>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOTT PAYNE, THE PRESIDENT OF CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FEBRUARY 5th. THE CLERK WILL CALL T ROLL. >> WARREN.
>> PRESENT. >> SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING? >> PRESENT >> CHOWDHURY >> PRESENT >> STEVENSON >> PRESENT >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT >> VETAW >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ >> PRESENT.
>> VICE PRESIDENTSMAN IS ABSENT. PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND, AGAIN, WELCOME BACK TO O CHAMBERS. THIS IS STARTING TO FEEL NORMAL, BUT THIS IS ANYTHING BUT A NORMAL TIME.
AS YOU SAW ON TUESDAY, THE COUNCIL HAS ADJUSTED ITS CALENDAR TO REFLECT THE REALITY THAT WE ARE LIVING UNDER, WHICH IS A FEDERAL OCCUPATION OF OR OUR CITY. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY. WE ARE IN THEATIONAL NEWS ONCE AGAIN, NOT FOR GOOD REASON, ONCE
AGAIN. WE ARE SEEING LEADERS FROM THE TRUMP ADMISTRATION MAKE CLAIMS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS OCCUPATION. AND THE CLAIMS THAT THEY ARE MAKING IN PUBLIC DON'T MATCH THE REALITY ON THE GROUND OFTY EXPERIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
THEY ARE STILL TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES, KIDNAPING OUR NEIGHBORS, AND CREATING CHAOS ON EVERY CORNER. AND SO WE STILL HAVE BUSINESS TO RUN AT THE CITY. THAT IS WHY WE STILL ARE
MAINTAINING THESE MEETINGS, BUT WE KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING UNDER A LOT OF DURESS FOR EVERYONE IN R CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BEFORE WE STARTED OUR MEETING. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS
MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONER CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST.
WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND IF
AGENDA TO INCLUDE UNDER THE ORDER OF NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS A NOTICE OF INTENT RELATING TO REGULATIONS REGARDING OWNER ENTRY INTO A RENTED DWELLING UN. I WILL MOVE THIS AMENDMENT AND ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI HAS MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> CALL THE ROLL AS AMENDED? >> ON THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.
>> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE >> CHUGHTAI >> AYE >> WHITING >> AYE >> CHOWDHURY >> AYE >> STEVENSON >> AYE >> RAINVILLE >> AYE >> VETAW >> AYE >> PALMISANO >> AYE >> CHAVEZ >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS ABSENT.
>> PAYNE. >> A >> THAT CARRIES AND AGENDA ADOPTED. NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM 15th. MAY IS I HAVE A MOTION. >> MOTION >> SECOND. >> >> CHUGHTAI >> AYE >> WHITING >> AYE
>> CHOWDHURY >> AYE >> STEVENSON >> AYE >> RAINVILLE >> AYE >> VETAW >> AYE >> PALMISANO >> AYE >> CHAVEZ >> AYE >> PRESIDENT PAYNE >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> CARRIES AND THE MINUTES ACCEPTED. FINALLY WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THE MOTION PLEASE.
THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL >> WARREN >> AYE >> SHAFFER >> AYE. IS THIS INCLUNG ALL 1 THROUGH 67? >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, THIS MOTION IS ACTUALLY ALLOWING REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES TO BE REFERRED IN THE NEXT CYCLE OF COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU. >> WONSLEY
>> AYE >> CHUGHTAI >> AYE >> WHITING >> AYE >> CHOWDHURY >> AYE >> STEVENSON >> AYE >> RAINVILLE >> AYE >> VETAW >> AYE >> PALMISANO >> AYE >> CHAVEZ >> AYE. >> PAYNE >> AYE >> THERE ARE 12 YEARS. >> THAT CONSIDERRIES AND MATTERS REFERRED. THOSE MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS I
THE PRESENTATIONS OF REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES. AS YOU KNOW DUE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED NATURE OF THE ICE OCCUPATION IN OUR CITY, WE'RE OPERATING UNDER A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE THAT HAS CONDENSED ALL OUR STANDING COMMITTEES INTO A SINGLE SUPER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I WANT TO OFFER MY THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY FOR HER
ABLE LEADERSHI OF THAT MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY. IT WAS A MARATHON MEETING BUT I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL ORGANIZED AND SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN HELPING US NAVIGATE AN EXTENSIVE AGENDA WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES. SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SUPER CO-CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
WITH THAT I ASK HER TO PRESENT THE REPORT FROM OUR FIRST SUPER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE SUPER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS BRINGING FORWARD 67 ITEMS. ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THE ENTERPRISE LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE. ONE AND TWO ARE BOTH COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. THREE THROUGH FIVE ARE WORKING COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND SIX IS ACPTING A GRANT FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS DEMOCRACY CENTER. ITEM 7-16 WERE INTENDED FOR THE BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. VEN THROUGH TEN ARE LIQUOR AND
GAMBLING LICENSE APPROVALS AND RENEWALS. 11 THROUGH 16 INCLUDE VARIOUS CONTRACTS GRANTS AND APPOINTMENT AND AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEMOLITION. ITEMS 17-34 WERE INTENDED FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.
17-19 ARE GIFT ACCEPTANCES. 20 THROUGH 32 ARE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS, FUNDING REDISTRIBUTION, GRANT ACCEPTANCES, AND A GRANT EXTENSION. LASTLY, 33 AND 34 ARE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES. ITEMS 35 THROUGH 58 WERE
INTENDED FOR THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. 35 THROUGH 38 ARE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND A RELATED APPROPRIATION. 39 THRGH 45 ARE VARIOUS GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR SERVICES. 46 THROUGH 51 ARE VARIOUS BIDS
FO PROJECT AND SERVICES. AND 52 THROUGH 58 ARE VARIOUS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND A GRANT ACCEPTANCE. ITEMS 59 AND 60 ARE DGET AMENDMENTS. ITEM 61 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FOR PRESIDENT.
PAYNE ITEM 62 IS A CONTRACT WITH IDEA ANALYTICS FOR POLICE MISCONDUCT TRAINING PER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. ITEM 63 IS APPROVING THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND POLICY POSITIONS. ITEM 64 IS A LEASEGREEMENT
WITH THE U OF M. ITEM 65 IS A BID FOR THE MPD TRAINING ANNEX. ITEM 66 IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT RELATED TO IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES. AND FINALLY ITEM 67 IS A RENTAL ASSISTANCE RESOLUTION AND WAS
BROUGHT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THESE ITEMS AND JUST PULL ITEM 67 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND DISCUSSION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MINUS ITEM 67. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE
REMAINDER OF THOSE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> WARREN >> AYE >> SHAFFER >> AYE >> WONSLEY >> AYE >> CHUGHTAI >> AYE >> WHITING >> AYE >> CHOWDHURY >> AYE
>> STEVENSON >> AYE >> RAINVILLE >> AYE >> VETAW >> AYE >> PALMISANO >> AYE >> CHAVEZ >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE >> AYE >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THOSE ITEMS CARRY. WE NEXT TAPEE TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 67. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL
MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. COLLEAGUES, IN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE DISCUSSION AND STATEMENTS MADE DURING RELATED TO THE ITEM ON TUESDAY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEVEL SET WHAT
THE PROPOSAL IS AND LAY OUT THAT... OR LAY OUT WHY IT SHOULD EARN THE SUPPORT OF ALL 13 COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS INDISPUTABLE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST INCOME FROM ICE'S OCCUPATION OF OF MINNEAPOLIS AND
WILL BE EVICTED WITHOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. FAMILIES HAVE HAD THEIR BREADWINNERS DETAINED. WORKERS FEAR LEAVING THE HOUSE DUE TO THE THREAT OF RACIAL PROFILING BY ICE THAT COULD LEAD THEM TO ALSO BEING DETAINED, DEPORTED, OR EVEN KILLED. AND THERE ARE ALSO FAMILIES WHO ARE NOT BEING DIRECTLY TARGETED
BY ICE, BUT HAVE LOST ACCESS TO CHILD, CARE OR THEIR WORKPLACES HAVE CLOSED AND THEY'VE HAD THEIR HOURS REDUCED AS A RESULT OF ICE'S PRESENCE. RESIDENTS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AT FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, BUT THAT ISN'T A SUBSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENTAL ACTION.
AND YESTERDAY APPARENT LEADER SHARED THAT IT'S ESTIMATED THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDRAISERS BY MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL FAMILIES HAVE RAISED OVER $1 MILLION CUMULATIVELY TO SUPPORT OTHER FAMILIES. MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS HAVE MADE INTERNATIONAL NEWS BECAUSE OF
THEIR INCREDIBLE RESPONSE IN SUPPORTING EACH OTHER DURING THIS OCCUPATION, BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY UNFAIR AND ILLOGAL TO DEPEND ON THESE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE TO PAY EACH OTHER'S RENT WHEN THEITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY IN KEEPING THESE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE. MINNEAPOLIHAS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO STEP UP TO BE THE FIRST GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO TAKE ACTION ON A RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLAN RELATED TO THE LOOMING EVICTION CRISIS, AND THE CITY CANNOT ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF THIS FEDERAL OCCUPATION ALONE, WHICH IS WHY I AM WORKING WITH STATE LEGISLATORS TO ADVANCE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS
IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AS SOON AS THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTS IN A FEW WEEKS. BUT IN THE INTERIM THE $1 MILLION FROM THE CITY CAN BEGIN GETTING HELP TO RESIDENTS WHO NEED IT. NOT ALL IMPACTED RESIDENTS ARE PLUGGED INTO MUTUAL AID NETWORKS OR ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A
NEIGHBOR HOST A GOFUNDME FOR THEM. MANY PEOPLE ARE RELYING ON THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP THEM DURING A CRISIS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO RESIDENTS THAT COUNCIL HEARS THEM CARES ABOUT THEM AND IS STEPPING UP TO DO SOMETHING TO SUPPORT THEM.
THE CITY SETS ASIDE AN UNALLOCATED CONTINGENCY FUND FOR UNANTICITED COST AND EMERGENCIES. RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES BECAUSE OF ICE'S VIOLENT OCCUPATION OF OUR CITY IS UNANTICIPATED COST AND EMERGENCY. MAKING IT AN APPROPRIATE USE OF
CONTINGENCY FUNDS. AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER WHITING HAS A PROPOSAL THAT ESSENTIALLY AIMS TO CUT FUNDING FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST. AND I WILL NOTE WHILE WE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER TO ALSO GET TO A PLACE OF HOW DO WE
GET RENTAL ASSISTANCE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, I WANT TO ME VERY FORWARD THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT THE SOURCE ON THAT ITEM. CUTTING VESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT HOW WE ALSO GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS IN AN EQUITABLE WAY. AND IT'S PITTING THE MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ANDPOPUL. AND THE IMPACTS OF THE CUT WILL BE FELT TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS, EVEN 25 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LESS AFFORDABLE LESS DIVERSE AND LESS EQUITABLE. AND IT WILL BE FELT MOST BY WORKING CLASS FAMILIES WHO WILL GETTING PRICED OUT OF THEIR
COMMUNITIES. AND WHEN WE TAKE UP MEASURES OF CUTTING SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT HAVE HELPED TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 30% AMI HOUSING, IT LEAVES US TO LOOK AT WHAT
ELSE DO WE HAVE LEFT. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE PUT IN THAT PREDICAMENT. AND THAT SAID, IF FOR SOME REASONS MY COLLEAGUES PREFER TO NOT USE THE CONTINGENCY FUND THAT IS SET ASIDE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, I WILL
BE ALSO BRINGING ALTERNATIVE OPTION THAT DRAWS FUNDS FROM THE CASH BALANCE. UNLIKE CONTINGENCY THIS REQUIRES JUST ALSO NO PROGRAMS TO BE CUT, WHICH I THINK IS THE UNDERLYING GOAL OF HOW WE'RE BALANCING THIS
APPROPRIATION, AND MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT BEING DIVESTED IN, AND WE'RE NOT ALSO LEADING TO DEPARTMENT OR PROGRAMMATIC CUTS. AND CONTINGENCY IS THE STRONGEST WAY TO GET THERE, AND THAT IS WHAT IS FOR CONSIDERATION BEFORE
YOU. AND THIS WILL ALLOW THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS TO HAVE HOUSING STABILITY AND TO PROTECT THEM FROM ICE IN THE MOMENT WHERE THAT IS ONE OF OUR CLEAREST OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN WHICH WE COULD SHOWING UP FOR. SO WITH THAT I WILL MOVE APPROVAL WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM.
>> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 67. IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. I ALSO NOTE WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY VICE PRESIDENT OSMOND. AND VICE PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR VOTE RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR THE PRIO? >> YEP, PLEASE.
>> MR. CLERK, IF YOU COULD RECOGNIZE THAT. AND I WILL NEXT RECOGNIZE COUNCIMEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU.
PRESIDENT PAYNE, I'M JUST GOING TO STATE AGAIN IN RESPECT TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND AND THE ASK COMING FROM THE COUNC WITH RESPECT TO MINORITY CHAIR
WONSLEY'S RESOLUTION, WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WITH A LOT OF OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, THEY ARE IN FEAR OF PROVIDING THEIR INFORMATION TO CITY AND STATE SERVICES. SO IT IS AN UNFAIR ASK FOR THEM TO THEN GO AND REPORT WHEN WE
HAVE ISSUES AROUND TRUSTED DATA PRIVACY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ALLOCATION OF FUNDING THAT IS SPECIFIED JUST TO THEM. BECAUSE THAT SMELLS LIKE DISCRIMINATION. THE COUNTY'S RAMIFICATIONS THAT IT HAS AROUND EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ALSO SPEAK TO SUSTAINABILITY FOR FAMILIES. SO IF YOU ARE IN AN EMERGENCY OR AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF BEYOND THAT SITUATION, AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TO UPLIFT,
BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE A CRISIS WIIN OUR CITY, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, NOR DO I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY WILL SOFTEN THEIR GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATIONS AROD THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION JUST TO CATER TO A CERTAIN CLASS OR GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.
WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED THROUGH THE CLOSURE OF DHS WHO HAVE BEEN PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERSHROUGHOUT THE STATE AS PCA SERVICES AND ALL OF
THOSE THINGS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PAID SINCE DEMBER, THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ICE. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FRAUDULENT IMPACT THAT IS CURRENTLY REIGNING OVER OUR STATE. AND WITH PUTTING A DISCRIMINATORY TYPE OF RESOLUTION AS THIS WHERE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE ONLY CATERING TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY ICE, THAT IS GOING TO ALSO SMELL AND SPELL OUT SOME TYPE OF FRAUDULENT DISCRIMINATION THAT IS GOING TO FURTHER IMPACT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK IN ANY WAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> THANKOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST REALLY WANT TO TAKE A SECONDO PAINT THE PICTURE THAT WE ARE IN, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT WE ARE IN AN ALL HANDS ON DECK SITUATION, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S BEEN CLEAR FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, ALL WE HAVE IS
OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE ACTIVELY FALLING APART, WHILE KNOWING THAT THERE WE SEVERAL -- HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHO WER ALREADY BEFORE THIS CRISIS, STRUGGLING.
AND WE KNOW IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE RESOURCES. AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS $1 MILLION IS ABOUT TO BE A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE NEED, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LIFELINE. IT'S GOING TO HELP MANY, MANY
FAMILIES IN THIS MOMENT. AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE. US ALLOCATING FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS NOT FRAUDULENT. IT'S PRIORITIZING IN THIS MOMENT
A MILLION DOLLARS, A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HARM IN THIS CRISI AND WE NEED TO GO TO THE LEGISLATURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR EVERYONE TO RECOVER, WHETHER
IT'S DUE TO THE IMPACTS OF ICE OR BECAUSE YOU HAD A PREDATORY SITUATION IN YOUR PART OF TOWN, AND YOU HAVE BEEN VING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, AND YOU'RE A SINGLE MOTHER, AND YOU'VE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR SOME TIME, AND
YOU ARE TRYING TO AVOID AN ICTION, RIGHT? AND IN THIS MOMENT THE PHONE CALLS THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE LOOKED LIKE THIS I. I TALKED TO ONE GENTLEMAN, WHO WAS LIKE, IAVE LIVED IN THIS
COUNTRY FOR 17 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER ASKED FOR HELP. I HAVE NEVER WANTED TO ASK FOR. BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE NOW. BECAUS I AM SCARED. I AM SCARED THAT I AM GOING TO BE KICKED OUT OF MY HOME AND I NEED TO STAY HERE.
I HAVE TALKED TO MANY WOMEN, ESPECIALLY... IT'S A LOT OF WOMEN. AND I KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN MINNEAPOLIS RESONATE WITH AS MANY WOMEN THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR THEIR FAMILY. WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR PARTNER BECAUSE THEY HE BEEN
TAKEN AND ABDUCTED AND THAT INCOME IS NOW GONE. WOMEN WHO WERE ALREADY SINGLE PARENTS AND WERE GOING TO WORK AND NOW ARE FEARFUL OF GOING TO WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE THE LIFELINE TO THEIR CHILD. THEY HAVE NO OPTION, AGAIN, TO JUST ASK FOR HELP SO THEY CAN
STAY IN THEIR HOME. WOMEN WHO ARE WORKING, BUT BECAUSE THEIR WORKPLACE HAS BEEN SO IMPACTED BY THIS ICE OCCUPATION, ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THEIR PAYCHECK ON TIME, SO THEY'RE LATON RENT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, LIKE,
THIS $1 MILLION IS CERTAINLY NOT IS A MEASURE THAT WE CAN TAKE TO LIFT SE BOATS AND ALSO LEVERAGE FUTURE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE RISKS THAT PEOPLE TAKE WHEN IT COMES
TO APPLYING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR DATA, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE THE AGENCY TO DECIDE TO TAKE THAT RISK AND NOT DECIDE THAT FOR THEM. I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR JOB AS GOVERNMENT. AND WHEN Y GET AN EVICTION LETTER, WHEN YOU GET A LETTER YOU'RE GOING TO PROCEEDINGS,
SOMETIMES THE ONLY OPTION YOU HAVE IN THAT MOMENT IS TO APPLY FOR EMERGENCRENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND I THINK THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE US AS A CITY CAN STEP UP AND ALSO BE A MODEL FOR GETTING MORE ASSISTANCE AND MORE
RESOURCES FOR THE BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LONG SUFFERED IN THE WAY IN WHICH OUR HOUSING SYSTEM IS SET UP, RIGHT? IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT PRECARIOUS FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME. AND SO I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR US TO VOTE FOR CONTINGENCY. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT
SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE. I JUST IMPLORE YOU... I THINK THIS IS THE BEST SOURCE FOR US TO DO IT IN. I THINK IT HAS A LOT LESS RISK THAN U GOING INTO OUR CASH FUND. AND I THINK IT MATCHES THE EMERGENCY TYPE OF SITUATION THAT
CONTINGENCY REQUIRES. SO I JUST REALLY IMPLORE YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR VOTE ON THIS ONE TODAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I AM REALLY EXCITED
TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TODAY, AND I WANT TO URGE ALL OF YOU SINCERELY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE THREE DIFFERENT LENSES. THE FIRST IS AROUND PROGRAMING,
AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, SHOULD WE APPROVE THIS, MONEY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE SIDE OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. SO THE TAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS ALLOCATED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH RENT HELP HENNEPIN IS APPROXIMATELY $10
MILLION AT THE COUNTY. EACH YEAR THAT ENTIRE POT OF MONEY GETS USED FULLY. LAST YEAR ADDITIONAL MONEY HAD TO BE ADDED DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, BECAUSE THEESOURCES
WERE ALL ENTIRELY TAPPED OUT. THERE IS NO WAY FOR A PERSON TO RECEIVE THIS FORM OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNLESS THEY HAVE --
UNLESS THEY EARN APPROXIMATELY MINIMUM WAGE, ABOUT 30% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THEY ARE -- AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED COURT SUMMONS, THEY'VE BEEN SERVED SUMMONS TO SHOW UP AT EVICTION
COURT. MEANING THEIR NAMES ARE ON THAT, THEIR ADDRESS IS ON THAT, RIGHT? LIKE THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE INFORMATION, THE PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION THAT WE MAY HAVE CONCERNS PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ACCESS ALREADY. RIGHT?
THAT'S THE NATURE OF HOW PEOPLE GET HERE. I THINK THERE ARE SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HIGHLIGHTED $1 MILLION RAISED THROUGH OUR SCHOOL FAMILIES. THROUGH MUTUAL AID FUNDS.
AND GOFUNDMES. THERE'S BEEN APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION RAISED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY GOING TOWARDS RENTAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY, PAYING PEOPLE'S RENTS. SO OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CATCH
PEOPLE ON THE FRONT END BEFORE THEY GET SERVED THEIR EVICTION -- BEFORE THEIR EVICTION GETS FILED, BEFORE THE RECEIVEHEIR SUMMONS. THIS POT OF MONEY IS ABOUT CATCHING THE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T FIND THAT DON'T GET
CONNECTED TO A MUTUAL AID NETWORK, THAT AREN'T ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND GET THEIR NEED MET. THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY... SO IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO IS EITHER A
SENIOR, HAVE CHILDREN, OR HAVE A DISABILITY, YOUR ENTIRE BACKLOG OF RENT IS COMPLETELY PAID FOR. $1 MILLION WOULD ALLOW FOR 250
FAMILIES TO BENEFIT FROM THIS ASSISTANCE. THAT IS THE SCALE OF NEED, RIGHT? AND 250 FAMILIES... I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OR A LITTLE TO YOU, I THINK IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO THE NEED I PERSONALLY SEE. AND I'M JUST ONE PERSON IN THE CITY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT?
SO I THINK... I WANTO JUST TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT DISCRIMINATION. THIS WAS BROUGHT UP DURING COMMITTEE AS WELL, AND AGAIN HERE TODAY. AND I WOULD URGE US TO REFLECT BACK ON THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF
THE RESOLUTION, WHICH HAS NO MENTION OF THIS -- THESE RESOURCES BEING CATERED TO ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE PRESENCE AND OCCUPATION THAT ICE
IS CONDUCTING IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. THE EXACT LANGUAGE IS ONE-TIME RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS IN NEED I. SO LET'S PLEASE STICK TO THE FACTS AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH
THESE CONVERSATIONS. AS THE BUDGET CHAIR, I REALLY WANT TO IMPLORE US TO USE CONTINGENCY AS THE MECHANISM TO FUND THIS, RIGHT? CONTINGENCY IS 1% OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IT IS MONEY
THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR EMERGENCIES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. YOU KNOW, IN THAT COUPLE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH COLLEAGUES YESTERDAY, I DID HEAR THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT CONTINGENCY NEEDED TO BE BACKFILLED WITHIN A CALENDAR YEAR. THAT IS NOT TRUE. AND THIS IS THE BEST WAY FOR US
TO GET AN URGENT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY MET WHILE ALSO PREVENTING ANY CUTS TO SERVICES OR FRONTLINE PROGRAMS OR TAKING MONEY OUT OF OUR CASH BALANCE WHEN WE KNOW THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME FOR POLICE AND FIRE
THAT ALREADY HAS BEEN SPENT THIS YEAR. WE SHOULDN'T BE PUTTING OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AS A CITY IN A WORSE CONDITION, AND THAT IS THE MOST... THIS IS THE BEST WAY WE CAN -- THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH TO MAKE THAT A REALITY AT THE PACE IT NEEDS TO.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE MONDAY NIGHT, I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH SO MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND JUST PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE WHO HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY TO ME THROUGH
WORD OF MOUTH. SINCE MONDAY NIGHT, THE AMOUNT OF RENTALSSISTANCE THAT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH NEED IS NEARLY $76,000. THAT IS THE SCALE OF NEED.
EVERY PERSON WHO WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CROWDFUND THEIR RENT, IT IS SOMEONE WHO IS LIKELY TO FACE AN EVICTION. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PARENTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PARENTS. YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO A MOM WHO IS DISABLED.
HER HUSBAND IS IN DETENTION. SHE NOW SUDDENLY HAS BECOME A SINGLE PARENT.SHE'S BEHIND ON R. THESE ARE THE - EVERY STORY IS TRAGIC. IT IS HEARTBREAKING. THIS IS ONE SMALL PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE, AND I THINK THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE WE CAN BE UNITED IN SAYING WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERY LAST THING WE CAN TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS. PLEASE, I URGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU'RE RIGHT, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL SUPPORT THIS. I THINK WHERE THE ISSUE IS, IS AT WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD COME FROM.
AND I FIND IT TO BE CHALLENGING TO LISTEN TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE KNOW THINGS GOING TO PASS VERSUS WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE THE VOTES FOR SOMETHING TO PASS. BECAUSE THAT'S ALL GOT TO PLAY OUT UP HERE.
I THINK IT'S SMART FOR US TO VOTE HOW WE KNOW -- THERE WILL BE SUCCESS FROM THIS COUNCIL TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND I THINK ALL 13 OF US KNOWS WHAT THAT IS, RIGHT? SO, LIKE, ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT TO ME FEELS PERFORMATIVE AND FEELS LIKE A FORCED VOTE FOR
SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT GOING TO PASS. WE CAN ACT LIKE WE DON'T KNOW, BUT WE KNOW. SO I THINK, LIKE, THERE IS A POT OF MONEY THAT ALL OF US MAY NOT AGREE ON, BUT WE KNOW, LIKE... LIKE, I MEAN...
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANAND COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN FOR TALKING THROUGH THIS. I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THESE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY WORK. YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TWO DAYS AGO, WHEN I WASN'T EVEN AT A PLACE OF BEING
CERTAIN IF I COULD VOTE FOR THIS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF, AND THEN ABOUT HOW WE FUND IT, HOW WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE ALL OF US CAN VOTE ON MAKING SURE THIS MONEYETS TO
HENNEPIN COUNTY. BECAUSE ONE THING I DON'T... WE HAD A GAT PRESENTATION YESTERDAY FROMIRECTOR SAYERS, WHO IS THE HEAD OF OUR... WHAT IS IT? EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THERE WE GO AND SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT I
HAVE HEARD AOT IN THE LAST MONTH, THAT FAMILIES WHO REALLY NEED THESE SERVICES AN'T GOING TO USE THE COUNTY. THEY'RE TOO AFRAID TO GIVE THEIR INFORMATION. AND THE MOST TELLING THING SHE SAID WAS, IF WE ARE SUPPORTING FAMILIES, NOT AS A COUNCIL, BUT JUST AS PEOPLE, WE SHOULDN'T
TELL PEOPLE THAT SOMETHING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR RENT. WE SHOULD JUST GIVE PEOPLE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR HOUSEHOLD AND LET THEM CHOOSE THEIR NEEDS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY NEED RENT. SOME PEOPLE MAY NEED FOOD. SOME PEOPLE MAY NEED UTILITIES. SOME PEOPLMAY NEED TO GET THEIR CAR FIXED. THERE IS A LOT OF EXPENSES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVG IN THE
HOUSEHOLD AT THIS TIME. SO IN MY MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET PEOPLE JUST A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEY'RE ABLE TO USE IT. AND I HAVE SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH PHILANTHROPY THIS WEEK WHERE I THINK WE'LL MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN THAT AREA. WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS THIS IS A
ONE-TIME THING FOR FAMILIES. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM SPEAKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, YOU CANPPLY FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY ASSISTANCE LIKE ONCE A YEAR. AND SO THESE FAMILIES HAVE A ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS. WE DON'T KW WHAT THE IMPACT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THREE MONTHS.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO APPLY THIS MONTH, HOPEFULLY THEY GET IT... I WANT ANYBODY WHO APPLIES TO GET IT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET THIS MONEY AGAIN IN THREE MONTHS OR EVEN THIS YEAR AT ALL. SO I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THIS CAN GET WORSE. 250 FAMILIES, YOU KNO THAT'S FANTASTIC. WE WANT TO HELP 250 FAMILIES. WE WANT TO KEEP FUNDRAISING. WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED, BUT I JUST... I KNOW THE LANGUAGE.
I HAVE READ IT. I UNDERSTAND, LIKE, IT'S NOT TO TARGET A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE. IT'S NOT DISCRIMINATORY. BUT I KNOW HOW THIS CONVERSATION STARTED, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED IT TO IMPACT. IF THEY ARE GOING TO ACCESS IT, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE.
AND I STILL HAVEN'T GOT ANSWERS ON THEOUNTY'S BACKLOG, BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T GET EXPEDITED IN THEIR SYSTEM. THEY HAVE ALREADY APPLICATIONS. MYNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS THEY'RE WORKING THROUG NOW.
AND THIS GETS PUT IN AS PEOPLE APPLY. SO I DON'T KNOW... I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO SAID, I APPLIED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND I DIDN'T GET IT. I WAS DENIED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I DIDN'T GET IT OR WHY I DIDN'T GET IT. I THOUGHT... SOME PEOPLE SAID I TRIED TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND IT JUST REJECTED IT RIGHT AWAY.
SOME PEOPLE SAID, I GOT AN INTERVIEW AND I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING IT, AND THE DENIED ME. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY WHO SAID THEY COULDN'T EVEN GET IT. AND SO I'M FEARFUL THAT WE'RE GIVING IT TO THE COUNTY, BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING ITO THE
PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. AND SO I SUPPORT -- I THINK IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING'S RESOLUTION. I'M ON BOARD FOR THAT. BUT I REALLY DO THINK THE LARGER CONVERSATION FOR US AS A COUNCIL
IS TO LOOK AT HOW WE ACTUALLY SUPPORT FAMILIES AND HOW WE ACTUALLY GET THE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS, SO THEY CAN MAKE A DECISION FOR THEIR HSEHOLD AND HOW THE CITY CAN BETTER SUPPORT THEM, IF THAT'S US INDIVIDUALLY FUNDRAISING, IF THAT'S US
CALLING ON COMMUNITY PARTNERS, IF THAT'S US -- WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL WARD PH FOUR RESIDENT HERE TODAY FOR THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION DESTINY PROSPER, WHO'S RAISED $30,000 FOR LUCY LANEY FAMILIES HERSELF. SHE SINGLE HANDEDLY DID THAT. SHE'S HELPING WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN'T FUND
RAISE TO GETURSELVES OUT OF THIS, BUT I DO THINK FOR NOW WE COULD. FOR NOW WE COULD HELP, AND WE CAN USE OUR RESOURCES -- WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME AS A CY TO FIGURE OUT A STRATEGY AND PLAN TO MAKE SURE THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, FIVE MONS FROM NOW, AND A YEAR FROM NOW THAT WE ARE STILL
ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES WHEN THE WORST OF THE WORST IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT PAYNE. IMMIGRANT, COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS
HERE, A MEMBER OF THIS BODY, AND SOMEONE WHO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ATTACKED, MY COMMUNITY, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR IMMIGRANTS.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE SINCE THIS CRISIS HAS HAPPENED? OTHER THAN GO TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND JUST TALK AND TELL PEOPLE THEY HAVE RIGHTS. WHICH I DON'T EVEN KNOW WE DO ANYMORE.WHAT IS THE CITY OF MINS
DOING? WHAT IS MORE CRISIS THANHAT WE ARE FACING TODAY ON THE STREETS OF CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS? LOOK BACK TO THE HISTORY. IT'S UP THERE. WE'VE GOT FAMILIES THAT ARE GETTING KIDNAPPED... MAYBE THE
AVERAGE PERSON IN MINNEAPOLIS IS NOT THINKING ABOUT, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO PICK UP MY KIDS TODAY FROM SCHOO WHEN I'M NO LONGER THERE, AND I HAVE BEEN KIP NAPPED BY ICE, AND IN A FEW HOURS BACK TO TEXAS. IT'S ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
IT'S ABOUT THIS -- HUMAN BEINGS BEING ATTACKED BY SO MANY WAYS. IT'S NOT ABOUT CHOOSING ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER. IT'S ABOUT RESPONDING TO SPECIFIC HARM THAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS, WHO ARE BEING
TARGETED -- MAYBE IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY YOU ARE A MEMBER OF TODAY, BUT HISTORY TEACHES, IT HAPPENS TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES. WEE BEING TARGETED... I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WATCH THE NATIONAL NEWS. WE'RE BEING CALLE GARBAGE.
WE'RE BEING OTHERRED. WE'RE BEING DISCRIMINATED. WE'RE BEING KILLED IN MINNEAPOLIS. ON THE STREETS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS MORE EMERGENCY THAN GOING TO THE CONTINGENT FUNDING. THIS IS WHAT THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO DO. IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK OUT FOR
ITS CITIZENS. AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE RAISING MONEY, THAT'S GREAT. BUT WE CAN SIT HERE AND SAY, OH, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING. WE CAN'T EVEN TOUCH SPECIFIC MONEY THAT WE PUT FOR THIS KIND OF ACTIVITIES OR THIS KIND OF
SITUATION WHEN THEY ARISE. SO, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S... IT'S KIND OF REALLY SAD TO HEAR THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THIS MONEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT EMERGENCY ENOUGH OR FOR WHATEVER REASON. IT IS MORE EMERGENCY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
I AM LOOKING AT THE CITY LEADERSHIP. I AM LOOKING AT THE ADMINISTRATION. ENOUGH WITH THE, YOU KNOW, PRESS CONFERENCES AND PROMISES THAT IS NOT REALLY -- ICE IS HERE. THEY WERE HERE YESTERDAY. THEY WILL BE HERE. THEY'RE NOT LEAVING.
YOUR CONVERSATION ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I'M LOOKING AT THE GOVERNOR, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAYOR, I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE CITY LEADERS. THIS IS NEEDED. THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LEAST THINGS WE CAN DO. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS OUT THERE THAT ARE
BEING KIDNAPPED AND BEING HARASSED. WE CAN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF BEING INVADED BY THE MILITARY. IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT AND EMOTIONAL FOR EVERYONE, AND WE CAN KIND OF THROW ALL KIND OF
THINGS OUT THERE AND SAY, OH, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO SEEK MONEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THAT'S... NO, IF I CAN'T PAY THE RENT, I'M GOING TO GO GET THE MONEY FROM ANYWHERE THERE IS. BECAUSE MINNEAPOLIS HAS A SEPARATION ORDINANCE.
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND -- PEOPLE TRUST ME. THEY TRUST PEOPLE LIKE COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, WHO CAN COMMUNICATE THROUGH THAT, CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, IT'S SAFE, A PLACE YOU CAN GO GET HELP. IF THIS FAILS, I WILL BE THE MOST DISAPPOINTED THING, THE WHOLE TIME, THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING MORE EMERGENCY THAN WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THE LAST FOUR YEARS. IT'S NOT HAPPENING TO ALL GROUPS. IT IS HAPNING TO SPECIFIC GROUPS THAT ARE BEING TARGETED, THAT HAVE IT THE HARDEST. THE STORIES ARE HORRIFYING.
A MOM WHO JUST GAVE BIRTH WAS SNATCHED FROM HER BABY. IN A FEW HOURS, SHE WAS PUT IN AN AIRPLANE. SHE WOULD NEVER SEE THAT BABY AGAIN. IS THAT A STORY THAT ANY HUMAN BEING CAN RELATE TO? SO LET'SAVE THAT BABY'S HOUSE TODAY. THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
AND THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR SPEAKING OUT, FOR CONTINUING TO STAND FOR THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, FOR TARGETED COMMUNITIES, BY THE STRONFORCE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT HENNEPIN COUNTY'S ABILITY OR EFFICACY IN BEING ABLE TO ADMINISTER THESE FUNDS. AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS I HEARD
RAISED DURING OUR CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, AND EVEN ON TUESDAY WAS ROOTED IN PERCEPTIONS AROUND FRAUDULENT ACTITIES. AND I JUST FIRST WANT TO IMPLORE US TO USE CAUTION WHEN USING FRAUD AS A BASIS OF CREATG
DISTRUST WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THAT SAME TYPE OF RHETORIC BEING WEAPONIZED BY RIGHT WING AND MAGA PUNDITS AND OFFICIALS WHO USED IT AND WEAPONIZED IT TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR TRUMP'S
ENACTMENT OF OPERATION METRO SURGE, WHICH HAS CREATED THE CONDITIONS FOR US TO EVEN HAVE TO CONSIDER RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS, WHO ARE HAVING TO SHELTER IN PLACE AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM AGAINST ICE. SO I WOULD JUST IMPLORE US TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT USING THAT
LANGUAGE. AND ALSO JUST TO FURTHER DOUBLE DOWN ON THE FACT THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY IS A REPUTABLE AGENCY. OUR OWN STAFF HIGHLIGHTED THIS ON TUESDAY, BUT THEY HAVE ATTORNEYS WHO ADVISE THEM ON HOW TO COMPLY WITH ALL RELEVANT
RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN DISBURSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR YEARS, IN A LEGALLY COMPLIANT AND LEGITIMATE WAY. AND THEY ACTUALLY WON NATIONAL RECOGNITIOFOR THIS WORK. AND I WOULD IMPLORE ALSO IF ANY MEMBER OF THIS BODY HAS EVIDENCE THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY IS
COMMITTING FRAUD IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THEN PLEASEO SUBMIT EVIDENCE TO THE AUTHORITIES LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, OR CONSIDER JOINING THE MAGA MOVEMENT, BECAUSE THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO AVENUES THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT I WANT TO NOTE ALSO, I SHARED THIS ON TUESDAY, THE
COUNTY ALSO SENT A LETTER OVER TO THIS BODY WHERE THEY HIGHLIGHTED ONCE AGAIN THEIR ABILITY TO MEET THIS NEED. SPECIFICALLY IN THE LETTER SENT BY DAVID HEWITT, THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING STABILITY TRE, THE
LETTER STATES IN 2025 ALONE, HENNEPIN COUNTY ADMINISTERED APPROXIMATELY $11 MILLION IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO 3000 HOUSEHOLDS FACING EVICTION. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SO EFFECTIVELY BY BRAIDING A VARIETY OF STATE AND LOCAL
FUNDING SOURCES, WITH UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS AND CRITERIA WHILE ENSURINGAYMENTS WERE DELIVERED IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR APPLICANTS, AVEGING 14 DAYS FROM THE INITIAL REQUEST IN 2025. AND THEN WITH THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY THESE ROURCES,
USING EVEN THE CITY'S APPROPRIATION THAT WE' CONSIDERING TODAY, AT THE END OF THE LETTER THEY NAMED, HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE ITS VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS AND RENT HELP HENNEPIN TO ENSURE ANY NEW FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE REACHES RESIDENTS QUICKLY, AND WHILE A FUNDING AGREEMENT IS CODIFIED.
SO THERE IS PARAMETERS AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DOLLARS GET OUT THE DOOR ONCE THEY ARE APPROVED AND SENT OVER TO HENNEPIN COUNTY UPON THE COMPLETION OF THAT JOINT AGREEMENT OR A FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY AND THAT STAFF
MENTIONED IS A REQUIREMENT OF THIS PROCESS. SO AT LEAST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO. AND ONCE AGAIN, TO REITERATE, THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GOING TO GOFUNDME OUR WAY OUT OF AN EVICTION CRISIS.
THIS FUNDING, GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING IS LITERALLY THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI HIGHLIGHTED THIS. FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A MUTUAL AID NETWORK, OR ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR FUNDRAISE FOR THEM,
THIS IS A RESOURCE FOR THEM. BECAUSE THERE IS THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT NETWORK. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN HIGHLIGHTED THEY WILL BE SEEKING OUT SUPPORT FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS. AND STATE LEGISLATORS KNOW THAT. BECAUSE WHEN THEY MOVE THEIR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PACKAGE, WHICH IS BEING LED BY SENATOR PORT, GUESS WHERE THEY ARE SENDING THAT MONEY TO? THEY'RE NOT SENDING IT TO YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE SENDING IT TO COUNTIES. THEY'RE SENDING IT TO FELLOW ALIGNED GOVERNMENTAL AGENES TO DISBURSE EMERGENCY RELIEF, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO STAY HOUSED. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PREVENT EVICTION AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR IT TO PPEN, AND STILL BEING THE SAME CONUNDRUM OF PEOPLE BEING AT OUR DOOR SAYING, WHY DID YOU LET THIS HAPPEN, WHEN YOU HAD AN
MECHANISM TO PREVENT IT. AND THIS GIVES US THAT PREVENTATIVE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW UP FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE DOING TEN TIMES MORE THAN ANY OF US ARE DOING IN THIS MOMENT, AND HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS TO SAY $1 MILLION IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF WHAT WE CAN OFFER RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MOBILIZE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS TO GIVE AND MOBILIZE RESOURCES WITH THE EXPEDIENCY THAT IT DESERVES. >> YOU'RE AT TIME.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AND MINORITY LEADER WONSLEY. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND WE WON'T USE THE WORD "FRAUD," BUT WHAT WE WILL SAY IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THAT, I
DON'T WANT TO OFFEND YOU IN THAT RESPECT, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS A VERY REAL AND PRESENT INSTANCE THAT WE A FACING HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. MY UNCLE DROVE FOR METROPOLITAN TRANSIT FOR OVER FIVE, SIX YEARS, ENDED UP WITH STAGE FOUR
CANCER, LIVING IN HIS APARTMENT, RIGHT IN SOUTHSIDE MINNEAPOLIS, IN THE CITY VIEW RIGHT OFF OF HIAWATHA. HE ALSO DID PART TIME PROPERTY MANAGEMENT THERE SO HIS APARTMENT WAS DISCOUNTED BECAUSE OF HIS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. WHEN HE ENDED UP WITH STAGE FOUR CANCER, JUST THIS PAST YEAR, WAS
NOT ABLE TO GET AN EXPEDITED CADI WAIVER. WAS NOT ABLE TO GET EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ANY OF HIS ESSENTIAL NEEDS MET BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY. AGAIN, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I
HAVE BEEN A WELFARE RECIPIENT. I RECEIVED 437. I STOOD IN THE FOOD STAMP LINE ON FRANKLIN. I KNOW HOW THESE PROGRAMS WORK. SO WHEN YOU GO DOWN THERE AND YOU APPLY, WHAT THEYRE GOING TO ASK YOU IS "DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY GOING FORWARD."
IF WE PROVIDE YOU WITH $2,000, $2,500, IF WE ACTIVATE AN APPLICATION BECAUSE YOUR LIGHTS ARE GETTING CUT OFF OR YOUR GAS IS GETTING DISCONNECTED, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY GOING FORWARD? IF WE HAVE FAMILIES WHO ARE
UNFORTUNATELY BEING KIDNAPED AND ROBBED AND TAKEN AWAY FROM WHOMEVER, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE SUSTAINABLENCOME IN THE HOUSEHOLD, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE TARGETED FUNDS. AGAIN, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED
IT WILL NOT BE THE ONES WHO RECEIVE IT. AND WE HAVE TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND, EVEN PIVOTING THESE FUNDS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WHO, AGAIN, THE COUNTY IS REPUTABLE, THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE REPUTABLE, BUT ANY TIME THEY
GIVE OUT A DOLLAR, BE IT PETTY CASH OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEREAS TO BE AN ACCOUNTING OF A NAME, PLACE, WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN, HOW, WHAT THIS LOOKED LIKE, AND WHAT IT WAS FOR, OF WHERE THESE FUNDS WENT TO. I AM LICENSED WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. WHEN YOU FILL OUT A 9902 FORM TO REPORT TO HUD OF WHAT YOU DO WITH FUNDING, IT STATES WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN AND HOW. ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO
HOUSING. SO I WANT USO BE CAUTIOUS AND EDUCATED ON WHAT IT IS WE ARE DOING. I'NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT TO HELP OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND FAMILIES IN NEED. NOT ONLY HAVE PEOPLE WHO NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE DROWNING IN THEIR HOMEOWNER DEBT BECAUSE
THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGES BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED AND DISENFRANCHIZED IN THIS SITUATION. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THEM TOO. BUT IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME FROM A CITY OR AOUNTY OR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIVE EFFICACY. AND IF PEOPLE ARE IN FEAR OF DATA BREACH, DATA PRIVACY, DISRUPTION, PEOPLE FOLWING UBER DRIVERS, FOOD DELIVERY PEOPLE, AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE JEOPARDIZING THE
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS AND VERY CAREFUL OF WHAT PROTECTION LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE PROTECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON A DAIS.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A NOTE DURING THIS GREAT BLACK HISTORY MONTH, OUT OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROADAND NOT BE BLASTING PEOPLE'S BUSINESS ALL OVER THE CITY, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT HOW WE PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE. THAT IS NOT HOW THAT WORKS. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME, CONSIDERATION. I LOVE YOU ALL. THE END. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, I'M NOTR YOU MR. PRESIDENT, CAN ANSWER THESE FOR ME. I AM NEW, AS WELL AS SOME OTHERS
HERE. SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT TH DIFFERENT FUNDS. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT AN ELIGIBLE USE FOR THE CONTINGENCY FUND? >> MR. ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, I AM NOT THE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO SPEAK TO THAT. I THINK IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE FROM FINANCE HERE TO SPEAK TO HOW THE FUND BALANCES WORK. ARE THEY IN THE BACK? OKAY. >> DO WE HE ANY STAFF IN THE BACK THAT COULD COME TO THE
CHAMBERS TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL
MEMBER STEVENSON'S QUESTION?
>> WELCOME. DID YOU CATCHHE QUESTION FROM... >> I DID NOT >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK YOUR QUESTION AGAIN, AND THEN IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF? >> YEAH. SO MY QUESTION IS. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF ALLOWABLE USES FOR A CONTINGENCY FUND >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, CONTINGENCY IS DEFINED ONLY IN THE FINANCIAL POLICIES. I BELIEVE THE LANGUAGE AND PERHAPS THE BUDGET CHAIR HAS IT PULLED UP, BUT IT IS AROUND UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> YEAH. THANK YOU.
CONTINGENCY IN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES IS DEFINED AS THE BUDGET THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR UNDESIGNATED EXPENDITURES. THESE EXPENDITURES CANNOT BE PLACED IN DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE LEVEL AND TIMING OF EXPENDITURES ARE UNCERTAIN WHEN THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED.
THESE FUNDS ARE EARMARKED FOR EMERGENCY OR UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES, SPECIAL PROJECTS OR REVENUE SHORTFALLS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS AN ELIGIBLE USE IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE PLANNED FOR WHEN WE
ADOPTED THE BUDGET IN DECEMBER OF 2025 BE >> THANK YOU. >> IS THAT ACCURATE, CFO. >> DEPUTY CHAIR, YES, I THINK IT IS LARGELY. THE LANGUE IS NOT MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT. AND I BELIEVE I FORGOT TO
INTRODUCE MYSELF, SO JANE DICENZA, I'M THE DEPUTY CFO. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVEN'T MET, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SITTING DOWN SOMETIME. THIS CRISIS WE'RE IN SEEMS UNANTICIPATED. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US THOUGHT WE WOULD BE STARTING THIS TERM WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MURDERING OUR NEIGHBORS, AND IT STARTED IN DECEMR, BUT KIDNAPPING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. SO THIS SEEMS PRETTY UNANTICITED AND URGENT TO ME. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE SHARE WHAT THE LAST USE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS WAS?
>> DEPUTY CFO, D YOU RECALL? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE COUNCIL HAS VOTED AFFIRMATIVELY A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I BELIEVE AGATE W ONE OF THE LAST. I KNOW THERE WAS A POTENTIALLY A
VIVO SOUTH, WHEN THAT WAS UNDER DELIBERATIONS, WAS GOING TO BE. AND JUST GENERALLY IN OPERATIONS, WHEN WE OVERSPEND, OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET, THAT IS ALSO A REASON FOR THE CONTINGENCY TO BE THERE. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT WE HAVE A A CONTINGENCY BUDGET EVERY YEAR, SO WHEN WE HAVE COST
OVERRUNS AND REVENUE SHORTFALLS AS WE HAD LAST YEAR THE CONTINGENCY IS A VALUABLE CUSHION FOR THAT AS WELL. >> ARE WE EXPECTING OVERRUNS CURRENTLY? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER, YES, ABSOLUTELY. DEPARTMENTS ARE INCURRING MAJOR COSTS IN RESPONDING TO THIS
CRISIS. AND SO WE SOMEWHERE A VERY SMALL CUSHION OF GENERAL FUND BALANCE BEFORE WE HIT OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE. AND THEN THE CONTINGENCY IS FURTHER CUSHION THERE. >> SO ARE THERE CURRENT PLANS TO USE THIS CONTINGENCY FOR CERTAIN USES?
>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, THERE ARE NOT SPECIFIC PLANS TO USE IT, BUT IT'S EARLY IN THE YEAR. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE MAY BEFALL US BESIDES THIS CRISIS, AND SO I THINK FINANCE WOULD URGE CAUTION IN DEPLOYING FURTHER RESOURCES AT THE MOMENT.
>> OKAY. HOW OFTEN WERE CONTINGENCY FUNDS USED LAST YEAR? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS A COUNCIL VOTE ON CONTINGENCY FUNDS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME LIMS RESEARCH TO CONFIRM THAT. >> OKAY.
FROM WHAT I SEE... >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, I THINK OUR BUDGET CHAIR MAY HAVE AN ANSWER TO THA >> OKAY. >> YEAH. SO THERE WERE... THE AGAIT EXAMPLE THAT DEPUTY CFO DISCENZA HIGHLIGHTED, I KNOW YOU
EXPERIENCED THAT AS A PERSON IMPACTED ON THE EMPLOYEE SIDE IN THAT IMPORTANT FIGHT. THAT WAS A USE OF CONTINGENCY THAT WAS APPROVED CONTINGENT ON
MATCHING FUNDS. AND SO IT NEVER ACTUALLY WENT OUT THE DOOR, EVEN THOUGH THE USE WAS APPROVED. ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT COMES TO MIND IS THE MIWRC, THE MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER, WHERE WE AUTHORIZED $100,000 FOR
THEM TO EXPAND THEIR WARMING SHELTERS AND HAVE THE CAPACITY TO KEEP THOSE OPEN LONGER. THAT WAS A USE OF CONTINGENCY THAT WAS BOTH APPROVED AND ACTUALLY WENT OUT THE DOOR. >> I DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN I STARTED THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT I WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED
WITH BOTH USES OF THECONTINGENC. THAT IS INTERESTING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE HOUSING ISSUES HAVE BEEN A FREQUENT USE OF OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS, AT LEAST RECENTLY. I DO WANT TO MENTION AGAIN THAT
THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST UNANTICIPATED AND MOST URGENT SITUATION WE POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE IMAGINED. SO THIS REALLY FITS THE DEFINITION OF WT CONTINGENCY COULD BE USED FOR, AS FAR AS I AM SEEING IT.
AND I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THIS AS WELL. AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE ONE THING ABOUT ANOTHER USE -- I'M NOT REALIZING HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE. 30 SECONDS LEFT. IF WE TAKE THIS MONEY FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, WE WILL WE WILL BE GOING AGAINST STATED PRIORITIES OF THIS BODY,
INCLUDING THE MAYOR AND HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH, HE SPOKE VERY ELOQUENTLY AND POWERFULLY ABOUT BUILDING AORDABLE HOUSING EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY. CUTTING THESE FUNDS WILL GO DIRECTLY AGAINST THAT. I SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PRIORITY OF BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSG.
MY COMMUNITY ON A DAY TO DAY, PRIOR TO THE INVASION HOUSING ISSUES, WERE THE BIGGEST ISSUES DEALING WITH UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS DEALING WITH EVICTIONS RENTS BEING TOO HIGH, BEING TOO EXPENSIVE TO BUY A HOME. SO I'M LOATHE TO TAKE FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ORDER TO DO THIS, AND I SEE THIS AS THE
MOST URGENT AND UNANTICIPATED EXPENSE, AND SO I WOULD URGE US TO USE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO I WANT TO START ACTUALLY BY ADDRESSING A QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW ASKED QUITE A WHILE AGO DURING DISCUSSION,
WHICH IS AROUND WHAT IS THE BACKLOG OF THE RESOURCES FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AT HENNEPIN. IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED YESTERDAY THROUGH THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING STABILITY AT HENNEPIN COUNTY THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY NO
BACKLOG FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND AT HENNEPIN COUNTY. I THINK AS WE WERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ON TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SEVERAL SETS OF NUMBERS THROWN AROUND AND IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AS WE WERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, TO JUST DIG A LITTLE DEEPER, DOUBLE CHECK, TRIPLE CHECK WHAT IS
HAPPENING. SO OF THE $10 MILLION THEY HAVE ALLOCATED, APPROXIMATELY AT THIS POINT, ABOUT 1 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN DISBURSED TO EVERY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN -- WHO HAS APPLIED AND HAS BEEN ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE THESE FUNDS. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE $1 MILLION AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR IS COMPARABLE TO LAST YEAR, WHICH TELLS US THAT THE SEVERITY OF THE CRISIS HAS NOT YET HIT.
WHERE EVICTIONS ARE BEING FILED. A PART OF THAT IS ALSO THAT WE HAVE EXTENDED PREDICTION NOTICE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE A PERSON THAT DIDN'T PAY YOUR RENT IN JANUARY,
YOU'RE LIKELY GETTI YOUR PRE- EVICTION NOTICE, AND YOU HAD AN ADDITIONAL CUSHION. AND I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW OUR EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR HAS BROUGHT UP THE ROADMAP AHEAD, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT RECOVERY FROM THIS MOMENT THAT WE ARE LIVING THROUGH, THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO END, RIGHT?
IT IS GOING TO TAKE YEARS AND YEARS. I THINK AN IMPORTANT FACR THAT BOTH OUR DEPUTY CFO AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAVE OUGHT UP IS WHAT HAPPENS AS AS
HALF OF L IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY ARE SHUT DOWN. WHAT HAPPENS AS PEOPLE'S HOURS ARE CUT, THEY'RE LOSING THEIR JOBS, THEY'RE SHELTERING IN PLACE, THEIR FAMILIES ARE BEING IMPACTED BY FAMILY SEPARATION, THROUGH DEPORTATIONS.
THERE IS MORE ECONOMIC INSTABILITY WITHIN INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES, THE RISK OF PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY HAVING AN EVICTION THAT FOLLOWS THEM ON THEIR RECORD PERMANENTLY, MAKING IT HARDER FOR THEM TO ACCESS HOUSING FOR THE NEXT DECADE OF
THAT FAMILY'S LIFE, RIGHT? WHAT HAPPENS AS PEOPLE THEN ARE PUSHED OUT OF OUR CITY AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT HAS ON PROPERTY VALUES HERE. THAT WE NEED TO... THE BEST TOOLS WE IS REALLY RIGHT NOW ARE ONES THAT KEEP OUR COMMUNITY STABLE.
THIS IS THE LAST SAFETY NET THAT CATCHES PEOPLE BEFORE THEY END UP UNSTABLE, OUT OF HOME, UNABLE TO RENT AGAIN. FORCED TO LEAVE THE CITY AND BE DISPLACED OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS.
AND I THINK THAT IS JUS WORTH CONTINUING TO UPLIFT. AND I WANT TO END WITH TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS ASSISTANCE AND WHETHER THEY WILL
BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IT. I JUST AM... I REALLY FEEL LIKE I NEED TO STRONGLY ASSERT THAT IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO IS MAKING MINIMUM WAGE AND YOU COULDN'T PAY YOUR RENT FOR
WHATEVER REASON, AND YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED EVICTION PAPERS, YOU ARE A PERSON IN NEED OBJECTIVELY. AND LIKE WE GOT TO MOVE PAST SAYING THAT THE WRONG GROUP OF
PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE WHO DON'T REALLY NEED IT, ARE GOING TO END UP WITH THIS ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC FORWARD. I HEAR ALL OF OUR HEARTS AROUND
THIS ISSUE, AND IT IS TIME TO BRING THIS FORWARD FOR A DISCUSSION. I HAD A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR DISCENZA. FIRST OF ALL, COULD YOU GIVE ME
AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE APPROXIMATELY AT OVER BUDGET ROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS IN RELATED TO THE ICE SCOURGE ON OUR CITY? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER SCHAEFER WE'VE SEEN AT LEAST $5 MILLION OF SPENDING OM CITY DEPARTMENTS JUST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE COUPLE WEEKS IN JANUARY.
SO FOR JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK WE'RE AT $4.3 MILLION IN OVERTIME ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESPONSE. SO IF YOU PROJECT THAT OUT, CERTAINLY OVER BUDGET. >> AND THEN THERE IS MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS, WOULD THOSE BE THE MAIN TWO
OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE BEEN GREATLAFFECTED? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I THINK EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT HAS CONTRIBUTED STAF TIME AND ENERGY TO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. I KNOW FINANCE, CPAD HEALTH, WE COULD GO THROUGH ALL 26
DEPARTMENTS. THEY ARE ALL CONTRIBUTING HOURS TO THAT RESPONSE. >> THANK YOU. AND THE DO YOU FORESEE THAT ANY OF THESE IMPACTS AS WE CONTINUE THIS YEAR COULD AFFECT OUR LONG-TERM HEALTH, OUR BUDGETARY HEALTH, OR OUR BOND RATING? COULD YOU KIND OF SPEAK JUST
FROM YOUR 50,000-FOOT PERSPECTIVE ON THAT IMPACT? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CERTAINLY ZOOMING OUT YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS MANY OBLIGATIONS AND WE SERVE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE NEED TO MEET THOSE OBLIGATIONS.
AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THE SMALL CUSHION BETWEEN WHERE OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS PROJECTED TO SIT AT THE END OF 2026, ASSUMING DEPARTMENTS DON'T OVERSPEND THEIR BUDGETS THIS YEAR. AND, AGAIN, THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT GIVEN WITH WHAT THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO DO BECAUSE
OF THE FEDERAL INCURSION. THE RISK LONG TERM FOR THE CITY, IF WE ARE TO DEPLETE OUR RESOURCES, THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE BY BOND RATING AGENCIES, THEY ARE WATCHING OUR USE OF FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE A AAA RATING, AND THAT
MATTERS FOR FOR CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO BORROW AT A LOWER RATE TO DO OUR CAPITAL WORK. SO I THINK THE CONCERN LONG TERM WOULD BE THAT WITHOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES, WE WOULD WE WOULD RISK DIPPING BELOW THAT MINIMUM FUND BALANCE, AND RESIDENTS WOULD FEEL THE IMPACTS OF THAT. >> THA YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THIS POTENTIAL THIRD PROPOSAL THAT MAY COME FORWARD. I AM HAPPY TO ASK THOSE NOW OF DIRECTOR HANSON, OR IF WE SHOUL.
PRESIDENT PAYNE, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE. >> YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. >> ALL RHT. DIRECTOR HANSON, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS AROUND THIS. I NOTICED IN THE LANGUAGE... I DIDN'T FORESEE ANY SPECIFICS AROUND A JOINT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED IN THE RESOLUTION.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS PARTNERSHIP WOULD WORK, AND WHAT AUTHITY WE WOULD HAVE OR ABILITY TO PUT BOUNDARIES ON THE DIRECTION OF THE THE USE OF THAT FUNDS MIGHT BE? IN PARTICULAR OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T GO TO SUBURBAN COUNTY RESIDENTS,
BUT WOULD STAY IN MINNEAPOLIS. SECONDLY, IS THERE OPTIONS FOR CONDO OWNERS OR HOMEOWNERS IN THIS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AREA, OR IS THIS SPECIFIC RENTAL? IS THERE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN HENNEPIN COUNTY TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE?
AND THOSE WOULD BE THE MAIN T THINGS TO START WITH. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS ERIC HANSON. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CPED, AND TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER'S QUESTIONS, THE FIRST QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
RESOLUTION YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT IF IT'S THE ONE PUBLISHED IN LIMS UNDER COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY'S NAME, THIS IS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR RENTAFOR THROUGH THE COUNTY THROUGH A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY OPERATION METRO SURGE, IS THAT CORRECT? ANY? ANY, OKAY.
BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT WAS IN THE LIMS FILE WE WOULD WORK ON AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. THAT AGREEMENT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING IT WOULD BE THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM. WE WOULD BE ADDING FUNDING TO
THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM UNDER THE CURRENT GUIDELINES. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY ASSISTANCE THROUGH RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT WOD AFFECT HOMEOWNERS. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS IN THE CARDS, IN THE PROGRAMS. IT IS A QUESTION I CAN CONFIRM, BUT I AM -- YOU SHOULD BE -- YOU
PROBABLY ARE LOOKING AT JUST RENTERS IN THIS PROGRAM. >> OKAY. T THAT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN CONFIRM WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY? >> PRETTY SURE. >> I KNOW DURING COVID THERE WAS SOME FOR HOMEOWNERS, BUT I COULD BE INCORRECT. >> THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER,
THERE WAS SOME FORECLOSURE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THAT IS NOT ONE OF THOSE FORECLOSURE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. >>HANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HANSON, THAT'S THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR U. >> THANK YOU. >> SO, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT ADDED TO THIS LANGUAGE, UNLESS I
AM MISSING SOMETHING HERE IN THE THIRD RESOLUTIO THAT WE WILL GET TO EVENTUALLY, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, I CANNOT SUPPORT TAKING THIS MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE CONTINGENCY OR THE GENERAL FUND. WHEN I HEAR THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCES OF OUR CITY DESCRIBE
THAT WE ALREADY HAVE GOTTEN QUESTION MARKS ABOUT OUR BOND RATING, WHEN THERE IS ALREADY 5 MILLION OF OVERTIME SPENT THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF TO TAKE CARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, THAT GIVES ME PAUSE.
SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT USE -- I AM SUPPORTIVE OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT IN THE FIRST CASE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. DIRECTOR, CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE $1
MILLION THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS FOR THE ENTIRE BUDGET? >> TO THE CHAIR, COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? >> WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE $1 MILLION, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT COMPARED TO THE ENTIRE CITY
BUDGET? >> THE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET IS ON THE ORDER OF $2 BILLION. OUR GENERAL FUND IS AROUND 700 MILLION. SO THE CONTINGENCY IS REQUIRED TO BE 1% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. >> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ACTUALLY WATCHING THIS MEETING UNFOLD AND THAT THEY REWATCH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, BECAUSE I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. I DID NOT HEAR CONCERNS ABOUT A SOURCE UNTIL TODAY. IN FACT, WHAT WE HEARD TODAY IS
THAT THIS VOTE IS SOMEHOW FRAUDULENT, AND WE ARE CHERRY PICKING, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. THAT RHETORIC IS VERY DANGEROUS. IN FACT IT IS THE SAME RHETORIC THAT DONALD TRUMP US TO KIDNAP OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS NOT FRAUDULENT TO WANT TO
PREP VENT THE EVICTION OF OUR NEIGHBORS. IT IS NOT FRAUDULENT TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORS WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE. IT IS NOT FRAUDULENT TO LIFT THE VOICES OF OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS WHO ARE IN NEED. IT IS NOT FRAUDULENT TO WANT TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORS WHO NEED HELP WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE, DESPITE THEIR IMMIGRATION BACKGROUND. AND I WILL SAYHAT OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORS WHO ARE IN NEED, WHICH
CAN BE TWO SEPARATE COMMUNITIES, LIVE IN EVERY SINGLE WARD IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY, THIS 13 MEMBER BODY THAT I'M DISAPPOINTED TO BE A PART OF TODAY TO TALK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE CITY ARE
SCARED RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE LATE IN PAYING RENT. FEBRUARY 1st JUST PASSED. RENTAL EVICTION NOTICES ARE ON THE RISE. AND I'M JUST EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. IT ACTUALLY MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH. WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
IS THAT WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH AND THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE. ANWHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WE CANNOT RELY ON THE BACKS OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO KEEP EVERYONE ON FLOAT. WE SHOULD NOT BE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO FUNDRAISE, IF WE
AREN'T WILLING TO FUND THOSE SAME INITIATIVES. I ALSO NEED TO BRING US BACK TO WHAT MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS ARE EXPERICING, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CENTER WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY, INSTEAD OF THIS QUOTE/UNQUOTE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY. I WILL SAY THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
OPERATION METRO SURGE, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO OUR NEIGHBORS. PEOPLE IMPACTED BY OPERATION METRO SURGE ARE OUR RESIDENTS. THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE SOMETIMES, BUT THEY ARE OUR RESIDENTS, DESPITE THEIR IMMIGRATION BACKGROUND.
I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE UNWELCOME ON THE CITY COUNCIL UNTIL TODAY. I WILL SAY THAT OUT LOUD. I AM FRICKIN HEARTBROKEN. THERE WAS A TWO-YEAR-OLD IN WARD 9 THAT WAS KIDNAPPED IN ICE.
IS THAT NOT AN EMERGENCY TO PEOPLE I THIS BODY? DOES THAT NOT RAISE ALARMS? TWO RESIDENTS MURDERED BY FEDERAL AGENTS. A LATINO RESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE LEG IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. A LATINO RESIDENT WAS KIDNAPED IN MINNESOTA BY ICE AND THEN DIED UNDER CUSTODY IN TEXAS.
OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE BEING KIDNAPED ON BUS STOPS ON T WAY TO WORK. AND THOSE WHO CAME TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM ARE NOW FACING THE AMERICAN NIGHTRE. THIS IS ONLY $1 MILLION. IT IS NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEED OF OUR ACTUAL NEIGHBORS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN MINNEAPOLIS. I AM SO FRICKIN PROUD OF
MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. THEY ARE DINITELY MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN TIR OWN WAYS. AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN MINNEAPOLIS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE EXPERIENCING. BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SAYHAT THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND TODAY IS NOT MATCHING WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING ON THE GROUND. I ASK THAT FOLKS TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND HEAR ABOUT THE THE SENTIMENTS THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING BECAUSE WHEN THEY WATCH THIS MEETING THEY'RE GOING TO BE SO DISAPPOINTED. I WILL SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING MOTION BECAUSE THIS IS AN
EMERGENCY. IN FACT, I HOPE EVERYBODY IN THIS BODY AGREES TH AN OCCUPATION OF A CITY IS AN EMERGENCY. IF THAT DOESN'T PASS, THEN I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION FOR CASH FUND. BECAUSE WE CAN'T ECERBATE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AT THE SAME TIME EITHER.
THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS IN MY COMMENTS. I HAD QUESTIONS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO STATE A FEW DIFFERENT FACTS. FIRST, 50% OF THE WARDS OF THE
RENT HELP HENNEPIN GO TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ALREADY. SO ONE GOES TO STATE THE EXISTING NEED OF OUR CITY WN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND HOW IT'S COMPOUNDING RIGHT NOW. AND THEN $1 MILLION IS 0.05% OF
OUR CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET. I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY IS WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR CITY TO MAKE THIS WORK HOWEVER THEY WANT AND DEDICATE IT TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, IF THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CHOOSING TO DO, WHICH I AM SUPPORTIVE OF. AND IF WE DEDICATED TIRELY TO
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE AVAILABLE RENT HELMONEY FOR MINNEAPOLIS BY 20%. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR HANSON, IF THAT IS ALL
RIGHT. I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO GET A PICTURE FROM YOU ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. YOU AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TH. LAST BUDGET SEASON. AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING A LOT
ABOUT IT AS WE SEE THE ALLOCATION BEFORE US. I KNOW IT SAYS LAHA, BUT IT IS SEVERELY OVERESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT WAS A HUGE PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD. WE FACED A CRISIS AROUND SHELTER OPERATIONS AND, AGREED AS A BODY
TOGETHER THAT IN OUR CITY BUDGET PROCESS WE WOULD MOVE IT THERE. BUT IT WAS ALSO A CONVERSATION WITH A LOT OF CAUTION, THAT THIS WOULD -- IF WE CONTINUED TO TAKE FROM LAHA, IT WOULD IMPACT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUN DIRECTLY OR PERHAPS EVEN THE
MINNEAPOLIS HOMES PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS F THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THE PICTURE FROM YOU ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND FINANCIAL CLIFF. >> DIRECTOR HANSON.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, YES, THE WAY WE HAVE SET UP OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, YOU KNOW, CONNOTES A THING OF LIKE THERE'S THIS FUNDING IN IT, BUT THE CITY FUNDS IT EVERY YEAR THROUGH ITS ANNUAL BUDGET. AND IS WHAT IS THE -- IT'S THE
THING THAT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ALL THROUGH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT HAD BEEN FUNDED BY SOME DISCRETIONARY FUNDS THAT WERE TARGETED TOWARDS THIS TYPE OF USE. MAINLY THROUGH TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS THAT ARE
COMING OFF OF TIF AND GOING BACK TO THE TAX ROLLS, WHICH IS A POSITIVE THING FOR THE FOR THE OVERALL TAX BASE, BUT IT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT SOURCE, AND SO EVERY TIME WE TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND IT GETS US CLOSER TO THE END OF THAT FISCAL CLIFF.
AND I'M LOOKING AT MY STATS, AND IT REALLY BASICALLY IMPACTS HOW MANY UNITS WE CAN SUPPORT. TYPICALLY THE COUNCIL ANTHE MAYOR HAVE SET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AT ABOUT $18 MILLION A YEAR. THAT WILL PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINE
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, BECAUSE WE WILL LOSE THAT TIF FUNDING IN ABOUT -- A MAJORITY OF IT IN 2027. SO IN THE '28-'29 IS WHERE WE START TO SEE THAT DIP WITHOUT
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES. WE'LL JUST HAVE FEWER DOLLARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION. SO IF YOU TAKE MONEY TODAY FROM THE TRUST FUND, IT JUST MEANS THIS YEAR WE HAVE FEWER HOUSING UNITS THAT WE CAN INVEST IN. AND NE YEAR, BECAUSE IT WOULD
BE ONE TIME, NEXT YEAR WILL STILL BE IN THE SAME SITUATION. BUT FEWER HOUSES TODAY, WHEN WE HELP PRODUCE AFFORDABLEOUSING UNITS, THAT IS FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. THEY COMPOUND AND ARE CUMULATIVE
IN THE HOUSING ECOSYSTEM IN THE CITY. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> IT DOES. AND JUST A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT IS WE HAVE ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE ALLOCATION THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE FOR LAHA, AND IS IT TRUE TO STATE THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO 2027 AND ONWARDS, WE
WILL BE USING MOST OF THAT ALLOCATION AS PROJECTED FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO DRESS THE FISCAL CLIFF AND SOME FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS HOMES PROGRAM? >> IN 20 SECONDS. >> THROUGH THE COUIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, PERHAPS. THOSE DECISIONS HAVE NOT BEEN
MADE, BUT THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE MAIN FUNDING SOURCES. >> THANK YOU. I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING THE WATCHDOG FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS NO LONGER ON THE COUNCIL, SO SOME OF US HAVE TO TAKE THAT MANTLE UP, AND IT'S OVERPRESCRIBED. WE NEED THIS FOR AFFORDABLE PROJECTS TO HAPPEN LONG INTO THE
FUTURE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING CONTINGENC FUNDING. I THINK WE CAN GET SEW VOTES FOR THIS, I -- I THINK WE CAN GET 10 VOTES FOR THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT. AND I THINK IT'S A BETTER OPTION THAN OUR CASH FUND, BUT IF WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR A CASH FUND
TODAY THAT'S WHAT I'LL ULTIMATELY END UP DOING. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK ALL OF US ARE SEEING AS AN EMERGENCY. I THINK ALL 13 OF US SIT HERE
D WITH THE MAYOR AGREE THAT THIS VERSION OF ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED AND IS AN EMERGENCY IN THIS MOMENT. AND IF THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, I THINK IT IS ON ALL OF US TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MOVE THISFO. I BELIEVE THIS EMERGENCY DOES FIT WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF
CONTINGENCY FUNDS. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IF THIS DOES NOT GO FORWARD, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO ACTUALLY GET THESE FUNDS INTO PEOPLE'S HANDS AS SOON AS WE CAN. THAT BEING THE CASE, I BELIEVE LAHA FUNDING AND OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS THE BEST
VERSION FOR THAT. AS ALL OF YOU SAT THROUGH, I KNOW ALL OF US SAT THROUGH A MEETING KIND OF DISCUSSING OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE. WE JUST HAD OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR DIUSS WITH US AND TELL US IN A LOT OF FLOWERY WORDS THAT WE'RE BROKE. I THINK WE ALL KNOW AND HAVE
HEARD, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE OUR CITY IS AT, AND I THINK CONTINUING TO PULL FROM GENERAL FUNDS WILL EXACERBATE THE ISSUES THAT OUR CITY NOT JUST HAVE FOR THIS CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND NOT JUST THIS BODY, BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE SAME EXACT RESIDENTS THAT WE
HOPE TO SERVE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO READ THE FIRST ELIGIBLE USE FOR LAHA FUNDING, LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE. THE FIRST QUALIFYING PROJECTS INCLUDE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS
EARNING LESS TN 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DEFINITION OF HOW FDS SHOULD BE USED, LAHA FUNDING IS PARTICULARLY SUBSCRIBING AN ELIGIBLE USE FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A BETTER DEFINITION FOR THAT ACROSS OUR CITY.
AND, AGAIN, I KIND OF WANT TO ADHERE, AND WE'LL END WITH THIS. WE ARE SEEING GOOD WORK ACROSS THIS CITY, NOT JUST BY OUR RESIDENTS AS THEY ARE STANDING UP AND DOING THE WORK, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE WELL IN THE.
CITY. WE ARE SEEING IT LARGE BY THE LARGE OVERRUN BOTH BY MPD FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ACROSS OUR CI PEOPLE PUTTING IN THE WORK TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, AND I BELIEVE WE ARE. WHILE WE WILL BE SUPPORTING OUR CONTINGENCY FUNDS I CANNOT SUPPORT ANY LEVEL OF PULL FROM OUR GENERAL FUNDS, BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THAT WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. AND I THINK NONE OF US WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THESE FUNDS ARE IDEAL, BUT WE ARE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE. AND I HOPE AND URGE ALL OF YOU
TO CONSIDER OUR LAHA FUNDING A WELL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST A FEW THINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, I'M SORRY THAT YOU ARE BEING COMPARED TO GA, BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT HENNEPIN COUNTY,
ITS FUNDING, ITS PROGRAMS, ITS PROCEDURES. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, OR MAYBE THE YEAR BORE, A COUNCIL MEMBER SITTING ON THIS BODY ACCUSED THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS OF WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE, AND THAT IN NO WAY WAS COMPARED TO MAGA. SO I DON'T THINK JUST BECAUSE
YOU USED THOSE WORDS THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE MAGA. YOU HAVE AN OPINION, YOU STATED IT. YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT ONLY USING THE SERVICES YOURSELF, BUT ALSO HELPING OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO USE THE SERVICE. I RELIED HEAVILY ON YOU, BECAUSE
I KNOW YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE. SO YOU SPENT HOURS TALKING TO ME ABOUT HOW THESE PROGRAMS WORK, FROM A PLACE OF KNOWING YOURSELF AND ALSO HELPING HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES USE THESE PROGRAMS AND GAIN ACCESS. SO I WOULD SAY YOU ARE THE OPPOSITE OF MAGA, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD EVER HELP
ANYBODY GET ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE ON WELFARE. TH ACTUALLY THINK THE OPPOSITE OF IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR USING YOUR EXPERTISE. I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE SITTING ON THIS DAIS. I DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT EXPERTISE.
AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUBEIN. YOU D'T DESERVE THAT. YOU SHOULD... WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS J IS WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH, THAT IS WHAT I HAVE OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN, AND I GET TO TALK ABOUT IT. I HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND ALSO PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
SO, I'M SORRY. I'M APOLOGIZING. I'M NOT APOLOGIZING FOR THE BODY. I'M APOLOGIZING, BECAUSE YOU DON'T DESERVE THAT. IT'S UNNECESSARY. IT REALLY IS. YOU GET TO HAVE YOUR OPINION, AND I KNOW THIS IS MEETING TWO, AND I'M DRAINED ALREADY FOR HOW YOU GOT TREATED IN THIS MEETING
FOR HAVING AN OPINION AND HAVING EXPERTISE AND SUBJECT MATTER CONTENT FOR SOMETHING. I'M SO SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. TO THE COMMENT ABOUT THERE NOT BEING A WAITING LIST, THERE IS SOMEBO IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT TEXTED ME AND SAID THEY WERE
TOLD BY HENNEPIN COUNTYHAT THEY'RE ON THE WAITING LIST. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT A WAITING LIST OR NOT IS COMING FROM, BUT I KNOW I HAVE HEARD FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE ON THE WAITING LIST AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW... I MEAN, I HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO CALLED ME DIRECTLY AND SAID, GIVE THE MILLION DOLLARS, BECAUSE I'M ON
THE WAITING LIST AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M ON THE WAITING LIST. SO IF YOU ALL GIVE THE MILLION LLARS, YOU CAN... YOU KNOW, MAYBE I CAN GET OFF THE WAITING LIST AND FINDUT IF I'M ELIGIBLE OR NOT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAITING LIST OR NOT, I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND OUT, BUT I KNOW
MANY PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO M SINCE WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY ABOUT THE WAITING LIST, AND HOW THEY ARE ON IT. , AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT. AND I DO AGREE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT. MIME, THOUGH, IS FOR DIRECTOR HANSEN.
WE KEEP HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW MANY TH. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A -- BEFORE I GO TO MY QUESTION, SO I DON'T LOSE MY THOUGHT, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT THE CITY'S BUDGET BEING $2 BILLION. IT IS $2 BILLION, BUT IT IS NOT $2 BILLION IN THE BK WAITING.
A LOT OF MONEY ALREADY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO BASIC CITY SERVICES, AND WHAT PEOPLE MR. LOOKING FORWARD T US DOING AS A TAX PAYING RESIDENT OR A RESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO WE DON'T JUST HAVE $2 BILLION THAT WE CAN CALL ON. WE DID A BUDGET THAT SPENT UP A
LOT OF MONEY. THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, ALG WITH ALL THE THINGS WE WANTED FOR OUR WARD COST MONEY. THEY'RE NOT FREE. THEY DON'T GET TO JUST SIT THERE. SO WE DON'T HAVE $2 BILLION. THIS MILLION DOLLARS IT IS A LITTLE BIT IN THE BIGGER SCHEME OF THINGS, BUT IT IS NOT
SOMETHING WE HAVE FORESEEN IN ANY OTHER BUDGET, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A WAY TO FIGURE IT OUT. BUT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. THERE IS CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY -- DIRECTOR HANSEN, THIS IS FOR YOU. I'M SORRY. I MAY HAVE CALLED YOU UP TOO
SOON. BUT THE COUNTY HAS $10 MILLION IN THEIR HOUSING BUDGET, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM $1 MILLION, SO NOW THEY'LL HAVE $11 MILLION. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WILL WE GET OUR MILLION DOLLARS BACK IF THEY DON'TSE OUR
MILLION DOLLARS? HOW SOON WILL THEY USE $10 MILLION IF THEY USE -- LIKE HOW MUCH DO THEY USE A YEAR? AND WILL WE GET OUR MONEY BACK? I GUESS IT IT'S TWO QUESTIONS. >> IN 20 SECONDS. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE ADD IT TO THE $10 MILLION AND LAST YEAR THEY
TOLD US THEY SPENT ABOUT $11 MILLION IN THEIR PROGRAM, AND IT WOULD BE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD BRING BACK TO YOU WITH ALL OF THE DETAILS ON HOW THE MONEY WOULD BE USED. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. A FEW THINGS... ONE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BOND RATING. LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE IN MUCH LESS CRISIS MPD OVERSPENT ITS BUDGET BY $20 MILLION.
HOW DID THAT AFFECT OUR BOND RATING? >> DEPUTY CFO. >> THROUGH THEHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, WE MEET WITH THE -- I SHOULD SAY THE CFO, ALONG WITH OUR BANKING INVESTMENT AND DEBT TEAM MEET
WITH THE BOND RATING AGENCIES ANNUALLY, I BELIEVE, THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT, AND THAT COMES OUT I BELIEVE IN THE SUMMER. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THEY'RE ON THE CITY WEBSITE, SO WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE PROCESSES SINCE THAT TIME. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THAT
DEPARTMENT AND IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO SPEND ACCORDING TO THEIR BUDGET? >> THROUGH T CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THERE ARE ONGOING CONVSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN. THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS REFERRING TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE
DEPARTMENTS OVERSPENT THEIR BUDGETS IN 2025. YOU ALL WILL GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE COMPTROLLER UPON YEAR END, ACCOUNTING YEAR END OF 2025 WITH THE SPECIFIC FIGURES. DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BROUGHT FORWARD BUDGET REDUCTION SCENARIOS THROUGH THE BUDGETROCESS LAST YEAR. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CHANGED IS BACKING OFF THE CRITICAL STAFFING OVERTIME, WHICH WAS AN ELEVATED OVERTIME RATE THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN WHILE THEY WERE UNDERSTAFFED.
THAT IS NO LEARNING THE CASE, SO THEY HAVE A STANDARD OVERTIME RATE GOING FORWARD. AND WE ANTICIPATE SAVINGS FROM THAT. I BELIEVE THE CHIEF HAS ALSO ISSUED STRICTER POLICIES AROUND OVERTIME USAGE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT THEY'LL PROBABLY BE RHETORICAL, SO FEEL FREE TO SIT DOWN.
GIVEN THE FINANCIAL STATE OF THE CITY, WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT OFQUG DONE TO LIMIT DEPARTMENT SPENDING. I HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS BOTH IN THE ADMINISTRAON AND ON THIS COUNCIL THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY NOW IS BEING USED FOR GRAFFITI REMOVAL. AND THAT THAT IS HAVING PUBLIC WORKS GO OVER.
IS THAT REALLY WHERE OUR MONEY NEEDS TO GO RIGHT NOW? I THINK RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS VASTLY MORE IMPORTANT. I THINK OUR CONSTITUENTS NEED IT. MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEMANDING THIS OF ME, AND THEY'VE BEEN DEMANDING THIS OF ALL OF US. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE SOME THINGS G AND I THINK
RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE. WE NEED THIS RENL ASSISTANCE, AND WE NEED TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS NOT STEALING FROM PETER IN ORDER TO PAY PAUL. LASTLY LAHA IS ALREADY
ALLOCATED. THESE WE WOULD BE DOLING OUT LETHAL CUTS TO VITAL PROJECTS AND SERVICES THAT I SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO DO. YESTERDAY I MET WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WHICH RUNS HOMELESS SHELTERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOMELESS SHELTERS ARE AN
ELIGIBLE USE OF LAHA, AND WE ARE STILL IN A HOMELESSNS CRISIS. TAKING LAHA AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS, IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN STEALING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL. IT'S RELEGATING FUTURE EVICTIONS FUTURE HOMELESSNESS AND CRUSHING FINANCIAL STRESS AND DEBT ON OUR
RESIDENTS UNDER THE CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS. SO WE CAN AND WE SHOULD USE CONTINGENCY FUNDS, BECAUSE THIS IS A THING THAT IS UNANTICIPATED, AND WE DESPERATELY NEED IT. AND WE ALSO DESPERATELY NEED OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND OTHER HOUSING SERVICES TO BE FULLY FUNDED. AND WITH THAT I GIVE IT BACK TO THE PRESIDENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE FACTS GIVEN TO US BY DEPUTY
CFO DISCENZA HAVE BEEN FRONT OF MIND TO ME THIS PAST WEEK. I DO RECOGNIZE THAT OTHER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW'S PARK COMMISSIONER, OTHERS ON THIS DAIS WERE NOT AROUND WHEN WE HAD
TO REDO THE BUDGET SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN INED US LATE IN THE YEAR DURING THE COVID CRISIS AND PANDEMIC. WE ALL HAVE BEEN EXPLORING HOW TO BEST SHOW UP WITH WHAT WE CAN POSSIBLY AFFORD WITH CITY DOLLARS IN THIS MOMENT.
WE ALL GET DEEPLY PERSONAL STORIES OF NEED, IMMEDIATE AND DIRE NEED. THESE DAYS MORE THAN EVER FOR THE CRISIS THAT WE ARE IN. AT THE SAME TIME MINNESOTA MULTI-HOUSING ASSOCIATION, AND THEY HAVE GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO SOURCE THEM, THEY REPORT TO ME
THAT RENT COLLECTIONS ARE TRACKING WITH NORMAL RENT COLLECTIONS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THE MACRO VIEW. AND THAT'S AS OF DAY. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS ROAD IS VERY LONG, AND THAT PHILANTHROPY IS FILLING KNOWN NEEDS RIGHT NOW, BUT LIKELY NOT
INTO THE FUTURE, AS LONG AS IT IS GOING TO NEED TO GO. SO, OF COURSE, I SEE A HUGE NEED FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME. AND IUPPORT THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION, BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS FUNDING SOURCE.
USING CONTINGENCY FUNDS HAS A VERY HIGH BAR, AND USING THEM FOR THIS PURPOSE WOULD BE SHORTSIGHTED. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR GENERAL AND CONTINGENCY FUND BALANCES RIGHT NOW. WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE ENTERPRISE COST OF RESPONDING TO
OPERATION METRO SURGE. THIS WOULD BE FOR THINGS LIKE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME AND IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS THAT INCLUDES EVERY DEPARTMENT, POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, COUNICATIONS, AND ON. THESE INCREASED COSTS WERE NOT
FORECAST IN OUR 2026 BUDGET, AND THE STRAIN ON OUR GENERAL FUND IS GNG TO BE SIGNIFICANT. BUT EARLIER MY COLLEAGUE SAID, WHAT ARE WE REALLY DOING? AND I THINK THAT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO EVERY SINGLE CITY WORKER WHO HAS BEEN SHOWING UP IN THIS MOMENT.
THIS ISN'T BUSINESS AS USUAL. CITY WORKERS ARE NOT GOING ABOUT OUR DAYS AS THOUGH NOTHING IS WRONG. EVERY DEPARTMENT OF OUR CITY IS SHOWING UP DIFFERENTLY. THERE IS A CPED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE EOC OVERNIGHT ON WEEKENDS.
THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY JOB. SO THIS IS NOT MEANT -- THIS MONEY, IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE A PUBLIC PHILANTHROPY FUND. YES, THE AGATE IDEA WAS SUCCESSFUL. I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS
AGO. IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED AT THE TIME. AND I WAS AN UNSUCCESSFUL ULTIMATE ATTEMPT AT USING IT FOR PHILANTHROPY. AGATE DID NOT, TO MY RECOLLECTION, GET THE REST OF THAT MONEY TOGETHER. BUT THANK YOU TO EVERY WORKER IN THE CITY ENTERPRISE FOR WORKING
SO VERY HARD THIS PAST MONTH IN RESPONDING TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS, AND ALSO THEY ARE GETTING TO EVERYTHING THAT WE ALSO NEED EVERY DAY TO HAVE A CITY THAT WORKS. PEOPLE ALL OVER OUR CITY HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT.
RESIDENTS, PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT OUR CITY FROM OVERSEAS EVEN. I KNOW THAT OTHER CITIES' DEPARTMENT HEADS AND BUREAUCRATS ARE SEEING HOW GREAT MINNEAPOLIS IS DOING IN THIS MOMENT, AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR ADVICE ON HOW THEY RESPONSIBLY RESPOND TO
ICE AGENTS IN THEIR CITIES. OUR RE HERE IS ABOUT COORDINATION IN THIS MOMENT, NOT ABOUT BEING ABLE TO FILL THE NEED WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS, BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FULFILL THAT NEED. $1 MILLION IS A SIGNIFICANT AND
MONUMENTALLY DIFFICULT AMOUNT OF MONETO FIND IN THIS MOMENT. AND IT SHOULD COME FROM DECISIONS WE MADE LAST YEAR ON HOW MUCH WE CAN POSSIBLY PUT IN OUR BUDGET TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. LAST BUDGET SEASON WE MADE A DECISION NOT KNOWING THE URGENCY OF THIS MOMENT.
SO LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENT ONE. I AM ALSO, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON SAID, LOATHE TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. LONG TERM, IT'S NOT A GOOD ONE. LONG TERM IT MEANS THAT WE WILL GET HELP TO FINANCE LESS 20 TO 30 YEAR AFFORDABLE NEW HOUSING
UNITS, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT IN THIS MOMENT WE NEEDO FIND SOMETHING, AND WE CANNOT STOP RESPONDING AS A CITY AND DELVE INTO A TERRIBLE FINANCIAL POSITION. SO I THINK WE NEED TO GROUND OURSELVES IN ONE ANOTHER ON WHAT OUR BRIEFINGS HAVE SAID, THAT GOVERNMENT DOLLARS IS NOT WHAT
PEOPLE NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW. THAT PEOPLE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW NEED CASH AND LET THEM DECIDE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO USE FOR THEIR DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE MOMENT. AND THAT EQUITABLE ASSISTANCE HAS TO BE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED, AND THAT IS A REALLY HARD THING
TO DO. AND LIKE DIRECTOR HANSEN SAID NOT TODAY BUT ON TUESDAY, IT WILL TAKE A WHILE. THE ROAD HERE IS VERY LONG. MUCH LONGER THAN PEOPLE ARE ENERGIZED TO DONATE IN ONE MOMENT AND PERHAPS ABLE OR WILLING TO DONATE.
SO LET'S FIGURE THIS PBLEM OUT IN A MUCH LONGER TERM BASIS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES. I WOULD JUST ADD THIS FOR A THOUGHT PRESS. THERE IS... I THINK THERE IS
GENERAL SUPPORT ACROSS OUR BODY FOR THIS IDEA. WE ARE GETTING HUNG UP ON HOW AND WHAT WE SHOULD USE TO FUND THIS IDEA. I BELIEVE THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS SOME WIGGLE ROOM STILL WITH
THE FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE, ONE OPTION ON THE TABLE WOULD BEOR US TO REVISIT THIS IN A COUPLE WEEKS, IN A MONTH, ONCE HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS DRAWN DOWN THEIR FUNDS, AND REASSESS WHAT IS OUR BUDGET AT THAT POINT.
ARE WE $10 MILLION OVER BUDGET THAT POINT? I'M JUST SAYING, IS THAT A MORE MEASURED APPROACH FOR US ALL TO SAY WE KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM, WE KNOW IT'S IMMEDIATE, WE KNOW THE GOFUNDMES HAVE STEPPED UP
ABOV AND BEYOND. WE ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED, RIGHT? AND THERE IS A ROLE FOR THE CITY TO CONIBUTE. BUT IS NOW THE RIGHT TIMING? IF WE HAVE DISAGREEMENT. TO MAKE A DECISION THAT COULD IMPACT OUR BUDGET PROCESS THIS WHOLE YEAR?
THAT IS MY QUESTION. MAYBE SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND HAVE AN ABILITY TO MAKE A MOTION TO HEAD US IN THAT DIRECTION BETTER THAN I CAN AS A NEWBIE. WHAT... I MEAN, MAYBE I CAN... CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO
POSTPONE ALL O THESE RESOLUTIONS UNTIL... CHAVEZ, HELP ME. WHAT DO WE WANT TO POSTPONE THIS TO? >> TODAY. LET'S VOTE TODAY FOR THE ACTUAL MONEY. LET'S HELP PEOPLE GET RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE THEY NEED IT. >> I GUESS I WILL POSTPONE TO REVISIT ON LET'S SAY END OF MARCH. AND SEE WHERE HENNEPIN COUNTY FUNDS SIT. I'M ABLE AND WILLING TO CHANGE THAT DATE IF THAT HELPS PEOPLE
COME THIS DIRECTION. BUT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ALL OF THESE RESOLUTIONS AND REVISIT ALL OF THEM WITH ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES THE END OF MARCH. ISHERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER MADE A MOTION TO POSTPE UNTIL THE END OF MARCH. I THINK WE NEED A DATE CERTAIN. I WOULD SAY T 19th WOULD BE THE NEXT -- END-ISH MARCH COUNCIL MEETING. THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER IN CUE, BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE SAID YOU PIECE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ >> I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE AGAINST THE DELAY OF THESE MOTIONS WE ARE IN AN EMERGENCY PEOPLE ARE FACIN EVICTIONS RENT WAS DUE ON FEBRUARY 1st. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY TO FUNDRAISE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IF WE ARE UNWILLING AS
A GOVERNMENT WILLING TO SUPPORT THEM. I THINK IT'S TIME TO VOTE. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE DECISIONS ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO VOTE. SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION ON COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER'S MOTION TO DELAY THESE
ITEMS, WHICH I DISAGREE WITH. >> COUNC MEMBER CHAVEZ CALLED THE QUESTION. IS IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN SECONDED. MR. CLERK, CALL THE ROLL ON CALLING THE QUESTN. >> WARREN. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.
>> NAY. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> NO >> PALMISANO >> NO. >> CHAVEZ.
>> AYE. VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE >> AYE.>> EIGHT AYES AND FIVE N. >> THAT REQUIRES NINE. SO THAT MOTION FAILS. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO DISCUSS THE MOTION TO DELAY THIS
ITEM UNTIL THE 19th? [ LAUGHTER ] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> OH, THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I'M IN THE QUEUE, SOMEBODY CALLS THE QUESTION. IT FEELS TARGETED.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD MAKE FOR DELAY. I HAD NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON DELAY? DIRECTOR HANSON, YOU SAID THAT THE COUNTY USES $10 MILLION A YEAR OF OR THEIR OWN. AND SO IF WE GAVE THEM A MILLION
DOLLARS IN THREE WEEKS OR PLUS WHATEVER TIME IT TAKES TO PROCESS, HOW COULD THIS AFFECT THAT? LIKE THE ABILITY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE RIGHT RIGHT NOW? >> DIRECTOR HANSON. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, W WOULD
STILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL AND AGREEMENT AND BRING BACK TO COUNCIL BEFORE THE MONEY WOULD BE READYOR THEIR FUND. SO THIS WOULD DELAY THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL. >> SO JUST THE AGREEMENT CONVERSATION, NOT LIKE -- I GUESS I'M ASKING MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES OF THE COUNTY, REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS GOES, THEY ARE STILL GOING TO BE PROCESSING APPLICATIS?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, YES, THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO TAKE IN APPLICATIONS. >> AND AT IN POINT IN THIS PROCESS, OUR MILLION DOLLARS COULD COME IN AND HELP, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT LIKE... LIKE THE TIMING ISN'T SPECIFIC TO RIGHT NOW.
>> PRESIDENT PAYNE AND COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, IT'S UP TO THE BODY TO TELL US THAT THEY HAVE THE MONEY AND THEN WE WOULD NEGOTIATE THAT WITH THE COUNTY AND THEN THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE COUNTY, AFTER AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. BUT THEIR PROGRAM IS STILL INTACT. THEIRROGRAM IS STILL TAKING APPLICATIONS AS OF TODAY.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS LISTENING TO SAY THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE COUNCIL ACTS, BECAUSE THERE IS STILL MONEY AT THE COUNTY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. >> OKAY. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR
ONE ADDITIONAL COMPLICATION WOULD BE ABOUT IF PEOPLE WILL THEN STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RENTERS CREDIT. IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHO IS PAYING THE RENT, WHETHER IS THE COUNTY OR THE PERSON WITH THE LEASE. THEYHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THEIR RENTERS CREDIT.
THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT HOW THAT WILL WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. I THINK THIS IS -- I POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF LIKE A BRAND-NEW WRINKLE, JUST IN MY QUEUE, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT A
DELAY TO IRON OUT ALL THESE DETAILS. I DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE TO FOREGO THEIR RENTERS CREDIT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GETASSISTAN. THANK YOU.
>> SEEING NO FURTHER FOLKS IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO MARCH 19th. >> WARREN. >> YES. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE >> WONSLEY. >> NAY. >> CHUGHTAI >> NAY.
>> WHITING >> AYE >> CHOWDHURY. AYE. >> WHAT? >> NAY. SORRY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> NAY >> RAINVILLE. [ OVERLAPPING COMMENTS ] >> PALMISANO. >> AYE.
>> CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> NO >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> NAY. >> SIX AYES AND SEVEN NAYS. >> THAT MOTION FAILS. WE ARE RETURNING TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.
NO ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING TO ADD MYSELF TOQUEU. A LOT OF DISCUSSION HERE IS ON SOURCE AND TIMING. ON TIMIN THERE'S NOTHING MORE URGENT THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
WE GOT A REALLY ROBUST BRIEFING ON THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. PART OF THAT BRIEFING WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE FASTEST MONEY IS PRIVATE MONEY. AND I AGREE WITH THAT. BUT THE OTHER HALF OF THAT
IEFING WAS THAT RECOVERY IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN ONE MONTH. RECOVERY IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN ONE YEAR. THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR CITY FOR YEARS TO COME. IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE RESIDENTSF OUR CITY FOR YEARS TO COME. THERE ARE SHIRT PEOPLE ON THE --
CERTAINLY PEOPLE ON THE BRINK OF EVICTION RIGHT NOW TODAY, AND MANY, MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE STEPPING UP TO FILL THOSE GAPS TO SAVE THOSE PEOPLE FROM THE BRINK, BUT THEY'RE NOT SAVING EVERYBODY FROM THE BRINK. AND THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED
INDEFINITELY, WHICH MEANS THEY MAY OPEN, MAY THEY BE DONE FOREVER. THEY MAY CONTINUE PAYING PAYROLL. I HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IN MY COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT CUTTING HOURS, THEY'RE T CUTTING PAYROLL, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THEIR EMPLOYEES, BUT THOSE BUSINESSES
MAY NOT HAVE THE RESERVES TO CONTINUE DOING THAT FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS, ANOTHER YEAR. AND WE'RE ALSO NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE AND TARGETED AS IMMIGRANTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITIZENS
THAT HAVE JUST BEEN STRUGGLING LONG BEFORE THIS CRISIS. AND NOW THIS IS YET ANOTHER THING THAT IS PUTTING THEM DEEPER INTO CRISIS.AND SO THEREN ABOUT THE NEED. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMING.
THE SOURCE... I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THIS BODY TO SUPPORT CONTINGENCY, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE PRIVATE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALREADY GETTING OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE RENT HAS ALREADY BEEN DUE, AND THE PRIVATE DOLLARS ARE ALREADY DOING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT NEXT MONTH AND THE MONTH AFTER THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT THE MONTH AFTER THAT. AND DELAYING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY DOES NOT HELP US. WAITING UNTIL WE FIND OUT THE COUNTY RUNS OUT OF MONEY DOESN'T HELP US, BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE
GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY. $1 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH. WE'RE GOING TO NEED NOT JUST RELIEF FOR THIS FROM THE STATE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED RELIEF FOR A WHOLE HOST OF ECONOMIC IMPACTS. THE OTHER PART OF THAT BRIEFING WAS THE RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS
AT THE SCALE OF COVID OR WORSE. AND THAT REQUIRED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN WITH $300 MILLION OF STIMULUS JUST FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THIS MOMENT TO STEP IN WITH THAT KIND
OF STIMULUS TO SUPPORT-TO BACKFILL THESE DOLLARS. BUT WE ARE IN CRISIS. THIS IS NOT ABOUT OUR BD RATING FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY. THIS IS THE FUTURE OF OR OUR COUNTRY. OUR BOND RATING WILL BE IRRELEVANT IF WE ARE IN AN OUTRIGHT CIVIL WAR. IT HAS FELT LIKE WE ARE ON THE
BRINK OF CIVIL WAR, AS I'M OUT ON THE STREETS, PHYSICALLY GETTING ASSAULTED BY MY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THERE IS NO MORE URGENT CRISIS THAN WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. AND THE OTHER PIECE TO THIS IS
THE DISSSION OF THE BACKLOG AT THE COUNTY. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CGHTAI SPOKE TO THIS, BUT DIRECTOR HANSEN, CAN YOU CONFIRM IF THEY HAVE A BACKLOG? BECAUSE I HEARD ALSO COMMENTS ABOUT THE WAITING LIST, AND ONE OF THE REASONSE ACTUALLY EXTENDED OUR PRE EVICTION NOTICE
FROM 14 DAYS TO 30 DAYS, IS BECAUSE IT STILL TOOK ABOUT THAT MUCH TIME TO GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR, EVEN IF THERE WASN'T A BACKLOG. CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT DISTINCTION? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, UNDER REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, I HAVE COMMUNE CAPITOL HILLED WITH DAVID
HEWITT, WHOVERSEES THIS PROGRAM AT THE COUNTY, AND I WILL READ. NO WAITING LIST ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS ARE PROCESSED WITHIN 14 DAYS QUICKER WHEN NEEDED TO PREVENT LOSS OF HOUSING. SO THERE IS NO WAITING LIST. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO THERE IS AN URGENT NEED RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE NEEDED TO PAY RENT YESTERDAY. THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEED NEXT MONTH AND THE MONTH AFTER THAT, AND THE HOUSING CRISIS IS GOING TO BE WITH US FOR DECADES. SO WE CANNOT RAIDUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND
EXACERBATE THE HOUSING CRISIS. WE CAN'T JUST RELY ON PRIVATE DONORS, BECAUSE THE NEED IS GOING TO GO LONG BEFORE THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THE CITY NEEDS TO STEP UP RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT. I WOULD PREFER US TO USE CONTINGENCY, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT CONTINGENCY IS FOR. ANOTHER ISSUE, USE OF
CONTINGENCY THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED IS THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE A CONVENTION THAT WE WERE HOSTING RAN OUT OF MONEY FOR THE PLANNER. THAT WAS RAISED TO A LEVEL OF URGENCY THAT GOT UNAMOUS SUPPORT FROM THIS BODY, BECAUSE
OF A CONVENTION. IT WAS RUNNING OUTF MONEY TO PAY THEIR VENDORS. THIS IS MORE OF AN EMERGENCY THAN THAT. WE SHOULD BE USING CONTINGENCY. I DON'T WANT TO USE CASH BALANCE BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT OUR BOND RATING, BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO BE OUR NEXT BEST CHOICE. SO I WOULD PREFER US TO USE
CONTINGENCY. OTHERWISE WE ARE GETTING INTO CASH BALANCE, AND WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THAT. AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN COUPE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 67.>> MR. PS
IS ON THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT CAME FORWARD WH THE AGENDA PACKET OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBS WONSLEY, STEVENSON, CHAVEZ AND CHOWDHURY. >> CORRECT. >> WARREN. >> NO >> SHAFFER. >> NO >> WONSLEY. >> AYE >> CHUGHTAI.
>> AYE. >> WHITING >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND 5 THEYS. >> THAT MOTION REQUIRED 10 VOTES, SO THEREFORE THAT FAIL I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY FOR A RESPONSE. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.
>> THANK YOU, M PRESIDENT. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN FRO OF ALL OF YOU. HAPPY TO TALK TO ANY OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BRING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WILL STILL KEEP BASICALLY THE ORIGINAL CONTENT OF THE CONTINGENCY MOTION THAT JUST FAILED BUT WOULD ESSENTIALLY CHANGE THE FUNDING SOURCE TO CASH BALANCE.
THE INTENT IS STILL THERE. THIS IS NOT THE SOURCE THAT WE IDEALLY WAND TO GO FOR. WE BROUGHT FORWARD THE ONE MOST APPROPRIATE. UNFORTUNATELY MAJORITY OF -- SUPERMAJORITY OF MY COLLEAGUES DID NOT AGREE WITH THAT. SO THIS IS THE NEXT BEST RESORT
THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T CUTTING PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENT LEVEL ACTIVITIES. SO WITH THAT SAID, I AM MOVING THIS FORWARD AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI IS CO-AUTHOR OF THIS.
>> MR. CLERK, WE HAVE TWO SUBSTITUTES. CAN YOU GIVE GUIDANCE HOW TO APPROACH TS >> MR. PRESIDENT, I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THREE RESOLUTIONS AND THREE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS BUT PARLIAMENTARY LAW SAYS ONE MOTION CAN CLAIM THE BODY'S TIME, ONE AT A TIME. SO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING WAS IN ORDER ANDED THAT MADE A MOTION.
THAT IS THE MOTION BEFORE THE BODY. THEN THE BODY COULD TAKE UP THE SUBSTITUTE THAT WAS OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND SEVERAL CO-AUTHORS. I WILL NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING MADE A MOTION THAT WASN'T SECONDED AND RECOGNIZED A NEW MEMBER WHO OFFERED A DIFFERENT MOTION SO I THINK
WHITING ISN QUEUE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SECOND IF THERE'S NOT A SECOND THEN THAT WOULD DIE FOR LACK OF A. >> WE HAVE A PROPER MOTION BY WHITING SOURCING $1 MILLION FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSE TRUST FUND.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON >> THANK YOU, I THINK THE BEST OPTION WOULD BTHE CONTINGENT FUNDING. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY ARGUMENTS OTHER THAN IT'S NOT GT
A STRONG ARGUMENT WHY WE SHOULDN'T TAKE THE MONEY. THAT'S WHAT THE MONEY IS FOR. LET ME JUST SAY COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR MOTION. IT'S TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION AFTER IT REQUIRES 10 VOTES, I
GUESS, THE LAST MOTION. THAT IS WHY IT FAILED. I LIKE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD BUT I NEVER, EVERYTHING COMES THROUGH RELATED TO HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WAS A NO GOZONE. STAY AWAY FROM IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS PROTECTED. FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON WAS ALSO REALLY THE GUARD OF THAT FUNDING AND
INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, IT WAS A NO GO ZONE AREA. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT, BUT AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, I CANNOT SUPPORT
ITNOW. I WISH IT WOULD HAVE -- THE CASH BALANCE WOULD HAVE COME FIRST AND IF IT WOULD HAVE FAILED, THAT WOULD BE MY THIRD OPTION. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE IMMIGRANTS. WE'RE TRYING TO DO
VERY LIMITED, PEOE WILL BE DISPLACED, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. SO PEOPLE THEY ELECTED AND PEOPLE THAT MANAGE THEIR MOY, WHICH THIS IS RESIDENTS MEY. WE'RE MAKING
THAT DECISION AND AS A COUNCIL BODY, OUR ONLY POWER IS ABOUT THE BUDGET. THAT'S HOW WE ARE ELECTED TO OVERSIGHT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS. I AM GOING TO WAI AROUND AND WITH YOUR MOTION AND NOT SUPPORTED NOW, I WISH IT
WOULD COME LATER ON AFTER THE CASH BALANCE. I'LL LEAVE IT THE >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, YOU HAVE A PRIORITY MOTION? >> I DO. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL T >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON HAS CALLED THE QUESTION, IS THERE A
SECOND? >> NOT A PRIORITY MOTION. >> OH. >> MR. PRESIDENT, CALLING THE QUESTION IS A STANDARD MOTION, IT'S NOT A PRIORITY MOTION. A PRIORITY MOTION IS A POINT OF
ORDER OR POINT OF PRIVILEGE. SO, PRIORITY MOTION WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THAT VEIN. CALL TO QUESTION OR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IS A STANDARD MOTION THAT YOU WOULD GET AN ORDER IN THE QUEUE FOR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO,
I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING BRINGING THIS PATH AS AN OPTION FORWARD TODAY. YOU ARE THE PERSON I PROBABLY TALKED TO THE MOST ABOUT THIS TOPIC OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST COUPLE DAYS AND I SAW A CONTINUOUS DESIRE FROM YOU TO FIND A PLACE OF AGREEMENT AND I SAW HOW DEEPLY MOVEDOU WERE THROUGHOUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS
BY THE TREMENDOUS NEED THAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THAT. I SEE THAT NEED TOO AND AGREE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SOME ACTION NOW. SO
YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON USE TO THE BULLDOG OF THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THAT IS SOMETHING AT NEEDS ITS NEXT SET OF BULLDOGS. SO, LET ME ATTEMPT TO DO THAT JUST A LITTLE
BIT. THE AFFORDABLE HSING TRUST FUND WAS CREATE IN 2003 BY THE MAYOR. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, PROPERTY TAXES SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN OUR A STAKE IN PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. OVER THE YEARS, RIGHT, WE SEE THE
INVESTMENTS IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND CHIP AWAY, THE WAY IT IS SUPPORTED AND PAID FOR BECOME LESS AND LESS RELIABLE, I SUPPOSE. YOU KNOW, TODAY NONE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUN IS GENERAL
FUND SUPPORTED. TODAY, WE ARE INVESTING LESS MONEY IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND THAN WE WERE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, AND THAT HAS REAL LIFE IMPACTS, RIGHT? IF WE CAN, IF WE
KNOW THAT RECOVERY FROM THIS CURRENT CRISIS WE ARE IN IS GOING TO TAKE YEARS AND YEARS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE, WE REMAIN IN THE BUSINESS OF HELPING SUBSIDIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS TO CONTINUE TO ME ONLINE 3, 5, 10 YEARS FROM NOW SO THAT YOU KNOW THE PEOE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED RIGHT NOW CAN HAVE A SHOT AT CALLING
MINNEAPOLIS HOME. WE CANNOT PIT TWO HOUSING CRITICAL NEEDS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THIS AS A PERSON THAT HAS VOTED IN THE PAST. JUST LAST DECEMBER, TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST
FUND BUT AT THAT TIME, I MADE A COMMITMENT THAT THIS IS NOT GOG TO BE A FUND WE'RE GOING TO USE AS THE THING THAT BAILS US OUT EVERY TIME SOMETHING GOES WRONG. I WANT TO HONOR THAT COMMITMENT BECAUSE THIS WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, IT IS THE CITY'S EXPLICIT POSITION, OUR MAYOR'S EXPLICIT POSITION THAT THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IS THROUGH BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS,
TO BUILD MORE HOUSING IN GENERAL. WHY ARE WE UNDERMINING THAT AND PITTING PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS IN 3, 5, AND 10
YEARS? THAT IS THE REASON I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AS A SOURCE AND I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTIONTODAY, BUT AGAIN YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS OPTION FORWARD AND TRYING TO GET US TO ACHIEVE SOME CONSENSUS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. YEAH, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I HAVE APPRECIATED OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT. YOU AND I COMPLETELY DISAGREE ON IT BUT YOURISAGREEMENT WITH ME HAS
BEEN KIND AND OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN DIRECT AND I HAVE APP THAT. I THINK THAT SHOWS THAT WHEN WE'RE SITTING HERE AND WE'RE HAVING TOUGH DEBATES, WHI
TIMES ESPECIALLY AROUND BUDGETING THIS YEAR, THAT WE CAN DO THAT. I JUST WANT TO STATE REALLY CLEARLY THAT $1 MILLION EQUALS A SET OF UNI THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE FOR 30 YEARS. THAT IS ALWAYS GUARANTEED WHEN WE
HAVE FUNDING IN THE AFORBEDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BECAUSE PEOPLE REGULARLY APPLY FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. THERE ARE OFTENTIMES APPLICANTS, I THINK EVERY SINGLE TIME THERE ARE APPLICANTS THAT DO NOT GET
AWARDS. IT'S SOUGHT AFTER FUNDING AND WE'RE NO LONGER IN THE BUILD MORE ERA THAT WE WERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT HAS KEPT OUR RENT DOWN, THAT HAS INCREASED OUR TAX BASE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TOOLS WE HAVE
LEFT TO ENSURE THAT BUILDING CONTINUES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, AFFORDABLE BUILDING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH UNITS FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEED FOR HOUSING. I SIMPLY CANNOT VOTE
FOR THIS BECAUSE IT IS DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS. WE CAN'T CANNIBALIZE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. IT IS OVERPRESCRIBED BY THE STATE. WE NEED DIFFERENT RESOURCES FROM THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOMELESSNESS THAT HAS BEEN
REALLY CLEAR AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL VOICE IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THIS YEAR AND WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS AND PHILANTHROPY, WHO IS HELPING COVER A LOT OF THESE, THAT GOVERNMENT SHOWS UP TO MEET THESE NEEDS. WE ARE
GOING TO NEED A SYSTEM-WIDE SHIFT ON HOW WE DO HOUSING. WE CAN'T GO THROUGH CRISIS AFTER CRISIS AND OUR HOUSING SYSTEM IS NOT RESILIENT TO US. THAT COSTS LIVES. I AM UNABLE TO SUPPORT THIS. I COMMEND THE EFFORT TO BRING THIS FORWARD THOUGH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WOULD ALSO PREFER TO VOTE ON CASH. I AGREE WITH COUNSEL VICE PRESIDENT. FIRST, I ALSO THINK $1 MILLION FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TRUST FUND IS TOO STEEP AND WE SHOULD RATHER TAKE A SMALLER AMOUNT FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. IF I AM STILL ABLE, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON HAS CALLED THE QUESTION, IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.
>> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> ON THE MOTION TO CALL TO QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.
>> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> NAY. >> THERE ARE 6 AYES AND 6 NAYS. >> THAT FAILS, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.
>> I AM SO SORRY. >> THANK Y PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE TO MY COLLEAGUES, I DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD FOR THE PAST WEEKS ON THIS MOTION. I THINK ALL OF US AGAIN AGREE THAT
THIS IS AN EMERGENT NEED. THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED AND I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AS SUCH AS MY COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ON THESE. NO ONE WANTS TO PUT FORWARD A MOTION THAT TAKES
DOLLARS FROM ANY OF OUR FUNDS BECAUSE WE KNOW TT IT TAKES IT FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED IT REGARDLESS WHERE THE FUNDS ARE PULLED FROM. TO REITERATE, I FULLY BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST MIDDLE PORTION AND MOVEMENT THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD ON. MY
WORRY IS THAT I AM NOT SURE THE POLITICAL RLITIES OF THE GENERAL FUND PIECE, BUT I DO EXPECT THAT THIS MAY COME BACK TO US IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, THAT FULLY DELAYS THIS IMMEDIATE NEED TO H
NEED NOW. LIKE ALL OF YOU UP HERE, I AM GETTING THE SAME CONVERSATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS IN MY WARD THAT NEED THIS HELP NOW AND TODAY. I THINK ANY DELAY, ANY INCREASE IN DELAY CONTINUES TO PUT PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES
AND THAT IS WHAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS THERE TO DO, TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. THAT IS THE DIRECT PURPOSE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT IT IS SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED IF THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. TWO WEEKS, I THINK IS TOO LONG
OF A TIME TO THEN DELAY THIS MOTION OR IF IT COMES BACK TO US, TO DELAY IT ANY FURTHER AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS THROUGH, I HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IT WOULDN'T COME BACK TO US. SO AGAIN, I URGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THIS AGAIN, NOT
NECESSARILY FOR THE MERITS ON THE PAGE OF THE FUNDING SOURCE, BUT OF THE POLITICAL REALITIES THAT WE DO SIT IN AND ENGAGE IN. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
MY QUESTION IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. IF I AM READING THIS CORRECTLY, IT SAYS THAT THE MILLION DOLLARS ONE TIME RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FUNDS TO HENNEPIN COUNTY ARE UNSPENT WITHIN A MONTH AND A DAY AT THE END OF OPERATION METRO SURGE.
ALL REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED BACK TO CPED, IT WILL GO BACK. SO, THEY WILL GET THE MONEY BACK. WE'RE JUST SITTING IT SOMEWHERE ELS FOR A MINUTE OR HOWEVER AND THEN IF IT'S
USED, IT'S USED. IF YOU NEED IT, YOU NEED IT, IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? >> CORRECT. >> BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY MONEY FROM NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S THE RT I'M STRUGGLING WITH, OKAY? FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT,
ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED, I HAVE BEEN A RECIPIENT OF SECTION 8, I HAVE LIVED IN MY CA I LIVED AT MARY JO'S
SHELTER, AND I KNOW WHAT BEING HOMELESS LOOKS LIKE AND I HOUSED THE HOMELESS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY FRO THE STABILITY AND LENDING TO BORROW. THE WHOLE THING IS TO GET ALL THESE FUNDS AND THE RED TAPE AND PAPERWORK, I REALLY
WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND I AM NOT ANTISUPPORTING ANYONE. THAT'S WHAT I DO, IT'S THE BIGGEST ADVOCACY EVER FOR ANYONE OR FAMILIES, THAT'S WHAT I DO. I AM A MOTHER OF SIX CHILDREN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN. I AM THE
CHAMPION OF HELP SOMEONE TO HELP SOMEBODY. THE RED TAPE THAT YOU GO THROUGH JUST TO ASK FOR A CRUMB OF SOME BREAD, I MEAN SERIOUSLY. IT IS A LOT. THE ELIGIBILITY IS SLIM PICKINGS THAT MAKE YOU ELIGIBLE TO EVEN
RECEIVE IT IF YOU NEVER BEEN IN THAT FOOD STAMP LINE OR HAD TO STAND AT WINDOW 5 IN CENTURY PLAZA, YOU DON'T GET IT. I URGE YOU TO PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAPS. I WILL SUPPORT THIS
JAMISON FOR THIS ONE TIME, I WANT US TO VOTE AND BE DONE WITH THIS BECAUSE I HAVE TO PEE. THERE'S THE R BUTTON TO SAY STOP, JEEZ. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. I JUST FEEL LIKE ONE, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE
SURGE IS GOING TO END. TWO, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE IF THE SURGE HAS ENDED OR NOT? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THROUGH PRESS CONFERENCE, WEE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE IT. I MEAN IT BECAUSE TOM HOMAN SAYING WE'R GOING TO WITHDRAW 700, WHERE IS THE 700? HOW DO WE
KNOW? HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT ADDING MORE? SO I AM ALSO WILLING TO SAY THAT THE NEED IS SO HIGH, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MUTUAL AID FUNDING THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE THE MILLION DOLLARS BACK OR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT BACK. SO I DON'T WANT US TO JUST PUT OUR
HAT ON THIS. THE NEED IS INCREDIBLE. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS IF THIS IS TO PASS OR IF IT'S VETOED, WHICH I AM HEARING AN ILLUSION TO, AND THAT VETO IS THEN SUSTAINED, I WILL
100% BRING A GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION IN THE BUDGET CYCLE TO REFILL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. SO WE CAN EITHER DO THAT NOW OR WE CAN DO IT LATER. I WILL BRING IT BACK. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PAYNE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I CANNOT SUPPORT IT. THINK IT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR HOUSING STOCK ACROSS THE CITY. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE LIVING IN AN AEMERGENCY, WE SHOULD HAVEAKEN FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND. THE OTHER
OPTION IS THAT WE'RE GOING FOR THE CASH FUND. WE HAD OPTIONED AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN. WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHO GETS THESE SERVICES, IT
TALKS ABOUT THE FUNDSO HENNEPIN COUNTY THAT ARE UNSPENT WITHIN 1 MONTH AND A DAY AT THE END OF OPERATION SURGE, ALL REMAINING FUNDS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO CPED, EVEN IF OPERATION METRO SURGE ENDS, I.C.E. WILL STILL BE IN OUR CITY
AND STATE AND KIDNAPPING OUR NEIGHBORS. THE HAVE BEEN DOING SO BEFORE OPERATION METRO SURGE. THEY HAVE BEEN IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORS WAY BEFORE THIS OPERATION HAPPENED. MANY OF OUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES WILL BE TORN APART. IT WILL HAVE AN
UNCONSEQUENCE ON WHO CAN ACCESS THE RESOURCES SO I CANNOT SUPPORT IT. I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER WHITING FROM THE SOURCE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STENSON. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER AVEZ. >> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> NO. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> NAY.
>> THERE ARE 6 AYES AND 7 NAYS. >> THAT MOTION FAILS AND NOW I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL MOVE THE MOTION FORWARD USING THE CASH BALANCE AS A FUNDING SOURCE TO GO TO HENNEPIN
COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION AND YOU HAVE THE TECHNICAL MINUTES IN FRONT OF YOU TO THE REVISED MOTION AND I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED THE RESOLUTION, IT'S BEEN
PROPERLY SECONDED, I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST FEEL SO INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS IS THE LAST OPTION. THIS IS THE, WE'RE NOW PULLING MONEY OUT OF OUR
FUND BALANCE. OUR FINANCIAL POSITION IS IN AN INCREDIBLY TOUGH PLACE AND A PART OF THAT IS A $20 MILLION OVERSPEND BY
THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET OR OVER THE COURSE OF 2025, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED OUR CUSHION. WE HAVEIGNIFICANT OV OVERTIME RESOURCES THAT HAVE
BEEN SPENT SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE'RE JUST IN FEBRUARY. I REALLY DISLIKE THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE PULLING FROM. THIS IS -- I VERY STRONGLY BELIEVE AND CONTINUE TO THAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE SOURCE WAS
CONTINGENCY. THAT WAS NOT THE WILL OF THE BODY. I JUST, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE OF HOW LARGE THE NEED IS AND HOW
FEW RESOURCES EXIST IN THE FACE OF IT. THAT JUST MATTERS THE MOST RIGHT NOW. THIS CAN'T BE HOW WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TOUGH CHOICES TO MAKEOVER THE
COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND THEN AS WE LOOK TOWARDS OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.LIKE, WE CAN'T -- WE DON'T HAVE CUSHIONS, WE DON'T HAVE MAGIC MONEY HIDDEN PLACES
ANYMORE. THIS IS -- THIS IS A REFLECTION OF HOW SIGNIFICANT THE NEED IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MOST OF THE AUTHORS HERE DID NOT
PREFER THIS SOURCE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE PREFERENCE WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE SOURCE GIV ALL OF THE CONDITIONS BEFORE US. HERE WE ARE, I HOPE SINCERELY THIS CAN BE A MOTION THAT THIS
BODY CAN APPROVE SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR SMALL LITTLE PART IN KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY LOVE, IN THEIRCOMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANKS PRESIDENT PAYNE. I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK REMARK THAT MEMBERS, WE DO HAVE A PROCEDURAL ABILITY TO RECONSIDER OUR VOTE ON THE CONTINGENCY MOTION. WE CAN DO THAT IF THE BODY SO CHOOSES. I MEAN IT WOULD NEED THE HELP OF THE CLERKS, BUT THERE WOULD HAVE
TO BE A WILL AND IF THERE IS A CHANGE OF HEART, IT'S NOT OVER FOR US TO RECONSIDER CONTINGENCY, WHICH I DO AGREE IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE WHERE THIS SHOULD COME FROM. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU WANT TO REMIND THE BODY HOW
RECONSIDERATION WORKS? >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER REQUIRES SOMEONE WHO VOTE IN THE PREVAILING SIDE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, ASSUMING IT PASSES, THEN THAT MATTER RETURNS BEFORE THE BODY AND CAN BE TAKEN
UP AGAIN FOR A SECOND VOTE. SO THE FIRST THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO VOTE IN THE MAJORITY OR THE PREVAILING SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL QUESTION AND I'LL SAY THAT THE ORIGINAL
QUESTION I HAVE WAS 8-5, AND IT FAILED BECAUSE THEY NEEDED 10. IT WAS 2 VOT SHY OF PASSING THE CHARTER THRESHOLD. SO ANY OF THE 8 COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VOTED
WITH THE MAJORITY COULD MAKE A MOTION TO BRING -- SORRY, ANYONE FROM THE 5 BECAUSE IT FAILED AND THAT'S THE PREVAILING SIDE COULD BRING FORWARD A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT PROCEDURE. THEN IT WOULD BE BACK IN FRONT OF US.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY? COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI? >> THANK YOU. I'M HOPING THE CLERK CAN LIST OFF THE 5 MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE.
>> THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, THOSE WHO VOTED NAY, WHICH IS THE PREVAILING SIDE WERE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO -- >> MR. CHAIR, I WOULD URGE ONE
OF THESE MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE TO PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. I SEE THAT I AM NOT SUCCESSFUL.
>> THERE IS NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. I WILL ADD MYSELF TO QUEUE, JUST TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. YOU HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT YOUR SPIRIT OF PROBLEM-SOLVING AND YOU BROUGHT A PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH TO THIS, HOWEVER ALTHOUGH YOUR
MOTION DIDT PREVAIL, I APPRECIATED THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THAT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING OUR MOTION THAT IS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> THIS HAS REVISED HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AT THE TOP AND HAS COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI ADDED AS A COAUTHOR AT THE END. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >>AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDH
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.
>> AYE. >> THERE ARE 9 AYES AND 4 NAYS. >> THAT MOTION PASSES AND THAT COMPLETES ALL ITEMS ON THE ENTIRE SUPER CAL REPORT. THE
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OFRDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE THREE NOTICES TODAY, ONE OF WHICH WAS ADDED TO OUR AGENDA AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING. FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY,
PAIN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON WANT TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTE OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE. SECOND, COUNCI NOTICE TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANRDINANCE AMENDING
THE LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATION CODE TO AMEND THE REGULATION OF ALCOHOL UNLICENSED PARKING LOT PREMISES. THIRD, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE
12, CHAPTER 244, RELATED TO HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE SECTION 244.285 TO ADD REGULATIONS REGARDING OWNER ENTRY INTO A RENTED DWELLING UNIT. THOSE NOTICES ARE HERE BY
GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR. WE HAVE TWO INTRODUCTIONS TODAY. FIRST, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AND COUNCIL MEMBER STENSON WANT TO AMEND
THE HOUSING CODE, GIVE FIRST READING AND REFER TO THE HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE FOR ITS CONSIDERATION, PROPOSAL TO MORATORIUM DURING STATES OF EMERGENCY. MOVE TO INTRODUCE AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HOUSING CODE GIVEN FIRST READING REFER TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE INSTEAD OF PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD AT THAT COMMITTEE'S MEETING ON FEBRUARY 17TH. A PROPOSAL TO TEMPORARILY EXTEND THE PRE-EVICTION NOTICES. THIS
INTRODUCTION SEEKS TO BYPASS THE FIRST STEP, WHICH IS NOTICED, SO WE WILL REQUIRE UNANIMO CONSENT TO ACCOMPLICE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS ORDINANCE. MAY I HAV A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE INTRODUCTION? >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THAT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED, DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. COLLEAGUES I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON ORDINANCE CALLED PAUL'S EVICTION SAVES LIVES, WHICH IS A TEMPORARY POLICY CHANGE WHICH WILL PROTECT RENTERS FROMHE IMPACT OF THE
I.C.E. OCCUPATION. IF A LAND LORD WANTS TO FILE AN EVICON, THEY MUST GIVE THE RENTER A 30 DAYS NOTICE. THIS WILL INCREASE
IT TO 60 DAYS. THIS GIVES FAMILY AN EXTRA MONTH TO ACQUIRE THE FUNDS NEEDED FOR THE MISSED RENT. THE 60 DAY REQUIREMENT WOULD BE IN EFFECT UNTIL ZWRUL 31st. RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING TAKES TIME AS WE JUST HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION AROUND THAT
AND ADDITIONALLY, NEW FINANCIAL REURCES COULD BE AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES ONCE THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 17TH. PAUL'S EVICTION SAVES LIVES GIVES FAMY MORE TIME TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING, PREVENTING EVICTIONS AND
PROTECTING FAMILIES. MY CO AAUTR COAUTHORS ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I WILL OUTLINE WHY. THE EXPEDITED TIMELINE IS BETWEEN FAMILIES BEING PROTECTED ON MARCH 1st OR 9th. THIS WILL LITERALLY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR THOUSAN OF FAMILIES
ENTERING INTO THE EVICTION PROCESS, VERSUS THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAVING A PROTECTION IN PLACE WHEN NEXT MONTH'S RENT IS DUE. I AM NOT BEING DRAMATIC WHEN I SAY THIS, BUT THIS COULD ABSOLUTELY SAVE LIVES. THAT IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS COUNCIL
HAS AND I HOPE THERE WOULD BE NOT A MEMBER OF THIS BODY WHO IS HAVING RENT BEING DONE WITHOUT A PROTECTION IN PLACE. IT'S THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT RESIDENTS THAT I ASK FOR
UNANOUS SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL ON TODAY'S ACTION TO WAIVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE GIVE A FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE, REFER TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON FEBRUARY 17TH. FROM THERE, WE
WOULD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON FEBRUARY 17TH, FOLLOWED BY A COUNCIL VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE ON FEBRUARY 19TH. DURING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 9TH, WE HAVE ASKED THE C.A.O. TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
BRIEFINGS ON THE ORDINANCE TO HELP ENSURE YOU ALL HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED PRIOR TO COUNCIL'S FINAL CONSIDERATION AND VOTE OF THE ORDINANCE ON FER A TIME OR MOMENT TO EXPEDITE A PROCESS, THIS IS IT. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER
PROTECTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HOPE THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN WHICH WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PAUSE EVICTIONS AND SAVE LIVES. SO WITH THAT, I WILL MOTION THE ITEM FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOTIONED AND SECONDED AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE
LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL, REMINDING EVERYONE THAT WE DO NEED UNANIMOUS CONSENT. MR. CLERK, DO YOU WANT TOIVE ANY GUIDANCE? >> NOT GUIDANCE, BUT I WANTED TO OFFER SOME COMPLEMENTS AND EXPLANATIONS BOTH FOR RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND NEW COUNCIL
MEMBERS. THERE ARE SUBTLE LANGUAGES, IF YOU NOTICED ON NUMBER ONE, THE EVISHGS MORATORIUM ORDINANCE USES THE PHRASE TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE. ON NUMBER TWO, IT SAYS TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE, THAT'S THE CLERK'S
SUBTLE WAY OF TELLING YOU ON NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE, IT HAS NOT BEEN PREPARED. WE'RE GIVING A READING TO AN ORDINANCE THAT NO ONE HAS SEEN. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND HER ASSOCIATES ON THE SECOND ONE HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A FULL ORDINANCE, IT'S IN LIMBS, IT'S
POSTED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, WHICH IS WHY THE USUAL PROCESS SHOULD BE NUMBER 2. THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT YOU CAN SEE, THAT THE PUBLIC CANSEE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING IT ITS FIRST READING TODAY. THIS IS THE FIRST STEPN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WHERE COUNCIL COULD VOTE TO KILL AN ORDINANCE. THIS IS THE FIRST
FORMAL VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE. IN 95% OF THE CASES, WE DON'T HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE. SO THIS IS THE PROCESS WHERE BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK, THEY PREPARED AN ORDINANCE, THEY WORKED WITH THE ATTORNEYS, THEY BROUGHT IT FORWARD, IT WAS ON THE LIMBS FILE AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC
TO SEE BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE TODAY. I WANTED TO SAYHANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK AND TO SAY THAT'S THE SUBTLE DIFFERENCE, IF YOU ARE READING THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. WHEN IT SAYS SUBJECT MATTER, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. EN IT SAYS ORDINANCE, WE HAVE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. I'M HAPPY TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 8 AYES AND 5 NAYS. >> THAT MOTION FAILS, AS REQUIRED IS UNANIMOUS CONSENT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE FIRST ITEM PASSES. IT ONLY NEEDED A SIMPLE MAJORITY, SO ITEM 1 WILL MOVE
FORWARD, ON ITE 2, IT FAILED TO GET UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY WILL GIVE NOTICE TODAY AND MOVE FORWARD AND THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A VOTE CAUSE IT BECAME A NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> YEP, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU
CLERK CARL, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE AND SHOW UNITY TO EXPEDITE A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WH THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO GIVE YOU AN ORDINANCE AND TO BRING YOUR CONSTITUENTS ALONG FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WOULD HAVE TOOK PLACE ON
FEBRUARY 17TH AND WE COULD HAVE MADE SURE THAT PREVENTATIVE PROTECTIONS AGAINST EVICTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE MARCH 1st, DEADLINE FOR RENT. A SUPER MAJORITY OF OUR COLLEAGUES DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE
FORWARD BUT WE STILL HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. I AM GIVING OFFICIAL NOTICE TO MOVE FORWARD AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE TO ADOPT IT. UNFORTUNATELY AT LEAST AFTER
MARCH 1st, THIS WOULD, IF OPTED BY THIS BODY, WOULD GIVE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES THAT ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS TEMPORARILY TO SEEK OUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND STAY HOUSED. IT'S REALLY SAD THAT WE'RE ALMOST GOING INTO THE THIRD MONTH OF THIS OPERATION
AND THE SUPER MAJORITY OF THIS BODY COULD NOT GET BEHIND TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A PREEVICTION PROTECTION IN PLACE. I LOOK FORWARD TO GAINING A MAJ
COLLEAGUES. >> THAT NOTICE IS GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTN IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. MR. CLERK, I HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS IN QUEUE AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ITEM ON THE TABLE ANYMORE, RIGHT? THE NEXT ORDER
OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE ONE RESOLUTION TODAY AND THAT IS AN HON THEIR RESOLUTION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
ROTUNDA TODAY, THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF BLACK HISRY MONTH. I WANTED TO EXPRESS THE COUNCIL'S THANKS TO THE CITY'S BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK AND THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WHO ORGANIZED TODAY'S BREAKFAST CELEBRATION. DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY
COMMENTS TO ADD? COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY -- PAIN. WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS ATTEND. IT WAS A SUP FUN WAY TO START THE DAY IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE A WOMAN THAT WAS THERE AND WE MISSED HER. HER NAME IS DESTINY PROSPER. SHE HAS BEEN A HERO. SHE FUNDRAISED $40,000 FOR JENNY LYNN SCHOOL BY HERSELF. YOU MAY CATCH HER ON THE NEWS TALKING ABOUT THE
AMAZING WORK SHE HAS DONE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAVE SO MANY HEROES LIKE DESTINY IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ACKNOWLEDGE HER BECAUSE SHE HAS -- I MEAN SHE HAS JUST TAKEN THIS THING BY STORM WITH HELPING WITH FOOD, RENT
ASSISTANCE, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONS THAT I MET THAT WAS DOING HOME DELIVERY. SO THANK YOU DESTINY, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, BUT IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PHENOMENAL WORK SHE IS DOING ON BEHALF OF
FAMILIES IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. THANKS TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT ATTENDED THIS MORNING, A FUN CELEBRATION, A GOOD WAY TO START THE DAY AND TO GET A GOOD START ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I ENJOYED ALL THE FUN WE HAD. GOOD BREAKFAST, THANK YOU FOR CATERING THE BREAKFAST THIS
MORNING. THAT WAS A GREAT ADDITION. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU GATHER BLACK PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOOD. THAT WAS A GOOD ADDITION. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR MAKING SURE AND ALSO TO BUILDING COMMISSION AND SECURITY AND EVERYONE FOR MAKING SURE WE WERE
SAFE AND WE HAD A GOOD FUN TIME THIS MORNING FOR OUR ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH EAKFAST. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL,
ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE RECOGNIZED IN ALL OF THE ATTENDEES IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK AND THE RESILIENCE OF BLACK FOLKS HERE IN AMERICA TO HAVE A
MOMENT DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO RECOGNIZE THE INSTRUMENT OF LEADERSHIP, THE INSTRUMENT OF CREATIVITY, THE INSTRUMENT OF RESILIENCE THAT WE HAVE EMBODIED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS HERE IN
AMERICA. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE CITY TOOK TIME TO UPLIFT THIS TIME AND MOMENT. THE WORK IS NOT DONE. THE WORK CONTINUES. I JUST WANT TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE EVERYONE
THAT WE RECOGNIZED TODAY AND ALL BODIES THAT ATTENDED AND SUPPORTED AND UPLIFTED THOSE MENTS AND YEAH. THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS WONDERFUL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTREME HARDSHIPS THAT OUR BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, IMMIGRANT BUSINESSES PARTICULARLY ARE FACING. THEY
WERE ALREADY FACING MANY, MANY ISSUES AND RECOVERY PRIOR TO THE I.C.E.CCUPATION AND SURGE BUT WE'RE SEEING FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT THEY ARE IN SOME CASES SEEING AN 80% DECREASE IN
THE REGULAR CUSTOMER BASE THEY HAVE. I AM ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO GO TO A BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS IMMIGRANT--OWNED
BUSINESS, TIP EXTRA IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN SHARE IT ON YOU SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT'S SOMETHING I CONTINUE TO HEAR AS A NEED. PROMOTION IS HELPFUL AND OUR CITY HAS BEEN SHOWING UP AS THERE ARE DIRECT ACTIONS THAT FILL OUR STREETS AND WE SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS GO TO OUR
LOCATION BUSINESSES. I AM JUST ENCOURAGING EVERYONE WATCHING TO SPREAD THE WORD AND ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO LEAN IN THAT WAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS TRULY AN HONOR AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TO SIT AMONGST A BODY OF COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL ACROSS THE DIASPORA THAT TRULY
FEELS EMPOWERING. IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT THIS VERY SAME TIME, DON'T EVER DISRESPECT ME BY EQUATING ME OR MAKING ME, OR COMPARING ME TO MAGA IN ANY WAY. I'M BLACK,
BLACK, BLACK. AIN'T NOWHERE THEY CAN SEND ME TO. I'VE BEEN HERE. THERE WAS NEVER A TIME WHEN I WAS NOT AND I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE, THE END. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS ABSENT, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 11 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND FOR MYSELF AND FOR THE ENTIRE CITY
COUNCIL, I WANT TO UPLIFT OUR BLACK RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS, COLLEAGUES, AND FAMILY MEMBERS. WE SET ASIDE THIS MONTH EACH YEAR TO COMMEMORATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WE RECOGNIZE, HONOR, AND CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF BLACK PEOPLE ALL YEAR LONG. I WANT TO OFFER MY SINCERE THANKS AND
APPRECIATION TO THE BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK AND ILHAN OMAR WHO DID A HEAVY LIFT TO PUT ON TODAY'S EVENT AND DAY AFTER DAY, BOTH THE CITY ENTERPRISE AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR
THAT. NEXT WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR A CLOSED SESSION TODAY WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY BUT BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THE ATTORNEY FOR THAT PURPOSE, I WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO CONFER WITH THE CLERKS THAT ALL THE AUTHORS FOR THE TEMPORARY EVICTION NOTICE EXTENSION ARE REFLECTED ON THE NOTICE OF INTENT. >> I'M SO SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? >> SINCE THE NOTICE OF INTENT, I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE AUTHORS ARE REFLECTED ON THERE. >> I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADD YOUR NAME. >> THANK U. IT'S NOT JUST ME EITHER, I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT SO I HOPE WHEN THIS ORDINANCE COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THAT NEIGHBORS SHOW UP TO CITY HALL, TALK TO YOUR
COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS. THE REALITY IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO FACE DISPLACEMENT. $1 MILLION IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO PREVENT A DISPLACEMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THE GoFundMe IS NOT
GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORS. I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN THIS ACTION TO GO THE ROUTE OF A MORE EXPEDITED ROUTE TO PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORS. I'M DISAPPOINTED WE DIDN'T DO THAT TODAY BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
WE CAN STOP. NEIGHBORS CAN ADVOCATE AND ASK FOR THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TAKE ACTION AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS VOTE TO HAPPEN. I'M DISAPPOINTED IT WASN'T ABLE TO HAPPEN IN AN EXPEDITED WAY BUT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO TESTIFY AND COME TO THE CHAMBERS AND ASK
FOR CHANGE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN APOLOGY TO MY COLLEAGUES. I DID NOT MEAN TO MAKE MY STATEMENT DURING THE RESOLUTION, I MISTAKEN THAT FOR ANNOUNCEMENT. I APOLOGIZE I MADE
THAT STATEMENT DURING THE RESOLUTION PORTION. THAT'S EXCLUSIVELY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR VOTE REFLECTED FOR THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH RESOLUTION? >> YES, AS AFFIRMATIVE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS MORNING AS EARLY AS 6:00, JUST LESS THAN A DAY AFTER TOM HOMAN ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WOULD BE AN END TO ROVING PATROLS AND
THAT THERE WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF AGENTS THAT WEREOING TO EACH -- OR CARRYING OUT THESE "TARGETED" OPERATIONS, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST TWO DAYS, THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE. YOU KNOW, THIS
MORNING, SO EARLY, DOZENS OF MY NEIGHBORS WERE WOKEN UP BECAUSE I.C.E. AGENTS BROKE DOWN AN APARTMENT BUILDING'S DOOR AND
TWO DOZEN AGENTS WENT IN AND ARR ARRESTED A WOMAN THAT WAS OUR NEIGHBOR AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO
EXPERIENCE TRAGEDY AFTER TRAGEDY. I JUST WANTED TO HOLD SOME SPACE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS, ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE'RE ALL
LIVING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AND YEAH, THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, WITH THAT, WE COMPLETED ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE REQUESTED CLOSED
SESSION AS NOTED ON OUR AGENDA. >> THANK YOU PRESIDE PAYNE. AS YOU JUST NOTED, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ET ALL VERSUS GNOME AT ALL. YOUR LAWYERS WISH TO PROVIDE A
BRIEFING TO THE COUNCIL UNDER THIS MATTER. SECTION 13D.05, SUBDIVISION 3B, THE COUNCIL MAY UPON A PROPER MOTION CLOSE THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION AS PERMITTED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT
PRIVILEGE. THE COUNCIL SHOULD WEIGH THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT ITS GOVERNMENT IS DOING AGAINST THE NEED OF THE CITYO PRESERVE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ITS DISCUSSIONS WITH ITS ATTORNEYS. >> THANK YOU MR. ATTORNEY. I
MOVE TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC MEETING UNDER SECTION 13D.05 FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE LITIGATION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ET ALL VERSUS GNOME AT ALL. MAY I HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> AY >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS GONE, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, I WILL NOTE THE BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING WILL CONTINUE AND THE COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC AFTER WE CONCLUDED THE CLOSED SESSION.
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[GAVEL]. >> THE TIME IS NOW 1:19 AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING OUR CLOSED SESSION. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO PROVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.
>> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >>PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.
>> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. WITH THAT, WE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HER
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