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>> council will start in 30 seconds

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here.

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it says 5:30 on my clock.

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>> good evening, mr. Van tassle and

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company, will you be coming forward for

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the community as a whole.

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we'll get started when you're ready.

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remind me of your name, please.

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>> nephew, council kennedy and

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president nephew, my name is susan

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kelly and I'm the plan of the planned

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department and I'm here with director

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anne vantassle along with the community

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members, chair steve wick, annie

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schwartz and each one will give a brief

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presentation on these recommendations.

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first, we are very grateful to be here

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and also very grateful for all the work

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that this community has been doing.

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this community has been reviewing over

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500 pages of applications and seeing

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what is best for community needs 2026.

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they have reviewed based on needs that

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were described on hearings and also

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were currently needed.

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last year with these funds, they were

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able to provide, the community home

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funds and these chief funds were able

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to provide over 200 units of affordable

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housing, job training for over 400

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people and provide 18,000 meals and 91

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families and shelter housing service to

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over 2000 people who are homeless or

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at-risk of becoming homeless.

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reviewing and scoring applications and

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to make sure we meet the best needs for

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2026.

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and with that, I will introduce steve.

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>> thank you, susan, good evening

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counselors.

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so my name is steve wick and as chair

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of my community, I want to thank you

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for giving us this time tonight to

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present our work and our

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recommendations for funding.

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before we begin, I want to provide some

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process.

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hud requires public participation

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especially low income populations.

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we accomplished through through service

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and questionnaires among other

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opportunities.

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a faof-year consolidated plan was

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adopted last year during an input

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process.

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the previous consolidated plan, and the

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current consolidated plan covers 2025

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through 2029, a plan for those not

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familiar is a very prescriptive

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document.

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if you do get a copy of it t reading

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the summary is a good place to start.

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neighborhood housing, neighborhood

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reinvitation, increasing income,

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creating living wage jobs, homeless

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nels services, food access, childcare

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access and community development

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facilities.

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hud also requires that the five-year

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consolidated plan be reviewed annually

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to and was determined.

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thises called an action plan.

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tonight, we'll be presenting the action

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plan.

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the priorities are for this action plan.

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hud requires that they also have public

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input which are gathered again by

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community sessions and input from

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agencies that serve the community.

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this year, we also had some special

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emphasis on four areas, increasing

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childcare access and/or children's

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programming.

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preparing for a additional work for

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medicated snap benefits.

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providing additional innovation or

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enhancement downtown and colocation of

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services.

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so multiple of these additional goals

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are seen throughout the proposals that

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we have recommended for funding.

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as a note, this year the community

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received almost million dollars in

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application requests and we expect to

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receive just over 3 million dollars in

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funding from hud.

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should there be a variance in the

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expected award, we are asking for the

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adoption of contingency plan of each of

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the funding proposals tonight that you

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members of the committee have put in

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long hours as volunteers provide input

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for the application process.

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they've been looked over information,

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and reviewed the application submitted

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to organizations.

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recommendation that we are presenting

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tonight, came after months of efforts

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and long hours of discussion and

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understand that with limited funding

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not every need would be met.

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so to start off we're going to dig into

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the block grant recommendations.

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I'm going to review three of those.

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so to start with our housing,

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recommendation, this one is receiving

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the most funds at 623,000 dollars.

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you'll notice that the committee had

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made a precommitment of funds to the

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union mission, unfortunately, they were

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unable to secure the low income housing

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funds necessary to complete that

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project at this time.

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so the silver lining is that it freed

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up fund to go be moved around to other

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areas including our public facilities.

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housing there are 70 new units that the

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funds are being recommended tonight.

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so I'm going to go into public

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facilities.

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public facilities are structure that's

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available and address a need.

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those needs can vary as you can see

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from the recommended projects tonight.

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each project here addressed one of the

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consolidated goal plans I mention

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approximated earlier.

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there is 47 2000 being recommended to

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public facilities.

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the final piece is public services.

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total public service south side 35 2000

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which is 15 percent of the hud cap on

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community block.

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public services activities cover a wide

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range of various activities and

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sometimes we're able to get some of

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those activities covered under

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different chunks of community block

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grant funding.

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so we try to move things around to make

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sure the cap is not being too

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restrictive to what we can fund.

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let's see here.

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but because of that, we try to fit the

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programs where ever possible.

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and difficult decisions for funding

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recommendations, we often get public

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service recommendations.

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utilizing our scoring and community

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needs processes and programs in making

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those recommendations.

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with that, those are my three sections,

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if you have any questions about any of

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those, I can try to answer them

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otherwise, I can hand them over to

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another community member.

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>> queue.

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council randorf.

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>> do we have any documents, to follow

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along as you're presenting?

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>> you can see some of the information

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in the resolutions, yes, thank you.

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>> so you'll just let us know what

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you're referring to, it's a little hard

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>> sure, sure the so the block grant is

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broken into four areas, housing and

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public facilities.

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and then had the fourth is economic

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development.

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>> if I may, are you specifically

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speaking torres losings 00451234

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>> actually, I have not read the

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>> if you can help them and refer to

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maybe the resolution that they would be

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speaking on, that would be helpful.

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>> my apologies, I am so sorry about

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>> that's okay.

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>> this res lubesinger 26-0053, I

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>> if you just give us just a minute to

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get acclimated here.

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could you give me that number again,

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>> thank you.

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>> counselors any other?

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>> we also have the opportunity to pull

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these items before, if we have more

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questions than is going to be a lawable

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during this community as a whole.

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are we able to move forward?

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any other questions.

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seeing none, please continue.

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>> thank you, so the fourth and final

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session is the economic development and

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I'm going to invite annie shwartz out

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to present that.

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>> again, if that's connected to our

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resolution, if you can refer to that,

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that would be helpful.

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it's the same one?

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>> so it looks like we have a quite a

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few, three or four of them.

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so thank you.

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>> good evening, as I mentioned, I'll

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>> could you state your name, please.

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>> speaker: sorry, annie schwartz.

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>> thank you.

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>> economic development focuses on

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creating jobs.

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that's accomplished through three areas.

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the first was job training, that's

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funding to lifehouse which is focused

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on youth, goodwill, aka sore and family

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center.

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the second area was assisting small

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business through the entrepreneur fund

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and family rise together.

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as stated earlier, childcare has been a

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state of the priority by the community

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and that, we accomplished that through

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funding to train people working in the

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childcare industry.

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and the total funding for that area is

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any questions on that section?

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shannon lee.

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>> thank you, an other and thank you

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counselor.

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the one to follow for mine mine is 0054.

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I'll be talking about home funding

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which is quick and to the point.

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we're looking at 450,000 and that will

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be divided between, the hra for some

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homeless rental assistance programming.

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in 5 new units for the one roof and

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center housing apartments 30 which is

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in process.

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and with that, I'm going to turn it

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>> good evening, members.

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I am here to talk about resolution

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h550--which stand for emergency

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solutions grant.

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so this portion of funding.

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there are five activities that are a

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lawable during this portion of the

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funding, straight out rach, shelter,

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services homeless prevention, and

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housing and then the homeless

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management information system which is

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what the system uses to track people as

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they come through the programs.

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and we were able to fund 27 2000.

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the lit of agencies is in the

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resolution.

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and they do cover all five of those

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areas within what is a lawable for the

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the next portion of funding that I

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would like to talk about is embedded in

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the other resolutions as well but it

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has to do with administration.

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each of these funding sources that's a

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portion of funding that is set aside

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for administration and I want to take a

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moment to thank the staff that work on

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this.

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it's, it, the work that goes into it is

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not just, getting input from my

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community, it's explaining to us as a

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community members.

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it's literally translating what we want

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to have happen into something that hud

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will understand and it's doing that in

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an environment that is changing rapidly.

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I wanted to give a kudos to the staff,

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susan phyllis, hannah, sam, jen, others

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as well.

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it's, it's a major undertaking and I, I

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just want to speak on behalf of them

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and to justify the funding for

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administration that is going to this

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program.

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last thing that I will talk about is

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the contingency plan which as our chair

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mentioned is embedded in these other

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resolutions as well.

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if, the funding final amount is not

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known yet, for this we don't get that

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from hud until later on in the process.

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if that funding is more than 3 percent

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above or below what we're recommending,

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then, we will have a public meeting to

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talk about allocating that funding

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based on the actual amount that we

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received.

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if it's less than 3 percent variance up

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or down, staff is directed by us as at

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committee to distribute that funding

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within the proposals that are before

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you.

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with some of the guidance that we have

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given them through the process of

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coming up with these recommendations.

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so that is, the end of our

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presentation, are there any questions?

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>> my question s of the funding that

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we're receiving from fund, I understand

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the funds were restored so we're really

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expect to go get this.

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are these the numbers we were expect to

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go get last year or has that been

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changed or are you in like an unknown

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world?

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>> speaker: counselors, thank you for

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that questions.

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I think we're all in an unknown world.

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however, nobody can predict, the funds

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that you're talking about, may be more

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of the county funds, the continued

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funds focused on helping people

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experiencing homelessness.

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we have funds for housing, and then,

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home grant.

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I hear different things, part of those

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meetings.

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one thing about these programs is

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they're appreciated by all political

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parties.

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so we do feel confident that this will

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be the funding for next year.

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and I always hope for a little bit more.

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>> thank you.

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>> thank you.

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councilor durrwatcher.

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>> thank you, vice president kennedy.

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I have a question, mpr, released an

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article that begins stew minnesota

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cities released funds because they're

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unsure they can meet requirement and

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urban development.

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these new rules participate housing

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transgender people, according to their

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assigned gender at birth and a band on

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diversity, equity and inclusion

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initiatives.

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and my understanding, has had to dmrai

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some of the hud funds that they

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received.

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how much you've all scutsed this

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article that has come outed and how

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that impacts, these, the all the

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information that you have given us

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today how does that impact your work

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here in duluth?

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>> thank you, counselor, and thank you

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counselor--okay, we've got ten minutes.

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we are able to spend the funds.

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agencies are aware of these executive

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orders.

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at this time, we are, asking for what

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is the basic requirements?

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what is the person's raise and income

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level.

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that is it.

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for the immigration issue, there is a

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whole other system.

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but, we already have systems in place

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that meet that need that has been

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established established to the

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executive level.

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we check payments.

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so really not much is being changed.

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we really have processes in place and

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right now we're going into what is

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specifically allowed and that is the

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person's raises and income level.

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that's the only thing that we're

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working on.

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>> okay, thank you.

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>> these grants given that there may be

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some equity and diversion changes from

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past practices.

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do you have some emerging practices in

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place?

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for example, working with he rition,

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how do you try to implement these funds

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in a way that are consistent with our

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past practices and community values?

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>> thank you.

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another excellent question.

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we work very closely with the agencies

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to make sure that people who need the

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assistance will be getting the

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assistance.

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we do work with the human rights, we

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work with dr. Martin lou and we do a

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lot of out reach making sure that if

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people need assistance, they need

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assistance.

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and we do have strategies in place.

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>> counselors any other questions for

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the community as a whole?

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I'm not seeing any.

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so I want to thank you, director

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vantassle and community development

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committee for coming here today.

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thank you.

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thank you.

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we are adjourned.

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>> thank you very much.

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>> I would like to let folks know that

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there is overflow next door.

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you'll be able to watch the council

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meeting from there.

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thank you.

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>> I will call the duluth city council

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meeting will now call to order.

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will the clerk please call the roll.

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>> clerk: councilor clanaugh.

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>> here.

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>> counselor durrwatcher.

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>> here.

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>> counselor tomanek.

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president nephew.

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>> vice president kennedy.

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>> here.

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>> the pledge.

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>> I pledge allegiance to the fwlag of

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the united states of america and to the

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republic for which it stands, one

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nation, under god indivisible with

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liberty and justice for all.

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>> I want to remind people that there

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is overflow seating in the room next

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door and you'll still be able to come

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in and do public comment and

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participate in the meeting.

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we just want to make sure shah we're

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not exceeding capacity.

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the agenda for this evening meeting is

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posted in the bulletin board in the

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back and copies are available in the

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rear as well.

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I would like to welcome everyone to the

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regular meeting of the duluth council.

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today council will vote on several

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matters on the agenda.

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there will be an opportunity for public

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comment before we move on to the

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consent agenda.

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if you wish to speak, you need to sign

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up on the sheet next to the clerk.

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for those watching on public access

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television, the agenda on this meeting

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is available on the city of duluth

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website and live streaming can also be

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held on the city council meeting media.

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I do ask that you silence your phones

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while you're in the chamber.

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the duluth council meetings are

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conducted in accordance to the standard

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rules and robert rules of order to

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ensure our meetings, are fair,

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efficient and orderly and provide a

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clear process for decision-making.

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in accordance be respectful in public

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comment s and refrain from using

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profanity.

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and do not call out councilmembers by

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name.

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if you have a matter you wish to

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address, you may find the contact

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information on the city's official

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website.

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you'll be given three minutes to speak,

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when you're a speaker.

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there is a time on the lectern so you

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can track your three minutes.

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when your three minutes are up, I will

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interrupt you and call on the next

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person.

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before we move on to the, before we

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move on to any of our reports or

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anything tonight, I would like to take

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a moment of silence and then I'm going

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to ask councilor tomanek to say a few

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words.

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I know the community is hurting.

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it's important to keep names on top of

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mind.

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we'll take a moment of silence for

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renee good and alex pretti.

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thank you.

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councilor tomanek.

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>> thank you, president neff'.

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holly one you who we call in many ways,

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we pause tonight to gather here to

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honor the lives of renee good and alex

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preti two people who were doing nothing

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more than than exercise their right to

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express themselves and they were

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brutality killed.

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we're shaken at the core and outraged

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at the murder of two.

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we are angereded, saddened and confused

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watching our democracy be threatened.

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we ask for help in dealing with the

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trauma that our community, our state

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and the world are dealing with.

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we also ask for the grace that people

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grief in their own way.

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that people help in their own way.

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that people protest in their own way.

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we ask for blessings on all the helpers.

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give them the strength to continue

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their fight and may be supported by all

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in our country who are work to go stop

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the brutality and inhumane treatment of

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our immigrant neighbors and friends and

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distortion of democracy and harm

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brought to their families and neighbors.

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bring us together and work to help

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those who desperate knee need our help.

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our desire to do good and our request

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to restore community.

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may it be so, shalom.

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>> we'll move on to approval of minutes.

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do you have a motion to approve.

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>> moved.

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>> second.

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>> moved by clanaugh and seconded by

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tomanek.

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is there any discussion?

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I see none.

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all those in favor.

564
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>> aye.

565
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>> aye.

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>> opposed say sign.

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and that passes 9-0.

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move on to reports from the

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administration?

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>> thank you.

571
00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:05,100
thank you, nephew.

572
00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:09,201
members of the council, members of the

573
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:11,100
duluth community.

574
00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:14,100
I want to give some voice to what is

575
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:17,601
weighing leave --heavy on our hearts

576
00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:23,601
and that is unexplicable and senseless

577
00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:30,801
killing of alex pretti, a v.a.. Nurse

578
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:34,100
dedicated to serving veterans, a cause

579
00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:36,100
near and dear to my heart.

580
00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:39,100
I heard the calls for justice at city

581
00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:41,100
hall last friday.

582
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:45,801
and we're going to hear a lot of

583
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:48,100
impassion testimony this evening.

584
00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:50,100
my heart is breaking right along with

585
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:52,100
yours.

586
00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:02,100
emotionally I'm feeling the same

587
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,100
feelings and understand where the

588
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:06,100
demands are coming from.

589
00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:07,100
operational speaking, some of the

590
00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:09,100
demands are not possible.

591
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:11,100
and for reasons that are complicated

592
00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:13,100
and diverse.

593
00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:18,100
we can however, address some of the

594
00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:19,100
public safety concerns ernestly here

595
00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:20,100
tonight.

596
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:24,801
first and for most, I promise you this

597
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:31,601
this, duluth employees, will never ever

598
00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,100
ever, never ever, do immigration

599
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:36,100
enforcement.

600
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:38,100
never ever.

601
00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:43,100
we need to understand each other better.

602
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:46,100
we need to build trust between our

603
00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:49,100
police department, our public safety

604
00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:51,100
divisions, our citizens and our

605
00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:53,100
stakeholder groups.

606
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:58,201
I propose, that we engage with our

607
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:02,100
citizens review board, human rights

608
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:03,100
commission, inner faith groups and

609
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:07,100
other stakeholder groups to engage in a

610
00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,100
series of good faith collaborative

611
00:40:09,100 --> 00:40:12,601
discussion to see weigh a foundation,

612
00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:15,401
for community police engagement.

613
00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:19,100
before I came to the city of duluth

614
00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:22,100
about a year ago, I spent the last 29

615
00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:26,201
years in the city of saint cloud.

616
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:31,100
the city of saint cloud began a similar

617
00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:34,100
collaborative effort of engagement in

618
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:39,601
2004, at a time when there was

619
00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:44,100
significant samoli immigration to the

620
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:48,100
saint cloud community and racial

621
00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:51,401
composition was changing rapidly.

622
00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:54,100
the community discussions that

623
00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:56,100
culminated in a community policing

624
00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:58,100
agreement.

625
00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:03,601
there is inherent value in the

626
00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:09,100
agreement itself, but perhaps, the

627
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,401
unanticipated value was the

628
00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:13,100
relationship that's resulted in the

629
00:41:13,100 --> 00:41:15,100
process.

630
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:20,100
where a community leader and member of

631
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:24,100
the clergy can get on the phone and put

632
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:26,100
the police chief on the phone during a

633
00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:30,100
crisis or more value yet to avert a

634
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:32,100
crisis.

635
00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:37,601
these relationships pay dividend in the

636
00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:43,601
aftermath of the george floyd murders.

637
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:49,100
let's invest in some relationship

638
00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,100
building here.

639
00:41:56,100 --> 00:41:59,100
this community does its best work when

640
00:41:59,100 --> 00:42:01,100
it operates together.

641
00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:07,100
duluth is at its best when all the

642
00:42:07,100 --> 00:42:08,100
voices feel they're being heard.

643
00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:10,100
thank you.

644
00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:22,401
>> thank you, administrator staehling.

645
00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:31,100
we'll move on to public speakers.

646
00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:34,601
>> clerk: our first speaker is julia.

647
00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:46,401
>> speaker: is this lower?

648
00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:50,100
there is,

649
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:51,100
>> if puck please state your name and

650
00:42:51,100 --> 00:42:53,100
address.

651
00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:56,100
>> speaker: julia covert, 1830denine nn

652
00:42:57,100 --> 00:42:59,100
avenue.

653
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:01,100
council, thank you so much for the

654
00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:03,100
lovely words.

655
00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:05,100
however, there are 39 items on this

656
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:07,100
agenda and not a single addresses the

657
00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:10,100
issue that will likely dominate public

658
00:43:10,100 --> 00:43:11,100
comment tonight.

659
00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:15,201
there are no resolutions to affirm non

660
00:43:16,100 --> 00:43:20,201
cooperation between dpd and ice and no

661
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:22,100
ordinances propreventing ice from city

662
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:24,100
funds just because the worse has not

663
00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:27,100
reached us yet, does not mean that you

664
00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:29,100
can stay silent and pray that it

665
00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:31,100
doesn't.

666
00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:34,100
many people tonight, will layout a full

667
00:43:34,100 --> 00:43:36,100
lit of demands all which deserve full

668
00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:38,100
support.

669
00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:40,100
they articulate these points, a lot

670
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,100
better than I can.

671
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:45,100
so I'll emphasize just one.

672
00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:50,100
if deputy truly does not assist or

673
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:54,100
intend to assist, you should have no

674
00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:57,100
problem passing a resolution that

675
00:43:58,100 --> 00:44:02,201
codifies that resolution so we can hold

676
00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:05,100
the city accountable and I mean never

677
00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:07,100
ever ever work with ice.

678
00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:09,100
finally I want to mention what happened

679
00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:11,100
two weeks ago because it's weighing on

680
00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:12,100
my mind.

681
00:44:12,100 --> 00:44:14,100
it was parked with people, many people

682
00:44:14,100 --> 00:44:17,100
spoke, they shared stories, and built

683
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:19,100
community and experienced and begged to

684
00:44:19,100 --> 00:44:20,100
you listen to us.

685
00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:24,100
I watched the chief of police stand

686
00:44:24,100 --> 00:44:28,100
there with his arms cross and tell my

687
00:44:28,100 --> 00:44:30,100
neighborhood say that what they

688
00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:31,100
watched, was not real.

689
00:44:31,100 --> 00:44:35,201
I saw a despicable agenda item on 14

690
00:44:36,100 --> 00:44:38,100
that made me ashamed for what I voted

691
00:44:38,100 --> 00:44:39,100
for.

692
00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:42,100
and I watched my neighbors walk out

693
00:44:42,100 --> 00:44:44,100
losing hope.

694
00:44:44,100 --> 00:44:47,100
I don't know how else to represent that

695
00:44:47,100 --> 00:44:48,100
but as a failure.

696
00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:53,100
I want to remind you if people are this

697
00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:55,100
upset, things need to change and you

698
00:44:55,100 --> 00:44:56,100
have the power to do so.

699
00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:57,100
thank you.

700
00:44:57,100 --> 00:44:58,100
>> thank you.

701
00:44:58,100 --> 00:44:59,100
next speaker.

702
00:44:59,100 --> 00:45:02,601
>> our next speaker is brandon parker.

703
00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:06,100
>> please state your name and a your

704
00:45:06,100 --> 00:45:07,100
address.

705
00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:10,100
>> speaker: good evening, council, I'm

706
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:11,100
brandon parker, I live in district 4

707
00:45:11,100 --> 00:45:14,100
and I'm the membership secretary of

708
00:45:14,100 --> 00:45:16,100
socialist of america.

709
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:20,801
rest in power, alex preti and rene good.

710
00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:26,100
that solidarity event that we organized

711
00:45:26,100 --> 00:45:28,100
and coordinated with the state wide

712
00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:30,100
strike was attended business over 500

713
00:45:30,100 --> 00:45:32,401
people coming and going.

714
00:45:33,100 --> 00:45:36,100
we organized together attendees and

715
00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:37,100
sang songs for liberation and

716
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:38,100
revolution together.

717
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:41,100
we made a safe place for all and

718
00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:43,100
invited a community to grief together

719
00:45:43,100 --> 00:45:46,100
and rally against state sponsorism

720
00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:49,100
destroying our community.

721
00:45:49,100 --> 00:45:51,100
any elected official that shows not to

722
00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:53,100
participate in this day of action or at

723
00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:56,100
least a statement at the very least,

724
00:45:56,100 --> 00:45:59,100
did so by political choice.

725
00:46:00,100 --> 00:46:02,100
not because there was not space for

726
00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:04,100
them, the deep problem with that line

727
00:46:04,100 --> 00:46:08,100
of thinking, that tlfts not space for

728
00:46:08,100 --> 00:46:10,100
you, is that this issue is is not

729
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,100
polite cal at all.

730
00:46:11,100 --> 00:46:15,100
there is an issue rooted in humanity

731
00:46:15,100 --> 00:46:18,100
and fighting a fascist threat.

732
00:46:18,100 --> 00:46:21,601
I want to thank councilor durrwatcher,

733
00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:31,100
clanaugh, I see you.

734
00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:33,100
is hear you.

735
00:46:33,100 --> 00:46:37,100
for sharing space with us, for their

736
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:40,100
well stated condemnation of fascism and

737
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:43,100
for their promise to pursue our demands.

738
00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:45,100
but when it comes to the status quo

739
00:46:45,100 --> 00:46:47,100
majority of this council and the

740
00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:50,100
mayor's office, we only heard

741
00:46:53,100 --> 00:46:55,100
deflection, saw gaslighting and minimal

742
00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:57,100
acts.

743
00:47:02,100 --> 00:47:04,401
mayor ryanhart's statement maintained

744
00:47:06,100 --> 00:47:08,100
that the occupation with ice, that is

745
00:47:08,100 --> 00:47:11,100
complete and utter bull shit.

746
00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:14,100
he also claimed that we have a right to

747
00:47:14,100 --> 00:47:16,100
protest but we don't protest because it

748
00:47:16,100 --> 00:47:19,100
is our right, we protest because we

749
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:21,100
have demands for action.

750
00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:24,100
and those demands are the following.

751
00:47:24,100 --> 00:47:28,201
pass an ordinance of city ordinance non

752
00:47:29,100 --> 00:47:32,601
collaboration with ice, cpb, hsi and

753
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:36,100
building sharing with homeland security.

754
00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:41,601
pass an ordinance to observe ice

755
00:47:44,100 --> 00:47:45,100
without interference.

756
00:47:45,100 --> 00:47:49,100
to protect the public from ice and

757
00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:51,100
coordinating know-your-rights training

758
00:47:51,100 --> 00:47:53,100
for local businesses.

759
00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:55,100
pass an eviction moratorium.

760
00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:58,601
pass an ordinance passing ice from

761
00:48:00,100 --> 00:48:02,100
staging on public property, from

762
00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:05,100
entering city offices without a

763
00:48:05,100 --> 00:48:06,100
judicial warrant.

764
00:48:06,100 --> 00:48:09,100
reverse the city of duluth with flock

765
00:48:09,100 --> 00:48:11,100
safety.

766
00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:14,100
end the city's contract with nexus

767
00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:16,100
lexus.

768
00:48:16,100 --> 00:48:19,601
to prevent county jail for being

769
00:48:21,100 --> 00:48:24,100
utilize as a detention center.

770
00:48:24,100 --> 00:48:27,100
pass an ordinance requiring prosecution

771
00:48:27,100 --> 00:48:28,100
when they're clear fourth amendment

772
00:48:28,100 --> 00:48:30,100
violations.

773
00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:34,100
pass an ordinance of niz person by ice

774
00:48:34,100 --> 00:48:36,401
without a judicial ordinance.

775
00:48:38,100 --> 00:48:41,100
requiring dpd to protect individuals

776
00:48:41,100 --> 00:48:43,100
from kidnapping.

777
00:48:43,100 --> 00:48:46,100
and data and other means.

778
00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:48,100
hear us.

779
00:48:48,100 --> 00:48:50,100
thank you.

780
00:48:50,100 --> 00:48:53,601
>> our next speaker is eleanor doland.

781
00:49:02,100 --> 00:49:04,100
>> please state your name and address.

782
00:49:04,100 --> 00:49:07,100
>> speaker: hello I'm eleanor and I

783
00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:08,100
litch in the fourth district.

784
00:49:08,100 --> 00:49:12,201
I'm a member of the imports usa.

785
00:49:14,100 --> 00:49:17,100
last friday, almost 500 people showed

786
00:49:17,100 --> 00:49:22,100
up to get ice out of duluth and I have

787
00:49:22,100 --> 00:49:25,100
heard time and time again, that you

788
00:49:25,100 --> 00:49:28,100
only feel a small group of activist

789
00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:30,100
attend city council and that we don't

790
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:31,100
represent the community as a whole.

791
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:34,100
I have to ask you, how many more people

792
00:49:34,100 --> 00:49:38,100
do you want us to rally next time for

793
00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:41,100
to you finally take action or maybe

794
00:49:41,100 --> 00:49:44,100
it's another ballot measure which is

795
00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:45,100
know --

796
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:47,100
~>> I do ask that you address the body

797
00:49:47,100 --> 00:49:48,100
as a whole.

798
00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:50,100
>> speaker: I brought to you concerns

799
00:49:50,100 --> 00:49:54,100
as a member of the public about dbb

800
00:49:54,100 --> 00:49:56,100
interfering with my ability to entire

801
00:49:56,100 --> 00:49:57,100
ice agents.

802
00:49:57,100 --> 00:50:01,100
I brought you a store of ice agents

803
00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:05,100
going straight to my home as a way of

804
00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:06,100
intimidation.

805
00:50:06,100 --> 00:50:09,100
how can can I trust a stim that has let

806
00:50:09,100 --> 00:50:10,100
me down.

807
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:13,100
all I know, only one showed up and

808
00:50:13,100 --> 00:50:16,601
pledged to answer our demands friday

809
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:20,100
despite me emailing you an invitation.

810
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:22,100
I wanted to build a relationship, you

811
00:50:22,100 --> 00:50:23,100
didn't show up.

812
00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:26,100
I ask that you rest of you pledge these

813
00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:27,100
demands.

814
00:50:27,100 --> 00:50:30,100
anything else is clearly undemocratic

815
00:50:30,100 --> 00:50:32,100
and you will have and will continue to

816
00:50:32,100 --> 00:50:34,100
hear those demands today.

817
00:50:34,100 --> 00:50:36,100
and as you'll continue to see, when the

818
00:50:36,100 --> 00:50:37,100
crowd agrees, they will stand.

819
00:50:37,100 --> 00:50:41,100
so here are the demands, pass an

820
00:50:41,100 --> 00:50:44,100
ordinance of city non collaboration

821
00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:48,100
with ice cpb and banning building

822
00:50:48,100 --> 00:50:50,401
sharing with homeland security.

823
00:50:51,100 --> 00:50:53,100
pass an ordinance codifying and observe

824
00:50:53,100 --> 00:50:56,100
isaac tiff its without interference.

825
00:50:57,100 --> 00:51:00,100
establish a city lead working group

826
00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:02,401
aimed at creating policy

827
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:04,100
recommendation, protect the public from

828
00:51:04,100 --> 00:51:06,100
ice and know your rights training for

829
00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:09,100
the public and local businesses.

830
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:12,601
pass an eviction moratorium because our

831
00:51:13,100 --> 00:51:15,100
most vulnerable neighbors fear going to

832
00:51:15,100 --> 00:51:16,100
work and getting their basic needs met

833
00:51:16,100 --> 00:51:18,100
right now.

834
00:51:18,100 --> 00:51:21,100
pass an ordinance banning ice cbb from

835
00:51:21,100 --> 00:51:24,100
staging on public property and ban ice

836
00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:26,100
from entering city offices and other

837
00:51:26,100 --> 00:51:28,100
non public spaces without a judicial

838
00:51:28,100 --> 00:51:29,100
warrant.

839
00:51:29,100 --> 00:51:32,100
I understand that there is policy but

840
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:34,100
nothing is as solid as an ordinance

841
00:51:34,100 --> 00:51:36,100
would be.

842
00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:38,100
reverse the city contract with flock

843
00:51:38,100 --> 00:51:41,100
safety, cameras that supply on

844
00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:44,100
duluthians tracking our routine sxz

845
00:51:44,100 --> 00:51:46,100
habit and selling that data to ice.

846
00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:49,100
end the city's contract with nexus

847
00:51:49,100 --> 00:51:52,100
lexus despite the renewal that you just

848
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:56,100
did, two weeks ago and look more into

849
00:51:56,100 --> 00:52:00,100
whether or not that no data sharing is

850
00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:01,100
at the top.

851
00:52:01,100 --> 00:52:03,100
it wasn't this time.

852
00:52:03,100 --> 00:52:05,100
which is extremely concerning.

853
00:52:05,100 --> 00:52:09,100
sign on to the petition to prevent

854
00:52:09,100 --> 00:52:12,100
douglas county jail to be utilized an

855
00:52:12,100 --> 00:52:15,100
ice detention center and pass a

856
00:52:15,100 --> 00:52:17,100
resolution condemning that federal

857
00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:20,100
agencies use of the facility.

858
00:52:20,100 --> 00:52:23,100
requiring prosecution with when their

859
00:52:23,100 --> 00:52:25,100
clear fourth amendment violations.

860
00:52:25,100 --> 00:52:28,100
pass an ordinance prohibiting any

861
00:52:28,100 --> 00:52:30,100
detainment of any person without a

862
00:52:30,100 --> 00:52:32,100
judicial warrant.

863
00:52:32,100 --> 00:52:35,100
and end any other collusion from ice,

864
00:52:35,100 --> 00:52:37,100
with ice from any other surveillance

865
00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:39,100
technology or any other means that we

866
00:52:39,100 --> 00:52:41,100
as the public are not currently aware

867
00:52:41,100 --> 00:52:43,100
of.

868
00:52:46,100 --> 00:52:49,601
>> our next speaker is erin rellis.

869
00:52:59,100 --> 00:53:00,100
please state your name.

870
00:53:00,100 --> 00:53:01,100
>> speaker: my name is aaron rose, I

871
00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:04,100
live in the fourth district.

872
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:07,100
some proud, huh.

873
00:53:07,100 --> 00:53:10,100
>> keith port per, parity law.

874
00:53:13,100 --> 00:53:16,100
al behr sanchez do minguez.

875
00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:20,100
victor, louis, louis gustavo, heraldo,

876
00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:26,100
renee good.

877
00:53:27,100 --> 00:53:28,100
alex preti.

878
00:53:28,100 --> 00:53:31,100
these are all the lives thus far taken

879
00:53:31,100 --> 00:53:34,100
by the homeland security in 2026.

880
00:53:34,100 --> 00:53:36,100
you heard the last two and I'm sure you

881
00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:38,100
don't need me to say why.

882
00:53:38,100 --> 00:53:40,100
these discussions will continue under

883
00:53:40,100 --> 00:53:42,100
the department of homeland security.

884
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:45,100
are we going to wait for them to mutter

885
00:53:45,100 --> 00:53:48,100
a de laougtian before we act?

886
00:53:48,100 --> 00:53:49,100
they're already operating outside of

887
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:50,100
the law.

888
00:53:50,100 --> 00:53:53,100
what they're doing in the twin cities

889
00:53:53,100 --> 00:53:56,100
is a blueprint for the sort of violence

890
00:53:56,100 --> 00:53:57,100
that they want to bring to the other

891
00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:59,100
communities.

892
00:53:59,100 --> 00:54:02,100
thz a army of men that are not be

893
00:54:02,100 --> 00:54:03,100
holding to laws, they're be holding to

894
00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:05,100
violence.

895
00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:07,100
political power, grows out of the

896
00:54:07,100 --> 00:54:09,100
barrel of a gun.

897
00:54:09,100 --> 00:54:12,100
the duluth police department as well as

898
00:54:12,100 --> 00:54:13,100
sheriff's department have been

899
00:54:13,100 --> 00:54:16,100
witnessed with my own eyes

900
00:54:19,100 --> 00:54:22,100
collaborating, regardless of intent of

901
00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:23,100
this collaboration, this collaboration

902
00:54:23,100 --> 00:54:25,100
cannot be accepted.

903
00:54:29,100 --> 00:54:31,100
he wanted to help protect this

904
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:32,100
community has why he did the work he

905
00:54:32,100 --> 00:54:33,100
did.

906
00:54:33,100 --> 00:54:36,100
I'm sure there are many fine folks in

907
00:54:36,100 --> 00:54:38,100
the duluth police department, I met

908
00:54:38,100 --> 00:54:41,100
several of them, they're human beings

909
00:54:41,100 --> 00:54:43,100
just like everyone else.

910
00:54:43,100 --> 00:54:45,100
but the institution itself cannot

911
00:54:45,100 --> 00:54:48,100
collaborate with a fascism organization.

912
00:54:49,100 --> 00:54:51,100
regardless of what the fascism

913
00:54:51,100 --> 00:54:53,100
organization is doing.

914
00:54:56,100 --> 00:54:58,100
sometimes protecting this community

915
00:54:58,100 --> 00:55:00,100
means protecting radical actions.

916
00:55:00,100 --> 00:55:03,100
sometimes the mezity to act out strips

917
00:55:03,100 --> 00:55:04,100
the laws.

918
00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:07,100
the law that homeland security claimsed

919
00:55:07,100 --> 00:55:10,100
to own force are rotten.

920
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:14,100
dhs has fundamentally changed and we

921
00:55:14,100 --> 00:55:17,100
must opinion change but move in an

922
00:55:17,100 --> 00:55:18,100
proactive manner.

923
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:21,100
do not let them bring the violence to

924
00:55:21,100 --> 00:55:22,100
duluth.

925
00:55:22,100 --> 00:55:26,201
this does not just exist without the

926
00:55:27,100 --> 00:55:30,100
innocence of a mountain and it can be

927
00:55:30,100 --> 00:55:32,100
dismantled by the people.

928
00:55:32,100 --> 00:55:33,100
that dismantlement may not begin at the

929
00:55:33,100 --> 00:55:34,100
top.

930
00:55:34,100 --> 00:55:37,100
cities across the united states can

931
00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:39,100
assist by electing the department of

932
00:55:39,100 --> 00:55:40,100
homeland security by their

933
00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:42,100
municipalities.

934
00:55:43,100 --> 00:55:46,100
questions over quality while they

935
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:48,100
execute martyrs in the street, you'll

936
00:55:48,100 --> 00:55:51,100
have to excuse me if is could only

937
00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:53,100
shake my head.

938
00:55:54,100 --> 00:55:56,100
legality is out the window at this

939
00:55:56,100 --> 00:55:58,100
point.

940
00:55:58,100 --> 00:56:01,100
we have that power as a community and

941
00:56:01,100 --> 00:56:05,100
through you councilor, I hope and pray

942
00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:07,100
that there is resistance.

943
00:56:07,100 --> 00:56:09,100
there is a lot of fear and anger in

944
00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:12,100
this room tonight, righteous anger,

945
00:56:12,100 --> 00:56:14,100
because we know you have the power to

946
00:56:14,100 --> 00:56:15,100
act.

947
00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:17,100
we're demanding that you act, we're

948
00:56:17,100 --> 00:56:20,100
demand anding pleading for to you act

949
00:56:20,100 --> 00:56:23,601
and end all collaboration with this

950
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:28,100
fasist organization to protect their

951
00:56:28,100 --> 00:56:31,100
community from this group and eject

952
00:56:31,100 --> 00:56:32,100
them from their city.

953
00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:35,100
I'm not going to repeat the demands, I

954
00:56:35,100 --> 00:56:36,100
have 8 seconds left.

955
00:56:36,100 --> 00:56:40,100
but you're going to hear it a lot and I

956
00:56:40,100 --> 00:56:41,100
hope the repetition sticks.

957
00:56:41,100 --> 00:56:42,100
thank you.

958
00:56:42,100 --> 00:56:45,100
>> our next speaker is ana.

959
00:56:57,100 --> 00:56:58,100
>> welcome, please state your name and

960
00:56:58,100 --> 00:56:59,100
address.

961
00:56:59,100 --> 00:57:02,601
>> I'm rebeccabergh, I live in the

962
00:57:03,100 --> 00:57:04,100
second district.

963
00:57:04,100 --> 00:57:06,100
I moved here to duluth by choose

964
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:08,100
because I love it here.

965
00:57:08,100 --> 00:57:12,100
and in the past two weeks, ice agents

966
00:57:12,100 --> 00:57:14,100
have murdered two people within two

967
00:57:14,100 --> 00:57:17,100
miles from my childhood home.

968
00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:18,100
what the community is going through

969
00:57:18,100 --> 00:57:20,100
right now is heavy in my heart.

970
00:57:20,100 --> 00:57:24,100
I say this to you, because some of you

971
00:57:24,100 --> 00:57:26,100
seem to be operating that this will not

972
00:57:26,100 --> 00:57:28,100
affect you.

973
00:57:28,100 --> 00:57:32,100
like it's not close to home and there

974
00:57:32,100 --> 00:57:34,100
are already ice agents present here in

975
00:57:34,100 --> 00:57:36,100
duluth.

976
00:57:36,100 --> 00:57:38,100
the situation is not improving.

977
00:57:38,100 --> 00:57:41,601
the situation is illegal and horrendous.

978
00:57:42,100 --> 00:57:45,100
it's not enough to say that police

979
00:57:45,100 --> 00:57:47,100
department is is not working and that

980
00:57:47,100 --> 00:57:49,100
it's fine.

981
00:57:49,100 --> 00:57:51,100
thoughts and prayers don't do anything

982
00:57:51,100 --> 00:57:55,100
when you're in a position of power.

983
00:57:55,100 --> 00:57:57,100
this is my first time speaking before

984
00:57:57,100 --> 00:58:00,100
you all but I've been a tebding these

985
00:58:00,100 --> 00:58:02,100
meetings for months now.

986
00:58:02,100 --> 00:58:04,100
I have seen countless community members

987
00:58:04,100 --> 00:58:06,100
asking you for your vote to represent

988
00:58:06,100 --> 00:58:08,100
their voices and again and again, I

989
00:58:08,100 --> 00:58:11,100
watched the majority of this council

990
00:58:11,100 --> 00:58:13,100
vote against the desires of your

991
00:58:13,100 --> 00:58:14,100
constituents.

992
00:58:14,100 --> 00:58:16,100
the people have no faith that people

993
00:58:16,100 --> 00:58:18,100
will protect them from ice and so

994
00:58:18,100 --> 00:58:20,100
they're organizing to protect each

995
00:58:20,100 --> 00:58:22,100
other and will continue to do so.

996
00:58:22,100 --> 00:58:26,100
if you continue to sit back, you prove

997
00:58:26,100 --> 00:58:28,100
to them that you're more aligned with

998
00:58:28,100 --> 00:58:30,100
the racist than with the people of your

999
00:58:30,100 --> 00:58:31,100
own city.

1000
00:58:31,100 --> 00:58:34,100
we need touz change course.

1001
00:58:35,100 --> 00:58:38,100
let the current events be a wake up to

1002
00:58:38,100 --> 00:58:39,100
respond to the public safety threats at

1003
00:58:39,100 --> 00:58:40,100
hand.

1004
00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:43,601
we need you to ban 287 agreements,

1005
00:58:45,100 --> 00:58:48,100
require dpd to protect individuals from

1006
00:58:48,100 --> 00:58:52,100
kidnapping from ice in the same manner

1007
00:58:52,100 --> 00:58:55,601
that they would be protected of

1008
00:58:56,100 --> 00:58:57,100
kidnapping from citizens.

1009
00:58:57,100 --> 00:58:59,100
and prohibit them from staging on

1010
00:58:59,100 --> 00:59:01,100
public property.

1011
00:59:01,100 --> 00:59:05,100
ban ice from school grounds within the

1012
00:59:05,100 --> 00:59:07,100
city.

1013
00:59:07,100 --> 00:59:10,100
pass a resolution of non collaboration

1014
00:59:10,100 --> 00:59:14,100
and not just non binding language that

1015
00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:17,100
states that dpd does not assist in

1016
00:59:17,100 --> 00:59:19,100
immigration enforcement.

1017
00:59:20,100 --> 00:59:23,100
reverse the tracking data with federal

1018
00:59:23,100 --> 00:59:25,100
agenciesle.

1019
00:59:26,100 --> 00:59:29,100
codify to observe isaac tiff its

1020
00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:30,100
without interference in a city

1021
00:59:30,100 --> 00:59:31,100
ordinance.

1022
00:59:31,100 --> 00:59:35,100
we need to you pass an eviction

1023
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:39,100
moratorium so that our people can stay

1024
00:59:39,100 --> 00:59:41,100
home from work when it's not safe for

1025
00:59:41,100 --> 00:59:43,100
them to leave.

1026
00:59:43,100 --> 00:59:46,100
as the violence against citizens

1027
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:48,100
intensifies.

1028
00:59:51,100 --> 00:59:54,601
>> our next speaker is jacob bell.

1029
01:00:02,100 --> 01:00:05,100
>> speaker: hi I'm council, I'm jacob

1030
01:00:05,100 --> 01:00:08,100
bell and I'm here not to speak about

1031
01:00:08,100 --> 01:00:09,100
ice.

1032
01:00:09,100 --> 01:00:12,100
with that said, I do stand with the

1033
01:00:12,100 --> 01:00:14,100
neighbors, and I'll just say this

1034
01:00:14,100 --> 01:00:18,201
h.when the kk, were doing atrocities,

1035
01:00:27,100 --> 01:00:29,100
we need to call this what it is.

1036
01:00:29,100 --> 01:00:30,100
but I'm here to talk about something

1037
01:00:30,100 --> 01:00:31,100
else.

1038
01:00:31,100 --> 01:00:33,100
a matter of importance to black and

1039
01:00:33,100 --> 01:00:35,100
brown neighborhoods in the central

1040
01:00:35,100 --> 01:00:37,401
hillside neighborhood and that's

1041
01:00:38,100 --> 01:00:41,100
upcoming proposal from council will get

1042
01:00:41,100 --> 01:00:43,100
for a sale of the washington center

1043
01:00:43,100 --> 01:00:46,100
property of the city's portion of the

1044
01:00:46,100 --> 01:00:50,201
property to ryan nelson and lake avenue

1045
01:00:51,100 --> 01:00:52,100
lost for 25,000.

1046
01:00:52,100 --> 01:00:56,100
I'm here on behalf of ffc, program that

1047
01:00:56,100 --> 01:00:58,100
operates out of the first floor out of

1048
01:00:58,100 --> 01:01:01,100
the washington center and I'm here to

1049
01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:04,100
really speak to the native families

1050
01:01:04,100 --> 01:01:06,100
that use the washington center as a

1051
01:01:06,100 --> 01:01:07,100
home every single day.

1052
01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:11,100
and I'm here with a simple request,

1053
01:01:11,100 --> 01:01:13,100
take this decision seriously.

1054
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:15,100
very seriously.

1055
01:01:15,100 --> 01:01:18,100
the decision that city council makes on

1056
01:01:18,100 --> 01:01:20,100
this base will determine our families

1057
01:01:20,100 --> 01:01:22,100
on hillside for years and years to come.

1058
01:01:22,100 --> 01:01:26,801
this place is a home for black and

1059
01:01:27,100 --> 01:01:29,100
brown families in this neighborhood.

1060
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:32,100
and now more than ever, black and brown

1061
01:01:32,100 --> 01:01:34,100
people feel a place where they feel

1062
01:01:34,100 --> 01:01:36,100
safe.

1063
01:01:36,100 --> 01:01:40,201
now, ffc is actually a certified cdbo

1064
01:01:41,100 --> 01:01:44,601
so we're committed to the economic

1065
01:01:45,100 --> 01:01:46,100
development of our neighborhood.

1066
01:01:46,100 --> 01:01:47,100
but the real question is development

1067
01:01:47,100 --> 01:01:49,100
for who?

1068
01:01:49,100 --> 01:01:52,601
our greatest fear right now is

1069
01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:55,100
gentrification and the displacement of

1070
01:01:55,100 --> 01:01:57,100
low income families and the central

1071
01:01:57,100 --> 01:01:59,100
hillside neighborhood.

1072
01:01:59,100 --> 01:02:01,100
wiz is why, we submitted a proposal to

1073
01:02:01,100 --> 01:02:05,100
the city to purchase the space for a

1074
01:02:05,100 --> 01:02:09,100
dollar, a few months back and I'm not

1075
01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:12,100
sure if council ever got that proposal

1076
01:02:12,100 --> 01:02:15,100
but we did it to protect the space and

1077
01:02:15,100 --> 01:02:19,100
make sure this stays a permanent home

1078
01:02:19,100 --> 01:02:20,100
with our families.

1079
01:02:20,100 --> 01:02:24,100
we have been in contact with the city

1080
01:02:24,100 --> 01:02:27,100
staff, as well as the company trying to

1081
01:02:27,100 --> 01:02:28,100
purchase this space.

1082
01:02:28,100 --> 01:02:31,100
and they've expressed a willing toness

1083
01:02:31,100 --> 01:02:35,201
to --willingness to work with us to

1084
01:02:37,100 --> 01:02:39,100
ensure that this building stays a home

1085
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:42,100
to black and brown families but also

1086
01:02:42,100 --> 01:02:44,100
available to low income families that

1087
01:02:44,100 --> 01:02:46,100
live there now.

1088
01:02:48,100 --> 01:02:50,100
they've expressed they said that they

1089
01:02:50,100 --> 01:02:53,100
will look into it but that's not enough.

1090
01:02:53,100 --> 01:02:55,100
this isn't to cast blame on anyone.

1091
01:02:55,100 --> 01:02:58,100
there is been a lot going on in the

1092
01:02:58,100 --> 01:03:00,100
last couple of months.

1093
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:03,100
but we need to have these conversations

1094
01:03:03,100 --> 01:03:05,100
now, and we're doing everything we can

1095
01:03:05,100 --> 01:03:08,100
to ensure that this space remains a

1096
01:03:08,100 --> 01:03:11,100
home to all of us.

1097
01:03:11,100 --> 01:03:14,100
making sure that that the space, the

1098
01:03:14,100 --> 01:03:16,100
space stays subsidized.

1099
01:03:17,100 --> 01:03:20,100
I'm honestly here to let you know that

1100
01:03:20,100 --> 01:03:21,100
these conversations are taking place.

1101
01:03:21,100 --> 01:03:23,100
there is a solution and I would love to

1102
01:03:23,100 --> 01:03:25,100
come back in a month or two and let you

1103
01:03:25,100 --> 01:03:27,100
know, this is what our communities and

1104
01:03:27,100 --> 01:03:29,100
our partnerships want and this is what

1105
01:03:29,100 --> 01:03:31,100
we're going to do but we're not there

1106
01:03:31,100 --> 01:03:33,100
yet.

1107
01:03:33,100 --> 01:03:35,100
would I invite you all, come business,

1108
01:03:35,100 --> 01:03:38,100
stop over at fcc, meet our families and

1109
01:03:38,100 --> 01:03:39,100
hear about the things that are

1110
01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:40,100
important to us.

1111
01:03:40,100 --> 01:03:42,100
this is where those conversations are

1112
01:03:42,100 --> 01:03:44,100
taking place and those conversations

1113
01:03:44,100 --> 01:03:46,100
are for the future of the community as

1114
01:03:46,100 --> 01:03:47,100
a whole.

1115
01:03:47,100 --> 01:03:49,100
thank you.

1116
01:03:49,100 --> 01:03:52,601
>> our next speaker is taylor cross

1117
01:04:01,100 --> 01:04:03,100
bobing en.

1118
01:04:03,100 --> 01:04:05,100
>> speaker: hi I have lived in duluth

1119
01:04:05,100 --> 01:04:07,100
for ten years.

1120
01:04:08,100 --> 01:04:10,100
thank you counciloring for all that you

1121
01:04:10,100 --> 01:04:14,100
do and being able to listen to us,

1122
01:04:14,100 --> 01:04:16,100
concerned citizens.

1123
01:04:16,100 --> 01:04:18,401
thank you, councilmember tomanek.

1124
01:04:22,100 --> 01:04:24,100
>> I do ask that you address the body

1125
01:04:24,100 --> 01:04:25,100
as a whole.

1126
01:04:25,100 --> 01:04:28,100
>> speaker: thanks for what you said at

1127
01:04:28,100 --> 01:04:30,100
the beginning of the meet ing.

1128
01:04:30,100 --> 01:04:35,100
I'm here to ask to you do what you can

1129
01:04:35,100 --> 01:04:38,100
to separate yourself, ourselves the

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01:04:38,100 --> 01:04:40,100
city of duluth from ice and do what you

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01:04:40,100 --> 01:04:43,100
can to protect the citizens of duluth.

1132
01:04:43,100 --> 01:04:45,100
others have shared more details about

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01:04:45,100 --> 01:04:47,100
how to do this and I'm sure you've been

1134
01:04:47,100 --> 01:04:48,100
given the list.

1135
01:04:48,100 --> 01:04:50,100
but I want to use my time to tell you

1136
01:04:50,100 --> 01:04:53,601
about what I experienced in minneapolis

1137
01:04:54,100 --> 01:04:55,100
this weekend.

1138
01:04:55,100 --> 01:04:57,100
I went down to protest on friday and it

1139
01:04:57,100 --> 01:04:59,100
was amazing to see all the support,

1140
01:04:59,100 --> 01:05:02,100
seeing tens of thousands brave the

1141
01:05:02,100 --> 01:05:04,100
extreme cold was heart warming.

1142
01:05:04,100 --> 01:05:07,100
there is a big protest in duluth as

1143
01:05:07,100 --> 01:05:10,601
mentioned but the whiplash of alex

1144
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:14,100
preti saturday morning was insane.

1145
01:05:14,100 --> 01:05:17,100
shortly after the mutter, I was

1146
01:05:17,100 --> 01:05:19,100
peacefully protesting with hundreds of

1147
01:05:19,100 --> 01:05:20,100
angry protesters.

1148
01:05:20,100 --> 01:05:22,100
to be clear, this was not a riot, this

1149
01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:24,100
was nothing like tha. There were

1150
01:05:24,100 --> 01:05:27,100
community members, there were business

1151
01:05:27,100 --> 01:05:30,100
owners, there were grandmas, there were

1152
01:05:30,100 --> 01:05:32,100
people in the street that were hurt,

1153
01:05:32,100 --> 01:05:34,100
they were angry, they were scared, they

1154
01:05:34,100 --> 01:05:37,100
were fed up with ice in their city,

1155
01:05:37,100 --> 01:05:41,201
they were fed up with the abductions,

1156
01:05:42,100 --> 01:05:45,100
the killings of their killings.

1157
01:05:45,100 --> 01:05:48,100
it sounds insane to say but it's

1158
01:05:48,100 --> 01:05:49,100
literally what is happening.

1159
01:05:49,100 --> 01:05:52,100
while all the protesters remained

1160
01:05:53,100 --> 01:05:55,100
behind the line, ice agents decide

1161
01:05:55,100 --> 01:05:59,201
today throw and send tear gas and

1162
01:06:02,100 --> 01:06:04,100
concussion grenades and spray pepper.

1163
01:06:04,100 --> 01:06:07,100
I was shot in the leg by a rubber

1164
01:06:07,100 --> 01:06:09,100
bullet.

1165
01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:13,100
I was extremely lucky, hit my cell

1166
01:06:13,100 --> 01:06:17,801
phone destroying it and I had no injury.

1167
01:06:18,100 --> 01:06:22,100
that bullet was rock hard, I cannot

1168
01:06:22,100 --> 01:06:24,100
imagine if it would have happened in my

1169
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:26,100
face or something like that.

1170
01:06:26,100 --> 01:06:30,100
I want to share this with you to give

1171
01:06:30,100 --> 01:06:34,100
you a glimpse of who these people are.

1172
01:06:34,100 --> 01:06:37,100
that means both people that are

1173
01:06:37,100 --> 01:06:39,401
peacefully protesting o ordinary

1174
01:06:41,100 --> 01:06:44,100
people going about their day that have

1175
01:06:44,100 --> 01:06:45,100
brown skin.

1176
01:06:45,100 --> 01:06:49,100
although we don't have a lot of

1177
01:06:49,100 --> 01:06:52,100
brown-skin people in duluth as we do in

1178
01:06:52,100 --> 01:06:54,100
minneapolis, our police department

1179
01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:55,100
needs to be ready.

1180
01:06:55,100 --> 01:06:58,100
police department is not working with

1181
01:06:58,100 --> 01:07:01,100
ice, at all, and it was great to see

1182
01:07:01,100 --> 01:07:04,100
that separation and the cooperate.

1183
01:07:04,100 --> 01:07:08,100
it may not be there yet but silence

1184
01:07:08,100 --> 01:07:10,401
will soon become complicity.

1185
01:07:12,100 --> 01:07:13,100
please take action, real action.

1186
01:07:13,100 --> 01:07:16,100
thank you for your time.

1187
01:07:20,100 --> 01:07:22,100
>> our next speaker is darlene.

1188
01:07:22,100 --> 01:07:26,801
>> we do have a request from the next

1189
01:07:27,100 --> 01:07:30,100
room that you speak closerly--closely

1190
01:07:32,100 --> 01:07:34,100
into the mic so they can hear.

1191
01:07:34,100 --> 01:07:37,100
and if you can give us your name and

1192
01:07:37,100 --> 01:07:40,100
address, that would be great.

1193
01:07:45,100 --> 01:07:47,100
>> can you tulle the mike down.

1194
01:07:47,100 --> 01:07:48,100
thank you.

1195
01:07:48,100 --> 01:07:52,100
>> diane and I'm from town sil, but I

1196
01:07:52,100 --> 01:07:55,100
was born and raised in duluth.

1197
01:07:55,100 --> 01:07:58,601
this is another dark and shameful

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01:08:00,100 --> 01:08:02,401
period in america's history.

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01:08:08,100 --> 01:08:11,100
violent' deporting immigrants based on

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01:08:13,100 --> 01:08:16,100
race, seeking asylum and a better life

1201
01:08:16,100 --> 01:08:18,100
for their children is not what this

1202
01:08:18,100 --> 01:08:21,100
country has stood for for over 70 years.

1203
01:08:21,100 --> 01:08:24,100
the ufm states has welcomed immigrants

1204
01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:27,100
from all over the world becoming a

1205
01:08:27,100 --> 01:08:28,100
beacon of democracy.

1206
01:08:28,100 --> 01:08:31,100
this policy of the trump administration

1207
01:08:31,100 --> 01:08:35,201
is cruel and stands in blatant contrast

1208
01:08:38,100 --> 01:08:40,100
to viftian values.

1209
01:08:41,100 --> 01:08:45,100
ill trained ice agents that appear to

1210
01:08:45,100 --> 01:08:48,100
revel in brutality so very shameful in

1211
01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:50,100
so many ways.

1212
01:08:51,100 --> 01:08:55,100
the resent killing of two u.s. Citizens

1213
01:08:55,100 --> 01:08:57,100
in minneapolis by our own government is

1214
01:08:57,100 --> 01:09:00,601
an atrocity and leave a lasting

1215
01:09:03,100 --> 01:09:05,100
reprehensible scar.

1216
01:09:05,100 --> 01:09:07,100
unfortunately, the duluth city council

1217
01:09:07,100 --> 01:09:10,100
does not have the authority to abolish

1218
01:09:10,100 --> 01:09:13,100
ice but it could make a statement by

1219
01:09:13,100 --> 01:09:15,100
voting against ice raids being

1220
01:09:15,100 --> 01:09:18,100
performed in our city and guard rails

1221
01:09:18,100 --> 01:09:21,100
being put in place if they are.

1222
01:09:21,100 --> 01:09:24,100
this can be done by passing the

1223
01:09:24,100 --> 01:09:26,100
ordinance of demands prevented this

1224
01:09:26,100 --> 01:09:27,100
evening.

1225
01:09:27,100 --> 01:09:30,100
as leaders of our city, you have a duty

1226
01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:33,601
and an obligation to protect the

1227
01:09:34,100 --> 01:09:38,201
citizens of duluth and to try to

1228
01:09:39,100 --> 01:09:42,100
prevept this evil from happening here.

1229
01:09:42,100 --> 01:09:44,100
I implore you to be on the right side

1230
01:09:44,100 --> 01:09:46,100
of history and vote for guidelines to

1231
01:09:46,100 --> 01:09:49,100
be put in place to prevent another ice

1232
01:09:49,100 --> 01:09:51,100
tragedy.

1233
01:09:51,100 --> 01:09:54,601
future generations will be asking you,

1234
01:09:56,100 --> 01:10:00,100
what did you do as city councilor

1235
01:10:00,100 --> 01:10:02,100
during this tragic times for so many

1236
01:10:02,100 --> 01:10:03,100
people.

1237
01:10:03,100 --> 01:10:05,401
you will be asked.

1238
01:10:11,100 --> 01:10:13,100
you ought to be proud of what you

1239
01:10:13,100 --> 01:10:15,100
decided.

1240
01:10:15,100 --> 01:10:18,100
>> our next speaker, is bruce.

1241
01:10:30,100 --> 01:10:33,601
>> welcome, if you would like to

1242
01:10:34,100 --> 01:10:35,100
address.

1243
01:10:35,100 --> 01:10:38,601
>> speaker: good evening, I live at 417

1244
01:10:41,100 --> 01:10:44,100
simerlay am in the western duluth.

1245
01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:47,100
my heart goes out to all those affected

1246
01:10:47,100 --> 01:10:50,100
by this circumstances that have been

1247
01:10:50,100 --> 01:10:52,100
talked about and I have a lot of the

1248
01:10:52,100 --> 01:10:53,100
same concerns that they're speaking

1249
01:10:53,100 --> 01:10:54,100
about.

1250
01:10:54,100 --> 01:10:58,801
but I'm here as a member of the

1251
01:11:03,100 --> 01:11:04,100
advocacy of trails.

1252
01:11:04,100 --> 01:11:07,100
I live in western duluth.

1253
01:11:07,100 --> 01:11:10,100
and before this city council is a

1254
01:11:10,100 --> 01:11:12,100
resolution authorizing the application

1255
01:11:12,100 --> 01:11:15,100
for to the transportation authorization

1256
01:11:15,100 --> 01:11:19,100
fund to go construct a cross section of

1257
01:11:19,100 --> 01:11:21,100
the trail from free mont.

1258
01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:24,100
on behalf of the members of friends of

1259
01:11:24,100 --> 01:11:27,100
parks and trails and community members

1260
01:11:27,100 --> 01:11:29,100
we represent, I want to express the

1261
01:11:29,100 --> 01:11:31,100
support for this resolution and not

1262
01:11:31,100 --> 01:11:34,601
action of this trail that potential

1263
01:11:35,100 --> 01:11:36,100
funding will construct.

1264
01:11:36,100 --> 01:11:39,100
it will give the many people who walk

1265
01:11:39,100 --> 01:11:42,100
and bike in the western neighborhoods a

1266
01:11:42,100 --> 01:11:44,100
safer path for recreation.

1267
01:11:44,100 --> 01:11:47,100
when my knew bride and I moved into our

1268
01:11:47,100 --> 01:11:51,100
home near the longer trail in 1992, we

1269
01:11:51,100 --> 01:11:54,100
looked forward to riding our bikes to

1270
01:11:54,100 --> 01:11:56,100
west duluth for shopping and recreation.

1271
01:11:56,100 --> 01:11:58,100
we were disappointed to learn that

1272
01:11:58,100 --> 01:12:01,100
there was not a safe path to get there.

1273
01:12:01,100 --> 01:12:03,100
over the years, several of our

1274
01:12:03,100 --> 01:12:05,100
neighbors, say that they would ride our

1275
01:12:05,100 --> 01:12:08,100
bikes to work if only, there was a safe

1276
01:12:08,100 --> 01:12:09,100
path to get there.

1277
01:12:09,100 --> 01:12:12,100
a number of years ago, I spoke with the

1278
01:12:12,100 --> 01:12:14,100
group of people on the monger trail who

1279
01:12:14,100 --> 01:12:18,100
said they were part of a family reunion.

1280
01:12:18,100 --> 01:12:22,100
the plan was for them to ride from

1281
01:12:22,100 --> 01:12:24,100
carleton so shop, eat and walk the

1282
01:12:24,100 --> 01:12:25,100
boardwalk.

1283
01:12:25,100 --> 01:12:28,100
once they foupd that there was no safe

1284
01:12:28,100 --> 01:12:31,100
route, they shortened their trip and

1285
01:12:31,100 --> 01:12:33,100
turned around and can now park

1286
01:12:33,100 --> 01:12:35,100
businesses lost these potential

1287
01:12:35,100 --> 01:12:37,100
customers.

1288
01:12:37,100 --> 01:12:38,100
several of our group have been working

1289
01:12:38,100 --> 01:12:42,201
with the city of duluth for 15, 30 to

1290
01:12:43,100 --> 01:12:46,100
get the gap closed between the trail

1291
01:12:46,100 --> 01:12:49,100
head in canal park as envisionds 40

1292
01:12:49,100 --> 01:12:53,201
years by the late jim ol'behr stein.

1293
01:12:55,100 --> 01:12:58,601
the multi use transportation path to

1294
01:13:00,100 --> 01:13:02,100
canal park will be realized.

1295
01:13:02,100 --> 01:13:04,100
we thank the city council for

1296
01:13:04,100 --> 01:13:05,100
continuing to support the parks and

1297
01:13:05,100 --> 01:13:08,100
trails of our great city and we look

1298
01:13:08,100 --> 01:13:10,100
forward to continuing to work with the

1299
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:13,100
city on this and other projects.

1300
01:13:13,100 --> 01:13:14,100
thank you.

1301
01:13:14,100 --> 01:13:16,100
>> thank you.

1302
01:13:17,100 --> 01:13:20,601
our next speaker is jenny ward.

1303
01:13:28,100 --> 01:13:30,100
>> welcome, if you can state your name

1304
01:13:30,100 --> 01:13:31,100
and address.

1305
01:13:31,100 --> 01:13:33,100
>> speaker: good evening, council, my

1306
01:13:33,100 --> 01:13:36,100
name is jenny, I live at 301 west

1307
01:13:36,100 --> 01:13:37,100
street.

1308
01:13:37,100 --> 01:13:41,100
and I want to thank everyone who has

1309
01:13:41,100 --> 01:13:42,100
spoken on ice.

1310
01:13:42,100 --> 01:13:45,100
I would like to talk tonight about the

1311
01:13:45,100 --> 01:13:47,100
last council meet ing.

1312
01:13:47,100 --> 01:13:49,100
I was not here but I was watching from

1313
01:13:49,100 --> 01:13:50,100
home.

1314
01:13:50,100 --> 01:13:53,100
we can agree that it was a tense

1315
01:13:53,100 --> 01:13:55,100
meeting and many of us walked away

1316
01:13:55,100 --> 01:13:57,100
being frustrated.

1317
01:14:05,100 --> 01:14:09,100
ints and we do wish for everyone to

1318
01:14:09,100 --> 01:14:12,100
feel safe at home and in the workplace

1319
01:14:12,100 --> 01:14:14,401
and in our city.

1320
01:14:15,100 --> 01:14:17,100
if anyone has felt unsafe I am truly

1321
01:14:17,100 --> 01:14:19,100
sorry.

1322
01:14:20,100 --> 01:14:22,100
however, I believe it's important that

1323
01:14:22,100 --> 01:14:23,100
we all feel hurt.

1324
01:14:23,100 --> 01:14:25,100
when I witnessed two weeks ago, was

1325
01:14:25,100 --> 01:14:27,100
many many people come out to spaik

1326
01:14:27,100 --> 01:14:30,100
about an issue that they cared deeply

1327
01:14:30,100 --> 01:14:32,100
about.

1328
01:14:32,100 --> 01:14:34,100
many councilmembers had a different

1329
01:14:34,100 --> 01:14:37,100
opinion, things escalated and there was

1330
01:14:37,100 --> 01:14:40,100
a short recess and a vote was done.

1331
01:14:40,100 --> 01:14:42,100
a vote that we knew was controversial.

1332
01:14:42,100 --> 01:14:45,601
this is not how decalation works.

1333
01:14:47,100 --> 01:14:50,601
many were loudly reacted and reacted

1334
01:14:51,100 --> 01:14:53,100
when they were doing so.

1335
01:14:53,100 --> 01:14:56,100
this would be like slapping somebody

1336
01:14:56,100 --> 01:15:00,201
and then getting mad for saying ouch.

1337
01:15:01,100 --> 01:15:03,100
I understand the importance of

1338
01:15:03,100 --> 01:15:04,100
civilianity.

1339
01:15:04,100 --> 01:15:06,100
I also want to live in a civil world.

1340
01:15:06,100 --> 01:15:08,100
it just does not feel like a reality

1341
01:15:08,100 --> 01:15:09,100
right now.

1342
01:15:09,100 --> 01:15:13,201
the president of our nation says new

1343
01:15:17,100 --> 01:15:19,401
vulgar nonsense every day.

1344
01:15:21,100 --> 01:15:23,100
is any of that civil?

1345
01:15:23,100 --> 01:15:25,100
we are scared, we are angry and we are

1346
01:15:25,100 --> 01:15:26,100
very sad.

1347
01:15:26,100 --> 01:15:29,100
we look to our local leaders for

1348
01:15:29,100 --> 01:15:30,100
representation.

1349
01:15:30,100 --> 01:15:31,100
so please listen to us.

1350
01:15:31,100 --> 01:15:33,100
listen to the people who voted you on

1351
01:15:33,100 --> 01:15:34,100
to council.

1352
01:15:34,100 --> 01:15:37,100
we will not agree on everything all the

1353
01:15:37,100 --> 01:15:39,100
time, but we need the people need to be

1354
01:15:39,100 --> 01:15:40,100
heard and respected.

1355
01:15:40,100 --> 01:15:43,100
we live here, work here and pay taxed.

1356
01:15:43,100 --> 01:15:45,100
the future of this city is in our

1357
01:15:45,100 --> 01:15:48,100
hands, we will make mistakes but we

1358
01:15:48,100 --> 01:15:49,100
must meet each other with grace and

1359
01:15:49,100 --> 01:15:51,100
dignity.

1360
01:15:51,100 --> 01:15:53,100
and real quick, before I go, I want to

1361
01:15:53,100 --> 01:15:57,100
mention that the live stream was muted

1362
01:15:57,100 --> 01:15:58,100
when hare much words were being

1363
01:15:58,100 --> 01:16:00,100
exchanged in the chamber.

1364
01:16:00,100 --> 01:16:02,100
I understand the intention but I think

1365
01:16:02,100 --> 01:16:05,100
it's our right to not be censored,

1366
01:16:05,100 --> 01:16:08,100
those of us viewing at home or watching

1367
01:16:08,100 --> 01:16:10,100
later, even if there is profanity, I

1368
01:16:10,100 --> 01:16:12,100
don't think that tht live stream should

1369
01:16:12,100 --> 01:16:14,100
be censor sd.

1370
01:16:14,100 --> 01:16:17,100
we deserve to know what is going on.

1371
01:16:17,100 --> 01:16:20,100
I had loved one here, and I was worried

1372
01:16:20,100 --> 01:16:24,100
about their safety, I almost ran over

1373
01:16:24,100 --> 01:16:27,100
here in my pajamas to make sure

1374
01:16:27,100 --> 01:16:29,100
everything is okay.

1375
01:16:29,100 --> 01:16:32,601
so please consider not censoring the

1376
01:16:33,100 --> 01:16:34,100
audio in the future.

1377
01:16:34,100 --> 01:16:35,100
thank you.

1378
01:16:35,100 --> 01:16:38,601
>> our next speaker is chance wells.

1379
01:16:47,100 --> 01:16:48,100
>> welcome please state your name and

1380
01:16:48,100 --> 01:16:49,100
address.

1381
01:16:49,100 --> 01:16:51,401
>> speaker: hello councilor, president

1382
01:16:52,100 --> 01:16:53,100
nephew.

1383
01:16:53,100 --> 01:16:55,401
my name is chance.

1384
01:16:57,100 --> 01:16:59,100
danny the person who spoke before her,

1385
01:16:59,100 --> 01:17:04,100
is my partner and I'm so proud of her.

1386
01:17:04,100 --> 01:17:07,100
should I is calm when I am not and for

1387
01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:09,100
giving when I cannot and wise when I'm

1388
01:17:09,100 --> 01:17:11,100
lacking.

1389
01:17:11,100 --> 01:17:13,100
my problem is I've attended too many of

1390
01:17:13,100 --> 01:17:14,100
these meetings.

1391
01:17:14,100 --> 01:17:18,100
I've watched as the council voted down

1392
01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:21,601
the cease fire resolution and thus

1393
01:17:22,100 --> 01:17:23,100
endorsed the countless murder of

1394
01:17:23,100 --> 01:17:25,100
palestinian.

1395
01:17:26,100 --> 01:17:29,100
but the council decided to anyway.

1396
01:17:29,100 --> 01:17:32,100
I've tried to work with council in my

1397
01:17:32,100 --> 01:17:35,100
capacity as a queer organizer and I was

1398
01:17:35,100 --> 01:17:39,100
told to my face that what we proposed

1399
01:17:39,100 --> 01:17:41,100
was divisive.

1400
01:17:42,100 --> 01:17:44,100
since when does loving who you love is

1401
01:17:44,100 --> 01:17:46,100
divisive?

1402
01:17:46,100 --> 01:17:49,100
when is a recognizing a festival of joy

1403
01:17:49,100 --> 01:17:51,100
divisive?

1404
01:17:51,100 --> 01:17:54,100
and then I watched as the council vote

1405
01:17:54,100 --> 01:17:57,601
today renew contract with nexus lexus.

1406
01:17:59,100 --> 01:18:00,100
despite every speak egg vote to go

1407
01:18:00,100 --> 01:18:01,100
reconsider.

1408
01:18:01,100 --> 01:18:05,100
please tell me, how am I suppose to

1409
01:18:05,100 --> 01:18:07,100
remain civil?

1410
01:18:07,100 --> 01:18:11,100
you said my existence as a queer is

1411
01:18:11,100 --> 01:18:14,100
divisive, you said yes to genocide and

1412
01:18:14,100 --> 01:18:17,100
yes to police using ai and

1413
01:18:17,100 --> 01:18:18,100
collaborating with ice.

1414
01:18:18,100 --> 01:18:21,100
when I read the truth to you, doesn't

1415
01:18:21,100 --> 01:18:23,100
that sound shameful?

1416
01:18:35,100 --> 01:18:38,100
I hope those to make better choices

1417
01:18:38,100 --> 01:18:40,100
next time.

1418
01:18:42,100 --> 01:18:44,100
there is only so many times that I can

1419
01:18:44,100 --> 01:18:47,100
come up here and hope you'll listen

1420
01:18:47,100 --> 01:18:48,100
before I break.

1421
01:18:48,100 --> 01:18:50,100
I am breaking.

1422
01:18:50,100 --> 01:18:51,100
we are all breaking.

1423
01:18:51,100 --> 01:18:54,601
a five-year-old was abducted his name

1424
01:18:57,100 --> 01:18:59,100
was leanne conejo.

1425
01:18:59,100 --> 01:19:01,100
alex preti was murdered protecting a

1426
01:19:01,100 --> 01:19:02,100
women from ice.

1427
01:19:02,100 --> 01:19:04,100
beaten and shot at least ten times.

1428
01:19:04,100 --> 01:19:07,100
what are we doing here?

1429
01:19:08,100 --> 01:19:11,601
ndpd cooperation with ice now, required

1430
01:19:13,100 --> 01:19:15,100
dpd to protect individuals from

1431
01:19:15,100 --> 01:19:17,100
kidnapped in ice in the same manner

1432
01:19:17,100 --> 01:19:19,100
they would be protected kidnapping.

1433
01:19:19,100 --> 01:19:22,100
I know the duluth say they are not

1434
01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:25,100
working with ice but by using nexus

1435
01:19:25,100 --> 01:19:28,100
lexus and giving them money, we are

1436
01:19:28,100 --> 01:19:31,100
complicity in their evil regardless,

1437
01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:35,100
despite public opinion, I hope you'll

1438
01:19:35,100 --> 01:19:39,801
consider a bit of what I said today.

1439
01:19:41,100 --> 01:19:43,100
>> thank you.

1440
01:19:43,100 --> 01:19:46,100
>> please no cheers or jeers.

1441
01:19:50,100 --> 01:19:53,601
>> our next speaker is matt sergeant.

1442
01:19:58,100 --> 01:20:02,201
>> you can adjust the lectern on the

1443
01:20:03,100 --> 01:20:04,100
right side.

1444
01:20:04,100 --> 01:20:07,601
>> speaker: my name is matt sergeant

1445
01:20:08,100 --> 01:20:11,100
I'm from you lincoln park.

1446
01:20:11,100 --> 01:20:13,100
and I want to reflect on something

1447
01:20:13,100 --> 01:20:14,100
before we started.

1448
01:20:14,100 --> 01:20:15,100
you looked at the flag and you took an

1449
01:20:15,100 --> 01:20:19,100
oath and the last thing you said, is,

1450
01:20:19,100 --> 01:20:21,100
justice for all.

1451
01:20:22,100 --> 01:20:25,601
you didn't say justice for, citizens,

1452
01:20:26,100 --> 01:20:28,100
justice for white people, justice for

1453
01:20:28,100 --> 01:20:30,100
all.

1454
01:20:30,100 --> 01:20:32,100
that's what we're here about.

1455
01:20:32,100 --> 01:20:33,100
we are living right now, in dangerous

1456
01:20:33,100 --> 01:20:35,100
times.

1457
01:20:35,100 --> 01:20:38,100
things have been dangerous for some of

1458
01:20:38,100 --> 01:20:41,100
us for much longer than others and some

1459
01:20:41,100 --> 01:20:44,100
of us now are seeing that and it's

1460
01:20:44,100 --> 01:20:47,100
scary and things going to continue to

1461
01:20:47,100 --> 01:20:49,100
get scary not just for us here, but for

1462
01:20:49,100 --> 01:20:51,100
you too, it's time to not use words but

1463
01:20:51,100 --> 01:20:53,100
actions.

1464
01:20:55,100 --> 01:20:57,100
because words without actions are

1465
01:20:57,100 --> 01:20:58,100
meaningful.

1466
01:20:58,100 --> 01:21:00,100
so here's some actions for you.

1467
01:21:00,100 --> 01:21:04,100
pass an ordinance of city council non

1468
01:21:04,100 --> 01:21:07,601
collaboration with ice, cbp, hsi and

1469
01:21:10,100 --> 01:21:13,100
building sharing with homeland security.

1470
01:21:17,100 --> 01:21:20,100
isaac tiff its without interference.

1471
01:21:21,100 --> 01:21:24,601
established a city lead working group

1472
01:21:25,100 --> 01:21:28,100
aimed at protecting the public from ice

1473
01:21:28,100 --> 01:21:31,100
and collaborating know your rights.

1474
01:21:31,100 --> 01:21:34,100
pass an eviction moratorium, pass an

1475
01:21:34,100 --> 01:21:37,100
ordinance, banning ice, cpi from

1476
01:21:37,100 --> 01:21:40,601
staging on public properties and ban

1477
01:21:41,100 --> 01:21:43,100
ice from entering city offices and

1478
01:21:43,100 --> 01:21:45,100
other non public spaces without a

1479
01:21:45,100 --> 01:21:47,100
judicial warrant.

1480
01:21:49,100 --> 01:21:53,801
we verse the city of duluth for fuck

1481
01:21:57,100 --> 01:22:01,100
sake and the city contract with nexus

1482
01:22:01,100 --> 01:22:03,100
lexus.

1483
01:22:13,100 --> 01:22:17,100
pass on nard ans virg problemsing when

1484
01:22:17,100 --> 01:22:20,100
there are clear fourth amendment

1485
01:22:22,100 --> 01:22:24,100
violations, within city limits without

1486
01:22:24,100 --> 01:22:25,100
a judicial warrant.

1487
01:22:25,100 --> 01:22:28,601
pass an ordinance requiring dpt to

1488
01:22:29,100 --> 01:22:31,100
protect individuals from kidnapping

1489
01:22:31,100 --> 01:22:35,100
from ice nat same manner they would be

1490
01:22:35,100 --> 01:22:37,100
protected from protecting citizens and

1491
01:22:37,100 --> 01:22:39,100
other means, I'm going to take the

1492
01:22:39,100 --> 01:22:42,601
remaining almost minute here of silence

1493
01:22:43,100 --> 01:22:44,100
for our brown brothers and sisters who

1494
01:22:44,100 --> 01:22:48,201
didn't get a moment of silence earlier.

1495
01:23:46,100 --> 01:23:48,100
>> thank you.

1496
01:23:49,100 --> 01:23:52,601
our next speaker is david tricksted.

1497
01:24:04,100 --> 01:24:05,100
>> welcome if you can please state your

1498
01:24:05,100 --> 01:24:06,100
name and address.

1499
01:24:06,100 --> 01:24:09,100
>> speaker: my name is david, glad

1500
01:24:09,100 --> 01:24:10,100
sfoen street in duluth.

1501
01:24:10,100 --> 01:24:13,100
I thank you for this opportunity to

1502
01:24:13,100 --> 01:24:15,100
speak to all of and president nephew

1503
01:24:15,100 --> 01:24:17,100
and the rest of you, thank you very

1504
01:24:17,100 --> 01:24:18,100
much.

1505
01:24:18,100 --> 01:24:22,100
my wife and I came to duluth 33 years

1506
01:24:22,100 --> 01:24:26,100
ago and I came to serve first lutheran

1507
01:24:26,100 --> 01:24:30,100
xhoifp as a pastor and for 22 years and

1508
01:24:30,100 --> 01:24:34,201
a half I served both lutheran and

1509
01:24:35,100 --> 01:24:37,100
concordia lutheran.

1510
01:24:37,100 --> 01:24:38,100
we lived in morgan park for 13 years,

1511
01:24:38,100 --> 01:24:40,100
loved it through.

1512
01:24:41,100 --> 01:24:45,801
our grandson now has a house there with

1513
01:24:47,100 --> 01:24:50,100
his daughter and his partner.

1514
01:24:50,100 --> 01:24:53,100
we love lakeside, we love this

1515
01:24:53,100 --> 01:24:56,100
community here very much and hope to

1516
01:24:56,100 --> 01:24:59,100
spend the of our days there.

1517
01:24:59,100 --> 01:25:03,801
I too wanted point out that we pledged

1518
01:25:04,100 --> 01:25:09,100
allegiance to the flag and the r&b for

1519
01:25:09,100 --> 01:25:10,100
which it stands.

1520
01:25:10,100 --> 01:25:14,100
and the question is will it stand?

1521
01:25:14,100 --> 01:25:17,100
if we can't affect what is going on in

1522
01:25:17,100 --> 01:25:19,100
washington, we can affect what is going

1523
01:25:19,100 --> 01:25:21,100
on in duluth.

1524
01:25:23,100 --> 01:25:24,100
and and we come to you, the response

1525
01:25:24,100 --> 01:25:26,100
has been amazing.

1526
01:25:26,100 --> 01:25:30,801
they take my breath away and I cannot

1527
01:25:32,100 --> 01:25:34,100
replicate for what has been saying.

1528
01:25:34,100 --> 01:25:35,100
thank you for the silence at the

1529
01:25:35,100 --> 01:25:38,100
beginning and thank you for the

1530
01:25:38,100 --> 01:25:40,401
profound words and prayer.

1531
01:25:41,100 --> 01:25:43,100
let's, actualize those words.

1532
01:25:43,100 --> 01:25:44,100
let's make something happen from those

1533
01:25:44,100 --> 01:25:46,100
words.

1534
01:25:49,100 --> 01:25:52,100
I'm part of a weekly protest against

1535
01:25:52,100 --> 01:25:55,100
ice on 60th avenue east and superior

1536
01:25:55,100 --> 01:25:56,100
street.

1537
01:25:56,100 --> 01:25:59,100
every wednesday at noon, since may, we

1538
01:25:59,100 --> 01:26:03,100
started on thursday, but there is a

1539
01:26:03,100 --> 01:26:06,601
veterinarian on that corner who does

1540
01:26:07,100 --> 01:26:11,100
chemotherapy to the drags and the dogs

1541
01:26:11,100 --> 01:26:13,100
were honking because the cars on

1542
01:26:13,100 --> 01:26:14,100
agreement.

1543
01:26:14,100 --> 01:26:18,201
the agreement is what we're doing over.

1544
01:26:31,100 --> 01:26:33,401
due process for all.

1545
01:26:35,100 --> 01:26:37,100
even non citizens, for all.

1546
01:26:37,100 --> 01:26:40,100
there is no due process.

1547
01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:50,100
and the entrance of homes, knocking

1548
01:26:50,100 --> 01:26:51,100
down doors.

1549
01:26:51,100 --> 01:26:55,100
now we learned that ice secret decide

1550
01:26:55,100 --> 01:26:58,100
that they don't need that at all.

1551
01:26:58,100 --> 01:27:00,401
en sitement of violence.

1552
01:27:01,100 --> 01:27:03,100
I think the government is just waiting

1553
01:27:03,100 --> 01:27:06,601
for an opportunity and excuse to

1554
01:27:08,100 --> 01:27:10,100
declare marshal law.

1555
01:27:10,100 --> 01:27:12,100
please from your point of view, please,

1556
01:27:12,100 --> 01:27:15,100
put your words and feelings into action

1557
01:27:15,100 --> 01:27:18,100
and move on these things that are being

1558
01:27:18,100 --> 01:27:19,100
called for.

1559
01:27:19,100 --> 01:27:21,100
your call to serve and to protect your

1560
01:27:21,100 --> 01:27:23,401
constituents all of us.

1561
01:27:26,100 --> 01:27:29,100
please help the duluth police

1562
01:27:30,100 --> 01:27:31,100
department protect us.

1563
01:27:31,100 --> 01:27:34,100
one of our citizens, two doors from us,

1564
01:27:34,100 --> 01:27:37,100
is a police officer, wonderful,

1565
01:27:37,100 --> 01:27:38,100
wonderful man p I pray for him

1566
01:27:38,100 --> 01:27:40,100
regularly.

1567
01:27:40,100 --> 01:27:42,100
but what he do in the face of ice

1568
01:27:42,100 --> 01:27:43,100
showing up?

1569
01:27:43,100 --> 01:27:46,601
what are they told to do?

1570
01:27:49,100 --> 01:27:50,100
>> that is your time, thank you.

1571
01:27:50,100 --> 01:27:52,100
>> thank you.

1572
01:27:57,100 --> 01:28:00,601
>> our next speaker is laura termmin.

1573
01:28:15,100 --> 01:28:17,100
>> welcome if you want to address your

1574
01:28:17,100 --> 01:28:21,801
name and address, if you want to adjust

1575
01:28:23,100 --> 01:28:24,100
the lectern, you can.

1576
01:28:24,100 --> 01:28:26,100
>> speaker: I would like to say that

1577
01:28:26,100 --> 01:28:29,100
now would be a pretty good time for all

1578
01:28:29,100 --> 01:28:33,100
of our elected officials to listen to

1579
01:28:33,100 --> 01:28:36,100
the people and with that, I would like

1580
01:28:36,100 --> 01:28:38,100
to reaffirm what the demands that the

1581
01:28:38,100 --> 01:28:39,100
people.

1582
01:28:39,100 --> 01:28:43,100
to pass an ordinance of city non

1583
01:28:43,100 --> 01:28:46,601
collaboration with ice, cbp, hsi and

1584
01:28:48,100 --> 01:28:50,100
ban building sharing with homeland

1585
01:28:50,100 --> 01:28:52,100
security.

1586
01:28:52,100 --> 01:28:55,100
pass an ordinance, codifying a

1587
01:28:55,100 --> 01:28:58,100
constitution and review isaac tiff its

1588
01:28:58,100 --> 01:28:59,100
without interference.

1589
01:28:59,100 --> 01:29:02,100
establish a working group aimed at

1590
01:29:02,100 --> 01:29:04,100
establishing policy to protect the

1591
01:29:04,100 --> 01:29:07,100
public from ice and incorporating know

1592
01:29:07,100 --> 01:29:09,100
your rights for the public and local

1593
01:29:09,100 --> 01:29:11,100
businesses.

1594
01:29:11,100 --> 01:29:13,100
pass an eviction moratorium.

1595
01:29:13,100 --> 01:29:16,601
pass an ordinance banning ice, cbp,

1596
01:29:17,100 --> 01:29:19,100
hsi, from staging on public property

1597
01:29:19,100 --> 01:29:23,201
and ban ice from entering city offices

1598
01:29:24,100 --> 01:29:27,100
in other non public spaces without a

1599
01:29:27,100 --> 01:29:29,100
judicial warrant.

1600
01:29:29,100 --> 01:29:32,100
reverse contract with block safety and

1601
01:29:32,100 --> 01:29:35,100
the city contract with nexus lexus,

1602
01:29:35,100 --> 01:29:39,100
sign on to the petition to prevent

1603
01:29:39,100 --> 01:29:42,601
wisconsin from being utilizes a hsi

1604
01:29:44,100 --> 01:29:47,601
detention center and pass a resolution

1605
01:29:48,100 --> 01:29:49,100
condemning federaltions use of the

1606
01:29:49,100 --> 01:29:51,100
facility.

1607
01:29:51,100 --> 01:29:53,100
pass an ordinance requiring prosecution

1608
01:29:53,100 --> 01:29:56,100
when there are clear fourth amendment

1609
01:29:56,100 --> 01:29:58,100
violations.

1610
01:30:00,100 --> 01:30:02,401
pass an ordinance prohibiting

1611
01:30:03,100 --> 01:30:05,100
detainment of ice without a judicial

1612
01:30:05,100 --> 01:30:07,100
warrant.

1613
01:30:07,100 --> 01:30:10,601
pass an ordinance requiring dpd to

1614
01:30:11,100 --> 01:30:13,401
protect individuals from kidnapping

1615
01:30:14,100 --> 01:30:16,100
ice, by kidnapping by ice in the same

1616
01:30:16,100 --> 01:30:19,601
manner they would be protected from

1617
01:30:20,100 --> 01:30:22,100
kidnapping by private citizens.

1618
01:30:22,100 --> 01:30:26,100
and any other collusion from ice from

1619
01:30:26,100 --> 01:30:28,100
surveillance technology and data or any

1620
01:30:28,100 --> 01:30:29,100
other needs.

1621
01:30:29,100 --> 01:30:30,100
thank you.

1622
01:30:30,100 --> 01:30:32,100
>> thank you.

1623
01:30:32,100 --> 01:30:35,100
>> our next speaker is andrew saint

1624
01:30:35,100 --> 01:30:37,100
gray.

1625
01:30:50,100 --> 01:30:52,100
>> might be a minute.

1626
01:30:52,100 --> 01:30:54,100
my name is andrew st. Croix.

1627
01:30:54,100 --> 01:30:56,100
thank you for having me here.

1628
01:30:56,100 --> 01:30:57,100
mr. Mayor.

1629
01:30:57,100 --> 01:30:59,100
oh.

1630
01:30:59,100 --> 01:31:03,201
I am a resident of 8th district,

1631
01:31:04,100 --> 01:31:06,100
indigenous land that carries the name

1632
01:31:06,100 --> 01:31:08,401
of a setler, duluth.

1633
01:31:09,100 --> 01:31:12,100
let's get one thing straight right off

1634
01:31:12,100 --> 01:31:14,100
the bat.

1635
01:31:14,100 --> 01:31:18,801
no one, no one, is illegal on stolen

1636
01:31:19,100 --> 01:31:21,100
land!

1637
01:31:25,100 --> 01:31:27,100
don't naen to attack you, I hope I'm

1638
01:31:27,100 --> 01:31:29,100
being kind.

1639
01:31:29,100 --> 01:31:30,100
let's be honest about that for a second.

1640
01:31:30,100 --> 01:31:33,601
what is happening in this country?

1641
01:31:35,100 --> 01:31:39,801
where, we as white people, have owned a

1642
01:31:41,100 --> 01:31:44,100
system since time morium that landed on

1643
01:31:44,100 --> 01:31:46,100
shores.

1644
01:31:46,100 --> 01:31:49,601
time memorium in reality is indigenous

1645
01:31:50,100 --> 01:31:53,601
where we stand, where we business,

1646
01:31:54,100 --> 01:31:55,100
where we could not convenient right

1647
01:31:55,100 --> 01:31:57,100
now, I'm going way off script but

1648
01:31:57,100 --> 01:31:59,100
that's how 'em passioned we are right

1649
01:31:59,100 --> 01:32:00,100
now.

1650
01:32:00,100 --> 01:32:04,201
we need to lean into the indigenous

1651
01:32:06,100 --> 01:32:08,100
wisdom, where we refocus the

1652
01:32:08,100 --> 01:32:09,100
relationship with the land.

1653
01:32:09,100 --> 01:32:11,100
we are not looking at the things with

1654
01:32:11,100 --> 01:32:12,100
our property.

1655
01:32:12,100 --> 01:32:15,100
at the end of last year, there was a

1656
01:32:15,100 --> 01:32:18,100
discussion about the land, around

1657
01:32:18,100 --> 01:32:23,100
lester park where the park is s.I went

1658
01:32:23,100 --> 01:32:25,100
skiing there earlier, a few weeks ago,

1659
01:32:25,100 --> 01:32:29,100
and I thought to myself, man, how good

1660
01:32:29,100 --> 01:32:31,100
would some condos look right now.

1661
01:32:31,100 --> 01:32:35,100
and we love and there is a lot of

1662
01:32:35,100 --> 01:32:38,100
solidarity in this room right now.

1663
01:32:38,100 --> 01:32:39,100
think of where we are.

1664
01:32:39,100 --> 01:32:40,100
this is a moment in history, where do

1665
01:32:40,100 --> 01:32:42,401
you want to be?

1666
01:33:01,100 --> 01:33:04,100
that's why people live in duluth, not

1667
01:33:04,100 --> 01:33:06,100
all.

1668
01:33:07,100 --> 01:33:09,100
I want too talk in the last minute

1669
01:33:09,100 --> 01:33:11,100
about my weekend.

1670
01:33:11,100 --> 01:33:13,100
I helped organize the sit-in here on

1671
01:33:13,100 --> 01:33:15,100
friday.

1672
01:33:20,100 --> 01:33:22,100
and that morning I felt so good.

1673
01:33:22,100 --> 01:33:25,100
I saw what was happening down in the

1674
01:33:25,100 --> 01:33:27,100
twin cities.

1675
01:33:27,100 --> 01:33:30,100
the endeavors, I saw it on the news

1676
01:33:30,100 --> 01:33:33,100
sunday morning with flash and tear gas,

1677
01:33:33,100 --> 01:33:34,100
that was fun.

1678
01:33:34,100 --> 01:33:37,100
but, I felt so good saturday morning.

1679
01:33:37,100 --> 01:33:40,100
my wife and I were having our coffee

1680
01:33:40,100 --> 01:33:44,100
and a friend of mine who lives here who

1681
01:33:44,100 --> 01:33:47,601
grew up in minneapolis, texted me,

1682
01:33:49,100 --> 01:33:51,100
there was another shooting five minutes

1683
01:33:51,100 --> 01:33:52,100
after it happened.

1684
01:33:52,100 --> 01:33:56,801
I was so like many, anger, angry, sad,

1685
01:33:57,100 --> 01:33:59,401
heartbroken confused but mostly

1686
01:34:00,100 --> 01:34:03,100
empowered to protect my neighbors.

1687
01:34:03,100 --> 01:34:05,100
alex preti was a helper.

1688
01:34:05,100 --> 01:34:09,100
I'm going to poorly quote mlk, but look

1689
01:34:09,100 --> 01:34:10,100
for the helpers.

1690
01:34:10,100 --> 01:34:12,100
you either plan something now, because

1691
01:34:12,100 --> 01:34:14,100
I consider myself a helper and you may

1692
01:34:14,100 --> 01:34:18,100
have to come out a press release about

1693
01:34:18,100 --> 01:34:19,100
my killing.

1694
01:34:19,100 --> 01:34:21,100
thank you.

1695
01:34:24,100 --> 01:34:27,601
>> our next speaker is grant stutter.

1696
01:34:32,100 --> 01:34:34,100
>> welcome, please state your name and

1697
01:34:34,100 --> 01:34:35,100
address.

1698
01:34:35,100 --> 01:34:38,100
>> speaker: hello I'm grant studer,

1699
01:34:40,100 --> 01:34:43,100
greetings, president nephew, staff, I

1700
01:34:43,100 --> 01:34:45,100
appreciate you listening attentively

1701
01:34:45,100 --> 01:34:46,100
this evening.

1702
01:34:46,100 --> 01:34:49,100
I've had a variety of drafts and as I

1703
01:34:49,100 --> 01:34:52,100
hear what my neighbors and friends and

1704
01:34:52,100 --> 01:34:56,201
people are saying, I've what I feel

1705
01:34:59,100 --> 01:35:01,100
feels important.

1706
01:35:01,100 --> 01:35:03,100
I like to get started with it.

1707
01:35:03,100 --> 01:35:07,100
but I live in district 3, zip code

1708
01:35:07,100 --> 01:35:10,100
55805 and, I want to consider maybe

1709
01:35:10,100 --> 01:35:13,100
supporting just switching to zip codes

1710
01:35:13,100 --> 01:35:16,100
and districts, because if I were to

1711
01:35:16,100 --> 01:35:18,100
come up and read your address off into

1712
01:35:18,100 --> 01:35:21,100
the microphone and on to the record,

1713
01:35:21,100 --> 01:35:24,601
that may make you feel uncomfortable.

1714
01:35:34,100 --> 01:35:37,100
that I may not feel great reading my

1715
01:35:37,100 --> 01:35:38,100
name out.

1716
01:35:38,100 --> 01:35:43,100
we're at a time of genuine fear, so as

1717
01:35:43,100 --> 01:35:46,100
a small protocol, you have accepted

1718
01:35:46,100 --> 01:35:49,100
that many have shared that info and

1719
01:35:49,100 --> 01:35:52,100
there is no push back.

1720
01:35:55,100 --> 01:35:58,100
as you consider the possibility of

1721
01:35:58,100 --> 01:36:01,100
increasing things to confirm and

1722
01:36:03,100 --> 01:36:06,100
reaffirm duluth pds, non compliance and

1723
01:36:06,100 --> 01:36:10,801
non support of the violent folks who are

1724
01:36:12,100 --> 01:36:15,100
such havoc in our city, I want you to

1725
01:36:15,100 --> 01:36:17,100
consider what enforcement may look like.

1726
01:36:17,100 --> 01:36:21,100
because over the past couple of years,

1727
01:36:21,100 --> 01:36:23,100
anytime I meet.dpd officer, I have to

1728
01:36:23,100 --> 01:36:26,601
ask is this tele live breed.

1729
01:36:27,100 --> 01:36:31,100
is this the guy that fired six bullets

1730
01:36:31,100 --> 01:36:35,201
through a door and then retired and

1731
01:36:36,100 --> 01:36:39,601
worked until until he had credible

1732
01:36:43,100 --> 01:36:45,401
accusations of sexual assaults.

1733
01:36:46,100 --> 01:36:47,100
if we're going to say no, we don't do

1734
01:36:47,100 --> 01:36:48,100
that.

1735
01:36:48,100 --> 01:36:51,100
and if there are no consequences, what

1736
01:36:51,100 --> 01:36:52,100
happens next?

1737
01:36:52,100 --> 01:36:54,100
that is a way to build trust.

1738
01:36:54,100 --> 01:36:57,601
to make sure that there is

1739
01:36:59,100 --> 01:37:02,100
accountability and things are hard

1740
01:37:07,100 --> 01:37:09,100
right now and I've heard some of your

1741
01:37:09,100 --> 01:37:10,100
speechesed.

1742
01:37:10,100 --> 01:37:11,100
--speeches.

1743
01:37:11,100 --> 01:37:15,201
and you ran on city services and

1744
01:37:17,100 --> 01:37:19,401
schools and safe neighborhoods.

1745
01:37:32,100 --> 01:37:34,100
I don't want this to be interrupted.

1746
01:37:34,100 --> 01:37:36,100
this is bigger than the job you signed

1747
01:37:36,100 --> 01:37:38,100
up for.

1748
01:37:38,100 --> 01:37:42,201
and I appreciate the stress at that.

1749
01:37:48,100 --> 01:37:52,801
some sense of why, maybe would be a

1750
01:37:53,100 --> 01:37:55,100
more advantageous thing for future run.

1751
01:37:55,100 --> 01:37:58,100
what we're asking of you, is scare aoeg

1752
01:37:58,100 --> 01:38:00,100
than deciding not to fund another

1753
01:38:00,100 --> 01:38:01,100
community center for the park.

1754
01:38:01,100 --> 01:38:04,100
so say that you're going to do things

1755
01:38:04,100 --> 01:38:07,100
that may go against armed members of

1756
01:38:07,100 --> 01:38:09,100
the government or that may anger those

1757
01:38:09,100 --> 01:38:10,100
folks is big.

1758
01:38:10,100 --> 01:38:14,100
and you cannot rise to the moment,

1759
01:38:14,100 --> 01:38:17,100
consider whether you need to find a

1760
01:38:17,100 --> 01:38:19,100
better way to contribute right now.

1761
01:38:19,100 --> 01:38:20,100
>> that's your time.

1762
01:38:20,100 --> 01:38:21,100
thank you.

1763
01:38:21,100 --> 01:38:22,100
>> thank you very much.

1764
01:38:22,100 --> 01:38:25,601
>> our next speaker is danny frank.

1765
01:38:38,100 --> 01:38:40,100
>> welcome, please state your name and

1766
01:38:40,100 --> 01:38:44,100
address and many people just give your

1767
01:38:44,100 --> 01:38:46,401
zip code, that's acceptable.

1768
01:38:52,100 --> 01:38:53,100
--

1769
01:38:53,100 --> 01:38:55,100
~>> we do ask that you address the body

1770
01:38:55,100 --> 01:38:56,100
as a whole.

1771
01:38:56,100 --> 01:38:59,100
>> speaker: I'm addressing, but thank

1772
01:39:00,100 --> 01:39:01,100
you president nephew.

1773
01:39:01,100 --> 01:39:04,100
two weeks ago, many of us stood here

1774
01:39:04,100 --> 01:39:07,100
and asked to you cut ties with nexus

1775
01:39:07,100 --> 01:39:10,100
lexus, the company that is mrieg

1776
01:39:10,100 --> 01:39:13,100
information for ice for hsi operations.

1777
01:39:13,100 --> 01:39:17,100
we asked that you and the duluth police

1778
01:39:17,100 --> 01:39:20,100
department, ask non cooperation with

1779
01:39:20,100 --> 01:39:23,100
ice and its various nefarious branches.

1780
01:39:23,100 --> 01:39:27,801
we ask that you speak out against the

1781
01:39:31,100 --> 01:39:33,100
authoritarian on slot.

1782
01:39:33,100 --> 01:39:37,201
that same night many you stated that

1783
01:39:38,100 --> 01:39:41,601
you would not--that you would minimize

1784
01:39:44,100 --> 01:39:47,601
our impassioned speeches and that mayor

1785
01:39:48,100 --> 01:39:50,100
reiner would remain silent which she

1786
01:39:50,100 --> 01:39:52,100
did.

1787
01:39:52,100 --> 01:39:54,100
that is until another was murdering

1788
01:39:54,100 --> 01:39:57,100
while many of us were finishing our

1789
01:39:57,100 --> 01:39:59,100
first cup of coffee.

1790
01:39:59,100 --> 01:40:01,100
since then, we've heard the same

1791
01:40:01,100 --> 01:40:03,100
shallow plat tude, from rogers from

1792
01:40:03,100 --> 01:40:04,100
this council tonight.

1793
01:40:04,100 --> 01:40:08,100
we hear the outrage, we hear the anger,

1794
01:40:08,100 --> 01:40:11,100
the sadness, the prayers, the moments

1795
01:40:11,100 --> 01:40:13,100
of silence, what we have not heard is

1796
01:40:13,100 --> 01:40:16,100
what you're going to do to preemptively

1797
01:40:16,100 --> 01:40:19,100
make our community safer for everyone.

1798
01:40:19,100 --> 01:40:21,100
our neighbors here tonight have given

1799
01:40:21,100 --> 01:40:24,100
you a laundry list of demands and

1800
01:40:24,100 --> 01:40:25,100
opportunities and options, none of

1801
01:40:25,100 --> 01:40:27,100
which are all that radical and

1802
01:40:27,100 --> 01:40:28,100
attainable.

1803
01:40:28,100 --> 01:40:32,100
you have plenty to choose from, pick

1804
01:40:32,100 --> 01:40:34,100
one and start there.

1805
01:40:34,100 --> 01:40:36,100
show us you're doing something.

1806
01:40:36,100 --> 01:40:38,100
this probably isn't going away, we've

1807
01:40:38,100 --> 01:40:41,100
got at least 77 more months until a new

1808
01:40:41,100 --> 01:40:43,100
congress that may have the chance of

1809
01:40:43,100 --> 01:40:45,100
putting the trump regime in check, that

1810
01:40:45,100 --> 01:40:48,100
is if we even have election nz november.

1811
01:40:48,100 --> 01:40:50,100
history will tell the story of those

1812
01:40:50,100 --> 01:40:53,100
who step back and those who stood up.

1813
01:40:53,100 --> 01:40:55,100
what will history say about this

1814
01:40:55,100 --> 01:40:57,100
council and each one of you here

1815
01:40:57,100 --> 01:40:58,100
tonight?

1816
01:40:58,100 --> 01:41:00,100
thank you.

1817
01:41:00,100 --> 01:41:03,601
>> our next speaker is star brainered.

1818
01:41:24,100 --> 01:41:25,100
identificationer I'm stars brainered,

1819
01:41:25,100 --> 01:41:27,100
I'm here for the same reason a lot of

1820
01:41:27,100 --> 01:41:29,100
people are here.

1821
01:41:29,100 --> 01:41:32,100
it's really really challenging feeling

1822
01:41:35,100 --> 01:41:37,401
so powerless every day.

1823
01:41:40,100 --> 01:41:43,100
it soupsed like you may too from the

1824
01:41:43,100 --> 01:41:45,100
words but the cool thing is that you

1825
01:41:45,100 --> 01:41:47,401
can actually do something.

1826
01:41:52,100 --> 01:41:57,401
I try to go to protest whenever I can

1827
01:41:59,100 --> 01:42:00,100
but I'm afraid what could happen.

1828
01:42:00,100 --> 01:42:04,100
I was here for my first council meet

1829
01:42:04,100 --> 01:42:08,100
ing last council meeting and I was

1830
01:42:08,100 --> 01:42:11,100
stupidly, hopeful, because you said

1831
01:42:11,100 --> 01:42:15,201
really nice passionate things and I was,

1832
01:42:19,100 --> 01:42:22,601
silly op timistic item that there

1833
01:42:24,100 --> 01:42:26,100
would be an agenda addressing what so

1834
01:42:26,100 --> 01:42:29,100
many people are passionate about and so

1835
01:42:29,100 --> 01:42:30,100
many here today.

1836
01:42:30,100 --> 01:42:33,100
if you have to say, we can't do

1837
01:42:33,100 --> 01:42:35,100
anything, I would ask that you try

1838
01:42:35,100 --> 01:42:37,100
anything.

1839
01:42:38,100 --> 01:42:41,100
make it look like, we're making an

1840
01:42:41,100 --> 01:42:43,100
effort even if it's symbolic.

1841
01:42:43,100 --> 01:42:45,100
I think there are anyone'sing that

1842
01:42:45,100 --> 01:42:47,100
would not be symbolic but anything.

1843
01:42:47,100 --> 01:42:51,100
if you say there are not that many ice

1844
01:42:51,100 --> 01:42:52,100
officers here, let's do something

1845
01:42:52,100 --> 01:42:53,100
before there are.

1846
01:42:53,100 --> 01:42:56,100
let's not wait until there are more

1847
01:42:56,100 --> 01:42:59,601
people dead somebody more has died

1848
01:43:00,100 --> 01:43:02,100
people are literally dying, we're

1849
01:43:02,100 --> 01:43:04,401
watching our democracy crumble.

1850
01:43:23,100 --> 01:43:27,201
sets do an ordinance, and pro vibity

1851
01:43:28,100 --> 01:43:32,801
ice and cbp and chi from staging in

1852
01:43:33,100 --> 01:43:35,100
property.

1853
01:43:35,100 --> 01:43:39,100
establish a city task poers aimed at

1854
01:43:39,100 --> 01:43:41,100
creating policy recommendations to

1855
01:43:41,100 --> 01:43:43,100
protect citizens from ice and

1856
01:43:43,100 --> 01:43:45,100
coordinating from our know your rights

1857
01:43:45,100 --> 01:43:48,100
training for citizens and local

1858
01:43:48,100 --> 01:43:49,100
businesses and ban ice from school

1859
01:43:49,100 --> 01:43:52,100
grounds within with the city.

1860
01:43:52,100 --> 01:43:54,100
please, ban ice from school grounds in

1861
01:43:54,100 --> 01:43:58,801
the city, kids deserve to go to school.

1862
01:43:59,100 --> 01:44:01,100
thank you for the time.

1863
01:44:01,100 --> 01:44:04,601
>> our next speaker is, robert carleton.

1864
01:44:28,100 --> 01:44:31,100
>> speaker: hi, I'm robert carleton.

1865
01:44:33,100 --> 01:44:36,601
I would like to commune --communicate

1866
01:44:40,100 --> 01:44:44,100
some information on nexus lexus, I know

1867
01:44:44,100 --> 01:44:47,100
you renewed but I believe it's

1868
01:44:47,100 --> 01:44:50,100
important that in 2024, on christmas

1869
01:44:51,100 --> 01:44:53,100
day, they suffered one of the worse

1870
01:44:53,100 --> 01:44:56,601
breaches a data firm ever has.

1871
01:44:59,100 --> 01:45:02,100
364,000 people had their, had their

1872
01:45:02,100 --> 01:45:05,601
data breached this data includes full

1873
01:45:06,100 --> 01:45:08,100
names, email addresses and driver's

1874
01:45:08,100 --> 01:45:10,100
license numbers and social security

1875
01:45:10,100 --> 01:45:12,401
numbers among other things.

1876
01:45:15,100 --> 01:45:18,100
this is devastating because looking

1877
01:45:18,100 --> 01:45:21,100
over the, looking over the forms that

1878
01:45:21,100 --> 01:45:23,100
the banks use, that's enough

1879
01:45:23,100 --> 01:45:26,100
information to close somebody's account.

1880
01:45:26,100 --> 01:45:27,100
I've, I personally worked in data

1881
01:45:27,100 --> 01:45:29,100
security.

1882
01:45:33,100 --> 01:45:35,100
I work in technology now.

1883
01:45:35,100 --> 01:45:39,201
I like this council, council, I would

1884
01:45:42,100 --> 01:45:45,100
like to consider rescinding any

1885
01:45:45,100 --> 01:45:47,100
contract with nexus lexus as well as

1886
01:45:47,100 --> 01:45:50,100
adding my voice to the list of demands

1887
01:45:50,100 --> 01:45:51,100
that has been given tonight.

1888
01:45:51,100 --> 01:45:53,100
thank you.

1889
01:45:59,100 --> 01:46:02,100
>> thank you, our next speaker is

1890
01:46:02,100 --> 01:46:04,100
maggie.

1891
01:46:27,100 --> 01:46:28,100
should we just go on to the next

1892
01:46:28,100 --> 01:46:30,100
speaker?

1893
01:46:30,100 --> 01:46:34,201
okay, the next speaker is james hansen.

1894
01:46:51,100 --> 01:46:53,100
>> speaker: I know you're not federal

1895
01:46:53,100 --> 01:46:55,401
government so I apologize.

1896
01:46:58,100 --> 01:47:01,601
but, over the weekend, what is

1897
01:47:03,100 --> 01:47:06,100
happening and the federal abuse of the

1898
01:47:06,100 --> 01:47:10,201
state of minnesota is terrifying to me.

1899
01:47:12,100 --> 01:47:15,100
I am a teacher at lincoln park, I'm

1900
01:47:15,100 --> 01:47:18,100
afraid for students and families.

1901
01:47:18,100 --> 01:47:22,100
I'm afraid for my friends and my

1902
01:47:22,100 --> 01:47:23,100
children's friends.

1903
01:47:23,100 --> 01:47:27,100
and the question, I have sat with all

1904
01:47:27,100 --> 01:47:31,100
weekend is, where is the state and city

1905
01:47:31,100 --> 01:47:33,100
check on federal dollar?

1906
01:47:33,100 --> 01:47:37,801
I feel like we keep, we've had several

1907
01:47:39,100 --> 01:47:41,100
strong statements and we've had

1908
01:47:41,100 --> 01:47:43,401
reassurances, lower the temperature,

1909
01:47:46,100 --> 01:47:49,601
and cooperate and and suddenly this

1910
01:47:50,100 --> 01:47:53,100
administration, and the department of

1911
01:47:56,100 --> 01:47:58,100
homeland security lack.

1912
01:48:00,100 --> 01:48:02,100
dhs immigration ep forcement has been a

1913
01:48:02,100 --> 01:48:05,100
thing of over two decades.

1914
01:48:06,100 --> 01:48:09,100
president obama deported more people

1915
01:48:12,100 --> 01:48:13,100
than bush, but at least they followed

1916
01:48:13,100 --> 01:48:15,100
laws.

1917
01:48:15,100 --> 01:48:19,201
and in the wake of lawless federal

1918
01:48:20,100 --> 01:48:23,100
agents, I'm begging the city council to

1919
01:48:23,100 --> 01:48:25,100
please reach out to the state and

1920
01:48:25,100 --> 01:48:28,100
communicate to us the citizens, how are

1921
01:48:28,100 --> 01:48:30,100
we going to be protected from lawless

1922
01:48:30,100 --> 01:48:32,100
agents.

1923
01:48:32,100 --> 01:48:33,100
I was seeing the execution saturday

1924
01:48:33,100 --> 01:48:37,100
morning, I was filled with fear and

1925
01:48:37,100 --> 01:48:39,100
desperation.

1926
01:48:39,100 --> 01:48:42,100
what would I do if my daughter watt a

1927
01:48:42,100 --> 01:48:45,100
friend's house over the weekend.

1928
01:48:46,100 --> 01:48:50,100
what would I do if I shoeld up at her

1929
01:48:50,100 --> 01:48:52,100
friend's house, I'm not sure the

1930
01:48:52,100 --> 01:48:55,100
immigration status of her friends.

1931
01:48:56,100 --> 01:48:57,100
but, I don't.

1932
01:48:57,100 --> 01:48:59,100
I don't want to die.

1933
01:48:59,100 --> 01:49:03,100
and I am so sad to see the death that

1934
01:49:03,100 --> 01:49:05,100
have happened to our citizens and I

1935
01:49:05,100 --> 01:49:08,100
feel it will continue to happen if we

1936
01:49:08,100 --> 01:49:12,201
do not take a stand against federal

1937
01:49:13,100 --> 01:49:14,100
abuse and federal reach.

1938
01:49:14,100 --> 01:49:17,100
I would like to have a clear statement

1939
01:49:17,100 --> 01:49:21,100
from the city and government about how

1940
01:49:21,100 --> 01:49:24,100
our information agencies, duluth pd,

1941
01:49:25,100 --> 01:49:29,801
all how we will, how we will handle

1942
01:49:32,100 --> 01:49:34,100
lawless federal agents.

1943
01:49:34,100 --> 01:49:37,100
if federal agents show up at the school

1944
01:49:37,100 --> 01:49:41,201
will dpd show supe or courthouse or

1945
01:49:42,100 --> 01:49:44,100
hospital, will they come and escort ice

1946
01:49:44,100 --> 01:49:46,100
agents away?

1947
01:49:48,100 --> 01:49:51,100
we live in a society governed bylaws

1948
01:49:51,100 --> 01:49:53,100
and the executive branch is is not

1949
01:49:53,100 --> 01:49:54,100
following those laws.

1950
01:49:54,100 --> 01:49:58,100
and we need our state and we need our

1951
01:49:58,100 --> 01:50:01,100
city to stand together to push back

1952
01:50:01,100 --> 01:50:03,100
against federal power.

1953
01:50:04,100 --> 01:50:06,100
I'm feeling very desperate over the

1954
01:50:06,100 --> 01:50:09,100
weekend and I'm looking for reassurance

1955
01:50:09,100 --> 01:50:10,100
and solidarity.

1956
01:50:10,100 --> 01:50:12,100
thank you.

1957
01:50:21,100 --> 01:50:23,100
our next speaker.

1958
01:50:27,100 --> 01:50:29,100
>> welcome if you can state your name

1959
01:50:29,100 --> 01:50:30,100
and address.

1960
01:50:30,100 --> 01:50:31,100
>> speaker: yes, I was in the other

1961
01:50:31,100 --> 01:50:32,100
room.

1962
01:50:32,100 --> 01:50:37,401
my name is maggie hilton, I live in zip

1963
01:50:39,100 --> 01:50:40,100
code 5881.

1964
01:50:40,100 --> 01:50:44,100
I just want to speak from the heart

1965
01:50:44,100 --> 01:50:46,100
instead of what I had prepared.

1966
01:50:46,100 --> 01:50:49,100
I had not been to one of these meetings

1967
01:50:49,100 --> 01:50:50,100
until the last meeting.

1968
01:50:50,100 --> 01:50:53,100
and I am ashamed that I have not come

1969
01:50:53,100 --> 01:50:56,100
until now and I am ashamed that I have

1970
01:50:56,100 --> 01:50:58,100
not spoken until now.

1971
01:50:58,100 --> 01:51:01,100
I moved to duluth in 2024 and I got the

1972
01:51:01,100 --> 01:51:03,100
privilege to meet my neighbors in

1973
01:51:03,100 --> 01:51:04,100
duluth heights.

1974
01:51:04,100 --> 01:51:06,100
and I want you to know that what I'm

1975
01:51:06,100 --> 01:51:09,100
saying and what the others are saying,

1976
01:51:09,100 --> 01:51:12,601
are reflective of the attitudes of

1977
01:51:13,100 --> 01:51:14,100
majority of duluthians.

1978
01:51:14,100 --> 01:51:16,100
this is what most want.

1979
01:51:16,100 --> 01:51:18,100
I agree with all the demands that has

1980
01:51:18,100 --> 01:51:19,100
been laid out.

1981
01:51:19,100 --> 01:51:21,100
this is not some fringe opinion, I

1982
01:51:21,100 --> 01:51:24,100
believe that you all have power to do

1983
01:51:24,100 --> 01:51:25,100
something at least make them work for

1984
01:51:25,100 --> 01:51:26,100
it.

1985
01:51:26,100 --> 01:51:30,201
god damn, like we can do something.

1986
01:51:32,100 --> 01:51:35,100
I am, not somebody who enjoys feeling

1987
01:51:35,100 --> 01:51:37,100
powerless and I feel powerless in this

1988
01:51:37,100 --> 01:51:40,100
moment and I'm looking at a group of

1989
01:51:40,100 --> 01:51:41,100
people who have the power to do

1990
01:51:41,100 --> 01:51:42,100
something.

1991
01:51:42,100 --> 01:51:44,100
when we look at what was said at the

1992
01:51:44,100 --> 01:51:48,100
last meeting, I was, dismayed by some

1993
01:51:48,100 --> 01:51:52,100
of what I heard in terms of hsi, isn't

1994
01:51:52,100 --> 01:51:54,100
ice and dpd isn't ice.

1995
01:51:54,100 --> 01:51:56,100
let's proof it.

1996
01:51:56,100 --> 01:51:59,100
what is stopping us from proving it.

1997
01:51:59,100 --> 01:52:01,100
we heard that because, hsi officers

1998
01:52:01,100 --> 01:52:03,100
have lived and worked in the community

1999
01:52:03,100 --> 01:52:05,100
for a long time, that is suppose to

2000
01:52:05,100 --> 01:52:06,100
make us feel better.

2001
01:52:06,100 --> 01:52:08,100
and I'm not diminishing the important

2002
01:52:08,100 --> 01:52:10,100
work that is being done by agents but

2003
01:52:10,100 --> 01:52:13,100
look at the person who killed renee

2004
01:52:13,100 --> 01:52:15,100
good.

2005
01:52:15,100 --> 01:52:18,100
that is a person that lipped in the

2006
01:52:18,100 --> 01:52:20,100
minneapolis community for ten years

2007
01:52:20,100 --> 01:52:23,100
with his immigrant wife and he went on

2008
01:52:23,100 --> 01:52:25,100
and did that.

2009
01:52:25,100 --> 01:52:28,100
how are we suppose to trust anyone to

2010
01:52:28,100 --> 01:52:30,100
have our best interest at heart and to

2011
01:52:30,100 --> 01:52:34,100
work with dpd at any kind of capacity,

2012
01:52:34,100 --> 01:52:39,100
at the very least let's put a pause at

2013
01:52:39,100 --> 01:52:41,100
work with dpd with whatever crisis is

2014
01:52:41,100 --> 01:52:42,100
happening right now.

2015
01:52:42,100 --> 01:52:45,100
that seems to be the bear minimum.

2016
01:52:45,100 --> 01:52:46,100
there has to be something that you can

2017
01:52:46,100 --> 01:52:47,100
do.

2018
01:52:47,100 --> 01:52:49,100
and I appreciate the words and

2019
01:52:49,100 --> 01:52:51,100
solidarity and I want to be part of

2020
01:52:51,100 --> 01:52:52,100
this community.

2021
01:52:52,100 --> 01:52:54,100
I want to build trust with that

2022
01:52:54,100 --> 01:52:57,100
relationship and this council and here

2023
01:52:57,100 --> 01:52:59,100
and my neighbors but it's hard to build

2024
01:52:59,100 --> 01:53:02,100
trust when there is that foundation of

2025
01:53:02,100 --> 01:53:05,100
mistrust because of who that agency is

2026
01:53:05,100 --> 01:53:07,100
and that work going complete hee off

2027
01:53:07,100 --> 01:53:09,100
the book and the rest of the state.

2028
01:53:09,100 --> 01:53:13,801
I don't know what else to say, I'll

2029
01:53:16,100 --> 01:53:17,100
seize the rest of my time.

2030
01:53:17,100 --> 01:53:18,100
thank you.

2031
01:53:18,100 --> 01:53:21,601
>> our next speaker is kathy peterson.

2032
01:53:43,100 --> 01:53:45,100
>> speaker: I'm speaking for general

2033
01:53:45,100 --> 01:53:48,100
harris who could not be here this

2034
01:53:48,100 --> 01:53:49,100
evening, she is with human rights

2035
01:53:49,100 --> 01:53:50,100
commission.

2036
01:53:50,100 --> 01:53:55,100
hope of the day, a state in position of

2037
01:53:55,100 --> 01:53:57,401
an unyielding spirit collectively

2038
01:53:59,100 --> 01:54:01,100
assembles and grows stronger with each

2039
01:54:01,100 --> 01:54:04,601
voice after being subjected to repeated

2040
01:54:05,100 --> 01:54:06,100
attempts.

2041
01:54:06,100 --> 01:54:10,801
day 55 of the seige, in the state of

2042
01:54:12,100 --> 01:54:15,601
minnesota, in which folks can quickly

2043
01:54:16,100 --> 01:54:18,100
become targets.

2044
01:54:18,100 --> 01:54:20,100
one bad turn, one decision being at the

2045
01:54:20,100 --> 01:54:23,100
wrong place at the wrong time can get

2046
01:54:23,100 --> 01:54:26,100
you face-to-face with the trigger

2047
01:54:27,100 --> 01:54:30,100
angered agent untrained in deescalation

2048
01:54:31,100 --> 01:54:34,100
or tactics or just a general bad actor,

2049
01:54:34,100 --> 01:54:36,100
seizing the moment.

2050
01:54:37,100 --> 01:54:40,100
however, strengthen numbers has been in

2051
01:54:40,100 --> 01:54:42,100
the works since spring and summer of 25

2052
01:54:42,100 --> 01:54:45,601
to form a parameter of protection.

2053
01:54:46,100 --> 01:54:50,100
they come from all walks, excuse me,

2054
01:54:50,100 --> 01:54:53,100
clergy, parents, on neighborhood patrol.

2055
01:54:54,100 --> 01:54:57,100
financial advisors, city counselor, the

2056
01:55:00,100 --> 01:55:02,100
elderly, musicians, basketball coaches

2057
01:55:02,100 --> 01:55:04,100
service workers, legislators,

2058
01:55:08,100 --> 01:55:09,100
attorneys, doctors, respond to go

2059
01:55:09,100 --> 01:55:12,601
document abuse of power or suspicious

2060
01:55:13,100 --> 01:55:15,100
activity as trained constitutional

2061
01:55:15,100 --> 01:55:17,100
observers.

2062
01:55:18,100 --> 01:55:21,100
we are a for giving people and connect

2063
01:55:21,100 --> 01:55:24,100
be respective but the collective

2064
01:55:24,100 --> 01:55:26,100
response change when defensive people

2065
01:55:26,100 --> 01:55:29,601
skulls bounce off the ground from

2066
01:55:30,100 --> 01:55:31,100
shoves akin to a bully on the

2067
01:55:31,100 --> 01:55:33,100
playground.

2068
01:55:33,100 --> 01:55:34,100
the collective response change when

2069
01:55:34,100 --> 01:55:37,601
dignity has been stripped from humans.

2070
01:55:38,100 --> 01:55:41,100
the collective response changed when it

2071
01:55:41,100 --> 01:55:44,100
would seem that a constitution was

2072
01:55:44,100 --> 01:55:47,601
stuffed in a paper shreder, somewhere

2073
01:55:48,100 --> 01:55:50,100
out east.

2074
01:55:50,100 --> 01:55:52,100
with you border patrol homeland, are

2075
01:55:52,100 --> 01:55:53,100
you police?

2076
01:55:53,100 --> 01:55:55,100
are you customs, enforcement?

2077
01:55:55,100 --> 01:55:56,100
I cannot tell.

2078
01:55:56,100 --> 01:55:59,601
why is this unmarked unmarked vehicle

2079
01:56:01,100 --> 01:56:04,100
rapidly moving after grocery shopping?

2080
01:56:04,100 --> 01:56:09,401
did I forget my id, did should I have

2081
01:56:10,100 --> 01:56:12,100
brought my passport, do I look american

2082
01:56:12,100 --> 01:56:13,100
enough?

2083
01:56:13,100 --> 01:56:15,100
how many people are there in that

2084
01:56:15,100 --> 01:56:16,100
vehicle?

2085
01:56:16,100 --> 01:56:18,100
how many of them are trained enough to

2086
01:56:18,100 --> 01:56:22,100
know when to walk away, will I see my

2087
01:56:22,100 --> 01:56:24,401
home and family again?

2088
01:56:36,100 --> 01:56:39,601
are we not seeing the grievance.

2089
01:56:41,100 --> 01:56:47,100
and stand up in the face of the of the

2090
01:56:47,100 --> 01:56:50,100
oppressor or no words fortitude.

2091
01:56:50,100 --> 01:56:53,100
and you have not picked a side yet,

2092
01:56:53,100 --> 01:56:56,100
close your eyes and dream about which

2093
01:56:56,100 --> 01:56:59,100
america you wish to live in because we

2094
01:56:59,100 --> 01:57:02,601
are heading into the america our

2095
01:57:04,100 --> 01:57:08,201
ancestors did not want us to know.

2096
01:57:12,100 --> 01:57:15,100
the thoughts of jen hearis.

2097
01:57:15,100 --> 01:57:17,401
thank you for listening.

2098
01:57:18,100 --> 01:57:21,601
>> I'm sorry, no cheers or jeers.

2099
01:57:24,100 --> 01:57:27,601
>> our next speaker, is lucy billings.

2100
01:57:46,100 --> 01:57:49,100
>> speaker: I'm an educator so my main

2101
01:57:49,100 --> 01:57:51,100
thing is that kids have a place to go

2102
01:57:51,100 --> 01:57:52,100
safe.

2103
01:57:52,100 --> 01:57:56,100
my aunt and uncle in minneapolis kept

2104
01:57:56,100 --> 01:57:59,100
watch at a park to try to keep children

2105
01:57:59,100 --> 01:58:02,100
who were attending a community event

2106
01:58:02,100 --> 01:58:03,100
from being abducted.

2107
01:58:03,100 --> 01:58:07,100
we all want to keep our children safe

2108
01:58:07,100 --> 01:58:09,100
from creating traumatic memories of

2109
01:58:09,100 --> 01:58:11,100
this time period.

2110
01:58:11,100 --> 01:58:14,100
and one thing that makes people feel a

2111
01:58:14,100 --> 01:58:16,100
sense of safety is knowing that our

2112
01:58:16,100 --> 01:58:20,100
government is trying to protect us from

2113
01:58:20,100 --> 01:58:21,100
harm.

2114
01:58:21,100 --> 01:58:23,100
you are the local government, you are

2115
01:58:23,100 --> 01:58:27,100
the people that we elected in moments

2116
01:58:27,100 --> 01:58:29,100
of crisis like this.

2117
01:58:29,100 --> 01:58:32,100
doing nothing, no new ordinance south

2118
01:58:32,100 --> 01:58:34,100
side nothing.

2119
01:58:35,100 --> 01:58:38,100
if and when a larger number of agents

2120
01:58:38,100 --> 01:58:41,100
decides to come up, it's clear that all

2121
01:58:41,100 --> 01:58:46,100
the people of duluth, all of us, are in

2122
01:58:46,100 --> 01:58:49,100
danger not just our immigrant neighbors

2123
01:58:49,100 --> 01:58:52,100
of doors being beaten down without

2124
01:58:52,100 --> 01:58:54,100
warrants or grounds, chemical weapons

2125
01:58:54,100 --> 01:58:56,100
being used on peaceful protesters and

2126
01:58:56,100 --> 01:58:59,100
anyone of us in the wrong place at the

2127
01:58:59,100 --> 01:59:02,100
wrong time, being detained or beaten or

2128
01:59:02,100 --> 01:59:05,100
shot and killed by federal agents.

2129
01:59:05,100 --> 01:59:07,100
so I don't think there is a question of

2130
01:59:07,100 --> 01:59:11,100
whether or not we need new ordinances.

2131
01:59:11,100 --> 01:59:13,100
it's a question of what our city and

2132
01:59:13,100 --> 01:59:15,100
policies do to protect us.

2133
01:59:15,100 --> 01:59:19,100
so I brought today, a couple of

2134
01:59:19,100 --> 01:59:22,100
examples from other cities that have

2135
01:59:22,100 --> 01:59:25,100
already created new ordinances or

2136
01:59:25,100 --> 01:59:27,100
amended theirs to take the actions that

2137
01:59:27,100 --> 01:59:30,100
we're asking to you take today.

2138
01:59:30,100 --> 01:59:33,100
I stand with all the dsa's demands and

2139
01:59:33,100 --> 01:59:36,100
I wanted to offer some language, some

2140
01:59:36,100 --> 01:59:38,100
examples of how to do that.

2141
01:59:38,100 --> 01:59:40,100
so I'll read a couple from

2142
01:59:40,100 --> 01:59:43,100
minneapolis's and then, if I could give

2143
01:59:43,100 --> 01:59:45,100
these two guys later.

2144
01:59:45,100 --> 01:59:47,100
there is more examples from other

2145
01:59:47,100 --> 01:59:48,100
cities.

2146
01:59:48,100 --> 01:59:50,100
minneapolis they have already amended

2147
01:59:50,100 --> 01:59:53,100
their city ordinance to see say, other

2148
01:59:53,100 --> 01:59:56,100
than when required by law, city

2149
01:59:56,100 --> 01:59:58,100
employees representatives, contractors,

2150
01:59:58,100 --> 02:00:01,100
shall not use city facilities property

2151
02:00:01,100 --> 02:00:03,100
monies equipment data technology

2152
02:00:03,100 --> 02:00:06,100
including license plate recognition and

2153
02:00:06,100 --> 02:00:08,100
surveillance videos and computers for

2154
02:00:08,100 --> 02:00:11,100
the purpose of enforcing federal

2155
02:00:11,100 --> 02:00:13,100
immigration laws.

2156
02:00:14,100 --> 02:00:17,100
they have, updated their access to see

2157
02:00:17,100 --> 02:00:19,100
property no federal state or personnel

2158
02:00:19,100 --> 02:00:23,100
is authorized to use any city owned or

2159
02:00:23,100 --> 02:00:25,100
city controlled parking lot or vacant

2160
02:00:25,100 --> 02:00:29,100
lot or garage as a staging area,

2161
02:00:29,100 --> 02:00:32,100
processing location and operation base

2162
02:00:32,100 --> 02:00:35,100
or any other similar use for

2163
02:00:35,100 --> 02:00:37,100
immigration laws.

2164
02:00:37,100 --> 02:00:39,100
they have said non city spaces are not

2165
02:00:39,100 --> 02:00:43,201
open for the purposes of enforcement of

2166
02:00:44,100 --> 02:00:46,100
federal immigration laws except with a

2167
02:00:46,100 --> 02:00:48,100
judicial warrant.

2168
02:00:48,100 --> 02:00:50,100
public safety officials shall not

2169
02:00:50,100 --> 02:00:52,100
question or person or persons about

2170
02:00:52,100 --> 02:00:54,100
their immigration status.

2171
02:00:55,100 --> 02:00:58,100
public safety officials shall not

2172
02:00:59,100 --> 02:01:01,100
question or arrest.

2173
02:01:01,100 --> 02:01:04,100
including but not limited through

2174
02:01:04,100 --> 02:01:07,100
traffic stops or creation or

2175
02:01:07,100 --> 02:01:09,100
participation in checkpoints.

2176
02:01:09,100 --> 02:01:12,100
I think, that if minneapolis can do all

2177
02:01:12,100 --> 02:01:14,100
of that, that should be the basic

2178
02:01:14,100 --> 02:01:17,601
starting point and the dsa's demands

2179
02:01:19,100 --> 02:01:20,100
are great examples of what we can do as

2180
02:01:20,100 --> 02:01:21,100
well.

2181
02:01:21,100 --> 02:01:23,100
>> thank you.

2182
02:01:23,100 --> 02:01:24,100
that's your time.

2183
02:01:24,100 --> 02:01:27,601
>> our next speaker is marcus edget.

2184
02:01:31,100 --> 02:01:33,100
>> speaker: hello, my name is mark

2185
02:01:33,100 --> 02:01:36,601
edget, I live in 55804 and district 1.

2186
02:01:38,100 --> 02:01:41,100
I would like to speak on a couple of

2187
02:01:41,100 --> 02:01:43,100
separate issues as a human rights

2188
02:01:43,100 --> 02:01:45,100
commissioner, it is my understanding

2189
02:01:45,100 --> 02:01:49,100
that part of my duty is to advise and

2190
02:01:49,100 --> 02:01:52,100
specifically the state human rights act

2191
02:01:52,100 --> 02:01:54,100
whether it be through a lack of

2192
02:01:54,100 --> 02:01:56,100
training, I and other human rights

2193
02:01:56,100 --> 02:01:58,100
commissioners are unsure of the

2194
02:01:58,100 --> 02:01:59,100
communication vehicle which which you

2195
02:01:59,100 --> 02:02:02,100
would like us to do so.

2196
02:02:02,100 --> 02:02:07,401
would that be a general or where we may

2197
02:02:08,100 --> 02:02:10,401
discuss a particular concern.

2198
02:02:12,100 --> 02:02:14,401
my representatives as durrwatcher.

2199
02:02:15,100 --> 02:02:16,100
>> please address the council as a

2200
02:02:16,100 --> 02:02:17,100
whole.

2201
02:02:17,100 --> 02:02:18,100
thank you.

2202
02:02:18,100 --> 02:02:20,100
>> speaker: perhaps the council, would

2203
02:02:20,100 --> 02:02:23,100
like to send the commission

2204
02:02:23,100 --> 02:02:25,100
clarification as to your desire as how

2205
02:02:25,100 --> 02:02:28,100
you would like us to communicate.

2206
02:02:28,100 --> 02:02:31,100
during my interview, the council made

2207
02:02:31,100 --> 02:02:33,100
the reasonable statement that the

2208
02:02:33,100 --> 02:02:34,100
council may not agree with the

2209
02:02:34,100 --> 02:02:36,100
commission and I accept that.

2210
02:02:36,100 --> 02:02:39,100
but current structure feels like

2211
02:02:39,100 --> 02:02:42,601
communication are lacking on this area.

2212
02:02:43,100 --> 02:02:47,201
an unrelated note, I like to discuss

2213
02:02:48,100 --> 02:02:50,100
the minnesota knights.

2214
02:03:03,100 --> 02:03:06,100
they are now attempting to export

2215
02:03:06,100 --> 02:03:10,100
efforts to only attacks as those they

2216
02:03:10,100 --> 02:03:12,401
view as political enemies.

2217
02:03:22,100 --> 02:03:25,100
racial profiling, firing tear gas

2218
02:03:26,100 --> 02:03:28,100
canisters at samaritans.

2219
02:03:32,100 --> 02:03:36,100
with no phones or no photos as a crime.

2220
02:03:36,100 --> 02:03:40,801
breaking the window of a car full of

2221
02:03:41,100 --> 02:03:44,100
children and releasing tear gas is

2222
02:03:44,100 --> 02:03:45,100
inhumane.

2223
02:03:45,100 --> 02:03:48,601
as long as they're not actively

2224
02:03:49,100 --> 02:03:50,100
impeding information.

2225
02:03:50,100 --> 02:03:54,100
you cannot mace them as their pastor

2226
02:03:54,100 --> 02:03:56,100
raise them to sew fear.

2227
02:03:56,100 --> 02:03:59,100
that also means stopping and asking for

2228
02:03:59,100 --> 02:04:01,100
papers as a violation of constitutional

2229
02:04:01,100 --> 02:04:03,100
rights.

2230
02:04:03,100 --> 02:04:06,100
law enforcement those they know and

2231
02:04:06,100 --> 02:04:07,100
they don't care.

2232
02:04:07,100 --> 02:04:09,100
as a commissioner, I would like to

2233
02:04:09,100 --> 02:04:10,100
reiterate the commissioners reach out

2234
02:04:10,100 --> 02:04:13,100
to the city and city council to see

2235
02:04:13,100 --> 02:04:16,100
take a stance on ice operations we

2236
02:04:16,100 --> 02:04:17,100
emailed last week.

2237
02:04:17,100 --> 02:04:20,100
we want you to protect your family and

2238
02:04:20,100 --> 02:04:23,100
your community even as a volunteer

2239
02:04:23,100 --> 02:04:25,100
commission per, I swore an oath to the

2240
02:04:25,100 --> 02:04:28,100
state of minnesota and its constitution.

2241
02:04:28,100 --> 02:04:31,100
I know each of you did too and if I

2242
02:04:31,100 --> 02:04:33,100
were to suggest and suggest a statement

2243
02:04:33,100 --> 02:04:34,100
it would be the following.

2244
02:04:34,100 --> 02:04:36,100
due to the violations of minnesota

2245
02:04:36,100 --> 02:04:39,100
human rights act and the constitutional

2246
02:04:39,100 --> 02:04:41,100
rights of minnesotaians, duluth police

2247
02:04:41,100 --> 02:04:45,100
department cannot in good faith act in

2248
02:04:45,100 --> 02:04:48,100
any future collaborations with ice.

2249
02:04:48,100 --> 02:04:49,100
we stand with our community.

2250
02:04:49,100 --> 02:04:51,100
>> thank you.

2251
02:05:07,100 --> 02:05:08,100
>> welcome if you'll state your name

2252
02:05:08,100 --> 02:05:10,100
and a drits.

2253
02:05:13,100 --> 02:05:14,100
--address.

2254
02:05:14,100 --> 02:05:18,201
>> speaker: I'm evan and I live on

2255
02:05:19,100 --> 02:05:20,100
third street avenue east.

2256
02:05:20,100 --> 02:05:24,100
I felt the need to speak today in order

2257
02:05:24,100 --> 02:05:28,100
to represent those of us who are

2258
02:05:28,100 --> 02:05:31,100
opposed, to any sort of, ice

2259
02:05:31,100 --> 02:05:34,100
involvement in of course minneapolis

2260
02:05:34,100 --> 02:05:38,201
but obviously in the city of duluth.

2261
02:05:40,100 --> 02:05:44,100
I can just say as a concerned citizen

2262
02:05:44,100 --> 02:05:49,401
that a lot of us, may be coming here

2263
02:05:50,100 --> 02:05:55,100
for the first time in this year or, at

2264
02:05:55,100 --> 02:05:59,100
all today, but, you know, we're all

2265
02:05:59,100 --> 02:06:01,100
working people just like y'all and

2266
02:06:01,100 --> 02:06:04,100
you're the closest reach we have to

2267
02:06:04,100 --> 02:06:05,100
sharing our general thoughts and

2268
02:06:05,100 --> 02:06:06,100
concerns.

2269
02:06:06,100 --> 02:06:10,201
so thank you for being available and

2270
02:06:13,100 --> 02:06:17,801
potentially to its not your sole job to

2271
02:06:18,100 --> 02:06:21,100
educate us on what is and what isn't

2272
02:06:21,100 --> 02:06:22,100
possible.

2273
02:06:22,100 --> 02:06:27,100
but a lot of us are confused as to

2274
02:06:27,100 --> 02:06:30,100
minnesotans who were killed by the

2275
02:06:30,100 --> 02:06:31,100
federal government or arms of the

2276
02:06:31,100 --> 02:06:33,100
federal government.

2277
02:06:38,100 --> 02:06:40,100
so if any of our demands are not being

2278
02:06:40,100 --> 02:06:43,100
met or if any of them are being

2279
02:06:43,100 --> 02:06:46,100
unreasonable in your eyes, please, have

2280
02:06:46,100 --> 02:06:49,100
a conversation with us somehow.

2281
02:06:51,100 --> 02:06:54,100
whether it be a public statement as you

2282
02:06:54,100 --> 02:06:57,100
made at the beginning of the meeting

2283
02:06:57,100 --> 02:07:00,601
or, anything that isn't, silence is

2284
02:07:03,100 --> 02:07:06,100
much appreciated as if, if, you're

2285
02:07:06,100 --> 02:07:08,100
mentioning that it's very complicated

2286
02:07:08,100 --> 02:07:11,100
to do these things and some of them are

2287
02:07:11,100 --> 02:07:13,100
possible tell us, so we can have that

2288
02:07:13,100 --> 02:07:17,100
conversation of and so we can, the

2289
02:07:17,100 --> 02:07:20,100
people can warrant as well.

2290
02:07:20,100 --> 02:07:24,801
and in general, I'll just say, if, if

2291
02:07:25,100 --> 02:07:29,100
this were to be any other issue of,

2292
02:07:29,100 --> 02:07:32,100
let's say house or road development or

2293
02:07:32,100 --> 02:07:36,201
working with any third party or even

2294
02:07:39,100 --> 02:07:41,100
another government agency, on

2295
02:07:41,100 --> 02:07:44,100
principal, you wouldn't hire a housing

2296
02:07:44,100 --> 02:07:47,100
developer that has had their.

2297
02:07:53,100 --> 02:07:56,100
very high rate or you would not

2298
02:07:56,100 --> 02:08:00,100
contract a third party to build a road

2299
02:08:00,100 --> 02:08:02,401
that wouldn't be stable.

2300
02:08:06,100 --> 02:08:10,100
so you as a city, the city of duluth

2301
02:08:10,100 --> 02:08:12,100
should not collaborate with an agency

2302
02:08:12,100 --> 02:08:15,100
who has killed two minnesotans, it's a

2303
02:08:15,100 --> 02:08:18,100
mistake that is very unforgiving.

2304
02:08:27,100 --> 02:08:29,100
and, thank you.

2305
02:08:37,100 --> 02:08:41,100
the people we want to talk so, if

2306
02:08:41,100 --> 02:08:45,201
something is not possible or if we're

2307
02:08:47,100 --> 02:08:49,100
misunderstanding something, let's try

2308
02:08:49,100 --> 02:08:50,100
to learn.

2309
02:08:50,100 --> 02:08:51,100
>> thank you.

2310
02:08:51,100 --> 02:08:54,601
>> our last speaker is max bowman.

2311
02:09:00,100 --> 02:09:02,100
>> welcome, if you'll please state your

2312
02:09:02,100 --> 02:09:04,100
name and address.

2313
02:09:05,100 --> 02:09:08,601
>> max bulman, I live in--(inaudible)

2314
02:09:11,100 --> 02:09:14,100
please listen to what those have said

2315
02:09:14,100 --> 02:09:16,100
before in nexus lexus ice.

2316
02:09:16,100 --> 02:09:17,100
this is related.

2317
02:09:17,100 --> 02:09:21,100
it will be great to know that my

2318
02:09:21,100 --> 02:09:23,100
councilmembers have any safety and

2319
02:09:23,100 --> 02:09:25,100
security in mind.

2320
02:09:30,100 --> 02:09:33,100
I'm talking about flock, it's a

2321
02:09:33,100 --> 02:09:36,100
surveillance system integrated with ai,

2322
02:09:36,100 --> 02:09:39,100
flock safety areas were installed in

2323
02:09:39,100 --> 02:09:42,100
town without the consent of our

2324
02:09:42,100 --> 02:09:44,100
citizens instead attached to something

2325
02:09:44,100 --> 02:09:48,100
like a bail to approve police overtime.

2326
02:09:48,100 --> 02:09:52,201
a youtuber, just some guy found over 60

2327
02:09:53,100 --> 02:09:56,100
vulnerable in flock, one of being

2328
02:09:56,100 --> 02:09:59,100
operating system that has not been used

2329
02:09:59,100 --> 02:10:01,100
for 8 years.

2330
02:10:12,100 --> 02:10:15,100
on google can access--yes so.

2331
02:10:24,100 --> 02:10:28,100
so anything that a creep would want to

2332
02:10:28,100 --> 02:10:30,100
view is on available on flock or from

2333
02:10:30,100 --> 02:10:32,100
flock safety.

2334
02:10:37,100 --> 02:10:38,100
sometimes they execute people just for

2335
02:10:38,100 --> 02:10:40,100
living their lives.

2336
02:10:44,100 --> 02:10:45,100
stockers and ice,/homeland security.

2337
02:10:45,100 --> 02:10:47,100
two types of people I don't want

2338
02:10:47,100 --> 02:10:50,100
everybody watching my moves or

2339
02:10:50,100 --> 02:10:52,100
monitoring my routine and those of my

2340
02:10:52,100 --> 02:10:54,100
neighbors.

2341
02:11:24,100 --> 02:11:27,100
with police whom ever and also, there

2342
02:11:27,100 --> 02:11:30,100
was, a ruling where ice is no longer

2343
02:11:30,100 --> 02:11:33,100
allowed to use flock safety but police

2344
02:11:33,100 --> 02:11:36,100
departments across the country are

2345
02:11:36,100 --> 02:11:38,401
allowing them access regardless.

2346
02:11:43,100 --> 02:11:45,100
and yeah, it's just awful and bad for

2347
02:11:45,100 --> 02:11:46,100
us people.

2348
02:11:46,100 --> 02:11:48,100
if you want surveillance and security,

2349
02:11:48,100 --> 02:11:52,801
it should be done safely and with risk

2350
02:11:54,100 --> 02:11:55,100
and ethicacy in mind.

2351
02:11:55,100 --> 02:11:56,100
thank you.

2352
02:11:56,100 --> 02:11:58,100
>> thank you.

2353
02:11:58,100 --> 02:12:02,201
>> if there is no more speakers, we

2354
02:12:03,100 --> 02:12:05,100
will take a five-minute, point of

2355
02:12:05,100 --> 02:12:07,100
privilege.

2356
02:16:49,100 --> 02:16:52,100
we will reconvene in 30 seconds.

2357
02:16:57,100 --> 02:17:01,201
if you can please take your seats.

2358
02:17:32,100 --> 02:17:36,100
>> okay, I will call the meeting of

2359
02:17:36,100 --> 02:17:38,100
duluth back to order.

2360
02:17:38,100 --> 02:17:41,100
do we have a motion to approve the

2361
02:17:41,100 --> 02:17:43,100
consent agenda.

2362
02:17:43,100 --> 02:17:46,100
do I have a second?

2363
02:17:47,100 --> 02:17:50,100
let's get a second and if you would

2364
02:17:50,100 --> 02:17:52,100
like to discuss, if you would like to

2365
02:17:52,100 --> 02:17:53,100
pull that time.

2366
02:17:53,100 --> 02:17:58,100
do I have a second to we can discuss?

2367
02:17:58,100 --> 02:18:02,801
second by forsman and I see we have

2368
02:18:03,100 --> 02:18:06,100
councilmember clanaugh on the cue.

2369
02:18:06,100 --> 02:18:08,100
>> I move for the suspension of the

2370
02:18:08,100 --> 02:18:12,801
rules so we can discuss what our fellow

2371
02:18:13,100 --> 02:18:16,100
citizens have remitted in our moment of

2372
02:18:16,100 --> 02:18:17,100
constitutional crisis and apparel

2373
02:18:17,100 --> 02:18:19,100
public safety.

2374
02:18:24,100 --> 02:18:27,100
>> can you please repeat that.

2375
02:18:27,100 --> 02:18:29,100
>> I move for a suspension of the

2376
02:18:29,100 --> 02:18:33,100
rules, so we can discuss and consider

2377
02:18:33,100 --> 02:18:36,601
what our fellow citizens have presented

2378
02:18:38,100 --> 02:18:41,601
as responses a potential of responses

2379
02:18:42,100 --> 02:18:45,100
to our constitutional crisis and

2380
02:18:49,100 --> 02:18:51,100
imperiled public safety.

2381
02:18:52,100 --> 02:18:54,100
>> second by randorf?

2382
02:18:59,100 --> 02:19:00,100
>> any discussion?

2383
02:19:00,100 --> 02:19:01,100
>> we also have a resolution and a

2384
02:19:01,100 --> 02:19:02,100
second.

2385
02:19:02,100 --> 02:19:04,100
we need to do that first.

2386
02:19:04,100 --> 02:19:06,100
>> we're going to go back to the

2387
02:19:06,100 --> 02:19:07,100
consent agenda.

2388
02:19:07,100 --> 02:19:10,100
so we had a motion and a second, is

2389
02:19:10,100 --> 02:19:11,100
there any discussion on the consent

2390
02:19:11,100 --> 02:19:13,100
agenda?

2391
02:19:16,100 --> 02:19:17,100
councilor clanaugh.

2392
02:19:17,100 --> 02:19:21,100
>> yes, I would like to pull item

2393
02:19:21,100 --> 02:19:22,100
number 2 for separate consideration.

2394
02:19:22,100 --> 02:19:25,100
>> is there a second to pull number 2?

2395
02:19:25,100 --> 02:19:27,100
second by durrwatcher, any discussion

2396
02:19:27,100 --> 02:19:28,100
on it?

2397
02:19:28,100 --> 02:19:31,100
if there is no discussion, we will pull

2398
02:19:31,100 --> 02:19:34,100
item 2 from the consent agenda.

2399
02:19:34,100 --> 02:19:36,100
any other discussion on the consent

2400
02:19:36,100 --> 02:19:37,100
agenda?

2401
02:19:37,100 --> 02:19:41,801
if none, let's, I, all those in favor

2402
02:19:44,100 --> 02:19:46,100
to approve consent agenda with pulling

2403
02:19:46,100 --> 02:19:47,100
number 2 say aye.

2404
02:19:47,100 --> 02:19:48,100
>> aye.

2405
02:19:48,100 --> 02:19:50,100
>> oppose same sign.

2406
02:19:52,100 --> 02:19:53,100
that passes 9-0.

2407
02:19:53,100 --> 02:19:57,100
then we will go to item number 2 on the

2408
02:19:57,100 --> 02:19:59,100
consent agenda.

2409
02:20:01,100 --> 02:20:05,201
I'm sorry, item number 2 which would be

2410
02:20:08,100 --> 02:20:10,100
councilor randorf.

2411
02:20:10,100 --> 02:20:12,100
>> it's a administration to accept

2412
02:20:12,100 --> 02:20:16,100
gifts on the behalf of the amount of

2413
02:20:16,100 --> 02:20:19,601
10,000 or less, and I'll move that.

2414
02:20:20,100 --> 02:20:23,601
>> seconded by tomanek and we have

2415
02:20:27,100 --> 02:20:28,100
councilor durrwatcher.

2416
02:20:28,100 --> 02:20:32,100
>> I'm going to yield at the moment.

2417
02:20:32,100 --> 02:20:34,100
>> councilor clanaugh.

2418
02:20:35,100 --> 02:20:39,201
>> yes, as I read the prior resolution,

2419
02:20:41,100 --> 02:20:43,100
this expired in 23.

2420
02:20:46,100 --> 02:20:49,601
I'm curious why this was aloud

2421
02:20:52,100 --> 02:20:54,100
--allowed to lapse for three years.

2422
02:20:54,100 --> 02:20:55,100
I'm trying to understand this

2423
02:20:55,100 --> 02:20:56,100
resolution and proposal.

2424
02:20:56,100 --> 02:20:59,100
>> so the council questions for the

2425
02:20:59,100 --> 02:21:01,100
agenda item should have been asked by

2426
02:21:01,100 --> 02:21:04,100
staff at the agenda or prior to the

2427
02:21:04,100 --> 02:21:07,100
meetings, so tonight is for comments on

2428
02:21:07,100 --> 02:21:08,100
it.

2429
02:21:08,100 --> 02:21:10,100
do you have comments on it?

2430
02:21:10,100 --> 02:21:12,100
>> yes, I can add comments.

2431
02:21:12,100 --> 02:21:15,100
I think it's a good thing for our city

2432
02:21:15,100 --> 02:21:16,100
to receive gifts.

2433
02:21:16,100 --> 02:21:19,100
however for them not to be disclosed

2434
02:21:19,100 --> 02:21:21,100
and reviewed by council would be

2435
02:21:21,100 --> 02:21:22,100
troubling.

2436
02:21:22,100 --> 02:21:25,601
with the commitment to transparency and

2437
02:21:26,100 --> 02:21:28,100
accountable, disclosure would

2438
02:21:28,100 --> 02:21:30,100
disclosure would guard against

2439
02:21:30,100 --> 02:21:31,100
potential influences peddling,

2440
02:21:31,100 --> 02:21:33,401
especially given the 10,000 threshold

2441
02:21:34,100 --> 02:21:37,100
which I find to be signature.

2442
02:21:37,100 --> 02:21:39,100
so therefore I move to amend this

2443
02:21:39,100 --> 02:21:42,100
proposal to require that the city

2444
02:21:42,100 --> 02:21:45,100
council receive public notification and

2445
02:21:45,100 --> 02:21:47,100
that this information is included in

2446
02:21:47,100 --> 02:21:49,100
council minutes listing all gifts to

2447
02:21:49,100 --> 02:21:50,100
the city that would occur under this

2448
02:21:50,100 --> 02:21:52,100
resolution.

2449
02:21:57,100 --> 02:21:59,100
>> so we have a motion to amend before

2450
02:21:59,100 --> 02:22:02,100
us, is there a second?

2451
02:22:02,100 --> 02:22:04,100
second by durrwatcher, any discussion

2452
02:22:04,100 --> 02:22:07,100
on the motion to attend?

2453
02:22:07,100 --> 02:22:09,100
--amend.

2454
02:22:10,100 --> 02:22:12,100
we have councilor forsman.

2455
02:22:12,100 --> 02:22:13,100
>> thank you, I can see where you're

2456
02:22:13,100 --> 02:22:15,100
coming from.

2457
02:22:15,100 --> 02:22:18,100
since it's not typical to amend from

2458
02:22:18,100 --> 02:22:22,100
the floor, I'm wondering if attorney or

2459
02:22:22,100 --> 02:22:24,100
clerk need clarification on the what

2460
02:22:24,100 --> 02:22:26,100
the motion is?

2461
02:22:36,100 --> 02:22:38,401
>> councilor forsman, president nephew,

2462
02:22:39,100 --> 02:22:41,100
I think I understand, and I would work

2463
02:22:41,100 --> 02:22:44,100
with the attorney's office to put it

2464
02:22:44,100 --> 02:22:45,100
into the resolution if it's amended.

2465
02:22:45,100 --> 02:22:47,100
>> thank you.

2466
02:22:49,100 --> 02:22:50,100
>> councilor durrwatcher.

2467
02:22:50,100 --> 02:22:53,100
>> thank you, president nephew and

2468
02:22:53,100 --> 02:22:56,100
thank you, councilor clanaugh for

2469
02:22:57,100 --> 02:22:58,100
suggesting that amendment.

2470
02:22:58,100 --> 02:23:00,100
I would support that h I still have a

2471
02:23:00,100 --> 02:23:03,100
lot of questions about this too after

2472
02:23:03,100 --> 02:23:05,100
further discussion.

2473
02:23:07,100 --> 02:23:09,100
I think the very least we can do is

2474
02:23:09,100 --> 02:23:12,601
just become as transparent as possible.

2475
02:23:17,100 --> 02:23:18,100
>> administrator?

2476
02:23:18,100 --> 02:23:20,401
>> thank you, council president.

2477
02:23:32,100 --> 02:23:33,100
council forsman.

2478
02:23:33,100 --> 02:23:35,100
I would suggest quarterly reporting to

2479
02:23:35,100 --> 02:23:36,100
the council.

2480
02:23:36,100 --> 02:23:38,100
whatever you would like.

2481
02:23:38,100 --> 02:23:40,100
I think frankly bringing this it to

2482
02:23:40,100 --> 02:23:43,100
council as we receive these, would be a

2483
02:23:43,100 --> 02:23:46,100
waste of staff time and frankly a waste

2484
02:23:46,100 --> 02:23:47,100
of council time.

2485
02:23:47,100 --> 02:23:51,100
so I would recommend something on more

2486
02:23:51,100 --> 02:23:55,100
regular basis, I would like to consult

2487
02:23:55,100 --> 02:23:58,100
with my staff to see what would make

2488
02:23:58,100 --> 02:23:59,100
sense.

2489
02:23:59,100 --> 02:24:02,100
I don't know how often we receive

2490
02:24:02,100 --> 02:24:04,100
donations, I would like to check with

2491
02:24:04,100 --> 02:24:06,100
them first.

2492
02:24:07,100 --> 02:24:09,100
maybe, we could table this item.

2493
02:24:09,100 --> 02:24:12,100
I don't think this is of any urgency,

2494
02:24:12,100 --> 02:24:17,401
so we can bring this back for a couple

2495
02:24:18,100 --> 02:24:20,100
of weeks with more questions.

2496
02:24:20,100 --> 02:24:23,601
if this is causing the council

2497
02:24:29,100 --> 02:24:32,601
consternation, we can bring this back.

2498
02:24:38,100 --> 02:24:39,100
>> councilor kennedy.

2499
02:24:39,100 --> 02:24:41,100
>> that is my discussion to table this.

2500
02:24:41,100 --> 02:24:44,100
I would need more information to make a

2501
02:24:44,100 --> 02:24:46,100
more informed vote, voting it up or

2502
02:24:46,100 --> 02:24:47,100
down.

2503
02:24:47,100 --> 02:24:49,100
so I would suggest to table it if we

2504
02:24:49,100 --> 02:24:51,100
could.

2505
02:24:51,100 --> 02:24:52,100
>> councilor durrwatcher.

2506
02:24:52,100 --> 02:24:55,100
>> thank you, president nephew and

2507
02:25:04,100 --> 02:25:06,100
administrator stear-ling.

2508
02:25:07,100 --> 02:25:09,100
I asked a question and I didn't have

2509
02:25:09,100 --> 02:25:12,100
time to follow-up with a more clear

2510
02:25:12,100 --> 02:25:13,100
question.

2511
02:25:13,100 --> 02:25:17,201
and I know david has councilor clanaugh

2512
02:25:18,100 --> 02:25:20,100
has a list of questions that he would

2513
02:25:20,100 --> 02:25:22,100
still like to ask as well.

2514
02:25:22,100 --> 02:25:26,201
so I, I move to table it.

2515
02:25:27,100 --> 02:25:30,100
>> do we have to quick vote on the

2516
02:25:30,100 --> 02:25:32,100
amended version first or can we move to

2517
02:25:32,100 --> 02:25:34,100
the table?

2518
02:25:40,100 --> 02:25:42,100
>> I withdrawal my proposed amendment.

2519
02:25:42,100 --> 02:25:45,100
>> okay, and councilor durrwatcher are

2520
02:25:45,100 --> 02:25:47,100
you making a motion to table?

2521
02:25:47,100 --> 02:25:49,100
>> yes.

2522
02:25:49,100 --> 02:25:50,100
>> and seconded by kennedy.

2523
02:25:50,100 --> 02:25:51,100
any discussion?

2524
02:25:51,100 --> 02:25:54,100
all those in favor signal by saying aye.

2525
02:25:54,100 --> 02:25:56,100
>> aye.

2526
02:25:56,100 --> 02:25:58,100
>> opposed same sign.

2527
02:25:58,100 --> 02:26:00,401
resolution 61 will be tabled.

2528
02:26:11,100 --> 02:26:14,100
>> next, we will move on to councilor

2529
02:26:14,100 --> 02:26:16,100
questions or comments.

2530
02:26:22,100 --> 02:26:23,100
council cer clanaugh.

2531
02:26:23,100 --> 02:26:26,100
>> point of motion on rules.

2532
02:26:27,100 --> 02:26:28,100
it has a sec.

2533
02:26:28,100 --> 02:26:30,100
>> so there is a motion to suspend the

2534
02:26:30,100 --> 02:26:31,100
rules and a second.

2535
02:26:31,100 --> 02:26:33,401
any discussion on that?

2536
02:26:38,100 --> 02:26:39,100
councilor tomanek.

2537
02:26:39,100 --> 02:26:42,100
>> can you clarify what we're

2538
02:26:43,100 --> 02:26:44,100
suspending the rules for?

2539
02:26:44,100 --> 02:26:45,100
>> sure, yeah.

2540
02:26:45,100 --> 02:26:48,100
so that we can have some discussion and

2541
02:26:48,100 --> 02:26:50,100
consideration.

2542
02:26:50,100 --> 02:26:54,201
I mean our fellow citizens have brought

2543
02:26:56,100 --> 02:26:57,100
extensive concerns to us.

2544
02:26:57,100 --> 02:27:00,100
we're in a moment that is unprecedented

2545
02:27:00,100 --> 02:27:01,100
during our lifetime.

2546
02:27:01,100 --> 02:27:04,100
and there is a sense of urgency that

2547
02:27:04,100 --> 02:27:07,100
we, that we figure out some way to

2548
02:27:07,100 --> 02:27:10,100
begin acting, we may not be able to do

2549
02:27:10,100 --> 02:27:11,100
a lot tonight.

2550
02:27:11,100 --> 02:27:15,100
but I think for consideration for our

2551
02:27:15,100 --> 02:27:17,100
fellow citizens, we should at least

2552
02:27:17,100 --> 02:27:20,100
have some discussion among ourselves.

2553
02:27:21,100 --> 02:27:23,100
and with, with informed information

2554
02:27:23,100 --> 02:27:27,801
from staff to figure out a path forward.

2555
02:27:29,100 --> 02:27:32,100
>> next we'll move on to councilor

2556
02:27:32,100 --> 02:27:33,100
forsman.

2557
02:27:33,100 --> 02:27:35,100
>> thank you, president nephew.

2558
02:27:35,100 --> 02:27:40,100
I think at this point in time, we voted

2559
02:27:40,100 --> 02:27:43,100
on the item we pulled it seemsed

2560
02:27:43,100 --> 02:27:46,100
inappropriate that we could have that

2561
02:27:46,100 --> 02:27:49,100
discussion to suspend the rules.

2562
02:27:50,100 --> 02:27:52,100
I would encourage councilor to hit your

2563
02:27:52,100 --> 02:27:56,801
button and say what is on your mind.

2564
02:27:57,100 --> 02:27:58,100
>> councilmember johnson.

2565
02:27:58,100 --> 02:28:01,100
>> I was going ask clarification

2566
02:28:01,100 --> 02:28:04,100
between sharing comments or suspension

2567
02:28:05,100 --> 02:28:06,100
and addressing what has been presented

2568
02:28:06,100 --> 02:28:07,100
to tuesday.

2569
02:28:07,100 --> 02:28:09,100
is would prefer to move and have

2570
02:28:09,100 --> 02:28:10,100
conversation.

2571
02:28:10,100 --> 02:28:13,100
>> attorney, can you address that?

2572
02:28:17,100 --> 02:28:19,100
>> president nephew, I'm not really

2573
02:28:19,100 --> 02:28:21,100
sure what is being asked.

2574
02:28:21,100 --> 02:28:24,100
the business as you councilor, moving

2575
02:28:24,100 --> 02:28:25,100
on to councilor questions and

2576
02:28:25,100 --> 02:28:27,100
conversation so you can have that

2577
02:28:27,100 --> 02:28:29,100
discussion now.

2578
02:28:29,100 --> 02:28:32,100
I don't know what different format we

2579
02:28:32,100 --> 02:28:35,100
would go to by suspending the rules.

2580
02:28:35,100 --> 02:28:37,100
>> okay, thank you.

2581
02:28:39,100 --> 02:28:42,601
>> next we have in the queue,

2582
02:28:45,100 --> 02:28:47,100
councilor tomanek.

2583
02:28:47,100 --> 02:28:48,100
is there anyone else?

2584
02:28:48,100 --> 02:28:50,100
councilor johnson?

2585
02:28:54,100 --> 02:28:57,100
>> I'm just, can I president nephew can

2586
02:28:57,100 --> 02:28:59,100
you provide a point of where we are?

2587
02:28:59,100 --> 02:29:03,801
>> well there is a motion to sus pend

2588
02:29:05,100 --> 02:29:08,100
the rules but according to attorney,

2589
02:29:08,100 --> 02:29:09,100
that is not something that we need to

2590
02:29:09,100 --> 02:29:12,100
do because this is councilors comments

2591
02:29:12,100 --> 02:29:13,100
and questions.

2592
02:29:13,100 --> 02:29:15,100
soy guess, we can go to a vote for

2593
02:29:15,100 --> 02:29:17,100
suspending the rules or do we just want

2594
02:29:17,100 --> 02:29:19,100
to go to councilor questions and

2595
02:29:19,100 --> 02:29:21,100
comments?

2596
02:29:22,100 --> 02:29:23,100
councilor randorf you're next in the

2597
02:29:23,100 --> 02:29:24,100
queue.

2598
02:29:24,100 --> 02:29:28,801
>> thank you, I'll dig right in and I

2599
02:29:29,100 --> 02:29:30,100
encourage councilor clanaugh to do so

2600
02:29:30,100 --> 02:29:32,100
too.

2601
02:29:32,100 --> 02:29:35,100
let's do this time to address.

2602
02:29:35,100 --> 02:29:38,100
I want to thank everyone that came here.

2603
02:29:38,100 --> 02:29:42,100
you're right, we are set hearing you

2604
02:29:42,100 --> 02:29:43,100
loud and clear.

2605
02:29:43,100 --> 02:29:45,100
I think you're going to hear from

2606
02:29:45,100 --> 02:29:47,100
another councilor, some good news that

2607
02:29:47,100 --> 02:29:50,100
you're going to be wanting to hear.

2608
02:29:50,100 --> 02:29:54,100
our role is to ensure that city

2609
02:29:54,100 --> 02:29:56,100
policies do not place in harm's way.

2610
02:29:56,100 --> 02:29:59,100
when we watched this unfold this

2611
02:29:59,100 --> 02:30:02,100
weekend, it was horrific and it was, it

2612
02:30:02,100 --> 02:30:05,601
was a feeling of helplessness and

2613
02:30:06,100 --> 02:30:08,100
immediately I began thinking what can

2614
02:30:08,100 --> 02:30:11,100
we do as a council as a city to protect

2615
02:30:11,100 --> 02:30:13,100
our citizens from having that happen.

2616
02:30:13,100 --> 02:30:17,201
we need to help provide clear direction

2617
02:30:18,100 --> 02:30:20,100
along with staling to protect the

2618
02:30:20,100 --> 02:30:23,100
integrity of our public safety work,

2619
02:30:23,100 --> 02:30:25,100
maintaining public trust that allows

2620
02:30:25,100 --> 02:30:26,100
our city to function.

2621
02:30:26,100 --> 02:30:29,100
right now when federal action create

2622
02:30:29,100 --> 02:30:32,100
fear and undermine that trust which is

2623
02:30:32,100 --> 02:30:34,100
what is happening, tt our

2624
02:30:34,100 --> 02:30:35,100
responsibility to respond through

2625
02:30:35,100 --> 02:30:37,100
policy.

2626
02:30:37,100 --> 02:30:38,100
you're going to see the next couple of

2627
02:30:38,100 --> 02:30:40,100
weeks us doing that.

2628
02:30:40,100 --> 02:30:42,100
so I'll pause there.

2629
02:30:42,100 --> 02:30:45,100
encouraged to hear anyone else and also

2630
02:30:45,100 --> 02:30:46,100
to hear from council johnson.

2631
02:30:46,100 --> 02:30:49,601
>> let's just go to councilor johnson?

2632
02:30:50,100 --> 02:30:51,100
>> thank you.

2633
02:30:51,100 --> 02:30:53,100
president nephew.

2634
02:30:53,100 --> 02:30:56,100
and I want to thank everybody for

2635
02:30:56,100 --> 02:30:59,100
speaking tonight and sharing your voice.

2636
02:30:59,100 --> 02:31:03,801
I listen, I listened deeply to what is

2637
02:31:05,100 --> 02:31:07,100
taking place within our country, within

2638
02:31:07,100 --> 02:31:09,100
our state, and within our city and

2639
02:31:09,100 --> 02:31:11,401
generally within our communities.

2640
02:31:12,100 --> 02:31:15,100
and trust has been disrupted.

2641
02:31:16,100 --> 02:31:19,100
and it's, a challenge to build trust

2642
02:31:19,100 --> 02:31:22,601
but I believe in building relationships

2643
02:31:24,100 --> 02:31:28,100
and being emersed in community and work

2644
02:31:28,100 --> 02:31:31,100
ining partnership to protect and keep

2645
02:31:31,100 --> 02:31:32,100
our people in our community safe.

2646
02:31:32,100 --> 02:31:37,401
and I want to inform you that I having

2647
02:31:38,100 --> 02:31:41,100
working in language for a city council

2648
02:31:41,100 --> 02:31:43,100
action that upholds the people living

2649
02:31:43,100 --> 02:31:44,100
in our city.

2650
02:31:44,100 --> 02:31:47,100
and it's focused with our relationship

2651
02:31:47,100 --> 02:31:50,100
with federal agencies with respect to

2652
02:31:50,100 --> 02:31:52,100
federal immigration laws.

2653
02:31:53,100 --> 02:31:56,100
our city agencies are not here for the

2654
02:31:56,100 --> 02:31:59,100
purpose of federal immigration laws.

2655
02:31:59,100 --> 02:32:02,100
our city employees play a critical role

2656
02:32:02,100 --> 02:32:03,100
in public safety and protecting our

2657
02:32:03,100 --> 02:32:06,100
community and I want to remind the

2658
02:32:06,100 --> 02:32:08,100
people that we are port city.

2659
02:32:08,100 --> 02:32:10,100
duluth is a port city.

2660
02:32:10,100 --> 02:32:13,100
and as long as, we have a long history

2661
02:32:13,100 --> 02:32:16,601
of people emigrating to our community

2662
02:32:17,100 --> 02:32:20,100
and contributing to our economy.

2663
02:32:20,100 --> 02:32:22,100
please know that I've taken account I

2664
02:32:22,100 --> 02:32:25,100
have measures regarding language that

2665
02:32:25,100 --> 02:32:28,100
comes before us with respect to federal

2666
02:32:28,100 --> 02:32:29,100
immigration law and you will see that

2667
02:32:29,100 --> 02:32:30,100
in the coming weeks.

2668
02:32:30,100 --> 02:32:33,100
so thank you, president revenue.

2669
02:32:35,100 --> 02:32:36,100
--nephew and again, thank you for

2670
02:32:36,100 --> 02:32:39,100
coming here and speaking up.

2671
02:32:39,100 --> 02:32:40,100
>> councilor, clanaugh.

2672
02:32:40,100 --> 02:32:43,100
>> thank you, president nephew and

2673
02:32:43,100 --> 02:32:44,100
councilor johnson and thank you members

2674
02:32:44,100 --> 02:32:47,100
of the public for your deep concern.

2675
02:32:47,100 --> 02:32:51,100
I hope that tonight, you felt more

2676
02:32:51,100 --> 02:32:55,100
welcomed and this is been a more

2677
02:32:55,100 --> 02:32:56,100
hospitalitiable en timer than it has

2678
02:32:56,100 --> 02:32:58,100
been in the past.

2679
02:32:58,100 --> 02:33:02,100
it's hard, as folks running for public

2680
02:33:02,100 --> 02:33:05,601
office, our first qualification is grow

2681
02:33:10,100 --> 02:33:12,100
some thick skin.

2682
02:33:12,100 --> 02:33:14,100
even when it feels hard too do that.

2683
02:33:14,100 --> 02:33:16,100
I mean what is going on in minneapolis

2684
02:33:16,100 --> 02:33:18,100
is totally, you know, there is no

2685
02:33:18,100 --> 02:33:19,100
excuse for it.

2686
02:33:19,100 --> 02:33:22,100
and duluth is not immune.

2687
02:33:22,100 --> 02:33:24,100
and the blurring of the boundaries, I

2688
02:33:24,100 --> 02:33:28,201
mean, this is how these types of,

2689
02:33:29,100 --> 02:33:31,401
efforts work blurred boundaries.

2690
02:33:34,100 --> 02:33:37,100
coopt, infill straight and --infiltrate.

2691
02:33:38,100 --> 02:33:40,100
and that is not a buy partisan.

2692
02:33:40,100 --> 02:33:42,100
to find it as a partisan issue.

2693
02:33:42,100 --> 02:33:45,100
this is an issue of survival of our

2694
02:33:45,100 --> 02:33:48,601
system of constitutional laws and fair

2695
02:33:51,100 --> 02:33:52,100
elections, peaceful transfers of power

2696
02:33:52,100 --> 02:33:56,100
and we have seen so much evidence of

2697
02:33:56,100 --> 02:33:59,100
what we're up against here is not about

2698
02:33:59,100 --> 02:34:00,100
this stuff, right?

2699
02:34:00,100 --> 02:34:03,100
we're trying to preserve politics among

2700
02:34:03,100 --> 02:34:05,401
ourselves, right and authoritarianism

2701
02:34:08,100 --> 02:34:11,601
is not about politics it's about

2702
02:34:12,100 --> 02:34:14,100
conformity, working together.

2703
02:34:14,100 --> 02:34:16,100
learning from one another as

2704
02:34:16,100 --> 02:34:18,401
councilors, as fellow citizens.

2705
02:34:19,100 --> 02:34:22,100
because when we do that, the product is

2706
02:34:22,100 --> 02:34:23,100
actually better.

2707
02:34:23,100 --> 02:34:25,100
I don't have all the answers.

2708
02:34:25,100 --> 02:34:28,100
I need help, I need to learn, I need to

2709
02:34:28,100 --> 02:34:29,100
listen.

2710
02:34:29,100 --> 02:34:32,601
I think the editorial in yesterday's

2711
02:34:35,100 --> 02:34:38,100
"new york times" sums up where we're at

2712
02:34:38,100 --> 02:34:39,100
right now.

2713
02:34:39,100 --> 02:34:41,100
the administration is urging americans

2714
02:34:41,100 --> 02:34:44,100
to reject the evidence of their eyes

2715
02:34:44,100 --> 02:34:46,100
and ears.

2716
02:34:48,100 --> 02:34:51,100
they're lying in the obvious truth.

2717
02:34:51,100 --> 02:34:54,601
they're lying in the manner of

2718
02:34:56,100 --> 02:34:57,100
authoritarian regimes that require

2719
02:34:57,100 --> 02:35:00,601
people to accept lies as a

2720
02:35:01,100 --> 02:35:03,401
demonstration of their power.

2721
02:35:06,100 --> 02:35:08,100
it's a disgrace how it's continued that

2722
02:35:08,100 --> 02:35:11,100
the first public comment of mr. Trump

2723
02:35:11,100 --> 02:35:16,100
in the wake of mr. Preti's death was to

2724
02:35:16,100 --> 02:35:19,100
post a picture of the gunman's gun, I'm

2725
02:35:19,100 --> 02:35:24,401
not a big fan of conceal and carry, but

2726
02:35:25,100 --> 02:35:28,100
if I have a permit to carry and get

2727
02:35:28,100 --> 02:35:30,100
that turned against me, that's not the

2728
02:35:30,100 --> 02:35:34,100
spir sit of our laws in this state.

2729
02:35:34,100 --> 02:35:37,100
steven miller, organizably mr. Trump's

2730
02:35:39,100 --> 02:35:41,100
most influential advisor wrote on

2731
02:35:41,100 --> 02:35:43,100
social media without offering evidence

2732
02:35:43,100 --> 02:35:46,601
that mr. Preti was an assessin.

2733
02:35:47,100 --> 02:35:51,100
these are bold face lies, trying to

2734
02:35:51,100 --> 02:35:52,100
gaslight people.

2735
02:35:52,100 --> 02:35:55,100
we got good caring people who are right

2736
02:35:55,100 --> 02:35:57,100
now are under the spell of these stuff.

2737
02:35:57,100 --> 02:36:00,100
we have to find ways of reaching one

2738
02:36:00,100 --> 02:36:01,100
another here.

2739
02:36:01,100 --> 02:36:04,100
and getting back to, we're trying to be

2740
02:36:04,100 --> 02:36:07,100
as fellow citizens of this society.

2741
02:36:07,100 --> 02:36:09,100
so, and you know, right now, the

2742
02:36:09,100 --> 02:36:12,100
government has killed, it has an

2743
02:36:12,100 --> 02:36:15,100
obligation that it acted in the public

2744
02:36:15,100 --> 02:36:17,100
interest.

2745
02:36:17,100 --> 02:36:20,100
again, the trump administration is

2746
02:36:20,100 --> 02:36:22,401
engaged in a preversion.

2747
02:36:25,100 --> 02:36:27,401
it's not that liberal.

2748
02:36:28,100 --> 02:36:31,100
so, we got to work together here to

2749
02:36:31,100 --> 02:36:33,100
mike sure we got clear and strong

2750
02:36:33,100 --> 02:36:34,100
boundaries.

2751
02:36:34,100 --> 02:36:37,601
and I really thank you councilor

2752
02:36:38,100 --> 02:36:39,100
johnson for making initiative on this

2753
02:36:39,100 --> 02:36:43,100
and how we communicate with one other.

2754
02:36:43,100 --> 02:36:46,100
we want to observe open meet ing laws,

2755
02:36:46,100 --> 02:36:49,100
we don't want to break quorum, but

2756
02:36:49,100 --> 02:36:50,100
we've got to find way to see work

2757
02:36:50,100 --> 02:36:51,100
together.

2758
02:36:51,100 --> 02:36:54,100
right now, more than ever.

2759
02:36:54,100 --> 02:36:55,100
right.

2760
02:36:55,100 --> 02:36:56,100
now more than ever.

2761
02:36:56,100 --> 02:37:01,100
and you know what, I am a person who

2762
02:37:01,100 --> 02:37:04,100
works in public safety who has

2763
02:37:04,100 --> 02:37:06,100
extensive histories of sexual violence.

2764
02:37:06,100 --> 02:37:10,100
I have a deep appreciation of offender

2765
02:37:10,100 --> 02:37:13,100
task force, they've done incredible

2766
02:37:14,100 --> 02:37:16,100
work regarding human trafficking, drug,

2767
02:37:16,100 --> 02:37:19,100
running and these types of things.

2768
02:37:19,100 --> 02:37:23,201
but, my concern is that we potentially

2769
02:37:24,100 --> 02:37:28,201
have a trojan horse situation in our

2770
02:37:29,100 --> 02:37:30,100
midst.

2771
02:37:30,100 --> 02:37:33,100
we're good people who have done good

2772
02:37:33,100 --> 02:37:35,100
work.

2773
02:37:36,100 --> 02:37:40,801
like the frog in a pod of water.

2774
02:37:42,100 --> 02:37:44,100
and these authoritarian, regimes they

2775
02:37:44,100 --> 02:37:46,401
offer a duel state.

2776
02:37:47,100 --> 02:37:49,100
there is normative, every day business,

2777
02:37:49,100 --> 02:37:52,100
we have contracts, and we prepare

2778
02:37:52,100 --> 02:37:55,100
mortgages and we go to work.

2779
02:37:55,100 --> 02:37:58,100
but it's prerogative state and we've

2780
02:37:58,100 --> 02:38:00,100
got to figure out a way to stop this.

2781
02:38:00,100 --> 02:38:03,100
we have to be proactive in our

2782
02:38:03,100 --> 02:38:05,100
community and we have to pull together

2783
02:38:05,100 --> 02:38:07,100
as a society.

2784
02:38:10,100 --> 02:38:12,100
so, I could have never imagined

2785
02:38:12,100 --> 02:38:15,601
starting my service, these last two

2786
02:38:16,100 --> 02:38:18,100
weeks, right.

2787
02:38:18,100 --> 02:38:19,100
but I'm endebted to you folks.

2788
02:38:19,100 --> 02:38:21,100
thank you, thank you.

2789
02:38:21,100 --> 02:38:22,100
and don't give up.

2790
02:38:22,100 --> 02:38:24,100
and let's join hands here together.

2791
02:38:24,100 --> 02:38:27,100
this is a golden opportunity council

2792
02:38:27,100 --> 02:38:29,100
that struggled sometimes, right?

2793
02:38:29,100 --> 02:38:30,100
to work well together.

2794
02:38:30,100 --> 02:38:34,100
we have a golden opportunity to build a

2795
02:38:34,100 --> 02:38:35,100
fine relationship among ourselves.

2796
02:38:35,100 --> 02:38:36,100
thank you.

2797
02:38:36,100 --> 02:38:38,100
[applause]ed

2798
02:38:38,100 --> 02:38:40,100
--[applause]

2799
02:38:42,100 --> 02:38:45,100
[gavel] no cheers or jeers.

2800
02:38:45,100 --> 02:38:49,201
we're going to move on to councilor

2801
02:39:00,100 --> 02:39:02,100
desotelle.

2802
02:39:04,100 --> 02:39:06,100
>> thank you.

2803
02:39:06,100 --> 02:39:09,100
I feel in jewish tradition, we need to

2804
02:39:09,100 --> 02:39:12,100
repeat and repeat and go through this,

2805
02:39:12,100 --> 02:39:15,100
to figure out a solution to what we do

2806
02:39:15,100 --> 02:39:17,100
as a local government and woo we do as

2807
02:39:17,100 --> 02:39:19,100
a state and society.

2808
02:39:19,100 --> 02:39:23,100
I was at the rally also on friday.

2809
02:39:23,100 --> 02:39:27,100
I did want to say that and I'm a

2810
02:39:27,100 --> 02:39:30,100
staunch defender of the constitution

2811
02:39:30,100 --> 02:39:32,100
and I believe in due process as we all

2812
02:39:32,100 --> 02:39:33,100
do.

2813
02:39:33,100 --> 02:39:35,100
and today we're witnessing the opposite

2814
02:39:35,100 --> 02:39:38,601
of that of what america promises.

2815
02:39:40,100 --> 02:39:42,100
our federal leaders are provoking fear

2816
02:39:42,100 --> 02:39:44,100
and lifes of people who go to work and

2817
02:39:44,100 --> 02:39:46,100
go to school here.

2818
02:39:46,100 --> 02:39:49,601
we witnessed ice killings, killing and

2819
02:39:51,100 --> 02:39:53,100
traumatizing law abiding citizens and

2820
02:39:53,100 --> 02:39:56,100
immigrants in the metro area and we are

2821
02:39:56,100 --> 02:39:57,100
fearful of them coming here and other

2822
02:39:57,100 --> 02:39:58,100
communities.

2823
02:39:58,100 --> 02:40:01,100
I know that chief has been working a

2824
02:40:01,100 --> 02:40:03,100
lot with officers across other

2825
02:40:03,100 --> 02:40:06,100
communities and cities trying to help

2826
02:40:06,100 --> 02:40:10,100
us help you, figure out how best we can

2827
02:40:10,100 --> 02:40:12,100
point things in language and how we can

2828
02:40:12,100 --> 02:40:14,100
enforce those.

2829
02:40:14,100 --> 02:40:17,100
so, it's very hard, you can write all

2830
02:40:17,100 --> 02:40:18,100
the ordinances you want but we have to

2831
02:40:18,100 --> 02:40:21,100
make sure that we have the ability to

2832
02:40:21,100 --> 02:40:23,100
enforce them and we're trying to figure

2833
02:40:23,100 --> 02:40:24,100
them out.

2834
02:40:24,100 --> 02:40:27,100
there is been a lot of exceptions going

2835
02:40:27,100 --> 02:40:29,100
over the last two weeks.

2836
02:40:29,100 --> 02:40:32,100
I wish I can say we had all the magic

2837
02:40:32,100 --> 02:40:36,100
words but two weeks and what is this a

2838
02:40:36,100 --> 02:40:37,100
second meeting.

2839
02:40:37,100 --> 02:40:39,100
we're still trying to get our arms

2840
02:40:39,100 --> 02:40:40,100
around it.

2841
02:40:40,100 --> 02:40:42,100
but we do stand by you and do support

2842
02:40:42,100 --> 02:40:44,100
woo is going on and trying to figure

2843
02:40:44,100 --> 02:40:46,100
out woo is the best actions for us to

2844
02:40:46,100 --> 02:40:49,100
do on a local level.

2845
02:40:49,100 --> 02:40:51,100
I'm committed to advance the health and

2846
02:40:51,100 --> 02:40:54,100
safety of our residents by building and

2847
02:40:54,100 --> 02:40:56,100
nurturing trust in each:00 I encourage

2848
02:40:56,100 --> 02:40:59,100
you on saturday to go to citizens in

2849
02:40:59,100 --> 02:41:01,100
action and also go to the saturday

2850
02:41:01,100 --> 02:41:05,100
event at the depot where we'll have

2851
02:41:05,100 --> 02:41:08,100
other groups in this community, there.

2852
02:41:08,100 --> 02:41:11,100
grass roots, inter faith congregations,

2853
02:41:13,100 --> 02:41:16,100
and many other, local elected officials

2854
02:41:16,100 --> 02:41:19,100
on the county level speaking and doing

2855
02:41:19,100 --> 02:41:20,100
things together and talking about

2856
02:41:20,100 --> 02:41:22,100
training and action that we do together

2857
02:41:22,100 --> 02:41:24,100
as a community as well.

2858
02:41:24,100 --> 02:41:28,100
we need to continue to support our dpd

2859
02:41:28,100 --> 02:41:29,100
because they support us and we have to

2860
02:41:29,100 --> 02:41:32,100
figure out the right tools that will

2861
02:41:32,100 --> 02:41:34,100
help them be able to protect us as we

2862
02:41:34,100 --> 02:41:35,100
move forward.

2863
02:41:35,100 --> 02:41:36,100
so we're working on this.

2864
02:41:36,100 --> 02:41:39,100
we hear you, thanks again for coming

2865
02:41:39,100 --> 02:41:40,100
out tonight.

2866
02:41:40,100 --> 02:41:43,100
>> next in the queue is councilor

2867
02:41:43,100 --> 02:41:44,100
durrwatcher.

2868
02:41:44,100 --> 02:41:46,401
>> thank you, president nephew.

2869
02:41:47,100 --> 02:41:50,601
we're in a different situation than

2870
02:41:52,100 --> 02:41:55,100
we've ever been in before.

2871
02:41:57,100 --> 02:41:59,100
we need a new approach.

2872
02:41:59,100 --> 02:42:03,801
not just a few bad apples are creating

2873
02:42:04,100 --> 02:42:06,100
these problems, it's tt entire

2874
02:42:06,100 --> 02:42:08,100
situation in itself.

2875
02:42:10,100 --> 02:42:12,100
it's kristi noem, steven miller and

2876
02:42:12,100 --> 02:42:15,100
trump and they keep reframing it.

2877
02:42:15,100 --> 02:42:17,100
we need to make sure that the city is

2878
02:42:17,100 --> 02:42:20,100
not collaborating with operation metro

2879
02:42:21,100 --> 02:42:26,100
and we need, we need to end any city

2880
02:42:26,100 --> 02:42:28,100
collaboration with ice.

2881
02:42:29,100 --> 02:42:32,100
we have relative peace in the city

2882
02:42:32,100 --> 02:42:33,100
right now.

2883
02:42:33,100 --> 02:42:36,100
but we need to be proactive.

2884
02:42:36,100 --> 02:42:40,201
this is needed to preserve the peace.

2885
02:42:41,100 --> 02:42:44,100
and for that reason, I vow to pursue

2886
02:42:44,100 --> 02:42:46,401
all of these items.

2887
02:42:48,100 --> 02:42:50,401
I vow--[applause]s

2888
02:42:58,100 --> 02:43:01,100
I vow to consider everything in this

2889
02:43:01,100 --> 02:43:03,100
pamphlet.

2890
02:43:03,100 --> 02:43:06,601
I speak regularly with leash caloski

2891
02:43:09,100 --> 02:43:12,100
and leash has wonderful things to add

2892
02:43:12,100 --> 02:43:14,100
to your demands on this list because of

2893
02:43:14,100 --> 02:43:18,100
all of their work that they're doing,

2894
02:43:18,100 --> 02:43:21,601
meeting with state legislatures on this

2895
02:43:22,100 --> 02:43:23,100
topic every day.

2896
02:43:23,100 --> 02:43:26,601
meeting with people, that, that have

2897
02:43:31,100 --> 02:43:34,100
been detained with ice in helping them

2898
02:43:34,100 --> 02:43:37,100
personally gain legal counsel and

2899
02:43:39,100 --> 02:43:40,100
exercise their legal rights.

2900
02:43:40,100 --> 02:43:44,100
so I will work with them to add to your

2901
02:43:44,100 --> 02:43:46,100
demands.

2902
02:43:51,100 --> 02:43:54,100
and a constituent, a speaker earlier, I

2903
02:43:54,100 --> 02:43:57,601
want to thank everyone for speaking.

2904
02:44:05,100 --> 02:44:08,100
and, jen harris speech was a beautiful

2905
02:44:08,100 --> 02:44:12,100
piece of poetry and I'm glad we all got

2906
02:44:12,100 --> 02:44:13,100
to hear it tonight.

2907
02:44:13,100 --> 02:44:16,100
and before I finish, I want to thank

2908
02:44:16,100 --> 02:44:20,100
sacred heart for allowing a group to

2909
02:44:20,100 --> 02:44:23,100
organize so quickly last-minute, a

2910
02:44:25,100 --> 02:44:28,100
beautiful vigil for the deceased, and I

2911
02:44:28,100 --> 02:44:31,601
also want to thank city administration

2912
02:44:32,100 --> 02:44:36,100
for allowing this group to organize a

2913
02:44:36,100 --> 02:44:39,601
really beautiful and peaceful rally on

2914
02:44:40,100 --> 02:44:42,401
saturday, friday as well.

2915
02:44:44,100 --> 02:44:48,100
and a speaker, really kind of said it

2916
02:44:48,100 --> 02:44:51,100
all, no one is illegal on stolen land.

2917
02:44:51,100 --> 02:44:55,100
and I just want to add to that further,

2918
02:44:55,100 --> 02:44:58,100
no human being is an alien.

2919
02:44:58,100 --> 02:45:02,100
we need to stop that really disruptive

2920
02:45:02,100 --> 02:45:03,100
language.

2921
02:45:03,100 --> 02:45:05,100
thank you.

2922
02:45:09,100 --> 02:45:11,100
[applause]

2923
02:45:15,100 --> 02:45:18,100
>> if there is no other councilor

2924
02:45:18,100 --> 02:45:20,100
comments, I will just give my few

2925
02:45:20,100 --> 02:45:21,100
things.

2926
02:45:21,100 --> 02:45:22,100
thank you to the speakers tonight.

2927
02:45:22,100 --> 02:45:26,100
I hope you hear from us that, in the

2928
02:45:26,100 --> 02:45:29,100
wake of what is going on and

2929
02:45:29,100 --> 02:45:32,601
minneapolis is with us as well.

2930
02:45:34,100 --> 02:45:37,601
thank you, council member tomanek for

2931
02:45:44,100 --> 02:45:47,601
that your words were equally powerful

2932
02:45:48,100 --> 02:45:50,100
and I trust what you said is truth and

2933
02:45:50,100 --> 02:45:52,100
how much you're speaking from the heart.

2934
02:45:52,100 --> 02:45:54,100
councilor johnson, I know you've been

2935
02:45:54,100 --> 02:45:56,100
working on that this weekend.

2936
02:45:56,100 --> 02:46:00,201
thank you for taking the reigns we're

2937
02:46:02,100 --> 02:46:04,100
happy to support you.

2938
02:46:04,100 --> 02:46:07,100
I've been thinking about what we can do

2939
02:46:07,100 --> 02:46:10,100
and voubl councilor johnson has taken

2940
02:46:10,100 --> 02:46:11,100
the reigns on that.

2941
02:46:11,100 --> 02:46:13,100
but the reality is, our federal

2942
02:46:13,100 --> 02:46:15,100
government is not following the rules

2943
02:46:15,100 --> 02:46:19,801
and one thing that I have been cracking

2944
02:46:20,100 --> 02:46:22,100
down with pulling agenda names, let's

2945
02:46:22,100 --> 02:46:24,100
follow our rules.

2946
02:46:24,100 --> 02:46:26,100
we have standing rules.

2947
02:46:26,100 --> 02:46:30,100
we have city charter, we can show how

2948
02:46:30,100 --> 02:46:32,100
to follow the rules regularly.

2949
02:46:32,100 --> 02:46:35,601
so I appreciate that this council

2950
02:46:36,100 --> 02:46:37,100
chamber was respectful tonight and I

2951
02:46:37,100 --> 02:46:40,100
hope that continues and I think we can

2952
02:46:40,100 --> 02:46:41,100
lead by example with that along with

2953
02:46:41,100 --> 02:46:44,100
taking care of the things that we can

2954
02:46:44,100 --> 02:46:47,100
do through resolutions and showing our

2955
02:46:47,100 --> 02:46:51,100
city should operate but we can show how

2956
02:46:51,100 --> 02:46:52,100
government can work respectfully.

2957
02:46:52,100 --> 02:46:54,100
thank you for that tonight.

2958
02:46:54,100 --> 02:46:56,100
if there is nothing else, I'll ask for

2959
02:46:56,100 --> 02:46:57,100
a motion to adjourn.

2960
02:46:57,100 --> 02:46:59,100
>> so moved.

2961
02:46:59,100 --> 02:47:01,100
>> moved by randorf.

2962
02:47:01,100 --> 02:47:03,100
>> second by johnson.

2963
02:47:03,100 --> 02:47:04,100
all those in favor.

2964
02:47:04,100 --> 02:47:05,100
>> aye.

2965
02:47:05,100 --> 02:47:06,100
>> have a nice evening.

2966
02:47:06,100 --> 02:47:08,100
thank you.