>> WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EQUITY COMMITTEE FOR JULY 22nd, 2026. I AM JASON CHAVEZ, THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC
THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF TIR SPEECH SO THAT
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. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEKEND, OUR CITY WAS SHAKEN BY TWO SEPARATE MASS SHOOTINGS IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, ONE OUTSIDE
OF RAIN EVENT CENTER IN WARD 10 THAT LEFT NINE PEOPLE INJURED AND ANOTHER ON NICOLLET AVENUE IN WARD 6, THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A 28-YEAR-OLD PERSON AND WOUNDED FOUR OTHERS. ADDITIONALLY ON SUNDAY NIGHT, TWO HOUSES WERE STRUCK BY GUNFIRE IN POWDER HORN PARK. ON MONDAY NEAR 12th
AVENUE AND OLIVER NORTH IN WARD 5 SOMEONE WAS SHOT AND SUFFERED NONLIFE THREATENING INJURIES. ON MONDAY NIGHT ADDITIONALLY ANOTHER SHOOTING HAPPENED ON NICOLLET AVENUE IN WARD 6, AGAIN, MASS SHOOTING WHERE SOMEONE SUFFERED NONLIFE THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND AGAIN YESTERDAY ANOTHER SHOOTING
OCCURRED IN THE SAME AREA. MY HEART IS WITH THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND EVERYONE ACROSS OUR CITY WHO IS IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE IN MINNEAPOLIS. IN TODAY'S COMMITTEE WE WILL ALSO BE HEARING ABOUT THE CITY'S NON-FATAL SHOOTING TASK FORCE THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WAY TO ADDRESS GUN
VIOLENCE. AND OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY QUARTERLY REPORTS. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AS A BODY TO LOOK AT THESE REPORTS AND WORK TO ADDRESS THE MISSING GAPS, INCLUDING THE PLANS FOR MPD, IMPROVING CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL COORDINATION, DEPLOYING VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTERS IN AREAS IMPACTED BY FUN VIOLENCE IN-- GUN VIOLENCE INCLUDING OUTSIDE THEIR USUAL ZONES, WHEN AND WHERE THE VIOLENCE SHOWS UP, NOT JUST WHERE IT'S BEEN BEFORE. INVESTING IN THIRD SPACES FOR OUR YOUTH SO OUR KIDS AND TEENS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO, AND SOMETHING TO BELONG TO THAT ISN'T THE STREETS. I THINK ABOUT OUR SPACE AS BEING OPEN
LATE AT NIGHT FOR SPORTS, SUMMER AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FUNDING, STREET LIGHT VACANT LOT REMEDIATION TO ADDRESS CONCERNS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESS AND NIGHTTIME DISTRICT SAFETY PLANNING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND RAPID RESPONSE COMMUNITY FUNDINGX A MECHANISM TO GET FUNDS TO AFFECTED
NEIGHBORHOODS AND BLOCKS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THESE INCIDENTS. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL A ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. #. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT.
>> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON IS ABSENT. CHAIR CHAVEZ IV. >> PRESENT. >> THAT IS SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE QUORUM. I'LL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE'LL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SIGNED IN. TODAY WE WILL BE
BEGIN WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA. AFTER OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVE NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE SEE THE CLERK SO THAT YOU MAY REGISTER TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA,
ITEM NUMBER 2 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOR THE POLICE CADET PROGRAM. ITEM 3 AUTHORIZES CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH GOVWORX INC. TO PROVIDE QUALITY ASSURANCE SOFTWARE FOR 911.
CENTER FOR MULTICULTURAL MEDIATION FOR COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE SERVICES. ITEM 5 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE MOTHER'S LOVE INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE SERVICES. ITEM 6 ACCEPTS A GRANT FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE FAMILY HOME VISITING
SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA FOR THE GRANT. ITEM 7, APPROVES THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AUDITS. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER
WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I DID WANT TO SEE IF WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROMSD HERE. I DID HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 5, THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE MOTHER'S LOVE.
>> IS ANYBODY HERE FROM NSD. >> I ALSO SEE COMMISSIONER BARNETT HERE TOO. >> COMMISSIONER BARNETT >> YES, SO THE QUESTIONS I HAD RAISED, I KNOW DIRECTOR AMANDA HARRINGTON EARLIER THIS YEAR DID MENTION THAT SHE WOULD BE SUNSETTING THIS PROGRAM AND
RESTRUCKSTRUCTURING IT AND DOING A PILOT PHASE BECAUSE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO EXTEND THIS CONTRACT, SO WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S THE RESTRUCTURING PROCESS LOOKING LIKE FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND A TIMELINE ON WHEN
YOU BELIEVE THAT RESTRUCTURING WILL BE FULLY FLESHED OUT. >> OH, YOUR MIC. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS. I KNOW THAT THERE IS SEVERAL CONTRACTS THAT EXPIRE
AND THAT THERE WAS I BELIEVE SOME FUNDS LEFT OVER TO EXTEND THIS CONTRACT. IF YOU DON'T MIND WAITING FOR THEUARTERLY REPORT WHE AMANDA HARRINGTON WILL BE HERE, I THINK SHE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. >> OKAY AND I'LL ALSO NOTE IT FOR STAFF FOLLOW-UP AS WELL.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET STAFF FOLLOW-UP ON THAT. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS. AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON QUEUE, ON THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTION? THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP OUR PUBLIC HEARING WHICH IS
CONSIDERATION OF THE THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF DR. FREEMAN TO THE APPOINTED POSITION OF FIRE CHIEF. ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR THIS ITEM WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES EACH TO TESTIFY. FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER THIS NOTICE. THESE HEARINGS ARE
BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST. BOTH THE RECORDING AND THE BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT PRACTICES ACT. BY ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL BE ALSO SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THAT
LAW. THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR NAME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE. AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE, WHICH INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING. TO INTRODUCE THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR FIRE
CHIEF, WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT WHO I'LL NOW INVITE TO SPEAK ON THIS NOMINATION. >> THANK YOU, AND GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY THAT -- MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE PRESENT HERE TODAY. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO BE OBSERVE YOU TODAY TO -- BE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT MAYOR FREY'S NOMINEE FOR CHIEF OF MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, DR. REGINALD FREEMAN. WHEN
SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT LEADER OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE OBJECTIVE WAS CLEAR. WE WANTED A FORWARD THINKING BATTLE TESTED ADMINISTRATOR WHO UNDERSTANDS MONITORING EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PRIORITIZES THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND BUILDS GENUINE TRUST RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY. AND DR. FREEMAN, WE FOUND THAT LEADER. A DISTINGUISHED CAREER DEFINED BY PUBLIC SERVICE, AND MANY YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IN FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. HE HAS SERVED AS A FIRE CHIEF IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AS WELL AS THE FIRE CHIEF FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN. HE BRINGS DEEP EXPERTISE IN MANAGING COMPLEX,
HIGH STAKES MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS. WE TRULY, WHAT TRULY HAS SET DR. FREEMAN APART IS HIS VISION FOR MONITORING COMMUNITY CENTERED PUBLIC SAFETY APPROACH. HE HAS CONTINUOUSLY
DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO FIREFIGHTERS' HEALTH AND WELLNESS, ADVOCATING FOR CUTTING EDGE PHYSICAL SAFETY GEAR, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, AND CANCER PREVENTION PROTOCOLS TO PROTECT THOSE WHO PROTECT US.
HE HAS EXPANDED PIPELINE PROGRAMS SO THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REFLECTS A DIVERSE COMMUNITY. JUST LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. HE HAS LEVERAGED MODERN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT METRICS TO OPTIMIZE
RESPONSE TIMES. AND RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT ACROSS FIRE DEPARTMENTS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, OUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR DR. FREEMAN FROM FIRE
CHIEFS, FIREFIGHTERS, LABOR LEADERS, AFFECTED CLERGY, CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE ORGANIZATION, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WHAT HAS STRUCK ME IS HOW CONSISTENT
THEY DESCRIBED DR. FREEMAN. THEY PREETEDLY DESCRIBED -- REPEATEDLY DESCRIBED HIM AS A LEADER OF INTEGRITY, A RELATIONSHIP BUILDER, SOMEONE WHO EARNS TRUST AND SOMEONE WHO CONSISTENTLY MAKES ORGANIZATIONS BETTER AND STRONGER. THEY
DESCRIBE HIM AS SOMEONE WHO LISTENS BEFORE ACTING, WHO VALUES FIREFIGHTERS, WHO RESPECTS LABOR, WHO BUILDS PARTNERSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, FAITH COMMUNITIES, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, HE IS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT PUBLIC TRUST IS EARNED EVERY DAY. AGAIN AND AGAIN, PEOPLE WTE THAT HE DEVELOPS PEOPLE NOT JUST ORGANIZATIONS. THEY DESCRIBED HIM AS A MENTOR WHO INVESTS IN
FUTURE LEADERS CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, FIRE DEPARTMENTS RECEIVED NATIONAL ACCREDITATION, STRENGTHENED ACCOUNTABILITY, IMPROVE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE, SECURED SIGNIFICANT GRANT
FUNDING, EXPANDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVED MORALE, AND ENHANCED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AFTER REVIEWING DR. FREEMAN'S RESUME AND RECORD, AFTER MEETING WITH HIM, AND CONSIDERING THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THOSE WHO HAVE
SERVED ALONGSIDE HIM, I BELIEVE HE'S A COMPASSIONATE LEADER, A DISCIPLINED ADMINISTRATOR, AND A COLLABORATIVE PARTNER WHO RESPECTS THE RICH HISTORY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND HE IS WELL EQUIPPED TO LEAD OUR
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. WITH THAT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I ASK THAT YOU MOVE DR. FREEMAN'S NOMINATION FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION AND STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CONFIRM DR. FREEMAN AS THE CHIEF OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY VICE CHAIR STEVENSON AND COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN AND COLLEAGUES, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I LIKE TO MARK DOWN VICE CHAIR STEVENSON AS THE AYE ON THE CONSENT
AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO PROCEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE APPOINTMENT, AND THEN WE CAN PROCEED ONTO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE TODAY. BUT BEFORE THAT, WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM THE NOMINEE. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO PROCEED TO
OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. THE FIRST PERSON TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK IS MARK NUMBER 1. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THROUGH THE CHAIR CHAVEZ. DON'T START MY CLOCK YET IF YOU KNEW ME. IF
YOU KNEW ME TWO MINUTES IS PRETTY TOUGH. SO I'LL USE SOME OF MY BUDDY'S TIME IF I COULD. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE FACT THAT I'M UP HERE TODAY AND NOT HAVING TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IN YEA IS, IS PRETTY POIGNANT RELATIVE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS POSITION, AND
WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM OUR MEMBERS. I GUESS JUST TO BUILD ON TOP OF WHAT THE COMMISSIONER SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LENGTHY PROCESS. YOU GUYS WENT OUTSIDE, YOU SPENT SOME MONEY, AND YOU ENTRUST ADFIRM TO BRING THE BEST CANDIDATES. THAT PROCESS WENT THROUGH THROUGH NUMEROUS INTERVISIONS, AND
DR. FREEMAN OBVIOUSLY SEPARATED HIMSELF AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE AND THOSE INTERVIEWS. THE COMMISSIONER GAVE YOU THE ADMIN SIDE AND THEIR GOALS ON THEIR SIDE. WELL I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ON THE LABOR SIDE. EVERYBODY I SPOKE TO FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY, FORMER STATE CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT, 28-YEAR
CONNECTICUT PRESIDENT, FIREFIGHTERS FROM OAKLAND, FIREFIGHTERS FROM HARTFORD, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE I SPOKE THROUGH OUT OF STATE PLUS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT, PHONE CALLS, PHONE CALLS TODAY ON, INTERNAL MEMBERSHIP IN SUPPORT OF THIS. AND WHAT'S DRIVING THIS IS I JUST THINK
WE'VE COME TO A PLACE WHERE IN SHORT IT'S JUST TIME FOR FRESH AYES. IT'S TIME TO BRING SOME PEOPLE, IT'S TIME TO BRI LEADERSHIP BACK TO THIS DEPARTMENT. I'VE BEEN HERE 26 YEARS. IT'S TIME TO BRING DEVELOPMENT BACK. IT'S TIME TO GET FIRM, FAIR, CONSISTENT. IT'S TIME TO BRING PEOPLE
TREATED EQUALLY ON ALL FRONTS. IT'S TIME TO BRING OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OFFERED TO EVERYBODY. IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME AND ME BEING UP HERE NOT GOING INTERNAL, IS HUGE IF YOU KNOW ME. I'VE SAT IN ON A FEW INTERVIEWS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THE DOC WAS THE FIRST CHOICE LAST TIME. AND THEY CHOSE TO
STAY INTERNAL. FROM, IF YOU GUYS WERE -- I'M SURE Y'ALL READ THE RESUME BUT IF YOU WROTE THE SCRIPT, IF YOU GUYS CAN FIND ANYBODY ON PAPER MORE QUALIFIED IN THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED, IN THE COUNTRY, Ph.D, NFPA MEMBER, MULTIPLE FIRE
DEPARTMENTS, AUTHOR FOR THE NATIONAL FIRECADEMY FOR THE CURRICULUM ON DEI THAT OBVIOUSLY GOT THE FIRST CLASS TRUMP TOOK CARE OF THAT PROGRAM,. >> THANK YOU. >> PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN FIND A BETTER CANDIDATE. >> THANK YOU, MARK. >> WOW, THAT WAS IT. >> YEAH, WE ONLY GIVE TWO MINUTES. >> FULL SUPPORT AND DIRECTION.
>> NEXT UP WILL BE NUMBER 2, JOSEPH. IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND WISH TO SPEAK, JOSEPH IS THE LAST PERSON TO SIGN UP, SO PLEASE DO SO WITH OUR CLERKS. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. MOST OF YOU I MET BEFORE. MY NAME IS JOSEPH MADISON. I'M A
RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT. I WAS PART OF THE TMT FOR FOUR YEARS. I WAS PART OF LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR CLOSE TO 20. A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH WHAT'S, WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND WHAT WE'RE, WHERE WE NEED TO GO. I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER DIRECTION. I'VE BEEN IN
THOSE ROOMS. I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING BE RETREAD OVER AND OVER FROM MANY, MANY YEARS. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR MINNEAPOLIS TO HAVE A NEW VOICE FROM THE OUTSIDE. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD. I LOOKED AT THE, HIS NOMINATION RESPONSE, THE CANDIDATE RESPONSE, AND THE ONE
THING THAT I, I REALLY LIKED WAS HE SAID THAT PARAPHRASING, HE'S NOT JUST COMING IN HERE TO MAKE CHANGE. HE'S NOT JUST GOING TO COME HERE AND, YOU'RE HERE, THE PEOPLE AND THESE PLACES. HE CAME IN HERE AND SAID I'M GOING TO LISTEN AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. THE FIREFIGHTER STUFF I WON'T WORRY WITH BUT THE
OTHER -- HE DOES HAVE THE CREDENTIALS. BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. LAST TIME WE WENT THROUGH NOMINATION PROCESS, IT WENT ON FOR MONTH AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. IT GOT BEHIND, BEHIND, BEHIND, AND BRIAN ENDED UP HAVING MAYBE THREE YEARS WHERE HE COULD HAVE FOUR. I DON'T WANT US TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN. I WANT US
TO GET, GET GOING, GET DR. FREEMAN OUT THERE, WORKING SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND BRING BACK MORALE TO THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK THE PUBLIC THREE TIMES. IF YOU WISH TO TESTIFY, OR SIGN UP,
GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, GOING THREE TIMES. SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE HEARING AND INVITE THE NOMINEE TO PROVIDE HIS STATEMENT. WELCOME, DOCTOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR FREY, FIREFIGHTERS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, AND THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF MINNEAPOLIS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY. I AM
DEEPLY HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR CONFIRMATION AS THE NEXT FIRE CHIEF FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO MAYOR FREY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL
CONSIDERATION, AND TO THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT WHOSE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THIS GREAT CITY HAS EARNED THE RESPECT OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR GREAT NATION. I ALSO WANT TO THANK INTERIM CHIEF RUTGER WHO STEPPED UP TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT WHILE
THE CITY SEARCHED FOR A PERMANENT CHIEF. TODAY IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT CONFIRMING A FIRE CHIEF. IT IS ABOUT AFFIRMING A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE, TO EXCELLENCE, TO ACCOUNTABILITY, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, TO THE PEOPLE WHO CALL MINNEAPOLIS HOME. NOW THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CAREER, I HAVE HAD THE EXTRAORDINARY PRIVILEGE OF LEADING FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN COMMUNITIES FACING COMPX CHALLENGES. I HAVE LED
ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH NATURAL DISASTERS, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS, INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION, AND PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. THOSE EXPERIENCES HAVEAUGHT ME SOMETHING THAT HAS SHAPED MY LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY.
LEADERSHIP ASK NEVER ABOUT THE POSITION THAT -- IS NEVER ABOUT THE POSITION THAT YOU HOLD. IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVE. IF CONFIRMED, I WILL APPROACH THIS ROLE FIRST AS A SERVANT, SERVING THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO RISK THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY. SERVING OUR CIVILIAN TEAM MEMBERS WHOSE WORK
STRENGTHENS THIS DEPARTMENT. SERVING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ENTRUSTED BY THE PUBLIC. A ABOVE ALL, SERVING EVERY RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, INCLUDING OURISITORS AND BUSINESSES IN MINNEAPOLIS. MY VISION FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT IS STRAIGHORWARD
AND VERY INTENTIONAL. I WANT US TO BECOME THE NATION'S BENCHMARK FOR METROPOLITAN FIRE SERVICE EXCELLENCE, NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH OPERATIONALLY. BUT BECAUSE OF HOW WE ACCOMPLISH IT. A DEPARTMENT WHERE FIREFIGHTERS KNOW THEY ARE VALUED, DEVELOPED,
AND EMPOWERED. A DEPARTMENT WHERE LEADERSHIP IS VISIBLE, APPROACHABLE, AND ACCOUNTABLE. A DEPARTMENT THAT EMBRACES INNOVATION WHILE HONORING ITS PROUD HISTORIC TRADITIONS. A DEPARTMENT WHERE DIVERSITY IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF OUR
GREATEST STRENGTHS BECAUSE OUR WORKFORCE SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE PROUDLY SERVE ON A DAILY BASIS. A DEPARTMENT THAT BUILDS TRUST BEFORE THE EMERGENCY HPENS THROUGH MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH NGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITIES,
BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, FAITH LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. AND A DEPARTMENT THAT NEVER STOPS ASKING HOW WE CAN IMPROVE TOMORROW BEYOND WHAT WE ACHIEVED TODAY: NONE OF THESE
IMPERATIVES ARE EASY. HOWEVER, MY PRIOR SUCCESS WITH INFUSING THESE INTENTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS HAS BEEN ORCHESTRATED BY CONSISTENT AND STEADFAST COLLABORATION WITH BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. THERE IS A STARK DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN FIRE STATIONS AND FIREHOUSES. NOW, FIRE STATIONS THEY HAVE EQUIPMENT, THEY HAVE TOOLS, AND PEOPLE THERE TO DO A JOB. FIRE HOUSES ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY HAVE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND RESPECT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY THAT THEY SERVE. THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE VITALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FIRE CHIEF, I WILL LEAD OUR DEPARTMENT IN ADOPTING THE, THIS FIREHOUSE
APPROACH. WE WILL NOT JUST SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL BE PART OF IT. PUBLIC SAFETY HAS EVOLVED DRAMATICALLY. TODAY'S FIRE CHIEF MUST BE MORE THAN AN INCIDENT COMMANDER. THROUGH THE MY CAREER, I HAVE
ADAPTED MEW LEADERSHIP TO REFLECT THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITIES THAT I SERVE WHILE INCORPORATING A MODERN AND INCLUSIVE APPROACH. FURTHERMORE, I HAVE LEARNED THAT TODAY'S FIRE CHIEF MUST ALSO BE A STRATEGIST, ALONG WITH A
COLLABORATOR, A FISCAL STEWARD, A MENTOR, A LISNER, A PROBLEM SOLVER, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A TRUSTED PARTNER. SOMEONE CAPABLE OF LEADING THROUGH COMPLEXITY WHILE NEVER LOSING SIGHT OF THE HUMANITY BEHIND EVERY SINGLE DECISION. THIS IS
WHO I AM. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING AND BEING OF SERVICE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM SOMEONE WHO MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IF CONFIRMED, MY PRIORITIES WILL BE CLEAR. PROTECT OUR FIREFIGHTERS BY MAKING SAFETY, WELLNESS, AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONAL, NOT OPTIONAL. STRENGTHEN OPERATIONAL READINESS THROUGH TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY, DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING, AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS ROOTED IN TRANSPARENCY, TRUST, AND MUTUAL
RESPECT WITH LABOR, ELECTED OFFICIALS, NEIGHBORING AGENCIES, AND EVERY COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. DEVELOP FUTURE LEADERS WHO WILL LEAVE THIS DEPARTMENT STRONGER THAN THEY FOUND IT. AND ENSURE EVERY DECISION REFLECTS RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP
OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES WHILE DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES. NOW, I RECOGNIZE THAT MINNEAPOLIS HAS EXPERIENCED MOMENTS THAT HAVE CHALLENGED PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN INSTITUTIONS. THOSE MOMENTS ALSO PRESENT EXTRAORDINARY
OPPORTUNITIES. OPPORTUNITIES TO LISTEN MORE THAN WE SPEAK, TO ENGAGE BEFORE PROBLEMS EMERGE, TO LEAD WITH EMPATHY. TO EARN TRUST THROUGH CONSISTENT ACTION, AND TO DEMONSTRATE EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT PUBLIC SERVICE REMAINS
ONE OF THE NOBLEST PROFESSIONS. TRUST IS NOT BUILT THROUGH SPEECHES. IT IS BUILT THROUGH PRESENCE, THROUGH INTEGRITY, THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY, THROUGH KEEPING PROMISES. IF GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS YOUR
FIRE CHIEF, I INTEND TO EARN THAT TRUST EVERY SINGLE DAY. TO THE FIREFIGHTERS OF MINNEAPOLIS, KNOW THIS. I BELIEVE IN YOU. I WILL ADVOCATE FOR YOU. I WILL
CHALLENGE YOU TO PURSUE EXCELLENCE. I WILL EXPECT PROFESSIONALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COMPASSION BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES NOTHING LESS. AND I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT ASKING OTHERS TO DO WHAT WE ARE
UNWILLING TO DO OURSELVES. TO THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF MINNEAPOLIS, YOU DESERVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS PREPARED BEFORE THE EMERGENCY, EXCEPTIONAL DURING THE EMERGENCY, AND ENGAGED LONG AFTER THE EMERGENCY HAS ENDED.
YOU DESERVE LEADERS WHO LISTEN, WHO ARE VISIBLE, WHO ARE ACCOUNTABLE, WHO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY INTERACTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST. I PROMISE TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY. WITH HUMILITY. AND WITH COURAGE. AND WITH AN
UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THIS GREAT CITY. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE ERIN AND OUR DAUGHTERS HARMONY AND JOY FOR THEIR CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT AND SACRIFICES THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CAREER. THEIR LOVE, THEIR SUPPORT, HAVE MADE THIS JOURNEY POSSIBLE, AND I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM IN MY
LIFE. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RESPONSIBILITY. I DO NOT VIEW THIS OPPORTUNITY AS THE CULMINATION OF MY CAREER. I VIEW IT AS THE BEGINNING OF MY MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE. SHOULD YOU ENTRUST ME WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY, I
PLEDGE TO DEVOTE MY EXPERIENCE, MY ENERGY, AND MY ART TO ENSURING THAT THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PROTECT LIVES, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, AND SERVE AS A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF
MINNEAPOLIS. I YIELD AND WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. I'M NOW GOING TO OPEN UP QUESTION AND DISCUSSION FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WE WILL START OFF WITH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. FREEMAN.
YOU KNOW, YOU AND I MET ON FRIDAY AND I TOLD YOU THAT SOMETIMES I'M A LITTLE DELAYED IN PROCESSING. WE HAD A COUPLE HOUR CONVERSATION. A LOT OF QUESTIONS CAME OUT OF NOT ONLY THE DISCUSSION I HAD WITH YOU BUT I ALSO TALKED TO YOU ABOUT REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO PARTICIPATED IN YOUR
INTERVIEW PROCESS AND YOU SENT I THINK MAYBE 20 LETTERS OF REFERENCE AND SOME OTHER THINGS. SO JUST I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, DR. FREEMAN, SO BUCKLE UP. AND I WARNED THE CHAIR IN ADVANCE THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. MY FIRST QUESTION
THOUGH I THINK ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE CONVERSATION WE TALKED ABOUT FOR ME WAS JUST LIKE WHY MINNEAPOLIS AND SO SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS THAT YOU SHARE YOU HAVE BEEN A CHANGE AGENT AND I
WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CHANGE OR WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT? >> YES, COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION AND MY PREVIOUS ROLES SPECIFICALLY WENT TO HARTFORD TO FIX ISSUES,
SPECIFICALLY WENT TO OAKLAND TO FIX ISSUES. I'M NOT COMING TO MINNEAPOLIS TO FIX ANY SPECIFIC ISSUES. I'M BEYOND THAT IN MY CAREER. I SEE MINNEAPOLIS AS A BEAUTIFUL DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH I HOPE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AND PLEASURE TO
LEAD. >> OKAY, SO YOU DON'T SEE CHANGE -- I'M TRYING TO GET TO WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR WHAT IS THERE THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT AND WHAT DOES IMPLEMENTATION LOOK LIKE? >> SURE SO THERE IS CRISIS IN
RTFORD AND OAKLAND. WE DON'T HAVE CRISIS IN THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT AS A PROFESSIONAL I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A DEEP DIVE OR LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN AT THE ORGANIZATION. BUT WALKING INTO THE DOOR, MAKING SURE THAT FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND WELL-BEING PROGRAM IS IN PLACE AND WELL IN TACT, FUNDED,
AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE TO THE MEMBERS, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES NOT ONLY IPSACK AND PROBOARD CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS BUT ALSO ACCESS TO HIGHER, HIGHER LEARNING AND HIGHER EDUCATION AT
NO COST TO THE MEMBERSHIP. THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT I WOULD BE LOOKING AT >> OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NUMBER IS TRUE BUT GOOGLE SAID IT WAS. THAT YOU CURRENTLY OVERSEE A $2.2 BILLION OPERATION IN SAUDI ARABIA. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE SCOPE OF THAT
OPERATION AND HOW MANAGING AN ORGANIZATION THAT SIZE HAS PREPARED YOU TO LEAD THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> WELL, I DO HAVE A SIGNED NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF NEM, SO I CANNOT GO INTO SPECIFICS. HOWEVER, NEHAM IS THE SIZE OF BELGIUM, AND MY
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THAT FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGHOUT ALL OF NEHAM IS IN TACT, EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL. >> OKAY. AND WHAT'S MOTIVATING YOU TO LEAVE THAT POSITION NOW AND COME TO MINNEAPOLIS? >> MINNEAPOLIS THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS CAME UP AGAIN. THIS IS THE
SECOND TIME I HAVE APPLIED FOR THE POSITION. I APPLIED THE FIRST TIME WHEN CHIEF TYNER WAS APPOINTED. SO FOR ME, THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD A GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF SHOCKED ME A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE MET, I WAS TALKING TO YOU
ABOUT BUDGET, AND YOU HAD TOLD ME THAT NO ONE HAD EVEN BROUGHT BUDGET UP AND IT WAS A LITTLE ALARMING FOR YOU THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS AND
CONVERSATIONS AND AS I SAID TO YOU, BUDGET IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN OAKLAND, HARTFORD, AND SAUDI ARABIA MANAGING DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU FACE REDUCTIONS OR SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS?
>> SHURB, BOTH IN HARTFORD AND OAKLAND, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF BUDGETS YOU LOOK TO DEVELOP, PERFORMANCE BASED BUDGET AND THEN ZERO BASED BUDGET. SO IN BOTH INSTANCES, I TOOK THE APPROACH OF DEVELOPING A ZERO BASED BUDGET THAT ALLOWS US TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED AND
HOPEFULLY GET A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANT, WITH A ZERO BASE BUDGET. IN SOME INSTANCES IT PLAY BE APPROPRIATE TO REVIEW -- MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO REVIEW AND PURSUE A PERFORMANCE BASED BUDGET WHETHER ZERO OR PERFORMANCE BASES I'M GOING TO PULL MINIMUM FIVE YEARS OF OUR BUDGET OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE
DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS FUNDED AND WHAT WAS ACTUAL AND THAT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHERE WE NEED TO PIVOT. SO THAT'S MY EXPERIENCES WITH BUDGETS, AND NOT ONLY THAT, DEPENDING ON THE MUNICIPALITY, SOMETIMES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET IS INCLUDED
IN YOUR OPERATING FUNDS. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE DO IT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS BUT ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH MANAGING OUR CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> SO THAT LEADS ME INTO MY NEXT QUESTION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS EXCEEDED ITS BUDGET BY APPROXIMATELY 5 TO $7 MILLION IN
THE L LAST FIVE YEARS. WHAT STRATEGIES ARE YOU PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT TO BRING THAT BACK INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE BUDGET? >> THAT'S GOING BACK TO ZERO BASE. THAT'S WHY THE ZERO BASE CONCEPT IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. I'M CO NOT SURE
HOW THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED PRIOR TO 26 OR PRIOR TO ME TAKING COMMAND OF THE ORGANIZATION IF SO -- THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO GO BACK TO MY LEADERSHIP AND TO GIVE RECOENDATIONS ON ANY CHANGES AND ALSO JUSTIFICATION WHY I'M
REQUESTING THOSE CHANGES. WHICH WOULD BE TO BRING IN THE BUDGET TO BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF OUR EXPENDITURES. >> OKAY MAYBE I NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THIS ZERO BASE STRATEGY, BUT YEAH, I'M NOT CATCHING, LIKE, LIKE THE ACTUAL
STRATEGIES TO GET US BACK-TO-BACK DOWN -- I MEAN FIVE TO $7 MILLION WITHIN THE BUDGET. >> SURE, SO IN MOST INSTANCES, MADAM COUNCILMEMBER, THAT OVERAGE FOR THE BUDGET IS RELATED TO OVERTIME. SO WE WOULD LOOK AT OUR ALLOCATED
NUMBERS FOR STAFFING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. LET'S JUST SAY WE HAVE AN ALLOCATED NUMBER WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF 474 TEAM MEMBERS. MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY EMPLOYEES. I DON'T USE THE TERM EMPLOYEE BECAUSE IF YOU TREAT SOMEONE LIKE AN EMPLOYEE, THEY'RE GOING TO ACT LIKE IT. IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE HAVE
TEAM MEMBERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. SO LET'S JUST SAY YOU HAVE 474 TEAM MEMBERS THAT'S BUDGETED FOR. BUT YOU ONLY HAVE 440 ON THE BOOKS. THAT ARE ACTUALLY EMPLOYED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE AND DRIVE YOUR OVERTIME. THAT'S WHERE MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO THE
LEADERSHIP TO SEE IF WE GO GO TT CYCLE ENDS. OVERTIME IS A DIFFERENT STORY BECAUSE THAT'S PREDICATED ON STAFFING, SO MY JOB WOULD BE TO COME IN, LOOK AT THE STAFFING, ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE, ON THE NONPERSONNEL, SEE IF WE HAVE GONE OVER BUDGET ON NONPERSONNEL, MAKE THE IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO ENSURE
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> OKAY I THINK I WILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BUT I WILL JUST GET TO THE NEXT ONE. HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DO YOU ANTICIPATE BRINGING INTO LEADERSHIP OR OTHER POSITIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? >> NOT CERTAIN ON THAT NUMBER
JUST YET. >> OKAY. SO IF YOU WERE TO HIRE EXTERNAL PERSONNEL WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, HOW WOULD YOU AVOID -- LIKE HOW CAN YOU AVOID IMPACTING THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND WOULD
THERE BE LAYOFFS POSSIBLY? >> LAYOFFS IF I -- EXTERNAL TEAM MEMBERS IN? >> RIGHT. >> NO, NO, I WOULDN'T DO THAT, NO, MA'AM. >> OKAY,ECAUSE I MEAN, YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE BRINGING IN EXTERNAL. >> POSSIBLY. >> THAT COULD'VE CHANGED. >> RIGHT, I TOLD YOU POSSIBLY I WOULD BE. YOU ASKED HOW MANY PEOPLE IF I WOULD BRING IN THAT
I WOULD BE CONSIDERING, AND I BELIEVE I SAID TWO. >> AT LEAST TWO. RIGHT. OKAY. WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE WORKING WITHIN CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEMS AND ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENTS GOVERNED BY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING >> YES, MA'AM, BOTH HARTFORD AND
OAKLAND WERE CIVIL SERVICE, AND WORKED CLOSELY HAND IN HAND WITH BOTH CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONS AND HARTFORD AND IN OAKLAND. >> OKAY SO YOU, LIKE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES, ESPECIALLY IN, LIKE, HIRING AND WHO HAS TO STAY AND, LIKE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY. AND FOR LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS, CAN YOU CREATE -- I MEAN, LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS CAN CREATE UNCERTAINTY WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT TOO. HOW WOULD YOU BUILD TRUST ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT STEPS WOULD YOU TAKE TO ENSURE
PERSONNEL ARE TREATED FAIRLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY SUPPORTED YOUR CANDIDACY AND NOT. >> SURE MY OATH OF OFFICE ALWAYS DICTATES MY ACTIONS. I NEVER VIOLATE MY OATH OF OFFICE. BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT MEANS YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE, AND FOR MY 25
YEAR CAREER, ROUGHLY 20 SERVINGS A FIRE CHIEF, MY -- AS A FIRE CHIEF, MY OATH HAS ALWAYS SUPERSEDED EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE IN REGARDS TO ACTIONS AS A SWORN MEMBER OF SOCIETY. SO TREATING PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT IS THE EXPECTATION. NOT
THE EXCEPTION. GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION, I HAVE MADE IT MY DUTY AS THE FIRE CHIEF, AS THE NEW FIRE CHIEF, WHETHERT BE HARTFORD OR OAKLAND, TO VISIT WITH ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ON ALL THREE SHIFTS
AND IN HARTFORD IT WAS FOUR SHIFTS, TO VISIT ALL FIREFIGHTERS ON ALL SHIFTS AT ALL FIREHOUSES NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES ME TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL, I DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE ME IN PERSON, IMPORTANT FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT EXPECTAONS THAT I HAVE OF THEM, BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY TO HEAR WHAT EXPECTATIONS THEY HAVE OF ME. AND THAT'S WHY I DO THAT. I ALSO CREATED SOMETHING CALLED CHIEF'S MEMORANDUMS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MEMORANDUMS SO NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING INFORMAL ENOUGH TO BE SENT BY EMAIL BUT
SOMETHING COMING DIRECTLY FROM ME THAT I WANT ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO HAVE SO I'LL DRAFT THE EMAIL NUMBER AND SEND THAT OUT TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. THOSE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT I WOULD IMPLEMENT, THAT I HAVE DONE BEFORE IN THE PAST AND I WOULD DO IF APPOINTED AS A
FIRE CHIEF HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> DR. FREEMAN, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS ANSWER TODAY BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY HAD -- WE HAD A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT ABOUT SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS ON FRIDAY THAT WERE
EXTREMELY ALARMING TO ME SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY, BUT THAT -- YEAH, THERE'S JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TONE ABOUT THE CURRENT
PERSONNEL AND HOW FOLKS SHOULD BE TREATED AS PERSONNEL OR LIKE YOUR APPROACH TO, YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONSE TIME IS
CURRENTLY HOUSED WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHAT IS YOU VISION FOR THAT PROGRAM, AND HOW DO YOU SEE IT FITTING FIT INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION GOING FORWARD. >> WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM GOING FORWARD MACRO, MOBILE ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY RESPONSE ORGANIZERS, AND WE BASED THIS PROGRAM OFF OF THE CAHOOTS
PROGRAM IN OREGON. IT STARTED OFF AS A PILOT PROGRAM WHICH WAS FUNDED WITH $10 MILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY. AFTER 12 MONTHS, AFTER THE PILOT, WE BROUGHT IT IN HOUSE UNDERNEATH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, STILL CIVILIAN PERSONNEL THAT WERE MEMBERS OF
THIS TEAM, BUT WE MANAGE IT WITH OAKLAND FIRE. SO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, VERY MUCH BELIEVE IN EVERY ASPECT OF THIS PROGRAM AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY. >> AND MY LAST QUESTION, IN OUR
CONVERSATION, COMPLETELY LIKE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM, BUT YOU STARTED TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE POLICE CHIEF SALARY AND HOW THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE. $100,000 GAP IN THE POLICE CHIEF SALARY VERSUS THE MINNEAPOLIS
FIRE CHIEF SALARY, AND I LOOKED RIGHT AT YOU AND SAID DO YOU THINK THE POLICE CHIEF SHOULD MAKE $100,000 LESS BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE HOW THE BUDGET CRISIS WE'RE IN, HOW YOUR SALARY WOULD GO UP AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE
JUST DID, WE JUST DID A SALARY CHANGE FOR THE FIRE CHIEF. SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR YOUR SALARY AS THE FIRE CHIEF. >> EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN OFFERED TO ME. I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THE SALARY THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED. I THOUGHT YOU AND I
WERE HAVING A LIGHTHEARTED CONVERSATION. I SAID THAT IN JEST IN REGARDS TO THE SALARY. IT'S A NONISSUE AS FAR AS WHAT THE POLICE CHIEF MAKES VERSUS WHAT I MAKE. WHAT I WAS OFFERING AND WHAT I HAVE ACCEPTED IS 100% FINE WITH ME, MADAM COUNCILMEMBER. >> I DON'T THINK -- FIRST OF
ALL, THAT COMMENT WASN'T -- THERE WAS NOTHING LIGHTHEARTED WHEN THAT CONVERSATION WAS STARTING TO HAPPEN ABOUT THE SALARY, AND YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND SAID SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, SO THAT OBSERVATION IS WAY OFF OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT MEETING. I WOULD'VE
NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE POLICE CHIEF SALARY, AND I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS A MOMENT OF LIKE, JOKING OR LIGHTHEARTEDNESS OR ANYTHING IN THAT CONVERSATION. I WAS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THAT EVEN CAME UP AT ALL BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT SALARY AND SO I'M SORRY THAT THAT WAS YOUR
INTERPRETATION OF IT. IT REALLY FELT LIKE TO ME AS A COUNCILMEMBER WHO JUST VOTED FOR THIS SALARY TO BE ADJUSTED, THAT YOU REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE UNDERPAYING THE FIRE CHIEF AND WAS FISHING TO SEE IF THERE WAS
A POSSIBILITY FOR THE SALARY TO CHANGE OR ALSO TO LET ME KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING YOU ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TOWARDS. AND AS I SAID THERE AND I'LL SAY HERE ON THE DAIS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DO. SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THE SALARY THAT IF YOU RECEIVE THIS JOB, YOU'LL BE GETTING.
>> IF -- MAY I RESPOND TO THAT? SO IF I WERE TO PURSUE A SALARY CHANGE, I WOULD GO TO MY SUPERVISORS. I WOULD NOT COME TO ANY COUNCILMEMBER AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT MY SALARY. THE SALARY THAT WAS PROPOSED I'VE ACCEPTED, GLADLY, AND IT'S A
NONISSUE FOR ME. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE, DOCTOR. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY, ASKED LOT OF QUESTIONS OF
YOU. PERHAPS TOO MANY. AND YEAH, THERE WERE SOME THINGS ABOUT YOUR ANSWERS AND ABOUT YOUR PAST THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU'VE SAID ABOUT WORKING WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE IN OAKLAND. AND I
REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT MOVING TO HARTFORD TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN THE DEPARTMENT THERE. AND THEN THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF YELLOW FLAGS, LET'S SAY, NOT RED FLAGS. BUT SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP IN THE MEDIA THAT I JUST WANTED TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM YOU IS
THERE'S BEEN A LAWSUIT AGAINST HARTFORD AROUND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, NOT ABOUT YOU, YOU'RE NOT IMPLICATED, BUT BUT IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU, THAT YOU WERE THE HEAD OF, AND I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT
THAT, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT, WHAT DID YOU KNOW, LIKE, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE SITUATION? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MR. COUNCILMEMBER. AND I BELIEVE THE LAWSUIT WAS ABOUT MAYBE GENDER DISCRIMINATION. I HAVE NOT READ THAT LAWSUIT IN DETAIL BECAUSE I WAS NOT
INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT, AND THAT IS MY OFFICIAL STATEMENT TO YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. EVEN IN THE ARTICLE THAT RAN IN THE NEWS, IT SAID I WAS NOT NAMED -- A DEPARTMENT THAT'S THE SIZE OF 400 PEOPLE, EVERYONE'S NOT GOING
TO BE PERFECT. WHAT YOU RELY ON IS THAT PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY DO THE RIGHT THING. AND ONE THING I CAN ASSURE THIS COMMITTEE, THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE MEMBERS OF MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT I
DID NOT QUICKLY AND SWIFTLY ACT ON. I ASSUME COMMAND ON HARTFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. VIOLATION OF CITY POLICY AND VIOLATION OF DEPARTMENT POLICY. TO SIX YEARS AS I SERVED AS FIRE CHIEF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR AND THEN TWO YEARS ALSO INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WORKING THREE JOBS, DEPARTMENT HEAD JOBS FOR THE CITY OF HARTFORD, I SUSPENDED AND/OR FIRED TERMINATED MORE FIREFIGHTERS IN MY TENURE THAN THE PRIOR THREE CHIEFS BEFORE ME HAD DONE DURING THEIR TIME AS
FIRE CHIEF. I AM SOMEONE KNOWN TO BRING STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION AND DISCIPLINE TO AN ORGANIZATION. I WOULD NEVER NOT ACT ON ANYTHING THAT'S BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK PUBLICLYUCT THIS BECAUSE
THERE WAS THIS INTERPRETATION THAT I WAS CULPABLE IN SOME SHAPE, FORM, OR FASHION BECAUSE THIS LAWSUIT WAS FILED I THINK A YEAR AFTER I HAD LEFT AND ASSUMED COMMAND OF OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. BUT REST ASSURED AGAIN, I WAS NOT NAMED, I WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY THE HARTFORD CITYTTORNEYS FOR ANY COMMENT,
FOR ANY DEPOSITION BECAUSE I WAS NOT INVOLVED. >> THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I WASN'T TRYING TO INSINUATE THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED JUST TO BE CLEAR. >> YES, SIR, AND I -- I APOLOGIZE IF I, IF IT CAME ACROSS THAT WAY. I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON IN
THE PUBLIC OR EVEN THE MINNEAPOLIS FIREFIGHTER OR ANY COUNCILMEMBER, THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE A QUESTION IF I WAS INVOLVED. >> YEAH, THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE MINNEAPOLIS IS NOT IMMUNE FROM GENDER DISCRIMINATION NOR RACISM AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY
BE CONFRONTED WITH IN YOUR TIME HERE AND ENTIRELY UNACCEPTABLE. WE WANT A CHIEF TO ACT PROMPTLY TO MAKE SURE WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR ARE PROTECTED IN OUR FIRE SYSTEM. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I ASKED YOU IN OUR PRIVATE MEETING ABOUT STREET DESIGNS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK MINNEAPOLIS DOES DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, AND I WANTED TO IMPRESS UPON YOU THAT. SO YOU WILL BE ASKED VERY FREQUENTLY ABOUT YOUR
THOUGHTS ON STREET DESIGNS. IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT AND HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS WE BUILD A LOT OF BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY. AND I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN AND MAYBE THE PUBLIC TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT MAYBE YOUR
EXPERIENCE AROUND WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS ON STREET DESIGN AND YOUR EXPERIENCE IN BALANCING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THE NEED FOR SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR OUR FIRE TRUCKS. >> NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND BOTH IN HARTFORD AND IN OAKLAND I WORKE CLOSELY WITH AND HARTFORD IT WAS PUBLIC WORKS, IN OAKLAND WE HAD A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROADWAYS. AND WE ALSO HAD NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE
WORKED WITH HAND IN HAND IN REGARDS TO BICYCLE LANES AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN WAYS. THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY JOB, AND IT IS VERY CRITICAL FOR ME AS THE FIRE CHIEF TO ENSURE THAT I'M DOING EVERYTHING THAT I CAN
TO GET TO YES AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF THERE IS A NEW DESIGN OR REDESIGN OF A ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, I AM NOT OF THE POSITION THAT WE ARE GOING TO STAND FAST IN THE SCOPE OF WELL THIS HAS TO BE X AMOUNT OF FEET WIDE PER
MINNESOTA D.O.T., SO OUR APPARATUS CAN GET THROUGH. OUR JOB AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PARTNER WITH ALL LEVELS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY AND THAT INCLUDES ROADWAY DESIGNS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKE
LAS. SO THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE BEFORE IN THE PAST. I WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THAT'S NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE. >> THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MANY MORE QUESTIONS GOING ON, BUT I DID WANT TO REITERATE SOME
OF THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE BUDGET. AND CROSS-REFERENCING THIS WITH WHAT YOU'VE SAID ABOUT I THINK I MUST'VE MISHEARD YOU BUT YOU KIND OF INSINUATED THAT MINNEAPOLIS DIDN'T HAVE ISSUES IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I ASSURE YOU THAT THE REASON THAT
WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER FIVE TO $7 MILLION IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ISSUES. WE HAVE STAFFING ISSUES IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE STAFFING ISSUES AND THE NEED TO STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET AND HOW YOU
WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN REGARDS TO THAT ISSUE? >> YES, SIR. SO NUMBER 1 JOB OF FIRE CHIEF IS TO MAKE SURE THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. IF THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF, THEY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S CRIT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AGAIN BEING ABLE TO
WALK INTO THE DOOR TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUDGET AS WELL AS OUR STAFFING, LOOK AT RESPONSE TIMES PER NOT JUST FIREHOUSE BUT PER COMPANY WHETHER IT BE THE INGENR THE TRUCK COMPANY AND IF WE'RE NOT MEETING THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE START PEELING THE LAYERS OF THE ONION BACK EVEN MORE TO T TO FIND
OUT WHY. IF IT'S A MATTER OF STAFFING, THEN THAT OF COURSE IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED AND PROPOSED TO MY, MY BOSSES, AND THE FORM OF AN ADDITIONAL BUDGET REQUEST. SOMETIMES YOU NEED EXTRA MEMBERS IN A CLASS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE THE NUMBER
OF 15 SO FAR THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING CLASS. AND QUITE FRANKLY SPEAKING, THAT NUMBER SEEMED LOW TO ME AND I TALKED TO THE BOSS ABOUT THAT. IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR A CLASS TO GET THROUGH, AND DEPENDING ON HOW SHORT WE ARE NOW, WE'RE
STILL GOING TO BE, WE MAY BE EVEN NEGATIVE 6 BY THE TIME THAT CLASS OF 15 HITS THE STREETS. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP US WITH THE OVERAGE, REDUCING OVERTIME. AND LACK OF STAFFING FROM A FIREFIGHTER PERSPECTIVE IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S A DIRECT SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE FIREFIGHRS, AND IT'S A SAFETY
ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY. IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PERSONS ON THE FIRE GROUND TO EXECUTE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BECAUSE EVERY ENGINE COMPANY, EVERY TRUCK HAS A SPECIFIC TASK THAT THEY HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH. IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FIREFIGHTERS TO DO IT, IT COMPROMISES PUBLIC SAFETY. S MY JOB IS TO COME IN AND TELL
THAT STORY. AND TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS NEEDED. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. I PUT MYSELF NEXT ON QUEUE. WELCOME, DR. FREEMAN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I HAD MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT MAYBE
SOME OF YOUR PLANS OR ALSO MAYBE SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO THE RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS AND HIRING PEOPLE OF COLOR INTO THE WORKFORCE. I WANT TO HEAR SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH IN THE
MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS, MAYBE MORE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS, AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE, AND ALSO THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS WHEN IT COMES TO NOT JUST RECRUITMENT OF FIREFIGHTERS BUT ALSO PARTICULAR AREAS THAT NEED
TO GROW IN MY OPINION. >> YES, SIR, THANK YOU. MY CAREER STARTED IN MISSISSIPPI, AND I WAS ON THE RECEIVING END OF A LOT OF ACTIONSHAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO AS THE FIRST AND THE ONLY AICAN
AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER IN THAT ORGANIZATION. SO FOR ME, HAVING AN INCLUSIVE ORGANIZATION IS PERSONAL FOR ME. HAVING ONE THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY IS VERY PERSONAL. SO IN HARTFORD, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE ROUGHLY 130,
135 FIREFIGHTERS. OUT OF THE 130 FIREFIGHTERS, 96 WERE EITHER BLACK OR LATINO. AND IN OAKLAND, WE PARTNERED WITH ALL OF OUR EQUITY GROUPS, SO WE HAD THE BLACK FIREFIGHTERS
ASSOCIATION, WE HAD THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC FIREFIGHTERS AND WE ALSO HAD OUR WOMEN'S FIREFIGHTER GROUP THAT WE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH WITH ADDRESSING DEPARTMENT ISSUES. I WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER IN OAKLAND OF THE OAKLAND WOMEN AND NONBINARY FIREFIGHTERS GROUP.
OAKLAND'S NICKNAME IN CALIFORNIA ESPECIALLY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IS THE TOWN. SAN FRANCISCO BENEFIT NICKNAME IS THE CITY BUT OAKLAND IS THE TOWN. SO THE OAKLAND WOMEN NONBINARY FIREFIGHTERS, THE TOWN FIREFIGHTERS IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS COFOUNDER OF AND VERY, VERY
PROUD ORPHWHAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE ITS INCEPTION. WE HAVE NOT ONLY PARTICIPATED AND ASSISTED IN OTHER GIRLS CAMPS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT WE HAD OUR FIRST GIRLS FIRE CAMP IN OAKLAND UNDER MY LEADERSHIP TO WHERE THE MAYOR CAME AND OTHER CITY COUNCILMEMBERS CAME TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. THERE IS A
LETTER FROM CANDICE COSHMAN WHO IS ACTUALLY STILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE TOWN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION WHO SPEAKS MORE IN DETAIL AS FAR AS MY INVOLVEMENT AND MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENSURING THAT WOMEN AND NON BINARY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WEAR THE UNIFORM. SO FROM HARTFORD TO OAKLAND, I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF ENSURING THAT NOT ONLY THE DEPARTMENT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY BUT THERE IS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO WEAR THE UNIFORM. >> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. SO BEFORE I PASS IT ONTO COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT FOLKS ARE BRINGING UP ON THE DAIS SO I'LL JUST MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AND WHAT THAT
MEANS FOR YOU IS THE FULL COUNCIL WILL HAVE A FINAL DEBATE ON THIS NOMINATION ON THURSDAY NEXT WEEK. IF I CAN GET A SECOND. COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND THANK YOU DR. FREEMAN. I HAVE A
FEW QUESTIONS BUT I ALSO WANT TO NOTE RIGHT, THE WAY I KIND OF TAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS, I AM NOT A FIREFIGHTER. I DON'T PERFORM TO BE ONE. THIS IS NOT AN AREA OF EXPERTISE THAT I DO HAVE, AND SO WHEN THESE KIND OF APPOINTMENTS COME ACROSS MY
DESK, I LOOK AT THOSE WHO THIS IS THEIR PROFESSION WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE CAREER IN THIS AREA AND HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AT LENGTH WITH OUR UNION REPRESENTATIVES AND OVER THE LAST I THINK WHAT WE ARE CLOSE TO SEVEN MONTHS NOW FOR
OUR NEW FOLKS, I DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN A UNION REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVE SPOKE STRONGER OF THEIR APPOINTEE THAN LOCAL 82 AND SO I THINK THAT IS A HIGH MARK OF TRUST FROM A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
JUST HERE, RIGHT JUST MEETING YOU IN THIS VERSION OF THIS PROCESS, AND SO THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO ME ABOUT YOUR CREDENTIALS AND YOUR ABILITY TO COME IN AND, AND KEEP THIS DEPARTMENT TO A LEVEL OF A STANDARD THAT IS DESERVING OF A CITY LIKE MINNEAPOLIS AND SO I
AM, I AM FULLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR SUPPORT HERE FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY IF YOU ARE CONFIRMED, LEADING THIS DEPARTMENT AND SERVING THIS CITY. AND WITH THAT I DO WANT TO KIND OF RIGHT -- IT'S HOW I
AGAIN LOOK AT HOW TO SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT, APPOINTEES OR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH, I THINK YOU'VE SENT OVER 22 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM CHIEFS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CHIEFS INTERNATIONALLY, AND JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO READ
JUST A FEW NOTES FROM TWO OF THEM THAT I THINK STUCK OUT TO ME, PARTICULARLY THE FIRST ONE BEING THE NAACP OAKLAND BRANCH. I WANT TO NOTE HERE IT SAYS DURING HIS TENURE AS FIRE CHIEF OF OAKLAND, CHIEF FREEMAN
DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A RESPESPECTED AND EFFECTIVE LEADER WHO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. HE LED THE DEPARTMENT DURING CHALLENGING TIMES WHILE MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THE WELL-BEING OF BOTH FIREFIGHTERS AND RESIDENTS. I THINK THIS IS
A VERSION THAT SPEAKS OUTSIDE OF INTERNAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, THOSE THAT YOU MAY HAVE MENTORED OR NOT BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY GROUP H THAT HAS NO I THINK ABILITY TO KIND OF STEP IN AND THEY DECIDED TO DO SO BECAUSE I THINK THEY BELIEVE IN YOUR
LEADERSHIP. AND IT GOES ON PARAGRAPH AFTER PARAGRAPH KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO. THE OTHER ONE IS, IS I THINK NOW THAT THE CHIEF OVER AT THE CITY OF HARTFORD WHERE YOU LEFT AGAIN WANT TO KIND OF READ A LITTLE SNIPPET FROM THAT.
DURING HIS TIME AS OUR 37th FIRE CHIEF, REGGIE LEFT AN INCREDIBLE MARK ON THE HARTFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE DIDN'T JUST MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT. HE TRANSFORMED IT. HE WAS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR PUSH TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL
ACCREDITATION, MONETIZING OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND CREATING REAL PATHS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RECOGNIZING THE CRITICAL NEED FOR LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE STABILITY. HE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED A COMPREHENSIVE APPARATUS REPLACEMENT PLAN AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO OVERALL OUR OUTDATED -- OVERHAUL
OUR OUTDATED FIREHOUSES AND IT SOUNDS LIKE AS YOU HAVE NOTED THAT ONE OF THE REASONS YOU CHOSE TO GO TO HARTFORD WAS BECAUSE THAT BECAUSE WAS A PLACE THAT NEEDED -- THAT WAS A PLACE THAT NEEDED A CHANGE AGENT AND KIND OF HEARING THIS IT SHOWS THAT, RIGHT, WE HEAR LOT OF I THINK ESPECIALLY FROM THIS DAIS
OF FOLKS THAT HAVE GONE TO PLACES THAT NEED A CHANGE AGENT, AND MAYBE OR MAYBE IT HASN'T ACTUALLY MOVED. AND THIS I THINK IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SHOWING THAT YOU DIDN'T JUST KIND OF SAY YOU WERE GOING TO GO IN AND CHANGE IT. IT SHOWS THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE RESULTS OF YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR WORK.
AND THEN LASTLY I HAD JUST KIND OF A FEW QUESTIONS AS MY COLLEAGUES ARE QUITE ASTUTELY MENTIONING IS WE HAVE A BUDGET DEFICIT. WE HAVE ANYWHERE I THINK BETWEEN $28 MILLION TO $33 MILLION COMING UP IN THIS
BUDGET. MPD, MFD, PUBLIC WORKS TO A LITTLE BIT DEGREE ARE KIND OF THE LARGE VERSIONS OF THOSE HAVE GONE OVER. THEY'RE ALLOCATED BUDGETSTS -- THEIR ALLOCATED BUDGETS FOR THE YEAR. I THINK WE HEARD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO $7 MILLION OVER THE LAST FIVE SOO TO SIX YEARS THAT MFD HAS GONE OVER. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS A LOT OF THAT IS BASED PURELY ON OVERTIME AND STAFFING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT RECENTLY THAT IS DUE IN LARGE PART TO FAMILY LEAVE, PTSD LEAVE, INJURY LEAVE, VACATION LEAVE, AND THE OTHERS. AND
RIGHT WE ALL KNOW THAT OVERTIME COSTS ARE LARGER THAN THAT OF A, OF A KIND OF ON STAFF, A REGULAR FIREFIGHTER, A REGULAR TEAM MEMBER. AND IT IS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AGAIN IS THAT A LOT OF THAT OVERTIME IS BASED ON THE HIRING BACK AND SO YOU HAVE
TO THEN FILL THOSE SPOTS, FILL THOSE MINIMUMS, OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO START SHUTTING DOWN ENGINES. WITH THAT PROCESS, EITHER SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT EITHER WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START TO SHUT DOWN ENGINES, SHUT DOWN RIGS, OR INCREASE OUR STAFFING LEVELS TO GET TO A
POINT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF LEAVE. CAN YOU KIND OF JUST WALK ME THROUGH A LITTLE BIT WHAT YOUR CALCULUS WOULD BE WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF COMING TO THAT POINT OF MAKING THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON HOW, HEY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO START CUTTING ENGINES, CUTTING RIGS OR
MAYBE IT'S BOTH. THIS IS YOUR APPOINTMENT. I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. >> NO, NO WORRIES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT STAFFING, THERE'S FIRE CHIEFS, WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A FILL FACTOR CALCULATION.
SO A FIELD FACTOR CALCULATION YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE OF SICKTIME UTILIZATION AS WELL AS ON THE JOB INJURS. AND THEN FOR THEONE DAYS OF BEING OFF, OFF THE LINE FOR THESE MEMBERS. THAT GIVES
YOU AN IDEA, AND YOU HAVE YOUR MINIMUM STAFFING FOR THE DAY. COUPLED WITH ALL OF THOSE IMPERATIVES WITH THE FILL FACTOR CALCULATION, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE VACATION, LET'S SAY
MINIMUM STAFFING FOR MFD IS 110 A DAY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS AND ENGINES. NOR TO GET TO 110 BECAUSE OF THE -- IN ORDER TO GET TO 110 BECAUSE OF THE FILL FACTOR CALCULATION BECAUSE OF THE SICK TIME UTILIZATION AS WELL AS ON THE JOB INJURY, IN ORDER TO GET TO 110 WE MAY HAVE TO STAFF EVERY
SHIFT AT 116.4. IN ORDER TO GET 110. NOW, THE CAVEAT OR WHAT' CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERTIME HERE IS THE PTSD UTILIZATION. WHICH IS A FORM OF SICK USE BUT
NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. SO WALKING INTO THE DOOR, MR. COUNCMEMBER, I WOULD BE DOING THAT ANALYSIS LOOKING AT THE FILL FACTOR CALCULATION THAT'S BEEN DONE PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. LET'S JUST SAY 1% CHANCE OUT OF 100 IT HAD BEEN DONE, WE WILL DO IT AND
THEN I WILL TAKE THOSE FINDINGS TO MY BOSS TO PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP. IN REGARDS TO SHUTTING DOWN, WHETHER IT'S TEMRARILY OR PERMANTLY, BROWNING OUT COMPANIES, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S A ENGINE OR TRUCK WE HAVE
STANDARDS OF RESPONSE COVERAGE. SO STANDARDS OF RESPONSE COVERAGE LETS US KNOW HOW MANY ENGINES WE SHOULD HAVE IN THESITY, HOW MANY TRUCKS, HOW MANY FIREHOUSES AND THEN THE LOCATION OF THOSE TRUCKS, ENGINES, AND FIREHOUSES. SO RIGHT NOW WE COULD ASSUME THAT OUR 19 STATIONS ARE EXACTLY
WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF ENGINES, WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF LADDERS. ONCE WE START TAKING AWAY FROM OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF RESOURCES, IT IS A DETRIMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. NUMBER 1. THEN IT'S A,
IT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS THAT'S WEARING A UNIFORM THAT'S DOING THEIR JOB. SO CUTTING RESOURCES WHETHER IT BE PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY SHOULD BE DONE UNDER THE DIRE, THE MOST DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES.
BECAUSE OF THE COMPROMISE TO SAFETY, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS WELL AS TO THE MEMBERS. SO THE PLAN IS FOR US TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT, COME UP WITH SOME FORMIDABLE SOLUTIONS TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN THAT PATH, BUT THERE WOULD BE
OPTIONS A, B, AND C PRESENTED TO CITY LEADERSHIP. >> HELPFUL AND THEN LAST QUESTION HERE, AS IT RELATES, I JUST WAS LEARNING SOME NUMBERS WITH THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, I THINK ABOUT MAYBE 80, 75 TO 80% OF MPD'S CALLS RIGHT NOW ARE NONFIRE RELATED AND I THINK THAT
WE ARE SEEING THAT WITH THE LEVEL OF FIRE MITIGATION, FIRE TECHNOLOGIES KIND OF BROADENING THE KIND OF FIRE APPROACH AND FIRE SAFETY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WITH THAT, THAT BEING THE CASE, HOW DO YOU SEE A 4WARD LOOKING
AND MODERNIZED FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR CALLS ARE NONFIRE RELATED AND MORE EMS AND PERSON IN CRISIS RELATED CALLS. HOW DO YOU SEE A DEPARTMENT LIKE MINNEAPOLIS MOVING IN A DIRECTION THAT I
THINK IS RESPONSIVE TO THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT THAT ARE NOW COMING IN. >> YES, SIR, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WITH THE STATISTICS IN REGARDS TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. EMS PARTICULARLY. NATIONWIDE AVERAGE FOR EMS RESPONSE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IS 70, 75%. SO WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO
THAT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. IN REGARDS TOIC TAKING -- TO TAKING ON ADDITIONAL SCOPES OF WORK SUCH AS THE BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTHANCE SOME OR INTERVENTION ROLE, THAT TO ME IS, SHOULD BE WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS, NOT ONLY
JUST HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS BUT NATIONWIDE. AND THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE DO YOU KNOW WE'RE TITLED, WE'RE CHARTED UNDER MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS NOT GOING THROB POPULAR WITH OUR -- TO BE POPULAR WITH OUR MEMBERS BUT WE SHOULD BE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. OR MINNEAPOLIS FIRE AND RESCUE BECAUSE WE DO SO MUCH
MORE THAN JUST FIGHT FIRE. SO WE EMBRACE THOSE ADDITIONAL DUTIES. WE EMBRACE THE EXPECTATIONS OF LOOKING AT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFER CITY HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT UNDER MY ADMINTRATION IF
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU AND LAST THING IF YOU NEED SOME SPACE IN YOUR BUDGET, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO CUT MY BROTHER-IN-LAW FROM A FEW RIGS. [LAUGHTER]THANK YOU. >> ROGER THAT. >> THANK YOU. ON THAT MOTION,
TO MOVE THAT FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, DR. FREEMAN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE IT'S TIME. >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. THERE ARE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE
PRESENTATIONS LEFT. SO I WOULD JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS TO PLEASE WE NEED TO FINISH THESE ITEMS TODAY. IT JUST NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE ON QUEUE FOR 15 MINUTES TALKING, MAYBE LET'S ASK THOSE QUESTIONS VIA
EMAIL. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- WE ALL HAVE THINGS TO SAY, SO I JUST NEED US TO, AS AN ASK TO MY COLLEAGUES, WHERE NEED US TO FINISH THESE I-- I NEED TO FINISH THESE ITEMS TODAY. I DO NOT WANT TO DELAY THESE ITEMS ANY FURTHER. ITEM NUMBER 8, RECEIVE AND FILE. WE
NOW HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVE AND FILE PART OF THE AGENDA STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER 8. PRESENTATION RELATED TO SENIOR RESIDENT HOUSING STABILITY IN MINNEAPOLIS AND I'LL INVITE ASHLEY FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVER SIGHT SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.
WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ASHLEY DZIUK AND I'M
FROM LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON SENIOR RESIDENT HOUSING STABILITY AND COHOUSING OPTIONS. THE STAFF DIRECTION REQUESTED A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF HOUSING FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND POLICIES AND PROGRAMS FROM OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE INCREASED
SENIOR HOUSING AND COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING MODELS. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. HOUSING SUPPLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FACES SEVERE SHORTAGES AND CHALLENGES INCLUDING AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND AGE FRIENDLY HOUSING FOR SENIORS. WHILE
TRADITIONAL SENIOR HOUSING WILL PLAY A ROLE IN FULFILLING THIS NEED, EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS AND MODIFYING EXISTING HOUSING WILL BE NECESSARY AS WELL. ALREADY IN 2017 YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THERE IN MANY METRO AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MORE THAN A THIRD OF OLDER AGED 65
PLUS HOUSEHOLDS WERE COST BURDENED. MINNESOTA HOUSING STAFF SAID TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS IN MINNESOTA, INCLUDING FOR OLDER ADULTS, A FULL CONTINUUM OF OPTIONS IS NECESSARY, ALONG WITH THE FUNDING AND FLEXIBILITY FOR ALL OF THEM. THIS SENTIMENT WAS ECHOED BY CITY HOUSING STAFF
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE IS NO ONE POLICY OR PROGRAM THAT WILL SOLVE HOUSING NEEDS FOR ALL SENIORS AS THEIR NEEDS AND WANTS CAN VARY DRAMATICALLY. TO ADDRESS ALL OF THEM, THERE LIKELY NEEDS TO BE A DOZEN OR MORE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT A VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS. WHILE MINNEAPOLIS HAS GOALS
AROUND INCREASING AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF STRESSED THAT EVEN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING IS NOT TRULY AFFORDABLE FOR MANY SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES. NOW WE'LL GET INTO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY FOR
SENIOR RESIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS. ACCORDING TO MINNESOTA HOUSING, SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE SHARED IDENTITIES, EXPERIENCES, OR GEOGRAPHIES DISPROPORTIONATELY FACE HOUSING INSTABILITY AND EXPERIENCED DISPARITIES AND ACCESS AND OUTCOMES: THESE
INCLUDE LOWEST INCOME, PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE OF DISABILITIES, SINGLE PARENTS, LARGE FAMILIES, AND OLDER ADULTS. THE REPORT CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DETAILING THESE DISPARITIES OF SEVERAL COMMUNITIES FACE WHEN
FACING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY. WHEN HOUSEHOLDS ARE COST BURDENED, THEY HAVE FEWER RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR OTHER BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS FOOD AND HEALTH CARE. HOUSEHOLDS ARE CONSIDERED COST BURDENED WHEN 30% OR MORE OF THEIR INCOME IS SPENT ON HOUSING. IN 2023 IN
MINNESOTA, 29% OF HOUSEHOLDS, SORRY HOUSEHOLDS, AGED 65 TO 74, WERE COST BURDENED WITH THAT NUMBER INCREASING TO 40% FOR HOUSEHOLDS AGE 75 PLUS. 2024 DATA SHOW THAT 66% OF SENIOR
RENTERS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY WERE COST BURDENED AND IT IS UNSURPRISINGLY THAT EXTREMELY LOW INCOME REPRESENTERS FACE THE LARGEST CHALLENGES IN FINDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HAVING A DISABILITY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF FACING HOUSING
INSTABILITY. 38% OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH A DISABILITY ARE COST BURDENED. THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK IS OLDER WITH LIMITED AMENITIES INCLUDING ACCESSIBILITY. AS THE CHART SHOWS, THE SHARE OF MINNESOTANS WITH A DISABILITY SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASES AFTER
AGE 74. THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE REGION'S RESIDENTS COMPOUNDED WITH INCREASING NEEDS IS THE POPULATION -- AS THE POPULATION AGES MEANS A SUPPLY OF HOUSING OPTIONS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES MUST BE INCREASED. AS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY ARE GREATLY IMPACTED BY INCOME, THE
POVERTY LEVEL OF ANY GIVEN POPULATION IMPACTS THAT POPULATION'S ABILITY TO FIND AND KEEP AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. MINNESOTA'S POVERTY RATE IS AROUND 10% AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO -- ALMOST TWO DECADES, OLDER ADULT POVERTY IS AS HIGH AS THE STATEWIDE RATE.
THIS HAS BEEN DRIVEN ALMOST BY INCREASES IN POVERTY AMONG THOSE AGE 75 PLUS WHOSE POVERTY RIGHT EXCEEDS THE STATEWIDE RATE. IN MINNEAPOLIS FROM 2018 TO 2022, THERE WERE 6,073 SENIORS AGED 65
PLUS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL. ANOTHER INDICATOR OF HOUSING INSTABILITY -- HOUSING STABILITY IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WHILE THE RESEARCHERS' 2023 STUDY AFOUND 1,223 ADULTS AGE 55 OR OLDER EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. HOUSING COST BURDEN IS A KEY INDICATOR LIKE I SAID OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS KUTISTIC WOULD BE THE MOST EFFICIENT IN COMPARING MINNEAPOLIS SENIOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY TO EXAMPLE CITIES. AND FOR CONSISTENCY AND EASE OF DIRECT COMPARISON, DATA
FOR THIS CHART COMES FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 2024 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY ESTIMATES. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART, MINNEAPOLIS HAS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF SENIOR RENTERS WHO ARE COST BURDENED, AT 49.2% COMPARED TO THE EXAMPLE STUDIES
CITED THROUGH THE REPORT. GETTING INTO A QUICK ESTIMATE OF AFFORDABLE SENIOR DESIGNATED UNITS CREATED SINCE 2020, THOUGH NOT COMPREHENSIVE, NONPROFIT HOUSING LINK CAN PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AROUND THE NUMBER OF SENIOR DESIGNATED AFFORDABLE
UNITS CREATED SINCE 2020. IN MINNEAPOLIS, FROM 2020 TO 2024, FOUR SENIOR DESIGNATED NEW PROPERTIES WERE CREATED TOTALING 306 AFFORDABLE UNITS AND EIGHT SENIOR DESIGNATED PRESERVED OR STABILIZED PROFITS WERE CREATED
TOTALING 787 AFFORDABLE UNITS. HOW AFFORDABLE THEY ARE IS WHAT IS SHOWN IN THE CHART THERE. AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ONLY DEVELOPMENTS WITH PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE CAPITAL FUNDING WITH AFFORDABILITY OBLIGATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THESE NUMBERS. ONTO
AN OVERVIEW OF LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE HOUSING SUPPORT FOR SENIORS. THERE ARE MANY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT HOUSING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH LOW-INCOMES. THE LIST ON THE SLIDE IS A NONEXHAUSTIVE OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMS THAT EITHER
TARGET SENIORS OR ARE MAIN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS USED BY SENIORS TO HELP WITH THEIR HOUSING NEEDS. IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO PENS LENNERED DAVIS INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ECONOMICS, THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT IS PROJECTED TO CUT MEDICAID BENEFITS BY MORE THAN
$1 TRILLION. THOUGH NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO SENIOR HOUSING, MEDICAID IS THE PRIMARY PAYER FOR LONG-TERM SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. INCLUDING NURSING HOME AND IN-HOME CARE. IN ADDITION, MEDICAID CUTS MAY DRIVE DOWN PAY FOR ALREADY UNDERPAID CARE WORKERS.
COMBINED WITH IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS, THERE COULD BE EVEN MORE SEVERE SHORTAGES IN BOTH NURSING HOMES AND HOME CARE. THIS MAY PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE SENIOR HOUSING LANDSCAPE OVERALL. NEXT I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME LOCAL
PUBLIC HOUSING COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING EXAMPLES. MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS 11 BUILDINGS TOTALING 1,957 UNITS THAT ARE DESIGNATED SENIOR UNITS. SENIOR DESIGNATED HIGH RISES ARE RESERVED FOR THOSE AGED 50 PLUS WITH PRIORITY GIVEN
TO THOSE AGED 62 PLUS. MPHA STAFF SAID THEY ARE USUALLY ABLE TO GET THOSE 62 OR OLDER INTO THEIR SYSTEM QUITE QUICKLY, PLACING THEM IN A UNIT WITHIN A COUPLE MONTHS OF APPLICATION. THE AVAILABILITY OF SENIOR DESIGNATED UNITS IS MUCH GREATER THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF MPHA
UNIT. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, SENIOR UNITS HAVE NOT GENERALLY HAD A WAITING LIST FOR INDIVIDUALS AGE 62 PLUS AS OF APRIL WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM THERE WAS CURRENTLY NO WAITING LIST FOR APPLICANTS AGE 62 PLUS. BUT FOR INDIVIDUALS AGED 50 PLUS, THERE WAS A WAITING LIST
OF 2,635 APPLICANTS. TO MAKE SURE WE'RE L ON THE SAME PAGE I'M GOING -- ALL ON THE SAME PAGE I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME QUICK DEFINITIONS FOR COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING MODELS. COOPERATIVEERIZE A HOUSING MODEL WHERE RESIDENTS COLLECTIVELY OWN AND CONTROL THE CO-OP. TO JOIN A HOUSING CO-OP,
MEMBERS PURCHASE A SHARE IN THE COOPERATIVE CORPORATION AND OBTAIN THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO OCCUPY A UNIT IN ADDITION TO DECISION MAKING POWER IN THE CO-OP'S GOVERNANCE. HOUSING CO-OPS ARE GENERALLY SET UP IN ONE OF THE SEVERAL MAIN TAT COIRS LISTED ON THE -- MAIN
CATEGORIES LISTED ON THE SLIDE THERE. COOPERATIVE IS THE LEGAL, FINANCIAL, AND OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE. COOPERATESES CAN BE A TYPE -- COOPERATIVES CAN BE A TYPE OF COHOUSING. CONDOMINIUMS, SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, ET CETERA, AND THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, COHOUSING, COLIVING, SUCH LIKE THAT.
COHOUSING IS AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY THAT COMBINES PRIVATE LIVING SPACES WITH SHARED INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES, DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CONNECTION, COLLABORATION, AND AN INTERDEPENDENT LIFE. IT IS NOT A LEGAL STRUCTURE BUT THE CONCEPT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WHERE SOMEONE OWNS THEIR OWN PRIVATE HOME OR UNIT
AND SHARE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE GOAL OF A COLLABORATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE COHOUSING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CO-OPS, ONE THAT ARE CONDOMINIUMS AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WITH A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THERE CAN ALSO BE COLIVING WITHIN COHOUSING.
COLIVING IS USUALLY SHARED HOUSING SUCH AS A ROOM IN A HOUSE. GETTING INTO SOME LOCAL EXAMPLES, WITH ABOUT 89 SENIOR COOPERATIVES, MINNESOTA IS HOME TO AROUND 60% OF SENIOR COOPERATIVES HOUSING IN THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY
TWO SENIOR COOPERATIVES IN MINNEAPOLIS. BECKETT WOOD AND NOKOMIS SQUARE COOPERATIVE. SOME SENIOR CO-OPS ARE BELOW MARKET RATE, AND A FEW MAY INCLUDE AFFORDABLE UNITS: WHILE MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES, CREATING AND CONSTRUCTING NEW SENIOR CO-OPS ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE INCOME MARKET WOULD LIKELY REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT OUTSIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. AND SPEAKING WITH THE COOPERATIVES LISTED ON THE SLIDE FOR THIS REPORT, ALONG WITH OTHER COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING EXPERTS, MANY OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR STEADY SUPPORT WHICH YOU CAN FIND LISTED IN THE REPORT UNDER EACH OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE SECTIONS, BUT BROADLY THEY FALL INTO SEVERAL BUCKETS AND I'M GOING TO COVER THESE IN THE NEXT SECTION. IN SPEAKING LIKE I SAID WITH CITIES FOR THE REPORTS, MOSE CITY HOUSING STAFF SAID FOCUS IS ON ADDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL LOW INCOME RESIDENTS RATHER
THAN TARGETING SENIOR HOUSING SPECIFICALLY. AND AS REQUESTED I AM FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING MODELS BUT I DO INCLUDE A COUPLE MORE IN THIS PRESENTATION AND THERE IS OTHER OPTIONS IN THE ROUTER AS WELL. THE FIRST BUCKET I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS CITY SERVICES. CITIES CAN PROVIDE
SERVICES TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT HOUSING COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING MODELS. THIS COULD INCLUDE FOR EXAMPLE STREAMLINING THE PERMITTING AND APPROVAL PROCESSES FOR SENIOR SPECIFIC HOUSING PROJECTS OR PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING COOPERATIVES FOR EXAMPLE
GOVERNANCE AND SELF-MANAGEMENT TRAINING, RESIDENT EDUCATION, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. MANY COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING INDIVIDUALS IN THE TWIN CITIES AND AROUND THE COUNTRY INTERVIEWED FOR THIS REPORT EMPHASIZED HOW BENEFICIAL CITY PROVIDED EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WOULD BE IN
SUPPORTING THESE HOUSING MODELS. ONE EXAMPLE PROGRAM BOSTON PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING COOPERATIVES THROUGH A CONTRACTED PROVIDER FOR 20 HOURS A WEEK WHO SUPPORTS AT LEAST 500 UNITS OF HOUSING ACROSS FIVE TO 10 COOPERATIVES.
THE SECOND BUCKET IS DEDICATED FUNDING AND FINANCING. CITIES CAN PROVIDE SUBSIDIES OR GRANTS FOR HOME MODIFICATION, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR FOR CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SENIOR COOPERATIVES. THEY CAN ALSO OFFER LOW NO INTEREST LOANS, TAX BREAKS AND GRANTS TO COVER
START-UP COSTS RENOVATIONS AND TO HELP INDIVIDUAL LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS PURCHASE MEMBERSHIP SHARES. THE IMPORTANT PIECE HERE IS THAT IT IS TARGETED AND DEDICATED FUNDING FOR WHATEVER TYPE OF HOUSING MODEL YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON. ADDITIONALLY, NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS INTERVIEWED
IN THIS REPORT DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING ALREADY EXISTING PROGRAMS CAN BE USED FOR COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING MODELS. FOR EXAMPLE, ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO UTILIZE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO PURCHASE COOPERATIVE HOUSING MEMBERSHIP SHARES. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS' LOW MODERATE INCOME
HOME BUYER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE LOAN CANNOT CURRENTLY BE USED FOR BUYING A HOUSING COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP: GETTING INTO SOME CITY EXAMPLES, CHICAGO'S SOUTHSHORE CONDO CO-OP PRESERVATION PROGRAM PROVIDES GRANTS TO EXISTING COOPERATIVES FOR NECESSARY CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AND THEIR SHARED EQUITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES COOPERATIVE PURCHASE PRICE ASSISTANCE AND ACQUISITION SUPPORT. IN NEW YORK NOT SURPRISING THEY HAD MANY PROGRAMS, THE AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOOD COOPERATIVE PROGRAM SELECTS QUALIFIED DEVELOPERS TO REHABILITATE DISTRESSED CITY
OWNED OCCUPIED MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO CREATE AFFORDABLE COOPERATIVES FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. IN ADDITION, THE CITY HAS MORE RECENTLY STARTED FINANCING AND PROVIDING TACK EXEMPTIONS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION -- TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, AND STABILIZATION OF HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATE COOPERATIVES. THESE HDFC CO-OPS BENEFIT FROM REDUCED REAL ESTATE TAXES IN EXCHANGE FOR FOLLOWING INCOME AND RESALE RESTRICTIONS AMONG OTHER GOVERNANCE RESTRICTIONS. AND THE CITY'S OPEN DOOR PROGRAM FUNDS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF COOPERATIVE AND
CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS AFFORDABLE FOR PURCHASE BY MODERATE AND MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. LIKE I SAID, NEW YORK HAS SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, WHICH SUPPORTS SENIOR HOUSING. AND LASTLY, IN 2024, SEATTLE FUNDED FOUR OUT OF TEN UNITS IN THE -- COOPERATIVE
AND WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING MORE THAN $9 MILLION FOR THE UPCOMING 68-UNIT ULU. NEXT IN ADDITION TO FUNDING MANY INDIVIDUALS INTERVIEWS DISCUSSED THE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AND THEN
SECURING LAND OR EXISTING BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPETING AGAINST LARGE DEVELOPERS. CITIES CAN ASSIST SMALL DEVELOPERS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS TO FIND AND SECURE APPROPRIATE PROPERTIES. CITIES CAN ALSO LEVERAGE LAND THEY CURRENTLY OWN TO ENCOURAGE COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING MODELS
BY DONATING THE LAND IF CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE MET. IN BOULDER, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY IS CONSIDERING DONATING A PIECE OF CITY OWNED LAND TO A PROJECT IN EXCHANGE FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE UNITS. THEY SENT AN RFP IN APRIL TO DEVELOPERS AND ARCHITECTS TO
IDEALLY GET A COHOUSING MODEL THAT INCLUDES NEUROINCLUSIVE DESIGN ELEMENTS. TENANT COMMUNITY, TENANT AND COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ACTS ARE
LAWS THAT ALLOW TENANTS TO ORGANIZE AND PURCHASE THEIR BUILDING BEFORE IT IS SOLD TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WHICH CAN HELP FACILITATE THE CREATION OF COOPERATIVES. TENANTS OFTEN STILL HOWEVER NEED HELP TO SECURE FINANCING, WHICH CAN COME FROM COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, NONPROFIT PARTNERS OR GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, MINNEAPOLIS HAS CONSIDERED DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE AND RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL POLICIES. THE MOST RECENT VERSION IN THE TENANT PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS COUNCIL TERM AND WAS REFERRED TO STAFF ON
MARCH 3rd. ZONING IS ANOTHER BUCKET ENSURING ZONING REGULATIONS ENABLE DENSITY COULD ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE HOUSING TYPES SUITABLE FOR SENIORS, INCLUDING COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING MODELS. IN 2019, MINNEAPOLIS BECAME THE FIRST MAJOR U.S. CITY TO ELIMINATE
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING. SEVERAL EXAMPLE S CITIES INTERVIEWED FOR THIS REPORT SAID THAT WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ZONING ALLOWS FOR DENSER HOUSING MODELS THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE FEWER RESTRICTIONS. CPED STAFF COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY ZONING CODE
PROVISIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT COOPERATIVE OR COHOUSING MODELS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THEY DID HOWEVER POINT OUT THAT THOUGH MANY PROPERTIES WERE UPZONED IN THE 2040 PLAN, ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES AND RELATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HAVE NOT
QUITE CAUGHT UP IN PRACTICE. SEVERAL LOCAL COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING CREATORS AND A COUPLE TRYING TO CREATE ONE MENTIONED THE COMPLICATIONS OF WORKING WITH BUILDING CODES THAT DO NOT QUITE FIT THE UNIQUENESS OF COOPERATIVE AND COHOUSING MODELS. THEY SUGGESTED THE CITY COULD CREATE BUILDING AND OTHER
APPLICABLE CODES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THOSE TYPES OF MODELS. CITIES CAN ALSO INCENTIVIZE OR USE INCENTIVES AND/OR REQUIREMENTS TO ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BUILD OR PRESERVE SENIOR HOUSING IN ORDER TO MEET YOUR GOALS. THIS COULD
INCLUDE OFFERING INCENTIVES TO DEVELOPERS IF A SET NUMBER OR PERCENTAGE OF UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE FOR SENIORS AND NEW RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS OR OFFER PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIOR HOUSING COOPERATIVES, COHOUSING, ET CETERA. THE LAST PROGRAM BUCKET IS QUITE
DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS. IT IS DIRECTLY FUNDING SENIOR HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAMS. SEVERAL CITIES IN THIS REPORT HAVE DEVELOPED AND FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT HELP RESIDENTS SAFELY NAVIGATE ADDITIONAL SENIOR HOUSING OPTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON'S HOME SHARE PILOT
PROGRAM CONNECTS SENIORS WHO WISH TO RENT OUT BEDROOM -- RENT OUT A BEDROOM IN THEIR HOME TO VETTED INDIVIDUALS AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT THERE THE DURATION OF THE EN-- FOR THE DURATION OF THE ENTIRE RENTAL AGREEMENT. IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA, THE COALITION FOR, A
CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY, COUNTY, ROCHESTER FOUNDATION AND -- IS CURRENTLY PILOTING A SENIOR HOUSING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH WILL TRAIN SENIORS WHO HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE TRANSITION OF MOVING FROM THEIR FAMILY HOME INTO A RENTAL PROPERTY OR
SMALLER HOME THEY WILL THEN HAVE OTHER SENIORS MAKE THAT SAME TRANSITION. SOME ADDITIONAL NATIONAL EXAMPLES, INCLUDE IN CHICAGO HOME IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FOSTERS INDEPENDENCE, JOY, AND
CONNECTION FOR SENIORS WITH LOW-INCOMES BY PROVIDING INTERGENERATIONAL COHOUSING AND HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES. IN CINCINNATI NONPROFIT RENTING PARTNERSHIPS HAS CREATE ADSELF-DESCRIBED RENTAL EQUITY COOPERATIVE WHERE RENTERS CAN EARN FINANCIAL CREDITS IF IT
THEY MEET CERTAIN COMMITMENTS. AND IN PORTLAND, AND NOW THREE ADDITIONAL CITIES, BRIDGE MEADOWS IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY WHICH USES THE POWER OF COMMUNITY TO HELP CHILDREN HEAL FROM THE TRAUMA OF FOSTER CARE. ELDERS LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY SERVING AS MENTORS,
FRIENDS, AND CAREGIVERS TO THE CHILDREN AND EACH OTHER FORMING A SAFETY NET OF CARE AND INTERDEPENDENCE. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER NATIONAL PROGRAMS DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE TIME TO EXPLORE SOME OF THEM IN MORE DETAIL AS YOU CONSIDER THIS TOPIC. THAT
IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OR THE ROUTER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND ASHLEY FOR THISNCREDIBLE PRESENTATION. I'LL FIRST PASS IT TO COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME BRIEF
THANKS TO OUR LRO STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER. I BROUGHT THE MOTION ASKING FOR THIS REPORT AFTER DOING A NUMBER OF DOOR KNOCK IN MY WD WHERE I SPOKE TO RESIDENTS WHO WERE STRUGGLING WITH NOT ONLY JUSTGING IN
PLACE BUT ALSO FEELING AS IF THEY WERE CONFINED TO THAT OPTION AS SOME OF THESE LARGERHT PARK, BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T FORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT IS THEY COULD TRANSITION INTO. THAT'S STILL WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY OR EVEN WITHIN THE
PARAMETERS OF MINNEAPOLIS. THEY FELT THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE TO LEAV MINNEAPOLIS OR THE STATE ALTOGETHER IF THEY WANTED TO PURSUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. SO THEY WOULD RATHER STAY IN THESE HOMES THEY ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY CHALLENGE FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN AND UPKEEP. AND ALSO I HEARD THIS FEEDBACK
FROM OUR MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY MMITTEE ON AGING WHERE THEY ALSO NAMED WHEN I CHAIRED THE ADMINISTRATION ENTERISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT HOUSING WAS ANOTHER BIG ISSUE THAT CES UP FOR OUR AGING POPULATION ACROSS THE CITY AND THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR
THAT, SO D -- COMMUNITY. SO WHILE WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF SENIOR COOPERATIVES, IT'S VERY CLEAR ALSO WITH SLIDE 13 WHERE THAT DATA SHOWS THATOR INDIVIDUALS 50 AND OLDER, THAT THERE IS A 2600 APPLICANT
WAITLIST JUST FOR OUR PUBLIC HOUSG. SO FOR ME, I THINK THIS IS JUST PART OF THE ONGOING LEGISLATIVE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE T DO AS A BODY OF LIKE HOW TO REIMAGINE USAGE OF OUR BONDG AND OUR FINANCING ASSETS TO ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE MORE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTREMELY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS BECAUSE THEY'RE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY SHOULDN'T FEEL AS IF ONCE THEY REACH THE LATER PHASES OF THEIR LIVES, THAT THEY CAN'T STAY HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR THEM. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL COMPILED THIS REPORT. HAT GIBS US SOME
REALLY GOOD EXAMPLESO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE MODELED REALLY GOOD WORK OF SUPPORTING THEIR AGING POPULATIONS WE ALSO DEVELOP NEXT STEPS ON HOW WE CAN DO THE SAME HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I'LL EMAIL YOU ABOUT. THIS WAS REALLY INTERESTING. JUST ONE QUESTION. FOR RIGHT NOW. DUS MINNEAPOLIS HAVE LIMITS ON NONRELATED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE?
>> UM, I THINK THERE WERE SOME RECENT CHANGES. I THINK THERE ARE LIMITS BUT I AM NOT CURRENTLY AWARE OF THEM. >> I HAVE OTHER THINGS I WILL ASK YOU OFFLINE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND
ECHOING SOME OF COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY IT WAS CONVERSATION SHE HAS HAD AT DOORS. I HAVE HAD SIMILAR ONES AROUND MY WARD, FOLKSS' ANXIETY ABOUT AGING IN PLACE AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE HOUSING IS BUT ALSO ACCESS TO SERVICES AND BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE YOUR
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AS PART OF A MORE EXPANSIVE VIEW OF WHAT IT MEANS TO AGE IN PLACE. SO THERE IS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SOUTHEAST SENIOR SERVICES, THERE USED TO BE A SENIOR SERVICES ORGANIZATION SERVING NORTHEAST THAT WAS SIMILAR THAT HAS HAD TO
FOLD AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY WISE OF US TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS A FULL SYSTEM OF SERVING AN AGING COMMUNITY NOT JUST THE COST OF HOUSING BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO LIKE LIVE AND THRIVE AS YOU AGE IN PLACE. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.
>> COUNCILMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR THE REPORT ALSO. WHAT I HEAR FROM S SENIORS OR THE AGING POPULATION ON THE NORTH SIDE IS PRIMARILY AROUND MARKET RATE HOUSING ACTUALLY. LIKE FOLKS WHO ARE SELLING THEIR HOMES AND
ARE LOOKING FOR CONDOS WITH LOTS OF AMENITIES AND YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY NEAR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, THEIR CHURCHES, AND SO I CERTAINLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. BUT I THINK IT'S KIND OF MIXED IN
WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR. I'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH SENIORS JUST ABOUT TRANSITIONING INTO TOWNHOMES OR CO-OPS SO THAT YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS DOING THE YARD CARE AND THE THINGS THEY WANT TO GIVE UP IN THEIR SENIOR -- THEIR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, YOU KNOW,
THAT THEY HAD FOR 40-PLUS YEARS. SO I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF A MIX OF WHAT I HEAR ON THE NORTH SIDE BUT CERTAINLY A NEED FOR MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND I WILL JUST SAY THERE IS ALSO -- I WAS JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A DEVELOPER A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO ABOUT THE NEED FOR THERE BEING SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IN PARTICULAR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. RIGHT WHERE THEY CAN GET HELP IF THEY HAVE MEDICAL CONDITIONS OR IF THEY, IF YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN BUT THEY JUST WANT
TO BE AMONGST COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW LOT OF OUR SENIORS JUST WANT THAT FEELING OF COMMUNITY AND NOT LIVE BY THEMSELVES AND HAVE SOMEONE AROUND AND SO I THINK I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT MIXED, HOW OUR SENIORS NEED SO
MANY DIVERSE THINGS BECAUSE THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS LIKE JUST FOR SENIORS. HOW DO WE BUILD UP ACTIVITIES NEAR WHEREVER WE ARE PUTTING NEW LIVING FACILITIES EVEN IF IT'S NOT JUST FOR SENIORS, SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF MIXED. I'M GLAD TO E THIS PRESENTATION, AND I'LL
CERTAINLY BE FOLLOWING UP WITH SOME MORE QUESTIONS AND MAYBE SOME ACTION ITEMS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU, ALEY AND THE LOR DEPARTMENT. I WILL ASK THE
CLERK TO FILE THAT REPORT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER UPDATES REGARDING THE NON-FATAL SHOOTING TASK FORCE. ACTUALLY JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING. OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. I'LL INVITE MARGARET OUR SENIOR PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST TO BRING THAT PRESENTATION. I JUST SKIPPED IT BY ACCIDENT. >> YOU SCARED ME FOR A SECOND.
I WAS LIKE AND WE'RE OFF. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO. >> WELCOME. >> HELLO, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARGARET SCHUSTER AND I'M A
SENIOR PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I'M ALSO THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I'M HERE WITH
BHUPINDER MANHANI, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A BRIEF HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PHC, AS WELL AS ITS PURPOSE, MEMBERSHIP, AND HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING HERE. THE PHAC IS THE LONGEST STANDING VOLUNTEER ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN MINNEAPOLIS. IT WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1976 AS A RESULT OF THE REORGANIZATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE
STATE OF MINNESOTA, WHICH REQUIRED THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS, THAT'S YOU, AND ALL THE REST OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS, THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND SO PHAC FIRST GOT ESTABLISHED DURING THAT TIME. THEIR PURPOSE REALLY
IS TO SERVE THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MATTERS THAT AFFECT THE PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHETHER THOSE ARE RESIDENTS, OR VISITORS. OR THE
VARIETY OF EVENTS OR TRAGEDIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE. IN THE CITY. THEY ALSO SERVE AS LIAISONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. THEY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE, THEY HEAR THEIR CONCERNS, THEIR COMPLAINTS. AND VIEWS. AND
THEN ARE ABLE TO DIRECT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE APPROPRIATE PARTY, WHETHER IT'S CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, OR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IN REGARDS TO THE MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED TO SERVE TWO-YEAR
TERMS AND THEN THEY CAN SERVE UP TO FOUR CONSECUTIVE TERMS. WE HAVE 21 MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE. AND THEY REPRESENT EACH OF THE 13 WARDS. WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS THAT ARE NOMINATED BY
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, OR LIVED EXPERIENCES THAT ALIGN WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOALS. AND WE HAVE THREE EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS FROM LONGTIME
PARTNERS LIKE THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AS WELL AS HENNEPIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. AND THAT CAN BE HENNEPIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OR HUMAN SERVICES. IN
ADDITION, MEMBERS MUST COMPLETE ONBOARDING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE AN OATH OF OFFICE, ETHICS TRAINING, AND A PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT. ON THIS SLIDE I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE DEPTH OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT
THE MEMBERSHIP HAS. THEY HAVE A DEEP WELL OF EXPERTISE WHETHER IT'S EDUCATIONAL, OR WIDE RANGING PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. AND NOW CHAIR CHAVEZ, AND OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO BHU WHO WILL PRESENT THE REST OF THE SLIDES. >> I'M THE ASSOCIATE VICE CHAIR FOR THE PHAC AND I WORK AS A HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATOR IN A LOCAL HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
SYSTEM. I WANT TO START BY JUST HIGHLIGHTING A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT PHAC HAS SUPPORTED OUR CITY OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND IT'S HELPFUL TO GROUP OUR WORK INTO THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. FIRST WOULD BE PROVIDING POLICY INPUT. EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE SUBMITTING RECOMMENDATIONS ON OPERATION
METRO SURGE INCLUDING A LETTER THAT WE HAD IN SUPPORT OF AN EVICTION MORATORIUM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CITY'S OPIOID RESPONSE STRATEGIC PLAN. THESE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES HELP BRING A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE TO THESE POLICY DISCUSSIONS THAT IMPACTED
MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. SECOND IS SUPPORTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING. WE BECAME THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND ALSO PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE DEPARTMENT'S STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THESE TYPES OF EFFORTS HELP ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY VOICES AND
DIVERSE PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES ARE INFORMING OUR LONG-TERM PLANNING. AND THEN FINALLY, COMMUNITY -- SUPPORTING COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVES. SOME MEMBERS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO HOST AIR QUALITY MONITORS, WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. EITHER BY BRINGING IN SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS TO OUR MEETINGS AND/OR GOING OUT TO THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS TOURING THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AFTER WE LEARNED A BIT MORE ABOUT IT THROUGH THE TAP WATER AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES HAVE HELPED US BE BETTER INFORMED ADVISORS WHILE
ALSO SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT'S INITIATIVES. ACROSS ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE THAT CAN BRING TOGETHER COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES AND EVIDENCE BASED DISCUSSION. LOOKING BEYOND JUST THE LAST YEAR, PHAC HAS
CONSISTENTLY SERVED AS A FORMM WHERE EMERGING PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES CAN BE EXPLORED BEFORE OR DURING POLICY DISCUSSIONS. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE HELPED DEVELOPED CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING GUIDELINES, GIVEN FEEDBACK DURING THE COVID 19 RESPONSE, SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF
OF DIFFERENT HEALTH ORDINANCES AND RESPONDED TO COUNCIL REQUESTS TO STUDY TOPICS SUCH AS CRUMB RUBBER IN PLAYGROUNDS. THE SPECIFIC ISSUES CAN CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT PHAC'S ROLE HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT, BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES TO EXAM ISSUES
THROUGH A PUBLIC HEALTH LENS. LOOKING FORWARD, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WITH THE MAYOR. PHAC ISN'T BEST USES WHEN REACTING AFTER DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. WE DO TRY TO
REGULARLY REVIEW THE COUNCILMEMBERS', COUNCIL COMMITTEES' SPEANDZ AND THE AGENDAS OF OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEES SO WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE A PUBLIC HEALTH EXPECTER MIGHT BE HELPFUL BUT WE MIGHT ALSO WELCOME OPPORTUNITIES TO
ENGAGE IN THESE TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS. ARE THERE PARTICULARLY POLICY -- ARE THERE PARTICULAR POLICY AREAS WHERE YOU THINK AN EARLY PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE HELPFUL? ARE THERE EMERGING ISSUES OR PRIORITIES YOU'D LIKE PHAC TO SPEND MORE TIME ON OVER THE
COMING YEAR? AND FINALLY HOW CAN WE BEST SUPPORT THE COUNCIL. OUR GOAL IS TO BE A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNER AND A RESOURCE THAT CAN HELP INFORM POLICY DECISIONS BEFORE THEY ARE FINALIZED. WITH THAT SAID THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MORE ABOUT
PHAC TODAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF YOU, THE MAYOR, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN ADVANCING THE HEALTH OF MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE HAPPY TOIC TAANY FEEDBACK YOU MIGHT HAVE -- TO TAKE ANY FEEDBACK YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE QUESTIONS THAT WE POSED OR ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR US. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, BHU AND MARGARET AND FOR THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THE WORK AND ADVOCACY OF THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF OUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS IN ADDITION TO THE ADVOCACY TO PROTECT OUR
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY FROM THE IMPACT OF OPERATION METRO SURGE THAT OUR COMMUNITY PLEBS ARE -- MEMBERS ARE STILL FEELING THE IMPACT AND WILL FOR THE YEARS TO COME, SO JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL CAME TO COMMITTEE TODAY AND PLEASE SEND MY THANK YOU TO THE ADVOCACY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY
COMMITTEE WHO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXPERTISE AND WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE CITY. >> THANK YOU. >> WITH THAT, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON QUEUE, SO COLLEAGUES, IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, FOLLOW UP OVER EMAIL AND YOU CAN GIVE IT TO OUR CLERKS. WITH THAT, SEEING NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. R NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER UPDATES REGARDING THE NON-FATALHOOTING TASK FORCE. LIEUTENANT SCHROEDER TO BEGIN THAT PRESENTATION. WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? >> I'M COMMANDER ZIMMERMAN OF JOR CRIMES UNIT, AND LIEUTENANT SCHROEDER IS IN CHARGE OF THE HOMICIDE UNIT AND HELPED PUT TOGETHER OUR NEW FAST TEAM. >> THANK YOU AND IF WE CAN GET CLOSE TO THE MIC SO WE CAN HEAR
YOU CLEARLY THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR HAVING US TODAY. I' I'M ANDREW SCHROEDER THE LIEUTENANT IN MAJOR CRIMES HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR NON-FATAL SHOOT TEAM WHEN WE CALL FAST FOR FIREARM ASSAULT SHOOT TEAM. COUNCILMEMBER
WONSLEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME KIND OF SEE US IN ACTION, AND GET A LITTLE TOUR OF WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO IT, AND TODAY I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE
DONE SO FAR. SO KIND OF JUST HISTORICALLY BEFORE FAST, HOMICIDE DETECTIVES WERE ASSIGNED SHOOTINGS. THAT TOOK AWAY FROM HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS. AND SO JUST
KIND OF A LITTLE HISTORY OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. WE HAD 226 INCIDENTS, 310 VICTIMS, AND 32 MULTIPLE VICTIM SHOOTINGS, TWO OR MORE. SO AS YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING HERE, WE HAD A COUPLE BIG ONES OVER THE
WEEKEND, THE NINE-PERSON SHOOT AT RAIN AND THEN A FIVE-PERSON SHOOT AT 19th AND NICOLLET AND THEN ANNUNCIATION HAD 29 GUNSHOT VICTIMS, WAS THE HIGHEST VICTIM
COUNT, THE LARGEST MASS SHOOTING IN THE COUNTRY LAST YEAR. SO WHO GETS SHOT IN MINNEAPOLIS? THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE LAST YEAR, AND IN THE DATA IS SIMILAR THIS YEAR. SO 248 MALES, 62
FEMALES, 52 OF THE PEOPLE SHOT WERE JUVENILES. A LARGE PERCENTAGE JUST WE'RE TALKING STRAIGHT FACTS HERE, BLACK MALES UNDER THE AGE OF 35. SO WE CREATED THE FIREARM ASSAULT
SHOOT TEAM. WE STARTED MARCH 22nd SO WE'VE BEEN GOING YOU KNOW ABOUT 16 WEEKS HERE. THIS WAS CREATED ON THE LAST TIME WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. SO WHO IS IN FAST? WE HAVE A LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT ADAM LAPINSKY IS OVERSEEN BY
COMMANDER ZIMMERMAN. WE HAVE FOUR BCA AGENTS. RAMSEY COUNTY DEPUTY, METRO COUNTY DEPUTY, WE HAVE THREE OFFICERS FROM BLOOMINGTON THAT ARE HERE JUST FOR THE SUMMER, AND THEN WE ALSO SHARE INTELLIGENCE WITH YOU NAME THE AGENCY AROUND, THAT'S WHO WE
SHARE INFORMATION WITH. HENNEPIN COUNTY IS A HUGE PARTNER. AND THEN SINCE THIS SLIDE WAS CREATED WE'VE ALSO ADDED A FEDERAL PARTNER, SPECIAL AGENT FROM THE ATF WHICH IS JUST A HUGE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT TO US. WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF SUPPORT IN HOMICIDE UNIT OF
FEDERAL ATF AGENT. SO THIS WAS AS OF JUNE 25TH OF WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE YEAR. 66 INCIDENTS, 91 VICTIMS. AND THE GRAPH ON THE SIDE JUST KIND OF SHOWS WHERE SHOOTINGS ARE HAPPENING. MAJORITY OF SHOOTINGS HAPPENED
IN THE FOURTH PRECINCT AND THE THIRD PRECINCT. AND THEN JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. SINCE JULY FIRST WE'VE HAD A BUSY JULY, WE'VE HAD 32 NON-FATAL SHOOTING VICTIMS, THREE HOMICIDE VICTIMS. SO WHAT
DO WE DO IN FAST? WE DON'T READ THE CASES AND DECIDE IF THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO GO INVESTIGATE IT. EVERY SINGLE SHOOTING AS IT SHOULD BE IS THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED LIKE A HOMICIDE. ALL OF THEM, NO MATTER IF THE VICTIM IS COOPERATIVE OR NOT, IF THEY LIE
OR NOT, IF THEY TELL US WHERE IT HAPPENED OR NOT, WE INVESTIGATE IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. PART OF THE REASON THAT FAST IS SUCCESSFUL AND THE MODEL IS SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING SHOOTERS OFF THE STREET. SO THAT MEANS PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOOTING ARE NOW NOT THERE TO
COMMIT DOMESTIC ASSAULT. TO COMMIT ROBBERIES. TO COMMIT OTHER VIOLENT CRIMESMENT WE'RE TAKING THEM OFF THE STREET BY THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATING ALL SHOOTINGS. PART OF THE SHOOTING, THE FAST TEAM IS IT'S
HOUSED NEXT TO OUR HOMICIDE UNIT, WHICH I'LL PUT OUR HOMICIDE UNIT UP AGAINST ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE THE BEST INVESTIGATORS AROUND. AND TO HAVE THESE KIND OF NEW YOUNGER INVESTIGATORS SITTING WITH THE HOMICIDE UNIT LIKE YOU SAW COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, THERE'S THIS KIND OF SKILL
DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP GOING ON EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE HAVE INCREASED COMMUNICATION WITH THE USE OF RESOURCES THROUGH HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE BCA AND ALL HOWEVER THE METRO -- ALL OVER THE METRO AND BY SOLVING VIOLENT CRIME, BY HOLDING PEOPLE THAT SHOOT PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE,
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT SHOOTINGS IS EVERYONE AGREES THAT SHOOTING SOMEONE IS WRONG. AND THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THIS ROOM A LOT. WHERE EVERY SINGLE PERSON AGREES ON SOMETHING. WE ARE ABLE TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE AND HOLD PEOPLE THAT
SHOOT PEOPLE THAT FIRE GUNS IN THE CITY IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES, HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND SEND THEM TO JAIL. BY, BY HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, IMPROVES TRUST WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING, THEIR SON OR THEIR DAUGHTER, OR THEIR
NIECE OR NEPHEW GETTING SHOT. CLEARANCE RATES. I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S TOO EARLY. THESE CASES TAKE TIME. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON CLEARANCE RATES IN THE HOMICIDE UNIT FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THESE ARE LONG COMPLEX
INVESTIGATIONS, BUT AS IT IS, 2025 THE BASELINE WAS 73 CASES AT 41% CLOSURE, WHICH IS DECENT. THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR YOU TODAY. NOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU KIND OF
THE OVERVIEW OF IT, NOW FUTURE UPDATES AND MEETINGS WE CAN KIND OF JUST TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT MOVING FORWARD. SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. MINORITY LEADER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. OF COURSE ALWAYS EXCITED TO RECEIVE
UPDATES ABOUT THE STATUS OF OUR FAST TEAM OR OUR NON-FATAL SHOOTING TASK FORCE. OF COURSE WE'RE ALSO R ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE RIVER WITH ST. PAUL RECENTLY ACCOMPLISHING ABOUT 100% CLOSURE RATE SINCE
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR FAST TEAM AS WELL OR THEIR NON-FATAL SHOOTING TASK FORCE AND I THINK THAT SCESS ALSO LEVERAGING UPWHF THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, BUT WITH THE STATE ALSO NOW DEVOTING RESOURCES TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE TO DO SIMILAR
WORK TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL SO SEEING THIS IS A MODEL NOT ONLY BEING EMBRACED NATIONALLY BUT SEEING TWO OF MINNESOTA'S LARGEST CITIES ALSO ADOPT THIS AS A CRITICAL WAY OF REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND GETTING
PERPETRATORS WHO ARE IN FACT A SMALL PORTION OF OUR GENERAL COMMUNITY BUT THAT COMMIT A BULK OF THESE VIOLENT CMES BY BEING TARGETED IN OUR RESOURCES AND GOING AFTER THAT SPECIFIC POPULATION HOW THAT FREES YOU UP FOR OR MAN POWER WITHIN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY THEN DO THE, THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE. GETTING THE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND WORKING WITH OUR VARIOUS PARTNERS TO DO SO. SO ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAR THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE SINCE THE VERY EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS. YOU MENTIONED MARCH, AND
I JUST WANTED TO ALSO GET JUST SOME UPDATES BECAUSE SINCE MARCH AS YOU'RE AWARE WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SHAKE-UP IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE. SO I JUST WANT TO GET A SENSE OF HAS THERE BEEN ANY IMPACTS TO THE FAST TEAM AS WELL IN TERMS OF YOUR MAKEUP,
SINCE THERE HAS BEEN THIS ORGANIZATIONAL OVERHAUL AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL UNDER OUR CURRENT INTERIM CHIEF? >> YES, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. THE MOR CHANGE IS THAT SINCE INTERIM CHIEF, CHIEF PETERSON CAME WITHIN WEEKS WE HAD AN ATF
AGENT SITTING WITH US IN FAST. >> OKAY. >> AND I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH CHIEF PETERSON AND I TALKED WITH SHERIFF LAST NIGHT, AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE GETTING A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY TO WORK WITH US ON THE FAST TEAM
ALSO. >> OKAY. >> AND THAT'LL BE VERY IMPORTANT. >> AND ACTUALLY THAT WAS SOMETHING TH WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR TOUR AS WELL I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS BODY TO GET A LITTLE BUT MORE CLARITY BECAUSE I HEARD SOME CONFUSION RAISING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE FAST TEAM IN TERMS OF STAFFING, SO I KNOW T
BUDGET ANDMENT EARMARKED JUST UNDER $2 MILLION FOR AND THIS IS WITHIN MONOPOLY'S EXISTING BUDGE -- MPD'S EXISTING BUDGET TO SUPPORT THE USAGE OF INVESTIGATORS AND I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHALLENGES WITH HOW TO BRING IN THE SEASONED INVESTIGATORS THAT YOU ALL NEED IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE
WORK. BUT I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH THE CREATIVE WAYS IN WHICH YOU'VE BROUGHT IN JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS TO HELP FULFILL THE GAPS AND AT LEAST DURING THE TOUR, I WAS INFORMED THATT SOM OF THESE FOLKS WERE DOING IT IN THEIR VOLUNTEER CAPACITY. SO CAN YOU JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF LIKE THE
COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM OF YOU KNOW, PAID PERSONNEL TO THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM OTHER AGENCIES IN A VOLUNTARY CAPACITY.? >> SO WE PAY MINNEAPOLIS DETECTIVES. EVERYONE ELSE WE'RE
NOT PAYING THE BCA, WE'RE NOT PAYING RAMSEY COUNTY. WE'RE NOT PAYING METRO TRANSIT. WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM CARS. WE'RE FOUGHT GIVING THEM ANYTHING EXCEPT -- NOT GIVING THEM ANYTHING EXCEPT ACCESS TO OUR REPORTS, OUR RESOURCES. SO IF THEY GET CALLED IN ON THEIR OVERTIME,
THAT'S ON THEIR CITY. WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THIS IS THAT ONLY TO DATE ONLY ABOUT 47 WE'LL CALL IT 50% OF OUR SHOOTING VICTIMS ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY. THAT MEANS HALF OF OUR SHOOTING VICTIMS LIVE IN BROOKLYN PARK, BROORK LN
CENTER, YOU NAME THE CITY, THAT'S WHERE THEY LIVE. THAT'S WHY THERE'S THIS BUY IN FROM YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY BLOOMINGTON. ONE OF OUR FIRST SHOOTING CASES ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS FROM BLOOMINGTON AND THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOUSE IN BLOOMINGTON. COMING TO THE CITY TO DO VIOLENT CRIME. SO WE'RE
NOT PAYING ANYTHING EXCEPT THE SEVEN OFFICERS AND THE LIEUTENANT. >> THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT. SO FOR THE MPD OR CITY SIDE WE HAVE EIGHT DEDICATED STAFFING TOWARDS THIS, AND EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT IN THEIR VOLUNTARY CAPACITY. I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. AGAIN, HOW YOU'VE NAVIGATED SOME OF THE
STAFFING CHALLENGES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THAT SEASONED EXPERTISE WE NEED. AND ALSO JUST FOR CLEARWATER CLARITY WITH THE SEVEN DEDICATED STAFF THEY ARE BASICALLY DOING CITYWIDE WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING THESE -- THE CASES THAT YOU ALL ARE, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING, THE NON-FATAL, THIS IS HAPPENING FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE I THINK
THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERNS AROUND IS THIS REMOVING RESOURCES FROM ONE AREA FOR ANOTHER. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING CITYWIDE SHOOTINGS, CORRECT? >> 100%. >> ONE THING, COUILMEMBER, THE
SINCE WE STARTED FAST, AND I BELIEVE WE TOLD YOU THIS WHEN WE MET WITH YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND IT'S GOTTENETTER SINCE EVEN, IS HOMICIDE NOW HAS TIME TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE CASES FROM LAST YEA AND YOU KNOW
THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING HOMICIDE AND SHOOT -- YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FAST TEAM IS DOING NOW. AND SO IT'S GIVEN THEM MORE TIME TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE CASES, AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO SOMEMOTORS
SOME MOTHERS AT SCENES, AT THE HOSPITAL FOR OUR VICTIMS OF SHOOTINGS, THE NON-FATAL SHOONGS, AND THEY JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH HAVING AN OFFICER, AN INVESTIGATOR COME, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TIME A NIGHT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND
IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. >> NO, I LOVE THAT, AND THIS MIGHT BE RAISED IN THE QUARTERLY REPORT THAT MPD'S PRESENTING, BUT I THINK THEY DID THIS PREVIOUSLY OF YOU HIGHLIGHTING AGAIN, AND YOU SAID THIS IN THE, THIS HAS BEEN OR UPLIFTED IN THE
MODEL ITSELF AS YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED WHEN YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS AND I FORGET THE STAFF MEMBER WHO FRAMED IT, EVERY NON-FATAL SHOOTING SHOULD BE TREATED AS ATTEMPTED MURDER. ESSENTIALLY. THAT'S ONE WHERE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AT THAT TIME BUT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN. AND THE
WAYHAT YOU ALL HAVE RESTRUCTURED YOURAY UNDER THIS SK FORCE TO TREAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AS IF THEY WERE A HOMICIDE, AND THEN DOING THAT ALONGSIDE YOUR HOMICIDE DIVISION WITH THEM BEING LOCATED NEXT TO U ALL AND THEN SEEING THE CASE CLOSURE RATES SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FOR OUR HOMICIDE
DIVISION AS WELL LIKE AGAIN I'M JUST VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THIS IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND I'M LOOK FOGGER WITHERED TO WHAT THE DATA -- LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE DATA SHOWS. YOU'RE AROUND 40% OF CASE CLOSURE AND THAT'S A QUALITATIVE MARKER OF PROGRESS
THAT WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE TRACKING AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE ANECDOTAL EXAMPLES TOO OF YOU KNOW HAVING INVESTIGATORS BE ON THE SCENE IMMEDIATELY HOW PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PRESENCE WHEN THEY'RE EXPERIENCINGNE OF THE WORST MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES. LIKE, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MORE
OF THE PROGRESS COME FORWARD IN THE REPORTING ON THAT TO THIS BODY SO THANK YOU ALL. >> YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> YES, THANK YOU. IT'S TIMELY AND UNFORTUNATE TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION NOW AFTER A
WEEKEND OF A LOT OF MASS SHOOTINGS OR A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING SHOT IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S CLEAR I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE INSPECTORS IN PRECINCT 5 AND PRECINCT 3, MY WARD BORDERS THE TWO, AND THEM TALKING ABOUT THAT
THEY'VE SEEN REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT CRIMES IN THOSE PRECINCTS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, UNTIL THERE ARE ZERO SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY, WE WON'T BE SATISFIED AND I KNOW YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED UNTIL THERE ARE ZERO SHOOTINGS AS WELL. SO I KNOW WHAT'S NEEDED IN SOME REGARDS WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY
AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. WE NEED GUN CONTROL ABSOLUTELY. WE NEED MORE RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU IS WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US AS A COUNCIL IN ORDER TO ADVANCE YOUR WORK HERE IN THE
CITY WITHOUT YOU KNOW GETTING OUTSIDE HELP? >> I MEAN, NO DOUBT WE NEED MORE INVESTIGATORS. THIS WAS, THIS WEEKEND WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE. WE ARE, WE'RE UNDER WATER FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND, BUT YOU KNOW BLOOMINGTON HAS THREE DETECTIVES. THEY'RE ALL FANTASTIC. BUT THEY' LEAVING.
THEY'RE GOING BACK TO BLOOMINGTON. THEY WERE -- CHIEF HODGES IN BLOOMINGTON WAS ONLY ABLE TO DID DEDICATE STAFF FOR THE SUMMER. MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOME OF THE OFFICERS ARE GOING BACK INTO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, SO THAT'S WHERE HE GAVE THEM TO US FOR THE SUMMER. SO COME, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO
BE DOWN THREE. WE NEED MORE BODIES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR BIG ASK RIGHT NOW. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT COMES FROM STAFFING. DEPARTMENT-WIDE. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP TO YOU KNOW HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION MOVING
FORWARD. >> ARE YOU THE ONES HANDLING THE STAFFING LEVEL OF YOUR TEAM AND LIKE LOOKING OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT BARRIERS ARE YOU SEEING TO GETTING ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATORS? >> WELL, THE BIGGEST BARRIER IS THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS, AND YOU KNOW IN THE STREET THAT YOU KNOW
ARE NEEDED FOR ORT DUTIES ALSO, BUT -- OTHER DUTIES ALSO, BUT WE KEEP CHIPPING AWAY AT IT, YOU KNOW, AND OFFERS COME UP TO US AN EXPRESS INTEREST IN JOINING FAST, AND SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF, OF THE NUMBER OF OFFICERSRIGHT NOW. >> AND I THINK MINNEAPOLIS IS NN AGENCIES. WHEN WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING FAST, WE LIKE WENT AROUND LIKE DOOR TO DOOR SALESMEN KIND OF ASKING PEOPLEOR WILL YOU HELP US BUT
ALSO WILL YOU SEND INVESTIGATORS TO US TO GET EXPERIENCE, BLOOMINGTON DOESN'T HAVE 260 SHOOTINGS A YEAR. THEY HAVE A COUPLE. BLOOMINGTON HASN'T HAD A SHOOTING NACOUPLE YEARS. YOU KNOW, MINNEAPIS STANDS ON THIS UNTAIN OF VIOLENT CRIME COMPARED TO ANY OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTY. BROOKLYN PARK, ARGUABLY THE MOST VIOLENT CITY
BESIDES US, I THINK IN 2024, THEY HAD 16 SHOOTINGS. WE HAD 260. THAT'S THE CLOSEST NUMBER. SO BY OTHER AGENCIES SENDING US THEIR HELP, THEY GET SOME VIOLENT CRIME EXPERIENCE. SO WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN IN THEIR CITY THEY KNO EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. SO THE, ONE OF THE BARRIERS IN GETTING MORE HEL FROM
OUTSIDE RESOURCES IS EVERYONE'S IN A STAFFING CRISIS. PEOPLE, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AREN'T FULLY STAFFED WHERE THEY CAN JUST GIVE SOMEONE AT THIS POINT IN TIME BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING AND WE'RE STILL KNOCKING ON DOORS IF YOU WILL SAYING YOU KNOW, LET'S WORK TOGETHER ON
THIS. >>> HI, I JUST WANTED TOED A SOMETHING TO THIS. I DON'T THINK YOU ALL -- TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SHARE THIS PIE BUT SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT IS ALSO LOOKING AT THE UPCOMING BARGAINING CONTRACT FOR THE POLICE FEDERATION. I MEAN, YOU HINTED THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF HOW WE
HAVE TO ALLOCATE OUR CURRENT MPD STAFFING. ALLUDED TO 70/30 OF WHO CAN BE O, YOU KNOW, DOING PATROL VERSUS OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEADERSHIP NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK THERE HAS BEEN LONG DISCUSSIONS OF HOW WE CAN BE IN
GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE POLICE FEDERATION TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE STAFF TO DEDICATE TOWARDS INVESTIGATIONS BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO BE AT A CERTAIN RANK, DETECTIVE RANK NIN ORDER TO DO THAT. SO I THINK OUR CONTRACT WILL BE A GOOD PLACE TO HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW WITH VICE CHAIR WHITING AND COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, CHAIR OF THE ENTERPRISE LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE, THEY'RE HAVING THESE REGULAR CHECK-INS ABOUT THE CONTRACT, AND I WOULD INVITE COLLABORATION ON LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN REALLY STRENGTHEN SOME
PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT THAT FLEXIBILITY SO WE CAN HAVE MORE DEDICATED INTERNALLY STAFF FOR INVESTIGATIONS. >> YOU PREEMPTED WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT LATERAL HIRES WHETHER THAT IS A BARRIER OR
NOT. AND WHAT WE COULD DO THERE AS WELL AS IF CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. AND I KNOW UNDER THE CONTRACT, BOTH LATERAL HIRES AND CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS ARE PROHIBITED IN SOME WAYS AND LIMITED IN OTHER WAYS. SOEI WAS CURIOUS TO, IF I WOULD HEAR THAT FROM YOU. BUT
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING AT. SO THANK YOU FOR PREEMPTING THAT. >> JUST TO FOLLOW-UP, BOTH COUNCILMEMBERS, OUR NEW DEPUTY CHIEF CHARLIE ADAMS HAS HELPED
US WITH BARRIERS THAT WE MIGHT ENCOUNTER AS FAR AS GETTING THINGS THAT WE NEED. AND JUST VING SOMEBODY AT THE TOP THAT UNDERSTANDS INVESTIGATIONS, HE AND I WORKED HOMICIDE YOU KNOW 20 YEARS AGO TOGETR, AND HE
LEARNED A LOT FROM ME THEN. [LAUGHTER] AND HE'S BUT HE'S A GREAT DEPUTY CHIEF. SO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. AND
AGAIN, AND I WILL DO THIS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON OUR FAST TEAM. AGAIN, JUST DEEPLY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY FOR THIS INVESTMENT INTO AN AREA THAT I THINK IS DEEPLY IMPORTANT AND I
THINK MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CAN BE DOING IN ITS POLICING WORK RIGHT NOW, AND MIRE NEXT COMMENTS PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS AS ANY DISRESPECT TO YOU BOTH AND YOU ARE TEAMS
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS MEANT OR INTENDED. WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NON-FATAL CLEARANCE RATE OF 41.2%, I DON'T THINK ANY VERSION OF 58% NONCLOSURE OF THESE THINGS GOING UNSOLVED ARE
DECENT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE WAY YOU MEANT IT, AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HOW IMPORTANT YOU SEE THIS WORK. BUT AS I THINK OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED, THAT IS 148 VICTIMS
THATTER AND THEIR -- AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT HAVE ZERO SENSE OF CLOSURE AND JUSTICE. ZERO. AND SO WHATEVER IT IS TO KIND OF TO COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON'S POINT, HOWEVER WE CAN BE HELPFUL TO WHATEVER IT IS YOU ARE DOING, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. I
KNOW ALL OF US ON THIS BODY WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO FIGURE OUT THOSE RESOURCES THAT WILL DO THAT. BECAUSE UNTIL WE SEE SOME LEVEL OF THIS THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY EVEN NONEXISTENT. I KNOW THAT IS HARD. BUT TO APPOINT WHERE I THINK HALF, MORE
THAN HALF OF OUR SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY ARE GOING UNSOLVED. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT IS NOT JUST 148 VICTIMS. THAT IS THE, THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY, THEIR FRIENDS, AND ALL OF THEIR LOVED ONES THAT ALSO DO NOT -- AND
ACCOUNTABILITY THAT IS DESERVED IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. AND SO THANK YOU TO YOU ALL AND YOUR TEAM THAT IS DOING THIS. AGAIN, LIKE HOWEVER WE CAN BE HELPFUL WHETHER THAT'S BOTH WITHIN MPD AND THE RESOURCES THAT YOU ALL NEED, OR OTHER STRATEGIES THAT YOU HAVE SEEN TO WORK WHETHER
THAT'S IN ST. PAUL OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TAP US IN BECAUSE YOU HAVE A WILLING PARTICIPANTS IN THAT WORK. SO SORRY THAT MY FRUSTRATIONS ARE COMING OUT AT YOU ALL. >> IF I CAN. >> PLEASE WE'RE 100% WITH YOU AND WHEN I SAY OUR CLEARANCE RATE OF 41% IS DECENT, THAT'S
COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGE. FOR OUR CITIES OUR SIZE. I DON'T THINK IT'S DECENT UNLESS THEY'RE ALL SOLVED. THATTS' OUR GOAL. WE WANT TO BE AT 100%. THAT'S NOT REALISTIC.
CLEARANCE RATE FOR HOMICIDES A GOING TO BE 85%, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE SATISFIED UNTIL IT'S 100%. >> THANK YOU. >> YEA THAT'S RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT AND THANK YOU SECOND -- COME ON, Z, YOU TALKING ABOUT CHARLIE LIKE THAT. YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN BIG TROUBLE.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COMMANDER. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM BECAUSE I HAVE A HISTORY OFTALKM YOU ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR ON
THE NORTH SIDE. YOU BOTH KNOW I'VE COME TO YOU WITH QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, FAMILY MEMBERS WALKING UP TO ME AT SPORTING EVENTS AT THE STORE WHEREVER AND ASKING ABOUT PROGRESS IN THEIR FAMILY'S JUSTICE. AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE TWO OF
YOU BEING HERE AND BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM, BUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE HAD THOUGH WAS HOW WAS THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS DETERMINED LIKE HOW DID WE GET TO WE NEED SEVEN AND WHAT IS LIKE THE DESIRABLE NUMBER FOR
MPD OFFICERS AS A PART OF THIS TEAM? >> SO WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THE FRAMEWORK FOR THIS, WE WENT BASED ON I GUESS FULL DISCLOSURE, I MET WITH ST. PAUL. WE, THEY HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL TEAM, AND THEY TOLD ME THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS THEY HAD,
THE NUMBER OF DETECTIVES THEY HAD, AND SAID WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. THEY HAD THIS IS JUST FROM MEMORY SO DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS. SOMETNG LIKE 100 SHOOTINGS A YEAR, AND MAYBE LIKE TEN DETECTIVES. AND THEY SAID WE COULD DEFINITELY USE ONE MORE AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLE THEIR SHTINGS, SO WE NEED, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR FRAMEWORK NUMBER WAS 16 ACWH -- 16 ACTUAL DETECTIVES. THAT'S WHE WE BUILT IT. BASED ON NATIONAL MODEL CASE LOADS, WE CAN'T HAVE
ONE DETECTIVE WITH 30 CASES A YEAR. THAT'S TOO MUCH. SO WE USED OUR DATA FROM THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS ON HOW MANY SHOOTINGS WE HAVE DIVIDED BY BEST PRACTICES. WE WANT OUR DETECTIVES TO HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 CASES. SAME
THING FOR HOMICIDE. THESE ARE IN A SENSE THE SAME UNITS, SOETHAT'S HOW WE BASE THE MODEL, AND THAT'S OUR DESIRED GOAL. NAPERFECT WORLD, 16 DETECTIVES. >> IN A PERFECT WORLD, 16 DETECTIVES. OKAY.
>> AND WE BUILT THAT NUMBER -- WE KNEW WE DN'T HAVE 16 MINNEAPOLIS DETECTIVES SO WE SAID WHAT CAN WE GET FROM MINNEAPOLIS IN OUR PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, AND THE NUMBER WAS SEVEN THAT THEY WOULD GIVE, SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COME UP WITH AIFFERENCE AND THAT WAS DOOR KNOCKING. >> WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
>> YEAH, AND OKAY. SO THE DOOR KNOCKING FROM THE OTHER AGENCIES IS GOOD, BUT I THINK LIKE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION ON THIS COUNCIL IS THAT THE SEVEN NUMBER WERE OFFICERS WHO WERE A PART OF A PRECINCT, AND WE'RE TAKING OUT OF THE PRECINCT, AND PUT INTO THIS TEAM. SO FOR
INSTANCE, THE FOURTH PRECINCT LOST TWO OFFICERS TO THE FAST TEAM. SO I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT TWO BODIES ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE OFHINGS ARE OFF THE STREETS AND ARE ON THIS TEAM. >> YEAH. >> AND SO THE OFFICER WHOSE BUILT UP THIS TEAM WERE OFFICERS
WHO WERE PRIMARILY TAKEN OUT OF PRECINCTS AND PUT ON THE TEAM. >> YEAH. NO, THAT'S TRUE. COUNCILMEMBER, EACH OF THE PRECINCTS CONTRIBUTED, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO OFFICERS. AND I KNOW
IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR INSPECTOR ADAMS AT THE TIME TO GIVE UP TWO OFFICERS TO THE FAST TEAM, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT I EXPLAINED TO INSPECTOR ADAMS IS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING SHOOTINGS
THAT HAPPENED, AND WHETHER IT'S A NORTH SIDE OR SOUTH SIDE, AND YOU KNOW, ONCE MORE OFFICERS ARE ON THE JOB, HOPE FAILING THOSE POSITIONS CAN BE -- HOPEFULLY THOSE POSITIONS CAN BE FILLED
BUT YOU KNOW WE NEEDED TO GET EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, AND FOURTH PCINCT CERT TEAM IS ONE OF THE BEST, YOUNOW, IN THE CITY. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO ALL THE PRECINCTS AND GOT
INVESTIGORS. >> AND ONE THING YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS IF YOU'RE ALL NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAMS CERT, THERE ARE A COUPLE IN THE CITY, THOSE ARE LIKE YOU KNOW THE FUNNEL TO INVESTIGATIONS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE A UNIT THAT'S A MIX OF PATR AND INVESTIGATORS SO IN A
SENSE, OUT OF THE SEVEN INVESTIGATORS, WE ONLY TOOK TWO THAT WERE 911 RESPONSE SO ONLY TWO OFFICERS OFF THE STREET IF YOU WILL, THE REST CAME FROM THE DOWNTOWN CRT TEAM, THE NORTH
SIDE CRT TEAM SO WE ONLY TOOK TWO 911 RESPONDERS HERE AND THAT IN A WAY WAS BENEFICIAL LIKE Z SAID AND NOW THESE UNITS, THE CRT TEAMS HAVE BACKFILLED THEIR UNITS TO GIVE OTHER PEOPLE MORE EXPERIENCE.
>> NO, AND I, I, I UERSTAND THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE AND WHERE I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS IS THAT THE, I FOLLOWED THE DRAFT OF NEW OFFICERS, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, A COISTENT NUMBER THAT COMES INTO THE FOURTH PRECINCT AND SO
WHEN THE FOURTH PRECINCT LOSES TWO OFFICERS THEN THAT TAKES OFFICERS OFF THE STREETS. WE DON'T HOW MANY OFFICERS WE'RE GOING TO GET IN THE NEXT DRAFT. SO HOWEVER LONG THOSE OFFICERS ARE AWAY AND UNTIL WE GET A CONSISTENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR
TECHNOLOGY OR SOMETHING TO HELP US, THERE IS ALWAYS A LOSS IN THE FOURTH PRECINCT AND YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, THE FOURTH PRECINCT HAS THE HIGHEST, IS THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH PRECINCTAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OFS OF THESE CRIMES AND FATALITIES, WHICH
MEAN THAT YOU KNOW YES, THERE'S HELP FROM THE OTHER END, BUT ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE, ON THE SIDE OF THE FOLKS WHO KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREETS, IF WE KEEP TAKING CONSTAN CONSTANT LOSSES LIKE THAT, LIEUTENANT SCHROEDER YOU WORKED
IN THE FOURTH PRECINCT FOR A VERY LONG TIME SO YOU KNOW HOW IT IS ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY IN THE FIRST PRECINCT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE CONSISTENT REPRESENTATION LIKE OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND TAKING LOSSES NOT ONLY FROM TASK
FORCE OR FROM DRAFTS IS A HUGE HIT TO COMMUNITY THAT IS DEALING WITH A LOT OF PROBLEMS. >> YH. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EITHER ONE
OF YOU. WHEN COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN TROY CAME OVER TO TELL US ABOUT THE SUCCESS OFHE FAST TEAM ACROSS THE RIVER, HE SAID HE ADMITTED THAT HE HAD A, ADMIT THEY WERE WRONG IN HOW THEY DEALT WITH THE ST. PAUL POLICE AND THEYAD TO RETHINK THAT
EFFORT SO THEY COULD HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP. I'M WONDERING HOWS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY? HAS THAT CHANGED WITH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY 'S OFFICE? >> I CAN TELL YOU WE WORK AND SPEAK TO AND MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
EVERY SINGLE DAY. OUR RELATIONSHIP ONHE LINE LEVEL IS GREAT. WHAT HAPPENS UP ABOVE US AND BELOW US, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, DOESN'T AFFECT US. WE THE WORKING GUYS THAT ARE PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL AND SUBMITTING CHARGES, HAVE ABSOLUTELY GREAT RELATIONSHIP. >> YEAH. WITH THE CHARGING
ATTORNEYS, THE ACTUAL ATTORNEYS THAT GO TO COURT? GREAT RELATIONSHIP. AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD WITH US. YEAH. WE DON'T DEAL WITH THE POLITICS UP THERE. >> RIGHT AND I'M NOT ASKING
ABOUT THE POLITICS. I JUST WANT TO SAY ARE THE CASES GETTING CHARGED. >> YEAH. >> THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS ALWAYS, AND IT'S A CONVERSION, BUT -- >> I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. >> IT'S A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. >> YEAH. THANYOU. >>> MINORITY LEADER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND
ACTUALLY THANKS FOR THE REMINDER OF LIKE CHAIR CHAVEZ LAST TERM IT WAS UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN JOHN CHOI AND PARTNERS FROM FORGETTING THE MINNESOTA
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THIS MODEL AND IN MANY WAYS THEY FRAME THIS AS PREVENTIVE. I DON'T OFTEN SEE 911 OR PATROL OFFICERS ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE. THEY ARE ON THE DEFENSE SIDE. BEING ABLE TO CATCH CULPRITS MORE QUICKLY
BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO COMMIT ANOTHER SHOOTING. AND I WOULD SAY THE WAY THAT YOU'VE MADE UP THIS TEAM IS VERY COGNIZANT WITH YOU SAYING YOU ONLY PULLED TWO OFFICERS OFF THE STREETS OUT OF THE SEVEN THAT'S DEDICATED ON THE MPD SIDE AND NOTING ON SLIDE
5, LIKE, HOW EXPLICIT YOU NAME IN PRECINCT FOUR, AND ALSO WHAT IS THE NEXT HIGHEST PRECINCT THREE, HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF SHOOTINGS. AND I CAN IMAGINES THAT AGAIN, THE INVESTIGATORS ARE DEDICATED ON OUR SIDE. THEY ARE SPENDING A BULK OF THEIR TIME ALSO RESPONDING TO THESE
INCIDENTS AS HAPPENING IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS WHERE PRECINCT 3 IS TO REMOVE PERPETRATORS OFF THE STREETS. AND ALSO JUST FOR CLARITY OF LIKE CASE CLOSURES, YOU CAN'T CLOSE THE CASE UNTIL THERE IS A PROSECUTION. SO THERE IS THE
WHOLE FULL CIRCLE OF, YOU KNOW, FROM THE START OF THE TRAGEDY HAPPENS TO THE CLOSURE IS BEING THAT SOMEONE IS INDICTED ON CHARGES AND ARE RECEIVING JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THAT DOES HAVE TO HAPPEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS, WHICH AGAIN YOU ALL AND EVEN JOHN, COUNTY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOHN CHOI NAMED THAT OF LIKE THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP MODEL. YOU CANNOT DO THIS IN ISOLATION, SO IT'S GREATS TO SEE YOU ALL ARE LANGERING IN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND BEING VERY EXPLICIT IN THE
NEEDS THAT YOUAVE ABOUT NEEDING FOR ADDITIONAL BODIES IN TERMS OF INVESTIGATORS AND THAT IS WHAT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD ESSENTIALLY REFLECTED THAT EXPERTISE IS GIVING YOU ALL THAT DESIGNATED POOL OF INVESTIGATORS THAT IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE TO JUST CORRAL BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE
THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE BACKLOG AS COUNCILMEMBER WHITING HIGHLIGHTED. THE 100-PLUS FAMILIES WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE REFLECTED IN THAT CASE CLOSURE IS ONE FAMILY THAT DOES NOT HAVE CLOSURE THAT DID NEVER SEE FORMAL OR TRADITIONAL JUSTICE. SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT
CLARITY AND ALSO AGAIN THANK YOU, COUNCILMEER CHAVEZ, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HAVING US BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS PLACE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODEL BECAUSE THERE WERE NAYSAYERS THEN BEING LIKE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS. THAT'S ST. PAUL'S THING. WE CAN'T DO THAT HERE. AND IT'S LIKE WE ARE
DOING IT HERE. AND THAT'S ALL -- AND WE HAVE PEOPLE READY AND WILLING WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD THE POLITICAL WILL OF THIS BODY TO MOVE THE MONEY WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SAY NO WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THIS. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT THAT WE CAN SEE HOWEVER MANY DOZEN FAMILIES REPRESENTED IN THAT 41%
CASE CLOSURE WHO ARE RECEIVING JUSTICE AND THEN MOVING FORWARD TO GET GET TO THE 100% SO THAT WE KNOW SHOOTINGS ARE NOT BECOMING NORMALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THUS GUN VIOLENCE. SO I'M SORATEFUL TO BE LIKE OH, A YEAR LATER WE'RE APPROVING WE CAN DO THE GREAT
THINGS TT ST. PAUL. ST. PAUL IS NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT CAN HAVE NICE THINGS. >> AND IN A YEAR OR TWO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN LEARN FROM US. >> [LAUGHTER] >> YEAH, I THINK THAT ONE, JUST THANK YOUOR THIS PRESEATION. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. AND EVEN,R
AGO, I REMEMBER THAT PARTICULARLY WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, WE BROUGHT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO SPEAK AND FROM T COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT AT LEAST OFFICIALLY THROUGH A PUBLIC MEETING THE CLEARANCE
RATES WITHIN OUR PICE DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS ALARMING FOR US ON CIT COUNCIL WHEN CASES WERE NOT SUBMITTED TH FOR CHARGING. YOU CAN'T BLAME
THE COUNTY IF YOU DON'T H SUBMIT CASES TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THAT'S NOT HOW MATH RKS. SO THAT IS AN ISSUE IF THERE IS GUN VIOLENCE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY AND WE AR NOT EVEN SUBMITTING CHARGES, TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, HOW ARE YOU SUOSED TO PROSECUTE GUN VIOLENCE IF YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUBMITTING IT? SO I THINK THAT WAS A B RED FLAG THAT WE HAD
IN CMITTEE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND AGAIN WANT TO THANK -- WONSLEY SHE WAS VERY RELENTLESS IN AT LEAST SAYING THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN, WE LEARNED FRO EXPERTS, WE LEARNED FROM -- COUNT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT HAPPENED AND NOW THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE TIME BEFORE THISAPPENED WAS THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ST. PAUL. WE SHOULD NOT BE LEARNING FROM EXPERTS THAT HAVE SUCCESS WITH THIS KIND OF PROGRAM SINCE TO ME I THINK IT'S -- THIS IS SHOWING OTHERWISE THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHER CITIES TOURB GUN
VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY AND INVESTIGATE THINGS MUCH BETTER. I WANT TO ADD MORE CONTEXTBECAUR WHITING'S CONCERNS WE DO NEED TO IMPROVE OUR CLEARANCE RATES. THATT IS A MAJOR RED FLAG, BECAUSE IT WAS EVEN WORSE BACK THEN AND I THINK THIS IS STRATEGY IS ONE THING THAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN A LOT MORE OF BEHIND THESE CLEARANCE RATES BECAUSE BEHIND THESE CLEARANCE RATES AREAMILIES AND LOVED ONES THAT HE HAD NOT HAD JUSTICE IN AT THESE CASES SO I AT LEAST WANTED TO ADD MORE DETAIL. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON QUEUE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING A REPORT RELATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL TASK FORCES. WELCOME.
COMMANDER BROWN. WELCOME.
>> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBERS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I AM COMMANDER CHRIS BROWN. I AM THE COMMANDER OF THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND FINANCE FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. WITH ME TODAY IS CSO REESE. CSO
REESE IS GOING TO ASSIST IN WHAT I CANNOT DO, WHICH ST. TALK -- IS TALK AND PUSH BUTTONS AT THE SAME TIME. SO I WILL DIRECT QUESTIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AND I'LL BE OPEN TO QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THE END. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> SO QUESTION NUMBER 1, THE
FULL TEXT OF ANY AGREEMENT OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN MPD AND FEDERAL AGENCIES RELATED TO HSTFs SO THAT'S HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE, I'LL BE INTERCHANGING THE HSTFs AND HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE THROUGHOUT MY SPEAKING HERE, SO INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO THE OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FOR 63 OFFICERS WHICH WAS SIGNED BY CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA IN THE FBI INVESTIGATIONS. SPECIFIC QUESTION OUTLINED INCLUDE THE DATE OF EACH AGREEMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED IN THE NAME AND THE TITLE OF ALL CITY OFFICIALS WHO REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE AGREEMENT PRIOR TO SIGNING. SO
THE FULL TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT CAN BE FOUND IN THE LIMS FILE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL, AND THE AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED ON JANUARY 23rd, 2026. THE MPD SIGNATURES WAS FORMER CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA. COMMANDER ERIC FORCE WHO IS NOW RETIRED WITH
INVESTIGATIONS, AND INVESTIGATIVE LIEUTENANT STEVE HERRIN. SECOND QUESTION. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MPD OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO HSTF RELATED DUTIES, THE DURATIONS OF THEIR ASSIGNMENTS, AND WHETHER THE SCHEDULED END DATE EXISTS FOR
THE COLLABORATION. SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIONS OR ENFORCEMENT CATEGORIES OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO. SO I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT TO THIS. SO HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE, HSFT ARE FEDERAL
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS. THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2025 TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THREATS INVOLVING TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. HUMAN SMUGGLING, NETWORKS, CARTEL RELATED ACTIVITY, WEAPONS TRAFFICKING, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND OTHER CROSS-BORDER CRIMINAL
ACTIVITIES. THE TASK FORCE WAS STRUCTURED AS COORDINATED MULTIAGENCY OPERATIONS INVOLVING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND RELY ON INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN INVESTIGATIONS AND REGIONAL ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION. HSTFs ARE GENERALLY LED BY
FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING COMPONENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, SUCH AS HSI AS WELL AS DEPARTMENTS OF JUSTICE WHICH INCLUDES THE FBI. BASED ON PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, PARTICIPATION IN THE HSTF RELATED ACTIVITY MAY BE, MAY INCLUDE INVESTIGATIONS
INVOLVING ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES, WEAPONS TRAFFICKING, FINANCIAL CRIMES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. ANY PARTICIPATION BY THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE LIMITED TO LAWFUL PUBLIC SAFETY OR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FUNCTIONS, CONDUCTED THAT WHICH
ARE CONSISTENT WITH MPD'S AUTHORITIES, CITY POLICY, AND ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND ORDINANCES. SO IN THE LIMS FILE THAT WE PROVIDED, THERE IS A PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS DATED JUNE 30th, 2026, THAT RELATES
TO THE SPECIFIC TASK FORCE THAT LED TO THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BUT MORE ABOUT THAT AFTER THE QUESTIONS HERE. SO SPECIFIC MPD HSTF INVESTIGATIONS, SOME OF THE MORE RECENT ONES INCLUDE
THERE WAS A LOWE'S GANG INVESTIGATION, A RICO CASE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS. RACKETEERED INFLUENCE AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT. THERE WAS A FAMILY MOB CASE OUT OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS THAT WAS FOR DRUG CONSPIRACY, GUNS, AND VIOLENCE,
AS WELL AS A G BLOCK AND -- BOY GANG CASE OUT OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. THAT WAS FOR DRUG CONSPIRACY. BOTH OF THOSE SPECIFIC CASES WERE THE ONES IN RELATION TO THE JANUARY 22nd MOU WITH THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE. ADDITIONAL CASES
RECENTLY, THERE'S A FIREARMS POSSESSION CASE OUT OF 19th AND NICOLLET AVENUE SOUTH. FIREARMS POSSESSION CASE WHICH WAS RELATED TO A ST. PAUL SHOOTING AS WELL AS A CARJACKING INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT 19th AND NICOLLET SOUTH. THE NEXT
PART OF THIS QUESTION, DESCRIBE THE CHAIN OF COMMAND GOVERNING OFFICERS WHILE ON HSTF DUTIES. SPECIFICALLY WHETHER OFFICERS REPORT TO MPD COMMAND OR TO A FEDERAL AGENCY SUPERVISOR. SO MINNEAPOLIS POLICE MEMBERS WHILE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HSTF
DO NOT RECEIVE ORDERS OR REPORT TO ANY FEDERAL AGENCY SUPERVISOR. MINNEAPOLIS MEMBERS FOLLOW THE NORMAL MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHAIN OF COMMAND WHILE THEY'RE ASSISTING IN THESE CAPACITIES, SO IN THIS WAY, YOU WOULD HAVE AN OFFICER WOULD REPORT TO A SERGEANT, SERGEANT TO LIEUTENANT, COMMANDER TO DEPUTY CHIEF, ASSISTANT CHIEF
ALL THE WAY UP TO CHIEF SO THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM WOULD BE THE HIGHER IN CHAIN OF COMMAND. SO THE NEXT HALF OF THE QUESTION WAS CONFORM WHETHER MPD POLICY INCLUDING BUT NAWMENT LIMITED TO MPD POLICY
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THE MDHR SETTLEMENT OR RETENTION POLICIES APPLY IN FULL TO OFFICERS WHILE ASSIGNED TO HSFPs. SO OFFICERS IN CASE IT COMES OUT IN MY -- IN MY TALK HERE, SO
TFOs, WHICH IS A TASK FORCE OFFICER, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ASSIGNED TO THESE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCES, SO THEY WOULD BE, AND THOSE PEOPLE ALL MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT SO INCLUDING TFOs WHEN THEY ARE HERE, THEY ARE MEMBERS AND THEY MUST ABIDE BY ALL CITY ORDINANCESES,
POLICIES, AND DATA RETENTION POLICIES REGARDLESS OF WHAT CAPACITY THEY'RE ASSISTING WITH ANOTHER AGENCY. I CAN GIVE AN EXAMPLE. THERE WAS QUITE AWHILE EGO WHEN MINNEAPOLIS FIRST GOT OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS WE HAD, WE WERE KIND OF LEADING THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT NETWORK WITH GETTING THAT POLICIES, AND THERE WERE SOME AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAD WITH OTHER AGENCIES, AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE HAD TO PAUSE SOME OF THOSE AGREEMENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T COMPROMISE OUR POLICIES FOR ASSISTING IN ANY ONE OF
THOSE CAPACITIES. THIRD QUESTION, HOW IS THE CITY MONITORING AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS SEPARATION ORDINANCE FOR MPD OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO HSTF DUTIES, INCLUDING WHAT DOCUMENTATION OR REPORTING MECHANISMS ARE IN PLACE.
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY WHO AT MPD OR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING COMPLIANCE MONDERING. SO ALL MINNEAPOLIS POLICE MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE CITY'S SEPARATION ORDINANCE TRAINLING AS WELL AS TRAINING WITHIN OUR MINNEAPOLIS PL
POLICE DEPARTMENT, GOING OVER THOSE POLICIES SPECIFICALLY. IN MATTERS INVOLVING JOINT INVESTIGATIONS WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS, REGULAR CHECK-INS DO OCCUR WITH THE LEAD MPD INVESTIGATOR ASSIGNED TO THE COLLABORATIVE FBI, HSI, AND MPD NNARCOTICS INVESTIGATION TO
ENSURE THAT ONGOING COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE POLICIES AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS SO THERE IS ONGOING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MPD'S SUPERVISORS AND THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO ASSIST ON THE HSTFs. HSTF CURRENTLY ONLY HAS ONE MEMBER, ONE TFO
THAT'S ASSIGNED TO HSTF, AND THAT'S A LIEUTENANT. ASSIGNED TO THE TASK FORCE AND HE OPERATES UNDER MINNEAPOLIS CITY ORDINANCES AND MPUD POLICIES WHILE WORKING IN THAT CAPACITY. HIS DIRECT SUPERVISOR THE COMMANDER OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS
DIVISION. SO ONCE AGAIN, ALL MINNEAPOLIS POLICE MEMBERS THAT ASSIST IN THE CAPACITY IN ANY CAPACITY ON HSTFs FOLLOW ALL CITY ORDINANCES AND POLICIES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST IN ANY OF THESE AGENCIES IF THEY
DIDN'T FIRST WEAR THE BADGE OF MPD. QUESTION NUMBER 4, DATA ON THE OPERATION IMPACT OF ASSIGNING OFFICERS TO H STF DUTIES ON MPD'S CORE PATROL AND INVESTIGATION FUNCTIONS, SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY WHICH PRECINCTS OR UNITS THE 63
OFFICERS WERE DRAWN FROM, AND DURING WHAT PERIODS. SO FOR ALL OF YOUR GUYS' SAKE JUST TO GET A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON IT, THE 63 OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY REFER TO IN THE QUESTION ARE THE, ARE THOSE THAT WERE PART OF THE MOU
THAT WAS SIGNED ON JUNE 22nd. THE 63 OFFICERS NOT ALL OF THE 63 OFFICERS ACTUALLY HAD TASK FORCE DUTIES. THE MOU WITH PUTTING THE 63 ON THERE WAS TO AID IN EASE FINANCIAL
REIMBURSEMENT IN THE EVENT THAT TAY DID PARTICIPATE. THE TFO TOLD ME THAT HE BELIEVES ONLY APPROXIMATELY EIGHT PEOPLE FROM THAT 63 LIST EVEN HAD ANY SORT OF ASSISTANCE THAT THEY PROVIDED DURING THAT INVESTIGATION TIME. SO THEY WERE ADDED FOR THE EASE
OF FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENTS. MPD STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE OF THE 63 WERE PEOPLE FROM SOUTH SIDE REACT TEAM, 4th PRECINCT COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM, FIRST PRECINCT COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM, GUN INVESTIGATION UNIT, MPD SWAT TEAM, AND THE
TIME PERIOD IN WHICH THE INVESTIGATIONS WERE BEING CONDUCTED WAS FROM FEBRUARY, SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS SIGNED, UNTIL THE END OF MARCH. THE NEXT PART OF THE QUESTION WAS PROVIDE ANY DATA ON PATROL COVERAGE RESPONSE TIMES OR INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITY DURING THE PERIOD OF HSTF ASSIGNMENT
LIKE I SAID THERE IS ONLY ONE LIEUTENANT WHO'S ACTUALLY SIGNED AS A TFO FOR THAT HSTF AND HE PRIMARILY WORKS ON MINNEAPOLIS CASES SO PATROL COVERAGE AND RESPONSE TIMES DIDN'T APPLY. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SLOW DOWN FROM
PATROL. THE NEXT PART WAS GIVEN BRIAN, CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA'S PRIOR STATEMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT UNDERSTAFFING REQUIRES MPD TO TRIAGE VIOLENT CRIME INVESTIGATIONS, EXPLAIN HOW THE ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS TO FEDERAL OVERTIME DUTY ON HSTF
IS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE STAFFING CONSTRAINTS. THIS IS FFANTASTIC QUESTION. I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT TO IT. SO H STF, THEY ASSIST IN VIE LNT CRIME INVESTIGATIONS TO BRING TOGETHER FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL L LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN A
COORDINATED EFFORT WHICH INCLUDES INTELLIGENCE SHARING, ENFORCEMENT, ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING AND DISRUPTING ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, AND DRIVING THE VIOLENCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS. THROUGH ACCESS TO COMBINED INVESTIGATION
RESOURCES, ANALYTICAL SUPPORT, FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS AND MULTIJURISDICTIONAL COORDINATION, HSTFs ENHANCE THE ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENT OFFENDERS, INVOLVED IN NARCOTIC, TRAFFICLING, FIREARMS TRAFFICKING, ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES AND RELATED VIOLENT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. FOR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN MINNEAPOLIS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE, HSTF FUNCTIONS AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. IT EXPANDS INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITY BEYOND WHAT ANY SINGLE AGENCY COULD DO ALONE. THE COLLABORATION ALLOWS AGENCIES TO LEVERAGE SHARED INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS,
SPECIALIZED FEDERAL RESOURCES, INVESTIGATIVE TEXNOLOGIES. CONNECT VIOLENT INCIDENTS ACROSS JURISDICTIONS, AND SUPPORT LONG-TERM INVESTIGATIONS, TARGETING THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DRIVING THE VIOLENT CRIME. THESE COLLABORATED EFFORTS ALSO
PROMOTE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY BY REDUCING DUPLICATION OF EFFORT, MAXIMIZING THE LIMITED RESOURCES AND ENABLING AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH MORE TOGETHER THAN THEY COULD INDEPENDENTLY. QUESTION NUMBER 5. QUESTION
NUMBER 5 IS WHERE ANY AGREEMENTS OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN MPD AND ANY FEDERAL AGENCY RELATED TO HSTF WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY CONL FOR APPROVAL AND INNOTESH WHY -- AND IF NOT, WHY NOT. FURTHER IDENTIFY ANY AGREEMENTS WITH MPD AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR
APPROVAL FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 20th, 2025, THROUGH PRESENT. SO, SO HISTORICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF THESE AGREEMENTS THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS, MPD IS ENGAGED IN, HISTORICALLY I WOULD SAY THE ANSWER IS NO.
AND I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF -- BECAUSE MANY OF THESE AGREEMENTS THAT MOUs, THE MAAs AND THE JPAs, MANY OF THEM THEY HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. THEY REFLECT A LONG ESTABLISHED COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AMONGST DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS AND AGENCIES. THESE PRIMARILY SERVE AS MUTUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, MOST OF THEM AGREEMENTS SPECIFICALLY JUST OUTLINE THAT ONE AGENCY WILL AID WHEN ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WARRANTED AND COORDINATE A
RESPONSE . MPD CURRENTLY HAS 25 SIGNED AGREEMENTS. SOME OF THEM HAVE END DATES AND OTHERS ARE ONGOING. OF THE 25, 10 OF THESE HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. MANY OF WHICH THAT ARE SIGNED BY MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL ARE
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THERE IS A REIMBURSEMENT EXPECTATION. SO THERE IS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT. SO EXAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGREEMENTS WE DO HAVE WITH OTHER AGENCIES, THERE IS MOUs, WHICH IS A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING. A FORMAL DOCUMENT BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES TO WORK TOGETHER ON A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF TERMS. THERE ARE MAAs, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO AGENCIES TO SHARE RESOURCES, AGENCY, AND JURISDICTION AND STAFF DURING DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. AND MA,EST ARE CONTEMPLATED AND
AUTHORIZED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTE. THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS, THE JPAs, THEY'RE LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACTS BETWEEN TWO PARTIES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES TO JOINTLY EXERCISE IN COMMON POWERS, POOLING RESOURCES AND SHARING RISKS TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN BOTH JPAs AND MA
AAs ARE BOTH CONTEMPLATED AND AUTHORIZED UNDER MINNESOTA STATE STATUTE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE -- I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. ONE OF THE COMMON QUESTIONS THAT I'VE
HEARD IS JUST TOUCHING ON THE DEPUTIZATION THAT GOES ON ON WHEN THESE TFOs ARE WORKING ALONGSIDE THE FEDERAL AGENCIES. AND THE REASON FOR THAT. SO THERE IS A COUPLE OF POINTS TO MAKE HERE. FIRST ONE IS I CAN'T
WRITE A FEDERAL WARRANT. I CAN'T IT'S NOT BECAUSE I CAN'T PHYSICALLY DO IT. IT'S BECAUSE I'M NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO IT. SO BY BEING PART DEPUTIZED UNDERNEATH THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS YOU'RE ALLOWED TO -- GIVES YOU THAT AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A WARRANT SPECIFIC
TO THAT. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, DOCUMENTATION, OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD BECOME PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO DO SO. SO WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WELL, AGAIN I GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGGING TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE DETAILS OF IT. SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATES
AND GIVES REGULATIONS UNDER THE C FR, THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS IS MADE UP OF 50 TITLES, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THAT ARE GRANTED UNDERNEATH THOSE TITLES ARE FOR DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO SO LIKE
ONE TITLE MIGHT BE TO INVESTIGATE FIREARMS CASES. ANOTHER TITLE MIGHT BE TO INVESTIGATE DRUG CASES. CUSTOMS CASES. AND YES, THERE ARE TITLES SPECIFICALLY FOR IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. SO THE TITLES THAT MPD
HAS BEEN GIVEN DEPUTIZATION IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE ARE GOING TO BE FOR FIREARMS, DRUGS, AND CUSTOMS. EACH ONE OF THOSE ARE THE TITLES, AND THOSE ARE THE DEPUTIZATIONS THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO. SO
UNIQUE TO THAT IS THERE ARE DIFFERENT MOUs, ONE EXISTING WITH HSI, AND I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INTERESTING, AND THIS IS AN OLDER CASE. THEY SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE IN THOSE MOUs THE AUTHORITIES THAT ARE GRANTED OR NOT GRANTED, AND ONE OF THOSE ON HSI SPECIFICALLY
SAYS AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT VERBATIM HERE, SO TITLE 18 IN THE CFR IS WHAT GIVES ENFORCEMENT FOR IMMIGRATION LAWS, AND THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THERE IT SAYS HOWEVER, IN DESIGNATED CUSTOMS OFFICERS
ACCEPTED, HSI IS NOT CONVEYING THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS FOR IMMIGRATION LAWS. SO IT WAS ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE AGREEMENT, AND THIS IS PRIOR TO METRO SURGE, AN OLDER AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE, BUT THAT WAS NEVER AN AUTHORITY. THAT WAS EVER
GRANTED TO US, NOR HAVE WE EVER SOUGHT IT. SO JUST IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO MAKE. I HAD SAID THAT I WAS GOING TO TALK A REAL BRIEFLY AND JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE THINGS REGARDING THE MOU SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS SIGNED ON
JANUARY 22nd. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DID A PRESS RELEASE ON JUNE 30th TO KIND OF OUTLINE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES FROM THIS PARTICULAR MPD'S INVOLVEMENT IN THAT AGREEMENT. AND I'LL JUST GO OVER OO FEW THINGS HERE: SO THE OPERATION
RESULTED IN ARRESTS, SEIZURE OF FIREARMS, DRUGS, AND DISRUPTION OF MAJOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATIONS, 25 MEMBERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES OF GANGS HAVE BEEN CHARGED OVER A SPAN OF FIVE MONTHS, THE INDIVIDUALS INDICTLED TODAY MEANING THE
JUNE 30th PRESS RELEASE, ATTEMPTED TO TRAFFIC NO LESS THAN 333,000 DEADLY DOSES OF FENTANYL INTO THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITIES. ONE OF THE TARGETS
OF THE INVESTIGATION WAS A FAMILY MOB DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. THIS MEMBER, THE MEMBERS OF THIS GANG WERE FENTANYL TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY AND THAT MAINTAINED THAT OPEN AIR DRUG MARKET NEAR THE AREA OF LAKE STREET AND PARK AVENUE SOUTH. ANOTHER ORGANIZATION
THAT WAS TARGETED WAS AMMANY HUDSON DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. THE MEMBERS OF THIS DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION, SOME MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE G BLOCK AND -- BOY GANGS WHO BASE THEIR OPERATION NEAR 19th AND NICOLLET AVENUE SOUTH. THE FLOW
OF THE NARCOTICS CONTRIBUTED FROM THIS GANGS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE AND THE SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED AT 19th AND NICOLLET IN RECENT PAST. SO THOSE ARE JUST TO SHOW THAT WHEN OFFICERS FROM MINNEAPOLIS ARE ASSISTING IN
THESE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE, THEY'RE DOING SO TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS, THEY'RE COMBATING THE CRIME AND THE VIOLENCE AND THE DRUGS THAT ARE PLAGUING OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST
BECAUSE IT'S A MUTUAL RESPECT TO HELP OUT ANOTHER ORGANIZATION. WE'RE STILL COMBATTING THE THINGS HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS THAT WE DID SIGN ON JANUARY 22nd I HOPE YOU DO SEE THE FRUITS OF THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY FEELS
SAFER BECAUSE OF IT. SO I CAN OPEN UP ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I GUESS A FEW THINGS FOR ME. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO GET THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED ON THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, AND IF WE CAN ADD THOSE TO LIMS, I THINK
YOU SAID THERE WERE HOW MANY? >> 25. WE HAVE A FILE THAT WILL I THINK WE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU. >> YES, IF WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAIBLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ON LIMS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. I THINK ONE OF THE REASON WE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS THE
CONCERN THAT SOME OFFICERS COULD BE DEPUTIZED. THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH IS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SO I THINK FOR ME SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE AS A FOLLOW-UP, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA, WOULD BE THE PROTOO CALLS THE MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE DARTMENT HAS IN PLACE SHOULD AN OFFICER BE DEPUTIZED. I THINK WE HAVE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IN MY OPINION HAS THREATENED DEPUTIZINGANY OF OF OUR OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK COULD CAUSE REAL FEAR TO
OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN I THINK ONE THING IS THAT THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE AN OFFER BROKE CITY LAW ON NOVEMBER 21st, 2024, UNDER ONE OF THESE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCES. SO WHEN YOU HEAR SOME CONCERNS FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES INCLUDING MYSELF, IS THAT SOME
OF THESE TASK FORCES WE'VE HAD OFFICERS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY VIOLATE SEPARATION ORDINANCE AS A RESULT OF BEING IN THESE TASK FORCES. OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THEM WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHICH IS GOOD, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE THESE QUESTIONS COME FROM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE PROTOCOLS IN
PLACE TO ENSURE THAT IF OUR DERTMENT IS GOING TO RTICIPATE IN THESE TASK FORCES, WHAT GUARDRAILS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO PREVENT ANY COORDINATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN IT COMES TO ENFORCING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW WHICH IS NOT OUR ROLE. SO I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE AGREEMENTS IN THEUTURE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> COOL. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON QUEUE. SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON
THIS ITEM, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. AND NOW WE HAVE OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS OURECOND QUARTERLY UPDATEROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. I WILL INVITE COMMISSIONER BARNETT, THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT, TO BEGIN THAT
PRESENTATION. >> IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF IT'S OKAY, CHAIR, ONE, I AM NOT GOOD AT THE COMPUTER, SO SOMEONE
WILL COME UP AND DO THAT,UT WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY I THINK MOST OF THIS YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL JUST START WITHOUT THE SLIDE PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ,
VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. TODD BARNETTE.
IT'S NOT MOVING FORWARD. ORR, OOH, THERE WE GO, IT'S FINE. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SECOND QUARTER UPDATE ON THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ITS DEPARTMENTS. TODAY WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING, YOU'LL GET A
HIGHLIGHT FROM EACH DEPARTMENT. THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'VE MADE OVER THE PAST QUARTER, AND THE FOCUS THAT THEY HAVE MOVING INTO THE THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, UNDER THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, THE POLICE, FIRE, 911, WHICH IS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, THIS STRUCTURE ALLOWS US TO BETTER COORDINATE THE WORK, BREAK DOWN SILOS AND ALSO
DELIVER MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNITY SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. OUR MISSION OF COURSE IS ONE IN WHICH IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT'S TO PROVIDE A COORDINATED,
COMPREHENSIVE AND EQUITABLE SAFETY SERVICES TO EVERYONE WHO LIVES AND VISITS THE OFFICE OF -- VISITS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. OUR VISION IS A CITY IN WHICH ALL PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, SOCIAL DISPARITIES ARE
ELIMINATED, AND THE RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES. THESE PRINCIPLES CONTINUE TO GUIDE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE HERE FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TODAY. HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY FOR THE SECOND QUARTER. WE'VE COMPLETED AS YOU KNOW, THE NATIONAL SEARCH FOR THE FIRE CHIEF. YOU HEARD OUR NOMINEE TODAY, DR. FREEMAN. WE'RE
CURRENTLY WORKING ON AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PRESENTING THE COUNCIL WITH A NEW NOMINEE FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE. WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS AS, I
BELIEVE ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE HERE SOON, AND SO WE ARE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR OUR
VENDOR FOR 2027. AS WE LOOK AHEAD, LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE FIRE CHIEF VENDOR, AND ALSO ONE THING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ESPECIALLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN
SEPTEMBER WHICH SOME OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED IS THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES. I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE ASKED THAT THE DEPARTMENTS OUTSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS NOT CHEAT. THEY LIKE TO BRING IN RINGERS TO, TO
DO THE BARBECUING AND WE STICK BY THE RULES. SO WE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IN FACT, THAT IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SUMMER AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY BROUGHT IT BACK. BECAUSE IT'S A CHANCE TO
ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY AND IT'S JUST A VERY FUN TIME FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS TO BE OUT THERE AS WELL. SO I'LL PASS IT OFF TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND I HOPE DIRECTOR SAYER CAN ADVANCE THIS. >> YEP, THANK YOU, WELCOME,
DIRECTOR SAYER. THEN JUST FOR COLLEAGUES. THE WAY I WANT TO APPROACH THIS TODAY IS THIS IS A LONG PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT AND W WE'LL PROBABLY ASK OUR CLERKS
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL THEN SEND TO DEPARTMENT STAFF TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY. WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUT OF HERE. SOE WON'T BE ASKING QUESTIONS OUT LOUD TODAY, LUCKY YOU. WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP OVER EMAIL.
>> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL CHAIR PRESIDENT CHAVEZ, SORRY I'M A LITTLE TIRED TOO. IMY NAME IS RACHEL SAYER, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. I'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. YOU ALL KNOW OUR MISSION. WE ARE HERE TO PREPARE
THE COMMUNITY AND COORDINATE RESPONSES TO DISASTERS. IN Q2 WE ENGAMED DIRECTLY OVER 600 PEOPLE ALONE. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. ON READINESS FOR DISASTERS AT DIFFERENT EVENTS WHERE WE REALLY CENTERED
ESPECIALLY ENGAGING WITH OUR HISTORICALLY ORGANIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ALL 65 OF OUR SIRENS IN THE CITY ARE CURRENTLY UPDATED AND WORKING. THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING STATUS FOR US ALL. WE HAD A LOT OF UPDATING AND MAINTENANCE TO GO THROUGH OVER THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE TRANSITIONED OUR EMERGENCY
SUPPLY WAREHOUSE WHICH S IS REALLY FOR EMERGENCY LARGE SCALE DISASTERS ONTO A DIGITAL SYSTEM. THAT'S REALLY AN EXCITING TRANSITION FOR US. WE HAVE INCREASED OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TEAM, SO WE'RE APPROACHING THAT WORK AS ONE AS A WHOLE CITY. AND WE
COLLABORATED WITH A LOT OF PARTNERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ST. ANTHONY FALLS CUT-OFF WALL REPORT THAT CAME OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CITY PREPAREDNESS. WE ALSO IN Q2 WORKED TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY
ALERT MESSAGING ALONGSIDE IN RESPONSE TO OUR MPD COLLEAGUES WHEN NEEDED FOR A FEW INCIDENTS AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON RECOVERY ACTIVITIES FOR ANNUNCIATION RELATED TO OMS. LOOKING HEAD TO Q3 WHICH WE'RE IN NOW, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE
CONTINUED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME HEAT, AIR QUALITY, JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAID THAT THE FIRES UP NORTH ARE LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE OUT UNTIL IT SNOWS. THAT MEANS WE NEED TO EXPECT POOR AIR QUALITY OFF AND ON THROUGH THE REST OF THE SUMMER INTO THE
FALL. ELECTIONS PREPAREDNESS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'RE WANTING TO FOCUS ON AS WELL AS LOOKING OUT TO THE 2028 NFL DRAFT PLANNING. I'LL JUST NOTE MY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PULLED INTO HERITAGE PARK COORDINATION THAT HAS TAKEN ALMOST ALL OF OUR TIME, SO THAT MEANS EVERYTHING ELSE TAKES A BACK SEAT RIGHT
NOW. SO SOME OF THIS CHITICAL WORK IS BASICALLY ON HOLD WHILE WE DO THAT OTHER WORK. THAT'S IT FOR ME. I WILL HAND IT OVER TO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. >> WELCOME, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AMANDA HARRINGTON, DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. AS YOU KNOW NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY USES PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AS WELL AS CONTINUING THE CITY'S
WORK DOING HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTIO WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN QUARTER 2. FIRST I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT JUNE WAS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, AND SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY BUT ALL COUNCILMEMBERS WHO SUPPORTED THE RESOLUTION AND THANKS TO ALL THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO STOOD WITH US THAT DAY BUT THEN DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY. WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN UPTOWN TO GET THEIR INPUT FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR EXPANSION. I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. AND AS DIRECTOR SAYER MENTIONED WE HAD
THE SAFE SUMMER KICKOFF. WE BELIEVE ABOUT 500 PEOPLE WERE PRESENT AT THAT EVENT, SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT ON THAT VERY HOT, SUNNY DAY. IN MAY WE LAUNCH ADSHOOTING -- LAUNCHED A SHOOTING ALERT PROGRAM. NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY
NOW GETS UPDATES FROM MPD WHICH SHOOTINGS OCCUR SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION CONSISTENTLY TO VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION TO THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS JUST TO ADD TO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING FROM THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. ONCE WE
REFINE THE PILOT WE HOPE TO EXPAND THAT TO BE CITYWIDE AND TO LOOP IN OTHER RESOURCES IN OUR DEPARTMENT INCLUDING COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE AND OTHER BOOTS ON THE GROUND CONTRACTORS. AND OUR NEW ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, VICKY STARTED LASTLY. I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE WALK ALONGS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS ENGAGED IN WITH ME AND VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, SO THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS OSMAN, CHAVEZ, WONSLEY, AND WARREN FOR WALKING WITH US IN THE RAIN AND THE SHINE. ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE OF COURSE INVITED TO DO WALK ALONGS, AND
I'VE ALSO WALKED ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER CONTRACTORS. I PARTICULARLY WANT TO SHOUT-OUT COMMUNITY PEACE BUILDERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE STEVENS SQUARE AREA AND ARE SPENDING SOME EXTRA TIME AT 19th AND NICOLLET FOLLOWING THE RECENT SHOOTING. NOW I'LL SHIFT TO
SOME SPECIFIC PROGRAM AREAS. OUR GBI AND YGBA PROGRAM IS ALSO KNOWN AS GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. BUT WE ALSO THINK ABOUT THAT AS GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. THEY FOCUS ON SERVING THE HIGHEST RISK
INDIVIDUALS. AS A VICTIM OR PERPETRATOR. AS A REMINDER SUCCESS IS REALLY MEASURED BY OUR TAG LINE OF KEEPING CLIENTS SAFE, ALIVE, AND FREE. BUT WE DO TRACK A NUMBER OF METRICS FOR THIS PROGRAM. IN QUARTER 2 WE
HAD 99% OF CLIENTS REPORTING NO VIOLENT ACTIVITY. WE ALSO HAD SOME IMPROVEMENT ON THEIR CLIENTS REACHING THEIR EMPLOYMENT GOALS, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS, AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THE MINYAP LUS
PROGRAM IS OUR VIOLENT INTERRUPTER PROGRAM. CONTRACTORS HAVE NOT CHANGED FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE STILL CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE CONTRACTS. THE MAP ON THE SLIDE IS THE MOST CURRENT SLIDE SHOWING THE EXPANDED ZONES IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. ANYBODY CAN VIEW
THIS DASHBOARD. THE SIMPLEST WAY IS JUST GOOGLE MINNEAPOLIS VIOLENCE PREVENTION DASHBOARD. SO THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE PEOPLE WORK AND WHICH ORGANIZATIONS SERVES WHICH SECTION. WANTED TO NOTE JUST SOME OF THE KEY MEASURES THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING. THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS CONFLICT MEDIATIONS. A LOT OF THAT IS DUE QUITE HONESTLY TO THE NICER WEATHER JUST MORE PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE. WE ALSO HAD AN INSTANCE THAT I
HAVE EMAILED ABOUT TO CITY COUNCILMEMBERS BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE DURING ONE OF MY WALK ALONGS WITH RESTORATION INC., WE WERE, I RIDI RIDE -- I WAS RIDING IN A HOT SPOT WHEN A CALL CAME FROM ONE OF THEIR TEAMS NEAR BROADWAY THERE WAS A FIGHT IN PROGRESS.
EVERY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER WENT TO THE LOCATION. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE LOCATION, THE FIGHT HAD FINISHED BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PEOPLE STILL ON THE SCENE WERE VISIBLY ON EDGE AND SHAKEN. THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER TEAM DID WHAT TAY DO TALKING TO PEOPLE, AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY ALSO SPREAD OUT IN CASE RETALIATION AND SURE ENOUGH, TWO
CARS CAME DRIVING BACK, WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT, AND RESTORATION INC. WAS ABLE TO TALK THOSE FOLKS INTO LEAVING. WE ALSO LEARNED LATER THAT ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT HAD A GUN ON THEM, AND SO THAT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO PROVE WHAT VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTERS DO. WE'RE PROVING A NEGATIVE. WE'RE PROVING THAT THEY STOPPED SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED NCHLT THAT INCIDENT THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN COULD'VE BEEN A SHOOTING. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE STATS LIKE 49 CONFLICT MEDIATIONS CONDUCTED, I HOPE THAT FOLKS READ THAT TO MEAN 49 SHOOTINGS
PREVENTED. 49 HOMICIDES PREVENTED. BECAUSE THAT'S THE MEANING OF THE WORK THAT VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS DO. I DID NOT REPORT ON SAFETY AMBASSADORS LAST TIME, BUT I KNOW THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT FOLKS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN. OUR COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS HAVE
NEARLY DOUBLE FROM FIRST QUARTER AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN BUSINESS CHECKS, REFERRALS TO SHELTER AND SAFETY ESCORTS. WE THINK A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO SEASON CHANGES. DURING
OPERATION METRO SURGE A LOT FEWER PEOPLE WERE ON THE STREET AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LOCKING THEIR DOORS MAKING BUSINESS CHECKS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. WE HAD ROLLED OUT THE DISPATCHER IN JANUARY BUT CALLS REALLY START BEING RECEIVED BY THEM IN APRIL. WE HAD 15 CALLS FROM THE LAKE STREET AREA AND 5 CALLS FROM THE
FRANKLIN AREA. 10 OF THOSE RESULTED IN ESCALATION TO 911 AND ONE OF THOSE INCLUDED A PERSON WITH A WEAPON. WE AS I NOTED ARE GOING TO EXPAND INTO UPTOWN BASED ON THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING HIRING EIGHT
AMBASSADORS, TWO SUPERVISORS AND ONE ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL TELL US THAT THE HOURS THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS SHOULD BE OUT IN UPTOWN ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE NEEDS ON LAKE STREET AND FRANKLIN. WE HAVE CREATED A SURVEY IN ADDITION TO THE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO
TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS ARE CURRENTLY WITH HR AND THE UNION FOR APPROVAL. BECAUSE AS FOLKS KNOW, WE ARE BRINGING THAT PARTICULAR PILOT IN HOUSE. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS I'VE RECEIVED ON THIS IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS I HAVE NOTED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
THAT WE'VE TRIED TO SCHEDULE LEGISLATIVE LABORATORIES TO DIG INTO THIS DEEPER. IT'S BEEN RESCHEDULED TWICE BUT I'M STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET ONE ON THE BOOKS. AND COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I DID HEAR THIS QUESTION, AND I SPRINTED UP HERE, BUT I MADE IT BY THE TIME THE VOTE HAD ALREADY
BEEN TAKEN, SO I'M HOPING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NOW. WHILE I GIVE A SUMMARY. SO COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE CURRENTLY HAS NINE CONTRACTS. ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTS END AT THE END OF AUGUST. AS YOU NOTED, ONE OF THOSE CONTRACTS, A MOTHER'S LOVE
WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA EARLIER FOR AN AMENDMENT AND A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION. WE ARE PLANNING TO REDO ALL THE COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE MODEL IN GENERAL. THE A MOTHER'S LOVE CONTRACT EXTENSION IS REALLY THE
FIRST STEP IN THAT CHANGE. SO A MOTHER'S LOVE WAS ALREADY RESPONDING TO SHOOTINGS IN ADDITION TO DOING BOOTS ON THE GROUND, THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION ENHANCES THAT WORK BY INCREASING COMMUNICATION. I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE PILOT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON WHEN MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SO WHAT WE'RE
BUILDING INTO THIS NEXT ITERATION OF COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE IS GETTING THOSE SHOOTING ALERTS FROM MPD AND DISPATCHING OUR COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE OUT TO THE SCENES QUICKER, OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE SCENE IS SAFE, SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE MORE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST
VICTIMS, BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING THOSE IN OTHER WAYS, BUT TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY SHOOTINGS. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING A PARTNERSHIP DOING COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY ALTHOUGH WE'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS ON
THAT PIECE OF IT. WE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO DO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THIS NEW VISION OF THE COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE BUT WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN FROM THE CONTINUED CONTRACT WITH A MOTHER'S LOVE THAT WILL HELP US WRITE THE BEST RFP POSSIBLE WHEN
WE HAVE TO DO IT EARLY NEXT YEAR. I WAS ALSO ASKS BY COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEP. NEXT STEP IS ONE OF OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAMS. IT'S SCIENTIFICALLY A HOSPITAL BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. WE CONTRACT WITH HENNEPIN HEALTH CARE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE,
AND THEY OPERATE IN FOUR HOSPITALS. BASICALLY THE NEXT STEP TEAM GETS CALLED ANYTIME SOMEBODY PRESENTS IN ONE OF THESE FOUR HOSPITALS WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. THEY WILL OFFER SERVICES TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHILE THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY CAN TAKE REFERRALS. SO IF PEOPLE AREN'T READY TO ACCEPT
THESE SERVICES AT THAT MOMENT OF CRISIS IN THE HOSPITAL, THEY WILL CONNECT BACK WITH THEM OR CHECK BACK WITH THEM LATER AND SEE IF THEY'RE READY. THEIR GOAL IS REALLY TO REDUCE RETALIATION SO CALMING EVERYBODY DOWN IN THE MOMENT BUT THEN ALSO PROVIDING THAT LONG-TERM CARE. IT'S A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY
AFTER SOMEBODY'S BEEN SHOT, AND SO THEY SUPPORT THEM GETTING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, THEY COLLECT A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THEY'VE SERVED 355 PATIENTS THIS YEAR, 29 OF WHOM
WERE NEW IN QUARTER 2. THEIR MOST USED SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND CRISIS INTERVENTION. I WILL NOTE THAT I HAD A COUPLE OF STAFF FROM NEXT STEP HERE BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAD TO LEAVE OBSERVE WE WERE ABLE TO DO -- BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE
PRESENTATION. LOOKING AHEAD, THERE IS ALWAYS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. WE PLAN TO COMPLETE OUR FIRST ANNUAL DEPARTMENT REPORT THIS SUMMER. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO RELEASE A PUBLIC DASHBOARD FOR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS WITH THE HELP OF CURE VIOLENCE GLAL. SPOILER ALERT, IT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY ON OUR WEB
SITE, SO YOU CAN ALREADY LOOK AT THAT DASHBOARD RIGHT NOW. WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND UPDATE POLICIES AND OUR PROCEDURES. THIS WASLWAYS OUR PLAN BUT NOW IT'S TIED TO WORK OUR PLAN TO ADDRESS THE RECENT CITY AUDIT. AND UCIALIER THIS YEAR WE
STARTED A GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM ANALYSIS. WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING AND GATHERING DATA ON THAT TO HELP US GUIDE PROGRAMMATIC DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE. WE'LL CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN UPTOWN AND WORKING WITH MPD TO REFINE THE SHOOTING ALERT PILOT. AND LASTLY, WE'RE WORKING ON THE NEXT ITERATION OF COMMUNITY
TRAUMA RESPONSE AS I NOTED A MOTHER'S LOVE WILL BE KIND OF THE FIRST CASE IN HELPING US INCREASE MORE CLOSER TO REAL-TIME DISPATCH. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY DISPATCHING OF SERVICES LIKE THAT BEFORE AND SO HOPEFULLY BY SEPTEMBER, WE'LL HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING IN
NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. SNOTHANK YOU. BEFORE I HAVE COLLEAGUES, YOU CAN START PREPARING THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE. THAT WAY WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD. FEEL FREE TO START THINKING OF
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE SO READ IT TO THE CLERKS BEFORE OUR MEETING ENDS. ALL RIGHT, WELCOME DIRECTOR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF MINNEAPOLIS
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. OUR MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE 911 CENTER MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO SAVE LIVES, PROTECT PROPERTY, AND ASSIST THE PUBLIC IN THEIR
TIME OF NEED. THROUGH SOME OF THE QUARTER 2 HIGHLIGHTS, WE'VE DONE ABOUT 158,000 CALLS IN THE SECOND QUARTER WHICH IS REMAINING ABOUT STEADY WITH PAST HISTORY DURING THE SAME TIME
PERIOD. THE CALL VOLUME STARTS TO GO UP A BIT IN JUNE, AND WE ARE SEEING THAT INCREASE ON QUARTER 2 HERE WHERE IT WENT UP ABOUT 2.8%. OUR CALL ANSWER TIMES ARE SLOWLY INCREASING FROM WHERE WE WERE AT LAST QUARTER.
WE ARE UP TO ABOUT 87% OF THE TIME THAT THE THOSE CALLS ARE BEING ANSWERED WITHIN 15 SECONDS. AND OVER 90% OF THE TIME THAT THOSE CALLS ARE BEING ANSWERED WITHIN 30 SECONDS. SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO REACHING THE GOAL OF WANTING TO BE OVER
90% OF THE TIME IN 15 SECONDS OR LESS. OUR STAFFING HAS REMAINED FAIRLY STEADY IN THE RADIO SHOP FOR SEVERAL YEARS, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RETIREMENTS THAT ARE POSSIBLY ON
THE HORIZ HORIZON IN THAT DEPARTMENT. FOR 911 WE ARE DOWN ABOUT NINE EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW. I HAVE 9.5 HERE BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. THE, THE WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE STARTING ON MONDAY. SO THAT WILL HELP TO FILL THE GAP OF
WHAT WE'RE SHORT RIGHT NOW. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE RUNNING INTO AS THE CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS, PST2s AND
3s GET TRAINED AND LEARN THEIR JOBS, IT'S THE PROMOTION FROM BEING A PST2 CALLTAKER INTO A PST3 DISPATCHER. THE CALL TAKERS HAVE DEVELOPED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SENIORITY ON THE AREA THAT THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW, AND IF THEY TRANSFER OVER TO THE
PROMOTIONAL ROLE OF A DISPATCHER, THEY OFTEN LOSE THEIR SENIORITY AND GO AT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. THAT'S CREATING SOME NOT A LOT OF DRIVE FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO DO THAT PROMOTION. T THEY ARE TWO IMPORTANT JOBS BUT VERY
DIFFERENT JOBS. SO RIGHT NOW TO DO A BALANCE WITH THAT, WE ARE DETAILING SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO START TO LEARN THE DISPATCH POSITION, BUT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO FIND SOME WAYS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PERMANENTLY
PROMOTE TO THAT. THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO HIRE AND TRAIN IS ALSO ANOTHER ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. THE GROUP OF FIVE THAT WE HAVE COMING IN RIGHTS NOW, THE AD HAS BEEN OUT THERE, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH BACKGROUNDS FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GET INTO OUR DEPARTMENT AND THEN THERE IS THREE MONTHS OF TRAINING. SO WHEN THIS WAS FIRST PLACED, WE WERE ONLY DOWN A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES AND SINCE THEN HAD LOST MORE. SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT ATTRITION RATE THAT
OFTEN HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW EMPLOYEES COMING IN TO 911 AND DISCOVERING THIS JUST ISN'T A JOB FOR THEM. OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE IS STILL STAYING STEADY WITH ABOUT 95.2% OF THE CALLS MEASURING AT A HIGH
QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARD. OUR SOFTWARE THAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THROUGH G GOVWORX ANALYZING MORE OF THOSE CALLS THAN WHAT A HUMAN CAN DO IS SHOWING THAT NUMBER TO STILL REMAIN UP IN THE UPPER 90 PERCENTILE FOR QUALITY
ASSURANCE. WE'RE DOING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT SOFTWARE RIGHT NOW TO HELP PICK UP ON SOME OF THE NUANCES THAT A COMPUTER CAN'T MEASURE WHEN IT'S GOING THROUGH AND WE HAVE TO TELL IT HOW TO RECOGNIZE FOR EXAMPLE A WEAPON. THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE STANDING IN THE KITCHEN CHOPPING ONIONS AND HAS A KNIFE IN THEIR HAND WHILE THEY'RE ARGUING WITH SOMEONE, VERSUS SOMEBODY WAVING A KNIFE AROUND AND POINTING IT AT SOMEONE. SO WE HAVE TO TEACH THE SYSTEM TO DO THAT. BUT WE
ARE GETTING MORE SUPERVISORS, MANAGERS INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT THAT AND HELPING TO NARROW IT DOWN SOME OF THOSE SO I HOPE TO HAVE IT FULLY UP AND RUNNING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND KEEPING
THE STAFF MOVING IN AND A GOOD HEALTHY CONDITION. WE'VE GOT SOME PEER SUPPORT TRAINING THAT GOES ON ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH BCR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE RESPONSE TIMES WHICH I'M
SURE YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT MORE, AND SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATING SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES. THE RADIO SHOP HAS UPDATED ALL THE DISPATCH COUNCILS, AND THEY ARE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT THE
ARMOR INTERFACE TO THE COMPUTERS IS WORKING PROPERLY. OUR EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER PROGRAM IS STILL SHOWING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SHE'S TAKEN ABOUT 260 INCOMING CALLS SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED LESS THAN A YEAR
AGO. SHE'S DONE 87 REFERRALS TO DIFFERENT RESOURCES LIKE HOUSING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE NEEDS, AND ABOUT 13 OF THEM HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO POLICE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS WHERE MAYBE A FACE TO FACE INTERACTION MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE. LOOKING
AHEAD INTO QUARTER 3, OUR CALL VOLUME TYPICALLY STARTS TO DROP AFTER ABOUT THE SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER. THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER ARE STILL VERY BUSY AS KIDS GET ON THE WRONG SCHOOL BUS AND WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME HELPING WITH THAT. AND OUR TRAINING WILL CONTINUE
TO GROW WITH THIS QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM AND THANK YOU FOR APPROVING TODAY THE HIRE PROGRAM THAT WE WILL BE ADDING TO GOVWORX WHICH WILL HELP DOING BETTER ANALYZING AND SCREENING FOR TRAINING. THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM IS STARTING
TO MAKE SOME OUTGOING CALLS ON CALLS THAT SHE'S SITTING THEREIN THAT MAY BE A CHECK -- SITTING IN THERE THAT COULD BE A CHECK WALL -- A RESOURCE SHE COULD RESOLVE OVER THE PHONE RATHER THAN SENDING SERVICE OUT THERE AND WE'LL ALSO START WORKING MORE WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY AND COPE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
MONTHS AS COPE IS NOW ABLE TO DIRECTLY TIE TO OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM IN A UNIQUE METHOD SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT. WE CAN'T DISPATCH THEM THROUGH THIS SYSTEM BUT AT LEAST WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SECURE.
RADIO SHOP IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE THIRD PRECINCT'S COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. AND OUR CAD SYSTEM UPGRADE THAT IS DUE TO GO INTO PLACE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IS INSTALLED ON OUR TRAINING SYSTEM RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE SPENDING TIME OVER
THIS QUARTER THE THIRD QUARTER WORKING THE BUGS OUT OF IT BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOES LIVE. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF RUTGER. >> WELCOME, INTERIM CHIEF RUTGE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M INTERIM CHIEF MELANIE RUCKER, MINNEAPOLIS FIRE. I'LL START OFF. THIS HASN'T CHANGED. I
WON'T REREAD IT FOR YOU ALL. WE HAVE GRADUATED OUR TENTH EMS PATHWAYS ACADEMIES CLASS SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2016. THAT CLASS GRADUATED ON MAY 22nd. OUT OF THIS YEAR'S CLASS OF 20
INTERNS, 17 OF THOSE GRADUATES ARE NOW NATIONALLY REGISTERED EMTs. AND FROM THE 2016 ON, GRADUATES ON THE MINNEAPOLIS EMS PATHWAYS ACADEMIES HAVE BECOME
MINNEAPOLIS FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS IN AGENCIES ACROSS THE REGION. OF NEARLY THE 200 GRADUATES, 67 ARE CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER EIGHT OF THOSE GRADUATES ARE PART OF THIS
YEAR'S ACADEMY. AND AS YOU ARE KNOW, THE EMS PATHWAYS ACADEMY IS A PATHWAYS TO HELP BRING INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, BIPOC COMMUNITIES AND WOMEN INTO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE IT EVERY YEAR. AND THEN THE NEXT HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY AIDE ADDED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IN MARCH. ALLOWED US TO UPGRADE
CRITICAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT. WE PURCHASED NINE NEW SETS OF EXTRICATION TOOLS. THERE ARE SPREADERS AND CUTTERS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE JAWS OF LIFE, WHICH ARE NOW BEING OUTFITTED FOR AND TO BE DEPLOYEDEEDEN OUR
RESCUE TRUCK AS WELL AS OUR LADDER TRUCKS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND THIS IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURERS AND NFPA STANDARDS THESE TOOLS SHOULD RETIRE AFTER TEN YEARS OF SERVICE IF THE SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHT -- FOR
THE SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR COMMUNITIES. OUR TOOLS WERE 14 YEARS OLD. AS YOU KNOW, EX TRIICATION TOOL AGES, THE HYDRAULIC FLUIDS LEAK, THE CUTTING REDUCES OUR CUTTING AND
SPREADING CAPABILITIES, THE METAL COMPONENTS CAN BECOME FATIGUES AND OLDER TOOLS STRUGGLE WITH TODAY'S REINFORCED VEHICLE DESIGNS. AND ALL THESE FACTORS CREATE RISKS TO SLOWER EXTRIICATIONS, UNEXPECTED TOOL
FAILURES, SCENES, AND INCREASES THE DANGEROUS FOR -- DANGERS FOR BOTH FIREFIGHTERS AND TRAPPED OCCUPANTS. SO THESE UPGRADES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE PROPROVED THE RABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND OVERALL OPERATIONS FOR SAFETY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO WITH
THAT, WE ALSO WITH THE WE ALSO PURCHASED 18 NEW SETS OF TURNOUT GEARS FOR OUR GRADUATING CUGET CLASS. AND THEN YOU KNOW WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER VETAW AND AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR THIS SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT IN THE FIREFIGHTERS SAFETY AND THE
COMMUNITY'S PROTECTION. AND THEN GOING ONTO OUR STAFFING AND LEAVE PRESSURES. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT US TO BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, OUR TOTAL SWORN FTEs IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS 434. WE
ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH ONLY 412 FIREFIGHTERS, AND OF THAT 412, 13 OF THOSE SWORN FTEs ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINING. SO THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY OPERATIONAL OR ON THE FIELD SO WE'RE AT A
MINIMUM OF LIKE CLOSE TO 400 OR UNDER 400 AT THIS TIME. AND THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO RETIREMENTS AND A SMALL NUMBER OF YOUNG FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE LEAVING FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES. OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT USED TO BE VOLUNTEER ARE GOING TO PAID, FULL PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY'RE STARTING SALARIES ARE
HIGHER THAN OURS, BUT YOU THINK LAWLONG-TERM STENTS AT OURS ARE BETTER SO A LOT OF THEM ARE MOVING TO BETTER DEPARTMENTS THERE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN ALSO IN JUNE ALONE WE HAVE
A NOTICEABLE LOSS OF 10 FIREFIGHTERS THATT ARE RETIRING. OUR DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS 73 FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT THIS YEAR. THAT'S JUST ELIGIBLE. SO WE'RE NOT CERTAIN HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RETIRE. SO THAT'S REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT
STAFFING CHALLENGE FOR US. AND EVEN AFTER THE CURRENT CADET CLASS OF 17 GRADUATES, WE WILL STILL BE REMAINING UNDER OUR UTILIZED STRENGTH, BRINGING US TO 429. OPERATIONAL STAFF SWORN
PERSONNEL. AND THEN ON ANY GIVEN DAY, APPROXIMATELY 50 FIRE PERSONNEL ARE ABSENT FROM DUTY DUE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF LEAVES AS WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE. IT COULD INCLUDE LONG-TERM MILITARY
LEAVE, SHORT-TERM MILITARY LEAVE, FMLA AND PTSD LEAVE. THIS PUTS ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON OUR CAPACITY SO THAT'S MAJOR FOR US. AND SO AGAIN, WITH THAT, THAT'S GOING TO ALSO INCREASE
OUR OVERTIME AND HIRE BACK NEEDS. AND THEN QUARTER 2 OUR TOTAL RESPONSES HAS ALSO INCREASED BASED ON JUST FROM LAST YEAR'S QUARTER 2. THIS YEAR WE FOR TOTAL EMERGENCY
CALLS, WE HAVE INCREASED 350 CALLS OVERALL SINCE LAST YEAR. AND THEN OF THOSE TOTAL CALLS, 145, 145 OF THOSE ARE STRUCTURE FIRES, WHICH IS ALSO INCREASED SINCE LAST YEAR. AND THEN WE
CAN GO ON TO OUR BCR WHICH IS CONTRACTED UNDER FIRE. THEIR TOTAL RESPONSE CALLS FOR QUARTER 2 HAVE WENT UP AS WELL. THEIR
CURRENT QUARTER 2, 200532 SO THEY HAVE INCREASED ABOUT 600 SINCE QUARTER 1. AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE CONTRACT WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER EXPIRES
AUGUST 15th. AND WE ARE OUT FOR RFP. THE NEW BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE HAS BEEN RENAMED TO MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE. AND THIS NAME CHANGE IS BASED ON BROADENING THE SCOPE OF RESPONSE TO INCLUDE RESPONSES NOT JUST
BASED ON MENTAL HEALTH BUT OUTSIDE AND JUST KIND OF THE LIVEABILITY CRISISES THAT THEY CAN RESPOND MORE TO NOT JUST ONLY BASED ON MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSES THAT ARE NEEDED. SO WE HAVE TO INCREASE THAT CAPACITY, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE CHANGING THE NAME TO MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE. THE RFP CLOSED
ON MAY 19th. AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE REVIEW AND EVALUATION PROCESS. THE NEW CONTRACT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 1st, 2027. AND THEN ALSO AGAIN OUR CURRENT FIREFIGHTER CADET CLASS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW OF 17 IS
SET TO GRADUATE AT THE END OF AUGUST. AND OF THAT 17 WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT FIVE OF THEM ARE WOMEN SO THAT IS A GREAT ASSET TO US TO CURRENTLY EXPAND THIS PROFESSION TO ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN
ALSO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR PROMOTIONAL PROCESS OF REPLACING DEPUTY CHIEF POSITION THAT'S DUE TO RETIREMENT AS WELL AS OUR PROMOTIONAL POSITIONS OF OUR FIRE MOTOR OPERATORS WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT DRIVE THE TRUCKS SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE LOOKING FORWARD INTO THE LOOK AHEAD IN
QUARTER 3. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT SAFETY AND DESIGN. DIRECTOR WILL CHRISTENSEN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M WILL CHRISTIANENSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION. TODAY'S UPDATE WILL COVER THE Q2 HIGHLIGHTS AND Q3 LOOK AHEAD ACROSS THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES PLAN. AND WORK GROUP. THE ASSET AND GAPS ANALYSIS, AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY CENTERS. FIRST IN Q2, WE'VE CONTINUED OUR ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN. ASSESSED HOW ACTIVE PROJECTS ARE GOING FORWARD ACROSS DEPARTMENTS
AND PARTNERS: LOOKING AHEAD TO Q3, WE'LL KEEP REFINING THAT PLAN AND SHARE THAT AND A PUBLISHED ROAD MAP FOR THE REST
OF 2023 -- 2026. FOR THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SEATING SIX NEW MEMBERS FOR THAT WORK GROUP. HOPEFULLY BY OUR AUGUST MEETING. THEY'VE ADOPTED THEY ARE 2026 WORK PLAN. THIS WORK PLAN REALLY CONTINUES
DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS AND SITE TOURS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY, OUR SYSTEMS, AND THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY REPORT. THEY'VE HEARD FROM MECC, 911, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. LAST WEEK, COUNCIL APPROVED A $2.5 MILLION BURN GRANT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE DEVELOPMENT. THIS WORK WILL HELP US FULFILL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT AND THE ASSET
AND GAPS ANALYSIS. AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, DATA ANALYSIS IS FOCUSED ON 911 PROBLEM NATURE CODES, AND WHICH ONES WE CAN RESPONSIBLY DIVERT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. AGAIN,
TWO PILOTS ARE BEING COORDINATED WITH PMI AND OCS. THE CIVILIAN RESPONSE TO NONINJURY TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, AND A JUVENILE DEFLECTION PROGRAM. SHIFTING TO COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTERS, OUR
NEAR-TERM OPERATIONS, AND FACILITIES WORK. THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER CONTINUES OPERATIONS. FOR SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN MAY AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING HAS BEGUN. FOR NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS, N FOURTH -- THE FOURTH PRECINCT, NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SAFETY CENTER AND FOURTH PRECINCT FEASIBILITY STUDY KICKED OFF. IN Q3 WE'LL EVALUATE LAKE STREET AS A PILOTD
PREP FOR THE TRANSITION TO THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS SAFETY CENTER: AND THEN ALSO IN Q3, SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS PLANNING WILL CONTINUE. WITH AN ANTICIPATED GOAL TO OPEN THAT CENTER AT THE END OF 2026. I WANT TO PROVIDE
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OPERATIONS AT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS SAFETY CENTER AND HOW WE'RE ENVISIONING THAT PROCESS. YOU KNOW, THE CENTER'S FUNCTIONALITY WILL PRIORITIZE USABILITY AND CO-LOCATED SERVICES. AS YOU KNOW, CORE COMPONENTS INCLUDE A
311 SERVICE CENTER, SEVERAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THE YOUTH CONNECTION CENTER, AND SHARED MEETING SPACES. SO NEXT STEPS THERE TO FINALIZE OUR OPERATIONS PLAN. SPACE USE
POLICY, AND ESTABLISH OPERATING HOURS. AS WE DO THIS PLANNING, CORE PRINCIPLES, THAT GUIDE INCLUDE PERSON CENTERED AND TRAUMA INFORMED DESIGN, AND ESTABLISHING CLEAR GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNICATIONS TO CLARIFY
DIFFERENT PARTNER ROLES AND STREAMLINE SERVICES THESE LAST TWO SLIDES, 7 AND 8 ARE, REALLY FOR YOUR REFERENCE COVERING OUR WORK IN Q1 AND Q2 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO KEY MILESTONES IN Q3
AND 4. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT AND ACTUALLY LAST I THINK WE HAVE THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN COLLEAGUES WE'LL BE READY TO READ OUR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. I'M HERE ALONG WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF MARK -- TO PRESENT PRESENTATION FOR THE UPDATE FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE'LL START OFF
WITH THE, THE YEAR TO DATE RECRUITMENT STAFFING NUMBERS. THE LAST TIME WE GAVE AN UPDATE, I WENT THROUGH THE LATERALS RECRUITS AND CADETS AND CSOs AND KIND OF GAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE
PLATFORMS ARE, OR PATHWAYS ARE. SO UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT THOSE I'LL FOR THE SAKE OF TIME MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NUMBERS. LATERALS WE'RE 10 FOR HIRING AT THIS POINT THIS YEAR AS OF JULY 13th I WILL SAY.
RECRUITS WE'RE AT 13 HAVE BEEN HIRED. CADETS ARE AT 45 AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS WHICH ARE COMMONLY KNOWN AS CSO OS ARE AT 28. OUR TOTAL NUMBER TO DATE
FOR HIRES AS OF 2026 IS 96 AS OF JULY 13th AND OUR TOTAL SWORN STAFFING AS OF JULY 13th WAS AT 626.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS CHAVEZ. I'M GOING TO HANDLE THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. OUR REAL NORTH STARS THERE OPERATIONS ARE CLEARANCE RATES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, SO INVESTIGATING CRIMES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND THEN GETTING TO PEOPLE AS FAST
AS WE CAN. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS WHAT WE DID IN 2025, AND WHAT WE DID IN QUARTER 2, LIKELY THE RESULTS WILL BE SHOWN IN QUARTER 3, 4, AND BEYOND BECAUSE INVESTIGATIONS TAKE TIME TO COMPLETE AND THAT CLEARANCE RATE THAT I THINK WE HEARD FROM
EARLIER, WE HEARD FROM LIEUTENANT SCHROEDER, CLEARANCE RATES CONTINUE TO GO UP AND AS HE SHARED WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR 85% CLEARANCE RATE FOR HOMICIDES. SO THE OTHER THING
THAT WE SAW IN QUARTER 2 WAS THE EXTENSION OF QUARTER 1'S PROGRESS WITH RELATED TO RESPONSE TIME. RESPONSE TIME ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION WAS INTOLERABLE OVER THE COUPLE OF YEARS IN WHICH STAFFING WAS A CHALLENGE. BUT WE DID FIND WAYS
TO INCREASE OUR RESPONSE TIME, DECREASE OUR RESPONSE TIME AND INCREASE OUR SERVICE BY GETTING TO, BY GETTING TO OUR 911 RESPONSE EMERGENCIES QUICKER. WE DID THAT THROUGH A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES I THINK YOU'RE
HEARD OF SOME OF TH THESE BUT I'LL BE REAL BRIEF ON THEM. WE'VE DONE THESE JUVENILE OUTREACH INITIATIVES. THAT HAS HELPED I THINK LIEUTENANT KELLEY O'ROURKE HAS PRESENTED ON THAT. THAT HAS HELPED A LOT WITH OUR
JUVENILES AND MADE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T V QUITE AS MANY PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE JAIL EFFICIENCY BEAT. IT'S MIGHT BE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT OF BUT WHAT IT'S DONE IS ALLOWED OUR PERSONNEL
WHO ASSIGNED TO PRECINCTS HANDLING EMERGENCIES TO RELY ON PEOPLE WORKING THE JEB JUST A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO ARE TAKING THEIR ARRESTS PEOPLE AND DEALING WITH THE SOMETIMES SEVERAL HOURS IT TAKES TO GET SOMEONE INTO JAIL AND THEN BRINGING, ALLOWING
THE PERSONNEL TO GET BACK ON THE STREET. THE JEB IS STAFFED WITH OVERTIME AND IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVESTIGATIVE FOLKS AND PEOPLE THAT AREN'T QUITE AS ADEPT AT HANDLING EMERGENCIES, OR FRANKLY DOING THE WORK OUT IN
THE COMMUNITY THAT WE RELY ON FROM OUR PRECINT, OUR PRECINCT FOLKS. THAT'S TURNED INTO A BIG, A BIG CHANGE IN OUR RESPONSE TIMES BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING, OUR OFFICERS ARE GETTING BACK INTO THE, I SAW YOU LOOKING AT YOUR CLOCK, SIR,
I'LL BOO EQUICK. -- BE QUICK. GETTING BACK TO ANSWERING CALLS AND MAKING ARRESTS WHEN THEY HAVE TO. ANOTHER THING WE HAVE DONE TO DECREASE RESPONSE TIMES IS USE OUR OVERTIME A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH REGARD TO WHEN
OUR SHIFT CHANGES ARE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE LARGE LAPSE IN RESPONDING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED 911, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRIORITY 1 CALLS, WHICH IS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN AND THOSE FOLKS JUST LITTLE, MAYBE A YEAR AGO WERE WAITING NINE
MINUTES 20 SECONDS AS A MEDIAN AVERAGE AND NOW THEY'RE, WE'RE DROPPING BELOW SEVEN MINUTES IN SOME CATEGORIES AND CERTAIN PRECINCTS ARE FINDING THAT PERSON THAT IS WORKING THE OVERTIME SHIFT DURING THEIR SHIFT GAP IS ACTUALLY OUT ON THE STREET DURING ROLL CALL, THOSE
FEW PEEP THALLAL THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING REALLY HELPS US MANAGE THE PRIORITY 1 CALLS AND BRINGS THIS NUMBER DOWN: IT HAPPENS AS WELL IN THE PRIORITY 2 CATEGORY, WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN NOW, A ANDURE RESPONSE TIMES TO CATEGORY 2 IS
INCREASING OUR ABILITY TO GET TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE CALLING, WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY EXPERIENCING IMMINENT EMERGENCIES THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING OR STEALING FROM THEM AREN'T, AREN'T THERE IN, IN THEIR PRESENCE. BUT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED A CRIME AND THEY NEED RESPONSE. SO GETTING THAT NUMBER DOWN TO 20 MINUTES OR
LESS IS ONE OF OUR SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN QUARTER 2. THESE IMPROVEMENTS REFLECT THE HARD WORK OF OUR OFFICERS, INVESTIGATORS, DISPATCHERS, CIVILIAN STAFF, AND WHILE THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, WE HAVE MEANINGFUL INDICATORS THAT OUR STRATEGIES, OUR OPERATIONAL
STRATEGIES ARE MOVING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND WE DO REMAIN FOCUSED ON CONTINUING THIS PROGRESS BECAUSE IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY STARTS WITH RERESPONDING CONVICTLY AND -- WITH RESPONDING QUICKLY AND INVESTIGATING THOSE CRIMES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE DEMANDING OF
US. I THINK I'M BRINGING AC GAITERS BACK UP. >> THEN WE'LL MOVE ONTO QUESTIONS. >> AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT SLIDE IT'S JUST GETTING BACK AND UPDATING YOU ON WHAT'S BEEN
TAKING PLACE WITH US IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CELEBRATING CULTURE, COMMUNITY, AND CONNECTION. WE CONTINUE TO GET OURSELVES INVOLVED IN BE INVITED TO MANY EVENTS AND SOME OF THOSE ARE IN BULLET POINTS ON THE
SLIDE. THE AMERICAN INDIAN KICKOFF AND PARADE WHICH WE HAVE BEEN A PART OF IF THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT -- FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT AS WE TRAVEL THROUGH FROM THE LITTLE EARTH HOUSING COMMUNITY OVER THE WOODS AND OVER AT THE AMERICAN INDIAN
CENTER AT FRANKLIN AVENUE. SINGO DEMAIO WE CELEBRATED THAT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL AS WELL. JUNETEENTH, THE NORTHEAST EVENTS, THE DOG PARADE WHICH MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH, A VERY POPULAR EVENT FOR
OFFICERS AND CSO OS AS WELL. LET'S ROLL BIKE RIDE IS WHERE STUDENTS AND POLICE OFFICERS GO ON A BIKE RIDE TOGETHER. AND THE -- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL WHICH WE ALSO TABLED THAT. WHEN WHERE SAY TABLE THERE WAS A RECRUITMENT TABLE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TABLE. THE POLICE
ACTIVITIES LEAGUE ADVENTURE CLUB. THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE ABOUT 25 INDIVIDUALS AND MAKE ABOUT EIGHT, 9 FIELD TRIPS A DURING THE YEAR, AND THAT CONTINUES AS WELL. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS COMING UP, THE 4th OF AUGUST SO WE WILL BE VERY EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF YOU
OUT THERE. AND THE YOUTH COMMUNITY ACADEMY, USED TO BE OUR ADULT ACADEMY. NOW IT'S OUR YOUTH ACADEMY. WE HAVE THREE DATES GOING, AUGUST 4th, AUGUST 11th AND AUGUST 18th AND THEN THE BACK TO SCHOOL JAMBOREE WHICH IS POPULAR WITH
THE KIDS BECAUSE YOU GET FREE BACKPACKS AND FREE FOOD FOR EVERYONE. AND THEN THE PEOPLE'S BARBECUE AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT CONCLUDES, I BELIEVE, OUR PRESENTATION FOR OCS AND BARRING ANY QUESTIONS BUT I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFERENT FORMAT FOR QUESTIONS. >> YES, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON
QUICKLY. AND WITH THE RULES WE HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS HERE PUBLICLY. I THINK MAYBE MY REQUEST TO STAFF WOULD BE, WITH PERMISSION FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO JUST EMAIL THE QUESTIONS AND THEN GET ANSWERED BACK OVER BRIEFING. OTHERWISE WE CAN READ IT QUICKLY, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST GOING
TO REQUEST IS THAT WE FOLLOW UP OVER EMAIL. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, EMAIL TO ME. MY OFFICE WILL THEN EITHER SEND IT TO THE CLERKS OR SEND IT TO STAFF THEMSELVES FOR A RESNSE BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU F THE PRESENTATION.
IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE'LL, IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS JUST EMAIL ME OR WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT OFFLINE AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP OVER EMAIL. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL A THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, BEFORE US, I WILL DECLARE THIS
MEETING ADJOURNED.