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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

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It is 5:30 and I will call this regular

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meeting of the Burnsville City Council

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to order.

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It is our tradition to stand for a

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moment of silence followed by the Pledge

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of Allegiance and we invite you to join

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us.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands,

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one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.

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The clerk will note that um all council

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members are present. Council member

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Schultz is joining us remotely. Good

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evening, Council member Schultz.

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And it's good to see the members of our

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community in attendance in person.

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Um members of our community can also

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choose to watch the meeting at

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burnsvillemn

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or Comcast channel 16 or 859.

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The public can also participate through

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Zoom by joining us at zoom.us/join.

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More information is available

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on our meetings webpage and in the

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council agenda packet.

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The first item on our agenda is

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announcements.

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Our announcements have to do with all of

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our upcoming meetings.

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Regular council meetings are scheduled

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for Monday,

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February 2nd,

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and it's moved to Monday, February 2nd

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uh of caucus and um the law does not

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allow us to hold a meeting when there

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are caucuses happening.

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And that'll be at 5:30 right here in the

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council chambers.

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Also, a council uh meeting is scheduled

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for Tuesday, February 17th at 5:30.

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We have an annual offsite

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uh work session that's scheduled for

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Friday, February 6th at 9:00 a.m. and

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that's going to be at the Ames Center.

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We have a work session that's also

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scheduled for Tuesday, February 10th at

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5:30 p.m.

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Unless noted, all meetings of the City

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Council are held here in the council

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The next item on the agenda

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is citizens comments.

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This is the opportunity for anyone

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that would like to address the council

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on an item that is not on the agenda

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and not an application form that's

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coming before us at a future date.

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Does anyone want to address the council

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on an item that is not on the agenda

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and not an application form coming to us

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at a future date?

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Ms. Henderson, is there anyone online?

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Okay, very good.

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Uh we will move on.

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the next item is additions to the final

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agenda and that is for emergency items

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City Manager Lindberg, are there any

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emergency items to come before the body?

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Nothing from staff, Mayor. Members of

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The consent agenda is a group of items

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that's um considered to be routine and

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will be enacted by one motion.

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However, an item on the consent agenda

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can be pulled for a separate discussion

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Is there anyone in the audience who

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wishes an item on the consent agenda to

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be pulled for a separate discussion and

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Yes, ma'am. Um if you'll come to the uh

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podium,

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give us your name and the city that

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you live in. Thank you. My name's Jean

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thank you. And what item would you like

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to pull? Okay, well I've never done this

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before, so I hope I'm not out of order.

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So, forgive me if I'm incorrect. Item

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4G, the ordinance amending in the title

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one, chapter 13. Thank you. Have a seat.

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That item is being pulled for a separate

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Ms. Henderson, is there anyone online?

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item? Nothing from staff, Mayor. Members

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So, may I have a motion to adopt the

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consent agenda, please? So moved.

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Second. There's a motion and a second.

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All in favor, please say I.

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>> Mayor, Mayor, we we need a roll call

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» Mayor, Mayor, we we need a roll call

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vote. Oh.

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Council member Schultz, I'm sorry. We

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got to get used to this when you're when

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when you're joining remotely. So, we'll

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do a roll call.

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Council member Schultz?

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Council member Keely? Yes. Council

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member Gustafson? Yes. Council member

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item 4G

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is an ordinance amending title one,

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chapter 13, stewardship of city

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resources and resolution affirming

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community values and stewardship of

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community resources amidst immigration

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operations.

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Presenting this ordinance is our

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attorney,

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Mr. Shepherd.

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Mayor, members of the council,

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at its January 6th meeting, the City

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Council voted for staff to bring back a

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policy prohibiting staging on city

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property at this meeting.

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Uh in front of you, item 4G, is that

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policy in ordinance form.

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The the proposed ordinance amends title

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one of the city code to clarify the

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appropriate use of city resources,

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including city property, by city staff

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and city public officials.

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It reaffirms that city resources must be

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for public purpose under state law and

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in a non and used in a

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non-discriminatory manner that serves

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the entire community.

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It prohibits the use of city resources

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for federal immigration enforcement,

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including the use of city property,

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buildings, and parks.

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an operational one subject to the

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discretion of city staff based on

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operational needs. Um like all code

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enforcement or all city ordinances, um

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allowing residents to peacefully

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assemble remains a chief priority

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uh during immigration activities. We can

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assume that enforcement will operate

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akin to nuisance or property enforcement

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where the key focus is on compliance,

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not punishment, and enforcement would be

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on a continuing again subject to

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resource allocation. Um the ordinance in

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front of you is accompanied by a

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resolution that explains the basis for

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the ordinance and affirms Burnsville

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community values in line with the

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discussion in front of the council.

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both the ordinance and the resolution.

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Members of our community,

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there is only one thing hanging in these

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chambers and that is our values.

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to practice mutual respect

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and civility because that's who we are

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here in Burnsville.

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We care for one another

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and we speak respectfully

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and we listen politely

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because everyone's voice is important.

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people who have signed up to speak

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and we're happy to hear

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what you have to say, but I also want us

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to understand

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that we have been aware of all of the

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activities

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that has been going on in our region.

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we also understand of our limitations.

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time comes for me to make my remarks.

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And each of the council members will

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and I'm going to ask that everyone limit

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their remarks to 3 minutes

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so that we can move on and also do the

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work of the public that is before us for

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for your patience

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your grace and understanding the things

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that we have to do together because this

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is about all of us together, working

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for the good of our community.

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And so, the first person who is on this

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list is Yusef And Mr. if you

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would come to the podium

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and just give us your name and the city

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City Manager Lindberg, I don't know if

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>> Madam Mayor, members of council, clerk's

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» Madam Mayor, members of council, clerk's

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office will take care of Yeah.

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Okay, thank you. Mr. the floor is

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yours. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, city

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council and everyone else who has joined

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us here today.

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My name is Yusef and I live in

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Burnsville. I'm a homeowner. I'm raising

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my family here.

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And I'm so happy to see everyone here

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today. It's an important day.

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I am here to share with you guys

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with all of you of the collective

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suffering of our Burnsville residents.

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Uh it's more so our business owners. I

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am a business owner myself.

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Uh this issue this immigration this ICE

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in our community has really impacted a

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lot of business in our community. And it

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has affected even individuals, even

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families, even children. Children are

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have having to come home and talk about

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what ICE is doing in our community. And

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so, for me uh I'm here cuz I know all of

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you are you feel I'm you are human

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beings and I'm not here to criticize

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anyone. I'm not here to put anybody in a

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in a bad spot, but you have to feel it

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within you uh that you have to

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understand what impact we're having as a

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community and how we're being affected

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by this.

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Uh you know, I'll give you a story where

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my neighbor

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uh fearful

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uh of the Latino community

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uh haven't heard of him about 3 days

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now. Went and knocked his door. He

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opened the door and he the first thing

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he said to me was no ICE my friend. You

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know, so this is this is the fear we're

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talking about. This is the conversation

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we're having in our community. Uh you're

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have having to go all over Burnsville

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and getting to individual businesses,

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they're all empty. You know, and people

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are afraid to come to work.

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Uh even the normal democratic process of

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us expressing ourselves even when it

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comes to voting, you have fear of

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communities that usually come out uh

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asking themselves twice. When we go out

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and talk to them about how this process

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is important to you. So, for us also,

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we're building our city. Uh a beautiful

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city. You guys I think have done a great

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job in doing that. There's more that

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needs to be done, but you know, I got

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give you credit. Uh and so, we need to

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be able to have be having serious

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conversation about our community. Uh

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including having a Mother Martin Luther

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day educational

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conversation on race.

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1 minute. And also

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I would love for you to consider

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unmasking ICE agents in our community so

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that we know who they are, how they look

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cuz we don't know who's coming to our

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community masked with guns. We are not

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sure if they're law enforcement, we're

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not sure if they're ICE agents. So,

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that's another thing I wanted to bring

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up and that is important to us. Thank

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you so much. Thank you, Mr. The

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next uh

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Okay, I'm going to ask that you know, I

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know that we appreciate everyone's

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comments, but at each time you do that,

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it's going I need to make sure that we

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keep moving along and let's be

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respectful. We all appreciate everyone's

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voice. So, thank you uh for your

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diligence with all of this. The next

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speaker is Yan Chen.

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And just uh give us your name and city.

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Good evening, council.

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Uh my name is Yan. I'm a resident of

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Burnsville.

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I've been involved in Minnesotan

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grassroots immigrant rights groups for

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over a year and I'm in favor of amending

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the city policy to prohibit immigration

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enforcement from using, staging,

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gathering, and or deploying to and from

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public city property. In fact, I'm in

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favor of the city council going even

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further to prohibit the use of any city

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materials, resources, or personnel to

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aid in the support of federal

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immigration matters.

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Part of your job, as I understand it

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is to ensure that all of your residents

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can wake up without the fear of being

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abducted on the streets, that they can

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go to work to beloved establishments

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without the fear of being violently

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tackled during a shift, and that they

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can operate businesses without being

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forced to shut down to keep their

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employees and co-workers safe from

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unidentified armed strangers.

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While you consider your own amendment, I

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insist that you consider an even more

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stringent amendment. Luckily for you,

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there's already a concrete model to

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follow. That is the revised separation

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ordinance that was unanimously adopted

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by the Minneapolis City Council in

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December and that I emailed to the city

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clerk earlier today.

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I've witnessed personally

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how multiple 20 or more plus unmarked

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vehicles in addition to lightly armored

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assault vehicles commonly known as a

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BearCat blockade multiple city blocks

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as ICE perp walked a a sole individual

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out of a house and I overheard on the

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radio that this person was identified as

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not the person that they were looking

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for, but simply as a {quote} {unquote}

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illegal. And after speaking to the

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sobbing wife of the person who's and the

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other people who are working at that

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house, they reported that even though

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the agents broke down the doors, they

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never saw a warrant.

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And similarly on January 6th, I spoke to

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the manager of my favorite local taco

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shop as he told me the ridiculous story

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of how ICE entered his restaurant and

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chased an employee. And then they

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decided to close early

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and remain closed for the rest of the

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week. He additionally told me that their

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other locations had to be shut down

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because their employees who had been

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working for more than 2 years with legal

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work permits were abducted during their

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shifts.

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I've personally been pepper sprayed and

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thrown onto hoods of vehicles and

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threatened with arrest without charge.

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These are not actions of a well-trained

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and measured law enforcement. These are

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actions of an unhinged paramilitary that

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I do not want to see on my streets or in

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my city ever again. Thank you. Thank

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you.

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Uh Mr. Doug Heuer.

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And just name and name of the city you

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live. Doug Heuer, Burnsville.

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And I'll yield two of my 3 minutes to

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someone else.

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Uh my wife and I have lived in

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Burnsville since 1988.

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And we fully support the ordinance

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amending title one

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chapter 13 stewardship of city resources

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and resolution number 26.

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Burnsville needs to stand for the values

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that make our community vibrant, strong,

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and a welcoming place for everyone.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Um

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Ms. Alpha, I think it's

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Gorman? Goswami. Yeah. Yeah.

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You get your name and the city. And

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I know who you are.

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My name's Alpha Goswami. I'm from

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Burnsville. And I'll also yield my extra

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minutes to somebody because I'm not as

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eloquent as some of these other speakers

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are.

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Um but I have seen how terrified

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everyone is. I've seen the restaurants

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close down.

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Um

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there's so much distrust in the

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neighborhoods of seeing cars drive by

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like always watching. Um

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lack of workers coming in. There's a

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very popular gym around here that sent

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out an email today saying that their

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custodians aren't coming in

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across across the Twin Cities, not just

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in Burnsville, but they are just asking

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anyone to volunteer to be a custodian.

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Um

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And I feel like if we can um

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I I support this bill too. Um

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I think that's what called a

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proposition. I'm using the wrong words.

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Ordinance. Ordinance, thank you. Um so

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that kids can

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play safely and um

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parents don't have to worry about their

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kids even just driving to and from

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school.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Uh Jesse Carlson.

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And just this your name and city.

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Uh members of the council, my name is

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Jesse Carlson. I live in Eagan. I'm an

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Eagan resident. However, I grew up in

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Apple Valley and uh I work in real

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estate and sell a lot of real estate in

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Burnsville, uh Minnesota.

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Uh Burnsville is one of my favorite

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places to sell. I grew up next to the

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city.

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Uh in in high school we would go we

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would go to the TGI Fridays that was at

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the Burnsville Mall. We're all still

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watching that and I've been thoroughly

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impressed over my entire life seeing how

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Burnsville has come about and has

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evolved and really risen itself up uh

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with given some of the mall and some of

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the economic turmoil that the city has

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seen.

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Uh I have found that many folks that I

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represent see Burnsville as a great

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place to move because of the

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up-and-coming nature, what has been done

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with the heart of the city, with with

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what has been done with the new

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businesses that come in uh that come in

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here. What I'm very afraid of right now

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for the citizens of Burnsville is with

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all the businesses closing, with folks

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not feeling brave enough to go outside

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uh due to all of the all of the unrest

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that's going on that ICE has brought to

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to the community here uh that these

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businesses may close their doors forever

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and all of the gains that have been made

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economically within Burnsville in order

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to advance itself and to make itself the

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city that we're all loving right now

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that I I again I I represent for to get

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people to move in here as best as

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possible. I I second the motion to try

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to amend this

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this ordinance to go more more

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stringently to ask for enforcement from

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the Burnsville Police Department in

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making sure that ICE does not use these

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uh these elementary schools for staging

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grounds. I I've seen ICE agents at Vista

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View lining that up. This is a place for

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children.

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This is They've been lining up in in

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those areas and and I I've even heard

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reports of of Burnsville Police

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uh

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cooperating, shaking hands with ICE

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agents here. Now, I am not here to

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disparage the police officers. They They

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put their They put their lives on the on

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the line every single day. But, what I

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ask is for help. This community needs

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the help and protection because no

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matter what happens with this

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enforcement with this enforcement items

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and the people they remove from our

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community, these are going to be your

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neighbors forever, right? Lining up with

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with ICE with these enforcement folks,

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they're only going to be here for a

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short time. We have elections that that

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could come up and that could change at

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any point in time. Do we really want to

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have a negative impacts on the leaders

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with with within the community between

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the police department and and its

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citizens? Thank you. Thank you. Thank

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you. Uh Jessica Benard

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And so,

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your name because I hope I

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pronounced it correctly, but uh

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in your city.

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>> My name's Jessica Benard and I live in

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» My name's Jessica Benard and I live in

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Burnsville.

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Um council members, Madam Mayor,

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I listened to the discussion about ICE

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enforcement in Burnsville from last

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week's meeting and I have to say

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residents don't need your sympathy or

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reassurance. We need action.

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Saying there is nothing we can do is not

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leadership. Doing nothing is

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unacceptable.

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This is a reality whether you like it or

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not.

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Inaction is permission for an abuser to

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escalate their behavior. This will only

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get worse unless Burnsville acts now.

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Doing nothing is a choice. You may not

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control federal agencies, but you do

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control how Burnsville uses its own

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resources and what it stands for.

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You are elected officials representing

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all residents.

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00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:29,160
"You belong here" is our slogan, but it

560
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rings hollow at the moment.

561
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:32,520
You say you're thinking about the

562
00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,440
long-term effects of our community as

563
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,840
are others.

564
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,280
Understand this, fear and silence cause

565
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:39,960
long-term harm.

566
00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,240
You cannot hide from it or self-care it

567
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,640
away.

568
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,360
Please lead.

569
00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:48,320
You can start by voting yes on this

570
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,760
ordinance to ban the staging in public

571
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,640
property.

572
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,240
I also agree with the proposal to ban it

573
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:59,040
further with the unmasking of agents.

574
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These should be safe spaces for

575
00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:02,520
community members, not convenient

576
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,960
locations for abductions.

577
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,000
Community members being abducted at a

578
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,600
police station or municipal center reeks

579
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,960
of collaboration with federal agents and

580
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,720
both of these things happened this week

581
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,080
in our neighboring suburbs.

582
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Do the right thing. Vote yes.

583
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,720
And I thank you for your hard work and

584
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,960
your time. Thank you.

585
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,240
Molly

586
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,440
uh

587
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,000
I'm not quite sure how to I scribbled

588
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,120
Molly Gerke. That's I am a 20-year

589
00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:35,679
resident of Burnsville.

590
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My family and I are heavily involved in

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the community. My husband teaches at

592
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:41,720
BHS. I work for the YMCA, a local

593
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,480
clinic, and even right there at BCT V. I

594
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,040
was very pregnant last time I was here

595
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,440
though. It was quite quite a while ago.

596
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,280
We're in sports, community ed, Girl

597
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:51,840
Scouts. My daughter was up at the day of

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last year talking about parks.

599
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We love our community, our parks, and

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00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,840
our neighbors.

601
00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,679
Since December, life in Burnsville has

602
00:23:59,679 --> 00:24:02,120
changed for the worse. Our immigrant

603
00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:03,240
neighbors, our black and brown

604
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,760
neighbors, and honestly everyone I've

605
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,679
spoken with are living with some kind of

606
00:24:06,679 --> 00:24:09,080
fear for their safety. That is not the

607
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,840
Burnsville I know.

608
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,600
I began going to mosque on Fridays in

609
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,280
December to show support. Last week a

610
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leader there told me attendance is way

611
00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:20,000
down ever since these targeted attacks

612
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,520
began.

613
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,520
People are afraid to worship in

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00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,400
Burnsville.

615
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,200
I spoke with a teen at the mosque who

616
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,120
said Thursday she was hassled by ICE in

617
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the parking lot of the Outlet Mall and

618
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asked for her documentation.

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A child.

620
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I spoke with another teen that attends

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00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,720
BHS who said she recently watched ICE

622
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,480
bother somebody walking to school. She

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00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,320
now carries her passport with her all

624
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:48,760
the time. Again, this is a child.

625
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:49,960
I've joined a group of parents and

626
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,400
teachers who are staying vigilant during

627
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,760
school release time for William Byrne.

628
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,720
Two weeks ago, there was a confirmed ICE

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vehicle idling at the entrance of the

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apartments near the school at release

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time.

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That child didn't come

633
00:25:02,679 --> 00:25:04,720
the rest of the week.

634
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Parents and children of all immigration

635
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,160
statuses are afraid to leave their homes

636
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,000
due to potential and honestly likely

637
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,920
harassment and unlawful detainment by

638
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,000
ICE.

639
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,240
My husband's classroom is seeing a 25 to

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00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,040
50% absenteeism every single day in

641
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every single class at the high school

642
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,880
since December.

643
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,360
Teachers are reaching out to students to

644
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,080
make sure they're safe. Parents are

645
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:28,840
transporting vulnerable children to and

646
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,560
from school activities.

647
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,080
Community members are dropping off food

648
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,440
and supplies. What's the city doing?

649
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,200
What are the police doing?

650
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,440
1 minute. ICE is making the city less

651
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,480
safe and definitely not a place where

652
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,120
everyone belongs.

653
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:45,800
Last week ICE caused a horrific car

654
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,880
accident on five and that wasn't even

655
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,360
the first of its kind. They've used that

656
00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:50,840
technique in Shakopee a couple days

657
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,120
ahead. My 16-year-old who works for the

658
00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:55,080
city as a warming house attendant over

659
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:56,960
at Northview, I'm not letting him drive

660
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,840
anymore. That was two blocks

661
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,200
from where he goes to work every Sunday.

662
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,640
After how bad it is the roads just

663
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,120
aren't safe anymore when they're doing

664
00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:08,320
this behavior.

665
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,080
They're unlawfully setting up checks at

666
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,400
entrances to mobile homes and

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00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,520
apartments. They're unlawfully speeding

668
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,760
through Burnsville and even ramming

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00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,040
their vehicles into others.

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00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,960
They're unlawfully forcing entry into

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00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,760
businesses and daycares. Their

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00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,480
activities caused Burnsville stores and

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00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,160
restaurants to close for the safety of

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their staff and patient patrons.

675
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,440
This is not the safe Burnsville it once

676
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,760
was. Teachers are helping. Parents are

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00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,040
helping. Tow companies are helping. Food

678
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,640
shelves are helping. Community is

679
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,840
helping. What is the city doing? That's

680
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:38,760
time.

681
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,950
Thank you.

682
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:48,950
Andre Winters

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00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,320
Good evening.

684
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:51,280
Yeah.

685
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,400
Name and just the city, please.

686
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,760
Andre Winters, Burnsville.

687
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,320
Um good evening,

688
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,600
City Council,

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00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,800
City Attorney,

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00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,720
Fire Chief,

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00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,120
Police Chief,

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00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:07,600
residents.

693
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,760
Um I was actually sent here to read

694
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,720
something that my wife asked me to read.

695
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,070
Um

696
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,640
And

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00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,440
if it seems like I'm going to give you a

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00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,760
constitutional less lesson, yeah, that's

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00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,600
my intent.

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00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,360
Um so, I will I will read and I'm also a

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00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:28,960
school teacher, so I have that bit. And

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00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,760
and uh Mr. Shepherd, I apologize if I

703
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,120
sound like an attorney cuz I am

704
00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:34,600
definitely not an attorney.

705
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,840
Um

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00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,920
So, she writes, "Good evening, honorable

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00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,560
members of the City Council. My name is

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00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,200
Beatrice Winters and I reside in

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00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,480
Burnsville.

710
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,640
I've been a resident of Burnsville for

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00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,640
over 20 years. I am a mother, a wife,

712
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,480
grandmother, and human rights advocate.

713
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,080
As such, I am here before you or I am

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00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,440
here before you

715
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,600
to ask that the City Council of

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00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,440
Burnsville uphold the oath of office you

717
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,640
swore before you officially assume

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00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,360
the duties and exercise the powers of

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00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,440
your position.

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00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,280
You swore to uphold Minnesota law

721
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,080
and local city charter norms.

722
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,520
Under Minnesota law, you affirmed that

723
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,080
you would support the Constitution of

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00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,520
the United States

725
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,240
and the Constitution of the state the

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00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,200
great state of Minnesota.

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00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,760
So, I stand before you reminding you

728
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,280
that the Minnesota Constitution

729
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,919
Article 1, Section 7 addresses due

730
00:28:36,919 --> 00:28:39,800
process and habeas corpus.

731
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,760
The Minnesota Constitution guarantees

732
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,760
fundamental legal protections before

733
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,400
someone can be held for a crime.

734
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,640
No person might be held to answer for a

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00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,360
criminal offense without due process of

736
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,400
law.

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00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,840
And no one can be deprived of life,

738
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,560
liberty, and property without due

739
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,480
process. Article 1, Section 10 addresses

740
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,240
unsearchable seat Excuse me, searches

741
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,640
and seizures. The Minnesota Constitution

742
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,280
also mimics the Fourth Amendment of the

743
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,600
US Constitution protected at the state

744
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:14,720
level.

745
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,480
People have the right

746
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,159
to be secure in their persons,

747
00:29:18,159 --> 00:29:20,240
possessions against unreasonable

748
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,440
searches and seizures. In short, the

749
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,800
Minnesota Constitution firmly protects

750
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,240
liberty by requiring due process before

751
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,080
holding someone for a criminal offense

752
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,640
that requires judicial authorization

753
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,480
such as a warrant supported by probable

754
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,440
cause before people and property can be

755
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,159
lawfully seized or searched.

756
00:29:42,159 --> 00:29:43,560
While

757
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,760
the Minnesota statute does not allow

758
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,000
arrest without a warrant in some

759
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,880
circumstances such as a crime committed

760
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,320
in an officer's presence or when there

761
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,120
is probable cause

762
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:56,880
for a felony.

763
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,160
This does not eliminate constitutional

764
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:00,360
rights.

765
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,600
Bottom line, Minnesota Constitution

766
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,920
prohibits the detention

767
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,240
without due process or deprivation of

768
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,160
liberty without constitutional

769
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,680
safeguards.

770
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,040
Thank you, Mr. Winters.

771
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:30,670
Uh Ada Winter.

772
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,280
Name and city, please. Hi.

773
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,520
I'm Ada Winter. I um have lived in

774
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,800
Burnsville my entire life

775
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,320
and I have never felt unsafe in this

776
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,600
city until now.

777
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,000
Um

778
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,600
I've seen multiple ICE raids in our

779
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,560
community and I've seen the Burnsville

780
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,400
police assist ICE in these raids. Um I

781
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,200
would like that to stop along with this

782
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,240
amendment and stop anything from this

783
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:05,680
city to benefit them whatsoever.

784
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,240
And that's all.

785
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,120
Thank you. Thank you.

786
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,040
Tasha

787
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,960
Weisenberger

788
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:18,870
Pomeroy.

789
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,320
Name and city.

790
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,080
My name is Tasha Weisenberger Pomeroy.

791
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,520
I live in Burnsville and have been a

792
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,040
resident for 7 and 1/2 years.

793
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,480
I moved to Burnsville from Minneapolis

794
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,520
for its diversity.

795
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:40,160
And that diversity is also what has um

796
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,920
has been the best part of being here. I

797
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,320
have children in the schools.

798
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,760
Um we've enjoyed the parks. We've

799
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,920
enjoyed all elements of living here and

800
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,520
that diversity is also what

801
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,679
is putting Burnsville under attack. And

802
00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:58,880
so I'd like to uh support the uh

803
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,840
ordinance and ask actually that you go

804
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,320
one step further. In the last weeks,

805
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:04,640
I've been helping to support my

806
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:05,920
neighbors.

807
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,800
Um I've been observing.

808
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,720
I've been seeing what tactics ICE is

809
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,760
using on the road, completely dangerous.

810
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,400
I've seen pictures of the accidents that

811
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,080
they've caused. My children now know

812
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,160
when ICE is on the road and can point

813
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,080
them out by their dangerous driving

814
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,840
behaviors. My kids are 7 and 10.

815
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,440
Those aren't safe conditions for anyone.

816
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,200
And I'd like you to So I'd like you to

817
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,440
support this ordinance and consider

818
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,679
additional steps that the police force

819
00:32:33,679 --> 00:32:36,920
can take to keep our citizens safe and

820
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,679
how people are using our roads and how

821
00:32:38,679 --> 00:32:39,960
people are interacting with our

822
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,520
citizens.

823
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,080
Thank you.

824
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:51,110
Sarah Beckman.

825
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,800
Yeah. Hello. Name and just city. My name

826
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,360
is Sarah Beckman um and I am a resident

827
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:57,720
of Burnsville.

828
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,400
Um I am not prepared cuz I didn't think

829
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,520
I would make it in time, but

830
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,760
I chose this city to raise my children

831
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,920
in 11 years ago um because of its

832
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,440
diversity. Um The beautiful things that

833
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,080
happen in this community make it what it

834
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:13,160
is. Um

835
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,600
the fact that all we belong here, we all

836
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:19,480
belong here. Um I truly believe that. Um

837
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,880
but in the last 2 months, there are

838
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,920
things that are making me question.

839
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,280
Um my family's first interactions,

840
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,760
personal interactions were December 6th

841
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,240
when my children and I were driving out

842
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,920
of our street and turned the corner to

843
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,640
watch a raid by ICE with 10 plus

844
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,400
vehicles

845
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,080
where members of our community were

846
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,120
taken violently. My children watched

847
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:46,920
long arm long gun um armed officers in

848
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,240
my street less than a block from my

849
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,120
home. And I know you know these things

850
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,240
are happening, but my kids are 5, 7, and

851
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,280
10.

852
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,280
This is not what they should be seeing.

853
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,040
Um in the last 10 days, I've been

854
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,000
observing um with my community. Um the

855
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,560
very first day, I watched a young father

856
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,879
be violently detained.

857
00:34:08,879 --> 00:34:11,800
Um I've seen multiple abductions since

858
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:12,840
then.

859
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,840
I have personally been threatened by ICE

860
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,760
twice now. Um once by using my name

861
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:19,600
coming up and telling me that I will be

862
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,840
arrested if I do not um stay out of

863
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:25,359
their way. I was in my car multiple um

864
00:34:25,359 --> 00:34:27,679
aisles away from them in the Cub parking

865
00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:28,679
lot.

866
00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:31,320
The second time as I was watching them

867
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,840
and had a confirmed ICE vehicle um to

868
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,879
observe so that we can document and

869
00:34:36,879 --> 00:34:39,280
watch what's happening to our community

870
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,840
so that no one goes missing, no one gets

871
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:46,120
lost. I had an officer drive across town

872
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,120
from 13 and 5 all the way to my home to

873
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,320
show me that he knew where I lived.

874
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:53,800
These are things that are not safe for

875
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,919
my my home, my community, my family. I

876
00:34:56,919 --> 00:34:59,600
love Burnsville. I love Burnsville and I

877
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,400
want it to be safe.

878
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,280
So please adopt this ordinance. Again, I

879
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,880
don't know what I'm saying, but please

880
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,200
adopt this ordinance and

881
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,400
I would like for our police who I

882
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,960
deeply love. Um They work so closely

883
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,240
with our PTO at Gideon Pond and um

884
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,520
they're present and um

885
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,760
I want them to step up and to

886
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,000
um

887
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,880
pull police pull the ICE officers over

888
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,200
when they are being um aggressive, when

889
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,520
they are breaking the law, and um to not

890
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,640
threaten us. I don't want to feel unsafe

891
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,000
here because I am trying to witness and

892
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,160
keep our community safe.

893
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,400
Thank you.

894
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:45,550
Jean Foreman.

895
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,960
Hello again. Hello. Jean Foreman. I live

896
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,600
in Burnsville.

897
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,240
And I'm coming today. I'm wearing my

898
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:54,359
whistle. I don't leave the house anymore

899
00:35:54,359 --> 00:35:56,240
without my whistle and I think there's

900
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:57,960
probably a lot of people here who do the

901
00:35:57,960 --> 00:35:59,080
same.

902
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,240
Because every day I leave my house,

903
00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:03,240
I don't know if I'm going to have to

904
00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:05,160
stand up for a neighbor,

905
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,920
someone I don't know,

906
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,880
but I believe in our safety because if

907
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,200
my neighbors aren't safe, then

908
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,480
ultimately I'm not safe. And I'll just

909
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,240
echo what the previous

910
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:16,920
um

911
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,359
testifier said. I went out on an

912
00:36:19,359 --> 00:36:22,480
observation uh actually was my first one

913
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:23,760
just um

914
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,600
a few weekends ago.

915
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,680
And later that afternoon, um there was

916
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:30,440
an ICE vehicle patrolling in our

917
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,760
neighborhood and there had not ever been

918
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,359
one there before.

919
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:37,960
So I think they are following and trying

920
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,160
to intimidate Burnsville residents who

921
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:41,920
are trying to stand up and do the right

922
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,600
thing for all of our neighbors.

923
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,359
But I do want to tell you that there is

924
00:36:46,359 --> 00:36:48,720
no need to obviously assist federal

925
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:51,560
agents by allowing staging on any city

926
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,480
property. Uh Why would

927
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,080
our city resources, our city council,

928
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,000
and city leadership want to be

929
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,800
associated with the stories that you're

930
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,630
hearing to tonight?

931
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,000
They're clearly getting their work done.

932
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,520
Whatever it is, I'm not even sure.

933
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:12,720
But they're disrupting life in

934
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:14,560
Burnsville and we don't need to help

935
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,560
them. And I don't want you all to help

936
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,160
I want to help our neighbors.

937
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,000
Understanding that some of the more

938
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,840
serious events in other parts of our

939
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,160
state uh have been far worse doesn't

940
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,240
guarantee that it ultimately won't be a

941
00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:34,560
story told right here in Burnsville.

942
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,680
It is time to recognize that the

943
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,080
decision made tonight

944
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,359
is a decision that our residents are

945
00:37:41,359 --> 00:37:43,960
going to live with now

946
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,040
and into the future.

947
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:49,520
How do we all want to be remembered in

948
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,640
this moment?

949
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,240
I appreciate it. Thank you. I just want

950
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:56,000
to say that um

951
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,880
public service and I respect you all for

952
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,040
that means making difficult decisions,

953
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,720
truly difficult decisions.

954
00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:06,400
But this should be the easiest vote you

955
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:07,880
should take

956
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,440
is to approve the ordinance amendment

957
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:15,480
and deny access to city property by

958
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,960
federal agents who are here to terrorize

959
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,400
us and terrorize our neighbors.

960
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:24,390
Thank you. Thank you.

961
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,600
And Monica, I can't read your last name,

962
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:31,990
but it starts with an N.

963
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,240
And

964
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:35,560
Hi. My name is Monica Nicole. I am

965
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:39,240
Nicole. Yes. Uh I'm first time, too, so

966
00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:41,520
hello everybody. Um I do want to start

967
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:42,000
by saying

968
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:42,510
>> Burnsville?

969
00:38:42,510 --> 00:38:42,520
» Burnsville?

970
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,750
>> And I'm from Burnsville, yes. Okay.

971
00:38:44,750 --> 00:38:44,760
» And I'm from Burnsville, yes. Okay.

972
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,080
I just want to say thank you to the

973
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:50,070
community who's showing up.

974
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:51,800
And um

975
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:56,830
using your voice. Sorry. Um

976
00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:00,120
But as a brown woman, um

977
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,960
it has been very

978
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,320
hard to leave the house

979
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,600
and making sure that I have my passport.

980
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,240
Um I also am in

981
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:11,880
I have witnessed from first hand family

982
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,680
members are in fear.

983
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,400
They're no longer contributing to our

984
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,120
society, to our communities, and our

985
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,359
society because they are afraid of being

986
00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:21,800
abducted and treated inhumanely.

987
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,480
I ask that you also pass the amendment.

988
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,000
Um

989
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,320
I don't have my paper with me, but I ask

990
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,720
that you please um help and use your

991
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:35,120
power to help us, to help our community,

992
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,320
to

993
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,560
support us because this is what is

994
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,040
happening is not right in any in any

995
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,720
level. Um

996
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:44,400
I recently had to go help a family

997
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,080
member and a community member who are

998
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:47,680
legal here

999
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,840
escape out of a Burger King because they

1000
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,400
have been surrounded all day long by

1001
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,000
these ICE agents. And the fear that they

1002
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,280
have

1003
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,760
it just it's heartbreaking. Um this

1004
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:04,400
should not be happening. So, I

1005
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,320
I had so much more I wanted to say, but

1006
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,680
I just ask for your help and ask you to

1007
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,800
do the right thing and protect our

1008
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,120
people and protect our community because

1009
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:14,480
we are all contributing here. We all

1010
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,880
came to find something better for to to

1011
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,920
support to be

1012
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,520
working hard-working members of our

1013
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,680
community. So, I that's all. Thank you

1014
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,960
so much. Thank you. Thank you, Monica.

1015
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:31,590
Um

1016
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,280
I think it's

1017
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,920
Nadia

1018
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,080
N I

1019
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:43,360
D A Benson, I think. Oh, Nick. N I C K.

1020
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:44,390
>> Oh, it's Nick.

1021
00:40:44,390 --> 00:40:44,400
» Oh, it's Nick.

1022
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,870
>> That's okay. I'm sorry.

1023
00:40:46,870 --> 00:40:46,880
» That's okay. I'm sorry.

1024
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,430
I've been called worse.

1025
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:51,560
So, forgive me.

1026
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,550
>> Yes, that's okay. I apologize for my

1027
00:40:53,550 --> 00:40:53,560
» Yes, that's okay. I apologize for my

1028
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,480
sloppy handwriting. I appreciate your

1029
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,880
reminder on civility and respect here

1030
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,120
because what I have witnessed over the

1031
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,480
last few weeks here has filled me with

1032
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,280
so much rage and tension. And Nick,

1033
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:08,200
you're from Burnsville, right?

1034
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,190
>> I am from Burnsville, yes. 14 years here

1035
00:41:10,190 --> 00:41:10,200
» I am from Burnsville, yes. 14 years here

1036
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:10,440
now.

1037
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,590
>> tonight I'm not even asking for your

1038
00:41:12,590 --> 00:41:12,600
» tonight I'm not even asking for your

1039
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,400
address. It's just that it we all know

1040
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,680
that we're we're all one Burnsville.

1041
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,070
>> Indeed, Burnsville, I promise. Uh

1042
00:41:20,070 --> 00:41:20,080
» Indeed, Burnsville, I promise. Uh

1043
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:21,160
anyway,

1044
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,440
uh I've been filled with rage and seen

1045
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,680
what's going on in my city. I've been

1046
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,440
doing observation work here as many

1047
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,120
people have. Um I have seen ICE agents

1048
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,400
sitting at Terrace Oaks Park next to the

1049
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,040
skating rink where there should have

1050
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:36,920
been kids skating. There were ICE agents

1051
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:38,280
waiting to

1052
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:39,800
uh harass and hassle someone else

1053
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,600
without any probable cause. I've been

1054
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,920
around when um

1055
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,480
we've been doing observation work and

1056
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,440
ICE calls in and says that

1057
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,800
our fellow observers have been causing

1058
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,480
traffic accidents and ramming into their

1059
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,840
vehicles and sending the Burnsville

1060
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,320
police after them to hassle them on

1061
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,680
ICE's behalf, which is disgusting. Uh I

1062
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,840
have also been on

1063
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,640
the scene of other situations where ICE

1064
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:09,040
has been doing enforcement action. And

1065
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,240
again, uh Burnsville police are there uh

1066
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:13,920
fist bumping and saying things like I'll

1067
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,840
call you later and things like that. And

1068
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,520
it fills me with such uh shame and rage

1069
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,440
that people with uh wearing the badge

1070
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,760
for the police in my town are helping

1071
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,160
enable all of this. And I have to go and

1072
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:29,640
drop my kids off at a school where

1073
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,440
there's a Burnsville police car sitting

1074
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,720
in front of school resource officer.

1075
00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,480
And what are we supposed to tell our

1076
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,600
kids when I've seen Burnsville police

1077
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,600
out helping ICE do this work?

1078
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,680
How are we supposed to trust that

1079
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,240
they're here to keep any of us safe when

1080
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:48,920
they're also collaborating and doing

1081
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:52,520
this work? Um I would ask that you pass

1082
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,600
the separation ordinance and take it a

1083
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,320
step further so that no other city

1084
00:42:56,320 --> 00:43:00,440
resources are devoted to uh enabling

1085
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,040
what ICE is doing. One more minute.

1086
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,440
They are everywhere. I was took a trip

1087
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,160
to Menards the other day. I drove

1088
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,640
through three apartment complexes uh

1089
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,000
that I knew had vulnerable communities

1090
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,160
in there and ICE was uh circling around

1091
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:15,520
looking for people in two of them

1092
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,920
already. Uh it's completely

1093
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,480
unacceptable.

1094
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,680
Uh the only words from any of our cops

1095
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,920
to DHS or ICE or any of these other

1096
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:26,480
alphabet soup of agencies involved in

1097
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:27,880
uh any of these enforcement activities

1098
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:28,840
should be get the hell out of

1099
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,640
Burnsville. Thank you. Thank you.

1100
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:37,950
Okay, Emma Gabbert.

1101
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:39,720
Let me move that down here. Yeah, just

1102
00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:42,160
name your city. Uh Emma Gabbert and

1103
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,320
Burnsville, lifelong resident.

1104
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,480
Um greetings to everyone here. Uh my

1105
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,920
name is Emma Gabbert um and I wanted to

1106
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:50,880
share my experience of being an ICE

1107
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,440
observer this past Saturday. Um I was

1108
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,120
notified that ICE was stationed at the

1109
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,680
QuickTrip on Highway 5 in Burnsville

1110
00:43:57,680 --> 00:43:58,840
Parkway.

1111
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,280
Um I pulled in, I saw a large SUV with

1112
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,560
out-of-state plates and looked in the

1113
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:06,160
driver's and passenger seat and soon

1114
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,200
enough saw that they were masked agents.

1115
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:10,520
Um

1116
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,840
There were other observers there, but um

1117
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,480
horns were not being honked and

1118
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,960
whistles were not being blown. And so, I

1119
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:19,800
decided to go up and talk to them and

1120
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,720
ask what they were doing there. Um which

1121
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:24,800
was pretty crazy, but I just wanted to

1122
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,880
see what they had to say for themselves.

1123
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:28,760
And so, I asked them what they were

1124
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:30,400
doing there. They said that they had

1125
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,240
been stationed there.

1126
00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:35,720
Um and I said, "Okay, I'm going to honk

1127
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:37,560
my horn and blow my whistle, you know,

1128
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:41,400
as I'm dedicated to doing that." And um

1129
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:42,800
the ICE agent in the passenger seat

1130
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:44,920
said, "Oh, honk your horn. Blow your

1131
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,520
whistle. You do whatever you got to do,

1132
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,600
you know?" And I'm like,

1133
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,640
"This is an interesting response to me

1134
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,040
coming up and asking you like basically

1135
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,080
to get out of here." Um so, I did just

1136
00:44:58,080 --> 00:44:59,760
that. I started blowing my whistle,

1137
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,120
honking my horn, and soon, you know, my

1138
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:05,080
other observers came by. Um and then at

1139
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,320
that point is when I saw three more

1140
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:10,720
vehicles surround us completely. Um

1141
00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:12,160
which means that they were probably

1142
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:13,920
looking to justify bringing in more

1143
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,520
reinforcements.

1144
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:17,400
Um but we did not stop honking our

1145
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,120
horns, blowing our whistles. Um and they

1146
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,400
eventually left without um detaining

1147
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,200
anyone that I saw.

1148
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:25,960
So, I just wanted to share that

1149
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,720
experience because I know a lot of

1150
00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:28,960
people have been threatened by ICE

1151
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,800
agents, but in this instance, it seemed

1152
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,440
like they were making a game of it. Um

1153
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,120
so, I just wanted to let people know

1154
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,359
that this is a response that you may

1155
00:45:38,359 --> 00:45:39,760
encounter

1156
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:41,520
um with an ICE agent.

1157
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,680
So, today I ask the city of Burnsville

1158
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,560
to support the ordinance to limit the

1159
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:47,960
use of stewardship of city property for

1160
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,120
federal immigration enforcement staging

1161
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:51,000
operations.

1162
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:51,790
>> One more minute.

1163
00:45:51,790 --> 00:45:51,800
» One more minute.

1164
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:53,040
Thank you.

1165
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:54,480
Um and I want to say too, we were

1166
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:56,120
talking about, you know, the importance

1167
00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,120
of public service. I am running for the

1168
00:45:58,120 --> 00:45:59,800
House of Representatives for District

1169
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:04,280
55B. And I hope that my fellow public

1170
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,640
servants can uphold the values that we

1171
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:09,320
hold so dear to us here in Burnsville.

1172
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,680
Thank you so much and

1173
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:13,800
thank you for your work. Thanks.

1174
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:29,870
>> Okay, Chris John.

1175
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:32,359
Madam Mayor, City Council, sorry. I

1176
00:46:32,359 --> 00:46:34,240
sitting in the back, so my name is Chris

1177
00:46:34,240 --> 00:46:36,120
John. I live in Burnsville. And I just

1178
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:37,920
wanted to talk a little bit about a

1179
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:41,000
story and I spoke with uh a few people

1180
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,920
to try to get some pictures uh in front

1181
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:46,480
of you um this uh event that happened on

1182
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:49,760
Saturday this past Saturday about 4:30

1183
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,920
on 150th and County Road 5.

1184
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:55,880
Uh it was a vehicle that was uh

1185
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:58,320
rammed by ICE.

1186
00:46:58,320 --> 00:46:59,880
And I don't know if they can get this

1187
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:01,600
picture in. They said if I point to the

1188
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,160
camera Yeah.

1189
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:05,080
And you can see that the damage. And the

1190
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:06,240
person right in front of there is a

1191
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:07,960
Burnsville police officer. Can you guys

1192
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:10,640
see that okay? Yeah, it's It's coming

1193
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,760
in. Yeah, and uh The control room has

1194
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,520
it. And you might be looking at that

1195
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:17,520
thinking, "Well, what happened to the

1196
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,800
people inside?" Well, I'm happy to say

1197
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,390
that they're fine.

1198
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:24,840
I got another picture if they want to

1199
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:26,240
show that as well.

1200
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:27,880
And you can see them sitting in the

1201
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:29,680
snow. They're being arrested. They were

1202
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,520
pulled out of that vehicle after all the

1203
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:33,600
damage. But don't worry, the kid in the

1204
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,680
back was cleared by the Burnsville

1205
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:37,720
paramedics.

1206
00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:40,920
Now, physically cleared. Mentally, who

1207
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:42,240
knows.

1208
00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:43,840
These are the kind of processes that are

1209
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:45,920
happening. I don't feel like

1210
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:47,840
this is a policing action as much as

1211
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:50,840
it's a military takeover of our city.

1212
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,200
I think it's ridiculous. I really hope

1213
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,120
that we can at least push back a little

1214
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:56,920
bit by

1215
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,440
by passing this ordinance. Thank you.

1216
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,600
Yeah, thank you.

1217
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:09,950
Uh Katerina Gomez.

1218
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:16,270
Just the city, your name and the city.

1219
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:18,760
Here we go. Hello everybody. Hello Mayor

1220
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:20,840
Kautz and City Council members. My name

1221
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:22,520
is Katerina Gomez, but you may call me

1222
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:25,720
Kathy. Uh I am the proud grandchild of

1223
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:27,840
Cliff and Shirley Jacobson, the original

1224
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:30,000
settlers in Burnsville.

1225
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,520
While I'm the second generation to be

1226
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:33,560
born and raised in Burnsville on my

1227
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:36,240
maternal side I'm also a first

1228
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:38,760
generation Honduran American. My

1229
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:41,120
father's from Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

1230
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,040
Nearly all of my family on my paternal

1231
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:44,680
side still lives there, including my

1232
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,840
brother and my nephew.

1233
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:48,280
Needless to say, before I could

1234
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:50,280
articulate public policy, I felt the

1235
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,600
impacts of federal immigration policy on

1236
00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:54,040
my family.

1237
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:56,160
And an important lesson I learned early

1238
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:57,680
on that there were some things that are

1239
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:01,240
just beyond even my parents' control.

1240
00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:03,000
And my parents raised me well. Every

1241
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:04,560
night before we went to bed, I prayed

1242
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:06,800
for my cousins in Honduras just as hard

1243
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,120
as I prayed for my cousins here in

1244
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:09,359
Minnesota.

1245
00:49:09,359 --> 00:49:11,120
It was a childhood dream of mine to meet

1246
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:13,800
my family, laugh, um and eat together

1247
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,440
without any worries.

1248
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:17,040
And I don't know about you, City Council

1249
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,240
members, but I've made great progress in

1250
00:49:19,240 --> 00:49:20,960
making my childhood dreams come true in

1251
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:22,600
the recent years.

1252
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:24,359
The Honduran cousins I had only prayed

1253
00:49:24,359 --> 00:49:26,120
for and seen pictures of on social

1254
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:28,800
media, I finally got into know. This

1255
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,720
past month, my family hosted four of my

1256
00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:31,960
cousins from Honduras here in

1257
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,080
Burnsville. And just this morning, they

1258
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:36,440
hopped on a plane at MSP heading back to

1259
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:37,760
Honduras.

1260
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:39,680
They were so excited to visit Minnesota

1261
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:42,760
for the first time. Um it's experience

1262
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,320
snow, to visit the Mall of America, all

1263
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:49,000
of the thing American things, eat sushi.

1264
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,120
But needless to say, our plans were

1265
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:53,440
drastically impacted by the recent surge

1266
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:55,160
of violent immigration enforcement

1267
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:57,000
actions in the visible presence of

1268
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,920
federal agents from the Department of

1269
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:00,520
Homeland Security.

1270
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:01,960
My cousins are tourists who did

1271
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,400
everything legally, yet were unable to

1272
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,600
safely visit the land of the free.

1273
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:08,640
Restaurants were closed, enforcement

1274
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,240
actions were being staged in public

1275
00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:13,160
parks and parking lots.

1276
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:14,640
And these violent videos were being

1277
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,120
shared all over social media.

1278
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:18,840
How we support and care for each other

1279
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,760
is the only thing we have control of.

1280
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:23,160
We must think of how families and

1281
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,280
children are being impacted by the world

1282
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:29,240
we are creating for them to grow up in.

1283
00:50:29,240 --> 00:50:31,440
One of my cousins that visited me from

1284
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,360
Honduras, she's only 10 years old. She's

1285
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,320
a beautiful reminder that children, just

1286
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:37,400
like all of us, are experiencing life

1287
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,200
for the first time.

1288
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:40,880
While me and so many other Americans

1289
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:42,800
have been losing sleep looking up

1290
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:44,400
immigration policies, delivering

1291
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:46,280
groceries to neighbors, bearing witness

1292
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,320
to the experience of others, and

1293
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:50,560
connecting families to our local much

1294
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:52,720
overextended community programs and

1295
00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:54,200
organizations.

1296
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,200
My little cousin shared with me that she

1297
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,440
felt like her time in Minnesota was a

1298
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:00,480
beautiful dream that she didn't want to

1299
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,120
wake up in this month.

1300
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:04,240
And that was before she went to

1301
00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:07,430
Build-A-Bear.

1302
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,440
How we react and respond to social

1303
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:12,080
disruption, tragedy, and violence will

1304
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:13,680
be observed by those around us,

1305
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:15,200
especially by the little ones in our

1306
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:16,520
community.

1307
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:18,120
Those who've studied immigration policy

1308
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:20,000
and enforcement trends in the United

1309
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,920
States can tell you that since DHS has

1310
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:25,360
been created in 2002, both Democratic

1311
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:26,880
and Republican administrations have

1312
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:28,560
removed millions of people through

1313
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:30,560
expedited processes.

1314
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:31,840
The difference is these recent

1315
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:33,440
immigration enforcement actions have

1316
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:35,400
been especially disruptive and

1317
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,680
intimidating and violent.

1318
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,280
This month my family wasn't able to

1319
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:40,960
explore the Twin Cities and we weren't

1320
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:42,840
comfortable traveling around the state

1321
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:44,400
even with all of our passport and our

1322
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,600
identification. So my cousins didn't

1323
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,480
quite have the Minnesota experience we

1324
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:51,000
envisioned, but we spent hours outside

1325
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,280
at our Burnsville parks, sledding and

1326
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,280
building snow creatures.

1327
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:57,360
But the entire time I was anxious and on

1328
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:59,240
high alert because I know that even

1329
00:51:59,240 --> 00:52:01,800
though we live down the street and even

1330
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:03,880
though I brought my passport sledding, I

1331
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,280
was fearful of being questioned.

1332
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:07,960
We need to preserve these spaces and

1333
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:10,400
other city-owned properties as trusted

1334
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:12,000
locations for families to continue

1335
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:13,320
supporting the healthy growth and

1336
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,280
development of children.

1337
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,440
I know we can't bring immigration reform

1338
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:19,600
through city ordinances. I wish it was

1339
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,000
that easy.

1340
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:22,640
But I do know that we can mitigate harm

1341
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:24,040
to our most vulnerable community

1342
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:25,360
members.

1343
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:26,520
Thank you for checking in on your

1344
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,960
neighbors and your co-workers. Thank you

1345
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:30,800
for donating and delivering food for

1346
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,800
your neighbors. Extra shout-out for food

1347
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,480
donations, please.

1348
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:35,760
And thank you for supporting this

1349
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:37,120
ordinance.

1350
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:38,960
Thank you.

1351
00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:41,080
Okay. Um

1352
00:52:41,080 --> 00:53:00,710
Joy Marber.

1353
00:53:00,720 --> 00:53:02,480
Okay.

1354
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:04,400
Just name and city, please. Good

1355
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:05,520
evening.

1356
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:07,600
My name is Joy Marber and I'm from

1357
00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:10,790
Burnsville now.

1358
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,040
All right.

1359
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:14,840
Good evening, student city council

1360
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:17,640
members. My name is Joy. I'm a 20-year

1361
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:19,800
Army veteran, a former military police

1362
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:22,240
officer, and a logistics NCO, and a

1363
00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:23,880
proud Minnesotan.

1364
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:25,480
I'm here tonight not just to speak as a

1365
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:27,240
veteran,

1366
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:29,880
but as a neighbor, a homeowner,

1367
00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:32,160
and someone who has fought for peace

1368
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:35,520
both abroad and here at home.

1369
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:38,640
In 2020 I watched my community burn to

1370
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:41,560
the ground, third precinct, Minneapolis,

1371
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:43,880
on national television.

1372
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:46,600
I wasn't even home to process it.

1373
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:50,080
I was deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq,

1374
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:52,520
where I we are under constant threat and

1375
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:57,150
heavy attack. I suffered my second TBI.

1376
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:58,680
I was serving my country watching my

1377
00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:00,800
neighborhood fall apart from thousands

1378
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:02,240
of miles away.

1379
00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:04,280
When I returned, I couldn't shake the

1380
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:05,800
hypervigilance.

1381
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:09,880
The sounds, the tensions, the fear

1382
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:14,110
did not stay overseas.

1383
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:18,110
It followed me home.

1384
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:20,680
The VA mental health provider told me

1385
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:22,840
that if I wanted to manage my PTSD,

1386
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:24,920
maybe I need to find more peaceful place

1387
00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:28,270
to live, be

1388
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:30,000
a place where I can breathe.

1389
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,950
So I sold my home.

1390
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:35,560
I left my neighborhood, the only

1391
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,920
neighborhood I'd known.

1392
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:39,720
I came to Burnsville because it offered

1393
00:54:39,720 --> 00:54:43,080
something desperately needed, stillness.

1394
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:46,200
And while I found it,

1395
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:48,560
and for a while I I found it, but now

1396
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:50,960
that stillness is gone.

1397
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:52,720
I see masked men running around the

1398
00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:55,280
streets chasing and threatening people.

1399
00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:57,800
I hear the fear in my neighbors' voices.

1400
00:54:57,800 --> 00:54:59,560
I feel the tension in my own body. My

1401
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,680
hypervigilance is back, worse than ever.

1402
00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:04,480
The VA had to increase my medication

1403
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:08,520
again just so I can function.

1404
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:11,600
I didn't come to Burnsville to escape.

1405
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:15,000
I came here to heal. 1 minute.

1406
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,400
I'm asking you, imploring you,

1407
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,440
to help restore the peace and brought me

1408
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:21,720
here in the first place.

1409
00:55:21,720 --> 00:55:24,120
I have done my part. I served. I'm

1410
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:25,560
retired.

1411
00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:28,280
I sacrificed. I rebuilt.

1412
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:32,430
Now I need my city to do its part.

1413
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,720
To protect its residents and to preserve

1414
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:37,040
its peace and to ensure that people like

1415
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:38,160
me

1416
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:39,760
don't have to keep running from trauma

1417
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:42,400
that we didn't ask for.

1418
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:43,920
I just want stillness. I just want

1419
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:46,359
peace. Please help us find it again.

1420
00:55:46,359 --> 00:55:51,470
Thank you.

1421
00:55:51,480 --> 00:56:00,750
Kelsey Nordstrom.

1422
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:04,440
My story sounds kind of similar. Um

1423
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:08,800
I'm new to Burnsville. Um I'm

1424
00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:11,240
uh I spent the last 9 years in Texas and

1425
00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:13,680
I got out of an abusive marriage.

1426
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:15,840
And I came here for peace.

1427
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,960
And I chose

1428
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:20,880
Burnsville to

1429
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,120
be here with community and I live in an

1430
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:25,520
apartment where everyone is an immigrant

1431
00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:27,480
and everyone is black or brown and

1432
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:30,040
they're all scared.

1433
00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:32,680
I have a half-Mexican autistic nonverbal

1434
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:35,200
child. We left trauma

1435
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:37,720
in Texas and we came here

1436
00:56:37,720 --> 00:56:41,680
for peace. I wanted peace for so long.

1437
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:45,680
I work in a restaurant in Burnsville.

1438
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:48,600
My entire kitchen staff is terrified and

1439
00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:49,600
they are

1440
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:51,040
I've brought mattresses there so they

1441
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:52,840
can sleep in the restaurant. We're all

1442
00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:55,240
bringing them to and from work. Our

1443
00:56:55,240 --> 00:56:58,440
dishwasher is missing. His name is Galo

1444
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:02,600
Mauricio Otierra Carguas Carguas Condo.

1445
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:04,720
He's from Ecuador. I've called Menorca.

1446
00:57:04,720 --> 00:57:07,960
I can't find him. He is uh

1447
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:09,880
a permanent resident and has a social

1448
00:57:09,880 --> 00:57:11,440
security number and I still can't find

1449
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:13,280
him. Um

1450
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:15,359
I'm scared for my community. I'm I'm

1451
00:57:15,359 --> 00:57:17,240
serving. I'm

1452
00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:18,720
diligent.

1453
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:20,359
What I just lived through for the past 9

1454
00:57:20,359 --> 00:57:22,400
years has made me very prepared for this

1455
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:25,160
and I'm going to tell you that violence

1456
00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:27,640
you cannot appease it.

1457
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:29,600
We need to pass this ordinance and we

1458
00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:32,480
need to unmask these men.

1459
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:33,800
There's a lot more that we need to do

1460
00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:35,520
that I'm not going to say.

1461
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:37,000
Um

1462
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:38,600
but it needs to start with community and

1463
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:40,280
it needs to start here and if we truly

1464
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:41,920
say that we welcome all here, then we

1465
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:44,640
need to welcome all and this is fear.

1466
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:46,800
And we can't be brought down by fear and

1467
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,600
we can't be brought down by masked men

1468
00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:50,720
and a paramilitary force in our streets.

1469
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:52,960
I stand with my community. I'm using my

1470
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:54,960
white privilege to speak for the black

1471
00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:56,680
and brown community that cannot be here

1472
00:57:56,680 --> 00:57:58,280
right now.

1473
00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:00,280
I stand with them. I donate to them. I

1474
00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:02,640
love them.

1475
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:05,080
I love my neighbors and

1476
00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:05,960
yeah.

1477
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:10,680
Bye. Ordinance, yes, please. Thank you.

1478
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:11,960
Yeah.

1479
00:58:11,960 --> 00:58:14,840
Okay. I think I think we can

1480
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,160
we all appreciate all of the great words

1481
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:19,080
that have been shared with us this

1482
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:21,240
evening. Uh the next speaker is Hunter

1483
00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:44,830
Cantrell.

1484
00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:46,880
Hello. Uh good evening, Madam Mayor and

1485
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:49,440
council. Hunter Cantrell, Savage. Uh I

1486
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:50,520
hope I'm not overdressed for the

1487
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:54,000
occasion. Uh you know, so

1488
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,800
folks have said a lot of very compelling

1489
00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:58,040
narratives here

1490
00:58:58,040 --> 00:58:59,920
a lot of very compelling experiences

1491
00:58:59,920 --> 00:59:01,160
tonight.

1492
00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:03,400
Um and you know, I I want to start off

1493
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:07,120
by saying our current time reminds me of

1494
00:59:07,120 --> 00:59:09,400
Psalm 82:3.

1495
00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:10,880
Defend the weak

1496
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:12,520
and the fatherless.

1497
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:14,320
Uphold the cause

1498
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:18,950
of the poor and the oppressed.

1499
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:20,680
I think it goes without saying that we

1500
00:59:20,680 --> 00:59:23,680
are living in a time of great fear

1501
00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:25,680
and great oppression.

1502
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:27,280
A time that we never thought would

1503
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:29,040
unfold in this country

1504
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:31,000
where agents of the government,

1505
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:33,320
specifically ICE agents,

1506
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:36,360
have been deployed in our communities

1507
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:40,200
to instill fear and intimidation

1508
00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:42,640
among the most vulnerable people

1509
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:44,600
and community members

1510
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:46,160
that we have.

1511
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:49,560
People who have spent their entire lives

1512
00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:51,400
contributing to our economies and our

1513
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:53,520
communities.

1514
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:56,320
People who fled countries where masked

1515
00:59:56,320 --> 00:59:58,680
men would stop them on the streets

1516
00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:00,720
while holding guns on the street corners

1517
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:02,760
saying, "Show me your papers." They fled

1518
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:04,080
countries like that for the United

1519
01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:06,080
States.

1520
01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:08,600
And yet here we are now.

1521
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:10,200
That is the reality that people in

1522
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:11,960
Burnsville, Savage, all throughout the

1523
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:14,600
Twin Cities and Twin Cities suburbs are

1524
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:16,880
facing.

1525
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,080
They're afraid that even though they

1526
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:21,400
might be a US citizen

1527
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:24,120
even though they might have

1528
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:24,840
a

1529
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:27,960
legal visa to be here and to work

1530
01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:30,000
that when they leave their apartments or

1531
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:31,640
their homes in the morning or they show

1532
01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:33,880
up to their places of work

1533
01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:35,680
that they or their loved ones are going

1534
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:37,840
to be disappeared to God only knows

1535
01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:40,550
where.

1536
01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:43,360
And to me I I think this

1537
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:45,280
is so wrong

1538
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:47,080
and it's blatantly unconstitutional what

1539
01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:49,160
is happening. Federal judges have

1540
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:51,240
asserted as much

1541
01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:55,960
Thank you. Because of the magnitude of

1542
01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:58,040
evidence of the violation of our civil

1543
01:00:58,040 --> 01:01:00,040
rights, of our constitutional rights

1544
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:02,080
that these agents are committing. Not in

1545
01:01:02,080 --> 01:01:03,760
the name of public safety

1546
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:05,160
but in the name of political

1547
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:07,160
retribution.

1548
01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:10,000
Now normally I deal with sickness that

1549
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,160
affects organs. I deal with sickness

1550
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:14,720
that might affect a broken bone,

1551
01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:16,280
sickness of

1552
01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:18,200
the mind even

1553
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:19,920
in my day-to-day.

1554
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:21,920
But right now we have a sickness of the

1555
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:23,960
soul of this country.

1556
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:26,320
I think passing this ordinance is a step

1557
01:01:26,320 --> 01:01:28,520
in the right direction to rectifying

1558
01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:30,160
that sickness. I encourage you to

1559
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:31,920
support it. I encourage you to do what

1560
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:34,000
you can and for all citizens to do what

1561
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:35,560
they can peacefully

1562
01:01:35,560 --> 01:01:37,400
to make sure that our civil rights are

1563
01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:38,600
protected, our constitutional rights are

1564
01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:41,960
protected and that everybody regardless

1565
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:43,440
of where they were born or their skin

1566
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:46,120
color is able to thrive and succeed and

1567
01:01:46,120 --> 01:01:47,760
know that their basic humanity is going

1568
01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:50,160
to be protected in our state.

1569
01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:52,560
I thank you for your consideration.

1570
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:53,760
Thank you.

1571
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,440
And our last speaker is

1572
01:01:56,440 --> 01:02:22,350
Representative Jess Hanson.

1573
01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:24,320
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1574
01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:26,800
Madam Mayor, can I ask I was sent a

1575
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:28,640
story from somebody who's too afraid to

1576
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:30,560
be here tonight. Would you mind if I

1577
01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:32,600
took two separate sections so that this

1578
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:35,600
family's story could be told tonight?

1579
01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:37,720
Okay. Okay, is that okay? I have my own

1580
01:02:37,720 --> 01:02:39,120
comments but I would like to also make

1581
01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:40,840
sure that everybody out there wants to

1582
01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:42,280
speak so I wanted to make sure that they

1583
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:44,320
got their chance too.

1584
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:46,160
Thank you, members of the council.

1585
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:47,680
I'm here to My name is Representative

1586
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:50,160
Jess Hanson. I live in Burnsville and I

1587
01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:53,600
will first share a story with you from

1588
01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:56,800
residents who were too afraid to speak.

1589
01:02:56,800 --> 01:02:58,440
She says, "My husband and I witnessed a

1590
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:00,360
truck with doors wide open and a bunch

1591
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:01,160
of

1592
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:02,840
She is, yep.

1593
01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:04,280
My husband and I witnessed a truck with

1594
01:03:04,280 --> 01:03:06,600
doors wide open and a bunch of personal

1595
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:08,320
belongings in the snow.

1596
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:10,400
We asked a neighbor what happened and

1597
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:12,240
the neighbor said ICE had chased the

1598
01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:15,000
truck there and then ransacked the car

1599
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:16,440
leaving all the belongings on the

1600
01:03:16,440 --> 01:03:17,600
ground.

1601
01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:19,600
I'm a constitutional observer so I took

1602
01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:22,320
photos of what ICE had left behind

1603
01:03:22,320 --> 01:03:25,160
and I returned to my car and we left. We

1604
01:03:25,160 --> 01:03:26,760
didn't get far before a car pulled out

1605
01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:28,600
in front of us and another very closely

1606
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:29,960
behind us.

1607
01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:31,720
We felt like the cars were driving very

1608
01:03:31,720 --> 01:03:34,480
erratically so we looked for a safe spot

1609
01:03:34,480 --> 01:03:36,480
to park to let the vehicle behind us

1610
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:38,800
pass. There were other constitutional

1611
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:40,640
observers peacefully observing the ICE

1612
01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:43,160
agents as we approached. We slowed down

1613
01:03:43,160 --> 01:03:45,120
for their safety. Agents got out of

1614
01:03:45,120 --> 01:03:47,560
their car and started telling me to open

1615
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:49,960
my window on the passenger side. That

1616
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:52,160
window does not open or work on my car

1617
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:53,880
but the agent repeatedly hit my window

1618
01:03:53,880 --> 01:03:56,000
very hard demanding we open it even

1619
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:58,120
though we told her it doesn't work many

1620
01:03:58,120 --> 01:03:59,320
times.

1621
01:03:59,320 --> 01:04:01,000
My husband had the driver's side window

1622
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:02,920
open and another agent asked my husband

1623
01:04:02,920 --> 01:04:05,280
for his ID. They took it immediately and

1624
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:06,800
said he was a criminal and that he had a

1625
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:09,640
felony record and he does not. They

1626
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:11,480
repeatedly said he was a felon and had

1627
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:14,040
committed aggravated robbery.

1628
01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:16,240
They began telling to this to the other

1629
01:04:16,240 --> 01:04:18,440
observers, "Look over here. We have a

1630
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:20,320
criminal in the streets."

1631
01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:21,840
My husband said, "That's not true.

1632
01:04:21,840 --> 01:04:23,480
That's not true." But they would not

1633
01:04:23,480 --> 01:04:24,920
listen to him.

1634
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:26,760
We both called 911 from our phones

1635
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:28,880
because we were very scared. We're

1636
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,400
citizens but we are Hispanic and we are

1637
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:34,000
very afraid because we know that they

1638
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:35,760
have been taking citizens who have done

1639
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:38,000
nothing wrong just like us.

1640
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:39,640
The operator told me that she needed the

1641
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:41,320
exact address of where I was but I

1642
01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:43,440
didn't know where I was. I didn't have

1643
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:45,200
the exact address. I kept telling her

1644
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:46,320
the name of the neighborhood and the

1645
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:47,800
landmarks and she said she needed the

1646
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:50,080
exact one. I asked her to ping my phone.

1647
01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:51,920
She said she was sending help. My

1648
01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:53,520
husband was also on the phone with 911

1649
01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:55,480
on his phone and the operator

1650
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:57,080
that call did not go much different. The

1651
01:04:57,080 --> 01:04:58,440
operator told my husband there was

1652
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:00,280
nothing they could do. When he asked for

1653
01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:03,080
a report number they would be no report

1654
01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:06,080
and that call would was the report.

1655
01:05:06,080 --> 01:05:08,040
He told the operator that he they we are

1656
01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:09,960
US citizens and asked why they wouldn't

1657
01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:12,280
come and help us. The operator simply

1658
01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:14,280
said there was nothing they could do.

1659
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:16,000
An agent then demanded to see my ID but

1660
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:17,760
I didn't want to hand it over. I held it

1661
01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:19,320
up and said they could take a picture

1662
01:05:19,320 --> 01:05:20,720
but I didn't want to lose it because I

1663
01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:22,480
knew I could need it and I was not

1664
01:05:22,480 --> 01:05:24,520
comfortable handing it over to them.

1665
01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:26,320
We were recording the interaction as is

1666
01:05:26,320 --> 01:05:28,120
our constitutional right to do so and

1667
01:05:28,120 --> 01:05:29,920
the agents mocked us and made fun of us

1668
01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:31,080
saying that we were just trying to get

1669
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:33,080
our 5 minutes of fame and to go ahead

1670
01:05:33,080 --> 01:05:34,560
and post on social media so that

1671
01:05:34,560 --> 01:05:36,800
everyone can see. They were preparing to

1672
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:38,440
arrest my husband but then they quickly

1673
01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:40,440
returned my husband's ID and said that

1674
01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:42,400
we were clear to go and then they said

1675
01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:43,960
they'll be paying a visit to my home

1676
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:45,760
soon.

1677
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:47,400
We have felt in fear of our lives ever

1678
01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:49,400
since. They were mean and threatening

1679
01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:51,440
and they have our address. We fear that

1680
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:53,040
they will follow through on their threat

1681
01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:55,040
to come visit us at home. We have so

1682
01:05:55,040 --> 01:05:56,800
much fear and we are scared and if the

1683
01:05:56,800 --> 01:05:58,200
police won't help us if we are

1684
01:05:58,200 --> 01:06:00,720
threatened or harassed again or worse

1685
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:03,280
who will? What are we to do?

1686
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:05,520
Thank you.

1687
01:06:05,520 --> 01:06:06,800
Thank you, Madam Mayor. I will continue

1688
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:08,600
with my own comments.

1689
01:06:08,600 --> 01:06:10,320
Um

1690
01:06:10,320 --> 01:06:12,280
Again, I'm Representative Jess Hanson. I

1691
01:06:12,280 --> 01:06:14,720
live in Burnsville and I represent

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01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:16,960
District 55A which is the entire city of

1693
01:06:16,960 --> 01:06:18,080
Savage in the northwest part of

1694
01:06:18,080 --> 01:06:19,880
Burnsville.

1695
01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:22,320
Members and council, Mayor, we did

1696
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:24,600
yesterday we honored the legacy of Dr.

1697
01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:27,120
MLK and that includes the reminder to

1698
01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:29,560
not only remember history but to also

1699
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:31,960
live in its lessons. And that we can

1700
01:06:31,960 --> 01:06:33,840
learn to live together as brothers or

1701
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:36,080
perish together as fools and I don't

1702
01:06:36,080 --> 01:06:38,560
think any of us want to be those fools.

1703
01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:40,560
I'm asking that leaders in our city and

1704
01:06:40,560 --> 01:06:42,320
this state and country come together to

1705
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:44,320
do what we can before things get any

1706
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:45,600
worse.

1707
01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:47,359
Immigration enforcement certainly has

1708
01:06:47,359 --> 01:06:49,640
its place in society as a specific form

1709
01:06:49,640 --> 01:06:51,720
of law enforcement and how it's done is

1710
01:06:51,720 --> 01:06:54,320
extremely important because we all know

1711
01:06:54,320 --> 01:06:56,160
that officers tend to pay the price for

1712
01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:58,560
the sins and wrongs of others.

1713
01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:00,480
Some might say that we are only speaking

1714
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:01,840
out because this is happening in our

1715
01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:03,680
community and others will make the

1716
01:07:03,680 --> 01:07:05,880
ridiculous leap to say that choosing to

1717
01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:08,520
say what is being said is just an act of

1718
01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:10,480
speaking against ICE and that's that

1719
01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:12,800
that somehow means we don't care about

1720
01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:14,680
apprehending criminals. I want to be

1721
01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:16,240
very clear that neither of those things

1722
01:07:16,240 --> 01:07:18,560
are true and I want to believe that no

1723
01:07:18,560 --> 01:07:20,400
one believes that civil rights aren't

1724
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:22,480
important. We have to make sure that

1725
01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:25,600
everyone's civil rights are intact.

1726
01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:27,480
Law enforcement officers at all levels

1727
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:28,720
are expected to know what the

1728
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:30,680
Constitution says, to know right and

1729
01:07:30,680 --> 01:07:32,640
wrong and to know when people are being

1730
01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:34,760
targeted. And yet every single day

1731
01:07:34,760 --> 01:07:37,280
Minnesotans' constitutional rights are

1732
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:39,520
being violated and are being Minnesotans

1733
01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:41,520
are being targeted based on the color of

1734
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:44,080
their skin where they choose to worship,

1735
01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:46,240
their name or for observing federal

1736
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:48,000
activities in our community.

1737
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:49,600
Law enforcement leaders in other cities

1738
01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:51,040
and suburbs are calling for more

1739
01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:53,720
supervision over Operation Matrix Surge

1740
01:07:53,720 --> 01:07:55,200
agreeing that these types of civil

1741
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:57,600
rights violations have to stop.

1742
01:07:57,600 --> 01:07:59,520
Even off-duty law enforcement officers

1743
01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:01,440
of color are facing similar targeting

1744
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:03,120
and members of Minnesota law enforcement

1745
01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:05,400
agencies are calling on everyone to find

1746
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:06,920
some common ground that respects

1747
01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:09,320
everyone's constitutional rights.

1748
01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:10,800
Everyone deserves to know that our

1749
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:12,880
community is safe, safe enough for their

1750
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:14,920
kids to go to school, safe enough for

1751
01:08:14,920 --> 01:08:15,800
their

1752
01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:17,719
to go to their place of worship, safe

1753
01:08:17,719 --> 01:08:18,960
enough to go to the grocery store

1754
01:08:18,960 --> 01:08:21,000
without being hunted and safe enough to

1755
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:22,759
operate their business and thrive off

1756
01:08:22,759 --> 01:08:25,319
their own hard work. The time is always

1757
01:08:25,319 --> 01:08:28,040
right to do the right thing and now is

1758
01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:30,359
not the time for leaders to be quiet.

1759
01:08:30,359 --> 01:08:31,960
When we have concrete examples and

1760
01:08:31,960 --> 01:08:33,759
stories of people being profiled and

1761
01:08:33,759 --> 01:08:36,680
targeted, we need to do the right thing.

1762
01:08:36,680 --> 01:08:38,319
We cannot let people in our communities

1763
01:08:38,319 --> 01:08:40,040
think that our local law enforcement and

1764
01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:42,440
their leadership are okay with the

1765
01:08:42,440 --> 01:08:44,680
actions that we know are not only wrong

1766
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:47,160
but are also illegal.

1767
01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:49,080
Now members, having said all of that, I

1768
01:08:49,080 --> 01:08:51,319
want to give credit where credit is due.

1769
01:08:51,319 --> 01:08:53,000
Nearly everything I've already said to

1770
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:55,920
you here are not my words. What I have

1771
01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:57,920
said so far this evening in this portion

1772
01:08:57,920 --> 01:08:59,319
of my comments

1773
01:08:59,319 --> 01:09:01,080
are directly quoted from Minnesota law

1774
01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:02,680
enforcement officers and leaders who

1775
01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:04,280
spoke out this morning against the

1776
01:09:04,280 --> 01:09:06,080
atrocities of ICE happening across the

1777
01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:08,560
state. So given the way that my words

1778
01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:10,280
have been taken and my words have been

1779
01:09:10,280 --> 01:09:12,799
ignored in some spaces, not this one,

1780
01:09:12,799 --> 01:09:15,040
sometimes ridiculed and the ways that I

1781
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:16,440
have been threatened for saying what I'm

1782
01:09:16,440 --> 01:09:18,480
saying and doing what I'm doing, I'm

1783
01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:20,240
asking you to not take my word for it

1784
01:09:20,240 --> 01:09:22,680
tonight. I'm asking you and Burnsville

1785
01:09:22,680 --> 01:09:23,920
to follow the lead of the law

1786
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:26,080
enforcement officials who stood up today

1787
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:28,560
to call for common ground, to call for a

1788
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:30,480
return to constitutionality and common

1789
01:09:30,480 --> 01:09:33,200
sense, to call for a return to a nation

1790
01:09:33,200 --> 01:09:35,279
where civil rights are worth defending,

1791
01:09:35,279 --> 01:09:36,600
and to call for the promotion of

1792
01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:39,040
community where the trust between the

1793
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:41,960
public and law enforcement is restored.

1794
01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:43,600
The reality is is that these agents are

1795
01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:45,120
poorly trained and we should be

1796
01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:46,640
humiliated by that. They are

1797
01:09:46,640 --> 01:09:48,560
ill-equipped and they are not fit to be

1798
01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:50,319
in the field. Their actions in our

1799
01:09:50,319 --> 01:09:52,200
community is an embarrassment on law

1800
01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:54,320
enforcement everywhere and it is no

1801
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:56,560
wonder why people in this city do not

1802
01:09:56,560 --> 01:09:58,520
know if they can trust police because

1803
01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:00,480
there are rogue thugs wearing

1804
01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:03,240
cobbled-together gear that say police

1805
01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:05,040
across the front the front of their

1806
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:07,360
outfits, but they're really just a bunch

1807
01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:09,600
of racist incels bringing their Call of

1808
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:11,160
Duty skills out of their parents'

1809
01:10:11,160 --> 01:10:13,320
basements into the real world and are

1810
01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:15,280
calling real world prob- causing real

1811
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:18,000
world problems and real world trauma

1812
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:20,400
that children in our city will never

1813
01:10:20,400 --> 01:10:24,200
ever forget. This is not a game and this

1814
01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:25,480
is not a game for the people of this

1815
01:10:25,480 --> 01:10:27,640
city. And when police have been asked to

1816
01:10:27,640 --> 01:10:29,440
intervene, people don't haven't been

1817
01:10:29,440 --> 01:10:30,920
getting so much as even a courteous

1818
01:10:30,920 --> 01:10:32,520
conversation about what they can and

1819
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:34,840
cannot do and I ask that we improve on

1820
01:10:34,840 --> 01:10:35,720
that.

1821
01:10:35,720 --> 01:10:37,720
The general public does not understand

1822
01:10:37,720 --> 01:10:40,040
why BPD cannot assist them when there

1823
01:10:40,040 --> 01:10:42,320
are goons pointing guns at the heads of

1824
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:44,360
Burnsville residents, kidnapping

1825
01:10:44,360 --> 01:10:46,440
children, leaving children abandoned

1826
01:10:46,440 --> 01:10:48,040
without their parents or any known or

1827
01:10:48,040 --> 01:10:51,640
trusted adult. And um

1828
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:53,320
the general public does not understand

1829
01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:55,200
why these thugs are harassing and

1830
01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:56,920
threatening them with not a single

1831
01:10:56,920 --> 01:10:59,520
consequence. The general public deserves

1832
01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:01,240
to know that your statement about not

1833
01:11:01,240 --> 01:11:02,920
coordinating with ICE and what our law

1834
01:11:02,920 --> 01:11:04,560
enforcement will do deserves to be

1835
01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:07,240
respected. So again, please do not take

1836
01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:08,720
my words for it. Please go back and

1837
01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:10,240
watch the recording of this, listen to

1838
01:11:10,240 --> 01:11:11,680
the first words and take the words of

1839
01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:13,400
law enforcement themselves who are

1840
01:11:13,400 --> 01:11:15,520
calling for common ground and a return

1841
01:11:15,520 --> 01:11:17,120
to decency here in Burnsville. Thank

1842
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:24,270
you. Thank you.

1843
01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:27,440
Thank you, everyone. Thank you for your

1844
01:11:27,440 --> 01:11:29,320
testimony. Thank you for sharing your

1845
01:11:29,320 --> 01:11:31,480
stories.

1846
01:11:31,480 --> 01:11:34,120
I want you to know that we hear you

1847
01:11:34,120 --> 01:11:37,160
and we are Burnsville

1848
01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:39,800
and we are here together to make sure

1849
01:11:39,800 --> 01:11:41,240
that we

1850
01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:43,400
we create the community

1851
01:11:43,400 --> 01:11:45,600
that we want to live in.

1852
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:48,160
That's what we have control over.

1853
01:11:48,160 --> 01:11:51,520
And uh before we get to any of our

1854
01:11:51,520 --> 01:11:53,080
remarks, I

1855
01:11:53,080 --> 01:11:55,640
don't know if uh there are others who

1856
01:11:55,640 --> 01:11:58,640
would like to speak from

1857
01:11:58,640 --> 01:11:59,680
uh staff?

1858
01:11:59,680 --> 01:12:01,110
>> We do have somebody online that would

1859
01:12:01,110 --> 01:12:01,120
» We do have somebody online that would

1860
01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:04,120
like to speak. Okay. Um if they can just

1861
01:12:04,120 --> 01:12:05,480
give their

1862
01:12:05,480 --> 01:12:06,600
um

1863
01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:10,080
Andrea. name and city,

1864
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:11,880
please.

1865
01:12:11,880 --> 01:12:15,240
Mrs. Andrea Groszini from Burnsville.

1866
01:12:15,240 --> 01:12:16,920
It's nice to see you all. I'm sorry I

1867
01:12:16,920 --> 01:12:18,600
couldn't be there

1868
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:20,640
in person.

1869
01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:23,120
Two weeks ago, I asked you, City

1870
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:25,120
Council, to prohibit ICE

1871
01:12:25,120 --> 01:12:26,640
from city property.

1872
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:29,720
I appreciate taking this up for a vote

1873
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:31,440
and I absolutely

1874
01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:33,240
anticipate and hope that you will all

1875
01:12:33,240 --> 01:12:35,960
again unanimously vote yes on behalf of

1876
01:12:35,960 --> 01:12:38,120
all of our citizens.

1877
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:41,120
I also asked a number of other items

1878
01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:43,160
and I'd like to hear back on those. I

1879
01:12:43,160 --> 01:12:44,840
haven't heard anything and I'm still

1880
01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:49,470
waiting for responses on them.

1881
01:12:49,480 --> 01:12:51,160
As you heard today,

1882
01:12:51,160 --> 01:12:53,560
many of the things that I said two weeks

1883
01:12:53,560 --> 01:12:55,440
ago were going on in this city have

1884
01:12:55,440 --> 01:12:58,040
gotten much worse.

1885
01:12:58,040 --> 01:12:59,880
The people that you heard come tonight,

1886
01:12:59,880 --> 01:13:01,880
by and large, are people that are doing

1887
01:13:01,880 --> 01:13:03,360
all they can

1888
01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:07,200
to make our community a caring

1889
01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:09,200
place to

1890
01:13:09,200 --> 01:13:11,000
and it's hard to do that without the

1891
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:15,880
support and visible support of our city.

1892
01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:17,280
Certainly we appreciate the new

1893
01:13:17,280 --> 01:13:21,270
ordinance and we hope it passes.

1894
01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:23,240
When I spoke two weeks ago, I went

1895
01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:25,440
further and asked that our city staff

1896
01:13:25,440 --> 01:13:27,320
and police provide patience, comfort,

1897
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:30,040
and extra special support for our

1898
01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:33,510
immigrant community.

1899
01:13:33,520 --> 01:13:36,040
I'm not sure that we can do that.

1900
01:13:36,040 --> 01:13:37,800
Between then and now, among several

1901
01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:39,400
instances,

1902
01:13:39,400 --> 01:13:43,360
too many for me to go over tonight,

1903
01:13:43,360 --> 01:13:45,120
there seem to be

1904
01:13:45,120 --> 01:13:47,840
less rather than more

1905
01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:49,440
of compassion

1906
01:13:49,440 --> 01:13:52,040
from our staff and police.

1907
01:13:52,040 --> 01:13:53,600
Some of the following

1908
01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:58,510
seem to indicate that.

1909
01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:00,920
One evening, I called our police about

1910
01:14:00,920 --> 01:14:03,040
5:00 in the evening.

1911
01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:05,040
There's a child that was abandoned when

1912
01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:08,800
his father was abducted and detained by

1913
01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:10,760
ICE.

1914
01:14:10,760 --> 01:14:13,120
I called the police because this was an

1915
01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:15,880
an abandoned child

1916
01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:18,520
and asked if they could help figure out

1917
01:14:18,520 --> 01:14:20,280
what to do with this child.

1918
01:14:20,280 --> 01:14:22,840
I was immediately That's 1 minute.

1919
01:14:22,840 --> 01:14:25,040
that it was too late to call the manager

1920
01:14:25,040 --> 01:14:26,680
and get to the place that the child was

1921
01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:27,640
at

1922
01:14:27,640 --> 01:14:29,240
and it was out of the question to go to

1923
01:14:29,240 --> 01:14:31,040
the site unless they had the exact

1924
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:34,600
apartment number where the child was at.

1925
01:14:34,600 --> 01:14:36,520
I went back and forth with this officer

1926
01:14:36,520 --> 01:14:38,480
until 9:00 p.m.

1927
01:14:38,480 --> 01:14:40,680
and they never did respond to a child

1928
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:42,360
who was abandoned.

1929
01:14:42,360 --> 01:14:45,920
This was an elementary school-age child.

1930
01:14:45,920 --> 01:14:47,360
Another case

1931
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:50,440
what happened when a US citizen would

1932
01:14:50,440 --> 01:14:52,320
experience ICE

1933
01:14:52,320 --> 01:14:54,760
placing a gun to his head.

1934
01:14:54,760 --> 01:14:56,240
The responding officer said they

1935
01:14:56,240 --> 01:14:58,480
couldn't do anything because it was ICE.

1936
01:14:58,480 --> 01:15:00,520
The citizen who witnessed was only told

1937
01:15:00,520 --> 01:15:02,320
to come in to make a station at the

1938
01:15:02,320 --> 01:15:04,800
police station to make a report. Imagine

1939
01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:05,760
that.

1940
01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:07,240
You've just had a gun placed to your

1941
01:15:07,240 --> 01:15:09,840
head by a law enforcement

1942
01:15:09,840 --> 01:15:12,520
agent and another law enforcement agent

1943
01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:14,320
is telling you to go to law enforcement

1944
01:15:14,320 --> 01:15:15,360
office

1945
01:15:15,360 --> 01:15:16,800
to tell them all about it. Could that

1946
01:15:16,800 --> 01:15:18,320
report not have been taken then and

1947
01:15:18,320 --> 01:15:19,880
there?

1948
01:15:19,880 --> 01:15:22,990
There's more.

1949
01:15:23,000 --> 01:15:25,400
I'm going to if I can have 1

1950
01:15:25,400 --> 01:15:27,680
half a minute 10 seconds. I want to

1951
01:15:27,680 --> 01:15:30,480
quote Martin Luther King in the in the

1952
01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:33,720
in the spirit of his day yesterday.

1953
01:15:33,720 --> 01:15:35,240
This is Martin Luther King in his letter

1954
01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:37,440
to from a Birmingham jail. I must

1955
01:15:37,440 --> 01:15:39,080
confess that over the past few years

1956
01:15:39,080 --> 01:15:40,640
I've been gravely disappointed with the

1957
01:15:40,640 --> 01:15:42,000
white moderate.

1958
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:43,320
I've almost reached the incredible

1959
01:15:43,320 --> 01:15:44,800
conclusion that the Negro's great

1960
01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:47,240
stumbling block in his stride toward

1961
01:15:47,240 --> 01:15:48,800
freedom isn't the white citizens'

1962
01:15:48,800 --> 01:15:50,480
council or the Ku Klux Klan, but the

1963
01:15:50,480 --> 01:15:52,360
white moderate who's more devoted to

1964
01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:54,920
order than to justice. Who prefers a

1965
01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:57,240
negative peace, which is the absence of

1966
01:15:57,240 --> 01:15:59,800
any tension, to a positive peace, which

1967
01:15:59,800 --> 01:16:01,640
is the presence of justice.

1968
01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:03,640
Come on, Burnsville. Come together.

1969
01:16:03,640 --> 01:16:05,360
Okay. Thank you.

1970
01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:06,840
Thank you, everyone.

1971
01:16:06,840 --> 01:16:09,320
And now that we have heard from all of

1972
01:16:09,320 --> 01:16:10,280
you,

1973
01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:12,080
I think it's time for you to hear from

1974
01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:13,520
us.

1975
01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:15,440
Council member Schultz, would you like

1976
01:16:15,440 --> 01:16:20,310
to go first?

1977
01:16:20,320 --> 01:16:25,830
Uh sure.

1978
01:16:25,840 --> 01:16:29,880
So I want people to be clear

1979
01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:32,080
when we're looking at this ordinance

1980
01:16:32,080 --> 01:16:33,920
what it means.

1981
01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:36,880
This ordinance will be an administrative

1982
01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:38,800
ordinance.

1983
01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:40,200
Um

1984
01:16:40,200 --> 01:16:43,950
so

1985
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:45,880
the feds are going to do

1986
01:16:45,880 --> 01:16:48,240
whatever the feds are going to do.

1987
01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:51,040
And I want to be clear on that.

1988
01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:53,960
And that's not

1989
01:16:53,960 --> 01:16:56,520
something that is easy to say and it's

1990
01:16:56,520 --> 01:17:00,910
not something that anyone wants to hear.

1991
01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:03,840
But I do want to say

1992
01:17:03,840 --> 01:17:05,080
that

1993
01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:08,280
there's a lot of pressure

1994
01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:12,240
to make us at odds with one another,

1995
01:17:12,240 --> 01:17:15,000
to purposefully pit us against each

1996
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:16,560
other,

1997
01:17:16,560 --> 01:17:18,920
to rip our community apart,

1998
01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:21,920
and destabilize us for years or decades

1999
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:24,240
to come.

2000
01:17:24,240 --> 01:17:26,240
And to give you a quote from Heartbreak

2001
01:17:26,240 --> 01:17:27,680
Ridge,

2002
01:17:27,680 --> 01:17:33,550
don't give the bastard the satisfaction.

2003
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:37,080
I want residents to stand together.

2004
01:17:37,080 --> 01:17:39,640
We are in this together.

2005
01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:42,960
And I do mean we are.

2006
01:17:42,960 --> 01:17:45,600
We all need to step up

2007
01:17:45,600 --> 01:17:47,440
and many of you in the audience are, but

2008
01:17:47,440 --> 01:17:49,440
many of you at home,

2009
01:17:49,440 --> 01:17:52,840
it is time to step up. Time to help your

2010
01:17:52,840 --> 01:17:55,280
neighbors.

2011
01:17:55,280 --> 01:17:57,200
If you aren't volunteering, get out

2012
01:17:57,200 --> 01:17:59,200
there and volunteer.

2013
01:17:59,200 --> 01:18:03,680
Make this community stronger

2014
01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:06,360
because sooner or later the feds are

2015
01:18:06,360 --> 01:18:08,040
going to leave.

2016
01:18:08,040 --> 01:18:09,520
And you and I are going to be what's

2017
01:18:09,520 --> 01:18:11,240
left.

2018
01:18:11,240 --> 01:18:13,240
So we can either build a stronger

2019
01:18:13,240 --> 01:18:15,080
community

2020
01:18:15,080 --> 01:18:18,320
or we can let them

2021
01:18:18,320 --> 01:18:21,280
force us us to rip it apart and I'm not

2022
01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:22,960
going to do that.

2023
01:18:22,960 --> 01:18:25,840
So I do encourage our residents to

2024
01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:29,440
continue with the Herculean effort

2025
01:18:29,440 --> 01:18:33,560
that I am already seeing you do

2026
01:18:33,560 --> 01:18:35,280
of caring for your neighbors and

2027
01:18:35,280 --> 01:18:37,960
volunteering and getting groceries and

2028
01:18:37,960 --> 01:18:41,990
walking kids to school.

2029
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:45,240
Keep it up because we can do that

2030
01:18:45,240 --> 01:18:46,960
longer than they can do whatever they're

2031
01:18:46,960 --> 01:18:49,000
doing.

2032
01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:50,719
So stand strong.

2033
01:18:50,719 --> 01:18:53,000
Okay. Thank you.

2034
01:18:53,000 --> 01:19:07,430
Council member Keeler.

2035
01:19:07,440 --> 01:19:09,520
No comment. No comment.

2036
01:19:09,520 --> 01:19:12,910
Council member Gustafson.

2037
01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:14,800
I hear what everyone has to say. I will

2038
01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:16,120
tell you um

2039
01:19:16,120 --> 01:19:18,560
the last month and a half, I go out and

2040
01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:20,240
patrol myself.

2041
01:19:20,240 --> 01:19:22,600
I'm in apartments. I'm in businesses.

2042
01:19:22,600 --> 01:19:24,520
I've talked to our residents and there's

2043
01:19:24,520 --> 01:19:26,920
a great deal of fear in our community.

2044
01:19:26,920 --> 01:19:29,160
I I talk to when I go to restaurants, I

2045
01:19:29,160 --> 01:19:31,240
talk to staff in the restaurants and

2046
01:19:31,240 --> 01:19:33,320
they're in tears because two of their

2047
01:19:33,320 --> 01:19:35,440
cooks just got taken today.

2048
01:19:35,440 --> 01:19:36,680
They're in tears because they're about

2049
01:19:36,680 --> 01:19:38,440
to close. They have They have people

2050
01:19:38,440 --> 01:19:39,760
that won't come to work because they're

2051
01:19:39,760 --> 01:19:42,000
afraid, not because they're

2052
01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:43,600
undocumented. They're just afraid to

2053
01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:45,880
come into into our city right now and do

2054
01:19:45,880 --> 01:19:47,520
things. I've talked to people in parking

2055
01:19:47,520 --> 01:19:49,280
lots. There was a woman from I think

2056
01:19:49,280 --> 01:19:51,480
Puerto Rico that I talked to. She was

2057
01:19:51,480 --> 01:19:54,560
afraid. She's a US citizen. She's afraid

2058
01:19:54,560 --> 01:19:56,760
to just to be here. It's What's

2059
01:19:56,760 --> 01:19:58,520
happening is

2060
01:19:58,520 --> 01:20:00,640
unbelievable. It's

2061
01:20:00,640 --> 01:20:03,320
I I see ICE on our streets. I see them

2062
01:20:03,320 --> 01:20:04,760
box cars in

2063
01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:06,120
and I see them

2064
01:20:06,120 --> 01:20:08,200
let them go after 15 minutes. So, they

2065
01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:09,920
pull someone over, they box them in,

2066
01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:11,760
almost cause an accident, talk to them

2067
01:20:11,760 --> 01:20:13,040
for a few minutes and then they walk

2068
01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:15,240
away and just let them go. You know, how

2069
01:20:15,240 --> 01:20:17,440
can that happen? It does It does make no

2070
01:20:17,440 --> 01:20:18,840
sense in this country. That that kind of

2071
01:20:18,840 --> 01:20:20,240
thing should happen here.

2072
01:20:20,240 --> 01:20:22,680
I have not talked to anyone that has a

2073
01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:25,080
problem picking up actual violent

2074
01:20:25,080 --> 01:20:27,280
criminals and deporting them.

2075
01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:29,520
Let's find them and and go after them,

2076
01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:31,160
but the way they're doing it is just

2077
01:20:31,160 --> 01:20:33,920
wrong. It terrorizes our community. It's

2078
01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:35,920
It's uh closing our businesses and it's

2079
01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:37,360
not just the immigrant businesses that

2080
01:20:37,360 --> 01:20:39,120
are having problems. A lot of businesses

2081
01:20:39,120 --> 01:20:41,000
are having problems right now. I will

2082
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:42,920
tell you now I I will be supporting this

2083
01:20:42,920 --> 01:20:44,560
if we could do more legally and I've

2084
01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:46,320
talked to our legal counsel about what

2085
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:48,440
we can do. There's not a whole heck of a

2086
01:20:48,440 --> 01:20:50,520
lot unfortunately at our level,

2087
01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:53,400
but this we can do and I and

2088
01:20:53,400 --> 01:20:55,440
I think it's important to know that uh I

2089
01:20:55,440 --> 01:20:57,600
I know some people have some problems

2090
01:20:57,600 --> 01:20:59,440
with what they think our police may or

2091
01:20:59,440 --> 01:21:01,640
may not be doing, but I also know that

2092
01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:03,200
they're out to protect you guys when

2093
01:21:03,200 --> 01:21:04,760
you're out there. That's That's part of

2094
01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:06,960
their job is to make you safe when

2095
01:21:06,960 --> 01:21:08,600
you're out observing, when you're out

2096
01:21:08,600 --> 01:21:10,720
protesting. The ones that make you

2097
01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:12,400
unsafe are are the agents that I have

2098
01:21:12,400 --> 01:21:14,400
seen surround cars and go up and

2099
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:16,040
threaten the observers and tell them

2100
01:21:16,040 --> 01:21:17,120
they're going to have them arrested or

2101
01:21:17,120 --> 01:21:18,040
they're going to follow them home and

2102
01:21:18,040 --> 01:21:20,680
I've seen them do it. So, I I hear what

2103
01:21:20,680 --> 01:21:22,000
you're saying. I I believe what you're

2104
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:24,160
saying because I've seen it myself. So,

2105
01:21:24,160 --> 01:21:26,240
I will be supporting this.

2106
01:21:26,240 --> 01:21:29,000
Okay. Council Member Workman.

2107
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,240
No comment. Okay.

2108
01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:33,640
Thank you.

2109
01:21:33,640 --> 01:21:35,600
Members of our community, we have been

2110
01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:39,160
through a lot these past weeks.

2111
01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:40,600
And um

2112
01:21:40,600 --> 01:21:43,800
you have shared your experiences and we

2113
01:21:43,800 --> 01:21:47,520
also have experiences.

2114
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:50,280
I have met with people in our community

2115
01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:52,480
who have been impacted or businesses who

2116
01:21:52,480 --> 01:21:55,680
have impacted when I am notified.

2117
01:21:55,680 --> 01:21:57,600
And so,

2118
01:21:57,600 --> 01:22:01,640
I know that our community

2119
01:22:01,640 --> 01:22:04,680
is now in a lot of fear.

2120
01:22:04,680 --> 01:22:07,600
And I want to begin by acknowledging

2121
01:22:07,600 --> 01:22:11,080
the fear, the confusion,

2122
01:22:11,080 --> 01:22:13,320
and uncertainty

2123
01:22:13,320 --> 01:22:16,160
many of you are feeling when something

2124
01:22:16,160 --> 01:22:18,640
affects our neighbors,

2125
01:22:18,640 --> 01:22:20,840
our families,

2126
01:22:20,840 --> 01:22:24,160
our workplace,

2127
01:22:24,160 --> 01:22:25,800
and our

2128
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:28,880
sense of safety,

2129
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:32,160
it affects all of us.

2130
01:22:32,160 --> 01:22:34,200
And as your mayor,

2131
01:22:34,200 --> 01:22:36,440
it is my responsibility

2132
01:22:36,440 --> 01:22:38,280
to speak clearly,

2133
01:22:38,280 --> 01:22:40,840
to lead with compassion,

2134
01:22:40,840 --> 01:22:43,120
and to ensure that every person in

2135
01:22:43,120 --> 01:22:46,560
Burnsville knows that they are seen,

2136
01:22:46,560 --> 01:22:50,880
valued, and supported.

2137
01:22:50,880 --> 01:22:53,320
I want to address directly

2138
01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:55,840
what so many of you

2139
01:22:55,840 --> 01:22:58,800
have been asking about.

2140
01:22:58,800 --> 01:23:01,120
The recent federal immigration

2141
01:23:01,120 --> 01:23:05,000
enforcement actions taking place in our

2142
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:06,720
region.

2143
01:23:06,720 --> 01:23:08,360
First,

2144
01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:11,400
it is important to understand that

2145
01:23:11,400 --> 01:23:14,000
federal immigration enforcement is not

2146
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:15,840
new.

2147
01:23:15,840 --> 01:23:17,560
For decades,

2148
01:23:17,560 --> 01:23:21,520
across multiple administrations,

2149
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:25,960
Republicans and Democratic alike,

2150
01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:28,880
the federal government has carried out

2151
01:23:28,880 --> 01:23:30,760
removals.

2152
01:23:30,760 --> 01:23:34,640
The authority to do so is long-standing

2153
01:23:34,640 --> 01:23:37,480
and the legal framework is rooted in our

2154
01:23:37,480 --> 01:23:39,680
Constitution.

2155
01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:41,800
Historically,

2156
01:23:41,800 --> 01:23:46,240
these processes happened largely

2157
01:23:46,240 --> 01:23:48,720
out of public view.

2158
01:23:48,720 --> 01:23:52,880
Most people never saw them.

2159
01:23:52,880 --> 01:23:54,840
They were carried out through

2160
01:23:54,840 --> 01:23:58,240
established legal channels

2161
01:23:58,240 --> 01:24:00,440
with court review,

2162
01:24:00,440 --> 01:24:02,400
due process,

2163
01:24:02,400 --> 01:24:05,960
and procedures that while not perfect,

2164
01:24:05,960 --> 01:24:09,600
were familiar and predictable.

2165
01:24:09,600 --> 01:24:11,760
What is new

2166
01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:14,280
is the way these actions are being

2167
01:24:14,280 --> 01:24:17,240
carried out today

2168
01:24:17,240 --> 01:24:20,760
that we are all experiencing.

2169
01:24:20,760 --> 01:24:22,280
Residents,

2170
01:24:22,280 --> 01:24:23,600
all of you,

2171
01:24:23,600 --> 01:24:26,440
are witnessing encounters in public

2172
01:24:26,440 --> 01:24:28,360
spaces.

2173
01:24:28,360 --> 01:24:31,280
Families are being questioned without

2174
01:24:31,280 --> 01:24:34,480
understanding why and you have spoken to

2175
01:24:34,480 --> 01:24:36,600
that this evening.

2176
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:39,600
Workers with legal status are being

2177
01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:42,400
stopped or profiled.

2178
01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:45,920
Businesses are losing employees

2179
01:24:45,920 --> 01:24:48,400
because people are afraid

2180
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:50,760
to leave their homes.

2181
01:24:50,760 --> 01:24:54,760
The fear we are seeing is not coming

2182
01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:58,520
from existence of federal law.

2183
01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:01,600
It is coming from the manner in which

2184
01:25:01,600 --> 01:25:06,150
these operations are unfolding.

2185
01:25:06,160 --> 01:25:09,080
And that is why our community is feeling

2186
01:25:09,080 --> 01:25:11,440
shaken.

2187
01:25:11,440 --> 01:25:15,520
So, let me be absolutely clear.

2188
01:25:15,520 --> 01:25:19,000
The city of Burnsville does not direct,

2189
01:25:19,000 --> 01:25:22,120
control, or participate

2190
01:25:22,120 --> 01:25:25,840
in federal immigration enforcement.

2191
01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:28,640
We do not receive advance notice of

2192
01:25:28,640 --> 01:25:30,600
federal operations.

2193
01:25:30,600 --> 01:25:33,800
We do not coordinate with them and we do

2194
01:25:33,800 --> 01:25:37,440
not have the authority to stop or alter

2195
01:25:37,440 --> 01:25:40,000
their actions.

2196
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:42,760
But we do have the authority and the

2197
01:25:42,760 --> 01:25:44,520
responsibility

2198
01:25:44,520 --> 01:25:48,560
to care for our people.

2199
01:25:48,560 --> 01:25:50,640
So, let me talk about what we can

2200
01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:52,800
control and how we show up for one

2201
01:25:52,800 --> 01:25:55,480
another because that's one of the

2202
01:25:55,480 --> 01:25:57,520
biggest things about who we are in

2203
01:25:57,520 --> 01:26:00,760
Burnsville. It's who we are together.

2204
01:26:00,760 --> 01:26:04,160
Together, not separate.

2205
01:26:04,160 --> 01:26:06,280
And that's how we show up.

2206
01:26:06,280 --> 01:26:09,240
We control whether we allow fear to

2207
01:26:09,240 --> 01:26:12,000
divide us or whether we stand together

2208
01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:13,960
in compassion,

2209
01:26:13,960 --> 01:26:16,480
kindness, and care.

2210
01:26:16,480 --> 01:26:18,640
We control

2211
01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:21,440
whether our neighbors feel alone

2212
01:26:21,440 --> 01:26:24,720
or supported. We control

2213
01:26:24,720 --> 01:26:26,960
whether Burnsville remains a place where

2214
01:26:26,960 --> 01:26:30,240
every person, regardless of where they

2215
01:26:30,240 --> 01:26:31,560
were born,

2216
01:26:31,560 --> 01:26:36,320
feels safe to go to work, to school, to

2217
01:26:36,320 --> 01:26:38,200
the grocery store,

2218
01:26:38,200 --> 01:26:40,400
or to church.

2219
01:26:40,400 --> 01:26:42,640
Our local police department will

2220
01:26:42,640 --> 01:26:44,800
continue to focus on local public

2221
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:46,720
safety.

2222
01:26:46,720 --> 01:26:50,400
They are conducting They are not

2223
01:26:50,400 --> 01:26:53,320
conducting immigration enforcement.

2224
01:26:53,320 --> 01:26:55,640
They are not checking immigration

2225
01:26:55,640 --> 01:26:57,200
status.

2226
01:26:57,200 --> 01:27:00,440
Their role is to protect the safety of

2227
01:27:00,440 --> 01:27:04,440
everyone who lives, works, and visits

2228
01:27:04,440 --> 01:27:06,640
Burnsville.

2229
01:27:06,640 --> 01:27:09,840
That does not change.

2230
01:27:09,840 --> 01:27:12,600
I also want to speak

2231
01:27:12,600 --> 01:27:17,000
to our immigrant families directly.

2232
01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:20,320
You are a part of the fabric of our

2233
01:27:20,320 --> 01:27:22,120
city.

2234
01:27:22,120 --> 01:27:26,320
You contribute to our schools,

2235
01:27:26,320 --> 01:27:28,840
our businesses,

2236
01:27:28,840 --> 01:27:31,720
our faith communities.

2237
01:27:31,720 --> 01:27:34,160
You pay taxes

2238
01:27:34,160 --> 01:27:38,560
and you contribute to our shared future.

2239
01:27:38,560 --> 01:27:41,360
You deserve dignity.

2240
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:43,920
You deserve clarity.

2241
01:27:43,920 --> 01:27:47,320
And you deserve to feel safe

2242
01:27:47,320 --> 01:27:49,120
seeking help,

2243
01:27:49,120 --> 01:27:51,320
reporting a crime,

2244
01:27:51,320 --> 01:27:56,080
or simply living your daily life.

2245
01:27:56,080 --> 01:27:58,640
To our business owners,

2246
01:27:58,640 --> 01:28:02,200
I know many of you are struggling.

2247
01:28:02,200 --> 01:28:05,630
We have talked.

2248
01:28:05,640 --> 01:28:07,760
Losing staff,

2249
01:28:07,760 --> 01:28:11,680
losing customers, and trying to navigate

2250
01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:13,800
uncertainty.

2251
01:28:13,800 --> 01:28:16,760
We will continue working with you to

2252
01:28:16,760 --> 01:28:18,760
provide information,

2253
01:28:18,760 --> 01:28:23,150
resources, and support.

2254
01:28:23,160 --> 01:28:26,480
And to our entire community,

2255
01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:30,920
moments like this test who we are.

2256
01:28:30,920 --> 01:28:33,600
They test our values.

2257
01:28:33,600 --> 01:28:36,240
They test our resolve.

2258
01:28:36,240 --> 01:28:38,240
But Burnsville

2259
01:28:38,240 --> 01:28:40,400
has always been a city

2260
01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:43,480
that leads with heart.

2261
01:28:43,480 --> 01:28:46,160
A city that chooses unity

2262
01:28:46,160 --> 01:28:48,200
over division.

2263
01:28:48,200 --> 01:28:51,680
A city that believes in the worth and

2264
01:28:51,680 --> 01:28:56,190
dignity of every person.

2265
01:28:56,200 --> 01:29:00,719
We will get through this together.

2266
01:29:00,719 --> 01:29:03,680
We will stand together

2267
01:29:03,680 --> 01:29:05,240
by caring

2268
01:29:05,240 --> 01:29:07,160
for one another

2269
01:29:07,160 --> 01:29:13,070
and by refusing to let fear define us.

2270
01:29:13,080 --> 01:29:16,880
You see, together we are stronger.

2271
01:29:16,880 --> 01:29:20,240
And I thank you all for your strength,

2272
01:29:20,240 --> 01:29:23,160
for your compassion for your neighbor,

2273
01:29:23,160 --> 01:29:24,680
for each other,

2274
01:29:24,680 --> 01:29:27,800
and your commitment to each other.

2275
01:29:27,800 --> 01:29:32,040
We will continue to communicate openly

2276
01:29:32,040 --> 01:29:34,000
as we learn more

2277
01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:36,080
and as we continue to work through this

2278
01:29:36,080 --> 01:29:38,120
together.

2279
01:29:38,120 --> 01:29:40,880
We find ourselves in a time that we have

2280
01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:43,720
never experienced before and it is

2281
01:29:43,720 --> 01:29:45,480
testing us.

2282
01:29:45,480 --> 01:29:48,440
So I call upon all of us that

2283
01:29:48,440 --> 01:29:51,280
we work together

2284
01:29:51,280 --> 01:29:53,640
and that we stand together

2285
01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:56,920
because we are Burnsville strong and we

2286
01:29:56,920 --> 01:29:59,720
lead with compassion and kindness

2287
01:29:59,720 --> 01:30:02,200
in taking care of one another because

2288
01:30:02,200 --> 01:30:04,680
that's who we are and that's what we

2289
01:30:04,680 --> 01:30:06,840
will continue to do.

2290
01:30:06,840 --> 01:30:10,880
And so with that, I thank you

2291
01:30:10,880 --> 01:30:13,360
for your strength and for being out

2292
01:30:13,360 --> 01:30:14,480
there

2293
01:30:14,480 --> 01:30:16,560
and observing.

2294
01:30:16,560 --> 01:30:20,400
But be safe and do it within the law

2295
01:30:20,400 --> 01:30:23,200
because that's what I want for you. It

2296
01:30:23,200 --> 01:30:26,000
is your constitutional right

2297
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:29,150
to observe

2298
01:30:29,160 --> 01:30:31,440
and to witness

2299
01:30:31,440 --> 01:30:34,360
and to record.

2300
01:30:34,360 --> 01:30:37,320
That is your constitutional right, but I

2301
01:30:37,320 --> 01:30:39,640
ask that you do it safely and within the

2302
01:30:39,640 --> 01:30:42,760
law so that

2303
01:30:42,760 --> 01:30:45,080
you stay safe out there.

2304
01:30:45,080 --> 01:30:46,840
I don't want anything to happen to you

2305
01:30:46,840 --> 01:30:49,320
and you're very brave to do what you

2306
01:30:49,320 --> 01:30:52,000
did, but something that you did

2307
01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:55,360
de-escalated something.

2308
01:30:55,360 --> 01:30:57,800
So let's remember and learn from some of

2309
01:30:57,800 --> 01:30:59,720
the stories

2310
01:30:59,720 --> 01:31:02,520
that we heard tonight.

2311
01:31:02,520 --> 01:31:04,520
Let's de-escalate

2312
01:31:04,520 --> 01:31:07,600
rather than escalate.

2313
01:31:07,600 --> 01:31:11,200
But record and stand witness

2314
01:31:11,200 --> 01:31:13,760
and be safe.

2315
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:17,520
Be safe out there. But together we will

2316
01:31:17,520 --> 01:31:19,240
get through this.

2317
01:31:19,240 --> 01:31:20,920
And it is

2318
01:31:20,920 --> 01:31:24,520
us who defines our community

2319
01:31:24,520 --> 01:31:26,520
not anybody else.

2320
01:31:26,520 --> 01:31:28,520
Thank you for being here.

2321
01:31:28,520 --> 01:31:29,720
Uh

2322
01:31:29,720 --> 01:31:32,600
and our police chief will have

2323
01:31:32,600 --> 01:31:35,360
I would like to take time to speak.

2324
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:36,080
Um

2325
01:31:36,080 --> 01:31:42,270
Chief Tanya Schwartz.

2326
01:31:42,280 --> 01:31:43,640
Madam Mayor, members of the council,

2327
01:31:43,640 --> 01:31:46,080
community, thank you. I appreciate the

2328
01:31:46,080 --> 01:31:48,240
conversation this evening.

2329
01:31:48,240 --> 01:31:50,160
I'm going to try to keep my comments

2330
01:31:50,160 --> 01:31:53,360
brief. I

2331
01:31:53,360 --> 01:31:54,680
really appreciate the opportunity to

2332
01:31:54,680 --> 01:31:56,760
share my perspective

2333
01:31:56,760 --> 01:31:59,040
as the chief. First, I want to thank our

2334
01:31:59,040 --> 01:32:00,800
police officers

2335
01:32:00,800 --> 01:32:03,560
at every level in our department

2336
01:32:03,560 --> 01:32:05,840
who serve with courage and integrity and

2337
01:32:05,840 --> 01:32:08,520
excellence every single day.

2338
01:32:08,520 --> 01:32:10,440
They often respond to unpredictable

2339
01:32:10,440 --> 01:32:12,640
high-stress situations.

2340
01:32:12,640 --> 01:32:14,440
They maintain law and order while

2341
01:32:14,440 --> 01:32:16,800
building trusted relationships.

2342
01:32:16,800 --> 01:32:18,880
They take that responsibility very

2343
01:32:18,880 --> 01:32:21,520
seriously.

2344
01:32:21,520 --> 01:32:23,680
While amazing at managing uncertain

2345
01:32:23,680 --> 01:32:25,960
circumstances, police officers are human

2346
01:32:25,960 --> 01:32:29,000
beings. They're daughters, mothers,

2347
01:32:29,000 --> 01:32:32,040
sons, fathers, friends, imperfect, but

2348
01:32:32,040 --> 01:32:33,760
doing their job as best as they possibly

2349
01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:35,560
can.

2350
01:32:35,560 --> 01:32:36,720
We have a shared trust with our

2351
01:32:36,720 --> 01:32:38,960
community built over decades because of

2352
01:32:38,960 --> 01:32:40,880
the very human connection and

2353
01:32:40,880 --> 01:32:42,200
relationships that we have with the

2354
01:32:42,200 --> 01:32:45,200
people who live here.

2355
01:32:45,200 --> 01:32:46,640
Mayor, city attorney, our council

2356
01:32:46,640 --> 01:32:49,200
members shared uh several challenges our

2357
01:32:49,200 --> 01:32:52,000
community did as well um talking about

2358
01:32:52,000 --> 01:32:55,640
this proposed ordinance as well.

2359
01:32:55,640 --> 01:32:58,080
There is some clarity I think that needs

2360
01:32:58,080 --> 01:32:59,880
to be shared about the limits of our

2361
01:32:59,880 --> 01:33:02,160
local authority and some of that was

2362
01:33:02,160 --> 01:33:03,840
talked about tonight and I appreciate

2363
01:33:03,840 --> 01:33:05,520
that.

2364
01:33:05,520 --> 01:33:07,520
I think we need to make it clear. I want

2365
01:33:07,520 --> 01:33:09,600
people to understand that our police

2366
01:33:09,600 --> 01:33:11,880
officers cannot interfere with law

2367
01:33:11,880 --> 01:33:13,520
enforcement agents carrying out their

2368
01:33:13,520 --> 01:33:15,280
duties to arrest individuals who are

2369
01:33:15,280 --> 01:33:17,200
here unlawfully or who pose public

2370
01:33:17,200 --> 01:33:19,400
safety risks to the point of council

2371
01:33:19,400 --> 01:33:21,600
member, I think we can all find common

2372
01:33:21,600 --> 01:33:23,440
ground that we want people who pose a

2373
01:33:23,440 --> 01:33:25,920
public safety risk in Burnsville

2374
01:33:25,920 --> 01:33:29,360
uh to not be in Burnsville anymore.

2375
01:33:29,360 --> 01:33:32,520
This does not mean that we don't care.

2376
01:33:32,520 --> 01:33:34,680
Doesn't mean that we're indifferent to

2377
01:33:34,680 --> 01:33:37,080
the community concerns. I just want us

2378
01:33:37,080 --> 01:33:39,080
to be very honest. I want us to always

2379
01:33:39,080 --> 01:33:41,040
have those hard and difficult honest

2380
01:33:41,040 --> 01:33:43,200
conversations and be clear about we what

2381
01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:46,600
we can do and what we cannot do so that

2382
01:33:46,600 --> 01:33:50,560
there are realistic expectations here.

2383
01:33:50,560 --> 01:33:52,720
Uh we will continue to respond to calls

2384
01:33:52,720 --> 01:33:55,640
to try to reduce tension, to tone down

2385
01:33:55,640 --> 01:33:58,040
rhetoric, to keep situations as safe as

2386
01:33:58,040 --> 01:34:01,440
we possibly can for everyone on scene.

2387
01:34:01,440 --> 01:34:03,360
Uh we are committed to that. We do that.

2388
01:34:03,360 --> 01:34:05,000
Every day our officers are doing that.

2389
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:07,240
They're in a no-win situation here. So

2390
01:34:07,240 --> 01:34:08,560
they are doing the very best that they

2391
01:34:08,560 --> 01:34:10,240
can.

2392
01:34:10,240 --> 01:34:12,040
They care about this community very

2393
01:34:12,040 --> 01:34:14,360
much. I hear about the stories every

2394
01:34:14,360 --> 01:34:15,760
day.

2395
01:34:15,760 --> 01:34:17,680
We know that seeing federal immigration

2396
01:34:17,680 --> 01:34:19,760
activity and enforcement action is

2397
01:34:19,760 --> 01:34:22,200
distressing, especially for families

2398
01:34:22,200 --> 01:34:24,400
worried about how it may personally

2399
01:34:24,400 --> 01:34:26,600
affect them.

2400
01:34:26,600 --> 01:34:28,680
Our Burnsville police tactics, our

2401
01:34:28,680 --> 01:34:32,320
operations, how we carry our mission

2402
01:34:32,320 --> 01:34:34,400
how we do public safety, it looks very

2403
01:34:34,400 --> 01:34:36,000
different than federal law enforcement

2404
01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:37,920
operations.

2405
01:34:37,920 --> 01:34:39,760
We understand how that difference

2406
01:34:39,760 --> 01:34:42,680
creates stress across the community. I'm

2407
01:34:42,680 --> 01:34:45,080
familiar with the comments uh from the

2408
01:34:45,080 --> 01:34:47,360
Minnesota Chiefs uh or some of the

2409
01:34:47,360 --> 01:34:49,560
chiefs that spoke today uh at the

2410
01:34:49,560 --> 01:34:52,920
capital. All of us chiefs are trying to

2411
01:34:52,920 --> 01:34:55,600
again, how do we find common ground? How

2412
01:34:55,600 --> 01:34:57,840
do we open lines of communication? I

2413
01:34:57,840 --> 01:35:00,320
understand a lot of community doesn't

2414
01:35:00,320 --> 01:35:02,000
want us to have communication with

2415
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:04,560
federal agents, but when we don't have

2416
01:35:04,560 --> 01:35:06,720
communication, then we have a lot of

2417
01:35:06,720 --> 01:35:10,040
chaos. So for us to understand uh what

2418
01:35:10,040 --> 01:35:12,600
is going on, try to again, share the

2419
01:35:12,600 --> 01:35:14,920
concerns that we have about some of the

2420
01:35:14,920 --> 01:35:16,840
tactics that we are seeing by some

2421
01:35:16,840 --> 01:35:20,440
agents. Uh if you look at that whole uh

2422
01:35:20,440 --> 01:35:22,120
press conference from earlier, I don't

2423
01:35:22,120 --> 01:35:23,560
want to take that out of context. So I

2424
01:35:23,560 --> 01:35:25,400
would just encourage everyone to watch

2425
01:35:25,400 --> 01:35:27,640
the full um conference so that you

2426
01:35:27,640 --> 01:35:31,000
understand what was being said.

2427
01:35:31,000 --> 01:35:32,840
And and I'm glad to stay and talk

2428
01:35:32,840 --> 01:35:35,360
afterwards with anyone to talk about uh

2429
01:35:35,360 --> 01:35:37,240
the work that we are doing at the

2430
01:35:37,240 --> 01:35:39,120
Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association.

2431
01:35:39,120 --> 01:35:41,560
I sit on that board and again, what our

2432
01:35:41,560 --> 01:35:44,760
goals are is to how do we uh tone down

2433
01:35:44,760 --> 01:35:47,200
tension, how do we uh tone down

2434
01:35:47,200 --> 01:35:49,560
rhetoric, and how do we find

2435
01:35:49,560 --> 01:35:52,240
communication with local with uh with

2436
01:35:52,240 --> 01:35:55,520
federal agents, supervisors, people in

2437
01:35:55,520 --> 01:35:57,080
leadership who are in charge of the

2438
01:35:57,080 --> 01:35:59,480
operations that are going on so that we

2439
01:35:59,480 --> 01:36:01,600
can understand and share with them the

2440
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:03,800
concerns that we have like was what was

2441
01:36:03,800 --> 01:36:05,440
shared today.

2442
01:36:05,440 --> 01:36:09,640
So we are all doing that work as well.

2443
01:36:09,640 --> 01:36:11,720
And I know all of this raises just

2444
01:36:11,720 --> 01:36:13,280
questions. People are concerned, what

2445
01:36:13,280 --> 01:36:15,600
can I do? What should I do? What should

2446
01:36:15,600 --> 01:36:17,840
I not do? And I appreciate that we get

2447
01:36:17,840 --> 01:36:20,160
those questions and some of the comments

2448
01:36:20,160 --> 01:36:22,280
came tonight as well as, you know, when

2449
01:36:22,280 --> 01:36:24,280
when you're exercising first amendment

2450
01:36:24,280 --> 01:36:26,480
rights, we want people to do that. We

2451
01:36:26,480 --> 01:36:28,720
want people to do that safely, to be

2452
01:36:28,720 --> 01:36:31,840
recording, but we want you to do that in

2453
01:36:31,840 --> 01:36:33,480
a way that you're not so close as to

2454
01:36:33,480 --> 01:36:35,880
prevent or to

2455
01:36:35,880 --> 01:36:38,480
to basically be a public safety hazard

2456
01:36:38,480 --> 01:36:40,320
to whatever law enforcement action is

2457
01:36:40,320 --> 01:36:42,120
going on there. So

2458
01:36:42,120 --> 01:36:44,520
do that, but just maintain a safe

2459
01:36:44,520 --> 01:36:47,280
distance in that regard.

2460
01:36:47,280 --> 01:36:50,280
Don't impede federal law enforcement

2461
01:36:50,280 --> 01:36:52,880
physically or otherwise and and don't

2462
01:36:52,880 --> 01:36:55,560
use your vehicles to impede. Don't set

2463
01:36:55,560 --> 01:36:57,120
off illegal fireworks. And I know none

2464
01:36:57,120 --> 01:36:58,680
of this is happening in our community,

2465
01:36:58,680 --> 01:37:00,560
but we see these things happening across

2466
01:37:00,560 --> 01:37:02,920
the state. And so as a police chief, I

2467
01:37:02,920 --> 01:37:05,800
am very concerned as as the amount of

2468
01:37:05,800 --> 01:37:07,600
rhetoric and the tension increases that

2469
01:37:07,600 --> 01:37:09,320
these things spill over across

2470
01:37:09,320 --> 01:37:10,960
communities and I don't want to see that

2471
01:37:10,960 --> 01:37:12,160
happen.

2472
01:37:12,160 --> 01:37:15,120
Boxing in agents, blocking them, I I

2473
01:37:15,120 --> 01:37:16,760
understand

2474
01:37:16,760 --> 01:37:19,440
everyone's tensions are high, but that

2475
01:37:19,440 --> 01:37:21,640
actually just

2476
01:37:21,640 --> 01:37:24,560
it's unlawful and it also is extremely

2477
01:37:24,560 --> 01:37:27,240
dangerous. It really increases the risk

2478
01:37:27,240 --> 01:37:30,920
of injury to you, to um

2479
01:37:30,920 --> 01:37:33,080
others around. It increases the chance

2480
01:37:33,080 --> 01:37:35,520
of being arrested. And and really when

2481
01:37:35,520 --> 01:37:37,200
we're doing that, it can diminish the

2482
01:37:37,200 --> 01:37:40,160
safety of everyone around us. So I just

2483
01:37:40,160 --> 01:37:44,440
I want to thank people for

2484
01:37:44,440 --> 01:37:47,280
being vigilant and not doing that. And I

2485
01:37:47,280 --> 01:37:49,280
can see that our community is not doing

2486
01:37:49,280 --> 01:37:51,440
that, but I just know as tensions

2487
01:37:51,440 --> 01:37:53,960
continue to rise, things can happen. I

2488
01:37:53,960 --> 01:37:56,200
want people to channel their energy into

2489
01:37:56,200 --> 01:37:58,200
actions that strengthen rather than than

2490
01:37:58,200 --> 01:38:00,080
divide like we've been talking about

2491
01:38:00,080 --> 01:38:01,920
here.

2492
01:38:01,920 --> 01:38:04,040
Think about reasonable communication,

2493
01:38:04,040 --> 01:38:05,840
avoiding misinformation, and being

2494
01:38:05,840 --> 01:38:08,320
inflammatory or assuming things. A lot

2495
01:38:08,320 --> 01:38:10,160
of things are taken out of context and

2496
01:38:10,160 --> 01:38:12,520
again, I'm not here to say that I agree

2497
01:38:12,520 --> 01:38:14,560
with all of the tactics that are being

2498
01:38:14,560 --> 01:38:18,320
used. I do not and

2499
01:38:18,320 --> 01:38:20,600
we are doing what we can to establish

2500
01:38:20,600 --> 01:38:22,960
communication to understand uh what is

2501
01:38:22,960 --> 01:38:25,240
going on with the federal leadership

2502
01:38:25,240 --> 01:38:27,680
here.

2503
01:38:27,680 --> 01:38:29,480
So just

2504
01:38:29,480 --> 01:38:30,920
I just wanted to share that because I

2505
01:38:30,920 --> 01:38:32,960
care very much about this community.

2506
01:38:32,960 --> 01:38:35,760
I've been here for over 30 years. We've

2507
01:38:35,760 --> 01:38:37,480
all been through a lot together. The

2508
01:38:37,480 --> 01:38:38,880
council and I have been through a lot

2509
01:38:38,880 --> 01:38:41,080
together and we're going to be here to

2510
01:38:41,080 --> 01:38:44,440
council member Schultz's uh response is

2511
01:38:44,440 --> 01:38:46,200
we're going to be here together when

2512
01:38:46,200 --> 01:38:50,440
this is done. And so we need to not

2513
01:38:50,440 --> 01:38:53,040
erode trust and I just want people to

2514
01:38:53,040 --> 01:38:54,440
understand that we're doing the very

2515
01:38:54,440 --> 01:38:56,800
best we can in a a really challenging

2516
01:38:56,800 --> 01:38:59,800
situation and our

2517
01:38:59,800 --> 01:39:02,480
local authority is limited. What we can

2518
01:39:02,480 --> 01:39:04,680
do with an ordinance like this is

2519
01:39:04,680 --> 01:39:08,360
limited for police. So I just I want

2520
01:39:08,360 --> 01:39:10,360
people to understand that, to manage the

2521
01:39:10,360 --> 01:39:12,240
expectations.

2522
01:39:12,240 --> 01:39:13,840
Um so

2523
01:39:13,840 --> 01:39:15,200
with that I would stand for any

2524
01:39:15,200 --> 01:39:16,680
questions from

2525
01:39:16,680 --> 01:39:17,920
council.

2526
01:39:17,920 --> 01:39:20,640
Um any questions for the chief?

2527
01:39:20,640 --> 01:39:22,480
Thank you, chief, and thank you for your

2528
01:39:22,480 --> 01:39:24,520
words because that you're absolutely

2529
01:39:24,520 --> 01:39:27,480
right. It's managing expectations. And

2530
01:39:27,480 --> 01:39:31,080
one thing that we all agree on and is

2531
01:39:31,080 --> 01:39:34,240
that when someone commits a serious

2532
01:39:34,240 --> 01:39:36,560
uh violent crime, they should be held

2533
01:39:36,560 --> 01:39:39,160
accountable.

2534
01:39:39,160 --> 01:39:41,480
That is true whether they are were born

2535
01:39:41,480 --> 01:39:42,720
here

2536
01:39:42,720 --> 01:39:44,520
or arrived here.

2537
01:39:44,520 --> 01:39:47,400
And we want our community to be safe

2538
01:39:47,400 --> 01:39:49,880
and we want dangerous individuals of any

2539
01:39:49,880 --> 01:39:52,840
background off our streets.

2540
01:39:52,840 --> 01:39:54,000
So,

2541
01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:55,920
that's something I think we all agree on

2542
01:39:55,920 --> 01:39:58,480
and we all agree that we want to be safe

2543
01:39:58,480 --> 01:40:00,960
in our community. So, what we have

2544
01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:03,880
control over is what we do together.

2545
01:40:03,880 --> 01:40:09,590
Councilmember Schultz, your hand is up.

2546
01:40:09,600 --> 01:40:12,550
Thank you.

2547
01:40:12,560 --> 01:40:15,840
I want to say that our police are

2548
01:40:15,840 --> 01:40:17,200
worried

2549
01:40:17,200 --> 01:40:20,120
for our residents.

2550
01:40:20,120 --> 01:40:24,800
Um I know that our chief is worried for

2551
01:40:24,800 --> 01:40:26,840
our our residents.

2552
01:40:26,840 --> 01:40:29,520
And many of you

2553
01:40:29,520 --> 01:40:32,760
have seen me out and about

2554
01:40:32,760 --> 01:40:34,720
um because I am most certainly

2555
01:40:34,720 --> 01:40:37,360
volunteering.

2556
01:40:37,360 --> 01:40:40,760
I and I think many of you know that um

2557
01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:43,400
I'm probably not the most moderate

2558
01:40:43,400 --> 01:40:45,800
person on this council.

2559
01:40:45,800 --> 01:40:48,280
But I will also say that our police

2560
01:40:48,280 --> 01:40:51,840
chief and our fire chief and our police

2561
01:40:51,840 --> 01:40:54,120
have my full

2562
01:40:54,120 --> 01:40:57,640
and utter support.

2563
01:40:57,640 --> 01:41:00,480
And not everything that

2564
01:41:00,480 --> 01:41:03,240
the city is doing

2565
01:41:03,240 --> 01:41:06,400
to help is visible.

2566
01:41:06,400 --> 01:41:08,800
So, thank you. I just wanted to be very

2567
01:41:08,800 --> 01:41:11,760
clear about that. Okay, very good.

2568
01:41:11,760 --> 01:41:13,760
Anything else?

2569
01:41:13,760 --> 01:41:16,560
All right, members of the council.

2570
01:41:16,560 --> 01:41:18,640
Before us is the adoption of the

2571
01:41:18,640 --> 01:41:21,040
ordinance amending title one

2572
01:41:21,040 --> 01:41:23,480
chapter 13 stewardship of the city

2573
01:41:23,480 --> 01:41:25,960
resources and resolution affirming

2574
01:41:25,960 --> 01:41:27,960
community values and stewardship of

2575
01:41:27,960 --> 01:41:31,720
community resources amidst immigration

2576
01:41:31,720 --> 01:41:34,830
operations.

2577
01:41:34,840 --> 01:41:38,630
May I have a motion, please?

2578
01:41:38,640 --> 01:41:41,510
Move to approve.

2579
01:41:41,520 --> 01:41:43,120
There's a motion to approve. Are you

2580
01:41:43,120 --> 01:41:45,120
seconding that? Councilmember Schultz,

2581
01:41:45,120 --> 01:41:46,920
is that

2582
01:41:46,920 --> 01:41:48,960
Yes, I am seconding. Okay, there's a

2583
01:41:48,960 --> 01:41:50,960
motion and a second. All in favor,

2584
01:41:50,960 --> 01:41:53,080
please say I. Oh, I

2585
01:41:53,080 --> 01:41:54,160
Pardon me? Do you want to do roll call?

2586
01:41:54,160 --> 01:41:57,120
I will go and do the roll call. Yes, I I

2587
01:41:57,120 --> 01:41:58,680
was just getting there. I was going to

2588
01:41:58,680 --> 01:42:00,800
go for it, but I remembered that uh

2589
01:42:00,800 --> 01:42:02,800
Councilmember Schultz is

2590
01:42:02,800 --> 01:42:04,040
uh

2591
01:42:04,040 --> 01:42:06,520
is uh

2592
01:42:06,520 --> 01:42:08,040
uh

2593
01:42:08,040 --> 01:42:10,400
on on online. Okay, Councilmember

2594
01:42:10,400 --> 01:42:11,400
Schultz.

2595
01:42:11,400 --> 01:42:12,560
Madam Mayor, Yeah.

2596
01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:13,990
>> let me do the roll call, please. Madam

2597
01:42:13,990 --> 01:42:14,000
» let me do the roll call, please. Madam

2598
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:15,800
Mayor, You can do it. You can do the

2599
01:42:15,800 --> 01:42:18,320
roll call.

2600
01:42:18,320 --> 01:42:21,000
Councilmember Keely. I.

2601
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:23,000
Councilmember Gustafson. I.

2602
01:42:23,000 --> 01:42:26,230
Councilmember Schultz.

2603
01:42:26,240 --> 01:42:29,440
Yes. Councilmember Workman. I. Mayor

2604
01:42:29,440 --> 01:42:31,560
Kauth. Yes.

2605
01:42:31,560 --> 01:42:34,720
Okay, and we have an adopted ordinance.

2606
01:42:34,720 --> 01:42:36,560
So, thank you so much, everyone, FOR

2607
01:42:36,560 --> 01:42:41,270
BEING HERE.

2608
01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:44,280
AND REMEMBER, together we are strong.

2609
01:42:44,280 --> 01:42:46,560
Take care of one another.

2610
01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:49,000
Make sure that we

2611
01:42:49,000 --> 01:42:51,400
check on your neighbors.

2612
01:42:51,400 --> 01:42:53,680
Find out if they're okay and if you need

2613
01:42:53,680 --> 01:42:57,720
to do any grocery shopping for them.

2614
01:42:57,720 --> 01:42:59,400
Because that's something that we can all

2615
01:42:59,400 --> 01:43:02,280
do together. So,

2616
01:43:02,280 --> 01:43:07,350
thank you so much.

2617
01:43:07,360 --> 01:43:10,120
And now we will move on to the regular

2618
01:43:10,120 --> 01:43:12,280
agenda.

2619
01:43:12,280 --> 01:43:14,480
The first item on the regular agenda is

2620
01:43:14,480 --> 01:43:17,080
a public hearing.

2621
01:43:17,080 --> 01:43:19,760
And this is uh a resolution approving

2622
01:43:19,760 --> 01:43:21,880
the drainage and utility easement

2623
01:43:21,880 --> 01:43:23,360
vacation

2624
01:43:23,360 --> 01:43:25,080
for 14001

2625
01:43:25,080 --> 01:43:27,240
Burnhaven Drive

2626
01:43:27,240 --> 01:43:32,760
and 911 140th Street West.

2627
01:43:32,760 --> 01:43:35,840
And presenting this evening

2628
01:43:35,840 --> 01:43:37,880
is our city engineer

2629
01:43:37,880 --> 01:43:40,840
Logan Blasity. Mr. Blasity, the floor is

2630
01:43:40,840 --> 01:43:42,720
yours. Madam Mayor and members of the

2631
01:43:42,720 --> 01:43:44,160
council, thank you very much for having

2632
01:43:44,160 --> 01:43:45,600
me.

2633
01:43:45,600 --> 01:43:47,520
Uh yes, as you said, tonight we have a

2634
01:43:47,520 --> 01:43:49,320
vacation of drainage and utility

2635
01:43:49,320 --> 01:43:51,840
easements and with that we are required

2636
01:43:51,840 --> 01:43:54,040
to hold a public hearing.

2637
01:43:54,040 --> 01:43:55,480
So, the

2638
01:43:55,480 --> 01:43:57,440
the two properties with the easements

2639
01:43:57,440 --> 01:44:01,160
being vacated are uh 14001 Burnhaven

2640
01:44:01,160 --> 01:44:07,120
Drive and 911 140th 140th Street West.

2641
01:44:07,120 --> 01:44:10,480
So, here is 911 140th Street West. It's

2642
01:44:10,480 --> 01:44:14,080
the the former site of fire station one.

2643
01:44:14,080 --> 01:44:17,440
Um I'd like to point out sort of the uh

2644
01:44:17,440 --> 01:44:19,280
unconventional property line there under

2645
01:44:19,280 --> 01:44:21,920
140th Street.

2646
01:44:21,920 --> 01:44:22,080
Yeah.

2647
01:44:22,080 --> 01:44:24,510
>> And then immediately adjacent to that is

2648
01:44:24,510 --> 01:44:24,520
» And then immediately adjacent to that is

2649
01:44:24,520 --> 01:44:27,720
the former pumpkin patch daycare site

2650
01:44:27,720 --> 01:44:29,640
at 14001

2651
01:44:29,640 --> 01:44:31,920
Burnhaven Drive. Uh what's unique about

2652
01:44:31,920 --> 01:44:34,400
this site is that it was actually the

2653
01:44:34,400 --> 01:44:36,640
parcel is a

2654
01:44:36,640 --> 01:44:39,400
creation from three different plats. So,

2655
01:44:39,400 --> 01:44:41,720
you will see uh we actually have to

2656
01:44:41,720 --> 01:44:44,120
vacate easements from three uh separate

2657
01:44:44,120 --> 01:44:46,680
plats with this one.

2658
01:44:46,680 --> 01:44:50,080
So, the first is being uh

2659
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:53,480
the highlighted area of Burnhaven Mall

2660
01:44:53,480 --> 01:44:56,560
plat. Uh that easement shown currently

2661
01:44:56,560 --> 01:44:59,360
covers a city water main that is

2662
01:44:59,360 --> 01:45:02,160
proposed to be relocated with the

2663
01:45:02,160 --> 01:45:06,670
uh Costco gas station project.

2664
01:45:06,680 --> 01:45:09,280
Second section of drainage and utility

2665
01:45:09,280 --> 01:45:12,360
easements to be vacated is per High

2666
01:45:12,360 --> 01:45:14,680
Highridge Second Edition.

2667
01:45:14,680 --> 01:45:17,000
This is immediately adjacent to 140th

2668
01:45:17,000 --> 01:45:19,240
Street West and this will be replatted

2669
01:45:19,240 --> 01:45:21,240
as drainage and utility easement with

2670
01:45:21,240 --> 01:45:25,120
the proposed Costco Second Edition plat.

2671
01:45:25,120 --> 01:45:27,120
And then we have perimeter easements

2672
01:45:27,120 --> 01:45:30,240
around all of uh Burnhaven Fire Station

2673
01:45:30,240 --> 01:45:32,800
number one plat.

2674
01:45:32,800 --> 01:45:35,520
Um the

2675
01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:38,360
areas under or encumbering the proposed

2676
01:45:38,360 --> 01:45:40,120
right-of-way for 140th Street will be

2677
01:45:40,120 --> 01:45:41,840
replatted as

2678
01:45:41,840 --> 01:45:43,560
public right-of-way.

2679
01:45:43,560 --> 01:45:45,200
And then the necessary perimeter

2680
01:45:45,200 --> 01:45:46,600
easements

2681
01:45:46,600 --> 01:45:49,560
for the Costco Second Edition plat will

2682
01:45:49,560 --> 01:45:51,200
uh be replatted with drainage and

2683
01:45:51,200 --> 01:45:54,630
utility easements.

2684
01:45:54,640 --> 01:45:55,960
So,

2685
01:45:55,960 --> 01:45:58,640
uh with that, there's a lot of easements

2686
01:45:58,640 --> 01:46:01,360
shown there and easement vacations.

2687
01:46:01,360 --> 01:46:02,960
Simply put, the

2688
01:46:02,960 --> 01:46:05,280
areas where private utilities and city

2689
01:46:05,280 --> 01:46:07,880
utilities currently exist within

2690
01:46:07,880 --> 01:46:09,600
easement are either being dedicated as

2691
01:46:09,600 --> 01:46:10,920
right-of-way,

2692
01:46:10,920 --> 01:46:13,000
uh replatted as drainage and utility

2693
01:46:13,000 --> 01:46:16,440
easements, or the city utilities within

2694
01:46:16,440 --> 01:46:20,320
the easement are being relocated um to

2695
01:46:20,320 --> 01:46:22,720
a future easement, so.

2696
01:46:22,720 --> 01:46:25,120
With that, there was no public need for

2697
01:46:25,120 --> 01:46:28,200
the drainage and utility easements um

2698
01:46:28,200 --> 01:46:30,320
and then I'm showing here the

2699
01:46:30,320 --> 01:46:32,040
the Costco Second Edition final plat,

2700
01:46:32,040 --> 01:46:33,520
which shows the

2701
01:46:33,520 --> 01:46:35,920
uh 140th Street future right-of-way to

2702
01:46:35,920 --> 01:46:39,280
be dedicated.

2703
01:46:39,280 --> 01:46:41,640
Staff recommends approval of the

2704
01:46:41,640 --> 01:46:43,760
easement vacations with the condition

2705
01:46:43,760 --> 01:46:45,120
that

2706
01:46:45,120 --> 01:46:47,840
uh the easement vacations are granted

2707
01:46:47,840 --> 01:46:50,160
subject to approval of the Costco Second

2708
01:46:50,160 --> 01:46:53,080
Edition final plat.

2709
01:46:53,080 --> 01:46:54,520
And I will stand.

2710
01:46:54,520 --> 01:46:55,480
Okay, questions?

2711
01:46:55,480 --> 01:46:57,950
>> with all due respect to Logan,

2712
01:46:57,950 --> 01:46:57,960
» with all due respect to Logan,

2713
01:46:57,960 --> 01:47:01,640
I don't remember a time when we had

2714
01:47:01,640 --> 01:47:03,520
uh an item such as what we just

2715
01:47:03,520 --> 01:47:05,040
completed

2716
01:47:05,040 --> 01:47:07,040
and vacating

2717
01:47:07,040 --> 01:47:09,800
uh an easement.

2718
01:47:09,800 --> 01:47:12,640
The gap between those in many ways is

2719
01:47:12,640 --> 01:47:15,390
pretty big.

2720
01:47:15,400 --> 01:47:16,640
But you did a great job.

2721
01:47:16,640 --> 01:47:18,750
>> Thank you. I'm used to it. But you also

2722
01:47:18,750 --> 01:47:18,760
» Thank you. I'm used to it. But you also

2723
01:47:18,760 --> 01:47:23,110
know how to clear a room. Yeah.

2724
01:47:23,120 --> 01:47:30,310
Logan should have went first.

2725
01:47:30,320 --> 01:47:32,080
Okay, all kidding aside, this is a

2726
01:47:32,080 --> 01:47:35,030
public hearing.

2727
01:47:35,040 --> 01:47:36,840
I will now open the public hearing. Is

2728
01:47:36,840 --> 01:47:38,880
there anyone who wishes to speak to this

2729
01:47:38,880 --> 01:47:40,640
item?

2730
01:47:40,640 --> 01:47:44,320
Anyone who wishes to speak to this item?

2731
01:47:44,320 --> 01:47:46,520
Mrs. Henderson, anyone online? No, there

2732
01:47:46,520 --> 01:47:48,880
is not. Okay, um

2733
01:47:48,880 --> 01:47:51,440
we will now um

2734
01:47:51,440 --> 01:47:53,160
close the public hearing. Members of the

2735
01:47:53,160 --> 01:47:54,680
council,

2736
01:47:54,680 --> 01:47:56,680
your pleasure.

2737
01:47:56,680 --> 01:47:59,000
Wait, you move to approve. Second.

2738
01:47:59,000 --> 01:48:01,600
Second. There's a motion and a second

2739
01:48:01,600 --> 01:48:04,680
and the clerk can please take the roll

2740
01:48:04,680 --> 01:48:05,719
call.

2741
01:48:05,719 --> 01:48:08,440
Councilmember Keely. I. Councilmember

2742
01:48:08,440 --> 01:48:12,120
Gustafson. I. Councilmember Schultz.

2743
01:48:12,120 --> 01:48:13,120
Yes.

2744
01:48:13,120 --> 01:48:15,760
Councilmember Workman. Yes. Mayor Kauth.

2745
01:48:15,760 --> 01:48:16,920
Yes.

2746
01:48:16,920 --> 01:48:18,160
Okay.

2747
01:48:18,160 --> 01:48:19,600
And

2748
01:48:19,600 --> 01:48:22,000
you have your vacation. Thank you very

2749
01:48:22,000 --> 01:48:23,120
much, Madam Mayor and members of the

2750
01:48:23,120 --> 01:48:24,400
council for your vacation. Appreciate

2751
01:48:24,400 --> 01:48:30,230
it. Are you clearing the room now, too?

2752
01:48:30,240 --> 01:48:32,240
Uh the next item is also a public

2753
01:48:32,240 --> 01:48:33,680
hearing and this is to approve the

2754
01:48:33,680 --> 01:48:36,480
off-sale intoxicating liquor license for

2755
01:48:36,480 --> 01:48:39,240
Jai Krishna Radha

2756
01:48:39,240 --> 01:48:42,719
uh doing business uh as Perrier Wine and

2757
01:48:42,719 --> 01:48:46,640
Liquor at 13720 County Road 11.

2758
01:48:46,640 --> 01:48:49,360
Presenting is our deputy city clerk,

2759
01:48:49,360 --> 01:48:50,960
Erica Henderson.

2760
01:48:50,960 --> 01:48:52,800
Ms. Henderson, the floor is yours.

2761
01:48:52,800 --> 01:48:55,750
>> Great, thank you. So, the new owners,

2762
01:48:55,750 --> 01:48:55,760
» Great, thank you. So, the new owners,

2763
01:48:55,760 --> 01:48:59,719
Jai Krishna Radha LLC, um they had

2764
01:48:59,719 --> 01:49:01,920
recently purchased purchased the Perrier

2765
01:49:01,920 --> 01:49:05,360
Wines and Liquor located at 13720 County

2766
01:49:05,360 --> 01:49:07,280
Road 11 and they have submitted an

2767
01:49:07,280 --> 01:49:09,080
application for an off-sale liquor

2768
01:49:09,080 --> 01:49:11,640
license. They've also

2769
01:49:11,640 --> 01:49:14,000
successfully passed the background check

2770
01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:16,320
by the Burnsville Police Department, and

2771
01:49:16,320 --> 01:49:18,160
city code does require a public hearing

2772
01:49:18,160 --> 01:49:21,080
for all new liquor licenses. Okay.

2773
01:49:21,080 --> 01:49:24,160
Uh any questions for Ms. Henderson?

2774
01:49:24,160 --> 01:49:25,920
Uh with that, I will open the public

2775
01:49:25,920 --> 01:49:27,640
hearing. Is there anyone who wishes to

2776
01:49:27,640 --> 01:49:29,480
speak to this item?

2777
01:49:29,480 --> 01:49:32,400
Anyone who wishes to speak to this item?

2778
01:49:32,400 --> 01:49:34,720
Ms. Henderson, anyone online? No,

2779
01:49:34,720 --> 01:49:37,440
there's not. Okay. I will now close the

2780
01:49:37,440 --> 01:49:39,200
public hearing. Members of the council,

2781
01:49:39,200 --> 01:49:42,150
your pleasure.

2782
01:49:42,160 --> 01:49:43,680
Move to approve.

2783
01:49:43,680 --> 01:49:46,480
Second. There is a motion and a second.

2784
01:49:46,480 --> 01:49:49,040
And uh

2785
01:49:49,040 --> 01:49:51,920
Deputy uh City Clerk Henderson, will you

2786
01:49:51,920 --> 01:49:53,080
take the roll, please?

2787
01:49:53,080 --> 01:49:53,630
>> Sure.

2788
01:49:53,630 --> 01:49:53,640
» Sure.

2789
01:49:53,640 --> 01:49:55,680
Council Member Keely.

2790
01:49:55,680 --> 01:49:56,520
Aye.

2791
01:49:56,520 --> 01:49:59,200
Council Member Gustafson. Aye. Council

2792
01:49:59,200 --> 01:50:01,280
Member Schultz.

2793
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:04,440
Yes. Council Member Workman. Aye. Mayor

2794
01:50:04,440 --> 01:50:06,280
Coutts. Yes.

2795
01:50:06,280 --> 01:50:10,350
Okay. And um

2796
01:50:10,360 --> 01:50:13,720
we now move on to uh the uh Economic

2797
01:50:13,720 --> 01:50:15,800
Development Authority meeting, and I

2798
01:50:15,800 --> 01:50:17,760
will recess the Burnsville City Council

2799
01:50:17,760 --> 01:50:19,080
meeting,

2800
01:50:19,080 --> 01:50:21,480
so the Economic Development um meeting

2801
01:50:21,480 --> 01:50:25,440
can proceed. President um

2802
01:50:25,440 --> 01:50:27,640
Gustafson, the floor is yours. Uh good

2803
01:50:27,640 --> 01:50:29,160
evening. I call the Economic Development

2804
01:50:29,160 --> 01:50:31,400
Authority meeting to order. The local

2805
01:50:31,400 --> 01:50:33,680
clerk clerk will note all commissioners

2806
01:50:33,680 --> 01:50:35,440
are present. Commissioner Schultz is

2807
01:50:35,440 --> 01:50:37,520
joining us remotely.

2808
01:50:37,520 --> 01:50:39,320
Item number one, are there any additions

2809
01:50:39,320 --> 01:50:42,990
to the final agenda?

2810
01:50:43,000 --> 01:50:44,960
Seeing none, I will move on. Item number

2811
01:50:44,960 --> 01:50:48,400
two is ex election of officers.

2812
01:50:48,400 --> 01:50:50,480
Do we have nominations for a slate of

2813
01:50:50,480 --> 01:50:52,840
officers this year?

2814
01:50:52,840 --> 01:50:55,000
Um

2815
01:50:55,000 --> 01:50:57,720
members of the um

2816
01:50:57,720 --> 01:50:59,280
authority,

2817
01:50:59,280 --> 01:51:01,360
I would just

2818
01:51:01,360 --> 01:51:03,840
resubmit the uh

2819
01:51:03,840 --> 01:51:08,040
the slate that we have presently.

2820
01:51:08,040 --> 01:51:10,080
I am comfortable with that as well. I

2821
01:51:10,080 --> 01:51:11,640
was going to nominate you for president.

2822
01:51:11,640 --> 01:51:13,720
Your turn, you should do it. Dan's doing

2823
01:51:13,720 --> 01:51:16,280
a great job. Thanks.

2824
01:51:16,280 --> 01:51:18,440
Keeping the meetings quick. Okay.

2825
01:51:18,440 --> 01:51:20,560
Okay. So, there is a a motion

2826
01:51:20,560 --> 01:51:22,870
>> Nomination to uh and a a second to

2827
01:51:22,870 --> 01:51:22,880
» Nomination to uh and a a second to

2828
01:51:22,880 --> 01:51:24,160
keep the slate. Okay.

2829
01:51:24,160 --> 01:51:26,070
>> May I have a motion motion to adopt the

2830
01:51:26,070 --> 01:51:26,080
» May I have a motion motion to adopt the

2831
01:51:26,080 --> 01:51:29,200
resolution with the slate of officers?

2832
01:51:29,200 --> 01:51:31,120
Did you make the motion? Yeah, I think

2833
01:51:31,120 --> 01:51:32,640
um

2834
01:51:32,640 --> 01:51:34,640
He seconded. Oh. Yeah. He made the

2835
01:51:34,640 --> 01:51:35,520
motion. Actually, we already have the

2836
01:51:35,520 --> 01:51:37,960
motion. So, we did have the vote.

2837
01:51:37,960 --> 01:51:40,720
Hey. You can call the roll.

2838
01:51:40,720 --> 01:51:42,600
Council Member Keely.

2839
01:51:42,600 --> 01:51:45,520
Yes. Council Member Gustafson. Aye.

2840
01:51:45,520 --> 01:51:47,760
Council Member Schultz.

2841
01:51:47,760 --> 01:51:50,800
Yes. Council Member Workman. Aye. Mayor

2842
01:51:50,800 --> 01:51:52,400
Coutts. Yes.

2843
01:51:52,400 --> 01:51:53,800
Okay, we move on to item number three,

2844
01:51:53,800 --> 01:51:55,120
the consent agenda, and it's the

2845
01:51:55,120 --> 01:51:56,960
approval of the minutes. Is there anyone

2846
01:51:56,960 --> 01:51:58,640
who wishes an item to be removed from

2847
01:51:58,640 --> 01:52:00,240
the consent agenda for a separate

2848
01:52:00,240 --> 01:52:03,670
discussion and vote?

2849
01:52:03,680 --> 01:52:05,120
Seeing none, may I have a motion to

2850
01:52:05,120 --> 01:52:08,120
adopt the consent agenda? Move to adopt.

2851
01:52:08,120 --> 01:52:11,120
Motion by Commissioner Workman.

2852
01:52:11,120 --> 01:52:13,720
Second. Second by Commissioner Keely.

2853
01:52:13,720 --> 01:52:16,200
All in favor? Aye. Aye. I need a I need

2854
01:52:16,200 --> 01:52:18,160
a roll call. No, no, roll call. Roll

2855
01:52:18,160 --> 01:52:20,880
call. Council Member Keely.

2856
01:52:20,880 --> 01:52:23,520
Aye. Council Member Gustafson. Aye.

2857
01:52:23,520 --> 01:52:25,360
Council Member Schultz.

2858
01:52:25,360 --> 01:52:28,360
Yes. Council Member Workman. Aye. Mayor

2859
01:52:28,360 --> 01:52:31,120
Coutts. Yes. And it passes.

2860
01:52:31,120 --> 01:52:32,880
We move on to item number four A is the

2861
01:52:32,880 --> 01:52:36,000
adoption of the 2025 annual report.

2862
01:52:36,000 --> 01:52:38,240
Travis Vistedt, do is that how that's

2863
01:52:38,240 --> 01:52:40,040
pronounced? Can you make it Vistedt.

2864
01:52:40,040 --> 01:52:41,640
Vistedt, okay. Vistedt.

2865
01:52:41,640 --> 01:52:43,270
>> Deputy Community Development Director is

2866
01:52:43,270 --> 01:52:43,280
» Deputy Community Development Director is

2867
01:52:43,280 --> 01:52:44,480
presenting.

2868
01:52:44,480 --> 01:52:46,440
We've got biz to do. We have biz to do.

2869
01:52:46,440 --> 01:52:51,030
I like that. Biz to do. Biz to do.

2870
01:52:51,040 --> 01:52:52,840
You're welcome. Uh good evening, Mr.

2871
01:52:52,840 --> 01:52:54,840
President. Uh commissioners, I'm Travis

2872
01:52:54,840 --> 01:52:56,640
Vistedt, Deputy Community Development

2873
01:52:56,640 --> 01:52:58,040
Director for the City of Burnsville, and

2874
01:52:58,040 --> 01:53:01,200
I'm here to present the uh 2025 Economic

2875
01:53:01,200 --> 01:53:04,000
Development Authority annual report.

2876
01:53:04,000 --> 01:53:06,000
Uh just as a quick refresher, the EDA's

2877
01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:08,360
mission focuses on business attraction,

2878
01:53:08,360 --> 01:53:11,040
job creation, both development and

2879
01:53:11,040 --> 01:53:13,920
redevelopment projects across the city.

2880
01:53:13,920 --> 01:53:16,320
Uh the EDA advises the City Council on

2881
01:53:16,320 --> 01:53:18,360
economic development policies, ensuring

2882
01:53:18,360 --> 01:53:20,680
our investments align with Burnsville's

2883
01:53:20,680 --> 01:53:24,440
long-term economic goals.

2884
01:53:24,440 --> 01:53:26,920
Uh quickly on to our accomplishments for

2885
01:53:26,920 --> 01:53:28,480
2025,

2886
01:53:28,480 --> 01:53:29,480
um

2887
01:53:29,480 --> 01:53:31,280
in September, we renewed our contract

2888
01:53:31,280 --> 01:53:32,560
with the Center for Energy and

2889
01:53:32,560 --> 01:53:34,120
Environment, and relaunched our

2890
01:53:34,120 --> 01:53:36,960
EDA-funded housing rehabilitation loan

2891
01:53:36,960 --> 01:53:39,600
program. Since then, uh we've had one

2892
01:53:39,600 --> 01:53:41,640
home improvement loan uh

2893
01:53:41,640 --> 01:53:44,280
approved, as well as two more under

2894
01:53:44,280 --> 01:53:45,440
review.

2895
01:53:45,440 --> 01:53:47,120
And in terms of our senior deferred

2896
01:53:47,120 --> 01:53:50,800
loans, we have uh approved two projects,

2897
01:53:50,800 --> 01:53:54,000
fully expending our 2025 budget, which

2898
01:53:54,000 --> 01:53:55,920
uh is a strong indicator of demand for

2899
01:53:55,920 --> 01:53:58,360
these uh programs and loans going

2900
01:53:58,360 --> 01:54:01,550
forward.

2901
01:54:01,560 --> 01:54:02,440
Uh

2902
01:54:02,440 --> 01:54:05,440
similarly, our initial local affordable

2903
01:54:05,440 --> 01:54:07,720
housing aid or LAHA programs also

2904
01:54:07,720 --> 01:54:10,280
launched in September and mirror our EDA

2905
01:54:10,280 --> 01:54:12,720
offerings, but target households at a

2906
01:54:12,720 --> 01:54:16,720
lower uh area median income, 80% AMI or

2907
01:54:16,720 --> 01:54:18,440
less, if you recall.

2908
01:54:18,440 --> 01:54:20,400
Uh so far, we have one home improvement

2909
01:54:20,400 --> 01:54:22,440
loan uh that's been approved, and three

2910
01:54:22,440 --> 01:54:24,680
are currently under review. And we have

2911
01:54:24,680 --> 01:54:27,520
one senior deferred loan uh currently

2912
01:54:27,520 --> 01:54:29,520
under review, as well.

2913
01:54:29,520 --> 01:54:32,240
Um while the loans themselves are funded

2914
01:54:32,240 --> 01:54:35,840
with uh LAHA dollars, the EDA EDA does

2915
01:54:35,840 --> 01:54:39,080
fund uh a minor origination fee for each

2916
01:54:39,080 --> 01:54:41,440
loan uh in alignment with state

2917
01:54:41,440 --> 01:54:44,990
guidelines.

2918
01:54:45,000 --> 01:54:47,600
Uh although not funded with EDA dollars,

2919
01:54:47,600 --> 01:54:50,320
uh the city's CDBG-funded homeowner uh

2920
01:54:50,320 --> 01:54:51,800
rehab loans

2921
01:54:51,800 --> 01:54:53,680
uh also continues to move forward. In

2922
01:54:53,680 --> 01:54:56,400
2025, there were three loans completed,

2923
01:54:56,400 --> 01:54:58,360
and there currently eight more uh

2924
01:54:58,360 --> 01:55:02,790
underway, as we speak.

2925
01:55:02,800 --> 01:55:05,280
On the economic development front, uh we

2926
01:55:05,280 --> 01:55:07,280
completed a housing and commercial needs

2927
01:55:07,280 --> 01:55:10,920
assessment, uh which uh we utilized that

2928
01:55:10,920 --> 01:55:12,840
needs assessment to help us shape an

2929
01:55:12,840 --> 01:55:14,400
economic development strategic

2930
01:55:14,400 --> 01:55:16,920
framework, which will serve to focus our

2931
01:55:16,920 --> 01:55:19,680
economic development efforts uh across

2932
01:55:19,680 --> 01:55:20,880
the city

2933
01:55:20,880 --> 01:55:22,720
uh for the next three to five years. So,

2934
01:55:22,720 --> 01:55:24,320
it's been a it's been a powerful tool

2935
01:55:24,320 --> 01:55:25,360
for us,

2936
01:55:25,360 --> 01:55:26,920
uh kind of framing up what our economic

2937
01:55:26,920 --> 01:55:30,680
development programs uh will look like.

2938
01:55:30,680 --> 01:55:33,120
And then, in other accomplishments, we

2939
01:55:33,120 --> 01:55:34,960
made amendments to the city-owned land

2940
01:55:34,960 --> 01:55:37,960
sale policy, providing improved guidance

2941
01:55:37,960 --> 01:55:40,400
on future strategic dis disposition and

2942
01:55:40,400 --> 01:55:42,600
redevelopment activities for city-owned

2943
01:55:42,600 --> 01:55:45,560
lands. Uh we continued to uh support our

2944
01:55:45,560 --> 01:55:47,120
business and retention expansion

2945
01:55:47,120 --> 01:55:49,360
program, partnering with the chamber and

2946
01:55:49,360 --> 01:55:51,400
meeting with local uh employers to

2947
01:55:51,400 --> 01:55:54,160
identify needs and connect them with uh

2948
01:55:54,160 --> 01:55:55,880
area resources.

2949
01:55:55,880 --> 01:55:58,120
Our partnership with uh Open to Business

2950
01:55:58,120 --> 01:56:01,120
continues, and we uh continue to support

2951
01:56:01,120 --> 01:56:03,520
offering one-on-one technical assistance

2952
01:56:03,520 --> 01:56:06,080
to entrepreneurs and small businesses uh

2953
01:56:06,080 --> 01:56:07,640
throughout the city.

2954
01:56:07,640 --> 01:56:10,240
And then, lastly, we continue to support

2955
01:56:10,240 --> 01:56:12,160
uh our legacy events, including the

2956
01:56:12,160 --> 01:56:14,680
Burnsville uh Festival and Fire Muster,

2957
01:56:14,680 --> 01:56:16,800
as well as the International Festival,

2958
01:56:16,800 --> 01:56:19,040
which helps showcase Burnsville and help

2959
01:56:19,040 --> 01:56:21,760
drive uh foot traffic to our local

2960
01:56:21,760 --> 01:56:23,800
establishments.

2961
01:56:23,800 --> 01:56:26,720
So, in summary, 2025 was uh

2962
01:56:26,720 --> 01:56:28,440
uh a good year of targeted investments

2963
01:56:28,440 --> 01:56:30,520
and strong partnerships, expanding our

2964
01:56:30,520 --> 01:56:33,720
housing support programs, clarifying

2965
01:56:33,720 --> 01:56:35,000
uh at least one policy, and

2966
01:56:35,000 --> 01:56:37,400
strengthening our economic development

2967
01:56:37,400 --> 01:56:38,880
uh road map.

2968
01:56:38,880 --> 01:56:40,800
And that's it. I'd be happy to take any

2969
01:56:40,800 --> 01:56:41,720
comments or questions.

2970
01:56:41,720 --> 01:56:44,430
>> Any questions? Oh, congratulations.

2971
01:56:44,430 --> 01:56:44,440
» Any questions? Oh, congratulations.

2972
01:56:44,440 --> 01:56:46,800
Great work. Yes. Nice job last year. You

2973
01:56:46,800 --> 01:56:48,360
as well. Thank you.

2974
01:56:48,360 --> 01:56:50,120
Okay, no questions. May I have a motion

2975
01:56:50,120 --> 01:56:51,200
to adopt the report?

2976
01:56:51,200 --> 01:56:52,070
>> So moved.

2977
01:56:52,070 --> 01:56:52,080
» So moved.

2978
01:56:52,080 --> 01:56:53,400
Second.

2979
01:56:53,400 --> 01:56:55,160
First and a second.

2980
01:56:55,160 --> 01:56:57,640
Got that? Yep. Roll call.

2981
01:56:57,640 --> 01:56:59,400
Council Member Keely.

2982
01:56:59,400 --> 01:57:00,840
Yes, aye.

2983
01:57:00,840 --> 01:57:02,920
Council Member Gustafson. Aye.

2984
01:57:02,920 --> 01:57:05,160
Council Member Schultz.

2985
01:57:05,160 --> 01:57:08,280
Yes. Council Member Workman. Aye. Mayor

2986
01:57:08,280 --> 01:57:10,040
Coutts. Aye.

2987
01:57:10,040 --> 01:57:12,120
Okay, there is no other business, so I

2988
01:57:12,120 --> 01:57:14,240
may have may I have a motion to adjourn?

2989
01:57:14,240 --> 01:57:15,190
>> So moved.

2990
01:57:15,190 --> 01:57:15,200
» So moved.

2991
01:57:15,200 --> 01:57:16,960
Second.

2992
01:57:16,960 --> 01:57:19,880
Roll call, please. Council Member Keely.

2993
01:57:19,880 --> 01:57:22,040
Aye. Council Member Gustafson. Aye.

2994
01:57:22,040 --> 01:57:23,800
Council Member Schultz.

2995
01:57:23,800 --> 01:57:26,480
Yes. Council Member Workman. Aye. Mayor

2996
01:57:26,480 --> 01:57:28,680
Coutts. Aye. Aye. We are now adjourned.

2997
01:57:28,680 --> 01:57:30,200
I turn it back to you, Madam Mayor.

2998
01:57:30,200 --> 01:57:32,480
Thank you. And I will now reconvene the

2999
01:57:32,480 --> 01:57:34,600
Burnsville City Council meeting, and

3000
01:57:34,600 --> 01:57:37,600
members uh of the council and uh of our

3001
01:57:37,600 --> 01:57:39,400
community, there are no other items to

3002
01:57:39,400 --> 01:57:41,320
come before us this evening, and a

3003
01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:43,040
motion to adjourn is in order.

3004
01:57:43,040 --> 01:57:44,950
>> Motion to adjourn. Second. There's a

3005
01:57:44,950 --> 01:57:44,960
» Motion to adjourn. Second. There's a

3006
01:57:44,960 --> 01:57:47,960
motion and a second. Roll call, please.

3007
01:57:47,960 --> 01:57:49,880
Council Member Keely.

3008
01:57:49,880 --> 01:57:51,240
You know, Council Member Schultz, you're

3009
01:57:51,240 --> 01:57:52,360
the one that caused all these roll

3010
01:57:52,360 --> 01:57:54,160
calls.

3011
01:57:54,160 --> 01:57:55,120
Aye.

3012
01:57:55,120 --> 01:57:57,360
Council Member Gustafson. Aye. Council

3013
01:57:57,360 --> 01:57:59,200
Member Schultz.

3014
01:57:59,200 --> 01:58:00,080
Yes.

3015
01:58:00,080 --> 01:58:01,920
Council Member Workman. Aye. Mayor

3016
01:58:01,920 --> 01:58:04,120
Coutts. Aye. She did do it, didn't she?

3017
01:58:04,120 --> 01:58:06,160
And we stand adjourned. Thank you for

3018
01:58:06,160 --> 01:58:10,240
being with us, and have a good night.