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» Good morning everyone.  My

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name is elliot payne, the

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president of minneapolis city

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council.  And at this time, I'm

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going to call this regular

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pleating  -- regular meeting

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of the july city council to

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order.

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» Council member warren.

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» Here.

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» Council member shaffer.

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» Present.

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» Council member wonsley is

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absent.  Council member chughtai

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is absent.  Council member

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whiting.

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» Present.

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» Council member chowdhury.

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» Present.

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» Council member stevenson is

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absent.  Council member

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rainville.

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» Present.

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» Council member vetaw.

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» Council member palmisano.

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» Council member chavez.

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» Present.

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» Vice president osman.  Is

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absent.  President payne.

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» Present.

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» There are nine members

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» Let the record reflect we

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have a quorum.  Before we begin

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the meeting, let me remind all

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the meeting is broadcast to

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enable greater public

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participation.  The broadcast

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includes a real time captioning

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as a means to increase the

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accessibility of our proceedings

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to the community.  Therefore all

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speakers need to be mindful of

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the rate of our speech so our

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captioners can tribe all

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ask all to moderate the speed

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and clarity of t their

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comments.  The agenda for

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today's meeting is before us.

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and before I ask for a motion to

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adopt the agenda, I have one

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additional -- one addition.  As

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you know, last meeting, there

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was a vote on the program that

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resulted in a tie.  That did not

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dispose of the item.  You'll

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note on the public agenda that

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it's before us once again under

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unfinished business.   There was

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a question about the previous

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action that tied.  We have since

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identified the action.  That's

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presented in front of us.  That

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is the resolution asking a

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national search for a community

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safety commissioner.  At that

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may 21st meeting, that was

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brought forward by council

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member wonsley and also resulte

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in a tie.  However, that was not

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brought forward to the next

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meeting under unfinished

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business.  That was an omission

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that resulted from a clerical

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error.  I'm recommending that

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the resolutions -- oh, the

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resolution is in lims file 20

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2026-00653 a printed copy in

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front of everybody on the dais.

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since it resulted in a tie vote,

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and we weren't able to dispose

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this item, it should have been

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returned from council's next

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regular meeting on june 11th.

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since that didn't happen, I am

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suggesting that we add that to

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consideration for today's

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meeting under unfinished

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business.  So that we can do a

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final disposition on that

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action.  I'm also going to

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recommend, once we get to

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unfinished business, that we to

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a proper motion to dispose of

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those.  And maybe I'll seek the

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clerk's advice whether we should

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delete them or whatever the

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appropriate motion is when we

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get there.  Any objection to the

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plan?

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seeing none.  May I have a

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motion to adopt the agenda,

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including that addition.

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» So moved.

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» Is there a second.

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» The clerk will call the

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» Council member warren.

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» Aye.

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» Council member shaffer.

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» Aye.

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» Council member whiting.

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» Aye.

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» Council member chowdhury.

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» Council member stevens.

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» Council member rainville.

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» Aye.

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» Council member vetaw.

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» Council member palmisano.

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» Council member chavez.

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» Aye.

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» President payne.

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» Aye.

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» 10 ayes.

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» That carries and the agenda

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is adopted as amended.  The next

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item is acceptance of the

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minutes from the regular meeting

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july 16th.  A motion to accept

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the minutes.

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» So moved.

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» Second.

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» The clerk will call the

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» Warren.

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» Shaffer.

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» President payne.

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» That carries.  The minutes

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have been accepted.  Final, the

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proper committees.  The motion,

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» So so moved.

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» President payne.

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» 10 ayes.

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» That carries.  And the

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matters have been referred.  The

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next order of business is the

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presentation of reports from our

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standing committees.  Which are

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taken in alphabetical order.

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we'll begin with the report of

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the business, housing, and

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zoning committee.  I'll call on

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council member chowdhury as vice

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chair of the committee.

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» Thank you.  We're bringing

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forward 20 items today.  Item

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number one approves the mayor's

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nomination of enrique ha

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velasquez to rector of

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regulatory services.  Two

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approves a wine and strong beer

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with general entertainment for

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strange loop laboratory.  Item

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three approves an interim use

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permit for people serving people

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item number four is an appeal

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regarding the 300 minnehaha

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avenue democracy center.  This

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item was sent forward without

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rights.  Item five is a rezoning

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and alley vacation for the

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democracy center at 300

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minnehaha.  This item was send

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forward without recommendation.

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item sixpproves five liquor

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licenses.  Seven approves 32

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liquor license renewals.  Eight

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nine grants business, license

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services.  1 authorizes dtap

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funding recommendations.  14

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center.  Item 15 delegates

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programs.  16 accepts an

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authorized water efficiency

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grant program from the

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extinction for the green belt

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affordable housing program.

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items for approval except for

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items four and five.  And then

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item number 1.  So that's one,

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four, and five.

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» Council member chowdhury has

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moved approval of the biz report

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minus items one, four, and five,

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I'll recognize we've been joined

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by council member chughtai and

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stevenson.  Is there any

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questions or comments on the

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remainder of the report?  Seeing

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none.  I'll ask the clerk to

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call the roll.

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» Warren.

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» Aye.

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» Shaffer.

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» Aye.

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» Chughtai.

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» Chowdhury.

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» Chavez.

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» Aye.

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» President payne.

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» Aye.

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» There are 11 ayes.

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» That carries.  And we'll next

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take up item number one, the

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appointment of enrique velasquez

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for director of regulatory

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services.  Is there any comment

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or discussion on this item?

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seeing none, I'll ask the clerk

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to call the roll.  Oh, council

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member vetaw.

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» Thank you.  Thank you,

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president payne.  I really just

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wanted to take a moment to

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recognize director velasquez and

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express my sincere appreciation

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for your leadership to the city

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of minneapolis.  Thank you so

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much, director.  We spent friday

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afternoon in ward four, and had

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a great time walking around the

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ward, looking at a lot of the

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livability issueshat my

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community faces every day.

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you've always been amazing at

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checkinghings out and

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understanding, talking about,

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and understanding where they are

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and what they want.  The city of

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minneapolis to look like for

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them and their families.  So I

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really do appreciate the time we

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spent in ward four on friday.

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you're one of the kindest, most

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thoughtful leaders I have the

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privilege of working with.  You

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ag genuinely love

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minneapolis.  And you know that

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if you spend two seconds with

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you.  You care about every

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single person in this city.  And

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the love is reflected in how you

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serve every single day.

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you care about the people that

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you work with and that work

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alongside you.  You lead with

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respect, compassion, and

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understanding.  And you

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understand that strong

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organizations are built by

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investing in the people that

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make them successful.  That's

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huge for a leader!

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and I appreciate that about you.

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I ran into somebody who works

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in your department coming out of

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the elevator, and I'm certain we

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spent an hour talking about how

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good it is to work with you, and

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how you treat them as partner

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in the time that you take to

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build them up as an individual.

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but, also, the ente vision for

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their department and the city of

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minneapolis.  They see in you

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the care and so that inspires

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them to care.  So thank you for

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that, director.

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what's always stood out to me is

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your responsiveness.  Ratwhethem

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a council member, a concern from

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a resident, or a challenge

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facing the department.  You're

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someone whoistens, you follow

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through, and you work tirelessly

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to find solutions.  You never

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shy away from the difficult

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conversations. Hey typically

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are, when it comes to ward four.

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thank you for being able to

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actually make me comprise a lot!

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friday you just had so many

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ideas that I'm so glad that

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after the drones didn't pass,

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you had already started thinking

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about what next steps are for

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getting policy and implementing

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some programs that can help.

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so when challenges arise, you

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seem to have good solutions.

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and I love how you take

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responsibility, tooing with for

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too, for the decisions you

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make.  That's what goo leaders

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do.  You don't bless -- pass the

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blame or avoid accountability.

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director, you're a visionary.

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and sometimes being a visionary

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is hard.  You consistently have

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looked beyond the immediate

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challenges to think about how we

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can build a stronger, more

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effective city for the future.

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your leadership has helped move

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forward minneapolis while

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keeping our residents and

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employees at the center of every

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decision.

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leadership is not just about

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making the easy decisions.  It's

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about showing up every day with

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integrity, humanity, and a

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commitment to serving others.

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you embody that, enrique.  You

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embody all those qualities.

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minneapos is better because of

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your leadership, and I'm

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grateful for everything you've

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done for this city, for this

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department, and for the people

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that call minneapolis home.

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thank you.  Thank you for your

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service.  Thank you for your

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dedication, your parership,

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and your unwavering commitment

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to this city.  Thank you.

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» Council member stevenson.

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» Thank you, mr. President.

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thank you, director.

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unfortunately I will not be able

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to support your appointment

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today.  And I want to let you

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know the reasons why.  We got a

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tter from our workers in your

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office.  We had a meeting and

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discussed that.  And I

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appreciate you coming and

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talking with me directly about

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this.  But the facts from the

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letter are just really not

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acceptable.  Does this

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individual effectively resolve

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workplace issues?  No.    We

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talked about this.  You told me

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that there are some disciplinary

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issues happening I the partner.

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I have no vision into that.  I

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have to take you at your word

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and that that's what's

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happening.  And at the same

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time, I don't think that our

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emplees, our staff, are

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vindictive people are making

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things up.  So I -- these two

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truths have to be true at the

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same time.  And so I urge you to

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do better by the staff.  You

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can.  I very much appreciate our

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conversations.  And I appreciate

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you as a person.  And I know you

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can do better.  So I urge you to

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please do that.  We counted the

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votes.  We know you'll get

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appointed.  This is me saying

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asking you to step up to a

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higher level than I know you can

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do.  On top of that, we have

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encampment recording ordinance.

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it's not a suggestion.  It's an

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ordinance.  It has to come every

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quarter.  And currently haven't

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had one yet this year.  We're in

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july.  This is not acceptable.

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this is not a choice. Whether

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it gets presented or not.  So

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I'm asking you to please level

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up to the level that I know you

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can do.  When it comes to

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management and meeting the

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ornance on time, these are

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vital things.  These are not

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preferential things.  I will not

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be supporting yo ur appointme

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today.  I'm asking we work

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together on ways to improve our

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relations.  Our staff cannot

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function without them.  And

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improve reporting on

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encampments.  It's an issue

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deeply affecting our city.

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which you know extremely well.

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and for these reasons, I will

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not be supporting your

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appointment.

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» I will note we've been joined

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by vice president osman.  And I

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will recognize council member

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rainville.

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» 

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» Thank you.  Director, you

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have a very, very hard job.  But

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yet your professionalism shines

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through all the time.  I feel

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your relations with your staff

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are exrare and I will not be

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second-guessing your management

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desions.  I really appreciate

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the dignity that you bring to

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the homeless encampment

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situation.  It's horrible.

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there are people who are

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addicted, we have sex

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trafficking, crime, killings,

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shootings, but yet your approach

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to that, I'm very grateful for

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your approach.  Your appach is

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dignified.  So thank you so much

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for servin the citizens of

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minneapolis.  I wl be voting

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with you today.  I will support

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you.  And, again, thank you so

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much.

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» Council member chowdhury.

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» Thanks, president payne.

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thank y, director, for your

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service to the city of

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minneapolis.  We had a good

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conversation in my office I

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thought it was an important one.

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we got to be very candid with

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one another.  It's no secret

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that the job of the regulatory

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services director is extremely

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difficult.  Tt's why I thank

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you for your work.  And for

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deciding to step up to the plate

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again.  And come before this

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body for a nomination process.

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which it's no secret that's not

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easy either.  Ha.  So I just

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wanted to appreciate that.  I

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want to give you a lot of props

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in your ability to listen.  And,

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also, your ability to see

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through the hrt team and grow

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it.  And also kind of wrap your

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arms around the work within the

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regulatory services t

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department.  Be it inspections,

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be it animal care and control,

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be it doing constituent cases.

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as council members reach out

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with our job of serving the

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450,000 plus residents across

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the city of minneapolis.  I

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think you know that I'm struggl

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ing in my decision and my

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choice.  Because nothing is

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black and white.  There's a lot

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of nuance here.  I appreciated

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when you came to committee, you

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shared that your charge was to

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communicate transparently,

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collaborate within the city with

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external partners, and do the

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right thing no matter what.  And

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I believe you will be the

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relatory services director for

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the nt foreseeable term.  And

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I only wish you the best in

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achieving those goals to its

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fullest extent.  A support you

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fully in order too that.

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today, however, I'm wrestling

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with some of the places where I

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feel like the charge did fall a

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little bit short.  It's hard for

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me to move ahead with an

573
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affirmative vote.  I'll share

574
00:18:54,733 --> 00:19:00,766
you and I talked about this one.

575
00:18:58,233 --> 00:19:04,000
it was the -- my office and I

576
00:19:00,866 --> 00:19:05,300
had reached out about the

577
00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:09,600
growing number of people who

578
00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:13,666
were facing homelessness over on

579
00:19:10,566 --> 00:19:15,500
cedar and 26th.  The number of

580
00:19:14,066 --> 00:19:16,866
phone calls I got from

581
00:19:15,933 --> 00:19:19,200
constituents within my ward and

582
00:19:16,966 --> 00:19:20,966
outside my ward that was just,

583
00:19:19,300 --> 00:19:24,700
like, help.  Like, things are

584
00:19:21,166 --> 00:19:25,600
getting to a boiling point.  And

585
00:19:24,783 --> 00:19:29,166
working on the city council,

586
00:19:26,233 --> 00:19:33,166
that's a familiar type of phone

587
00:19:29,266 --> 00:19:34,366
call that gets your cortisol

588
00:19:33,266 --> 00:19:35,133
levels going.  You need to

589
00:19:34,466 --> 00:19:37,233
connect with department heads

590
00:19:35,233 --> 00:19:40,100
and trying to figure out what we

591
00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:44,233
cano.  And I reached out.  And

592
00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:46,266
then I felt deeply surprised by

593
00:19:44,333 --> 00:19:49,533
not knowing what the plan was

594
00:19:46,366 --> 00:19:52,500
movi forward.  And seeing we

595
00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:53,533
were going to do it this bust of

596
00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,566
open-air drug markets in the

597
00:19:53,633 --> 00:19:58,566
specific area.  And I think that

598
00:19:55,666 --> 00:20:02,166
was a point of communication and

599
00:19:58,666 --> 00:20:03,900
place where we could have worked

600
00:20:02,266 --> 00:20:06,300
together.  I will share, like,

601
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,100
I've had to have a lot of hard

602
00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,666
constituent conversations across

603
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:12,800
the board.  Again, going back to

604
00:20:09,766 --> 00:20:13,933
what's the right approach to

605
00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:15,866
address homelessness and if the

606
00:20:14,033 --> 00:20:17,433
city is going into a place where

607
00:20:16,566 --> 00:20:19,200
we're criminalizing people far

608
00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,800
too much and not seeing their

609
00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:23,400
humanity.  If we're going back

610
00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:26,166
to the era of war on drugs.  And

611
00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:28,766
I believe in you and standing up

612
00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:30,166
to do what's right.  And I will

613
00:20:28,866 --> 00:20:32,500
support you in doing that in the

614
00:20:30,266 --> 00:20:34,100
future.  I understand the seat

615
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:38,666
you sit in.  I'll be there for

616
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:41,100
you in that regard.  Umm, I

617
00:20:38,766 --> 00:20:42,466
think the other place that we

618
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,133
also talked about where there's

619
00:20:42,766 --> 00:20:46,933
an opportunity for growth is

620
00:20:45,233 --> 00:20:50,700
just, like, the mixed reviews

621
00:20:47,033 --> 00:20:52,433
within your department.  And I

622
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,966
think, like, you're someo that

623
00:20:52,533 --> 00:20:55,266
committed to me that's something

624
00:20:54,066 --> 00:20:57,133
you absolutely step up to the

625
00:20:55,366 --> 00:20:59,100
plate to do.  And so I'm lacking

626
00:20:57,233 --> 00:21:01,866
forward to doing that.

627
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,500
and then the last thing is, we

628
00:21:01,966 --> 00:21:05,366
talked a lot about how the same

629
00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,133
problems keep on coming up year

630
00:21:05,466 --> 00:21:09,266
after year.  And what do we want

631
00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:11,033
to get done at the end of four

632
00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,500
years.  Right.  We hear over and

633
00:21:11,133 --> 00:21:14,133
over again, we need to bring

634
00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,300
people inside.  W need to

635
00:21:14,233 --> 00:21:17,166
triage folks and get them to

636
00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,533
housing.  The navigation center

637
00:21:17,266 --> 00:21:21,633
continues to pop up.  The

638
00:21:20,633 --> 00:21:23,200
question about tiny home

639
00:21:21,733 --> 00:21:24,666
villages and safe outdoor

640
00:21:23,300 --> 00:21:26,000
spaces, safe parking.  Thinking

641
00:21:24,766 --> 00:21:28,866
outside the box.  Like, actually

642
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:31,300
getting to the root.  The issues

643
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,766
with inspections.  The way that

644
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,500
we can serve our constituents.

645
00:21:33,866 --> 00:21:37,866
I think we can get there and I'm

646
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,633
willing to work with y to get

647
00:21:37,966 --> 00:21:41,733
there.  So I appreciate you

648
00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:43,866
stepping up to the plate.  I'm

649
00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:44,966
not able to give you an

650
00:21:43,966 --> 00:21:46,766
affirmative vote today.  That's

651
00:21:45,066 --> 00:21:48,233
not a reflection of my

652
00:21:46,866 --> 00:21:50,000
willingness to work with you and

653
00:21:48,333 --> 00:21:55,766
the growth I think we have

654
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:58,233
between the ward 12 office and

655
00:21:55,866 --> 00:21:59,233
enrique ha velasquez,

656
00:21:58,333 --> 00:22:01,066
director of regulatory services

657
00:21:59,333 --> 00:22:01,266
and what we can door the

658
00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:03,633
city.

659
00:22:01,533 --> 00:22:06,300
» I'll note we've been joined

660
00:22:04,166 --> 00:22:06,900
by mayor frey.  You may have

661
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,733
seen council member palmisano

662
00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:12,266
get in queue and bump out.  She

663
00:22:09,833 --> 00:22:13,533
was in queue for mayor frey.

664
00:22:12,366 --> 00:22:18,366
I'll recognize mayor frye.

665
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:20,666
» Thank you for deviating from

666
00:22:18,466 --> 00:22:23,100
the sequencing on your screen.

667
00:22:20,766 --> 00:22:24,666
chair payne, vice chair osman,

668
00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:29,366
members of the city council.

669
00:22:24,766 --> 00:22:30,733
it's my pleasure to nominate

670
00:22:29,466 --> 00:22:32,566
enrique for the director of

671
00:22:30,833 --> 00:22:35,066
regulatory services.  He's

672
00:22:32,666 --> 00:22:38,366
someone that approaches his job

673
00:22:36,133 --> 00:22:42,333
with such incredible compassion.

674
00:22:38,466 --> 00:22:45,700
the issues that he is handling

675
00:22:42,433 --> 00:22:47,933
are they neither lack complexity

676
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,866
nor do they lack difficulty.  In

677
00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:53,800
whether we're talking about

678
00:22:49,966 --> 00:22:54,600
inspections, traffic

679
00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:57,133
enforcement, or we're talking

680
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:59,166
about the very difficult issue

681
00:22:57,233 --> 00:23:01,133
regarding encampments, open-air

682
00:22:59,266 --> 00:23:02,900
drug markets, and homelessness.

683
00:23:01,233 --> 00:23:04,400
these are issues that oftentimes

684
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,300
don't just touch one department.

685
00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:08,166
they don't even touch one

686
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:11,733
jurisdiction.  The vast majority

687
00:23:08,266 --> 00:23:12,833
of social services lie with the

688
00:23:11,833 --> 00:23:14,233
county enforcement lies both

689
00:23:12,933 --> 00:23:16,333
with our city and even lies with

690
00:23:14,333 --> 00:23:19,666
the state, at times.  And so it

691
00:23:16,433 --> 00:23:21,100
takes a lot of work together.

692
00:23:19,766 --> 00:23:24,100
enrique is someone who is a

693
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:26,000
tried and true collaborator.  He

694
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,833
has shown that time and again.

695
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,833
and if you look at the stats,

696
00:23:28,266 --> 00:23:31,933
while we haven't solved these

697
00:23:29,933 --> 00:23:35,333
issues, we have not.  And there

698
00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:38,866
is room for improvement.  The

699
00:23:35,433 --> 00:23:39,966
progress is unquestionable.

700
00:23:38,966 --> 00:23:42,666
virtually every one of the data

701
00:23:40,050 --> 00:23:44,533
signs shows that unsheltered

702
00:23:42,766 --> 00:23:49,533
homelessness is dropping.  In

703
00:23:44,633 --> 00:23:51,366
some cases, substantially.  The

704
00:23:49,733 --> 00:23:53,166
statistics show that we're

705
00:23:51,466 --> 00:23:55,166
housing more and more people

706
00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:58,666
every single month.  In many

707
00:23:55,266 --> 00:24:00,800
cases, than we ever have before.

708
00:23:58,766 --> 00:24:01,766
that's due to en enrique.

709
00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:03,533
that's due to other departments

710
00:24:01,866 --> 00:24:05,300
and due to other jurisdictions

711
00:24:03,633 --> 00:24:08,000
throughout the state.  It's due

712
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,800
to a partnership.  And enrique

713
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,866
is nothing, if not a true

714
00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:15,500
partner in this work.  He's led

715
00:24:13,966 --> 00:24:17,800
long-term effort to create

716
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:20,833
single consistent rental

717
00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:27,200
licensing standard.  He's worked

718
00:24:21,233 --> 00:24:28,666
to insist that we were bringing

719
00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:30,033
mpha into the licensing and

720
00:24:28,766 --> 00:24:31,400
inspection program.  That work

721
00:24:30,133 --> 00:24:33,200
reflects his belief that

722
00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:35,866
resident, regardless of age,

723
00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:39,066
race, gender, ability deserves a

724
00:24:35,966 --> 00:24:40,766
safe home.  His leadership

725
00:24:39,166 --> 00:24:42,600
expands way beyond housing.

726
00:24:40,866 --> 00:24:43,600
under his direction, you may

727
00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:45,633
know that animal care and

728
00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:47,733
control has become a model

729
00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:48,900
nationwide for compassionate

730
00:24:47,833 --> 00:24:50,366
community-centered service.  The

731
00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:52,966
division has expanded access to

732
00:24:50,466 --> 00:24:55,233
low and no-cost veterinary care,

733
00:24:53,066 --> 00:24:56,833
strengthened partnerships.  He's

734
00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:59,133
also helped a whole lot with

735
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,233
public safety innovation.

736
00:24:59,833 --> 00:25:05,133
through initiatives like traffic

737
00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:07,266
safety camera pilot and civilian

738
00:25:05,233 --> 00:25:08,666
crash investigative pilot.  He's

739
00:25:07,366 --> 00:25:10,000
embraced new ideas to make sure

740
00:25:08,766 --> 00:25:12,966
we're delivering services more

741
00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:13,566
efficiently.  And more

742
00:25:13,066 --> 00:25:15,166
responsibly.

743
00:25:13,666 --> 00:25:16,566
he's also created something

744
00:25:15,266 --> 00:25:19,033
called a true one regulatory

745
00:25:16,666 --> 00:25:21,033
services team.  Where people

746
00:25:19,133 --> 00:25:22,266
work across divisions to solve

747
00:25:21,133 --> 00:25:25,133
problems like they never have

748
00:25:22,366 --> 00:25:28,133
before.  He's strengthened

749
00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:29,800
partnerships  with ser city

750
00:25:28,233 --> 00:25:31,333
departments, hennepin county,

751
00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:32,500
and state agencies.  We haven't

752
00:25:31,833 --> 00:25:34,300
had that partnership in the

753
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,633
past.  He's brought it.  And

754
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,200
those who worked with him,

755
00:25:35,733 --> 00:25:41,133
understand he's a thoughtful and

756
00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:43,200
caring person.  I have heard

757
00:25:41,233 --> 00:25:44,233
from staff, indeed, who

758
00:25:43,666 --> 00:25:46,566
adamantly disagree with the

759
00:25:44,333 --> 00:25:48,900
letter that you got about the

760
00:25:46,666 --> 00:25:50,266
work he's done.  And how

761
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,433
committed they are to working

762
00:25:50,366 --> 00:25:55,666
with him and for him.

763
00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:57,900
unprompted.  And so I am certain

764
00:25:55,766 --> 00:26:01,133
that the experiences you've had

765
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,733
with him, if nothing else,

766
00:26:01,233 --> 00:26:05,700
they're kind.  He's diligent,

767
00:26:03,866 --> 00:26:07,100
he's urgent in the work, and

768
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,466
he's willing to approach these

769
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,566
very difficult issues.  When we

770
00:26:08,566 --> 00:26:12,133
talk about homelessness and

771
00:26:10,666 --> 00:26:13,266
unsheltered homelessness, I've

772
00:26:12,233 --> 00:26:16,000
talked to mayors around the

773
00:26:13,366 --> 00:26:17,333
country.  The policies among

774
00:26:16,566 --> 00:26:19,466
democratic mayors across the

775
00:26:17,433 --> 00:26:22,333
country from san francisco to

776
00:26:19,566 --> 00:26:26,283
new york city are virtually the

777
00:26:22,433 --> 00:26:28,100
same.  Every city does hard work

778
00:26:26,466 --> 00:26:31,366
to put people in housing and

779
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:33,566
offer care and protection.

780
00:26:31,466 --> 00:26:37,500
every city clears homeless

781
00:26:33,666 --> 00:26:40,033
encampments.  Every one.  And so

782
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:42,566
this is not just a position from

783
00:26:40,133 --> 00:26:44,833
enrique.  This is my position.

784
00:26:42,666 --> 00:26:46,833
this is a position of virtually

785
00:26:44,933 --> 00:26:49,066
every single mayor out there.

786
00:26:46,933 --> 00:26:49,900
you know, and I understand the

787
00:26:49,166 --> 00:26:51,966
frustration.  Because you all,

788
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,100
council members, you're hearing

789
00:26:52,066 --> 00:26:55,500
directly from your constituents.

790
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,766
you're in deep touch with the

791
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,233
grassroots of your wards.  And

792
00:26:56,866 --> 00:26:59,433
thank you.  Thank you for

793
00:26:58,466 --> 00:27:02,500
providing the additional

794
00:26:59,533 --> 00:27:03,700
urgency.  Genuinely.  I can tell

795
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,166
you it's felt.  It's felt and

796
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,800
we're doing everything possible.

797
00:27:05,266 --> 00:27:08,733
and I know that director ha

798
00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:09,600
have a has questions is doing

799
00:27:08,833 --> 00:27:11,733
that, as well.  Thank you so

800
00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:13,866
much for your time.  Simply put,

801
00:27:11,833 --> 00:27:15,400
he's a person who demonstrated

802
00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:17,266
vision, experience, and a lot of

803
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:18,266
leadership.  He has my full

804
00:27:17,366 --> 00:27:19,500
support.  Council members, thank

805
00:27:18,366 --> 00:27:21,900
you so much for your time.  I

806
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,700
ask for yours, as well.  My

807
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,300
apologies I'm going to jump

808
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:26,700
here.  I didn't expect you to

809
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,133
have zero resolutions before the

810
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,000
council meeting.  And so we have

811
00:27:28,233 --> 00:27:30,200
another meeting I'm

812
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,466
simultaneously at.  Thank you so

813
00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:34,600
much, council members.

814
00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:38,066
» Council member warren.

815
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:42,500
» Thank you, council president

816
00:27:38,166 --> 00:27:44,533
payne.  I want to say thank you,

817
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,166
director velasquez for your

818
00:27:44,633 --> 00:27:50,366
unwavering support in everything

819
00:27:46,266 --> 00:27:52,666
that I have been embarking upon

820
00:27:50,466 --> 00:27:57,566
in ward five.  Specifically

821
00:27:52,766 --> 00:28:01,366
around heritage park and your,

822
00:27:57,666 --> 00:28:02,500
you know, --

823
00:28:01,466 --> 00:28:14,100
[ comments off mic ]

824
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:15,533
we okay?  Okay.  Just your

825
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,833
solutions.  Coming on tours and

826
00:28:15,633 --> 00:28:19,266
showing up for all of the

827
00:28:17,933 --> 00:28:29,666
meetings that we've been holding

828
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:30,700
there with community.  I look

829
00:28:29,766 --> 00:28:33,133
forward to the work we're doing

830
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,966
at the city and doing.  I

831
00:28:33,233 --> 00:28:34,333
appreciate you and want to say

832
00:28:34,066 --> 00:28:35,166
thank you.

833
00:28:34,566 --> 00:28:38,900
» Vice president osman.

834
00:28:35,366 --> 00:28:42,166
» Thank you.  I made my comment

835
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:45,133
on last biz meeting.  But I want

836
00:28:43,066 --> 00:28:46,966
to make one.  Just kind of

837
00:28:45,233 --> 00:28:48,900
mention one more time I fully

838
00:28:47,966 --> 00:28:51,300
support you, enrique.  I like

839
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:54,533
your leadership.  And I say it

840
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:57,333
was unfair what we decided as a

841
00:28:55,733 --> 00:29:00,100
city to, you know, give you the

842
00:28:57,433 --> 00:29:02,033
homeless outreach team from the

843
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,900
health department to services

844
00:29:02,133 --> 00:29:07,000
with less resources.  Your team

845
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,250
has demonstrated very humane way

846
00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:10,033
to reach to the folks that are

847
00:29:08,366 --> 00:29:15,533
there.  To really connect with

848
00:29:10,133 --> 00:29:18,100
them.  To, you know, make the

849
00:29:15,633 --> 00:29:25,700
connection.  And help as much as

850
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:28,266
they can to minimize homeless

851
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:31,500
folks out on the seet.  And

852
00:29:28,366 --> 00:29:34,533
give them the help they need.  I

853
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:36,933
think this is one of the

854
00:29:34,633 --> 00:29:37,933
challenge and issue in our city.

855
00:29:37,033 --> 00:29:41,600
we need more resources,

856
00:29:38,033 --> 00:29:42,500
speaking on the budget.  We

857
00:29:41,966 --> 00:29:43,700
cannot, you know, we're not the

858
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:48,033
county.  But we have to play

859
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:50,500
thisole.  Because these folks

860
00:29:48,133 --> 00:29:53,800
are struggling with addiction

861
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:55,400
and thr drug dealers are,

862
00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:57,233
you know, doing all kind of

863
00:29:55,500 --> 00:30:00,366
horrible things to put these

864
00:29:57,333 --> 00:30:03,233
people through these kind of

865
00:30:00,466 --> 00:30:04,366
conditions.  We are dealing with

866
00:30:03,333 --> 00:30:05,966
under the bridge situation.

867
00:30:04,466 --> 00:30:07,900
where people lost their lives.

868
00:30:07,233 --> 00:30:12,866
there's overdoses, there's

869
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:14,866
traffic accidents.  This is

870
00:30:12,966 --> 00:30:18,866
other agencies, other government

871
00:30:14,966 --> 00:30:20,700
need to involve more.  You have

872
00:30:18,966 --> 00:30:21,900
the -- coming to the community

873
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,900
meeting.  Having that

874
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,766
conversation.  Also, you know,

875
00:30:25,033 --> 00:30:30,833
pling that city spokesperson

876
00:30:27,866 --> 00:30:32,833
to go talk to the county, metro

877
00:30:30,933 --> 00:30:36,833
transit, and others to address

878
00:30:32,933 --> 00:30:40,533
this issue.  I think what you

879
00:30:36,933 --> 00:30:42,400
need is more resources to tackle

880
00:30:40,633 --> 00:30:44,166
this issue.  It means we're

881
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:47,366
going to help our residents that

882
00:30:45,266 --> 00:30:52,233
are struggling and keep our

883
00:30:47,466 --> 00:30:58,466
community, you know, less open

884
00:30:52,600 --> 00:31:00,733
thr drug use.  Less needles.

885
00:30:58,833 --> 00:31:01,916
we need to put all the

886
00:31:00,833 --> 00:31:05,566
resources, as much resources as

887
00:31:02,033 --> 00:31:06,766
we can in this issue.  You have

888
00:31:05,666 --> 00:31:09,666
heard me many times talking

889
00:31:06,966 --> 00:31:11,166
about this specific issue.  St

890
00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:13,533
that some neighbors are

891
00:31:11,266 --> 00:31:15,933
struggling.  Not every city is

892
00:31:13,633 --> 00:31:20,000
dealing with, you know,

893
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:22,933
so-called open drug use.  Right

894
00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:25,200
now go ahead, you know, walk two

895
00:31:23,033 --> 00:31:28,633
or six on franklin and see --

896
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:30,200
you'll see that.  But those are

897
00:31:28,733 --> 00:31:31,666
victims themselves.  Those are

898
00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:37,033
victs.  They are being taken

899
00:31:31,766 --> 00:31:41,300
advantage of.  Being drugged.

900
00:31:37,133 --> 00:31:44,700
and it's not acceptable for

901
00:31:42,466 --> 00:31:48,166
society to have that kind of

902
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:49,200
addition for human beings.  I

903
00:31:48,266 --> 00:31:53,433
encourage you to continue doing

904
00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:54,900
what uryo  you're doing.

905
00:31:53,533 --> 00:31:58,433
to reach out to colleagues, to

906
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:59,833
ask resources.  And I'm hoping

907
00:31:58,533 --> 00:32:02,700
that in other positions of

908
00:31:59,933 --> 00:32:03,600
leadership, especially

909
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:07,033
leadership and mayor's

910
00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:11,700
leadership could help you

911
00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:13,133
address this unhoused shelters

912
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:19,933
in a humane way.  In a

913
00:32:13,233 --> 00:32:21,100
respectful way.  I look forward

914
00:32:20,033 --> 00:32:21,766
to working with you the next

915
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,666
four years.

916
00:32:21,950 --> 00:32:28,366
» Council member chughtai.

917
00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:31,533
» Thank you, mr. President.

918
00:32:28,466 --> 00:32:33,700
I'm going to be supporting

919
00:32:31,633 --> 00:32:36,233
mr. -- I'm sorry, director

920
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:38,866
velazquez's nomination today.

921
00:32:36,333 --> 00:32:41,066
so that he will, hopefully,

922
00:32:38,966 --> 00:32:42,566
continue serving over the course

923
00:32:41,166 --> 00:32:44,266
the next four years.  Over the

924
00:32:42,666 --> 00:32:46,633
course of the term.  As the

925
00:32:44,366 --> 00:32:47,900
direct of the regulatory

926
00:32:46,766 --> 00:32:50,633
rvices department.  So I want

927
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,766
to join my colleagues in sharing

928
00:32:50,766 --> 00:32:52,833
so flowers about the work in

929
00:32:51,966 --> 00:32:55,200
the regulatory services

930
00:32:52,933 --> 00:32:55,633
department that is going really

931
00:32:55,300 --> 00:33:00,866
well.

932
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:06,500
in particular, I want to thank

933
00:33:01,233 --> 00:33:08,733
the inspections team and you,

934
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:10,766
director, for your work with my

935
00:33:08,833 --> 00:33:13,200
office.  In best serving the

936
00:33:10,866 --> 00:33:14,833
less de dent -- residents of

937
00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:16,633
ward 10.  As you know, we're the

938
00:33:14,933 --> 00:33:21,233
second most renter-dense ward in

939
00:33:16,733 --> 00:33:27,400
the city.  Home to the some of

940
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:28,500
the city's larger concentration

941
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:31,800
of naturally occurring

942
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:34,066
affordable housing.  And that

943
00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:35,533
tenants across our city live in

944
00:33:34,166 --> 00:33:38,533
conditions that we would

945
00:33:36,066 --> 00:33:39,300
describe as undignified and

946
00:33:38,633 --> 00:33:41,533
inhumane.  Inside of their

947
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:44,200
properties.  Living in

948
00:33:41,633 --> 00:33:50,300
conditions that we ourselves

949
00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:53,266
would never choose for ourselvee

950
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:56,566
partnership and the urge side

951
00:33:55,866 --> 00:33:58,100
urgency that matches my

952
00:33:56,666 --> 00:34:00,366
office and the residents that

953
00:33:58,533 --> 00:34:05,600
we're seeking to serve together

954
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:07,400
is deeply appreciated it is

955
00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:11,666
transformative I the work we're

956
00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:14,600
able to do to ensure that

957
00:34:11,766 --> 00:34:17,433
dignity of the people of our

958
00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:19,366
city.  I really appreciate that

959
00:34:17,633 --> 00:34:21,733
partnership.

960
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,833
my big concern about some of the

961
00:34:21,833 --> 00:34:23,833
work that's moving in the

962
00:34:22,933 --> 00:34:24,966
department and I've had the

963
00:34:23,933 --> 00:34:28,733
opportunity to share this with

964
00:34:25,066 --> 00:34:32,833
you, and I believe that we're

965
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:35,066
going to continue to partner

966
00:34:32,933 --> 00:34:39,233
through difference and find the

967
00:34:35,166 --> 00:34:43,433
best path forward that serves

968
00:34:39,333 --> 00:34:45,033
the people of our city.  That

969
00:34:43,533 --> 00:34:46,100
gets to better outcomes for some

970
00:34:45,133 --> 00:34:49,066
of the most vulnerable people in

971
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:51,700
our city.

972
00:34:49,166 --> 00:34:54,666
but the way -- the direction I

973
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:57,100
see our city moving now, as it

974
00:34:54,766 --> 00:34:58,033
pertains to responding to

975
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:01,133
unsheltered homelessness breaks

976
00:34:59,633 --> 00:35:02,900
my heart.  If we believe that

977
00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:04,900
every person is worthy of

978
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:08,900
dignity.  If we really, really

979
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:10,533
truly believe that, if we truly

980
00:35:09,033 --> 00:35:13,900
believe -- and I do and I know

981
00:35:10,633 --> 00:35:17,066
you do, that substance use

982
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:19,333
disorder is a mental health

983
00:35:17,166 --> 00:35:22,733
disorder, just like anxiety and

984
00:35:19,433 --> 00:35:24,400
depression.  If we believe that

985
00:35:22,833 --> 00:35:27,033
no person in the richest country

986
00:35:24,566 --> 00:35:30,200
in the history of the world

987
00:35:27,133 --> 00:35:32,333
should live I worse conditions

988
00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:34,766
than refe refugee camps,

989
00:35:33,166 --> 00:35:37,100
in war-torn regions, if we

990
00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:39,200
really, really believe that

991
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,433
every person is worthy of

992
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:46,166
dignity just because they're

993
00:35:42,933 --> 00:35:51,333
alive.  Just because they exist.

994
00:35:46,366 --> 00:35:52,900
then the way we are approaching

995
00:35:51,766 --> 00:35:55,566
homelessness is -- is

996
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,200
inconsistent with those beliefs.

997
00:35:55,966 --> 00:35:58,200
it's inconsistent.  If we

998
00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:59,700
believe that human trafficking

999
00:35:58,366 --> 00:36:01,433
is happening, and I know it is,

1000
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:04,533
I know you know it is.  Then the

1001
00:36:01,533 --> 00:36:06,166
waye're approaching this issue

1002
00:36:05,033 --> 00:36:09,833
is unconscionable.  We're not

1003
00:36:06,266 --> 00:36:13,333
protecting anybody.  Moving

1004
00:36:09,933 --> 00:36:15,866
people into the shadows, moving

1005
00:36:13,433 --> 00:36:19,833
vulnerable people into the

1006
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:22,000
shadows does not ensure safety.

1007
00:36:19,933 --> 00:36:24,133
it does not house people.  It

1008
00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:25,900
does not address substance use

1009
00:36:24,233 --> 00:36:27,266
disorder.  It does not address

1010
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,633
the core problems as to w

1011
00:36:27,366 --> 00:36:31,633
they're living outside in the

1012
00:36:28,733 --> 00:36:35,000
first place.  I appreciate

1013
00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:36,600
knowing that every city, every

1014
00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:38,166
majority, every major

1015
00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:39,500
democratic mayor in the country

1016
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:45,400
approaches homelessness the

1017
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:48,400
same.  And yet that approach

1018
00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:50,483
, because it's consistent across

1019
00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:52,366
the country, we know is one that

1020
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:55,866
continues to fail.

1021
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:58,633
criminalizing homelessness is a

1022
00:36:55,966 --> 00:37:01,266
failure everywhere we try it.

1023
00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:03,366
the only thing that helps house

1024
00:37:01,366 --> 00:37:06,800
people, the only thing that

1025
00:37:03,466 --> 00:37:09,000
contributes to a reduction in

1026
00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:12,100
homelessness isore housing, is

1027
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:13,233
more services, is more upstream

1028
00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:16,333
solutions that prevent

1029
00:37:13,333 --> 00:37:19,333
homelessness in the first place.

1030
00:37:16,566 --> 00:37:22,233
criminalizing people does not

1031
00:37:19,433 --> 00:37:25,133
get us to a better solution!  I

1032
00:37:22,333 --> 00:37:32,500
know you know that.  And we see

1033
00:37:25,233 --> 00:37:34,033
that everywhere in the country.

1034
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:39,166
so this war on homeless people

1035
00:37:34,133 --> 00:37:42,466
has to end.  Because stripping

1036
00:37:39,266 --> 00:37:47,166
people of their dignity,

1037
00:37:42,566 --> 00:37:51,133
stripping people of their

1038
00:37:47,266 --> 00:37:55,733
humanity by saying, oh, they

1039
00:37:51,233 --> 00:37:58,633
just don't want help.  It's

1040
00:37:55,833 --> 00:38:01,833
unconscionable.  And it's not

1041
00:37:58,733 --> 00:38:04,366
working.  And we have to do

1042
00:38:01,933 --> 00:38:06,800
better.  Thank you.

1043
00:38:04,466 --> 00:38:09,566
» Council member palmisano.

1044
00:38:06,900 --> 00:38:11,600
» Thank you, mr. President.

1045
00:38:09,666 --> 00:38:12,500
I'd like to echo what my

1046
00:38:11,733 --> 00:38:13,766
coeague council member vetaw

1047
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,533
said.  And I cannot say it

1048
00:38:13,866 --> 00:38:18,200
better than that.  I won't try

1049
00:38:15,733 --> 00:38:20,433
and restate what she said.  As a

1050
00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:23,300
leader and a person, we couldn't

1051
00:38:20,533 --> 00:38:25,000
ask for anything more than the

1052
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,900
consideration, the thoughtful

1053
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:29,333
approach, the intelligence

1054
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,666
paired with the compassion.  And

1055
00:38:29,433 --> 00:38:32,600
oh, by the way, the lived

1056
00:38:30,766 --> 00:38:34,933
experiences of enrique have a

1057
00:38:33,833 --> 00:38:37,833
velazquez.  You have a hard

1058
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:40,366
job.  It's such a necessary and

1059
00:38:38,033 --> 00:38:41,733
important one to keep our city

1060
00:38:40,466 --> 00:38:43,400
functioning.  And your employees

1061
00:38:41,833 --> 00:38:46,233
are on the very front lines of

1062
00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:49,000
this work.  I see you support

1063
00:38:46,333 --> 00:38:52,100
them, help them to handle tough

1064
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:53,766
situations, and days they're all

1065
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:57,633
tough situations.  Director web

1066
00:38:53,866 --> 00:39:00,766
you , you knew this

1067
00:38:57,733 --> 00:39:01,133
already but you have my support.

1068
00:39:01,066 --> 00:39:03,000
.

1069
00:39:01,266 --> 00:39:06,000
» >>: I'm adding myself to

1070
00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:07,666
queue.  I will be supporting you

1071
00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:09,633
today.  I want to uplift some of

1072
00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:11,033
the sentiments of my colleagues.

1073
00:39:09,733 --> 00:39:15,533
it was good to be able to speak

1074
00:39:11,133 --> 00:39:16,933
with you one-on-one about the

1075
00:39:15,633 --> 00:39:19,866
asfme letter that gave more

1076
00:39:17,033 --> 00:39:21,900
nuance to the letter.  I agree

1077
00:39:19,966 --> 00:39:23,333
with council member stevenson.

1078
00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:24,800
that's something to work on.

1079
00:39:23,433 --> 00:39:26,766
one of the bigger topics I have

1080
00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:28,566
in the role of how do we create

1081
00:39:27,066 --> 00:39:29,633
a culture of accountability.  So

1082
00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:30,133
much of that conversation is

1083
00:39:29,733 --> 00:39:31,733
centered on the police

1084
00:39:30,233 --> 00:39:32,666
department.  Everybody knows the

1085
00:39:31,833 --> 00:39:33,566
challenges in the police

1086
00:39:32,766 --> 00:39:35,333
department and accountability.

1087
00:39:33,666 --> 00:39:36,933
but that doesn't only exist in

1088
00:39:35,433 --> 00:39:38,733
our police department.  They're

1089
00:39:37,033 --> 00:39:41,533
the ones with the guns.  Right.

1090
00:39:38,833 --> 00:39:43,533
and so as wthink about

1091
00:39:41,933 --> 00:39:45,000
accountability and discipline

1092
00:39:43,633 --> 00:39:46,566
and seven tests of jt cause

1093
00:39:45,266 --> 00:39:49,366
and making sure we're consistent

1094
00:39:46,666 --> 00:39:50,500
in how we're delivering that.

1095
00:39:49,466 --> 00:39:51,600
that's true in the police

1096
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,833
department as it is in every

1097
00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:55,200
other department.  And we should

1098
00:39:54,166 --> 00:39:59,166
be partnering to make sure that

1099
00:39:55,300 --> 00:40:00,000
we have a strong and accountable

1100
00:39:59,266 --> 00:40:01,566
accountability system throughout

1101
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:02,700
the entirenterprise.

1102
00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:03,500
especially in regulatory

1103
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,600
services.  You're in the

1104
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:08,233
community, in a way, on the

1105
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:10,500
frontlines.  Similar to mpd.

1106
00:40:08,333 --> 00:40:11,733
just without the guns.  There

1107
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,033
are consequences to your body of

1108
00:40:11,833 --> 00:40:14,833
work, as well.  Especially as we

1109
00:40:13,133 --> 00:40:16,533
think about the living

1110
00:40:14,933 --> 00:40:17,366
conditions.  Whether they're in

1111
00:40:16,633 --> 00:40:20,466
an apartment that doesn't have

1112
00:40:17,466 --> 00:40:22,833
heat or water.  Or whether

1113
00:40:20,566 --> 00:40:24,533
they're unsheltered neighbors.

1114
00:40:22,933 --> 00:40:26,666
that's the other piece, too.

1115
00:40:24,633 --> 00:40:28,400
I'm actually going to give up

1116
00:40:26,766 --> 00:40:30,300
words of the mayor.  This is a

1117
00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:31,600
bigger problem than one

1118
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:34,566
department.  And I don't think

1119
00:40:31,700 --> 00:40:36,033
the city is being successful at

1120
00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:38,066
addressing this.  I'm not going

1121
00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:40,100
to be able to say it better than

1122
00:40:38,166 --> 00:40:42,133
council member chughtai.  She's

1123
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,233
expressed my sentiments

1124
00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:47,166
perfectly.  We're failing this

1125
00:40:43,333 --> 00:40:48,400
community.  Profoundly.  I don't

1126
00:40:47,266 --> 00:40:51,600
see that as your personal

1127
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:54,133
failure.  I see it as our

1128
00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:56,700
institutional failure.  And why

1129
00:40:54,233 --> 00:40:57,933
the regulatory services

1130
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,933
department has been appointed

1131
00:40:58,033 --> 00:41:03,633
the lead for something that is

1132
00:41:00,666 --> 00:41:04,833
as challenging and complex as

1133
00:41:03,733 --> 00:41:06,700
unsheltered homelessness, with

1134
00:41:05,166 --> 00:41:07,833
the intersectionality of mental

1135
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,033
health disorders, the

1136
00:41:07,933 --> 00:41:12,066
intersectionality of substance

1137
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:14,900
use disorders, the

1138
00:41:12,833 --> 00:41:16,366
intersectionality of unequal

1139
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,733
society that, you know, has

1140
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:21,066
wealth inequality never seen in

1141
00:41:18,833 --> 00:41:23,866
the history of humanity.  We're

1142
00:41:21,166 --> 00:41:25,333
the wealthiest nation that has

1143
00:41:23,966 --> 00:41:31,233
existed in the history of

1144
00:41:25,433 --> 00:41:32,166
humanity and we have the big

1145
00:41:31,333 --> 00:41:33,633
biggest.  Why is that a

1146
00:41:32,266 --> 00:41:36,000
regulatory services challenge to

1147
00:41:33,733 --> 00:41:37,300
solve?  That's completely insane

1148
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:39,566
to me.  I think it's a failure

1149
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:41,733
of this institution.  And what I

1150
00:41:39,666 --> 00:41:45,000
would like to see beyond this

1151
00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:46,233
conversation in your appointment

1152
00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:48,266
is this something that should

1153
00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:50,333
live at a deputy coo level?  So

1154
00:41:48,366 --> 00:41:51,500
that we can have that

1155
00:41:50,433 --> 00:41:53,433
cross-department collaboration.

1156
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:56,100
should this live in the mayor's

1157
00:41:53,533 --> 00:41:57,266
office?  Because this isn't

1158
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,800
just, you know, there's debate

1159
00:41:57,366 --> 00:42:03,366
here.  Was it a mistake to move

1160
00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:04,400
it from public health to

1161
00:42:03,466 --> 00:42:06,766
regulatory services.  It's

1162
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:08,000
bigger than the public health

1163
00:42:06,866 --> 00:42:10,266
department.  Right.  Maybe it

1164
00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:11,600
ought to live at a deputy mayor

1165
00:42:10,366 --> 00:42:15,500
level.  As we see in other

1166
00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:17,100
jurisdictions.  So that we have

1167
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,800
that enterprise-wide approach.

1168
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,133
what we're doing right now is

1169
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:22,666
working.  You have been set up

1170
00:42:20,533 --> 00:42:24,366
to fail in what we're doing.

1171
00:42:22,766 --> 00:42:25,600
I'm not going to use that as a

1172
00:42:24,466 --> 00:42:28,433
reason to vote against you.  But

1173
00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:30,333
it is a reason to say that what

1174
00:42:28,533 --> 00:42:31,400
we have right now is

1175
00:42:30,433 --> 00:42:33,566
unacceptable.  We need to change

1176
00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:34,966
that.  So that is my sentiment

1177
00:42:33,666 --> 00:42:37,600
on that.  And I'm hoping you'll

1178
00:42:35,066 --> 00:42:39,700
be a great governing partner in

1179
00:42:37,700 --> 00:42:45,200
figuring out the better path.

1180
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:45,433
and I see council member sha

1181
00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:47,400
shaffer.

1182
00:42:45,533 --> 00:42:49,133
» I just want to state, again,

1183
00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:52,166
your work and your department

1184
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:54,166
has been invaluable to ward

1185
00:42:52,266 --> 00:42:55,733
seven in these last few months.

1186
00:42:54,266 --> 00:42:57,633
we have tackled a lot of

1187
00:42:55,833 --> 00:42:59,633
resident issues within our ward.

1188
00:42:57,733 --> 00:43:00,033
that have been very

1189
00:42:59,733 --> 00:43:04,633
significant.

1190
00:43:00,133 --> 00:43:08,500
and I just want to public ly I

1191
00:43:04,733 --> 00:43:10,033
wili will you're making

1192
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,966
a difference.  I am thrilled to

1193
00:43:10,133 --> 00:43:12,900
work with you and will be

1194
00:43:12,366 --> 00:43:14,766
continually supporting you in

1195
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,700
the years ahead and hope our

1196
00:43:14,866 --> 00:43:17,166
partnership will continue to

1197
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,966
grow even closer.  I can tell

1198
00:43:17,266 --> 00:43:21,500
you, your work in the last six

1199
00:43:19,066 --> 00:43:23,566
months has had and will continue

1200
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:26,833
to have really great impact in

1201
00:43:23,666 --> 00:43:28,066
the next few weeks.  You know.

1202
00:43:26,933 --> 00:43:30,400
as we head into some of these

1203
00:43:28,233 --> 00:43:32,550
things.  And I want to tell you

1204
00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:34,533
loud and clear that, umm, you

1205
00:43:32,866 --> 00:43:36,433
have been really a key partner

1206
00:43:34,633 --> 00:43:38,000
and have been very effective in

1207
00:43:36,533 --> 00:43:39,866
trying to strategize around

1208
00:43:38,433 --> 00:43:40,133
issues my residents have been

1209
00:43:39,966 --> 00:43:41,233
having.

1210
00:43:40,233 --> 00:43:45,700
so thank you.  And I look

1211
00:43:41,333 --> 00:43:47,300
forward to the next few years.

1212
00:43:46,133 --> 00:43:48,433
» Seeing no one else left in

1213
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:50,400
queue, il ask the clerk to

1214
00:43:48,516 --> 00:43:51,266
call theoll.

1215
00:43:50,666 --> 00:43:51,833
» Counc member warren.

1216
00:43:51,700 --> 00:43:53,100
» Aye.

1217
00:43:52,066 --> 00:43:53,366
» Council member shaffer.

1218
00:43:53,233 --> 00:43:54,466
» Aye.

1219
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,100
» Council member chughtai.

1220
00:43:54,966 --> 00:43:56,866
» Aye.

1221
00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:57,100
» Council member whiting.

1222
00:43:56,966 --> 00:43:58,166
» Aye.

1223
00:43:57,266 --> 00:43:59,000
» Council member chowdhury.

1224
00:43:58,866 --> 00:44:00,000
» Nay.

1225
00:43:59,266 --> 00:44:00,666
» Council member stevenson.

1226
00:44:00,300 --> 00:44:01,566
» No.

1227
00:44:00,766 --> 00:44:02,100
» Council member rainville.

1228
00:44:01,966 --> 00:44:03,633
» Aye.

1229
00:44:02,466 --> 00:44:03,866
» Council member vetaw.

1230
00:44:03,733 --> 00:44:04,966
» Aye.

1231
00:44:04,166 --> 00:44:06,133
» Council member palmisano

1232
00:44:05,566 --> 00:44:07,000
» Aye.

1233
00:44:06,233 --> 00:44:07,433
» Council member chavez.

1234
00:44:07,333 --> 00:44:08,866
» No.

1235
00:44:08,066 --> 00:44:09,466
» Vice president osman.

1236
00:44:09,333 --> 00:44:10,233
» Aye.

1237
00:44:09,733 --> 00:44:10,900
» President payne.

1238
00:44:10,766 --> 00:44:13,100
» Aye.

1239
00:44:11,166 --> 00:44:13,300
» There are nine ayes and three

1240
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:17,366
nays.

1241
00:44:13,466 --> 00:44:19,633
» That carries.  Next we'll

1242
00:44:18,233 --> 00:44:21,666
take up -- before we take up

1243
00:44:19,733 --> 00:44:24,233
item fowrp, I want to recognize

1244
00:44:21,766 --> 00:44:26,533
vice president osman to share

1245
00:44:24,333 --> 00:44:26,900
how he would like to vote on the

1246
00:44:26,633 --> 00:44:31,633
consent agenda.

1247
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:35,633
» Oh.  Thank you.  Clerk.  The

1248
00:44:31,733 --> 00:44:43,233
consent agenda all aye except no

1249
00:44:35,733 --> 00:44:46,333
for nine, please.  Thank you.

1250
00:44:43,766 --> 00:44:48,533
» Next we'll take up item

1251
00:44:46,566 --> 00:44:49,633
number four.  Council member

1252
00:44:48,633 --> 00:44:53,066
chowdhury, should we take four

1253
00:44:49,733 --> 00:44:53,333
and five together or as separate

1254
00:44:53,166 --> 00:44:58,533
items?

1255
00:44:53,933 --> 00:45:00,200
» We can takehem together.

1256
00:44:58,633 --> 00:45:01,000
if the body wants to split it

1257
00:45:00,300 --> 00:45:01,166
down the line, that's all right,

1258
00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:03,300
too.

1259
00:45:01,466 --> 00:45:05,766
» Okay.  I will recognize

1260
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:09,666
council member chowdhury.

1261
00:45:07,066 --> 00:45:13,966
» Thank you so much, president

1262
00:45:09,766 --> 00:45:16,033
payne.  And I just want to start

1263
00:45:14,066 --> 00:45:20,633
off looking at the item.  This

1264
00:45:16,133 --> 00:45:22,400
is the conditional use permit

1265
00:45:20,833 --> 00:45:25,200
preliminary plat site plan

1266
00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:31,533
appeal.  And, first, I want to

1267
00:45:25,300 --> 00:45:33,500
start off by ging a bighank

1268
00:45:31,633 --> 00:45:34,933
you to the folks at the hook and

1269
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,733
ladder.  And in downtown

1270
00:45:35,033 --> 00:45:38,566
longfellow.  The businesses and

1271
00:45:36,833 --> 00:45:40,866
the community members in the

1272
00:45:38,666 --> 00:45:42,666
area that have reached out to my

1273
00:45:40,966 --> 00:45:44,766
office.  That have reached out

1274
00:45:42,766 --> 00:45:46,333
to council member chavez.  He

1275
00:45:45,233 --> 00:45:49,133
represents the area in the ninth

1276
00:45:46,433 --> 00:45:51,000
ward.  I say that all my

1277
00:45:49,233 --> 00:45:52,766
constituents are always over

1278
00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:54,366
there.  And I'm always over

1279
00:45:52,866 --> 00:45:57,600
there.  So it's a huge part of

1280
00:45:54,466 --> 00:45:58,933
our community!  I want to thank

1281
00:45:57,700 --> 00:46:02,166
them not just for coming to

1282
00:45:59,033 --> 00:46:03,966
speak to these items, but, also,

1283
00:46:02,266 --> 00:46:07,066
the number of years they've put

1284
00:46:04,066 --> 00:46:10,600
into this city.  The care

1285
00:46:07,166 --> 00:46:12,216
they've put into our community.

1286
00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:13,700
hook and ladder has consistently

1287
00:46:12,566 --> 00:46:17,400
been an inclusive place for all

1288
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:19,900
people.  And our lgbtqia

1289
00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:24,566
community, in our immigrant

1290
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:26,100
community, in our community of

1291
00:46:24,666 --> 00:46:27,133
artis.  It's become an

1292
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:30,666
important hub.  And I would s

1293
00:46:28,183 --> 00:46:34,533
the same for all of the other

1294
00:46:30,766 --> 00:46:38,966
businesses in the area, be it

1295
00:46:34,633 --> 00:46:42,133
moon palace books, the coliseum.

1296
00:46:39,066 --> 00:46:43,466
and I think it's been -- it's

1297
00:46:42,233 --> 00:46:45,533
been important to ground us in

1298
00:46:43,566 --> 00:46:48,033
the fact that you can't just

1299
00:46:45,633 --> 00:46:50,766
talk about 300 minnehaha and the

1300
00:46:48,133 --> 00:46:52,800
democracy center without talking

1301
00:46:50,900 --> 00:46:54,266
out the immense pain that came

1302
00:46:52,900 --> 00:46:57,166
from the murder of george floyd

1303
00:46:54,366 --> 00:46:59,833
at the hands of minneapolis

1304
00:46:57,266 --> 00:47:01,733
police officers and the vionce

1305
00:46:59,933 --> 00:47:04,433
of those officers on to

1306
00:47:01,833 --> 00:47:08,000
community members throughout our

1307
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:09,200
city follong protests of that

1308
00:47:08,100 --> 00:47:11,700
police murder.  And leading to

1309
00:47:09,766 --> 00:47:14,700
the uprising, leading to the

1310
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:15,666
burning of the third precincts.

1311
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,000
I'll never sanitize that

1312
00:47:15,766 --> 00:47:19,366
history.  I think it's always

1313
00:47:17,100 --> 00:47:20,500
important to speak to it.  And

1314
00:47:19,466 --> 00:47:21,766
the hook and ladder and the

1315
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:25,433
businesses in the area have

1316
00:47:21,866 --> 00:47:28,433
deeply struggled over the years.

1317
00:47:25,766 --> 00:47:30,133
due to impact and just the

1318
00:47:28,533 --> 00:47:31,366
trauma.  The trauma of a

1319
00:47:30,233 --> 00:47:32,933
community experiencing this.

1320
00:47:31,466 --> 00:47:34,466
and I also want to highlight

1321
00:47:33,033 --> 00:47:35,966
some pitives.  The community

1322
00:47:34,566 --> 00:47:39,566
has been really coming together

1323
00:47:36,333 --> 00:47:43,700
in downtown longfellow to ce

1324
00:47:39,666 --> 00:47:44,966
back, to be strong, to be

1325
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:46,066
vibrant, and create spaces and

1326
00:47:45,066 --> 00:47:47,000
places f people.  It was

1327
00:47:46,166 --> 00:47:53,700
amazing during the world cup

1328
00:47:47,100 --> 00:47:54,700
this year!  Seeing the area that

1329
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,333
had a building that was burnt

1330
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,900
down.  It was a gassy field

1331
00:47:56,433 --> 00:47:59,400
turned into a pla where

1332
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:01,933
community members can gather.

1333
00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:03,133
have a place to sit, watch the

1334
00:48:02,033 --> 00:48:05,366
world cup, and then visit the

1335
00:48:03,233 --> 00:48:06,766
businesses in the area.  Soul of

1336
00:48:05,466 --> 00:48:09,400
the south side in the area. Nd

1337
00:48:06,866 --> 00:48:11,966
I say all this to say there have

1338
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:14,166
been so many concerns about the

1339
00:48:12,633 --> 00:48:16,366
design of 3,000 minnehaha

1340
00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:19,233
democracy center.  Especially

1341
00:48:16,466 --> 00:48:21,600
the alley vacation.  The site

1342
00:48:19,333 --> 00:48:23,200
plan.  And concerns it's going

1343
00:48:21,766 --> 00:48:25,000
to further be a negative impact.

1344
00:48:23,300 --> 00:48:26,233
and I just want to say to the

1345
00:48:25,100 --> 00:48:28,100
council members that are here

1346
00:48:27,233 --> 00:48:29,366
listening.  When y have not

1347
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:33,166
only one business reaching out

1348
00:48:29,466 --> 00:48:34,466
to you, but you have several

1349
00:48:33,266 --> 00:48:35,633
businesses, an entire corridor

1350
00:48:34,566 --> 00:48:37,933
reaching out to you, sharing

1351
00:48:35,733 --> 00:48:39,900
their concerns, and community

1352
00:48:38,033 --> 00:48:41,133
members that are your residents

1353
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,966
saying we're worried about the

1354
00:48:41,233 --> 00:48:44,700
future of this area.  And how

1355
00:48:43,066 --> 00:48:47,266
this project might impact it.

1356
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:49,300
you can't take it light.  And

1357
00:48:47,366 --> 00:48:50,900
that's why in committee council

1358
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:54,500
member chavez and I tried to get

1359
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:56,533
some extra time to work out some

1360
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:59,433
more details to see what we can

1361
00:48:56,633 --> 00:49:00,833
do in regards to the planning

1362
00:48:59,733 --> 00:49:03,333
and, unfortunately, it was voted

1363
00:49:00,933 --> 00:49:05,900
down.  And I want to the just

1364
00:49:03,533 --> 00:49:08,000
share to thoseho are tuning in

1365
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:10,633
either here or listeni.  It's

1366
00:49:08,100 --> 00:49:12,233
clear that the way that the

1367
00:49:10,733 --> 00:49:15,300
design is, is moving forward

1368
00:49:12,333 --> 00:49:20,733
that's just based off of where

1369
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:22,733
the will this council body is.

1370
00:49:20,900 --> 00:49:23,966
I believe in the democracy

1371
00:49:22,833 --> 00:49:24,933
center.  I believe it's a great

1372
00:49:24,066 --> 00:49:26,433
activation for the area.  I

1373
00:49:25,033 --> 00:49:29,100
think the way that engagement

1374
00:49:26,633 --> 00:49:30,400
with you all and other local

1375
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:33,866
businesses and community members

1376
00:49:30,500 --> 00:49:35,000
has not been great.  I haven't

1377
00:49:33,966 --> 00:49:36,700
been quiet about that.  I'm

1378
00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:37,766
disappointed we aren't able to

1379
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:43,033
make more of a difference here

1380
00:49:39,866 --> 00:49:44,133
for you.  Hour, I want to share

1381
00:49:43,366 --> 00:49:45,900
with the body and those

1382
00:49:44,433 --> 00:49:48,166
listening, I do have a motion

1383
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:50,666
that does create a condition

1384
00:49:48,266 --> 00:49:52,366
that I think could provide some

1385
00:49:50,766 --> 00:49:54,733
more chance for us to bring some

1386
00:49:52,466 --> 00:49:56,366
things together.  It's not

1387
00:49:54,833 --> 00:49:58,433
everything that the community

1388
00:49:56,466 --> 00:50:00,266
has asked for.  But it is

1389
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:02,733
something.  I'll read it out to

1390
00:50:00,366 --> 00:50:04,866
my colleagues here.

1391
00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:06,533
with the denial of the appeal,

1392
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:07,900
we're I'm moving to put a

1393
00:50:06,633 --> 00:50:09,800
condition that says that the

1394
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,600
applicant, which is the city,

1395
00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:13,466
shall within one month of the

1396
00:50:11,700 --> 00:50:14,833
date of the certificate of

1397
00:50:13,566 --> 00:50:17,100
occupancy being issued consult

1398
00:50:15,066 --> 00:50:18,233
with the businesses in downtown

1399
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:22,966
longfellow, and the business

1400
00:50:18,333 --> 00:50:24,300
district, and finalize and

1401
00:50:23,066 --> 00:50:25,533
implement a plan for public use

1402
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:27,966
of the redeveloped surface

1403
00:50:25,633 --> 00:50:31,400
parking lots on the 3,000

1404
00:50:28,066 --> 00:50:32,866
minnehaha avenue and 3033

1405
00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:35,566
smelling avenue parcels,

1406
00:50:32,966 --> 00:50:37,133
including ada accessible parking

1407
00:50:35,666 --> 00:50:38,000
spaces, at a minimum during the

1408
00:50:37,233 --> 00:50:39,933
times when they're not being

1409
00:50:38,100 --> 00:50:42,333
used by a city occupant.  This

1410
00:50:40,033 --> 00:50:47,166
puts in writing that there will

1411
00:50:42,500 --> 00:50:51,500
be a shared use agreement for

1412
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:52,833
parking.  There will be a

1413
00:50:51,933 --> 00:50:54,333
definitive and transparent time

1414
00:50:52,933 --> 00:50:57,066
in which it will b implemented.

1415
00:50:54,433 --> 00:50:59,433
it does also say that the

1416
00:50:57,166 --> 00:51:01,133
business district must be

1417
00:50:59,533 --> 00:51:03,466
consted in planning ts out.

1418
00:51:01,233 --> 00:51:04,833
creating a place for engagement

1419
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,000
and for stakeholders to b

1420
00:51:04,933 --> 00:51:07,433
consulted.  Because that's just

1421
00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:08,900
been an issue at the top.  We're

1422
00:51:07,533 --> 00:51:12,133
just not bringing enough people

1423
00:51:09,833 --> 00:51:13,233
in the neiborhood together, as

1424
00:51:12,233 --> 00:51:15,233
we're making these choices and

1425
00:51:13,333 --> 00:51:17,100
decisions.  We have to change

1426
00:51:15,333 --> 00:51:18,066
that moving forrd.  And I hope

1427
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:19,633
this condition isn't the only

1428
00:51:18,166 --> 00:51:21,666
place it's going to be.  I'll

1429
00:51:19,733 --> 00:51:23,133
continue to advocate for that.

1430
00:51:21,766 --> 00:51:26,366
and, colleagues, I ask for your

1431
00:51:23,233 --> 00:51:28,133
support in this today.

1432
00:51:26,666 --> 00:51:31,633
» Council member chavez.

1433
00:51:28,233 --> 00:51:33,933
» Thank you, council president

1434
00:51:31,733 --> 00:51:35,300
payne.  Ah, first, I want to

1435
00:51:34,033 --> 00:51:38,166
talk a little bit about the

1436
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:39,300
democracy center.  The voter

1437
00:51:38,266 --> 00:51:41,133
services center.  It was a

1438
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,466
project that I initially did not

1439
00:51:41,233 --> 00:51:45,800
support.  I did not vote in

1440
00:51:42,566 --> 00:51:48,366
favor of it for a variety of

1441
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:50,600
concerns that I had.  Part of it

1442
00:51:48,466 --> 00:51:51,733
was my opinion that there still

1443
00:51:50,700 --> 00:51:53,133
isn't enough community space.

1444
00:51:51,833 --> 00:51:54,000
all though I'm excited for the

1445
00:51:53,233 --> 00:51:56,500
community space component.  I

1446
00:51:54,100 --> 00:52:00,100
think that's a good community

1447
00:51:56,600 --> 00:52:01,800
asset.  The component of

1448
00:52:00,500 --> 00:52:02,766
windowless, components of the

1449
00:52:01,900 --> 00:52:04,033
democracy center, the license

1450
00:52:02,866 --> 00:52:06,100
and voter service center,

1451
00:52:04,133 --> 00:52:07,566
whatever we want to call it.

1452
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,600
and I had been expressing those

1453
00:52:07,666 --> 00:52:12,166
concerns for a very long time.

1454
00:52:09,700 --> 00:52:13,200
I do think that staff could hear

1455
00:52:12,266 --> 00:52:16,333
some of the concerns I had.  And

1456
00:52:13,300 --> 00:52:18,300
they were able to address those

1457
00:52:16,433 --> 00:52:20,000
particular concerns.  So I was

1458
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:22,133
happy to see them make those

1459
00:52:20,100 --> 00:52:23,000
changes to the windowless stuff

1460
00:52:22,233 --> 00:52:26,800
that it was happening.  I did

1461
00:52:23,100 --> 00:52:28,666
not want to have a location on

1462
00:52:26,900 --> 00:52:30,433
lake street that would not be

1463
00:52:28,766 --> 00:52:31,533
helpful to the community.  And I

1464
00:52:30,533 --> 00:52:32,466
think they've been working hard

1465
00:52:31,633 --> 00:52:34,533
to address some of the concerns

1466
00:52:32,566 --> 00:52:36,800
I've had.  I want to thank staff

1467
00:52:34,633 --> 00:52:38,366
for that component.

1468
00:52:36,900 --> 00:52:39,766
I really am looking forward to

1469
00:52:38,466 --> 00:52:41,100
the community component.  Like I

1470
00:52:39,866 --> 00:52:42,766
said earlier, I think that's

1471
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,366
something that will be a big

1472
00:52:42,866 --> 00:52:46,700
asset to the community that I

1473
00:52:44,466 --> 00:52:47,733
represent in the ninth ward.

1474
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:50,800
and I also want to talk about

1475
00:52:47,833 --> 00:52:52,533
the history of 3,000 minnehaha.

1476
00:52:51,266 --> 00:52:55,000
I think as we take this vote

1477
00:52:52,633 --> 00:52:56,500
today, and as we hear from

1478
00:52:55,100 --> 00:52:58,466
neighbors and business owners in

1479
00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:00,333
the area, I think the last thing

1480
00:52:58,566 --> 00:53:02,000
that I want is a project in the

1481
00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:04,166
community that I represent that

1482
00:53:02,100 --> 00:53:06,066
is going to cause more

1483
00:53:04,266 --> 00:53:07,633
frustration, more opposition,

1484
00:53:06,166 --> 00:53:10,633
when it's a project that I hope

1485
00:53:07,833 --> 00:53:12,700
brings everybody together.

1486
00:53:10,816 --> 00:53:14,300
so I guess what my ask is, I

1487
00:53:13,166 --> 00:53:15,900
hope my colleagues will support

1488
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,100
this motion.  I think it's a

1489
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,033
middle ground to address the

1490
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:19,633
concerns that some of the folks

1491
00:53:18,133 --> 00:53:22,066
in the community are asking for.

1492
00:53:19,733 --> 00:53:23,500
and I want to be clear.  It's

1493
00:53:22,166 --> 00:53:25,766
not going to make everybody

1494
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,800
happy.  It won't be.  It won't

1495
00:53:25,866 --> 00:53:28,566
be everything everyone is asking

1496
00:53:26,900 --> 00:53:32,300
for.  I think it tries to do

1497
00:53:28,666 --> 00:53:35,366
this approach of not stopping a

1498
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:36,366
project that needs to happen to

1499
00:53:35,450 --> 00:53:37,233
activate the lake street

1500
00:53:36,466 --> 00:53:38,800
corridor but addressing some of

1501
00:53:37,333 --> 00:53:40,700
the concerns that even folks

1502
00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:42,400
that want it to happen.  Are

1503
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:44,500
showing the frustrations.

1504
00:53:42,500 --> 00:53:45,433
so I guess what I will ask my

1505
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,166
colleagues is to please support

1506
00:53:45,533 --> 00:53:47,900
this motion.  So then we can

1507
00:53:47,266 --> 00:53:48,966
approve the rest of the project.

1508
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:53,166
thank you.

1509
00:53:50,100 --> 00:53:54,866
» Thank you.  Council member

1510
00:53:53,266 --> 00:53:57,866
chavez, I am in queue here.  So

1511
00:53:55,250 --> 00:53:59,833
my comment is the council

1512
00:53:57,966 --> 00:54:00,666
members -- there was a

1513
00:54:00,066 --> 00:54:03,233
background conversation thanks

1514
00:54:00,766 --> 00:54:04,866
to council member chowdhury's

1515
00:54:03,333 --> 00:54:09,133
leadership.  Able to talk to the

1516
00:54:04,966 --> 00:54:13,966
staff and go through this

1517
00:54:09,233 --> 00:54:16,533
motion.  And they have not shown

1518
00:54:14,066 --> 00:54:19,533
any, you know, resistance on

1519
00:54:16,633 --> 00:54:20,566
this.  So I think this is

1520
00:54:19,633 --> 00:54:22,800
something that will show that we

1521
00:54:20,666 --> 00:54:23,733
are supporting the small

1522
00:54:22,900 --> 00:54:27,300
businesses.  At the same time.

1523
00:54:23,833 --> 00:54:30,233
just making the community a lot,

1524
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:32,166
you know, comfortable.  The

1525
00:54:30,333 --> 00:54:34,833
community should be trusting us

1526
00:54:32,266 --> 00:54:38,133
and should be trusting the

1527
00:54:34,933 --> 00:54:42,000
government.  And, you know, as a

1528
00:54:38,233 --> 00:54:44,116
council I think this language

1529
00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:55,700
makes it working.  It makes the

1530
00:54:44,233 --> 00:54:57,666
relationship work better.  Maybe

1531
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:59,566
not having ada parking.  I can't

1532
00:54:57,766 --> 00:55:00,800
imagine that.  We enforce the

1533
00:54:59,666 --> 00:55:03,366
ada policy.  We' the city.

1534
00:55:00,900 --> 00:55:04,600
but to put it in letter, let the

1535
00:55:03,666 --> 00:55:06,633
community know we're there to

1536
00:55:04,700 --> 00:55:07,533
work with you.  We' supporting

1537
00:55:06,733 --> 00:55:09,133
the small businesses and we want

1538
00:55:07,633 --> 00:55:10,966
to make sure that we're good

1539
00:55:09,233 --> 00:55:12,100
neighbors and we are a great

1540
00:55:11,066 --> 00:55:15,100
community that is moving forward

1541
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:19,066
and progressing.  And I would

1542
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:22,533
encourage the colleagues to work

1543
00:55:19,166 --> 00:55:23,800
with us.  This has been a

1544
00:55:22,633 --> 00:55:25,333
collaboration from council

1545
00:55:23,900 --> 00:55:28,100
member chowdhury and my office.

1546
00:55:25,433 --> 00:55:38,366
and to speak to the staff about

1547
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:40,600
this.  Thank you..

1548
00:55:38,900 --> 00:55:42,400
thank you.  Next in line is

1549
00:55:40,700 --> 00:55:44,933
council member palmisano.

1550
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:46,166
» Thank you.  Colleagues, two

1551
00:55:45,033 --> 00:55:48,566
things can be true here at the

1552
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:50,566
same time.  We can absolutely

1553
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,366
support the downtown longfellow

1554
00:55:50,666 --> 00:55:54,266
business district and do

1555
00:55:52,466 --> 00:55:56,700
whatever we can to support their

1556
00:55:54,366 --> 00:55:58,833
success.  Given the history of

1557
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,733
3,000 minnehaha and its impact

1558
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:04,200
on their livelihoods.

1559
00:56:01,266 --> 00:56:04,900
I give all that due deference to

1560
00:56:04,300 --> 00:56:07,366
the council members who

1561
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,433
represent the community in this

1562
00:56:07,466 --> 00:56:10,533
vicinity.

1563
00:56:08,533 --> 00:56:11,800
and we can also build a

1564
00:56:10,633 --> 00:56:14,333
democracy center that meets our

1565
00:56:11,900 --> 00:56:15,500
needs of our city and brings an

1566
00:56:14,533 --> 00:56:17,600
incredibly valuable and

1567
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:19,366
important asset to this area.

1568
00:56:17,700 --> 00:56:22,066
and that is something to

1569
00:56:19,466 --> 00:56:24,500
celebrate today.

1570
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:26,333
we would, I need to point out,

1571
00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:28,166
we would never put a condition

1572
00:56:26,433 --> 00:56:31,066
like this on any other

1573
00:56:28,266 --> 00:56:33,000
applicant.  It's only because

1574
00:56:31,166 --> 00:56:34,566
the applicant here is the city.

1575
00:56:33,100 --> 00:56:37,566
we would never do this to any

1576
00:56:34,666 --> 00:56:39,666
other applicant.

1577
00:56:37,666 --> 00:56:41,533
but these two things supporting

1578
00:56:39,766 --> 00:56:42,566
the downtown longfellow business

1579
00:56:41,633 --> 00:56:44,666
district and building a

1580
00:56:42,666 --> 00:56:46,766
democracy center are not

1581
00:56:45,233 --> 00:56:47,733
mutually exclusive.  We're going

1582
00:56:46,866 --> 00:56:51,766
to do both of these things at

1583
00:56:47,833 --> 00:56:53,766
the same time today.  Which is

1584
00:56:51,866 --> 00:56:55,500
good.  We he this condition to

1585
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:57,166
allow for shared use of the

1586
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:58,633
public parking areas of the

1587
00:56:57,266 --> 00:57:01,366
democracy center that we will

1588
00:56:58,733 --> 00:57:03,800
figure out after it opens.

1589
00:57:01,450 --> 00:57:05,466
we have been good partners here.

1590
00:57:03,900 --> 00:57:06,500
listening to community concerns

1591
00:57:05,566 --> 00:57:08,833
and responding with

1592
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:10,633
modifications to our plan.  To

1593
00:57:08,933 --> 00:57:13,533
our own detriment.  We've made

1594
00:57:10,733 --> 00:57:16,233
modifications to our plan.  My

1595
00:57:13,666 --> 00:57:17,933
biggest worry is that any

1596
00:57:16,333 --> 00:57:19,700
further delay would have a

1597
00:57:18,033 --> 00:57:21,033
cumulative effect.  It would

1598
00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:22,766
mean that the democracy center

1599
00:57:21,133 --> 00:57:23,666
wouldn't be ready for the next

1600
00:57:22,833 --> 00:57:26,800
presidential election.  We need

1601
00:57:24,066 --> 00:57:28,000
to have full occupancy ahead of

1602
00:57:26,900 --> 00:57:30,466
that election in order to

1603
00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:32,666
accommodate things like early

1604
00:57:30,566 --> 00:57:36,200
voting, et. Cetera.

1605
00:57:32,766 --> 00:57:38,166
we are finally in a place to

1606
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:40,266
meaningfully move this space

1607
00:57:38,266 --> 00:57:40,900
forward.  From being a

1608
00:57:40,366 --> 00:57:42,700
fire-damaged building to

1609
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:45,300
something that is important for

1610
00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:47,433
us and for the community.  I

1611
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:48,433
wanted to thank our architecture

1612
00:57:47,533 --> 00:57:51,000
group and all of the time

1613
00:57:48,533 --> 00:57:52,133
they've spent on this.  And all

1614
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:54,466
the time they've spent in

1615
00:57:52,333 --> 00:57:56,266
community working out issues for

1616
00:57:54,566 --> 00:57:58,966
this.  It's been a long road.

1617
00:57:56,366 --> 00:58:02,300
there have been a lot of votes.

1618
00:57:59,066 --> 00:58:03,000
it's been delayed for even more

1619
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:03,800
conversations of planning

1620
00:58:03,100 --> 00:58:06,366
commission.  It's involved one

1621
00:58:04,333 --> 00:58:08,066
of the largest community

1622
00:58:06,466 --> 00:58:14,666
conversations about a building

1623
00:58:08,166 --> 00:58:16,966
in my time here.  All over the

1624
00:58:14,766 --> 00:58:17,966
city.  This building is not what

1625
00:58:17,533 --> 00:58:18,766
it was.

1626
00:58:18,066 --> 00:58:21,133
thank you to council member

1627
00:58:18,866 --> 00:58:23,766
chowdhury for developing this

1628
00:58:21,233 --> 00:58:24,666
plan.  I see it as a comprise

1629
00:58:23,866 --> 00:58:25,766
that I can support.

1630
00:58:24,766 --> 00:58:27,800
» Council member whiting.

1631
00:58:25,966 --> 00:58:29,166
» Thank you, president payne.

1632
00:58:27,900 --> 00:58:30,833
and u I'm going to say

1633
00:58:29,266 --> 00:58:32,300
something.  I think the entire

1634
00:58:30,933 --> 00:58:33,866
body unanimously agrees with.  I

1635
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:37,866
think minneapolis is the

1636
00:58:33,966 --> 00:58:39,016
greatest city in the world.  We

1637
00:58:37,966 --> 00:58:42,650
have seen this site specifically

1638
00:58:39,366 --> 00:58:44,466
be used as a prop for ultra

1639
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,433
conservative maga republicans

1640
00:58:44,566 --> 00:58:47,066
consistently.  And I think this

1641
00:58:45,533 --> 00:58:48,766
is a version.  I know I heard it

1642
00:58:47,166 --> 00:58:51,466
on the campaign trail as I've

1643
00:58:48,866 --> 00:58:53,333
heard it from many of my

1644
00:58:51,566 --> 00:58:54,900
residents that we have to ensure

1645
00:58:53,433 --> 00:58:57,100
that to be the greatest city in

1646
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:59,500
the world, we are doing things

1647
00:58:57,200 --> 00:59:01,400
that meet that standard.

1648
00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:05,066
and I think a version of this

1649
00:59:01,500 --> 00:59:08,766
where we have seen this building

1650
00:59:05,166 --> 00:59:10,533
sit here as a burned out site of

1651
00:59:08,866 --> 00:59:12,766
one of the hardest moments in

1652
00:59:10,633 --> 00:59:15,333
history for our city.  And I am

1653
00:59:13,166 --> 00:59:17,200
deeply grateful for my council

1654
00:59:15,433 --> 00:59:20,233
colleague to the left here of

1655
00:59:17,300 --> 00:59:21,433
figuring out an opportunity.

1656
00:59:20,333 --> 00:59:23,466
figuring out a comprise that

1657
00:59:21,533 --> 00:59:24,500
continues to move this project

1658
00:59:23,566 --> 00:59:28,033
forward.  So we don't have to

1659
00:59:25,166 --> 00:59:30,700
continue to relive a version in

1660
00:59:28,133 --> 00:59:32,266
our city that doesn't represent

1661
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:34,200
the best of what we can be.

1662
00:59:32,366 --> 00:59:35,733
thank you for figuring out an

1663
00:59:34,300 --> 00:59:36,733
opportunity and a comprise to

1664
00:59:35,833 --> 00:59:39,700
continue moving this forward.

1665
00:59:37,033 --> 00:59:40,700
and ensure that there isn't

1666
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:42,200
anymore undue delays on this

1667
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:44,600
project.  Thank you.

1668
00:59:42,466 --> 00:59:46,000
» Council member chowdhury.

1669
00:59:44,766 --> 00:59:50,233
» Thank you, president payne.

1670
00:59:46,333 --> 00:59:52,033
I wanted to just get in queue

1671
00:59:50,333 --> 00:59:56,933
again to just add a little bit

1672
00:59:52,133 --> 00:59:58,266
more context t this process.

1673
00:59:57,033 --> 01:00:00,133
when this arrived at the

1674
00:59:58,366 --> 01:00:04,100
planning commission, it was

1675
01:00:01,166 --> 01:00:05,966
wholly unacceptable.  Approach

1676
01:00:04,266 --> 01:00:07,566
by not just the hook and ladder,

1677
01:00:06,066 --> 01:00:08,666
but several of other businesses.

1678
01:00:07,666 --> 01:00:11,166
the business district they had

1679
01:00:08,766 --> 01:00:16,566
not been consulted with as I

1680
01:00:11,266 --> 01:00:17,766
came to the design of the

1681
01:00:16,666 --> 01:00:22,233
democracy center.  And the

1682
01:00:18,533 --> 01:00:23,800
impacts on that.  And not

1683
01:00:22,333 --> 01:00:25,500
consulted in that.  Not brought

1684
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:26,833
in enough.  That was wholly

1685
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:30,833
unacceptable.  This is, after

1686
01:00:26,966 --> 01:00:32,833
l, the democracy center.  It's

1687
01:00:30,966 --> 01:00:33,666
iric for us not to do the

1688
01:00:32,933 --> 01:00:35,466
engagement necessary that is

1689
01:00:33,766 --> 01:00:37,633
moving on this.  We have to, in

1690
01:00:35,566 --> 01:00:39,033
this moment, take this vote,

1691
01:00:37,733 --> 01:00:40,866
make a recommitment as we embark

1692
01:00:39,133 --> 01:00:42,733
on the journey of building this

1693
01:00:40,966 --> 01:00:44,966
out.  That we engage with the

1694
01:00:42,833 --> 01:00:49,866
community and the area.  And if

1695
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:51,766
we don't, it's just deeply

1696
01:00:49,966 --> 01:00:53,433
upsetting for me and you'll be

1697
01:00:51,866 --> 01:00:55,033
hearing from me.  Everyone will

1698
01:00:53,533 --> 01:00:56,633
be hearing frome.  And I want

1699
01:00:55,266 --> 01:00:57,966
your support in ensuring that we

1700
01:00:56,733 --> 01:01:00,033
don't have to do that moving

1701
01:00:58,066 --> 01:01:01,666
forward.  That we can be

1702
01:01:00,133 --> 01:01:03,000
proactive here.  And that delay

1703
01:01:01,900 --> 01:01:05,000
in the planning commission was

1704
01:01:03,500 --> 01:01:06,300
absolutely necessary to forge a

1705
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:10,033
conversation that needed to

1706
01:01:06,366 --> 01:01:11,166
happen to move this along.  It

1707
01:01:10,133 --> 01:01:12,733
just absolute I will not a place

1708
01:01:11,266 --> 01:01:19,133
where it needed to be.  I think

1709
01:01:12,833 --> 01:01:20,500
the other thing to share here is

1710
01:01:19,233 --> 01:01:23,800
downwn longfellow, this area

1711
01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:25,333
has felt so, so overlooked.  And

1712
01:01:23,900 --> 01:01:31,500
I've heard comments here and

1713
01:01:25,433 --> 01:01:32,866
there where people and folks are

1714
01:01:31,733 --> 01:01:36,366
like it's one business speaking

1715
01:01:32,966 --> 01:01:39,833
out.  I want to clarify it's not

1716
01:01:37,166 --> 01:01:41,466
just one.  Like, hook and ladder

1717
01:01:40,033 --> 01:01:43,600
is an anchor business for this

1718
01:01:41,566 --> 01:01:46,000
area.  If something happens to

1719
01:01:43,700 --> 01:01:47,833
the hook, it impacts everyone.

1720
01:01:46,100 --> 01:01:52,033
if something happens to the

1721
01:01:47,933 --> 01:01:54,466
coliseum, it impacts everyone.

1722
01:01:52,333 --> 01:01:57,266
there's a whole business

1723
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:59,600
dirict behind them.  And there

1724
01:01:57,366 --> 01:02:00,833
is also a lot of work outside

1725
01:01:59,700 --> 01:02:03,166
this that we as a body need to

1726
01:02:00,933 --> 01:02:04,733
do.  And I'm asking you to show

1727
01:02:03,266 --> 01:02:07,933
up for in supporting downtown

1728
01:02:04,933 --> 01:02:10,216
longfellow and bringing it to

1729
01:02:08,366 --> 01:02:11,733
vibrancy.  The business group

1730
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:13,233
there is called longfellow

1731
01:02:11,833 --> 01:02:16,266
rising for a reason.  They want

1732
01:02:13,333 --> 01:02:17,700
to see a future here.  That

1733
01:02:16,366 --> 01:02:19,000
supports every single community

1734
01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:21,316
member, whether they work, play,

1735
01:02:19,100 --> 01:02:23,850
or live in the area.  To be

1736
01:02:21,416 --> 01:02:25,783
supported.  And an area that is

1737
01:02:23,950 --> 01:02:27,683
deeply diverse and has a lot of

1738
01:02:25,883 --> 01:02:29,183
folks who are working people

1739
01:02:27,916 --> 01:02:30,750
we as the city need to start

1740
01:02:29,283 --> 01:02:31,850
having a new chapter and hoping

1741
01:02:30,850 --> 01:02:34,516
up this -- working on this

1742
01:02:31,950 --> 01:02:35,716
democracy center and also

1743
01:02:34,616 --> 01:02:40,183
supportingowntown longfellow

1744
01:02:35,816 --> 01:02:41,283
with the mnitude that we

1745
01:02:40,283 --> 01:02:42,950
support other business

1746
01:02:41,383 --> 01:02:44,250
districts.  Personally from the

1747
01:02:43,050 --> 01:02:45,383
engagement we've done in the

1748
01:02:44,350 --> 01:02:46,416
area, we're not meeting the

1749
01:02:45,483 --> 01:02:48,583
moment in the city in terms of

1750
01:02:46,516 --> 01:02:51,116
the support we cano here.  And

1751
01:02:48,683 --> 01:02:53,883
it goes back to the corner of

1752
01:02:51,216 --> 01:02:56,450
the burnt third precinct being

1753
01:02:54,016 --> 01:02:58,283
le year after year, barbed

1754
01:02:56,550 --> 01:02:59,416
wire left on.  Like, it's not

1755
01:02:58,383 --> 01:03:01,883
okay.  And people have not

1756
01:02:59,516 --> 01:03:04,816
forgotten that yet.  And I agree

1757
01:03:01,983 --> 01:03:06,183
with my constituents.  They

1758
01:03:04,916 --> 01:03:07,450
haven't been a reason yet.

1759
01:03:06,283 --> 01:03:09,416
there's repair that needs to be

1760
01:03:07,550 --> 01:03:11,216
done and the pro active work on

1761
01:03:09,516 --> 01:03:12,816
the democracy center and how we

1762
01:03:11,316 --> 01:03:14,083
support economic development and

1763
01:03:12,916 --> 01:03:17,950
vibrancy in this area is how we

1764
01:03:16,050 --> 01:03:19,583
do the repair work.

1765
01:03:18,283 --> 01:03:22,116
» Council member shaffer.

1766
01:03:19,783 --> 01:03:28,150
» Anyone from cped here that I

1767
01:03:22,216 --> 01:03:30,116
can ask some questions of?  No.

1768
01:03:28,250 --> 01:03:31,716
I'd like to know, maybe,

1769
01:03:30,216 --> 01:03:33,116
council member chowdhury or

1770
01:03:31,816 --> 01:03:34,383
chavez you can step in answer

1771
01:03:33,216 --> 01:03:35,216
some of these.  I'd like to

1772
01:03:34,483 --> 01:03:37,083
understand with this parking.

1773
01:03:35,316 --> 01:03:39,016
is this going to be installing

1774
01:03:37,183 --> 01:03:40,183
meters then that the businesses

1775
01:03:39,266 --> 01:03:43,283
would use in the evening?  Can

1776
01:03:40,283 --> 01:03:47,083
you speak to the costs around --

1777
01:03:43,616 --> 01:03:51,750
or is it just going to be a free

1778
01:03:47,183 --> 01:03:55,183
parking?

1779
01:03:51,850 --> 01:03:56,783
» Yeah. T looks like we have

1780
01:03:55,483 --> 01:03:58,783
andrew here from planning.

1781
01:03:56,883 --> 01:04:00,383
maybe you want to speak to that.

1782
01:03:59,150 --> 01:04:02,816
it's my understanding there was

1783
01:04:00,483 --> 01:04:04,550
always an intention from the

1784
01:04:02,916 --> 01:04:07,200
city to have a shared use

1785
01:04:04,650 --> 01:04:09,650
agreement for public use on this

1786
01:04:07,316 --> 01:04:15,883
site.  There hasn't been any

1787
01:04:09,750 --> 01:04:18,550
conversations around metering.

1788
01:04:16,183 --> 01:04:20,816
» Council member payne.

1789
01:04:18,916 --> 01:04:22,283
council member shaffer, andrew

1790
01:04:20,916 --> 01:04:24,150
with cped planning.  I'm sorry.

1791
01:04:22,383 --> 01:04:25,483
can you repeat your question.

1792
01:04:24,316 --> 01:04:27,483
» I was wondering if there was

1793
01:04:25,583 --> 01:04:28,516
any plan as we look to the

1794
01:04:27,566 --> 01:04:29,650
transition and discussion you're

1795
01:04:28,616 --> 01:04:31,050
going to be having with the

1796
01:04:29,750 --> 01:04:33,450
community.  If these were going

1797
01:04:31,283 --> 01:04:35,450
to be metered parking lots then

1798
01:04:33,550 --> 01:04:37,716
for evening use or if there was

1799
01:04:35,550 --> 01:04:39,050
going to be a cost associated

1800
01:04:37,816 --> 01:04:40,850
with these spaces to the

1801
01:04:39,150 --> 01:04:41,516
business district.  Or those

1802
01:04:40,950 --> 01:04:42,850
that use the spots.

1803
01:04:41,850 --> 01:04:44,950
» Council member shaffer, that

1804
01:04:42,950 --> 01:04:47,083
would be entirely up to property

1805
01:04:45,050 --> 01:04:48,516
services.  So property services

1806
01:04:47,183 --> 01:04:50,750
is the property owner and the

1807
01:04:48,616 --> 01:04:53,416
applicantere.  So they would

1808
01:04:50,850 --> 01:04:55,283
need to work with the businesses

1809
01:04:53,516 --> 01:04:56,083
to come up with how the shared

1810
01:04:55,383 --> 01:04:57,683
use agreement is going to

1811
01:04:56,716 --> 01:04:59,416
function.  That's not something

1812
01:04:57,783 --> 01:04:59,616
that would be regulated by

1813
01:04:59,516 --> 01:05:00,950
cped.

1814
01:04:59,883 --> 01:05:04,350
» Okay.  Because I think most

1815
01:05:01,050 --> 01:05:05,416
of our parking in the -- and do

1816
01:05:04,450 --> 01:05:07,783
we have other agreements like

1817
01:05:05,516 --> 01:05:09,116
this where we allow

1818
01:05:07,983 --> 01:05:12,250
organizations to use our parking

1819
01:05:09,216 --> 01:05:14,050
lots that are not metered?

1820
01:05:12,883 --> 01:05:15,483
» Ah, council member shaffer, I

1821
01:05:14,150 --> 01:05:16,716
think that would have to be

1822
01:05:15,583 --> 01:05:18,916
directed to property services.

1823
01:05:16,816 --> 01:05:19,283
that's not something that cped

1824
01:05:19,016 --> 01:05:20,950
would regulate.

1825
01:05:19,383 --> 01:05:23,150
» I think it's an important

1826
01:05:21,050 --> 01:05:25,283
point in this discussion.

1827
01:05:23,250 --> 01:05:26,566
because, obviously, there's --

1828
01:05:25,383 --> 01:05:29,700
it's my understanding, you know,

1829
01:05:26,666 --> 01:05:31,666
that most of the city and our

1830
01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:33,833
city-owned land, we either have

1831
01:05:31,900 --> 01:05:35,633
city parking lots that are, you

1832
01:05:33,933 --> 01:05:37,633
know, serviced with payments.

1833
01:05:35,900 --> 01:05:39,400
or else our parking meters.  And

1834
01:05:37,733 --> 01:05:43,666
so I'm just trying to get a

1835
01:05:39,500 --> 01:05:44,000
sense.  Is this, umm, setting

1836
01:05:43,766 --> 01:05:45,566
precedent?

1837
01:05:44,333 --> 01:05:47,433
» Ah, council member shaffer,

1838
01:05:45,900 --> 01:05:49,133
from our perspective, this would

1839
01:05:47,533 --> 01:05:50,766
not be setting precedent for any

1840
01:05:49,233 --> 01:05:51,866
other type of future

1841
01:05:50,866 --> 01:05:53,933
application.

1842
01:05:51,966 --> 01:05:54,700
» Okay.  That's helpful to

1843
01:05:54,033 --> 01:05:56,700
know.

1844
01:05:54,800 --> 01:05:58,100
umm, I just think that parking

1845
01:05:56,800 --> 01:05:59,133
on our streets and parking lots

1846
01:05:58,200 --> 01:06:00,600
throughout the city are an

1847
01:05:59,233 --> 01:06:03,500
important part of our revenue

1848
01:06:00,700 --> 01:06:07,366
stream.  And for us to be

1849
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:09,566
inconsistent in that feels a

1850
01:06:07,466 --> 01:06:10,700
little, umm, hard to swallow, I

1851
01:06:09,666 --> 01:06:13,200
think.   You know, 31st and

1852
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:14,766
lake.  We lost all our parking.

1853
01:06:13,300 --> 01:06:16,566
uptown we lost a ton on

1854
01:06:14,866 --> 01:06:19,300
hennepin.  There were no

1855
01:06:16,666 --> 01:06:21,666
concerns then.  So I appreciate

1856
01:06:19,400 --> 01:06:24,566
the needs of parking.  I really

1857
01:06:21,766 --> 01:06:27,333
do.  I've talked about it.  So I

1858
01:06:24,666 --> 01:06:29,133
appreciate the needs of the

1859
01:06:27,666 --> 01:06:30,066
longfellow district.  And the

1860
01:06:29,233 --> 01:06:31,033
importance of the small

1861
01:06:30,166 --> 01:06:32,566
businesses to that.

1862
01:06:31,133 --> 01:06:36,933
but I do think there's a

1863
01:06:32,666 --> 01:06:37,733
question here around maint

1864
01:06:37,033 --> 01:06:39,800
maintenance, and, obviously, the

1865
01:06:37,833 --> 01:06:42,066
meters is how we maintain our

1866
01:06:39,900 --> 01:06:43,633
parking lots.  The cost is how

1867
01:06:42,333 --> 01:06:46,333
we maintain some of our street

1868
01:06:43,733 --> 01:06:48,666
stuff.  So that's my big

1869
01:06:46,633 --> 01:06:50,600
question here.  Is, umm, maybe

1870
01:06:48,766 --> 01:06:56,366
you can give us some more

1871
01:06:50,700 --> 01:06:57,266
background on that.  But, umm,

1872
01:06:56,466 --> 01:06:58,633
I'm not -- I'm -- I don't know

1873
01:06:57,366 --> 01:06:59,533
what the answers to that -- it

1874
01:06:58,733 --> 01:07:00,666
sounds like you don't know

1875
01:06:59,633 --> 01:07:02,433
whether you're going to meter

1876
01:07:00,766 --> 01:07:03,966
them or not.

1877
01:07:02,533 --> 01:07:05,066
» Thanks for raising those

1878
01:07:04,066 --> 01:07:06,466
concerns, council member

1879
01:07:05,166 --> 01:07:08,500
shaffer.  That would be up to

1880
01:07:06,566 --> 01:07:09,433
property services as the

1881
01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:11,000
property owner to make those

1882
01:07:09,533 --> 01:07:12,266
decisions.  And I know they're

1883
01:07:11,100 --> 01:07:13,633
listening here.  And they should

1884
01:07:12,366 --> 01:07:14,600
be able to follow up with you at

1885
01:07:13,733 --> 01:07:16,566
a future date.

1886
01:07:14,966 --> 01:07:17,900
» Okay.  Well, it's hard for me

1887
01:07:16,666 --> 01:07:19,400
to cast a vote without knowing

1888
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:20,900
that.  Does that make sense?

1889
01:07:19,500 --> 01:07:22,233
because I think that's kind of

1890
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:23,600
an important part of the

1891
01:07:22,333 --> 01:07:24,666
equation, in some ways.  Because

1892
01:07:23,700 --> 01:07:25,866
we do want to support our

1893
01:07:24,766 --> 01:07:27,533
businesses.  I think this is a

1894
01:07:25,966 --> 01:07:30,466
valid request.  But at the same

1895
01:07:27,633 --> 01:07:34,000
time, we have costs, umm, as

1896
01:07:30,566 --> 01:07:36,700
well.  And we don't want to,

1897
01:07:34,100 --> 01:07:36,966
umm, be inconsistent as a city.

1898
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:37,633
thank you.

1899
01:07:37,466 --> 01:07:40,333
» Thanks.

1900
01:07:37,833 --> 01:07:43,566
» Council member rainville.

1901
01:07:40,633 --> 01:07:45,133
» Thank you.  I'll be brief.  I

1902
01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:46,633
just want to give my

1903
01:07:45,233 --> 01:07:48,000
appreciation to council members

1904
01:07:46,733 --> 01:07:50,533
chowdhury and chavez for working

1905
01:07:48,300 --> 01:07:52,466
with the community on this

1906
01:07:50,633 --> 01:07:53,900
compri.  And at the same time

1907
01:07:52,566 --> 01:07:57,266
keeping the long-term goals o

1908
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:59,066
the city in mind.  Equallyith

1909
01:07:57,366 --> 01:08:01,966
the local business community.

1910
01:07:59,166 --> 01:08:04,266
I'll be voting for this.

1911
01:08:02,266 --> 01:08:05,733
» Council member chavez.

1912
01:08:04,366 --> 01:08:07,200
» Thank you, council president

1913
01:08:05,833 --> 01:08:09,800
payne.  I think for me, it's

1914
01:08:07,300 --> 01:08:11,733
this is a unique circumstance.

1915
01:08:10,100 --> 01:08:13,500
this is minnehaha area.  It's an

1916
01:08:11,833 --> 01:08:14,433
area that was on fire.

1917
01:08:13,733 --> 01:08:16,333
buildings throughout lake street

1918
01:08:14,533 --> 01:08:19,366
in this area were set on fire.

1919
01:08:16,433 --> 01:08:21,266
this is a business area that was

1920
01:08:19,466 --> 01:08:23,066
devastated by the uprising in

1921
01:08:21,366 --> 01:08:24,466
the summer of 2020.  After the

1922
01:08:23,166 --> 01:08:26,900
murder of george floyd that

1923
01:08:24,566 --> 01:08:28,466
caused a world-ride racial

1924
01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:30,933
reckoning.  It's a unique

1925
01:08:28,566 --> 01:08:34,133
circumstance.  It's an area that

1926
01:08:31,016 --> 01:08:35,166
has faced so much trauma.  And I

1927
01:08:34,233 --> 01:08:36,400
think that's something I want to

1928
01:08:35,266 --> 01:08:38,866
recognize.  And I will say that

1929
01:08:36,500 --> 01:08:40,266
there has been other initiatives

1930
01:08:38,966 --> 01:08:42,533
about free parking in uptown on

1931
01:08:40,366 --> 01:08:45,300
fridays.  So this isn't a new

1932
01:08:42,633 --> 01:08:47,000
thing.  Upton gets free parking

1933
01:08:45,433 --> 01:08:48,600
on fridays.  I think there was

1934
01:08:47,633 --> 01:08:50,366
an announcement made this year

1935
01:08:48,700 --> 01:08:53,200
or something.  But ha-ha.  So I

1936
01:08:50,566 --> 01:08:54,233
would say it isn't just on the

1937
01:08:53,300 --> 01:08:55,266
lake street part that I

1938
01:08:54,333 --> 01:08:57,800
represent.  There has been

1939
01:08:55,366 --> 01:09:00,100
precedent in the past.

1940
01:08:58,100 --> 01:09:04,233
» Council member stevenson.

1941
01:09:00,700 --> 01:09:05,766
» Thank you.  Umm, I just

1942
01:09:04,333 --> 01:09:07,233
wanted to raise that cocil

1943
01:09:05,866 --> 01:09:09,166
member u shaffer, you brought up

1944
01:09:07,333 --> 01:09:12,166
some excellent points on parking

1945
01:09:09,300 --> 01:09:15,033
pocy, in general.  And the

1946
01:09:12,266 --> 01:09:16,733
valuof our parking lots.  And

1947
01:09:15,133 --> 01:09:23,166
the public space that we

1948
01:09:16,933 --> 01:09:24,966
dedicate to parking, in general.

1949
01:09:24,233 --> 01:09:27,366
we dedicate, literally,

1950
01:09:25,066 --> 01:09:28,800
hundreds of millions of dollars

1951
01:09:27,466 --> 01:09:30,166
of public land to parking.  It

1952
01:09:28,900 --> 01:09:36,633
has a huge maintenance cost.  I

1953
01:09:30,266 --> 01:09:39,933
would be interested in exploring

1954
01:09:36,733 --> 01:09:42,200
disukses discussions on

1955
01:09:40,633 --> 01:09:43,233
parking metering and revenue

1956
01:09:42,300 --> 01:09:44,733
across the entire city.

1957
01:09:43,400 --> 01:09:47,833
I want to mention the free

1958
01:09:44,833 --> 01:09:49,433
parking  uptown.  As muc as I

1959
01:09:47,933 --> 01:09:50,900
personally don't believe the

1960
01:09:49,533 --> 01:09:53,366
cityhould be providing as much

1961
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:54,766
free parking a as it is, to

1962
01:09:53,466 --> 01:09:57,466
provide it in uptown and not

1963
01:09:54,866 --> 01:09:59,100
provide it in longfellow is a

1964
01:09:57,566 --> 01:10:02,933
little odd.  So I will be

1965
01:09:59,200 --> 01:10:04,200
supporting this.  But being

1966
01:10:03,033 --> 01:10:08,633
genuine, I would love to work

1967
01:10:04,300 --> 01:10:10,000
with you on parng policy to

1968
01:10:08,733 --> 01:10:11,466
recoup the immense costs that

1969
01:10:10,100 --> 01:10:13,733
we're putting out for parking

1970
01:10:11,566 --> 01:10:15,266
across the entire city.

1971
01:10:14,033 --> 01:10:17,333
» Council member chughtai.

1972
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:19,100
» Thank you, mr. President.

1973
01:10:17,433 --> 01:10:21,900
ah, umm, my colleagues took the

1974
01:10:19,200 --> 01:10:23,600
words out of my mouth.  But,

1975
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:28,300
umm, you know, I want to start,

1976
01:10:23,700 --> 01:10:29,966
first start by talking about,

1977
01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:31,766
umm, the -- I've heard a

1978
01:10:30,066 --> 01:10:33,000
couple -- a few different times,

1979
01:10:31,866 --> 01:10:36,366
ah, over the discussion on this

1980
01:10:33,100 --> 01:10:38,133
item.  Ah, that -- thathis is,

1981
01:10:36,466 --> 01:10:40,266
umm, this framing that this

1982
01:10:38,566 --> 01:10:43,633
piece of property is just like

1983
01:10:40,366 --> 01:10:44,533
any other city-owned piece of

1984
01:10:43,733 --> 01:10:48,433
property.  And it's -- it's

1985
01:10:44,633 --> 01:10:50,966
really important.  Because iknon

1986
01:10:48,533 --> 01:10:54,033
this, council members, umm, who

1987
01:10:51,066 --> 01:10:57,100
directly represent this area all

1988
01:10:54,133 --> 01:10:58,466
have a shared understanding,

1989
01:10:57,200 --> 01:11:01,533
umm, that -- that really has

1990
01:10:58,566 --> 01:11:04,100
been shaped by the impacted

1991
01:11:01,633 --> 01:11:05,200
community.  Umm, that this is

1992
01:11:04,200 --> 01:11:06,833
not just any other piece of

1993
01:11:05,533 --> 01:11:09,100
property.  And to treat it as

1994
01:11:06,933 --> 01:11:11,400
such is a mistake.  And one that

1995
01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:13,666
just leads to more heart ache

1996
01:11:11,500 --> 01:11:14,300
forvery person involved in the

1997
01:11:13,766 --> 01:11:16,566
process.

1998
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:18,566
so, umm, I think that we should

1999
01:11:16,666 --> 01:11:19,800
stay away from words like

2000
01:11:18,666 --> 01:11:23,800
"precedent" we should stay away

2001
01:11:19,900 --> 01:11:25,566
from words like "consistency"

2002
01:11:23,900 --> 01:11:29,333
because -- because this is --

2003
01:11:25,666 --> 01:11:31,000
this is a unique situation.

2004
01:11:29,433 --> 01:11:34,266
umm, second, I want to talk

2005
01:11:31,100 --> 01:11:36,266
about the parking fund.  So,

2006
01:11:34,366 --> 01:11:38,833
umm, all revenue that is

2007
01:11:36,366 --> 01:11:40,766
generated by parking in the city

2008
01:11:38,933 --> 01:11:43,100
goes into the parking fund,

2009
01:11:40,866 --> 01:11:47,866
which is an enterprise fund here

2010
01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:51,166
at the city. He pking fund,

2011
01:11:47,966 --> 01:11:52,466
umm, took a hit.  Just like any

2012
01:11:51,266 --> 01:11:57,033
other,mm, any other one here

2013
01:11:52,566 --> 01:11:59,066
at the city.  When covid

2014
01:11:57,133 --> 01:12:00,233
happened, umm, a this is, umm,

2015
01:11:59,166 --> 01:12:04,533
the revenue that the city

2016
01:12:00,333 --> 01:12:07,633
collects from parking has

2017
01:12:04,633 --> 01:12:11,400
bounced back in a way that we

2018
01:12:08,400 --> 01:12:13,200
haven't seen other aspects.  And

2019
01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:16,266
the health of the parking fund

2020
01:12:13,966 --> 01:12:18,400
is incredibly excellent revenue

2021
01:12:16,366 --> 01:12:20,600
generated there.  It's able to

2022
01:12:19,300 --> 01:12:22,700
be usedn lawful ways in

2023
01:12:20,700 --> 01:12:25,000
accordance with state law and

2024
01:12:22,800 --> 01:12:28,433
other aspects of our cy.  And

2025
01:12:25,100 --> 01:12:29,900
so I want to alleviate concerns

2026
01:12:28,533 --> 01:12:31,366
here about what this could

2027
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:32,466
possibly do to the health of

2028
01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:35,000
parking revenue.  I don't think

2029
01:12:32,566 --> 01:12:37,566
it's aoncern here.  And tn

2030
01:12:35,100 --> 01:12:39,600
wanted to lift up that just this

2031
01:12:37,666 --> 01:12:42,633
year, in the mayor's annual

2032
01:12:39,733 --> 01:12:46,333
ate of the city address, he

2033
01:12:42,766 --> 01:12:47,800
nounced an itiative to bring

2034
01:12:46,433 --> 01:12:51,400
free parking to uptown.  That's

2035
01:12:48,883 --> 01:12:53,200
a loss of revenue for the city.

2036
01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:54,766
if we can do that for uptown,

2037
01:12:53,300 --> 01:12:58,400
because we want the economic

2038
01:12:54,866 --> 01:13:00,000
vibrancy of uptn to be

2039
01:12:58,500 --> 01:13:01,933
prioritized and, u know, I can

2040
01:13:00,100 --> 01:13:04,066
disagree all day and night

2041
01:13:02,033 --> 01:13:06,433
about, umm, whether a free

2042
01:13:04,166 --> 01:13:08,333
parking pac space is going

2043
01:13:06,766 --> 01:13:09,400
to ctribute to economic

2044
01:13:08,433 --> 01:13:11,500
activity and development to the

2045
01:13:09,500 --> 01:13:12,900
area or not.  Buthat's --

2046
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:15,566
that's choice weid make.  And

2047
01:13:13,233 --> 01:13:17,300
we chose to invest in uptown in

2048
01:13:15,666 --> 01:13:19,233
this way.  And ask the person

2049
01:13:17,733 --> 01:13:20,966
that represents the vast

2050
01:13:19,333 --> 01:13:25,100
majority of the uown corrir,

2051
01:13:21,133 --> 01:13:28,533
I would find it to be incredibly

2052
01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:31,100
disingenuous for us to not

2053
01:13:28,633 --> 01:13:33,733
also -- for me to not also be a,

2054
01:13:31,500 --> 01:13:35,633
umm, an advocat for making sure

2055
01:13:33,833 --> 01:13:38,333
that the longfellow community is

2056
01:13:35,733 --> 01:13:39,366
getting its needs met.  Given

2057
01:13:38,433 --> 01:13:42,333
all that's happening in the

2058
01:13:39,466 --> 01:13:44,200
corridor.  So, umm, so want

2059
01:13:42,433 --> 01:13:47,566
to -- want to encourage all of

2060
01:13:44,933 --> 01:13:49,833
my colleagues to join me in --

2061
01:13:47,666 --> 01:13:51,433
in, umm, in supportinghis

2062
01:13:49,933 --> 01:13:53,333
comprisepath forward.

2063
01:13:51,766 --> 01:13:55,333
» Council member shaffer.

2064
01:13:53,500 --> 01:13:58,400
» Thank you.  Yeah.  Just a

2065
01:13:55,433 --> 01:13:58,966
couple of thoughts.  And I'm

2066
01:13:58,500 --> 01:14:00,100
fully supportive of the

2067
01:13:59,066 --> 01:14:01,800
democracy center.  I will be

2068
01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:03,333
supporting this amendment.  But

2069
01:14:02,033 --> 01:14:05,733
I want to clarify a couple of

2070
01:14:03,433 --> 01:14:08,700
things that were said.  The

2071
01:14:05,833 --> 01:14:09,733
uptown free parking is friday,

2072
01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:11,700
saturday nights.  It's ending in

2073
01:14:09,833 --> 01:14:14,600
a few weeks.  It's probably

2074
01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:16,333
the -- it's not all of uptown.

2075
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:18,200
it's lagoon and lake street for

2076
01:14:16,433 --> 01:14:20,033
maybe a span of three to four

2077
01:14:18,300 --> 01:14:21,900
blocks on each side of hennepin.

2078
01:14:20,133 --> 01:14:25,833
so this is a targeted area.

2079
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:27,200
for a short a of  amount

2080
01:14:25,933 --> 01:14:29,300
of time for this summer.  That's

2081
01:14:27,300 --> 01:14:31,166
a different situation.  I am not

2082
01:14:29,666 --> 01:14:36,866
concerned about parking revenue

2083
01:14:31,266 --> 01:14:39,300
from the democracy center.

2084
01:14:36,966 --> 01:14:41,300
that's not, you know, going to

2085
01:14:40,133 --> 01:14:43,866
be impactful.  What I am

2086
01:14:41,533 --> 01:14:46,533
concerned about, though, is the

2087
01:14:43,966 --> 01:14:48,866
idea that we have -- we are

2088
01:14:46,633 --> 01:14:50,733
consistent.  That we have a

2089
01:14:48,966 --> 01:14:54,366
process that businesses and

2090
01:14:50,833 --> 01:14:58,333
investors in our city can know

2091
01:14:54,466 --> 01:14:59,133
that this council will not

2092
01:14:58,433 --> 01:15:01,900
willy-nilly change direction on

2093
01:14:59,533 --> 01:15:03,300
this for that, depending on a

2094
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:05,500
variety of circumstances.  That

2095
01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:07,200
if we have a parking policy

2096
01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:09,133
throughout our city, we should

2097
01:15:07,533 --> 01:15:11,066
follow that.  And I was

2098
01:15:09,233 --> 01:15:13,833
encouraged to hear that this is

2099
01:15:11,166 --> 01:15:14,966
not an unusual use case.  I

2100
01:15:13,933 --> 01:15:17,733
would like to see where the

2101
01:15:15,066 --> 01:15:19,300
other use cases are in the city.

2102
01:15:17,833 --> 01:15:21,800
from maybe that's a staff

2103
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:23,566
follow up.  But I would like to

2104
01:15:21,900 --> 01:15:25,900
grow in my own education of what

2105
01:15:23,666 --> 01:15:27,400
is our process for allowing this

2106
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:29,100
kind of arrangement.  Because it

2107
01:15:27,700 --> 01:15:30,566
should be a process.  And it

2108
01:15:29,200 --> 01:15:33,100
should be predictable.  So that

2109
01:15:30,666 --> 01:15:34,266
all of us can stand up here

2110
01:15:33,200 --> 01:15:35,766
immediately and not have to have

2111
01:15:34,666 --> 01:15:37,666
a discussion around asking

2112
01:15:35,866 --> 01:15:39,133
questions about parking.  But we

2113
01:15:37,766 --> 01:15:41,300
know what is our process and

2114
01:15:39,233 --> 01:15:43,733
this is not unusual.

2115
01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:44,700
and so, yeah, I'll look forward

2116
01:15:43,833 --> 01:15:46,966
to having more information about

2117
01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:48,966
that.  But it is extremely

2118
01:15:47,066 --> 01:15:50,366
important to have a consistent

2119
01:15:49,066 --> 01:15:53,600
process, in my mind.  When we

2120
01:15:50,466 --> 01:15:54,666
make decisions.  And so, umm,

2121
01:15:53,700 --> 01:15:57,100
I'm excited that this is going

2122
01:15:54,900 --> 01:16:01,233
to be moving forward.  This is

2123
01:15:57,200 --> 01:16:03,466
long overdue.  And I'm going to

2124
01:16:01,333 --> 01:16:08,966
be, you know, looking forward to

2125
01:16:03,566 --> 01:16:11,400
seeing this come to life.

2126
01:16:09,066 --> 01:16:16,133
» Seeing no one else left in

2127
01:16:11,500 --> 01:16:19,033
queue, and we have ims four

2128
01:16:16,333 --> 01:16:22,433
and five with the amended item

2129
01:16:19,133 --> 01:16:25,066
number four in front of us.

2130
01:16:22,533 --> 01:16:26,600
council member chowdhury, do you

2131
01:16:25,166 --> 01:16:27,433
think it would be appropriate to

2132
01:16:26,700 --> 01:16:28,566
take it up as a package.

2133
01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:30,800
» I do.

2134
01:16:29,600 --> 01:16:33,200
» Okay.  And with that, the

2135
01:16:30,900 --> 01:16:33,966
clerk will call the roll.

2136
01:16:33,466 --> 01:16:34,566
» Council member warren.

2137
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:35,600
» Aye.

2138
01:16:34,766 --> 01:16:36,033
» Council member shaffer.

2139
01:16:35,900 --> 01:16:37,600
» Aye.

2140
01:16:36,700 --> 01:16:38,033
» Council member chughtai.

2141
01:16:37,900 --> 01:16:39,966
» Aye.

2142
01:16:38,266 --> 01:16:40,400
» Council membe whiting.

2143
01:16:40,266 --> 01:16:41,300
» Aye.

2144
01:16:40,633 --> 01:16:42,000
» Council member chowdhury.

2145
01:16:41,866 --> 01:16:43,366
» Aye.

2146
01:16:42,500 --> 01:16:43,866
» Council member stevenson.

2147
01:16:43,733 --> 01:16:45,366
» Aye.

2148
01:16:44,133 --> 01:16:45,666
» Council member rainville.

2149
01:16:45,533 --> 01:16:46,633
» Aye.

2150
01:16:45,933 --> 01:16:47,000
» Council member vetaw.

2151
01:16:46,866 --> 01:16:48,133
» Aye.

2152
01:16:47,266 --> 01:16:48,366
» Council member palmisano.

2153
01:16:48,233 --> 01:16:49,600
» Aye.

2154
01:16:48,533 --> 01:16:50,066
» Council member chavez.

2155
01:16:49,933 --> 01:16:50,866
» Aye.

2156
01:16:50,166 --> 01:16:51,000
» Vice president osman

2157
01:16:50,933 --> 01:16:51,366
it

2158
01:16:51,233 --> 01:16:52,100
» Aye.

2159
01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:52,633
» President payne.

2160
01:16:52,500 --> 01:16:54,000
» Aye.

2161
01:16:52,900 --> 01:17:00,766
» There are 12 ayes.

2162
01:16:54,100 --> 01:17:01,933
» That carries.  That completes

2163
01:17:00,866 --> 01:17:03,700
the business report.  T next

2164
01:17:02,033 --> 01:17:04,233
is from the climate and

2165
01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:06,766
infrastructure committee,

2166
01:17:04,333 --> 01:17:07,433
presented by the council member

2167
01:17:06,866 --> 01:17:08,466
stevenson, the vice chair.

2168
01:17:07,633 --> 01:17:13,266
» Thank you, mr. President.

2169
01:17:08,566 --> 01:17:14,866
the climate and infrastructure

2170
01:17:13,383 --> 01:17:17,866
mmittee that is 13 items.

2171
01:17:14,966 --> 01:17:19,333
number one dinner du nord

2172
01:17:17,966 --> 01:17:21,033
commercial block event.  Two

2173
01:17:19,433 --> 01:17:23,233
gabbana that ball games block

2174
01:17:21,133 --> 01:17:24,133
event permit.  Three skyway

2175
01:17:23,333 --> 01:17:25,666
easeme from minneapolis park

2176
01:17:24,233 --> 01:17:28,033
and recreati board.  Four

2177
01:17:25,900 --> 01:17:31,833
metro green line extension

2178
01:17:28,366 --> 01:17:32,733
subordate funding agreement.

2179
01:17:31,933 --> 01:17:37,100
five minneapolis street lighting

2180
01:17:32,833 --> 01:17:38,933
plan amendment.  Six cedar lake

2181
01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:40,500
road bridge project overpass

2182
01:17:39,033 --> 01:17:41,500
agreement.  Number seven

2183
01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:43,133
cooperative agreement with

2184
01:17:41,600 --> 01:17:44,266
hennepin county regional

2185
01:17:43,233 --> 01:17:47,800
railroad authority f the grand

2186
01:17:44,366 --> 01:17:51,666
avenue south bridge.  Number

2187
01:17:49,100 --> 01:17:57,166
eight metropolitan council

2188
01:17:51,766 --> 01:17:59,233
municipal infiltration andinfloe

2189
01:17:57,266 --> 01:18:00,866
pipelining.  Number ne bid for

2190
01:17:59,433 --> 01:18:04,066
2026-2027 public works tree

2191
01:18:00,966 --> 01:18:06,500
removal and disposal.  Number

2192
01:18:04,166 --> 01:18:07,133
10, bid for the installation of

2193
01:18:06,600 --> 01:18:09,266
green stormwater infrastructure

2194
01:18:07,233 --> 01:18:10,833
for the west fulton neighborhood

2195
01:18:09,366 --> 01:18:13,433
improvement project.  11

2196
01:18:10,933 --> 01:18:18,100
columbia heights membrane plant

2197
01:18:13,533 --> 01:18:24,100
roof replacement.  12 contract

2198
01:18:18,200 --> 01:18:26,533
amendment with cs mccrossan

2199
01:18:24,183 --> 01:18:27,300
construction, inc.  Number 13

2200
01:18:26,766 --> 01:18:28,833
bicycle advisory committee

2201
01:18:27,400 --> 01:18:29,400
appointments.  I'll move

2202
01:18:28,933 --> 01:18:30,900
approval of the report.

2203
01:18:29,633 --> 01:18:31,966
» Council member stevenson has

2204
01:18:31,233 --> 01:18:32,900
moved approval of the

2205
01:18:32,066 --> 01:18:37,166
committee's report.  Is there

2206
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:40,066
any discussion?  Seeing none.

2207
01:18:37,266 --> 01:18:40,266
I'll ask the clerk to call the

2208
01:18:40,150 --> 01:18:41,033
roll.

2209
01:18:40,433 --> 01:18:41,600
» Council member warren.

2210
01:18:41,466 --> 01:18:43,766
» Aye.

2211
01:18:42,533 --> 01:18:44,233
» Council member shaffer.

2212
01:18:44,100 --> 01:18:45,233
» Aye.

2213
01:18:44,466 --> 01:18:45,566
» Council member chughtai.

2214
01:18:45,433 --> 01:18:47,000
» Aye.

2215
01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:47,566
» Council member whiting.

2216
01:18:47,433 --> 01:18:48,466
» Aye.

2217
01:18:48,000 --> 01:18:48,700
» Chowdhury.

2218
01:18:48,566 --> 01:18:49,966
» Aye.

2219
01:18:48,866 --> 01:18:50,200
» Council member stevenson.

2220
01:18:50,066 --> 01:18:51,533
» Aye.

2221
01:18:50,333 --> 01:18:52,500
» Council member rainville.>> .

2222
01:18:51,733 --> 01:18:52,866
» Council member vetaw.

2223
01:18:52,733 --> 01:18:53,933
» Aye.

2224
01:18:52,966 --> 01:18:54,266
» Council member palmisano.

2225
01:18:54,033 --> 01:18:55,200
» Aye.

2226
01:18:54,366 --> 01:18:55,666
» Council member chavez.

2227
01:18:55,533 --> 01:18:56,800
» Aye.

2228
01:18:55,933 --> 01:18:57,033
» Vice president osman.

2229
01:18:56,900 --> 01:18:57,566
» Aye.

2230
01:18:57,233 --> 01:18:58,516
» President payne.

2231
01:18:58,066 --> 01:18:59,733
» Aye.

2232
01:18:58,633 --> 01:19:01,800
» There are 12 ayes.

2233
01:18:59,833 --> 01:19:02,783
» That carry and the report is

2234
01:19:01,900 --> 01:19:03,700
adopted.  The next we'll have

2235
01:19:02,900 --> 01:19:05,100
the report from the committee of

2236
01:19:04,033 --> 01:19:08,233
the whole, given by the

2237
01:19:05,200 --> 01:19:09,100
committee's chair, council

2238
01:19:08,333 --> 01:19:22,800
member chowdhury.

2239
01:19:10,400 --> 01:19:23,933
» President payne, thank you.

2240
01:19:22,900 --> 01:19:26,200
the committee  the whole will

2241
01:19:24,200 --> 01:19:27,933
be bringing forward three items

2242
01:19:26,300 --> 01:19:30,300
to today's meeting.  Item one

2243
01:19:28,633 --> 01:19:32,700
approves the special law related

2244
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:35,166
to food hall licenses.  Two is a

2245
01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:37,200
grant application for national

2246
01:19:35,266 --> 01:19:38,533
integrate ballistics information

2247
01:19:37,300 --> 01:19:41,100
program from the u.s. Department

2248
01:19:38,800 --> 01:19:42,933
of justice.  This item was sent

2249
01:19:41,200 --> 01:19:45,533
forward without recommendation.

2250
01:19:43,033 --> 01:19:47,433
and lastly item three approves a

2251
01:19:45,633 --> 01:19:48,500
staff direction that analyzes

2252
01:19:47,533 --> 01:19:50,200
information related to

2253
01:19:48,600 --> 01:19:52,533
legislative budgets.  With that,

2254
01:19:50,300 --> 01:19:54,733
I'll move all items for approval

2255
01:19:52,666 --> 01:19:56,666
except for item two, which I'll

2256
01:19:54,833 --> 01:19:58,333
pull for discussion.

2257
01:19:57,166 --> 01:19:59,833
» Council member chowdhury has

2258
01:19:58,433 --> 01:20:03,866
moved approval of the committee

2259
01:19:59,933 --> 01:20:05,000
report pulling item two for

2260
01:20:03,966 --> 01:20:06,900
separate discussion.  Any

2261
01:20:05,100 --> 01:20:08,700
discussion open the remainder of

2262
01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:12,700
the report?  Seeing none, I'll

2263
01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:14,733
ask the clerk to call the roll

2264
01:20:12,800 --> 01:20:15,466
on the report minus item two.

2265
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:15,700
» Warren.

2266
01:20:15,566 --> 01:20:16,600
» Aye.

2267
01:20:15,950 --> 01:20:16,833
» Shaffer.

2268
01:20:16,700 --> 01:20:17,266
» Aye.

2269
01:20:17,066 --> 01:20:18,366
» Chughtai.

2270
01:20:18,233 --> 01:20:18,866
» Aye.

2271
01:20:18,666 --> 01:20:19,966
» Whiting.

2272
01:20:19,366 --> 01:20:21,000
» Aye.

2273
01:20:20,066 --> 01:20:21,233
» Chowdhury.

2274
01:20:21,100 --> 01:20:21,833
» Aye.

2275
01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:22,666
» Stevenson.

2276
01:20:22,533 --> 01:20:23,366
» Aye.

2277
01:20:23,133 --> 01:20:24,566
» Rainville.

2278
01:20:24,100 --> 01:20:24,833
» Aye.

2279
01:20:24,666 --> 01:20:26,066
» Vetaw.

2280
01:20:25,366 --> 01:20:26,400
» Aye.

2281
01:20:26,166 --> 01:20:27,166
» Palmisano.

2282
01:20:27,033 --> 01:20:27,833
» Aye.

2283
01:20:27,666 --> 01:20:28,266
» Chavez.

2284
01:20:28,133 --> 01:20:29,200
» Aye.

2285
01:20:28,500 --> 01:20:29,700
» Vice president osman.

2286
01:20:29,566 --> 01:20:30,733
» Aye.

2287
01:20:29,966 --> 01:20:30,966
» President payne.

2288
01:20:30,833 --> 01:20:32,500
» Aye.

2289
01:20:31,366 --> 01:20:35,600
» There are 12 ayes.

2290
01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:38,700
» That carries.  Next we'll

2291
01:20:35,700 --> 01:20:39,533
take up item number two and I'll

2292
01:20:38,800 --> 01:20:39,833
recognize council member

2293
01:20:39,633 --> 01:20:42,466
chavez.

2294
01:20:39,933 --> 01:20:44,133
» Thank you, council president

2295
01:20:42,566 --> 01:20:46,800
payne.  Colleagues, I will not

2296
01:20:44,300 --> 01:20:48,666
be the supporting this grant

2297
01:20:48,100 --> 01:20:50,466
application today.

2298
01:20:48,766 --> 01:20:52,233
the memo sent to us by staff

2299
01:20:50,566 --> 01:20:56,366
states there are no alternative

2300
01:20:52,533 --> 01:20:57,200
funding sources to maintain the

2301
01:20:56,450 --> 01:20:58,533
access.  I want to disagree with

2302
01:20:57,300 --> 01:21:00,566
the assessment.  The city

2303
01:20:58,633 --> 01:21:01,800
council has already passed an

2304
01:21:00,666 --> 01:21:03,766
offduty work ordinance designed

2305
01:21:01,966 --> 01:21:04,800
to recoup fees, in general.

2306
01:21:03,850 --> 01:21:06,833
fees that could reduce the

2307
01:21:04,900 --> 01:21:08,233
burden on taxpayers.  That

2308
01:21:06,933 --> 01:21:10,066
ordinance has not been

2309
01:21:08,333 --> 01:21:12,333
implemented.  So before I can

2310
01:21:10,166 --> 01:21:14,800
even accept that we have no

2311
01:21:12,433 --> 01:21:16,633
choice here, I want to

2312
01:21:14,900 --> 01:21:17,300
understand why a

2313
01:21:16,733 --> 01:21:18,700
council-approved tool could

2314
01:21:17,400 --> 01:21:20,433
address the problems I terms of

2315
01:21:18,800 --> 01:21:21,233
recouping fees and addressing

2316
01:21:20,533 --> 01:21:22,700
the tax issues that we're

2317
01:21:21,566 --> 01:21:24,066
struggling with as a city, why

2318
01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:25,633
it's not being taken seriously

2319
01:21:24,233 --> 01:21:28,200
or even implemented.

2320
01:21:25,733 --> 01:21:29,966
we could have already been

2321
01:21:28,300 --> 01:21:32,400
recouping offduty fees, but the

2322
01:21:30,066 --> 01:21:34,633
refusal to implement the

2323
01:21:32,500 --> 01:21:38,033
ordinance means our residents

2324
01:21:34,733 --> 01:21:38,866
are s subsidizing side gigs

2325
01:21:38,366 --> 01:21:39,766
for the minneapolis police

2326
01:21:38,966 --> 01:21:41,000
department.  Why was it not

2327
01:21:39,866 --> 01:21:42,666
included in the proposed budget

2328
01:21:41,100 --> 01:21:44,933
last year.  If we were to lose

2329
01:21:42,766 --> 01:21:47,133
direct access to the network by

2330
01:21:45,033 --> 01:21:48,900
the end of 2026, due to the

2331
01:21:47,233 --> 01:21:51,833
system incompatibility, why was

2332
01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:53,266
it  not a priority for the mpd

2333
01:21:51,933 --> 01:21:56,000
before the grant application.

2334
01:21:53,366 --> 01:21:57,433
why was it not included in the

2335
01:21:56,100 --> 01:21:58,866
proposed budget.  Why has the

2336
01:21:57,533 --> 01:22:00,000
first time the council public

2337
01:21:59,066 --> 01:22:01,066
heard of this?  What would be

2338
01:22:00,100 --> 01:22:01,866
the plan if the grant

2339
01:22:01,166 --> 01:22:04,433
application was not made

2340
01:22:01,966 --> 01:22:05,900
available to the city?  I will

2341
01:22:04,533 --> 01:22:07,433
once again mention why I am

2342
01:22:06,000 --> 01:22:09,700
against this grant application.

2343
01:22:07,533 --> 01:22:12,100
and I want to be clear, it's not

2344
01:22:09,800 --> 01:22:13,233
just about words.  The notice of

2345
01:22:12,200 --> 01:22:16,500
funding opportunity for the

2346
01:22:14,533 --> 01:22:17,900
fiscal year 2026 modernization

2347
01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:19,566
program explicitly states the

2348
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:21,366
program statutory purpose and

2349
01:22:19,666 --> 01:22:25,100
program goals in terms of

2350
01:22:21,466 --> 01:22:28,800
investigating crimes committed

2351
01:22:25,200 --> 01:22:29,200
by, quote, illegal ail y

2352
01:22:28,900 --> 01:22:30,966
aliens

2353
01:22:29,366 --> 01:22:33,133
I don't consider the community

2354
01:22:31,066 --> 01:22:38,533
I'm proud to represent as

2355
01:22:33,233 --> 01:22:39,200
illegal ail aliens.  Who

2356
01:22:38,633 --> 01:22:41,166
have committed crimes in

2357
01:22:39,300 --> 01:22:42,866
addition to being quote,

2358
01:22:41,266 --> 01:22:45,600
unlawfully present language I'll

2359
01:22:42,966 --> 01:22:48,666
continue to reject and call

2360
01:22:45,700 --> 01:22:50,533
dehumanizing and unacceptable.

2361
01:22:48,766 --> 01:22:51,233
the duty statute lists notice of

2362
01:22:50,633 --> 01:22:53,400
funding opportunity operates

2363
01:22:51,333 --> 01:22:54,666
under is a section which is

2364
01:22:53,500 --> 01:22:58,566
titled bridge immigration

2365
01:22:56,300 --> 01:23:00,633
related deficits nationwide

2366
01:22:58,666 --> 01:23:02,200
reimbursement fund.  I believe,

2367
01:23:00,733 --> 01:23:03,633
as I said this week, we have a

2368
01:23:02,300 --> 01:23:04,666
duty to ensure when we're

2369
01:23:03,733 --> 01:23:07,033
applying for or accepting

2370
01:23:04,766 --> 01:23:08,133
federal funds, we don't use the

2371
01:23:07,133 --> 01:23:10,066
city's name, resources, or

2372
01:23:08,233 --> 01:23:12,000
partnerships to a funding frame

2373
01:23:10,166 --> 01:23:13,333
work that dehumanizes,

2374
01:23:12,100 --> 01:23:15,133
stigmatizes our immigrant

2375
01:23:13,433 --> 01:23:16,500
residents in minneapolis.  And

2376
01:23:15,233 --> 01:23:18,050
that it does not make our

2377
01:23:16,600 --> 01:23:18,600
community members feel more

2378
01:23:18,166 --> 01:23:20,666
targeted.

2379
01:23:18,700 --> 01:23:24,200
the notice of funding

2380
01:23:20,766 --> 01:23:24,933
opportunity explicitly lists

2381
01:23:24,433 --> 01:23:26,400
immigration law enforcement --

2382
01:23:25,033 --> 01:23:28,466
around the funding priorities.

2383
01:23:26,583 --> 01:23:31,200
as I said last time, I do not

2384
01:23:28,566 --> 01:23:35,133
and will not accept the premise

2385
01:23:31,300 --> 01:23:37,666
implicit or explicit in this or

2386
01:23:35,233 --> 01:23:39,666
funding -- requiring, locating,

2387
01:23:37,766 --> 01:23:42,233
and app henting.  I will

2388
01:23:39,766 --> 01:23:44,133
continue to don dem the hateful

2389
01:23:42,333 --> 01:23:45,600
and anti-immigrant rhetoric

2390
01:23:44,233 --> 01:23:46,833
included in this program.  Most

2391
01:23:45,700 --> 01:23:48,166
importantly, I will be very

2392
01:23:46,933 --> 01:23:51,266
clear that I do not trust the

2393
01:23:48,266 --> 01:23:52,033
purpose of funding outlined by

2394
01:23:51,366 --> 01:23:53,966
the federal government.  They

2395
01:23:52,633 --> 01:23:55,933
came to minneapolis saying they

2396
01:23:54,066 --> 01:23:57,633
were going to come after, quote,

2397
01:23:56,033 --> 01:24:00,733
criminals, but what they did was

2398
01:23:57,733 --> 01:24:03,033
come after mothers, fathers,

2399
01:24:00,833 --> 01:24:04,333
children going to school, and I

2400
01:24:03,133 --> 01:24:06,133
know that I've had to do over

2401
01:24:04,433 --> 01:24:08,333
the past few days, a lot of

2402
01:24:06,233 --> 01:24:09,700
education here on the dais and

2403
01:24:08,433 --> 01:24:12,066
education outside of the dais.

2404
01:24:09,800 --> 01:24:14,566
about why it is unacceptable to

2405
01:24:12,166 --> 01:24:15,700
call people aliens.  Why it is

2406
01:24:14,666 --> 01:24:20,333
unacceptable to call people

2407
01:24:15,800 --> 01:24:23,166
illegal.  Why it is unacceptable

2408
01:24:20,433 --> 01:24:25,133
to, umm, you know, that

2409
01:24:23,266 --> 01:24:26,300
considering people that are

2410
01:24:25,233 --> 01:24:28,666
immigrants criminals.  Because

2411
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:30,766
they're immigrants.  That's just

2412
01:24:28,766 --> 01:24:32,033
wrong.  Additionally, I'll

2413
01:24:30,866 --> 01:24:34,066
mention this part.   You know,

2414
01:24:32,133 --> 01:24:35,800
according to the star tribune

2415
01:24:34,166 --> 01:24:39,433
reporting, the occupation of

2416
01:24:36,100 --> 01:24:40,900
minneapolis disp

2417
01:24:39,516 --> 01:24:43,300
disproportionately impacted the

2418
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:44,600
latino community most.  90% of

2419
01:24:43,400 --> 01:24:49,600
those kidnapped by the federal

2420
01:24:44,700 --> 01:24:51,333
government in minnesota to march

2421
01:24:49,700 --> 01:24:53,900
10.  I d't accept that.  And I

2422
01:24:51,433 --> 01:24:55,300
don't accept the words in this.

2423
01:24:54,000 --> 01:24:57,533
I don't like the purpose of

2424
01:24:55,400 --> 01:24:58,800
funding stated in this.  That

2425
01:24:57,766 --> 01:25:01,133
talks about immigration

2426
01:24:58,900 --> 01:25:02,166
enforcement.  I think it's

2427
01:25:01,233 --> 01:25:03,566
wrong.  There could have been

2428
01:25:02,266 --> 01:25:04,733
different ways to fund this

2429
01:25:03,666 --> 01:25:05,766
program.  There could have been

2430
01:25:04,833 --> 01:25:07,666
conversations happening last

2431
01:25:05,866 --> 01:25:09,600
year about how we can fund this

2432
01:25:07,766 --> 01:25:10,166
program.  And I just didn't

2433
01:25:09,700 --> 01:25:13,100
happen.  At least with my

2434
01:25:10,266 --> 01:25:13,500
office.  So I will not be voting

2435
01:25:13,200 --> 01:25:15,633
for this.

2436
01:25:13,833 --> 01:25:19,000
» Council member shaer.

2437
01:25:16,566 --> 01:25:20,400
» I definitely hear the concern

2438
01:25:19,100 --> 01:25:22,833
among the harmful language

2439
01:25:20,500 --> 01:25:25,066
st contained in the notice

2440
01:25:22,933 --> 01:25:28,566
for the $300,000 grant.  No one

2441
01:25:25,766 --> 01:25:30,100
on this body wants to devalue,

2442
01:25:28,666 --> 01:25:32,083
dehumanize, or demonize anyone

2443
01:25:30,200 --> 01:25:35,733
because of their immigration

2444
01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:37,900
status.  We are 13-0 on that.

2445
01:25:35,833 --> 01:25:39,600
the question before us is

2446
01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:41,733
whether apply for the grant

2447
01:25:39,700 --> 01:25:43,966
would make the city complicit in

2448
01:25:41,833 --> 01:25:44,766
the current federal

2449
01:25:44,166 --> 01:25:48,433
administration's anti-immigrant

2450
01:25:44,866 --> 01:25:49,400
rhetoric and policies.  Or

2451
01:25:48,533 --> 01:25:51,400
violate our separation

2452
01:25:49,500 --> 01:25:54,666
ordinance.  Our city attorneys

2453
01:25:51,500 --> 01:25:56,633
have answered that question

2454
01:25:54,766 --> 01:25:59,766
publicly, explicitly, and

2455
01:25:56,733 --> 01:26:02,366
clearly.  It would not.

2456
01:25:59,966 --> 01:26:04,466
I appreciate my colleagues

2457
01:26:02,466 --> 01:26:07,000
asking the question.  And I

2458
01:26:04,566 --> 01:26:09,766
appreciate our attorneys for

2459
01:26:07,100 --> 01:26:12,166
giving us a direct answer.  Mpd

2460
01:26:09,866 --> 01:26:13,400
will use this grant solely to

2461
01:26:12,266 --> 01:26:16,116
investigate shootings that occur

2462
01:26:14,366 --> 01:26:17,700
in minneapolis.  That matters.

2463
01:26:16,566 --> 01:26:19,433
because gun violence has become

2464
01:26:17,800 --> 01:26:21,900
so common in our city, I fear

2465
01:26:19,533 --> 01:26:23,666
we're becoming numb to it.  My

2466
01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:26,000
question is, where is the same

2467
01:26:23,766 --> 01:26:27,666
concern.  Same passion, same

2468
01:26:26,100 --> 01:26:28,366
urgency and outrage over the

2469
01:26:27,766 --> 01:26:30,666
unacceptable numbers of

2470
01:26:28,466 --> 01:26:33,100
shootings in our city?  Two

2471
01:26:30,766 --> 01:26:35,200
weekends ago, two mass shootings

2472
01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:37,000
left more than a dozen people

2473
01:26:35,300 --> 01:26:39,533
injured, one person dead.

2474
01:26:37,100 --> 01:26:41,533
another unable to walk.  Those

2475
01:26:39,633 --> 01:26:43,233
are shootings that make the

2476
01:26:41,633 --> 01:26:46,733
headlines.  We rarely hear about

2477
01:26:43,333 --> 01:26:48,633
the others.  Also, we all

2478
01:26:46,833 --> 01:26:49,966
received the report of a local

2479
01:26:48,733 --> 01:26:51,500
business being shot at in the

2480
01:26:50,066 --> 01:26:52,633
middle of the day about 10 days

2481
01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:57,100
ago around the same time as

2482
01:26:52,733 --> 01:26:59,066
these others.  The restaurantowd

2483
01:26:57,200 --> 01:27:01,433
into his business for an

2484
01:26:59,166 --> 01:27:02,433
apparently no reason.  And a

2485
01:27:01,533 --> 01:27:05,333
bullet missed one of his

2486
01:27:02,533 --> 01:27:07,433
employees by only a few feet.

2487
01:27:05,433 --> 01:27:09,700
imagine the horror and the

2488
01:27:07,533 --> 01:27:10,900
trauma that employee carries.

2489
01:27:09,800 --> 01:27:13,100
wondering what if I had been

2490
01:27:11,966 --> 01:27:16,666
standing over there instead of

2491
01:27:13,200 --> 01:27:19,266
right here.  Imagine the burden

2492
01:27:16,766 --> 01:27:20,233
of the business owner wondering

2493
01:27:19,366 --> 01:27:21,800
if he should continue doing

2494
01:27:20,333 --> 01:27:24,933
business in our city because now

2495
01:27:21,900 --> 01:27:27,050
they have to ask their employees

2496
01:27:25,033 --> 01:27:30,200
to come to work when they no

2497
01:27:27,200 --> 01:27:31,633
longer feel safe.  The shell

2498
01:27:30,300 --> 01:27:33,766
casings, we heard, left behind

2499
01:27:31,733 --> 01:27:36,433
are like finger points.  It can

2500
01:27:33,866 --> 01:27:38,000
help mpd connect a gun to a

2501
01:27:36,533 --> 01:27:39,466
crime, connect related shootings

2502
01:27:38,100 --> 01:27:40,633
to one another, identify the

2503
01:27:39,566 --> 01:27:42,433
person responsible, and prevent

2504
01:27:40,733 --> 01:27:50,933
the person from doing it again.

2505
01:27:42,866 --> 01:27:52,600
mpd needs access to ninibin.  We

2506
01:27:51,033 --> 01:27:55,066
can accept this grant without

2507
01:27:52,700 --> 01:27:56,000
comprising our values.  Our

2508
01:27:55,166 --> 01:27:58,133
residents' safety is too

2509
01:27:56,100 --> 01:28:00,166
important to reject a useful

2510
01:27:58,233 --> 01:28:01,666
tool without compelling reason.

2511
01:28:00,266 --> 01:28:02,566
we have also heard from

2512
01:28:01,766 --> 01:28:05,366
commander brown that we would

2513
01:28:02,666 --> 01:28:07,066
lose access to the nibin service

2514
01:28:05,466 --> 01:28:11,033
at the end of the year without

2515
01:28:07,166 --> 01:28:13,300
the needed upgrade.  We are also

2516
01:28:11,133 --> 01:28:15,966
facing the prospect of

2517
01:28:13,400 --> 01:28:20,600
unprecedented financial pain.

2518
01:28:16,133 --> 01:28:21,700
we have heard about the roughly

2519
01:28:20,700 --> 01:28:23,400
30 million plus shortfall ahead

2520
01:28:21,800 --> 01:28:24,033
of us.  We'll face

2521
01:28:23,500 --> 01:28:26,366
extraordinarily difficult

2522
01:28:24,133 --> 01:28:29,366
choices in the coming months.

2523
01:28:27,300 --> 01:28:31,900
we cannot afford to turn up our

2524
01:28:29,466 --> 01:28:33,433
noses to $300,000 because we

2525
01:28:32,166 --> 01:28:34,800
dislike who occupies the white

2526
01:28:33,533 --> 01:28:38,833
house.  Or who leads the

2527
01:28:34,900 --> 01:28:40,700
department of justice.  This is

2528
01:28:39,600 --> 01:28:43,200
hard, but we need every

2529
01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:45,066
available resource that can make

2530
01:28:43,300 --> 01:28:47,766
minneapolis safer.  Especially

2531
01:28:45,166 --> 01:28:50,066
when accepting it does not

2532
01:28:47,866 --> 01:28:52,100
require us to surrender our

2533
01:28:50,166 --> 01:28:53,900
values.  Thank you.

2534
01:28:52,200 --> 01:28:55,766
» Council member vetaw.

2535
01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:57,866
» Thank you, president payne.

2536
01:28:56,266 --> 01:28:59,333
I just had quick question.  I

2537
01:28:57,966 --> 01:29:02,866
don't know if commander brown

2538
01:28:59,433 --> 01:29:04,600
can answer the question.  I

2539
01:29:02,966 --> 01:29:07,000
think council member chavez made

2540
01:29:04,700 --> 01:29:09,233
a great point about this not

2541
01:29:07,100 --> 01:29:10,366
being mpd's previous budget.

2542
01:29:09,333 --> 01:29:12,500
just wondering if you can speak

2543
01:29:10,466 --> 01:29:12,733
to that.  Why wasn't it in the

2544
01:29:12,600 --> 01:29:13,966
budget.

2545
01:29:13,066 --> 01:29:17,333
» Commander brown.

2546
01:29:14,200 --> 01:29:19,433
thank you.  Thank you,

2547
01:29:17,433 --> 01:29:21,266
president.  Through the chair,

2548
01:29:19,533 --> 01:29:23,766
council member vetaw.  So,

2549
01:29:21,766 --> 01:29:26,466
excuse me, sti haven't found

2550
01:29:23,866 --> 01:29:27,700
my voice yet.  We do not know up

2551
01:29:26,566 --> 01:29:29,066
until this year that the federal

2552
01:29:27,800 --> 01:29:31,233
government who had bee funding

2553
01:29:29,200 --> 01:29:33,333
through mpd have their own --

2554
01:29:31,333 --> 01:29:35,133
have the nibin system they were

2555
01:29:33,433 --> 01:29:37,700
going to remove the funding.  So

2556
01:29:35,233 --> 01:29:39,133
when we found out that was the

2557
01:29:37,800 --> 01:29:41,966
case, understanding that it was

2558
01:29:39,366 --> 01:29:43,166
fairly short notice and agencies

2559
01:29:42,066 --> 01:29:44,533
across the u.s.  Because it's

2560
01:29:43,266 --> 01:29:46,700
not just minnesota, it's across

2561
01:29:44,633 --> 01:29:48,166
the u.s.  Would have to start

2562
01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:49,300
funding it fully themselves.

2563
01:29:48,266 --> 01:29:50,666
that's when the doj provided

2564
01:29:49,400 --> 01:29:53,166
this grant.  And the grant is

2565
01:29:50,750 --> 01:29:55,600
not for all agencies that have

2566
01:29:53,266 --> 01:29:57,266
nibin.  This is for a selected

2567
01:29:55,700 --> 01:29:58,400
170 different agencies that have

2568
01:29:57,366 --> 01:29:59,966
the -- that are eligible to

2569
01:29:58,500 --> 01:30:04,733
apply for the noncompetitive

2570
01:30:01,166 --> 01:30:05,666
grant.  So, we were -- the grant

2571
01:30:04,833 --> 01:30:08,466
became available at the 26th

2572
01:30:05,766 --> 01:30:10,533
of june, I believe.  And so it's

2573
01:30:08,566 --> 01:30:12,133
fairly short notice for agencies

2574
01:30:10,633 --> 01:30:15,366
to do so.  And that is why.

2575
01:30:12,400 --> 01:30:17,600
» Thank you.  That's it.

2576
01:30:15,466 --> 01:30:25,000
» Council member chughtai.

2577
01:30:17,700 --> 01:30:28,133
» Thank you, mr. President.  I

2578
01:30:25,100 --> 01:30:32,833
want to start with talking about

2579
01:30:28,233 --> 01:30:34,400
nibin access for the city.  And

2580
01:30:32,933 --> 01:30:35,566
I asked some questions about

2581
01:30:34,500 --> 01:30:39,916
this during committee of the

2582
01:30:35,650 --> 01:30:41,066
whole earlier this week.  But,

2583
01:30:40,033 --> 01:30:42,366
umm, the -- I've since then had

2584
01:30:41,166 --> 01:30:45,166
the opportunity to talk with

2585
01:30:42,466 --> 01:30:46,800
some folks.  And I'm hearing --

2586
01:30:45,266 --> 01:30:48,933
I'm hearing that, you know,

2587
01:30:48,233 --> 01:30:51,700
perhaps the police department

2588
01:30:49,033 --> 01:30:54,300
or, umm, you know, some members

2589
01:30:52,733 --> 01:30:56,133
of the police department, as

2590
01:30:54,400 --> 01:30:59,733
they're having conversations

2591
01:30:56,233 --> 01:31:02,233
with, umm, business owners in my

2592
01:30:59,833 --> 01:31:06,666
ward that have been impacted by

2593
01:31:02,333 --> 01:31:10,583
recent gun violence.  I hear

2594
01:31:06,766 --> 01:31:11,666
members of the police department

2595
01:31:10,700 --> 01:31:14,233
telling my -- those impacted

2596
01:31:12,333 --> 01:31:16,566
community members, my

2597
01:31:14,333 --> 01:31:21,600
constituents, that without the

2598
01:31:16,666 --> 01:31:22,966
passage of this item, the

2599
01:31:21,700 --> 01:31:23,633
violence, umm, they have

2600
01:31:23,066 --> 01:31:26,000
experienced will never be

2601
01:31:23,733 --> 01:31:28,100
solved.  And I think that kind

2602
01:31:26,333 --> 01:31:29,333
of misinformation and

2603
01:31:28,200 --> 01:31:31,233
disinformation have an impact.

2604
01:31:29,433 --> 01:31:32,733
so it feels important to correct

2605
01:31:31,333 --> 01:31:34,600
the record up here.  While I

2606
01:31:32,833 --> 01:31:36,600
have the opportunity.  Because

2607
01:31:34,700 --> 01:31:40,133
this is my -- one of my few

2608
01:31:36,700 --> 01:31:42,300
opportunities to correct the

2609
01:31:40,233 --> 01:31:45,100
record. Against some, like,

2610
01:31:42,400 --> 01:31:46,866
some pretty significant

2611
01:31:45,200 --> 01:31:49,666
disinformation about the

2612
01:31:46,966 --> 01:31:51,733
importance of nibin access.

2613
01:31:49,766 --> 01:31:59,133
umm, as we -- as commander brown

2614
01:31:51,833 --> 01:32:03,100
spoke to us about from the dais

2615
01:31:59,500 --> 01:32:07,333
on tuesday, umm, if the city

2616
01:32:03,200 --> 01:32:09,233
isn't going to lose nibin access

2617
01:32:07,433 --> 01:32:13,800
by applying or not applying to

2618
01:32:09,333 --> 01:32:14,700
this grant.  Applying or not

2619
01:32:13,900 --> 01:32:17,100
applying for the grant that is

2620
01:32:14,800 --> 01:32:20,433
no impact on the city's ability

2621
01:32:17,200 --> 01:32:23,633
to access this system.  The city

2622
01:32:20,533 --> 01:32:25,233
can continue to do so by either

2623
01:32:23,733 --> 01:32:26,500
finding a different source of

2624
01:32:25,366 --> 01:32:30,566
money, and we'll get into that

2625
01:32:26,600 --> 01:32:31,500
in a second.  To pay for this

2626
01:32:30,666 --> 01:32:35,466
modernization work that needs to

2627
01:32:32,666 --> 01:32:37,633
be done.  Or several of the

2628
01:32:35,566 --> 01:32:39,666
partners that we work with on

2629
01:32:37,733 --> 01:32:42,466
forensics.  Like the bureau of

2630
01:32:39,766 --> 01:32:44,566
criminal apprehension, have

2631
01:32:42,566 --> 01:32:49,000
nibin access themselves.  We can

2632
01:32:44,666 --> 01:32:52,000
continue to us utilize the

2633
01:32:49,100 --> 01:32:54,466
resource without having to

2634
01:32:52,100 --> 01:32:57,800
accept money from the federal

2635
01:32:54,566 --> 01:33:00,800
government, from this particular

2636
01:32:57,900 --> 01:33:02,200
grant.  I'll also note the city

2637
01:33:01,166 --> 01:33:06,333
could find a different source of

2638
01:33:02,300 --> 01:33:06,800
revenue to, umm, to pay for the

2639
01:33:06,433 --> 01:33:10,166
modernization work.

2640
01:33:06,900 --> 01:33:10,766
for example, right now the

2641
01:33:10,266 --> 01:33:12,833
minneapolis police department

2642
01:33:11,700 --> 01:33:16,333
spends approximately, in the

2643
01:33:12,933 --> 01:33:22,300
ballpark of $600,000 per one

2644
01:33:16,666 --> 01:33:23,900
week on overtime alone.  Half of

2645
01:33:22,600 --> 01:33:27,900
that, three and a half days of

2646
01:33:24,066 --> 01:33:30,300
overtime could pay for this

2647
01:33:28,000 --> 01:33:35,600
entire project.  You have the

2648
01:33:30,600 --> 01:33:38,900
money.  Find it somewhere else.

2649
01:33:36,666 --> 01:33:42,300
the second piece that -- that I

2650
01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:46,366
want to name here in this

2651
01:33:42,400 --> 01:33:49,866
discussion is,  ah, I think I'm

2652
01:33:46,466 --> 01:33:52,033
about to do the minnesotan thing

2653
01:33:49,966 --> 01:33:53,900
on the planet.  I'm going to

2654
01:33:52,133 --> 01:33:56,166
invoke paul wellstone.  Prepare

2655
01:33:54,000 --> 01:33:57,300
myself.  My favorite paul

2656
01:33:56,266 --> 01:33:59,000
wellstone quote is about, you

2657
01:33:57,400 --> 01:34:00,900
know, if we don't fight hard for

2658
01:33:59,100 --> 01:34:03,766
the things we believe in, at

2659
01:34:01,166 --> 01:34:06,666
some point, we have to accept

2660
01:34:03,866 --> 01:34:09,800
that we don't really believe in

2661
01:34:06,766 --> 01:34:10,966
them.  Ah, I think it's

2662
01:34:09,900 --> 01:34:12,433
incredly powerful and one I

2663
01:34:11,066 --> 01:34:14,533
reflect on often.

2664
01:34:12,533 --> 01:34:17,733
the residents of this city

2665
01:34:14,633 --> 01:34:18,666
believe in protecting our

2666
01:34:17,833 --> 01:34:20,666
immigrants, immigrant neighbors

2667
01:34:18,833 --> 01:34:24,100
so much that they will put their

2668
01:34:20,766 --> 01:34:27,700
bodies on the line.  That two of

2669
01:34:24,200 --> 01:34:29,166
our residents lost their lives

2670
01:34:27,800 --> 01:34:31,533
standing up for the people in

2671
01:34:29,266 --> 01:34:33,266
our city.  That's how much we

2672
01:34:31,633 --> 01:34:37,100
believe in it.  But our

2673
01:34:33,366 --> 01:34:41,466
government is going to say for a

2674
01:34:37,200 --> 01:34:44,833
measly $300,000, we're okay with

2675
01:34:41,566 --> 01:34:45,933
the assertion that some people

2676
01:34:44,933 --> 01:34:49,100
who live in our city, because of

2677
01:34:46,033 --> 01:34:51,533
the color of their skin, are

2678
01:34:49,200 --> 01:34:53,500
illegal aliens?  That we should

2679
01:34:51,633 --> 01:34:56,400
be -- in the purpose of funding,

2680
01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:58,600
it talks about the importance.

2681
01:34:56,500 --> 01:35:03,033
that the purpose of this funding

2682
01:34:59,500 --> 01:35:04,900
is to help local jurisdictions

2683
01:35:03,133 --> 01:35:08,866
better cooperate with the

2684
01:35:05,166 --> 01:35:09,966
federal government to carry out

2685
01:35:08,966 --> 01:35:12,733
immigration enforcement

2686
01:35:10,066 --> 01:35:13,733
proceedings.  Immigration

2687
01:35:12,833 --> 01:35:16,566
enforcement actions.  That's the

2688
01:35:13,833 --> 01:35:19,466
purpose of this funding, as

2689
01:35:16,666 --> 01:35:20,500
well.  And so we're going to --

2690
01:35:19,566 --> 01:35:26,300
we're going to abandon the

2691
01:35:20,600 --> 01:35:28,400
things we believe in for

2692
01:35:26,400 --> 01:35:31,650
$300,000?  But the people of our

2693
01:35:28,500 --> 01:35:34,633
city will give their lives to

2694
01:35:31,766 --> 01:35:37,400
stand up for their beliefs?

2695
01:35:34,733 --> 01:35:38,866
this seems inconsistent to me.

2696
01:35:37,500 --> 01:35:40,233
so, unfortunately, I can't

2697
01:35:38,966 --> 01:35:43,266
support this today.  And it

2698
01:35:40,333 --> 01:35:46,700
feels important to me, also,

2699
01:35:43,366 --> 01:35:47,833
then to name that, ah, I think

2700
01:35:47,033 --> 01:35:48,700
there's some disinformation

2701
01:35:47,933 --> 01:35:50,866
happening, as well.  Thank you,

2702
01:35:48,800 --> 01:35:53,133
mr. President.

2703
01:35:51,400 --> 01:35:57,833
» Ah, seeing no one else left

2704
01:35:55,900 --> 01:36:00,066
in queue, I see vp in the queue

2705
01:35:57,933 --> 01:36:02,766
but I don't see him in the

2706
01:36:00,166 --> 01:36:03,033
chambers.  Council member

2707
01:36:02,866 --> 01:36:05,800
rainville.

2708
01:36:03,433 --> 01:36:07,100
» Thank you.  So, commander

2709
01:36:05,900 --> 01:36:09,700
brown, I don't want to put you

2710
01:36:07,200 --> 01:36:10,933
on the spot here.  But it's my

2711
01:36:09,800 --> 01:36:13,700
knowledge that this overtime

2712
01:36:11,033 --> 01:36:16,266
cost is driven by the lack of

2713
01:36:13,800 --> 01:36:18,633
9-1-1 responders that we have to

2714
01:36:16,366 --> 01:36:21,500
pay 9-1-1 responders t answer

2715
01:36:18,733 --> 01:36:24,200
emergency calls.  Is that true?

2716
01:36:22,833 --> 01:36:25,700
» Commander brown.

2717
01:36:24,400 --> 01:36:27,266
» Thank you, council president.

2718
01:36:25,800 --> 01:36:28,333
through the chair, council

2719
01:36:27,366 --> 01:36:28,566
member rainville.  That is

2720
01:36:28,433 --> 01:36:33,833
correct.

2721
01:36:28,666 --> 01:36:34,100
» Thank you.  Council member

2722
01:36:33,933 --> 01:36:37,433
chowdhury.

2723
01:36:34,200 --> 01:36:42,033
» Thank you, so much, president

2724
01:36:37,533 --> 01:36:44,733
payne.  I think for me, the

2725
01:36:42,133 --> 01:36:47,766
contention that I have with this

2726
01:36:44,933 --> 01:36:50,500
is not with nibin.  Right.  I

2727
01:36:47,866 --> 01:36:51,900
see the value and the resource.

2728
01:36:50,600 --> 01:36:52,966
absolutely.  I think it's

2729
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:55,533
important to state.  Because I

2730
01:36:53,166 --> 01:36:56,800
have had residents reach out

2731
01:36:55,633 --> 01:36:58,933
that believe, like, if we don't

2732
01:36:56,900 --> 01:37:02,100
apply for the grant it's going

2733
01:36:59,033 --> 01:37:03,233
to cease to exist.  Ihink me

2734
01:37:02,200 --> 01:37:04,400
and others on this body, and the

2735
01:37:03,333 --> 01:37:08,133
police department can agree

2736
01:37:04,500 --> 01:37:11,866
that's not helpful.  For

2737
01:37:08,233 --> 01:37:13,033
residents to believe that nibin

2738
01:37:11,966 --> 01:37:14,633
won't exist if we don't apply

2739
01:37:13,133 --> 01:37:16,833
for this.  It creates a lot of

2740
01:37:14,733 --> 01:37:19,500
alarms for people.  I think

2741
01:37:16,933 --> 01:37:21,600
others have done a good jobf

2742
01:37:19,600 --> 01:37:23,166
laying out, we like, we have a

2743
01:37:21,700 --> 01:37:28,266
budget choice before us.  Right.

2744
01:37:23,266 --> 01:37:29,533
it's $300,000 from our coffers,

2745
01:37:28,366 --> 01:37:30,633
city general fund, wherever.

2746
01:37:29,633 --> 01:37:32,433
maybe we need to move things

2747
01:37:30,933 --> 01:37:33,800
around.  We oftentimes move

2748
01:37:32,533 --> 01:37:35,966
things around for public safety.

2749
01:37:33,900 --> 01:37:37,100
we have a long history of that.

2750
01:37:36,066 --> 01:37:40,266
especially as it comes to the

2751
01:37:37,200 --> 01:37:42,866
police department.  Or it's to

2752
01:37:40,366 --> 01:37:43,800
take this potential funding from

2753
01:37:42,966 --> 01:37:45,933
the federal government, right,

2754
01:37:43,900 --> 01:37:47,166
that hasn't been granted to us.

2755
01:37:46,033 --> 01:37:49,833
there's also a chance it won't

2756
01:37:47,333 --> 01:37:51,200
be granted to us.  We know that

2757
01:37:49,933 --> 01:37:53,566
the president of the united

2758
01:37:51,300 --> 01:37:55,400
states and the donl  doj

2759
01:37:53,733 --> 01:37:57,366
is not really a big fan for

2760
01:37:55,500 --> 01:37:58,600
minneapolis.  Even if we were

2761
01:37:57,466 --> 01:38:01,266
invited for this.  We know the

2762
01:37:58,700 --> 01:38:04,733
administration is purposefully

2763
01:38:01,666 --> 01:38:07,733
not giving funding o resources

2764
01:38:05,133 --> 01:38:11,300
to its political enemies and

2765
01:38:07,833 --> 01:38:13,133
detractors.  That's the reality

2766
01:38:11,800 --> 01:38:17,766
of 2026.

2767
01:38:13,233 --> 01:38:21,300
for me, the purpose of funding

2768
01:38:17,866 --> 01:38:23,066
and the biden act, and the

2769
01:38:21,400 --> 01:38:28,100
language in which this came

2770
01:38:23,166 --> 01:38:33,100
from, is extremely egregious and

2771
01:38:28,200 --> 01:38:38,250
deplorable.  And I -- the term

2772
01:38:33,200 --> 01:38:39,966
"illegal alien" is not just a

2773
01:38:38,366 --> 01:38:43,700
legal term of art.  It's a slur.

2774
01:38:40,066 --> 01:38:47,033
it's an absolutely slur.

2775
01:38:43,800 --> 01:38:49,500
calling people illegal aliens is

2776
01:38:48,333 --> 01:38:51,533
dehumanizing, degrading, and it

2777
01:38:49,600 --> 01:38:56,000
creates a permission structure

2778
01:38:51,633 --> 01:38:57,366
for violence against them.  It

2779
01:38:56,100 --> 01:38:59,166
just does and h and we've seen

2780
01:38:57,500 --> 01:39:01,300
over and over again.  There's

2781
01:38:59,266 --> 01:39:02,500
a policy choice here today, do

2782
01:39:01,400 --> 01:39:04,300
we apply for grants for the

2783
01:39:02,600 --> 01:39:09,133
purpose of funding has slurs

2784
01:39:04,666 --> 01:39:15,633
within them?  It's just really

2785
01:39:09,233 --> 01:39:18,000
just starkly before us.  U don't

2786
01:39:15,733 --> 01:39:20,300
think it's just about rhetoric

2787
01:39:18,100 --> 01:39:23,900
or ideology.  I think it's a

2788
01:39:20,400 --> 01:39:24,933
govern innoc

2789
01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:26,066
governance approach.  If the

2790
01:39:25,033 --> 01:39:30,200
purpose of funding looked

2791
01:39:28,100 --> 01:39:33,566
different, the grant, if it came

2792
01:39:30,300 --> 01:39:36,166
from a different bill.  It would

2793
01:39:33,666 --> 01:39:38,300
have my support.  But it

2794
01:39:36,266 --> 01:39:41,900
doesn't.  And I can't sit on

2795
01:39:38,383 --> 01:39:42,966
this body and give a permission

2796
01:39:42,000 --> 01:39:44,300
structure, create a permission

2797
01:39:43,066 --> 01:39:46,600
structure here to say that we're

2798
01:39:44,400 --> 01:39:50,366
applying for grants with slurs

2799
01:39:47,600 --> 01:39:51,133
in them..

2800
01:39:50,466 --> 01:39:53,733
» Vice president osman.

2801
01:39:51,300 --> 01:39:55,833
» All right.  Thank you so

2802
01:39:53,833 --> 01:39:59,466
much.  I have a comment and then

2803
01:39:56,000 --> 01:40:01,000
I have one clarification from

2804
01:39:59,566 --> 01:40:02,600
the staff.

2805
01:40:01,100 --> 01:40:04,933
colleagues, the way I understand

2806
01:40:02,700 --> 01:40:10,000
this language, or this grant is

2807
01:40:05,033 --> 01:40:10,966
that, first of all, we apply all

2808
01:40:10,100 --> 01:40:12,000
kinds of grants from the federal

2809
01:40:11,066 --> 01:40:16,433
government.  We apply housing

2810
01:40:12,100 --> 01:40:18,433
grants.  We apply roads,

2811
01:40:16,533 --> 01:40:21,500
highways.  There is all kinds of

2812
01:40:18,533 --> 01:40:26,333
grants that makes our city keep

2813
01:40:21,600 --> 01:40:28,533
moving.  And, also, this

2814
01:40:27,400 --> 01:40:29,966
administration has used a

2815
01:40:28,633 --> 01:40:32,766
language, and I'm sure -- I'm

2816
01:40:30,066 --> 01:40:34,633
sure if we look in deep other

2817
01:40:32,866 --> 01:40:39,033
grants, we'll find similar

2818
01:40:34,733 --> 01:40:43,566
language.  So where do we stop?

2819
01:40:41,100 --> 01:40:44,900
if we start dismissing grants,

2820
01:40:43,666 --> 01:40:47,566
our city will not be operating.

2821
01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:48,666
and we're not capable of getting

2822
01:40:47,666 --> 01:40:52,133
serving our residents in the

2823
01:40:48,766 --> 01:40:54,333
best way we can.  We need that

2824
01:40:52,233 --> 01:40:58,233
assistance from the federal

2825
01:40:54,433 --> 01:41:01,033
government.  Even the federal

2826
01:40:58,333 --> 01:41:02,033
government has -- they have used

2827
01:41:01,133 --> 01:41:05,400
language that is called

2828
01:41:02,133 --> 01:41:07,366
democracy.  You can wait through

2829
01:41:05,500 --> 01:41:08,933
the election process and maybe a

2830
01:41:07,466 --> 01:41:10,633
decision will change.  Maybe it

2831
01:41:09,033 --> 01:41:13,933
will not.  One thing I will tell

2832
01:41:10,733 --> 01:41:16,166
you, is the way the government,

2833
01:41:14,033 --> 01:41:17,766
our local government is set up

2834
01:41:16,266 --> 01:41:18,833
we rely on the state and the

2835
01:41:17,866 --> 01:41:23,366
federal government suppo to

2836
01:41:18,933 --> 01:41:25,100
operate our city.

2837
01:41:23,466 --> 01:41:32,500
my concern would have been if

2838
01:41:25,200 --> 01:41:35,733
this is somehow attached to

2839
01:41:32,600 --> 01:41:36,533
I.c.e. Enforcement, some kind of

2840
01:41:35,833 --> 01:41:39,333
immigration enforcement.  If it

2841
01:41:36,633 --> 01:41:41,200
would have been similar to that,

2842
01:41:39,433 --> 01:41:42,666
we have t right to reject

2843
01:41:41,300 --> 01:41:46,900
that.  This grant specifilly

2844
01:41:42,766 --> 01:41:49,100
has not said anying about

2845
01:41:47,200 --> 01:41:49,900
immigrant enforcemt.  I have

2846
01:41:49,200 --> 01:41:52,566
received calls from the

2847
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:56,200
community members this morning

2848
01:41:52,666 --> 01:41:57,800
thinking we're voting on

2849
01:41:56,300 --> 01:41:59,766
accepting this grant will result

2850
01:41:57,900 --> 01:42:01,566
I.c.e. In arresting our

2851
01:41:59,866 --> 01:42:02,466
community members.  That's

2852
01:42:01,666 --> 01:42:03,733
misinformation, the way I

2853
01:42:02,566 --> 01:42:08,633
understand it.

2854
01:42:03,900 --> 01:42:11,800
and I would like either the city

2855
01:42:08,733 --> 01:42:15,833
attorney or the staff to kind of

2856
01:42:11,900 --> 01:42:18,900
clarify about that and get the

2857
01:42:15,933 --> 01:42:20,466
misinformation out.  Will this

2858
01:42:19,433 --> 01:42:22,933
result immigrant enforcement?

2859
01:42:20,566 --> 01:42:24,833
accepting this grant?

2860
01:42:23,233 --> 01:42:25,666
» Good morning, members of the

2861
01:42:24,933 --> 01:42:27,433
council.  Pleasure to be here

2862
01:42:25,766 --> 01:42:30,233
with you. Again this morning.

2863
01:42:27,733 --> 01:42:31,566
my name is amy shunt.  Lead

2864
01:42:30,333 --> 01:42:33,133
assistant city attorney.

2865
01:42:31,666 --> 01:42:36,000
through the chair, vice chair

2866
01:42:33,233 --> 01:42:37,133
osman, your question was will

2867
01:42:36,100 --> 01:42:39,866
our application for the grant

2868
01:42:37,233 --> 01:42:41,966
require us to proport on any

2869
01:42:40,433 --> 01:42:43,700
kind of I.c.e. Enforcement.  I

2870
01:42:42,066 --> 01:42:46,666
have legally reviewed the terms

2871
01:42:43,800 --> 01:42:49,766
of the grants, and all of the

2872
01:42:46,766 --> 01:42:51,633
documents referenced in and the

2873
01:42:49,866 --> 01:42:52,866
all the documents referenced

2874
01:42:51,733 --> 01:42:54,966
therein for any terms and

2875
01:42:52,966 --> 01:42:56,633
conditions for what my office is

2876
01:42:55,066 --> 01:42:58,300
calling problematic.  Anything

2877
01:42:56,733 --> 01:43:00,366
that would require us to violate

2878
01:42:58,400 --> 01:43:01,333
the separation ordinance or

2879
01:43:00,466 --> 01:43:02,300
anything that would be

2880
01:43:01,433 --> 01:43:03,000
anti-theatrical to the values of

2881
01:43:02,566 --> 01:43:05,866
the city.

2882
01:43:03,100 --> 01:43:07,066
and it is my opinion, upon doing

2883
01:43:05,966 --> 01:43:10,933
that review, that there is

2884
01:43:07,166 --> 01:43:12,633
nothing in this nofo or nor this

2885
01:43:11,033 --> 01:43:14,800
application that would require

2886
01:43:12,733 --> 01:43:16,733
us to violate the separation

2887
01:43:14,900 --> 01:43:19,300
ordinance to perform any kind of

2888
01:43:16,833 --> 01:43:20,766
I.c.e. Enforcement or to

2889
01:43:19,400 --> 01:43:22,066
otherwise require staff to act

2890
01:43:20,866 --> 01:43:23,466
in a way that is anti-theatrical

2891
01:43:22,166 --> 01:43:25,966
to the values of the city.

2892
01:43:23,833 --> 01:43:27,766
» Thank you so much.  That's

2893
01:43:26,066 --> 01:43:29,983
exactly what I thought.  Even if

2894
01:43:28,033 --> 01:43:31,000
it was the case, you wouldn't

2895
01:43:30,200 --> 01:43:33,200
even approach applying that.

2896
01:43:31,100 --> 01:43:34,566
that will violate the city

2897
01:43:33,283 --> 01:43:37,100
separation ordinance.

2898
01:43:35,500 --> 01:43:39,400
so my final comment is that,

2899
01:43:37,200 --> 01:43:41,300
colleagues, we can be angry with

2900
01:43:39,500 --> 01:43:42,933
the federal government, the way

2901
01:43:41,400 --> 01:43:44,933
they treat people, the language

2902
01:43:43,033 --> 01:43:48,866
they use.  But voting down this

2903
01:43:45,033 --> 01:43:50,200
would only hurt us and hurt --

2904
01:43:48,966 --> 01:43:52,433
not benefit the work we're

2905
01:43:50,300 --> 01:43:54,000
trying to do.  Which is to

2906
01:43:52,533 --> 01:43:56,766
accept this grant so we can do

2907
01:43:54,100 --> 01:43:57,733
better processing on criminal

2908
01:43:56,866 --> 01:44:02,733
activity.

2909
01:43:57,916 --> 01:44:05,900
so I would say I am an

2910
01:44:02,833 --> 01:44:06,900
immigrant.  I'm someone who has

2911
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:08,600
been in communities that has

2912
01:44:07,000 --> 01:44:10,133
been targeted in the city of

2913
01:44:08,700 --> 01:44:12,300
minneapolis.  But I think you

2914
01:44:10,233 --> 01:44:16,933
have to wait on how things come.

2915
01:44:12,400 --> 01:44:18,733
this is coming separate angle.

2916
01:44:17,033 --> 01:44:20,266
and it's not nothing to do with

2917
01:44:19,233 --> 01:44:23,700
I.c.e. Enforcement.  And I think

2918
01:44:20,366 --> 01:44:24,866
we should vote on it.  And this

2919
01:44:23,800 --> 01:44:26,066
is money that will come to our

2920
01:44:24,966 --> 01:44:28,900
city to support the work we do

2921
01:44:26,166 --> 01:44:32,000
for our citizens.  Thank you.

2922
01:44:29,400 --> 01:44:34,333
» Council member palmisano.

2923
01:44:32,133 --> 01:44:36,333
» Thank you, mr. President.  I

2924
01:44:34,433 --> 01:44:37,466
think council member osman

2925
01:44:36,433 --> 01:44:39,800
already said most of what I was

2926
01:44:37,566 --> 01:44:41,933
going to say.

2927
01:44:39,900 --> 01:44:44,666
we are not abandoning our values

2928
01:44:42,033 --> 01:44:46,833
or beliefs here.  Because the

2929
01:44:44,766 --> 01:44:49,833
terms of this grant do not

2930
01:44:46,933 --> 01:44:51,733
require that.  And I would be

2931
01:44:49,933 --> 01:44:53,266
happy to entertain a resolution

2932
01:44:52,566 --> 01:44:57,000
condemning language in requiring

2933
01:44:53,366 --> 01:44:58,166
the city not to be required to

2934
01:44:57,100 --> 01:45:00,333
violate a separation ordinance.

2935
01:44:58,266 --> 01:45:02,833
I fear the confusion around this

2936
01:45:00,433 --> 01:45:04,533
grant is made by rhetoric on

2937
01:45:02,933 --> 01:45:06,100
this dais.  Not by the

2938
01:45:04,633 --> 01:45:08,000
requirements of the grant, and

2939
01:45:06,200 --> 01:45:09,966
not by our city attorney.  Who

2940
01:45:08,100 --> 01:45:11,833
has said, basically the same

2941
01:45:10,066 --> 01:45:13,866
thing in committee of the whole,

2942
01:45:11,933 --> 01:45:15,433
again for us today.  We are

2943
01:45:13,966 --> 01:45:17,133
accepting is federal money for a

2944
01:45:15,533 --> 01:45:19,700
lot of other things, mostly

2945
01:45:17,233 --> 01:45:21,800
money in public works.  I don't

2946
01:45:19,800 --> 01:45:24,166
think we should stop.  So I will

2947
01:45:21,900 --> 01:45:24,866
make a motion to approve --

2948
01:45:24,500 --> 01:45:26,266
» Second.

2949
01:45:24,966 --> 01:45:26,500
» And ask that we move

2950
01:45:26,366 --> 01:45:29,333
forward.

2951
01:45:26,933 --> 01:45:32,000
.  Thank you.

2952
01:45:30,433 --> 01:45:33,433
» Council member palmisano has

2953
01:45:32,100 --> 01:45:33,700
moved approval.  Did I hear a

2954
01:45:33,533 --> 01:45:33,966
second?

2955
01:45:33,800 --> 01:45:38,066
» Second.

2956
01:45:35,600 --> 01:45:42,700
» Okay.  Council member warren.

2957
01:45:39,633 --> 01:45:44,833
» Thank you, council president

2958
01:45:43,366 --> 01:45:46,666
payne.

2959
01:45:44,933 --> 01:45:50,566
it pains me to know there's

2960
01:45:46,766 --> 01:45:52,533
language that is marginalizing

2961
01:45:51,533 --> 01:45:54,866
and disenfranchising members of

2962
01:45:52,633 --> 01:45:56,433
our community because of the

2963
01:45:54,966 --> 01:46:00,066
simple fact, like I said this at

2964
01:45:57,166 --> 01:46:01,633
the committee of the whole

2965
01:46:00,166 --> 01:46:02,266
meeting.  I don't know any

2966
01:46:01,733 --> 01:46:04,533
aliens

2967
01:46:02,366 --> 01:46:07,533
I've never seen any my life.

2968
01:46:04,700 --> 01:46:09,733
these are residents of our city.

2969
01:46:07,633 --> 01:46:11,600
when I think about supporting

2970
01:46:09,833 --> 01:46:15,233
the national integrated

2971
01:46:11,700 --> 01:46:17,566
ballistic information network,

2972
01:46:15,333 --> 01:46:20,000
I'm thinking about how many of

2973
01:46:17,833 --> 01:46:22,400
my neighbors and community

2974
01:46:20,233 --> 01:46:25,100
members are sitting and waiting

2975
01:46:22,500 --> 01:46:29,966
for justice to be served, and

2976
01:46:25,200 --> 01:46:33,900
for someone to support the cries

2977
01:46:31,600 --> 01:46:35,266
that far too long have gone

2978
01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:37,433
unanswered on our community.

2979
01:46:35,366 --> 01:46:39,233
I'm thinking about how

2980
01:46:37,666 --> 01:46:40,500
specifically in north

2981
01:46:39,333 --> 01:46:41,800
minneapolis, we have buried so

2982
01:46:40,600 --> 01:46:43,500
many sons and daughters,

2983
01:46:41,900 --> 01:46:45,433
brothers and sisters, mothers

2984
01:46:43,600 --> 01:46:47,966
and fathers who are still

2985
01:46:45,533 --> 01:46:53,066
waiting for a phone call that

2986
01:46:48,066 --> 01:46:54,266
says somebody has been arrested

2987
01:46:53,166 --> 01:46:55,966
with respect to what has

2988
01:46:54,366 --> 01:46:56,600
happened to their loved one.

2989
01:46:56,066 --> 01:46:57,900
right.

2990
01:46:56,700 --> 01:47:00,333
they're waiting for those

2991
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:02,966
answers.  They're waiting for a

2992
01:47:00,433 --> 01:47:06,500
response to be given to them.

2993
01:47:03,066 --> 01:47:07,733
and this is not about increasing

2994
01:47:06,600 --> 01:47:10,300
arrest for the sake of just

2995
01:47:07,833 --> 01:47:12,500
arresting people.  It's about

2996
01:47:10,400 --> 01:47:14,866
connecting evidence that is left

2997
01:47:12,600 --> 01:47:17,933
behind at crime scenes and

2998
01:47:14,966 --> 01:47:20,366
linking it to shootings that

2999
01:47:18,366 --> 01:47:21,700
involve firearms and giving the

3000
01:47:20,466 --> 01:47:25,133
investigators the tools they

3001
01:47:21,800 --> 01:47:27,566
need to be solution driven more

3002
01:47:25,233 --> 01:47:29,133
quickly.  Before people get

3003
01:47:27,666 --> 01:47:30,466
away.

3004
01:47:29,300 --> 01:47:32,400
so I think about these things.

3005
01:47:30,633 --> 01:47:33,600
I think about families that are

3006
01:47:32,500 --> 01:47:38,266
still searching for justice,

3007
01:47:33,700 --> 01:47:41,400
like the family of aniya allen,

3008
01:47:38,366 --> 01:47:43,100
trinity smith, la daveon

3009
01:47:42,266 --> 01:47:45,200
garrett.  I'm thinking about

3010
01:47:43,200 --> 01:47:46,766
those babies whose murders have

3011
01:47:45,300 --> 01:47:48,633
not been solved recently.  And

3012
01:47:46,866 --> 01:47:51,400
people are just running around

3013
01:47:48,766 --> 01:47:54,100
here free.  You know, and that

3014
01:47:51,500 --> 01:47:56,500
people need to have a piece of

3015
01:47:54,833 --> 01:48:00,466
mind knowing that someone is

3016
01:47:57,166 --> 01:48:01,766
being held accountable for the

3017
01:48:00,600 --> 01:48:02,633
wrongdoing and the pain they

3018
01:48:01,866 --> 01:48:03,033
have inflicted upon our

3019
01:48:02,733 --> 01:48:05,766
community.

3020
01:48:03,133 --> 01:48:07,533
and it doesn't make a difference

3021
01:48:05,866 --> 01:48:09,600
what race you are, what sex you

3022
01:48:07,633 --> 01:48:11,800
are, what any of the -- none of

3023
01:48:09,700 --> 01:48:14,133
that stuff makes any difference

3024
01:48:11,900 --> 01:48:16,533
at all.  If you have harmed

3025
01:48:14,233 --> 01:48:18,133
someone and ten a life, or

3026
01:48:16,633 --> 01:48:19,266
inflicted pain upon the

3027
01:48:18,233 --> 01:48:21,366
community, then you need some

3028
01:48:19,366 --> 01:48:22,200
time to sit down and

3029
01:48:21,466 --> 01:48:25,066
self-reflect.  And that's just

3030
01:48:22,300 --> 01:48:27,300
where I sit with it.  This is

3031
01:48:25,166 --> 01:48:29,166
not about picking out or picking

3032
01:48:27,500 --> 01:48:32,300
apart anything.  This is really

3033
01:48:29,700 --> 01:48:35,500
about bringing answers to

3034
01:48:32,400 --> 01:48:36,933
families who have cried out for

3035
01:48:35,600 --> 01:48:38,600
far too long about wanting

3036
01:48:37,033 --> 01:48:41,000
justice for their loved ones who

3037
01:48:38,700 --> 01:48:42,433
have lost their lives due to

3038
01:48:41,100 --> 01:48:44,066
acts of gun violence.  That's

3039
01:48:42,533 --> 01:48:46,200
where I have to sit with it at.

3040
01:48:44,166 --> 01:48:48,233
I don't know any aliens.  Never

3041
01:48:46,300 --> 01:48:51,900
met any in any life.  But I know

3042
01:48:48,333 --> 01:48:53,100
that it is my fiduciary

3043
01:48:52,100 --> 01:48:55,133
responsibility to protect all of

3044
01:48:53,200 --> 01:48:57,766
my community members and to use

3045
01:48:55,233 --> 01:49:00,100
every tool that I have to ensure

3046
01:48:57,866 --> 01:49:01,800
the safety, love, care, and

3047
01:49:00,200 --> 01:49:03,700
compassion that is extended to

3048
01:49:01,900 --> 01:49:05,333
my community members is the same

3049
01:49:03,866 --> 01:49:06,566
I will want for my own family.

3050
01:49:05,433 --> 01:49:07,600
the end.

3051
01:49:06,833 --> 01:49:09,166
» Council member whiting.

3052
01:49:07,766 --> 01:49:10,733
» Thank you, president payne.

3053
01:49:09,266 --> 01:49:16,333
just have one question for our

3054
01:49:10,833 --> 01:49:19,466
city attorney.

3055
01:49:16,433 --> 01:49:24,900
thank you, city attorney schutt.

3056
01:49:19,566 --> 01:49:26,866
in your legal analysis, is

3057
01:49:25,000 --> 01:49:29,866
there language contained in

3058
01:49:26,966 --> 01:49:30,966
either the nofo or the grant

3059
01:49:29,966 --> 01:49:33,333
application that violates or

3060
01:49:31,066 --> 01:49:34,533
that would have our city

3061
01:49:33,433 --> 01:49:36,500
violated separation ordinance?

3062
01:49:34,666 --> 01:49:38,600
» Through the chair, council

3063
01:49:36,600 --> 01:49:42,216
member whiting, no.  There is

3064
01:49:38,700 --> 01:49:43,133
not.  We review the grant and

3065
01:49:42,533 --> 01:49:45,366
the application for concerns

3066
01:49:43,900 --> 01:49:47,500
like that.  Frankly, it wouldn't

3067
01:49:45,466 --> 01:49:48,833
get to you if it had a

3068
01:49:47,600 --> 01:49:49,500
requirement to violate the

3069
01:49:49,133 --> 01:49:51,966
separation ordinance.

3070
01:49:49,600 --> 01:49:52,633
» Okay.  That's all.  Thank

3071
01:49:52,066 --> 01:49:54,133
you.

3072
01:49:53,400 --> 01:49:55,733
» Council member chavez.

3073
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:56,133
» Thank you, council president

3074
01:49:55,833 --> 01:49:58,366
payne.

3075
01:49:56,666 --> 01:49:59,933
I keep hearing the point being

3076
01:49:58,466 --> 01:50:01,466
made about not violating a

3077
01:50:00,033 --> 01:50:03,866
separation ordinance.  I think

3078
01:50:01,566 --> 01:50:06,033
it means I need to do another

3079
01:50:03,966 --> 01:50:06,700
notice of intent in

3080
01:50:06,133 --> 01:50:08,833
strengthening the separation

3081
01:50:06,800 --> 01:50:11,933
ordinance.  That's one.  To be

3082
01:50:08,933 --> 01:50:12,866
clear, if it doesn't violate the

3083
01:50:12,033 --> 01:50:14,633
separation ordinance.  We have

3084
01:50:12,966 --> 01:50:16,200
to make it stronger again.  I

3085
01:50:14,733 --> 01:50:17,566
think we're asking the wrong

3086
01:50:16,300 --> 01:50:19,033
questions.  If we would

3087
01:50:17,666 --> 01:50:20,833
interpret us not having to

3088
01:50:19,333 --> 01:50:22,033
enforce federal immigration law.

3089
01:50:20,933 --> 01:50:23,200
what I want to work on, because

3090
01:50:22,133 --> 01:50:25,433
the reason I didn't bring it

3091
01:50:23,300 --> 01:50:27,066
forward the resolution on, like,

3092
01:50:25,533 --> 01:50:28,533
attaching it to this.  Is

3093
01:50:27,166 --> 01:50:30,666
because I -- it needs to be

3094
01:50:28,633 --> 01:50:32,500
workshopped more.  And I'm happy

3095
01:50:30,766 --> 01:50:35,300
to bring it back next time.

3096
01:50:32,600 --> 01:50:35,933
what we're not asking for what

3097
01:50:35,400 --> 01:50:38,166
the federal government expects

3098
01:50:36,033 --> 01:50:39,366
of us if we accept the money.

3099
01:50:38,266 --> 01:50:40,300
that's what my concern is.  If

3100
01:50:39,466 --> 01:50:43,766
the federal government is going

3101
01:50:40,500 --> 01:50:44,900
to expect us to do federal

3102
01:50:44,200 --> 01:50:48,233
immigration enforcement.  That's

3103
01:50:45,400 --> 01:50:49,666
a concern.  If we accept the

3104
01:50:48,333 --> 01:50:51,200
grant, I bet.  That's what I'm

3105
01:50:49,866 --> 01:50:52,766
concerned about us applying and

3106
01:50:51,300 --> 01:50:54,166
accepting this funding.  And,

3107
01:50:52,866 --> 01:50:55,533
you know, if we want to make it

3108
01:50:54,266 --> 01:50:57,066
about rhetoric, it's not about

3109
01:50:55,633 --> 01:50:59,166
rhetoric.  I'm happy to bring

3110
01:50:57,166 --> 01:51:00,566
the resolution forward so we can

3111
01:50:59,266 --> 01:51:02,800
get answers.

3112
01:51:00,666 --> 01:51:05,200
» Council member stevenson.

3113
01:51:02,966 --> 01:51:08,400
» Yeah.  Thank you.

3114
01:51:05,300 --> 01:51:09,400
I want to go back to what

3115
01:51:08,500 --> 01:51:11,600
council member chughtai said

3116
01:51:09,500 --> 01:51:14,066
earlier about if we really

3117
01:51:11,700 --> 01:51:16,533
believe the thing that we say

3118
01:51:14,166 --> 01:51:19,633
that we believe.

3119
01:51:17,166 --> 01:51:21,400
we are in a historic time.  A

3120
01:51:19,733 --> 01:51:22,800
time when our actions are under

3121
01:51:21,500 --> 01:51:25,033
different scrutiny and have

3122
01:51:23,100 --> 01:51:29,000
different meaning than they

3123
01:51:25,133 --> 01:51:31,866
would in another time.  And I

3124
01:51:29,100 --> 01:51:32,900
hesitate to use the word

3125
01:51:31,966 --> 01:51:35,933
unprecedented times.  You can't

3126
01:51:33,000 --> 01:51:43,266
have an entirely unprecedentedt.

3127
01:51:36,033 --> 01:51:45,900
but we are in

3128
01:51:43,466 --> 01:51:47,000
» That ice invaded our city and

3129
01:51:46,000 --> 01:51:48,800
took our neighbors and killed

3130
01:51:47,100 --> 01:51:51,233
some of our neighbors. We are in

3131
01:51:49,400 --> 01:51:52,833
a time when our actions have

3132
01:51:51,333 --> 01:51:54,266
different ramifications. And we

3133
01:51:52,933 --> 01:51:55,866
have to do things a little

3134
01:51:54,366 --> 01:51:58,233
differently in response to the

3135
01:51:55,966 --> 01:52:02,533
fact that we are not in normal

3136
01:51:58,333 --> 01:52:05,466
times. We are not in a time when

3137
01:52:02,633 --> 01:52:07,966
you c overlook certain things.

3138
01:52:05,566 --> 01:52:09,133
where putting up yourose at

3139
01:52:08,066 --> 01:52:11,366
different moral issues is

3140
01:52:09,233 --> 01:52:13,600
acceptable. We are in a time

3141
01:52:11,466 --> 01:52:15,133
when we need to stand for what

3142
01:52:14,000 --> 01:52:18,200
we believe. We need to actually

3143
01:52:15,266 --> 01:52:21,300
in ways that are meaningful and

3144
01:52:18,666 --> 01:52:23,133
in ways that sometimes cause us

3145
01:52:21,400 --> 01:52:25,066
discomfort stand up for what we

3146
01:52:23,233 --> 01:52:25,966
believe. And in thi case, we

3147
01:52:25,166 --> 01:52:27,433
believe that all of our

3148
01:52:26,066 --> 01:52:29,466
neighbors have the right to be

3149
01:52:27,533 --> 01:52:31,466
here and we love them and

3150
01:52:29,566 --> 01:52:32,600
they're important members of our

3151
01:52:31,566 --> 01:52:36,600
community. And we don't want to

3152
01:52:33,366 --> 01:52:37,833
go alongith this evil federal

3153
01:52:36,700 --> 01:52:42,166
government in even the rhetoric

3154
01:52:37,933 --> 01:52:44,733
that they say about them. Yeah,

3155
01:52:42,266 --> 01:52:48,100
it's just a different time.

3156
01:52:44,833 --> 01:52:50,966
we're not in -- this isn't 2012,

3157
01:52:48,200 --> 01:52:52,566
you know. We're here in 2026 in

3158
01:52:51,066 --> 01:52:53,300
minneapolis after the invasion

3159
01:52:52,666 --> 01:52:55,133
of the federal government and

3160
01:52:53,400 --> 01:52:56,933
it's just time for us to say,

3161
01:52:55,233 --> 01:52:58,433
hey, we're not even going to

3162
01:52:57,033 --> 01:53:01,400
accept this rhetoric. And I

3163
01:52:58,533 --> 01:53:03,333
understand that, you know, on a

3164
01:53:01,500 --> 01:53:06,066
balance sheet rhetoric doesn't

3165
01:53:03,433 --> 01:53:08,733
show up. Rhetoric doesn't matter

3166
01:53:06,233 --> 01:53:11,000
on a balance sheet. But you know

3167
01:53:08,833 --> 01:53:13,133
what? We're not balance sheets,

3168
01:53:11,100 --> 01:53:15,800
we're people. And rhetoric

3169
01:53:13,233 --> 01:53:19,400
matters to people. We can and we

3170
01:53:15,900 --> 01:53:21,100
will find other money to keep

3171
01:53:19,500 --> 01:53:22,900
this nibin access going. We

3172
01:53:21,200 --> 01:53:25,966
don't need this money. There is

3173
01:53:23,000 --> 01:53:30,966
$300,000 in the couch cushion in

3174
01:53:26,066 --> 01:53:32,566
this city. The harley davidson's

3175
01:53:31,066 --> 01:53:34,666
alone, let's sell those guys and

3176
01:53:32,666 --> 01:53:36,300
then we could have this fully

3177
01:53:34,766 --> 01:53:37,566
funded. It really is that

3178
01:53:36,400 --> 01:53:39,266
simple and so let's stand up

3179
01:53:37,666 --> 01:53:42,766
for what we believe and let's

3180
01:53:39,366 --> 01:53:45,500
find money, particularly the

3181
01:53:42,866 --> 01:53:47,166
harley davidson's to fund nibin

3182
01:53:45,600 --> 01:53:49,166
access. We are not interested in

3183
01:53:47,266 --> 01:53:50,200
lowering our public safety.

3184
01:53:49,266 --> 01:53:50,866
we're just interested in

3185
01:53:50,300 --> 01:53:52,666
standing up for what we believe

3186
01:53:50,966 --> 01:53:56,033
in.

3187
01:53:52,966 --> 01:53:57,766
» I added myself to queue

3188
01:53:56,133 --> 01:54:00,066
because I shared some remarks

3189
01:53:57,866 --> 01:54:03,900
related to this on tuesday. But

3190
01:54:00,166 --> 01:54:05,933
just zooming out, again, I'm not

3191
01:54:04,000 --> 01:54:09,433
questioning the legal analysis

3192
01:54:06,033 --> 01:54:12,166
of our city attorney's office.

3193
01:54:09,533 --> 01:54:13,000
I'm profoundly concerned about

3194
01:54:12,266 --> 01:54:17,133
how the federalovernment will

3195
01:54:13,100 --> 01:54:19,266
assess this. And just to p it

3196
01:54:17,466 --> 01:54:23,333
in the context, the new york

3197
01:54:19,366 --> 01:54:25,900
times did some recent reporting

3198
01:54:23,433 --> 01:54:27,533
on some of the charges that were

3199
01:54:26,000 --> 01:54:28,400
brought forward for ice

3200
01:54:27,633 --> 01:54:30,233
observers. And they were

3201
01:54:28,500 --> 01:54:32,966
comparing and contrasting how

3202
01:54:30,333 --> 01:54:34,266
the doj has operated in the past

3203
01:54:33,066 --> 01:54:37,700
compared to how they're

3204
01:54:34,366 --> 01:54:39,133
conducting themselves now.

3205
01:54:37,800 --> 01:54:40,166
historically, they don't bring

3206
01:54:39,233 --> 01:54:41,500
criminal cases forward unless

3207
01:54:40,266 --> 01:54:44,533
they know they have the evidence

3208
01:54:42,800 --> 01:54:48,366
to win in court. That's led to

3209
01:54:44,633 --> 01:54:49,066
more than 90% of defendants

3210
01:54:48,466 --> 01:54:50,866
pleading guilty or being

3211
01:54:49,166 --> 01:54:53,466
convicted at trial. In this new

3212
01:54:50,966 --> 01:54:56,633
york times reporting, they

3213
01:54:53,566 --> 01:55:00,200
assessed 558 charges against

3214
01:54:56,733 --> 01:55:02,933
legal observers. They've only

3215
01:55:00,300 --> 01:55:08,266
gotten 246 that pled guilty, and

3216
01:55:03,033 --> 01:55:09,900
four convictions. This is a very

3217
01:55:08,366 --> 01:55:14,400
divergent tract record fm how

3218
01:55:10,000 --> 01:55:16,666
the doj operates. And it's a

3219
01:55:14,500 --> 01:55:18,833
representation of the fact that

3220
01:55:16,766 --> 01:55:20,300
they bring spurious chaes and

3221
01:55:18,933 --> 01:55:23,133
they conduct themselves not

3222
01:55:20,400 --> 01:55:23,866
grounded in the rule of law, but

3223
01:55:23,266 --> 01:55:28,700
early through political

3224
01:55:23,966 --> 01:55:30,600
motivation and retaliation. As

3225
01:55:28,800 --> 01:55:32,500
best evidenced by the mass

3226
01:55:30,700 --> 01:55:34,700
resignation of our u.s.

3227
01:55:32,600 --> 01:55:35,933
attorney's office earlier this

3228
01:55:34,800 --> 01:55:38,200
year, particularly after the

3229
01:55:36,033 --> 01:55:39,800
murder of renee good and when

3230
01:55:38,300 --> 01:55:41,933
the trump administration was

3231
01:55:39,900 --> 01:55:43,533
trying to pressure the

3232
01:55:42,033 --> 01:55:45,700
attorney's office to actually

3233
01:55:43,633 --> 01:55:46,700
investigate ms. Good's wife

3234
01:55:45,800 --> 01:55:51,600
rather than the agents that

3235
01:55:46,800 --> 01:55:55,200
murdered her. Mass resignation

3236
01:55:51,700 --> 01:55:56,833
because some u.s. Attorneys that

3237
01:55:55,300 --> 01:55:58,266
I don't agree with actually,

3238
01:55:56,933 --> 01:56:00,000
they actually hold themselves to

3239
01:55:58,366 --> 01:56:03,066
some integrity. And so what

3240
01:56:00,100 --> 01:56:05,933
we're left with in our current

3241
01:56:03,166 --> 01:56:07,700
attorney's office is whoever the

3242
01:56:06,033 --> 01:56:10,900
back-benchers are who want to

3243
01:56:07,800 --> 01:56:13,633
sign on to this administration's

3244
01:56:11,000 --> 01:56:15,300
agenda. And this agenda is

3245
01:56:13,733 --> 01:56:18,300
overtly authoritarian, it's

3246
01:56:15,400 --> 01:56:20,433
overtly racist. They are pushing

3247
01:56:18,400 --> 01:56:22,200
rhetoric around white genocide.

3248
01:56:20,533 --> 01:56:26,000
it's disgusting. And all you

3249
01:56:22,300 --> 01:56:29,200
have to do is look at the white

3250
01:56:26,100 --> 01:56:30,033
house twitter feed or the

3251
01:56:29,300 --> 01:56:33,500
department of homend

3252
01:56:30,133 --> 01:56:36,366
security's twitter feed to see

3253
01:56:33,600 --> 01:56:39,566
what kind of country they want

3254
01:56:36,466 --> 01:56:43,600
to see for the rest of us. And

3255
01:56:39,666 --> 01:56:44,200
I'm notven going to entertain

3256
01:56:43,700 --> 01:56:46,200
attaching my name to that

3257
01:56:44,300 --> 01:56:53,966
project. That's why I'm not

3258
01:56:46,300 --> 01:56:55,200
supporting this. And so with

3259
01:56:54,066 --> 01:56:56,400
that I see council member

3260
01:56:55,300 --> 01:56:57,433
whiting in queue.

3261
01:56:56,533 --> 01:56:59,933
» Thank you, president payne.

3262
01:56:57,533 --> 01:57:01,966
just have a question for our

3263
01:57:00,033 --> 01:57:03,866
city attorney here. City

3264
01:57:02,066 --> 01:57:05,100
attorney abelson. I have a

3265
01:57:03,966 --> 01:57:06,833
question broadly about your kind

3266
01:57:05,400 --> 01:57:08,066
of legal understanding. I know

3267
01:57:06,933 --> 01:57:09,500
this is probably a cold call

3268
01:57:08,166 --> 01:57:11,050
kind of question, so if you

3269
01:57:09,600 --> 01:57:12,516
don't have the answer, I

3270
01:57:11,150 --> 01:57:16,816
apologize for putting you on the

3271
01:57:12,616 --> 01:57:18,916
spot here. Do you know of any

3272
01:57:16,916 --> 01:57:24,650
federal law, any state law, any

3273
01:57:19,016 --> 01:57:27,650
city law that requires a city

3274
01:57:24,750 --> 01:57:29,150
jurisdiction to be comandeered

3275
01:57:27,750 --> 01:57:29,916
by the federal government to

3276
01:57:29,250 --> 01:57:30,750
engage in federal law

3277
01:57:30,016 --> 01:57:33,783
enforcement action?

3278
01:57:31,216 --> 01:57:35,916
» Chair, council member whitin

3279
01:57:33,883 --> 01:57:37,650
answer to any law because there

3280
01:57:36,016 --> 01:57:40,716
certainly are states where they

3281
01:57:37,750 --> 01:57:41,616
require their law enforcement to

3282
01:57:40,816 --> 01:57:45,816
assist the federal government.

3283
01:57:41,716 --> 01:57:46,950
that is not the case in

3284
01:57:45,950 --> 01:57:50,983
miesota. We recently also got

3285
01:57:47,266 --> 01:57:52,400
a very good decision from the

3286
01:57:51,083 --> 01:57:54,550
district court here rejecting

3287
01:57:52,516 --> 01:57:56,083
the federal government's

3288
01:57:54,650 --> 01:57:56,983
challenge to our separation

3289
01:57:56,183 --> 01:57:59,983
ordinance because the federal

3290
01:57:57,083 --> 01:58:02,416
government does not have the

3291
01:58:00,083 --> 01:58:04,016
right to comandeer our police

3292
01:58:02,516 --> 01:58:04,716
force for immigtion

3293
01:58:04,116 --> 01:58:07,916
enforcement.

3294
01:58:04,816 --> 01:58:09,283
» Thank you. I appreciate it.

3295
01:58:08,016 --> 01:58:12,950
» Seeing no one else left in

3296
01:58:09,383 --> 01:58:15,483
queue, I will ask the clerk to

3297
01:58:13,050 --> 01:58:16,450
call the roll.

3298
01:58:15,583 --> 01:58:16,916
» Council member warren.

3299
01:58:16,716 --> 01:58:18,183
» Aye.

3300
01:58:17,383 --> 01:58:19,316
» Council member shaffer.

3301
01:58:18,416 --> 01:58:19,916
» Aye.

3302
01:58:19,416 --> 01:58:21,083
» Chughtai.

3303
01:58:20,316 --> 01:58:21,783
» Nay.

3304
01:58:21,416 --> 01:58:23,150
» Whiting.

3305
01:58:21,883 --> 01:58:23,716
» Aye.

3306
01:58:23,316 --> 01:58:24,750
» Chowdhury.

3307
01:58:23,816 --> 01:58:25,550
» No.

3308
01:58:24,850 --> 01:58:26,783
» Stevenson.

3309
01:58:25,650 --> 01:58:27,383
» No.

3310
01:58:26,883 --> 01:58:28,716
» Rainville.

3311
01:58:27,483 --> 01:58:29,350
» Aye.

3312
01:58:28,983 --> 01:58:31,016
» Vetaw.

3313
01:58:29,450 --> 01:58:31,483
» Aye.

3314
01:58:31,150 --> 01:58:32,316
» Palmisano.

3315
01:58:32,183 --> 01:58:33,183
» Aye.

3316
01:58:32,683 --> 01:58:37,050
» Chavez.

3317
01:58:33,750 --> 01:58:37,350
» Aye. No!

3318
01:58:37,150 --> 01:58:37,616
no.

3319
01:58:37,450 --> 01:58:39,216
[laughter]

3320
01:58:38,816 --> 01:58:39,816
» Osman.

3321
01:58:39,383 --> 01:58:41,016
» Aye.

3322
01:58:40,683 --> 01:58:42,916
» President payne.

3323
01:58:41,116 --> 01:58:45,683
» Nay.

3324
01:58:43,016 --> 01:58:45,916
» There are seven ayes and five

3325
01:58:45,783 --> 01:58:51,883
noes.

3326
01:58:46,183 --> 01:58:53,283
» Tt item carries. Next, is

3327
01:58:51,983 --> 01:58:53,950
the report of our enterprise and

3328
01:58:53,383 --> 01:58:55,616
labor relations committee which

3329
01:58:54,050 --> 01:58:56,916
will be presented by its chair,

3330
01:58:55,716 --> 01:58:59,583
council member palmisano.

3331
01:58:57,016 --> 01:59:00,216
» Thank you, mr. President. The

3332
01:58:59,683 --> 01:59:02,016
enterprise and labor relations

3333
01:59:00,316 --> 01:59:03,650
committee has 10 items to bring

3334
01:59:02,116 --> 01:59:07,983
forward today. I think all are

3335
01:59:03,750 --> 01:59:10,916
non-controversial here. First is

3336
01:59:08,083 --> 01:59:12,583
a legislative process reform

3337
01:59:11,016 --> 01:59:15,916
research and recommendations

3338
01:59:12,683 --> 01:59:16,516
request. Item 2 is a bid for the

3339
01:59:16,016 --> 01:59:17,983
fire department training

3340
01:59:16,616 --> 01:59:21,116
apparatus expansion project.

3341
01:59:18,083 --> 01:59:21,983
item 3 is what we think is the

3342
01:59:21,216 --> 01:59:24,250
last small contract amendment

3343
01:59:22,083 --> 01:59:26,883
with shaw lundquist for the city

3344
01:59:24,350 --> 01:59:30,150
hall restack phase 3 project.

3345
01:59:26,983 --> 01:59:31,416
item 4 is contract with saba

3346
01:59:30,250 --> 01:59:32,083
software for enterprise wide

3347
01:59:31,516 --> 01:59:34,050
performance management system

3348
01:59:32,183 --> 01:59:37,150
support and maintenance. Item

3349
01:59:34,150 --> 01:59:40,083
five is a legal settlement with

3350
01:59:37,250 --> 01:59:44,383
cameron cecchini. Item 6 is a

3351
01:59:40,183 --> 01:59:46,116
legal settlement that is a

3352
01:59:44,483 --> 01:59:48,550
workers' comp claim of terrence

3353
01:59:46,216 --> 01:59:50,450
floyd. 7 is a claim settlement

3354
01:59:48,650 --> 01:59:51,283
minneapolis convention center

3355
01:59:50,550 --> 01:59:53,916
claim against northern states

3356
01:59:51,383 --> 01:59:55,883
power company. We are receiving

3357
01:59:54,016 --> 01:59:59,783
money in that situation. Eight

3358
01:59:57,750 --> 02:00:01,050
is indebtedness and bond

3359
01:59:59,883 --> 02:00:02,550
issuance authorization related

3360
02:00:01,150 --> 02:00:03,783
to capital improvement bonds. We

3361
02:00:02,650 --> 02:00:05,983
had a short conversation about

3362
02:00:03,883 --> 02:00:07,416
that in committee. Nine is an

3363
02:00:06,083 --> 02:00:08,883
appointed position in the health

3364
02:00:07,516 --> 02:00:10,216
department for the director of

3365
02:00:08,983 --> 02:00:11,950
environmental health. That is

3366
02:00:10,316 --> 02:00:14,750
just taking an old position and

3367
02:00:12,050 --> 02:00:15,883
refreshing it. Item 10 is an

3368
02:00:14,850 --> 02:00:16,983
enterprise and labor relations

3369
02:00:15,983 --> 02:00:20,183
committee work plan. I'm happy

3370
02:00:17,083 --> 02:00:21,650
to answer any questions. Oh

3371
02:00:20,283 --> 02:00:24,816
wait. But I move all of these

3372
02:00:21,750 --> 02:00:25,983
forward for approval.

3373
02:00:24,916 --> 02:00:27,083
» Council member palmisano has

3374
02:00:26,083 --> 02:00:27,816
moved approval of the

3375
02:00:27,183 --> 02:00:31,350
committee's report. Is there any

3376
02:00:27,916 --> 02:00:35,150
discussion? Seeing none, I'll

3377
02:00:31,450 --> 02:00:36,650
ask the clerk to call the roll.

3378
02:00:35,816 --> 02:00:36,916
» Council member warren.

3379
02:00:36,750 --> 02:00:39,216
» Aye.

3380
02:00:37,283 --> 02:00:40,483
» Council member shaffer. >> a

3381
02:00:39,316 --> 02:00:41,416
» Council member chughtai.

3382
02:00:40,583 --> 02:00:41,850
» Aye.

3383
02:00:41,516 --> 02:00:43,316
» Whiting.

3384
02:00:42,150 --> 02:00:43,816
» Aye.

3385
02:00:43,450 --> 02:00:44,683
» Chowdhury.

3386
02:00:43,916 --> 02:00:45,150
» Aye.

3387
02:00:44,850 --> 02:00:46,316
» Stevenson.

3388
02:00:45,250 --> 02:00:46,950
» Aye.

3389
02:00:46,416 --> 02:00:47,950
» Rainville.

3390
02:00:47,050 --> 02:00:48,250
» Aye.

3391
02:00:48,050 --> 02:00:50,316
» Vetaw.

3392
02:00:48,783 --> 02:00:50,850
» Aye.

3393
02:00:50,450 --> 02:00:51,650
» Palmisano.

3394
02:00:51,516 --> 02:00:52,383
» Aye.

3395
02:00:52,116 --> 02:00:53,483
» Chavez.

3396
02:00:53,350 --> 02:00:54,950
» Aye.

3397
02:00:53,816 --> 02:00:55,183
» Vice president osman.

3398
02:00:55,050 --> 02:00:56,550
» Aye.

3399
02:00:55,283 --> 02:00:57,150
» President payne.

3400
02:00:56,783 --> 02:00:58,316
» Aye.

3401
02:00:57,250 --> 02:00:59,416
» There are 12 ayes.

3402
02:00:58,416 --> 02:01:02,283
» That carries and the report

3403
02:00:59,850 --> 02:01:03,616
is adopd. Finally, we have the

3404
02:01:02,383 --> 02:01:05,550
public health safety and equity

3405
02:01:03,716 --> 02:01:07,716
committee which will be

3406
02:01:05,650 --> 02:01:08,750
presented by that committee's

3407
02:01:07,816 --> 02:01:14,416
chair, council member chavez.

3408
02:01:12,250 --> 02:01:15,050
» Thank you, mr. President,

3409
02:01:14,516 --> 02:01:16,050
public health, safety and equity

3410
02:01:15,150 --> 02:01:21,116
committee is bringing seven

3411
02:01:16,150 --> 02:01:23,216
items. One is appointing dr.

3412
02:01:21,216 --> 02:01:25,383
freeman to the appointed

3413
02:01:23,316 --> 02:01:27,216
position for fire chief. I will

3414
02:01:25,483 --> 02:01:29,416
move that for a separate vote.

3415
02:01:27,316 --> 02:01:31,283
two is contract with hennepin

3416
02:01:29,516 --> 02:01:34,883
technical college for the police

3417
02:01:31,383 --> 02:01:36,650
cadet program. Three is contract

3418
02:01:34,983 --> 02:01:38,816
amendment with govworx inc.

3419
02:01:36,750 --> 02:01:40,816
item 4 authorizes a contract

3420
02:01:38,916 --> 02:01:42,183
amendment with the center for

3421
02:01:40,916 --> 02:01:44,283
multicultural mediation for

3422
02:01:42,283 --> 02:01:46,683
community trauma services. Item

3423
02:01:46,150 --> 02:01:47,916
5 authorizes a contract

3424
02:01:46,766 --> 02:01:49,116
amendment with a mother's love

3425
02:01:48,016 --> 02:01:51,016
initiative for community trauma

3426
02:01:49,216 --> 02:01:52,483
response services. Six accepts a

3427
02:01:51,116 --> 02:01:53,783
grant for the minnesota

3428
02:01:52,583 --> 02:01:55,750
department of health to provide

3429
02:01:53,883 --> 02:01:56,583
a family home visiting services

3430
02:01:55,833 --> 02:01:58,716
and authorizing an agreement

3431
02:01:56,683 --> 02:02:01,650
with the state of minnesota for

3432
02:01:58,816 --> 02:02:05,350
the grant. Item 7 approves a

3433
02:02:01,750 --> 02:02:07,616
legislative directive related to

3434
02:02:05,450 --> 02:02:08,383
the neighborhood safety

3435
02:02:07,716 --> 02:02:12,250
department contract audit. I

3436
02:02:08,483 --> 02:02:14,016
move item number one for a

3437
02:02:12,350 --> 02:02:14,883
separate vote and discussion.

3438
02:02:14,116 --> 02:02:16,350
» Council member chavez has

3439
02:02:14,983 --> 02:02:17,750
moved approval of the committee

3440
02:02:16,450 --> 02:02:21,150
report minus item one. Is there

3441
02:02:17,850 --> 02:02:23,683
any discussion on the remainder

3442
02:02:21,250 --> 02:02:26,683
of the report? Seeing none, I'll

3443
02:02:23,766 --> 02:02:29,550
ask the clerk to call the roll

3444
02:02:26,783 --> 02:02:30,716
on all items except item number

3445
02:02:29,650 --> 02:02:31,283
one.

3446
02:02:30,816 --> 02:02:32,116
» Council member warren.

3447
02:02:31,383 --> 02:02:32,583
» Aye.

3448
02:02:32,250 --> 02:02:33,616
» Shaffer.

3449
02:02:32,683 --> 02:02:34,416
» Aye.

3450
02:02:33,716 --> 02:02:35,383
» Chughtai.

3451
02:02:34,516 --> 02:02:35,750
» Aye.

3452
02:02:35,483 --> 02:02:36,566
» Whiting.

3453
02:02:35,850 --> 02:02:37,116
» Aye.

3454
02:02:36,683 --> 02:02:38,016
» Chowdhury.

3455
02:02:37,216 --> 02:02:38,450
» Aye.

3456
02:02:38,150 --> 02:02:39,450
» Stevenson.

3457
02:02:38,550 --> 02:02:39,983
» Aye.

3458
02:02:39,583 --> 02:02:41,116
» Rainville.

3459
02:02:40,083 --> 02:02:41,616
» Aye.

3460
02:02:41,283 --> 02:02:42,450
» Vetaw.

3461
02:02:41,716 --> 02:02:42,983
» Aye.

3462
02:02:42,550 --> 02:02:43,583
» Palmisano.

3463
02:02:43,083 --> 02:02:44,316
» Aye.

3464
02:02:44,016 --> 02:02:44,683
» Chavez.

3465
02:02:44,450 --> 02:02:45,983
» Aye.

3466
02:02:45,516 --> 02:02:46,250
» Vice president osman.

3467
02:02:46,116 --> 02:02:46,883
» Aye.

3468
02:02:46,416 --> 02:02:47,383
» President payne.

3469
02:02:47,116 --> 02:02:49,516
» Aye.

3470
02:02:47,483 --> 02:02:52,050
» There are 12 ayes.

3471
02:02:49,616 --> 02:02:53,683
» Those items carry. Next, we

3472
02:02:52,150 --> 02:02:57,383
will take up item number one. I

3473
02:02:53,783 --> 02:02:57,716
there a motion for item number

3474
02:02:57,483 --> 02:03:01,250
one?

3475
02:02:57,916 --> 02:03:01,550
» I will make a motion to move

3476
02:03:01,350 --> 02:03:03,250
approval.

3477
02:03:01,650 --> 02:03:03,716
» For approval. Is there a

3478
02:03:03,350 --> 02:03:04,716
second?

3479
02:03:03,816 --> 02:03:05,950
» Second.

3480
02:03:04,950 --> 02:03:07,050
» Item number one has been

3481
02:03:06,050 --> 02:03:12,383
moved for approval and seconded.

3482
02:03:07,150 --> 02:03:16,450
is there any discussion? Oh. I

3483
02:03:12,483 --> 02:03:20,683
see mayor frey has joined us. H

3484
02:03:16,550 --> 02:03:24,350
want to jump in?

3485
02:03:20,950 --> 02:03:27,116
» Mr. Chair, yes. And just

3486
02:03:24,450 --> 02:03:29,450
assumedly we are talking about

3487
02:03:27,216 --> 02:03:31,650
the renomination for fire chief.

3488
02:03:29,550 --> 02:03:33,183
thank you. Thank you. Good

3489
02:03:31,750 --> 02:03:33,916
afternoon, council president,

3490
02:03:33,283 --> 02:03:36,116
vice president, and council

3491
02:03:34,016 --> 02:03:38,150
members. Thanks again for having

3492
02:03:36,216 --> 02:03:40,683
me here today to discuss the

3493
02:03:38,250 --> 02:03:42,116
nomination of our next fire

3494
02:03:40,783 --> 02:03:44,116
chief. So when we started the

3495
02:03:42,216 --> 02:03:45,416
search for this fire chief in

3496
02:03:44,216 --> 02:03:48,383
the minneapolis fire department,

3497
02:03:45,716 --> 02:03:51,116
my top goal was to get someone

3498
02:03:48,483 --> 02:03:52,950
into this role who could lead a

3499
02:03:51,216 --> 02:03:55,316
team that has been known for its

3500
02:03:53,050 --> 02:03:57,050
excellence but also lead a team

3501
02:03:55,416 --> 02:03:58,383
into the future that's

3502
02:03:57,150 --> 02:04:00,916
recognizing innovation and

3503
02:03:58,483 --> 02:04:01,983
technology, that's understanding

3504
02:04:01,016 --> 02:04:03,783
the managerial expertise for

3505
02:04:02,083 --> 02:04:05,316
this department, and is someone

3506
02:04:03,883 --> 02:04:06,816
who understands the importance

3507
02:04:05,583 --> 02:04:07,816
of integration of this fire

3508
02:04:06,916 --> 02:04:10,783
department into a broader safety

3509
02:04:07,916 --> 02:04:14,083
ecosystem. During that search,

3510
02:04:11,016 --> 02:04:15,450
we found a really strong field

3511
02:04:14,250 --> 02:04:17,216
of impressive candidates. And

3512
02:04:15,550 --> 02:04:21,016
there was an individual who rose

3513
02:04:17,316 --> 02:04:22,450
to the top, and that's why we've

3514
02:04:21,116 --> 02:04:25,050
nominated dr. Reginald freeman

3515
02:04:22,550 --> 02:04:27,116
to the position of fire chief.

3516
02:04:25,150 --> 02:04:29,450
dr. Freeman's impressive resume

3517
02:04:27,350 --> 02:04:31,583
is one that speaks for itself.

3518
02:04:29,550 --> 02:04:33,483
former chief of both the oakland

3519
02:04:31,683 --> 02:04:35,883
and hartford fire departments.

3520
02:04:33,583 --> 02:04:37,083
dr. Freeman has demonstrated an

3521
02:04:35,983 --> 02:04:38,683
ability to lead organizations

3522
02:04:37,183 --> 02:04:40,716
and leave them better than when

3523
02:04:39,016 --> 02:04:44,983
he started. But even more

3524
02:04:40,816 --> 02:04:46,716
impressive than his resume, dr.

3525
02:04:45,083 --> 02:04:47,716
freeman has demonstrated and

3526
02:04:46,816 --> 02:04:49,950
leaves an impression with those

3527
02:04:48,016 --> 02:04:52,183
he works with. I believe you all

3528
02:04:50,050 --> 02:04:53,983
have access to the over 20

3529
02:04:52,283 --> 02:04:55,383
letters of support for dr.

3530
02:04:54,083 --> 02:04:57,816
freeman's confirmation. These

3531
02:04:55,483 --> 02:05:00,216
letters come from fire chiefs,

3532
02:04:57,916 --> 02:05:03,116
firefighters, labor leaders,

3533
02:05:00,316 --> 02:05:04,683
elected officials. I've spoke

3534
02:05:03,216 --> 02:05:07,016
with mayors he had worked with

3535
02:05:04,783 --> 02:05:07,650
and for. Educators as well as

3536
02:05:07,116 --> 02:05:10,750
community leaders throughout the

3537
02:05:07,750 --> 02:05:16,250
united states. They speak to his

3538
02:05:10,850 --> 02:05:17,250
integrity, his consistency, his

3539
02:05:16,350 --> 02:05:18,483
servant leadership and

3540
02:05:17,350 --> 02:05:22,216
compassion for this work and

3541
02:05:18,583 --> 02:05:23,350
people who he works with.

3542
02:05:22,316 --> 02:05:25,250
something that also struck me as

3543
02:05:23,450 --> 02:05:26,750
important is this is not the

3544
02:05:25,350 --> 02:05:29,083
first time that the doctor has

3545
02:05:26,850 --> 02:05:32,550
interviewed for this position. I

3546
02:05:29,183 --> 02:05:33,550
want people that want to be in

3547
02:05:32,650 --> 02:05:35,550
minneapolis. The first go around

3548
02:05:33,650 --> 02:05:37,850
when he interviewed, he also did

3549
02:05:35,650 --> 02:05:42,616
an impressive job. But he wasn't

3550
02:05:37,950 --> 02:05:45,283
selected. And someone who steps

3551
02:05:42,716 --> 02:05:47,383
up, fails to get the nomination,

3552
02:05:45,383 --> 02:05:49,016
and steps up again signals

3553
02:05:47,483 --> 02:05:50,183
someone that has commitment to

3554
02:05:49,116 --> 02:05:53,350
this city and really wants to be

3555
02:05:50,283 --> 02:05:55,116
here. If you talk to him, he

3556
02:05:53,450 --> 02:05:57,150
wants to be here. If you talk to

3557
02:05:55,216 --> 02:05:57,883
him, he wants to have his family

3558
02:05:57,250 --> 02:06:00,150
here. He understands the

3559
02:05:57,983 --> 02:06:03,983
importance of the work that

3560
02:06:00,250 --> 02:06:04,616
we're doing. And like I did,

3561
02:06:04,083 --> 02:06:08,816
understands minneapolis is a

3562
02:06:04,716 --> 02:06:10,950
place where he wants to be. And

3563
02:06:09,083 --> 02:06:13,883
so I want to thank our whole

3564
02:06:11,050 --> 02:06:14,883
fire department. I want to thank

3565
02:06:13,983 --> 02:06:17,883
our commissioner who has done

3566
02:06:14,983 --> 02:06:20,883
really a great job leading this

3567
02:06:17,983 --> 02:06:23,383
search as well as managing the

3568
02:06:20,983 --> 02:06:25,050
office. I want to thank chief

3569
02:06:23,483 --> 02:06:26,650
melanie rucker for stepping up

3570
02:06:25,150 --> 02:06:28,016
over the last several months

3571
02:06:26,750 --> 02:06:30,116
leading this team especially

3572
02:06:28,116 --> 02:06:34,750
through the very difficult times

3573
02:06:30,550 --> 02:06:38,083
of january and february of 2026.

3574
02:06:34,850 --> 02:06:42,150
that guidance will always be

3575
02:06:38,183 --> 02:06:44,516
deeply appreciated. And with

3576
02:06:42,250 --> 02:06:46,450
that, it is with great privilege

3577
02:06:44,616 --> 02:06:48,583
that I recommend dr. Reginald

3578
02:06:46,550 --> 02:06:49,683
freeman for confirmation of fire

3579
02:06:48,683 --> 02:06:51,183
chief of the minneapolis fire

3580
02:06:49,783 --> 02:06:54,083
department. And I ask for your

3581
02:06:51,283 --> 02:06:54,950
support. Thank you for your

3582
02:06:54,183 --> 02:06:55,950
time, council members.

3583
02:06:55,133 --> 02:06:57,350
» Council member vetaw.

3584
02:06:56,183 --> 02:07:00,650
» Thank you, president payne.

3585
02:06:57,450 --> 02:07:02,450
colleagues, I want to briefly

3586
02:07:00,750 --> 02:07:04,616
explain my vote on the

3587
02:07:02,550 --> 02:07:06,450
appointment of dr. Reginald

3588
02:07:04,716 --> 02:07:08,716
freeman. This has been a

3589
02:07:06,550 --> 02:07:09,483
difficult decision for me. I

3590
02:07:08,816 --> 02:07:10,983
took this appointment very

3591
02:07:09,583 --> 02:07:13,283
serious like I do all of them.

3592
02:07:11,083 --> 02:07:14,250
because the leadership of our

3593
02:07:13,383 --> 02:07:15,150
fire department directly impacts

3594
02:07:14,383 --> 02:07:16,816
e safety of our firefighters

3595
02:07:15,250 --> 02:07:18,416
and our residents. I had the

3596
02:07:16,916 --> 02:07:20,616
opportunity to meet one on one

3597
02:07:18,516 --> 02:07:22,750
with dr. Freeman, and I want to

3598
02:07:20,850 --> 02:07:25,383
be honest that I came away with

3599
02:07:22,850 --> 02:07:27,616
concerns. Some of those concerns

3600
02:07:25,483 --> 02:07:29,783
relate to his professional

3601
02:07:27,716 --> 02:07:30,350
experience, and others stem from

3602
02:07:29,883 --> 02:07:32,016
our conversation about his

3603
02:07:30,450 --> 02:07:35,216
vision and leadership. I believe

3604
02:07:32,116 --> 02:07:36,716
it is my responsibility to

3605
02:07:35,316 --> 02:07:38,650
thoroughly evaluate every

3606
02:07:36,816 --> 02:07:39,983
nominee and ask the hard

3607
02:07:38,750 --> 02:07:41,116
questions. During our

3608
02:07:40,083 --> 02:07:43,783
conversation, we also discussed

3609
02:07:41,216 --> 02:07:46,050
the lawsuit involving his

3610
02:07:43,883 --> 02:07:47,183
previous department. Dr. Freeman

3611
02:07:46,150 --> 02:07:48,783
shared he was not personally

3612
02:07:47,283 --> 02:07:51,116
named in the lawsuit, and that

3613
02:07:48,883 --> 02:07:53,050
was not about him directly.

3614
02:07:51,216 --> 02:07:54,350
while I appreciate the

3615
02:07:53,150 --> 02:07:55,883
clarification, I also share my

3616
02:07:54,450 --> 02:07:57,416
concern that as the leader of

3617
02:07:55,983 --> 02:07:59,516
the department, these events

3618
02:07:57,516 --> 02:08:01,416
occurred under hisleadership.

3619
02:07:59,983 --> 02:08:03,783
my concern is not simply rather

3620
02:08:01,516 --> 02:08:06,950
he was personally named, but

3621
02:08:03,883 --> 02:08:08,050
rather the women who were

3622
02:08:07,050 --> 02:08:09,716
involved were adequately

3623
02:08:08,150 --> 02:08:11,516
protected and supported. We have

3624
02:08:09,816 --> 02:08:12,483
deep respect for the women who

3625
02:08:11,616 --> 02:08:14,616
serve in our fire department,

3626
02:08:12,583 --> 02:08:15,716
and I want to ensure they are

3627
02:08:14,716 --> 02:08:17,516
working in an environment where

3628
02:08:15,816 --> 02:08:20,183
they are safe, respected and

3629
02:08:17,616 --> 02:08:22,450
treated with dignity. I also met

3630
02:08:20,283 --> 02:08:23,583
with representatives from the

3631
02:08:22,550 --> 02:08:25,516
minneapolis firefighters union

3632
02:08:23,683 --> 02:08:27,883
to hear directly from the men

3633
02:08:25,616 --> 02:08:29,816
and women who served in this

3634
02:08:27,983 --> 02:08:33,116
department every day. Their

3635
02:08:29,950 --> 02:08:34,750
pport for dr. Freeman weighed

3636
02:08:33,216 --> 02:08:36,083
heavily in my decision. While I

3637
02:08:34,850 --> 02:08:37,883
still ve reservations, I

3638
02:08:36,183 --> 02:08:40,050
respect the confidence they have

3639
02:08:37,983 --> 02:08:42,283
in his ability to lead. I would

3640
02:08:40,150 --> 02:08:43,683
also encourage dr. Freeman to

3641
02:08:42,383 --> 02:08:45,716
take the time to learn from the

3642
02:08:43,783 --> 02:08:46,883
people already serving in this

3643
02:08:45,816 --> 02:08:48,683
department. In my experience,

3644
02:08:46,983 --> 02:08:51,283
firefighters have been among the

3645
02:08:48,783 --> 02:08:53,150
most loyal public servants. They

3646
02:08:51,383 --> 02:08:55,083
share unbreakable bonds with one

3647
02:08:53,250 --> 02:08:56,783
another, and have built a

3648
02:08:55,183 --> 02:08:59,250
culture rooted in service,

3649
02:08:56,883 --> 02:09:01,883
trust, and teamwork. I also want

3650
02:08:59,683 --> 02:09:03,816
to recognize that minneapolis is

3651
02:09:01,983 --> 02:09:04,783
fortune to have exceptional

3652
02:09:03,916 --> 02:09:06,616
talent within our own fire

3653
02:09:04,883 --> 02:09:09,350
department. We have dedicated

3654
02:09:06,716 --> 02:09:10,283
leaders who know our city,

3655
02:09:09,450 --> 02:09:12,150
understand our neighbhoods,

3656
02:09:10,383 --> 02:09:13,983
have built relationships wit

3657
02:09:12,250 --> 02:09:15,616
our communities, and know how to

3658
02:09:14,083 --> 02:09:16,716
work within the systems and

3659
02:09:15,716 --> 02:09:18,516
partnerships that already exist.

3660
02:09:17,150 --> 02:09:21,383
we are fortunate to have the

3661
02:09:18,616 --> 02:09:23,916
talent, and I hope we will

3662
02:09:21,483 --> 02:09:24,916
lean -- I hope dr. Freeman will

3663
02:09:24,016 --> 02:09:25,783
lean onhe knowledge and

3664
02:09:25,016 --> 02:09:27,616
experience of those already

3665
02:09:25,883 --> 02:09:29,750
serving in this department.

3666
02:09:27,716 --> 02:09:31,650
going into this process, I

3667
02:09:29,850 --> 02:09:32,916
believe the next fire chief

3668
02:09:31,750 --> 02:09:33,916
could come from within

3669
02:09:33,016 --> 02:09:36,583
minneapolifire department. We

3670
02:09:34,016 --> 02:09:37,950
have a highly qualified internal

3671
02:09:36,683 --> 02:09:40,016
candidate who stepped forward

3672
02:09:38,050 --> 02:09:42,150
becausehey have dedicated

3673
02:09:40,116 --> 02:09:43,916
their careers to serving this

3674
02:09:42,250 --> 02:09:45,483
city and have earned the respect

3675
02:09:44,650 --> 02:09:47,616
of their colleagues. They

3676
02:09:45,583 --> 02:09:48,250
understand the department's

3677
02:09:47,716 --> 02:09:49,416
culture, the unique challenges

3678
02:09:48,350 --> 02:09:50,683
facing minneapolis, and the

3679
02:09:49,516 --> 02:09:53,783
relationship they have built

3680
02:09:50,783 --> 02:09:54,383
with our communities. I want to

3681
02:09:53,883 --> 02:09:57,083
acknowledge those interl

3682
02:09:54,483 --> 02:09:58,616
candidates and thank tm for

3683
02:09:57,183 --> 02:10:00,483
their willingness to lead, their

3684
02:09:58,716 --> 02:10:01,650
experience, their commitment and

3685
02:10:00,583 --> 02:10:02,183
institutional knowledge remain

3686
02:10:01,733 --> 02:10:05,783
tremendous assets to this

3687
02:10:02,283 --> 02:10:07,850
department. Over many years,

3688
02:10:05,883 --> 02:10:09,216
this department has made

3689
02:10:07,950 --> 02:10:10,750
meaningful progress in

3690
02:10:09,316 --> 02:10:12,383
recruiting, retaining and

3691
02:10:10,850 --> 02:10:14,050
promoting black, indigenous, and

3692
02:10:12,483 --> 02:10:16,816
other people of color, as well

3693
02:10:14,250 --> 02:10:18,150
as women. The pathways program

3694
02:10:16,916 --> 02:10:20,150
has been instrumental in

3695
02:10:18,250 --> 02:10:21,150
building and sustaining the

3696
02:10:20,250 --> 02:10:22,550
diversity that the minneapolis

3697
02:10:21,250 --> 02:10:25,316
fire department is known for

3698
02:10:22,650 --> 02:10:26,983
today. It has created

3699
02:10:25,416 --> 02:10:28,216
opportunities for people who may

3700
02:10:27,083 --> 02:10:30,150
not have otherwise seen

3701
02:10:28,316 --> 02:10:31,483
themselves in this profession

3702
02:10:30,250 --> 02:10:33,650
and it has helped build a

3703
02:10:31,583 --> 02:10:34,683
department that better reflects

3704
02:10:33,750 --> 02:10:37,583
the community it serves. Without

3705
02:10:34,783 --> 02:10:40,683
the pathway program, we will

3706
02:10:37,683 --> 02:10:41,516
not have seen the growth in

3707
02:10:40,783 --> 02:10:43,616
number of women serving in this

3708
02:10:41,616 --> 02:10:45,350
department. As we move forward,

3709
02:10:43,716 --> 02:10:47,983
I believe it's critical we

3710
02:10:45,450 --> 02:10:49,550
continue building on that

3711
02:10:48,083 --> 02:10:51,516
process, not start forward.

3712
02:10:49,633 --> 02:10:52,883
women already serving in

3713
02:10:51,616 --> 02:10:54,116
leadership positions in this

3714
02:10:52,983 --> 02:10:56,783
department have played an

3715
02:10:54,216 --> 02:10:58,383
important role in advancing this

3716
02:10:56,883 --> 02:10:59,050
work. And their experience and

3717
02:10:58,483 --> 02:11:01,316
persctive should continue to

3718
02:10:59,583 --> 02:11:02,350
be valued as we strengthen and

3719
02:11:01,416 --> 02:11:04,950
grow the department. Because of

3720
02:11:02,450 --> 02:11:07,450
that, I will be voting yes to

3721
02:11:05,050 --> 02:11:08,950
dr. Freeman today, but with

3722
02:11:07,550 --> 02:11:10,750
hesitation. My vote comes with

3723
02:11:09,050 --> 02:11:14,050
the expectation that dr. Freeman

3724
02:11:10,850 --> 02:11:17,650
will work to earn the trust of

3725
02:11:14,150 --> 02:11:21,583
the firefighters he will lead,

3726
02:11:17,750 --> 02:11:23,650
demonstrate, with strong

3727
02:11:21,683 --> 02:11:24,450
transparent leadership, improve

3728
02:11:23,750 --> 02:11:26,583
morale, protect the progress

3729
02:11:24,550 --> 02:11:27,916
this department has made, and

3730
02:11:26,716 --> 02:11:28,950
ways put the safety and

3731
02:11:28,016 --> 02:11:29,583
wellbeing of both our

3732
02:11:29,050 --> 02:11:35,283
firefighters and our residents

3733
02:11:29,716 --> 02:11:36,483
fit. I also expect fairness

3734
02:11:35,383 --> 02:11:38,250
from leaders. Every firefighter

3735
02:11:36,583 --> 02:11:39,350
deserves to be treated with

3736
02:11:38,350 --> 02:11:41,350
respect, professionalism and

3737
02:11:39,450 --> 02:11:42,816
equity regardless of their

3738
02:11:41,450 --> 02:11:44,450
background or rank. Those

3739
02:11:42,916 --> 02:11:48,433
expectations are not optional.

3740
02:11:44,550 --> 02:11:50,233
they are fundamental to good

3741
02:11:48,533 --> 02:11:51,566
leadership. Sincerely hope dr.

3742
02:11:50,333 --> 02:11:54,566
freeman is successful because

3743
02:11:51,666 --> 02:11:57,100
the success of our fire chief

3744
02:11:54,666 --> 02:11:59,133
means a stronger fire department

3745
02:11:57,200 --> 02:12:02,500
and a safer minneapolis. Dr.

3746
02:11:59,233 --> 02:12:04,333
freeman, I know you're not here,

3747
02:12:02,600 --> 02:12:05,400
but I hope you're listening.

3748
02:12:04,433 --> 02:12:09,133
monitoring the department

3749
02:12:05,500 --> 02:12:11,033
progress and holding its

3750
02:12:09,233 --> 02:12:12,566
leadership accountable. I will

3751
02:12:11,333 --> 02:12:14,633
be paying close attention to how

3752
02:12:12,666 --> 02:12:15,966
you lead, how you treat the men

3753
02:12:14,733 --> 02:12:16,900
and women o this department and

3754
02:12:16,066 --> 02:12:18,833
whether you follow through on

3755
02:12:17,000 --> 02:12:20,433
the commitments you have made. I

3756
02:12:18,933 --> 02:12:21,800
hope you earn the trust of this

3757
02:12:20,533 --> 02:12:22,300
council and the firefighters you

3758
02:12:21,900 --> 02:12:24,966
lead and the people of

3759
02:12:22,400 --> 02:12:26,200
minneapolis. Thank you.

3760
02:12:25,416 --> 02:12:28,000
» Vice president osman.

3761
02:12:26,433 --> 02:12:29,866
» Thank you, council president.

3762
02:12:28,400 --> 02:12:34,266
I had a brief conversation with

3763
02:12:29,966 --> 02:12:36,166
dr. Freeman. Really impressed me

3764
02:12:34,366 --> 02:12:36,933
hisresume, his international

3765
02:12:36,266 --> 02:12:39,133
and national experience.

3766
02:12:37,033 --> 02:12:40,966
we are attracting one of the

3767
02:12:39,233 --> 02:12:42,933
best and brightest people in the

3768
02:12:41,066 --> 02:12:45,166
nation. And I think were lucky

3769
02:12:43,033 --> 02:12:48,566
to hav him. I lk forward

3770
02:12:45,266 --> 02:12:52,000
working with him. We talked

3771
02:12:48,666 --> 02:12:53,133
about, you know staffing, the

3772
02:12:52,100 --> 02:12:56,000
old equipment challenges that

3773
02:12:53,233 --> 02:12:57,833
how we need to upgrade fire

3774
02:12:56,100 --> 02:13:00,500
department. And also, I talked

3775
02:12:57,933 --> 02:13:02,733
to the, you know, the fire union

3776
02:13:00,600 --> 02:13:04,050
that are here to represent. And

3777
02:13:02,833 --> 02:13:05,266
they really had great things to

3778
02:13:04,166 --> 02:13:09,433
say and they're excited to work

3779
02:13:05,366 --> 02:13:11,333
with him. So I would say we're

3780
02:13:09,533 --> 02:13:13,766
lucky to have you. Welcome, and

3781
02:13:11,466 --> 02:13:17,533
we look forward, you know, in

3782
02:13:13,866 --> 02:13:21,833
your leadership to lead us safer

3783
02:13:17,633 --> 02:13:22,933
city, a better city, and a

3784
02:13:21,933 --> 02:13:24,416
wonderful fire department city

3785
02:13:23,033 --> 02:13:27,233
of minneapolis. So thank you,

3786
02:13:24,533 --> 02:13:28,400
council president.

3787
02:13:27,333 --> 02:13:29,633
» Council member warren.

3788
02:13:28,500 --> 02:13:32,466
» Thank you, council president

3789
02:13:29,733 --> 02:13:42,933
payne. I want to echo a lot of

3790
02:13:32,566 --> 02:13:45,900
what my council colleague stated

3791
02:13:43,033 --> 02:13:48,333
latrisha vetaw. It was a chef's

3792
02:13:46,000 --> 02:13:51,800
kiss. That was great. I also had

3793
02:13:49,233 --> 02:13:54,000
a sit down conversation with mr.

3794
02:13:51,900 --> 02:13:56,100
freeman, dr. Freeman. And I also

3795
02:13:54,100 --> 02:13:57,733
spoke with our fire's union. One

3796
02:13:56,233 --> 02:13:59,900
of the things that really stood

3797
02:13:57,833 --> 02:14:00,933
out to me was hearing this. And

3798
02:14:00,000 --> 02:14:03,833
this wasn't the first time that

3799
02:14:01,216 --> 02:14:07,333
I heard that, you know, it's

3800
02:14:03,933 --> 02:14:11,600
difficult to attract people to

3801
02:14:07,433 --> 02:14:14,533
want to come here to minneapolis

3802
02:14:11,700 --> 02:14:15,600
because they hear whatever

3803
02:14:14,633 --> 02:14:18,000
hoopdala about the internal

3804
02:14:15,700 --> 02:14:20,400
climate here in our city. So

3805
02:14:18,100 --> 02:14:22,800
what that says to me is we have

3806
02:14:20,500 --> 02:14:25,000
to tighten up our ship. Because

3807
02:14:22,900 --> 02:14:27,000
how we treat each other in our

3808
02:14:25,100 --> 02:14:28,533
city and interdepartmentally is

3809
02:14:27,100 --> 02:14:29,866
how other people will come. And

3810
02:14:28,633 --> 02:14:32,300
they believe that it is

3811
02:14:29,966 --> 02:14:33,900
acceptable that you are to be

3812
02:14:32,400 --> 02:14:34,900
treating other people

3813
02:14:34,000 --> 02:14:36,133
interoffice or

3814
02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:38,633
interdepartmentally that way.

3815
02:14:36,233 --> 02:14:41,066
that that's accepted. You know.

3816
02:14:38,733 --> 02:14:44,066
my parents used to tell me, me

3817
02:14:41,166 --> 02:14:45,833
and my siblings, we would

3818
02:14:44,166 --> 02:14:48,166
quarrel or what have you. They

3819
02:14:45,933 --> 02:14:50,133
said when you go out into

3820
02:14:48,266 --> 02:14:51,666
community or whatever else the

3821
02:14:50,233 --> 02:14:53,400
case is or you have company to

3822
02:14:51,766 --> 02:14:55,233
come over, how you treat each

3823
02:14:53,500 --> 02:14:57,166
other is how other people

3824
02:14:55,333 --> 02:15:00,400
believe it is acceptable to

3825
02:14:57,266 --> 02:15:02,600
treat people when they come into

3826
02:15:00,500 --> 02:15:05,066
your home. So now we've got to

3827
02:15:02,700 --> 02:15:08,066
tighten up how we look at home.

3828
02:15:05,166 --> 02:15:09,833
and we have to make sure we're

3829
02:15:08,166 --> 02:15:11,900
making those concrete

3830
02:15:09,933 --> 02:15:12,766
investments. If we are saying

3831
02:15:12,000 --> 02:15:15,500
our internal candidates --

3832
02:15:12,866 --> 02:15:18,000
because looking across this

3833
02:15:15,600 --> 02:15:20,333
dais, I think minnesota has some

3834
02:15:18,083 --> 02:15:23,233
nice homegrown talent. What I'm

3835
02:15:20,433 --> 02:15:24,700
saying is if we're saying

3836
02:15:23,333 --> 02:15:27,600
interdepartmentally, when it

3837
02:15:24,800 --> 02:15:30,233
comes to investing in

3838
02:15:27,700 --> 02:15:31,133
individuals that are in our fire

3839
02:15:30,333 --> 02:15:32,466
department, police department,

3840
02:15:31,233 --> 02:15:35,366
services department, if we don't

3841
02:15:32,566 --> 02:15:37,566
have what it takes, that's our

3842
02:15:35,466 --> 02:15:39,433
fault. So we have to make those

3843
02:15:37,666 --> 02:15:41,666
concrete investments to ensure

3844
02:15:39,533 --> 02:15:43,233
that we're investing in our

3845
02:15:41,766 --> 02:15:45,166
homegrown talent and we are

3846
02:15:43,333 --> 02:15:47,700
promoting them and elevating

3847
02:15:45,266 --> 02:15:50,433
them and pushing them up so that

3848
02:15:47,800 --> 02:15:51,666
they are able to reach the next

3849
02:15:50,533 --> 02:15:53,900
pinnacle of success. That's what

3850
02:15:51,766 --> 02:15:55,333
we have to do. It's nice to have

3851
02:15:54,000 --> 02:15:57,033
other people come and we want to

3852
02:15:55,433 --> 02:15:58,333
show off our city and what have

3853
02:15:57,133 --> 02:16:00,266
you. But we also have to be

3854
02:15:58,433 --> 02:16:01,633
proud of what it is that we

3855
02:16:00,366 --> 02:16:03,600
create and we feed right here at

3856
02:16:01,733 --> 02:16:05,633
home. And I'm going to say that

3857
02:16:03,700 --> 02:16:10,366
with my whole chest, and that we

3858
02:16:05,733 --> 02:16:11,500
take care of each other and make

3859
02:16:10,466 --> 02:16:15,233
those really quality investments

3860
02:16:11,600 --> 02:16:17,366
in one another. I know that dr.

3861
02:16:15,333 --> 02:16:18,566
freeman is not here. And it

3862
02:16:17,466 --> 02:16:20,500
saddens me that he's not here

3863
02:16:18,666 --> 02:16:22,133
because I like for people to be

3864
02:16:20,600 --> 02:16:23,433
here so I can see the whites of

3865
02:16:22,233 --> 02:16:25,033
their eyes and talk to them when

3866
02:16:23,533 --> 02:16:26,700
we're talking about appointments

3867
02:16:25,133 --> 02:16:28,433
and reappointments and things

3868
02:16:26,800 --> 02:16:30,566
like that. Because it's

3869
02:16:28,533 --> 02:16:32,400
important that you are able to

3870
02:16:30,666 --> 02:16:34,766
stand in the presence of

3871
02:16:32,500 --> 02:16:36,633
individuals who are elevating

3872
02:16:34,866 --> 02:16:37,900
you and asking questions. And

3873
02:16:36,733 --> 02:16:41,833
again, those difficult

3874
02:16:38,000 --> 02:16:42,800
questions. And I did talk to him

3875
02:16:41,933 --> 02:16:44,666
about those accusations and

3876
02:16:42,900 --> 02:16:46,300
things like that because those

3877
02:16:44,766 --> 02:16:48,000
are important things to discuss.

3878
02:16:46,400 --> 02:16:48,766
and I believe that any time

3879
02:16:48,100 --> 02:16:51,366
there's something that's going

3880
02:16:49,166 --> 02:16:52,266
on when you're talking to other

3881
02:16:51,466 --> 02:16:54,200
individuals in leadership that

3882
02:16:52,366 --> 02:16:57,733
you should be able to have those

3883
02:16:54,300 --> 02:16:59,433
type of conversations and gain

3884
02:16:57,833 --> 02:17:03,633
clarity and understanding or

3885
02:16:59,533 --> 02:17:08,166
agree to even disagree. However,

3886
02:17:04,300 --> 02:17:11,066
I value every service worker,

3887
02:17:08,266 --> 02:17:12,966
everyone who works in law

3888
02:17:11,166 --> 02:17:14,833
enforcement, everyone who works

3889
02:17:13,066 --> 02:17:16,133
in our fire department here. Any

3890
02:17:14,933 --> 02:17:18,666
service to our community, I

3891
02:17:16,233 --> 02:17:20,366
value them. And I value our

3892
02:17:18,766 --> 02:17:22,033
residents. And I want to make

3893
02:17:20,466 --> 02:17:23,866
sure that whoever it is that

3894
02:17:22,133 --> 02:17:25,500
comes into our city holds that

3895
02:17:23,966 --> 02:17:27,766
same value and treats everyone

3896
02:17:25,600 --> 02:17:28,633
with that same dignity and

3897
02:17:27,850 --> 02:17:32,100
respect that they deserve

3898
02:17:28,733 --> 02:17:34,366
because it is necessary. It is

3899
02:17:32,200 --> 02:17:35,666
not an option, it's a

3900
02:17:34,466 --> 02:17:37,100
requirement and an expectation.

3901
02:17:35,766 --> 02:17:40,066
and so I'm going to be leaning

3902
02:17:37,366 --> 02:17:42,200
in to my fire union to make sure

3903
02:17:40,166 --> 02:17:43,500
that we're holding individuals

3904
02:17:42,300 --> 02:17:45,000
accountable. And if you see

3905
02:17:43,600 --> 02:17:46,966
something and you don't say

3906
02:17:45,100 --> 02:17:49,133
something, I'm pulling up. The

3907
02:17:47,066 --> 02:17:52,300
end. Thank you.

3908
02:17:49,233 --> 02:17:59,966
» Council member chughtai.

3909
02:17:52,733 --> 02:18:01,366
» Thank you, mr. President. I

3910
02:18:00,050 --> 02:18:04,000
really appreciate the discussion

3911
02:18:01,466 --> 02:18:08,166
here today. I had the

3912
02:18:04,100 --> 02:18:11,266
opportunity to meet with dr.

3913
02:18:08,266 --> 02:18:12,433
freeman yesterday and I found

3914
02:18:11,366 --> 02:18:15,033
the conversation to be really

3915
02:18:12,533 --> 02:18:17,866
wonderful. Very insightful. And

3916
02:18:15,300 --> 02:18:18,966
I think there are some really

3917
02:18:17,966 --> 02:18:22,833
incredible strengths that dr.

3918
02:18:19,066 --> 02:18:26,500
freeman is bringing to

3919
02:18:22,933 --> 02:18:27,733
minneapolis. That the mayor

3920
02:18:26,600 --> 02:18:28,300
discussed here and council

3921
02:18:27,833 --> 02:18:31,900
members have brought up in

3922
02:18:28,400 --> 02:18:34,200
discussion here today. And I

3923
02:18:32,000 --> 02:18:35,166
think that makes me excited

3924
02:18:34,300 --> 02:18:35,933
about the future of this

3925
02:18:35,266 --> 02:18:39,033
department and the direction it

3926
02:18:36,033 --> 02:18:39,966
can go in. I want us to have the

3927
02:18:39,133 --> 02:18:41,900
very best fire department in the

3928
02:18:40,066 --> 02:18:45,066
world because I believe we have

3929
02:18:42,000 --> 02:18:48,500
the best firefighters in the

3930
02:18:45,166 --> 02:18:50,033
world. And I don't think that

3931
02:18:48,600 --> 02:18:52,733
the growth in this department

3932
02:18:50,133 --> 02:18:57,333
that really needs to happen to

3933
02:18:52,833 --> 02:19:00,333
leveup is going to happen

3934
02:18:57,433 --> 02:19:02,466
without excellent leadership.

3935
02:19:00,433 --> 02:19:03,400
that matches the tenacity and

3936
02:19:02,566 --> 02:19:10,633
the grit of the firefighters

3937
02:19:03,500 --> 02:19:12,000
that work in our department. I

3938
02:19:10,733 --> 02:19:14,300
always heard a couple of things

3939
02:19:12,100 --> 02:19:17,133
that raised some concerns for me

3940
02:19:14,400 --> 02:19:19,366
and further solidified my

3941
02:19:17,233 --> 02:19:20,500
concerns about dr. Freeman and

3942
02:19:19,466 --> 02:19:22,766
understanding that I think this

3943
02:19:20,550 --> 02:19:28,366
nomination is going to be

3944
02:19:22,866 --> 02:19:29,533
approved here today. I will not

3945
02:19:28,466 --> 02:19:31,833
be, unfortunately, able to

3946
02:19:29,633 --> 02:19:37,266
support dr. Freeman here today.

3947
02:19:31,933 --> 02:19:41,366
and it is in part because of his

3948
02:19:37,366 --> 02:19:43,200
experience. I think that this

3949
02:19:41,466 --> 02:19:44,066
department is needing of

3950
02:19:43,300 --> 02:19:47,100
stability and someone who is

3951
02:19:44,166 --> 02:19:52,166
going to be here for the long

3952
02:19:47,200 --> 02:19:53,966
haul. And I think that lots of

3953
02:19:52,266 --> 02:19:56,533
the majority of the leaders of

3954
02:19:54,066 --> 02:19:57,700
the fire department as well as

3955
02:19:56,633 --> 02:19:59,600
firefighters are people who come

3956
02:19:57,800 --> 02:20:01,266
to this department and stay here

3957
02:19:59,700 --> 02:20:05,766
for a long time. Spend their

3958
02:20:01,366 --> 02:20:11,833
entire careers here. And I'm

3959
02:20:05,866 --> 02:20:12,800
worried about having who is

3960
02:20:11,933 --> 02:20:13,966
going to come into this

3961
02:20:12,900 --> 02:20:20,633
department and perhaps not serve

3962
02:20:14,066 --> 02:20:21,933
out the entirety of the term.

3963
02:20:20,733 --> 02:20:23,800
and that just raises some

3964
02:20:22,033 --> 02:20:27,566
concern for me. More

3965
02:20:23,900 --> 02:20:29,333
importantly, I think it's his

3966
02:20:27,666 --> 02:20:33,933
professional experience in

3967
02:20:29,433 --> 02:20:37,200
particular his professional

3968
02:20:34,033 --> 02:20:39,400
international experience that I

3969
02:20:37,300 --> 02:20:41,433
just want look past. In our

3970
02:20:39,500 --> 02:20:43,966
conversation, I felt as though

3971
02:20:41,533 --> 02:20:46,133
the nominee dismissed the

3972
02:20:44,066 --> 02:20:49,500
legitimate concerns that I

3973
02:20:46,233 --> 02:20:53,666
brought up about some pretty

3974
02:20:49,600 --> 02:20:56,133
severe human rights abuses that

3975
02:20:53,766 --> 02:20:58,533
happened in the organization he

3976
02:20:56,233 --> 02:21:03,166
was a leader in internationally

3977
02:20:58,633 --> 02:21:04,866
that forced the displacement of

3978
02:21:03,266 --> 02:21:11,866
20,000 indigenous peoples from

3979
02:21:04,966 --> 02:21:14,033
their homeland to build a

3980
02:21:11,966 --> 02:21:18,133
climate catastrophe indoor city

3981
02:21:14,133 --> 02:21:19,233
for the criminally wealthy. I

3982
02:21:18,233 --> 02:21:21,133
don't think that that's

3983
02:21:19,333 --> 02:21:25,133
consistent with my values. And

3984
02:21:21,700 --> 02:21:29,100
so unfortunately, I'm not able

3985
02:21:25,233 --> 02:21:33,066
to support this nomination. But

3986
02:21:29,433 --> 02:21:36,433
I wish dr. Freeman the very best

3987
02:21:33,166 --> 02:21:38,066
of luck as he embarks on this

3988
02:21:36,533 --> 02:21:39,766
journey and offer myself as a

3989
02:21:38,166 --> 02:21:40,833
partner always. The fire

3990
02:21:39,866 --> 02:21:42,766
department is one that's very

3991
02:21:40,933 --> 02:21:45,200
near and dear to me and I want

3992
02:21:43,200 --> 02:21:47,733
to make sure it's successful and

3993
02:21:45,300 --> 02:21:49,800
set up to ensure the safety of

3994
02:21:47,833 --> 02:21:51,100
our firefighters as they carry

3995
02:21:49,900 --> 02:21:52,233
out the important work on behalf

3996
02:21:51,333 --> 02:21:54,100
of our residents. Thank you, mr.

3997
02:21:52,333 --> 02:21:56,666
president.

3998
02:21:54,666 --> 02:21:59,033
» Council member whiting.

3999
02:21:56,766 --> 02:22:01,900
» Thank you, council president

4000
02:21:59,133 --> 02:22:02,866
payne. I am not a firefighter. I

4001
02:22:02,000 --> 02:22:04,200
don't purport to be a

4002
02:22:02,966 --> 02:22:08,133
firefighter and do not want to

4003
02:22:04,300 --> 02:22:10,100
be a firefighter. It is a tough

4004
02:22:08,233 --> 02:22:12,700
job and I only tip a hat to what

4005
02:22:10,200 --> 02:22:14,566
you all do. And so when making

4006
02:22:12,800 --> 02:22:16,833
decisions of this, I think

4007
02:22:14,666 --> 02:22:19,133
gravity that we all are kind of

4008
02:22:16,933 --> 02:22:21,600
weighing here. I've gotta lean

4009
02:22:19,233 --> 02:22:24,233
on the experts. I've gotta lean

4010
02:22:21,700 --> 02:22:27,533
on the people that do this job

4011
02:22:24,333 --> 02:22:29,433
day in and day out. We've heard

4012
02:22:27,633 --> 02:22:31,133
quite loudly from our union,

4013
02:22:29,533 --> 02:22:32,500
local 82 here, but firefighters

4014
02:22:31,233 --> 02:22:34,600
across the city of minneapolis.

4015
02:22:32,933 --> 02:22:37,966
I have yet to hear a negative

4016
02:22:34,700 --> 02:22:41,000
word about dr. Freeman. And so

4017
02:22:38,066 --> 02:22:42,066
when we kind of, again, look to

4018
02:22:41,100 --> 02:22:45,033
these appointments, especially

4019
02:22:42,200 --> 02:22:47,066
in areas that I have no level of

4020
02:22:45,133 --> 02:22:49,666
expertise, I lean on those that

4021
02:22:47,166 --> 02:22:52,533
do. And so I am basing the large

4022
02:22:49,766 --> 02:22:56,066
majority of this decision based

4023
02:22:52,633 --> 02:22:57,200
on the advice that I've received

4024
02:22:56,166 --> 02:22:58,333
from the people that do this job

4025
02:22:57,300 --> 02:23:00,366
every single day. I appreciate

4026
02:22:58,433 --> 02:23:01,400
the work that you all do and the

4027
02:23:00,466 --> 02:23:05,000
work of being behind this chief

4028
02:23:01,500 --> 02:23:05,566
and ensuring that we have a fire

4029
02:23:05,100 --> 02:23:06,666
department that meets the

4030
02:23:05,666 --> 02:23:08,433
professional standards of what

4031
02:23:06,766 --> 02:23:11,800
this city deserves. I know you

4032
02:23:08,533 --> 02:23:13,300
all are doing it day in and day

4033
02:23:11,900 --> 02:23:14,566
out. I'm excited to see how we

4034
02:23:13,400 --> 02:23:16,033
can best support you all in the

4035
02:23:14,666 --> 02:23:20,300
work that you do. Thank you.

4036
02:23:16,133 --> 02:23:22,733
» Council member rainville.

4037
02:23:20,400 --> 02:23:23,733
» Thank you. And I appreciate

4038
02:23:22,833 --> 02:23:27,433
the presence here today from the

4039
02:23:23,833 --> 02:23:28,633
firefighters union. And I want

4040
02:23:27,533 --> 02:23:30,800
to explain my vote. When I first

4041
02:23:28,733 --> 02:23:32,933
met with the chief, I was very

4042
02:23:30,900 --> 02:23:34,733
leery because this is the first

4043
02:23:33,033 --> 02:23:36,133
outside chief that this

4044
02:23:34,833 --> 02:23:39,500
department has had.nd I have

4045
02:23:37,100 --> 02:23:41,033
to admit, he did not impress he

4046
02:23:39,766 --> 02:23:42,500
at all. Especially his resume

4047
02:23:41,133 --> 02:23:44,233
where he goes from department to

4048
02:23:42,600 --> 02:23:47,600
department. That's troubling to

4049
02:23:44,333 --> 02:23:48,766
me. Because I truly believe a

4050
02:23:47,700 --> 02:23:50,466
fire chief should come from

4051
02:23:48,866 --> 02:23:51,800
within the department. I think

4052
02:23:50,566 --> 02:23:54,200
that you come on the job

4053
02:23:51,900 --> 02:23:56,500
together, you work together, you

4054
02:23:54,300 --> 02:23:59,433
grow together. The chief should

4055
02:23:56,600 --> 02:24:00,500
come internally. But after many

4056
02:23:59,533 --> 02:24:01,566
conversations with the

4057
02:24:00,600 --> 02:24:03,433
firefighters union and with

4058
02:24:01,666 --> 02:24:05,733
commissioner barnett, and I

4059
02:24:03,533 --> 02:24:07,400
appreciate your patience with

4060
02:24:05,833 --> 02:24:08,800
me, commissioner. You brought me

4061
02:24:07,500 --> 02:24:11,033
wrong. And I do hope the chief

4062
02:24:10,466 --> 02:24:12,900
is listening today because very

4063
02:24:11,133 --> 02:24:14,800
unusual to not have someone

4064
02:24:13,000 --> 02:24:16,800
present here today. That's also

4065
02:24:14,900 --> 02:24:18,366
something I look forward to

4066
02:24:16,900 --> 02:24:20,433
having him explain why he

4067
02:24:18,466 --> 02:24:22,066
couldn't take time off his busy

4068
02:24:20,533 --> 02:24:25,133
schedule to come and listen to

4069
02:24:22,166 --> 02:24:28,433
us in person. That to me is

4070
02:24:25,233 --> 02:24:30,400
troubling. But I just hope that

4071
02:24:28,533 --> 02:24:33,133
the new chief understands and

4072
02:24:30,500 --> 02:24:34,900
values the bravery of the

4073
02:24:33,233 --> 02:24:37,366
minneapolis fire department. How

4074
02:24:35,000 --> 02:24:43,033
smart and wise you are. You're a

4075
02:24:37,466 --> 02:24:44,133
great, great group of people. My

4076
02:24:43,133 --> 02:24:46,066
expectation for him while he's

4077
02:24:44,233 --> 02:24:49,833
here is to provide the training

4078
02:24:46,166 --> 02:24:51,666
and expertise as needed so that

4079
02:24:49,933 --> 02:24:53,133
as t next chief comes

4080
02:24:51,766 --> 02:24:54,533
internally, comes from within,

4081
02:24:53,233 --> 02:24:56,600
has ridden the rigs with you,

4082
02:24:54,633 --> 02:24:58,166
slept with you, ate with you,

4083
02:24:56,700 --> 02:25:00,166
fought firesith you. That is

4084
02:24:58,266 --> 02:25:00,800
so important. I hope that can be

4085
02:25:00,266 --> 02:25:04,000
overcome with this outside

4086
02:25:00,900 --> 02:25:06,233
chief. But I will be voting for

4087
02:25:04,100 --> 02:25:07,966
him because I'm relying on your

4088
02:25:06,333 --> 02:25:08,600
expertise that you know what's

4089
02:25:08,066 --> 02:25:12,966
best for your department. Thank

4090
02:25:08,700 --> 02:25:13,966
you.

4091
02:25:13,066 --> 02:25:15,666
» Couil member stevenson.

4092
02:25:14,066 --> 02:25:18,500
» Thank you, council president.

4093
02:25:15,866 --> 02:25:21,266
I want to echo it's really weird

4094
02:25:18,600 --> 02:25:21,900
that he's not here. What's more

4095
02:25:21,366 --> 02:25:24,900
important than being here right

4096
02:25:22,000 --> 02:25:26,366
now? This is -- ie never

4097
02:25:25,000 --> 02:25:27,766
applied for a job that I didn't

4098
02:25:26,466 --> 02:25:28,433
want to sit on in the

4099
02:25:27,866 --> 02:25:32,833
discussions about whether I got

4100
02:25:28,533 --> 02:25:34,500
it or not. Yeah. I came inhere,

4101
02:25:32,933 --> 02:25:36,966
you know, knowing I was going to

4102
02:25:34,600 --> 02:25:38,366
vote yes. And now him not being

4103
02:25:37,066 --> 02:25:40,066
here is something that's really

4104
02:25:38,466 --> 02:25:41,200
disturbing to me. And kind of

4105
02:25:40,166 --> 02:25:45,400
making me want to change my vote

4106
02:25:41,300 --> 02:25:47,433
a litt bit. Yeah. I have

4107
02:25:45,500 --> 02:25:49,700
questions that I wanted to ask

4108
02:25:47,533 --> 02:25:53,133
him. Does he plan on moving here

4109
02:25:49,800 --> 02:25:56,433
full-time with his family? We h

4110
02:25:53,233 --> 02:25:57,533
really here full-time and he

4111
02:25:56,533 --> 02:26:05,900
didn't work out really well. So

4112
02:25:57,633 --> 02:26:07,800
I wanted to know that. Yeah, I

4113
02:26:06,000 --> 02:26:11,300
wanted to make cle to him in

4114
02:26:07,900 --> 02:26:11,966
person that gender

4115
02:26:11,400 --> 02:26:13,633
discriminaon in a department

4116
02:26:12,633 --> 02:26:16,266
is unacceptable and he needs to

4117
02:26:13,800 --> 02:26:18,266
be on the lookout for that and

4118
02:26:16,366 --> 02:26:21,133
needs to be laser focused on

4119
02:26:18,366 --> 02:26:24,433
that and learn from his previous

4120
02:26:21,233 --> 02:26:25,766
experience. I never thought we

4121
02:26:24,533 --> 02:26:26,566
shouldave gone outside of the

4122
02:26:25,866 --> 02:26:28,300
department personally. I didn't

4123
02:26:26,666 --> 02:26:31,900
think we needed to spend money

4124
02:26:28,400 --> 02:26:33,233
to go look for somebody. Outside

4125
02:26:32,000 --> 02:26:38,200
of the department. I think we've

4126
02:26:33,333 --> 02:26:40,033
got great firefighters. Yeah. So

4127
02:26:38,300 --> 02:26:42,100
those are my concerns. Things

4128
02:26:40,133 --> 02:26:44,633
that I really like about him.

4129
02:26:42,200 --> 02:26:47,800
his work in oakland with mental

4130
02:26:44,733 --> 02:26:48,400
health response I think is super

4131
02:26:47,900 --> 02:26:50,833
valuable. Super important for

4132
02:26:48,500 --> 02:26:52,800
our context here. I think the

4133
02:26:50,933 --> 02:26:53,300
fact that he has such strong

4134
02:26:52,900 --> 02:26:58,200
union support is really

4135
02:26:53,400 --> 02:26:58,866
incredible. And it's good and

4136
02:26:58,300 --> 02:27:03,200
that has swayed my decisionery

4137
02:26:58,966 --> 02:27:05,066
significantly. Yeah. I was

4138
02:27:03,300 --> 02:27:07,266
impressed with him personally.

4139
02:27:05,200 --> 02:27:11,600
so yeah, I guess all this being

4140
02:27:07,366 --> 02:27:13,666
said is that he will get my vote

4141
02:27:11,700 --> 02:27:15,533
today. But I have some serious

4142
02:27:13,766 --> 02:27:16,766
concerns given today in

4143
02:27:15,633 --> 02:27:19,600
particular, and I will want to

4144
02:27:16,866 --> 02:27:23,433
speak with him in person and

4145
02:27:19,700 --> 02:27:24,633
communicate those concerns. But

4146
02:27:23,533 --> 02:27:26,500
we need leadership in public

4147
02:27:24,733 --> 02:27:28,366
safety in this city. We don't

4148
02:27:26,600 --> 02:27:29,700
have a permanent police chief.

4149
02:27:28,466 --> 02:27:32,133
we don't have a permanent

4150
02:27:29,800 --> 02:27:34,633
commissioner of public safety.

4151
02:27:33,566 --> 02:27:38,333
we currently don't have a

4152
02:27:34,733 --> 02:27:40,566
permanent fire chief. And so we

4153
02:27:38,433 --> 02:27:42,466
need some permanence in our

4154
02:27:40,666 --> 02:27:47,866
public safety apparatus. And I

4155
02:27:42,566 --> 02:27:49,400
was personally previously

4156
02:27:47,966 --> 02:27:51,600
impressed with mr. Freeman, and

4157
02:27:49,733 --> 02:27:53,800
I was really impressed by the

4158
02:27:51,700 --> 02:27:57,233
support that he got from the

4159
02:27:53,900 --> 02:28:04,766
union. So I will be voting yes.

4160
02:27:57,333 --> 02:28:08,933
» Council member chowdhury.

4161
02:28:04,866 --> 02:28:10,600
council member shaffer.

4162
02:28:09,033 --> 02:28:13,033
» I enjoyed also my time with

4163
02:28:10,700 --> 02:28:14,600
dr. Freeman. One thing that

4164
02:28:13,133 --> 02:28:16,800
stands out to me when I asked

4165
02:28:14,700 --> 02:28:19,166
him to describe what kind of

4166
02:28:16,900 --> 02:28:21,900
leadership that he holds, he

4167
02:28:19,266 --> 02:28:23,733
really used two words. He said I

4168
02:28:22,266 --> 02:28:26,733
am a servant leader. That's my

4169
02:28:23,833 --> 02:28:28,466
style of leadership. And the

4170
02:28:26,833 --> 02:28:29,433
word servant has a negative

4171
02:28:28,566 --> 02:28:31,400
connotation sometimes. But it's

4172
02:28:29,533 --> 02:28:33,733
the basis of service, right? I

4173
02:28:31,500 --> 02:28:35,633
don't just look out for my own

4174
02:28:33,833 --> 02:28:38,233
needs, but I'm working. You

4175
02:28:35,733 --> 02:28:39,066
know, my mission is to look out

4176
02:28:38,333 --> 02:28:40,900
through the members that are

4177
02:28:39,166 --> 02:28:44,533
around me. The needs of my team.

4178
02:28:41,000 --> 02:28:46,333
not just my own. And so to me

4179
02:28:44,633 --> 02:28:47,300
this is one of the most

4180
02:28:46,433 --> 02:28:50,666
effective kinds of leaders that

4181
02:28:47,400 --> 02:28:52,700
you can have. Who is willing to

4182
02:28:50,766 --> 02:28:55,566
lay down their perspective and

4183
02:28:52,800 --> 02:28:58,433
listen to somebody else. Who is

4184
02:28:55,666 --> 02:29:00,500
willing to consider all options

4185
02:28:58,533 --> 02:29:01,366
and the importance of a team's

4186
02:29:00,600 --> 02:29:03,633
perspective. And then the second

4187
02:29:01,466 --> 02:29:07,500
word, though, is leadership.

4188
02:29:03,733 --> 02:29:09,066
every team needs a leader. Fire

4189
02:29:07,600 --> 02:29:10,400
crews know that day in and day

4190
02:29:09,166 --> 02:29:14,266
out. You don't have a leader,

4191
02:29:10,500 --> 02:29:16,200
you're in trouble. Right? And so

4192
02:29:14,500 --> 02:29:20,766
I feel like dr. Freeman is ready

4193
02:29:16,300 --> 02:29:22,233
to lead. And bringing in

4194
02:29:20,866 --> 02:29:24,500
somebody from the outside, you

4195
02:29:22,333 --> 02:29:25,166
know, a leader is unafraid to

4196
02:29:24,600 --> 02:29:28,233
address issues within the team

4197
02:29:25,266 --> 02:29:30,000
that need to be addressed. And

4198
02:29:28,333 --> 02:29:33,566
just be able to really whatever

4199
02:29:30,100 --> 02:29:36,333
they may be, right? And I think

4200
02:29:33,666 --> 02:29:38,833
I'm really excited -- not I

4201
02:29:36,433 --> 02:29:42,333
think, I know. I'm excited that

4202
02:29:38,933 --> 02:29:43,833
he will be and chose those words

4203
02:29:42,433 --> 02:29:45,333
in his description of his

4204
02:29:43,933 --> 02:29:46,733
leadership to me. So I trust

4205
02:29:45,433 --> 02:29:48,533
him. I'm going to be watching

4206
02:29:46,833 --> 02:29:50,566
for that. I'm going to be

4207
02:29:48,633 --> 02:29:51,800
cheering him on. Because I also

4208
02:29:50,666 --> 02:29:53,466
communicated the importance of

4209
02:29:51,900 --> 02:29:54,633
time right now in our city

4210
02:29:53,566 --> 02:29:56,066
around trust in our public

4211
02:29:54,733 --> 02:29:58,266
safety leadership. You know,

4212
02:29:56,166 --> 02:30:01,333
it's a critical time. And I

4213
02:29:58,366 --> 02:30:03,066
tried to impose on him that, you

4214
02:30:01,433 --> 02:30:04,666
know, you really might have a

4215
02:30:03,166 --> 02:30:06,566
little extra pressure on you,

4216
02:30:04,766 --> 02:30:08,533
right? Because of what we've

4217
02:30:06,666 --> 02:30:10,800
gone through. And that's not --

4218
02:30:08,633 --> 02:30:12,533
shouldn't be taken as a

4219
02:30:10,900 --> 02:30:14,066
negative, it's just we care. We

4220
02:30:12,633 --> 02:30:16,233
care about our residents. We

4221
02:30:14,166 --> 02:30:17,166
care about our team members. We

4222
02:30:16,333 --> 02:30:20,333
care our leaders are

4223
02:30:17,266 --> 02:30:21,866
demonstrating what it means to

4224
02:30:20,433 --> 02:30:23,833
be at the top spot what

4225
02:30:21,966 --> 02:30:25,100
everybody else on the bottom is

4226
02:30:23,933 --> 02:30:27,200
doing. So I'm excited to support

4227
02:30:25,200 --> 02:30:28,783
him today. And I also want to

4228
02:30:27,300 --> 02:30:30,300
publicly thank you. The

4229
02:30:28,900 --> 02:30:31,700
leadership of the union for

4230
02:30:30,400 --> 02:30:33,866
being here and your leadership

4231
02:30:31,800 --> 02:30:35,800
throughout this process. It

4232
02:30:33,966 --> 02:30:36,833
matters. And it mattered to our

4233
02:30:35,900 --> 02:30:38,533
council in our decisionmaking.

4234
02:30:36,933 --> 02:30:41,666
thanks.

4235
02:30:38,633 --> 02:30:46,000
» Council member chowdhury.

4236
02:30:41,766 --> 02:30:49,933
» Thanks, president payne. I

4237
02:30:46,100 --> 02:30:52,400
had a good opportunity to speak

4238
02:30:50,033 --> 02:30:54,500
with dr. Freeman. We spoke for

4239
02:30:52,500 --> 02:30:55,533
over an hour. It was really,

4240
02:30:54,600 --> 02:30:57,533
really helpful to kind of just

4241
02:30:55,633 --> 02:31:01,100
get to know him and then also

4242
02:30:57,633 --> 02:31:04,200
take a look at the letters of

4243
02:31:01,200 --> 02:31:06,266
recommendation that are pretty

4244
02:31:04,300 --> 02:31:09,100
broad. We kind of just got right

4245
02:31:06,500 --> 02:31:11,700
to the heart of issues facing

4246
02:31:09,200 --> 02:31:13,233
the fire department in the city

4247
02:31:11,800 --> 02:31:14,766
of minneapolis. We talked about

4248
02:31:13,333 --> 02:31:16,966
how we have been fighting each

4249
02:31:14,866 --> 02:31:18,033
year to try to get the fire

4250
02:31:17,066 --> 02:31:19,800
alerting system and have not

4251
02:31:18,133 --> 02:31:20,933
been able to get it, and how

4252
02:31:19,900 --> 02:31:24,733
that's something that I need him

4253
02:31:21,033 --> 02:31:26,266
to commit to working on. We

4254
02:31:24,833 --> 02:31:31,866
talked about how our fire

4255
02:31:26,366 --> 02:31:33,633
department for yearsas faced

4256
02:31:31,966 --> 02:31:35,266
$5 million to $6 million overage

4257
02:31:33,733 --> 02:31:36,966
year after year because we are

4258
02:31:35,366 --> 02:31:40,033
just not investing enough in

4259
02:31:37,066 --> 02:31:40,933
this department. I want to see

4260
02:31:40,133 --> 02:31:41,866
more investment within the fire

4261
02:31:41,033 --> 02:31:43,633
department and that he's going

4262
02:31:41,966 --> 02:31:46,400
to need to fight for that and

4263
02:31:43,733 --> 02:31:48,133
fight really, really hard.

4264
02:31:46,500 --> 02:31:49,900
because there were opportunities

4265
02:31:48,233 --> 02:31:51,033
the last five years when we were

4266
02:31:50,000 --> 02:31:51,800
in a better financial position

4267
02:31:51,333 --> 02:31:57,266
to get that and it didn't

4268
02:31:51,900 --> 02:32:00,266
happen. And we can't keep on

4269
02:31:57,366 --> 02:32:02,266
avoiding making these

4270
02:32:00,366 --> 02:32:04,300
investments, especially in a

4271
02:32:02,366 --> 02:32:08,233
time where our firefighters are

4272
02:32:04,400 --> 02:32:10,733
expected to go to even more

4273
02:32:08,333 --> 02:32:13,966
calls, an unprecedented amount

4274
02:32:10,833 --> 02:32:15,600
of calls that just keep growing

4275
02:32:14,066 --> 02:32:17,233
amount of staff. And I also

4276
02:32:15,700 --> 02:32:19,333
chatted with him about the

4277
02:32:17,333 --> 02:32:22,166
capital investment budget. I was

4278
02:32:19,433 --> 02:32:24,166
like yeah we need to see some

4279
02:32:22,266 --> 02:32:25,600
capital investment requests to

4280
02:32:24,266 --> 02:32:27,066
improve the fire stations. This

4281
02:32:25,700 --> 02:32:27,800
is where the firefighters live.

4282
02:32:27,166 --> 02:32:30,366
so we got right into the heart

4283
02:32:27,900 --> 02:32:31,733
of it. I really appreciated a

4284
02:32:30,466 --> 02:32:34,600
lot of his responses and h

4285
02:32:31,833 --> 02:32:39,333
he's thinking about it. He seems

4286
02:32:34,700 --> 02:32:44,966
like a very strong change agent

4287
02:32:43,066 --> 02:32:46,133
as it comes to big organizations

4288
02:32:45,066 --> 02:32:48,400
and local government and has a

4289
02:32:46,233 --> 02:32:49,966
track record of it. Every time I

4290
02:32:48,500 --> 02:32:51,600
asked him a question about how

4291
02:32:50,066 --> 02:32:53,300
he would think through some of

4292
02:32:51,700 --> 02:32:54,400
these issues, he was able to

4293
02:32:53,400 --> 02:32:56,766
cite different instances that

4294
02:32:54,500 --> 02:33:02,166
came to mind. And that was

4295
02:32:56,866 --> 02:33:04,033
really, really valuable. I also

4296
02:33:02,266 --> 02:33:06,766
care a lot about what the people

4297
02:33:04,133 --> 02:33:08,600
who do the work within the

4298
02:33:06,866 --> 02:33:09,833
department have to say. And

4299
02:33:08,700 --> 02:33:13,166
there's been resounding support

4300
02:33:09,933 --> 02:33:15,766
for him from there. And then he

4301
02:33:13,266 --> 02:33:18,000
also highlighted to me when he

4302
02:33:15,866 --> 02:33:23,700
was becoming the fire chief I

4303
02:33:18,100 --> 02:33:25,100
believe in oakland. The union

4304
02:33:23,800 --> 02:33:30,766
there at the time did not

4305
02:33:25,200 --> 02:33:33,566
support him. And he highlighted

4306
02:33:30,866 --> 02:33:38,566
that same leader now is a city

4307
02:33:33,666 --> 02:33:39,800
council member in oakland and w

4308
02:33:38,666 --> 02:33:41,666
so I think that just speaks a

4309
02:33:39,900 --> 02:33:43,266
lot to the work and the trust

4310
02:33:41,766 --> 02:33:47,216
building that happened. I also

4311
02:33:43,366 --> 02:33:50,066
shared how important it is for

4312
02:33:47,333 --> 02:33:52,133
us to recruit women, people of

4313
02:33:50,166 --> 02:33:56,800
color, people from our

4314
02:33:52,233 --> 02:33:59,833
community, and also show deep

4315
02:33:56,900 --> 02:34:01,233
care for our lgbtqia community

4316
02:33:59,933 --> 02:34:02,700
and gender expansive community.

4317
02:34:01,333 --> 02:34:08,200
and he shared about his work

4318
02:34:02,800 --> 02:34:11,600
that he's led nationally around

4319
02:34:08,333 --> 02:34:14,566
ib, and the fact that he

4320
02:34:11,700 --> 02:34:16,933
co-founded a group I believe in

4321
02:34:14,666 --> 02:34:17,633
oakland fire for women and

4322
02:34:17,033 --> 02:34:21,866
non-binary firefighters, which I

4323
02:34:17,733 --> 02:34:25,366
was like, wow. This is the type

4324
02:34:22,166 --> 02:34:29,866
of inclusivity we need. And he

4325
02:34:25,466 --> 02:34:31,500
had measurable ways of also h

4326
02:34:30,133 --> 02:34:33,100
he was able to change standards

4327
02:34:31,600 --> 02:34:37,100
so it was eier for

4328
02:34:33,200 --> 02:34:37,733
firefighters t come into the

4329
02:34:37,200 --> 02:34:40,566
department and g started. So

4330
02:34:37,833 --> 02:34:42,666
appreciated that conversation.

4331
02:34:40,666 --> 02:34:45,100
with him. And we have a lot of

4332
02:34:42,766 --> 02:34:45,800
work to do. And so I will be

4333
02:34:45,200 --> 02:34:48,800
supporting him tay and excited

4334
02:34:45,900 --> 02:34:50,066
to do so.

4335
02:34:48,900 --> 02:34:54,166
» Council member chughtai.

4336
02:34:50,166 --> 02:34:57,100
» Thank you, mr. President. And

4337
02:34:54,400 --> 02:35:00,000
I would be remiss if I didn't

4338
02:34:57,200 --> 02:35:01,800
make mention of this here today.

4339
02:35:00,100 --> 02:35:07,200
but you know, I think words are

4340
02:35:01,900 --> 02:35:11,833
really, really important. And I

4341
02:35:07,300 --> 02:35:13,100
appreciate the answer that dr.

4342
02:35:11,933 --> 02:35:13,833
freeman gave me about his

4343
02:35:13,200 --> 02:35:18,366
commitment to being re in

4344
02:35:13,933 --> 02:35:22,033
minneapolis. But actions matter

4345
02:35:18,466 --> 02:35:23,300
so much more. And I see three

4346
02:35:22,133 --> 02:35:31,266
actions here today that stand

4347
02:35:23,400 --> 02:35:38,533
out to me. First, actions matter

4348
02:35:31,366 --> 02:35:41,766
and I see several members of the

4349
02:35:38,633 --> 02:35:43,833
firefighters local 82 here today

4350
02:35:41,866 --> 02:35:44,733
representing the members of the

4351
02:35:43,933 --> 02:35:45,933
department. Because it's

4352
02:35:44,833 --> 02:35:47,600
important. That's why you made

4353
02:35:46,033 --> 02:35:48,200
the time to be here today. And I

4354
02:35:47,700 --> 02:35:51,100
really appreciate that. Thank

4355
02:35:48,300 --> 02:35:55,000
you. Second, I see the

4356
02:35:51,200 --> 02:35:56,933
commissioner in the room. I

4357
02:35:55,100 --> 02:36:00,900
really appreciate as someone who

4358
02:35:57,033 --> 02:36:02,666
is going to be overseeing -- who

4359
02:36:01,000 --> 02:36:04,066
currently oversees the

4360
02:36:02,766 --> 02:36:05,700
department and will continue to.

4361
02:36:04,166 --> 02:36:07,500
and the new fire chief is going

4362
02:36:05,800 --> 02:36:09,366
to be a part of your leadership

4363
02:36:07,600 --> 02:36:11,533
team. It means a lot to me that

4364
02:36:09,466 --> 02:36:12,733
you are here in the chambers and

4365
02:36:11,633 --> 02:36:13,866
you are demonstrating that this

4366
02:36:12,833 --> 02:36:17,266
is importantnd you're taking

4367
02:36:14,200 --> 02:36:20,900
it seriously. That means a lot

4368
02:36:18,500 --> 02:36:24,500
to me. Thank you to local 82 and

4369
02:36:21,100 --> 02:36:26,533
to the commissioner for making

4370
02:36:24,600 --> 02:36:30,233
the time to be here because it's

4371
02:36:26,633 --> 02:36:33,366
consequential. And jus as

4372
02:36:30,333 --> 02:36:35,600
importantly, the third action

4373
02:36:33,450 --> 02:36:37,333
that stands out to me is that

4374
02:36:35,700 --> 02:36:39,033
dr. Freeman himself is not here.

4375
02:36:37,533 --> 02:36:40,633
in fact, he's not in the city.

4376
02:36:39,133 --> 02:36:42,100
he's not in the state. He's not

4377
02:36:40,733 --> 02:36:47,933
in the country. He's in saudi

4378
02:36:42,233 --> 02:36:49,966
abia. That is just -- that is

4379
02:36:48,033 --> 02:36:55,300
important to me. It stands out

4380
02:36:50,066 --> 02:36:56,666
to me about what matters, what's

4381
02:36:55,400 --> 02:36:58,466
prioritized and what isn't. I

4382
02:36:56,766 --> 02:37:00,966
hope in the actions that he will

4383
02:36:58,566 --> 02:37:03,100
demonstrate as a new leader of

4384
02:37:01,066 --> 02:37:04,966
the departmenthat it will show

4385
02:37:03,800 --> 02:37:08,166
me a different version of dr.

4386
02:37:05,066 --> 02:37:09,833
freeman. And I sincerely hope

4387
02:37:08,266 --> 02:37:12,333
that for the sake of the

4388
02:37:09,916 --> 02:37:13,100
department and the sake of our

4389
02:37:12,433 --> 02:37:14,500
residents. Thank you, mr.

4390
02:37:13,200 --> 02:37:15,500
president.

4391
02:37:14,600 --> 02:37:16,933
» Council member vetaw.

4392
02:37:15,700 --> 02:37:19,800
» Thank you, president payne.

4393
02:37:17,033 --> 02:37:22,800
colleagues, I just wanted us to

4394
02:37:19,900 --> 02:37:28,166
take a moment to thank our

4395
02:37:22,900 --> 02:37:31,133
assistant chiefs, melanie rucker

4396
02:37:28,266 --> 02:37:33,300
and wes van vickel for the

4397
02:37:31,233 --> 02:37:35,366
service they stepped up after

4398
02:37:33,400 --> 02:37:37,100
chief tyner left. They have

4399
02:37:35,466 --> 02:37:37,933
really been holding down the

4400
02:37:37,200 --> 02:37:39,966
fire department doing a

4401
02:37:38,033 --> 02:37:42,766
fantastic job. They have both

4402
02:37:40,066 --> 02:37:43,800
been in here before us many

4403
02:37:42,866 --> 02:37:45,300
times giving us presentations

4404
02:37:43,900 --> 02:37:47,533
and walking us through a lot of

4405
02:37:45,400 --> 02:37:48,800
the things going on behind the

4406
02:37:47,633 --> 02:37:51,666
scenes. Chief rucker reached out

4407
02:37:48,900 --> 02:37:52,700
about the equipment. We got

4408
02:37:51,766 --> 02:37:55,933
$500,000 worth of new equipment

4409
02:37:52,800 --> 02:37:58,200
for the fire department. A bunch

4410
02:37:56,033 --> 02:38:00,100
of new jaws of life. And I got

4411
02:37:58,300 --> 02:38:01,466
to go a test out some. Council

4412
02:38:00,200 --> 02:38:04,366
member shaffer was there also.

4413
02:38:01,566 --> 02:38:06,400
some of the new equipment. And I

4414
02:38:04,466 --> 02:38:08,600
just think it's important for us

4415
02:38:06,633 --> 02:38:10,633
to just shout out the folks who

4416
02:38:08,700 --> 02:38:12,066
stepped up during this search

4417
02:38:10,733 --> 02:38:14,800
period and who've done a great

4418
02:38:12,166 --> 02:38:15,966
job leading the fire department

4419
02:38:14,900 --> 02:38:19,433
during this time while we have

4420
02:38:16,066 --> 02:38:21,633
been recruiting a new chief. So

4421
02:38:19,533 --> 02:38:22,966
thank you to those two chiefs

4422
02:38:21,733 --> 02:38:24,233
for their immense service and

4423
02:38:23,066 --> 02:38:30,333
the work that they've done and

4424
02:38:24,333 --> 02:38:31,466
continue to do. And I certainly

4425
02:38:30,433 --> 02:38:32,866
hope to see them continue in

4426
02:38:31,566 --> 02:38:34,466
those roles and working on

4427
02:38:32,966 --> 02:38:36,466
behalf of our fire department

4428
02:38:34,566 --> 02:38:40,300
and the people of minneapos.

4429
02:38:36,566 --> 02:38:43,600
» I second that.

4430
02:38:40,400 --> 02:38:46,166
» Seeing no one else left in

4431
02:38:43,700 --> 02:38:46,800
queue, I'll ask the clerk to

4432
02:38:46,266 --> 02:38:47,900
call the roll.

4433
02:38:47,300 --> 02:38:48,400
» Council member warren.

4434
02:38:48,000 --> 02:38:49,400
» Aye.

4435
02:38:48,500 --> 02:38:49,633
» Shaffer.

4436
02:38:49,500 --> 02:38:50,533
» Aye.

4437
02:38:50,266 --> 02:38:51,750
» Chughtai.

4438
02:38:51,033 --> 02:38:52,233
» Nay.

4439
02:38:51,866 --> 02:38:53,633
» Whiting.

4440
02:38:52,400 --> 02:38:54,166
» Aye.

4441
02:38:53,766 --> 02:38:55,533
» Chowdhury.

4442
02:38:54,266 --> 02:38:55,933
» Aye.

4443
02:38:55,633 --> 02:38:57,133
» Stevenson.

4444
02:38:56,033 --> 02:38:57,700
» Aye.

4445
02:38:57,233 --> 02:38:58,533
» Rainville.

4446
02:38:57,800 --> 02:38:59,033
» Aye.

4447
02:38:58,700 --> 02:39:00,533
» Vetaw.

4448
02:38:59,133 --> 02:39:01,066
» Aye.

4449
02:39:00,633 --> 02:39:02,400
» Palmisano.

4450
02:39:01,400 --> 02:39:03,666
» Aye.

4451
02:39:02,633 --> 02:39:04,900
» Chavez. >> no.

4452
02:39:03,766 --> 02:39:05,933
» Vice president osman.

4453
02:39:05,000 --> 02:39:06,566
» Aye.

4454
02:39:06,133 --> 02:39:07,133
» President payne.

4455
02:39:06,966 --> 02:39:09,100
» Aye.

4456
02:39:07,233 --> 02:39:10,033
» There are 10 ayes and two

4457
02:39:09,200 --> 02:39:13,833
nays.

4458
02:39:10,166 --> 02:39:15,366
» Hat carries and that

4459
02:39:13,933 --> 02:39:17,433
completes the phse report and

4460
02:39:15,466 --> 02:39:21,066
all the reports of our standing

4461
02:39:17,533 --> 02:39:27,500
committees. The next order of

4462
02:39:21,166 --> 02:39:29,066
business is notice of ordinance

4463
02:39:27,600 --> 02:39:31,333
introductions. We have three

4464
02:39:29,166 --> 02:39:32,700
today. Amending provisions

4465
02:39:31,433 --> 02:39:35,300
related to the commercial hood

4466
02:39:32,800 --> 02:39:36,200
and exhaust cleaning program.

4467
02:39:35,400 --> 02:39:37,333
second, council member warren

4468
02:39:36,300 --> 02:39:39,200
give notice of intent to

4469
02:39:37,433 --> 02:39:40,800
introduce at the next regular

4470
02:39:39,300 --> 02:39:42,600
meetin the subject matter of an

4471
02:39:40,900 --> 02:39:44,533
ordinance amending the planning

4472
02:39:42,700 --> 02:39:46,500
and development code relating to

4473
02:39:44,633 --> 02:39:48,500
ensuring the accountability of

4474
02:39:46,600 --> 02:39:51,566
the minneapolis public housing

4475
02:39:48,600 --> 02:39:53,100
authority. Finally, council

4476
02:39:51,666 --> 02:39:57,100
member warren gives notice of

4477
02:39:53,200 --> 02:39:58,700
intent to introduce at the next

4478
02:39:57,200 --> 02:40:00,466
regular meeting -- conducting

4479
02:39:58,800 --> 02:40:01,766
elections to the neighborhood

4480
02:40:00,566 --> 02:40:04,066
revitalization program policy

4481
02:40:01,866 --> 02:40:05,233
board. These nices are hereby

4482
02:40:04,166 --> 02:40:07,966
given and no further action is

4483
02:40:05,333 --> 02:40:09,300
required at thisime. The next

4484
02:40:08,066 --> 02:40:10,133
order of business is the

4485
02:40:09,400 --> 02:40:10,800
introduction a referral

4486
02:40:10,233 --> 02:40:15,666
calendar. We have fr items

4487
02:40:10,900 --> 02:40:17,566
today. First pursuant to notice,

4488
02:40:15,766 --> 02:40:19,100
council members chavez, myself,

4489
02:40:17,666 --> 02:40:20,783
wonsley and warren move to

4490
02:40:19,200 --> 02:40:22,400
introduce an ordinance amending

4491
02:40:20,900 --> 02:40:26,900
the liquor and beer code for

4492
02:40:22,500 --> 02:40:27,500
first reading and referral to

4493
02:40:27,000 --> 02:40:32,433
business, housing and zoning

4494
02:40:27,600 --> 02:40:36,466
committee. Requires a dress

4495
02:40:32,533 --> 02:40:38,033
code. Second, pursuant to

4496
02:40:36,566 --> 02:40:38,566
notice, council member chavez

4497
02:40:38,133 --> 02:40:40,800
and stevenson introduce

4498
02:40:38,666 --> 02:40:42,966
ordinance amending provisions of

4499
02:40:40,900 --> 02:40:45,700
the code related to noise

4500
02:40:43,066 --> 02:40:47,633
regulations to remove irrelevant

4501
02:40:45,800 --> 02:40:50,900
content, organize structure in a

4502
02:40:47,733 --> 02:40:54,200
more logical format, add a

4503
02:40:51,000 --> 02:40:57,300
clause relating to sound motion

4504
02:40:54,300 --> 02:40:58,800
sensors on private property.

4505
02:40:57,400 --> 02:40:59,833
third, pursuant to notice,

4506
02:40:58,900 --> 02:41:01,233
council members shaffer and

4507
02:40:59,933 --> 02:41:03,233
rainville move to introduce the

4508
02:41:01,333 --> 02:41:04,700
subject matter of an ordinance

4509
02:41:03,333 --> 02:41:06,033
amending the license and busy

4510
02:41:04,800 --> 02:41:08,400
regulations code for first

4511
02:41:06,133 --> 02:41:09,000
reading and referral to the

4512
02:41:08,500 --> 02:41:10,833
business, housing and zong

4513
02:41:09,083 --> 02:41:13,500
committee. Amending repealing

4514
02:41:10,933 --> 02:41:15,366
and adding provisions related to

4515
02:41:13,600 --> 02:41:16,433
rental hallsnd places of

4516
02:41:15,466 --> 02:41:18,500
entertainment to create eve

4517
02:41:16,533 --> 02:41:19,066
center license allowing for the

4518
02:41:18,600 --> 02:41:22,933
hosting of both public and

4519
02:41:19,166 --> 02:41:24,466
private events. And finally,

4520
02:41:23,033 --> 02:41:26,033
pursuant to notice council

4521
02:41:24,566 --> 02:41:27,066
members wonsley, chavez,

4522
02:41:26,133 --> 02:41:28,566
whiting, and chowdhury move to

4523
02:41:27,166 --> 02:41:30,233
introduce the subject matter of

4524
02:41:28,666 --> 02:41:34,800
an ordinance amending thenimal

4525
02:41:30,333 --> 02:41:35,433
care and conol code for first r

4526
02:41:34,900 --> 02:41:36,233
public health, safety and equity

4527
02:41:35,533 --> 02:41:38,500
committee removing conditions

4528
02:41:36,333 --> 02:41:40,000
and restrictions on pet

4529
02:41:38,600 --> 02:41:40,866
ownership solely due to a prior

4530
02:41:40,100 --> 02:41:42,800
conviction for certain felonies.

4531
02:41:40,966 --> 02:41:43,366
may I have a motion to approve

4532
02:41:42,900 --> 02:41:44,566
these introductions?

4533
02:41:43,466 --> 02:41:45,633
» So moved.

4534
02:41:44,800 --> 02:41:47,600
» Second.

4535
02:41:45,733 --> 02:41:50,566
» Seeing no one else in queue,

4536
02:41:47,700 --> 02:41:50,833
I'll ask the clerk to call the

4537
02:41:50,666 --> 02:41:51,800
roll.

4538
02:41:50,933 --> 02:41:52,366
» Council memr warren.

4539
02:41:51,900 --> 02:41:52,800
» Aye.

4540
02:41:52,500 --> 02:41:53,933
» Shaffer.

4541
02:41:52,900 --> 02:41:54,266
» Aye.

4542
02:41:54,033 --> 02:41:55,666
» Chughtai.

4543
02:41:54,366 --> 02:41:57,066
» Aye.

4544
02:41:55,766 --> 02:41:57,333
» Whiting.

4545
02:41:57,166 --> 02:41:58,400
» Aye.

4546
02:41:57,716 --> 02:41:59,300
» Chowdhury.

4547
02:41:58,500 --> 02:41:59,766
» Aye.

4548
02:41:59,433 --> 02:42:01,000
» Stevenson.

4549
02:41:59,866 --> 02:42:01,366
» Aye.

4550
02:42:01,100 --> 02:42:02,000
» Rainville.

4551
02:42:01,466 --> 02:42:02,400
» Aye.

4552
02:42:02,100 --> 02:42:04,166
» Vetaw.

4553
02:42:02,733 --> 02:42:04,633
» Aye.

4554
02:42:04,266 --> 02:42:05,466
» Palmisano.

4555
02:42:04,733 --> 02:42:05,966
» Aye.

4556
02:42:05,566 --> 02:42:06,733
» Chavez.

4557
02:42:06,066 --> 02:42:07,133
» Aye.

4558
02:42:06,866 --> 02:42:08,066
» Osman.

4559
02:42:07,233 --> 02:42:09,333
» Aye.

4560
02:42:09,166 --> 02:42:09,966
» Payne.

4561
02:42:09,600 --> 02:42:11,733
» Aye.

4562
02:42:10,066 --> 02:42:14,333
» There are 12 ayes.

4563
02:42:12,400 --> 02:42:15,900
» That motion carries and those

4564
02:42:14,433 --> 02:42:17,066
are referred to the appropriate

4565
02:42:16,000 --> 02:42:18,066
committees. We have one

4566
02:42:17,166 --> 02:42:21,133
resolution on our agenda today

4567
02:42:18,166 --> 02:42:22,333
really to recognizing the 2026

4568
02:42:21,233 --> 02:42:22,900
minneapolis aquatennial. Do

4569
02:42:22,433 --> 02:42:26,633
council members have any

4570
02:42:23,000 --> 02:42:28,266
comments to add? Seeing none,

4571
02:42:26,733 --> 02:42:29,000
may I have a motion to adopt

4572
02:42:28,366 --> 02:42:29,566
this resolution?

4573
02:42:29,100 --> 02:42:30,333
» So moved.

4574
02:42:29,650 --> 02:42:32,400
» Second.

4575
02:42:30,433 --> 02:42:32,800
» The clerk will call the roll.

4576
02:42:32,566 --> 02:42:33,933
» Warren.

4577
02:42:33,000 --> 02:42:34,400
» Aye.

4578
02:42:34,066 --> 02:42:35,366
» Shaffer.

4579
02:42:34,500 --> 02:42:35,833
» Aye.

4580
02:42:35,500 --> 02:42:36,633
» Chughtai.

4581
02:42:35,933 --> 02:42:37,100
» Aye.

4582
02:42:36,766 --> 02:42:37,666
» Whiting.

4583
02:42:37,200 --> 02:42:38,166
» Aye.

4584
02:42:37,800 --> 02:42:38,666
» Chowdhury.

4585
02:42:38,266 --> 02:42:39,166
» Aye.

4586
02:42:38,766 --> 02:42:40,400
» Stevenson.

4587
02:42:39,666 --> 02:42:40,766
» Aye.

4588
02:42:40,500 --> 02:42:41,133
» Rainville.

4589
02:42:40,866 --> 02:42:42,366
» Aye.

4590
02:42:41,433 --> 02:42:42,933
» Vetaw.

4591
02:42:42,466 --> 02:42:43,400
» Aye.

4592
02:42:43,033 --> 02:42:43,833
» Palmisano.

4593
02:42:43,500 --> 02:42:45,300
» Aye.

4594
02:42:45,000 --> 02:42:45,566
» Chavez.

4595
02:42:45,400 --> 02:42:46,733
» Aye.

4596
02:42:45,633 --> 02:42:47,000
» Vice president osman.

4597
02:42:46,833 --> 02:42:47,666
» Aye.

4598
02:42:47,233 --> 02:42:48,233
» President payne.

4599
02:42:47,766 --> 02:42:49,666
» Aye.

4600
02:42:48,333 --> 02:42:50,866
» There a 12 ayes.

4601
02:42:49,800 --> 02:42:53,833
» That carries and that

4602
02:42:50,966 --> 02:42:55,133
resolution is adopted. Our next

4603
02:42:53,933 --> 02:42:58,333
order of business is unfinished

4604
02:42:55,233 --> 02:43:02,466
business. As I said at the top

4605
02:42:58,433 --> 02:43:05,600
we have two items today. Item 1

4606
02:43:02,566 --> 02:43:09,833
relates to a proposed contract

4607
02:43:05,700 --> 02:43:11,400
with skydio inc.  At our last

4608
02:43:09,933 --> 02:43:13,600
meeting we considered a couple

4609
02:43:11,733 --> 02:43:14,866
of different motions both of

4610
02:43:13,700 --> 02:43:16,500
which failed. This remains

4611
02:43:14,966 --> 02:43:18,533
before us for action mr. Clerk,

4612
02:43:16,833 --> 02:43:20,200
do you have any guidance on what

4613
02:43:18,900 --> 02:43:23,366
a proper motion would be to

4614
02:43:20,300 --> 02:43:26,566
dispose of this item?

4615
02:43:23,466 --> 02:43:27,800
» Mr. President, with your

4616
02:43:26,666 --> 02:43:29,566
indulgence ait I thought I'd

4617
02:43:27,900 --> 02:43:31,033
talk about what a tie ve does.

4618
02:43:29,666 --> 02:43:31,566
there's been some confusion

4619
02:43:31,133 --> 02:43:34,066
about that.

4620
02:43:31,900 --> 02:43:35,966
I wanted to explain that a tie

4621
02:43:34,166 --> 02:43:40,633
vote for council has both

4622
02:43:36,066 --> 02:43:45,133
procedural and legal effect.

4623
02:43:40,733 --> 02:43:47,933
under -- it doesn't determine

4624
02:43:45,233 --> 02:43:50,166
the outcome of the underlying

4625
02:43:48,066 --> 02:43:52,800
oposition that's before you.

4626
02:43:50,266 --> 02:43:53,833
the city charter, our

4627
02:43:52,900 --> 02:43:56,766
constitution, provides that a

4628
02:43:53,933 --> 02:43:58,633
council must act by a defined

4629
02:43:56,866 --> 02:43:59,900
majority vote combined with a

4630
02:43:58,733 --> 02:44:00,966
official record to be presented

4631
02:44:00,000 --> 02:44:02,266
to the mayor for his

4632
02:44:01,066 --> 02:44:04,166
consideratio a tie vote does

4633
02:44:02,366 --> 02:44:06,866
not achieve those outcomes or

4634
02:44:04,266 --> 02:44:08,900
requirements of the arter, and

4635
02:44:06,966 --> 02:44:10,800
therefore I not dispositive. It

4636
02:44:09,000 --> 02:44:13,266
defeats the motion but it

4637
02:44:10,900 --> 02:44:15,433
doesn't dispose of the

4638
02:44:13,366 --> 02:44:18,166
proposition. When there is a tie

4639
02:44:15,533 --> 02:44:19,766
vote, the council may make a

4640
02:44:18,266 --> 02:44:21,800
different vote. So you asked,

4641
02:44:19,866 --> 02:44:23,733
mr. President, what would be a

4642
02:44:21,900 --> 02:44:24,966
proper course of action. A

4643
02:44:23,833 --> 02:44:27,433
proper course o action would be

4644
02:44:25,900 --> 02:44:28,500
a motion to achieve the opposite

4645
02:44:27,566 --> 02:44:31,533
of the motion that failed

4646
02:44:28,600 --> 02:44:33,700
because of a tie vote. A motion

4647
02:44:31,633 --> 02:44:34,933
to refer to postpone, to

4648
02:44:33,800 --> 02:44:35,733
continue, any of those

4649
02:44:35,033 --> 02:44:39,100
procedural motions would keep

4650
02:44:35,833 --> 02:44:40,800
the motion alive. The underlying

4651
02:44:39,200 --> 02:44:43,233
proposition alive subject to a

4652
02:44:40,900 --> 02:44:45,600
final dispositive vote or if the

4653
02:44:43,333 --> 02:44:48,333
motion to approve ils, a

4654
02:44:45,700 --> 02:44:50,066
motion to disapprove. Often

4655
02:44:48,433 --> 02:44:51,766
you'll hear the clerk say when

4656
02:44:50,166 --> 02:44:53,433
there's a tie vote, move to

4657
02:44:51,866 --> 02:44:55,066
delete from the agenda. The

4658
02:44:53,533 --> 02:44:56,533
standard is the motion that

4659
02:44:55,166 --> 02:44:59,333
would be dispositive because it

4660
02:44:56,633 --> 02:45:01,466
would elimina the matter from

4661
02:44:59,433 --> 02:45:02,066
the uncil's further

4662
02:45:01,566 --> 02:45:04,666
consideration. A motion to

4663
02:45:02,166 --> 02:45:07,266
delete fm the agenda or a

4664
02:45:04,766 --> 02:45:10,766
motion to deny if the motion to

4665
02:45:07,366 --> 02:45:12,033
approve is tied or if a motion

4666
02:45:10,866 --> 02:45:15,100
to deny fails -- I hope that's

4667
02:45:12,133 --> 02:45:17,033
helpful to the body.

4668
02:45:15,200 --> 02:45:19,733
» We have a few people in

4669
02:45:17,133 --> 02:45:21,966
queue. Not sure if it's for

4670
02:45:19,833 --> 02:45:23,300
questions or motions. I will

4671
02:45:22,066 --> 02:45:25,500
recognize council member vetaw.

4672
02:45:23,400 --> 02:45:29,866
» Thank u, president payne. I

4673
02:45:25,600 --> 02:45:31,000
actual wouldlike to make a

4674
02:45:29,966 --> 02:45:31,833
motion. Consideration of

4675
02:45:31,100 --> 02:45:32,800
proposed contract with skydio

4676
02:45:31,916 --> 02:45:33,666
back to staff.

4677
02:45:33,066 --> 02:45:35,166
» Second.

4678
02:45:33,866 --> 02:45:37,966
» During lengthy discussions at

4679
02:45:35,266 --> 02:45:38,500
both meetings of the public

4680
02:45:38,066 --> 02:45:40,800
health, safety and equity

4681
02:45:38,600 --> 02:45:43,533
committeend the city council

4682
02:45:40,900 --> 02:45:44,366
meeting, council members raised

4683
02:45:43,633 --> 02:45:47,333
several serious questions about

4684
02:45:44,466 --> 02:45:53,100
both skydio as the vender and

4685
02:45:47,433 --> 02:45:55,500
implications of using drones as

4686
02:45:53,200 --> 02:45:58,333
first responders. I hope the

4687
02:45:55,600 --> 02:46:00,366
motion gives time and

4688
02:45:58,433 --> 02:46:00,633
potentially moves aath

4689
02:46:00,466 --> 02:46:02,500
forward.

4690
02:46:00,816 --> 02:46:05,966
» Council member vetaw has

4691
02:46:02,600 --> 02:46:08,383
moved to refer this item back to

4692
02:46:06,066 --> 02:46:09,833
staff. It has been second. I

4693
02:46:08,500 --> 02:46:10,066
will recognize council member

4694
02:46:09,933 --> 02:46:10,733
chavez.

4695
02:46:10,166 --> 02:46:13,766
» Thank you, council president

4696
02:46:10,833 --> 02:46:15,600
payne. So we're just speaking on

4697
02:46:13,866 --> 02:46:15,833
numberne of the motions or

4698
02:46:15,700 --> 02:46:20,966
both?

4699
02:46:15,933 --> 02:46:22,866
» Numbe one at the moment.

4700
02:46:21,066 --> 02:46:23,966
» Which is the skydio one?

4701
02:46:23,200 --> 02:46:25,100
» Correct.

4702
02:46:24,066 --> 02:46:28,800
» Iill save my energy.

4703
02:46:25,566 --> 02:46:30,833
» With that, we have a motion

4704
02:46:28,900 --> 02:46:32,566
to refer item number 1, skydio

4705
02:46:30,933 --> 02:46:35,233
back to staff. Seeing no one

4706
02:46:32,666 --> 02:46:36,833
else left in queue, I will ask

4707
02:46:35,333 --> 02:46:38,133
the clerk to call the roll.

4708
02:46:37,933 --> 02:46:38,400
» Warren.

4709
02:46:38,233 --> 02:46:39,966
» Aye.

4710
02:46:38,633 --> 02:46:40,900
» Shaffer.

4711
02:46:40,633 --> 02:46:41,333
» Aye.

4712
02:46:41,000 --> 02:46:43,033
» Chughtai.

4713
02:46:41,433 --> 02:46:44,333
» Aye. Sorry.

4714
02:46:43,133 --> 02:46:48,166
» Girl, you seconded it.

4715
02:46:44,433 --> 02:46:49,300
» I know. I'm sorry.

4716
02:46:48,300 --> 02:46:49,566
» Ouncil member whiting.

4717
02:46:49,400 --> 02:46:50,600
» Aye.

4718
02:46:50,133 --> 02:46:51,166
» Chowdhury.

4719
02:46:50,700 --> 02:46:51,633
» Aye.

4720
02:46:51,400 --> 02:46:52,566
» Stevenson.

4721
02:46:51,733 --> 02:46:53,233
» Aye.

4722
02:46:52,666 --> 02:46:54,433
» Rainville.

4723
02:46:53,833 --> 02:46:54,933
» Aye.

4724
02:46:54,566 --> 02:46:55,633
» Vetaw.

4725
02:46:55,033 --> 02:46:56,100
» Aye.

4726
02:46:55,733 --> 02:46:57,233
» Palmisano.

4727
02:46:56,200 --> 02:46:57,533
» Aye.

4728
02:46:57,333 --> 02:46:58,566
» Chavez.

4729
02:46:58,100 --> 02:46:59,633
» Aye.

4730
02:46:58,666 --> 02:47:00,266
» Vice president osman.

4731
02:47:00,000 --> 02:47:01,033
» Aye.

4732
02:47:00,400 --> 02:47:01,300
» President payne.

4733
02:47:01,100 --> 02:47:02,700
» Aye.

4734
02:47:01,400 --> 02:47:08,933
» There are 12 ayes.

4735
02:47:03,633 --> 02:47:12,100
» That carries. Next, as we

4736
02:47:09,033 --> 02:47:13,833
discussed at the top, item two

4737
02:47:12,200 --> 02:47:15,400
resulted in a tie vote. It

4738
02:47:13,933 --> 02:47:17,333
should have ended on our agenda

4739
02:47:15,500 --> 02:47:19,500
for the following meeting which

4740
02:47:17,433 --> 02:47:21,066
would have been june 11th and it

4741
02:47:19,600 --> 02:47:22,900
was not on our agenda. And so

4742
02:47:21,166 --> 02:47:24,933
that's why we are taking it up

4743
02:47:23,000 --> 02:47:26,366
here. And we did have a

4744
02:47:25,033 --> 02:47:29,000
discussion with the clerk around

4745
02:47:26,466 --> 02:47:31,366
what happened to make that not

4746
02:47:29,100 --> 02:47:33,633
happen. I believe it was

4747
02:47:31,466 --> 02:47:35,533
partially an error as a result

4748
02:47:33,733 --> 02:47:36,533
of the clerk doesn't get to take

4749
02:47:35,633 --> 02:47:38,733
vacations anymore because he

4750
02:47:36,633 --> 02:47:40,800
wasn't there for that meeting.

4751
02:47:38,833 --> 02:47:43,166
but that's a joke.

4752
02:47:40,900 --> 02:47:46,333
[laughter]

4753
02:47:43,900 --> 02:47:47,433
» This item, we brought back to

4754
02:47:46,433 --> 02:47:50,466
unfinished business for this

4755
02:47:47,533 --> 02:47:51,466
meeting to make sure we have

4756
02:47:50,566 --> 02:47:52,300
consisncy around how these

4757
02:47:51,566 --> 02:47:54,066
motions are dealt with when

4758
02:47:52,400 --> 02:47:57,783
there are a tie. So we do have

4759
02:47:56,066 --> 02:48:01,400
to dispose of this and to make a

4760
02:47:57,900 --> 02:48:02,050
motion to do as much. So I will

4761
02:48:01,500 --> 02:48:03,533
recognize council member chavez

4762
02:48:02,266 --> 02:48:04,200
to either make a motion or ask a

4763
02:48:03,633 --> 02:48:05,600
question.

4764
02:48:04,300 --> 02:48:07,800
» Well I'm going to make a

4765
02:48:05,700 --> 02:48:09,500
motion to return this item back

4766
02:48:08,166 --> 02:48:10,933
to author. And if the author

4767
02:48:09,600 --> 02:48:13,000
wants to work on it further,

4768
02:48:11,033 --> 02:48:15,233
that would be great as well. But

4769
02:48:13,100 --> 02:48:16,233
I also want to make comments on

4770
02:48:15,333 --> 02:48:17,500
process because I pointed this

4771
02:48:16,333 --> 02:48:19,066
out last cycle and I brought

4772
02:48:17,600 --> 02:48:21,100
this up. And last cycle we were

4773
02:48:19,166 --> 02:48:23,900
told this item was dead. The

4774
02:48:21,200 --> 02:48:25,766
previous one was dead. I watched

4775
02:48:24,033 --> 02:48:27,866
a recording yesterday. So I just

4776
02:48:25,866 --> 02:48:29,766
want to make it clear that we

4777
02:48:27,966 --> 02:48:31,433
were told that last item was

4778
02:48:29,866 --> 02:48:32,900
dead and it was still on the

4779
02:48:31,533 --> 02:48:35,233
agenda. So I brought up the

4780
02:48:33,000 --> 02:48:38,833
concern that this item wasn't

4781
02:48:35,333 --> 02:48:40,166
automatically put on the agenda.

4782
02:48:38,933 --> 02:48:41,266
so council member payne, was it

4783
02:48:40,266 --> 02:48:42,600
your -- because you're not

4784
02:48:41,366 --> 02:48:44,900
explaining what happened.

4785
02:48:43,200 --> 02:48:46,833
» Thank you, council member

4786
02:48:45,000 --> 02:48:50,166
chavez, for being able to

4787
02:48:46,933 --> 02:48:52,350
instead of jokingly explain it.

4788
02:48:50,266 --> 02:48:54,950
mr. Carl was not at the meeting

4789
02:48:52,450 --> 02:48:56,950
where this resulted in a tie. As

4790
02:48:55,050 --> 02:49:02,016
a result -- and I don't remember

4791
02:48:58,950 --> 02:49:07,083
if it wams. Geyserhat was

4792
02:49:02,116 --> 02:49:09,016
working or mr. Dailior. There

4793
02:49:07,183 --> 02:49:10,016
was a disconnect within the

4794
02:49:09,116 --> 02:49:12,016
clerk's office.

4795
02:49:10,116 --> 02:49:14,683
» Thank you. Next time I just

4796
02:49:12,116 --> 02:49:15,683
ask that you explain what

4797
02:49:14,783 --> 02:49:16,716
happened because the public

4798
02:49:15,783 --> 02:49:18,616
maybe didn't think you added it

4799
02:49:17,016 --> 02:49:20,750
to the agenda. I don't want to

4800
02:49:19,016 --> 02:49:22,950
be a clerk myself. I want to be

4801
02:49:20,850 --> 02:49:24,416
able to have it on the agenda

4802
02:49:23,050 --> 02:49:25,450
and make sure procedures

4803
02:49:24,516 --> 02:49:26,616
followed equitably.

4804
02:49:25,783 --> 02:49:28,183
» Thank you for that

4805
02:49:26,716 --> 02:49:29,816
clarification and question. And

4806
02:49:28,283 --> 02:49:33,016
actually, that brings another

4807
02:49:29,916 --> 02:49:35,616
question, mr. Clerk. We have

4808
02:49:33,116 --> 02:49:36,950
some very small number of items

4809
02:49:35,716 --> 02:49:39,850
that require a nine-vote

4810
02:49:37,050 --> 02:49:42,083
majority to pass. And if they

4811
02:49:39,950 --> 02:49:45,516
failed,s that similar to what

4812
02:49:42,183 --> 02:49:47,650
we're dealing with here?

4813
02:49:45,650 --> 02:49:49,816
» Mr. President, no. In that

4814
02:49:47,750 --> 02:49:50,983
case, there's a define majority

4815
02:49:49,916 --> 02:49:53,516
threshold that has to be

4816
02:49:51,083 --> 02:49:55,283
achieved and it failed. So the

4817
02:49:53,616 --> 02:49:57,183
item itself fails. The fact that

4818
02:49:55,416 --> 02:50:01,483
motion ends in a tie, means it

4819
02:49:57,283 --> 02:50:03,150
didn't achieve a majority. A m

4820
02:50:01,583 --> 02:50:05,150
majority is always required to

4821
02:50:03,250 --> 02:50:11,616
takeaction. If you don't

4822
02:50:05,250 --> 02:50:13,283
achieve that majority, the item

4823
02:50:11,716 --> 02:50:15,916
mean the opposite outcome is

4824
02:50:13,383 --> 02:50:18,850
achieved. So if a motion is made

4825
02:50:16,716 --> 02:50:23,016
to approve a contract, as an

4826
02:50:18,950 --> 02:50:24,250
example, and the result of 6-6,

4827
02:50:23,116 --> 02:50:25,616
the council didn't by a majority

4828
02:50:24,350 --> 02:50:27,150
achieve the motion to approve.

4829
02:50:25,716 --> 02:50:28,450
but the outcome didn't

4830
02:50:27,250 --> 02:50:30,416
automatically become a failure.

4831
02:50:28,550 --> 02:50:31,683
you'd need to introduce a motion

4832
02:50:30,750 --> 02:50:33,216
to deny the contract and then

4833
02:50:31,783 --> 02:50:35,050
vote on that motion. Because the

4834
02:50:33,316 --> 02:50:36,783
motion in fnt of the body was

4835
02:50:35,150 --> 02:50:40,216
to approve. We act on the mion

4836
02:50:36,883 --> 02:50:42,016
in front of the body. If tie

4837
02:50:40,316 --> 02:50:42,883
vote doesn't achieve the

4838
02:50:42,116 --> 02:50:44,550
opposite outcome.

4839
02:50:43,316 --> 02:50:45,183
» Thank you for that

4840
02:50:44,633 --> 02:50:46,183
clarification. Council member

4841
02:50:45,283 --> 02:50:48,116
chavez made a motion to return

4842
02:50:46,516 --> 02:50:50,316
to author. And I feel like I saw

4843
02:50:48,216 --> 02:50:51,583
you wanting to make a comment

4844
02:50:50,416 --> 02:50:53,683
about that.

4845
02:50:51,683 --> 02:50:55,350
» Just to clarify, return to

4846
02:50:53,783 --> 02:50:57,683
author is specific and only tied

4847
02:50:55,850 --> 02:50:59,250
to returning ordinances. That's

4848
02:50:57,783 --> 02:51:01,316
why I said earlier delete from

4849
02:50:59,350 --> 02:51:03,583
agenda is return to everything

4850
02:51:01,416 --> 02:51:04,850
else. Return to author is only

4851
02:51:03,683 --> 02:51:05,883
for ordinances.

4852
02:51:05,083 --> 02:51:07,716
» Council member chavez, would

4853
02:51:05,983 --> 02:51:10,583
you like to modify your motion?

4854
02:51:08,016 --> 02:51:11,150
» Yeah. That's fine.

4855
02:51:10,683 --> 02:51:12,683
» Delete.

4856
02:51:11,316 --> 02:51:13,816
» Is there a second for the

4857
02:51:12,816 --> 02:51:14,050
moon to delete from the

4858
02:51:13,916 --> 02:51:14,383
agenda?

4859
02:51:14,150 --> 02:51:14,983
» Second.

4860
02:51:14,616 --> 02:51:18,583
» Second.

4861
02:51:15,116 --> 02:51:19,550
» The clerk will call the roll.

4862
02:51:18,683 --> 02:51:19,783
» Council member vetaw is on

4863
02:51:19,650 --> 02:51:22,850
queue.

4864
02:51:20,283 --> 02:51:23,650
» No, I'm not. He answered it.

4865
02:51:23,050 --> 02:51:24,350
» Council member warren.

4866
02:51:23,750 --> 02:51:25,616
» Aye.

4867
02:51:24,450 --> 02:51:26,950
» Shaffer.

4868
02:51:25,716 --> 02:51:27,350
» Aye.

4869
02:51:27,116 --> 02:51:28,550
» Chughtai.

4870
02:51:27,483 --> 02:51:28,950
» Aye.

4871
02:51:28,650 --> 02:51:30,316
» Whiting.

4872
02:51:29,033 --> 02:51:30,750
» Aye.

4873
02:51:30,450 --> 02:51:32,183
» Chowdhury.

4874
02:51:30,950 --> 02:51:32,550
» Aye.

4875
02:51:32,283 --> 02:51:33,683
» Stevenson.

4876
02:51:32,683 --> 02:51:34,216
» Aye.

4877
02:51:33,850 --> 02:51:35,150
» Rainville.

4878
02:51:34,316 --> 02:51:35,683
» Aye.

4879
02:51:35,316 --> 02:51:36,883
» Vetaw.

4880
02:51:35,783 --> 02:51:37,250
» Aye.

4881
02:51:36,983 --> 02:51:39,216
» Palmisano.

4882
02:51:37,350 --> 02:51:39,550
» Aye.

4883
02:51:39,316 --> 02:51:39,850
» Chavez.

4884
02:51:39,650 --> 02:51:41,116
» Aye.

4885
02:51:40,683 --> 02:51:41,383
» Vice president osman.

4886
02:51:41,216 --> 02:51:41,916
» Aye.

4887
02:51:41,550 --> 02:51:42,583
» President payne.

4888
02:51:42,183 --> 02:51:45,316
» Aye.

4889
02:51:43,350 --> 02:51:48,016
» There are 12 ayes.

4890
02:51:46,016 --> 02:51:50,916
» Hat carries. And that

4891
02:51:48,116 --> 02:51:53,283
completes all of the business on

4892
02:51:51,016 --> 02:51:54,750
our agenda. Except we do have a

4893
02:51:53,383 --> 02:51:56,550
closed session. Before I

4894
02:51:54,850 --> 02:51:58,016
recognize the attorney and we

4895
02:51:56,650 --> 02:52:00,083
recess for closed session. And

4896
02:51:58,116 --> 02:52:01,750
actually what I will do is take

4897
02:52:00,183 --> 02:52:04,850
a little pulse. Do we want to

4898
02:52:01,850 --> 02:52:05,116
have a lunch recess or power

4899
02:52:04,950 --> 02:52:05,416
through?

4900
02:52:05,216 --> 02:52:06,683
» Yes.

4901
02:52:05,616 --> 02:52:08,250
» Power through.

4902
02:52:06,783 --> 02:52:08,483
» I'm hearing people want

4903
02:52:08,350 --> 02:52:09,016
lunch.

4904
02:52:08,716 --> 02:52:09,783
» Yes, lunch.

4905
02:52:09,150 --> 02:52:16,850
» Eah.

4906
02:52:09,883 --> 02:52:18,983
» Yeah.

4907
02:52:17,050 --> 02:52:20,383
» So before recognize the

4908
02:52:19,083 --> 02:52:21,816
attorney and we recess for

4909
02:52:20,450 --> 02:52:24,450
closed session, I will ask if

4910
02:52:21,916 --> 02:52:25,083
there are any announcements from

4911
02:52:24,550 --> 02:52:27,683
council members. Are there any

4912
02:52:25,183 --> 02:52:29,283
annocements? Council member

4913
02:52:27,783 --> 02:52:30,916
whiting.

4914
02:52:29,616 --> 02:52:33,516
» Thank you, president payne.

4915
02:52:31,016 --> 02:52:34,750
as you all, I'm going to say it

4916
02:52:33,616 --> 02:52:36,883
every single time until

4917
02:52:34,850 --> 02:52:38,450
august 8th. Southside be

4918
02:52:36,983 --> 02:52:40,183
outside. We are having a

4919
02:52:38,550 --> 02:52:44,783
community barbecue. I hope all

4920
02:52:40,283 --> 02:52:48,150
of you to be there. 12:00 to

4921
02:52:45,450 --> 02:52:48,916
4 p.m., washington high school,

4922
02:52:48,250 --> 02:52:49,850
august 8th. Thank you.

4923
02:52:49,016 --> 02:52:51,616
» Council member vetaw.

4924
02:52:49,983 --> 02:52:54,283
» Thank you, president payne. I

4925
02:52:51,716 --> 02:52:57,183
just wanted to thank the

4926
02:52:54,383 --> 02:52:58,783
organizers of the very first

4927
02:52:57,283 --> 02:53:00,683
northse jazz and culture

4928
02:52:58,883 --> 02:53:02,083
festival. It was literally the

4929
02:53:00,783 --> 02:53:04,450
hottest day of the summer. But

4930
02:53:02,183 --> 02:53:07,716
it was packed. The northside

4931
02:53:04,550 --> 02:53:09,850
showed up, had a great time. We

4932
02:53:07,816 --> 02:53:13,216
got to listen to some amazing

4933
02:53:09,950 --> 02:53:15,450
local artists, including council

4934
02:53:13,316 --> 02:53:17,583
member warren's daughter, anaya.

4935
02:53:15,550 --> 02:53:19,716
she got to sing a song that she

4936
02:53:17,683 --> 02:53:21,216
doesn't normally get to sing.

4937
02:53:19,816 --> 02:53:23,650
and she was so proud of herself

4938
02:53:21,316 --> 02:53:27,250
and I was proud of her also. She

4939
02:53:23,750 --> 02:53:33,983
was fantastic and so were the

4940
02:53:27,350 --> 02:53:36,583
other artists. I also thank the

4941
02:53:34,083 --> 02:53:38,750
park board. They let us use

4942
02:53:36,683 --> 02:53:40,883
their building and parking lot

4943
02:53:38,850 --> 02:53:42,716
in a way I've not seen on the

4944
02:53:40,983 --> 02:53:44,350
northside. It was a great

4945
02:53:42,816 --> 02:53:45,350
festival. A great turnout.

4946
02:53:44,450 --> 02:53:47,816
wonderful energy. Just people

4947
02:53:45,450 --> 02:53:50,016
out enjoying the northside. We

4948
02:53:47,916 --> 02:53:53,416
were by the river. By the old

4949
02:53:50,116 --> 02:53:54,983
river view theater. Lots of

4950
02:53:53,516 --> 02:53:56,450
memories shared with folks. It

4951
02:53:55,083 --> 02:53:58,050
was the first annual. And I'm

4952
02:53:56,550 --> 02:53:58,516
already looking forward to the

4953
02:53:58,150 --> 02:54:00,350
second annual.

4954
02:53:58,616 --> 02:54:05,150
» Couil member chowdhury.

4955
02:54:00,450 --> 02:54:08,016
» Thank you, president payne.

4956
02:54:05,250 --> 02:54:11,850
july 31st, august 1st, and

4957
02:54:08,116 --> 02:54:14,216
august 2nd, is nokomis days

4958
02:54:11,950 --> 02:54:15,483
2026. Be sure to come out and

4959
02:54:14,316 --> 02:54:19,883
support our local businesses and

4960
02:54:15,583 --> 02:54:22,350
community in the 12th and 11th

4961
02:54:19,983 --> 02:54:25,583
ward. There are events for

4962
02:54:22,450 --> 02:54:30,583
families and people of all ages.

4963
02:54:25,683 --> 02:54:32,750
there's wonderful sales.

4964
02:54:30,683 --> 02:54:35,883
competitions, prizes, parking

4965
02:54:33,016 --> 02:54:39,350
lo parties, free concerts, you

4966
02:54:35,983 --> 02:54:42,716
name it. Doing what minnesotans

4967
02:54:39,450 --> 02:54:45,083
love to do which is go outside,

4968
02:54:42,816 --> 02:54:47,683
eat good food, listen to good

4969
02:54:45,183 --> 02:54:49,716
music. There's a lot of

4970
02:54:47,783 --> 02:54:51,883
southside we outside moments

4971
02:54:49,816 --> 02:54:52,150
happening in the upcoming

4972
02:54:51,983 --> 02:54:53,550
weekend.

4973
02:54:52,250 --> 02:54:54,950
» Council member chavez.

4974
02:54:53,650 --> 02:54:56,983
» Thank you, council president

4975
02:54:55,033 --> 02:54:59,150
payne. I want to invite the

4976
02:54:57,083 --> 02:55:01,216
community to the park art fair

4977
02:54:59,250 --> 02:55:05,883
from august 1st to august 2nd.

4978
02:55:01,316 --> 02:55:07,250
each day from 10 a.m. To 5 p.m.

4979
02:55:05,983 --> 02:55:10,850
» Council member warren.

4980
02:55:07,450 --> 02:55:12,550
» Thank you, council president

4981
02:55:10,950 --> 02:55:14,883
payne. I so much enjoyed myself

4982
02:55:12,783 --> 02:55:16,383
at the northside's first annual

4983
02:55:14,983 --> 02:55:20,116
jazz festival. It was an amazing

4984
02:55:16,483 --> 02:55:24,783
time. So if you missed it, we'll

4985
02:55:20,350 --> 02:55:27,016
be back again next year. I do

4986
02:55:24,883 --> 02:55:29,150
want to also shout out that this

4987
02:55:27,216 --> 02:55:30,650
is black business week, which is

4988
02:55:29,250 --> 02:55:35,766
the kickoff to black business

4989
02:55:30,750 --> 02:55:37,383
month. So go out and shop with

4990
02:55:35,883 --> 02:55:39,283
your black businesses. And yeah,

4991
02:55:37,483 --> 02:55:42,650
support the businesses. I think

4992
02:55:39,516 --> 02:55:43,283
we were at the coliseum, myself

4993
02:55:42,750 --> 02:55:46,516
and council member chavez the

4994
02:55:43,383 --> 02:55:49,983
other day. And our mayor learned

4995
02:55:46,616 --> 02:55:51,116
how to braid. So I am excited to

4996
02:55:50,083 --> 02:55:53,316
see what is to come from that

4997
02:55:51,216 --> 02:55:55,216
experience. So he was excited to

4998
02:55:53,416 --> 02:55:56,683
learn how to do it because he's

4999
02:55:55,316 --> 02:55:59,616
like I got two daughters, I want

5000
02:55:56,950 --> 02:56:02,016
to learn how to braid. Go out,

5001
02:55:59,716 --> 02:56:03,983
shop, support black businesses.

5002
02:56:02,116 --> 02:56:04,450
enjoy some of this good weather.

5003
02:56:04,083 --> 02:56:07,516
national night out is

5004
02:56:04,550 --> 02:56:09,250
approaching us. So I know a lot

5005
02:56:07,683 --> 02:56:10,616
of those festivals and

5006
02:56:09,350 --> 02:56:12,316
activities are going on next

5007
02:56:10,716 --> 02:56:14,950
week. Get out, connect with your

5008
02:56:12,416 --> 02:56:17,050
community members. You know,

5009
02:56:15,050 --> 02:56:19,450
laugh, talk, eat some good food.

5010
02:56:17,150 --> 02:56:20,816
some people do big cookings for

5011
02:56:19,550 --> 02:56:22,250
national night out. And

5012
02:56:20,916 --> 02:56:23,983
sometimes you just get hotdogs

5013
02:56:22,350 --> 02:56:27,283
and a bag of chips. Either way

5014
02:56:24,116 --> 02:56:28,750
it goes, it's all in love. Be

5015
02:56:27,383 --> 02:56:31,450
grateful. Be thankful. Celebrate

5016
02:56:28,850 --> 02:56:34,016
each other. And stay plenty

5017
02:56:31,550 --> 02:56:36,783
hydrated. That's all I got to

5018
02:56:34,116 --> 02:56:39,050
say. The end. >> mr. Carl.

5019
02:56:37,016 --> 02:56:43,216
» I put on my sparkly tie for

5020
02:56:39,150 --> 02:56:44,516
this. I wanted to offer a brief

5021
02:56:43,316 --> 02:56:46,650
comment about today's vote on

5022
02:56:44,616 --> 02:56:48,700
the democracy center. As the

5023
02:56:46,750 --> 02:56:50,483
city's chief elections official,

5024
02:56:48,816 --> 02:56:52,316
I'm very excited to see that

5025
02:56:50,583 --> 02:56:55,083
project move forward. I'm

5026
02:56:52,416 --> 02:56:59,350
anticipating to be in that new

5027
02:56:55,183 --> 02:57:01,116
facility to welcome voters for

5028
02:56:59,450 --> 02:57:03,416
the 2028 presidential election.

5029
02:57:01,216 --> 02:57:06,350
it's going to improve our

5030
02:57:03,516 --> 02:57:08,016
service to the entire community

5031
02:57:06,450 --> 02:57:11,583
and increase accessibility to

5032
02:57:08,116 --> 02:57:14,550
the ballot box to all voters. I

5033
02:57:11,683 --> 02:57:16,283
know they're eager to join the

5034
02:57:14,650 --> 02:57:20,616
longfellow neighborhood and we

5035
02:57:16,383 --> 02:57:21,650
want to be good neighbors. I do

5036
02:57:20,716 --> 02:57:22,916
appreciate sincerely council

5037
02:57:21,750 --> 02:57:25,116
pushing that project forward.

5038
02:57:23,016 --> 02:57:27,716
the city and this council have

5039
02:57:25,216 --> 02:57:28,916
always invested in elections so

5040
02:57:27,816 --> 02:57:31,716
that every minneapolis voter has

5041
02:57:29,016 --> 02:57:34,483
the equal, free, and fair right

5042
02:57:31,816 --> 02:57:38,550
to cast their ballot in every

5043
02:57:34,583 --> 02:57:39,916
election, and that matters. As

5044
02:57:38,650 --> 02:57:42,150
council member palmisano said, I

5045
02:57:40,016 --> 02:57:43,816
would like to think this is a

5046
02:57:42,250 --> 02:57:45,350
reason for the entire cit to

5047
02:57:43,916 --> 02:57:46,016
celebrate. Thank you for that

5048
02:57:45,450 --> 02:57:47,350
vote.

5049
02:57:46,116 --> 02:57:50,416
» Council member palmisano.

5050
02:57:47,883 --> 02:57:53,016
» Thank you. I'll echo clerk

5051
02:57:50,516 --> 02:57:54,783
carl's comments. I cannot wait

5052
02:57:53,283 --> 02:57:57,183
to move into the new democracy

5053
02:57:54,883 --> 02:57:58,350
center and cast my vote there in

5054
02:57:57,283 --> 02:58:00,950
the next presidential election.

5055
02:57:58,450 --> 02:58:03,616
but meantime, I had a terrific

5056
02:58:01,050 --> 02:58:06,916
experience at the early vote

5057
02:58:03,716 --> 02:58:08,450
center at 908 east hennepin this

5058
02:58:07,016 --> 02:58:10,850
week. I see other stickers here

5059
02:58:08,550 --> 02:58:12,950
that showed that others have

5060
02:58:10,950 --> 02:58:15,250
also gone to east hennepin to

5061
02:58:13,050 --> 02:58:18,283
cast their ballot early for the

5062
02:58:15,350 --> 02:58:19,883
primary that is august 11th.

5063
02:58:18,383 --> 02:58:21,483
there are few excuses to not be

5064
02:58:19,983 --> 02:58:25,616
able to find a way to vote.

5065
02:58:21,583 --> 02:58:28,316
there are pop-up locations

5066
02:58:25,716 --> 02:58:32,616
happening before the primary. I

5067
02:58:28,416 --> 02:58:34,750
had a wonderful voter forum. A

5068
02:58:32,716 --> 02:58:35,550
forum in my ward last week with

5069
02:58:34,850 --> 02:58:38,583
the director of election

5070
02:58:35,650 --> 02:58:40,416
services, catie smith and her

5071
02:58:38,683 --> 02:58:46,316
deputy john martin. And it was

5072
02:58:40,516 --> 02:58:47,516
really great to see and get

5073
02:58:46,416 --> 02:58:49,283
assurance I think for residents

5074
02:58:47,616 --> 02:58:50,616
across the city that were there

5075
02:58:49,383 --> 02:58:52,116
on our election security and all

5076
02:58:50,750 --> 02:58:52,950
of the different checks and

5077
02:58:52,216 --> 02:58:57,050
balances that go into voting in

5078
02:58:53,050 --> 02:58:59,716
our city. So a plug for voting

5079
02:58:57,150 --> 02:59:01,350
early in the primary. It was a

5080
02:58:59,816 --> 02:59:04,483
wonderful, easy experience. I

5081
02:59:01,450 --> 02:59:08,250
was in and out in five minutes.

5082
02:59:04,583 --> 02:59:10,583
but for wanting to smile to

5083
02:59:08,350 --> 02:59:14,016
everybody in that center, and I

5084
02:59:10,683 --> 02:59:14,816
look forward to what's next.

5085
02:59:14,116 --> 02:59:16,483
» Council member shaffer.

5086
02:59:14,950 --> 02:59:19,583
» Yeah, just wanted to

5087
02:59:16,583 --> 02:59:22,650
highlight two events. One

5088
02:59:19,683 --> 02:59:23,783
downtown is the savannah bananas

5089
02:59:22,750 --> 02:59:25,550
this weekend. Sold out event.

5090
02:59:23,883 --> 02:59:26,916
there's going to be a lot of

5091
02:59:25,650 --> 02:59:28,383
street activities. Blocks

5092
02:59:27,016 --> 02:59:29,916
closed. You can participate in

5093
02:59:28,483 --> 02:59:31,483
the fun even if you didn't get

5094
02:59:30,016 --> 02:59:34,116
tickets. And secondly, we all

5095
02:59:31,583 --> 02:59:36,783
had a hand in bringing back the

5096
02:59:34,216 --> 02:59:38,116
uptown art festival and that is

5097
02:59:36,883 --> 02:59:40,850
this weekend starting friday

5098
02:59:38,216 --> 02:59:44,216
from 1:00 to 7:00. Saturday,

5099
02:59:40,950 --> 02:59:46,750
10:00 to 6:00. And sunday, 10:00

5100
02:59:44,316 --> 02:59:49,883
to 4:00. I encourage you if you

5101
02:59:46,850 --> 02:59:52,183
have time, come back and see it.

5102
02:59:49,983 --> 02:59:54,616
it's good to see it bk in the

5103
02:59:52,283 --> 02:59:57,650
community. It's going to be kind

5104
02:59:55,116 --> 02:59:58,883
of the same footprint for those

5105
02:59:57,750 --> 03:00:01,583
of you who may have attended

5106
02:59:58,983 --> 03:00:07,283
some of the lopit events in the

5107
03:00:01,683 --> 03:00:09,616
mall and kind of the southern

5108
03:00:07,383 --> 03:00:10,916
lake of the isles parkway.

5109
03:00:09,716 --> 03:00:13,350
entertainment, concerts and food

5110
03:00:11,016 --> 03:00:14,716
trucks. So lots of fun.

5111
03:00:13,450 --> 03:00:18,150
» Council member rainville.

5112
03:00:15,283 --> 03:00:21,116
» Thank you. I have two

5113
03:00:18,250 --> 03:00:23,750
announcements. The first one, it

5114
03:00:21,216 --> 03:00:25,316
donned on me this last week I've

5115
03:00:23,850 --> 03:00:26,816
been doing a lot of community

5116
03:00:25,416 --> 03:00:28,483
outreach with our police

5117
03:00:26,916 --> 03:00:30,050
department. As we all know

5118
03:00:28,583 --> 03:00:31,716
public safety is an important

5119
03:00:30,150 --> 03:00:34,183
issue. For the first time ever

5120
03:00:31,916 --> 03:00:35,683
in ward 3, and perhaps in the

5121
03:00:34,283 --> 03:00:37,683
city of minneapolis, the

5122
03:00:35,783 --> 03:00:40,916
inspectors are both women. So

5123
03:00:37,783 --> 03:00:41,983
both the first precinct and the

5124
03:00:41,016 --> 03:00:45,716
second precinc inspectors, the

5125
03:00:42,083 --> 03:00:47,316
top cops, are women. So that

5126
03:00:45,816 --> 03:00:49,483
just shows how far we've

5127
03:00:47,416 --> 03:00:51,616
advanced in public safety. And

5128
03:00:49,583 --> 03:00:54,083
the second announcement is I'll

5129
03:00:51,716 --> 03:00:56,416
let latrisha vew carry forth

5130
03:00:54,250 --> 03:01:00,716
on it. But I did want to

5131
03:00:56,516 --> 03:01:03,283
announce the passing of past

5132
03:01:00,816 --> 03:01:06,283
city council member, john.

5133
03:01:03,383 --> 03:01:07,516
» I was just going to say the

5134
03:01:06,383 --> 03:01:11,716
same thing. North minneapolis

5135
03:01:07,616 --> 03:01:13,350
lost a resident, a previous ward

5136
03:01:12,050 --> 03:01:15,483
4 council member, john served in

5137
03:01:13,450 --> 03:01:18,750
the 70s on the minneapolis city

5138
03:01:15,583 --> 03:01:20,550
council and then went on to be

5139
03:01:18,850 --> 03:01:24,116
the county commissioner. And we

5140
03:01:20,650 --> 03:01:26,150
will miss john. John was a

5141
03:01:24,216 --> 03:01:28,383
gigantic man with gigantic

5142
03:01:26,250 --> 03:01:36,166
hands. I don't even know how

5143
03:01:28,483 --> 03:01:38,516
tall he was. Maybe 6'5", 6'6".

5144
03:01:36,283 --> 03:01:40,716
jon was very gentle. Very smart.

5145
03:01:38,650 --> 03:01:42,116
head so many projects. We went

5146
03:01:40,850 --> 03:01:43,283
to dinner last week and we were

5147
03:01:42,216 --> 03:01:45,483
talking about some of the work

5148
03:01:43,383 --> 03:01:46,783
he's done in minneapolis and in

5149
03:01:45,583 --> 03:01:48,650
hennepin county. John will be

5150
03:01:46,883 --> 03:01:51,416
truly missed. His family still

5151
03:01:48,750 --> 03:01:54,516
lives in ward 4. I just wanted

5152
03:01:51,516 --> 03:01:57,383
to haves all take a brief

5153
03:01:54,616 --> 03:01:58,516
moment of silence for john

5154
03:01:57,483 --> 03:02:06,250
darrus, former city council and

5155
03:01:58,616 --> 03:02:06,250
count commissioner.

5156
03:02:06,416 --> 03:02:08,516
» Thank you.

5157
03:02:08,083 --> 03:02:12,116
» Council member warren.

5158
03:02:08,616 --> 03:02:14,050
» I'm sorry. I forgot an event.

5159
03:02:12,216 --> 03:02:17,550
this today, we're going to miss

5160
03:02:14,183 --> 03:02:19,383
it because it's at 1:00. The vip

5161
03:02:17,650 --> 03:02:22,750
showing. But this weekend,

5162
03:02:19,483 --> 03:02:25,016
friday, saturday, and sunday,

5163
03:02:22,850 --> 03:02:27,050
sister act 2 will be at

5164
03:02:25,116 --> 03:02:30,416
lundstrom performing arts. And

5165
03:02:27,150 --> 03:02:32,583
my daughter is starring in that

5166
03:02:30,516 --> 03:02:34,516
play. It is her last musical

5167
03:02:32,683 --> 03:02:37,583
before she goes off to school in

5168
03:02:34,616 --> 03:02:39,283
new york. They're doing it. This

5169
03:02:37,683 --> 03:02:41,416
is lundstrom's big productions.

5170
03:02:39,383 --> 03:02:44,150
they're so much fun. If you

5171
03:02:41,516 --> 03:02:46,050
haven't been to a production at

5172
03:02:44,250 --> 03:02:48,816
lundstrum, you are missing out.

5173
03:02:46,150 --> 03:02:50,216
they're in the ward, in the 5th

5174
03:02:48,916 --> 03:02:51,783
ward. I know council member

5175
03:02:50,316 --> 03:02:53,216
vetaw has got some family

5176
03:02:51,883 --> 03:02:54,583
members who performed at

5177
03:02:53,316 --> 03:02:56,483
lundstrom. Lots of the kids

5178
03:02:54,683 --> 03:02:58,550
there are absolutely amazing and

5179
03:02:56,583 --> 03:03:00,750
the staff is great. They do a

5180
03:02:58,650 --> 03:03:02,483
lot of great work with those

5181
03:03:00,850 --> 03:03:04,250
kids so I wanted to shout them

5182
03:03:02,583 --> 03:03:05,583
out and that sister act 2 is

5183
03:03:04,350 --> 03:03:06,783
showing this weekend there.

5184
03:03:05,916 --> 03:03:08,550
» Council member shaffer.

5185
03:03:06,983 --> 03:03:09,383
» One clarification. It's not

5186
03:03:08,650 --> 03:03:13,883
starting tomorrow. But it's next

5187
03:03:09,466 --> 03:03:15,616
friday. One weekend out if I

5188
03:03:13,983 --> 03:03:19,983
wasn't clear for both events.

5189
03:03:15,716 --> 03:03:21,016
» All right. Tt is all of our

5190
03:03:20,083 --> 03:03:22,816
announcements. With that, we've

5191
03:03:21,116 --> 03:03:24,016
completed all of the items on

5192
03:03:22,916 --> 03:03:25,650
our agenda and will now consider

5193
03:03:24,116 --> 03:03:28,316
the request for a closed session

5194
03:03:25,750 --> 03:03:30,150
which is to receive a briefing

5195
03:03:28,416 --> 03:03:31,450
on the litigation matter listed

5196
03:03:30,250 --> 03:03:32,983
on the agenda. Before I move to

5197
03:03:31,550 --> 03:03:34,316
close the meeting, I'll

5198
03:03:33,083 --> 03:03:36,050
recognize the city attorney to

5199
03:03:34,416 --> 03:03:37,550
provide the legal basis for the

5200
03:03:36,150 --> 03:03:38,983
requested closed session.

5201
03:03:37,750 --> 03:03:41,116
» President payne, the next

5202
03:03:39,083 --> 03:03:45,150
item on the agenda is a

5203
03:03:41,216 --> 03:03:47,216
litigation matter of assad

5204
03:03:45,250 --> 03:03:49,350
awaijane et al versus bittell et

5205
03:03:47,316 --> 03:03:53,250
al. You lawyers wish to provide

5206
03:03:50,150 --> 03:03:57,350
a briefing on this matter.

5207
03:03:53,350 --> 03:03:59,150
minnesota statute section 13d.05

5208
03:03:57,450 --> 03:04:00,983
subdision 3b. The couil may

5209
03:03:59,250 --> 03:04:05,383
upon a proper motion close the

5210
03:04:01,083 --> 03:04:06,283
meeting for purposes of

5211
03:04:05,483 --> 03:04:07,550
attorney-client information. In

5212
03:04:06,383 --> 03:04:08,650
considering the motion, the

5213
03:04:07,650 --> 03:04:11,483
council should weigh the right

5214
03:04:08,883 --> 03:04:13,816
of the public to know what its

5215
03:04:11,616 --> 03:04:15,350
gornment is doinggainst the

5216
03:04:13,916 --> 03:04:16,883
need of confidentiality of

5217
03:04:15,450 --> 03:04:20,450
discussions with its attorneys.

5218
03:04:16,983 --> 03:04:22,083
» Thank you, mr. City attorney

5219
03:04:20,550 --> 03:04:25,016
meeting as authorized under the

5220
03:04:22,183 --> 03:04:26,916
open meeting law, specifically

5221
03:04:25,116 --> 03:04:28,150
minnesota state statute section

5222
03:04:27,016 --> 03:04:30,383
13d.05 for the purpose of

5223
03:04:28,250 --> 03:04:33,116
receiving a briefing on the

5224
03:04:30,483 --> 03:04:35,216
litigation matter ofssad

5225
03:04:33,216 --> 03:04:36,616
awaijane et al versus bittell et

5226
03:04:35,316 --> 03:04:36,883
al. May I have a second to that

5227
03:04:36,716 --> 03:04:37,450
motion?

5228
03:04:36,983 --> 03:04:39,216
» Second.

5229
03:04:37,616 --> 03:04:40,450
» The clerk will call the roll.

5230
03:04:39,883 --> 03:04:41,216
» Council member warren.

5231
03:04:40,550 --> 03:04:41,750
» Aye.

5232
03:04:41,350 --> 03:04:43,083
» Shaffer.

5233
03:04:41,850 --> 03:04:43,550
» Aye.

5234
03:04:43,216 --> 03:04:44,683
» Chughtai.

5235
03:04:43,650 --> 03:04:45,150
» Aye.

5236
03:04:44,816 --> 03:04:46,083
» Whiting.

5237
03:04:45,250 --> 03:04:46,616
» Aye.

5238
03:04:46,250 --> 03:04:47,716
» Chowdhury.

5239
03:04:46,716 --> 03:04:48,250
» Aye.

5240
03:04:47,850 --> 03:04:49,050
» Stevenson.

5241
03:04:48,350 --> 03:04:49,650
» Aye.

5242
03:04:49,150 --> 03:04:50,716
» Rainville.

5243
03:04:49,750 --> 03:04:51,083
» Aye.

5244
03:04:50,850 --> 03:04:52,050
» Vetaw.

5245
03:04:51,250 --> 03:04:53,150
» Aye.

5246
03:04:52,616 --> 03:04:53,550
» Palmisano.

5247
03:04:53,250 --> 03:04:54,883
» Aye.

5248
03:04:54,583 --> 03:04:55,150
» Chavez.

5249
03:04:54,983 --> 03:04:56,583
» Aye.

5250
03:04:55,983 --> 03:04:57,050
» Vice president osman.

5251
03:04:56,916 --> 03:04:57,583
» Aye.

5252
03:04:57,183 --> 03:04:58,216
» President payne.

5253
03:04:57,683 --> 03:04:59,416
» Aye.

5254
03:04:58,316 --> 03:05:02,216
» There are 12 ayes.

5255
03:04:59,883 --> 03:05:04,016
» That carries. For the viewing

5256
03:05:02,316 --> 03:05:06,883
public, I will note that t

5257
03:05:04,116 --> 03:05:08,616
broadcast for this meeting will

5258
03:05:06,983 --> 03:05:10,216
continue. And reconvene after

5259
03:05:08,716 --> 03:05:11,383
we've concluded the closed

5260
03:05:10,316 --> 03:05:22,800
session. We will start the

5261
03:05:11,483 --> 03:05:22,800
closed session at 1:30.

5262
03:08:16,250 --> 03:08:50,366
[ the minneapolis city council

5263
03:08:17,716 --> 03:08:50,366
is in recess ]

5264
03:32:00,866 --> 03:32:15,416
[ the minneapolis city council

5265
03:32:02,733 --> 03:32:15,416
is in recess ]

5266
03:49:38,150 --> 03:49:49,233
[ the minneapolis city council

5267
03:49:39,583 --> 03:49:49,233
is in recess ]

5268
04:00:44,616 --> 04:00:47,550
[ the minneapolis city council

5269
04:00:45,716 --> 04:00:49,650
is in a closed session, this

5270
04:00:47,650 --> 04:00:59,833
meeting will resume when the

5271
04:00:49,750 --> 04:00:59,833
closed session ends ]

5272
04:12:29,200 --> 04:12:32,000
[ the minneapolis city council

5273
04:12:30,100 --> 04:12:36,133
is in a closed session, this

5274
04:12:32,100 --> 04:12:39,083
meeting will resume when the

5275
04:12:36,233 --> 04:12:39,083
closed session ends ]

5276
04:32:20,633 --> 04:32:24,716
[ the minneapolis city council

5277
04:32:22,250 --> 04:32:28,516
is in a closed session, this

5278
04:32:24,816 --> 04:32:36,600
meeting will resume when the

5279
04:32:28,616 --> 04:32:36,600
closed session ends ]

5280
04:44:00,616 --> 04:44:03,583
[ the minneapolis city council

5281
04:44:01,616 --> 04:44:06,550
is in a closed session, this

5282
04:44:03,683 --> 04:44:19,133
meeting will resume when the

5283
04:44:06,650 --> 04:44:19,133
closed session ends ]

5284
05:07:35,716 --> 05:07:38,250
[ the minneapolis city council

5285
05:07:36,383 --> 05:07:40,050
is in a closed session, this

5286
05:07:38,350 --> 05:07:44,200
meeting will resume when the

5287
05:07:40,150 --> 05:07:44,200
closed session ends ]

5288
05:18:48,400 --> 05:18:55,000
[ the minneapolis city council

5289
05:18:49,833 --> 05:18:57,133
is in a closed session, this

5290
05:18:55,100 --> 05:19:10,750
meeting will resume when the

5291
05:18:57,233 --> 05:19:10,750
closed session ends ]

5292
05:29:36,583 --> 05:29:42,816
[ gavel ].

5293
05:29:37,250 --> 05:29:45,483
» The time is now 3:08 and the

5294
05:29:42,916 --> 05:29:49,716
city council has reconvened

5295
05:29:45,583 --> 05:29:50,850
following our closed session.

5296
05:29:50,216 --> 05:29:52,450
» Council member warren.

5297
05:29:51,050 --> 05:29:52,983
» Aye. Present.

5298
05:29:52,650 --> 05:29:53,416
» Shaffer.

5299
05:29:53,083 --> 05:29:54,983
» Present.

5300
05:29:53,516 --> 05:29:56,616
» Council member wonsley is

5301
05:29:55,083 --> 05:29:57,616
absent. Council member chughtai.

5302
05:29:57,083 --> 05:29:58,050
» Present.

5303
05:29:57,716 --> 05:29:59,050
» Whiting.

5304
05:29:58,216 --> 05:29:59,650
» Present.

5305
05:29:59,150 --> 05:30:00,850
» Chowdhury.

5306
05:29:59,750 --> 05:30:01,216
» Present.

5307
05:30:00,950 --> 05:30:01,583
» Stevenson.

5308
05:30:01,316 --> 05:30:03,416
» Present.

5309
05:30:01,683 --> 05:30:03,783
» Council member rainville is

5310
05:30:03,516 --> 05:30:04,516
absent. Vetaw.

5311
05:30:03,916 --> 05:30:05,150
» Present.

5312
05:30:04,850 --> 05:30:05,783
» Palmisano.

5313
05:30:05,250 --> 05:30:06,683
» Present.

5314
05:30:05,950 --> 05:30:07,150
» Council member chavez.

5315
05:30:06,816 --> 05:30:08,716
» Present.

5316
05:30:07,350 --> 05:30:09,250
» Vice president osman is

5317
05:30:08,800 --> 05:30:09,850
absent. President payne.

5318
05:30:09,350 --> 05:30:11,350
» Present.

5319
05:30:09,950 --> 05:30:13,816
» There are 10 members present.

5320
05:30:11,450 --> 05:30:18,383
» Let the record reflect we

5321
05:30:13,916 --> 05:30:22,183
have a quorum. With that, we've

5322
05:30:18,483 --> 05:30:24,283
completed our business today.

5323
05:30:22,283 --> 05:30:26,016
with nothing to come before the

5324
05:30:24,383 --> 05:30:37,333
council, without objection, this

5325
05:30:26,116 --> 05:30:37,333
meeting is adjourned.