--------- okay good afternoon everyone today's short-sighted decision by the council has ignored Community wishes and is a colossal waste of both time and money I first want to be clear
about what this action today is actually doing this does not authorize the city to move forward with a closed Street or a pedestrian mall at George Floyd Square what this action does is it authors a legisl directives that says to our staff
that they should continue to delay until at least December of this year to come forward with a plan as to how a pedestrian Mall might move forward there are so many problems with this decision that the council has made the first is
this uh over a year ago council members asked our Administration to go forward with Community engagement to see what neighbors that are direct ly impacted by George Floyd Square to see what they wanted that engagement was conducted
$2.2 million countless staff hours a whole bunch of resources countless meetings and Outreach uh and the results were 70% of the people from those surrounding neighborhoods wanted us to move forward with an open flexible
option it does not make sense to me to do a massive amount of community engagement only to ignore what the community is actually saying but even if we were to ignore the Community Partners the thing that the council members want
to do they cannot do with the present status they cannot do it because in many cases it violates the overarching purpose and intent of the law to get a pedestrian Mall you cannot have more than
50% of the property owners opposed that plan so we went out and we asked the property owners right now 100% of the property owners that we talk to oppose the plan that the council is trying to move
forward I have no problem with the vision of a pedestrian Mall in fact it was a vision that we explored but the combination of the vast majority of the community saying that they were adamantly opposed to it or opposed to it and the property owners that provide the
legal barrier for this thing getting done made no sense the city needs us to move forward the residents of that area around George Floyd Square need to see forward progress we collectively need to take
the next step not delay for years into the future it is time to move forward here and so even if we were to ignore the community engagement which the count council members are doing and even if we
were to ignore the law that requires that 50% of the property owners not oppose which they do there is a statute at the state level that says the municipal state aid Street system must not include a segment of a city street
that is designed as a pedestrian Mall under chapter 430 this is part of the municipal state aid system and this is a pedestrian Mall posing yet another barrier we should not be delaying further we as a city should
be moving forward and with that I will turn it over to council member Andrea Jenkins thank you yes yeah thank you mayor fry my name is Andrea Jenkins I represent Ward 8 um and
that is the site of the George Floyd square and the potential Memorial I've been working at this intersection at 38th in Chicago uh for since
2000 consistently so for 25 years I witnessed an advocated and directly supported the creation of the Chicago Avenue fire Art Center um smoke in the pit the initial coffee shop that was at this
intersection called Black Eye Coffee the wing young huy third place photography studios we brought in consignment stores and other retail opportunities and then on May 25th 2020
all of that changed George Floyd was murdered at this intersection and this traumatic event has deeply uh paralyzed our community and our city in fact and it's
really painful for me to see this um deeply divided Community now and I want to be real clear I'm using this term divided very Loosely because after uh
surveying 6,000 people in the four surrounding neighborhoods of George Floyd Square 70% of those folks have said we support the flexible option that is being
um presented by the city and in fact though that flexible option was developed because of what the community was telling us they wanted to see at this intersection and so um you know
these surveys were created by very credible organizations um namely Cura which is a uh community and urban resour research group at the University of Minnesota and
these are the results and so we spent millions of dollars on community engagement 177,000 staff hours have been um committed to this project and I want to take this opportunity to just say thank you to our staff who have been working
tirelessly on this project for 4 and A2 years this work began immediately after the murder of George Floyd and um I really I think we are at our third
Public Works director who has been um deeply involved in this project and wanting to ensure that the infrastructure and the sacredness of this space reflects the the history
reflects the um significance of this site and um and I think that this flexible option does that it it's really painful for me to know that any work that is going to get done at this
intersection that has been deeply disinvested in for decades um will continue to to remain as such at least
until mid2 26 which is mid to the end of 2026 which is a year and a half from now um I I I just I'm very frustrated with this um
outcome today and um I want to offer my thanks to all of the community members who have stepped forward and been engaged and over the past 4 and A2 Years thank you for your
involvement thank you for your commitment to this neighborhood and to this community and um you know I'm I'm committed to ensuring that we get something positive for this
neighborhood as soon as we possibly can thank you and next speaker I think is our coo Margaret Anderson kellerer [Music] thank you to the mayor and thank you to council member Jenkins and all the other council members and community members
who are here with us today this a this action today left me speechless because we have engaged like the mayor and the council member said with 177,000 hours
of Staff time the council asked us to go out and do more Community engagement after the last round of community engagement this is about the third round of community engagement three Public Works directors a number of Staff working on this two over $2.2 million on
community engagement alone we never see that sort of investment uh in community engagement in a project in the city at at most maybe it's $100,000 and so to ignore to
disregard to shut down what the community has told us is something that might take your breath away it actually can lead and I hope it doesn't here but it can lead to
undermining trust further in government because we were out there and worked towards an option that would have allowed for Gatherings allowed for Transit on a in a place where people 40% of people don't
have a car along this route this bringing the bus back having the engagement of people who can come up and down the street and be engaged that's what's good for George Floyd Square that's what the community told us
I want to call on Tim seon who's the Public Works director uh to talk a little bit about the Public Works side of the project thank you Margaret so just to be clear today's action will delay construction until 2026 at the
earliest public work staff along with many other staff throughout the city as mentioned have been working tirelessly for years to come up with an option that reflects the community's designs we came up with a flexible option flexible open option that would respect the need for
memorials and events while also providing critical access to transit to local deliveries to emergency services to Commerce um and to residential access to and from you know the downtown core of the city we came up with a a design
that we feel like could safely and conveniently and easily allow for those closures um and reflect the needs of the community and as a reminder this isn't just a street project the Street's gotten a lot of attention but we're talking about critical infrastructure
upgrades that include things like replacing lead water lines adding new sidewalks improving Lighting in the area for livability and safety and many other community benefits that come with one of these large scale reconstruction
projects and again I think the path that we were on based on community feedback would have allowed us to start construction this year and complete Construction in 2026 at this stage uh you know the best
case is that we can begin Construction in 2026 um and uh but it will have with a new action we'll delay construction at best again until fall of 2026 so with that I want to turn it over to local business owner PJ hill thank you
Tim um man this breaks my heart because you know I not only am a Community member over there third generation but also a property owner and uh have multiple businesses over there and you think about uh another delay of doing
something in our community what I want to say is it was closed already and we can see that that didn't work it was a perception that it was unsafe and now that we have got it open with the help of some great community members Agape the organization me and several other
business owners who are here Dwight from smoking the pit Ace from plot Gallery see that the safety has come back and now we are looking for a thriving economic community and we cannot get that with the close street that prevents
us from having true economics that we need and if it doesn't make dollars it doesn't make sense if you go 10 blocks up to 48th in Chicago it looks totally different the mayor is committed there's a lot of council members committed but there's a small handful that is not listening to community and that that
hurts us so hopefully we can continue to fight and speak be on behalf of the community and the small businesses so that way we can have a thriving community and continue to move forward up up thank you PJ thank you mayor for
having us here and to the council members that are joining us uh my name is Jared Brewington I lead a a new organization in George Floyd Square called square roots which is an activity center that will provide Workforce training for young adults in the culinary arts and also establish a
restaurant presence in that neighborhood providing upscale dining as a representation of the work that we are doing inside um a special thanks to council member Jenkins who you know we've worked together in many years in support of a safe and thriving and
energetic Minneapolis I have an over 85 year family history in that community and is where I put my first restaurant Venture uh years ago uh prior to the death of George Floyd So it it was a heavy heart that I heard the council's
decision today but it was it felt part for the course in this current uh policy maker body within the city because I've been part of their initiatives where they also ignored the voice of constituents that that were affected by the decisions that we're making so um
it's not lost on me that politics is happening however this is affecting people this is affecting a return to vibrancy in a community in an area that has a cultural heritage that has been celebrated its entire its entire existence and that was stalled with the
uh murder of George Floyd that put a a light and shined uh on social justice issues to the world and made that area an epicenter and that will never be lost forgotten or hidden from the community so as someone who's trying to create an activity center that will evolve into
the community and involve the community inside its space with its event space it's it's it's hard to hear about these delays but as a as a hardworking Community member and advocate for others we just will dig in and keep fighting for the interest of those
that live there to to thrive move freely and see growth come within their Community I'll turn it back over to you may Friday thank you with that we'll open it to questions you might have mayor why do you believe that there are city council members who are still pushing for this pedestrian Plaza when it's clear legally it's not going to
work residents don't want it and businesses don't want it I I don't want to put myself in a position where I'm speaking for the city council uh but as our uh Chief Operating Officer said I too am
speechless um I have no problem with a vision for a pedestrian Mall it was an option that I thought could be a good idea and it was an option that we in fact explored but having looked into it having heard loud and clear from the
community and having examined the law the thing that they want to do not only is not supported by and large in the surrounding neighborhood oods it's nearly impossible to actually get done and so I don't know if it's
politics or it's listening to a small segment of the overall population but the bottom line is that it's not progress this is a delay uh this is delaying as director seon said at the very least to fall of
2026 and possibly even further the community has waited a long time we've heard loud and clear from them that they want to move forward and it's on us to push things forward uh in a progressive fashion and we're trying to do that mayor what's next then how do we move
forward uh so right now A A at the moment there are blockages to the things that the council members want to do one of those blockages as I mentioned was this 50% barrier and I want to make sure everybody understands what this law says
it says that if you're going to try to have a pedestrian mall then you can't have more than 50% of the property owners opposing it as I said 100% of the property owners that we talk to oppose it so you can't move forward based on
that so rather than abide by the letter of the law and certainly the intent of it the council members are try trying to gerrymander the business and prop Property Owners out and gerrymander their own voices in they're trying to
redraw the line so that only the city parcel is included in it for lack of a better word that's just Shady thanks we should not be excluding the 70% of the community that has said that they want to move forward with an open and
flexible option and excluding about a 100% of the property and business owners on that block that have said listen to us the bottom line is this doesn't make sense even if you're for a pedestrian Mall this still doesn't make
sense where did they do that what yes I didn't see uh so we've gotten emails from council members uh see if I even got in my notes here I don't but we'll get that in a second want to you have that I mean
this is the what they asked the public works department to do is move forward with an analysis that would reduce the size of The Pedestrian Mall not to one block which was the plan not to 3/4 of a
block or half a block but a small segment involving virtually one parcel which is the cities I don't know how you have a pedestrian mall that's 15% of the one block it it doesn't make sense if you shut down the street you're shutting down the block
let's be real uh and so they've very clearly said to us um where I mean this is just an email and we can get you this as well uh this is from a council member the model uh council is pursuing as a smaller ped mall where there actually
there is not over 50% opposition so in fact it would be legally pursuable so they're saying we're trying to it doesn't work we don't have 50% what they're saying is we have 50% opposition if you actually include the whole block so let's find a way not to have 50% opposition and the only way that you do
that is by just having the city's voice answering so the people portion yes yes BL and that's an email from one Council M yes but this has been the very this has been the state purpose from all of them that voted for this that I've that
I've heard from anyway why is it so difficult to do this option just Mall option when it was one of the options you guys presented uh a few months ago it was like these are the options and that was one of them now and nowhere in that document did it make it
sound like not all it was an option no to be clear it was an option it was an option that I would myself was very open to uh and we we we looked into it uh but
one you know the council insisted on doing community engagement and it doesn't make sense to ignore the voices from the community itself uh but second again we now have more information regarding both the law as well as what the property owners along that Corridor think and I can get
director seon up here to give you a better answer well maybe just a small bit more is um we actually started with the idea of a pedestrian Plaza So Not only was it on the table it was kind of the default start that we had as a design and after hearing from Community
there was real concerns uh about access to Transit this is the busiest bus route in the state not just the city um businesses were concerned residents were concerned about access through the neighborhood along with the livability of what happens when people can no
longer get through and so that's what brought us to this flexible open design because we also heard from community that it's important to be able to close down at least occasionally that space to have events to have memorials to honor
you know and what happened there is important but not all the time so under their proposal you would only they would only allow local traffic no no so the local traffic language is a little
confusing local traffic um in some cases is meant to just refer to deliveries to emergency vehicle access um there is not local through traffic which is an important distinction the street would be shut off to anyone trying to get through with the
exception of potentially some deliveries and uh emergency vehicles because we need to make sure that ambulances and fire trucks and police can have access to any space within the city so in your in your document here where it says pedestrian Plaza restricts
V access to local residents and businesses only that doesn't mean that cars can drive through correct only yeah emergency vehicles and deliveries the cars cannot drive through cars cannot drive through in The
Pedestrian Mall correct yes yeah so again to be really clear uh we offered a plan up that would both allow for the street to be shut down so that you could have community events
festivals Gatherings healing circles whatever it may be and simultaneously you could allow for continued access to the businesses and continue service from the bus line the council's plan is shutting the street off you cannot get
through uh counc wansley today kind of felt like the city's efforts and plan to move forward with the flexible option design would kind of erase what had happened um what is your response to that it completely ignores the facts of what we all have been working on and is
completely and intellectually dishonest um this city has moved forward to purchase the people's way gas station we're moving forward right now with a completely transparent process where we are going to select uh an
entity that will create a beautiful vision for healing we will be honoring George Floyd's Legacy with a memorial we have spent countless hours listening to community members to hear what their vision is um to say that it doesn't make
sense it ignores what the community themselves have asked for including black community members black business owners that have a direct stake in that intersection itself uh and you know again frankly
what I hear from people is that they want to move forward moving forward doesn't mean forgetting the past nobody is suggesting that so essentially it's propping up an argument that isn't being made only to knock it down mayor can I just because I was in the council chambers and I have to say that I that
did take my breath away because from the earliest moment I arrived here as the Public Works director we said no one is going to drive on the spot that George Floyd was murdered on no bus is going to stop there we've already worked with
Metro transit to make sure there would not be a bus stop there we have worked to make sure that the space will be preserved we've gone out and cataloged every piece of art to date working together I just I that that is not truth it's not truth and and I think at some
point we got to get away from the you know he said she said Dynamic like here's what we've done here are the facts two more questions $2.2 million was already spent and as saw in your release $500,000 could also be or yes more could be spent does the city have the funds to
start from scratch is that even possible this is a colossal waste of both time and resources neither of which we have um you know now of course we could also always impact property taxpayers
more by spending monies that we don't have that is not a good idea for those council members that are saying that they care about the bottom line and they want to not dramatically increase property taxes this plan that they've put forward doesn't get the job done
this will increase the amount of money spent and the delays already have increased the amount of money spent so yes that has an impact on people why does it cost $500,000 more to do this that's the first time we' heard that
I so that those costs are specifically for design of the new of the new Pedestrian Mall and because of the state statute that allow us for pedestrian malls there's a number of what they call findings of facts so we need to make
sure that it works for local businesses that it works for fire and police and there's a lot of back and forth that will happen but those costs are attributed to largely to the design and the findings of facts that we're being asked to pursue so that wouldn't have
been a cost had they chose the other option correct fin question I guess as it relates to infrastructure you guys talk about replacing lead pipes and all that stuff if you move forward with The Pedestrian Mall would that stuff still get
done all of it would be delayed and staff time and resources that would otherwise go to building out the street replacing the pipes and by the way all the time that they would otherwise spent on replacing other pipes uh all the time and resources have
got to be diverted and so look we've seen the ramifications when we don't Place replace pipes quick enough uh this is part of the nuts and bolts of city government and so this is adding staff time and resources that we would not otherwise be spending it's adding
staff time and spending tax money that we don't otherwise have and so yes that it would be a problem thank you thank you everybody hold on one more question more question have any of yall been up there in this room up to gey square socalled many
times okay I probis seen a couple any y'all in this room been up there I'm asking and reason why y haven't been up there why why I haven't been up there I'm trying I'm asking have any of y'all been up in there yes or no I'm asking a question okay for what came to smoke I know you good I'm saying why y'all come
up here though y'all don't come here and Shop with the small businesses I don't see y'all come and get y y reports and Y news and with y' y' job and Y get get up out of there what's the reason why y'all send somebody all this politics stuff but the small business is getting hurt what you going to do about that I'm ask
y'all again how many yall come up here after y'all leave y little news little news little thing how you check out just turkey real little shop as shop any of y'all smoking the pit I've been 11 years I'm trying to figure out why what's up
to our point exactly that it's a perceived uh if you close it up then how do businesses like he survive you don't have traffic through there you don't have flow it's been closed already and now you got hurting business owners who
are here speaking not uh out of spite but out of really loving their community and really being financially hurt Dwight is not the only one losing money so am I and we can feel that this is our livelihood this is our community this is how we feed our kids and so when you
have a couple council members playing around with our lives in our community literally Our Lives it means something to us and so when we Advocate and we go to the mayor we go to our council person and they support us and then you have a a handful of other um city council
people playing politics this is not the one we've already been damaged enough in our community that's right and so now we're trying to move forward I want to just piggy back on that when you say about our lives we I'm speaking on behalf of Agape
movement many of you know us we put our literal lives on the line working with Public Works working with the city to make sure that those that intersection was reopened neighborhood did that that neighborhood stood behind us that
Community worked with us I sat on the CCT team to talk about an infrastructure this is more than disheartening this puts a lot of our neighbors our business owners back in Jeopardy we're not going to stand here and pretend that we didn't
have a RICO come down because of an intersection being closed for y because of what was quote unquote perceived in that intersection I will not stand by quietly as a black woman and continue to
pretend that you guys get to spin a narrative that is untrue please come back up there please re-evaluate your story especially you re-evaluate what you're saying re-evaluate how you're reporting and
stand because this is not just our community this community belongs to you as well so we this is why we appreciate all the support of the mayor the counsel and the people here standing with us yeah you got it there thank you all thank you
for being here thank you for your time Part: 2
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MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, AND BEFORE WE CONVENE OUR MEETING, WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF AN HONORARY RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME GUEST TO THIS SPACE TO SHARE IN THE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE TAKING UP
OUR AGENDA.
GOOD MORNG. WHEREVER YOU WANT TO BE. AWESOME, PERFECT.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AISHA CHUGHTAI. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNPOLIS CITY COUNCIL AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE JOINED BY FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND SO MANY OF OUR CITY STAFF TO PRESENT THIS HONORARY RESOLUTION
HORING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, SO WE WILL FIRST BEGIN BY PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND PRESENT IT WITH US. AND THEN WE'LL HAND IT OFF WITH A FEW FOLKS TO SHARE REMARKS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MONTHND
THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN BOTH IN OUR BROADER COMMUNITY AND HERE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AS WELL. WITH THAT, ALL RIGHT.
HONORING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATED ON MARCH 8, ORIGINATED TO HONOR WOMEN'S ROLLS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENTS AND NORTH AMERICA IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY, AND WAS ADOPTED GLOBALLY IN 1977 AS A FOCAL
POINT FOR THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE MONTH OF MARCH IS OBSERVED NIONALLY AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRA THE COURAGEOUS WOMEN WHO HAVE GUIDED THE COURSE OF OUR HISTORY AND CONTINUE TO SHE AND STRENGTHEN
OUR COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES AND WORKLACES. AND -- >> WHEREAS, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT HAS HISTORICALLY LEFT OUT BLACK, INDIGENOUS, TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLO AND WOMEN WITH
DISABILITIES. AND IT IS CRUCIAL TO RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FACED BY MARGINALIZED GROUPS OF WOMEN IN OUR QUEST FOR TRUE EQUITY, ELEVATION AND INCLUSION. AND WHEREAS, THERE IS A COLLECTIVE NEED FOR ALL OF US TO
CHALLENGE GENDER STEREOTYPES AND STRIVE FOR DIVERSE REPRESENTATION AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY. AND WHEREAS --
>> CURRENT CITY UNCIL BODIES FOR MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL ARE WORTHY OF RECOGNITION BECAU THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL CURRENTLY HAS A WOMEN'S MAJORITY WITH EIGHT OF OUR 13 SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS BEING WOMEN, OF
WHICH FIVE ARE WOMEN O COLOR, AND THE ST. PAUL CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY IS MADE UP ENTIRELY OF WOMEN WITH SIX OUT OF SEVEN BEING WOMEN OF COLOR. AND WHEREAS, ALL WOMEN LEADERS,
READLESS OF THAT YOU ARE FORMAL ROLES OR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE SYSTIC BARRIERS AND BIASES THAT IMPACT WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT BOTH IN PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SPHERES. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OPPORTUNIES WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION WHERE WOMEN, ESPECIALLY BLACK, INDIGENOUS, TRANSGENDER AND WOMEN OF COLOR ARE EQUITABLY REPRESENTED AND THRIVING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND
ROLES AND -- >> AND WHEREAS, TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ENTERPRISE, THE MINNEAPOLIS EMP FORMED IN 2017 AS AN EMPLOYEE
RESOURCE GROUP FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE ADVANCEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
EMPLOYEES. >> AND WHEREAS, IT WAS CALLED THE 29% CLUB, WHICH WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WORK FORCE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WORK FORCE ACCORDING TO DATA COLLECTED FROM THE NEW EMPLOYEE DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONNAIRE, 33% OF EMPLOYEES
SELF-IDENTIFIED AS FEMALE, OF WHICH OVER 39 PEOPLE IDENTIFY AS FEMALE OF COLOR. >> WHEREAS, THE WOMEN E.R.G. OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER
PPORT, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, WELL BEING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND WHEREAS, THE WOMEN OF MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEE NETWORK IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE COMMUNY IN PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, SUPPORT AND
EMPOWER WOMEN LEADERS WITH THE CITY'S WORKFORCE -- >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI AND LINEA PALSANO READING IT WITH ME --
THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN IN THE MINNEAPOLIS AND BEYOND. WE A CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUITY, SUPPORT
DIVERSITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF ALL WOMEN IN THEIR COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> THERE WE GO. >> THANK YOU, ALL. WE'LL BEGIN BY ASKING SOME OF
OUR EMPLOYE WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO SHARE SOME REMARKS. >> GREETINGS, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RAVEN NEVILLES AND I AM CO-CHAIR OF THE WOMEN E.R.G.
ALONG WH KATIE CHAMPION, AND WE JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK ALL THE WOMEN WHO BORE US CREATED THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP. AS IT WAS SHARED, IT WAS RMERLY KNOWN AS THE 29% CLUB,
AND SINCE THEN NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THE WOMEN OF MINNEALIS EMPLOYEE NETWORK. IT'S LIKE THEY SHARED, WE STARTED OUT AT 29% AT THE CITY AND THE NUMBERS INCREASED AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASS THE
EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP IS CREATED TO COME TOGETHER AS WON AND FOR MYSELF SPEAKING PERSONALLY, IT'S GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I DIDN'T PRE THIS SPACE AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK. THIS EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP HAS BEEN A LOT TO ME AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ALSO DO THAT FOR ALL THE WOMEN THRGHOUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE HERE, SUPPOING EACH OTHER. OFFERING SPACE TO CONNECT. AND WE'RE BUILDING A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL OF US TO GROW WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. MY PREDECESSORS BEFORE ME, I
HOPE I LIVE UP TO THAT. THOSE WHO ARE OUT THERE SEEING THIS NOWND THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE, ANY FEEDBACK, PLSE LET US KNOW. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP IS CONNECTED, INCLUSIVE, AND WE ARE CREATING SPACE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, AND
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SHARE. [APPLAUSE] >> I THINK WE'RE DONE. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL GOING TO TRY TO GET IN BETWEEN THESE TWO LINES TO TAKE
A GROUP PHOTO.
>> AT THIS TIME I AM GOINGO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FEBRUARY 27 TO ORDER. THE CRK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, PRESENT. RAINVILLE, PRESENT.
CHAVEZ, PRESENT. VETAW, PRESENT. ELLISON, HERE. KOSKI, PRESENT. WONSLEY, PRESENT. NKINS, PRESENT. PALMISANO, PRESENT.
CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. CASHMAN, PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, PRESENT. >>OUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, PRESENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE, PRESENT. >> THE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A COR UM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I
WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETINIS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF T OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR
THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETG IS BEFORE US. COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE WE MOVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA AND
COMPLETE OUR ACTION ON CONSIDERATION OF MAYOR FREY'S VETO OF A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE GEORGE FLOYD PEDESTRIAN PLAZA STUDY, THEN RETURN TO COMPLETE THE REST OF THE BUSINESS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IN REGUL ORDER, STARTING WITH THE REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION WITH THAT COURSE OF, A, I WOULD
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH THAT CHANGE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE
VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS.
>> THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM THE REGUL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 13. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE.
ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYE. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES
HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTE. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION PLEASE? >> SO MOVED. >> A SECOND. >> OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE.
ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHT, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYN AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE MATTERS HE BEEN REFERRED.
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM HE WHICH IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REQUESTING FURTHER STUDY IN A REPORT OF FINDINGS RELATED TO THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CONCEPT LAYOUT FOR THE 38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE GEORGE FLOYD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THIS DIRECTIVE ADOED AT OUR LAST MEETING WAS SUBSEQUENTLY VETOED BY THE MAYOR AND IS RETURNED FOR OUR CONSIDERATION. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE IN TERMS OF RECONSIDER THE MAYOR'S VETO. MR. CLERK? >> MR. PRESIDEN AS YOU NOTED, THIS WAS RETURNED WITH THE MAYOR'S VETO AND OBJECTIONS TO
THE ACT PROVIDED IN WRITING AND PURSUANT TO CITY CHARTER SECTION 4.4C3 AND COUNCIL RULE 7.8 AND ANY ACT THAT IS VETOED BY THE MAYOR'S RETURN FOR COUNCIL'S AUTOMATIC RECONSIDERATION UER THAT RULE IS PLACED BEFORE THE BODY IN THE SAME FORM AS IT WAS
ORIGINALLY PASSED WITHOUT DEBATE, WITHOUT AMENDMENT. AND THE IMMEDIATE QUESTION TO BE DECIDED BY COUNCIL IS AS FOLLOWS. SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CITY THE VETO OF THE MAYOR? IF AT LEAST 2/3 OTHE COUNCIL VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE T MAYOR'S VETO
IS OVERRIDDEN AND THE OGINAL ACT IS ADOPTED. THAT MEANS AN OVERRIDE REQUIRES AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES. IN SHORT, COUNCIL NEEDS AT LEAS THE ORIGINAL ACT AGAIN. OTHERWISE, THE MAYOS VETO IS SUSTAINED AND THE ORIGINAL ACT
FAILS. WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M READY TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE? >> SO PERHAPS -- >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PERHA THE CLERK WOULD
EXPLAIN WHAT AN AYE MEANS TO THE VETO VERSUS A NAY. >> AN AYE VOTE IS VOTING TO OVERTURN THE MAYOR'S VETO. A NAY VOTE IS VOTING TO SUSTAIN. >> THANK YOU. >> THE MOTIO TO RECONSIDER THE
GEORGE FLOYD LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS BEFORE US. TO OVERRIDE THE VETO IS BEFORE US AND REQUIRED NINE AFFIRMATIVE AYE VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. >> RAINVILLE, NAY. CHAVEZ, AYE.
VETAW, NO. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, NAY. PALMISANO, NO. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE.
ESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE NINE YAY YAYS AND FOUR NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES AND THE VETO IS OVERTURNED AND THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS ADOPTED.THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSIN
THE PRESENTATION OF REPORT -- [GAVEL] >> GET OUT OF HERE, MAN. >> MR. FLOWERS, PLEASE. [OFF-MIC]
>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 5-MINUTE RECESS.
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. [GAVEL] >> MR. CLERK, I WILL ASK YOU TO TAKE THE ROLL TO VERIFY A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE, PRESENT. CHAVEZ, PRESENT.
VETAW, PRESENT. ELLISON, HERE. KOSKI, PRESENT. WONSLEY, PRESENT. JENKINS, PRESENT. PALMISANO, PRESENT. CHOWDHURY, PRESENT. CASHMAN, PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHI, PRESENT.
>> PRESIDENT PAYNE, PRESENT. THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THOSE ARE TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GINNING WITH THE REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE,
WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY ITS CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD 20 ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM SMARTSHEET F TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES. TWO IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE R
CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS TO ATTEND CORNERHOUSE FORENSIC INTERVIEW PROTOCOL TRAINING. THREE IS 2024 QUARTERLY NATIONS REPORTS. FOUR IS A GRANT FROM McKNIGHT FOUNDATION FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
FIVE IS STATE OF MINNESOTA, HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GRANT FOR BOMB DETECTION EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED TRAINING. SIX IS CONTRACT WITH CORNERHOUSE INTERAGENCY FOR FORENSIC INTERVIEW SERVICES OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULT
SEVEN IS CONTRACTS WITH METROYOUTH DIVERSION FOR EAST LAKE STREET AND EAST FRANKLIN COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS PILOT PROGRAMS. GHT IS CONTRACT WITH FORESTER RESEARCH INC. FOR PROVIDING MARKET RESEARCH AND ADVISORY SERVICES.
NINE IS CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS VENDORS FOR THE 2025-2027 PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONSULTING POOL. 10 IS A CONTRACT WITH U.S. BANK FOR BANKING SERVICES TO PROVIDE
PAYMENT PROCESSINGND DEPOSIT ACCOUNT SERVICES. 11 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH GUIDEHOUSE INC. FOR MARKET STUDY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS' COMPENSATION. 12 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH KEYSTONE COMPENSATION GROUP LLC FOR CLASSIFICATION AND
COMPENSATION CONSULTING SERVICES. 13 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SHAW LUNDQUIS ASSOCIATES FOR THE CITY HALL RESTACK PHASE 3 PROJECT.14 IS A CONTRACT AMENDM PER SEPTEMBERYX INC. FOR
CONTINUED SERVICES FOR THE MY MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY. 15 IS A BID FOR BATTLE MOTORS TRUCK PARTS AND SERVICE. 16 IS A BID FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT. 17 IS A BID FOR 2025 WATER MAIN CLEANING AND LINING PROJECT.
18 IS A LEGAL SETMENTMENT CAMPBELL ET -- SETTLEMENT CAMPBELL ET AL. VIA CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 19 IS LEGAL SETTLEMENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION JAMES MOTA SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION.
20 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT WORKERS' COMPENSION OF MARK KOENIG AND THIS WAS ALSO SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 19 AND 20, WHICH I WILL ASK FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED APPROVAL FOR ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 19 AND 20. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO IN QUEUE. >> MR. CHAIR, AS I NOTED DURIN OUR RECESS, I HAD A POINT OF -- I THOUGHT IT WAS A POINT OF ORDER. IT IS A POINT OF INQUIRY. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
WE STILL HAVE PUBC WORKS LEADERSHIP IN THE ROOM. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM IN TERMS OF HOW WE PROCEED, THEN, ON GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. THEY HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE AND HOW IT MIGHT SHIFT AND OTHER KIND OF THINGS. WERE YOU PLANNING TO JUST ROLL
OVER ME AND NOT TO ALLOW ME TO PUT THAT IN QUEUE? >> NO, I SPOKEN TO YOU PREVIOUSLY AND WE DISPOSED OF THAT INFORMATION AND IT WAS A VETO OVERRIDE. THERE IS NO DISCUSSION. >> A POINT OF INQUIRY WOULD BE, COULD WE PROCEED WITH SOME INFORMATIO ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
>> AS I SAID,E HAVE DON'T HAVE AN ITEM ON THE TABLE TO IS D -- TO DISCUSS RIGHT NOW. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A SUBSEQUENT ITEM RELATED TO GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE UNDER ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS AND CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT TIMELINE, A POINT OF
INFORMATION IS THE RIGHT OF ANY MEMBER OF THE BODY TO ASK. WE ARE CERTAINLY TAKE IT UP NOW OR TAKE IT UP WHEN THE ISSUE ON THE INTRODUCTION COMES FORWARD. >> I WOULD PREFER WE TAKE IT UP WHEN WE HAVE THAT ACTUAL ITEM. >> MR. CHAIR, I WILL YIELD TO THAT, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
NICE TO HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATIONS. THK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE THE REPORT MINUS ITEMS 19 AND 20. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT? >> SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE.
CHOWURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE ITEMS 19 AND 20. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS?
>> SEEING NONE, CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE ITEMS CAME FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. THEY NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> IS THERE A MOTION AND SECOND? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE.
CHAVEZ, NO. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, NAY. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE.
VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, NAY. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 10 YAY YAYS AND THREE NAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. THE FULL REPORT IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THAT WORT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT
COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD THREE ITEMS FOR CONSIDATION. ITEM ONE IS APPROVING AN APPOINTMENT TO SEAT 16 FOR THE
CAPITAL LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. ITEM TWO IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO PROCUREMENT PRACTICES FOR COMPLETED SOLICITATIONS AND CONTRACTS UNDER $17 # A,000. AND ITEM 3 IS ADOPTING FINDINGS AND APPROVING THE SALARY
SCHEDULE FOR AN APPOINTED SITION IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF DIRECTOR TALENT ACQUISITION. THE I MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL OF THE ITEMS. >> VICE PRESIDENT CGHTAI HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? >> SEEING NONE, CALL CAN ROLL. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, YA I YAY. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE.
PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AY PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS. THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE FROM OUR BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR
COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >>HANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE BUSINESSHOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD NINE ITEMS. ITEM ONE IS A PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPR 2 FOR CLARITY.
ITEM TWO IS A PASGE THORDZING ADDITIONAL FUND TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CLINICT 1213 FRANKLIN AVENUE. ITEM THREE IS APPROVING A RENTAL DWELLING LICENSE REVOCATION FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1081 14th AVENUE. ITEM FOUR SAY PROVING ONE
GAMBLING LICENSE. ITEM FIVE IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 2024 METROCOUNCIL LIVABLE COMMUNITY GRANT AWARD. SIX IS REZONING AT LARSON DENTAL CLINIC. SEVEN IS AMENDING THE 2025
LINSE FEE SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE MAXIMUM FEE FOR CLASS A VEHICLE SERVICES. EIGHT IS AUTHORIZING MULTIJURISDICTIONAL AGREEMENT WITH ELEVATE HENNEPIN LOAN AND BUSISS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
LASTLY, ITEM NINE IS UPDATIN AND RATIFYING INCLUSION ZONING REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE UNIFIED HOUSING POLICY. WITH THAT I MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE RISE UP CENTER ON THEIR $500,000 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT AWARD.
IS IS A SPACE AND THE YWCA SPACE AND CLOSE TO UPTOWN AND EXCITED TO SEE THEM TO FULFILL THE BUDGET NEEDS IN CAPITAL IMPROVENT TRAINING CENTER WITH A LARGE COALITION THROUGHOUT THE
TWIN CITIES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU. A LOT OF ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, BUT STICK WITH ITEM NINE T INCLUSIONARY ZONING UPDATE. STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.
THE HOUSING TEAM HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN THE UPDATES AND THE WAYS THEY WORKED WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO GET THE UPDATES IN FRONT OF US, BUT, QUITE FRANKLY, LOOK, IT'S BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO BUILD HOUSING IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO THE
FUTURE. AND OUR STAFF IS STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE. OUR STAFF IS KEEPING US REALLY WELL INFORMED AND WELL POSITIONED TO CONTINUE BEING A CITY THAT CAN PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS. I DIDN'T WANT TO LET THAT PASS
WITHOUT THANKING THE DIRECTOR AND HIS TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY ON GETTING TO WHAT WILL BE A YES ON INTAINING THE STRENGTH OF THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING POLICY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING POLICY. I THINK IT IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE US KIND OF
FURTHERING EXPANSION INTOHIS POLICY, SEEING HOW WE CAN GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MORE AFFORDABILITY RATES ACROSS THE CITY. AND ALSO EXPANDING INCLUSIONARY ZONING WITH NEW STUDENT HOUSING. I HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR STAFF WHO ARE WORKING OTHIS
AND GIVING ALL OF US ON THE BIHZ COMMITTEE A BRIEFING. THIS IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT AND ONE OF THE FIRST POLICIES AGOT AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN I WAS THE A FIRST-TIME AIDE AT WARD THREE CITY HALL. IT ORIGINALLY WASN'T GOING TO HAVE STUDENT AND INCLUSIONARY
ZONING AND WORK WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF AND FOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS INCLUDED. WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT EXPANDED ALONG WITH INCLUSIONARY ZONING ACROSS THE BOARD. THIS IS A SMART MOVE. WHEN WE ARE DISPUSSING THIS AGAIN IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS WE WILL SEE THAT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STA IN ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS AND IMPORTANT TOOLS TO HAVE IN OUR TOOL BOX. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK ON NINE, THE ILUSIONARY
ZONING POLICY. FIRST, I CAN'T SEE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. IS STAFF AVAILABLE FOR A QUESTION? IF NOT, THAT'S FINE. WE KNOW THATEVELOPERS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE ALREADY TIGHT OR NONEXISTENT
MARGINS TO BUILD MORE HOUSING. THAT IS PREVENTING MORE PROJECTS COMING INTO THE CITY, AFFORDABLE OR MARKET RATE, GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMY, GIVEN CURRE INTEREST RATES. DEVELOPERS HAVE ASKED FOR A MPLETE PAUSE IN I.Z. PROVISIONS, SO I WORRY THAT
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS JUST SAIDEFORE ME, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT GREAT FOR US RIGHT NOW IN 2025. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING THAT I RECEIVED ON THIS. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND THANK DIRECTOR PORT AND OTHER. BUT I AM INTERESTED IN
UNDERSTANDING MORE AND ESPECIALLY IN HAVING MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE WAIVER PROCESS THAT IS PART OF THIS. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS FOR LATER. I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR IN TERMS OF GETTING ANY HOUSING
PROJECTS GOING IN OUR CITY. WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER? WHAT FACTORS ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE WAIVER? WHAT EVALUATION METRICS WILL END UP BEING APPLIED IN THAT DETERMINATION. SO FOR THE FUTURE AND PARTICULARLY FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY, I HOPE WE ARE BEING VERY CLEARND SPECIFIC AND CONSISTENT ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, COUNC PRESIDENT. I WANT TO COMMENT AND REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO THANK OUR STAFF
FOR ITEM TWO, NATIVEMERICAN COMMUNITY CLINIC PROJECT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTHAT IS HAPPENING THERE. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET OR GREAT WE SOURCE COMING TO DIRECT
SIX AND MUCH NEEDED AND HOUSING AND OF COURSE, NATIVE AMERICAN CLINIC EXPANSION. SO REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS RESOLUTION FOR FUNDING AND ALSO THE OVERALL PROJECT AND WORK AND TIME AND THE HOUSING TEAM HAS TO
SPEND ON THIS PROJECT. THANK YO >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE COMMENTS FROM BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AND PALMISANO. SO DIRECTOR PORT, ALFRED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DON'T SEE YOU UNLESS YOU ARE HIDING BEHIND A PILLAR. HIS STAFF AS WELL AS ALFRED HAS DONE A GREAT JOB UPDATING THIS PROPOSAL. I HAVE PUT IN AN INQUIRY FROM THE CLERKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW MUCH HOUSING IS BEING BUILT NOW.
WE'RE AT A REAL LOW POINT IN HOUSING. AS WE GO FORWA TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF I.Z., THE IMPACTS THAT A WAIVER PROCESS HAS, WE'RE NOT BUILDING HOUSING. LET'S T THE TRUE NUMBERS AND SEE HOW BAD IT IS.
THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES BEING INTERESTED IN THIS AND I THINK WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. AS A BODY SO THAT WE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND THE HOUSING MARKET AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND STAFF
HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE TOE AS WELL AS PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS. HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE HOUSING MARKET. I DID WANT TO TRY TO SPARE EVERYONE SORT OF MY OPINING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT I DO THINK THAT I CAN REPRESENT STAFF'S AND AT LEAST THEIR
POSITION ON THIS PRETTY WELL, WHICH IS THAT THE TRUTH IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A CITY, EVE CITY, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. AND THE GOVNMENT -- THE PEOPLE GET WHAT THE GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. EXCEPT WITH I.Z. THIS IS ONE OF THE NARROW PLACES WHERE WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF FORDABILITY THAT PUTS THE ONUS ON THE DEVELOPER TO BE IN COUNITY WITH US AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROBLEM, RIGHT? OF
BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IF WE WERE TO REMOVE I.Z., PAUSE I.Z., NOT A SINGLE PROJECT SO FAR THAT WE HA SEEN COME THROUGH WOULD THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BE VIABLE GO ONLI, RIGHT? I DON'T WANT US TO BE
UNDER THIS IMPRESSION OR GIVE THE PUBLI THE IMPRESSION IF WE PAUSE I.Z., WE WOULD SEE MORE CONSTRUCTION. WE WOULD NOT, RIGHT? THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LAY THAT OUT. AND IN THE EVENT WHERE WE WOULD SEE THAT, WHERE THAT, IF NOT, BUT FOR STANDARD IS APPLIED, IF NOT BEFORE THIS POLICY, WE WOULD
BE ABLE TO BUILD. IF THAT IS -- IF THAT COMES TO FRUITION, THEN STAFF HAS A WAIVER PROCESS FOR A PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT? BUT THAT IS WHY WE'RE STANDING ON THIS PROJECT. IF WE WERE TO PUT A PAUSE ON THIS PROJECT, WHERE DO WE PUT
THE PAUSE, RIGHT? DO WEO RETROACTIVE FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE ALREADY APPLIED TO BUILD AIINGS? DOES THIS PAUSE PERIOD, EVERYBY APPLIES, THERE IS NO I.Z., THE BUILDING WON'T HAPPEN. WHEN THE MARKET SAYS IT IS TIME TO BUILD, PEOPLE WILL BUILD.
BUT THEY WON'T BE INCLUDING ANY AFFOABLE UNITS IN THEIR BUILDINGS AT THAT TIME. AND THEN EVERYBODY WHO APPLIED BEFORE OR AFTER THE PAUSE IS GOING TO SAY, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE ALL BUILDING WITHIN THE SAME WINDOW. BUT BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE APPLIED WITHIN A CERTAIN -- DURINTHE PAUSE, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
DON'T HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE AFFORDABLE UNITS TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR CITY? THAT'S WHAT A PAUSE WOULD DO. AND SO I WANT USO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE, AND WHEN WE SEE
THESE EBBS AND FLOWS, RIGHT? BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT A MINNEAPOLIS PROBLEM WHERE MARKET RATE HOUSING IS NOT BEING BUILT. IT IS NOT A MINNEAPOLIS PROBLEM. IT IS A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM.
SONNED SO IF WE WERE TO ALL OF SUDDEN PULL BACK ON THE RESOLUTIONS WE WOULD SEE A LOT LESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO THE FUTURE. I WANT US TO BE SERIOUS AND AGGRESSIVE ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE TO BE A CITY THAT CAN PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU GO AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TALK TO FOLKS. NOBODY HAS BUILT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN US, AND WE OVER GOT A LOT OF LOCAL REGULATION. HASN'T BEEN A HDRANCE SO FAR. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LAY
THAT OUT AND NOT THAT YOU ARE DISPARAGING STAFF'S WORK, BUT I THINK THE LOGIC IS SOUND AND THE RECOMMENDATION WE'VE GOT IS A REALLY RESPONSIBLE ONE. THAT'S ALL. AND HAPPY TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT
THINGS WE CAN BE DOING THAT I THINK WE CAN BE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THIS, EXACERBATE THIS SLOW DOWN THAT WE'RESEEING, AGAIN, A NATIONWIDE SLOW DOWN THAT WE'RE SEEING. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER
ELLISON, YOU SPEAK SO ELUENTLY. I, TOO, DO NOT WANT TO TIE UP EVERYBODY'S TIME, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU IN PRIVATE ABOUT A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT'S BEING HELD UP IN MY WARD. AND I ALSO WAN TO REMIND YOU OF
THE LATEST SUCCESS BUILT IN DOWNTOWN WITHOUT THE I. HOUSING. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE BIHZ REPORT. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE.
ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO,AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYSES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT
IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE C&I COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD FIVE ITEMS. ONE IS PROJECT APPROVAL AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FAIRVIEW
NORTH RIDENTIAL RESURFACING PROJECT. TWO IS AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE -- [OFF-MIC COMMENTS]
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WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS -- WE NEED TO GET -- WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF OUR AGENDA. [OFF-MIC COMMENTS]
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>> I WILL AGAIN RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN FOR THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTE REPORT. >> WE SHOULD CALL TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> OSMAN, PRESENT. RAINVILLE, PRESENT. CHAVEZ, PRESENT.
VETAW, PRESENT. ELLISON, HERE. KOSKI, PRESENT. WONSLEY IS ABSENT. JENKINS, PRESENT. PALMISANO, PRESENT. CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. CASHMAN, PRESENT.
VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, PRESENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE, PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 11 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. I WILL RECOGZE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT FOR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO ITEM ONE IS PROJECT APPROVAL
AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FAIRVIEW NORTH RESIDENTIAL STREET RESURFACING PROJECT. ITEM TWO AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE GLENWOOD AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THREE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMIAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR THE RESILIENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE OLIVER SOUTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. IE FEM FOUR AUTHORIZING LICENSE AGREEMENTS FOR THE 2025 SHARED BIKE AND SCOOTER PROGRAM. AND ITEM FIVE AUTHORIZING AN
M.O.U. WITH XCEL ENERGY TO RECEIVE UTILITY LINE MAINTENANCE VEGETATION FOR MINNEAPOLIS BIOCHAR PRODUCTION. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL FIVE ITEMS. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON ITEM FOUR, IF I MAY. I D SEE SOME PUBLIC WORKS REPRESENTATIVES IN THE AUDIENCE AND I HAVE HAD SOME VERY HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFULALKS ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL LICENSE AGREEMENT
WITH SCOOTERS ON THE SIDEWALKS. I AM HOPING WHEN THAT IS FINALIZED THAT WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO MANAGE THAT IN A VERY PROPER WAY AND GIVE CITIZENS INPUT TO THE LIVABILITY CONDITIONS THAT THESE SCOOTERS HAVE IN THEIR AREA.
SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR LISTENING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE AGREEMENTS COME OUT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM THREE, JUST A QUICK NOTE TO SAY AND REMIND OTHERS THAT THIS IS THE EXACT SAME AREA THAT WAS
HEAVILY IMPACTED BY A LARGE CITY WATER MAIN BREAK EXACTLY TWO WEEKSGO TODAY. THIS AREA ALSO HAS REGULAR FLOODING ISSUES AND ONE BUSINESS IS CLEANING OUT THE RUINED SUPPLIES AS OF YESTERDAY. THE MERCHANDISE AND THE
BRAND-NEW VAN THAT WAS TOTALLED AND EVEN YESTERDAY THEY HAD WATER SEEPING IN FROMHE RAIN AND SNOW BUILT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF FOR PURSUING THIS GRANT AND SUPPORT
THE MATCHING OF $50 # O,000 IF WE SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU FOR STAFF'S WORK ON THIS. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE.
CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. WONSLEY, IS ABSENT. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE.
CHOWDHURY, A SB ANTE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THAT REPORT IS ADOPTED. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS YOUR VOTE ON --
>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO BED AS AN AYE. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION IF THE CLERKS WOULD RECORD THAT. THE FINAL REPORT IS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE? ITEM ONE IS SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY WORK GROUP. TWO IS GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM LOCAL PROGRESS FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES. THREE IS EMERGENCY WARMING
SHELTER FUNDING. FOUR IS BOULEVARD ORDINANCE. FIVE IS SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER VENDOR SELECTION, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. SI IS CONTRACTS WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR YOUTH GROUP
VIOLENCE PREVENTION. AND SEVENS MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS WITH VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GROUP SERVICE. I WILL MOVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE FOR APPROVAL, MOVE ITEM
4SHGS -- MOVE ITEMS 4,5, AND 6 FOR STRAIT DISCUSSION AND VOTE. >> ITEM ONE THROUGH THREE FOR APPROVAL AND WE WILL TAKE UP ITEMS 4 THROUGH 7 SEPARATELY.
DISCUSSION ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEMS ONE, THE SAFE AND THRIVING WORK GROUP. IN CONVERSION WITH COMMISSIONER BARNETTE, THERE IS A LARGE MULTIDEPARTMENTAL WORKING ON THE DELIVERY OF RECOMMENDATIONS WORKING IN THE
SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORT. THIS IS AKIN TO THE LARGE MULTIDEPARTMENTAL EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT THEETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE. THESE ARE BOTH IMPLENTATION TEAMS. AND I STILL STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE TWO BODIES WILL INTERACT.
WHERE THERE THEY OVERLAP? WHERE WILL THEY CONFLICT? AND IF THEY WILL HINDER EACH OTHER'S PROGRESS. I DO APPRECIE WE WANT MORE DAYLIGHT AND VISIBILITY INTO OUR PROGRESS AND SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES, BUT DO WE REALLY THINK A BODY OF 21 INDIVIDUALS
AND RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE ALL GOING TO STAY INVOLVED FOR 10 YEARS? WE HAVEPPROPRIATED MONEY TO PAY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 10 YEARS.
AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS READY TOOVE FORWARD AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY SO. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, LET'S TAKE UP ITEM ONE AS A SEPARATE VOTE. AND CALL THE ROLL.
>> ITEM ONE FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, NAY. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, NO. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY IS ABSENT.
JENKINS, NO. PALMISANO, NO. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDEN PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE EIGHT YAYS AND FOUR NAY. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEMSWO AND THREE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> OSMAN,AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, YA I YAY. KOSKI, AYE. WOLEY IS ABSENT.
JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, YA I YAY. PRESIDENT PAE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> IS THAT CARRIES. AND NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
AND I WILL CALL ON -- WHICH AUTHOR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO I A TEM FOUR? -- WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM FOUR? >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'LL START OUT BY SAYING I'M
HAPPY AFTER THREE MONTHS OF DELAY THIS HAS NOW AT LEAST ADVANCED TO FULL COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS ORDINANCE IS ALSO ABOUT PROVIDING MORE USE OF CITY
RIGHT-OF-WAY IN A SAFE AND CONSISTENT MANNER. I HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND MAKE CHANGES. I WILL START BY MOVING APPROL OF THIS. MIGHT IT ALSO ACCOMPANY THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT I MENTIONED IN O.W. WHICH IS A SIMPLE ONE SENTENCE THAT SAYS
WE'RE GOING TO TRACK THE COSTS OF THIS OR THE FIRST TWO YEARS FOR POTENTIAL PERMIT FEES TO BE PROPOSED AFTER THAT TIME. I'LL MOVE BOTH OF THOSE FOR APPROVAL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PMISANO HAS
MOVED APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AS WELL AS THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO FIRST START OFF BY THANKING OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEYS AND CLERKS WHO HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING WITH US TO COME TOGETHER ON THE BOULEVARDS ORDINANCE. AND THEN I WANT TO THANK MY
CO-AUTHORS COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, WHO HAD ME KIND OF JUST JOIN ONTO THE BOULEVARDS ORDINANCE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN AND JENKINS. AND THEN I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAS BEEN DEEPLY ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE AND
FOLLOWINALONG. IT WAS MUCH TO MY SURPRISE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED IN THIS ISSUE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GARDENING IN THEIR BOULEVARDS NOT JUST FOR YEARS BUT FOR DECADES IN OUR CITY.
I AM GOING TO MOVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE BOULEVARDS ORDINANCE, AS I SAID I WOULD IN OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MEMBERS, THERE IS A MOTION FROM
ME BEFORE YOU IN CONSULTATION AND THE INTENTION BEHIND THE ORDINANCE IS TO ALLOW FOR RAISED PLANTING BEDS WITHOUT A PERMIT. I AM JUST GOING TO READ SO IT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT THIS LANGUAGE IS.
AT THE TOP IT SAYSAIN GARDENS ARE ALLOWED ONLY UPON OBTAINING A PERMIT FROM THE CITY ENGINEER OR DESIGNEE. THERE ARE SEPARATE SURFACE WATER AND SEWER ISSUES O THAT MATTER. THEN IT GOES INTO SAYING RAISED PLANTING BEDS ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT A PERMIT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS. AND THE RESTRICTIONS READ AS
SHALL COMPLY WITH MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE AND SHALL NOT IMPEDE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS AND PROHIBITED WITHIN 40 FEET OF A ROAD STION AND 10 FEET OF AN ALLY OR DRIVEWAY AND PROHIBITED
WITH THREE FEET OF ANY FIXED OBJECTS INCLUDING FIRE HYDRANTS AND MAINTAINED NO CLOSER TO A SIDEWALK THAN 6 INCHES AND NO CLOSER TO A RD GUTTER THAN 2 FEET. SHALL BE MAINTAINED WITH NO ENCROACHMENT OR OVERHANG TO THE ADJACENT PATHWAY, CURB, OR STREET. AND SHALL NOT BE CONTINUOUS FOR
MORE THAN 15 FEET MEASURED PARALLEL TO THE CURB OR SIDEWALK, CLEAR SPACED BETWEEN THE RAISED PLANTING BEDS SHALL BE NO LESS THAN THREE FEET. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A LIST OF RESTRICTIONS TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ENFORCEMENT WITH SIGHT LINE AND SAFETY ISSUES AND ISSUES THAT MAY IMPEDE THE WORK OF EMERGENCY SERVICES WHEER IT'S AN EMERGENCY FIRE ZONE OR THERE IS A UTILITY BOX OR FIRE HYDRANT THAT EMERGENCY RESPONDER NEEDS TO GET TO.
AND THIS IS ALSO AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT BOULEVARD GARDENING, ESPIALLY RAISED PLANTING BEDS WHERE THE SOIL MIGHT NOT BE THE SAFEST TO USE AND CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR LOWER INCOME COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND MANYRENTERS, NONPROFITS, LOCAL BUSINESSES THATO THIS TYPE OF WORK. AND I WILL MOVE THIS MOTION AND ASK FOR A FORMAL SECOND. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS MOVED TO AMEND THE UNDERSTOOD
LYING ORDINANCE THAT IS PROPERLY SECONDED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I THINK THAT AFTER A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH GARDENERS IN WARD 7, IN WARD 12, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO PLANT DOZENS OF RAISED BEDS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, AND THEY DID RAISE THAT FOR REQUIRING A PERMIT IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK FOR THEM AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DOING FOR TENS OF YEARS AT THIS POINT. AND WE ALSO HEARD THAT PROVIDING A LETTER FROM YOUR LANDLORD IS
GOING TO BE PRETTY PROHIBITIVE FOR RENTERS TO DO THIS TYPE OF GARDENING. AND OTHER PROPERTY I ASSURANCE AND LANGUAGE CONCERNS WITH THE PERMIT APPLICATION IF ENGLISH
ISN'T YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE. I THINK THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE MEASURE AND HELPS US ACHIEVE OUR GOAL WHICH IS ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO GARDEN IN THE BOULEVARD. IT IS CLEAR THAT ROADSIDE SOIL IS LIKELY TO BE CONTAMINATED SO
RAISED BEDS ARE DEFINITELY RECO FOOD IN THE BOULEVARD. THAT IS SOMETHING OUR USER GUIDE WILL SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT SO THAT PEOPLEO KNOW HOW TO GET SOIL TESTED AND WHY RAISED BED MIGHT BE THE BEST OION IF THE SOIL IS CONTAMINATED.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS A GOOD MEASURE. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO BE FIELDING 311 CASES ABOUT POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS OR OBSTRUCTIVE, RAISED BEDS IN THE
BOULEVARD AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO AFTER THIS GROWING SEASON TO REVIEW THE 311 CASES AND T WORK THEY HAVE TO DO TO DEAL WITH ANY PROBLEMATIC RAISED WEDS, AND TO SEE IF WE NEED TO
ADJUST THIS AFTER THE GROWING SEASON DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO THIS YEAR. HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, FOR YOU EFFORTS. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IN CRAFTING THIS, BUT I WILL NOT
BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. AND I WANTED TO EXAIN WHY. WE HAVE HAD HEARD FROM CITY STAFF OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A PERMIT FOR SAFETY AND ACCESS AND CURBSIDE USES AND INSURANCE PURPOSES. I FEEL THIS AMOUNT ATTEMPTS TO
PUT CONDITIONS ON RAISED PLANTER BEDS AND THEN NO LONGER REQUIRE A PERMIT. WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO SAY RAISED PLANTING BEDS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE AND NOT IMPEDE EMGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS WHEN A GARDENER HAS NOT BEEN REQUIRED
TO HAVE THAT PLAN REVIEWED FOR THE CONFLICT IN THE FIRST PLACE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD REQUIRE LOCAL GARDENERS TO KNOW THE STATE FIRE CODE. I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE HONEST, ALL THIS DOES IS GIVE THE CITY THE GROUNDS FOR ENFORCEMENT AS WE GIVE AWAY CONTROL OF OUR CITY R.
I DON'T WANT RESIDENTS' INTERACTION WITH OUR CITY TO HAVE TO BE ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE. THERE NO GUARDRAILS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROMUTTING IN RAISED PLANTER BEDS WHEREVER THEY WANT. AND WHAT IS TO KEEP A PROPERTY
OWNER AND I WANT TO GARDEN AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT IN MY PRIVATE YARD AND PLANT BOXES ARE ALWAYS ALLOWED IN THE PRIVATE YARDS OR BOEVARD. I WILL PUT IT IN MY NEIGHBOR'S BOULEVARD. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT. IF YOU THINK THAT SOUNDS
RIDICULOUS, STEVE BRANDT, A PUBLIC FIGURE, IS A HUMOROUS EXAMPLE O SOMEBODY PARTICULARLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PLANTING UP OTHER PEOPLE'S BOULEVARDS. HE'S DONE THISROUND HIS HOUSE AND IN FRONT OF BUSINESSES AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEED TO HAVE PLANS WHEN WE HAVE THESE THINGS
TO TAKE CARE OF IT OVER TIME TO SEE WHO IS GOING TO CARE FOR THIS AND WHO IS GOING TO MANAGE THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IST -- THERE ISN'T GARBAGE IN IT AND TO CLEAN IT OUT FROM TIME TO TIME. WHAT IS TO KEEP A RENTER FROM
PUTTING IN A RAISED PLANTER BED AT THE SITE OF THEENTAL OR ANYWHERE AND MOVING AWAY? WHO IS GOING TO MAIAIN THAT STRUCTURE AND WHAT HAPPENS IF IT FALLS INTO DISREPAIR? THE LIABILITY SITS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
EN IT FALLS TO DISREPAIR, THE CITY WILL TAKE COLLECTIVE AION AND ASSESS THE PROPERTY OWNER, NOT THE RENTER, NOT THE NEIGHBOR THAT PUT IT THE, AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT EQUITY AND WE WORK REALLY HARD FOR MATTERS OF EQUITY AROUND HERE, BUT HOW IS THAT EQUITABLE? I JUST DON'T --
I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. I DON'T FEEL THAT IT IS EQUITABLE. I THINK THAT THIS UNFAIRLY PUTS THE BURDEN OF FUTURE PLANTER BED, EXISTING PLANTER BEDS ON PEOPLE WHO NEVER PUT THEM THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND FOR APPRECIATION ON HOW JUST LIKE CITY SPECIFIC THIS ISSUE IS AND PARKS AND REC SEEING IT IN NATURE IS KIND OF FUN TO FOCUS IN ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. I DISAGREE WITH THEM. I THINK THIS IS A MATTER OF -- IT'S GOING TO BE A MATTER OF HOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE. WHERE I'M LANDING IS I FEEL LIKE
A $50S REALLY PROHIBITIVE FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS TO EVEN GET A RAISED PLANTER BED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT THE MONEY INTO GARDENING AND PEOPLE DOING EDIBLE BOULEVARD WORKS ARE
DOING FRESH, AND THAT IS THE WORK HAPPENING HERE AND IS PROHIBITIVE TO HAVE A PMIT PROCESS ON A RAISED BED THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE AND REQUIRE PROOF OF INSURANCE AND PUTTING
THIS ON THE PROPERTY OWNER'S INSURANCE. AND THE LOCAL BUSISS, WHICH THEY DO EXIST THAT ARE WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, TO DO PLANTER BED IN THE BOULEVARD, THIS DETERS THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR BEING A PART OF THE PROCESS. THAT IS SOMETHING A LOCAL
BUSINESS IN MY WARD HAS SHARED WITH ME. THE COMPLIANTS AND MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND WORRIED THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICITE IN IT. AND THIS CUTS OUT RENTERS. AS A RENTER MYSELF, A REALLY GOOD RENT E AND KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH MY PROPERTY MANAGER. I TALK TO FOLKS BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE A VERY STEEP CLIMB FOR THEM TO SAY WE CAN DO A PLANTER BED, PUT IT ON THE INSURANCE AND SIGN OFF ON THIS THING. I COULD APPROPRIATE GET AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AS A
NEIGHBOR SAYING THIS WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE. AND RENTERS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHEN TY MOVE THAT ARE ALL OF A SUDDEN LEAVING PLANTER BEDS. I THINK A RENTER PERSONALLY BECAUSE OF THE COST OF IT WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO TAKE WIT THEM
TO THE NEXT SPOT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS DOESN'T PRECLUDE HOMEOWNERS THAT DECIDE TO SELL THEIR HOME AND GO TO THE NEXT HOUSE. THEY ALSO COULD LEAD A PLANNER D AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A RENTER SPECIFIC THING.
AND THE PLACE THAT I'VE LANDED IS, I THINK, A PERMIT AND FEE WOULD BE OVERLY PROHIBITED. WE WOULD LOSE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOING GARDENING. IT IS WISE FOR US WITH THE 311 COMPLAINTS WE GET THE NEXT
GROWING SEASON. AND BASED OFF THAT DATA TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH RAISED BEDS. AND I WILL JUST NOTE FOR MY COLLEAGUES THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN LINEITH WHAT IS IN THE ORDINANCE WHEN IT COMES TO HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND SIGHT
LINES FOR JUST THE HEIGHT OF VEGETATION IN CERTAIN SPOTS. WITH THAT I ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS MOTION. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL ON THE CHOWDHURY AMENDMENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, NO. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE.
JENKINS, NAY. PALMISANO,NO. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI AN IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE NINE AYES AND THREE NAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT
AMENDMENT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. NEXT I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO COLLEAGUES, THERE IS ALSO ANOTR COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU. JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK GRACE FROM HOMEGROWN AND DON AND THE
TEAMROM PUBLIC WORKS FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS LANGUAGE DIRECTLY IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE FIRST ONE IS JUST TRIKING THE WORD "WEED" BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT
WH IS THE WORD WEED. AND NOW THIS WILL SAY THE GROWING AND PLANTING OF ANY PLANT WITH THORNS, SPINES OR SHARP RIDGED PARTS OR SIMILAR NOXIOUS WEEDS IS PROHIBITED. THIS CLARIFIES THAT THORNY PLANTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ALLOWED. AND NOXIOUS WEEDS LIKE STINGING NETTLE, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT A WEED IS AND ISN'T HERE, BUT JUST DECLARING WHICH PLANTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO BE GROWN IN THE
PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS A RESULT OF SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD ABOUT WHERE WE COULD SOURCE THE MOST THAT WE WERE SUGGESTING TO USE AND THE SEARCH TURNED UP
NOT WITH ANY MINNEAPOLIS STORES BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. AND SO IN ORDER TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF MINNEAPOLIS STORES KE WISE ACRES AND OTHER SIMILAR GARDENINGTORES IN MINNEAPOLIS, THIS AMENDMENT
STATESHAT NATURAL DOUBLE GROUND OR DOUBLE SHREDDED HARDWOOD MULCH IS ALLOWED TO COVER THE GROUND BETWEEN VEGETATION CLUSTERS FORP TO 6 FEET MEASURED PARALLEL TO THE CURB OR PATHWAY WITHOUT A PERMIT. THIS IS ALSO IN RESPONSE TO
GARDENERS WHO WERE WONDERING IF YOU ARE REQUIRING THIS TYPE OF MULCH BUT NOT SURE WHERE TO GET IT. THIS CRIFIES THAT AND CONFIRMS THAT BUSINESSES HERE IN MIEAPOLIS THAT ARE CLOSE TO US ARE PROVIDING THIS PRODUCT AND IT WILL BE AK SESFUL. AND THE WHOLE MULCH ISSUE IS TO
INSURE THAT WE'RE NOT CLOGGING UP OUR STORM WATER DRAINS OR POLLUTING OUR WATER WITH TOXIC OR OTHERWISE NOT HEALTHY MULCH TYPES. SO ASK FOR COLLEAGUE SUPPORT WITH BOTH OF THE AMENDMENTS AS WELL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS
MOVED AN AMENDMENT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. COUNCIL MBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I GUE I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHO
WILL -- WHO WILL OVERSEE WTHER PEOPLE ARE PLANTING WEEDS OR USING THE RIGHT MULCH LIKE HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT AND WHO ARE WE TALKING TO ABOUT IT? WE DON'T HAVE PERMITS NOW. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE
IF SOMEBODY PLANTS WEEDS OR THORNY BUSHES AND ALL THOSE THINGS? >> COUNCIL MEMBE CASHMAN? >> REALLY GOOD QUESTION. THIS WILL BE ENFORCED BY 311 COMPLAINT. SO IF YOU ARE A NEIGHBOR AND YOU E WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK
WITH A THORNY BUSH OR OTHERWISE NOXIOUS WEED, YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE A 311 COMPLAINT ROUTED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS TO DECIDE HOW TO ENFORCE IT.
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER OBSTRUCTION. >> WE ARE RELYING ON NEIGHBORS TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT FE, ETC., TO BE ABLE TO THEN REPORT
IT TO 311. >> ONE THING I APPRECIATED IS JEFF I.D. EARLIER IN THE WEEK IS IF IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. THIS WON'T BE ENFORCED UNLESS THERE IS AN SUE. AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS.
AND SO THEY WILL ALSO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S DOUBLE SHREDDED MULCH, ETC.? >> THE HOMEGROWN DEPARTMENT WILL BE CREATING WITH PUBLIC WOESH WORKS A USER GUIDE THAT WILL BE
COMING OUT SOON TO GIVE ALL THIS ADVICE T PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PLANT IN THE BOULEVARD AND LIED AND THE CITY WEBSITE. THIS IS ADVICE. THIS IS THE TYPE OF MULCH WE ARE ADVISING IN OUR ORDINANCEHAT
PEOPLE USE. THAT CAN BE ENFORCED BUT 311 COMPLAINT OR OTHER WOODCHIPS. >> I HAVE TO SAY, I HATE TO DISPAGE, BUT THAT SOUND RIDICULOUS TO ME HONELY. >> I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY
SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND AGAIN, WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO BROUGHT UP THIS CONCERN WITH US THAT OUR EXPERT BOULEVARD GARDENERS AND WANT TO DO IT IN THE BEST AND MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AS THE AUTHOR, I WASN'T MADE AWARE THIS AMENDMENT WAS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT I DO APPRECIATE WE ARE GOING TO STAP BEING PARALYZED BY BOULEVARDS AFTER TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK REALTIME. I AM UNCLEAR ON THIS AS WELL.
BY REVING THE WORD WEED, DOES THIS REMOVE THE ABILITY TO PNT FRUIT BUSHES LIKE RASPBERRIES OR ROSE BUSHES? I'M SORRY I HAVE TO ASK THIS HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS THE FIRST TIME I AM SEEING IT. >> I WILL ACTUALLY ASK IF GRACE WANTS TO COME UP AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I AM PRETTY SURE THAT FRUIT BUSHES WITH THORNS IS WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS NOT ALLOWED, BUT I DON'T THINK RASPBERRIES O THORNY PER SE. SO I THINK THEY ARE STILL ALLOWED.
I WILL DEFER TO GRACE ON THIS QUESTION. >> PLEASE START BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF. >> HELLO, COUNCIL. CHAIR PAYNE AND COUIL MEMBER PALMISANO, MY GAME IS GRACE RUDE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON THE HOMEGROWN TEAM. THIS HAS BEEN PART OF THE ORDINANCE SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED. YOU ARE CORRECT.
IT WOULD NOT ALLOW THINGS WITH SHARP THINGS SIMILAR TO SAFETY PURPOSES AND MAKING SURE WE DOT HAVE THINGS THAT ARE BLOCKING PASSAGE IN THE BOULEVARD AND HAVE FREE ACCESS BETWEEN INGS.
THERE ARE THORNLESS RASPBERRY VARIETIES AND FRUIT SHRUBS THAT ARE NOT SHARP AND POINTY IF THAT HELPS. WE WILL BE PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO PLANTN THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, I KNOW
ONE OF O CONCERNS, OUR JOINT CONCERNS, IS WHAT PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE THINGS GOING AND THRIVING IN BOULEVARDS, OF WHICH RASPBERRIES ARE IN OUR CITY'S BOULEVARDS. ANDS NO NECESSARILY SOME SPECIAL VAETY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THORNS. MY OTHER QUESTION, AND IT MIGHT
BE FOR MS. RUDE OR PUBLIC WORKS, IS F1 NEW OR JT EXPLAINED FROM ORDINANCES? HOW IS IT DIFFERENT, YOUR CHANGES FOR F1? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT?
>> I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN HERE AND SAY THIS WAS SUBMITTED AS LANGUAGE FROM DIRECTOR TIM SEXTON IN THE MEMO TO US. SO IF HE IS AVAILABLE. I FEEL LIKE HE IS THE BEST PERSON TO TAKE ON THIS QUESTIO
OR DONNELLWOOD. I SEE HIM COMING UP HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> WELCOME, MR. ELWOOD. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS
DONNELLWOOD. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN. -- I AM DON ELWOOD. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. IT IS WHERE TO INSERT THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE INTO THE ORDINANCE? WHERE DID THE LANGUAGE COME FROM?
>> I GUESS, MR. CHAIR, MR. DIRECTOR ELWOOD, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT, IS THIS RESTATED FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE ORDINANCE? OR ARE WE PUTTING IT IN THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME? BECAUSE AS COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY SAID, SHE WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT
TYPES OF MULCH OR CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHY WE AR ADDING THIS INTO THE ORDINANCE HERE TODAY? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT QUESTION.
IN THE ORIGINAL MODIFICATION TO THE ORDINANCE, WE SPECIFIED SHREDDED HARDWOOD, DOUBLE SHREDDED HARDWOOD BARK MULCH. I HAVE SAID THAT SO MANY TIMES NOW IT FEELS LIKE ONE SINGLE
WORD. WE ARE TRYING TO INSERT INTO THE ORDINANCE AND THAT IS HARDER TO SOURCE AND MAKES THAT A BURDEN FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND BY MAKING THIS AMENDMENT IT REPLACES THAT DOUBLE SHREDD HARDWOOD BARK MULCH WITH THIS
LANGUAGE. I BELIEVE THAT GETS INSERTED INTO 1F, I BELIEVE IT IS. I WILL MAKE SURE IT GETS INTO THE CORRECT LOCATION. IT REPLACES THE DOUBLE SHREDDED HARDWOOD BARK MULCH WITH THIS
LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS TO GET AT THAT PRODUCT EASIER, RE LOCALLY. WHETHER IT COULD BE A LOCAL HARDWARE STORE WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CARRY THAT PRODUCT. >> THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT EXPLAINS IT AS BEST WE CAN EXPLAIN IT, DIRECTOR ELWOOD. YOU SEEM TO BE THE EXPERT ON THIS NOW, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. THE WEED PIECE OF THIS WILL PRECLUDE MY ABILITY TO VOTE FOR
THIS. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES THAT WE HAVE WRESTLED WITH THROUGHOUT THE DELAYS ON THIS HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE FEES. I HAD A PROPOSAL READY TO DEAL WITH FEES. STAFF HAD FOUND A WAY TO ELIMATE PERMIT FEES FOR RAISED
BEDS IN GREEN ZONES. I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT LANGUAGE THAT WOULD HAVE WAIVED FEES FOR TWO YEARS FOR RAISED BEDS IN ALL AREAS. SO THE FIRST PROPOSAL ELIMINATED THAT AND CHANGED THAT. I DON'T REALLY THINK PEOPLE GO AROUND PLANTING STINGING NETTLES. I THINK THAT'S JUST A WEED THAT
HAPPENS IN OUR BOULEVARDS SOMETIMES. AGAIN, THIS FEELS -- I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ENOUGH THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO ELIMINATE THIS LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. >> MR. PRESIDENT? UNASKED, BUT I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD OFFER A
LITTLE KNOWN FACT UNDER STATE LAW THE MAYOR HAS DESIGNATED THE NOXIOUS WEED INSPECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND THAT IS A DUTY HE ASSIGNS TO CERTAIN STAFF. I USED TO KNOW WHO WERE THE ASSISTANT NOXIOUS WEED INSPECTORS, SO IT IS A GOOD DEAL WE ARE RETAINING THE LEGAL
DEFINITION OF NOXIOUS WEED BECAUSE THERE IS A STATUTORY PROVISION THAT IDENTIFIES WHAT WEEDS ARE CONSIDERED NOXIOUS AND THE DUTIES OF INSPECTORS AT THE COUNTY AND LOCALEVEL TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT SURVEY OF THE LAND WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION TO MAKE SURE NOXIOUS WEEDS ARE DEALT WITH AND ERADICATED.
THE ISSUE, I THINK, WAS RAISED EARLIER BY COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING THAT INSPECTION? HOW WILL WE KNOW? THERE IS A PROCESS IN THE STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES FOR THE REMEMBER INSPECTION FOR NOXIOUS WEEDS AND THEIR
ERADICATION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE ONE THING THAT I AM -- I WAS GOING TO STATE THAT WE H MEETINGS ASKING ABOUT THOSE RASPBERRY BUSHES ANDHE ROSE BUSHES. OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND
STAFF SAID THOSE WOULD BE ALLOWABLE, SO I WANT TO CLEAR THE RECORD ON THAT. IT IS ABOUT HARMFUL PLANTINGS THAT ARE PLANTED LIKE BUCK THORN THAT PEOPLE CAN GET HURT ON.
AND I WOULD ASK, MR. ELWOOD, BRING YOU UP ONE MORE TIME AND JUST FOR T RECORD STATE THAT RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PLANT RASPBERRY BUSHES AND KEEP THE ROSE BUSHES. I REMEMBER WE HAD A DISCUSSION
ABOUT THIS. >> MR. ELWOOD? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. YES, SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO PLANT THOSE. IN OUR BOULEVARD. WE WILL ADDRESS MANY OF THOSE ITEMS WITH THE USER GUIDE. EARLIER WE MENTIONED I TRY TO
KEEP IN MIND WHAT THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS WITH WHY WE'RE MAKING THESE CHANGES. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO PLANT FOOD IN THE BOULEVARD. AND I THINK THIS ACHIEVES THAT OBJECTIVE. SO YES, THOSE RASPBERRY BUSHES
WOULD BE ALLOWED. >> THANK YOU. I THINK THE LANGUAGE THAT CLARIFIES THAT JUST IN CONFERRING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY I SIMILAR NOXIOUS WEEDS, SO THE NOXIOUS CONTEXT OF A THORNY PLANT.
C.A.O., DID YOUANT TO CLARIFY THAT? THROUGH THE CHAIR? >> WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THE INTERPRETIVE INTENT OF THAT IS THE LIST, PLANTS WITH THORNS, SPINES ARE SHARPER RIDGE PARTS.
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO WHEN YOU SAY OR SIMILAR NOXIOUS WEEDS IS THAT THAT WHOLE LIST BEFORE ARE INTENDED TO BE EXAMPLES THAT WOULD BE REGULATED IFHEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS
NOXIOUS WEEDS. IS THAT WHAT THE INTENT IS? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, THAT IS CORRECT. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THAT LEGISLATIVE INTENT ON THE RECORD
IF THERE IS -- THERE ARE WAYS THIS WOULD BE WRITTEN MORE CLEARLY. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ARTICULATE FOR THIS BODY THAT THAT IS WHAT THE IENT IS OF THAT LANGUAGE THAT IN ORDER TO FALL INTO A WEED AND ALL OF
THESE THINGS AREOXIOUS WEEDS IS THE CLASSIFICATION AND THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF NOXIOUS WEEDS.A LEGISLATIVE INTENT IS, BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINK I AM UNDERSTANDING.
>> I WILL STATE FOR THE RECO, YES, THAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT IS THOSE TYPES OF NOXIOUS WEEDS, NOT THE RASPBERRY BUSHES AND ROSE BUSHES THAT OUR CITIZENS ENJOY, COLLEAGUE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THIS ONE TODAY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE, SO APPRECIATE
THE PATIENCE AND DISCUSSION. THE LAST THING THAT I WILL JUST SAY IS THE STATUS QUO HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENFORCEMENT IS THROUGH 311
COMPLAINT. THE GOAL OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO EDUCAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EXPAND PEOPLE'S ABILITIES TO GARDEN WITHI THEIR BOULEVARDS, EDIBLE BOULEVARDS, AND FOR OUR GARDENERS WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS TO MODEL THIS
TYPE OF WORK. THE DOUBLE SHREDDED HARDWOOD MULL AS MUCH TO MAKE SURE THE CATCH BASINS AREN'T CLOGGED. AND SO EVEN WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, WE ALWAYS KNEW THE THINGS WE WERE PUTTING IN WERE ONLY GOING TO BE ENRCED BY 311 COMPLAINT.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN FOR THE RECORD. THAT WILL BE MY LAST COMMENT ON BOULEVARDS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> I WANTED TO FOR ANYONE TUNING IN OR HAVING MORE QUESTIONS, WE
WILL BE HOSTING AN EVENT COMMUNITY MEETING THIS WEEKEND ON SUNDAY IN THE BRYN MAWR NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF FROM HOMEGROWN WILL BE THERE TO PRESENT, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND IT IS GOING TO BE A 12 NOON AT MODERN WELL IN BRYN MAWR AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO? >> LOOK, LET'S MOVE FORWARD. PUBLIC WORKS SEEMS OF KAY WITH THIS. THE CITY -- SEEMS OF KAY WITH THIS. THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS CLARIFIED THIS IN A WAY THAT I BELIEVE IS OKAY. I THINK THE GUIDELINES BROCHURE
WORKING SO DILIGENTLY ON WILL HELP AS WEOVE FORWARD AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE MUCH BETTER GARDENERS THAN I OR ELSEWHERE. I DID -- I COULDN'T HELP BUT
POINT OUT JUST HOW SURPRISING IT IS TO ME THAT OUR CITY CLERK KNO KNOWS ESOTERIC THAT THE MAYOR IS THE NOXIOUS WEED INSPECTOR BUT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT ROLL AWAY FROM HIM. I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THIS AND MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE CASHMAN AMENDMENT. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. TAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE.
WONSY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE.PR. THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT AMENDMENT ADOPTED. FINALLY, WE WILL TAKE UP THE
UNDERLYING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED ALONG WITH THE PALMISANO LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> WILL CHAIR, I HAD ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT THAT, BUT IT IS A SIMPLE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO TRACK THE ACTUAL COST FOR IMPLEMENTING, ENFORCING AND MANAGING T REVISED BOULEVARD
ORDINANCE. I HAD PLANNED TO DO THIS EVEN BEFORE THE CHANGE MADE TODAY, AND IT'S STILL PERTINENT. I THINK IT IS IMPORNT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. PERMIT OR NO PERMIT, THE COST OF THIS CHANGE. AND I PURPOSELY MADE THIS LONGER TERM. TWO FULL SORT OF GROWING,
PLANTING SEASONS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY ASSESS THE IMPACT. THANK U. >> WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE.
ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT PASSES AND BEFORE WE
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I WANTED TO ASK IF COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY WANTED HER VOTE RECORDED FOR THEC&I CONSENT ITEMS AS WELL AS ITEMS 1, 2, AND 3. >> THAT IS CORRECT, YES. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. CLERK.
>> BEFORE WE JUST SAY WITHOUT OBJECTION, ON THE C&I, I AM ASSUMING THAT IS AN AYE? >> YES, THAT IS AN AYE. >> ON COUNT ONE, IS THAT AN AYE OR NAY? >> AYE. AND THEN COUNT TWO AND THREE IS AN AYE?
>> YES, AYE. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE WILL TAKE U ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE CALENDAR. IS THERES ANY DUS CUSHION? SEEING NONE, I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE.
PALMISANO, NO. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES AND ONE NAY. >> THAT CARRIES AND FINALLY WE HAVE ITEM 6 AND 7.
THIS WAS FORWARDED FROM C.O.W. WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REFER THIS BACK TO C.O.W. WE HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. ONE OF THE POINTS OF CONTENTION WAS THE STATE OF THE CONTRACT AND WHETHER IT WAS FINALIZED. I HAVE TWO ISSUES THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE TIME WE COME BACK TO THE PHOTOVOET ON THATN C.O.W. I WOULD LIKE THAT CONTRACT TO BE FINALIZED WITH THE LANGUAGE READY TO BE SIGNED, WHATEVER THE TERMS ARE AND THE RETURNS TO INCLUDE OUTCOMES. WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES, NOT THE
DATA MEASURING FROM THE VENDORS BUT THE OUTCOMES TO HOLD THIS STITUTION TO AS IT RELATES TO SE PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE CONCRETE INFORMATION IN THE R.C.A. WHETHER THAT IS A COLLABORATION WITH PROCUREMENT AND O.C.S. OR
OTHERWISE. I WOULD LE TO SEE THE DETAILS BEFORE WE TAKE THAT ITEM UP AND IE WOULD BE HAPPY TO APPROVE IT ONCE WE HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. I WANT T THANK DIRECTOR LAKE FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE DID REQUEST. AGAIN, THAT INFORMATION WAS VERY
GROUNDED IN THE DATA THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM VENDORS AND WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES WERE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNT TO BELIEVE AS AN ADMINISTRATION AS IT RELATES TO THE EFFTIVENESS OF THAT CONTRACT. IF THERE IS A SECOND FOR THAT. >> SECOND.
>> IS THERES ANY DISCUSSION? >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKS? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I AM CURIOUS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BEING IN
NEGOTIATION. WHEN WILL THESE CONTRACTS BE REALIZED? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I THINK WHAT WE LEARNED DURING COMMITTEE IS THAT THOSE CONTRACTS ARE NOT FINALIZED RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE
ADMINISTRATION. SO THE NEGOTIATION ISN'T JUST BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE VENDORS. IT'S -- THEY'RE STILL FIGURING OUT THE DETAILS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES WITH PROCUREMENT BEFORE THOSE CONTRACTS ARE FINALIZED. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORK IS FINALIZED BEFORE
WE'RE TAKING UP A VOTE. >> IS IT -- I THOUGHT WE HEARD THE OTHER DAY FROM MS. LAKE THAT IT'S COMMON TO NEGOTIATE THESE, THESE CONTRACTS, WITH THE
VENDORS AFTER THE APPROVAL, RIGHT? >> AND I'M SUGGESTG THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE DETAILS FINALIZED BEFORE WE'RE ASKED FOR A VOTE. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.
>> MR. CHAIR, EARLIER IN THE ME $600,000 IN CONTRACTS FOR EAST LAKE STREET AND THE EAST FRANKLIN COMMUNITY SAFETY AND PILOT PROGRAMS. I DIDN'T HERE A PEEP OF DISCUSSION ABOUT R.P.F. AND COLLECTION PROCESS FOR THOSE CONTRACTS.
WHY THOSE ARE OKAY TO SAIL THROUGHND WE CONTINUE TO PICK APART THE PROCESS, SELECTION, AND SUDDENLY A FOCUS ON THE METRICS FOR OTHER KIND OF G.V.I. AND YGVI CONTRACTS IS SURPRISING. THE SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS A PILOT PROGRAM. SOMETHING NEW.
SO WHY NO SCRUTINY THERE? THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PROCESS AND MADE TRANSPARENT SELECTIONS. WE NEED TO BELIEVE IN OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF. DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN UP HERE THREE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS
SHOWING US THE CTRACTS ARE SOLID AND READY TO GO. THEY HAVE GONE ERAND ABOVE OF THE CONTRACTS AND IT IS FRUSTRATING AND FRANKLY, ANGERING THAT WE HAVE DRAGGED THIS OUT SO LONG. I DON'T FEEL WE CAN CONTINUE TO DELAY THIS, OR WE WILL END UP WITH A DISRUPTION IN SERVICE.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF APPROVING THE CONTRACTS AND LETTING THE VENDORS PREPARE FOR A START DATE OF APRIL 1. I WOULD LIKE OUR CITY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARD THAT EFFECT. >> I BELIEVE I HEARD A QUESTION IN THERE THAT I THINK I MIGHT BE
APT TO SPEAK TO. I WOULD SAY THAT WSHOULD HAVE THIS LEVEL OF RIGOR FORLL CONTRACTS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GOING FWAR FORWARD WITH THE R.C.A.'S AND I WELCOME THAT LEVEL OF SCRUTINY ACROSS THE
BOARD IN THE INSTITUTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMING OF PUSHING THIS BACK A CYCLE. AND THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO START THIS WORK ON APRIL 1. I MEAN, AVOIDING A GAP IN SERVICES WITH A SHARED GOAL IS
AMONG US. I AM CURIOUS AND TRYING TO LOOK AT THE COUNCIL CALENDAR FOR IF THIS IS MOVED BACK TO C.O.W. AND COMES BACK TO ANOTHER CYCLE. CAN YOU ANSWER TIMELINE AROUND WHEN IT WOULD BE APPROVED?
>> THIS WOULD GIVE THE ABILITY FOR THOSE CONTRACTS TO BE APPROVED ON MARCH 14. >> OKAY. PRIOR TO THE APRIL 1 DEADLINE. AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THOSE DETAILS TO BELIEVE FINALIZED PRIOR TO DEADLINE.
SO MARCH 14 GIVES THEM TWO WEEKS. I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT. AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE AND PERFORMANCE METRICS AND
THAT IS AN IDEAL TO STRIVE TOWAS. AND THE POINT IS TAKEN WE DON'T DO THAT LEVEL OF RIGOR FOR CONTRACT AND BIHZ AND BUSINESS STREET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS BUT IN THIS CASE THIS IS ABOUT AAFETY SERVICE WE ARE TRYING TO REALLY
SUPPORT AND GET OFF THE GROUND. I THINK THAT IS WHY WE'RE GIVING IT SUCH A LEVEL OF SCRUTINY BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE SUCCESS. THAT IS WHY WE'RE HOLDS OURSELVES AS IT IS AS AN INSTITUTION ACCOUNTABLE TO THE OUTCOMES TO ACHIEVE THROUGH THE
WORK BECAUSE WE CARE. WE WANT IT TO SUCCEED. THAT IS A SHARED GOALMONG US AS WELL. THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO SAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION OF OUR CITY ATTORNEYS. SO WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO DO
THESE CONTRACTS DIFFERENT THAN WE HAVE ASKED OTHER -- IS THAT -- HOW DS THAT FIT LEGALLY? >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY? >> SURE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, AND THE DEPARTMENT CAN TELL ME IF I AM
WRONG, IS THAT THE SORT OF THE PRACTICE OF THE CITY IS -- THERE ARE DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME THS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. SOMETIMES THEY BRING THEM EARLIER ON. SOMETIMES THEY BRING THEM AFTER THEY'RE FULLY NEGOTIATED.
THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE. MY ASSUMPTION WITH THESE IS BECAUSE THE -- BECAUSE THE APRIL 1 DEADLINE IN ORDER TO GET THE CONTRACT FULLY NEGOTIATED, THEM COME BEFORE COUNCIL, LIKE THERE
IS SOME ADDED TIME THERE. SO IF YOU GET THE CONTRACTS APPROVED A LITTLE EARLIE AND FINISH THE NEGOTIATIONS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BK TO COUNCIL AND HAVE THAT AUTHORITY AND PUSH GO WHEN THEONTRACT IS
FULLY NEGOTIATED. SO THE DEPARTMENT CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR TIMING AND WHY THEY CHOSE TO COME AROUND FOR COUNCIL. AND THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS DEPARTMENTS DO COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION -- THANK YOU FOR COMING UP. IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT THIS DELAY COULD DO FOR A SEAMLESS TRANSITION >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL
MEMBER RAINVILLE, THIS WOULD EFFECT THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WHEN WE A PLANNING THE PROCESS, WE FACTOR THE R.C.A. PROCESS COMING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO COME WITHOUT A
CONTRACT BEING FULLY FINALIZED. WE DID NOT FACTOR THAT INTO THE TIMELINE WE HAVE. WE ARE STILL NEGIATING WITH THE VENDORS. THE BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE IS THERE, BUT THERE IS ADDITIONAL THINGS WE NEE TO WORK ON SUCH AS THE BUDGET, RIGHT? WHEN VENDORS PROPOSE THE BUDGET TO
US, OFTEN TIMES THERE IS NOT A CAP. WE HAVE TO ENSURE WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE VENDOR SO THE BUDGET ALIGNS WITH WHAT THEY'RE BEING AWARD. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT TO ENSURE IT MEETS THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM. SO THAT WOULD PUSH BACK THE TIMELINE. I DON'T THINK I WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONTRACTS NEGOTIATED BE
I THAT DATE. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY? >> WELL, I WASN'T FINISHED. I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE OF THE DELAY AND WE SHOULD NOT MICRO MANAGE OUR STAFF. WE SHOULD RELY ON THE EXPERTISE AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
POOR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> YES, THANK YOU PSIDENT PAYNE. AND I WANT TO OFFER CLARIFICATION OF A PRESENTATION FROM PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY IS DOING WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. SPECIFICALLY SINCE COUNCIL MEMB PALMISANO REFERENCED THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS. IN THAT PRESENTATION, IT LISTS THAT FOR THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS PROGRAM PILOT SPECIFICALLY THAT
WE JUST ALSO APPROVE EARLIER IN THIS AGENDA, BOTH DR. HARRINGTON AND P.M.A. WORKED TO INCORPORATE PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING METRICS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ON SLIDE 11, THOSE METRICS WERE INCLUDED
IN THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR R.P.F. SO IF TS DEPARTMENT WITHIN O.C.S. WAS ABLE TO DO THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADO PILOTS WE APPROVED, AGAIN, HAVING VERY CLEAR, TRANSPARENT
METRICS THAT SHOWS HOW ARE WE REDUCING HOMICIDES AND IF WE COULD DO THAT WITH SAFETY AMBASSADORS THAT IS NOT EVEN FOCUSSING ON THAT, IT MAKES NO SENSE WHY OUR OWN NEIGHBORHD SAFETY DEPARTMENT THAT IS IN CHARGE OF A PROGRAM THAT IS DOING THAT WORK, WHY THEY
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION IN THE R.P.F.'S. AND THIS SOMETHING TECHNICALLY IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING, SHOULDN'T EXTEND THE DEADLINE. IF YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE METRICS THAT YOU SAY YOU ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP WITH OUR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PROVIDER, THOSE SEEM TO BE EASY TO INCLUDE IN THE LANGUAGE YOU SHARE WITH SOME VEHICLES AND MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU LOOK TO INTEGRATE INTO THE CONTRACT.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT, UNLESS, WE DON HAVE STAFF IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT WHO CAN COLLECT THE DATA, WHICH FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WE DON' SAME AS WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM FOR GGVI AND GVI WHO SUPPORT IN THE COLLECTION OF THE DATA. THE KEY INFRASTRUCTUR PIECES
ARE MISSING ANYWAY FOR THE DATA COLLECTION, BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY WE DO KNOW OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS LITERALLY DOING THIS IN OTHER R.P.F.s WE JUST CONSIDERED. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT THE FUNCTIO OF THE COUNCIL IS OVERSIGHT. THE REASON WHY CONTRACTS COME BEFORE US ISO WE CAN HAVE AN OVERSIGHT DISCUSSION. THAT IS WHY WE GET TO VOTE ON IT. OTHERWISE, WE WOULDN'T BE VOTING ON IT.
A PART OF THE OVERSIGHT IS DISCUSSING WRE CONTRACTS ARE IN THE PROCESS AND WHY IS THERE MORE SCRUTINY ON THESE CONTRACTS OVER OTHERS? WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CONTRACTS? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY.
THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT. THE LEADER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE DEPARTMENT HAS LEFT. THERE IS A BACKLOG IN THE CONTRACTS PRIOR MOVING FORWARD.
WE ASKED A QUESTION AT THE BUDGET MEETING ABOUT HOW MUCH FUNDIN WAS GOING TO GO TO YGVI AND GVI. AND THERE WAS -- A NUMBER WAS NOT GIVEN TO US. WE WERE TOLD THE NUMBER COULD NOT BE GIVEN TO US EVEN THOUGH
THAT NUMBER CERTAINLY DID EXIST BECAUSE IN ORDER TO EXECUTE THESE CONTRACTS AND HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THAT. AND I WANT TO CALL THAT OUT. THERE IS A LOT OF REASONS WHY THERE IS SCRUTINY. I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT THE JOB OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT
TO DIRECT PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES. THAT'S A JOB OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY ANTHE MAYOR. I DON'T GET TO CONTROL THAT. I DON'T GETO CONTROL THE WORK,
BUT I DO WANT THE WORK TO BE SUCCESSFUL.THE COUNTY DIDN'T HA LAWSUITS OR SETTLEMENT BEFORE THEM, AND THAT IS WHY LET'S MAKE SURE THE PROGRAMMING IS ABLEK TO EXECUTED SMOOTHLY AND THEIR CONTRACTS. THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, WHO IS
VERY WELL KNOWN AND HAS A REALLY GOOD REPUTATION OF DOI GOOD WORK TALKED TO US AND IS READY TO TAKE ON THE WORK. THAT IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO, SO WE SET THAT ASIDE. THEN WE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACT TO GET ANSWERS TO
PERFORMANCE METRICS BECAUSE PERFORMANCE IS AN ISSUE WHEN IT'S CONTRACTING OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF O.C.S. AND OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN SAYING WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY. WE'RE WORRIED. HOW ARE THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING MET? WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION GIVEN. I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE R.P.F. PROCESS. THAT IS GREAT. THAT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. WE DIDN'T GET THAT INFORMATION. AND NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR TIME TO DELAY SO WE CAN GET MORE OF THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER. HOWEVER, I AM NOT GOING TO BE VOTING TO DELAY.
I THINK I HAVE DONE MY EFFORT TO TRY TO HELP THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY INSURE THEY DO THEIR PROGRAMMING WELL. I AM CONCERNS THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO WELL. I WISH THEM WELL. THAT IS NOT MY JURISDICTION.
THE OPERATIONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THOSE EFFORTS IN THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES THAT WE HAVE SEEN, THAT FALLS SQUARELY UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO FURTHER DELAY IT. I OFFERED IT UP. I WAS READY TO VOTE ON IT, BUT THAT IS WHERE I AM AT.
I KNOW M -- I DEPART FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FROM THAT, BUT I WANTED TO STATE THAT R THE RECORD. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THAT OUR STAFF IN
RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HERE TODAY AND BRINGING UP CONRNS INSURING THAT THEY HAVE CRITY FROM THE BODY ABOUT A CAP ON THE AMOUNTS FOR THESE DIFFERENT G.V.I. AND
YGVI CONTRACTS. AND I THINK THIS WAS SAID A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES PRETTY EXPLICITLY DURING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, AND HAPPY TO REPEAT IT HERE AGAIN TODAY AND WOULD WELCOME OTHERS TO CHIM IN, TOO.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS BRINGING UP ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNTS, THE DOLLAR VALUE, TO EACH OF THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE LISTED. SIX CONTRACTS, FIVE VENDORS. THAT'S NOT THE REALM IN WHICH
THE CONCERN IS EXISTING. BUT WHERE IT -- BUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND IS WE HAVE CLARIFY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT OUTCOMES YOU ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WHICH ARE THEN SUPPORTED BY THE SIX
CONTRACTS, FIVE VENDORS THAT PROVIDE GVI AND YGVI SERVICES, GHT? THE DEPARTMENT HAS AN OUTCOME IT IS TRYING TO GET TO. IT ENGAGES IN CONTRACTING WITH VENDORS TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT
ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THOSE BIG PICTURE GOALS. TH'S THE INFORMATION WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET FROM YOU AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RECEIVING MORE BAKED IN CONTRACTS. AND I APPRECIATE R.C.A.
DEADLINES CAN BE A CHALLENGE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A TIGHT DEADLINE THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH, THAT APRIL 1 DEADLINE TO PREVENT ANY DISRUPTION OF THE DELIVE OF SERVICES. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S TIME BAKED IN
FOR THAT, BUT TO BE CLEAR, YOU HAVE SUBMITTED AND R.C.A. TO US. WE ARE SENDING THE ITEM BACK TO COMMITTEE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESTART THAT PROCESS. IT LIVES WITHIN THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS UPDATED INFORMATION.
THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED BEFORE THAT APRIL 1 DEADLINE. ONE ON MARCH 14. AND THEN ONE AGAIN ON MARCH 28. AND SO IF WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO COMMUNICATE IS YOU WON'T HAVE CONTRACTS NEGOTIATED BEFORE APRIL 1, THAT IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
I'M CCERNED ABOUT THAT, TOO, BUT EVERYTHING I HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT IS WE ARE READY. WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE FULLY NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS AND BE READY TO CONTINUE SERVICES AND TRANSITION SERVICES FROM THE
2023 TO 2025YCLE OF VENDORS TO THIS MOST UPDATED ONE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. SO I JUST HEARD SOMETHING EARLIER ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SAFETY DEPARTMENT SFF MENTIONING THAT WE WON'T HAVE CONTRACTS NEGOTIATED IN THAT TIME. AND I AM TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO COUNC MEETINGS LEFT BEFORE THE DEADLINE THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT. THERE ISN'T A NEED TO FILL OUT NEW R.C.A.'S BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM AND WE JUST NEED UPDATED FILES. AND WE KNOW -- NO ONE HAS BROUGHT UP CONRNS ABOUT THE
BUDGETARY AMOUNTS THAT WERE LISTED IN THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE US. SO I'M REALLY NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THERE COULD BE A DISRUPTION IN SERVICES WHEN -- WHEN NONE OF
THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO THAT BEING A THING. >> I'M WONDERING IF, MR. CLERK, YOU COULD GIVE MORE GUIDANCE AROUND THE R.C.A. PROCESS AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE BARRIER TO THEM FINALIZING THEIR DETAILS AND GETTING A VOTE AHEAD
OF THAT APRIL 1 DATE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I THINK AS THE COUNCIL VICE ESIDENT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBED, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR A NEW R.C.A. THERE IS AN R.C.A. IN PROCESS. THIS IS WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND THE FILES HAVE BEEN CREATED.
THERE IS A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL, VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD PUT FORWARD AND PROPOSED THAT CAN BE THE ITEM RETURNED BAING TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THERE ARE SOME SCHEDULING CHANGES AS YOU KNOW DUE TO THE NATIONAL LEGAL OF CITIES SO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING
RATHER THAN TSDAY OF THAT WEEK IS THURSDAY THE 14th OF MARCH, BUT THE COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THAT MATTER WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND ACTED ON IS LITERALLY THE NEXT DAY, FRIDAY THE 15th -- I'M SORRY IF I AM OFF BY A DAY. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE R.C.A. PROCESS OR THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS ITSELF WOULD BE A HINDRANCE TO WHAT YOU'VE PUT FORWARD AS A MOTION IN FRONT OF THE BODY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFATION. ARE YOU FINISHED, VICE PRESIDENT? >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COUNCIL MEMBE ELLISON.
>> THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE I'M BASICALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. IT FEELS LIKE TO ME -- THIS IS HOW I AM LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WHILE I'M ALWAYS OPENO US, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ITEM IN THE ISSUES THAT
WE HAVE HAD WITH E DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST, US FIGURING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS THE FIDELITY TO THE MODEL, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? BUT THIS TO ME, THIS IS
ABOUT THE -- THE QUESTIONS SEEM TO BE ABOUT THE MODEL. THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE PROCEEDING AT ALL WITH THE MONEY. TO ME THEY FEEL LIKE TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. THAT IS HOW I'M INTERPRETING IT. ANIF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS PROGRAMMING AT ALL, THEN I THINK
THAT IT'S FINE IF WE PASS THESE CONTRACTS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE -- I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD SORT OF HOLD UP THE CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MODEL AND THE WORK. WE, AS SOMEBODY WHO, I THINK, I AM WELL DOCUMENTED ASAVING A
LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH HOW THIS WORK HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE SOME OF THE PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP CHANGES, AND JUST MY BELIEF IN THIS WORK AND FEELING LIKE I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS WORK. AS SOMEBODY WHO IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE POTENTIAL MOVE TO THE
COUNTY, WE SORT OF REALIZED THAT WASN'T GOING TO BE THE PERFECT SOLUTION TO THE QUESTIONS WE HAD. AND SO I THINK THAT ALL OF THE SKEPTICISM AND THE FRUSTRATION IS VALID. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE CONTRACTS AND I'M THINNG, WELL, IF WE HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MODEL, WE SHOULD ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT REPORTING, WE SHOULD BRING STAFF BACK TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE MADE MANY EFFORTS TO THERE. THAT'S MY OPINION HERE. I WILL SAY THAT I -- I TRUST THE
INTENT OF EVERYBODY ON THIS DIE I CAN'T Y, BUT I THINK BY MAKING CERTAIN STANDARDS MANDATORY AS A CONDITION OF PASSING THESE CONTRACTS, IT HAS THE EFFECT OF MICROMANAGEMENT. IT HAS THE EFFECT OFULTIMATELY,
YOU KNOW, IF STAFF HASN'T BEEN FEELING DISCOURAGED THE PASTEW WEEKS, THEN I THINK THIS COULD BE A DISCOURAGING MOVE. I THINK WE SHOULD PASS THESE CONTRACTS. THAT'S WHERE I AM AT WITH IT. I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF A DELAY TODAY. I AM VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WORK WE'RE DOING,O MUCH OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN IN THE LAST COUPES OF YEARS IS ABOUT -- IS
ABOUT SOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE VENDORS AND WHILE THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE VENDORS, I AM LIKE WHAT'S THE WORK? WHAT'S THE WORK HAPPENING? I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGE THAT QUESTION OF WHAT IS THE WORK
THAT IS HAPPENING, NOT JUST WHI WHICH WORK ON TIME. I WANT TO GETTON THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO ANYONE ELSE. IT FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD PROED FORWARD WITH THESE TODAY. WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO BE STEADFAST IN ASKING FOR
MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MORE CL THAT'S HAPPENING. I DON'T THINK THE CONTRACTS NEED TO BE THE NEXT -- NEXUS FOR THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIN, THAT IS EXACTLY THE SENTIMENT I SHARE IN THIS. I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD BE DELAYING THIS. WE NEED TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD. I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO MAKE SURE THIS WORK KEEPS MOVG BECAUSE SPRING IS UPON US. IF
YOU GO OUTSIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE WEATHER IS SHIFTING. WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER SNOWSTORM BETWEEN NOW AND OFFICIAL SPRING, BUT WE NEED THESE SERVICES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO LAE. WE KNOW THAT ONCE THE WEATHER SHIFTS, THERE IS GOING TO BE GREAT NEED
FOR THESE SERVICES AND I AGN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I REMIND MY COLLEAGUES AND THE NERAL PUBLIC THAT THIS IS NOT VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER SERVICES. THIS IS NOT MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS
GVI AND YGVI SERVICES THAT HAVE A VERY DIFRENT MEANING THAN WHAT I FEEL THE GENERAL PUBLIC THINKS IS HAPPENING HERE. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION ON WHA WE'RE VOTING ON HERE. THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO DELAY IN THIS VOTE. IT'S
TOTALLY FINE FOR US TO BE CRITICAL. THIS FEELS EXTREMELY MICROMANAGING, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED PROCUREMENT DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS. LIKE THERE IS WORK THAT CAN CONTINUE TO BE DONE IF YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE
SPECIFIC NEEDS O QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE AND PEOPLE READY TO WORK. I JUST THINK OF THE VENDORS WHO ARE PREVIOUS VENDORS, THE AMOUNT OF STRESS THIS DELAY HAS ON THEM
WITH THE UNKNOWN. THERE ARE PEOP WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK THAT WANT TO CONTINUE THIS WORK, THAT HAVE A ROSTER OF FOLKS THAT THEY ARE SERVICING AND TO HAVE TO WATCH THESE CONVERSATIONS PUBLICLY PLAY OUT AND YOU'RE DOING THE WORK. YOU'RE WAKING UP AND DOING THE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT -- I
MEAN THE MORALE ISSUES THAT IT CAUSES FOR PEOPLE AND THE RELATIONSHIP. WE TALK ABOUT TRUST A LOT ON THIS COUNCIL. THE WAY YOU BREAK TRUST IS BY NOT BELIEVING IN PEOPLE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP AND THEY DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY AND THEY ARE BELIEVING IN US TO HAVE THEIR
BACKS AND TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THFINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE DOING THIS WORK. I BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. I THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A GOOD JOB AT TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR ALL OF US SO I REALLY HOPE WE MOVE THIS FORWARD TODAY AND VOTE ON THE WORK. WE'RE VOTING
ON THE WORK. WE'RE VOTING IN FAVOR O OUR CITY HAVING SERVICES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, SO PRIOR TO THE VOTE, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER BARNETT AND HIS
STAFF. I WANT TO THANK YOU. THIS LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, THIS IS THE HIGHEST WEE EVER HAD. WHEN I STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO, IOTED AGAINST THESE BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THAT LEVEL OF TRAPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE LAST STAFF WE HAD. YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND GET THIS BEHIND US. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. I AM NOT SEEING --
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING DELAY IN THIS TODAY, BUT WHAT I DO SUPPORT IS FOR US TO UPDATE OUR C.A. PROCESS. I SEE THAT AS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW AND GET RIGHT, SO THAT WE CAN DO THE WORK OF OUR OVERSIGHT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY HERE. SO I BELIEVE THAT WE DO NEED TO ESTABLISH BETTER EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR STAFF IF WE DON'T ESTAISH WHAT THOSE ARE,
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO COME FORWARD WITH AND DO THINK AS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY STATED, THAT OUR -- YOU KNOW, THE TCOMES MINNEAPOLIS AND THE WORK THEY ARE DOING SHOULD BE
HOPEFULLY COMING AND WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN THAT PROCESS. I AM HERE TO WORKITH YOU AS COUNCIL LEADERSHIP IF YOU ARE WILLING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT WORK. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THOSE EXPECTATIONS IN OUR R.C.A. PROCESS AND I DON'T
THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT QUITE YET SO I WON'T SUPPORT THIS DELAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, I WILL BE QUICK. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THE SE THING AS YESTERDAY THAT I WILL BE ABSTAINING TO VOTING ANY
CONTRACT ON THIS BECAUSE WHAT H WEEKS AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE. SO, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK, JUST OVERALL DELAY OR NOT, I WILL BE
ABSTNING ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE CONTRACTS IN GENEL, IF THERE IS A MOTION TO DELAY, I WOULD CONSIDER THAT. I DO WANT TO BE CLEATO THE PUBLIC, THERE IS A GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE IN PLACE. THE EXECUTIVE OF THEITY IS THE
MAYOR AND IF THERE IS A MISMANAGEMENT, THAT IS ON THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR HIMSELF. SO THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT ND TO GET FIXED, THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND THAT IS UP TO THE MAYOR. HE NEEDS TO THEICS --
THOSE ISSUES IN THE DEPARTMENT, IT'S AFFECTING OUR YGVI AND GVI CONTRACTS. IT'S AFFECTING OUR RESIDENTS IN GENERAL. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE CONTRACT OR THE GROUPS
GETTING THE FUNDING, IT JUST NEEDS TO HAPPEN. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE METRICS IN THESE CONTRACTS. I DON'T SEE THAT FULLY THERE AND THAT IS VERY CONCERNING WHEN WE'RE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND I DON'T SEE THE METRICS AND THEN WE WANT TO
SEE THE RESUS. SO THE THING I'LL SAY IS AS THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE WILL USE OUR OVERSIGHT FUNCTION AND ASK STAFF TO COMEACK TO THE COMMITTEE TO PRESENT ON THE RESULTS OF THESE CONTRACTS. AT SOME POINT, WE JUST HE TO SAY THAT THE MAYOR IS THE EXECUTIVE. IF THESE
CONTRACTS ARE FAING AND NOT ADDRESSING THE SAFETY CONCERNS, THERE IS ONE PERSON IN CHARGE AND THAT IS THE MAYOR. THAT' IT. PERIOD. WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. SO, I JUST WANT TO AT LEAST MAKE THAT COMMENT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANY DISRUPTION IN SERVICES, HOWEVER I DON'T THINK A DELAY WOULD DO
THAT BUT I GET THAT THAT'S AN ACCIDENT I STICKING POINT HERE. THE MISMANAGEMENT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MAYOR AND THE MAYO HIMSELF. THAT IS BEING MISSED OUT OVER HERE. ULTIMATELY, I SUPPORT THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE INLACE HERE. I THINK THESE ARE IMPORTANT SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE DELIVERED TO OUR RESIDENTS,
TO REDUCE VIOLENCE IN OR CITY. ULTIMATELY, IF THERE IS MISMANAGEMENT CONTINUING, THAT'S ON THE MAYOR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE ONE, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE DELAY AND SHOULD THAT NOTPROCEED, I WILL
BE ABSTAINING AS I SHARED ON ESDAY. IN TERMS OF WHY I AM SUPPORTING THE DELAY, WHAT YOU PROPOSED IS ACTUALLY NOT UNCOMMON. WE KNOW THAT R.C.A.s HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION. WE HAVE DONE THAT WITH OTHER CONTRACTS BEFORE EVEN IN THIS SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. THAT'S NOT A MICROMANAGING PIECE, THAT WAS CRITICAL INFORMATION BEING MISSED AND WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET THAT INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE
R.C.A. WHAT I WILL NOTE, ONE OF THE LAST PRECIPITATIONSS -- PRESENTATIONS THAT THE FORMER DIRECTOR GAVE TO THE ADMINISTRATION WAS AROUND THE BARRIER FOR THEM DOING DATA
COLLECTION AND HAVING MEASURABLE OUTCOMES TO DEFINE WHETHER OR NOT OUR GVI AND YGVI PROGRAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL. SHE NAMED THE CONTRACTS AS BEING A BARRIER. SO LITERALLY, THIS IS THE TIME IN WHICH YOU CAN SET THE
EXPECTATIONS IN YOUR R.C.A., IN YOUR CONTRACTS, FOR THE VENDORS WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH SO THEY KNOW NOT ONLY WHAT TYPE OF WHAT GOALS WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS A CITY. OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THIS WORK PHENOMENALLY WELL AS I NAMED IN
THE PAST. THEY'RE SEEING 40% TO 30% REDUCTIONSN THEIR HOMICIDES. WE HAVE NO GOAL ESTABLISHED FOR THE VERY RELEVANT PROGRAM THAT THIS WOULD BE TARGETG. WE DON'T ETCH HAVE A PROGRAM MANAGER TO SUPPORT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMS. WHILE PEOPLE ARE REFERENCING A DELAY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT HAS NOT ONLY OUTLINED A TRANSITION PLAN. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THE CLIEN WITH THE PREVIOUS GVI AND YGVI CORACTOR? HOW WILL THEY SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF SERVICES WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THIS SPECIFIC WORK AND A DIRECTOR. SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED AS MISMANAGEMENT COMPONENTS, THAT SHOWS LIKE THIS DOES WARRANT MORE TIME AND THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT THE PROPOSAL FORWARD TO TRANSITION THESE
SERVICES TO HENNEPIN COUNTY BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE ISSUES HERE WHEN WE'RE TALKI ABOUT YGVI AND GVI, THIS IS SPREAD ACROSS DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. WE ONLY TOUCHED THE SURFACE. WE HAVE CONTRACTO THAT COME HERE AND HAVE
THREATENED US AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCOUNTABILITY HAPPEN. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND OR KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, RELATING TO THE CONTRACT THAT WAS GIVEN OUT TO POTENTIALLY THE PARTNER OF THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. SO, ALL THOSE COME --
COMPONENTS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THERE IS NO ANSWER ON WHAT CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE PUT IN PLACE. THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, IN HAVG RCAs BE UPDATED WITH ACTUAL OUTCOMES SO
RESIDENTS KNOW OKAY, WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE THESE SERVICES TO ACTUALLY KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE AND OUR YOUNG PEOE SAFE IN THESE SPECIFIC WAYS AND THAT IS CURRENTLY MISSING. WE'RE RUBBER STAMPING THAT. THAT'S COOL, FOR SOME OF Y'ALL, BUT THAT'S
SOMETHING I WON'T BE ENDORSING. I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING THE TWO WEEKS TO GET THAT INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR HAS BEEN WILLING TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO INCLUDE SOME MORE UPDATED REPORTING METRICS INTO THE CONTRACT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION ON THAT, IF THAT DOES
NOT PROCEED. I WL BE ABSTAINING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE AT THIS MOMENT IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S ABILITY TO SHOW THAT THEY CAN'T ADMINISTER THESE PROGRAMS EFFECTIVELY, IN A WAY THAT KEEPS OUR RESIDENTS
SAFE, AND I REALLY HOPE RELATIVELY SOON THAT OUR STAFF COULD PROVE ME WRONG. I REALLY WANT YOU TO. I HOPE, I HOPE THAT IS A CHALLENGE, BUT THANK YOU. I WILL BSUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, ABSTAIN. >> RAVEN, NAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COCIL MEMBER VETAW, NO, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKINO, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS NAY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE, COUNCIL
MEMBER CASHMAN NAY, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI AYE, PRESIDENT PAYNE AYE. 5 AYES, 7 NAYS. >> THAT ITEM FAILS AND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL IF WE WANT TO MOVEORWARD WITH THOSE.
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> DISCUSSION. >> OH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> I JUST WANTED TO COME IN AND KIND OF ECHO, LIKE I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE LOST ON US AS WE TAKE THIS VOTE. THE QUESTIONS ONLY MISMANAGEMENT I STILL THERE. I AM GOING TO SAY THAT. I KNOW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID THAT, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN,
THE QUESTIONS OF MISMANAGEMENT IS STILL THERE. THE PAPER OF RECORD, TALKED ABOUT HOW A CONTRACT WAS SIGNED AND GIVEN MONEY TO OUR FORMER NEIBORHOOD SAFETY DIRECTORS, PARTNERS,
SOMEONTHEY WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH, THAT WAS DENIED BY THAT PERSON, AND THEN IT WAS SHOWN THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF RELATIONSHIP AND I DO THINK THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CLARITY AROUND THAT. I DO THINK THERE ARE THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THREATS THAT
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD FACED AND SMEARS OF SAYING COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE TRYING TO ENRICH THEMSELVES OR PICK THEIR FAVORITE NON-PROFITS WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO CALL OUT THE MISMANAGEMENT AND THINGSHAT FELT UNETHICAL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY SAFETY. I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD HOLD OUR CITY ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT. I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD HOLD THE MAYOR OF OUR CITY ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO RUBBER STAMP AVAILABLE. IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT. SO, I WILL ALSO BE
ABSTAINING TODAY FROM THESE CONTRACTS. I VALUE THE PROGRAMING THAT IS NEEDED AROUND YGVI AND GVI, I DID A RIDE ALONG. MET WITH PARENTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCES, THAT HAVE A DEEP NEED OF HAVING THESE PROGRAMS THERE PLACE, AND I HAVE
DEEP CONCERNS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT IS BEFORE US WITHIN THESE CONTRACTS TO BE APPROVED, TRAINED IN THE NATIONAL MODEL YET. WITHOUT CLITY ON WHEN THEY WILL BE.
THAT DOES MATTER TO ME. THAT IS AS Y SUCCESS SIEVE PROGRAMING. I WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> I THINK THE QUESTIONS AROUND SOME OF THE NEWSEPORTS WE'VE
SEEN, I DO THINK THEY MATTER AS WELL. FOR -- I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, THAT MATTER I NOT BEFORE US HERE, FOR ME. WHEN I'M LOOKING AT JUST THE TWOTEMS, I'M LOOKING AT THESE VENDORS, I'M LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, OUR
STAFF, MS. LAKES, SAYING THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO ON THESE ITEMS. DO I HAVE MY SKEPTICISM? YES,ES, I DO. DO I HAVE MY CONCERNS? YES, I DO. DO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWINGUP? I'M MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER? THAT WE'RE
EXPRESSING OURSELVES IN THA WAY AND WE HAVE A PATHWAY TO HARD FOLLOW UP AND ACCOUNTABILITY? ABSOLUTELY. I WANT TO SAY THAT THE -- THE MISMANAGEMENT THAT
HAS BEEN REPORTED, THAT WE'VE SEEN IS FROM -- IT IS FROM PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP, IT NEEDSO BE VETTED, IT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED, IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT OUR CURRENT STAFF, WHO HAVE PUT THIS WOR IN FRONT OF US
SHOULD BE LIVING WITH THE GHOST OF OUR PREVIOUS STAFF THAT LED THE CHARGE ON SOME OF THAT OTHER ACTIVITY. THAT IS MY PERSONAL VIEW. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I THINK I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CRITIQUES THAT MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE LAID FORWARD HERE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE BROADER ISSUES -- I DON'T SEE HOW THEY HAVE A MATERIAL CONNECTION TO THI EXPLICIT ITEM THAT IS IN FRONT OF US THAT WE ARE VOTING ON RIGHT W. SO
THAT'S WHAT MY VOTE IS ABOUT, THE EXPLICIT ITEMS WE'RE VOTING ON, YOU KNOW. I WAS OPEN TO A DIFFERENT WAY OF US PROCEEDING FORWARD, WE DIDN'T PERCEIVE IT THAT WAY, THAT'S OKAY. I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THIS. THAT'S MY RATIONAL ON
WHY I AM SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I THINK I WILL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF, LIKE, IT IS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TO NOT GET THESE QUESTIO ANSWERED AND
JUST HAVE THEM HANGING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT MAY NOT COME BEFORE US IN THE DAIS, BUT IT'S DISHEARTENING. I RESPECT WHAT
YOU'VE SAID ABOUT THESE ITEMS IN SPECIFIC, AND I DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPO THE GOOD WORK BEING DONE. I DO HOPE THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND TAKE ON THE BURDEN OF PROVING THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FO CONTRACTS. IT'S ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITY BEING ABLE T DO THIS WORK. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN,
ABSTAIN. >>OUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY ABSTAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS AYE, COU
COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN AYE, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI, AYE PRESIDENT PAYNE, NAY. THERE ARE 10 AYES, 1 NAY, AND 2 ABSTENTIONS. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES AND THAT REPORT IS COMPLETED. THE NEXT
ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. W HAVE ONE NOTICE TODAY. THIS IS FROM ME AND VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI WHO ARE GIVING NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE ANRDINANCE AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATED TO COUNCIL STAFF AND POLICY RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT
FUNCTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS NOTICE? MAYBE CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU LIKEO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM AND REMIND FOLKS OF THE BACKGROUND? >> SURE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AN COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THIS ITEM IS
TO, ESSENTIALLY FIX OUR ORDINANCES TO GEL WITH T CHARTER. IF YOU ALL REMEMBER I SENT OUT A MEMORANDUM TO THIS GROUP ABOUT SOME INCONSISTENCIE OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE WITH THE CHARTER. SO, YOU KNOW I AM
SURE THAT WE WILL GET INTO GREAT DETAIL WHEN THIS MOVES FORWARD, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S REALLY TO ALIGN THE ORDINANCES WITH THE CHARTER REQUIREMTS AND PROVISIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, THAT NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN AND NO
FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR. WE HAVE SEVEL INTRODUCTIONS TODAY. OUR FIRST NOTICE IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN INTRODUCING THE SUBJEC MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE STREETS AND
SIDEWALK CODE, AMENDING PROVISIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF A GEORGE FLOYD PEDESTRIAN MALL AS PART OF THE 38th STREET IN CHICAGO AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THIS INTRODUCON WAS POSTPONED AT OUR LAST MEETING AS STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT FINDINGS OF FACT ARE DRAFTED PRIOR TO THE
FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE. AFTER DISCUSSION, I UNDERSTAND THAT FINDINGS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR AND I WILL BE MOVING TODAY TO POSTPONE INTRODUCTION FOR THE FIRST READING O THIS ORDINANCE TO OUR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
DECEMBER 11, 2025. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS? >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS
INTRODUCTI AND TO SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE HAND OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS AS WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE. I'VEEEN WORKING
ON REVITALIZING 38th AND CHICAG YOU KNOW, THAT IS PROBABLY -- NO, I'M SURE THAT'S LONGER THAN ANYBODY IN THIS ENTIRE ROOM HAVE
ADVOCATED AND WITNESSED DIRECTLY SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF THE CHICAGO AVENUE FINE ARTS CENTER, SMOKE IN THE PIT, THE INITIAL COFFEE SHOP THAT REOPENED THERE, BLACK AYE COFFEE, THE THIRD
PLE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS, CONSIGNMENT STORES, AND OTHER RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES. ON MAY 25, 2020, L OF THAT CHANGED. GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERE AT THIS INTERSECTION. THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT HAS PARALYZED
OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS PAINFUL FOR ME TO SEE HOW THIS HAS DIVIDED OUR COMMUNITY. TO BE CLEAR, I'M USING A TERM DIVIDED VERY
LOOSELY BECAUSE OVERWHELMINGLY, FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, BY AN ORGANIZATION RESPECTED BY THIS
BODY, HOWEVER YEARS OF COMMUNIT DOLLARS SPENT ARE BEING DISRE DISREGARDED BY THIS BODY. THIS DELAY WILL DRIVE UP THE COST,
DELAY THE WORK UNTIL MAYBE 2026, AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE DISAGREEMENTS IN ANY COMMUNITY AND ANY SOCIETY, ALWAYS. IT IS
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP AND MAKE UNPOPULAR DECISIONS WHEN THE DATA LEADS US TO THESE DECISIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL
MOVE FOR IT I GUESS WITH THIS DELAY. IT IS A COMPLETE DISSERVICE TO THE TUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE STATED THEIR OPINION, PARTICULARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKS THAT LIVE DIRECTLY IN THAT COMMUNITY, WHO
HAVE SAID WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD NOW. I'M SORRY, A STUDY IS NOT MOVING FORWARD. I DON'T CARE HOW YOU FRAME IT, IT IS DELAYING THIS PROJECT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. SO, THOSE ARE MY
COMMENTS, THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PUBLIC WORKS STAFF IF SHE IS STILL HERE. I SEE BOTH OF THEM THERE. IF THEY COULD REMIND US
ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE SAID ABOUT A TIMELINE GIVEN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THIS SPACE OF MOVING FORWARD. ALSO, I WAS HOPING YOU COULD REMIND US OF THE STATE LAW REGARDING
PEDESTRIAN PLAZAS. I DON'T THINK A PEDESTRIAN MALL IS ALLOWED IN A SPAC LIKE THIS. >> MADAM C.O.O. OR DIRECTOR SEXTON. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL
MEMBER PALMINO, TIM SEXTON FROM PUBLIC WORKS. I CAN SPEAK ABOUT THE TIMELINE WE'RE WORKING ON HERE. WHEN WE INITIALLY PRESENTED THE CON 1ECEPT LAYOUT LAST YEAR, WE WERE HOPING TO GET CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN SUMMER
OR FALL OF THIS CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR, 2025. AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME POINT IN
2025 WHERE WE WOULD BE PROPOSING A CONCEPT LAYOU OR HAVING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AND CONSTRUCTION AT THE EARLIEST WOULD START IN MOST LIKELY FAL OF 2026. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> YEAH, I THINK SO. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN PUT PEDESTRIAN MALLS ON A ROUTE. CAN YOU COMMENT ON THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN? DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT ANY OF THE PROPTY OWNERS, INCLUDING THE
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA IN TERMS OF APPROVING IT? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, I'M THE C.O.O. FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I THINK THERE ARE A FEW QUESTIONS.
AS A PRACTICE, THE CITY IS NOT THE DETERMINING VOTER ON AN ISSUE LIKE THIS. THAT'S BEEN O PRACTICE IN THE PAST. IT'S THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT SPEAK OUT OR OBJECT. THEY WOULD STAY SILENT
TO ALLOW FOR THOSE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IMPACTED TO DECIDE. THAT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE. SO, TO THAT QUESTION, WE USUALLY D'T OPINE, NO MATTER WHO THE OWNER IS, CPED
HAS BEEN DELEGATED ON THAT ISSUE. THEY'RE THE OWNER OF RECORD RIGHT NOW OF THE PEOPLE'S WAY. SO ON THE ISSUE OF PEDESTRIAN SMALLS, OF COURSE WE FOUGHT HARD AT THE LEGISLATURE TO G AN UPDATE TO THIS STATUTE, TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY
TO POSSIBLY USE IT. SO, UNDER THE MINNESOTA STATUE 430.011, THERE IS THE PEDESTRIAN MALL ORDINANCE. UNDER THAT IS MINUTE
STATUTE SUBDIVISION 6A. THERE IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT MUNICIPAL STATE AID ROUTE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE A PEDESTRIAN MALL. I DO NOT KNOW WHY WE HAVE NOT
ELEVATED THAT PREVIOUSLY. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE, AND I WILL SAY THIS, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE OCCASIONALLY REMOVE FROM THE MSA ROUTES THROUGH A PROCE WITH MnDOT, WE CAN REMOVE SEGMENTS OF AN MSA ROUTE.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THIS I GOING TO LEAD TO QUITE A DISCUSSION WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE AUTHORS, ONES WHO ARE STILL SERVING IN THE LEGISLATURE, THE COMMITTEESUST WENT THROUGH, 162.09 IS PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT NO
PEDESTRIAN MALLS ON MSA ROUTES. SO TT IS GOING TO BE A BIG QUESTION IN THIS FIENNDING OFACT EXERCISE. >> THANK YOU, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF WITH THE REST OF MY COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, PPLE BEFORE HER, AND
MAYOR FRY HAVE LED. THEY PUT OUT A VISION AND TODAY NINE OF YOU SAID NO TO THAT VISION. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T POINT OUT THAT THIS WEEK AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, MEMBERS OF
THIS BODY MADE REFERENCE TO A LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM THE HOMEGROWN GROUP AND REQUESTED AMENDMTS TO THE BOULEVARD AMENDMENT. THEY SAID WE CREATE WORK GROUPS LIKE THIS TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT FROM EXPERTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE LISTEN TO THAT FEEDBACK WHEN WE RECEIVE
IT. NOW HERE WE ARE IGNORING OVERWHELMINGLY CLEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES. THIS COUNCIL FEELS CLEARLY MORE INTERESTED IN TESTING OUT YOUR NEW POWERS AND DELAYING PROGRESS AND WASTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS
THAN HONORING -- >> DESCRIBING MOTIVE. >> THIS BODY IS NOT LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. LET'S CALL A SPADE TO SPA HERE. IF THE BODY ONLY HONORS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WHEN IT ALIGNS WITH YOUR VISION, THAT'S NOT DEMOCRACY, THAT'S AN
ECHO CHAMBER. WEUT IN THE WORK, WE LISTENED, STAFF LISTENED, AND STAFF HAS PROPOSED A DESIGN THAT REFLECTS THE DESIRES OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK AND OPERATE AROUND 38th AND CHICAGO. THE PEOPLE TOLD US WHAT THEY WANT AND IT IS NOT A
PEDESTRIAN PLAZA. IN FACT, THEY ACTIVELY OPPOSE THIS PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CONCEPT. THEY ACTIVELY OPPOSE IT. THEY WANT THE OPEN FLEXIBLE DESIGN AND THEY WANT IT NOW, NOT AT SOME UNDETERMINED TIME IN THE FUTURE. IT IS BEYOND TIME THAT WE GIVE THEM WHAT THEY
ASKED FOR AND NOT GO DOWN TS NEW PATH. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NAME, AT LEAST FOR ME AND THE PUBLIC RECORD, BECAUSE THIS IS
ACTUALLY -- I WOULD SAY IT'S A HISTORIC VOTE THAT WE'RE TAKING AND WHY I AM TAKING IT. IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING QUITE LOST IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT BUSE
PEDESTRIAN MALLS, AND COMPLEXES. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IN 2025, AS WE'RE APPROACHING A FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THAT, ANYONE CAN THINK THAT THE BEST WAY TO HONOR THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ALLOWS OFFICER DEREK
CHAUVINND MANY OTHERS TO NOT ONLY BRUTALIZE GEORGE FLOYD BUT THE WORLD AND THE PLACE IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAS GATHERED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND
PROTECTED A SACRED GROUND TO SERVE AS A REMINDER TO US OF WHAT WE DID AND TO NOT DO IT AGAIN. THE WAY IN WHICH THE CITY IS APPROHING THAT IS SAYING ESSENTIALLY LET'S RUN BUSES UP AND DOWN THAT SAME STREET. LET'S RUN BUSS -- BUSES AND CARS
ROSS THE VERY PLACE WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED. THAT TO ME IS A SIGNAL OF ERASURE. THAT WHAT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND PARTICULARLY UNDER THIS MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION THAT WE KEEP RUNNING INTO, WE HAVE THE SAME
DYMIC, EVEN WITH THE THIRD PRECINCT DISCUSSION WITH LET'S JUST PUT A DEMOCRACY CENTER THERE. LET'S NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARMS THAT TOOK PLACE THERE, THAT WAS VERY MUCH CONNECTED TO HOW WE GOT TO GEORGE FLOYD, THE PLACE THAT HARBORED SOME OF THE MOST BRUTAL OFFICERS IN THIS
CITY AND IT WAS KNOWN. IS BEEN DOCUMENTED. YET, LET'S DO A DEMOCRACY. LET'S NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HISTORY. NEXT, OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO THE CORE EPIC CENTER OF WHERE THINGS POPPED OFF AND IS KILLING, THIS MURDER HAPPENED
AND LET'S THROW A BUS ON THERE AND THEN DANGLE NICE THINGS, STREET INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE COMMUNITY AS IFHEY COULDN'T HAVE THAT BEFOREHAND. YOU CAN STILL HAVE THAT. YOU STILL DESERVE THAT AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE CONTINGENT UPON YOUR ABILITY TO CONCEDE TO THE FACT THAT THE
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE WHITE SUPREMACIST DYNAMICS WANTS TO ERASE THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WHEN WE CONSTTLY ENACT HARM ON BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CITY, AND IT'S STILL
HAPPENING. HE STAYED RIGHT ACROSS THE CORNER FROM WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDER AND OUR POLICE KILLED THAT BLACK MAN. THIS IS STILL HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHAT IS GROUNDING MY DECISION. IT'S NOT ABOUT STREET
INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE INVESTMENTS CAN STILL HAPPEN AND CITYTAFF TELLING YOU ANYTHING OTHERWISE, IT'S COMPLETELY FALSE. WE KNOW THEY CAN DO STREET REDESIGNS, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN IF THERE IS A POLITICAL WI. RIGHT NOW, THE WILL IS OH, WE WILL ONLY DO THIS, WE WIL ONLY CONNECT
INVESTMENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY IF YOU LET US ERASE YOU AND THAT IS PROBLEMATIC. [APPLAUSE]. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT IILL STAND FOR AND I WILL NOT LET MY VOTE REFLECT AND THAT'S WHAT IS
CONSTANTLY GTING LOST IN THIS. WE REDUCED GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER TO STREET INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'RE PACKAGING IT. THIS IS HOW YOU GET NICE THINGS TO A HISTORICALLY UNDER INVESTED BLACK COMMUNITY. LET'S CALL A
SPADE A SPADE, WHAT IT IS. IT'S WHITE SUPREMACY WORKING AT ITS FINEST. THAT, FOR ME, WAS ENOUGH TO COME IN AND SAY NO. WE'LL FIND A DIFFERENT PATH AND I AM GLAD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL
MEMBER CHAVEZ LISTED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT STOOD ON BUSINESS AND STOOD ON THAT MORAL REMINDER AND SAID LET'S FIND A DIFFERENT PATH THAT HONORS THAT. >> YES. >> AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING THE REST OF MY TIME HERE DOING AS OPPOSED TO FIGURING OUT HOW WE CONTINUE TO
ERASE T ONGOING MISHAPS, MISTAKES, AND ABUSES OF THE CITY THAT IS CONSTANTLY BEING TARGETED TO BLACK PEOPLE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. [APPL
[APPLAUSE]. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >>G JUST POPPED UP FOR ME WHEN ANDERSON WAS TAKING THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MINNESOTA
STATE AID, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IN FOR THE RECORD THAT WHEN WE HAD OUR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING THIS YEAR, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FLEXIBLE OPEN MODEL, WE WERE GIVEN INFORMATION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND THAT COMMITTEE THAT
EVEN IF WE DID THIS FLEXIBLE OPEN MODEL, WE WOULD STILL NEED TO DO A PEDESTRIAN MALL ORDINANCE. THAT WAS -- THAT W IN THE RECORD, SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO CLARIFY WHO IT'S
ADMINISTRATION WITH CITY ATTORNEYS, YOU WOULD- IT SOWN LIKE IF YOU HAVE TO REMOVE MSA DESIGNATION FOR A PEDESTRIAN MALL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT ANY WAY. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS STRIKING TO COME TO LIGHT IN THAT COMMITTEE. I REMEMBER HEARING THAT AND I THOUGHT OKAY,
WE WILL HAVE TO DO PEDESTRIAN MALL ANY WAY FOR EITHER. AND ALSO, THERE IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION, RIGHT? IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS FLEXIBLE ARM VERSUS NOT THAT FLEXIBLE OP, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE INDICATED
IS UNSAFE FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN BOURBON STREET IN NEW ORLEANS AND WOULD REQUIRE STRONGER BARRICADES. SO THAT ALSO PUTS INTO QUESTION WHAT YOU WOULD NEED FOR A PEDESTRIAN MALL ORDINANCE EVEN INTO A FLEXIBLE OPEN MODEL. SO I JUST WANTED TO
STATE FOR THE FACT THAT THE POINT ABOUT US HAVING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT MSA STREETS AND TALKING TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, IT'S FROM THE INFORMATIONHAT I HAVE RECEIVED IN COMMITTEE AND HERE TODAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE NO MATTER WHAT, THAT IS A DISCUSSION THAT WOULD BE TAKEN ON.
>> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. >> COUN COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY UNDERSTANDG IS THE FLEXIBLE OPTIONS, SINCE IT'S NOT A PERMANENT BARRR THAT IT WOULDN'T CONSTITUTE A PEDESTRIAN MALL UNDER THE STATUTE. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. WE GOT DIFFERENT INFORMATION IN OUR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCRE COMMITTEE. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FLEXIBLE ARM THAT A CAR CAN GO THROUGH, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANKOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, THERE IS NO PLAN THAT IS BEING OFFERED THAT WOULD HAVE BUSES AND CARS DRIVING OVER THE
SPOT THAT GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED IN. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE LITERALLY HAD TO TAKE A RECESS THIS MORNING BECAUSE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOWED UP AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SAID THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
BEING ERASED BY THIS BODY RIGHT NOW. SO, THAT IS A REALITY AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I AM GOING TO READ THE REMAINDER OF THESE INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN
WE WILL TAKE A MOTION TO TAKE THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME.EXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN MOVES THREE ORDINANCES AMENDING THE BUILDING HOUNG -- OR COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN INTRODUCE TO MOVE THREE ORDINANCES AMENDING THE HOUSING,
WASTE WAT STORM WATER AND SEWER CODES, AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATED TO WATER SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, ITEMS 3, 4, AND 5 ARE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, WHO MOVES TO INTRODUCE AND REFER TO THE
BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THREE ORDINANCES AMENDING THE ZONING CODE. THESE PROSED ORDINANCE CORRECT ZONING MAP ERRORS AND INCONSISTENCY ZONING CODE CITATIONS AND INCONSISTEIES AND ESTABLISH
FLEXIBILITY FOR MINIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND CERTAIN DIRECTS TOPROMOTE THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS. FINALLY I MOVE TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECMATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION CODE AND REFERRAL TO
THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, TO REVIEW PANELS TO PROVIDE FOR TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THOSE ITEMS? >> MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT NUMBER ONE IS NOT AS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA,OU SUBSTITUTED A MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2025. THAT ONE IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE. EVERYTHING IS THE NOTICE FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE AS YOU READ THEM. >> CORRECT, SO M I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE
INTRODUCTIONS, INCLUDING THE MOTION TO PO POST TO DECEMBER 11, THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE GEORGE FLOYD PEDESTRIAN MALL. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> A LOOK FORURTHER
CLARIFICATION BECAUSE OF THE VETO. [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> IT'S WEIRD, I THINK WE'RE GOOD NOW. IT LOOKED GREEN THE WHOLE TIME. MR. CHAIR, JUST FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON HOW THIS COORDINATES TOGETHER WITH THE VETO OVERRIDE THIS MORNING,
SO THE VETO OVERRIDE THIS MORNING MEANS THAT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE GOES THROUGH AND WE INTEND TO PAUSE AND STUDY A PEDESTRIAN MALL CONCEPT AFTER WHICH THIS IS DECEMBER 10TH OR IT'S DESTINY WAY, WHERE YOU ARE
POSTPONING THIS ORDINANCE TO. IS THAT ACCURATE? >> MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRS THE QUESTION THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO BROUGHT UP. THERE IS IN THE FILE, WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CASHM THAT WAS VETOED AND THE VETO WAS OVERWRITTEN SUCCEFULLY TODAY, THERE IS A MEMO FROM PUBLIC
WORKS THAT IS ALSO ATTACH IN THAT FILE, WHICH WALKS THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN BETEN NOW AND DECEMBER. SO, EVERYTHING FROM A TECHNICAL
FINALIZATIONS, FINDINGS OF FACT, FINDINGS OF FACT REPORT FOR THE PROVISION OF THE STATE STATUTE THAT KIN OF -- THAT ADDRESSES HOW PEDESTRIAN MALLS ARE ESTABLISHED. SO ALL OF THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE DURING THAT CYCLE THAT ENDS ON DECEMBER 11TH. SINCE ALL OF THAT IS COMING TO COMMITTEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT CYCLE, AT FOLLOWING DECEMBER 11TH MEETING IS WHEN THOSE FDINGS
OF FACT WOULD BE READY AND OR L MALLS THAT WE ARE CONSIDENG HERE, WHAT WOULD BE TAKEN UP. >> THANK YOU. I AM AWARE OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS MEMO. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORK NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE FINDINGS OF FACT CAN BE MADE. THIS CREATES SO MANY DELAYS OF OTHER PUBLIC WORKS PLAN PROJECTS, AS WELL AS
REAPPROPRIATED COSTS FOR THIS WORK. IT WILL DAMAGE EVERY -- ALL THE OTHER WORK GOING ON IN PUBLIC WORKS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO E ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE NO ON ONE AND AYE ON THE REST. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW NO ON 1, AYE ON THE OTHERS. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI
AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, NO ON 1, AYE ON THE REST. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMANO, NO ON ITEM 1, YES ON ITEM 2 THROUGH 6. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER
CASHMAN IS ABSENT. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI AY PRESIDENT PAYNE AYE. >> THERE ARE 11 AYES EXCEPT FOR NUMBER 1 WHICH CARRIES WITH 4 NOES. >> THOSE ITEMS CARRY AND THE
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTION TODAY WE HAVE ONE HONORARY RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION? >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AYE, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAIAYE,
PRESIDENT PAYNE AYE. THERE ARE 11 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND AS WE DISPENSED WITH UNFINISHED BUSINESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. OUR NEXT IS FOR CLOSED SESSION, AS WE RECESS FOR CLOSED SESSION, I WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS. NOT SEEING ANY, WITH THAT, WE COMPLETED ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AND WILL CONSIDER THE REQUEST FOR A CLOSED SESSION, TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE LITIGATIONATTER LISTED ON THE AGENDA. BEFORE I MOVE TO CLOSE THE MEETING, I RECOGNIZE
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE REQUESTED CLOSED SESSION. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE LITIGATION MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES AGAIN THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS, IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT THE DISTRICT OF MINNEAPOLIS, YOUR LAWYERS WISH TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON THIS LITIGATION MATTER. MINNESOTA STATUTE 13D.05 SUBDIVISION 3B,
THEY CAN CLOSE THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTORY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION AS PERMITTED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND IN CONSIDERING THE MOTION THE COUNCIL SHOULD WEIGH THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO PRESERVE
THEIR CON CON FIT EFFICIENT. >> I MOVE TO CLOSE THE MEETING, UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTE 13D.05 FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING A BRIEFING OF THE LITIGATION MATTER OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT. MOTION AND A SECOND. >> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSN AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE COU
COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGTAI AYE, PRESIDENT PAYNE AYE. >> THERE ARE 11 AYES. THE BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING WILL NTINUE AND THE COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC AFTER WE CONCLUDED THE CLOSED SESSION.
LET'S TAKE A 20 MINUTE BREAK BEFORE STARTING CLOSED SESSION, SO I'LL RETURN TO CLOSED SESSION AT 12:40. [GAVEL]
>> COMMUNING OCCASIONS, WE'RE READY TO BEGIN. >> COMMUNICATIONS WE'RE READY TO BEGIN. THE TIME IS NOW 1:01 P.M. AND T IN OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING THE
CLOSED SESSION. WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> CNCIL MEMBER OSMAN IS ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ IS ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON IS ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY
PRESENT, CNCIL MEMBER JENKINS IS ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE IS
ABSENTND VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI, PRESENT. >> THERE ARE EIGHT INDIVIDUALS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE COMPLETED ALL BUSINESS TO CE BEFORE THE BODY TODAY AND WITH NO OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HERE BY ADJOURNED. THANK YOU AND HAVE A
GOOD WEEKEND EVERYONE.