[0:20] » GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY

[0:21] » GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY

[0:21] NAME IS ELLIOT PAYNE, PRESIDENT

[0:23] OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL.

[0:25] BEFORE WE CONVENE OUR MEETING,

[0:27] WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF

[0:28] HONORARY RESOLIONS. I'LL

[0:30] INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN

[0:31] GIVE THE FIRST PRESENTATION

[0:34] RECOGNIZING AAY OF CONFESSION.

[0:49] -- DAY OF COMPASSION.

[0:50] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[3:30] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[3:30] I'M GOING TO GET THE RECORD FOR

[3:33] THE LARGEST OF A READING OF A

[3:36] RESOLUTION HERE IN THE COUNCIL

[3:39] CHAMBERS.

[3:39] [ APPLAUSE ]

[3:40] THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!

[3:50] TODAY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS

[3:54] DELIVERING A RESOLUTION

[3:57] RECOGNIZING JULY 6th, 2026, AS

[4:04] RECOGNITION OF HIS HOLLI

[4:15] HOLINESS. TIBETAN BUDDHISTS

[4:19] BELIEVE E DALAI LAMAS ARE MANIF

[4:24] COMPASSION AND SPIRITUAL LEADER

[4:25] OF TIBET; AND. HIS HOLINESS WAS

[4:26] RECOGNIZED AS THE REINCARNATION

[4:26] OF THE 13TH DALAI LAMA AT AN

[4:30] EARLY AGE AND DEVOTED HIS LIFE

[4:33] THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF

[4:34] BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY AND THE

[4:37] PROMOTION OF COMPASSION,

[4:39] INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, AND MUTUAL

[4:39] RESPECT; AND

[4:44] WHEREAS, FOLLOWING THE INVASION

[4:45] OF TIBET BY THE PEOPLE'S

[4:47] REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN 1950 AND

[4:49] THE TIBETAN UPRISING OF 1959, H

[4:50] FLED INTO EXILE AND HASINCE

[4:54] WORKED TO PRESERVE THE TIBETAN

[4:57] PEOPLE'S CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS,

[4:59] D HISTORICAL HERITAGE;

[5:05] WHEREAS, THE DALAI LAMA HAS TRA

[5:06] EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE

[5:07] WORLD, INCLUDING MINNESOTA,

[5:07] FOSTERING GREATER UNDERSTANDING

[5:13] HARMONY, AND COMPASSION AMONG

[5:14] PEOPLE OF ALL FAIT AND

[5:16] BACKGROUNDS; AND.

[5:21] WHEREAS, IN 19

[5:22] AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

[5:28] FOR ADVOCATING PEACEFUL

[5:33] SOLUTIONS BAD ON TOLERANCE AND

[5:36] MUTUAL RESPECT; AND HIS

[5:39] TEACHINGS ON SECULAR ETHICS,

[5:39] COMPASSION, AND EMOTIONAL

[5:43] RESIL

[5:44] EDUCATS, SPIRITUAL

[5:45] PRACTITIONERS, AND LEADERS

[5:45] GLOBALLY; AND

[5:48] WHEREAS, OVER 5,000 TIBETANS NO

[5:51] MINNESA HOME, CONTRIBUTING TO

[5:54] THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND

[5:59] ECONOMICABRIC OF OUR

[6:01] COMMUNITIES, BY WORKING IN

[6:02] HOSPITALS, OPERATING SMALL

[6:02] BUSINESSES IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND

[6:03] ATTENDING COLLEGES AND

[6:03] IVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE

[6:06] CITY; AND.

[6:07] WHEREAS, JULY 6, 2026, MARKS TH

[6:10] BIRTHDAY OF HIS HONESS THE

[6:11] DAI LAMA; ━NOW, THEREFORE, BE

[6:13] IT RESOLVED━ THAT THE MAYOR AND

[6:15] CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE

[6:19] JULY 6, 2026, AS “DAY OF

[6:21] COMPASSION IN RECOGNITION OF HIS

[6:23] HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA'S

[6:25] 91ST BIRTHDAY” IN THE CITY OF

[6:27] MINNEAPOLIS, IN RECOGNITION OF

[6:31] HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TO

[6:32] PEACE, COMPASSION AND NONVIOLEN.

[6:36] [ APPLAUSE ]

[6:43] I BELIEVE THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE

[6:45] WHO WOULDIKE TO SPEAK.

[6:50] >> WAY HERE IN THE BACK. WHEN I

[7:02] » WAY HERE IN THE BACK. WHEN I

[7:02] FIRST TOLD, I THINK IT WAS

[7:04] RACHEL, THAT WE WOULD BE

[7:06] BRINGING SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS

[7:08] HERE. I TOLD AN ESTIMATE OF 20

[7:10] PEOPLE! WE HAVE FAR EXCEEDED

[7:12] THAT! BUT I'M PLEASANTLY

[7:14] SURPRISED TO SEE SO MANY MEMBERS

[7:17] OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE. GOOD

[7:21] MORNING. THIS IS OUR

[7:23] TRADITIONAL GREETING. CITY

[7:24] COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF

[7:26] THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL,

[7:27] AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I'M

[7:32] A PROUD TIBETAN-MINNESOTAN. IT

[7:49] IS AN HONOR TOE HERE TODAY AS

[7:51] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

[7:53] RECOGNIZES JULY 6th AS THE DAY

[7:56] OF COMPASSION AND HONOR OF THE

[7:59] 91st BIRTHDAY OF THE DALAI LA

[8:07] MA. HE'S OUR SPIRITUAL LEADER

[8:09] BUT HIS MESSAGE BELONGS TO

[8:10] EVERYONE. HE REMINDED US TT

[8:12] COMPASSION IS NOT SIMPLY A PERM,

[8:16] VIRTUE, IT'S A FOUNDATION OF

[8:18] STRONG COMMUNITIES. HOW WE

[8:20] BUILD TRT, BRIDGE DIFFERENCES,

[8:21] AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

[8:24] PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSSUNG

[8:26] MINNESOTA, I'VE SEEN HOW

[8:28] POWERFUL COMPASSION CAN BE. IT

[8:30] CREATES A SENSE OF BELONGING,

[8:33] ENCOURAGES UNDERSTANDING ACROSS

[8:35] CULTURES, AND INSPIRES PEOPLE TO

[8:36] SERVE SOMETHING GREATER THAN

[8:39] THEMSELVES. MINNESOTA IS HOME

[8:41] TO MORE THAN 5,000TIBETANS.

[8:44] WE'RE LUCKY WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL

[8:46] OF THEM HERE TODAY.

[8:48] [ LAUGHTER ]

[8:49] MANY OF WHOM WHO HAVE BLT

[8:50] THEIR LIVES HERE IN THE TWIN

[8:51] CITIES. WE'RE PROUD TO

[8:52] CONTR CU,

[8:56] ECONOMIC, AND CIVIC LIFE IN THIS

[8:57] REGION. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO

[8:58] CALL MINNEAPOLIS HOME ALONGSIDE

[9:00] SO MANY VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. I

[9:03] ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT JUST

[9:05] YESTERY THE SAINT PAUL CITY

[9:06] COUNCILASSED A RESOLUTION

[9:09] RECOGNIZING JULY 6th A THE

[9:10] DAY OF COMPASSION,S WELL.

[9:12] TOGETHER THE TWIN CITIES ARE

[9:13] SENDING A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE

[9:17] THAT COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING,

[9:18] AND RESPECT OF OUR SHARED

[9:21] HUMANITY ARE VALUES THA UNITE

[9:24] US ALL. I'D LIKE TO THANK

[9:27] COUNCIL MEMBER PEARLL WARREN FOR

[9:30] LISTENING OUR COMMUNITY AND

[9:32] INTRODUCING THIS RESOLION.

[9:33] YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP

[9:35] HAVE MADE TODAY'S RECOGNITION

[9:37] POSSIBLE. ON BEHALF OF THE

[9:39] MINNESOTA TIBETAN, I THANK ALL

[9:42] OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,

[9:44] CITY STAFF FOR MAKINGHIS

[9:46] MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION. WE HOPE

[9:48] THIS RESOLUTION INSPIRES ALL OF

[9:49] US TO CONTINUE BLDING A CITY

[9:51] WHERE COMPASSION, RESPECT, AND

[9:53] BELONGING ARE NOT ONLY

[9:55] CELEBRATED BUT ARE PRACTICED

[9:57] EVERY DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH,

[9:58] AGAIN.

[9:58] [ APPLAUSE ]

[10:09] >> HELLO. MY NAM IS TASHI.

[10:13] » HELLO. MY NAM IS TASHI.

[10:14] HE'S MY SON.

[10:16] [ LAUGHTER ]

[10:17] AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF

[10:21] TIBETAN FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA.

[10:22] I WANT TO ADD, I WORK FOR OLD

[10:24] DUTCH. I THINK EVERYBODY ENJOYS

[10:26] SOME GOOD CHIPS EVERY DAY. AND

[10:29] I WORKED FOR 26 YEARS. AND I

[10:31] WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE

[10:33] COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PASSING THIS

[10:37] RESOLUTION. FROM ALL OVER

[10:43] 5,000TIBETANS LIVE HER IN

[10:43] MINNESOTA. THANK YOU.

[10:45] [ APPLAUSE ]

[10:48] >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

[10:57] » THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

[10:57] [ APPLAUSE ]

[10:57] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO.

[11:01] YOU'RE GOING TO GOACK THERE?

[11:03] OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A

[11:06] PHOTO. .

[13:36] >> >>: NEXT, WE'LL RECOGNIZE

[13:38] » >>: NEXT, WE'LL RECOGNIZE

[13:38] POWER OF THE PEOPLE DAY WITH

[13:39] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. ALL

[14:23] RIGHT, Y'ALL. WE'RE HONORING

[14:26] THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF POWER

[14:27] TO THE PEOPLE STAGE AND

[14:29] RECOGNIZING SUNDAY, JUNE 28,

[14:33] 2026 AS POWER TO THE PEOPLE

[14:34] STAGE DAY IN THE CITY OF

[14:37] MINNEAPOLIS. WOO. THE CITY OF

[14:42] MINNEAPOLIS AFFIRMS ITS

[14:42] COITMENT TO RACIAL JUSTICE,

[14:44] GENDER EQUITY, AND LIBERATION

[14:45] FOR ALL PEOPLE, AND RECOGNIZES

[14:46] PRIDE MONTH BEGAN AS PROTEST

[14:49] ROOTED IN RESISTANCE TO

[14:50] SYSTEMATIC OPPRESSION; AND

[14:57] TAKING PLACE JUNE 27━28, 2026,

[14:57] REMAINS A POWERFUL EXPRESSION O

[14:58] SOLIDARITY, AND COLLECTIVE

[15:01] ACON FOR 2SLGBTQIA+

[15:01] COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR REGION;

[15:06] THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE STAGE,

[15:09] ESTABLISHED IN 2001, S CREATED

[15:10] AS AN INTENTIONAL AND UNAPOLOGE

[15:15] PLATFORM TO CENTER THE VOICES,

[15:16] ARTISTRY, AND LEADERSHIP OF

[15:18] BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE O

[15:25] TRANSGENDER, NONBINARY, AND

[15:26] OTHER HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED

[15:26] 2SLGBTQIA+ COMMUNIES; AND THE

[15:27] STAGE'S ENDURING IMPACT HAS BEEN

[15:27] GUIDED BY VISIONARY LEADERS AND

[15:28] COMMUNITY BUILDERS, INCLUDING N

[15:34] METCALF OF MINNESOTA MEN OF

[15:35] COLOR, WHO CREATEDATHWAYS FOR

[15:38] THIS SPACE TO BE, AND ROX

[15:39] ANDER,

[15:42] WHO HAS HELD THE SPACE OVER THE

[15:43] YEARS. THESE VISIONARY LEADERS

[15:45] AND COMMUNITY BUILDERS' WORK HA

[15:47] COMMUNITY POWER, CULTURAL

[15:49] EXPRESSION, AND POLITICAL

[15:51] CONSCIOUSNESS; AND

[15:54] WHEREAS: FOR 25 YEARS, THE POWER

[15:55] TO THE PEOPLE STAGE HAS STOOD A

[15:58] SPACE OF RESISTANCE,

[15:59] CELEBRATION, HEALING, AND

[15:59] TRUTH-TELLING UPLIFTING

[16:00] PERFORMERS, ACTIVISTS, AND

[16:00] ORGANIZERS WHOSE VOIS HAVE TOO

[16:03] OFTEN BEEN EXCLUDED FROM

[16:04] MAINSTREAM PLATFORMS; AND

[16:10] WHEREAS: THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLI

[16:11] ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EQUITY

[16:11] REQUIRES NOT ONLY RECOGNITION

[16:12] BUT ACTION, AND HONORS SPACES

[16:13] LIKE THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE

[16:15] STAGE AS ESSENTIAL TO

[16:19] DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES

[16:19] AND ADVANCING JUSTICE; AND

[16:27] WRZ: -- WHEREAS: THE YEAR 2026

[16:29] MARKS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF

[16:31] THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE STAGE

[16:32] AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO

[16:32] CELEBRATE ITS LEGACY WHILE

[16:33] RECOMMITTING TO THE ONGOING

[16:34] STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION AND

[16:35] INCLUSION; AND

[16:38] WHEREAS: NICK METCALF IS HEREBY

[16:41] ESPECIALLY HONORED FORIS

[16:42] LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY, AND

[16:43] UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO UPLIFT

[16:45] COMMUNITY THROUGH THE POWER TO

[16:47] THE PEOPLE STAGE AND BEYOND;

[16:49] ━NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVE━

[16:52] THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

[16:57] ANNIVERSARY OF THE POWER TO THE

[16:59] PEOPLE STAGE AND RECOGNIZE ITS

[17:01] LASTING IMPACT ON ADVANCING

[17:01] EQUITY, REPRESENTATION, AND

[17:07] JUSTICE WITHIN THE 2SLGBTQIA+

[17:08] COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF

[17:09] MINNEAPOLIS; AND BE IT FURTHER

[17:11] RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY

[17:12] COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIM SUNDAY,

[17:14] JUNE 28, 2026, AS “POWER TO THE

[17:19] STAGE DAY” IN THE CITY OF

[17:22] RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR ANDITY

[17:23] COUNCIL CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS

[17:25] TO CELEBRATE, UPLIFT, AND

[17:26] SUPPORTHE VOICES AND

[17:28] LEADERSHIP OF BIPOC,

[17:29] TRANSGENDER, NONBINARY, AND

[17:33] MARGINALIZED 2SLGBTQIA+

[17:35] COMMUNITIES; AND BE IT FURTHER

[17:36] RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF

[17:37] MINNEAPOLIS RECOMMITS TO

[17:38] SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-LED

[17:39] MOMENTS, CULTURAL SPACES, AND

[17:42] POLICY INITIATIVES THAT ADVANCE

[17:42] RACIAL JUSTICE, GENDER EQUITY,

[17:45] AND THE FULL LIBERATION OF ALL .

[17:49] THIS IS A BIG DAY! I HOPE WE

[17:51] GET TO S EVERYBODY ON SUNDAY.

[17:54] I'LL FIRST PASS IT TO RO

[18:00] ROXANNE. HEY, ROX. AND WE'LL

[18:03] HAVE MORE RESOLUTIONS.

[18:05] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL

[18:07] » THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL

[18:07] MEMBER CHAVEZ, FORPEARHEADING

[18:09] THIS. FOR GETTING IT DONE AND

[18:11] MAKING IT HAPPEN. THANKS TO THE

[18:13] FULL BODY OF THE COUNCIL AND THE

[18:15] MAYOR FOR ROGNITION OF THIS

[18:18] IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN

[18:20] DOING OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

[18:24] AND THAT I JUST REALLY

[18:25] APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE

[18:26] TODAY! AND SHOWING UP. AND

[18:28] I'LL PASS TO NIC

[18:31] >> I DIDN'T KNOW IAS SUPPOSED

[18:32] » I DIDN'T KNOW IAS SUPPOSED

[18:32] TO SAY ANYTHING. SORRY!

[18:35] [ LAUGER ]

[18:35] THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I HOPE TO

[18:37] SEE YOU ON SUNDAY!

[18:41] [ APPLAUSE ]

[18:41] >> I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS.. I

[18:44] » I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS.. I

[18:44] THINK IT'S IMPORTANT DURING

[18:47] PRIDE MONTH TO RECOGNIZE THE

[18:49] LEADERS WHO HAVE LEAD US THROUGH

[18:52] THIS MOMENT. YOU KNOW, PRIDE

[18:54] WAS AN UPRISING. IT WAS A

[18:56] OTEST. IF IT WASN'T

[18:57] PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK A BROWN

[18:59] TRANS WOMEN THAT LEAD THE WAY

[19:02] FOR PEOPL LIKE MYSELF TO BE

[19:03] HERE AND SAY WE DESERVE MORE. I

[19:05] THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO

[19:06] ACKNOWLEDGE. ON TOP OF QUEER

[19:09] FOLKS OF COLOR. SO I JUST

[19:12] WANTED TO SAY THAT. AS WE ARE

[19:14] CLOSE TO ENDING PRIDE MONTH THIS

[19:17] YEAR. BECAUSE IT MAY BE THE END

[19:18] OF THE MONTH, BUT IT'S NOT OVER.

[19:21] IWILL CONTINUE TO BE PRIDEFUL

[19:22] FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I

[19:24] WANTED TO SAY THAT TOD!

[19:26] >> I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SAY

[19:28] » I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SAY

[19:28] THAT A BIG THANK YOU TO FORMER

[19:33] PRESIDENT ANDREA JENKINS F

[19:34] SHOWING ME THE DIFFERENCE

[19:36] BETWEEN A PROCLAMATION AND A

[19:39] RESOLUTION AND GIVING ME A

[19:41] PATHWAY TO DO THAT.

[19:43] >> WE LOVE HER. OKAY. WE'LL

[19:45] » WE LOVE HER. OKAY. WE'LL

[19:45] TAKE A PHOTO. UNLESS SOMEBODY

[19:51] NO? SURE. LOVE IT.METHING?

[19:54] >> I'LL SAY A QUICK THING. AYE

[19:57] » I'LL SAY A QUICK THING. AYE

[19:57] THE TWO-SPIRIT EQUITY MANAGER AT

[19:59] THE CITY O MINNEAPOLIS. AND

[20:02] WE'VE HAD A LONG PARTNERSHIP

[20:04] WITH THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE

[20:06] STAGE WITH RARE PRODUCTIONS.

[20:08] AND WE WL BE THE CITY OF

[20:10] MINNEAPOLIS WILL BE HAVING OUR

[20:11] TABLES WITH THE POWER TO THE

[20:13] PEOPLE STAGE THIS YEAR FOR

[20:14] PRIDE, AS WELL. AND WE'

[20:17] GRATEFUL FOR THE P

[20:21] PARTNERSHIP. AND TO BE THERE,

[20:22] IN PARTICULAR. SAY HI, TAKE IN

[20:26] T

[20:27] SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO WORK AT

[20:28] THE CITY WHO WILL BE THERE

[20:30] ACROSS A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS WHO

[20:32] CAN SHARE STUFF ABOUT RESOURCES

[20:33] THAT WE HAVE IN COMMUTY.

[20:34] THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE'RE

[20:35] EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR!

[20:39] THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER.

[20:39] >> THANK YOU. AND TO ALL OF OUR

[20:41] » THANK YOU. AND TO ALL OF OUR

[20:41] STAFF THAT MAKE THIS PLACE RUN.

[20:43] WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.

[22:10] >> FINALLY, I'L WELCOME UP VICE

[22:13] » FINALLY, I'L WELCOME UP VICE

[22:14] PRESIDENT OSMAN TO RECOGNIZE

[22:15] SOMALI WEEK.

[22:59] >> GD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M

[23:03] » GD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M

[23:03] PRESENTING HERE RECOGNIZING THE

[23:05] 2026 SOMALI WEEK FESTIVAL.

[23:10] WHEREAS: THE SOMALI WEEK

[23:11] FESTIVAL IS A VIBRANT

[23:11] CELEBRATIOOF SOMALI CULTURE,

[23:12] HERITAGE, AND COMMUNITY, RECOGN

[23:23] AS THE LARGEST EVENT OF ITS KIN

[23:24] OUTSIDOF SOMALIA, DRAWING

[23:25] THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS TO

[23:26] MINNEAPOLIS EACH YEAR; AND

[23:29] WHEREAS: THIS FESTIV MARKS A

[23:31] SIGNIFICANT OCCASION FOR THE

[23:33] OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE SOMALI

[23:34] INDEPENDENCE DAY, REFLECTING ON

[23:34] THE HISTORY, STRUGGLES, AND

[23:35] TRIUMPHS OF SOMALIA SINCE ITS

[23:46] WHEREAS: THE SOMALI WEEK FESTIV

[23:47] SHOWCASES SOMALI ART, MUSIC,

[23:48] DANCE, FASHION, AND CUISINE,

[23:53] FOSTERING GREATER UNDERSTANDING

[23:58] AND APPRECIAON OF SOMALI

[23:59] CULTURE AMONG ALL RESIDENTS OF

[24:00] MULTULTURALISM AND UNITY; AND

[24:05] WHEREAS: THE MISSION OF SOMALI

[24:06] WEEK IS TO PROMOTE

[24:15] CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND

[24:15] DEEPENHE COMMUNITY'S

[24:18] UNDERSTANDING OF THE RICH

[24:19] CULTURAL HERITAGE AND

[24:19] SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF TH

[24:21] SOMALI AMERICAN COMMUNITY; AND

[24:22] THE SOMALI WEEK FESTIVAL ALIGNS

[24:23] WITH MINNEAPOLIS'S VALUES OF

[24:24] DIVERSITY,NCLUSION, AND COMMUNI

[24:25] CELEBRATION, REINFORCING THE

[24:25] CITY'S COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZIN

[24:27] D HONORING THE RICH TAPESTRY

[24:33] OF CULTURES THAT CONSTITUTE ITSD

[24:37] WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS IS HOME TO

[24:39] ONE OF THE LARGEST SOMALI COMMU

[24:46] IN NORTH AMERICA, WHOSE PRESENC

[24:47] ENRICHED THE CULTURAL, ECONOMIC

[24:48] CIVIC, AND SOCIAL LIFE OF OUR

[24:51] CITY FOR DECADES; AND

[24:51] WHEREAS: THE SOMALI COMMUNITY,

[24:56] ITS RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP, AND

[24:57] VIBRANT CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS,

[25:01] CONTINUES TO INSPIRE AND

[25:02] CONTRIBUTE TO THE ONGOING STORY

[25:07] OF MINNEAPOLIS, ENRICHING OUR

[25:07] CITY THROUGH ITS CULTURE,

[25:09] ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND CIVIC

[25:09] ENGAGEMENT; AND

[25:15] WHEREAS: THE SOMALI AMERICAN CO

[25:18] HAS DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY

[25:19] RESILIENCE, UNIT AND STRENGT CO

[25:20] TO CELEBRATE ITS HERITAG

[25:20] SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, AND

[25:21] CONTRIBUTE TO THE CIVIC,

[25:22] ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL LIFE OF

[25:22] MINNEAPOLIS RING A PERIOD THAT

[25:23] TESTED MANY IMMIGRANT AND

[25:29] REFUGEE COMMUNITIES; AND SOMALI

[25:29] ERICANS CONTINUE TO HELP SHAPE

[25:31] THE FUTURE OF MINNEAPOLIS THROU

[25:38] ENTREPRENEURSHIP, PUBLIC SERVIC

[25:40] EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ARTS,

[25:43] PHILANTHROPY, AND CIVIC

[25:45] LEADERSH, HELPING BUILD A

[25:46] STRONGER CITY FOR FUTURE

[25:47] GENERATIONS; AND

[25:51] WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS IS

[25:51] STRENGTHENED BY THE

[26:02] RELATIONSHIPS BUILT AMONG

[26:07] NEIGHBORS FROM MANY CULTURES AN

[26:09] BACKGROUNDS, DEMONSTRATING THAT

[26:10] OUR DIVERSITY REMAINS ONE OF OU

[26:18] GREATEST SOURCES OF STRENGTH, B

[26:19] AND SHARED PROSPERITY; AND

[26:19] THRO

[26:20] COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS,

[26:20] VOLUNTEERS, ARTISTS, BUSINESSES

[26:21] CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, AND

[26:26] COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE SOMALI

[26:27] WEEK FESTIVAL HAS GROWN INTO A

[26:27] CITY-WIDE CELEBRATION THAT WELC

[26:32] PARTICIPATION FROM RESIDENTS AN

[26:33] VISITORS ACROSS MINNESOTA AND

[26:34] BEYOND, FOSTERING BROADER CONNE

[26:35] AND RELATIONSHIPS; ━NOW,

[26:35] THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED━ THAT

[26:36] THMAYOR AND CITY UNCIL DO

[26:42] HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE SOMALI WEEK

[26:42] FESTIVAL 2026 AS A SIGNICANT

[26:43] CULTURAL EVENT IN MINNEAPOLIS,

[26:44] CELEBRATING THE SOMALI

[26:44] COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE AND

[26:45] CONTRIBUTIONS TOUR CITY AND

[26:45] PROMOTING THE VALUES OF

[26:55] DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND

[26:56] CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING;

[26:56] AND FURTHER, THAT JULY 1, 2026,

[26:57] BE RECOGNIZED AS "SOMALI CULTUR

[26:58] IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS,

[26:58] ACKNOWLEDGING THE ENDURING

[26:59] SPIRIT, LEADERSHIP, AND CULTURA

[27:00] RICHNESS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNIT.

[27:03] [ APPLAUSE ]

[27:08] THANK YOU SO CH. I WANT TO

[27:09] SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANT EVENT.

[27:11] WE KNOW THAT MANY, MANY YEARS WE

[27:12] HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS WONDERFUL

[27:16] LAKE STREET EVENT THAT HAS BEEN

[27:17] HAPPENING. I THINK MANY PEOPLE

[27:20] HAVE COME THROUGH THERE AND

[27:22] REALLY ENJOY AND LEARN AND WHAT

[27:23] ELSE -- WHERE ELSE CAN YOU RIDE

[27:27] A CAMEL ININNEAPOLIS? THAT'S

[27:28] WHERE YOU CAN RIDE A CAMEL!

[27:30] IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT. AND I

[27:32] INVITE YOU ALL TO COME. AND I

[27:33] DO WANT TO THANK THE ORGANIZERS

[27:35] AND, OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY

[27:38] MEMBERS. ONE THING I WANT TO

[27:39] SAY THAT THE SOMALI COMMUTY

[27:41] WAS TESTED MANY TIMES. THIS IS

[27:42] NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE

[27:43] BEEN TESTED. WE WT THROUGH

[27:45] CIVIL WAR. WE ARE RESILIENT.

[27:47] ONE OF THE FIRST PRESS

[27:48] CONFERENCES I DID WITH THE

[27:51] MAR, WHEN I TOLD TRUMP

[27:53] ADMINISTRATIONHAT WE BELONG

[27:54] HERE AND WE ARE AMERICAN LIKE

[27:57] EVERYONE ELSE.

[27:59] [ APPLAUSE ]

[28:02] AND I SAID THIS IS HOME. SO I

[28:04] DO WANT TO PASS I TO THE

[28:08] PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZING SOMALI

[28:10] EVENTS.

[28:11] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

[28:13] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

[28:13] THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING

[28:15] HERE TODAY. SOMALI WEEK IS A

[28:23] GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED,

[28:24] ANTICIPATED, ONE OF THE LARGEST

[28:26] CELEBRATIONS. NOT JUST FOR THE

[28:28] GLOBAL SOMALI DIASPORA, BUT FOR

[28:31] MINNESOTANS. EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

[28:34] FOR 23 YEARS NOW. WHETHER YOU

[28:36] H ARE A SOMALI, WHETHER YOU

[28:40] ARE A FRIEND, WHETHER YOU HAVE A

[28:41] NEIGHBOR. WE INVITE YOU TO COME

[28:44] CELEBRATE WITH US THIS YEAR.

[28:45] ENJOY THE MUSIC, THE CULTURE,

[28:48] COME RIDE A CAMEL ON LAKE

[28:51] STREET! I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE

[28:54] OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE REST OF

[28:56] THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MEET

[29:01] MINNEALIS, A PROUD PARTNER.

[29:03] THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION I

[29:05] SIGNIFICANT AND MORE MEANINGFUL

[29:06] THANHE REST OF THE YEARS. IT

[29:08] ALIGNS WITH OUR NATIOS 250th

[29:11] ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS THE THEME

[29:14] "PARTNERSHIP, PROGRESS, AND

[29:16] UNITY." AGAIN, I INVITE MY

[29:18] NEIGHBORS,

[29:19] MY FRIENDS, OUR CITY, AND OUR

[29:23] STAT SOMALI WEEK IS PROUD TO

[29:24] CALL HERE HOME. THANK YOU.

[29:26] >> THANK YOU.

[29:29] » THANK YOU.

[29:29] [ APPLAUSE ]

[30:13] >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. AT THIS

[30:14] » THANK YOU EVERYONE. AT THIS

[30:14] ME, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS

[30:16] REGULAR MEETING FOR THE CITY

[30:19] COUNCIL FOR JUNE 25 TO ORDER.

[30:21] THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.

[30:22] >> PALMISA.

[30:22] » PALMISA.

[30:23] >> PRESENT.

[30:23] » PRESENT.

[30:23] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

[30:24] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

[30:24] >> PRESENT.

[30:25] » PRESENT.

[30:25] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARN.

[30:25] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARN.

[30:26] >> PRESENT.

[30:26] » PRESENT.

[30:26] >>OUNCIL MEMBER HA SHAFFER.

[30:27] » OUNCIL MEMBER HA SHAFFER.

[30:28] >> PRESENT.

[30:28] » PRESENT.

[30:28] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

[30:30] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

[30:30] >> PRESENT.

[30:31] » PRESENT.

[30:31] >> CHUGHTAI.

[30:31] » CHUGHTAI.

[30:31] >> PRESENT.

[30:32] » PRESENT.

[30:32] >> WHITING IS ABSENT.

[30:35] » WHITING IS ABSENT.

[30:35] CHOWDHURY.

[30:35] >> PRESENT.

[30:36] » PRESENT.

[30:36] >> STEVENSON.

[30:37] » STEVENSON.

[30:38] >> PRESENT.

[30:38] » PRESENT.

[30:38] >> RAINVILLE.

[30:38] » RAINVILLE.

[30:39] >> PRESENT.

[30:39] » PRESENT.

[30:40] >> VETAW.

[30:40] » VETAW.

[30:41] >> PRESENT.

[30:41] » PRESENT.

[30:41] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. AYE.

[30:44] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. AYE.

[30:44] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[30:45] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[30:45] >> PRESENT.

[30:47] » PRESENT.

[30:47] >> 12 MEMBERS PRESENT.

[30:48] » 12 MEMBERS PRESENT.

[30:48] >> I KNOW.

[30:49] » I KNOW.

[30:49] >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE

[30:51] » WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE

[30:51] BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME RIND

[30:53] MEMBERS AND THE STAFF THIS

[30:54] MEETING IS BROADCAST TO ENABLE

[30:55] GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[30:57] THE BROADCAST INCDES REAL TIME

[30:59] PTIONING AS A MEANS TO

[31:00] INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF

[31:01] OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE

[31:03] COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL

[31:04] SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL O

[31:05] THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT

[31:07] OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE

[31:09] AND TRANRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR

[31:11] THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL

[31:13] SPEAKERS TO MODERATE SPEED AND

[31:16] CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH

[31:17] THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S

[31:19] MEETING IS BEFORE US. I'M GOING

[31:22] TO PROSE ONE REVISION TO THE

[31:24] ORDER OF THE AGENDA. UNDER THE

[31:25] BIDS, HOUSING WITH, AND ZONG

[31:27] COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC HEALTH,

[31:28] SAFETY, AND EQUITY COMMITTEE

[31:31] REPORT WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE

[31:33] ORDINANCES RELATED TO ALT BATH

[31:37] ITEMS. IF THERE'SO OBJECTION,

[31:39] I'M GOI TO PROPOSE THAT WE

[31:40] TAKE THESE ITEMS UP TOGETHER AT

[31:42] THE BEGINNING OF OUR REPORTS OF

[31:43] STANDING COMTTEES, AS IT MAKES

[31:45] SENSE TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS AS

[31:46] ONE PACKAGE. ANY OBJECTIONS TO

[31:51] THAT PLAN? ANY AMEMENTS TO

[31:55] THE AGENDA? AH, COUNCIL MEMBER

[32:01] WARREN.

[32:01] >> UMM, YES. I DO HAVE AN

[32:05] » UMM, YES. I DO HAVE AN

[32:05] AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA.

[32:09] >> GO AHEAD.

[32:09] » GO AHEAD.

[32:09] >> OKAY. SO I AM BRINGING FTH

[32:15] » OKAY. SO I AM BRINGING FTH

[32:15] AN AMENDMENT TO REQUEST THAT THE

[32:20] AUDIT AND AFTER-ACTION REVIEW BE

[32:25] COMMITTED -- BE COMPLETED BY

[32:27] MARCH 19th, 2027. THIS IS THE

[32:32] AMENDMENT IS THE ORDER OF NEW

[32:34] BUSINESS TO REQUEST THAT THE

[32:36] ADDED COMMITTEE RELATING TO

[32:38] MPHA'S USE OF CITY FUNDS.

[32:41] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN HAS

[32:43] » COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN HAS

[32:43] MOVED TO AME THE AGENDA. IS

[32:45] THERE A SECOND.

[32:45] >> SECOND.

[32:47] » SECOND.

[32:47] >> ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS? I'M

[32:55] » ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS? I'M

[32:55] GOING TO CALL ON THE CLERKS.

[32:59] THERE'S THIS WORLD CUP ...

[33:02] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, I THINK I

[33:03] » PRESIDENT PAYNE, I THINK I

[33:03] CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

[33:05] >> OKAY.

[33:05] » OKAY.

[33:05] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[33:06] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[33:06] >> WE'LL TAKE IT UP IN THE

[33:08] » WE'LL TAKE IT UP IN THE

[33:08] COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AGENDA AS

[33:10] ITEMS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.

[33:11] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE

[33:12] ITEM ITSELF.

[33:13] >> OKAY.

[33:13] » OKAY.

[33:13] IT'S NOT AN AMENDMENT TO THE

[33:15] FULL AGENDA.

[33:15] >> GOT IT.

[33:16] » GOT IT.

[33:16] >> SEEING NO OTHER AMENDMENTS,

[33:19] » SEEING NO OTHER AMENDMENTS,

[33:19] MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE

[33:21] AGENDA AS AMENDED.

[33:21] >> SO MOVED.

[33:22] » SO MOVED.

[33:22] >> SECOND.

[33:22] » SECOND.

[33:23] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE

[33:25] » THE CLERK WILL CALL THE

[33:26] ROLL.

[33:26] >> PALMISANO.

[33:26] » PALMISANO.

[33:27] >> AYE.

[33:27] » AYE.

[33:27] >> CHAVEZ.

[33:28] » CHAVEZ.

[33:28] >> AYE.

[33:30] » AYE.

[33:30] >> WARREN.

[33:31] » WARREN.

[33:31] >> AYE.

[33:31] » AYE.

[33:32] >> SHAFFER.

[33:32] » SHAFFER.

[33:32] >> AYE.

[33:33] » AYE.

[33:33] >> WONSLEY.

[33:33] » WONSLEY.

[33:34] AYE.

[33:35] >> CHUGHTAI.

[33:35] » CHUGHTAI.

[33:35] >> AYE.

[33:35] » AYE.

[33:36] >> WHITING IS ABSENT.

[33:37] » WHITING IS ABSENT.

[33:37] CHOWDHURY.

[33:38] >> AYE.

[33:39] » AYE.

[33:39] >> STEVENSON.

[33:39] » STEVENSON.

[33:39] >> AYE.

[33:40] » AYE.

[33:40] >> RAINVILLE.

[33:41] » RAINVILLE.

[33:41] >> AYE.

[33:41] » AYE.

[33:41] >> VETAW.

[33:42] » VETAW.

[33:43] >> AYE.

[33:43] » AYE.

[33:44] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[33:45] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[33:45] >> AYE.

[33:45] » AYE.

[33:45] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[33:46] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[33:46] >> AYE.

[33:46] » AYE.

[33:47] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES.

[33:48] » THERE ARE 12 AYES.

[33:48] >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE AGENDA

[33:50] » THAT CARRIES. AND THE AGENDA

[33:50] IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM IS

[33:52] ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM OUR

[33:53] REGULAR MEETINGF JUNE 11th.

[33:55] MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCT

[33:56] THE MINUTES

[33:57] >> SO MOVED.

[33:57] » SO MOVED.

[33:57] >> SECOND.

[33:58] » SECOND.

[33:58] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE

[33:59] » THE CLERK WILL CALL THE

[33:59] ROLL.

[33:59] >> PALMISANO.

[34:00] » PALMISANO.

[34:00] >> AYE.

[34:00] » AYE.

[34:00] >> CHAVEZ.

[34:01] » CHAVEZ.

[34:01] >> AYE.

[34:01] » AYE.

[34:01] >> WARREN.

[34:02] » WARREN.

[34:02] >> AYE.

[34:03] » AYE.

[34:03] >> SHAFFER.

[34:03] » SHAFFER.

[34:03] >> AYE.

[34:04] » AYE.

[34:05] >> AYE.Y.

[34:06] » AYE.Y.

[34:06] >> CHUGHTAI.

[34:06] » CHUGHTAI.

[34:07] >> AYE.

[34:07] » AYE.

[34:07] >> CHOWDHURY.

[34:08] » CHOWDHURY.

[34:08] >> AYE.

[34:09] » AYE.

[34:09] >> STEVENSON.

[34:09] » STEVENSON.

[34:09] >> AYE.

[34:10] » AYE.

[34:11] >> RAINVILLE.

[34:11] » RAINVILLE.

[34:11] >> AYE.

[34:12] » AYE.

[34:12] >> VETAW.

[34:13] » VETAW.

[34:13] >> AYE.

[34:13] » AYE.

[34:13] VICE PRESIDENT OSESMAN.

[34:14] >> AYE.

[34:15] » AYE.

[34:17] >> AYE.IDENT PAN PAYNE.

[34:17] » AYE.IDENT PAN PAYNE.

[34:18] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES

[34:19] » THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES

[34:19] ACCEPTED. FINALLY, THE REFERRAL

[34:21] OF PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

[34:23] REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES.

[34:25] >> SECOND.

[34:25] » SECOND.

[34:26] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE

[34:27] » THE CLERK WILL CALL THE

[34:27] ROLL.

[34:27] >> PALMISANO.

[34:27] » PALMISANO.

[34:28] >> AYE.

[34:28] » AYE.

[34:29] >> CHAVEZ.

[34:29] » CHAVEZ.

[34:30] >> AYE

[34:30] » AYE

[34:30] >> WARREN.

[34:30] » WARREN.

[34:31] >> AYE.

[34:31] » AYE.

[34:32] >> SHAFFER.

[34:32] » SHAFFER.

[34:32] >> AYE.

[34:33] » AYE.

[34:33] >> WONSLEY.

[34:33] » WONSLEY.

[34:33] >> AYE.

[34:35] » AYE.

[34:35] >> CHUGHTAI.

[34:35] » CHUGHTAI.

[34:35] >> AYE.

[34:36] » AYE.

[34:36] >> CHOWDHURY.

[34:36] » CHOWDHURY.

[34:37] >> AYE.

[34:38] » AYE.

[34:38] >> STEVENSON.

[34:38] » STEVENSON.

[34:38] >> AYE

[34:39] » AYE

[34:39] >> RAINVILLE.

[34:39] » RAINVILLE.

[34:39] >> AYE.

[34:40] » AYE.

[34:40] >> VETAW.

[34:41] » VETAW.

[34:41] >> AYE.

[34:41] » AYE.

[34:41] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[34:42] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[34:42] >> AYE.

[34:43] » AYE.

[34:43] >> PSIDENT PAYNE.

[34:43] » PSIDENT PAYNE.

[34:43] >> AYE.

[34:44] » AYE.

[34:44] >> 12 AYES.

[34:45] » 12 AYES.

[34:45] >> THAT CARRIES. AND THOSE

[34:47] » THAT CARRIES. AND THOSE

[34:47] MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED. THE

[34:50] NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS

[34:51] PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM THE

[34:52] STAN STANDING COMMITTEES.

[34:54] FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP

[34:57] BUSINESS ITEM 6 AND PSH ITEM 2.

[35:03] RELATED TO ADULT BATHHOUSESND

[35:05] SEX VENUES. BY WAY OF

[35:07] BACKGROUND, THESE ARE IN TWO

[35:09] SEPARATE COMMITTEES BECAUSE WE

[35:11] ARE REARRANGING SOME OF THE CODE

[35:13] WITHIN BUSINESS, LICENSING, AND

[35:15] HEALTH CODE TO PERMIT FOR FUTURE

[35:17] REGULATIONS OF BATHHOUSES. THIS

[35:18] IS NOT THE FULL BODY OF WORK

[35:20] THAT WE ARE IN TO DO. THIS IS

[35:22] THE STARTING POINT FOR SETTING

[35:24] THE FOUNDATION TO DO THAT FULL

[35:27] REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AROUND THIS

[35:28] BODY OF WORK. THIS IS BUILDING

[35:30] OFF OF LEGISLATION THAT I

[35:33] CO-AUTHORED WITH THEN PRESIDENT

[35:35] ANDREA JENKINS, WHERE WE

[35:38] STRIED SOME OF THE

[35:40] STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE OUT OF OUR

[35:41] HEALTH CODE. OUR COMMUNITY HAS

[35:44] BEEN DEMANDING THAT WE FULLY

[35:46] REPEAL THESE REGULATIONS. TODAY

[35:49] IS A REFLECTION OF THIS

[35:50] ITERATIVE APPROACH TO THE FINAL

[35:52] DESTINATION. AND SO AS A

[35:54] PRIMARY AUTHOR OF THIS

[35:56] ORDINANCE, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF

[35:57] BOTH ITEMS. ASK FOR A SECOND.

[35:58] >> SECOND.

[35:59] » SECOND.

[35:59] >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

[36:01] » IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

[36:02] I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER

[36:03] CHAVEZ.

[36:04] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[36:05] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[36:05] PAYNE. COLLEAGUES, TODAY I WANT

[36:07] TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT

[36:09] HAPPENED IN THE CITY BEFORE WE

[36:09] WERE ALL ON THE COUNCIL. AND

[36:12] WHY WHAT WE DOODAY WITH THESE

[36:15] VOTES MATTER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO

[36:16] LIVE THROUGH IT, FOR THE PEOPLE

[36:18] AFTER US, AND WHY IT MATTERS TO

[36:21] PARTICULARLY THE 2S L

[36:26] LGBTQI+ CITY COUNCIL. MEMBERS

[36:27] OF CITY COUNCIL VOTING AGAINST

[36:29] ALLONG A PRIDE BLOCK PARTY IN

[36:31] MINNEAPOLIS. THE SAME MONTH,

[36:33] THE MPD VICE SQUAD AND DEPUTY

[36:35] MAYOR ENTERED A BATHHOUSE IN

[36:37] MINNEAPOLIS DRUNK AND HARASSED

[36:39] VOWING TO COME BACK AND SHUT

[36:41] DOWN WHAT THEY CALLED, I'M

[36:44] QUOTING, A WHORE HOUSE FOR MEN

[36:47] THEY DID COME BACK. 1979, THE

[36:50] LARGEST RAID ON ADULT BATHHOUSES

[36:52] IN THE UNITED STATES HISTORY

[36:53] HAPPENED HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

[36:56] TWO UNDERCOVER OFFICERS BEGAN

[36:58] GRABBING MEN. 125 PEOPLE RE

[37:00] TICKETED. NINE CHARGED WITH A

[37:01] FELONY CRIME OF SODOMY, AND

[37:03] PEOPLE W HAD GATHERED NOT TO

[37:06] HARM ANYONE, NOT TO BREAK

[37:07] ANYONE'S LIFE, BUT TO BE

[37:09] TOGETHER IN QUEER SPACES WERE

[37:13] CRIMINALIZED. IN 1987, AT THE

[37:15] HEIGHT OF THE AIDS CRISIS, THE

[37:17] CITY ADDED A BAN ON HIGH-RISK

[37:19] SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. DESPITE

[37:21] EVIDENCE BEING CLEAR THEN AND

[37:23] THE EVIDENCE REMAINING CLEAR

[37:26] NOW, AND AS A PROJECT TESTIFIED

[37:29] ACTIVITY INTO LESS VISIBLE THE

[37:31] SPACES DOES NOT ELIMINATE RISK.

[37:32] IT MAKES OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

[37:35] MORE HARD. AND, IN FACT, AT

[37:37] THAT TIME, EVIDENCE DID NOT

[37:39] MATTER, I GUESS. AND IN 1988,

[37:42] MINNEAPOLIS FORMALLY BANNED

[37:44] BATHHOUSES. THAT BAN HAS BEEN

[37:45] ON THE BOOKS FOR 38 YEARS.

[37:48] THESE ARE GATHERING SPACES FOR

[37:49] QUEER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY GAY

[37:51] MEN, AT A TIME WHEN BEING OUT IN

[37:53] PUBLIC COULD GET YOU FIRED, GET

[37:55] YOU BEAT, COULD GET YOU

[37:57] ARRESTED. THESE ARE PLACES OF

[37:59] REFUGE AND I THINK IT'S

[38:01] IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE

[38:03] ESTABLISHMENTS WER PICKETED BY

[38:04] SIGNS THAT SAID "AIDS KILL."

[38:08] WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS

[38:09] CLRING THE PATH FOR A PROPER

[38:11] PUBLIC HEALTH AND ZONING

[38:13] FRAMEWORK TO FOLLOW IN THE

[38:14] FUTURE. IT IS TECHNICAL IN

[38:16] NATURE AND IT DOES NOT MEAN

[38:17] THAT BATHHOUSES ARE ABLE TO OPEN

[38:19] JUST YET. BUT TODAY IS A FIRST

[38:21] STEP AND IT WILL NOT BE THE

[38:23] LAST. BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT

[38:24] ONE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

[38:28] BRIAN KOHL, THE FIRST OUT GUY

[38:30] MEMBER OF THE MINNEAPOLIS SCOIM

[38:32] WHO VOTED FOR THE BAN IN

[38:34] 1988. HE WAS LIVING WITH HIV

[38:36] WHEN HE DID IT. HE WAS MAKING

[38:38] DECISIONS IN A MIDDLE OF CRISIS,

[38:39] WITH IMMENSE PRESSURE. AND IN

[38:41] THE LAST YEAR OF HIS LIFE, BRIAN

[38:43] COIL CHOSE TO BE PUBLIC ABOUT

[38:45] HIS HIV STATUS. I WANT TO LET

[38:47] PEOPLE KNOW THAT TOOK COURAGE.

[38:51] T

[38:52] WE HAVE TODAY, BUT WHAT WE DO

[38:55] HAVE NOW IS SCIENCE THAT CAN

[38:56] HELP IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES. WE

[38:59] HAVE PREP, U EQUALS U, AND

[39:02] MODERN HIV PREVENTION. I

[39:03] BELIEVE IF BRI WERE WITH US

[39:04] HERE TODAY, AND WITH EVERYTHING

[39:06] WE KNOW NOW ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH,

[39:08] HE WOULD BE STANDING WITH US

[39:10] PROUDLY, WITH THE PRIORITIES OF

[39:12] OUR COMMUNITY, AND WITH ME ON

[39:13] THE COUNCIL SO I WOULDN'T FEEL

[39:15] ALONE TAKING THIS VOTE. I ALSO

[39:17] WANT TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT I

[39:18] FEEL SITTING HERE AS THE ONLY

[39:21] OUT LGBTQ+ PERSON ON THE CITY

[39:24] COUNCIL. I SAY IT BECAUSE I

[39:26] KNOW WHAT IT MEANT FOR SO MANY

[39:27] IN THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE NO ONE

[39:31] THE BAN SAY AND I KNOW WHAT IT

[39:34] COST US. I KNOW WHO THE BAN WAS

[39:36] AIMED AT. I KNOW THE HATE THAT

[39:38] CAME WITH THE BAN WAS WRONG AND

[39:39] STILL IS.

[39:41] SOMEONE WHO WILL ACKNOWLEDGE

[39:42] THAT BATHHOUSE RESTRICTIONS HAVE

[39:44] A HISTORY THAT IS INTERTWINED

[39:47] WITH ANTI-LGBT QIA BIG INDUSTRY.

[39:52] BIGOTRY. AND TODAY'S VOTE

[39:53] IS A STEP TO TRY AND RECTIFY

[39:56] PAST HARMS. IN FACT, WHEN THE

[39:59] BAN FIRST PASSED, THE ORDINANCE

[40:00] DECLARED AIDS TO BE OF

[40:02] PARTICULAR DANGER TO PERSONS IN

[40:03] THIS COMMUNITY. THIS COMMUNITY

[40:06] MEANING THE COMMUNITY I'M A PART

[40:07] OF, AND PROUD TO BE A PART OF.

[40:09] AS STATED, THIS DISEASE WAS

[40:11] FOUND TO OCCUR IN DISCERNIBLE

[40:14] POPULATION GROUPS, AND THAT THE

[40:16] DEFINITION OF HIGH-RISK SEXUAL

[40:18] CONDUCT TARGETED ACTS OF

[40:20] ASSOCIATED SPECIFICALLY WITH GAY

[40:21] MEN. TO BE CLEAR, IT WAS A LAW

[40:24] TARGETING GAY MEN. AND THE CITY

[40:26] DECIDED TO PUT THE LAW INTO

[40:27] CODE. TO EVERYONE WHO WAS

[40:29] TICKETED, TO EVERYONE WHO WAS

[40:30] CHARGED, TO EVERYONE WHO WAS

[40:32] HARASSED, RAID, AND

[40:33] CRIMINALIZED FOR BEING WHO YOU

[40:35] ARE. I'M VERY PROUD TO TAKE

[40:37] THIS VOTE FOR YOU AND THE ENTIRE

[40:42] LGBTQIA COMMUNITY. I URGE MY

[40:43] COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS

[40:46] TODAY.

[40:49] [ APPLAUSE ]

[40:50] >> COUNCIL MEMBER C.

[40:52] » COUNCIL MEMBER C.

[40:53] .

[40:57] [ APPLAUSE ]

[40:57] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[40:58] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[40:58] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[40:59] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[40:59] I'LL KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF. I

[41:01] WANTED TO TAKE A MENT TO THANK

[41:04] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND EVERY

[41:07] SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S

[41:08] BEEN A PART OF AUTHORING THIS

[41:12] ORDINANCE. THESE TWO ORDINANCES

[41:14] ARE THE FIRST STEP. THEY MAKE

[41:18] SOME REALLY IMPORTANT TECHNICAL

[41:19] CHANGES. AND I JUST WANTED TO

[41:21] APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS TAKING

[41:23] PLACE ON PRIDE MONTH. WHAT I

[41:26] HAD SEEN IN TWO COMMITTEES,

[41:27] BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING

[41:29] AND PUBLIC HEALTH SAFE EQUITY,

[41:31] IS SOMETHING THAT I HN'T SEEN

[41:33] BEFORE IN CITY HALL. WHICH WAS

[41:35] AN OUTPOURING OF OUR 2SLGBTQIA

[41:41] COMMUNITY COMING TO CITY HALL.

[41:43] NOT ONLY TO SHARE THEIR REASONS

[41:44] FOR WHY WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE

[41:49] BAN, BUT THEY WERE SHARINGHHOUSE

[41:51] HONEST AND REAL QUEER STORIES.

[41:53] THERE WAS LOT OF BEAUTIFUL

[41:55] STORY TELLING THAT WAS

[41:56] HAPPENING. PEOPLE WERE SHARING

[41:57] THEIR EXPERIENCES, THEYERE

[41:58] SHARING WHY THEY CHOSE TO LEAVE

[42:02] STATES AND COMMUNITIES TT WERE

[42:03] NOT WELCOMING TO THEM TO COME TO

[42:05] A PLACE LIKE MINNEAPOLIS.

[42:07] BECAUSE IT IS A WELCOMING CITY.

[42:10] BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING SIDES

[42:11] AND STEPS TO MAKE IT MORE

[42:13] WELCOMING. NOT ONLY IN NAME BUT

[42:17] K

[42:18] UP THE ENTIRE PRIDE POLICY

[42:20] PACKAGE TODAY. THIS IS A KEY

[42:21] PART OF IT. I THINK IT'S WORTH

[42:24] SHARING THAT WHEN THIS BAN TOOK

[42:25] PLACE, THIS IS BEFORE WE HAD

[42:29] MEDICATION, LIKE PREP, THAT IS

[42:31] KEY IN PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF

[42:33] HIV. THE SCIENCE HAS CAUGHT UP.

[42:38] THE HEALTH OUTREACH SYSTEMS ARE

[42:40] THERE. IT'S REALLY HARD TO KEEP

[42:43] THIS ON OUR BOOKS WHEN OTHER

[42:45] CITIES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY HAD

[42:47] BATHHOUSES THAT AREAFE. THAT,

[42:51] FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT DON'T

[42:52] WANT TO SEE THEM ORE A PART OF

[42:53] THEM, 'S NOT BOTHERING THEM.

[42:56] IF THAT'S WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE

[42:57] WORRIED ABOUT. BUT IT'S CREATED

[42:59] THE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL

[43:01] SAFE IN THEIR QUEER IDEITY AND

[43:03] BUILD MORE QUEER STORIES AND

[43:05] CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT PLACE OF

[43:07] COMMUNITY AND CARE. SO I'M

[43:08] PROUD TO BE A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS.

[43:10] AND I'M PROUD TOUPPORT THIS,

[43:11] TOO. AND I HOPE TO SEE THIS

[43:13] PASSED THROUGH OUR BODY TODAY.

[43:16] >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

[43:19] » COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

[43:19] [ APPLAUSE ]

[43:21] PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE.

[43:22] COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

[43:23] >>HANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO

[43:25] » HANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO

[43:25] JUST SHARE A MOMENT, TAKE A

[43:27] BRIEF MOMENT TO SHARE WHY

[43:28] WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.

[43:29] AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT

[43:31] SOMETHING UP FRONT. FIRST AND

[43:33] FOREMOST. COUNCIL MEMBER

[43:34] CHAVEZ, THANK YOU FOR SHARING

[43:35] YOUR HEART. THANK YOU FOR

[43:37] SHARING ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION

[43:38] AND THE HATE THAT WAS

[43:40] EXPERIENCED TIMES PAST AROUND

[43:43] BATHHOUSES. MINNEAPOLIS IS A

[43:45] MUST REMAIN A CITY WHERE LGBTQ

[43:49] PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATED, SAFE,

[43:51] VISIBLE, RESPECTED, AND FREE.

[43:54] AND ALONG THOSE LINES, I WILL BE

[43:56] SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCES THAT

[43:57] COCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ IS

[43:59] BRINGING FORWARD TODAY AROUND

[44:01] WELCOMING CITIES. MY CONCERN

[44:03] TODAY IS NOT JUST WITH LGBTQ

[44:06] SPACES, NOT WITH CONSENTING

[44:08] ADULTS, AND NOT WITH WHETHER OR

[44:10] NOT MNEAPOLIS IS A WELCOMING

[44:12] CITY. MY CONCERN IS THE

[44:15] DELETION SUGGESTED TODAY IN

[44:18] TITLE 11,HAPTER 219, WHICH

[44:20] WOULD ALLOW IN MINNEAPOLIS

[44:21] COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS FOR THE

[44:22] PURPOSES OF PERMITTING SEX AND

[44:26] ALLOWING ENCLOSURES FOR AEE

[44:28] WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND HAVE

[44:29] SEX. BASICALLY ALLOWING ADULT

[44:32] SEX VENUES TO OPERATE IN OUR

[44:33] CITY BY STRIKING THESE

[44:35] PARTICULAR PARTS OF THE

[44:37] ORDINANCE. AS A REPRESENTATIVE

[44:39] OF LORING PARK, THE HISTORIC

[44:43] EPICENTER OF LGBTQ LIF IN

[44:45] MINNEAPOLIS. I HEARD FROM MANY

[44:48] CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS

[44:50] ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. SOME

[44:51] SUPPORT IT. SOME OPPOSE IT.

[44:54] SOME ARE STILL WEIGHING THE

[44:57] PUBLIC HEALTH, NEIGHBORHOOD,

[45:00] REGULATORY, AND HISTORICAL

[45:01] IMPLICATIONS. AND SOME PEOPLE

[45:03] ACTUALLY HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE

[45:06] TH THIS TIME. AND THE THREE

[45:08] BATHHOUSES THAT WE HAD IN THE

[45:09] WAREHOUSE DISTRICT. JUST

[45:12] YESTERDAY I SAT DOWN WITH A

[45:13] CONSTITUENT WHO HELPED CHALLENGE

[45:17] MINNESOTA'S ANTI-SODOMY STATUTE

[45:18] AND WHO SERVED AS AN AID TO THE

[45:21] LATE-SENATOR ALAN SPEAR. THE

[45:22] FIRST OPENLY-Y MAN IN THE

[45:24] COUNTRY TO SERVE AS A STATE

[45:25] LEGISLATOR, AND THE LEADING

[45:27] FOE BEHIND THE 1993 HUMAN

[45:30] RIGHTS ACT. WHICH PROTECTED GAY

[45:32] AND LESBIAN MINNESOTANS FROM

[45:34] DISCRIMINATION, AND WAS THE

[45:36] FIRST STATE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW IN

[45:37] THE NATION TO EXPRESSLY PROTECT

[45:42] TRANS GENDER PEOPLE. MY

[45:44] CONSTITUENT HAS SNT DECADES IN

[45:45] THIS FIGHT. HE SHARED WITH ME

[45:47] THAT MANY GAY MEN IN HIS OWN

[45:49] NETWORK EITHER OPPOSE THE RETURN

[45:51] OF BATHHOUSES OR HAVE REAL

[45:53] QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS

[45:55] THE RIGHT PATH FOR A VARIETY OF

[45:58] REASONS. WHEN SOMEONE WHO HELP

[46:00] SECURE IMPORTANT LEGAL

[46:02] PROTECTIONS FOR LGBTQ

[46:04] MINNESOTANS RACES A CONCERN, I

[46:05] THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO

[46:07] LISTEN. ADDITIONALLY, GIVEN THE

[46:11] CITY'S CITY BUDGET SHORTFALLS IN

[46:13] CORE CITY SERVICES AND LIMITED

[46:16] STAFF CAPACITY, I DON'T THINK

[46:17] IT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR

[46:19] EXPANDING SERVICES.

[46:20] ON THE EVE OF PRIDE, THIS IS A

[46:24] REMINDER THAT THE LGBTQ

[46:27] COMMITY IS NOT MONOLITH.

[46:31] RESPECTING THE COMMUNITY MEANS

[46:32] LISTENING TO THE FULL RANGE OF

[46:33] VOICES WITHIN IT. INCLUDING

[46:36] PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT FOR LGBTQ

[46:39] FREEDOM FOR DECADES. TNK YOU

[46:41] FOR ALLOWING ME SHARE THESE

[46:44] COMMENTS. THAS.

[46:45] >> OKAY.

[46:46] » OKAY.

[46:46] [ AUDIENCE BOOING ]

[46:48] PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER

[46:51] PALMISANO.

[46:51] >>

[46:52] » MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL

[46:55] MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL

[46:55] PRESIDENT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER

[46:57] CHAVEZ. THANK YOU FOR HEARING

[46:58] MY CONCERNS ABOUT RETAINING THE

[47:00] WORK THAT I DID ABOUT SEVEN

[47:02] YEARS AGO ON ADULT

[47:03] ENTERTAINMENT. MORE COMMONLY

[47:05] REFERRED TO ASTRIP CLUBS.

[47:07] IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN

[47:09] WE TALK ABOUT ADULT

[47:10] ENTERTAINMENT THAT WE'RE ALWAYS

[47:12] PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF THE

[47:14] WORKERS AND THE HEALTH, SAFETY,

[47:15] AND THE CLEANLINESS OF THE

[47:17] VENUES THEMSELVES. THIS ACTION

[47:19] IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW IS

[47:21] ADDING MY PREVIOUS WORK INSTEAD

[47:24] FROM HEALTH TO THE LICENSE AND

[47:26] BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE. WHEN

[47:28] I DID THIS WORK, THE CITY

[47:30] ATTORNEY AT THE TIME FELT THE

[47:31] HEALTH CODE WAS BEST FIT. IT'S

[47:33] OKAY FOR THAT TO CHANGE. I HOPE

[47:36] THAT YOU SEE MY SUPPORT OF THIS

[47:38] AS THE GOOD WILL AND KNOW THAT I

[47:42] HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS STILL

[47:44] ABOUT HOW BATHHOUSES WILL BE

[47:46] REGULATED AND HOW THE CITY MIGHT

[47:47] DO THIS BETTER IN THE FUTURE. I

[47:50] HOPE YOU WILL INVITE ME TO BE

[47:52] PART OF THE WORK. AS A LOT OF

[47:55] WORK WENT INTO THESE REGULATIONS

[47:56] AT ARE BEING MOVED FROM ONE

[47:57] PART OF THE CODE TO THE OTHER.

[48:01] I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE

[48:02] RISK ENVIRONMENT AND THE POLICY

[48:04] FRAMEWORK OF WHAT WE HAVE IN

[48:05] FRONT OF US TODAY. AND I WOULD

[48:09] THANK YOU. PART OF THAT WORK.

[48:09] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

[48:12] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

[48:12] [ APPLAUSE ]

[48:13] >> I WANT TO ALSO GET IN CUE AND

[48:16] » I WANT TO ALSO GET IN CUE AND

[48:16] GIVE GRATITUDE TO COUNCIL MEMBER

[48:19] CHAVEZ IN HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS

[48:20] POLICY. AS WELL AS THE

[48:25] CO-AUTHORS WHO HAVE RECOGNIZED

[48:27] THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY. OUR

[48:33] LGBTQ 2S PLUS COMMUNITIES HAVE

[48:37] BEEN LONG ADVOCATING FOR THIS

[48:38] POLICY. OUR FORMER PRESIDENT,

[48:41] COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, THE

[48:42] FIRST BLACK TRANS WOMAN TO S

[48:45] ON THIS BODY AND IN THAT

[48:47] PARTICULAR LEADERSHIP ROLE,

[48:48] SPENT YEARS ADVOCATING FOR THIS

[48:51] POLICY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND, IN

[48:55] NO WAY POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN

[48:57] THE MONTH OF PRIDE, WHERE I,

[49:00] SOMEONE ENTIFYING AS HI

[49:03] HE HETEROSEXUAL, SAY NO.

[49:09] IT'S A REFLECTION OF A TIME IN

[49:11] OUR LOCAL POLITICS THAT IT WAS

[49:13] DRIVEN BY FEAR. A LACK OF

[49:15] UNDERSTANDING OF A MAJOR PUBLIC

[49:17] ALTH EPIDEMIC THAT WAS AIDS AT

[49:18] THAT TIME. AND IS THOSE

[49:20] DECISIONS THAT WERE ROOTED IN

[49:22] FEY

[49:24] INTO FRUITION IN THE FIRST

[49:25] PLACE. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

[49:27] TO ACTUALLY REPEAL AND HAVE A

[49:30] HARD RESET AND ACTUALLY

[49:33] DEMONSTRATE IN ALIGNMENT WITH

[49:34] OUR VALUES OF BEING A WELCONG

[49:35] CITY FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

[49:36] AND THAT INCLUDES OUR LGBTQ

[49:40] FOLKS. AND IN THAT, I THINK

[49:43] IT'S ALSO QUITE DANGEROUS TO USE

[49:45] THIS LINE, AND I THINK IT'S

[49:47] IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THIS. THAT

[49:51] WEAPONIZEZATION OF HYPERSEXU

[49:53] HYPERSEXUALZATION OF

[49:54] OUR QUEER COMMUNITIES AS A MEANS

[49:56] TO BRING FORWARD REIMPRESSIVE

[49:57] POLICIES THAT LIMITS THEIR

[49:59] EXISTENCE AND ABILITY TO IN

[50:01] COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER. THE

[50:02] IDEA THAT THIS POLICY HAS BEEN

[50:06] REPEATEDLY FRAMED AS

[50:08] FACILITATION OF BROTHEL OR

[50:10] SEXUAL ACTIVITY AS FOLKS WANT TO

[50:11] HAVE SEX. YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE

[50:15] THAT MIGHT HELP ACTUALLY BRING

[50:18] MORE ENJOYMENT TO OUR CITY. TO

[50:19] SAY THIS POLICY IS ESSENTIALLY

[50:21] THE FACILITATION OF LEGALIZING

[50:24] BROTHELS IS NOT WHAT'S

[50:27] HAPPENING. AND I THINK IT'S SO

[50:28] IMPORTANT TO NOT USE THIS TROPE

[50:31] OF HYPERSEXUALIZING OUR

[50:33] COMMUNITIES THAT PUT US IN THIS

[50:35] FIRST PLACE. THAT PUT A

[50:39] REIMPRE,

[50:40] FEAR-BASED POLICY IN THE PLACE.

[50:44] IN -- IN -- IN -- OUR -- OUR --

[50:46] OUREGAL CODE IN THE FIRST

[50:48] PLACE. I DON'T WANT TO BE PART

[50:49] OF USING THAT AS A TROPE TO

[50:51] REPRS AND SUPPRESS OUR QUEER

[50:54] COMMUNITIES IN THEIR FULL

[50:55] EXISTENCE. IN THEIR FULLEST

[50:57] HUMANITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO

[50:58] SAY THAT WE NEED TO BE

[51:01] INTENTIONAL. I THINK IT'S BEEN

[51:02] INTENTIONAL TO TRY TO MISS

[51:05] CO CONFIGURE THE INTENT OF

[51:07] THE POLICY OUTSIDE OF WHAT IT

[51:08] IS. WHICH OUR COMMUNITIES,

[51:10] PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES, WHO HELP

[51:13] KE OUR CITY AFLOAT. WHO HELP

[51:16] BRING SUCHIFE INTO OUR CITY.

[51:18] IF YOU CAN GO IN AND ENJOY A

[51:20] DRAG SHOW AT GAY 90s OR

[51:23] WHEREVER ELSE IN THE SALON, Y

[51:26] SHOULD BE -- YOU SHOULD BE ABLE

[51:27] TO STAND UP FOR THE POLICIES

[51:30] THAT MAKES THOSE SPACES

[51:31] POSSIBLE. THAT MAKES THE

[51:33] COMMUNITY AND ALLOWS US TO ENJOY

[51:35] DRAG BRUNCHES ON SATURDAY

[51:38] RNINGS POSSIBLE. SO I JUST

[51:39] WANT TO NAME MY SUPPORT OF THIS

[51:43] POLICY. AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE

[51:44] TO FALL ON THE WEIGHT OF

[51:45] SHOULDERS OF OUR QUEER COUNCIL

[51:49] MEMBERS ALONE. THIS IS

[51:51] INTERSECTIONAL. THERE'S A

[51:54] SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OF

[51:55] PROTECTING OUR LGBTQ+

[51:57] COMMUNITIES. AND THIS IS ONE OF

[51:58] THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SRE

[52:00] THAT LOAD. AND, AGAIN, BE IN

[52:03] ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CITY VALUES.

[52:04] WITH THAT, I'M GRATEFUL THAT

[52:05] WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO

[52:08] SOMETHING RIGHT TODAY AND

[52:09] CORRECT A PERIOD IN OUR LOCAL

[52:11] HISTORY THAT BROUGHT HARM, THAT

[52:13] BROUGHT S SHADOWS, THAT WAS

[52:15] ROOTED IN FEAR. TO AUALLY

[52:17] TRANSFORM THAT INTO A MOMENT OF

[52:20] BOLDNESS, OF PRIDE, OF J, OF

[52:22] OPPORTUNITY. AND I'M SO EXCITED

[52:24] AND SO GRATEFUL THAT I COULD BE

[52:26] ON THIS SIDE OF THE DA IS TO

[52:29] SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.

[52:30] [ APPLAUSE ]

[52:31] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

[52:33] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

[52:33] >> AH, I THINK I'M NEXT, RIGHT?

[52:37] » AH, I THINK I'M NEXT, RIGHT?

[52:38] THANK YOU. I WANTED TO AT LEAST

[52:40] MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT

[52:41] THIS WON'T LEAVE BATHHOUSES IN A

[52:43] GREY AREA. WE STILL NEED TO

[52:45] WORK ON ZONING. THE SAFETY AND

[52:47] REGULATIONS. SO BATHHOUSES

[52:48] WON'T BE ABLE TO OPEN TOMORROW

[52:50] OR IN THE NEXT WEEK. MY OFFICE

[52:52] AND MANY OF THE AUTHORS

[52:55] COMMITTED PUBLICLY, AS I

[52:57] MENTIONED IN COMMITTEE, AND

[52:59] MAYOR FREY TO WORK WITH THE

[53:01] ADMINISTRATION TO WORK ON THE

[53:03] NEXT STEPS. I APPRECIATE YOUR

[53:04] COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER

[53:06] PALMISANO. I COMMIT TO WORKING

[53:10] WITH YOU, AS WELL. AS WELL AS

[53:12] ANYBODY IN TS BODY. I'M

[53:14] SAYING THAT OUT LOUD SO YOU CAN

[53:16] HOLD ME TO ACCOUNT.

[53:18] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

[53:19] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

[53:19] >> THANK YOU. AN THANK YOU,

[53:22] » THANK YOU. AN THANK YOU,

[53:22] COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, FOR

[53:23] TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT

[53:26] MY CONCERNS. I STILL NEED MY

[53:29] QUESTIS ANSWERED. AND YOU'VE

[53:30] EXPLAINED IT'S GOING TO TAKE

[53:32] TIME. BUT I HAVE A LOT OF

[53:35] QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE

[53:36] FINAL VOTE IS TAKEN. THANK YOU.

[53:40] .

[53:40] >> >>: AND THEN I ADDED MYSELF

[53:41] » >>: AND THEN I ADDED MYSELF

[53:41] TO QU CUE. I WANT TO THANK

[53:44] THE CO-AUTHORS ON THIS. COUNCIL

[53:47] MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER

[53:48] STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER

[53:49] CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER

[53:50] WONSLEY, AND ESPECIALLY COUNCIL

[53:52] MEMBER CHAVEZ. BECAUSE, YOU

[53:54] KNOW, I ENDED UPEING THE LEAD

[53:56] AUTHOR AS A RESULT OF FORMER

[53:59] COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS'S

[54:01] LEADERSHIP. AND IT'S AN HONOR

[54:03] TO BE AMONGST SUCH A POWERFUL

[54:05] GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING

[54:06] TO BRING POLICY LIKE THIS

[54:09] FORWARD. I WANT TO GIVE A

[54:10] SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL

[54:12] MEMBER CHAVE BECAUSE

[54:14] REPRESENTATION MATTERS. BUT

[54:15] REPRESENTATION ISN'T ENOUGH.

[54:16] YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY ACT ON

[54:21] THOSE VALUES. ON WHAT THE

[54:23] COMMUNITY NEEDS. AND THIS

[54:25] ENTIRE PRIDE AND POLICY PACKAGE

[54:27] IS A REAL REFLECTION O THAT

[54:29] ACTION THAT WE'RE TAKING.

[54:31] ESPECIALLY DURING PRIDE MONTH.

[54:32] I'M JUST HONORED TO BE A PART OF

[54:33] THIS. AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE

[54:35] LEFT IN CUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK

[54:38] TO CALL THE ROLL.

[54:39] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

[54:40] » COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

[54:41] >> AYE.

[54:41] » AYE.

[54:41] >> CHAVEZ.

[54:41] » CHAVEZ.

[54:41] >> AYE.

[54:42] » AYE.

[54:42] >> WARREN.

[54:42] » WARREN.

[54:43] >> NO.

[54:43] » NO.

[54:43] >> SHAFFER.

[54:44] » SHAFFER.

[54:44] >> NO.

[54:44] » NO.

[54:45] >> WONSLEY.

[54:45] » WONSLEY.

[54:45] >> AYE.

[54:47] » AYE.

[54:47] >> CHUGHTAI.

[54:47] » CHUGHTAI.

[54:47] >> AYE.

[54:48] » AYE.

[54:49] >> CHOWDHURY.

[54:49] » CHOWDHURY.

[54:49] >> AYE.

[54:50] » AYE.

[54:50] >> SNSON.

[54:50] » SNSON.

[54:50] >> AYE.

[54:51] » AYE.

[54:52] >> RAINVILLE.

[54:53] » RAINVILLE.

[54:53] >> AYE.

[54:53] » AYE.

[54:54] >> VETAW.

[54:54] » VETAW.

[54:55] >> AYE.

[54:56] » AYE.

[54:56] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[54:57] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[54:57] >> ABSTAIN

[54:59] » ABSTAIN

[54:59] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[55:01] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[55:01] >> AYE.

[55:01] » AYE.

[55:01] >> THERE ARE NINE AYES. TWO

[55:03] » THERE ARE NINE AYES. TWO

[55:03] NAY.

[55:04] >> THAT CARRIES. AND THOSE

[55:07] » THAT CARRIES. AND THOSE

[55:07] ORDINANCES ARE ADOPTED.

[55:10] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[55:21] NEXT, WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE

[55:22] COMMITTEE REPORTS, WHICH ARE

[55:24] TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER,

[55:26] BEGINNING WITH THE REPORT OF THE

[55:27] BUSINESS, HOUSING, ZONING

[55:28] COMMITTEE. GIVEN BY T CHAIR,

[55:30] VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[55:30] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[55:32] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[55:33] BUSINESS, HOUSIN AND ZONING

[55:34] COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING 27

[55:37] ITEMS FORWARD TODAY. ONE IS

[55:45] APPOINTMENT OF ERIK HANSEN TO

[55:51] PLANNING AND ECONOMIC

[55:53] DEVELOPMENT. TWO APPROVES AN

[55:57] ENTERTAINMENT FOR INDEED BREWING

[55:58] COMPANY. EYE TEEM THREE IS

[56:00] EXTENDED HALL FOR RENTAL HALL

[56:03] LINSE FOR MILLENNIUM EVENT

[56:04] CENTER. FOUR APPROVES A LAND

[56:09] SALE AT 3726 LOGAN AVENUE NORTH.

[56:12] FIVE APPROVES AN ORDINANCE

[56:13] RELATED TO TAILGATING. IX IS

[56:16] AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO ADULT

[56:19] BATHHOUSES. THIS ITEM WAS

[56:21] DISPENSED WITH THAT AT THE

[56:22] BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

[56:24] SEVEN APPROVES AN ORDINANCE

[56:26] RELATED TO THE MORATORIUM ON

[56:27] DATA CENTER USES. EIGHT

[56:31] APPROVES TWO LIQUOR LICENSES.

[56:33] NINE APPROVES 42 LIQUOR LICENSE

[56:36] RENEWALS. 10 APPROVES FOUR

[56:39] GAMBLING LICENSES. I'M SORRY

[56:43] GAMBLING RENEWALS. 11 IS

[56:47] BUSINESS LICENSE AND OPERATING

[56:48] CONDITIONS FOR WUNDERCYCLE PEDAL

[56:53] CARS. 12 BUSINESS LICENSE FOR

[56:55] URBAN EATS. 13 IS WORK FORCE

[56:57] DEVELOPMENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

[57:00] 14 APPROVES MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY

[57:02] COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

[57:03] APPOINTMENTS. 15 APPROVES 16

[57:07] MINNEAPOLIS ART COMMISSION

[57:09] APPOINTMENTS. ITEM 16 IS AN

[57:11] APPOINTMENT TO MINNESOTA

[57:14] BALLPARK AUTHORITY. THIS WAS

[57:16] SENT FORWARD WITHOUT

[57:21] RECOMMENDATION. 17 ACCEPTS WORK

[57:23] FORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY

[57:25] ACT GRANTS FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT

[57:27] OF LABOR. 18 AUTHORIZES

[57:29] AMENDMENT TO THE NEW NICOLLET

[57:32] REDEVEPMENT. 19 APPROVES

[57:37] FUNDINE

[57:39] PROJECT. 20 IS APPROPRIATIONS

[57:41] FOR U.S. DEPTMENT OF HOUSING

[57:42] TO CPED. 21 IS REZONING

[57:45] APPLICATION FOR 2007 STEVENS

[57:47] AVENUE. 22 ACCEPTS THE GRANT

[57:51] FOR NAPC FENCE. 23 IS A RENTAL

[57:57] RECLAIM HOUSING PORTFOLIO.

[58:01] 24 IS PRACTISES RELATED TO

[58:02] BUSINESS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

[58:03] IN THE CITY. 25 AUTHORIZES

[58:05] CONTRACT WITH MPHA FOR SECURITY

[58:09] AND SAFETY. 26 AUTHORIZES CITY

[58:12] CENSUS TRACT RANKING FOR THE

[58:15] OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM. A

[58:17] LASTLY, 27 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT

[58:20] EXTENSION WITH GUTHRIE THEATER

[58:23] FOR 20 YEARS. WITH THAT, I'LL

[58:26] MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR APPROVA AND

[58:29] PULL ITEM SEVEN AND 16 FOR

[58:31] SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND IL

[58:33] ALSO NOTE THAT ITEM 6, ADULT

[58:36] BATH HOUSE H BEEN VOTED ON

[58:38] THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY

[58:39] QUESTIONS, I'M HERE. THANK YOU.

[58:43] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN MOVED

[58:45] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN MOVED

[58:45] APPRAL OF THEOMMITTEE'S

[58:46] REPORT, TAKING UP ITEMS 7 AND 16

[58:49] SEPARATE. IS THERE ANY

[58:51] DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF

[58:53] THE REPORT? COUNCIL MEMBER

[58:57] WARREN.

[58:57] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDE

[59:00] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDE

[59:00] PAYNE. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST

[59:05] A SEPARATE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER

[59:09] 1. AND I WOULD ALSO HAVE A

[59:11] QUESTION ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 25.

[59:17] ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT IS BEING

[59:19] PROVIDED FROM THE CITY TO MPHA.

[59:22] IS THIS IN ADDITION TO THE

[59:25] $5 MILLION IN ANNUAL FUNDING

[59:25] THAT COMES DOWN FROM THE CITY OF

[59:29] MINNEAPOLIS? OR JUST A

[59:31] DISBURSEMENT OF THOSE FUNDS?

[59:32] IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN SPEAK

[59:34] TO THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER

[59:36] WONSLEY.

[59:36] >> THA YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[59:39] » THA YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[59:39] UMM, AND I, OF COURSE, WIL

[59:41] WELCOME STAFF. BUT THIS IS FROM

[59:42] MY UNDERSTANDING A REFLECTION OF

[59:44] THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT

[59:47] COUNCIL BROUGHT FORWARD --

[59:48] THAT'S NOT THEASE, LET ME

[59:51] KNOW. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO,

[59:54] AH, COUNCIL MEMBER PEARLL

[59:57] SUPPORT OF COUNCIL LAST YEAR,

[59:59] BROUGHT FORWARD A BUDGET

[1:00:01] AMENDMENT REFLECTING THE AMOUNT

[1:00:02] THAT'S BEFORE US TO GO TO THE

[1:00:06] HIGH-RISE COUNCIL. WHICH, AS

[1:00:07] YOU KNOW, HOUSES MANY SENIORS

[1:00:10] AND THEY HAVE BEEN DEANG WITH

[1:00:12] SOME SAFETY CONCERNS. SO THIS

[1:00:14] IS TO HELP FACILITATE SOME MORE

[1:00:15] SAFETY RESOURCES TO KEEP THOSE

[1:00:19] HIGH-RES SAFE. THAT'S GOING

[1:00:20] TO SPECIFICALLY THE HIGH-RISE

[1:00:22] COUNCIL TO MANAGE.

[1:00:23] >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCIL

[1:00:28] » THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCIL

[1:00:28] MEMBER ROBIN WONSLEY. MY

[1:00:31] QUESTION LIVES IN THE BODY OF

[1:00:32] THIS THAT ASKS WHAT THEN WAS THE

[1:00:36] MILLION THAT WE HAVE

[1:00:38] INSTRUMENTED TO MINNEAPOLIS

[1:00:40] PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY

[1:00:42] UTILIZED FOR? AND WHAT TYPE OF

[1:00:43] OVERSIGHT IS BEING PROVIDED?

[1:00:44] BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT A PORTION

[1:00:46] OF THAT $5 MILLION TO BALANCE

[1:00:49] THE VY ALSO INCLUDED THE

[1:00:50] SUPPORT FOR SECURITY AND

[1:00:52] SECURITY SERVICES, AS IT RELATES

[1:00:53] TO MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING

[1:00:55] AUTHORITY.

[1:00:55] >> I WILL ALSO INVITETAFF TO

[1:00:58] » I WILL ALSO INVITETAFF TO

[1:00:58] SPEAK ON THIS. BUT AS SOMEONE

[1:00:59] WHO WORKED WITH COUNCIL AND THE

[1:01:01] MAYOR INSTITUTE THE

[1:01:03] $5 MILLION PUBLIC HOUSING LEVY.

[1:01:05] THAT WAS GO TOWARD MPHA'S NOW

[1:01:07] MORE THAN $200 MILLION CAPITAL

[1:01:10] BACKLOG. SO WE SPENT SEVERAL

[1:01:12] YEARS TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE

[1:01:13] CHIP AWAY AT THAT. AND THE

[1:01:17] $5 MILLION, WHICH WAS INCLUDED

[1:01:17] IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGE WAS A

[1:01:19] PIECE OF THAT. AND IN TERMS OF

[1:01:21] THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UMM,

[1:01:24] ALLOCATION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING

[1:01:26] TO. MANY YEARS AGO, MPHA USED

[1:01:28] TO REQUEST A SEPARATE LEVY

[1:01:30] DEALING WITH SAFETY. AND THEY

[1:01:31] ED TO GET ABOUT A MILLION

[1:01:33] DOLLARS FROM THAT. THE

[1:01:36] TENTION OF THAT $5 MILLION

[1:01:38] THAT WAS ALLOCATED HAD NOTHING

[1:01:39] TO DO, ACTUALLY, THE $1 MILLION

[1:01:41] HAD LAPSED. THEY HAD TO

[1:01:45] ABSORB MUCH OF THEIR SECURITY

[1:01:47] COSTS WITHIN THE BUDGET. THE $Y

[1:01:50] THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND

[1:01:52] TAXATION WAS TIED TO ADDRESSING

[1:01:56] MPHA'S CAPITAL BACKLOG. IF I'M

[1:01:57] MISSING ANYTHING, DIRECTOR

[1:02:00] HANSEN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

[1:02:03] >> DIRECTOR.

[1:02:03] » DIRECTOR.

[1:02:03] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

[1:02:04] » COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

[1:02:04] COUNCIL MEMBERS. ERIC HANSEN,

[1:02:09] CPED DIRECTOR. COUNCIL MEMBER

[1:02:10] WONSLEY IT HAS EXACTLY. THE

[1:02:13] CITY LEVIES A $5 MIION THAT

[1:02:15] GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC

[1:02:17] HOUSING AUTHORITY. THAT DOES

[1:02:18] NOT HIT THE CITY'S BANK

[1:02:19] ACCOUNTS. IT GOES INTO THE

[1:02:23] MPHA. THEY THEN REPORT BACK ON

[1:02:24] A REGULAR BASIS TO THE COUNCIL

[1:02:26] AND THE MAYOR ON WHAT THEY DO

[1:02:27] WITH THOSE FUNDS. IT'S

[1:02:31] SOMETHING MANAGED DIRECTLY

[1:02:32] THROUGH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

[1:02:34] WE CAN GET YOU REPORTS ON WHAT

[1:02:38] THEY USE THE $5 MILLION F.

[1:02:40] >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, DIRECTOR

[1:02:42] » THANK YOU FOR THAT, DIRECTOR

[1:02:42] HANSEN. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL

[1:02:45] MEMBER WONSLEY.

[1:02:46] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

[1:02:48] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

[1:02:51] .

[1:02:52] [ OFF MIC ]

[1:02:53] >> GOT IT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE

[1:02:54] » GOT IT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE

[1:02:54] LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE

[1:02:56] CLERK TO CALL THE ROL ON THE

[1:02:58] COMMITTEE REPORT MINUS ITEM ONE

[1:03:01] AND SIX HAS BEEN DISPOSED OF,

[1:03:05] ITEM 7, AND ITEM 16.

[1:03:06] >> PALMISANO.

[1:03:06] » PALMISANO.

[1:03:07] >> AYE.

[1:03:07] » AYE.

[1:03:08] >> CHAVEZ.

[1:03:08] » CHAVEZ.

[1:03:09] >> AYE.

[1:03:09] » AYE.

[1:03:09] >> WARRE

[1:03:09] » WARRE

[1:03:10] >> AYE.

[1:03:11] » AYE.

[1:03:11] >> SHAFFER.

[1:03:11] » SHAFFER.

[1:03:11] >> AYE.

[1:03:12] » AYE.

[1:03:12] >> WONSLEY.

[1:03:13] » WONSLEY.

[1:03:13] >> AYE.

[1:03:14] » AYE.

[1:03:14] >> CHUGHTAI

[1:03:15] » CHUGHTAI

[1:03:15] >> AYE.

[1:03:16] » AYE.

[1:03:16] >> CHOWDHURY.

[1:03:17] » CHOWDHURY.

[1:03:17] >> AYE.

[1:03:18] » AYE.

[1:03:18] >> STEVENS.

[1:03:18] » STEVENS.

[1:03:18] >> AYE.

[1:03:19] » AYE.

[1:03:19] >> RAINVILLE.

[1:03:20] » RAINVILLE.

[1:03:20] >> AYE.

[1:03:21] » AYE.

[1:03:21] >> VETAW.

[1:03:21] » VETAW.

[1:03:21] >> AYE.

[1:03:22] » AYE.

[1:03:22] >> VIC PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[1:03:23] » VIC PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[1:03:23] >> AYE.

[1:03:24] » AYE.

[1:03:24] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:03:25] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:03:25] >> AYE.

[1:03:25] » AYE.

[1:03:26] >> 12 AYES.

[1:03:26] » 12 AYES.

[1:03:26] >> THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL

[1:03:29] » THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL

[1:03:29] TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS

[1:03:32] THERE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN DID

[1:03:33] YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM?

[1:03:36] >> YES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL

[1:03:39] » YES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL

[1:03:39] PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO

[1:03:43] SPEAK TOHE REAPPOINTMENT OF

[1:03:47] OUR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND

[1:03:49] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

[1:03:52] ERIC HANSEN. I THOUGHT IT WAS

[1:03:55] VERY HONEST THAT YOU -- AND I

[1:03:57] APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY -- IN

[1:04:00] TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE

[1:04:02] DID GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT AT

[1:04:05] THE START OF MY TENURE HERE. IN

[1:04:09] SERVING IN TS CITY COUNCIL

[1:04:11] SEAT. I'M STILL NOT EXACTLY

[1:04:12] SURE WHY THAT WAS THE CASE.

[1:04:15] BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO WORK ON

[1:04:18] THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND

[1:04:20] LIVABILITY ISSUES THAT DEEPLY

[1:04:24] CONCERNS, SPECIFICALLY, NORTH

[1:04:27] MINNEAPOLIS AND MORE PRUDENTLY,

[1:04:29] WARD 5. AS THAT IS AN AREA OF

[1:04:33] GRAVE HIGH-CONCENTRATED POVERTY.

[1:04:35] AND IM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO

[1:04:37] REWRITING THE NARRATIVE OF THE

[1:04:39] THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN

[1:04:41] OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE THOSE

[1:04:44] MEASURES VERY REALISTIC. AND

[1:04:47] THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED OF YOU

[1:04:50] WHEN I ASKED WHAT THINGS HAVE

[1:04:52] YOU DONE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT

[1:04:56] SOME TYPE OF CHANGE SO WE CAN

[1:04:58] SEE DIFFERENT RESULTS MOVING

[1:05:01] FORWARD. I REALIZE AS I WATCHED

[1:05:03] THE VIDEO BACK OVER AND OVER

[1:05:05] AGA.

[1:05:08] I DON'T WATCH TV BUT I'LL WATCH

[1:05:10] VIDEO. THAT YOU STILL NEGLECTED

[1:05:12] TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I AM

[1:05:15] COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU IN

[1:05:20] UP WITH THOSE ANSWERS, WE COME

[1:05:23] COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER. AT THIS

[1:05:24] TIME, I CANNOT VOTE FOR YOUR

[1:05:28] REAPPOINTMENT, BUT I AM MAKING A

[1:05:30] COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH YOU,

[1:05:33] SHOULD YOU BE REAPPOINTMENTED

[1:05:34] INTO THE ROLE.

[1:05:46] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

[1:05:47] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

[1:05:48] >> I'LL BE VOTING FOR YOU. I

[1:05:51] » I'LL BE VOTING FOR YOU. I

[1:05:51] HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE

[1:05:53] ABILITY OF YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE

[1:05:54] STAFF TO ADAPT TO THE NEW

[1:05:56] CHANS WE'RE SEEING IN THE CITY

[1:05:57] WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE AROUND OUR

[1:05:59] LICENSE HOLDERS. AND I LOOK

[1:06:02] FORWARD TO VOTE FOR YOU. I HAVE

[1:06:04] FULL FAITH YOUR LEARSHIP WILL

[1:06:05] DO THAT. I SEE -- I KNOW OUR

[1:06:08] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WILLING TO

[1:06:09] WORK WITH US. I SEE ONE OF THE

[1:06:11] ATTORNEYS HERE TODAY. SO LET'S

[1:06:12] MAKE THIS HAPPEN. LET'S KEEP

[1:06:14] OUR COMMUNY SAFE. THANK YOU.

[1:06:17] COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[1:06:19] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[1:06:27] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[1:06:27] I'M EXCITED TO BE SUPPORTING

[1:06:30] DIRECTOR HANSEN' RENOMINATION

[1:06:31] AND APPOINTMENT TODAY TO

[1:06:32] CONTINUE SERVING OVER THE COURSE

[1:06:33] OF THE TERM. AS THE CITY'

[1:06:35] COMMUNITY, PLANNING, AND

[1:06:38] ECONOMIC DIRECTOR. I WANT TO

[1:06:39] ANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO

[1:06:40] THE CITY. AND FOR, YOU KNOW,

[1:06:44] BEING SOMEONE WHO LOVES

[1:06:46] MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH AND THROUGH

[1:06:48] AND THE PEOPLE THAT CALL IT

[1:06:49] HOME THROUGH AND THROUGH. UMM,

[1:06:51] IT'S A -- IT'S A JOY TO WORK

[1:06:55] WITH YOUR TEAM AND I HAVE FOUND

[1:06:58] SOME OF THE BEST PARTNERSHIP AND

[1:07:00] THE BEST COLLABORATIVE WORK

[1:07:02] THAT, UMM, I'VE HAD THE HONOR

[1:07:04] OF -- OF BEING A PART OF HERE.

[1:07:06] IT'S ALWAYS INCLUDED YOUR TEAM.

[1:07:07] AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN

[1:07:11] ACCIDENT. THANK YOU TO, UMM,

[1:07:14] THE FOLKS FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP

[1:07:15] TEAM THATRE HERE TODAY. AND I

[1:07:18] KNOW -- I KNOW THAT,MM, WE

[1:07:20] HAVE JUST SOME REALLY INCREDIBLY

[1:07:22] BRILLIANT PEOPLE THAT, UMM, THAT

[1:07:24] WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE SERVE WITH

[1:07:25] US. SO, UMM, THANK YOU, MR.

[1:07:29] PRESIDENT.

[1:07:29] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

[1:07:31] » COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

[1:07:31] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I

[1:07:33] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I

[1:07:34] WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A

[1:07:35] CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND I HAD

[1:07:37] IN PRIVATE. ACKNOWLEDGING IT

[1:07:39] PUBLICLY. WE WERE TALKING

[1:07:43] SPECIG

[1:07:44] DECARBONZATION AND WE WERE

[1:07:46] TALKING BAT BACK AND FORTH

[1:07:49] ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE GOAL OR

[1:07:50] THE YEAR OR THE TIME WHEN THE

[1:07:51] GOAL NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND THE

[1:07:53] MAKING A PLAN BACK FROM THAT IN

[1:07:55] ORDER TOAVE AN ACTIONABLE AND

[1:07:57] CLEAR PLAN. WE WERE TALKING

[1:07:58] ABOUT GETTING FOSSIL FUELS OUT

[1:08:01] OF BUILDINGS. BUT THE SAME GOES

[1:08:02] FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

[1:08:04] DEVELOPMENT, FOR TOTAL HOUSING

[1:08:06] PRODUCTION, FOR ALL THE THINGS.

[1:08:07] WHICH I KNOW THAT WE HAVE

[1:08:09] SIMILAR VALUES ON. SO I'M

[1:08:11] LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH

[1:08:12] YOU AND YOUR STAFF ON ALL THREE

[1:08:14] OF THOSE ISSUES, FRANKLY. AND

[1:08:17] SEING THE GOAL THAT WE KNOW

[1:08:18] THAT WE NEED OF HOUSING

[1:08:20] AFFORDABILITY, HOUSING

[1:08:21] PRODUCTIOG

[1:08:22] DECARBONZATION, THESE THINGS.

[1:08:23] AND WORKING BACKWARDS FOR

[1:08:25] ACTIONABLE STEPS FROM HERE TO

[1:08:26] THERE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO

[1:08:27] THAT. THANK YOU.

[1:08:29] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[1:08:30] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[1:08:31] >> UMM, THANK YOU, MR.

[1:08:32] » UMM, THANK YOU, MR.

[1:08:32] PRESIDENT. AS SOMEONE WHO

[1:08:36] WORKED -- BEING A MEMBER AND

[1:08:37] VICE CHAIR AND CHAIR OF BUSINESS

[1:08:39] COMMITTEE. CPED IS ONE OF THE

[1:08:41] BEST DEPARTMENTS IN OUR CITY.

[1:08:45] AND EVER SINCE I ARRIVED, ERIK,

[1:08:49] YOUR COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP

[1:08:50] HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. LET ME JUST

[1:08:52] ALSO GIVE YOUR STAFF WONDERFUL,

[1:08:55] PROFESSIONALISM, EERIENCE THEY

[1:08:55] BRING AND THE COMMITMENT. THEY

[1:08:57] DO A LOT. THEY DO A LOT OF

[1:09:00] WORK. AND, ALSO, I MADE THIS

[1:09:02] COMMENT ON TUESDAY THAT, YOU

[1:09:05] KNOW, YOUR PERSONAL COMMITMENT

[1:09:06] TO THE CITY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.

[1:09:08] IT'S AMAZING. AND WE'RE LUCKY

[1:09:10] TO HAVE YOU. AND I'M MAKING

[1:09:14] ANOTHER MOTION TO MOVE THIS

[1:09:15] FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. AND

[1:09:19] REALLY THANK YOU IF -- FOR YOUR

[1:09:23] SERVICE. I'LL BE VOTING FOR

[1:09:24] YOU.

[1:09:26] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:09:28] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:09:28] I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'VE HAD A

[1:09:31] GOOD CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR

[1:09:33] HANSEN YESTERDAY. I THINK THE

[1:09:37] CONVERSATION WAS FOCUSEDN

[1:09:42] LAST TIME THAT THE DIRECTOR WAS

[1:09:44] BEFORE US FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

[1:09:47] BECAUSE THE PERSON BEFORE ME WAS

[1:09:49] A PERSON WHO UNDERSTOOD THE

[1:09:50] NORTH SIDE AND NOT JUST THE

[1:09:53] NORTH SIDE, BUT WARD FOUR. YOU

[1:09:55] HEAR ME S IT ALL THE TIME.

[1:09:56] WE'RE THE FORGOTTEN WARD. I WAS

[1:09:59] EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SUPPORT HIM

[1:10:01] IN HIS PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT. I

[1:10:03] THINK WHAT WAS HAPPENING NOW IS,

[1:10:06] IT FEELS LIKE THE NORTH SIDE H

[1:10:08] BEEN LOST. THERE WERE SEVERAL

[1:10:09] THINGS THAT I HAD ASKED FOR

[1:10:13] SPECIFICALLY FROM THE ENTIRE

[1:10:14] DEPARTMENT THAT I HOPED THAT

[1:10:16] WHEN WE GOT TO THIS PLACE, IT

[1:10:17] WOULD BE DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S

[1:10:21] VACANT LOTS IN NORTH

[1:10:21] MIEAPOLIS. THAT'S A LOT OF

[1:10:24] THE LIVABILITY ISSUES WE SEE IN

[1:10:26] MY WARD, IN PARTICULAR. WE HAVE

[1:10:28] SOME COMMERCIAL SPACES THAT ARE

[1:10:32] VERY UNDER SERVED. THAT NEED TO

[1:10:33] BE ACTIVATED. WE NEED SOME

[1:10:36] INNOVATION AND VISION FROM CPED

[1:10:37] AND FROM T COMMUNITY THAT

[1:10:39] ENSURES THAT THAT HAPPENS. WHEN

[1:10:43] S

[1:10:44] IN THE CITY THAT HAS VACANT

[1:10:47] ACES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED,

[1:10:48] THAT'S A PRIORIT THAT'SN

[1:10:51] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD UP

[1:10:52] THCITY THE WAY WE S WE WANT

[1:10:57] TO. WE ALSO -- THINK WE'VE

[1:11:00] LOST THE WAY ON HOW WE

[1:11:03] COLLABORATE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY

[1:11:05] IN CPED. AND WITH DIFFERENT

[1:11:08] DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE

[1:11:09] LIVABILITY ISSUES. AND I WANT

[1:11:11] TO SEE THAT ON THE FRONT. ON

[1:11:16] YEAR OF CPED AND WHAT IST FOUR

[1:11:19] HAPPING ON THE NORTH SIDE.

[1:11:20] AND I WANT TOEE THE LOVE

[1:11:22] SPREAD. I CON DON'T WANT

[1:11:24] TOP SEE T SAME PEOPLE GET

[1:11:26] OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CPEDOR

[1:11:28] PROJECTS OVER ANDVER AGAIN. I

[1:11:30] WANT TO SEE YOUNG, UP-AND-COMING

[1:11:32] PEOPLE WE HAVEN'T MET YET

[1:11:35] UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN

[1:11:36] CPED AND GIVE THEM SOME VISION

[1:11:38] AND LOTS. THERE'S THINGS I'M

[1:11:39] PROUD OF IN CPED. THE

[1:11:41] MINNEAPOLIS HOMES PROGRAM,

[1:11:45] THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I

[1:11:46] CERTAINLY WANT TO SEE. AND WE

[1:11:47] TALKED ABOUT IT YESRDAY. YOU

[1:11:49] KNOW, WE KEEP HAVING THIS ROLL

[1:11:51] OR COSTER RIDE WITH GROCERY

[1:11:54] STORES IN NORTHINNEAPOLIS. I

[1:11:56] WOULD LOVE FOR US TO WORK ON

[1:11:57] PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOME BIG

[1:11:59] GROCERS AND BRING PEOPLE IN. WE

[1:12:01] HAVE OPPORTUNITY THERE. HOW DO

[1:12:02] WE WORK AS A DEPARTMENT, AS

[1:12:03] COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS A GOVERNING

[1:12:07] BODY T TO ENSURE THAT THE

[1:12:10] NORTH SIDE IS NO LONGER A FOO

[1:12:12] OR PHARMACY DESERT. I'M LOOKING

[1:12:16] N

[1:12:19] THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. AND HOPING

[1:12:22] THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS ARE

[1:12:22] GOING TO CHANGE WHEN IT COM TO

[1:12:26] THE WORK THAT CPED IS DOING ON

[1:12:27] THE NORTH SIDE. AND I CERTAINLY

[1:12:29] WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE

[1:12:32] PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING

[1:12:33] ON -Y

[1:12:34] THAT HAVE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE

[1:12:35] NORTH SIDE OVER THE YEARS. BUT

[1:12:38] D

[1:12:39] THERE'S GOT TO BE THE RIGHT

[1:12:41] STAFF IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE

[1:12:43] HAVE THAT BALANCE. SO THAT'S IT

[1:12:47] FOR ME. I'M -- I'M GOING TO

[1:12:50] SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE TO THE

[1:12:53] NORTH AND NOT SUPPORT THIS

[1:12:55] REAPPOINTMENT. BUT HOPE THAT WE

[1:12:57] CAN WORK IN THE FUTURE. I THINK

[1:13:00] WORKING IN THE FUTURE TO DO SOME

[1:13:02] REPAIR, SET SOME GOALS, AND MAKE

[1:13:04] SURE THOSE GOALS ARE

[1:13:06] ACCOMPLISHED.

[1:13:07] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[1:13:09] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[1:13:10] QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

[1:13:11] CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER O

[1:13:15] ONE.

[1:13:15] >> COUNCIL MEMR PALMISANO.

[1:13:16] » COUNCIL MEMR PALMISANO.

[1:13:17] >> AYE.

[1:13:17] » AYE.

[1:13:17] >> CHAVEZ.

[1:13:18] » CHAVEZ.

[1:13:18] >> AYE.

[1:13:19] » AYE.

[1:13:19] >> WARREN.

[1:13:19] » WARREN.

[1:13:20] >> NO.

[1:13:21] » NO.

[1:13:21] >> SHAFFER.

[1:13:21] » SHAFFER.

[1:13:21] >> AYE.

[1:13:22] » AYE.

[1:13:22] >> WONSLEY.

[1:13:23] » WONSLEY.

[1:13:23] >> AYE.

[1:13:23] » AYE.

[1:13:24] >>HUGHTAI.

[1:13:24] » HUGHTAI.

[1:13:25] >> AYE.

[1:13:26] » AYE.

[1:13:26] >> CHOWDHURY.

[1:13:26] » CHOWDHURY.

[1:13:26] >> AYE.

[1:13:27] » AYE.

[1:13:27] >> STEVENSON.

[1:13:29] » STEVENSON.

[1:13:29] >> AYE.

[1:13:29] » AYE.

[1:13:29] >> RAINVILLE.

[1:13:30] » RAINVILLE.

[1:13:31] >> AYE.

[1:13:31] » AYE.

[1:13:31] >> VETAW.

[1:13:32] » VETAW.

[1:13:32] >>O.

[1:13:32] » O.

[1:13:33] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[1:13:33] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[1:13:33] >> AYE.

[1:13:34] » AYE.

[1:13:34] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:13:35] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:13:35] >> AYE.

[1:13:37] » AYE.

[1:13:37] >> 10 AYES AND TWO NAYS.

[1:13:39] » 10 AYES AND TWO NAYS.

[1:13:39] >> THAT CARRIES. AND OUR NEXT

[1:13:43] » THAT CARRIES. AND OUR NEXT

[1:13:43] ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[1:13:49] MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. IS

[1:13:51] THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM

[1:13:54] NUMBER SEVEN? OR, MR. CLERK, DO

[1:13:57] WE WANT AN UPDE?

[1:13:58] >> I WAS GOING TO SHARE.

[1:13:59] » I WAS GOING TO SHARE.

[1:13:59] BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE HEAR

[1:14:01] THERE'S AN ALARM GOING OFF. I

[1:14:05] THINK SECURITY IS TRYING TO

[1:14:06] TRACK IT DOWN TO MAKE SURE WE

[1:14:07] HAVE PEOPLE CONNECTING WITH MBC.

[1:14:10] IT MAY BE BECAUSE IT IS, A

[1:14:14] DISTRACTIONS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO

[1:14:15] TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. I CAN'T

[1:14:17] TELL YOU WHAT IT IS NOW. I KNOW

[1:14:19] CURITY IS AWARE AND THEY'RE

[1:14:20] LOOKING INTO IT.

[1:14:22] [ ALARM SOUNDING IN THE

[1:14:23] BACKGROUND ]

[1:14:24] >> LET'S DO A 10-MINUTE RECESS

[1:15:44] » LET'S DO A 10-MINUTE RECESS

[1:15:44] [ MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUIL IS IN

[1:15:46] A 10-MINUTE RECESS ]

[1:23:54] [ MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL ISN

[1:23:56] A 10-MINUTE RECESS ]

[1:30:11] >> WELCOME E

[1:30:14] » WELCOME E

[1:30:14] OUR ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. I WILL

[1:30:17] CALL ON THE CLERK TO TAKE THE

[1:30:20] ROLL AND VERIFY PRESENCE OF A

[1:30:21] QUORUM.

[1:30:22] >> PALMISANO.

[1:30:22] » PALMISANO.

[1:30:22] >> AYE.

[1:30:23] » AYE.

[1:30:23] >> CHAZ.

[1:30:24] » CHAZ.

[1:30:25] >> AYE.

[1:30:26] » AYE.

[1:30:26] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:27] » PRESENT.

[1:30:27] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:27] » PRESENT.

[1:30:27] >> SHAFFER.

[1:30:28] » SHAFFER.

[1:30:28] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:28] » PRESENT.

[1:30:29] >> WONSLEY.

[1:30:29] » WONSLEY.

[1:30:30] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:31] » PRESENT.

[1:30:31] >> CHUGHTAI.

[1:30:31] » CHUGHTAI.

[1:30:32] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:32] » PRESENT.

[1:30:32] >> WHITING IS ABSENT

[1:30:34] » WHITING IS ABSENT

[1:30:34] CHOWDHURY.

[1:30:34] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:35] » PRESENT.

[1:30:35] >> STEVENSON.

[1:30:36] » STEVENSON.

[1:30:37] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:37] » PRESENT.

[1:30:37] >> RAINVILLE.

[1:30:37] » RAINVILLE.

[1:30:38] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:39] » PRESENT.

[1:30:39] >> VETAW.

[1:30:39] » VETAW.

[1:30:39] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:40] » PRESENT.

[1:30:40] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[1:30:41] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[1:30:41] >> IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:30:44] » IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:30:44] >> PRESENT.

[1:30:45] » PRESENT.

[1:30:45] >> TRE ARE 11 MEMBERS

[1:30:46] » TRE ARE 11 MEMBERS

[1:30:46] PRESENT.

[1:30:46] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

[1:30:48] » LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

[1:30:49] HAVE A QUORUM. WE ARE ON BIZ

[1:30:53] ITEM SEVEN. MORATORIUM ON DATA

[1:30:57] CENTERS. COUNCIL MEMBER

[1:30:59] PALMISA.

[1:30:59] >> COLLEAGUES, I'M STRUGGLING

[1:31:00] » COLLEAGUES, I'M STRUGGLING

[1:31:00] WITH THE NEED FOR THE ORDINANCE.

[1:31:01] SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING IT

[1:31:03] TODAY. WE ALREADY HAVE A

[1:31:05] PROCESS IN PLACE THAT WILL BE

[1:31:06] COMPLED THIS FALL TO ADDRESS

[1:31:08] THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AROUND

[1:31:10] DATA CENTERS. THEY'RE NOT BUILT

[1:31:12] QUICKLY. THEY DON'T POP UP

[1:31:14] OVERNIGHT. BY AOWING THIS BAN

[1:31:17] IN THE MEANTIME, EVEN WITH A

[1:31:18] CARVEOUT FOR MODERATE-SIZED

[1:31:21] FACILITIES IN DOWNTOWN, WE SEND

[1:31:22] THE MESSAGE TO THE BUSINESS

[1:31:23] COMMUNITTHAT BUSINESS

[1:31:25] OPERATIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS AREN'T

[1:31:26] IMPORTANT OR SUPPORTED BY THE

[1:31:29] COUNCIL. WE SEND THE MESSAGE WE

[1:31:31] DON'T WANT THE INVESTMT AND

[1:31:33] THEY SHOULD TAKE THEIR BUSINESS

[1:31:34] ELSEWHERE. GUESS WHAT. THEY

[1:31:37] WILL. I WON'T TRY TO SPEAK FOR

[1:31:38] ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. I'LL

[1:31:41] CLEAR I WILL FOR MYSELF. WE'VE

[1:31:43] GOT TO KEEP THINKING OUTSIDE THE

[1:31:45] BOX FOR WAYS TO REV

[1:31:49] RETALIZE OUR DOWNTOWN AND

[1:31:51] UTILIZE THE EMPTY SPACE. THE

[1:31:52] GROOVES LOT OF PROJECT IS A

[1:31:54] PERFECT EXAMPLE. I LOOK FORWARD

[1:31:55] TO THAT. REASONABLE DATA

[1:31:57] CENTERS ARE ANOTHER VALID USE OF

[1:31:59] EMPTY SPACE. WE ALL KNOW THE

[1:32:01] FOOTBALL OUTLO WE'RE FACING IN

[1:32:03] MINNEAPOLIS AND IT LOOKS GRIM.

[1:32:05] WE NEED TO MAKE IT AS EY AS

[1:32:07] POSSIBLE TO REUSE VACANT SPACES

[1:32:10] DOWNWN AND BRING THEIR HIGHER

[1:32:13] USE BACK TON ON TO THE TAX ROLLS

[1:32:16] SO IT TAKES PRESSURE OFF THE

[1:32:18] HOMEOWNER AND RENTER IN THE

[1:32:19] CITY. OUR RESIDENTS CANNOT

[1:32:21] CONTINUE TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN

[1:32:23] OF INCREASING PRORTY TAXES TO

[1:32:24] KEEP THE CITY GOING. THANK

[1:32:26] YOU.

[1:32:27] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

[1:32:29] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

[1:32:29] >> THANK YOU. I WILL NOT BE

[1:32:32] » THANK YOU. I WILL NOT BE

[1:32:32] SUPPORTING THIS. I'M JUST

[1:32:34] TROUBLED BY . THIS ISOLICY

[1:32:37] BY FR NOT FACTS. IT SIGNALS

[1:32:39] TO INVESTORS THAT MINNEOLIS IS

[1:32:41] NOT ABLE OR WILLING TO REGULATE

[1:32:45] NEW INDUSTRIES. WHEN THIS

[1:32:48] ORDINANCE -- I THINK I HAVE THE

[1:32:51] MICROPHONE HERE.

[1:32:55] [ SOMEONE T TALKING AROUND

[1:32:59] MIC ]

[1:33:00] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY --

[1:33:02] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY --

[1:33:02] >> I AM ASCRIBING MOTIVE.

[1:33:04] » I AM ASCRIBING MOTIVE.

[1:33:04] >> THAT'S A VIOLATION OF OUR

[1:33:06] » THAT'S A VIOLATION OF OUR

[1:33:06] RULES.

[1:33:06] >> THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME ON

[1:33:08] » THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME ON

[1:33:08] THAT. I HOPE YOU CALL IT

[1:33:10] EQUALLY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHEN

[1:33:13] THEY ASCRIBE MOTIVE. IF I COULD

[1:33:14] FINISH. WHEN THE ORDINANCE IS

[1:33:19] BROUGHT FORTH COUNCIL MEMBER

[1:33:21] SHAFFER AND I WERE NOT CONSULTED

[1:33:23] BY T AUTHORS. OUR AREAS WERE

[1:33:25] IN

[1:33:27] WE'RE AFFTED. SO HAD I BEEN

[1:33:29] ASKED, I WOULD HAVE EXPLAINED TO

[1:33:32] THE AUTHORS THERE ARE MANY DATA

[1:33:34] CENTERS, COMPUTER CENTERS IN

[1:33:35] DOWNTOWN ALREADY. THEY'RE NOT

[1:33:36] HARMING ANYTHING. WE HAVE

[1:33:38] PLENTY OF EXCESS WATER SUPPLY

[1:33:42] AND ELECTRICITY IN ORDER TO

[1:33:44] ACCOMMODATE NEWROWTH. AND I

[1:33:47] WANT TO INVE -- COMMEND

[1:33:49] COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER FOR

[1:33:51] AUTHORING A LEGISLATIVE

[1:33:52] DIRECTIVE TO HAVE OUR

[1:33:54] PROFESSION STAFF LOOK INTO THE

[1:33:55] MATTER SO WE CAN MAKE POLICY

[1:33:57] BASED ON FACTS AND NOT FEAR.

[1:34:01] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[1:34:03] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[1:34:03] >> THANK YOU, PRESINT PAYNE.

[1:34:04] » THANK YOU, PRESINT PAYNE.

[1:34:05] I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING

[1:34:06] ALL THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND

[1:34:09] ADVOCATES THAT HAVE COME TO WORK

[1:34:11] ON THIS POLICY. WE'VE ENGAGED

[1:34:13] IN ENVIRONMENTAL GROS, SCORES

[1:34:15] OF CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY,

[1:34:17] SPOK TO DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS,

[1:34:21] DEVELOPERS, UNIONS, TRADES, AND

[1:34:23] SO MANY MORE. AND WE SAW

[1:34:24] BUSINESS, HOUSING, ZONING

[1:34:26] COMMITTEE MEETING, COMMUNITY

[1:34:27] MEMBERS OF ALL AGES AND

[1:34:28] BACKOUNDS COME TO PROVIDE

[1:34:30] POWERFUL TESTIMONY ABOUT THEIR

[1:34:31] REAL A VALID CONCERNS

[1:34:33] REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF

[1:34:34] DATA CENTERS AND THEIR VARIOUS

[1:34:36] IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITIES FOR

[1:34:38] GENERATIONS TO COME. I WANT TO

[1:34:40] BE VERY, VERY CLEAR. RESIDENTS

[1:34:43] ACROSS THE CITY O MINNEAPOLIS

[1:34:44] AND POLICY MAKERS ACROSS THE

[1:34:46] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND OUR

[1:34:48] STATE

[1:34:50] RAPID EXPANSION OF DATA CENTERS

[1:34:52] ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND ASKING

[1:34:54] WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR OUR

[1:34:55] NEIGHBORS, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE,

[1:34:57] AND OUR FUTURE. THE DATA CENTER

[1:34:59] INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY THE NEW

[1:35:00] GENERATION DATA CENTERS THAT A

[1:35:02] NOT THE DATA CENTERS OF YEARS

[1:35:05] PAST, THE ENTERPRISE-LEVEL DATA

[1:35:07] CENTERS WE HAVE EXISTING IN THE

[1:35:08] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT

[1:35:10] INDUSTRY HAS SHOWN OVER AND OVER

[1:35:12] AGAIN NEGATIVE IMPACTS,

[1:35:14] ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNIES OF

[1:35:16] COLOR AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE

[1:35:18] BEEN IMPACTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL

[1:35:20] JUSTICE -- IUSTICES AND

[1:35:23] CREATED SACRICE ZONES. THERE

[1:35:25] HAVE BEEN IMPAC ON WATER

[1:35:29] RESOURCES AND HIGH USAGE OF

[1:35:32] ELECTRICITY. AND WHILE WE IN

[1:35:33] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS MAY HAVE

[1:35:35] DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. THESE

[1:35:37] AREN'T THE SAME COMPANIES THAT

[1:35:38] ARE LOOKING TO BUILD NEW

[1:35:42] GENERATION, GENERATIVE AI DATA

[1:35:43] CENTERS IN THE CITYF

[1:35:44] MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S TIME THAT WE

[1:35:46] UPDATE OUR POLICIES TO REFLECT

[1:35:49] THE NEEDS THAT ARE PRESENT

[1:35:51] BEFORE US. MINNEAPOLIS

[1:35:54] RESIDENTS ARE COUNTING ON US TO

[1:35:56] PUT THEIR INTERESTS FIRST, AS

[1:35:57] LARGE CORPORATIONS RAPIDLY PUSH

[1:35:59] TO DEVELOP THESE DATA CENTERS.

[1:36:02] AND THAT'S WHY THIS PROPOSAL IS

[1:36:04] HERE BEFORE US TODAY. THIS IS

[1:36:06] NOT A BAN ON DATA CENTERS.

[1:36:08] Y'ALL, IT'S A FIVE-MONTH

[1:36:10] MORATORIUM AHEAD OF US. IT'S

[1:36:12] NOT ANTITECHNOLOGY. IT'S FUTURE

[1:36:14] PROOFING OUR CITY. IT'S A

[1:36:16] TEMPORARY PAUSE THAT GIVES

[1:36:18] MINNPOLIS THE OPPORTUNITY TO

[1:36:19] DO WHAT GOOD GOVERNMENT SHOULD

[1:36:21] DO. GATHER INFORMATION, ENGAGE

[1:36:23] THE PUBLIC, AND ESTABLISH CLEAR

[1:36:25] RULES BEFORE MAJOR DECISIONS ARE

[1:36:29] MADE. AND AS O ADVISORY GROUP

[1:36:33] ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTN HAS SENT

[1:36:35] US A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE

[1:36:39] SOMETHG I AGREE. THIS SIGNALSLY

[1:36:41] THAT THE CITY IS OPEN TO

[1:36:43] INTENTIONAL A RESPONSIBLE

[1:36:44] BUSINESS. AND NOT CLOSED FOR

[1:36:46] BUSINESS. ANY UNCERTAINTY WES

[1:36:48] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS MAY HAVE

[1:36:51] AROUND DATA CENTERS, WHETHER IT

[1:36:52] WAS NOT BORN OUT OF ANYTHING

[1:36:55] THAT WE HAVE, AS POLICY MAKERS

[1:36:59] HAVE DONE. IT COMES FROM THE

[1:37:00] SCORES ANDCORES OF NEWS

[1:37:02] ARCLES AND EVIDENC OF

[1:37:03] NEGATIVE IACTS ACROSS THE

[1:37:07] COUNTRY. THE -- THE REALITY IS,

[1:37:13] SINGLE LGE FACILITY TODAY CAN

[1:37:15] CONSUME AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS

[1:37:19] TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES. AND

[1:37:21] THESE FACILITIES RUN 24/7

[1:37:24] THE PROJECTS RARELY OCCUR IN

[1:37:26] ISOLATION. INDUSTRY EXPERTS

[1:37:28] DESCRIBE A CLUSTERING EFFECT.

[1:37:29] ONE FACILITY ATTRACTS

[1:37:33] ADDITIONA

[1:37:35] DECISIONS TODAY CAN SHAPE LAND

[1:37:37] USE PATTERNSOR DECADES TO

[1:37:40] COME. MINNEAPOLIS LACKS THE

[1:37:42] REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. THE

[1:37:45] ZONING CODE DOESN'T CONTAIN A

[1:37:47] SPECIF DEFINITION. AND WE

[1:37:50] HAVEN'T UNDERGONE THE WORK TO

[1:37:51] EVALUATE HOW MUCH PER CAPACITY

[1:37:52] WE CAN GIVE TO THE DATA CENTER

[1:37:55] INDUSTRY. WHAT DOES IT MEANOR

[1:37:56] US IN TERMS OF WATER

[1:37:58] CONSUMPTION? WHAT DOES IT MEAN

[1:38:00] IN TERMSF A DATA CENTER THAT

[1:38:01] MIGHT BE BUILT DOWNTOWN OR A

[1:38:03] DATA CENTER THAT IS LOOKING TO

[1:38:05] BE BUILT IN AN INDUSTRIAL SITED

[1:38:09] AREA. THESE ARE QUESTIONS WE'RE

[1:38:10] GOING TO BE PURSUING IN THE NEXT

[1:38:12] FIVE MONTHS. I BELIEVE THE

[1:38:14] TEMPORARY PAUSE COMPLEMENTS THE

[1:38:15] POLICIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE

[1:38:16] WORKING ON. THE POLICIES THAT

[1:38:18] I'M CO-AUTHORING WITH COUNCIL

[1:38:19] MEMBER SHAFFER. THIS PAUSE

[1:38:21] GIVEUS THE OPPORTUNITY TO

[1:38:23] ADDRESS ALL OF THE GAPS THAT WE

[1:38:24] HAVE. AND REALLY ROBUSTLY STUDY

[1:38:29] WATER USAGE, ENERGY DEMANDS, AND

[1:38:31] LAND USE CONCERNS. AND, ALSO,

[1:38:33] HAVE PROOF THAT THE ENOMIC

[1:38:35] BENEFITS ARE REAL. WE'VE HEA

[1:38:38] OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THIS IS

[1:38:39] GOING TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE

[1:38:41] GASES, THAT THIS I GOING TO

[1:38:44] HELP OUR GENER FUND AND

[1:38:46] INCREASE REVENUE FOR OUR CITY

[1:38:48] THAT, UMM, THIS IS GOING TO

[1:38:50] PROVIDE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS

[1:38:52] OF JOBS. AND I THINK THEY

[1:38:54] SHOULD HAVE TO PROVE IT FIRST.

[1:38:56] AND WE SHOULD BE EYES WIDE OPEN

[1:38:57] BEFORE WE SIGN UP. BEFORE WE

[1:39:03] SIGN UP FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT WE

[1:39:04] DON'T HAVE POLICY TO REGULATE.

[1:39:07] AND SO, COLLEAGUES, I ASK YOU TO

[1:39:09] SUPPORT THIS TODAY. AND ONE

[1:39:10] THING I'LL SHARE IS THAT WE'VE

[1:39:12] MADE A SIGNIFICANT COMPRISE

[1:39:15] ALREADY WITHIN THE POLICY THAT

[1:39:16] ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS OF

[1:39:18] DOWNTOWN DATA CENTER

[1:39:19] DEVELOPMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER

[1:39:21] OSMAN BROUGHT FORWARD AN

[1:39:23] AMENDMENT THAT BROUGHT AN

[1:39:25] ESSENTIAL CARVEOUT FOR DATA

[1:39:28] 350,000 SQUARE FEET IN DOWNTOWN.

[1:39:30] AND THAT IS VERY LIKE I WILL

[1:39:32] NOT GOING HAVE ANY IMPACTS ON

[1:39:34] THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO

[1:39:35] TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT FIVE

[1:39:37] MONTHS. AND ONCE AGAIN, OUR JOB

[1:39:40] AS CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS TO

[1:39:41] LOOK OUT FORHE PUBLIC

[1:39:43] INTEREST. THE JOB OF BIG TECH

[1:39:45] IS NOT THAT. THEY LOOK OUT FOR

[1:39:47] THEI SHAREHOLDERS AND WE SHOULD

[1:39:48] NOT BE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO

[1:39:52] E

[1:39:52] SHOULD BE EYES WIDE OPEN AND

[1:39:54] FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S

[1:39:54] HAPPENING TH THE INDUSTRY.

[1:39:55] AND WE SULD BRING ALL OF OUR

[1:39:58] CONSTITUENTS ALONG. AND I HAD

[1:40:00] SAY THE BEST ANTE DOTE TO FEAR

[1:40:03] IS ACCURATE AND TRANSPARENT

[1:40:05] INFORMATION AND GOVERNANCE.

[1:40:08] >> COUIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

[1:40:09] » COUIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

[1:40:10] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:40:11] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:40:11] I WANT TO SPEAK PLALY ABOUT

[1:40:13] SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD

[1:40:14] IN THE CHAMBERS AROUND DATA

[1:40:16] CENTERS. AND KIN OF ACTUALLY

[1:40:18] WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US. KIND OF

[1:40:19] A RHETORIC VERSUS REALITY. SOME

[1:40:21] OF THIS RHETORIC HAS BEEN

[1:40:22] AMPLIFIED BY THE CONFUSION, I

[1:40:24] THINK, THAT WE HAVE AROUND T

[1:40:27] DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPERSCALE

[1:40:29] AND SMALL, URBANDA DRAFT

[1:40:31] CENTERS. AND I ABSOLUTELY

[1:40:32] AGREE. THERE ARE STRONG

[1:40:34] CONCNS AROUND HYPER-SCALE

[1:40:36] BUILDOUTS. THAT'S NOT WHAT

[1:40:37] WE'RE FACING HERE IN

[1:40:38] MINNEAPOLIS. D I'D LIKE TO

[1:40:38] KIND OF JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF

[1:40:40] THOSE DIFFERENCES. SOME OF

[1:40:42] THOSE CONTRASTS. WE HEARD THAT

[1:40:43] A DATA CENTER COULD GO UP

[1:40:45] INSTEAD OF A SOCCER FIELD OR

[1:40:47] INSTEAD OF A PLAYGROUND. THAT

[1:40:48] WE SHOULD ASK OUR KIDS WHETHER

[1:40:51] THEY'D RATHER HAVE A DATA CENTER

[1:40:52] OR A PARK. THAT'S NOT THE

[1:40:54] CHOICE IN FRONT OF US. THAT'S

[1:40:55] RHETOR. HERE IS THE REALITY,

[1:40:56] AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TALKING

[1:40:57] ABOUT A FEW UNOCCUPIED FLOORS OF

[1:41:00] A HANDFUL OF DOWNTOWN

[1:41:04] THE CITY OR THE PARK BOARD AGHT

[1:41:05] PROPOSAL TO BUILD ON AN OPEN

[1:41:07] GREEN SPACE. IF THEY DID, WE'D

[1:41:09] SAY NO. VACANT FLOORS

[1:41:12] REPROPOSED AS SMALL DATA CENTERS

[1:41:14] HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ADD

[1:41:15] HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

[1:41:18] IN COMMERCIAL EVALUATION.

[1:41:19] EVALUATION THAT RELIEVES THE TAX

[1:41:22] BURDEN SITTING ON EVERY

[1:41:23] HOMEOWNER AND EVERY RENTER IN

[1:41:25] THIS CITY. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT

[1:41:27] THIS MORATORIUM THAT MINNEAPOLIS

[1:41:30] IS OPEN FOR POLLUTION AND

[1:41:31] ANYTHING GOES. WE'VE HEARD THEY

[1:41:33] WILL STEAL OUR WATERND SPIKE

[1:41:34] OUR ELECTRIC BILLS. UMM, THAT'S

[1:41:37] RHETORIC. HERE IS THEEALITY,

[1:41:39] STATE LAW ALREADY REQUIRES THAT

[1:41:40] VERY LARGE CUSTOMERS PAY 100% OF

[1:41:43] THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE

[1:41:45] UPGRADES. THESE CTS LAND ON

[1:41:47] THE DATA CENTER, NOT THE RATE

[1:41:49] PAYER.

[1:41:50] STATE LAW REQUIRES CLEAN ENERGY

[1:41:52] STANDARDS. A DATA CENTER IN

[1:41:54] MINNEAPOLIS WILL HELP US BUILD

[1:41:55] THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR

[1:42:00] OUR CLIMATE GOALS THROUGH

[1:42:01] UTILITY FRANCHISE FEES. A DATA

[1:42:03] CENTERIN THE DAKOTAS WON'T.

[1:42:06] DOWNTOWN DATA CENTER USES AS

[1:42:08] MUCH WATER AS A MEDIUM-SIZED

[1:42:10] APARTMENT BUILDING. LESS THAN A

[1:42:11] GOLF COURSE IN OUR CITY. NOBOD

[1:42:12] IS PROPOSING WE BAN THESE.

[1:42:14] WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT THE NEED

[1:42:17] FOR A MORATORIUM IS HERE BECAUSE

[1:42:19] OF JOBS BUILDING DATA CENTERS

[1:42:21] ARE ONLY TEMPORARY. LAST I

[1:42:24] CHECKED, MOST CONRUCTION JOBS

[1:42:26] ARE PROJECT BASED. AND YOU NEED

[1:42:28] PROJECTS TO DO WORK. HERE IS

[1:42:30] THE REALITY, UNION WORKERS,

[1:42:33] O'VE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE

[1:42:35] PROJECTS, CAME AND TOLD US THEY

[1:42:36] ARE BENEFITING FROM THESE

[1:42:38] OPPORTUNITIES. THE PIPE

[1:42:40] FITTERS, ELECTRICAL WORKERS

[1:42:42] SHEET METAL WORKERS, BUILDING

[1:42:44] TRADE COUNCILS, THEY ASKED FOR

[1:42:45] US T VOTE AGAINST THE

[1:42:48] MORATORIUM. AND JUST TWO WEEKS

[1:42:51] AGO, RIGHT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS,

[1:42:52] THE AFLCIO DELEGATES FROM AROUND

[1:42:55] THE COUNTRY UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED

[1:42:56] A FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSIBLE DATA

[1:42:59] CENT DEVELOPMENT. A FRAMEWORK

[1:43:00] THAT POINTEDLY DID NOT CALL FOR

[1:43:02] A MORATORIUM. THEY CALLED FOR

[1:43:06] WHAT I AM ALREADY PROPOSING.

[1:43:09] SENSIBLE REGULATION THAT

[1:43:11] CAPTURESHE UPSIDE FOR OUR

[1:43:14] WORKERS IN THE PUBLIC AND

[1:43:15] DOESN'T CLOSE THE DOOR ON OUR

[1:43:17] COLLECTIVE PROSPERITY. WHEN

[1:43:19] LABOR STANDS UP AND TELLS US A

[1:43:21] POLICY WILL COST THEIR MEMBERS

[1:43:22] WORK, WE OWE IT TO THEM TO

[1:43:24] STEN. I'M PROUD TO BE

[1:43:26] AUTHORING THIS WORK ON DATA

[1:43:29] CENTER REGULATION AND THIS WORK

[1:43:30] IS HAPPENING NOW. WE DON'T NEED

[1:43:33] A MORATORIUM BECAUSE WE'VE GOT

[1:43:35] THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITTING

[1:43:36] PROCESS. WE CAN SAY NO TO ANY

[1:43:38] PROJECT THAT COMES FORWARD IN

[1:43:39] THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THAT DOESN'T

[1:43:40] SERVE THE INTERESTS OF

[1:43:42] MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. I ALSO

[1:43:44] THINK OF DIRECTOR HANSEN'S

[1:43:48] REAPPOINTMENT DISCUSSION IN BIZ

[1:43:50] COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. ND I

[1:43:51] MENTIONED IT AND WILL MENTION IT

[1:43:52] AGAIN. WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS

[1:43:54] NEEDED TO BRING ECONOMIC GROWTH

[1:43:56] TO MINNEAPOLIS, HE SAID TWO

[1:43:59] THINGSS: RESOURCES, LIKE

[1:44:03] INVESTMENT; D CONFIDENCE. A

[1:44:04] GROWING CONFIDENCE IN OUR CITY.

[1:44:06] HE WENT ON TO SAY PEOPLE ARE

[1:44:08] MORE LIKELY TO TAKE A CHANCE ON

[1:44:11] VESTMENT WHEN POLICY AND

[1:44:13] PROCESS ENVIRONMENTS ARE CLEAR

[1:44:15] AND PREDICTABLE. A MORATORIUM

[1:44:19] IS NOT A CLEAR AND PREDICTABLE

[1:44:22] POLICY. SO THIS MORATORM

[1:44:24] DOESN'T ADD A SINGLE SAFE GUARD,

[1:44:27] AND MAY ACTUALLY BE A DETMENT

[1:44:29] TO ECONOMIC GROWTH. IT TURNS

[1:44:31] AWAY UNION JOBS AND INVESTMENT

[1:44:33] IN MINNEAPOLIS WHILE WE DO THE

[1:44:35] NEEDED REGULATORY WORK THAT

[1:44:35] WE'VE ALREADY STARTED. AND WILL

[1:44:37] FINISH IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS.

[1:44:40] LET'S NOT DOHAT. LET'S CHOOSE

[1:44:43] THE VERSION OF THIS STORY WHERE

[1:44:45] MINNEAPOLIS SAYS YES TO ITS OWN

[1:44:47] WORKERS, YES TO LOWERING THE TAX

[1:44:49] BURDEN ON ITS RESIDENTS, AND YES

[1:44:51] TO A FUTURE WHERE MINNEAPOLIS

[1:44:53] REMAINS THE ECONOMIC PER HOUSE

[1:44:55] IT HAS BEEN SINCE ITS FOUNDING.

[1:44:59] LET'S CHOOSE REALITY OVER

[1:45:00] RHETORIC. THANK YOU.

[1:45:02] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

[1:45:03] » COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

[1:45:03] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[1:45:05] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[1:45:05] PAYNE. I WANT TO BRING A

[1:45:08] DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE INTO THE

[1:45:11] CONVERSATION OF DA CENTERS

[1:45:13] THAT I THINK IS OFTENTIMES

[1:45:15] FORGOTTEN OUT OR EXCLUDED WHEN

[1:45:18] IT COMES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF

[1:45:21] DATA CENTERS AND WHERE THEY ARE

[1:45:23] HISTORICALLY PLACED AT ACROSS

[1:45:24] THE COUNTRY. I HAVE MAJOR

[1:45:26] CONCERNS ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS,

[1:45:27] IN GENERAL. AND I'M CONCERNED

[1:45:29] THAT WITHOUT THE MORATORIUM,

[1:45:30] WE'RE SENDING A SIGNAL THAT THE

[1:45:33] GREEN ZONES IN THE SOUTH SIDE

[1:45:34] AND NORTH SIDE MINNEAPOLIS ARE

[1:45:36] OPEN TO POLLUTION, OPEN TO DATA

[1:45:39] CENTERS, AND OPE TO THE

[1:45:43] DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT DATA

[1:45:44] CENTERS HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITIES.

[1:45:45] HETHER IT'S RISING UP YOUR

[1:45:47] ELECTRIC BILLS, WHETHER IT'S

[1:45:50] LIGHT POLLUTION, NOISE

[1:45:54] POUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL

[1:45:54] INJUSTICE. THOSE ARE MAJOR

[1:45:56] CONCERNS THAT I ALREADY HAVE,

[1:46:01] ESPECIALLY WARD NINE. WE HAVE

[1:46:04] MAJOR POLLUTING INDUSTRIES THAT

[1:46:05] HAD A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE

[1:46:06] LIVELIHOODF THE PEOPLE I'M

[1:46:07] PROUD TO REPRESENT. I ALSO WANT

[1:46:09] TO MENTION THAT TS DATA CENTER

[1:46:13] MORATORIUM, THIS TEMPORARY

[1:46:16] PAUSE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL

[1:46:17] IT, HAS A CARVEOUT FOR DOWNTOWN

[1:46:19] MINNEAPOLIS ALREADY. AND I

[1:46:20] GUESS I'M REALLY CONCERNED

[1:46:26] ABOUT: ONE, IT HAS A CARVEOUT

[1:46:27] FOR DOWNTOWN. IT MES ME SAD

[1:46:29] FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN

[1:46:30] DOWNTOWN. BUT, ALSO, I'M

[1:46:34] CONCERNED THAT THERE IS

[1:46:35] OPPOSITION TO THE ORDINANCE WITH

[1:46:36] THE CARVEOUT F DOWNTOWN. I

[1:46:37] THINK IT SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE

[1:46:40] THAT EVEN WITH THEARVE OUT FOR

[1:46:42] DOWNTOWN. WE WANT TO PUT DATA

[1:46:44] CENTERS IN OTHER PLACES IN OUR

[1:46:45] CITY. AND I GUESS I'VE ASKED

[1:46:48] ALREADY IN COMMITTEE WHERE D

[1:46:49] FOLKS WANT THE DATA CENTERS

[1:46:52] AT? IF THERE'S A CARVE OUT FOR

[1:46:54] DOWNTOWN, DOES IT MEAN IT'LL GO

[1:46:55] IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS? HIAWATHA?

[1:46:58] SOUTH SIDE GREEN ZONE, PHILLIPS,

[1:47:01] EMPTY PORTIONS OF LAND ACROSS

[1:47:03] OUR CITY THAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE

[1:47:05] OF COLOR LIVE IN. I GUESS I

[1:47:07] HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER. IT

[1:47:09] MAKES ME CONCERN IF WE DON'T

[1:47:11] WANT MORATORIUM THAT

[1:47:14] EXCEPTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN. WHERE

[1:47:15] DO PEOPLE WANT DATA CENTERS AT?

[1:47:18] HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THESE GO

[1:47:20] INTO IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.

[1:47:22] ESPECIALLY WHERE PEOPLE OF

[1:47:23] COLOR LIVE IN. YOU CAN LOOK

[1:47:26] DIRECTLY AT WARD NINE. SO

[1:47:28] HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS BECAUSE

[1:47:29] HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT

[1:47:31] POL POLLUTING-PRODUCING

[1:47:33] FACILITIES HAVE BEEN PLACED IN

[1:47:37] HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED

[1:47:38] NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE ONES I

[1:47:41] REPRESENT. WITHOUT THE

[1:47:44] MORATORIUM, THERE'S AN ABILITY

[1:47:44] FOR A DATA CENTER TO BE BUILT

[1:47:46] INSTEAD OF A PLAYGROUND. THERE

[1:47:49] IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A

[1:47:50] DATA CENTER INSTEAD OF FOCUSING

[1:47:52] ON EFFORTS TO PRESERVE WATER

[1:47:54] THAT IS QUITE LITERALLY LIFE.

[1:47:55] THERE IS AN ABILITY TO BUILD

[1:47:57] DATA CENTERS INSTEAD OFOUSING.

[1:47:58] THERE IS AN ABILITY TO BUILD

[1:48:02] LAND AND BUILDINGS TO ADDRESS

[1:48:05] UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS THAT

[1:48:05] SHOULD BE A IS A PRIORITY FOR

[1:48:07] MANY OF US. AND THERE'S

[1:48:10] OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN CHOOSING

[1:48:11] DATA CENTERS AND PROTECTING THE

[1:48:12] HEALTH OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I

[1:48:13] THINK IN THE CONVERSATION, I

[1:48:14] WANT TO ASK YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE

[1:48:17] WORLD. DO YOU PREFER USING LAND

[1:48:19] FOR SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO

[1:48:21] IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR

[1:48:22] NEIGHBORS. OR USE LD AND

[1:48:24] BUILDINGS FOR DATA CENTERS? DO

[1:48:26] WE WANT TO USE LAND AND

[1:48:27] BUILDINGS INOWNTOWN TO

[1:48:29] REVITALIZE THE ECONOMY OF

[1:48:30] DOWNTOWN TO HELP IMPROVE THE

[1:48:31] LIVES OF PEOPLE ACROSS OUR CITY?

[1:48:33] OR DO YOU WANT TO USE SPACE IN

[1:48:36] DOTOWN FOR VACANT DATA CENTERS

[1:48:37] THAT AREN'T GOING TO BRING V

[1:48:41] VITALITY AND ECONOMIC

[1:48:41] DEVELOPMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. I

[1:48:43] WANT TOW BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE.

[1:48:44] BECAUSE I HOPE THAT -- WELL,

[1:48:46] I'M PROUD TO AUTHOR THIS WITH

[1:48:48] COUNCIL MEMB CHOWDHURY, PART

[1:48:49] OF THE WORK SHE'S DOING HERE. I

[1:48:53] GUESS I'LLRESS MY COLLEAGUES

[1:48:54] THAT ARE WORKING ON ZONING AND

[1:48:59] REGULATIONS PART TO BE IN

[1:49:00] CONVERSATION WITH MY OFFICE IN

[1:49:01] THE FUTURE. I HAVE MAJ

[1:49:02] CONCERNS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE AND

[1:49:04] WHAT IT MEANS FOR MY

[1:49:05] CONSTITUENTS AND IF WERE

[1:49:06] OPENING UP A DOOR TO SAY DATA

[1:49:09] CENTERS ARE OPEN FOR THE

[1:49:11] PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD, VACANT

[1:49:12] LANDS IN MY WARD, A WHO IS

[1:49:15] VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DATA

[1:49:16] CENTERS AND THE POLLUTION THAT

[1:49:19] NY INDUSTRIES CAUSE TO MY

[1:49:20] COMMUNITY. SO I GUESS I'LL

[1:49:22] SUPPORT THIS TODAY. I AN

[1:49:24] AUTHOR AND PROUD OF THIS WORK.

[1:49:25] AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT I

[1:49:27] HOPEHAT WE TAKE THE ZONING

[1:49:30] PART REALLY SERIOUSLY IN THE

[1:49:31] NE FEW MONTHS AS WE GET IT

[1:49:32] RIGHT. BECAUSE I WILL BE VERY

[1:49:34] CONCERNED IF SOMETHING IS

[1:49:35] BROUGHT FORWARD THAT ISOING TO

[1:49:36] HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE

[1:49:39] PEOPLE I LOVE AND REPRESENT.

[1:49:40] THANK YOU.

[1:49:41] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

[1:49:43] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

[1:49:45] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:49:48] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[1:49:49] UMM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE

[1:49:50] MORTAR MORATORIUM. I

[1:49:53] WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I WANT TO

[1:49:57] SEND A MESSAGE TO BIG TECH

[1:49:59] CORPORATE DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO

[1:50:02] BUILD DATA CENTERS IN THE CITY.

[1:50:03] THE COUNCIL WI WILL NOT BE

[1:50:07] ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR

[1:50:08] THEM. RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A

[1:50:11] SAY THAT WILL USE IN SOME CASES

[1:50:14] THE EQUIVALENT OF 40,000

[1:50:16] MEASURES OF ENERGY USED TO POWER

[1:50:17] OUR HOMES AND A MORATORIUM

[1:50:19] PROVIDES OUR CITY AND THE TIME

[1:50:22] TO GATHER THAT IUT FROM OUR

[1:50:24] RESIDENTS. FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

[1:50:25] FROM EACH OTHER. AND USE THAT

[1:50:27] TO PUT FORWARD STRONG

[1:50:29] REGULATIONS THAT PUT OUR

[1:50:32] RESIDENTS FIRST. AND NOT THAT

[1:50:34] BIG TECH CORPORATION

[1:50:36] SHAREHOLDERS. ADDITIONALLY, I

[1:50:38] HAVE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES

[1:50:39] THESE DATA CENTERS COME WITH

[1:50:41] MANY BENEFITS. SPECIFICALLY FOR

[1:50:43] PROPERTY OWNERS AND TAXPAYERS.

[1:50:46] AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO ASK A

[1:50:49] QUESTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER

[1:50:49] CHOWDHURY. I KNOW YOU'RE THE

[1:50:50] AUTHOR. BUT ALSO THE IGR

[1:50:54] DIRECTOR. TO GAIN SOME CLARITY.

[1:50:56] IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE

[1:50:59] STATE LEGISLATURE, I BELIEVE IN

[1:51:01] 2023 OR RECENT YEARS, THEY

[1:51:03] AUTHORIZED TAX BREAKS FOR DATA

[1:51:05] CENTERS. CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE

[1:51:07] CLARITY ON THAT.

[1:51:08] >> YES. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING

[1:51:10] » YES. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING

[1:51:10] THEY HAVE AUTHORIZED TAX BREAKS

[1:51:13] FOR DATA CENTER DEVOPME.

[1:51:14] >> THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING

[1:51:16] » THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING

[1:51:16] THAT. SO WITH THAT, I DON'T

[1:51:17] KNOW IF IT'S A LACK OF

[1:51:19] AWARENESS, BUT, AGAIN, DATA

[1:51:21] CENTERS HAVE RECEIVED

[1:51:22] SIGNIFICANTAX BREAKS FROM OUR

[1:51:24] STATE IN ORDER TO BUILD HERE.

[1:51:25] AND I KNOW MANY OF OUR STATE

[1:51:27] LEGISLATORS ARE ALREADY WORKING

[1:51:28] TO TRY TO ROLL BACK SOME OF

[1:51:29] THOSE BREAKS. BUT THE REALITY

[1:51:31] IS, THESE DATA CENTERS RECEIVE

[1:51:34] SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC DOLLARS. AND

[1:51:36] INSTEAD OF SUBSIDIZING THESE

[1:51:37] DATA CENTERS THAT HAVE

[1:51:39] SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR

[1:51:40] RESOURCES TO OUR STATE, I WOULD

[1:51:44] RATHER SEE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS

[1:51:45] OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN USED

[1:51:47] TO SUBSIDIZE THESE DATA CENTERS

[1:51:49] TO ACTUALLY GO TO LOCAL

[1:51:51] GOVERNMENT AIDS. SOMETHING THAT

[1:51:52] HABEEN A SHARED PRIORITY FOR

[1:51:54] OUR CITY. AND IF WE HAVE

[1:51:57] RECEIVED INCREASES IN LOCAL

[1:51:58] GOVERNMENT AID, THAT WOULD GIVE

[1:51:59] US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT

[1:52:03] THOSE DOLLARS TO NEEDED AREAS.

[1:52:05] SUCH AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND

[1:52:06] PUBLIC HOUSING, TO DEMOCRATIC

[1:52:08] DEVEL -- ECONOMIC

[1:52:12] DEVELOPMENT. AND PROGRAMS THAT

[1:52:13] MEET THE NEE OF WORKING-CLASS

[1:52:15] RESIDENTS. I THINK THE BASIS OR

[1:52:16] THE GREAT HOPE OF DATA CENTERS

[1:52:17] IN THE ENOMIC RHETORIC AROUND

[1:52:19] IT, IS THAT IT WILL BE THIS

[1:52:22] MASSIVE ECONOMIC GENERATOR.

[1:52:24] WHAT IS ACTUALLY UNDERPINNING

[1:52:26] THIS IS TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS.

[1:52:29] WHICH TIME AND TIME AGAIN HAVE

[1:52:30] SHOWN DOOT WORK. THE IDEA

[1:52:32] THAT PROFITS FROM DATA CENTERS

[1:52:33] ARE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY HEL US

[1:52:35] SOLVE CRITICAL ISSUES LIKE OUR

[1:52:37] HOUSING CRISIS, OR THE

[1:52:39] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES

[1:52:43] WRESTLE WITH, UMM, THE REALITY

[1:52:45] IS VERY CLEAR THAT -- THAT IT

[1:52:48] WILL NOT. THERE IS SO MUCH DATA

[1:52:53] SHOWS OTHERWISE. WHAT INRY THAT

[1:52:54] REALITY WE NEED TO DO IS BRING

[1:52:56] IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES. I THINK

[1:52:58] THERE HAS BEEN SHARED AGREEMENT

[1:53:00] AROUND THAT. OUR CITY IS FACING

[1:53:02] A BLEAK FINANCIAL FUTURE THAT

[1:53:04] CURRENTLY OUR WORKING-CLASS

[1:53:05] RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE

[1:53:07] SHOULDER OF. WE'VE SAID IT MANY

[1:53:08] TIMES. AND IT'S MY FROM MY

[1:53:12] UNDERSTANDING, THE COLLEAGUES

[1:53:13] SUPPORTI THIS, THAT'S THE

[1:53:14] HOPE. THE TRICKLE-DOWN GAINS

[1:53:16] FROM THE DATA CENTERS WILL

[1:53:18] RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES

[1:53:20] THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND ORDINARY

[1:53:23] RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING.

[1:53:24] THAT'S SIMPLY NOT THE REALITY.

[1:53:25] AND THAT IS ALS WHY I'M

[1:53:30] PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE HEARDTION

[1:53:32] REPORTS ON. THAT ESSENTIALLY

[1:53:33] AIMS TO TAX THE RICH. AND BY

[1:53:36] THAT, WE COULD BRING IN MILLIONS

[1:53:38] OF DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE

[1:53:40] TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR

[1:53:42] RESIDENTS.

[1:53:42] >> POINT OF ORDER. WE'RE NOT

[1:53:43] » POINT OF ORDER. WE'RE NOT

[1:53:43] TALKING ABOUT TAXES AND REVENUE.

[1:53:46] [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ]

[1:53:47] >> COUNC MEMBER RAINVILLE,

[1:53:48] » COUNC MEMBER RAINVILLE,

[1:53:48] DON'T DISRUPT ME.

[1:53:50] [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ]

[1:53:52] >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TURN

[1:53:53] » I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TURN

[1:53:53] YOUR MIC OFF. THANK YOU. WITH

[1:53:55] THAT --

[1:53:56] >> POINT OF ORDER.

[1:53:58] » POINT OF ORDER.

[1:53:58] >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE,

[1:53:59] » COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE,

[1:53:59] STOP DISRUPTING ME.

[1:54:01] >> WE'LL KEEP THE TOPIC THE

[1:54:02] » WE'LL KEEP THE TOPIC THE

[1:54:02] CONVERTION ON THE TOPIC AND

[1:54:03] ONE SPKER SPEAKS AT A I INVITE Y

[1:54:06] LLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN THE

[1:54:07] EFFORTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT

[1:54:09] MANY TIMES BEFORE. AROUND HOW

[1:54:10] WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING IN

[1:54:12] ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND WE HAVE

[1:54:14] FIVE PROPOSALS THAT OUR STAFF

[1:54:15] HAVE HELPED TO CRAFT THAT GIVES

[1:54:18] O

[1:54:19] EXACTLY THAT. ALSO, IT'S

[1:54:20] IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT

[1:54:23] SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS AROUND

[1:54:24] MINNEAPOLIS HAVE EASILY PUT IN

[1:54:26] ONE-YEAR BANS TO STUDY THIS

[1:54:28] ISSUE. SOME OF THOSELACES ARE

[1:54:32] REPUBLICAN DOMINATED. SO I

[1:54:34] RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS SUCH AN

[1:54:37] UNPOPULAR ISSUE. PEOPLE DON'T

[1:54:38] WANT TO RUSH INTO WELCOMING DATA

[1:54:40] CENTERS AND NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE

[1:54:42] DISASTUS IMPACTS THEY CAN

[1:54:43] HAVE. AND THEY'RE TAKING

[1:54:45] IMMEDIATE ACTION. AND OUR

[1:54:47] RESIDENTS IN THE PUBLIC ASKED US

[1:54:49] TO DO THE SAME. AND I JOIN YOU

[1:54:50] ALL IN THAT DEMAND P.

[1:54:53] THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS.

[1:54:54] THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCIL

[1:54:55] MEMBER CHOWDHURY AND COUNCIL

[1:54:57] MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR BRINGING THIS

[1:54:59] FORWARD. AND GIVING US THE TIME

[1:55:01] NEEDED TO THINK ABOUT THIS

[1:55:03] PROCESS VERY CLEARLY AND

[1:55:06] SOBERLY. AND WHILE ALSO

[1:55:07] PURSUING THE THINGS THA

[1:55:09] ACTUALLY GET TO WHERE WE AGREE

[1:55:10] AND WHICH IS BRINGING IN MORE

[1:55:12] MONEY. NOT TAX BREAK NOT

[1:55:16] SUBSIDIES FOR COMPANIES THAT

[1:55:18] PROMISE TRICKLE-DOWN BUT NEVER

[1:55:21] SEE IT IN FRUION. I'M EXCITE

[1:55:23] THE ABOUT THE WORK WE CAN DO

[1:55:25] TOGETHER. I'M EXCITED W GET TO

[1:55:26] JOIN THE LIST OF DOZENS OFTHER

[1:55:28] CITIES T PUT THESE MORATORIUMS

[1:55:30] IN PLACE. THANK YOU.

[1:55:33] >> I ADDED MYSELF BECAUSE THERE

[1:55:36] » I ADDED MYSELF BECAUSE THERE

[1:55:37] WAS SOME

[1:55:45] -- THE FIRST POINT TO THAT IS

[1:55:47] THERE'S A CARVE OUT FOR DOWNTOWN

[1:55:50] SO THIS MORATORIUM WILL HAVE 0

[1:55:53] IMPACT ON DOWNTOWN DATA CENTERS.

[1:55:54] THE ACTUAL PLACE FOR DATA

[1:55:56] CENTERS OF THIS SCALE WE ARE

[1:55:59] COEMPLATING NEED TO HAVE SOME

[1:56:00] FOCUSED REGULATION AROUND ARE IN

[1:56:02] MY WARD.

[1:56:04] IT'S THE LARGEST LAND AREA OF

[1:56:07] PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING

[1:56:09] ZONING.

[1:56:10] OUR MOST INTENSIVE ZONING

[1:56:11] DISTRICTS ARE IN MY WARD.

[1:56:14] THERE'S SLICES OF PRODUCTION AND

[1:56:15] PROCESSING ACROSS OUR CITY, BUT

[1:56:17] THE LARGEST CONTINUOUS AREA IS

[1:56:19] IN WARD 1.

[1:56:20] AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PERMITTED

[1:56:22] USES TABLE, THERE'S NOT EVEN A

[1:56:24] CONTEMPLATION OF DATA CENTERS.

[1:56:26] WE HAVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS

[1:56:29] FORRUSHING AND PROCESSING OF

[1:56:31] CONCRETE FOR A GREEN ELEVATOR

[1:56:34] FOR HIGH IMPACT PRODUCTION AND

[1:56:36] PROCESSING AS NOTED IN SOME OF

[1:56:38] THOSE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

[1:56:40] BUT THERE ISN'T EVEN REFERENCE

[1:56:43] TO DATA CENTERS.

[1:56:46] PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES E

[1:56:49] SECTION AROUND PRINCIP

[1:56:51] ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND THERE

[1:56:53] WILL BE A GENERAL USE PERMIT FOR

[1:56:55] THAT.

[1:56:56] BUT THE POINT HERE IS WE ARE AT

[1:56:58] GREAT LITIGATION RISK BECAUSE IF

[1:56:59] WE WERE TO CLASSIFY A DATA

[1:57:02] CENTER AS A PRINCIPAL

[1:57:04] ELECTRICITY GENERATION USE,

[1:57:05] ESPECIALLY IF THEY WERE TO BE

[1:57:07] UTILIZING ME OF THE FOSSIL

[1:57:10] FUEL GENERATED ELECTRICITY ON

[1:57:14] SITE, WE COULD GET SUED BY ONE

[1:57:16] OF THOSE USERS THAT WOULD CLAIM

[1:57:18] THAT THE DATA CENTER IS THE

[1:57:20] PRIMARY USE, NOT T ENERGY

[1:57:22] GENERATION.

[1:57:23] SO THE POINT OF THIS IS TO HAVE

[1:57:27] REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.

[1:57:29] AND I THINK THAT TO THE POINT

[1:57:33] THAT COUILMEMBER WONSLEY WAS

[1:57:35] RAISING IS THAT HOW REVENUE IS

[1:57:37] GENERATED BY TSE ENTITIES IS

[1:57:40] VERY MUCH GERMANE TO HOW WE

[1:57:43] REGULATE THIS.

[1:57:44] AND WE NEED TO HAVE A

[1:57:46] COMPREHEN

[1:57:47] FIT INTO THAT BROADER FRAMEWORK.

[1:57:49] THIS MORATORIUM GIVESS THE

[1:57:52] TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

[1:57:53] SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS,

[1:57:55] AND JUST WANTED TO REALLY

[1:57:57] EMPHASIZE THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT

[1:57:58] ABOUT DOWNTO.

[1:57:59] THIS IS ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO

[1:58:02] HAVE INDUSTRIAL ZONING INHEIR

[1:58:04] WARD.

[1:58:05] I HAVE A TON OF INDUSTRIAL

[1:58:06] ZONING IN MY WARD.

[1:58:07] I OW THAT EACH OF YOU HAS AT

[1:58:10] LEAST SOME INDUSTRIAL ZONING,

[1:58:11] NOT EVERYONE, BUT MOST OF US

[1:58:13] HAVE AT LEAST SOME INDUSTRIAL

[1:58:14] ZONING.

[1:58:15] THAT'S WHAT THIS MORATORIUM IS

[1:58:16] ABOU IT'S NOT ABOUT DOWNTOWN.

[1:58:18] I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

[1:58:21] STEVENSON.

[1:58:21] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[1:58:23] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[1:58:23] I NEED TO START OFF BY NAMING

[1:58:26] SOMETHING THAT NO ONE IS NAMING

[1:58:29] SO FAR.

[1:58:29] AND THAT'S THAT MY CONSTITUENTS

[1:58:31] AND PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE CITY

[1:58:35] T

[1:58:35] WANT DATA CENTERST ALL.

[1:58:38] AND SO WE'RE HERE SITTING

[1:58:40] TALKING ABOUT WELL, WE NEED TO

[1:58:42] THIS, THAT, A THE OTHER THING

[1:58:43] WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTER

[1:58:45] REGULATION.

[1:58:45] BUT MYONSTITUENTS ARE TELLING

[1:58:47] ME NO DATA CENTERS AT ALL,

[1:58:50] PERIOD.

[1:58:50] SO WE ARE NOT IN LINE WITH OUR

[1:58:52] COMMUNITY.

[1:58:53] WE ARE NOT BRINGING OUR CITY

[1:58:54] ALONG IN THIS CONVERSATION IN

[1:58:56] THE SLIGHTEST.

[1:58:57] I TOLD THIS TO THE LABOR GROUPS

[1:58:59] THAT CAME TO ME.

[1:59:01] I TOLD THIS TO THE BUSINESS

[1:59:02] GROUPS THAT CAM TO ME.

[1:59:04] I SAID YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND

[1:59:06] CONVINCE MY CONSTITUENTS THAT

[1:59:07] WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GOING TO BE

[1:59:08] GOOD FOR THEM.

[1:59:09] BECAUSE THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT

[1:59:11] THEY DON'T WANT THIS IN THE

[1:59:12] SLIGHTEST.

[1:59:12] AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO CENTER

[1:59:15] THE FACT TT OUR CONSTITUENTS

[1:59:18] ARE REACHING OUT, A.

[1:59:19] AND THAT B, A RECENT POLL CAME

[1:59:21] OUT THAT SHOWED VAST MAJORITIES

[1:59:27] .

[1:59:28] AND THIS IS WHERE OUR PEOPLE

[1:59:29] ARE.

[1:59:30] CAN WE LISTEN TO OUR PEOPLE FOR

[1:59:33] A SECOND AND SAY LET'S TAKE A

[1:59:35] FIVE MONTH PAUSE OUTSIDE OF

[1:59:36] DOWNTOWN TO THINK ABOUT THIS

[1:59:39] LITTLE BIT LONGER.

[1:59:41] CONSTITUENTS ALONG, WHAT ARE WE

[1:59:43] DOING?

[1:59:44] NEXT, WE NEED A FRAMEWORK THAT'S

[1:59:45] GOING TOORK FOR EVERYONE.

[1:59:47] AND THAT ALREADY STEPPING

[1:59:49] OUTSIDE OF WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS

[1:59:51] WANT.

[1:59:52] ME EVEN SAYING WE NEED TO BUILD

[1:59:53] A FRAMEWORK THAT WKS FOR

[1:59:55] EVERYONE IS NOT WHERE OUR

[1:59:56] CONSTITUENTS ARE.

[1:59:58] OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE AT HELL NO,

[2:00:00] I'M SAYING WE NEED A FRAMEWORK

[2:00:02] THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.

[2:00:02] I'M ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS

[2:00:05] ALREADY OUT OF STEP WITH WHERE

[2:00:07] OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE.

[2:00:10] THERE ARE SO MANY BASIC JUST

[2:00:15] COMMONENSE THINGS THAT WE NEED

[2:00:16] TO BE CONSIDERING WHEN IT COMES

[2:00:17] TO DATA CENTERS.

[2:00:19] CAN WE AND SULDE REQUIRE

[2:00:21] THAT THEY HAVE BATTERY BACKUPO

[2:00:24] THAT IN EXTREME EVENTS THEY'RE

[2:00:26] NOT ADDING EXTRA DRAW ONTO OUR

[2:00:29] ELECTRICAL SYSTEM?

[2:00:30] N WE OR SHOULD WE REQUIRE THEM

[2:00:32] TOUILD OUT RENEWABLES EQUAL TO

[2:00:36] THEIR POWER USAGE?

[2:00:38] CAN WE OR SHOULD WE HAVE THEM

[2:00:41] CONTBUTEO OUR CLIMATE LEGACY

[2:00:43] FUND IN ORDER TO FUND ELECTRIFY

[2:00:47] OCCASION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

[2:00:49] ACROSS THE CITY?

[2:00:50] THESE ARE VERY BASIC THINGS.

[2:00:52] AND THIS COMES IN THE BKDROP

[2:00:55] OF AN ECONOMIC SITUATION NOW

[2:00:57] WH

[2:01:00] COMPANIES, GOOGLE, OTHERS, THEY

[2:01:02] ARE DYING TO BUI DATA CENTERS.

[2:01:04] THEY WANT TO BUILD DATA CENTERS

[2:01:06] EVERYWHE.

[2:01:07] ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE.

[2:01:08] THAT MEANS THAT WE HA A CHANCE

[2:01:10] TO ASK FOR SOMETHING FROM THEM.

[2:01:13] LET'S BE GOOD AT REPRESENTING

[2:01:16] OUR CONSTITUENTS.

[2:01:17] LET'S BE SMART I REPRESENTING

[2:01:18] OUR CONSTITUENTS ANDCTUAY

[2:01:20] GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS.

[2:01:21] WE DON'T NEED TO CHASE A CHEAP

[2:01:23] DOLLAR OF OH DID YOU SEE HOW

[2:01:25] THAT BUILDING SOLD FOR MORE

[2:01:26] MONEY?

[2:01:27] WHY DON'T WE GET BUILDINGS THAT

[2:01:28] SELL FOR MONEY AND THINGS THAT

[2:01:31] WHETHER IT'SRENUE, WHETHER Y,

[2:01:33] IT'S MEETING OUR CLIMATE GOALS,

[2:01:36] WHETHER IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE

[2:01:38] DOWNTOWN OR REFURBISHING

[2:01:39] BUILDINGS IN A WAY THAT CAN BE

[2:01:41] USEFUL FOR OTHER USES THAT ARE

[2:01:43] PEOPLE CENTERED RATHER THAN

[2:01:45] COMPUTER CENTERED.

[2:01:47] THERE'S JUST SO MANY BASIC

[2:01:49] THINGS THAT WE N BE DOING HERE

[2:01:51] AND THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING HERE

[2:01:52] AND THAT WE CAN GET DONE IN FIV

[2:01:54] MONTHS.

[2:01:54] IT WILL B A BIT OF LIFT.

[2:01:56] RECOGNIZE THAT FOR THE

[2:01:58] AUTHOR

[2:01:58] BUT IN FIVE MONTHS, WE CAN COME

[2:01:59] OUT AND GET A MUCH BETTER DL

[2:02:02] FOR MINNEAPOLIS TN WE WOULD IF

[2:02:04] WE JUST SAY LAISE FAIRE, GO FOR

[2:02:08] IT GUYS.

[2:02:09] TO THAT POINT, I'VE HAD MANY

[2:02:11] CONVERSATIONS WITH LABOR GROUPS,

[2:02:12] WITH BUSINESS GROUPS, AND MOST

[2:02:14] RECENTLYITH EXCEL.

[2:02:14] I'D LIKE TO SAY ALL VERY

[2:02:16] PLEASANT PEOPLE, ALL VERY NICE

[2:02:17] PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN WITH.

[2:02:19] AND ALL OF THE ARGUMENTS KIND OF

[2:02:21] COME BACK TO THIS, IT'S JUST

[2:02:23] TRUST ME.

[2:02:24] THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT.

[2:02:25] TRUST ME.

[2:02:26] WE'RE JUST GOING TO -- THIS ONE

[2:02:28] IS NOT GOING TO BE A BOONDOGGLE

[2:02:30] LIKE THE LAST ONE.

[2:02:31] THIS ONE IS NOT GOING TO RIP YOU

[2:02:33] OFF LIKE THE LAST ONE.

[2:02:34] JUST TRUST ME.

[2:02:35] AND FRANKLY, I JUST DON'T TRUST

[2:02:39] INDUSTRY TO HAVE OUR BEST

[2:02:41] INTERESTS AT HEART.

[2:02:43] I TRUST INDUSTRY TO HAVE THEIR

[2:02:46] SHAREHOLDERS INTERESTS AT HEART.

[2:02:46] LET US ON THIS DAIS, HAVE OUR

[2:02:48] CONSTITUENTS BEST INTERESTS AT

[2:02:50] HEART AND COME UP WITH

[2:02:52] FRAMEWORK THAT REALLY WORKS FOR

[2:02:54] EVERYBODY.

[2:02:54] LET'S TRUST OUR GUTS ON THIS AND

[2:02:56] KNOW THAT INDUSTRY IN THE PAST

[2:02:57] HAS LOOKED OUT FOR INDUSTRY.

[2:02:58] AND WE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF

[2:03:00] MINNEAPOLIS, NEED TO LOOK OUT

[2:03:02] FOR THE PEOPLE O MINNEAPOLIS.

[2:03:05] THANK YOU.

[2:03:06] >> COUNCILMEER RAINVILLE.

[2:03:09] » COUNCILMEER RAINVILLE.

[2:03:09] >> THANK YOU.

[2:03:09] » THANK YOU.

[2:03:10] THE SIMPLE POINT I TRYING TO

[2:03:10] MAKE IS ALL OF THESE CONCERNS

[2:03:14] COULD BE ADDRESSED, SHOULD BE

[2:03:16] ADDRESSED, WILL BE ADDRESSED

[2:03:17] WITHOUT THE USE OF A MORATORIUM.

[2:03:18] NO ONE ONHIS DAIS IS GOING TO

[2:03:20] TRADE A PLAYGROUND OR A SOCCER

[2:03:22] FIELD FOR A DATA CENTER.

[2:03:24] BUT WE CAN DO ALL OF THIS

[2:03:26] WITHOUT USING A MORATORIUM.

[2:03:31] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:03:33] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:03:33] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL

[2:03:37] » THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL

[2:03:37] PRESIDENT.

[2:03:37] I DO WANT TO CIRCLE BACK ABOUT

[2:03:40] THIS TOPIC WE DISCUSSED MANY,

[2:03:45] MANY TIMES.

[2:03:48] AND I WT TO THANK

[2:03:49] COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY FIRST

[2:03:50] FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE FORWARD.

[2:03:53] DATA CTERS ARE NEW AND

[2:03:57] MINNEAPOLIS DEFINITEL NEEDS TO

[2:03:58] STAY AHEAD OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

[2:03:59] THIS IS UNKNOWN TERRITORY FOR

[2:04:00] ALL OF US.

[2:04:03] DATA CENTERS DO USE A LOT OF

[2:04:05] POWER.

[2:04:05] THEY DO USE A LOT OF WATER.

[2:04:07] AND SO WE NEED TO STUDY THE

[2:04:08] IMPACT.

[2:04:09] WE CAN'T JUST LET FREE FOR ALL

[2:04:13] WITHOUT HAVING POLICIES.

[2:04:15] LET'S JUST SAY THIS, WE DON'T

[2:04:17] HAVE ANY POLICY AT ALL RIGHT NOW

[2:04:19] IN THE BOOKS FOR DATA CENTERS.

[2:04:21] AND DATA CENTERS ARE NOT THE

[2:04:24] SAME.

[2:04:25] THERE ARE OF COURSE THOSE HUGE,

[2:04:28] HYPER SCALE, AND THE SMALL ONES

[2:04:30] THAT CAN COME TO DOWNTOWN, THAT

[2:04:31] CAN USE THOSE BUILDINGS AND

[2:04:35] CREATE REUSE FOR THOSE KIND OF

[2:04:38] BUILDINGS.

[2:04:39] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD

[2:04:41] TALKED TO -- I TALKED TO THE

[2:04:43] BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

[2:04:44] I TOOK A TOUR THROUGH DATA

[2:04:50] CENTER.

[2:04:53] PLANNING THIS TO BE FOR ONE S

[2:04:54] YEAR.

[2:04:55] AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE

[2:04:57] COMPROMISE IS THE BEST WAY TO GO

[2:05:01] FORWARD WHICH IS BUYING TIME FOR

[2:05:03] SIX MONTHS FOR THE STAFF TO DO

[2:05:04] THEIR JOB TO PUT THE POLICIES

[2:05:09] AND BRING THAT FORWARD.

[2:05:10] IT'S JUST A SMART MOVE.

[2:05:11] THAT IS JUST A SMART MOVE.

[2:05:14] AND I THINK THERE'S MORE

[2:05:21] DOWNTOWN PROJECTS THAT ARE

[2:05:22] 350,000 SQUARE FEET AREEXEMPT.

[2:05:23] SO THE DOWNTOWN IS GETTING THE

[2:05:24] DATA CENTER, PERIOD.

[2:05:28] YES, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES,

[2:05:29] DOWNTOWN IS RECOVERING.

[2:05:30] AND I THINK REUSING THESE

[2:05:33] BUILDINGS CAN HELP WITH THAT

[2:05:34] SPACE AND SUPPORT AND REDUCE

[2:05:38] THIS LEVY WE CONTINUE TO RAISE

[2:05:40] FOR HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.

[2:05:42] AND WE ALSO APPROVE A SDY FOR

[2:05:49] THE STAFF TO DEAL WITH THIS.

[2:05:51] I THINK THE GOAL IS SIMP, SIX

[2:05:54] MONTHS TO CREATE RULES THAT

[2:05:57] PROTECT NEIGHBORS AND

[2:05:58] INFRASTRUCTURE, WHILE ALLOWING

[2:06:00] FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMEN

[2:06:02] SO THIS WAS A COMPROMISE THAT

[2:06:04] WORKED FOR THE BUSINESS

[2:06:05] COMMUNITY.

[2:06:06] AND THIS IS A COMPROMISE THAT

[2:06:07] WORKS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

[2:06:14] NO ONE WANTS UNKNOWN TECHNOLOGY

[2:06:18] THE NEIGHBORHOOD.IGHT TO COME TO

[2:06:21] AND SIX MONTHS, IT'S NOT THAT

[2:06:22] MUCH TIME.

[2:06:23] IT'S ALREADY WHAT?

[2:06:24] FIVE MONTHS LEFT, I THINK.

[2:06:26] THE TIMEHAT'S BEING SET, IN MY

[2:06:29] OPINION.

[2:06:30] SO WRE JUST PROTECTING THE

[2:06:33] NEIGHBORS AND SO THEY CAN COME

[2:06:35] AND DO BUSINESS BASED ON THE

[2:06:38] POLICIES THAT WE SET.

[2:06:41] SO I HOPE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES

[2:06:42] WILL SUPPORT THIS.

[2:06:43] THIS IS THE BEST COMPROMISE WE

[2:06:44] CAN COME UP WITH.

[2:06:46] AND I DO THANK THE MAIN AUTHOR

[2:06:49] WHO ACTUALLY LEFT WHERE SHE WAS

[2:06:52] AND MET US WHERE WE WERE ASKING.

[2:06:55] WE DID THE LEG WORK, WE TALKED

[2:06:57] TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

[2:06:58] WE DID THE DATA CENTERS.

[2:07:00] WE WANT THE BUSINESSES TO COME.

[2:07:01] WE WANT THE DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS

[2:07:03] TO BE REUSED.

[2:07:04] AND ALSO WE WANT TO BE

[2:07:07] RESPONSIBLE, AS OUR ELECTED

[2:07:08] OFFICIALS, TO PROTECT OUR

[2:07:10] RESIDENTS AND TO PROTECT OUR

[2:07:12] NEIGHBORS AND NOT LET FREE FOR

[2:07:14] ALL TYPE OF THING.

[2:07:16] AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY

[2:07:17] COMMON SENSE.

[2:07:18] AN I HOPE ALL OF YOU CAN VOTE

[2:07:21] FOR THIS.

[2:07:22] SO WE CAN END THE CONVERSATION.

[2:07:23] THANK YOU.

[2:07:25] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:07:26] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:07:26] >> THANK U, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:07:29] » THANK U, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:07:31] BY SAYING THAT WHEN I'M UP HERE

[2:07:34] I'M NOT AURENE CHOWDHURY THE

[2:07:38] PERSON, I'M AURENE CHOWDHURY THE

[2:07:39] COUNCIL MEMBER W REPRESENTS

[2:07:41] ,000 PLUS PEOPLE AS I KNOW ALL

[2:07:43] OF YOU ARE.

[2:07:44] AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE

[2:07:46] IN OUR COMMUNITIES, FROM THE

[2:07:48] TOWN HALLS THAT I'VE HOSTED THE

[2:07:51] OFFICE HOURS, THE TESTIMONY THAT

[2:07:55] VERY REAL CONCERNS AND THEY WANT

[2:07:58] TO SEE A PAUSE.

[2:07:58] THEY WANT US TO TAKE A COMMON

[2:08:00] SENSE PAUSE.

[2:08:01] I'VE ALSO HAD SEVERAL

[2:08:03] CONSTITUENTS CALL ME PRETTY

[2:08:05] FRUSTRATED THAT WE AREN'T TAKING

[2:08:06] A LONGER PAUSE.

[2:08:07] THAT WE DIDN'T DO A FULL ONE

[2:08:09] YEAR MORATORIUM AND THAT WE ARE

[2:08:12] DOING A CARVE OUT A THAT

[2:08:13] DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

[2:08:16] E

[2:08:17] FACT THAT IN ORDER FOR U TO GET

[2:08:19] A STRONG MEANINGFUL POLICY, AND

[2:08:23] IS THAT THIS BODY NEEDS TO BE

[2:08:24] ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO G

[2:08:25] WHAT THE PEOPLE O MINNEAPOLIS

[2:08:27] DESERVES.

[2:08:27] AND I THINK THAT'S A KEY PART OF

[2:08:30] IS PAUSE FOR GOVERNING WORK

[2:08:35] HIGHLIGHT.L LIKE IS IMPORTANT TO

[2:08:35] WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF PERSPECTIVES

[2:08:37] HERE ON THIS DAIS.

[2:08:38] AND ALL 13 OF US AND OUR MAYOR,

[2:08:42] NONE OF US ARE EXPERTS ON DATA

[2:08:44] CENTERS.

[2:08:44] AND THE RESEARCH ON THIS

[2:08:45] INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO CHANGE AND

[2:08:47] COME FORWARD EACH AND EVERY

[2:08:48] SINGLE DAY.

[2:08:49] AND THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY

[2:08:56] FOR BREATHERS, AND CREATE TIME

[2:08:59] FOR US TO HAVE OUR CONRNS

[2:09:01] ADDRESSED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

[2:09:02] DO IT IN THE PUBLIC LIGHT AND

[2:09:04] MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER ON COMMON

[2:09:06] SENSE, STRONG REGULATIONS ON

[2:09:08] THIS INDUSTRY.

[2:09:08] AND I GENUINELY DO WORRY IF WE

[2:09:10] DON'T HAVE THIS PAUSE, WE AREN'T

[2:09:12] GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH

[2:09:14] THAT.

[2:09:14] I THINK THEY GO SO HAND IN HAND

[2:09:16] FOR OUR ABILITY TO GOVERN AND

[2:09:18] REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF OUR

[2:09:20] COMMUNITIES.

[2:09:20] AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, I CARE

[2:09:23] WAY MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF OUR

[2:09:25] CITY THAN I COULDARE ABOUT

[2:09:26] THIS INDUSTRY.

[2:09:30] EVER ARGUMENT AGAINST THE PAUSE

[2:09:34] WELL I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUTE

[2:09:36] THIS INDUSTRY AND THEM WANTING

[2:09:37] TO COME HERE.

[2:09:39] M WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF

[2:09:41] OUR CITY WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

[2:09:42] WHAT THIS MEANS FOR FURE

[2:09:45] PLNING.

[2:09:45] I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF

[2:09:48] OUCITY THAT ARE SEEING JUST 20

[2:09:52] MINUTES AWAY COMMUNITY MEMBERS

[2:09:53] IN INVER GROVE HGHTS HAVINGO

[2:09:56] COME INTO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING

[2:09:59] AND DEMAND THAT THEY HAVE A

[2:10:00] PUBLIC HEARING OPPORTUNITY AND

[2:10:02] THEIR GOVERNMENT LEADERS AREN'T

[2:10:04] LISTENING.

[2:10:04] AND THEM FEELING LIKE THEY DON'T

[2:10:05] HAVE TRUST IN US TO LEAD WITH

[2:10:07] THEM, TO DO THIS WORK

[2:10:08] TRANARENTALLY.

[2:10:13] -- TRANSIN A MOMENT WHERE WE FAR

[2:10:22] LARGEST EXISTENTIAL THREAT WHICH

[2:10:23] IS CLIMATE CHANGE NOW PAIRED

[2:10:25] WITH THIS NEW UNREGULATED WORD

[2:10:27] OF GENERATIVE AI THAT IS

[2:10:29] IMPACTING EVERY SECTOR OF LIFE

[2:10:32] AN SOCIETY.

[2:10:33] AND HAS SOME REAL ETHICS

[2:10:35] CONCERNS.

[2:10:36] AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE

[2:10:36] CAN DO AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO

[2:10:39] ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

[2:10:40] AND I THINK IT'SORTH NOTING

[2:10:41] THAT THIS IS ALSO NOT A PARTISAN

[2:10:44] ISSUE.

[2:10:45] WE HAVE DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS,

[2:10:47] INPENDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD

[2:10:48] AGREEING.

[2:10:50] HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN IN

[2:10:50] THE ITED STATES?

[2:10:52] NOT OFTEN.

[2:10:54] AND I THINK THAT OULD BE

[2:10:55] TELLING.

[2:10:57] I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO

[2:10:59] CONTEXTUALIZE THAT WE ARE NOT

[2:11:00] THE ONLY ONES THAT E TAKING UP

[2:11:02] A COMMON SENSE PAUSE.

[2:11:05] I JUST CHECKED TODAY.

[2:11:06] THERE ARE 88 TOT JURISDICTIONS

[2:11:09] IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE

[2:11:10] DOING THIS.

[2:11:10] TH IS A FACT OF LIFE FOR THIS

[2:11:13] INDUSTRY.

[2:11:15] SO I'M SORRY, I DON'T TNK US

[2:11:18] DOING WHAT 88 OTHER

[2:11:19] JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING IS GOING

[2:11:21] TO PUT A FREEZE ON THIS

[2:11:23] INDURY.

[2:11:24] BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT STEPS LOCAL

[2:11:25] GOVERNMENTS ARE TAKING.

[2:11:28] 22 MINUTES AGO THERE WAS AN

[2:11:29] ARTICLE POSTED ABOUT ASHEVILLE,

[2:11:32] NORTH CAROLINA, AN AREA THAT HAS

[2:11:34] A METROPOLITAN POPULATION

[2:11:37] SIMILAR TO OURS DOI A ONE YEAR

[2:11:41] MORATORIUM.

[2:11:41] DENVER, COLORADO ON MAY 21ST

[2:11:43] WHEN WE DID OUR INTRODUCTION,

[2:11:44] THEY DID A ONEEAR RATORIUM.

[2:11:47] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE MONTHS

[2:11:49] WITH A CARVE OUT.

[2:11:50] THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO

[2:11:52] SAY IS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF

[2:11:56] AMAZING, HOW WOULD I DESCRIBE

[2:11:58] IT?

[2:11:58] AMAZING PROMISES AND BENEFS

[2:12:01] THAT ARE ALLOTTED TO US.

[2:12:02] IT'S GOING TO REDUCE GREENHOU

[2:12:04] GASES, GEOTHERMAL, GENERAL FUND

[2:12:07] RESCUE.

[2:12:07] BUT THE PROOF HASN' BN MADE

[2:12:08] YET.

[2:12:11] AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, A

[2:12:14] CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS

[2:12:15] IS ACTUALLY NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO

[2:12:17] PROVIDE DENIALS IF WE DON'T HAVE

[2:12:19] POLICIES THAT ALLOW PLANNING

[2:12:22] COMMISSIONERS TO GIVE REASONS

[2:12:24] BASED IN OUR CODE TO GIVE A

[2:12:25] NIAL.

[2:12:29] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:12:32] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:12:32] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[2:12:38] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[2:12:39] THIS WAS VERY, VERY -- THIS HAS

[2:12:42] BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FORE.

[2:12:45] BECAUSE A, I DON'T LIKE THE WORD

[2:12:49] MORATORIUM.

[2:12:49] BUT I WENTO JUNETEENTH

[2:12:53] FESTIVALS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF

[2:12:54] THEM AROUND THE CITY.

[2:12:55] I TOLD PEOPLE BEFORE THAT WE

[2:12:57] WERE GOING TO PARTY ALL THE

[2:12:59] TEENTH OF JUNE AND WE'VE BEEN

[2:13:02] SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO.

[2:13:04] WHILE I WAS THERE, I GOT THIS

[2:13:06] FLIER.

[2:13:06] AND THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE WHO

[2:13:07] WERE UP ON THE STAGE AND THEY

[2:13:09] WERE TALKING ABOUT BAN DATA

[2:13:11] CENTERS, THE CONSEQUENCES O

[2:13:12] THESE AI DATA CENTERS.

[2:13:15] AND I WAS JUST SITTING OVE HERE

[2:13:17] TICKLED TO MYSELF BECAUSE IT

[2:13:19] SAYS EVERY CHAT GPT QUY USES

[2:13:26] 16 OUNCES OF WATER, WHICH IS

[2:13:27] PROBABLY MORE WATER THAN PEOPLE

[2:13:28] DRINK IN A DAY, RIGHT?

[2:13:30] BUT THERE'S A FUNNY LITTLE MEME

[2:13:33] TH GOES AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA

[2:13:34] THAT SAYS DRINK WATER AND MIND

[2:13:36] YOUR BUSINESS.

[2:13:36] BUT YOU GOT TO LOOK AT SOCIAL

[2:13:38] MEDIA TO SEE THAT.

[2:13:41] WHICH BASICALLY THEN MEANS LIKE

[2:13:43] GET RID OF YOUR PHONES.

[2:13:45] EVERYBODY CLOSE YOU COMPUTERS.

[2:13:47] THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS NO

[2:13:50] LONGER BEI LIVELY BROADCASTED.

[2:13:52] LIKE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR

[2:13:54] CONSUMPTION LOOKS LIKE AS

[2:13:55] INDIVIDUALS, RIGHT?

[2:13:56] AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR HOW WE

[2:13:59] GO ABOUT OUR DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS

[2:14:03] IF WE ARE INTERESTE ON BANNING

[2:14:04] DATA CENTERS OR BANNING THE

[2:14:08] DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN

[2:14:09] TECHNOLOGIES, THEN WE GOT TO

[2:14:10] SCALE BACK ON THE AMOUNT OF

[2:14:11] TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USE.

[2:14:13] THAT MEANS THAT WE COULD GO BACK

[2:14:15] TO THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM.

[2:14:18] AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT

[2:14:19] PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO

[2:14:20] READ AND THINK AND NOT WATCH

[2:14:22] TELEVISION.

[2:14:23] AND NOT ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES

[2:14:24] WITH FRIVOLOUS FOOLISHNESS.

[2:14:26] YOU KNOW?

[2:14:28] YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO TALK

[2:14:29] TO SOMEONE AND NOT TEXT THEM.

[2:14:31] YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE

[2:14:32] FORCED TO TUR AROUND AND TALK

[2:14:34] TO YOUR NEIGHBOR.

[2:14:37] TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR!

[2:14:38] TALK TO PEOPLE!

[2:14:41] IF WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE

[2:14:42] HYPER SCALED USE OF WHAT THESE

[2:14:44] THINGS LOOKLIKE, BUT BECAUSE OF

[2:14:48] THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

[2:14:52] AND INDIVIDUALS NOT WANTING TO

[2:14:54] DO A LOT OF THE -- I WAS SO

[2:14:56] HAPPY TO GET AN ENCYCLOPEDIA AS

[2:15:04] A KID.

[2:15:06] I WAS ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH MY

[2:15:08] FAMILY AND WE WENT THROUGH THE

[2:15:10] ENCYCLOPEDIA AND PUT LITTLE

[2:15:11] PIECES OF PAPER IN THERE AND

[2:15:12] BOOKMARKERS, AND WE READ, AND WE

[2:15:15] RESEARCHED DIFFERENT

[2:15:17] INFORMATION.

[2:15:17] MY KIDS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, WE

[2:15:20] SATROUND IN A ROUND TABLE AND

[2:15:22] DID ROUND ROBIN READING OF THE

[2:15:26] BOOK, WHY?

[2:15:27] BECAUSE TV WASN'T AN OPTION FOR

[2:15:29] ME RAISING MY CHILDREN IN THE

[2:15:30] HOUSE SO WE ACTUALLY READ BOOKS.

[2:15:32] BUT RIGHT NOW, EVERYONE AND

[2:15:36] CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF 3 OR 4

[2:15:42] UNTIL SENIORED ADULTS ALL HAVE

[2:15:43] THESE DEVICES IN THEIR HANDS.

[2:15:45] WITH EVERY FILTER AND EVERY APP

[2:15:48] AND IT HAS TO COME FROM

[2:15:48] SOMEWHERE.

[2:15:51] SO WE DON'T WANT IT, THEN

[2:15:53] EVERYBODY SHOULD CHUCK THESE

[2:15:54] THINGS AWAY, BECAUSE MY GOSH

[2:15:57] TODAY THIS IS PART OF THE ISSUE.

[2:16:01] WE COULD BE UPSET AND FSTRATED

[2:16:03] ABOUT IT.

[2:16:04] BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS

[2:16:06] MILLIONS OF AMERICANSHAT WOULD

[2:16:07] NOT WANT TO BE ANYWHERE WITHOUT

[2:16:10] THEIR PHONE.

[2:16:10] WITHOUT A WAYOR SOMEONE TO

[2:16:13] TRACK THEM, CONTACT THEM,

[2:16:15] MAPPING THEIR THINGS AND THEIR

[2:16:17] CARS, BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT

[2:16:19] HOW TO GET HERE AND THERE,

[2:16:21] WHATEVER.

[2:16:21] BECAUSE THINKING INDEPENDENTLY

[2:16:23] TAKES TOO MUCH WORK AND TOO MUCH

[2:16:23] PRACTICE.

[2:16:25] SO WE COULD BE FRUSTRATED IF WE

[2:16:27] WANT TO.

[2:16:29] AND WE CAN SAY UGH, ICK, THIS IS

[2:16:32] BAD, THIS IS THIS, AND THIS IS

[2:16:33] THAT.

[2:16:34] BUT THEN WE HAVE TO ASK

[2:16:36] OURSELVES, ARE WE GOING TO BE

[2:16:38] FREE THINKERS OR ARE WE GOING TO

[2:16:41] DEPEND ON SOMEONE ELSE'S ABILITY

[2:16:42] TO THINK FOR US?

[2:16:46] I CAN'T SUPPORT THE WORD

[2:16:48] MORATORIUM.

[2:16:49] THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT I

[2:16:50] STRUGGLING WITH.

[2:16:53] I DO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF

[2:16:55] PEOPLE THINKING FREELY THOUGH.

[2:16:57] I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL.

[2:16:59] AND I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD WORK

[2:17:01] HARDER AT THAT.

[2:17:02] THANK YOU.

[2:17:06] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[2:17:07] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[2:17:07] QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO

[2:17:08] CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER

[2:17:11] SEVEN, THE DATA CENTER

[2:17:13] MORATORIUM.

[2:17:13] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:17:14] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:17:14] >> NO.

[2:17:15] » NO.

[2:17:15] >> COUNCILMBER CHAVEZ.

[2:17:16] » COUNCILMBER CHAVEZ.

[2:17:16] >> AYE.

[2:17:16] » AYE.

[2:17:17] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:17:18] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:17:18] >> NO.

[2:17:18] » NO.

[2:17:18] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:17:19] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:17:19] >> NO.

[2:17:20] » NO.

[2:17:20] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:17:21] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:17:21] >> AYE.

[2:17:22] » AYE.

[2:17:22] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[2:17:23] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[2:17:23] >> AYE.

[2:17:23] » AYE.

[2:17:24] >> COUILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:17:25] » COUILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:17:25] >> AYE.

[2:17:26] » AYE.

[2:17:26] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:17:27] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:17:27] >> AYE.

[2:17:27] » AYE.

[2:17:27] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:17:28] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:17:28] >> NO.

[2:17:29] » NO.

[2:17:29] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:17:30] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:17:30] >> NO.

[2:17:31] » NO.

[2:17:31] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:17:32] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:17:32] >> AYE.

[2:17:32] » AYE.

[2:17:33] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:17:33] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:17:33] >> AYE.

[2:17:34] » AYE.

[2:17:35] >> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES AND FIVE

[2:17:37] » THERE ARE SEVEN AYES AND FIVE

[2:17:37] NAYS.

[2:17:37] >> THAT ITEM CARRIES.

[2:17:40] » THAT ITEM CARRIES.

[2:17:40] NEXT, WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM

[2:17:43] NUMBER 16 WHICH IS THE

[2:17:47] APPOINTMENT TO THE BALLPARK

[2:17:48] AUTHORITY.

[2:17:49] I'LL NOTE THERE WAS SOME

[2:17:50] CONVERSATION IN THE COMMITTEE

[2:17:51] ABOUT STRIPPING SOMNE FROM

[2:17:53] THIS COMMITTEE JUSTO THAT THE

[2:17:54] BODY IS AWARE.

[2:17:58] THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT IS

[2:17:59] MADE BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF

[2:18:01] THE CITY OF MINAPOLIS

[2:18:06] 473.755.G TO MINNESOTA STATUTE

[2:18:08] AND THE PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT HAD

[2:18:09] EXPIRED AND IT WAS AN OPEN SEAT.

[2:18:12] AND S GOING THROUGH OUR

[2:18:15] STANDARD ABC APPOINTMENT

[2:18:17] PROCESS, I NOMINATED JIM DAVNIE

[2:18:20] TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE.

[2:18:21] I CAME TO JIM DAVNIE AS A

[2:18:25] NOMINATION, BECAUSE I KNEW THE

[2:18:26] IMPORTANCE OF THE BALLPARK TAX

[2:18:28] TO PROVIDING A SUSTAINABLE

[2:18:30] FUTURE FOR HCMC FUNDING.

[2:18:33] I KNOW THAT THAT DID NOT PREVAIL

[2:18:35] IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, SO I

[2:18:38] ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE

[2:18:39] HOUSE TAX CHAIR TO GET SOME

[2:18:42] GUIDANCE ON WHAT WERE THE

[2:18:43] DYNAMICS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT

[2:18:44] THE LEGISLATURE THAT COULD HAVE

[2:18:46] LED TO THIS BEING A SUSTAINABLE

[2:18:48] SOURCE OF FDING AND WHO WOULD

[2:18:51] BE A GOOD PERSON THAT I CAN MAKE

[2:18:54] A NOMINATION TO THIS BODY FOR SO

[2:18:56] THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO HAD

[2:18:57] KNOWDGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE

[2:19:00] PROCESS, WHO UNDERSTOOD THE

[2:19:01] IMPORTANCE OF HCMC, AND AN

[2:19:04] EMERGING TOPIC WAS AROUND THE

[2:19:06] POTENTIAL STRIKE THAT WAS GOING

[2:19:08] TO HAPPEN AT THAT TIME WITH THE

[2:19:10] COESSION WORKERS AT THE TWINS

[2:19:13] STADIUM.

[2:19:13] THEY HAVE SINCE VOTED ON THAT

[2:19:15] SOME STRIKE ACTIONS.

[2:19:18] I THINK THAT IT IS CRITICALLY

[2:19:19] IMPORTANT THAT WHAVE SOMEBODY

[2:19:19] IN THIS ROLE THAT HAS A REALLY

[2:19:21] STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF OUR

[2:19:23] LESLATIVE PROCESS AT THE STATE

[2:19:25] CAPITOL WHO WOULD BE A STRONG

[2:19:28] ADVOCATE FOR HCMC AS THE SAFETY

[2:19:33] NET HOSPITAL FOR THE ENTIRE

[2:19:34] UPPER MIDWEST.

[2:19:36] AND THE URNCY AROUND A VIABLE,

[2:19:37] SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING

[2:19:38] FOR THAT.

[2:19:39] IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE

[2:19:41] BALLPARK TAX COME THE NEXT

[2:19:42] LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

[2:19:43] BUT IT DOES NEED TO GET FIGURED

[2:19:45] OUT BY THE NEXT STATE

[2:19:47] LEGISLATIVE SESSION BECAUSE

[2:19:49] THOUGH WE WERE FORTUNATE TO

[2:19:50] GET SOME ONE TIME FUNDING TO

[2:19:52] PRESERVE HCMC FOR AN ADDITIONAL

[2:19:55] YEAR, THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE

[2:19:56] FUNDING.

[2:19:57] SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S

[2:19:58] CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO

[2:19:59] FIGURE OUT.

[2:20:00] I THINK THAT THIS ROLE COULD BE

[2:20:02] VERY POWERFUL IN FIGURING THAT

[2:20:05] OUT AT THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE

[2:20:07] SESSION.

[2:20:07] THEREFORE I NOMINATED JIM

[2:20:10] DAVNIE, FORMER HOUSE

[2:20:13] REPRESENTATIVE, FORMER CHAIR OF

[2:20:13] THE EDUCATIONND FINANCE

[2:20:16] COMMITTEE, SERVED ON THE

[2:20:17] PROPERTY TAX AND LOCAL

[2:20:18] GOVERNANCE FINANCEIVISION AND

[2:20:20] THE JOBS AND ECONOMIC

[2:20:21] DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE

[2:20:22] DIVISION.

[2:20:23] HE FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT FIT FOR

[2:20:24] THIS MOMENT.

[2:20:24] THAT'S WHY I NOMINATED HIM.

[2:20:26] AND I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF HIS

[2:20:29] NOMINATION AND ASK FOR A SECOND.

[2:20:31] >> SECO.

[2:20:31] » SECO.

[2:20:32] >> THAT'S BEEN MOVED FOR

[2:20:33] » THAT'S BEEN MOVED FOR

[2:20:33] APPROVAL AND SENDED.

[2:20:35] I'LL RECOGNIZEOUNCILMEMBER

[2:20:37] VETAW.

[2:20:37] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:20:40] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:20:40] I'M GOIN TO BE OFFERING AN

[2:20:44] ALTERNE NOMINATION.

[2:20:47] A SUBSTITUTE NOMINATION.

[2:20:49] AFTER INITIAL CONVERSATION THAT

[2:20:51] I THOUGHT WENT WELL WITH COUNCIL

[2:20:53] PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WAS SURPRISED

[2:20:55] TO SEE THIS NOMINATION CE

[2:20:57] FORWARD ANYWAY.

[2:20:59] YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT PAYNE,

[2:21:00] YOU'VE SAID TODAY THA

[2:21:02] REPRESENTATION MATTERS AND

[2:21:03] THAT'S WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME

[2:21:04] WITH THIS COMMITTEE.

[2:21:05] SO I TALKED TO PRESIDENT PAYNE

[2:21:08] BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY

[2:21:10] THE MINNEAPOLIS NAACP ABOUT THE

[2:21:14] ONLY BLACK PERSON, PERSON OF

[2:21:16] COLOR ON THIS BALLPARK AUTHORITY

[2:21:18] COMMISSION BNG REMOVED.

[2:21:19] AND SO I HAD WHAT I THOUGHT WAS

[2:21:21] A REASONABLE CONVERSATIONITH

[2:21:23] ESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:21:23] I FOUND OUT THAT PRESIDENT PAYNE

[2:21:25] HAD NEVER EVEN SPOKEN TO E

[2:21:27] PERSON THAT I'M GOING TO BE

[2:21:29] NOMINATING TODAY.

[2:21:30] SO ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S

[2:21:33] MENTIONING RIGHT NOW, IT JUST

[2:21:37] FEELS DISINGENUOUS BECAUSE HE

[2:21:39] WAS SITTING ON THE CMITTEE HAS

[2:21:41] THE SAME VIEWS ORAS THE -- IS

[2:21:47] CAPABLE OF WHAT HE'S SAYING HE

[2:21:48] NEEDS OUOF THIS APPOINTMENT.

[2:21:50] SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO FIND

[2:21:52] OUT THAT PRESIDENT PNE DIDN'T

[2:21:54] EVEN TALK TO COLLEAGUES BEFORE

[2:21:55] HE WENT AND TALKED TO SOMEONE

[2:21:57] THAT IS NOT A PART OF THIS BODY

[2:21:58] AND DOES NOT HAVE A VOTE.

[2:22:02] AND SO I'M GOING TO BE BRIING

[2:22:05] SOMETHIN SEPARATE, SOMETHING AN

[2:22:07] ALTERNATIVE.

[2:22:07] AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES

[2:22:08] SUPPORT ME IN THIS.

[2:22:10] TH A BODOF PEOPLE THAT ARE

[2:22:13] PRIMARILY PEOPLE OF COLOR, I

[2:22:15] HOPE PEOPLE UNDSTAND THAT WE

[2:22:17] DON'T GET OPPORTUNITIES ALL THE

[2:22:18] TIME

[2:22:19] A LOT OF US DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT

[2:22:21] THE BALLPARK AUTHORITY EVEN

[2:22:23] EXTS.

[2:22:23] SO TO HAVE A BLACK MAN THAT HAS

[2:22:24] BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS POSITION,

[2:22:26] DONE THIS WORK,ND WANTS TO

[2:22:29] SERVE AGAIN ON THIS, IT'S

[2:22:30] IMPORTANT TO ME AS A BLACK WOMAN

[2:22:32] SERVING, AS A BLACK WOMAN WHO

[2:22:34] RAN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE I KNOW

[2:22:36] HOW UNDERSERVED WE ARE AS A

[2:22:39] COMMUNITY AND HOW STRONGLY

[2:22:41] REPRESENTATION DOES MATTER.

[2:22:43] TH IT'S NOT WORDS.

[2:22:44] THAT REPRESENTATION MATTERS

[2:22:45] MEANS VOTES SOMETIMES.

[2:22:48] IT MEANS REMOVING YOUR IDEOLOGY

[2:22:51] FROM DECISIONS ANDCTUALLY

[2:22:54] DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR PEOPLE

[2:22:55] THAT WE SERVE IN THIS COMMUNIT

[2:22:57] YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT JIM

[2:23:00] DAVNIE FOR ME.

[2:23:01] BUTT IS ABOUT REPRESTATION.

[2:23:03] AND IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING

[2:23:05] THAT IILL CONTINUE TO DO ON

[2:23:08] I ALSO WANTO S THANK Y TO

[2:23:11] UNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ AND

[2:23:11] CHUGHTAI FOR LISTENING TO ME

[2:23:14] OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS ABOUT

[2:23:16] THIS.

[2:23:17] WHAT I THINK IS TRULY

[2:23:20] DISAPPOINTING I SOME OF US HAVE

[2:23:22] TO FACE THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN

[2:23:23] OUR WARDS.

[2:23:24] AND SOME OF US DO NOT.

[2:23:26] WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, I

[2:23:29] GET APPROACHED BY BLACK PEOPLE

[2:23:30] AS ALACK REPRESENTATIVE OF

[2:23:32] THIS BODY.

[2:23:34] AND SO WHEN WHAT APPEARS TO

[2:23:36] COMMITY AS ANTI-BLACK THINGS

[2:23:38] HAPPEN, I HAVE TO ANSWETO

[2:23:39] THAT.

[2:23:40] I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF GOING

[2:23:41] BACK TO A WARD THAT IS A

[2:23:45] PREDOMINANTLY WHI WARD.

[2:23:46] WHEN I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE,

[2:23:47] I HAVE TO FACE MEMRS OF THE

[2:23:50] NAACP.

[2:23:50] WHEN I GO TO THE LIBRARY, WHEN

[2:23:52] I'M WALKING ON THE TRAILS, I

[2:23:53] HAVE TO FACE PEOPLE IN MY

[2:23:56] COMMUNITY WHO FEELS LIKE THIS

[2:23:57] BODY I MAKING DIRECT ATTACKS AT

[2:23:59] THE BLACK COMMUNY.

[2:24:01] AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SPEAKING

[2:24:03] UP ABOUT HERE TODAY.

[2:24:05] I REALLY HOPE AS A BODY WE

[2:24:07] RECOGNIZE THAT.

[2:24:07] THAT SOME OF US HAVE A COMMUNITY

[2:24:09] TO FACE WHEN WE GO HOME.

[2:24:11] AND , THEY DON'T CALL THE

[2:24:13] COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS A PERSON

[2:24:14] OF COLOR THAT VOTED AGAINST

[2:24:16] SOMETHING THAT THEY CARE ABOUT,

[2:24:17] EY TALK TTHE COUNCIL MEMBERS

[2:24:19] WHO THEY KW IS ON THEIR SIDE

[2:24:21] AND I REALLY WISH WE COULDUT

[2:24:22] AN END TO DOING THIS AND HAVE A

[2:24:25] CONVERSATION BEHIND THE SCES

[2:24:27] SOMETIMES AND TALK THROUGH THESE

[2:24:28] THINGS AND BE MORE REASONABLE

[2:24:29] WHEN WE COME OUT HERE BECAUSE

[2:24:30] THE CMUNITY IS WATCHING.

[2:24:32] AND PEO

[2:24:34] BY A LOT OF THESE DECISIONS WE

[2:24:35] MAKE.

[2:24:35] I ALSO WANT TO JUST NOTE BEFORE

[2:24:38] I CLOSE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU

[2:24:41] A LETTER FROM THE NAACP THAT WAS

[2:24:45] ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL

[2:24:46] PRESIDENT AND TO THE MAY

[2:24:48] REGARDING THIS MATTER.

[2:24:49] I WOULD LIKE YOU COLLEAGUES TO

[2:24:50] TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

[2:24:52] AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO

[2:24:54] SUPPORT ME IN MY NOMINATION FOR

[2:25:02] JUSTIN.

[2:25:02] AND HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL

[2:25:04] PRIDENS NOMINATION FAILS.

[2:25:05] AND I ALSO WAN TO SAY, I HAVE

[2:25:07] ASKED THE MAYOR TO VETO THIS IF

[2:25:09] IT DOES PASS.

[2:25:11] I HAVE PERSONALLY ASKED HIM TO

[2:25:12] VETO THIS IF IT PASS BECAUSE I

[2:25:15] STRONGLY BELIEVE IN JUSTIN

[2:25:18] BAYLOR'S NOMINATION.

[2:25:19] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:25:20] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:25:21] >> I'LL SECOND --

[2:25:22] » I'LL SECOND --

[2:25:22] >> I SECOND THAT NOMINATION OF

[2:25:24] » I SECOND THAT NOMINATION OF

[2:25:24] JUSTIN BAYLOR.

[2:25:27] AND I AM STANDING IN SUPPORT OF

[2:25:31] MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, LATRICIA

[2:25:35] VETAW.

[2:25:36] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED

[2:25:38] TO BRING UP THAT STOOD O TO ME

[2:25:40] IN THIS LETTER BECAUSE I WAS NOT

[2:25:45] VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS

[2:25:47] BALLPARK AUTHORITY, THAT WAS NOT

[2:25:49] SOMETHING THAT WAS IN MY

[2:25:50] PURVIEW.

[2:25:50] SO I KNOW IT'S PBABLY NOT

[2:25:52] SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE PURVIEW

[2:25:53] OF A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS IN

[2:25:58] THE 5th WARD THAT THEY WOULD

[2:25:59] HAVE WRITTEN MORE LETTERS TO

[2:26:02] SUPPORT JUSTIN AS THE WORK THAT

[2:26:03] HE DOES AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND

[2:26:09] ENTREPRENEUR IN THE 5th WARD

[2:26:11] PROVIDING A LOT OF INSTRUMENTAL

[2:26:13] GUIDANCE T A LOT OF OUR

[2:26:14] COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE.

[2:26:15] AND REALLY UPLIFTS THE NARRATIVE

[2:26:19] AROUND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

[2:26:21] SO THE BALLPARK AUTHORITY

[2:26:24] OVERSEES SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC

[2:26:25] RESOCES AND CONTRACTS THAT

[2:26:27] DIRECTLY IMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS

[2:26:29] ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS.

[2:26:31] THIS IS WHAT THIS SAYS IN THE

[2:26:32] FOURTH PARAGRAPH HERE OF THIS

[2:26:34] LETTER THAT CAME FROM THE NAACP.

[2:26:36] SO WHEN MAJOR DECISIONS ARE MADE

[2:26:39] REGARDING CONTRACTS,

[2:26:43] BALLPARKS AND SURROUNDING PUBLIC

[2:26:46] SPACES, OUR COMMUNITY STRONGLY

[2:26:48] DESIRES A CONSISTENT AND

[2:26:50] REPRESENTATIVE VOICE AT THE

[2:26:51] TABLE.

[2:26:54] ENSURING DIVERSE REPRESENTATION

[2:26:56] HELPS PREVENT THE EXCLUSION OF

[2:26:58] COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND

[2:27:01] GUARANTEES THAT OPPORTUNITIES OF

[2:27:03] ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION,

[2:27:04] COMMITY BENEFIT, AND EQUITABLE

[2:27:06] OUTCOMES ARE ACTIVELY

[2:27:09] CONSIDERED.

[2:27:09] AND THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

[2:27:14] ESPECIALLY BEING THAT AT THIS

[2:27:16] TIME, WE HAVE POWERS THAT BE

[2:27:20] THAT ARE TRYING TO REVERSE THE

[2:27:28] IMPACTS OF DEI ANDTHER THINGS.

[2:27:31] SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY

[2:27:32] INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHO WE ARE

[2:27:34] PLACING IN POSITIONS OF

[2:27:35] LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT THERE

[2:27:36] IS EQUAL REPRESENTATION ACROSS,

[2:27:38] YOU KNOW, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

[2:27:40] AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CAN

[2:27:42] SPK VOLUMES TO THE

[2:27:45] REPRESENTATION THAT IS NEEDED.

[2:27:49] AND THE BAYLOR FAMILY AND JUSTIN

[2:27:52] BAYLOR SPECIFICALLY HAVE BEEN

[2:27:53] VERY INSTRUMENTAL WITHIN MY

[2:27:56] COMMUNITY IN THE 5th WARD AND

[2:27:59] ARE RESIDENTS OF THE 5th WARD.

[2:28:01] AND REALLY WORK HARD TO UPLIFT

[2:28:04] AND EMPOWER EVERYDAY RESIDENTS

[2:28:07] OF THE WARD AND THROUGHOUT THE

[2:28:09] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

[2:28:10] SO I AM PLEASED TO SUPPORT THEM.

[2:28:12] I AM PLEASED TO ARGUE THE FACT

[2:28:17] THAT WE DESERVE TO HAVE VERY

[2:28:20] DIVERSE REPRESENTATIO ON THIS

[2:28:22] BALLPARK AUTHORITY.

[2:28:23] THIS IS NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY

[2:28:26] FROM THE CANDIDATE THAT MY

[2:28:28] COUNCIL PRESIDENT UPLIFTED.

[2:28:30] AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING

[2:28:31] ATTENTION TO THIS INDIVIDUAL.

[2:28:33] THIS IS NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY

[2:28:34] FROM THEIR SKILLS OR

[2:28:37] QUALIFICATIONS.

[2:28:38] T I AM JUST REALLY WANTING TO

[2:28:41] ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN

[2:28:44] REPRESENTATION ON BRDS LIKE

[2:28:47] THIS THAT ARE GOING TO BRING

[2:28:50] LIGHT AND DIVERSITY ACROSS OUR

[2:28:52] CITY.

[2:28:52] AND THAT WE HAVE THAT EQUAL

[2:28:54] REPRESENTATION.

[2:28:54] IT'S ONE SEAT.

[2:28:55] THANK YOU.

[2:28:57] >> BEFORE I RECOGNIZE

[2:28:59] » BEFORE I RECOGNIZE

[2:28:59] COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, I'LL JUST

[2:29:00] NOTE THAT WE HAVE A PROPER

[2:29:02] MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR JIM

[2:29:04] DAVNIE AS THE NOMINEE THAT'S

[2:29:05] BEEN SECONDED.

[2:29:06] THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING

[2:29:07] RIGHT NOW.

[2:29:10] WONSLEY.OGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

[2:29:10] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN WE

[2:29:12] » COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN WE

[2:29:12] CLARIFY BECAUSE I THOUGHT I

[2:29:14] OFFERED A SUBSTITUTE TO YOURS

[2:29:15] AND IT GOT SECONDED, S THAT WAS

[2:29:17] ON THE FLOOR?

[2:29:18] >> WE HAVE TO DISPOSE OF WHAT'S

[2:29:19] » WE HAVE TO DISPOSE OF WHAT'S

[2:29:20] BEFORE US WHICH IS THE

[2:29:21] NOMINATION OF JIM DAVNIE BEFORE

[2:29:23] WE TAKE UP THAT ALTERNATIVE

[2:29:27] MOTION.

[2:29:27] >> THAT'S NOT TRUE.

[2:29:28] » THAT'S NOT TRUE.

[2:29:28] >> MR. CLERK.

[2:29:30] » MR. CLERK.

[2:29:30] >> MR. PRESIDENT, A SUBSTITUTE

[2:29:31] » MR. PRESIDENT, A SUBSTITUTE

[2:29:31] IS IN THE NATURE OF AN AMENDMENT

[2:29:33] AND COULD BE CONSIDERED TTHE

[2:29:34] BASE MOTION THAT WAS PROPERLY

[2:29:36] MOVED.

[2:29:36] I WOULD SAY THAT, I CONSULTED MY

[2:29:41] COLLEAGUE, WE HEARD COUNCIL

[2:29:42] MEMBER VETAW SAID SHE HAD A

[2:29:44] SUBSTITUTE.

[2:29:44] SHE DISCUSSED THAT.

[2:29:46] I DIDN'T EXPLICITLY HEAR HE SAY

[2:29:49] SHE MOVED THE SUBSTITUTE.

[2:29:50] I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER WARREN S

[2:29:52] SHE SECOND AND THEN SHE SPOKE.

[2:29:53] I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CLEARLY

[2:29:55] HED THAT THERE WAS A

[2:29:58] SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT HAD BEEN

[2:30:00] MADE.

[2:30:00] I THINK THAT'S A POINT OF ORDER

[2:30:01] THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.

[2:30:02] >> JUST WANTO CLARIFY THAT

[2:30:04] » JUST WANTO CLARIFY THAT

[2:30:04] COUNCILMEMBER VETAW MOVED THE

[2:30:05] SUBSTITUTE AND IT WASECONDED

[2:30:06] BY COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:30:10] >> CITY CLERK, IS THAT IN ORDER?

[2:30:12] » CITY CLERK, IS THAT IN ORDER?

[2:30:12] MR. PRESIDENT, YES.

[2:30:13] IT'S A SUBSTITUTE WHICH IS

[2:30:15] BASICALLY AN AMENDMENT TO THE

[2:30:16] PENDING MOON.

[2:30:17] SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO DISPOSE OF

[2:30:18] THE SUBSTITUTE BEFORE YOU TOOK

[2:30:19] UP THE UNDERLYING MOTION.

[2:30:20] >> OKAY, SO WE ARE NOW

[2:30:23] » OKAY, SO WE ARE NOW

[2:30:23] DISCUSSING THE SUBSTITUTE

[2:30:25] MOTION.

[2:30:25] AND WE WILL CONTINUE THE

[2:30:26] CONVERSATION BY RECOGNIZING

[2:30:27] COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:30:29] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:30:32] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:30:32] I'M GLAD THAT COUNCILMEMBER

[2:30:33] WARREN REFERENCED THE LETTER

[2:30:36] THAT WE RECEIVED BY THE

[2:30:38] MINNEAPOLIS NAACP.

[2:30:39] I WAS ALSO GOING TO REFLECT IT

[2:30:41] IN MY COMMENTS BUT THE SECTION

[2:30:44] YOU READ IS ACTUALLY PERTINENT

[2:30:45] TO WHY I'M SUPPORTING COUNCIL

[2:30:47] PRESIDENT PAYNE'S MOTION.

[2:30:49] SPECIFICALLY THE PIECE WHERE IT

[2:30:51] SAYS THE BALLPARK AUTHORITY

[2:30:53] OVERSEES SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES

[2:30:55] AND CONTRACTS THAT DIRECTLY

[2:30:56] IMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS

[2:30:59] MINNEAPOLIS.

[2:30:59] ACKNOWLEDGING THE AUTHORITY AND

[2:31:01] POWER THAT THIS COMMISSION

[2:31:02] HOLDS.

[2:31:02] AND IT'S VERY TRUE THAT IT DO.

[2:31:03] AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, I

[2:31:06] THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER HOW

[2:31:08] THIS COULD BE USED AS A TOOL FOR

[2:31:12] ADVANCING THE URGENT NEEDS

[2:31:14] AROUND OUR COMMUNITY SUCH AS

[2:31:16] SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR ONE OF

[2:31:18] OUR CORE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

[2:31:19] THAT SERVE MANY OF OUR MOST

[2:31:21] VULNERABLE RESIDENTS INCLUDING

[2:31:23] OUR BLACK WORKING CLASS

[2:31:24] MMUNITIES.

[2:31:25] AND AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE

[2:31:28] REFERENCED, I'M SPECIFICAY

[2:31:29] THINKING OF HCMC, OUR PUBLIC

[2:31:31] HOSPITAL WHICH WAS JUST ON THE

[2:31:32] VERGE OF CLOSURE A FEW WEEKS

[2:31:34] AGO.

[2:31:34] AND WHILE THE STATE LEGISLATURE

[2:31:36] DID PASS A SHORT-TERM BAILOUT

[2:31:38] FOR THAT HOSPITAL, IT DOES NOT

[2:31:40] PERMANENTLY SOLVE THEUNDING

[2:31:41] CRISIS FOR IT.

[2:31:42] AND HCMC HAS LONG SERVED AS A

[2:31:46] PRIMARY POINT OF CARE FOR MANY

[2:31:48] OF OUR BLACK RESIDENTS IN OTHER

[2:31:50] HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED

[2:31:52] COMMUNITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS

[2:31:53] PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES

[2:31:54] REGARDLESS OF A RSON'S ABILITY

[2:31:55] TO PAY.

[2:31:56] AND THE BALLPARK AUTHORITY HAS A

[2:31:58] ROLE TO PLAY IN SECURING A MORE

[2:32:01] PERMANENT, SUSTAINABLE FUNDING

[2:32:02] SOLUTION FOR THIS VITAL PUBLIC

[2:32:04] INSTITUTION.

[2:32:04] AND FOR ME, I THINK WE SHOULD BE

[2:32:06] PUTTING REPRESEATIVES ON THE

[2:32:08] BALLPARK AUTHORITY THAT SEE IT

[2:32:10] AS A PUBLIC ASSET AND THAT BEING

[2:32:14] HCMC.

[2:32:14] AND THAT IT SHOULD BE LEVERAGED

[2:32:15] FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD AND SHOULD

[2:32:18] BE TIRELESSLY FIGHTING FOR

[2:32:21] INCREASED FUNDING FOR THAT

[2:32:23] INSTITUTION AS WELL.

[2:32:24] THATS WHY I WON'T BE

[2:32:26] SUPPORTING THE MOTION BROUGHT

[2:32:27] FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:32:28] I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE

[2:32:30] UNDERLYING MOTION MADE BY

[2:32:33] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE TO

[2:32:36] ADVANCE JIM DAVNIE.

[2:32:38] BECAUSE I ALSO BELIEVE HE SHARES

[2:32:39] THAT VISION.

[2:32:41] AND I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT WE

[2:32:42] SHOULD BE LEVERAGING OUR

[2:32:45] COMMSION SUCH AS THIS TO BRING

[2:32:48] IN PUBLIC RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT

[2:32:51] PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

[2:32:53] AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT

[2:32:53] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT.

[2:32:57] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:32:57] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:32:57] >> YEAH, THANK YOU.

[2:32:58] » YEAH, THANK YOU.

[2:32:59] I JUST WANT TO TELL THANK YOU TO

[2:33:02] BOTH THE NAACP AND COUNCILMEMBER

[2:33:05] VETAW FOR DLIGHTING THIS

[2:33:08] SITUATION THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF.

[2:33:10] AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT

[2:33:12] EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD SUPPORTS

[2:33:16] HCMC.

[2:33:18] AND I THINK WE DON'T KNOW WHAT

[2:33:21] EACH OF THE SPECIFIC BALLPARK

[2:33:22] AUTHORITY POINTEES MAY SIT ON

[2:33:26] THAT ISSUE.

[2:33:27] BUT I DID HAVE THE ABILI TO

[2:33:28] CALL MR. BAYLOR THIS WEEK AND

[2:33:29] CHECK IN WITH HIM AND SEE THAT

[2:33:31] THIS WAS SOMETHING HE STILL

[2:33:32] WAED TO DO.

[2:33:32] HE STILL WANTED TO SERVE.

[2:33:35] AND HIS FAMILY HAS GIVEN BACK TO

[2:33:38] MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS

[2:33:41] CITY AND I AM VERY PROUD TO

[2:33:43] SUPPORT HIM IN THIS SUBSTITUTE

[2:33:46] MOTION.

[2:33:47] AND FEEL THAT HE NUMBER ONE,

[2:33:49] SHOULDAVE BEEN AWARE OF HIS

[2:33:51] REMOVAL.

[2:33:53] AND NUMBER TWO, IS THE PERSON I

[2:33:55] WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT TO STAY ON

[2:33:56] THAT BOARD.

[2:33:58] THANKS.

[2:33:59] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:34:01] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:34:01] >> THANK YOU.

[2:34:02] » THANK YOU.

[2:34:02] I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS

[2:34:05] UNDERLYING MOTION TO KEEP JUSTIN

[2:34:08] BAYLOR ON THE SPORTS BALLPARK

[2:34:10] AUTHORITY.

[2:34:11] HE H ALL OF THE SKILLS NEEDED

[2:34:14] TO DO THAT JOB.

[2:34:15] AND IT'S THE COUNTY'S ROLE, THE

[2:34:17] UNTY LOBBIED TO HAVE THAT TAX

[2:34:20] EXTENDED AND THEN GO TO THE

[2:34:21] HOSPITAL.

[2:34:21] THE BALLPARK AUTHORITY HAD

[2:34:23] NOTHING TO DO WITIT.

[2:34:25] HAD THEY BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT,

[2:34:29] TO DO THAT.D HAVE HAD THE SKILLS

[2:34:30] I SUPPORT THIS BRILLIANT YOUNG

[2:34:31] BLACK MAN TO KEEP HIS JOB.

[2:34:36] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:34:37] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:34:37] >> THANKS, PRESIDENT PAYN

[2:34:38] » THANKS, PRESIDENT PAYN

[2:34:38] I JUST HAD SOME CLARIFYING

[2:34:41] QUESTIONS.

[2:34:41] SO I HEARD THE REMOVAL FROM THE

[2:34:45] SEAT.

[2:34:46] IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING NO ONE IS

[2:34:47] BEING REMOVED FROM THE SEAT.

[2:34:49] CAN YOU EXPLAIN WT'S

[2:34:50] HAPPENING?

[2:34:50] IS THE TERM JUST OVER?

[2:34:51] >> THAT'S CORRECT.

[2:34:51] » THAT'S CORRECT.

[2:34:52] THE TERM ENDED ON DECEMBE31,

[2:34:55] 2025.

[2:34:55] IT WAS AN OPEN SEAT SUBJECT TO

[2:34:56] NOMINATION VIA THIS PROCESS.

[2:34:57] >> OKAY.

[2:34:58] » OKAY.

[2:34:58] SO IT'S AN OPEN SEAT NOW.

[2:35:04] OKAY SO THEN HOW DOES

[2:35:05] APPOINTMENTS WORK?

[2:35:06] >> MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

[2:35:07] » MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

[2:35:07] SPEAK TO THAT PROCESS?

[2:35:09] >> MR. PRESIDENT, I CERTAINLY

[2:35:10] » MR. PRESIDENT, I CERTAINLY

[2:35:10] CAN.

[2:35:12] THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT'S

[2:35:13] MADE BY STATE LAW AS YOU CITED

[2:35:15] EARLIER, SO I'LL TRY AND REPEAT

[2:35:16] WHAT YOU ALREADY SAID.

[2:35:17] THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY

[2:35:19] HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN

[2:35:20] APPOINTMENT.

[2:35:20] THE GOVERNING BODY IS THE

[2:35:22] COMBINATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE

[2:35:23] BO, THIS DY, THE 13 MEMBER

[2:35:26] COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

[2:35:26] IT TAKES THE ACTION OF THE

[2:35:27] COU

[2:35:29] THAT APPOINTMENT.

[2:35:31] WE HAVE HISTORICALLY ALLOWED T

[2:35:32] PRESIDENT TO BRING FORWARD THE

[2:35:34] NOMINATION CONSISTENT WITH THE

[2:35:36] POWERS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS

[2:35:38] GIVEN UNDER THE COUNCIL RULES TO

[2:35:40] BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS ON

[2:35:42] COMMITTEE STRUCTURES, COMMITTEE

[2:35:45] MEMBERSHIP, APPOINTMENTS TO

[2:35:46] EXTERNAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[2:35:47] THAT HAS BEEN THE PROCESS

[2:35:50] SKIN

[2:35:51] CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWED WHEN THIS

[2:35:52] PROCEDURE HAS BEEN USED FOR THIS

[2:35:53] PARTICULAR BODY AND THAT SEAT AS

[2:35:56] COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOTED WAS

[2:35:57] VACANT AS OF THE END OF THERM

[2:36:00] BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITY THAT

[2:36:01] DOMINATED THEINNING OF THIS

[2:36:02] YEAR IN THECITY, WE DID NOT

[2:36:05] TAKE ACTION RIGHT AWAY TO BRING

[2:36:06] FORWARD A NOMINATION.

[2:36:09] HOWEVER, ONCE THE METROURGE

[2:36:10] WAS DONE AND WE WERE BACK IN OUR

[2:36:12] NORMAL COMMITTEES, WE BROUGHT

[2:36:13] THAT FORWARD, WE SHARED THAT

[2:36:15] WITH COUNCIL LEADERSHIP.

[2:36:16] THE PRESIDENT THEN BROUGHT

[2:36:17] FORWARD A NOMINATION THAT'S IN

[2:36:18] FRONT OF YOU NOW.

[2:36:19] AS YOU KNOW THE PROCESS IS THE

[2:36:21] NOMINATION IS SIMPLY A MOTION.

[2:36:24] IT IS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF

[2:36:26] THIS BODY BY A MAJORITY VOTE.

[2:36:27] AND THEN IT GOES TO THE MAYOR

[2:36:29] FOR THE MAYOR'S CONSIDERATION.

[2:36:30] THE MAYOR AS ALWAYS HAS THREE

[2:36:33] OPTIONS, APPROVE AND

[2:36:34] AUTHENTICATE WITH THE SIGNATURE

[2:36:35] OF THE MAYOR, VETO AND RETURN

[2:36:37] WITH HIS OBJECTIONSN WRITING.

[2:36:38] OR TAKE NO ACTION AND ALLOW THE

[2:36:40] COUNCIL'S VOTE TO BE DEEMED

[2:36:41] APPROVED.

[2:36:42] >> GOT IT.

[2:36:42] » GOT IT.

[2:36:42] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[2:36:43] YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY

[2:36:44] IMPORTANT TT WE'RE AURATE UP

[2:36:47] HERE.

[2:36:47] I THINK SAYING REMOVING SOMEONE

[2:36:50] HOLDS THIS ASSUMPTION THAT

[2:36:52] SOMETHING IS BEING DONE AGAINST

[2:36:55] TO SOMEONE AND THAT'S CLEARLY

[2:36:57] NOTHAT'S HAPPENING.

[2:36:58] SO I THINK IT'S IMPTANT FOR US

[2:37:00] TO BE CURATE THAT A TERM ENDED

[2:37:01] AND TRE CAN BE A NEW

[2:37:02] APPOINTMENT MADE, THERE CAN BE

[2:37:05] AN EXISTING REAPPOINTMENT.

[2:37:07] I THINK THAT'S KEY.

[2:37:10] I ALSO JUST A LITTLE SURPRISED

[2:37:12] TO SEE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

[2:37:14] I DN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS

[2:37:16] GOING TO HAPPEN.

[2:37:17] NO ONE TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.

[2:37:20] BUT WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION

[2:37:21] NOW.

[2:37:23] SO THAT'S FACTORING INTO MY

[2:37:28] DECISION MAKING IN THIS

[2:37:29] CONVERSATION.

[2:37:30] AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ASK

[2:37:31] ANOTHER CLARIFYIN QUESTION TO

[2:37:33] ANYONE ON THE BODY ABOUT THE

[2:37:36] BALLPARK AUTHORITY'S ROLE IN THE

[2:37:39] HCMC CONVERSATION.

[2:37:41] IS ANYONE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT

[2:37:44] A LITTLE BIT?

[2:37:47] >> YES.

[2:37:48] » YES.

[2:37:48] SO THE BALLPARK IS STATUTORILY

[2:37:50] REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF

[2:37:54] MAINTENANCE INVESTMENT.

[2:37:56] THAT'S A LARGE PARTF WHAT THIS

[2:37:58] GOVERNING BODY IS DETERMINING IS

[2:37:59] THAT CAPITAL PLANNING.

[2:38:02] HOWEVER, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT

[2:38:03] THIS MOMENT IN TIME IS THAT THE

[2:38:06] BALLPARK TAX THAT WAS AL LOED --

[2:38:11] ALLOCATED BY THE STATE

[2:38:13] LEGISLATURE WHEN THE STADIUM WAS

[2:38:14] ORIGINALLY BUILT IS SERVING BOTH

[2:38:15] THAT ONGOING MAINTENANCE MANDATE

[2:38:19] AS WELL AS DEBT SERVICE.

[2:38:21] AND THE BONDING FOR THE STADIUM

[2:38:24] IS NEARING COMPLETION AND

[2:38:25] THEREFORE THE STATE LEGISLATURE

[2:38:26] HAS TO DECIDE WHA THE FUTURE OF

[2:38:31] THEY COULD CONTINUE IT, THEY

[2:38:33] COULD REAPPROPRIATE IT, THEY

[2:38:34] COULD END IT.

[2:38:37] THAT IS VERY MUCH IN THE AIR

[2:38:38] RIGHT NOW.

[2:38:40] AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VITALLY

[2:38:42] IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY

[2:38:44] WITH THAT LEGISLATIVE KNOWLEDGE

[2:38:46] OF HOW THE STATE'S TAXING

[2:38:48] AUTHO

[2:38:50] RELATIONSHIPS AT THE STATE

[2:38:51] CAPIL TO BE A POWERFULOICE

[2:38:52] IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THAT

[2:38:55] BALLPARK SALES TAX.

[2:38:57] ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT

[2:38:58] THAT HCMC, ALTHOUGH WAS SAVED

[2:39:01] FOR ONE MORE YEAR, IT WAS A

[2:39:03] ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION.

[2:39:04] WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK TO

[2:39:05] WHERE WE WERE A YEAR FROM NOW

[2:39:07] WITH HCMC BEING ON THE BRINK OF

[2:39:10] CLOSURE IF IT'S NOT RESOLVED IN

[2:39:11] THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

[2:39:13] >> OKAY.

[2:39:13] » OKAY.

[2:39:13] THAT'S HELPFUL.

[2:39:15] AND I MEAN MY EXPERIENCE AT THE

[2:39:17] STATE LEGISLATUREN PAST

[2:39:18] LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IS THAT

[2:39:21] MEMBERS OF THE BALLPARK

[2:39:22] AUTHORITY OFTENTIMES HAVE

[2:39:25] CONVERSATIONS WITH CHAIRS OF THE

[2:39:26] TAX COMMITTEES BOTH IN THE

[2:39:28] SENATE AND THE HOUSE.

[2:39:29] SO I IMAGINE THAT THERE WOULD BE

[2:39:32] A KEY ROLE THAT'S PLAYED EVEN IF

[2:39:34] IT'S THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS ON

[2:39:35] THISOARD.

[2:39:37] SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION

[2:39:40] OR ANSWER, IT'S CLARIFYING.

[2:39:43] >> CNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:39:45] » CNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:39:46] >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

[2:39:47] » THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

[2:39:47] YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHY I SUPPORT

[2:39:49] THIS SUBSTITUTION WHICH IS

[2:39:50] MAINTAINING MR. BAYLOR'S

[2:39:52] APPOINTMENT HERE.

[2:39:53] WE ASK A LOT OF THINGS TO OUR

[2:39:56] APPOINTEES OF BRDS AND

[2:39:58] COMMISSIONS.

[2:39:58] WE ASK THEIR TIME, WE ASK THEIR

[2:40:00] ENERGY, BH TO SHOW UP FOR

[2:40:02] MEETINGS AND BEYOND THEM.

[2:40:06] I DID ASK AROUND ABOUT

[2:40:08] MR. BAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT HERE

[2:40:10] ABOUT HIS PARTICIPATION.

[2:40:11] AND HERE'S WHAT I GOT BACK.

[2:40:14] I GOT BACK THAT HE IS A GREAT

[2:40:17] MEMBER OF THIS BALLPARK

[2:40:19] AUTHITY.

[2:40:19] HE SERVED ON A SPECIAL COMMITTEE

[2:40:21] TO SELECT PUBLIC A THAT HONORS

[2:40:23] BLACK BASEBALL PLAYERS.

[2:40:24] I MEAN THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

[2:40:27] CONSIDERING THIS BODY IS LARGELY

[2:40:29] OLD WHITE MEN.

[2:40:31] I KNOW I'LL GET IN TROUBLE FOR

[2:40:34] SAYING THAT.

[2:40:35] BUT HE HAS GREAT ATTENDANCE.

[2:40:37] HE HAS THE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

[2:40:39] AND ACUMEN THAT HE LENDS TO AN

[2:40:41] AUDIT COMMITTEE HERE.

[2:40:42] HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE

[2:40:44] SECRETARY OF THIS BOARD.

[2:40:45] WHAT ELSE CAN WE ASK FOR IN AN

[2:40:48] APPOINTMENT?

[2:40:49] WE NEED TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE

[2:40:51] WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME WHEN

[2:40:53] WE'VE ASKED THEM TO.

[2:40:55] I VALUE NOT CHANGIN IT AND I

[2:40:58] REALLY VALUE HOW HE HAS SHOWN UP

[2:41:00] AND PARTICIPATED ON THIS

[2:41:01] BALLPARK AUTHORITY.

[2:41:02] THANK YOU.

[2:41:03] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:41:08] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:41:08] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, I'M SORRY, I

[2:41:11] » PRESIDENT PAYNE, I'M SORRY, I

[2:41:11] DIDN'T HAVE MY MIC ON HERE.

[2:41:15] FUNNY STORY, BUT A TRUE THING.

[2:41:19] I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF

[2:41:24] AWARDING SOME OF THE STAFF THAT

[2:41:26] IS UNDERNEATH THE TUTELAGE OF

[2:41:30] JUSTIN BAYLOR WITH A LIFE SAVING

[2:41:34] AWARD SPONSORED BY THE BROADWAY

[2:41:36] BUSINESS -- WEST BROADWAY

[2:41:38] BUSINESS COALITION.

[2:41:39] A SECURITY GUARD BY THE NAME OF

[2:41:41] RED.

[2:41:41] I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER

[2:41:43] RED.

[2:41:43] BUT RED WENT VIRAL DURING OUR

[2:41:46] OPERATION METRO SURGE.

[2:41:48] RED WAS GIVEN DIRECT INSTRUCTION

[2:41:51] BY MR. BAYLOR ABOUT PROTECTING

[2:41:54] THE SPACE AT THE McDONALDS THAT

[2:41:55] IS DECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOME

[2:41:58] AND MY WARD THERE TO HELP KP

[2:42:00] OUR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS

[2:42:02] SAFE.

[2:42:03] WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

[2:42:05] ADVOCACY FOR HEALTH, WELLNESS,

[2:42:08] AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND EN

[2:42:09] WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THE FIGHT

[2:42:13] FOR MC, I KNOW BEYOND A SHADOW

[2:42:15] OF A DOUBT THAT JUSTIN BAYLOR

[2:42:17] HAS THAT MENTALITY, UNDERSTANDS

[2:42:21] AT SUPPORT AND STABLE

[2:42:23] INFRASTRUCTURE OF HEALTH AND

[2:42:26] LLNESS MEANS TO A COMMUNITY.

[2:42:27] BECAUSE I SEE HOW THE EMPLOYEES

[2:42:31] CONDUCT THEMSELVES UNDERNEATH

[2:42:32] HIS TUTELAGE AND HIS

[2:42:34] ESTABLHMENT.

[2:42:34] I KNOW THAT JUSTIN BAYLOR HAS A

[2:42:38] DEEP ROOTED COMMITMENT TO THIS

[2:42:41] CITY AND TO THIS COMMUNITY, TO

[2:42:43] EMPOWERING RESIDENTS AND

[2:42:45] ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE

[2:42:48] EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO BE

[2:42:49] SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ENDEAVORS.

[2:42:51] I APPLD THE AMOUNT OF

[2:42:53] SCHOLARSHIPS THAT HIS

[2:42:54] ORGANIZATION HAS EXTENDED TO THE

[2:42:56] AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE

[2:42:58] COME THROUGH HIS ESTABLISHMENT

[2:43:00] AND BEEN EMPLOYED THAT HE SEES

[2:43:04] THAT THEY HAVEHE ABILITY TO

[2:43:04] FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND ALSO

[2:43:06] WALK IN THE STEPS THAT HE HAS

[2:43:08] WALKED IN ORDER TO BE

[2:43:15] SELF-SUFFICIENT HIMSELF.

[2:43:16] THIS TAKES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

[2:43:17] AWAY FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS

[2:43:18] BEING NOMINATED.

[2:43:19] BUT THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE

[2:43:21] INDIVIDUAL THAT I KNOW WHO HAS

[2:43:22] BEEN A STRONG REPRESENTATION IN

[2:43:25] THIS COMMUNI AND SPEAKS VALUE

[2:43:27] AND ALSO MAKES THAT SAME TYPE OF

[2:43:32] EFFORT INFECTIOUS AMONG HIS

[2:43:34] EMOYEES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT

[2:43:35] WORK ALONGSIDE HIM.

[2:43:36] SO I KNOW THAT HE WOULD CHAION

[2:43:39] THESE ISSUES THAT HE HAS

[2:43:40] CHAMPIONED THESE ISSUES AND THAT

[2:43:42] HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO GOING

[2:43:44] FORWARD.

[2:43:45] SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO

[2:43:48] REALLY STAND WITH THE

[2:43:51] REPRESENTATION

[2:43:51] WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR

[2:43:52] NEIGHBORS.

[2:43:52] WE WANT TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY

[2:43:54] MEMBERS.

[2:43:55] WE WANTO MAKE SURE THAT

[2:43:57] THERE'S EQUAL REPRESENTATION ON

[2:43:58] BOARDS ANDOMMISSIONS AND THIS

[2:44:00] IS ONE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

[2:44:02] THAT WE DO N ABSTRACT THIS

[2:44:08] OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE HAVE THAT

[2:44:09] TYPE OF STABILITY IN THIS

[2:44:11] BALLPARK AUTHORITY APPOINTMENT.

[2:44:12] THANK YOU.

[2:44:12] >> COUNCMEMBER VETAW.

[2:44:13] » COUNCMEMBER VETAW.

[2:44:13] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:44:16] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:44:16] I WANT TO JUST SPECIFY THAT NO,

[2:44:23] M

[2:44:24] THE BOARD.

[2:44:25] BUT JUSTIN CERTAINLY WAS NOT --

[2:44:28] DID NOT HAVE A CVERSATION WITH

[2:44:32] COUNCIL LEADERSHIP TO DISCUSSF

[2:44:33] HE WANTED TO BE PUT BACK ON THE

[2:44:36] BOARD, WHERE HE STANDS ON THIS

[2:44:40] ISSUE, THAT'S NOT A ISSUE, OF

[2:44:42] HCMC AND NORTH MEMORIAL.

[2:44:46] WITH SANFORD HEALTH.N A MERGER

[2:44:47] AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE

[2:44:49] OUTCOME OF THAT IS GOING TO BE.

[2:44:51] ALL OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS ARE

[2:44:53] BEING MADE.

[2:44:54] IT'S GIVING ME THE ICK.

[2:44:57] BECAUSE NO ONE IN COUIL

[2:44:59] LEADERSHIP TALKED TO JUSTIN SO

[2:45:01] SEE WHAT HIS POSITION WAS ABOUT

[2:45:04] .

[2:45:04] THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TOLD ME

[2:45:06] NO, HE DID NOT TALK TO HIM.

[2:45:08] THAT HE TALKED TO JIM DAVNIES

[2:45:12] AND I TOLD THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[2:45:13] THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A

[2:45:15] TOBACCO INITIATIVE WITH JUSTIN,

[2:45:17] THENLY BLACK PERSON ON THIS

[2:45:19] BOARD AND HE SAID WELL JIM

[2:45:21] DAVNIES WILL HELP YOU.

[2:45:23] JIM VNIES IS NOT A BLACK MAN.

[2:45:26] THE TOBACCO ISSUE IS NOT A JIM

[2:45:29] DAVNIES ISSUE.

[2:45:30] AND IF WE WERE GOING TO GO AND

[2:45:33] JUST PICK A FORMER LEGISLATOR, I

[2:45:35] WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED JOE

[2:45:37] MULLERY, HS NORTH SIDER.

[2:45:41] HE'S GOT LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE.

[2:45:42] I LIKE HIM.

[2:45:44] IF THAT WAS THE GOAL POST FOR

[2:45:45] WHO'S GOING TO BE ON HERE.

[2:45:47] THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

[2:45:49] I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE

[2:45:51] CHECKLIST WAS FOR SOMEBODY

[2:45:52] GETTING ON THIS BOARD EXCEPT

[2:45:56] FOR -- I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND

[2:45:58] THIS RATIONALE REALLY BEHIND

[2:46:00] HCMC WHEN THAT'S NOT THE PLACE

[2:46:02] .

[2:46:03] THERE'S A BUNCH OF WHAT IFS WITH

[2:46:06] HCMC.

[2:46:06] THIS IS NOT VALID IN MY OPINION.

[2:46:08] THIS IS REALLY JUST TALKING

[2:46:09] ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED

[2:46:10] THIS YEAR THAT'S OVER AND WE

[2:46:12] DON'TNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO

[2:46:14] PRESENT ITSELF IN THE YEARS TO

[2:46:15] COME.

[2:46:16] COLLEAES, I REALLY, REALLY

[2:46:17] HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT ME IN THIS

[2:46:21] NOMINATION FOR JUSTIN BAYLOR TO

[2:46:24] SERVE ON THE COMMISSION FOR THE

[2:46:25] NEXT FOUR YEARS.

[2:46:31] >> I'LL JUSTDD MYSELF TO THE

[2:46:32] » I'LL JUSTDD MYSELF TO THE

[2:46:32] END OF THE QUEUE HERE JUST TO

[2:46:34] SAY THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST

[2:46:35] JUSTIN BAYLOR.

[2:46:36] THIS IS ABOUT A STRUCTURAL

[2:46:38] ANALYSIS OF OUR SAFETY NET

[2:46:40] HOSPITAL AND HOW IT'S ON THE

[2:46:41] BRINK OF COLLAPSE.

[2:46:42] AND HOW WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY

[2:46:44] FOCUSED AND INTENTIONAL EFFORT

[2:46:46] AROUND SAVING THAT USING EVERY

[2:46:49] VIABLE PATH.

[2:46:51] SO COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:46:54] >> I'M GOING TO SAY THIS ONE

[2:46:56] » I'M GOING TO SAY THIS ONE

[2:46:56] MORE TIME.

[2:46:57] BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SD HERE THAT

[2:47:00] MISINFORMATION IS GOING OUT

[2:47:02] ABOUT HIM BEING STRIPPED OF THE

[2:47:04] COMMITTEE AND ALL OF THIS.

[2:47:06] THE REAL MISINFORMATION GOING

[2:47:07] OUT HER IS THAT TS

[2:47:09] APPOINTMENT HAS NOTHING TDO

[2:47:09] WITH GETTING THE BALLPARK TAX

[2:47:12] EXTENDED.

[2:47:13] THIS IS UP TO HENNEPIN COUNTY TO

[2:47:16] DO

[2:47:16] THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

[2:47:18] MR. BAYLOR SERVING ON THE

[2:47:20] BALLPARK AUTHORITY, PEOD.

[2:47:22] I DON'T KNOW WHERE TT

[2:47:22] MISINFORMATION IS COMING FROM.

[2:47:24] BUT IT'S NOTL.

[2:47:29] >>EEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[2:47:31] » EEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[2:47:31] QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

[2:47:32] CALLHE ROLL ON THE SUBSTITUTE

[2:47:34] MOTION FOR JUSTIN BAYLOR.

[2:47:36] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMANO.

[2:47:37] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMANO.

[2:47:37] >> AYE.

[2:47:38] » AYE.

[2:47:38] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[2:47:39] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[2:47:39] >> NO.

[2:47:40] » NO.

[2:47:40] >> CNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:47:41] » CNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:47:42] >> AYE.

[2:47:42] » AYE.

[2:47:42] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:47:43] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:47:43] >> AYE.

[2:47:43] » AYE.

[2:47:44] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:47:45] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:47:45] >> NAY.

[2:47:45] » NAY.

[2:47:45] >> COUNCILMBER CHUGHTAI.

[2:47:46] » COUNCILMBER CHUGHTAI.

[2:47:46] >> NAY.

[2:47:48] » NAY.

[2:47:48] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:47:49] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:47:49] >> NO.

[2:47:50] » NO.

[2:47:50] >> CNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:47:51] » CNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:47:51] >> NAY.

[2:47:52] » NAY.

[2:47:52] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:47:53] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:47:53] >> AYE.

[2:47:54] » AYE.

[2:47:54] >> COUILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:47:55] » COUILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:47:55] >> AYE.

[2:47:56] » AYE.

[2:47:56] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:47:57] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:47:57] >> NAY.

[2:47:58] » NAY.

[2:47:58] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:47:59] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:48:00] >> NAY.

[2:48:00] » NAY.

[2:48:00] >> THERE ARE FIVE AYES AND SEVEN

[2:48:03] » THERE ARE FIVE AYES AND SEVEN

[2:48:03] NAYS.

[2:48:03] >> THAT MOTION FAILS.

[2:48:04] » THAT MOTION FAILS.

[2:48:04] WE WILL TAKE THE UNDERLYING

[2:48:06] MOTION WHI IS THE NOMINATION

[2:48:09] OF JIM DAVNIE.

[2:48:10] THE QUEUE SET.

[2:48:12] IS EVERYBODY WTING TO STILL

[2:48:16] SPEAK IN THIS ORDER?

[2:48:17] I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE

[2:48:18] ROLL.

[2:48:19] >> IS THERE A MOTION?

[2:48:21] » IS THERE A MOTION?

[2:48:21] >> YES.

[2:48:23] » YES.

[2:48:23] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:48:25] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:48:25] >> AYE.

[2:48:28] » AYE.

[2:48:28] >>T'S TO APPOINT JIM DAVNIE.

[2:48:31] » T'S TO APPOINT JIM DAVNIE.

[2:48:31] >> WE DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT

[2:48:32] » WE DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT

[2:48:33] GHT NOW, RIGHT?

[2:48:33] >> CORRECT.

[2:48:35] » CORRECT.

[2:48:35] >> AYE.

[2:48:36] » AYE.

[2:48:36] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[2:48:37] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[2:48:37] >> AYE.

[2:48:38] » AYE.

[2:48:38] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:48:39] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:48:39] >> NO.

[2:48:41] » NO.

[2:48:41] >> COUNCILMBER SHAFFER.

[2:48:42] » COUNCILMBER SHAFFER.

[2:48:42] >> CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT WE MEAN

[2:48:44] » CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT WE MEAN

[2:48:44] WE DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT

[2:48:45] RIGHT NO

[2:48:46] >> THE SEAT IS VACANT AND WE'RE

[2:48:48] » THE SEAT IS VACANT AND WE'RE

[2:48:48] MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THAT

[2:48:50] CANCY?

[2:48:50] >> NO.

[2:48:50] » NO.

[2:48:50] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:48:52] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:48:52] >> AYE.

[2:48:52] » AYE.

[2:48:53] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI

[2:48:54] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI

[2:48:54] >> AYE.

[2:48:55] » AYE.

[2:48:55] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:48:57] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:48:57] >> AYE.

[2:48:58] » AYE.

[2:48:58] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:48:59] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:48:59] >> AYE.

[2:48:59] » AYE.

[2:48:59] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:49:00] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:49:00] >> NO.

[2:49:01] » NO.

[2:49:01] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:49:03] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:49:03] >> NO.

[2:49:03] » NO.

[2:49:03] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:49:06] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:49:06] >> AYE.

[2:49:06] » AYE.

[2:49:06] >> PRESIDENTPAYNE.

[2:49:08] » PRESIDENTPAYNE.

[2:49:08] >> AYE.

[2:49:08] » AYE.

[2:49:08] >> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FOUR

[2:49:11] » THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FOUR

[2:49:11] NAYS.

[2:49:11] >> THAT ITEM CARRIES AND THAT

[2:49:14] » THAT ITEM CARRIES AND THAT

[2:49:14] COMPLETES THE REPORT OF THE BHZ

[2:49:16] COMMITTEE.

[2:49:16] THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR

[2:49:18] CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

[2:49:19] COMMITTEE WHICH WILL B

[2:49:20] PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S

[2:49:21] CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:49:26] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:49:28] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:49:28] THE CLIMATE & INFRASTRUCTURE

[2:49:30] COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 20

[2:49:32] ITEMS.

[2:49:32] THE FIRST IS THE VAN WHITE

[2:49:34] MEMORIAL BOULEVARD RESURFACING

[2:49:36] PROJECT.

[2:49:36] NUMBER TWO IS THE WEST FULTON

[2:49:39] NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT SPACE.

[2:49:42] THREE IS THE APPOINTMENT OF

[2:49:43] PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

[2:49:45] 4 IS 35TH AVENUE NORTH FLOOD

[2:49:46] MITIGATION PROJECT ACQUISITION

[2:49:49] OF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION

[2:49:52] EASEMENT.

[2:49:53] FIVE IS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

[2:49:54] WITH MINNEHAHA CREEK WATERSHED

[2:49:57] DISTRICT AND MINNEAPOLISARK

[2:49:59] AND RECREATION BOARD FOR

[2:50:00] STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT

[2:50:01] PRACTICE.

[2:50:02] SIX IBICYCLE ADVISORY

[2:50:03] COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.

[2:50:05] SEVEN IS PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY

[2:50:06] MMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.

[2:50:09] 8 IS UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST

[2:50:10] AND 4th STREET SOUTHEAST MASTER

[2:50:13] UTILITY AGREEMENT WITH THE

[2:50:14] MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF

[2:50:17] TRANSPORTATION.

[2:50:17] N

[2:50:18] 9 IS 35TH AND 36TH STREET

[2:50:18] RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

[2:50:19] ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AND

[2:50:20] TEMPORARY EASEMENTS.

[2:50:25] 10 IS 1ST AVENUE NORTH

[2:50:25] RECONSTRUCTION CONCEPT LAYOUT

[2:50:27] AND ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AND

[2:50:28] TEMPORARY EASEMENTS.

[2:50:29] 11 IS A BID FOR PUMP STATION SIX

[2:50:32] ELECTRICAL ROOM REHABILITATION.

[2:50:33] 12 IS BID FOR 35TH AVENUE NORTH

[2:50:36] FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT.

[2:50:38] 13 IS A BID FOR SMALL DIAMETER

[2:50:40] SANITARY PIPE CLEANINGND

[2:50:43] TELEVISING 2026 PROJECT 14 IS

[2:50:48] CONTRACTS FOR 2026-2029 VEHICLE

[2:50:48] AUCTION SERVICES.

[2:50:50] 15 IS FRIDLEY WATER MAINTENANCE

[2:50:53] FACILITY ROOF AND MASONRY REPAIR

[2:50:55] PHASE TWO.

[2:50:56] 16 IS PUMP STATION NUMBER THREE

[2:50:59] WET WELL REHABILITATION PROJECT.

[2:51:00] 17 IS BID FOR LOGAN PARK

[2:51:01] INDUSTRIAL PHASE ONE GREEN

[2:51:04] STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND

[2:51:06] LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS.

[2:51:09] 18 IS A CONTRACT WITH FOTH

[2:51:11] INFRASTRUCTURE & ENVIRONMENT LLC

[2:51:12] FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

[2:51:14] SERVICES OF 22nd AVENUE

[2:51:15] NORTHEAST STORM AND SANITARY

[2:51:16] SEWER RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

[2:51:20] 19 IS OLIVER AVENUE SOUTH FLOOD

[2:51:22] MITIGATION PROJECT: PERMANENT

[2:51:22] AND TEMPORARY EASEMENT AGREEMENT

[2:51:24] WITH MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND

[2:51:26] RECREATION BOARD.

[2:51:27] 20 IS A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND

[2:51:29] REDESIGN OF HIGHWAY 280 WHICH IS

[2:51:32] A RELUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT.

[2:51:34] OR SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSING

[2:51:36] CONCERN ABOUT THE REDESIGN OF

[2:51:38] HIGHWAY 280.

[2:51:39] WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL

[2:51:42] OF ALL ITEMS AND WITH THE

[2:51:46] EXCEPTION OF NUMBER THREE FOR A

[2:51:48] SEPARATE VOTE.

[2:51:49] COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY HAS

[2:51:50] MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE

[2:51:53] REPORT SEPARATG OUT ITEM THREE

[2:51:54] FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

[2:51:58] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE

[2:52:00] REMAINDER OF THE REPORT?

[2:52:01] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:52:02] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[2:52:03] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[2:52:03] PAYNE.

[2:52:04] I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AM

[2:52:09] ULTRA EXCITED FOR THE WORK TO BE

[2:52:12] DONE ON VAN WHITE MEMORIAL

[2:52:14] BOULEVARD.

[2:52:14] AND THE STRT RESURFACING

[2:52:15] PROJECT.

[2:52:16] THANK YOU, PUBLIC WORKS, FOR ALL

[2:52:18] OF YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND HARD

[2:52:19] WORK THERE IN ENSURING THAT WE

[2:52:23] HAVE A HEALTHY ROADWAY OVER

[2:52:25] THERE.

[2:52:26] THANK YOU.

[2:52:26] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[2:52:28] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[2:52:28] QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

[2:52:30] CALL THE ROLL ON THE REPOR

[2:52:32] MINUS ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[2:52:34] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:52:36] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:52:36] AYE.

[2:52:36] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[2:52:37] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[2:52:37] >> AYE.

[2:52:38] » AYE.

[2:52:38] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:52:39] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:52:39] >> AYE.

[2:52:39] » AYE.

[2:52:40] >> AYE.CILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:52:41] » AYE.CILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:52:41] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:52:42] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:52:42] >> AYE.

[2:52:42] » AYE.

[2:52:42] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[2:52:43] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[2:52:43] >> AYE.

[2:52:44] » AYE.

[2:52:44] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:52:45] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:52:45] >> AYE.

[2:52:46] » AYE.

[2:52:46] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:52:49] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:52:49] IS ABSENT.

[2:52:49] COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:52:50] >> AYE.

[2:52:51] » AYE.

[2:52:51] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:52:52] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:52:52] >> AYE.

[2:52:52] » AYE.

[2:52:52] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:52:54] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:52:55] >> AYE.

[2:52:55] » AYE.

[2:52:55] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:52:56] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:52:56] >> AYE.

[2:52:56] » AYE.

[2:52:57] >> THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[2:52:58] » THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[2:52:58] >> THAT CARRIES.

[2:52:59] » THAT CARRIES.

[2:52:59] THOSE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED.

[2:53:00] NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER

[2:53:03] THREE, THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR

[2:53:04] PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR,

[2:53:06] MR. SEXT

[2:53:07] THE ROOM.

[2:53:08] I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEER

[2:53:14] WONSLEY.

[2:53:14] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:53:15] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:53:16] WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATION IN THE

[2:53:18] CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

[2:53:19] COMMITTEE AMPLIFYING THE

[2:53:21] LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THAT

[2:53:22] DIRECTOR SEXTON HAS DEMONSTRATED

[2:53:23] DURING HIS TENURE AS OUR PUBLIC

[2:53:29] WORKS DIRECTOR.

[2:53:31] HE EARNED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF

[2:53:32] THAT COMMITTEE AND I THINK IT'S

[2:53:33] JUST BEEN A TESTAMENT AND REALLY

[2:53:38] EXEMPLIFYING THE DAY-TO-DAY

[2:53:39] ISSUES AROUN PUBLIC WORKS AND

[2:53:42] INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE POTHOLES

[2:53:42] AND MAKING SURE THAT SANITATION

[2:53:47] IS MOVING ALONG IN TERMS OF

[2:53:50] SERVICES.

[2:53:50] AND ALSO CONNECTING ITO ISSUES

[2:53:53] AROUND EQUITY AND DISPARITY AS

[2:53:56] WELL.

[2:53:56] I KNOW AMPLIFY HIS LEADERSHIP

[2:53:58] IN NAVIGATING THE GEORGE FLOYD

[2:54:00] SQUARE ASSESSMENTS AS BEING OF

[2:54:02] TREMENDOUS VALUE, OF MAKING SURE

[2:54:03] THAT WE APPLY AN ANTI-RACIST

[2:54:06] ANALYSIS AND AN EQUITY FOCUS ON

[2:54:08] HOW WE DO KEY RESURFACING

[2:54:12] PROJECTS.

[2:54:12] BUT ALSO THERE W NUMEROUS

[2:54:14] EXAMPLES ALSO LEVERAGED IN TERMS

[2:54:15] OF HOW TRAFFIC CALMING IS AN

[2:54:17] EXTENSION OF EQUITY WORK AND

[2:54:19] MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS

[2:54:21] ACCESS TO WALKABLE AND

[2:54:24] PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY STREETS AND

[2:54:26] MAKING SURE OUR BIKEWAYS ARE

[2:54:27] CLEAR AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

[2:54:29] SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I

[2:54:31] COULD G IN QUEUE TO MOVE

[2:54:33] APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM IN SUPPORT

[2:54:36] OF DIRECTOR TIM SEXTON'S

[2:54:38] NOMINATION.

[2:54:39] AND I REALLY HOP WE CAN EARN

[2:54:40] THE REST OF THIS BODY'S SUPPORT

[2:54:41] AS WELL.

[2:54:43] >> SECOND.

[2:54:44] » SECOND.

[2:54:44] >> BEFORE I RECOGNIZEICE

[2:54:46] » BEFORE I RECOGNIZEICE

[2:54:46] PRESIDENT OSMAN, I WANT TO

[2:54:47] ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN

[2:54:49] JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER

[2:54:50] STEVENSON AND CHECK TO SEE WOULD

[2:54:51] YOU LIKE YOUR VOTE RECORDED FOR

[2:54:53] THE CONSENT ITEMS ON THIS?

[2:54:55] >> YES, PLEASE.

[2:54:57] » YES, PLEASE.

[2:54:57] >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. CLERK.

[2:55:00] » WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. CLERK.

[2:55:00] VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:55:01] >> THA YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[2:55:04] » THA YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[2:55:04] I'M NOT ON THE C&I OR THE

[2:55:09] COMMITTEE.

[2:55:09] I' NOT A MEMBER OF THAT, BUT I

[2:55:11] DO WANT TO TALK IN FAVOR OF YOUR

[2:55:13] SUORT.

[2:55:14] I THINK SINCE YOU ARRIVED IN

[2:55:15] YOUR SHORT TIME YOU HAVE

[2:55:18] MONSTRATED REALLY GREAT

[2:55:22] LEADERSHIP, NOT JUST TALKING

[2:55:27] ABOUT IT, BUT ACTUALLY BEING

[2:55:31] THERE.

[2:55:32] YOU HAVE WALKED ALONG WITH M

[2:55:35] SEEING EVERY DAY THERE ARE SOME

[2:55:36] CHALLENGES OUR COMMUNITY FACES

[2:55:38] ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO

[2:55:40] ADDICTION, UNHOUSED FOLKS, AND

[2:55:42] JUST THE ENTIRE DIFFICULTIES.

[2:55:50] YOU TALK TO THE RESIDENTS.

[2:55:51] THAT'S WHAT WE WANT EVERY

[2:55:52] DEPARTMENT LEAD TO DO.

[2:55:53] YOU LOVE THIS CITY, YOU CAME

[2:55:55] FROM THIS CITYND ARE REALLY

[2:55:57] CONNECTING NOT JUST THE COUNCIL

[2:55:59] MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT THE

[2:56:00] RESIDENTS, BUTLSO CONNECTING

[2:56:01] TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY.

[2:56:04] SO I AM GLAD WE HAVE YOU AND I

[2:56:06] WILL FULLY SUPPORT YOUR

[2:56:07] NOMINATION.

[2:56:10] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[2:56:11] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[2:56:11] QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

[2:56:13] CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER

[2:56:15] THREE THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

[2:56:17] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:56:19] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:56:19] >> AYE.

[2:56:20] » AYE.

[2:56:20] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHEZ.

[2:56:20] » COUNCILMEMBER CHEZ.

[2:56:20] >> AYE.

[2:56:21] » AYE.

[2:56:21] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:56:22] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[2:56:22] >> AYE.

[2:56:23] » AYE.

[2:56:23] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:56:23] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[2:56:24] >> AYE.

[2:56:24] » AYE.

[2:56:24] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:56:25] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[2:56:25] >> AYE.

[2:56:26] » AYE.

[2:56:26] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[2:56:27] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[2:56:27] >> AYE.

[2:56:27] » AYE.

[2:56:27] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:56:28] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[2:56:28] >> AYE.

[2:56:29] » AYE.

[2:56:29] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:56:30] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[2:56:30] >> AYE.

[2:56:30] » AYE.

[2:56:30] >> COUNCILMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:56:31] » COUNCILMBER RAINVILLE.

[2:56:31] >> AYE.

[2:56:32] » AYE.

[2:56:32] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:56:33] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[2:56:33] >> AYE.

[2:56:33] » AYE.

[2:56:33] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:56:34] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[2:56:35] >> AYE.

[2:56:35] » AYE.

[2:56:35] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:56:36] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[2:56:36] >> AYE.

[2:56:36] » AYE.

[2:56:36] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES.

[2:56:39] » THERE ARE 12 AYES.

[2:56:39] >> THAT CARRIES.

[2:56:43] » THAT CARRIES.

[2:56:43] >> THE FIRST UNANIMOUS ONE, HUH?

[2:57:10] » THE FIRST UNANIMOUS ONE, HUH?

[2:57:10] >> NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT

[2:57:11] » NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT

[2:57:11] FROM OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

[2:57:14] OH -- COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY?

[2:57:16] >> YEAH, I'M JUST TROLLING, BUT

[2:57:18] » YEAH, I'M JUST TROLLING, BUT

[2:57:18] I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A

[2:57:22] RECORD, THAT DIRECTOR SEXTON WAS

[2:57:23] THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT THAT ROUND

[2:57:25] OF APPLAUSE.

[2:57:26] THAT'S CLIMATE & INFRASTRUCTURE

[2:57:29] FOR YOU.

[2:57:34] [LAUGHTER]

[2:57:34] >> NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT

[2:57:38] » NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT

[2:57:39] PALMISANO, YOU'RE IN QUEUE FOR A

[2:57:40] PRIORITY QUESTION.

[2:57:41] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WAS JUST

[2:57:42] » PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WAS JUST

[2:57:42] SPEAKING WITH THE CHAIR OF THE

[2:57:43] PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

[2:57:45] COMMITTEE, I REALLY NEED TO

[2:57:47] CATCH A PLANE FLIGHT AND I WAS

[2:57:48] WONDERING IF THE BODY WOULD BE

[2:57:49] WILLING TO TAKE UP THE VOTE ON

[2:57:52] PHS THAT GOT FORWARDED WITHOUT

[2:57:54] RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S ITEM

[2:57:55] NUMBER 23, THE SHOT SPOTTER VOTE

[2:57:57] OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE I WILL NEED

[2:57:58] TO LEAVE AND I VERY MUCH WANT TO

[2:58:00] WEIGH IN ON IT.

[2:58:01] TYPICALLY WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE AND

[2:58:03] COME BACK, THEIR VOTE IS ABLE TO

[2:58:05] BE RECORDED.

[2:58:06] MINE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE

[2:58:08] THAT.

[2:58:08] >> WITHO OBJECTION, WE CAN

[2:58:10] » WITHO OBJECTION, WE CAN

[2:58:10] TAKE UP WHAT WAS THE PHS ITEM

[2:58:18] NUMBER?

[2:58:19] >> ITEM NUMBER 23.

[2:58:21] » ITEM NUMBER 23.

[2:58:21] >> ITEM NUMBER 23.

[2:58:27] » ITEM NUMBER 23.

[2:58:27] WE WILL TAKE THIS UP SEPARATELY

[2:58:29] AT THIS TIME.

[2:58:29] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

[2:58:31] I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

[2:58:32] CHAVEZ.

[2:58:32] >> THANK YOU.

[2:58:33] » THANK YOU.

[2:58:34] I WANT TO CHECK IN WITH

[2:58:36] COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[2:58:36] I HAVE REMARKS TO MAKE.

[2:58:38] BUT DOOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME?

[2:58:39] >> I HAVE 12 MINUTES BEFORE I --

[2:58:41] » I HAVE 12 MINUTES BEFORE I --

[2:58:41] >> I'LL BE QUK.

[2:58:43] » I'LL BE QUK.

[2:58:43] THANK YOU.

[2:58:45] COLLEAGUES AT THE JUNE 3RD

[2:58:46] MEETING, A PROPOSED THREE-YEAR

[2:58:49] CONTRACT EXTENSION WAS BROUGHT

[2:58:50] FORWARD.

[2:58:51] THERE'S A REPT ON SHOT SPOTTER

[2:58:53] TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD IN AUGUST.

[2:58:54] I ALONG WITH OTHER COMMITTEE

[2:58:56] MEMBERS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT AN

[2:58:59] EXTENSION OF THE REPORT TO BE

[2:59:00] AVAILABLE.

[2:59:00] I COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING A ONE

[2:59:02] YEAR EXTENSION AS A COMPROMISE

[2:59:04] POSITION.

[2:59:04] I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THAT ONE

[2:59:06] YEAR EXTENSION TODAY.

[2:59:07] THIS WILL ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO

[2:59:09] USE THE CITY AUDITOR'S FINDINGS

[2:59:11] TO DETERMINE THE BEST PATH

[2:59:13] FORWARD FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

[2:59:14] IT WOULD ALSO KEEP THE CURRENT

[2:59:15] SERVICES IN NORTH AND SOUTH

[2:59:16] MINNEAPOLIS IN PLACE.

[2:59:18] I SAID THAT AND I WILL SAY ONCE

[2:59:19] AGAIN TODAY, I DO NOT LIKE SHOT

[2:59:22] SPOTTER, I DO NOT SUPPORT THE

[2:59:23] USE OF SHOT SPOTTER.

[2:59:25] BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS ONE YEAR

[2:59:28] EXTENSION COMPROMISE IS A GOOD

[2:59:29] MIDDLE GROUND.

[2:59:29] WITH THAT SAID, I'LL BE VOTING

[2:59:36] FOR PHSC ITEM 23 TO EXTEND THE

[2:59:39] SHOT SPOTTER FOR ONE YEAR AND I

[2:59:41] HOPE WE CAN ALL UNITE ON THIS

[2:59:43] ITEM.

[2:59:46] ADDITIONALLY, 23.2 WOULD EAND

[2:59:47] SHOT SPOTTER INTO WARD NINE AND

[2:59:49] WARD TEN FURTHER.

[2:59:50] I WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THE

[2:59:52] EXPANSION.

[2:59:53] IN MY OPINION WITHOUT KNOWING

[2:59:55] WHAT THE AUDITOR'S REPORT WL

[2:59:56] SAY, I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE

[2:59:59] ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL CITY

[3:00:00] RESOURCES TO A PROGRAM ON WHICH

[3:00:01] THERE ARE STILL OUTSTANDING

[3:00:02] QUESTIONS.

[3:00:03] WITH THAT, I WOULDIKE TO SPLIT

[3:00:05] THE VOTE ON THESE ITEMS SO

[3:00:07] THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT VOTES AND

[3:00:08] MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 23.1.

[3:00:10] IF I CAN GET A SECOND?

[3:00:12] >> SECOND.

[3:00:12] » SECOND.

[3:00:12] >> WE WILL TAKE UP THESE AS

[3:00:14] » WE WILL TAKE UP THESE AS

[3:00:14] SEPARATE VOTES.

[3:00:18] SO WE ARE DISCUSSING 23.1.

[3:00:21] I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

[3:00:23] VETAW.

[3:00:23] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:00:26] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:00:26] SO 23.2 ISHE EXPANSION AND

[3:00:31] WHAT WARDS ARE THOSE IN?

[3:00:34] >> 23.2 IS AN EXPANSION FURTHER

[3:00:35] » 23.2 IS AN EXPANSION FURTHER

[3:00:35] INTO WARD NINE AND WARD TEN.

[3:00:37] >> SO THE 9 AND 10 COUNCIL

[3:00:40] » SO THE 9 AND 10 COUNCIL

[3:00:40] MEMBERS --

[3:00:40] >> I DON'T SUPPORT IT.

[3:00:41] » I DON'T SUPPORT IT.

[3:00:41] >> OH OKAY.

[3:00:42] » OH OKAY.

[3:00:42] >> AND I WAN TO BE ABLE TO MOVE

[3:00:43] » AND I WAN TO BE ABLE TO MOVE

[3:00:43] FORWARD ON THE NORTH SIDE AND

[3:00:45] CURRENT SOUTH SIDE ONES SO THOSE

[3:00:47] AREN'T LOST THERE.

[3:00:48] SO THE REASON OF SPLITTING THE

[3:00:50] VOTES TODAY IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

[3:00:52] >> GOT IT, YES.

[3:00:52] » GOT IT, YES.

[3:00:52] THANK YOU.

[3:00:54] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:00:55] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:00:55] >> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT

[3:00:57] » YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT

[3:00:57] OUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF

[3:00:58] BLEED IN THE EXPANSION ONTO LIKE

[3:01:00] THE OTHER SIDE OF HENNEPIN, EAST

[3:01:04] AISLES FOR SURE.

[3:01:06] I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR NORTH IT

[3:01:07] GOES.

[3:01:07] BUT I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

[3:01:11] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[3:01:12] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

[3:01:12] QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO

[3:01:15] CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 23.1, THE

[3:01:18] ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF SHOTS

[3:01:19] FIRED.

[3:01:19] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[3:01:20] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[3:01:20] >> AYE.

[3:01:21] » AYE.

[3:01:21] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:01:21] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:01:22] >> AYE.

[3:01:22] » AYE.

[3:01:22] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:01:24] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:01:24] >> AYE.

[3:01:24] » AYE.

[3:01:24] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFE

[3:01:25] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFE

[3:01:25] >> AYE.

[3:01:25] » AYE.

[3:01:25] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:01:26] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:01:26] >> AYE.

[3:01:27] » AYE.

[3:01:27] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:01:28] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:01:28] >> AYE.

[3:01:28] » AYE.

[3:01:29] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:01:30] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:01:30] >> AYE.

[3:01:30] » AYE.

[3:01:30] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:01:31] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:01:31] >> AYE.

[3:01:32] » AYE.

[3:01:32] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:01:33] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:01:33] >> E.

[3:01:33] » E.

[3:01:33] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:01:34] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:01:34] >> AYE.

[3:01:35] » AYE.

[3:01:35] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:01:36] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:01:36] >> AYE.

[3:01:37] » AYE.

[3:01:37] >> PRESIDENT YNE.

[3:01:38] » PRESIDENT YNE.

[3:01:38] >> AYE.

[3:01:38] » AYE.

[3:01:38] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES.

[3:01:40] » THERE ARE 12 AYES.

[3:01:40] >> THAT CARRIES.

[3:01:40] » THAT CARRIES.

[3:01:41] AND THEN WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM

[3:01:43] NUMBER 23.2 AND I WILL RECOGNIZE

[3:01:46] COUNCILMEMBER AVEZ.

[3:01:46] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:01:48] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:01:48] PAYNE.

[3:01:48] AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, 23.2

[3:01:52] WOULD EXPAND THE GEOGRAPHIC

[3:01:53] LOCATION COVERAGE AREAS FURTHER

[3:01:54] INTO WARD NINE AND WARD TEN.

[3:01:56] I CANNOT SUPPORT THAT EXPANSION

[3:01:58] ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S AN

[3:01:59] DITOR'S REPORT COMING BEFORE

[3:02:00] US IN AUGUST.

[3:02:01] I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THIS

[3:02:03] CONVERSATION AFTER THAT REPORT

[3:02:04] IS BROUGHT BEFORE US.

[3:02:05] BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS

[3:02:08] CONTRACT TODAY.

[3:02:09] THAT BEING SAID, I WILL MOVE TO

[3:02:11] DENY THIS ITEM AND IF THAT DOES

[3:02:13] NOT PREVAIL, SOMEONE ELSE CAN

[3:02:14] MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION.

[3:02:18] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:02:19] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:02:19] >> SECOND.

[3:02:21] » SECOND.

[3:02:21] >> I JUST WANTED TO ASK

[3:02:23] » I JUST WANTED TO ASK

[3:02:23] COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY HER

[3:02:24] POSITION ON THIS EXPANSION?

[3:02:27] CHUGHTAI, SORRY.

[3:02:29] SORRY, CHUGHTAI.

[3:02:30] SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CATCH

[3:02:32] YOU ON THE RUN.

[3:02:39] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:02:40] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:02:40] >> WHOLE OTHER PART OF THE CITY.

[3:02:41] » WHOLE OTHER PART OF THE CITY.

[3:02:41] ALL GOOD.

[3:02:44] YES, SO THIS EXPANSI INCLUDES

[3:02:47] AN EXPANSION INTO THE 10th WARD.

[3:02:49] I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING

[3:02:53] THAT BECAUSE AS COUNCILMEMBER

[3:02:55] CHAVEZ MENTIONED, WE HAVE AN

[3:02:57] AUDIT REPORT COMING.

[3:02:58] I'M A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT

[3:02:59] COMMITTEE.

[3:02:59] I REPRESENT THIS BODY AS ONE OF

[3:03:01] THE TWO MEMBERS ON THE AUD

[3:03:03] COMMITTEE.

[3:03:03] AND I WANT TO SEE THAT AUDIT

[3:03:07] BEFORE WE ARE EXPANDING THE

[3:03:10] COVERAGE WLE MAINTAINING

[3:03:13] CURRENT COVERAGE.

[3:03:14] SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR

[3:03:16] QUTION.

[3:03:16] >> YEAH, THANK YOU,

[3:03:17] » YEAH, THANK YOU,

[3:03:17] COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:03:20] AND I VERY MUCH WANT TO SUPPORT

[3:03:23] WHERE WE NEED THE ADDITIONAL

[3:03:24] COVERAGE WHEN T DATA SHOWS

[3:03:25] WHERE THAT IS.

[3:03:26] BUT I WILL RESPECT YOUR POSITION

[3:03:29] AS THE PRIMARY COUNCIL MEMBER OF

[3:03:31] THIS EXPANSION AND WAIT FOR THE

[3:03:33] AUDIT REPORT.

[3:03:33] THANKS.

[3:03:36] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:03:37] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:03:37] >> YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

[3:03:39] » YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

[3:03:39] I THINK THAT IF YOU LISTENO

[3:03:41] THE PRESENTATION FOR THE

[3:03:48] LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REPORT,

[3:03:51] THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF

[3:03:54] INFORMATION.

[3:03:54] I FEEL LIKE ESPECIALLY THE

[3:03:59] POLICE.

[3:03:59] THE SHOT SPOTTERS, THEY CAN'T

[3:04:01] EVEN TELL US WHAT BENEFITS IT'S

[3:04:03] BRINGING.

[3:04:03] THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT'S

[3:04:05] MISSING ON THIS.

[3:04:07] SO WITHOUT KNOWING ANY

[3:04:08] INFORMATION AND MISSING THIS GAP

[3:04:12] OF IS THIS REALLY SOLVING CRIME,

[3:04:13] IS THIS REALLY HELPING US, UNTIL

[3:04:17] WE GET THAT REPORT, I THINK IT

[3:04:20] WILL BE NOT A GREAT IDEA TO JUST

[3:04:24] EXND WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING

[3:04:25] THE BENEFITS OF IT.

[3:04:26] SO I SUPPORT THE MOTION TO DENY

[3:04:30] THIS.

[3:04:33] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:04:35] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:04:35] >> SINCE I WAS ASKED MY

[3:04:37] » SINCE I WAS ASKED MY

[3:04:37] OPINIO -- I'M VOTING NO ON

[3:04:39] THIS.

[3:04:41] >> OKAY.

[3:04:44] » OKAY.

[3:04:44] COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[3:04:45] >> OKAY, SO PERHAPS THE VOTE IS

[3:04:49] » OKAY, SO PERHAPS THE VOTE IS

[3:04:49] A FORE GONE CONCLUSION HERE.

[3:04:50] BUT I DO WANT TO SAY WHY THIS IS

[3:04:52] IMPORTANT TO ME AND WHY I

[3:04:53] SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF SHOT

[3:04:56] SPOTTER.

[3:04:57] YES, IT'S INTO AREAS THAT ARE

[3:04:58] NOT MY WARD.

[3:04:59] AND I APPRECIATE THAT THOSE

[3:05:01] WHOSE WARDS IT'S IN FEEL

[3:05:02] DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS.

[3:05:03] SHOT SPOTTER IS A PREVENTIVE

[3:05:05] TOOL FOR MPD.

[3:05:07] AT ITS CORE IT'S ABOUT GIVING A

[3:05:09] SENSE OF LOCATION AND ACCURACY.

[3:05:10] IT NARROWS DOWN AN AREA WHERE

[3:05:14] MULTIPLE 911 CALLS COME IN ABOUT

[3:05:15] GUNSHOTSND THE POLICE HAVE A

[3:05:16] BETTER IDEA OF WHERE TO RESPOND

[3:05:18] WHEN THEY HAVE THAT DATA.

[3:05:19] SO IT DS IMPACT EVERYBODY IN

[3:05:21] THIS CASE IN THE 5th PRECINCT IN

[3:05:23] TERMS OF HOW WE ARE USING OUR

[3:05:25] POLICE RESOURCES THAT ARE ON

[3:05:29] PATROL IN THE 5th PRECINCT.

[3:05:32] IT HELPS QUICKLY COLLECT BULLET

[3:05:33] CASINGS TO BE USED AS EVIDENCE

[3:05:36] ALONG WH AUDITORY EVIDENCE

[3:05:38] CAPTURED BY THE TECHNOLOGY

[3:05:39] ITSELF.

[3:05:39] THAT CAN HELP US ALLOCATE

[3:05:41] RESOURCESO THE MOST IMPACTED

[3:05:43] AREAS.

[3:05:44] THIS EVIDENCE LEADS TO

[3:05:46] SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATIONS IN GUN

[3:05:47] CRIMES.

[3:05:47] THEY HELP US TO CHARGE CASES.

[3:05:49] THESE AREHE THINGS THAT MAKE

[3:05:50] IT A GOOD TOOL FOR MPD.

[3:05:52] AND IN TERMS OF EXPANSION, WE

[3:05:55] TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT MAKING

[3:05:58] TA-DRIVEN DECISIONS.

[3:05:59] THIS RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXPAND

[3:06:00] THE SERVICE AREA THAT IS

[3:06:01] SUPPORTED BY T DATA.

[3:06:03] IF WE WANT TO COMMIT TO

[3:06:04] LISTENING TO THE DATA, WE CAN'T

[3:06:06] ONLY DO TT WHEN IT'S

[3:06:07] CONVENIENT.

[3:06:08] WE NEED TO LISTEN EVEN WHEN THE

[3:06:09] DATA SUPPORTS SOMETHING WE DON'T

[3:06:11] WA.

[3:06:11] THANK YOU.

[3:06:13] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:06:14] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:06:14] >> THANK YOU, PRESINT PAYNE.

[3:06:17] » THANK YOU, PRESINT PAYNE.

[3:06:17] I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SHARED

[3:06:18] AGREEMENT AROUND FINDINGETTER

[3:06:20] PREVENTATIVE TOOLS TO ACTUALLY

[3:06:21] REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR

[3:06:22] COMMUNITIES.

[3:06:23] BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THAT

[3:06:24] PRIORITY OF KEEPING OUR

[3:06:25] COMMUNITY SAFE.

[3:06:27] WHERE THERE IS DIVISION IS

[3:06:28] WHETR OR NOT SHOT SPOTTER HAS

[3:06:30] ACTUALLY BEEN ADD VAN --

[3:06:38] ADVANTAGEOUS TO MEETING THAT

[3:06:40] GOAL.

[3:06:40] ST THIS PAST BUDGET VIBINGAL,

[3:06:43] THIS CITY AOCATED $2 MILLION

[3:06:47] TO THE TASK FORCE AFTER SEEING

[3:06:49] PHENOMENAL SUCCESS ACROSS THE

[3:06:51] RIVER IN ST. PAUL.

[3:06:52] AND SINCE ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN

[3:06:54] LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, THAT TASK

[3:06:56] FORCE HAS NEARLY DOUBLED THE

[3:06:57] RATES FOCASE CLOSURES FOR

[3:06:59] NONFATAL SHOOTINGS AND WE'RE

[3:07:01] SEEING RIPPLE EFFECTS IN

[3:07:02] REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE ALL ACROSS

[3:07:03] OUR CITY.

[3:07:03] NOW WE'RE ON TRACK TO SEE

[3:07:05] SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS LIKE WHAT

[3:07:06] ST. PAUL HAS EXPERIENCED.

[3:07:07] AND GUESS WHAT, ALL FOR THE LOW

[3:07:09] PRICE OF LESS THAN 1% OF THE

[3:07:12] POLICE BUDGET.

[3:07:13] ALL THAT TO SAY, I THINK IT'S

[3:07:15] IMRTANT THAT WE DO OUR DUE

[3:07:17] DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT SHOT

[3:07:19] SPOTTER IS ACTUALLY DELIVERING

[3:07:21] CREDIBLE OUTCOMES FOR OUR

[3:07:22] RESIDENTS IF WE ARE GOING TO

[3:07:23] CO.

[3:07:25] AND THAT IS WHY OTHER COUNCIL

[3:07:27] MEMBERS REFERENCED WE ARE ASKING

[3:07:28] FOR THE CITY AUDITOR TO GIVE US

[3:07:30] THAT THOROUGH ANALYSIS AND

[3:07:32] PORT BACK BEFORE WE MAKE

[3:07:33] LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS IN A TOOL

[3:07:35] THAT EVEN RIGHT NOW WE KNOW HAS

[3:07:36] NOT BEEN FUNCTIONING.

[3:07:39] MINNEAPOLIS AT ONCE HAD SOME OF

[3:07:41] THE WORST SOLVING RATES WHEN IT

[3:07:42] CAME TO HOMICIDES AND NONFATAL

[3:07:45] SHOOTINGS IN THE COUNTRY.

[3:07:45] AND MIND YOU, ALL OF THIS

[3:07:48] HAPPENED WHEN WE HAD A CONTRACT

[3:07:49] WITH SOUND THINKING FOR SHOT

[3:07:51] SPOTTER.

[3:07:52] WE ALREADY HAVE EXISTING DATA

[3:07:53] SHOWING IT WAS NOT HELPING OUR

[3:07:54] RESIDENTS BE SAFE, IT WAS NOT

[3:07:56] REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE.

[3:07:57] BUT ITEFINITELY WAS ADDING TO

[3:07:58] THE BOTTOM LINE AND INCREASING

[3:08:00] THAT FOR SOUND THINKING.

[3:08:01] AND I KNOW THEY HA A REASON

[3:08:02] FOR WHY THEY WOULD LIKE TO

[3:08:04] CONTINUE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE

[3:08:05] CITY.

[3:08:06] BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE HAVE

[3:08:07] TO ALSO BUY INTO THAT.

[3:08:08] BUT I ABSOLUTELY AGREE, I THINK

[3:08:10] WE ALL NEED TO BE LOOKING AT

[3:08:12] COST EFFECTIVE MEASURES AND THAT

[3:08:14] INCLUDES A PREVENTATIVE STRATEGY

[3:08:16] OF ACTUALLY ADDRESSING FROM A

[3:08:19] DA BACKED STANDPOINT HOW TO

[3:08:20] REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR

[3:08:22] COMMUNITIES TO KEEP ALL OF OUR

[3:08:23] RESIDENTS SAFE REGARDLESS OF

[3:08:25] WHERE THEY LIVE IN OUR CITY.

[3:08:26] AND WE DO HAVE EVEN IN THE MOST

[3:08:29] RECENT MONTHS OTHER ALTERNATIVES

[3:08:30] TO POINT TO THAT ARE MORE CT

[3:08:32] EFFICIENT AND ACTUALLY ARE

[3:08:35] DELIVERING CREDIBL OUTCOMES.

[3:08:37] THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE THIS

[3:08:37] BODY TO SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME

[3:08:39] FOCUSING ON ESPECIALLY AS AGAIN

[3:08:41] WE'RE APPROACHING A POTENTIAL

[3:08:43] $30 MILLION DEFICIT IN OUR

[3:08:45] BUDGET WITH THE POLICE

[3:08:46] DEPARTMENT REFLECTING NEARLY

[3:08:48] $23 MILLION OF THAT DEFICIT

[3:08:49] ALONE.

[3:08:49] THAT'S WHY I'LL BE SUPPORTING

[3:08:52] COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ'S MOTION TO

[3:08:52] DENY THIS.

[3:08:53] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, HOW

[3:08:55] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, HOW

[3:08:55] ARE YOU ON TIME?

[3:08:57] >> I REALLY NEED TO GO.

[3:08:59] » I REALLY NEED TO GO.

[3:08:59] SO I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE, BUT I

[3:09:01] WANT T RESPECT THERE'S OTHER

[3:09:02] PEOPLE IN QUEUE.

[3:09:03] >> WOULD THE FOLKS IN QUEUE BE

[3:09:05] » WOULD THE FOLKS IN QUEUE BE

[3:09:05] WILLING TO TAKE T VOTE OR DO

[3:09:07] YOU WANT TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION?

[3:09:09] OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER VEW.

[3:09:10] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:09:11] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:09:11] I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLYAY

[3:09:16] THAT THE PRESENTATIO WE

[3:09:17] RECEIVED ON SHOT SPOTTER

[3:09:19] CERTAINLY SHOWED THAT THE

[3:09:21] NONFATAL SHOOTING TASK FORCE

[3:09:23] NEFITS FROM TECHNOLOGY LIKE

[3:09:23] SHOT SPOTTER, UNTIL THE AUDIT

[3:09:26] REPORT TELLS US DIFFENT, THEN

[3:09:27] I BELIEVE THAT SHOT SPOTTER IS A

[3:09:29] TOOL TO HELP SOLVE CRIMES IN

[3:09:32] MINNEAPOLIS.

[3:09:32] CERTAINLY A TOOL THAT SAVES

[3:09:34] LIVES.

[3:09:34] SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE

[3:09:37] REPORT.

[3:09:37] I SUPPORT WHAT THE COUNCIL

[3:09:39] MEMBERS HERE TODAY ARE SAYING

[3:09:40] THAT THEY DON'T WANTO EXTEND

[3:09:42] IT.

[3:09:43] IT DOESN'T AFFECT MY WARD, SO

[3:09:45] I'M FINE WITH THAT.

[3:09:46] BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

[3:09:48] BASE THE DECISION ON DATA AND

[3:09:50] NOT JUST ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY

[3:09:52] OTHER TIES.

[3:09:53] PEOPLE INVESTIGATE CRIMES

[3:09:54] DIFFERENTLY, AND WHAT I HEARD IN

[3:09:56] THAT PRESENTATION WAS THAT SHOT

[3:09:57] SPOTTER WAS A TOOL THAT IS GOING

[3:09:59] TO HELP THIS TASK FORCE TO BE

[3:10:00] BETTER.

[3:10:03] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:10:04] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:10:04] >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK

[3:10:07] » I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK

[3:10:07] YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO,

[3:10:08] FOR BRINGING UP HOW IT AFFECTS

[3:10:10] THE 5th PRECINCT.

[3:10:11] I KNOW HOW OVERWORKED AND

[3:10:13] STRESSED ANDURDENED MANY OF

[3:10:15] THEM HAVE BEEN.

[3:10:16] AND SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING

[3:10:17] THIS.

[3:10:19] >> ON THE MOTION TO DENY, WHICH

[3:10:23] » ON THE MOTION TO DENY, WHICH

[3:10:23] AN AYE VOTE WOULD DENY, I WILL

[3:10:25] ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.

[3:10:27] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[3:10:28] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

[3:10:28] >> NO.

[3:10:29] » NO.

[3:10:29] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:10:31] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:10:31] >> AYE.

[3:10:31] » AYE.

[3:10:31] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:10:34] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:10:34] >> NO.

[3:10:35] » NO.

[3:10:35] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:10:36] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:10:36] >> NO.

[3:10:37] » NO.

[3:10:37] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:10:38] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:10:38] >> AYE.

[3:10:39] » AYE.

[3:10:39] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:10:40] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:10:40] >> AYE.

[3:10:41] » AYE.

[3:10:41] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:10:42] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:10:42] >> AYE.

[3:10:43] » AYE.

[3:10:43] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:10:43] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:10:43] >> AYE.

[3:10:44] » AYE.

[3:10:44] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:10:45] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:10:45] >> NO.

[3:10:46] » NO.

[3:10:46] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:10:48] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:10:48] >> E.

[3:10:48] » E.

[3:10:48] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:10:50] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:10:50] >> AYE.

[3:10:50] » AYE.

[3:10:50] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:10:51] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:10:51] >> AYE.

[3:10:52] » AYE.

[3:10:52] >> THERE AREIGHT AYES AND FOUR

[3:10:56] » THERE AREIGHT AYES AND FOUR

[3:10:56] NAYS.

[3:10:56] >> THA MOTION CARRIES AND ITEM

[3:10:59] » THA MOTION CARRIES AND ITEM

[3:10:59] 23.2 IS DENIED AND WE WILL

[3:11:02] RETURN TO OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE

[3:11:05] REPORT ORDER AND WE WILL HAVE

[3:11:09] OUR REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF

[3:11:10] THE WHOLE GIVEN BY THAT

[3:11:12] COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER

[3:11:13] CHOWDHURY.

[3:11:13] >> THANKYOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:11:14] » THANKYOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:11:14] JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND HERE.

[3:11:20] ALL RIGHT.

[3:11:21] THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS

[3:11:22] BRINGI FORWARD THREE ITEMS FOR

[3:11:24] TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.

[3:11:26] ITEM NUMR ONE IS A LEGISLATIVE

[3:11:28] RELATED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS

[3:11:29] POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CHANGES AND

[3:11:31] INTERIM CHIEF UPDATES.

[3:11:33] ITEM NUMBER TWO IS RETURNING A

[3:11:35] AFF RESOLUTION AUTHORED BY

[3:11:36] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:11:37] AND LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER THR

[3:11:39] APPROVES A WORLD CUP EVENTS

[3:11:42] PERMIT FOR THE MINNESOTA UNITED

[3:11:46] AND BRIT'S PUB.

[3:11:47] THIS ITEM HAS BEEN UPDATED.

[3:11:49] THERE'S A REVISED RCA BEFORE

[3:11:52] YO.

[3:11:54] ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS TO MOVE

[3:11:54] ACTIVATION OFF OF PB PLAZA AND

[3:11:59] CONSULT JEFF JOHNSONROM THE

[3:12:03] CONVENTION CENTER.

[3:12:06] AND EXPAND THE AREA IN WHICH WE

[3:12:09] ARE APPROVI THESE DEVIATIONS

[3:12:11] SO THE EVENT CAN DETERMINE HOW

[3:12:12] THEY WANT TO SET UP.

[3:12:14] THEY'RE LIKELY NOT GOING TO USE

[3:12:15] ALL OF THIS SPACE.

[3:12:16] BUT THIS PROVIDES SOME HELPFUL

[3:12:18] FLEXIBILITY.

[3:12:19] SO I WILL MOVE THAT REVISED ITEM

[3:12:23] FOR APPROVAL AND I'LL MOVE ALL

[3:12:25] ITEMS FOR APPROVAL AND RETURN

[3:12:27] ITEM NUMBER TWO BACK TO AUTHOR.

[3:12:31] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS

[3:12:33] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS

[3:12:33] MOVED THE REPORT WITH THE RETURN

[3:12:36] TO AUTHOR FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[3:12:39] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

[3:12:41] I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE

[3:12:46] ROLL.

[3:12:46] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:12:48] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:12:48] >> AYE.

[3:12:48] » AYE.

[3:12:48] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:12:49] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:12:49] >> AYE.

[3:12:50] » AYE.

[3:12:50] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:12:51] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:12:51] >> AYE.

[3:12:52] » AYE.

[3:12:52] COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:12:53] >> AYE.

[3:12:53] » AYE.

[3:12:53] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:12:55] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:12:55] >> AYE.

[3:12:55] » AYE.

[3:12:55] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:12:56] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:12:56] >> AYE.

[3:12:57] » AYE.

[3:12:57] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:12:58] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:12:58] >> AYE.

[3:12:58] » AYE.

[3:12:58] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:12:59] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:12:59] >> AYE.

[3:13:00] » AYE.

[3:13:00] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:13:02] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:13:02] >> AYE.

[3:13:02] » AYE.

[3:13:02] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:13:03] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:13:03] >> AYE.

[3:13:03] » AYE.

[3:13:03] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:13:04] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:13:04] >> AYE.

[3:13:05] » AYE.

[3:13:05] >> THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[3:13:06] » THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[3:13:06] >> THAT CARRIES.

[3:13:07] » THAT CARRIES.

[3:13:07] AND THAT REPORT I ADOPTED.

[3:13:11] NEXT IS THE REPORT OF OUR

[3:13:13] ENRPRISE & LABOR RELATIONS

[3:13:14] COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE

[3:13:15] PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER

[3:13:17] VETAW.

[3:13:17] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:13:18] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:13:18] JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE

[3:13:20] CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE BOT

[3:13:22] OUT FOR TRAVEL SO I'LL BE

[3:13:24] PRESENTING THE COMMITTEE'S

[3:13:26] REPO.

[3:13:26] IT HAS SIX ITEMS TO BRING

[3:13:29] FORWARD.

[3:13:29] THE FIRST ITEM IS APPROVING A

[3:13:31] LEGAL SETTLEMENT: FEDERAL

[3:13:34] INSURANCE COMPANY V. FOURNIER

[3:13:36] NETWORK SOLUTIONS.

[3:13:37] ITEM TWO IS APPROVING A LEGAL

[3:13:39] SETTLEMENT WITH JOHN CLAUSENV.

[3:13:43] EM THREE IS APPROVING ELECTION

[3:13:45] JUDGE AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK

[3:13:46] APPOINTMENTS FOR THE AUGUST 11,

[3:13:48] 2026, STATE PRIMARY.

[3:13:49] ITEM FOUR IS ACCEPTING A GIFT

[3:13:51] FROM LOCAL PGRESS FOR COUNCIL

[3:13:53] PRESIDENT PAYNE AND

[3:13:54] COUNCILMEMBER CHAV.

[3:13:56] ITEM FIVE IS WORKPLACE ADVISORY

[3:13:58] COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.

[3:13:58] AND ITEM SIX IS A CONTRACT WITH

[3:14:03] GUIDEHOUSE INC TO PROVIDE ERP

[3:14:07] SYSTEM AMP -- IMPLEMENTATION

[3:14:12] PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

[3:14:13] I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE FULL

[3:14:15] REPORT.

[3:14:15] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW HAS MOVED

[3:14:18] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW HAS MOVED

[3:14:18] APPROVAL OF THE FULL COMMITTEE

[3:14:19] REPORT.

[3:14:19] IS THERE DISCUSSION?

[3:14:20] >> I DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION.

[3:14:21] » I DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION.

[3:14:21] I WAS COUGHING AND IT HIT THE

[3:14:23] THG.

[3:14:23] >> SOUNDS GOOD.

[3:14:24] » SOUNDS GOOD.

[3:14:24] I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE

[3:14:25] ROLL ON THE ELR REPORT.

[3:14:28] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:14:30] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:14:30] >> AYE.

[3:14:30] » AYE.

[3:14:30] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:14:31] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:14:31] >> AYE.

[3:14:31] » AYE.

[3:14:31] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:14:32] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:14:32] >> AYE.

[3:14:32] » AYE.

[3:14:33] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:14:33] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:14:34] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:14:35] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:14:35] >> AYE.

[3:14:36] » AYE.

[3:14:36] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:14:37] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:14:37] >> AYE.

[3:14:38] » AYE.

[3:14:38] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVSON.

[3:14:38] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVSON.

[3:14:39] >> AYE.

[3:14:39] » AYE.

[3:14:39] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:14:40] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:14:40] >> AYE.

[3:14:40] » AYE.

[3:14:41] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:14:42] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:14:42] >> AYE.

[3:14:42] » AYE.

[3:14:42] >> VICPRESIDENT OSMAN IS

[3:14:44] » VICPRESIDENT OSMAN IS

[3:14:44] ABSENT.

[3:14:44] PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:14:45] >> AYE.

[3:14:46] » AYE.

[3:14:46] >> THERE ARE TEN AYES.

[3:14:47] » THERE ARE TEN AYES.

[3:14:47] >> THAT CARRIES.

[3:14:49] » THAT CARRIES.

[3:14:49] FINALLY, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC

[3:14:50] HEALTH, SAFETY, & EQUITY

[3:14:52] COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE

[3:14:52] PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S

[3:14:54] CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:14:56] I'LL NOTE THAT WE DISPOSED OF

[3:14:58] ITEM 23.

[3:15:03] >> I GOT IT.

[3:15:04] » I GOT IT.

[3:15:04] THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[3:15:06] THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND

[3:15:08] EQUITY COMMITTEE IS BRIING

[3:15:09] FORWARD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT

[3:15:10] ITEMS.

[3:15:10] ITEM NUMBER ONE GRANTS CONSENT

[3:15:11] OF THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF

[3:15:13] RACHEL SAYRE TO THE APPOINTED

[3:15:16] POSITION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

[3:15:17] DIRECTOR.

[3:15:18] I'LL MOVE THAT FOR A SEPARATE

[3:15:19] VOTE AT THE END TO MAKE A

[3:15:21] SERATE MOTION.

[3:15:22] ITEM TWO IS RELATED TO ADULT

[3:15:24] BATHHOUSES AND SEX VENUES, BUT

[3:15:26] THIS ITEM WAS ALREADY DISPENSED

[3:15:27] OF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE

[3:15:29] MEETG.

[3:15:30] ITEMS 3.1 AND 3 AT ANY TIME TWO

[3:15:33] ARE ALL GENDER SEXUALITY

[3:15:34] WELCOMING CITY ORDINANCES.

[3:15:35] I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR 3.1, AND

[3:15:37] YOU HAVE A COPY IN FRONT OFYOU.

[3:15:39] I WILL THEN MOVE THE COMMITTEE'S

[3:15:41] RECOMMENDATION BUT MAKE THIS A

[3:15:42] SEPARATE VOTE.

[3:15:43] ITEM FOUR AUTHORIZES A REVENUE

[3:15:45] CONTRACT WITH MINNETA

[3:15:47] TIMBERWOLVES TO PROVIDE BOMB

[3:15:48] DETECTION SECURITY SERVICES AT

[3:15:51] .

[3:15:51] ITEM FIVE ACCEPTS THE NATIONAL

[3:15:54] ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

[3:15:55] AND A RETAIL FLEXIBLE FUNDING

[3:16:00] GRANT.

[3:16:00] ITEM SIX ACCEPTS BLOOMBERG

[3:16:03] PHILANTHROPIC GRANT FOR YOUTH

[3:16:04] CLIMATE LEADERSHIPND

[3:16:06] ENGAGEMENT.

[3:16:06] ITEM SEVEN ACCEPTS A GIFT FROM

[3:16:09] THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF

[3:16:10] COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OICIALS

[3:16:12] FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH

[3:16:14] TO ATTEND THE NACCHO360

[3:16:21] CONFERENCE IN LEXINGTON,

[3:16:23] KENTUCKY.

[3:16:23] ITEM EIGHT ACCEPTS A GIFT FOR

[3:16:24] THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE ON RACE

[3:16:27] AND EQUITYOR THREE STAFF

[3:16:30] MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE REGION

[3:16:33] FIVE LEARNINEXCHANGE.

[3:16:35] ITEM NINE IS THE MINNEAPOLIS

[3:16:36] ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE

[3:16:38] WI.

[3:16:41] ITEM TEN PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY

[3:16:42] COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.

[3:16:43] ITEM 11 IS MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY

[3:16:45] COMMITTEE ON AGING APPOINTMENTS.

[3:16:49] ITEM 12 APPROVES 11 APPOINTMENTS

[3:16:51] TO THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS

[3:16:51] FOOD COUNCIL.

[3:16:53] ITEM 13 APPROVES APPOINTMENTS T

[3:16:55] THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON

[3:16:56] POLICE OVERSIGHT.

[3:16:57] ITEM 14 IS THE SAFE AND THRIVING

[3:17:00] COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP.

[3:17:02] ITEM 15 AUTHORIZES A MEMORDUM

[3:17:04] OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE

[3:17:05] UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AT THE

[3:17:07] HUMPHREY SCHOOLF PUBLIC

[3:17:10] AFFAIRS.

[3:17:11] ITEM 16 IS A DIRECTIVEELATED

[3:17:13] TO OFF-DUTY POLICE REGULATION.

[3:17:16] ITEM 17 IS RELATED TO OFF-DUTY

[3:17:19] POLICE MANAGEMENT.

[3:17:19] ITEM 18 IS A LEGISLATIVE

[3:17:20] DIREIVE RELATED TO AN

[3:17:23] ALTERNATIVE SITE FOR POLICE

[3:17:24] OFFICERS TO U FOR GUN RANGE

[3:17:27] ACTIVITY.

[3:17:28] ITEM 19 IS A STAFF DIRECTION TO

[3:17:31] RECOGNIZE INSTITUTIONS THAT

[3:17:33] PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFY SERVICES.

[3:17:36] ITEM 20 DIRECTS THE CITY CLERK

[3:17:39] TO FORMULATE A PLAN TO THE CODE

[3:17:44] OF ORDINANCES TO REMOVE

[3:17:47] GENDER-SPECIFIC LANGUAGES IN

[3:17:48] CODE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE

[3:17:49] CITY ATTORNEY'SOFFICE.

[3:17:51] ITEM 21, CAUSES THE MINNESOTA

[3:17:54] LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH LOCAL

[3:17:56] AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH

[3:17:59] TRANENDER, NON- NARY AND

[3:18:03] NDER-EXPANSIVE RESTROOM

[3:18:04] ACCESS.

[3:18:07] ITEM 23 HAS ALREADY BEEN

[3:18:09] DISPENSED OF WHICH WAS THE SHOT

[3:18:12] SPOTTER CONTRACT.

[3:18:13] ITEM 24 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT

[3:18:15] WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

[3:18:17] SERVICES INTERNATIONAL INC.

[3:18:19] AND AFTER ACTION REVIEW

[3:18:20] SERVICES.

[3:18:20] TH THAT, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF

[3:18:22] ALL ITEMS EXCEPT I'LL PULL OUT

[3:18:26] ITEM NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER THREE

[3:18:31] SEPARATE VOTES.

[3:18:34] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ HAS

[3:18:37] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ HAS

[3:18:37] MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE

[3:18:39] REPORTS MINUS ITEM 1 AND 3.

[3:18:43] WE'VE DISPENSED OF ITEMS 2 AND

[3:18:46] 23.

[3:18:46] >> I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC

[3:18:48] » I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC

[3:18:48] RECORD AND FOR OUR CLERKS, I

[3:18:50] THOUGHT M OFFICE SUBMITTED THE

[3:18:52] REVISIONS FOR ITEMS 16 AND 17

[3:18:54] RELATED TO OFF DUTY.

[3:18:54] BUT I WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR

[3:18:58] BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS, I WOULD

[3:19:00] LIKE TO ADD COUNCILMEMBER WARREN

[3:19:01] AS A CO-AUTHO AS WELL AS

[3:19:03] COUNCILMEMBER WHITING.

[3:19:04] AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

[3:19:06] TO MY COLLEAGUES ON YOUR SUPPORT

[3:19:07] AS WE CONTINUE FIGURING OUT HOW

[3:19:10] WE ENT FULLER OVERSIGHT OVER

[3:19:14] THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE

[3:19:16] CONSTAN

[3:19:17] AND THAT TAXPAYERS ARE

[3:19:19] CONSTANTLY HAVING TO FOOT THE

[3:19:20] BURDEN FOR AT 1.4 MILLION.

[3:19:24] PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ADD

[3:19:26] COCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:19:26] SO AGAIN I THANK YOU ALL FOR

[3:19:28] YOUR SUPPORT ON THOSE ITEMS.

[3:19:29] I ALSO WANTED TO REFERENCE ITEM

[3:19:32] NUMBERS 18 AND 19 RELATED TO THE

[3:19:34] ALTERNATIVE GUN RANGE AND THE

[3:19:37] OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY

[3:19:39] RESTRUCTURE.

[3:19:40] THIS WAS ALSO A BYPRODUCT OF

[3:19:43] MANY CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ON

[3:19:44] THIS DAIS AND BEHIND THIS DAIS

[3:19:46] AROUND THE FUTURE OF THE GUN

[3:19:47] RANGE AT THE 4th PRECINCT, BUT

[3:19:51] E

[3:19:51] OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY

[3:19:52] SAFETY.

[3:19:53] I KNOW SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WE DID

[3:19:55] NOT MOVE FORWARD A RESOLUTION

[3:19:56] ASKING THE MAYOR TO CARRY OUT A

[3:19:58] NATIONAL SEAH FOR THAT

[3:19:59] POSITION.

[3:20:00] AND MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES

[3:20:01] HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE ACTUALLY

[3:20:03] NE TO DO A MORE THOROUGH

[3:20:04] ANALYSIS OF ITS FUTURE, WHAT ARE

[3:20:06] WE ACTUALLY GAINING.

[3:20:08] IS THERE A NEED FOR A CONTINUED

[3:20:11] EVALUATIONROUND HOW WE WOULD

[3:20:12] LIKE TO SEE THIS OPERATE AND

[3:20:15] ADVANCE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO

[3:20:16] THE MAYOR WHO ULTIMATELY HAS

[3:20:18] CONTROL TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

[3:20:19] SO THESE DIRECTIVES WERE REALLY

[3:20:21] A BYPRODUCT OF COLLABORATIVE

[3:20:24] CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIVE

[3:20:25] LISTENING TO MY FELLOW

[3:20:27] COLLEAGUES AROUND HOW WE CAN

[3:20:30] WORK TOGETHER ON ADDRESSING TWO

[3:20:33] CRITICAL COMPONENTS AROUND OUR

[3:20:34] PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AND

[3:20:35] DEPARTMENTS AND OPERATIO.

[3:20:37] I WANTD

[3:20:38] THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR

[3:20:41] THE INPUTHAT HELPED SHAPE

[3:20:43] THOSE.

[3:20:44] THAT'S ALL.

[3:20:46] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:20:47] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:20:47] >> SO ARE WE PULLING THOSE ITEMS

[3:20:49] » SO ARE WE PULLING THOSE ITEMS

[3:20:49] FOR A SEPARATE VOTE OR WERE YOU

[3:20:50] JUST ARTICULATING AROUND THOSE

[3:20:58] ITEMS?

[3:20:59] >> OKAY.

[3:21:00] » OKAY.

[3:21:00] I WANT TO SAY AT THIS TIME,

[3:21:02] THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERWONSLEY,

[3:21:03] FOR UPLIFTING AND SITTING DOWN

[3:21:05] AND TALKING WITH ME ABOUT THE

[3:21:07] ALTERNATIVE GUN RANGE LOCATIONS

[3:21:09] AND REALLY, AND COUNCILMEMBER

[3:21:13] CHAVEZ AS WELL, REALLY HEARING

[3:21:14] ME AS I WAS ARTICULATING HOW

[3:21:20] IMPORTANT THAT IS TO THE NORTH

[3:21:21] SIDE AND OUR COMMUNITY.

[3:21:23] YOU'VE SOMETIMES GOT TO EAT AN

[3:21:24] ELEPHANT ONE BITE AT A TIME.

[3:21:26] SO I WILL WALK WITH YOU ON THIS

[3:21:29] JOURNEY AS WE LOOK AT

[3:21:31] ALTERNATIVE GUN RANGE LOCATIONS

[3:21:35] THAT LOOKS LIKE.

[3:21:36] SOMETIS A NO IS NOT A HARD NO,

[3:21:38] IT'S A SLOW YES.

[3:21:39] WE'LL TAKE THAT SLOW YES, OKAY

[3:21:41] LET'S START WORKING TOGETHER.

[3:21:45] TEAMWORK CAN ME THE DREAM

[3:21:48] WORK.

[3:21:48] AND I'M ALSO PROUD TO STAND AND

[3:21:52] COAUTHOR WITH YOU AWELL ON THE

[3:21:55] OFF DUTY LEGISLATION AND

[3:21:58] OVERSIGHT DIRECTIVE AS WE ARE

[3:22:00] EXAMINING HOW WE CAN BETTER BE

[3:22:02] SUPPORT TO OUR OFFICERS AND

[3:22:05] WHAT THEIR IDENTITY LOOKS LIKE

[3:22:11] INND OUT OF A UNIFORM.

[3:22:12] AND HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO REALLY

[3:22:14] EXPAND HOW THEY SHOW UP FOR A

[3:22:17] COMMUNITY.

[3:22:17] I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT

[3:22:18] INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO

[3:22:21] BRING FORWARD ESPECIALLY IN LIEU

[3:22:22] OF A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT

[3:22:24] ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY. .

[3:22:33] THEY'RE NOT JUST SUPERHEROES IN

[3:22:35] BLUE SUITS, BUT THEY'RE PEOPLE

[3:22:37] TOO.

[3:22:38] THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN SOME

[3:22:38] DIFFERENT TYPE OF INSIGHT AND

[3:22:40] PRIVILEGES.

[3:22:41] AND WE AS A CITY SHOULD BE MORE

[3:22:43] OPEN AND COMMUNICATIVE.

[3:22:45] I THINK I W REALLY SHOCKED TO

[3:22:46] LEARN THAT EVEN IF AN OFFICER IS

[3:22:50] NOT IN UNIFORM, THIS WAS THE

[3:22:52] THING AND I SHARED THIS WH MY

[3:22:54] COUNCIL COLLEAGUE.

[3:22:55] EVEN IF AN OFFICER IS NOT IN

[3:22:56] UNIFORM AND SOMETHING IS

[3:23:02] DO NOT STEP FORWARD AND SUPPORT

[3:23:05] IN THAT SITUATION AND SOMEONE

[3:23:06] RECOGNES THEM AS AN OFFICER

[3:23:08] LIKE THEY ARE PENALIZED FOR NOT

[3:23:10] STEPPING FORWARD.

[3:23:12] SO YOU DON'T HAVE REALLY A

[3:23:14] CHOICE TO NOT GET INVOLVE WHEN

[3:23:15] YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

[3:23:17] IF YOU JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU

[3:23:19] KN WHAT, I DON'T WANT THE RISK

[3:23:21] OF SOMEONE SAYING THAT I MAY BE

[3:23:23] IN THE WRONG FOR TRYING TO STEP

[3:23:25] FORWARD AND PROTECT OR PROVIDE

[3:23:28] SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT.

[3:23:29] AND THAT WORRIES ME BECAUSE THAT

[3:23:33] TAKES AWAY FROM A LOT OF

[3:23:35] DIFFERENT THINGS.

[3:23:36] BUT THEN ALSO IMPEDES UPON A LOT

[3:23:40] OF OTH LIABILITY AND I'M ULTRA

[3:23:45] SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE

[3:23:48] WHAT IS BROUGHT BACK IN THIS

[3:23:51] LETTIVE DIRECTIVE THAT WE ARE

[3:23:53] PUTTING FORWARD HERE.

[3:23:56] AND REALLY TRYING TO DIG IN AND

[3:23:57] DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT

[3:23:59] THAT MEANS AND WHAT THINGS CAN

[3:24:00] COME OUT OF THAT.

[3:24:01] SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT

[3:24:04] FORWARD.

[3:24:04] I APPRECIATE THAT.

[3:24:05] AGAIN I JUST WANT TO AID AND BE

[3:24:08] OF GREAT SUPPORT TO OUR

[3:24:13] PROTECTIVE SERVICE OFFICERS, OUR

[3:24:18] COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND

[3:24:21] OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

[3:24:22] THANK YOU.

[3:24:22] >> SEEING NO ONE ELS LEFT IN

[3:24:24] » SEEING NO ONE ELS LEFT IN

[3:24:24] QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

[3:24:25] CALL THE ROLL ON THE REPORT

[3:24:27] MINUS ITEMS 1, 3, 2, AND 23.

[3:24:31] WITH THE INCLUSION OF

[3:24:32] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN, WHITING,

[3:24:35] AND OWDHURY ON ITEMS 16 AND

[3:24:38] 17.

[3:24:38] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:24:38] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:24:38] >> AYE.

[3:24:39] » AYE.

[3:24:39] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:24:40] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:24:40] >> AYE.

[3:24:41] » AYE.

[3:24:41] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:24:41] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:24:41] >> AYE.

[3:24:42] » AYE.

[3:24:42] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:24:43] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:24:43] >> AYE.

[3:24:43] » AYE.

[3:24:43] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:24:44] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:24:44] >> E.

[3:24:45] » E.

[3:24:45] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:24:46] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:24:46] >> AYE.

[3:24:47] » AYE.

[3:24:47] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:24:48] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:24:48] >> AYE.

[3:24:49] » AYE.

[3:24:49] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:24:51] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:24:51] >> AYE.

[3:24:51] » AYE.

[3:24:51] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:24:52] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:24:53] >> AYE.

[3:24:53] » AYE.

[3:24:53] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:24:54] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:24:54] >> AYE.

[3:24:54] » AYE.

[3:24:54] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:24:55] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:24:55] >> AYE.

[3:24:56] » AYE.

[3:24:56] >> THERE ARE 11 AY.

[3:24:57] » THERE ARE 11 AY.

[3:24:57] >> THOSE ITEMS CARRY.

[3:24:58] » THOSE ITEMS CARRY.

[3:24:58] NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER

[3:25:00] ONE, THE APPOIMENT OF OUR

[3:25:02] EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGER.

[3:25:05] I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

[3:25:06] CHAVEZ.

[3:25:06] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:25:10] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:25:10] PAYNE.

[3:25:11] I'M PROUD TO MOVE THE APPROVAL

[3:25:14] OF THEPPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

[3:25:17] SAYRE AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

[3:25:18] DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.

[3:25:18] CAN I GET A SECOND?

[3:25:19] >> I SECOND THAT.

[3:25:21] » I SECOND THAT.

[3:25:21] >> THERE WAS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT

[3:25:22] » THERE WAS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT

[3:25:22] IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY,

[3:25:24] ANDQUITY COMMITTEE FOR

[3:25:25] DIREOR SAYRE.

[3:25:26] AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU

[3:25:28] FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE TO

[3:25:29] WANT TO SERVE THE CITY OF

[3:25:31] MINNEAPOLIS.

[3:25:31] THERE HAVE BEEN SO

[3:25:32] EMERGENCIES THAT HAVE

[3:25:33] DRASTICALLY IMPACTED OUR

[3:25:34] COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN

[3:25:35] MINNEAPOLIS AND OUTSIDEF

[3:25:36] MINNEAPOLIS AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS

[3:25:38] BEEN HERE WILLING TO HEAR OUR

[3:25:40] CONCERNS AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN

[3:25:43] WILLING TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND

[3:25:44] REACH OUT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE

[3:25:45] CAN DO TO MAKE THIS CITY A

[3:25:47] BETTER PLACE.

[3:25:47] SO I'M JUST PROUD TO SUPPORT

[3:25:48] YOUR NOMINATION.

[3:25:49] AND NOT ONLY FOR THE WORK THAT

[3:25:51] YOU DO FOR THE DEPARTMENT, BUT

[3:25:52] ALSO THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH

[3:25:54] CITY EMPLOYEES AND I MENTIONED

[3:25:55] THIS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I

[3:25:56] HAVE DEEP RESPECT FOROU AND

[3:25:57] THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH OUR

[3:26:01] EMPLOYS HERE BEYOND JUST IN

[3:26:03] YOUR DEPARTMENT.

[3:26:04] THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL

[3:26:04] ALWAYS GO A LONG WAY WITH ME

[3:26:06] BECAUSE CITY STAFF ARE REALLY

[3:26:07] IMPORTANT.

[3:26:08] AND I KNOW THEY FEEL REALLY

[3:26:09] SUPPORTED BY YOU.

[3:26:10] SO I'M PROUD TO MOVE THIS

[3:26:12] NOMINATION AND WANTED TO REPORT

[3:26:15] BACK THE POSITIVE COMMENTS THAT

[3:26:15] WERE REFLECTED IN THE COMMITTEE.

[3:26:18] COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:26:20] >> THANKYOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:26:22] » THANKYOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:26:22] D THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR

[3:26:25] SAYRE FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[3:26:26] FOR STEPPING UP AND SAYING I

[3:26:28] WANT TO KEY ON DOING THIS REALLY

[3:26:30] MINNEAPOLIS.K IN THE CITY OF

[3:26:32] I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO

[3:26:36] SAY THAT I HAVE DEEPLY, DEEPLY

[3:26:38] APPRECIATED GETTING TO KNOW YOU

[3:26:42] AND SEEING THE WORKIRST HAND

[3:26:45] UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP OUT OF

[3:26:46] EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

[3:26:48] OVER TS LAST FEW YEARS.

[3:26:51] IT'S TO ME STILL SOMETHI I'M

[3:26:53] WRAPPING AROUND MY MIND, THE

[3:26:56] AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY, TRAGEDY,

[3:26:59] UNREST, AND JUSTICE WE HAVE

[3:26:59] EXPERIENCED AS A CITY.

[3:27:02] AND IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY

[3:27:03] DIFFICULT AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT

[3:27:05] TH.

[3:27:06] AND I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN

[3:27:07] SO MUCH HARDER IF WE DIDN'T HAV

[3:27:11] YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE TO PREPARE

[3:27:13] OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERSND TO

[3:27:14] PREPARE US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

[3:27:16] I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S

[3:27:18] SO IMPORTANT IS BEING ABLE TO

[3:27:20] KNOW WHAT ERYONE'S ASSIGNMENT

[3:27:22] IS.

[3:27:23] BEING ABLE TO GET INFORMATION

[3:27:24] AND ACT IN REAL TIME.

[3:27:29] I FELT LIKE IN THE REALLY HARD

[3:27:30] MOMENTS WHERE W HAD TO COME

[3:27:33] INTOITY COUNCIL AND STEP INTO

[3:27:33] 392 AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING

[3:27:37] ON, WHETHER IT'S THE MASS

[3:27:41] SHOOTING AT ANNUNCIATION, THE

[3:27:45] I.C.E. OCCUPATION AND THE

[3:27:47] AFTERMATH OF THE I.C.E.

[3:27:48] OCCUPATION.

[3:27:49] HEARING FROM YOU AND YOUR TEAM

[3:27:50] AND HAVING THAT TOUCHPOINT WAS

[3:27:52] .

[3:27:53] I AM EXCED FOR THE FUTURE

[3:27:56] AHEAD.

[3:27:56] I LOVE THE GOA THAT YOU HF

[3:27:59] MAKING MINNEAPOLIS THE MOST

[3:28:02] PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AND

[3:28:04] DISASTERS.

[3:28:04] I THINK THAT'S LIKE SUCH A

[3:28:06] WONDERFUL NORTH STAR FOR US TO

[3:28:07] HEAD TOWARDS.

[3:28:09] IT MAKES M WISH THAT YOU WORKED

[3:28:12] HERE DURING COVID-19.

[3:28:18] STRUGGLING.WERE REALLY, REALLY

[3:28:19] AND I SAW THAT ON THE INSIDE

[3:28:20] WHEN I WAS A POLICY AID HERE.

[3:28:21] AND I THINK THAT JUST SAYS A LOT

[3:28:23] ABOUT YOUR WORK.

[3:28:24] I LOOK FORWARD TO THE

[3:28:25] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EDUCATE

[3:28:28] OUR COMMUNITY TETHER ABOUT

[3:28:31] WHAT EMERGENCY SERVICES DOES AND

[3:28:32] HOW IT'S IMPORTANT THAT

[3:28:33] NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT

[3:28:35] THEY ARE EVEN MORE ORGANIZED ARE

[3:28:37] A PART OF THAT PLAN AND THAT

[3:28:38] RESILIENCY TO BE THE MOST

[3:28:41] PREPARED.

[3:28:41] SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

[3:28:43] SERVICE AND THANK YOU S MUCH

[3:28:44] FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE FOR

[3:28:45] THIS.

[3:28:46] AND I'M SO EXCITED TO VOTE FOR

[3:28:49] YOU TODAY.

[3:28:50] >> SEEING NO E ELSE LEFT IN

[3:28:51] » SEEING NO E ELSE LEFT IN

[3:28:51] QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

[3:28:52] CALL THE ROLL.

[3:28:55] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:28:56] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:28:56] >> AYE.

[3:28:56] » AYE.

[3:28:56] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:28:57] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:28:57] >> AYE.

[3:28:57] » AYE.

[3:28:58] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:28:58] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:28:58] >> AYE.

[3:28:59] » AYE.

[3:28:59] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:29:00] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:29:00] >> AYE.

[3:29:00] » AYE.

[3:29:00] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:29:01] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:29:01] >> AYE.

[3:29:02] » AYE.

[3:29:02] >> COUNCILMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:29:04] » COUNCILMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:29:04] >> AYE.

[3:29:04] » AYE.

[3:29:04] >> COUNCILMEMB STEVENSON.

[3:29:05] » COUNCILMEMB STEVENSON.

[3:29:05] >> AYE.

[3:29:06] » AYE.

[3:29:06] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:29:07] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:29:07] >> AYE.

[3:29:07] » AYE.

[3:29:07] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:29:09] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:29:09] >> AYE.

[3:29:09] » AYE.

[3:29:09] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:29:10] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:29:10] >> AYE.

[3:29:11] » AYE.

[3:29:11] >> PRESIDENT YNE.

[3:29:11] » PRESIDENT YNE.

[3:29:11] >> AYE.

[3:29:12] » AYE.

[3:29:12] >> THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[3:29:15] » THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[3:29:15] [APPLAUSE]

[3:29:15] >> THAT CARRIES.

[3:29:29] » THAT CARRIES.

[3:29:29] >> CONGRATULATIO.

[3:29:33] » CONGRATULATIO.

[3:29:33] NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER

[3:29:34] REE.

[3:29:35] AND I WILL RECOGNIZE

[3:29:36] COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:29:37] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:29:39] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:29:39] YNE.

[3:29:39] I'D LIKE TO SPLIT THE VOTE ON

[3:29:40] THIS.

[3:29:41] THIS IS TWO DIFFERENT

[3:29:42] ORDINANCES.

[3:29:42] AND I THINK THESE TWO DIFFERENT

[3:29:44] ORDINANCES DESERVE TO BE SPOKEN

[3:29:46] ABOUT SEPARATELY TO GIVE JUSTICE

[3:29:47] TO THE WORK THAT'S HAPNING

[3:29:47] TODAY.

[3:29:50] >> OKAY, WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM

[3:29:54] » OKAY, WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM

[3:29:54] THREE AS SEPARATE VOTES.

[3:29:56] ITEM.1 AND 3.2.

[3:29:58] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM

[3:30:01] 3.1?

[3:30:01] >> YES.

[3:30:02] » YES.

[3:30:02] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:30:03] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:30:03] >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

[3:30:04] » THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

[3:30:04] WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

[3:30:05] HISTORIC NATURE OF TODAY'S

[3:30:07] MEETING.

[3:30:07] AS A BODY, WE E MOVING FORWARD

[3:30:11] ON THE PRIDE POLICY PACKAGE, A

[3:30:12] SET OF ORDINANCES, POLICIES, AND

[3:30:14] DIRECTIVES MEANT TO CREATE A

[3:30:15] MORE WELCOMING, SAFE, AND

[3:30:18] INCLUSIVE MINNEAPOLIS FOR

[3:30:24] 2SLGBTQIA+ RESIDENTS.

[3:30:24] WE WANT TO BE SURE THIS PROTECTS

[3:30:25] AND SUPPOS OUR COMMUNITY.

[3:30:26] WE ALREADY PASSE FOUR OUT OF

[3:30:28] THE SIX ITEMS TODAY AND NOW

[3:30:30] WEE GOING ON TO THE FINAL TWO.

[3:30:31] BEFORE I BEGIN MY REMARKS, I

[3:30:33] WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHO OUT TO

[3:30:35] COUNCIL STAFF WHO WORKED SO HARD

[3:30:38] ON THIS PACKAGE.

[3:30:41] FROM THE WARD NINE OFFICE, THE

[3:30:42] WARD TEN OFFICE, AMY FROM THE

[3:30:45] WARD 12 OFFICE FOR THE WORK ON

[3:30:46] THIS PACKAGE, INCLUDING BRANDON

[3:30:49] GARCIA IN PARTICULAR WORKING

[3:30:50] WITH THE BATHHOUSE ORDINANCE.

[3:30:51] I ALSO WANT TO SEND A BIG THANK

[3:30:54] YOU AND APPRECIATION TO THE CITY

[3:30:55] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INCLUDING CITY

[3:30:57] ATTORNEY ANDERSON, CITY ATTORNEY

[3:30:59] ABLESON, CY STAFF THAT JOINED

[3:31:01] US IN THE WORK GROUP MEETINGS

[3:31:03] LEADING UP TO THESE ORDINANCE

[3:31:05] AND COTHORS COUNCILMEMBER

[3:31:06] CHOWDHURY AND CHUGHTAI.

[3:31:08] WENT INTO THESE ORDINANCES.T

[3:31:10] A LOT OF WORK FROM OUR STAFF

[3:31:11] THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF.

[3:31:13] AND I JUST WANT TO AT LEAST

[3:31:14] ACKNOWLEDGE THE MOMENT THAT WE

[3:31:17] ARE INODAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF

[3:31:18] THESE ORDINANCES.

[3:31:20] I'LL SPEAK TO THE FIRST

[3:31:23] ORDINANCE AUTHORED BY MYSELF,

[3:31:25] COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI,

[3:31:26] CHOWDHURY, AND PAYNE.

[3:31:27] THIS IS 3.1 THAT I PULLED FOR A

[3:31:29] SEPARATE VOTE.

[3:31:29] FOR THE FST TIME EVER, THIS

[3:31:31] ORDINANCEENSHRINES A STATEMENT

[3:31:34] INITY CODE AFFIRMING THAT

[3:31:38] 2SLGBTQIA+ RESENTS BELONG IN

[3:31:39] MINNEAPOLIS.

[3:31:39] WE HAVE A FTHER AMENDMENT TO

[3:31:40] THIS, SO WE'LL BE MOVING THIS

[3:31:41] FOR APPROVAL WITH THE AMENDMENT

[3:31:43] HERE.

[3:31:43] IT ESTABLISHES IN THE CITY CODE

[3:31:47] FOR GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE. HAVEN

[3:31:48] IT ESTABLISHES IN CITY CODE THAT

[3:31:50] MINNEAPOLIS IS A SAFE HAVEN FOR

[3:31:52] INTERSEX HEALTHCARE, WHICH MEANS

[3:31:54] THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS JOINING A

[3:31:55] V

[3:31:58] HAVE PUT SPECIFIC PROTEIONS

[3:31:59] THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

[3:32:01] IT PROHIBITS CITY RESOURCES AND

[3:32:03] CITY EMPLOYEES FROM INTERFERING

[3:32:04] WI ANYBODY'S ABILITY TO

[3:32:05] RECEIVE GENDER AFFIRMING OR

[3:32:07] INTERSEX CARE.

[3:32:07] IT PROHIBITS THE CITY FROM

[3:32:10] ACCEPTING OR DISTRIBUTING GRANT

[3:32:11] FUNDS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE

[3:32:12] CITY T LIMIT RIGHTS OF

[3:32:13] INDIVIDUAL BASED ON GENDER,

[3:32:17] IDENTITY, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

[3:32:19] IT PROHIBITS DATA SHARING

[3:32:21] AGREENTS THAT COULD BE USED

[3:32:24] AGAINST 2SLGBTQIA+ PEOPLE.

[3:32:29] IT REQRES ALL GENDER ADA

[3:32:31] ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS IN CITY

[3:32:33] OWNED AND LEASED BUILDINGS,

[3:32:35] GENDER NEUTRAL SIGNAGE ON SINGLE

[3:32:39] USER RESTROOMS AND PROHIBITS

[3:32:46] DENYING A GENDER USE RESTROOM.

[3:32:50] COLLEAGUES, WE ARE LIVING AT A

[3:32:50] TIME AND A MOMENT IN THIS

[3:32:52] COUNTRY WHERE THERE'S A

[3:32:53] DELIBERATE, COORDINATED ASSAULT

[3:32:59] AND SPECIFICALLY OUR TRANS EOPLE

[3:33:03] WE ARE SEEING EXECUTIVE ORDERS

[3:33:05] TARGETING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE

[3:33:07] AND INTERSEX RE.

[3:33:08] BUT WE ARE ALSO SEEING THE CITY

[3:33:11] OF MINNEAPOLIS TODAY RESPONDING

[3:33:12] WITH LOVE, CARE, AND PROTECTION.

[3:33:15] TO EVERY 2SLGBTQIA+ PERN IN

[3:33:20] MINNEAPOLIS WHO S EVER

[3:33:22] WONDERED WHETHER MINNEAPOLIS

[3:33:22] WOULD SHOW UP FOR YO I HOPE

[3:33:24] TOY'S VOTE SHOWS YOU IN PART

[3:33:25] WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT. THAT

[3:33:28] MINNEAPOLIS WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE

[3:33:28] TO PROTECT OUROMMUNITY MEMBERS

[3:33:30] AND OUR NEIGHBORS.

[3:33:31] I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY A

[3:33:34] YOUNG QUEER PERSON WILL OPEN OUR

[3:33:35] MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES

[3:33:38] THAT YOU ARE WELCOME HERE AYS

[3:33:39] FOREVER.

[3:33:40] I AM ALSO THINKING TODAY AS WE

[3:33:43] TAKE THIS VOTE ABOUT SAVANNAH

[3:33:46] WIIAMS, SAM NORTHQUIST, RENEE

[3:33:50] GOOD, ERY QUEER AND TRANS

[3:33:54] PERSON IN OUR COMMUNI TAKEN BY

[3:33:57] HEAT INCLUDING HERE IN

[3:33:59] MINNEAPOLIS.

[3:33:59] I WISH THEY WERE HERE TO SEE

[3:34:01] THIS HISTORIC VOTE TAKEN BY THIS

[3:34:03] BODY WRE THEY WOULD FEEL HEARD

[3:34:04] AND SEEN BY OUR CITY.

[3:34:05] AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS

[3:34:07] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN ISSUE

[3:34:08] EVERY SINGLE EXECUTIVE ORDER

[3:34:10] THEY WANT, THEY CAN STRIP

[3:34:11] FUNDING, REWRITE DEFINITIONS,

[3:34:13] ERASE OUR NEIGHBORS FROM FEDERAL

[3:34:16] WEBSITES.

[3:34:16] BUT THEY WILL NEVER BR

[3:34:18] COMMUNITY.

[3:34:18] THEY WILL NEVER BREAK TRANS

[3:34:20] PEOPLE.

[3:34:20] THEY WL NEVER BREAK ANY OF OUR

[3:34:25] 2SLGBTQIA+ PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.

[3:34:28] I WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERENT TO

[3:34:29] KNOW THEY CANNOT COME IN

[3:34:30] MINNEAPOLIS AND TELL OUR

[3:34:31] NEIGHBORS THEY DO NOT BELONG

[3:34:32] HERE.

[3:34:32] NOT ON OUR WATCH.

[3:34:33] AND NOT WHEN MINNEAPOLIS IS THE

[3:34:35] BEACON OF HOPE FOR SAFETY FOR

[3:34:36] OUR COMMUNITY.

[3:34:38] AND LASTLY, I WANT EVERY TRANS

[3:34:41] PERSON ANDVERY QUEER PERSON TO

[3:34:43] HEAR THIS, WE ARE NOT DONE.

[3:34:46] THISRDINANCE IS NOT THE

[3:34:48] CEILING.

[3:34:49] IT IS THE FLOOR.

[3:34:49] AND WE WILL KEEP BUILDING AND WE

[3:34:51] WILL KEEP FIGHTING AND THIS CITY

[3:34:53] WILL KEEP SHOWINGP FOR YOU.

[3:34:54] AND I NEED TO FINISH IT WITH

[3:34:58] THIS.

[3:34:58] TRANS LIVES MATTER, AND TRANS

[3:35:01] PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE

[3:35:02] FOREVER.

[3:35:04] I URGE SUPPORT.

[3:35:07] REALLY WANT T THANK

[3:35:08] COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY,

[3:35:10] COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI, AND

[3:35:10] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AND OUR

[3:35:12] CITY STAFF WHO HAVE MADE THIS

[3:35:14] VOTE HAPPEN TODAY.

[3:35:16] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:35:17] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:35:17] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[3:35:21] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[3:35:21] OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, IT'S

[3:35:28] GET TO WORK ON THERIDE AND

[3:35:29] POLICY PACKAGE ALONGSIDE THE

[3:35:32] WARD NINE, WARD 12, AND WARD ONE

[3:35:35] OFFICES.

[3:35:37] AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE WE

[3:35:41] ABLE TO BRIN FORWARD THIS SET

[3:35:42] OF SIX POLICIES BEFORE THE BODY

[3:35:46] ON THE EVE OF PRIDE AND DURING

[3:35:50] AND I THINK IT'S REALLY A

[3:35:51] REFLECTION OF WHAT THIS MONTH IS

[3:35:53] ALL ABOUT, RIGHT.

[3:35:54] IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATION.

[3:35:56] IT CERTAINLY IS ABOUT COMMUNITY.

[3:35:58] AND IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT

[3:36:01] EVERY VICTORY THAT CENTERS THE

[3:36:04] HUMANITY OF OUR SACRED AND

[3:36:06] BELOVED AND CHERISHED TO US

[3:36:11] LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY -- 2SLGBTQIA+

[3:36:17] COMMUNITY IS HARDOUGHT AND

[3:36:18] HARD ONE.

[3:36:20] AND IN THIS MONTH THAT WE GET TO

[3:36:23] BOTH HONOR HOW HARD THE FIGHT IS

[3:36:24] RIGHT NOW IN THIS UNIQUE MOMENT

[3:36:29] AS AN AUTHORITARIAN FEDERAL

[3:36:33] GOVERNMENT AND ITS ALLIES IN

[3:36:37] STATESACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE

[3:36:40] CARRYING OUT A COORDINATED,

[3:36:45] VICIOUS, AND UGLY ATTACK TO

[3:36:50] ERASE LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE, BUT IN

[3:36:54] PARTICULAR TRANSGENDER AND

[3:36:56] GENDER NOONFORMING PEOPLE OUT

[3:36:59] OF LIFE ALTOGETHER.

[3:37:00] THAT IN IN MOMENT, WHAT WE ARE

[3:37:02] CHOOSINGO DO IS THAT HERE IN

[3:37:04] MINNEAPOLIS, WE WILL ALWAY BE A

[3:37:05] BEACON O HOPE AND OF SAFETY FOR

[3:37:07] OUR COMMUNITY.

[3:37:09] AND FOR EVERY MEMBER OF OUR

[3:37:14] 2SLGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY.

[3:37:15] SO AS MORE AND MORE OF OUR

[3:37:16] NEIGHBORS FROM AROUND THE

[3:37:17] COUNTRY ARE COMING TO

[3:37:20] MINNEAPOLIS AND TO MINNESOTA IN

[3:37:23] SEARCH OF COMMUNITY, IN SEARCH

[3:37:25] OF SAFETY, WE ARE SO PROUD TO

[3:37:27] WELCOME YOU.

[3:37:29] AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE YOUR

[3:37:33] WE'RE GOING TO GET TO

[3:37:36] DEMONSTRATE A PIECE OF THAT UP

[3:37:37] HERE O THIS DAIS TODAY.

[3:37:40] THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[3:37:41] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:37:42] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:37:42] >> I THINK MY COLLEAGUES SAID IT

[3:37:44] » I THINK MY COLLEAGUES SAID IT

[3:37:44] BEST.

[3:37:44] SO I WON'T SAY TOO MUCH ON IT.

[3:37:45] I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU

[3:37:49] TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS

[3:37:50] A PART OF THIS POLICY.

[3:37:55] I REALLY, REALLY LOVED THE TOWN

[3:37:57] HALL MEETING THAT WE HAD A

[3:38:03] QURMUNITY.

[3:38:04] I THOUGHT THERE WAS SUCH

[3:38:05] VALUABLE FEEDBACK AND I FELT

[3:38:07] REALLY GOOD TO GO LINE BY LINE

[3:38:09] ON POLICY WITH OUR 2SLGBTQIA+

[3:38:13] COMMUNITY THAT OFFERED A LOT OF

[3:38:15] FEEDBACK WE WERE ABLE TO BAKE

[3:38:16] INTO THE POLICY.

[3:38:18] SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE ORGS

[3:38:19] DOING THE WORK TO MAKEURE

[3:38:21] PEOPLE ARE WELL RESOURCED AND

[3:38:22] WELL EDUCATED.

[3:38:24] I THINK IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY

[3:38:25] POWERFUL THAT WARE THE SECOND

[3:38:26] EVER JURISDICTIONN THE UNITED

[3:38:28] STATES TO TAKE UP POLICY

[3:38:31] PROTECTING INTERSEX COMMUNITY

[3:38:32] MBERS.

[3:38:33] SO HUGE THANK YOU TO TIGERS FOR

[3:38:35] THEIR WK AND THEIR EDUCATION.

[3:38:39] I KNOW OUR INTERSEX COMMUNITY,

[3:38:41] ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH, REALLY,

[3:38:43] REALLY DESERVE TO HAVE A VOICE

[3:38:45] AND A SAY IN THEIR FUTURE.

[3:38:48] AND REALLY FEEL EMPOWERED IN

[3:38:49] THEIR IDENTITY.

[3:38:50] SO I JUST FEEL REALLY PROUD OF

[3:38:52] THIS.

[3:38:52] AND I'M EXCITED TO JT

[3:38:54] CELEBRATE THIS PRIDE WEEKEND

[3:38:56] KNOWING THAT WE AS A CITY

[3:38:57] COUNCI PASSED SUCH A

[3:38:59] SIGNIFICANT PACKAGE OF POLICIES,

[3:39:01] IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE THE

[3:39:04] CELEBRATIONS EVEN SWEETER.

[3:39:05] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:39:07] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:39:07] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:39:08] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:39:08] PAYNE.

[3:39:08] I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, LOVE IS

[3:39:12] ABUNDANT.

[3:39:13] DON'T ACT LIKE IT'S GOING TO RUN

[3:39:13] OUT IF YOU GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY.

[3:39:14] THIS IS AUTIFUL.

[3:39:17] I AM PROUD TO SEE THIS GO

[3:39:18] FORWARD.

[3:39:19] BUT LOVE IS ABUNDANT.

[3:39:21] IT TRULY IS.

[3:39:22] IT'S NOT GOING TO RUN OUT.

[3:39:24] THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF IT

[3:39:25] TO GO AROUND.

[3:39:26] SHARE IT.

[3:39:28] BE WELCOMING.

[3:39:29] BE INVITING.

[3:39:31] YOU KNOW.

[3:39:32] AND JUST LOVE PEOPLE NOT BECAUSE

[3:39:35] YOU SHOULD, BUT BECAUSE YOU CAN.

[3:39:37] YOU KNOW?

[3:39:38] NOT BECAUSE YOU SHOULD OR IT'S

[3:39:39] THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT

[3:39:40] BECA.

[3:39:42] IT'S AN EASY THING TO DO.

[3:39:45] SO NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO RUN

[3:39:49] OUT.

[3:39:49] LOVE FOLKS.

[3:39:50] BE OPEN.

[3:39:50] BE WELCOMING.

[3:39:51] AND THAT'S IT.

[3:39:52] THIS IS GOOD.

[3:39:52] THANK YOU FOR THIS.

[3:39:53] AND A OF YOUR HARD WORK,

[3:39:54] COLLEAGUES.

[3:39:57] >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE --

[3:40:00] » SEEING NO ONE ELSE --

[3:40:00] >> I SEEN YOU PUT THE FLAG

[3:40:02] » I SEEN YOU PUT THE FLAG

[3:40:02] THERE.

[3:40:02] I'OKAY WITH THE FLAG THEN.

[3:40:04] >> I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL

[3:40:06] » I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL

[3:40:06] THE ROL ON ITEM 3.1.

[3:40:07] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:40:08] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:40:08] AYE.

[3:40:09] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:40:09] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:40:09] >> AYE.

[3:40:10] » AYE.

[3:40:10] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHFER.

[3:40:10] » COUNCILMEMBER SHFER.

[3:40:10] >> AYE.

[3:40:11] » AYE.

[3:40:11] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:40:12] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:40:12] >> AYE.

[3:40:13] » AYE.

[3:40:13] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:40:14] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:40:14] >> AYE.

[3:40:14] » AYE.

[3:40:14] >> COUILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:40:15] » COUILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:40:15] >> AYE.

[3:40:15] » AYE.

[3:40:15] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:40:16] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:40:16] >> AYE.

[3:40:16] » AYE.

[3:40:16] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:40:17] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:40:17] >> AYE.

[3:40:18] » AYE.

[3:40:18] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:40:18] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:40:18] >> AYE.

[3:40:19] » AYE.

[3:40:19] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:40:20] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:40:20] >> AYE.

[3:40:21] » AYE.

[3:40:21] >> THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[3:40:24] » THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[3:40:24] >> THAT CARRIES.

[3:40:27] » THAT CARRIES.

[3:40:27] THEN WE WILL TE UP ITEM 3.2.

[3:40:29] AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

[3:40:30] CHAVEZ.

[3:40:31] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESINT

[3:40:32] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESINT

[3:40:32] PAYNE.

[3:40:33] THIS IS THE FINAL ITEM IN THE

[3:40:36] PRIDAND POLICY PACKE.

[3:40:37] THIS IS THE GENDER INCLUSIVE

[3:40:40] LANGUAGE ORDANCE BROUGHT

[3:40:41] FORWARD BY MYSELF, COUNCILMEMBER

[3:40:42] CHUGHTAI, AND COUNCILMEMBER

[3:40:44] CHOWDHURY.

[3:40:44] THIS ORDINANCE UPDATES THE RULES

[3:40:47] OF CONSTRUCTION THAT APPLY TO

[3:40:48] EVERY ORDINANCE IN MINNEAPOLIS

[3:40:50] CODE MEANTO REMOVE OUTDAT

[3:40:54] BINARY GENDERED LANGUAGE.

[3:40:56] IT'S AN IMPORTANT ORDINANCE

[3:40:57] BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF

[3:40:58] LANGUAGE THAT'S QUITE FRANKLY

[3:41:00] VERY GENDERED ACROSS OUR CODE OF

[3:41:02] ORDINANCES AND WE WANTED TO MAKE

[3:41:04] SURE THAT AT LEAST LEGALLY

[3:41:05] WHENEVER ANY GENDER IS MENTIONED

[3:41:08] IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES ALL

[3:41:10] GENDERS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AS

[3:41:12] THAT DEFINITION.

[3:41:13] EARLIER TODAY, WE PASSED A STAFF

[3:41:17] DIRECTIVE DIRECTING THE CLERK

[3:41:18] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DO A PLAN

[3:41:20] THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT

[3:41:21] ALL OF THE GENDEREDANGUAGE WE

[3:41:23] HAVE IN CODE OF ORDINANCES AND

[3:41:25] PRESENT THAT PLAN BEFORE THE

[3:41:26] COUNCIL ON HOW WE CANREATE A

[3:41:28] ROBUST PLAN TO ENSURE THAT ALL

[3:41:30] OF THESE ORDINANCES GET

[3:41:31] ADDRESSED BECAUSE AS MENTIONED

[3:41:33] IN THE COMMITTEE, THERE WAS A

[3:41:34] LOT OF ORDINANCES THAT ALREADY

[3:41:40] LANGGE THAT SHOULD NOT EXIST.D

[3:41:41] SO REALLY GLAD AND MOVE THIS FOR

[3:41:47] APPROVAL.

[3:41:47] >> ITEM 3.2 HAS BEEN MED FOR

[3:41:49] » ITEM 3.2 HAS BEEN MED FOR

[3:41:49] APPROVAL AND BEEN SECONDED.

[3:41:51] SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I

[3:41:53] WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE

[3:41:56] ROLL.

[3:41:56] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:41:57] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:41:57] >> AYE.

[3:41:57] » AYE.

[3:41:57] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:41:58] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:41:58] >> AYE.

[3:41:58] » AYE.

[3:41:58] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:41:59] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:41:59] >> AYE.

[3:42:00] » AYE.

[3:42:00] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:42:00] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:42:01] >>OUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:42:02] » OUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[3:42:02] >> AYE.

[3:42:03] » AYE.

[3:42:03] >> COUNCILMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:42:04] » COUNCILMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:42:04] >> AYE.

[3:42:04] » AYE.

[3:42:04] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:42:05] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:42:05] >> AYE.

[3:42:06] » AYE.

[3:42:06] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:42:07] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:42:07] >> AYE.

[3:42:08] » AYE.

[3:42:08] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:42:09] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:42:09] >> AYE.

[3:42:09] » AYE.

[3:42:09] >> VICE PRESENT OSMAN.

[3:42:10] » VICE PRESENT OSMAN.

[3:42:10] >> AYE.

[3:42:10] » AYE.

[3:42:10] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:42:11] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:42:11] >> AYE.

[3:42:12] » AYE.

[3:42:12] >> THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[3:42:14] » THERE ARE 11 AYES.

[3:42:14] >> TT CARRIES.

[3:42:15] » TT CARRIES.

[3:42:15] AND THAT COMPLET THE FULL

[3:42:21] REPORT.

[3:42:21] THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS I

[3:42:23] NOTICE OF ORDINANCE

[3:42:24] INTRODUCTIONS.

[3:42:25] WE HAVE ONE NOTICE TODAY.

[3:42:26] VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN GIVE

[3:42:27] NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT

[3:42:29] THE NEXT REGUL MEETING OF THE

[3:42:30] CITY COUNCIL THE SUBJECT MATTER

[3:42:31] OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE

[3:42:33] LICENSING AND BUSINESS

[3:42:34] REGULATIONS CODE ADDING A NEW

[3:42:37] CHAPTER 270 ESTABLISHING LICENSE

[3:42:39] REQUIREMENTS TO BAIL FUGITIVE

[3:42:40] RECOVERY, COMMONLY REFERRED TO

[3:42:42] AS BOUNTY HUNTERS.

[3:42:44] AND I WILL RECOGNIZE VICE

[3:42:45] PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:42:46] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[3:42:49] » THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

[3:42:49] I AM INTRODUCING NOTICE OF

[3:42:51] INTENT LOOKING AT THE LICENSE

[3:42:53] RULES FOR FUGITIVE RECOVERY

[3:42:56] ENTS OR ALSO CALLED BOUNTY

[3:43:00] HUNTERS.

[3:43:01] PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

[3:43:02] DESERVE TO KNOW THAT ANYONE IN

[3:43:04] THIS LINE OF WORK IS FOLLOWING

[3:43:06] CLEAR RULES AND OPERATING

[3:43:08] SAFELY.

[3:43:08] RIGHT NOW MINNESOTA HAS ALMOST

[3:43:09] NO STANDARD FOR THIS WORK.

[3:43:11] THAT MEANS ANYONE CANHOW UP

[3:43:14] WITH TACTICAL GEAR AND CLAIM AN

[3:43:17] AUTHORITY AS WE HAVE SEEN DURING

[3:43:18] .

[3:43:25] THESE FOLKS, BOUNTY HUNTERS WERE

[3:43:28] GOING AROUND AND SAYING -- I

[3:43:34] GUESS THEY INVITED AS WE KNOW,

[3:43:36] YOU CAN READ THE LETTER OR

[3:43:37] PAPER.

[3:43:37] THEY INVITED THE INDIVIDUAL WHO

[3:43:40] CAME TO OUR CITY TO DISRESPECT

[3:43:45] THE ISLAM NATION BY BURNING THE

[3:43:48] QUARAN AND COMING HERE, AND HE

[3:43:49] WAS ABLE TO GET ON A VEHICLE

[3:43:51] WITH A BOUNTY HUNTER AND SAY

[3:43:54] WE'RE GOING TO GO HUNT SOMALI

[3:43:57] ILLEGALS.

[3:43:58] AND THESE BOUNTY HUNTERS HAVE

[3:44:00] SHOWN THAT THEY ARE ABOVE THE

[3:44:03] LAW.

[3:44:03] AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE IN

[3:44:05] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

[3:44:07] AND WHEN ACTIVITIES HAPPEN IN

[3:44:15] OUR COMMUNITY, THE CITY HAS THE

[3:44:16] DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT

[3:44:17] ACCOTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT IS

[3:44:20] MET.

[3:44:21] THISOTICE SIMPLY BEGIN THE

[3:44:22] PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT

[3:44:24] AUTHORITY THE CITY HAS AND WHAT

[3:44:26] LOCAL LICENSE SYSTEM WE CAN LOOK

[3:44:28] INTO IT.

[3:44:28] OUR GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE

[3:44:30] RESINTS, PREVENT CONFUSION,

[3:44:32] AND

[3:44:33] OPERATING OUR IN OUR CITY

[3:44:36] FOLLOWS CLEAR RULES.

[3:44:38] WE WILL BE GATHERING INFORMATION

[3:44:39] LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES

[3:44:41] HAVE DONE.

[3:44:43] I'M TALKING TO THE CITY

[3:44:44] ATTORNEY, I WELCOME ALL COUNCIL

[3:44:45] MEMBERS TO REALLY WORK ON THIS.

[3:44:48] AND JUST THE BOUNTY HUNTERS HAVE

[3:44:51] NO -- LIKE THEY BASICALLY HAVE

[3:44:54] SHOWN DURING THE I.C.E. SEARCH

[3:44:56] THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND PULL

[3:44:59] OUT A GUN A STAB ANYONE AND

[3:45:04] PRETEND TO BE I.C.E. -- STOP

[3:45:06] ANYONE AND PRETEND TO BE I.C.E.

[3:45:10] THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE IN OUR

[3:45:12] COMMUNITY.

[3:45:13] AND BOUNTY HUNTERS ARE NOT PART

[3:45:15] OF THE BAIL COMPANY.

[3:45:16] A BAIL COMPANY HIRES THEM TO GO

[3:45:18] ARREST OR HOLD INDIVIDUALS.

[3:45:22] SO THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

[3:45:23] AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND

[3:45:25] A WAY TO PTECT OUR RESIDENTS

[3:45:27] AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS A

[3:45:30] SUCCESSFUL PROCESS.

[3:45:32] THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

[3:45:34] AND ERYONE IS WELME TO WORK

[3:45:35] WITH ME ON THIS ITEM.

[3:45:37] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:45:38] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:45:38] >> THANK YOU, PREDENT PAYNE.

[3:45:41] » THANK YOU, PREDENT PAYNE.

[3:45:41] ALSO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE

[3:45:44] PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:45:48] I'LLTART BY SAYI THAT BOUNTY

[3:45:51] HUNTERS EXIST DUE TO E CASH

[3:45:53] COW BAIL SYSTEM WHICH IS

[3:46:01] UNEQUITABLE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

[3:46:02] AND SAFETY.

[3:46:03] THAT SAID UNTIL WE GET RID OF

[3:46:06] THE BAIL SYSTEM, WE WILL HAVE

[3:46:08] BOUN HUNTERS TO TRAFFIC HUMANS

[3:46:09] RIGHT BACK INTO OUR BROKEN

[3:46:11] JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

[3:46:12] AS LONG AS BOUNTY HUNTING IS

[3:46:14] LEGAL, IT NEEDS TO BE HEAVILY

[3:46:16] REGULATED.

[3:46:16] AND THESE EFFORTS ALLOWS US A

[3:46:18] PATHWAY TO DO THAT.

[3:46:19] ALSO, AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED COUNCIL

[3:46:21] VICEREDENT OSMAN, THE

[3:46:23] INCIDENTS EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH

[3:46:24] BOUNTY HUNTERS RIDING THRGH

[3:46:26] OUR COMMUNITIES TARGETING

[3:46:28] RESIDENTS ALONGSIDE RIGHT WING

[3:46:30] INFLUENCERSAS INCREDIBLY

[3:46:32] DISTURBING.

[3:46:32] AND HIGHLIGHTS HOW MUCH WE NEED

[3:46:36] ACCOUNTABILITY AROUND ANYONE IN

[3:46:37] THIS BUSINESS.

[3:46:38] I'LL ALSO NAME EARLIER IN THE

[3:46:39] SPRING, ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS

[3:46:41] HERE IN CITY HALL HAD A BNTY

[3:46:43] HUNTER PULL A GUN ON HER.

[3:46:44] AND A GROUP OF BYSTANDERS WHO

[3:46:46] WERE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK

[3:46:48] IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON.

[3:46:50] AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS

[3:46:51] ATTEMPTED TO FLAG DOWN MPD

[3:46:55] OFFI

[3:46:56] SURROUNDING THE AREA BUT WERE

[3:46:59] IGNORED.

[3:46:59] THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVENTUALLY

[3:47:01] RESPONDED TO THE VICTIMS

[3:47:02] INCLUDING MY OWN STAFF MEMBER AS

[3:47:03] WELL AS OTHER WITNESSES WHO

[3:47:04] UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO SEE THIS

[3:47:06] SCENE UNFOLD.

[3:47:07] AND THEY APOLOGIZED FOR FAILING

[3:47:09] .

[3:47:10] I WILL NOTE MPD HAS NEVER

[3:47:12] REACHED OUT NOR OFFERED AN

[3:47:13] EXPLANATION OR AN APOLOGY AS

[3:47:14] WELL.

[3:47:17] SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS MAKE IT

[3:47:19] VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE IS A

[3:47:20] NEED FOR REGULATION,

[3:47:22] ENFORCEMENT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY

[3:47:23] IN THIS AREA.

[3:47:24] AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILICE

[3:47:25] PRESIDENT OSMAN AGAIN FOR

[3:47:27] BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

[3:47:28] AND IF YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO IT,

[3:47:30] I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A

[3:47:32] CO-AUTHOR.

[3:47:32] >> YES, PLEASE.

[3:47:33] » YES, PLEASE.

[3:47:33] >> EXCELLENT.

[3:47:34] » EXCELLENT.

[3:47:34] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:47:35] >> I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

[3:47:37] » I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

[3:47:37] HOW DO WE KNO THE DIFFERENCE

[3:47:40] BETWEEN WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE AND

[3:47:42] WHO ANYBODY IS?

[3:47:43] WE DON'T KNOW?

[3:47:44] >> HOPEFULLY THIS POLICY COULD

[3:47:46] » HOPEFULLY THIS POLICY COULD

[3:47:46] CLARIFY.

[3:47:46] >> OH OKAY.

[3:47:47] » OH OKAY.

[3:47:47] I JUST, THAT WAS JUST MY

[3:47:50] QUESTION.

[3:47:50] BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL

[3:47:52] THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO IS

[3:47:56] WHO?

[3:47:56] WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

[3:48:02] >> SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

[3:48:04] » SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

[3:48:05] >> THAT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

[3:48:06] » THAT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

[3:48:06] AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS

[3:48:07] REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

[3:48:09] TH NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS

[3:48:11] THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL

[3:48:12] CALENDAR.

[3:48:13] WE HAVE ONE ITEM TODAY.

[3:48:14] COUNCILMEMBERS WONSLEY, OSMAN,

[3:48:17] CHAVEZ, AND CHOWDHURY MOVE TO

[3:48:18] INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF

[3:48:19] AN ORDINANCE AMENDING T

[3:48:21] LICENSG AND BUSESS

[3:48:22] REGULATIONS CODE FOR FIRST

[3:48:23] READING AND REFRAL TO THE

[3:48:24] BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING

[3:48:26] COMMITTEE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER

[3:48:29] 342 RELATING OPERATION OF

[3:48:30] AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR

[3:48:32] COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

[3:48:33] MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE

[3:48:34] THIS INTRODUCTION?

[3:48:37] >> SECOND.

[3:48:37] » SECOND.

[3:48:37] >> SO MOVE

[3:48:38] » SO MOVE

[3:48:38] >> SO MOVED, SECOND.

[3:48:40] » SO MOVED, SECOND.

[3:48:40] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

[3:48:41] SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK

[3:48:43] TO CALL THE ROLL.

[3:48:44] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:48:45] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:48:45] >> AYE.

[3:48:45] » AYE.

[3:48:45] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:48:46] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:48:46] >> AYE.

[3:48:47] » AYE.

[3:48:47] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:48:47] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:48:47] >> AYE.

[3:48:48] » AYE.

[3:48:48] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:48:49] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:48:49] >> AYE.

[3:48:50] » AYE.

[3:48:50] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI IS

[3:48:51] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI IS

[3:48:51] ABSENT.

[3:48:51] COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:48:53] >> AYE.

[3:48:53] » AYE.

[3:48:53] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:48:54] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[3:48:54] >> AYE.

[3:48:54] » AYE.

[3:48:55] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:48:56] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:48:56] >> AYE.

[3:48:56] » AYE.

[3:48:56] >> COUNCILMBER VETAW.

[3:48:57] » COUNCILMBER VETAW.

[3:48:57] >> AYE.

[3:48:57] » AYE.

[3:48:58] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:48:59] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:48:59] AYE.

[3:49:00] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:49:00] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:49:00] >> AYE.

[3:49:01] » AYE.

[3:49:01] >> THE ARE TEN AYES.

[3:49:03] » THE ARE TEN AYES.

[3:49:03] >> THAT CARRIES.

[3:49:04] » THAT CARRIES.

[3:49:04] AND THAT ITEM IS REFERRED TO THE

[3:49:06] BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING

[3:49:09] COMMITTEE.

[3:49:10] THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS

[3:49:12] RESOLUONS.

[3:49:12] WE HAVE THREE RESOLUTIONS ON OUR

[3:49:14] AGENDA TODAY, ALL OF WHICH

[3:49:15] RECEIVED PRESENTATIONS AT THE

[3:49:16] BEGINNING OF THE MEING.

[3:49:16] DO COUNCIL MBERS HAVE ANY

[3:49:18] ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO ADD?

[3:49:21] SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION

[3:49:22] TO APT THESE RESOLUTIONS?

[3:49:24] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN?

[3:49:25] >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I GOT

[3:49:27] » I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I GOT

[3:49:27] THE AWARD TODAY FOR THE LARGEST

[3:49:29] GATHERING THIS YEAR SO FAR.

[3:49:34] THANK YOU.

[3:49:36] MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT

[3:49:38] THESE RESOLUTIONS?

[3:49:39] >> SO MOVED.

[3:49:40] » SO MOVED.

[3:49:40] >> SECOND.

[3:49:40] » SECOND.

[3:49:40] >> THE CLE WILL CALL THE ROLL.

[3:49:43] » THE CLE WILL CALL THE ROLL.

[3:49:43] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:49:43] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[3:49:43] >> AYE.

[3:49:44] » AYE.

[3:49:44] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:49:45] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[3:49:45] >> AYE.

[3:49:45] » AYE.

[3:49:45] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:49:46] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[3:49:47] >> AYE.

[3:49:47] » AYE.

[3:49:47] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:49:48] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:49:48] >> AYE.

[3:49:48] » AYE.

[3:49:49] COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:49:49] >> AYE.

[3:49:50] » AYE.

[3:49:50] >>OUNCILMEMB STEVENSON.

[3:49:51] » OUNCILMEMB STEVENSON.

[3:49:51] >> AYE.

[3:49:51] » AYE.

[3:49:52] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVIL.

[3:49:53] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVIL.

[3:49:53] >> AYE.

[3:49:53] » AYE.

[3:49:53] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:49:54] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:49:54] >> AYE.

[3:49:54] » AYE.

[3:49:54] >> VICE ESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:49:55] » VICE ESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:49:55] >> AYE.

[3:49:56] » AYE.

[3:49:56] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:49:56] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:49:57] >> AYE.

[3:49:57] » AYE.

[3:49:57] >> THERE ARE TEN AYES.

[3:49:58] » THERE ARE TEN AYES.

[3:49:58] >> THAT CARRIES A THOSE

[3:50:01] » THAT CARRIES A THOSE

[3:50:01] RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

[3:50:03] NEXT WE

[3:50:04] BUSINESS.

[3:50:05] WE HAVE THREE ITEMS TODAY.

[3:50:05] THE FIRST TWO ARE THE RECEIPT OF

[3:50:08] E MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR

[3:50:10] DR. REGISTER -- REGINALD

[3:50:16] FREEMAN TO THE APPOINTED

[3:50:17] POSITION OF FIRE CHIEF.

[3:50:20] AND DR. ENRIGUE VELAZQUEZ TO

[3:50:35] THE REGULATORY SERVICES

[3:50:36] DEPARTMENT.

[3:50:37] >> WARREN.

[3:50:38] » WARREN.

[3:50:38] >> AYE.

[3:50:38] » AYE.

[3:50:39] >> SHAFFER.

[3:50:39] » SHAFFER.

[3:50:40] >> AYE.

[3:50:40] » AYE.

[3:50:40] >> STEVENSON.

[3:50:41] » STEVENSON.

[3:50:41] >> AYE.

[3:50:41] » AYE.

[3:50:41] >>OUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:50:42] » OUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[3:50:42] >> AYE.

[3:50:43] » AYE.

[3:50:43] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:50:43] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:50:44] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:50:46] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

[3:50:46] >> E.

[3:50:46] » E.

[3:50:46] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:50:47] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:50:47] >> AYE.

[3:50:47] » AYE.

[3:50:47] >> THERE ARE TEN AYES.

[3:50:49] » THERE ARE TEN AYES.

[3:50:49] >> THAT CARRIES.

[3:50:50] » THAT CARRIES.

[3:50:50] AND THOSE NOMINATIONS ARE

[3:50:52] REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE

[3:50:54] MMITTEES.

[3:50:55] NEXT ITEM THREE UNDER NEW

[3:50:56] BUSINESS WAS ADDED AT THE

[3:50:57] BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING BY

[3:51:00] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN WHO MOVES

[3:51:01] TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO

[3:51:04] INCLUDE -- WELL REQUEST THE

[3:51:08] AUDICOMMITTEE AN AFTER ACTION

[3:51:10] REVIEW TO BE COMPLETED BY

[3:51:14] MARCH 19, 2027, AND REPORTED TO

[3:51:15] THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH

[3:51:15] APPROPRIATE STANDING COMMITTEE.

[3:51:18] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN, WOULD YOU

[3:51:18] LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?

[3:51:20] >> Y.

[3:51:22] » Y.

[3:51:22] THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[3:51:24] PAE.

[3:51:25] SO BEFORE YOU IS A MOTIONOR ME

[3:51:29] TO AMEND THE AGENDA UNDER THE

[3:51:31] ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS AND

[3:51:33] REQUEST THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO

[3:51:35] MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AUDIT

[3:51:38] RELATING TO MPHA'S USE OF CITY

[3:51:40] FUNDS.

[3:51:41] AND I JUST WANTO SAY THAT THIS

[3:51:43] REQUEST IS NOT ABOUT ASSIGNING

[3:51:46] BLAME.

[3:51:47] IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND

[3:51:48] TRANSPARENCY.

[3:51:50] AND ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS

[3:51:52] RECEIVE THE SAFE AND DIGNIFI

[3:51:55] HOUSING THAT THEY WERE PROMISED.

[3:51:57] SO WHEN PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE

[3:51:59] INVESTED IN A COMMUNITY, THE

[3:52:01] COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT

[3:52:03] HAPPENED, WHAT WORKED, WHAT

[3:52:06] DIDN'T WORK.

[3:52:07] AND WHAT MUST BE DONE

[3:52:08] DIFFERENTLY MOVING FORWARD.

[3:52:11] THIS IS SPECIFICALLY

[3:52:12] HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF THE ISSUES

[3:52:14] AT HERITAGE PARK THAT RESIDENTS

[3:52:16] HAVE RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS

[3:52:18] REGARDING THEIR HOUSING

[3:52:21] CONDITIONS, MAINTENANCE,

[3:52:22] COMMUNICATION, AND

[3:52:24] ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THOSE

[3:52:28] CONCERNS DESERVEN INDEPENDENT

[3:52:29] REVIEW.

[3:52:30] I HAD A RESIDENT COME TO ME AND

[3:52:32] STATE THAT HE HAD HAD A HOUSING

[3:52:35] INSPECTION LESS THAN A WEEK AGO

[3:52:38] BY SECTION 8.

[3:52:39] AND THEY CAME INTO HIS HOME AND

[3:52:41] STATED THAT HIS HOME PASSED AN

[3:52:42] INSPECTION.

[3:52:45] STATED TO ME THAT THIS THEY

[3:52:48] INDIVIDUAL HAD NEVER COMPLAINED

[3:52:51] ABOUT ANY OF THE HOUSING

[3:52:53] CONDITIONS THAT HE WAS

[3:52:55] EXPERIENCING AT HERITAGE PARK.

[3:52:57] AND I WANT PEOPLE TO REALLY KNOW

[3:53:00] AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HOUSING

[3:53:01] INSECURITY MEANS.

[3:53:05] HOUSING INSECURITY MEANS THAT

[3:53:07] RESIDENTS WON'T COMPLAIN.

[3:53:08] THEY WON'T SPEAK UP.

[3:53:10] THEY WON'T SAY ANYTHING BECSE

[3:53:11] IT MEANS THAT THEY MAY BE

[3:53:14] UNCHOSEN OR SEEN AS UNFIT TO BE

[3:53:17] STABLE FOR THEM OR FOR THEIR

[3:53:19] FAMILIES.

[3:53:20] AND THIS IS A VERY, VERY, VERY

[3:53:24] VULNERABLE POSITION FOR

[3:53:26] INDIVIDUALS TO STAND IN WHEN IT

[3:53:28] TALKS ABOUT STABILITY FOR

[3:53:30] FAMILIES AND FOR COMMUNITY.

[3:53:32] ESPE

[3:53:34] THAT SAFE, SUITABLE, AND

[3:53:36] SUSTAINABLE HOUSING ITHE FIRST

[3:53:37] TIER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

[3:53:43] SO I AM PROUD TO CHAMPION THIS

[3:53:45] WO.

[3:53:45] I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER

[3:53:46] CHOWDHURY HAD ASKED TO BE A

[3:53:50] CO-AUTHOR ON THIS REQUEST AND

[3:53:51] THIS AUDIT.

[3:53:52] AND I AM OPENO ACCEPT ANY

[3:53:55] OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO

[3:53:56] WOULD LIKE TO CO-AUTHOR THIS

[3:53:58] BODY OF WORK BECAUSE I BELIEVE

[3:54:00] THAT THIS TRULY NOT ONLY HELPS

[3:54:03] SUPPORT HERITAGE PARK, BUT IT

[3:54:06] ALSO SUPRTS WHAT IS HAPPENING

[3:54:09] IN FULL TRANSPARENCY AND THE

[3:54:10] SCOPE OF WORK F OUR CITY AS IT

[3:54:14] PERTAINS TO OUR RATIONSHIP

[3:54:15] WITH MPHA AND THEIR REGULATORY

[3:54:19] AND OVERSIGHT ISSUES THAT THEY

[3:54:22] HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE WORK

[3:54:23] WITH THEITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

[3:54:25] THANK YOU.

[3:54:26] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:54:29] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[3:54:29] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:54:31] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:54:31] AND ALSO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER

[3:54:33] WARREN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON

[3:54:34] THIS ISSUE.

[3:54:35] AND I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE O IT.

[3:54:37] I DRIVE BY HERITAGE PARK

[3:54:39] FREQUENTLY WHEN I'M HEAD TO

[3:54:41] NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.

[3:54:42] AND IT'S JUST BEEN DISHEARTENING

[3:54:44] TO SEE THE CLEAR CHANGES OVER

[3:54:46] THE YEARS AS A RESULT OF

[3:54:47] DIVESTMENT AND THE LACK OF CARE

[3:54:49] FOR THAT PROPERTY AND THE

[3:54:50] RESIDENTS LIVING THERE.

[3:54:53] I KNOW THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING

[3:54:55] UNFOLD THERE TODAY IS LIKELY

[3:54:58] ROOTED BY DECISIONS MADE MANY

[3:55:00] YEARS AGO, SPECIFICALLY

[3:55:01] REFERENCING IN 1995 THE

[3:55:04] ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOMING DECREE

[3:55:06] WHICH LED TO E DEMOLITION OF

[3:55:08] 770 UNITS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.

[3:55:09] AND IN LIEU OF THAT, LOCAL

[3:55:12] LEADERS MADE A VARIETY OF

[3:55:14] PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS THAT

[3:55:15] THEY WOULD EXPAND HOUSING ACCESS

[3:55:17] TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND

[3:55:21] WOULD REVITALIZE THAT LAND AND

[3:55:23] THAT HOUSING THAT WAS ONCE THERE

[3:55:25] AND PUBLICLY OWNED.

[3:55:26] THEY WILL REVITALIZE IT AND MAKE

[3:55:28] SURE THAT RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE

[3:55:29] THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF HOUSING

[3:55:30] THAT THEY THOSE PROMISES

[3:55:33] THOUGH DID NOT MATERIALIZE AND

[3:55:35] IT'S 2026 AND FEELS LIKE THE

[3:55:36] CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THE HOMAN

[3:55:38] LAWSUIT WHICH ESSENTIALLY WAS

[3:55:40] FAMILIES HAVING TO LIVE IN

[3:55:42] DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS, THOSE

[3:55:44] SAME DEVELOPMENTS ARE PLAYING

[3:55:45] OUT ONCE AGAIN NEARLY 30 YEARS

[3:55:48] LATER. AND IT'S JUST SHAMEFUL

[3:55:50] THAT WITH HERITAGE PARK, WHICH

[3:55:51] WAS BUILT WITH THE PROMISE OF

[3:55:53] NOT REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES

[3:55:55] OF FORCING PUBLIC HOUSING

[3:55:56] RESIDENTS TO LIVE INUBSTANDARD

[3:55:58] HOUSING, WE'RE STILL SEEING

[3:55:59] THOSE THINGS PLAY OUT, AND IT IS

[3:56:02] MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HALF THE

[3:56:03] UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE

[3:56:04] ARE VACANT DUE TO UNLIVABLE

[3:56:07] CONDITIONS. AND THIS IS DESPITE

[3:56:09] INVESTMENTS THAT THE PRIVATE

[3:56:11] DEVELOPER HAS RECEIVED FROM THE

[3:56:13] PUBLIC TO REHAVE, AND REVITALIZ

[3:56:14] AND ACTIVATE THOSE UNITS SO THAT

[3:56:17] RESIDENTS CAN GET THE QUALITY

[3:56:19] HOING THAT THEY DESERVE AND

[3:56:20] THAT THEY WERE PROMISED. SO I

[3:56:21] HOPE THAT THIS REQUEST FOR AUDIT

[3:56:23] CAN SHARE MORE LIGHT INTO HOW WE

[3:56:27] CAN ENSURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE

[3:56:28] THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I

[3:56:29] KNOW I'M TAKING THIS IN LIGHT

[3:56:31] WITHEDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AS

[3:56:32] BEING ADVANCED FORWARD IN MY OWN

[3:56:34] WARD WITH GLENDALE TOWNHOM,

[3:56:37] AND IT'S THE MISHANDLING OF

[3:56:40] PUBLIC HOUSINGIKE WAS TAKING

[3:56:41] PLACE IN HERITAGE PARK, THAT IS

[3:56:44] CREATING JUSTIFIABLE FEARS FOR

[3:56:45] MY OWN RESIDENTS RESIDING AT

[3:56:47] GLENDALE ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN

[3:56:48] TO THEM. WILL THEY ALSO FACE A

[3:56:51] SIMILAR FATE AS MANY OF THOSE

[3:56:53] LIT

[3:56:55] IS PRIVATIZED. AND I WANT TO

[3:56:58] MAKE SURE THAT I'M PART OF ANY

[3:57:00] EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT

[3:57:03] OVER HERITAGE PARK BECAUSE I

[3:57:04] KNOW THAT RIPPLES OUT TO THE

[3:57:05] REST OF OUR CITY AND ALSO

[3:57:08] STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT OVER OUR

[3:57:09] ENTIRE PUBLIC HOUSING SO

[3:57:10] RESIDENE

[3:57:12] IN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING. AND

[3:57:13] THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO

[3:57:15] DO THAT WORK AND AGAIN THANK YOU

[3:57:16] FOR THAT LEADERSHIP AND IF YOU

[3:57:18] ALSO WILL BE AMENABLE I WOULD

[3:57:19] LOVE TO BE A ADDED AS A

[3:57:22] COAUTHOR.

[3:57:24] >> CLERKS.

[3:57:25] » CLERKS.

[3:57:25] >>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:57:29] » > COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[3:57:29] >> THANKS, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:57:31] » THANKS, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[3:57:31] YEAH, COUNCILMEMBER WARREN, HAVE

[3:57:34] APPRECIATED THE LONG DISCUSSIONS

[3:57:35] WE'VE HAD OR THE WEEKS ABOUT

[3:57:37] HERITAGE PARK AND WHAT COMMUNITY

[3:57:39] MEMBERS IN YOUR DISTRICT ARE

[3:57:41] FACING. I THINK IT'S LIKE A

[3:57:43] CLEAR SHOWCASE WHAT IT REALLY

[3:57:45] MEANS TO HAVE A TALE OF TWO

[3:57:46] CITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS, SOME

[3:57:48] PEOP HAVE SECURE HOUSING,

[3:57:52] EAT AMENITIES, THEY'RE CARED

[3:57:53] R, THEY'RE HEARD, AND THEN

[3:57:54] COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN

[3:57:56] HERITAGE PARK ARE FORCED TO LIVE

[3:57:57] IN THE SHADOWS WITH ROOFS WITH

[3:58:01] HOLES IN THEM, LIVING IN MOLDED

[3:58:03] CONDITIONS AND JUST HAVING TO

[3:58:06] BEAR THE BRUNT OF BEING IN A

[3:58:08] STATE WHERE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH

[3:58:12] DISCONNECT BETWEEN ALL OF THE

[3:58:13] LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT THA HAVE

[3:58:14] ALLOWED FOR THIS TO CONTINUE.

[3:58:15] AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I

[3:58:17] HOPE WE FIGURE OUT IN THE AUDIT

[3:58:19] IS THE CITY'S ROLE IN THIS AND

[3:58:22] THE WAYS IN WHICH THERE WAS

[3:58:27] TIME TALKING WHEN I'M HEARINGD

[3:58:28] OTHERS TALK. AS I WAS SAYING,

[3:58:35] IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE

[3:58:36] WHAT THE CITY'S ROLE WAS IN

[3:58:37] THIS, AND THEN I ALSO TNK THIS

[3:58:40] IS A GOOD MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT

[3:58:41] THAT FAMILIES CONTINUE TO LIVE

[3:58:42] INOLDED APARTMENTS RIGHT NOW,

[3:58:46] FAMILIES A LIVING IN MOLDED

[3:58:47] APARTMENTS AND ARE GETTING

[3:58:49] INSPECTION FATIGUE BECAUSE OUR

[3:58:51] CITY INSPECTORS ARE GOING IN

[3:58:52] THERE WITH MASKS AND PROTECTIVE

[3:58:53] EQUIPMENT BUT THEY DON'T HAVE

[3:58:56] THAT. AND MPHA DOES NEED TO

[3:58:59] STEP UP AND GET THEM ADEQUATE

[3:59:01] HOUSING AND HOUSING THAT FITS

[3:59:02] THE NEEDS OF THE SIZE OF THEIR

[3:59:04] FAMILY AND THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT

[3:59:05] HAENING AND THAT NEEDS TO BE

[3:59:06] BROUGHT TO PUBLIC LIGHT. SO

[3:59:07] THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WARREN,

[3:59:08] AND I'M LOOKING T BEING A

[3:59:10] AUTHOR ON THIS.

[3:59:12] >> BEFORE I CALL ON

[3:59:13] » BEFORE I CALL ON

[3:59:13] COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, I'LL

[3:59:15] NOTE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY

[3:59:16] COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI AND --

[3:59:17] DID YOU MISS SOME VOTES,

[3:59:25] MR. CLERK? OKAY. COUILMEMBER

[3:59:29] RAINVILLE.

[3:59:29] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN,LEASE

[3:59:31] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN,LEASE

[3:59:31] ADD MY NAME.

[3:59:31] I STAND WITH YOU.

[3:59:35] >>> THANK YOU

[3:59:35] » > THANK YOU

[3:59:35] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:59:37] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[3:59:37] >> SAME. I JUST WANTED TO

[3:59:38] » SAME. I JUST WANTED TO

[3:59:39] COAUTHOR THIS WITH YOU,

[3:59:40] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. I KNOW

[3:59:41] IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR YOU AND THE

[3:59:43] COMMUNITY. I AM SO PRO OF THE

[3:59:44] WORK YOU'RE DOING IN PROTECTING

[3:59:47] THESE FAMILIES. I THINK THE

[3:59:48] NORTH SIDE IS ALSO PROUD OF THE

[3:59:51] WORK YOU'RE DOING, AND IF THIS

[3:59:53] AUDI IS A WAY FOR US TO FIGURE

[3:59:56] OUT WHA NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND HOW

[3:59:57] WE G TO HELP THESE FAMILIES, I

[4:00:00] KNOWHE SPOTLIGHT NOW IS ON

[4:00:02] HERE HERITAGE PARK, BUT I CAN

[4:00:04] ONLY IMAGI THA THERE ARE SOME

[4:00:05] OTHER PLACESHAT ARE SUFFERING

[4:00:06] ALSO, AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING

[4:00:10] FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF THIS

[4:00:11] AUDIT AND HOPING THAT IT IS

[4:00:13] GOING TO SHOW US THE WORK AHEAD

[4:00:15] FOR HOUSING. I'M CERTAINLY A

[4:00:16] FAN OF BUILDING NEW HSING, BUT

[4:00:18] I THINK THIS AUDIT CAN GIVE US

[4:00:20] AN OPPORTUNITY ON PRESERVING

[4:00:22] WHAT WE HAVE NOW, AND SO THANK

[4:00:23] YOU FOR BEING A LEADER ON THIS,

[4:00:25] COUNCILMEMBER WARREN, AND I

[4:00:27] GREATLY ENJOY YOUR SPOKES WORD

[4:00:30] VIDEO AUT HERITAGE PARK.

[4:00:35] CNCILMEMBER SHAFIR.

[4:00:37] >> SHAFFER.

[4:00:38] » SHAFFER.

[4:00:39] >> YES, I WLD AGREE THE VIDEO

[4:00:40] » YES, I WLD AGREE THE VIDEO

[4:00:40] IS VERY INFORMATIVE AND THANK

[4:00:41] YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR

[4:00:42] DOING THAT. I ALSO WOU LIKE

[4:00:44] TO BE CONSIDERED A COAUTHOR ON

[4:00:45] THIS. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR

[4:00:47] IMPORTANT WORK ON THIS ISSUE. I

[4:00:47] HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

[4:00:49] WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME YOU HAVE

[4:00:50] DIRECTED STAFF TO LOOK A AT?

[4:00:52] IS IT KIND OF LIKE FIVE YEARS?

[4:00:54] YOU KNOW, IS THIS OZT GOING TO

[4:00:55] GO BACK FIVE YRS OR TEN YEARS.

[4:00:57] I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT

[4:00:59] COVER THE TIME FRAME OF HERITAGE

[4:01:02] PARK. BUT IF THERE IS ANY

[4:01:03] FURTHER INFORMATION YOU CAN GET

[4:01:04] AROUND THAT, I WOULD BE CURIOUS,

[4:01:05] OR YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE THAT

[4:01:06] WE DIG AS DEEP AS WE ND TO TO

[4:01:09] MAKE SURE YOU FINDUTE WHAT

[4:01:10] YOU'RE -- FIND OUT WHAT YOU ARE

[4:01:14] LOOKING, AND THEN I WOULD BE

[4:01:16] REALLY INTERESTED IN THEIR

[4:01:18] BALANCE BETWEEN MAINTENANCE AND

[4:01:18] CAPITAL.

[4:01:19] >> THANK YOU FOR THAT,

[4:01:20] » THANK YOU FOR THAT,

[4:01:20] COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. MAY I

[4:01:22] RESPOND, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

[4:01:23] PAYNE? THROUGH THE PRESIDENT,

[4:01:26] COUNCILMEMBER, I HAVE SPOKEN

[4:01:28] WITH THE AUDITOR AND WE WILL SIT

[4:01:32] DOWN AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

[4:01:33] MEET AND TK ABOUT WHAT THE

[4:01:35] WORK PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE GOING

[4:01:37] FORWARD. IT IS A REQUEST, BUT

[4:01:41] IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT AND HOW

[4:01:44] THAT INFORMATION COMES DOWN.

[4:01:46] SO.

[4:01:46] >> GREAT.

[4:01:46] » GREAT.

[4:01:47] >> WE WILL BE MEETING IN THE

[4:01:48] » WE WILL BE MEETING IN THE

[4:01:48] FUTURE, SO IF ANYONE IS

[4:01:52] INTERESTED IN JOINING TO POSE

[4:01:53] ANY QUESTIONS DURING THAT TIME,

[4:01:54] I AM COMPLETELY OPEN TO THAT.

[4:01:55] >> THANK YOU.

[4:01:58] » THANK YOU.

[4:01:58] >> I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE

[4:01:59] » I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE

[4:01:59] ACTUALLY TO SPEAK ON THAT TOPIC

[4:02:00] A LITTLE BIT. SO IN THE PAST,

[4:02:01] THE CITY COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED

[4:02:08] .

[4:02:09] THE AUDITOR HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE

[4:02:11] TO THOSE REQUESTS IN THE PACK.

[4:02:12] WE DON'T DIRECTLY ASK THE

[4:02:14] AUDITOR. THE AUDITOR CAN CHOOSE

[4:02:15] TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THAT

[4:02:16] REQUEST. I'D LIKE TO BE A

[4:02:18] COAUTHOR AS WELL, ESPECIALLY AS

[4:02:19] THE CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

[4:02:20] BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE

[4:02:21] A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION TO

[4:02:23] MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME

[4:02:25] RESOLUTION TO THIS COMMUNITY,

[4:02:26] WHETHER IT'S THROUGH AN AUDIT OR

[4:02:28] ANY OTHER ACTION THAT WE CAN

[4:02:29] TAKE ON THIS BODY. I WOULD

[4:02:31] GLAD TO BE A COAUTHOR WITH YOU.

[4:02:35] >> I THANK YOU ALL LUMBLY

[4:02:36] » I THANK YOU ALL LUMBLY

[4:02:37] F - HUMLY FOR ALL OF YOUR

[4:02:40] SUPPORT.

[4:02:40] >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT I WILL

[4:02:41] » THANK YOU. WITH THAT I WILL

[4:02:41] ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.

[4:02:47] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[4:02:48] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[4:02:48] >> JUST, I'M IN QUEUE.

[4:02:50] » JUST, I'M IN QUEUE.

[4:02:51] >> ONE THING JUST TO MAKEEZ.

[4:02:52] » ONE THING JUST TO MAKEEZ.

[4:02:53] SURE -- [OFF MIC]

[4:02:55] >> MICROPHONE.

[4:02:55] » MICROPHONE.

[4:02:55] >> SORRY. OIOUSLY I LOV THIS

[4:02:56] » SORRY. OIOUSLY I LOV THIS

[4:02:56] AND I'M SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE I

[4:02:57] THINK IT'S IMPORTA. I JUST

[4:03:00] WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VOTE

[4:03:02] ON THE CORRECT THING. AND I

[4:03:03] WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE, ON

[4:03:06] THE RCA, WHAT'S ON THE ITEM

[4:03:08] DESCRIPTION IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING

[4:03:09] ON TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS

[4:03:11] THE REQUEST. SO WHATEVER WE

[4:03:12] NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT'S

[4:03:14] HAPPENING BEFORE THE VOTE, I

[4:03:15] JUST, RIGHT NOW I WANT TO MAKE

[4:03:16] SURE THAT'S HAPPENING.

[4:03:19] >> MR. CLERK.

[4:03:19] » MR. CLERK.

[4:03:19] >> MR. PRESIDENT, YES, THE ITEM

[4:03:20] » MR. PRESIDENT, YES, THE ITEM

[4:03:20] CAME FORWARD VERY LATE, AND WE

[4:03:21] DIDN'T IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE

[4:03:22] HAVE TIME TO ASSIST WITH IT.

[4:03:24] THIS IS ACTUALLY A RESOLUTION,

[4:03:26] SO NOW LOO I YOU -- IF YOU

[4:03:29] LOOK AT THE RCA THAT'S ATTACHED

[4:03:31] TO THE MOTION TO AMEND THE

[4:03:32] AGENDA THAT HAD ALREADY PASSED

[4:03:33] WITHIN THE TEXT O THAT RCA

[4:03:35] UNDER THE BOX IT SAYS ITEM

[4:03:37] DESCRIPTION, IT TALKSBOUT A

[4:03:40] RESOLUTION THAT IS REQUESTING

[4:03:41] THT

[4:03:42] THE AUDITOR, REFLECTING THAT,

[4:03:44] YOU KNOW, SCOPE OF AUTHORITY, TO

[4:03:46] CONDUCT THIS INDEPENDENT AUDIT

[4:03:48] AND IT GOES ON TO EXPLAIN THE

[4:03:50] HOW AND WHY. THE CLERKS HAVE

[4:03:52] INTENDED TO JUST TAKE THE

[4:03:53] RESOLUTION, WHICH IS THE PROPER

[4:03:54] FORM, AND FORM THAT AS THE

[4:03:59] BODY IS CLEAR. WHAT WE'RELY THE

[4:04:01] ASKING FOR IS FOR THE AUDIT

[4:04:02] COMMITTEE TO ASK THE AUDITOR VIA

[4:04:04] A RESOLUTION TO CONSIDER THIS

[4:04:07] INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE HOUSING

[4:04:09] AUTHORITY AS ALREADY DESCRIBED

[4:04:10] AND DISCUSSED.

[4:04:14] >> WITH THAT --

[4:04:15] » WITH THAT --

[4:04:15] >> YES.

[4:04:15] » YES.

[4:04:15] >> I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL

[4:04:16] » I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL

[4:04:16] THE ROLL.

[4:04:19] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[4:04:20] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[4:04:21] >> AYE.

[4:04:21] » AYE.

[4:04:21] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[4:04:22] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[4:04:22] >> AYE.

[4:04:22] » AYE.

[4:04:23] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[4:04:23] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[4:04:23] >> AYE.

[4:04:24] » AYE.

[4:04:24] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[4:04:25] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[4:04:25] >> AYE.

[4:04:25] » AYE.

[4:04:25] >>OUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[4:04:26] » OUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[4:04:26] AYE.

[4:04:27] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[4:04:28] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[4:04:28] >> AYE.

[4:04:28] » AYE.

[4:04:28] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[4:04:29] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[4:04:29] >> A

[4:04:29] » A

[4:04:29] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[4:04:34] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[4:04:34] [LAUGHTER]

[4:04:34] >> TIME FOR LUNCH.

[4:04:36] » TIME FOR LUNCH.

[4:04:36] >>LAUGHTER]

[4:04:38] » LAUGHTER]

[4:04:38] >> COUNCMEMBER VETAW.

[4:04:39] » COUNCMEMBER VETAW.

[4:04:39] >> AYE.

[4:04:40] » AYE.

[4:04:40] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS

[4:04:41] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS

[4:04:41] ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAY.

[4:04:43] >> AYE.

[4:04:43] » AYE.

[4:04:43] >> THERE ARE 10 AYES.

[4:04:45] » THERE ARE 10 AYES.

[4:04:45] >> THAT CARRIES. OUR NEXT ORD

[4:04:47] » THAT CARRIES. OUR NEXT ORD

[4:04:47] OF BUSINESS IS A REQUEST FOR

[4:04:48] CLOSED SESSION. BEFORE I

[4:04:50] RECOGNIZE --

[4:04:51] >> MR. PRESIDENT --

[4:04:51] » MR. PRESIDENT --

[4:04:51] >> CAN WE RE RECESS FOR

[4:04:55] » CAN WE RE RECESS FOR

[4:04:55] CLOSED S.

[4:04:57] >> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAD ASKED

[4:04:57] » MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAD ASKED

[4:04:58] ME ABOUT VOTES THAT PERHAPS

[4:04:59] COUND

[4:05:01] THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL

[4:05:03] CALENDAR THAT WAS MISSED. I

[4:05:05] WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD LE

[4:05:06] TO BE A YES ON THAT, WHICH

[4:05:08] CHANGES THAT TO 11 AYES. ALL

[4:05:09] THREE RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED

[4:05:10] WHILE YOU WERE OUT OF THE ROOM.

[4:05:11] I ASSUME YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE

[4:05:12] ADDED TO THE ROOM. NEW BUSINESS

[4:05:15] 1 AND 2, WHICH ARE THE REFERRAL

[4:05:16] OF MAYORAL NOMINATIONS TO

[4:05:18] RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES, ADDING

[4:05:19] MAKES 11 AYES. THANK YOU.

[4:05:21] >> ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT

[4:05:22] » ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT

[4:05:22] OBJECTION, THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.

[4:05:24] NOW OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS

[4:05:25] IS REQUESTOR CLOSED SESSION.

[4:05:26] BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THE ATTORNEY,

[4:05:28] AND WE RECESS FOR CLOSED

[4:05:30] SESSION, I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE

[4:05:31] ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM

[4:05:33] COUNCILMEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER

[4:05:33] VETAW.

[4:05:34] >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[4:05:35] » THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[4:05:35] I DON'T HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BUT

[4:05:36] I DO HAVE A QUESTION BASED OFF

[4:05:41] THE, THE MATR WITH THE

[4:05:42] BALLPARK AUTHORITY. SO THERE

[4:05:46] WAS TALK AROUND THE PERSON'S

[4:05:48] TERM ENDING, BUT I WANT TO ASK

[4:05:50] THE CLERKS OR MAYBE THE

[4:05:51] ATTORNEYS FOR CLARIFICATION. I

[4:05:55] SITS I UNTIL A NEW PERSON ISSON

[4:05:58] REAPPOINTED. CAN SOMEONE FIND

[4:05:58] THAT OUT FOR ME? IF THAT IS THE

[4:06:00] CASE FOR THE BALLPARK AUTHORITY.

[4:06:04] SO MY QUESTION IS, DOES THE

[4:06:06] CURRENT OCCUPT CONTINUE TO

[4:06:07] SERVE UNTIL THEY'RE REPLACED.

[4:06:10] >> MR. CLERK?

[4:06:11] » MR. CLERK?

[4:06:11] >> MR. PRESIDENTI WILL

[4:06:12] » MR. PRESIDENTI WILL

[4:06:12] ENDEAVOR TO LOOK THAT UP AS

[4:06:13] QUICKLY AS I CAN. THE BALLPARK

[4:06:15] AUTHORITY IS NOT A CITY BOARD.

[4:06:17] IT'S AN EXTERNAL BOARD TO WHICH

[4:06:18] WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT, AND SO

[4:06:20] I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THEIR

[4:06:22] BYLAWS. THEY ARE POSTED TO OUR

[4:06:24] WEB SIT AND I'M PULLING THEM

[4:06:27] UP NOW. JUST TO SEE IF I CAN

[4:06:32] QUICKLY FIND I DON'T -- I DON'T

[4:06:45] SEE IN THE BYLAWS THAT I'M

[4:06:46] LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ANYTHING

[4:06:49] ABOUT VACANT SEATS HOLDING

[4:06:52] OVER -- OR PEOPLE SITTING IN

[4:06:55] VACANT SEATS AND HOLDING OVER.

[4:06:56] IT MAY BE, I CAN CERTAINLY

[4:06:58] RESEARCH THA BUT AT A QUICK

[4:07:00] GLANCE, I DON'T KNOW.

[4:07:01] >> CAN YOU PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

[4:07:02] » CAN YOU PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

[4:07:02] BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS

[4:07:03] DIFFERENT FROM THE TERM HAS

[4:07:04] ENDED AND THE PERSON IS NOT

[4:07:05] SITTING IN THE SEAT VERSUS THE

[4:07:07] PERSON IS CURRENTLY IN THE SEAT

[4:07:09] UNTIL IT'S REPLACED BY A NEW

[4:07:12] APPOINTMENT.

[4:07:12] >> FOR SURE.

[4:07:13] » FOR SURE.

[4:07:13] >> SO WHENEVER YOU CAN. THAT'D

[4:07:14] » SO WHENEVER YOU CAN. THAT'D

[4:07:14] BE GREATLY APPRECIATED,

[4:07:16] MR. CLERK.

[4:07:16] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[4:07:17] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[4:07:17] >> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO LET

[4:07:19] » YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO LET

[4:07:19] EVERYONE KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER

[4:07:19] RAINVILLE AND IRE HOSTING A

[4:07:21] DATA CENTERS DISCUSSION. THIS

[4:07:23] EVENING THAT WILL REALLY JUST

[4:07:25] HAVE SOME REAL EXPERTS ON HAND

[4:07:27] FOR ONEOUR. DON COLONBERGER

[4:07:30] WHO IS A CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

[4:07:32] CONSULTANT THAT HAS WORKED ON

[4:07:34] ON THE DAYTON'S PROJECT

[4:07:38] AND MAYO CLINIC SQUARE C. WE

[4:07:40] HAVE MINNESOTA CENTER FOR

[4:07:42] ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY, AND

[4:07:43] OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW WE KNOW THAT

[4:07:47] THEIR MCEA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL

[4:07:50] INJUNCTIONS AGAINST SEVERAL

[4:07:51] PROPOSED DATA CENTER

[4:07:52] DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE STATE.

[4:07:53] SO SHE WILL BE ALSO ON HAND.

[4:07:55] ALSO AS JOHN MARSHALL REGIONAL

[4:07:57] VICE PRESIDENT OF EXCEL ENERGY.

[4:08:01] AS WELL AS DAN MCCONNELL,

[4:08:02] BUSINESS MANER OF THE

[4:08:03] MINNEAPOLIS BUILDING AND TRADES

[4:08:04] COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO BE

[4:08:07] WE'RE REALLY THRILLED THAT THESE

[4:08:08] EXPERTS ARE HERE. SOME OF THEM

[4:08:10] ACTUALLY IN OPPOSITE SIDES OF

[4:08:12] THE AISLE ON SOME OPSIDE

[4:08:18] SITES OF THE ISSUE. WE WANT

[4:08:19] GREATER DIALOGUE AND RESCT

[4:08:20] AROUND THE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS

[4:08:21] ON THIS AND LEAD US TO GREATER

[4:08:24] UNDETANDING. SO WE'RE REALLY

[4:08:25] EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND OF

[4:08:27] COURSE PRIDE IS THIS WEEKEND.

[4:08:28] THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAY, FOR

[4:08:29] ORGANIZING THE PARADE. AND LOOK

[4:08:31] FORWARD TO PARTICIPANG WITH MY

[4:08:37] COLLEAGUES.

[4:08:38] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[4:08:39] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[4:08:39] >> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IN

[4:08:40] » I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IN

[4:08:40] ORDER, BUT I'D LIK TO ASK IF WE

[4:08:42] COULD GO TO LUNCH BEFORE THE

[4:08:43] CLOSED SESSION.

[4:08:46] [LAUGHTER]

[4:08:46] >> I WAS GOING -- MY INTENTION

[4:08:47] » I WAS GOING -- MY INTENTION

[4:08:47] WAS TO RECESS BEFORE CLOSED

[4:08:49] SESSION SO THAWE COULD TAKE A

[4:08:50] QUICK LUNCH, ALTHOUGH THE CITY

[4:08:54] IT SHOULD BE VERY, VERY BRIEF.AT

[4:08:56] >> MY COLLEAGUES ARE NEVER BRIEF

[4:09:00] » MY COLLEAGUES ARE NEVER BRIEF

[4:09:00] IN THESE. YOU ALL HAVE ABUSED

[4:09:02] MY PATIENCE IN THESE MEETINGS

[4:09:05] EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. I

[4:09:06] DON'T BELIEVEOU.

[4:09:09] >> YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I'M GOING

[4:09:10] » YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I'M GOING

[4:09:10] TO CONTINUE WITH MY ORIGINAL

[4:09:12] PLAN TO RECESS PRIOR TO CLOSED

[4:09:14] SESSION, SO ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH

[4:09:15] ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE'LL TAKE A

[4:09:17] 30-MINUTE RECESS.

[4:09:19] >> 30?

[4:09:21] » 30?

[4:09:21] >> YEAH.

[4:09:21] » YEAH.

[4:09:21] >> I OBJECT TO 30 MINUTES.

[4:09:23] » I OBJECT TO 30 MINUTES.

[4:09:23] >> OKAY.

[4:09:23] » OKAY.

[4:09:23] >> I OBJECT.

[4:09:25] » I OBJECT.

[4:09:25] >> WELL,.

[4:09:25] » WELL,.

[4:09:25] >> DO WE WAN 45?

[4:09:26] » DO WE WAN 45?

[4:09:27] >> YEAH, AT LEAST 45.

[4:09:28] » YEAH, AT LEAST 45.

[4:09:28] >> ALL RIGHT, 45-MINUTE RECESS

[4:09:30] » ALL RIGHT, 45-MINUTE RECESS

[4:09:30] AFTER WE FINISH ANNOUNCEMENTS,

[4:09:31] BUT WE'RE ALREADY TRYING EACH

[4:09:33] OTHER'S PATIENCE ON THAT, SO

[4:09:36] COUNCIEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[4:09:38] >> I'LL KEEP THIS -- TRY TO KEE

[4:09:39] » I'LL KEEP THIS -- TRY TO KEE

[4:09:39] IT BRIEF. LIKE SO MAN WOLVES

[4:09:41] FANS THIS MORNING, I WOKE UP

[4:09:42] WITH A GUT PUNCH WHEN I HEARD

[4:09:44] THAT NAZ REID HAD BEEN TRADED.

[4:09:46] HONK IF YOU LOVE NAZ REID.

[4:09:49] WE'RE ALLONKING TODAY. NAZ

[4:09:52] REID MEANT SOMETHING THERE ARE

[4:09:53] FEW TIMES WHEN ONE PERSON C

[4:09:54] BRING TOGETHER A CITY AND A

[4:09:56] STATE THAT HE DID. HERE T --

[4:09:59] HEAR THE WORDS OF NAZ REID MEANT

[4:10:01] MORE THAN JUST A NAME. THEY

[4:10:02] METROPOLITAN HOPE, THEY MEANT

[4:10:03] PASSN, THEY MEANTOMMUNITY,

[4:10:05] NAZ REID WAS AN UNDRAFTED,

[4:10:09] UNDRAFTED AND SIGNED BY THE

[4:10:11] TIMBERWOLVES IN 2019 AN

[4:10:13] UNDRAFTED PLAYER FIGHTING FOR A

[4:10:18] ROSTER SPOT. MINNESOTA COULD

[4:10:19] SEE ITSELF IN NAZ REID,

[4:10:23] OVERLOOKED, DETERMINED TO PROVE

[4:10:24] PEOPLE WRONG, AND HE WAS THE NBA

[4:10:26] SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR AND A KEY

[4:10:27] PIECE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ERA

[4:10:29] OF TIMBERWIEWBL

[4:10:32] TIMBERTIMBER WOLVES OF

[4:10:34] ALL TIME AND A REALLY BIG DEAL

[4:10:36] FOR THE CITY O MINNEAPOLIS. HE

[4:10:37] HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK TO

[4:10:38] SUPPORT OUR LOCAL INDIGENOUS

[4:10:39] YOUTH AND ALSO EXPAND FINANAL

[4:10:41] LITERACY PROGRAMMING IN

[4:10:44] MINNESOTA. AND I THINK WE, WE

[4:10:46] OWE IT TO HIM AND OUR COMMUNITY

[4:10:48] HEREN MINNEAPOLIS AND

[4:10:50] MINNESOTA TO GIVE A MOMENT TO A

[4:10:53] OF JOY TOO OUR COMMUTY.T A LOT

[4:10:58] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[4:10:58] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[4:10:58] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR

[4:11:01] » THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR

[4:11:01] THAT, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[4:11:07] NAZ REID STARTED ACTING FUNNY

[4:11:08] WHEN HIS BRAIDS WAS TOO TIGHT.

[4:11:09] I DON'T KNOW.

[4:11:10] [LAUGHTER]

[4:11:11] I LOVE, I LOVE MY TIMBERWOLVES

[4:11:14] BASKETBALL, MAN, BUT I THINK

[4:11:17] THIS LAST SEASON HIS BRAIDS WAS

[4:11:18] A LITTL TIGHT AND TO SAY HE

[4:11:21] STARTED ACTING A LITTLE

[4:11:22] DIFFERENT, SO I WAS CONCERNED.

[4:11:23] BUT I DO WISH HIM LOVE, SUCCESS,

[4:11:26] IN ALL OF HIS ENDEAVORS AND I

[4:11:28] DO, I DO LOVE NAZ REID. YOU

[4:11:30] KNOW. I JUST THINK WE MISSED

[4:11:32] SOMETHING, LITTLE BIT. BUT I

[4:11:34] WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT

[4:11:37] THAT ON TUESDAY THE 30th OF

[4:11:39] JUNE, FROM 5:30 P.M. TO

[4:11:43] 7:30 P.M., MY OFFICE WILL BE

[4:11:47] JOINED BY A NUMBER OFITY

[4:11:49] DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE HAVING A

[4:11:51] COMMUNITY MEETING AT SUMMIT

[4:11:55] ACADEMY OIC, AND THE PURPOSE OF

[4:11:58] THIS MEETING IS TO PROVIDE THE

[4:12:00] RESIDENTS, THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND

[4:12:02] COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH UPDATES

[4:12:04] REGARDING HERITAGE PARK. WE'LL

[4:12:05] BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS,

[4:12:11] IDENTIFY SOME ACTIONABLE NEXT

[4:12:12] STEPS, THE RECEIVER WILL BE

[4:12:13] PRESENT, THE PROPERTY MANAGER,

[4:12:14] SOME COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, SO

[4:12:15] WE'RE GOING TO, EVERYONE HERE IS

[4:12:17] WELCOME TO COME A LEARN AND

[4:12:20] LISTEN IF YOU SO DESIRE. THE

[4:12:23] CURRENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

[4:12:25] TEAM, REG SERVICES, OUR HEALTH

[4:12:26] DEPARTMENT, A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS

[4:12:28] ARE COMING, AND I'M TRYING TO

[4:12:31] PROMOTCONTINUING TO DO THESE

[4:12:32] MEETINGS. THE LAST MEETING WE

[4:12:34] HAD ON THE 11th OF MAY, WE HAD

[4:12:37] ABOUT 17 RESIDENTS PRESENT, BOTH

[4:12:40] OLD AN NEW RESIDENTS. SO THIS

[4:12:42] IS OPEN TO EVERYON BRING YOUR

[4:12:45] QUESTIONS, BRING YOUR COMMENTS

[4:12:47] AND CONCERNS. WE HAD A GREAT

[4:12:49] MEETING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

[4:12:50] ANOTHER GREAT MEETING THIS, THIS

[4:12:52] TUESDAY COMING UP. AND YEAH,

[4:12:55] HAVE A WONDERFUL PRIDE WEEKEND,

[4:12:57] EVERYBODY. SO EXCITED FOR THE

[4:12:59] PARADE AND ALL THE OTHER

[4:13:01] COMMUNITY FESTIVITIES.

[4:13:03] >> OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'VE

[4:13:05] » OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'VE

[4:13:05] COMPLETED ALL ITEMS ON OUR

[4:13:06] AGENDA, AND WE'LL NOW CONSIDER

[4:13:07] THE REQUEST FOR A CLOD

[4:13:09] SESSION, WHICH IS TO RECEI A

[4:13:10] BRIEFING ON THE CHARGE OF

[4:13:12] DISCMINATION MINSOTA

[4:13:14] DEPARTMENT OF VIL RIGHT

[4:13:15] BEFORE I MOVE TO CLOSE THE

[4:13:16] MEETING, I WILL RECOGNIZE THE

[4:13:17] CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE THE

[4:13:18] LEGAL BASISOR THE REQUESTED

[4:13:21] CLOSED SESSION.

[4:13:22] >> THANK YOU, N COUNCIL

[4:13:24] » THANK YOU, N COUNCIL

[4:13:24] PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS. THE

[4:13:25] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE

[4:13:26] CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION,

[4:13:28] MISSISSIPP --

[4:13:31] MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL

[4:13:31] RIGHTS CHARGE 24-05224. YOUR

[4:13:35] LAWYERS WISH TO PROVI A

[4:13:36] BRIEFING TO THE COUNCIL ON THIS

[4:13:38] MATTER. ACCORDINGLY UNDER THE

[4:13:39] MINNESOTA OPEN MEETING LAW,

[4:13:40] MINNESOTA STATE SECTION 13D.05

[4:13:44] SUBDIVISION 3B, THE COUNCIL MAY

[4:13:46] UPON A PROPER MOTION CLOSE THE

[4:13:47] MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES OF

[4:13:50] PERMITTED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT

[4:13:52] PRIVILEGE. IN CONSIDERINGHE

[4:13:53] MOTION, THE COUNCIL SHOULD WEIGH

[4:13:54] THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO KNOW

[4:13:55] WHAT ITS GOVERNMENT IS DOING

[4:13:56] AGAINST THE NEED OF THE CITY TO

[4:13:58] PRESERVE THEONFIDENTIALITY OF

[4:14:00] ITS DISCUSSIONS WITH ITS

[4:14:02] ATTORNEYS.

[4:14:03] >> THANK YOU, MADAM CITY

[4:14:04] » THANK YOU, MADAM CITY

[4:14:04] ATTORNEY. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE

[4:14:06] PUBLIC MEETING AS AUTHORIZED

[4:14:08] UNDER THE OPEN MEETING LAW,

[4:14:09] SPECIFALLY MINNESOTA STATUTE

[4:14:11] SECTION 13D.05 FOR THE PURPOSE

[4:14:12] OF RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE

[4:14:14] LITIGATION MATTER OF THE CHARGE

[4:14:16] OF DISCRIMINATION MINNESOTA

[4:14:18] DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS

[4:14:19] CHARGE NUMBER 24-05224. MAY I

[4:14:22] HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION?

[4:14:25] >> SECOND.

[4:14:25] » SECOND.

[4:14:25] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL T

[4:14:27] » THE CLERK WILL CALL T

[4:14:27] ROLL.

[4:14:28] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[4:14:29] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[4:14:29] >> AYE.

[4:14:29] » AYE.

[4:14:29] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[4:14:30] » COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.

[4:14:30] >> AYE.

[4:14:31] » AYE.

[4:14:31] >>OUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[4:14:31] » OUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[4:14:31] >> AYE.

[4:14:32] » AYE.

[4:14:32] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[4:14:32] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[4:14:33] >> AYE.

[4:14:33] » AYE.

[4:14:33] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[4:14:34] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[4:14:34] >> AYE.

[4:14:34] » AYE.

[4:14:34] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[4:14:35] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[4:14:36] >> AYE.

[4:14:36] » AYE.

[4:14:36] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[4:14:37] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[4:14:37] >> AYE.

[4:14:37] » AYE.

[4:14:37] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. S

[4:14:40] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. S

[4:14:40] ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[4:14:42] >> AYE.

[4:14:43] » AYE.

[4:14:43] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[4:14:44] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[4:14:44] >> AYE.

[4:14:44] » AYE.

[4:14:44] >> THERE ARE NINE AYES.

[4:14:45] » THERE ARE NINE AYES.

[4:14:45] >> THAT CARRIES. FOR THE

[4:14:47] » THAT CARRIES. FOR THE

[4:14:48] VIEWING PUBLIC,'LL NOTE THAT

[4:14:49] THE BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING

[4:14:50] WILL CONTINUE, AND THE COUNCIL

[4:14:52] WILL RONVENE IN PUBLIC AFTER

[4:14:54] WE'VE CONCLUDED THE SESSION.

[4:14:56] AND WE WILL CONVENE OUR CLOSED

[4:14:59] SESSION AFTER A 45-MINUTE RECESS

[4:15:02] SO THAT THAT WL GET US

[4:15:06] STARTED AT 2:35. YES.

[4:55:33] [RESS]

[5:01:01] [RECESS][CLOSED SESSION]

[5:20:42] >> THE TIME IS NOW 2:55, AND THE

[5:20:44] » THE TIME IS NOW 2:55, AND THE

[5:20:44] CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED AN

[5:20:46] OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING OUR

[5:20:48] CLOSED SESSION. I'LL ASK THE

[5:20:49] CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO PROVE

[5:20:51] A PRESENCE OF THE QUORUM.

[5:20:52] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO IS

[5:20:53] » COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO IS

[5:20:53] ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[5:20:55] >> PRESENT.

[5:20:56] » PRESENT.

[5:20:56] >> COUNCILMEMBER WREN.

[5:20:58] » COUNCILMEMBER WREN.

[5:20:58] >> PRESENT.

[5:20:58] » PRESENT.

[5:20:58] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[5:20:59] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[5:20:59] >> PRESENT.

[5:20:59] » PRESENT.

[5:20:59] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[5:21:00] » COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

[5:21:01] >> PRESENT.

[5:21:01] » PRESENT.

[5:21:01] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[5:21:02] » COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

[5:21:02] >> PRESENT.

[5:21:02] » PRESENT.

[5:21:03] >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING IS

[5:21:04] » COUNCILMEMBER WHITING IS

[5:21:04] ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER

[5:21:06] CHOWDHURY.

[5:21:06] >> PRESENT.

[5:21:06] » PRESENT.

[5:21:06] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[5:21:07] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[5:21:07] >> PRESENT.

[5:21:08] » PRESENT.

[5:21:08] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAIILLE.

[5:21:09] » COUNCILMEMBER RAIILLE.

[5:21:09] >> PRESENT.

[5:21:09] » PRESENT.

[5:21:09] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[5:21:11] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[5:21:11] >> PRESENT.

[5:21:11] » PRESENT.

[5:21:12] >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS

[5:21:12] » VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS

[5:21:13] ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[5:21:14] >> PRESENT.

[5:21:14] » PRESENT.

[5:21:14] >> THERE ARE 10 MEMBERS

[5:21:15] » THERE ARE 10 MEMBERS

[5:21:15] PRESENT.

[5:21:15] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT

[5:21:16] » LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT

[5:21:16] WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND I WILL

[5:21:19] RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

[5:21:20] CHUGHTAI.

[5:21:20] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I

[5:21:21] » THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I

[5:21:23] E

[5:21:23] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDING

[5:21:25] ANY CLAIMS FOR ATTORNEYS FEES

[5:21:27] AND COSTS ASSERTED IN

[5:21:28] MINNEAPOLIS CIVIL RIGS

[5:21:29] DEPARTMENT CHARGE OF

[5:21:31] DISCRIMINATION NUMBER 24-05224

[5:21:34] BE SETTLED IN THE AMOUNT OF

[5:21:37] $18,000 PAYABLE TO THE

[5:21:38] COMPLAINANT IN THAT MATTER, AND

[5:21:41] $750 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE PAYABLE

[5:21:42] TO THE MINNEAPOLIS DEPAREN OF

[5:21:52] 069001500100145400. THE CITY

[5:21:54] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS AUTHORIZED

[5:21:55] TO EXECUTE A DOCUMENTS

[5:21:57] NECESSY TO EFFECTUATE THE

[5:21:59] SETTLEMENT. I'LL FOR A SECOND.

[5:22:01] >> SECOND.

[5:22:01] » SECOND.

[5:22:02] >> THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND

[5:22:02] » THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND

[5:22:02] SECONDED. THE CLERK BILL CALL

[5:22:04] -- WILL CALL THE ROLL.

[5:22:07] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[5:22:07] » COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

[5:22:07] >> AYE.

[5:22:08] » AYE.

[5:22:08] >> COUNCILMEMBER WARN.

[5:22:09] » COUNCILMEMBER WARN.

[5:22:09] >> AYE.

[5:22:09] » AYE.

[5:22:09] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[5:22:10] » COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

[5:22:11] >> AYE.

[5:22:11] » AYE.

[5:22:11] >> COUNCILMEMBER WONS LAY.

[5:22:12] » COUNCILMEMBER WONS LAY.

[5:22:12] >> AYE.

[5:22:13] » AYE.

[5:22:13] >> CUB CHUGHTAI.

[5:22:14] » CUB CHUGHTAI.

[5:22:14] >> AYE.

[5:22:15] » AYE.

[5:22:15] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[5:22:16] » COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

[5:22:16] >> AYE.

[5:22:16] » AYE.

[5:22:16] >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[5:22:17] » COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

[5:22:17] >>YE.

[5:22:17] » YE.

[5:22:17] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[5:22:18] » COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

[5:22:18] >> NO.

[5:22:18] » NO.

[5:22:18] >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[5:22:21] » COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

[5:22:21] >> AYE.

[5:22:23] » AYE.

[5:22:23] >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[5:22:25] » PRESIDENT PAYNE.

[5:22:25] >> AYE.

[5:22:25] » AYE.

[5:22:25] >> TRE ARE 9 AYES AND 1 NAY.

[5:22:29] » TRE ARE 9 AYES AND 1 NAY.

[5:22:29] >> THAT ITEM CARRIES, AND WITH

[5:22:30] » THAT ITEM CARRIES, AND WITH

[5:22:30] THAT WE'VE COMPLETED OUR

[5:22:31] BUSINESS TODAY. ITH NOTHING

[5:22:32] FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE

[5:22:33] COUNCIL, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION,

[5:22:35] THIS MEETING IS HEREBY

[5:22:35] ADJOURNED.

City Council

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