[0:18] » Good morning everyone. My

[0:19] name is elliot payne, the

[0:21] president of minneapolis city

[0:22] council. And at this time, I'm

[0:24] going to call this regular

[0:25] pleating -- regular meeting

[0:30] of the july city council to

[0:31] order.

[0:31] » Council member warren.

[0:33] » Here.

[0:33] » Council member shaffer.

[0:34] » Present.

[0:35] » Council member wonsley is

[0:37] absent. Council member chughtai

[0:39] is absent. Council member

[0:40] whiting.

[0:40] » Present.

[0:41] » Council member chowdhury.

[0:42] » Present.

[0:43] » Council member stevenson is

[0:44] absent. Council member

[0:46] rainville.

[0:46] » Present.

[0:47] » Council member vetaw.

[0:48] » Present.

[0:49] » Council member palmisano.

[0:50] » Present.

[0:51] » Council member chavez.

[0:53] » Present.

[0:53] » Vice president osman. Is

[0:55] absent. President payne.

[0:56] » Present.

[0:57] » There are nine members

[0:58] present.

[0:58] » Let the record reflect we

[1:01] have a quorum. Before we begin

[1:03] the meeting, let me remind all

[1:05] the meeting is broadcast to

[1:07] enable greater public

[1:08] participation. The broadcast

[1:09] includes a real time captioning

[1:11] as a means to increase the

[1:13] accessibility of our proceedings

[1:14] to the community. Therefore all

[1:15] speakers need to be mindful of

[1:18] the rate of our speech so our

[1:21] captioners can tribe all

[1:22] comments for the broadcast. We

[1:24] ask all to moderate the speed

[1:25] and clarity of t their

[1:28] comments. The agenda for

[1:29] today's meeting is before us.

[1:30] and before I ask for a motion to

[1:32] adopt the agenda, I have one

[1:37] additional -- one addition. As

[1:38] you know, last meeting, there

[1:40] was a vote on the program that

[1:44] resulted in a tie. That did not

[1:49] dispose of the item. You'll

[1:50] note on the public agenda that

[1:53] it's before us once again under

[1:57] unfinished business. There was

[2:00] a question about the previous

[2:02] action that tied. We have since

[2:04] identified the action. That's

[2:05] presented in front of us. That

[2:09] is the resolution asking a

[2:12] national search for a community

[2:13] safety commissioner. At that

[2:15] may 21st meeting, that was

[2:17] brought forward by council

[2:18] member wonsley and also resulte

[2:20] in a tie. However, that was not

[2:25] brought forward to the next

[2:27] meeting under unfinished

[2:29] business. That was an omission

[2:31] that resulted from a clerical

[2:33] error. I'm recommending that

[2:35] the resolutions -- oh, the

[2:37] resolution is in lims file 20

[2:43] 2026-00653 a printed copy in

[2:44] front of everybody on the dais.

[2:47] since it resulted in a tie vote,

[2:49] and we weren't able to dispose

[2:51] this item, it should have been

[2:53] returned from council's next

[2:54] regular meeting on june 11th.

[2:56] since that didn't happen, I am

[2:58] suggesting that we add that to

[3:01] consideration for today's

[3:03] meeting under unfinished

[3:04] business. So that we can do a

[3:06] final disposition on that

[3:07] action. I'm also going to

[3:09] recommend, once we get to

[3:11] unfinished business, that we to

[3:12] a proper motion to dispose of

[3:14] those. And maybe I'll seek the

[3:17] clerk's advice whether we should

[3:19] delete them or whatever the

[3:21] appropriate motion is when we

[3:22] get there. Any objection to the

[3:25] plan?

[3:26] seeing none. May I have a

[3:28] motion to adopt the agenda,

[3:30] including that addition.

[3:33] » So moved.

[3:35] » Is there a second.

[3:37] » Second.

[3:38] » The clerk will call the

[3:40] roll.

[3:40] » Council member warren.

[3:41] » Aye.

[3:42] » Council member shaffer.

[3:43] » Aye.

[3:43] » Council member whiting.

[3:44] » Aye.

[3:44] » Council member chowdhury.

[3:46] » Aye.

[3:46] » Council member stevens.

[3:47] » Aye.

[3:48] » Council member rainville.

[3:49] » Aye.

[3:49] » Council member vetaw.

[3:51] » Aye.

[3:51] » Council member palmisano.

[3:52] » Aye.

[3:53] » Council member chavez.

[3:54] » Aye.

[3:54] » President payne.

[3:55] » Aye.

[3:56] » 10 ayes.

[3:56] » That carries and the agenda

[3:58] is adopted as amended. The next

[4:00] item is acceptance of the

[4:01] minutes from the regular meeting

[4:04] july 16th. A motion to accept

[4:06] the minutes.

[4:07] » So moved.

[4:07] » Second.

[4:08] » The clerk will call the

[4:09] roll.

[4:10] » Warren.

[4:11] » Aye.

[4:11] » Shaffer.

[4:12] » Aye.

[4:13] » Whiting.

[4:14] » Aye.

[4:15] » Chowdhury.

[4:16] » Aye.

[4:16] » Stevenson.

[4:17] » Aye.

[4:18] » Rainville.

[4:18] » Aye.

[4:19] » Vetaw.

[4:20] » Aye.

[4:21] » Palmisano.

[4:21] » Aye.

[4:22] » Chavez.

[4:23] » Aye.

[4:23] » President payne.

[4:24] » Aye.

[4:25] » 10 ayes.

[4:26] » That carries. The minutes

[4:31] have been accepted. Final, the

[4:35] proper committees. The motion,

[4:36] please.

[4:37] » So so moved.

[4:38] » Second.

[4:39] » Warren.

[4:40] » Aye.

[4:40] » Shaffer.

[4:41] » Aye.

[4:42] » Whiting.

[4:43] » Aye.

[4:44] » Chowdhury.

[4:44] » Aye.

[4:45] » Stevenson.

[4:46] » Aye.

[4:46] » Rainville.

[4:47] » Aye.

[4:48] » Vetaw.

[4:49] » Aye.

[4:50] » Palmisano.

[4:50] » Aye.

[4:51] » Chavez.

[4:52] » Aye.

[4:52] » President payne.

[4:53] » Aye.

[4:53] » 10 ayes.

[4:54] » That carries. And the

[4:56] matters have been referred. The

[4:58] next order of business is the

[4:59] presentation of reports from our

[5:00] standing committees. Which are

[5:01] taken in alphabetical order.

[5:03] we'll begin with the report of

[5:05] the business, housing, and

[5:09] zoning committee. I'll call on

[5:11] council member chowdhury as vice

[5:12] chair of the committee.

[5:13] » Thank you. We're bringing

[5:16] forward 20 items today. Item

[5:17] number one approves the mayor's

[5:20] nomination of enrique ha

[5:23] velasquez to rector of

[5:24] regulatory services. Two

[5:26] approves a wine and strong beer

[5:27] with general entertainment for

[5:30] strange loop laboratory. Item

[5:34] three approves an interim use

[5:36] permit for people serving people

[5:39] at 219 fourth street south.

[5:40] item number four is an appeal

[5:46] regarding the 300 minnehaha

[5:49] avenue democracy center. This

[5:51] item was sent forward without

[5:53] rights. Item five is a rezoning

[5:56] and alley vacation for the

[5:58] democracy center at 300

[5:59] minnehaha. This item was send

[6:02] forward without recommendation.

[6:04] item sixpproves five liquor

[6:06] licenses. Seven approves 32

[6:08] liquor license renewals. Eight

[6:10] approves a gambling license.

[6:12] nine grants business, license

[6:15] operating conditions for

[6:17] bloomington commercial kitchen.

[6:18] 10 amends the 2026 license fee

[6:21] schedule for tow truck

[6:24] service fees. 11 authorizes

[6:26] contract amendment with macphail

[6:35] center. 12 is state of

[6:36] minnesota grants for employment

[6:38] services. 1 authorizes dtap

[6:44] funding recommendations. 14

[6:46] accepts a bid for replacing

[6:49] floor boxes at the convention

[6:51] center. Item 15 delegates

[6:52] authority to cped director for

[6:56] the owner-occupied rehab

[6:59] programs. 16 accepts an

[7:03] authorized water efficiency

[7:04] grant program from the

[7:06] metropolitan council.

[7:09] item 17 authorizes a contract

[7:11] extinction for the green belt

[7:13] development project. 18

[7:14] approves a staff direction

[7:15] related to rental properties.

[7:18] 19 authorizes pgram changes to

[7:20] th affordable housing trust

[7:21] fund orhe ahtf. Astly, item

[7:27] 20 authorizes program changes to

[7:28] the naturally occurring

[7:31] affordable housing program.

[7:35] with that, I'll move forward all

[7:37] items for approval except for

[7:41] items four and five. And then

[7:43] have a separate request vote on

[7:46] item number 1. So that's one,

[7:48] four, and five.

[7:51] » Council member chowdhury has

[7:53] moved approval of the biz report

[7:58] minus items one, four, and five,

[8:03] I'll recognize we've been joined

[8:05] by council member chughtai and

[8:06] stevenson. Is there any

[8:08] questions or comments on the

[8:10] remainder of the report? Seeing

[8:13] none. I'll ask the clerk to

[8:14] call the roll.

[8:17] » Warren.

[8:18] » Aye.

[8:19] » Shaffer.

[8:20] » Aye.

[8:20] » Chughtai.

[8:22] » Aye.

[8:22] » Whiting.

[8:23] » Aye.

[8:24] » Chowdhury.

[8:25] » Aye.

[8:26] » Stevenson.

[8:27] » Aye.

[8:27] » Rainville.

[8:28] » Aye.

[8:29] » Vetaw.

[8:30] » A.

[8:31] » Palmisano.

[8:32] » Aye.

[8:33] » Chavez.

[8:34] » Aye.

[8:35] » President payne.

[8:36] » Aye.

[8:36] » There are 11 ayes.

[8:37] » That carries. And we'll next

[8:43] take up item number one, the

[8:45] appointment of enrique velasquez

[8:48] for director of regulatory

[8:50] services. Is there any comment

[8:54] or discussion on this item?

[9:00] seeing none, I'll ask the clerk

[9:01] to call the roll. Oh, council

[9:03] member vetaw.

[9:03] » Thank you. Thank you,

[9:05] president payne. I really just

[9:08] wanted to take a moment to

[9:11] recognize director velasquez and

[9:14] express my sincere appreciation

[9:15] for your leadership to the city

[9:17] of minneapolis. Thank you so

[9:18] much, director. We spent friday

[9:21] afternoon in ward four, and had

[9:23] a great time walking around the

[9:25] ward, looking at a lot of the

[9:28] livability issueshat my

[9:30] community faces every day.

[9:32] you've always been amazing at

[9:36] checkinghings out and

[9:40] understanding, talking about,

[9:41] and understanding where they are

[9:42] and what they want. The city of

[9:45] minneapolis to look like for

[9:46] them and their families. So I

[9:48] really do appreciate the time we

[9:50] spent in ward four on friday.

[9:53] you're one of the kindest, most

[9:55] thoughtful leaders I have the

[9:57] privilege of working with. You

[10:00] ag genuinely love

[10:02] minneapolis. And you know that

[10:04] if you spend two seconds with

[10:06] you. You care about every

[10:08] single person in this city. And

[10:09] the love is reflected in how you

[10:11] serve every single day.

[10:13] you care about the people that

[10:15] you work with and that work

[10:18] alongside you. You lead with

[10:20] respect, compassion, and

[10:21] understanding. And you

[10:23] understand that strong

[10:24] organizations are built by

[10:26] investing in the people that

[10:28] make them successful. That's

[10:29] huge for a leader!

[10:31] and I appreciate that about you.

[10:35] I ran into somebody who works

[10:37] in your department coming out of

[10:38] the elevator, and I'm certain we

[10:41] spent an hour talking about how

[10:42] good it is to work with you, and

[10:46] how you treat them as partner

[10:48] in the time that you take to

[10:50] build them up as an individual.

[10:52] but, also, the ente vision for

[10:55] their department and the city of

[10:57] minneapolis. They see in you

[10:59] the care and so that inspires

[11:01] them to care. So thank you for

[11:04] that, director.

[11:07] what's always stood out to me is

[11:08] your responsiveness. Ratwhethem

[11:12] a council member, a concern from

[11:13] a resident, or a challenge

[11:15] facing the department. You're

[11:16] someone whoistens, you follow

[11:19] through, and you work tirelessly

[11:21] to find solutions. You never

[11:22] shy away from the difficult

[11:24] conversations. Hey typically

[11:26] are, when it comes to ward four.

[11:28] thank you for being able to

[11:31] actually make me comprise a lot!

[11:34] friday you just had so many

[11:36] ideas that I'm so glad that

[11:38] after the drones didn't pass,

[11:40] you had already started thinking

[11:42] about what next steps are for

[11:45] getting policy and implementing

[11:47] some programs that can help.

[11:48] so when challenges arise, you

[11:51] seem to have good solutions.

[11:54] and I love how you take

[11:56] responsibility, tooing with for

[11:58] too, for the decisions you

[12:00] make. That's what goo leaders

[12:01] do. You don't bless -- pass the

[12:05] blame or avoid accountability.

[12:10] director, you're a visionary.

[12:11] and sometimes being a visionary

[12:13] is hard. You consistently have

[12:15] looked beyond the immediate

[12:17] challenges to think about how we

[12:18] can build a stronger, more

[12:20] effective city for the future.

[12:21] your leadership has helped move

[12:23] forward minneapolis while

[12:24] keeping our residents and

[12:25] employees at the center of every

[12:28] decision.

[12:29] leadership is not just about

[12:30] making the easy decisions. It's

[12:32] about showing up every day with

[12:35] integrity, humanity, and a

[12:36] commitment to serving others.

[12:39] you embody that, enrique. You

[12:41] embody all those qualities.

[12:44] minneapos is better because of

[12:45] your leadership, and I'm

[12:47] grateful for everything you've

[12:48] done for this city, for this

[12:49] department, and for the people

[12:50] that call minneapolis home.

[12:52] thank you. Thank you for your

[12:54] service. Thank you for your

[12:55] dedication, your parership,

[12:56] and your unwavering commitment

[12:58] to this city. Thank you.

[13:01] » Council member stevenson.

[13:03] » Thank you, mr. President.

[13:05] thank you, director.

[13:07] unfortunately I will not be able

[13:08] to support your appointment

[13:09] today. And I want to let you

[13:11] know the reasons why. We got a

[13:15] tter from our workers in your

[13:16] office. We had a meeting and

[13:18] discussed that. And I

[13:19] appreciate you coming and

[13:21] talking with me directly about

[13:23] this. But the facts from the

[13:25] letter are just really not

[13:32] acceptable. Does this

[13:33] individual effectively resolve

[13:34] workplace issues? No. We

[13:39] talked about this. You told me

[13:40] that there are some disciplinary

[13:44] issues happening I the partner.

[13:45] I have no vision into that. I

[13:46] have to take you at your word

[13:49] and that that's what's

[13:50] happening. And at the same

[13:51] time, I don't think that our

[13:54] emplees, our staff, are

[13:57] vindictive people are making

[13:58] things up. So I -- these two

[14:01] truths have to be true at the

[14:02] same time. And so I urge you to

[14:05] do better by the staff. You

[14:09] can. I very much appreciate our

[14:11] conversations. And I appreciate

[14:13] you as a person. And I know you

[14:15] can do better. So I urge you to

[14:18] please do that. We counted the

[14:19] votes. We know you'll get

[14:21] appointed. This is me saying

[14:24] asking you to step up to a

[14:26] higher level than I know you can

[14:28] do. On top of that, we have

[14:33] encampment recording ordinance.

[14:34] it's not a suggestion. It's an

[14:36] ordinance. It has to come every

[14:37] quarter. And currently haven't

[14:39] had one yet this year. We're in

[14:42] july. This is not acceptable.

[14:45] this is not a choice. Whether

[14:48] it gets presented or not. So

[14:50] I'm asking you to please level

[14:53] up to the level that I know you

[14:54] can do. When it comes to

[15:01] management and meeting the

[15:01] ornance on time, these are

[15:03] vital things. These are not

[15:06] preferential things. I will not

[15:08] be supporting yo ur appointme

[15:09] today. I'm asking we work

[15:11] together on ways to improve our

[15:15] relations. Our staff cannot

[15:16] function without them. And

[15:18] improve reporting on

[15:20] encampments. It's an issue

[15:22] deeply affecting our city.

[15:23] which you know extremely well.

[15:27] and for these reasons, I will

[15:29] not be supporting your

[15:32] appointment.

[15:33] » I will note we've been joined

[15:34] by vice president osman. And I

[15:37] will recognize council member

[15:39] rainville.

[15:39] »

[15:40] » Thank you. Director, you

[15:43] have a very, very hard job. But

[15:45] yet your professionalism shines

[15:47] through all the time. I feel

[15:49] your relations with your staff

[15:52] are exrare and I will not be

[15:54] second-guessing your management

[15:57] desions. I really appreciate

[15:58] the dignity that you bring to

[16:00] the homeless encampment

[16:02] situation. It's horrible.

[16:05] there are people who are

[16:06] addicted, we have sex

[16:07] trafficking, crime, killings,

[16:09] shootings, but yet your approach

[16:11] to that, I'm very grateful for

[16:13] your approach. Your appach is

[16:16] dignified. So thank you so much

[16:18] for servin the citizens of

[16:19] minneapolis. I wl be voting

[16:21] with you today. I will support

[16:22] you. And, again, thank you so

[16:26] much.

[16:26] » Council member chowdhury.

[16:29] » Thanks, president payne.

[16:33] thank y, director, for your

[16:34] service to the city of

[16:37] minneapolis. We had a good

[16:39] conversation in my office I

[16:42] thought it was an important one.

[16:43] we got to be very candid with

[16:45] one another. It's no secret

[16:47] that the job of the regulatory

[16:50] services director is extremely

[16:53] difficult. Tt's why I thank

[16:54] you for your work. And for

[16:56] deciding to step up to the plate

[16:58] again. And come before this

[17:01] body for a nomination process.

[17:04] which it's no secret that's not

[17:06] easy either. Ha. So I just

[17:09] wanted to appreciate that. I

[17:12] want to give you a lot of props

[17:18] in your ability to listen. And,

[17:22] also, your ability to see

[17:27] through the hrt team and grow

[17:29] it. And also kind of wrap your

[17:33] arms around the work within the

[17:35] regulatory services t

[17:37] department. Be it inspections,

[17:38] be it animal care and control,

[17:42] be it doing constituent cases.

[17:45] as council members reach out

[17:46] with our job of serving the

[17:50] 450,000 plus residents across

[17:51] the city of minneapolis. I

[17:55] think you know that I'm struggl

[18:01] ing in my decision and my

[18:03] choice. Because nothing is

[18:04] black and white. There's a lot

[18:06] of nuance here. I appreciated

[18:10] when you came to committee, you

[18:13] shared that your charge was to

[18:15] communicate transparently,

[18:17] collaborate within the city with

[18:19] external partners, and do the

[18:21] right thing no matter what. And

[18:24] I believe you will be the

[18:26] relatory services director for

[18:27] the nt foreseeable term. And

[18:31] I only wish you the best in

[18:33] achieving those goals to its

[18:37] fullest extent. A support you

[18:39] fully in order too that.

[18:43] today, however, I'm wrestling

[18:45] with some of the places where I

[18:47] feel like the charge did fall a

[18:50] little bit short. It's hard for

[18:51] me to move ahead with an

[18:53] affirmative vote. I'll share

[18:54] you and I talked about this one.

[18:58] it was the -- my office and I

[19:00] had reached out about the

[19:04] growing number of people who

[19:05] were facing homelessness over on

[19:10] cedar and 26th. The number of

[19:14] phone calls I got from

[19:15] constituents within my ward and

[19:16] outside my ward that was just,

[19:19] like, help. Like, things are

[19:21] getting to a boiling point. And

[19:24] working on the city council,

[19:26] that's a familiar type of phone

[19:29] call that gets your cortisol

[19:33] levels going. You need to

[19:34] connect with department heads

[19:35] and trying to figure out what we

[19:37] cano. And I reached out. And

[19:40] then I felt deeply surprised by

[19:44] not knowing what the plan was

[19:46] movi forward. And seeing we

[19:49] were going to do it this bust of

[19:52] open-air drug markets in the

[19:53] specific area. And I think that

[19:55] was a point of communication and

[19:58] place where we could have worked

[20:02] together. I will share, like,

[20:04] I've had to have a lot of hard

[20:06] constituent conversations across

[20:07] the board. Again, going back to

[20:09] what's the right approach to

[20:12] address homelessness and if the

[20:14] city is going into a place where

[20:16] we're criminalizing people far

[20:17] too much and not seeing their

[20:19] humanity. If we're going back

[20:20] to the era of war on drugs. And

[20:23] I believe in you and standing up

[20:26] to do what's right. And I will

[20:28] support you in doing that in the

[20:30] future. I understand the seat

[20:32] you sit in. I'll be there for

[20:34] you in that regard. Umm, I

[20:38] think the other place that we

[20:41] also talked about where there's

[20:42] an opportunity for growth is

[20:45] just, like, the mixed reviews

[20:47] within your department. And I

[20:50] think, like, you're someo that

[20:52] committed to me that's something

[20:54] you absolutely step up to the

[20:55] plate to do. And so I'm lacking

[20:57] forward to doing that.

[20:59] and then the last thing is, we

[21:01] talked a lot about how the same

[21:03] problems keep on coming up year

[21:05] after year. And what do we want

[21:07] to get done at the end of four

[21:09] years. Right. We hear over and

[21:11] over again, we need to bring

[21:12] people inside. W need to

[21:14] triage folks and get them to

[21:16] housing. The navigation center

[21:17] continues to pop up. The

[21:20] question about tiny home

[21:21] villages and safe outdoor

[21:23] spaces, safe parking. Thinking

[21:24] outside the box. Like, actually

[21:26] getting to the root. The issues

[21:29] with inspections. The way that

[21:31] we can serve our constituents.

[21:33] I think we can get there and I'm

[21:35] willing to work with y to get

[21:37] there. So I appreciate you

[21:39] stepping up to the plate. I'm

[21:41] not able to give you an

[21:43] affirmative vote today. That's

[21:45] not a reflection of my

[21:46] willingness to work with you and

[21:48] the growth I think we have

[21:50] between the ward 12 office and

[21:55] enrique ha velasquez,

[21:58] director of regulatory services

[21:59] and what we can door the

[22:01] city.

[22:01] » I'll note we've been joined

[22:04] by mayor frey. You may have

[22:06] seen council member palmisano

[22:07] get in queue and bump out. She

[22:09] was in queue for mayor frey.

[22:12] I'll recognize mayor frye.

[22:13] » Thank you for deviating from

[22:18] the sequencing on your screen.

[22:20] chair payne, vice chair osman,

[22:23] members of the city council.

[22:24] it's my pleasure to nominate

[22:29] enrique for the director of

[22:30] regulatory services. He's

[22:32] someone that approaches his job

[22:36] with such incredible compassion.

[22:38] the issues that he is handling

[22:42] are they neither lack complexity

[22:45] nor do they lack difficulty. In

[22:48] whether we're talking about

[22:49] inspections, traffic

[22:53] enforcement, or we're talking

[22:54] about the very difficult issue

[22:57] regarding encampments, open-air

[22:59] drug markets, and homelessness.

[23:01] these are issues that oftentimes

[23:03] don't just touch one department.

[23:04] they don't even touch one

[23:06] jurisdiction. The vast majority

[23:08] of social services lie with the

[23:11] county enforcement lies both

[23:12] with our city and even lies with

[23:14] the state, at times. And so it

[23:16] takes a lot of work together.

[23:19] enrique is someone who is a

[23:21] tried and true collaborator. He

[23:24] has shown that time and again.

[23:26] and if you look at the stats,

[23:28] while we haven't solved these

[23:29] issues, we have not. And there

[23:32] is room for improvement. The

[23:35] progress is unquestionable.

[23:38] virtually every one of the data

[23:40] signs shows that unsheltered

[23:42] homelessness is dropping. In

[23:44] some cases, substantially. The

[23:49] statistics show that we're

[23:51] housing more and more people

[23:53] every single month. In many

[23:55] cases, than we ever have before.

[23:58] that's due to en enrique.

[24:00] that's due to other departments

[24:01] and due to other jurisdictions

[24:03] throughout the state. It's due

[24:05] to a partnership. And enrique

[24:08] is nothing, if not a true

[24:10] partner in this work. He's led

[24:13] long-term effort to create

[24:15] single consistent rental

[24:17] licensing standard. He's worked

[24:21] to insist that we were bringing

[24:27] mpha into the licensing and

[24:28] inspection program. That work

[24:30] reflects his belief that

[24:31] resident, regardless of age,

[24:33] race, gender, ability deserves a

[24:35] safe home. His leadership

[24:39] expands way beyond housing.

[24:40] under his direction, you may

[24:42] know that animal care and

[24:43] control has become a model

[24:46] nationwide for compassionate

[24:47] community-centered service. The

[24:49] division has expanded access to

[24:50] low and no-cost veterinary care,

[24:53] strengthened partnerships. He's

[24:55] also helped a whole lot with

[24:57] public safety innovation.

[24:59] through initiatives like traffic

[25:01] safety camera pilot and civilian

[25:05] crash investigative pilot. He's

[25:07] embraced new ideas to make sure

[25:08] we're delivering services more

[25:10] efficiently. And more

[25:13] responsibly.

[25:13] he's also created something

[25:15] called a true one regulatory

[25:16] services team. Where people

[25:19] work across divisions to solve

[25:21] problems like they never have

[25:22] before. He's strengthened

[25:25] partnerships with ser city

[25:28] departments, hennepin county,

[25:29] and state agencies. We haven't

[25:31] had that partnership in the

[25:32] past. He's brought it. And

[25:34] those who worked with him,

[25:35] understand he's a thoughtful and

[25:37] caring person. I have heard

[25:41] from staff, indeed, who

[25:43] adamantly disagree with the

[25:44] letter that you got about the

[25:46] work he's done. And how

[25:49] committed they are to working

[25:50] with him and for him.

[25:53] unprompted. And so I am certain

[25:55] that the experiences you've had

[25:58] with him, if nothing else,

[26:01] they're kind. He's diligent,

[26:03] he's urgent in the work, and

[26:05] he's willing to approach these

[26:07] very difficult issues. When we

[26:08] talk about homelessness and

[26:10] unsheltered homelessness, I've

[26:12] talked to mayors around the

[26:13] country. The policies among

[26:16] democratic mayors across the

[26:17] country from san francisco to

[26:19] new york city are virtually the

[26:22] same. Every city does hard work

[26:26] to put people in housing and

[26:28] offer care and protection.

[26:31] every city clears homeless

[26:33] encampments. Every one. And so

[26:37] this is not just a position from

[26:40] enrique. This is my position.

[26:42] this is a position of virtually

[26:44] every single mayor out there.

[26:46] you know, and I understand the

[26:49] frustration. Because you all,

[26:50] council members, you're hearing

[26:52] directly from your constituents.

[26:53] you're in deep touch with the

[26:55] grassroots of your wards. And

[26:56] thank you. Thank you for

[26:58] providing the additional

[26:59] urgency. Genuinely. I can tell

[27:02] you it's felt. It's felt and

[27:03] we're doing everything possible.

[27:05] and I know that director ha

[27:07] have a has questions is doing

[27:08] that, as well. Thank you so

[27:09] much for your time. Simply put,

[27:11] he's a person who demonstrated

[27:13] vision, experience, and a lot of

[27:15] leadership. He has my full

[27:17] support. Council members, thank

[27:18] you so much for your time. I

[27:19] ask for yours, as well. My

[27:22] apologies I'm going to jump

[27:22] here. I didn't expect you to

[27:24] have zero resolutions before the

[27:26] council meeting. And so we have

[27:28] another meeting I'm

[27:29] simultaneously at. Thank you so

[27:30] much, council members.

[27:32] » Council member warren.

[27:34] » Thank you, council president

[27:38] payne. I want to say thank you,

[27:42] director velasquez for your

[27:44] unwavering support in everything

[27:46] that I have been embarking upon

[27:50] in ward five. Specifically

[27:52] around heritage park and your,

[27:57] you know, --

[28:01] [ comments off mic ]

[28:02] we okay? Okay. Just your

[28:14] solutions. Coming on tours and

[28:15] showing up for all of the

[28:17] meetings that we've been holding

[28:19] there with community. I look

[28:29] forward to the work we're doing

[28:30] at the city and doing. I

[28:33] appreciate you and want to say

[28:34] thank you.

[28:34] » Vice president osman.

[28:35] » Thank you. I made my comment

[28:39] on last biz meeting. But I want

[28:43] to make one. Just kind of

[28:45] mention one more time I fully

[28:47] support you, enrique. I like

[28:49] your leadership. And I say it

[28:51] was unfair what we decided as a

[28:55] city to, you know, give you the

[28:57] homeless outreach team from the

[29:01] health department to services

[29:02] with less resources. Your team

[29:04] has demonstrated very humane way

[29:07] to reach to the folks that are

[29:08] there. To really connect with

[29:10] them. To, you know, make the

[29:15] connection. And help as much as

[29:18] they can to minimize homeless

[29:25] folks out on the seet. And

[29:28] give them the help they need. I

[29:31] think this is one of the

[29:34] challenge and issue in our city.

[29:37] we need more resources,

[29:38] speaking on the budget. We

[29:41] cannot, you know, we're not the

[29:42] county. But we have to play

[29:43] thisole. Because these folks

[29:48] are struggling with addiction

[29:50] and thr drug dealers are,

[29:53] you know, doing all kind of

[29:55] horrible things to put these

[29:57] people through these kind of

[30:00] conditions. We are dealing with

[30:03] under the bridge situation.

[30:04] where people lost their lives.

[30:07] there's overdoses, there's

[30:08] traffic accidents. This is

[30:12] other agencies, other government

[30:14] need to involve more. You have

[30:18] the -- coming to the community

[30:20] meeting. Having that

[30:22] conversation. Also, you know,

[30:25] pling that city spokesperson

[30:27] to go talk to the county, metro

[30:30] transit, and others to address

[30:32] this issue. I think what you

[30:36] need is more resources to tackle

[30:40] this issue. It means we're

[30:42] going to help our residents that

[30:45] are struggling and keep our

[30:47] community, you know, less open

[30:52] thr drug use. Less needles.

[30:58] we need to put all the

[31:00] resources, as much resources as

[31:02] we can in this issue. You have

[31:05] heard me many times talking

[31:06] about this specific issue. St

[31:10] that some neighbors are

[31:11] struggling. Not every city is

[31:13] dealing with, you know,

[31:16] so-called open drug use. Right

[31:20] now go ahead, you know, walk two

[31:23] or six on franklin and see --

[31:25] you'll see that. But those are

[31:28] victims themselves. Those are

[31:30] victs. They are being taken

[31:31] advantage of. Being drugged.

[31:37] and it's not acceptable for

[31:42] society to have that kind of

[31:44] addition for human beings. I

[31:48] encourage you to continue doing

[31:49] what uryo you're doing.

[31:53] to reach out to colleagues, to

[31:55] ask resources. And I'm hoping

[31:58] that in other positions of

[31:59] leadership, especially

[32:02] leadership and mayor's

[32:03] leadership could help you

[32:07] address this unhoused shelters

[32:11] in a humane way. In a

[32:13] respectful way. I look forward

[32:20] to working with you the next

[32:21] four years.

[32:21] » Council member chughtai.

[32:22] » Thank you, mr. President.

[32:28] I'm going to be supporting

[32:31] mr. -- I'm sorry, director

[32:33] velazquez's nomination today.

[32:36] so that he will, hopefully,

[32:38] continue serving over the course

[32:41] the next four years. Over the

[32:42] course of the term. As the

[32:44] direct of the regulatory

[32:46] rvices department. So I want

[32:48] to join my colleagues in sharing

[32:50] so flowers about the work in

[32:51] the regulatory services

[32:52] department that is going really

[32:55] well.

[32:57] in particular, I want to thank

[33:01] the inspections team and you,

[33:06] director, for your work with my

[33:08] office. In best serving the

[33:10] less de dent -- residents of

[33:13] ward 10. As you know, we're the

[33:14] second most renter-dense ward in

[33:16] the city. Home to the some of

[33:21] the city's larger concentration

[33:27] of naturally occurring

[33:28] affordable housing. And that

[33:31] tenants across our city live in

[33:34] conditions that we would

[33:36] describe as undignified and

[33:38] inhumane. Inside of their

[33:39] properties. Living in

[33:41] conditions that we ourselves

[33:44] would never choose for ourselvee

[33:50] partnership and the urge side

[33:55] urgency that matches my

[33:56] office and the residents that

[33:58] we're seeking to serve together

[34:01] is deeply appreciated it is

[34:05] transformative I the work we're

[34:07] able to do to ensure that

[34:11] dignity of the people of our

[34:14] city. I really appreciate that

[34:17] partnership.

[34:20] my big concern about some of the

[34:21] work that's moving in the

[34:22] department and I've had the

[34:23] opportunity to share this with

[34:25] you, and I believe that we're

[34:28] going to continue to partner

[34:32] through difference and find the

[34:35] best path forward that serves

[34:39] the people of our city. That

[34:43] gets to better outcomes for some

[34:45] of the most vulnerable people in

[34:46] our city.

[34:49] but the way -- the direction I

[34:51] see our city moving now, as it

[34:54] pertains to responding to

[34:57] unsheltered homelessness breaks

[34:59] my heart. If we believe that

[35:01] every person is worthy of

[35:03] dignity. If we really, really

[35:05] truly believe that, if we truly

[35:09] believe -- and I do and I know

[35:10] you do, that substance use

[35:14] disorder is a mental health

[35:17] disorder, just like anxiety and

[35:19] depression. If we believe that

[35:22] no person in the richest country

[35:24] in the history of the world

[35:27] should live I worse conditions

[35:30] than refe refugee camps,

[35:33] in war-torn regions, if we

[35:34] really, really believe that

[35:37] every person is worthy of

[35:40] dignity just because they're

[35:42] alive. Just because they exist.

[35:46] then the way we are approaching

[35:51] homelessness is -- is

[35:53] inconsistent with those beliefs.

[35:55] it's inconsistent. If we

[35:57] believe that human trafficking

[35:58] is happening, and I know it is,

[35:59] I know you know it is. Then the

[36:01] waye're approaching this issue

[36:05] is unconscionable. We're not

[36:06] protecting anybody. Moving

[36:09] people into the shadows, moving

[36:13] vulnerable people into the

[36:16] shadows does not ensure safety.

[36:19] it does not house people. It

[36:22] does not address substance use

[36:24] disorder. It does not address

[36:26] the core problems as to w

[36:27] they're living outside in the

[36:28] first place. I appreciate

[36:32] knowing that every city, every

[36:35] majority, every major

[36:36] democratic mayor in the country

[36:38] approaches homelessness the

[36:39] same. And yet that approach

[36:46] , because it's consistent across

[36:48] the country, we know is one that

[36:50] continues to fail.

[36:52] criminalizing homelessness is a

[36:55] failure everywhere we try it.

[36:59] the only thing that helps house

[37:01] people, the only thing that

[37:03] contributes to a reduction in

[37:06] homelessness isore housing, is

[37:09] more services, is more upstream

[37:12] solutions that prevent

[37:13] homelessness in the first place.

[37:16] criminalizing people does not

[37:19] get us to a better solution! I

[37:22] know you know that. And we see

[37:25] that everywhere in the country.

[37:32] so this war on homeless people

[37:34] has to end. Because stripping

[37:39] people of their dignity,

[37:42] stripping people of their

[37:47] humanity by saying, oh, they

[37:51] just don't want help. It's

[37:55] unconscionable. And it's not

[37:58] working. And we have to do

[38:01] better. Thank you.

[38:04] » Council member palmisano.

[38:06] » Thank you, mr. President.

[38:09] I'd like to echo what my

[38:11] coeague council member vetaw

[38:12] said. And I cannot say it

[38:13] better than that. I won't try

[38:15] and restate what she said. As a

[38:18] leader and a person, we couldn't

[38:20] ask for anything more than the

[38:23] consideration, the thoughtful

[38:25] approach, the intelligence

[38:27] paired with the compassion. And

[38:29] oh, by the way, the lived

[38:30] experiences of enrique have a

[38:33] velazquez. You have a hard

[38:35] job. It's such a necessary and

[38:38] important one to keep our city

[38:40] functioning. And your employees

[38:41] are on the very front lines of

[38:43] this work. I see you support

[38:46] them, help them to handle tough

[38:49] situations, and days they're all

[38:52] tough situations. Director web

[38:53] you , you knew this

[38:57] already but you have my support.

[39:01] .

[39:01] » >>: I'm adding myself to

[39:03] queue. I will be supporting you

[39:06] today. I want to uplift some of

[39:07] the sentiments of my colleagues.

[39:09] it was good to be able to speak

[39:11] with you one-on-one about the

[39:15] asfme letter that gave more

[39:17] nuance to the letter. I agree

[39:19] with council member stevenson.

[39:22] that's something to work on.

[39:23] one of the bigger topics I have

[39:24] in the role of how do we create

[39:27] a culture of accountability. So

[39:28] much of that conversation is

[39:29] centered on the police

[39:30] department. Everybody knows the

[39:31] challenges in the police

[39:32] department and accountability.

[39:33] but that doesn't only exist in

[39:35] our police department. They're

[39:37] the ones with the guns. Right.

[39:38] and so as wthink about

[39:41] accountability and discipline

[39:43] and seven tests of jt cause

[39:45] and making sure we're consistent

[39:46] in how we're delivering that.

[39:49] that's true in the police

[39:50] department as it is in every

[39:51] other department. And we should

[39:54] be partnering to make sure that

[39:55] we have a strong and accountable

[39:59] accountability system throughout

[40:00] the entirenterprise.

[40:01] especially in regulatory

[40:02] services. You're in the

[40:03] community, in a way, on the

[40:05] frontlines. Similar to mpd.

[40:08] just without the guns. There

[40:10] are consequences to your body of

[40:11] work, as well. Especially as we

[40:13] think about the living

[40:14] conditions. Whether they're in

[40:16] an apartment that doesn't have

[40:17] heat or water. Or whether

[40:20] they're unsheltered neighbors.

[40:22] that's the other piece, too.

[40:24] I'm actually going to give up

[40:26] words of the mayor. This is a

[40:28] bigger problem than one

[40:30] department. And I don't think

[40:31] the city is being successful at

[40:34] addressing this. I'm not going

[40:36] to be able to say it better than

[40:38] council member chughtai. She's

[40:40] expressed my sentiments

[40:42] perfectly. We're failing this

[40:43] community. Profoundly. I don't

[40:47] see that as your personal

[40:48] failure. I see it as our

[40:51] institutional failure. And why

[40:54] the regulatory services

[40:56] department has been appointed

[40:58] the lead for something that is

[41:00] as challenging and complex as

[41:03] unsheltered homelessness, with

[41:05] the intersectionality of mental

[41:06] health disorders, the

[41:07] intersectionality of substance

[41:09] use disorders, the

[41:12] intersectionality of unequal

[41:15] society that, you know, has

[41:16] wealth inequality never seen in

[41:18] the history of humanity. We're

[41:21] the wealthiest nation that has

[41:23] existed in the history of

[41:25] humanity and we have the big

[41:31] biggest. Why is that a

[41:32] regulatory services challenge to

[41:33] solve? That's completely insane

[41:36] to me. I think it's a failure

[41:37] of this institution. And what I

[41:39] would like to see beyond this

[41:41] conversation in your appointment

[41:45] is this something that should

[41:46] live at a deputy coo level? So

[41:48] that we can have that

[41:50] cross-department collaboration.

[41:51] should this live in the mayor's

[41:53] office? Because this isn't

[41:56] just, you know, there's debate

[41:57] here. Was it a mistake to move

[41:58] it from public health to

[42:03] regulatory services. It's

[42:04] bigger than the public health

[42:06] department. Right. Maybe it

[42:08] ought to live at a deputy mayor

[42:10] level. As we see in other

[42:11] jurisdictions. So that we have

[42:15] that enterprise-wide approach.

[42:17] what we're doing right now is

[42:18] working. You have been set up

[42:20] to fail in what we're doing.

[42:22] I'm not going to use that as a

[42:24] reason to vote against you. But

[42:25] it is a reason to say that what

[42:28] we have right now is

[42:30] unacceptable. We need to change

[42:31] that. So that is my sentiment

[42:33] on that. And I'm hoping you'll

[42:35] be a great governing partner in

[42:37] figuring out the better path.

[42:39] and I see council member sha

[42:45] shaffer.

[42:45] » I just want to state, again,

[42:47] your work and your department

[42:49] has been invaluable to ward

[42:52] seven in these last few months.

[42:54] we have tackled a lot of

[42:55] resident issues within our ward.

[42:57] that have been very

[42:59] significant.

[43:00] and I just want to public ly I

[43:04] wili will you're making

[43:08] a difference. I am thrilled to

[43:10] work with you and will be

[43:12] continually supporting you in

[43:13] the years ahead and hope our

[43:14] partnership will continue to

[43:15] grow even closer. I can tell

[43:17] you, your work in the last six

[43:19] months has had and will continue

[43:21] to have really great impact in

[43:23] the next few weeks. You know.

[43:26] as we head into some of these

[43:28] things. And I want to tell you

[43:30] loud and clear that, umm, you

[43:32] have been really a key partner

[43:34] and have been very effective in

[43:36] trying to strategize around

[43:38] issues my residents have been

[43:39] having.

[43:40] so thank you. And I look

[43:41] forward to the next few years.

[43:46] » Seeing no one else left in

[43:47] queue, il ask the clerk to

[43:48] call theoll.

[43:50] » Counc member warren.

[43:51] » Aye.

[43:52] » Council member shaffer.

[43:53] » Aye.

[43:53] » Council member chughtai.

[43:54] » Aye.

[43:55] » Council member whiting.

[43:56] » Aye.

[43:57] » Council member chowdhury.

[43:58] » Nay.

[43:59] » Council member stevenson.

[44:00] » No.

[44:00] » Council member rainville.

[44:01] » Aye.

[44:02] » Council member vetaw.

[44:03] » Aye.

[44:04] » Council member palmisano

[44:05] » Aye.

[44:06] » Council member chavez.

[44:07] » No.

[44:08] » Vice president osman.

[44:09] » Aye.

[44:09] » President payne.

[44:10] » Aye.

[44:11] » There are nine ayes and three

[44:13] nays.

[44:13] » That carries. Next we'll

[44:18] take up -- before we take up

[44:19] item fowrp, I want to recognize

[44:21] vice president osman to share

[44:24] how he would like to vote on the

[44:26] consent agenda.

[44:27] » Oh. Thank you. Clerk. The

[44:31] consent agenda all aye except no

[44:35] for nine, please. Thank you.

[44:43] » Next we'll take up item

[44:46] number four. Council member

[44:48] chowdhury, should we take four

[44:49] and five together or as separate

[44:53] items?

[44:53] » We can takehem together.

[44:58] if the body wants to split it

[45:00] down the line, that's all right,

[45:01] too.

[45:01] » Okay. I will recognize

[45:03] council member chowdhury.

[45:07] » Thank you so much, president

[45:09] payne. And I just want to start

[45:14] off looking at the item. This

[45:16] is the conditional use permit

[45:20] preliminary plat site plan

[45:22] appeal. And, first, I want to

[45:25] start off by ging a bighank

[45:31] you to the folks at the hook and

[45:33] ladder. And in downtown

[45:35] longfellow. The businesses and

[45:36] the community members in the

[45:38] area that have reached out to my

[45:40] office. That have reached out

[45:42] to council member chavez. He

[45:45] represents the area in the ninth

[45:46] ward. I say that all my

[45:49] constituents are always over

[45:51] there. And I'm always over

[45:52] there. So it's a huge part of

[45:54] our community! I want to thank

[45:57] them not just for coming to

[45:59] speak to these items, but, also,

[46:02] the number of years they've put

[46:04] into this city. The care

[46:07] they've put into our community.

[46:10] hook and ladder has consistently

[46:12] been an inclusive place for all

[46:13] people. And our lgbtqia

[46:17] community, in our immigrant

[46:20] community, in our community of

[46:24] artis. It's become an

[46:26] important hub. And I would s

[46:28] the same for all of the other

[46:30] businesses in the area, be it

[46:34] moon palace books, the coliseum.

[46:39] and I think it's been -- it's

[46:42] been important to ground us in

[46:43] the fact that you can't just

[46:45] talk about 300 minnehaha and the

[46:48] democracy center without talking

[46:50] out the immense pain that came

[46:52] from the murder of george floyd

[46:54] at the hands of minneapolis

[46:57] police officers and the vionce

[46:59] of those officers on to

[47:01] community members throughout our

[47:04] city follong protests of that

[47:08] police murder. And leading to

[47:09] the uprising, leading to the

[47:11] burning of the third precincts.

[47:14] I'll never sanitize that

[47:15] history. I think it's always

[47:17] important to speak to it. And

[47:19] the hook and ladder and the

[47:20] businesses in the area have

[47:21] deeply struggled over the years.

[47:25] due to impact and just the

[47:28] trauma. The trauma of a

[47:30] community experiencing this.

[47:31] and I also want to highlight

[47:33] some pitives. The community

[47:34] has been really coming together

[47:36] in downtown longfellow to ce

[47:39] back, to be strong, to be

[47:43] vibrant, and create spaces and

[47:45] places f people. It was

[47:46] amazing during the world cup

[47:47] this year! Seeing the area that

[47:53] had a building that was burnt

[47:54] down. It was a gassy field

[47:56] turned into a pla where

[47:58] community members can gather.

[47:59] have a place to sit, watch the

[48:02] world cup, and then visit the

[48:03] businesses in the area. Soul of

[48:05] the south side in the area. Nd

[48:06] I say all this to say there have

[48:09] been so many concerns about the

[48:12] design of 3,000 minnehaha

[48:14] democracy center. Especially

[48:16] the alley vacation. The site

[48:19] plan. And concerns it's going

[48:21] to further be a negative impact.

[48:23] and I just want to say to the

[48:25] council members that are here

[48:27] listening. When y have not

[48:28] only one business reaching out

[48:29] to you, but you have several

[48:33] businesses, an entire corridor

[48:34] reaching out to you, sharing

[48:35] their concerns, and community

[48:38] members that are your residents

[48:40] saying we're worried about the

[48:41] future of this area. And how

[48:43] this project might impact it.

[48:44] you can't take it light. And

[48:47] that's why in committee council

[48:49] member chavez and I tried to get

[48:51] some extra time to work out some

[48:54] more details to see what we can

[48:56] do in regards to the planning

[48:59] and, unfortunately, it was voted

[49:00] down. And I want to the just

[49:03] share to thoseho are tuning in

[49:06] either here or listeni. It's

[49:08] clear that the way that the

[49:10] design is, is moving forward

[49:12] that's just based off of where

[49:15] the will this council body is.

[49:20] I believe in the democracy

[49:22] center. I believe it's a great

[49:24] activation for the area. I

[49:25] think the way that engagement

[49:26] with you all and other local

[49:29] businesses and community members

[49:30] has not been great. I haven't

[49:33] been quiet about that. I'm

[49:35] disappointed we aren't able to

[49:36] make more of a difference here

[49:39] for you. Hour, I want to share

[49:43] with the body and those

[49:44] listening, I do have a motion

[49:46] that does create a condition

[49:48] that I think could provide some

[49:50] more chance for us to bring some

[49:52] things together. It's not

[49:54] everything that the community

[49:56] has asked for. But it is

[49:58] something. I'll read it out to

[50:00] my colleagues here.

[50:02] with the denial of the appeal,

[50:05] we're I'm moving to put a

[50:06] condition that says that the

[50:08] applicant, which is the city,

[50:09] shall within one month of the

[50:11] date of the certificate of

[50:13] occupancy being issued consult

[50:15] with the businesses in downtown

[50:17] longfellow, and the business

[50:18] district, and finalize and

[50:23] implement a plan for public use

[50:24] of the redeveloped surface

[50:25] parking lots on the 3,000

[50:28] minnehaha avenue and 3033

[50:31] smelling avenue parcels,

[50:32] including ada accessible parking

[50:35] spaces, at a minimum during the

[50:37] times when they're not being

[50:38] used by a city occupant. This

[50:40] puts in writing that there will

[50:42] be a shared use agreement for

[50:49] parking. There will be a

[50:51] definitive and transparent time

[50:52] in which it will b implemented.

[50:54] it does also say that the

[50:57] business district must be

[50:59] consted in planning ts out.

[51:01] creating a place for engagement

[51:03] and for stakeholders to b

[51:04] consulted. Because that's just

[51:06] been an issue at the top. We're

[51:07] just not bringing enough people

[51:09] in the neiborhood together, as

[51:12] we're making these choices and

[51:13] decisions. We have to change

[51:15] that moving forrd. And I hope

[51:17] this condition isn't the only

[51:18] place it's going to be. I'll

[51:19] continue to advocate for that.

[51:21] and, colleagues, I ask for your

[51:23] support in this today.

[51:26] » Council member chavez.

[51:28] » Thank you, council president

[51:31] payne. Ah, first, I want to

[51:34] talk a little bit about the

[51:35] democracy center. The voter

[51:38] services center. It was a

[51:39] project that I initially did not

[51:41] support. I did not vote in

[51:42] favor of it for a variety of

[51:46] concerns that I had. Part of it

[51:48] was my opinion that there still

[51:50] isn't enough community space.

[51:51] all though I'm excited for the

[51:53] community space component. I

[51:54] think that's a good community

[51:56] asset. The component of

[52:00] windowless, components of the

[52:01] democracy center, the license

[52:02] and voter service center,

[52:04] whatever we want to call it.

[52:06] and I had been expressing those

[52:07] concerns for a very long time.

[52:09] I do think that staff could hear

[52:12] some of the concerns I had. And

[52:13] they were able to address those

[52:16] particular concerns. So I was

[52:18] happy to see them make those

[52:20] changes to the windowless stuff

[52:22] that it was happening. I did

[52:23] not want to have a location on

[52:26] lake street that would not be

[52:28] helpful to the community. And I

[52:30] think they've been working hard

[52:31] to address some of the concerns

[52:32] I've had. I want to thank staff

[52:34] for that component.

[52:36] I really am looking forward to

[52:38] the community component. Like I

[52:39] said earlier, I think that's

[52:41] something that will be a big

[52:42] asset to the community that I

[52:44] represent in the ninth ward.

[52:46] and I also want to talk about

[52:47] the history of 3,000 minnehaha.

[52:51] I think as we take this vote

[52:52] today, and as we hear from

[52:55] neighbors and business owners in

[52:56] the area, I think the last thing

[52:58] that I want is a project in the

[53:01] community that I represent that

[53:02] is going to cause more

[53:04] frustration, more opposition,

[53:06] when it's a project that I hope

[53:07] brings everybody together.

[53:10] so I guess what my ask is, I

[53:13] hope my colleagues will support

[53:14] this motion. I think it's a

[53:16] middle ground to address the

[53:17] concerns that some of the folks

[53:18] in the community are asking for.

[53:19] and I want to be clear. It's

[53:22] not going to make everybody

[53:23] happy. It won't be. It won't

[53:25] be everything everyone is asking

[53:26] for. I think it tries to do

[53:28] this approach of not stopping a

[53:32] project that needs to happen to

[53:35] activate the lake street

[53:36] corridor but addressing some of

[53:37] the concerns that even folks

[53:38] that want it to happen. Are

[53:40] showing the frustrations.

[53:42] so I guess what I will ask my

[53:44] colleagues is to please support

[53:45] this motion. So then we can

[53:47] approve the rest of the project.

[53:48] thank you.

[53:50] » Thank you. Council member

[53:53] chavez, I am in queue here. So

[53:55] my comment is the council

[53:57] members -- there was a

[54:00] background conversation thanks

[54:00] to council member chowdhury's

[54:03] leadership. Able to talk to the

[54:04] staff and go through this

[54:09] motion. And they have not shown

[54:14] any, you know, resistance on

[54:16] this. So I think this is

[54:19] something that will show that we

[54:20] are supporting the small

[54:22] businesses. At the same time.

[54:23] just making the community a lot,

[54:27] you know, comfortable. The

[54:30] community should be trusting us

[54:32] and should be trusting the

[54:34] government. And, you know, as a

[54:38] council I think this language

[54:42] makes it working. It makes the

[54:44] relationship work better. Maybe

[54:55] not having ada parking. I can't

[54:57] imagine that. We enforce the

[54:59] ada policy. We' the city.

[55:00] but to put it in letter, let the

[55:03] community know we're there to

[55:04] work with you. We' supporting

[55:06] the small businesses and we want

[55:07] to make sure that we're good

[55:09] neighbors and we are a great

[55:11] community that is moving forward

[55:12] and progressing. And I would

[55:15] encourage the colleagues to work

[55:19] with us. This has been a

[55:22] collaboration from council

[55:23] member chowdhury and my office.

[55:25] and to speak to the staff about

[55:28] this. Thank you..

[55:38] thank you. Next in line is

[55:40] council member palmisano.

[55:42] » Thank you. Colleagues, two

[55:45] things can be true here at the

[55:46] same time. We can absolutely

[55:49] support the downtown longfellow

[55:50] business district and do

[55:52] whatever we can to support their

[55:54] success. Given the history of

[55:56] 3,000 minnehaha and its impact

[55:59] on their livelihoods.

[56:01] I give all that due deference to

[56:04] the council members who

[56:05] represent the community in this

[56:07] vicinity.

[56:08] and we can also build a

[56:10] democracy center that meets our

[56:11] needs of our city and brings an

[56:14] incredibly valuable and

[56:15] important asset to this area.

[56:17] and that is something to

[56:19] celebrate today.

[56:23] we would, I need to point out,

[56:24] we would never put a condition

[56:26] like this on any other

[56:28] applicant. It's only because

[56:31] the applicant here is the city.

[56:33] we would never do this to any

[56:34] other applicant.

[56:37] but these two things supporting

[56:39] the downtown longfellow business

[56:41] district and building a

[56:42] democracy center are not

[56:45] mutually exclusive. We're going

[56:46] to do both of these things at

[56:47] the same time today. Which is

[56:51] good. We he this condition to

[56:54] allow for shared use of the

[56:55] public parking areas of the

[56:57] democracy center that we will

[56:58] figure out after it opens.

[57:01] we have been good partners here.

[57:03] listening to community concerns

[57:05] and responding with

[57:06] modifications to our plan. To

[57:08] our own detriment. We've made

[57:10] modifications to our plan. My

[57:13] biggest worry is that any

[57:16] further delay would have a

[57:18] cumulative effect. It would

[57:19] mean that the democracy center

[57:21] wouldn't be ready for the next

[57:22] presidential election. We need

[57:24] to have full occupancy ahead of

[57:26] that election in order to

[57:28] accommodate things like early

[57:30] voting, et. Cetera.

[57:32] we are finally in a place to

[57:36] meaningfully move this space

[57:38] forward. From being a

[57:40] fire-damaged building to

[57:41] something that is important for

[57:42] us and for the community. I

[57:45] wanted to thank our architecture

[57:47] group and all of the time

[57:48] they've spent on this. And all

[57:51] the time they've spent in

[57:52] community working out issues for

[57:54] this. It's been a long road.

[57:56] there have been a lot of votes.

[57:59] it's been delayed for even more

[58:02] conversations of planning

[58:03] commission. It's involved one

[58:04] of the largest community

[58:06] conversations about a building

[58:08] in my time here. All over the

[58:14] city. This building is not what

[58:17] it was.

[58:18] thank you to council member

[58:18] chowdhury for developing this

[58:21] plan. I see it as a comprise

[58:23] that I can support.

[58:24] » Council member whiting.

[58:25] » Thank you, president payne.

[58:27] and u I'm going to say

[58:29] something. I think the entire

[58:30] body unanimously agrees with. I

[58:32] think minneapolis is the

[58:33] greatest city in the world. We

[58:37] have seen this site specifically

[58:39] be used as a prop for ultra

[58:42] conservative maga republicans

[58:44] consistently. And I think this

[58:45] is a version. I know I heard it

[58:47] on the campaign trail as I've

[58:48] heard it from many of my

[58:51] residents that we have to ensure

[58:53] that to be the greatest city in

[58:55] the world, we are doing things

[58:57] that meet that standard.

[58:59] and I think a version of this

[59:01] where we have seen this building

[59:05] sit here as a burned out site of

[59:08] one of the hardest moments in

[59:10] history for our city. And I am

[59:13] deeply grateful for my council

[59:15] colleague to the left here of

[59:17] figuring out an opportunity.

[59:20] figuring out a comprise that

[59:21] continues to move this project

[59:23] forward. So we don't have to

[59:25] continue to relive a version in

[59:28] our city that doesn't represent

[59:30] the best of what we can be.

[59:32] thank you for figuring out an

[59:34] opportunity and a comprise to

[59:35] continue moving this forward.

[59:37] and ensure that there isn't

[59:39] anymore undue delays on this

[59:40] project. Thank you.

[59:42] » Council member chowdhury.

[59:44] » Thank you, president payne.

[59:46] I wanted to just get in queue

[59:50] again to just add a little bit

[59:52] more context t this process.

[59:57] when this arrived at the

[59:58] planning commission, it was

[1:00:01] wholly unacceptable. Approach

[1:00:04] by not just the hook and ladder,

[1:00:06] but several of other businesses.

[1:00:07] the business district they had

[1:00:08] not been consulted with as I

[1:00:11] came to the design of the

[1:00:16] democracy center. And the

[1:00:18] impacts on that. And not

[1:00:22] consulted in that. Not brought

[1:00:24] in enough. That was wholly

[1:00:25] unacceptable. This is, after

[1:00:26] l, the democracy center. It's

[1:00:30] iric for us not to do the

[1:00:32] engagement necessary that is

[1:00:33] moving on this. We have to, in

[1:00:35] this moment, take this vote,

[1:00:37] make a recommitment as we embark

[1:00:39] on the journey of building this

[1:00:40] out. That we engage with the

[1:00:42] community and the area. And if

[1:00:48] we don't, it's just deeply

[1:00:49] upsetting for me and you'll be

[1:00:51] hearing from me. Everyone will

[1:00:53] be hearing frome. And I want

[1:00:55] your support in ensuring that we

[1:00:56] don't have to do that moving

[1:00:58] forward. That we can be

[1:01:00] proactive here. And that delay

[1:01:01] in the planning commission was

[1:01:03] absolutely necessary to forge a

[1:01:05] conversation that needed to

[1:01:06] happen to move this along. It

[1:01:10] just absolute I will not a place

[1:01:11] where it needed to be. I think

[1:01:12] the other thing to share here is

[1:01:19] downwn longfellow, this area

[1:01:20] has felt so, so overlooked. And

[1:01:23] I've heard comments here and

[1:01:25] there where people and folks are

[1:01:31] like it's one business speaking

[1:01:32] out. I want to clarify it's not

[1:01:37] just one. Like, hook and ladder

[1:01:40] is an anchor business for this

[1:01:41] area. If something happens to

[1:01:43] the hook, it impacts everyone.

[1:01:46] if something happens to the

[1:01:47] coliseum, it impacts everyone.

[1:01:52] there's a whole business

[1:01:54] dirict behind them. And there

[1:01:57] is also a lot of work outside

[1:01:59] this that we as a body need to

[1:02:00] do. And I'm asking you to show

[1:02:03] up for in supporting downtown

[1:02:04] longfellow and bringing it to

[1:02:08] vibrancy. The business group

[1:02:10] there is called longfellow

[1:02:11] rising for a reason. They want

[1:02:13] to see a future here. That

[1:02:16] supports every single community

[1:02:17] member, whether they work, play,

[1:02:19] or live in the area. To be

[1:02:21] supported. And an area that is

[1:02:23] deeply diverse and has a lot of

[1:02:25] folks who are working people

[1:02:27] we as the city need to start

[1:02:29] having a new chapter and hoping

[1:02:30] up this -- working on this

[1:02:31] democracy center and also

[1:02:34] supportingowntown longfellow

[1:02:35] with the mnitude that we

[1:02:40] support other business

[1:02:41] districts. Personally from the

[1:02:43] engagement we've done in the

[1:02:44] area, we're not meeting the

[1:02:45] moment in the city in terms of

[1:02:46] the support we cano here. And

[1:02:48] it goes back to the corner of

[1:02:51] the burnt third precinct being

[1:02:54] le year after year, barbed

[1:02:56] wire left on. Like, it's not

[1:02:58] okay. And people have not

[1:02:59] forgotten that yet. And I agree

[1:03:01] with my constituents. They

[1:03:04] haven't been a reason yet.

[1:03:06] there's repair that needs to be

[1:03:07] done and the pro active work on

[1:03:09] the democracy center and how we

[1:03:11] support economic development and

[1:03:12] vibrancy in this area is how we

[1:03:16] do the repair work.

[1:03:18] » Council member shaffer.

[1:03:19] » Anyone from cped here that I

[1:03:22] can ask some questions of? No.

[1:03:28] I'd like to know, maybe,

[1:03:30] council member chowdhury or

[1:03:31] chavez you can step in answer

[1:03:33] some of these. I'd like to

[1:03:34] understand with this parking.

[1:03:35] is this going to be installing

[1:03:37] meters then that the businesses

[1:03:39] would use in the evening? Can

[1:03:40] you speak to the costs around --

[1:03:43] or is it just going to be a free

[1:03:47] parking?

[1:03:51] » Yeah. T looks like we have

[1:03:55] andrew here from planning.

[1:03:56] maybe you want to speak to that.

[1:03:59] it's my understanding there was

[1:04:00] always an intention from the

[1:04:02] city to have a shared use

[1:04:04] agreement for public use on this

[1:04:07] site. There hasn't been any

[1:04:09] conversations around metering.

[1:04:16] » Council member payne.

[1:04:18] council member shaffer, andrew

[1:04:20] with cped planning. I'm sorry.

[1:04:22] can you repeat your question.

[1:04:24] » I was wondering if there was

[1:04:25] any plan as we look to the

[1:04:27] transition and discussion you're

[1:04:28] going to be having with the

[1:04:29] community. If these were going

[1:04:31] to be metered parking lots then

[1:04:33] for evening use or if there was

[1:04:35] going to be a cost associated

[1:04:37] with these spaces to the

[1:04:39] business district. Or those

[1:04:40] that use the spots.

[1:04:41] » Council member shaffer, that

[1:04:42] would be entirely up to property

[1:04:45] services. So property services

[1:04:47] is the property owner and the

[1:04:48] applicantere. So they would

[1:04:50] need to work with the businesses

[1:04:53] to come up with how the shared

[1:04:55] use agreement is going to

[1:04:56] function. That's not something

[1:04:57] that would be regulated by

[1:04:59] cped.

[1:04:59] » Okay. Because I think most

[1:05:01] of our parking in the -- and do

[1:05:04] we have other agreements like

[1:05:05] this where we allow

[1:05:07] organizations to use our parking

[1:05:09] lots that are not metered?

[1:05:12] » Ah, council member shaffer, I

[1:05:14] think that would have to be

[1:05:15] directed to property services.

[1:05:16] that's not something that cped

[1:05:19] would regulate.

[1:05:19] » I think it's an important

[1:05:21] point in this discussion.

[1:05:23] because, obviously, there's --

[1:05:25] it's my understanding, you know,

[1:05:26] that most of the city and our

[1:05:29] city-owned land, we either have

[1:05:31] city parking lots that are, you

[1:05:33] know, serviced with payments.

[1:05:35] or else our parking meters. And

[1:05:37] so I'm just trying to get a

[1:05:39] sense. Is this, umm, setting

[1:05:43] precedent?

[1:05:44] » Ah, council member shaffer,

[1:05:45] from our perspective, this would

[1:05:47] not be setting precedent for any

[1:05:49] other type of future

[1:05:50] application.

[1:05:51] » Okay. That's helpful to

[1:05:54] know.

[1:05:54] umm, I just think that parking

[1:05:56] on our streets and parking lots

[1:05:58] throughout the city are an

[1:05:59] important part of our revenue

[1:06:00] stream. And for us to be

[1:06:03] inconsistent in that feels a

[1:06:07] little, umm, hard to swallow, I

[1:06:09] think. You know, 31st and

[1:06:10] lake. We lost all our parking.

[1:06:13] uptown we lost a ton on

[1:06:14] hennepin. There were no

[1:06:16] concerns then. So I appreciate

[1:06:19] the needs of parking. I really

[1:06:21] do. I've talked about it. So I

[1:06:24] appreciate the needs of the

[1:06:27] longfellow district. And the

[1:06:29] importance of the small

[1:06:30] businesses to that.

[1:06:31] but I do think there's a

[1:06:32] question here around maint

[1:06:37] maintenance, and, obviously, the

[1:06:37] meters is how we maintain our

[1:06:39] parking lots. The cost is how

[1:06:42] we maintain some of our street

[1:06:43] stuff. So that's my big

[1:06:46] question here. Is, umm, maybe

[1:06:48] you can give us some more

[1:06:50] background on that. But, umm,

[1:06:56] I'm not -- I'm -- I don't know

[1:06:57] what the answers to that -- it

[1:06:58] sounds like you don't know

[1:06:59] whether you're going to meter

[1:07:00] them or not.

[1:07:02] » Thanks for raising those

[1:07:04] concerns, council member

[1:07:05] shaffer. That would be up to

[1:07:06] property services as the

[1:07:08] property owner to make those

[1:07:09] decisions. And I know they're

[1:07:11] listening here. And they should

[1:07:12] be able to follow up with you at

[1:07:13] a future date.

[1:07:14] » Okay. Well, it's hard for me

[1:07:16] to cast a vote without knowing

[1:07:18] that. Does that make sense?

[1:07:19] because I think that's kind of

[1:07:21] an important part of the

[1:07:22] equation, in some ways. Because

[1:07:23] we do want to support our

[1:07:24] businesses. I think this is a

[1:07:25] valid request. But at the same

[1:07:27] time, we have costs, umm, as

[1:07:30] well. And we don't want to,

[1:07:34] umm, be inconsistent as a city.

[1:07:36] thank you.

[1:07:37] » Thanks.

[1:07:37] » Council member rainville.

[1:07:40] » Thank you. I'll be brief. I

[1:07:43] just want to give my

[1:07:45] appreciation to council members

[1:07:46] chowdhury and chavez for working

[1:07:48] with the community on this

[1:07:50] compri. And at the same time

[1:07:52] keeping the long-term goals o

[1:07:54] the city in mind. Equallyith

[1:07:57] the local business community.

[1:07:59] I'll be voting for this.

[1:08:02] » Council member chavez.

[1:08:04] » Thank you, council president

[1:08:05] payne. I think for me, it's

[1:08:07] this is a unique circumstance.

[1:08:10] this is minnehaha area. It's an

[1:08:11] area that was on fire.

[1:08:13] buildings throughout lake street

[1:08:14] in this area were set on fire.

[1:08:16] this is a business area that was

[1:08:19] devastated by the uprising in

[1:08:21] the summer of 2020. After the

[1:08:23] murder of george floyd that

[1:08:24] caused a world-ride racial

[1:08:27] reckoning. It's a unique

[1:08:28] circumstance. It's an area that

[1:08:31] has faced so much trauma. And I

[1:08:34] think that's something I want to

[1:08:35] recognize. And I will say that

[1:08:36] there has been other initiatives

[1:08:38] about free parking in uptown on

[1:08:40] fridays. So this isn't a new

[1:08:42] thing. Upton gets free parking

[1:08:45] on fridays. I think there was

[1:08:47] an announcement made this year

[1:08:48] or something. But ha-ha. So I

[1:08:50] would say it isn't just on the

[1:08:53] lake street part that I

[1:08:54] represent. There has been

[1:08:55] precedent in the past.

[1:08:58] » Council member stevenson.

[1:09:00] » Thank you. Umm, I just

[1:09:04] wanted to raise that cocil

[1:09:05] member u shaffer, you brought up

[1:09:07] some excellent points on parking

[1:09:09] pocy, in general. And the

[1:09:12] valuof our parking lots. And

[1:09:15] the public space that we

[1:09:16] dedicate to parking, in general.

[1:09:24] we dedicate, literally,

[1:09:25] hundreds of millions of dollars

[1:09:27] of public land to parking. It

[1:09:28] has a huge maintenance cost. I

[1:09:30] would be interested in exploring

[1:09:36] disukses discussions on

[1:09:40] parking metering and revenue

[1:09:42] across the entire city.

[1:09:43] I want to mention the free

[1:09:44] parking uptown. As muc as I

[1:09:47] personally don't believe the

[1:09:49] cityhould be providing as much

[1:09:51] free parking a as it is, to

[1:09:53] provide it in uptown and not

[1:09:54] provide it in longfellow is a

[1:09:57] little odd. So I will be

[1:09:59] supporting this. But being

[1:10:03] genuine, I would love to work

[1:10:04] with you on parng policy to

[1:10:08] recoup the immense costs that

[1:10:10] we're putting out for parking

[1:10:11] across the entire city.

[1:10:14] » Council member chughtai.

[1:10:15] » Thank you, mr. President.

[1:10:17] ah, umm, my colleagues took the

[1:10:19] words out of my mouth. But,

[1:10:22] umm, you know, I want to start,

[1:10:23] first start by talking about,

[1:10:28] umm, the -- I've heard a

[1:10:30] couple -- a few different times,

[1:10:31] ah, over the discussion on this

[1:10:33] item. Ah, that -- thathis is,

[1:10:36] umm, this framing that this

[1:10:38] piece of property is just like

[1:10:40] any other city-owned piece of

[1:10:43] property. And it's -- it's

[1:10:44] really important. Because iknon

[1:10:48] this, council members, umm, who

[1:10:51] directly represent this area all

[1:10:54] have a shared understanding,

[1:10:57] umm, that -- that really has

[1:10:58] been shaped by the impacted

[1:11:01] community. Umm, that this is

[1:11:04] not just any other piece of

[1:11:05] property. And to treat it as

[1:11:06] such is a mistake. And one that

[1:11:09] just leads to more heart ache

[1:11:11] forvery person involved in the

[1:11:13] process.

[1:11:14] so, umm, I think that we should

[1:11:16] stay away from words like

[1:11:18] "precedent" we should stay away

[1:11:19] from words like "consistency"

[1:11:23] because -- because this is --

[1:11:25] this is a unique situation.

[1:11:29] umm, second, I want to talk

[1:11:31] about the parking fund. So,

[1:11:34] umm, all revenue that is

[1:11:36] generated by parking in the city

[1:11:38] goes into the parking fund,

[1:11:40] which is an enterprise fund here

[1:11:43] at the city. He pking fund,

[1:11:47] umm, took a hit. Just like any

[1:11:51] other,mm, any other one here

[1:11:52] at the city. When covid

[1:11:57] happened, umm, a this is, umm,

[1:11:59] the revenue that the city

[1:12:00] collects from parking has

[1:12:04] bounced back in a way that we

[1:12:08] haven't seen other aspects. And

[1:12:11] the health of the parking fund

[1:12:13] is incredibly excellent revenue

[1:12:16] generated there. It's able to

[1:12:19] be usedn lawful ways in

[1:12:20] accordance with state law and

[1:12:22] other aspects of our cy. And

[1:12:25] so I want to alleviate concerns

[1:12:28] here about what this could

[1:12:30] possibly do to the health of

[1:12:31] parking revenue. I don't think

[1:12:32] it's aoncern here. And tn

[1:12:35] wanted to lift up that just this

[1:12:37] year, in the mayor's annual

[1:12:39] ate of the city address, he

[1:12:42] nounced an itiative to bring

[1:12:46] free parking to uptown. That's

[1:12:48] a loss of revenue for the city.

[1:12:51] if we can do that for uptown,

[1:12:53] because we want the economic

[1:12:54] vibrancy of uptn to be

[1:12:58] prioritized and, u know, I can

[1:13:00] disagree all day and night

[1:13:02] about, umm, whether a free

[1:13:04] parking pac space is going

[1:13:06] to ctribute to economic

[1:13:08] activity and development to the

[1:13:09] area or not. Buthat's --

[1:13:11] that's choice weid make. And

[1:13:13] we chose to invest in uptown in

[1:13:15] this way. And ask the person

[1:13:17] that represents the vast

[1:13:19] majority of the uown corrir,

[1:13:21] I would find it to be incredibly

[1:13:25] disingenuous for us to not

[1:13:28] also -- for me to not also be a,

[1:13:31] umm, an advocat for making sure

[1:13:33] that the longfellow community is

[1:13:35] getting its needs met. Given

[1:13:38] all that's happening in the

[1:13:39] corridor. So, umm, so want

[1:13:42] to -- want to encourage all of

[1:13:44] my colleagues to join me in --

[1:13:47] in, umm, in supportinghis

[1:13:49] comprisepath forward.

[1:13:51] » Council member shaffer.

[1:13:53] » Thank you. Yeah. Just a

[1:13:55] couple of thoughts. And I'm

[1:13:58] fully supportive of the

[1:13:59] democracy center. I will be

[1:14:00] supporting this amendment. But

[1:14:02] I want to clarify a couple of

[1:14:03] things that were said. The

[1:14:05] uptown free parking is friday,

[1:14:08] saturday nights. It's ending in

[1:14:09] a few weeks. It's probably

[1:14:11] the -- it's not all of uptown.

[1:14:14] it's lagoon and lake street for

[1:14:16] maybe a span of three to four

[1:14:18] blocks on each side of hennepin.

[1:14:20] so this is a targeted area.

[1:14:22] for a short a of amount

[1:14:25] of time for this summer. That's

[1:14:27] a different situation. I am not

[1:14:29] concerned about parking revenue

[1:14:31] from the democracy center.

[1:14:36] that's not, you know, going to

[1:14:40] be impactful. What I am

[1:14:41] concerned about, though, is the

[1:14:43] idea that we have -- we are

[1:14:46] consistent. That we have a

[1:14:48] process that businesses and

[1:14:50] investors in our city can know

[1:14:54] that this council will not

[1:14:58] willy-nilly change direction on

[1:14:59] this for that, depending on a

[1:15:02] variety of circumstances. That

[1:15:03] if we have a parking policy

[1:15:05] throughout our city, we should

[1:15:07] follow that. And I was

[1:15:09] encouraged to hear that this is

[1:15:11] not an unusual use case. I

[1:15:13] would like to see where the

[1:15:15] other use cases are in the city.

[1:15:17] from maybe that's a staff

[1:15:19] follow up. But I would like to

[1:15:21] grow in my own education of what

[1:15:23] is our process for allowing this

[1:15:26] kind of arrangement. Because it

[1:15:27] should be a process. And it

[1:15:29] should be predictable. So that

[1:15:30] all of us can stand up here

[1:15:33] immediately and not have to have

[1:15:34] a discussion around asking

[1:15:35] questions about parking. But we

[1:15:37] know what is our process and

[1:15:39] this is not unusual.

[1:15:41] and so, yeah, I'll look forward

[1:15:43] to having more information about

[1:15:44] that. But it is extremely

[1:15:47] important to have a consistent

[1:15:49] process, in my mind. When we

[1:15:50] make decisions. And so, umm,

[1:15:53] I'm excited that this is going

[1:15:54] to be moving forward. This is

[1:15:57] long overdue. And I'm going to

[1:16:01] be, you know, looking forward to

[1:16:03] seeing this come to life.

[1:16:09] » Seeing no one else left in

[1:16:11] queue, and we have ims four

[1:16:16] and five with the amended item

[1:16:19] number four in front of us.

[1:16:22] council member chowdhury, do you

[1:16:25] think it would be appropriate to

[1:16:26] take it up as a package.

[1:16:27] » I do.

[1:16:29] » Okay. And with that, the

[1:16:30] clerk will call the roll.

[1:16:33] » Council member warren.

[1:16:34] » Aye.

[1:16:34] » Council member shaffer.

[1:16:35] » Aye.

[1:16:36] » Council member chughtai.

[1:16:37] » Aye.

[1:16:38] » Council membe whiting.

[1:16:40] » Aye.

[1:16:40] » Council member chowdhury.

[1:16:41] » Aye.

[1:16:42] » Council member stevenson.

[1:16:43] » Aye.

[1:16:44] » Council member rainville.

[1:16:45] » Aye.

[1:16:45] » Council member vetaw.

[1:16:46] » Aye.

[1:16:47] » Council member palmisano.

[1:16:48] » Aye.

[1:16:48] » Council member chavez.

[1:16:49] » Aye.

[1:16:50] » Vice president osman

[1:16:50] it

[1:16:51] » Aye.

[1:16:51] » President payne.

[1:16:52] » Aye.

[1:16:52] » There are 12 ayes.

[1:16:54] » That carries. That completes

[1:17:00] the business report. T next

[1:17:02] is from the climate and

[1:17:03] infrastructure committee,

[1:17:04] presented by the council member

[1:17:06] stevenson, the vice chair.

[1:17:07] » Thank you, mr. President.

[1:17:08] the climate and infrastructure

[1:17:13] mmittee that is 13 items.

[1:17:14] number one dinner du nord

[1:17:17] commercial block event. Two

[1:17:19] gabbana that ball games block

[1:17:21] event permit. Three skyway

[1:17:23] easeme from minneapolis park

[1:17:24] and recreati board. Four

[1:17:25] metro green line extension

[1:17:28] subordate funding agreement.

[1:17:31] five minneapolis street lighting

[1:17:32] plan amendment. Six cedar lake

[1:17:37] road bridge project overpass

[1:17:39] agreement. Number seven

[1:17:40] cooperative agreement with

[1:17:41] hennepin county regional

[1:17:43] railroad authority f the grand

[1:17:44] avenue south bridge. Number

[1:17:49] eight metropolitan council

[1:17:51] municipal infiltration andinfloe

[1:17:57] pipelining. Number ne bid for

[1:17:59] 2026-2027 public works tree

[1:18:00] removal and disposal. Number

[1:18:04] 10, bid for the installation of

[1:18:06] green stormwater infrastructure

[1:18:07] for the west fulton neighborhood

[1:18:09] improvement project. 11

[1:18:10] columbia heights membrane plant

[1:18:13] roof replacement. 12 contract

[1:18:18] amendment with cs mccrossan

[1:18:24] construction, inc. Number 13

[1:18:26] bicycle advisory committee

[1:18:27] appointments. I'll move

[1:18:28] approval of the report.

[1:18:29] » Council member stevenson has

[1:18:31] moved approval of the

[1:18:32] committee's report. Is there

[1:18:33] any discussion? Seeing none.

[1:18:37] I'll ask the clerk to call the

[1:18:40] roll.

[1:18:40] » Council member warren.

[1:18:41] » Aye.

[1:18:42] » Council member shaffer.

[1:18:44] » Aye.

[1:18:44] » Council member chughtai.

[1:18:45] » Aye.

[1:18:45] » Council member whiting.

[1:18:47] » Aye.

[1:18:48] » Chowdhury.

[1:18:48] » Aye.

[1:18:48] » Council member stevenson.

[1:18:50] » Aye.

[1:18:50] » Council member rainville.>> .

[1:18:51] » Council member vetaw.

[1:18:52] » Aye.

[1:18:52] » Council member palmisano.

[1:18:54] » Aye.

[1:18:54] » Council member chavez.

[1:18:55] » Aye.

[1:18:55] » Vice president osman.

[1:18:56] » Aye.

[1:18:57] » President payne.

[1:18:58] » Aye.

[1:18:58] » There are 12 ayes.

[1:18:59] » That carry and the report is

[1:19:01] adopted. The next we'll have

[1:19:02] the report from the committee of

[1:19:04] the whole, given by the

[1:19:05] committee's chair, council

[1:19:08] member chowdhury.

[1:19:10] » President payne, thank you.

[1:19:22] the committee the whole will

[1:19:24] be bringing forward three items

[1:19:26] to today's meeting. Item one

[1:19:28] approves the special law related

[1:19:30] to food hall licenses. Two is a

[1:19:32] grant application for national

[1:19:35] integrate ballistics information

[1:19:37] program from the u.s. Department

[1:19:38] of justice. This item was sent

[1:19:41] forward without recommendation.

[1:19:43] and lastly item three approves a

[1:19:45] staff direction that analyzes

[1:19:47] information related to

[1:19:48] legislative budgets. With that,

[1:19:50] I'll move all items for approval

[1:19:52] except for item two, which I'll

[1:19:54] pull for discussion.

[1:19:57] » Council member chowdhury has

[1:19:58] moved approval of the committee

[1:19:59] report pulling item two for

[1:20:03] separate discussion. Any

[1:20:05] discussion open the remainder of

[1:20:07] the report? Seeing none, I'll

[1:20:08] ask the clerk to call the roll

[1:20:12] on the report minus item two.

[1:20:15] » Warren.

[1:20:15] » Aye.

[1:20:15] » Shaffer.

[1:20:16] » Aye.

[1:20:17] » Chughtai.

[1:20:18] » Aye.

[1:20:18] » Whiting.

[1:20:19] » Aye.

[1:20:20] » Chowdhury.

[1:20:21] » Aye.

[1:20:21] » Stevenson.

[1:20:22] » Aye.

[1:20:23] » Rainville.

[1:20:24] » Aye.

[1:20:24] » Vetaw.

[1:20:25] » Aye.

[1:20:26] » Palmisano.

[1:20:27] » Aye.

[1:20:27] » Chavez.

[1:20:28] » Aye.

[1:20:28] » Vice president osman.

[1:20:29] » Aye.

[1:20:29] » President payne.

[1:20:30] » Aye.

[1:20:31] » There are 12 ayes.

[1:20:32] » That carries. Next we'll

[1:20:35] take up item number two and I'll

[1:20:38] recognize council member

[1:20:39] chavez.

[1:20:39] » Thank you, council president

[1:20:42] payne. Colleagues, I will not

[1:20:44] be the supporting this grant

[1:20:48] application today.

[1:20:48] the memo sent to us by staff

[1:20:50] states there are no alternative

[1:20:52] funding sources to maintain the

[1:20:56] access. I want to disagree with

[1:20:57] the assessment. The city

[1:20:58] council has already passed an

[1:21:00] offduty work ordinance designed

[1:21:01] to recoup fees, in general.

[1:21:03] fees that could reduce the

[1:21:04] burden on taxpayers. That

[1:21:06] ordinance has not been

[1:21:08] implemented. So before I can

[1:21:10] even accept that we have no

[1:21:12] choice here, I want to

[1:21:14] understand why a

[1:21:16] council-approved tool could

[1:21:17] address the problems I terms of

[1:21:18] recouping fees and addressing

[1:21:20] the tax issues that we're

[1:21:21] struggling with as a city, why

[1:21:22] it's not being taken seriously

[1:21:24] or even implemented.

[1:21:25] we could have already been

[1:21:28] recouping offduty fees, but the

[1:21:30] refusal to implement the

[1:21:32] ordinance means our residents

[1:21:34] are s subsidizing side gigs

[1:21:38] for the minneapolis police

[1:21:38] department. Why was it not

[1:21:39] included in the proposed budget

[1:21:41] last year. If we were to lose

[1:21:42] direct access to the network by

[1:21:45] the end of 2026, due to the

[1:21:47] system incompatibility, why was

[1:21:49] it not a priority for the mpd

[1:21:51] before the grant application.

[1:21:53] why was it not included in the

[1:21:56] proposed budget. Why has the

[1:21:57] first time the council public

[1:21:59] heard of this? What would be

[1:22:00] the plan if the grant

[1:22:01] application was not made

[1:22:01] available to the city? I will

[1:22:04] once again mention why I am

[1:22:06] against this grant application.

[1:22:07] and I want to be clear, it's not

[1:22:09] just about words. The notice of

[1:22:12] funding opportunity for the

[1:22:14] fiscal year 2026 modernization

[1:22:16] program explicitly states the

[1:22:18] program statutory purpose and

[1:22:19] program goals in terms of

[1:22:21] investigating crimes committed

[1:22:25] by, quote, illegal ail y

[1:22:28] aliens

[1:22:29] I don't consider the community

[1:22:31] I'm proud to represent as

[1:22:33] illegal ail aliens. Who

[1:22:38] have committed crimes in

[1:22:39] addition to being quote,

[1:22:41] unlawfully present language I'll

[1:22:42] continue to reject and call

[1:22:45] dehumanizing and unacceptable.

[1:22:48] the duty statute lists notice of

[1:22:50] funding opportunity operates

[1:22:51] under is a section which is

[1:22:53] titled bridge immigration

[1:22:56] related deficits nationwide

[1:22:58] reimbursement fund. I believe,

[1:23:00] as I said this week, we have a

[1:23:02] duty to ensure when we're

[1:23:03] applying for or accepting

[1:23:04] federal funds, we don't use the

[1:23:07] city's name, resources, or

[1:23:08] partnerships to a funding frame

[1:23:10] work that dehumanizes,

[1:23:12] stigmatizes our immigrant

[1:23:13] residents in minneapolis. And

[1:23:15] that it does not make our

[1:23:16] community members feel more

[1:23:18] targeted.

[1:23:18] the notice of funding

[1:23:20] opportunity explicitly lists

[1:23:24] immigration law enforcement --

[1:23:25] around the funding priorities.

[1:23:26] as I said last time, I do not

[1:23:28] and will not accept the premise

[1:23:31] implicit or explicit in this or

[1:23:35] funding -- requiring, locating,

[1:23:37] and app henting. I will

[1:23:39] continue to don dem the hateful

[1:23:42] and anti-immigrant rhetoric

[1:23:44] included in this program. Most

[1:23:45] importantly, I will be very

[1:23:46] clear that I do not trust the

[1:23:48] purpose of funding outlined by

[1:23:51] the federal government. They

[1:23:52] came to minneapolis saying they

[1:23:54] were going to come after, quote,

[1:23:56] criminals, but what they did was

[1:23:57] come after mothers, fathers,

[1:24:00] children going to school, and I

[1:24:03] know that I've had to do over

[1:24:04] the past few days, a lot of

[1:24:06] education here on the dais and

[1:24:08] education outside of the dais.

[1:24:09] about why it is unacceptable to

[1:24:12] call people aliens. Why it is

[1:24:14] unacceptable to call people

[1:24:15] illegal. Why it is unacceptable

[1:24:20] to, umm, you know, that

[1:24:23] considering people that are

[1:24:25] immigrants criminals. Because

[1:24:26] they're immigrants. That's just

[1:24:28] wrong. Additionally, I'll

[1:24:30] mention this part. You know,

[1:24:32] according to the star tribune

[1:24:34] reporting, the occupation of

[1:24:36] minneapolis disp

[1:24:39] disproportionately impacted the

[1:24:41] latino community most. 90% of

[1:24:43] those kidnapped by the federal

[1:24:44] government in minnesota to march

[1:24:49] 10. I d't accept that. And I

[1:24:51] don't accept the words in this.

[1:24:54] I don't like the purpose of

[1:24:55] funding stated in this. That

[1:24:57] talks about immigration

[1:24:58] enforcement. I think it's

[1:25:01] wrong. There could have been

[1:25:02] different ways to fund this

[1:25:03] program. There could have been

[1:25:04] conversations happening last

[1:25:05] year about how we can fund this

[1:25:07] program. And I just didn't

[1:25:09] happen. At least with my

[1:25:10] office. So I will not be voting

[1:25:13] for this.

[1:25:13] » Council member shaer.

[1:25:16] » I definitely hear the concern

[1:25:19] among the harmful language

[1:25:20] st contained in the notice

[1:25:22] for the $300,000 grant. No one

[1:25:25] on this body wants to devalue,

[1:25:28] dehumanize, or demonize anyone

[1:25:30] because of their immigration

[1:25:32] status. We are 13-0 on that.

[1:25:35] the question before us is

[1:25:38] whether apply for the grant

[1:25:39] would make the city complicit in

[1:25:41] the current federal

[1:25:44] administration's anti-immigrant

[1:25:44] rhetoric and policies. Or

[1:25:48] violate our separation

[1:25:49] ordinance. Our city attorneys

[1:25:51] have answered that question

[1:25:54] publicly, explicitly, and

[1:25:56] clearly. It would not.

[1:25:59] I appreciate my colleagues

[1:26:02] asking the question. And I

[1:26:04] appreciate our attorneys for

[1:26:07] giving us a direct answer. Mpd

[1:26:09] will use this grant solely to

[1:26:12] investigate shootings that occur

[1:26:14] in minneapolis. That matters.

[1:26:16] because gun violence has become

[1:26:17] so common in our city, I fear

[1:26:19] we're becoming numb to it. My

[1:26:22] question is, where is the same

[1:26:23] concern. Same passion, same

[1:26:26] urgency and outrage over the

[1:26:27] unacceptable numbers of

[1:26:28] shootings in our city? Two

[1:26:30] weekends ago, two mass shootings

[1:26:33] left more than a dozen people

[1:26:35] injured, one person dead.

[1:26:37] another unable to walk. Those

[1:26:39] are shootings that make the

[1:26:41] headlines. We rarely hear about

[1:26:43] the others. Also, we all

[1:26:46] received the report of a local

[1:26:48] business being shot at in the

[1:26:50] middle of the day about 10 days

[1:26:51] ago around the same time as

[1:26:52] these others. The restaurantowd

[1:26:57] into his business for an

[1:26:59] apparently no reason. And a

[1:27:01] bullet missed one of his

[1:27:02] employees by only a few feet.

[1:27:05] imagine the horror and the

[1:27:07] trauma that employee carries.

[1:27:09] wondering what if I had been

[1:27:11] standing over there instead of

[1:27:13] right here. Imagine the burden

[1:27:16] of the business owner wondering

[1:27:19] if he should continue doing

[1:27:20] business in our city because now

[1:27:21] they have to ask their employees

[1:27:25] to come to work when they no

[1:27:27] longer feel safe. The shell

[1:27:30] casings, we heard, left behind

[1:27:31] are like finger points. It can

[1:27:33] help mpd connect a gun to a

[1:27:36] crime, connect related shootings

[1:27:38] to one another, identify the

[1:27:39] person responsible, and prevent

[1:27:40] the person from doing it again.

[1:27:42] mpd needs access to ninibin. We

[1:27:51] can accept this grant without

[1:27:52] comprising our values. Our

[1:27:55] residents' safety is too

[1:27:56] important to reject a useful

[1:27:58] tool without compelling reason.

[1:28:00] we have also heard from

[1:28:01] commander brown that we would

[1:28:02] lose access to the nibin service

[1:28:05] at the end of the year without

[1:28:07] the needed upgrade. We are also

[1:28:11] facing the prospect of

[1:28:13] unprecedented financial pain.

[1:28:16] we have heard about the roughly

[1:28:20] 30 million plus shortfall ahead

[1:28:21] of us. We'll face

[1:28:23] extraordinarily difficult

[1:28:24] choices in the coming months.

[1:28:27] we cannot afford to turn up our

[1:28:29] noses to $300,000 because we

[1:28:32] dislike who occupies the white

[1:28:33] house. Or who leads the

[1:28:34] department of justice. This is

[1:28:39] hard, but we need every

[1:28:40] available resource that can make

[1:28:43] minneapolis safer. Especially

[1:28:45] when accepting it does not

[1:28:47] require us to surrender our

[1:28:50] values. Thank you.

[1:28:52] » Council member vetaw.

[1:28:54] » Thank you, president payne.

[1:28:56] I just had quick question. I

[1:28:57] don't know if commander brown

[1:28:59] can answer the question. I

[1:29:02] think council member chavez made

[1:29:04] a great point about this not

[1:29:07] being mpd's previous budget.

[1:29:09] just wondering if you can speak

[1:29:10] to that. Why wasn't it in the

[1:29:12] budget.

[1:29:13] » Commander brown.

[1:29:14] thank you. Thank you,

[1:29:17] president. Through the chair,

[1:29:19] council member vetaw. So,

[1:29:21] excuse me, sti haven't found

[1:29:23] my voice yet. We do not know up

[1:29:26] until this year that the federal

[1:29:27] government who had bee funding

[1:29:29] through mpd have their own --

[1:29:31] have the nibin system they were

[1:29:33] going to remove the funding. So

[1:29:35] when we found out that was the

[1:29:37] case, understanding that it was

[1:29:39] fairly short notice and agencies

[1:29:42] across the u.s. Because it's

[1:29:43] not just minnesota, it's across

[1:29:44] the u.s. Would have to start

[1:29:46] funding it fully themselves.

[1:29:48] that's when the doj provided

[1:29:49] this grant. And the grant is

[1:29:50] not for all agencies that have

[1:29:53] nibin. This is for a selected

[1:29:55] 170 different agencies that have

[1:29:57] the -- that are eligible to

[1:29:58] apply for the noncompetitive

[1:30:01] grant. So, we were -- the grant

[1:30:04] became available at the 26th

[1:30:05] of june, I believe. And so it's

[1:30:08] fairly short notice for agencies

[1:30:10] to do so. And that is why.

[1:30:12] » Thank you. That's it.

[1:30:15] » Council member chughtai.

[1:30:17] » Thank you, mr. President. I

[1:30:25] want to start with talking about

[1:30:28] nibin access for the city. And

[1:30:32] I asked some questions about

[1:30:34] this during committee of the

[1:30:35] whole earlier this week. But,

[1:30:40] umm, the -- I've since then had

[1:30:41] the opportunity to talk with

[1:30:42] some folks. And I'm hearing --

[1:30:45] I'm hearing that, you know,

[1:30:48] perhaps the police department

[1:30:49] or, umm, you know, some members

[1:30:52] of the police department, as

[1:30:54] they're having conversations

[1:30:56] with, umm, business owners in my

[1:30:59] ward that have been impacted by

[1:31:02] recent gun violence. I hear

[1:31:06] members of the police department

[1:31:10] telling my -- those impacted

[1:31:12] community members, my

[1:31:14] constituents, that without the

[1:31:16] passage of this item, the

[1:31:21] violence, umm, they have

[1:31:23] experienced will never be

[1:31:23] solved. And I think that kind

[1:31:26] of misinformation and

[1:31:28] disinformation have an impact.

[1:31:29] so it feels important to correct

[1:31:31] the record up here. While I

[1:31:32] have the opportunity. Because

[1:31:34] this is my -- one of my few

[1:31:36] opportunities to correct the

[1:31:40] record. Against some, like,

[1:31:42] some pretty significant

[1:31:45] disinformation about the

[1:31:46] importance of nibin access.

[1:31:49] umm, as we -- as commander brown

[1:31:51] spoke to us about from the dais

[1:31:59] on tuesday, umm, if the city

[1:32:03] isn't going to lose nibin access

[1:32:07] by applying or not applying to

[1:32:09] this grant. Applying or not

[1:32:13] applying for the grant that is

[1:32:14] no impact on the city's ability

[1:32:17] to access this system. The city

[1:32:20] can continue to do so by either

[1:32:23] finding a different source of

[1:32:25] money, and we'll get into that

[1:32:26] in a second. To pay for this

[1:32:30] modernization work that needs to

[1:32:32] be done. Or several of the

[1:32:35] partners that we work with on

[1:32:37] forensics. Like the bureau of

[1:32:39] criminal apprehension, have

[1:32:42] nibin access themselves. We can

[1:32:44] continue to us utilize the

[1:32:49] resource without having to

[1:32:52] accept money from the federal

[1:32:54] government, from this particular

[1:32:57] grant. I'll also note the city

[1:33:01] could find a different source of

[1:33:02] revenue to, umm, to pay for the

[1:33:06] modernization work.

[1:33:06] for example, right now the

[1:33:10] minneapolis police department

[1:33:11] spends approximately, in the

[1:33:12] ballpark of $600,000 per one

[1:33:16] week on overtime alone. Half of

[1:33:22] that, three and a half days of

[1:33:24] overtime could pay for this

[1:33:28] entire project. You have the

[1:33:30] money. Find it somewhere else.

[1:33:36] the second piece that -- that I

[1:33:39] want to name here in this

[1:33:42] discussion is, ah, I think I'm

[1:33:46] about to do the minnesotan thing

[1:33:49] on the planet. I'm going to

[1:33:52] invoke paul wellstone. Prepare

[1:33:54] myself. My favorite paul

[1:33:56] wellstone quote is about, you

[1:33:57] know, if we don't fight hard for

[1:33:59] the things we believe in, at

[1:34:01] some point, we have to accept

[1:34:03] that we don't really believe in

[1:34:06] them. Ah, I think it's

[1:34:09] incredly powerful and one I

[1:34:11] reflect on often.

[1:34:12] the residents of this city

[1:34:14] believe in protecting our

[1:34:17] immigrants, immigrant neighbors

[1:34:18] so much that they will put their

[1:34:20] bodies on the line. That two of

[1:34:24] our residents lost their lives

[1:34:27] standing up for the people in

[1:34:29] our city. That's how much we

[1:34:31] believe in it. But our

[1:34:33] government is going to say for a

[1:34:37] measly $300,000, we're okay with

[1:34:41] the assertion that some people

[1:34:44] who live in our city, because of

[1:34:46] the color of their skin, are

[1:34:49] illegal aliens? That we should

[1:34:51] be -- in the purpose of funding,

[1:34:53] it talks about the importance.

[1:34:56] that the purpose of this funding

[1:34:59] is to help local jurisdictions

[1:35:03] better cooperate with the

[1:35:05] federal government to carry out

[1:35:08] immigration enforcement

[1:35:10] proceedings. Immigration

[1:35:12] enforcement actions. That's the

[1:35:13] purpose of this funding, as

[1:35:16] well. And so we're going to --

[1:35:19] we're going to abandon the

[1:35:20] things we believe in for

[1:35:26] $300,000? But the people of our

[1:35:28] city will give their lives to

[1:35:31] stand up for their beliefs?

[1:35:34] this seems inconsistent to me.

[1:35:37] so, unfortunately, I can't

[1:35:38] support this today. And it

[1:35:40] feels important to me, also,

[1:35:43] then to name that, ah, I think

[1:35:47] there's some disinformation

[1:35:47] happening, as well. Thank you,

[1:35:48] mr. President.

[1:35:51] » Ah, seeing no one else left

[1:35:55] in queue, I see vp in the queue

[1:35:57] but I don't see him in the

[1:36:00] chambers. Council member

[1:36:02] rainville.

[1:36:03] » Thank you. So, commander

[1:36:05] brown, I don't want to put you

[1:36:07] on the spot here. But it's my

[1:36:09] knowledge that this overtime

[1:36:11] cost is driven by the lack of

[1:36:13] 9-1-1 responders that we have to

[1:36:16] pay 9-1-1 responders t answer

[1:36:18] emergency calls. Is that true?

[1:36:22] » Commander brown.

[1:36:24] » Thank you, council president.

[1:36:25] through the chair, council

[1:36:27] member rainville. That is

[1:36:28] correct.

[1:36:28] » Thank you. Council member

[1:36:33] chowdhury.

[1:36:34] » Thank you, so much, president

[1:36:37] payne. I think for me, the

[1:36:42] contention that I have with this

[1:36:44] is not with nibin. Right. I

[1:36:47] see the value and the resource.

[1:36:50] absolutely. I think it's

[1:36:52] important to state. Because I

[1:36:53] have had residents reach out

[1:36:55] that believe, like, if we don't

[1:36:56] apply for the grant it's going

[1:36:59] to cease to exist. Ihink me

[1:37:02] and others on this body, and the

[1:37:03] police department can agree

[1:37:04] that's not helpful. For

[1:37:08] residents to believe that nibin

[1:37:11] won't exist if we don't apply

[1:37:13] for this. It creates a lot of

[1:37:14] alarms for people. I think

[1:37:16] others have done a good jobf

[1:37:19] laying out, we like, we have a

[1:37:21] budget choice before us. Right.

[1:37:23] it's $300,000 from our coffers,

[1:37:28] city general fund, wherever.

[1:37:29] maybe we need to move things

[1:37:30] around. We oftentimes move

[1:37:32] things around for public safety.

[1:37:33] we have a long history of that.

[1:37:36] especially as it comes to the

[1:37:37] police department. Or it's to

[1:37:40] take this potential funding from

[1:37:42] the federal government, right,

[1:37:43] that hasn't been granted to us.

[1:37:46] there's also a chance it won't

[1:37:47] be granted to us. We know that

[1:37:49] the president of the united

[1:37:51] states and the donl doj

[1:37:53] is not really a big fan for

[1:37:55] minneapolis. Even if we were

[1:37:57] invited for this. We know the

[1:37:58] administration is purposefully

[1:38:01] not giving funding o resources

[1:38:05] to its political enemies and

[1:38:07] detractors. That's the reality

[1:38:11] of 2026.

[1:38:13] for me, the purpose of funding

[1:38:17] and the biden act, and the

[1:38:21] language in which this came

[1:38:23] from, is extremely egregious and

[1:38:28] deplorable. And I -- the term

[1:38:33] "illegal alien" is not just a

[1:38:38] legal term of art. It's a slur.

[1:38:40] it's an absolutely slur.

[1:38:43] calling people illegal aliens is

[1:38:48] dehumanizing, degrading, and it

[1:38:49] creates a permission structure

[1:38:51] for violence against them. It

[1:38:56] just does and h and we've seen

[1:38:57] over and over again. There's

[1:38:59] a policy choice here today, do

[1:39:01] we apply for grants for the

[1:39:02] purpose of funding has slurs

[1:39:04] within them? It's just really

[1:39:09] just starkly before us. U don't

[1:39:15] think it's just about rhetoric

[1:39:18] or ideology. I think it's a

[1:39:20] govern innoc

[1:39:24] governance approach. If the

[1:39:25] purpose of funding looked

[1:39:28] different, the grant, if it came

[1:39:30] from a different bill. It would

[1:39:33] have my support. But it

[1:39:36] doesn't. And I can't sit on

[1:39:38] this body and give a permission

[1:39:42] structure, create a permission

[1:39:43] structure here to say that we're

[1:39:44] applying for grants with slurs

[1:39:47] in them..

[1:39:50] » Vice president osman.

[1:39:51] » All right. Thank you so

[1:39:53] much. I have a comment and then

[1:39:56] I have one clarification from

[1:39:59] the staff.

[1:40:01] colleagues, the way I understand

[1:40:02] this language, or this grant is

[1:40:05] that, first of all, we apply all

[1:40:10] kinds of grants from the federal

[1:40:11] government. We apply housing

[1:40:12] grants. We apply roads,

[1:40:16] highways. There is all kinds of

[1:40:18] grants that makes our city keep

[1:40:21] moving. And, also, this

[1:40:27] administration has used a

[1:40:28] language, and I'm sure -- I'm

[1:40:30] sure if we look in deep other

[1:40:32] grants, we'll find similar

[1:40:34] language. So where do we stop?

[1:40:41] if we start dismissing grants,

[1:40:43] our city will not be operating.

[1:40:45] and we're not capable of getting

[1:40:47] serving our residents in the

[1:40:48] best way we can. We need that

[1:40:52] assistance from the federal

[1:40:54] government. Even the federal

[1:40:58] government has -- they have used

[1:41:01] language that is called

[1:41:02] democracy. You can wait through

[1:41:05] the election process and maybe a

[1:41:07] decision will change. Maybe it

[1:41:09] will not. One thing I will tell

[1:41:10] you, is the way the government,

[1:41:14] our local government is set up

[1:41:16] we rely on the state and the

[1:41:17] federal government suppo to

[1:41:18] operate our city.

[1:41:23] my concern would have been if

[1:41:25] this is somehow attached to

[1:41:32] I.c.e. Enforcement, some kind of

[1:41:35] immigration enforcement. If it

[1:41:36] would have been similar to that,

[1:41:39] we have t right to reject

[1:41:41] that. This grant specifilly

[1:41:42] has not said anying about

[1:41:47] immigrant enforcemt. I have

[1:41:49] received calls from the

[1:41:50] community members this morning

[1:41:52] thinking we're voting on

[1:41:56] accepting this grant will result

[1:41:57] I.c.e. In arresting our

[1:41:59] community members. That's

[1:42:01] misinformation, the way I

[1:42:02] understand it.

[1:42:03] and I would like either the city

[1:42:08] attorney or the staff to kind of

[1:42:11] clarify about that and get the

[1:42:15] misinformation out. Will this

[1:42:19] result immigrant enforcement?

[1:42:20] accepting this grant?

[1:42:23] » Good morning, members of the

[1:42:24] council. Pleasure to be here

[1:42:25] with you. Again this morning.

[1:42:27] my name is amy shunt. Lead

[1:42:30] assistant city attorney.

[1:42:31] through the chair, vice chair

[1:42:33] osman, your question was will

[1:42:36] our application for the grant

[1:42:37] require us to proport on any

[1:42:40] kind of I.c.e. Enforcement. I

[1:42:42] have legally reviewed the terms

[1:42:43] of the grants, and all of the

[1:42:46] documents referenced in and the

[1:42:49] all the documents referenced

[1:42:51] therein for any terms and

[1:42:52] conditions for what my office is

[1:42:55] calling problematic. Anything

[1:42:56] that would require us to violate

[1:42:58] the separation ordinance or

[1:43:00] anything that would be

[1:43:01] anti-theatrical to the values of

[1:43:02] the city.

[1:43:03] and it is my opinion, upon doing

[1:43:05] that review, that there is

[1:43:07] nothing in this nofo or nor this

[1:43:11] application that would require

[1:43:12] us to violate the separation

[1:43:14] ordinance to perform any kind of

[1:43:16] I.c.e. Enforcement or to

[1:43:19] otherwise require staff to act

[1:43:20] in a way that is anti-theatrical

[1:43:22] to the values of the city.

[1:43:23] » Thank you so much. That's

[1:43:26] exactly what I thought. Even if

[1:43:28] it was the case, you wouldn't

[1:43:30] even approach applying that.

[1:43:31] that will violate the city

[1:43:33] separation ordinance.

[1:43:35] so my final comment is that,

[1:43:37] colleagues, we can be angry with

[1:43:39] the federal government, the way

[1:43:41] they treat people, the language

[1:43:43] they use. But voting down this

[1:43:45] would only hurt us and hurt --

[1:43:48] not benefit the work we're

[1:43:50] trying to do. Which is to

[1:43:52] accept this grant so we can do

[1:43:54] better processing on criminal

[1:43:56] activity.

[1:43:57] so I would say I am an

[1:44:02] immigrant. I'm someone who has

[1:44:06] been in communities that has

[1:44:07] been targeted in the city of

[1:44:08] minneapolis. But I think you

[1:44:10] have to wait on how things come.

[1:44:12] this is coming separate angle.

[1:44:17] and it's not nothing to do with

[1:44:19] I.c.e. Enforcement. And I think

[1:44:20] we should vote on it. And this

[1:44:23] is money that will come to our

[1:44:24] city to support the work we do

[1:44:26] for our citizens. Thank you.

[1:44:29] » Council member palmisano.

[1:44:32] » Thank you, mr. President. I

[1:44:34] think council member osman

[1:44:36] already said most of what I was

[1:44:37] going to say.

[1:44:39] we are not abandoning our values

[1:44:42] or beliefs here. Because the

[1:44:44] terms of this grant do not

[1:44:46] require that. And I would be

[1:44:49] happy to entertain a resolution

[1:44:52] condemning language in requiring

[1:44:53] the city not to be required to

[1:44:57] violate a separation ordinance.

[1:44:58] I fear the confusion around this

[1:45:00] grant is made by rhetoric on

[1:45:02] this dais. Not by the

[1:45:04] requirements of the grant, and

[1:45:06] not by our city attorney. Who

[1:45:08] has said, basically the same

[1:45:10] thing in committee of the whole,

[1:45:11] again for us today. We are

[1:45:13] accepting is federal money for a

[1:45:15] lot of other things, mostly

[1:45:17] money in public works. I don't

[1:45:19] think we should stop. So I will

[1:45:21] make a motion to approve --

[1:45:24] » Second.

[1:45:24] » And ask that we move

[1:45:26] forward.

[1:45:26] . Thank you.

[1:45:30] » Council member palmisano has

[1:45:32] moved approval. Did I hear a

[1:45:33] second?

[1:45:33] » Second.

[1:45:35] » Okay. Council member warren.

[1:45:39] » Thank you, council president

[1:45:43] payne.

[1:45:44] it pains me to know there's

[1:45:46] language that is marginalizing

[1:45:51] and disenfranchising members of

[1:45:52] our community because of the

[1:45:54] simple fact, like I said this at

[1:45:57] the committee of the whole

[1:46:00] meeting. I don't know any

[1:46:01] aliens

[1:46:02] I've never seen any my life.

[1:46:04] these are residents of our city.

[1:46:07] when I think about supporting

[1:46:09] the national integrated

[1:46:11] ballistic information network,

[1:46:15] I'm thinking about how many of

[1:46:17] my neighbors and community

[1:46:20] members are sitting and waiting

[1:46:22] for justice to be served, and

[1:46:25] for someone to support the cries

[1:46:31] that far too long have gone

[1:46:34] unanswered on our community.

[1:46:35] I'm thinking about how

[1:46:37] specifically in north

[1:46:39] minneapolis, we have buried so

[1:46:40] many sons and daughters,

[1:46:41] brothers and sisters, mothers

[1:46:43] and fathers who are still

[1:46:45] waiting for a phone call that

[1:46:48] says somebody has been arrested

[1:46:53] with respect to what has

[1:46:54] happened to their loved one.

[1:46:56] right.

[1:46:56] they're waiting for those

[1:46:58] answers. They're waiting for a

[1:47:00] response to be given to them.

[1:47:03] and this is not about increasing

[1:47:06] arrest for the sake of just

[1:47:07] arresting people. It's about

[1:47:10] connecting evidence that is left

[1:47:12] behind at crime scenes and

[1:47:14] linking it to shootings that

[1:47:18] involve firearms and giving the

[1:47:20] investigators the tools they

[1:47:21] need to be solution driven more

[1:47:25] quickly. Before people get

[1:47:27] away.

[1:47:29] so I think about these things.

[1:47:30] I think about families that are

[1:47:32] still searching for justice,

[1:47:33] like the family of aniya allen,

[1:47:38] trinity smith, la daveon

[1:47:42] garrett. I'm thinking about

[1:47:43] those babies whose murders have

[1:47:45] not been solved recently. And

[1:47:46] people are just running around

[1:47:48] here free. You know, and that

[1:47:51] people need to have a piece of

[1:47:54] mind knowing that someone is

[1:47:57] being held accountable for the

[1:48:00] wrongdoing and the pain they

[1:48:01] have inflicted upon our

[1:48:02] community.

[1:48:03] and it doesn't make a difference

[1:48:05] what race you are, what sex you

[1:48:07] are, what any of the -- none of

[1:48:09] that stuff makes any difference

[1:48:11] at all. If you have harmed

[1:48:14] someone and ten a life, or

[1:48:16] inflicted pain upon the

[1:48:18] community, then you need some

[1:48:19] time to sit down and

[1:48:21] self-reflect. And that's just

[1:48:22] where I sit with it. This is

[1:48:25] not about picking out or picking

[1:48:27] apart anything. This is really

[1:48:29] about bringing answers to

[1:48:32] families who have cried out for

[1:48:35] far too long about wanting

[1:48:37] justice for their loved ones who

[1:48:38] have lost their lives due to

[1:48:41] acts of gun violence. That's

[1:48:42] where I have to sit with it at.

[1:48:44] I don't know any aliens. Never

[1:48:46] met any in any life. But I know

[1:48:48] that it is my fiduciary

[1:48:52] responsibility to protect all of

[1:48:53] my community members and to use

[1:48:55] every tool that I have to ensure

[1:48:57] the safety, love, care, and

[1:49:00] compassion that is extended to

[1:49:01] my community members is the same

[1:49:03] I will want for my own family.

[1:49:05] the end.

[1:49:06] » Council member whiting.

[1:49:07] » Thank you, president payne.

[1:49:09] just have one question for our

[1:49:10] city attorney.

[1:49:16] thank you, city attorney schutt.

[1:49:19] in your legal analysis, is

[1:49:25] there language contained in

[1:49:26] either the nofo or the grant

[1:49:29] application that violates or

[1:49:31] that would have our city

[1:49:33] violated separation ordinance?

[1:49:34] » Through the chair, council

[1:49:36] member whiting, no. There is

[1:49:38] not. We review the grant and

[1:49:42] the application for concerns

[1:49:43] like that. Frankly, it wouldn't

[1:49:45] get to you if it had a

[1:49:47] requirement to violate the

[1:49:49] separation ordinance.

[1:49:49] » Okay. That's all. Thank

[1:49:52] you.

[1:49:53] » Council member chavez.

[1:49:54] » Thank you, council president

[1:49:55] payne.

[1:49:56] I keep hearing the point being

[1:49:58] made about not violating a

[1:50:00] separation ordinance. I think

[1:50:01] it means I need to do another

[1:50:03] notice of intent in

[1:50:06] strengthening the separation

[1:50:06] ordinance. That's one. To be

[1:50:08] clear, if it doesn't violate the

[1:50:12] separation ordinance. We have

[1:50:12] to make it stronger again. I

[1:50:14] think we're asking the wrong

[1:50:16] questions. If we would

[1:50:17] interpret us not having to

[1:50:19] enforce federal immigration law.

[1:50:20] what I want to work on, because

[1:50:22] the reason I didn't bring it

[1:50:23] forward the resolution on, like,

[1:50:25] attaching it to this. Is

[1:50:27] because I -- it needs to be

[1:50:28] workshopped more. And I'm happy

[1:50:30] to bring it back next time.

[1:50:32] what we're not asking for what

[1:50:35] the federal government expects

[1:50:36] of us if we accept the money.

[1:50:38] that's what my concern is. If

[1:50:39] the federal government is going

[1:50:40] to expect us to do federal

[1:50:44] immigration enforcement. That's

[1:50:45] a concern. If we accept the

[1:50:48] grant, I bet. That's what I'm

[1:50:49] concerned about us applying and

[1:50:51] accepting this funding. And,

[1:50:52] you know, if we want to make it

[1:50:54] about rhetoric, it's not about

[1:50:55] rhetoric. I'm happy to bring

[1:50:57] the resolution forward so we can

[1:50:59] get answers.

[1:51:00] » Council member stevenson.

[1:51:02] » Yeah. Thank you.

[1:51:05] I want to go back to what

[1:51:08] council member chughtai said

[1:51:09] earlier about if we really

[1:51:11] believe the thing that we say

[1:51:14] that we believe.

[1:51:17] we are in a historic time. A

[1:51:19] time when our actions are under

[1:51:21] different scrutiny and have

[1:51:23] different meaning than they

[1:51:25] would in another time. And I

[1:51:29] hesitate to use the word

[1:51:31] unprecedented times. You can't

[1:51:33] have an entirely unprecedentedt.

[1:51:36] but we are in

[1:51:43] » That ice invaded our city and

[1:51:46] took our neighbors and killed

[1:51:47] some of our neighbors. We are in

[1:51:49] a time when our actions have

[1:51:51] different ramifications. And we

[1:51:52] have to do things a little

[1:51:54] differently in response to the

[1:51:55] fact that we are not in normal

[1:51:58] times. We are not in a time when

[1:52:02] you c overlook certain things.

[1:52:05] where putting up yourose at

[1:52:08] different moral issues is

[1:52:09] acceptable. We are in a time

[1:52:11] when we need to stand for what

[1:52:14] we believe. We need to actually

[1:52:15] in ways that are meaningful and

[1:52:18] in ways that sometimes cause us

[1:52:21] discomfort stand up for what we

[1:52:23] believe. And in thi case, we

[1:52:25] believe that all of our

[1:52:26] neighbors have the right to be

[1:52:27] here and we love them and

[1:52:29] they're important members of our

[1:52:31] community. And we don't want to

[1:52:33] go alongith this evil federal

[1:52:36] government in even the rhetoric

[1:52:37] that they say about them. Yeah,

[1:52:42] it's just a different time.

[1:52:44] we're not in -- this isn't 2012,

[1:52:48] you know. We're here in 2026 in

[1:52:51] minneapolis after the invasion

[1:52:52] of the federal government and

[1:52:53] it's just time for us to say,

[1:52:55] hey, we're not even going to

[1:52:57] accept this rhetoric. And I

[1:52:58] understand that, you know, on a

[1:53:01] balance sheet rhetoric doesn't

[1:53:03] show up. Rhetoric doesn't matter

[1:53:06] on a balance sheet. But you know

[1:53:08] what? We're not balance sheets,

[1:53:11] we're people. And rhetoric

[1:53:13] matters to people. We can and we

[1:53:15] will find other money to keep

[1:53:19] this nibin access going. We

[1:53:21] don't need this money. There is

[1:53:23] $300,000 in the couch cushion in

[1:53:26] this city. The harley davidson's

[1:53:31] alone, let's sell those guys and

[1:53:32] then we could have this fully

[1:53:34] funded. It really is that

[1:53:36] simple and so let's stand up

[1:53:37] for what we believe and let's

[1:53:39] find money, particularly the

[1:53:42] harley davidson's to fund nibin

[1:53:45] access. We are not interested in

[1:53:47] lowering our public safety.

[1:53:49] we're just interested in

[1:53:50] standing up for what we believe

[1:53:50] in.

[1:53:52] » I added myself to queue

[1:53:56] because I shared some remarks

[1:53:57] related to this on tuesday. But

[1:54:00] just zooming out, again, I'm not

[1:54:04] questioning the legal analysis

[1:54:06] of our city attorney's office.

[1:54:09] I'm profoundly concerned about

[1:54:12] how the federalovernment will

[1:54:13] assess this. And just to p it

[1:54:17] in the context, the new york

[1:54:19] times did some recent reporting

[1:54:23] on some of the charges that were

[1:54:26] brought forward for ice

[1:54:27] observers. And they were

[1:54:28] comparing and contrasting how

[1:54:30] the doj has operated in the past

[1:54:33] compared to how they're

[1:54:34] conducting themselves now.

[1:54:37] historically, they don't bring

[1:54:39] criminal cases forward unless

[1:54:40] they know they have the evidence

[1:54:42] to win in court. That's led to

[1:54:44] more than 90% of defendants

[1:54:48] pleading guilty or being

[1:54:49] convicted at trial. In this new

[1:54:50] york times reporting, they

[1:54:53] assessed 558 charges against

[1:54:56] legal observers. They've only

[1:55:00] gotten 246 that pled guilty, and

[1:55:03] four convictions. This is a very

[1:55:08] divergent tract record fm how

[1:55:10] the doj operates. And it's a

[1:55:14] representation of the fact that

[1:55:16] they bring spurious chaes and

[1:55:18] they conduct themselves not

[1:55:20] grounded in the rule of law, but

[1:55:23] early through political

[1:55:23] motivation and retaliation. As

[1:55:28] best evidenced by the mass

[1:55:30] resignation of our u.s.

[1:55:32] attorney's office earlier this

[1:55:34] year, particularly after the

[1:55:36] murder of renee good and when

[1:55:38] the trump administration was

[1:55:39] trying to pressure the

[1:55:42] attorney's office to actually

[1:55:43] investigate ms. Good's wife

[1:55:45] rather than the agents that

[1:55:46] murdered her. Mass resignation

[1:55:51] because some u.s. Attorneys that

[1:55:55] I don't agree with actually,

[1:55:56] they actually hold themselves to

[1:55:58] some integrity. And so what

[1:56:00] we're left with in our current

[1:56:03] attorney's office is whoever the

[1:56:06] back-benchers are who want to

[1:56:07] sign on to this administration's

[1:56:11] agenda. And this agenda is

[1:56:13] overtly authoritarian, it's

[1:56:15] overtly racist. They are pushing

[1:56:18] rhetoric around white genocide.

[1:56:20] it's disgusting. And all you

[1:56:22] have to do is look at the white

[1:56:26] house twitter feed or the

[1:56:29] department of homend

[1:56:30] security's twitter feed to see

[1:56:33] what kind of country they want

[1:56:36] to see for the rest of us. And

[1:56:39] I'm notven going to entertain

[1:56:43] attaching my name to that

[1:56:44] project. That's why I'm not

[1:56:46] supporting this. And so with

[1:56:54] that I see council member

[1:56:55] whiting in queue.

[1:56:56] » Thank you, president payne.

[1:56:57] just have a question for our

[1:57:00] city attorney here. City

[1:57:02] attorney abelson. I have a

[1:57:03] question broadly about your kind

[1:57:05] of legal understanding. I know

[1:57:06] this is probably a cold call

[1:57:08] kind of question, so if you

[1:57:09] don't have the answer, I

[1:57:11] apologize for putting you on the

[1:57:12] spot here. Do you know of any

[1:57:16] federal law, any state law, any

[1:57:19] city law that requires a city

[1:57:24] jurisdiction to be comandeered

[1:57:27] by the federal government to

[1:57:29] engage in federal law

[1:57:30] enforcement action?

[1:57:31] » Chair, council member whitin

[1:57:33] answer to any law because there

[1:57:36] certainly are states where they

[1:57:37] require their law enforcement to

[1:57:40] assist the federal government.

[1:57:41] that is not the case in

[1:57:45] miesota. We recently also got

[1:57:47] a very good decision from the

[1:57:51] district court here rejecting

[1:57:52] the federal government's

[1:57:54] challenge to our separation

[1:57:56] ordinance because the federal

[1:57:57] government does not have the

[1:58:00] right to comandeer our police

[1:58:02] force for immigtion

[1:58:04] enforcement.

[1:58:04] » Thank you. I appreciate it.

[1:58:08] » Seeing no one else left in

[1:58:09] queue, I will ask the clerk to

[1:58:13] call the roll.

[1:58:15] » Council member warren.

[1:58:16] » Aye.

[1:58:17] » Council member shaffer.

[1:58:18] » Aye.

[1:58:19] » Chughtai.

[1:58:20] » Nay.

[1:58:21] » Whiting.

[1:58:21] » Aye.

[1:58:23] » Chowdhury.

[1:58:23] » No.

[1:58:24] » Stevenson.

[1:58:25] » No.

[1:58:26] » Rainville.

[1:58:27] » Aye.

[1:58:28] » Vetaw.

[1:58:29] » Aye.

[1:58:31] » Palmisano.

[1:58:32] » Aye.

[1:58:32] » Chavez.

[1:58:33] » Aye. No!

[1:58:37] no.

[1:58:37] [laughter]

[1:58:38] » Osman.

[1:58:39] » Aye.

[1:58:40] » President payne.

[1:58:41] » Nay.

[1:58:43] » There are seven ayes and five

[1:58:45] noes.

[1:58:46] » Tt item carries. Next, is

[1:58:51] the report of our enterprise and

[1:58:53] labor relations committee which

[1:58:54] will be presented by its chair,

[1:58:55] council member palmisano.

[1:58:57] » Thank you, mr. President. The

[1:58:59] enterprise and labor relations

[1:59:00] committee has 10 items to bring

[1:59:02] forward today. I think all are

[1:59:03] non-controversial here. First is

[1:59:08] a legislative process reform

[1:59:11] research and recommendations

[1:59:12] request. Item 2 is a bid for the

[1:59:16] fire department training

[1:59:16] apparatus expansion project.

[1:59:18] item 3 is what we think is the

[1:59:21] last small contract amendment

[1:59:22] with shaw lundquist for the city

[1:59:24] hall restack phase 3 project.

[1:59:26] item 4 is contract with saba

[1:59:30] software for enterprise wide

[1:59:31] performance management system

[1:59:32] support and maintenance. Item

[1:59:34] five is a legal settlement with

[1:59:37] cameron cecchini. Item 6 is a

[1:59:40] legal settlement that is a

[1:59:44] workers' comp claim of terrence

[1:59:46] floyd. 7 is a claim settlement

[1:59:48] minneapolis convention center

[1:59:50] claim against northern states

[1:59:51] power company. We are receiving

[1:59:54] money in that situation. Eight

[1:59:57] is indebtedness and bond

[1:59:59] issuance authorization related

[2:00:01] to capital improvement bonds. We

[2:00:02] had a short conversation about

[2:00:03] that in committee. Nine is an

[2:00:06] appointed position in the health

[2:00:07] department for the director of

[2:00:08] environmental health. That is

[2:00:10] just taking an old position and

[2:00:12] refreshing it. Item 10 is an

[2:00:14] enterprise and labor relations

[2:00:15] committee work plan. I'm happy

[2:00:17] to answer any questions. Oh

[2:00:20] wait. But I move all of these

[2:00:21] forward for approval.

[2:00:24] » Council member palmisano has

[2:00:26] moved approval of the

[2:00:27] committee's report. Is there any

[2:00:27] discussion? Seeing none, I'll

[2:00:31] ask the clerk to call the roll.

[2:00:35] » Council member warren.

[2:00:36] » Aye.

[2:00:37] » Council member shaffer. >> a

[2:00:39] » Council member chughtai.

[2:00:40] » Aye.

[2:00:41] » Whiting.

[2:00:42] » Aye.

[2:00:43] » Chowdhury.

[2:00:43] » Aye.

[2:00:44] » Stevenson.

[2:00:45] » Aye.

[2:00:46] » Rainville.

[2:00:47] » Aye.

[2:00:48] » Vetaw.

[2:00:48] » Aye.

[2:00:50] » Palmisano.

[2:00:51] » Aye.

[2:00:52] » Chavez.

[2:00:53] » Aye.

[2:00:53] » Vice president osman.

[2:00:55] » Aye.

[2:00:55] » President payne.

[2:00:56] » Aye.

[2:00:57] » There are 12 ayes.

[2:00:58] » That carries and the report

[2:00:59] is adopd. Finally, we have the

[2:01:02] public health safety and equity

[2:01:03] committee which will be

[2:01:05] presented by that committee's

[2:01:07] chair, council member chavez.

[2:01:12] » Thank you, mr. President,

[2:01:14] public health, safety and equity

[2:01:15] committee is bringing seven

[2:01:16] items. One is appointing dr.

[2:01:21] freeman to the appointed

[2:01:23] position for fire chief. I will

[2:01:25] move that for a separate vote.

[2:01:27] two is contract with hennepin

[2:01:29] technical college for the police

[2:01:31] cadet program. Three is contract

[2:01:34] amendment with govworx inc.

[2:01:36] item 4 authorizes a contract

[2:01:38] amendment with the center for

[2:01:40] multicultural mediation for

[2:01:42] community trauma services. Item

[2:01:46] 5 authorizes a contract

[2:01:46] amendment with a mother's love

[2:01:48] initiative for community trauma

[2:01:49] response services. Six accepts a

[2:01:51] grant for the minnesota

[2:01:52] department of health to provide

[2:01:53] a family home visiting services

[2:01:55] and authorizing an agreement

[2:01:56] with the state of minnesota for

[2:01:58] the grant. Item 7 approves a

[2:02:01] legislative directive related to

[2:02:05] the neighborhood safety

[2:02:07] department contract audit. I

[2:02:08] move item number one for a

[2:02:12] separate vote and discussion.

[2:02:14] » Council member chavez has

[2:02:14] moved approval of the committee

[2:02:16] report minus item one. Is there

[2:02:17] any discussion on the remainder

[2:02:21] of the report? Seeing none, I'll

[2:02:23] ask the clerk to call the roll

[2:02:26] on all items except item number

[2:02:29] one.

[2:02:30] » Council member warren.

[2:02:31] » Aye.

[2:02:32] » Shaffer.

[2:02:32] » Aye.

[2:02:33] » Chughtai.

[2:02:34] » Aye.

[2:02:35] » Whiting.

[2:02:35] » Aye.

[2:02:36] » Chowdhury.

[2:02:37] » Aye.

[2:02:38] » Stevenson.

[2:02:38] » Aye.

[2:02:39] » Rainville.

[2:02:40] » Aye.

[2:02:41] » Vetaw.

[2:02:41] » Aye.

[2:02:42] » Palmisano.

[2:02:43] » Aye.

[2:02:44] » Chavez.

[2:02:44] » Aye.

[2:02:45] » Vice president osman.

[2:02:46] » Aye.

[2:02:46] » President payne.

[2:02:47] » Aye.

[2:02:47] » There are 12 ayes.

[2:02:49] » Those items carry. Next, we

[2:02:52] will take up item number one. I

[2:02:53] there a motion for item number

[2:02:57] one?

[2:02:57] » I will make a motion to move

[2:03:01] approval.

[2:03:01] » For approval. Is there a

[2:03:03] second?

[2:03:03] » Second.

[2:03:04] » Item number one has been

[2:03:06] moved for approval and seconded.

[2:03:07] is there any discussion? Oh. I

[2:03:12] see mayor frey has joined us. H

[2:03:16] want to jump in?

[2:03:20] » Mr. Chair, yes. And just

[2:03:24] assumedly we are talking about

[2:03:27] the renomination for fire chief.

[2:03:29] thank you. Thank you. Good

[2:03:31] afternoon, council president,

[2:03:33] vice president, and council

[2:03:34] members. Thanks again for having

[2:03:36] me here today to discuss the

[2:03:38] nomination of our next fire

[2:03:40] chief. So when we started the

[2:03:42] search for this fire chief in

[2:03:44] the minneapolis fire department,

[2:03:45] my top goal was to get someone

[2:03:48] into this role who could lead a

[2:03:51] team that has been known for its

[2:03:53] excellence but also lead a team

[2:03:55] into the future that's

[2:03:57] recognizing innovation and

[2:03:58] technology, that's understanding

[2:04:01] the managerial expertise for

[2:04:02] this department, and is someone

[2:04:03] who understands the importance

[2:04:05] of integration of this fire

[2:04:06] department into a broader safety

[2:04:07] ecosystem. During that search,

[2:04:11] we found a really strong field

[2:04:14] of impressive candidates. And

[2:04:15] there was an individual who rose

[2:04:17] to the top, and that's why we've

[2:04:21] nominated dr. Reginald freeman

[2:04:22] to the position of fire chief.

[2:04:25] dr. Freeman's impressive resume

[2:04:27] is one that speaks for itself.

[2:04:29] former chief of both the oakland

[2:04:31] and hartford fire departments.

[2:04:33] dr. Freeman has demonstrated an

[2:04:35] ability to lead organizations

[2:04:37] and leave them better than when

[2:04:39] he started. But even more

[2:04:40] impressive than his resume, dr.

[2:04:45] freeman has demonstrated and

[2:04:46] leaves an impression with those

[2:04:48] he works with. I believe you all

[2:04:50] have access to the over 20

[2:04:52] letters of support for dr.

[2:04:54] freeman's confirmation. These

[2:04:55] letters come from fire chiefs,

[2:04:57] firefighters, labor leaders,

[2:05:00] elected officials. I've spoke

[2:05:03] with mayors he had worked with

[2:05:04] and for. Educators as well as

[2:05:07] community leaders throughout the

[2:05:07] united states. They speak to his

[2:05:10] integrity, his consistency, his

[2:05:16] servant leadership and

[2:05:17] compassion for this work and

[2:05:18] people who he works with.

[2:05:22] something that also struck me as

[2:05:23] important is this is not the

[2:05:25] first time that the doctor has

[2:05:26] interviewed for this position. I

[2:05:29] want people that want to be in

[2:05:32] minneapolis. The first go around

[2:05:33] when he interviewed, he also did

[2:05:35] an impressive job. But he wasn't

[2:05:37] selected. And someone who steps

[2:05:42] up, fails to get the nomination,

[2:05:45] and steps up again signals

[2:05:47] someone that has commitment to

[2:05:49] this city and really wants to be

[2:05:50] here. If you talk to him, he

[2:05:53] wants to be here. If you talk to

[2:05:55] him, he wants to have his family

[2:05:57] here. He understands the

[2:05:57] importance of the work that

[2:06:00] we're doing. And like I did,

[2:06:04] understands minneapolis is a

[2:06:04] place where he wants to be. And

[2:06:09] so I want to thank our whole

[2:06:11] fire department. I want to thank

[2:06:13] our commissioner who has done

[2:06:14] really a great job leading this

[2:06:17] search as well as managing the

[2:06:20] office. I want to thank chief

[2:06:23] melanie rucker for stepping up

[2:06:25] over the last several months

[2:06:26] leading this team especially

[2:06:28] through the very difficult times

[2:06:30] of january and february of 2026.

[2:06:34] that guidance will always be

[2:06:38] deeply appreciated. And with

[2:06:42] that, it is with great privilege

[2:06:44] that I recommend dr. Reginald

[2:06:46] freeman for confirmation of fire

[2:06:48] chief of the minneapolis fire

[2:06:49] department. And I ask for your

[2:06:51] support. Thank you for your

[2:06:54] time, council members.

[2:06:55] » Council member vetaw.

[2:06:56] » Thank you, president payne.

[2:06:57] colleagues, I want to briefly

[2:07:00] explain my vote on the

[2:07:02] appointment of dr. Reginald

[2:07:04] freeman. This has been a

[2:07:06] difficult decision for me. I

[2:07:08] took this appointment very

[2:07:09] serious like I do all of them.

[2:07:11] because the leadership of our

[2:07:13] fire department directly impacts

[2:07:14] e safety of our firefighters

[2:07:15] and our residents. I had the

[2:07:16] opportunity to meet one on one

[2:07:18] with dr. Freeman, and I want to

[2:07:20] be honest that I came away with

[2:07:22] concerns. Some of those concerns

[2:07:25] relate to his professional

[2:07:27] experience, and others stem from

[2:07:29] our conversation about his

[2:07:30] vision and leadership. I believe

[2:07:32] it is my responsibility to

[2:07:35] thoroughly evaluate every

[2:07:36] nominee and ask the hard

[2:07:38] questions. During our

[2:07:40] conversation, we also discussed

[2:07:41] the lawsuit involving his

[2:07:43] previous department. Dr. Freeman

[2:07:46] shared he was not personally

[2:07:47] named in the lawsuit, and that

[2:07:48] was not about him directly.

[2:07:51] while I appreciate the

[2:07:53] clarification, I also share my

[2:07:54] concern that as the leader of

[2:07:55] the department, these events

[2:07:57] occurred under hisleadership.

[2:07:59] my concern is not simply rather

[2:08:01] he was personally named, but

[2:08:03] rather the women who were

[2:08:07] involved were adequately

[2:08:08] protected and supported. We have

[2:08:09] deep respect for the women who

[2:08:11] serve in our fire department,

[2:08:12] and I want to ensure they are

[2:08:14] working in an environment where

[2:08:15] they are safe, respected and

[2:08:17] treated with dignity. I also met

[2:08:20] with representatives from the

[2:08:22] minneapolis firefighters union

[2:08:23] to hear directly from the men

[2:08:25] and women who served in this

[2:08:27] department every day. Their

[2:08:29] pport for dr. Freeman weighed

[2:08:33] heavily in my decision. While I

[2:08:34] still ve reservations, I

[2:08:36] respect the confidence they have

[2:08:37] in his ability to lead. I would

[2:08:40] also encourage dr. Freeman to

[2:08:42] take the time to learn from the

[2:08:43] people already serving in this

[2:08:45] department. In my experience,

[2:08:46] firefighters have been among the

[2:08:48] most loyal public servants. They

[2:08:51] share unbreakable bonds with one

[2:08:53] another, and have built a

[2:08:55] culture rooted in service,

[2:08:56] trust, and teamwork. I also want

[2:08:59] to recognize that minneapolis is

[2:09:01] fortune to have exceptional

[2:09:03] talent within our own fire

[2:09:04] department. We have dedicated

[2:09:06] leaders who know our city,

[2:09:09] understand our neighbhoods,

[2:09:10] have built relationships wit

[2:09:12] our communities, and know how to

[2:09:14] work within the systems and

[2:09:15] partnerships that already exist.

[2:09:17] we are fortunate to have the

[2:09:18] talent, and I hope we will

[2:09:21] lean -- I hope dr. Freeman will

[2:09:24] lean onhe knowledge and

[2:09:25] experience of those already

[2:09:25] serving in this department.

[2:09:27] going into this process, I

[2:09:29] believe the next fire chief

[2:09:31] could come from within

[2:09:33] minneapolifire department. We

[2:09:34] have a highly qualified internal

[2:09:36] candidate who stepped forward

[2:09:38] becausehey have dedicated

[2:09:40] their careers to serving this

[2:09:42] city and have earned the respect

[2:09:44] of their colleagues. They

[2:09:45] understand the department's

[2:09:47] culture, the unique challenges

[2:09:48] facing minneapolis, and the

[2:09:49] relationship they have built

[2:09:50] with our communities. I want to

[2:09:53] acknowledge those interl

[2:09:54] candidates and thank tm for

[2:09:57] their willingness to lead, their

[2:09:58] experience, their commitment and

[2:10:00] institutional knowledge remain

[2:10:01] tremendous assets to this

[2:10:02] department. Over many years,

[2:10:05] this department has made

[2:10:07] meaningful progress in

[2:10:09] recruiting, retaining and

[2:10:10] promoting black, indigenous, and

[2:10:12] other people of color, as well

[2:10:14] as women. The pathways program

[2:10:16] has been instrumental in

[2:10:18] building and sustaining the

[2:10:20] diversity that the minneapolis

[2:10:21] fire department is known for

[2:10:22] today. It has created

[2:10:25] opportunities for people who may

[2:10:27] not have otherwise seen

[2:10:28] themselves in this profession

[2:10:30] and it has helped build a

[2:10:31] department that better reflects

[2:10:33] the community it serves. Without

[2:10:34] the pathway program, we will

[2:10:37] not have seen the growth in

[2:10:40] number of women serving in this

[2:10:41] department. As we move forward,

[2:10:43] I believe it's critical we

[2:10:45] continue building on that

[2:10:48] process, not start forward.

[2:10:49] women already serving in

[2:10:51] leadership positions in this

[2:10:52] department have played an

[2:10:54] important role in advancing this

[2:10:56] work. And their experience and

[2:10:58] persctive should continue to

[2:10:59] be valued as we strengthen and

[2:11:01] grow the department. Because of

[2:11:02] that, I will be voting yes to

[2:11:05] dr. Freeman today, but with

[2:11:07] hesitation. My vote comes with

[2:11:09] the expectation that dr. Freeman

[2:11:10] will work to earn the trust of

[2:11:14] the firefighters he will lead,

[2:11:17] demonstrate, with strong

[2:11:21] transparent leadership, improve

[2:11:23] morale, protect the progress

[2:11:24] this department has made, and

[2:11:26] ways put the safety and

[2:11:28] wellbeing of both our

[2:11:29] firefighters and our residents

[2:11:29] fit. I also expect fairness

[2:11:35] from leaders. Every firefighter

[2:11:36] deserves to be treated with

[2:11:38] respect, professionalism and

[2:11:39] equity regardless of their

[2:11:41] background or rank. Those

[2:11:42] expectations are not optional.

[2:11:44] they are fundamental to good

[2:11:48] leadership. Sincerely hope dr.

[2:11:50] freeman is successful because

[2:11:51] the success of our fire chief

[2:11:54] means a stronger fire department

[2:11:57] and a safer minneapolis. Dr.

[2:11:59] freeman, I know you're not here,

[2:12:02] but I hope you're listening.

[2:12:04] monitoring the department

[2:12:05] progress and holding its

[2:12:09] leadership accountable. I will

[2:12:11] be paying close attention to how

[2:12:12] you lead, how you treat the men

[2:12:14] and women o this department and

[2:12:16] whether you follow through on

[2:12:17] the commitments you have made. I

[2:12:18] hope you earn the trust of this

[2:12:20] council and the firefighters you

[2:12:21] lead and the people of

[2:12:22] minneapolis. Thank you.

[2:12:25] » Vice president osman.

[2:12:26] » Thank you, council president.

[2:12:28] I had a brief conversation with

[2:12:29] dr. Freeman. Really impressed me

[2:12:34] hisresume, his international

[2:12:36] and national experience.

[2:12:37] we are attracting one of the

[2:12:39] best and brightest people in the

[2:12:41] nation. And I think were lucky

[2:12:43] to hav him. I lk forward

[2:12:45] working with him. We talked

[2:12:48] about, you know staffing, the

[2:12:52] old equipment challenges that

[2:12:53] how we need to upgrade fire

[2:12:56] department. And also, I talked

[2:12:57] to the, you know, the fire union

[2:13:00] that are here to represent. And

[2:13:02] they really had great things to

[2:13:04] say and they're excited to work

[2:13:05] with him. So I would say we're

[2:13:09] lucky to have you. Welcome, and

[2:13:11] we look forward, you know, in

[2:13:13] your leadership to lead us safer

[2:13:17] city, a better city, and a

[2:13:21] wonderful fire department city

[2:13:23] of minneapolis. So thank you,

[2:13:24] council president.

[2:13:27] » Council member warren.

[2:13:28] » Thank you, council president

[2:13:29] payne. I want to echo a lot of

[2:13:32] what my council colleague stated

[2:13:43] latrisha vetaw. It was a chef's

[2:13:46] kiss. That was great. I also had

[2:13:49] a sit down conversation with mr.

[2:13:51] freeman, dr. Freeman. And I also

[2:13:54] spoke with our fire's union. One

[2:13:56] of the things that really stood

[2:13:57] out to me was hearing this. And

[2:14:00] this wasn't the first time that

[2:14:01] I heard that, you know, it's

[2:14:03] difficult to attract people to

[2:14:07] want to come here to minneapolis

[2:14:11] because they hear whatever

[2:14:14] hoopdala about the internal

[2:14:15] climate here in our city. So

[2:14:18] what that says to me is we have

[2:14:20] to tighten up our ship. Because

[2:14:22] how we treat each other in our

[2:14:25] city and interdepartmentally is

[2:14:27] how other people will come. And

[2:14:28] they believe that it is

[2:14:29] acceptable that you are to be

[2:14:32] treating other people

[2:14:34] interoffice or

[2:14:35] interdepartmentally that way.

[2:14:36] that that's accepted. You know.

[2:14:38] my parents used to tell me, me

[2:14:41] and my siblings, we would

[2:14:44] quarrel or what have you. They

[2:14:45] said when you go out into

[2:14:48] community or whatever else the

[2:14:50] case is or you have company to

[2:14:51] come over, how you treat each

[2:14:53] other is how other people

[2:14:55] believe it is acceptable to

[2:14:57] treat people when they come into

[2:15:00] your home. So now we've got to

[2:15:02] tighten up how we look at home.

[2:15:05] and we have to make sure we're

[2:15:08] making those concrete

[2:15:09] investments. If we are saying

[2:15:12] our internal candidates --

[2:15:12] because looking across this

[2:15:15] dais, I think minnesota has some

[2:15:18] nice homegrown talent. What I'm

[2:15:20] saying is if we're saying

[2:15:23] interdepartmentally, when it

[2:15:24] comes to investing in

[2:15:27] individuals that are in our fire

[2:15:30] department, police department,

[2:15:31] services department, if we don't

[2:15:32] have what it takes, that's our

[2:15:35] fault. So we have to make those

[2:15:37] concrete investments to ensure

[2:15:39] that we're investing in our

[2:15:41] homegrown talent and we are

[2:15:43] promoting them and elevating

[2:15:45] them and pushing them up so that

[2:15:47] they are able to reach the next

[2:15:50] pinnacle of success. That's what

[2:15:51] we have to do. It's nice to have

[2:15:54] other people come and we want to

[2:15:55] show off our city and what have

[2:15:57] you. But we also have to be

[2:15:58] proud of what it is that we

[2:16:00] create and we feed right here at

[2:16:01] home. And I'm going to say that

[2:16:03] with my whole chest, and that we

[2:16:05] take care of each other and make

[2:16:10] those really quality investments

[2:16:11] in one another. I know that dr.

[2:16:15] freeman is not here. And it

[2:16:17] saddens me that he's not here

[2:16:18] because I like for people to be

[2:16:20] here so I can see the whites of

[2:16:22] their eyes and talk to them when

[2:16:23] we're talking about appointments

[2:16:25] and reappointments and things

[2:16:26] like that. Because it's

[2:16:28] important that you are able to

[2:16:30] stand in the presence of

[2:16:32] individuals who are elevating

[2:16:34] you and asking questions. And

[2:16:36] again, those difficult

[2:16:38] questions. And I did talk to him

[2:16:41] about those accusations and

[2:16:42] things like that because those

[2:16:44] are important things to discuss.

[2:16:46] and I believe that any time

[2:16:48] there's something that's going

[2:16:49] on when you're talking to other

[2:16:51] individuals in leadership that

[2:16:52] you should be able to have those

[2:16:54] type of conversations and gain

[2:16:57] clarity and understanding or

[2:16:59] agree to even disagree. However,

[2:17:04] I value every service worker,

[2:17:08] everyone who works in law

[2:17:11] enforcement, everyone who works

[2:17:13] in our fire department here. Any

[2:17:14] service to our community, I

[2:17:16] value them. And I value our

[2:17:18] residents. And I want to make

[2:17:20] sure that whoever it is that

[2:17:22] comes into our city holds that

[2:17:23] same value and treats everyone

[2:17:25] with that same dignity and

[2:17:27] respect that they deserve

[2:17:28] because it is necessary. It is

[2:17:32] not an option, it's a

[2:17:34] requirement and an expectation.

[2:17:35] and so I'm going to be leaning

[2:17:37] in to my fire union to make sure

[2:17:40] that we're holding individuals

[2:17:42] accountable. And if you see

[2:17:43] something and you don't say

[2:17:45] something, I'm pulling up. The

[2:17:47] end. Thank you.

[2:17:49] » Council member chughtai.

[2:17:52] » Thank you, mr. President. I

[2:18:00] really appreciate the discussion

[2:18:01] here today. I had the

[2:18:04] opportunity to meet with dr.

[2:18:08] freeman yesterday and I found

[2:18:11] the conversation to be really

[2:18:12] wonderful. Very insightful. And

[2:18:15] I think there are some really

[2:18:17] incredible strengths that dr.

[2:18:19] freeman is bringing to

[2:18:22] minneapolis. That the mayor

[2:18:26] discussed here and council

[2:18:27] members have brought up in

[2:18:28] discussion here today. And I

[2:18:32] think that makes me excited

[2:18:34] about the future of this

[2:18:35] department and the direction it

[2:18:36] can go in. I want us to have the

[2:18:39] very best fire department in the

[2:18:40] world because I believe we have

[2:18:42] the best firefighters in the

[2:18:45] world. And I don't think that

[2:18:48] the growth in this department

[2:18:50] that really needs to happen to

[2:18:52] leveup is going to happen

[2:18:57] without excellent leadership.

[2:19:00] that matches the tenacity and

[2:19:02] the grit of the firefighters

[2:19:03] that work in our department. I

[2:19:10] always heard a couple of things

[2:19:12] that raised some concerns for me

[2:19:14] and further solidified my

[2:19:17] concerns about dr. Freeman and

[2:19:19] understanding that I think this

[2:19:20] nomination is going to be

[2:19:22] approved here today. I will not

[2:19:28] be, unfortunately, able to

[2:19:29] support dr. Freeman here today.

[2:19:31] and it is in part because of his

[2:19:37] experience. I think that this

[2:19:41] department is needing of

[2:19:43] stability and someone who is

[2:19:44] going to be here for the long

[2:19:47] haul. And I think that lots of

[2:19:52] the majority of the leaders of

[2:19:54] the fire department as well as

[2:19:56] firefighters are people who come

[2:19:57] to this department and stay here

[2:19:59] for a long time. Spend their

[2:20:01] entire careers here. And I'm

[2:20:05] worried about having who is

[2:20:11] going to come into this

[2:20:12] department and perhaps not serve

[2:20:14] out the entirety of the term.

[2:20:20] and that just raises some

[2:20:22] concern for me. More

[2:20:23] importantly, I think it's his

[2:20:27] professional experience in

[2:20:29] particular his professional

[2:20:34] international experience that I

[2:20:37] just want look past. In our

[2:20:39] conversation, I felt as though

[2:20:41] the nominee dismissed the

[2:20:44] legitimate concerns that I

[2:20:46] brought up about some pretty

[2:20:49] severe human rights abuses that

[2:20:53] happened in the organization he

[2:20:56] was a leader in internationally

[2:20:58] that forced the displacement of

[2:21:03] 20,000 indigenous peoples from

[2:21:04] their homeland to build a

[2:21:11] climate catastrophe indoor city

[2:21:14] for the criminally wealthy. I

[2:21:18] don't think that that's

[2:21:19] consistent with my values. And

[2:21:21] so unfortunately, I'm not able

[2:21:25] to support this nomination. But

[2:21:29] I wish dr. Freeman the very best

[2:21:33] of luck as he embarks on this

[2:21:36] journey and offer myself as a

[2:21:38] partner always. The fire

[2:21:39] department is one that's very

[2:21:40] near and dear to me and I want

[2:21:43] to make sure it's successful and

[2:21:45] set up to ensure the safety of

[2:21:47] our firefighters as they carry

[2:21:49] out the important work on behalf

[2:21:51] of our residents. Thank you, mr.

[2:21:52] president.

[2:21:54] » Council member whiting.

[2:21:56] » Thank you, council president

[2:21:59] payne. I am not a firefighter. I

[2:22:02] don't purport to be a

[2:22:02] firefighter and do not want to

[2:22:04] be a firefighter. It is a tough

[2:22:08] job and I only tip a hat to what

[2:22:10] you all do. And so when making

[2:22:12] decisions of this, I think

[2:22:14] gravity that we all are kind of

[2:22:16] weighing here. I've gotta lean

[2:22:19] on the experts. I've gotta lean

[2:22:21] on the people that do this job

[2:22:24] day in and day out. We've heard

[2:22:27] quite loudly from our union,

[2:22:29] local 82 here, but firefighters

[2:22:31] across the city of minneapolis.

[2:22:32] I have yet to hear a negative

[2:22:34] word about dr. Freeman. And so

[2:22:38] when we kind of, again, look to

[2:22:41] these appointments, especially

[2:22:42] in areas that I have no level of

[2:22:45] expertise, I lean on those that

[2:22:47] do. And so I am basing the large

[2:22:49] majority of this decision based

[2:22:52] on the advice that I've received

[2:22:56] from the people that do this job

[2:22:57] every single day. I appreciate

[2:22:58] the work that you all do and the

[2:23:00] work of being behind this chief

[2:23:01] and ensuring that we have a fire

[2:23:05] department that meets the

[2:23:05] professional standards of what

[2:23:06] this city deserves. I know you

[2:23:08] all are doing it day in and day

[2:23:11] out. I'm excited to see how we

[2:23:13] can best support you all in the

[2:23:14] work that you do. Thank you.

[2:23:16] » Council member rainville.

[2:23:20] » Thank you. And I appreciate

[2:23:22] the presence here today from the

[2:23:23] firefighters union. And I want

[2:23:27] to explain my vote. When I first

[2:23:28] met with the chief, I was very

[2:23:30] leery because this is the first

[2:23:33] outside chief that this

[2:23:34] department has had.nd I have

[2:23:37] to admit, he did not impress he

[2:23:39] at all. Especially his resume

[2:23:41] where he goes from department to

[2:23:42] department. That's troubling to

[2:23:44] me. Because I truly believe a

[2:23:47] fire chief should come from

[2:23:48] within the department. I think

[2:23:50] that you come on the job

[2:23:51] together, you work together, you

[2:23:54] grow together. The chief should

[2:23:56] come internally. But after many

[2:23:59] conversations with the

[2:24:00] firefighters union and with

[2:24:01] commissioner barnett, and I

[2:24:03] appreciate your patience with

[2:24:05] me, commissioner. You brought me

[2:24:07] wrong. And I do hope the chief

[2:24:10] is listening today because very

[2:24:11] unusual to not have someone

[2:24:13] present here today. That's also

[2:24:14] something I look forward to

[2:24:16] having him explain why he

[2:24:18] couldn't take time off his busy

[2:24:20] schedule to come and listen to

[2:24:22] us in person. That to me is

[2:24:25] troubling. But I just hope that

[2:24:28] the new chief understands and

[2:24:30] values the bravery of the

[2:24:33] minneapolis fire department. How

[2:24:35] smart and wise you are. You're a

[2:24:37] great, great group of people. My

[2:24:43] expectation for him while he's

[2:24:44] here is to provide the training

[2:24:46] and expertise as needed so that

[2:24:49] as t next chief comes

[2:24:51] internally, comes from within,

[2:24:53] has ridden the rigs with you,

[2:24:54] slept with you, ate with you,

[2:24:56] fought firesith you. That is

[2:24:58] so important. I hope that can be

[2:25:00] overcome with this outside

[2:25:00] chief. But I will be voting for

[2:25:04] him because I'm relying on your

[2:25:06] expertise that you know what's

[2:25:08] best for your department. Thank

[2:25:08] you.

[2:25:13] » Couil member stevenson.

[2:25:14] » Thank you, council president.

[2:25:15] I want to echo it's really weird

[2:25:18] that he's not here. What's more

[2:25:21] important than being here right

[2:25:22] now? This is -- ie never

[2:25:25] applied for a job that I didn't

[2:25:26] want to sit on in the

[2:25:27] discussions about whether I got

[2:25:28] it or not. Yeah. I came inhere,

[2:25:32] you know, knowing I was going to

[2:25:34] vote yes. And now him not being

[2:25:37] here is something that's really

[2:25:38] disturbing to me. And kind of

[2:25:40] making me want to change my vote

[2:25:41] a litt bit. Yeah. I have

[2:25:45] questions that I wanted to ask

[2:25:47] him. Does he plan on moving here

[2:25:49] full-time with his family? We h

[2:25:53] really here full-time and he

[2:25:56] didn't work out really well. So

[2:25:57] I wanted to know that. Yeah, I

[2:26:06] wanted to make cle to him in

[2:26:07] person that gender

[2:26:11] discriminaon in a department

[2:26:12] is unacceptable and he needs to

[2:26:13] be on the lookout for that and

[2:26:16] needs to be laser focused on

[2:26:18] that and learn from his previous

[2:26:21] experience. I never thought we

[2:26:24] shouldave gone outside of the

[2:26:25] department personally. I didn't

[2:26:26] think we needed to spend money

[2:26:28] to go look for somebody. Outside

[2:26:32] of the department. I think we've

[2:26:33] got great firefighters. Yeah. So

[2:26:38] those are my concerns. Things

[2:26:40] that I really like about him.

[2:26:42] his work in oakland with mental

[2:26:44] health response I think is super

[2:26:47] valuable. Super important for

[2:26:48] our context here. I think the

[2:26:50] fact that he has such strong

[2:26:52] union support is really

[2:26:53] incredible. And it's good and

[2:26:58] that has swayed my decisionery

[2:26:58] significantly. Yeah. I was

[2:27:03] impressed with him personally.

[2:27:05] so yeah, I guess all this being

[2:27:07] said is that he will get my vote

[2:27:11] today. But I have some serious

[2:27:13] concerns given today in

[2:27:15] particular, and I will want to

[2:27:16] speak with him in person and

[2:27:19] communicate those concerns. But

[2:27:23] we need leadership in public

[2:27:24] safety in this city. We don't

[2:27:26] have a permanent police chief.

[2:27:28] we don't have a permanent

[2:27:29] commissioner of public safety.

[2:27:33] we currently don't have a

[2:27:34] permanent fire chief. And so we

[2:27:38] need some permanence in our

[2:27:40] public safety apparatus. And I

[2:27:42] was personally previously

[2:27:47] impressed with mr. Freeman, and

[2:27:49] I was really impressed by the

[2:27:51] support that he got from the

[2:27:53] union. So I will be voting yes.

[2:27:57] » Council member chowdhury.

[2:28:04] council member shaffer.

[2:28:09] » I enjoyed also my time with

[2:28:10] dr. Freeman. One thing that

[2:28:13] stands out to me when I asked

[2:28:14] him to describe what kind of

[2:28:16] leadership that he holds, he

[2:28:19] really used two words. He said I

[2:28:22] am a servant leader. That's my

[2:28:23] style of leadership. And the

[2:28:26] word servant has a negative

[2:28:28] connotation sometimes. But it's

[2:28:29] the basis of service, right? I

[2:28:31] don't just look out for my own

[2:28:33] needs, but I'm working. You

[2:28:35] know, my mission is to look out

[2:28:38] through the members that are

[2:28:39] around me. The needs of my team.

[2:28:41] not just my own. And so to me

[2:28:44] this is one of the most

[2:28:46] effective kinds of leaders that

[2:28:47] you can have. Who is willing to

[2:28:50] lay down their perspective and

[2:28:52] listen to somebody else. Who is

[2:28:55] willing to consider all options

[2:28:58] and the importance of a team's

[2:29:00] perspective. And then the second

[2:29:01] word, though, is leadership.

[2:29:03] every team needs a leader. Fire

[2:29:07] crews know that day in and day

[2:29:09] out. You don't have a leader,

[2:29:10] you're in trouble. Right? And so

[2:29:14] I feel like dr. Freeman is ready

[2:29:16] to lead. And bringing in

[2:29:20] somebody from the outside, you

[2:29:22] know, a leader is unafraid to

[2:29:24] address issues within the team

[2:29:25] that need to be addressed. And

[2:29:28] just be able to really whatever

[2:29:30] they may be, right? And I think

[2:29:33] I'm really excited -- not I

[2:29:36] think, I know. I'm excited that

[2:29:38] he will be and chose those words

[2:29:42] in his description of his

[2:29:43] leadership to me. So I trust

[2:29:45] him. I'm going to be watching

[2:29:46] for that. I'm going to be

[2:29:48] cheering him on. Because I also

[2:29:50] communicated the importance of

[2:29:51] time right now in our city

[2:29:53] around trust in our public

[2:29:54] safety leadership. You know,

[2:29:56] it's a critical time. And I

[2:29:58] tried to impose on him that, you

[2:30:01] know, you really might have a

[2:30:03] little extra pressure on you,

[2:30:04] right? Because of what we've

[2:30:06] gone through. And that's not --

[2:30:08] shouldn't be taken as a

[2:30:10] negative, it's just we care. We

[2:30:12] care about our residents. We

[2:30:14] care about our team members. We

[2:30:16] care our leaders are

[2:30:17] demonstrating what it means to

[2:30:20] be at the top spot what

[2:30:21] everybody else on the bottom is

[2:30:23] doing. So I'm excited to support

[2:30:25] him today. And I also want to

[2:30:27] publicly thank you. The

[2:30:28] leadership of the union for

[2:30:30] being here and your leadership

[2:30:31] throughout this process. It

[2:30:33] matters. And it mattered to our

[2:30:35] council in our decisionmaking.

[2:30:36] thanks.

[2:30:38] » Council member chowdhury.

[2:30:41] » Thanks, president payne. I

[2:30:46] had a good opportunity to speak

[2:30:50] with dr. Freeman. We spoke for

[2:30:52] over an hour. It was really,

[2:30:54] really helpful to kind of just

[2:30:55] get to know him and then also

[2:30:57] take a look at the letters of

[2:31:01] recommendation that are pretty

[2:31:04] broad. We kind of just got right

[2:31:06] to the heart of issues facing

[2:31:09] the fire department in the city

[2:31:11] of minneapolis. We talked about

[2:31:13] how we have been fighting each

[2:31:14] year to try to get the fire

[2:31:17] alerting system and have not

[2:31:18] been able to get it, and how

[2:31:19] that's something that I need him

[2:31:21] to commit to working on. We

[2:31:24] talked about how our fire

[2:31:26] department for yearsas faced

[2:31:31] $5 million to $6 million overage

[2:31:33] year after year because we are

[2:31:35] just not investing enough in

[2:31:37] this department. I want to see

[2:31:40] more investment within the fire

[2:31:41] department and that he's going

[2:31:41] to need to fight for that and

[2:31:43] fight really, really hard.

[2:31:46] because there were opportunities

[2:31:48] the last five years when we were

[2:31:50] in a better financial position

[2:31:51] to get that and it didn't

[2:31:51] happen. And we can't keep on

[2:31:57] avoiding making these

[2:32:00] investments, especially in a

[2:32:02] time where our firefighters are

[2:32:04] expected to go to even more

[2:32:08] calls, an unprecedented amount

[2:32:10] of calls that just keep growing

[2:32:14] amount of staff. And I also

[2:32:15] chatted with him about the

[2:32:17] capital investment budget. I was

[2:32:19] like yeah we need to see some

[2:32:22] capital investment requests to

[2:32:24] improve the fire stations. This

[2:32:25] is where the firefighters live.

[2:32:27] so we got right into the heart

[2:32:27] of it. I really appreciated a

[2:32:30] lot of his responses and h

[2:32:31] he's thinking about it. He seems

[2:32:34] like a very strong change agent

[2:32:43] as it comes to big organizations

[2:32:45] and local government and has a

[2:32:46] track record of it. Every time I

[2:32:48] asked him a question about how

[2:32:50] he would think through some of

[2:32:51] these issues, he was able to

[2:32:53] cite different instances that

[2:32:54] came to mind. And that was

[2:32:56] really, really valuable. I also

[2:33:02] care a lot about what the people

[2:33:04] who do the work within the

[2:33:06] department have to say. And

[2:33:08] there's been resounding support

[2:33:09] for him from there. And then he

[2:33:13] also highlighted to me when he

[2:33:15] was becoming the fire chief I

[2:33:18] believe in oakland. The union

[2:33:23] there at the time did not

[2:33:25] support him. And he highlighted

[2:33:30] that same leader now is a city

[2:33:33] council member in oakland and w

[2:33:38] so I think that just speaks a

[2:33:39] lot to the work and the trust

[2:33:41] building that happened. I also

[2:33:43] shared how important it is for

[2:33:47] us to recruit women, people of

[2:33:50] color, people from our

[2:33:52] community, and also show deep

[2:33:56] care for our lgbtqia community

[2:33:59] and gender expansive community.

[2:34:01] and he shared about his work

[2:34:02] that he's led nationally around

[2:34:08] ib, and the fact that he

[2:34:11] co-founded a group I believe in

[2:34:14] oakland fire for women and

[2:34:17] non-binary firefighters, which I

[2:34:17] was like, wow. This is the type

[2:34:22] of inclusivity we need. And he

[2:34:25] had measurable ways of also h

[2:34:30] he was able to change standards

[2:34:31] so it was eier for

[2:34:33] firefighters t come into the

[2:34:37] department and g started. So

[2:34:37] appreciated that conversation.

[2:34:40] with him. And we have a lot of

[2:34:42] work to do. And so I will be

[2:34:45] supporting him tay and excited

[2:34:45] to do so.

[2:34:48] » Council member chughtai.

[2:34:50] » Thank you, mr. President. And

[2:34:54] I would be remiss if I didn't

[2:34:57] make mention of this here today.

[2:35:00] but you know, I think words are

[2:35:01] really, really important. And I

[2:35:07] appreciate the answer that dr.

[2:35:11] freeman gave me about his

[2:35:13] commitment to being re in

[2:35:13] minneapolis. But actions matter

[2:35:18] so much more. And I see three

[2:35:22] actions here today that stand

[2:35:23] out to me. First, actions matter

[2:35:31] and I see several members of the

[2:35:38] firefighters local 82 here today

[2:35:41] representing the members of the

[2:35:43] department. Because it's

[2:35:44] important. That's why you made

[2:35:46] the time to be here today. And I

[2:35:47] really appreciate that. Thank

[2:35:48] you. Second, I see the

[2:35:51] commissioner in the room. I

[2:35:55] really appreciate as someone who

[2:35:57] is going to be overseeing -- who

[2:36:01] currently oversees the

[2:36:02] department and will continue to.

[2:36:04] and the new fire chief is going

[2:36:05] to be a part of your leadership

[2:36:07] team. It means a lot to me that

[2:36:09] you are here in the chambers and

[2:36:11] you are demonstrating that this

[2:36:12] is importantnd you're taking

[2:36:14] it seriously. That means a lot

[2:36:18] to me. Thank you to local 82 and

[2:36:21] to the commissioner for making

[2:36:24] the time to be here because it's

[2:36:26] consequential. And jus as

[2:36:30] importantly, the third action

[2:36:33] that stands out to me is that

[2:36:35] dr. Freeman himself is not here.

[2:36:37] in fact, he's not in the city.

[2:36:39] he's not in the state. He's not

[2:36:40] in the country. He's in saudi

[2:36:42] abia. That is just -- that is

[2:36:48] important to me. It stands out

[2:36:50] to me about what matters, what's

[2:36:55] prioritized and what isn't. I

[2:36:56] hope in the actions that he will

[2:36:58] demonstrate as a new leader of

[2:37:01] the departmenthat it will show

[2:37:03] me a different version of dr.

[2:37:05] freeman. And I sincerely hope

[2:37:08] that for the sake of the

[2:37:09] department and the sake of our

[2:37:12] residents. Thank you, mr.

[2:37:13] president.

[2:37:14] » Council member vetaw.

[2:37:15] » Thank you, president payne.

[2:37:17] colleagues, I just wanted us to

[2:37:19] take a moment to thank our

[2:37:22] assistant chiefs, melanie rucker

[2:37:28] and wes van vickel for the

[2:37:31] service they stepped up after

[2:37:33] chief tyner left. They have

[2:37:35] really been holding down the

[2:37:37] fire department doing a

[2:37:38] fantastic job. They have both

[2:37:40] been in here before us many

[2:37:42] times giving us presentations

[2:37:43] and walking us through a lot of

[2:37:45] the things going on behind the

[2:37:47] scenes. Chief rucker reached out

[2:37:48] about the equipment. We got

[2:37:51] $500,000 worth of new equipment

[2:37:52] for the fire department. A bunch

[2:37:56] of new jaws of life. And I got

[2:37:58] to go a test out some. Council

[2:38:00] member shaffer was there also.

[2:38:01] some of the new equipment. And I

[2:38:04] just think it's important for us

[2:38:06] to just shout out the folks who

[2:38:08] stepped up during this search

[2:38:10] period and who've done a great

[2:38:12] job leading the fire department

[2:38:14] during this time while we have

[2:38:16] been recruiting a new chief. So

[2:38:19] thank you to those two chiefs

[2:38:21] for their immense service and

[2:38:23] the work that they've done and

[2:38:24] continue to do. And I certainly

[2:38:30] hope to see them continue in

[2:38:31] those roles and working on

[2:38:32] behalf of our fire department

[2:38:34] and the people of minneapos.

[2:38:36] » I second that.

[2:38:40] » Seeing no one else left in

[2:38:43] queue, I'll ask the clerk to

[2:38:46] call the roll.

[2:38:47] » Council member warren.

[2:38:48] » Aye.

[2:38:48] » Shaffer.

[2:38:49] » Aye.

[2:38:50] » Chughtai.

[2:38:51] » Nay.

[2:38:51] » Whiting.

[2:38:52] » Aye.

[2:38:53] » Chowdhury.

[2:38:54] » Aye.

[2:38:55] » Stevenson.

[2:38:56] » Aye.

[2:38:57] » Rainville.

[2:38:57] » Aye.

[2:38:58] » Vetaw.

[2:38:59] » Aye.

[2:39:00] » Palmisano.

[2:39:01] » Aye.

[2:39:02] » Chavez. >> no.

[2:39:03] » Vice president osman.

[2:39:05] » Aye.

[2:39:06] » President payne.

[2:39:06] » Aye.

[2:39:07] » There are 10 ayes and two

[2:39:09] nays.

[2:39:10] » Hat carries and that

[2:39:13] completes the phse report and

[2:39:15] all the reports of our standing

[2:39:17] committees. The next order of

[2:39:21] business is notice of ordinance

[2:39:27] introductions. We have three

[2:39:29] today. Amending provisions

[2:39:31] related to the commercial hood

[2:39:32] and exhaust cleaning program.

[2:39:35] second, council member warren

[2:39:36] give notice of intent to

[2:39:37] introduce at the next regular

[2:39:39] meetin the subject matter of an

[2:39:40] ordinance amending the planning

[2:39:42] and development code relating to

[2:39:44] ensuring the accountability of

[2:39:46] the minneapolis public housing

[2:39:48] authority. Finally, council

[2:39:51] member warren gives notice of

[2:39:53] intent to introduce at the next

[2:39:57] regular meeting -- conducting

[2:39:58] elections to the neighborhood

[2:40:00] revitalization program policy

[2:40:01] board. These nices are hereby

[2:40:04] given and no further action is

[2:40:05] required at thisime. The next

[2:40:08] order of business is the

[2:40:09] introduction a referral

[2:40:10] calendar. We have fr items

[2:40:10] today. First pursuant to notice,

[2:40:15] council members chavez, myself,

[2:40:17] wonsley and warren move to

[2:40:19] introduce an ordinance amending

[2:40:20] the liquor and beer code for

[2:40:22] first reading and referral to

[2:40:27] business, housing and zoning

[2:40:27] committee. Requires a dress

[2:40:32] code. Second, pursuant to

[2:40:36] notice, council member chavez

[2:40:38] and stevenson introduce

[2:40:38] ordinance amending provisions of

[2:40:40] the code related to noise

[2:40:43] regulations to remove irrelevant

[2:40:45] content, organize structure in a

[2:40:47] more logical format, add a

[2:40:51] clause relating to sound motion

[2:40:54] sensors on private property.

[2:40:57] third, pursuant to notice,

[2:40:58] council members shaffer and

[2:40:59] rainville move to introduce the

[2:41:01] subject matter of an ordinance

[2:41:03] amending the license and busy

[2:41:04] regulations code for first

[2:41:06] reading and referral to the

[2:41:08] business, housing and zong

[2:41:09] committee. Amending repealing

[2:41:10] and adding provisions related to

[2:41:13] rental hallsnd places of

[2:41:15] entertainment to create eve

[2:41:16] center license allowing for the

[2:41:18] hosting of both public and

[2:41:19] private events. And finally,

[2:41:23] pursuant to notice council

[2:41:24] members wonsley, chavez,

[2:41:26] whiting, and chowdhury move to

[2:41:27] introduce the subject matter of

[2:41:28] an ordinance amending thenimal

[2:41:30] care and conol code for first r

[2:41:34] public health, safety and equity

[2:41:35] committee removing conditions

[2:41:36] and restrictions on pet

[2:41:38] ownership solely due to a prior

[2:41:40] conviction for certain felonies.

[2:41:40] may I have a motion to approve

[2:41:42] these introductions?

[2:41:43] » So moved.

[2:41:44] » Second.

[2:41:45] » Seeing no one else in queue,

[2:41:47] I'll ask the clerk to call the

[2:41:50] roll.

[2:41:50] » Council memr warren.

[2:41:51] » Aye.

[2:41:52] » Shaffer.

[2:41:52] » Aye.

[2:41:54] » Chughtai.

[2:41:54] » Aye.

[2:41:55] » Whiting.

[2:41:57] » Aye.

[2:41:57] » Chowdhury.

[2:41:58] » Aye.

[2:41:59] » Stevenson.

[2:41:59] » Aye.

[2:42:01] » Rainville.

[2:42:01] » Aye.

[2:42:02] » Vetaw.

[2:42:02] » Aye.

[2:42:04] » Palmisano.

[2:42:04] » Aye.

[2:42:05] » Chavez.

[2:42:06] » Aye.

[2:42:06] » Osman.

[2:42:07] » Aye.

[2:42:09] » Payne.

[2:42:09] » Aye.

[2:42:10] » There are 12 ayes.

[2:42:12] » That motion carries and those

[2:42:14] are referred to the appropriate

[2:42:16] committees. We have one

[2:42:17] resolution on our agenda today

[2:42:18] really to recognizing the 2026

[2:42:21] minneapolis aquatennial. Do

[2:42:22] council members have any

[2:42:23] comments to add? Seeing none,

[2:42:26] may I have a motion to adopt

[2:42:28] this resolution?

[2:42:29] » So moved.

[2:42:29] » Second.

[2:42:30] » The clerk will call the roll.

[2:42:32] » Warren.

[2:42:33] » Aye.

[2:42:34] » Shaffer.

[2:42:34] » Aye.

[2:42:35] » Chughtai.

[2:42:35] » Aye.

[2:42:36] » Whiting.

[2:42:37] » Aye.

[2:42:37] » Chowdhury.

[2:42:38] » Aye.

[2:42:38] » Stevenson.

[2:42:39] » Aye.

[2:42:40] » Rainville.

[2:42:40] » Aye.

[2:42:41] » Vetaw.

[2:42:42] » Aye.

[2:42:43] » Palmisano.

[2:42:43] » Aye.

[2:42:45] » Chavez.

[2:42:45] » Aye.

[2:42:45] » Vice president osman.

[2:42:46] » Aye.

[2:42:47] » President payne.

[2:42:47] » Aye.

[2:42:48] » There a 12 ayes.

[2:42:49] » That carries and that

[2:42:50] resolution is adopted. Our next

[2:42:53] order of business is unfinished

[2:42:55] business. As I said at the top

[2:42:58] we have two items today. Item 1

[2:43:02] relates to a proposed contract

[2:43:05] with skydio inc. At our last

[2:43:09] meeting we considered a couple

[2:43:11] of different motions both of

[2:43:13] which failed. This remains

[2:43:14] before us for action mr. Clerk,

[2:43:16] do you have any guidance on what

[2:43:18] a proper motion would be to

[2:43:20] dispose of this item?

[2:43:23] » Mr. President, with your

[2:43:26] indulgence ait I thought I'd

[2:43:27] talk about what a tie ve does.

[2:43:29] there's been some confusion

[2:43:31] about that.

[2:43:31] I wanted to explain that a tie

[2:43:34] vote for council has both

[2:43:36] procedural and legal effect.

[2:43:40] under -- it doesn't determine

[2:43:45] the outcome of the underlying

[2:43:48] oposition that's before you.

[2:43:50] the city charter, our

[2:43:52] constitution, provides that a

[2:43:53] council must act by a defined

[2:43:56] majority vote combined with a

[2:43:58] official record to be presented

[2:44:00] to the mayor for his

[2:44:01] consideratio a tie vote does

[2:44:02] not achieve those outcomes or

[2:44:04] requirements of the arter, and

[2:44:06] therefore I not dispositive. It

[2:44:09] defeats the motion but it

[2:44:10] doesn't dispose of the

[2:44:13] proposition. When there is a tie

[2:44:15] vote, the council may make a

[2:44:18] different vote. So you asked,

[2:44:19] mr. President, what would be a

[2:44:21] proper course of action. A

[2:44:23] proper course o action would be

[2:44:25] a motion to achieve the opposite

[2:44:27] of the motion that failed

[2:44:28] because of a tie vote. A motion

[2:44:31] to refer to postpone, to

[2:44:33] continue, any of those

[2:44:35] procedural motions would keep

[2:44:35] the motion alive. The underlying

[2:44:39] proposition alive subject to a

[2:44:40] final dispositive vote or if the

[2:44:43] motion to approve ils, a

[2:44:45] motion to disapprove. Often

[2:44:48] you'll hear the clerk say when

[2:44:50] there's a tie vote, move to

[2:44:51] delete from the agenda. The

[2:44:53] standard is the motion that

[2:44:55] would be dispositive because it

[2:44:56] would elimina the matter from

[2:44:59] the uncil's further

[2:45:01] consideration. A motion to

[2:45:02] delete fm the agenda or a

[2:45:04] motion to deny if the motion to

[2:45:07] approve is tied or if a motion

[2:45:10] to deny fails -- I hope that's

[2:45:12] helpful to the body.

[2:45:15] » We have a few people in

[2:45:17] queue. Not sure if it's for

[2:45:19] questions or motions. I will

[2:45:22] recognize council member vetaw.

[2:45:23] » Thank u, president payne. I

[2:45:25] actual wouldlike to make a

[2:45:29] motion. Consideration of

[2:45:31] proposed contract with skydio

[2:45:31] back to staff.

[2:45:33] » Second.

[2:45:33] » During lengthy discussions at

[2:45:35] both meetings of the public

[2:45:38] health, safety and equity

[2:45:38] committeend the city council

[2:45:40] meeting, council members raised

[2:45:43] several serious questions about

[2:45:44] both skydio as the vender and

[2:45:47] implications of using drones as

[2:45:53] first responders. I hope the

[2:45:55] motion gives time and

[2:45:58] potentially moves aath

[2:46:00] forward.

[2:46:00] » Council member vetaw has

[2:46:02] moved to refer this item back to

[2:46:06] staff. It has been second. I

[2:46:08] will recognize council member

[2:46:09] chavez.

[2:46:10] » Thank you, council president

[2:46:10] payne. So we're just speaking on

[2:46:13] numberne of the motions or

[2:46:15] both?

[2:46:15] » Numbe one at the moment.

[2:46:21] » Which is the skydio one?

[2:46:23] » Correct.

[2:46:24] » Iill save my energy.

[2:46:25] » With that, we have a motion

[2:46:28] to refer item number 1, skydio

[2:46:30] back to staff. Seeing no one

[2:46:32] else left in queue, I will ask

[2:46:35] the clerk to call the roll.

[2:46:37] » Warren.

[2:46:38] » Aye.

[2:46:38] » Shaffer.

[2:46:40] » Aye.

[2:46:41] » Chughtai.

[2:46:41] » Aye. Sorry.

[2:46:43] » Girl, you seconded it.

[2:46:44] » I know. I'm sorry.

[2:46:48] » Ouncil member whiting.

[2:46:49] » Aye.

[2:46:50] » Chowdhury.

[2:46:50] » Aye.

[2:46:51] » Stevenson.

[2:46:51] » Aye.

[2:46:52] » Rainville.

[2:46:53] » Aye.

[2:46:54] » Vetaw.

[2:46:55] » Aye.

[2:46:55] » Palmisano.

[2:46:56] » Aye.

[2:46:57] » Chavez.

[2:46:58] » Aye.

[2:46:58] » Vice president osman.

[2:47:00] » Aye.

[2:47:00] » President payne.

[2:47:01] » Aye.

[2:47:01] » There are 12 ayes.

[2:47:03] » That carries. Next, as we

[2:47:09] discussed at the top, item two

[2:47:12] resulted in a tie vote. It

[2:47:13] should have ended on our agenda

[2:47:15] for the following meeting which

[2:47:17] would have been june 11th and it

[2:47:19] was not on our agenda. And so

[2:47:21] that's why we are taking it up

[2:47:23] here. And we did have a

[2:47:25] discussion with the clerk around

[2:47:26] what happened to make that not

[2:47:29] happen. I believe it was

[2:47:31] partially an error as a result

[2:47:33] of the clerk doesn't get to take

[2:47:35] vacations anymore because he

[2:47:36] wasn't there for that meeting.

[2:47:38] but that's a joke.

[2:47:40] [laughter]

[2:47:43] » This item, we brought back to

[2:47:46] unfinished business for this

[2:47:47] meeting to make sure we have

[2:47:50] consisncy around how these

[2:47:51] motions are dealt with when

[2:47:52] there are a tie. So we do have

[2:47:56] to dispose of this and to make a

[2:47:57] motion to do as much. So I will

[2:48:01] recognize council member chavez

[2:48:02] to either make a motion or ask a

[2:48:03] question.

[2:48:04] » Well I'm going to make a

[2:48:05] motion to return this item back

[2:48:08] to author. And if the author

[2:48:09] wants to work on it further,

[2:48:11] that would be great as well. But

[2:48:13] I also want to make comments on

[2:48:15] process because I pointed this

[2:48:16] out last cycle and I brought

[2:48:17] this up. And last cycle we were

[2:48:19] told this item was dead. The

[2:48:21] previous one was dead. I watched

[2:48:24] a recording yesterday. So I just

[2:48:25] want to make it clear that we

[2:48:27] were told that last item was

[2:48:29] dead and it was still on the

[2:48:31] agenda. So I brought up the

[2:48:33] concern that this item wasn't

[2:48:35] automatically put on the agenda.

[2:48:38] so council member payne, was it

[2:48:40] your -- because you're not

[2:48:41] explaining what happened.

[2:48:43] » Thank you, council member

[2:48:45] chavez, for being able to

[2:48:46] instead of jokingly explain it.

[2:48:50] mr. Carl was not at the meeting

[2:48:52] where this resulted in a tie. As

[2:48:55] a result -- and I don't remember

[2:48:58] if it wams. Geyserhat was

[2:49:02] working or mr. Dailior. There

[2:49:07] was a disconnect within the

[2:49:09] clerk's office.

[2:49:10] » Thank you. Next time I just

[2:49:12] ask that you explain what

[2:49:14] happened because the public

[2:49:15] maybe didn't think you added it

[2:49:17] to the agenda. I don't want to

[2:49:19] be a clerk myself. I want to be

[2:49:20] able to have it on the agenda

[2:49:23] and make sure procedures

[2:49:24] followed equitably.

[2:49:25] » Thank you for that

[2:49:26] clarification and question. And

[2:49:28] actually, that brings another

[2:49:29] question, mr. Clerk. We have

[2:49:33] some very small number of items

[2:49:35] that require a nine-vote

[2:49:37] majority to pass. And if they

[2:49:39] failed,s that similar to what

[2:49:42] we're dealing with here?

[2:49:45] » Mr. President, no. In that

[2:49:47] case, there's a define majority

[2:49:49] threshold that has to be

[2:49:51] achieved and it failed. So the

[2:49:53] item itself fails. The fact that

[2:49:55] motion ends in a tie, means it

[2:49:57] didn't achieve a majority. A m

[2:50:01] majority is always required to

[2:50:03] takeaction. If you don't

[2:50:05] achieve that majority, the item

[2:50:11] mean the opposite outcome is

[2:50:13] achieved. So if a motion is made

[2:50:16] to approve a contract, as an

[2:50:18] example, and the result of 6-6,

[2:50:23] the council didn't by a majority

[2:50:24] achieve the motion to approve.

[2:50:25] but the outcome didn't

[2:50:27] automatically become a failure.

[2:50:28] you'd need to introduce a motion

[2:50:30] to deny the contract and then

[2:50:31] vote on that motion. Because the

[2:50:33] motion in fnt of the body was

[2:50:35] to approve. We act on the mion

[2:50:36] in front of the body. If tie

[2:50:40] vote doesn't achieve the

[2:50:42] opposite outcome.

[2:50:43] » Thank you for that

[2:50:44] clarification. Council member

[2:50:45] chavez made a motion to return

[2:50:46] to author. And I feel like I saw

[2:50:48] you wanting to make a comment

[2:50:50] about that.

[2:50:51] » Just to clarify, return to

[2:50:53] author is specific and only tied

[2:50:55] to returning ordinances. That's

[2:50:57] why I said earlier delete from

[2:50:59] agenda is return to everything

[2:51:01] else. Return to author is only

[2:51:03] for ordinances.

[2:51:05] » Council member chavez, would

[2:51:05] you like to modify your motion?

[2:51:08] » Yeah. That's fine.

[2:51:10] » Delete.

[2:51:11] » Is there a second for the

[2:51:12] moon to delete from the

[2:51:13] agenda?

[2:51:14] » Second.

[2:51:15] » The clerk will call the roll.

[2:51:18] » Council member vetaw is on

[2:51:19] queue.

[2:51:20] » No, I'm not. He answered it.

[2:51:23] » Council member warren.

[2:51:23] » Aye.

[2:51:24] » Shaffer.

[2:51:25] » Aye.

[2:51:27] » Chughtai.

[2:51:27] » Aye.

[2:51:28] » Whiting.

[2:51:29] » Aye.

[2:51:30] » Chowdhury.

[2:51:30] » Aye.

[2:51:32] » Stevenson.

[2:51:32] » Aye.

[2:51:33] » Rainville.

[2:51:34] » Aye.

[2:51:35] » Vetaw.

[2:51:35] » Aye.

[2:51:36] » Palmisano.

[2:51:37] » Aye.

[2:51:39] » Chavez.

[2:51:39] » Aye.

[2:51:40] » Vice president osman.

[2:51:41] » Aye.

[2:51:41] » President payne.

[2:51:42] » Aye.

[2:51:43] » There are 12 ayes.

[2:51:46] » Hat carries. And that

[2:51:48] completes all of the business on

[2:51:51] our agenda. Except we do have a

[2:51:53] closed session. Before I

[2:51:54] recognize the attorney and we

[2:51:56] recess for closed session. And

[2:51:58] actually what I will do is take

[2:52:00] a little pulse. Do we want to

[2:52:01] have a lunch recess or power

[2:52:04] through?

[2:52:05] » Yes.

[2:52:05] » Power through.

[2:52:06] » I'm hearing people want

[2:52:08] lunch.

[2:52:08] » Yes, lunch.

[2:52:09] » Eah.

[2:52:09] » Yeah.

[2:52:17] » So before recognize the

[2:52:19] attorney and we recess for

[2:52:20] closed session, I will ask if

[2:52:21] there are any announcements from

[2:52:24] council members. Are there any

[2:52:25] annocements? Council member

[2:52:27] whiting.

[2:52:29] » Thank you, president payne.

[2:52:31] as you all, I'm going to say it

[2:52:33] every single time until

[2:52:34] august 8th. Southside be

[2:52:36] outside. We are having a

[2:52:38] community barbecue. I hope all

[2:52:40] of you to be there. 12:00 to

[2:52:45] 4 p.m., washington high school,

[2:52:48] august 8th. Thank you.

[2:52:49] » Council member vetaw.

[2:52:49] » Thank you, president payne. I

[2:52:51] just wanted to thank the

[2:52:54] organizers of the very first

[2:52:57] northse jazz and culture

[2:52:58] festival. It was literally the

[2:53:00] hottest day of the summer. But

[2:53:02] it was packed. The northside

[2:53:04] showed up, had a great time. We

[2:53:07] got to listen to some amazing

[2:53:09] local artists, including council

[2:53:13] member warren's daughter, anaya.

[2:53:15] she got to sing a song that she

[2:53:17] doesn't normally get to sing.

[2:53:19] and she was so proud of herself

[2:53:21] and I was proud of her also. She

[2:53:23] was fantastic and so were the

[2:53:27] other artists. I also thank the

[2:53:34] park board. They let us use

[2:53:36] their building and parking lot

[2:53:38] in a way I've not seen on the

[2:53:40] northside. It was a great

[2:53:42] festival. A great turnout.

[2:53:44] wonderful energy. Just people

[2:53:45] out enjoying the northside. We

[2:53:47] were by the river. By the old

[2:53:50] river view theater. Lots of

[2:53:53] memories shared with folks. It

[2:53:55] was the first annual. And I'm

[2:53:56] already looking forward to the

[2:53:58] second annual.

[2:53:58] » Couil member chowdhury.

[2:54:00] » Thank you, president payne.

[2:54:05] july 31st, august 1st, and

[2:54:08] august 2nd, is nokomis days

[2:54:11] 2026. Be sure to come out and

[2:54:14] support our local businesses and

[2:54:15] community in the 12th and 11th

[2:54:19] ward. There are events for

[2:54:22] families and people of all ages.

[2:54:25] there's wonderful sales.

[2:54:30] competitions, prizes, parking

[2:54:33] lo parties, free concerts, you

[2:54:35] name it. Doing what minnesotans

[2:54:39] love to do which is go outside,

[2:54:42] eat good food, listen to good

[2:54:45] music. There's a lot of

[2:54:47] southside we outside moments

[2:54:49] happening in the upcoming

[2:54:51] weekend.

[2:54:52] » Council member chavez.

[2:54:53] » Thank you, council president

[2:54:55] payne. I want to invite the

[2:54:57] community to the park art fair

[2:54:59] from august 1st to august 2nd.

[2:55:01] each day from 10 a.m. To 5 p.m.

[2:55:05] » Council member warren.

[2:55:07] » Thank you, council president

[2:55:10] payne. I so much enjoyed myself

[2:55:12] at the northside's first annual

[2:55:14] jazz festival. It was an amazing

[2:55:16] time. So if you missed it, we'll

[2:55:20] be back again next year. I do

[2:55:24] want to also shout out that this

[2:55:27] is black business week, which is

[2:55:29] the kickoff to black business

[2:55:30] month. So go out and shop with

[2:55:35] your black businesses. And yeah,

[2:55:37] support the businesses. I think

[2:55:39] we were at the coliseum, myself

[2:55:42] and council member chavez the

[2:55:43] other day. And our mayor learned

[2:55:46] how to braid. So I am excited to

[2:55:50] see what is to come from that

[2:55:51] experience. So he was excited to

[2:55:53] learn how to do it because he's

[2:55:55] like I got two daughters, I want

[2:55:56] to learn how to braid. Go out,

[2:55:59] shop, support black businesses.

[2:56:02] enjoy some of this good weather.

[2:56:04] national night out is

[2:56:04] approaching us. So I know a lot

[2:56:07] of those festivals and

[2:56:09] activities are going on next

[2:56:10] week. Get out, connect with your

[2:56:12] community members. You know,

[2:56:15] laugh, talk, eat some good food.

[2:56:17] some people do big cookings for

[2:56:19] national night out. And

[2:56:20] sometimes you just get hotdogs

[2:56:22] and a bag of chips. Either way

[2:56:24] it goes, it's all in love. Be

[2:56:27] grateful. Be thankful. Celebrate

[2:56:28] each other. And stay plenty

[2:56:31] hydrated. That's all I got to

[2:56:34] say. The end. >> mr. Carl.

[2:56:37] » I put on my sparkly tie for

[2:56:39] this. I wanted to offer a brief

[2:56:43] comment about today's vote on

[2:56:44] the democracy center. As the

[2:56:46] city's chief elections official,

[2:56:48] I'm very excited to see that

[2:56:50] project move forward. I'm

[2:56:52] anticipating to be in that new

[2:56:55] facility to welcome voters for

[2:56:59] the 2028 presidential election.

[2:57:01] it's going to improve our

[2:57:03] service to the entire community

[2:57:06] and increase accessibility to

[2:57:08] the ballot box to all voters. I

[2:57:11] know they're eager to join the

[2:57:14] longfellow neighborhood and we

[2:57:16] want to be good neighbors. I do

[2:57:20] appreciate sincerely council

[2:57:21] pushing that project forward.

[2:57:23] the city and this council have

[2:57:25] always invested in elections so

[2:57:27] that every minneapolis voter has

[2:57:29] the equal, free, and fair right

[2:57:31] to cast their ballot in every

[2:57:34] election, and that matters. As

[2:57:38] council member palmisano said, I

[2:57:40] would like to think this is a

[2:57:42] reason for the entire cit to

[2:57:43] celebrate. Thank you for that

[2:57:45] vote.

[2:57:46] » Council member palmisano.

[2:57:47] » Thank you. I'll echo clerk

[2:57:50] carl's comments. I cannot wait

[2:57:53] to move into the new democracy

[2:57:54] center and cast my vote there in

[2:57:57] the next presidential election.

[2:57:58] but meantime, I had a terrific

[2:58:01] experience at the early vote

[2:58:03] center at 908 east hennepin this

[2:58:07] week. I see other stickers here

[2:58:08] that showed that others have

[2:58:10] also gone to east hennepin to

[2:58:13] cast their ballot early for the

[2:58:15] primary that is august 11th.

[2:58:18] there are few excuses to not be

[2:58:19] able to find a way to vote.

[2:58:21] there are pop-up locations

[2:58:25] happening before the primary. I

[2:58:28] had a wonderful voter forum. A

[2:58:32] forum in my ward last week with

[2:58:34] the director of election

[2:58:35] services, catie smith and her

[2:58:38] deputy john martin. And it was

[2:58:40] really great to see and get

[2:58:46] assurance I think for residents

[2:58:47] across the city that were there

[2:58:49] on our election security and all

[2:58:50] of the different checks and

[2:58:52] balances that go into voting in

[2:58:53] our city. So a plug for voting

[2:58:57] early in the primary. It was a

[2:58:59] wonderful, easy experience. I

[2:59:01] was in and out in five minutes.

[2:59:04] but for wanting to smile to

[2:59:08] everybody in that center, and I

[2:59:10] look forward to what's next.

[2:59:14] » Council member shaffer.

[2:59:14] » Yeah, just wanted to

[2:59:16] highlight two events. One

[2:59:19] downtown is the savannah bananas

[2:59:22] this weekend. Sold out event.

[2:59:23] there's going to be a lot of

[2:59:25] street activities. Blocks

[2:59:27] closed. You can participate in

[2:59:28] the fun even if you didn't get

[2:59:30] tickets. And secondly, we all

[2:59:31] had a hand in bringing back the

[2:59:34] uptown art festival and that is

[2:59:36] this weekend starting friday

[2:59:38] from 1:00 to 7:00. Saturday,

[2:59:40] 10:00 to 6:00. And sunday, 10:00

[2:59:44] to 4:00. I encourage you if you

[2:59:46] have time, come back and see it.

[2:59:49] it's good to see it bk in the

[2:59:52] community. It's going to be kind

[2:59:55] of the same footprint for those

[2:59:57] of you who may have attended

[2:59:58] some of the lopit events in the

[3:00:01] mall and kind of the southern

[3:00:07] lake of the isles parkway.

[3:00:09] entertainment, concerts and food

[3:00:11] trucks. So lots of fun.

[3:00:13] » Council member rainville.

[3:00:15] » Thank you. I have two

[3:00:18] announcements. The first one, it

[3:00:21] donned on me this last week I've

[3:00:23] been doing a lot of community

[3:00:25] outreach with our police

[3:00:26] department. As we all know

[3:00:28] public safety is an important

[3:00:30] issue. For the first time ever

[3:00:31] in ward 3, and perhaps in the

[3:00:34] city of minneapolis, the

[3:00:35] inspectors are both women. So

[3:00:37] both the first precinct and the

[3:00:41] second precinc inspectors, the

[3:00:42] top cops, are women. So that

[3:00:45] just shows how far we've

[3:00:47] advanced in public safety. And

[3:00:49] the second announcement is I'll

[3:00:51] let latrisha vew carry forth

[3:00:54] on it. But I did want to

[3:00:56] announce the passing of past

[3:01:00] city council member, john.

[3:01:03] » I was just going to say the

[3:01:06] same thing. North minneapolis

[3:01:07] lost a resident, a previous ward

[3:01:12] 4 council member, john served in

[3:01:13] the 70s on the minneapolis city

[3:01:15] council and then went on to be

[3:01:18] the county commissioner. And we

[3:01:20] will miss john. John was a

[3:01:24] gigantic man with gigantic

[3:01:26] hands. I don't even know how

[3:01:28] tall he was. Maybe 6'5", 6'6".

[3:01:36] jon was very gentle. Very smart.

[3:01:38] head so many projects. We went

[3:01:40] to dinner last week and we were

[3:01:42] talking about some of the work

[3:01:43] he's done in minneapolis and in

[3:01:45] hennepin county. John will be

[3:01:46] truly missed. His family still

[3:01:48] lives in ward 4. I just wanted

[3:01:51] to haves all take a brief

[3:01:54] moment of silence for john

[3:01:57] darrus, former city council and

[3:01:58] count commissioner.

[3:02:06] » Thank you.

[3:02:08] » Council member warren.

[3:02:08] » I'm sorry. I forgot an event.

[3:02:12] this today, we're going to miss

[3:02:14] it because it's at 1:00. The vip

[3:02:17] showing. But this weekend,

[3:02:19] friday, saturday, and sunday,

[3:02:22] sister act 2 will be at

[3:02:25] lundstrom performing arts. And

[3:02:27] my daughter is starring in that

[3:02:30] play. It is her last musical

[3:02:32] before she goes off to school in

[3:02:34] new york. They're doing it. This

[3:02:37] is lundstrom's big productions.

[3:02:39] they're so much fun. If you

[3:02:41] haven't been to a production at

[3:02:44] lundstrum, you are missing out.

[3:02:46] they're in the ward, in the 5th

[3:02:48] ward. I know council member

[3:02:50] vetaw has got some family

[3:02:51] members who performed at

[3:02:53] lundstrom. Lots of the kids

[3:02:54] there are absolutely amazing and

[3:02:56] the staff is great. They do a

[3:02:58] lot of great work with those

[3:03:00] kids so I wanted to shout them

[3:03:02] out and that sister act 2 is

[3:03:04] showing this weekend there.

[3:03:05] » Council member shaffer.

[3:03:06] » One clarification. It's not

[3:03:08] starting tomorrow. But it's next

[3:03:09] friday. One weekend out if I

[3:03:13] wasn't clear for both events.

[3:03:15] » All right. Tt is all of our

[3:03:20] announcements. With that, we've

[3:03:21] completed all of the items on

[3:03:22] our agenda and will now consider

[3:03:24] the request for a closed session

[3:03:25] which is to receive a briefing

[3:03:28] on the litigation matter listed

[3:03:30] on the agenda. Before I move to

[3:03:31] close the meeting, I'll

[3:03:33] recognize the city attorney to

[3:03:34] provide the legal basis for the

[3:03:36] requested closed session.

[3:03:37] » President payne, the next

[3:03:39] item on the agenda is a

[3:03:41] litigation matter of assad

[3:03:45] awaijane et al versus bittell et

[3:03:47] al. You lawyers wish to provide

[3:03:50] a briefing on this matter.

[3:03:53] minnesota statute section 13d.05

[3:03:57] subdision 3b. The couil may

[3:03:59] upon a proper motion close the

[3:04:01] meeting for purposes of

[3:04:05] attorney-client information. In

[3:04:06] considering the motion, the

[3:04:07] council should weigh the right

[3:04:08] of the public to know what its

[3:04:11] gornment is doinggainst the

[3:04:13] need of confidentiality of

[3:04:15] discussions with its attorneys.

[3:04:16] » Thank you, mr. City attorney

[3:04:20] meeting as authorized under the

[3:04:22] open meeting law, specifically

[3:04:25] minnesota state statute section

[3:04:27] 13d.05 for the purpose of

[3:04:28] receiving a briefing on the

[3:04:30] litigation matter ofssad

[3:04:33] awaijane et al versus bittell et

[3:04:35] al. May I have a second to that

[3:04:36] motion?

[3:04:36] » Second.

[3:04:37] » The clerk will call the roll.

[3:04:39] » Council member warren.

[3:04:40] » Aye.

[3:04:41] » Shaffer.

[3:04:41] » Aye.

[3:04:43] » Chughtai.

[3:04:43] » Aye.

[3:04:44] » Whiting.

[3:04:45] » Aye.

[3:04:46] » Chowdhury.

[3:04:46] » Aye.

[3:04:47] » Stevenson.

[3:04:48] » Aye.

[3:04:49] » Rainville.

[3:04:49] » Aye.

[3:04:50] » Vetaw.

[3:04:51] » Aye.

[3:04:52] » Palmisano.

[3:04:53] » Aye.

[3:04:54] » Chavez.

[3:04:54] » Aye.

[3:04:55] » Vice president osman.

[3:04:56] » Aye.

[3:04:57] » President payne.

[3:04:57] » Aye.

[3:04:58] » There are 12 ayes.

[3:04:59] » That carries. For the viewing

[3:05:02] public, I will note that t

[3:05:04] broadcast for this meeting will

[3:05:06] continue. And reconvene after

[3:05:08] we've concluded the closed

[3:05:10] session. We will start the

[3:05:11] closed session at 1:30.

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[5:29:36] [ gavel ].

[5:29:37] » The time is now 3:08 and the

[5:29:42] city council has reconvened

[5:29:45] following our closed session.

[5:29:50] » Council member warren.

[5:29:51] » Aye. Present.

[5:29:52] » Shaffer.

[5:29:53] » Present.

[5:29:53] » Council member wonsley is

[5:29:55] absent. Council member chughtai.

[5:29:57] » Present.

[5:29:57] » Whiting.

[5:29:58] » Present.

[5:29:59] » Chowdhury.

[5:29:59] » Present.

[5:30:00] » Stevenson.

[5:30:01] » Present.

[5:30:01] » Council member rainville is

[5:30:03] absent. Vetaw.

[5:30:03] » Present.

[5:30:04] » Palmisano.

[5:30:05] » Present.

[5:30:05] » Council member chavez.

[5:30:06] » Present.

[5:30:07] » Vice president osman is

[5:30:08] absent. President payne.

[5:30:09] » Present.

[5:30:09] » There are 10 members present.

[5:30:11] » Let the record reflect we

[5:30:13] have a quorum. With that, we've

[5:30:18] completed our business today.

[5:30:22] with nothing to come before the

[5:30:24] council, without objection, this

[5:30:26] meeting is adjourned.

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