[0:15] [GAVEL] [0:17] >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS [0:20] » GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS [0:20] ELLIOTT PAYNE. I'M THE [0:21] PRESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY [0:23] UNCIL. BEFORE WE CONVENE OUR [0:24] MEETING, WE HAVE THE [0:25] PRESENTATION OF HONORARY [0:27] RESOLUTIONS. [0:28] I'LL INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER [0:30] CHOWDHURY TO GIVE THE FIRST [0:31] PRESENTATION RECNIZING GUN [0:32] VIOLENCE AWARENESS. [0:50] >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME GUESTS [0:53] » I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME GUESTS [0:53] JOINING US, SO WE'LL WAIT FOR [0:55] THEM TO BE BUGHT INTO THE [0:57] OM. [1:11] WELCOME, WELCOME. COME ON UP. [1:16] GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR. [1:19] LET ME GET CLOSE TO YOU. [1:21] COME ON IN. [1:25] WE CAN HAVE SOME OF YOU ALL [1:26] RIGHT OVER HERE BY COUNCIL [1:27] MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:29] AND WHITING. COME OVER HERE. [1:31] YEAH, DON'T BE SHY. COME ON [1:33] DOWN HERE, EVERYBODY. [1:37] YEAH, PLEASE. [1:42] GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE SCE DOWN [1:45] HERE. WE CAN DO SOME ROWS. [1:49] GOOD MORNING. [1:59] ALL RIGHT. THIS IS RECOGNIZING [2:01] JUNE 2026 AS GUN VIOLENCE [2:03] AWARENESS MONTH IN MINNEAPOLIS. [2:07] WHEREAS, NATIONAL VIOLENCE [2:08] AWARENESS DAY ORIGINATED IN JUNE [2:12] 2015 TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF [2:15] 15-YEAR-OLD HADIAH PENDLETON WHO [2:16] WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON A CHICAGO [2:19] PLAYGROUND AND NEARLY 130 PEOPLE [2:21] SHOT AND KILLED EVERY DAY IN THE [2:24] UNITED STATES. [2:24] AND WHEREAS, IN 2024, 44,447 [2:29] PEOPLE DIED FROM GUN-RELATED [2:30] INJURIESCCORDING TO THE [2:33] CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. [2:34] AND WHEREAS, OVER 3,000 SHOOTING [2:39] UNITED STATES BETWEEN JANUARY [2:41] AND MARCH 2026, AND -- [2:46] >> AND WHEREAS, IN MINNEAPOLIS [2:49] » AND WHEREAS, IN MINNEAPOLIS [2:49] FROM JANUARY THROUGH MAY 2026, [2:53] 22 HOMICIDES HAVE OCCURRED AND [2:54] 88 PEOPLE SUSTAINED GUNSHOT [2:57] WOUNDS. AND WHEREAS, GUN [2:58] VIOLENCE, HOMICIDE S A LOCAL AND [3:00] NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN [3:03] THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS [3:04] TEENS AND YOUNG MEN AGES 15-35 [3:10] BLACK, AMERICAN INDIAN, AND [3:12] LATINO, ACCOR TO THE CENRS [3:17] FOR DIASE CONTROL. [3:20] >> WHEREAS, IN THE LAST YEAR, [3:22] » WHEREAS, IN THE LAST YEAR, [3:22] MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA HAVE [3:25] EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE DUE TO [3:30] SUICIDE, FEDERAL LAW [3:30] ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, [3:32] MASS SHOOTINGS, AND POLITICAL [3:35] VIOLENCE. AND WHEREAS, GUN [3:36] VIOLENCE LEAVES LASTING IMPACTS [3:37] ON SURVIVORS, FAMILIES, [3:40] NEIGHBORHOODS, FIRST RESPONDERS, [3:42] AND COMMUNITIES WHO CONTINUE TO [3:44] CARRY THE EMOTIONAL, [3:47] PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC [3:49] CONSEQUENCE OF VIOLENCE, AND -- [3:51] >> WHERS, GUN INJURIES AND [3:54] » WHERS, GUN INJURIES AND [3:54] DEATH ARE PREVENTIBLE. AND [3:56] WHEREAS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS [3:58] PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN COMMUNITY [4:00] VIOLENCE INTERVENTION BY [4:02] PROVIDING SERVICES SUCH AS [4:03] VIOLENCE PREVENTION, YOUTH AND [4:05] GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, [4:06] VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION, [4:08] HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE [4:09] INTERVENTION, COMMUNITY TRAUMA [4:10] RESPONSE, AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED [4:11] SUCCESS IN REDUCING VIOLENCE AND [4:14] SAVING LIVES. AND WHEREAS -- [4:17] >> THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS [4:18] » THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS [4:18] COMMITTED TO HONORING SURVIVORS, [4:21] THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES [4:22] TO GUN VIOLENCE AND THEIR [4:23] FAMILIES BY BRINGING AN END TO [4:25] THIS PREVENTIBLE PUBLIC HEALTH [4:27] CRISIS THROUGH INVESTMENT AND [4:29] AWARENESS, EDUCATION, TRAINING, [4:31] VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND POLICY [4:33] CHANGE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT [4:35] RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY [4:37] COUNCIL DO HEREBYONOR THE [4:39] SURVIVORS AND REMEMBER THOSE [4:41] WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST TO [4:42] GUN VIOLENCE. RECOGNIZE THE [4:44] ONGOING WORK OF COMMUNITY [4:46] ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD SAFER [4:49] COMMUNITIES, AND RECOGNIZE JUNE [4:50] 2026 AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS [4:52] MONTH IN THE CITY OF [4:52] MINNEAPOLIS. [4:57] [APPLAUSE] [5:05] >> WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, SO [5:06] » WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, SO [5:06] MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND BEING [5:08] HERE TO BRING AWARENESS ABOUT [5:10] GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY AND IN [5:12] OUR COUNTRY. I KNOW THAT THE [5:14] TY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN [5:15] PARTICULAR HAS FACED A LOT OF [5:18] HEARTBREAK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE [5:20] SHOOTING THATOOK PLACE, THAT [5:22] TOOK TWO YOUNG LIVES AT [5:26] ENUNCIATION SCHOOL AND CHURCH, [5:27] THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED A FEW [5:29] DAYS BEFORE AT CRYSTAL RAY [5:32] MASS SHOOTINGS THAT WE HAVE RAL [5:33] EXPERIENCED IN THE COMMUNITY [5:34] WHETHER IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE [5:35] OR THE SOUTH SIDE. WE'VE ALL [5:37] BEEN IMPACTED, AND I WANT TO [5:40] GIVE A BIG AND DEEP THANK YOU ON [5:43] BEHALF OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY [5:44] COUNCIL FOR EVERYONE'S ADVOCACY. [5:47] EVYONE'S HARD WORK AND YOUR [5:48] STORY TELLING. I KNOW HOW [5:51] SHARE YOUR TRAUMA AND YOU HARM, [5:53] AND TO DO IT IN SUCH A SELFLESS [5:57] WAY. [5:58] BECAUSE OF YOU WE WERE ABLE TO [5:59] PASS SWEEPING GUN VIOLENCE [6:02] PREVENTION LEGISLATION AT THE [6:03] MINNESOTA STATE SENATE, AND THAT [6:05] IS SOMETHING SO PROUD -- THAT IS [6:08] EVEN IF WE DON'T GET IT AT THE [6:10] HOUSE, WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHICH [6:11] SEATS WE NEED TO FLIP. [6:13] WE KNOW WHAT WORK WE NEED TO DO, [6:15] AND BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR [6:17] ADVOCACY HERE ONHE MINNEAPOLIS [6:20] CITY COUNCIL, WE HAD A UNANIMOUS [6:21] TE AND SUPPORT FROM THE MAYOR [6:23] ON LOCAL LEVEL GUN VIOLENCE [6:24] PREVENTION LAWS THAT WL GO [6:26] INTO EFFECT ONCE THE STATE GIVES [6:27] US AUTHORITY TO DO SO. [6:29] AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD [6:30] BE PROUD OF. [6:34] [APPLAUSE] [6:39] AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAVE [6:44] DIRECTOR HARRINGTON OF [6:45] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT [6:45] OPEN US UP. [6:47] >> HI, EVERYBODY. I'M AMANDA [6:49] » HI, EVERYBODY. I'M AMANDA [6:50] HARRINGTON, THE DIRECTOR FOR [6:51] NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. I JUST [6:52] WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF [6:53] FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY THAT [6:54] ARE HERE TODAY. MANY OF THEM [7:01] HAVE PERSONAL REASONS WHY THEY [7:02] DO THIS WORK, AND ALL OF US CARE [7:04] DEEPLY ABOUT PROTECTING AND [7:06] SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY IN [7:07] WHATEVER WAYS SAFET MEANS TO [7:08] ALL OF YOU, IN PARTICULAR WE'RE [7:13] PRIORITIZING GUN VIOLENCE [7:14] PREVENTION AND I NEED TO SAY WE [7:15] COULDN'T DO THIS WORKITHOUT [7:17] THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT [7:18] WE PARTNER WITH. [7:19] AND SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF [7:21] ORGANIZATIONS PRESENT TODAY, [7:22] SOME OF WHICH WE CONTRACT WITH, [7:24] SOME OF WHOM ADVOCATE FOR GUN [7:28] VIOLENCE AWARENESS OR SAFETY, [7:30] REDUCTION, AND A NUMBER OF [7:33] DIFFERENT WAYS AND I THINK WE [7:33] SHOULD JUS TAKE A MOMENT TO [7:35] THANK ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS [7:36] WHO SHOW UP AND DO THIS WORK [7:38] EVERY DAY. [7:40] [APPLAUSE] [7:45] >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, [7:47] » WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, [7:47] BUT IF ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS [7:49] FEEL CALLED TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR [7:50] WORK OR THE REASONS THAT YOU DO [7:51] THIS WORK, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR [7:53] FROM YOU. [7:55] >> I THINK WE HAVE MOL [7:57] » I THINK WE HAVE MOL [7:57] FROM MOMS ACTION T KICK US OFF. [7:59] >> THA YOU. THE FIRST TIME I [8:01] » THA YOU. THE FIRST TIME I [8:01] SET FOOT IN CITY HA WAS LAST [8:03] AUGUST AFTER THE ENUNCIATION [8:06] SHOOTING. THERE WAS A PRESS [8:07] CONFERENCE. I SHOWED UP IN MY [8:08] RED SHIRT WITH A SIGN THAT READ [8:10] "MY DAUGHTER STARTS KINDERGARTEN [8:11] NEXT YEAR, AND I'M -- I'M SORRY, [8:14] NEXT WEEK, AND I'M SCARED FOR [8:17] HER." [8:17] AND THEN YESTERDAY WAS A [8:20] MAKESHIFT CEREMONY AT HER SCHOOL [8:21] WITH HER AND HER CLASSMATES IN [8:23] THEIR HOMEMADE SHIRTS PUTTING ON [8:25] PARADE FOR OUR CHEERING [8:27] PARENTS. [8:27] AND ALL OF US WERE MARVELLING AT [8:29] HOW MUCH HAD CHANGED OVER THE [8:30] LAST 10 MONTHS. [8:32] AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT [8:33] MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA HAVE [8:36] ALSO BEEN THROUGH TREMENDOUS [8:37] CHANGE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, [8:39] AND I KNOW THAT MOMS DEMAND [8:41] ACTION PROTECT MINNETA AND [8:43] VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE [8:45] BEEN TALKING WITH THEIR [8:48] ELECTEDS. WE HAVE BEEN SHARING [8:49] DATA, SHARING DEEPLY PERSONAL [8:50] STORIES. [8:51] A LOT OF THOSE ELECTEDS WOULD [8:54] HEAR US, SOME WOULD CRY WITH US, [8:57] BUT THEY WOULD GET TO THE [8:58] THSHOLD OF ACTION AND STOP, [8:59] WHICH IS WHY IT IS ALL THE MORE [9:02] MEANINGFUL THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL [9:04] HAS TAKEN ACTION. [9:05] AND WE SEE THAT AND WE [9:06] APPRECIATE IT. AND WE ARE SO [9:10] GRATEFUL. AND I JUST WANT TO [9:12] Y A CEREMONY IS MORE THAN A [9:13] CEREMONY. THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO [9:16] THANK YOU. [9:21] [APPLAUSE] [9:21] >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM ANY [9:23] » IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM ANY [9:23] OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD [9:24] LIKE TOAY A FEW WORDS? WANT [9:26] TO GIVE YOU ALL THE OPPORTUNITY. [9:29] AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE IT OFF WITH [9:33] COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW [9:33] >> HI. THANK YOU. I'M [9:35] » HI. THANK YOU. I'M [9:35] CHRISTINA WITH PROTECT [9:36] MINNESOTA, AND I WANT TO THANK [9:38] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL [9:41] VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, CHIEF [9:42] AUTHOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY [9:43] AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR [9:44] THEIR WORK ON THIS IN HONORING [9:45] THIS MONTH. [9:50] IN THE CITY. IT'S SO IMPORTT.N [9:54] JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL THE [9:57] ADVOCATES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR [9:57] TIRELESS WORK FOR DECADES. IT [9:59] MOVES SLOWLY, BUT IT IS [10:01] IMPORTANT AND HOPEFULLY IT IS [10:02] WORKING. WE KNOW IT'S WORKING. [10:04] AND I JUST WANT TO IMPLORE THE [10:07] VOTE OUT THERE. WE HAVE A [10:09] CHANCE IN NOVEMBER TO ELECT GUN [10:10] SAFETY CANDIDATES, SO IT'S UP TO [10:13] US. [10:13] THE NUMBER ONE LEADING CAUSE OF [10:15] DEATH OF CHILDREN IN THIS [10:17] COUNTRY IS GUNS, SO WE NEED TO [10:20] VOTE LIKE O CHILDRENS' LIVES [10:21] DEPEND ON IT BECAUSE THEY DO. [10:22] THANK YOU. [10:27] >> THANK YOU. [10:28] » THANK YOU. [10:29] >> GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED [10:31] » GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED [10:31] TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE [10:34] THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS BEEN [10:35] PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN THE [10:37] BLACK COMMUNITY FOR DECADES. [10:41] THE NICKNAME MURDER-APOLIS. SO [10:45] LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND [10:47] IN THIS CITY STEPPED UP TO WORK [10:49] ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION WAY, [10:50] WAY, BACK IN THE 90s. AND SO I [10:52] JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE [10:56] AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY [10:57] ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE THIS HAS [10:58] BEEN OUR WORK FOR YEARS. THIS [11:00] HAS BEEN THE WORK THAT WE'VE SET [11:01] OUT TO DO FOR DECADES AND MAKE [11:04] SURE THAT BLACK MEN, BLACK YOUNG [11:06] MEN, A PART OF TT RESOLUTION [11:09] WAS READ AND SAID THAT [11:10] AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND MEN AND [11:12] YOUNG MEN ARE HIT HARDEST BY [11:15] THIS EPIDEMIC, AND TT IS [11:16] FACTUAL. [11:16] AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO [11:18] THE BLACK MEN WHO SHOWED UP HE [11:20] TODAY IN REPRESENTATION OF ALL [11:22] THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT YOU DO. [11:24] I KNOW A LOT OF YOUR WORK IS [11:26] DONE IN THE BARBERSHOP AND OUT [11:27] ON THE STREETS, MAKING SURE YOU [11:29] LOVE ON THESE YOUNG MEN AND [11:32] PROTECT THEM. [11:33] AND DOING YOUR BEST TO ENSURE [11:35] THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO DIE [11:37] FROM THIS EPIDEMIC CALLED GUN [11:39] VIOLENCE. [11:40] SO THANK YOU, ALL, SMUCH FOR [11:41] THE MANY DECADE OF HARD WORK AND [11:45] COMMITMENT. [11:45] [APPLAUS [11:51] >> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE. LET'S [11:52] » ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE. LET'S [11:52] GET TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO. [11:54] WE'RE GOING TO JUST SQUEEZE IN. [11:58] IF YOU ARE SHORT LIKE ME, YOU [12:00] KNOW WHERE YOU BELONG. WE'RE [12:01] THE COOLEST RIGHT HERE. . [12:55] >> NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE PRIDE. [13:30] » NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE PRIDE. [13:30] >> HELLO, HELLO. WE'RE GOING TO [13:32] » HELLO, HELLO. WE'RE GOING TO [13:32] HAVE FOLKS JOIN US IN THE [13:33] COUNCIL CHAMBERS. [13:45] WE'RE A FULL H. [13:59] ALL RIGHT, MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE [14:01] GOING TO START WITH RECOGNIZING [14:03] JUNE 2026 AS TWO SPIRIT, [14:06] LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, [14:08] TRANSGENDER, QUEER, INTERS, [14:11] AND ASEXUAL PRIDE MONTH. HAPPY [14:13] PRIDE MONTH, MINNEAPOLIS. [14:14] WHEREAS: IN 1974, MINNEALIS [14:15] S THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE [14:16] OF MINNESOTA TO PROHIBIT [14:17] DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF [14:21] SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND, IN 1975, [14:23] THE FIRST TO PROHIBIT [14:24] DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF [14:25] GENDER IDENTITY/EXPRESSION, [14:28] POSITIONS SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED [14:29] BY NUMEROUS MINNESOTA CITIES AND [14:33] THE STATE ITSELF; AND WHEREAS: [14:34] MINNEAPOLIS WAS THE FIRST CITY [14:35] IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO [14:36] ADOPT AN ORDINANCE CREATING A [14:41] DOMESTIC-PARTNER REGISTRY; AND [14:43] WHEREAS: THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS [14:43] HAS BEEN STEADFAST IN ITS [14:44] COMMITMENT TO LL LEGAL [14:45] EQUALITY FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES, [14:50] AND IN PARTICULAR TO END THE [14:51] EXCLUSION OF SAME-SEX COUPLES [14:52] FROM MARRIAGE, AS WELL AS [14:53] PUBLIC AND VOCAL PRONENT OF [14:56] THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY STATUTE [14:57] PASSED IN 2013 BY THE NNESOTA [14:58] STATE LEGISLATURE AND SIGNED BY [15:01] THE GOVERNOR; AND WHEREAS: THE [15:01] MINNEAPOLICITY COUNCIL, IN [15:02] PARTNERSHIP WITH MINNEAPOLIS [15:03] PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR LEGISLATIVE [15:09] DELEGATION, AND NUMEROUS [15:09] ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, LONG [15:10] ADVOCATED FOR THE 2014 PSAGE [15:11] OF THE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE [15:13] MINNESOTA SCHOOLS ACT, PVIDING [15:16] A CLEAR DEFINITION OF BULLYING [15:17] AND FOCUSED ON BULLYING [15:18] PREVENTION; AND WHEREAS: BY [15:19] 2015, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE EXPANDED [15:21] TO ALL FIFTY STATES THROUGH [15:22] VARIOUS STATE COURT RULINGS, [15:30] STATE LEGISLATION, DIRECT [15:31] POPULAR VOTES, AND FEDERAL COURT [15:43] RULINGS; AND [15:51] WHEREAS: IN FEBRUARY 2017, THE [15:51] CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE [15:53] EQUITY COUNCIL AS AN ADVISORY [15:54] BOARD TO THE CITY ON MATTERS OF [15:58] IMPORTANCE TO THE TRANSGENDER [16:01] COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS: IN [16:09] JANUARY 2018, COUNCIL [16:10] VICE-PRESIDENT ANDREA JENKINS [16:11] AND COUNCIL MEMBER PHILLIPE [16:12] CUNNINGHAM WERE SWORN IN AS THE [16:13] FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER COUNCIL [16:15] MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE [16:16] MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE [16:22] FIRST TWO OPENLY BLACK [16:23] TRANENDER INDIVIDUALS ELECTED [16:23] TO ANY CITY COUNCIL IN THE [16:28] UNITED STATES; AND WHEREAS: IN [16:29] 2019, THE CITY BANNED CONVERSION [16:31] THERAPY FOR MINORS, AND IN021, [16:36] GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SIGNED AN [16:39] EXECUTIVE ORDER RESTRICTING [16:43] CONVERSION THERAPY THROUGHOUT [16:44] THE TIRE STATE OF MINNESOTA; [16:45] AND WHEREAS: IN 2021, CITY [16:46] EMPLOYEES ORGANIZED TO CREATE [16:56] THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND [16:57] GENDER IDEITY (SOGI) EMPLOYEE [16:57] RESOURCE GROUP, FOR PEOPLE WHO [16:58] IDENFY AS TWO-SPIRIT, LESBIAN, [16:58] GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, [17:05] QUEER, INTERSEX,ND ASEXUAL AND [17:06] ALLIES, WHO HELP DRIVE DIVERSITY [17:07] AND INCLUSION STRATEGY AND [17:08] ENSURE WE HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT [17:09] REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY WE RVE; [17:20] I REALLY LIKE THIS WHEREAS. [17:23] AND WHEREAS: IN JANUARY 2022, [17:24] COUNCIL MEMBER JASON CHAVEZ WAS [17:33] SWORN IN AS THE FIRST LGBTQ+ [17:34] LATINX COUNCIL MEMBER ELECTED TO [17:35] THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, [17:35] AND COUNCIL VICE-PRESIDENT [17:36] ANDREA JENKINS WAS ELECTED BY [17:37] HER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS THE [17:37] FIRST BLACK OPENLY TRANSGENDER [17:38] COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED [17:43] STATES; [17:43] AND WHEREAS:INNEAPOLIS HAS A [17:45] THRIVING 2SLGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY, [17:46] SUSTAINING AND SUSTAINED BY SO [17:50] MANY WELCOMING ORGANIZATIONS, [17:54] PLACES OF WORSHIP, BUSINESSES, [17:56] NEIGHBHOODS, SCHOOLS, EVENTS, [17:57] AND MORE; AND WHEREAS: [18:10] MINNEAPOLIS HAS BENEFITED FROM [18:10] THE SERVICE AND TALENTS OF [18:15] NUMEROUS 2SLGBTQIA+ ELECTED [18:16] OFFICIALS, ON THE CITY COUNCIL, [18:16] THE PARK & RECREATION BOARD, THE [18:18] BOARD OF ESTIMATE & TAXATION, [18:19] AND IN BOTH THE MINNESOTA HOUSE [18:21] AND SENATE, AS WELL AS OF [18:21] COUNTLESS APPOINTED OFFICIALS [18:24] AND CITY EMPLOYEES; AND WHEREAS: [18:25] MINNEAPOLIS ANNUALLY HOSTS THE [18:27] TWIN CITIES PRIDE FESTIVAL, THE [18:28] CITY'S LARGE OUTDOOR FESTIVAL, [18:30] IN WHICH LORING PARK IS TURNED [18:32] INTO A FORUM FOR CELEBRATING [18:34] 2SLGBTQIA+ PRIDE AND THOSE, [18:34] INCLUDING ALLIES, WHO WORK F [18:35] IT; AND WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS, [18:37] ANNUALLY, HOSTS MINNEAPOLIS [18:40] PEOPLE'S PRIDE AT POWDERHORN [18:41] PARK WHICH INTENDS TO BE A SPACE [18:41] FOR ALL 2SLGBTQIA+ FOLKS TO [18:42] EXPERIENCE JOY, EAT FOOD, TRADE [18:43] ART, AND CREATE A SPACE FOR [18:46] REST, COLLABORATION, AND LOVE, [18:52] MARGINALIZED AND AFFECTED; AND [18:53] WHEREAS: IN 2022 THE CITY OF [18:55] MINNEAPOLIS AND IN 2023 THE [18:56] STATE OF MINNESOTA ISSUED [18:59] EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO PROTECT AND [19:02] SUPPORT THE RIGHTS OF [19:07] MINNESOTA'S 2SLGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY [19:09] MEMBERS TO SAFELSEEK AND [19:11] RECEIVE GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTH [19:12] CARE SERVICES, AND AN [19:15] ACCOMPANYING BILL WAS PASSED AT [19:16] THE LEGISLATURE IN 2023. IN 2025 [19:17] A NEW STATE LAW TOOK EFFECT [19:18] REQUIRING HEALTH PLANS THAT [19:19] COVER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH [19:21] SERVICES TO COVER MEDICAY [19:24] NECESSARY GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE; [19:26] AND WHEREAS: IN JUNE 2023, CY [19:28] COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION [19:30] HORING DRAG PERFORMANCE AND [19:33] DRAG CULTURE AS A FORM OF FREE [19:35] SPEECH, THEREBY SUPPORTING THE [19:38] RIGHTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS TO [19:40] EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY AND [19:41] OPENLY AND STAND IN SUPPORT OF [19:44] DRAG ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS [19:45] EVERYWHERE; AND WHEREAS: IN [19:49] DECEMBER 2024, CITY COUNCIL [19:52] FUNDED A 2SLGBTQIA+ MENTAL [19:53] HEALTH PROGRAM, TO SUPPORT THE [19:54] WORK OF A COMMUNITY-BASED [19:55] ORGANIZATION THAT DELIVERS [19:57] DIRECT, AFFIRMING, AND HOLISTIC [19:58] MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO [20:00] SUPPORT THE WELLBEING [20:01] 2SLGBTQIA+ INDIVIDUALS; AND [20:01] WHEREAS: IN 2025, THE CITY OF [20:03] MINNEAPOLIS AWARDED A MINI-GRANT [20:07] TO QUEERSPACE COLLECTIVE WHO [20:09] PPORTETRANS YOUTH MENTAL [20:10] HEALTH BY REDUCING SOCIAL [20:11] ISOLATION BY FOSTERING PEER AND [20:13] NTOR CONNECTIONS, BUILDING [20:16] RESILIENCE THROUGH [20:16] SKILL-BUILDING, AND INCREASING [20:17] SELF-CONFIDENCE BY TRYING NEW [20:18] THINGS IN A SAFE AND AFFIRMING [20:19] ENVIRONMENT; AND WHEREAS: IN [20:21] 2025, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS [20:22] AWARDED A MINI GRANT TO THE [20:25] FAMILY TREE CLINIC THAT PLANNED [20:25] AND HOSTED AN EVENT FOR TRANS [20:26] YOUTH TO PROVIDE THEM WITH [20:27] SUPPORT AND LET THEM KNOW THEY [20:30] ARE CARED FOR AND APPRECIATED. [20:32] THEYAD GENDER-AFFIRMING [20:33] ACTIVITIES, BOOKS AND CARE [20:34] PACKAGES FOR PARTICIPANTS AND A [20:37] LOCAL RESOURCE DIRECTORY [20:38] AVAILABLE; AND WHEAS: ON [20:40] FEBRUARY 19, 2026, THE [20:41] MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED [20:44] A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING THE [20:47] TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ATTACK ON [20:48] GENDER AFFIRMING CE FOR YOUTH; [20:50] AND WHEREAS: ACROSS THE UNITED [20:53] STATES, 2SLGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES [20:55] CONTINUE TO FACE GROWING [20:56] THREAT [20:57] LEGISLATION TARGETING [20:59] TRANSGENDER YOUTH, DRAG [21:00] PERFORMERS, GENDER AFFIRMING [21:02] HEALTHCARE, SELF-EXPRESSION AND [21:03] INCLUSIVE CURRICULA; AND [21:05] WHEREAS: THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS [21:06] STANDS FIRM IN OPPOSING SUCH [21:08] EFFOS AND REMAINS COMMITTED TO [21:10] BEING A SAFE, WELCOMING, AND [21:11] AFFIRMING CITY FOR ALL; ━NOW, [21:19] THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT [21:20] THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO [21:20] HEREBY RECOGNIZE JUNE 2026 AS [21:21] BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, [21:22] INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL PRIDE [21:24] MONTH” IN THE CITY OF [21:25] MINNEAPOLIS, AND THARESIDENTS [21:28] AND VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO [21:29] JOIN THE EVENTS CELEBRATING [21:31] TWO-SPIRIT, LESBIAN, GAY, [21:33] BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, [21:33] INTERSEX, ANASEXUAL PRIDE [21:34] MONTH THROUGHOUT THE CY, AND [21:36] TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING EFFORTS [21:37] TO ADVANCE FULL 2SLGBTQIA+ [21:38] EQUITY ACROSS MINNESOTA. [21:48] WE BROUGHT THE HOUSE TO CITY [21:52] HALL, Y'ALL. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. [21:54] BEFORE THE DAY BEGAN, WE HAD A [21:59] LIGHT BREAKFAST ANDE BELIEVE [22:00] TO BE THE FIRST DRAG SHOW AND [22:02] BALLROOM AT CITY HALL. AND THAT [22:09] IN A TIME WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH [22:12] ATTACK ON OUR CMUNITIES IN THE [22:13] TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT, WE LOVE [22:14] OUR NEIGHBORS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND [22:16] WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE [22:17] CAN TO PROTECT THEM. I ALSO [22:18] WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE [22:22] JOINED BY SO MANY COMMUNITY [22:23] MEMBERS HERE. AND WANT TO GIVE [22:27] AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CAT THE [22:29] DIRECTOR FOR O.U.T. FROM [22:31] MINNESOTA TO SAY SOME WORDS AND [22:33] ACKNOWLEDGE THE MOMENT WE'RE IN [22:34] TODAY. [22:34] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER [22:36] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER [22:36] CHAVEZ. AGAIN, HUGE [22:36] APPRECIATION TO OUR PERFORMERS. [22:38] IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO BRING [22:40] JOY AND ART INTO ANY GOVERNMENT [22:42] SPACES EVER. AND ESPECIALLY TO [22:44] BRING OUR COMMUNITY'S JOY INTO [22:46] THESE SPACES HERE IN PRIDE [22:48] MONTH. [22:48] HAPPY PRIDE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL [22:49] MEMBER CHAVEZ. [22:52] AND THANK YOU, AGAIN, AND I [22:53] THINK A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE [22:54] AS WE STEP INTO THIS MONTH IS TO [22:56] REMEMBER THAT IT IS NOT JUST A [22:58] CELEBRATION. 'S A MEMORIAL. [23:00] AND IT IS ALSO A CALL TO ACTION. [23:04] THANYOU FOR REMEMBERING [23:05] SAVANNAH EARLIER IN YOUR SPEECH [23:07] TODAY AND REMEMBERING THE WORK [23:08] THAT W STILL HAVE TO DO FOR OUR [23:10] YOUNG PEOPLE, FOR THE [23:11] GENERATIONS TO COME, FOR ALL [23:13] THOSE IN THE CITY WHO THE [23:14] PROMISE OF WELCOME IS NOT LIVING [23:15] UP TO THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE OF [23:17] WELCOME HERE. [23:27] I HAVE THE HONOR OF LEADING [23:29] OUTFRONT MINNESOTA WHICH I OUR [23:30] STATE'S LARGEST LGBTQ ADVOCACY [23:33] ORGANIZATION. WWERE FOUNDED [23:34] IN 1987 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE [23:36] H.I.V.-AIDS CRISIS. A TIME WHEN [23:40] OUR COMMUNITIES WERE QUITE [23:42] LITERALLY DYING ALL AROUND US. [23:44] WHEN GOVERNMENT LOOKED THE OTHER [23:46] WAY, NOT JUST IGNORING OUR [23:48] NEEDS, BUT ACTIVELY SAYING THAT [23:49] THIS WAS A PROBLEM THEY DIDN'T [23:50] NEED TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE IT WAS [23:52] OURS. [23:53] AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WE COULD [23:55] LOOK TO WERE OURSELVES. [23:56] WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTED LEADERS [23:59] THESE PUBLIC OFFICES. WE [24:02] DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF [24:03] ADCACY VOICES AT THE TABLES [24:05] SITTING THERE TODAY, BUT WE [24:06] BUILT FROM A PLACE OF BELIEF. [24:09] KNOWING OUR COMMUNITIES HAD [24:12] POWER. [24:12] KNOWING THAT OUR COMMUNITIES [24:14] STANDING TOGETHER COULD MOVE [24:16] MOUNTAINS. [24:17] KNOWING THAT WE COULD GET [24:18] THROUGH THIS TIME OF LOSS AND [24:20] EMERGE OUT THE OTHER SIDE [24:23] TRIUMPHANT, JOYFUL, AND MORE [24:24] CONNECTED. AND THIS YEAR HAS [24:25] BEEN ANOTHER DEEPLY CHALLENGING [24:28] YEAR FOR SO MANY OF OUR [24:30] COMMUNITIES. [24:32] RENEE GOOD WAS A MEMBER OF THE [24:33] LGBTQ COMMUNITY, AND SO MANY OF [24:34] THE NAMES WE DON'T KNOW, WE [24:36] DON'T TALK ABOUT, ARE MEMBERS OF [24:39] THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. [24:41] PEOPLE SITTING IN DETENTION [24:43] CENTERS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE [24:44] WONDERING WHAT THEIR FUTURE [24:45] LOOKS LIKE, WHO CALL THIS CITY [24:47] HOME. [24:47] PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOOD UP FOR [24:48] THEIR FRIEND AND NEIGHBORS FROM [24:51] OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE [24:53] CONNECTION AND POWER OF [24:55] COMMUNITY EXTENDS BEYOND JUST [24:57] US. [24:57] WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRIDE MONTH, [24:59] THE PRIDE THAT I FEEL IS IN [25:01] THIS. IT'S IN LOOKING AROUND AT [25:04] THE MANY DIFFERENT FACES AND [25:06] MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OUR [25:07] COMMUNITIES SHOW UP FOR EACH [25:10] OTHER. THE WAYS THAT WEHOW UP [25:12] IN SPACES OF GOVERNMENT, IN ART, [25:14] IN COMMUNITY, IN LABOR, IN ALL [25:17] THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SUPPORT [25:18] ONE ANOTHER AND BUILD IN [25:19] COMMUNITIES THAT WE CAN BELIEVE [25:22] FOR US AND THAT SUPPORT US AS [25:25] FULL PEOPLE. [25:26] AND BEING ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT [25:29] AS AN LGBTQ PERSON IS A POSITION [25:32] OF REAL JOY AND REAL POWER. [25:37] [APPLAUSE] [25:43] WE ALL DESERVE THE ABILITY TO BE [25:44] FULLY AND AUTHENTICALLY [25:50] COMMUNITIES, TO FEEL WELCOME AND [25:53] TO BE CELEBRATED FOR THE MANY [25:54] GIFTS WE ING. THIS PRIDE [25:55] RESOLUTION IS A STATEMENT, BUT [25:57] IT'S ALSO A STATEMENT THAT'S [25:58] BEEN BACKED BY ACTION AND THAT [26:00] WILL LEAD TO ACTIONS TO COME [26:02] FROM THIS CITY COUNCIL AND FROM [26:03] THE CITY TO SUPPORT OUR [26:04] COMMUNITIES. [26:07] THEORK IS ONGOING. TO BE [26:10] CLEAR, THIS IS GENERATIONAL [26:11] WO. IT WAS HANDED TO THOSE OF [26:13] US WHO ARE STANDING HERE TODAY. [26:15] WE WILL HAND IT TO THE NEXT [26:18] GENERATION AS THEYTEP UP TO [26:19] TAKE THIS ON. [26:22] AND THE WORK OF EQUALITY AND [26:24] INCLUSION IS ONING. WE DON'T [26:25] GET TO A FINISH LINE. WE DON'T [26:27] GET TO A SINGLE RULINGHAT SAYS [26:30] THE MISSION IS DONE, WE ARE HERE [26:32] FOR THE LONG HAUL BECAUSE WE ARE [26:33] HERE FOR EACH OTHER. HAPPY [26:40] PRIDE. [26:40] >> AND ALSO IN THIS MONTH, IT IS [26:41] » AND ALSO IN THIS MONTH, IT IS [26:41] IMRTANT TO ANOWLEDGE T [26:46] WORK THAT BLACK AND BROWN QUEER [26:48] FOLKS HAVE LED IN THIS MOVEMENT. [26:52] I DIDN'T ASK ROSS TO SPEAK, BUT [26:53] YOU HAVE THE LEDHE WAY FOR [26:55] MANY OF US TO SIT HERE, STAND [26:57] HERE, AND LEAD IN THESE [26:59] INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIMES. [27:00] AND YOU'VE MADE IT REALLY [27:01] POSSIBLE FOR US AS QUEER FOLKS [27:02] BE ABLE TO BE OUT AND PROUD. SO [27:05] I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO SPEA BUT [27:07] IF YOU WOULD DO US AN HONOR, I [27:10] WOULD LOVE IF YOU -- [27:14] >> THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER. I [27:21] » THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER. I [27:21] APPRECIATE THAT. THIS YEAR [27:25] MARKS POWER TO THE PEOPLE IN THE [27:27] PARK, 25 YEARS. THAS BIG. [27:31] THAT'S BIG. [27:33] AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR [27:35] COMMUNITY IS NOT WHOLE UNTIL [27:36] BLACK AND BROWN BODIES HAVE [27:40] EQUITY. UNTIL WE CAN TAKE UP [27:43] SPATE AND UNTIL WE HAVE HOUSING. [27:46] UNTIL WE HAVE JOBS. UNTIL WE [27:49] HAVE REAL EQUITY. [27:50] AND SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A [27:52] CHANCE TO SAY THAT. [27:53] AND HAPPY PRIDE! [27:56] [APPLAUSE] [27:58] >> AND HE IS GOING TO COME BACK [28:00] » AND HE IS GOING TO COME BACK [28:00] NEXT CYCLE BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO [28:03] HONORING THAT AND THAT IS ON [28:04] JUNE 25. [28:06] CAN WE GIVE IT UP TO -- [28:11] [APPLAUSE] [28:14] AND OUR INCREDIBLE DRAG QUEENS [28:19] THEY GAVE US A STELLAR [28:22] OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR [28:24] CULTURE, OUR LIFE, AND THE [28:26] MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT [28:28] SERVE SO MUCH MORE. [28:30] SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO MAKE [28:32] SURE THAT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE [28:33] THE WORK OF SOGI, OUR INCREDIBLE [28:37] STAFF WHO ARE HERE. [28:39] FOLKS IN NCR. DIRECTOR SAYRE, [28:43] FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON [28:44] THIS RESOLUTION. [28:45] DOT KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY [28:46] A FEW WORDS. [28:47] OKAY. [28:51] WE'LL KEEP IT BRIEF THEN. [28:53] WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE A [28:54] PHOTO. [28:58] A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THE [29:00] WRITING OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT [29:01] WE DO EVERY YEAR AND IT'S OUR [29:04] INCREDIBLE CITY STAFF THAT PUT [29:05] TIME AND EFFORT ALONG WITH OUR [29:07] CITY COUNCIL STAFF, THAT PUT [29:08] TIME AND EFFORT TO WRITE IT, AND [29:09] IT KEEPS GROWING EVERY YEAR AND [29:11] IT SHOULD BE GROWING BECAUSE [29:12] THERE'S A LOT MORE LEFT TO DO. [31:28] >>EXT UP, WE WILL RECOGNIZE [31:33] » EXT UP, WE WILL RECOGNIZE [31:33] JUNETEENTH. [32:02] >> OKAY.. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR [32:04] » OKAY.. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR [32:04] THE JUNETEENTH SOLUTION, [32:06] JUNETEENTH. [32:49] ALL RIGHT. COME ON IN, COME ON [32:51] IN. [32:55] SCOOT IN. DON'T BE SHY. GET [32:57] . [32:58] RIGHT. [33:00] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, [33:01] EVERYONE. SO GLAD YOU'RE ALL [33:03] HERE. AND I LOVE THAT. A LOT [33:06] OF THESE RESOLUTIONS INTERMINGLE [33:09] AND YOU C STAY FOR ALL OF [33:11] THEM. [33:11] THIS MORNING WE'RE HONORING AND [33:14] RECOIZING THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY [33:15] OF JUNETEENTH IN THE CITY OF [33:16] MINNEAPOLIS. [33:17] WHEREAS: ON JUNE 19, 1865, IN [33:18] THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHERE IT WAS [33:22] BELIEVED TO BE THEAST OF [33:23] ENSLAVED PEOPLE OF AFRICAN [33:26] DESCENT STILL HELD IHUMAN [33:28] BONDAGE, RECEIVED NEWS OF THEIR [33:33] FREEDOM AND ENTITLEMENT TO [33:33] NATURAL BORN HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER [33:36] THE LAW WHICH HAD ACTUALLY BEEN [33:38] BESTOWED UPON THEM TWO AND A [33:41] HALF YEARS EARLIER WHEN [33:44] PRIDENT LINCOLN SIGNED THE [33:44] EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION - [33:46] WHICH HAD BECOME OFFICIAL [33:48] JAARY 1, 1863; AND WHEREAS: [33:50] LATER THAT YEAR, ON DECEMBER 6, [33:53] 1865, THE 13TH AMENDMENT TO THE [33:55] CONSTITUTION, WHICH ABOLISHED [33:56] SLAVERY, WAS RATIFIED BY [33:59] CONGRESS; AND [34:01] EREAS: THROUGH OTHER SYSTEMS [34:03] OF ORESSION, SUCH AS [34:04] SHARECROPPING, JIM CROW, [34:06] REDLINING, AND MASS [34:08] INCARCERATION, THE PLUNDER OF [34:11] BLACK BODIES AND BLACK WEALTH [34:13] CONTINUED PAST SLAVERY AND [34:15] PERSISTS TO THIS DAY, [34:17] DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING THE [34:19] PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, [34:21] SAFETY, AND EDUCATION OF BLACK [34:24] AMERICANS; AND WHEREAS: THE [34:25] CURRENT STATE OF DISPARITIES IS [34:27] IN DIRECT CORRELATION WITH THE [34:29] INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY THAT [34:33] CONTINUES TO UNDERGIRD OUR LOCAL [34:34] AND NATIONAL ECONOMY; AND [34:37] WHEREAS: THE CITY HAS COMMITTED [34:37] TO DEEPENING ITS WORK TO [34:40] INSTITUTE POLICIES AND PRACTICES [34:41] THAT WILL REPAIR THE HARM [34:48] DESCENT OVER THE LAST 400 YEARS [34:50] AS A RESULT OF THE LEGACY OF [34:54] SLAVERY AND RACISM; AND [34:56] WHEREAS: THE CITY OF MINNEAPOL [34:58] RECOGNIZES THE EXTENT OF THE [35:00] HARM DONE AND IS TAKING ACTIVE [35:02] STEPS TO REVERSE AND REPAIR THE [35:04] HARM BY ADOPTING AND [35:06] IMPLEMENTING OUR STRATEGIC [35:07] RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN, [35:10] CREATING AND INCREASING SYSTEMIC [35:22] CHANGE TO PUIC SAFETY [35:22] RESPONSES THAT INCLUDES UNARMED [35:23] AND NON-POLICE SAFETY RESPONSE [35:24] FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCIES AND FOR [35:25] CRIME PREVENTION, PASSING AND [35:28] IMPLEMENTING A RESOLUTION [35:28] DECLARING RACISM AS A PUBLIC [35:29] HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH SEVERAL [35:31] POLICY CHANGES, FORMALIZING AND [35:32] IMPLEMENTING A TRUTH AND [35:33] RECONCILIATION PROCESS, BUILDING [35:34] OUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH [35:38] HISTORIC INVESTMENT, CREATING [35:39] INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC DELOPMENT [35:39] POLICIES, AND WORKING TO IMPROVE [35:41] AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT AND BUILD [35:42] TRUST BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND CITY [35:43] OFFIALS; AND WHEREAS: JUNE [35:45] 19TH HAS SINCE COME TO BE KNOW [35:47] AS JUNETEENTH AND IS ONE OF THE [35:49] OLDEST CELEBRATIONS IN AMERICA [35:51] GROWING OUT OFHE EXPERIENCES [35:52] OF BLACK AMERICANS AND THEIR [35:55] ENSLAVED ANCESTORS AND IS A [35:57] CELEBRATION OF THE ENDING OF [35:58] CHATTEL SLAVERY IN AMERICA WITH [35:58] THE FIRST “OFFICIAL” JUNETEENTH [36:01] CELEBRATION TAKING PLACE IN [36:01] TEXAS IN 1866; AND WHEREAS: [36:07] JUNETEENTH PROVIDES AN [36:10] OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO [36:11] CELEBRATE BLACK AMERICAN [36:13] HERITAGE AND HONOR THE LIVES, [36:16] SACRIFICES AND CONTRIBUTIONS [36:18] THAT ARE WOVEN INTO THE AMERICAN [36:21] FABRIC; AND WHEREAS: ON MAY 14 [36:24] 2021, JUST PRIOR TO ADOPTION BY [36:25] THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THE [36:26] FOLLOWING MONTH, THE MINNEAPOLIS [36:28] CITY COUNCIL, BY ORDINANCE, [36:30] OFFICIALLY DECLARED JUNETEENTH A [36:32] CITY HOLIDAY TO BE HONORED WITH [36:34] A PAID DAY OFF FOR CITY [36:37] EMPLOYEES AND TO BE RECOGNIZED [36:39] BY EVERYONE IN MINNEAPOLIS; AND [36:40] WHEREAS: THE CITY OF [36:44] MINNEAPOLIS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH [36:45] HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE [36:52] MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION [36:53] BOARD, RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES [36:54] THE WEEK OF JUNETEENTH WITH [36:57] ACTIVITIES TO COMMEMORATJUNE [36:57] 19, 1865, AND LIGHTING OF THE [37:00] I [37:01] MICHELLE GIBSON WEBB'S VISIONARY [37:03] LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING [37:09] COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY [37:10] EMPOWERMENT HELPED ESTABLISH AND [37:11] GROW ONE OF MINNESOTA'S LARGEST [37:12] JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS, [37:15] CREATING A LASTING TRADITION [37:15] THAT HONORS THE HISTORY OF [37:16] EMANCIPATION WHILE ADVANCING [37:17] CULTUR PRIDE, ECONOMIC [37:18] OPPORTUNITY, AND COMMUNITY [37:20] UNITY; AND WHEREAS: HER [37:21] DEDICATION TPRESERVING AND [37:23] ELEVATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF [37:24] JUNETEENTH IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS [37:26] LEFT AN ENDURING LEGACY THAT [37:28] CONTINUES TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS [37:32] AND STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY SHE [37:33] SO FAITHFULLY SERVED; ━NOW, [37:33] THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED━ THAT [37:34] THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO [37:38] 19, 2026, AS JUNETEENTH, THE NE [37:39] NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN [37:41] INDEPENDENCE HOLIDAY IN [37:44] COMMEMORATION OF THE RESISTANCE [37:45] AND LIBERATION OF AFRICAN [37:46] AMERICANS IN THE CITY OF [37:49] MINNEAPOLIS AND IN THE NATION. [38:01] >> THANK YOU. I JUST WT TO [38:03] » THANK YOU. I JUST WT TO [38:03] SAY MICHELLE GIBSON-WEBBAS A [38:05] COMMUNITY MEMBER WE LOST LAST [38:06] YEAR WHO WAS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO [38:08] THE CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH, [38:09] WHO MADE SURE THAT WE CAME [38:12] TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE EEDOM, [38:13] AND WE MISS HER. [38:17] FROM THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MANY [38:19] JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS ALL OVER [38:20] THE CITY, ALL OVER THE STATE, [38:22] AND I HOPE YOU ALL CAN COME AND [38:24] JOIN US AT THOSE. [38:25] I'M A LITTL OLDER, AND A LOT OF [38:29] US UP HERE, WE REMEMBER [38:30] JUNETEENTH WHERE GLENWOOD AVENUE [38:34] WAS THOUSANDS -- I MEAN, YOU [38:36] COULDN'T SEE THE GROUND. [38:37] THOUSAND OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO [38:40] GO TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH. [38:44] IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS [38:46] IN THE STATE A WE'RE GETTING [38:48] THERE BACK TO THE JUNETEENTH [38:49] WHERE IS YOU SHOW CASED BLACK [38:51] CULTURE. YOU SHOW CASED ALL THE [38:54] GREATNESS AND EVERYTHING [38:55] VALUABLE THAT WE BRING TO THIS [38:56] COMMUNITY. [38:57] AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT A LOT OF [39:00] PEOPLE ARE HERE REPRESENTING [39:01] THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND THE [39:04] PHE [39:05] AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, [39:08] HOUSING, VOTER TURNOUT. [39:12] SO MUCH WORK IS HAPPENING AND [39:13] MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE HUMBLE [39:15] AND DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW [39:16] HARD THEY'RE WORKING, SO I AM [39:18] GLAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP [39:20] TODAY. IF A COUPLE PEOPLE WANT [39:22] TO SPEAK, HAPPY TO TURN THE MIC [39:24] OVER. WE HAVE NAACP [39:26] REPRESENTATION HERE. HEY, AL. [39:31] MEMBER VETAW, WARREN, WHITING, [39:34] WONSLEY, AND PAYNE. [39:36] THIS IS A TIME TO SAY THIS [39:39] RESOLUTION, AND ONE OF THE [39:41] THINGS HAPPEN IS WE'RE WORKING [39:43] IN OUR COMMUNITY ON A UNITED [39:45] BLACK LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO [39:46] BRG US ALL TOGETHER. [39:48] AND WE JUST HAD A BIG MEETING. [39:50] WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN [39:52] THERE FOR HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER [39:54] JOHNSON IN ST. PAUL, AND MAYOR [39:56] WINSTON OUT IN BROOKLYN PARK. [39:57] WE HAD A LEADER FRO DULUTH, [40:01] BROTHER CARL CRAWFORD. [40:02] AND WE TRY TO BRING US ALL [40:05] TOGETHER TO TRY TO SOLVE SOME OF [40:08] THEORST PROBLEMS AND THE [40:09] DISPARITIES IN THE STATE OF [40:11] MINNESOTA. [40:11] NOT JUST MINNEAPOLIS, IN THE [40:13] STATE OF MINNESOTA. THIS IS A [40:15] BIG THING, SO I'M GLAD TO -- FOR [40:18] US ALL TO BE STANDING HERE. WE [40:21] WITH RIGHT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. [40:23] AND I'M ASKING THIS CITY [40:26] COUNCIL, THIS MAYOR, WORK WITH [40:29] US. [40:29] DON'T WORK AGAINST US. WE CAN [40:31] COME TOGETHER, AND WE CAN SOLVE [40:33] A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS TOGETHER. [40:36] WE GOT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO [40:39] DO, PARTICULARLY ON GEORGE FLOYD [40:40] ON 38th STREET. WE GOT THIS [40:42] WE GOT TO DO OVER NORTH IN [40:45] HERITAGE PARK. [40:46] WE GNG TO NEED ALL Y'ALL [40:48] SUPPORT AND OUR PEOPLE ARE [40:50] SUFFERING. [40:50] THIS ISOT A GAME TO ME. I [40:52] DIDN'T PUT MY TIME IN. I HAVE [40:53] BEEN IN SOUTH OVER 30 YEA IN [40:55] THE GLOILD A GEORGE FLOYD AREA. [41:01] THAT IS WHERE I STAYED. WE CAN [41:03] COME TOGETHER. HOPE THIS [41:05] COUNCIL HELP US COME TOGETHER. [41:06] LET US HEAL. WE SENT A LETER [41:09] FROM THE UNITY COMMUNICATION [41:11] TEAM TO Y'ALL TO SAY THE WOR WE [41:12] WERE DOING, WE DO IT QUIETLY. [41:16] WE NOT TRYING TO MAKE NO NOISE. [41:19] WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE CITY [41:20] BACK TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO [41:22] HEAL OURSELVES AND WE NEED Y'ALL [41:25] HELP TO HELP HEAL US. HELP US [41:27] GET HEAL AND DON'T SPLIT US. [41:29] DON'T SEPARATE US. AIN'T [41:30] NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE [41:32] CAN'T COME TOGETHER. [41:33] I BEEVE THAT. [41:34] SO WHATEVER YOU DOING, HOLD UP. [41:37] AND JUST BELIEVE IN THE [41:38] COMMUNITY. BELIEVE IN THE BLACK [41:40] FOUNDATIONAL BLACK COMMUNITY. [41:43] BELIEVER IN US ONE TIME AND WE [41:45] ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND [41:47] HEARD THE SPEAKERS EARLIER AND [41:50] WORK WITH THE GLBT COMMUNITY [41:53] WHEN WE FIRST STARTE I HAVE [41:55] BEEN THERE AND DID IT ALL. [41:57] AND THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE IN [41:58] TROUBLE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. [42:00] AND WE NEED Y'ALL TO COME [42:04] TOGETHER AND COUNCIL MEMBER [42:04] VETAW, WARREN, WHITING JUST GOT [42:07] HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SAYING [42:08] COME ON. BUT THIS IS TOO [42:09] IMPORTANT TO SAY COME ON BECAUSE [42:11] I WANT Y'ALL TO -- WE NEED -- WE [42:12] NEED Y'ALL. WE NEED YA EL A [42:14] RIGHT NOW. DON'TOBODY ELSE [42:16] NEED TO SPEAK BUT ME. [42:18] BUT I'LL LET IT GO BACK. [42:20] BUT EVERYBODY HERE THAT WE [42:22] SPEAKING, THEY KNOW I'M SAYING [42:23] THE TRUTH. WE NEED Y'A TO [42:25] WORK TOGETHER AND LISTEN TO [42:28] COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE AND COUNCIL [42:30] MEMBER WARREN. THAT IS ONE WAY [42:32] TO GET THE MIC. [42:33] BUT HEY, LET ME JUST SAY ONE [42:34] MORE -- [42:35] LET ME SAY ONE MORE THING. [42:40] ONE MORE THING. [42:42] >> COME ON. HURRY UP. [42:43] » COME ON. HURRY UP. [42:43] >> I JUST DID IT. ONE MORE [42:45] » I JUST DID IT. ONE MORE [42:45] THING. [42:48] >> WOW. [42:48] » WOW. [42:48] >> JUST ONE MORE THING. [42:57] » JUST ONE MORE THING. [42:57] >> ALL RIGHT. SO I DO WANT TO [42:58] » ALL RIGHT. SO I DO WANT TO [42:58] THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE [43:00] RESOLUTION. [43:00] I DO WANT TO SAY TO ALL PEOPLE [43:03] THAT JUNETEENTH IS A REMINDER OF [43:04] THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. [43:06] SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CELEBRATION [43:08] OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS. [43:09] IT'S A CELEBRATION OF THE [43:10] PROMISE OF WHAT AMERICA IS [43:12] SUPPOSED TO BE. [43:15] AND DR. KING SAYS RISING TIDES [43:17] LIFT ALL BOATS. [43:18] AND IF YOU RISE OUR COMMUNITY UP [43:20] AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY AS [43:21] BROTHER AL WAS TALKING ABOUT, [43:22] YOU WILL SEE THE BEST OF THIS [43:25] CITY AS WELL AS THE STATE. [43:27] I KNOW A FACT THAT RACM IN [43:29] THIS COUNTRY HAS COST AMERICA [43:31] OVER $21 TRILLN IN ECONOMICS. [43:34] I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN. [43:38] RACE NYMPH THIS COUNTRY HAS COST [43:39] AMERICA, NOT AFRICAN-AMERICANS, [43:40] NOT IMMIGRANTS, BUT AMERICA $21 [43:45] TRILLION IN ECONOMICS. WHAT [43:46] DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT [43:50] EVEN THOUGH WE ARE FREE OUT OF [43:52] BONDAGE, PEOPLE ARE STILL [43:54] BONDING US THROUGH LEGISLATION, [43:57] THROUGH POLICY, AS LL AS [43:58] THROUGH CULTURE THROUGHOUT THIS [44:02] CHANGE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING MORE [44:03] THAN JUST CELEBRATING. WE ARE [44:06] HERE TO GET OURS. [44:08] >> ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE MOVING [44:09] » ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE MOVING [44:09] IN FOR A PHOTO. I'M SORRY. [44:12] >> I JUST WANT TO SAY EVERYE [44:13] » I JUST WANT TO SAY EVERYE [44:13] IS WELCOME. WE KICKING I OFF [44:16] THISATURDAY AT BETHUNE PARK. [44:19] PHYLLIS WHEATLEY, NORTH SIDE. [44:21] BIG CELEBRATION. YOU'RE WELCOME [44:23] TO COME OUT. I'M EXCITED. THIS [44:25] IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. WE [44:26] GOT A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL ARTISTS [44:29] AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND ELDERS AND [44:31] FOLKS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE [44:33] ACKNOWLEDGING AGAIN FOR THEIR [44:35] HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND [44:37] ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN COMMUNITY. [44:38] THIS IS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. [44:40] THIS IS A DAY OF BLA JOY. [44:42] IT'S A DAY OF HEALING. [44:43] IT'S A DAY OF RESILIENCE. AND [44:45] WE GOING TO PARTY ALL THE [44:51] TEENTH. JUST KNOW WE KICKED IT [44:53] OFF WITH PRINCE DAY, PURPLE DAY, [44:55] AND WE TEENTH IT OUT AND WE [44:58] PARTYING ALLHE WAY OUT AND I'M [44:59] SO EXCITED BECAUSE LOVE IS OMNI [45:01] PRESENT. [45:01] AND IT'S BOUNTIFUL AND IT'S [45:03] ABUNDANT. [45:04] AND SO I WANT TO TREAT IT LIKE [45:06] THAT AND JUST LOVE ALL THE WAY [45:07] THROUGH THIS, SO PLEASE COME OUT [45:09] AND JOIN US AND EMBRACE [45:10] COMMUNY WITH US. [45:12] [APPLAUSE] [46:58] >> NEXT UP, WE ARE RECOGNIZING [47:01] » NEXT UP, WE ARE RECOGNIZING [47:01] SPECIAL OLYMPICS WEEK. [47:54] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I AM [47:56] » GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I AM [47:57] SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO [47:59] INTRODUCE THE RESOLUTION [48:02] RECOGNIZING JUNE 20 THROUGH 26 [48:06] AS SPECIAL OLYMPICS WEEK IN [48:08] MINNEAPOLIS. [48:09] YES. [48:10] [APPLAUSE] [48:13] AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU [48:15] TO OUR STAFF, TO OUR COMMUNITY [48:17] LEADERS, FOR HELPI DRAFT THIS [48:20] RESOLUTION FOR THE PRESENTATION [48:20] TODAY. [48:23] SO GOING TO KICK IT OFF. [48:27] WHEREAS: SPECIAL OLYMPICS [48:27] PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND SPORTS [48:29] TRAINING AND ATHLETIC [48:33] COMPETITION IN A VARIETY OF [48:37] OLYMPIC-TYPE SPORTING EVENTS FOR [48:37] CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH [48:38] INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL [48:40] DISABILITIES, GIVING THEM [48:41] CONTINUING OPPORTUNITIES TO [48:42] DEVELOP PHYSICAL FITNESS, [48:44] DEMONSTRATE COURAGE, EXPERIENCE [48:45] JOY, PARTICIPATE IN A [48:49] COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, SHARE [48:49] SKILLS AND FRIENDSHIP WITH THEIR [48:52] FAMILIES, OTHER SPECIAL YMPICS [48:57] HLETES, AND THE COMMUNITY; AND [49:04] WHEREAS: THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS [49:09] MOVEMENT PROMOTES INCLUSION, [49:11] AWARENESS, AND UNDERSTANDING IN [49:13] COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE AND [49:16] INSPIRES PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES [49:17] TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL; [49:25] AND WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS HAS A [49:25] PROUD HISTORY OF SUPPORTING [49:28] SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAMS AND [49:30] CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS [49:34] OF ATHLETES IN THE COMMUNITY; [49:40] AND WHEREAS: THE TWIN CITIES [49:42] LAST HOSTED THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS [49:43] USA GAMES 35 YEARS AGO IN 1991; [49:46] AND WHEREAS: RECOGNIZING SPECIAL [49:48] OLYMPICS WK PROVIDES AN [49:53] OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE [49:57] DEDICATION, PERSEVERANCE, AND [49:59] ACHIEVEMENTS OF OVER 3,000 [50:02] SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES AND [50:04] 1,500 COACHES, AND COUNTLESS [50:09] VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS [50:09] REPRESENTING ALL 50 STATES; AND [50:16] WHEREAS: THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS [50:20] WISHES EVERY ATHLETE AND COACH [50:20] GOOD LUCK AS THEY PARTICIPATE IN [50:24] THEIR RESPECTIVE EVENTS ON THE [50:27] UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS [50:27] AND IN THE CITY OF BLAINE, OUR [50:36] FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH; [50:37] NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, [50:38] THE WEEK OF JUNE 20-26, 2026, IS [50:40] HEREBY DESIGNATED AS SPECIAL [50:44] OLYMPICS WEEK IN THE CITY OF [50:45] MINNEAPOLIS. ALL RESIDENTS ARE [50:46] ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN [50:46] ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS AT [50:49] PROMOTE AWARENESS, INCLUSION, [50:51] AND SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS [50:54] ATHLETES. THE CI OF [50:57] MINNEAPOLIS COMMENDS THE EFFORTS [50:58] OF ALL VOLUNTEERS, COACHES, AND [51:03] ATHLETES INVOLVED IN SPECIAL [51:04] OLYMPICS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO [51:05] FOSTERING COURAGE, CONFIDENCE, [51:08] AND COMMUNITY. [51:19] SEEING IF ANY STAFF OR COMMUNITY [51:20] MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A [51:22] FEW WORDS. [51:23] >> THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU [51:24] » THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU [51:24] FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU FOR [51:25] THE RESOLUTION. ON BEHALF OF [51:28] THE 3500 ATHLETES, 1500 COACHES, [51:30] AND ALMOST 15,000 VOLUNTEERS, [51:33] OUR GRATITUDE TO THE CITY [51:35] MINNEAPOLIS, THE STATE OF [51:36] MINNESOTA, FOR WELCOMING THE [51:39] U.S.A. GAMES WHICHAPPENS EVERY [51:39] FOUR YEARS HERE TO MINNESOTA AND [51:41] TO MINNEAPOLIS. [51:43] YES. [51:48] WHAT STARTED OUT AS AN IDEA JUST [51:50] DOWN THE STREET 1500 DAYS O, [51:52] IN NINE DAYS, WE WILL WELCOME [51:54] THESE AMAZING ATHLETES FROM [51:56] ACROSS THE CNTRY TO COME IN [51:57] AND CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF [51:59] THEIR CAPABILITIES THROUGH THE [52:00] WARMTH OF MINNESOTA RECEIVING [52:01] THEM AND CELEBRATING LIVING [52:03] UNIFIED. [52:04] THIS IS AN AMAZING ACTIVITY. WE [52:06] INVITE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY [52:07] TO COME OUT, VOLUNTEER, SUPPORT [52:10] US, AND CHEER. WE ARE GOING TO [52:11] HAVE AN AMAZING EVENT IN THE [52:13] NEXT WK IN THE CITY OF [52:14] MINNEAPOLIS AND THE CITY OF [52:17] BLAINE. YOU'RE ALL WELCOME. [52:18] WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. [52:21] THANK YOU. [52:21] [APPLAUSE] [52:25] >> AND HAND THIS OFF -- [52:27] » AND HAND THIS OFF -- [52:27] HAND THIS OVER TO YOU. [52:29] AND THEN WE WILL GATHER FOR A [52:31] PHOTO OVER HERE. [53:19] >> FINALLY, WE WILL RECOGNIZE [53:21] » FINALLY, WE WILL RECOGNIZE [53:22] IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH, WORLD [53:23] REFUGEE DAY, AND [53:25] CARIBBN-AMERICAN HERITAGE [53:26] MONTH. [54:17] >> ALLRIGHT. WE'RE DOING THE [54:18] » ALLRIGHT. WE'RE DOING THE [54:18] LAST ONE. WE'RE HONORING [54:21] IMMIGRAN HERITAGE MONTH, WORLD [54:23] REFUGEE DAY, AND CARIBBEAN [54:25] ERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. WHOO! [54:30] WHEREAS: WE RECOGNIZE MNI SOTA [54:31] MAKOCE MINNESOTA AS THE [54:34] ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE [54:36] DAKHÓTA AND OJIBWE NATIVE [54:40] NATIONS, AND HONOR THE [54:45] INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE [54:45] STEWARDED THIS LAND SINCE TIME [54:46] IMMEMORIAL; AND WHEREAS: [54:47] IMGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND [54:47] CARIBBEAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES [54:48] ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF [54:51] MINNEAPOS' SOCIAL, CULTURAL, [54:52] ECONOMIC, AND CIVIC LIFE, [54:54] BRINGING VISION, TALENT, [54:55] ENTREPRENEURSH, RESILIENCE, [54:57] AND CARE TO EVERY CORNER OF THE [54:58] CITY; AND WHEREAS: FROM [54:59] NEIGHBORHOOD SMALL BUSINESSES [55:00] AND RESTAURANTS TO HOSPITALS, [55:02] SCHOOLS, CONSTRUCTION SITES, [55:03] ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, ANSIT [55:07] SYSTEMS, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP, [55:09] IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE [55:09] COMMUNITIES HELP POWER AND [55:10] SUSTAIN MINNEAPOLIS EVERY DAY; [55:15] AND WHEREAS: THE CITY RECOGNIZES [55:16] THAT DIVERSITY IS NOT A [55:17] CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME, BUT ONE [55:20] OF MINNEAPOLIS' GREATEST [55:21] RENGTHS, CREATING A RICHER, [55:22] MORE VIBRANT, MORE INNOVATIVE, [55:23] AND MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY; [55:27] AND WHEREAS: CARIBBEAN AMERICAN [55:29] RESIDENTS CARRY FORWARD [55:30] HISTORIES OF LIBERATION, [55:34] CREATIVITY, AND CULTURAL [55:37] INFLUENCE THAT CONTINUE TO SHAPE [55:37] MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH MUSIC, FD, [55:39] STORYTELLING, ACTIVISM, [55:42] ENTREPRENESHIP, AND COMMUNITY [55:45] LEADERSHIP; AND WHEREAS: WORLD [55:49] REFUGEE DAY RECOGNIZES THE [55:51] COURAGE, DIGNITY, AND [55:57] PERSEVERANCE OF PEOPLE FORCED TO [55:57] FLEE WAR, VIOLENCE, PERSECUTION, [55:58] CLIMATE DISASTER, AND [56:01] INSTABILITY, AND HONORS THE [56:03] JOURNEYS OF THOSE WHO REBUILD [56:04] THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES WITH [56:05] HOPE AND DETERMINATION; AND [56:07] WHEREAS: IMMIGRANT HERITAGE [56:09] MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [56:10] CELEBRATE THE STORIES, [56:13] SACRIFICES, AND DREAMS OF [56:16] IMMIGRANTS WHOSE PURSUIT OF [56:17] SAFETY, OPPORTUNITY, AND [56:20] BELONGING FLECTS THE ENDURING [56:22] PROMISE OF A MORE JUST AND [56:25] INCLUSIVE SOCIY; AND WHEREAS: [56:26] AT A TIME WHEN IMMIGRANT AND [56:28] REFUGEE COMMUNITIES ARE FACING [56:32] HEIGHTENED FEAR, HARMFUL [56:33] RHETORIC, FAMILY SEPATION, [56:37] OVER-POLICING, AND THREATS TO [56:38] THEIR DIGNITY AND SENSE OF [56:40] BELONGING, THE CITY OF [56:43] MINNEAPOLIS AFFIRMS THAT EVERY [56:45] RESIDENT DESERVES SAFETY, [56:48] RESPECT, AND THE FREEDOM TO LIVE [56:52] WITHOUT INTIMIDATION OR [56:57] DISCRIMINATION; [56:58] AND WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS REJECTS [57:00] XENOPHOBIA, RACISM, [57:02] TI-BLACKNESS, ISLAMOPHOBIA, [57:04] ANTISEMITISM, AND ALL FORMS OF [57:09] HATE THAT SEEK TO DIVIDE [57:10] COMMUNITIES OR DIMINISH THE [57:11] HUMANITY OF MIGRANTS AND [57:12] REFUGEES; AND WHEREAS: THE CITY [57:13] RECOGNIZES THAT WELCOMING [57:15] IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES [57:17] STRENGTHENS NEIGHBORHOODS, GROWS [57:18] LOCAL BUSINESSES, EXPANDS [57:19] CULTURAL VITALITY, SUPPORTS [57:21] ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND BUILDS [57:23] A MORE CONNECTED AND RESILIENT [57:25] MINNEAPOLIS FOR FUTURE [57:27] GENERATIONS; AND WHEREAS: [57:31] MINNEAPOLIS REMAINS COMMITTED TO [57:33] ENSURING MEANINGFULANGUAGE [57:34] ACCESS, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CITY [57:37] SERVICES, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR [57:40] FULLY IN CIVIC AND COMMUNITY [57:41] LIFE REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION [57:45] STATUS OR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN; AND [57:45] WHEREAS: THE CITY CELEBRAT THE [57:47] YOUTH, ELDERS, FAMILIES, AND [57:48] COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO CONTINUE [57:50] TO PRESERVE CUURAL TRADITIONS, [57:52] ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE, AND CREATE [57:53] SPACES OF BELONGING AND MUTUAL [57:54] CARE ACROSS NNEAPOLIS; AND [57:57] WHEREAS: THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGES [58:01] THE LEADERSHIP OF IMMIGRANT- AND [58:04] REFUGEE-LED ORGANIZATIONS, [58:04] CULTURAL GROUPS, AND GRASSROOTS [58:08] ADVOCATES WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO [58:08] PROTECT HUMAN DIGNITY, SUPPORT [58:12] NEW ARRIVALS, AND STRENGTHEN [58:13] COMMUNITY TRUST AND SOLIDARITY; [58:14] AND WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS [58:16] BELIEVES THAT A WELCOMING CITY [58:19] IS ONE WHERE ALL PEOPLE, [58:20] REGARDSS OF WHERE THEY WERE [58:22] BORN, ARE VALUED NOT ONLY FOR [58:25] WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE, BUT FOR [58:26] THEIR INHERENT HUMANITY AND [58:27] RIGHT TO BELONG; ━NOW, [58:35] THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED━ THAT [58:36] THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO [58:37] HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MTH OF [58:40] JUNE AS IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH [58:41] AND CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE [58:44] MONTH, AS WELL AS JUNE 20 AS [58:49] WORLD REFUGEE DAY. [58:53] >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE [58:55] » I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE [58:55] EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP, AND [58:57] NTR, FOR ALL THEIR WORK, [58:59] ESPECIALLY DURING THESE VERY [59:00] TOUGH TIMES FORUR COMMUNITY. [59:02] STAFF UP HERE HAV DONE [59:03] TREMENDOUS WORK IN SUPPORTING [59:04] OURMENT I GRANT NEIGHBORS, OUR [59:08] REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, OUR [59:10] CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY [59:11] MEMBERS,ND WANT TO THANK OUR [59:13] INCREDIBLE CITY STAFF FOR NOT [59:14] ONLY HOLDING IT DOWN WITH THE [59:17] RESOLUTIONS, BUT FOR DOING THE [59:18] WORK MEANT TO KEEP FAMILIES [59:19] TOGETHER AND KEEP FAMILIES SAFE. [59:21] WANT TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [59:22] ANY STAFF MEMBER TO SAY ANYTHING [59:23] THEY WOULD LIKE. [59:26] >> OKAY. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME [59:28] » OKAY. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME [59:28] IS ZENA MEYER AND I USE SHE/HER [59:32] PRONOUNS AND I AM A COMMUNITY [59:33] RELATIONS SPECIALIST WITH THE [59:36] OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS. I [59:39] WANT TO THANK FOR RECNIZING [59:41] IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH AND [59:43] WORLD REFUGEE DAY WHICH IS [59:45] RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY ON JUNE 20. [59:47] AND CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE [59:48] MONTH THIS YEAR. I KNOW WE DO [59:49] IT EVERYEAR, BUT THE [59:51] RESOLUTIONS SEND A CLEAR [59:52] MESSAGE, AND EXCUSE ME, SORRY, [59:54] REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU WERE [59:55] BORN, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU [59:57] ARE, THIS SENDS A MESSAGE THAT [59:59] YOU BELONG HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS [1:00:00] AND YOU MATTER. [1:00:02] AND YOUR VOICE MATTER, OR OUR [1:00:04] VOICES MATTER, I SHOULD SAY. IF [1:00:06] YOU WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO THE [1:00:07] OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT REFUGEE [1:00:09] AFFAIR, PLEASE COME CONTACT WITH [1:00:11] US. YOU CAN FIND US AT [1:00:17] MINNEAPOLIS.GOV/OIRA. AND IT'S [1:00:19] OIRA TO BE CONNECTED FOR LEGAL [1:00:20] SERVICES, FREEMENT I -- FREE [1:00:25] LEGAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND [1:00:27] CELEBRATE IMMIGRATION HERITAGE [1:00:29] MONTH, PLEASE CONNECT WITH US. [1:00:31] THANK YOU. [1:00:31] >> WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO [1:00:33] » WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO [1:00:33] SAY A FEW WORDS? [1:00:35] >> I AM PROUD TO BE A REFUGEE, [1:00:39] » I AM PROUD TO BE A REFUGEE, [1:00:39] IMMIGRANT, U.S. CITIZEN AND [1:00:42] REPRESENTATIVE OF MINNEAPOLIS [1:00:43] WARD 6. AND A SHOT OUT TO THE [1:00:45] IMMIGRANT OFFICE AND ALL CITY [1:00:47] DEPARTMENTS AND CIT EMPLOYEES [1:00:48] WHO STOOD UP WITH US AND A [1:00:49] SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ULTRAVIOLET [1:00:51] A NEIGHBORS THAT STOOD UP WITH [1:00:54] US ON DECEMBER ANDANUARY WHEN [1:00:55] I.C.E. INVADED OUR CITY, AND [1:00:58] STAND WITH IMMIGRANTS. [1:01:00] AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE [1:01:01] BELONG HERE. THANK YOU. [1:01:03] [APPLAUSE] [1:01:07] >> WE'LL GET A PHOTO HERE [1:01:09] » WE'LL GET A PHOTO HERE [1:01:09] QUICKLY. [1:01:38] [APPLAUSE] [1:02:13] >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AT THIS [1:02:16] » THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AT THIS [1:02:16] TIME I CALL THE REGULAR CITY [1:02:17] COUNCIL MEETING FOR JUNE 11 TO [1:02:19] ORR. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [1:02:21] ROLL. [1:02:24] COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [1:02:27] >> PRESENT. [1:02:27] » PRESENT. [1:02:27] . COUIL MEMBER PALMANO. >> [1:02:29] PRESENT. [1:02:30] . COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ [1:02:32] >> PRESENT. [1:02:32] » PRESENT. [1:02:32] . COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:02:33] >> PRESENT. [1:02:34] » PRESENT. [1:02:34] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:02:35] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:02:35] >> PRESENT. [1:02:36] » PRESENT. [1:02:36] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> A [1:02:37] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> A [1:02:37] PRESENT. [1:02:38] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [1:02:39] » COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [1:02:39] >> PRESENT. [1:02:40] » PRESENT. [1:02:40] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STENSON. [1:02:41] » COUNCIL MEMBER STENSON. [1:02:41] >> PRESENT. [1:02:42] » PRESENT. [1:02:42] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:02:44] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:02:44] >> PRESENT. [1:02:44] » PRESENT. [1:02:44] >> VICE PRIDENT OSMAN. [1:02:45] » VICE PRIDENT OSMAN. [1:02:45] >> PRESENT. [1:02:46] » PRESENT. [1:02:46] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:02:47] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:02:47] >> PRESENT. [1:02:48] » PRESENT. [1:02:48] >> THERE ARE 13EMBERS PRESENT. [1:02:49] » THERE ARE 13EMBERS PRESENT. [1:02:49] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT [1:02:51] » LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT [1:02:51] WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE [1:02:52] BEGIN THE MEETING, LET MEREMIND [1:02:53] ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS [1:02:55] MEETING IS BROADCAST TO ENABLE [1:02:57] GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. [1:02:59] THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REALTIME [1:03:01] CAPTIONING AS A MEANS TO [1:03:03] INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF [1:03:04] OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE [1:03:06] COMMUNIT. [1:03:06] THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO [1:03:08] BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR [1:03:09] SPEECH SO THAT THE CAPTIONS [1:03:10] CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE [1:03:12] ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. [1:03:14] WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE [1:03:15] THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR [1:03:17] COMMENTS. [1:03:18] WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR [1:03:19] TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. [1:03:21] BEFORE I ASK FOR AMENDMENTS, A [1:03:23] NOTE FOR M COLLEAGUES AND THE [1:03:26] PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE A MEETING OF [1:03:29] THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY [1:03:30] DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OR MCDA FOR [1:03:32] TODAY. ALSO NOTICE FOR 9:30 [1:03:34] A.M., AND THE MCDA AS IT IS [1:03:36] COMPRISED OF THE SAME 13 MEMBERS [1:03:37] OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT [1:03:39] THE BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR [1:03:40] TO ITEM SLATED FOR CLOSED [1:03:41] SESSION ON TODAY'S AGENDA. PRUF [1:03:42] WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL [1:03:44] OF THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA. ARE [1:03:46] THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE [1:03:46] AGENDA? [1:03:51] COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI? [1:03:52] ARS [1:03:54] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I [1:03:57] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I [1:03:57] WANT TO MOVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE [1:04:00] AGENDA TO INCLUDE UNDER THE [1:04:02] ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS AS NEW [1:04:04] BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AN [1:04:07] AMENDMENT TO THE 2026 GENERAL [1:04:09] APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION RELATED [1:04:12] TO THE UPTOWN ART FAIR AND THE [1:04:14] MEET MINNEAPOLIS CONTRACT. I'LL [1:04:16] ASK FOR A SECOND. [1:04:17] >> SECOND. [1:04:19] » SECOND. [1:04:19] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI HAS [1:04:20] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI HAS [1:04:20] MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA, AND [1:04:24] THAT'SEEN SECONDED. RECOGNIZE [1:04:26] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:04:27] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:04:29] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:04:29] PAYNE. [1:04:30] I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT EMS. [1:04:32] THE FIRST ONE IS I WOULD LIKE TO [1:04:33] AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE [1:04:35] UNDER ORDER OF NEW BUSESS A [1:04:37] GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL [1:04:39] EMERGENCY NAGEMENT AGENCY. [1:04:41] I HAVE ANOTHER ONE REGARDING TO [1:04:43] THEONDEMNING THE I.C.E. [1:04:46] FUNDING IN CONGRESS. [1:04:47] AND THEN ANOTHER ONE RELATED TO [1:04:48] 38th STREET THRIVE PLAN. [1:04:52] AND I WOULD MOTION TO ADD THOSE [1:04:53] UNDER NEW BUSINESS ALL TOGETHER. [1:04:56] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS [1:04:57] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS [1:04:58] MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA ADDING [1:04:59] THREE ITEMS. IS THERA SECOND? [1:05:03] >> SECOND. [1:05:03] » SECOND. [1:05:03] >> THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND [1:05:06] » THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND [1:05:06] SECONDED. COUNCIL MEMBER [1:05:08] PALMISANO. [1:05:08] >> MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE [1:05:09] » MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE [1:05:09] TO JUST ADDRESS WALK-ON ITEMS AT [1:05:11] FULL COUNCIL IN GENERAL. [1:05:15] WHILE ALL FIVE OF THESE ITEMS [1:05:17] THAT I DIDN'T SEE UNTIL 6:00 [1:05:20] P.M. LAST NIGHT HAVE MERIT, ONLY [1:05:22] ONE OF THEM, THE SAFER GRANT, I [1:05:24] SEE IS TRULY TIME SENSIVE. [1:05:27] THERE IS NO REASON THE OTHERS [1:05:28] COULDN'T WAIT AND BE PUT THROUGH [1:05:30] A NORMAL COMMITTEE PROCESS. [1:05:32] AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING [1:05:34] SESSIONS, WE AGREED TO NMS AND [1:05:36] PRACTICES THAT ALLOW US TO [1:05:38] FOLLOW KNOWN AND PREDICTABLE [1:05:40] PROCESSES. [1:05:40] AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH [1:05:41] MEETING, WE TALK ABOUT ENABLING [1:05:43] PUBLIC PARTIPATION BETTER. [1:05:45] I'M NOT HERE TO HOLD ON THESE [1:05:48] ITEMS UP, AND I WILL CERTAINLY [1:05:49] AGREE TO ADD THEM TO THE AGENDA [1:05:51] HERE TODAY, BUT I THINK WE NEED [1:05:53] TO START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT [1:05:56] HOW WE CODIFY OUR STRATEGIC [1:05:59] CONDUCT AGREEMENTS. [1:06:00] I WILL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT [1:06:02] IN CALIFORNIA THERE'S AN OPEN [1:06:04] MEETING LAW CALLED THE BROWN A [1:06:05] THAT REQUIRES AGENDAS OF PUBLIC [1:06:08] BODIES LIKE OURS TO BE PUBLISHED [1:06:10] 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE. [1:06:12] AND ABSENT AN EMERGENCY, THERE [1:06:14] ARE NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS ALLOWED. [1:06:19] NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S [1:06:22] NECESSARY, BUT IN THE PAST, [1:06:23] FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENTS MADE [1:06:25] IT CLEAR WHAT CRITICAL MEANS AND [1:06:26] WHAT A WALK-ON AT FULL CITY [1:06:29] COUNCIL MEANS. [1:06:29] THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF [1:06:31] RISK IF WE DON'T WALK SOMETHING [1:06:32] ON AND GET THAT BUSINESS [1:06:34] FINALIZED. [1:06:36] I THINK WE SHOULD WORK ON [1:06:37] SOMETHING THAT SUITS US HERE IN [1:06:39] 26. [1:06:39] THIS LEVEL OF WALK-ON ITEMS MEAN [1:06:43] THAT STANDARDS AND DEADLINES [1:06:46] AND, FRANKLY, COMMITTEE MEETINGS [1:06:47] ARE SIMPLY OPTIONAL. [1:06:49] IT MEANS THE PUBLIC CAN'T RELY [1:06:51] ON PUBLICLY POSTED AGENDAS. [1:06:53] PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WOULD LIKE TO [1:06:54] WORK WITH YOU ON THIS IN THE [1:06:58] FUTURE. [1:06:58] >> HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON [1:07:00] » HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON [1:07:00] THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:07:01] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:07:02] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:07:02] PAYNE.I WOULD LIKE TO ADD [1:07:03] CONTEXT TO WHAT THE ITEMS ARE SO [1:07:05] THE PUBLIC KNOWS. THE TRUMP [1:07:08] ADMINISTRATION AND THE HOUSE [1:07:10] REPUBLICANS AND SENATE MAJORITY [1:07:11] LED BY REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS [1:07:12] JUST PASSED A NEARLY $70 BILLION [1:07:16] FUNDING BILL FOR I.C.E. AND [1:07:20] BORDER PATROL. [1:07:21] THAT WAS JUST FINALIZED A COUPLE [1:07:22] DAYS AGO. [1:07:23] AND ONE OF THE RESOLUTIONS I AM [1:07:26] SAYING THIS BODY KUZ NOT SUPPORT [1:07:28] THAT ACTION. I DON'T WANT TO [1:07:29] WAIT FOR THIS WEEK FOR THIS BODY [1:07:31] TO SAY COLLECTIVELY UNITED THAT [1:07:33] WE OPPOSE I.C.E. AND THIS [1:07:37] FUNDING, SO THAT IS CONTEXT FOR [1:07:38] ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER ONE, WE [1:07:40] HEARD MANY NEIGHBORS TESTIFY [1:07:41] WHEN IT CAME TO THE ASSESSMENTS [1:07:43] FOR GEORGE FLO SQUARE AND THE [1:07:44] PROJECT. [1:07:44] THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT [1:07:45] I'M BRINGING FORWARD AS A [1:07:47] WALK-ON IS ASKING FOR AN UPDATE [1:07:48] ON THE PLAN FOR THE 38th STREET [1:07:50] THRIVE PLAN. [1:07:51] AND AN UPDATE ON THE BUDGET [1:07:52] AMED [1:07:54] ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY AND A CITY [1:07:55] COUNCIL IN DECEMBER. [1:07:56] SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE [1:07:58] TO THE CONCERNS THAT COMMUNITY [1:07:59] MEMBERS ARE ADVOCATING FOR, [1:08:01] WHICH IS WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR 38 [1:08:03] STREET THRIVE? WHAT ARE WE [1:08:03] DOING WITH THE FUNDING WE [1:08:05] ALLOCATED IN DECEMBER? AND THE [1:08:06] LAST WALK-ON IS A WALK-ON FOR [1:08:08] THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT REACHED [1:08:09] OUTO MY OFFICE. [1:08:10] AND IF I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE [1:08:11] TO ALERT THEM THAT IF THIS [1:08:13] WASN'T PASSED TODAY, IT LIKELY [1:08:14] WOULD MEAN THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE [1:08:16] TO APPLY TO A GRANT APPLICATION, [1:08:18] SO THAT IS VERY MUCH IMPORTANT. [1:08:19] I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR [1:08:21] PROTOCOL AND RULES AND STUF [1:08:22] BUT I THINK CONTEXT MATTERS. [1:08:23] AND IN THIS CONTEXT, I.C.E. [1:08:27] LITERALLY IS GETTING A $70 [1:08:29] BILLION CHECK FOR OUR -- FROM [1:08:32] OUR COUNTRY TO IMPACT OUR [1:08:34] UNDOCUMENT NEIGHBORS. [1:08:35] COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME HERE AND [1:08:37] TOLD US, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT [1:08:38] THE 38th STREET THRIVE PLAN? WE [1:08:40] HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. [1:08:42] I'M ASKING FOR A PLANND [1:08:43] UPDATE. [1:08:44] AND THE STAFF FROM THE FIRE [1:08:45] DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THEM TO [1:08:46] APPLY FOR THE GRANT APPLICION. [1:08:47] SO I WANT TO GIVE CONTEXT OF [1:08:49] WHAT THE ITEMS ARE, AND I AM NOT [1:08:50] THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS TODAY. [1:08:52] THERE ARE MANY OTHERS. [1:08:53] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:08:54] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:08:54] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:08:55] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:08:55] I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THE [1:08:57] PROCEDURAL ANGLE AND ALSO [1:08:59] HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'RE [1:09:03] MAKING -- A PROBLEM OUT OF [1:09:05] NOTHING ACTUALLY IN THIS CASE. [1:09:09] WALK-ON'S IS ALLOWABLE IN OUR [1:09:11] LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. [1:09:12] I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'SEEN [1:09:14] STATED THAT IT'S NOT. [1:09:15] IT IS, OF COURSE, PREFERRED THAT [1:09:17] WEOVE WORK THROUGH OUR [1:09:19] RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES, BUT WHAT [1:09:20] I WILL NAME AND MAYBE THIS IS A [1:09:23] MOMENT OF REFLECTION FOR THOSE [1:09:24] WHO DON'T RELATE TO THE [1:09:25] COMMITTEES AS MH OR PUSH WORK [1:09:27] THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE [1:09:28] COMMITTEES AS MUCH, BUT I WILL [1:09:30] NAME EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER [1:09:33] WHO ARE BRINGING WALK ON'S HAVE [1:09:34] MOVED SUBSTANTIAL WORK THROUGH [1:09:36] COMMITTEES THAT WE ARE TAKING UP [1:09:38] TODAY AND ARE CONTINUOUSLY [1:09:40] PRODUCING POLICIES, BUDGET [1:09:43] APPROPRIATIONS, ALL IN RESPONSE [1:09:44] TO THE URGENT NEEDS OF THEIR [1:09:46] RESPECTIVE CSTITUENTS AND THAT [1:09:48] INCLUDES MYSELF. I AM PROUD OF [1:09:50] THE FACT THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL [1:09:52] MEMBERS WHO CAN DO BOTH-AND. [1:09:54] THEY CAN MOVE WORK AND MOVE [1:09:55] PRESTATIONS AND CREATE SPACES [1:09:57] FOR COMMUNITY WITHIN THEIR [1:09:58] RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES. [1:09:59] AND ALSO SAY, HEY, WE'RE HEARING [1:10:01] THINGS IN BETWEEN THAT, LET'S [1:10:02] BRING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT OF [1:10:03] THE FULL COUNCIL A HAVE THAT [1:10:05] BE PART OF OUR AGENDA. [1:10:07] ALSO PROCEDURALLY, EVERY SINGLE [1:10:09] COUNCIL MEMBER IN ORDER FOR US [1:10:09] TO DO A WALK-ON HAS TO WORK WITH [1:10:11] THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY [1:10:13] CLERK, SO IT IS VERIFIED. [1:10:15] IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA [1:10:16] AFTERWARDS, SO AGAIN, I THINK [1:10:18] THIS IS ONE WHERE WE'RE CREATING [1:10:20] ISSUES OUT OF NOTHING. [1:10:23] AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO [1:10:25] OUR COLLEAGUES WHO CONSTANTLY DO [1:10:26] HOLD A HIGH STANDARD OF BEING [1:10:28] SOME OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE [1:10:29] COUNCIL MEERS ON THIS BODY, [1:10:31] AND THAT IS WHY YOU SEE WALK [1:10:33] ON'S AND WHY YOU SEE ROBUST [1:10:35] COMMITTEE AGENDAS FILLED WITH [1:10:39] LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES, BUDGET [1:10:40] APPROPRIATIONS, AND THOSE ARE [1:10:42] INDICATORS THAT YOU HAVE COUNCIL [1:10:42] MEMBERS W ARE ACTUALLY WORKING [1:10:43] FOR YOU. [1:10:47] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [1:10:49] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [1:10:49] QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO [1:10:50] CALL THE ROLL -- ACTUALLY, IS [1:10:54] THERE A MOTION TO ADOPTHE [1:10:55] AGENDA AS AMENDED? [1:10:57] >> SO MOVED. [1:10:58] » SO MOVED. [1:10:58] >> SECOND. [1:10:58] » SECOND. [1:10:58] >> I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO LL [1:11:00] » I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO LL [1:11:00] THE ROLL. [1:11:03] >> COUNCIL MEMBE VETAW. [1:11:05] » COUNCIL MEMBE VETAW. [1:11:05] >> AYE. [1:11:06] » AYE. [1:11:07] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:11:07] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:11:07] >> AYE.. [1:11:08] » AYE.. [1:11:08] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:11:09] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:11:09] >> AYE.. [1:11:10] » AYE.. [1:11:10] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:11:11] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:11:11] >> YAY. [1:11:13] » YAY. [1:11:13] >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:11:14] » COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:11:14] >> AYE.. [1:11:16] » AYE.. [1:11:16] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. [1:11:17] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. [1:11:17] >> AYE.. [1:11:19] » AYE.. [1:11:19] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. [1:11:20] » COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. [1:11:20] >> AYE.. [1:11:21] » AYE.. [1:11:21] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:11:23] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:11:23] >> AYE.. VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:11:28] » AYE.. VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:11:28] >> AYE.. PRESIDENT PAYNE [1:11:29] » AYE.. PRESIDENT PAYNE [1:11:29] >> AY [1:11:30] » AY [1:11:30] >> THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE [1:11:31] » THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE [1:11:31] OF THE REGULAR MINUTES FROM THE [1:11:32] MEETING OF MAY 21. MAY I HAVE A [1:11:34] MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES? [1:11:36] >> SO MOVED. SECOND. [1:11:37] » SO MOVED. SECOND. [1:11:37] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:11:39] » THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:11:39] COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [1:11:41] >> AYE.. COUNCIL MEMBER [1:11:41] » AYE.. COUNCIL MEMBER [1:11:41] PALMISANO. [1:11:42] >> AYE.. COUIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:11:43] » AYE.. COUIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:11:43] >> AYE.. SHAFFER RR. AYE. [1:11:45] » AYE.. SHAFFER RR. AYE. [1:11:45] WONSLEY, AYE. CHUGHTAI, AYE. [1:11:48] WHITING, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. [1:11:51] STEVENSON, AYE. RAINVILLE RAIN, [1:11:55] AYE. VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, AYE. [1:11:57] PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [1:11:58] >> THAT CARRIES. [1:12:00] » THAT CARRIES. [1:12:00] >> AND THE REFERRAL OF [1:12:02] » AND THE REFERRAL OF [1:12:02] PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND [1:12:05] REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES. [1:12:07] MAY I HAVE A MOTION? [1:12:08] >> MOTION. [1:12:08] » MOTION. [1:12:09] >> SECOND. [1:12:09] » SECOND. [1:12:09] >> VETAW, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. [1:12:12] » VETAW, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. [1:12:12] CHAVEZ, AYE. WARREN, AYE. [1:12:14] SHAFFER, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. [1:12:17] CHUGHTAI, AYE. WHITING, AYE. [1:12:20] CHOWDHURY, AYE. STEVENSON, AYE. [1:12:23] RAINVILLE, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT [1:12:23] OSMAN, YA I YAY. [1:12:25] >> PRESIDE PAYNE, AYE. [1:12:26] » PRESIDE PAYNE, AYE. [1:12:26] >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS. [1:12:28] » THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS. [1:12:28] >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE [1:12:29] » THAT CARRIES AND THOSE [1:12:29] MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED. THE [1:12:30] NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE [1:12:32] PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM THE [1:12:33] STANDING COMMITTEES. THOSE ARE [1:12:34] TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER [1:12:36] BEGINNING WITH THE REPORT OF THE [1:12:37] BUDGET COMMITE, WHICH IS GIVEN [1:12:38] BY THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, [1:12:40] COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. [1:12:40] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [1:12:42] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [1:12:42] THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS BRINGING [1:12:43] FORWARD TWO ITEMS FOR APPROVAL [1:12:45] TODAY. ITEM ONE APPROVES STAFF [1:12:48] DIRECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE [1:12:49] RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT DIVISIO [1:12:51] OF THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO [1:12:54] RESEAR A POTENTIAL CONTAMINATE [1:12:58] IN LIEU OF TAXES OR PILOT [1:13:00] PROGRAM. AND ITEM TWO IS A GIFT [1:13:03] ACCEPTANCE FROM STRIVE TOGETHER [1:13:05] TO ATTEND THE STRIVE TOGETHER [1:13:06] 2026 POLICY SUMMIT AND CITY [1:13:15] ACCELERATOR COHORT MEETINGS. I [1:13:16] WILL MOVE APPROVAL. [1:13:19] >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY [1:13:21] » THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY [1:13:21] DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER [1:13:21] CHOWDHURY. [1:13:22] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:13:25] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:13:25] I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT [1:13:27] SOMETHING ABOUT THE GIFT [1:13:28] ACCEPTANCE THAT I THINK IS A [1:13:29] GOOD PRACTICE AS WE'RE TRYING TO [1:13:33] STAY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF [1:13:36] OUR FINANCIAL POLICY ABOUT GIFT [1:13:38] ACCEPTANCES COMING AHEAD. [1:13:41] I WAS ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS [1:13:44] WITH STAFF ABOUT THE TRAVEL FOR [1:13:46] DIRECTOR TOPINKA, AND WE WERE [1:13:48] ABLE TO MOVE INTO A COMMITTEE, [1:13:51] DATE OF THE TRAVEL, SO WE COULD [1:13:53] AT LEAST HAVE A FORM OF CONSENT [1:13:54] FROM TS BODY AHEAD OF TRAVEL. [1:13:56] AND I THINK THAT WAS A WAY FOR [1:13:59] US TODDRESS SOMETHING VERY [1:14:02] NIMBLY AND JUST TAKE [1:14:03] PORTUNITIES IN COMMITTEE. [1:14:05] AND I THINK -- I THINK THAT [1:14:06] SHOULD BE RARE, BUT IT IS A WAY [1:14:09] FOR US TO FURTHER WORK TOGETHER [1:14:11] ON ADDRESSING GIFT ACCEPTANCES, [1:14:14] ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE COMING [1:14:15] CLOSEO DEADLINE. [1:14:17] THERE IS PLENTY COMMITTEE [1:14:20] OPPORTUNITIES AND I THINK THAT'S [1:14:22] SOMETHING AS LEADERSHIP YOU [1:14:24] SHOULDLSO CONSIDER IN TERMS OF [1:14:26] MAKI SURE WE FEEL ORGANIZED [1:14:27] ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD. SO [1:14:28] JU WANTED TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE [1:14:30] FOR THAT SINCE WE HAVE BEEN [1:14:32] TALKING ABOUT GIFT ACCEPTANCE [1:14:33] AND FINANCIAL POLICY THE LAST [1:14:34] COUPLE OF MEETINGS. [1:14:37] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [1:14:40] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [1:14:40] QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO [1:14:41] CALL THE ROLL ON THE BUDGET [1:14:43] REPORT. VETAW, AYE. PALMISANO, [1:14:45] AYE. AV, AYE. WARREN, AYE. [1:14:48] SHAFFER, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. [1:14:52] CHUGHTAI, AYE. WHITING, AYE. [1:14:54] CHOWDHURY, AYE. STEVENSON, AYE. [1:14:57] RAINVILLE, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT [1:14:59] OSMAN, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, [1:15:00] AYE. [1:15:00] >> THERE ARE3 AYES. [1:15:02] » THERE ARE3 AYES. [1:15:04] IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS [1:15:06] FROM OUR BUSINESS, HOUSING AND [1:15:08] ZONING COMMITTEE GIVEN BY THAT [1:15:09] COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, VICE [1:15:10] PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:15:14] BIHZ COMMITTEE IS BRINGING NE. [1:15:15] FORWARD 18 ITEMS TODAY. ITEM [1:15:17] ONE APPROVES EXPANSION OF [1:15:20] PREMISES FOR STIIZO. ITEM TWO [1:15:27] IS LIQUOR LICENSE FOR PILLSBURY [1:15:29] CLUB. ITEM THREE IS EXTENDED [1:15:31] HOURS OF OPERATION FOR [1:15:32] UNIVERSITYTOBACCO. THIS WAS [1:15:33] SENT FORWARD WITHOUT A [1:15:34] RECOMMENDATION. [1:15:35] ITEM FOUR AND FIVE WERE LICENSE [1:15:40] REVOCATION FOR THE SAME [1:15:42] BUSINESS. I WILL MOVE TO DELETE [1:15:43] THESE ITEMS DUE TO AGENDA DUE TO [1:15:46] THE CLEARANCE LETTERS COMING [1:15:47] FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK. ITEM [1:15:49] SIX APPROVES SIDEWALK CAFE [1:15:52] LICENSE FOR YELLOWBIRD COFFEE [1:15:55] BAR. ITEM 7 IS THE LAND SALE [1:15:59] FOR 34 HOUSES AS A PART OF THE [1:16:02] MINNEAPOLIS HOMES FINANCE [1:16:03] PROGRAM. [1:16:04] ITEM 8 APPROVES SEVEN LIQUOR [1:16:08] LICENSE. ITEM NINE APPROVES 24 [1:16:09] LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM [1:16:11] 10 AUTHORIZES AN AMENDMENT TO [1:16:14] THE STABLE HOMES STABLE SCHOOLS [1:16:15] CONTRACT. ITEM 11 AUTHORIZES A [1:16:19] CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR THERT [1:16:20] FUND INITIATIVE. [1:16:21] ITEM 12 APPROVES AFFORDABLE [1:16:24] HOUSING FINANCE FOR NORTHVIEW [1:16:26] PROJECT. ITEM 13 AUTHORIZES A [1:16:30] PROGRAM FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT [1:16:32] PROGM. [1:16:32] ITEM 14 AUTHORIZE A GREAT STREET [1:16:35] LOAN TO MERCADOENTRAL. ITEM [1:16:37] 15 APPROVES 11 APPOINTMENTS TO [1:16:39] THE MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY [1:16:40] COMMITTEE ON HOUSING. ITEM 16 [1:16:45] APPROVES AMENDMENT TO OUR [1:16:46] CONDUIT BOND POLICY. [1:16:48] ITEM 17 DENIES ELUSIVE [1:16:50] DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO MINNESOTA [1:16:52] AGAPE MOVEMENT. [1:16:53] AND LASTLY, ITEM 18 APPROVES A [1:16:58] LEGIATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO [1:17:00] THE HERITAGE PARK. WITH THAT, I [1:17:01] WILL MOVE TO DELETE ITEM FOUR [1:17:03] AND FIVE, AND MOVE TO DENY ITEM [1:17:08] 17. AND MOVE APPROVAL FOR ALL [1:17:09] OTHER ITEMS. [1:17:10] THANK YOU. [1:17:13] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN HAS [1:17:15] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN HAS [1:17:15] MOVED APPROVAL OF THE [1:17:17] COMMITTEE'S REPORT INCLUDING THE [1:17:18] DELETION OF ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, [1:17:20] AND THE DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER [1:17:22] 17. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [1:17:24] COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:17:27] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:17:29] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:17:29] PAYNE. I AM -- I WOULD LIKE TO [1:17:31] PULL ITEM 18 FOR THE LEGISLATIVE [1:17:34] DIRECTIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO [1:17:38] HERITAGE PARK TO REPORT TO [1:17:39] COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE N LATER [1:17:42] THAN THE -- THAN THE AUGUST 4 -- [1:17:45] I MEAN, JULY 27. I'M SORRY. [1:17:48] >> WE HAVE THAT PRINT OUT HERE. [1:17:50] » WE HAVE THAT PRINT OUT HERE. [1:17:50] I THINK WE CAN TAKE IT UP WITH [1:17:52] CONSENT IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION [1:17:55] BY THE BODY. [1:18:01] SEEING NO OBJECTION, LET'S TAKE [1:18:04] UP ITEM NUMBER 18 WITH THE [1:18:06] AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED. [1:18:08] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE [1:18:11] REMAINDER OF THIS REPORT? [1:18:15] SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK [1:18:17] TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE APPROVAL [1:18:19] OF THE REPORT INCLUDING THE [1:18:20] DELETION OF ITEM FOUR AND FIVE, [1:18:22] THE DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17, [1:18:25] AND THE AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 18. [1:18:27] THCLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:18:32] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. [1:18:34] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. [1:18:34] COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. [1:18:36] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. [1:18:38] COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, AYE. [1:18:39] COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, AYE. [1:18:43] COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS [1:18:45] ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER [1:18:45] CHUGHTAI. [1:18:46] >> YAY. [1:18:47] » YAY. [1:18:47] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, AYE. [1:18:50] » COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, AYE. [1:18:50] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, [1:18:51] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, [1:18:51] AYE. [1:18:52] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, [1:18:53] » COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, [1:18:53] AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, [1:18:55] AYE ON ALL ITEMS, NO ON 17. [1:19:00] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:19:01] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:19:01] >> AYE. [1:19:03] » AYE. [1:19:03] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WE'RE [1:19:08] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WE'RE [1:19:08] VOTING ON THE BUSINESS, HOUSING [1:19:09] AND ZONING COMMITTEE. FOUR AND [1:19:10] FIVE TO BE DETED. 17 IS TO [1:19:11] DENY AND AN AMENDMENT TO NUMBER [1:19:12] 18. [1:19:16] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW? [1:19:18] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW? [1:19:18] >> THANK YOU. I AM HAVING A [1:19:20] » THANK YOU. I AM HAVING A [1:19:20] PROBLEM WITH THE SCREEN. I [1:19:22] DIDN'T THINK -- IS 17 THE AGAPE? [1:19:25] >> YES. [1:19:26] » YES. [1:19:26] >> DO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT OUT? [1:19:27] » DO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT OUT? [1:19:27] >> CAN WE PULL THAT OUT FOR [1:19:29] » CAN WE PULL THAT OUT FOR [1:19:29] DISCUSSION? [1:19:30] >> WE CAN PULL THAT OUT FOR [1:19:31] » WE CAN PULL THAT OUT FOR [1:19:31] SEPARATE DISCUSSION. VOTE. [1:19:33] >> ONCE AGAIN, I WILL ASK THE [1:19:35] » ONCE AGAIN, I WILL ASK THE [1:19:35] CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON [1:19:37] APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT [1:19:37] WITH THEELETION OF ITEM FOUR [1:19:39] AND FIVE, THE AMENDMENT OF ITEM [1:19:42] 18, AND PULLING OUT 17 FOR [1:19:45] SEPARATE VOTE. [1:19:46] AND DISCUSSION. [1:19:49] THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:19:52] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. AYE. [1:19:54] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. AYE. [1:19:55] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, [1:19:56] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, [1:19:57] AYE. [1:19:57] >> COUNCIL MEMR CHAVEZ, AYE. [1:19:58] » COUNCIL MEMR CHAVEZ, AYE. [1:19:58] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, AYE. [1:20:00] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, AYE. [1:20:01] >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, AYE. [1:20:02] » COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, AYE. [1:20:03] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. [1:20:05] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. [1:20:05] >> COUNCIL MEMBE CHUGHTAI, AYE. [1:20:08] » COUNCIL MEMBE CHUGHTAI, AYE. [1:20:08] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, AYE. [1:20:09] » COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, AYE. [1:20:09] >> COUNC MEMBERCHOWDHURY, [1:20:11] » COUNC MEMBERCHOWDHURY, [1:20:11] AYE. [1:20:11] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, [1:20:13] » COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, [1:20:13] AYE. [1:20:13] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, [1:20:15] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, [1:20:15] AYE. [1:20:15] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, AYE. [1:20:17] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, AYE. [1:20:17] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, AY [1:20:19] » PRESIDENT PAYNE, AY [1:20:19] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:20:23] » THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:20:23] THAT CARRY. NEXT WE WILL [1:20:24] TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 17, AND I [1:20:26] WILL CHECK THE QUEUE FOR ANY [1:20:28] DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER [1:20:29] STEVENSON. [1:20:33] >> THANK YOU. SORRY, GIVE ME A [1:20:38] » THANK YOU. SORRY, GIVE ME A [1:20:39] SECOND. YEP, YEP. [1:20:41] THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN SO [1:20:43] EXTREMELY PAINFUL FOR EVERYE [1:20:44] INVOLVED. THERE WAS LITTLE TO [1:20:46] NO TRANSPARENCY ON MAJOR [1:20:48] DECISIONS AND STEPS, COMMUNITY [1:20:50] INPUT IS TOUTED ANDDERIDED, [1:20:54] POSITIONS ARE FOUGHT IN THE [1:20:54] MEDIA AND OVERFLOWING IN [1:20:56] COMMUNITY MEETINGS. [1:20:57] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS STARTED [1:20:58] ALL OF THIS WITH THE MURDER OF [1:21:01] GEORGE FLOYD AND THEN WAS TASKED [1:21:02] WITH FACILITATINGHE PROCESS OF [1:21:04] RE-IMAGINING, REBUILDING AND [1:21:06] TRYING TO HEAL THE COMMUNITY. [1:21:08] THAT RECIPE FOR DISASTER HAS [1:21:10] YIELDED SO MUCH ONGOING PAIN, [1:21:13] DELAY, AND TRUST BREAKDOWN. [1:21:15] COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ELECTED [1:21:17] OFFICIALS, GEORGE FLOYD'S [1:21:18] FALY, AND MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN [1:21:19] PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND [1:21:21] BETWEEN EACH OTHER. [1:21:22] THIS VOTE TO DENY THE [1:21:24] RECOMMENDATION IS PAINFUL AS [1:21:24] WELL. [1:21:26] BUT IT IS ALSO THE RIGHT THING [1:21:26] TO DO. [1:21:28] THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PLAN OR [1:21:29] TIMELINE FOR THE PEOPLE'S WAY. [1:21:32] COMMUNITY INPUT WASCLEAR. THIS [1:21:33] WAS NOT THE PATH FORWARD. AND [1:21:35] IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TIME [1:21:36] TO GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WE [1:21:38] SHOULD FOLLOW IT JUST LIKE WE [1:21:40] DID WITH THE STREET [1:21:40] RECONSTRUCTION. [1:21:42] NOT INCLUDING GEORGE FLOYD'S [1:21:44] FAMILY I NOT THE RIGHT PATH. [1:21:47] C.M. CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER [1:21:48] CHAVEZ AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO [1:21:50] THE MAYOR TO SIT DOWN AND TALK [1:21:52] ABOUT A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON [1:21:54] THIS ON THE SAME PAGE. OUNCIL [1:21:57] MEMBERS HAVE REACHED OUT AND [1:21:58] OFFERED ASSISTANCE IN BREAKING [1:21:59] THE IMPASSE IN HELPING OUR [1:22:01] COMMUNITY MOVE TOGETHER. THANK [1:22:02] YOU. [1:22:04] SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO [1:22:06] VOTE YES TO DENY THIS [1:22:07] RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN I'M [1:22:09] ASKING FOR FOLKS IN CITY HALL [1:22:10] AND THE COMMUNITY TO PUT OUR [1:22:13] BATTLES AN I SIDE AND WORK [1:22:15] TOGETHER AND NOT AGAINST EACH [1:22:18] PEOPLE'S WAY AND THE 38th E, THE [1:22:19] CORROR ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR [1:22:21] CITY'S STORY AND OUR FUTURE. WE [1:22:23] CAN FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER. [1:22:26] COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY [1:22:26] MEMBERS, GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY [1:22:28] AND PARTNERS. [1:22:29] THANK YOU. [1:22:33] >> I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL [1:22:34] » I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL [1:22:34] MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:22:37] >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT [1:22:39] » THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT [1:22:39] OSMAN. COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO [1:22:40] BEGIN BY REMINDING US THAT [1:22:42] GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IS A SACRED [1:22:45] SPACE, AND THAT THE COMMUNITY [1:22:46] BUILT THE PEOPLE'S WAY THROUGH [1:22:47] YEARS OF GRIEF, ORGANING AND [1:22:48] HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. THE [1:22:52] PROCESS INTO THE SELECTION OF [1:22:53] DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS MUST BE [1:22:55] TRANSPARENT AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE [1:22:56] COUNITY BUY-IN ORDER TO BE [1:22:59] SUCCESSFUL. [1:23:00] OUR COMMUNITY WAS [1:23:02] PROMISED THAT THE SELECTION OF [1:23:03] THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE MADE IN [1:23:04] MAY 2025 FORHE PEOPLE'S WAY AT [1:23:06] GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. [1:23:08] UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE HEARD [1:23:09] MANY FRUSTRATIONS FM COMMUNITY [1:23:11] MEMBERS ACROSS DIFFERENT BELIEFS [1:23:12] HERE THAT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, [1:23:14] AND THATT IS FRUSTRATING. [1:23:16] MUCH OF THE FEEDBACK THAT MY [1:23:18] OFFICE HAS RECEIVED SINCE A [1:23:21] DECISION WAS MADE HAS BEEN [1:23:22] FRUSTRATION AND DISTRUST IN THE [1:23:23] PROCESS. [1:23:24] AND IN APRIL 2025 THE CITY OF [1:23:26] M [1:23:27] THE RESULTS OF A CITY [1:23:29] COMMISSIONED SURVEY TO [1:23:30] UNDERSTAND STAKEHOLDER OPINIONS [1:23:32] ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE [1:23:33] PEOPLE'S WAY. THE SURVEY [1:23:34] RESULTS SHOWED US THAT THE PATH [1:23:38] BEING USHERED TODAY A THIS [1:23:38] VOTE TODAY IS NOT IN ALIGNMENT [1:23:40] WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND IT ALSO [1:23:43] YEAR LATER. NTED TO US UNTIL A [1:23:44] THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT IS [1:23:46] IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGURE THIS [1:23:49] OUT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON [1:23:50] AND RI URGING OUR CLEAGUES TO [1:23:52] DENY THIS PROPOSAL, BUT ARE [1:23:54] BEING CLEAR WE WANT TO FIGURE [1:23:55] THIS OUT SOONER RATHER THAN [1:23:58] LATER. WE REACHED OUT TO MAYOR [1:24:00] FREY THIS WEEK, ASKED FOR A [1:24:02] MEETING, AND WE ALL AGREED TO [1:24:03] DISCUSS THE NEXT STEP [1:24:05] MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN DO THIS [1:24:07] UNITED TOGETHER AS WE FIGURE [1:24:08] THAT OUT. SO WE HOPE THAT YOU [1:24:10] ALL WOULD JOIN US HERE IN WARD [1:24:12] EIGHT AND WARD NINE VOTING TS [1:24:13] DOWN. [1:24:14] AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN US TRYING [1:24:15] TO FIGURE THIS OUT. [1:24:17] >> A RIGHT. NEXT I'LL [1:24:19] » A RIGHT. NEXT I'LL [1:24:19] RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER [1:24:21] WONSLEY. [1:24:21] >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT [1:24:22] » THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT [1:24:23] OSMAN. SO WHEN THE CITY [1:24:24] PURCHASED THE SITE, IT MADE A [1:24:26] PUBLIC COMMI TONIGHT THE [1:24:27] COMMUNITY THAT THEY WOULD [1:24:30] PARTICIPATE IN REPAIRTIVE [1:24:33] JUSTICE AND HONOR THIS SITE TO [1:24:34] BE TRANSFORMED INTOOTH A [1:24:36] PERMANENT MEMORIAL AND A HUB FOR [1:24:38] RACIAL HEALING. [1:24:39] AN THAT WAS A PROMISE THAT THE [1:24:41] CITY MADE THAT IF THE COMMUNITY [1:24:44] ENGAGED WITH THE CITY IN A [1:24:46] GENUINE WAY T CITY WOULD NOT [1:24:48] JUST LISTEN BUT TAKE THE LEAD OF [1:24:49] THE COMMUNITY. [1:24:50] YET THE CITY ABSOLUTELY FUMBLED [1:24:52] THIS PROCESS FROM START TO [1:24:54] FINISH. [1:24:55] AND I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE TIME [1:24:57] ON CITY COUNCIL DOING THOROUGH [1:24:59] OVERSIGHT OVER THE FREY [1:25:00] ADMINISTRATION'S OCUREMENT [1:25:01] PROCESSES, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN [1:25:03] A CONTRACT MISHANDLE IN THE [1:25:05] UNIQUE WAY THAT THIS ONE WAS. [1:25:08] THE PROCESS HAS AS A RESU OF [1:25:10] THIS MISHANDLING, HAS BEEN [1:25:13] DISCREDITE AND THERE IS NO [1:25:16] JUSTIFIABLE REASONS TO EXPLAIN [1:25:17] THE MANY DISCREPANES THAT HAVE [1:25:20] TAKEN PLACE. [1:25:21] THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE [1:25:23] PEOPLE'S WAY AS COUNCIL MEMBER [1:25:24] CHAVEZ NOTED WAS ACTUALLY [1:25:25] SUPPOSED TO WRAP UP AND BE [1:25:27] COMPLETED LAST MAY, BUT THE FREY [1:25:29] ADMINISTRATION WENT GST AND [1:25:30] THERE WAS NO DECISION MADE. [1:25:32] AND THIS PROMPTED AN OUTPOURING [1:25:34] OF OUTREA FROM COMMUNITY [1:25:36] MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ABOUT [1:25:37] WHY THE CITY HAD DELAYED [1:25:39] ANNOUNCING A DEVELOPER, AND THAT [1:25:40] THEY ALSO HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A [1:25:42] THING HAPPEN WITH OTHER [1:25:44] CONTRACTS. [1:25:45] AND THE FREY ADMINISTRATION [1:25:46] DIDN'T PROVIDE REASONING TO [1:25:48] COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO WE HAD NO [1:25:49] ANSWERS TO GIVE TO COMMUNITY. [1:25:50] THERE WAS A CLEAT SHUTDOWN OF [1:25:54] SHUTDOWN OF INFORMATION TO THE E [1:25:55] COUNCIL, MMUNITY, AND [1:25:56] APPLICANT WHO IS SPENT TIME AND [1:25:58] THEIR RESOCES ACTUALLY [1:25:59] ENGAGING IN WHAWAS SUPPOSED TO [1:26:00] BE A VERY AUTHENTIC AND SERIOUS [1:26:03] PROCESS ABOUT HOW WE TRANSFORM [1:26:05] THE PEOPLE'S WAY INTO A RACIAL [1:26:07] HEALING HUB. [1:26:10] AND I'M ALSO -- I WILL NOTE, I [1:26:12] AMUNARE OF ANY OTHER CITY [1:26:15] R.F.P. HAVING A ONE-YEAR DELAY [1:26:18] OFNNOUNCING A SELECTION AS WE [1:26:19] SAW BE PLAYED OUT I THIS CASE. [1:26:21] NOW DESPITE THE PROMISES FOR [1:26:22] THIS TO BE RESTORATIVE AND [1:26:24] REPAIRTIVE PROCESS, WE ARE NOW [1:26:26] IN A SITUATION WHERE THE [1:26:27] ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO IGNORE [1:26:28] THE COMMUNITY. [1:26:29] AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE BEING [1:26:30] ASKED IF THIS ELECTION WAS DUE [1:26:34] THERE IS NO OTHER PLAUSIBLE SE [1:26:36] REASON FOR WHY THIS -- [1:26:37] >> PLEASE DON'T ASCRIBEMOTIVE. [1:26:39] » PLEASE DON'T ASCRIBEMOTIVE. [1:26:39] >> AND THE CITY STAFF HAS [1:26:42] » AND THE CITY STAFF HAS [1:26:42] PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THEY DON'T [1:26:44] BELIEVER THE PLAN BROUGHT [1:26:45] FORWARD BY THE CHOSEN VENDOR, [1:26:47] AGAPE, THAT THEIR DEVELOPMENT [1:26:48] PLAN IS FEASIBLE. THE COMMUNITY [1:26:49] SURVEY ALSO CONVEYED A REFERENCE [1:26:52] FOR ANOTHER DEVELOPER AND WITH [1:26:54] ALL THESE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, MAYBE [1:26:58] BEYOND HOW THIS RECOMMENDATION [1:26:59] GOT BEFORE US TODAY. I WANT TO [1:27:01] RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS [1:27:02] SIGNIFICANT HARM DONE BY THE [1:27:04] ADMINIRATION IN THESE ACTIONS [1:27:06] BECAUSE IT FOSTERS FURTHER LACK [1:27:09] OF CREDIBILITY AND TRUST BETWEEN [1:27:11] THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. [1:27:13] AND THIS IS ALSO WHY I DID NOT [1:27:17] WONT TO SEE THE CITY BE THE [1:27:19] FINAL DECION MAKER IN THIS [1:27:20] SELECTION BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE [1:27:22] A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF [1:27:23] DELIVERING ON PROMISES TO [1:27:24] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHEN IT COMES [1:27:25] TO THE HANDLING OF SITE [1:27:28] SELECTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN [1:27:31] THERE'S -- ISSUES AROUND RACIAL [1:27:33] HARM AT HAND. [1:27:36] AND THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US TODAY [1:27:39] ESSENTIALLY -- IT'S REFLECTIVE [1:27:41] OF THOSE BROADER PROBLEMS WITHIN [1:27:44] THE CITY. [1:27:45] AND THE PPOSAL IN ITSELF ALSO [1:27:49] HAS BEEN FOUND TO NOT BE BOTH [1:27:51] FISCALLY AND LEGALLY VIABL IN [1:27:53] ADDITION TO NOT BEING IN [1:27:54] ALIGNMENT WITH THECOMMUNITY'S [1:27:58] THIS SITE. E CITY'S VISION FOR [1:27:58] I WANT TO NAME THAT I'VE BROUGHT [1:28:02] MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE MANY [1:28:05] INADEQUACIES THAT WE HAVE SEEN [1:28:06] PLAYED OUT IN THE PROCUREMENT [1:28:08] PI [1:28:09] BROUGHT THE CONCERNS TO THE CITY [1:28:11] AUDITOR. I LOOK FORWARD TOED A [1:28:13] VANCING NEXT STEPS -- TO [1:28:15] ADVANCING NEXT STEPS BECAUSE [1:28:16] THEY SHOULD NOTAPPEN AGAIN AND [1:28:17] THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN [1:28:18] THE FIRST PLACE. IN THE [1:28:21] MEANTIME, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE [1:28:23] ALREADY SUGGESTED PATHWAYS [1:28:24] FORWARD. I KNOW I AM COMMITTED [1:28:26] TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO [1:28:27] DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO [1:28:28] HONOR THE COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE [1:28:29] BEEN MADE. [1:28:30] AND I DO URGE AS MY COLLEAGUES [1:28:32] O REPRESENT GEORGE FLOYD [1:28:32] SQUARE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED, I DO [1:28:35] HOPE THE FREY ADMINISTRATION [1:28:36] TAKES THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [1:28:38] STEN AND PROPOSE ACTIONS THAT [1:28:39] DO REFLECT WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE [1:28:41] BEEN DEMANDING A ORGANIZING [1:28:43] AND HAS ACTUALLY WORK [1:28:45] COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY TO [1:28:46] ACCOMPLISH FOR YEARS. THAT'S [1:28:49] IT. [1:28:50] >> COUNCIL MEMBER TAW. [1:28:51] » COUNCIL MEMBER TAW. [1:28:51] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:28:54] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:28:54] YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER REALLY SAID [1:28:56] MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT [1:28:58] GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE BECAUSE IT'S [1:29:00] NOT MY WARD, AND I REALLY DO [1:29:03] RESPECT THAT THE LEADERS WHO [1:29:04] WERE ELECTED TO SERVE THAT AREA [1:29:06] HAVE BEEN VOCAL, HAVE BEEN -- [1:29:10] YOU KNOW, ENGAGING US, AND THANK [1:29:12] YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND [1:29:15] STEVENSON FOR THIS LAST WEEK. [1:29:16] JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH [1:29:18] ME ABOUT THE FUTURE OF GEORGE [1:29:20] OYD SQUARE, AND HOW YOU WANT [1:29:22] TO WORK COLLECTIVELY TO DO [1:29:24] SOMETHIN [1:29:25] I WILL SAY THAT'M VERY [1:29:27] DISAPPOINTED IN WHERE WE ARE [1:29:29] TODAY O THI PARTICULAR [1:29:30] BUILDING. [1:29:33] I HAVE REALLY HOPED THAT AS A [1:29:35] CITY, AS AN AREA, I GO TO GEORGE [1:29:38] FLOYD SQUARE AND IT IS A PLACE [1:29:39] OF ACCEPTANCE. IT'S A PLACE OF [1:29:41] LOVE. IT'S A PLACE OF UNITY. [1:29:42] AND I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT [1:29:45] THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE [1:29:47] REFLECTED THAT. LO, UNITY, [1:29:49] AND ACCEPTANCE. AND THERE ARE [1:29:50] GROUPS THAT HAVE DONE PHENOMENAL [1:29:53] WORK IN THAT AREA FOR SIX YEARS [1:29:57] TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU WALK [1:29:59] THERE, THAT'S WHAT Y FEEL. [1:30:00] THAT'S WHA YOU SEE. AND I [1:30:02] THOUGHT THIS PROJECT COULD BE [1:30:03] THAT. [1:30:03] I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE AN [1:30:05] AMAZING THING FOR US TO COME [1:30:07] GETHER ON NOT ONLY AS A CITY, [1:30:10] BUT THE WOMEN, THE PEOPLE WHO [1:30:11] WERE THERE PROTECTING AND [1:30:15] PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF THE [1:30:17] VIOLENCE THAT'S HAPPENED THERE. [1:30:19] AND THEIMPACT. [1:30:21] AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT [1:30:25] AGAPE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY [1:30:26] ARE ONE OF MANY WHO COULD DO [1:30:28] THERE ARE SO MANY BRILLIANT [1:30:31] FOS OVER THERE WHO ARE [1:30:34] HURTING, WHO HAVE A VISION, AND [1:30:35] I JUST THINK SOMETIMES WHEN [1:30:38] WE'RE GRIEVING AND WHEN THINGS [1:30:41] ARE ALYS HEIGHTENED IN THE [1:30:42] CITY PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT. [1:30:44] THIS STUFF NEVER COMES OUT, [1:30:46] LIKE, IN UNITY. WE HAVEN'T DONE [1:30:48] YOU ALL RIGHT. AND MOST OF YOU [1:30:50] ARE HEREODAY BECAUSE YOU'RE [1:30:51] STRESSED ABOUT ANASSESSMENT. [1:30:52] AND THAT'S NOT OKAY. THERE'S SO [1:30:56] MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN [1:30:57] PROLONGED AND POLITICIZED, AND [1:30:59] THIS IS THE ONE THING WE CAN'T [1:31:00] LET THAT HAPPEN AS A COMMUNITY. [1:31:05] LOST HIS LIFE. IF YOU EVER TALK [1:31:06] TO ME, YOU ASK ANYONE, I'VE [1:31:11] ALWAYSSAID, THINK THAT THIS [1:31:13] SPACE SHOULD BE THE DONIELA [1:31:16] FRAZIER YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER [1:31:17] WITH A COMMUNITY GARDEN ON THE [1:31:19] ROOFTOP TO TEACH KS HOW TO [1:31:21] GARDEN. AS A GARDENER, I WOULD [1:31:22] LOVE TO SHOW KIDS HOW TO GROW [1:31:25] DAHLIAS OR SOME OFY FAVORITE [1:31:27] FLOWER. WE NEED A COMMUNITY [1:31:29] ROOM THERE. PARAGRAPH I HAVE A [1:31:30] VISION, BUT YOU ALL DO, TOO. [1:31:31] WHAT I WANT OUT OF THIS IS FOR [1:31:34] US TO TRULY COME TOGETHER. [1:31:36] THIS IS HOW YOU SHOW PEOPLE HOW [1:31:38] TO GET THINGS DONE. . [1:31:40] THIS IS THE ONE PROJECT THAT WE [1:31:42] CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER IN LOVE [1:31:45] AND COLLORATION. AND REALLY [1:31:47] BUILD SOMETHING AMAZING ON THIS [1:31:49] CORRIDOR THAT REFLECTS ALL OF [1:31:50] US. [1:31:55] THAT REFLECTS WHAT OUR CITY HAS [1:31:57] BEEN THROUGH AND THE FUTURE OF [1:31:59] AND THIS IS IT. WE HAVE TO STOP [1:32:01] FIGHTING ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TO [1:32:04] STOP POLITICIZING IT. [1:32:05] WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY [1:32:06] WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE WORLD. [1:32:07] WHEN THEY COME TO THIS AREA, [1:32:09] WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE WORLD [1:32:10] THAT SOMEBODY TERRIBLE HAPPENED, [1:32:12] BUT LOOK WHAT WE BUILT OUT OF [1:32:13] IT. AND I KNOW WE CAN DO IT. [1:32:15] I BELIEVE IN EVERY SINGLE PERSON [1:32:22] THAT HAS STEPPED FOOT IN THAT [1:32:24] AREA AND SPENT TIME AND BUILDING [1:32:25] WHAT IS THERE NOW F [1:32:27] I THINK OF THE CELEBRATIONS YOU [1:32:28] ALL HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF [1:32:30] WEEKS. [1:32:30] WE NEED A PLACE WHERE WE CAN [1:32:31] HAVE A CELEBRATION WHENEVER W [1:32:33] DECIDE TO. [1:32:34] IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INEMORY [1:32:36] OF THE DAY THA AGEDY. [1:32:37] WE NEED TO JUST SAY FRIDAY, [1:32:38] WE'RE CELEBRATING. ON THE [1:32:40] CORNER OF 38th AND CHICAGO. [1:32:42] AND WE NEED A SPACE THAT IS [1:32:44] SAFE, THAT ISWELCOMING, THAT IS [1:32:47] LOVING, THAT BRINGS AND SHOW [1:32:48] CASES THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. [1:32:50] SO I'VE COMMITTED TO WORKING ON [1:32:53] THIS. [1:32:56] I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE [1:32:58] EVERY SINGLE PERSON OVER TRE [1:32:59] IS ARD. WE DON'T ALWAYS GET [1:33:00] EV [1:33:02] WE C DO THIS. I REALLY [1:33:04] BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNITY. I [1:33:05] BELIEVE IN THE STRENGTH OF US. [1:33:09] I BELIEVEHAT WE CAN GET IT [1:33:12] FUNDED. I BELIEVE WE'RE ALL [1:33:13] GOING TO CELEBRATE. [1:33:14] ERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE [1:33:16] RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. [1:33:17] IT WILL BE THE PLACE. [1:33:19] AS A NORTH SIDER, I WANT IT TO [1:33:23] BE THE PLACE WE CAN GO TO. I [1:33:24] KNOW WE WE CAN DO IT. WE'RE [1:33:26] GOING TO DO IT. [1:33:27] THE ONLY REAN I AM SPEAKING [1:33:29] HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I WANT YOU [1:33:30] ALL TO KNOW THAT THIS [1:33:32] SOMETHING WE'RE ON. [1:33:34] WE WILL VER, EVER, ER FORGET [1:33:37] WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD. [1:33:39] BUT HIS MEMORY CAN BE ELEVATE [1:33:41] THIS SPACE, AND I THINKE [1:33:43] ALL OWE IT TO HI HIS FAMILY, [1:33:45] THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO CAPTURED THE [1:33:48] VIDEO, TO SHOWS WHAT HAPPENED. [1:33:50] WHERE IS SHE IN THIS [1:33:52] CONVERSATION? [1:33:52] SHE'S A YOUNG WOMAN IN OUR [1:33:56] COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR [1:33:57] US T SIT DOWN WITH HER AND ASK [1:33:59] HER, WHAT IS HER LEGACY? SHE [1:34:01] GAVE SOMETHING TO US. [1:34:02] WHATRE WE GIVING BACK TO HER [1:34:04] AS A COMMUNITY? THIS IS ABOUT [1:34:07] US COLLECTIVELY, AND I WANT THIS [1:34:08] TO BE A CELEBRATION FOR OUR [1:34:09] COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT. [1:34:11] EVERYBODY WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, WE [1:34:13] DESERVE SOMETHING SPECTACULAR [1:34:14] THAT WILL HELP US TO NEVER [1:34:16] FORGET WHAT HAPPENED TO US AND [1:34:19] WHAT -- THIS IS WHAT SHOW CASES [1:34:20] US IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE, [1:34:22] BUT WE SHOWED THE WORLD HOW WE [1:34:23] COME TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF EACH [1:34:25] OTHER. [1:34:25] AND I WANT THIS TO ULTIMATELY BE [1:34:28] THAT. [1:34:28] I AM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO MAKING [1:34:30] SURE THAT EVERYTHING I SAID [1:34:31] TODAY AND EVYTHING YOU ARE [1:34:33] SAYING TO ME HAPPENS. [1:34:35] AND I JUST WANT YOU ALL T KNOW [1:34:40] STARTING TODAY WE BUILD ON THAT [1:34:42] AND WE MAKE THIS SPECTACULAR. [1:34:45] >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:34:47] » COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:34:47] >> WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL [1:34:48] » WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL [1:34:48] MEMBER VETAW, FOR REALLY CASTING [1:34:50] A VISION OF WHERE WE CAN HEAD [1:34:52] TOGETHER IN UNITY. [1:34:55] AND MY SIMPLE POINT THAT I WANT [1:34:56] TO BRING FORWARD AT THIS POINT [1:34:59] IN TIME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE [1:35:01] ALL HAVE RESNSIBILITY FOR [1:35:03] MOVING THIS FORWARD TOGETHER. [1:35:04] AND THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO [1:35:10] AND LEAN INTO THE REPRESENTATION [1:35:11] OF WARDS EIGHT AND WARDS NINE. [1:35:14] AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE A VISION [1:35:17] FOR, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, [1:35:20] REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT [1:35:21] THIS IS THE TIME TO LEAD. [1:35:23] THIS ISHE TIME TO GET YOUR [1:35:25] TEAM, IF WE MAKE THIS MOTION TO [1:35:28] DENY, THIS IS THE TIME TO MOVE [1:35:30] FORWARD IMMEDIATELY. [1:35:32] WE CANNOT HAVE ANY FURTHER [1:35:34] DELAY. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO [1:35:36] WONDER WT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. [1:35:38] IF THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT STEP [1:35:40] FROM THOSEHAT ARE AT THE FRONT [1:35:41] LINE ELECTED REPRESENTATION FROM [1:35:43] YOUR POINT OF VIEW, THEN WE'VE [1:35:45] GOT TOEALLY MOVE FORWARD. [1:35:47] AND THAT'S MY COMMITMENT TO THE [1:35:50] COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE [1:35:51] TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IN A TIMELY [1:35:53] FASHION AND NOT CONTINUE TO HAVE [1:35:56] DELAYS. [1:35:57] BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO [1:35:59] HAS WORKED ON THIS, FOR ALL THE [1:36:00] COMMUNY MEMBERS, AND I LOOK [1:36:03] FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO [1:36:06] CELEBRATE SOMETIME TOGETHER IN [1:36:07] THIS SPACE. [1:36:09] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:36:12] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:36:12] >> IMPORTANTLY, I JUST WANT TO [1:36:15] » IMPORTANTLY, I JUST WANT TO [1:36:15] REITERATE WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID [1:36:16] BUT THOSE THAT REPRESENT THIS [1:36:18] IMMEDIATE AREA BECAUSE IT [1:36:19] DESERVES REITERATION. [1:36:22] YOU REACHED O OUT THE WORK [1:36:23] TOGEER ON HOW TO STILL MOVE [1:36:27] NOT TO STALL IT FOR ANOTHER [1:36:29] YEAR, BUT HOW TO MOVE IT [1:36:31] FORWARD, ALBEIT IN A DIFRENT [1:36:32] WAY THAN THE MOTION THAT WAS [1:36:33] BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY. [1:36:34] THE CITY PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY [1:36:36] IN 2023. SOMETIMES I NEEDED TO [1:36:37] BE REMINDED OF THAT BECAUSE I [1:36:41] REALLY WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. [1:36:43] IT HAS TAKEN US THREE YEARS TO [1:36:45] GET TO THIS POINT, AND I [1:36:48] UNDERSTAND THERE ARE COMPETING [1:36:50] VISIONS AND CHOICES THAT AT SOME [1:36:52] POINT HAD TO BE MADE. [1:36:54] AND I DO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR [1:36:55] AND CITY STAFF F MAKING A [1:36:58] CHOICE. [1:36:59] I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT [1:37:00] THAT WILL BRING ECONOMIC [1:37:03] INVESTMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TO [1:37:04] THIS COMMUNITY, AND HOPEFULLY [1:37:05] EVEN SE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, [1:37:07] BUT MY FEAR ABOUT DENYING THIS [1:37:10] ITEM, THIS PAST COUPLE WEEKS, [1:37:12] WOULD BE TO BE STARTING OVER [1:37:13] AGAIN. [1:37:15] BUT I HAD SOME VERY GOOD [1:37:17] CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER [1:37:19] STEVENSON ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. [1:37:21] I'LL BE VOTING IN ACCORNCE [1:37:23] WITH THAT CONVERSATION. [1:37:23] I WONDER IF THERE IS A WAY TO [1:37:28] SALVAGE THIS AND MOVE FORWARD IN [1:37:32] SHORT ORDER. [1:37:34] I'D LIKE TO KNOW AFTER YOU HE [1:37:36] THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WHAT WE [1:37:38] SHOULD DO DIFFERENTLY. HOW WE [1:37:40] SHOULD OPEN UP PROPOSALS. [1:37:44] I THINK WE NEED IDEAS OF OTHERS [1:37:47] WITH EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPMENT. [1:37:48] THIS IS A VALUABLE SITE FOR THE [1:37:50] COMMUNITY, AND I WANT US TO [1:37:52] UTILE IT TO ITS FULLEST [1:37:53] CAPACITY. [1:37:57] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [1:37:58] » COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [1:37:58] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE, [1:37:59] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE, [1:37:59] AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. [1:38:03] I THINK RIGHTLY AND IF CORRECTLY [1:38:06] NOTED, THIS IS A MOMENT [1:38:07] PARTICULARLY FOR COLLABORATION [1:38:08] AND UNITY ON THIS SPECIC SPOT. [1:38:10] I THINK ALL OF US IN THE CITY OF [1:38:12] MINNEAPOLIS UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS [1:38:14] SITE MEANS TO MANY OF US. [1:38:15] I KNOW MANY OF US GOT INTO [1:38:18] PUBLIC SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE [1:38:22] MURDER OF GEGE FLOYD. [1:38:23] PARTICULARLY, I WANT TO TALK [1:38:24] ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF WHAT THIS [1:38:27] DOES. SO THERE IS CONFUSION [1:38:28] AROUND WHAT THIS DENIAL ACTUALLY [1:38:30] DOES, AND WT MOVING FORWARD [1:38:33] WITH THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT OR [1:38:36] SORRY, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD [1:38:37] DO. [1:38:40] AND IF THIS PROPOSAL AS [1:38:42] RECOMMENDED MOVED FORWARD, AGAPE [1:38:44] WOULD HAVE TWO YEARS AND THEN UP [1:38:46] TO AN EXTRA YEAR TO KIND OF [1:38:49] DEVELOP OUT A SITE. [1:38:51] ATTACHED TO THAT JUST LOOKING AT [1:38:52] OUR TERM SHEETS, THIS IS NOT AN [1:38:56] UNSOPHISTICATED DEVELOPMENT. [1:38:57] THIS REQUIRES A LOT OF [1:38:59] ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION ALG [1:39:01] WITH KIND OF THE PERMITTING [1:39:02] PROCESS THAT CAN TAKE YEARS TO [1:39:05] KIND OF BLD OUT A DEVELOPMENT [1:39:06] OF THAT. [1:39:09] AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE [1:39:11] THING, WE ALSO HAVE TO [1:39:12] UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT TO SET [1:39:14] UP COMMUNITY SETUP OR VERSION OF [1:39:16] DEVELOPMENT, THE CITY'S VERSION, [1:39:20] DEVELOPMENT TO BE -- TO KIND OF [1:39:21] NOT MEET WHAT THIS ACTUALLY [1:39:22] SHOULD BE. [1:39:23] AND SO I THINK WHEN WE SPEAK [1:39:24] ABOUT THIS AND SEEING THIS AS IT [1:39:28] SOUNDS LIKE THIS WILL PROBABLY [1:39:29] MOVE FORWARD WITH A DENIAL, [1:39:32] MAKING SURE IN CONVERSATION WITH [1:39:34] COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AND [1:39:35] COCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ALONG WITH [1:39:36] THE MAYOR, WE FIGURE OUT HOW [1:39:38] BEST TO SET THIS UP FOR SUCCESS. [1:39:40] I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US [1:39:42] IN THIS ROOM ON THIS DAIS WANTS [1:39:44] TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD IN A [1:39:46] WAY THAT IS SUCCESSFUL, LIKE [1:39:48] COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW SAID. [1:39:50] THAT MEETS THE MOMENT AND IS [1:39:52] SPECTACULAR IN THAT. [1:39:53] AND SO I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO [1:39:54] COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING THAT [1:39:57] THIS IS A PROCESS AND LOGISTICS [1:40:01] THAT IS DEEPER THAN JUST, HEY, [1:40:03] LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT. [1:40:05] THIS IS REQUIRED A LEVEL OF [1:40:08] UNDERSTANDING ANDXPERIENCE [1:40:09] THAT WILL MEET THIS DEVELOPMENT [1:40:13] BECAUSE THIS I A SITE THAT HAS [1:40:15] A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS AROUND IT [1:40:16] AS WELL. SO I KNOW I AM LOOKING [1:40:18] FORWARD TO THOSE HEARING ABOUT [1:40:19] THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND I KNOW [1:40:20] THIS BODY IS AS WELL, S THANK [1:40:22] YOU. [1:40:23] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [1:40:24] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [1:40:24] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:40:26] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:40:26] I'LL KP MY REMARKS BEF. I [1:40:28] SPOKE TO THIS IN THE CLIMATE AND [1:40:30] INFRTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, AND [1:40:33] I'M SEEING SEVERAL OF THE [1:40:34] COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE AT [1:40:35] THE MEETING HERE AGAIN. [1:40:37] THANK YOU FOR COMING TO CITY [1:40:38] HALL. [1:40:39] I KNOW IT IS REALLY OUT OF THE [1:40:41] WAY, AND IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK [1:40:44] OVER AT THE SQUA, SO I JUST [1:40:45] APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK DOWN [1:40:47] HERE. [1:40:47] AND AGAIN, LIKE I HOPE WE CAN [1:40:50] COME TOGETHER I A MOMENT OF [1:40:54] SOMETHING POSITIVE, AND [1:40:55] SOMETHING IGHT RATHER THAN [1:40:58] HAVING TO CONTINUE TO MUL [1:41:00] THROUGH CONFLICT AND COMMUNITY [1:41:02] FEELING UNHEARD. [1:41:03] LIKE I SAID, IN CLIMATE AND [1:41:06] INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY NEEDS [1:41:06] TO GET A BREAK. [1:41:09] THIS AREA, THE BLACK COMMITY, [1:41:11] THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, [1:41:13] EVERNE THAT'S IN 38th AND [1:41:15] CHICAGO NEED TO GET A BREAK. [1:41:16] AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS [1:41:18] ABSOLUTELY HAS A ROLE IN [1:41:19] PROVIDING THAT. JUST WANT TO [1:41:21] TAKE A SECOND TO THANK COUNCIL [1:41:23] MEMBER CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER [1:41:26] STEVENSON. THEY REALLY HAVE [1:41:26] BEEN UP HERE TALKING TO EH AND [1:41:29] ERY COUNCIL MEMBER AND TRYING [1:41:30] TO MOVE US FORWARD. [1:41:32] A FEW THINGS THAT I FEEL IS [1:41:36] RELY NECESSARY IS THERE NEE [1:41:37] TO BE JUST BETTER COMMUNICATION [1:41:40] AND LEANING IN WITHIN THE CITY [1:41:43] HERE [1:41:43] OUR CPED DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC [1:41:45] WORKS DEPARTMENT, CITY COUNCIL, [1:41:46] MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND I THINK [1:41:48] THERE IS A FRICTION THERE THAT [1:41:50] COMMUNITY IS ULTIMATELY FEELING. [1:41:52] SO THAT NEED TO BE NUMBER ONE. [1:41:53] THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY FOR US [1:41:55] TO STREAMNE A WAY FOR US TO DO [1:41:58] THIS POSITIVELY AND THAT IS THE [1:41:59] WORK THAT IS ON US. [1:42:01] AND THE OTHER THING THAT I HEAR [1:42:04] IS THAT COMMITY NEEDS TO BE A [1:42:04] PART OF THE DECIDING THE PROCESS [1:42:08] IN TERMS OF SELECTING THE [1:42:10] ORGANIZATION, THE ORGANIZATIONS [1:42:11] HOWEVER THIS WILL GO FOR THE [1:42:13] PEOPLE'S WAY. THERE NEEDS TO BE [1:42:16] MORE COLLABORATION. [1:42:18] AND THE OTHER THING, AND WHERE [1:42:20] MY SUPPORT FOR DYING THIS [1:42:22] APPLICATION TODAY COMES FROM IS [1:42:25] THE SURVEY RESULTS WERE VERY [1:42:28] CLEAR. [1:42:28] THIS DOES NOT HAVE DEMOCRATIC [1:42:31] SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. [1:42:31] AND IT'S THE PEOPLE'S WAY, AFTER [1:42:34] ALL. [1:42:35] AND THERE ISN'T CLEAR CONSENSUS. [1:42:37] AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING [1:42:38] MA OF US CAN AGREE, AND I [1:42:40] THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING. [1:42:42] WE NEED TO DO THIS RIGHT. THIS [1:42:44] HAS TO HAVE THE TRUST OF THE [1:42:45] COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE CITY OF [1:42:46] MINNEAPOLIS CANNOT SUPPLEMENT [1:42:47] THAT TRUST. THE CITY OF [1:42:48] MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN A PART OF [1:42:50] BREAKING THAT TRUST. [1:42:50] AND LASTLY, ONE THING WE CAN DO [1:42:54] AND ONE THING I'M HOPING WE WILL [1:42:57] DO TODAY IS LOOKING AT THAT [1:42:59] SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. [1:43:00] WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT [1:43:02] IN OUR NEXT COMMITTEE REPORT, [1:43:03] BUT ALSO BRINGING INVESTMENT [1:43:05] INTO 38th AND CHICAGO. [1:43:07] IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY LONG [1:43:08] TIME. IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO [1:43:10] PUT THE MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH [1:43:11] IS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN AND DO IT [1:43:14] IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE [1:43:14] COMMUNITY. [1:43:18] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:43:19] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:43:19] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:43:21] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:43:21] PAYNE. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION [1:43:25] OF CLARIFICATION. SO AS WE ARE [1:43:28] VOTING AT THIS TIME, IF WE ARE [1:43:34] LOOKING TO VOTE YES OR NO, I [1:43:37] MEAN, IS THIS GOING TO SRT [1:43:38] THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN ON [1:43:41] BEHALF OF WHAT'S HAPPENING? [1:43:45] CAN SOMEONE PROVIDE ME WITH [1:43:47] CONTEXT OF WHAT EXACTLY IS -- [1:43:49] BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED RIGHT AT [1:43:50] THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT. AND I [1:43:51] JUST NEED SOME CLARITY. [1:43:53] >> SO VOTING YES ON THE DENIAL [1:43:56] » SO VOTING YES ON THE DENIAL [1:43:56] WOULD END THIS PROCESS. AND [1:43:58] THEN WE COULD DO THE SAME [1:43:59] PROCEN [1:44:01] ENTIRELY NEW PROCESS. WE COULD [1:44:03] DO SOMETHING ELSE. [1:44:04] SO A VOTE YES IS TO END THIS [1:44:08] CURRENT PROCESS. A VOTE NO IS [1:44:10] TO CONTINUE THIS CURRENT [1:44:10] PROCESS. [1:44:13] THAT'S THE DECISION WE HAVE [1:44:16] BEFORE US. [1:44:16] >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE [1:44:24] » OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE [1:44:24] CLARIFICATION ONTHAT. CAN I [1:44:26] ASK ONE MORE SMALL QUTION. [1:44:27] HOW LONG WILL THE PROCESS BE [1:44:29] AFTER THIS? IS THIS GOING TO BE [1:44:31] -- DO WE KNOW WHAT THE RESPONSE [1:44:35] TIME WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN -- [1:44:36] BECAUSE IF WE ACQUIRED THE LAND [1:44:39] IN 2023, WE'RE APPROACHING 2027. [1:44:46] -- [1:44:47] >> I AM INVITING DIRECTOR HENSON [1:44:49] » I AM INVITING DIRECTOR HENSON [1:44:49] UP TO SPEAK TO THAT. [1:44:50] >> THANK YOU KINDLY. [1:44:52] » THANK YOU KINDLY. [1:44:52] >> COUNCIL PREDENT? [1:44:52] » COUNCIL PREDENT? [1:44:52] >> I AM ERIC HANSON, THE [1:44:55] » I AM ERIC HANSON, THE [1:44:55] DIRECT [1:44:56] AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TO [1:44:58] ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL [1:44:59] M [1:45:03] DECIDES TO VOTE TO DENY IT, I [1:45:06] WOULD END THAT R.F.Q., REQUEST [1:45:09] FOR QUALIFICATIONS, PROCESS. WE [1:45:10] HAVE TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS [1:45:12] CHAVEZ AND STEVENSON ABOUT A [1:45:14] MEETING WITH THE MAYOR NEXT WEEK [1:45:16] WHERE WEOULD PT OUT ANOTHER [1:45:18] PATH FORWARD. [1:45:19] IF THAT IS THE WILL OF E BODY, [1:45:21] AND LET YOU GUYS TE, AND WE [1:45:23] WILL GET TOHE MAYOR. BUT IF [1:45:25] WE ARE HAVING THAT MEETING, WE [1:45:28] WILL BE SETTING OUT THE PROSS [1:45:29] FOR WHAT TO DO WITH IT. [1:45:32] SO WE'RE GOING IO THAT [1:45:33] POTENTIALLY IF WHAVE THAT [1:45:34] CONVERSATION, WE'RE GOING THERE [1:45:36] WITH AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WT -- [1:45:38] ABOUT WHAT WILL BE THE MOST [1:45:40] PRUDENT WAY TO MOVE IT FORWARD. [1:45:44] THERE IS TIME INVOLVED IN THE [1:45:50] DEVELOPMENT PROCES WITH COUNCIL [1:45:51] MEMBER WHITING AND WITH THE [1:45:55] DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES, TRE ARE [1:45:57] COMPLICATED FACTORS IN TAKING A [1:46:01] VACANT PROPERTY AND MOVING IT [1:46:03] INTO SE OTHER USE. [1:46:05] THERE ARE A LOT OF TECHNICAL [1:46:06] STEPS THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE [1:46:08] THOSE ARE ALL THE CONVENTIONAL [1:46:09] ONES IN THE TERM SHEET YOU SEE [1:46:10] IN THE R.C.A. FOR THIS PROJECT. [1:46:13] THOSE STEPS WOULD STILL HAVE TO [1:46:15] -- WE'D STILLAVE TO TAKE THOSE [1:46:18] STEPS. [1:46:18] THERE IS INTEREST IN, AND WE [1:46:21] KNOW THERE IS INTEREST IN THE [1:46:22] COMMUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ROBUST [1:46:24] PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS, [1:46:25] AND THAT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME AS [1:46:27] WELL. [1:46:28] AS FAR AS THE EXACT MOMENT IN [1:46:29] TIME OF HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE [1:46:30] TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, IT [1:46:31] IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS MOMENT. [1:46:34] >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, DIRECTOR [1:46:37] » THANK YOU FOR THAT, DIRECTOR [1:46:37] HANSEN. [1:46:37] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:46:39] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:46:39] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:46:41] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:46:41] PAYNE, AND THANKSOR THAT [1:46:42] QUESTION. [1:46:44] THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION, [1:46:45] COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. IHINK [1:46:46] THE OTHER PART IS COUNCIL MEMBER [1:46:47] STEVENSON AND I HAVE COMMITTED [1:46:48] TO MEETING WITH THE MAYOR, AND [1:46:50] SO ONCE THAT MEETING HAPPENS, [1:46:51] WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO UPDATE [1:46:53] MEMBERS OF THIS BODY WHO WISH TO [1:46:55] BE UPDATE AND HOW THE [1:46:57] CONVERSATIONS SO GO SO WE CAN [1:46:57] GET A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT [1:46:59] THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. [1:47:00] IT'S HARD TO GIVE A SPECIFIC [1:47:02] TIMELINE WHEN WE ARE GOING TO [1:47:03] HAVE TT MEETING NEXT WEEK. [1:47:14] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:47:15] » THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:47:15] THERE'S NO AUDIENCE [1:47:17] PARTICIPATION HERE. UMM ... ON [1:47:26] THE MOTION TO DELETE NUMBER 17, [1:47:29] TH CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:47:31] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [1:47:32] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [1:47:32] >> NO. [1:47:32] » NO. [1:47:32] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:47:34] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:47:34] >> AYE. [1:47:35] » AYE. [1:47:35] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:47:36] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:47:37] >>YE. [1:47:37] » YE. [1:47:37] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:47:38] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:47:38] >> ABSTENTION. [1:47:40] » ABSTENTION. [1:47:40] >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:47:41] » COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:47:41] >> AYE. [1:47:41] » AYE. [1:47:41] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:47:43] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:47:43] >> AYE. [1:47:43] » AYE. [1:47:43] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. [1:47:44] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. [1:47:45] >> AYE. [1:47:46] » AYE. [1:47:46] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [1:47:47] » COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [1:47:48] >> AYE. [1:47:48] » AYE. [1:47:48] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [1:47:49] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [1:47:49] >> AYE [1:47:50] » AYE [1:47:50] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. [1:47:51] » COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. [1:47:51] >> AYE. [1:47:51] » AYE. [1:47:51] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:47:52] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:47:52] >> NAY. [1:47:53] » NAY. [1:47:53] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:47:54] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:47:54] >>YE. [1:47:55] » YE. [1:47:55] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:47:56] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:47:56] >> AYE. [1:47:57] » AYE. [1:47:57] >> THERE ARE 10 AYES. TWO NAYS. [1:48:00] » THERE ARE 10 AYES. TWO NAYS. [1:48:00] ONE ABSTENTION. [1:48:01] >> THATOTION CARRIES. AND [1:48:04] » THATOTION CARRIES. AND [1:48:04] THAT COMPLETES THE BIZ REPORT.. [1:48:11] AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEEMATE [1:48:12] PRESENTE BY THAT COMTTEE'S [1:48:14] CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:48:20] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:48:21] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:48:21] THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE [1:48:22] COMMITTEE HAS 17 ITEMS TO BRING [1:48:24] FORWARD. THE FIRST IS THE [1:48:28] LORINI PARK RESURFACING [1:48:31] PROJECT APPROVAL AND ASSESSMENT. [1:48:33] TWO IS THE 38th STREET AND [1:48:35] CHICAGO AVENUE STREET [1:48:37] RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT APPROVAL [1:48:38] ASSESSMENT AND AREA WAY [1:48:39] ABANDONMENT. I WILL BE MOVING [1:48:42] THIS SEPARATELY. NUMBER THREE [1:48:42] IS A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE [1:48:46] 2026 2026 M [1:48:50] METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REGIONAL [1:48:55] SOLICITATION AND FEDERAL [1:48:57] TRANSPORTATION FUNDS. FOUR IS [1:48:59] AGREEMENT WITH THE MNDOT FOR [1:49:02] WHITIER SAFE TO ROUTES SCHOOL [1:49:04] PHASE TWO PROJECT. FIVE IS A [1:49:06] BID FOR NICOLLET AVENUE PLANTING [1:49:08] AND MAINTENANCE. SIX A BID F [1:49:11] HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND OPERATOR. [1:49:13] SEVEN IS A BID. EIGHT IS A BID [1:49:18] FOR 2026 RESTORATION ONLY [1:49:19] OJECT. NINE IS A BID FOR THE [1:49:21] THIRD STREET NORTH SANITARY [1:49:23] SEWER RECONSTRUCTIO PROJECT. [1:49:26] 10 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT [1:49:29] MINGER CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, [1:49:30] INC. FOR THE BOSSEN TERRACE [1:49:33] SANITARY AND STORM SEWER [1:49:35] IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 11 IS A [1:49:36] CONTRACT AMENDMENT WH MORCON [1:49:38] CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE [1:49:39] FEDERAL COURTHOUSE PARKING RAMP [1:49:41] SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. [1:49:42] 12 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH [1:49:45] SHOR ELLIOT HENDRICKSON, INC. [1:49:46] FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN [1:49:47] SERVICES AT THE SECOND STREET [1:49:49] NORTH BIKEWAY PROJECT. 13 IS A [1:49:52] CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR PCI [1:49:54] ROADS, LLC FOR THE GOLDEN VALLEY [1:49:57] BUTTERFLY VALVE INSTALLATION [1:50:00] PROJECT. 14 IS BIG HONKING [1:50:03] TRUCK PARADE PERMIT JUNE 18, [1:50:06] 2026. 1 IS 612 BLOCK EVENTS [1:50:09] PERMIT. JUNE 12, 20. 16 IS A [1:50:11] LEASE AMENDMENT WITH THE [1:50:13] MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF [1:50:15] TRANSPORT [1:50:17] 516 SECOND AVENUE NORTH. RAMP [1:50:19] B. 17 IS A GRANT ACCEPTANCE FOR [1:50:22] THE RAILROAD CSSING [1:50:24] ELIMINATION GRANT FOR CAMDEN [1:50:26] RAILROAD GRADE SEPARATION [1:50:27] OJECT STUDY. [1:50:28] WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS [1:50:31] REPORT, WITH THE EXCEPTI OF [1:50:32] ITEM NUMBER 2 FOR A SEPARATE [1:50:35] DISCUSSION AND VOTE. [1:50:36] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS [1:50:38] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS [1:50:38] VED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE [1:50:39] REPORT. MINUS ITEM NUMBER TWO. [1:50:42] ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER [1:50:43] OF THE REPORT? I SEE CNCIL [1:50:46] MEMBER STEVENSON IN CUE OR IS [1:50:47] THAT FOR ITEM T? [1:50:48] >> I HAD QUESTION. FOR ITEM [1:50:50] » I HAD QUESTION. FOR ITEM [1:50:51] NUMBER TWO. I WANT TO BREAK [1:50:55] ONE, TWO, AND THREE INTO ONE AND [1:50:57] TWO SEPARATELY AND THREE ON ITS [1:50:59] OWN. I'M NOTURE IF I DO IT [1:51:00] NOW OR LATER. [1:51:01] >> WE'LL DO IT WN WE GET TO [1:51:02] » WE'LL DO IT WN WE GET TO [1:51:02] THE ITEM. [1:51:03] >> THANK YOU. [1:51:03] » THANK YOU. [1:51:04] >> ANY DISCUSSION ON THE [1:51:06] » ANY DISCUSSION ON THE [1:51:06] REINDER OF THE REPORT? SEEING [1:51:10] NE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL [1:51:12] THE ROLL ON THE C & I MINUS [1:51:15] TWO. [1:51:15] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [1:51:16] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [1:51:16] >> AYE. [1:51:16] » AYE. [1:51:16] PRESIDENT [1:51:20] PALMISANO. [1:51:20] >> AYE. [1:51:20] » AYE. [1:51:21] >> SHAFFER. [1:51:21] » SHAFFER. [1:51:21] >> AYE. [1:51:22] » AYE. [1:51:22] >> WARREN. [1:51:23] » WARREN. [1:51:23] >> AYE. [1:51:23] » AYE. [1:51:24] >> WONSLEY. [1:51:24] » WONSLEY. [1:51:25] >> AYE. [1:51:25] » AYE. [1:51:25] >> CHUGHTAI. [1:51:25] » CHUGHTAI. [1:51:25] >> AYE. [1:51:26] » AYE. [1:51:26] >> WHITING. [1:51:26] » WHITING. [1:51:27] >> CHOWDHURY. [1:51:28] » CHOWDHURY. [1:51:28] >> AYE. [1:51:28] » AYE. [1:51:29] >> STEVENSON. [1:51:29] » STEVENSON. [1:51:29] >> AYE. [1:51:30] » AYE. [1:51:30] >> RAINVILLE. [1:51:30] » RAINVILLE. [1:51:31] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:51:33] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [1:51:33] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:51:34] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:51:34] >> AYE. [1:51:34] » AYE. [1:51:35] >> 13 AYES. [1:51:35] » 13 AYES. [1:51:36] >> THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT [1:51:38] » THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT [1:51:38] WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER TWO. [1:51:41] AND I'LL JUST RESTATE COUNCIL [1:51:43] MEMBER STEVENSON, YOU ARE [1:51:44] WANTING TO TAKE UP ITEMS -- SUB [1:51:49] ITEM 2.1 AND 2.2 TOGETHER AND [1:51:51] ITEM THREE AS A SEPARATE VOTE? [1:51:52] >> YES. [1:51:52] » YES. [1:51:52] >> OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON [1:51:59] » OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON [1:51:59] ITEMS 2.1 AND 2.2? COUNCIL [1:52:04] MEMBER STEVENSON. [1:52:05] >> ITEMS 2.AND 2.2, I WANT TO [1:52:09] » ITEMS 2.AND 2.2, I WANT TO [1:52:10] CORRECT R PEOPLE IN THE [1:52:11] AUDIENCE AND THE COUNCIL THIS [1:52:12] HAO [1:52:14] THE LAY OUT. 2.1 AND 2.2 ARE [1:52:17] THPORTIONS THAT WOULD LEVY THE [1:52:19] SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE [1:52:21] PROPERTY OWNERS. 2.3 IS [1:52:25] UNRELATED AND SOMETHING THAT [1:52:27] PUBLIC WORKS NEEDSN ORDER TO [1:52:31] ASIDE FROM THE SPECIALTION. [1:52:33] ASSESSMENT. SO, WITH THAT BEING [1:52:35] SAID, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST [1:52:40] 2.1 AND 2.2 AND VOTING FOR 2.. [1:52:43] RIGHT NOW WE'RE TAKING UP 2.1 [1:52:45] AND 2.2. A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT [1:52:49] IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE [1:52:51] STREETS OF GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE [1:52:54] IS NOT RIGHT. IT'S A [1:52:56] RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT IS [1:52:57] NOT LIKE -- I'M SORRY. NOT LIKE [1:52:58] ANY OTHER THAT HAS COME BEFORE [1:53:00] IT. AND IT IS NOT LIKE ANY [1:53:02] OTHER THAT WILL COME AFTER IT. [1:53:05] THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION, AND [1:53:07] WE SHOD NOT BE LEVYING THE [1:53:10] PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES [1:53:12] AND T HOMEOWNERS WH THE [1:53:15] SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, GIVEN THAT [1:53:16] THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD [1:53:18] HAPPENED HERE. THIS PROJECT HAS [1:53:20] BEEN BILLED FOR SO LONG AS [1:53:22] SOMETHING THAT T CITY WAS [1:53:23] DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND [1:53:26] YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING FOR THE [1:53:27] COMMUNITY AND THEN CHARGE THEM [1:53:29] FOR IT AS A WAY OF RECOMPENSE [1:53:34] FOR THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. [1:53:37] AND SO I THI THERE'S A LOT OF [1:53:38] AGREEMENT ON THIS BODY. AND I [1:53:40] DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO GET [1:53:42] INTO THAT. BUT I NEED TO SAY [1:53:44] THR [1:53:46] STET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. [1:53:48] IT'S NOT RIGHT IN THIS CASE, FOR [1:53:51] THIS CASE, TO LEVY THE SPECIAL [1:53:52] ASSESSMENT AGAINST THOSE [1:53:53] INVOLVED. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF [1:53:55] PAIN AND HEART ACHE THEY HAVE [1:53:56] GONE THRGH FOR THE LAST SIX [1:54:00] YEARS. AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUES [1:54:02] TO JOIN ME IN VOTING NO ON 2.1 [1:54:06] AND 2.2 AND VOTINGES ON 2.3. [1:54:10] >> BEFORE I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL [1:54:12] » BEFORE I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL [1:54:13] MEMBER CHAVEZ, I'M GETTING WD [1:54:14] FROM THE CLERKS THA THE, [1:54:18] PROBLY, THE APPROPRIATE MOTION [1:54:20] IS TO MOVE TO DENY 2.1 AND 2.2. [1:54:23] WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE [1:54:25] MOTION? [1:54:25] >> YES. PLEASE. [1:54:26] » YES. PLEASE. [1:54:26] >> AECOND? [1:54:27] » AECOND? [1:54:27] >> SECOND. [1:54:27] » SECOND. [1:54:27] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:54:29] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:54:29] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:54:30] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [1:54:30] PAYNE. I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME [1:54:32] AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON IN [1:54:35] VOTING TO NOT ASSESS THE [1:54:37] PROPERTY OWNERS FOR 38th AND [1:54:39] CHICAGO RECONSTRUCTN PROJECT. [1:54:40] THIS IS A REASONABLE ASK BASED [1:54:42] ON THENPRECEDENTED AND UNIQUE [1:54:45] SITUATION AT GEORGE FLOYD [1:54:46] SQUARE. OUR NEIGHBORS AND SMALL [1:54:48] BUNESS OWNERS HAVE ALSO UNITED [1:54:52] PARTICULAR, I'M THANKFUL FOR [1:54:54] WARD 8 AND 9 NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE [1:54:56] BEEN REACHING OUT I HOPE [1:54:58] YOU'LL BE HEARD TODAY ON THIS [1:55:00] ISSUE. [1:55:00] >> CNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:55:01] » CNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:55:01] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:55:02] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:55:02] I WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO [1:55:07] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND [1:55:11] STEPHENSON FOR TAKING TH TIME [1:55:14] TO WORK TOGETHER AND LISTEN TO [1:55:15] COMMUNITY WHO SHOWED UP AND GAVE [1:55:17] AMPLE INPUT AT OUR PUBLIC [1:55:19] HEARING AT CLIMATE AND [1:55:20] INFRASTRUCTURE ON THIS ITEM [1:55:22] ABOUT HOW ABSOLUTELY WHAT'S [1:55:23] ALREADY BEEN ECHOED. WHY WOULD [1:55:28] WE CHARGE RESIDENTS TO HELP [1:55:34] UPGRADE AN AREA THAT THE DID [1:55:35] NOT HELP PERPETUATE HARM AGAINST [1:55:39] OR PERPETUATE DIVESTMENT INTO. [1:55:41] SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO [1:55:42] OUR COLLEAGUES AND, ALS TO OUR [1:55:45] PUBLIC WORKS LEADERSHIP AND [1:55:48] STAFF FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND [1:55:53] GETTING TO THIS PLACE. [1:55:55] SUBSEQUENTLY MOVING FORWARDOW [1:55:56] WE WILL COVER THE DIFFERENCE OF [1:55:58] WHAT WE'RE WAIVING TODAY. I [1:56:03] WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL [1:56:05] FOR GETTING US TO THIS PLACE. [1:56:07] WHERE I FEEL LIKE OUT OF ALL THE [1:56:10] DECISIONS WE'VE MADE TODAY, THIS [1:56:11] IS ONE THAT IS I ALIGNMENT WITH [1:56:15] WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES KIM AND [1:56:16] ASKED OF US. THAT'S WHY I'LL [1:56:19] BE SUPPORTING THE MOTIO I [1:56:20] WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH. [1:56:21] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:56:24] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [1:56:24] >> THANK YOU. I AGREE. THISS [1:56:25] » THANK YOU. I AGREE. THISS [1:56:25] A UNIQUE SITUATION. I'M IN [1:56:27] AGREEMENT TO COVER THE STREET [1:56:30] ASSESSMENTS IN A DIFFENT WAY. [1:56:31] I APPRECIATE PUBLIC WORKS' HELP [1:56:34] IN GETTING THERE. I FEEL IT'S [1:56:36] THE THING TO DO IN THIS [1:56:38] EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION. BUT I [1:56:40] ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR [1:56:43] ONE-TIME SOLUTION. STREET [1:56:48] ASSESSMENTS ARE REFLECTIVE TO [1:56:50] THE DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE [1:56:51] PROPERTY. NONEF US WANTS TO [1:56:53] PAY THEM BUT OUR PROPERTIES ARE [1:56:55] IMPROVED. I SUPPORT THE [1:56:56] PROPERTY OWNERS' NEED TO PAY THE [1:57:00] COST IN E PORTION OF THE WORK. [1:57:01] LET'S NOT GERGT THAT [1:57:02] ASSESSMENTS IN GENERAL ARE A [1:57:03] SMALL PORTION OF COSTS. OUR [1:57:06] GENERAL FUND, THE SALE OF BONDS [1:57:08] AND GRANTS AND, E CETERA, [1:57:10] COVERS ALL THE REST. [1:57:12] >> COUNCIL MEMR RAINVILLE. [1:57:14] » COUNCIL MEMR RAINVILLE. [1:57:14] >> THANK YOU. AND, AGAIN I'M [1:57:18] » THANK YOU. AND, AGAIN I'M [1:57:18] IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH [1:57:19] EVERYONE ELSE. THIS IS A UNIQUE [1:57:21] CIRCSTANCE. I WANT TO THANK [1:57:22] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND [1:57:23] COUNCIL MEMBER SOREN FOR THE [1:57:26] LEAD [1:57:29] AND WILL HOLD YOU BOTH TO [1:57:31] WORKING OUT THE OTHER DETAILS [1:57:33] FOR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. SO [1:57:34] THK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING. [1:57:36] LET'S GO FORWARD AND BENIFIED. [1:57:39] THANK YOU. [1:57:40] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. [1:57:43] » COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. [1:57:44] >> I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I [1:57:46] » I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I [1:57:46] THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION [1:57:49] THAT THIS LAST REMAINING 4% WILL [1:57:52] BE PAID WITH MSA FUNDS. THAT'LL [1:57:55] BE CORRECTED I THE MERRIES 2027 [1:57:58] BUDGET. WE WORKED WITH CITY [1:58:00] AFF IN ORDER TO DO THAT. SO [1:58:01] THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD. [1:58:04] CONSTRUCTION ISAPPENING RIGHT [1:58:05] NOW. I WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF [1:58:08] CONSTRUCTION THIS MORNING. SO [1:58:10] THE PROJECT IS HAPPENING! IT [1:58:11] WILL BE PAID FOR IT'S NOT [1:58:14] CUTTING ANY SERVICES OR ANY [1:58:16] OTHER PROJECTS. THE MONEY WAS [1:58:21] LEFTOVER FUNDS FM MSA FUNDS. [1:58:22] THANK YOU. [1:58:25] >> SING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [1:58:27] » SING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [1:58:27] QUEUE. THERE'S A MOTION TO DENY [1:58:29] ITEMS 2.1 AND 2.2 THAT IS TO [1:58:33] DENY THE ASSESSMEN AT GEORGE [1:58:35] FLOYD SQUARE. I'LL ASK THE [1:58:37] CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:58:39] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VAW. [1:58:41] » COUNCIL MEMBER VAW. [1:58:41] >> AYE. [1:58:41] » AYE. [1:58:42] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISA. [1:58:42] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISA. [1:58:43] >> AYE. [1:58:43] » AYE. [1:58:43] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:58:44] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:58:44] >> AYE. [1:58:45] » AYE. [1:58:45] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:58:46] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [1:58:46] >> AYE. [1:58:46] » AYE. [1:58:46] >> CNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:58:48] » CNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [1:58:48] >> AYE. [1:58:48] » AYE. [1:58:48] >> COUIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:58:49] » COUIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:58:49] >> AYE. [1:58:50] » AYE. [1:58:51] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. [1:58:52] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. [1:58:52] >> AYE. [1:58:52] » AYE. [1:58:53] >> WHITING. [1:58:53] » WHITING. [1:58:53] >> AYE. [1:58:53] » AYE. [1:58:53] >> CHOWDHURY. [1:58:54] » CHOWDHURY. [1:58:54] >> AYE. [1:58:55] » AYE. [1:58:55] >> COUNCIL MEMR STEVENSON. [1:58:56] » COUNCIL MEMR STEVENSON. [1:58:56] >> AYE. [1:58:56] » AYE. [1:58:57] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:58:58] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:58:58] >> AYE. [1:58:58] » AYE. [1:58:58] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS [1:59:01] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS [1:59:01] ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:59:02] >> AYE. [1:59:02] » AYE. [1:59:02] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. [1:59:04] » THERE ARE 12 AYES. [1:59:04] >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND [1:59:07] » THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND [1:59:07] NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 2.3. [1:59:11] DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS, [1:59:12] COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON? [1:59:17] >> YES, PLEASE. ITEM THREE [1:59:18] » YES, PLEASE. ITEM THREE [1:59:19] CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION [1:59:20] CONSIDERING THE ABANDONMENT AND [1:59:22] REMOVAL OF AREA WAYS LOCATED IN [1:59:24] PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY INONFLICT [1:59:25] WITH THE PROJECT. CITY STAFF [1:59:28] HAS TOLD ME THAT THIS REFERS TO [1:59:30] THINGS UNDER GROUND, LIKE OLD [1:59:34] ICEBOXES THAT WOULD BE [1:59:36] UNDERGROUND IN THE CITY'S [1:59:39] RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS IS NOT [1:59:42] REFERRING THE MEMORIALS, TO [1:59:44] ANY OF THE ARTIFACTS. THAT'S [1:59:47] NOT WHAT THIS IS REFERRING TO. [1:59:48] THE REASON WE'RE VOTING, AT [1:59:50] LEAST I WL BE VOTING YES ON [1:59:52] THIS, THIS IS REQUIRED IN ORDER [1:59:54] FOR CONSTRUCTION TO MOVE ON. [1:59:58] SMOOTHLY. AND IN ORDER FOR THE [2:00:01] OLD RELICS TO BE TAKEN OUT AND [2:00:02] FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO [2:00:04] LEGALLY DO THAT. I'LL BE VOTING [2:00:06] YES ON THIS. THIS WILL HELP [2:00:10] CONSTRUCTION MOVE SMOOTHLY. AND [2:00:11] I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO [2:00:13] THAT. AND, AGAIN, IT'S NOT [2:00:15] ABOUT THE MEMORIALS AND THE [2:00:18] ARTIFACTS. [2:00:18] >> VERY HELPFUL CLARIFITION. [2:00:22] » VERY HELPFUL CLARIFITION. [2:00:22] I'LL NOTE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY [2:00:23] VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. WITHOUT [2:00:26] OBJECTION, CLERKS, COULD YOU [2:00:28] RECORD HIM AS AN AYE FOR 2.1 AND [2:00:33] 2.2 DENIAL. OY. SO [2:00:36] SEEING NO ONELSE LEFT IN QUEUE [2:00:40] FOR 2.3, CLERK, CALL THE ROLL. [2:00:42] >> COUNCILEMBER VETAW. [2:00:42] » COUNCILEMBER VETAW. [2:00:43] >> AYE. [2:00:43] » AYE. [2:00:44] >> PALMISANO. [2:00:44] » PALMISANO. [2:00:44] >> AYE. [2:00:45] » AYE. [2:00:45] >> CHAVEZ. [2:00:45] » CHAVEZ. [2:00:45] >> AYE. [2:00:46] » AYE. [2:00:46] >> WARREN. [2:00:47] » WARREN. [2:00:47] >> AYE. [2:00:48] » AYE. [2:00:48] >> SHAFFER. [2:00:49] » SHAFFER. [2:00:49] >> AYE. [2:00:49] » AYE. [2:00:49] >> WONSLEY. [2:00:50] » WONSLEY. [2:00:50] >> AYE. [2:00:51] » AYE. [2:00:51] >> CHUGHTAI. [2:00:52] » CHUGHTAI. [2:00:52] >> AYE. [2:00:53] » AYE. [2:00:53] >> WHITI. [2:00:53] » WHITI. [2:00:53] >> AYE. [2:00:54] » AYE. [2:00:55] >> CHOHURY. [2:00:56] » CHOHURY. [2:00:56] >> AYE. [2:00:56] » AYE. [2:00:57] >> STEVENSON. [2:00:57] » STEVENSON. [2:00:58] >> AYE. [2:00:58] » AYE. [2:00:58] >> RAINVILLE. [2:00:59] » RAINVILLE. [2:00:59] >> A. [2:00:59] » A. [2:00:59] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:01:00] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:01:00] >> AYE. [2:01:01] » AYE. [2:01:01] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:01:01] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:01:02] >> AYE. [2:01:02] » AYE. [2:01:03] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:01:03] » THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:01:03] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT [2:01:05] » THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT [2:01:05] IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE [2:01:08] REPORT OF THE IMHEE OF THE [2:01:09] WHOLE, GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S [2:01:11] CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [2:01:15] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:01:16] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:01:16] THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS [2:01:18] BRINGING FORWARD FOUR ITEMS FOR [2:01:20] TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. ONE IS [2:01:21] A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH [2:01:23] EXCEPTIONAL EDGE CONSULTING FOR [2:01:25] MPD. TWO IS A CONTRACT [2:01:26] AMENDMENT WITH THE FIRST [2:01:27] RESPONSE ACTORS FOR MPD. THREE [2:01:29] IS ANOTHER CONTRACT AMENDMENT [2:01:32] WITH DLG CONSULTING AND ADVISORY [2:01:34] SERVICES FOR MPD. AND, LASTLY, [2:01:36] ITEM FOUR IS AN HONORARY [2:01:38] RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE AS [2:01:39] GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN [2:01:40] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'L [2:01:42] ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ITEMS 1 [2:01:45] THROUGH 3 WERE AART OF OUR [2:01:48] SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT [2:01:50] SUBCOMMITTEE CIRED BY COUNCIL [2:01:51] MEMBER WHITING. WANT TO SHOUT [2:01:55] OUT HIM FOR DOING A GOO JOB [2:01:56] CHAIRING THAT MEETING. ITH [2:01:59] THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD ANDOVE ALL [2:02:02] IA [2:02:03] >> SEEING NO ONE IN QUEUE. I'LL [2:02:05] » SEEING NO ONE IN QUEUE. I'LL [2:02:05] ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THEOLL. [2:02:07] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:02:08] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:02:08] >> AYE. [2:02:09] » AYE. [2:02:09] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:02:10] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:02:10] >> AYE. [2:02:10] » AYE. [2:02:11] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [2:02:12] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [2:02:12] >> AYE. [2:02:13] » AYE. [2:02:13] >> WAYNE. [2:02:13] » WAYNE. [2:02:13] >> AYE. [2:02:14] » AYE. [2:02:14] >> SHAFFER. [2:02:14] » SHAFFER. [2:02:14] >> AYE. [2:02:15] » AYE. [2:02:15] >> WONSL. [2:02:16] » WONSL. [2:02:16] >> AYE. [2:02:16] » AYE. [2:02:16] >> CHUGHTAI. [2:02:17] » CHUGHTAI. [2:02:17] >> AYE. [2:02:17] » AYE. [2:02:18] >> WHITING. [2:02:18] » WHITING. [2:02:18] >> AYE. [2:02:19] » AYE. [2:02:20] >> CHOWDHURY. [2:02:20] » CHOWDHURY. [2:02:20] >> AYE. [2:02:21] » AYE. [2:02:21] >> STEVENSON. [2:02:21] » STEVENSON. [2:02:21] >> AYE. [2:02:22] » AYE. [2:02:22] >> RAINVILLE. [2:02:23] » RAINVILLE. [2:02:23] >> AYE. [2:02:24] » AYE. [2:02:24] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:02:25] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:02:25] >> AYE. [2:02:25] » AYE. [2:02:25] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:02:26] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:02:26] >> AYE. [2:02:26] » AYE. [2:02:26] >> 13 AYES. [2:02:27] » 13 AYES. [2:02:27] >> THAT CARRIES. THE REPORT IS [2:02:31] » THAT CARRIES. THE REPORT IS [2:02:31] THE ADOPTED. NEXT IS THE REPORT [2:02:33] OF OUR ENTERPRISE AND LABOR [2:02:36] RELATIONS COMMITTEE, PRESENTED [2:02:36] BY THE CHAIRCOUNCIL MEMBER [2:02:38] PALMISANO. [2:02:38] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [2:02:40] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [2:02:40] THE ELR COMMITTEE HAS 12 ITEMS [2:02:42] TO BRING FORWARD. ONE IS A GIFT [2:02:44] ACCEPTANCE FROM LOCAL PROGRESS [2:02:46] FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. TWO [2:02:51] AMERICAN CORPS. PROGRAM TO HOST [2:02:53] FIVE MEMBERS FOR THE NEXT FIVE [2:02:55] YEARS. THREE IS THE HIGH [2:02:58] WITHAT PUBLIC WORKS [2:03:00] MAINTENANCE FACILITY EXPANSION [2:03:01] PROJECT REAPPROVING PROJECT [2:03:03] AUORIZATIONS AND [2:03:03] APPROPRIATIONS AND BOND [2:03:05] ISSUANCES. FOUR IS A CONTRACT [2:03:11] CONSULTING AND SERVICES. FIVE [2:03:12] IS A CONTRACT WITH MULTIPLE [2:03:14] VENDORS TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY [2:03:16] STAFFING SERVICES. SIX IS A [2:03:20] CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH [2:03:23] PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP. [2:03:24] SEVEN IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT [2:03:25] WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS [2:03:27] RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SUPPORT [2:03:28] AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR GIS [2:03:31] SYSTEM. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [2:03:33] SYSTEM. EIGHT IS A CONTRACT [2:03:34] AMENDMENT WITH SHAW LUNDQVIST [2:03:36] FOR CITYALL RESTACK PHASE [2:03:39] THREE. NINE IS A LEGAL [2:03:41] SETTLEMENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION [2:03:43] CLAIM OF STEVEN MORE SIS. 10 IS [2:03:47] A WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM. [2:03:51] 12 IS APPROVAL OF 2026 CITY OF [2:03:54] MINNPOLIS OPEN STREETS EVENT. [2:03:55] 12 IS THE 2026 LOCAL BOARD OF [2:03:57] APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION REPORT. [2:04:02] I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS FULL [2:04:03] REPORT. [2:04:03] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO HAS [2:04:05] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO HAS [2:04:06] MOVED APPROVAL OF THE [2:04:06] COMMITTEE'REPORT. ANY [2:04:09] DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. I'LL [2:04:10] ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [2:04:13] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:04:14] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:04:15] >> PALMISANO. [2:04:16] » PALMISANO. [2:04:16] >> AYE. [2:04:17] » AYE. [2:04:17] >> CHAVEZ. [2:04:18] » CHAVEZ. [2:04:18] >> AYE. [2:04:18] » AYE. [2:04:19] >> WARREN. [2:04:19] » WARREN. [2:04:20] >> AYE. [2:04:20] » AYE. [2:04:20] >> SHAFFER. [2:04:21] » SHAFFER. [2:04:21] >> AYE. [2:04:21] » AYE. [2:04:22] >> WONSLEY. [2:04:22] » WONSLEY. [2:04:22] >> AYE. [2:04:23] » AYE. [2:04:23] >> CHUGHTAI. [2:04:23] » CHUGHTAI. [2:04:24] >> AYE. [2:04:24] » AYE. [2:04:24] >> WHITING. [2:04:25] » WHITING. [2:04:25] >> AYE. [2:04:26] » AYE. [2:04:26] >> CHOWDHURY. [2:04:26] » CHOWDHURY. [2:04:27] >> AYE. [2:04:27] » AYE. [2:04:27] >> SVENSON. [2:04:28] » SVENSON. [2:04:28] >> IS ABSENT. RAINVILLE. [2:04:32] » IS ABSENT. RAINVILLE. [2:04:32] >> AYE. [2:04:33] » AYE. [2:04:33] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:04:34] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:04:34] >> AYE. [2:04:34] » AYE. [2:04:34] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:04:35] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:04:36] >> AYE. [2:04:36] » AYE. [2:04:36] >> 12 AYES. [2:04:37] » 12 AYES. [2:04:38] >> THAT CARRIES E AND THE [2:04:41] » THAT CARRIES E AND THE [2:04:41] REPORT IS ADOPTED. NEXT IS THE [2:04:44] INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS [2:04:44] COMMITTEE PRESENTED BY THE [2:04:46] COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL [2:04:47] MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [2:04:48] >> IS BRINGING FORWARD ONETEM [2:04:50] » IS BRINGING FORWARD ONETEM [2:04:50] FOR TODAY'S CNCIL MEETING. [2:04:52] THIS ITEM IS APPROVING A SPECIAL [2:04:53] LAW FOR EMPLOYEE-RELATED TO THE [2:04:56] PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT [2:04:58] ASSOCIATION OR PERA. I'LL MOVE [2:05:00] TH ITEM FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. [2:05:03] >> SECOND. [2:05:04] » SECOND. [2:05:04] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY [2:05:06] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY [2:05:06] MOVED APPROVAL OF THE [2:05:07] COMMITTEE'S REPORT. ANY [2:05:09] DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. I'LL [2:05:11] ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [2:05:13] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:05:14] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:05:15] >> AYE. [2:05:16] » AYE. [2:05:16] >> PALMISANO. [2:05:16] » PALMISANO. [2:05:16] >> AYE. [2:05:17] » AYE. [2:05:17] >> CHAVEZ. [2:05:17] » CHAVEZ. [2:05:18] >> AYE. [2:05:18] » AYE. [2:05:18] >> WARREN. [2:05:19] » WARREN. [2:05:19] >> A. [2:05:20] » A. [2:05:20] >> SHAFFER. [2:05:20] » SHAFFER. [2:05:20] >> AYE. [2:05:21] » AYE. [2:05:22] >> AYE.LEY. [2:05:22] » AYE.LEY. [2:05:22] >> CHUGHTAI. [2:05:23] » CHUGHTAI. [2:05:23] >> AYE. [2:05:24] » AYE. [2:05:24] >> WHITING. [2:05:25] » WHITING. [2:05:25] >> AYE. [2:05:26] » AYE. [2:05:26] >> CHOWDHURY. [2:05:26] » CHOWDHURY. [2:05:27] >> AYE. [2:05:27] » AYE. [2:05:28] >> RAINVILLE. [2:05:28] » RAINVILLE. [2:05:28] >> AYE. [2:05:29] » AYE. [2:05:29] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:05:30] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:05:30] >> AYE. [2:05:30] » AYE. [2:05:30] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:05:31] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:05:31] >> AYE. [2:05:32] » AYE. [2:05:32] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. [2:05:33] » THERE ARE 12 AYES. [2:05:33] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT [2:05:34] » THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT [2:05:35] IS ADOPTED. FINALLY, WE HAVE [2:05:37] THE PUBLIC, HEALTHY, SAFETY, AND [2:05:39] EQUITY COMMITTEE PRESENTED BY [2:05:41] THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL [2:05:42] MEMBER WHICH R [2:05:44] CHAVEZ. [2:05:44] >> THANK YOU. WE'RE BRINGING [2:05:46] » THANK YOU. WE'RE BRINGING [2:05:46] FORWARD 10 ITEMS. ONE IS AN [2:05:49] ORDINANCE RELATED TO LAW [2:05:50] ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENTS. [2:05:53] TWO IS DELETE FROM THE AGENDA [2:05:54] THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF BRIAN [2:05:57] O'HARAO THE POLICE CHIEF. [2:06:00] THREE AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT [2:06:01] AMENDMENT WITH MICHAEL S WILSON [2:06:03] FOR AUDIT SERVICES FOR [2:06:04] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. FOUR [2:06:06] AUTHORES A CONTRACT WITH [2:06:08] TRAJECTORY CHANGING SOLUTIONS [2:06:10] FOR VPS. FIVE AUTHORIZES [2:06:13] CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WH [2:06:14] RESTORATION C., METRO YOUTH [2:06:16] DIVERSION, AND TOUCH OUTREACH [2:06:18] FOR 2026 MINNEAPOLUS STRATEGIC [2:06:22] OUTREACH INITIATIVES SERVICE. [2:06:23] SIX ACCEPTS THE URBAN AREA [2:06:27] SECURITY GRANT. AUTHORIZES AN [2:06:30] AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA [2:06:33] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE [2:06:34] GRANT. SEVEN ACCEPTS THE [2:06:36] EMERGENCYANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE [2:06:37] GRANT FOR EMERGENCIES AND [2:06:38] DISASTERS AND AUTHORIZES AN [2:06:39] AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA [2:06:41] DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY [2:06:42] AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE [2:06:44] GRANT. EIGHT AEPTS A STRONG [2:06:46] FOUNDATION PROFESSIONAL [2:06:46] DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR [2:06:48] EVIDENCE-BASED FAMILY HOME [2:06:49] VISITORS, PROFESSIONAL [2:06:50] DEVELOPMENT, AND AUTHORIZES AN [2:06:51] AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF [2:06:52] MINNESOTA FOR THE GRANT. NINE [2:06:54] APPROVES AN EAT STREET CROSSING [2:06:56] AMPLIFIED SOUND PERMIT EXTENSION [2:06:58] FOR JUNE 12, JULY 10, AUGUST 1, [2:07:03] AUGUST 28. AND 10 AUTHORIZES A [2:07:04] CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY ACTION [2:07:05] PARTNERSHIP OF H HENNEPIN [2:07:07] COUNTY FOR DIRECT ENERGY [2:07:09] ASSISTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION. [2:07:10] LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ITEM [2:07:13] INCLUDING THE DELETION OF ITEM [2:07:14] NUER TWO. [2:07:15] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED [2:07:17] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED [2:07:17] APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S [2:07:19] REPORT. INCLUDING DELETION OF [2:07:22] ITEM NUMBER TWO. ANY [2:07:24] DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER [2:07:27] CHUGHTAI. [2:07:27] >>HANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. [2:07:29] » HANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. [2:07:29] PRESIDENT. UMM, I'M WONDERING [2:07:32] IF, UMM, ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE [2:07:35] APPOINTMENT OF THE POLICE CHIEF [2:07:36] AND DELETING THIS ITEM FROM THE [2:07:40] AGENDA IF, UMM, THE CITY [2:07:41] ATTORNEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK [2:07:42] TO WHETHER THIS, UMM, NOMINATION [2:07:45] WILL COUNT AS ONE OF THE THREE [2:07:48] ATTEMPTS TO FIL THE POSITIONS [2:07:52] SINCE BEING, UMM, WE'RE IN A [2:07:55] UNIQUE SUATION WITH THE [2:07:58] INCUMBENT RESIGNING. [2:07:59] >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:08:00] » MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:08:01] >> YES. COUNCIL MEMBER [2:08:02] » YES. COUNCIL MEMBER [2:08:02] PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO [2:08:04] THE POSITION IS NOW VACANT AND [2:08:09] THE NOMINATION, Y KNOW, ONCE [2:08:10] THE POSITION IS VACANT, THAT [2:08:13] STARTS THE CLOCK RUNNING FOR THE [2:08:17] 30 DAYS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF. [2:08:20] MY RECOLLECTION ON THE CHARTER [2:08:21] IS THAT THE NOMINATION HAS TO BE [2:08:24] MADE WITHIN THOSE 30 DAYS UPON [2:08:26] THE VACANCY. SO WE D NOT [2:08:31] FOLLOW UP, MAYBE IN WRITING, [2:08:33] WHEN IO BACK AND LOOK AT THE [2:08:35] CHARTER MORE CAREFULLY. [2:08:36] >> THAT COULD BE EXCELLENT. [2:08:37] » THAT COULD BE EXCELLENT. [2:08:38] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [2:08:38] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [2:08:41] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [2:08:41] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:08:43] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:08:43] I'M IN QUEUE FOR A DIFFENT [2:08:46] ITEM. OPE, SORRY. I THOUGHT WE [2:08:49] WERE JUST SPEAKING TO ITEM TWO. [2:08:52] I'M SEEING IT'S -- IT'S THE [2:08:54] WHOLE REPORT DELETING ITEM [2:08:55] NUMBER TWO, RIGHT? [2:08:55] >> YEP. [2:08:56] » YEP. [2:08:56] >> SO WE CAN SPEAK TO EVERYTHING [2:08:58] » SO WE CAN SPEAK TO EVERYTHING [2:08:58] ON THE AGENDA. [2:08:58] >> YEP. [2:08:59] » YEP. [2:08:59] >> I WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM [2:09:02] » I WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM [2:09:02] ONE, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY [2:09:03] AGREEMENTS ORDINANCE. THIS IS [2:09:06] BASICALLY RESTRICTING LAW [2:09:07] ENFORCEMENT THAT WE DO JOINT [2:09:08] POWERS AGREEMENT WITH. THE CITY [2:09:10] OF MINNEAPOLIS MOVING FORWARD [2:09:11] FROM CONCEALING THEIR FACE WITH [2:09:14] A MASK. I AM PROUD TO CO-AUTHOR [2:09:17] THIS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ [2:09:19] AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHI. [2:09:21] WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIMEN [2:09:23] THIS WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS. [2:09:25] UMM, TALKI TO THE MAYOR'S [2:09:27] OFFICE, TALKING TO THE SHERIFFS, [2:09:28] AND I THINK IT'S IT REALLY [2:09:30] IMPORTANT THAT WE, ASOCAL [2:09:32] GOVERNMENT, TAKE A VERY LOCAL [2:09:34] STAND AND HAVE POLICY ON THE [2:09:35] BOOK THAT SAY IF YOU COVER YOUR [2:09:39] FACES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, [2:09:39] ESPECIALH [2:09:42] I.C.E. AGENTS COVERING THEIR [2:09:43] IDENTITY AND LITERALLY BREAKING [2:09:45] THE LAW. AND ATTACKING OUR [2:09:46] COMMUNITIES. IT BREAKS DOWN [2:09:48] TRUST AND IT IS [2:09:50] NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY [2:09:51] CAN LIVE WITH. ESPECIALLY IN [2:09:52] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHERE [2:09:53] WE HAVE SEEN SO MUCH HARM WHEN [2:09:56] THERE ISN'T TRANSPARENCY AND [2:09:58] ACCOUNTABILITY FROM OUR LAW [2:09:59] ENFORCEMENT. AND I THINK THIS [2:10:00] IS ONE VERY NARROW AND SMALL [2:10:02] STEP THAT WE'RE TAKING FORWARD. [2:10:04] EN IT COMES TO THE FUTURE [2:10:06] JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS, I THINK [2:10:07] THAT THERE IS MORE THAT WE NEED [2:10:08] TO DO. I'M GLAD THIS [2:10:11] LEGISLURE TOOK SOME ACTION [2:10:13] AROUND BANNING MASKING. AND I [2:10:16] ALSO, UMM, WANT TO UPLIFTHE [2:10:18] PROVISION THAT FOR US WITH JOINT [2:10:21] POWERS AGREENTS, EVEN IN COLD [2:10:23] WEATHER, WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A [2:10:25] REASON DUE TO ILEMENT WEATHER [2:10:26] TO COVER FACES, WE'RE REQUIRING [2:10:29] THAT THE NAME AND BADGE NUMBER [2:10:31] OF AN OFFICER IS AFFIX ON THE [2:10:35] MASK. SO THERE'S THE [2:10:36] TRANSPARENCY AND THAT [2:10:39] ACCOUNTABILITY. UMM, BECAUSE WE [2:10:40] SAW IN REALTIME, THE HORRORS OF [2:10:44] WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT [2:10:46] CREATES ANXIETY, DISTRUST, AND [2:10:47] AR WITHIN OUR COMMUNITYHEN [2:10:48] WE DON'T HAVE IT. ESPECIALLY [2:10:51] FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. [2:10:56] >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:10:58] » MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:10:59] >> YEAH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, [2:11:01] » YEAH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, [2:11:01] COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST FOLLOWING [2:11:02] UP ON THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL [2:11:06] MEMBER CHUGHTAI RAISED. SO, THE [2:11:09] CHARTER SAYS IF AN OFFICE HAS [2:11:11] BEEN VACANT FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS [2:11:13] OR 30 DAYS IN THE CASE OF A [2:11:14] POLICE CHIEF AND THE MAYOR [2:11:16] FAILED TO NOMINATE A SUCCESSOR, [2:11:18] OR IF THE MAYOR HAS NOMINATED [2:11:21] THREE CANDIDATES THAT THE [2:11:22] COUNCIL REJECTED, THE COUNCIL, [2:11:24] MAY BY A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBER, [2:11:28] NAME THREE CANDIDATES WHICHHE [2:11:30] MAYOR MUST NOMINATE ONE. I [2:11:34] AGENDA IS NOT A SAME AS AROM THE [2:11:35] REJECTION. AND, ALSO, WE'RE NOT [2:11:38] WITHIN THE VACANCY PERIOD. SO [2:11:45] ... [2:11:46] >> COUNCIL MEMBE CHUGHTAI, THAT [2:11:48] » COUNCIL MEMBE CHUGHTAI, THAT [2:11:48] ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? [2:11:50] >> AH, IT DOES, MR. PRESIDENT. [2:11:52] » AH, IT DOES, MR. PRESIDENT. [2:11:52] AND SO, THEN, I'M WONDERING WHY [2:11:55] WE, ,AVE DECIDED TO MOVE [2:11:56] FORWARD WITH BE DELETING THIS [2:11:58] ITEM FROM THE AGENDA INSTEAD OF [2:12:00] DENYING THE NOMINATION. SINCE [2:12:02] WE RECEIVED, LIKE, A DUTIFUL [2:12:04] NOMINATION THAT WENT THROUGH OUR [2:12:06] PROCESS. AND CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE [2:12:08] AINLY CHANGED. UMM, BUT IT [2:12:12] SOUNDS LIKE IN ORDER FOR THIS -- [2:12:14] IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NOMINATION IS [2:12:17] BEFORE US UNTIL WE DISPOSE OF [2:12:18] IT. AND SO SHOULDN'T WEOVE TO [2:12:22] DENY IT INSTEAD? [2:12:24] >> AH, I SEE -- I'M GOING TO [2:12:26] » AH, I SEE -- I'M GOING TO [2:12:26] CALL ON THE CLERK. [2:12:27] >> MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A [2:12:29] » MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A [2:12:29] PROCEDURAL PCE FOR US. FORMER [2:12:32] CHIEF O'HARA RESIGNED HIS [2:12:33] POSITION. IT'SN OUR AGENDA [2:12:35] BECAUSE THE NOMINATION WAS MADE. [2:12:36] BUT THAT NOMINATION NO ACTION [2:12:38] THIS BODY CAN TAKE ON THAT WOULD [2:12:40] BE ANYTHING TO DELETE FROM THE [2:12:41] AGENDA. I'LL REMIND PEOE [2:12:43] DELETE FROM THE AGENDA SO WE, [2:12:44] THE CLERKS, PROCEDURALLY CAN [2:12:46] CLOSE THE FILE AND TAKE IT OUT [2:12:47] OF LIMS. THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT [2:12:49] IN FRONT OF YOU. THERE'S [2:12:50] NOTHING TO ACT O BECAUSE THE [2:12:52] NOMINATION IS NULL AND VOID WHEN [2:12:53] THE OFFICER IN QUESTION RESIGNED [2:12:55] THE POSITION. SO I THI THAT [2:12:56] OUR ACTION TAY ON DELETING IT [2:12:58] SEPARATE FROM THE QUESTION [2:12:59] YOU'VE ASKED, COUNCIL MEMBER, TO [2:13:01] THE CITY ATTORNEY. WHICH IS [2:13:04] THE NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS THATND [2:13:06] ARE ALLOWED TO BE MADE. [2:13:10] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [2:13:13] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [2:13:13] >> YEAH. I THINK MAYBE THIS IS [2:13:15] » YEAH. I THINK MAYBE THIS IS [2:13:15] A QUESTION FOR THE CITY CLERK. [2:13:16] I THINK FORE, FEELS IMPORTANT [2:13:18] TO UNDERSTAND PROCESS AND, LIKE, [2:13:21] ADHERE TO THE CHARTER PROCESSES [2:13:23] WE HAVE LAID OUT AS IT COMES TO [2:13:25] E NOMINATIONS. AND WE'VE HAD [2:13:27] DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, AND I'M NOT [2:13:29] TRYING TO PICK FIGHTS BUT I WT [2:13:30] TO GET IT RIGHT. WHERE DOES IT [2:13:34] SAY THAT IN POLICY THAT ONCE AN [2:13:37] OFFICER RESIGNS, A NOMINATION IS [2:13:39] NULL AND VOID? IS THAT CODIFIED [2:13:42] SOMEWHERE? [2:13:44] >> MR. CLERK? [2:13:44] » MR. CLERK? [2:13:44] >> THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, I [2:13:46] » THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, I [2:13:46] DON'T KNOW IF OF ANYTHING THAT [2:13:47] IS CODIFIED THAT WOULD SPEAK TO [2:13:49] YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION. THE [2:13:50] FACT OF THE MATR, THOUGH, [2:13:52] REGARDLESS OF POLICY, IS THAT A [2:13:54] NOMINATION WAS MADE. THE PERSON [2:13:56] WHO WAS NOMINATED RESIGNED. [2:13:57] THEY'RE NO LONGER EVEN AN [2:13:59] PLOYEE. THEY'RE NOT IN [2:14:00] CONSIDERATION. THE MAYOR HAS A [2:14:02] DUTY TO BRING A NEW NOMINATION. [2:14:04] THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER [2:14:05] CHUGHTAI ASKED THAT THE ATTORNEY [2:14:06] WAS ADDRESSING, I THINK, IS A [2:14:07] SEPARATE QUESTION. THE DELETE [2:14:09] FROM THE AGENDA IS A PURELY [2:14:11] PROCEDURAL ISSUE TO TAKE IT OFF [2:14:12] THE AGENDA, TO CLOSE THE FILE, [2:14:14] AND SEPARATE THAT OFF THE [2:14:15] AGENDA. BECAUSE WHEN TNGS [2:14:16] COME IN FRONT OF US, IT'S IN [2:14:18] FRONT OF US TO DEAL WITH. [2:14:19] THERE'S NOTHING THE BODY CAN DO [2:14:21] ON A NOMINATION OF BRIAN O'HARA [2:14:24] THE PIECE OF CHIEF OF POLICE. [2:14:29] HE'S RESIGNED. SO I THINK IT'S [2:14:31] NOT A MATTER OF A POLICY. IT'S [2:14:33] JUST PROCEDURALLY. THAT'S WHY I [2:14:34] SAID THIS ISN'T A CHARTER ISSUE. [2:14:36] IT'S NOT A CITY POLICY ISSUE. [2:14:38] IT'S CLEANING UP OUR OWN AGENDA [2:14:40] SO WE DON'T KEEP AN ITEM OUT [2:14:41] THERE. AS YOUNOW, IF WE DON'T [2:14:43] PUT THINGS, POSTPONED TO A [2:14:45] CERTAIN DAY, IF WEEAVE THINGS [2:14:47] ON, ITEMSILL CONTINUE TO COME [2:14:50] UP ON TH AGEND THIS ITEM HAS [2:14:51] NO VALUE TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE [2:14:53] THERE'NOTHING TO ACT ON. [2:14:54] >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I FEEL [2:14:55] » OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I FEEL [2:14:55] LIKE THIS DISCUSSION IS [2:14:57] IMPORTANT. AND I WANT TO BE [2:14:59] CLEAR, LIKE, I THINK I'M RIGHT [2:15:01] IN HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT [2:15:02] THIS. BECAUSEE, AS A GROUP, [2:15:04] AND AS A CITY, AS ELECTED [2:15:07] LEADS, HAVE NOT HAD A SINGLE [2:15:11] CONVERSATION TOGETHER ABOUT THE [2:15:12] RESIATION OF THE CHIEF. AND I [2:15:14] THINK WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT. [2:15:17] BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT [2:15:18] DEAL. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO [2:15:19] COME TOGETHER ON FIGURING OUT [2:15:22] HOW TO APPOINT THE NEXT CHIEF OF [2:15:24] POLICE, WRE GOING TO NEED TO [2:15:26] HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I HAVE [2:15:27] ALSO SHARED THAT WITH THE MAYOR. [2:15:28] I FEELIKE THAT WAS A [2:15:30] PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. BUT [2:15:30] THIS IS A FIRST PLACES THAT [2:15:31] WE'RE HAVING IT. THE OTHER [2:15:33] POINT THAT I WANT TO THE MAKE IS [2:15:35] THAT WITHIN THE CITY CHARTER, [2:15:37] THE COUNCIL HAS TO REJECT AN [2:15:41] APPOINENT FOR IT TRIED TO [2:15:42] HAPPEN. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING [2:15:44] THAT -- AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE [2:15:46] GOG TO NEED TO HAVE THREE [2:15:47] TRIES. I HOPE WE DON'T. BUT, [2:15:49] LIKE, ON PRINCIPLE, LIKE, THIS [2:15:51] WE [2:15:55] E [2:15:56] IF WE DELETE, THAT'S MY [2:15:58] UNDERSTANDING. I'MOT MAKING [2:15:59] AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION, BUT IT'S [2:16:02] JUST WE'VE HAD SO MANY [2:16:03] CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE RULES, [2:16:05] OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAD TO WEIGH [2:16:08] IN. I DON'T THINK IT'S, LIKE, [2:16:10] SOMETHING THAT IS WISE TO JUST, [2:16:12] LIKE, PASS BY. AND BETTER [2:16:15] UNDERSTANDING THIS CHAER [2:16:18] PROCESS. [2:16:21] >> BEFORE I CALL ON COUNCIL [2:16:22] » BEFORE I CALL ON COUNCIL [2:16:23] MEMBER WARREN, TO THE CLERKS. [2:16:25] SHOULD WE TAKE UP THE REST OF [2:16:27] THE CONSENT AGENDA ANDHEN TAKE [2:16:29] UP ITEM NUMBER TWO SEPARATELY? [2:16:32] IT SEEMS EVERYONE IS IN QUEUE [2:16:33] FOR ITEM TWO. [2:16:34] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF YOU [2:16:35] » COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF YOU [2:16:35] WISH TO SEPARATE ITEM TWO, WE [2:16:37] CERTAINLY CAN. [2:16:37] >> I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE [2:16:39] » I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE [2:16:39] TAKE UP THE REMAINDER OF THE [2:16:42] COMMITTEE REPORT SO WE CAN DO [2:16:43] FOCUS CONVERSATION ON ITEM TWO. [2:16:46] ARE YOU IN QUEUE FOR SOMETHING [2:16:48] ELSE? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL [2:16:50] MEMBER WARREN. [2:16:51] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [2:16:52] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [2:16:52] PAYNE. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO [2:16:58] I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT ITEM [2:17:02] NUMBER ONE. WITH US TELLING LAW [2:17:11] TO DISCLOSE THEIR IDENTITY. AVE [2:17:13] THEY CAN'T CONCEAL THEIR FACES [2:17:16] OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M [2:17:20] CONFUSED HERE. [2:17:21] >> I CAN ANSWER THAT. [2:17:22] » I CAN ANSWER THAT. [2:17:22] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [2:17:23] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [2:17:23] >> THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER [2:17:24] » THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER [2:17:24] WARREN. SO THIS ORDINANCE, A [2:17:26] LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND. [2:17:27] PROHIBITS THE CITY FROM ENTERING [2:17:29] INTO OR AMENDING A LAW [2:17:31] ENFORCEMENT JOINT POWERS [2:17:32] AGREEMENT UNLESS AGENCIES [2:17:33] OFFICERS ARE PROHIBITED FROM [2:17:36] CONCEALING THEIR IDENTITIES [2:17:37] WHILE PERFORMING ACTIVITIES [2:17:38] WITHIN THE PARTICULAR CONTRACT. [2:17:40] THERE ARE DIFFERENT JOINT POWERS [2:17:42] AGREEMENTS WE HAVE IN THE CITY [2:17:44] ENTERPRISE. OFFICERS WOULD NOT [2:17:45] BE ABLE T CONCEAL THEIR [2:17:47] IDENTITIES UNDER THE JOINT [2:17:47] POWERS AGREEMENT WITH A VARIETY [2:17:49] OF DIFFERENT EXCEPTIONS. THE [2:17:50] ARE IN THE ORDER [2:17:53] EXCEPTIONS. WHETHER IT'S COLD [2:17:56] WEATHER, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, [2:17:57] ANDTHER STUFF THEY WOULD BE [2:17:59] ABLE TO COVER THEIR FACE. BUT [2:18:01] THIS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AT THE [2:18:03] END OF AUGUST FOR ANY OF THESE [2:18:06] CONTRACTS THAT WE ENTER INTO. [2:18:08] AFTER THAT DATE. OR AMEND AFTER [2:18:10] THAT, AS WELL. SO ... [2:18:16] >> AND FOR THE, UMM, -- OKAY. [2:18:19] » AND FOR THE, UMM, -- OKAY. [2:18:19] I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT [2:18:21] ALONE. THANK YOU. [2:18:23] >> ANYBODY ELSE IN QUEUE FOR [2:18:24] » ANYBODY ELSE IN QUEUE FOR [2:18:24] ANYTHING OTHER THAN ITEM NUMBER [2:18:27] TWO? VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:18:31] >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT [2:18:33] » I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT [2:18:33] ON HOW IMPORTANT ITEM ONE IS. [2:18:40] THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES OF WHAT [2:18:43] HAPPENED LAST SIX OR SEVEN [2:18:44] MONTHS IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE [2:18:48] SEEN PEOPLE PRETENDING TO BE LAW [2:18:51] ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE SEEN [2:18:54] I.C.E., OF COURSE, WHO ARE [2:18:58] COULD NOT TELL. I, MYSELF,E [2:19:02] WITNESSED, YOU KNOW, SHERIFF'S [2:19:06] OFFICE AND SOME PEOE THOUGHT [2:19:07] THEY WERE I.C.E. BECAUSE THEY [2:19:07] WERE JUST, I GUESS, SEARCHING. [2:19:10] DOING THEIR WORK IN THE AREA. [2:19:16] SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THE [2:19:18] BADGE ON THE SHIRT THEY WEAR. [2:19:20] THEY MIGHT WEAR SPECIAL [2:19:23] THEIR FACE MAKES IT SUPERERING [2:19:25] DIFFERENT. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER [2:19:27] CASES THAT, YOU KNOW, BODY [2:19:29] HUNTERS THAT ARE PULLING OUT [2:19:30] GUNS AND DOING ALL KINDS OF [2:19:32] THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. ACTING [2:19:34] LIKE THEY ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT. [2:19:35] SO IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, EASY FOR [2:19:40] MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC TO KNOW [2:19:43] WHO THEY'RE DEALING WITH. EVEN [2:19:45] CRIMINALS COVER THEIR FACES. SO [2:19:48] JUST PUT IT OUT THE THAT THIS [2:19:50] IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND GLAD [2:19:52] WE'RE HAVING THIS. I WOULD LOV [2:19:53] TO BE A COAUTHOR OF TS. ITEM. [2:20:01] >> WOU THE AUTHORS -- [2:20:03] » WOU THE AUTHORS -- [2:20:04] >> NO, HE SAID HE'S HAPPY TO [2:20:06] » NO, HE SAID HE'S HAPPY TO [2:20:07] BE -- HE'S HAPPY TO BE A [2:20:07] COAUTHOR. [2:20:08] >>H, OKAY. GOT IT. GOT IT. [2:20:10] » H, OKAY. GOT IT. GOT IT. [2:20:10] GOT IT. OKAY. LET'S TAKE UP [2:20:14] THE ROLL CALL ON ALL ITEMS [2:20:16] EXCEPT ITEM NUMBER TWO. I WILL [2:20:20] ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [2:20:22] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:20:23] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:20:23] >> AYE. [2:20:23] » AYE. [2:20:23] >> PALMISANO. [2:20:23] » PALMISANO. [2:20:24] >> AYE. [2:20:24] » AYE. [2:20:25] >> CHAVEZ. [2:20:25] » CHAVEZ. [2:20:25] >> AYE. [2:20:26] » AYE. [2:20:26] >> WARREN. [2:20:27] » WARREN. [2:20:27] >> AYE. [2:20:28] » AYE. [2:20:28] >> SHAFFER. [2:20:28] » SHAFFER. [2:20:29] >> AYE. [2:20:29] » AYE. [2:20:29] >> WONSLEY. [2:20:29] » WONSLEY. [2:20:29] >> AYE. [2:20:30] » AYE. [2:20:30] >> CHUGHTAI. [2:20:31] » CHUGHTAI. [2:20:32] >> AYE. [2:20:32] » AYE. [2:20:32] >> WHITING. [2:20:33] » WHITING. [2:20:33] >> AYE. [2:20:33] » AYE. [2:20:33] >> CHOWDHURY. [2:20:34] » CHOWDHURY. [2:20:34] >> AYE. [2:20:35] » AYE. [2:20:36] >> STEVENSON. [2:20:36] » STEVENSON. [2:20:36] >> AYE. [2:20:37] » AYE. [2:20:37] >> RAINVILLE. [2:20:38] » RAINVILLE. [2:20:38] >> AYE. [2:20:38] » AYE. [2:20:38] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:20:39] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:20:39] >> AYE. [2:20:40] » AYE. [2:20:40] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:20:41] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:20:41] >> AYE. [2:20:41] » AYE. [2:20:41] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:20:42] » THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:20:43] >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS [2:20:46] » THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS [2:20:46] ARE ADOPTED. NEXT ITEM TWO. [2:20:48] I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER [2:20:51] CHUGHTAI. [2:20:52] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [2:20:54] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [2:20:54] I'M REALLY SORRY TO CONTINUE [2:20:56] HARPING ON, UMM,H, DELETING [2:20:58] FROM AGENDA VERSUS DENYING [2:21:00] APPOINTMENT. UMM, AND I REALLY [2:21:02] APPRECIATE THE POINT THE CLERK [2:21:03] IS MAKING. THAT THE INCBENT, [2:21:07] CHIEF -- FORMER -- FORMER, AH, [2:21:10] CHIEF O'HARA, UMM, HAS RESIGNED [2:21:12] FROM HIS -- HIS ROLE AT THE [2:21:13] CITY. HOWEVER, UMM YOU KNOW, WE [2:21:16] FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS NEWS, AH, [2:21:18] FROM, UMM, FROM AN E-MAIL THAT [2:21:21] THE MAYOR SRED WITH THE BODY [2:21:25] ON THE 26th OF MAY. AND HE [2:21:28] HAS SINCE COMMUNICATED, AH, ONCE [2:21:31] MORE, UMM, WITH THE -- WITH THE [2:21:34] BODY AS IT RELATES TO THE [2:21:35] APPOINTMENT OF THE CHIEF OF [2:21:36] POLICE. AND SO, WHEN I'M [2:21:38] READIN UMM, THE E-MAIL FROM [2:21:41] THE MAYOR THAT CAME TO US, UMM, [2:21:43] ON THE 26th, AH, IN THE [2:21:47] EVENING, RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS [2:21:48] OE [2:21:50] PUBLIC, UMM, AT NO POINT IN THIS [2:21:52] E-MAIL DO I READ, AH, ANY WORDS [2:21:56] ALONG THE LINES OF THE MAYOR [2:21:58] WITHDRAWING HIS NOMINATION. THE [2:21:59] NOMINATION HE HAS MADE TO US, [2:22:01] UMM, IS BEFORE THE BODY. AND, [2:22:03] AH, I DON'T SEE WRITTEN [2:22:06] COMMUNICATION FORMALLY [2:22:07] WITHDRAWING A NOMINATION. AND, [2:22:11] N [2:22:12] WHETHER IT IS OUT OF ORDER FOR [2:22:14] ME TO MAKE A MOTION, UMM, AND TO [2:22:18] DENY THIS APPOINTMENT. AND IF [2:22:20] IT IS OUT OF ORDER, IF IT CAN BE [2:22:22] EXPLAINED TO ME EXACTLY WHY IT [2:22:25] IS. [2:22:26] >> MR. CLERK. [2:22:26] » MR. CLERK. [2:22:26] >> NO. I DON'T THINK IT'S OUT [2:22:27] » NO. I DON'T THINK IT'S OUT [2:22:27] OF ORDER. LET ME EXPLAIN AGAIN, [2:22:31] THEN. THE PROCEDURE OF DELETING [2:22:32] FROM THE AGENDA WAS IMPTANT [2:22:34] FOR US BECAUSE THAT'S THE SAME [2:22:36] THING IF AN APPLICANT FAILED TO [2:22:38] PAY THEIR BILL IN TIME BUT PAID [2:22:39] IT RIGHT BEFOR THE MEETING. [2:22:40] YOU SEE THIS HAPPEN ALL THE [2:22:41] TIME. THAT ISSUE OF DENYING THE [2:22:43] LICENSE IS NO LONR IN FRONT OF [2:22:45] US. BECAUSE ACTION WAS TAKEN [2:22:47] OUTSIDE THE BODY. WE SIMPLY [2:22:49] DELETE IT FROM THE ANDA SO IT [2:22:50] COMES OFF THE AGENDA. AND THAT [2:22:51] FILE IS CLOSED IN LIMS. LIKE [2:22:54] WISE, AN ACTION TO DENY THE [2:22:56] NOMINATION, IF THAT'S THE WL [2:22:57] OF THE MAJITY OF THE BODY, [2:22:59] ALSO, IT'S A DISPOSITIVE ACTION. [2:23:01] THE DIFFENCE WOULD B THAT IS [2:23:02] AN ACT. IT IS A VOTE. AND SO [2:23:04] 'D HAVE TO PACKAGE THAT AND [2:23:05] SENDED IT TO THE COUNCIL. THE [2:23:07] ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE IS A [2:23:08] PROCEDURAL DELETE FROM THE [2:23:09] AGENDA AND CLOSES IT. THE [2:23:12] DISPOSITIVELY TODAY. OR DENY [2:23:14] TH, [2:23:15] THAT'S THE MOTION THAT COMES [2:23:16] FORWARD, AND THE MAJORITY VOTES [2:23:17] FOR IT. IN WHICH CASE, IT'S AN [2:23:20] ACT SUBMITTED TO THE MAY YOUR [2:23:23] MAYOR GOING THROUGH THE [2:23:25] MAYOR'S PROCESS. [2:23:25] >> WITH THAT, COLAGUES, I'LL [2:23:27] » WITH THAT, COLAGUES, I'LL [2:23:27] MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE [2:23:29] APPOINTMENT OF BRIAN O'HARA TO [2:23:30] SERVE AS THE CHIEF FOR THE [2:23:32] MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT [2:23:32] AND ASK FOR A SECOND. [2:23:33] >> SECOND. [2:23:35] » SECOND. [2:23:37] >> THAT MOTION TOENY HAS BEEN [2:23:38] » THAT MOTION TOENY HAS BEEN [2:23:38] MOVED AND SECONDED.LY RECOGNIZE [2:23:40] VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:23:44] >> UMM, OH, THE'S NOTHING TO [2:23:48] » UMM, OH, THE'S NOTHING TO [2:23:49] DENY HERE. HE'S NO LONGER WITH [2:23:50] THE CITY. AND THE DELETION IS [2:23:52] THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, IN MY [2:23:54] OPINION. I WILL NOT BE SPORTING [2:23:56] THIS MOTION. I TNK WE'RE [2:24:01] CREATING MORE DISCUSSIONS TOWARD [2:24:03] SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT BE [2:24:05] THERE. CHIEF O'HARA IS NO [2:24:10] LONGER WITH THE CITY. I THINK [2:24:12] WE SHOULD MOVE ON AND DELETE THE [2:24:13] ITEM. JUST LIKE WE DID ON BIZ [2:24:18] REPORT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. [2:24:27] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, YOU'RE [2:24:29] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, YOU'RE [2:24:29] IN FOR -- [2:24:30] >> I MOVE TO CALL THE QUESTION. [2:24:32] » I MOVE TO CALL THE QUESTION. [2:24:32] >> AH, THAT IS NOT DEBATAB. [2:24:35] » AH, THAT IS NOT DEBATAB. [2:24:35] IS THERE A SECOND? [2:24:36] >> SECOND. [2:24:38] » SECOND. [2:24:38] >> AH, THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [2:24:40] » AH, THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [2:24:40] ROLL ON THE QUESTION. [2:24:43] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:24:44] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:24:44] >> NO. [2:24:45] » NO. [2:24:45] >> PALMISANO. [2:24:46] » PALMISANO. [2:24:47] >> NO. [2:24:47] » NO. [2:24:47] >> CHAVEZ. [2:24:49] » CHAVEZ. [2:24:52] >> NO. [2:24:52] » NO. [2:24:53] >> WARREN. [2:24:53] » WARREN. [2:24:53] >> NO. [2:24:55] » NO. [2:24:55] >> [2:24:58] » [ LAUGHTER ] [2:25:03] [ LAUGHTER ] [2:25:03] THE VOTE IS ON THE CALLING OF [2:25:04] THE QUEION. [2:25:05] >> OH, YES. CALLING QUESTION. [2:25:09] » OH, YES. CALLING QUESTION. [2:25:10] [ LAUGHTER ] [2:25:11] >> POINT OF ORDER. I'M SORRY WE [2:25:12] » POINT OF ORDER. I'M SORRY WE [2:25:12] ARE VOTING ON THIS, BUT I [2:25:13] THOUGHD [2:25:15] TO BE IN QUEUE IN ORDER TO CALL [2:25:17] THE QUESTION. WE DON'T FOLLOW [2:25:20] OUR RULES. [2:25:21] >> I RAISED A PRIORITY. [2:25:22] » I RAISED A PRIORITY. [2:25:22] >> YEAH. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN [2:25:24] » YEAH. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN [2:25:24] DO THAT, RIGHT, CRKS? [2:25:26] >> CLERKS? [2:25:27] » CLERKS? [2:25:27] >> CALLING THE QUESTION IS NOT A [2:25:28] » CALLING THE QUESTION IS NOT A [2:25:29] PRIORITY MOTION. I'M SORRY THAT [2:25:31] WAS PUT IN FRONT OF US. [2:25:33] >> IT GOES TO COUNCIL MEMBER [2:25:37] » IT GOES TO COUNCIL MEMBER [2:25:37] WHITING. [2:25:39] CALLING THE QUESTION. I WON'T [2:25:41] SUPPORT IT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE [2:25:42] THAT WE GET BACK TO DISCUSSION. [2:25:47] >> WE CAN DO IT IF IT'S CALLED [2:25:48] » WE CAN DO IT IF IT'S CALLED [2:25:48] OUT OF ORDER. YOU CAN SIMPLY [2:25:51] MOVE ON. CALNG THE QUESTION [2:25:52] IS NOT A PRIORITY MOTION. [2:25:53] >> OKAY. [2:25:54] » OKAY. [2:25:54] >> I WILL JUST CALL ON COUNCIL [2:25:56] » I WILL JUST CALL ON COUNCIL [2:25:56] MEMBER WHITING. [2:25:57] >> GO AHEAD. [2:25:58] » GO AHEAD. [2:25:58] >> LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH. [2:25:59] » LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH. [2:25:59] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, [2:26:01] » THANK YOU. THANK YOU, [2:26:01] PRESIDENT PAYNE. JUST MAYBE A [2:26:05] CLARIFICATION QUESTION FOR THE [2:26:09] MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS TO DENY [2:26:13] THE NOMINATION. SO WE HAVE A [2:26:15] NEW MOTION IN FRONT OF US TO [2:26:16] DENY THE NOMINATION. NOT [2:26:19] DELETE. BY VIRTUE OF A DENY -- [2:26:21] IF THE WILL OF T BODY IS TO [2:26:23] DENY, IT GOES TO THE MAYOR. [2:26:25] IT'S AN ACT THAT THE MAYOR CAN [2:26:27] EITHER APPROVE OR VETO. OR NOT [2:26:30] SIGN. IS A DENIAL -- IS A VETO [2:26:35] OF A DENIAL ONE OF THE MAYOR'S [2:26:41] THREE PICKS? [2:26:44] >> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'RE GOING [2:26:45] » MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'RE GOING [2:26:45] TO QUICKLY TAG IN THE ATTORNEYS [2:26:47] HERE. BUT AS WE HAVE MENTIONED [2:26:49] MANY TIMES. ON ANY ACT, WHICH [2:26:51] IS A VOTE OF THIS BODY, THE [2:26:53] MAYOR HAS THREE OPTIONS. THE [2:26:55] MAYOR MAY APPROVE THAT AND [2:26:56] AUTHENTICATE THE ACT BY HIS [2:26:58] SIGNATURE. MAY VETO AND RETURN [2:26:59] THE ACT WITH HIS OBJECTIONS IN [2:27:01] WRITING. AND IN WHICH CASE IT'S [2:27:02] BACK BEFORE THE BODY FOR [2:27:06] AUTOMATIC RECONSIDERATION, OR [2:27:09] MAY RETURN IT UNSIGNED IN WHICH [2:27:10] IT'S CONSIDERED DEEMED APPROVED. [2:27:13] >> SO, I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS, [2:27:19] » SO, I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS, [2:27:19] IS IF THERE IS A SUCCESSFUL [2:27:26] REJECTION OF THE NOMINATION [2:27:30] WHETHER IT COUNTS AS ONE OF THE [2:27:32] MAYOR'S THREE. IS THAT THE [2:27:35] QUESTION? [2:27:36] >> YES. ND THEN -- HA-HA IF IT [2:27:41] » YES. ND THEN -- HA-HA IF IT [2:27:41] COMES BACK TO US AS A VETO, AND [2:27:47] IT'S VETOED. [2:27:50] >> SO LET'S PLAY IT OUT. [2:27:51] » SO LET'S PLAY IT OUT. [2:27:51] >> YEP. [2:27:51] » YEP. [2:27:51] >> STEP-BY-STEP-BY-STEP. I YOU [2:27:56] » STEP-BY-STEP-BY-STEP. I YOU [2:27:56] REJECT THE NOMINATION, DENY THE [2:27:59] NOMINATION. TODAY IT GETS [2:28:01] PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR. THE [2:28:02] MAYOR HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO [2:28:03] VETO. I HE VETOES, AND IT [2:28:07] COMES BACK AND THE VETO IS NOT [2:28:12] OVERDDEN. JUST LIKE IN [2:28:18] COMMISSIONER BAR BARNETTE'S [2:28:25] SITUATION. IF HE DOESN'T VETO [2:28:27] OR HE VETOES AND IT COMES BACK [2:28:29] TO THE BODY, AND THE BODY [2:28:31] OVERRIDES THE VETO. THEN IT IS [2:28:34] A REJECTION. AS I SIT HERE [2:28:36] TODAY, I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD [2:28:37] COUNT AS ONE OFHE THREE. [2:28:40] THAT'S, I THINK THERE ARE SORT [2:28:42] OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON [2:28:43] IN THAT PARAGRAPH THAT I READ. [2:28:44] ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE VACANCY [2:28:47] TRIGGERS, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO [2:28:49] MAKE -- START MAKING NOMINATIONS [2:28:53] T [2:28:53] EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE VACANCY [2:28:55] PERIOD, IFHERE IS A NOMINATION [2:28:57] AND IT'S LEGALLY FULLY REJECTED, [2:28:59] IT WOULD COU AS ONE OF THE [2:29:02] THREE. DOES THAT? [2:29:04] >> YES. [2:29:04] » YES. [2:29:04] >> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? [2:29:05] » DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? [2:29:05] >> YES. AND ... YES. HA-HA. [2:29:12] » YES. AND ... YES. HA-HA. [2:29:12] AND DOES IT -- IF IT IS -- IF IT [2:29:16] IS -- IF THE -- IF THE MOVEMENT [2:29:19] THAT GOES TO THE MAYOR AS A [2:29:21] DENIAL, AND IT IS VETOED AND IT [2:29:23] DOESN'T ACHIEVE THE TWO-THIRDS [2:29:26] MAJORITY TO BE OVERRIDDEN, DOES [2:29:28] IT STAY ON OUR AGENDA? DOES IT [2:29:31] COME BACK SIMILAR TO WHAT IS [2:29:33] HAPPENING WITH COMMISSIONER [2:29:35] BARNETTE? [2:29:35] >> AH, PRESIDENT, COUNCIL [2:29:39] » AH, PRESIDENT, COUNCIL [2:29:40] MEMBER, YES. IT DOES. IT WOULD [2:29:41] STAY ON THE AGENDA. [2:29:43] >> YEAH. [2:29:43] » YEAH. [2:29:43] >> YOU KNOW, UNTIL AND UNLESS [2:29:46] » YOU KNOW, UNTIL AND UNLESS [2:29:46] TH [2:29:49] AND ACTION TO, LIKE, THAT'S [2:29:50] ACTUALLY SUCCESSFULLY A DENIAL. [2:29:52] OR THE MAYOR COULD WITHDRAWAL. [2:29:55] >> WITHDRAW. [2:29:55] » WITHDRAW. [2:29:57] . OKAY. HELPFUL. THANK [2:30:00] YOU. [2:30:01] >> COUNCIL MEMBER S [2:30:02] » COUNCIL MEMBER S [2:30:02] SHAFFER. [2:30:03] >> YES. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR [2:30:04] » YES. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR [2:30:04] COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. WHY [2:30:06] WOULD WE WANT TO LIMIT THE [2:30:08] MAYOR'S CHOICES AND DENY OUR [2:30:09] OPTIONS FOR A POLICE CHIEF? [2:30:11] WHAT WOULD BE YOUR REASONING IN [2:30:13] THAT? [2:30:14] >> AH, THANK YOU, AH, MR. [2:30:15] » AH, THANK YOU, AH, MR. [2:30:15] PRESIDENT. IF I MAY, THROUGH [2:30:17] THE CHAIR, UMM, COUNCIL MEMBER [2:30:18] SHAFFER, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT [2:30:21] QUESTION. WHAT I'M CONCERNED [2:30:24] WITH IS THAT WE HAVE A PROPER [2:30:27] NOMINATION BEFORE THE BODY OF A [2:30:29] PERSON WHO HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF [2:30:31] ABUSING THEIR POWER IN MANNERS [2:30:33] THAT ARE INCREDIBLY EGREGIOUS. [2:30:36] AND ARE THE REASON THAT -- [2:30:40] THAT -- THAT, AH, U MAL [2:30:45] ULTIMATELY, AT LEAST THE MAY [2:30:46] HAS SHARED THE DISCUSSION THAT [2:30:48] TOOK PLACE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND [2:30:49] THE FORMER CHIEF THAT IT IS WHAT [2:30:53] RESULTED IN THE -- I HIS, AH, [2:30:56] IN THE CHIEF'S RESIGNATION. I'M [2:30:57] CONCERNED WITH MAKING SUR THAT, [2:31:00] AH, THIS BODY IS TAKING [2:31:02] DISPOSITIVE ACTION. TAKING [2:31:03] FINAL DELIBERATIVE ACTION, UMM, [2:31:07] TO -- TO -- TO DENY THE [2:31:10] APPOINTMENT OF SOMEONE WHO [2:31:12] HAS -- HAS VERY CLEARLY MISSED [2:31:14] THE MARK OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE [2:31:15] A PUBLIC SERVANT. HAT IT MEANS [2:31:18] TO LEAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF [2:31:19] MINNEAPOLIS. AND WHAT ITEANS [2:31:21] TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF [2:31:22] RESPONSIBILITY IN ENSURING THE [2:31:24] SATY OF THE 400,000 PLUS [2:31:29] PEOPLE THAT CALL MINNEAPOLIS [2:31:30] HOME. I DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL [2:31:32] GRIPE TO PICK ABOUT LIMITING [2:31:34] ANYONE'S OPTIONS. I WOULD HOPE, [2:31:35] ACTUALLY, THE NEXT NINATION [2:31:36] FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE THAT [2:31:37] COMES BEFORE US IS ONE THAT IS [2:31:40] THE PRODUCT OF, AH, [2:31:43] COLLABORATION AND DISCUSSION [2:31:43] WITH THE COUNCIL. THAT'S ALL I [2:31:45] ACTUALLY REALLY WT. BUT I -- [2:31:50] PREVIOUS ACTIONS, AT LEAST IN MY [2:31:51] TIME HERE, THAT, AH, THAT VERY [2:31:56] CLEARLY REJECT THIS TYPE OF [2:31:59] BEHAVIOR AND CONDEMN IT. AND SO [2:32:01] I WANT THAT REFLECTED IN -- IN [2:32:04] SUCH AN IMPORTANT CHOICE BEFORE [2:32:06] US, TOO. [2:32:06] >> THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL IN [2:32:08] » THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL IN [2:32:10] HEARING THAT. BUT AT THE SAME [2:32:13] TIME, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO [2:32:14] KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN. WE NEED [2:32:17] TO BE ABLE TO NOT LIT THE [2:32:21] INFLUENCE OF THIS BODY ON A [2:32:23] SMALLER NUMBER OF CHOICES THAT [2:32:24] MAY COME BEFORE US. THANK YOU. [2:32:27] >> I WOULD JUST -- MR. [2:32:30] » I WOULD JUST -- MR. [2:32:30] PRESIDENT -- [2:32:30] >> THIS IS HER SPEAKING. [2:32:31] » THIS IS HER SPEAKING. [2:32:31] >> YEP. [2:32:32] » YEP. [2:32:32] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:32:35] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:32:35] >> MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS [2:32:37] » MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS [2:32:37] PROBABLY AUESTION FOR THE CITY [2:32:38] ATTORNEY. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU [2:32:39] WOULD BE READY TO RESPOND. BUT [2:32:41] ES THE OUTCOME HERE HASTEN A [2:32:44] PROCESS IN RECRUITING A NEW [2:32:48] NOMINEE? [2:32:48] >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:32:52] » MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:32:52] >> UMM, COUNSEL PRESIDENT, [2:32:55] » UMM, COUNSEL PRESIDENT, [2:32:55] COUNCIL MEMBERS. ASTEN THE [2:32:59] PROCESS? [2:32:59] >> DOES IT SPEED UP THE NUMBER [2:33:01] » DOES IT SPEED UP THE NUMBER [2:33:01] OF DAYS IN WHICH THE MAYOR HAS [2:33:04] TO SUBMIT A NEW NOMINEE? [2:33:06] >> NO. THE VACANCY -- THE [2:33:11] » NO. THE VACANCY -- THE [2:33:11] VACANCY BEGAN, SO I'M GOING TO [2:33:14] BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. CHIEF [2:33:18] O'HARA WAS IN THEOLDOVER [2:33:20] PERIOD. THERE WAS NO VACANCY. [2:33:22] ONCE HE RESIGNED, THE POSITION [2:33:23] BECAME VACANT. AND UNDER THE [2:33:26] CHARTER YOU KNOW, THE I HAVE [2:33:29] VACANCY PERIOD FOR THE [2:33:30] CHIEF IS 30 DAYS WITHIN THAT [2:33:33] PERIOD OF TIME. THE MAYOR, IF [2:33:36] HE DOESN'T MAKE A NOMINATION, [2:33:37] THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE [2:33:38] OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO [2:33:42] NOMINATE A SLATE OF THREE. OR, [2:33:45] WITHIN THAT TIME, THERE ARE [2:33:47] THREE REJECTED CANDIDATES, YOU [2:33:48] KNOW, THAT WOULD ALSO OPEN UP [2:33:52] THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE [2:33:53] COUNCIL TO, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY [2:33:57] OF VOTE BY THE ENTIRE BODY TO [2:33:59] PRESENT A SLATE OF THREE OR MORE [2:34:00] TO CHOOSE FROM. OBVIOUSLY, [2:34:01] THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THA THE [2:34:03] COUNCIL HAS. IT'S NOT A [2:34:04] MANDATORY THING. AND SO IF THE [2:34:07] COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE THE MAYOR [2:34:11] ADDITIONAL TIME TO DO A FULL [2:34:15] COMPREHENSIVE, THOUGH SEARCH [2:34:15] AND HIRING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, [2:34:18] THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BODY [2:34:20] CAN DO. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR [2:34:22] QUESTION? [2:34:23] >> IT DOES BUT IT MAKES IT SOUND [2:34:24] » IT DOES BUT IT MAKES IT SOUND [2:34:24] LIKE THE MAYOR HAS 30 DAYS. AND [2:34:26] I THINK THAT THE MAYOR H 30 [2:34:28] DAYS TO APPOINT AN INTERIM AFTER [2:34:31] WHICH THERE'S A LONGER TIMELINE. [2:34:33] SO -- [2:34:33] >> NO. THAT'S NOT -- [2:34:35] » NO. THAT'S NOT -- [2:34:35] >> ARE WE GOING TO GET A NEW [2:34:37] » ARE WE GOING TO GET A NEW [2:34:37] NOMINATION FOR A NEW CHIEF THEN? [2:34:40] >> AGAIN, SO WHAT T CHARTER [2:34:42] » AGAIN, SO WHAT T CHARTER [2:34:42] SAYS. ONCE THERE'S A VACANCY, [2:34:44] THE MAYOR -- IF THE MOR DOES [2:34:47] NOT SUCCESSFULLY NOMINATE A [2:34:49] CANDIDE WITHIN 30 DAYS, THAT [2:34:53] CAN TGGER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR [2:34:56] THE COUNCIL -- [2:34:57] >> I SEE. [2:34:57] » I SEE. [2:34:57] >> -- TO, AGAIN, BY A MAJORITY [2:35:00] » -- TO, AGAIN, BY A MAJORITY [2:35:00] VOTE OF ALL THE MEMBERS TO PUT [2:35:01] FORWARD A SLATE OF THREE OR MORE [2:35:05] CANDIDATES FROM WHICH THE MAYOR [2:35:06] MUST CHOOSE ONE. SO THE [2:35:08] OPPORTUNITY RIPENS IF THE MAYOR [2:35:11] DOESN'T MAKE A SUCCESSFUL [2:35:12] NOMINATION. [2:35:12] >> MR. PRESIDENT, CAN WE HAVE [2:35:14] » MR. PRESIDENT, CAN WE HAVE [2:35:14] ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME. [2:35:16] >> LET'S FOCUS ON THE CITY [2:35:20] » LET'S FOCUS ON THE CITY [2:35:20] ATTORNEY. [2:35:21] >> OKAY. SO, AGAIN, AND I -- [2:35:25] » OKAY. SO, AGAIN, AND I -- [2:35:25] I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS [2:35:27] METHODICAL AS I CAN BE. AND [2:35:31] MAYBE AMEND MY WORDS A LITTLE [2:35:32] B [2:35:33] SO, ONCE THERE'S A VACANCY, AND [2:35:35] THERE IS. THERE WAS AS OF THE [2:35:40] CHARTER SAYS IF AN OFFICE HASE [2:35:42] BEEN VACANT FOR 30 DAYS IN THE [2:35:45] CASE OF THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE [2:35:47] MAYOR HAS FAILED TO NOMINATE A [2:35:49] SUCCESSOR. SO I WAS WRONG. [2:35:51] IT'S NOT A SUCCESSFUL [2:35:52] NOMINATION. HAS TO MAKE THE [2:35:53] NOMINATION OF A SUCCESSOR. OR [2:35:56] IF THE MAYOR HAS NOMINATED THREE [2:35:58] CANDIDATES, THE COUNCIL HAS [2:35:59] REJECTED. SO TWO DIFFERENT [2:36:01] WAYS. THEN THE COUNCIL MAY, BY [2:36:03] A MAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERSHIP, [2:36:06] NAME TEE OR MORE CANDIDATES [2:36:08] FROM WHOM THE MAYOR MUST [2:36:09] NOMINATE ONE. SO MY [2:36:10] INTERPRETATS [2:36:13] THAT DURING THIS VACANCY PERIOD. [2:36:16] THIS 30-DAY VACANCY PERIOD, THE [2:36:19] YOR -- IF THE MAYOR MAKES A [2:36:20] NOMINATION. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO [2:36:22] BE SUCCESSFUL -- DOESN'T HAVE [2:36:23] TO, LIKE, FINISH. BUT IF THE [2:36:25] MAYOR MAKES A NOMINATION DURING [2:36:27] THE 30-DAY PERIOD, IT STAVES OFF [2:36:29] THE COUNCIL'S OPPORTUNITY TO [2:36:31] NAME A SLATE. BUT EVEN IF THE [2:36:34] MAYOR DOESN'T MAKE A NOMINATION [2:36:36] WITHIN THAT 30-DAY PERIOD, IT'S [2:36:39] ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT AT [2:36:41] COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE ON AND NAME [2:36:43] A SLATE OF THREE. BUT THE [2:36:45] COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE TO AVAIL [2:36:47] ITSELF OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT [2:36:49] COULD DETERMINE THAT IT'S GOING, [2:36:51] YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE BEST [2:36:52] INTEREST OF THE CITY TO HAVE A [2:36:54] FULL, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL SEARCH [2:36:55] AND A THOROUGH RECRUITME [2:36:57] PROCESS AND GIVE THE MAYOR MORE [2:37:00] TIME THAN THE 30 DAYS. DOES [2:37:03] THAT MAKE SENSE? [2:37:04] >> THANK YOU. YEAH. I DON'T [2:37:05] » THANK YOU. YEAH. I DON'T [2:37:05] THINKHAT THE OUTCOME THAT WE [2:37:07] WANT HERE IS RHING A PROCESS [2:37:11] IN RECRUITING A NEW NOMINATION. [2:37:13] I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. [2:37:16] >> AH, I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE [2:37:18] » AH, I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE [2:37:18] TO SPEAK TO THE MOTION TO DENY. [2:37:21] THAT'S BECAUSE, UMM, I THINK [2:37:23] THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE [2:37:24] LETTER OF THE LAW AND THEN [2:37:25] THERE'S THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. [2:37:28] AND OUR CHARTER, THE SPIRIT OF [2:37:29] IT, IS TO SAY THAT THE MAYOR AND [2:37:33] THE CITY COUNCIL NEED TO COME [2:37:34] TOGETHER AND AGREE. AND THAT'S [2:37:38] WHY THERE IS THIS PROSION FOR [2:37:41] COUNCIL CONSENT FOR THE MAYOR'S [2:37:43] NOMINATIONS. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED [2:37:45] WITH PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS THAT [2:37:46] WERE DENIED IS THAT C THEY CAN [2:37:49] BE PLACED IN LIMBO. IF WE WERE [2:37:50] TO DELETE IT, THAT ALSO DOESN'T [2:37:52] COUNT. S IT WOULD BASICALLY [2:37:54] CREATE A CONDITION IN WHICH [2:37:55] THERE'S ACTUALLY NO POINT OF [2:37:57] HAVI THIS PROVISION IN OUR [2:37:59] CHARTER FOR THREE ATTEMPTS. IF [2:38:02] NOTHING THAT THE COUNCIL DOES [2:38:04] COUNTS AS AN ATTEMPT, THEN THAT [2:38:06] CHARTER PROVISION IS IRRELEVANT. [2:38:08] WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE [2:38:09] SPIRIT OF THAT CHARTER [2:38:10] PROVISION. THE SPIRIT OF THAT [2:38:13] CHARTER PROVISION, TO ME, IS [2:38:15] THAR [2:38:16] PROCESS THE MAYOR WANTS TO USE. [2:38:18] IT'S THE MAYOR'S PREROGATIVE ON [2:38:19] WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO PULL [2:38:22] UP THE CONTACT IN THEIR ROLODEX [2:38:25] TO BRING FORWARD A NAME OR WORK [2:38:27] COLLABORATIVELY WITH CITY [2:38:27] COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY A NAME. [2:38:29] EITHER WAY, IT'S THE MAYOR'S [2:38:31] PREROGATIVE TO BRING A NAME [2:38:32] FORWARD. AND THEN IT'S THE [2:38:33] COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE TO EITHER [2:38:35] ACCEPT OR DENY THAT NAME. AND [2:38:39] IF A DENIAL DOESN'T COUNT WHEN [2:38:42] IT GETS VETOED, IT ALMOST FEELS [2:38:44] LIKE THAT THERE'S NO REASON FOR [2:38:45] THE PROVISION. AND IF DELETING [2:38:47] FROM THE AGENDA DOE'T COUNT, [2:38:49] THEN IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. [2:38:51] SO I WANT US TO ACTUALLY LIVE BY [2:38:53] THE SPIRIT OF THE CHARTER [2:38:55] PROVISION OF THREE ATTEMPTS BY [2:38:58] RECORDING THIS AS ATTEMPT NUMBER [2:39:01] ONE THROUGH A FORMAL DENIAL. [2:39:03] AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL [2:39:05] MEMBER VETAW. [2:39:06] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:39:09] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:39:09] I'MO CONFUSED ABOUT -- HA, [2:39:12] ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. [2:39:13] BECAUSE IT SMS LIKE THERE'S, [2:39:15] LIKE, FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS [2:39:16] GOING ON. SO ONE WOULD BE TO [2:39:21] JUST DENY THIS AND MOVE ON. THE [2:39:28] OTHER IS, WE'RE MAKING THE MAYOR [2:39:31] SIGN OFF ON THE FACT THIS HE [2:39:34] NOMINATED O'HARA AND IT DIDN'T [2:39:37] GO THROUGH. LIKE, THAT'S [2:39:39] ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS. LIKE, [2:39:40] OR HE HAS TO VETO A NOMINATION [2:39:42] FOR SOMEONE THAT'S NOT EVEN HERE [2:39:45] ANYMORE. LIKE, THAT'S THE PART [2:39:46] I'M STUCK AT. AND THEN THE [2:39:48] OTHER TWO PIECES ARE THIS 30-DAY [2:39:51] THING. DON'T WE HAVE AN [2:39:53] OPPORTUNITY TO DO A NATIONAL [2:39:55] SEARCH? AND THAT COULD TAKE 60 [2:39:58] DAYS. I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW HOW [2:39:59] LONG A NATIONAL SEARCH CLD [2:40:01] TAKE. SO, LIKE, IS THE ACTION [2:40:04] WE'RE TAKING TODAY TAKING THAT [2:40:05] OFF THE TABLE? OR IS THAT STILL [2:40:07] AN OPTION? [2:40:09] >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:40:11] » MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:40:11] >> UMM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, [2:40:14] » UMM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, [2:40:14] COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT'S STILL [2:40:16] AN OPTION. [2:40:17] >> OKAY. SO NATIONAL SEARCH CAN [2:40:20] » OKAY. SO NATIONAL SEARCH CAN [2:40:20] BE ANNOUNCED. NOW, THE NEXT [2:40:22] PART IS THE COUNCIL SELECTING [2:40:25] THREE AND GIVET TOHE MAYOR. [2:40:28] WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM? [2:40:30] LIKE, IS THIS, LIKE, HOW DOES [2:40:33] THIS PLAY OUT? [2:40:34] >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:40:36] » MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. [2:40:36] >> UMM, OKAY. SO, AGAIN, THE [2:40:39] » UMM, OKAY. SO, AGAIN, THE [2:40:39] WAY THE CHARTER -- THIS IS [2:40:41] PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE [2:40:43] CONFUSING PIECES OF THE CHARTER. [2:40:45] I'LL TELL YOU. BUT THE WAY [2:40:46] THAT THE CHARTER WORKS IS, ONCE [2:40:49] THERE'S A VACANCY, FOR THE [2:40:54] POLICE CHIEF, DURING A 30-DAY [2:40:56] PERIOD, IF T MAYOR DOESN'T [2:40:57] MAKE A NOMINATION, OR IF THE [2:41:03] MAYOR HAS ALREADY HAD THREE [2:41:06] NOMINEES REJECTED. LIKE LEGALLY [2:41:08] AND COMPLETELY REJECTED DURING [2:41:11] THAT 30-DAY TIME PERIOD, IT [2:41:14] TRIGGERS, AGAIN, AN OPPORTUNITY [2:41:17] FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, BY A [2:41:20] MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL THE [2:41:21] MEMBERS, TO DECIDE, HEY, WE'RE [2:41:22] GOING TO PUT FORWARD THREE OR [2:41:26] MORE CANDIDATES FROM WHICH THE [2:41:28] MAYOR HAS TO CHOOSE.. [2:41:32] >> GOT IT. OKAY. COLLEAGUES, I [2:41:34] » GOT IT. OKAY. COLLEAGUES, I [2:41:34] REALLY HOPE THAT W CAN JUST GO [2:41:35] BACK TO THE PROCESS THAT THE [2:41:38] COMMUNITY IS FAMILIAR WITH AND [2:41:40] WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH. AND I -- [2:41:43] AL [2:41:47] YOR ON THIS. I TOTALLYITH THE [2:41:49] UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION [2:41:51] AROUND FINDING OUT WHO'S [2:41:52] NOMINATED IN THE NEWS AND NOT [2:41:54] HAVING CONVERSATIONS BEFORE TT [2:41:56] HAPPENED. I'M REALLY HOPING [2:41:58] THAT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO WORK [2:41:59] TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR [2:42:01] HAS ASKED MYSELF AND COUNCIL [2:42:03] MEMBER OSMAN TO SIT ON THE [2:42:05] COMMITTEE TO HELP RECRUIT A NEW [2:42:08] POLICE CHIEF AND TO BE A PART [2:42:10] OF THAT PROCESS. WE'VE BOTH [2:42:13] AGREED TO DO THAT. I THINK ALL [2:42:16] MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, PREVIOUSLY [2:42:19] WHEN I WAS A PART OF THAT, NOT [2:42:20] ONLY DID I ENGAGE EVERY SINGLE [2:42:22] ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT THE [2:42:24] COMMUNITY IN THE BEST WAY I [2:42:25] COULD. IAD LISTENING SESSIONS [2:42:27] THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF [2:42:28] MINNEAPOLIS TO HEAR FROM [2:42:30] COMMUNITY. SO, I HOPE THAT WE [2:42:33] CAN GO TO THE PROCESS WHERE [2:42:36] COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S [2:42:36] GOING ON. COMMUNITY HAS TIME TO [2:42:39] UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. [2:42:41] AND, TO ME, THAT'S DOING A [2:42:42] SEARCH. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT [2:42:43] HAS TO BE A NATIONAL SEARCH. [2:42:45] BUT HAVING A PROCESS WHERE [2:42:47] THERE'S A COMMITTEE OF FOLKS WHO [2:42:49] ARE REVIEWING WHA THE CITY [2:42:52] WANTS IN THE NEXT CHIEF. AND [2:42:54] THE MAYORS WORKING WITH US TO [2:42:57] NOMINATE THE RIGHT CANDATE. [2:42:59] AND THAT THERE'S A PROCESS WHERE [2:43:01] WE GET TO INTERVIEW THIS PERSON [2:43:03] WHO NOMINATED. I'M CERTAINLY [2:43:04] HOPING THAT W DON'T HAVE TO GET [2:43:07] TO THREE FAILED NOMINATIONS [2:43:08] BEFO WE HAVE A DECISION. SO I [2:43:10] REALLY DO HOPE WE CAN STICK TO [2:43:12] THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR [2:43:14] WITH. AND MAKE COMMUNITY A BIG [2:43:16] PART OF THIS. AS THEY HAVE BEEN [2:43:19] IN THE PREVIOUS NOMATION OF A [2:43:22] POLICE CHIEF. [2:43:23] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [2:43:24] » COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [2:43:24] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:43:25] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:43:26] JUST ANOTHER QUESTION, PROBABLY, [2:43:27] FOR THE CLERKS AND OUR CITY [2:43:29] ATTORNEY. WITHIN THE PROCESS [2:43:33] THROUGHOUT, FROM TODAY ONWD, [2:43:34] IS THE MAYOR ABLE TO WITHDRAW AN [2:43:39] OFFICIAL NOMINATION? OKAY. AT [2:43:43] ANY POINT? [2:43:44] >> I SUPPOSE MY SHAKING MY HEAD [2:43:46] » I SUPPOSE MY SHAKING MY HEAD [2:43:46] DOESN'T COUNT. COUNCIL [2:43:48] PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YES. [2:43:49] THE MAYOR CAN WITHDRAWAL THE [2:43:52] NOMINATION. YES. [2:43:53] >> AT ANY POINT BEFORE HE TAKES [2:43:56] » AT ANY POINT BEFORE HE TAKES [2:43:57] ANY D DISPOSITIVECTION? OR [2:44:02] BEFORE WE DO. IF WE PASS TODAY [2:44:04] A DENIAL, I THE MAYOR ABLE TO [2:44:05] WITHDRAW THE NOMINATION BEFORE [2:44:07] HE HAS TO ACT ON A DISPOSITIVE [2:44:12] MOON OR ACT OF ... WHAT WE [2:44:16] JUST DID. [2:44:19] >> I'M GOING TO MAYBE WITH THE [2:44:22] » I'M GOING TO MAYBE WITH THE [2:44:22] ATTORNEY'S APPROL AND YOUR [2:44:24] ACCEPTANCE, MR. PRESIDENT, IF [2:44:26] THIS BODY ACTS. THAT'S AN [2:44:28] ACTION OF THIS BODY. THE MAYOR [2:44:29] CAN'T THEN A IN THE BETWEEN TO [2:44:34] COUNTEONVENE WHAT THE BODY HAS [2:44:35] DONE. THE MAYOR EASE CHARTER IS [2:44:37] TO REACT WHAT THE BODY HAS DONE. [2:44:40] TO PRODUCE AN ACT WHAT THE [2:44:42] MAJORITY OF THE BODY DID AND [2:44:43] TRANSMIT THAT TO THE MAYOR. THE [2:44:44] MAYOR HAS TO REACT TO THAT [2:44:46] ACTION SO, IT WOULDN'T BE THAT [2:44:48] WE WOULD VOTE TODAY AND THE [2:44:49] MAYOR COULD IN BETWEEN WITHDRAW [2:44:53] THAT. [2:44:55] >> CITY COUNCIL PRESIDE, [2:44:55] » CITY COUNCIL PRESIDE, [2:44:55] COUNCIL MEMBERS. I MEAN, I [2:44:58] THINK THEORETICALLY HE CLD [2:45:00] WITHDRAW IT. IT DOESN'T CHANGE [2:45:01] THE FACT HE HAS AN ACT BEFORE [2:45:02] HIM THAT HE EITHER HAS TO VETO [2:45:07] OR SIGN OR NOT SIGN. YEAH. HE [2:45:11] HAS TO REACT IN SOME WAY. AND I [2:45:14] CAN'T RIGHT HERE GIV YOU A [2:45:15] LEGAL OPINION ABOUT WHAT EFFECT [2:45:18] HIS WITHDRAWING WOULD HAVE. I [2:45:19] MEAN, THAT'S A LEVEL7 [2:45:21] COMPOF COMPLICATION [2:45:23] THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO TRY [2:45:25] TO OPINE AS I SIT HERE. [2:45:26] >> THANK YOU. YEP. I [2:45:27] » THANK YOU. YEP. I [2:45:27] APPRECIATE IT. [2:45:28] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:45:30] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [2:45:30] >> THIS FEELS, TO ME, LIKE AN [2:45:33] » THIS FEELS, TO ME, LIKE AN [2:45:33] ACTION TO SHOVE SOMEONE OUT THE [2:45:34] DOOR WHO IS ALREADY LEFT THE [2:45:37] BUILDING. AND SEE IF THE MAYOR [2:45:39] WILL JOIN IN ON IT. I WANT A [2:45:42] PROCESS FOR OUR NEXT CHIEF -- [2:45:43] >> POINT OF ORDER. ASCRIBING [2:45:46] » POINT OF ORDER. ASCRIBING [2:45:46] MOTIVE. [2:45:46] >>-- AS IT HAS IN THE PAST. [2:45:49] » -- AS IT HAS IN THE PAST. [2:45:50] >> POINT OF ORDER, MR. CHAIR. [2:45:52] » POINT OF ORDER, MR. CHAIR. [2:45:52] >> NOTED, COUNCIL MEMBER [2:45:54] » NOTED, COUNCIL MEMBER [2:45:54] PALMISANO. YOU CAN CONTINUE. [2:45:56] >> I WANT A PROCESS THAT [2:45:57] » I WANT A PROCESS THAT [2:45:59] HAS IN THE PAST. LET'S NOT TRY [2:46:02] TO SLING MOTIONS BACK A FORTH. [2:46:07] I'LL S SUBSTITUTE AND MOVE TO [2:46:10] POSTPONE THE ACTION. IT SEEMS [2:46:12] LIKE THEAYOR INTENDED TO [2:46:14] WITHDRAW IT. [2:46:14] >> THERE'S A PROPER MOTION ON [2:46:15] » THERE'S A PROPER MOTION ON [2:46:15] THE FLOOR. WE HAVE TO DISPOSE [2:46:17] OF THAT FIRST. [2:46:18] >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [2:46:24] » COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [2:46:24] [ AWAY FROM MIC ] [2:46:25] >> I'M SORRY.LY SE. I [2:46:29] » I'M SORRY.LY SE. I [2:46:29] WILL SECOND THAT MEETINGS. [2:46:30] >> IT'S NOT A PROPER MOTION. [2:46:32] » IT'S NOT A PROPER MOTION. [2:46:32] >> IT'S NOT A PROPER -- OKAY. [2:46:34] » IT'S NOT A PROPER -- OKAY. [2:46:34] >> WE CAN TAKE UP THAT MOTION [2:46:35] » WE CAN TAKE UP THAT MOTION [2:46:35] AFTER WE DISPOSE OF THIS MOTION. [2:46:37] >> OKAY. THANK Y. I HAVE A [2:46:38] » OKAY. THANK Y. I HAVE A [2:46:38] QUESTION FOR THE LEGAL TEAM, AS [2:46:42] WHAT I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDINGCK [2:46:43] AND YOU TELL ME WHERE IT'S [2:46:44] FAULTY. OR ON TRA. [2:46:46] NUMBER ONE IS YOU KNOW, THE [2:46:50] CHIEF, FORMER CHIEF RESIGN ON [2:46:52] MAY 26th. THE MAYOR HAS UNTIL [2:46:54] JUNE 26th T PUT FORWARD [2:46:55] ANOTHER NOMINEE. BECAUSE THAT'S [2:46:57] 30 DAYS. OR APPROXIMATE 30 [2:46:59] DAYS. IS THAT CORRECT? [2:47:00] >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY? [2:47:01] » MADAM CITY ATTORNEY? [2:47:01] >> UMM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, [2:47:04] » UMM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, [2:47:05] COUNCIL MEMBER. HE HAS THAT [2:47:06] PERIOD OF TIME TO PUT FORWARD A [2:47:10] NOMINEE. IF HE DOESN'T --'M [2:47:12] GOING TO PUTT IN THE NEGATIVE. [2:47:13] IF HE DOESN'T PUT FORWARD A [2:47:15] NOMINEE WITHIN THAT 30-DAY [2:47:16] PERIOD, THAT TRIGGERS THE [2:47:18] OPPORTUNITY OF THE COUNCILO [2:47:21] VOTE ON THIS SLATE OF THREE. [2:47:23] >> GREAT. [2:47:23] » GREAT. [2:47:23] >> IF HE DOESN'T MAKE THE [2:47:26] » IF HE DOESN'T MAKE THE [2:47:26] NOMINATION YOU KNOW, THAT [2:47:27] OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL IS [2:47:28] THERE BUT THE COUNCIL DOE'T [2:47:29] HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT [2:47:30] OPPORTUNITY. [2:47:32] >> CORRECT. [2:47:32] » CORRECT. [2:47:32] >> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? [2:47:33] » DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? [2:47:33] >> YES. [2:47:35] » YES. [2:47:35] AND THEN, I GUESS, SECONDLY, [2:47:36] WHAT IS THE ACTION THAT NEE TO [2:47:38] HAPPEN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO [2:47:42] EXTEND THAT WINDOW AND ALLOW FOR [2:47:44] A NATIONAL SEARCH BEFORE THE [2:47:47] CITY COUNCIL MIGHT DECIDE TO PUT [2:47:50] THEIR OWN THREE FORWARD. [2:47:51] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL [2:47:54] » COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL [2:47:54] MEMBER, IT'S REALLY INACTION. [2:47:56] AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL DOESN'T [2:47:58] TA THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT [2:48:03] FORWARD, YOU KNOW AGAIN, TO VOTE [2:48:05] ON BY A MAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERS [2:48:07] TO VOTE ON A PANEL -- ON A SLATE [2:48:09] OF THREE. AS LONG AS THE [2:48:10] COUNCIL DOESN'T TAKE ADVA [2:48:12] ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY, [2:48:12] IT GIVES THE MAYOR MORE TIME TO [2:48:16] PUT FORWARD A NOMINATION. [2:48:17] >> OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S NOT [2:48:18] » OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S NOT [2:48:18] AN OFFICIAL ACTION THAT NEEDS TO [2:48:21] BE STATED. [2:48:22] >> NO. [2:48:22] » NO. [2:48:23] >> OKAY. ALL RIG. THANK YOU, [2:48:25] » OKAY. ALL RIG. THANK YOU, [2:48:25] THEN, FOR THE CLARIFYING [2:48:27] ANSWERS. [2:48:27] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [2:48:29] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [2:48:29] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I'LL [2:48:30] » COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I'LL [2:48:30] BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION TO [2:48:33] DENY. I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT [2:48:34] THE MOTION SAYS IT'S TO DENY THE [2:48:37] APPOINTMENT. I D'T WANT THE [2:48:38] PUBLIC TO MISINTERPRET, U, US [2:48:42] AS SUPPORTING HIS NOMINATION. [2:48:44] BECAUSE THIS MOTION IS LITERALLY [2:48:45] YING TO DENY. I ALSO THINK [2:48:48] THAT A MOTION TO POSONE WOULD [2:48:50] SIGNAL THAT WE'RE STILL -- IT [2:48:54] WOULDIGNAL MIXED [2:48:55] COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [2:48:56] AFTER OUR CHIEF ALREADY RESIGNED [2:48:58] ANYWAYS. SO, I'LL SUPPORT THIS [2:49:00] MOTION AND CALL THE QUESTION. [2:49:02] >> I SEE NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [2:49:04] » I SEE NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [2:49:04] QUEUE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I [2:49:06] WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE [2:49:08] ROLL. [2:49:09] . ON THE MOTION TO DENY. [2:49:11] WHICH AN AYE WOULD MEAN TO [2:49:14] DENY. [2:49:14] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:49:15] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [2:49:15] >> NO. [2:49:16] » NO. [2:49:16] >> PALMISANO. [2:49:17] » PALMISANO. [2:49:17] >> NO. [2:49:19] » NO. [2:49:19] >> CHAVEZ. [2:49:19] » CHAVEZ. [2:49:19] >> AYE. [2:49:21] » AYE. [2:49:22] >> WARREN. [2:49:22] » WARREN. [2:49:22] >> NO. [2:49:23] » NO. [2:49:23] >> SHAFFER. [2:49:25] » SHAFFER. [2:49:25] >> NO. [2:49:25] » NO. [2:49:25] >> WONSLEY. [2:49:26] » WONSLEY. [2:49:27] >> AYE. [2:49:28] » AYE. [2:49:28] >> CGHTAI. [2:49:29] » CGHTAI. [2:49:29] >> AYE. [2:49:30] » AYE. [2:49:30] >> WHITING. [2:49:30] » WHITING. [2:49:30] >> NO. [2:49:32] » NO. [2:49:32] >> CHOHURY. [2:49:32] » CHOHURY. [2:49:33] >> AYE. [2:49:33] » AYE. [2:49:34] >> STEVENSON. [2:49:34] » STEVENSON. [2:49:34] >> AYE. [2:49:36] » AYE. [2:49:36] >> RAINVILLE. [2:49:36] » RAINVILLE. [2:49:37] >> NO. [2:49:38] » NO. [2:49:38] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:49:39] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:49:39] >> NO. [2:49:40] » NO. [2:49:40] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:49:40] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:49:41] >> AYE. [2:49:42] » AYE. [2:49:42] >> THERE ARE SIX AYES AND SEVEN [2:49:44] » THERE ARE SIX AYES AND SEVEN [2:49:44] NAYS. THAT MOTION FAILS. AND [2:49:47] WE CAN ACCEPT A NEW MOTION. [2:49:51] >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO [2:49:52] » I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO [2:49:52] DELETE THE ITEM. [2:49:53] >> SECOND. [2:49:54] » SECOND. [2:49:54] >> SECOND. [2:49:55] » SECOND. [2:49:55] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN HAS [2:49:57] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN HAS [2:49:57] MOVED TO DELETE. AND THAT'S [2:50:00] BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY [2:50:03] FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING [2:50:05] NONE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO [2:50:06] CALL THE ROLL. [2:50:07] >> VETAW. [2:50:08] » VETAW. [2:50:09] >> AYE. [2:50:09] » AYE. [2:50:09] >> PALMISANO. [2:50:09] » PALMISANO. [2:50:10] >> AYE. [2:50:10] » AYE. [2:50:11] >> CHAVEZ. [2:50:11] » CHAVEZ. [2:50:11] >> AYE. [2:50:12] » AYE. [2:50:13] >> WARREN. [2:50:13] » WARREN. [2:50:13] >> AYE. [2:50:14] » AYE. [2:50:14] >> SHAFFER. [2:50:15] » SHAFFER. [2:50:15] >> AYE. [2:50:15] » AYE. [2:50:15] >> WONSLEY. [2:50:16] » WONSLEY. [2:50:17] >> AYE. [2:50:17] » AYE. [2:50:17] >> CHUGHTAI. [2:50:18] » CHUGHTAI. [2:50:18] >> AYE. [2:50:19] » AYE. [2:50:19] >> WHITING. [2:50:20] » WHITING. [2:50:20] >> AYE. [2:50:20] » AYE. [2:50:21] >> CHOWDHURY. [2:50:22] » CHOWDHURY. [2:50:22] >> AYE. [2:50:22] » AYE. [2:50:22] >> STEVENSON. [2:50:23] » STEVENSON. [2:50:23] >> AYE. [2:50:24] » AYE. [2:50:24] >> RAINVILLE. [2:50:25] » RAINVILLE. [2:50:25] >> AYE. [2:50:25] » AYE. [2:50:25] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:50:26] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:50:27] >> AYE. [2:50:27] » AYE. [2:50:27] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:50:27] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:50:28] >>YE. [2:50:28] » YE. [2:50:28] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:50:29] » THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:50:36] THE REPORT. AND THE REPORT OFES [2:50:38] OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. YES? [2:50:42] >> I'M SORRY. PULL YOUR [2:50:44] » I'M SORRY. PULL YOUR [2:50:44] ATTENTION TO --N THE IGR [2:50:47] COMMITTEE REPORT AND ON THE ELR [2:50:49] COMMITTEE REPORT, UMM, NUMBERS 2 [2:50:52] THROUGH 12, COUNCIL MEMBER [2:50:53] STEVENSON WAS OUT OF THE [2:50:55] CHAMBER. AND I -- BEFORE WE [2:50:56] MOVE TOO FAR, I KNOW IT'S A [2:50:57] COURTESY TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. I [2:50:59] WANT TO RAISE THAT BACK UP [2:51:02] BEFO TOO MUCH TIME [2:51:06] INTERVENED. [2:51:06] >> YES. THANKOU. I'D LIKE TO [2:51:07] » YES. THANKOU. I'D LIKE TO [2:51:07] BE ADDED AS AN AYE. [2:51:09] >> WITHOUT OBJECTION. [2:51:09] » WITHOUT OBJECTION. [2:51:09] >> ALSO, MR. PREDENT, IN [2:51:11] » ALSO, MR. PREDENT, IN [2:51:11] CONFERRING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I [2:51:12] THINK THAT WE FAILED TO [2:51:14] RECORD -- AND THIS IS -- I [2:51:17] THINK, AN ERROR ORR ON THE [2:51:18] SCRIPT ON THE ENTERPRISE LABOR [2:51:20] RELATIONS AGENDA. WE DIDN'T [2:51:22] HEAR READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM [2:51:23] NUMBER ONE. JUST FOR CLARIFY, [2:51:25] IF WE CAN DO A QUICK ROLL CALL [2:51:27] ON ITEM ONE. WE DID [2:51:30] DEFINITIVELY CHECK THE 2 THROUGH [2:51:32] 12 WERE TONE. DONE. [2:51:35] DON'T HAVE ASSURANCE WE VOTED ON [2:51:36] NUMBER ONE. [2:51:37] >> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER [2:51:39] » OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER [2:51:39] PALMISANO. [2:51:39] >> MR. CHAIR, I AM CERTAIN THAT [2:51:41] » MR. CHAIR, I AM CERTAIN THAT [2:51:41] I SAID THAT ITEM ONE WAS A GIFT [2:51:43] ACCEPTANCE FROM LOCAL PROGRESS [2:51:46] FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [2:51:47] >> MADAM -- MR. PRESIDENT, THE [2:51:50] » MADAM -- MR. PRESIDENT, THE [2:51:50] CLERKS DIDN'T GET YOUR SCRIPT [2:51:51] RIGHT. ON THE AGENDA IS AN ITEM [2:51:53] TH WASN'T IN THE SCRIPT. SO [2:51:54] WE NEED TO PUT THE ONE THAT IS [2:51:55] ON T AGENDA ON THE RECD AND [2:51:58] GET A VOTE. [2:51:58] >> I SEE. LET ME GO BACK TO [2:52:00] » I SEE. LET ME GO BACK TO [2:52:00] THAT ON THE AGENDA. CAN YOU -- [2:52:03] >> AH. [2:52:03] » AH. [2:52:03] >> CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT IT [2:52:05] » CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT IT [2:52:05] IS. [2:52:05] >> CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [2:52:07] » CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [2:52:07] AMENDMENT. [2:52:08] >> YEAH. [2:52:08] » YEAH. [2:52:10] WILLIAM TO S SEAT NUMBER THREE [2:52:13] BEGINNING MARCH 1, 2026 [2:52:15] >> THANK YOU. [2:52:16] » THANK YOU. [2:52:16] >> ALL RIGHT. [2:52:16] » ALL RIGHT. [2:52:16] >> I MOVE THAT FOR APPROVAL. [2:52:18] » I MOVE THAT FOR APPROVAL. [2:52:19] >> SECOND. [2:52:19] » SECOND. [2:52:20] >> ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM [2:52:23] » ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM [2:52:23] NUMBER ONE ON THE ENTERPRISE AND [2:52:25] LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE, THE [2:52:26] CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [2:52:27] >> VETAW. [2:52:28] » VETAW. [2:52:28] >> AYE. [2:52:28] » AYE. [2:52:28] >> PALMISANO. [2:52:29] » PALMISANO. [2:52:29] >> AYE. [2:52:30] » AYE. [2:52:30] >> CHAVEZ. [2:52:30] » CHAVEZ. [2:52:30] >> AYE. [2:52:31] » AYE. [2:52:31] >> WARREN. [2:52:32] » WARREN. [2:52:32] >> AYE. [2:52:33] » AYE. [2:52:33] >> SHAFFER. [2:52:34] » SHAFFER. [2:52:34] >> AYE. [2:52:34] » AYE. [2:52:34] >> WONSLEY. [2:52:35] » WONSLEY. [2:52:35] >> AYE. [2:52:36] » AYE. [2:52:36] >> CHUGHTAI. [2:52:36] » CHUGHTAI. [2:52:36] >> AYE. [2:52:37] » AYE. [2:52:38] >> WHITING. [2:52:38] » WHITING. [2:52:38] >> AYE. [2:52:39] » AYE. [2:52:39] >> CHOWDHURY. [2:52:40] » CHOWDHURY. [2:52:40] >> AYE. [2:52:40] » AYE. [2:52:40] >> STEVENSON. [2:52:41] » STEVENSON. [2:52:41] >> AYE. [2:52:42] » AYE. [2:52:42] >> RAINVILLE. [2:52:43] » RAINVILLE. [2:52:43] >> AYE. [2:52:43] » AYE. [2:52:43] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:52:44] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:52:44] AYE. [2:52:45] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:52:45] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:52:47] >> AYE. [2:52:47] » AYE. [2:52:47] >> 13 AYES. MY APOLOGIES TO THE [2:52:50] » 13 AYES. MY APOLOGIES TO THE [2:52:50] COUNCIL. [2:52:50] >> THAT CARRIES. AND NOW THAT [2:52:52] » THAT CARRIES. AND NOW THAT [2:52:52] COMPLETES THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. [2:52:55] COLLEAGUES, I WAS ORIGINALLY [2:52:56] INTENDING ON GETTING THROUGH THE [2:52:57] FULL ANDA AND THEN TAKING A [2:52:59] RECESS BEFORE THE CLOSED SESSION [2:53:00] TO FINISH OFF THE MEETING. [2:53:03] GIVEN THE TIME, I THINK NOW [2:53:04] WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO TAKE A [2:53:06] LUNCH RECESS. MADAM CY [2:53:11] ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE A [2:53:13] EFERENCE? [2:53:13] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AS LONG AS [2:53:14] » COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AS LONG AS [2:53:15] YOU'RE ASKING ME, I THINK IT [2:53:15] WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT TO [2:53:19] FINISH YOUR BUSINESS, TAKE A [2:53:21] LUNCH BREAK, AND RECONVENE FOR [2:53:22] THE CLOSED SESSION. BUT THAT'S [2:53:25] ... [2:53:25] >> UMM, I WANT TO HEAR FROM [2:53:28] » UMM, I WANT TO HEAR FROM [2:53:29] OTHER MEMBERS. WE WANT TO [2:53:31] FISH OUR BUSINESS? IS THAT [2:53:32] WHAT I'M HEARING? [2:53:33] >> YES. [2:53:33] » YES. [2:53:34] >> ALL RIGHT. ON THE NEXT ORDER [2:53:37] » ALL RIGHT. ON THE NEXT ORDER [2:53:37] OF THE -- OKAY. I'M GOING TO [2:53:38] WATCH THE QUEUE ON WHO WANTS TO [2:53:40] GET IN AND SEE IF IT ALIGNS WITH [2:53:43] THE DECISION. [2:53:44] [ LAUGHTER ] [2:53:45] HA-HA. THE NEXT ORDER OF [2:53:47] BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF [2:53:50] ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE [2:53:51] HAVE ONE NOTICE. COUNCIL MEMBER [2:53:54] WONSLEY OSMAN, CHOWDHURY, GE [2:53:57] NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT [2:53:59] THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE [2:54:01] CITY COUNC THE SUBJECT MATTER [2:54:02] OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE [2:54:04] LICENSING A BUSINESS [2:54:06] REGULATIONS CODE. ADDING A NEW [2:54:08] CHAPTER 342 REGULATING OPERATION [2:54:10] OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR [2:54:11] COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. THAT [2:54:13] NOTICE IS HEREY GIVEN AND NO [2:54:15] FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT [2:54:16] THIS TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER [2:54:18] WONSLEY HAS AELATED ITEM IN [2:54:19] FRONT OF US. SO I WILL CALL ON [2:54:21] HER TO INTRODUCE THAT ITEM AND [2:54:22] MR [2:54:24] WONSLEY. [2:54:25] >> YES. THANK YOU PRE, [2:54:28] » YES. THANK YOU PRE, [2:54:28] PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANT TOP [2:54:29] SHARE TO SHARE. [2:54:34] HAVE SEEN WAYMO CARS ON THE [2:54:37] STREET MAPPING IN MINNEAPOLIS. [2:54:43] HOPING TO LAUNCH AS SOON AS THIS [2:54:43] FALL. THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS [2:54:45] THAT COME UP WHEN WE THINK ABOUT [2:54:47] AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. FIRSTND [2:54:49] FOREMOST, ONE THAT IS REALLY [2:54:51] IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS GOING TO [2:54:53] HAPPEN TO WORKERS ON WHO RELY ON [2:54:55] DRIVING RIDE SHARE FOR INCOME TO [2:54:56] SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. [2:54:58] AUTOMATION THREAT IS TO DISPLACE [2:55:00] THE WORKERS AND PUSH THOUSANDS [2:55:01] OF WORKING FAMILIES INTO [2:55:02] POVERTY. A FEW YEARS AGO, THE [2:55:04] MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL TOOKN [2:55:06] EUBER AND LYFT, WE BELIEVED THAT [2:55:08] MINNEAPOLIS DRIVERS TOLD HAVE [2:55:09] BEEN EARNING AND SHOULD EARN [2:55:11] MINIMUM WAGE EQUIVALENT WHEN [2:55:13] WORKING FOR MULTIBILLIO THAT [2:55:15] ARE SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES. [2:55:16] THE SAME DRIVERS, MANY OF WHOM [2:55:18] ARE WORKE OF COLOR, MEMBERS OF [2:55:20] COMMUNITIES TARGETED BY [2:55:21] OPERATION METRO SURGE, ARE [2:55:23] ASKING THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY [2:55:24] COUNCIL TO PROTECT THEM FROM [2:55:25] LOSING THEIR INCOME ALL [2:55:26] TOGETHER. BECAUSE TECH [2:55:29] BILLIONAIRES WANT TOP AUTOMATE [2:55:30] THEIR JOBS. AS LOCAL [2:55:33] LEGISLATORS OUR JOB IS TO [2:55:35] PROTEC VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES [2:55:36] TO BUILD A PRO-WORKER ECONOMY [2:55:38] WHERE EVERYONE CAN THRIVE. AND [2:55:39] THERE SO MANY, AGAIN, [2:55:40] OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW [2:55:42] AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES MIGHT IMPACT [2:55:43] NOT JUST OUR WORKERS, UMM, BUT, [2:55:46] ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR PUBLIC [2:55:50] E [2:55:50] AND CLIMATE EQUITY GOALS. AND [2:55:52] LOCA GOVERNMENT DOESN'T NEED TO [2:55:53] BE PASSIVE AND ASSUME THESE [2:55:54] IMPACTS ARE INEVITABLE. WE HAVE [2:55:57] THE RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK WITH [2:55:58] OUR COMMUNITY AND CITY STAFF AND [2:56:00] EACH OTHER TO PASS RESPONSIBLE [2:56:02] REGULATION THAT CREATES A CITY [2:56:03] WHERE WORKERS AND RESIDENTS COME [2:56:05] BEFORE CORPORATE PROFITS. AND [2:56:07] THAT'S WHY MYSELF, VICE [2:56:08] PRESIDENT OSMAN, AND COUNCIL [2:56:10] MEMBER CHAVEZ AND CHOWDHURY [2:56:12] BRINGING FORWARD THE NOTICE AND [2:56:13] STAFF DIRECTIVE. PECIFICALLY [2:56:14] TO THE NOTICE, UMM, IT'S RELATED [2:56:16] TO BUSINESS LICENSING FOR [2:56:18] AUTOMATED VEHICLES FOR [2:56:20] COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. AND WE ALL [2:56:21] KNOW THAT THIS IS JT THE FIRST [2:56:23] STEP OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. [2:56:24] AND THAT IS WHY THERE'S NOT [2:56:26] SPIFIC POLICY LANGUAGE [2:56:27] INCLUDED. THAT IS WHY WE'RE [2:56:28] ALSO BRINGING FORWARD A STAFF [2:56:30] DIRECTIVE, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE [2:56:31] COPIES OF, AND, ALSO, RECEIVED [2:56:33] VIA E-MAIL LAST NIGHT. THAT [2:56:35] STAFF DIRECTIVE WILL HAVE OUR [2:56:38] STAFF INITIATE THE LEGISLATIVE [2:56:39] RESEARCH PROCESS. IN SUPPORT OF [2:56:42] US OF DEVELOPING THE POLICY [2:56:45] PARAMETERS AND OVERALL [2:56:48] ORDINANCE ITSELF. OVER THE [2:56:49] COMING MONTHS, I LOOK FORWARD TO [2:56:51] WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAKEHOLDER [2:56:53] INCLUDING DRIVERS, LABOR UNIONS, [2:56:56] CITY STAFF, AND EXPERTS ACROSS [2:56:58] THE COUNTRY TO DEVELOP [2:56:59] RESPONSIBLE REGULATIONS AT THE [2:57:01] LOCAL LEVEL THAT SUPPORT THE [2:57:02] CREATION OF A STRONG CITY-WIDE [2:57:05] FRAMORK IN 2027. AND TO [2:57:07] SUPPORTHE WORK THAT IS [2:57:08] HAPPENING STEWIDE, AS WELL. [2:57:10] AND WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON [2:57:12] THAT. WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE [2:57:15] APPROVAL OF THE STAFF DIRECTIVE [2:57:16] AND ASK FOR A SECOND. [2:57:18] >> SECOND. [2:57:18] » SECOND. [2:57:18] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY MOVED [2:57:19] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY MOVED [2:57:19] APPROVAL OF THE STAFF DIRECTION. [2:57:20] IT'S BEEN SECONDED. SEEING NO [2:57:22] ONE IN QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK [2:57:24] TO CALL THE ROLL. [2:57:25] >> VETAW. [2:57:26] » VETAW. [2:57:27] AYE. [2:57:27] >> PALMISANO. [2:57:27] » PALMISANO. [2:57:28] >> AYE. [2:57:28] » AYE. [2:57:28] >> A CHAVEZ. [2:57:29] » A CHAVEZ. [2:57:29] >> AYE. [2:57:30] » AYE. [2:57:30] >> WARREN. [2:57:30] » WARREN. [2:57:31] >> AYE. [2:57:31] » AYE. [2:57:31] >> SHAFFER. [2:57:32] » SHAFFER. [2:57:32] >> AYE. [2:57:32] » AYE. [2:57:32] >> WONSLEY. [2:57:33] » WONSLEY. [2:57:33] >> AYE. [2:57:34] » AYE. [2:57:34] >> CHUGHTAI. [2:57:35] » CHUGHTAI. [2:57:35] >> AYE. [2:57:36] » AYE. [2:57:36] >> WHITING [2:57:36] » WHITING [2:57:37] >> AYE. [2:57:37] » AYE. [2:57:37] >> CHOWDHURY. [2:57:38] » CHOWDHURY. [2:57:38] >> AYE. [2:57:39] » AYE. [2:57:39] >> STEVENSON. [2:57:39] » STEVENSON. [2:57:39] >> AYE. [2:57:40] » AYE. [2:57:40] >> RAINVILLE. [2:57:41] » RAINVILLE. [2:57:41] >> AYE. [2:57:41] » AYE. [2:57:41] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:57:44] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [2:57:44] >> AYE. [2:57:45] » AYE. [2:57:45] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:57:47] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [2:57:47] >> THAT CARRIES AND ADOPTED. [2:57:50] » THAT CARRIES AND ADOPTED. [2:57:50] THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS [2:57:52] THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL [2:57:53] CALENDAR. THREE ITEMS. FIRST, [2:57:55] COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, [2:57:56] RAINVILLE, VETAW, WARREN, OSMAN, [2:57:58] WHITING, CHOWDHURY, AND [2:58:00] PALMISANO. IN ADDITION TO [2:58:01] MYSELF MOVE TO INTRODUCE THE [2:58:02] SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE [2:58:04] AMENDING THE ZONG CODE FOR [2:58:06] FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO [2:58:07] THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND [2:58:09] ZONING COMMITTEE. AMENDING [2:58:10] REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN USES [2:58:12] ASSOCIATED WITH DISTRIBUTION AND [2:58:13] USE OF ELECTRIC POWER, INCLUDING [2:58:15] DATA CENTERS, ELECTRIC OR GAS [2:58:17] SUBSTATIONS, BACKUP GENERATORS, [2:58:21] TTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. [2:58:24] SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, [2:58:26] CHAVEZ MOVES TO INTRODUCE THE [2:58:28] SUBJECT MATTER OF ORDINANCE [2:58:30] AMENDING THE HEALT AND [2:58:30] SANITATION CODE FOR FIRST [2:58:32] READING D REFERRAL TO THE [2:58:33] PUBLIC, HEALTH, SAFET AND [2:58:36] EQUITY COMMITTEE DECRIMINALIZING [2:58:38] THEANNABIS PARAPHERNALIA AND [2:58:41] DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. IT LOOKS [2:58:42] LIKE I HAVE TWO HERE. AH. AH. [2:58:49] THOSE DRUG PARAPHERNALIAS. [2:58:51] THOSE ARE TWOOMBINED. OKAY. [2:58:53] MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE [2:58:54] THE ITEMS AS LIST ODDEN THE [2:58:55] AGENDA. [2:58:56] >> SO MOVED. [2:58:57] » SO MOVED. [2:58:57] >> SECOND. [2:58:58] » SECOND. [2:58:58] >> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER [2:58:59] » I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER [2:58:59] CHUGHTAI. [2:59:00] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I [2:59:01] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I [2:59:03] HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WIT [2:59:05] UMM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, [2:59:06] THE LEAD AUTHOR ON INTRODUCTION [2:59:08] AND REFERRA CALENDAR ITEM [2:59:09] NUMBER ONE. THE DATA CENTER USE [2:59:12] REGULATIONS ORDINANCE. UMM, [2:59:14] PRIOR TO THE LAST COUNCIL [2:59:16] MEETING. AND, UMM WITHI, [2:59:21] WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK TO BE [2:59:22] ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS [2:59:24] WORK. [2:59:24] >> WITHOUT OBJECTION ... THAT [2:59:26] » WITHOUT OBJECTION ... THAT [2:59:26] SOUNDS GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER [2:59:28] CHOWDHURY. [2:59:29] >> THANK YOU, AH, AH, PRESIDENT [2:59:31] » THANK YOU, AH, AH, PRESIDENT [2:59:31] PAYNE. UMM, I'M REALLY LOOKING [2:59:33] FORWARD TO DIVING INTO THIS [2:59:36] WO. UMM, COLLABORATIVELY. [2:59:39] AH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER AND I [2:59:41] BOTH HAVE THE IDEA TO BRING [2:59:42] FORWARD THESE ORDINANCES AROUND [2:59:45] THE SAME TIME. AND SHE AND I [2:59:46] HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION OF JUST [2:59:51] COAUTHORING. TH CLERKS LET ME [2:59:54] KNOW I CAN'T PUT MYSELF AS [2:59:56] SECOND AUTHOR. WE HAVE TO DO IN [2:59:58] WARD ORDER. IN THAT SPIRIT, SHE [3:00:00] AND I ARE, AH, WORKING TOGETHER [3:00:03] COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR CPED [3:00:05] STAFF, WITH, AH, OUR LEGISLATIVE [3:00:07] RESEARCH TEAM, EACH OTHER'S [3:00:10] OFFICES, AND ARE GOING TO [3:00:11] CONTINUE TO HAVE, LIKE, WORKING [3:00:13] MEETINGS WITH THOSE STAFF AND [3:00:15] EACH OTHER. UMM WE WOULD LOVE [3:00:18] TO JUST CONTINUE TO HEAR, LIKE, [3:00:21] FEEDBACK, QUESTION FROM YOU [3:00:22] ALL. AND JUST ENGAGE IN AN [3:00:25] IMPOANT CONVERSATION AS WE [3:00:26] MOVE THROUGH THE SIX-MONTH [3:00:28] PROCESS. THERE'S A REALLY GOOD [3:00:30] LAID OUT TIMELINE WITHIN THE [3:00:32] LIMS FILE THAT HAS DIFFERENT [3:00:34] STOPS IN WHICH THE CITY OF [3:00:35] MINNEAPOLIS WILL TOUCH ON THIS. [3:00:36] THE FIRST WILL BE, I BELIEVE, IN [3:00:39] JULY. AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE [3:00:41] WHOLE. AT THE PLANNING [3:00:42] MMISSION. AND THEN IT WILL [3:00:43] OPEN UP THE 60-DAY COMMENT [3:00:45] PERIOD FOR THE PUBLIC. AND THEN [3:00:48] G [3:00:48] AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IN [3:00:52] BETWEEN THAT WORK AND COMING TO [3:00:53] COUNCIL, WE'LL HAVE [3:00:55] OPPORTITIES FOR OUR CPED TEAM [3:00:58] AND OUR, UMM, LEGISLATIVE [3:00:59] RESEARCH TEAM TO REALLY EDUCATE [3:01:01] US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. WITH THE [3:01:04] EA OF LEARNING LABS. WE, [3:01:06] OBVIOUSLY, HAVE THE STAFF [3:01:07] DIRECTIVE THAT'S GOING TO COME. [3:01:09] AND THEY'VE AGREED CPED AND [3:01:11] LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH TEAM TO [3:01:12] WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY ON [3:01:13] THIS. AS WE WORK TO EDUCATE [3:01:15] OURSELVES ON THIS ISSUE. [3:01:16] BECAUSE DATA CENTERS, I DON'T [3:01:18] THINK ANY OF US CAN SAY WE'RE [3:01:20] EXPERTS. THERE'S A LOT OF [3:01:21] LEARNING CURVE. BUT IT'S ALSO [3:01:24] IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE [3:01:25] THE PUBLIC AND BUILD OUT A [3:01:27] STRONG REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THAT [3:01:30] IS RIGHT FIT FOR OUR CITY AND [3:01:32] PUTS THE PUBLIC' INTEREST IN THE [3:01:34] CENTER. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO [3:01:35] THAT. I BELIEVE, ALSO, JUST SO [3:01:37] PEOPLE CAN PUT IT AS THEIR, [3:01:39] LIKE, NORTH STAR WHEN WE TAKE [3:01:40] THE FINAL VOTE. IT'S LISTED IN [3:01:42] THE TIMELINE. WE'RE AIMING FOR [3:01:45] NOVEMBER 12th, I BELIEVE. [3:01:47] SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER. CORRECT [3:01:51] ME IF I'M WRONG. BUT IT'S ALL [3:01:52] IN THE LIMS FILE. [3:01:54] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [3:01:56] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [3:01:56] >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER [3:01:58] » THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER [3:01:58] SHAFFER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR [3:01:59] TS [3:02:01] IS A GROWING INDUSTRY. CLEARLY [3:02:03] WE NEED TO REGULATE IT AND TAKE [3:02:04] A LOOK AT THAT. SO I LOOK [3:02:07] FORWARD TO ALL THIS RESEARCH FOR [3:02:08] OUR STAFF. SO WE CAN MAKE [3:02:09] DECISIONS BASED ON FACTS. NOT [3:02:14] FEARS. [3:02:14] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [3:02:15] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [3:02:16] QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO -- [3:02:18] OH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [3:02:18] >> YEAH. I'LL ... THANK YOU, [3:02:21] » YEAH. I'LL ... THANK YOU, [3:02:22] COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, FOR [3:02:23] THAT OVERVIEW. I APPRECIATE IT. [3:02:24] AND I WLD SAY, ONE OF THE [3:02:26] FIRST STEPS WE'RE DOING IS MANY [3:02:27] OF US GOT A CHANCE TO TOUR SLEEP [3:02:29] NUMBER. WHICH WAS GREAT. CPED [3:02:32] AND LRO STAFF HADN'T THE [3:02:34] OPPORTUNITY. I WANTED TO REPORT [3:02:35] BACK TO THE GROUP. I KNOW [3:02:36] COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO WAS [3:02:38] ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS OF [3:02:42] HAPPENING JUNE 23rd, I. THAT IS [3:02:43] BELIEVE. CPED ANDRO STAFF IS [3:02:47] GETTING THEIR OWN PRIVATE TOUR [3:02:48] OF SLEEP NUMBER. I'M EXCITED [3:02:50] ABOUT THE WK MOVING FORWARD. [3:02:51] IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR [3:02:54] CITY TO RESET SOME OF THE [3:02:56] COMMERCIAL EVALUATIONS IN OUR [3:02:58] DOWNTOWN CORE. WHEN WE SAW THE [3:03:00] CHANGE EVALUATION ON SLEEP [3:03:01] NUMBER, IT IS SOBERING. TO [3:03:03] THINK OF WHAT IMPACT THAT COULD [3:03:06] HAVE ON SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL [3:03:09] MARKET RELIEVING SOME OF THAT [3:03:11] PROPERTY BURDEN OR TAX STRESS. [3:03:13] SO THANK YOU. WE'RE LOOKING [3:03:14] FORWARD TO THIS WORK. AND, UMM, [3:03:16] AND LEARNING A LOT. AS WE ALL [3:03:19] AGREE. THANKS. [3:03:20] >> COUNCILEMBER CHAVEZ. [3:03:21] » COUNCILEMBER CHAVEZ. [3:03:21] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [3:03:23] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [3:03:23] PAYNE. I WANT TO GIVE A BIG [3:03:24] SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER [3:03:25] CHOWDHURY FOR LEADING US ON [3:03:28] MOVING FORWARD ON THE DATA [3:03:29] CENTER MORATORIUM. MY HOPE THIS [3:03:32] GETS FINALIZED BY THE BODY IN [3:03:35] ORDERED TO GIVE US TIME TO GO [3:03:36] THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AND THE [3:03:39] REGULATORY FRAMEWORK NEEDED TO [3:03:40] REGULATE THIS. THANK YOU. [3:03:41] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [3:03:42] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN [3:03:42] QUEUE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO [3:03:44] CALL THE ROLL. [3:03:46] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:03:47] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:03:47] >> AYE. [3:03:48] » AYE. [3:03:48] >> PALMISANO. [3:03:49] » PALMISANO. [3:03:49] >> AYE [3:03:50] » AYE [3:03:50] >> CHAVEZ. [3:03:51] » CHAVEZ. [3:03:52] >> AYE. [3:03:52] » AYE. [3:03:52] >> WARREN. [3:03:52] » WARREN. [3:03:53] >> AYE. [3:03:53] » AYE. [3:03:53] >> SHAFFER. [3:03:54] » SHAFFER. [3:03:54] >> AYE. [3:03:54] » AYE. [3:03:54] >> WONSLEY. [3:03:55] » WONSLEY. [3:03:55] >> AYE. [3:03:56] » AYE. [3:03:56] >> CHUGHTAI. [3:03:57] » CHUGHTAI. [3:03:57] >> AYE. [3:03:58] » AYE. [3:03:58] >> WHITING. [3:03:58] » WHITING. [3:03:58] >> AYE. [3:03:59] » AYE. [3:03:59] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:04:00] » CHOWDHURY. [3:04:00] >> AYE. [3:04:01] » AYE. [3:04:01] >> STEVENSON. [3:04:02] » STEVENSON. [3:04:03] >>YE. [3:04:03] » YE. [3:04:03] >> RAINVILLE. [3:04:04] » RAINVILLE. [3:04:04] >> AYE. [3:04:04] » AYE. [3:04:04] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:04:05] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:04:05] >> AYE. [3:04:06] » AYE. [3:04:06] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:04:07] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:04:07] >> AYE. [3:04:07] » AYE. [3:04:08] >> THERE ARE 1 13 AYES. [3:04:11] » THERE ARE 1 13 AYES. [3:04:11] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MATTERS [3:04:13] » THAT CARRIES AND THE MATTERS [3:04:13] ARE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEES [3:04:14] LISTED ON THE AGENDA. THE NEXT [3:04:15] ORDER OF BUSINESS IS [3:04:16] RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE FOUR [3:04:18] RESOLUTIONS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. [3:04:19] ALL OF WHICH RECEIVED [3:04:20] PRESENTATIONS AT THE BEGINNING [3:04:21] OF OUR MEETING. COUNCIL MEMBERS [3:04:23] HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO ADD? [3:04:28] THE RESOLUTIONS. OH, COUNCIL [3:04:30] MEMBER VETAW. [3:04:30] >> WAS THERE WAS FIVE? I [3:04:32] » WAS THERE WAS FIVE? I [3:04:32] THOUGHT THERE WERE FIVE. [3:04:32] >> T OTHER ONE WAS ADOPTED IN [3:04:34] » T OTHER ONE WAS ADOPTED IN [3:04:34] THE COMMITTEE REPORT. [3:04:35] >> OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. [3:04:36] » OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. [3:04:36] >> YEP. YEP. YEP. IS THERE A [3:04:39] » YEP. YEP. YEP. IS THERE A [3:04:39] MOTION TO ADOPT THESE [3:04:41] RESOLUTION [3:04:41] >> SECOND. [3:04:42] » SECOND. [3:04:42] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [3:04:45] » THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [3:04:45] >> VAW. [3:04:46] » VAW. [3:04:46] >> AYE. [3:04:47] » AYE. [3:04:47] >> PALMISANO. [3:04:47] » PALMISANO. [3:04:47] >> AYE. [3:04:48] » AYE. [3:04:48] >> CHAP VEZ. [3:04:48] » CHAP VEZ. [3:04:49] >> AYE. [3:04:49] » AYE. [3:04:49] >> WARREN. [3:04:50] » WARREN. [3:04:51] >> AYE. [3:04:51] » AYE. [3:04:51] >> SHAFFER. [3:04:51] » SHAFFER. [3:04:51] >> AYE. [3:04:52] » AYE. [3:04:52] >> WONSLEY. [3:04:53] » WONSLEY. [3:04:53] >> AYE. [3:04:54] » AYE. [3:04:54] >> CHUGHTAI. [3:04:54] » CHUGHTAI. [3:04:55] >> AYE. [3:04:55] » AYE. [3:04:55] >> WHITING. [3:04:56] » WHITING. [3:04:57] >> AYE. [3:04:57] » AYE. [3:04:57] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:04:58] » CHOWDHURY. [3:04:58] >> AYE [3:04:58] » AYE [3:04:58] >> STEVENSON. [3:04:59] » STEVENSON. [3:04:59] >> AYE. [3:05:00] » AYE. [3:05:00] >> RAINVILLE. [3:05:00] » RAINVILLE. [3:05:00] >> AYE. [3:05:01] » AYE. [3:05:01] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:05:02] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:05:02] >> AYE. [3:05:02] » AYE. [3:05:02] >> PRESIDE PAYNE. [3:05:03] » PRESIDE PAYNE. [3:05:03] >> AYE. [3:05:04] » AYE. [3:05:04] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [3:05:05] » THERE ARE 13 AYES. [3:05:05] >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE [3:05:07] » THAT CARRIES AND THOSE [3:05:07] RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. NEXT [3:05:08] WE HAVE THE ORDER OF NEW [3:05:10] BUSINESS. WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS [3:05:12] TODAY. THREE OF WHICH WILL WERE [3:05:14] ON THE PUBLISHED ANDA AND FOUR [3:05:16] ADDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE [3:05:17] MEETING. ITEM ONE IS AN [3:05:19] AMENDMENT TO OUR APPOINTMENTS TO [3:05:21] VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, [3:05:23] COMMITTEES. TODAY I'M BRINGING [3:05:24] FORWARD AN AMENDMENT BY ADDING [3:05:28] APPOINTMENT TO THE TASK FORCE TO [3:05:30] ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE NETWORK [3:05:32] FUNDING FORUBLIC SAFETY RADIO [3:05:35] COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE. [3:05:35] THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN THE IGR [3:05:37] MEETING. AND I WANT TO GIVE A [3:05:39] SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY OFFICE. [3:05:43] SHE WAS ON TOP OF GETTING THIS [3:05:45] ON TO OUR AGENDA AS I WAS ASKING [3:05:47] OUR STAFF ABOUT WHEN I COULD [3:05:51] EXPECT THAT. SO, AH, GETTING [3:05:53] AHEAD OF THE CURVE HERE. MAY I [3:05:54] HAVE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? [3:05:56] >> SECOND. [3:05:57] » SECOND. [3:05:57] >> ANY QUESTIONS? THE CLERK [3:05:59] » ANY QUESTIONS? THE CLERK [3:05:59] WILL CALL THE ROLL. [3:06:02] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:06:02] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:06:02] >> AYE. [3:06:03] » AYE. [3:06:03] >> PALMISANO. [3:06:04] » PALMISANO. [3:06:05] >> AYE. [3:06:05] » AYE. [3:06:05] >> CHAVEZ. [3:06:06] » CHAVEZ. [3:06:06] >> AYE. [3:06:06] » AYE. [3:06:06] WARREN. [3:06:07] >> AYE. [3:06:07] » AYE. [3:06:07] >> SHAFFER. [3:06:08] » SHAFFER. [3:06:08] >> AYE. [3:06:08] » AYE. [3:06:09] >> WONSLEY. [3:06:09] » WONSLEY. [3:06:09] >> AYE. [3:06:10] » AYE. [3:06:11] >> AYE.HTAI. [3:06:12] » AYE.HTAI. [3:06:12] >> WHITING. [3:06:13] » WHITING. [3:06:13] >> AYE. [3:06:13] » AYE. [3:06:13] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:06:14] » CHOWDHURY. [3:06:14] >> AYE. [3:06:15] » AYE. [3:06:15] >> STEVENSON. [3:06:15] » STEVENSON. [3:06:16] >> AYE. [3:06:16] » AYE. [3:06:16] >> RAINVILLE. [3:06:17] » RAINVILLE. [3:06:17] >> AYE. [3:06:17] » AYE. [3:06:17] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:06:18] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:06:18] >> AYE. [3:06:19] » AYE. [3:06:19] >> PRESIDENT PAY. [3:06:19] » PRESIDENT PAY. [3:06:19] >> AYE. [3:06:20] » AYE. [3:06:20] >> 13 AYES. [3:06:22] » 13 AYES. [3:06:23] >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE ITEM [3:06:24] » THAT CARRIES. AND THE ITEM [3:06:25] IS ADOPTED. ITEM TWO IS THE [3:06:27] RECEIPT OF MAYOR FREY'S [3:06:29] NOMINATION OF KAELA McCONNON [3:06:33] INTZ DIARRA. I MOVE TO REFER [3:06:36] THIS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTHY, [3:06:39] SAFETY, AND COMMITTEE FOR [3:06:41] SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK [3:06:42] FOR A SECOND. [3:06:43] >> SECOND. [3:06:44] » SECOND. [3:06:44] >> THE CLERK WIL CALL THE [3:06:46] » THE CLERK WIL CALL THE [3:06:46] ROLL. [3:06:46] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:06:47] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:06:47] >> AYE. [3:06:48] » AYE. [3:06:48] >> PALMISANO. [3:06:49] » PALMISANO. [3:06:49] >> AYE. [3:06:50] » AYE. [3:06:50] >> CHAVEZ. [3:06:50] » CHAVEZ. [3:06:50] >> AYE. [3:06:51] » AYE. [3:06:51] >> WARREN. [3:06:52] » WARREN. [3:06:52] >> AYE. [3:06:53] » AYE. [3:06:53] >> SHAFFER [3:06:53] » SHAFFER [3:06:54] >> AYE. [3:06:54] » AYE. [3:06:54] >> WONSLEY. [3:06:55] » WONSLEY. [3:06:55] >> AYE. [3:06:56] » AYE. [3:06:56] >> CHUGHTAI. [3:06:56] » CHUGHTAI. [3:06:56] >> AYE. [3:06:57] » AYE. [3:06:57] >> WHITING. [3:06:57] » WHITING. [3:06:57] >> AYE. [3:06:58] » AYE. [3:06:58] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:06:59] » CHOWDHURY. [3:06:59] >> AYE. [3:06:59] » AYE. [3:06:59] >> STEVENSON. [3:07:00] » STEVENSON. [3:07:00] >> AYE. [3:07:01] » AYE. [3:07:01] >> RAINVILLE. [3:07:02] » RAINVILLE. [3:07:02] >> A. [3:07:02] » A. [3:07:02] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:07:03] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:07:03] >> PRESIDE PAYNE. [3:07:04] » PRESIDE PAYNE. [3:07:05] >> AYE. [3:07:05] » AYE. [3:07:05] >> 13 AYES. [3:07:06] » 13 AYES. [3:07:06] >> THAT CARRIES. ITEM THREE I [3:07:10] » THAT CARRIES. ITEM THREE I [3:07:10] TS [3:07:13] NOMINATION OF REBECCA MALMQUIST [3:07:15] TO THE APPOINTED POSITION OF [3:07:16] CITY ASSESSOR. I MOVE TO MOVE [3:07:21] TO THE ENTERPRISE AND LABOR [3:07:23] REGISTRATIONS COMMITTEE FOR [3:07:23] SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK [3:07:25] FOR A SECOND. [3:07:25] >> SECOND. [3:07:26] » SECOND. [3:07:26] >> SECOND. [3:07:26] » SECOND. [3:07:26] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [3:07:28] » THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [3:07:28] ROLL. [3:07:28] >> VETAW. [3:07:28] » VETAW. [3:07:28] >> AYE. [3:07:29] » AYE. [3:07:29] >> PALMISANO. [3:07:30] » PALMISANO. [3:07:30] >> AYE. [3:07:30] » AYE. [3:07:30] >> CHAVEZ. [3:07:31] » CHAVEZ. [3:07:31] >> AYE. [3:07:31] » AYE. [3:07:32] >> AYE.EN. [3:07:33] » AYE.EN. [3:07:34] >> SHAFFER. [3:07:34] » SHAFFER. [3:07:34] >> AYE. [3:07:34] » AYE. [3:07:35] >> WONSLEY. [3:07:35] » WONSLEY. [3:07:35] >> AYE. [3:07:35] » AYE. [3:07:36] >> AYE.HTAI. [3:07:37] » AYE.HTAI. [3:07:37] >> WHITING. [3:07:37] » WHITING. [3:07:37] >> AYE. [3:07:38] » AYE. [3:07:38] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:07:39] » CHOWDHURY. [3:07:39] >> AYE. [3:07:40] » AYE. [3:07:40] >> STEVENSON [3:07:40] » STEVENSON [3:07:40] >> AYE. [3:07:41] » AYE. [3:07:41] >> RAINVILLE. [3:07:42] » RAINVILLE. [3:07:42] >> AYE. [3:07:42] » AYE. [3:07:43] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:07:43] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:07:43] >> AYE. [3:07:44] » AYE. [3:07:44] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:07:45] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:07:45] >> AYE. [3:07:45] » AYE. [3:07:45] >> 13 AYES. [3:07:46] » 13 AYES. [3:07:46] >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. AND [3:07:49] » THAT ITEM CARRIES. AND [3:07:49] REFERRED TO THE ENTERPRISE AND [3:07:51] LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE. ITEM [3:07:54] NUMBER FOUR IS A ELECTIVE [3:07:56] DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE 38th [3:07:58] STREET THRIVE STRATEGIC [3:07:59] DEVELOPMENT PLAN. I'LL ASK [3:08:00] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ TO [3:08:01] INTRODUCE THE ITEM. [3:08:02] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [3:08:04] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [3:08:04] PAYNE. THIS LEGISLATIVE [3:08:05] DIRECTIVE IS BEING AUTHORED B [3:08:06] MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER [3:08:09] STEVENSON. ASKING FOR AN UPDATE [3:08:10] ON THE 38th STREET THRIVE [3:08:13] DEVELOPMENT PLAN STRATEGIC [3:08:14] DEVELOPMENT PLAN ANG WITH THE [3:08:17] BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT THE BODY [3:08:18] UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BACK IN [3:08:21] DECEMBER. WE FIGURED WE WANTED [3:08:23] TO BRING IT FORWARD TODAY [3:08:25] BECAUSE MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY [3:08:26] MEMBERS CONTINUE TO BRING UP [3:08:27] THIS PLAN. AND WE WANT TO MAKE [3:08:28] SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK [3:08:30] AND IMPLEMENT MANY OF THE THINGS [3:08:35] THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. WE ASK [3:08:36] FOR YOUR SUPPORT. [3:08:38] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAZ HAS [3:08:39] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAZ HAS [3:08:40] MOVED THIS ITEM. IS THERE A [3:08:42] SECOND? THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [3:08:45] ROLL. [3:08:45] >> VETAW. [3:08:46] » VETAW. [3:08:47] >> AYE. [3:08:47] » AYE. [3:08:47] >> PALMISANO. [3:08:48] » PALMISANO. [3:08:48] >> AYE. [3:08:48] » AYE. [3:08:49] >> CHAVEZ. [3:08:49] » CHAVEZ. [3:08:49] >> AYE. [3:08:50] » AYE. [3:08:50] >> WARREN. [3:08:51] » WARREN. [3:08:51] >> AYE. [3:08:52] » AYE. [3:08:52] SHAFFER. [3:08:53] >> AYE. [3:08:53] » AYE. [3:08:53] >> WONSLEY. [3:08:53] » WONSLEY. [3:08:54] >> AYE. [3:08:54] » AYE. [3:08:54] >> CHUGHTAI. [3:08:55] » CHUGHTAI. [3:08:55] >> AYE. [3:08:56] » AYE. [3:08:56] >> WHITING. [3:08:57] » WHITING. [3:08:57] >> AYE. [3:08:57] » AYE. [3:08:57] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:08:58] » CHOWDHURY. [3:08:59] >> AYE. [3:08:59] » AYE. [3:08:59] >> STEVENSON. [3:09:00] » STEVENSON. [3:09:00] >> AYE. [3:09:01] » AYE. [3:09:01] >> RAINVLE. [3:09:01] » RAINVLE. [3:09:02] >> AYE. [3:09:02] » AYE. [3:09:02] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:09:03] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:09:03] >> AYE. [3:09:03] » AYE. [3:09:03] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:09:04] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:09:04] >> AYE. [3:09:04] » AYE. [3:09:05] >> 13 AYES. [3:09:05] » 13 AYES. [3:09:06] >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE ITEM [3:09:07] » THAT CARRIES. AND THE ITEM [3:09:08] IS ADOPTED. AH, ITEM NUMBER [3:09:10] FIVE IS A REQUEST FROM THE FIRE [3:09:12] DEPARTMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE [3:09:14] SUBMITTAL OF ARANT [3:09:14] APPLICATION. I'LL ASK COUNCIL [3:09:16] MEMBER CHAVEZ TO INTRODUCE THE [3:09:17] ITEM. [3:09:18] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [3:09:19] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [3:09:19] PAYNE. THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE [3:09:20] DEPARTMENT ASKING FOR APPROVAL [3:09:21] TO APPLY TO SAFER GRANT FROM [3:09:24] FEMA. A THREE-YEAR GRANT WHICH [3:09:26] WOULD PAY SALARY ANDENEFITS [3:09:27] FOREST FOR UP TO SIX [3:09:31] NEWLY HIRED FIREFIGHTERS UP TO [3:09:32] $2.2 MILLION. I MOVE FOR [3:09:35] APPROVAL [3:09:36] >> SECOND. [3:09:37] » SECOND. [3:09:37] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED [3:09:39] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED [3:09:39] APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AND [3:09:41] SECONDED. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO [3:09:42] CALL THE ROLL. [3:09:44] >> VETAW. [3:09:44] » VETAW. [3:09:44] >> AYE. [3:09:46] » AYE. [3:09:46] >> PRE PALMISANO. [3:09:47] » PRE PALMISANO. [3:09:47] >> AYE. [3:09:47] » AYE. [3:09:47] >> CHAVEZ. [3:09:48] » CHAVEZ. [3:09:48] >> AYE. [3:09:49] » AYE. [3:09:49] >> WARREN. [3:09:49] » WARREN. [3:09:50] >> AYE. [3:09:50] » AYE. [3:09:50] >> SHAFFER. [3:09:50] » SHAFFER. [3:09:50] >> AYE. [3:09:51] » AYE. [3:09:51] >> WONSLEY. [3:09:52] » WONSLEY. [3:09:52] >> AYE. [3:09:52] » AYE. [3:09:52] >> CHUGHTAI. [3:09:53] » CHUGHTAI. [3:09:54] >> AYE. [3:09:55] » AYE. [3:09:55] >> WHITING. [3:09:55] » WHITING. [3:09:55] >> AYE. [3:09:56] » AYE. [3:09:57] >> AYE.DHURY. [3:09:57] » AYE.DHURY. [3:09:57] >> STEVENSON. [3:09:58] » STEVENSON. [3:09:58] >> AYE. [3:09:59] » AYE. [3:09:59] >> RAINVILLE. [3:09:59] » RAINVILLE. [3:09:59] >> AYE. [3:10:00] » AYE. [3:10:00] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:10:01] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:10:01] AYE. [3:10:01] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:10:02] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:10:02] >> AYE. [3:10:03] » AYE. [3:10:03] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [3:10:04] » THERE ARE 13 AYES. [3:10:04] >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE ITEM [3:10:06] » THAT CARRIES. AND THE ITEM [3:10:06] IS ADOPTED. NUMBER SIX IS, AH, [3:10:09] A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED [3:10:12] TO CONGRESS'S APPROVAL THIS WEEK [3:10:14] OF FUNDING RATED TO [3:10:15] IMMIGRATION. I'LL ASK COUNCIL [3:10:17] MEMBER CAN CHAVEZ TO INTRODUCE [3:10:18] >> THANK YOU. THIS IS A [3:10:20] » THANK YOU. THIS IS A [3:10:21] RESOLUTION AUTHORED BY MYSELF, [3:10:22] COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL [3:10:23] MEMBER CHOWDHURY CONDEMNING THE [3:10:26] TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE [3:10:26] UNITED STATES CONGRESS WHERE [3:10:29] REPUBLICANS HOLD MAJORITIES IN [3:10:30] THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND [3:10:31] SENATEOR PASSING NEARLY $70 [3:10:32] BILLION IN FUNDING FOR I.C.E. [3:10:35] AND CUSTOMS AND BORR [3:10:37] PROTECTIONS. THIS IS FUNDING [3:10:39] THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND [3:10:40] SIGNED BY DONALD TRUMP JUST THIS [3:10:42] WEEK. IT IS HORRIFIC. ITS [3:10:44] NOT ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE [3:10:47] MINNEAPOLIS, OUR CITY, STE, [3:10:49] OUR COUNTRY ANY SAFER. I WANT [3:10:50] TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOWED OUR [3:10:52] STRONG OPPOSION TO THIS AFTER [3:10:53] WE FACED THROUGHOUT THE [3:10:56] OCCUPATION OF METRO SUR. [3:10:57] ALSO, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT [3:11:00] THIS WEEK THE CITY RELEASED A [3:11:03] REPORT THAT ESTIMATED THAT THE [3:11:05] OPERATION, OCCUPATION OF OUR [3:11:06] CITY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT [3:11:08] COST THE CITY $0 MILLION. SO [3:11:11] THEN TO HAVE A FEDERAL [3:11:13] GOVERNMENT PASS $70 BILLION [3:11:15] NEARLY IN FUNDING TO ONLY [3:11:17] DEMONIZE OUR IMMRANT NEIGHBORS [3:11:18] IS A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH. [3:11:23] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS [3:11:26] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS [3:11:26] MOVED THTEM. HAS IT BEEN [3:11:28] SECONDED? [3:11:29] >> SECOND. [3:11:29] » SECOND. [3:11:29] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [3:11:31] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [3:11:31] >> UMM, I WANTED TO SEE IF IT [3:11:33] » UMM, I WANTED TO SEE IF IT [3:11:33] WOULD BE AMENABLE FORHE -- [3:11:35] >> YES. [3:11:36] » YES. [3:11:36] >> OKAY. THANK YOU. [3:11:38] » OKAY. THANK YOU. [3:11:38] >> WITHOUT OBJECTION? THE CLERK [3:11:41] » WITHOUT OBJECTION? THE CLERK [3:11:43] WILL CALL THE ROLL. [3:11:43] >> VET. [3:11:44] » VET. [3:11:44] >> AYE. [3:11:44] » AYE. [3:11:44] >> PALMISANO. [3:11:45] » PALMISANO. [3:11:45] >> AYE. [3:11:46] » AYE. [3:11:46] >> CHAVEZ. [3:11:46] » CHAVEZ. [3:11:46] >> AYE. [3:11:48] » AYE. [3:11:48] >> WARREN. [3:11:48] » WARREN. [3:11:48] >> AYE. [3:11:49] » AYE. [3:11:49] >> SHAFFER. [3:11:50] » SHAFFER. [3:11:50] >> AYE. [3:11:51] » AYE. [3:11:51] >> WONSLEY. [3:11:51] » WONSLEY. [3:11:51] >> AYE. [3:11:52] » AYE. [3:11:52] >> CHUGHTAI. [3:11:53] » CHUGHTAI. [3:11:53] >> AYE. [3:11:54] » AYE. [3:11:54] >> WHITING. [3:11:55] » WHITING. [3:11:55] >> AYE. [3:11:55] » AYE. [3:11:56] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:11:56] » CHOWDHURY. [3:11:56] >> AYE. [3:11:57] » AYE. [3:11:57] >> STEVENSON. [3:11:58] » STEVENSON. [3:11:58] >> AYE. [3:11:59] » AYE. [3:11:59] >> RAINVILLE. [3:11:59] » RAINVILLE. [3:11:59] >> AYE. [3:12:00] » AYE. [3:12:00] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:12:01] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:12:01] >> AYE. [3:12:01] » AYE. [3:12:01] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:12:02] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:12:02] >> AYE. [3:12:03] » AYE. [3:12:03] >> 13 AYES. [3:12:03] » 13 AYES. [3:12:03] >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. AND, [3:12:08] » THAT ITEM CARRIES. AND, [3:12:08] FINALLY, ON NEW BUSINESS, WE [3:12:09] HAVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AMENDING [3:12:12] THE 2026 GENERAL APPROPRIATION [3:12:15] RESOLUTION. I WILL RECOGNIZE [3:12:16] COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. [3:12:17] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [3:12:19] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [3:12:19] UMM, I AM REALLY AH EXCITED TO [3:12:23] BE BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD [3:12:26] WITH MY UPTOWN COLLEAGUE, [3:12:28] COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. THI [3:12:31] IS, UMM, IF -- IF, UMM, MEMBERS [3:12:33] WILL RECALL, A COUPLE OF CYCLES [3:12:36] AGO, UMM, THEODY TOOK AN [3:12:38] ACTION RELATED TO SOME [3:12:41] ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WERE [3:12:43] RT [3:12:46] MINNEAPOLIS CONTRACT. AND WHAT [3:12:47] WE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THIS [3:12:48] BODY WAS A DESIRE TO ENSURE THAT [3:12:51] THESE RESOURCES ARE MING THEIR [3:12:52] WAY INTO THE BROADER MINNEAPOLIS [3:12:55] COMMUNITY. THAT THESE RESOURCES [3:12:56] ARE BEING USED TO SUPPORT THE [3:13:01] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKF [3:13:06] -AND STIMULATING THE TOURI [3:13:09] ECONOMY BEYOND THE DOWNTOWN [3:13:11] CORE. AND, SO, UMM, I WOULD -- [3:13:14] I WOULD HUMBLY ASK COLLEAGUES [3:13:18] JOIN ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER [3:13:20] SHAFFER IN APPROVING THIS ITEM. [3:13:24] UMM, IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE [3:13:26] TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF [3:13:28] PUBLIC SERVICE, WITH THE FINANCE [3:13:31] TEAM, AND, UMM, COO ANDERSON [3:13:33] KELIHER. SHE'S HERE AND [3:13:35] AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY [3:13:35] QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE. [3:13:36] BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO [3:13:38] WORK WITH HER AND HER TEAM IN [3:13:41] IDENTIFYING THIS AS AESOURCE. [3:13:44] AND, AH, WORKING TO MAKE SUR [3:13:46] THAT, AH, WE'RE BRINGING THE [3:13:48] UPTOWN ART FAIR AND MAKING SURE [3:13:50] IT'S SET UP TO SUCCEED, UMM, IN [3:13:52] THIS YEAR. THE FIRST ONE SINCE [3:13:54] THE COMPLETION OF THE HENNEPIN [3:13:58] AVENUE REDESIGN OR [3:14:00] RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. AND, [3:14:01] UMM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME [3:14:04] THE UPWN ART FAIR BACK TO [3:14:06] UPTOWN FROM ITS TEMPORARY [3:14:09] RELOCATION, AND REALLY LOOKING [3:14:11] FORWARD TO HOSTING ALL OF YOU IN [3:14:14] UPTOWN THIS SUMMER! [3:14:15] >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [3:14:15] » COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. [3:14:16] >> YES. IT'S BEEN A PLEASE TO [3:14:18] » YES. IT'S BEEN A PLEASE TO [3:14:18] WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER [3:14:19] CHUGHTAI ON THIS. AND, YOU [3:14:20] KNOW, MARGARET ANDERSONELIHER, [3:14:22] THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. [3:14:23] AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THRILLED TO [3:14:25] BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WE [3:14:26] LOST COME BACK. AND SO WE ARE [3:14:29] REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS [3:14:30] SUMMER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE [3:14:32] THAT MY COLLEAGUES ALSO [3:14:34] UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE BN [3:14:35] VERY CLEAR TO THE ORGANIZERS [3:14:36] THAT THIS IS SEED MONEY. THIS [3:14:40] IS ONE-TIME SEED MONEY. IT WILL [3:14:45] BE SOMETHING WE CAN SEE AS AN [3:14:46] INVESTMENT IN BRINGING UPTOWN [3:14:48] ART FAIR BACK TO UPTOWN. AND [3:14:50] SOMETHING THAT WILL THEN, [3:14:52] HOPEFULLY, MAKE THEM [3:14:53] SELF-GENERATING IN THE FUNDING [3:14:54] TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR AFTER [3:14:57] YEAR. FROM THIS INVESTMENT IN [3:14:59] YEAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR [3:15:00] CONSIDERATION OF YOUR VOTE IN [3:15:01] SUPPORT OF THIS. YOU WILL MAKE [3:15:04] A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN WARD 7 [3:15:07] AND 10 VERY HAP. [3:15:09] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONS ILY. [3:15:10] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONS ILY. [3:15:10] >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY [3:15:12] » THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY [3:15:12] THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR [3:15:13] BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND [3:15:14] THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR TAKING [3:15:18] ACTION LAST MONTH. THAT ALLOWED [3:15:20] US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS MONEY [3:15:23] BE AVAILABLE FOR EXACTLY THIS [3:15:25] PURPOSE. AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL [3:15:26] MEMBER CHAVEZ BROUGHT A [3:15:28] RESOLUTION THAT STATED THAT WE [3:15:29] WANTED TO USE -- TIED TO THE [3:15:33] MEET MINNEAPOLIS DOLLARSO BE [3:15:35] ABLE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY [3:15:37] ACTIVATION INITIATIVES. LIKE [3:15:38] WE'R CONSIDERING TODAY. I WANT [3:15:39] TO MAKE FOR CLARIFICATION, I SEE [3:15:41] WE HAVE OUR COO MARGARET [3:15:44] ANDERSON KELIHER HERE. I [3:15:48] BELIEVE THERE WAS $200,000 LEFT [3:15:50] OVER. SO THIS IS ASKING FOR [3:15:52] $100,000. IS IT SAFE TO SAY [3:15:54] $100,000 IS LEFT? [3:15:57] >> MADAM COO? [3:16:00] » MADAM COO? [3:16:01] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [3:16:02] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. [3:16:02] THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER [3:16:03] WONSLEY. THIS IS THE ITEM I'M [3:16:04] HERE FOR. YES, THERE'S STILL [3:16:07] $100,000 LEFT IN REMAINING FUNDS [3:16:09] FOR THE YEAR. IT'S BEEN A [3:16:15] PLEASURE TO WORK WITH COUNCIL [3:16:16] MEMBER SHAFFER, COUNL MEMBER [3:16:17] CHUGHTAI, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR'S [3:16:19] OFFICE ON MAKING SURE IT'S A USE [3:16:20] OF THE MONEY. SO THERE IS A [3:16:21] LITTLE BIT REMAINING. YET. I [3:16:24] LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL [3:16:25] OF YOU ON THAT. [3:16:33] >> SEEIN NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, [3:16:35] » SEEIN NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, [3:16:35] I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S [3:16:36] SECONDED. [3:16:37] >> SECOND. [3:16:37] » SECOND. [3:16:37] >> ALL RIGHT. HA-HA. CLERK [3:16:41] » ALL RIGHT. HA-HA. CLERK [3:16:41] WILL CALL THE ROLL. [3:16:42] >> COUNCIL M COUNCIL [3:16:47] » COUNCIL M COUNCIL [3:16:47] MEMBER VETAW. [3:16:47] >> AYE. [3:16:48] » AYE. [3:16:48] >> SHAFFER. [3:16:49] » SHAFFER. [3:16:49] >> AYE. [3:16:50] » AYE. [3:16:50] >> WONSLEY. [3:16:50] » WONSLEY. [3:16:50] >> AYE. [3:16:51] » AYE. [3:16:52] >> CHUGHTAI. [3:16:52] » CHUGHTAI. [3:16:52] >> AYE. [3:16:53] » AYE. [3:16:53] >> WHITING. [3:16:54] » WHITING. [3:16:54] >> AYE. [3:16:55] » AYE. [3:16:55] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:16:56] » CHOWDHURY. [3:16:56] >> AYE. [3:16:56] » AYE. [3:16:56] >> STEVENSON. [3:16:57] » STEVENSON. [3:16:58] >> AYE. [3:16:58] » AYE. [3:16:59] >> RAINVILLE. [3:16:59] » RAINVILLE. [3:16:59] >> AYE. [3:16:59] » AYE. [3:17:00] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:17:00] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:17:00] >> AYE. [3:17:01] » AYE. [3:17:01] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:17:01] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:17:02] >> AYE. [3:17:02] » AYE. [3:17:02] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [3:17:05] » THERE ARE 13 AYES. [3:17:05] >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. AND THEN [3:17:08] » THAT ITEM CARRIES. AND THEN [3:17:08] THAT COMPLETES OUR NEW BUSINESS. [3:17:11] AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO [3:17:12] HAND THE GAV OVER TO VICE [3:17:14] PRESIDENT OSMAN TO ... [3:17:16] >> MR. PRESIDENT. MR. [3:17:17] » MR. PRESIDENT. MR. [3:17:17] PRESIDENT. WE SHOULD MOVE THE [3:17:21] CLOSED SESSION OF THIS BODY AND [3:17:22] THEN CONVENE THE MCDA. [3:17:24] >> WE'RE DOING MCDA AFTER CLOSED [3:17:26] » WE'RE DOING MCDA AFTER CLOSED [3:17:26] SESSION? [3:17:27] >> WE ARE? [3:17:29] » WE ARE? [3:17:29] >> OH. [3:17:30] » OH. [3:17:31] >> RESTATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID. [3:17:31] » RESTATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID. [3:17:32] >> WE HAVE AN MCDA MEETING, AS [3:17:34] » WE HAVE AN MCDA MEETING, AS [3:17:34] YOU KNOW, TO DEAL WITH ITEMS [3:17:37] DOUBLED WITH COUNCIL TODAY. WE [3:17:39] ORIGINALLY SCRIPTED WE WOULD [3:17:40] FINISH THE COUNCIL MEETING, MAKE [3:17:41] THE MOTION FOR THE CLOSED [3:17:42] SESSION, WHICH IS STILL PENDING, [3:17:45] FINISH MCDA. [3:17:46] >> OH. [3:17:46] » OH. [3:17:46] >> D YOU WANT TO THE DO MCDA [3:17:48] » D YOU WANT TO THE DO MCDA [3:17:48] AFTER CLOSED SESSION? [3:17:49] >> YES. [3:17:49] » YES. [3:17:49] >> OKAY. [3:17:53] » OKAY. [3:17:53] >> OKAY THIS. [3:17:56] » OKAY THIS. [3:17:56] .. WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND [3:18:00] MCDA. DO WE WANT TO THE GET [3:18:01] THEM DONE AND TAKE A RECESS? [3:18:03] >> YES. [3:18:03] » YES. [3:18:03] >> I'LL RECOGNIZE VICE PRESIDENT [3:18:04] » I'LL RECOGNIZE VICE PRESIDENT [3:18:05] OSMAN TO CHAIR THE MCDA. [3:18:07] >> ALL RIGHT. [3:18:13] » ALL RIGHT. [3:18:14] >> WE NEED TO FINISH [3:18:15] » WE NEED TO FINISH [3:18:15] ANNOUNCEMENTS. [3:18:16] >> OH, I GOT YOU. BECAUSE WE'RE [3:18:17] » OH, I GOT YOU. BECAUSE WE'RE [3:18:17] IN THE COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE WE [3:18:18] GO TO THE MCDA. GOT YOU. ALL [3:18:22] RIGHT. [3:18:25] >> I'LL RECOGNIZE THE CITY [3:18:26] » I'LL RECOGNIZE THE CITY [3:18:26] ATTORNEY. [3:18:26] >> THERE YOU TWO. . [3:18:33] » THERE YOU TWO. . [3:18:33] >> >> The: OH, MY GOODNESS. [3:18:34] » >> The: OH, MY GOODNESS. [3:18:35] IT'S CONFUSING. COUNCIL [3:18:36] PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE [3:18:38] NEXT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE TWO [3:18:39] CASES. THEIRST IS BERNIE [3:18:49] SALZER AND CATHERINE D.O.E [3:18:51] YOUR LAWYERS WISH TO PROVIDE A [3:18:52] BRIEFING. ACCORDINGLY UNDER THE [3:18:54] MINNESOTA OPEN MEETING LAW. [3:18:58] MINNESOTA STATUTE 13D.05.3B. [3:19:01] THE COUNCIL MAY CLOSE THE [3:19:02] MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES OF [3:19:05] ATTORNEY/CLIENT COMMUNICATION AS [3:19:05] PERMITTED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT [3:19:08] E [3:19:09] MOTION THAT COUNCIL SHOULD WEIGH [3:19:10] THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO KNOW [3:19:11] WHAT THE GOVERNMENT I DOING [3:19:12] AGAINST THE NEED OF THE CITY TO [3:19:14] PRESERVE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF [3:19:15] ITS DISCUSSIONS WITH ITS [3:19:20] >> OKAY. AH, WITH THAT, -- [3:19:24] » OKAY. AH, WITH THAT, -- [3:19:24] WELL, NO. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY [3:19:26] ATTORNEY. I MOVE TO CLOSE OUR [3:19:29] UNDER THE OPEN MEETING LAWED [3:19:31] SPECIFICALLY MINNESOTA STATUTE [3:19:33] 13D..05 FOR THE PURPOSE OF [3:19:35] RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE [3:19:36] LITIGATION MATTERS OF SALZER AND [3:19:44] DOE. MAY I HAVE A SECOND. [3:19:46] >>ECOND. [3:19:46] » ECOND. [3:19:46] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [3:19:47] » THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [3:19:47] ROLL. [3:19:48] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:19:48] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:19:49] >> AYE. [3:19:49] » AYE. [3:19:50] >> PALMISANO [3:19:50] » PALMISANO [3:19:50] >> AYE. [3:19:51] » AYE. [3:19:51] >> CHAVEZ. [3:19:52] » CHAVEZ. [3:19:52] >> AYE. [3:19:53] » AYE. [3:19:53] >> WARREN. [3:19:53] » WARREN. [3:19:54] >> AYE. [3:19:54] » AYE. [3:19:54] >> SHAFFER. [3:19:54] » SHAFFER. [3:19:55] >> AYE. [3:19:55] » AYE. [3:19:55] >> WONSLEY. [3:19:56] » WONSLEY. [3:19:56] >> AYE. [3:19:56] » AYE. [3:19:56] >> CHUGHTAI. [3:19:59] » CHUGHTAI. [3:19:59] >> IS ABSENT. WHITING. [3:20:01] » IS ABSENT. WHITING. [3:20:02] >> AYE. [3:20:02] » AYE. [3:20:02] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:20:03] » CHOWDHURY. [3:20:03] >> AYE. [3:20:04] » AYE. [3:20:05] >> STEVENSON. [3:20:05] » STEVENSON. [3:20:05] >> AYE. [3:20:06] » AYE. [3:20:06] >> RAINVILLE. [3:20:07] » RAINVILLE. [3:20:07] >> AYE. [3:20:07] » AYE. [3:20:07] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:20:08] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [3:20:08] >> AYE. [3:20:09] » AYE. [3:20:09] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:20:09] » PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:20:09] >> AYE. [3:20:10] » AYE. [3:20:10] >> THERERE 12 AYES. [3:20:12] » THERERE 12 AYES. [3:20:12] >> THAT CARRIES. UMM, AND NOW [3:20:17] » THAT CARRIES. UMM, AND NOW [3:20:17] BEFORE WE HEAD TO THE CLOSED [3:20:19] SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A [3:20:20] MEETING OF THE MCDA. I WANT TO [3:20:26] HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO [3:20:27] ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANY COUNCIL [3:20:28] MEMBERS HAVE ANNOUEMENTS. [3:20:29] COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:20:29] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:20:32] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:20:32] I, FIRST, I WANTED TOAY [3:20:33] THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF [3:20:35] JUNE JUNETEENTH [3:20:38] CELEBRATIONS. COLLEAGUES, [3:20:40] PLEASE JOIN US AT O OR ALL OF [3:20:42] THEM. SECONDLY, I WANT TO GIVE [3:20:44] A HUGE SHOU OUT TO ALL THE CITY [3:20:46] STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO [3:20:48] PARTICIPATED IN MAKING THE [3:20:50] WEEK-LONG PRINCE CELEBRATION A [3:20:51] HUGE SUCCESS! A LOT OF WORK [3:20:55] WENT INTO THAT. IANT TO THANK [3:20:58] TIM DREW WHO IS A PARK AND [3:21:01] SERVICE MANAGER THAT WAS ROCKING [3:21:02] IT DOWNTOWN! JUST REALLY MAKING [3:21:05] SURE IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. SO [3:21:07] MANYITY STAFF TOOK PART IN [3:21:08] THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK THEM [3:21:11] ALL. AND, LASTLY, I WANT TO [3:21:18] THANK THOSE WHO CREATED THE [3:21:20] MURAL THAT ICONIC PRINCE MURAL [3:21:22] THAT IS DOWNTOWN. THEY [3:21:24] SPEARHEAF [3:21:25] THAT. AND WHILE I WAS OUT ALL [3:21:28] WEEKEND, THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM [3:21:29] ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT CAME TO [3:21:32] MINNEAPOLIS JUST TO TAKE A PHOTO [3:21:34] IN FRONT OF THAT MUR. AND TO [3:21:36] CELEBRATE PRI PRINCE'S LIFE [3:21:38] AND LEGACY. I WANT TO THANK [3:21:41] THEM FOR THE CREATION OF THAT. [3:21:42] FOR THE CREATION OF BRIING [3:21:44] COMMUNITY TOGETHER. WHEN I SAY [3:21:49] THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM ALLVER [3:21:50] THE WORLD. IAS IN LINE AT THE [3:21:52] ARMORY. I MET PEOPLE FROM [3:21:55] AUSTRALIA, KENTUCKY, CANADA, [3:21:56] PEOPLE WERE HERE TO CELEBRATE. [3:21:58] AND THEY LOVED MINNEAPOLIS! AND [3:21:59] THEY FELT SAFE. AND THEY SAID [3:22:01] THEY'LL COME BACK. IF WE HE A [3:22:06] NG-ALONG, AGAIN, THEY'RE [3:22:07] COMING BACK. THANK YOU TO THE [3:22:08] CITY STAFF AND THE CHOIR AND THE [3:22:09] FOLKS WHO PRACTICED. I ASKED IF [3:22:11] I COULD SING ALONG. THEY SAID, [3:22:13] YOU DIDN'T COME TO PRACTICE. SO [3:22:15] NEXT TE I'M GOING TO PRACTICE! [3:22:16] SO I CAN SING ALONG. IT REALLY [3:22:20] WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. IT WAS A [3:22:22] WAY TO NOT ONLY TO CELEBRATE [3:22:26] PRINCE BUT CELEBRATE US. [3:22:27] CELEBRATE MINNESOTA. WE ALL [3:22:29] CAME TOGETHER AROUND OUR LOVE [3:22:31] FOR MUSIC AND PRINCE'S MUSIC, IN [3:22:34] E [3:22:35] PHENOMENAL ARTISTS WHO CAME TO [3:22:37] MINNEAPOLIS TO SING AND TO BUILD [3:22:42] Y [3:22:42] BUILT AROUND TOGETHERNESS. SO [3:22:44] THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO ALL THE [3:22:46] CITY STAFF. THANKOU TO JOAN [3:22:48] AND SHARON FOR KIND OF [3:22:50] SPEARHEADING ANDREATING THIS [3:22:52] EVENT ALONG WITH THAT MURAL. [3:22:54] AND, UMM, ANK YOU TO EVERYONE [3:22:57] WHO PARTICIPATED IN CELEBRATING [3:22:58] THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF PRINCE. [3:23:01] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [3:23:02] » COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. [3:23:02] >> THANKOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:23:03] » THANKOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:23:03] I WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS WAS [3:23:05] OUR FIRST MEETINGINCE OUR [3:23:08] LEADERSHIP CONSULTING. I THINK [3:23:09] WE DID A PRETTY DANG JOB [3:23:13] ON THE BODY. THERE'S [3:23:14] CONTROVERSIAL ISES THAT CAME [3:23:15] UP. I THINK WE DID IT IN A WAY [3:23:17] THAT WAS DEEPLY POSITIVE AND [3:23:18] REPRESENTS WHAT THIS BODY SHOULD [3:23:19] AND CAN DO IN THE WEEKS, MONTHS, [3:23:22] AND YEARS TO COME. AND SO I [3:23:23] THINK WE CAN GIVE OURSELVES A [3:23:24] LITTLE BIT OF SOME FLOWERS HERE. [3:23:26] SO THANK YOU. [3:23:28] >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER [3:23:32] » THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER [3:23:32] CHOWDHURY. [3:23:33] . [3:23:34] [ LAUGHTER ] [3:23:34] >> UMM, ON JUNE 19, JUNETEENTH, [3:23:40] » UMM, ON JUNE 19, JUNETEENTH, [3:23:40] I INVITE EVERYONE TO COME TO [3:23:43] MINNEHAHA AND LAKE FOR SOUL OF [3:23:45] THE SOUTH SIDE. IT'S A FREE [3:23:48] ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION [3:23:50] THAT CREATES JOYFUL VISIBLE [3:23:52] BLACK SPACE. BRINGING TOGETHER [3:23:55] ALTO CELEBRATE BLACK [3:23:56] CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND [3:23:59] COMMUNITY OUTSIDE IN THE OPEN [3:24:01] ROOTED IN PLACE. SUPER EXCED [3:24:02] TO SEE IT COME BACK TO DOWNTOWN [3:24:05] LONGFELLOW. I HOPE THAT THE [3:24:06] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CAN FIND [3:24:08] WAYS TO SUPPORT THIS INTO THE [3:24:09] FUTURE. SO IT CAN CONTINUE. [3:24:12] IT'S A WONDERFUL ACTIVATION HERE [3:24:13] IN THIS PART OF THE SOUTH SIDE. [3:24:15] AND I GOT TO GIVE FLOWERS TO THE [3:24:18] LEGACY BUILDING OWNED BY A [3:24:21] HUSBAND AND WIFE DUO. IMMANUEL [3:24:24] AND FANCY. THEY OWN AND OPERATE [3:24:26] A BLACK-OWNED MULTIUSE CREATIVE [3:24:27] SPACE IN THE 12th WARD IN THE [3:24:29] LONGFELLOW NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY [3:24:30] HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE [3:24:32] COMMUNITY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO [3:24:35] COME! THERE'S USUALLY TWO [3:24:36] STAGES FOR MUSICS AND SHOWS [3:24:38] GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. AND [3:24:39] AN AMAZING MARKET FOR US TO [3:24:43] SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BLACK [3:24:47] BUSINESSES. [3:24:48] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [3:24:51] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. [3:24:51] >> THANK YOU. SO THIS WOULD BE [3:24:54] » THANK YOU. SO THIS WOULD BE [3:24:54] THE 98th YEAR, YES, 98 YEARS [3:24:57] FOR TH NORTHEAST PARADE. AND I [3:24:59] WANT TO THANK THE LION'S CLUB [3:25:00] FOR STEPPING UP AND TAKING [3:25:01] CONTROL OF THAT. AND I'M SO [3:25:06] PRD TO WALK DOWN CENTRAL [3:25:07] AVENUE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE [3:25:09] AND OUR STATE OFFICIALS AND JUST [3:25:11] CELEBRATE THAT UNIQUE COMMUNITY [3:25:13] THAT NORTHEAST IS. [3:25:14] I ALSO WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO [3:25:17] INTERIM CHIEF BILLY PETERSON. [3:25:19] HE'S BEEN ASKED TO LEAD THE [3:25:21] POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A TOUGH [3:25:22] TIME. AND THAT'S LOT OF [3:25:23] DEMANDS ON HIM AND HIS FAMILY. [3:25:25] AND I APPRECIATE HIM STEPPING UP [3:25:28] AND TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT. [3:25:30] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:25:32] » COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [3:25:32] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:25:34] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [3:25:34] I WANT TO THANK BEN JOHNSON AND [3:25:36] THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, [3:25:38] ALSO, FOR THE AMAZING WORK [3:25:40] AROUND THE PRINCE CELEBRATION. [3:25:43] THEY ALSO DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF [3:25:48] CITY MINNEAPOLIS IS. AND WEF A [3:25:50] HAVE SO MUCH ARTS AND CULTURE TO [3:25:53] GIVE AND TO HIGHLIGHT. SO THANK [3:25:55] YOU SO MUCH TO BEN JOHNSON AND [3:25:58] HIS TEAM IN THE ARTS [3:26:01] DEPARTMENT! [3:26:02] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [3:26:03] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [3:26:04] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [3:26:06] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT [3:26:06] PAYNE. I WANT TO THE GIVE A [3:26:08] SHOUT OUT TO NORTH MINNEAPOLIS [3:26:11] TO WARD FIVE. WE HAD THE RIVER [3:26:13] NORTH FESTIVAL THIS PAST [3:26:16] WEEKEND, WHICH WAS THE FIRST [3:26:18] ONE. ALL OF THE MUSICIANS, THE [3:26:20] ARTISTS, THE VENDORS,HE [3:26:23] COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE [3:26:25] BUSINESSES AND OUR BROADWAY [3:26:27] CORRIDOR TO MAKE THAT EVENT A [3:26:30] SUCCESS [3:26:30] . THERE WAS POETRY, THERE WAS [3:26:32] MUSIC. THERE WAS JUST FEEL [3:26:34] GOOD. IT FELT SO GOOD TO BE [3:26:36] OUTSIDE THIS PAST WEEKEND. WE [3:26:39] ALSO HAD PURPLE DAYS. HOSTED BY [3:26:43] NIKI LOVE WHOOES A GREAT EVENT [3:26:45] EVERY YEAR. MYSELF AND COUNCIL [3:26:49] MEMBER VETAW GET THE PRIVILEGE [3:26:52] OF HELPING TO SPONSOR AND [3:26:53] COLLABORATE WITH HER AND THE [3:26:54] WONDERFUL WORK SHE DOES IN [3:26:56] COMMUNITY OVER THERE. AND [3:26:57] BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER. SO [3:26:58] THEY GAVE OUT SOME WONDERFUL [3:27:00] GUNFIGH GIFT BASKETS [3:27:03] AND RAFFLES AND FREE ICE CREAM [3:27:05] AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE LOOK [3:27:07] FORWARD TO, AGAIN, ALL OF THE [3:27:09] GREAT JUNETEENTH EVENTS GETTING [3:27:12] READY TO HAPPEN. WE'VE BEEN [3:27:13] PARTYING ALL WEEKEND! IT [3:27:14] PEOPLES SO GOOD, YOU KNOW, [3:27:15] BECAUSE YOU GET SO COOPED UP IN [3:27:17] THE HOUSE. ESPIALLY TURNED [3:27:19] THE WINTER MONTHS. THE [3:27:21] OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUTSIDE AND [3:27:23] ABSORB SOME GOOD SUNSHINE, THAT [3:27:26] GOOD VAMIN-D, SMILE WITH YOUR [3:27:28] NEIGHBORS, HUG THEM BECAUSE YOU [3:27:30] CAN RECOGNIZE BECAUSE EVERYBODY [3:27:32] NOT BUNDLED UP. IT'S EXCITING. [3:27:34] FEELS GOOD. COME OU AND [3:27:35] SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS AND THE [3:27:36] COMMUNITY. AGAIN, SO MANY [3:27:39] THINGS HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT [3:27:42] WEEK FOR JUNETEENTH. WE'RE [3:27:44] GOING TO BE OUTSIDE TOMORROW [3:27:46] DOING A LOT ON BROADWAY AROUND [3:27:48] SHY LOW. THERE'SUN VIOLENCE [3:27:51] PREVENTION, DIFFERENT STUFF [3:27:53] HAPPENING OVER THERE. JUST [3:27:58] COME AND COME. WE'RE GOING TO [3:27:59] HAVE A GREAT TIME. NORTH SID [3:28:01] I'M EXCITED FOR IT. AND EXCITED [3:28:03] TO SEE THE FAMILIES OUT ENJOYING [3:28:05] THE LAUGHTER, LOVE, AND CO [3:28:08] COMMUNITY LEGACY BUILDING WORK. [3:28:09] IT'S GOOD. WE'RE WORTH. HAVE A [3:28:11] GOOD WEEKEND! THE END. [3:28:15] >> BEFORE WE PROCEED TO OUR [3:28:17] » BEFORE WE PROCEED TO OUR [3:28:17] CLOSED SESSION, WE WILL ADJOURN [3:28:18] THIS MEETING AND CONVENE OUR [3:28:21] MEETING OF THE MINNEAPOLIS [3:28:22] COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. [3:28:23] AFTER THAT MEETING IS AVOWRN [3:28:27] JOURNEYED, WE'LL CONVENE THE [3:28:29] CLOSED SESSION. ONCE WE'VE [3:28:31] CONVENED OUR CLOSED SESSION, THE [3:28:32] BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING WILL [3:28:33] CONTINUE AND THE CITY COUNCIL [3:28:35] WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC AFTER [3:28:36] WE'VE CONCLUDED THE CLOSED [3:28:38] SESSION. WITH THAT, I'LL [3:28:40] RECOGNIZE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT [3:28:41] OSMAN TO CONVENE THE MCDA [3:28:43] MEETG. [3:28:44] >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, [3:28:47] » ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, [3:28:47] COLLEAGUES. WELCOME TO THE [3:28:48] REGULAR MEETING OF THE [3:28:50] MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY [3:28:52] DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. VOTE OF [3:28:54] COMMISSIONERS. FOR JUNE 11th, [3:28:57] 2026. I AM JAMALSMAN, I'M [3:29:01] CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. [3:29:03] AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK [3:29:04] TO CL THE ROLL SO WE CAN [3:29:06] VERIFY A QUORUM FOR THE [3:29:08] MEETING. [3:29:08] >> CHAVEZ. [3:29:09] » CHAVEZ. [3:29:10] >> PRESENT. [3:29:10] » PRESENT. [3:29:10] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:29:11] » CHOWDHURY. [3:29:11] >> PRESENT. [3:29:13] » PRESENT. [3:29:13] >> COMMISSIONER CHUGHTAI IS [3:29:15] » COMMISSIONER CHUGHTAI IS [3:29:15] ABSENT. COMMISSIONER OSM. [3:29:17] >> PRESENT. [3:29:17] » PRESENT. [3:29:17] >> COMMISSIONER PALMISANO. [3:29:18] » COMMISSIONER PALMISANO. [3:29:19] >> PRESENT. [3:29:19] » PRESENT. [3:29:20] >> COMMISSIONER PAYNE. [3:29:20] » COMMISSIONER PAYNE. [3:29:20] >> PRESENT. [3:29:21] » PRESENT. [3:29:22] >> COMMIIONER RAINVILLE [3:29:22] » COMMIIONER RAINVILLE [3:29:22] >> PRESENT. [3:29:23] » PRESENT. [3:29:23] >> COMMISSIONER SHAFFER. [3:29:24] » COMMISSIONER SHAFFER. [3:29:24] >> PRESENT. [3:29:24] » PRESENT. [3:29:24] >> COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. [3:29:26] » COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. [3:29:26] >> PRESENT. [3:29:27] » PRESENT. [3:29:27] >> COMMISSIONER VETAW. [3:29:28] » COMMISSIONER VETAW. [3:29:28] >> PRESENT. [3:29:29] » PRESENT. [3:29:29] >> COMMISSIONER WARREN. [3:29:30] » COMMISSIONER WARREN. [3:29:31] >> PRESENT. [3:29:31] » PRESENT. [3:29:32] >> WHITING. [3:29:32] » WHITING. [3:29:32] >> PRESENT. [3:29:33] » PRESENT. [3:29:33] >> WONSLEY. [3:29:33] » WONSLEY. [3:29:33] >> PRESENT. [3:29:34] » PRESENT. [3:29:35] >> 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. [3:29:36] » 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. [3:29:36] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE [3:29:38] » LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE [3:29:38] HAVE A QUORUM. HE AGENDA FOR [3:29:40] TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. [3:29:41] I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA [3:29:43] AND ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE [3:29:46] ROLL. [3:29:47] >> CHAVEZ. [3:29:50] » CHAVEZ. [3:29:51] >> AYE. [3:29:51] » AYE. [3:29:51] >> THIS IS ADOPTING THE AGENDA. [3:29:52] » THIS IS ADOPTING THE AGENDA. [3:29:52] >> AYE. [3:29:53] » AYE. [3:29:53] >> COMMISSIONER CHOWDHURY. [3:29:54] » COMMISSIONER CHOWDHURY. [3:29:54] >> AYE. [3:29:54] » AYE. [3:29:55] >> CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. OSMAN. [3:29:57] » CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. OSMAN. [3:29:58] >> AYE. [3:29:58] » AYE. [3:29:58] >> PALMISANO. [3:29:58] » PALMISANO. [3:29:58] >> AYE. [3:29:59] » AYE. [3:30:00] >> PAYNE. [3:30:00] » PAYNE. [3:30:00] >> AYE. [3:30:01] » AYE. [3:30:01] >> RAINVILLE. [3:30:02] » RAINVILLE. [3:30:02] >> AYE. [3:30:02] » AYE. [3:30:02] >> SHAFFER. [3:30:03] » SHAFFER. [3:30:03] >> AYE. [3:30:04] » AYE. [3:30:04] >> STEVEON. [3:30:04] » STEVEON. [3:30:05] >> AYE. [3:30:06] » AYE. [3:30:06] >> VETAW. [3:30:07] » VETAW. [3:30:07] >> AYE. [3:30:07] » AYE. [3:30:07] >> WARREN. [3:30:07] » WARREN. [3:30:07] >> AYE. [3:30:08] » AYE. [3:30:09] >> WHITING. [3:30:09] » WHITING. [3:30:09] >> AYE. [3:30:10] » AYE. [3:30:10] >> WONSLEY. [3:30:11] » WONSLEY. [3:30:11] >> AYE. [3:30:11] » AYE. [3:30:11] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. [3:30:12] » THERE ARE 12 AYES. [3:30:13] >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND THE [3:30:15] » THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND THE [3:30:15] AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NEXT, I WILL [3:30:17] MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF [3:30:20] THE SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 MTING [3:30:22] AND ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE [3:30:23] ROLL. [3:30:24] >> COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. [3:30:25] » COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. [3:30:25] >> AYE. [3:30:26] » AYE. [3:30:26] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:30:26] » CHOWDHURY. [3:30:26] >> AYE. [3:30:28] » AYE. [3:30:28] >> OSMAN. [3:30:28] » OSMAN. [3:30:29] >> AYE. [3:30:30] » AYE. [3:30:30] >> PALMISANO. [3:30:30] » PALMISANO. [3:30:30] >> AYE. [3:30:31] » AYE. [3:30:31] >> PAYNE. [3:30:32] » PAYNE. [3:30:32] >> AYE. [3:30:33] » AYE. [3:30:33] >> RAINVILLE. [3:30:33] » RAINVILLE. [3:30:33] >> A. [3:30:34] » A. [3:30:35] >> SHAFFER. [3:30:35] » SHAFFER. [3:30:35] >> AYE. [3:30:36] » AYE. [3:30:36] >> STEVENSON. [3:30:36] » STEVENSON. [3:30:36] >> AYE. [3:30:37] » AYE. [3:30:38] >> COMMISSIONER VETAW. [3:30:39] » COMMISSIONER VETAW. [3:30:39] >> AYE. [3:30:39] » AYE. [3:30:39] >> COMMISSIONER WARREN. [3:30:40] » COMMISSIONER WARREN. [3:30:41] >> AYE. [3:30:41] » AYE. [3:30:41] >> COMMISSIONER WHITING. [3:30:42] » COMMISSIONER WHITING. [3:30:42] >> AYE. [3:30:42] » AYE. [3:30:42] >> COMMISSIONER WONSLEY. [3:30:44] » COMMISSIONER WONSLEY. [3:30:44] >> AYE. [3:30:44] » AYE. [3:30:44] >> 12 AYES. [3:30:45] » 12 AYES. [3:30:47] >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. OUR [3:30:50] » THAT MOTION CARRIES. OUR [3:30:50] NEXT ITEM IS THE ELECTION OF [3:30:55] OFFICERS. ANNUAL MEETING TO [3:30:56] ELECT THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS, [3:30:58] CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND [3:31:00] SECRETARY. I'LL MOVE TO [3:31:02] NOMINATE THE FOLLOWING [3:31:04] COMMISSIONERS TO SERVE THE MCDA [3:31:06] OFFICERS. MYSELF, THE CIR. [3:31:11] COMMISSIONER CHOWDHURY AS A VICE [3:31:12] CHAIR. AND PEARLL WARREN AS A [3:31:15] SECRETARY. ANY DISCUSSIONN [3:31:19] THE NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE. [3:31:23] I'LL -- WITH THAT, I'LL ASK THE [3:31:24] CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [3:31:25] >> COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. [3:31:27] » COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. [3:31:28] >> AYE. [3:31:28] » AYE. [3:31:28] >> CHOWDHURY. [3:31:28] » CHOWDHURY. [3:31:29] >> AYE. [3:31:30] » AYE. [3:31:30] >> OSMAN. [3:31:30] » OSMAN. [3:31:30] >> AYE. [3:31:31] » AYE. [3:31:31] >> PALMISANO. [3:31:32] » PALMISANO. [3:31:32] >> AYE. [3:31:33] » AYE. [3:31:33] >> COMMISSIONER PAYNE. [3:31:34] » COMMISSIONER PAYNE. [3:31:34] AYE. [3:31:35] >> COMMISSIONER RAINVILLE. [3:31:36] » COMMISSIONER RAINVILLE. [3:31:36] >> AYE. [3:31:36] » AYE. [3:31:36] >> COMMISSIONER SHAFFER. [3:31:37] » COMMISSIONER SHAFFER. [3:31:38] >> AYE. [3:31:38] » AYE. [3:31:38] COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. [3:31:39] >> AYE. [3:31:39] » AYE. [3:31:39] >> COMMISSIONER VETAW. [3:31:40] » COMMISSIONER VETAW. [3:31:40] >> AYE. [3:31:41] » AYE. [3:31:41] >> COMMISSIONER WARREN. [3:31:42] » COMMISSIONER WARREN. [3:31:42] >>YE. [3:31:43] » YE. [3:31:43] >> COMMISSIONER WHITING. [3:31:44] » COMMISSIONER WHITING. [3:31:44] >> AYE. [3:31:44] » AYE. [3:31:44] >> COMMISSIONER WONSLEY. [3:31:45] » COMMISSIONER WONSLEY. [3:31:45] >> AYE. [3:31:46] » AYE. [3:31:46] >> THERE ARE2 AYES. [3:31:47] » THERE ARE2 AYES. [3:31:47] >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT ITEM [3:31:51] » THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT ITEM [3:31:53] A [3:31:54] BYLAWS TO INCORPORATE SEVERAL [3:31:57] TECHNICAL CHANGES. ESPECIALLY [3:31:58] THOSE CHANGES THAT ADDRESS [3:32:00] LOCATION OF OUR MEETINGS AND [3:32:03] STAFF. AS WELL AS THE [3:32:05] MEMBERSHIP OF OUR OPERATING [3:32:06] COMMITTEE. IS THERE ANY [3:32:09] DISCUSSION ON THE BYLAWS? [3:32:14] SEEING NONE. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL [3:32:16] OF THE BYLAWS. AND ASK THE [3:32:19] CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [3:32:19] >> COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. [3:32:21] » COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. [3:32:21] >> AYE. [3:32:22] » AYE. [3:32:22] >> COMMISSIONER CHUGHTAI. [3:32:22] » COMMISSIONER CHUGHTAI. [3:32:23] >> AYE. [3:32:23] » AYE. [3:32:23] >> COMMISSIONER PALMISANO. [3:32:24] » COMMISSIONER PALMISANO. [3:32:24] >> AYE [3:32:26] » AYE [3:32:26] COMMISSIONER PAYNE. [3:32:26] >> AYE. [3:32:26] » AYE. [3:32:26] >> COMMISSIONER RAINVILLE. [3:32:27] » COMMISSIONER RAINVILLE. [3:32:28] >> AYE. [3:32:28] » AYE. [3:32:28] >> SHAFFER. [3:32:29] » SHAFFER. [3:32:29] >> AYE. [3:32:29] » AYE. [3:32:29] >> STEVENSON. [3:32:30] » STEVENSON. [3:32:30] >> AYE. [3:32:31] » AYE. [3:32:31] >> HAVE A SAW. [3:32:31] » HAVE A SAW. [3:32:32] >> AYE. [3:32:33] » AYE. [3:32:33] >> WARREN. [3:32:33] » WARREN. [3:32:34] >> WHITING. [3:32:34] » WHITING. [3:32:35] >> AYE. [3:32:35] » AYE. [3:32:35] >> COMMISSIONERONSLEY. [3:32:36] » COMMISSIONERONSLEY. [3:32:36] >> AYE. [3:32:37] » AYE. [3:32:37] >> VICE CHA CHOWDHURY. [3:32:39] » VICE CHA CHOWDHURY. [3:32:39] >> AYE. [3:32:39] » AYE. [3:32:39] >> CHAIR OSMAN. [3:32:40] » CHAIR OSMAN. [3:32:40] >> AYE. [3:32:41] » AYE. [3:32:41] >> 13 AYES. [3:32:42] » 13 AYES. [3:32:42] >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE MOTION [3:32:44] » THAT CARRIES. AND THE MOTION [3:32:44] IS APPROVED. THE LAST ITEM OF [3:32:46] OUR AGENDA IS CONSENT ITEM TO US [3:32:49] FROM MCDA OPERATING COMMITTEE [3:32:52] FROM THE MEETING OF JUNE 2, [3:32:55] 2026. THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION [3:32:58] APPROVING AMENDMENT TO THE CITY [3:33:01] CONDUIT BONDS POLICY. I WILL [3:33:02] NOTE THAT THE COUNCIL [3:33:07] APPROVED -- RESOLUTION ON THE [3:33:08] ENDA TODAY. AS ITEM 16 IN THE [3:33:10] BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING [3:33:12] MMITTEE REPORT. COLLEAGUES, [3:33:14] ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? SEEING [3:33:16] NONE. 'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF [3:33:18] THIS ITEM. ASK THE CLERK TO [3:33:19] CALL THE ROLL. [3:33:20] >> COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. [3:33:21] » COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. [3:33:21] >> AYE. [3:33:22] » AYE. [3:33:22] >> CHUG KUG. [3:33:23] » CHUG KUG. [3:33:23] >> PALMISANO. [3:33:23] » PALMISANO. [3:33:23] >> AYE. [3:33:24] » AYE. [3:33:24] >> COMMISSIONER PAYNE. [3:33:25] » COMMISSIONER PAYNE. [3:33:25] AYE. [3:33:26] >> RAINVILLE. [3:33:26] » RAINVILLE. [3:33:26] >> AYE. [3:33:27] » AYE. [3:33:27] >> SHAFFER. [3:33:28] » SHAFFER. [3:33:28] >> AYE. [3:33:28] » AYE. [3:33:28] >> STEVENSON. [3:33:29] » STEVENSON. [3:33:29] >> AYE. [3:33:29] » AYE. [3:33:29] >> VETAW. [3:33:30] » VETAW. [3:33:30] >> AYE. [3:33:31] » AYE. [3:33:31] >> WARREN. [3:33:31] » WARREN. [3:33:31] >> AYE. [3:33:33] » AYE. [3:33:33] >> WHITING. [3:33:33] » WHITING. [3:33:33] >> AYE. [3:33:34] » AYE. [3:33:34] >> WONSLEY. [3:33:35] » WONSLEY. [3:33:35] >> AYE. [3:33:35] » AYE. [3:33:35] >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. [3:33:37] » VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. [3:33:37] >> AYE. [3:33:37] » AYE. [3:33:38] CHAIR OSMAN. [3:33:39] >> AYE. [3:33:39] » AYE. [3:33:39] >> 13 AYES. [3:33:40] » 13 AYES. [3:33:40] >> THAT ITEM IS APPROVED. THANK [3:33:43] » THAT ITEM IS APPROVED. THANK [3:33:43] YOU, COMMISSIONERS. SEEING NO [3:33:47] FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, WITH [3:33:49] NO OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THE [3:33:50] MEETIN ADJOURNED. [3:33:52] >> AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE [3:33:54] » AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE [3:33:55] FOR CSED SESSION AT 2:00. [3:35:35] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [3:35:35] IS IN RECESS ] [3:45:48] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [3:45:48] IS IN RECESS ] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS [3:56:44] CITY COUNCIL IS RECESS ] [4:04:19] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [4:04:20] IS IN RECESS ] [4:11:38] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [4:11:39] IS IN RECESS ] [4:22:24] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [4:22:24] IS IN RECE ] [4:32:01] [HE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [4:32:01] IS IN RECESS ] [4:45:04] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [4:45:05] IS IN RECESS ] [4:52:37] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [4:52:40] IS IN RECESS ] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS [4:52:41] CITY COUNCIL IS IN RECESS ] [4:55:50] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [4:55:51] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [4:55:53] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [4:55:57] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [5:05:28] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [5:05:28] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [5:05:29] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [5:05:30] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [5:10:38] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [5:10:39] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [5:10:39] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [5:10:40] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [5:21:55] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [5:21:56] IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [5:21:56] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [5:21:57] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [5:31:06] [ THEINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [5:31:07] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [5:31:09] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [5:31:10] CLOS SESSION ENDS ] [5:41:54] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [5:41:55] ISN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [5:41:57] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [5:41:58] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [5:48:49] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [5:48:50] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [5:48:51] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [5:48:54] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [5:57:22] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [5:57:23] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [5:57:25] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [5:57:27] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [6:03:36] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [6:03:37] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [6:03:40] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [6:03:41] CLOSED SESSION [6:04:27] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [6:04:30] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [6:04:33] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [6:04:34] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [6:04:59] TTHE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [6:05:02] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [6:05:05] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [6:05:06] CLOSED SESSION ENDS [6:05:17] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [6:05:17] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [6:05:20] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [6:05:22] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [6:09:55] [ THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL [6:09:57] IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE [6:09:59] MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE [6:10:01] CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [6:17:09] >> THE TIME IS NOW 3:59. AND [6:17:17] » THE TIME IS NOW 3:59. AND [6:17:17] THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED [6:17:18] IN OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING OUR [6:17:20] CLOSED SESSION. I'LL ASK THE [6:17:21] CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO PROVE [6:17:23] THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. [6:17:24] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VAW IS [6:17:26] » COUNCIL MEMBER VAW IS [6:17:26] ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER [6:17:28] PALMISANO. [6:17:28] >> PRESENT. [6:17:28] » PRESENT. [6:17:28] >> CHAVEZ. [6:17:29] » CHAVEZ. [6:17:30] >> PRESENT. [6:17:30] » PRESENT. [6:17:30] >> WARREN. ABSENT. SHAFF IS [6:17:34] » WARREN. ABSENT. SHAFF IS [6:17:34] ABSENT. WONSLEY. [6:17:34] >> PRESENT. [6:17:37] » PRESENT. [6:17:37] CHUGHTAI. [6:17:38] >> PRESENT. [6:17:38] » PRESENT. [6:17:38] >> WHITING. [6:17:39] » WHITING. [6:17:39] >> PRESENT. [6:17:40] » PRESENT. [6:17:41] >> CHOWDHU. [6:17:41] » CHOWDHU. [6:17:42] >> PRESENT. [6:17:42] » PRESENT. [6:17:43] >> STEVENSON ABSENT. RAINVILLE [6:17:45] » STEVENSON ABSENT. RAINVILLE [6:17:45] IS ABSENT. VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN [6:17:47] IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE. [6:17:48] >> PRESENT. [6:17:49] » PRESENT. [6:17:49] >> THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS [6:17:50] » THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS [6:17:51] PRESENT. [6:17:51] >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND WITH [6:17:53] » WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND WITH [6:17:54] AT, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR [6:17:54] BUSINESS TODAY WITH NOTHING [6:17:55] FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE [6:17:56] COUNCIL. AND WITHO OBJECTION, [6:17:59] THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.