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Councilmember Butler, councilmember Jersey, councilmember Cragnis, councilmember Lawrence Anderson, chair, chair, chair, please rise for the pledge of lesions,

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God in the visible liberty and justice for all,

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all right that brings us up to informal open forum. I'm going to read the council meeting decorum.

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Do I have consensus from Council members to extend open form by about 10 minutes?

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So instead of ending at 715 we'll end at 725.

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Just because we used up probably by the time I'm done reading the decorum 10 minutes of open form time.

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That okay with Council members?

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To ensure meetings are conducted in a professional courteous, which enables the orderly

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conduct of business, all persons in attendance who participate in such meetings shall conduct

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themselves in a manner that does not interfere with the ability of others to observe and

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allow to participate without disruption or fear of intimidation.

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Persons who attend meetings must avoid conduct that disrupts interfares with or disturbs

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or the orderly conduct of a meeting or the ability of others to attend these to observe

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and participate as appropriate to that end persons who attend meetings are started to the

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Members of the public may only speak during the meetings when allowed under council rules and only after being recognized by the presiding officer.

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The presiding officer may establish time limits for the acceptance of public comments or testimony.

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Public comments or testimony must be addressed to the presiding officer and not to other council members staff or others in attendance.

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All elected officials shall be referred to by their proper title and surname.

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Public comments should avoid personal accusations, profanity or other improper content for a public meeting.

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Intimidating behaviors, threats of hostility, or actual violence are disallowed, audible demonstrations

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intended to disrupt the meeting should be avoided, including stopping feet, snapping

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fingers, clapping hands, and other conduct that may be intimidating or threatening to others.

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Holding, displaying, or placing banner signs, objects, or other materials, and a way that

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endanger others prevents the free flow of individuals within a chamber or obstructs or

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prevents the viewing of the meeting by others is not allowed.

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The presiding officer shall request any person who disrupts, interferes with their disturbs

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the orderly conduct of a meeting to cease the conduct, and as an essential issue in oral warning

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to the individual or individuals found to be in violation, if they persist at disrupting

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interfering with or disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer may have them removed

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or under appropriate circumstances temporary clear the gallery.

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If for any reason the presiding officer fails to make such action, the majority vote may be substituted

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for action by the presiding officer to maintain order and decorum over the proceedings.

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The council chamber capacity is 76 persons per fire code.

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So, this is an opportunity for the public to address the city council on items that are not

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on the agenda.

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It's limited to 15 minutes and may not be used to make personal attacks, air, personality

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grievances, make political endorsements, or for political campaign purposes.

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Council members will not enter into a dialogue with the presenter questions from the council

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will be for clarification purposes only.

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It will not be used on the time for problem solving or reacting to the comments made, but

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for hearing the presenter for informational purposes only.

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The first call will be for those that have notified the clerk that they would like to speak

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during the open form, and then I'll ask if anyone connected to the meeting would like to speak

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when called upon, please indicate your name and then proceed and be sure to state your

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name before speaking.

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I'll also remind folks that we keep your comments to two minutes or less so that we can

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make sure that everybody would get a chance to speak today.

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Okay, within a 10 additional minutes we're just starting.

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10 minutes late.

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So, we're giving in at, Yes.

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Do we have any blue cards?

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Larry Bottle.

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Come on up, Laurie.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Graves and Council members.

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I really don't want to speak tonight.

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But regarding the resolution,

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when worried about the budget to fund the resolution,

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health and prevention which I want to voice that that's very important to the city and community members as a whole.

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Otherwise the resolution is funded through the Polic Grant and Bluegrass Blue Shield grant.

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The same concerns about funding should also be taken into consideration when looking at the overfunded police budget, which last year by my calculations,

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and jump from 41 to 47% give or take regarding a permanent committee.

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Having knowledge of police contracts and policies is absolutely essential.

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At least some of the members on that permanent committee should have that knowledge.

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There are people in the community who are qualified to speak on this and make recommendations accordingly.

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So a recommendation or an advisement is just that there is a according to state law.

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That's all they can do is make recommendations.

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And that's based on the community, so it's not a business decision, it's based on

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community and what we have experienced.

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And if you're looking to look at another city who's been successful, Chief Senoya and

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Duluth has made huge strides in accountability for his department and traffic stops and

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and expand the response team and they also have a civilian review board so I'd recommend looking at that.

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And until we acknowledge the hiring that's being done in our community, even still some tough conversations need to be had.

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There's been no opportunity for healing, so I would encourage you to still have those conversations with us,

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with other community members and invite everybody to the table so we can talk about it and get through it and decide what's best for time everybody.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Do we have another name? Kevin Sherber. Come on up Kevin.

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Thank you Mayor Grace for giving us this chance to speak.

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I'd concern that no links were provided in the agenda online for the study session.

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The latest versions of the Red of the Solutions have had in the Code of Connetic had changes that I think should have been

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available to us who attend regularity and those that maybe know little about it.

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Especially as change has come up from my understanding it is different the last time.

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Additionally, given that we already have a weak mayor council system,

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I don't think it is prudent to give even more power to unelected officials.

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We do live in a representative Republic, not a true denoxic.

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So I just hate to see mob stuff happen when we black people in and then people want to throw them out.

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We're seeing this at the federal level.

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I really don't want to see that armist animosity at the city level.

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Thanks Kevin.

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The heatcon.

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Come on up in the heat.

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Oh, hello.

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Good evening, Mayor and respect to the council members and Brooklyn Center residents.

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I thought it'd stop in tonight and mention an issue of concern, which was I've been visiting

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a few Brooklyn Center businesses, big and small, and noticed that they've got brochures

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publicizing our neighbors in Maple Grove. All their businesses and services and a nice

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and I'm just thinking, where are our Brooklyn Center brochures

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publicizing our city businesses and services in a nice attractive format?

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Everyone wants to grab and take home and sit down and read and maybe there's a web version on the

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city website and other locations.

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So I wanted to bring that to your attention and maybe this could be a project for city staff to do.

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And have those out there, instead of encouraging us to go off to Maple Grove to do our shopping and do our services.

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So when did it bring that to your attention?

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So was this a brochure created by the city of Maple Grove and it's in our Brooklyn Center businesses?

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Is that what you're saying?

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And that, yeah, I don't remember if it was the city or some other entity, entity that produced

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it, but it says Maple Grove and the front, and it's Maple Grove look fairly attractive

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to drive off to and do all your shopping there and do all your business there and get your

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services done there when we could be doing all that here in our city and supporting our

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businesses and our services and our tax base. So putting that out there. And then the second

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thing which wasn't really going to bring up, but that's my point now. You've used up your two

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minutes now. Okay, I'm just saying that there is a lot of broken glass that the intersection

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and of Highway 252 and the 66 Avenue.

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Every time I drive through, which is every day, there's some there, and I'm wondering who cleans that up.

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I'm not sure if you could all lean on them and have them come by every day.

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Okay, thank you.

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I would really appreciate it.

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But concerned about my tires.

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Katie Wright.

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Come on up, Katie.

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Thank you.

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My name is Katie Wright.

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I am the co-founder of Dante and Colby,

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no more names initiative.

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And I just wanted to speak a little bit

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on when city staff and city council members

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are looking at changing, verbiage and language

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and resolutions that have been made

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because there was harm done to community and families

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and our Black and Brown community at that

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that they're looking at the whole before they're looking

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at just the word.

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Since Dante has been killed, there has still been numerous traffic stops that are targeting

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our Black and Brown community.

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50% of Black people are being pulled over, but 81% of our traffic stops are people either

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Black or Brown people that identify that are non-white.

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So when we're looking at changing the average, we need to look at changing the whole in our

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city because the reason why that resolution was written is because of a traffic stop and

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our harm was created, but what have we done to change the harm to where we can change what

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is the whole picture in our city instead of just a simple word that maybe said a council

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doesn't agree on.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Katie.

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Naval, Laura.

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Come on, Naval.

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Hello.

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I just have more questions concerns about special planning and permits.

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There's some language and questions we got back in regards to things I didn't even put in the application for one.

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There's something about cannabis usage on public space.

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Even though this particular is private property open to a public event, Minnesota does not have special license for that currently.

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And that was a question asked to us, but that's into law, so I'm not for sure who did the research on that.

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it's not, it's outdoors, so you can do that outdoors.

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This is not a public housing space.

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It's also not enclosed, so I just need more clarification about what the council is looking for.

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like when I answer the question,

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you're asking for more detail plan,

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in regards to RVs in the back of the stage,

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also that language was in the application that I didn't submit.

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So when you're speaking about applications from last year

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and in this year, it's confused for me

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because I didn't submit that in the application.

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So you're like asking a bunch of things

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that I have no knowledge of, but I'm also giving you a plan

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that's being held up in this process.

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So I'm looking for someone today to talk to me so that way and we can clear this up behind doors because this is a event that

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Supposed to be happening this weekend, and I'm

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Happy to exercise my first amendment rights and turn this into a protest and

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Make sure things are taken care of so let's come to some resolution of making this work for a community event

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Thank you, Naval. I recently have had a few conversations with staff as well as connected

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some, community or some organizers of the event with staff in the city. I'm hopeful that

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maybe we can iron out some of the issues. I do know that typically a special event permit

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is supposed to be put in 45 days prior to the event happening. I don't know I haven't been

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the council probably has no idea what you're talking about. The only reason I know is because

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people have been calling me about it and because I know about the event that we attempted to have

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last year and I want you to know that I have been doing my best to advocate and connect people

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where connections need to be made because I want to see the success of the event, the success

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of the business and have that be a benefit to the city.

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Absolutely. So I just want to make sure, hey, I'm here. I'll say after,

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whatever I need to do to make this work and move forward and answer all the questions.

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Someone to some of this.

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I'll follow up with you and also request the staff to that. Thank you.

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Lori Moore, come on up, Lori.

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Hello, Mayor, council members. I for the third year attended the Brooklyn Center Health Fair

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on Saturday and actually went around for about three hours, so much so that I didn't even say hi to my fellow

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lady Lyon, who is doing kid-site screenings.

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But I just had some questions I thought I couldn't find a thing online.

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I know we're as council member Chris Lawrence Anderson said certainly a lot of the communication with residents comes in our newsletters and online through the city website.

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But three hours I just wondered about attendance numbers having been at the previous venue in Centennial Park over here.

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The numbers seem very low to me.

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I mean, extremely low.

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I did not know that it was going to be indoors.

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Like, literally, the only thing that was outside

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was the food trucks, Brooklyn Center Police Department

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and Brooklyn Center Fire Department.

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I recall that I don't know if it was during a council meeting

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or not, that the reason why their venue

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changed to Brooklyn Center Senior and Junior High School

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accessibility? Is that the only reason that why the venue change? Ambient indoors on a beautiful

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August day. And then I could also not find mayor and council members where the cost of the

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health fair, whether that comes out of the recreation budget, or if it's a joint out of the budget

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of the Office of Community Health Prevention and Safety. But it was, I loved it. Obviously,

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It was wonderful, but I did have those questions for you.

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Thank you.

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Yeah, probably we haven't compiled all that data yet, but I'm sure that we'll be getting some

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of that.

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I also attended the Health Fair and was there from about, um, I don't know, two, thirty to four.

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There was a lot of videotaping of the free college campaign.

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If people don't know about the North Star Promise, you can attend college free in Minnesota

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to make under $80,000.

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That's for youth as well as adults.

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So, helping to promote that, I did think that the things were kind of spread out, so there was like, it was inside, but things were kind of spread out, so it was difficult to sort of assess how many people had been there at any given time.

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But looking forward to a report back on that definitely good energy in the space.

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Venus Tomlinson?

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Can you say your name again?

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I didn't understand what the cook said.

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Venus Tomlinson.

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Thank you.

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Hi, Madam Mayor and Council.

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I am actually here today.

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We have a food shelf task for ink.

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This located on Brooklyn Boulevard.

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And we're here to ask.

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We're trying to get help from the city to see if we can expand our building somehow.

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Just the space that we're in is really small.

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For example, just for this.

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For the month of July, we serve 3,455 people.

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I'm some people, household.

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and our numbers keep going up and we need a larger space and our founder miss

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miss actually everything she's using right now is out of her budget to feed the

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people we are we also have connected with the food group and waiting to see what

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second harvest says but very now we just looking for a bigger larger space and

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we've been trying to I have made a couple of attempts but I feel like I'm just

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going in circles I don't really know who I need to be connecting with so we're

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here to ask for some kind of help to see how we can expand to help feed our community.

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I want to thank you for the great work that you're doing for our community members.

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That's a lot of people to be feeding, but definitely very needed and request a staff

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bubble up with you. So make sure you leave your contact number. Okay, move ahead.

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Go ahead, Councilmember Lawrence Anderson. Miss Venus, I have a question. What is your address?

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Our address is 59.01, Brooklyn Boulevard, sweet 105.

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What are you near?

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I'm generally challenged.

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Do you know where cup food and CVS is?

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The building?

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Yep, so CVS.

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The dentist's office and the brown building is ours.

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It was not our building.

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We're down there, Rex, in the space on the lower level.

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Very good.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Miner cards?

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No, but we have one person online.

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Was that what you were going to say, Dr. Edwards?

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No, Madam Mayor was simply saying that we have the contact information and we'll follow up.

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Perfect, thank you.

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I see a hand, Julie B. Go ahead.

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Madam Mayor, I just, sorry.

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Just a follow up on that.

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They did mention that they kind of had to run around.

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So I would just request that there's an update provided to the council on the outcome of that.

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Thank you, Councilmember Greggness. Julie B. Go ahead.

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Good evening. Mayor Grives and Council members. Thanks, staff. Thank you for the time this evening.

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I just wanted to note, I was a little disappointed in the discussion around the first discussion that you had. I can't find my words, but around council expectations and whatnot. I think, you know, as leaders of in a lot of

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in the city. It's really important that you lead as you want people to follow and set the

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example for others and the unwillingness to, I mean, even really discuss having some sort of

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accountability monitors for yourself when there's a big decorum thing posted outside of council

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and it's a red before open form and there are measures being put in place even though

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I agree that there have been some things that were noted, but I don't know if they were acted upon

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before as far as expectations for people joining commissions and whatnot, but it was just

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disappointed in that. I think we should be able to expect that people that are leading would

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hold themselves to the same standard and so for what it's worth. I hope that you all reconsider.

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or I guess some of us have said it, sending to community.

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Thanks.

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We're going to continue our conversations.

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Thank you for your comments, Julie.

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Just want to be clear that that conversation

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has not been closed.

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We're going to keep going.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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We have made it to 730.

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And so I will entertain a motion to close,

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inform, and open form with the City Council.

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Not a mirror.

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Go ahead, Councilmember Cragness.

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I make a motion to close the informal, formal opening.

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Is there second?

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I'll second.

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Please take the roll.

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Councilmember Butler.

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Councilmember Jerzek.

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I.

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Councilmember Cragnis.

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I.

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Councilmember Lawrence Anderson.

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I.

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Mayor Grapes.

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I motion passes.

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I have the invocation tonight.

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I'm going to read a poem called The Leader and the Lead.

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But the lion sticks his claim to the leadership of the pack, but the antelopes remember the

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ferocious pounce of his paws.

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The hyenas says the crown is made for him, but then Pala's shudder at his lethal appetite.

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The giraffe craves a place in the front, but his eyes are too far from the ground.

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When the zebra says it's his right to lead, the pack points to the duplicity of his stripes.

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The elephant's trudges into the power of the tussel, but its colleagues dread his trampoline feet.

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The wordhog is to ugly, the rhino to riotous, and the pack thrashes around, like a snake without a head.

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Our need calls for a hybrid of habits proclaims the forest sage, a little bit of lion,

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a little bit of lamb, tough like a tiger, compassionate like a doe, transparent like a river,

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mysterious like a lake, a leader who knows how to follow, followers mindful of the right

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to lead.

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I think on that.

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That brings us up to

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agenda item six, approve of the agenda in the consent agenda. I don't believe there are any changes or to the minutes.

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Do we have a motion to approve the agenda in consent agenda?

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Madam Mayor.

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I make a decision to approve the agenda in the consent agenda.

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Thank you.

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And I'm clerk please take the roll.

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Council member Butler.

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All right. Council member Jerse.

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Hi.

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I'm Mr. Craigness.

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Hi.

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I'm Mr. Lauren Sanders, and I'm Mr. Mayor Graves.

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Motion passes.

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That brings us up to number 7.

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Presentations, Proclamations, Reconitions, Donations.

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Tonight we have a presentation on the Brookline Center Opeoid Crisis Response Plan.

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Dr. Edwards?

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Yes, Madam Mayor, this is item that has come before the Council and we receive some funding

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to do some work.

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And Council has asked presentation on our efforts and what we're doing.

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So here to present on this is Director Turk, Director of the Office of the Community Prevention Health and Safety.

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Thank you.

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Go ahead, Dr.

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Or I like that.

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Thank you. Madam Mayor, city council, wait for my presentation. I'll load here.

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We're away now. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you.

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Otherwise, I can tell a dead joke.

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Thank you.

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Madam Mayor, city council, I said before you today, should I wait for Mayor Graves to come back?

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I'm sorry.

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The mayor stepped out for a moment, please proceed.

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Okay, thank you.

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I stand before you today to present to you the 2020 Fire Opioid Response Plan for the City of Brooklyn Center.

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Opioids is a class of drugs.

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It's a synthetic drug.

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Most of us know it by names like oxycodone,

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vicaridin, coating, morphine.

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It's a synthetic drug.

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Street terms that would be like the hair on.

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What opioids do they attach to an opioid receptor in your brain?

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and they diminish your pain receptors and they increase your pleasure receptor, so it's a very

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high rate of addiction that we're seeing in opioids. It becomes critical when you take an excessive

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amount of opioids, it doesn't even have to be an exceptional amount because we have fit in all

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on the market now, but it decreases your breathing and your heart rate, and so that's when additional

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measures are needed to save lives, and so the strategic plan that I'll present before

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you today has a vision to save lives, reduce disparities, heal communities by preventing

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and treating opioid use disorder, and our mission is to implement a data-driven approach

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to address the root cause of addiction, engage communities, and mobilize community resources.

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For the past year and a half, I've been a part of the HannaFen County opioid advisory committee,

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And Ms. Olidas here today, she's one of the strategic planners from Hennepin County, who the our model, our strategic model is founded in the Hennepin County strategic framework and also some of our community partners who've been assisting us with the strategy this comprehensive strategy was created in collaboration with our first responders or usually the first ones to our on the scene for an opioid overdose outside of family and community partners.

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You'll see that there's a graph listed on the screen of the opioid-related deaths in Brooklyn Center.

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Even though we're a small community, Brooklyn Center is sandwiched between two metro areas, which brings us metro problems.

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And we have one of the highest rates of opioid overdoses in the state.

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And as you can see from the chart, I listed the three primary ethnic groups that are impacted mostly from 2019 to 2022 on the charts.

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And right now we're seeing a high rate of opioid overdoses in our black white and indigenous communities.

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If you go to the Hinup and County opioid dashboard, you're able to follow our rate and track our rate of opioid overdoses.

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And from 2011 to 2022, in the Brooklyn Center is a code of 55429, we had 36 deaths, which is about 53%.

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And for 5, 5, 4, 3, 0, we had 29 deaths, so which is a 43% which is pretty high for our population.

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So as we focus on our strategic plan of prevention, response, treatment, recovery, and community support,

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we'll prioritize not saving lives using an evidence and data-based data-driven approach,

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investing in our youth, focusing on racial equity and leading with transparency and inclusion.

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Again, the strategic framework I'll go through and I'll break down each one of the strategic

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frameworks of prevention, response, treatment and recovery, and community support.

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So in our prevention pillar, you have monitoring and communication, education and stigma reduction,

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addressing access and safe storage and disposal.

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Under monitoring and communication,

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we are working to develop a system of tracking,

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analyzing and sharing timely comprehensive data to support.

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Court, the opioid prevention framework and develop new strategies, and that will be an internal and external

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initiative that will be utilizing some systems that are already in place. For education and stigma

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reduction, we'd like to increase and coordinate education and stigma reduction messaging to key audiences

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with the goal of raising awareness and knowledge of possible, this is not only possible because there

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our adverse effects, adverse effects of opioid use, including overdose and opioid use disorder.

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We are working closely with Brooklyn Center High School, and so we have trained about

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a little over 100 students to administer Narcan and Eloxin, as well as the staff, and also

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all of our first responders in PD and Fire trained to administer Narcan and Eloxin.

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For access, addressing access, increasing accessibility to life-saving drugs, treatment resources,

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and current initiatives that are going on in the county that we can piggyback on.

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And for safe storage and disposal, a lot of times you have extra meds that are in your

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house.

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And so how do we develop some consistent practices and maybe host some events where we can promote collaboration among public and private entities on safe disposal.

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And so we have drug boxes that are located at our fire department at some of our pharmaceuticals and our PD but a lot of times those might not be accessible.

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So maybe doing some more promotion and doing some targeted events to have folks come in and drop off those meds.

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May I?

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I'll go ahead.

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Director, Director Tirk, I have a question.

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I believe there's one at the library as well.

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Okay, thank you.

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For a response plan, we have rescue and harm reduction again, and we've already moved forward

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on some of these training, all of our first responders and stakeholders in administration

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of Narcan and Eloxone.

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We have a plan in our business district.

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our business district and Chingle Creek is located right across from a Trent major transit hub,

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which we've known, we know that we, we've have our pluses in our minuses with that transit hub.

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But to, one of the things that we found out was that our business owners were locking their bathrooms,

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their bathrooms are inaccessible because they were having problems with drug use in their bathrooms.

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Also, especially during the summer time, on breaks with a lot of young people that are working in those spaces.

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So to train one staff member per shift to a minister of Narcan so that they can open those bathrooms back up and also be equipped to save a life if they need to and also administer them small red boxes so they can dispose of you know the needles.

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Home reduction, corporate safe syringe services and the locks on distribution and monitor

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innovative practices and other jurisdictions with the settlement funds that we received

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at the city. Some of our neighboring cities got a little bit more than us based off their

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population and doing some collaborative initiatives with those other jurisdictions.

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The next pillar would be treatment and recovery. Access to treatment and recovery services,

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design and implement culturally and evidence-based interventions by engaging communities

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disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic. Our data shows us that higher rates of our

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black community and our indigenous community are impacted by opioid overdoses and so starting

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to create avenues where treatment and education are accessible in those targeted communities.

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So using our data on opioid-related deaths to track age, age information, race, ethnicity,

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and geographic area of residency to understand better root causes of those overdoses.

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And also seek additional funding so that we can partner with community partners who are disproportionately impacted.

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community support. This is not a one model, one person, one department, strategy, we're

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definitely, we definitely need the support of the community. Those calls that are coming

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in, nine times out of 10, they are coming from someone who is concerned about a bison or someone

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who may have OD. And so tapping into our community partners, which we have some amazing community

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partners here in Brooklyn Center. And again, centering with the vision is to save lives,

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reduce disparities, and heal communities by preventing and treating opioid use.

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So we're looking to break the cycle of trauma.

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That's left by drug abuse, fentanyl, opioids, now with the additional edition of fentanyl, is

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wrecking havoc on our community in so many ways. Also, there's been systemic harm when it comes

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to sentencing guidelines, when it comes to access to treatment, when it comes to economic disparities

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that all come along with drug abuse in particular the opioid use.

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So I think you've heard me say evidence-based approach a couple of times.

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I'll just explain why an evidence-based public health approach is important to us.

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00:35:41,050 --> 00:35:46,510
There are benefits and again I'll go back to the legacy of systemic implications

457
00:35:46,510 --> 00:35:50,450
that we are now dealing with when it comes to the inequities.

458
00:35:50,450 --> 00:35:53,370
around drug usage, abuse, and treatments.

459
00:35:54,030 --> 00:35:58,390
There's been a larger impact on black and Latino communities

460
00:35:59,030 --> 00:36:01,530
that have we've seen increased incarceration,

461
00:36:02,290 --> 00:36:04,250
fear, economic opportunities,

462
00:36:04,750 --> 00:36:08,830
lower accessibility to housing, and some of the key ways

463
00:36:08,830 --> 00:36:11,850
that we would like to prioritize racial equity

464
00:36:11,850 --> 00:36:15,350
would be providing support to community-based organizations

465
00:36:15,350 --> 00:36:17,710
serving the most impacted populations.

466
00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:27,810
Also, accessible public education about drug use and effective safety precautions, that's been extremely helpful.

467
00:36:28,410 --> 00:36:34,070
Actually, being able to go into the school, you can get a Narcan training down to 15 minutes.

468
00:36:34,810 --> 00:36:41,330
The training that we do in the schools, we are in the health class for four to six weeks for their health class.

469
00:36:41,330 --> 00:36:46,050
And so we do a full drug education in those spaces,

470
00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:49,930
healthy decisions, healthy choices in those spaces.

471
00:36:50,570 --> 00:36:53,190
Targeting community engagement and impacted neighborhoods

472
00:36:53,190 --> 00:36:56,170
and then participating in diversion recommendations

473
00:36:56,170 --> 00:36:58,890
for youth who are at risk for low misdemeanors

474
00:36:58,890 --> 00:37:01,910
and moving them away from the criminal justice system,

475
00:37:02,090 --> 00:37:06,630
which we've already started to collaborate on the federal level

476
00:37:06,630 --> 00:37:07,410
for that.

477
00:37:07,710 --> 00:37:10,450
And so evidence-based public health approach

478
00:37:10,450 --> 00:37:12,930
will improve and improve health outcomes.

479
00:37:14,210 --> 00:37:17,890
It builds trust and collaboration in affected communities.

480
00:37:18,510 --> 00:37:23,290
There's sustainable solutions, long-term strategies that adapt to changing trends and needs.

481
00:37:23,850 --> 00:37:27,870
And so a year from now, we might come back and say, this worked really well.

482
00:37:28,110 --> 00:37:32,570
This didn't work, and we need to make some changes, or there might be some national metrics

483
00:37:32,570 --> 00:37:35,130
and data where we need to make some changes.

484
00:37:36,070 --> 00:37:40,430
And then cultural and historical considerations, just acknowledging the impacts of the

485
00:37:40,430 --> 00:37:45,290
sentencing policies for possession on impacted and marginalized communities.

486
00:37:47,980 --> 00:37:51,740
So the project plan, I'm presenting to you a two-year plan.

487
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:56,820
The first year we'll establish some data systems that will be internal and external.

488
00:37:58,420 --> 00:37:59,540
There are a ton of systems.

489
00:37:59,820 --> 00:38:02,260
The county has done a great job on their opioid dashboard.

490
00:38:02,940 --> 00:38:06,580
And so working with the communications department to figure out, how do we have the one

491
00:38:06,580 --> 00:38:12,080
stop shop for folks who are able to go online and access that database as well as other

492
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:16,020
resources around education, prevention, and treatment and recovery.

493
00:38:16,980 --> 00:38:19,440
Also, distribute in a lot of funds throughout the community.

494
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,780
Do some community outreach and some collaboration among different departments.

495
00:38:24,940 --> 00:38:28,500
And then come back and give you an annual progress report

496
00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:32,080
and making adjustments based on current trends in data.

497
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:36,400
And you're too expand the safe disposal sites and hands community outreach

498
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,720
and evaluate outcomes.

499
00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:40,920
And again, provide a progress report.

500
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:50,200
So, I have listed here some of the metrics based on the strategic pillars, so we look at

501
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:50,620
prevention.

502
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:55,120
So, one of the metrics is the number of educational programs that we're able to establish.

503
00:38:55,480 --> 00:39:00,640
And I think that we are able to reach a large capacity of the community because we have

504
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,420
Megan, J.P.

505
00:39:04,620 --> 00:39:05,280
D.D.

506
00:39:05,340 --> 00:39:05,840
Oh my goodness.

507
00:39:06,780 --> 00:39:07,260
Thank you.

508
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,620
It's kind of like when everyone says Office of Community Prevention Health and Safety, but I'll let

509
00:39:11,620 --> 00:39:13,400
I know that it's like.

510
00:39:14,340 --> 00:39:16,500
Prevention, a number of educational programs

511
00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:19,060
and one of the measurements is attendance records and surveys

512
00:39:19,060 --> 00:39:21,360
that we receive back from participants.

513
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,040
Faith disposal sites, just counting the sites

514
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,860
and assessing the data that we get from the DDA

515
00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:30,580
on what they were able to recover for response,

516
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,360
the in the locks on training sessions,

517
00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:33,540
and it locks on distributed.

518
00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:38,200
And you can see the metrics and the measurement method

519
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:39,260
that we'll use.

520
00:39:42,170 --> 00:39:44,330
because I can if you want to read it.

521
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:48,600
All right.

522
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,040
One of the partners has been the National League of Cities.

523
00:39:51,460 --> 00:39:55,440
They have a lining city county and state resources

524
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:59,020
and a split that they put out to address the opioid epidemic.

525
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,940
So it's not a single city or a single policy that's going to be able to address this alone.

526
00:40:04,940 --> 00:40:09,860
It's definitely going to take a collaborative effort, and then some of the partners.

527
00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:26,900
So this, the presentation, I was had an opportunity over the past year to talk with police, fire, parks and ranks, finance, communications, public works, as well as all of the other community partners that are listed there.

528
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,460
I'm going to go back so I can talk a little bit about funding.

529
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:43,980
The city is a part of the national opioid settlement, and so over the next 14 years

530
00:40:43,980 --> 00:40:53,160
we're scheduled to get right around $531,000 to help with the initiative to combat the opioid crisis.

531
00:40:53,760 --> 00:41:00,440
And so I don't see us expanding all of that money on the initiatives that we have,

532
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:05,060
especially with having the support of the county, the sheriff's office, because they have additional

533
00:41:05,060 --> 00:41:09,240
grant funds where we can partner with them, and they will be able to take on those costs for

534
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:10,000
those initiatives.

535
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:18,060
Go ahead, Councilor Lawrence Anderson. Thank you. Thank you for the very thorough report.

536
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,760
I have a question. As far as the Narcan that we're using in the city,

537
00:41:25,140 --> 00:41:31,680
are those being paid for from the settlement or is it coming out of the general budget?

538
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:32,680
Yeah, Margaris.

539
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:39,020
Councilwoman, those funds that are first respond, or the Narcan that are first responders

540
00:41:39,020 --> 00:41:43,180
used are actually funded by a grant that's provided by the Shears Department.

541
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,820
So it's not coming out of, say, for instance, the police or the fire department budget.

542
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:50,860
Okay.

543
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:51,960
Thank you.

544
00:41:53,630 --> 00:41:54,890
Are there questions from council members?

545
00:41:58,060 --> 00:41:58,500
One more.

546
00:41:58,560 --> 00:41:58,900
Good.

547
00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:00,200
Okay.

548
00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:03,580
So the 531,000 that's divided by 14 years.

549
00:42:04,180 --> 00:42:04,380
Okay.

550
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:04,960
Thank you.

551
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:05,500
14?

552
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:07,240
It's about 14 years.

553
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:09,620
Wow.

554
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:11,460
Okay.

555
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:17,180
I just wanted to say great job on collaboration.

556
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:23,660
Also, I'm really excited to hear that you've been able to get into the schools and offer

557
00:42:23,660 --> 00:42:30,240
this more in-depth training on choices and understanding sort of the harms, as well

558
00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:36,840
I wasn't teaching them how to be the type of person that can show up and save a life if necessary.

559
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,080
So I just want to say excellent work.

560
00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:39,820
Thank you.

561
00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:42,120
Okay.

562
00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:43,140
I've had councilmember Jersack.

563
00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:44,500
Two questions.

564
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:51,800
I'm wondering if you have some anecdotal experience of just this as infant in the stages, but of

565
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:55,120
how it's going and how it's progressing, that would be the first one.

566
00:42:55,120 --> 00:43:08,840
And then the second one is I too really believe in early intervention in the schools and I'm wondering how if there are very cooperative with you and how that partnership works.

567
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:13,420
Absolutely. So, right away when I came into the city, I'm sorry,

568
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:22,360
Mayor Graves, Council Member Jersek, right away when I came into the city, I continued to engage with the schools in various different factors.

569
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:31,540
So when it was time to introduce or request the access to the students, it was very easy for us to be able to come into the classroom.

570
00:43:33,060 --> 00:43:39,000
And after the first session, there were young folks that were trying to skip their class

571
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:46,820
to come to the class, and we were very innovative in the delivery model, so it fit for them.

572
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:52,300
So we used TikTok, we used music, we used different strategies that would appeal to the students

573
00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:58,540
that were receiving the information role-playing, and so they really got into it and they enjoyed

574
00:43:58,540 --> 00:43:59,240
it a lot.

575
00:44:00,420 --> 00:44:01,500
Go ahead.

576
00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:02,520
Follow up.

577
00:44:02,660 --> 00:44:08,920
Because I was so involved with Brooklink, and I understand the enthusiasm, but I have

578
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:13,680
one personal question because I'm certified in carry in our kind, and there's an expiration

579
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:19,520
date on each one, what if an individual in the community who is trained certified and wanted

580
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:25,120
to have or replace their is there an opportunity to come and get that done?

581
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,900
We have community partners that we're partnering with, and I'm working with our communications

582
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:33,660
department to get a page up on the website where you can just click and find out.

583
00:44:34,020 --> 00:44:36,900
Also, working with fire to kind of figure out some strategies where we could have some

584
00:44:36,900 --> 00:44:41,420
forward facing Narcan, like for instance, maybe in a vending machine where folks can come and

585
00:44:41,420 --> 00:44:46,100
access it. Some of the tactics and strategies that have been used around the state.

586
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,900
We do have Ms. the leader here. So if she wants to talk about some community partners who

587
00:44:50,900 --> 00:44:56,540
where you can access Narcan, I would be more than happy to yield some of my time to her.

588
00:44:56,540 --> 00:44:59,980
It's a simple, it occurred to me that the bus has...

589
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,600
It would be one place that we'd want universal access for that.

590
00:45:03,820 --> 00:45:05,700
Absolutely. Thank you.

591
00:45:05,780 --> 00:45:06,940
Council, we're correct, miss.

592
00:45:07,380 --> 00:45:08,040
Thank you.

593
00:45:09,260 --> 00:45:12,200
So, my question is, when is this the 14 years start?

594
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:15,860
And then also, so this is roughly 38,000 a year.

595
00:45:16,220 --> 00:45:17,780
I'm wondering what the budget looks like for that.

596
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:22,220
Like, I'm assuming it's including like training costs, educational, and then the

597
00:45:22,220 --> 00:45:22,860
Narcan itself.

598
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:28,000
And I wonder what other expenses would be included in that 38,000 that were used in a year.

599
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:34,000
and are we above or beyond that per year? Okay, here Grace, go ahead. I'm

600
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:39,400
councilwoman. I do not intend, this the plan does not intend to go over the

601
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:44,040
a lot of it amount that we have for the grant. It started to earth, I'm sorry,

602
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:57,600
the settlement, those funds started coming in last year. Our community partners that are

603
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,680
us Narcan in the spaces that we use them for training.

604
00:46:01,140 --> 00:46:04,420
So the only cost for us would be their cost of facilitating the course.

605
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:05,420
The class.

606
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:08,100
Go ahead.

607
00:46:08,460 --> 00:46:09,240
Councillor Miller and say Anderson?

608
00:46:12,290 --> 00:46:13,450
I have absolutely no idea.

609
00:46:13,750 --> 00:46:15,510
How much is Narcan?

610
00:46:16,610 --> 00:46:23,190
So you can get Narcan, so Narcan is the nasal and the loxon is the injection.

611
00:46:23,690 --> 00:46:30,090
And so you can get Narcan on Amazon for $50 a Vio, it's about $50 a Vio.

612
00:46:30,850 --> 00:46:34,950
I'm sure there's some bargaining agreements that we're going on so we can get that cost out.

613
00:46:35,250 --> 00:46:36,710
Yeah, that's still pretty steep.

614
00:46:36,910 --> 00:46:40,730
I mean, obviously, just save a life. There is no cost associated.

615
00:46:41,530 --> 00:46:45,590
But it's still a little pricey.

616
00:46:45,830 --> 00:46:47,450
Okay, thank you.

617
00:46:47,930 --> 00:46:49,410
Any other questions or comments?

618
00:46:50,550 --> 00:46:51,890
Go ahead, Council Member Cragnis.

619
00:46:52,310 --> 00:46:55,530
So just a follow-up, so it's possible that there's additional funds available.

620
00:46:55,530 --> 00:46:59,650
with a year that we can maybe use from our educational purposes.

621
00:47:00,290 --> 00:47:02,730
Mayor Graves, when you say there's more funds

622
00:47:02,730 --> 00:47:04,670
available like going after additional funding?

623
00:47:04,990 --> 00:47:07,210
No, I'm seeing within that 38,000 year if we're not

624
00:47:07,210 --> 00:47:09,770
spending funds on the Narcan itself.

625
00:47:10,170 --> 00:47:12,470
What are we spending that money on?

626
00:47:12,690 --> 00:47:15,490
Yes, so we are looking to develop some partnerships,

627
00:47:16,010 --> 00:47:18,590
like peer recovery partnerships with our fire departments,

628
00:47:18,670 --> 00:47:21,010
so say if there's someone who is an addict,

629
00:47:21,030 --> 00:47:23,390
say you have a very short window if someone says they want help.

630
00:47:23,390 --> 00:47:31,170
And so, a lot of times, getting them to a facility, talking to the right person is crucial.

631
00:47:31,530 --> 00:47:35,470
And so, to set up a location where someone who was in that moment saying,

632
00:47:35,670 --> 00:47:40,210
I want help to have an onsite peer recovery or on-call peer recovery specialist,

633
00:47:40,590 --> 00:47:44,330
where they can tap into right away, that would be an outside contract.

634
00:47:44,730 --> 00:47:46,530
Also, the vending machines.

635
00:47:48,370 --> 00:47:51,510
And when we talk about the disposal,

636
00:47:51,510 --> 00:48:00,330
There's some ad-home disposal kits that we're looking at acquiring, so that you don't necessarily have to come into one of the disposal sites.

637
00:48:00,610 --> 00:48:07,030
You can have the pouch at home that you'll be able to dispose of your Narcan. I mean, opioids.

638
00:48:08,930 --> 00:48:17,190
I was just interested in, like if we can have more preventative things versus just this be the reactionary to the issue itself.

639
00:48:17,190 --> 00:48:19,650
if we were just, and I'm sure they're doing that.

640
00:48:19,650 --> 00:48:21,470
I'm just curious what they are going forward.

641
00:48:21,530 --> 00:48:23,870
Like the preventative measures that we can put in place.

642
00:48:24,210 --> 00:48:25,350
Absolutely, Margaris.

643
00:48:26,330 --> 00:48:27,970
Yeah, I love prevention.

644
00:48:28,890 --> 00:48:31,370
And the goal is to save lives and to get on top of it

645
00:48:31,370 --> 00:48:33,070
before there's an addiction that occurs.

646
00:48:33,710 --> 00:48:35,970
And so education is going to be key.

647
00:48:36,150 --> 00:48:38,770
We're looking at hosting a summit to do some education.

648
00:48:39,070 --> 00:48:40,670
One, going into our business district

649
00:48:40,670 --> 00:48:43,010
and talking to business owners because a lot of times

650
00:48:43,010 --> 00:48:46,110
they see folks who are struggling with drug addiction

651
00:48:46,110 --> 00:48:51,390
and then going into the schools, and then actually talking to our senior population about

652
00:48:51,390 --> 00:48:57,490
proper disposal. So, have some initiatives to get on top of it with $38,000.

653
00:49:00,490 --> 00:49:06,470
Which kind of tracking, I mean, beyond sort of like the participant numbers and stuff

654
00:49:06,470 --> 00:49:12,190
of people that have gone through the training or have been trained, what other tracking data

655
00:49:12,190 --> 00:49:15,710
at a tracking, are you planning to lift up through this work?

656
00:49:16,350 --> 00:49:21,310
So, I am looking for initiatives that are kind of

657
00:49:21,310 --> 00:49:24,150
being held around the city and the country.

658
00:49:25,170 --> 00:49:27,950
Every person who receives training through us,

659
00:49:28,050 --> 00:49:30,770
we retain their email address.

660
00:49:31,210 --> 00:49:32,650
And so, to do some follow-up,

661
00:49:32,770 --> 00:49:35,630
like, have you used had to use your Narcan?

662
00:49:36,110 --> 00:49:40,830
Have you experienced a situation where you thought you were going

663
00:49:40,830 --> 00:49:45,530
you're knocking. Did you feel comfortable? So follow up questionnaires on those folks and then

664
00:49:45,530 --> 00:49:50,850
also maybe a year down the line we'll start to see over those numbers come down.

665
00:49:51,150 --> 00:49:55,770
Excellent. Thank you. Yep, you're welcome. Any final questions or comments for our director

666
00:49:55,770 --> 00:49:59,970
turk? Go ahead. Councilmember Cragnis. I just wanted to say aye.

667
00:50:00,050 --> 00:50:07,670
I like the idea that at least having one person on the first shift that is trained in that, I think that's a very great idea. Thank you.

668
00:50:08,050 --> 00:50:08,830
Thank you, director.

669
00:50:11,740 --> 00:50:18,080
All right. That brings us up to number eight public hearings. We don't have any tonight. Number nine, planning commission items.

670
00:50:18,340 --> 00:50:25,700
There are also no planning commission items tonight. So number ten, council consideration items, ordinance amendments to chapter 12,

671
00:50:25,700 --> 00:50:29,760
adding property maintenance requirements and many of the commercial vehicle storage language

672
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,760
in chapter 19.

673
00:50:31,940 --> 00:50:33,360
Will there's that chapter 19 again?

674
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:41,200
Madam Mayor, council members, we've had discussions on this item as well, but here to

675
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:46,660
present is our director, Jesse Anderson, Director of Community Development.

676
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,020
Good evening, council members.

677
00:50:49,380 --> 00:50:51,140
This is a specific session.

678
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:52,580
We put together an ordinance.

679
00:50:52,580 --> 00:50:55,360
I'm in a first reading based on some of that feedback.

680
00:50:55,680 --> 00:51:01,460
We have a couple of things we want the consul can still put some thoughts on, but this

681
00:51:01,460 --> 00:51:07,120
is a first reading of some cleanup to, for some changes, minor changes to chapter 12 and chapter

682
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:07,720
19.

683
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,900
Chapter 12 is primarily property maintenance.

684
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,540
Residential and commercial properties.

685
00:51:14,380 --> 00:51:16,780
It's primarily the international property maintenance code.

686
00:51:17,300 --> 00:51:19,780
It also includes rental licensing and vacant buildings.

687
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:27,700
Chapter 19 is public nuisances and petty offenses, typically enforced by a code enforcement staff,

688
00:51:28,300 --> 00:51:32,920
areas such as junk vehicle, inoperable vehicles, parking on the grass, et cetera.

689
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:36,740
And, actually, those type of things are included in Chapter 19, again, nuisances related

690
00:51:36,740 --> 00:51:40,200
to trash, storage vehicles is in Chapter 19.

691
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,580
So, the first thing that was three different parts we talked about, mailbox commercial vehicles

692
00:51:45,580 --> 00:51:47,080
and commercial addressing.

693
00:51:47,740 --> 00:51:53,040
This is a relatively small change of ordinance, but it just is putting in the ordinance that

694
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,280
rental properties are required to have mailboxes.

695
00:51:55,480 --> 00:52:03,380
We've had a few instances where mailboxes have been damaged, and the landlords won't replace the mailboxes.

696
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:09,660
So therefore the residents don't have a mailbox and we're asking to put in the ordinance so that mailboxes are required rental properties.

697
00:52:11,100 --> 00:52:18,060
The next one was addressing the simply just adding some addressing requirements for commercial

698
00:52:18,060 --> 00:52:19,540
properties and retail properties.

699
00:52:20,740 --> 00:52:26,320
It is handled through residential property maintenance code, but the code is silent on commercial

700
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:26,740
retail.

701
00:52:27,020 --> 00:52:31,160
So we're just adding some minor requirements to addressing of commercial properties.

702
00:52:32,980 --> 00:52:37,220
Then the last one we'll talk about a little bit more commercial vehicle storage, commercial vehicle

703
00:52:37,220 --> 00:52:43,640
or just on chapter 19 and 35, it identifies a commercial vehicle that is a length greater than

704
00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:49,000
21 feet or higher than 8 feet or a gross vehicle weight of 9,000 pounds. That's a current

705
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:56,040
ordinance, how the current ordinance addresses or defines a commercial vehicle. In the new

706
00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:02,100
language that's being proposed for the first reading includes making that a larger size, 22 feet

707
00:53:02,100 --> 00:53:07,380
length of the 10 feet and height and up to 20,000 pounds.

708
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:14,620
Ladder racks, permanently installed on top of a truck, would not be included in the measurement

709
00:53:14,620 --> 00:53:18,920
and equipment of materials stored on top of the vehicle would not be allowed in the proposed

710
00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:19,500
ordinance.

711
00:53:21,620 --> 00:53:27,120
So again, there is also a part of the ordinance that site size is also a part that sites

712
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,340
a type of vehicle that are prohibited.

713
00:53:29,340 --> 00:53:33,600
So, the storage of certain type of equipment is not allowed.

714
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:35,000
Regardless of the size, right?

715
00:53:35,260 --> 00:53:37,300
Bob Kats, well-drilling equipment, farm trucks,

716
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:39,620
box trucks, those type of things are not allowed

717
00:53:39,620 --> 00:53:43,060
based off of the type identified in the ordinance.

718
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:47,240
So, we'll talk a little bit more about the box truck.

719
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:50,820
So, I was brought up at the work session to possibly allow

720
00:53:50,820 --> 00:53:53,760
for box trucks or not allow for box trucks to be included

721
00:53:54,260 --> 00:53:55,480
on residential properties.

722
00:53:55,620 --> 00:53:59,040
I just wanted to talk a few scenarios by the council

723
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:01,700
So let's give them a little more information on the box trucks, part of that ordinance.

724
00:54:03,740 --> 00:54:08,680
So under the new ordinance, it would allow some things like these deaf fans, you know,

725
00:54:08,740 --> 00:54:10,800
pick up trucks, food trucks.

726
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:14,320
So these would be, these would be allowed under the curtain ordinance, not allowed

727
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:15,460
under the previous ordinance.

728
00:54:17,980 --> 00:54:21,760
Again, some vehicles that would be allowed by the new ordinance, previously would have

729
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:22,540
been not allowed.

730
00:54:24,620 --> 00:54:28,460
So then there's still some that are not allowed by type rates.

731
00:54:28,460 --> 00:54:34,100
So box truck, you know, flat bed, towing truck, those type of vehicles, bus is not allowed

732
00:54:34,100 --> 00:54:36,200
by the vehicle type under the ordinance.

733
00:54:36,300 --> 00:54:40,380
So those type of vehicles, larger box truck is not allowed, or box truck is not allowed

734
00:54:40,380 --> 00:54:41,600
in the proposed ordinance.

735
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:47,260
Again, larger box trucks, or even any box trucks under the current ordinance isn't allowed.

736
00:54:48,100 --> 00:54:48,540
So.

737
00:54:48,540 --> 00:54:49,360
Go ahead, Councilman.

738
00:54:49,460 --> 00:54:53,820
By the way, when in regards to the box truck, they're not allowed at all, right?

739
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,440
So it's not just about partnering, they're not allowed at all.

740
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:58,840
Yeah, Madam Mayor, Council Member.

741
00:54:59,440 --> 00:54:59,900
So the proposal.

742
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:05,020
So, proposed ordinance would not all box trucks at all. That's what the proposed one was.

743
00:55:05,020 --> 00:55:23,280
And what's on the current current? It's the same. So, we wouldn't be removing that box truck prohibited. The current proposed ordinance says box trucks are not allowed. So, the new ordinance and the old ordinance prevents box trucks.

744
00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:28,680
And once there an issue is worn, like once they're given it a warning, what else is the

745
00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:28,880
record?

746
00:55:29,240 --> 00:55:30,520
I'm dealing with this.

747
00:55:30,580 --> 00:55:31,380
I'm my block.

748
00:55:31,860 --> 00:55:35,080
They've been given a warning, but they come back like every couple of days.

749
00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:37,680
So what, the Recourse after that?

750
00:55:38,220 --> 00:55:43,220
I'm an American council member, so with a box truck or a commercial vehicle, we would issue

751
00:55:43,220 --> 00:55:43,860
citations.

752
00:55:44,340 --> 00:55:49,900
If we see it enough, you know, they come and goes with a little bit harder to enforce, we need

753
00:55:49,900 --> 00:55:53,220
document that they're there for more than two hours

754
00:55:53,220 --> 00:55:54,240
based off the ordinance.

755
00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:57,280
So if they come and go a little bit trickier for us,

756
00:55:57,360 --> 00:56:00,120
but if they're there constantly in there being stored there,

757
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:02,660
then they would start receiving administrative citations.

758
00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:04,020
So they'd get a notice.

759
00:56:04,460 --> 00:56:06,240
We try to talk to them, maybe a second notice,

760
00:56:06,380 --> 00:56:07,740
and then we start issuing a citation.

761
00:56:09,940 --> 00:56:12,720
So yep, so the current ordinance and the proposed ordinance

762
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:16,240
as drafted into the council packet, box hooks are not allowed.

763
00:56:16,820 --> 00:56:19,400
I have one at the end of my block, too.

764
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:26,920
Okay, so I think I've already kind of covered most of this.

765
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:30,920
Just box trucks as we're brought up specifically during the work session discussion.

766
00:56:31,140 --> 00:56:34,620
So I just wanted to just give a little bit more information on the box trucks.

767
00:56:36,540 --> 00:56:39,440
So I'm going to just show a couple different scenarios here.

768
00:56:39,460 --> 00:56:43,540
So this box trucks, not a lot of by type, not a lot of by proposed type,

769
00:56:44,020 --> 00:56:46,780
but by the size it would be allowed.

770
00:56:46,780 --> 00:56:55,100
So it's not a lot by code, it's not allowed by the proposed code, but based off of the size it would be allowed, but it's just allowed by type.

771
00:56:56,780 --> 00:57:02,160
This one doesn't meet any of the rules, it's too long, and it's based off a type, it's not allowed.

772
00:57:03,980 --> 00:57:08,700
So just to kind of break this down a little bit further, you can kind of see some different sizes here.

773
00:57:09,480 --> 00:57:12,660
So again, the top one is a step fan, not a box truck.

774
00:57:12,660 --> 00:57:16,260
So the bottom three, not allowed by code because of type.

775
00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:20,720
Now, if we went with just length, the one that says 10 foot

776
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:22,620
truck, it would meet the length requirement,

777
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:25,860
but the code does not allow it because of the type.

778
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:29,380
Same with the 15 foot truck, which is actually 22 and a half feet long,

779
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:33,440
would not be allowed by size or type, same with the bottom one.

780
00:57:34,900 --> 00:57:38,680
So I just wanted to propose that if there was any changes,

781
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:41,400
there were suggested by the council, I just gave some options here,

782
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:44,660
but the current proposed ordinance still prohibits box trucks

783
00:57:44,660 --> 00:57:45,600
of all sizes.

784
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:48,140
So there's three options here.

785
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:51,820
We can leave the proposed ordinance is no box trucks allowed.

786
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:54,880
We could remove the box truck language

787
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:58,780
from the ordinance and any box trucks exceeding 22 feet

788
00:57:58,780 --> 00:58:00,360
and 10 feet wouldn't be allowed.

789
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:03,820
Or the third option is if we wanted to allow

790
00:58:03,820 --> 00:58:08,140
for smaller box trucks, we could limit maybe 20 feet and 10 feet.

791
00:58:08,380 --> 00:58:10,400
So just three scenarios I just wanted to throw up.

792
00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:15,840
There's options, again, the proposed ordinance is restricting no box trucks, but I just wanted

793
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:19,280
to see if the council had any interest in any of these other three options, just because

794
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:20,380
it came up with a work session.

795
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:24,680
So any questions?

796
00:58:26,220 --> 00:58:29,540
I would like to just keep it in there.

797
00:58:32,910 --> 00:58:34,050
Can some of your jurors act?

798
00:58:34,410 --> 00:58:39,570
Well, I have several I want to comment on, but I want to wait for him to complete.

799
00:58:40,010 --> 00:58:40,570
Are you done?

800
00:58:42,130 --> 00:58:42,930
May I proceed?

801
00:58:43,410 --> 00:58:43,690
Yep.

802
00:58:45,710 --> 00:58:50,630
So I'm curious, what is driving the request to change these ordinance?

803
00:58:50,870 --> 00:58:53,210
I get the mailbox and we pretty much agree on it.

804
00:58:53,210 --> 00:58:58,710
I get the fact that the licensing requirements and we talk previously about a robust

805
00:58:58,710 --> 00:59:03,730
education because right now there still is an ordinance out there for semis and everything else,

806
00:59:03,910 --> 00:59:05,990
but like the empire they parked there overnight.

807
00:59:06,830 --> 00:59:12,310
My major concern is having spent many years trying to enforce these things well intended

808
00:59:12,310 --> 00:59:18,050
ordinances, but they're virtually unenforceable. Because as you know, if they move the box truck

809
00:59:18,050 --> 00:59:24,890
three feet, you got to start over and serve notices all over again. I'm curious, did we

810
00:59:24,890 --> 00:59:30,710
survey other communities in what they're doing? Did we go out and visit several members? Because

811
00:59:30,710 --> 00:59:36,750
one of the things that I'm really concerned with is I just happened to measure a food truck,

812
00:59:36,750 --> 00:59:41,010
which is a person's sole business of income today, is 24 feet.

813
00:59:41,550 --> 00:59:45,650
Most of them are 22 and a half plus feet, and a lot of people that's the way they make

814
00:59:45,650 --> 00:59:46,090
their living.

815
00:59:46,610 --> 00:59:50,950
So if fall under that category where we're going to try to take away their living, there

816
00:59:50,950 --> 00:59:56,250
is no place for them to park them or if they get done, at the end of the night they come

817
00:59:56,250 --> 00:59:56,550
home.

818
00:59:56,730 --> 00:59:57,670
They refill their gasoline.

819
00:59:58,030 --> 00:59:58,930
They clean it out.

820
00:59:59,190 --> 00:59:59,830
It's really late.

821
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:06,360
We stock it with foods, and I don't want unintended consequences to happen to these individuals who

822
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:10,820
make their livings. And then, you know, how are you going to enforce this from the standpoint

823
01:00:10,820 --> 01:00:16,200
to we have an inventory right now of all the trucks and stuff in the city and who owns them? And

824
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:21,800
the food trucks? I mean, because they're all over. How many can you have on one spot? Can you have

825
01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:26,380
a food truck and a food trailer? These things aren't defined. And when things are not defined,

826
01:00:26,380 --> 01:00:28,460
and then you create tension.

827
01:00:30,540 --> 01:00:34,580
I think the fact that the restrictions of where they can go

828
01:00:34,580 --> 01:00:37,120
or where they can't go, fronts that back,

829
01:00:37,260 --> 01:00:39,360
back, set back, alleys and things,

830
01:00:39,820 --> 01:00:41,760
that's always a point of contention.

831
01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:43,900
A perfect example of that school bus.

832
01:00:44,060 --> 01:00:46,020
If that person went to Mindot,

833
01:00:46,380 --> 01:00:47,500
or the Department of Motor Vehicles,

834
01:00:48,020 --> 01:00:51,500
and registered as a recreational vehicle,

835
01:00:51,860 --> 01:00:54,020
as you know, and they say, I'm remodeling,

836
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:55,700
we don't have anything to say.

837
01:00:55,700 --> 01:01:03,220
So then you get into what about isn't you get the person down the block on how come he can have a school bus and he went and registered as a

838
01:01:03,220 --> 01:01:06,660
At motorhome or a recreational vehicle. So there is some

839
01:01:07,260 --> 01:01:13,160
I really am in favor of trying to address the concerns that you have I have some living on my block

840
01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:19,640
And as far as the culture if you don't want to find that a flatbed person said it's not flatbed

841
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:24,300
I carry iron and everything else on it. It just all happens. I can carry cars on it too

842
01:01:25,360 --> 01:01:35,900
So my point is I think we should have a very good role boss after you guys are the experts gather a bunch of information and bring it back to us.

843
01:01:35,900 --> 01:01:43,660
I could see preceding those other two, but there's too many ambiguities here and that creates conflict with community.

844
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:46,460
And there's a lot of people that make their living with these things.

845
01:01:47,220 --> 01:01:49,360
So what are we going to offer to them as an alternative?

846
01:01:54,250 --> 01:02:00,830
I'll try to answer some of these questions here, so we don't have an inventory of all the vehicles in the city that are in violation or not in violation.

847
01:02:02,470 --> 01:02:06,330
This ordinance allows a little bit larger vehicle is the primary difference, right?

848
01:02:06,510 --> 01:02:09,730
It's a small tweak to the ordinance, so it allows a little bit more.

849
01:02:10,250 --> 01:02:16,150
Again, it wouldn't allow 24 foot food truck, but it would allow 22 as opposed to right now if it's over 20, it's not allowed.

850
01:02:17,010 --> 01:02:20,130
So it's letting up on the restrictions just a little bit is what it's doing.

851
01:02:20,770 --> 01:02:27,950
So all these people pardon me, but all these people have bought these and made investments through a business, now all of a sudden we pass this ordinance and now we're going to go out and take it

852
01:02:29,650 --> 01:02:40,530
Madam Mayor comes and I don't think our, we would, it would they would be less restrictive so this ordinance as we're enforcing it now is more restrictive than the proposed ordinance

853
01:02:45,220 --> 01:02:49,640
The reality in good faith is most of these have not been enforced.

854
01:02:50,060 --> 01:02:51,660
So all of a sudden we go out.

855
01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:58,240
You know, there's many, many box trucks around the city because there's no place else with these people that own their businesses,

856
01:02:58,340 --> 01:03:01,000
whether it's like a UPS or a food truck or whatever.

857
01:03:01,580 --> 01:03:04,780
So it just makes me very nervous because they're more and more accumulate.

858
01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:06,260
We don't know who all have them.

859
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:08,520
So somebody you go out and you're not going to go,

860
01:03:08,520 --> 01:03:10,140
So I have this thing for two years.

861
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:12,540
And now you're telling me I can't have it.

862
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:16,300
This is just talking about the ordinance itself.

863
01:03:16,460 --> 01:03:19,180
It's not necessarily looting to an increase or decrease

864
01:03:19,180 --> 01:03:23,860
in the amount of enforcement or correct.

865
01:03:24,560 --> 01:03:25,500
Mademir, yes.

866
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:27,500
This is, I believe your original reason

867
01:03:27,500 --> 01:03:29,260
this came up is because we originally approved

868
01:03:29,260 --> 01:03:30,840
some changes in the New Zoning Code.

869
01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:32,920
So it was kind of put on as a work session

870
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:34,120
for future work session.

871
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:35,600
And then we had the discussion of work session.

872
01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:38,120
I think that's where it started with the New Zoning Code.

873
01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:43,180
And that's where the initial conversation went was from the changes the initial zoning code.

874
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:49,460
I look at it like it's not really going to change a whole lot of anything that we've been doing.

875
01:03:50,380 --> 01:04:02,280
What it might do is if there is some kind of a complaint that created a need for code enforcement to go out and had it been prior to the first or second leading.

876
01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:07,140
and it was 22 feet long, they would then have gotten a ticket,

877
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:10,280
whereas should this go into effect, they would not.

878
01:04:11,820 --> 01:04:12,380
Madam Mayor, that's correct.

879
01:04:12,940 --> 01:04:15,760
If we had a complaint on our current code,

880
01:04:16,380 --> 01:04:19,780
20 foot would be the maximum and the new code would be 22 feet.

881
01:04:20,140 --> 01:04:21,280
Is the primary change?

882
01:04:22,140 --> 01:04:22,960
Thank you.

883
01:04:23,800 --> 01:04:25,520
Any other questions or comments from council members?

884
01:04:28,330 --> 01:04:28,590
All right.

885
01:04:28,590 --> 01:04:52,170
I will make a motion to approve a first reading of an ordinance of many chapter 12 and 19103 of the city code of ordinances regarding commercial retail addressing mailbox requirement for licensed rental properties and commercial vehicle storage and a second reading of public hearing will be brought to council leader council meeting. Is there a second.

886
01:04:56,100 --> 01:04:57,300
I'll second.

887
01:04:58,960 --> 01:04:59,960
Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

888
01:05:00,600 --> 01:05:07,040
Council member Butler? Aye. Council member Jersey? nay, for the reasons I stated. Council member

889
01:05:07,040 --> 01:05:15,500
Cragnis? Aye. Council member Lawrence Anderson? Aye. Mayor Graves? Aye. Motion passes?

890
01:05:15,900 --> 01:05:22,640
Four one. That brings us up to number 11. Council report? Is there any council members that would like to report on their activities?

891
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:51,620
I just wanted to report it on the National Night Out, it was a nice, it was nice to see a lot of community members out, and then I just wanted to know I actually went to one neighborhood and they just had like my amazing egg rolls, so I just really wanted to know that they were amazing and they let me take some home, so thank you.

892
01:05:52,940 --> 01:05:55,320
And the other council members, go ahead, Councilmember Giuseppe.

893
01:05:56,860 --> 01:06:00,580
I attended the Parks and Rec creation.

894
01:06:01,500 --> 01:06:06,900
The Luther event for all the soccer people and Monday night there was held in constitutional hall.

895
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:08,700
Night to unite.

896
01:06:09,060 --> 01:06:11,840
I also attended with another council member.

897
01:06:12,300 --> 01:06:13,660
I've been attending regularly.

898
01:06:14,760 --> 01:06:17,080
The 252 task force, in this particular case,

899
01:06:17,080 --> 01:06:24,320
that had a special two and a half hour meeting at the library and it was for those potential

900
01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:33,720
public who's property may be affected as what it was. So I attended that one and then

901
01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:35,560
I met with several constituents.

902
01:06:39,150 --> 01:06:39,790
That's good.

903
01:06:40,530 --> 01:06:41,430
Anyone else?

904
01:06:42,210 --> 01:06:42,730
Yeah, tonight.

905
01:06:44,130 --> 01:06:48,650
Well because I was out I'm going to just kind of give a little bit of an update on few things.

906
01:06:48,650 --> 01:06:57,850
So, back in July, I recorded the, I think that was the third quarterly mayors minutes for it with CCX.

907
01:06:59,790 --> 01:07:07,030
I also took a couple meetings while I was camping and out of town, but pretty not too much.

908
01:07:08,710 --> 01:07:15,890
I also have been a part of some final sort of meetings around the Northwest Tourism boards,

909
01:07:16,130 --> 01:07:20,650
a hiring of a new executive director, which she started today.

910
01:07:20,810 --> 01:07:25,890
I also stopped in today to welcome her, so excited for you guys to meet Leslie Wright,

911
01:07:26,190 --> 01:07:32,970
who has a good background in multiple different disciplines, but I think is a great addition

912
01:07:32,970 --> 01:07:34,910
to the organization.

913
01:07:34,910 --> 01:07:50,090
I also went to the racial healing event that happened both on Monday and Tuesday at the very end of July, it was a wonderful event.

914
01:07:52,190 --> 01:08:03,770
author, Dr. Joy DeGru, author of post-traumatic slave syndrome was the speaker at that event.

915
01:08:03,770 --> 01:08:07,590
It was very well-attended, both in the evening and in the day.

916
01:08:07,990 --> 01:08:12,250
I was happy to see many of our staff, especially from community development and park and

917
01:08:12,250 --> 01:08:21,970
that chose to come and be part of that, but it was an invite open to council's public sphere

918
01:08:21,970 --> 01:08:28,030
staff. So there was also folks there from many other cities in the county.

919
01:08:30,930 --> 01:08:32,050
I've been meeting

920
01:08:32,050 --> 01:08:39,810
also with some of our development staff, our planner and the folks from New York to just kind

921
01:08:39,810 --> 01:08:45,850
over some of the recommendations and ideas that came from my trip to the New York School of Design,

922
01:08:45,950 --> 01:08:53,790
and that was as part of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, summer development, I can't remember

923
01:08:53,790 --> 01:08:54,530
all the words.

924
01:08:57,030 --> 01:09:03,450
I also took a tour of the Crescent Cove, which is Hospice and

925
01:09:08,950 --> 01:09:30,930
And then I also met with a resident who introduced me to a young lady from Liberia who was doing work around domestic violence and childhood trauma, and is interested in work that other organizations are doing here in Brooklyn Park.

926
01:09:30,930 --> 01:09:37,550
And because they are also from the same, I believe the same county as our sister city.

927
01:09:38,090 --> 01:09:44,550
I also connected them with the representative that came to visit us for, for John, for the boy and Jama.

928
01:09:44,890 --> 01:09:45,950
Is that a vanjama?

929
01:09:47,190 --> 01:09:54,590
So, just making connections, I intended the Brooklyn Bridge for Alliance Board meeting agenda setting meeting.

930
01:09:54,590 --> 01:09:59,970
I also had a meaning.

931
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:13,160
I mean with my fellow council members earlier today for the executive session. And there's one other thing that I'm not remembering, but that's good enough.

932
01:10:14,160 --> 01:10:22,740
That's plenty. So that ends my report. Any other council members? If not, I will entertain a motion to adjourn.

933
01:10:22,740 --> 01:10:23,220
I'll move.

934
01:10:24,700 --> 01:10:26,220
Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

935
01:10:26,560 --> 01:10:27,300
Council Member Butler.

936
01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:28,980
Council Member Jersey.

937
01:10:29,680 --> 01:10:30,580
Council Member Cragnis.

938
01:10:31,180 --> 01:10:32,140
Council Member Lawrence Anderson.

939
01:10:32,920 --> 01:10:33,420
Here grades.

940
01:10:34,160 --> 01:10:34,640
Motion passes.

941
01:10:36,160 --> 01:10:36,460
All right.

942
01:10:36,740 --> 01:10:39,120
We do have an EDA meeting.

943
01:10:39,140 --> 01:10:40,800
Does anybody need a quick break?

944
01:10:41,100 --> 01:10:42,520
Or are we ready to just kind of.

945
01:10:42,960 --> 01:10:43,220
Go ahead.

946
01:10:43,520 --> 01:10:45,200
Let's take.

947
01:10:46,900 --> 01:10:47,680
Let's do.

948
01:10:47,680 --> 01:10:48,600
Let's do 10 minutes.

949
01:10:48,740 --> 01:10:50,280
I think we can still get through this pretty quick.

950
01:10:50,340 --> 01:10:52,020
I want to step outside for a second.

951
01:10:52,020 --> 01:10:53,220
Make a phone call.

952
01:10:53,460 --> 01:10:53,540
Good?

953
01:10:53,780 --> 01:10:54,700
Thank you.

954
01:11:02,190 --> 01:11:02,890
I was ready to pound.

955
01:23:57,620 --> 01:24:10,400
Okay, I did forget to mention I did the national night out, night two night stuff, too, and the health fair. And then me and council member Butler also able to join Congresswoman Omar for breakfast on Sunday yesterday.

956
01:24:12,120 --> 01:24:12,260
Okay.

957
01:24:14,300 --> 01:24:19,620
We'll call to order the economic development authority. Please take the roll.

958
01:24:21,080 --> 01:24:21,800
Commissioner Butler.

959
01:24:21,800 --> 01:24:27,260
Here. Mr. Jarzac. Here. Mr. Craigness. Here. Mr. Lawrence Anderson. Here.

960
01:24:27,500 --> 01:24:28,980
President Graves. Here.

961
01:24:30,380 --> 01:24:33,260
That brings us to approval of the consent agenda.

962
01:24:34,800 --> 01:24:36,240
Is there a motion?

963
01:24:37,080 --> 01:24:40,320
I'll make a motion to accept the agenda in the consent agenda.

964
01:24:40,540 --> 01:24:42,920
Second. Please take the roll.

965
01:24:44,220 --> 01:24:44,740
Mr. Butler.

966
01:24:45,980 --> 01:24:47,060
Mr. Jarzac.

967
01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:47,420
Hi.

968
01:24:47,860 --> 01:24:48,240
Mr. chair.

969
01:24:48,740 --> 01:24:50,520
Hi. Mr. Lawrence Anderson.

970
01:24:50,520 --> 01:24:59,640
aye. President Graves? Aye. Motion passes. There are no commission consideration items so that brings us to adjournment.

971
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:03,320
Is there a motion to adjourn? We have a night of it. We do?

972
01:25:03,960 --> 01:25:05,040
Yeah. No, it's consent.

973
01:25:05,180 --> 01:25:06,440
It's consent, isn't it?

974
01:25:06,540 --> 01:25:08,860
Yes. Oh, sorry. My apologies.

975
01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:10,720
Did you want to talk about that?

976
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:12,080
I'm going. Okay.

977
01:25:13,040 --> 01:25:14,840
You got a American motion to adjourn.

978
01:25:15,020 --> 01:25:15,760
EDH session.

979
01:25:15,940 --> 01:25:18,420
I second. Please take the roll.

980
01:25:19,060 --> 01:25:19,620
Commissioner Butler.

981
01:25:20,280 --> 01:25:20,480
Excuse me.

982
01:25:21,480 --> 01:25:21,600
Aye.

983
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:22,600
Commissioner Giuseppe.

984
01:25:22,960 --> 01:25:23,180
Aye.

985
01:25:23,780 --> 01:25:24,640
Commissioner Cragnis.

986
01:25:25,440 --> 01:25:26,320
Commissioner Lawrence Anderson.

987
01:25:26,900 --> 01:25:26,920
Aye.

988
01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:30,040
President Graves? Aye. Motion passes, Director.

989
01:25:30,340 --> 01:25:32,100
We're adjourned.

990
01:25:32,980 --> 01:25:34,140
Dr. Edwards.

991
01:25:34,180 --> 01:25:38,820
At our next meeting, can we have a discussion about the format for random acts of kindness?

992
01:25:42,460 --> 01:25:45,000
All right. Thank you, everybody. Staff Council.

993
01:25:45,620 --> 01:25:45,860
Yes.

994
01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:46,420
Thanks, everyone.