[GAVEL] WELCOME BACK TO THE APRIL 15, 2026. I'M JASON CHAVEZ, THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE
BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. IT INCLUDES REAL TIME CAPTIONING TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. ALL SPEAKERS MUST BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE
SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING.
>> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ VESZ. >> PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'RE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE SIGNED UP. IF YOU'RE
HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, REGISTER WITH THE CLERK LOCATED IN THE CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER. YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE CLERKS AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE. OUR AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CO
CONSENT AGENDA. A SUBMITTAL FOR POLICE AND OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY INITIATIVES. ITEM NUMBER 4I A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF DRUG ALCOHOL POLICY FOR SUPPLIES FOR HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING
PROGRAMS. ITEM NUMBER 5. ITEM NUMBER 6, A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRUG AND FOOD OFFICIALS. ITEM NUMBER 7, THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS. ITEM NUMBER 8,
REINSTATE RENTAL LICENSES FOR PROPERTIES AT 2301, 2318, ITEMS 9 AND 10 APPROVE STAFF DIRECTIONS REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES RELATED TO PUBLIC GATHE
GATHERINGS. ITEM 11, REQUEST AN UPDATE TO THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REGARDING THE DATE OF PRACTICES, RELATED TO UNLAWFUL ACTIONS OF FEDERAL AGENTS. I WILL PULL THIS ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION. ITEM NUMBER 12, AMENDING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE COUNCIL ACTION TO UPDATE THE
COMMITTEE AND DATE FOR PRESENTING, AS WELL AS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR A THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? ALL
RIGHT. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL FOR ITEMS 3 THROUGH 10 AND NUMBER 12. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [AYES EXPRESSED]
>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THOSE ITEMS CARRY. A PUBLIC HEARING REFLECTED ON ITEMS 1 AND 2 ON THE AGENDA. ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR THE AGENDA WILL GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO
TESTIFY. FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING OR COMMENT PERIOD, THESE HEARINGS ARE BEING RECORDED AND BROADCASTED. BOTH THE RECORDINGS AND THE BROADCAST IS CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA BY ATTENDING AND
PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOURISM IMAGINE AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THAT LAW. THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE, NAME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE, AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE, INCLUDING ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE, WHICH ARE
INCLUDED IN THE RECORD IN THIS MEETING. WITH THAT, WE WILL GO ON TO THE RENTER IMMIGRATION PRIVACY AND ANTIRETALIATION ORDINANCE. THIS IS AUTHORED BY MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER
CHUGHTAI, AND COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. SO THIS ORDINANCE PROHIBITS AN OWNER OPERATOR LANDLORD OR OTHER AGENT ASKING FOR AN OCCUPANT'S
IMMIGRATION STATUS. IT PREVENTS THEM FOR USING PROVISIONS IN THE ORDINANCE, THIS WOULD GIVE THE REGULATORY SERVICES DEPARTMENT EXPLICIT AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST LANDLORDS THAT DENY RENTAL APPLICATIONS DUE TO
THE USE OF AN ITIN. MORE SPECIFICALLY, AN OWNER OPERATOR, LANDLORD, OR AGENT MAY NOT MAKE AN INQUIRY BASED ON THE IMMIGRATION OR CITIZENSHIP
STATUS OF AN APPLICANT, OCCUPANT, OR PARTICIPANT OF A RENTAL UNIT. IT MUST NOT DISCLOSE OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT REPRESENTATION OR CERTIFICATION CONCERNING THEIR IMMIGRATION OR
CITIZENSHIP STATUS. IT MAY NOT DISCLOSE INFORMATION REGARDING OR TEN TENT OR PROSPECTIVE TE TENANT BECAUSE THE PROVIDE AN
INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER KNOWN AS THE ITIN. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS ORDINANCE. FIRST, THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM DOING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING. ONE, COMPLYING WITH ANY LEGAL OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO DETERMINING IMMIGRATION STATUS
UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION UNDER ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES RENT LIMITATIONS OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED TENANTS OR A SUBPOENA, WARRANT OR ORDER ISSUED BY THE COURT. IT
DOES NOT REQUEST DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY TO DETERMINING OR VERIFYING THE FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS OF A PROSPECTIVE TENANT OR TO DETERMINE OR VERIFY THE IDENTITY OF A PROSPECTIVE TENANT. THE OTHER PART IS WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I WILL
EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, JUST BECAUSE IT'S WITH REGARDS TO THAT PART. IT ADDS ANOTHER EXCEPTION THAT IT WILL NOT PROHIBIT INFORMATION TO CONNECT A TENANT, PROSPECTIVE TEN INNOCENT WITH THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES OR PROGRAMS WHERE IMMIGRATION STATUS IS AN
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR LANDLORDS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE OPERATION METRO SURGE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS NOT LIMITED TO THIS ORDINANCE. THE LAST SECTION OF THIS ORDINANCE
PROHIBITS RETALIATION. THEY MAY NOT INCREASE RENT, DECREASE SERVICES, OR ALTER RENTAL AGREEMENTS, CONTACT FEDERAL OR LAW ENFORCEMENT ON IMMIGRATION STATUS OR SEEK TO RECOVER POSSESSION OR THREATEN ANY SUCH
ACTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF RETALIATION THE APPLICANT HAS DONE A VARIETY OF THESE THINGS LISTED ON THE ORDINANCE. WHY THIS MATTERS, THIS ORDINANCE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE SINCE THE HEIGHT OF THE OPERATION METRO SURGE, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, INCLUDING RENTERS WHOSE IMMIGRATION STATUS HAS BEEN USED AGAINST RENTERS STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT OR MORE. IT HAS LEFT MANY OF OUR RENTERS
IN A REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION. NOW, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDINANCE COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, FINES, RESTRICTIONS, OR PENALTIES. WE KNOW THAT UNDER THE CITY
ADMINISTRATOR FINE SCHEDULE, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO A $250 FINE, DOUBLING TO A MAXIMUM OF $2,000. COLLEAGUES, I WILL JUST POINT TO THE 2ND AMENDMENT THAT I AM BRINGING HERE, THAT WOULD BRING
IT -- SINCE THERE ARE CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE, TALKING ABOUT PROSPECTIVE TEN IN ANDAN TENG TO CHANGE INFORMATION ON ENFORCEMENT TO REFLECT THAT. SO, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN THE AMENDMENT COMES BEFORE US.
BEFORE I OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, I DO WANT TO OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE CAN DEBATE THE ORDINANCE. SO, I WILL NOW OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE IS ANYBODY
SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY. GREAT. SEEING NO ONE HERE TO TESTIFY, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WITH THE REVISIONS IN FRONT OF US THAT I EXPLAINED THE PRESENTATION. CAN I GET A
SECOND. >> SECOND. >> NOW I WILL OPEN FOR DISCUSSION FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF THERE IS ANY. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. I WAS GOING TO
ASK TO MOVE IT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. OVER THE WEEK, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, WITH THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE AND THE POLICY. # I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THE PRESENTATION, BUT YOU WERE KIND OF SPEAKING A LITTLE FAST FOR ME. SO, I NEED
TO JUST GO BACK AND REVIEW AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS. SO IF WE COULD MOVE IT FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S FINE. >> I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING CONVERSATION SO I WILL DO THAT. THAT'S FINE WITH ME. >> THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, I WAS WONDERING IF WE GO TO THE SLIDE ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. COULD I GET THE -- I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. I AM WONDERING IF I CAN GET THE PLAIN ENGLISH INFORMATION ON WHAT THE
ENFORCEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, THE REASON THIS WOULD BE NOTE WORTH I FROM AN ENS ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE IS THAT
IT WOULD INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AGREED PARTIES TO GO TO COURT OR THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT OR THE EOC, PLACES LIKE THAT. IT WOULD GIVE CITY STAFF IMMEDIATE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS LIKE ADVERSE LICENSE HEARINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
IF I AM UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION SIR. >> YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I HOPE TO UNDERSTAND. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL
RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE RECOMMEND DAY AYE. [AYES EXPRESSED] >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY, ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION
CARRIES. OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ENCAMPMENT REPORTING POLICY ORDINANCE. I WILL INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PRESENTATION UP. ALL RIGHT CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, THIS IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD ORDINANCE CHANGE. WE HAVE A CLOSURE REPORT SYSTEM THAT COMES EVERY QUARTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT OUR REGULATORY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TAKES CARE OF. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS REALLY CREATING A NEW CHAPTER
FOR THIS CURRENT ORDINANCE. WHERE THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY SITS IS IN THE HOUSING SECTION TITLE 12, CHAPTER 244 UNDER TITLE 1, 244.6. IT'S REALLY
DIFFICULT TO FIND SO WE ARE JUST CREATING TITLE 11, UNDER TITLE 11, HEALTH AND SANITATION, A NEW CHAPTER 237 TO HAVE THIS ORDINANCE PLACED THERE AND JUST HAVE IT IN A PLACE WHERE IT'S EASILY FOUND AND THEN IF WE ARE
TO DO ANY FURTHER WORK RELATED TO ENCAMPMENTS, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE IT CAN LIVE. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE ORDINANCE DOES. WE
HAVE RECEIVED FIVE DIFFERENT REPORT FROM OUR REGULATORY SERVICES DIRECTOR SINCE THIS HAS BEEN ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL, REALLY REPORTING ON COST, COST ASSOCIATED WITH ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS, HOW MUCH TIME IS SPENT, DEPARTMENT TIME, DETAILED
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON THE REMOVAL EVENT ITSELF, WHO WAS NOTIFIED, SERVICE PROVIDERS, NUMBER OF EFFECTED INDIVIDUALS IN ENCAMPMENTS. ONE SMALL CHANGE
THAT WAS MADE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE IN CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AMY SHUT AND FEEDBACK FROM STAFF IS THAT THERE IS A DEFINITION FOR NON-SHELTER PLACEMENT THAT STAFF AND THE ATTORNEY HAD A HARD TIME DIS N
DISCERNING BETWEEN THE DEFINITION OF SHELTER. SO WE JUST UPDATED THAT DEFINITION TO BE TEMPORARY INDOOR PLACEMENT INCLUDING HOSPITAL DETOX OR MENTAL HEALTH HOLD. SO THERE IS MORE OF A SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDING
ON WHAT WOULD BE REPORTED ON THAT. THAT IS THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE IS. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND SO IS ATTORNEY AMY SHUT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, I WILL NOW OPEN
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE TO TESTIFY. GOING ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES. SEEING NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK, I WILL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANY
QUESTIONS. I WILL PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE AND MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> WITH A RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THERE IS A SECOND. SEEING NO
ONE ELSE ON QUEUE, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [AYES EXPRESSED] >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION CARRIES. NOW REGARDING THE
CITY'S DATE OF PRACTICES RELATED TO UNLAWFUL ACTION OF FEDERAL AGENTS. I WILL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I AM WAITING FOR MY STAFF TO GET THE
PRESENTATION UP. JUST SOME IMMEDIATE CONTEXT, SINCE WE'RE BACK IN OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE STRUCTURE I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS PASSED CONSIDERING THE TIME AND NATURE OF IT, AND EVEN DISCUSSING THE ONGOING EFFECTS OF OPERATION
METRO SURGE. PARTICULARLY, THIS DIRECTIVE WAS REALLY GROUNDED IN ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION TO PRESENT ITS PLANS FOR MANAGING DATA RELATED TO UNLAWFUL ACTION OF FEDERAL AGENTS IN OUR CITY AND TO FORMALLY REQUEST THAT OCS
OR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY FULFILL THAT DIRECTIVE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I DO FIRST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE GOAL OF THIS DIRECTIVE IS NOT TO CREATE UNINTENDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TARGET LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO EXERCISED THEIR 1ST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS. I TAKE SURVEILLANCE OF OUR CITIZENS SERIOUSLY AND I WOULD NEVER SUPPORT OR ASK THE FREY ADMINISTRATION TO ENGAGE ON ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT ONGOING EFFORTS OF SURVEILLANCE OF OUR
RESIDENTS. WHAT THIS DIRECTIVE ADDS IS THEIR PLANS ON EXISTING RESOURCES TO HOLD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING OUR RESIDENTS' CIVIL LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS DURING THIS OCCUPATION OF OUR CITY WITH THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING THOSE RESIDENTS IN GETTING THE JUSTICE THEY DESERVE. I DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT THE BURDEN OF DOCUMENTING THE EGREGIOUS ACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE BE SOLELY PLACED ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHO HAVE ALREADY DONE SO MUCH TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AND OUR CITY. THE CITY HAS HUNDREDS OF CAMERAS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
UTILIZED TO SUPPORT EVIDENCE GATHERING AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAKE USE OF THOSE TOOLS. OPERATION METRO SURGE HAS RESULTED IN MANY VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS BEING OVERWHELM WITH THE HIGH-VOLUME
OF I.C.E. RELATED CASES AND THEY WANT TO BRING FORWARD CASES THAT ACHIEVE STRONG OUTCOMES FOR THEIR CLIENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS AND THIS INCLUDES ACCESS TO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE. THIS PARTICULAR NEED PROMPTED A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND I
KNOW A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES WITH QUESTIONS ON RETENTION, POLICIES, AND POTENTIAL EVIDENCE RELATED TO UNLAWFUL ACTION TO FEDERAL AGENTS BEING LOST. THEY REQUESTED THAT THE CITY MAKE TEMPORARY CHANGES TO THEIR DATE OF RETENTION POLICIES WHILE
OPERATION METRO SURGE WAS IN PLACE. I BROUGHT THOSE CONCERNS TO THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THE DESIRE FOR COLLABORATION ON CONCRETE ACTION STEPS, BUT HAVE ONLY BEEN MET WITH SILENCE. THIS IS ONE MEASURE OR A MATTER WHERE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A PATHWAY TO
MODIFYING OUR DATA PRACTICES TO HOLD AGENTS ACCOUNTABLE WITHOUT BROADENING THE SCOPE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES TO OUR RESIDENTS. IT DOES REQUIRE
NOTICE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, AND HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS IN GETTING TRADITIONAL JUSTICE WHEN THEIR RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT
OF MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS SEEING TWO OF THEIR NEIGHBORS SHOT. IT'S BEEN A TOOL TO COMBAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT DEMONSTRATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THEY HAVE A WILLINGNESS TO LIE AND PRESENT VIOLENCE THEY'RE REEKING IN OUR
COMMUNITY. THE NEXT TWO SLIDES REALLY PRESENT A TIMELINE OF TOUCH POINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION ON THIS MATTER FOR THREE MONTHS. AT ONE POINT IN
THEIR RESPONSE, THEY PRESENT A BIT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION WITH DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JARED JEFFRIES. I'M SHARING THAT OCS WOULD NOT BE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR DATA ADJUSTMENT POLICIES, AND THE ACLU PROVIDED
M MA -- THAT ADVICE. I FOLLOWED UP AND IN THAT MEETING, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE ADVICE THAT THE ACLU PRESENTED WAS MISCONSTRUED AND THEY PROVIDED TANGIBLE NEXT STEPS IN WHICH WE COULD BE
LOOKING AT PRESERVING THIS NECESSARY EVIDENCE AND DUE TO SOME OF THAT CONFUSING AND CONFLICTING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, I BROUGHT FORWARD A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE PASSED BY THE BODY, HAD A MARCH 24th DUE
DATE, WHICH WE ARE LONG BEYOND. IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME STILL WHY WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY UPDATES ON THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AND WHY WITH SOMETHING THAT IS A SHARED GOAL IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION KNOWS THEY CAN'T SEND THEIR AGENTS INTO OUR
CITIES AND VIOLATE OUR RESIDENTS' RIGHTS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE, THAT SEEMS TO BE A SHARED GOAL AMONG DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. IT MAKES NO SENSE WE WOULDN'T COLLABORATIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO PUT SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO DO THAT AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. EARLIER THIS
MONTH, THE CITY DID UPDATE A WEBSITE PAGE THAT IS IN PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CURRENT FEDERAL ACTIONS AND HOW THE CITY IS RESPONDING. THE VIDEO IN FACT FROM A CITY-OWNED CAMERA WAS UPLOADED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. THIS VIDEO WAS USED AS EVIDENCE TO CONTRADICT THE FEDERAL AGENTS
THAT SHOT A NORTH MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO CHARGES BEING DROPPED FROM THE VICTIMS IN THAT CASE BECAUSE IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT THE FEDERAL AGENTS LIED UNDER SWORN TESTIFY. THIS IS A HIGH PROFILE
CASE BUT IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE POWER THAT THE CITY HAS IN HOLDING FEDERAL AGENTS ACCOUNTABLE. THIS IS WHAT IS AT STAKE. INNOCENT RESIDENTS ARE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT BELIEVES THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND THAT
LIES HAVE NO COST. IT WOULD BE NAIVE FOR ANYONE TO THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT. WITH THAT, NEXT
SLIDE. WHAT'S NEXT? I'M PROUD THAT MY COLLEAGUES BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION, FIRST TO ACTUALLY COME BACK WITH A REVIEW OF THE CITY'S EXISTING SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES AND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEST PRACTICES FOR DATA SECURITY FOR
EXISTING AND FUTURE CITY SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES. WE PASSED THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE BUT MORE I'M LOOKING FORWARD ON THE REPORT COMING BACK FROM THE CITY AUDITOR ON WHAT FORMAL NEXT ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE ON THIS BODY. THIS COUNCIL
DOES HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO UTILIZE ALL TOOLS POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC IN RECEIVING THE JUSTICE THEY DESERVE. I HOPE THE ADMINISTRATION WILL SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SHARED COLLABORATION. CONTINUE IN ACTION IN DELAYING THE CITY'S ABILITY TO BE RESILIENT IN THIS
REALITY OF LIVING UNDER A HOSTILE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONLY HELPS SUPPORT THIS BELIEF AMONGST THEM THAT THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CORRECT THE RECORD HISTORICALLY ON THAT. RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO UTILIZE OUR TOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
SUPPORTING OUR RESIDENTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. RESIDENTS ALSO AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAUMA FROM OPERATION METRO SURGE AND SEEING THEIR NEIGHBORS BE KILLED, WANT TO SEE US PUT ACTIONS IN PLACE.
MANY ARE AFRAID WHEN AND IF THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION WILL TARGET MINNEAPOLIS AGAIN. SOME ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASED FEDERAL PRESENCE IN THE NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WE ARE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT BEHIND THE SCENES. THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HINTED OF THEIR INTENTION TO DO OF SUCH AND VIA THE.S. ATTORNEY PAM BONDI BACK IN FEBRUARY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SERIOUSLY AND PREPARE FOR AND I KNOW OCS IS PROVIDING THEIR QUARTERLY
UPDATE AFTER THIS AND PERHAPS INFORMATION ON HOW THEY WILL BE RESPONDING AND PREPARING FOR THIS WILL BE INCLUDED. IF NOT, I AM HOPEFUL THEY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE SO WE CAN DO THAT PROACTIVE PLANNING AHEAD OF NOVEMBER AS WELL. ALSO WITH
THAT, I DON'T SEE ANYMORE FROM OCS HERE BUT I AT LEAST WANTED TO NAME THERE ARE SOME PROGRESS STEPS THAT IS BEING MOVED FORWARD ON THIS WORK. WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL AGAIN, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HOLD FEDERAL AGENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING OUR RESIDENTS' RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES. WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS RELATED TO THE HEALTHY LIVING
GRANTS. WELCOME. >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR
STEVENSON, I'M JENNY, A MANAGER ON THE HEALTHY LIVING INITIATIVE TEAM. I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE WHO IS A SENIOR PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST ON THE TEAM. WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF YOU TO OUR WORK AND PROVIDE A REFRESHER FOR
OTHERS. WE WORK IN HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION. WE WANT TO SHARE SOME UPDATES FROM OUR TWO MAJOR GRANT SOURCES, ONE IS SHIP, THE STATEWIDE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
PARTNERSHIP, AND THE OTHER IS REACH. BEFORE I DIG INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT EACH OF THE GRANTS, HERE IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR FULL PORTFOLIO. SO, WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, WHY IT MATTERS, AND OUR APPROACH. WE
FOCUS ON PREVENTING CHRONIC DISEASES AND PROMOTING HEALTH, ESPECIALLY AMONG PRIORITY POPULATIONS THAT EXPERIENCE A HIGHER RISK OF CONDITIONS LIKE HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. WE PROMOTE HEALTH BY PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THAT'S A THEME YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
THROUGHOUT THESE SLIDES. THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WORK WITH US TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS, IN WORK PLACES, IN HEALTH CARE CLINICS AND SYSTEMS, AND IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MANY PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENCES.
PROJECTS FALL INTO FOUR MAJOR STRATEGIES THAT ADDRESS THE RISK FACTORS FOR CHRONIC DISEASE. SO WE WORK TO IMPROVE NUTRITION, TO INCREASE BREASTFEEDING, TO INCREASE ACTIVE LIVING, AND TO REDUCE OR PREVENT TOBACCO,
ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH. THERE ARE TWO KEY APPROACHES IN HOW WE DO OUR WORK THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. WE WORK HARD TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL OF OUR PROJECTS WITH THAT GOAL OF SHARED MEANINGFUL AUTHENTIC WORK. SECOND, WE AIM TO CHANGE
POLICIES AND TO IMPROVE SYSTEMS AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND CONDITIONS AROUND US SO THAT IT IS GENUINELY EASIER FOR ALL PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS TO BE HEALTHY. THIS APPROACH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DISTINGUISHES THE HEALTHY LIVING WORK AND OUR ROLE IN PUBLIC
HEALTH FROM DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS OR DIRECT EDUCATION PROVIDERS. WE REALLY ARE TRULY FOCUSED ON POPULATION HEALTH AND COMMUNITY LEVEL CHANGE. SO, AS YOU LIKELY KNOW, I LIVE HERE, MINNEAPOLIS IS OFTEN RECOGNIZED
FIRST BIKE ROUTES, ITS BEAUTIFUL PARKS, THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, AND SIGNIFICANT HEALTH DISPARITIES REMAIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT HEALTH OUTCOMES BY RACE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS HERE, BUT THERE ARE TWO CHARTS THAT SHOW THESE DISPARITIES IN
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DEATHS IN MINNEAPOLIS BY RACE FROM 2010 TO 2023, AND ALSO IN 2023. SO THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT OUR TEAM HAS WORKED ON OR LED IN
RECENT YEARS TO MAKE CHANGES TO POLICIES AND SYSTEMS AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OTHER EXAMPLES, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THOSE. NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE TWO
GRANTS. WE AS A TEAM ARE GRANT FUNDED, BOTH OUR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND PROJECTS WE FUND. THE MONEY COMES FROM THESE TWO MAJOR SOURCES, SHIP AND REACH. SHIP IS STATEWIDE. IT EXISTED SINCE 2008. THE FUNDING
IS FROM THE LEGISLATURE. IT GOES TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FLOWS TO TRIBAL HEALTH PARTNERS LIKE THE MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE FUNDING IS NOT COMPETITIVE AND THE ANNUAL AMOUNT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT OVERTIME WITH THE AWARD AMOUNT BASED ON OUR
POPULATION. REACH BY COMPARISON IS A C.D.C. FUNDED PROGRAM TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES. WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE BLACK AND NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. IT'S A COMPETITIVE GRANT AWARD AND THE FEDERAL
FUNDING HAS BEEN LESS STABLE. WE HAD TWO BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND THERE IS JUST A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND IT. I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THE GRANT PROGRAMS, THE STATE AND THE C.D.C. SELECT EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES FOR US
TO WORK ON. SO WE HAVE TO WORK INSIDE THAT SCOPE TO TAILOR ACTIVITIES TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES BUT WE CAN'T DO PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE CHOSEN STRATEGIES. OUR PROJECTS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE FUNDING AGENCIES
BEFORE WE CAN START. THE NUMBER OF STAFF HAS STAYED RELATIVELY CONSISTENT. THAT DOES CHANGE YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO, I TALKED A
LOT ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS. YOU WILL SEE EXAMPLES. QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS. WE DO REGULARLY SURVEYED PARTNERS AND THE IMPACT OF THE WORK. HERE ARE TWO QUOTE FROM ORGANIZATIONS WE SURVEY IN 2025 THAT DEMONSTRATE OUR
IMPACT. AGAIN, WE'RE PROUD THAT IN CALENDAR YEARS 2025-26 WE FUNDED MORE THAN 50 PARTNERS. THIS IS A LARGE LIST BECAUSE THOSE CALENDAR YEARS SPANNED TWO GRANT PERIODS OR BUDGET PERIODS.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY WE WORK WITH SOME AMAZING COMMUNITY LEADERS. NOW I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO TALK ABOUT NUTRITION AND BREASTFEEDING SPECIFICALLY. >> THANK YOU, AS JENNY MENTIONED, ONE OF OUR PRIMARY STRATEGY AREAS IS NUTRITION. THE
OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS WORK IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE FOOD AND BEVERAGES FOR ALL MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 5 PROJECTS WITH OUR NUTRITION PORTFOLIOS, FOOD SERVICE GUIDELINES, FOOD AND
VEGGIE VOUCHERS, THE TAP WATER AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND THE GARDEN LEASE PROGRAM. I WILL GO INTO DETAIL ON A FEW OF THESE IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO FIRST OUR TAP
WATER AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. THIS IS HOW WE PARTNER TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH MINNEAPOLIS WATERWORKS, WHO HAS PROVIDED $175,000 OVER THE NEXT
TWO YEARS TO SUPPORT FIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SERVING AS CHAMPIONS OF MINNEAPOLIS TAP WATER. ORGANIZATIONS ARE FUNDED DIRECTLY BY THE WATER ENTERPRISE FUND, THE WATER PORTION OF THE UTILITY BILL AND NOT THE GENERAL
FUND AREAS OF THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT. FIVE NEW ORGANIZATIONS WERE SELECTED TO RECEIVE FUNDING IN THE 2026-27 GRANT PERIOD. THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOWRY HILL EAST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION,
THE OROMO DIASPORA MEDIA, SAINT MARY'S HEALTH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUB, AND WELL SHARE INTERNATIONAL. THEY RECEIVE EXTENSIVE TRAINING ON THE SCIENCE AND BENEFITS OF DRINKING
TAP WATER INSTEAD OF BOTTLED WATER AND SUGARY DRINKS. AMBASSADORS CAN CREATE APPROACHES THAT RESONATE WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES. TAP WATER TASTE TESTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND VIDEOS, TOURS OF THE WATER
TREATMENT FACILITY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTHY BEVERAGE POLICIES. OUR PREVIOUS COHORT TRAINED 43 AMBASSADORS AND REHED OVER 5,536 PEOPLE. THE
NEXT PROGRAM I AM GOINGO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION OR PRODUCE RX PROGRAM. THROUGH PRODUCE RX, WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL CLINICS, PRODUCE SUPPLIERS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO BRING FRESH FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES TO THE DOORS OF FOOD INSECURE RESIDENTS. IT'S SHOWN TO MITIGATE CHRONIC CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IN THESE PROGRAMS, A ST CLINIC SCREENS CLIENTS FOR FOOD INSECURITY AND THEN REFERS THEM TO A THIRD-PARTY PRODUCE
SUPPLIER, IN THIS CASE BRIGHT SIDE PRODUCE, WHO DELIVERS BUNDLES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FREE TO A CLIENT'S HOME FOR TWO TO THREE MONTHS. WE HAVE TWO SCHOOL BASED CLINICS IN
MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAVE WORKED WITH NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CLINICS FOR OVER FOUR YEARS ON THIS PROGRAM AND HAVE SERVED NEARLY 200 PEOPLE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. WITH GENEROUS FUNDING, WE JUST LAUNCHED IN MARCH OUR SCHOOL BASED CLINIC PILOT PROGRAM AND INTD TO
SERVE 80 FAMILIES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. CLINIC STA STRIVE TO CONNECT PATIENTS WITH THE FOOD SUPPORT SUCH AS WIC, SNAP, AND FOOD SHELVES AS NEEDED. AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF WORK FOR THE HEALTHY AREA TEAM IS BRSTFEEDING OR LACTATION. THE
GOAL IS TO INCREASE LACTATION RATES AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS AND BLACK COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE THREE LACTATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING LACTATION SUPPORT TRAINING, OUR LACTATION FRIENDLY RECOGNITION PROGRAM, AND LACTATION SUPPORT
AT LIBRARIES. ONE PROJECT IN THIS AREA IS OUR LACTATION FRIENDLY CLINIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO INCENTIVIZE OUTPATIENTLINICS TO BECOME INCREASINGLY WHAT WE CALL LACTATION FRIENDLY. THEY'RE TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO SUPPORT LACTATING FAMILIES. WE
PARTNER WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ON THIS INITIATIVE AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO ALLOW US TO FUND ADDITIONAL CLINICS. IN AN ASSESSMENT OUR TEAM CONDUCTED AUT THE STATUS OF LACTATION SUPPORT AND HEALTHCARE, WE FOUND THAT MINNEAPOLIS HOSPITALS AND BIRTH
CENTERS WERE DOING AN AMAZING JOB TO HELP FAMILIES BREASTFEED AFTER THE BIRTH OF THEIR CHILD. THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ONCE THEY TRANSITIONED BACK TO THEIR PRIMARY CARE CLINICS. THE LACTATION RECOGNITION PROGRAM STARTED AS AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE
CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR THESE FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM RECOGNIZES CLINICS AT THREE LEVELS, BRONZE, SILVER, AND GOLD. IN 2025, THREE CLINICS PILOTED THIS PROGRAM. SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, HENNEPINEALTH CARE
EAST LAKE, AND HENNEPIN HEALTH CARE WHITTIER CLINIC. IT INCLUDED DEVELOPING LACTATION POLICIES, LACTATIO SPACES, LACTATION EDUCATION CLASSES, STOCKING BREASTFEENG SUPPLIES, ALIGNING CLINIC PRACTICES WITH
WORLD HEALTHLINIC RECOMMENDATIONS, IMPLEMENTING SCHEDULING AND BILLING TEMPLATES FOR LACTATION VISITS AND MANY MORE THINGS. CHANGES IN THESE CLINICS ARE PROJECTED TO IMPACT NEARLY 500 PEOPLE ANNUALLY. 6 ADDITIONAL CLINICS WERE CHOSEN
TO PILOT THIS PROGRAM IN 2026. I'LL NOW TURN THE PRESENTATION BACK OVER TO JENNY TO SHARE ABOUT OUR ACTIVE LIVING WORK. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THE GOAL OF ACTIVE LIVINGND THAT STRATEGY IS REALLY TO INCREASE PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY BY MAKING I SAFE AND EASY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK, BIKE, ROLL, OR RE TRANSIT AROUND THE COMMUNITY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 7 PROJECTS IN THREE MAIN CATEGORIES, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, SAFE ROUTES TO PARKS, AND SUPPORTING CHANGES TO NEIGHBORHOOD STREET DESIGNS. FOR
MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, W ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMING. WE HAVE LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS IN THIS BUCKET OF WORK, LIKE OUR PARTNERSHIP ON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, WHICH HAS
BEEN LONGSTANDING AND NEWER INITIATIVES THAT LAST A FEW YEARS. SO, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE TRAIL
HEAD IN REGIONAL PARK, THE LITTLE EARTH ASSOCIATION, THE NORTH SIDE GREEN WAY, WHICH WILL BE CONSTRUCTED SOON. SO, I'M PLEASED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO YEARS OF WORK THAT WE'VE JUST COMPLED WITH LITTLE EARTH
DOING AN ASPHALT ART PROJECT. WE DID SOME TEMPORARY STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON 18th AVENUE SOUTH WORKING WITH LITTLE EARTH RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION, THE NATIVE YOUTH ARTS COLLECTIVE, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC ART, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. LOTS OF FOLKS INVOLVED. THIS WAS PART OF A TRANSPORTATION STUDY COMPLETED IN 2023. THAT OUTLINED PREFERRED STREET DESIGNS AND CONCEPTS. THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL 2028 ORB AFTER AND IS PART OF THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS FILLING A GAP BETWEEN THE STUDY IN 2023 AND THE FUTURE RECONSTRUCTIONS. THE PROJECT GOALS WERE TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION AND TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WE SECURED A PUBLIC ART PERMIT FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS ARTS
COMMISSION AND ARE PART OF THIS MnDOT RESEARCH STUDY TO EVALUATE PEDESTRIAN AND DRIVER SAFETY AND TEST SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AS HERE SHOW THE THR3 LOCATIONS AL 18TH AVENUE SOUTH, WHERE ART AND
THE TRAFFIC OR THE WHI POSTS YOU SEE WERE INSTALLED. ALL RIGHT, THE FOURTH STRATEGY IS FAMILIAR TO MANY OF YOU. THAT IS TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF COMMERCIAL TOBACCO. WE DO THIS
THROUGH TWO MAIN PROJECTSPOINT OF SALE, AND SMOKE FREE HOUSING. POINT OF SALE IS ABOUT CHANGING THEOLICIES THAT DETERMINE WHERE TOBACCO CAN BE SOLD AND THE RULES AROUND T PRODUCTS THEMSELVES. WE MAKE THESE CHANGES ALONG WITH THE BUSINESS
LICENSING DEPARTMENT. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS REALLY TO REDUCE YOUTH AND TARGETED GROUPS EXPOSURE TO THE INDUSTRY PRACTICES THAT BIG TOBACCO HAS HAD FOR YEARS. SMOKE FREE HOUSING POLICIES ARE IMPORTANT TO REDUCE SECONDHAND EXPOSURE
INSIDE, ESPECIALLY IN MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS, HOMES TO LOW-INCOME CITY. SO THE POLICIES ARE DIRECTED -- THEY DIRECT PEOPLE TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE. SO THE GOAL IS TO NOT SMOKE INSIDE AND THEREFORE PROTECT THE HEALTH OF
THEIR NEIGHBORS. SO AGAIN, MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN A LEADER IN COMMERCIAL TOBACCO CONTROL AND I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL AND MANY OF YOU SEATED HERE TODAY. YOU VOTED IN 2024 AND 2025 TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMERCIAL TOBACCO ORDINANCE. IN
2024, MINNEAPOLIS SET A MINIMUM PRICE FOR CIGARETTES AND COMMERCIAL TOBCO PRODUCTS AT $15 PER PACK AND ENDED THE ALLOWANCE OF PRICE DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS. THEN IN 2025, YOU SET A MINIMUM PRICE FOR VAPES OR E-CIGARETTES AT $25 EACH. BOTH
MES THE HEALTHY LIVING TEAM AND STAFF WORKED CLOSELY WITH BUSINESS LICENSING AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND AT THE TIME, THESE ORDINANCES WERE PASSED, THEY WERE THE HIGHEST MINIMUM PRICES FOR COMMERCIAL TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY. SO IT REALLY SHOWS
E POWER OF LOCAL POLICY CHANGE AND HOW IT CAN PROTECT YOUTH AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO THATCTHATCHIN THATCTHATCHIN THATCHINGS -- THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. SO IT IMPROVES NUTRITION, IMPROVES
BREASTFEEDIN PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND REDUCES EXPOSURE TO COMMERCIAL TOBACCO AND NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE EIGHT PEOPLE SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. TOGETHER THEY BRING DIVERSE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE TO THE WORK. NOW, I'M HAPPY TO
TAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF YOU? COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK YOU TO THE HEALTHY LIVING TEAM. I THINK YOU ALWAYS HAVE
SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. YOU DO FANTASTIC WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, ALWAYS. IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE PRODUCE RX PROGR STILL GOING. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, I DIDN'T SEE NORTH SIDE GROUP ON THERE. SO, IS
THERE SOMETHING I CAN HELP WITH OR HOW DO WE GET SOMEONE ON THE NORTH SIDE TBE PART OF THAT WONDERFUL PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM? >> YES, THANK Y COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. , IN THE PAST WE HAVE PARTNER WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SOURCE ON THE NORTH SIDE AT THEIR FREMONT CLINIC. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM DUE TO SHORTAGES OF FUNDING FOR PRODUCE. THE OTHER CLINICS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEIR OWN FUNDING OR WE RECVED FUNDING THAT IS SPECIFIC TO WORKING WITH
YOUTH. SO, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR PRODUCE RX AND ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO HELP ANY CLINIC START THAT PROGRAM IF THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. SO IT'S A FINANCIAL BARRIER, IT REALLY IS NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO SPREAD IT AROUND. >> YES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS AROUND THE COMMERCIAL TOBACCO, THE POINT OF SALE WORK AND THE HOUSING. I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME AND I HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED TALKING TO ELM
BY ANDERSON AND EVELYN ON HOW WE CAN START BACK TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK. I'M WONDERING WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON IF YOU A ALL THINKING OF POLICY IDEAS AROUND GETTING PEOPLE TOAKE THE SMOKING OUTSIDE. MY OFFICE HAS EXPERIENCED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS
SPECIFICALLY WITH MARIJUANA SMOKE, MORE SO NOW THAN IT HAS BEEN WITH COMMERCIAL TOBACCO. I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS A COALITION THAT IS BEING PULLED TOGETHER TO TALK MORE ABOUT SMOKE-FREE HOUSI.
>> YES COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, THANKS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. I WOUL SAY CURRENTLY THIS YEAR, FOCUSING ON EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THOSE ORDINANCES, BUT EVELYN DOES HAVE A FEW NEW POLICY IDEAS IN MIND. SO, I DON'T KNOW CHAIR CHAVEZ, MAY I CALL EVELYN SENIOR PUBLIC HEALTH
SPECIALIST TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. >> SHE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE SHE WANTS YOU CALLING HER. >> SHE WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER. >> SHE WILL BE GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. I CAN SPEAK VERY QUICKLY THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON
AND ARE EXCITED TO SUPPORT ANY INITIATIVES AROUND SME-FREE HOUSING THAT THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO ELEVATE. P THE CANNABIS QUESTION, IT IS ILLEGAL AT THIS STATE LEVEL TO USE, TO SMOKE OR VAPE CANNABIS IN ANY MULTI-UNIT HOING, BUT THE
ENFORCEMENT IS FAIRLY LIMITED. I THINK AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE'RERYING TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SHARE THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS IN PLACE AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ISSUES AROUND SECONDHAND SMOKE FROM CANNABIS TO FILE THEIR COMPLAINT WITH THE OFFICE OF
CANNABIS MANAGEMENT WITH THE STATE AND WE'RE EXPLORING POLICY OPTIONS AROUND SECONDHAND SMOKE IN MULTI-UNIT HOUSING, FOR EXAMPLE, DISCLOSURE WHERE RENTERS WILL HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE POLICY THAT THE PROPERTY HAS
ABOUT SMOKE-FREE, SO IT DOESN'T SAY THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE SMOKE-FREE, BUT THE RENTER HAS TO BE AWAREEFORE THEY SIGN THE LEASE OR PURCHASE THE UNIT ABOUT THE POLICY WITHIN THAT MULTIYURNT -- MULTI-UNIT HOUSIN
DECISION. >> THAT'S GREAT. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND A CAMPAIGN ON CANNABIS USE. IT'S THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT NOW ABOUT SMOKING INDOORS. SO, THANK YOU. >> YEAH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW BUT EVELYN IS IN A NEW
POSITION AROUND CANNABISND SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW U WITH YOUR OFFICE ABOUT THAT EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING FANTASTIC. >> NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL
MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. JUST A QUICK QUESTION, I KNOW YOU NOTED THAT THERE IS A LITTLE INSTABILITY RELATED TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING WITH THIS, ANY KIND OF INSIGHT YOU CAN GIVE ON THAT? >> SURE. YEP, IT'S BEENERY UNCERTAIN SO IN FEBRUARY, WE
WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE AWARD WAS TERMINATED. THANK YOU WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE CITY, WE ARE CUENTLY OPERATING AND SPENDING MONEY UNDER A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONSO VERY LEGAL TERMS,
BUT THERE WAS NO DISRUPTION TO FUNDING STAFF OR PARTNERS AND WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS THAT THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF FUNDING FOR THIS GRANT REMAI IN PLACE. >> OKAY, HELPFUL.
>> SO THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR GRANT AND THIS IS YEAR THREE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> IS THERE A CONTINGENCY PLAN IN PLACE IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT SOUNDS LIKE LETS US SPEND ALLHE MONEY WE CAN RIGHT NOW IN THE MEANTIME, ARE THERE CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE IF SOME OF THIS FUNDING DISAPPEARS A LITTLE BIT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. FIRST, I WILL SAY WE RELY ON THIS GRANT FUNDING AND THE AMOUNTS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE IMPORTANT. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOESAVE A WORKFORCE CONTINGENCY PLAN THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE AND HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON, GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY ACROSS DIFFERENT GRANTS. SO I DON'T HAVE A GREAT SOLUTION ABOUT HOW WE WOULD FUND THE WOR AND THE PROGRAMS, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AND WE'RE WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP ON THAT
CONTINGENCY PLAN. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I WANTED TO GO TO SLIDE 13 AND GET MORE INFORMATIONBOUT THE SAFE ROUTES TO PARKS, I WAS
ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO SEE AT LUXOM PARK WAS INCLUDEDND I WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THIS ENTAILS. >> SURE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK ON THAT. SAFE ROUTES TO PARKS SIMILAR TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. WE'RE
WORKING ON ACCESSIBLE CONNECTIONS TO THE PARK. IT'S REALLY AROUND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY THERE IN PROSPECT PARK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES WE CAN MAKE TO THE ROUTE AND
PARK TO INCREASE THAT UTILIZATION. WE'RE DOING SOME YOUTH ENGAGEMENT. SO WE WANT YOUTH PERSPECTIVES IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. THE REC CENTER GOT A BIKE FLEET, SO WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH BIKE MN TO DO SOME ON BIKE INSTRUCTIONS AND TAKING YOUTH ON BIKE RIDES. SO WE'RE IN THE EARLIER STAGES OF THIS WORK AND THIS IS FUNDED BY THE SHIP GRANT. THE OTHER SAFE ROUTES TO PARKS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THREACH GRANT, WHICH
IS IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. >> I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT TO SEE IF THOSE LESSONS CAN BE EXTENDED TO ADULTS AS I AM STL TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO RIDE A BIKE MYSELF. I WILL BE IN TOUCH ON THAT ONE. >> ABSOLUTELY. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
>> I CAN TEACH YOU. >> OH NO. >> GET A TRICYCLE. >> NO. >> I LOVE IT. I PUT MYSELF NEXT IN QUEUE. WANT TO THANK STAFF ON THE WORK ON THE LITTLE EARTH ASPHALT ART. IT WAS APPRECIATED BY THE COMMUNITY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING AND IT'S
GOOD TO SEE HOW IT WAS MADE. I WANTED TO EXTEND MY APPRIATION. I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE IS IN QUEUE SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THAT WAS GREAT. COLLEAGUES, SEEING NO DISCUSSION AND NO ONE ELSE ON QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO
FILE THAT REPORT. OUR NEXT AND FINAL ITEM IS QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ITS DEPARTMENTS. I WILL INVITE STAFF TO GET US STARTED AND CLEAGUES THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM S, AND THEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND THEN I
WILL OPEN IT UP FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEN NST, 9-1-1, OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS, AND THEN SAFETY DESIGN, OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE WILL FINISH WITH MPD, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A FLOW AND STAFF
CAN LEAVE IF THEY NEED . SO WELCOME COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PAYNE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. TODAY, WE WILL GIVE YOU A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW FOR LAST QUARTER ONE AND WHERE WE'RE
GOING IN QUARTER TWO IN 2026 AND SOME OF THE PRIORITIES AND PROGRESS THAT WE MADE. AS YOU KNOW, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY HAS FIVE DEPARTMENTS. UNDER IT OF COURSE 9-1-1 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, FIRE,
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR GOAL IS TO BETTER CRDINATE AND IMPROVE RESPONSES AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. OUR MISSION, AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE, IS TO PROVIDE COORDINATED
COMPREHENSIVE AND EQUITABLE SAFETY SERVICES TO ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THEN THE VISION FOR THE OFFICE OFOMMUNITY SAFETY IS A CITY WHERE ALL PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, SOCIAL,
DISPARITIES ARE ELIMINATED AND ALL RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES IN -- AND RESOURCES. SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUARTER 1, OF COURSE OUR DEPARTMENTS WORK CLOSELY AND
ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE RELATED TO OPERATION METRO SURGE. THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. ALSO, I THINK AS YOUKNOW, WE'VE LAUNCHED A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A FEW FIRE CHIEF. HE FINISHED WITH US AT
THE END OF DECEMBER AND SO WE ARE SEARCHING FOR A NEW FIRE CHIEF. WE ENDED YEAR TWO AS WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND
HAVE A RELIEF HERE. WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS WORPRIOR TO THAT, BUT YEAR TWO HAS ENDED. WE JUST FINISHED UP THE REPORTING
PERIOD AT THE END OF MARCH AND THEY WILL HAVE THE NEXT REPORT OUT IN JUNE, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT.E APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY
SAFETY CENTER AS WELL. AS WE LOOK AHEAD IN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, YOU HEARD ME SAY IT AND I GOTTEN THIS PHRASE FROM AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
THAT WE PREPARE, WE RESPOND, WE RECOVER, AND WE LEARN. I SAY THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW SINCE MOST OF THE FEDERAL AGENTS HERE
ARE GONE, WE ARE IN THAT RECOVERY PHASE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF AS MUCHS WE CAN WITH THE IMPACTS ON STAFF
AND WHAT OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO FOR RECOVERY FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, ARE STARTING TO PREPARE AND COORDINATE FOR OUR SUMMER SAFETY PLANNING. I BELIEVE THE PRENTATION IS IN FRONT OF THIS
COMMITTEE. I COULD BEWRONG. APRIL 29TH FOR SUMMER SAFETY PLNING, SO YOU WILL GET A PRESENTATION ON THAT. I THINK YO WILL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM ON THE GROUN IN NOVEMBER. I WILL GIVE IT TO THE DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THIS PART. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAVEZ,
VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, MY NAME IS RACHEL BOUGHTON -- RACHEL SAYER, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. JUST A QUICK REMINDER. WE PREPARE THE COMMUNITY FOR
DISASTERS AND COORDINATE THE CITY'S RESPONSE, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS THAT WE COORDINATE RECOVERY AFTER LARGE RESPONSES, WHICH THE COMMISSION MENTIONED, WE ARE VERY MUCH IN THAT PHASE NOW.
DURING QUARTER 1, ALL MY DEPARTMENT DID WAS RESPOND TO OPERATION METRO SURGE IMPTS ON THE CITY. THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE WERE ALREADY IN AN ENHANCED COORDINATION STRUCTURE THAT TOOK MY DEPARTMENT'S FULL
ATTENTION. ON JANUARY 7TH, WE TRANSITIONED INTO AN EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, WHICH WE OPERATED THROUGH FEBRUARY 27TH. WE HAD 132 CITY STAFF FROM ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT WORK IN
THE EOC DURING THAT PERIOD. WE WERE THERE EVERY WEEKEN EXTREMELY LONG HOURS, HOLIDAYS, YOU NAME IT, THERE WAS AN OVERNIGHT IN THERE. ALL WE WERE DOING WAS FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY IN DEALING
WITH THE IMPACTS OF OPERATION METRO SURGE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS WE DID THAT TO COORDINATE THAT RESPONSE. IT INCLUDED DEVELOPING SOMETHING CALLED THE VIRTUAL RESOURCE CENTER, THAT
WAS A VIRTUAL WEBSITE THAT HAD IN ONE PLACE RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE TO SEEK OUT. WE ALSO STOOD UP TWO PHYSICAL IN-PERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE CENTERS. WE DID NOT WIDELY PUBLICIZE
THOSE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PUT THE SAFETY OF PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FIRST. WE DID SERVE ALMOST 50 PEOPLE IN THOSE CENTERS OVER THE TWO WEEKS THEY RAN. WE ALSO THROUGHOUT THE RESPONSE HAD A LOT OF COORDINATION ONGOING WITH
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. WE HAD, I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS IN OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER THAT INCLUDED BOTH COUNTY AND STATE PARTNERS. WE COORDINATED WITH FOUNDATIONS. WE REALLY URGED THEM TO CONSIDER
TIMELINES FOR RAPID DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS. WE COORDINATED WITH THE MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON NON-PROFITS. WE COORDINATED ACROSS EXPERTS IN COMMUNITY GROUPS, GOVERNMENT, AND OTHERS ON THE MOST PRESSING SECTOR
NEEDS THAT INCLUDED MENTAL HEALTH, FOOD, AND LIVELIHOODS. WE RELEASED AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT NAMED THE CITY HAD EXPERIENCED AN ESTIMATED $200 MILLION OF IMPACT WITH OVER
76,000 PEOPLE IN NEED FROM NUARY ALONE. THAT IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT HAS BEE EXTREMELY WIDELY USED. I HAVE BEEN TO THE CAPITAL SEVERAL TIMES TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING FOR OUR CITY, ALONG WITH MY
COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE REALLY SEEN EXCEPTIONAL USE OF THAT REPORT. I'LL SAY I HAVE HAD A LOT OF OUTREACH FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS ASKING HOW DID WE DO THIS? WHAT DID WE DO? AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE POINTED TO THAT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS HAVING
IDE THEIR PREPARATION. SO AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO QUARTER 2, I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT RISK WE'RE FACING AS A CITY. WE'RE GOING INTO STORM SYSTEM.
AS A REMINDER, WE HAD ONE EMERGENCY OPERATION AS OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD AN INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOS. THANKFULLY IT DID NOT OCCUR. THAT'S ALWAYS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST RISKS OF STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, LARGE HAIL AROUND THIS TIME OF
YEAR. I WOULD BE 0% SURPRISED IF WE HAD POOR AIR QUALITY DAYS THIS SUMMER AGAIN. WE ARE BACK INTO DROUGHT OVERALL IN MINNESOTA, WHICH MEANS WILDFIRES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE ARE
LIKELY TO IMPACT OUR AIR QUALITY HERE. WE'RE ALSO NOW THAT WE'RE NO LONGER AN EOC FORMATION, BACK TOUR REGULAR WORK OF PREPAREDNESS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT INCLUDES CONTY NEWTY OF OPERATIONS, EXERCISES
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE CITY'S ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND INCLUDES UPDATING ALL THE SIRENS IN THE CITY THAT MY TEAM MANAGES, AND WE ARE AT THE NEXT STAGE OF PROMOTING AND
SHAPING READY CAMP. WE'RE LOOKING AT A TRAIN THE TRAINER MODEL TO BE READY LATER IN YEAR. WE'RE BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION THIS YEAR AND WORKING
ACROSS THE CITY ON WHERE WE CAN FURTHER READY CAMPS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. FINALLY ON RECOVERY, AS THE COMMISSIONER MER MENTIONED, WE'RE IN THE STAGES OF PLANNING. REALLY IMPORTANT
PIECE TO REMEMBER HERES WE HAD THE IMPACT -- WE HAD THE IMPACT OF A -- SOMETHING LIKE THE SIZE OF COVID OR I WOULD HONESTLY SAY QUITE A BIT LARGER AND THINK TIME WE HAVE 0 FUNDING TO
ACCOMPLISH RECOVERY. MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE CITY AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU, WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING FROM BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. OUR CONSIDERATION OF WHAT WE CAN DO FOR RECOVERY IS ALL HAPPENING IN THE SPACE OF NO
NEW FUNDING. SO THAT IS JUST THE REALITY WE' HAVING TO WORK WITH. AGAIN, I WILL JUST SAY IT'S REALLY UNIQUE. IF YOU HAVE A DISASTER OF THIS SCALE, YOU HAVE FUNDING AND WE DON'T. JUST A RECOGNITION AS A CITY, THIS IS
SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE VERY MUCH IN RECOVERY MODE, WORKING A LOT WE NONESUATION COMMUNITY, ALSO A LONG-TERM RECOVERY FROM THE TRAGEDY THAT OCCURREDT THE END OF LAST SUMMER. THAT IS IT FOR
ME. I AM HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR. FIRST, I WILL PASS IT TO PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR. I WAS CURIOUS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AS FAR AS ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE
PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY SPACE. IN THE PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS, THERE WAS THE SPIRIT OF AN ALL HANDS ON DECK, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THAT ENGAGEMENT IS WANING AS WE'RE IN RECOVERY OR IF IT'S INCREASING OR YOU KNOW, EVEN CAN
WE HELP IN STRENGTHENI THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THAT ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT RECOVERY IS GOING TO BE SOMETIME. WE ALSO SEE WITHIN THE MUTUAL AID COMMUNITIES, A LOT OF EXHAUSTION WHEN IT CAME TO GIVING AND THE NEED IS STILL THERE. SO I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU HAD ANY
PERSPECTIVE. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. WE'RE WORKING ON THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT IN WHICH WE'RE PULLING TOGETHER AS BEST WE CAN
FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT SECTORS. THERE ARE REPORTS THEY HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED ON HOW MUCH FUNDING HAS BEEN COMING THROH. THE MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS HAVE WRAPPED UP THEIR NUMBERS. THE MINNESOTA
COUNCIL OF NON-PROFITS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH CPED TO PULL TOGETHER WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS DONE AS A WHOLE. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PIECES HERE. THERE IS DOE MOSTICALLY THERE IS
NO ONE SYSTEM. THE NUMBERS I CAN'T PULL FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THIS NEED IS EXTREME AND LONG-TERM. SO, IF YOU ARE IN ANY CONVERSATIONS, SOMEBODY WHO IS THINKING ABOUT FUNDING LARGE BUSINESS THAT HAS POTENTIAL, YOU
KNOW, GRANTS. PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THE ASK. I THINK WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTITY TO CONTINUE RAISING THE NEED IN THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE AND THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO. >> THANK YOU. >> CNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. THIS AM JUST GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE AROUND Q2 HIGHLIGHTS OR ANTICIPATIONS. WE JUST RECEIVED AND FILE REGARDING AN
OUTSTANDING LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TIED TO THE UNLAWFUL ACTIONS COMMITTED BY FEDERAL AGENTS. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY'S PLAN IS. THERE ARE A FEW LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES TIED TO OCS, SO I WANTED TO SEE YOUR PLANS FOR PRESENTING SOME CONCRETE DAYS TO COME TO THE
COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY THAT ONE AND I KNOW WE HAVE ONE DOCKET AFTER THE CITY AUDITOR AND COUNCIL REPORT FOR ALISON'S CASE. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOUR
PLAN WAS TO RESPOND TO THOSE OUTSTANDING DIRECTIVES. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, IF I START WITH THE ONE YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR. WE
ARE -- WE HAD A MEETING TODAY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN IS THE BEST DATE TO PRESENT TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE PRESENT CAN BE THERE. I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL BE MAYBE A WEEK OR
TWO AFTER THE 22nd. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR. I THINK WE WILL KNOW MORE ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY TRYING TO GET THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT ONE. THE OTHER
THAT YOU'RE REFERRI TO IS A RETENTION POLICY LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. TT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE INVOLVES OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T
HAVE A TIMELINE YET FOR THAT ONE. WE HAVE A MEETING FRIDAY, I BELIEVE. I CANROBABLY SHOOT SOME DATES AFTER THAT MEETING
BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE. THE ONE INVOLVING, I AM CONFIDENCE WE WILL PRESENT A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THE PRESENTATION ON THE 22nd.
>> OKAY, JUST FOR STAFF FOLLOW UP, YOU SAID YOU ALREADY DONE THE MEETING FOR DAVIS, MATORI, AND THAT IS TWO WEEK FOR THAT ONE, BUT YOU WILL HAVE MORE CLARITY BY THE END OF THE WEEK
WITH THE UNLAWFUL FEDERAL AGENT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AS WELL. YOU SAID YOU HAVE A MEETING OR ALREADY HAD A MEETING? >> LET ME GO BACK THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WAS IN A MEETING TODAY RELATED
TO THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, I BELIEVE THAT YOU ANDHAT ONE PARTICULAR, I BELIEVE THE AUDITOR'S REPORT OR IS REPORTING
OUT ON THE 22nd. I BELIEVE FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS TODAY, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN INDIVIDUALS CAN BE AVAILABLE TO PRESENT. I BELIEVE THAT IS A WEEK OR TWO AFTER. THE DATES WE WERE LOOKING AT COUNCIL MEMBER
WONSLEY, ARE WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THE 22nd. >> OKAY. >> SO THAT ONE IS IN PARTICULAR. SO I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ROLLING I THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND GETTING A FIRM UPDATE FOR THAT ONE. >> OKAY, FOR MAY AND THEN THE SECOND ONE.
>> HOPEFULLY. SO THAT ONE, I'M PRETTY SURE OF. THE OTHER ONE I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU AND I BELIEVE WE'RE MEETING FRIDAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR BECSE SOME OF THE
INFORMATION IS NOT WITHIN OCS. IT'S IN OVER DEPARTMENTS. THE RETENTION POLICY ITSELF IS NOT ONE THAT WE SET FOR THE CITY OF COURSE. SOME OF THAT INFORMATION REALLY LIES IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. >> THAT'S THE ONE WHERE YOU HAVE THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY. >> I THINK I WILL HAVE AN ANSWER OR HERE IS WHERE WE ARE. >> BY THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY. GREAT, I WILL DO A STAFF MEMO. AWESOME, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE COUNCIL MBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. COMMISSIONER, JUST REAL QUICK, AND THEN I HAVE YOU DIRECTOR. I'M CURIOUS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TH ARE RATHER
LENGTHY. MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN MY OFFICE ONE DAY. >> THAT'S FINE. >> WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU ESTIMATE THAT WE WILL BE UNDER THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH EVOLVES AROUND WHAT DO WE NEED TO GET TO GET
FROM UNDER THAT. I AM ALSO CURIOUS, THE REASON I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET OUT FROM UN MUCH MONEY THE CITY IS SPENDING
ON STA TIME AND EXPENSES LIKE ALIFA. HOW CAN WE FILL IT FASTER? WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIME A COUPLE WEEKS, WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOUR SCHEDULE, I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THOSE THINGS. >> ALL RIGHT, THROUGH THE CHR,
COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, I'LL JUST SAY A FIRM DATE OF WHENE CAN GET OUT IS A DIFFICULT ANSWER IN THIS RESPECT. OUR INDEPENDENT MONITOR WILL DETERMINE WHEN WE HAV METAC
METACOM -- MET COMPLIANCE. THEY DETERMINE WHETHER WE ME MET COMPLIANCE. FOR A LOT OF THESE THINGS, WE HAVE TO -- SO IF THERE IS A POLICY, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT POLICY, TRAIN
ON IT, IMPLEMENT THE POLICY, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT SUPPOSED TO DO, THAT WE'RE PERFORMING CORRECTLY, AND A LOT OF THAT COMES THROUGH AUDITS. WHEN THEY ARE AUDITING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE
COMPLYING. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE CITY ATTORNEY ANDERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THIS, 400-SOMETHING PARAGRAPHS. THERE IS A LOT TO DO IN COMPLIANCE. AS FAR AS TRYING TO ESTIMATE HOW LONG, I DON'T
KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WE CAN MEET, I CAN TRY TO SEE HOW CLE WE CAN GET TO A GUESS ON THAT, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT, THAT WORK IN PARTICULAR TO SAY WHEN WE'RE
GOING TO BE OUT. >> AND YOUR GUESS IS ALL I'M LOOKING FOR. THANK U. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SAYERS? THANYOU COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME. TWO THINGS HERE. CON STAFF ON OVERCOMING THESE FEDERAL CATASTROPHES. YOUR
DEPARTMENT RESPONDED QUICKLY, WELL ORGANIZED, IT WAS GREAT. SO WE'RE MUCH BETTER PREPARED THA I HAVE EVER BEEN SINCE I LIVED IN THIS CITY, WHICH GOES BACK TO THE LAST CENTURY. I AM INTERESTED. DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH IDEA WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT SPENT
IN OVERTIME, FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR SO FAR WITH THE FEDERAL OCCUPATION, THE ROUGH NUMBER? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS. MY DEPARTMENT HAS NO OVERTIME. WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS
TO OVERTIME AS A MECHANISM. EVERYONE IS SALARIED, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CORRECT TECHNICAL TERM. EVERYONE JUST WORKS LONG HOURS WHEN THAT STUFF HAPPENS. >> YOU DON'T HAVE HOURLY EMPLOYEES.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY HOURLY EMPLOYEES IN MY TEAM. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY NOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER INVILLE. I KNOW OUR SPECIFIC
CONSENT DECREE, IT'S NOT A CONSENT DEGREE BUT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT LAS BETWEEN 8 TO 12 YEARS TO GET THROUGH COMPLIANCE LEVELS. I MEAN I THINK THE QUICKEST WE CAN GET SOME OF THEM DONE IS LIKE 4 YEARS. THERE IS
NO WAY THAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S TYPICAL A DECADE-LONG OF COMPLIANCE. >> VETAW -- COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUK UPDATE. YOU AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ISSUE OF
BONUSES FOR 9-1-1 STAFF AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY SARAH TO DO AN AUDIT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. SO JUST KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE GAVE
9-1-1 STAFF BONUSES AND WE FOUND OUT IN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PHASES THAT WE KIND OF HIT SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND STAFF REACHED OUT TO MYSELF AND THE COMMISSIONER AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO TRY TO FIGURE THINGS OUT ALONG WITH
THE DIRECTOR ON HOW TO GET MONEY TO THE FOLKS THEY WORKED HARD FOR. WE'RE DOING AN AUDIT, WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE WHOLE AND WHAT THEY WORKED FOR AND
RIGHTFULLY SO, WHAT THEY DESERVE. SO I'LL KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE BOTH OF YOU, OF COURSE. IF I HEAR ANYTHING ELSE. WE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED SARAH, AND WE WILL KEEP WORNG TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BRING BACK TO THE
COUNCIL OR I IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN, WE DON'T KNOW YET. JUST THAT UPDATE. >> THANK YOU, NO ONE ELSE IS IN QUEUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK
YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. COLLEAGUES, NEXT UP WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETYDEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS AMANDA HARRINGTON, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. THE WORK IS TO USE PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF WORK ALREADY IN
2026. THIS YEAR, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT WE ANNNCED THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW FOCUS ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION SPECIFICALLY, AS WELL AS CONTINUING THE WORK OF PREVENTING AND INTERVENING WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE BUT I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING,
WHEN WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING VERY WELL. SO, THIS PRIORITIZATION OF GUN VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING I THINK WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE CITY. WE ALSO CONTINUED LIVING OUT OUR VALUES OF COLLABORATION. WE HAD DEEP
ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO OPERATION METRO SURGE, INCLUDING STAFF REGULARLY AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER FOR WEEKS AND WORKING TH CONTRACTORS AROUND MEMORIAL SITES AND PROVIDING TRAUMA RESPSE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE CONTINUE TO MEET REGULARLY WITH
HENNEPIN COUNTY SAFE COMMUNITIES, OUR COUNTERPART WITH THE COUNTY TO SHARE INFORMATION AND STRATEGIES AND WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLEMENTING BUT NOT DUPLICATING OUR EFFORTS AND SERVICES. WE FACILITATED OUR FIRST HEALING CIRCLE FOR
CONTRACTORS. AS WE KNOW, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE IMPACTED BY THE INCREASE I.C.E. PRESENCE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUT THE PEOPLE WE CONTRACT WITH, TO DO THIS WORK. WE WORKED WITH THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE A HEALING SESSION WITH SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS. WE LAUNCHED THE DISPATCHER FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR PILOT. IT TOOK A WHILE TO CREATE THE POSITION, GET THEM HIRED, AND TRAINED AND NOW THEY ARE READY TO TAKE
CALLS. ANDREW HAS JUMPED INTO THIS WORK. HE CAME TO US WITH GREAT EXPERIENCE ALREADY. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED MANY CALLS FROM COMMUNITY BUT I EXPECT THAT TO INCREASE AS WE START TO PROMOTE THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE. WE ALS HAD TWO STAFF ONBOARDING IN THE LAST QUARTER. WE HAD A NEW
SENIOR PUBLIC HEALTH SCIALIST AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR. LAST AR, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC PROGRAMS BECAUSE I DID NOT GET TO PRESENT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. I INCLUDED THESE
PRESENTATIONS AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING. BEFORE I WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE PROGRAMS, AND I AM GONGrd ONLY GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE, I WANTED TO NOTE THE WAY WE MEASURE SUCSS DIFFERS FOR EACH PROGRAM BECAUSE THEIR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED
DIFFERENTLY. SO FOR GROUP VIOLENCE INTEENTION, WE FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL LEVEL OUTCOMES FOR PROGRAMS LIKE MINNEAPOLIS. WE ARE FOCUSING ON COMMUNITY LEVEL ACTIVITY. FOR COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE, WE WORK ON CENTERED AND RAPID RESPONSE AND HEALING,
WHICH WILL COME IN DIFFERENT FORMATS. SO, WITH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTIONND YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY PROGRAMS FOR OUR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGY, CONNECTING HIGHEST
RISK INDIDUALS TO TRUSTED COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE YGVI PROVIDERS AND TWO GVI PROVIDERS. ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS HAVE GOTTEN FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING FROM THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES AND
THEY WERE JUST IN TOWN IN MARCH ING FOLLOW UP TRAINING. FOR REFERRALS, THE YGVI PROGRAM IS RECEIVING REFERRALS PRIMARILY FROM MNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S JUVENILE DIVISION, WHILE THE GVI PROAM REFERRALS
ARE COMING FROM MPD'S INTELLIGENCE MEETINGS AND PROBATION. GVI HAS A REVOLVING DOOR,O WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PAST CLIENTS. THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT ON HOW LONG WE CAN WORK WITH THESE HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL STRATEGY FOR
THESE FOLKS. IN NOVEMBER, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER YGVI CALL IN TO ENSUREE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM MPD, FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CALL IN. IN FEBRUARY, WE RESTARTED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE WE HAVE GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS WHO HAVE BUY IN ON UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROGRAM. IN MARCH, WE STARTED THE COMMUNITY MORAL VOICE. THOSE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN ADVISE US
ON THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUALS, HELP US UNDERSTAND TRENDS, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCESSING REURCES AND JUST GENERALLY BEING A GREAT CONNECTION FOR PARTICIPANTS. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SUCCESS FOR THIS PROGRAM AREA IS REALLY MEASURED ON THE TAG LINE, WHICH
IS KEEPING CLIENTS SAFE, ALIVE, D FREE. I CAN REPORT ON STATISTICS HERE, BUT IF OUR CLIENTS ARE SAFE, ALIVE, AND FREE, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO. IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE 98% OF CLIENTS THAT HAVE NO REPORTED VIOLENT ACTIVITY AND
THAT IS SINCE THEY STARTED IN THE PROGRAM. WE MEASURE PROGRESS TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL GOALS. IT
COULD BE MEETING BASIC NEEDS, EDATION AND EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, OBTAINING SHELTER, AND VITAL
DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTICIPANT HAS DIFFERENT GOALS SO WE MEASURE THE PROGRESS BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOALS. WE WERE ASKED TO TALK ABO VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. SO THIS PROGRAM
RECOGNIZES GUN VIOLENCE AS A PREVENTABLE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND TREATS IT AS SUCH BY HAVING A PRESENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO SHARE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, RESOURCES, MESSAGESF PEACE AND HOPE, TO PREVENT VIOLENCE WHEN THEY CAN AND DEESCALATE VIOLENCE
IF THEY HAVE TO, AND TO OFFER CASE MANAGEMENT TO INDIVIDUALS AT HIGH RISK OF BEING INVOLVED IN OR A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE. THIS IS A GUN VIOLENCE APPROACH. I OFTEN HEAR COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE THAT INDICATE THAT THEY EXPECT VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS TO
DO EVERYTHING FROM MOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED TO SOLVING OPEN AIR DRUG USE. WHILE THESE GROUPS DO A LOT OF THIS WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONTACT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY LOVE THEIR COMMUNITY, THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY THE POINT OF THE PROGRAM. THE
PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO IMPACT GUN VIOLENCE. SO, IN QUARTER 1, WE HAD FOUR ORGANIZATIONS DOING VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER WORK IN 7 ZONES. SO WE H 3 ZONES IN
NORTH MINNEAPOLIS,ND THE 3 IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND THE LAST ONE IN RIVERSIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE MATERIALS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN QUARTER 1. THAT IS UP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM WHAT WE SAW IN QUARTER 4. WE THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WERE PUSHING OUT
A LOT MORE MATERIALS RELATED TO THE INCREASED I.C.E. PRESENCE, SO THAT'S WHY THE NUMBER WENT UP. WE HAD 47 CONFLICT MEDIATIONS, DOWN FROM QUARTER 4. WE'RE HYPOTHESIZING THIS IS RELATED TO A LOT MORE PEOPLE BEING INDOORS DURING THE
INCREASED I.C.E. PRESENCE. IT COULD HAVE TO DO WITH THE EXTREME COLD WEATHER WE EXPERIENCED THIS WINTER. THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CLIMATES REMAINED STABLE FROM QUARTER 4 TO QUARTER 1, ALTHOUGH WE HAD 4 GRADUATIONS, MEANING PEOPLE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR GOALS OF BEING IN THE PROGRAM.
EVERY PROGRAM, EVERY CONTRACTOR PROVIDES US WH ANTIDOTES, ALONG WITH THE DATA THAT THEY'RE REPORTING TO US AND THEY ALL HAVE REALLY MOVING STORIES. IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO READ THEM ALL. I WANTED TO SHARE A PERSON WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY SHOT AND HAD
RECENTLY GOTN OFF PROBATION, WAS GETTING GDANCE AND SUPPORT TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT PATH. ANOTHER TALKED ABOUT CONNECTING SOMEONE TO A NEW JOB SO THEY COULD SAVE MONEY TO MOVE TO THEIR OWN HOME OUT OF A GROUP HOME. THERE ARE STORIES LIKE THAT COMING IN CONSTANTLY AND I
THINK THAT IS AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT DATA POINT IN ADDITION TO HOW MANY MEDIATIONS HAVE THEY DONE AND HOW MANY PIECES OF PAPER THEY HAVE HANDED OUT. FOR COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE, AND THIS IS THE LAST PROGRAM I AM GOING TO HIGHLIT. WE HAVE NINE
CURRENT CONTRACTORS. THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT DURING QUARTER 1. WE ASKED THEM TO DO A LOT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASED I.C.E. PRESENCE AND THE SHOOTINGS. THE
CENTER FOR MULL -- MULTICULTURAL MEDIATION. A MOTHER'S LOVE WAS AT THE ALEX PRETTI MEMORIAL, PROVIDING TRAUMA SUPPORT. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ONGOING WORK
THAT ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO ON A DAILY BASIS. THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT AGAIN VARIES. IT'S GENERALLY WHAT GEOGRAPHY WERE THE SERVICES PROVIDED IN, THE NUMBER OF WORK PLAN ACTIVITIES COMPLETED, PARTICIPANTS SERVED, AND NARRATIVES THAT GO ALONG WITH
THAT. IN QUARTER 1, WE SERVED ABOUT 1,874, ALTHOUGH I WILL NOTE THA JUST A MOTHER'S LOVE SAID THEY SERVED WELL OVER 500 PEOPLE DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE. THEY WORKED DIRECTLY WITH
INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING HAPPENED WARMERS, LISTENING DURING TIMES OF CIVIL UNREST. MANY OF THE PARTICIPANT S WERE DEALING WITH TRAUMA AT WORK, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY. THIS IS PROBABLY AN UNDER REPRESENTATION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE CONTRACTS. I
ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CONTRACTS EARLIER THIS YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, WE INITIALLY NOTIFIED THESE CONTRACTORS THAT WE WOULD END THE CONTRACTS EARLY DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE WERE NOT ASKED TO CUT ANY CONTRACTS BY ANYONE IN THE CITY. THIS WAS A DECISION THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY MADE THAT I MADE BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION AND WANTING TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE SUBSEQUENTLY WORK WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE AND ACCOUNTANTS AND DETERMINED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE CONTRACTS AND THE CONTRACTORS WERE NOTIFIED THE
CONTRACTS WILL GO ON THROUGH THEIR NATURAL END DATE, WHICH IS AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO PLAN ON THE NEXT ITERATION OF COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE. LOOKING AHEAD, WE PLAN TO ISSUE OUR FIRST ANNUAL DEPARTMENT REPORT THIS SUMMER AND WE WILL BE RELEASING
A PUBLIC DASHBOARD FOR THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS WITH THE HELP OF CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND UPDATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND ARE STARTING ON A GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM ANALYSIS THAT WILL HELP US MAKE BETTER PROGRAPROGRA
PROGRAMMATIC DECISIONS NEXT YEAR. WE'RE EXCITED TO START COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE ALWAYS SAID WE WOULD EXPAND WHEN WE HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW THE INITIAL PILOT WAS EFFECTIVE. WE HAVE THAT DATA. WE NOW HAVE A DISPATCHER AND WE'RE PREPARED
FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PILOT. IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION JOINING OUR TEAM, MEANING WE WILL BE FULLY STAFFED AGAIN. WE WANT TO FACILITATE HEALING CIRCLES AND LASTLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH MPD TO LAUNCH A
SHOOTING ACTIVATION PILOT TO INCREASE THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET AS A CITY TO THE PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET DOING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. I AM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT SUMMER SAFETY STRATEGY EXCEPT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S HAPPENING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING
ON IT AT THE NEXT PHSE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE DIRECTOR AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH OVERSEE IT IS 9-1-1 DEPARTMENT AND THE RADIO SHOP. NOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE THE PRESENTATION FOR IT
BEFORE BUT SOME ARE NEW TO THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY MISSION STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT. STAFF OF MINNEAPOLIS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, 9-1-1 HELP SAVE LIVES, PROTECT PROPERTY, AND ASSISTS THE PUBLIC IN THEIR
TIME OF NEED. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY PROVIDING THE CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE BY BEING EFFICIENT, COURTEOUS, AND COMPASSIONATE. SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS FOR US FOR QUARTER 1, DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WHILE OPERATION METRO SURGE WAS GOING ON, WE EXPERIENCED JUST OVER 8% INCREASE IN CAL VOLUME.
CALL LEVELS HAVE TAPERED OFF AND HAS RETURNED TO A TYPICAL SPRING VOLUME BUT WE'RE PERFORMING UNDER THE BENCHMARK OF 90% OF CALLS ANSWERED WITHIN 15 SECONDS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS METRIC AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND THERE ARE
SEVERAL FACTORS IMPACTING THIS, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT THROUGH THIS SLIDE AND INTO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE NATURE OF 9-1-1 CALLS HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. HISTORICALLY, MOST CALLS CAME
FROM LANDLINES, WHICH PROVIDED AN AUTOMATIC ADDRESS AND LOCATION INFORMATION TO US. TODAY, 95% OF OUR CALLS ORIGINATE FROM A CELL PHONE. THIS REQUIRES CALL TAKERS TO SPEND MORE TIME CONFIRMING
CALLER LOCATION AND WE MUST USE ADDITIONAL TOOLS WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN 9-1-1 TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION WHICH INCREASES CALL HANDLING TIME. THE WIDESPREAD USE OF MOBILE PHONES IS ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS RECEIVED FOR A SINGLE
INCIDENT. IN ADDITION, OUR OVERALL CALL VOLUME HAS BEEN TRENDING UPWARDS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. IT HAS INCREASED APPROXIMATELY 50,000 CALLS A YEAR SINCE 2021. TODAY WE
PROCESS JUST OVER 633,000 CALLS ANNUALLY, EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. BEGINNING IN 2020, WE BEGAN DISPATCHING FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SENDING THE E.M.S. CALLS. IN 2022, WE BEGAN DISPATCHING FOR BCR CALLS. IT'S BEEN A VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAS IMPROVED THE USE OF AVAILABLE
RESOURCES, HOWEVER THESE CALLS OFTEN REQUIRE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME ON THE PHONE TO GATHER INFORMATION NECESSARY. AS SHOWN ON THE CHART ON YOUR SCREEN, THE CALL TAKERS ARE SPENDING MORE
TIME PER CALLER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS. THIS INCREASED CALL HANDLING TIME REDUCES OVERALL CAPACITY UNLESS STAFF LEVELS RISE ACCORDINGLY. OUR CURRENT STAFFING ASSESSMENT INDICATES THE NEED TO FILL 6.5 FULL TIME
EMPLOYEES. THE HALF IS REFLECTING PART TIME POSITIONS AND ARE COUNTED PROPORTIONATELY. WE RECENTLY CLOSED THE JOB APPLICATION AND HAVE 37 CANDIDATES MOVING FORWARD IN THE
NEXT PROCESS. THE INTERVIEWS SHOULD BEGIN ON THAT EARLY NEXT WEEK. DURING THE PERIODS OF HIGH CALL VOLUME, SUCH AS DURING
OPERATION METRO SURGE, WE RECEIVE MULTIPLE CALLS ON THE SAME EVENT. YEARS AGO, SOMEONE HAD TO RETURN HOME TO CALL 9-1-1 AND REPORT WHAT THEY WITNESSED. TODAY, ALMOST EVERYONE HAS A CELL PHONE AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE CALLING AT THE SAME TIME FOR
THE SAME EVENT. IN THESE SITUATIONS, CALL TAKERS MUST WORK THROUGH EACH CALL AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, SO THEY CAN REACH THE NEXT CALLER WHO MAY HAVE NEW INFORMATION OR BE EXPERIENCING A DIFFERENT EMERGENCY. BALANCING SPEED WITH
HIGH-QUALITY SERVICE IS CHALLENGING, BOTH IN THE EXECUTION OF IT AND THE MENTAL STRAIN. BECAUSE CALL TAKERS DO NOT KNOW WHAT AWAITS ON THE NEXT RING IN LINE, THEY MUST CONSTANTLY EVALUATE WHETHER TO REMAIN ON THE CURRENT CALL OR TO MOVE TO THE NEXT CALLER. NEARLY
HALF OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN WITH MECC FOR TWO YEARS OR LESS AND LEARNING TO TRIAGE IN REAL-TIME REQUIRES PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE. AS OUR STAFF CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THESE SKILLS, WE EXPECT TO SEE IMPROVEMENT IN THE CALL ANSWER
TIMES. OUR STAFF DISTRIBUTION HAS ALSO SHIFTED. WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE INTERNAL PROMOTION TO MAINTAIN BALANCE NUMBERS. WE ARE WHAT IS KNOWN AS A TWO TIERED DISPATCH. WE HAVE CALL TAKERS, WHO ARE THE FIRST CONTACT WITH
THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE DISPATCHERS THAT TALK TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE MORE CALL TAKERS THAN DISPATCHERS, WHICH IS PUTTING THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF OVERTIME ON DISPATCHERS TO COVER THE VACANT HOURS. PROMOTION FROM
A CALL TAKER TO A DISPATCHER REQUIRES SEVERAL MONTHS OF CLASSROOM TRAINING AND HANDS ON TRAINING AGAIN. ONE OF THE MAJOR BARRIERS FOR STAFF IS THAT PROMOTIONS ARE SENIORITY-BASED. ACCEPTING A NEW ROLE MEANS VING UP THE BIDDING RIGHTS
THEY ALREADY HOLD AS THEY END UP AT THE BOTTOM OFHE NEXT CLASSIFICATION. ONE OF THE OTHER IMPACTS THAT WE'RE NOTICING THIS YEAR IS THE NEW PFML RULES. THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY EFFECTING STAFFING. APPROXIMATELY 40% OF
THE STAFF CURRENTLY HAVE SOME FORM OF PFML, EITHER LONG-TERM OR INTERMITTENT. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL KNOWN ABSENCES APPROACHING. BECAUSE EACH POSITION REQUIRES EXTENSE TRAINING, WE CAN'T SIMPLY BRING IN A TEMPORARY SERVICE HELP. ALL
GAPS MUST BE FILLED INTERNALLY. WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING T UNIONS TO WORK ON SOME DETAILED POSSIBILITIES OR OTHER RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE SLOTS. THROUGH ALL OF THIS, QUALITY ASSURANCE REMAINS STRONG. WE
CONTINUE T MAINTAIN A STEADY AVERAGE OF JUST OVER 93% SATISFACTORY QUALITY ASSURANCE CALLS ON RANDOM EVALUATED CALLS. THE YEAR 2025 HAS ALREADY INCLU AFFECTING STAFF AND THEIR
WELLBEING, INCLUNG THE JUNE SHOOTING INVOLVING MELISSA HORT MAN, HER HUSBAND, AND SENOR HOFFMAN, THE SHOOTING IN AUGUST, AND THE START OF OPERATION METRO SURGE IN DECEMBER. WITH THAT, WE HAVE OFFERED MULTIPLE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT STAFF AND
HELP THEM IDENTIFY SELF-CARE RATEGIES THAT WORK BEST FOR THEM. OUR INTERNAL PEER SUPPORT TEAM BRINGS FIRSTHA KNOWLEDGE OF CALL CENTER WORK AND REACHES OUT WHEN THEY OBSERVE A COLLEAGUE THAT MAY NEED SUPPORT.
OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH OUR OCS PARTNERS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR STRENGTH. TOGETHER WITH MPD, WE HAVE ACHIEVED SOLID IMPROVEMENTS ON RESPONSE TIMES, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED FURTHER IN THE MPD PRESENTATION. WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE
REFINING THE SCREENING PROCESS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BCR DASHBODS. WITH THE COMMUNITY'S SAFETY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION,E HAVE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE 9-1-1 CENTER. RADIO SHOP IS ALSO COMPLETED SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK, FINISHING UPGRADES TO TWO OF OUR FOUR BATTERY BACK UP SYSTEMS WITH THE THIRD ONE UNDER WAY. WHAT TSE UPGRADES DO IS ENSURE THAT ONE RADIO CONNECTION BECOMES
COMPROMISED OR DAMAGED, A FUNCTIONING BACK UP SYSTEM IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO MAINTAIN CRITICAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. OUROCIAL WORKER PILOT PROGRAM BEGAN SIX MONTHS AGO. WE'RE
EXCITED TO SEE THE ADDITIONAL CALLS THAT ARE STARTING TO COME IN FOR THIS SERVICE. WE'RE SHOWING A STRONG EARLY SUCCESS AND SHE IS RECEIVING MORE CALLS EACH DAY AS THE PUBLIC BECOMES AWARE OF THE RESOURCE.HE FIRST
QUARTER OF 2026, 132 CALLS WERE DIRECTLY CONCTED TO THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER HAS MANAGED THESE CALLS AND REFERRED 53 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ADDITIONAL SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING NAVIGATION, HENNEPIN
FRONT DOOR SERVICES, SUBSTANCE USE SOURCES, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND ASSISTANCE WITH FAMILY CONFLICT. 16 CALLS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO OTHER EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS LOCATE IN THE POLICE PRECINCTS WHEN CALLERS APPEAR TO BE GOOD CANDITES FOR
FACE-TO-FACE CONNECTION. A NUMBER OF THE CALLERS HAVE SELF REFERRED, MEANING THE SOCIAL WORKER PROVIDED RESOURCES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO CONFIRM WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY CONNECTED WITH THOSERESOURCES. FINALLY
LOOKING AHEAD TO QUARTER 2 OF 2026, WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE INCREASED CALL VOLUME THAT COMES WI WARMER WEATHER, WHICH MEANS RAISING OUR MINIMUM STAFFING AND ALSO MEANS OUR OVERTIME COSTS
MAY INCREASE. OUR MINNESOTA CRT IS TO START NEXT WEEK.T WILL BE DELIVERED TO ALL STAFF AND MOVING FORWARD, NEW HIRES WILL RECEIVEHE SAME 8-HOUR TRAINING COURSE. WE WILL BE CONDUCTING
REFRESHER TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF IN THE WINTER MONTHS. FOR THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER, WE'RE EXPLORING A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE THE SIAL WORKER CONDUCTS FOLLOW UPS WITH CALLERS AND REPEAT CALLERS. TO DETERMINE WHETHER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR
SERVICES ARE NEEDED, CONNECTIONS MAY HELP UNDERLINE -- MAY ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING NEEDS INSTEAD OF WAIT FOR THE CALLERS CALLING HER, SHE WILL CALL BACK SOME WHO MAY HE CALLED IN
SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE WEEK. SUMMER SAFETY PLANNING IS WELL UNDEAY, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTING OUR SAFETY PLAN LATER THIS MONTH. THE RADIO SP IS EVALUATING THE STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY CENTER, REVIEWING THE FIRE
ALERTING SYSTEM, AND CONTINUING OUR WORK WITH OUR RADIO AND COMMUNITIES ON THE PANELS AND THE FUTURE OF THE RADIO SYSTEM UPGRADE. OUR CAD SYSTEM IS SCHEDULED FOR AN UPGRADE IN
2026, INTENDED TO STREAMLINE HOW THE FLOW OF INFORMATION GOES INTO THE SYSTEM AND BETTER ALIGNS WITH HOW CALL TAKERS ASK QUESTIONS. WITH THAT, MY PRESENTATION IS COMPLETE. >> THANK YOU. NOW, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. FIRST WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. MY QUESTIONS IS FOR DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE BEING, YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT A VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER, YOU NAMED
A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY DON'T DO. I THINK IT WOULD BE CLEAR FOR ME AND OTHER PEOPLE IF YOU MAYBE SAID WHAT TY DO. ALL THE THINGS YOU NAMED, THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT THOSE WOULD BE DONE. SO, I GUESS COULD YOU MAKE IT A LITTLE CLEARER OF HOW THEY IMPACT GUN VIOLENCE AND THE
ACTUAL THINGS THEY DO. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, SO YOU KNOW I MENTIONED THAT THEY SHARE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, RESOURCES, AND MESSAGES OF PEACE AND HOPE. THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AS WE THINK ABOUT TREATING GUN VIOLENCE AS A
DISEASE. YOU WANT TO INTERRUPT THE TRANSMISSION OF THAT DISEASE AND PART OF THAT IS CHANGING THE CULTURE OR ACCEPTANCE. WE WANT THEM OUTHERE SHARE ING MESSAGES FROM FOLKS FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES SAYINGUN VIOLENCE IS NOT NORMAL. IT SHOULDN'T BE NORMAL. WE SHOULDN'T ACCEPT THAT. SO, A LOT O WHAT THEY'RE
DOING IS SHARING THOSE MESSAGES. >> SO EXCUSE ME, JUST ONE SECOND. SO WHEN YOU SAY SHARING THAT MESSAGE, YOU MEAN JUST A RANDOM PERSON SITNG ON THE CORNER IS SHARING THE MESSAGE OR THEY TARGET PEOPLE TO GIVE MESSAGES OF PEACE AND HOPE?>> TY
HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY ARE TALKING TO WHOEVERHEY INTERACT AS THEY WALK THE AREAS WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED, AND THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GETTING FROM THEIR RELATIONSHIPS ABOUT HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO. SO, IT'S AGAIN, COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION
MEANS THEY ARE TALKING TO A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS. >> SO, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT -- I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTD WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE BEING PAID TO WALK
AROUND AND SHARE MESSAGES OF PEE AND HOPE AND THAT IS -- I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND LIKE HOW CULTURE CHANGE SHIFTS, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS. WHEN I THINK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PARTICULAR IN MY WARD, I AM
THINKING ABOUT LIKE, TARGETED AREAS. THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA, THAT IS A REALLY TERRIBLE STRATEGY, IF SHARI MESSAGES OF PEACE AND HOPE IS THE STRATEGY, IT'S NOT WORKING. IT'S GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. I'M TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GOAL IS FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR -- I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S MY SECOND QUESTION. IT'S BEEN REZONED. IT'SOT IN THE PEACE AND HOPE ZONE ANYMORE, IT'S BEEN TAKEN OUT. SO I AM WONDERING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET IT BACK. I'M
REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE ME OF THE STRATEGIES FOR WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DO IN THESE COMMUNITIES. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION. I WASN'T DONE. I TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST PART OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS
PROVIDING RESOURCES, SHARING MESSAGES, THE SECOND PART IS PREVENTING VIOLENCE WHEN POSSIBLE, AND INTERVENING THERE VIOLENCE WHEN NECESSARY. THAT MEANS THEY'RE USING THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF WT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY TO TALK TO HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS. SO AT THE BEGINNING
OF EVERY SHIFT FOR EXAMPLE, THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. HAS ANYBODY COME OUT OF JAIL RECENTLY OR ARE WE HEARING BEEF BETWEEN PEOPLE OR GROUPS? THEN THEY CHANGE THEIR ROUTES, ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY'RE HEARING, SO THEY CAN CHECK IN WITH HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS, GOING TO HOTSPOTS, AND THEN WHEN
THEY ENCOUNTER PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GETTING INTO IT, THEN THEY GO IN BETWEEN THEM, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THAT THESE ARE UNARMED INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE REALLY RELYING ON THEIR TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY, GOING INTO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
>> I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS. I MEAN THIS IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS. YES, THAT CAN CERTAINLY HAPPEN BUT THE IDEA -- I MEAN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU EVER
EVEN SAID THIS TO ME, WHICH IS -- DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THIS. IT'SERTAINLY THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE EVER SAID TO ME THIS IS HOW THEY INTERRUPT CYCLES LIKE THIS. SECONDLY, I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS
WHOLE THING AND THEY ARE BREAKING UP CYCLES, BUT THEY WON'T COME TO CALL IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN SHOT AND TY ARE ASKED TO BE DEPLOYED SOMEWHERE. THEN THEY SAY THEY CAN'T COME THERE, WHEN THAT IS THE HOTSPOT FOR SOMETHING HAPPENING, LIKE THERE
ARE FIGHTS AT THESE THINGS. I HAVE BEEN THERE MYSELF. WE ASKED FOR THEM TO COME AND WE ARE TOLD THEY CAN'T COME TO THAT, YET YOU SAY THEY GO IN AND INTERRUPT TH SOMETHING IS BREWING, THEY CAN BREWING MORE THAN AT THE SIGHT OF SOMETHING JUST HAPPENING IN
COMMUNITY. IT IS SO RAW AND IT IS SO REAL IN THAT MOMENT AND YOU NEED PEOPLE THERE TO HELP INTERRUPT THAT AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT IS NOT WHAT THESE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS ARE USED FOR. THEN I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER AND THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, THERE IS A LOT THERE AND I MAY NOT GET TO ALL OF IT SO PLEASE REMIND ME IF I MISS SOMETHING. THIS IS A PROVEN
STRATEGY. IT'S BEEN STUDIED AND PROVEN AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS IS OUR VERSION OF IT. THERE ARE NUANCES IN EVERY JURISDICTION OF WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD SAY THIS WAS SELECTED AS AN
INTERVENTION IN MINNEAPOLIS BECAUSE IT WAS PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN OTHER CITIES. TO YOUR POINT OF THEM NOT BEING DISPATCHED, THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE NOT POLICE OFFICERS. THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIVE TO 9-1-1 CALLS. PART OF THE REASON THIS MODEL WORKS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
SEPARATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO, PEOPLE CAN TELL THEM THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TELLING THEM IF THEY WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO REPORT IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. THE MODEL IS INTENDED TO HAVE SOME SEPARATION. WE ARE TRYING
TO INCREASE THE INFORMATION FLOW TO YOUR POINT. THAT'S WHY I TALKED ABOUT THIS QUARTER. WE'RE PILOTING A SHOOTING ACTIVATION PROTOCOL WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN CONSISTENTLY, AND NOT JUST BASED ON INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS, ENSURE THAT THESE GROUPS, THESE
BOOTS ON THE GROUND ARE GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT SHOOTINGS. WE DON'T WANT THEM THERE DURING AN ACTIVE SHOOTING SCENE. THAT'S NOT SAFE. THEY'RE NOT TRAINED. THEY ARE NOT ARMED OR EQUIP WITH SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO BE IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTING SCENE. THEY SHOULD BE COMING LATER. WE DON'T
WANT TO IMPEDE AN INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS GOING ON. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING IN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PILOT. WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND GET IT TO THEM. >> THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WAS SELECTED FOR
MINNEAPOLIS. I JUST THINK EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. SO, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ONE PART OF MINNEAPOLIS MAY NEED THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER SERVICES ONE WAY BUT OTHER PARTS MAY NEED IT DIFFERENTLY. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE THING BEING SELECTED. YEARS AGO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT
THIS, I SAID THE MODEL I WAS AWARE OF IS THAT THEY CLEANED IT IN NEW YORK CITY. THEY CLEANED THE STREETS AS THEY WERE VIOLENT INTERRUPTERS. THEY CLEANED UP AROUND THE AREA. THE BELIEF IN THAT COMMUNITY FOR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS WERE A CLEAN NEIGHBORHOOD IS A BETTER
NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S MORE VIBRANT. IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER. THEN I WAS TOLD NO, THEY CAN'T COMPL CLEAN. SO MY ISSUE IS THAT, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S THE MODEL, IT HAS TO BE TAILORED TO THE
COMMUNITIES THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE. JUST HAVING ONE WAY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY IS NOT GOING TO GET US ANYWHERE AROUND ANY VERSION OF VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, SAFETY AMBASSADORS, WHATEVER IT IS. IT HAS TO BE TAILORED. THE
RESOURCES NEED TO BE TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY. AGAIN, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR REZONING? WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT, THE AREA IN MY WARD WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE ZONE THE LAST I HEARD ABOUT IT. IT WAS LIKE THE CUT OFF WAS JUST LIKE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE THE
ACTIVITY WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. I WAS TOLD THAT REZONING WAS GOING TO COME UP SOON. I KNOW THAT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, GOT THEIR AREA BACK IN THE ZONE. MINE HASN'T BEEN. SO I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THE REZONING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS
WELL. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, WE HAVE REZONED BOTH SITES AND THE TWO REMAINING SITES IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF WHAT I WILL TALK ABOUT AS PART OF WHAT WE DID IN QUARTER
2. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE NEW MAPS WITH YOU. THEY'RE UPDATED ON THE ONLINE DASHBOARD THAT SHOWS WHERE THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITHIN THE CITY. >> THANK YOU. THEN THE LAST THING IS YOU SAID TT IN A COUPLE WEEKS, YOU WILL BE SHARING THE SUMMER SAFETY PLAN. I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY IN SPRING,
SO I'M HOPING THE SUMMER SAFETY PLAN WILL BE ACTIVATED BY THE TIME YOU SHARE BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. WE LOST A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES, CRITICAL STAFFING, OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, WE DON'T HAVE
SUPPORT IN THAT AREA, IN THAT FOUR BLOCK RADIUS. SO I'M HOPING THAT THE SUMMER SAFETY PLAN IS GOING TO INCLUDE SOME VIABLE RESOURCES FOR THAT PART OF THAT COMMUNITY, AND THAT THIS IS NOT JUST THE SUMMER SAFETY PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS OR AREAS
THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE POPULAR THAN THAT, LIKE AM TIRED OF NOT HAVING THE SUPPORT I NEED IN WARD 4, IN PARTICULAR IN THIS AREA. I AM HOPING THE SUMMER SAFETY PLAN WILL BE REFLECTIVE OF THAT. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR HARRINGTON FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS IT RELATES TO OUR GVI AND YGVI INITIATIVES. LOOKING AT METRICS,
LOOKING AT SUCCESS AND PERFORMANCE, WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE LOCATIONS AND KIND OF THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT SOME OF THESE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS ARE TARGETING. HAVE WE SEEN WHEN WE ARE LOOKI AT
THE STATISTICS OF GUN VIOLENCE INCIDENTS, WHETHER THEY ARE GOING UP OR DOWN. PURELY IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE LOCATIONS BASED IN COMPARISON TO OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW,
WE'LL USE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW'S LOCATION. IF WRE LOOKING AT LOWRY AND PEN, CAN WE LOOK AT 48th AND CHICAGO? ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE COMPARISONS TO SEE IF THE GUN VIOLENCE HAS DROPPED WHERE OUR GUN VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTERS HAVE BEEN TARGETED? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, TWO THINGS YOU STARTED BY TALKING ABOUT GVI AND YGVI AND THAT'S NOT GEOGRAPHY BASED. IT'S CLIENTINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS ARE GEOGRAPHY BASED. WE HAVE NOT
LOOKED AT THE DATA RECENTLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN I JOINED NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY IS THAT WE RESTARTED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL. THEY WANTED TO FOLLOW THAT WITH MORE FIDELITY THAN IN THE PAST. WE HAVEN'T DONE IT
LONG ENOUGH TO LOOK AT THE DATA. THERE IS THE ISSUE OF CAUSATION VERSUS CORRELATION. YOU MAY SEE A DROP IN CRIME BUT WHO'S TO SAY THAT'S NOT RELATED TO THE GREAT WORK OF MPD AND VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, AND A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.
THAT'S THE LONG ANSWER. >> THANK YOU, THAT IS HELPFUL. THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION ON THAT ONE IS LOOKING AT THE SHINING EXAMPLE IS BALTIMORE'S WORK IN VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE USING SOCIAL MEDIA
AS KIND OF AN ACTIVE VACATION IN TARGETING ASPECT, AND FOR OUR YOUTH AND YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHICS, A LOT OF IT IS STARTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IS THAT A PROCESS YOU ARE LOOKING INTO OR ANY OF THESE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTIONS OR
GUN VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION INITIATIVES? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, WE KNOW THEY'RE USING SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE ASKED THEM TO DO REGULARLY AND REPORT TO US ON. IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THEY'RE GATHERING INFORMATION FREQUENTLY, QUITE HONESTLY, I HEAR ABOUT CRIMES OR
GUN VIOLENCE THAT HAS HAPPENED THAT THEY SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I KNOW THEY'RE WATCHING. >> THANK YOU. LAST QUESTION HERE IS FOR DIRECTOR, PARTICULARLY BASED ABOUT QUESTIONS I RECEIVED
FROM RESIDENTS AS OF LATE. I THINK IT'S PARTICULARLY IN WARD 11, NOT USUALLY A LARGE 9-1-1 CALL HUB. SO, AS OF LATE, I THINK WE STARTED TO GET MORE CALLS BASED ON OPERATION METRO SURGE AND OTHERWISE. THE
QUESTION THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME, WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IN TO 9-1-1 AND YOU KIND OF GET THE WHOLE DIAL TONE, CONTINUOUS DIAL TONE, IS WHAT IS GOING ON, IS IT KIND OF LIKE WHEN I CALL IN AND I
CALLED IN MYSELF PREVIOUSLY. GIVING AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. IF SOMEONE DOESN'T PICK UP, IT'S KIND OF A CONTINUOUS RING, IS THAT CORRECT? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE WAY THE PHONE IS DESIGNED TO WORK, IT WILL ROLL
OVER TO THE FIRST AVAILABLE CALL TAKER THAT IS NOT ON THE PHONE. THE PHONE WILL RING INTO THE CALLER'S EAR AND THEY WILL HEAR THAT RINGER UNTIL THAT CALL ROLLS INTO A DEPARTMENT TO PICK
UP. THE PHONES CANNOT RING -- 2 MINUTES IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME THAT A PHONE CAN RING INTO 9-1-1. WE REALLY RECOMMEND THAT IF SOMEONE IS CALLING IN AND THE PHONE IS CONTINUING TO RING, TO STAY ON THE LINE BECAUSE IF YOU HANG UP, YOU ARE GOING BACK TO
THE BOTTOM OF THAT QUEUE AGAIN. YE GENERALLY IF SOMEONE IS NOT PICKING UP WITHIN THE FIRST 15 TO 20 SECONDS AS I DESCRIBED ON THERE, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING AN INFLUX OF CALLS AT THAT MOMENT. >> GREAT. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE THINKING
BEHIND -- BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN I CALLED IN, IT WAS LIKE OH, IS SOMEONE PICKING UP? DID I MESS UP? SHOULD I CALL AGAIN? ARE THERE OTHER CITIES, HAVE THERE BEEN JURISDICTIONS THAT USE MORE OF A HEY, YOUR CALL IS BEING --
LIKE WE'RE HANDLING IT. LIKE MY FIRST INSTINCT IS NO ONE IS HERE PICKING UP. IS THERE A THINKING BEHIND WHY IT'S A CONSISTENT RING TONE AND NOT AN UPDATE OF HEY, TO YOUR POINT, STAY ON THE LINE SORT OF THING.
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, THERE IS TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT. I HAVE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF CONFERENCES WHERE I LOOKED INTO SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY ON OUR NON-EMERGENCY LINES TO HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE CALLS BECAUSE WE ANSWER THOSE
DOWNSTAIRS AS WELL. SO, WE'RE ANSWERING BOTH NON-EMERGENCY AND EMERGENCY CALLS. I HAVE NOT DUG DEEP INTO A RECORDING TECHNOLOGY ON TO THE 9-1-1 SYSTEM. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I CAN LOOK INTO. I GUESS, I JUST HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF 9-1-1 AS A PLACE TO
CALL TO GET A RECORDING. >> YEAH. I THINK IT'S -- AND LET ME CHECK HERE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM NOT MISS SEEING THIS. I GUESS, WHAT PERCENT OF
OUR CALLS ARE GOING PAST THAT 15 -- THE KIND OF GUIDE SPOT OF 15 SECONDS FOR OUR CALLS? I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE STILL RUNNING BELOW AVERAGE TO ANSWER 90% OF THE CALLS IN 15 SECONDS OR LESS. DO WE KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR CALLS ARE
GOING BEYOND THAT 15 SECONDS OR LESS? >> SO, THIS CHART ON THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN WILL SHOW YOU THAT ABOUT 82% OF OUR CALLS ARE ANSWERED IN JANUARY, WERE ANSWERED IN 15 SECONDS OR LESS. ABOUT 85%
AVERAGE, IT LOOKS LIKE 87% BETWEEN THE THREE MONTHS, 20 SECONDS OR LESS AND 90 TO 92 IN 30 SECONDS OR LESS. >> ARE THESE NUMBERS OF CALLS OR PERCENTAGE? >> THESE ARE PERCENTAGES, I SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT A LITTLE MORE CLEARER ON THIS CHART. >> I THINK THAT'S WHERE I AM
CONFUSED HERE. IF IT'S JANUARY, 82% OF OUR CALLS WERE ANSWERED IN 15 SECONDS OR LESS? >> CORRECT. >> AND THEN IF I GO OVER TO JANUARY, 85% OF OUR CALLS ARE ANSWERED WITHIN 20 SECONDS OR LESS? >> CORRECT.
>> AND 90 PERTSZ PERCENT OF OUR CALLS, 30 SECONDS OR LESS. THAT IS HELPFUL. I THINK WE'LL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. MY QUESTIONS ARE MOSTLY FOR DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF OF GETTING TO THIS POINT WHERE WE'RE SEEING STANDARDIZATION. I APPRECIATE THAT, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AN AD HOC APPROACH ACROSS NSD'S
PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN ATTRACT THE EFFECTIVENESS A LOT MORE CLEARLY. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG PIECE OF HELPING US GET BACK TO THE FIDELITY OF THESE MODELS SO THAT IT ISN'T JUST WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S THROWN AT THE
WALL THAT DAY. SO, WITH THAT SAID, I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THIS SLIDE HERE ON 13 WHERE IT GETS THAT GVI AND YGVI. WHAT'S NOT CLEAR, THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS PIECE, THE NUMBER
OF CLIENTS THAT ARE SERVED UNDER GVI AND Y ZBSHGS VI. CAN YOU SHARE THAT FIGURE. >> THE NUMBER OF CHANGES OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE SOME CLIENTS GRADUATE OR THEY MAY DROP OUT OF SERVICES, BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE 55 ACTIVE GVI CLIENTS AND 36
ACTIVE YGVI CLIENTS. >> OKAY. AWESOME. THAT IS THROUGH THE CURRENT FIRST QUARTER? YOU ORIGINALLY TRACKED IN QUARTERS, IS THAT BASED OFF OF QUARTER 1? >> THAT WAS AS OF THIS MORNING. >> OKAY, YOU ARE SAYING 98% OF
THOSE ACTIVE CLIENTS HAVE THUS REPORTED NO VIOLENT ACTIVITY. >> CORRECT. >> OKAY, GREAT. THEN I HAVE ALSO BEEN WONDERING UPDATES RELATED TO NEXT STEP. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF INQUIRIES, EVEN A RECENT MEETING
WITH MPD RELATED TO THEIR NON-FATAL TASK FORCE SHOOTING, JUST HOW WE ARE UTILIZING THAT PROGRAM. IT IS OFTEN FLYING UNDER THE RADAR THE MOST BUT IT'S ALSO A PIVOTAL PIECE OF OUR GUN VIOLENCE RESPONSE. CAN YOU
SHARE UPDATES RELATED TO THAT WORK. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, I DID NOT BRING STATISTICS FOR THAT PROGRAM BUT I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP. WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN IMPACT ON THE SERVICES WE'RE GETTING FROM NEXT STEP AND WE HAVE AN ACTIVE CONTRACT WITH THEM. WE PLAN TO
EXECUTE AN EXTENSION TO GET US THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. THEIR CONTRACT GOES THROUGH THE END OF JUNE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THEY HAVE A REALLY ROBUST SYSTEM SET UP, SO I THINK IT'S THE FIVE HOSPITALS THEY'RE IN. THEY GET NOTIFIED WHEN A GUN -- EXCUSE
ME, GUN VICTIM PRESENTS AT THE HOSPITAL. THEY HAVE STAFF THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IF THEY NEED HELP. SOMETIMES THE FAMILY AND THE VICTIMS ARE GONE BEFORE THE STAFF CAN TALK TO THEM. SOMETIMES THEY DECLINE SERVICES
FROM NEXT STEP, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A PRESENCE OUT IN COMMUNITY BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE MINUTE THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL IS NOT IDEAL, FOR OTHERS IT'S GREAT. THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO BUILD UP TRUST AND RELATIONSHI TO CATCH PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES. MAYBE THEY ARE READY AFTER THEY HAVE
BEEN RELEASED AND THEY CAN PROVIDE SERVICES THAT WAY. THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER. I DON'T HAVE THE STATS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY SERVED IN FRONT OF ME. >> YEAH, I WOULD SAY IF YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT IN THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT BE AN ONGOING PART OF
THIS REPORT. ALSO, CAN YOU REMIND ME, IS HCSC PART OF THE FIVE HOSPITALS BEING SERVED. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YES. >> ARE THERE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW? AT THE STATE LEVEL, THERE
ARE A LOT OF ACTIONS TRYING TO PRESERVE THAT HOSPITAL. DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS WITH NEXT STEP ON THE FINANCIAL REALITIES AND ALL THE CLLENGES THAT THEY'RE
NAVIGATING AND IF THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS WE SHOULD BE ANTICIPATING REGARDING OUR PARTNERSHIP AT THAT PARTICULAR HOSPITAL. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, OUR PARTNERS WITH NEXT STEP HAS OIOUSLY LET US KNOW. EVERYTHING IN THE NEWS, IT IS
OBVIOUS THERE ARE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. WHAT I HAVE BEEN REASSURED IS THAT THE SERVICES ARE MAINTAINED RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO LET THE STATE AND HENNEPIN COUNTY FIGURE THINGS T BEFORE WE START GETTING INTO NEXT STEPS.
>> OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. THEN ALSO IS IT YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT HOLDS KIND OF THE PROGRESS WORK RELATED TO THE ASSET AND GAAP ANALYSIS DONE BY NYU AND IF THERE ARE UPDATES DONE TO THAT
REPORT BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY PROVIDED? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLE DIRECTOR CHRISTENSEN WILL PROBABLY SPEAK TO THAT BODY OF WORK AS HE IS NOW WORKING ON SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES
REPORT AND THE GAP ANALYSIS. ANY PIECE THAT SPEAKS TO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WE ARE WORKING ON BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT UPTE TO DIRECTOR CHRISTENSEN. >> THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANKS DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION DIRECTOR A I
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON TO THE DISPATCH COMPONENT. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD PROGRESS THAT IS HAPPENG HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WILL YOU BE ABLE TO TELL THE PUBL, I KNOW YOU E-MAILED US, BUT HOW CAN SOMEONE CALL THE
DISPATCH SYSTEM? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ I WISH I HAD BROUGHT THE PHONE NUMBER UP HERE WITH ME. I WILL FOLLOW UP TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST TO REMIND FOLKS OF THAT. WE DO HAVE FLYERS THAT THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS ARE DISTRIBUTING TO RESIDENCES,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, SO THEY HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL DIRECTLY AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT MORE BROADLY. >> PERFECTLY, 612-673-I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNEW HOW THAT WOULD WORK. 612-673-5392. I WILL SEND AN E-MAIL ABOUT IT. AWESOME. YEAH, NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF RUCKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAVEZ
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M MELANIE RUCKER, THE INTERIM FIRE CHIEF. I'LL START OFF WITH OUR MISSION STATENT. OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS BEFORE YOU. EMPLOYEES OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE THOROUGHLY TRAINED AND READY TO PROTECT LIVES, PROPERTY, AND THE
ENVIROENT BY RAPIDLY RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. WE'RE COMMITTED BY PROACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REDUCE RISK TO LIFE, PROPERTY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. AGAIN, OUR MOTTO IS
SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND ENRICHING THE CITY. I'LL START OFF WITH OUR QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS. THE REASON WHY I START OFF WITH THIS TRANSITION FROM WORKFORCE DIRECTOR,HICH WE HAD FOR OVER
15 TO 20 YEARS OF OUR TIME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AS WELL AS MOVING TO A NEW INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM, THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF TRANSITION FOR OUR PERSONNEL AND TRAINING TO KEEP
THEIR STAFFING CORRECT, AS WELL AS PROPERTY INCIDENT REPOING THAT IS GOING STATEWIDE. SO THIS HAD BEEN A LOT OF INFLUX OF MEETINGS WITH I.T., AS WELL AS OUR PERSONNEL'S TIME IN
MANAGEMENT AND TRANSITIONING, WE HADDDED A NARCAN VENDING MACHINE, WHICH IS OUR THIRD ONE, AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL SAFE STATEMENT SPACE. THIS IS
IMPORTANT TO THE PREVENTION OF COMMUNITY TO HELP PREVENT INJURIES AND DEATHS FOR SUBSTANCE ABE. SO WITH THE SAFE STATIONS, WE PARTNER WITH TW CITIES RECOVERY PROJECT AND
YOUTH PATH AND WITH THE NEW STATION OPENING UP AT STATION 7 ON FRANKLIN, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT SPOTOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THIS HAS HELPED THEM
CONNECT WITH THE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE COMMITY, TO THE DATE OF THEIR SERVICE TO THE LAST REPORTING, THEY HAVE HELPED 105 RECIPIENTS, INCLUDING, NOT INCLUDING JUST THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH
SOME HOUSING. SO THAT IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THAT ASPECT. THEN, AS WELL AS WE HAVE HIRED OUR NEW E.M.S. PATHWAYS COHORT. THIS IS
E.M.S. PATHWAYS ACADEMY, A PAID INTERNSHIP WHERE WE TRAIN INDIVIDUALS TO GET THEIR EMT SIRTIFICATION. THIS IS NOT ONLY FOR THEM. IF THEY WANT TO TRANSITION INTO FIREFIGHTERS OR E.M.S. SERVICES WITHOUT THE
CITY, IT'S AN INTRODUCTION AND HELPS WITH DIVERSING THE E.M.S. FIEL FOR THE COMMUNITY. THEN WE JUST STARTED OUR CADET CLASS WITH 20 CADETS. THEY STARTED ON
MONDAY. HALF OF THOSE CADETS -- I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WITH THIS CADET CLASS, WCH IS AGAIN SIGNIFICANT FOR US TO KEEP OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REFLECT IN THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE IN THIS
CADET CLASS. WE HAVE FIVE WOMEN, FIVE FEMALES THAT IDENTIFY AS FEMALE IN THIS CLASS, SO THAT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR HIRING FOR US. WE STRUGGLED WITH OUR FEMALE CONSTITUENTS ANDUR FEMALE POPULATION TO KEEP OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENT DIVERSE. THAT IS A HUGE WIN FOR US. THE NEXT SLIDE, I PUT FORTH HERE SOME
INFORMATION OF OUR STAFFING. I THINK THIS SLIDES IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR AS TO WHAT WE STAFF ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOW INCIDENTS AND LEAVES HAVE
AFFECTED OUR STAFFING LEVELS AND WILL AFFECT OUR RESPONSE LEVELS AND OUR OVERTI. WE HAVE FTEs, INCLUDING CIVILIANS. YOU SEE IT'S MINIMUM. WE HAVE 4:41 --
441. WE HAVE 434 SWORN FIREFIGHTERS. OF THE 434, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT 15 OF THE 434 AREN'T EVEN OPERATIONS. THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION STAFF. SO THAT INCLUDES ME, ALONG WITH SOME OF MY ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND
DEPUTY CHIEFS, AS WELL AS OUR TRAINING STAFF. SO OUR OPERATION STAFF IS EVEN SHORTER THAN THE 434. WITH RETIREMENTS, WE'RE AT 425 # AND WE HAVE UP TO 84 THAT
ARE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE. WE ARE DOWN TWO MORE BEYOND THAT NUMBER ANDUR DAILY STAFFING IS 105. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 59 PERSONNEL
ON LEAVE. I WANT TO SAY THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THAT 59 ARE MENTAL HEALTH RELATED. WITH THE SHOOTINGS, OPERATION METRO SURGE, AND A LOT
OF THE RESPONSES THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS GO TO, IT'S MENTALLY TASKING. ON TOP OF THE MENTAL ASPECTS OF THOSE LEAVES, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WITH THE WAR, WE HAVE A LOT OF
MILITARY PEOPLE, LONG-TERM DEPLOYMENTS, INCLUDING FLMAs, THESE ARE EFFECTING OUR STAFFING LEVELS. WHEN WE'RE MINIMUM STAFFED AND OVERWORKED, THAT INCREASES OUR INJURIES, WHICH ADD TOSS THE LEAVES. I WANTED TO
BE CLEAR AS TO WE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING BEHIND WITH OUR STAF SERVICE THAT OUR COMMUNI NEEDS, THAT IS A BIG HIT ON US WITH OPERATION METRO SURGE. AS
YOU KNOW WITH OPERATION METRO SURGE, WE ARE FOR MEDICAL, FOR THE GOOD SHOOTING AND ALL THE SHOOTINGS, WE'RE THE FIRST RESPONDERS ON SCENE. WE'RE THE
ONES PROVIDING THE MEDICAL AND WHEN THE SHOOTINGS IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, THE BABIES GETTING HIT BY TEAR GAS. THE TEAR GAS RESPONSES WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT, WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING
DIFFICULTY BREATHING, WE'RE OUT IN THE MIDST OF ITS WELL. SO ALONG WITH THAT, WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE OUR BASIC SERVICES, WHICH IS GOING ON TO OUR TOTAL CALLS ARE DOWN THIS QUARTER FROM LAST YEAR'S FIRST QUARTER. WE
ARE STILL AT ALMOST 15,000 QUARTERSS -- CALLS IN THE QUARTER. THAT INCLUDES OUR E.M.S., STRUCTURE FIRES, AS WELL AS 10 MULTIPLE ALARMS. IT'S NOT JUST THE BASIC ALARMS, IT'S
CALLING IN MORE PERSONNEL. RIGHT NOW WITHIN QUARTER 1, WE HAVE TWO FIRE DTHS. SO WE ARE STILL MANAGING ALL THAT ON TOP OF ME
METRO SURGE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT, AS WELL AS SOME OF YOU MAY NOT NOTE, THE TOTAL , WE DO RESCUES. SO WHETHER WE'RE REPELLING FROM BUILDINGS,
COLL COLLAPSED WATER RESCUES, ICE RESCUES, SO HAZMAT RESCUES, WE'RE THE STATE'S HAZMAT TEAM, SO WE DO THAT AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT JUST FIRE CALLS, IT'S 80% OF
OUR CALLS ARE MEDICAL CALLS. S YOU NAME IT, WE'RE RESPONDING TO IT. WE GET THERE SOONER. SO MOVING ON, AS YOU KNOW, BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE TRANSITION UNDER FIRE, SO IT'S
NOT JUST THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, IT'S A PROGRAM OPERATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S MORE BEYOND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE FITTING THE RESPONSE, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
MODEL THAT WE INTEND THEM TO DO. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH CANOPY, AS WELL AS OUR DISPATCH, AND P.D. TO HELP MOW THAT RESPONSE TO FIT THE CITY'S NEEDS. THE MOBILE
RESPONSE CONTRACT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH CANOPY ROOTS HIT ITS EXPIRATION DATE AS OF AUGUST 2026. IT WILL BE EXPIRED. SO WE PUT OUT A NEW RFP AND WE
HAVE BEEN VERY DETAILED ABOUT THAT RFP TO MAKEURE IT'S NOT AS BROAD AS THE CURRENT ONE THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE KNOW THE CURRENT ONE WE HAVE STARTED OUT AS A PILOT. THERE WAS A LOT OF,
I GUESS WHERE WE COULDN'T REALLY MANAGE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ABLE TO BEERY SPECIFIC AS THE TYPE OF RESPONSES WE REQUIRED, AS WELL AS THE SCOPE OF RESPONSES. CURRENTLY THE RFP WE HAVE, OUR
PROVIDERS ONLY RESPOND TO ANYTHING THAT IS MENTAL HEALTH RELATED. THE NEW RFP THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL INCLUDE MORE ADVANCED SOCIAL RESPONSES, NOT JUST MENTAL HEALTH. SO IT'S MORE
SPECIFIC AND WE CAN MONITOR IT MORE AND TAILOR IT AROUND WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S NON-VIOLENT RESPONSE AND IT COVERS WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEE
ARE. BASED ON THE BCR COMING UNDER FIRE, WE HAD DIFFICULTY MANAGING THE DATA AND COLLECTING THAT DATA. S WE HAVE DEVELOP
ADD CLEARING FORM. THIS CARING FORM WAS DEVELOPED IN EARLY JANUARY AND THIS CLEARING FORM IS WHAT OUR CONTRACTOR RESPONDERS FILL OUT WHEN THEY GO OUT ON AN INCIDENT. IT WILL HELP US COLLECT SPECIFICATA AS
REGARDS TO DEMOGRAPHIC DA IF THEY RESPONDED JOINTLY OR IF THEY RESPONDED SINGLY. IF THEY RESPONDED WITH P.D., IF THEY RESPOND WITH FIRE, WHAT TYPES OF CALLS, IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS TRANSP TRANSPORTED, IF THEY WERE GIVEN
A REFERRAL, AND IT ALSO GIVES US A BROADER M OF WHERE THEY ARE RESPONDING TO, WHAT WARDS, WHAT PRECINCTS THEY'RE RESPONDING OUT OF. SO THIS CLEARING FORM WILL HELP US GET A BROADER PICTURE AS
TO WHAT THE OUTCOMES AND THE RESPONSE AND WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE IN NEED AND WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE RESPONDING TO. THE NEX SLIDE I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT BCR DASHBOARD WILL
LOOK LIKE AND ENTAIL. SO, FOR QUARTER 1, FROM THIS CLEARING FORM, W WERE ABLE TO GENERATE THAT IN JANUARY, BCR RESPONDED
TO 623 CALLS, THEN FEBRUARY '55 '94, AND IT ALSO GIVES YOU TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITIES OF PLACES THAT SOME OF THE CLIENTS WERE ABLE TO REFERRED TO, AS WELL AS WHO TRANSPORTED THEM
THERE. THEN IT ALSO GIVES YOU A WARD BREAK DOWN, AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BREAK DOWN AS A MAP NEXT TO IT, A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU CAN SEE THE CROSS OVERS AND HOW MANY RESPONSES AND THE HOTSPOTS ON
THAT. ALSO WITH THE NEW CLEARING FORM, WE CAN ALSO LOOK FURTHER INTO THE SCOPE OF CALLS THAT ARE BEING DISPATCHED TO, TO HELP CLARIFY MAYBE ADDITIONAL CALLS
THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN DISPA WEREN'T DISPATCHED TO THOSE CALLS OR DIFFERENT RESPONSES THAT ALTERNATIVE PEOPLE CAN BE DISPATCHED TO BESIDES P.D. SO THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THE CALLS T
AWAY FROM P.D. OR SEPARATELY FROM P.D., OR INCLUDED TO HELP SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. THEN LOOK AHEAD TO QUARTER 2, AGAIN WE
HAVE THE NATIONAL SEARCH OUT FOR THE FIRE CHIEF, SO WE'LL BE SEEING WHAT THAT RESULTS IN SOONER THAN LATER. THEN AGAIN, WE'RE LAUNCHING MFD DASHBOARD, AND BCR DASHBOARD, AND WE'RE
INSTALLING NEW TRAINING PROPS THAT WILL BE BREAKING GROUND IN AUGUST AND THIS HAS BEEN LONG TIME COMING. THAT IS OUR TREND IN COMBINED RESCUE PROPS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO US AND POSSIBLY MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, WE MIGHT CAN GENERATE SOME REVENUE
IF OTHER RESCUE PEOPLE WANT TO COME OUT AND UTILIZE THOSE PROPS. THEN WE ALSO LNCHED A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND THAT WILL HELP UPDATE OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND
POLICIES, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THEN IT WILL BE ABLE TO VET IT AGAIN NATIONAL STANDARDS AND NATIONAL STATEWIDE POLICIES AND HELPS PREVENT SOME AND LEGALLY
ALIGN US TO OTHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THEN AGAIN, WE ARE STIL ONBOARD WITH THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM. WE DO HAVE THAT VENDOR SELECTED AND THEY ARE GOING AROUND TO THE STATIONS AND WE WILL BEOING
TIER INSTALLATIONS ON THOSE. WE HAVE FIVE STATIONS TO START WITH AND WE WILL BE TRANSITIONING AS WE GO. THOSE ARE IN THE WORKS AND THEY'RE TALKING WITH MECC AND I.T., AND THE RADIO SHOP TO HELP DO THAT ALERTINGYSTEM
RESPONSE THAT WILL UPDATE OUR SYSTEMS AND OUR FIRE STATION. SO WE AREN'T JOLTED AWAKE AND IT WILL HELP FIRE SAFY AND OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE
DIRECTOR CHRISTENSEN FROM THE SAFETY DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS WIL CHRISTENSEN. TODAY I WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK AND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTERS.
STARTING WITH THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES PLAN, IN EARLY MARCH, FIRST OFF I WANT TO SAY WE WELCOMED JODY HANSON TO OCS AS OUR NEW SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE OUR TEAM FULLY AFFED. RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF
THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT AND THE NYU ASSET AND GAPS ANALYSIS, ASSESSING STATUS ACROSS ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ACTIVE PROJTS. THIS WILL SET US UP TO DELIVER AN UPDATED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
IN 2026. I BELIEVE THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SHOULD BE READY BY Q2. A REMINDER TOO THAT WE HAVE DASHBOARDS FOR SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES AND THE ALYSIS ONLINE IF YOU WISH TO
SEE STATUS OF CURRENT PROJECTS. I ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE SAFE A THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP. IT STARTED LAST AUGUST IN 2025 BUT IT HELD ITS FIRST ELECTION AS
CHAIR AND APPROVED THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT. THIS IS A NEWER GROUP SO MEMBERS WILL BE SPENDING 2026 BUILDING A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF KEY CITY FUNCTIONS, HOW THEY CONNECT TO THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT TO SUPPORT
THIS LEARNING. MEMBERS WILL BE TOURING MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMEN PRESENTATIONS TO DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY'S OPERATIONS. LOOK I AHEAD TO Q2, ONBOARDING OF NEW MEMBERS IS
PLANNED, ALONG WITH APPROVAL OF THE 20 WORK PLAN AND COMPLETION OF THE BIANNUAL REPORT. THE ANNUAL REPORT AND WORK PLA WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE
TO COUNCIL THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE. FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTERS, STARTING WITH LAKE STR STREET, WE EXPANDED EFFORTS AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS,
INCLUDING LAUNCHING A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN. FOR SOUTH MINNEAPOS, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WAS APPROVED. MOVING THAT PROJECT INTO THE BUILD PHASE, I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE'RE DOING OPERATIONAL PLNING FOR THE CENTER WITH
VARIOUS PARTNERS. RFPs FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WERE RECEIVED AND EVALUATED BY STAFF. COUNCIL APPROVAL IS PENDING FOR THE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SAFETY CENTER FOURTH PRECINCT FEASIBILITY
STUDY. LOOKING AHEAD TO Q2, ON LAKE STREET, WE WILL BE DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE SAFETY CENTER OPERATIONS BASED ON AN EVALUATION OF THE CENTER AS A PILOT. FOR SOUTH MI
CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN MAY. OPERATIONAL PLANNING IS UNDERWAY. FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, WE EXPECT WITH PENDING APPROVAL, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO LAUNCH. I WANT T PROVIDE A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE VISITOR
METRICS FOR LAKE STREET COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. TO DATE, THE CENTER HAS SUPPORTED 667 TOTAL VISITORS. THERE WERE 156 VISITORS IN Q1, 2026.
CONTINUING STUDY ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE USAGE. I WILL ALSO MENTION THE JANUARY VISITOR COUNT OF 69 IS THE HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL WE HAD SINCE THE CENTER OPENED. I HAVE TOUCHED ON
MANY OF THESE UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS ALREADY, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THIS TO PROVIDE A CLEAR OUTLINE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE COMPLETED TO DATE, AS WELL AS THE WORK PLANNED FOR SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITI AND THE
SAFETY CENTERS IN Q1 AND Q2. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I WILL SEE IF ANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. COLLEAGUES, NEXT UP WE HAVE, I BELIEVE THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. YES, WELCOME ASSISTANT CHIEF.
>> TNK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ AND VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M CHRISTOPHER GATORS, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WANTED TO PRESENT THE FIRST QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS. I WOULD LIKE TO
START OFF WITH OUR RECRUITMENT PIECE. AS FAR AS OUR NUMBERS IN HIRING SO FAR THIS YEAR, TO DATE, AND THIS IS WHEN THESE NUMBERS WERE ACTUALLY REPORTED AND THIS IS AS OF TODAY,
CURRENT. RECRUITS AND RECRUITS I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE. RECRUITS ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SKILLS PORTION, POSTERTIFIED THROUGH THE STATE. THERE ARE FIVE WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED. CADETS ARE ONES
WHO HAVE A TWO YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR DEGREE. THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT SOMETIMES ARE IN A CAREE CHANGE. SO, THEY WILL COME OVER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SEEK EMPYMENT THERE. THEY HAV HAVE -- THERE HAVE BEEN 27 HIRED
THERE. LATERALS HAVE COME FROM HER AGENCIES. THERE HAVE BEEN 9 HIRED. COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS, MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OVER THE YEARS, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT A JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THESE A THE ONES THAT YOU
HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT IN THE PAST WHERE THE STRATEGIES HAVE CHANGED FOR RECRUITMENT AND WHEN THE CHIEF CAME IN, HE WANTED US TO DIVE REALLY INTO THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHERE WE HADN'T HISTORICALLY
BEEN RECRUITING. WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO COLLEGES, WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO TWO YEAR AND FOUR YEAR COLLEGES LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS. HOWEVER, WE'RE DEEP IN THE COMMUNITY AND GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAVE THEIR COLLEGE PAID FOR, AND TAKING THE FUNDING
AND RE-INVESTING IT IN OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN. I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 22 SO FAR THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK FARTHER DOWN ON THE SLIDE, THE GREATEST PIECE OF THAT IS WE
HAVE 81CSOs, COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS. THESE ARE INDIVIDUA ARE WHAT I CALL AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS NOW WHO WE HAVEN'T KNOWN BEFORE WHO ARE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO SVE AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE
SERVICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE 21 RIGHT NOW. IF YOU REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO, A FEW YEARS BACK, WE STAYED AROUND 17-ISH TO MAYBE UP TO 25. THESE ARE YOUR FUTURE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW. IT TAKES THEM A COUPLE YEARS TO GET THROUGH SCHOOL BUT
ONCE THEY COME OUT, THESE ARE THE ONES YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A CHAMBERS, WE BROUGHT SOME OF THEM IN AND YOU HAVE AN IDEA WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IN THE FUTURE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE. SO WE'RE
VERY PROUD THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ON. >> WE HAVE FOUR CSOs PROMOTED IN MAY THIS YEAR. SEVEN WILL BE
PROMOTED TO RECRUIT POSITION IN JUNE. WE CONTINUE PROMOTING. YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND THROUGHOUT THE FALL. IT'S LOOKING GOOD FOR THOSE PROGRAMS
AND PATHWAYS. AS FAR AS THE 2025 YEAR-END NIBRS CRIME METRICS, WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE REAL QUICK. THE HOMICIDES AT THE YEAR-END OF 2025 WER DOWN 16%.
WE WERE AT 64 HOMICIDES COMPARED TO 2024 WHERE WE WERE AT 76. ROBBERIES WERE ALSO DOWN 32%. IF YOU HAVE THE SUBTEGORY OF CARJACKING TO THE ROBBERIES, THEY WERE ALSO DOWN 36%. AND
ASSAULTS WERE UP 6%. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ASSAULTS AND YOU KIND OF DELVE INTO THAT SOMEWHAT, YOLL LOOK AT AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS WHICH WERE DOWN 5%. SIMPLE ASSAULTS UP 5%. AND A NEWER ADD
TO THE NIEBERS PIECE WAS INTIMIDATION AECT OF IT. THAT WAS UP 20% AT THE END OF THAT YEAR. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CATEGORIES, YOU CAN SEEHAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASSAULTS, SIMPLE ASSAULT, AND ALSO THE NEW
OR NEWER, I SHOULD SAY, INTIMIDATION PIECE HAS SOMEWHAT OF AN IMPACT. BURGLARIES WERE DOWN. MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT WAS
ALSO DOWN. LARCENY W DOWN. DESTRUCTION TO PROPERTY WAS UP 2%. THE NUMBER IS SMALLER BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING THAT CHALLENGE WHICH YOU ALSO KNOW THROUGH SOME OF YOUR WARDS WITH THE BREAKING IN OF VEHICLES WHICH CAUSES THAT PROPERTY
DAMAGE AS WELL, AND REPORTS. WHEN WE GET INTO THE NIBRS CLEARANCE FOR 2025, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, AND WE'RE GOING TO KINDA LOOK AT 2019 AND MOVING
INTO 2025. IN 2019, FOR HOMICIDES, WE WERE AT 65% CLEARANCE RATE. YOU SEE SOME EBBS AND FLOWS IN BETWEEN THERE. AND THEN I GOES UP TO 77% IN
2025 AS OUR CLEARANCE RATE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT CATEGORY, WHICH IS NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS. IF YOU NOTICE BACK IN 2019, WE WERE AT 41%. AND IT WENT DOWN AND CONTUED TO GO DOWN. WE HAD A
SMALL SURGE BACK UP IN 2025, WHICH IS 38%. HOWEVER, CHIEF WASN'T HAPPY WITH THAT. WE KNOW THAT WE WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. AND CAME UP WITH A PLAN OF WHAT WE CALL OUR FAST PIECE. SO THOSE ARE THE
INVESTIGATORS THAT WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE IN OTHER SESSIONS WHERE THERE WE NOW HAVE A FAST UNIT THAT IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND SUGGESTIONS
WITH ALL OF THAT, WE'RE ANTICIPATING NOW THAT THAT UNIT IS UP AND RUNNING THAT OUR CLEARAE RATE IS GOING TO INCREASE BY HAVING THAT UNIT OUT THERE. ALONG WITH THAT UNIT, WE HAVE OUR VCAT TEAM. THIS TEAM IS
SET TO ASSIST WITH VIOLENT CRIME WITH OUR APPREHENSION. SO THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ONES THAT THEIR PRIMARY PIECE IS WHEN INVESTIGATORS HAVE A SUSPECT IN A CASE,AY A NON-FATAL SHOOTING, THEY CONCENTRATE ON PICKING UP THAT PERSON ONCE
THERE'S A PROBABLE CAUSE AND A WARRANT FOR THAT PERSON'S ARREST. PICKING UP THAT PERSON AND BRINGING THEM SO THEY CAN BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACTIONS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND THE CRIME THEY'VE COMMITTED. THE UNITS HAVE JUST BEEN SET UP. SO YOU STILL HAVE TO GIVE IT A LITTLE
TIME TO GET A VALID SAMPLE POOL OF DATA WHERE WE CAN DO SOME COMPARISONS TO SEE WHERE THAT'S TAKEN US. BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO ASSIST US WITH OUR CLEARANCE RATE WITH THE NON-FATALES. THEN WE HAVE THE NEXT CATEGORY, DOMESTIC ASSAULT.
63% IS WHERE IT WAS AT IN 2019. IT WENT -- IT HAD SLIGHT SURGE, AGAIN, OR A VERY LARGE SURGE AGAIN IN 2024. THEN IT DIPPED BACK TO 80% IN 2025. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
DOSTIC ASSAULT PIECE, THE CHIEF HAS ALSO PUT OUT A SPECIAL ORDER. AND THAT SPECIAL ORDER IS TO ASSIST WITH APPREHENDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS BY ADMITTING A CRIME IN DESTIC
ASSAULT CASES. SO WHAT HE DID WAS A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE CRIMES, THERE'S A COPS ALERT THAT GOES OUT. A COPS ALERT IS KIND OF A NOTIFICATION TO AGENCIES, YOU KNOW. AND WHAT IT DOES IS ALERTS PEOPLE AND OTHER
AGENCIES AND OUR AGENCY THAT A CRIME HAS OCCURRED AND THERE'S A SUSPECT OUT THERE. HOWEVER, WHAT THE CEF DID IS SAY LET'S TAKE THAT AND APPLY IT TO DOMESTIC ASSAULTS. NOW WHAT HAPPENS, IN PART FROM THE ORDER, IS THAT THEY TAKE THAT SAME CONCEPT AND
WHAT THEY DO IS SAY, OKAY, A DOMESTIC ASSAULT HAS OCCURRED. NOW LET'S GET THE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THE SUSPECT BECAUSE THE SUSPECTS ARE AT TIMES MOBILE. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE VEHICLES TT THEY GET IN AND THEY DRIVE OFF. AND IT'S NOT JUST IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
MINNEAPOLIS. BUT THIS IS A VERY SMALL TWIN CITIES. ALTHOUGH IT'S A LARGE COMMUNITY, IT'S A SMALL, SMALAREA WHERE PEOPLE GO TO AND YOU CAN GET QUICKLY TO THE NEXT SUBURB. NOW WE'RE NOTIFYING THOSE SUBURBS OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN MNEAPOLIS SO IF THEY
RUN INTO THAT DOMESTIC ASSAULT SUSPECT, THEY GET THEM AND BRING THEM IN. SO THAT'S ONE PIECE OF THAT THAT HAS BEEN INSTITUTED. ALSO ALONG WITH THAT, ONCE THE OFFICERS FIND OUT WHO THAT SUSPECT IS, THEY NOW CHECK FOR
PROBATION AND PAROLE. SOMETIMES THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS. SOMETIMES THEY ARE RECIDIVISTS, AND THEY COME BACK AND THEY COMMIT THESE CRIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. NOW, WHEN WE HAVE THE OFFICERS CONTACT, IF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ON PAROLE OR ARE ON
PROBATION, WE CAN NOW MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEIR PROBATION OFFICER EVEN KNOWS. AND THEY MAY EVEN HAVE A CHECK-IN THE NEXT DAY AND WE CAN FIND OUT THIS PERSON MAY ARRIVE THEEXT DAY. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO APPREHEND THAT PERSON. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN
THE SPECIAL ORDER. A THIRD PIECE THAT WAS IN THAT SPECIAL ORDER IS MAKING CERTAIN THAT THE VICTIM OF THESE CRIMES IS SAFE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW THEY'RE SAFE.FTENTIMES OUR OFFICERS WHAT THEY'LL DO IS SEPARATE, OBVIOUSLY, THE
OFFENDER IF THEY'RE BOTH THERE, OBVIOUSLY THE OFFENDER FROM THE VICTIM AND ASK THEM IF THEY'RE SAFE. WHILE OUR OFFICERS NOW THROUGH THE SPECIAL ORDER, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE TO ASK THEM IF THEY'RE SAFE. YOU ALSO ED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY DESERVE TO
HAVE AFTER THESE CRIMES HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH THEM. AND IF THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT THERE GOING TO TAKE, MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING TO THOSE PLACES SO THEY CAN GET ASSISTANCE THE LAST CATEGORY ON THIS SLIDE IS ROBBERY. SO OUR ROBBERIES WERE
AT 24 IN 2019. THEY WENT DOWN TO 19% IN 2025. AGAIN, THIS IS THE ROBBERY PROTOCOL THAT THE CHIEF PUT IN PLACE FOR THE OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT. SO WHEN WE NOTICE THAT THERE'S A TREND FOR ROBBERY THAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN
ON OF YOUR WARDS AND SEVERAL ROBBERIES BEGIN TAKING PLACE, THE SUPERVISORS RECOGNIZE THA AND THEN BRING IN THE RESOURCES FROM THEIR OWN PRECINCT.HEY ALLOCATE OFFICERS TO THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS. AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ON SHIFT AT THAT TIME, THEY'LL GO TO DIFFERENT PRECINCTS AND PULL
OFFICERS TO TRY TO ONE, YOU KNOW, CATCH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE -- IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST ONE PERSON. IT COULD BE SEVERAL PEOPLE COMMITTING THESE CRIMES. THEY GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND ALSO WORK IN A PROACTIVE WAY TO TRY TO PREVENT MORE CRIMES TAKING PLACE
IN THAT AREA. SO THAT'S ANOTHER IMPLEMENTED STRATEGY THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE AS WELL. AND THE NEXT SLIDE WE GET INTO THE
NIBRS METRICS AIN FOR CURRENT. WE LOOK AT THE 2025 YEAR END. AND CURRENTLY TO DATE WHEN THESE NUMBERS WERE REPORTED IN, HOMICIDES WERE AT 8. THIS YEAR WHICH IS UP FROM 2025 AT THE
SAME TIME THESE NUMBERS CAME IN, WHICH WAS 7. ROBBERIES WERE DOWN 17%. SUBCATEGORY OF THAT, CARJACKINGS ARE DOWN 9%. AND ASSAULTS WERE UP 10%. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUBCATEGORIES ON
THIS SLIDE, ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER. YOU HAVE DOMESTIC AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WHICH IS UP 24%. AGAIN, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROTOCOL THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE SPECIAL ORDER, WILL HOPEFULLY
REDUCE THO AS THIS IS IN PLAY AND IN ACTION. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS UP 16%. AND SIMPLE ASSAULTS ARE AT 1%. AGAIN, YOU
HAVE THE INTIMIDATION PIECE AND THAT'S UP 21%. SO THAT WAS ONE MORE PERCENT THAN THE SLIDE THAT I'D SHOWED YOU BEFORE. BURGLAES ARE DOWN 9%. VEHICLE THEFT, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT IS UP
29%. AND THEFT IS UP 6% AND DESTRUCTION DAMAGE TO PROPERTY IS UP 3%. AGAIN, WHEN YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THAT 29% OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE THEF, THE ONE CONCERN OUT OF THE MANY WITH THAT IS THAT WHEN INDIVIDUALS STEAL CARS, THEY'RE NOT JUST
STEALING THE CAR, THEY'RE TAKING THE CAR AND USING IT TO COMMIT OTHER CRIMES. SO THAT'S WHY THOSE PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO SATURATE AREAS WITH MORE PEOPLE FROM THE PRECINCTS, AND IF NEED BE, FROM OTHER PRECINCTS THAT WE HAVE T TRY TO
COMBAT AND STOP THAT PROBLEM AND FIND THESE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE THEY GO OUT AND VICTIMIZE OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THE
NEXT SLIDE IS THE HIGHLIGHTS ON RESPONSE TIMES. DIRECTOR HODNE HAD MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. THIS IS ONE THAT I WILL SAY WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. AS YOU GUYS KNOW THROUGH YOUR WARDS, PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK THE BIG QUESTION,
WHERE ARE THE POLICE? WHEN ARE THEY GETTING HERE? WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET HERE? EXCUSE . THE CHIEF PUT IN PLAY ANOTHER STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE OFFIRS ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO THE RIGHT AREAS. AND WE LK AT
THE DATA. THOSE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE WEEKLY. AND THE PRECINCT INSPECTORS ALLOCATE THEIR OFFICERS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES AND DOWN TIME WHERE OFFICERS, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO VENTURE OFF AWAY FROM THOSE DESIGNATED AREAS. SO IF YOU'RE IN SORT, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO GO TO LUNCH, MAYBE YOU WANT TO EAT LUNCH IN THOSE AREAS. SOO YOU'RE STILL THERE READY TO RAPIDLY RESPOND TO ACTIVITY THERE. IF YOU'RE GNG TO TAKE A BREAK SOMEWHERE. MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO GO USE THE RESTROOM IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS. SO WHAT THE
CHIEF HAS DONE WITH THAT STRATEGY AND MAKING THE SUPERVISORS MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING SURE WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE AT DURING ALL THESE TIMES, IT HAS TAKEN OUR RESPONSE TIME FOR PRIORITY ONE CALLS, THOSE ARE OUR MOST SERIOUS CALLS, HAS TAKEN THAT DOWN FROM 9 MINUTES
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A PERIOD OF SIX MINUTES. THAT REDUCTION IS HUGE WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND SAVING LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. PRIORITY TWO'S HAVE GONE FROM 32 DOWN TO 16 MINUTES WITH THE SAME STRATEGY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH. AND WHEN WE LOOK BACK IN 2020, WEEK OF 21, AND I BELIEVE WEEK 21, IF NOT MISTAKEN WAS RIGHT AROUND OR BEFORE MAY 25TH
OF 2020. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AND COMPARE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN THAT LOW IN TIME SINCE AROUND THAT PERIOD. YOU KNOW. SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS WITH MAKING SURE OUR OFFICERS ARE GETTING TO THE CALLS FASTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AS FAR AS REFORM
UPDATES, THE LAUNCH. AS FAR AS THE RESOURCE HUB, THESE ARE RESPONSES THAT WE GET BACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT'S THAT WAY WITH A LOT OF OUR ONLINE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE. AND OUR HUBS THAT WE HAVE ONLINE. THEY
REPORTED THAT THEY WANTED, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE USER FRIENDLY. AND WE'VE CHANGED THAT. WE MADE IT WHERE YOU HOVER OVER A TEXT, YOU CAN GET DEFINITIONS. WE ALSO MADE IT WHERE THE LINKS ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO POLICIES AND
STATUTES THROUGHOUT OUR STATE. ALSO, RIGHT BELOW THAT IS THE APPROVEMENT WITH ELEFA POLICIES. APPROVED THROUGH EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM. MAKING
CERTAIN THAT OUR OFFICERS KNOW THAT THOSE DATA ARE PRIVATE WITHIN THERE. ALSO, THE MEMBERS MAY ALSO RECEIVE A REPORT, A SUMMARY OF A REPORT. AND SUPERVISORS WHO ACCESS THIS
SYSTEM ARE ONLY ACCESSING THOSE INDIVIDUALS UNDER THEIR COMMAND. SO THERE ARE NEW POLICIES IN PLACE FOR THAT. QUARTERLY REVIEWS WHICH ARE DONE OF INCIDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN OUR DEPARTMENT BY OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OR COMMAND
STAFF AND EXECUTIVE STAFF. STOP SEARCHES, CITATIONS AND ARRESTS ARE ALSO HANDLED. WITNESSES. POLICIES REGARDING WITNESSES AT SCENES. IF YOU'RE AT A SCENE, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS REALIZE THAT IF THEY'RE AT A SCENE, SOMEBODY WANTS TO
LEAVE AND THEY'RE MERELY A WITNESS, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND MAKING SURE OUR OFFICERS KNOW THAT. THERE'S A, AS YOU KNOW, WE GET TO SOME OF THESE VIOLENT SCENES, YOU WANT EVERYONE TO REMAIN AND SAY THEIR PIECE. HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LEAVE IF THEY WANT TO
AND WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR OFFICERS KNOW THAT. SEARCHES FOR VOLUNTARY TRANSPORT. MAKING SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS UNDERSTAND AND IN POLICY KNOW TO ASK PERMISSION
TO SEARCH A PERSON. IF THIS IS A VOLUNTARY TRANSPORT. AND IF THAT PERSON SAYS NO, YOU MAY NOT SEARCH ME, THEN THEY NEED TO RESPECT THAT. ACTIVATING THEIR BODY WORN CAMERAS DURING THAT AS WELL. EMPHASIZING AND LETTING INDIVIDUALS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO REFUSE TO BE SEARCHED
WHEN IT'S JUST A VOLUNTARY TRANSPORT. DEVELOPING NEW TRAINING, BODY WORN CAMERAS. MAKING SURE OUR OFFICERS UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE BODY WORN CAMERA SHOULD BE TURNED ON, WHEN THEY MAY BE TURNED OFF, AND VERBALIZING THE FACT OF
RECORDING IS IN PLAY DURING THAT TIME. STOP, SEARCH, CITATION AND ARREST AS WELL WITH TRAINING. UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SEARCHES, VALID STOP SEARCH, PROCEDURES, AND ARREST,
AND THE PC FOR THOSE ARRESTS WHEN THEY MAKE THOSE STOPS. ALSO, APPROVED ELEFA TRAINING, WHICH IS THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING OR THE CIT FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. OUR
CIT PIECE FOR NEW OFFICERS -- ALL OF OUR OFFICERS WE TRY TO KEEP IT AT 100%. EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING. THE FIRST TIME YOU GO THROUGH IT IS 40 HOURS OF TRAINING. AND YOU HAVE REFRESHER TRAINING EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS AN 8-HOUR
REFRESHER TRAINING THAT OUR OFFICERS GO THROUGH. CONTINUING ON. HOSTED QUARTERLY REVIEW PANELS. FOR LEVEL 3, USE OF
FORCE REVIEWS, THOSE HAVE TAKEN PLACE, AND YOU'RE REVIEWING THINGS LIKE DEADLY FORCE, IMPACT WEAPONS THAT ARE USED IF THEY'RE GOING TO THE HEAD AND NECK. IF WEAPONLESS, LIKE HANDS OR WHAT
NOT, SOMEONE GETS HIT IN THE HEAD OR NECK AREA, WE ARE REVIEWING THOSE. AND ALSO THROUGH THE PANEL. AND ALSO, ANY FORCE THAT CAUSES A PERSON TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND BE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL, THOSE ARE ALSO
PART OF THAT. ALSO WORKING WITH THE WELLNESS TO IMPROVE WELLNESS EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRESS. SECURED FUNDING FOR THE WELLNESS DIRECTOR. THAT'S STILL IN PROCESS OF GETTING THAT PERSON IN. PLANNING FOR ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT STAFF, AND COMPLETION OF VENDOR DEMO WITH ELEFA SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE GOING ABOUT DOING THAT AND THEY'RE ABLE TO VIEW THAT AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO. ONGOING DEVELOPMENT AND CRITICAL TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS
USE. AND LOOKING AHEAD. WE HAVE TWO BULLET POINTS HERE. PRIMARILY IS THE BIG PIECE, THAT NON-FATAL SHOOTING TEAM. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ACTIVE NOW. IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE RESULTS IMPACT THE SOLVE RATES OF OUR CRIME AND ALSO IMPACT REDUCING CRIME IN COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND THEN OUR MAY RECRUIT GRADUATION, AS I EXPLAINED. WE'RE ANTICIPATING OUR NUMBERS TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND BE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY
HAS AS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL MY PRESENTATION FOR THE MPD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M OPEN FOR THOSE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL FIRST PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK YOU, AC GAITERS.
>> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY OFFICERS WERE RECRUITING. I HAVE SOME CONCERN ON HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE LEAVING. SO I'D LIKE THE AMOUNT
OF HOW MANY OFFICERS RETIRED BY THE END OF LAST YEAR AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY RETIRE THIS YEAR. AND IF SOME HAVE ALREADY, I'D LIKE THOSE NUMBERS. ALSO, THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS OUT ON MEDICAL LEAVE, PLEASE. AND WE CAN DO THAT IN A STAFF MEMO, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. >> YOU SAID THAT THE CHIEF HAS BEEN PUTTING THINGS INTO PLAY. YOU SAID THAT A FEW TIMES. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S AN OFFICIAL POLICY OR THAT'S JUST LIKE THE CHIEF SAYING I WANT THIS DONE. HOW DOES THE CHIEF PUT THINGS INTO PLAY
SPECIFICALLY? >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, YEAH, THE ONES I WAS READING OFF WAS A SPECIAL ORDER. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S AN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO THAT. AND THE SUPERVISORS HOLD THE OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE. AND THE SUPERVISORS ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. SO WHEN THERE'S A SPECIAL ORDER, THAT'S A DIRECT ORDER FROM THE CHIEF. >> SO DO THOSE GO THROUGH LIKE A PROCESS WITH ELEFA OR IS THAT JUST THE CHIEF LETTING LIKE THE INSPECTOR KNOW OR WHOMEVER KNOW THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL ORDER? LIKE WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THAT
IS WHAT I'M ASKING? >> CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, YEAH, THE SPECIAL ORDER, IT GOES THROUGH A PROCESS THROUGH OUR IMPLEMENTATION DIVISION. AND IMPLEMENTATION DIVISION, THE BUREAU CHIEF OF IMPLEMENTATION IS CONNECTED TO
ELEFA AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND INFUSING CONSENT DECREE PIECES THAT THE CITY WANTED TO INFUSE IN THERE. SO THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING OR SHOULD BE. AND WHEN THE OFFICERS, IF THE OFFICERS AREN'T COMPLIANT WITH
IT, THEN OBVIOUSLY, THERE COULD BE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE ISSUED. >> OKAY. YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE DEEPER. I'M JUST REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS START TO FINISH. NOT ABOUT IF PEOPLE -- I'M NOT EVEN AT IF THEY VIOLATED OR NOT. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS
ROLLS OUT. HOW IT'S COMMUNICATED TO PEOPLE. MPD POLICY. YOU KNOW. HOW IT GOES FROM THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BEING A BIG PART OF NOT JUST LIKE THE POLICIES BUT ALSO ACTION TAKEN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
RIGHT? SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. AND THEN YOU SAID THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING SOME STUFF IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE YOU'RE DEEP IN THE COMMUNITY DOING RECRUITMENT. AND I'LL JUST SAY I KNOW THAT YOU DO A LOT OF WORK.
I'VE SEEN MPD OUT AT EVENTS IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. BUT I HAVE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I HAVE SEEN YOU ALL AT FER EVENTS. AND I'M BOTHERED BY IT. I WAS JUST AT ACHOOL EVENT LAST WEEK, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS THERE. YOU KNOW, KIDS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR NEXT CAREER
MOVE INTO HIGH SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR WHATEVER. I'VEEEN THIS A FEW TIMES WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE READY TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE AND MPD HAVING ZERO PRESENCE THERE YOU AND I HAVE HAD MANY
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE AGE AND YOUNG KIDS CAN BE INSPIRED AND MOVE ON TO THESE CAREERS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN ON RECRUITMENT. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING RECRUID? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU AT A FEW EVENTD
IS GOING TO BE HERE. AND WHEN YOU WEREN'T, IT WAS LIKE MPD SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO I SEEN GATHERED AROUND THE SHERIFF'S TABLE OR OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TABLES THAT COULD
HAVE CERTAINLY REPRESENTED THEIR COMMUNITIEIN MPD. >> CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMR VETAW, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT. THE ONE BIG THING FOR US KNOWING ABOUT EVENTS IS A LOT OF TIMES IT IS WORD OF MOUTH. WHEN WE ARE NOT PRESENT AT
EVENTS, AND YOU AND I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC YOU'RE BRINGING UP. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT THE ONUS ON YOU AND YOUR STAFF. IF AN AIDE, IF YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL. YOU GUYS HAVE MY NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL ME
DIRECTLY. WE WANT TO BE AT EVERY SINGLE EVENT WE CAN GET TO. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE IF THEY HEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT AT AN EVENT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THAT IS WHAT HAS GOTTEN US THE PROGRESSES AS FAR AS NUMBERS HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR OVER
THE PAST FEW YEARS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. AND I KNOW YOU DO. MY LAST QUESTION IS AROUND THE SELECTION PROCESS. I'VE BEEN GETTING SOME FEEDBACK THAT FOLKS ARE APPLYING THAT ARE CERTAINLY ELIGIBLE AND ARE NOT GETTING
CALLBACKS. WHO IS DOING THE APPLICATIONS NOW FOR MPD? >> IT EVENTUALLY GOES THROUGH OUR HR PROCESS. AND W MEET WITH
HR. OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DEPUTY CHIEF. THEY'RE A PHONE CALL AWAY. HOWEVER, WHEN PEOPLE DON'T -- AND I JUST TALKED TO A PERSON THIS MORNING ON THE TELEPHONE, AND THA PERSON WAS ASKING ABOUT A CALLBACK. AND I CALLED THEM BACK MYSELF AND I
STARTED TALKING TO THEM. THEY ASKED, OF COURSE, QUESTIONS OF HOW IT WORKS. AND I CONNECTED THEM WITH O RECRUITMENT TEAM AND EXPLAINED THE PROCESS. IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE' BEEN -- IT'S REDUCED SOMEWHAT, BUT IT'S STILL A CHALLENGE THAT'S THERE AND WE' STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. HOWEVER, WE DON'T
WANT ANYONE TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE PERSON WHO COULD HAVE A JOB. THAT'S ONE PERSON WHO COULD BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFEND MAKING A DIFFERENCE GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. >> YEAH. AND I JUST THINK, Y KNOW, BASED ON SOME PEOPLE THAT
I'VE MET AND ENCOURAGED AND ASKED TO APPLY. YOUKNOW, PEOPLE WHO JUST WALK UP TO YOU SAYING I APPLIED AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. TT WE MAY BE MISSING SOME THINGS HERE. WE MAY BE. THE BEST IPECTOR IN THE WORLD, CHARLIE ADAMS A WHILE BACK TOLD
ME THAT -- WELL HE IS. THE ENTIRE 4TH PRECINCT ARE THE BEST. DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. HE IS T BEST INSPECTOR IN THE WORLD. HE TOLD ME A WHILE BACK -- >> YOU'RE ASCRIBING MOTIVE. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO LIKE RUN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THAT WAS LIK A HUGE BARRIER TO PEOPLE GETTING INTO THE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? LIKE YOU WOULD ONLY GET A CERTAIN BODY TYPE WHEN YOU HAD TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT. AND IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY WORK WELL FOR WEN OR IT MATTERED WHAT DAY IT WAS. LIKE, IT WAS ALL THESE THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING. AND THE BEST INSPECTOR IN THE WORLD SAID WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS. THIS A BARRIER TO GETTING MORE WOMEN IN
THE DEPARTMENT. D WE REMOVED THAT. AND LOOK, WE GOT MORE WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT NOW. SO AT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO DO IS TAKE DOWN THOSE BARRIERS THAT SHOULDN'T BE
THERE ANYMORE. I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE REASSESSING HOW PEOPLE GET INHE DEPARTMENT. OF COURSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE R FLAGS AND WE SHOULD NOT TAKE THOSE AWAY. I DO WANT US TO
START THINKING ABOUT THEROSS AND HOW PEOPLE ARE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS WITH THESE BARRIERS TO GET IN THE DERTMENT. WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT MORE SPECIFIC THINGS. I JUST WANT US TO ALWAYS BE LOOKING AT THE PROCESS AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO STILL GET THE BEST OF THE BEST, BUT UNDERSTAND THE TIMES WE'RE
LIVING IN NOW. RIGHT? THE COMMUNITY, THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND SO THAT DIVERSITY LOOKS DIFFERENT IN SO MANY WAYS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE STRENH OR HOW FAR YOU CAN RUN WHEN THEY DON'T EV RUN THAT MUCH. YOU
KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE MAYBE ACCESSIBLE 20-30 YEARS AGO THAT ARE NOT LONGER NEEDED OR CESSIBLE NOW. ONE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T USE THEN. SO I REALLY JUST WANT US TO KEEP WORKING AT MAKING
SURE WE REDUCE THOSE BARRIERS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE RECUTING PEOPLE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW AND FOR 20 YEARS, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT? >> 32. >> 32. SO THE NEXT OFFICER WHO
IS GOING TO COME ON AND B THERE FOR 32 YEARS, WHAT THE NEXT DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM. >>HANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. IF YOU WERE SITTING HERE, ONE OF THE BEST INSPECTORS EVER. >> THE. >> WITH HISTORICAL LOW CRIME FOR
THE FIRST TIME EVER LAST YEAR IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND I GIVE KUDOTO HIM ALL THE TIME. HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE STUDY, WE LOOK AT ADVERSE IMPACTS THROUGH OUR HIRING PROCESS. WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THINGS HAVE
CHANGED. WE'VE GOTTE MORE INVIDUALS WITHOUT REDUCING THE NECESSARYEEDS TO LOOK AT WHO'S GETTING ON. WE HAVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR CLOSE TO 2,000, IF NOT 2,000 APPLICATIONS COMING IN. AND OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT SEEING 2,000 COPS ON THE
STREETS. SO WE ARE DENYING AND TURNING AWAYPEOPLE. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE JOBS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.
>> NEXT UP, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANKYOU. I SEE WE HAVE STOP SEARCHES, CITATION AND ARREST AS AN APPROVED POLICY. AND I KNOW FOR O ELEFA REPORTS THERE IS AN 8-MONTH LAG. THE MOST RECENT
REPORT SAID THAT ONE WAS HELD U BY 6 MONTHS, AND ANTICIPATED START DATE WAS GOING TO BE IN LIKE EARLY FEBRUARY TO START TRAINING ON THAT. OBVIOUSLY, WE PROBABLY GOT DELAYED TO SOME EXTENT BECAUSE OF THE SURGE. BUT M WONDERING WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF WE HAVE THE APPROVED
POLICY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TRAINING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND APPROVED. DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON WHEN THAT'S GOING TO START? >> CHAIR, SORRY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER OR PRESIDENT, YES, ONCE THE -- AS YOU KNOW THE PROCESS
IS LONG. IT NEEDS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FOR 45 DAYS AND GOES THROUGH THE CYCLE. ONCE WE ARE GETTING THE TRAINING IN, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH READY TO ROLL. THE TRAINING, MY UNDERSTANDING, HAS BEEN APPROVED. AND NOW IT'S TRAINING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR COPS ON THAT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT. I APOLOGIZE IF I CONFUSED IN THE WAY I PRESENTED IT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT. >> AND UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THROUGH THE FORCE. EVEN THOUGH YOU HE THE TRAINING READY TO GO, GETTING EVERYBODY THROUGH IT. DO YOU HAVE A GUESS ON HOW LONG
THAT TAKES GENERALLY SPEAKING? >> USUALLY THE WAY IT'S STAGGERED, AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE SURGE, WE HAD TO MOVE TRAINING BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR OFFICERS COULD GO INTO THE TRAINING. TYPICALLY BY
YEAR'S END, USUALLY, KNOCK ON WOOD, OFFICERS ARE TRAINED. BUT IT'S A PROGRESSIVE PIECE ALL THROUGH. YOU HAVE OFFICERS WHO HAVE MULTIPLEASSIGNMENTS. THEY HAVE A MAIN ASSIGNMENT AND A SECONDARY SIGNMENT. YOU HAVE ALL THESE RETRAININGS WHERE
PEOPLE CAN COME BACK AND GET TRAINING IF THEY MISSED IT. BY YEAR-END THEY SHOULD BE TRAINED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GET A TIMELINE FOR YOU -- >> BALLPARK IS HELPFUL. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. AND
THANK YOU, AC GAITERS. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION HERE. QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YA, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO OUR CSOs. IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SE THESE NUMBERS. I KNOW A LOT OF OUR CSOs ARE DIRECTLY FROM OUR COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY
HERE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LARGE EMPHASIS ON RETAINING AND KEEPING OFFICERS THAT HAVE THAT ATTACHMENT TO OUR CITIES. AND SO IF IT'S HELPFUL, I'M NOT SURE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
THE EXACT NUMBERS ON YOU OFF HAND, THAT'S HELPFUL -- OR THAT'S NOT NEEDED. JUST WONDERING WITH OUR CSOs IT LOS LIKE WE HAVE CURRENTLY 81CSOs HIRED. AND FOUR ARE GOING TO BE PROMOTED TO CADET. SEVEN ARE PROMOTED TO RECRUIT. DO YOU
HAVE LIKE A SENSE OF OUT OF OUR HISTORICALLY HOW MUCH -- HOW MANY OF OUR CSOs ACTUALLY END UP MATRICULATING TO MPD AS FULL-TIME OFFICERS? >> IT'S ANECDOTAL. I WOULD SAY THAT IS THE ONEROUP THAT WE
RETAIN A LARGE NUMBER. OUT OF THE 81, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S ANECDOTAL, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE ENDED UP WITH 60-SOME BECOMING OFFICERS. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. ONCE THEY GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE
TO GO THROUGH A TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEAR PROCESS. THEY GO THROUGH SCHOOL, TRAINING, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR ACADEMY, THE STATE ACADEMY. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. THE NUMBER IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR RETAINING THOSE
INDIVIDUALS IN THE CSO PROGRAM. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. JUST A NOTE TO, I KNOW THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS POLICY HUB FOR A WHILE. IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION HERE.
EXCITED TO SEE IT AND ALL THE REFORM EFFORTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> AWESOME. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. NO ONE ELSE IS IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> PERFECT. SEEING NO MORE DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO FILEHAT REPORT. AND BEFORE I ADJOURN, CLERKS, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK ACTION ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM. I FEEL LIKE I PULLED A COUPLE THINGS OUT. YUP. EAT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US AND NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.