the new Mississippi Gateway Regional Park. Discuss ways to 00:17:12.734 --> 00:17:17.533

incorporate public art into projects at Zanwood and the CIC

00:17:17.533 --> 00:17:20.367

and finally to discuss and recommend the authorization of 00:17:20.367 --> 00:17:29.800

the annual deer hunt. In closing, I’d like to add that

00:17:29.800 --> 00:17:33.000

the transition to the new restaurant at Edinburgh Golf 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:37.467

Course has been completed and the tavern at Edinburgh is open.

00:17:37.467 --> 00:17:40.000

I’ve personally been there twice and I do recommend 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:43.400

everybody check it out. So thank you for the opportunity

00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:46.667

to give an update, Mayor Winston and City council

00:17:46.667 --> 00:17:52.834

members, please let me know if you have any questions. Well, 00:17:52.834 --> 00:17:54.934

thank you for that presentation. I very much appreciate it. And

00:17:54.934 --> 00:17:58.667

then, of course, I, I appreciate you just stepping up

00:17:58.667 --> 00:18:01.867

as a commissioner. So I was a few hours extra a month. Uh, so 00:18:01.867 --> 00:18:05.266

thank you for doing that for the city. Um, I don’t see any

00:18:05.266 --> 00:18:09.367

questions, but I did have a question. When, when you talk

00:18:09.367 --> 00:18:12.734

about the Brooklyn Park becoming a sports destination 00:18:12.734 --> 00:18:15.867

city. I guess two things. One, because you may be expand upon

00:18:15.867 --> 00:18:21.100

that a little bit. And then 2, have you reached out to the 00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:24.734

Northwest Tourism Board. Maybe to have a conversation with

00:18:24.734 --> 00:18:26.400

them and see maybe what that would even look like, right?

00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:28.734

Because I think it’s a great idea, but I just like to hear

00:18:28.734 --> 00:18:36.634

more about it and We’ll take that away, Brad. Uh, Mayor 00:18:36.634 --> 00:18:39.400

Winston, uh, council members, um, yeah, one of the

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:43.100

discussions we had at RPAC and perhaps uh because Page can 00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:45.767

lend some insight as well, but it was to look at the

00:18:45.767 --> 00:18:49.400

possibility of creating a, a Brooklyn Park is a destination

00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:53.667

sports, you know, um, whether it be more fields to attract 00:18:53.667 --> 00:18:56.000

larger uh soccer tournaments, baseball tournaments, whether

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.867

it be the addition of courts to uh attract larger basketball

00:18:59.867 --> 00:19:02.233

tournaments and things like that. So, and we have been in 00:19:02.233 --> 00:19:05.934

contact with uh Jen Durda from the, um, Northwest Minneapolis.

00:19:05.934 --> 00:19:10.233

Northwest tourism. And, um, she is going to be presenting in a 00:19:10.233 --> 00:19:13.000

future RPAC meeting, but I don’t know if customer Page has

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:21.400

anything she would like to add to that as well. Oh, OK. 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:26.200

customer page. Thank you. Yeah, so we just added it to our

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:31.567

priorities to look at, to explore, um, we had a 00:19:31.567 --> 00:19:34.367

discussion where we likened Brooklyn Park to, uh,

00:19:34.367 --> 00:19:39.667

Bloomington. That has faced some similar challenges in

00:19:39.667 --> 00:19:43.867

crime, um, but have the Mall of America and it’s quite amazing 00:19:43.867 --> 00:19:45.934

that everyone comes from everywhere to go to the Mall of

00:19:45.934 --> 00:19:49.734

America, and does that bring opportunity for us, we know

00:19:49.734 --> 00:19:52.934

that parents that travel for sports, bring money and 00:19:52.934 --> 00:19:56.100

opportunity to our communities, um, as a sports parent myself,

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:58.367

I’ve been to a lot of communities where every time I

00:19:58.367 --> 00:20:03.133

went to an out of city or out of state tournament, I had to 00:20:03.133 --> 00:20:05.734

buy swimming trunks. I had to buy track shoes that were

00:20:05.734 --> 00:20:09.000

forgot. Etc. etc. I needed a place to stay, a place to eat,

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:12.166

um, and then of course for the kids to play sports. So we’re 00:20:12.166 --> 00:20:15.867

just looking at those opportunities to see if um it’s

00:20:15.867 --> 00:20:21.834

an area that could attract, um, a sports facility that could 00:20:21.834 --> 00:20:25.500

accommodate youth traveling teams to bring revenue,

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:28.300

opportunity, and volunteer, um, opportunities to the city as

00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:33.033

well as a lot of income, so it’s very beginning stages. We 00:20:33.033 --> 00:20:36.233

just put it on the list and so there’s a lot of work. to be

00:20:36.233 --> 00:20:41.533

done but something to consider. That’s great. I know for a 00:20:41.533 --> 00:20:44.867

while the Northwest Tourism Board talked about doing more

00:20:44.867 --> 00:20:47.800

of that, but, uh, I do think that could be a big

00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:50.467

differentiator for us as a city bring in some dollars, does a 00:20:50.467 --> 00:20:54.367

lot for our youth as well. So, um, I’m excited, I’m excited to

00:20:54.367 --> 00:20:58.567

hear about that. And also have a faith in the board, but I,

00:20:58.567 --> 00:21:01.900

the Northwest Tourism Board should really be quite involved 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:04.033

in helping to bring resources to figure that out and then

00:21:04.033 --> 00:21:06.834

saying, this is what it would need to look like. We pay them

00:21:06.834 --> 00:21:10.000

as a city, so I think we could rely on them for a lot of that 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:14.133

work. I, uh, for that due diligence piece as well. So,

00:21:14.133 --> 00:21:21.000

thank you, thank you. Yeah All right, thanks and like, again, 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:28.000

have a good evening. All right, thank you. lotion Oh, and then

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:31.867

we have to make a motion to Except, yeah, go ahead, to 00:21:31.867 --> 00:21:35.367

accept the report. OK, I’ll go ahead and make the motion to

00:21:35.367 --> 00:21:39.100

accept the wreck and parks advisory commission 2025 work

00:21:39.100 --> 00:21:45.533

plan. Right, the motion was made by Councilor McCannowski, 00:21:45.533 --> 00:21:50.800

seconded by Councilman McGarvey, all those in favor say aye, I, 00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:55.133

any, any abstentions? All right, the eyes have it 7 to 0. All

00:21:55.133 --> 00:21:59.867

right, great. Thank you again. Um, and then next we’ll move on

00:21:59.867 --> 00:22:02.100

to the women’s History Month proclamation, and we’re going 00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:22.934

to have council members young, uh, read that up front. OK. All 00:22:22.934 --> 00:22:26.734

right, so the proclamation to recognize and honor women’s

00:22:26.734 --> 00:22:31.934

History Month, March 2025, whereas women have played and 00:22:31.934 --> 00:22:35.133

continue to play critical economic, cultural and social

00:22:35.133 --> 00:22:40.000

roles in our country, our state, and our community by 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:43.200

constituting a significant portion of the labor force

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:46.634

working inside and outside the home. Women throughout history

00:22:46.634 --> 00:22:50.767

have also played a unique role by providing a majority of the 00:22:50.767 --> 00:22:55.033

volunteer labor force of our country, and Whereas women have

00:22:55.033 --> 00:22:58.667

been leaders not only in securing their own rights of

00:22:58.667 --> 00:23:01.867

suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist 00:23:01.867 --> 00:23:05.634

movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial labor

00:23:05.634 --> 00:23:09.367

movement, the civil rights movement, and other movements,

00:23:09.367 --> 00:23:13.100

especially the peace movement, which creates a more fair and 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:17.033

just society for all. And whereas, despite these

00:23:17.033 --> 00:23:21.100

contributions, the role of women in history has been 00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:25.867

consistently overlooked and undervalued. To And the

00:23:25.867 --> 00:23:30.667

literature teaching and whereas the theme for 2025 is women who 00:23:30.667 --> 00:23:34.400

advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion. This theme

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:38.200

honors women in every community who have devoted their lives

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:42.467

and talents to producing art, pursuing truth, and reflecting 00:23:42.467 --> 00:23:47.767

the human condition decade after decade. From the earliest

00:23:47.767 --> 00:23:50.400

storytellers through pioneering journalists, their experiences 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:53.100

have been captured by a wide variety of artists and teachers.

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:57.467

These include authors, songwriters, scholars,

00:23:57.467 --> 00:24:01.133

playwrights, performers, and grandmothers, and whereas the 00:24:01.133 --> 00:24:04.934

city of Brooklyn Park is proud to honor the history and

00:24:04.934 --> 00:24:08.367

contributions of women in our community and throughout our

00:24:08.367 --> 00:24:12.867

state and our nation and proud to put forth the goal of gender 00:24:12.867 --> 00:24:16.100

equity and work to ensure representation and opportunity

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:20.634

for all of its women and girls. Now therefore be it resolved 00:24:20.634 --> 00:24:28.033

that I mayor Hollis Winston, and members of the city council

00:24:28.033 --> 00:24:32.567

of the city of Brooklyn Park do recognize and hereby proclaimed 00:24:32.567 --> 00:24:38.033

March 2025. As Women’s History Month. Be it further resolved,

00:24:38.033 --> 00:24:41.767

the mayor is requested to issue a proclamation each March 00:24:41.767 --> 00:24:44.934

calling upon the people of the city of Brooklyn Park to

00:24:44.934 --> 00:24:48.867

observe March as Women’s History Month with appropriate

00:24:48.867 --> 00:24:53.467

programs, ceremonies, and activities. And may I also say 00:24:53.467 --> 00:24:56.133

something as well too. I would like to say thank you to all of

00:24:56.133 --> 00:24:59.634

our strong empowering women, um, in our city, state, and country

00:24:59.634 --> 00:25:04.133

who fight for our voices. The only thing that I would like to 00:25:04.133 --> 00:25:23.533

finish off with is, period. Mhm Well said. I said, um, all 00:25:23.533 --> 00:25:30.200

right, so next we will move to the uh consent agenda. Uh, is 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:36.767

there a motion to approve the consent agenda? So we Alright,

00:25:36.767 --> 00:25:40.000

so council member Eriksson made the motion. Is there a second? 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:43.734

Alright, seconded by Councilman McCannowski. All those in favor

00:25:43.734 --> 00:25:49.767

say I. I. Any knees? Any abstentions? Right, the eyes

00:25:49.767 --> 00:26:01.800

have it. All right. So next we’ll move to uh public hearing. 00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:07.233

This will be a public hearing and uh and approving city code

00:26:07.233 --> 00:26:11.467

appendix fee resolution table amendments to recycling, 00:26:11.467 --> 00:26:13.734

utility service charges and Tim Pratt cycling manager will be

00:26:13.734 --> 00:26:19.867

making the presentation. Right. Convinced the members of the

00:26:19.867 --> 00:26:24.734

council, thank you for having me here this evening. We will 00:26:24.734 --> 00:26:29.533

talk about uh the soon to launch organics recycling

00:26:29.533 --> 00:26:35.400

program. So, um, We will be at the beginning, well, March 31st, 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:40.266

beginning of April here, uh, launching the curbside Organics 00:26:40.266 --> 00:26:44.100

recycling collection program and Uh, so just to touch base

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:47.667

what our organics those are all of your food scraps, including

00:26:47.667 --> 00:26:52.233

things like meat and bones and dairy, uh, non-recyclable 00:26:52.233 --> 00:26:56.900

papers, napkins, paper towels, and certified compostable

00:26:56.900 --> 00:27:00.000

products. So for instance, if you went to Minneapolis, Saint 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:04.800

Paul, Saint Louis Park, and soon Roosevelt where they have

00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:08.533

green to go ordinances, uh, restaurants and food service

00:27:08.533 --> 00:27:11.133

establishments are required to give you your takeaway material 00:27:11.133 --> 00:27:17.000

and containers that are either reusable, recyclable, or

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.266

compostable, and so those compostable items, uh, would be 00:27:20.266 --> 00:27:24.767

things that you could put in your organics too, um, they

00:27:24.767 --> 00:27:26.834

will eventually, I mean, they’ll first go to the

00:27:26.834 --> 00:27:29.367

Hennepin County drop off facility, and from there

00:27:29.367 --> 00:27:34.133

they’ll go to a composting facility where uh they will in 00:27:34.133 --> 00:27:40.100

90 days or less break down into finished compost, which is used 00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:42.200

by landscapers and road construction crews, and there’s

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:48.100

abundant market and demand for that material. So the cost to

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:52.800

uh expand the recycling program to add the organics recycling 00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:57.166

collection is $2.90. It’s a direct pass through, and that

00:27:57.166 --> 00:28:03.100

is the lowest organics charge of any city in the metro? There 00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:08.467

we go, there’s the other one Um So the deadline was this

00:28:08.467 --> 00:28:14.200

morning for to sign up for the first wave of carts and we will 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:16.567

begin delivering those carts the week of March 24th and the

00:28:16.567 --> 00:28:21.266

service, as I said, will begin March 31st. You can still sign 00:28:21.266 --> 00:28:26.266

up at the Brooklyn Park.org/organics webpage, and

00:28:26.266 --> 00:28:30.300

it’s just that we’re gonna put a pause on delivery of carts 00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:33.000

while we finished the rollout, so we’ve got to figure out what

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:35.734

the routes are that the drivers are gonna be driving, and to

00:28:35.734 --> 00:28:39.467

make sure that everybody’s got. Not carts and then once we get

00:28:39.467 --> 00:28:42.100

that established sometime in the middle of April, we’ll 00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:49.400

start delivering carts again. So, uh, we will be going from

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:54.266

currently $5.50 a month for the recycling and that’s all of the 00:28:54.266 --> 00:28:57.467

programs, the curbside collection of the bottles and

00:28:57.467 --> 00:29:01.133

cans and paper recycling, the drop off days, the curbside 00:29:01.133 --> 00:29:06.000

bulky waste cleanup, the yard waste site. Um, and the new

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:10.734

rate will be that $2.90 increase, so 840 cents a month 00:29:10.734 --> 00:29:16.467

or 25, 20 a quarter. Um, that does not apply to multi-family

00:29:16.467 --> 00:29:19.834

properties. They are exempt from the county’s requirement

00:29:19.834 --> 00:29:24.133

to have access to curbside organics recycling. Um, there 00:29:24.133 --> 00:29:29.533

is the potential for a rate increase to $3.75 and there was

00:29:29.533 --> 00:29:34.300

a typo in the packet which said 360. I’m sorry about that. Um, 00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:40.233

once we hit 11% of households or 25, basically 2500. Uh, 00:29:40.233 --> 00:29:46.033

households enrolled as of this morning we were at about 750.

00:29:46.033 --> 00:29:49.367

That pace is similar to other cities in Hennepin County that

00:29:49.367 --> 00:29:55.133

have rolled out the organics recycling programs. So, uh, we 00:29:55.133 --> 00:29:58.867

will, and it’s a little bit different in the structure. And

00:29:58.867 --> 00:30:02.200

the bottles and cans and paper recycling portion of it, you 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:06.867

know, we’ve got 5 trucks, 5 drivers driving 5 routes, you

00:30:06.867 --> 00:30:11.800

know, a day. 10 years ago it was 5 trucks, 5 drivers driving 00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:15.634

5 rounds a day. The only change is that there’s inflationary

00:30:15.634 --> 00:30:18.166

increases. So every year we have a rate of inflation

00:30:18.166 --> 00:30:25.533

increase. In this contract structure, um, there is no 00:30:25.533 --> 00:30:29.266

inflationary increase each year, but there is when they need to

00:30:29.266 --> 00:30:34.533

buy a new truck and hire a new driver to add that additional 00:30:34.533 --> 00:30:38.367

capacity, that’s The where we kick into that next. Uh, priced

00:30:38.367 --> 00:30:44.734

here. We expect based on Uh, the performance of other cities 00:30:44.734 --> 00:30:49.533

and their rollouts that we will hit that sometime in 2016. We

00:30:49.533 --> 00:30:55.867

have a once every 6 months review, so, uh, as I said, this 00:30:55.867 --> 00:31:00.200

we’re at 7:50. October 1st, we’ll look and see what that 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:06.100

number is again. If we have hit 25, 13. We’ll then have a 3

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:09.533

month notice before the new rate will start, so the first

00:31:09.533 --> 00:31:16.867

that we could do that would be January 1st of 2026. Um Yeah. 00:31:16.867 --> 00:31:21.467

And so, and then again we’d look at it at April 1st of 2026. 00:31:21.467 --> 00:31:29.133

Uh, to see where the rate is. As well. And with that, uh,

00:31:29.133 --> 00:31:32.467

actually you should have the public hearing and then we’ll 00:31:32.467 --> 00:31:41.367

take questions. Thank you for that. um, so, uh, I guess I’ll 00:31:41.367 --> 00:31:46.467

go ahead and open the uh Open up the hearing to public

00:31:46.467 --> 00:31:50.934

comment, but we’ll also have uh a council members ask questions 00:31:50.934 --> 00:31:54.100

as well. So, uh, council member McGarvey, I know you had a

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:59.934

question. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, and thank you for the

00:31:59.934 --> 00:32:03.734

presentation, Tim. Just a quick question. Uh, you said we’d 00:32:03.734 --> 00:32:08.000

review it in October and then again in so obviously that’s a

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:12.800

uh a set time for reviewing this. Is it then? Uh Do we have 00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:17.800

to then pay the company back or or the term for that is leaving

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:22.567

me at the moment, but we have to, it’s all going, it’s all 00:32:22.567 --> 00:32:33.734

swinging forward. Thank you. Councilman Tran. Um, hi, um, my 00:32:33.734 --> 00:32:39.166

question is, There’s Moy family properties includes the

00:32:39.166 --> 00:32:43.400

townhouse. So, uh, Mayor Winston, council member Tran, 00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:49.266

uh, yes. So Uh, that would include townhouses, the ones

00:32:49.266 --> 00:32:55.000

that are exempt are like apartment buildings. So the 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:58.834

town how people don’t need to register. They would still need

00:32:58.834 --> 00:33:02.200

to sign up to have a cart delivered. We won’t be giving 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:06.867

everyone a cart. Unless they ask for it unless they sign up

00:33:06.867 --> 00:33:15.266

to have a cart delivered. Yeah, like, uh, it makes you not to 00:33:15.266 --> 00:33:20.100

try to 8100 Jefferson Highway. Then they that is one option, 00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:25.934

yes, and we, we have seen a situations where some older um

00:33:25.934 --> 00:33:32.367

Uh Town home associations where folks have single car garages 00:33:32.367 --> 00:33:37.200

that are kind of small. One resident has agreed to be the

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:42.533

person with the cart, and You know, 2 or 3 other folks will 00:33:42.533 --> 00:33:45.734

bring their bags to that, and they were doing that right now

00:33:45.734 --> 00:33:50.634

under the, the garbage hawer provided system. Um, so that’s 00:33:50.634 --> 00:33:54.400

a possibility, yup, and the folks in there are multi-family

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:58.533

properties are free to use the uh organics drop off out at the

00:33:58.533 --> 00:34:04.400

Hennepin County drop-off facility. Yeah, um, I climb 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:08.734

this because uh this one give people option, you know, if you

00:34:08.734 --> 00:34:12.934

choose to do that, you register, otherwise, you don’t have to. 00:34:12.934 --> 00:34:17.734

So, um, because in the past, the many complained that I

00:34:17.734 --> 00:34:20.634

didn’t use the service, why, why, why do I have to pay, you 00:34:20.634 --> 00:34:25.934

know? Yeah. Mayor Winston, Councilman Tran, and um, So I’m

00:34:25.934 --> 00:34:33.133

gonna put in a shameless plug for the uh free to uh borrow 00:34:33.133 --> 00:34:34.867

event recycling containers that we have over in operations and

00:34:34.867 --> 00:34:39.166

maintenance. So if you’re having a party, for instance,

00:34:39.166 --> 00:34:43.934

um, and we’re coming up on graduation season, um, you can 00:34:43.934 --> 00:34:48.734

borrow from us event recycling containers for both bottles and

00:34:48.734 --> 00:34:52.467

cans and for organics and so rather than, you know, trying 00:34:52.467 --> 00:34:54.667

to stick your organics in your car, you could just bring them

00:34:54.667 --> 00:34:59.100

out to the Hennepin County. our facility and so any resident is

00:34:59.100 --> 00:35:02.100

free to do that at any point, whether you’re in a single 00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:06.467

family home or a multi-family property, so. So good Thank you.

00:35:06.467 --> 00:35:17.166

Council members John. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, thank you for being 00:35:17.166 --> 00:35:20.233

here as well, Tim. I know that you answered this question 00:35:20.233 --> 00:35:26.100

earlier, but just um for the general community, um, just to

00:35:26.100 --> 00:35:33.533

clarify, this rate. Isn’t like an opt in rate, correct? Mayor 00:35:33.533 --> 00:35:37.900

Winston Council member John correct. Currently, every

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:41.300

household in the city is paying their garbage hauler for this 00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:45.834

service. And if you didn’t know that, you wouldn’t be alone.

00:35:45.834 --> 00:35:49.634

That is one of the reasons when we had this conversation last

00:35:49.634 --> 00:35:56.000

July, we saw how how Uncommitted to making the 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.100

organics recycling program successful, the garbage haulers

00:35:58.100 --> 00:36:03.634

were. We, uh, the council directed us to explore having 00:36:03.634 --> 00:36:08.800

it become part of the city’s program. So now that charge on

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:15.734

your garbage bill is gonna go away and a smaller charge is 00:36:15.734 --> 00:36:23.200

gonna appear on your utility bill. Thank you. Yeah, thank 00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:25.533

you for that question and thank you for pointing out. So, uh,

00:36:25.533 --> 00:36:28.533

charg is going to come off just to reiterate, charge you to

00:36:28.533 --> 00:36:32.367

come off our regular garbage or waste collection and there’s 00:36:32.367 --> 00:36:36.166

gonna be a smaller charge, right? From the city that

00:36:36.166 --> 00:36:39.367

people are gonna receive. OK, great. And you said it’s one of

00:36:39.367 --> 00:36:45.133

the smaller ones in the metro. The smallest. So it is the 00:36:45.133 --> 00:36:51.300

smallest, go to $3.70 we’ll still be The 2nd Lowest charge. 00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:56.467

OK. Thank you. Thank you for pointing that out. Um, this

00:36:56.467 --> 00:36:59.734

being a public hearing, is there anybody in the audience

00:36:59.734 --> 00:37:06.533

who wanted to make you comment. It Regarding this particular 00:37:06.533 --> 00:37:12.800

subject or? Yeah OK. All right. So, we want to limit it to the 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:16.533

topic at hand. And then for your topic, we might want to

00:37:16.533 --> 00:37:20.367

connect on that afterwards and see. Yeah, but I, I, I got you. 00:37:20.367 --> 00:37:23.634

Um, so, uh, they’re saying there being no comments from

00:37:23.634 --> 00:37:29.467

the public. We’ll go ahead and close the public hearing. Any

00:37:29.467 --> 00:37:32.567

more questions or comments from council members. Council member 00:37:32.567 --> 00:37:39.233

Tran. Mhm Do you want to put the We can’t hear, if you turn

00:37:39.233 --> 00:37:44.367

your microphone on. Thank you. no more questions. regarding 00:37:44.367 --> 00:37:51.867

this item. Uh, I’m going to make a motion uh to wait the 00:37:51.867 --> 00:37:56.667

reading and adopt resolution 2025 to approve the city called

00:37:56.667 --> 00:38:00.533

appended free resolution table amendments to recycling utility 00:38:00.533 --> 00:38:09.400

of a charge. So motion was made by um Council Tran, seconded by

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:15.367

Councilor, uh, all those in favor say aye. I Are there any 00:38:15.367 --> 00:38:19.000

nays or abstentions? All right, the motion passes, and thank

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:27.266

you, uh, uh, Tim for walking us through this process. All right, 00:38:27.266 --> 00:38:30.500

next we have another public hearing for vacation of 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:35.634

easement. Uh, documents. I’m not gonna read the documents

00:38:35.634 --> 00:38:40.500

off, but then we have this presented by Mitch Robinson, 00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:45.500

assistant City engineer. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:49.166

the council. My name is Jeff Holstein. Uh, I’m the city’s

00:38:49.166 --> 00:38:51.133

transportation engineer. Unfortunately, Mitch is not 00:38:51.133 --> 00:38:53.800

able to make it today. His wife delivered their first child the

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:59.100

other day, so, um, that’s, that’s a good reason. Sorry,

00:38:59.100 --> 00:39:03.533

sorry about the confusion. Thank you. I don’t, I 5.2, um, 00:39:03.533 --> 00:39:08.200

is a continuation of a public hearing that was opened on the

00:39:08.200 --> 00:39:11.400

February 10th, 2025 council meeting. The reason it was 00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:15.133

continued to today is because we were waiting for some

00:39:15.133 --> 00:39:18.400

additional information from the Target corporation relative to

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:21.000

some liens that were filed against the property that the 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:24.467

city will be receiving in exchange for vacating these two

00:39:24.467 --> 00:39:30.300

easements. Um So it’s tonight. We’re asking and we have since 00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:33.800

then we have received that information from Target and

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:36.533

it’s been looked at from staff and the city attorney’s

00:39:36.533 --> 00:39:39.734

viewpoint and deemed acceptable. So tonight we’re asking counsel

00:39:39.734 --> 00:39:42.734

to close the public hearing and to approve the vacation of the 00:39:42.734 --> 00:39:49.467

easements. Were there any questions or comments from,

00:39:49.467 --> 00:39:55.900

from, uh, council. All right, I’m gonna go ahead and close 00:39:55.900 --> 00:40:03.734

the hearing. So next, does anybody care to make that? 00:40:03.734 --> 00:40:07.567

That’s where else. Go ahead and waive the reading and adopt

00:40:07.567 --> 00:40:14.634

resolution 2025 approving the vacation of easement documents 00:40:14.634 --> 00:40:19.533

number 3559368 and number 3727273 Hennepin County,

00:40:19.533 --> 00:40:28.934

Minnesota. Is there a second. All right, so, um, fellas, the 00:40:28.934 --> 00:40:36.467

women are dominating this, uh, OK, but uh, but, uh, um, uh, so 00:40:36.467 --> 00:40:40.000

motion was made by council member Kanowski, uh, seconded 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:44.367

by council member Jung. All those in favor say aye. Any

00:40:44.367 --> 00:40:50.100

nays, any abstentions. Emotion, uh, passes. Thank you, Jeff, uh, 00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:54.934

for. bring for going over that with us again. All right, so

00:40:54.934 --> 00:41:00.266

next we’re gonna go into. Let’s see, we skipped to. 00:41:00.266 --> 00:41:30.233

Appointments to commissions, so give me one second. All right, 00:41:30.233 --> 00:41:37.133

so Two weeks ago we had a bunch of folks come to interview for

00:41:37.133 --> 00:41:43.000

commission, uh, positions. Uh, to serve with the city. And so 00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:45.834

now we’re coming back with the actual determination of that

00:41:45.834 --> 00:41:49.867

based on, uh, the council voting on the folks that they

00:41:49.867 --> 00:41:54.867

thought should fit those particular positions. So we’re 00:41:54.867 --> 00:42:00.734

gonna go ahead and I’m just make one large motion, um, 00:42:00.734 --> 00:42:02.367

based on the different committees and then if we can

00:42:02.367 --> 00:42:07.000

somebody can. Second that that would be great. So the first

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:12.367

one I’m gonna start with the, uh, budget advisory commission. 00:42:12.367 --> 00:42:16.634

So, uh, let’s see for the city at large position, a motion to

00:42:16.634 --> 00:42:19.400

appoint Erica Walker to the budget advisory commission

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:22.567

representing the city at large effective April 1st, 2025 for a 00:42:22.567 --> 00:42:27.300

three-year term. To expire April 1st, 2028 in the East

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:31.000

District, a motion to appoint Henry Blake to the budget 00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:32.767

advisory commission representing the East District

00:42:32.767 --> 00:42:37.467

effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April

00:42:37.467 --> 00:42:40.667

1st, 2028, the West District a motion to appoint Patrina Green 00:42:40.667 --> 00:42:43.400

to the budget advisory Commission representing the

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:47.567

West District, effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term

00:42:47.567 --> 00:42:51.800

to expire April 1st, 2028, and in the central district, a 00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:56.133

motion to appoint Michael Maddox to the Budget Advisory

00:42:56.133 --> 00:42:58.734

commission representing the central district effective

00:42:58.734 --> 00:43:02.634

immediately for the balance of a term to expire April 1st, 00:43:02.634 --> 00:43:08.000

2027. Is there a second? All right, so, uh, motion made by

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:12.667

myself, seconded by council member Page. All those in favor 00:43:12.667 --> 00:43:17.500

say aye. I. Are there any nays or any abstentions? All right.

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:21.800

So next we’ll move to uh click or the community Long Ran 00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:26.533

Improvement Commission. So for the city at large, a motion to

00:43:26.533 --> 00:43:29.300

appoint Jared Momani to the community long-range

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:31.367

Improvement commission representing the city at large 00:43:31.367 --> 00:43:35.000

effective April 1, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:41.033

1st, 2028. Uh, and the motion to appoint Mark Hayes Reagan to 00:43:41.033 --> 00:43:43.200

the community. Long range Improvement commission

00:43:43.200 --> 00:43:46.867

representing the city at large effective April 1st, 2025 for a

00:43:46.867 --> 00:43:50.634

three-year term to expire April 1st, 2028 for the Central 00:43:50.634 --> 00:43:55.467

District, a motion to appoint Umebe Onijekwe to the community

00:43:55.467 --> 00:43:57.634

long range improvement, uh, commission representing the

00:43:57.634 --> 00:44:00.233

Central District effective April 1st, 2025 for a 00:44:00.233 --> 00:44:04.033

three-year term to expire April 1st, 2028. And in the East

00:44:04.033 --> 00:44:07.133

District, a motion to appoint Stephanie Cole to the Kun.

00:44:07.133 --> 00:44:09.800

community long range improvement commission

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:14.100

representing the East District effective April 1st, 2025 for a 00:44:14.100 --> 00:44:17.900

three-year term to expire April 1st, 20208 and in the West

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:22.100

District the motion to appoint Jorge Martinez to the community 00:44:22.100 --> 00:44:23.734

long range Improvement commission representing the

00:44:23.734 --> 00:44:28.033

West District effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term

00:44:28.033 --> 00:44:32.867

to expire April 1st, 2028. Is there a second? All right, uh, 00:44:32.867 --> 00:44:37.200

so motion made by myself, Mayor Winston, seconded by uh council

00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:40.500

member Erikson, all those in favor say aye, ay. Are there 00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:47.734

any nays, any abstentions? Right, so next. Moving to the

00:44:47.734 --> 00:44:50.533

human rights commission, a motion to appoint Amanda Wirth 00:44:50.533 --> 00:44:53.166

to the Human Rights Commission representing the city at large

00:44:53.166 --> 00:44:58.934

effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April

00:44:58.934 --> 00:45:04.266

1st, 2028, uh, a motion Central District motion to appoint 00:45:04.266 --> 00:45:07.667

Andrea Perez Macula to the Human Rights Commission

00:45:07.667 --> 00:45:10.734

representing the Central District effective April 1st, 00:45:10.734 --> 00:45:14.667

2025 for a three-year term to expire April 1st, 2028. Each

00:45:14.667 --> 00:45:18.233

district, motion to appoint Brenda Blackhawk to the Human

00:45:18.233 --> 00:45:20.800

Rights Commission representing the East District effective 00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:25.166

April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April

00:45:25.166 --> 00:45:30.400

1st, 2028, uh, and the city at large, motion to appoint Toby 00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:33.867

Gunderson, uh, to the human rights commission representing

00:45:33.867 --> 00:45:37.467

the city at large effective. Excuse me, I immediately for

00:45:37.467 --> 00:45:42.734

the balance of a term to expire April 1st, 2026. Within the 00:45:42.734 --> 00:45:46.634

East District, a motion to appoint Mna Arabi to the Human

00:45:46.634 --> 00:45:49.100

Rights Commission representing the East District effective

00:45:49.100 --> 00:45:52.367

immediately for the balance of a term to expire April 1st. 00:45:52.367 --> 00:45:59.000

2026. Uh, is there a second? Second, all right, uh, Moshe

00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:01.567

made by myself, Mayor Winston, seconded by Councilmember 00:46:01.567 --> 00:46:07.266

Kanowski. All those in favor say aye. I, all right, the eyes,

00:46:07.266 --> 00:46:10.100

uh, have it, they’re were any needs an extensions, sorry, 00:46:10.100 --> 00:46:14.767

just do a little louder. Target. So, all right, so, uh, the

00:46:14.767 --> 00:46:17.667

motion passes. Next we’ll go to the planning commission, uh,

00:46:17.667 --> 00:46:21.800

for the city at large, motion to appoint Maggie Boer to the 00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:23.767

Planning Commission representing the city at large

00:46:23.767 --> 00:46:28.734

effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April

00:46:28.734 --> 00:46:32.367

1st, 2028. The Central District motion to appoint Cathy Frazier 00:46:32.367 --> 00:46:34.467

to the planning commission representing Central District

00:46:34.467 --> 00:46:38.900

effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April

00:46:38.900 --> 00:46:44.100

1st, 2028. East District motion to appoint. I Bay to the 00:46:44.100 --> 00:46:45.900

planning commission representing the West District

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:49.567

effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April

00:46:49.567 --> 00:46:56.100

1st, 2028. Um, is there a second? All right, so motion 00:46:56.100 --> 00:46:59.934

made by myself, Mayor Winston, seconded by, um, Council member

00:46:59.934 --> 00:47:04.934

Tran, all those in favor say I, I, they’re being, uh, are there 00:47:04.934 --> 00:47:09.734

any nays or abstentions, there being no nays or abstentions,

00:47:09.734 --> 00:47:13.467

um, the motion passes. Let’s see, so recreation and Parks 00:47:13.467 --> 00:47:18.266

Advisory Commission or RPAC. Uh, for the city at large, motion

00:47:18.266 --> 00:47:22.000

to appoint Emily Aus to the recreational parks advisory 00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:24.634

commission representing the city at large effective April

00:47:24.634 --> 00:47:30.033

1st, 2025 for a three-year term. To expire April 1st, 2028. 00:47:30.033 --> 00:47:34.734

Motion to um to appoint Kalina quickly to the recreation and

00:47:34.734 --> 00:47:37.000

Parks Advisory Commission representing the city at large

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:41.800

effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April 00:47:41.800 --> 00:47:46.634

1st, 2028, uh, for the Central District to appoint

00:47:46.634 --> 00:47:49.800

Kylerizinski to the recreation and Parks Advisory Commission

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:53.100

representing the Central District effective April 1st, 00:47:53.100 --> 00:47:58.367

2025, for a 3-year term to expire April 1st, 2028. Motion

00:47:58.367 --> 00:48:04.133

to appoint, excuse me. Emily Okita to the recreation and 00:48:04.133 --> 00:48:06.500

Parks Advisory Commission representing the West District

00:48:06.500 --> 00:48:11.767

effective April 1st, 2025 for a three-year term to expire April 00:48:11.767 --> 00:48:17.100

1st, 2028. Is there a second? All right. So, um, Motion was

00:48:17.100 --> 00:48:20.200

made by myself, Mayor Winston, seconded by Council member Page. 00:48:20.200 --> 00:48:24.133

All those in favor say aye, I, are there any nays, any

00:48:24.133 --> 00:48:26.166

abstentions? All right, there being no names or abstentions,

00:48:26.166 --> 00:48:31.000

the motion passes. And then to close it out, uh, motion to, uh, 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:36.800

this will be for our PAC youth liaison. Um, so motion to

00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:39.834

appoint abundance on a nico to the recreation and Parks

00:48:39.834 --> 00:48:43.767

Advisory commission as a youth liaison representing the city 00:48:43.767 --> 00:48:48.634

at large. Effective April 1st, 2025 for a one year term to

00:48:48.634 --> 00:48:52.834

expire April 1st, 2026, and also to a point, uh, Keisha 00:48:52.834 --> 00:48:56.000

Ramirez to the recreation and Parks Advisory Commission as a

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:59.300

youth liaison representing the city at large effective April

00:48:59.300 --> 00:49:04.467

1st, 2025 for a one-year term to expire April 1st, 2026. Is 00:49:04.467 --> 00:49:09.300

there a second? OK Uh, so motion made by myself, uh,

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:13.100

Mayor Winston, and seconded by, um, Council member Joan. Uh, 00:49:13.100 --> 00:49:17.934

all those in favor say aye. Any nays, any abstentions? All

00:49:17.934 --> 00:49:23.734

right, there being no lays or abstentions, the motion passes. 00:49:23.734 --> 00:49:26.467

All right. Well, congratulations to those who

00:49:26.467 --> 00:49:29.900

were appointed to, uh, the commissions, and thank you for,

00:49:29.900 --> 00:49:33.934

uh, Your service, uh, and for some of those who are returning, 00:49:33.934 --> 00:49:37.166

thank you for your service and those who are starting out,

00:49:37.166 --> 00:49:40.467

thank you for your future service, uh, we appreciate it. 00:49:40.467 --> 00:49:43.667

We use many of the ideas that people bring forward. You heard

00:49:43.667 --> 00:49:49.634

us talking about one, not too long ago. All right, so next,

00:49:49.634 --> 00:49:57.467

um, Sure I covered all of that. Yes, so next we’re going to uh 00:49:57.467 --> 00:50:02.200

have Mr. John Cannara, and we’re going to be discussing a 00:50:02.200 --> 00:50:04.133

housing and redevelopment coordinator discussing

00:50:04.133 --> 00:50:08.734

approving a proposed use of fiscal year 2025, 2026, urban

00:50:08.734 --> 00:50:11.800

had been counting community development block grant program 00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:15.200

funds and an authorized the execution of sub-recipient

00:50:15.200 --> 00:50:23.533

agreement with Hennepin County and any third-party agreements. 00:50:23.533 --> 00:50:29.000

Uh, good evening, Mayor, council members. John Kinara

00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:33.667

before you tonight, talking about community development 00:50:33.667 --> 00:50:38.100

block grants program funding for the physical year, 2025

00:50:38.100 --> 00:50:45.200

through 2026. We did hold a public hearing on February 10th 00:50:45.200 --> 00:50:49.300

and Here to report, I did not receive any comment from the

00:50:49.300 --> 00:50:54.634

public so far. And just an overview about the program, uh, 00:50:54.634 --> 00:50:57.266

this program is a federal government program that was

00:50:57.266 --> 00:51:03.467

started way back in 1975. And it’s administered by the 00:51:03.467 --> 00:51:08.867

Department of Housing and Urban Development. Uh, the CDBG

00:51:08.867 --> 00:51:12.767

program is primarily designed to benefit low to moderate 00:51:12.767 --> 00:51:17.000

income households across the communities in America. Uh, the

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:20.567

allocation formula for funding to different communities across 00:51:20.567 --> 00:51:24.834

the country is based on population. poverty index and

00:51:24.834 --> 00:51:32.300

housing unit concentration. Uh, Brooklyn Park for this physical 00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:38.367

year we estimate to receive about 438,000. And Brooklyn

00:51:38.367 --> 00:51:42.867

Power collaborated with Annain County to administer this 00:51:42.867 --> 00:51:49.467

program and the joint cooperation Agreement. So for

00:51:49.467 --> 00:51:57.000

the physical year 2025, that runs through June 30, 2026, we 00:51:57.000 --> 00:52:01.200

propose to fund 3 programs. With these funds and the first 00:52:01.200 --> 00:52:08.634

one would be the home rehab defer loan, uh, it’s a program

00:52:08.634 --> 00:52:11.367

for housing rehabilitation work that benefits low to moderate 00:52:11.367 --> 00:52:15.533

income households in our community. And we are proposing

00:52:15.533 --> 00:52:22.533

to fund it $170,000. We also have the environmental health 00:52:22.533 --> 00:52:30.533

program uh that goes to funding staff time that I proactively 00:52:30.533 --> 00:52:34.367

Sweeping our communities within specific neighborhoods to make

00:52:34.367 --> 00:52:41.867

sure that uh court violations. I highlighted and Appropriate 00:52:41.867 --> 00:52:44.166

correction is taken, and the last program we are proposing

00:52:44.166 --> 00:52:49.867

to find is the Zeno Teen Center expansion. And that’s to

00:52:49.867 --> 00:52:53.200

increase the capacity for more programming for our youth, and 00:52:53.200 --> 00:53:02.634

we are proposing to fund it 250,000. So this is just a 00:53:02.634 --> 00:53:06.266

summary of the similar programs that are funded in the previous

00:53:06.266 --> 00:53:12.200

physical year, 2024, you can see we served 24 homeowners and 00:53:12.200 --> 00:53:17.000

spent about 290,000 on that. Average loan amount given to

00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:21.400

each homeowner was about 15,000 and we still have a waiting 00:53:21.400 --> 00:53:26.734

list that’s a running waiting list of about 185, not

00:53:26.734 --> 00:53:31.100

everybody on the list is eligible to receive this 00:53:31.100 --> 00:53:34.200

funding because uh maybe they don’t meet the income

00:53:34.200 --> 00:53:37.867

requirements, so maybe they have been funded through other

00:53:37.867 --> 00:53:41.100

programs that we have. through the Center for Energy and 00:53:41.100 --> 00:53:48.533

Environment. And the home uh the environmental health

00:53:48.533 --> 00:53:52.800

program as well. So we’re gonna focus on staff time payments to 00:53:52.800 --> 00:53:55.467

do the neighborhood outreach, education, monitoring and

00:53:55.467 --> 00:54:01.000

inspection. Of any God violations as well as Zin 00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:06.200

center construction work. Uh, to increase the capacity for

00:54:06.200 --> 00:54:12.000

teen programming activities. Uh. We have the director for 00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:14.834

facilities at Bra Toba, if you have any additional questions

00:54:14.834 --> 00:54:20.533

on the team and a construction. is here to provide an update. 00:54:20.533 --> 00:54:25.500

At the same time, uh, the public service funding for

00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:27.767

nonprofit organizations that provide various services in our

00:54:27.767 --> 00:54:34.400

community. That IP was issued on January 24th, and it ran 00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:38.800

through February 20, a number of other fees were submitted to

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:45.667

the county and we are planning to meet this month of March to 00:54:45.667 --> 00:54:50.467

go through those RFPs and award funding to qualifying 00:54:50.467 --> 00:54:55.266

homeowners. Ah, to qualifying non-profit organization. And as

00:54:55.266 --> 00:55:00.634

the process moves forward and they. County Board meeting June 00:55:00.634 --> 00:55:04.500

uh to approve all the allocations of the proposal

00:55:04.500 --> 00:55:06.634

programs and activities that are submitted by different

00:55:06.634 --> 00:55:10.266

cities under the joint cooperation agreement. And then 00:55:10.266 --> 00:55:16.634

vote to approve or decline. Then once they vote, uh, the

00:55:16.634 --> 00:55:21.934

July, July is the time the contracts are executed. And 00:55:21.934 --> 00:55:25.734

then activities start. And no work is allowed to start before

00:55:25.734 --> 00:55:29.934

July 1st. Uh, because the physical year around from July

00:55:29.934 --> 00:55:37.634

1st. through June 30 of the next year. So next steps we did 00:55:37.634 --> 00:55:45.100

a. A public hearing on February 10th. Today we do uh conso 00:55:45.100 --> 00:55:49.200

considers to approve the final allocations of the proposed

00:55:49.200 --> 00:55:52.367

programs and activities and then this proposal want to 00:55:52.367 --> 00:55:57.266

approve it tonight is due to the county tomorrow. And then

00:55:57.266 --> 00:56:03.100

March 20, public service selection Committee meets. To 00:56:03.100 --> 00:56:05.734

review all the nonprofit organizations that have

00:56:05.734 --> 00:56:08.634

submitted applications to get funded for their various

00:56:08.634 --> 00:56:13.734

activities that they do in the community. Then in June, County 00:56:13.734 --> 00:56:18.133

Board meets and votes to approve the proposed programs

00:56:18.133 --> 00:56:21.133

from different cities, and then the contractors executed in 00:56:21.133 --> 00:56:29.266

July. And the work begins July 1 through June 30, 2026. So

00:56:29.266 --> 00:56:32.500

they requested action tonight is to consider proof of their 00:56:32.500 --> 00:56:37.800

locations and activities. For CDBG physical year 2025 through

00:56:37.800 --> 00:56:49.467

2026. And with that, um, happy to take any questions. Thank 00:56:49.467 --> 00:56:52.367

you, Mr. Cannara for the presentation. Uh, council 00:56:52.367 --> 00:56:58.734

member Page. Thank you, Mayor. Just one quick question. Thank

00:56:58.734 --> 00:57:03.934

you so much for the information. Do you have any um feedback. I 00:57:03.934 --> 00:57:07.133

know the current administration has talked about dissolving.

00:57:07.133 --> 00:57:10.467

Hard and CFPB and all these things. Have you had any 00:57:10.467 --> 00:57:14.100

information in regards to that, will that affect this program?

00:57:14.100 --> 00:57:18.500

I know when it’s I know we don’t know. So there’s no, I’m

00:57:18.500 --> 00:57:20.667

not expecting you to know everything. I just didn’t know 00:57:20.667 --> 00:57:25.266

if you had any advice on that. Um, Mayor Winston, council

00:57:25.266 --> 00:57:29.533

member page, uh, yes, we do not have any information at this

00:57:29.533 --> 00:57:34.400

point, but we did talk to the county and they directed all 00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:37.634

the cities participating in this program to continue

00:57:37.634 --> 00:57:41.400

planning with the activities that we have done in the 00:57:41.400 --> 00:57:44.533

previous 40 years, and if any changes are going to filter

00:57:44.533 --> 00:57:48.266

down from the federal government then. We’ll be able

00:57:48.266 --> 00:58:01.166

to determine how to respond. How’s about training. Thank you. 00:58:01.166 --> 00:58:13.867

Um, Mr. Quinnora, um, Like on 2024. Um, do you have like how 00:58:13.867 --> 00:58:24.000

many application you receive. Um In the district. Uh Air 00:58:24.000 --> 00:58:27.400

Winston council member, uh, yeah, I believe, yeah, we have

00:58:27.400 --> 00:58:32.100

that information and it should be in the staff report. We 00:58:32.100 --> 00:58:37.400

received about 21, I wanna say about 21 applications for the

00:58:37.400 --> 00:58:41.867

social service and ended up selecting about 9 of them that 00:58:41.867 --> 00:58:48.634

qualified. We get a lot of applications. That amount to

00:58:48.634 --> 00:58:54.000

about $2.5 million but our budget And they can’t level is 00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:59.300

less than a half a million dollars. So, unfortunately,

00:58:59.300 --> 00:59:02.467

because the funds are very limited. We’re not able to fund 00:59:02.467 --> 00:59:08.867

everybody. We just find those organizations with. Very high

00:59:08.867 --> 00:59:16.266

pressing needs in the community and find them. So that they can 00:59:16.266 --> 00:59:19.667

do their work and the average amount is about 15,000. Some

00:59:19.667 --> 00:59:24.367

requests $70,000 100,000 dollars in that amount of 00:59:24.367 --> 00:59:27.266

funding is not available to provide everybody with what

00:59:27.266 --> 00:59:31.634

they need. The application amount that you just say what 00:59:31.634 --> 00:59:41.500

district? Uh, Mayor Winston, council member Tran, uh, yeah, 00:59:41.500 --> 00:59:45.367

it’s uh about $400,000 for social services. No, I mean the

00:59:45.367 --> 00:59:49.834

application number. That the number of people apply for the

00:59:49.834 --> 00:59:56.400

fund. It doesn’t mean it’s not the number you accept because 00:59:56.400 --> 01:00:01.734

uh we saw the, the number. Award, but I just want to know 01:00:01.734 --> 01:00:05.400

like how many applications you receive in the West District,

01:00:05.400 --> 01:00:08.834

in the East District, in the central district. Do you have

01:00:08.834 --> 01:00:14.533

that information. Um, Mayor Winston Karan. I do not have 01:00:14.533 --> 01:00:18.266

that information, but I’ll be happy to work with the county

01:00:18.266 --> 01:00:27.367

to provide you that information. Yes. Thank you. OK. Right Uh, 01:00:27.367 --> 01:00:30.000

Director Gladhill, New York, uh, Mayor Winston Cons my I just 01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:34.367

want to point, I think what Mr. Kinna is trying to show here is

01:00:34.367 --> 01:00:38.734

citywide types of programs we have, so we see 24 homeowners

01:00:38.734 --> 01:00:43.467

served in 24, um, about 290,000 spent if you want us to break 01:00:43.467 --> 01:00:47.634

that down by district, we can certainly do that. We have the,

01:00:47.634 --> 01:00:50.033

the citywide numbers today. We don’t have that broken down by 01:00:50.033 --> 01:00:52.934

district, but we can get that to the council in a future memo.

01:00:52.934 --> 01:01:10.233

Thank you. Any further questions? All right. Anybody 01:01:10.233 --> 01:01:18.200

care to Make a motion All right. Councilorowski. OK. Move to

01:01:18.200 --> 01:01:22.800

waive the reading and adopt resolution 2025 approving 01:01:22.800 --> 01:01:29.900

proposed use of fiscal year 2025, 2026. Urban Hennepin

01:01:29.900 --> 01:01:35.634

County Community Development Block grant program funds and 01:01:35.634 --> 01:01:37.800

authorized execution of sub-recipient agreement with

01:01:37.800 --> 01:01:41.634

Hennepin County and any third-party agreements. All 01:01:41.634 --> 01:01:44.667

right, the motion was made by council member Kanowski,

01:01:44.667 --> 01:01:51.634

seconded by council member, uh, McGarvey. Uh All those in favor 01:01:51.634 --> 01:01:55.533

say aye. Any nays, any abstentions? All right, there

01:01:55.533 --> 01:01:58.634

being no nes or abstentions, the motion passes. Thank you,

01:01:58.634 --> 01:02:04.000

Mr. Kanara for the Presentation and the work you do. And next, 01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:08.800

we’re going to discuss a joint powers agreement with the city

01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:11.867

of Minneapolis pertaining to prevailing wage investigations 01:02:11.867 --> 01:02:15.133

and assistance to the city manager Zack Gram is gonna make

01:02:15.133 --> 01:02:26.367

the presentation. Good evening, Mayor Winston, city council 01:02:26.367 --> 01:02:30.100

members at Crampa assistant to the city manager. Uh, as you 01:02:30.100 --> 01:02:33.266

said here to discuss, uh, proposed JP with the city of

01:02:33.266 --> 01:02:36.100

Minneapolis related to our work around prevailing wage. Um,

01:02:36.100 --> 01:02:39.834

just wanna kick off the presentation by thanking our

01:02:39.834 --> 01:02:44.734

partners down the river here, um, for, uh, hopefully filling 01:02:44.734 --> 01:02:48.467

a need that uh may never come up, but we, we can’t predict

01:02:48.467 --> 01:02:52.033

the future, um, and I think this has been a really great 01:02:52.033 --> 01:02:55.867

partnership with them and an arrangement that I haven’t seen

01:02:55.867 --> 01:02:57.900

other communities doing the Twin Cities, so it’s pretty

01:02:57.900 --> 01:03:03.900

cool to Be on the innovative side of things. Um, just some 01:03:03.900 --> 01:03:07.734

background, uh. Brooklyn Park City Council, previous council

01:03:07.734 --> 01:03:11.300

passed a prevailing wage audience, uh, about halfway 01:03:11.300 --> 01:03:15.100

through last year, and that covers projects that are funded

01:03:15.100 --> 01:03:21.367

by $50,000 or more with city or EDA funds. And since uh that 01:03:21.367 --> 01:03:26.734

ordinance was passed in May, this 2025 construction year is

01:03:26.734 --> 01:03:32.033

the first full year of or season of prevailing wage in 01:03:32.033 --> 01:03:35.767

Brooklyn Park, um, just want to point out that uh we really

01:03:35.767 --> 01:03:39.033

take an education first approach, uh, not just as it

01:03:39.033 --> 01:03:42.233

relates to this ordinance, but with a lot of the work of the 01:03:42.233 --> 01:03:48.200

organization, um, specific to prevailing wage, uh, our

01:03:48.200 --> 01:03:51.900

expectations are outlined, uh, in Bidd documents and also in 01:03:51.900 --> 01:03:55.133

our preconstruction meetings, this will be a topic of

01:03:55.133 --> 01:03:58.767

conversation, so everyone should be on the same page of

01:03:58.767 --> 01:04:03.033

what our expectations are and uh what the consequences will 01:04:03.033 --> 01:04:07.400

be if they fail to fulfill those. Um, so, ideally, if

01:04:07.400 --> 01:04:10.500

we’re doing a really good job educating upfront, there won’t 01:04:10.500 --> 01:04:15.367

be a need to do any and invest any investigations. Um, but

01:04:15.367 --> 01:04:19.033

again, we, we need to make sure that we are prepared should the

01:04:19.033 --> 01:04:22.200

need arise, so that’s what uh the purpose of this agreement 01:04:22.200 --> 01:04:29.400

is. Uh, between us and the city of Minneapolis. And it’s just

01:04:29.400 --> 01:04:33.233

the language in your packet. And happened happy to answer 01:04:33.233 --> 01:04:40.100

any questions. Thank you for that and thank you for the work 01:04:40.100 --> 01:04:42.767

you’ve done on this along with other staff. I know that, uh,

01:04:42.767 --> 01:04:46.367

this came at you all pretty fast, um, Councilor McGarvey, I

01:04:46.367 --> 01:04:49.500

know you wanted to speak because you also, because you

01:04:49.500 --> 01:04:52.767

have a really good grasp, um, and you can explain it better 01:04:52.767 --> 01:04:56.000

to I just for folks in, in the audience or folks who are

01:04:56.000 --> 01:04:58.634

listening, just say what prevailing wage is importance

01:04:58.634 --> 01:05:05.000

of it, and then I know you had some, some feedback. Thank you, 01:05:05.000 --> 01:05:11.300

Mayor, and, and thank you, Zach, for your presentation there. Um 01:05:11.300 --> 01:05:16.200

For those that don’t know in May of last year. May, was it

01:05:16.200 --> 01:05:20.734

May 13th or March 13th, May 13th, we passed prevailing wage 01:05:20.734 --> 01:05:26.300

ordinance here in Brooklyn Park, which means that if any

01:05:26.300 --> 01:05:32.734

Brooklyn Park taxpayer dollars. Are utilized either through the 01:05:32.734 --> 01:05:38.834

EDA or Tax increment financing or any money from the city over

01:05:38.834 --> 01:05:43.734

$50,000. Prevailing wage applies to that project, 01:05:43.734 --> 01:05:48.233

meaning, That if you don’t, here’s another thing you may

01:05:48.233 --> 01:05:53.033

not know, but every classification of worker. In 01:05:53.033 --> 01:06:00.500

the world, I suppose, is has a number and is in, uh, is, is 01:06:00.500 --> 01:06:05.367

listed in a database at the state. And there is a

01:06:05.367 --> 01:06:11.166

prevailing rate which is set. Um For each of those job 01:06:11.166 --> 01:06:14.367

classifications and having a prevailing wage ordinance

01:06:14.367 --> 01:06:19.166

simply states that Brooklyn Park’s taxpayer dollars will

01:06:19.166 --> 01:06:23.900

pay the prevailing rate for that classification of work so 01:06:23.900 --> 01:06:33.767

as to prohibit. Um Low road or Less responsible contractors 01:06:33.767 --> 01:06:39.000

from bidding and paying people less than they should be paid

01:06:39.000 --> 01:06:43.266

to do the work of a roofer landscaper, plumber, 01:06:43.266 --> 01:06:49.734

electrician, you name it. Is that Integrity, yes, thank you.

01:06:49.734 --> 01:06:54.533

Good point. So, Mayor, does that, did that cover that for 01:06:54.533 --> 01:07:00.266

you. Thank you. And my question, Mr. Promka, we discussed this 01:07:00.266 --> 01:07:04.100

before the meeting. Enjoy, I’d like you to pay attention if

01:07:04.100 --> 01:07:13.300

you could, uh, I wondered. OK, thank you. I wasn’t, wasn’t 01:07:13.300 --> 01:07:20.033

inferring that. I was simply saying perk up. Um I would like 01:07:20.033 --> 01:07:28.567

to know if we can. Uh, this joint powers. Agreement is

01:07:28.567 --> 01:07:33.300

wonderful. Everything is great, except I’m wondering if we can 01:07:33.300 --> 01:07:41.567

As the city. For two reasons. One, If we were to collect 01:07:41.567 --> 01:07:47.400

automatically certified payroll. From any general contractor and

01:07:47.400 --> 01:07:51.734

their subcontractors. Doing a project or Winning the bid for 01:07:51.734 --> 01:07:58.000

a project here in the city that prevailing wage applies to. Um,

01:07:58.000 --> 01:08:02.934

if we collect the certified payroll then it exists. Don’t 01:08:02.934 --> 01:08:08.100

collect it. Uh, it becomes a retroactive thing that someone

01:08:08.100 --> 01:08:12.367

has to go find, uh, Two pieces I think that this would help 01:08:12.367 --> 01:08:17.734

with one, well, uh, more than 2, but too I’ll name. One, this is

01:08:17.734 --> 01:08:22.000

one method of determining Whether a joint powers 01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:24.900

investigation is even warranted or not. The certified payroll

01:08:24.900 --> 01:08:30.033

would would prove that out or help prove that out. And 01:08:30.033 --> 01:08:36.100

secondly, Uh, a documented practice of collecting

01:08:36.100 --> 01:08:41.266

certified payroll here by the city. Would let everyone know 01:08:41.266 --> 01:08:46.200

and understand that certified payroll and prevailing wage is

01:08:46.200 --> 01:08:49.667

a requirement for building anything with Brooklyn Park

01:08:49.667 --> 01:08:56.867

taxpayer dollars. So, uh, To flesh that out a little bit, I 01:08:56.867 --> 01:09:03.734

think it could go in section 10. Of the the joint powers 01:09:03.734 --> 01:09:07.166

agreement under work product, records, dissemination of

01:09:07.166 --> 01:09:12.266

information. And somewhere in there before the last sentence, 01:09:12.266 --> 01:09:16.667

if we simply Added a sentence that said something along the

01:09:16.667 --> 01:09:19.800

lines of such data created, collected and stored by the

01:09:19.800 --> 01:09:25.100

city of Brooklyn Park will include electronic copies of 01:09:25.100 --> 01:09:28.400

certified payroll records as defined in chapter 42 of the

01:09:28.400 --> 01:09:33.200

prevailing wage ordinance. It’s I would just like to know if 01:09:33.200 --> 01:09:36.467

that’s, if that opens us up to any further liability, and you,

01:09:36.467 --> 01:09:39.000

you may not have the answer now, but it’s something we could

01:09:39.000 --> 01:09:47.634

look into before we actually move on this. Yeah. So sadly, 01:09:47.634 --> 01:09:54.000

uh, Mayor Winston, Councillor McGarvey. Is that, are you 01:09:54.000 --> 01:09:56.767

contemplating a a requirement for the contractors, not for

01:09:56.767 --> 01:10:02.634

the city of Minneapolis. Correct. I think that it’s uh 01:10:02.634 --> 01:10:05.734

probably a more appropriate, we can, we can amend this as

01:10:05.734 --> 01:10:08.500

necessary to incorporate then potentially an ordinance

01:10:08.500 --> 01:10:11.634

amendment because that ordinance is the thing that 01:10:11.634 --> 01:10:15.367

would bind a contractor, not necessarily this JPA, which is

01:10:15.367 --> 01:10:18.567

more of a services agreement with the city of Minneapolis,

01:10:18.567 --> 01:10:21.800

as I would classify it, but I’ll let the staff correct me 01:10:21.800 --> 01:10:25.533

where I’m wrong, uh, in case I was tuned out during, I’m, I’m

01:10:25.533 --> 01:10:29.834

just kidding. Only joking, only joking. Uh, so, uh. That would

01:10:29.834 --> 01:10:34.000

be my, uh, I think that would be my suggestion, but I, uh We 01:10:34.000 --> 01:10:38.266

defer to staff as well. That that makes sense to me. That

01:10:38.266 --> 01:10:43.634

makes sense to me. Can we then Look into what that would take. 01:10:43.634 --> 01:10:47.000

I’m not saying we, I, I’m gonna demand it, but I’d like to know

01:10:47.000 --> 01:10:54.467

what it would take. Yeah, city manager’s trouble. Yeah, Mayor 01:10:54.467 --> 01:10:59.100

Winston, members of the council, um, a couple of things. So when

01:10:59.100 --> 01:11:06.467

Um I agree with attorney Say that um this is largely an 01:11:06.467 --> 01:11:08.834

agreement between the city of Brook Park and the city of

01:11:08.834 --> 01:11:12.400

Minneapolis. Um, if we make changes here, it doesn’t 01:11:12.400 --> 01:11:14.000

necessarily change the expectations of what

01:11:14.000 --> 01:11:17.467

information we would be getting from contractors, um, I think

01:11:17.467 --> 01:11:23.133

if Uh, to achieve customer McGarvey’s interests if the 01:11:23.133 --> 01:11:27.367

council was agreeable to that interest, um, it would be best

01:11:27.367 --> 01:11:30.533

done through an amendment of the original prevailing wage 01:11:30.533 --> 01:11:33.734

ordinance, creating that expectation, thereby putting

01:11:33.734 --> 01:11:39.133

that in the contracts that we have with, um, those vendors

01:11:39.133 --> 01:11:42.000

above 50,000, um. You know, there was some discussion on 01:11:42.000 --> 01:11:49.233

this topic. Um Uh, when we approved the original.

01:11:49.233 --> 01:11:51.867

prevailing wage ordinance in terms of if we were going to be 01:11:51.867 --> 01:11:55.166

proactive or if we were gonna be complaint-based, I think,

01:11:55.166 --> 01:11:57.867

because of our staffing limitations sort of largely

01:11:57.867 --> 01:12:03.634

ended up in a place of Of being complaint based. I also 01:12:03.634 --> 01:12:09.533

recognized comes from McGarvey’s thought that if um

01:12:09.533 --> 01:12:15.934

If a complaint came forward, um, and we did request this 01:12:15.934 --> 01:12:20.133

information, um, of our vendors, which my understanding is part 01:12:20.133 --> 01:12:23.266

of the original ordinance that we can request information from

01:12:23.266 --> 01:12:28.200

them. That there are potential concerns about the recreation

01:12:28.200 --> 01:12:31.934

of that and how valid would those be versus them providing 01:12:31.934 --> 01:12:34.734

that information on an ongoing basis. So if the council were

01:12:34.734 --> 01:12:39.000

to Um, want to go down this path. My recommendation,

01:12:39.000 --> 01:12:43.200

similar to what Attorney Say said is to amend the original 01:12:43.200 --> 01:12:48.033

prevailing weight ordinance leave this, I think, intact, um,

01:12:48.033 --> 01:12:51.367

I believe that it’s stands on its own, um, I’m seeing head 01:12:51.367 --> 01:12:57.200

nods from the city attorney who must be awake again. So, um,

01:12:57.200 --> 01:13:00.834

that would be my recommendation from staff’s perspective of Mr. 01:13:00.834 --> 01:13:03.767

Krampke has been working a little bit more closely on this

01:13:03.767 --> 01:13:11.467

detail than I have, but that’s my, uh, initial take. I’m 01:13:11.467 --> 01:13:14.200

satisfied with that answer. Thank you. And could we then Um,

01:13:14.200 --> 01:13:21.634

approach that. At some point in the, in the near future. OK. I 01:13:21.634 --> 01:13:26.934

just instruct folks to do that now to look into it. Um, and I

01:13:26.934 --> 01:13:29.934

would agree with that approach as well. So, um, councilmemb

01:13:29.934 --> 01:13:46.400

Tran. My, uh, question is. Um Why it has to be a Department 01:13:46.400 --> 01:13:56.867

of Civil rights to investigate. Because Um, do, do we have a 01:13:56.867 --> 01:14:01.767

Civil rights only in Minneapolis. So they, they Um, 01:14:01.767 --> 01:14:09.634

are they, uh, handle like legal things. They have legal uh

01:14:09.634 --> 01:14:14.467

certificate or something like that. Uh, mayor council council 01:14:14.467 --> 01:14:19.800

member Tran, uh, the Minneapolis Department of Civil

01:14:19.800 --> 01:14:24.100

rights is the uh department that includes the division of 01:14:24.100 --> 01:14:27.800

workers who oversee worker protections. In prevailing wage

01:14:27.800 --> 01:14:32.100

is one of those uh items underneath the purview of that 01:14:32.100 --> 01:14:34.934

group of staff within the city is my understanding. I see. Yep.

01:14:34.934 --> 01:14:55.634

Thank you. All right. Any further questions or comments? 01:14:55.634 --> 01:14:59.867

Johnson Mary McCarvey. Thank you, Mayor. And I would just

01:14:59.867 --> 01:15:05.734

like to point out that, uh, to, to, to City manager Strobel’s 01:15:05.734 --> 01:15:11.367

comment, um. Yes, we did have this conversation, this the 01:15:11.367 --> 01:15:16.400

discussion. About proactive enforcement versus complaint

01:15:16.400 --> 01:15:20.634

based, which the majority of all Davis Bacon, which is what 01:15:20.634 --> 01:15:25.533

this really stems from. Uh, enforcement nationwide is

01:15:25.533 --> 01:15:30.734

complaint-based and Requesting certified payroll from 01:15:30.734 --> 01:15:34.667

contractors working within the city is not necessarily

01:15:34.667 --> 01:15:38.634

proactive. It’s a proactive move, however, it’s not

01:15:38.634 --> 01:15:44.834

proactive enforcement. It It Uh, keeps Keeps those that might 01:15:44.834 --> 01:15:48.533

not be willing to do so on their own, on their toes and

01:15:48.533 --> 01:15:53.800

abiding by the, the ordinance they. promised to abide by. Um 01:15:53.800 --> 01:15:56.500

And so I’d just like to throw that out there. I’m not trying

01:15:56.500 --> 01:16:02.367

to create any more work for anybody, except for attaching a 01:16:02.367 --> 01:16:05.934

electronic file to the project’s file within the city

01:16:05.934 --> 01:16:10.467

system. If that makes sense to everybody. Thank you. Council 01:16:10.467 --> 01:16:16.400

member Kowski. Thank you, Mayor. um, Council member McGarvey,

01:16:16.400 --> 01:16:20.033

are you, just so we can figure out how to process this. Are 01:16:20.033 --> 01:16:25.266

you requesting that. We hold off a vote of this until that’s

01:16:25.266 --> 01:16:27.367

that language is incorporated or discussed and brought back

01:16:27.367 --> 01:16:38.166

to us. How do we want to move forward? Through the chair Uh, 01:16:38.166 --> 01:16:43.634

mayor, council member Klinowski. Not necessarily, no, I don’t 01:16:43.634 --> 01:16:47.200

think that it, I, I think I understand more fully now, it

01:16:47.200 --> 01:16:50.400

doesn’t affect this agreement, this agreement and this 01:16:50.400 --> 01:16:55.734

agreement does not affect our ability to amend the original

01:16:55.734 --> 01:16:59.033

ordinance to make that a requirement. And like I said

01:16:59.033 --> 01:17:03.800

earlier, that would then give us Some indication that there 01:17:03.800 --> 01:17:09.367

might need to be a joint powers investigation. If something’s

01:17:09.367 --> 01:17:13.900

not, you know, Not looking right. Councilor McGarvey is 01:17:13.900 --> 01:17:18.166

the request and that we would make this motion. vote on it,

01:17:18.166 --> 01:17:23.467

but then request the original ordinance from May of 2000. 24 01:17:23.467 --> 01:17:27.300

to be amended and brought back as a vote. Is that That makes

01:17:27.300 --> 01:17:29.100

sense to me. I was gonna go ahead and make the motion, but

01:17:29.100 --> 01:17:33.233

I wanted to make sure your, uh, intent is being. honored. Is 01:17:33.233 --> 01:17:36.367

there anyone else or is it OK to make the motion, Mayor? Oh,

01:17:36.367 --> 01:17:40.166

go ahead. That was the approach I was gonna recommend. All 01:17:40.166 --> 01:17:44.500

right, um, I moved to approve the joint powers agreement

01:17:44.500 --> 01:17:47.533

between the city of Brooklyn Park and the city of

01:17:47.533 --> 01:17:50.734

Minneapolis pertaining to prevailing wage investigations 01:17:50.734 --> 01:17:53.100

and authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute the

01:17:53.100 --> 01:17:57.634

agreement. All right, the motion was made by uh

01:17:57.634 --> 01:18:00.467

Councilman Kanowski, seconded by Council member Erickson. All 01:18:00.467 --> 01:18:04.300

those in favor say aye, aye. Uh, are there any nays or

01:18:04.300 --> 01:18:09.100

abstentions? There being no nays or abstentions, uh, the

01:18:09.100 --> 01:18:15.266

motion passes. Um, and so based on the input I’m hearing up 01:18:15.266 --> 01:18:17.634

here, um, Zach, thank you for this work, and then thank you

01:18:17.634 --> 01:18:21.367

staff for pivoting so quickly to address this. Um, we would 01:18:21.367 --> 01:18:25.400

like the Uh, I guess the original resolution that was

01:18:25.400 --> 01:18:30.367

made to be brought back so that we can add that language around 01:18:30.367 --> 01:18:35.033

requiring the uh the payroll, uh, what is it certified, yeah,

01:18:35.033 --> 01:18:38.266

certified payroll being attached to that file, uh.

01:18:38.266 --> 01:18:41.467

Being requested upfront and then attached that that file on 01:18:41.467 --> 01:18:51.100

a regular basis, so. Come here. Thank you. All right, so next, 01:18:51.100 --> 01:18:55.467

uh, with the city managers Strobo and then again, um, that

01:18:55.467 --> 01:18:57.800

ramka, uh, we’re gonna talk about the community plan

01:18:57.800 --> 01:19:02.266

adoption. Thank you, Mayor Winston, members of the council, 01:19:02.266 --> 01:19:04.400

um, I’m just gonna say a few words here at the beginning and

01:19:04.400 --> 01:19:07.767

then turn things over to Mr. Akramka. Um, first of all, I

01:19:07.767 --> 01:19:11.367

wanna thank, uh, Mr. Krampka for his leadership and work 01:19:11.367 --> 01:19:15.166

around this project. This has been a project going on for, uh,

01:19:15.166 --> 01:19:19.000

I think dating back to the middle of last year, um, if not

01:19:19.000 --> 01:19:24.000

earlier, um, as the council is aware, uh, the Brooklyn Park 01:19:24.000 --> 01:19:28.934

2025, um plan has been in place since the uh previous council

01:19:28.934 --> 01:19:35.467

adopted it in early 2017, um, and, um, the work of gathering 01:19:35.467 --> 01:19:39.667

input from the community. Um, forming all that input, um, and

01:19:39.667 --> 01:19:42.000

then with the help of a steering committee and 01:19:42.000 --> 01:19:45.033

eventually with the adoption from the city council is a

01:19:45.033 --> 01:19:47.367

significant undertaking and so I want to thank Mr. Kramka for

01:19:47.367 --> 01:19:50.900

his work. I wanna thank um the community advisory Committee 01:19:50.900 --> 01:19:54.734

that’s been part of this process. And I want to thank

01:19:54.734 --> 01:19:58.367

the community itself for all the input that we’ve received

01:19:58.367 --> 01:20:02.667

throughout this process, I’m really excited in terms of um 01:20:02.667 --> 01:20:05.467

the where things ultimately landed. Um, I also want to

01:20:05.467 --> 01:20:11.467

thank our, um, we had a uh partner as well, um, um, the 01:20:11.467 --> 01:20:13.367

merchant evaluation group that helped us sort through all of

01:20:13.367 --> 01:20:18.634

the data points in terms of the input that we got and um it was

01:20:18.634 --> 01:20:21.233

really vital uh to have them in partnership with us in our work. 01:20:21.233 --> 01:20:27.233

Um, I also wanna say, uh, in terms of how we use this

01:20:27.233 --> 01:20:31.867

information, um, for, for city staff, um, it’s, it’s really, 01:20:31.867 --> 01:20:33.734

really critical in addition to the vision statement which is

01:20:33.734 --> 01:20:37.367

up there on the wall, uh Brooklyn Park being a thriving

01:20:37.367 --> 01:20:41.000

community, inspiring pride where opportunities exist for 01:20:41.000 --> 01:20:44.300

all the goals adopted in these community plans really are sort

01:20:44.300 --> 01:20:47.934

of our true north in terms of the direction that we’re headed,

01:20:47.934 --> 01:20:52.133

um, in addition to, uh, we have regular annual meetings with 01:20:52.133 --> 01:20:54.467

city council identifying priorities. In between those

01:20:54.467 --> 01:20:58.734

two things really guide us in terms of our areas of focus, um,

01:20:58.734 --> 01:21:01.266

especially in those strategic areas that we work on sort of 01:21:01.266 --> 01:21:05.266

beyond the day to day, um, um. You know, the city council’s

01:21:05.266 --> 01:21:08.667

not going to tell us to stop snow plowing and do the basics,

01:21:08.667 --> 01:21:13.500

um, but it is really, really critical in terms of, of uh 01:21:13.500 --> 01:21:15.166

identifying those strategic areas that the community and

01:21:15.166 --> 01:21:19.467

the council want to see us head in the next 5 to 10 years. Um,

01:21:19.467 --> 01:21:22.166

and then, um, through those more annual conversations, 01:21:22.166 --> 01:21:25.834

drill down a little bit more specifically into those. Um,

01:21:25.834 --> 01:21:31.200

you know, 12 to 24 month strategic priority areas. Uh We 01:21:31.200 --> 01:21:37.100

use this Beyond that, sort of being the sort that uh compass

01:21:37.100 --> 01:21:40.266

for us, um, also each of the departments are expected every 01:21:40.266 --> 01:21:45.634

year to develop a, an annual department plan, um, aligning

01:21:45.634 --> 01:21:49.500

their work towards our um in, in recent years, the Brooklyn

01:21:49.500 --> 01:21:52.567

Park 2025 plan, and now this will, uh, you know, change that 01:21:52.567 --> 01:21:57.400

up a little bit in terms of the directions that councils, uh,

01:21:57.400 --> 01:22:01.100

councils are wanting the uh departments to go, so we have 01:22:01.100 --> 01:22:04.266

um annual department plans that each of the departments pulled.

01:22:04.266 --> 01:22:07.467

together, identifying kind of their goals and projects

01:22:07.467 --> 01:22:11.200

specific to that as well as performance measures. Uh we 01:22:11.200 --> 01:22:16.100

also, um, use these plans to track uh both quantitatively

01:22:16.100 --> 01:22:19.734

and qualitatively, um, through these uh story maps on our city

01:22:19.734 --> 01:22:22.867

website, um, to share information in terms of our 01:22:22.867 --> 01:22:26.800

progress. Um, so these are just a few ways that we use, um,

01:22:26.800 --> 01:22:30.367

these projects. Uh, we also ask our city commissions to align 01:22:30.367 --> 01:22:34.734

their work um with these plans and so as you, um, see

01:22:34.734 --> 01:22:37.734

commissions coming forward here this first quarter, um, you’ll

01:22:37.734 --> 01:22:42.300

see a lot of references back to um their strategic plan. So 01:22:42.300 --> 01:22:46.634

again, um, the importance of, of this, um, city staff take

01:22:46.634 --> 01:22:50.200

very seriously. And we appreciate all the leadership 01:22:50.200 --> 01:22:52.467

from council and community and getting us to where we are

01:22:52.467 --> 01:23:02.533

today. So thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Strobel. Um He 01:23:02.533 --> 01:23:04.734

already thanked a bunch of people. I’ll just echo what he

01:23:04.734 --> 01:23:12.000

said. I. This was a true team effort. across the whole city. 01:23:12.000 --> 01:23:15.467

Both residents and staff, uh, phenomenal job, really

01:23:15.467 --> 01:23:19.000

appreciated it. And here’s our little timeline, yeah, it’s

01:23:19.000 --> 01:23:21.634

been quite a while that we’ve been working on this and, uh, 01:23:21.634 --> 01:23:26.467

now we’re, we’re here to hopefully adopt what you see.

01:23:26.467 --> 01:23:31.233

Um, Jay mentioned our story map online and this is the current 01:23:31.233 --> 01:23:34.734

iteration of it, um, some of the comments I’ve heard from

01:23:34.734 --> 01:23:38.467

community is they’re really excited about uh how we measure

01:23:38.467 --> 01:23:43.100

success and how do we share that out and um really 01:23:43.100 --> 01:23:45.734

important conversation to have. One of the ways we do that is,

01:23:45.734 --> 01:23:51.734

is through our story map and um once we adopt this plan. Uh, 01:23:51.734 --> 01:23:57.033

there we’ll do a full rebuild of of that story map and so, uh,

01:23:57.033 --> 01:24:00.667

more information to come, uh, in that format for the council 01:24:00.667 --> 01:24:03.367

and community, um, but don’t want to lose sight of that.

01:24:03.367 --> 01:24:06.400

That’s a really critical communications tool that’s been

01:24:06.400 --> 01:24:12.467

done in the past and I will be refreshed into the future. Um, 01:24:12.467 --> 01:24:16.767

and so the next portion of this uh conversation, I’m gonna just

01:24:16.767 --> 01:24:20.400

quickly go through the draft language, uh, some of which is 01:24:20.400 --> 01:24:25.266

the same as what you saw a month ago. And then for each uh

01:24:25.266 --> 01:24:30.100

goal, the next slide or a taste of potential metrics that uh 01:24:30.100 --> 01:24:33.300

we’ve identified as staff that again in the story map in other

01:24:33.300 --> 01:24:39.300

ways, you will, uh, over time here, uh, the results of those

01:24:39.300 --> 01:24:44.100

metrics, um, we, I think we track over 50. Um, metrics, at 01:24:44.100 --> 01:24:48.200

least from Brooklyn Park 2025. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna go

01:24:48.200 --> 01:24:50.367

through 50 tonight. We’re just going through a little bit of a 01:24:50.367 --> 01:24:54.734

taste, but uh, you know, this is really important to staff

01:24:54.734 --> 01:24:58.867

and uh feel free to ask questions along the way. Uh, so

01:24:58.867 --> 01:25:02.033

goal one is inclusive and engaged community. Brooklyn 01:25:02.033 --> 01:25:04.900

Park is a thriving community defined by a positive identity

01:25:04.900 --> 01:25:07.567

and image. Uh, I just want to note that that was one of the

01:25:07.567 --> 01:25:11.200

biggest pieces of feedback we heard from community was uh 01:25:11.200 --> 01:25:13.000

positive image of Brooklyn Park, and you see that reflected here.

01:25:13.000 --> 01:25:17.166

Uh, Brooklyn Park is unified with a strong reputation across

01:25:17.166 --> 01:25:20.200

the region. Our community’s activities, events, and 01:25:20.200 --> 01:25:23.934

services are inclusive, multicultural, and accessible.

01:25:23.934 --> 01:25:26.834

We have connected neighbors who understand and celebrate our

01:25:26.834 --> 01:25:30.800

unique cultures. The city pursues strategic partnerships 01:25:30.800 --> 01:25:35.133

with community members and organizations. And the city

01:25:35.133 --> 01:25:36.734

fosters meaningful engagement opportunities for community

01:25:36.734 --> 01:25:43.867

members. Some potential metrics, uh, these first two are, uh, 01:25:43.867 --> 01:25:45.734

from our resident survey, how often do you speak with your

01:25:45.734 --> 01:25:49.000

neighbors? Do you think the community is welcoming to

01:25:49.000 --> 01:25:53.367

residents of all backgrounds and identities. Next metrics is, 01:25:53.367 --> 01:25:56.634

is we measure our inclusion services contact hours in our

01:25:56.634 --> 01:26:00.900

recreation and parks programming. And then, uh, each 01:26:00.900 --> 01:26:04.166

year our community engagement team is out in the community

01:26:04.166 --> 01:26:06.734

constantly and there every event they attend their uh

01:26:06.734 --> 01:26:09.367

tracking how many people they’ve come in contact with.

01:26:09.367 --> 01:26:14.133

Uh, and these are events that they are hosting or also events 01:26:14.133 --> 01:26:16.867

that we’re tabling at, so not necessarily city sponsored

01:26:16.867 --> 01:26:21.667

events. And, uh, in relation to that number one comment we 01:26:21.667 --> 01:26:24.800

heard from community, uh, we, we’ve got some, we aren’t ready

01:26:24.800 --> 01:26:28.734

to roll it out specifically, but uh we’re exploring measures

01:26:28.734 --> 01:26:32.834

to gauge media sentiment and city identity, um, there are a 01:26:32.834 --> 01:26:36.100

variety of ways to do that that seem to have quite a bit of

01:26:36.100 --> 01:26:39.900

cost to them and then there’s also some shortcomings, so

01:26:39.900 --> 01:26:43.567

we’re still trying to evaluate that as a potential new metric, 01:26:43.567 --> 01:26:46.467

given the importance it is uh to the community and to the

01:26:46.467 --> 01:26:52.667

council. Goal too safe community. Again, uh, this was 01:26:52.667 --> 01:26:55.367

something that was prevalent in Brooklyn Park 2025, and we

01:26:55.367 --> 01:26:59.233

heard the importance of it throughout the past year about

01:26:59.233 --> 01:27:04.367

committing to a public safety. So we say comprehensive and 01:27:04.367 --> 01:27:06.033

transparent public safety services create a sense of

01:27:06.033 --> 01:27:09.367

safety throughout the community. First responders are equipped

01:27:09.367 --> 01:27:13.533

to respond to all types of emergencies. Public safety 01:27:13.533 --> 01:27:16.133

professionals build legitimacy with the community in every

01:27:16.133 --> 01:27:20.367

interaction. The city is a leader in innovative public 01:27:20.367 --> 01:27:24.300

safety approaches. Prevention and intervention strategies for

01:27:24.300 --> 01:27:27.834

youth are of the utmost importance. The city is a

01:27:27.834 --> 01:27:31.634

catalyst for systems and policy change and public safety. And 01:27:31.634 --> 01:27:38.533

the city engages all residents to contribute to public safety.

01:27:38.533 --> 01:27:42.100

Some uh sample metrics for this one, fire response time to 01:27:42.100 --> 01:27:46.100

first on scene. So how quickly are we arriving, uh, to our

01:27:46.100 --> 01:27:50.834

fire calls. Professionalism of the of the fire department or 01:27:50.834 --> 01:27:54.667

violent crime rate as well as total crime. And then, uh,

01:27:54.667 --> 01:27:57.734

perception of safety. It’s not enough that crime is going down.

01:27:57.734 --> 01:28:02.000

We also want people to feel safe, uh, internally as well. 01:28:02.000 --> 01:28:05.200

Uh, we all glass and the residents survey, uh, how would

01:28:05.200 --> 01:28:09.400

you rate your interactions with our police officers? And uh

01:28:09.400 --> 01:28:13.834

these last two are newer metrics, um, you’ll hear, uh, 01:28:13.834 --> 01:28:16.934

later this spring about the work we’ve been doing and

01:28:16.934 --> 01:28:20.133

violence prevention and intervention, and there’s um 01:28:20.133 --> 01:28:23.867

potential for uh new ways to measure that work. And then our

01:28:23.867 --> 01:28:27.000

alternative response team isn’t super new, but it’s still kind

01:28:27.000 --> 01:28:32.100

of uh new within the past few years and um they uh measure 01:28:32.100 --> 01:28:35.634

the intakes that they do as well as recidivism and what

01:28:35.634 --> 01:28:39.467

recidivism recidivism means in this context is, are we uh

01:28:39.467 --> 01:28:42.133

interacting with the same people more than once as an ART 01:28:42.133 --> 01:28:45.734

or are we getting them funneled to the, uh, services that they

01:28:45.734 --> 01:28:53.834

need to thrive. 3 equitable outcomes. The city maintains a 01:28:53.834 --> 01:28:56.667

focus on equity to remove barriers, address opportunity

01:28:56.667 --> 01:29:00.734

gaps, and build more just systems. The city’s decisions 01:29:00.734 --> 01:29:03.000

and policies are guided by a racial equity lens to remove

01:29:03.000 --> 01:29:07.133

barriers. Call the recreation facilities and responsive

01:29:07.133 --> 01:29:10.367

programming for youth and families inspire activity for 01:29:10.367 --> 01:29:14.634

all interests and abilities. Aging adults have services and

01:29:14.634 --> 01:29:19.533

amenities to thrive and age in place? The city supports its

01:29:19.533 --> 01:29:22.200

emerging workforce to obtain the training and support needed 01:29:22.200 --> 01:29:26.367

to get and keep a living wage job. And finally, community

01:29:26.367 --> 01:29:30.634

members have access to quality food, employment, health care, 01:29:30.634 --> 01:29:35.934

housing, and education to overcome life challenges. Some

01:29:35.934 --> 01:29:39.734

sample metrics here is all the seasonal hiring we do in our

01:29:39.734 --> 01:29:42.100

recreation and parks department as well as operations and 01:29:42.100 --> 01:29:45.634

maintenance. This is a great opportunity for people to

01:29:45.634 --> 01:29:48.800

sometimes get their first ever job and build skills that they

01:29:48.800 --> 01:29:52.734

can take with them for the rest of their career. Um, household 01:29:52.734 --> 01:29:54.667

financial situation is a question from the residents

01:29:54.667 --> 01:29:59.500

survey where we ask people to, um, share if they’re expenses

01:29:59.500 --> 01:30:05.900

are greater than or um. Less than their income. Uh, 01:30:05.900 --> 01:30:09.567

workforce development measures a whole host of things,

01:30:09.567 --> 01:30:12.400

including participants in their programming who obtain 01:30:12.400 --> 01:30:15.400

employment or completed training. Uh, we obviously have

01:30:15.400 --> 01:30:17.667

a lot of programming in a rec and parks department, which

01:30:17.667 --> 01:30:21.100

serves people of all ages. And another resident survey 01:30:21.100 --> 01:30:24.000

question is how would you rate how you and members of your

01:30:24.000 --> 01:30:27.734

household are doing financially, mentally and physically. And

01:30:27.734 --> 01:30:29.867

that sub bullet there is just to point out that on our

01:30:29.867 --> 01:30:33.834

resident survey we have the ability to look at, uh, cross 01:30:33.834 --> 01:30:36.266

tabulations for each question, so not just the top line number,

01:30:36.266 --> 01:30:39.467

but when we talk about equitable outcomes, we

01:30:39.467 --> 01:30:43.200

understand that it’s important to dig into the demographics 01:30:43.200 --> 01:30:45.567

because maybe not everyone’s experiencing the same thing,

01:30:45.567 --> 01:30:53.367

unfortunately. Gulo beautiful places, unique amenities, art, 01:30:53.367 --> 01:30:55.367

and quality infrastructure make Brooklyn Park a community of

01:30:55.367 --> 01:31:00.367

choice. Brooklyn Park residents and business owners do their 01:31:00.367 --> 01:31:04.033

part to maintain clean and attractive neighborhoods,

01:31:04.033 --> 01:31:06.767

corridors, and commercial destinations. The city

01:31:06.767 --> 01:31:10.467

maintains and invests in quality green space, amenities, 01:31:10.467 --> 01:31:13.133

and natural resource preservation. Residents and

01:31:13.133 --> 01:31:17.000

visitors are served by reliable utilities, transportation

01:31:17.000 --> 01:31:21.634

network, and infrastructure. The city maintains and develops 01:31:21.634 --> 01:31:25.867

robust transportation options of all types. And we are a

01:31:25.867 --> 01:31:28.533

leader in environmental sustainability, increasing the

01:31:28.533 --> 01:31:33.033

community’s resilience to a changing climate. Some sample 01:31:33.033 --> 01:31:37.133

metrics for this one are our park facility ratings or

01:31:37.133 --> 01:31:41.500

something that we continually ask every other year. As well 01:31:41.500 --> 01:31:43.533

as the tropical water is not a new one in our community, and

01:31:43.533 --> 01:31:47.367

we, we ask residents, uh, their belief of our quality and

01:31:47.367 --> 01:31:51.166

reliability of water. Uh, payment condition ratings, it’s 01:31:51.166 --> 01:31:55.900

a really standard way to look at our uh Road network, our

01:31:55.900 --> 01:32:00.100

snowplow ratings. And then, uh, also we’re acutely aware of the 01:32:00.100 --> 01:32:03.800

interests in the council to address litter in the community

01:32:03.800 --> 01:32:08.634

and so similar to that, uh, potential metric of a media

01:32:08.634 --> 01:32:12.367

sentiment. Uh, there’s also an opportunity here, uh, once we 01:32:12.367 --> 01:32:14.667

go down the the different strategies we follow for litter

01:32:14.667 --> 01:32:20.533

reduction. How, how can we measure that? Go 5 thriving 01:32:20.533 --> 01:32:25.100

economy. Brooklyn Park is home to an inclusive economy where

01:32:25.100 --> 01:32:28.367

people and businesses can prosper. A rich diversity is

01:32:28.367 --> 01:32:31.000

showcased through our vibrant arts, food, entertainment, and 01:32:31.000 --> 01:32:34.934

retail offerings. Aging neighborhoods and commercial

01:32:34.934 --> 01:32:38.634

centers are revitalized through continuous investment. The city

01:32:38.634 --> 01:32:41.800

capitalizes on opportunities to expand and diversify Brooklyn 01:32:41.800 --> 01:32:46.233

Park’s tax base and workforce. Businesses and organizations of

01:32:46.233 --> 01:32:50.033

all types, sizes, and specialties start stay and grow 01:32:50.033 --> 01:32:53.934

here. And neighborhoods are well maintained with quality

01:32:53.934 --> 01:32:57.033

housing for all ages and incomes integrated throughout

01:32:57.033 --> 01:33:01.533

the community. Uh, I’ll just comment on 5 there and other uh 01:33:01.533 --> 01:33:05.200

real common theme from the engagement was a thriving

01:33:05.200 --> 01:33:08.934

neighborhoods, but also uh neighborhoods that are well

01:33:08.934 --> 01:33:12.734

kept, and uh that’s, Something that was important in Brooklyn 01:33:12.734 --> 01:33:17.367

Park 2025 and Made the next iteration of our strategic plan

01:33:17.367 --> 01:33:23.367

as well. Some sample metrics for this, uh, median home value, 01:33:23.367 --> 01:33:28.133

jobs in the city, uh, permit value or building permit value.

01:33:28.133 --> 01:33:30.800

Our environmental health voluntary compliance rate and 01:33:30.800 --> 01:33:34.000

then assess valuation by property classification, and

01:33:34.000 --> 01:33:37.767

really that’s an ode to the uh work that is Going on right now

01:33:37.767 --> 01:33:40.467

and into the future related to developing the community. This 01:33:40.467 --> 01:33:45.934

is a way to measure that, how, how much, uh, greater, uh,

01:33:45.934 --> 01:33:49.000

commercial property value, uh, Will all that work yield, you

01:33:49.000 --> 01:33:56.467

know, that’s, that’s what that measure is for. Finally, goal 6, 01:33:56.467 --> 01:34:00.200

innovative and responsive government. The city 01:34:00.200 --> 01:34:02.166

continuously seeks creative solutions to drive effective

01:34:02.166 --> 01:34:06.033

service delivery. Elected officials, commissions, and

01:34:06.033 --> 01:34:08.300

city staff reflect the diversity and values of the

01:34:08.300 --> 01:34:13.634

community. The city effectively manages its resources. City 01:34:13.634 --> 01:34:17.800

information is clear and accessible to all. The city is

01:34:17.800 --> 01:34:21.033

innovative and recognized as a great place to work. And city 01:34:21.033 --> 01:34:24.800

staff are responsive to community needs and strive for

01:34:24.800 --> 01:34:29.100

an excellent customer experience. Some metrics here

01:34:29.100 --> 01:34:31.266

uh again on the resin survey, we asked folks, how would you 01:34:31.266 --> 01:34:35.533

rate the job of city staff? Um, we also measure the property

01:34:35.533 --> 01:34:40.266

tax rate, which I think is a ratio between how much we spend 01:34:40.266 --> 01:34:44.533

versus how much, uh, property value we have in our community.

01:34:44.533 --> 01:34:48.000

Uh, voter turnout is something that we look at after every

01:34:48.000 --> 01:34:52.533

election, and then a couple years ago, I think, uh, we 01:34:52.533 --> 01:34:54.266

started measuring demographic makeup of our commissions and

01:34:54.266 --> 01:35:02.233

staff. Um, so just again quickly, some next steps, so 01:35:02.233 --> 01:35:05.500

seeking your approval tonight and Jake kind of mentioned

01:35:05.500 --> 01:35:11.300

these last three items. That we use this, uh, plan if you will, 01:35:11.300 --> 01:35:14.934

both for internal planning and I know the council will be

01:35:14.934 --> 01:35:18.367

getting together next month, um, and this plan will help guide

01:35:18.367 --> 01:35:22.634

that discussion. And then other implementation, uh, relates to 01:35:22.634 --> 01:35:25.667

progress sharing, so the community knows. Uh, what are

01:35:25.667 --> 01:35:29.367

we doing well and what do we still need to strive for both

01:35:29.367 --> 01:35:33.634

in a number standpoint, like in the metrics I I shared tonight, 01:35:33.634 --> 01:35:39.467

but also qualitatively the work of the organization. Again,

01:35:39.467 --> 01:35:41.233

that’s the recommended action and happy to take any questions. 01:35:41.233 --> 01:35:49.166

Thank you for that and thank you for all the work on that.

01:35:49.166 --> 01:35:54.634

Um, councilmember Klinowski. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, couple 01:35:54.634 --> 01:35:59.300

questions or ideas for metrics. Um, one that perhaps could go

01:35:59.300 --> 01:36:03.033

in the equity outcome slide or thriving economy, not sure 01:36:03.033 --> 01:36:06.734

which, but one of the metrics that we’ve talked about is

01:36:06.734 --> 01:36:09.934

black homeownership, statewide, it’s low, it’s low in Brooklyn

01:36:09.934 --> 01:36:13.166

Park. I think that would be a good one to be tracking, 01:36:13.166 --> 01:36:15.800

especially some of the grants that we try to do for

01:36:15.800 --> 01:36:19.000

first-time homeownership. And then the other one would be

01:36:19.000 --> 01:36:24.900

under um innovative and responsive, so slide number 6, 01:36:24.900 --> 01:36:27.300

asking city staff, how do they rate? They’re working

01:36:27.300 --> 01:36:30.867

environment. That it’s satisfactory and safe place for 01:36:30.867 --> 01:36:34.467

them, especially if we’re asking people in the community,

01:36:34.467 --> 01:36:38.467

um, women and people of color to participate in. Um, as city

01:36:38.467 --> 01:36:52.734

staff. So, thank you. She have a response or no? No, I’m 01:36:52.734 --> 01:36:55.867

making a note, yeah, I appreciate it. Sorry. All right,

01:36:55.867 --> 01:37:02.266

uh, Council member McGarvey. Thank you, Mayor, and thank you 01:37:02.266 --> 01:37:07.100

again for that presentation, Zach, and Finally, thank you to

01:37:07.100 --> 01:37:13.100

all of you whoever somehow captured my rambling. Verbose 01:37:13.100 --> 01:37:18.300

verbosity. And dial it in right exactly what I was hoping for,

01:37:18.300 --> 01:37:21.467

something under beautiful places Brooklyn Park residents 01:37:21.467 --> 01:37:25.300

and business owners do their part to maintain clean and

01:37:25.300 --> 01:37:28.100

attractive neighborhoods, corridors, and commercial

01:37:28.100 --> 01:37:33.233

destinations. Bull’s eye. Thank you guys. at work. Yeah. 01:37:33.233 --> 01:37:40.400

Appreciate the input. Cos Ericsson. Thank you Thank you. 01:37:40.400 --> 01:37:51.400

Um, Could you go back to the metrics for 6 real quick. And 01:37:51.400 --> 01:37:55.467

back to the metrics for 5. Just want to make sure my suggestion

01:37:55.467 --> 01:38:02.100

isn’t there and I just missed it. I’m, I’m thinking about 01:38:02.100 --> 01:38:06.667

adding something along the lines of Business licensing

01:38:06.667 --> 01:38:10.000

satisfaction. I’ve gotten feedback from a number of folks 01:38:10.000 --> 01:38:14.867

who opened new businesses that they’ve been frustrated with

01:38:14.867 --> 01:38:16.934

our process and it’s not our process alone. Some of it is

01:38:16.934 --> 01:38:23.400

state stuff, some of it’s Permanent of Health stuff. Um 01:38:23.400 --> 01:38:26.667

But maybe under economic, the thriving economy want something

01:38:26.667 --> 01:38:31.400

around small business owner satisfaction with. processes 01:38:31.400 --> 01:38:45.533

and ease of doing business. Thank you. So going back to, 01:38:45.533 --> 01:38:48.100

let’s see, number one, inclusive and engaged community.

01:38:48.100 --> 01:38:51.867

I think one of the things that could be measured, uh, it, it 01:38:51.867 --> 01:38:54.467

would take some work from all of us writers. When I look at

01:38:54.467 --> 01:38:58.166

the city council meetings, they’re, they’re pretty empty.

01:38:58.166 --> 01:39:02.900

Now granted, we don’t maybe have some of the Partisan 01:39:02.900 --> 01:39:05.634

politics that we see in other places that people show up and

01:39:05.634 --> 01:39:08.266

they want to fight it out, right? Uh, but I do think it

01:39:08.266 --> 01:39:12.233

would be nice to see more people, uh, just paying 01:39:12.233 --> 01:39:14.634

attention to or aware of what we’re doing at the city council

01:39:14.634 --> 01:39:16.800

level so they can take it back to their community. So that

01:39:16.800 --> 01:39:21.533

could be one thing that we measure or that we work to 01:39:21.533 --> 01:39:24.300

improve in terms of an inclusive and engaged community,

01:39:24.300 --> 01:39:28.100

it’d be nice if folks were engaged at that local level, uh,

01:39:28.100 --> 01:39:31.000

as well. I think the other thing and, and uh I know it was 01:39:31.000 --> 01:39:34.934

brought up as Something that we could maybe measure is how

01:39:34.934 --> 01:39:39.200

people feel, um, about safe communities about us getting

01:39:39.200 --> 01:39:42.500

safer. And then we also, when you look at number one, again, 01:39:42.500 --> 01:39:44.634

inclusive and engaged communities we’re talking about

01:39:44.634 --> 01:39:51.533

Brooklyn Park is unified. Wait, uh, let’s see. Um strong 01:39:51.533 --> 01:39:53.900

reputation across the region. I think this is a lot of it’s a

01:39:53.900 --> 01:39:56.000

little bit of a larger conversation that we’ve talked

01:39:56.000 --> 01:40:00.800

about on some other things, but, um, just being as proactive as 01:40:00.800 --> 01:40:02.834

we can in terms of our communications and and we’re

01:40:02.834 --> 01:40:05.500

doing some of that, right? We don’t, we don’t have a huge

01:40:05.500 --> 01:40:07.567

staff. Uh, but being as proactive as possible in terms

01:40:07.567 --> 01:40:09.867

of getting the good things out about Brooklyn Park and know

01:40:09.867 --> 01:40:13.934

our staff is working hard at that, but also shaping this 01:40:13.934 --> 01:40:18.734

larger narrative, uh, whether it’s around the biotech. Who

01:40:18.734 --> 01:40:22.000

could tell us how we wanted to, how we should develop all of 01:40:22.000 --> 01:40:25.900

these different pieces. I think we need to be aggressively

01:40:25.900 --> 01:40:28.533

controlling that narrative, uh, so that people understand

01:40:28.533 --> 01:40:30.634

exactly what we’re leading with, right? We were leading with 01:40:30.634 --> 01:40:33.467

biotech. We were not leading with density. We’re leading

01:40:33.467 --> 01:40:37.500

with biotech. So I think that’s another piece that plays into

01:40:37.500 --> 01:40:43.734

this, uh, but overall, I think. I think it’s a pretty good 01:40:43.734 --> 01:40:45.467

approach, right? And then I think once we get into the

01:40:45.467 --> 01:40:49.233

actual Final metrics, I think that’s going to be key too, but

01:40:49.233 --> 01:40:52.367

I think these are all pretty good suggestions and I know. I 01:40:52.367 --> 01:40:56.100

know a lot of work went into this as well. So, thank you.

01:40:56.100 --> 01:41:04.133

Did Council member Erickson. Said one more thought, sort of 01:41:04.133 --> 01:41:12.867

a under number 6 kind of a sub. Metric for, um, would be voter 01:41:12.867 --> 01:41:18.934

drop. I Notice that if you look at elections, there might be

01:41:18.934 --> 01:41:25.934

70% voter turnout. And 100% of those folks vote for governor, 01:41:25.934 --> 01:41:28.734

but only like 90% of them vote for county commissioner and

01:41:28.734 --> 01:41:31.934

maybe 80% of them vote for mayor, city council. So, kind 01:41:31.934 --> 01:41:37.200

of, that would kind of measure our engagement of what All of

01:41:37.200 --> 01:41:43.634

us do and how important local. Engagement is Um, mayor, 01:41:43.634 --> 01:41:47.467

council members, council member Eriksson, so, um, are you

01:41:47.467 --> 01:41:52.634

getting at just the growth and drop between elections or are 01:41:52.634 --> 01:41:56.934

you interested in looking at the number of registered voters

01:41:56.934 --> 01:42:02.266

and the change over time. No, so, in each election, fewer 01:42:02.266 --> 01:42:05.367

people vote for mayor than voted for governor or voted for.

01:42:05.367 --> 01:42:13.734

Um, senator, Yeah. So if, if 1000 people in Brooklyn Park 01:42:13.734 --> 01:42:19.266

voted,, 1000 of those people voted for governor only. 900 of

01:42:19.266 --> 01:42:24.133

them voted for mayor. They just 100 people just slept at blank. 01:42:24.133 --> 01:42:26.834

Thank you for clarifying. I, I think I understand now. Yeah,

01:42:26.834 --> 01:42:31.734

and that’s, that’s like, uh, To defend my own reputation. You 01:42:31.734 --> 01:42:34.233

know, that’s, uh, every election, there’s a drop off

01:42:34.233 --> 01:42:39.100

from the top of the top of the ticket all the way down, but I

01:42:39.100 --> 01:42:41.934

think to your point, council member Erickson, I think it’s 01:42:41.934 --> 01:42:45.166

important that we find ways to improve that so that more

01:42:45.166 --> 01:42:48.367

people are tracking what we’re doing, uh, and so that they’re

01:42:48.367 --> 01:42:51.634

more involved and they’re more inclined to follow these 01:42:51.634 --> 01:42:54.233

positions and what we’re doing up here so that they do vote

01:42:54.233 --> 01:42:56.667

when it comes to the election because they have a good

01:42:56.667 --> 01:43:00.033

understanding of how important those, those seats are. Uh, in 01:43:00.033 --> 01:43:02.667

some ways, it’s just as important as the as the as the

01:43:02.667 --> 01:43:07.367

top of the ballot, right? So I, I agree with that. We should

01:43:07.367 --> 01:43:10.634

lean into that and help people understand exactly what we’re 01:43:10.634 --> 01:43:16.400

doing up here and then track uh that drop off. Overall, I think

01:43:16.400 --> 01:43:18.166

I’m from my perspective, I think they’re pretty good.

01:43:18.166 --> 01:43:22.834

Again, it’s going to be, um, once we finalize things and and 01:43:22.834 --> 01:43:28.200

get into it, right, but uh I do think, however, from my

01:43:28.200 --> 01:43:30.900

perspective, being more proactive, um, and then 01:43:30.900 --> 01:43:33.467

measuring it, how we control the near our narrative is a

01:43:33.467 --> 01:43:37.367

city now it’s, it’s not easy, I understand that, you know, we,

01:43:37.367 --> 01:43:41.100

we have some folks who try to gang up on us. We’re pretty 01:43:41.100 --> 01:43:44.300

broad shoulders, so they didn’t, they’re not going to succeed,

01:43:44.300 --> 01:43:50.133

but succeed. But, um, And sometimes the media has like a 01:43:50.133 --> 01:43:53.367

predetermined narrative for our city of Brooklyn Park. So I

01:43:53.367 --> 01:43:56.567

think pushing back against that and having our own narrative

01:43:56.567 --> 01:43:59.467

eventually went out is going to be key because I think some of

01:43:59.467 --> 01:44:03.934

what we see within our own city is people live here, but then 01:44:03.934 --> 01:44:09.900

they have to hear. The media or Other cities weigh in on the

01:44:09.900 --> 01:44:14.367

city they live in, right? Uh, and it’s, they’re not cherry 01:44:14.367 --> 01:44:16.266

picking the great things, they’re cherry picking other

01:44:16.266 --> 01:44:19.734

things, right? So I think people are often responding to

01:44:19.734 --> 01:44:22.667

that internally, and they want other people to start saying 01:44:22.667 --> 01:44:25.367

the very good positive things that we’re doing as well. So I

01:44:25.367 --> 01:44:31.233

think that’s going to be key for, for all of the uh. For all 01:44:31.233 --> 01:44:36.100

of this, you know, community plan. I’ll just say that. All

01:44:36.100 --> 01:44:44.367

right, does anybody care to make the motion. Councilor Mary 01:44:44.367 --> 01:44:52.734

McGarvey. Thank you, Mayor. I will make the motion to approve 01:44:52.734 --> 01:44:56.467

Brooklyn Park jewel of the North Community Plan. All right,

01:44:56.467 --> 01:45:01.133

the motion was made by council, uh, Member McGarvey and 01:45:01.133 --> 01:45:07.567

seconded by council member Page, all those in favor, say I. I,

01:45:07.567 --> 01:45:10.934

are there any names? Any abstentions? All right, they’re 01:45:10.934 --> 01:45:17.166

being no nays or abstentions. The motion passes. All right.

01:45:17.166 --> 01:45:21.500

And thanks again for all of the work on that. Uh, and to staff 01:45:21.500 --> 01:45:23.734

and everybody who was involved into the residents who were

01:45:23.734 --> 01:45:27.300

involved in that as well. So thank you for your input. Uh,

01:45:27.300 --> 01:45:31.567

so there being no discussion items will go to verbal reports 01:45:31.567 --> 01:45:34.233

and announcements. Do we have any council member reports or

01:45:34.233 --> 01:45:41.367

announcements. Council member Tran. I just want to remind 01:45:41.367 --> 01:45:49.867

resident of um The anti-violent, um. They, uh, activity on Jane

01:45:49.867 --> 01:45:57.200

activity Center, March 21st from 5:30 to 7:30. Uh, there is 01:45:57.200 --> 01:46:04.800

a bingo game, um. Other social uh activity, uh, please come 01:46:04.800 --> 01:46:15.000

and join us. Thank you. Council member McGarvey. Thank you, 01:46:15.000 --> 01:46:19.634

Mayor. Um, I would just like to share with the community

01:46:19.634 --> 01:46:23.934

something my wife brought to my attention. She volunteers for 01:46:23.934 --> 01:46:30.266

multiple veterans organizations. And noted that the 44th 01:46:30.266 --> 01:46:33.033

national Veterans wheelchair games will actually be held

01:46:33.033 --> 01:46:38.900

here in Minnesota, in Minneapolis, hosted By the

01:46:38.900 --> 01:46:44.734

Minneapolis VA healthcare system. And for Brooklyn Park, 01:46:44.734 --> 01:46:49.100

Uh, I’m sorry. Thank you, Council member Tran. That will

01:46:49.100 --> 01:47:00.667

be July. 17th through the 22nd. And the co-presented by the VA, 01:47:00.667 --> 01:47:03.467

US Department of Veterans Affairs and the Paralyzed

01:47:03.467 --> 01:47:07.867

Veterans of America. But one of the venues of the many that

01:47:07.867 --> 01:47:12.500

will be here in Minnesota is our own bolero. bowling alley, 01:47:12.500 --> 01:47:16.900

which is where the bowling games will be held here in

01:47:16.900 --> 01:47:21.500

Brooklyn Park for the forty-fourth. Annual national 01:47:21.500 --> 01:47:25.900

veterans wheelchair games. They need volunteers. And they

01:47:25.900 --> 01:47:30.834

probably need spectators. So, uh, it’s simply wheelchair 01:47:30.834 --> 01:47:35.934

games.org. Wheelchair games.org to find out everything you can

01:47:35.934 --> 01:47:40.266

about the forty-fourth annual. veterans wheelchair games. part 01:47:40.266 --> 01:47:44.100

of which will be actually right here in wonderful, beautiful

01:47:44.100 --> 01:47:49.400

Brooklyn Park. Thank you. Oh, in our Our media folks will be

01:47:49.400 --> 01:47:53.100

getting on this. We’ve, we’ve talked about this briefly, but 01:47:53.100 --> 01:47:58.934

it’ll be coming out in part pages, etc. Thank you, Mayor.

01:47:58.934 --> 01:48:05.367

Thank you. All right, next, council member Page. Thank you, 01:48:05.367 --> 01:48:09.634

Mayor. I’ve been very quiet tonight, but I have some

01:48:09.634 --> 01:48:12.000

prepared words, um, I like how we ended for the community 01:48:12.000 --> 01:48:16.266

planning. I just want to say in my home at work, we don’t talk

01:48:16.266 --> 01:48:22.100

about it, we be about it, so if you are not saying, um, and 01:48:22.100 --> 01:48:26.834

engaged and part of a solution, I think that we should probably

01:48:26.834 --> 01:48:31.000

stop talking about it in our community if it’s negative. I 01:48:31.000 --> 01:48:34.667

encourage those who have disagreements with how the

01:48:34.667 --> 01:48:36.533

city’s being run, um, what’s being done to just come in here

01:48:36.533 --> 01:48:40.667

and said, I appreciate that the mayor put um that out there 01:48:40.667 --> 01:48:44.367

that come and see what’s happening because, um, there’s

01:48:44.367 --> 01:48:48.667

a synergy in this council, then I’m very appreciative, and we

01:48:48.667 --> 01:48:53.400

want your help. We want to be challenged, we want to be held 01:48:53.400 --> 01:48:58.734

to a higher um standard and make our community better. So I

01:48:58.734 --> 01:49:02.200

just wanted to end with gratitude and good things that 01:49:02.200 --> 01:49:04.667

people have left on my voicemail or communicated with

01:49:04.667 --> 01:49:09.934

me from our resident. directly. So, I want to thank all of our

01:49:09.934 --> 01:49:12.100

HOA boards and especially the Central District, but all of 01:49:12.100 --> 01:49:16.367

Brooklyn Park. Um, we have some advocates, uh, like Ms. Vanessa.

01:49:16.367 --> 01:49:20.100

I want to thank all the HOA boards and volunteers because 01:49:20.100 --> 01:49:22.800

it is a volunteer position for the efforts to make your

01:49:22.800 --> 01:49:25.934

community a better place, your dedication and commitment to

01:49:25.934 --> 01:49:29.667

enhancing your community and the quality of life in Brooklyn

01:49:29.667 --> 01:49:32.900

Park are truly valued. Your work ensures that our 01:49:32.900 --> 01:49:35.100

neighborhoods remain welcoming, but well maintained, which is a

01:49:35.100 --> 01:49:37.634

test. testament to our hard work and leadership in those

01:49:37.634 --> 01:49:42.166

HOAs. So I just want to say I thank you for that. I also 01:49:42.166 --> 01:49:44.400

received multiple, um, emails actually in the last two weeks

01:49:44.400 --> 01:49:47.934

in regards to the police department and on behalf of

01:49:47.934 --> 01:49:51.100

those messages, I wanted to extend our heartfelt gratitude 01:49:51.100 --> 01:49:54.767

to each one of our police officers and all those employed

01:49:54.767 --> 01:49:58.467

in that department for your tireless efforts in serving our

01:49:58.467 --> 01:50:01.300

community, especially in the last couple of weeks and last 01:50:01.300 --> 01:50:04.634

month, which has presented numerous challenges. Your

01:50:04.634 --> 01:50:07.133

dedication and commitment. Keeping Brooklyn Park safe are

01:50:07.133 --> 01:50:10.266

truly valued by all of your residents. We understand that 01:50:10.266 --> 01:50:13.667

that work is not only affecting you but also your families and

01:50:13.667 --> 01:50:18.233

your friends, and we appreciate the sacrifices you make to

01:50:18.233 --> 01:50:21.000

ensure our community’s well-being at the swearing in 01:50:21.000 --> 01:50:26.800

of the new, um, police officers as well as the promotions, each

01:50:26.800 --> 01:50:30.000

person was excited to be a part of our city and keep our 01:50:30.000 --> 01:50:33.300

residents safe and that was exciting for me to see. I want

01:50:33.300 --> 01:50:35.867

to thank each one of you for your service, courage, and

01:50:35.867 --> 01:50:39.100

resilience, your contributions are deeply appreciated, and we

01:50:39.100 --> 01:50:42.867

are grateful for all that you do to protect our city. And 01:50:42.867 --> 01:50:48.166

then lastly, I do want to mention a regular here, uh, Ms.

01:50:48.166 --> 01:50:52.934

Colette Guyet Hempel, who is not here, but your absence has 01:50:52.934 --> 01:50:55.634

been noticed, your tireless advocacy and dedication to the

01:50:55.634 --> 01:50:59.367

community of Brooklyn Park is noted. Your efforts are noted,

01:50:59.367 --> 01:51:02.533

and I want to wish you all the best and speedy recovery from 01:51:02.533 --> 01:51:05.300

any health challenges that you might be facing. So just

01:51:05.300 --> 01:51:09.400

remember, if we’re making noise and we’re all working towards a

01:51:09.400 --> 01:51:12.166

solution, then it’s appreciated and valued and that. That’s how 01:51:12.166 --> 01:51:15.934

I look at your statements that you bring to the council. So we

01:51:15.934 --> 01:51:19.634

look forward to your return and your continued involvement in

01:51:19.634 --> 01:51:22.867

shaping the future of Brooklyn Park and to the mayor and to 01:51:22.867 --> 01:51:26.767

counselor, I want to thank each one of you for truly welcoming

01:51:26.767 --> 01:51:31.834

me as a new council member and my ideas and my challenges that 01:51:31.834 --> 01:51:34.634

I’ve created, um, and I think we have a really good thing

01:51:34.634 --> 01:51:37.767

going here, and a smile. I’m sorry that council member Tran

01:51:37.767 --> 01:51:42.100

is not with us right now because Uh, we are truly 01:51:42.100 --> 01:51:45.000

unified in this council at this moment. And in my opinion, and

01:51:45.000 --> 01:51:48.467

if I say it, it must be true, so I just want to leave you

01:51:48.467 --> 01:51:51.867

with that. Thank you. So I think we’re all going to use it 01:51:51.867 --> 01:51:57.533

now if I, if I say it, it must be true, so that’ll be our new

01:51:57.533 --> 01:52:01.233

motto as a council. So thank you for that, cos Page. Uh, 01:52:01.233 --> 01:52:05.467

Councilman Erickson. This was mentioned during the ARPAC

01:52:05.467 --> 01:52:10.367

report, but the restaurant at the golf course is open again, 01:52:10.367 --> 01:52:14.634

um, visited on opening night on Wednesday last week and, um,

01:52:14.634 --> 01:52:18.367

the food was great, the cocktails were beautiful, the

01:52:18.367 --> 01:52:20.667

staff was friendly and just remember, it is a public 01:52:20.667 --> 01:52:24.300

restaurant. Um, it’s a city-owned golf course. It’s a

01:52:24.300 --> 01:52:27.367

public restaurant. Uh, please feel free to stop by and stop

01:52:27.367 --> 01:52:34.467

by often. Yeah, great reminder. Thank you. Uh, the other pieces 01:52:34.467 --> 01:52:38.900

we, we, uh, We, we had a number of new employees, uh, start. So

01:52:38.900 --> 01:52:42.467

for those who may be tuned in late or maybe skip over the 01:52:42.467 --> 01:52:44.567

beginning or whatever when they’re watching this, but a

01:52:44.567 --> 01:52:48.400

ton of them more community intervention specialists, uh,

01:52:48.400 --> 01:52:51.467

and leading that under the police department is the 01:52:51.467 --> 01:52:53.634

treasurer Dixon, um, and she’s done a great job in terms of

01:52:53.634 --> 01:52:56.934

putting it together. That’s going to be rolled out uh

01:52:56.934 --> 01:53:00.533

pretty soon, uh, and we’ll make everybody aware when that is 01:53:00.533 --> 01:53:05.467

rolled out, but, uh, a special thank you to, uh, Chief Bruwley,

01:53:05.467 --> 01:53:11.033

uh, for Um, also, you know, working tirelessly to help 01:53:11.033 --> 01:53:13.867

support this, make this happen, understanding the vision. I

01:53:13.867 --> 01:53:18.266

think that’s incredibly important, uh, to have, uh,

01:53:18.266 --> 01:53:22.500

leaders within our within our city, um, who at a high level 01:53:22.500 --> 01:53:25.734

are very supportive of that work as well. So just so folks

01:53:25.734 --> 01:53:27.834

know when they, you know, we will let folks know and they

01:53:27.834 --> 01:53:31.467

start to hit the ground running, but, um, they’re going to get 01:53:31.467 --> 01:53:35.367

ahead of some of the issues that we see as a city, uh, and

01:53:35.367 --> 01:53:38.634

we’re excited to have them, but we’re also just very happy that

01:53:38.634 --> 01:53:42.266

we have a staff team, a city council that is supportive of 01:53:42.266 --> 01:53:47.734

this work and has seen it work, um, and we’re able to pull it

01:53:47.734 --> 01:53:53.400

in-house so that we can We can be more assured of the quality 01:53:53.400 --> 01:53:57.100

because we have such faith in our police department and the

01:53:57.100 --> 01:54:00.467

quality that they bring, that if they instill that into this 01:54:00.467 --> 01:54:02.634

team, right? We feel like we’re going to be in good hands as a

01:54:02.634 --> 01:54:06.834

city with this as well. So that was one of the main strategic

01:54:06.834 --> 01:54:09.400

reasons we brought this in-house. Uh, and we also just

01:54:09.400 --> 01:54:12.533

want to make sure that it’s funded, uh, because as we say, 01:54:12.533 --> 01:54:15.367

public safety is going to be, you know, is our top priority

01:54:15.367 --> 01:54:18.467

is going to remain a priority, uh, and that’s, you know, a big

01:54:18.467 --> 01:54:21.667

part of what cities are here for. So looking to when that is 01:54:21.667 --> 01:54:24.934

rolled out, excited for it, uh, and thanks for those who are

01:54:24.934 --> 01:54:28.667

making it happen, uh, as well, uh, so just want the residents

01:54:28.667 --> 01:54:32.367

to know that we are moving forward, um, on that particular 01:54:32.367 --> 01:54:36.266

piece. Are they, um, and then next we have city manager

01:54:36.266 --> 01:54:39.900

reports and announcements. Yeah, thanks Mayor Mayor and council,

01:54:39.900 --> 01:54:45.200

just a few things this evening, um, we do next Monday, so next 01:54:45.200 --> 01:54:47.533

Monday is Saint Patrick’s Day. Uh, we do work on Saint

01:54:47.533 --> 01:54:50.467

Patrick’s Day. I’ve had a couple of questions today about 01:54:50.467 --> 01:54:54.834

that, um, and so we will have the EDA meeting. Next Monday,

01:54:54.834 --> 01:54:59.533

um, prior to the EDA meeting, um, at 6 o’clock we will have a

01:54:59.533 --> 01:55:03.867

special joint council and commission. Um, meeting to 01:55:03.867 --> 01:55:07.100

discuss the Northwest area planning work and so that again

01:55:07.100 --> 01:55:09.300

that’ll be a joint meeting between the city council and

01:55:09.300 --> 01:55:13.767

the planning commission. Ahead of the EDA regularly scheduled 01:55:13.767 --> 01:55:16.767

EDA meeting. And then just a couple of things to mention, uh,

01:55:16.767 --> 01:55:23.734

coming up on the horizon. Uh, uh, referenced um earlier about 01:55:23.734 --> 01:55:27.934

public safety, um, we do put on from time to time different

01:55:27.934 --> 01:55:31.133

education opportunities for the public, um, one that’s coming 01:55:31.133 --> 01:55:33.867

up actually this week, not sure if you can still register but

01:55:33.867 --> 01:55:38.634

wanted to know it, at least for the future. There is a street

01:55:38.634 --> 01:55:40.900

smarts for older adults program being put on this Thursday 01:55:40.900 --> 01:55:45.000

morning. It’s a 3 hour opportunity for some of our

01:55:45.000 --> 01:55:48.767

older residents, um, to really, um, prepare themselves in terms

01:55:48.767 --> 01:55:53.100

of being smart, you know, in your day to day activities, um, 01:55:53.100 --> 01:55:56.300

that’s put on by Kim Guzapar and so encourage folks, if

01:55:56.300 --> 01:55:59.400

you’re interested to reach out to the police department. Also

01:55:59.400 --> 01:56:04.200

would want to highlight uh next week and Wednesday, March 20th. 01:56:04.200 --> 01:56:07.000

Having our thirty-third annual real estate forum in the

01:56:07.000 --> 01:56:11.300

morning at Edinburgh USA. It’s was a great opportunity um to 01:56:11.300 --> 01:56:14.867

bring those folks in our community that are involved in

01:56:14.867 --> 01:56:17.266

promoting and selling Brooklyn Park opportunities to learn

01:56:17.266 --> 01:56:20.734

more about all the great stuff we’ve got going on and how they 01:56:20.734 --> 01:56:25.567

can in turn um share that information with perspective,

01:56:25.567 --> 01:56:28.834

um, homeowners in our community. And that was it for this

01:56:28.834 --> 01:56:38.400

evening. Thank you. struggling with his mic all day. All right,