[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.