[GAVEL].
>> WELCOME TOHE REGULAR
» WELCOME TOHE REGULAR
MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
SAFETY &QUITY COMMITTEE FOR
GUST 5, 2026. I AM JASON
CHAVEZ, THE CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE
MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A
FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL
MEMBERS,STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC
THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE
BROAAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE
BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME
CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD
TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR
PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD BE MINDFUL
OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEED SO
OUR CAPTIONSAN TRANSCRIBE THE
BROADCAST. A THIS TIME, I WILL
ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL
SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM FOR
THIS MEETING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYN
» COUNCIL MEMBER PAYN
>> PRESENT.
» PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS
» COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS
ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE
IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> PRESENT.
» PRESENT.
>> THAT IS FIVE MEMBERS ESENT.
» THAT IS FIVE MEMBERS ESENT.
>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE
» LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE
HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL BE USING
SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY SO
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE SIGNED
WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ON OUR
CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 1
AND ITEM NUMBER 2, AUTHORIZING
CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH THE
BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION
FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
INVESTIGATORS TASKFORCE, CRIME
ANALYSTS, AND INVESTIGATORS. A
CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR CANOPY
ROOTS. ITEM 4 ACCEPT IT IS
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS GRANT TO SUPPORT
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
ACTIVITIES. ITEM 5 IS THE PUBLIC
HEALTH RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY
GRANT TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY
RESPONSES. ITEM 6, ACCEPTS THE
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY GRAND FOR BOMB DISPOSAL,
EQUIPMENT, AND TRAINING, AND
AUTHORIZES AN AGREEMENT FOR THE
GRANT. 7, 8, 9 ARE FOR
CONFERENCE ATTENDANT. ITEM 10 IS
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR
AUGUST 19TH TO NOISE
REGULATIONS. ITEM 11 SET AS
PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 19TH
TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RELATED
TO PET OWNERSHIP RESTRICTION
REFORM. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP
ITEM 12 AT THIS TIME, POSTPONING
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE TO
THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING. THIS
ITEM IS UNDER POSTPONEMENT.
COLLEAGUES IS THERE ANY
DISCUSSION OR ARE THERE ANY
ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO
PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION?
WITH TH, I MOVE ALL CONSENT
ITEMS FOR APPROVAL, INCLUDING A
PUBLIC HEARING FOR 10 AND 11,
AND MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM 12,
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE TO
THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING. A
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[AYES EXPRESSED]
>> THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. ANY
» THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. ANY
ABSTENTIONS? THAT CARRIES.
SEEING NO -- THE NEXT ITEM WILL
BE RECEIVE AND FILE SOME OF THE
AGENDA STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER
13, A PRESENTATION RELATED TO
THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM. THE
CITY'S TREE MANAGER WILL BEGIN
THE PRESENTATION. WELCOME.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOO MY
» ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOO MY
NAME IS SYDNEY SHAFT AND I'M
HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A REPORT
ON THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM. SO
THELAN FOR TODAY IS TO GIVE AN
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND THE
TEAM, PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON
HOW OUR PLANTING NUMBERS HAVE
GONE SO FAR IN 2026, AND SHARE
SOME MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM
UPDATES. SO, THERE ARE A LOT OF
AMAZING REASONS WEO THIS WORK
AND WHY WE PLANT MOR TREES. ONE
OF THE BIGGEST ONESE THINK
ABOUT ARE THE WAY THAT TREES
HELPOOL OUR CITIESND HELP
MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
THE MORE OF THESE BENEFITS THAT
IT PROVIDES, SO WE TRY TO
THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM AS MH
AS POSSIBLE.E IS A BEAUTIFUL
TEAM PHOTO FROM THE U OF M ST.
UL CAMPUS FROM A FORESTRY
EVENT LAST YEAR. W HAVE OUR
PRO
OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR, AND
THEN OUR COMMUNITY FORESTER, AND
JIM FOR OUR CSERVATION CPS
MEMBER, AND TWO INTERNS, LISA
AND AMALI. SO THE CITY TREES
PROGRAM STARTED IN 2006. IT'S
OUR 20th BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR. WE
DISTRIBUTED OVER 25,000 TREES.
THE CITY TREES PROGRAM IS
EXCLUSIVELY FOR PRIVATE
PROPERTY, THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK
BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
PUBLIC TREES, THE BOULEVARD
TREES AND THE PARK'S TREES. WE
KNOW THE LARGEST OPPORTUNITY TO
INCREASE TREE CANOPY IN
MINNEAPOLIS IS ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY. SO, THE TREES THAT ARE
OFFERED THROUGH OUR PROGRAM ARE
CONTAINER TREES, 4 TO 8 FEET
TALL AND WE DO A WIDE VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TREES. OUR
MAIN TWO PLANTING PROGRAMS ARE
THE RESIDENTIAL CITY TREE SALE.
SO THESE ARE LOW COST TREES
PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS AT JUST
$30 EACH, WHICH IS A PRETTY
SIG
TREES WOULD TYPICALLY COST $150
TO $200 IF PURCHASED FROM A
NURSERY. WE PROVIDE THE ORDERING
IN ADVANCE AND WE GIVE RESIDENTS
ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO
FEEL CONFIDENT PICKING UP THE
TREE AND PLANTING IT. THEY PICK
UP THEIR TREES AT DRIVE THRU
PICK UP WEEKEND. WE TYPICALLY DO
IT IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR
FULL-SERVICE PLANTING PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY AN EFFORT
TO REDUCE AS MANY BARRIERS AS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE
ARE DISPARITIES IN THE TREE
CANOPY IN THE CITY. SO, THIS
PROGRAM HAS AN EMPHASIS ON THE
GREEN ZONES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AREAS, AND IT'S ALSO
OPEN TO NON-PROFITS AND
BUSINESSES. SO FOR
PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM,
IT INCLUDES A ONE-ON-ONE SITE
VISIT WITH CITY TREE STAFF,
WHERE WE ALSO CONTRACT WITH TREE
TRUST TO DO A LOT OF WORK AND WE
MEET WITH THE RESIDENT OR
PROPERTY OWNER AND TALK THROUGH
WHAT TYPE OF TREES THEY MAY BE
INTERESTED IN, HOW MANY THEY
HA ROOM FOR, MAKE SURE WE'RE
SELECTING TREES THAT FIT WHAT
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND GOING
TO BE SUCCESSFUL BEING PLANTED
ON THE SITE. THEN WE PROVIDE A
FULL-SERVICE PLANTING SO THE
RESIDENTS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
WATERING AND MAINTENAN FOR THE
TREES. THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES
AND SIS THAT HAVE TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. WE
HAVE DONE COMMUNITY GARDENS THIS
PAST SPRING AND AT HENNEPIN
SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO, THIS IS
LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS FOR 2026.
SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,
THE TARGETED NUMBER OF TREES
THROUGH OUR PROGRAM WAS 2,915.
THIS IS BETWEEN THE CITY TREE
SALES, THE FULL-SERVICE PLANTS,
REPLACEMENTS AFTER DISEASED AND
HAZARD TREE REMOVALS, AND 400
SMALL TREES AT A MINI FOREST. I
WI TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE
LATER. WE HAD A TON OF INTEREST
TRACK TO PLANTING JUST OVER
3,200 TREE THIS YEAR. SO, WE
HAVE T MAIN PLANTING SEASONS
IN MINNESOTA. SPRING IS APRIL,
MAY, INTO EARLY JUNE AND FALL
PLANTING SEASON ISSEPTEMBER,
OCTOBER, MAYBE BOO NOVEMBER. SO,
THIS IS JUST SHOWING WHAT WE
ALREADY COMPLETED SO FAR IN THE
SPRING AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE
PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE
YEAR. SO WE CONTRACT WITH METRO
BLOOMS TO DO SOME OF THE
REPLACEMENT TREE PLANTING AFTER
DIOCESED AND HAZARD TREES ARE
REMOVED. THEY ARE GOING TO PLANT
THE REMAINING THIS FALL. THE
SPRING CITY TREE SALE, WE SOLD
JUST OVER 1,100 TREES AND OUR
FALL SALE OPENED ON AUGUST 1ST.
THERE ARE 800 TREES AVAILABLE.
AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD SOLD 437
IN THE FIRST FOUR DAYS. THERE
HAS BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN
THAT PROGRAM. THEN THE
FULL-SERVICE PLANTINGS IN THE
SPRING, OUR TEAM PLANTED 150
TREES, TREE TRUST PLANTED 250,
ANDHIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN
UNPRECEDENTED NUMRS OF
REQUESTS. SO IN ADDITION TO THE
OVER 700 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
PLANTING, WE HAVE 600 MORE THAT
WE HAVE A WAIT LIST NOW AND ARE
WORKING TO GET A PLAN TO GET
PEOPLE THOSE TREES. THAT'S BEEN
VERY EXCITING. SO, THE MINI
FOREST IS A CONCEPT WE LEARNED
ABOUT A A STATE FORESTRY
CONFERCE LAST YEAR. IT
PROVIDES ALL OF THE SAME
BENEFITS TO TREES, OR BENEFITS
THAT TREES PROVIDE AND CAPTURES
A LOT OF CARBON. IT'S A DECADES
METHOD FROM JAPAN, WHERE YOU
PLANT A LOT OF TREES AND
VEGETAON CLOSE TOGETHER. IT'S
DENSELY PLANTED THAT YOU CAN FIT
350 TREES IN AN AREA AS SMALL AS
SIX PARKING SPACES. BECAUSE OF
THE PLANTS ARE COMPETING FOR
SUNLIGHT AND NUTRIENTS, IT
FORCES THEM T GROW QUICKLY, AND
YOU GET A MATURE POCKET FOREST
IN 20 TO 30 YEARS, WHERE A
TYPICAL FOREST WOULD TAKE LONR
TO REACH FULL MATURITY. WE
NISHED THE PREP IN JULY AND
WEE EXCITED TO G THAT
PLANTED IN NOVEMB. THEN,
LOOKING FORWARD T SEEING HOW WE
CAN OFF THAT TO OTHER SITES
AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN HOSTING A MINI
FOREST. SO, THE CITY TREES TEAM
ALWAYS DOES A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT
AND EDUCATION. ONE OF THE THINGS
WE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY WORKING ON
IS PROVIDING SOME EDUCATIONAL
GRAPHICS FOR SOMEOMMON MISCON
SECTIONS OR COMMON QUESTIONS WE
GET. SOME OF THOSE IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
COST OF WATERG THEIR TREE WHEN
THEY GET SOMETHING NEW PLANTED.
THE ANNL COST IS ABOUT $3, SO
THAT IS NOT A HUGE BARRIER FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE LUCKILY. WE HEAR A
T OF TIMES THAT PEOPLE HAVE
SMALLER LOTS AND THEY'RE
CONCERNED THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM
IN THEIR YARD FOR A BIG SHADE
TREE. SHADE TREES GROW TALLER SO
THE PART TAKING UP THE MOST
SPACE IS THE TRUNK, IF YOU THINK
OF THE LARGE SHADE TREES ON THE
BOULEVARD. IT'S A GRAY AREA,
NOT THAT BIG, WE CAN FIT SOME
SHADE TREES THERE. SOMETIMES THE
ORNAMENTAL TREES TAKE UP MORE
SPACE. THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES
OF THE EDUCATIAL PIECES WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING . OUR
FORESTER HAS BEEN WORKING ON
FORESTRY EXPLORATION AND A TREE
WORKSHOP. WE'RE ALSO CTINUING
THE CONTRACT WITH METRO BLOOMS
TO DO BLACK BASKET WORKSHOPS.
OUR CRDINATOR LED A WORKSHOP
IN JUNE, TO CONNECT TECHNICAL
INFORMATION ABOUT TREES AND
EDUCATION AROUND TREES WITH
NATURE INSPIRED ART. THERE WAS
POETRY, PUPPET MAKING, AND OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS WERE THE
SHARING VARIOUS RESOURCES.
ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS A TREE
AMBASSADOR PILOT. THIS IS A NEW
INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO INCREASE
VERSE AND FIRST TIME
PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM, TO
INCREASE MORE EQUITY IN THE TREE
CANOPY, AND TRYING TO REACH
PEOPLE THAT HEN'T HEARD ABOUT
OUR PROGRAM BEFORE. SO, WE WERE
LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
BECOME TREE AMBASSADORS. THEY
TREES. WE JUST WANT PEOPLE THAT
KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS AND KNOW
HOW TO REACH PEOPLE. WE HAD
APPLICATIONS OPEN IN FEBRUARY.
WE RECEIVED OVER 75
APPLICATIONS, WHICHAS VERY
SELECTED 15 TREE AMBASSARS AND
THEY EACH GET A STIPEND TO
IDENTIFY PLANTING LOCATIONS FOR
50 TREES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, THIS PROGRAM IS MODELED
AFTER ROUTE NASHVILLE, WHICH
DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR. THEY
HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO PROMOTE THE
PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON THEIR
RENGTH. SOME ARE SAVVY ON
SOCIALMEDIA, SOME MAY ATTEND
LARGE EVENTS, AND THEY JUST
HAD 250 TREES, MORE THAN THAT, Y
BUT AT LEAST 250 TREES REQUESTED
THROUGH THE TREE AMBASSADOR SO
FAR. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON OUR
PRIVATE PROPERTY TREE
PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WITH THE
IDEA TO PRESERVE TREES THAT ARE
LOST DURING NSTRUCTION. WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CPED TO
ENSURE THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING
TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S GOALS
OF INCREASED DENSITY AND NOT
ADDING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO
PULLING PERMITS AND
CONSTRUCTION. SO, I JUST WANTED
TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PART OF THE PROCESS
THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE HAD TWO SURVEYS THAT WE
DESIGNED IN AN EFFORT TO GET
MORE FEEDBACK BEYON JUST
MEETING. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY
MEMBER SURVEY WHERE YOU DIDN'T
NEED TECICAL EXPERTISE AND
THEN A PROFESSIONAL SURVEY FOR
BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, AND
ARBORISTS. WE RECEIVED A COUPLE
HUNDRED RESPONSES THROUGH THAT.
FROM A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, WE HEARD EXAMPLES OF
MATURE TREES THEY WERE SAD TO
HAVE LOST DUE TO CONSTRUCTION
AND SOMETIMES THESE TREES DON'T
E DURING ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION,
BUT IT COULD BE ONE TO THREE
YEARS AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE THE
STRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PUT
ON THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONES WITH
THE EXCAVATION AND SOIL
COMPACTION. WE HEARD A SENTIMENT
FROM BUILDERS THAT GENERALLY
THEY LIKE TREES AND THEY TRY TO
PRESERVE THEM AT TIMES WHEN THEY
ARE BUILDING A HOME FOR A PERSON
BUYING THE HE THAT WANTS A
MATURE TREE AS WELL. THEY WANT
TO MAKE SURE THIS TREE
PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IS NOT
ADDING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS IN
PERMITTING. WE ATTENDED SEVERAL
ADVISORY BODY MEETINGS AND
HOSTED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
MEETINGS WITH SOME AFFORDABLE
HOUSING REPRESENTATIVES, ONE FOR
DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS, THEN WE
ALSO HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
NEIGHBORS TO GET THEIR INSIGHT,
MAKING THIS A THOUGHTFUL AND
PRACCAL ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO ENFORCE AND
EXPECT TO BRING THAT FORWARD
EARLY NEXT YEAR. THIS IS JUST A
QUICK UPDATE. PREVIOUSLY
REGULATORY SERVICES, HOUSING
INSPECTORS WERE RESPONDING TO
PRIVATE PROPERTY HAZARD TREE
COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN
TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE HEAH
DEPARTMENT, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
INSPECTORS AND ARBORISTS HAVE
BEEN DOING THOSE. THE PARK BOARD
IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR DISEASE
AND INFESTED TREE COMPLAINTS ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY. BRINGING THAT
TO HEALTH GIVES US AN
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE CONDEMN
TREES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS A
FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM THAT IS
THROUGH A GRANT. WE WERE AWARDED
THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WE
PURSUED IT FROM ADVOCACY OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TALKED
ABOUT A NEED FOR HAZARD TREE
REMOVALS. THESE TREE REMOVALS
CAN COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
IT IS AN INCOME QUALIFIED
PROGRAM AND IF THE TREE
QUALIFIES AND IF THE RESIDENT IS
ELIGIBLE, WE COVER THE FULL COST
OF THE TREE REMOVAL, GRINDING
THE STUMP THAT IS LEFT BEHIND,
ANDREPLACEMENT TREE PLANTING
WE BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
ON JULY 1ST OF 2024. WE JUST H
OUR TWO YEARS OF THE PROGRAM. IN
THE TWO YEARS, WE HAVE ROLLED
OVER 500 ADDRESSES AND REMOVED
OVER 600 TREES AND THE AVERAGE
COST OF THE TREE REMOVAL IS
$5,440. SO OUR PROJECT
COORDINATOR MANAGES THAT PROGRAM
AND WHEN SHE TALKS TO
RESIDENTINGS SHE JUST HEARS A
LOT ABOUT HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE
AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THIS
PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A
SIGNIFICANT COST F RESIDENTS.
IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO SAY
TH
TEAM. THEY'RE AMAZING AND
THEY'
WORK HAPPEN. SO THAT CONCLUDES
MY PRESENTATION. I AM HAPPY TO
RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOUAY
HAVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH SYDNEY. I'M
» THANK YOU SO MUCH SYDNEY. I'M
SEEING IF ANY OF MY CLEAGUES
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
OKAY, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL KEEP THIS
» THANK YOU. I WILL KEEP THIS
TREES?NG THE SPECIES OF THE
>> SO, ONE OF THE MAIN
» SO, ONE OF THE MAIN
PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR
DECIDING SPECIES IS TO DIVERFY
THE CANOPY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO, ONE EXAMPLE IS THAT WE DON'T
TYPICALLY OFFER THAT MANY MAPLES
BECAUSE MAPLES, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE
BEAUTIFUL, THERE ARE A LOT
PLANTED IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHEN
THINGS LIKE EMERALD ASH BORER OR
DISEASE MES THROUGH, WE PUT
SPACE AND SPACE OF THE SAME
TREES. WE TRY TO OFFER A WIDE
VARIETY, SO WHEN THE NEXT PEST
OR DISEASE COMES THROUGH THAT WE
MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS YET, IT
DOESN'T HE DISASTROUS
CONSEQUENCES.
>> IS THERE THOUGHT TO WHETHER
» IS THERE THOUGHT TO WHETHER
THE TREES ARE NATIVE OR WHETHER
THE TREES MIGHT BE NATIVE IN 50
YEARS, GIVEN OUR CHANGING
CLIMATE? IS THERE A THOUGHT TO
THOSE THINGS?
>> YES, ABLUTELY. SO, WE LOOK
» YES, ABLUTELY. SO, WE LOOK
AT CLIMATE ADAPTATION, NAVE,
AND THEN WHA RESIDENTS ARE
REQUESTING. SO WE DO GET SOME
REQUESTS FOR FRUIT TREES,
APPLES, PLUMS, PEHES, AND
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT IS
SUCCESSFUL IN PRIVATE PROPERTY
IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND THE
CLIMATE ADAPTATION PIECE AS
WELL. I THI AROUND 90% OF OUR
TREES THAT WE OFFER ARE NATIVE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE A
LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BOUNDARY
IN AN EFFORT TO LOOK INTO THAT
CLIMATE ADAPTATION PIECE.
>> OH OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY
» OH OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY
RELATION TO, LIKE THE STREET
SWEEPING OR THE CLEANING THAT
MIGHT COME AFTER FOR CERTAIN
TYPES OF TREES THAT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE MORE MESSY.
>> I DO NOT. THAT'S A GOOD
» I DO NOT. THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION, BUT NO WE DO NOT.
>> THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL.
» THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL
» NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL
MEMBER WHITING.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK
» THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATIONI FOUND THIS QUITE
HELPFUL. THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE
CORRECT DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION,
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC
BOULEVARD IN OUR WARD THAT WE
WANT TO BEAUTIFY HERE IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR A
ECIFIC PROJECT. SHOULD I GO
THROUGH Y'ALL'S DEPARTMENT OR IS
THERE METHING ELSE THAT WE CAN
THAT CAN BE PLANTED IN THAT
BOULEVARD.
>> SURE, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL
» SURE, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL
MEMBER WHITING, THANK YOU. I
THINK THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY
TALK ABOUT IT USUALLY THE PARK
BOARD WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THBOULEVARD TREES BUT IF
YOU' LOOKING AT OTHER PLANTS
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN
CAN MAKE HAPPEN. THERE IS THE
EDIB BOULEVARD ORDINANCE AS
WELL SO THAT OPENS UP SOME
POSSIBILITIES ON WHAT WE CAN
PLANT.
>> WE'LL REACH OUT, THANK YOU.
» WE'LL REACH OUT, THANK YOU.
>> VETAW.
» VETAW.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I
» THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I
DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND
FTASTIC TEAM FOR ALL THE
HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO THE TE
PLANTING PROGRAM AND THE TREE
REMOVAL PROGRAM. COUNCIL MEMBER
ELLISON AND I WORKED REALLY HARD
TO MAKE SURE WE GOT FUNDING
BECAE THE DISEASED TREES WERE
TTING THE NORTH SIDE HARD, NOT
JUST FINANCIALLY BUT SO MANY OF
THEM. I LOVE THAT YOU MADE THE
POINT THAT WE PLANT VAETY, SO
WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUE
THAT WHOEVER PLANTED THESE TREES
50 YEARS AGO DIDN'T THINK ABOUT
EMERALD ASH BORER OR DISEASE. I
REMEMBER BEING ON THE PARK BOARD
AND THE DISEASED TREES WERE ON
THE SOUTH SIDE AND I AM LIKE
THEY'RE HEADED NORTH. THEN I GET
ON THE COUNCIL AND THEY'RE
NORTH. IT'S A HUGE FINANCIAL
IMPACT TO FOLKSHO JUST ONE DAY
HAD A BEAUTIFUL EE. THEY
BOUGHT THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THERE
WAS A BEAUTIFUL TREE THERE THAT
SUDDENLY BECAME DISEASED AND IT
IS $5,000 OR $10,000 TO REMOVE
IT. SO I LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS
AROUND THE TREE REMOVAL AND ALSO
TO SEE THAT YOU'RE STILL MAKING
SURE THEY CAN FILL THOSE HOLES.
THEY GET THEM REMOVED, THEY WANT
ANOTHER TREE THER WE HAVE THIS
PROGRAM FOR FOLKS TO GET A
DISCOUNTED, A REALLY GOOD TR.
I HAVE A FEW MYSELF, SO I KNOW
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD TREES. I
OW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO PAY
$30 VERSUS $300 AND THAT'S A
FINANCIAL STRAIN WHEN YOU WANT
TO BUY A TREE. I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND YOU
CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THE
NORTH SIDE IN PARTICULAR IS A
PART OF THIS WORK AND I ALSO
WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR WHAT
YOU'RE DOING WITH THE YOUNG
PEOPLE. I HAVE SEEN THEM OUT AND
THEY'RE REALLY EDUCATED ABOUT
TREES THAT. WE NEED OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE TO BE INVESTED AND
INFORMED ON HOW THIS IS DONE.
THEY INSPIRE US AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
>> THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
» THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT
» AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT
MYSELF ON QUEUE. THANKS SYDNEY
TO YOU AND THE STAFF FOR THIS
PRESENTATION. IT'S REALLY
HELPFUL AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE
IT. LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW,
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WORK DONE
ON THE PROGRAM. IT'S AN ISSUE
TH REALLY HAS IMPACTED SO MANY
RESIDENTS AND THAT PRICE TAG
REALLY CAN DISPLACE MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO STRUGGLE
TO PAY THAT BILL. SO I AM VERY
PROUD OF THAT WORK THAT STAFF
HAS REALLY DONE TO HELP FAMILIES
STAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
ALSO HAVING A HEALTHY
NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M THANKFUL FOR
THAT. I ALSO WANTE TO ASK ONE
QUESTION ABOUT THE TREE
ESERVATION ORDINANCE. I THINK
YOU SAID THERE HAS BEEN
ENGAGEMENT WITH A FEW FOLKS. ONE
OF MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE I AM
EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK AND
BASED ON THE PRESENTATION I AM
HEARING, MAKING SURE WE CAN
PRESERVE TREES AND NOT HINDER
DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WE CAN DO
BOTH. MY QUESTION IS WHA ARE
SOME OF THE COMMENTS OR FOLKS
SAYING IN THE ENGAGENT?
>> YES, THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ.
» YES, THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ.
SO, I THINK YOU KNOW, IT'S
INTE
SPLIT BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND THE PROFESSIONALS. IT
DEFINITELY VARIED A LOT. I THINK
FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHAT THEY'RE WANNG TO SEE IS
PRETTY STRICT PROTECTIONS, VERY
STRICT REQUIREMENTS TO TRY TO
LIMIT TREE REMOVAL AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE AND THEN REALLY
EMPHASIZEF PRESERVING TREES IS
NOT POSSIBLE, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
HAVING STRICT REQUIREMENTS OF
REPLEMENT TREE PLANTING. THEN
WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE
OTHER SIDE, THE DEVELOPERS,HE
BUILDERS, I KNOW THAT CPED HAS
BEEN MAKING A LOT OF EFFOR TO
REDUCE BARRIERS IN THE
PERMITTING PROCESS AND TRYING
NOT TO MAKE THINGS UNNECESSARILY
COMPLICATED, AND WE ARE IN A
FORTUNATE PLACE IN A LOT OF WAYS
THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF
RESEARCH, AS WELL AS OTHER
CITIES ARE DOING FOR THEIR TREE
PRESERVATION ORDINANCES. WE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WIT SEVER METRO
EA CITIES, BUT ALSO BOSTON AND
A
REALLY GRE ONE. SO WE'RE
LEARNING ABOUT THOSE COMPROMISES
THEY LEARNED ALONG THE WAY, HOW
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDINANCES
ARE CLEAR AND SIMPLE AND I
DOESN'T ALWAYS REQUIRE A PHONE
CALL TO A CITY OFFICE TO ANSWER
THE QSTIONS AND THAT PEOPLE
ARE ABLE TO BE MORE
SELF-SUFFICIENT IN APPLYING FOR
THE PERMIT, UNDERSTANDING WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THAT THERE
IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT
TYPES OF TREES A PROTECTED. WE
DON'T NEED TO BE PROTECTING
INVASIVE TREES ORREES THAT
AREN'T IN GOOD SHAPE. THAT WAS
THE COMMON SENTIMENT WE HEARD.
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU. THANKS
» PERFECT, THANK YOU. THANKS
FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANKS
TO STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK.
>>HANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK
» HANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK
YOU ALL.
>> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES NO ONE
» ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES NO ONE
ELSE IS IN QUEUE, SO SEEING NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK
THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE
THAT REPORT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS
RECEIVING A PRESENTATION ABOUT
THE MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY
COMMISSION. I WILL ASK FOLKS TO
COME PRESENT THAT. WELCOME.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> GOO AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR
» GOO AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. MY NAME IS.
>> GISEPPI, AND SILTING NEXT TO
» GISEPPI, AND SILTING NEXT TO
ME IS CO-CHAIR KEEN, SOE'RE
HERE TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL
REPORT THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE
CITY, TO THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK
BOARD. WE WILL PRESENT IT TO YOU
GUYS AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT
THE END.
>> THANK YOU.
» THANK YOU.
>> SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
» SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY
COMMISSION.
>> IF YOU CAN GET CLOSER TO THE
» IF YOU CAN GET CLOSER TO THE
MIC, THAT WLD BE GREAT.
>> WE WERE CREATE IN 2004
» WE WERE CREATE IN 2004
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
AND THE PARK BOA TO ENHANCE
THE URBAN FOREST AND TO BE PART
OF MAKING SURE THAT THE URBAN
FOREST IS PRESERVE AS WELL AS
EXPANDED. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
AGEN, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY
TREES MATTER, SOME OF THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PARK
BOARD SIDE, SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES AND THREATS WE HAVE
RECOGNIZED, AS WELL AS SOME OF
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. BHIE TREES
MATTER, I THINK SYDNEYID A
FANTASTIC JOB TALKING ABOUT WHY
TREES MATTER. I WON'T DELVE INTO
THIS TOO MUCH. THEY MITIGATE THE
DELIVER SOCIOECONOMIC BENEFITS,
AND THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTEO
PUBLIC HEALTH. IN TERMS OF HOW
WE FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, TREES
ARE A BIG PART OF IT. THEY COOL
THE CI, NOT JUST THROUGH
SHADE, BUT THROUGH TRANCE
EVAPORATION. I DON'T KNOW IF
ANYONE LIKES SITTING UNDER THE
SUNLIGHT, BUT I THINK PEOPLE
FEEL BETTER UNDER A SHADE TREE,
THEY IMPROVEIR QUALITY, AND
THEY MITIGATE THE WATER RUNOFF,
IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS WITH A LOT
OF CONCRETE. IT BEAUTIFIES THE
CITY, IT GETS PEOPLE TO WANT TO
BE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE FLOWN
INTO MAJOR CITIES, BUT IT'S VERY
APPARENT THAT THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS IS VERY GREEN IN THE
GROWING SEASON COMPARED TO
FLYING INTO SOME OTHER CITIES.
THE CANOPY IMPROVES PROPERTY
VALUES, MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER
ABOUT BEING IN THE CITY, AND IT
PROTECTS INFRASTRUCTURE. SHADE
PROTECTS FROM U.V. EXPOSURE, AS
WELL AS HEAT DAMAGE PROVIDED
FROM THE SUN. THEY ALSO
CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC HEALTH. I
THINK EVERYONE HERE HAS A VESTED
INTEREST IN IMPROVING PUBLIC
HEALTH. TREES ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH REDUCING BLOOD PRESSURE. I
KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE LIKE
SITTING UNDER A SHADE TREES I
MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY PROVIDE A
CALMING EFFECT, AND I THINK A
LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS LIKE
SITTING IN A PARK THAT IS SHADED
VERSUS A BRIGHT SUNNY COOKED
LAWN. MAYBE I AM BIAS. WE ALSO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE URBAN CANOPY
IS NOT THE ONLY PART OF THE --
THE URBAN CANOPY THAT THE PARK
BOARD MANAGES IS NOT THE MAJOR
PART OF THE CANOPY. I THINK
SYDNEY IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
SYDNEY AND THE CITY TREES
PROGR
70% OF THE URBAN CANOPY BY
REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND
MAKING SURE THAT THE TREES IN
THEIR PURVIEW ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS? THE PARK BOARD
AND THE CITY TREES PROGRAM HAS
BEEN GROWING THE CANOPY. WE HAVE
A NEW DIRECTOR OF FORESTR THAT
HAS BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY TREES
PROGRAM. I PROMISE I AM GOING TO
BE GUSHING OVER THE CITY TREES
PROGRAM. THEY DID NOT PREPARE ME
BEFOREHAND. I WAS GOING TO GUSH
OVER THEM EVEN WITHOUT THEM
BEING HERE. SO CO-CHAIR
STEVENSON, A LITTLE BIT MORE TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABO
DIVERSITY AND THE SPECIES OF
TREES, THE PARK BOARD RECOGNIZES
THAT MONO CULTURE IS DANGEROUS
WHEN IT COMES TO PESTS OR
DISEASE, SO THE PARK BOARD HAS
DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ADDING
DIVERSITY OF TREES TO MANAGE
THOSE PESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO PLANTING FUTURE-PROOF TREES
IS A BIG PART OF THE PLAN FROM
THE PARK BOARD. 8,000 TREES HAVE
BEEN PLANTED BY T PARK BOARD
IN 2026. LIKE I SAID, DIVERSITY
HAS BEEN AMAN -- A MAJOR PART OF
IT AND WE GENERATED $100,000 VIA
THE CARBON CREDIT OFFSET
PROGRAM. AGAIN, GUSHING OVER THE
CITY TREES PROGRAM, SYDNEY TOLD
YOU WHAT THEY DO, AND WE THINK
IT'S FANTASTIC, AND WE WANT TO
SEE THE WORK CONTINUE. CITY
TREES IS DOING A GREAT JOB. THEY
ALSO SELECTED A NEW DIRECTOR OF
FORESTRY, CHRIS McMASTER HAS
BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
WE'RE HAPPY WITH HIS LEVEL OF
ENGAGEMENT AND WE WANT TO SEE
THAT CONTINUE. CITY TREES
ENGAGEMENT AGAIN, I WAS NOT -- I
AM NOT GUSHING OVER THIS BECAUSE
I'M COACHED INTO GUSHING OVER
THE CITY TREES PROGRAM, BUT WE
REALLY LIKE WHAT THE TREE
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM HAS BEEN
DOING. WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THE
TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE
COMMENTS. THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
ENGAGEMENT AND THE WORKSHOPS
THAT WE HAVE SEEN GOING ON HAS
BEEN FANTASTIC. AGAIN, WE'RE
VERY HAPPY WITH CITY TREES.
CHA
THE STUFF THAT NO ONE WANTS TO
TALK ABOUT BUT WE'LL BRING IT UP
ANY WAY. THE FUNDING HAS NOT
BEEN THE MOST RELIABLE FOR
PLANTI TREES IN THE BOULEVARD,
THE CANOPY IS UNDER CONSTANT
THREAT, AND NOT ONLY IS THE PARK
BOARD CANOPY UNDER THREAT, THE
CITIZEN CANOPY IS UNDER THREAT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IT. SO,HE PARK
BOARD ITSELF, ONE OF THE GOALS
OF THE PARK BOARD ISO PLANT 2
TREES FOR EVERY TREE REMOVED AND
THAT IS A GOAL. THA REQUIRES
ABOUT IS MILLION DOLLARS IN
ANNUAL BGET TO PLANT AROUND 10
THOUSAND TREES A YEAR. THE PARK
BOARD HAS THE STAFFING,
INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THAT, BUT
THEY NEED THE $1 MILLION A YEAR
TO PLANT THOSE 10,000 TREES.
FUNDING IS NOT PERMANENT, SO
WHAT THE PARK BOARD AND THE
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT IS FORCED TO
DO IS FIND FUNDING ON THEIR OWN.
SO, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SPEND
TIME FINDING FUNDING INSTEAD OF
TIME SPENT TAKING CARE OF THE
TREES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE
INVESTMENT IN THE TREES AND THE
COST OF PLANTING THE TREES IS
NOT THEIR MAIN FOCUS. SO WE'RE
ALMOST LOSING MONEY HAVING TO
SEARCH FOR MONEY TO PLANT THE
TREES INSTEAD OF TING CARE OF
THE TREES. THE MANAGED CANOPY IS
UNDER THREAT. THE URBAN
ENVIRONMENT IS A TOUGH
ENVIRONMENT. TREES GET BEATP
BECAUSE THEY EXIST. THEY EXIST
AMONG PEOPLE AND WE RECOGNIZE
THAT. TREES ALSO, AS HAS BEEN
DISCUSSED IN THE CITY TREES
PRESENTATION, DEVELOPMENT IS A
PART OF THE CITY. WE RECOGNIZE
THAT, WE SUPPORT IT, WE WANT TO
MENTION THAT DEVELOPMENT AND
TREES CAN COEXIST AND IT'S A BIG
PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
PUSH FOR. SO WE DON'T WANT TO
SEE DEVELOPMENT COME IN THROUGH
A CITY AND CLEAR CUT TREES
INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THE DESIGN WITH TREES
INCLUDED. CURRENT STAFFING,
STRUGGLES TO MANAGE THE INVASIVE
SPECIES IN NATURAL AREAS AND WE
ALSO RECOGNIZE CLIMATE CHANGE IS
A BIG DEAL THAT WE NEED TO WORK,
I GUESS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
AND MAKE SURE THAT TREES ARE
PLANTED THAT RECOGNIZE THE
FUTURE CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE IN
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE
PRIVATE URBAN FOREST IS
CHALLENGED ASYDNEY AND THE
CITY TREES STAFF HAS MENTIONED.
PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, CLIMATE
CHANGE, THESE ARE ALL CHALLENGES
THAT T PUBLIC FACES. THE
EDUCATION PORTION AND
UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF
TREES VERSUS THE COST OF A TREE,
IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
CHALLENGE. PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING
TO BE FOCUSING ON TREES IN THEIR
YARD WHEN THEY ARE FOCUSED ON
KING SURE THAT THEY CAN MAKE
ENDS MEET. SO IT IS UP TO THE
PARK BOA AND THE CITY TREES
PROGRAM AND THE CITY TO EDUCATE
THE PLIC ON THE BENEFITS OF
TREES AND TO HELP THEM ENJOY
OSE BENEFITS. SO, WHAT ARE OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS? WE TRY TO KEEP
IT PRETTY SIMPLE. WE WANT TO SEE
THE URBAN CANOPY BE FUNDED. WE
WANT TO SEE PROTECTION FOR THE
URBAN CANOPY. WE ALSO WANT TO
EXPAND THE URBAN CANOPY WITH THE
HELP OF PRIVATE CITIZENS. WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN? WE WAN TO SEE
PERMANENT FUNDING FOR THE 2-1
REPLACEMENT TREE GOAL THAT THE
PARK BOARD HAS. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS
ALIGNED WITH THE PARK BOARD'S
GOALS AND IF THAT CAN'T BE DONE,
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE
HAVE FOR THE PARK BOARD IS TO
ESTABLISH A GRANT WRITER FOR THE
PARK BOARD TO WORK IN THE
DIVIS
STEWARDSHIP. WE AO WANT TO SEE
BETTER PROTECTIONS FOR THE URBAN
FOREST. WE WANT TO HAVE BETTER
COLLABORATION WITH ANY
ORGANIZATION THAT IS GOING TO BE
DEVELOPING IN THE CITY, TAKING
INTO CONSIDERATION THE TREES WE
HAVE, AND WORK TOWARDS A
SOLUTION THAT INCLUDES
SIGNIFICANT TREES WHILE BUILDING
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WANT TO
ALSO DEFINE MPRB'S ROLE IN
SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEMS IN NATURAL
AREAS A WE SUPPORT THE TREE
PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. AGAIN, I
CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, THE CITY
TREES PROGRAM, WE WANT TO SEE
CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AND GROWTH
THROUGH THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO SEE CONTINUED
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC IN
EDUCATING THEM AND MAKING SURE
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING
TO THE TREES ON THEIR BOULEVARD,
AS WELL AS THE TREES IN THEIR
YARD, AND WE WANT TO SEE
CONTINUED PURSUIT OF RESOURCES
FOR DISEASED TREE REMOVALS AND
REPLACEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
BEFORE I GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
WHICH I THINK IS FOR QUESTIONS,
I DO WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO
CO-CHAIR KEEN AS HE HAS A FEW
COMMENTS AS WELL.
>> WELCOME.
» WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. TIM KEEN, I AM A
» THANK YOU. TIM KEEN, I AM A
LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY, I
GREW UP IN WARD 10. I LIVE IN
WARD 11. IT IS MY HONOR TO SERVE
ON THE MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY
COMMISSION. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD
AND CURRENTLY A VERY ROBUST
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
POLI THAT GUIDE OUR DECISIONS.
WE CANNOT MEET THESE POLICY
OBJECTES WITHOUT VERY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO OUR URBAN TREE
CANOPY, BOTH THE PRESERVATION
AND REBUILDING IT ON A
CONTINUOUS BASIS. WE KNOW THAT A
SHADIER, COOLER, FORESTED URBAN
SPACE IS HEALTHIER, SAFER,
BETTER FOR US ALL. I HAVE TWO
REQUESTS OF THIS BODY. AS WE
CONTINUE THE WORK BOTH WITH CITY
URBAN FORESTRY A THE TREE
COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF THE PARK
BOARD IS TO PUT THOSE FUNDING
PRIORITIES IN ALIMENT WITH OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
PRIORITIES. WE NEED TO ME
INVESTMENTS IN THE URBAN
FORESTRY CONTINUOUSLY. THIS IS
NOT A SINGLE PROJECT EFFORT.
IT'S A WAY OF INKING. IT'S A
WAY OF IMPLEMENTING OUR WAY OF
LIFE. NUMBER TWO, AS YOU
CONSIDER PUBLIC PROJECTS, PUBLIC
TAXPAYER SUPPORTED PROJECTS THAT
COME THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE FOR
APPROVAL, WHETHER IT'S THE MET
COUNCIL, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MnDOT,
PARK BOARD, SCHOOL DISTRICT, ASK
THE QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE WE DOING
TO PRESERVE OUR URBAN TREE
CANOPY? HOW IS THIS PROJECT
GOING TO FURTHER OUR URBAN
FORESTRY? LEAN IN, PLEASE LEAN
IN. MAKE THE POLICYMAKERS THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE SPENDING THESE
PRIORITIES, HAVE THEM CASH IN
ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
AND CLIMATE CHANGE OBJECTIVES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I
APPRECIATEOUR ATTENTION TO OUR
URBAN TREE CANOPY.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR
» YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR
JOININ US ON THIS PRESENTATION.
I WILL FIRST PASS IT TO VICE
CHAIR STEVENSON.
>> THANK YOU, GREAT
» THANK YOU, GREAT
PRESENTATION. I HEAR SO OFTEN
ABOUT OUR STREET TREE CANOPY AND
PEOPLE LOVE IT, PEOPLE WANT IT
TO IMPROVE. I APPRECIAT YOU AND
YOUR TEAM FOR TAKING ON THAT
EFFORT AND REALLY ADVOCATIN FOR
OUR STREET TREES. JUST FOR
CONSTITUENTS, SO I CAN TELL THEM
WHEN THEY COME TO PLANT A TREE
AND THEY DIED, WHAT IS THE
SURVIVAL RATE OF THE TREES YOU
PLANT.
>> THE AFTERNOON LIFE SPAN FOR A
» THE AFTERNOON LIFE SPAN FOR A
TREE ON THE BOULEVARD IS 20
YEARS OR LESS.
>> SO IT'S A VERY TOUGH
» SO IT'S A VERY TOUGH
ENVIRONMENT FOR TREES ANDHE
FIRST 1 TO 5 YEARS IS THE
CRITICAL TIME FOR TREES TO
ESTABLISH THEMSELVES.
>> YES, IT TAKES TWO TO THREE
» YES, IT TAKES TWO TO THREE
YEARS FOR A STRESSED TREE TO
SHOW EVIDENCE OF THAT STRESS. IF
WE HAVE A DROUGHT YEAR AND YOU
DON'T WATER THAT TREE THAT FIRST
YEAR, IT COULD TAKE UP TO THREE
YEARS FORHAT TREE TO DIE. WE
WILL HAVE A DROUGHT YEAR, TWO
WET YEARS, AND THE TREE STILL
DIES AND PEOPLE WONDER WHAT
HAPPENED. SO ONE TO FIVE YEARS
IS THE MOST CRITICAL AND AFTER
THAT, TRIMMIN A TREE, AND
PRUNING THE TREE TO MAKE SURE
ITS WEIGHT IS APPROPRIATE FOR
THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH AND THE
AMOUNT OF DIRT IT'S IN IS
CRITICAL. TREES NEED
MAINTENANC ESPECIALLY FOR
THEIR FIRST 10 YEARS. IF YOU
DON'T PNE THAT TREE PROPERLY,
BY YEAR0, THEN AT YEAR 15, YOU
ARE GOING TO LOSE THE TE IN A
WIND STORM AND WONDER WHAT
HAPPENED. IT'S TOO HEAVY FOR THE
CANOPY AND THE STRUCTURE WAS NOT
APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATION.
THERE ARE A LOT OF
CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN PLANTING
A TREE, SELECTING THE LOCATION,
AND MAINTAING THE TREE FOR
THAT ENVIRONMENT.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU THAT IS
» OKAY. THANK YOU THAT IS
REALLY HELPFUL. THAT IS WAY MORE
DETAILED THAN I WAS EXPECTING SO
I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE SE
CONSTITUENTS REACHING OUT ABOUT
GINGKO TREES. WHAT'S THE
RATIONAL?
>>IVERSITY IS THE PRIMARY
» IVERSITY IS THE PRIMARY
RATIONAL. SOMEONE WILL HAVEO
CORRECT ME BUT THERE ARE TWO
GENDERS TO THE TREES, A MALE AND
A FEMALE. I BELIEVE THE FEMALE
WILL BE THE ONE THAT HAS THE
FRUIT BEARING, THAT HAS A
CERTAIN NOT PLEASANT AFTER
EFFECT, I WILL SAY. GINGKOS WILL
SOMETIMES CHANGE GENDER. THE
LE TREES WILL PRIMARILY BE
PLANTED IN THAT METHODOLOGY AND
TH CAN CHANGE. SO,
FORTUNATELY IT'S A SIDE EFFECT
OF GINGKOS IN AND OF THEMSELVES.
UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE GET
FRUSTRATED IF THOSE TREES START
DROPPING FRUIT.
>>OKAY. YEAH, IN YOUR PROGRAM,
» OKAY. YEAH, IN YOUR PROGRAM,
DO YOU ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC
THGHTS OR POLIES AROUND THE
SPECIES, NATIVE VERSUS CLIMATE
ADAPTED?
>> I THINK SYDNEY PRETTY MUCH
» I THINK SYDNEY PRETTY MUCH
TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
WE PLANT FOR THE URBAN
ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS FOR ALL
INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THE URBAN
ENVIRONMENT IS NOT NATI. YOU
HAVE TO CONSIDER WHERE THE TREES
ARE. YOU WANT TO PLANT FOR
NATIVE POLLINATORS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU ARE IN, OF
COURSE. YOU ALSO HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A TOUGHER
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
IS REAL, SO WE PLANT APPROPRIATE
TREES FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30
YEARS, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
TREES CAN HANDLE A WARMER
ENVIRONMENT.
>> OKAY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO
» OKAY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO
GINGKOS, ARE THEY NOT NATIVE
TREE?
>> THEY'RE NOT NATIV TO THIS
» THEY'RE NOT NATIV TO THIS
ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS CORRECT.
THEY'RE A HEARTY SPECIES AND
THEY CAN SURVIVE TOUGH URBAN
ENVIRONMENTS, THE SALTY SOIL
THAT ENDS UP HAPPENING ON
BOULEVARDS. SO THEY ARE
RECOGNIZED AS A GOOD BOULEVARD
STREET TREE. THEY WILL NOT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIVENESS OF
THIS ENVIRONMENT.
>> OKAY, I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU
» OKAY, I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU
SAY THAT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE
BEEN TELLING PEOPLE. I AM GLAD
TO HEAR THA IS TRUE FROM YOU.
GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
» THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I
» THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I
APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS. O THE SLIDE THAT
TALKS ABOUT UNRELIABLE FUNDING.
DOOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY AND I
CAN ASK STAFF ON A MEMO
POTENTIALLY, IS IN THE BUDT
ANNUALLY?
>> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITH FULL
» I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITH FULL
AUTHORITY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT
THE FUNDING IS PROBABLY 50% TO
70% OF WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE EACH
YEAR. THERE IS ALWAYS A GAP THAT
THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO
FILL THROUGH GRANTS OR THE
CARBON CREDIT OFFSET PROGRAM.
>> I WILL ASK A FOLLOW UP, HOW
» I WILL ASK A FOLLOW UP, HOW
MUCH MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET AND
IF IT'S SPLIT BETWEEN THEARK
BOARD AND SOME OF IT IN THE
CITY. I KNOW ITDEPENDS.
>> YEAH,HAT'S SOMETHING I
» YEAH,HAT'S SOMETHING I
CAN'T ANSWER, SORRY.
>> YEAH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
» YEAH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, YOU
PUT ON THE SLIDE SUPPORTING THE
TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. I
WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
TO SHARE SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> YEAH, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN
» YEAH, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN
VERY THOROUGH. I THINK -- I'M AN
AVID CYCLIST. I BELIEVE TREES
NEED TO BE PRESERVED BUT LIKE
LANES ARE NECSARY TOO. I LIKE
BIKE LANES UNDER THE SHADE. I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SIGNIFICANT
TREES TT PROVIDE NOT ONLY
BENEFITS TO A QUALITY AND THE
ECOSYSTEM, BUT SHADE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT IS IN
PLACE. I THINK THE TREE
PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IS DOING
A GREAT JOB RECOGNIZING THE NEED
FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT WHILE
PRESERBING THE TREES. --
PRESERVING THE TREES. I WILL SAY
CUTTING DOWN A LARGE TREEND
REPLACING ITITH 10 SMALLER
TREES ISOT GOING TO BE A GREAT
EQUIVALENT, BUT I KNOW THAT IS
SOMETIMES THE NECESSARY SOLUTION
TO REMOVING A TREE
>> AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
» AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
FEEDBACK FROM THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE COMMISSION, THAT WOULD
BE HELPFUL TOO. THE TIME LOOKS
LIKE IT'S NEXT YEAR BUT THAT
INFORMATION IS HELPFUL FOR US. I
APPRECIATE IT. THE LAST THING I
WILL SAY, YOU TALKED ABOUT
COLLABORATION WITH AGENCIES,
THAT POTENTIAL IMPACT. IS THAT
IN RELATION TO PUTTING THAT IN
AN ORDINANCE OR WHEN WE ARE
THINKING OF PROJECTS IN GENERAL,
LIKE A A PRACTICE, IT SHOULD
JUST BE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING,
WHICH MAKES SENSE BUT I WANTED
TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADD MOREDETAILS.
>> TO ADD A SPECIFIC, YEAH, WE
» TO ADD A SPECIFIC, YEAH, WE
WANT TO SEE IF THERE I A
CERTAIN -- WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
COMMENT ON DEVELOPNT PROJECTS
IN THE BEGINNING BEFORE THEY GO
DOWN A PATHF WELL, WE ALREADY
APPROVED EVERYTHING, SO CAN YOU
REVIEW THIS AND BE DONE WITH IT.
WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE
SOME CITY SANCTIONED SUBGROUPS
THAT DO HAVE MORE INPUT AND WE
WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS
PART OF THAT PROCESS BECAUSE
WE'RE A COMMISSION THAT WAS
SANCTIONED BY NOT ONLY THE PARK
BOARD BUT THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,
» THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,
HELPFUL INFORMATION. SEEING NO
DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK
TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
» THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING A
» OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING A
PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT RELATEDO A REPORT
ON AFTER ACTION REVIEWS, I WILL
ASK OFFICER BRYCE ROBINSON TO
PRESENT. WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, MY
» GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, MY
NAME IS BRYCE ROBINSON. I AM
GOING TO PRESENT ON THE AFTER
ACTION. IF YOU WANT TO GO S
STRAIGHT TO THE DASHBOARD. OUR
UNIT WAS TASKE WITH TRACKING
THE PROGRESS FROM THE AUDITOR,
THE AUDIT REPORT. SO WHAT WE DID
IS WE BROKE IT DOWN. THERE WAS
37 FINDINGS FROM THEREPORT.
FROM THAT, THE MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE CAME UP WITH 7 ACTION
ITEMS, REFLECTED IN THE PIE
CHART THERE. IN THE YELLOW,
WE'RE IN PROGRESS OF WORKING ON
31 OF THOSE AND WE BELIEVE BASED
ON WHAT WE REPORTED TO THE
AUDITOR, THAT WE COMPLETED 6.
THEY DO HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE
FROM THERE. WE BROKE IT DOWN
EVEN MORE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE
ACTION ITEMS HAVE MULTIPLE
PIECES TO THEM. SO IN ALL
REALITY, WE HAVE 89 ACTION
ITEMS. FOR THE SAKE OF BREAKING
IT DOWN FURTHER, WE BROKE IT
DOWN INTO TWO DIFFERENT REPORTS,
THE MOTURI-LUSSIER AUDIT. THE
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, WE WERE
ASKED TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE
INFORMATION AND DATA ON THE
RELEVANT RECOMMENDATIONS AND
LESSONS LEARNED. PROPOSED
CHANGES, PROPOSED CHANGES TO
TRAINING, MPD STAFFING ISSU,
AND 9-1-1 DISPATCH PROCEDURES
AND ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
AUDIT, THERE ARE 15
RECOMMENDATIONS, 3 WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES. 3 WERE TRAINING
PROTOCOLS. 4 INVOLVED STAFFING.
TWO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH 9-1-1
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND DISPATCH.
THREE WERE OTHER ISSUES. THE
LUSSIER WAS 22 RECOMMENDATIONS,
5 LINKED TO POLICIES, 1 STAFFING
RECOMMENDATION, 3 ASSOCIATED
WITH 901 EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND
6 RECOMMENDATIONS UNR THE
OTHER CATEGORY. SO OUR UNIT, WE
BASICALLY HAD TO START AT 0. WE
WERE GIVING THIS THE FINDINGS
AND THE ACTIO ITEMS, SO WHAT WE
STARTED DOING IS LAYING THE
FOUNDATION TO ALL OF THIS. SO WE
CREATED A SMART SHEET, THIS
INTERNAL DOCUMENT TRACKING ALL
THIS. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH
THATWE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING
THROUGH THOSE ITEMS AND SOME ARE
COMPLICATED AND SOME ARE EASIER
THAN OTHERS. SO SOME OF THE
DEPARTMENTS IS THE CITY
ATTORNEY, THE HENNEPIN
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DOMESTIC
ADVOCATES, CHIEF OF
INVESTIGATIONS, THE TRAINING
UNIT, AND THE CITY AUDITOR. SO
NOW WE HAVE MONTHLY STANDING
MEETINGS WITH THE CIT AUDITOR
WHERE WE PRESENT WHAT WE'RE
WORKING ON AND ALSO WE HAVE BEEN
PRESENTING WHAT OUR PLANS ARE TO
GET COMPLIANCE. WE THROW THE
IDEA TOWDS THEM AND THEY COME
BACK TO US SAYING THAT IS A GOOD
IDEA, CONTINUE WITH THAT. THEY
CAN SAY NO, WE DON'T THINK THAT
IS GOING TO WORK. GO BACK AND
FIGURE SOMETHING OUTrd E-- ELSE
OUT. SO OUT OF THE ACTION ITEMS
TOTAL, 4 AND 2, IN PROGRESS WE
HAVE 11, AN20, WHICH ADDS UP
TO 37. WE CONTINUE TO BREAK
THOSE DOWN INTO DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES, SOME INVOLVE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SOME INVOLVE
DATA AND TECHNOLOGY, AND
INVESTIGATIONS IN GENERAL,
PATROL OPERATIONS, SPECIALIZED
UNITS, TRAINING, POLICY AND
DEVELOPMENT, STAFFING, AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
» THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I AM CHECKING TO SEE IF ANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS. OTHERWISE, I CAN GO
FIRST. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I
APPRECIATE IT. I CAN GO FIRST.
SO MY QUESTION AND IF WE GO TO
PAGE NUMBER 6, THE CATEGORIES. I
AM TRYING TOEAD THIS A LITTLE
BIT BETTER. THE CATEGORIES ARE
SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED IN THE AFTER ACTION
REVIEW. THERE ARE DIFFERENT
GOALS THAT NEED TO BE MET IN
THOSE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES. THE
ONES THAT WERE COMPLETED, IS
THERE A WAY TO KNOW WHICH THEY
ARE AND THE ONES IN PROGRESS,
WHICH ONES ARE THOSE, I GUESS.
>> SO MY IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY
» SO MY IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY
GET MORE THOROUGH AND REPORT
OUT. I CAN GO OVER THE ITEMS
THAT WE BELIEVE WE COMPLETED IF
YOU LIKE.
>> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
» THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS
» SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS
SET UP IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
MEDIATION PROGRAM, GETTING
NEIGHBORS TO RESOLVE THEIR
ISSUES AND SENDING PEOPLE OUT
THERE TO MEDIATE. ANOTHER ONE OF
THE ITEMS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT
WE COMPLETED, IT'S A LITTLE MORE
THOROUGH HERE, BUT I WILL JUST
GIVE Y A BRIEF STATEMENT HERE.
WE ARE HAVING OUR INSPECTORS
REPORT ON LIKE CALLS FOR
SERVICE. SO ANY KIND OF DELAY WE
RESPONSE TIMES. SO THEY PULLED
THE STATISTICS AND SAID THERE IS
A CALL THAT STAYED PENDING FOR
AN HOUR. WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR
THAT? WE HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS
WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO IN FRONT
OF THE COMMAND STAFF AND THE
EXECUTIVE STAFF AND EXPLAIN WHY
IT TOOK THAT OFFICER OR THAT
CALL WAS PENDING FOR THAT LONG.
SO IT HOLDS PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
AND ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS,
WE'RE SEEING THAT OFFICERS ARE
GETTING OUT AND RESPONDING
QUICKER TO CALLS. ANOTHER ONE
HERE WOULD BE WE CREATED A
VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION
TEAM. SO WE USED TO HAVE O
YEARS AGO AND WE BROUGHT IT BACK
TO LOOK AND SEARCH FOR THOSE
VIOLENT OFFENDERS. AGAIN, THERE
IS ANOTHER ACTION ITEM HERE THAT
THE VCAT TEAM WAS AN ACTION ITEM
FOR. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE
THAT WE CHECKED OFF. THEN
ANOTHER ONE WE HAVE HERE IS WE
ASSIGNED ANY TIME THERE IS A
HISTORY OF DESTIC VIOLENCE
WITH ANY KIND OF DEATH, THE
LIEUTENANT OF HOMICIDE ASSIGNS A
TEAM TO STILL LOOK INTO THAT,
THE CAUSE OF DEATH. THOSE ARE
THE ACTION ITEMS.
>> YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN
» YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN
MORE, SPECIFICALLY ON ONE OF THE
LAST ONES YOU MENTIONED ABOUT,
THE HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND THE PROTOCOL FOR MPD, AND
WHAT PARTICULAR CHAES WERE
MADE TO THAT. THAT WOULD BE --
THAT, THE FOLLOW UP WITH MY TO
OFFICE WOULD BE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN
MORE AUT THAT. THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING THAT WAS
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE AFTER ACTION
THAT REALLY MATTERS TO MY
CONSTITUENTS. FOR ME, THANKS FOR
BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION
FORWARD TODAY. FOR THE NEXT ONE,
I THINK SOMETHING THAT I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE IS THE CATEGORY
COMPONENT BRON DOWN INTO SOME
OF THE GOALS THAT NEED TO BE
MET, WHICH PARTICULAR ONES ARE
COMPLETED, WHICH ONES ARE IN
PROGRESS, THAT NEED TO BE TIMED
OUT UNTIL PARTICULAR GOALS THAT
NEED TO BE MET. IHINK THAT
WOULD HELP THE PUBLIC TRACK SOME
OF THESE GOALS AND IT WOULD BE
REALLY HELPFUL. THAT WOULD BE
FOR THE NEXT ONE, NOT FOR TODAY.
JUST SHARING SOME THOUGHTS OF
HOW WE CAN SHARE AND COMMUNICATE
TO THE PUBLIC WIT SOME OF THESE
THINGS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.
» THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> I WILL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR
» I WILL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR
STEVENSON.
>> THANK YOU, MY CMENTS ARE
» THANK YOU, MY CMENTS ARE
ALMOST ENTICAL. IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS
TO SEE NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF
ACTION ITEMS BUT WHAT THOSE
ACTION IMS ARE FOR BOTH
COMPLETED AND IN PROGRESS. JUST
AGAI TO REMIND US AND THE
PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE, AND
THENAYBE UNDERNEATH THERE A
LITTLE DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT
OUR NEXT STEPS ARE ON THOSE
ACTION ITEMS. WE'RE REALLY
INTERESTED IN SEEING THESE
THINGS GET DONE. I KNOW YOU ARE
AS WELL. SO WE WOULD JUST -- I
THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL -- I
WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO SEE A, WHAT
THEY ARE, AND B, WHAT YOUR NEXT
STEPS ARE IN TERMS OF
IMPLEMENTING THEM.
>> THANK YOU, I ACTUALLY AGREE.
» THANK YOU, I ACTUALLY AGREE.
>> GREAT. OKAY. SEEING NONE
» GREAT. OKAY. SEEING NONE
ELSE IN QUEUE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. I WILL ASK THE
CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT
REPORT. OUR LAST ITEM, YES, OUR
LAST ITEM IS A REPORT FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND
OVERSIGHT DEPARTMENT REGARDING
POLICE RESPONSE TOUBLIC
GATHERINGS. NICK, THERE YOU ARE.
HI NICK.
AS YOU SET UP, I'M NOT SURE
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, DO YOU
WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE
BEGIN?
>> AFTER.
» AFTER.
>> GREAT.
» GREAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ALL SET UP
» ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ALL SET UP
HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
CHAVEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS NICK
BERKELEY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT A
REPORT ON THE POLICE RESPONSE TO
PUBLIC GATHERINGS. I AM GOING TO
HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE RESEARCH
POINTS CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO
A STAFF DIRECTIVE TO PROVIDE
BOTH THIS COMMITTEE AND THE
COUNCIL WITH A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF POLICE
PRACTICES RELATED TO CROWD
MANAGEMENT. POLICE RESPONSE TO
PROTESTS AND OTHER PUBLIC
DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRE-1970s
AMERICA CAN BE BEST DCRIBED AS
AN ERA OF ESCALATED FORCE.
POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE
CONTROLLING CROWDS, LESS THROUGH
TACTICS SUCH AS POLICE LINES AND
BARRICADES AND MORE WITH
INPROPORTIONATE USEF FORCE
SUCH AS FIRE HOSES, K-9s AND
BATONS. SOME SHIFTED AWAY FROM
HEAVY HANDED TECHNIQUES TO A
NEGOTIATED MANAGEMENT MODEL,
WHICH INVOLVED COMMUNICATION AND
COORDINATION WITH PRESTERS TO
ENSURE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND
EXPRESSION COULD COEXIST WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY INTEREST. DESPITE
POLICE USING SOFTER TECHNIQUES
CROWD CONTROL, THE
INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE NATURE
OF EVENTS IN THE 90s LED LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO RETURN
TO THE CONFRONTATIONAL TACTICS
OF THE 1960s AND BEFORE.
STARTING IN THE LATE 1990s AND
THE NEXT 15 YEARS, A STRATEGY
CALLED COMMAND AND CONTROL
BECAME PREVALENT. THIS COMBINED
FORCE WEERGING TECHNOLOGY, LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WOULD
DIVIDE CROWDS INTO SMALLER, MORE
MANAGEABLE GROUPS, WHICH MANY IN
THE PROFESSION BELIEVED TO BE
THE INEVITABLE. THEY SAW A
WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF LESS
LETHAL WEAPONS, SUCH AS TEAR
GAS, RUBBER BULLETS, PEPPER
SPRAY, TASERS,ND IMPACT
PROJECTILES KNOWN AS
40 MILLIMETERS ROUNDS OR BEAN
BAGS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE
INTRODUCTION OF LESS LETHAL
TACTICS CREATED PHYSICAL AND
EMOTIONAL SPACE BETWEEN OFFICERS
IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHIFTED THE
TAICS USED BY POLICE TOWARDS A
MILITARIZED LOOK AND FEEL THAT
D NOT MAKE EVENTS SAFER. FOR
DECADES, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
BEING IN A CROWD MAKES PEOPLE
LOSE THEIR INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY
AND BECOME IRRATIONAL,
IMPULSIVE, AND EASY TO
MANIPULATE. THIS CLASSIC LENS
LED POLICE AGENCIES TO APPROACH
CROWD BEHAVIOR AS CHAOTIC,
MEANINGLESS, OR CRIMINAL. A
NEWER THEORY CALLED THE
ELABORATED ASSOCIATE IDENTITY
MODEL REFUTES THAT IDEA. E.M.S.
RESEARCH ARGUES THAT PEOPLE IN
INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY, THEY SHIFT
IT BASED ON A STEP BY STEP
PROGRESSION, WHICH IS
HIGHLIGHTED HERE. THE FOUNDATION
OF RESEARCH INTO HOW CROWDS
BEHAVE AND HOW POLICE PRESENCE
CAN ALTER AN EVENT BEGAN IN 2005
IN RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE IN AND
AROUND SOCCER STADIUMS IN
EUROPE. THEY MADE SEVERAL
FINDINGS BUT OF PARTICULAR NE
IS THE FACT THAT THE
DISPROPORTION NATE AND
INDISCRIMINATE THREAT OR USE OF
FORCE CAN ACTIVATE PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROCESSES IN INDIVIDUALS THAT
CAN DROP PEOE INTO A CONFLICT
THEY WOULD OTHERWISE TRY TO
AVOID AND POLICE STRATEGIES AND
TACTICS FOCUSED ON DIALOG AND
THE EXERCISING OF RHTS SHOULD
BE IMPLEMENTED PROACTIVELY TO
PREVENT THE NEED FOR ESCALATED
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES DURING
PUBLIC GATHERINGS. RECENTLY,
RESECH HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND
TURN VIOLENT. ONE KEY INSIGHT S
REMAINS CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE
RESEARCH AND THAT IS HOW PICE
RESPOND TO PUBLIC GATHERINGS
MATTERS. IF POLICE TREAT A CROWD
AS A THREAT AND USE OR THREATEN
TO USE HEAVY HANDED TACTICS,
PEOPLE IN THE CROWD MAY FEEL
THEY ARE BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETED
AS A GROUP. CONSIDERING THIS
RESEARCH AND IN RESPONSE TO
SEVERAL LARGE SCALE PROTESTS,
SEVERAL POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY BEGAN EMPLOYING
TENANTS OFHE ESIM INTO THEIR
OPERATIONS. MANY OF THE AGENCIES
EXPERIENCED SUCCESS SIMILAR AND
ARE VERY SIMILAR. DURING
RESEARCH FOR THIS DIRECTIV
THERE WAS ONE CITY, COLUMBUS BY,
OHIO, WCH NOT ONLY STOOD OUT
BUT WAS RECOGNIZED BY OTHER
CITIES AS THE NATIONAL STANDARD.
COLUMBUS'S STANDARD TO LARGE
PUBLIC GATHERINGS APPLIES THE
RESEARCH. FOLLOWING THE MURDER
OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE PUBLIC
EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED IN 2020,
COLUMBUS WAS SUBJECT TO A
FEDERAL INJUNCTION, STEMMING
FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PROTT
RESPONSE. THE ORDER BARRED
INDISCRIMINATE FORCE AND
KETTLING OR CIRCLING OF CROWD.
IT PROHIBITED THE USE OF FORCE
TO DISPERSE NON-VIOLENT CROWDS
AND ANY USE OF FORCER POLICE
ACTION BE TIED TO SPECIFIC ACTS
TO WHICH A PERSON CAN BE
ARRESTED. POPS FUNCTIONS AS A
TIERED RESPONSEMODEL, INCLUDING
A DIALOG TEAM, CONSISTING OF
SOFT UNIFORMED OFFICERS WEARING
BRIGHT BLUE VESTS. THEY GATHER
REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE AND
DE-ESCALATE WHEN NEEDED. IT'S
SUPPORTED BYN ARREST AND
CONTROL TEAM, WHICH HAS TARGETED
ARRESTS CAPABILY USED FOR
ENFORCEMENT ACTION. IT'S STAGED
OUT OF SIGHT BUT CAN TRANSITION
TO A VISIBLE PRESENCE DEPENDING
ON THE RISKS. THE TEAM IS
SUPPORTED BY BIKES, DRONES, AND
OTHER RESOURCES SUCH AS SWAT AS
NEEDED FOR HIGHER RISK EVENTS.
PRIOR TO 2021, COLUMBUS HAD
RESPONDED TO CROWDS THROUGH THE
CLASSIC LENS MENTION EARLIER.
THEIR NEW MODEL APPLIES A SOCIA
IDENTITY APPROACH, WHICH
RECOGNIZES CROWD BEHAVIOR AS A
RATIONAL IDENTY BASED RESPONSE
TO SOCIAL GATHERINGS RATHER THAN
ONTANEOUS MOB VIOLENCE.
IMPORTANTLY AND ARGUABLY MOST
DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER CITIES
ANALYZED FOR TS REPORT IS THE
OFFICERS IN COLUMBUS ARE TRAINED
TO WORK INSIDE THE CROWD, RATHER
THAN INSIDE OR AROUND THEM. THEY
ARE ENGAGED TO IDENTIFY
INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A GROUP W
ARE INFORMALLY SORTED INTO THREE
CATEGORIES TO HELP GUIDE THE
DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE. BECAUSE
B'S AND C'S MAKE UP THE MOST OF
ANY CROWD, OFFICERS FOCUS THEIR
ENGAGEMENT ON THIS MAJORITY AND
BECAUS OFFICERS ARE WORKING
WITHIN THE CROWD, THEY
COMMUNICATE IN REAL-TIME TO THE
REGARDING TROUBLE FROM
POTENTIALING A STATERS. SO WHAT
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE?
IN 2015, WHEN OHIO STATE WON THE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP, THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS A FANS GATHERED ON
CAMPUS AND IN THE STREETS OF
COLUMBUS TO CELEBRATE THEIR
VICTORY. COLUMBUS PD RESPONDED
BY USING A COMMAND AND CONTROL
MODEL, INVOLVING OFFICERS
DRESSED UP IN RIOT GEAR AND
DEPLOYMENT OF TEAR GAS. THIS WAS
STANDARDOR THE TIME AND DID
NOT INCLUDE MODERN DIALOG USED
TODAY IN POPS. SHARED INTEREST
IN THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM SHIFTED
POLICE THE SAME WAY POLICE HAVE
APPROACHED THE CROWD. A REVIEW
REPORTED THATVER 200 PERSONNEL
WEREESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
INCIDENT. THEY DEPLOYED 7 PEPPER
SPRAY CANISTERS, AND 24 GAS
GRENES. CPD MADE 4 ARRESTS
DURING THIS EVENT AND REPORTED
INJURIES TO 5 STUDENTS AND 1
OFFICERS AND RESPONDED TO 89
FIRES. IN 2025, OHIO STATE AGAIN
WON THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BUT THIS
TIME CPD'S RESPONSE WAS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. HAVING
BEEN WORKING UNDER THE POPS
MODEL FOR 4 YEARS, CPD RESPONDED
FIRST WITH THEIR DIALOG TEAM AND
COORDINATE ADD PLAN WITH THE
UNIVERSITY STAFF AND STUDENT
LEADERS. THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW
FOR THIS REPORTED 58 POLICE
PERSONNE NO INJURIES TO
OFFICERS, NO USE OF FORCE, NO
USE OF CHEMICAL IRRITANTS, AND 0
ARRESTS. THERE WERE 7 FIRES AND
ONLY STUDENT INJURIES, HOWEVER
THOSE INCIDENTS WERE UNRELATED
TO CPD'S RESPONSE TO THE EVENT.
THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE CASE STUDY
IN THAT THE EVENTS ARE VERY
SIMILAR IN NATURE ON A VARIETY
OF LEVELS, YET THE SOCIAL AND
PHYSICAL IMPACTS WERE NOTEABLY
DIFFERENT. A COMPARISON OF THE
TWO EVENTS IN SOCIAL
COMPENSATION AND IDENTIT
REVEALED IN 2015, MEDIA OUTLETS
FOCUSED ON POLICE RESPONSE, BUT
IN 2025, THE SAME OUTLETS
FOCUSED ON STUDENT BEHAVIOR. THE
FIAL IMPACT FROM A FINANCIAL
STANDPOINT, THE REDUCTION OF
RESOURCES UTILIZED, THE NUMBER
OF OVERTIME HOURS MEANT COST
SAVINGS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
OVER $70,000 IN THIS EVENT
ALONE. ADDITIONALLY, NO ARRESTS,
NO INJURIES, NO USE OF FORCE
REDUCED T EXPOSURE TO
LITIGATION THAT COULD COME FROM
EVENTS LIKE THIS. POPS LEADERS
ATTRIBUTE THEIR SUCCESS TO THE
INTRANSCRIBE SIS DESIRES OF
THEIR OFFICERS. THE TEAM'S
GUIDING MOTTLE REQUIRES HONEST
INTENT, PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ON
THE WEB PAGE AND IS THE FIRST
SLIDE IN THEIR TRAINING
MATERIALS. POPS HAS OPERATED FOR
APPROXIMATELY 6 YEARS AND HAS
BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A KNOWLEDGE
LAB SITE FOR PUBLIC ORDER AND
PROTEST MANAGEMENT BY THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLICING.
SINCE ADOPTION, THE CPD REPORT
SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN
ARRESTS, USE OF FORCE, AND
OFFICER INJURIES, ALONGSIDE NO
2020. OF THE EVENTS REPORTED
SINCE THE DEPARTMENT STARTED
COLLECTING DATA, 317 WERE
RESOLVED WITH A DIALOG ONLY
PRESENCE. AMONG THE 17 EVENTS
NEEDED, OR AMONG THE 77
REMAINING EVENTS NDING
ADDITION NAM RESOURCES, 5
ARRESTS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE
OF THOSE EVENTS, 1 CUSTODIAL,
AN4 CITATIONS. NO VIOLENT ACTS
AGAINST OFFICERS AND NO
SIGNIFICANT USE OF FORCE HAS
BEEN REPORTED AND ACCORDING TO
ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT REPORTING,
EVENT VOLUME HAS GROWN 40% YEAR
OVER YEAR, WHICH CPD ATTRIBUTES
PARTLY TO THE COMMUNITY'S
CONFIDENCE, THAT LAWFUL
DEMONSTRATIONS WILL BE
FACILITATED RATHER THAN
SUPPRESSED. THE FIRST AND
POSSIBLY THE ONLY PEER REVIEW
EVALUATION OF A MODEL LIKE THIS
WAS CONDUCTED IN COLUMBUS, A
LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY WHERE 60
EVENTS WERE OBSERVED FOUND THAT
ACROSS NEARLY ALL EVENTS,
OUTCOMES INVOLVED LITTLE TO NO
USE OF FORCE, POPS OFFICERS
BUILT TRUST WITH THEIR EVENT
LEADERS AS EVIDENCED BY
REDUCTION IN NEGATIVE
INTERACTIONS WITH FACTIONS OF
THE COMMUNITY WHICH HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN
CONFRONTATIONAL. RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN KEY ORGANIZERS AND
POLI HAVE IMPROVED. GROUPS
THAT WERE INITIALLY RESIST TENT
TO DIALOG OR OTHER FORMS OF
COLLABORATION WITH POLICE NOW
PARTICIPATE IN EARLY
NEGOTIATIONS, PROVI ACCESS TO
THEIR GROUP'S LEADERSHIP, ENGAGE
WITH POLICE PRIOR TO EVENTS, AND
MOST CASES ARE COMMUNICATING
EARLY AND OFTEN AT THE ONSET OF
SPONTANEOUS GATHERINGS. CPD'S
SUCCESS INHE DEPLOYMENT OF
POPS HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF
A 5-DAY TRAINI PROGRAM THAT
HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO HUNDREDS
OF OFFICERS FROM DOZENS OF
AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
POSITIONED THEM AS A
PROFESSIONAL LEADER IN THE
POLICE RESPOE TO PUBLIC
THERINGS. LOCAL CHANGES HERE
AT HOME. PRIOR TO 2020,
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOLLOWED AN MPD OR A FEMA-BAS
COMMAND AND CONTROL PUBLIC ORDER
MODEL. UNDER THIS MODEL,
DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO CROWDS
BY MOBILIZING LARGE NUMBERS OF
OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR TO FM
PERIMETERS OR LINES, ENCIRCLING
CROWDS FOR MASS ARRESTS. THIS
MODEL IS ROOTED IN THE MENTIONED
CLASSITHEORY, SUGGESTING THAT
A VISIBLE SHOW OF FORCE WILL
DETER DISORDER. MPD STAFF
DESCRIBED THIS APPROACH AS
LARGELY UNCHANGED FOR DECADES
AND WITH THE BENEFIT OF
HINDSIGHT, CALLED IT
COUNTERPRODUCTIV MPD'S CURRENT
APPROACH IS BUILT AROUND A
SCALABLE LAYERED RESPONSE,
RATHER THAN A SINGLE DEFAULT
RESPONSE. SO WHEN STAFF
DESCRIBED SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF
THEIR BROAD STRATEGY REFERRED TO
AS A FLUID RESPONSE MODEL. IT
INCLUDES INTELLIGENCE AND
MONITORING, DIALOG AND
DEESCALAON, MOUNTED PATROL,
AND BICYCLE TEAM UNITS, STRIKE
TEAMS, MOBILE USE FORCE, AND THE
S.W.A.T. TEAM IN EVENTS THAT
OTHER EFFORTS FAILED OR OTHER
EMERGENCIES OCCURRED. THIS
APOACH IS MODELED IN PART ON
DIALOG POLICING WORK, THAT HAS
BEEN LEARNED FROM TRAINING WITH
COLUMBUS. ACCORDING TO NG
LEADERSHIP, THE KEY OPERATING
PRINCIPAL OF THE FLUID RESPONSE
MODEL IS THA STRIKE TEAMS
DEPLOY REACTIVELY TO THE
COMMISSION OF A CRIME RATHER
THAN PROACTIVELY UNDER THE
EXPECTATION THAT A CRIME WOULD
BE COMMITTED. OFFICERS NOTED
THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRAST
TO THE DEFAULT RESPONSE TO
PUBLIC GATHERINGS PRE-2020
LEADERSHIP DESCRIBED THE CURRENT
MODEL AS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE,
RELATIVE TO PAST ACTICE, AND
PROVIDED EXAMPLES OF HOW POLICE
AND COMMUNITY HAVE BENEFITTED
FR THE ADOPTION OF MODERN
POLICING OF PUBLIC GATHERINGS,
NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT A
MAED REDUCTION IN USE OF FORCE
INCIDENTS, LAWSUITS, AND
COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN TIED TO
PUBLIC GATHERINGS, A SHIFT FROM
MASS ARREST TACTICS TO SELECTIVE
INTENTIONAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
AGAINST SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, A
REDUCTION I ADVERSARIAL
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS, EVENT ATTENDEES, AND
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, AND
PERCEIVED LEGITIMACY BENEFITS
AMONGST OFFICERS, INCLUDING
SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND THE
FACT THAT MPD IS RARELY
DIRECTING OFFICERS TO HOLD THE
LINE HAS INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN
OFFICERS AND BUILDING TRUST IN
THE INTERNAL REFORM EFFORTS.
WHILE WORKING WITH MPD FOR THIS
REPORT, LEADERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGE
LIMITS AND CHALLENGES THEY'RE
FACING, INCLUDING A LACK OF
DEPARTMENT-WIDE TRAINING AND
EQUIPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE,
EQUIPMENT RESOURCES REMAINS A
PERSISTENT STRUGGLE, AND PUBLIC
ORDER RESOURCES SUCH AS VEHICLES
ARE OFTEN SHARED WITH OTHER MPD
STAFF THAT PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE
IN THE EFFORTS, PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT SUCH AS HELMETS AND
MASKS EXPIRE AND NEED TO BE
REPLACED. WHILE THE EFFORTS ARE
INTERNAL, THE FORMAL DIALOG TEAM
COLUMBUS AND OTHER CITIES REMAIN
ASPIRATIONAL AT THIS POINT BUT
EXPERTS IN THE DEPARTMENT
IDENTIFY THIS IS A TOP AREA THEY
HOPE TO SEE IMPROV. SINCE
2020, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO
THEIR POLICIES REGARDING CROWD
MANAGEMENT AND THEIR OVERALL
RESPONSE TO PUBLIC GATHERINGS.
MANY OF THE CHANGES REFLECT
BEST PRACTICES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS. HOWEVER,
THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
REQUIRES THAT AN INDEPENDENT
MONITOR REVIEW AND APPROVE THESE
POLICIES AND THAT IS A PROCESS
THAT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CONSENT
DECREE, WHICH THE CITY REMAINS
COMMITTED TO, REQUIRES
ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO POLICIES
RELATED TO HOW CROWD MANAGEMENT
TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE. EQUALLY
I
CHALLENGES, THE CHANGES THAT
POLICE HAVE MADE TO THEIR
RESPONSEO GATHERINGS IS THAT
OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS,
PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS. THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHANGE
IN POLICE RESPONSE AND POSITIVE
OUTCOMES IS CORRELATED BUT NOT
CAUSAL ALONE. COMMUNITY IS ALSO
CHANNG THE WAY THEY ORGANIZE,
DEMONSTRATE, AND SELF MONITOR.
THESE CHANGES INCLUDE
INVESTMENTS OF TIME AND
RESOURCES INTO THE TRAINING AND
IDENTIFICATION OF EVENT
MARSHALS, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
WAY THAT GROUPS COMMUNICATE THE
INTENDED OUTCOME OF THEIR EVENT,
EXTRA EFFORTS TO COLLABORATE
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO INK
CREASE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOR
EVERYONE AND THE DEESCALATION
USED BY LEADERSHIP WHEN
ENCOUNTERING OOSING GROUPS.
ORGANIZERS INTERVIEWED FOR THIS
REPORTROVIDED FIRSTHAND
EXAMPLES OF DIALOG WHEN IT WENT
WELL AND WHEN IT WENT POORLY. I
ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE AND
OTHERS TO READ THE REPORT FOR
THEIR PERSPECTIVE. COMMUNITY
LEADERS RECOGNIZE THERE IS NO
SINGLE STANCE AMONG ORGANIZERS
WHEN IT COMES TO EVENT PLANNING
WITH POLICE. THEY DESCRIBE IT
MORE AS A SPECTRUM OF FEELINGS
TOWARD DEPARTMENT LIAISING. SOME
WANT TO GIVE A QUICK HEADS UP,
SOME WANT ZERO CONTACT WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT, AND THERE ARE FEW
BUT THEY DO EXIST THAT ARE
LOOKING FOR CONFRONTATION. ONE
CHALLENGE THAT POLICE HAVE IS
DETERMINING WHERE ON THE
SPECTRUM GIVEN GROUP MAY FALL.
HAVING BUILT CHAINS OF COMMAND
AND MAKING COMMITMENTS TO
DISCIPLINE AIMED TO REDUCE
ESCALATION IN THEIR OWN RANKS,
OFFICERS OFFERED THEIR FOLLOWING
INSIGHT ON WHAT POLICE CAN DO TO
IMPROVE THEIR DIALOG AND LIAISON
EFFORTS. THEY MUST HAVE
SUFFICIENT RANK AND AUTHORITY TO
MAKE REAL-TIME DECISIONS AND
RANK ANDUTHORITY MUST BE
PAIRED WITH THE RESPECT OF THEIR
COLLEAGUES. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED
TO THE DIALOG TEAM OR STRIKE
TEAM SHOULD HAVE AN INTRINSIC
BELIEF IN THE 1ST AMENDMENT
RIGHT BEYOND THE COMPLIANCE OF
PERMITTING. OFFICERS SHOULD BE
ABLE TO A EMPOWERED TO
NEGOTIATE. THERE SHOD BE A
WILLINGNESS FROM DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS TO FIND SOLUTIONS
RATHER THAN DEFAULTING TO A NO
RESPONSE. DEPARTMENT LIAISONS
AND LIAISON MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE
THE ABILITY TO TREAT ORGANIZERS
AS EQUALLY CREDIBLE COMPARED TO
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. TAKEN AS A
WHOLE, THE DEPARTMENTS FEATURED
IN THIS SHOW A SHIFT AWAY FROM
FIRST CROWD CONTROL AS A PASSING
TREND, IT'S A RESPONSE TO
CADES OF RESEARCH SHONG THAT
HEAVY HANDED TREATMENT IS NOT
BETTER FOR ANYONE. IT SHOWS HOW
THEY ENGAGE IN DIALOG SEE FEWER
ARRESTS,INJURIES, AND
CONFRONTATIONAL DYNAMICS BETWEEN
THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC. THIS
REPORT ENCOAGES EXPLORING
OPTIONS TO SECURE OAR ALLOCATE
FUNDS TO FORMALIZE DIALOG TEAMS
AND IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL
COST SAVINGS THAT A MULTILAYERED
RESPONSE MODEL COULD PROVIDE
COMPARED TO BLANKET CALLOUTS OF
ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THE ES THAT
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THESE
MODELS DESCRIBE THE WORK AS
ONGOING. COLUMBUS STANDS OUT AS
AN AGENCY WITH ACADEMIC RESEARCH
PARTNERS, DATA TO BACK UP THEIR
CLAIMS, POLICY TO ENFORCEHEIR
RULES, AND THE RESEARCH.
SUCH THINGS TAKE TIME, OFTEN HAT
YEARS TO MATERIALIZE. THE REPORT
SUGGESTS A STAARDIZED
REPORTING SYSTEM AND OTHER
REPORTING STRUCTURES MENTIONED
IN THE REPORT, AS WELL AS THE
EXPLORATION OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS INTERESTED
IN CONTINUING THE RESEARCH
ASSOCIATED TO ESIM AND OTH
MODELS. THE COMMUNITY
PERSPECTIVE OFFERED IN THIS
REPO IS A NECESSARY BALANCE TO
ANY CONCLUSION THAT ONLY POLICE
CAN BE CREDITED FOR THESE
REFORMS. ORGANIZERS DESCRIBED
THEIR OWN PROFESSIONALIZATION AS
EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE
OUTCOMES WHEN TRUST IS BROKEN,
IT DOES NOT REPAIR QUICKLY AND
SKEPTICISM ONHETHER UNIFORMS
REFLECT GENUINE CHANGE INSTEAD
OF BETTER BRANDING. TO FOSTER
TRUST AND INCREASE EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION, THIS REPORT
CONSIDERS CONSPICUOUSLY
DISPLAYING CONTACT INFORMATION
FOR POLICE PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO
MANAGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS ON THE
DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, CREATING
AND PUBLISHING FLYERS IN DIGITAL
AND PHYSICAL FORM FOR
DISTRIBUTION, CONNECTING
CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED
IN PLANNING EVENTS TO THOSE
POLICE PERSONNEL WHO ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THEM,
AND EMPHASIZING COMMUNICATION
AND EAGEMENT BETWEEN ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND POLICE BEFORE,
DURING, AND AFTER A LARGE SCALE
EVENT. EACH AGENCY REFERENCED IN
THE REPORT HAS MOVED AWAY FROM
THE COMMAND AND CONTROL MODEL
AND RELIES ON FEMA-BASED MODELS
AS A LAST RESORT. AN ADOPTION OF
THIS APPROACH HAS BEEN RARELY
DRIVEN BY RESEARCH ALONE. I
REVIEWED CHANGES, SIMILAR
REVIEWS. THIS SUGGESTS THAT
WHILE THE UNDERLYING RESEARCH
HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO CLOSE TO
20 YEARS, IT WAS LEGAL EXPOSURE
AND MANDATEDREFORM, NOT
VOLUNTARY ADOPTION OF
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE THAT HAS
BEEN THE PRIMARY DRIVE FOR
CHANGE IN THESE AGENCIES
REPRESENTED. IT'S EQUALLY
NOTABLE THAT EVERY LAW
ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL I
INTERVIEWED FOR THIS REPORT
RECOGNIZ THE VOLUNTARY NATURE
OF THEIR DEPARTMENT, WHICH COULD
INDICATE A CULTURE SHIFT AND
INTRINSIC DESIRE FOR OFFICERS TO
BE PART OF AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE.
IN AGENCIES WHERE SUPPORT IS
INCONSISTENT OR ABSENT,
LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S
AD HOC AND INSPIRATIONAL, RATHER
THAN INSTITUTIONALIZED AS
DEPARTMENT CULTURE. WITH THAT,
THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE
PRESENTATION AND I AM HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
REPORT.
>> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
» THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WIL FIRST PASS IT TO COUNCIL
MEMBER WHITING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMR
» THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMR
CHAVEZ AND THANK YOU NICK. I
WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT T
THANK YOUND YOUR OFFICE FOR
ALL YOUR WORK ON HERE. FOR THOSE
WHO CAN'T SEE, WE HAVE AN OVER
30-PAGE DOCUMENT OF IN-DEPTH
RESEARCH THAT GIVE AS BROAD
DESCRIPTION OF WHERE POLICING IS
MOVING, PARTICULARLY IN 1ST
AMENDMENT AND MORE DIALOG AND
COMMUNITY EVENT RELATED
POLICING. SO, I CANNOT THANK YOU
ENOUGH FOR PREPARING THIS LEVEL
OF WORK. IT IS SETHING THAT I
SEE WHY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
INVESTED IN FILLING OUT. I
APPRIATE THAT AS WELL, AS NICK
HAS TAKEN THIS ON AND DONE THIS
WORK. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
HERE TO DISCUSS WHERE THIS SORT
OF CAME FROM. IT'S KIND OF
SEEING IT IN STAGES OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WE HAVE
SEEN AN INCREASE OF INTERACTION
BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE
SEEN SOME OF THOSE GO EXTREMELY
WELL AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF
THOSE TAKE A DIFFERENT AVENUE
AND END UP IN MORE VIOLENT
SITUATIONS. SO, AS OF THE LAST,
ODNESS, IT CAME ACROSS THIS
IDEA THAT POPPED INTO MY HEAD.
IN THIS PAST SUMMER, WEST COAST
CITY, I'M FORGETTING WHICH ONE
SPECIFICALLY, THERE WAS AN
OFFICER THAT WAS ENGAGING A
DIALOG LIAISON OFFICER THAT WAS
ENGAGING WITH HOMELAND SECURITY,
A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER AND THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER WAS TRYING TO GET
THROU
PROTESTERS WERE. HE WAS GOING TO
SCENARIO. THE DIALOG LIAISON
OFFICER SAID IF YOU GO THROUGH
THERE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE
ARRESTED. SO THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME WHERE I HAVE SEEN AN
OFFICER, AT LEAST IN A MORE
VIRAL SETTING, ENGAGE IN
COMMUNITY POLICING THAT WAS
DIRECTLY PROTECTIVE OF COMMUNITY
WITH ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER. SO, TT SPIRALED INTO
OTHER EXAMPLES HERE IN THE CITY
OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE WE SAW IN
THE SUMMER, LAST SUMMER OF 2025,
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RAID IN
OUR CITY AND WE SAW KIND OF A --
NOT A COLLABORATION WITH MPD IN
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT
KIND OF A STANDING BY. SO, I
THINK WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS
IN MIND, CONSTITUENTS IN MIND.
THEY ASKED, WHAT ARE THEY DOING
THERE? THEY'RE NOT PROTECTING
OUR RESIDENTS. I THINK THAT IS A
FAIR CONCERN, A FAIR QUESTN
THAT WAS RAISED AROUND THAT.
THEN OBVIOUSLY MOVING TO MORE
RECENT EXAMES, OPERATION METRO
SURGE, AND HAVING AN
NON-SATISFACTORY ANSWER WHEN
CONSTITUENTS ASK WHY ARE MPD NOT
DOING MORE TO SUPPORT OUR
RESIDENTS, WHY ARE THEY NOT
ARRESTING THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT
VIOLATE OUR RIGHTS. THIS IS THE
RESPONSE TO THAT. SO NICK, THIS
IS, I THINK FANTASTIC IN WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IS HOPEFULLY BOTH A
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY, LIFE,
BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE RELATED
TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
HERE AS WELL. SO, I THINK THE
QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE
PARTICULARLY AROUND -- YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THESECITIES, BOTH IN
THREE PARTS HERE. SO, I
APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG WINDED
QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING
AT THESE DEPARTMENTS,
SPECIFICALLY THAT WORK WITH
DIALOG LIAISON OFFICERS OR
PROTECTIONS, 1ST AMENDMENT
PROTECTION OFFICERS, ARE THERE
POLICIES IN PLACE BETWEEN
INTERNALLY WITHIN THOSE
DEPARTMENTS THAT ENSURE THAT
THESE OFFICERS, WHILE THEY HAVE
FULL ARREST AUTHORITY, ARE THEY
KIND OF ABLE TO STEP OUTSIDE
OF -- ARE THERE POLICIES IN
PLACE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT
DOING E REGULAR JOB OF A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, I GUESS IS
THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE.
>> SURE. THROUGH THE CHAIR,
» SURE. THROUGH THE CHAIR,
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, YES,
THOSE POLIES DO EXIST. THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF THEM NOTE IN THE
REPORT THAT SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE
THAT OFFICERS, I BELIEVE IT WAS
IN SEATTLE AND COLUMBUS BOTH
TOGETHER HAD IN THEIR POLICIE
THAT THEIR SPECIFIC DIALOG
DUTIES COME FIRST. BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY, IN THE INTEREST
OF TRANSPARENCY, WE HAVE TO
REMEMBER THAT THEY'RE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE END
OF THE DAY AND THEIR DUTY IS TO
ENFORCE THE LAW. THE INTENT OF
THE TEAM AND THEROGRAM IS TO
ENSURE THAT THESE CONTUSIONAL
RIGHTS AREROTECTED AND THE
EVENTS CAN CONTINUE. NOW, THERE
IS AN INTERESTING CALCULUS THERE
TO AT WHAT COST. I THINK THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE -- I
DON'T THINK IT WAS REPORTED TO
ME THAT IS SOMETHING THA OCCURS
ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. IT IS
CODIFY IN POLICY THAT IF YOU ARE
GOING TO BE PART OF POPS OR THE
POET TEAM IN SEATTLE, THAT YOU
NEED TO BE COMING TO THIS WORK
WITH THE BELVE THAT THE GOAL
IS NOT ARRESTING PEOPLE, IT'S
MAKING SURE THAT THE EVENT CAN
CONTINUE AND THAT THE BALANCE
BETWEEN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
D PUBLIC SAFETY CAN EXIST.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. A SECOND
» GREAT, THANK YOU. A SECOND
QUESTION HERE, PARTICULARLY TO
WITHIN THOSE UNITS, WHEN THEY
HAVE KIND OF THAT FULL ARREST
AUTHORITY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE MULTILAYERED OR SCALABLE
DEPARTMENTS AND IT SEEMS LIKE I
THINK COLUMBUS HAS A LEVEL O
THAT SCALABLE, IT SEEMS LIKE
SEATTLE IS THEIR OWN STAND ALONE
UNIT. WHEN DEPARTMENTS ARE
OKING AT WHICH ONE ARE WE
GOING TO? MINNEAPOLIS, MPD HAS A
LAYERED, SCALABLE LAYERED
RESPONSE. HOW ARE WEENSURING,
HOW ARE DEPARTMENTS ENSURING
THAT THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF
LAST RESORT SO THAT HOPEFULLY
THE DIALOG LIAISON OFFICERS ARE
KIND OF THE ONES THAT ARE DOING
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
RESPONSE IN THESE SITUATIONS?
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE
» YES, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. THROUGH THE CHAIR,
COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL OF THE
AGENCIES THAT I INTERVIEWED HAVE
A MUL LAYERED RESPONSE, WHAT IS
TERESTING ABOUT SEATTLE IS
THAT THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH A
FULL TIME DEDICATED DIALOG TEAM.
SO EVERYONE ELSE I SPOKE TO DOES
IT AS A SECONDARY ASSIGNMENT OR
IN SOME CASES, SOMETHING THAT
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, SOMETHING
THEY'RE GOOD AT, OR SOMETHING
THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS PUT ON
THEIR PLATE AS SOMETNG THEY
SHOULD BE DOING. TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION, I THINK THE GOAL FROM
ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS TO
ENSURE THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF
INTRUSIONN THE EVENT. EFFORTS
TO DO THAT INCLU HIDING THE
RESOURCES OUT OF SIGHT, HAVING
EM ON STAND BY AND AVAILABLE,
CLOSE BY, OR WITHIN A REASONABLE
RESPONSE TIME. ONE OF THE
CONSISTENT THEMES I HEARD IS
THAT AS AGENCIES ARE ADOPTING
THIS, PART OF THE WAY THEYET
BUY IN IS THROUGH THE OFFICERS
KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE
PROTECD IN THE EVENT THAT
SOMETHING GOES WRONG. SO, SINCE
THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING
VISIBLE ACCESS TO AN ARMORED
UNIT OR A TACTICAL TEAM THAT IS
PRESENT INCREASES PEOPLE'S
HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OR ANXIETY
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A
CONFRONTATION. THE FIRST STEP OF
THEM OUT OF MIND, WHICH ALLOWS
THE GROUP'S IDENTITY TO MAINTN
ITSELF AND ITS INTENDED PURPOSE
FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU, AND THE LAST
QUESTION HERE, WHEN YOU ARE
LOOKING AT THESE AND I DON'T
REALLY KNOW HOW TFORMULATE
THIS QUESTION. IT'S A HARDER
QUESTION TO FORMULATE. WHEN YOU
ARE LOOKING AT THESE
JURISDICTIONS AND THESE
AGENCIES, HOW HAVE YOU SEEN
THESE DEPARTMENTS KIND OF DO THE
PROACTIVE PROTECTING OF 1ST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS, PROTECTING OF
THE DEMONSTRATORS. ARE THEY
DOING MORE THAN JUST BEING
OBSERVERS, BUT STEPPING INTO BE
LIKE HEY, YOU CONDITION DO THAT.
YOU HAVE TO LET THEM PROTEST AND
ENGAGE IN THESE ACTIVITIES AS
LONG AS IT'S NOT VIOLENT OR
OTHERWISE. I AM WONDERING HOW
THAT COMPONENT IS ADDED IN IT O
IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT AT ALL.
>> YES, I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF
» YES, I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF
THAT MYSELF. IT WAS REPORTED TO
ME SOME EXAMPLES, SOME ANTIDOTAL
EXAMPLES OF HOW AGENCIES ARE
DOING THINGS LIKE WHEN THEY
LEARN THE PATH OF A MARCH,
THEY'RE PROACTIVELY HELPING WITH
TRAFFIC CONTROL, OR IF THE PATH
CHANGES IN REAL-TIME
COMMUNICATION WITH EVENT
LEADERS, PLAN A HAS GONE OUT THE
WINDOW. WHAT IS PLAN B? THEN
DEVELOPING A PATH ON THE FLY,
GETTING BIKE TEAMS, GETTING
HOE TEAMS, GETTING CARS IN
PLACES THAT WILL PREVENT PEOPLE
FROM BEING INJURED. ONE OFHE
EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT THAT WAS
PROVIDED BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER
INVOLVED THE N KINGS RALLY THAT
WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE SAME DAY
THAT WAS THE HORTMAN MURDER, AND
THE INTENTIONAL THOUG AND
PLANNING THAT WENT INTO
ACCOMMODATING BOTH THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY'S BELIEF
AND THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER'S
BELIEF, AND THAT MIDDLE GROUND
S A GOOD EXAMPLE, I FELT, OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
NEGOTIATING TO FIND A SOLUTION
AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT WAS
ESSENTIALLY THE COMMUNITY SAID
WE'RE GOING TO SHORTEN OUR
PEOPLE HAVE LESS TIME TO TALK
AND WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS FROM THE
ROSTER AND THEN FROM A LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES
VISIBLY PRESENT TO DETER WHAT AT
THAT TIME WAS AN UNKNOWN THREAT
WITH A MURDERER ON THE RUNG AND
NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY WERE.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE ADDITIONAL
» THANK YOU. I HAVE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS THAT I WILL SAVE TO
GIVE MY COLLEAGUES SOMETIME
HERE. REACH OUT ON HOW W CAN
SCALE A POLICY FRAMEWORK TO
IMPLEMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS. THANK U.
>> ALL RIGHT, I PUT MYSELF NEXT
» ALL RIGHT, I PUT MYSELF NEXT
ON QUEUE. THANKS FOR THE
PRESENTATION. I THINK ONE OF THE
REASONS I SUPPORTED THIS STAFF
DIRECTION WAS BECAUSE OF THE
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND MPD AND
THE FINDINGS BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE THAT FOUND MPD
VIOLATING THE 1ST AMENDMENT
RIGH OF PEOPLE IN MANY
FFERENT WAYS. FIRST, THAT
OFFICERS RETALIATE AGAINST
PROTESTERS,FFICERS RETALIATE
AGAINST JOURNALISTS, AND
LAWFULLY RESTRICT ACTIONS
AGAINST PROTESTS, AND OFFICERS
AND CALLS, AND OICERS STOPS
RIGHT TO OBSERVE AND RECORD
POLICE ACTIVITY. I THINK JUST
M
IMPORTANT FOR CONTEXT, SOME OF
THE THINGS REALLY WANT TO DIAZ
DEEP INTO AS WE EXPLOREHIS
TOPIC. I WAS GOING THROUGH THE
REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION AND
IT TALKED AUT CONSIDER A
REGULAR STANDARDIZED PUBLIC
REPORTING MECHANISM AND
REPORTING STRUCTURES MENTIONED
IN THE REPORT. CAN YOU GO INTO
DETAIL ON WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE
OR WHAT THAT ENTAILED?
>> SURE CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU
» SURE CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTION. MOST OF THE
AGENCIES I SPOKE TO HAD SOME
TYPE OF FORMALIZED REPORTING,
STRICTURED TO THEIR DEPARTMENT
AND COMMUNIES OR GOOD MORNING
BODIES, ONE PARTICULARLY NOTE
IN
MADISON, HAS AER -- AN ORDANCE
ON THE BKS ON PREPROVIDING AN
AFTER ACTION REVIEW TO THE
COUNCIL AFTER CERTAIN THINGS
HAPPEN, SUCH AS THE DEPLOYMENT
OF GAS OR PROJECTILEMUNITIONS.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE
THIS BODY. ONS I WOULD OFFER TO
>> YES, THANK YOU. THAT I PART
» YES, THANK YOU. THAT I PART
OF THE REASON I AM ASKING. THAT
IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT IN THE REPORT. I THINK
ABOUT HOW THIS WLD HAVE BEEN
HELPFUL AT THE HEIGHT OF
GETTING THIS INFORMATION. SO I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
REPORT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO
THE PUBLIC ONE OF THE REASONS I
SUPPORTED THIS IS BECAUSE I
WANTED TO DIVE DEEP INTO THIS
COMPONENT OFHE -- WELL, TRUMP
DIDN'T WANT IT, BUT WHAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A FEDERAL CONSENT
DECREE. I THINK THERE ARE WAYS
THAT US AS BODY SHOULD HAVE
AND I APREUATE THE PRESENTATION
YOU GAVE . COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY
ELSE? OKAY. WE'LL CHAT OFFLINE.
ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES, NICK,
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTION. I
APPRECIATE IT. SEEING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION AND NO ONE IN QUEUE,
I WILL ASK THE CLERK TOECEIVE
AND FILE THAT PORT. SEEING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I
WILL DECLARE THIS MEETI
ADJOURNED.