[0:11] [GAVEL].
[0:12] >> WELCOME TOHE REGULAR
[0:13] » WELCOME TOHE REGULAR
[0:13] MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
[0:16] SAFETY &QUITY COMMITTEE FOR
[0:18] GUST 5, 2026. I AM JASON
[0:20] CHAVEZ, THE CHAIR OF THIS
[0:23] COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE
[0:26] MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A
[0:28] FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL
[0:29] MEMBERS,STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC
[0:31] THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE
[0:33] BROAAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER
[0:35] PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE
[0:38] BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME
[0:40] CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD
[0:41] TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR
[0:44] PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
[0:44] ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD BE MINDFUL
[0:47] OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEED SO
[0:48] OUR CAPTIONSAN TRANSCRIBE THE
[0:55] BROADCAST. A THIS TIME, I WILL
[0:56] ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL
[0:58] SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM FOR
[1:02] THIS MEETING.
[1:05] >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYN
[1:08] » COUNCIL MEMBER PAYN
[1:08] >> PRESENT.
[1:08] » PRESENT.
[1:08] >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS
[1:09] » COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS
[1:09] ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE
[1:10] IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
[1:15] >> PRESENT.
[1:15] » PRESENT.
[1:16] >> THAT IS FIVE MEMBERS ESENT.
[1:18] » THAT IS FIVE MEMBERS ESENT.
[1:18] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE
[1:21] » LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE
[1:21] HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL BE USING
[1:22] SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY SO
[1:23] PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE SIGNED
[1:27] WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ON OUR
[1:29] CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 1
[1:31] AND ITEM NUMBER 2, AUTHORIZING
[1:34] CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH THE
[1:35] BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION
[1:37] FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
[1:41] INVESTIGATORS TASKFORCE, CRIME
[1:45] ANALYSTS, AND INVESTIGATORS. A
[1:47] CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR CANOPY
[1:51] ROOTS. ITEM 4 ACCEPT IT IS
[1:53] PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
[1:54] PREPAREDNESS GRANT TO SUPPORT
[1:56] EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
[1:58] ACTIVITIES. ITEM 5 IS THE PUBLIC
[2:00] HEALTH RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY
[2:02] GRANT TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY
[2:03] RESPONSES. ITEM 6, ACCEPTS THE
[2:06] MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
[2:07] SAFETY GRAND FOR BOMB DISPOSAL,
[2:10] EQUIPMENT, AND TRAINING, AND
[2:14] AUTHORIZES AN AGREEMENT FOR THE
[2:15] GRANT. 7, 8, 9 ARE FOR
[2:20] CONFERENCE ATTENDANT. ITEM 10 IS
[2:22] THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR
[2:25] AUGUST 19TH TO NOISE
[2:26] REGULATIONS. ITEM 11 SET AS
[2:27] PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 19TH
[2:30] TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RELATED
[2:31] TO PET OWNERSHIP RESTRICTION
[2:33] REFORM. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP
[2:35] ITEM 12 AT THIS TIME, POSTPONING
[2:39] THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE TO
[2:42] THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING. THIS
[2:43] ITEM IS UNDER POSTPONEMENT.
[2:45] COLLEAGUES IS THERE ANY
[2:46] DISCUSSION OR ARE THERE ANY
[2:48] ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO
[2:50] PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION?
[2:55] WITH TH, I MOVE ALL CONSENT
[2:57] ITEMS FOR APPROVAL, INCLUDING A
[2:59] PUBLIC HEARING FOR 10 AND 11,
[3:01] AND MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM 12,
[3:04] THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE TO
[3:06] THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING. A
[3:07] THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3:10] [AYES EXPRESSED]
[3:10] >> THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. ANY
[3:15] » THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. ANY
[3:15] ABSTENTIONS? THAT CARRIES.
[3:17] SEEING NO -- THE NEXT ITEM WILL
[3:20] BE RECEIVE AND FILE SOME OF THE
[3:22] AGENDA STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER
[3:26] 13, A PRESENTATION RELATED TO
[3:28] THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM. THE
[3:31] CITY'S TREE MANAGER WILL BEGIN
[3:33] THE PRESENTATION. WELCOME.
[3:44] >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOO MY
[3:46] » ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOO MY
[3:46] NAME IS SYDNEY SHAFT AND I'M
[3:50] HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A REPORT
[3:52] ON THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM. SO
[3:54] THELAN FOR TODAY IS TO GIVE AN
[3:56] OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND THE
[3:59] TEAM, PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON
[4:02] HOW OUR PLANTING NUMBERS HAVE
[4:03] GONE SO FAR IN 2026, AND SHARE
[4:05] SOME MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM
[4:08] UPDATES. SO, THERE ARE A LOT OF
[4:10] AMAZING REASONS WEO THIS WORK
[4:11] AND WHY WE PLANT MOR TREES. ONE
[4:14] OF THE BIGGEST ONESE THINK
[4:15] ABOUT ARE THE WAY THAT TREES
[4:16] HELPOOL OUR CITIESND HELP
[4:19] MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
[4:22] THE MORE OF THESE BENEFITS THAT
[4:24] IT PROVIDES, SO WE TRY TO
[4:28] THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM AS MH
[4:31] AS POSSIBLE.E IS A BEAUTIFUL
[4:34] TEAM PHOTO FROM THE U OF M ST.
[4:37] UL CAMPUS FROM A FORESTRY
[4:38] EVENT LAST YEAR. W HAVE OUR
[4:41] PRO
[4:45] OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR, AND
[4:47] THEN OUR COMMUNITY FORESTER, AND
[4:49] JIM FOR OUR CSERVATION CPS
[4:53] MEMBER, AND TWO INTERNS, LISA
[4:56] AND AMALI. SO THE CITY TREES
[4:59] PROGRAM STARTED IN 2006. IT'S
[5:03] OUR 20th BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR. WE
[5:05] DISTRIBUTED OVER 25,000 TREES.
[5:07] THE CITY TREES PROGRAM IS
[5:10] EXCLUSIVELY FOR PRIVATE
[5:11] PROPERTY, THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK
[5:15] BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
[5:16] PUBLIC TREES, THE BOULEVARD
[5:18] TREES AND THE PARK'S TREES. WE
[5:21] KNOW THE LARGEST OPPORTUNITY TO
[5:22] INCREASE TREE CANOPY IN
[5:24] MINNEAPOLIS IS ON PRIVATE
[5:27] PROPERTY. SO, THE TREES THAT ARE
[5:29] OFFERED THROUGH OUR PROGRAM ARE
[5:31] CONTAINER TREES, 4 TO 8 FEET
[5:33] TALL AND WE DO A WIDE VARIETY OF
[5:35] DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TREES. OUR
[5:40] MAIN TWO PLANTING PROGRAMS ARE
[5:43] THE RESIDENTIAL CITY TREE SALE.
[5:44] SO THESE ARE LOW COST TREES
[5:46] PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS AT JUST
[5:47] $30 EACH, WHICH IS A PRETTY
[5:49] SIG
[5:50] TREES WOULD TYPICALLY COST $150
[5:53] TO $200 IF PURCHASED FROM A
[5:56] NURSERY. WE PROVIDE THE ORDERING
[5:59] IN ADVANCE AND WE GIVE RESIDENTS
[6:00] ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO
[6:02] FEEL CONFIDENT PICKING UP THE
[6:03] TREE AND PLANTING IT. THEY PICK
[6:05] UP THEIR TREES AT DRIVE THRU
[6:07] PICK UP WEEKEND. WE TYPICALLY DO
[6:10] IT IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL.
[6:11] THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR
[6:14] FULL-SERVICE PLANTING PROGRAM.
[6:16] THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY AN EFFORT
[6:17] TO REDUCE AS MANY BARRIERS AS
[6:19] POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE
[6:21] ARE DISPARITIES IN THE TREE
[6:22] CANOPY IN THE CITY. SO, THIS
[6:24] PROGRAM HAS AN EMPHASIS ON THE
[6:27] GREEN ZONES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
[6:28] JUSTICE AREAS, AND IT'S ALSO
[6:30] OPEN TO NON-PROFITS AND
[6:33] BUSINESSES. SO FOR
[6:34] PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM,
[6:35] IT INCLUDES A ONE-ON-ONE SITE
[6:38] VISIT WITH CITY TREE STAFF,
[6:39] WHERE WE ALSO CONTRACT WITH TREE
[6:41] TRUST TO DO A LOT OF WORK AND WE
[6:43] MEET WITH THE RESIDENT OR
[6:44] PROPERTY OWNER AND TALK THROUGH
[6:46] WHAT TYPE OF TREES THEY MAY BE
[6:47] INTERESTED IN, HOW MANY THEY
[6:49] HA ROOM FOR, MAKE SURE WE'RE
[6:51] SELECTING TREES THAT FIT WHAT
[6:52] THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND GOING
[6:55] TO BE SUCCESSFUL BEING PLANTED
[6:56] ON THE SITE. THEN WE PROVIDE A
[6:58] FULL-SERVICE PLANTING SO THE
[7:00] RESIDENTS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
[7:01] WATERING AND MAINTENAN FOR THE
[7:03] TREES. THERE ARE A LOT OF
[7:04] DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES
[7:05] AND SIS THAT HAVE TAKEN
[7:07] ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. WE
[7:08] HAVE DONE COMMUNITY GARDENS THIS
[7:14] PAST SPRING AND AT HENNEPIN
[7:16] SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO, THIS IS
[7:19] LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS FOR 2026.
[7:22] SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,
[7:23] THE TARGETED NUMBER OF TREES
[7:24] THROUGH OUR PROGRAM WAS 2,915.
[7:29] THIS IS BETWEEN THE CITY TREE
[7:31] SALES, THE FULL-SERVICE PLANTS,
[7:33] REPLACEMENTS AFTER DISEASED AND
[7:35] HAZARD TREE REMOVALS, AND 400
[7:38] SMALL TREES AT A MINI FOREST. I
[7:40] WI TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE
[7:42] LATER. WE HAD A TON OF INTEREST
[7:50] TRACK TO PLANTING JUST OVER
[7:53] 3,200 TREE THIS YEAR. SO, WE
[7:56] HAVE T MAIN PLANTING SEASONS
[7:59] IN MINNESOTA. SPRING IS APRIL,
[8:02] MAY, INTO EARLY JUNE AND FALL
[8:04] PLANTING SEASON ISSEPTEMBER,
[8:06] OCTOBER, MAYBE BOO NOVEMBER. SO,
[8:08] THIS IS JUST SHOWING WHAT WE
[8:09] ALREADY COMPLETED SO FAR IN THE
[8:11] SPRING AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE
[8:12] PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE
[8:14] YEAR. SO WE CONTRACT WITH METRO
[8:15] BLOOMS TO DO SOME OF THE
[8:17] REPLACEMENT TREE PLANTING AFTER
[8:19] DIOCESED AND HAZARD TREES ARE
[8:22] REMOVED. THEY ARE GOING TO PLANT
[8:25] THE REMAINING THIS FALL. THE
[8:27] SPRING CITY TREE SALE, WE SOLD
[8:30] JUST OVER 1,100 TREES AND OUR
[8:32] FALL SALE OPENED ON AUGUST 1ST.
[8:34] THERE ARE 800 TREES AVAILABLE.
[8:36] AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD SOLD 437
[8:39] IN THE FIRST FOUR DAYS. THERE
[8:41] HAS BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN
[8:43] THAT PROGRAM. THEN THE
[8:44] FULL-SERVICE PLANTINGS IN THE
[8:47] SPRING, OUR TEAM PLANTED 150
[8:51] TREES, TREE TRUST PLANTED 250,
[8:52] ANDHIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN
[8:54] UNPRECEDENTED NUMRS OF
[8:56] REQUESTS. SO IN ADDITION TO THE
[8:58] OVER 700 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
[9:00] PLANTING, WE HAVE 600 MORE THAT
[9:02] WE HAVE A WAIT LIST NOW AND ARE
[9:04] WORKING TO GET A PLAN TO GET
[9:05] PEOPLE THOSE TREES. THAT'S BEEN
[9:08] VERY EXCITING. SO, THE MINI
[9:11] FOREST IS A CONCEPT WE LEARNED
[9:14] ABOUT A A STATE FORESTRY
[9:15] CONFERCE LAST YEAR. IT
[9:16] PROVIDES ALL OF THE SAME
[9:18] BENEFITS TO TREES, OR BENEFITS
[9:21] THAT TREES PROVIDE AND CAPTURES
[9:24] A LOT OF CARBON. IT'S A DECADES
[9:28] METHOD FROM JAPAN, WHERE YOU
[9:30] PLANT A LOT OF TREES AND
[9:32] VEGETAON CLOSE TOGETHER. IT'S
[9:33] DENSELY PLANTED THAT YOU CAN FIT
[9:35] 350 TREES IN AN AREA AS SMALL AS
[9:38] SIX PARKING SPACES. BECAUSE OF
[9:40] THE PLANTS ARE COMPETING FOR
[9:42] SUNLIGHT AND NUTRIENTS, IT
[9:43] FORCES THEM T GROW QUICKLY, AND
[9:46] YOU GET A MATURE POCKET FOREST
[9:48] IN 20 TO 30 YEARS, WHERE A
[9:49] TYPICAL FOREST WOULD TAKE LONR
[9:53] TO REACH FULL MATURITY. WE
[9:55] NISHED THE PREP IN JULY AND
[9:55] WEE EXCITED TO G THAT
[9:57] PLANTED IN NOVEMB. THEN,
[9:59] LOOKING FORWARD T SEEING HOW WE
[10:00] CAN OFF THAT TO OTHER SITES
[10:02] AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE
[10:03] INTERESTED IN HOSTING A MINI
[10:07] FOREST. SO, THE CITY TREES TEAM
[10:10] ALWAYS DOES A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT
[10:12] AND EDUCATION. ONE OF THE THINGS
[10:13] WE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY WORKING ON
[10:15] IS PROVIDING SOME EDUCATIONAL
[10:17] GRAPHICS FOR SOMEOMMON MISCON
[10:20] SECTIONS OR COMMON QUESTIONS WE
[10:22] GET. SOME OF THOSE IS THAT
[10:24] PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
[10:25] COST OF WATERG THEIR TREE WHEN
[10:28] THEY GET SOMETHING NEW PLANTED.
[10:30] THE ANNL COST IS ABOUT $3, SO
[10:32] THAT IS NOT A HUGE BARRIER FOR A
[10:35] LOT OF PEOPLE LUCKILY. WE HEAR A
[10:38] T OF TIMES THAT PEOPLE HAVE
[10:40] SMALLER LOTS AND THEY'RE
[10:40] CONCERNED THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM
[10:42] IN THEIR YARD FOR A BIG SHADE
[10:44] TREE. SHADE TREES GROW TALLER SO
[10:46] THE PART TAKING UP THE MOST
[10:48] SPACE IS THE TRUNK, IF YOU THINK
[10:50] OF THE LARGE SHADE TREES ON THE
[10:52] BOULEVARD. IT'S A GRAY AREA,
[10:53] NOT THAT BIG, WE CAN FIT SOME
[10:55] SHADE TREES THERE. SOMETIMES THE
[10:59] ORNAMENTAL TREES TAKE UP MORE
[11:01] SPACE. THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES
[11:03] OF THE EDUCATIAL PIECES WE
[11:04] HAVE BEEN WORKING . OUR
[11:07] FORESTER HAS BEEN WORKING ON
[11:09] FORESTRY EXPLORATION AND A TREE
[11:15] WORKSHOP. WE'RE ALSO CTINUING
[11:18] THE CONTRACT WITH METRO BLOOMS
[11:22] TO DO BLACK BASKET WORKSHOPS.
[11:31] OUR CRDINATOR LED A WORKSHOP
[11:34] IN JUNE, TO CONNECT TECHNICAL
[11:36] INFORMATION ABOUT TREES AND
[11:37] EDUCATION AROUND TREES WITH
[11:41] NATURE INSPIRED ART. THERE WAS
[11:45] POETRY, PUPPET MAKING, AND OUR
[11:47] COMMUNITY PARTNERS WERE THE
[11:48] SHARING VARIOUS RESOURCES.
[11:52] ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT WE
[11:53] HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS A TREE
[11:58] AMBASSADOR PILOT. THIS IS A NEW
[12:01] INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO INCREASE
[12:02] VERSE AND FIRST TIME
[12:04] PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM, TO
[12:05] INCREASE MORE EQUITY IN THE TREE
[12:07] CANOPY, AND TRYING TO REACH
[12:08] PEOPLE THAT HEN'T HEARD ABOUT
[12:09] OUR PROGRAM BEFORE. SO, WE WERE
[12:12] LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
[12:14] BECOME TREE AMBASSADORS. THEY
[12:17] TREES. WE JUST WANT PEOPLE THAT
[12:18] KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS AND KNOW
[12:20] HOW TO REACH PEOPLE. WE HAD
[12:22] APPLICATIONS OPEN IN FEBRUARY.
[12:23] WE RECEIVED OVER 75
[12:25] APPLICATIONS, WHICHAS VERY
[12:29] SELECTED 15 TREE AMBASSARS AND
[12:31] THEY EACH GET A STIPEND TO
[12:33] IDENTIFY PLANTING LOCATIONS FOR
[12:35] 50 TREES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
[12:37] SO, THIS PROGRAM IS MODELED
[12:40] AFTER ROUTE NASHVILLE, WHICH
[12:42] DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR. THEY
[12:43] HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO PROMOTE THE
[12:44] PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON THEIR
[12:46] RENGTH. SOME ARE SAVVY ON
[12:47] SOCIALMEDIA, SOME MAY ATTEND
[12:49] LARGE EVENTS, AND THEY JUST
[12:54] HAD 250 TREES, MORE THAN THAT, Y
[12:55] BUT AT LEAST 250 TREES REQUESTED
[12:57] THROUGH THE TREE AMBASSADOR SO
[13:00] FAR. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON OUR
[13:04] PRIVATE PROPERTY TREE
[13:05] PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WITH THE
[13:06] IDEA TO PRESERVE TREES THAT ARE
[13:08] LOST DURING NSTRUCTION. WE
[13:09] HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CPED TO
[13:11] ENSURE THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING
[13:12] TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S GOALS
[13:14] OF INCREASED DENSITY AND NOT
[13:16] ADDING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO
[13:18] PULLING PERMITS AND
[13:21] CONSTRUCTION. SO, I JUST WANTED
[13:22] TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC
[13:24] ENGAGEMENT PART OF THE PROCESS
[13:25] THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR.
[13:28] WE HAD TWO SURVEYS THAT WE
[13:31] DESIGNED IN AN EFFORT TO GET
[13:34] MORE FEEDBACK BEYON JUST
[13:35] MEETING. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY
[13:36] MEMBER SURVEY WHERE YOU DIDN'T
[13:38] NEED TECICAL EXPERTISE AND
[13:39] THEN A PROFESSIONAL SURVEY FOR
[13:41] BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, AND
[13:43] ARBORISTS. WE RECEIVED A COUPLE
[13:45] HUNDRED RESPONSES THROUGH THAT.
[13:46] FROM A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY
[13:48] MEMBERS, WE HEARD EXAMPLES OF
[13:50] MATURE TREES THEY WERE SAD TO
[13:52] HAVE LOST DUE TO CONSTRUCTION
[13:54] AND SOMETIMES THESE TREES DON'T
[13:56] E DURING ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION,
[13:57] BUT IT COULD BE ONE TO THREE
[13:59] YEARS AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE THE
[14:00] STRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PUT
[14:02] ON THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONES WITH
[14:06] THE EXCAVATION AND SOIL
[14:08] COMPACTION. WE HEARD A SENTIMENT
[14:09] FROM BUILDERS THAT GENERALLY
[14:11] THEY LIKE TREES AND THEY TRY TO
[14:13] PRESERVE THEM AT TIMES WHEN THEY
[14:14] ARE BUILDING A HOME FOR A PERSON
[14:17] BUYING THE HE THAT WANTS A
[14:18] MATURE TREE AS WELL. THEY WANT
[14:20] TO MAKE SURE THIS TREE
[14:22] PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IS NOT
[14:26] ADDING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS IN
[14:27] PERMITTING. WE ATTENDED SEVERAL
[14:30] ADVISORY BODY MEETINGS AND
[14:31] HOSTED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
[14:33] MEETINGS WITH SOME AFFORDABLE
[14:34] HOUSING REPRESENTATIVES, ONE FOR
[14:36] DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS, THEN WE
[14:38] ALSO HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
[14:42] NEIGHBORS TO GET THEIR INSIGHT,
[14:44] MAKING THIS A THOUGHTFUL AND
[14:47] PRACCAL ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE
[14:48] THE CAPACITY TO ENFORCE AND
[14:50] EXPECT TO BRING THAT FORWARD
[14:52] EARLY NEXT YEAR. THIS IS JUST A
[14:55] QUICK UPDATE. PREVIOUSLY
[14:57] REGULATORY SERVICES, HOUSING
[14:58] INSPECTORS WERE RESPONDING TO
[15:00] PRIVATE PROPERTY HAZARD TREE
[15:02] COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN
[15:03] TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE HEAH
[15:04] DEPARTMENT, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
[15:06] INSPECTORS AND ARBORISTS HAVE
[15:08] BEEN DOING THOSE. THE PARK BOARD
[15:10] IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR DISEASE
[15:13] AND INFESTED TREE COMPLAINTS ON
[15:15] PRIVATE PROPERTY. BRINGING THAT
[15:16] TO HEALTH GIVES US AN
[15:21] ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE CONDEMN
[15:24] TREES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS A
[15:26] FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM THAT IS
[15:28] THROUGH A GRANT. WE WERE AWARDED
[15:30] THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WE
[15:33] PURSUED IT FROM ADVOCACY OF
[15:36] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TALKED
[15:38] ABOUT A NEED FOR HAZARD TREE
[15:42] REMOVALS. THESE TREE REMOVALS
[15:43] CAN COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
[15:45] IT IS AN INCOME QUALIFIED
[15:46] PROGRAM AND IF THE TREE
[15:47] QUALIFIES AND IF THE RESIDENT IS
[15:49] ELIGIBLE, WE COVER THE FULL COST
[15:50] OF THE TREE REMOVAL, GRINDING
[15:53] THE STUMP THAT IS LEFT BEHIND,
[15:55] ANDREPLACEMENT TREE PLANTING
[15:58] WE BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
[16:01] ON JULY 1ST OF 2024. WE JUST H
[16:04] OUR TWO YEARS OF THE PROGRAM. IN
[16:06] THE TWO YEARS, WE HAVE ROLLED
[16:07] OVER 500 ADDRESSES AND REMOVED
[16:09] OVER 600 TREES AND THE AVERAGE
[16:11] COST OF THE TREE REMOVAL IS
[16:15] $5,440. SO OUR PROJECT
[16:17] COORDINATOR MANAGES THAT PROGRAM
[16:18] AND WHEN SHE TALKS TO
[16:20] RESIDENTINGS SHE JUST HEARS A
[16:22] LOT ABOUT HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE
[16:24] AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
[16:26] COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THIS
[16:28] PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A
[16:29] SIGNIFICANT COST F RESIDENTS.
[16:31] IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO SAY
[16:33] TH
[16:35] TEAM. THEY'RE AMAZING AND
[16:36] THEY'
[16:37] WORK HAPPEN. SO THAT CONCLUDES
[16:39] MY PRESENTATION. I AM HAPPY TO
[16:41] RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOUAY
[16:43] HAVE.
[16:43] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SYDNEY. I'M
[16:45] » THANK YOU SO MUCH SYDNEY. I'M
[16:45] SEEING IF ANY OF MY CLEAGUES
[16:46] HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
[16:50] OKAY, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.
[16:52] >> THANK YOU. I WILL KEEP THIS
[16:55] » THANK YOU. I WILL KEEP THIS
[16:58] TREES?NG THE SPECIES OF THE
[16:58] >> SO, ONE OF THE MAIN
[17:00] » SO, ONE OF THE MAIN
[17:00] PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR
[17:01] DECIDING SPECIES IS TO DIVERFY
[17:03] THE CANOPY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
[17:06] SO, ONE EXAMPLE IS THAT WE DON'T
[17:08] TYPICALLY OFFER THAT MANY MAPLES
[17:10] BECAUSE MAPLES, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE
[17:12] BEAUTIFUL, THERE ARE A LOT
[17:14] PLANTED IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHEN
[17:16] THINGS LIKE EMERALD ASH BORER OR
[17:20] DISEASE MES THROUGH, WE PUT
[17:24] SPACE AND SPACE OF THE SAME
[17:26] TREES. WE TRY TO OFFER A WIDE
[17:28] VARIETY, SO WHEN THE NEXT PEST
[17:29] OR DISEASE COMES THROUGH THAT WE
[17:31] MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS YET, IT
[17:33] DOESN'T HE DISASTROUS
[17:38] CONSEQUENCES.
[17:38] >> IS THERE THOUGHT TO WHETHER
[17:39] » IS THERE THOUGHT TO WHETHER
[17:39] THE TREES ARE NATIVE OR WHETHER
[17:43] THE TREES MIGHT BE NATIVE IN 50
[17:45] YEARS, GIVEN OUR CHANGING
[17:47] CLIMATE? IS THERE A THOUGHT TO
[17:48] THOSE THINGS?
[17:49] >> YES, ABLUTELY. SO, WE LOOK
[17:54] » YES, ABLUTELY. SO, WE LOOK
[17:54] AT CLIMATE ADAPTATION, NAVE,
[17:55] AND THEN WHA RESIDENTS ARE
[17:57] REQUESTING. SO WE DO GET SOME
[17:59] REQUESTS FOR FRUIT TREES,
[18:01] APPLES, PLUMS, PEHES, AND
[18:04] TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT IS
[18:05] SUCCESSFUL IN PRIVATE PROPERTY
[18:07] IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND THE
[18:10] CLIMATE ADAPTATION PIECE AS
[18:11] WELL. I THI AROUND 90% OF OUR
[18:13] TREES THAT WE OFFER ARE NATIVE.
[18:14] WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE A
[18:16] LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BOUNDARY
[18:18] IN AN EFFORT TO LOOK INTO THAT
[18:19] CLIMATE ADAPTATION PIECE.
[18:22] >> OH OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY
[18:25] » OH OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY
[18:25] RELATION TO, LIKE THE STREET
[18:28] SWEEPING OR THE CLEANING THAT
[18:29] MIGHT COME AFTER FOR CERTAIN
[18:30] TYPES OF TREES THAT MIGHT BE A
[18:32] LITTLE MORE MESSY.
[18:33] >> I DO NOT. THAT'S A GOOD
[18:36] » I DO NOT. THAT'S A GOOD
[18:36] QUESTION, BUT NO WE DO NOT.
[18:39] >> THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL.
[18:40] » THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL.
[18:40] >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL
[18:42] » NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL
[18:42] MEMBER WHITING.
[18:43] >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK
[18:43] » THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK
[18:43] YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
[18:45] PRESENTATIONI FOUND THIS QUITE
[18:47] HELPFUL. THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE
[18:50] CORRECT DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION,
[18:52] SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC
[18:53] BOULEVARD IN OUR WARD THAT WE
[18:55] WANT TO BEAUTIFY HERE IN THE
[18:56] NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR A
[18:58] ECIFIC PROJECT. SHOULD I GO
[19:00] THROUGH Y'ALL'S DEPARTMENT OR IS
[19:03] THERE METHING ELSE THAT WE CAN
[19:07] THAT CAN BE PLANTED IN THAT
[19:09] BOULEVARD.
[19:10] >> SURE, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL
[19:12] » SURE, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL
[19:12] MEMBER WHITING, THANK YOU. I
[19:13] THINK THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY
[19:14] TALK ABOUT IT USUALLY THE PARK
[19:18] BOARD WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
[19:20] THBOULEVARD TREES BUT IF
[19:21] YOU' LOOKING AT OTHER PLANTS
[19:22] OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN
[19:25] CAN MAKE HAPPEN. THERE IS THE
[19:28] EDIB BOULEVARD ORDINANCE AS
[19:30] WELL SO THAT OPENS UP SOME
[19:32] POSSIBILITIES ON WHAT WE CAN
[19:33] PLANT.
[19:33] >> WE'LL REACH OUT, THANK YOU.
[19:35] » WE'LL REACH OUT, THANK YOU.
[19:35] >> VETAW.
[19:36] » VETAW.
[19:36] >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I
[19:39] » THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I
[19:39] DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, I JUST
[19:40] WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND
[19:45] FTASTIC TEAM FOR ALL THE
[19:47] HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO THE TE
[19:48] PLANTING PROGRAM AND THE TREE
[19:50] REMOVAL PROGRAM. COUNCIL MEMBER
[19:52] ELLISON AND I WORKED REALLY HARD
[19:54] TO MAKE SURE WE GOT FUNDING
[19:56] BECAE THE DISEASED TREES WERE
[19:58] TTING THE NORTH SIDE HARD, NOT
[20:00] JUST FINANCIALLY BUT SO MANY OF
[20:01] THEM. I LOVE THAT YOU MADE THE
[20:03] POINT THAT WE PLANT VAETY, SO
[20:07] WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUE
[20:08] THAT WHOEVER PLANTED THESE TREES
[20:12] 50 YEARS AGO DIDN'T THINK ABOUT
[20:14] EMERALD ASH BORER OR DISEASE. I
[20:16] REMEMBER BEING ON THE PARK BOARD
[20:17] AND THE DISEASED TREES WERE ON
[20:19] THE SOUTH SIDE AND I AM LIKE
[20:21] THEY'RE HEADED NORTH. THEN I GET
[20:22] ON THE COUNCIL AND THEY'RE
[20:24] NORTH. IT'S A HUGE FINANCIAL
[20:26] IMPACT TO FOLKSHO JUST ONE DAY
[20:29] HAD A BEAUTIFUL EE. THEY
[20:31] BOUGHT THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THERE
[20:33] WAS A BEAUTIFUL TREE THERE THAT
[20:35] SUDDENLY BECAME DISEASED AND IT
[20:39] IS $5,000 OR $10,000 TO REMOVE
[20:40] IT. SO I LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS
[20:44] AROUND THE TREE REMOVAL AND ALSO
[20:47] TO SEE THAT YOU'RE STILL MAKING
[20:53] SURE THEY CAN FILL THOSE HOLES.
[20:55] THEY GET THEM REMOVED, THEY WANT
[20:57] ANOTHER TREE THER WE HAVE THIS
[20:59] PROGRAM FOR FOLKS TO GET A
[21:01] DISCOUNTED, A REALLY GOOD TR.
[21:02] I HAVE A FEW MYSELF, SO I KNOW
[21:05] THEY'RE REALLY GOOD TREES. I
[21:06] OW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO PAY
[21:09] $30 VERSUS $300 AND THAT'S A
[21:16] FINANCIAL STRAIN WHEN YOU WANT
[21:17] TO BUY A TREE. I WANT TO SAY
[21:20] THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE
[21:21] WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND YOU
[21:23] CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THE
[21:24] NORTH SIDE IN PARTICULAR IS A
[21:26] PART OF THIS WORK AND I ALSO
[21:28] WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR WHAT
[21:29] YOU'RE DOING WITH THE YOUNG
[21:35] PEOPLE. I HAVE SEEN THEM OUT AND
[21:39] THEY'RE REALLY EDUCATED ABOUT
[21:41] TREES THAT. WE NEED OUR YOUNG
[21:43] PEOPLE TO BE INVESTED AND
[21:44] INFORMED ON HOW THIS IS DONE.
[21:46] THEY INSPIRE US AND THANK YOU SO
[21:47] MUCH FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
[21:49] >> THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
[21:50] » THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
[21:50] >> AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT
[21:52] » AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT
[21:52] MYSELF ON QUEUE. THANKS SYDNEY
[21:55] TO YOU AND THE STAFF FOR THIS
[21:57] PRESENTATION. IT'S REALLY
[21:58] HELPFUL AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE
[22:00] IT. LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW,
[22:01] I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WORK DONE
[22:05] ON THE PROGRAM. IT'S AN ISSUE
[22:06] TH REALLY HAS IMPACTED SO MANY
[22:09] RESIDENTS AND THAT PRICE TAG
[22:12] REALLY CAN DISPLACE MANY OF OUR
[22:14] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO STRUGGLE
[22:15] TO PAY THAT BILL. SO I AM VERY
[22:17] PROUD OF THAT WORK THAT STAFF
[22:19] HAS REALLY DONE TO HELP FAMILIES
[22:21] STAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
[22:24] ALSO HAVING A HEALTHY
[22:25] NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M THANKFUL FOR
[22:26] THAT. I ALSO WANTE TO ASK ONE
[22:31] QUESTION ABOUT THE TREE
[22:32] ESERVATION ORDINANCE. I THINK
[22:33] YOU SAID THERE HAS BEEN
[22:35] ENGAGEMENT WITH A FEW FOLKS. ONE
[22:36] OF MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE I AM
[22:41] EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK AND
[22:42] BASED ON THE PRESENTATION I AM
[22:43] HEARING, MAKING SURE WE CAN
[22:45] PRESERVE TREES AND NOT HINDER
[22:47] DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WE CAN DO
[22:48] BOTH. MY QUESTION IS WHA ARE
[22:49] SOME OF THE COMMENTS OR FOLKS
[22:51] SAYING IN THE ENGAGENT?
[22:53] >> YES, THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ.
[22:56] » YES, THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ.
[22:56] SO, I THINK YOU KNOW, IT'S
[22:57] INTE
[22:59] SPLIT BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS
[23:00] AND THE PROFESSIONALS. IT
[23:02] DEFINITELY VARIED A LOT. I THINK
[23:04] FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
[23:05] WHAT THEY'RE WANNG TO SEE IS
[23:07] PRETTY STRICT PROTECTIONS, VERY
[23:10] STRICT REQUIREMENTS TO TRY TO
[23:12] LIMIT TREE REMOVAL AS MUCH AS
[23:14] POSSIBLE AND THEN REALLY
[23:17] EMPHASIZEF PRESERVING TREES IS
[23:20] NOT POSSIBLE, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
[23:21] HAVING STRICT REQUIREMENTS OF
[23:23] REPLEMENT TREE PLANTING. THEN
[23:24] WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE
[23:26] OTHER SIDE, THE DEVELOPERS,HE
[23:28] BUILDERS, I KNOW THAT CPED HAS
[23:30] BEEN MAKING A LOT OF EFFOR TO
[23:33] REDUCE BARRIERS IN THE
[23:35] PERMITTING PROCESS AND TRYING
[23:35] NOT TO MAKE THINGS UNNECESSARILY
[23:38] COMPLICATED, AND WE ARE IN A
[23:39] FORTUNATE PLACE IN A LOT OF WAYS
[23:41] THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF
[23:44] RESEARCH, AS WELL AS OTHER
[23:45] CITIES ARE DOING FOR THEIR TREE
[23:46] PRESERVATION ORDINANCES. WE HAD
[23:48] CONVERSATIONS WIT SEVER METRO
[23:49] EA CITIES, BUT ALSO BOSTON AND
[23:53] A
[23:57] REALLY GRE ONE. SO WE'RE
[23:59] LEARNING ABOUT THOSE COMPROMISES
[24:00] THEY LEARNED ALONG THE WAY, HOW
[24:01] TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDINANCES
[24:04] ARE CLEAR AND SIMPLE AND I
[24:06] DOESN'T ALWAYS REQUIRE A PHONE
[24:08] CALL TO A CITY OFFICE TO ANSWER
[24:10] THE QSTIONS AND THAT PEOPLE
[24:11] ARE ABLE TO BE MORE
[24:12] SELF-SUFFICIENT IN APPLYING FOR
[24:13] THE PERMIT, UNDERSTANDING WHAT
[24:15] NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THAT THERE
[24:16] IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT
[24:18] TYPES OF TREES A PROTECTED. WE
[24:20] DON'T NEED TO BE PROTECTING
[24:22] INVASIVE TREES ORREES THAT
[24:23] AREN'T IN GOOD SHAPE. THAT WAS
[24:25] THE COMMON SENTIMENT WE HEARD.
[24:27] >> PERFECT, THANK YOU. THANKS
[24:28] » PERFECT, THANK YOU. THANKS
[24:28] FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANKS
[24:29] TO STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK.
[24:31] >>HANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK
[24:32] » HANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK
[24:32] YOU ALL.
[24:33] >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES NO ONE
[24:35] » ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES NO ONE
[24:35] ELSE IS IN QUEUE, SO SEEING NO
[24:37] FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK
[24:38] THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE
[24:39] THAT REPORT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS
[24:42] RECEIVING A PRESENTATION ABOUT
[24:43] THE MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY
[24:45] COMMISSION. I WILL ASK FOLKS TO
[24:47] COME PRESENT THAT. WELCOME.
[24:55] THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
[25:05] >> GOO AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR
[25:06] » GOO AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR
[25:06] HAVING ME. MY NAME IS.
[25:11] >> GISEPPI, AND SILTING NEXT TO
[25:16] » GISEPPI, AND SILTING NEXT TO
[25:16] ME IS CO-CHAIR KEEN, SOE'RE
[25:18] HERE TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL
[25:20] REPORT THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE
[25:22] CITY, TO THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK
[25:25] BOARD. WE WILL PRESENT IT TO YOU
[25:26] GUYS AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT
[25:27] THE END.
[25:28] >> THANK YOU.
[25:29] » THANK YOU.
[25:29] >> SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
[25:31] » SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
[25:31] MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY
[25:33] COMMISSION.
[25:33] >> IF YOU CAN GET CLOSER TO THE
[25:35] » IF YOU CAN GET CLOSER TO THE
[25:35] MIC, THAT WLD BE GREAT.
[25:36] >> WE WERE CREATE IN 2004
[25:38] » WE WERE CREATE IN 2004
[25:38] BETWEEN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
[25:39] AND THE PARK BOA TO ENHANCE
[25:42] THE URBAN FOREST AND TO BE PART
[25:45] OF MAKING SURE THAT THE URBAN
[25:47] FOREST IS PRESERVE AS WELL AS
[25:50] EXPANDED. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
[25:52] AGEN, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY
[25:54] TREES MATTER, SOME OF THE
[25:56] ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PARK
[25:57] BOARD SIDE, SOME OF THE
[25:58] CHALLENGES AND THREATS WE HAVE
[26:00] RECOGNIZED, AS WELL AS SOME OF
[26:02] OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. BHIE TREES
[26:04] MATTER, I THINK SYDNEYID A
[26:06] FANTASTIC JOB TALKING ABOUT WHY
[26:08] TREES MATTER. I WON'T DELVE INTO
[26:10] THIS TOO MUCH. THEY MITIGATE THE
[26:14] DELIVER SOCIOECONOMIC BENEFITS,
[26:16] AND THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTEO
[26:18] PUBLIC HEALTH. IN TERMS OF HOW
[26:21] WE FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, TREES
[26:23] ARE A BIG PART OF IT. THEY COOL
[26:26] THE CI, NOT JUST THROUGH
[26:30] SHADE, BUT THROUGH TRANCE
[26:34] EVAPORATION. I DON'T KNOW IF
[26:36] ANYONE LIKES SITTING UNDER THE
[26:39] SUNLIGHT, BUT I THINK PEOPLE
[26:41] FEEL BETTER UNDER A SHADE TREE,
[26:43] THEY IMPROVEIR QUALITY, AND
[26:45] THEY MITIGATE THE WATER RUNOFF,
[26:50] IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS WITH A LOT
[26:51] OF CONCRETE. IT BEAUTIFIES THE
[26:55] CITY, IT GETS PEOPLE TO WANT TO
[26:57] BE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I
[26:59] DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE FLOWN
[27:00] INTO MAJOR CITIES, BUT IT'S VERY
[27:02] APPARENT THAT THE CITY OF
[27:04] MINNEAPOLIS IS VERY GREEN IN THE
[27:06] GROWING SEASON COMPARED TO
[27:07] FLYING INTO SOME OTHER CITIES.
[27:11] THE CANOPY IMPROVES PROPERTY
[27:13] VALUES, MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER
[27:15] ABOUT BEING IN THE CITY, AND IT
[27:17] PROTECTS INFRASTRUCTURE. SHADE
[27:19] PROTECTS FROM U.V. EXPOSURE, AS
[27:21] WELL AS HEAT DAMAGE PROVIDED
[27:22] FROM THE SUN. THEY ALSO
[27:25] CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC HEALTH. I
[27:27] THINK EVERYONE HERE HAS A VESTED
[27:29] INTEREST IN IMPROVING PUBLIC
[27:31] HEALTH. TREES ARE ASSOCIATED
[27:33] WITH REDUCING BLOOD PRESSURE. I
[27:36] KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE LIKE
[27:38] SITTING UNDER A SHADE TREES I
[27:40] MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY PROVIDE A
[27:41] CALMING EFFECT, AND I THINK A
[27:43] LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS LIKE
[27:46] SITTING IN A PARK THAT IS SHADED
[27:48] VERSUS A BRIGHT SUNNY COOKED
[27:51] LAWN. MAYBE I AM BIAS. WE ALSO
[27:57] RECOGNIZE THAT THE URBAN CANOPY
[27:59] IS NOT THE ONLY PART OF THE --
[28:04] THE URBAN CANOPY THAT THE PARK
[28:05] BOARD MANAGES IS NOT THE MAJOR
[28:07] PART OF THE CANOPY. I THINK
[28:10] SYDNEY IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
[28:11] SYDNEY AND THE CITY TREES
[28:13] PROGR
[28:15] 70% OF THE URBAN CANOPY BY
[28:18] REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND
[28:20] MAKING SURE THAT THE TREES IN
[28:23] THEIR PURVIEW ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
[28:25] SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
[28:29] ACCOMPLISHMENTS? THE PARK BOARD
[28:30] AND THE CITY TREES PROGRAM HAS
[28:31] BEEN GROWING THE CANOPY. WE HAVE
[28:34] A NEW DIRECTOR OF FORESTR THAT
[28:35] HAS BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
[28:36] WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE
[28:39] ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY TREES
[28:40] PROGRAM. I PROMISE I AM GOING TO
[28:41] BE GUSHING OVER THE CITY TREES
[28:44] PROGRAM. THEY DID NOT PREPARE ME
[28:47] BEFOREHAND. I WAS GOING TO GUSH
[28:49] OVER THEM EVEN WITHOUT THEM
[28:51] BEING HERE. SO CO-CHAIR
[28:55] STEVENSON, A LITTLE BIT MORE TO
[28:57] ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABO
[28:58] DIVERSITY AND THE SPECIES OF
[29:00] TREES, THE PARK BOARD RECOGNIZES
[29:01] THAT MONO CULTURE IS DANGEROUS
[29:03] WHEN IT COMES TO PESTS OR
[29:05] DISEASE, SO THE PARK BOARD HAS
[29:07] DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ADDING
[29:09] DIVERSITY OF TREES TO MANAGE
[29:12] THOSE PESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
[29:14] SO PLANTING FUTURE-PROOF TREES
[29:16] IS A BIG PART OF THE PLAN FROM
[29:19] THE PARK BOARD. 8,000 TREES HAVE
[29:25] BEEN PLANTED BY T PARK BOARD
[29:29] IN 2026. LIKE I SAID, DIVERSITY
[29:31] HAS BEEN AMAN -- A MAJOR PART OF
[29:35] IT AND WE GENERATED $100,000 VIA
[29:41] THE CARBON CREDIT OFFSET
[29:44] PROGRAM. AGAIN, GUSHING OVER THE
[29:45] CITY TREES PROGRAM, SYDNEY TOLD
[29:48] YOU WHAT THEY DO, AND WE THINK
[29:50] IT'S FANTASTIC, AND WE WANT TO
[29:53] SEE THE WORK CONTINUE. CITY
[29:55] TREES IS DOING A GREAT JOB. THEY
[29:57] ALSO SELECTED A NEW DIRECTOR OF
[30:00] FORESTRY, CHRIS McMASTER HAS
[30:02] BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
[30:03] WE'RE HAPPY WITH HIS LEVEL OF
[30:07] ENGAGEMENT AND WE WANT TO SEE
[30:09] THAT CONTINUE. CITY TREES
[30:12] ENGAGEMENT AGAIN, I WAS NOT -- I
[30:14] AM NOT GUSHING OVER THIS BECAUSE
[30:16] I'M COACHED INTO GUSHING OVER
[30:17] THE CITY TREES PROGRAM, BUT WE
[30:19] REALLY LIKE WHAT THE TREE
[30:21] AMBASSADOR PROGRAM HAS BEEN
[30:22] DOING. WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THE
[30:26] TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE
[30:28] COMMENTS. THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
[30:30] ENGAGEMENT AND THE WORKSHOPS
[30:31] THAT WE HAVE SEEN GOING ON HAS
[30:33] BEEN FANTASTIC. AGAIN, WE'RE
[30:36] VERY HAPPY WITH CITY TREES.
[30:38] CHA
[30:40] THE STUFF THAT NO ONE WANTS TO
[30:41] TALK ABOUT BUT WE'LL BRING IT UP
[30:44] ANY WAY. THE FUNDING HAS NOT
[30:45] BEEN THE MOST RELIABLE FOR
[30:47] PLANTI TREES IN THE BOULEVARD,
[30:48] THE CANOPY IS UNDER CONSTANT
[30:51] THREAT, AND NOT ONLY IS THE PARK
[30:53] BOARD CANOPY UNDER THREAT, THE
[30:56] CITIZEN CANOPY IS UNDER THREAT.
[30:57] WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE WANT TO
[30:58] TALK ABOUT IT. SO,HE PARK
[31:01] BOARD ITSELF, ONE OF THE GOALS
[31:03] OF THE PARK BOARD ISO PLANT 2
[31:05] TREES FOR EVERY TREE REMOVED AND
[31:07] THAT IS A GOAL. THA REQUIRES
[31:09] ABOUT IS MILLION DOLLARS IN
[31:12] ANNUAL BGET TO PLANT AROUND 10
[31:16] THOUSAND TREES A YEAR. THE PARK
[31:19] BOARD HAS THE STAFFING,
[31:21] INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THAT, BUT
[31:23] THEY NEED THE $1 MILLION A YEAR
[31:26] TO PLANT THOSE 10,000 TREES.
[31:29] FUNDING IS NOT PERMANENT, SO
[31:31] WHAT THE PARK BOARD AND THE
[31:32] FORESTRY DEPARTMENT IS FORCED TO
[31:34] DO IS FIND FUNDING ON THEIR OWN.
[31:36] SO, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SPEND
[31:39] TIME FINDING FUNDING INSTEAD OF
[31:40] TIME SPENT TAKING CARE OF THE
[31:42] TREES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE
[31:43] INVESTMENT IN THE TREES AND THE
[31:47] COST OF PLANTING THE TREES IS
[31:49] NOT THEIR MAIN FOCUS. SO WE'RE
[31:51] ALMOST LOSING MONEY HAVING TO
[31:53] SEARCH FOR MONEY TO PLANT THE
[31:54] TREES INSTEAD OF TING CARE OF
[31:55] THE TREES. THE MANAGED CANOPY IS
[32:00] UNDER THREAT. THE URBAN
[32:01] ENVIRONMENT IS A TOUGH
[32:02] ENVIRONMENT. TREES GET BEATP
[32:04] BECAUSE THEY EXIST. THEY EXIST
[32:06] AMONG PEOPLE AND WE RECOGNIZE
[32:08] THAT. TREES ALSO, AS HAS BEEN
[32:12] DISCUSSED IN THE CITY TREES
[32:15] PRESENTATION, DEVELOPMENT IS A
[32:16] PART OF THE CITY. WE RECOGNIZE
[32:19] THAT, WE SUPPORT IT, WE WANT TO
[32:23] MENTION THAT DEVELOPMENT AND
[32:25] TREES CAN COEXIST AND IT'S A BIG
[32:29] PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
[32:30] PUSH FOR. SO WE DON'T WANT TO
[32:32] SEE DEVELOPMENT COME IN THROUGH
[32:33] A CITY AND CLEAR CUT TREES
[32:37] INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY TAKING INTO
[32:38] ACCOUNT THE DESIGN WITH TREES
[32:42] INCLUDED. CURRENT STAFFING,
[32:44] STRUGGLES TO MANAGE THE INVASIVE
[32:47] SPECIES IN NATURAL AREAS AND WE
[32:48] ALSO RECOGNIZE CLIMATE CHANGE IS
[32:50] A BIG DEAL THAT WE NEED TO WORK,
[32:55] I GUESS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
[32:56] AND MAKE SURE THAT TREES ARE
[32:57] PLANTED THAT RECOGNIZE THE
[33:00] FUTURE CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE IN
[33:01] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE
[33:05] PRIVATE URBAN FOREST IS
[33:07] CHALLENGED ASYDNEY AND THE
[33:09] CITY TREES STAFF HAS MENTIONED.
[33:13] PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, CLIMATE
[33:15] CHANGE, THESE ARE ALL CHALLENGES
[33:16] THAT T PUBLIC FACES. THE
[33:22] EDUCATION PORTION AND
[33:23] UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF
[33:24] TREES VERSUS THE COST OF A TREE,
[33:28] IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
[33:29] CHALLENGE. PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING
[33:30] TO BE FOCUSING ON TREES IN THEIR
[33:32] YARD WHEN THEY ARE FOCUSED ON
[33:33] KING SURE THAT THEY CAN MAKE
[33:35] ENDS MEET. SO IT IS UP TO THE
[33:37] PARK BOA AND THE CITY TREES
[33:39] PROGRAM AND THE CITY TO EDUCATE
[33:41] THE PLIC ON THE BENEFITS OF
[33:43] TREES AND TO HELP THEM ENJOY
[33:46] OSE BENEFITS. SO, WHAT ARE OUR
[33:51] RECOMMENDATIONS? WE TRY TO KEEP
[33:52] IT PRETTY SIMPLE. WE WANT TO SEE
[33:54] THE URBAN CANOPY BE FUNDED. WE
[33:58] WANT TO SEE PROTECTION FOR THE
[33:59] URBAN CANOPY. WE ALSO WANT TO
[34:02] EXPAND THE URBAN CANOPY WITH THE
[34:04] HELP OF PRIVATE CITIZENS. WHAT
[34:05] DOES THAT MEAN? WE WAN TO SEE
[34:08] PERMANENT FUNDING FOR THE 2-1
[34:12] REPLACEMENT TREE GOAL THAT THE
[34:13] PARK BOARD HAS. WE WANT TO MAKE
[34:16] SURE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS
[34:20] ALIGNED WITH THE PARK BOARD'S
[34:23] GOALS AND IF THAT CAN'T BE DONE,
[34:26] ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE
[34:27] HAVE FOR THE PARK BOARD IS TO
[34:29] ESTABLISH A GRANT WRITER FOR THE
[34:32] PARK BOARD TO WORK IN THE
[34:33] DIVIS
[34:36] STEWARDSHIP. WE AO WANT TO SEE
[34:38] BETTER PROTECTIONS FOR THE URBAN
[34:41] FOREST. WE WANT TO HAVE BETTER
[34:45] COLLABORATION WITH ANY
[34:46] ORGANIZATION THAT IS GOING TO BE
[34:48] DEVELOPING IN THE CITY, TAKING
[34:50] INTO CONSIDERATION THE TREES WE
[34:52] HAVE, AND WORK TOWARDS A
[34:54] SOLUTION THAT INCLUDES
[34:58] SIGNIFICANT TREES WHILE BUILDING
[35:00] URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WANT TO
[35:05] ALSO DEFINE MPRB'S ROLE IN
[35:14] SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEMS IN NATURAL
[35:15] AREAS A WE SUPPORT THE TREE
[35:17] PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. AGAIN, I
[35:18] CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, THE CITY
[35:20] TREES PROGRAM, WE WANT TO SEE
[35:23] CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AND GROWTH
[35:25] THROUGH THE CITY'S TREE PROGRAM.
[35:27] WE WANT TO SEE CONTINUED
[35:29] ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC IN
[35:32] EDUCATING THEM AND MAKING SURE
[35:33] THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING
[35:35] TO THE TREES ON THEIR BOULEVARD,
[35:37] AS WELL AS THE TREES IN THEIR
[35:39] YARD, AND WE WANT TO SEE
[35:42] CONTINUED PURSUIT OF RESOURCES
[35:46] FOR DISEASED TREE REMOVALS AND
[35:49] REPLACEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
[35:50] BEFORE I GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
[35:53] WHICH I THINK IS FOR QUESTIONS,
[35:54] I DO WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO
[35:58] CO-CHAIR KEEN AS HE HAS A FEW
[35:59] COMMENTS AS WELL.
[36:02] >> WELCOME.
[36:03] » WELCOME.
[36:03] >> THANK YOU. TIM KEEN, I AM A
[36:09] » THANK YOU. TIM KEEN, I AM A
[36:09] LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY, I
[36:10] GREW UP IN WARD 10. I LIVE IN
[36:13] WARD 11. IT IS MY HONOR TO SERVE
[36:15] ON THE MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY
[36:19] COMMISSION. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD
[36:22] AND CURRENTLY A VERY ROBUST
[36:25] ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[36:28] POLI THAT GUIDE OUR DECISIONS.
[36:32] WE CANNOT MEET THESE POLICY
[36:36] OBJECTES WITHOUT VERY CLOSE
[36:39] ATTENTION TO OUR URBAN TREE
[36:41] CANOPY, BOTH THE PRESERVATION
[36:43] AND REBUILDING IT ON A
[36:44] CONTINUOUS BASIS. WE KNOW THAT A
[36:49] SHADIER, COOLER, FORESTED URBAN
[36:51] SPACE IS HEALTHIER, SAFER,
[36:53] BETTER FOR US ALL. I HAVE TWO
[36:58] REQUESTS OF THIS BODY. AS WE
[37:03] CONTINUE THE WORK BOTH WITH CITY
[37:06] URBAN FORESTRY A THE TREE
[37:07] COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF THE PARK
[37:12] BOARD IS TO PUT THOSE FUNDING
[37:14] PRIORITIES IN ALIMENT WITH OUR
[37:17] ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[37:19] PRIORITIES. WE NEED TO ME
[37:21] INVESTMENTS IN THE URBAN
[37:26] FORESTRY CONTINUOUSLY. THIS IS
[37:28] NOT A SINGLE PROJECT EFFORT.
[37:31] IT'S A WAY OF INKING. IT'S A
[37:33] WAY OF IMPLEMENTING OUR WAY OF
[37:35] LIFE. NUMBER TWO, AS YOU
[37:40] CONSIDER PUBLIC PROJECTS, PUBLIC
[37:43] TAXPAYER SUPPORTED PROJECTS THAT
[37:44] COME THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE FOR
[37:47] APPROVAL, WHETHER IT'S THE MET
[37:49] COUNCIL, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MnDOT,
[37:52] PARK BOARD, SCHOOL DISTRICT, ASK
[37:55] THE QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE WE DOING
[37:58] TO PRESERVE OUR URBAN TREE
[38:00] CANOPY? HOW IS THIS PROJECT
[38:01] GOING TO FURTHER OUR URBAN
[38:05] FORESTRY? LEAN IN, PLEASE LEAN
[38:07] IN. MAKE THE POLICYMAKERS THE
[38:09] PEOPLE THAT ARE SPENDING THESE
[38:12] PRIORITIES, HAVE THEM CASH IN
[38:18] ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
[38:20] AND CLIMATE CHANGE OBJECTIVES.
[38:25] THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I
[38:27] APPRECIATEOUR ATTENTION TO OUR
[38:29] URBAN TREE CANOPY.
[38:30] >> YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR
[38:32] » YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR
[38:32] JOININ US ON THIS PRESENTATION.
[38:33] I WILL FIRST PASS IT TO VICE
[38:37] CHAIR STEVENSON.
[38:38] >> THANK YOU, GREAT
[38:39] » THANK YOU, GREAT
[38:39] PRESENTATION. I HEAR SO OFTEN
[38:41] ABOUT OUR STREET TREE CANOPY AND
[38:42] PEOPLE LOVE IT, PEOPLE WANT IT
[38:43] TO IMPROVE. I APPRECIAT YOU AND
[38:45] YOUR TEAM FOR TAKING ON THAT
[38:47] EFFORT AND REALLY ADVOCATIN FOR
[38:50] OUR STREET TREES. JUST FOR
[38:58] CONSTITUENTS, SO I CAN TELL THEM
[39:00] WHEN THEY COME TO PLANT A TREE
[39:01] AND THEY DIED, WHAT IS THE
[39:04] SURVIVAL RATE OF THE TREES YOU
[39:05] PLANT.
[39:06] >> THE AFTERNOON LIFE SPAN FOR A
[39:07] » THE AFTERNOON LIFE SPAN FOR A
[39:07] TREE ON THE BOULEVARD IS 20
[39:08] YEARS OR LESS.
[39:10] >> SO IT'S A VERY TOUGH
[39:11] » SO IT'S A VERY TOUGH
[39:11] ENVIRONMENT FOR TREES ANDHE
[39:15] FIRST 1 TO 5 YEARS IS THE
[39:17] CRITICAL TIME FOR TREES TO
[39:19] ESTABLISH THEMSELVES.
[39:20] >> YES, IT TAKES TWO TO THREE
[39:24] » YES, IT TAKES TWO TO THREE
[39:24] YEARS FOR A STRESSED TREE TO
[39:25] SHOW EVIDENCE OF THAT STRESS. IF
[39:26] WE HAVE A DROUGHT YEAR AND YOU
[39:28] DON'T WATER THAT TREE THAT FIRST
[39:30] YEAR, IT COULD TAKE UP TO THREE
[39:32] YEARS FORHAT TREE TO DIE. WE
[39:34] WILL HAVE A DROUGHT YEAR, TWO
[39:37] WET YEARS, AND THE TREE STILL
[39:38] DIES AND PEOPLE WONDER WHAT
[39:40] HAPPENED. SO ONE TO FIVE YEARS
[39:42] IS THE MOST CRITICAL AND AFTER
[39:44] THAT, TRIMMIN A TREE, AND
[39:47] PRUNING THE TREE TO MAKE SURE
[39:50] ITS WEIGHT IS APPROPRIATE FOR
[39:52] THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH AND THE
[39:53] AMOUNT OF DIRT IT'S IN IS
[39:55] CRITICAL. TREES NEED
[39:57] MAINTENANC ESPECIALLY FOR
[40:00] THEIR FIRST 10 YEARS. IF YOU
[40:01] DON'T PNE THAT TREE PROPERLY,
[40:04] BY YEAR0, THEN AT YEAR 15, YOU
[40:07] ARE GOING TO LOSE THE TE IN A
[40:09] WIND STORM AND WONDER WHAT
[40:12] HAPPENED. IT'S TOO HEAVY FOR THE
[40:13] CANOPY AND THE STRUCTURE WAS NOT
[40:15] APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATION.
[40:16] THERE ARE A LOT OF
[40:18] CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
[40:20] TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN PLANTING
[40:21] A TREE, SELECTING THE LOCATION,
[40:22] AND MAINTAING THE TREE FOR
[40:24] THAT ENVIRONMENT.
[40:25] >> OKAY. THANK YOU THAT IS
[40:26] » OKAY. THANK YOU THAT IS
[40:26] REALLY HELPFUL. THAT IS WAY MORE
[40:29] DETAILED THAN I WAS EXPECTING SO
[40:30] I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE SE
[40:32] CONSTITUENTS REACHING OUT ABOUT
[40:37] GINGKO TREES. WHAT'S THE
[40:40] RATIONAL?
[40:42] >>IVERSITY IS THE PRIMARY
[40:43] » IVERSITY IS THE PRIMARY
[40:43] RATIONAL. SOMEONE WILL HAVEO
[40:44] CORRECT ME BUT THERE ARE TWO
[40:47] GENDERS TO THE TREES, A MALE AND
[40:48] A FEMALE. I BELIEVE THE FEMALE
[40:52] WILL BE THE ONE THAT HAS THE
[40:53] FRUIT BEARING, THAT HAS A
[40:55] CERTAIN NOT PLEASANT AFTER
[40:59] EFFECT, I WILL SAY. GINGKOS WILL
[41:03] SOMETIMES CHANGE GENDER. THE
[41:05] LE TREES WILL PRIMARILY BE
[41:08] PLANTED IN THAT METHODOLOGY AND
[41:10] TH CAN CHANGE. SO,
[41:12] FORTUNATELY IT'S A SIDE EFFECT
[41:15] OF GINGKOS IN AND OF THEMSELVES.
[41:18] UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE GET
[41:20] FRUSTRATED IF THOSE TREES START
[41:23] DROPPING FRUIT.
[41:25] >>OKAY. YEAH, IN YOUR PROGRAM,
[41:28] » OKAY. YEAH, IN YOUR PROGRAM,
[41:28] DO YOU ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC
[41:30] THGHTS OR POLIES AROUND THE
[41:33] SPECIES, NATIVE VERSUS CLIMATE
[41:36] ADAPTED?
[41:36] >> I THINK SYDNEY PRETTY MUCH
[41:39] » I THINK SYDNEY PRETTY MUCH
[41:39] TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
[41:41] WE PLANT FOR THE URBAN
[41:42] ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS FOR ALL
[41:45] INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THE URBAN
[41:47] ENVIRONMENT IS NOT NATI. YOU
[41:48] HAVE TO CONSIDER WHERE THE TREES
[41:50] ARE. YOU WANT TO PLANT FOR
[41:52] NATIVE POLLINATORS AND THE
[41:54] ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU ARE IN, OF
[41:56] COURSE. YOU ALSO HAVE TO
[41:57] RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A TOUGHER
[41:59] ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[42:00] IS REAL, SO WE PLANT APPROPRIATE
[42:05] TREES FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30
[42:07] YEARS, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
[42:10] TREES CAN HANDLE A WARMER
[42:11] ENVIRONMENT.
[42:12] >> OKAY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO
[42:15] » OKAY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO
[42:15] GINGKOS, ARE THEY NOT NATIVE
[42:17] TREE?
[42:17] >> THEY'RE NOT NATIV TO THIS
[42:19] » THEY'RE NOT NATIV TO THIS
[42:19] ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS CORRECT.
[42:20] THEY'RE A HEARTY SPECIES AND
[42:22] THEY CAN SURVIVE TOUGH URBAN
[42:24] ENVIRONMENTS, THE SALTY SOIL
[42:26] THAT ENDS UP HAPPENING ON
[42:27] BOULEVARDS. SO THEY ARE
[42:28] RECOGNIZED AS A GOOD BOULEVARD
[42:31] STREET TREE. THEY WILL NOT
[42:33] CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIVENESS OF
[42:36] THIS ENVIRONMENT.
[42:37] >> OKAY, I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU
[42:39] » OKAY, I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU
[42:39] SAY THAT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE
[42:41] BEEN TELLING PEOPLE. I AM GLAD
[42:43] TO HEAR THA IS TRUE FROM YOU.
[42:45] GREAT, THANK YOU.
[42:46] >> THANK YOU.
[42:47] » THANK YOU.
[42:47] >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I
[42:50] » THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I
[42:50] APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A FEW
[42:52] QUESTIONS. O THE SLIDE THAT
[42:53] TALKS ABOUT UNRELIABLE FUNDING.
[42:56] DOOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY AND I
[42:58] CAN ASK STAFF ON A MEMO
[43:00] POTENTIALLY, IS IN THE BUDT
[43:02] ANNUALLY?
[43:02] >> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITH FULL
[43:05] » I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITH FULL
[43:05] AUTHORITY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT
[43:06] THE FUNDING IS PROBABLY 50% TO
[43:11] 70% OF WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE EACH
[43:13] YEAR. THERE IS ALWAYS A GAP THAT
[43:16] THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO
[43:19] FILL THROUGH GRANTS OR THE
[43:21] CARBON CREDIT OFFSET PROGRAM.
[43:22] >> I WILL ASK A FOLLOW UP, HOW
[43:24] » I WILL ASK A FOLLOW UP, HOW
[43:24] MUCH MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET AND
[43:25] IF IT'S SPLIT BETWEEN THEARK
[43:26] BOARD AND SOME OF IT IN THE
[43:30] CITY. I KNOW ITDEPENDS.
[43:31] >> YEAH,HAT'S SOMETHING I
[43:32] » YEAH,HAT'S SOMETHING I
[43:33] CAN'T ANSWER, SORRY.
[43:34] >> YEAH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
[43:36] » YEAH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
[43:36] THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, YOU
[43:37] PUT ON THE SLIDE SUPPORTING THE
[43:40] TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. I
[43:42] WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
[43:44] TO SHARE SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS.
[43:46] >> YEAH, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN
[43:47] » YEAH, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN
[43:47] VERY THOROUGH. I THINK -- I'M AN
[43:52] AVID CYCLIST. I BELIEVE TREES
[43:56] NEED TO BE PRESERVED BUT LIKE
[44:00] LANES ARE NECSARY TOO. I LIKE
[44:01] BIKE LANES UNDER THE SHADE. I
[44:03] WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT
[44:05] TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SIGNIFICANT
[44:05] TREES TT PROVIDE NOT ONLY
[44:09] BENEFITS TO A QUALITY AND THE
[44:11] ECOSYSTEM, BUT SHADE FOR THE
[44:15] DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT IS IN
[44:17] PLACE. I THINK THE TREE
[44:19] PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IS DOING
[44:22] A GREAT JOB RECOGNIZING THE NEED
[44:25] FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT WHILE
[44:25] PRESERBING THE TREES. --
[44:29] PRESERVING THE TREES. I WILL SAY
[44:31] CUTTING DOWN A LARGE TREEND
[44:33] REPLACING ITITH 10 SMALLER
[44:34] TREES ISOT GOING TO BE A GREAT
[44:36] EQUIVALENT, BUT I KNOW THAT IS
[44:38] SOMETIMES THE NECESSARY SOLUTION
[44:41] TO REMOVING A TREE
[44:43] >> AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
[44:45] » AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
[44:45] FEEDBACK FROM THE ADVISORY
[44:48] COMMITTEE COMMISSION, THAT WOULD
[44:49] BE HELPFUL TOO. THE TIME LOOKS
[44:53] LIKE IT'S NEXT YEAR BUT THAT
[44:54] INFORMATION IS HELPFUL FOR US. I
[44:57] APPRECIATE IT. THE LAST THING I
[44:58] WILL SAY, YOU TALKED ABOUT
[45:00] COLLABORATION WITH AGENCIES,
[45:02] THAT POTENTIAL IMPACT. IS THAT
[45:03] IN RELATION TO PUTTING THAT IN
[45:05] AN ORDINANCE OR WHEN WE ARE
[45:06] THINKING OF PROJECTS IN GENERAL,
[45:08] LIKE A A PRACTICE, IT SHOULD
[45:11] JUST BE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING,
[45:13] WHICH MAKES SENSE BUT I WANTED
[45:15] TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[45:16] ADD MOREDETAILS.
[45:17] >> TO ADD A SPECIFIC, YEAH, WE
[45:20] » TO ADD A SPECIFIC, YEAH, WE
[45:20] WANT TO SEE IF THERE I A
[45:22] CERTAIN -- WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
[45:25] COMMENT ON DEVELOPNT PROJECTS
[45:26] IN THE BEGINNING BEFORE THEY GO
[45:28] DOWN A PATHF WELL, WE ALREADY
[45:30] APPROVED EVERYTHING, SO CAN YOU
[45:31] REVIEW THIS AND BE DONE WITH IT.
[45:33] WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE
[45:36] SOME CITY SANCTIONED SUBGROUPS
[45:39] THAT DO HAVE MORE INPUT AND WE
[45:43] WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS
[45:45] PART OF THAT PROCESS BECAUSE
[45:46] WE'RE A COMMISSION THAT WAS
[45:47] SANCTIONED BY NOT ONLY THE PARK
[45:50] BOARD BUT THE CITY OF
[45:54] MINNEAPOLIS.
[45:55] >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,
[45:56] » THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,
[45:56] HELPFUL INFORMATION. SEEING NO
[46:01] DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK
[46:02] TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT.
[46:04] THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
[46:05] >> THANK YOU.
[46:05] » THANK YOU.
[46:05] >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING A
[46:06] » OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING A
[46:06] PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE
[46:07] DEPARTMENT RELATEDO A REPORT
[46:09] ON AFTER ACTION REVIEWS, I WILL
[46:14] ASK OFFICER BRYCE ROBINSON TO
[46:18] PRESENT. WELCOME.
[46:20] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, MY
[46:29] » GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, MY
[46:29] NAME IS BRYCE ROBINSON. I AM
[46:31] GOING TO PRESENT ON THE AFTER
[46:36] ACTION. IF YOU WANT TO GO S
[46:39] STRAIGHT TO THE DASHBOARD. OUR
[46:40] UNIT WAS TASKE WITH TRACKING
[46:46] THE PROGRESS FROM THE AUDITOR,
[46:49] THE AUDIT REPORT. SO WHAT WE DID
[46:50] IS WE BROKE IT DOWN. THERE WAS
[46:54] 37 FINDINGS FROM THEREPORT.
[46:57] FROM THAT, THE MINNEAPOLIS
[46:59] POLICE CAME UP WITH 7 ACTION
[47:04] ITEMS, REFLECTED IN THE PIE
[47:05] CHART THERE. IN THE YELLOW,
[47:06] WE'RE IN PROGRESS OF WORKING ON
[47:08] 31 OF THOSE AND WE BELIEVE BASED
[47:09] ON WHAT WE REPORTED TO THE
[47:11] AUDITOR, THAT WE COMPLETED 6.
[47:15] THEY DO HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE
[47:17] FROM THERE. WE BROKE IT DOWN
[47:18] EVEN MORE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE
[47:20] ACTION ITEMS HAVE MULTIPLE
[47:22] PIECES TO THEM. SO IN ALL
[47:25] REALITY, WE HAVE 89 ACTION
[47:30] ITEMS. FOR THE SAKE OF BREAKING
[47:31] IT DOWN FURTHER, WE BROKE IT
[47:33] DOWN INTO TWO DIFFERENT REPORTS,
[47:37] THE MOTURI-LUSSIER AUDIT. THE
[47:44] LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, WE WERE
[47:45] ASKED TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE
[47:47] INFORMATION AND DATA ON THE
[47:48] RELEVANT RECOMMENDATIONS AND
[47:50] LESSONS LEARNED. PROPOSED
[47:53] CHANGES, PROPOSED CHANGES TO
[47:56] TRAINING, MPD STAFFING ISSU,
[47:59] AND 9-1-1 DISPATCH PROCEDURES
[48:03] AND ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
[48:06] AUDIT, THERE ARE 15
[48:08] RECOMMENDATIONS, 3 WERE
[48:09] ASSOCIATED WITH POLICIES AND
[48:11] PROCEDURES. 3 WERE TRAINING
[48:13] PROTOCOLS. 4 INVOLVED STAFFING.
[48:17] TWO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH 9-1-1
[48:18] EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND DISPATCH.
[48:20] THREE WERE OTHER ISSUES. THE
[48:25] LUSSIER WAS 22 RECOMMENDATIONS,
[48:27] 5 LINKED TO POLICIES, 1 STAFFING
[48:33] RECOMMENDATION, 3 ASSOCIATED
[48:35] WITH 901 EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND
[48:37] 6 RECOMMENDATIONS UNR THE
[48:38] OTHER CATEGORY. SO OUR UNIT, WE
[48:42] BASICALLY HAD TO START AT 0. WE
[48:44] WERE GIVING THIS THE FINDINGS
[48:46] AND THE ACTIO ITEMS, SO WHAT WE
[48:48] STARTED DOING IS LAYING THE
[48:49] FOUNDATION TO ALL OF THIS. SO WE
[48:52] CREATED A SMART SHEET, THIS
[48:55] INTERNAL DOCUMENT TRACKING ALL
[48:56] THIS. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH
[48:59] THATWE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING
[49:00] THROUGH THOSE ITEMS AND SOME ARE
[49:02] COMPLICATED AND SOME ARE EASIER
[49:03] THAN OTHERS. SO SOME OF THE
[49:06] DEPARTMENTS IS THE CITY
[49:08] ATTORNEY, THE HENNEPIN
[49:10] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DOMESTIC
[49:12] ADVOCATES, CHIEF OF
[49:14] INVESTIGATIONS, THE TRAINING
[49:16] UNIT, AND THE CITY AUDITOR. SO
[49:18] NOW WE HAVE MONTHLY STANDING
[49:20] MEETINGS WITH THE CIT AUDITOR
[49:22] WHERE WE PRESENT WHAT WE'RE
[49:23] WORKING ON AND ALSO WE HAVE BEEN
[49:29] PRESENTING WHAT OUR PLANS ARE TO
[49:31] GET COMPLIANCE. WE THROW THE
[49:33] IDEA TOWDS THEM AND THEY COME
[49:34] BACK TO US SAYING THAT IS A GOOD
[49:36] IDEA, CONTINUE WITH THAT. THEY
[49:38] CAN SAY NO, WE DON'T THINK THAT
[49:39] IS GOING TO WORK. GO BACK AND
[49:41] FIGURE SOMETHING OUTrd E-- ELSE
[49:45] OUT. SO OUT OF THE ACTION ITEMS
[49:49] TOTAL, 4 AND 2, IN PROGRESS WE
[49:52] HAVE 11, AN20, WHICH ADDS UP
[49:56] TO 37. WE CONTINUE TO BREAK
[49:58] THOSE DOWN INTO DIFFERENT
[50:00] CATEGORIES, SOME INVOLVE
[50:01] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SOME INVOLVE
[50:03] DATA AND TECHNOLOGY, AND
[50:06] INVESTIGATIONS IN GENERAL,
[50:09] PATROL OPERATIONS, SPECIALIZED
[50:10] UNITS, TRAINING, POLICY AND
[50:13] DEVELOPMENT, STAFFING, AND
[50:15] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. DO YOU
[50:20] HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
[50:20] >> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[50:23] » THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[50:23] I AM CHECKING TO SEE IF ANY OF
[50:25] MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
[50:27] OR COMMENTS. OTHERWISE, I CAN GO
[50:30] FIRST. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I
[50:31] APPRECIATE IT. I CAN GO FIRST.
[50:38] SO MY QUESTION AND IF WE GO TO
[50:40] PAGE NUMBER 6, THE CATEGORIES. I
[50:45] AM TRYING TOEAD THIS A LITTLE
[50:47] BIT BETTER. THE CATEGORIES ARE
[50:48] SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WERE
[50:50] IDENTIFIED IN THE AFTER ACTION
[50:54] REVIEW. THERE ARE DIFFERENT
[50:55] GOALS THAT NEED TO BE MET IN
[50:57] THOSE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES. THE
[51:00] ONES THAT WERE COMPLETED, IS
[51:02] THERE A WAY TO KNOW WHICH THEY
[51:03] ARE AND THE ONES IN PROGRESS,
[51:05] WHICH ONES ARE THOSE, I GUESS.
[51:13] >> SO MY IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY
[51:15] » SO MY IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY
[51:15] GET MORE THOROUGH AND REPORT
[51:16] OUT. I CAN GO OVER THE ITEMS
[51:18] THAT WE BELIEVE WE COMPLETED IF
[51:20] YOU LIKE.
[51:20] >> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
[51:23] » THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
[51:23] >> SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS
[51:24] » SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS
[51:25] SET UP IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[51:27] MEDIATION PROGRAM, GETTING
[51:28] NEIGHBORS TO RESOLVE THEIR
[51:29] ISSUES AND SENDING PEOPLE OUT
[51:30] THERE TO MEDIATE. ANOTHER ONE OF
[51:37] THE ITEMS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT
[51:40] WE COMPLETED, IT'S A LITTLE MORE
[51:42] THOROUGH HERE, BUT I WILL JUST
[51:45] GIVE Y A BRIEF STATEMENT HERE.
[51:47] WE ARE HAVING OUR INSPECTORS
[51:51] REPORT ON LIKE CALLS FOR
[51:53] SERVICE. SO ANY KIND OF DELAY WE
[51:58] RESPONSE TIMES. SO THEY PULLED
[52:02] THE STATISTICS AND SAID THERE IS
[52:03] A CALL THAT STAYED PENDING FOR
[52:05] AN HOUR. WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR
[52:07] THAT? WE HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS
[52:08] WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO IN FRONT
[52:10] OF THE COMMAND STAFF AND THE
[52:11] EXECUTIVE STAFF AND EXPLAIN WHY
[52:13] IT TOOK THAT OFFICER OR THAT
[52:14] CALL WAS PENDING FOR THAT LONG.
[52:16] SO IT HOLDS PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
[52:18] AND ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS,
[52:21] WE'RE SEEING THAT OFFICERS ARE
[52:23] GETTING OUT AND RESPONDING
[52:24] QUICKER TO CALLS. ANOTHER ONE
[52:26] HERE WOULD BE WE CREATED A
[52:28] VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION
[52:30] TEAM. SO WE USED TO HAVE O
[52:33] YEARS AGO AND WE BROUGHT IT BACK
[52:34] TO LOOK AND SEARCH FOR THOSE
[52:36] VIOLENT OFFENDERS. AGAIN, THERE
[52:39] IS ANOTHER ACTION ITEM HERE THAT
[52:43] THE VCAT TEAM WAS AN ACTION ITEM
[52:45] FOR. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE
[52:47] THAT WE CHECKED OFF. THEN
[52:54] ANOTHER ONE WE HAVE HERE IS WE
[52:58] ASSIGNED ANY TIME THERE IS A
[53:02] HISTORY OF DESTIC VIOLENCE
[53:03] WITH ANY KIND OF DEATH, THE
[53:07] LIEUTENANT OF HOMICIDE ASSIGNS A
[53:08] TEAM TO STILL LOOK INTO THAT,
[53:10] THE CAUSE OF DEATH. THOSE ARE
[53:16] THE ACTION ITEMS.
[53:17] >> YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN
[53:19] » YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN
[53:19] MORE, SPECIFICALLY ON ONE OF THE
[53:20] LAST ONES YOU MENTIONED ABOUT,
[53:23] THE HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[53:24] AND THE PROTOCOL FOR MPD, AND
[53:27] WHAT PARTICULAR CHAES WERE
[53:28] MADE TO THAT. THAT WOULD BE --
[53:32] THAT, THE FOLLOW UP WITH MY TO
[53:35] OFFICE WOULD BE IMPORTANT
[53:35] BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN
[53:36] MORE AUT THAT. THAT IS VERY
[53:38] IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING THAT WAS
[53:40] HIGHLIGHTED IN THE AFTER ACTION
[53:43] THAT REALLY MATTERS TO MY
[53:46] CONSTITUENTS. FOR ME, THANKS FOR
[53:48] BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION
[53:49] FORWARD TODAY. FOR THE NEXT ONE,
[53:51] I THINK SOMETHING THAT I WOULD
[53:52] LOVE TO SEE IS THE CATEGORY
[53:57] COMPONENT BRON DOWN INTO SOME
[53:58] OF THE GOALS THAT NEED TO BE
[54:00] MET, WHICH PARTICULAR ONES ARE
[54:02] COMPLETED, WHICH ONES ARE IN
[54:04] PROGRESS, THAT NEED TO BE TIMED
[54:07] OUT UNTIL PARTICULAR GOALS THAT
[54:10] NEED TO BE MET. IHINK THAT
[54:11] WOULD HELP THE PUBLIC TRACK SOME
[54:12] OF THESE GOALS AND IT WOULD BE
[54:14] REALLY HELPFUL. THAT WOULD BE
[54:15] FOR THE NEXT ONE, NOT FOR TODAY.
[54:17] JUST SHARING SOME THOUGHTS OF
[54:21] HOW WE CAN SHARE AND COMMUNICATE
[54:23] TO THE PUBLIC WIT SOME OF THESE
[54:25] THINGS.
[54:25] >> THANK YOU CHAIR.
[54:26] » THANK YOU CHAIR.
[54:26] >> I WILL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR
[54:28] » I WILL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR
[54:28] STEVENSON.
[54:28] >> THANK YOU, MY CMENTS ARE
[54:31] » THANK YOU, MY CMENTS ARE
[54:31] ALMOST ENTICAL. IT WOULD BE
[54:33] HELPFUL IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS
[54:35] TO SEE NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF
[54:38] ACTION ITEMS BUT WHAT THOSE
[54:40] ACTION IMS ARE FOR BOTH
[54:42] COMPLETED AND IN PROGRESS. JUST
[54:44] AGAI TO REMIND US AND THE
[54:47] PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE, AND
[54:49] THENAYBE UNDERNEATH THERE A
[54:51] LITTLE DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT
[54:52] OUR NEXT STEPS ARE ON THOSE
[54:54] ACTION ITEMS. WE'RE REALLY
[54:56] INTERESTED IN SEEING THESE
[54:58] THINGS GET DONE. I KNOW YOU ARE
[54:59] AS WELL. SO WE WOULD JUST -- I
[55:02] THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL -- I
[55:03] WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, IT WOULD
[55:05] BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO SEE A, WHAT
[55:08] THEY ARE, AND B, WHAT YOUR NEXT
[55:10] STEPS ARE IN TERMS OF
[55:11] IMPLEMENTING THEM.
[55:12] >> THANK YOU, I ACTUALLY AGREE.
[55:15] » THANK YOU, I ACTUALLY AGREE.
[55:15] >> GREAT. OKAY. SEEING NONE
[55:19] » GREAT. OKAY. SEEING NONE
[55:19] ELSE IN QUEUE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
[55:20] FOR THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU
[55:21] FOR BEING HERE. I WILL ASK THE
[55:23] CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT
[55:27] REPORT. OUR LAST ITEM, YES, OUR
[55:32] LAST ITEM IS A REPORT FROM THE
[55:34] LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND
[55:37] OVERSIGHT DEPARTMENT REGARDING
[55:38] POLICE RESPONSE TOUBLIC
[55:42] GATHERINGS. NICK, THERE YOU ARE.
[55:44] HI NICK.
[55:52] AS YOU SET UP, I'M NOT SURE
[55:55] COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, DO YOU
[55:55] WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE
[55:57] BEGIN?
[55:58] >> AFTER.
[55:59] » AFTER.
[55:59] >> GREAT.
[56:12] » GREAT.
[56:12] >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ALL SET UP
[56:14] » ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ALL SET UP
[56:14] HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
[56:15] CHAVEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE
[56:16] COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS NICK
[56:19] BERKELEY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT A
[56:21] REPORT ON THE POLICE RESPONSE TO
[56:23] PUBLIC GATHERINGS. I AM GOING TO
[56:25] HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE RESEARCH
[56:27] POINTS CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO
[56:29] A STAFF DIRECTIVE TO PROVIDE
[56:30] BOTH THIS COMMITTEE AND THE
[56:31] COUNCIL WITH A BETTER
[56:33] UNDERSTANDING OF POLICE
[56:33] PRACTICES RELATED TO CROWD
[56:41] MANAGEMENT. POLICE RESPONSE TO
[56:43] PROTESTS AND OTHER PUBLIC
[56:45] DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRE-1970s
[56:47] AMERICA CAN BE BEST DCRIBED AS
[56:49] AN ERA OF ESCALATED FORCE.
[56:51] POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE
[56:53] CONTROLLING CROWDS, LESS THROUGH
[56:55] TACTICS SUCH AS POLICE LINES AND
[56:57] BARRICADES AND MORE WITH
[57:01] INPROPORTIONATE USEF FORCE
[57:02] SUCH AS FIRE HOSES, K-9s AND
[57:06] BATONS. SOME SHIFTED AWAY FROM
[57:08] HEAVY HANDED TECHNIQUES TO A
[57:10] NEGOTIATED MANAGEMENT MODEL,
[57:11] WHICH INVOLVED COMMUNICATION AND
[57:13] COORDINATION WITH PRESTERS TO
[57:15] ENSURE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND
[57:17] EXPRESSION COULD COEXIST WITH
[57:19] PUBLIC SAFETY INTEREST. DESPITE
[57:21] POLICE USING SOFTER TECHNIQUES
[57:22] CROWD CONTROL, THE
[57:24] INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE NATURE
[57:26] OF EVENTS IN THE 90s LED LAW
[57:28] ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO RETURN
[57:29] TO THE CONFRONTATIONAL TACTICS
[57:32] OF THE 1960s AND BEFORE.
[57:33] STARTING IN THE LATE 1990s AND
[57:36] THE NEXT 15 YEARS, A STRATEGY
[57:39] CALLED COMMAND AND CONTROL
[57:40] BECAME PREVALENT. THIS COMBINED
[57:43] FORCE WEERGING TECHNOLOGY, LAW
[57:46] ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WOULD
[57:47] DIVIDE CROWDS INTO SMALLER, MORE
[57:50] MANAGEABLE GROUPS, WHICH MANY IN
[57:54] THE PROFESSION BELIEVED TO BE
[57:56] THE INEVITABLE. THEY SAW A
[57:57] WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF LESS
[57:59] LETHAL WEAPONS, SUCH AS TEAR
[58:01] GAS, RUBBER BULLETS, PEPPER
[58:04] SPRAY, TASERS,ND IMPACT
[58:06] PROJECTILES KNOWN AS
[58:08] 40 MILLIMETERS ROUNDS OR BEAN
[58:09] BAGS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE
[58:11] INTRODUCTION OF LESS LETHAL
[58:13] TACTICS CREATED PHYSICAL AND
[58:14] EMOTIONAL SPACE BETWEEN OFFICERS
[58:15] IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHIFTED THE
[58:18] TAICS USED BY POLICE TOWARDS A
[58:21] MILITARIZED LOOK AND FEEL THAT
[58:22] D NOT MAKE EVENTS SAFER. FOR
[58:26] DECADES, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
[58:28] BEING IN A CROWD MAKES PEOPLE
[58:30] LOSE THEIR INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY
[58:31] AND BECOME IRRATIONAL,
[58:33] IMPULSIVE, AND EASY TO
[58:34] MANIPULATE. THIS CLASSIC LENS
[58:36] LED POLICE AGENCIES TO APPROACH
[58:38] CROWD BEHAVIOR AS CHAOTIC,
[58:40] MEANINGLESS, OR CRIMINAL. A
[58:42] NEWER THEORY CALLED THE
[58:44] ELABORATED ASSOCIATE IDENTITY
[58:46] MODEL REFUTES THAT IDEA. E.M.S.
[58:50] RESEARCH ARGUES THAT PEOPLE IN
[58:54] INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY, THEY SHIFT
[58:57] IT BASED ON A STEP BY STEP
[58:59] PROGRESSION, WHICH IS
[59:02] HIGHLIGHTED HERE. THE FOUNDATION
[59:03] OF RESEARCH INTO HOW CROWDS
[59:05] BEHAVE AND HOW POLICE PRESENCE
[59:07] CAN ALTER AN EVENT BEGAN IN 2005
[59:10] IN RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE IN AND
[59:13] AROUND SOCCER STADIUMS IN
[59:16] EUROPE. THEY MADE SEVERAL
[59:17] FINDINGS BUT OF PARTICULAR NE
[59:18] IS THE FACT THAT THE
[59:20] DISPROPORTION NATE AND
[59:21] INDISCRIMINATE THREAT OR USE OF
[59:22] FORCE CAN ACTIVATE PSYCHOLOGICAL
[59:24] PROCESSES IN INDIVIDUALS THAT
[59:26] CAN DROP PEOE INTO A CONFLICT
[59:28] THEY WOULD OTHERWISE TRY TO
[59:29] AVOID AND POLICE STRATEGIES AND
[59:32] TACTICS FOCUSED ON DIALOG AND
[59:34] THE EXERCISING OF RHTS SHOULD
[59:36] BE IMPLEMENTED PROACTIVELY TO
[59:37] PREVENT THE NEED FOR ESCALATED
[59:39] ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES DURING
[59:40] PUBLIC GATHERINGS. RECENTLY,
[59:43] RESECH HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND
[59:48] TURN VIOLENT. ONE KEY INSIGHT S
[59:49] REMAINS CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE
[59:50] RESEARCH AND THAT IS HOW PICE
[59:52] RESPOND TO PUBLIC GATHERINGS
[59:55] MATTERS. IF POLICE TREAT A CROWD
[59:56] AS A THREAT AND USE OR THREATEN
[59:58] TO USE HEAVY HANDED TACTICS,
[1:00:00] PEOPLE IN THE CROWD MAY FEEL
[1:00:01] THEY ARE BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETED
[1:00:03] AS A GROUP. CONSIDERING THIS
[1:00:05] RESEARCH AND IN RESPONSE TO
[1:00:06] SEVERAL LARGE SCALE PROTESTS,
[1:00:08] SEVERAL POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS
[1:00:10] THE COUNTRY BEGAN EMPLOYING
[1:00:12] TENANTS OFHE ESIM INTO THEIR
[1:00:14] OPERATIONS. MANY OF THE AGENCIES
[1:00:17] EXPERIENCED SUCCESS SIMILAR AND
[1:00:19] ARE VERY SIMILAR. DURING
[1:00:21] RESEARCH FOR THIS DIRECTIV
[1:00:22] THERE WAS ONE CITY, COLUMBUS BY,
[1:00:24] OHIO, WCH NOT ONLY STOOD OUT
[1:00:27] BUT WAS RECOGNIZED BY OTHER
[1:00:29] CITIES AS THE NATIONAL STANDARD.
[1:00:33] COLUMBUS'S STANDARD TO LARGE
[1:00:36] PUBLIC GATHERINGS APPLIES THE
[1:00:40] RESEARCH. FOLLOWING THE MURDER
[1:00:42] OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE PUBLIC
[1:00:43] EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED IN 2020,
[1:00:46] COLUMBUS WAS SUBJECT TO A
[1:00:48] FEDERAL INJUNCTION, STEMMING
[1:00:51] FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PROTT
[1:00:52] RESPONSE. THE ORDER BARRED
[1:00:55] INDISCRIMINATE FORCE AND
[1:00:56] KETTLING OR CIRCLING OF CROWD.
[1:00:58] IT PROHIBITED THE USE OF FORCE
[1:01:01] TO DISPERSE NON-VIOLENT CROWDS
[1:01:03] AND ANY USE OF FORCER POLICE
[1:01:05] ACTION BE TIED TO SPECIFIC ACTS
[1:01:07] TO WHICH A PERSON CAN BE
[1:01:10] ARRESTED. POPS FUNCTIONS AS A
[1:01:12] TIERED RESPONSEMODEL, INCLUDING
[1:01:14] A DIALOG TEAM, CONSISTING OF
[1:01:16] SOFT UNIFORMED OFFICERS WEARING
[1:01:19] BRIGHT BLUE VESTS. THEY GATHER
[1:01:22] REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE AND
[1:01:24] DE-ESCALATE WHEN NEEDED. IT'S
[1:01:25] SUPPORTED BYN ARREST AND
[1:01:26] CONTROL TEAM, WHICH HAS TARGETED
[1:01:29] ARRESTS CAPABILY USED FOR
[1:01:32] ENFORCEMENT ACTION. IT'S STAGED
[1:01:34] OUT OF SIGHT BUT CAN TRANSITION
[1:01:36] TO A VISIBLE PRESENCE DEPENDING
[1:01:39] ON THE RISKS. THE TEAM IS
[1:01:41] SUPPORTED BY BIKES, DRONES, AND
[1:01:43] OTHER RESOURCES SUCH AS SWAT AS
[1:01:45] NEEDED FOR HIGHER RISK EVENTS.
[1:01:49] PRIOR TO 2021, COLUMBUS HAD
[1:01:53] RESPONDED TO CROWDS THROUGH THE
[1:01:55] CLASSIC LENS MENTION EARLIER.
[1:01:56] THEIR NEW MODEL APPLIES A SOCIA
[1:02:00] IDENTITY APPROACH, WHICH
[1:02:02] RECOGNIZES CROWD BEHAVIOR AS A
[1:02:04] RATIONAL IDENTY BASED RESPONSE
[1:02:05] TO SOCIAL GATHERINGS RATHER THAN
[1:02:08] ONTANEOUS MOB VIOLENCE.
[1:02:09] IMPORTANTLY AND ARGUABLY MOST
[1:02:11] DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER CITIES
[1:02:12] ANALYZED FOR TS REPORT IS THE
[1:02:14] OFFICERS IN COLUMBUS ARE TRAINED
[1:02:16] TO WORK INSIDE THE CROWD, RATHER
[1:02:20] THAN INSIDE OR AROUND THEM. THEY
[1:02:21] ARE ENGAGED TO IDENTIFY
[1:02:24] INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A GROUP W
[1:02:26] ARE INFORMALLY SORTED INTO THREE
[1:02:28] CATEGORIES TO HELP GUIDE THE
[1:02:31] DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE. BECAUSE
[1:02:32] B'S AND C'S MAKE UP THE MOST OF
[1:02:35] ANY CROWD, OFFICERS FOCUS THEIR
[1:02:36] ENGAGEMENT ON THIS MAJORITY AND
[1:02:38] BECAUS OFFICERS ARE WORKING
[1:02:39] WITHIN THE CROWD, THEY
[1:02:41] COMMUNICATE IN REAL-TIME TO THE
[1:02:45] REGARDING TROUBLE FROM
[1:02:47] POTENTIALING A STATERS. SO WHAT
[1:02:48] DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE?
[1:02:51] IN 2015, WHEN OHIO STATE WON THE
[1:02:52] COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL
[1:02:54] CHAMPIONSHIP, THOUSANDS OF
[1:02:55] STUDENTS A FANS GATHERED ON
[1:02:57] CAMPUS AND IN THE STREETS OF
[1:02:59] COLUMBUS TO CELEBRATE THEIR
[1:03:01] VICTORY. COLUMBUS PD RESPONDED
[1:03:03] BY USING A COMMAND AND CONTROL
[1:03:06] MODEL, INVOLVING OFFICERS
[1:03:07] DRESSED UP IN RIOT GEAR AND
[1:03:10] DEPLOYMENT OF TEAR GAS. THIS WAS
[1:03:12] STANDARDOR THE TIME AND DID
[1:03:15] NOT INCLUDE MODERN DIALOG USED
[1:03:17] TODAY IN POPS. SHARED INTEREST
[1:03:21] IN THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM SHIFTED
[1:03:25] POLICE THE SAME WAY POLICE HAVE
[1:03:26] APPROACHED THE CROWD. A REVIEW
[1:03:29] REPORTED THATVER 200 PERSONNEL
[1:03:33] WEREESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
[1:03:34] INCIDENT. THEY DEPLOYED 7 PEPPER
[1:03:39] SPRAY CANISTERS, AND 24 GAS
[1:03:42] GRENES. CPD MADE 4 ARRESTS
[1:03:45] DURING THIS EVENT AND REPORTED
[1:03:47] INJURIES TO 5 STUDENTS AND 1
[1:03:50] OFFICERS AND RESPONDED TO 89
[1:03:52] FIRES. IN 2025, OHIO STATE AGAIN
[1:03:54] WON THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
[1:03:56] NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BUT THIS
[1:03:57] TIME CPD'S RESPONSE WAS
[1:03:59] COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. HAVING
[1:04:01] BEEN WORKING UNDER THE POPS
[1:04:03] MODEL FOR 4 YEARS, CPD RESPONDED
[1:04:06] FIRST WITH THEIR DIALOG TEAM AND
[1:04:07] COORDINATE ADD PLAN WITH THE
[1:04:09] UNIVERSITY STAFF AND STUDENT
[1:04:10] LEADERS. THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW
[1:04:13] FOR THIS REPORTED 58 POLICE
[1:04:16] PERSONNE NO INJURIES TO
[1:04:17] OFFICERS, NO USE OF FORCE, NO
[1:04:19] USE OF CHEMICAL IRRITANTS, AND 0
[1:04:22] ARRESTS. THERE WERE 7 FIRES AND
[1:04:25] ONLY STUDENT INJURIES, HOWEVER
[1:04:26] THOSE INCIDENTS WERE UNRELATED
[1:04:28] TO CPD'S RESPONSE TO THE EVENT.
[1:04:30] THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE CASE STUDY
[1:04:32] IN THAT THE EVENTS ARE VERY
[1:04:36] SIMILAR IN NATURE ON A VARIETY
[1:04:37] OF LEVELS, YET THE SOCIAL AND
[1:04:40] PHYSICAL IMPACTS WERE NOTEABLY
[1:04:43] DIFFERENT. A COMPARISON OF THE
[1:04:45] TWO EVENTS IN SOCIAL
[1:04:46] COMPENSATION AND IDENTIT
[1:04:47] REVEALED IN 2015, MEDIA OUTLETS
[1:04:49] FOCUSED ON POLICE RESPONSE, BUT
[1:04:52] IN 2025, THE SAME OUTLETS
[1:04:53] FOCUSED ON STUDENT BEHAVIOR. THE
[1:04:59] FIAL IMPACT FROM A FINANCIAL
[1:05:00] STANDPOINT, THE REDUCTION OF
[1:05:02] RESOURCES UTILIZED, THE NUMBER
[1:05:04] OF OVERTIME HOURS MEANT COST
[1:05:06] SAVINGS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
[1:05:07] OVER $70,000 IN THIS EVENT
[1:05:09] ALONE. ADDITIONALLY, NO ARRESTS,
[1:05:12] NO INJURIES, NO USE OF FORCE
[1:05:16] REDUCED T EXPOSURE TO
[1:05:18] LITIGATION THAT COULD COME FROM
[1:05:20] EVENTS LIKE THIS. POPS LEADERS
[1:05:22] ATTRIBUTE THEIR SUCCESS TO THE
[1:05:25] INTRANSCRIBE SIS DESIRES OF
[1:05:26] THEIR OFFICERS. THE TEAM'S
[1:05:28] GUIDING MOTTLE REQUIRES HONEST
[1:05:32] INTENT, PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ON
[1:05:33] THE WEB PAGE AND IS THE FIRST
[1:05:35] SLIDE IN THEIR TRAINING
[1:05:37] MATERIALS. POPS HAS OPERATED FOR
[1:05:39] APPROXIMATELY 6 YEARS AND HAS
[1:05:41] BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A KNOWLEDGE
[1:05:42] LAB SITE FOR PUBLIC ORDER AND
[1:05:44] PROTEST MANAGEMENT BY THE
[1:05:46] NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLICING.
[1:05:47] SINCE ADOPTION, THE CPD REPORT
[1:05:50] SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN
[1:05:51] ARRESTS, USE OF FORCE, AND
[1:05:53] OFFICER INJURIES, ALONGSIDE NO
[1:06:01] 2020. OF THE EVENTS REPORTED
[1:06:04] SINCE THE DEPARTMENT STARTED
[1:06:05] COLLECTING DATA, 317 WERE
[1:06:08] RESOLVED WITH A DIALOG ONLY
[1:06:10] PRESENCE. AMONG THE 17 EVENTS
[1:06:13] NEEDED, OR AMONG THE 77
[1:06:15] REMAINING EVENTS NDING
[1:06:16] ADDITION NAM RESOURCES, 5
[1:06:19] ARRESTS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE
[1:06:20] OF THOSE EVENTS, 1 CUSTODIAL,
[1:06:24] AN4 CITATIONS. NO VIOLENT ACTS
[1:06:25] AGAINST OFFICERS AND NO
[1:06:27] SIGNIFICANT USE OF FORCE HAS
[1:06:27] BEEN REPORTED AND ACCORDING TO
[1:06:29] ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT REPORTING,
[1:06:30] EVENT VOLUME HAS GROWN 40% YEAR
[1:06:33] OVER YEAR, WHICH CPD ATTRIBUTES
[1:06:36] PARTLY TO THE COMMUNITY'S
[1:06:39] CONFIDENCE, THAT LAWFUL
[1:06:40] DEMONSTRATIONS WILL BE
[1:06:42] FACILITATED RATHER THAN
[1:06:44] SUPPRESSED. THE FIRST AND
[1:06:45] POSSIBLY THE ONLY PEER REVIEW
[1:06:48] EVALUATION OF A MODEL LIKE THIS
[1:06:49] WAS CONDUCTED IN COLUMBUS, A
[1:06:53] LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY WHERE 60
[1:06:57] EVENTS WERE OBSERVED FOUND THAT
[1:06:57] ACROSS NEARLY ALL EVENTS,
[1:06:59] OUTCOMES INVOLVED LITTLE TO NO
[1:07:01] USE OF FORCE, POPS OFFICERS
[1:07:03] BUILT TRUST WITH THEIR EVENT
[1:07:04] LEADERS AS EVIDENCED BY
[1:07:06] REDUCTION IN NEGATIVE
[1:07:08] INTERACTIONS WITH FACTIONS OF
[1:07:09] THE COMMUNITY WHICH HAVE
[1:07:11] HISTORICALLY BEEN
[1:07:12] CONFRONTATIONAL. RELATIONSHIPS
[1:07:14] BETWEEN KEY ORGANIZERS AND
[1:07:15] POLI HAVE IMPROVED. GROUPS
[1:07:17] THAT WERE INITIALLY RESIST TENT
[1:07:19] TO DIALOG OR OTHER FORMS OF
[1:07:21] COLLABORATION WITH POLICE NOW
[1:07:22] PARTICIPATE IN EARLY
[1:07:24] NEGOTIATIONS, PROVI ACCESS TO
[1:07:25] THEIR GROUP'S LEADERSHIP, ENGAGE
[1:07:27] WITH POLICE PRIOR TO EVENTS, AND
[1:07:28] MOST CASES ARE COMMUNICATING
[1:07:30] EARLY AND OFTEN AT THE ONSET OF
[1:07:34] SPONTANEOUS GATHERINGS. CPD'S
[1:07:37] SUCCESS INHE DEPLOYMENT OF
[1:07:39] POPS HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF
[1:07:41] A 5-DAY TRAINI PROGRAM THAT
[1:07:41] HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO HUNDREDS
[1:07:43] OF OFFICERS FROM DOZENS OF
[1:07:45] AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
[1:07:46] POSITIONED THEM AS A
[1:07:47] PROFESSIONAL LEADER IN THE
[1:07:49] POLICE RESPOE TO PUBLIC
[1:07:58] THERINGS. LOCAL CHANGES HERE
[1:08:00] AT HOME. PRIOR TO 2020,
[1:08:03] MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
[1:08:04] FOLLOWED AN MPD OR A FEMA-BAS
[1:08:07] COMMAND AND CONTROL PUBLIC ORDER
[1:08:09] MODEL. UNDER THIS MODEL,
[1:08:10] DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO CROWDS
[1:08:12] BY MOBILIZING LARGE NUMBERS OF
[1:08:14] OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR TO FM
[1:08:16] PERIMETERS OR LINES, ENCIRCLING
[1:08:19] CROWDS FOR MASS ARRESTS. THIS
[1:08:20] MODEL IS ROOTED IN THE MENTIONED
[1:08:24] CLASSITHEORY, SUGGESTING THAT
[1:08:25] A VISIBLE SHOW OF FORCE WILL
[1:08:27] DETER DISORDER. MPD STAFF
[1:08:29] DESCRIBED THIS APPROACH AS
[1:08:30] LARGELY UNCHANGED FOR DECADES
[1:08:32] AND WITH THE BENEFIT OF
[1:08:34] HINDSIGHT, CALLED IT
[1:08:36] COUNTERPRODUCTIV MPD'S CURRENT
[1:08:37] APPROACH IS BUILT AROUND A
[1:08:39] SCALABLE LAYERED RESPONSE,
[1:08:40] RATHER THAN A SINGLE DEFAULT
[1:08:42] RESPONSE. SO WHEN STAFF
[1:08:44] DESCRIBED SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF
[1:08:46] THEIR BROAD STRATEGY REFERRED TO
[1:08:48] AS A FLUID RESPONSE MODEL. IT
[1:08:50] INCLUDES INTELLIGENCE AND
[1:08:51] MONITORING, DIALOG AND
[1:08:53] DEESCALAON, MOUNTED PATROL,
[1:08:56] AND BICYCLE TEAM UNITS, STRIKE
[1:08:59] TEAMS, MOBILE USE FORCE, AND THE
[1:09:00] S.W.A.T. TEAM IN EVENTS THAT
[1:09:03] OTHER EFFORTS FAILED OR OTHER
[1:09:05] EMERGENCIES OCCURRED. THIS
[1:09:06] APOACH IS MODELED IN PART ON
[1:09:09] DIALOG POLICING WORK, THAT HAS
[1:09:11] BEEN LEARNED FROM TRAINING WITH
[1:09:15] COLUMBUS. ACCORDING TO NG
[1:09:16] LEADERSHIP, THE KEY OPERATING
[1:09:18] PRINCIPAL OF THE FLUID RESPONSE
[1:09:19] MODEL IS THA STRIKE TEAMS
[1:09:21] DEPLOY REACTIVELY TO THE
[1:09:22] COMMISSION OF A CRIME RATHER
[1:09:25] THAN PROACTIVELY UNDER THE
[1:09:26] EXPECTATION THAT A CRIME WOULD
[1:09:28] BE COMMITTED. OFFICERS NOTED
[1:09:29] THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRAST
[1:09:32] TO THE DEFAULT RESPONSE TO
[1:09:34] PUBLIC GATHERINGS PRE-2020
[1:09:37] LEADERSHIP DESCRIBED THE CURRENT
[1:09:37] MODEL AS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE,
[1:09:40] RELATIVE TO PAST ACTICE, AND
[1:09:42] PROVIDED EXAMPLES OF HOW POLICE
[1:09:43] AND COMMUNITY HAVE BENEFITTED
[1:09:45] FR THE ADOPTION OF MODERN
[1:09:47] POLICING OF PUBLIC GATHERINGS,
[1:09:48] NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT A
[1:09:49] MAED REDUCTION IN USE OF FORCE
[1:09:51] INCIDENTS, LAWSUITS, AND
[1:09:52] COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN TIED TO
[1:09:54] PUBLIC GATHERINGS, A SHIFT FROM
[1:09:56] MASS ARREST TACTICS TO SELECTIVE
[1:09:58] INTENTIONAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
[1:10:00] AGAINST SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, A
[1:10:02] REDUCTION I ADVERSARIAL
[1:10:04] RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY
[1:10:07] ORGANIZERS, EVENT ATTENDEES, AND
[1:10:08] MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, AND
[1:10:10] PERCEIVED LEGITIMACY BENEFITS
[1:10:12] AMONGST OFFICERS, INCLUDING
[1:10:13] SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND THE
[1:10:15] FACT THAT MPD IS RARELY
[1:10:17] DIRECTING OFFICERS TO HOLD THE
[1:10:18] LINE HAS INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN
[1:10:21] OFFICERS AND BUILDING TRUST IN
[1:10:22] THE INTERNAL REFORM EFFORTS.
[1:10:25] WHILE WORKING WITH MPD FOR THIS
[1:10:27] REPORT, LEADERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGE
[1:10:29] LIMITS AND CHALLENGES THEY'RE
[1:10:31] FACING, INCLUDING A LACK OF
[1:10:34] DEPARTMENT-WIDE TRAINING AND
[1:10:35] EQUIPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE,
[1:10:36] EQUIPMENT RESOURCES REMAINS A
[1:10:39] PERSISTENT STRUGGLE, AND PUBLIC
[1:10:40] ORDER RESOURCES SUCH AS VEHICLES
[1:10:42] ARE OFTEN SHARED WITH OTHER MPD
[1:10:45] STAFF THAT PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE
[1:10:46] IN THE EFFORTS, PROTECTIVE
[1:10:48] EQUIPMENT SUCH AS HELMETS AND
[1:10:51] MASKS EXPIRE AND NEED TO BE
[1:10:53] REPLACED. WHILE THE EFFORTS ARE
[1:10:55] INTERNAL, THE FORMAL DIALOG TEAM
[1:10:59] COLUMBUS AND OTHER CITIES REMAIN
[1:11:01] ASPIRATIONAL AT THIS POINT BUT
[1:11:03] EXPERTS IN THE DEPARTMENT
[1:11:03] IDENTIFY THIS IS A TOP AREA THEY
[1:11:05] HOPE TO SEE IMPROV. SINCE
[1:11:12] 2020, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
[1:11:13] MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO
[1:11:14] THEIR POLICIES REGARDING CROWD
[1:11:16] MANAGEMENT AND THEIR OVERALL
[1:11:17] RESPONSE TO PUBLIC GATHERINGS.
[1:11:18] MANY OF THE CHANGES REFLECT
[1:11:21] BEST PRACTICES AND
[1:11:22] RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY
[1:11:22] PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
[1:11:24] CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS. HOWEVER,
[1:11:25] THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
[1:11:27] REQUIRES THAT AN INDEPENDENT
[1:11:29] MONITOR REVIEW AND APPROVE THESE
[1:11:31] POLICIES AND THAT IS A PROCESS
[1:11:32] THAT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED.
[1:11:35] ADDITIONALLY, THE CONSENT
[1:11:37] DECREE, WHICH THE CITY REMAINS
[1:11:38] COMMITTED TO, REQUIRES
[1:11:40] ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO POLICIES
[1:11:42] RELATED TO HOW CROWD MANAGEMENT
[1:11:45] TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE. EQUALLY
[1:11:49] I
[1:11:51] CHALLENGES, THE CHANGES THAT
[1:11:52] POLICE HAVE MADE TO THEIR
[1:11:53] RESPONSEO GATHERINGS IS THAT
[1:11:54] OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS,
[1:11:56] PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS. THE
[1:11:58] RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHANGE
[1:11:59] IN POLICE RESPONSE AND POSITIVE
[1:12:02] OUTCOMES IS CORRELATED BUT NOT
[1:12:04] CAUSAL ALONE. COMMUNITY IS ALSO
[1:12:06] CHANNG THE WAY THEY ORGANIZE,
[1:12:08] DEMONSTRATE, AND SELF MONITOR.
[1:12:09] THESE CHANGES INCLUDE
[1:12:11] INVESTMENTS OF TIME AND
[1:12:12] RESOURCES INTO THE TRAINING AND
[1:12:14] IDENTIFICATION OF EVENT
[1:12:15] MARSHALS, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
[1:12:17] WAY THAT GROUPS COMMUNICATE THE
[1:12:19] INTENDED OUTCOME OF THEIR EVENT,
[1:12:21] EXTRA EFFORTS TO COLLABORATE
[1:12:23] WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO INK
[1:12:25] CREASE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOR
[1:12:27] EVERYONE AND THE DEESCALATION
[1:12:29] USED BY LEADERSHIP WHEN
[1:12:31] ENCOUNTERING OOSING GROUPS.
[1:12:33] ORGANIZERS INTERVIEWED FOR THIS
[1:12:35] REPORTROVIDED FIRSTHAND
[1:12:36] EXAMPLES OF DIALOG WHEN IT WENT
[1:12:39] WELL AND WHEN IT WENT POORLY. I
[1:12:41] ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE AND
[1:12:42] OTHERS TO READ THE REPORT FOR
[1:12:45] THEIR PERSPECTIVE. COMMUNITY
[1:12:47] LEADERS RECOGNIZE THERE IS NO
[1:12:51] SINGLE STANCE AMONG ORGANIZERS
[1:12:51] WHEN IT COMES TO EVENT PLANNING
[1:12:53] WITH POLICE. THEY DESCRIBE IT
[1:12:54] MORE AS A SPECTRUM OF FEELINGS
[1:12:58] TOWARD DEPARTMENT LIAISING. SOME
[1:13:00] WANT TO GIVE A QUICK HEADS UP,
[1:13:03] SOME WANT ZERO CONTACT WITH LAW
[1:13:06] ENFORCEMENT, AND THERE ARE FEW
[1:13:07] BUT THEY DO EXIST THAT ARE
[1:13:09] LOOKING FOR CONFRONTATION. ONE
[1:13:11] CHALLENGE THAT POLICE HAVE IS
[1:13:12] DETERMINING WHERE ON THE
[1:13:14] SPECTRUM GIVEN GROUP MAY FALL.
[1:13:16] HAVING BUILT CHAINS OF COMMAND
[1:13:18] AND MAKING COMMITMENTS TO
[1:13:20] DISCIPLINE AIMED TO REDUCE
[1:13:23] ESCALATION IN THEIR OWN RANKS,
[1:13:25] OFFICERS OFFERED THEIR FOLLOWING
[1:13:26] INSIGHT ON WHAT POLICE CAN DO TO
[1:13:28] IMPROVE THEIR DIALOG AND LIAISON
[1:13:31] EFFORTS. THEY MUST HAVE
[1:13:32] SUFFICIENT RANK AND AUTHORITY TO
[1:13:34] MAKE REAL-TIME DECISIONS AND
[1:13:35] RANK ANDUTHORITY MUST BE
[1:13:36] PAIRED WITH THE RESPECT OF THEIR
[1:13:38] COLLEAGUES. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED
[1:13:39] TO THE DIALOG TEAM OR STRIKE
[1:13:41] TEAM SHOULD HAVE AN INTRINSIC
[1:13:43] BELIEF IN THE 1ST AMENDMENT
[1:13:45] RIGHT BEYOND THE COMPLIANCE OF
[1:13:47] PERMITTING. OFFICERS SHOULD BE
[1:13:48] ABLE TO A EMPOWERED TO
[1:13:50] NEGOTIATE. THERE SHOD BE A
[1:13:51] WILLINGNESS FROM DEPARTMENT
[1:13:53] OFFICIALS TO FIND SOLUTIONS
[1:13:54] RATHER THAN DEFAULTING TO A NO
[1:13:57] RESPONSE. DEPARTMENT LIAISONS
[1:14:00] AND LIAISON MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE
[1:14:03] THE ABILITY TO TREAT ORGANIZERS
[1:14:04] AS EQUALLY CREDIBLE COMPARED TO
[1:14:07] OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. TAKEN AS A
[1:14:10] WHOLE, THE DEPARTMENTS FEATURED
[1:14:14] IN THIS SHOW A SHIFT AWAY FROM
[1:14:18] FIRST CROWD CONTROL AS A PASSING
[1:14:21] TREND, IT'S A RESPONSE TO
[1:14:22] CADES OF RESEARCH SHONG THAT
[1:14:27] HEAVY HANDED TREATMENT IS NOT
[1:14:29] BETTER FOR ANYONE. IT SHOWS HOW
[1:14:33] THEY ENGAGE IN DIALOG SEE FEWER
[1:14:35] ARRESTS,INJURIES, AND
[1:14:36] CONFRONTATIONAL DYNAMICS BETWEEN
[1:14:37] THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC. THIS
[1:14:39] REPORT ENCOAGES EXPLORING
[1:14:41] OPTIONS TO SECURE OAR ALLOCATE
[1:14:43] FUNDS TO FORMALIZE DIALOG TEAMS
[1:14:47] AND IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL
[1:14:49] COST SAVINGS THAT A MULTILAYERED
[1:14:52] RESPONSE MODEL COULD PROVIDE
[1:14:53] COMPARED TO BLANKET CALLOUTS OF
[1:15:01] ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THE ES THAT
[1:15:03] DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THESE
[1:15:05] MODELS DESCRIBE THE WORK AS
[1:15:07] ONGOING. COLUMBUS STANDS OUT AS
[1:15:09] AN AGENCY WITH ACADEMIC RESEARCH
[1:15:11] PARTNERS, DATA TO BACK UP THEIR
[1:15:12] CLAIMS, POLICY TO ENFORCEHEIR
[1:15:14] RULES, AND THE RESEARCH.
[1:15:18] SUCH THINGS TAKE TIME, OFTEN HAT
[1:15:20] YEARS TO MATERIALIZE. THE REPORT
[1:15:24] SUGGESTS A STAARDIZED
[1:15:27] REPORTING SYSTEM AND OTHER
[1:15:28] REPORTING STRUCTURES MENTIONED
[1:15:29] IN THE REPORT, AS WELL AS THE
[1:15:31] EXPLORATION OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH
[1:15:33] ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS INTERESTED
[1:15:35] IN CONTINUING THE RESEARCH
[1:15:37] ASSOCIATED TO ESIM AND OTH
[1:15:41] MODELS. THE COMMUNITY
[1:15:42] PERSPECTIVE OFFERED IN THIS
[1:15:43] REPO IS A NECESSARY BALANCE TO
[1:15:45] ANY CONCLUSION THAT ONLY POLICE
[1:15:48] CAN BE CREDITED FOR THESE
[1:15:51] REFORMS. ORGANIZERS DESCRIBED
[1:15:52] THEIR OWN PROFESSIONALIZATION AS
[1:15:57] EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE
[1:16:00] OUTCOMES WHEN TRUST IS BROKEN,
[1:16:02] IT DOES NOT REPAIR QUICKLY AND
[1:16:04] SKEPTICISM ONHETHER UNIFORMS
[1:16:08] REFLECT GENUINE CHANGE INSTEAD
[1:16:10] OF BETTER BRANDING. TO FOSTER
[1:16:12] TRUST AND INCREASE EFFECTIVE
[1:16:14] COMMUNICATION, THIS REPORT
[1:16:16] CONSIDERS CONSPICUOUSLY
[1:16:17] DISPLAYING CONTACT INFORMATION
[1:16:18] FOR POLICE PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO
[1:16:20] MANAGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS ON THE
[1:16:22] DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, CREATING
[1:16:24] AND PUBLISHING FLYERS IN DIGITAL
[1:16:26] AND PHYSICAL FORM FOR
[1:16:29] DISTRIBUTION, CONNECTING
[1:16:31] CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED
[1:16:32] IN PLANNING EVENTS TO THOSE
[1:16:33] POLICE PERSONNEL WHO ARE
[1:16:35] RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THEM,
[1:16:37] AND EMPHASIZING COMMUNICATION
[1:16:38] AND EAGEMENT BETWEEN ELECTED
[1:16:40] OFFICIALS AND POLICE BEFORE,
[1:16:41] DURING, AND AFTER A LARGE SCALE
[1:16:44] EVENT. EACH AGENCY REFERENCED IN
[1:16:47] THE REPORT HAS MOVED AWAY FROM
[1:16:49] THE COMMAND AND CONTROL MODEL
[1:16:51] AND RELIES ON FEMA-BASED MODELS
[1:16:54] AS A LAST RESORT. AN ADOPTION OF
[1:16:57] THIS APPROACH HAS BEEN RARELY
[1:16:58] DRIVEN BY RESEARCH ALONE. I
[1:17:02] REVIEWED CHANGES, SIMILAR
[1:17:06] REVIEWS. THIS SUGGESTS THAT
[1:17:07] WHILE THE UNDERLYING RESEARCH
[1:17:09] HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO CLOSE TO
[1:17:10] 20 YEARS, IT WAS LEGAL EXPOSURE
[1:17:12] AND MANDATEDREFORM, NOT
[1:17:14] VOLUNTARY ADOPTION OF
[1:17:16] EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE THAT HAS
[1:17:16] BEEN THE PRIMARY DRIVE FOR
[1:17:18] CHANGE IN THESE AGENCIES
[1:17:20] REPRESENTED. IT'S EQUALLY
[1:17:22] NOTABLE THAT EVERY LAW
[1:17:23] ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL I
[1:17:24] INTERVIEWED FOR THIS REPORT
[1:17:25] RECOGNIZ THE VOLUNTARY NATURE
[1:17:29] OF THEIR DEPARTMENT, WHICH COULD
[1:17:31] INDICATE A CULTURE SHIFT AND
[1:17:34] INTRINSIC DESIRE FOR OFFICERS TO
[1:17:35] BE PART OF AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE.
[1:17:36] IN AGENCIES WHERE SUPPORT IS
[1:17:39] INCONSISTENT OR ABSENT,
[1:17:41] LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S
[1:17:43] AD HOC AND INSPIRATIONAL, RATHER
[1:17:46] THAN INSTITUTIONALIZED AS
[1:17:47] DEPARTMENT CULTURE. WITH THAT,
[1:17:48] THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE
[1:17:50] PRESENTATION AND I AM HAPPY TO
[1:17:51] ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
[1:17:53] REPORT.
[1:17:53] >> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[1:17:55] » THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[1:17:55] I WIL FIRST PASS IT TO COUNCIL
[1:17:58] MEMBER WHITING.
[1:17:59] >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMR
[1:18:02] » THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMR
[1:18:02] CHAVEZ AND THANK YOU NICK. I
[1:18:07] WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT T
[1:18:09] THANK YOUND YOUR OFFICE FOR
[1:18:10] ALL YOUR WORK ON HERE. FOR THOSE
[1:18:12] WHO CAN'T SEE, WE HAVE AN OVER
[1:18:19] 30-PAGE DOCUMENT OF IN-DEPTH
[1:18:21] RESEARCH THAT GIVE AS BROAD
[1:18:23] DESCRIPTION OF WHERE POLICING IS
[1:18:24] MOVING, PARTICULARLY IN 1ST
[1:18:27] AMENDMENT AND MORE DIALOG AND
[1:18:29] COMMUNITY EVENT RELATED
[1:18:32] POLICING. SO, I CANNOT THANK YOU
[1:18:35] ENOUGH FOR PREPARING THIS LEVEL
[1:18:36] OF WORK. IT IS SETHING THAT I
[1:18:39] SEE WHY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
[1:18:42] INVESTED IN FILLING OUT. I
[1:18:47] APPRIATE THAT AS WELL, AS NICK
[1:18:49] HAS TAKEN THIS ON AND DONE THIS
[1:18:51] WORK. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
[1:18:53] HERE TO DISCUSS WHERE THIS SORT
[1:18:55] OF CAME FROM. IT'S KIND OF
[1:18:58] SEEING IT IN STAGES OVER THE
[1:19:00] LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WE HAVE
[1:19:03] SEEN AN INCREASE OF INTERACTION
[1:19:05] BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
[1:19:06] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE
[1:19:08] SEEN SOME OF THOSE GO EXTREMELY
[1:19:10] WELL AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF
[1:19:12] THOSE TAKE A DIFFERENT AVENUE
[1:19:15] AND END UP IN MORE VIOLENT
[1:19:17] SITUATIONS. SO, AS OF THE LAST,
[1:19:21] ODNESS, IT CAME ACROSS THIS
[1:19:23] IDEA THAT POPPED INTO MY HEAD.
[1:19:28] IN THIS PAST SUMMER, WEST COAST
[1:19:30] CITY, I'M FORGETTING WHICH ONE
[1:19:32] SPECIFICALLY, THERE WAS AN
[1:19:32] OFFICER THAT WAS ENGAGING A
[1:19:35] DIALOG LIAISON OFFICER THAT WAS
[1:19:40] ENGAGING WITH HOMELAND SECURITY,
[1:19:42] A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
[1:19:43] OFFICER AND THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
[1:19:44] OFFICER WAS TRYING TO GET
[1:19:46] THROU
[1:19:49] PROTESTERS WERE. HE WAS GOING TO
[1:19:53] SCENARIO. THE DIALOG LIAISON
[1:19:55] OFFICER SAID IF YOU GO THROUGH
[1:19:57] THERE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE
[1:19:58] ARRESTED. SO THIS WAS THE FIRST
[1:20:00] TIME WHERE I HAVE SEEN AN
[1:20:02] OFFICER, AT LEAST IN A MORE
[1:20:04] VIRAL SETTING, ENGAGE IN
[1:20:07] COMMUNITY POLICING THAT WAS
[1:20:09] DIRECTLY PROTECTIVE OF COMMUNITY
[1:20:12] WITH ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
[1:20:15] OFFICER. SO, TT SPIRALED INTO
[1:20:17] OTHER EXAMPLES HERE IN THE CITY
[1:20:18] OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE WE SAW IN
[1:20:23] THE SUMMER, LAST SUMMER OF 2025,
[1:20:26] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RAID IN
[1:20:28] OUR CITY AND WE SAW KIND OF A --
[1:20:33] NOT A COLLABORATION WITH MPD IN
[1:20:36] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT
[1:20:37] KIND OF A STANDING BY. SO, I
[1:20:39] THINK WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS
[1:20:42] IN MIND, CONSTITUENTS IN MIND.
[1:20:44] THEY ASKED, WHAT ARE THEY DOING
[1:20:45] THERE? THEY'RE NOT PROTECTING
[1:20:47] OUR RESIDENTS. I THINK THAT IS A
[1:20:49] FAIR CONCERN, A FAIR QUESTN
[1:20:51] THAT WAS RAISED AROUND THAT.
[1:20:55] THEN OBVIOUSLY MOVING TO MORE
[1:20:58] RECENT EXAMES, OPERATION METRO
[1:21:00] SURGE, AND HAVING AN
[1:21:05] NON-SATISFACTORY ANSWER WHEN
[1:21:07] CONSTITUENTS ASK WHY ARE MPD NOT
[1:21:11] DOING MORE TO SUPPORT OUR
[1:21:13] RESIDENTS, WHY ARE THEY NOT
[1:21:14] ARRESTING THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT
[1:21:16] VIOLATE OUR RIGHTS. THIS IS THE
[1:21:19] RESPONSE TO THAT. SO NICK, THIS
[1:21:21] IS, I THINK FANTASTIC IN WHAT
[1:21:23] WE'RE SEEING IS HOPEFULLY BOTH A
[1:21:26] PROTECTION OF PROPERTY, LIFE,
[1:21:31] BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE RELATED
[1:21:34] TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
[1:21:35] HERE AS WELL. SO, I THINK THE
[1:21:40] QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE
[1:21:42] PARTICULARLY AROUND -- YOU'RE
[1:21:45] LOOKING AT THESECITIES, BOTH IN
[1:21:48] THREE PARTS HERE. SO, I
[1:21:50] APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG WINDED
[1:21:54] QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING
[1:21:55] AT THESE DEPARTMENTS,
[1:21:56] SPECIFICALLY THAT WORK WITH
[1:21:57] DIALOG LIAISON OFFICERS OR
[1:22:01] PROTECTIONS, 1ST AMENDMENT
[1:22:02] PROTECTION OFFICERS, ARE THERE
[1:22:06] POLICIES IN PLACE BETWEEN
[1:22:08] INTERNALLY WITHIN THOSE
[1:22:10] DEPARTMENTS THAT ENSURE THAT
[1:22:12] THESE OFFICERS, WHILE THEY HAVE
[1:22:16] FULL ARREST AUTHORITY, ARE THEY
[1:22:19] KIND OF ABLE TO STEP OUTSIDE
[1:22:21] OF -- ARE THERE POLICIES IN
[1:22:23] PLACE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT
[1:22:24] DOING E REGULAR JOB OF A LAW
[1:22:26] ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, I GUESS IS
[1:22:28] THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE.
[1:22:29] >> SURE. THROUGH THE CHAIR,
[1:22:31] » SURE. THROUGH THE CHAIR,
[1:22:31] COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, YES,
[1:22:32] THOSE POLIES DO EXIST. THERE
[1:22:34] ARE A COUPLE OF THEM NOTE IN THE
[1:22:36] REPORT THAT SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE
[1:22:39] THAT OFFICERS, I BELIEVE IT WAS
[1:22:41] IN SEATTLE AND COLUMBUS BOTH
[1:22:43] TOGETHER HAD IN THEIR POLICIE
[1:22:46] THAT THEIR SPECIFIC DIALOG
[1:22:48] DUTIES COME FIRST. BUT AT THE
[1:22:51] END OF THE DAY, IN THE INTEREST
[1:22:53] OF TRANSPARENCY, WE HAVE TO
[1:22:54] REMEMBER THAT THEY'RE LAW
[1:22:56] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE END
[1:22:57] OF THE DAY AND THEIR DUTY IS TO
[1:22:58] ENFORCE THE LAW. THE INTENT OF
[1:23:01] THE TEAM AND THEROGRAM IS TO
[1:23:05] ENSURE THAT THESE CONTUSIONAL
[1:23:06] RIGHTS AREROTECTED AND THE
[1:23:08] EVENTS CAN CONTINUE. NOW, THERE
[1:23:10] IS AN INTERESTING CALCULUS THERE
[1:23:12] TO AT WHAT COST. I THINK THAT IS
[1:23:14] SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE -- I
[1:23:18] DON'T THINK IT WAS REPORTED TO
[1:23:19] ME THAT IS SOMETHING THA OCCURS
[1:23:20] ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. IT IS
[1:23:24] CODIFY IN POLICY THAT IF YOU ARE
[1:23:26] GOING TO BE PART OF POPS OR THE
[1:23:28] POET TEAM IN SEATTLE, THAT YOU
[1:23:30] NEED TO BE COMING TO THIS WORK
[1:23:32] WITH THE BELVE THAT THE GOAL
[1:23:34] IS NOT ARRESTING PEOPLE, IT'S
[1:23:35] MAKING SURE THAT THE EVENT CAN
[1:23:38] CONTINUE AND THAT THE BALANCE
[1:23:40] BETWEEN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
[1:23:41] D PUBLIC SAFETY CAN EXIST.
[1:23:43] >> GREAT, THANK YOU. A SECOND
[1:23:47] » GREAT, THANK YOU. A SECOND
[1:23:47] QUESTION HERE, PARTICULARLY TO
[1:23:49] WITHIN THOSE UNITS, WHEN THEY
[1:23:52] HAVE KIND OF THAT FULL ARREST
[1:23:53] AUTHORITY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT
[1:23:55] THE MULTILAYERED OR SCALABLE
[1:23:59] DEPARTMENTS AND IT SEEMS LIKE I
[1:24:00] THINK COLUMBUS HAS A LEVEL O
[1:24:03] THAT SCALABLE, IT SEEMS LIKE
[1:24:05] SEATTLE IS THEIR OWN STAND ALONE
[1:24:07] UNIT. WHEN DEPARTMENTS ARE
[1:24:11] OKING AT WHICH ONE ARE WE
[1:24:12] GOING TO? MINNEAPOLIS, MPD HAS A
[1:24:16] LAYERED, SCALABLE LAYERED
[1:24:18] RESPONSE. HOW ARE WEENSURING,
[1:24:20] HOW ARE DEPARTMENTS ENSURING
[1:24:23] THAT THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF
[1:24:24] LAST RESORT SO THAT HOPEFULLY
[1:24:28] THE DIALOG LIAISON OFFICERS ARE
[1:24:30] KIND OF THE ONES THAT ARE DOING
[1:24:32] THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
[1:24:35] RESPONSE IN THESE SITUATIONS?
[1:24:36] >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE
[1:24:38] » YES, THANK YOU FOR THE
[1:24:38] QUESTION. THROUGH THE CHAIR,
[1:24:40] COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL OF THE
[1:24:43] AGENCIES THAT I INTERVIEWED HAVE
[1:24:45] A MUL LAYERED RESPONSE, WHAT IS
[1:24:48] TERESTING ABOUT SEATTLE IS
[1:24:51] THAT THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH A
[1:24:52] FULL TIME DEDICATED DIALOG TEAM.
[1:24:54] SO EVERYONE ELSE I SPOKE TO DOES
[1:24:57] IT AS A SECONDARY ASSIGNMENT OR
[1:25:00] IN SOME CASES, SOMETHING THAT
[1:25:01] THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, SOMETHING
[1:25:03] THEY'RE GOOD AT, OR SOMETHING
[1:25:04] THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS PUT ON
[1:25:06] THEIR PLATE AS SOMETNG THEY
[1:25:08] SHOULD BE DOING. TO ANSWER YOUR
[1:25:10] QUESTION, I THINK THE GOAL FROM
[1:25:12] ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS TO
[1:25:15] ENSURE THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF
[1:25:17] INTRUSIONN THE EVENT. EFFORTS
[1:25:20] TO DO THAT INCLU HIDING THE
[1:25:22] RESOURCES OUT OF SIGHT, HAVING
[1:25:24] EM ON STAND BY AND AVAILABLE,
[1:25:25] CLOSE BY, OR WITHIN A REASONABLE
[1:25:29] RESPONSE TIME. ONE OF THE
[1:25:31] CONSISTENT THEMES I HEARD IS
[1:25:33] THAT AS AGENCIES ARE ADOPTING
[1:25:35] THIS, PART OF THE WAY THEYET
[1:25:37] BUY IN IS THROUGH THE OFFICERS
[1:25:39] KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE
[1:25:41] PROTECD IN THE EVENT THAT
[1:25:42] SOMETHING GOES WRONG. SO, SINCE
[1:25:44] THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING
[1:25:46] VISIBLE ACCESS TO AN ARMORED
[1:25:49] UNIT OR A TACTICAL TEAM THAT IS
[1:25:53] PRESENT INCREASES PEOPLE'S
[1:25:55] HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OR ANXIETY
[1:25:57] ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A
[1:25:59] CONFRONTATION. THE FIRST STEP OF
[1:26:03] THEM OUT OF MIND, WHICH ALLOWS
[1:26:04] THE GROUP'S IDENTITY TO MAINTN
[1:26:06] ITSELF AND ITS INTENDED PURPOSE
[1:26:09] FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
[1:26:10] THANK YOU, AND THE LAST
[1:26:12] QUESTION HERE, WHEN YOU ARE
[1:26:13] LOOKING AT THESE AND I DON'T
[1:26:14] REALLY KNOW HOW TFORMULATE
[1:26:16] THIS QUESTION. IT'S A HARDER
[1:26:17] QUESTION TO FORMULATE. WHEN YOU
[1:26:19] ARE LOOKING AT THESE
[1:26:20] JURISDICTIONS AND THESE
[1:26:21] AGENCIES, HOW HAVE YOU SEEN
[1:26:25] THESE DEPARTMENTS KIND OF DO THE
[1:26:28] PROACTIVE PROTECTING OF 1ST
[1:26:31] AMENDMENT RIGHTS, PROTECTING OF
[1:26:40] THE DEMONSTRATORS. ARE THEY
[1:26:42] DOING MORE THAN JUST BEING
[1:26:43] OBSERVERS, BUT STEPPING INTO BE
[1:26:46] LIKE HEY, YOU CONDITION DO THAT.
[1:26:51] YOU HAVE TO LET THEM PROTEST AND
[1:26:53] ENGAGE IN THESE ACTIVITIES AS
[1:26:54] LONG AS IT'S NOT VIOLENT OR
[1:26:58] OTHERWISE. I AM WONDERING HOW
[1:26:59] THAT COMPONENT IS ADDED IN IT O
[1:27:02] IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT AT ALL.
[1:27:03] >> YES, I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF
[1:27:07] » YES, I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF
[1:27:07] THAT MYSELF. IT WAS REPORTED TO
[1:27:08] ME SOME EXAMPLES, SOME ANTIDOTAL
[1:27:11] EXAMPLES OF HOW AGENCIES ARE
[1:27:14] DOING THINGS LIKE WHEN THEY
[1:27:17] LEARN THE PATH OF A MARCH,
[1:27:20] THEY'RE PROACTIVELY HELPING WITH
[1:27:21] TRAFFIC CONTROL, OR IF THE PATH
[1:27:24] CHANGES IN REAL-TIME
[1:27:26] COMMUNICATION WITH EVENT
[1:27:27] LEADERS, PLAN A HAS GONE OUT THE
[1:27:29] WINDOW. WHAT IS PLAN B? THEN
[1:27:33] DEVELOPING A PATH ON THE FLY,
[1:27:34] GETTING BIKE TEAMS, GETTING
[1:27:35] HOE TEAMS, GETTING CARS IN
[1:27:38] PLACES THAT WILL PREVENT PEOPLE
[1:27:39] FROM BEING INJURED. ONE OFHE
[1:27:45] EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT THAT WAS
[1:27:46] PROVIDED BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER
[1:27:48] INVOLVED THE N KINGS RALLY THAT
[1:27:50] WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE SAME DAY
[1:27:53] THAT WAS THE HORTMAN MURDER, AND
[1:28:01] THE INTENTIONAL THOUG AND
[1:28:02] PLANNING THAT WENT INTO
[1:28:04] ACCOMMODATING BOTH THE LAW
[1:28:05] ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY'S BELIEF
[1:28:09] AND THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER'S
[1:28:11] BELIEF, AND THAT MIDDLE GROUND
[1:28:13] S A GOOD EXAMPLE, I FELT, OF
[1:28:17] LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
[1:28:19] NEGOTIATING TO FIND A SOLUTION
[1:28:20] AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT WAS
[1:28:23] ESSENTIALLY THE COMMUNITY SAID
[1:28:24] WE'RE GOING TO SHORTEN OUR
[1:28:27] PEOPLE HAVE LESS TIME TO TALK
[1:28:28] AND WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE
[1:28:29] SOME OF THE SPEAKERS FROM THE
[1:28:32] ROSTER AND THEN FROM A LAW
[1:28:33] ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE
[1:28:34] GOING TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES
[1:28:37] VISIBLY PRESENT TO DETER WHAT AT
[1:28:38] THAT TIME WAS AN UNKNOWN THREAT
[1:28:44] WITH A MURDERER ON THE RUNG AND
[1:28:46] NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY WERE.
[1:28:47] >> THANK YOU. I HAVE ADDITIONAL
[1:28:49] » THANK YOU. I HAVE ADDITIONAL
[1:28:49] QUESTIONS THAT I WILL SAVE TO
[1:28:51] GIVE MY COLLEAGUES SOMETIME
[1:28:54] HERE. REACH OUT ON HOW W CAN
[1:28:57] SCALE A POLICY FRAMEWORK TO
[1:28:59] IMPLEMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF
[1:29:03] MINNEAPOLIS. THANK U.
[1:29:03] >> ALL RIGHT, I PUT MYSELF NEXT
[1:29:06] » ALL RIGHT, I PUT MYSELF NEXT
[1:29:06] ON QUEUE. THANKS FOR THE
[1:29:07] PRESENTATION. I THINK ONE OF THE
[1:29:09] REASONS I SUPPORTED THIS STAFF
[1:29:12] DIRECTION WAS BECAUSE OF THE
[1:29:17] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND MPD AND
[1:29:19] THE FINDINGS BY THE DEPARTMENT
[1:29:21] OF JUSTICE THAT FOUND MPD
[1:29:23] VIOLATING THE 1ST AMENDMENT
[1:29:24] RIGH OF PEOPLE IN MANY
[1:29:25] FFERENT WAYS. FIRST, THAT
[1:29:29] OFFICERS RETALIATE AGAINST
[1:29:31] PROTESTERS,FFICERS RETALIATE
[1:29:32] AGAINST JOURNALISTS, AND
[1:29:35] LAWFULLY RESTRICT ACTIONS
[1:29:36] AGAINST PROTESTS, AND OFFICERS
[1:29:41] AND CALLS, AND OICERS STOPS
[1:29:44] RIGHT TO OBSERVE AND RECORD
[1:29:46] POLICE ACTIVITY. I THINK JUST
[1:29:49] M
[1:29:51] IMPORTANT FOR CONTEXT, SOME OF
[1:29:52] THE THINGS REALLY WANT TO DIAZ
[1:29:56] DEEP INTO AS WE EXPLOREHIS
[1:29:57] TOPIC. I WAS GOING THROUGH THE
[1:29:59] REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION AND
[1:29:59] IT TALKED AUT CONSIDER A
[1:30:03] REGULAR STANDARDIZED PUBLIC
[1:30:05] REPORTING MECHANISM AND
[1:30:08] REPORTING STRUCTURES MENTIONED
[1:30:08] IN THE REPORT. CAN YOU GO INTO
[1:30:10] DETAIL ON WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE
[1:30:12] OR WHAT THAT ENTAILED?
[1:30:14] >> SURE CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU
[1:30:15] » SURE CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU
[1:30:15] FOR THE QUESTION. MOST OF THE
[1:30:19] AGENCIES I SPOKE TO HAD SOME
[1:30:21] TYPE OF FORMALIZED REPORTING,
[1:30:23] STRICTURED TO THEIR DEPARTMENT
[1:30:25] AND COMMUNIES OR GOOD MORNING
[1:30:30] BODIES, ONE PARTICULARLY NOTE
[1:30:31] IN
[1:30:32] MADISON, HAS AER -- AN ORDANCE
[1:30:39] ON THE BKS ON PREPROVIDING AN
[1:30:43] AFTER ACTION REVIEW TO THE
[1:30:45] COUNCIL AFTER CERTAIN THINGS
[1:30:46] HAPPEN, SUCH AS THE DEPLOYMENT
[1:30:47] OF GAS OR PROJECTILEMUNITIONS.
[1:30:50] SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE
[1:30:52] THIS BODY. ONS I WOULD OFFER TO
[1:30:53] >> YES, THANK YOU. THAT I PART
[1:30:54] » YES, THANK YOU. THAT I PART
[1:30:54] OF THE REASON I AM ASKING. THAT
[1:30:58] IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO
[1:30:59] HIGHLIGHT IN THE REPORT. I THINK
[1:31:00] ABOUT HOW THIS WLD HAVE BEEN
[1:31:02] HELPFUL AT THE HEIGHT OF
[1:31:05] GETTING THIS INFORMATION. SO I
[1:31:07] WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
[1:31:09] REPORT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO
[1:31:10] THE PUBLIC ONE OF THE REASONS I
[1:31:12] SUPPORTED THIS IS BECAUSE I
[1:31:13] WANTED TO DIVE DEEP INTO THIS
[1:31:17] COMPONENT OFHE -- WELL, TRUMP
[1:31:19] DIDN'T WANT IT, BUT WHAT WAS
[1:31:21] SUPPOSED TO BE A FEDERAL CONSENT
[1:31:23] DECREE. I THINK THERE ARE WAYS
[1:31:26] THAT US AS  BODY SHOULD HAVE
[1:31:28] AND I APREUATE THE PRESENTATION
[1:31:30] YOU GAVE . COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY
[1:31:33] ELSE? OKAY. WE'LL CHAT OFFLINE.
[1:31:37] ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES, NICK,
[1:31:40] THANKS FOR THE PRESENTION. I
[1:31:42] APPRECIATE IT. SEEING NO FURTHER
[1:31:44] DISCUSSION AND NO ONE IN QUEUE,
[1:31:45] I WILL ASK THE CLERK TOECEIVE
[1:31:48] AND FILE THAT PORT. SEEING NO
[1:31:50] FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I
[1:31:51] WILL DECLARE THIS MEETI
[1:31:53] ADJOURNED.