>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON CHAVEZ AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO
OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS
CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY.
>> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> CASHMAN IS ABSENT. JENKINS. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
>> PRESENT. >> AND CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 11 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE MUST END THIS MEETING AT 4 P.M. TO THE
PLANNING COMMISSION CAN SET UP. FIRST I WILL SEE WHO IS ON QUEUE. AND IF WE CAN GET THE MEETING QUEUE SET UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY ON QUEUE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA UNDER ITEM NUMBER 5, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TITLE 5.3 THAT'S IN FRONT OF MY COLLEAGUES. IT WILL ADD IT TO THAT ITEM. IT IS AN ADDITIONAL
STAFF DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF THE MDHR SETTLEMENTS. AND THIS ITEM COMPLEMENTS THE OTHERS THAT'S LISTED UNDER ITEM 1. SO I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT AND WE CAN
GET TO THAT WHEN WE CONSIDER IT. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> I'M IN QUEUE TO ALSO AMEND THE AGENDA IF WE WANTED TO TAKE UP THIS AMENDMENT FIRST.
>> WE CAN MOVE THEM FORWARD TOGETHER. >> OKAY. COLLEAGUES, IN FRONT OF YOU, I AM MOVING TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE THE FOURTH NOW SUB ITEM AGENDA NUMBER 5 IN THE
CONSENT DECREE SUBCOMMITTEE. THIS ITEM IS A LETTER IN WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL HAS SIGNED TO THE MAYOR. POLICE REFORMS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE TOPIC OF THE CONSENT DECREE. AND IF I COULD GET A SECOND ON THAT.
>> SECOND. >> THAT'S BEEN SECONDED. COLLEAGUES, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS BEING ADDED TO THE AGENDA? AND I MIGHT NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH OUR CLERKS HERE. BUT WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO MOVE,
WELL, WE'RE AMENDING THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE BOTH THESE ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? GIVEN THAT THESE WERE UNEXPECTED ITEMS, I'M GOING TO NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH OUR CLERKS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. APPROVAL
ON THE AGENDA AS AMENDED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTEN ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MY QUEUE IS NOT
WORKING, BUT IF PEOPLE CAN PLEASE USE THE QUEUE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WAS JUST WANTING TO ASK FOR YOU TO NOTE MY ATTENDANCE. >> PLEASE NOTE COUNCIL MEMBER
CASHMAN'S ATTENDANCE. OKAY. NOW OUR FIRST ITEM WILL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY CLERK CASEY CARL. THANK U. >> THANK YOU, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
CASEY CARL. AS THE CHAIR NOTED, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL TRACKING REPORT. THIS REPORT COVERS YEAR-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S PROGRESS. THAT MEANS FROM JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THROUGH THE LAST COUNCIL CYCLE, WHICH ENDED JUNE 5TH. A COPY OF THE FULL REPORT WAS
INCLUDED IN YOUR BRIEFING MATERIALS AND IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC USING THE LINK ON THIS MEETING AGENDA THROUGH LIMS. AS ALWAYS, BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE REPORT, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MY TEAM AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE,
ESPECIALLY OUR CHIEF CLERK KEN DAYLORE IN VALIDATING THE DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE REVISIONS. THEIR WORK ENABLES A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE CITY'S WORK AND ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. OF COURSE I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE MAYOR'S CABINET AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO
HELPED US TO TRACK THE STATUS OF ALL OF THESE ITEMS AND PROVIDE CURRENT UPDATES ABOUT THE STATUS OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. AS ALWAYS, THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS THAT CORRESPOND TO THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING TRACKED. AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, THAT INCLUDES ORDINANCES,
ENTERPRISE POLICIES, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES AND STAFF DIRECTIVES. TOGETHER, THESE FOUR TYPES OF ACTIONS POLICY MAKING FUNCTIONS. WE PRIMARY EXTRACT DATA FROM OUR
LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM, OR LIMS. THIS PROVIDES THE FILE OR OFFICIAL ACT NUMBERS, STATUS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE FOURTH COLUMN ON THE FAR RIGHT INCLUDES COMMENTARIES
FROM BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT PROVIDES AN EXPLANATION ABOUT THE VARIOUS ITEMS AND THE STATUS. THE CLERKS HAVE IMBEDDED LINKS TO THE FILES, OFFICIAL ACTS, MEETING AGENDAS AND MORE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FULLER CONTEXT AS WELL
AS ACCESS. WE'VE INCLUDES CROSS REFERENCES SUCH AS BETWEEN ORDINANCES AND LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES. BEFORE WE GET TO CURRENT DATA, I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A REPORT SINCE JANUARY, WHICH WAS A
SUMMARIZATION. I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IT HERE ON THIS SLIDE. I SHARED THAT THE COUNCIL WAS OUTPACING ITS PERFORMANCE WHICH COVERED THE YEARS 2022 AND 2023. IN FACT, IN THE END, THE COUNCIL ACTED ON 1,149 DIFFERENT
MATTERS. THAT BREAKS DOWN TO 47 ORDINANCES THAT WERE ENACTED. 449 RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED. AND 1953 DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WERE APPROVED. IT WAS A VERY BUSY AND A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR. IN FACT, IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A
YEAR AGO, I NOTED THAT THE INCREASE IN OUR OVERALL LEGISLATIVE WORK LOAD, WHICH WAS SHOWING THE DATA IN THESE REPORTS, PROVED THAT THE PACE HAD EXCEEDED WHAT HAD BEEN PROCESSED IN BOTH YEARS OF THE PRIOR TWO-YEAR TERM. DESPITE THAT SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THE
DATA SHOWED THERE HAD BEEN COLLABORATION BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT AND CONSEQUENTIAL POLICY PROPOSALS AND PRIORITIES. IN FACT, IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES, DATA SHOWED THAT COLLABORATION WAS
THE NORM NOT THE EXCEPTION. STILL, THIS INCREASED PACE PRESENTS ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES PRIMARILY THAT THE ENTERPRISE IS OFTEN HARD PRESSED TO MAINTAIN THE PACE THAT IS EXPECTED BY COUNCIL. AND THAT INCLUDES THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. NOT AS THE RESULT OF
POLICY DISAGREEMENT, MISALIGNMENT OR OTHER INTENTION. RATHER, IT'S THAT THIS INCREASE LEVEL OF POLICIES WORK IS IN ADDITION TO AND ON TOP OF CORE SERVICES, FUNCTIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE THE DAY-TO-DAY FOCUS OF ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. EVERY DEPARTMENT, AS COUNCIL KNOWS,
HAS CORE FUNCTIONS THAT CONSUME THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES. AND THESE SIMPLY DO NOT INCLUDE TIME OR RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE WORK. THIS LEVEL OF INCREASED LEGISLATIVE WORK CREATES A TIPPING POINT FOR THE ENTERPRISE. AS I RAISE THAT
CAUTIONARY FLAG AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD THIS THE REST OF THIS YEAR, THE PROCESS WHICH HASN'T OFFICIALLY BEGUN YET. AND THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR OF AN ELECTIVE TERM AND ITEMS MAY NOT CARRY
FORWARD. THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO CONSIDER. AND WE'LL NEED TO PRIORITIZE THAT WORK IN ORDER TO AVOID OVERWHELMING OUR DEPARTMENTS. TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPACT I'VE OUTLINED, I'VE PROVIDED A COMPARISON ON THIS SLIDE SHOWING TOTAL STATISTICS FROM ALL OF THE 2024 SESSION
AGAINST YEAR-TO-DATE NUMBERS FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. REMEMBER YEAR-TO-DATE MEANS JANUARY THROUGH THE LAST CYCLE, WHICH ENDED JUNE 5TH. REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JANUARY THROUGH MAY. AT THE HIGHEST POINT IN
THIS LEVEL, AS ALREADY NOTED, 1,449 ACTS IN 2024. 633 ACTS SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE ARE ON PAR FROM THE PACE WE SET LAST YEAR
AND POTENTIALLY EVEN TO EXCEED THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. IN TERMS OF ORDINANCES, COUNCIL ENACTED 47 ORDINANCES LAST YEAR, AND HAS ALREADY ENACTED 25 THIS YEAR. AGAIN, SHOWING WE'RE ON PACE TO EXCEED THE TOTAL VOLUME
FROM 2024. WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THE HALFWAY PARK COMPARING THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE OTHER COMPARISONS FROM THE CATEGORIES ON THIS SLIDE. AGAIN, I WILL SAY COUNCIL HAS DEFINITELY SET AN AGGRESSIVE PACE IN TERMS OF ITS OWN OUTPUT. I'M GOING TO NEXT GO THROUGH ON
DIFFERENT SLIDES EACH OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2025. STARTING WITH ORDINANCES, WHICH ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF LOCAL MUNICIPAL STATUTES OR LOCAL LAWS. HERE YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE DATA FROM THE
TOTAL ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN 2025. AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF ORDINANCES WHERE FINAL DISPOSESIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. 43 ORDINANCE PROPOSALS
HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED SINCE JANUARY, WHICH DOES INCLUDE 16 THAT WERE CARRIED OVER FROM 2024. THE TOTAL NUMBER IS ABOUT 16% FROM THE TOTAL INTRODUCTIONS WE'VE HAD SO FAR IN 2025. OF THAT TOTAL VOLUME, 17 ORDINANCES HAVE BEEN ENACTED SO FAR THIS
YEAR. WHEN COMPARED TO ALL OF 2024, AS I JUST HIGHLIGHTED, THAT'S ROUGHLY 36% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER ENACTED. WE'RE AT THE MIDWAY POINT. THE PACE IS
SIGNIFICANT. NONE OF THOSE ENACTED ORDINANCES HAVE BEEN CODIFIED YET. HOWEVER, WE DO EXPECT THAT THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN THE NEAR TERM. 23 PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO STAFF FOR DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THE STANDARD LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
THOSE ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT. THOSE 23 PROPOSALS ACCOUNT FOR ROUGHLY 53% OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF ORDINANCES PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED THIS YEAR THAT I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED. TWO ORDINANCE PROPOSALS HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH. AND WE ANTICIPATE FINAL
ACTION IN JUNE OR JULY. THAT INCLUDES AN ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSES LICENSING FOR SAUNAS. AS WELL AS AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS CURRENTLY IN THE
HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. GIVEN A HIGH VOLUME OF VETOES LAST YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN NO VETOES THUS FAR IN 2025. SO THE CLERKS HAVE ALSO PROVIDED SOME COMPARATIVE DATA ON THIS SLIDE FOR REFERENCE. MOST NOTABLE HERE AGAIN, I THINK IN MY OPINION IS
THE FACT WE'VE ALMOST MATCHED IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ORDINANCES INTRODUCED IN 2024. THIS SLIDE SHOWS DATA FOR ENTERPRISE POLICY SO FAR THIS YEAR REFLECTED ON PAGES 4 OR 5 OF THE WRITTEN REPORT. THERE
WERE A TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSALS FOR ENTERPRISE POLICIES INTRODUCED THIS YEAR. OF THAT, FOUR POLICIES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. FEDERAL NEIGHBORS NOT ENEMIES ACT. SUPPORT FOR THE
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE MINNEAPOLUS STRATEGIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE, AND DROWNING RISK AND SAFETY FOR CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES
REPORT IS STILL HELD IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PROVIDED ON CURRENT YEARS AND PRIOR YEARS. AS I NOTED, THE OUTPUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY IS REDUCED IN COMPARISON TO PRIOR YEARS. THIS
IS UNSURPRISING GIVEN THE NEW GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. THE MAYOR WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE LEAD ON POLICY MAKING PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL OPERATIONS. SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT THIS CATEGORY CONTINUES TO BE LOWER IN THE FUTURE AS A RESULT OF THAT. HOWEVER, AS THE
GOVERNING BODY, THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNCIL TO SET PRIORITIES AND TO GUIDE WHICH IS CAPTURED IN THESE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS CATEGORY. AND AS AN
INTERESTING COROLLARY, I WOULD NOTE THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TRACKING A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATION POLICIES SO THERE IS PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT WORK DONE BY THE ENTERPRISE. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS LEJTS LATIVE DIRECTIVES, WHICH
ARE INCLUDED ON PAGES 5-7. AS YOU KNOW LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES ARE FORMAL ACTIONS BY THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST FROM THE MAYOR INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, OR OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT FOR THE COUNCIL'S OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE POLICY MAKING OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS AS PROVIDED IN CITY
CHARTER. DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, A TOTAL OF 35LDs HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. ROUGHLY 83% FROM THE TOTAL VOLUME OF LAST YEAR HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE IN THE
FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE CURRENT YEAR. MAJOR INCREASES IN VOLUME THAT I'VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING. DESPITE THAT SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN VOLUME, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY REPORTED BACK ON 16 OF THOSE DIRECTIVES. THOSE MATTERS ARE NOW CLOSED WHICH INDICATES A COMPLETION RATE OF
46%. ANOTHER FOUR OF THOSE HAD REPORTS GIVEN, BUT THEY ALSO REQUIRE FURTHER OCCURRING REPORTS OR ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP WORK. THAT'S ABOUT 11% OF THE TOTAL VOLUME STILL IN QUEUE. THERE ARE 15 LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES THAT ARE IN QUEUE
WHICH REPORT BACK TO THE PROPER COMMITTEES. NINE HAVE SPECIFIC DATES ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNED PRESENTATIONS IN THE MONTH AHEAD. ONE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIIVE WAS VETOED BY THE MAYOR. RELATIVE PLANS FOR THE
GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA. -- FOR BOTH THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS YEARS. FINALLY, WE HAVE DATA FOR STAFF DIRECTIVE HIGHLIGHTED ON PAGES 8-10 ON YOUR WRITTEN REPORT. STAFF DIRECTIVES ARE DIFFERENT FROM
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES, AND THAT THESE ARE DIRECTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO ITS OWN LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. IN 2024, IT ALSO INCLUDED DIRECTIVES IN REQUESTS TO THE CITY AUDITOR. HOWEVER, REQUESTS HAVE NOT BEEN TRACKED IN THIS REPORT. IT WILL BE A NEW
CATEGORY OF DATA THAT WILL BE ADDED GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THE AUDITOR IS SEPARATE FROM COUNCIL AND THOSE CAN'T BE DIRECTIVES, THOSE ARE FORMAL REQUESTS. SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 28 STAFF DIRECTIVES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. THAT'S ABOUT 67% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF DIRECTIVES ADOPTED IN ALL
OF LAST YEAR. AGAIN, THAT DATA SHOWS AN INCREASING VOLUME THIS YEAR WHICH PUTS US ON PAR WITH OR EXCEEDING THAT FROM 2024. OF THE TOTAL VOLUME, NINE HAVE HAD REPORTS RETURNED TO COMMITTEES AND ARE NOW CLOSED. INDICATING A CLOSURE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY
32%. 16 STAFF DIRECTIVES REMAIN IN QUEUE. I'LL NOTE AS WE STARTED THAT WE HAD DID FOUR DIRECTIVES IDENTIFIED IMPROPERLY AS FORMAL REQUESTS TO THE AUDITOR. THOSE FOUR REQUESTS ARE NOTED IN THE REPORT. I'LL JUST FOR THE RECORD SAY IT INCLUDES AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF THE
CASE INVOLVING DAVIS MATURI. CASE INVOLVING ALISON. A REVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION AT LAKE STREET AND BLOOMINGTON AVENUE VERY RECENTLY. THE STATUS
IS ALSO SHOWN THAT THE AUDITOR HAS ACCEPTED ALL FOUR OF THOSE AND PLANS TO BRING FORWARD THE AFTER ACTION REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS IN THE FUTURE. AND AGA AGAIN, CLERKS HAVE PROVIDED ANALYSIS FOR THE CURRENT AND
PRIOR YEARS. AS WITH LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES, IT'S INCREASING OVER THE PAST YEAR. I THINK IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT WE WILL EXCEED THE VOLUME FROM LAST YEAR WHEN WE FINISH THIS YEAR. I THINK THIS IS IN PARTICULAR A CATEGORY WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH AND EXPANSION IN
FUTURE YEARS AS THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT BUILDS UP ITS OWN CAPACITY TO PROVIDE THE DESIRED LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL'S LEGISLATIVE POLICY MAKING AND OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS. THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR, AND AS WE
LOOK INTO THE FUTURE TO BUILD THAT SOLID FOUNDATION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT DIVISION. SO THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT FOR DATA. IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR PLANNED QUARTERLY REPORTING CADENCE. THE
THIRD REPORT WILL BE AT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, SEPTEMBER 22ND. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THAT THE DATA CLEARLY SHOW THE COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION ARE ACTIVELY COLLABORATING TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
EVERY POLICY AND ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL REFLECTS THE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE, CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE WORK OF OUR CITY'S DEPARTMENTS WHICH INCLUDES THE NEARLY 4,000 PROFESSIONALS WHO BRING THEIR TALENTS TO THIS CITY EVERY DAY. THESE REPORTS ARE NOT MERELY HIGHLIGHTING COUNCIL'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY CERTAINLY ARE COUNCIL'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. BUT IN REALITY, THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE WORKING TOGETHER. AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR THAT AS WE HEAD INTO A CITY ELECTION YEAR, I ESPECIALLY THINK THE
CITY NEEDS TO KNOW THE CITY IS WORKING TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISHING IMPORTANT THINGS FOR ITS RESIDENTS. WE WORK BEST AS A CITY WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. HAVING SAID THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING FORWARD THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT IN SEPTEMBER. THAT COMPLETES MY FORMAL PRESENTATION. I KNOW YOU HAVE A
VERY TIGHT TIMELINE AND A BIG AGENDA, MR. CHAIR. I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. >> THANK YOU, CLERK CARL FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO CHECK THE QUEUE TO SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE ON QUEUE. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL SEE YOU
BACK HERE IN SEPTEMBER. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION. NOW WE WILL BE RECEIVING A PRESE N
PRESENTATION. I WILL WELCOME UP KATIE SMITH AND JON MARTIN. >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS KATIE SMITH, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AND VOTER SERVICES, AND I AM JOINED BY OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, JON MARTIN. WE ARE
HAPPY TO BE HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION COVERING THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE SET UP FOR THIS 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTION. I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH SOME REALLY KEY DATES. THEY'RE LEADING UP TO BIG ELECTION DAY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH. BUT
WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO WHAT WE IN THE ELECTIONS AND SERVICES TEAM CONSIDER A BIG KICK OFF. THAT STARTS WITH CANDIDATE FILING NEXT MONTH. NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY,
THE START OF OUR ABSENTEE VOTER PERIOD WHICH STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. OUR PUBLIC ACCURACY TESTING. IT'S WHEN WE PUBLICLY FOR ALL INTERESTED PERSONS RETEST FOR A SECOND TIME ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT THAT'S
GOING TO BE UTILIZED DURING OUR ELECTION. SO REALLY IMPORTANT DAY WHERE WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT. THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE PROCESS AND THEY CAN SEE PHYSICALLY THOSE MACHINES BEING TESTED AND THE ACCURATE VOTES BEING TABULATED FROM THAT
PROCESS. WE DO LIVESTREAM THAT. THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AHEAD OF THAT EVENT. THIS YEAR'S PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER 14TH. AS ALWAYS, THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS AN ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION STATE, SO IF
SOMEONE DOESN'T REGISTER BY OCTOBER 14TH, THEY CAN ALSO COMPLETE THAT REGISTRATION PROCESS EITHER AS A PART OF VOTING EARLY OR AS A PART OF VOTING ON ELECTION DAY. BUT MAKING THE PRE-REGISTRATION CUT-OFF DOES MAKE THE PROCESS SIMPLER. IT MEANS YOU DON'T NEED
TO BRING ANYTHING WITH YOU WHEN YOU COME TO VOTE, YOU PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU GET CHECKED IN. THAT ONE'S OCTOBER 14TH. ABSENTEE VOTING WILL END ON NOVEMBER 3RD AT 5 P.M. THAT'S WHEN OUR EARLY
IN-PERSON VOTING ENDS BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY IS ELECTION DAY. OUR MAIL BALLOT RETURN DEADLINE IS ELECTION DAY ITSELF AT 5 P.M. FOR IN-PERSON DROP OFF. THAT'S A CHANGE THIS YEAR THAT GOES INTO EFFECT FOR THIS ELECTION. IT COMES OUT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE
CYCLE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG KEY IMPORTANT ONES TO REMEMBER. 5 P.M. CUT-OFF FOR MAIL BALLOT DROP-OFF ON ELECTION DAY. I'VE GOT ANOTHER SLIDE THAT HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THOSE OTHER CHANGES AS WELL. FOLLOWING ELECTION DAY ON NOVEMBER 4TH, IT
IS A RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTION. WHICH MEANS ANY WINNERS THAT AREN'T KNOWN ON ELECTION NIGHT WILL GO INTO TABULATION ROUNDS. WE HAVE THOSE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH WHEN THAT PROCESS
WILL HAPPEN. WE RESERVED NOVEMBER 6TH ON CALENDARS. AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF THIS YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE CYCLE. THE
HIGHLIGHTED ONE THERE AT THE TOP IS THAT NEW ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP OFF AT 5 P.M. THAT'S THE TIME WHEN OUR VOTERS CAN ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY BRING THEIR BALLOT IN TO OUR OFFICE AND TURN IT INTO US. THAT'S A CHANGE THIS YEAR. IT'S ONE THAT WE'RE REALLY
HIGHLIGHTING DURING OUR VOTER OUTREACH. DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTIN WILL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT ONE OF OUR EFFORTS AND WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING IN ALL OF OUR MEDIA OUTREACH AS WELL. THERE WAS ALSO AN ADDITION STATING THAT THE STUDENT HOUSING LIST WILL BE
PROVIDED TO US DURING THE 18-DAY PERIOD OF EARLY VOTING AND DIRECT BALLOTING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ON AND SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT CHANGE HAPPENING STATE WIDE. OUR STUDENTS CAN REGISTER WITH THAT METHOD EVEN EARLIER. THERE'S A NEW CHAIN OF CUSTODY PLEA AND REQUIREMENT THAT'S COMING UP
WHERE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR CHAIN OF CUSTODY PLANS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. IT'S NOT A CHANGE IN OUR PROCEDURES OR OUR PROCESS. WE ALREADY HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN PLACE. THINGS LIKE SECURE BALLOT STORAGE AND SECURE HANDLING OF OUR VOTING
MATERIALS. IT'S JUST A NEW FORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SOLIDIFYING VIA THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. THERE ARE NEW VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS AND ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT NEXT MONTH. AND NEW SIGN UP FORM THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT FOR THE
ABSENTEE LIST NEXT YEAR. SO WE ARE REMINDING PEOPLE AS THEY'RE INTERESTED AND CONNECTING WITH OUR OFFICE THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE THAT THOSE NEW FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING NEXT MONTH. AND THEN FINALLY, ANOTHER KEY CHANGE OUT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE CYCLE COMES
WITH FILING. IT REQUIRES A PROOF OF RESIDENCY PROVIDED DURING FILING BY CANDIDATES. THAT CAN EITHER BE A VALID CURRENT PHOTO ID OR AN ID PLUS A DOCUMENT. IT MIRRORS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR WHENEVER SOMEONE REGISTERS TO
VOTE. THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY IN EFFECT. IT'S ALSO REQUIRES A NAME PRONUNCIATION FORM. SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ALREADY RECEIVING DURING OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS WHEREVER WE'RE TAKING
IN THOSE CANDIDATE FORMS. AND IT'S THE WAY THAT OUR PROGRAMMING HAPPENS FOR OUR ASSISTIVE VOTING DEVICES SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR CANDIDATES'
NAMES ARE BEING CORRECTLY ANNOUNCED. FINANCE REPORTING AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DUE SPECIFICALLY IN ELECTION YEARS WHEN A NAME IS ON A BALLOT, AND AN ANNUAL REPORT DUE EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE OUR EARLY VOTING HOURS. THEY'LL BE GOING UP ON OUR WEBPAGE SO THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS CAN SEE THOSE LISTED. THEY MIRROR QUITE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE OFFERED IN PREVIOUS
YEARS IN THE GUBERNATORIAL AND THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL. WE HAVE EXTENDED HOURS THE LAST TWO WEEKENDS, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY HOURS. WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED
TO BE OFFERING POP-UP VOTING THIS YEAR DURING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. I CAME IN AND TALKED ON IT A LOT BUT IT'S A PROGRAM WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. WE'VE SEEN ITS SUCCESS BOTH IN TURNOUT AND REACHING VOTERS WHO WOULDN'T OTHERWISE PARTICIPATED.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT EVENTS SCHEDULED. WE'VE GOT THEM ALL OCCURRING WHEN OUR VOTERS CAN FEED THEIR BALLOTS IN THE TABULATION THAT WE'LL HAVE SET UP. WE USED CONSIDERATIONS THAT
WE HAVE USED IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THINGS LIKE GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSEMENT, TURNOUT, CVAP DATA, ANY FACILITIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED A NEED, AND ACCESS AS WELL IN FACILITY SPACE. THOSE
FIVE INCLUDE ONE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, FROM 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. WE'LL BE HOSTING IT AGAIN AT THE WISEMAN ART MUSEUM. WE SAW A REALLY HEAVY TURNOUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
POP-UP DURING OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. WE'VE GOT PLANS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE LINES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALREADY ON OUTREACH EFFORTS. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE
STUDENTS. BUT ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY AT THE U OF M WEISSMAN ART MUSEUM. HENNEPIN ELECTIONS WON'T BE SERVING VOTERS, SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO REACH DOWNTOWN. WE'VE GOT A POP-UP IN THE SERVICE BUILDING IN ROOM 100 ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND. AND ALL OF THE REST OF THESE ARE 11 A.M. TO 6 P.M. WEISSMAN WAS DIFFERENT TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION. THE THIRD ONE IS AT
THE URBAN LEAGUE. URBAN LEAGUE HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER WITH US MAKING SPACE AVAILABLE FOR VOTING. THIS TIME WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT DURING A MUNICIPAL YEAR. IT WILL BE AT URBAN LEAGUE TWIN CITIES ON FRIDAY, THE 23RD.
AND WE'LL BE HOSTING AGAIN AT MIDTOWN GLOBAL MARKET. THAT ONE'S SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP INTO WARD 4. WE ARE GOING TO BE OUT AT
WEBER PARK. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27TH. WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTIN. HE'LL FINISH UP A FEW SLIDES AND I'LL STAY HERE AS WELL SO WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
ELECTIONS JON MARTIN. GOING OVER SOME POLLING PLACE CHANGES WE'VE HAD SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2024. THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE TEMPORARY CHANGES BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION ON THE BUILDING
THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE USING. SO THEY'RE JUST MOVED TEMPORARILY. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME WHICH ARE PERMANENT MOVES. EITHER THE CURRENT BUILDING TENANT DIDN'T WANT TO BE A POLLING PLACE OR THE BUILDING
JUST DIDN'T SUIT OUR NEEDS ANYMORE. THE NEWER CHANGES THAT WE HAVE WILL EASE OUR TEMPORARY LOCATIONS, WARD 2 LOCATION 6 ON CAMPUS. THAT POLLING PLACE IS BEING MOVED FROM GRACE LUTHERAN
CHURCH TO THE HILTON HOTEL ON CAMPUS. FOLKS WILL BE VOTING THERE FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION THIS YEAR, AND THEN THE 2026 ELECTIONS. THE OTHER TEMPORARY RELOCATION IS IN WARD 5 PRECINCT 4, WHICH IS THE WILLARD-HAY
NEIGHBORHOOD. FOLKS WILL BE VOTING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTH COMMONS PARK. THE MORE PERMANENT CHANGES, WARD 5 MOVING TO UROC FROM THE LINCOLN SCHOOL. AND ALSO IN WARD 7, PRECINCT 2
MOVING TO THE KENWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER FROM ST. PAUL EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THERE WERE CHANGES THAT WENT INTO EFFECT WHICH VOTERS VOTED AT DURING THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SENATE DISTRICT 60 THIS WINTER IN FEBRUARY, AND
THOSE WERE IN WARD 1, PRECINCT 1, NEW POLLING PLACE IS PREMISE, INC. MOVED FROM COLUMBIA GOLF COURSE. CHANGES IN WARD 3, BOTH OF THOSE VOTING LOCATIONS CHANGED TO LOGAN PARK REC
CENTER. THEY MOVED FROM SPRINGHILL MANOR HIGH RISE. WARD 3 PRECINCT 4 VOTED AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMY FOR 2025 AND 2026, IT'S BEING ALSO AT LOGAN
PARK. ALL RIGHT. FOR THESE CHANGES, WE HAVE A ROBUST WAY OF COMMUNICATING THOSE CHANGES TO THE VOTERS AFFECTED. FIRST, WE MAIL OUT A POSTAL VERIFICATION
CARD TO VOTERS TELLING THEM THAT THEIR POLLING PLACE IS GOING TO BE CHANGED. ALSO, WE WILL BE DOING TARGETED PAID SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISEMENTS. WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN BY ZIP CODES IN OUR
HOUSEHOLD MAILER THAT WE MAIL OUT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY. THESE POLLING CHANGES WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL. ALSO DURING FOR OUR VARIOUS OUTREACH
AREAS WE HAVE INFORMATION HIGHLIGHTING THOSE CHANGES AT JUNETEENTH AT SATURDAY, AND CHANGES TO WARD 5 AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE. BOTH IN 2024 AND FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAD SIGNS AT THE POLLING PLACES SAYING THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO MOVE AND HIGHLIGHTING THE CURRENT OR UPDATED LOCATIONS THAT FOLKS WILL BE VOTING AT THIS YEAR. NEXT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEW ASSISTED VOTING DEVICE. SO THE CITY FOR THIS ELECTION WILL
HAVE -- WILL ADOPT CITY-WIDE THE EXPRESS VOTE IS OUR NEW ASSISTED VOTING DEVICE. PRIOR, WE USED A DEVICE CALLED THE OMNI BALLOT. THIS WAS ROLLED OUT ON A PILOT LAST YEAR. AND THEN FOR THE
SENATE DISTRICT 60 SPECIAL ELECTION, EVERY PRECINCT IN THAT ELECTION ALSO USED THIS NEW DEVICE. COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THIS DEVICE DOES, IT CAN READ THE BALLOT TO PEOPLE. IT CAN ZOOM IN AND MAGNIFY THE BALLOT.
PEOPLE CAN OPERATE THE DEVICE EITHER USING THE SCREEN. IT'S A TOUCHSCREEN. AND THEN IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND PICTURE, THERE'S ALSO LIKE A BRAILLE KEYPAD THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO
NAVIGATE THEIR SELECTIONS. THE BALLOT ONCE PEOPLE VOTE USING THIS DEVICE, THE CHOICES ARE PRINTED OUT ON WHAT IS CALLED A SKINNY BALLOT. IT'S PICTURED IN BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT-HAND PICTURES. THE BALLOT IS CALLED
SKINNY BALLOT BECAUSE IT'S SKINNIER THAN THE NORMAL BALLOT THAT YOU MIGHT USE IF YOU'RE NOT USING THIS DEVICE. THIS BALLOT, HOWEVER, DOES FEED DIRECTLY INTO THE SAME TABULATORS THAT PEOPLE NOT USING THE SKINNY BALLOT WILL USE. THERE WILL BE AN EXTRA TRAY
WHICH HAS A SKINNIER CHUTE THAT PEOPLE CAN FEED THE BALLOT IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS IF SOMEONE WAS FILLING IN THE LARGER BALLOT. DIRECTOR SMITH TALKED A BIT ABOUT OUR VOTER
OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION PLANS. WE HAVE A LOT OF ROBUST EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE ENTIRE CITY IS ELECTION READY, BUT WE REALLY USE THESE COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES TO
SPECIFICALLY TARGETED OUR UNDER-REPRESENTED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALSO ELECTION READY IN OUR ELECTIONS. WE SO FAR HAVE ABOUT 15 PLANNED VOTER OUTREACH EVENTS. THOSE NUMBERS WILL GROW.
AND THESE EVENTS RANGE FROM THE WIDER LIKE BIG EVENTS LIKE OPEN STREETS TO MORE TARGETED COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE SOMALI INDEPENDENCE DAY, JUNETEENTH,
THE HMONG FREEDOM FESTIVAL. PLANS TO GO TO AT LEAST ONE EVENT IN EACH WARD FOR THIS ELECTION. WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WHERE WE
ALREADY HAVE ABOUT 15 PRESS RELEASES, WHICH WE'LL BE ISSUING OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANT DATES, IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE ELECTION. BUT ALSO OUR OFFICE GOES IN THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER LEADING UP TO
THE ELECTION. WE GO ON THE VARIOUS CULTURAL RADIO STATIONS, BILINGUAL STAFF WILL GO ON THESE STATIONS TO BE INTERVIEWED TO TELL FOLKS WHO LISTEN ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO VOTE, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE ELECTION READY. ALSO, WE PLAN TO DO SOME
TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS. SO WE DO COMMUNICATIONS IN SOME OF THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTERS BOTH ON PAPER AND ONLINE. WE HAVE THE, FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, WE
CAN SEND OUT EMAIL BLASTS TO EVERY STUDENT ON CAMPUS. AND THIS YEAR, WE PLAN TO DO SOME ADVERTISEMENT ON THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE MINNESOTA DAILY AS WELL. AND ALSO FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR
BIG POSTS, OUR KEY DATE POSTS WILL BE TRANSLATED. THEY'LL NOT ONLY BE IN ENGLISH BUT THEY'LL BE TRANSLATED INTO HMONG, SOMALI, AND SPANISH. LASTLY, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT OUR HOUSEHOLD MAILER WHICH GOES OUT
TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY. DIRECTOR SMITH TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT, BUT FOR OUR ELECTION RESULTS, ALL OF THE RESULTS WILL BE RELEASED AS THEY ARE COMPLETED AND THEY'LL BE RELEASED ON OUR CITY'S ELECTIONS
WEBSITE VOTE.MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV. WHEN RESULTS ARE RELEASED, THEY'LL PROBABLY ALL COME ALL AT ONCE OR IN ONE BIG WAVE ONCE THOSE ABSENTEE NUMBERS ARE MERGED WITH THE RESULTS FROM THE
POLLING PLACES ON ELECTION DAY. AND BECAUSE WE'RE USING CHOICE VOTING, SOME RACES WON'T BE CALLED ON ELECTION DAY. THE ONES THAT GO ON RING CHOICE TABULATION, THAT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. MOST LIKELY WE'LL HAVE IT ALL DONE BY
WEDNESDAY. AND THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON IS CAMPAIGN FINANCE. A FEW DEADLINES TO REMEMBER FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS. THERE ARE TWO REPORTS THAT ARE DUE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. THE PRE
PRIMARY REPORT WHICH IS DUE AUGUST 2ND, AND THE PRE -- THE POST GENERAL REPORT AFTER THE ELECTION WHICH IS DECEMBER 4TH. AND THEN THE CERTIFICATION OF
FILING, THAT IS DUE ON NOVEMBER 12TH. SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THIS IS NOT COMPLETED AND TURNED INTO OUR OFFICE, THE WINNERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ASSUME THEIR OFFICE UNTIL THE CERTIFICATION OF
FILING IS COMPLETED. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 4TH. POLLS ARE OPEN 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. DIRECTOR SMITH AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO SEE IF ANYBODY IS ON QUEUE. FIRST UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE IF YOU COULD SAY MORE ABOUT THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH EDUCATION FOR
MINNEAPOLIS IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND DEMOCRACY. I KNOW THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THERE. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE OUTREACH THAT YOU WILL BE DOING? I YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH, IT INCLUDES THAT AMENDMENT. THAT'S JUST ADDING SOME EXTRA FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT. INCLUDES THINGS NOT ONLY LIKE US GOING OUT TO COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT ALSO US BEING ABLE TO ADVERTISE IN LOCAL NEWSLETTERS AND NEWSPAPERS. WE'VE GOT THE CULTURAL MEDIA ROUNDS THAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR
MARTIN HAD MENTIONED. YEAH. AND THEN ALSO WE'VE JUST BEEN REALLY WORKING ON OUR OUTREACH WHEN IT COMES TO HIRING SO THAT WE'RE SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE ON STAFF BOTH DURING EARLY VOTING, BUT
ALSO AT THE POLLS WHO WERE ABLE TO SPEAK A LANGUAGE WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING IN TO VOTE SO THAT IT'S BOTH THAT KNOWLEDGE BEFORE CASTING YOUR BALLOT. BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THE SAME SERVICE AND SUPPORT AND SAME HELP FROM YOUR ELECTION JUDGE OR FROM YOUR EARLY VOTING
SPECIALIST WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN TO CAST YOUR BALLOT IN PERSON. >> VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST A QUICK THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH. THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTIN. FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE OVER THE YEARS, ELECTIONS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT WHAT THEY DO. AND THAT IS IN LARGE PART TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU RUN. THESE PRESENTATIONS I GUESS MEMBER 10 YEARS AGO SEEMED LIKE
ASPIRATIONAL. LIKE HERE'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. WELL, YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THERE. SO THANK YOU AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. >> ALL RIGHT. NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE ENTIRE ELECTIONS TEAM IS DOING. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> MR. CHAIR, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG AGENDA, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY PUBLICLY,
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, YOU HEARD DIRECTOR SMITH SAY SEVERAL OF THESE MINNEAPOLIS HAD IN PLACE OVER YEARS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOW CODIFIED IN STATE LAW. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT THAT TALKS
ABOUT IS NOT JUST THE LEADERSHIP THAT BENEFITS OUR VOTERS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS. BUT ON THE LARGER ISSUE, I APPRECIATE THEIR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND VOTERS, AND TEAM AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO DRIVE THESE IMPROVEMENTS STATE WIDE SO
THEY'RE NOT JUST HERE LOCAL. I THINK THEIR IMPACT FAR EXCEEDS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> THANK YOU, CLERK CARL. OUR CITY IS LEADING THE STATE. COLLEAGUES, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION. AND NOW I WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PAYNE AS THE CHAIR OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. FIRST, WE WILL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION FROM MICHAEL HARRISON AND DAVID DOUGLASS ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL SEMI ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.
WE WILL INVITE ELEFA UP. >> WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PAYNE, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, DAVID DOUGLASS, CHIEF MICHAEL HARRISON, AND EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. BEFORE WE TURN TO OUR PRESENTATION, WE WANT TO
EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO ALL OF YOU AND THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY ON THE TRAGIC MURDERS OF REPRESENTATIVES HORTMAN AND HER SPOUSE AND SENATOR HOFFMAN AND HIS SPOUSE. WE HAVE SEEN WHAT A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY THIS
IS. WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE'VE HEARD THEIR EXPRESSIONS OF PAIN AND WE GRIEVE WITH THEM AND WITH ALL OF YOU. I WAS LISTENING THIS MORNING ON MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC RADIO, THEY DID AN EXTENDED
PRESENTATION ON VIOLENCE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IN THE NATION. AND ONE OF THE PANELISTS COMMENTED THAT MINNEAPOLIS SEEMS TO BE GROUND ZERO FOR SO MANY OF THE ISSUES OF VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL TENSION THAT THE COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING. AND
THAT UNDERSCORES FOR US THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU AND THAT WE ARE DOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, NO ONE SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE, WHO THEY REPRESENT, THE BELIEFS THEY
HOLD, THE VIEWS THEY EXPRESS, OR HOW THEY CHOOSE TO PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD. THE POLICE MUST BOTH UPHOLD AND EMBODY THAT PRINCIPLE, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CONSENT DECREE ARE THE MEANS TO THAT END. WE RECOGNIZE IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR
US TO BE ASKED TO WORK WITH YOU TO DO THIS WORK. WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, AND WE STAND WITH YOU TO ACHIEVING THE ENDS OF THESE AGREEMENTS. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY. UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE REPORT TO THE PUBLIC IN TWO FORMS. WE HOLD THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS EACH YEAR, AND WE ISSUE TWO PROGRESS REPORTS, WRITTEN PROGRESS REPORTS. BUT THE TWO DON'T SYNC. AND AS A RESULT, WE ISSUE
PROGRESS REPORTS BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEM. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR MOST RECENT PROGRESS REPORT THROUGH ALL OF YOU. AND WE HOPE THIS WILL BECOME A REGULAR
FEATURE AS WE GO FORWARD AND ISSUE THESE REPORTS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN OUR FINDINGS AND TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AND ALL OF YOU CONTEXT FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE APPEARING FOR YOU, JUST A
BRIEF PRESENTATION, WE JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL AND TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHO WE ARE, OUR ROLE. OF COURSE, WE'LL SUMMARIZE OUR FINDINGS FROM OUR MOST RECENT PROGRESS REPORT. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO I THINK ALL
OF YOU KNOW FROM THIS SELECTION PROCESS, EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL, WE'RE A 501(C)(3) COMING TOGETHER WITH POLICE TO A SHARED VISION FOR POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY
SERVE. WE TAKE THAT SERIOUS. WE'RE NOT IN THE CONSENT DECREE BUSINESS. WE'RE ACTUALLY ATTRACTED TO THIS WORK BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR FROM THE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DID IN THE RESEARCH THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE ACROSS THIS COMMUNITY AND INCLUDING THE POLICE FOR THE KIND OF CHANGES
THAT WE THINK ARE NECESSARY TO HEAL AND CHANGE AND REPAIR POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM, AS WE'VE SAID. POLICING EXPERTS,
LAWYERS, CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES. WE HAVE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MONITORED AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MONITORED, AND THOSE WHO MONITOR. OUR ROLE IS PRESCRIBED AND CONSTRAINED BY THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WHICH SUMMARIZED HERE, THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT OUR PRIMARY DUTY IS TO FAIRLY AND EFFICIENTLY -- WE MAY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
ISSUE REPORTS. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER OR REQUIRE THE CITY, M.P.D. OR MDHR OR ANY EMPLOYEE TO TAKE OR DEFER FROM TAKING ACTION. IN OTHER WORDS, THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT DON'T WORK FOR US. WE DON'T RUN THEM. WE ARE NOT AN
AGENT OF EITHER PART PARTY OR THE COURT. WE HAVE THREE BASIC ROLES: WE MONITOR. WE COACH. WE USE OUR EXPERIENCE TO HELP THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY COME INTO COMPLIANCE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE REPORT TO THE
PUBLIC AND TO THE COURT, TO ALL OF YOU ON THE CITY'S PROGRESS TOWARD THOSE GOALS. PUBLIC FEEDBACK IS INTEGRAL TO THE PROC PROCESS. AS I NOTED, WE HAVE
MEETINGS WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROCESS. AND ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK WE USE TO INFORM OUR WORK. WE REPORT TO THE PARTIES, TO THE COURT, TO THE PUBLIC, AND OF COURSE, TO ALL OF YOU. I'D LIKE TO NOW TURN
IT OVER TO CHIEF HARRISON TO TALK ABOUT SUMMARIZE THE FINDINGS FROM OUR SECOND PROGRESS REPORT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT HAS BEEN DOING, AND WHAT'S LEFT TO DO. SO FAR, THERE HAVE
BEEN A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT HAVE MADE APPROVAL AND COMING TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT DECREE. MAINLY USE OF FORCE POLICIES WHICH IS MADE UP OF 17 POLICIES WHICH MAKE UP A SUITE OF USE OF FORCE POLICIES. CRISIS
POLICY HAS BEEN APPROVED. MISSION, VALUES AND GOALS HAS BEEN APPROVED. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS NEAR APPROVING. I WILL PULL THIS UP AND GIVE YOU THE 17
POLICIES THAT MAKE UP THE USE OF FORCE. THEY ARE 5-301 FORCE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, OPERATIONS AND STANDARDS, USE OF FORCE REPORTING, USE OF FORCE REVIEW, AUTHORIZE AND PROHIBITED FORCE
OPTIONS, FORCE OPTION RESTRAINTS -- FORCE OPTION HANDHELD CHEMICAL AEROSOLS. FORCE OPTION CEWs. FORCE OPTION
BATONS. FORCE OPTION K-9s. FORCE OPTION FIREARMS. FORCE OPTION CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. -- DEESCALATION, CRISIS
INTERVENTION AND RESPONDING TO HIGH RISK. SO THOSE ARE THE 17 POLICIES THAT MAKE UP THE SUITE OF USE FORCE POLICIES. SO THAT'S WHERE POLICIES HAVE BEEN
APPROVED. THERE ARE STILL POLICIES THAT ARE NOT YET APPROVED. NOW WE MOVE INTO TRAINING PROGRESS. WE'LL GET INTO THE PROGRESS, THEN WE'LL GET INTO WHAT'S LEFT TO BE DONE. 2025 TRAINING PLAN, AND THE TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS WAS COMPLETED AND APPROVED. BOTH OF
THESE HAVE BEEN PRAISED AS MODELS AS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PUT TOGETHER AN ANNUAL TRAINING PLAN. THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM HAS AN 8-HOUR REFRESHER TEAM. IT'S NOT AN EVALUATOR
APPROVED TRAINING, BUT THEY DELIVERED IT BEFORE THE POLICY WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED. THEN THERE'S CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING FOR 911 DISPATCHERS WHICH IS NOT YET DEVELOPED BUT IT'S UNDERWAY. THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE THIRD CATEGORY. FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND NON-DATABASE TECHNOLOGY PLAN
IS NEARLY COMPLETED. A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT AND IT IS ALMOST THERE. AND THE CITY LAUNCHED WEBSITE THAT EXPLAINS TO CITY EMPLOYEES THE PROS ES IS FOR FILING AND INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS AGAINST M.P.D. SWORN PERSONNEL IS UNDERWAY. NEXT, WE
HAVE MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE RECRUITMENT AND STRATEGY FOR COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT WAS APPROVED. INVESTIGATIVE TRAINING HAS BEEN DELIVERED FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS
DIVISION, AND THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW OR OPCR PERSONNEL. IAD AND OPCR HAVE MADE PROGRESS TOWARD REDUCING THEIR INVESTIGATIVE BACKLOGS. AND SOPs ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT
TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS REFERRING MISCONDUCT CASES FOR COACHING. NEXT IS OFFICER WELLNESS, WHICH IS THE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. 21 MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED. EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM OR EIS POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS ON TRACK TO BE COMPLETED. THE LAST ONE IS
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS. THE DATA SYSTEMS PLAN IS COMPLETED AND APPROVED. THE NEW POLICY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED. THEY HAVE SEEN AND TEST DROVE THE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO CREATE, MAINTAIN
IN A BETTER WAY. USE OF FORCE, VEHICLE PURSUIT REPORTS IS UNDERWAY. HERE ARE THE CHALLENGES. THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT. WE KNOW IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME. IT HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN EXPECTED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS BUT THERE'S A LOT
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THIS PACE IMPACTS DELAYS IN THE REQUIRED WORK DOWN STREAM. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WORK HASN'T BEEN DONE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY IT TAKES SO LONG. WE WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE GOOD POLICIES. YES, WE WANT THEM
TO GET THEM DONE QUICKLY. BUT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOOD. WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR CAPACITY RESTRAINTS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY PERSONNEL FACE COMPETING PRIORITIES BALANCING BOTH REFORM INITIATIVES WITH THE DAILY OPERATIONS. AND WE HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THEIR CAPACITY BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE TASKED WITH DOING REFORM WORK BUT ALSO HAVE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES IN BALANCING THE TIME BRINGS ABOUT CONCERN. DELAYS HIRING VENDORS REMAINS A CONCERN. THE WELLNESS
UNIT IS UNDERSTAFFED AND RIGHT NOW ONLY HAS TWO FULL-TIME PERSONNEL. IT IS WAY UNDERSTAFFED FOSR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO COME UNDER COMPLIANCE. THEY'VE
MADE A LOT OF PROCESS IN HIRING NEW PEOPLE AND ONBOARDING THEM TO THEIR DIVISIONS AND GETTING THEM TRAINED. THE TRAINING ISSUES. THE CRISIS INTERVENTION REFRESHER TRAINING HAS BEEN DELIVERED BUT NOT INDEPENDENTOR
EVALUATOR APPROVED DUE TO DELIVERY ISSUES. WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF THINGS HAPPEN ESPECIALLY DISRUPTION INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS WHICH WE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND ADDRESSED IT. THE LEADER OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS ADDRESSED IT. THEY WILL NOT HAVE THOSE ISSUES.
IF THEY DO, WE BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION AGAIN, WE'LL BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THEIR SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP MODEL HASN'T STARTED. IT IS VENDOR BASED. THEY HAVE CONTRACTED WITH A VENDOR. THEY ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE COMPLETED AND DEVELOPED
AND DELIVERED LATER THIS YEAR. AND THEN THERE ARE TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS. THE CURRENT DATA SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW ARE INADEQUATE AND LACK CAPABILITIES, AND IT HINDERS OUR ABILITY TO AUDIT AND
ASSESS, AND IF THE DATA IS EVEN GOOD. THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THEIR PUBLIC-FACING DATA DASHBOARDS REQUIRE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DAVID AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THIS NEXT
REPORTING PERIOD. >> WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS WE'RE BUILDING. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT POLICIES IN PLACE. WE HAVE TO TRAIN ON THOSE POLICIES. BUT THEN WE NEED THE DATA SYSTEMS NECESSARY TO MANAGE AND MONITOR THOSE POLICIES AND TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE. AND OF
COURSE, WE NEED DISCIPLINE AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS BECAUSE AS CHIEF HARRISON OFTEN SAYS, POLICE OFFICERS DO WHAT WE TEACH THEM TO DO, TRAIN THEM TO DO, AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING OR NOT DOING. AND THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL. AS WE LOOK OVER YEAR TWO, WE HOPE TO
COMPLETE THE POLICY PROCESS. RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T PROMISE THAT THEY'LL ALL BE DONE. BUT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THOSE THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT, SUCH AS STOP SEARCHES AND ARRESTS. AS WE APPROVE POLICIES, WE'LL APPROVE THE
TRAINING. TRAINING WILL COMMENCE. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL OF THE YEAR TO TRAINING GOALS WILL BE MET. I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ARE WORKING ON GIVING US NEW DEADLINES AND A NEW PLAN. WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH THEM ON THAT.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROCESS ON ALL THE PROGRESS AND TRAINING. DATA SYSTEMS NECESSARY SO THAT LATER THIS YEAR AND INTO YEARS THREE, WE CAN BEGIN THE AUDITING. AS A GENERAL MATTER, WE DON'T AUDIT
BEFORE THERE'S A CHANCE FOR CHANGE. WE ALREADY KNOW THINGS AREN'T RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THE MDHR AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONSENT DECREE TOLD US. JUST TO AUDIT BEFORE THINGS CHANGE JUST TELLS US MORE OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW. WE TRY TO GIVE IT A CHANCE
TO GET THE POLICIES AND TRAINING IN PLACE AND AUDITING THE CHANGE PROCESS AND MEASURING CHANGE. SO WE'VE LISTED THESE HERE. BUT THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THEM, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY OF THIS IN MORE DETAIL. WE
INVITE AND WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADD MYSELF TO QUEUE, AND OTHER FOLKS CAN JUMP IN.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE AROUND THE CHALLENGES? IT'S DISHEARTENING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DURING TRAINING. COULD YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE?
>> YES. >> SO WE OBSERVE TRAINING AS OFTEN AS WE CAN, AND WHILE OBSERVING THIS, SOMETIMES WE'RE ACTUALLY IN PERSON, SOMETIMES WE'RE DOING IT VIRTUALLY. WE SAW THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THEIR PHONES. THERE WERE PEOPLE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
THERE WERE PEOPLE CHALLENGING THE VALIDITY OR CHALLENGING THE NEED TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE CHANGES. AND SO WE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LEADERSHIP THAT THEY SHOULD ADDRESS THIS. THAT THIS THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE CLASS
HAS COMMEND OVER THE ROOM AND SHOULD BE DELIVERING INSTRUCTION WITHOUT DISRUPTION. AND IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT NOT CHALLENGE WHETHER THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS THIS AND GIVING THEIR OPINIONS WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT. AND
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ATTENTIVE AND FOCUSED AS IF THEY WERE IN A TRUE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS THE GOAL TO TURN THIS INTO AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM, THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD RESPOND TO THE INSTRUCTOR AS IF THEY WERE IN
ANY OTHER HIGH LEVEL ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. >> I'LL SHARE THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE SOME OF THE TRAINING, INCLUDING USE OF FORCE, AND THIS WAS WITH THE CADETS NOT IN FIELD TRAINING. AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE
RECEPTIVITY OF THE CADETS. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE TECHNIQUES THAT WERE GETTING TRAINED, AND SEEING HOW THOSE TECHNIQUES WERE COMPARED AND CONTRASTED WITH OTHER STYLES THAT HAD HISTORICALLY OR TRADITIONALLY THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED TO. SEEING
THE BIG DIFFERENCE AND SOME OF THE BRAZILIAN YOJUJITSU. >> I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO
THAT. DAY ONE AND DAY TWO USE OF FORCE TRAINING. THEY'RE WORKING TO GETTING APPROVAL. DAY THREE USE OF FORCE WE WILL GRANT COMPLIANCE AFTER THE DELIVERY OF THE DAY THREE USE OF FORCE TRAINING. WE CAN GET YOU THAT ANSWER. BUT TO ADD CONTEXT TO
WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER, THAT WAS IN SERVICE TRAINING. NOT RECRUIT TRAINING FOR NEW RECRUIT. >> THAT WOULD BE MY ASSUMPTION. >> IT WAS NOT THE NEW RECRUIT. IT WAS THE IN-PERSON TRAINING FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS. SO WE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE LEADERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN
ADDRESSED. IT HAS BEEN GIVEN BACK TO US HOW IT WAS ADDRESSED. AND EVEN IN SPEAKING WITH INSTRUCTORS, THE INSTRUCTOR HAS INFORMED US THAT YES, IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, BROUGHT INTO MEETINGS. THE INSTRUCTOR KNOWS
THE AUTHORITY HE OR SHE HAS INSIDE THE CLASSROOM TO HAVE TO COMMAND AUTHORITY. >> IF WE COULD NOTE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I'M SURE OUR STAFF ON OUR SIDE CAN GIVE US THAT NEXT TRAINING DATE. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THAT IN-FIELD
TRAINING TO SEE WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE IS. I SEE A FEW OTHER FOLKS IN QUEUE. I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS BUT I WILL COME IN LATER. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PAYNE, CHIEF DOUGLASS, AND HARRIS WAS IT? >> MICHAEL HARRIS. >> I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAINING NEEDS AND SOME OF THE PROGRESS ON THAT. FIRST OF ALL, WHERE CAN WE SEE THE TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE?
>> WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. THE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE A NOTE TO FOLLOW UP AND GET THAT TO YOU. >> YEAH. I'M ACTUALLY CURIOUS IF THAT COULD BE MADE PUBLIC. >> I THINK IT IS PUBLIC. I THOUGHT IT WAS PUBLIC. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
>> THANKS. IF IT'S PUBLIC, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AFTER THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO MAYBE THE CLERKS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT ONE. SO THAT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS IT'S DONE. >> YES. >> OKAY. THANKS. AND THEN I
REALLY WANTED TO ASK ABOUT PAGE 74 OF THE CONSENT DECREE WAS ABOUT INTERACTIONS WITH YOUTH AND TRAINING NEEDS FOR BIAS AS IT RELATES TO INTERACTING WITH YOUTH. AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE THIS IN UPDATE. AND SO CAN YOU PROVIDE ME WITH AN
UPDATE ON HOW THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED. >> THERE'S AN ENGAGING WITH MINORS POLICY THAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STOP SEARCH AND ARREST POLICY. SO THAT POLICY AND THAT TRAINING WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THIS NEXT REPORTING PERIOD. >> IN THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD.
SO THE NEXT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. >> I WOULD THINK SO. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE CITY TO THE SEQUENCING OF POLICIES AND TRAINING AND THE DEADLINES. BUT IT WILL BE IN YEAR TWO. >> THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED OF UNDER STAFFING OF THE WELLNESS
DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL, YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT THE CONSENT DECREE RECOMMENDS IN TERMS OF STAFFING AT THE WELLNESS DEPARTMENT AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO. SINCE THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO STAFF IN THAT DEPARTMENT. >> CORRECT. I DON'T RECALL
WHETHER THE DOCUMENT SPECIFIED A STAFFING LEVEL. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REPORT. THE STAFFING LEVEL IS INSUFFICIENT. I BELIEVE THEY'RE HIRING THREE MORE PEOPLE. >> YEAH. THERE'S BEEN A COMMAND CHANGE. THERE IS A NEW
COMMANDER. BUT THEY'RE TWO FULL-TIME MEMBERS IN THE UNIT. WE LOOK AT FOR AGENCY THIS SIZE IT'S WOEFULLY UNDERSTAFFED FOR THE NEEDS THAT WE KNOW THE AGENCY WOULD HAVE. AND SO WE JUST NOTED THAT RESOURCES HAVE
TO BE DEDICATED IN ORDER TO MAKE COMPLIANCE. >> DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD MEET THE NEED? >> WE CAN LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES AS WHAT OTHER AGENCIES DO THAT ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE AND SIMILAR IN NEED, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT A
NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE IS. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DOES NOT SPECIFY AN AMOUNT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE WE DO THAT SO THAT THEY CAN DELIVER WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THEIR MEMBERS FOR WELLNESS. >> I UNDERSTAND THE DEPARTMENT IS IN THE HIRING PROCESS TO FILL
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND MAY BE REASSIGNING SOME FOLKS INTO IT. THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IT. >> AND THEN THE TOP UPDATE, I WOULD SAY TOP PROGRESS THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH IS THE USE OF FORCE POLICIES. THE 17 USE OF FORCE POLICIES THAT
HAVE BEEN APPROVED. HAVE ALL OFFICERS, INCLUDING CADETS AND IN THE FIELD BEEN TRAINED ON THE NEW USE OF FORCE POLICIES? WHERE IS THAT AT? >> NOT COMPLETELY. FOR EXISTING OFFICERS, IT'S A THREE-DAY TRAINING. DAYS ONE AND TWO HAVE
BEEN DEPLETED. DAY THREE IS SUBJECT TO OUR APPROVAL AND WILL BE DELIVERED SOON. >> JUST SO I'M UNDERSTANDING, HOW MANY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON THESE POLICIES AND HOW MANY HAVE NOT? >> EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TRAINED ON DAY ONE. IT'S A THREE-DAY TRAINING. EVERYONE'S BEEN
TRAINED ON DAY ONE. NEARLY EVERYONE HAS BEEN ON DAY TWO. DAY THREE HASN'T BEEN APPROVED. THE TRAINING HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED. WE'RE WORKING TO GET THAT TO US. ONCE THEY APPROVE
IT, WE CAN BEGIN DELIVERING ON IT. >> OKAY. I ASK THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A WEEK AGO, JUNE 3RD WHEN THERE WAS THE FEDERAL OPERATION ON LAKE STREET. THERE WAS VIDEO CIRCULATING OF AN M.P.D. OFFICER SHOVING A PROTESTOR. WHICH I
WOULD CONSIDER TO BE NOT IN LINE WITH OUR NEW POLICIES. SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ON THE GROUND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING INTO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR MORE TRAINING. >> WE ARE. AND THAT IS WHY USE
OF FORCE WAS PRIORITIZED OVER SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE WE KNEW WHAT OFFICERS WERE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS, EVEN RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TIMES THAT THEY HAVE TO USE FORCE. THERE ARE TIMES THEY NEED TO USE FORCE. MAYBE THERE ARE TIMES IT'S USED WHEN THEY DON'T
NEED IT. THAT'S WHY THIS WAS HIGHEST POLICY TO TAKE ON FIRST. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AFTERWARDS AND LATER. USE OF FORCE BECAME THE THING THAT THEY DECIDED AND WE AGREED TO PRIORITIZE, TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN AND TEACH RIGHT NOW. ALTHOUGH DAY 3 IS NOT YET
APPROVED. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'LL ASK THE CHIEF ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK. HE'LL BE HERE IN FRONT OF COMMITTEE AS WELL. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR NOT JUST TRAINING BUT THEN HOLDING
FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS ON THE JOB WHEN THEIR TRAINING WAS NOT PUT TO USE AND WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF THAT. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE STEPS WE SHOULD BE TAKING TO HOLD THE OFFICER ACCOUNTABLE TO BREAKING THE POLICY? >> THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUS
OF THE ISSUES OF ACCOUNTABILITY. DISCIPLINE, SOME IS PROCEDURES THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING. WE MONITOR THESE EVENTS. WE MONITOR HOW THEY INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS FROM BOTH RANK AND PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING IT FAIRLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
>> GOOD. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW PROCESS IS NOW UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE. I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAN FILE THOSE COMPLAINTS AND SEE THE RESULTS. SO THAT IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
HAS UNDERTAKEN. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU. AND GREETINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. MY NAME IS COUNCIL MEMBER AURIN CHOWDHURY, I REPRESENT THE 27th WARD IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AS A COMMUNITY, AND YOUR SOLIDARITY IN THAT. AND COMING INTO THIS MEETING TODAY FOLLOWING THIS WEEKEND, IT JUST FEELS THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND ENSURING THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS HAVING THE BEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM. TREATING EVERY PERSON THAT THEY INTERACT WITH WITH DIGNITY AND EQUALITY AND
PRACTICING CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING. I HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FROM THROUGHOUT THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE TIME FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO ASK QUESTIONS. BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF START WITH THE
SECTION WHERE THE QUARTERLY REVIEW PANELS ARE DISCUSSED, AND THE DISCUSSION AROUND TRAFFIC STOPS AND THE RAISING OF PERFORMANCE AND REVIEW CONCERNS, AND JUST SOME OF THE DATA
REPORTING CHALLENGES. MAYBE WE TAKE A STEP BACK. COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW PANELS ARE. >> YES. THANK YOU. THE PURPOSE OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW PANELS IS TO TAKE INCIDENTS THAT
OCCURRED THAT ARE CAPTURED ON VIDEO, NAMELY BODY CAM VIDEO, AND TAKE THOSE ON STOPS. THERE WAS ANOTHER QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW ON SEARCHES. BUT TO TAKE
ANOTHER OF INCIDENTS CAPTURED ON VIDEO, BRING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT TOGETHER. WE AS MONITORS WORK IN-PERSON. AND TO LOOK AT THOSE VIDEOS, THEY DISCUSSED THEM AMONG THEMSELVES AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT
WE SAW FROM BEGINNING TO END. IN BOTH QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEWS, THE ONE ON STOPS, THE ONE ON SEARCHES, WE SAW A NUMBER OF ISSUES. AND WHEN THE DEPARTMENT DISCUSSED IT AMONG THEMSELVES,
THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN, AND THIS IS FROM MY OBSERVATION, THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A LEGITIMATE STOP. AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT DEESCALATION WAS USED WHEN THE PERSON WAS
ESCALATED, FORCE HAD TO BE USED. MAYBE THEY WERE HANDCUFFED. MAYBE THEY WEREN'T. BUT THE STOP ALL THE WAY UP TO ARREST, MAYBE A SEARCH AND A SEIZURE. EVERY ASPECT WE SAW IN THE VIDEO. WE SAW THREE, FOUR, MAYBE FIVE
VIDEOS. THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A LEGITIMATE STOP. THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN THE ROOM AMONG THE RANKS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE SEARCHES WERE LEGIT LEGITIMATE. WHETHER OR NOT THINGS WERE DONE ACCORDING TO POLICY, PROTOCOL, WHETHER OR NOT
THE TACTICS WERE SAFE OR UNSAFE. THERE SEEMED TO BE A HEAVY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DEESCALATION WHICH WAS ON THE END OF IT, AND THE EXPLANATION BY THE OFFICER TO THE CITIZEN OF WHY THE CITIZEN WAS STOPPED. WHY THE CITIZEN WAS SEARCHED. THAT EXPLANATION WAS A REALLY, REALLY
GOOD EXPLANATION TO CALM THE CITIZEN AT THE END. BUT WHAT WE WERE NOTICING THAT THEY WEREN'T DOING IT. THAT THAT WAS NOT AT THE BEGINNING BUT RATHER AT THE END. EXPLAINING WHY WE STOPPED AS OPPOSED TO DEALING WITH THE REASON WE STOPPED AND IF THE
REASON WAS A GOOD REASON. AMONGST THEMSELVES, THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. WHEN WE LEFT, WE NOTED THAT. WE MADE THAT KNOWN. AND THERE IS A PROCESS TO IMPROVE THE QUARTERLY
PANEL REVIEW. I WILL ADD THAT THE VIDEOS WE SAW PREDATED ANY OF THE NEW POLICIES. THE FIRST ONE WHICH WAS STOPS, THEY WERE OVER A YEAR OLD. WE DID NOTICE THAT THE VIDEOS WE SAW WERE NOT
CURRENT, BUT VIDEOS THE POLICY PREDATED ANY OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY'RE UNDERTAKING NOW. SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY TO IMPROVE THE QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW, NUMBER ONE, TO ASCERTAIN OFFICERS ARE DOING THE RIGHT
THING. WHETHER THE SEARCH IS ACTUALLY THE RIGHT THING LEADING TO AN ARREST. IF IT'S NOT, WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY WILL TAKE PLACE TO FIND THAT? THAT IS UNDERWAY AS WE SPEAK. WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THEM AND WE WROTE THAT IN OUR REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. YEAH. WITHIN YOUR REPORT I FOUND -- I FELT LIKE I REALLY READ YOUR CONCERN. AND WHILE THEIR PAST CASES, THERE
WAS CURRENT M.P.D. STAFF PRESENT PERFORMING WHAT YOU ARTICULATED AS EITHER UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR NOT HAVING A REASONABLE REASON FOR STOP. AND IN THAT SITUATION,
THOSE OFFICERS BOTH ESCALATED, LIED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ULTIMATELY COULDN'T AGREE. I HEAR YOU SAY THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS AFTERWARDS. WHAT DID THAT TYPE OF FOLLOW UP LOOK LIKE
AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO KIND OF CORRECT FOR THAT AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT OR LEARN FROM THIS INITIAL QUARTERLY REVIEW PANEL ON THIS INSTANCE? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE
EXACT ANSWER OF WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING TO TURN THE QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW INTO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE OTHER THAN THEY'VE GIVEN US ASSURANCE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THOSE TWO QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEWS. AND THEY'RE BUILDING THE QUARTERLY PANEL
REVIEW TO NUMBER ONE, ASSESS WHAT THEY SAW, AND TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO CORRECTIVE ACTION EITHER THROUGH TRAINING OR DISCIPLINE OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH. SHOULD THEY FIND THAT IN THE QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS
OBSERVED THAT WAS WRONG BY POLICY OR WRONG BY LAW. THEY'RE WORKING TO BUILD THAT OUT. THEY KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND ONE. WE WERE THERE TO OBSERVE. WE MADE IT KNOWN WHAT WE SAW. BUT WE SAW THAT THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE
DEPARTMENT WHO SAW IT LIKE WE SAW IT. THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO PERHAPS DIDN'T SEE THE ISSUES OR JUST SAW IT DIFFERENTLY. >> OKAY. >> BUT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE LEADERSHIP WERE RECEPTIVE TO OUR OBSERVATIONS AND OUR OPINIONS OF
WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE THINK THEY NEED TO DO. >> THE POLICE CHIEF WAS PRESENT FOR THIS AS WELL? >> YES. >> OKAY. AND THEN WHO MAKES UP THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMAND STAFF? >> ASSISTANT CHIEFS, THE CHIEF WAS THERE. ASSISTANT CHIEFS,
DEPUTY CHIEFS, COMMANDERS, INSPECTORS. AND THERE WERE A FEW OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT. >> OKAY. I NOTICED IN THE SECTION OF IT THAT THERE WASN'T
A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE STOPPED. AND I KNOW THAT WHAT BRINGS US HERE TODAY IS TWO FINDINGS OF RACE-BASED POLICING AFTER THROWING INVESTIGATIONS AT BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS.
CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THE RACIAL MAKE-UP BEING UNLAWFULLY STOPPED WERE? >> I'D BE ANSWERING FROM MY MEMORY, BUT IN THE FIRST ONE WHEN IT WAS ON STOPS, I BELIEVE
IT WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES. AND I BELIEVE ONE OR TWO IN THE SEARCHES WAS NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN. BUT I'M GOING FROM MY MEMORY ON THAT. >> OKAY. AND THEN WAS THIS
REPORT THE FIRST TIME CITY OR M.P.D. LEADERSHIP LEARNED OF IN SITUATION OF COMMAND STAFF NOT BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY LAWFUL POLICING? >> I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FOR ME, PLEASE?
>> YEAH. WAS THIS REPORT OR THIS QUARTERLY REVIEW PANEL ONE OF THE FIRST INSTANCES OF M.P.D. OR CITY LEADERSHIP NOT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE OFFICERS, COMMAND STAFF THAT
WERE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY IF LAWFUL POLICING WAS OCCURRING IN THESE INSTANCES. >> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE ONE ON STOPS WAS THE FIRST ONE. IT WAS THE FIRST ONE WE WERE IN OBSERVATION IN PERSON AND ONLINE VIRTUALLY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE OTHER MEETINGS THAT THAT WAS EITHER VIEWED OR
DISCUSSED PRIOR TO THE QUARTERLY PANEL REVIEW ON THE STOPS. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS ON SEARCHES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE I PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS ON THE HISTORICAL BACKLOG DATA FOR OPCR
AND IA. TO BE HONEST, I KIND OF FOUND THIS DATA A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. THE DATES WERE INCONSISTENT, AND THE TIMELINES DIDN'T FEEL AS ALIGNED. AND JUST
PERSONALLY FELT LIKE THAT WERE SOME CONCLUSIONS BEING DRAWN HERE THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT THERE. TO YOUR BEST KNOWLEDGE, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS DATA IS ACCURATE AND WHAT QUALITY REVIEW HAS BEEN DONE OF THIS DATA? ANY QUALITY CHECKS? I
KNOW THAT AUDITS HAVEN'T STARTED. >> WE ARE IN WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND OPCR. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING GOOD DATA. SO WE CHALLENGED THEM TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING THE GOOD DATA. NOW
IN OUR WEEKLY AND BIWEEKLY CHECK-INS WITH IA AND OPCR, WE'RE GETTING -- WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY IN THE BACKLOG, WHICH WAS PRE-DATED. AND I BELIEVE THE DATE WAS -- >> 180. >> 180 DAYS BEFORE THE CUT-OFF
POINT. ANYTHING THAT CAME IN AFTER THE 180-DAY BECAME PART OF THE NEW CLASSIFICATION OF CASES THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE HISTORICAL BACKLOG. BOTH OF THEM HAVE WORKED TO IMPROVE THE BACKLOG, REDUCE THE BACKLOG.
HIRING NEW PEOPLE. ASSIGNING PEOPLE TO THOSE UNITS. TRAINING THEM HOW TO DO THESE INVESTIGATION. BECAUSE ALONG WITH ADDING PEOPLE, THEY HAVE TO ADD SKILL. AS WE ADD SKILL, THE CASES CAN BE DONE BETTER. THEY CAN BE DONE FASTER. WE BELIEVE WE GET THE DATA NOW, WE BELIEVE
IT'S ACCURATE DATA BECAUSE WE'RE CHECKING IN WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE WEEK ON WHAT THEY HAD, WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, AND THE SPEED IN WHICH IT TAKES TO COMPLETE THE CASE. NOT JUST WHERE YOU ARE BUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM BEGINNING TO END
FOR A SEASONED INVESTIGATOR. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM BEGINNING TO END WITH A NEW INVESTIGATOR. THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD GET BETTER OVER TIME WITH SKILL IMPROVEMENT AND CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS. WE BELIEVE THAT THE DATA IS GOOD NOW. WE DIDN'T KNOW AT FIRST. BUT WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM SO
REGULARLY NOW THAT THE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE THE SAME. >> THAT IS RIGHT. BUT WE'VE NOT AUDITED INDEPENDENTLY THE PROCESS AS TO THE NUMBERS OR THE QUALITY OF THE DISPOSITIONS. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM EVERY WEEK. WE CAN TELL FROM WORKING
WITH THEM, THEY'RE ACCURATELY REPORTING THE NUMBERS. BUT WE WILL SEPARATELY DO OUR OWN INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE NUMBERS AND QUALITY OF THE DISPOSITIONS AND THE CASES. >> AND IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE SECOND YEAR? >> YES. >> OKAY. AND WERE CASES REVIEWED
TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE NOT WRONGFULLY SENT TO COACH SNG. >> NOT YET. >> NOT YET. OKAY. >> WE UNDERSTAND THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE CHANGES AND THEY BELIEVE THEY'VE ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE. BUT WE HAVE NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THAT YET. >> GOT IT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DATA BARRIERS SPECIFICALLY FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WHICH IS POLICE MISCONDUCT REPORTED FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I READ WAS THAT
THEY MANUALLY DO IN TAKE. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES MANUAL IN-TAKE LOOK LIKE NOR IA? >> I THINK IT MEANS THEY ENTER THE DATA. I MAY HAVE TO GET BACK
TO YOU ON THAT. IT'S THE TRACKING SYSTEMS THAT I THINK, WE THINK NEED IMPROVEMENT. >> YEAH. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR AUTOMATION OR STATUS UPDATES. >> CORRECT.
>> IS IT PAPER FILES? IS IT THEIR OWN LIKE OLDER COMPUTER SYSTEM? >> I THINK IT'S MORE OF THE LATTER. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A CONSISTENT SYSTEM THAT YOU PUT IT IN ONCE AND IT TRACKS THROUGH. SO THEY HAVE TO
CONSTANTLY MANUALLY TRACK. >> I'LL ASK FOR A FOLLOW-UP ON SPECIFICALLY WHAT DOES MANUAL INTAKE LOOK LIKE FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS. >> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, PART OF THE MANUAL PROCESS IS HOW THEY
CATEGORIZE WHAT IT IS THEY SEE. SO IT IS A MANUAL PROCESS TO CATEGORIZE THE TYPE OF INFRACTION, THE TYPE OF VIOLATION AND WHERE IT FALLS. SO THAT'S STILL A MANUAL PROCESS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> I WILL NEXT RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. FIRST, THANK YOU SO MY COLLEAGUES FOR RAISING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD. I DID WANT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION OR FOLLOW UP TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN RAISED ALREADY. INITIALLY, TOO, I'VE
LOOKED AT PAGE I BELIEVE IT WAS 33 RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC STOPS, AND PARTICULARLY, THE DYNAMICS THAT BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE HIGHLIGHTED AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY IN TERMS OF RECEPTIVITY BY BOTH RANK AND FILE POLICE OFFICERS. AND THEN
ALSO HOW WE WERE SEEN -- SORRY. HOW EITHER YOU ALL WERE OBSERVING THE COMMAND'S LEADERSHIP BUY IN. BECAUSE FROM THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, IT SEEMS LIKE CULTURE ISSUES OR MISCONDUCT ISSUES REALLY STARTS TO BECOME NORMALIZED WHEN YOU --
WHEN TOP LEADERSHIP IS ALSO EXHIBITING THAT. SO REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO YOU START FROM THE TOP. I HEARD YOU MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE M.P.D. LEADERSHIP IS PUTTING IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE TRAININGS OR WORKSHOPS RELATING
TO TRAFFIC PURSUITS. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF HOW THAT'S PLAYING OUT FOR INSTANCE ON THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING. I KNOW IT'S ON THE SLIDE. LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM AMONGST RANK AND FILE OFFICERS WERE NOTED THERE.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL HAD A CONVERSATION BASED ON THE REPORT WITH M.P.D. AROUND WHY THERE WERE OFFICERS CHALLENGING THE PRESENCE OF EITHER ELEFA OR MDHR IN THOSE TRAININGS. SO JUST GETTING A
SENSE OF WHAT -- >> GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. I THINK YOU SAID IT, IT'S A CULTURAL ISSUE THAT HAS HAD TO AND CONTINUES TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED ABOUT OTHERS IN THE ROOM OTHER THAN THE SWORN
MEMBERS. THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO MINNEAPOLIS. BUT THE CULTURE CHANGE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, AND I THINK IT IS, OF OTHER PEOPLE MONITORING AND WATCHING WHAT'S DONE AND WHAT'S SAID AND PUSHING BACK AGAINST WHAT'S SAID THAT'S
INCORRECT, WHAT'S DONE THAT'S INCORRECT. AND THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, OF MDHR, OF THE CITY, ANYONE, A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO IS OBSERVING TRAINING. AND THE CULTURE OF OFFICERS AND RANK AND FILE ACCEPTING THAT THOSE FOLK ARE IN THE ROOM, AND HAVE INPUT
ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. I THINK WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY'RE WORKING TO ADJUST TO THAT NEW CULTURE. THAT'S POINT ONE. WE BROUGHT IT TO -- OF COURSE WE BROUGHT IT TO THE
LEADERSHIP THAT THESE THINGS OCCUR. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED. WE'VE CIRCLED BACK WITH INSTRUCTORS WHO TOLD US THAT THE INSTRUCTORS MET WITH AGENCY LEADERSHIP. INSTRUCTORS NOW KNOW
THEY HAVE COMMANDING CONTROL OF THE ROOM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING TO THE FUTURE TO SEE IF THAT REALLY MANIFESTS ITSELF AND IS SUSTAINED. IF THEY BACKSLIDE, WE WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING THAT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING NEW TO THE OFFICERS, TO THE RANK AND
FILE, THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT KNOW AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE ACCESS AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THE CLASSROOM. THEY JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING NEW. OVER TIME THEY WILL COME TO ACCEPT IT. IT WILL BECOME NORMAL. BUT THEY'RE
MOVING INTO THE NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS. THE BEST PRACTICE WAY OF DOING THINGS. IT'S NEW AND STRANGE TO SOME PEOPLE. PEOPLE CHALLENGE WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY ASK QUESTIONS AND THEY CHALLENGE WHAT IS DIFFERENT. WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO POINT OUT THAT NUMBER ONE, WE'RE THE MONITOR. WE HAVE TO BE THERE. WE CAN BE THERE. WE
SHOULD BE THERE. WE SHOULD BE REPORTING ON WHAT WE SEE THAT GOES WELL AND WHAT WE SEE THAT DOES NOT GO WELL. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I HOPE I ANSWERED THAT. >> AND THE ANSWER OFFICERS PIECE AGAIN, HOW YOU'RE RELATING TO THEM. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE THE
ONES WHO THEN TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO MEET WITH INSTRUCTORS. EVERYONE ELSE TO KIND OF DO THE SHIFTING OF CULTURE. >> I HAVE BROUGHT CONCERNS DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF IN THE FIRST YEAR. I HAVE BROUGHT CONCERNS TO OTHERS IN THE AGENCY
WHO HAVE DELEGATED AUTHORITY FROM THE CHIEF. I HAVE SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE TRAINING. WE GO THROUGH EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE SPEND A LOT
OF TIME ON IS MAKING SURE THE VERTICAL COMMUNICATION IN AND UP THE CHAIN OF EXPAND, AND THE LATERAL ACROSS MAKES ITS WAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HEAR IT AND MAKES IT WAY BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HEAR IT AND DO IT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE
PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO. EVEN THOUGH WE MAY BRING IT TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PERFORMING ON THE GROUND GET GOOD GUIDANCE, GET GOOD INSTRUCTION ON WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. NOT THAT THEY GET IT BUT THEY UNDERSTAND
IT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> I'LL ADD BRIEFLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP. TONE AT THE TOP IS EVERYTHING. WE CAN OBSERVE THESE THINGS. WE DON'T RUN THE DEPARTMENT. THE CHANGE HAS TO COME WITH THE LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP COMMUNICATES THE NEW DIRECTION AND MAKES IT CLEAR
THAT EVERYBODY IS EXPECTED TO BE ON BOARD AND WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. IT'S NOT JUST THE ISSUE OF GOING TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM OR THE INSTRUCTORS, WE TAKE THE CONCERNS TO THE CHIEF, AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE CHIEF -- POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE COMMAND
AND CONTROL. YOU CAN HAVE QUESTIONS. YOU CAN HAVE OPINIONS. BUT ONCE THE ORGANIZATION MAKES THE DECISION, IT'S UP TO EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW THAT DIRECTION. THAT'S THE STANDARD WE WILL HOLD THE DEPARTMENT TO. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE REFERENCING
THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE. I SEE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL WILL BE ADDRESSING NEXT IS AROUND THE DISCIPLINE MATRIX. I WILL NOTE ON PAGE 40, AND WHY I'M INTERESTED IN THIS IS YOU ALL NOTE THAT THERE WAS IT SEEMS LIKE FROM OUR MONITORS, AND I'M
READING FROM HERE, EXPRESSION OF FRUSTRATION AND ANGER WITH THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS AND WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS INCONSISTENT APPLICATION AND HANDLING OF DISCIPLINE. I KNOW MY OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT TO M.P.D. AS WELL AROUND GETTING WHAT'S THE SENSE
OF THE STATUS OF OUR DISCIPLINE MATRIX. IT WAS SLIGHTLY UNCLEAR TO ME. IF YOU CAN SUMMARIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT. AS YOU MENTIONED, HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL. BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT'S BEEN RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, WE'VE
SEEN IN WEEKS TROUBLING INCIDENTS OF PERCEIVED MISCONDUCT BY OFFICERS. AND ALSO, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SOME SENSITIVE ORDINANCES THAT'S MEANT TO PROTECT VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. AND WHAT ARE THE DISCIPLINARIAN
OPTIONS AND GUARDRAILS THAT'S IN PLACE? IT'S BEEN LACK OF CLARITY. IT SEEMS FLEXIBLE AND MALLEABLE. JUST WANT TO GET THE SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE DISCIPLINE MATRIX POLICY. >> GREAT POINT. OUR
PARTICIPATION IS, NUMBER ONE, WORKING WITH THEM TO GIVE THEM NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES ON WHAT A GOOD MATRIX SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THE GOOD MATRIX HAS TO BE BUILT ON THE STRONG, GOOD, STRONG
POLICIES. SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE INFRACTIONS OF POLICIES, THE MATRIX PROVIDES FOR DISCIPLINE THAT IS FAIR AND CONSISTENT AND JUST AND IS COMMISERATE OF THE VIOLATION. POINT ONE. POINT TWO,
THE DISCIPLINE GIVEN FOR ANY INFRACTION IS ACROSS THE AGENCY FOR ANY ONE PERSON WHO VIOLATED A PARTICULAR POLICY. AND ANYONE ELSE ACROSS WHO VIOLATED THE SAME POLICY AND THE SAME DISCIPLINE IS DISPENSED TO THAT PERSON IN THE SAME WAY. UNLESS
THERE ARE ESCALATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN VIOLATED MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT SHOULD BE A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE. BUT THE SAME INFRACTION COMMITTED FOR THE SAME POLICY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME DISCIPLINE. WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
BUILD OUT A DISCIPLINARY MATRIX THAT DOES THAT. BUT THAT HAS TO BE DONE ON TOP OF THE POLICY THAT PRESCRIBES WHAT THE POLICY SHOULD BE AND WHAT THE DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE IF AND WHEN THAT POLICY IS VIOLATED.
>> THANK YOU. AND ALSO I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN DID A NOTATION FOR A MEMO. SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CAPACITY ISSUES THAT YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTED HERE. AND I THINK YOU ALSO
TOUCHED ON, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THIS EVALUATION REPORT, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT IN TERMS OF OPCR GETTING ADDITIONAL STAFFING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT ARE OR WHAT HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH
COUNCIL TO THE MAYOR'S BUDGET TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED HERE. SO I'M SEEING YOU HIGHLIGHTED STAFFING SUPPORT OR RESOURCES NEEDED FOR IA, FOR INSTANCE. OR LOOKING AT SOME OF
THE TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE ACCURATE DATA OR SO YOU CAN TRACK COMPLIANCE WITH THESE PROVISIONS. I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT HAS BEEN COUNTED ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GOING INTO THIS NEXT BUDGET SEASON, AND WHAT THOSE GAPS CONTINUE TO BE BASED OFF OF WHAT
WE HAVE FUNDED OR WHAT WE HAVE NOT FUNDED. >> THANK YOU. >> THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAD. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS MIGHT BE MORE LIKE A POINT OF
FEEDBACK. I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT YOU ARE AN AGENT OF THE PEOPLE AND INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR. INDEPENDENT FROM THE CITY. RIGHT. SEEING A NOD OF YES. AT THE SAME TIME, TOO, YOU BOTH ARE
VERY IN SYNC. ONE THING THAT I'LL JUST LIKE SHARE WITH YOU IN LOOKING AT THE STATUS OF YEAR ONE GOALS, JUST AT A QUICK GLANCE. THE WAY THAT IT'S LISTED
OF STATUS COMPLETED, THE FIRST THREE WITH THE CITY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY AND THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL. BUT THE FIRST THREE ARE ALL
GOALS THAT ELEFA COMPLETED. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE A SEPARATION OF THOSE GOALS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU APPEAR INDEPENDENT. AND I THINK THIS COULD BE MISC
MISCONAS -- MISCONSTRUED THAT THE CITY IS COMPLETING GOALS. THAT'S ONE FEEDBACK THAT I WANTED TO SHARE. AND THEN THIS REPORT ALSO STATES THAT THERE'S A COMPLETED COMMUNITY MAP. COULD YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT IS, AND COULD YOU POINT OUT
TO ME WHERE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED. >> YES. THE MAP IS OUR IDEA BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BROADLY IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO HELP THE COMMUNITY BUILD TIES WITH ALL THE CONSTITUENCIES THAT ARE WORKING IN THIS SPACE. SOME OF
WHICH ARE ACTUALLY HERE TODAY. SO IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, WE WOULD MOST A COMMUNITY MAP IT'S VOLUNTARY FOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SPACE TO PRESENT THEIR INFORMATION. YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE TO SEE WHO ELSE IS WORKING IN THIS SPACE AND A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR MISSION. IT IS OUR HOPE, RIGHT, EVENTUALLY WE'RE LEAVING, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO LEAVE IN PLACE IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OVERSIGHT. AN ELEMENT OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE GROUPS DOING THE WORK KNOW OF EACH OTHER AND CAN WORK WITH EACH OTHER. IN ADDITION TO THAT,
WE'RE WORKING TO FORM AN IMPLEMENTATION LIAISON COUNCIL. BUT FIRST, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS A MAP IS ON OUR WEBSITE. I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER THE LINK REPORTS. AND AS WE GET INFORMATION, WE BUILD IT OUT. SO THAT'S THE SPECIFIC ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. BUT AS WE LOOK AT
IT MORE BROADLY, WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO BUILD AN IMPLEMENTATION LIAISON COUNCIL. THIS WOULD BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD COMMIT TO ATTENDING REGULAR UPDATE MEETINGS ABOUT PROGRESS. AND THE REASON WE WANT TO DO THAT IS THAT WHAT WE FOUND IN OTHER PLACES IS THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE THERE WITH YOU AT THE BEGINNING ARE OFTEN NOT THERE WITH YOU AT THE END. THE PEOPLE DECIDE, OH THINGS ARE GOING WELL. THEY STOP ATTENDING. THEN YOU GET A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
IS TO FORM A GROUP THAT KNOWS PROGRESS AND CONTINUITY. THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO EXPLAIN MORE BROADLY TO THE COMMUNITY. ONE FOOTNOTE IS THERE ARE LOTS OF GROUPS WORKING. IT TENDS TO BE
THE SAME 100 PEOPLE AND YOU CAN OVER BURDEN PEOPLE. WHETHER WE DO IF AS A STAND ALONE OR BECOME PART OF ANOTHER. BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO SORT OF BUILDING THAT CONTINUITY AND RELATIONSHIP SO THAT PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THIS AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER SOME OF THE IMPORTANT
OVERSIGHT AND ENGAGEMENT ROLES WHEN WE'RE GONE. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY CLARIFYING. I APPRECIATED COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YOU BRINGING UP THE LIST OF CAPACITY, PROCUREMENT ISSUES,
DELAYS IN CONTRACTS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOALS IN STATUS YEAR TWO FOR ON TRACK. HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK THAT THE CITY AND THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARE TO MAKING THESE GOALS? >> WE DON'T KNOW. THE CITY IS WORKING, IS DOING ITS OWN INTERNAL REVIEW AND IS GOING TO COME PRESENT TO US IN I THINK THE NEXT WEEK OR SO THEIR NEW REVISED PLAN. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING
AT THINGS AND THEN WE'LL MERGE THEM. GIVEN THE PACE OF THINGS, I THINK WE'LL GET THE POLICIES DONE AND MUCH OF THE TRAINING. BUT WE DO HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE TIME INVOLVED FROM POLICIES TO DEVELOPMENT THAT NOT ALL OF THE TRAINING CAN GET DONE BY YEAR TWO. BUT WE HAVE NOT YET
HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT ITS VIEWS OF IT. AS WE LOOK AT IT, WE THINK -- ALL THE YEAR TWO GOALS ACCOMPLISHED. >> OKAY. YOU SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW FROM THE CITY NEXT WEEK THAT YOU'RE
CHECKING IN ON? SORRY. >> NOT AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN PROCESSES AND COMING UP WITH NEW DEADLINES AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO US AND WE'LL TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW REALISTIC THEY ARE. WE MAY SUGGEST DIFFERENT
PRIORITIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET TO THE STOP, SEARCH, AND ARREST. I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IF IT WASN'T A PRIORITY, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE GET THE STOP, SEARCH SUITE POLICIES. WE NEED
TO GET THAT POLICY DONE. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BEHIND TRACK. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ACCELERATE THAT. >> I ALSO APPRECIATE THE NOTATION OF WHAT HAS COUNCIL DONE TO SUPPORT MEETING THESE GOALS WITHIN THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT. I KNOW THAT IN OUR 2024 BUDGET, WE APPROVED 34 DIFFERENT POSITIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, M.P.D., CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I.T., CIVIL RIGHTS. AND THEN I THINK WE APPROVED HANDFUL OF FTEs IN
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS LAST YEAR TO ENDEAVOR IN THAT GOAL. AND THEN THE EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM. I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT A $2.3 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THIS COUNCIL. I GUESS IN THAT
SAME VANE, LOOKING AT THE FIRST SET OF REPORTS, THERE'S A LOT BEING DONE TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SAY YET. BUT YOU'RE ASKING A
QUESTION WE'RE ASKING. THERE ARE LOT OF PEOPLE DEPLOYED TO DO THIS. FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW EVERYONE'S BEING USED. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE ARE BEING DEPLOYED IN THE BEST WAYS. AND I
GUESS STILL THERE WERE TWO IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS, THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. WHEN WE CAME IN, WE URGED THEM TO DO SOME RESTRUCTURING TO GET BETTER ALIGNMENT. THAT'S IMPROVED. BUT THAT'S THE OTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT TO ASSESS YEAR ONE
AND YEAR TWO TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE DEPLOYED THE RIGHT NOW. WE DO KNOW THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THESE TASKS, BUT WE DON'T YET KNOW THE BALANCE BETWEEN EFFICIENCIES AND ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. >> YEAH. I THINK EVEN IN THIS E
REPORT THERE WAS A MENTION OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF A NEED OF LIKE AN ANALYST, AN ADDITIONAL ANALYST POSITION. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WORKED THROUGH THE BODY YET. THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME. I THINK SOME OF THE LAST THINGS
THAT I KIND OF WANT TO TOUCH ON, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOVING TO DISMISS THE DOJ CONSENT DECREE, THERE WAS A LOT THAT HAPPENED REALLY QUICKLY AND THAT WAS KIND
OF ONE OF MY IMPETUS TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HELP GET ELEFA BEFORE THIS BODY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING HOW FAR ALONG WE'RE MOVING ON THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WHAT DOES IT MEAN NOW
WITHOUT THE DOJ CONSENT DECREE. ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND KIND OF STRIKING IN THE REPORT THAT WAS IN A LOT OF SPEECHES AND A LOT OF NEWSLETTERS WAS THAT THE CITY AND M.P.D. HAVE MADE MORE PROGRESS TOWARDS BUILDING A
FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE REFORM IN THE FIRST YEAR OF MONITORING THAN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. AND THE MAYOR EVEN SHARED AND INVOKED ELEFA IN A STATEMENT WHERE YOU SAID OUR
INDEPENDENT MONITOR HAS LAUDED THE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS WE'VE MADE UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND THE PUBLIC CAN COUNT ON CLEAR AND MEASURABLE PROOF THAT OUR REFORMS ARE MOVING FORWARD. AND A QUESTION I'VE HAD AND I'VE HEARD FROM
OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS WHAT MEASURABLE PROOF DO YOU HAVE THAT THE CITY AND M.P.D. HAVE MADE MORE PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE REFORM IN THE FIRST YEAR MONITORING MORE THAN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION? >> SO COLLECTIVELY, OUR TEAM HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCES WITH A
NUMBER OF CONSENT DECREES. WE KNOW OF OTHER CONSENT DECREE, THERE ARE ANNUAL CONSENT DECREE CONFER CONFERENCES. GENERALLY IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR INVOLVEMENT, OTHER CITIES ARE NOT AS ORGANIZED. MANY
CITIES RESIST THE CHANGE. WE HAVE NOT FOUND RESISTANCE HERE. PERHAPS ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE WE GOT HERE, THE CITY WAS PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH US. THEY WERE RECEPTIVE TO OUR SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. AND FOR
EXAMPLE, THE PROGRESS WE'VE NOTED IS SIGNIFICANT. DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S FAST ENOUGH OR ENOUGH. WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE SAYING THAT AGAIN IN YEAR TWO. >> RIGHT. >> BUT WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WE THINK IT'S FAIR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. WE CAN TELL
YOU THAT THE PERSONNEL IN M.P.D., PERSONNEL IN THE CITY REALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD. WE'RE NOT GETTING PUSHBACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED WITH IMPLEMENTING THIS. THEY HAVE WORKED NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. THEY'VE BEEN RECEPTIVE. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORK. AND
THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN EVERY CONSENT DECREE CITY. BUT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST YEAR. AND NOW WE ARE REALLY GOING TO EXPECT -- LET ME STEP BACK. WE DESCRIBED IT AS A FOUNDATION YEAR AS WE GOT TO KNOW THE DEPARTMENT AND
WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND ITS RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES AND WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. THEY HAD A LOT TO LEARN. BUT IN YEAR TWO, WE WILL BE MOVING, EXPECTING MORE FROM THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY DELIVER, AND WE WILL BE HOLDING THE DEPARTMENT AS A
WHOLE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE. FIRST YEAR, A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHED. BUT AS WE NOTE IN OUR REPORT, IF YOU READ THE WHOLE REPORT, WE HAVE A LOT OF SHORT COMINGS AND
INEFFICIENCIES. WE DO SEE POTENTIAL HEADWINDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE GO FORWARD. SECOND PROGRESS REPORT IS A FAIR SNAPSHOT IN TIME IS FAIR. BUT IT'S NOT A PREDICTION OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. >> YEAH. WHAT I'M HEARING FROM
YOU IN THE CONTEXT AND IN THE RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CONSENT DECREE CITIES, THE MOST AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IS MORE ABOUT A WILLINGNESS TO SHOW UP AND DO THE WORK AND LESS OF A RESISTANCE TO INDEPENDENT
MONITORING AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> I THINK THAT'S FAIR. >> YEAH. AND I THINK I JUST WANT TO STATE FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR ME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE REALLY SOBER IN THIS MOMENT AROUND THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE DEFICIENCIES ARE AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE HEADWINDS ARE. AND I FELT LIKE THE WAY THAT STATEMENT WAS TAKEN AND PORTRAYED PUT ROSE-TINTED GLASSES OVER THE SITUATION. AND IT WAS LESS -- IT GAVE THE APPEARANCE THAT WE WERE MAKING A
LOT OF PROGRESS ON LIKE A LOT OF MEASURABLE CATEGORIES. AND I THINK THAT'S NOT THE CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE AUDITS THAT STILL HAVE TO HAPPEN. AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S ACTUAL MEASURABLE PROOF
THAT WE HAVE MADE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS. AND IN THAT QUESTION, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE GOALS HAVE NOT BEEN STARTED YET, AND THERE'S A FOOTNOTE
ABOUT THE AUDITS ITSELF THAT WILL ONLY BEGIN AFTER TRAINING IS COMPLETED OR UPDATED IN SIX TO 12 MONTHS PASSED OR ELAPSED. DOES THAT MEAN IN THE REPORT
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYMORE AUDITS CONDUCTED OR WILL THERE BE SOME? >> I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME. I THINK WE'LL BEGIN TO AUDIT BACKLOG. THE BODY WORN CAMERA POLICY WILL BE APPROVED AND TRAINED. AND SO WE THINK
CERTAINLY IN YEAR TWO WE'LL AUDIT THAT. WHETHER IT WILL BE BY NEXT OCTOBER WHEN OUR NEXT REPORT IS DONE, I DON'T KNOW. WE MAY BE IN THE PROCESS OR COMMENCING IT. BUT THOSE ARE AT LEAST TWO AUDITS THAT WE EXPECT. >> OKAY. TWO AUDITS FOR SURE THAT WE'LL EXPECT.
>> AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS. BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO. >> THANK YOU. WHEN DOES THE NEXT REPORT COME OUT? >> THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD RUNS OCTOBER 30TH. THE PROCESS IS, IT TAKES US A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD TO ASSEMBLE THE REPORT. THEN THE
PARTIES HAVE AT LEAST 30 DAYS TO GIVE US FEEDBACK. THEN WE INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN WE ISSUE THE REPORT. THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT LAG BETWEEN THE CLOSE OF THE REPORTING PERIOD AND THE ISSUANCE OF THE REPORT AS A
FUNCTION OF THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> AND THEN FOR THIS DRAFT OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW BEFORE IT WAS FINALIZED AND PUBLISHED, WERE THERE -- WHO GAVE FEEDBACK
ON IT? WAS IT COMMUNITY GROUPS, THE CITY, MDHR? >> THE CITY, MDHR. THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MDHR. >> AND THEN WHAT DID YOU RECEIVE
ON THIS REPORT? I'M KIND OF HARPING ON THIS SENTENCE BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE REALLY SOBER ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WHAT FEEDBACK DID YOU RECEIVE ON THAT STATEMENT? >> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE CITY WAS VERY PLEASED WITH IT. I THINK MDHR PROBABLY THOUGHT IT
WAS TOO GENEROUS. IT WAS A SENTENCE WE THOUGHT ABOUT. WE WENT BACK. WE ALL COLLECTIVELY REVIEWED IT TO MAKE SURE WE AS A TEAM WERE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, AND WE ARE. MICHAEL OFTEN SAYS THE WAY THE MESSAGE LEFT MY LIPS
IS NOT THE WAY IT LANDED ON YOUR EARS. AND THAT MAY BE THE CASE WITH THIS. WE, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE BEEN AT IT A YEAR. BUT WE RECOGNIZE WE ARE STEPPING INTO A DECADE OF MISTRUST AND BROKEN PROMISES.
AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT US AS THE NEXT PROMISE WAITING TO BE BROKEN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX IN ONE YEAR MISTRUST THAT HAS DEVELOPED OVER A DECADE. WHAT WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE'RE WORKING THIS PROCESS
THROUGH. IT IS -- THIS IS A LONG PROCESS. AND IT HAPPENS INCREMENTALLY, AND CERTAINLY MORE SLOWLY THAN PEOPLE WOULD WANT. WE SAID WITH RESPECT I
THINK TO TRAINING IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE RIGHT -- THE DEPARTMENT CARRIES ON AFTER WE GO, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO BUILD THESE THINGS RIGHT. WE DO NEED TO ASK FOR PATIENCE IN THAT PROCESS. IT IS
ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SO COMMITTED, WHY WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE'VE GOTTEN TOUGHER FEEDBACK AT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS THAN TODAY. BUT THE PUBLIC HAS NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT SHARING WITH US THEIR VIEWS OF
THE LIMITATIONS ON THE PROCESS AND THEIR SKEPTICISM ABOUT IT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES AND OUR LIMITATIONS. AND WE HOPE THAT BY DOING THAT OVER TIME PEOPLE WILL
AT LEAST COME TO RESPECT THAT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO IMPLEMENT THESE AGREEMENTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. >> YES. >> WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK FOR ME READING THIS REPORT, I THINK THE
APPEARANCE AND THE MAINTAINANCE OF INDEPENDENCE IS KEY. I THINK THERE'S PLACES WHERE THAT CAN BE IMPROVED. I THINK THE TYPE OF MESSAGING THAT'S BEING
COMMUNICATED. JUST HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESS TO BE MADE AND THIS IS YEAR ONE. YEAR ONE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YEAR TWO IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AND THAT THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE. AND I THINK THAT
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IS REALLY, REALLY KEY NOT ONLY FOR THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW BUT FOR THIS COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A DECADE OF MISTRUST, IT'S DECADES OF MISTRUST, RIGHT, THAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH. AND I'LL JUST CONCLUDE WITH MY LAST QUESTION AND THEN I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I KNOW THAT ELEFA IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS USING BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION AS A PART OF THE AGREEMENT. THIS REVIEW ALSO REQUIRES AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF M.P.D. OFFICERS. WILL THE RESULTS OF THESE SURVEYS BE
INCLUDED IN THE NEXT SEMI ANNUAL REVIEW? >> WE'RE DEVELOPING IT NOW. I DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE RESULTS BY THE NEXT SEMI ANNUAL REPORT. BUT IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN YEAR TWO. AND WILL CERTAINLY, WHEN WE HAVE THE RESULTS, WE WOULD REPORT
THEM AT OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING. I MEAN, WE'LL GENERATE A REPORT OF THE SURVEY. AND IF THE PARTIES AGREE, WE CAN JUST RELEASE THE SURVEY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO WAIT. WE HAVE TO BE BOUND BY THE COMMUNICATION STRUCTURES IN THE AGREEMENT. BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY ASK THE
PARTIES, IF IT MAKES SENSE, WE CAN JUST RELEASE IT. >> GREAT. WELL THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO OUR CHAMBERS AND DOING THIS PRESENT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF A CONSISTENCY IN THIS TYPE OF MEETING.
>> THANK YOU. SO DO WE. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I APPRECIATE THE TWO POSITIVE REPORTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN. AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT DO AS
WELL. WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT'S NOT OVER. I LOVE HOW YOU STATED THAT. THAT'S YEAR ONE. YEAR ONE HAS BEEN GOOD. BUT WE'RE HOPING FOR THE SAME TRENDS IN YEAR TWO. AND I'M HOPING WE CONTINUE TO WORK AS A COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT
YEAR TWO IS EVEN BETTER THAN YEAR ONE BECAUSE I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN DO IT. THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES THAT YOU LAID OUT HERE TODAY, THE TRAINING, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD FROM PEOPLE
THAT THEY WANTED BETTER OF FOR M.P.D. AND IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S NEVER HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH, BUT IT'S HAPPENING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE WORK. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING US ON TRACK TOWARDS
PROGRESS, POSITIVE PROGRESS. THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR BUMPS IN THE ROAD. I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE'RE ON THE SIDE OF BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THINGS. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE SAID TODAY THAT YOU OBSERVED IN TRAINING, I LIKE THAT YOU SHARED THAT BECAUSE WE
CAN TAKE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS THIRD TRAINING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS LOOKED AT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. ARE PEOPLE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? I PERSONALLY CAN LOOK AT MY PHONE AND HEAR TOO. SO I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. BUT I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE WANT UNDIVIDED ATTENTION ON THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS ONE THING BECAUSE LIVES ARE AT STAKE. I LOVE THAT. THAT'S AN OBSERVATION THAT YOU'VE SHARED AND THERE'S SOME BEHAVIORS THAT CAN BE
CORRECTED. THERE'S SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT CAN BE PUT OUT THERE AND SAID, OKAY, NO PHONES DURING THE TRAINING. RIGHT. THIS IS THE EXPECTATION. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. THAT FEELS POSITIVE TO ME. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE KIND OF ROUNDED THIS OUT BY SAYING WE'VE GOT NO RESISTANCE.
EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK ON THIS. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE TIME TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU SPENT IN COMMUNITY. I'VE COME TO AS MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I COULD ATTEND. IT'S NOT AN EASY THING
TO DO. BUT I LOVE THAT YOU LET COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE WHERE THEY ARE AND THE EXPECTATION IS NOT FOR THEM TO COME AND FIND YOU SOMEWHERE OR TO JUST HAVE ONE WAY OF CONNECTING. BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OPINIONS AND VOICES AND IDEAS AND CONCERNS. AND I
THINK THOSE ALL NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR US TO HAVE BETTER POLICING. WE ALL CARE ABOUT IT. AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE TIME, THE EFFORT. OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIFFERENCES AND STYLES OF THINGS. BUT I'M OPEN. AND I'M TRYING TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND HOW IT WORKS, AND HOW IT FITS OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE POSITIVITY. THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORTING. I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO YEAR TWO BEING EVEN BETTER, AND ME BEING ABLE TO PUT OUT A NEWSLETTER THAT HIGHLIGHTS EVEN BETTER WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING ON POLICE REFORM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WE SHARE YOUR HOPE AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.
>> THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BRINGING YOUR TEAM OUT TO WARD 3. IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. I HAD SO MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW WELL YOU'RE DOING. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CORRECT, WE WANT MORE. WE WANT IT FASTER. WE WANT IT BETTER. BUT OUR OFFICERS AND COMMAND STAFF ARE WORKING HARD, AND FOR YOU TO SAY THAT LOUD IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY. YOU'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT
OF TOUGH QUESTIONS. BUT YOU ANSWER ACCORDINGLY. IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE TIME TO EDUCATE US ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN YOUR ROLE IN THIS COMEBACK FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR BETTER SERVICE. THANK YOU BOTH. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> AND THEN I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE -- [LAUGHTER] >> I PUT MYSELF IN THE QUEUE TO HOPEFULLY ASK SOME CLOSING QUESTIONS THAT CAN CARRY US TO OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM. YOU
KNOW, I PULLED UP OUR WEBSITE THAT WENT THROUGH OUR TIMELINE JUST KINDA GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2020. VERY EARLY ON ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK WAS A JOINT STATEMENT ALONG WITH MDHR AROUND SOME SHARED PRINCIPLES BEFORE WE GOT INTO
THE FULL NEGOTIATION OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THAT JOINT STATEMENT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE EXPECTATION OF A DOJ CONSENT DECREE. AND IT WAS HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THINK THE MAIN THINGS THAT THE CITY WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
WAS CONSOLIDATING THE WORK OF BOTH OF THOSE AGREEMENTS UNDER ONE MONITOR, WHICH HEAVILY INFLUENCED THE SELECTION OF ELEFA AS THE MONITOR BECAUSE THE DOJ DID HAVE SOME ROLE IN SIGNING OFF EVEN THOUGH IT
WASN'T PER THEIR AGREEMENT. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED WAS THERE MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTMENTS OR AMENDMENTS TO THE -- TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TWO DOCUMENTS WEREN'T IN CONFLICT. A LOT OF US ON THE
DAIS PROBABLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION ALREADY, BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE MECHANISM FOR AMENDING OR MODIFYING THE AGREEMENT.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK TO THE MECHANISMS. I KNOW THE AGREEMENT HAS PROVISIONS TO BE AMENDED. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN AMENDED FOR SOME THINGS. BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LEGAL ISSUE.
WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO DISCUSSIONS. I DON'T KNOW THE LAW. I DON'T -- >> IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE AMENDED ESSENTIALLY UNDER THE CORRECT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, CORRECT? >> I THINK I'M ONLY HESITATING
BECAUSE AS A LAWYER, I'M RELUCTANT TO ISSUE A LEGAL OPINION WHEN NOT. BUT AS A GENERAL MATTER AGREEMENTS, PARTIES CAN GENERALLY AMEND AGREEMENTS. THIS ONE IS SUBJECT TO THE COURT'S APPROVAL. SO IT WOULDN'T I THINK BE ENTIRELY UP TO THE PARTIES. BUT UNDER THE
RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES, I'M SURE IT CAN BE ACHIEVED. >> AND THEN ASSUMING COURT APPROVAL, HAS THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BEEN AMENDED SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED BACK IN 2023? HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH THE COURT IN ANY AMENDMENTS?
>> WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO THAT, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S AMENDED TO CHANGE SOME DEADLINES AND DATES. PARTIES PRESENTED AS THE COURT, I BELIEVE IT WAS GRANTED BY THE COURT PROMPTLY. CERTAINLY NOTHING EVER CAME BACK TO US WITH ISSUES WITH THE AMENDMENTS.
>> THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF US THAT ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE PROVISIONS ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED. THE MAYOR'S BEEN ON THE RECORD. A LOT OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ON THE RECORD. WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT BEYOND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN THAT JUST LAST WEEK THE MAYOR ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER MAKING SAID COMMITMENTS. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE COMMITMENTS CAN OUTLAST THIS MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, FRANKLY. AND WE'RE
LOOKING TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS A POTENTIAL VENUE TO DO THAT. WE'RE IN UNCHARTERED TERRITORY. WE DON'T HAVE A ROADMAP. MY INTENTION IS TO BUILD THIS ROADMAP IN PUBLIC. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE A REALLY CRITICAL PARTNER IN THIS
ROADMAP. AS WE'RE IN THESE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPING THIS ROADMAP IN A VERY PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT WAY, DO YOU SEE A PROBLEM WITH MERGING THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE WITH THE STATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT? >> AGAIN, WITH THE CAVEAT I'M
NOT THE LAWYER, I DON'T KNOW THE LAW. I DON'T. THERE'S NOTHING I'M AWARE OF THAT WOULD. >> OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I ALSO SAW, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A TWO-PARTY AGREEMENT. I THINK I
SAW IT REPORTED IN AXIOS, THAT THE COMMISSIONER ON HUMAN RIGHTS WAS -- DO YOU KNOW IF THE MDHR COMMISSIONER HAS EITHER MADE ANY OFFERS OR AGREED TO SIT DOWN TO
TRY TO NEGOTIATE THIS? DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'D BE AMENABLE TO THAT? >> I BELIEVE BASED ON PUBLIC INFORMATION, I THINK THEY'RE AMENABLE TO IT. BUT WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES ABOUT THAT.
>> OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HERE ON CITY COUNCIL ARE JUST VERY INTERESTED IN FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE CODIFY THESE COMMITMENTS IN A WAY THAT DEFINES THIS INSTITUTION, NOT JUST THE MAYOR, NOT THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THESE INSTITUTIONS
OF REFORM. I'M HOPING YOU CAN BE A PARTNER IN BUILDING THIS ROADMAP OUT IN PUBLIC. >> IT WAS CERTAINLY OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'D BE PARTNERING WITH YOU TO IMPLEMENT BOTH AGREEMENTS UNDER JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT. AND WE THINK THAT WOULD BE THE PREFERRED PATH IF IT'S ACHIEVABLE. I WANT TO BE
CAREFUL NOT TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITHOUT JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT IT'S NOT ACHIEVABLE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. BUT CLEARLY, JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT IS BETTER AND IT'S PARTICULARLY BETTER IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH
DISTRUST. WE HEAR THINGS, SO WE UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THAT. I THINK OUR POSITION IS WE'RE PREPARED TO DO WHATEVER WE ARE ASKED TO DO AND ARE CAPABLE OF DOING TO HELP ACHIEVE THE ENDS OF THE TWO AGREEMENTS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY IN QUEUE, SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY VALUING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS CONVERSATION PLAY OUT IN PUBLIC. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING BEFORE YOU IN THE FUTURE. >> EXCELLENT. AND SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE
CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION. THE NEXT ITEM IS A STAFF DIRECTION AUTHORED BY MYSELF DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO PRODUCE AN ANALYSIS RELATED TO MUNICIPAL OVERSIGHT AND CONSENT DECREES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS
ITEM? IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M NOT SEEING ANY COMMENTS. SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS?
AYES HAVE IT. AND THAT CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO JUMP IN BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PROCEDURAL NUANCES THAT WE SHOULD REALLY TALK ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FIRST, I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE UP FRONT FOR PUTTING COUNCIL IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING QUICKLY AND I PERHAPS DID NOT INTERVENE IN A TIMELY MANNER WHEN NECESSARY.
THIS MORNING, MS. SINATRA, THE CLERK OF THIS GROUP -- AND THAT THE SEQUENCING OF THOSE IS OUT OF ORDER. SUB ITEM 2 WHICH IS THE PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO WAIVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ON A
LEGAL MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL NEED TO COME BEFORE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE ACTIONS RELATED TO THERETO. SEQUENCING ITEMS FROM A PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE, NUMBER 2 NEEDS TO COME FORWARD
FIRST. IT NEEDS TO PLAY OUT BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS BEFORE THE BODY CAN CONSIDER THE FIRST SUB ITEM WHICH IS -- I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT ITEM
2 HAS A DEPENDENCY TO ITEM 1. ITEM 3 WHICH IS A NEW STAFF DIRECTIVE WHICH WAS ADDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AT THIS MEETING, AND ITEM 4 FROM YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, A LETTER TO BROADLY POLICE REFORM AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ARE NOT DEPENDENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT SEEKS TO WAIVE PRIVILEGE ON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S MEMO WITH ADVICE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY NUMBER 1, I THINK WE SHOULD RE-ORDER THE AGENDA FIRST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
CLEAR ON WHAT ARE RELATED ITEMS. SUB ITEM 2 SHOULD BE NUMBER 1. OBVIOUSLY, IF THE BODY WISHES TO TAKE UP 3 OR 4, WHICH ARE NOT DEPENDENT UPON THAT, THEY MAY DO SO TODAY. THE SUB ITEM 1 AS IT
APPEARS IN THE AGENDA WOULD NEED TO BE MOVED TO THE END, AND THE OUTCOME DEPENDENT ON THE RESOLUTION. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BODY. >> THANK YOU. I WILL SAY WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE SHOULD TAKE UP THAT RE-ORDERING AND PICK UP ITEM 2 AS ITEM 1. AND POSTPONE ITEM 1 CURRENTLY TO OUR NEXT CYCLE PENDING MAYORAL REVIEW. AND THEN WE CAN TAKE UP THE
ITEMS 3 AND 4 REMAINDER. SO WITH THAT, WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ON OUR NEW ITEM 1, THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION WAIVING ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ON THE LEGAL MEMORANDUM. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER
WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. AND ACTUALLY, IN RESPONSE TO THE ORDERING RECOMMENDATION THAT CLERK CARL MENTIONED, I PREPARED COMMENTS THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES THE OVERALL PACKAGE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD. SO I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. COLLEAGUES, ITEM WHAT
WAS ORIGINALLY 5.1, NOW THAT IS BEING MOTIONED TO BE POSTPONED TO THE NEXT CYCLE. ESSENTIALLY JUST SUMMARIZING THAT IS A DIRECTIVE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY REQUESTING THAT WE TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO MODIFY THE CURRENT LEGAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO INCORPORATE THE PROVISIONS FROM THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE. I AUTHORED THIS DIRECTIVE TO USE THE EXISTING PATHWAY OUTLINE IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE HOW THE CITY COULD HAVE A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT THAT
INCLUDES THE REFORMS THAT WERE IN THAT FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE DESPITE THE DISMISSAL BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS AN ACTION IN WHICH I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS WITH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SINCE JANUARY. THIS ACTION WILL ALSO
ALIGN THE COUNCIL WITH THE MAYOR'S RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE FEDERAL PROVISIONS, AND HIS MOST RECENTLY PASSED OR APPROVED EXECUTIVE ORDER. THE CURRENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES, AGAIN, A PROVISION THAT ALLOWS THE CITY AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO JOINTLY AMEND
THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR COURT CONSIDERATION. ESSENTIALLY, THIS MOTION WAS REALLY, AGAIN, TO OUTLINE A WAY FOR US TO FORMALIZE THAT COMMITMENT AS A CITY AND BACK THOSE STATEMENTS WITH A LEGALLY BINDING TWO-PARTY AGREEMENT. AS YOU ALL AWARE
SHORTLY BEFORE THE LAST COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING WHEN THIS ITEM WAS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RELEASED ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE MEMO. THE CONTENT OF THAT MEMO RAISED MANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AND I KNOW FOR SEVERAL OF
MY COLLEAGUES WHO I'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH. GIVEN THE MATTER THAT WE KNOW THE CONSENT DECREE IS OF HIGH IMPORTANCE FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL. AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE HIGHLIGHTED, I BELIEVE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD BE HAD IN PUBLIC. AND PARTICULARLY,
ABOUT WHAT ACTIONS THE CITY IS OR WERE NOT TAKING TO PROTECT THOSE REFORMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE. AND THIS ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS US TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC CONVERSATION. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, I WORKED WITH THE CLERKS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE IS NAMING AS I BELIEVE ITEM NOW 5.1, CL IS A RESOLUTION TO WAIVE THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ON THE MEMO. THIS ACTION MIRRORS
COUNCIL ACTION THAT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE IN 2021 WHEN THERE WAS A COUNCIL VOTE TO WAIVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE TO ALLOW FOR MORE TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION ABOUT A MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST. LASTLY, I'M BRINGING FORWARD ITEM, AND
BECAUSE I'M MIXING UP, THE NEWEST MOTION 5.2, THANK YOU, WHICH IS A STAFF DIRECTION -- WHAT THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE TO ACTIVATE PROVISION 438 IN THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THAT PROVISION IS CALLED MECHANISM TO JOINTLY MODIFY AGREEMENT AND IT STATES THE PARTIES MAY STIPULATE TO CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO DISAGREEMENT. THE PRIVILEGED MEMO THAT COUNCIL
RECEIVED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INCLUDED AN OPINION, BUT IT DID NOT EXPLAIN AFFIRMATIVELY OF HOW IT GETS ACTIVATED. THIS MOTION ASKS THE ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT PROCEDURE IS TO ACTIVATE THE
PROVISION SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DIRECTIVE IS NOT ASKING FOR A MEMORANDUM ABOUT THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE SPECIFICALLY. IT IS ASKING FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE PROCESS TO USE THIS PROVISION IN GENERAL. AND SINCE THE CITY SIGNED ON TO
THIS AGREEMENT OVER A YEAR AGO, I ASSUME THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT PROVISION CAN BE USED AND ACTIVATED. AS I STATED EARLIER, I BELIEVE THERE IS WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT THAT MODIFIED MDHR
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE DISMISSED FEDERAL REFORMS IS A SHARED DESIRED OUTCOME. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVOKE A COMMON PHRASE HERE AROUND COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI, DON'T TELL ME NO, TELL ME HOW. MAKING SURE WE
UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY -- SORRY, THE WAIVER, WHICH IS NOW 5.1, IS ESSENTIALLY ASKING US TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID NO, AND NOW 5.2 IS ASKING THEM TO TELL US HOW THE PROVISION CAN BE USED. AND I'M
PRETTY SURE THIS WILL, AGAIN, ALLOW US TO HAVE A FRUITFUL CONVERSATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WITH THE PUBLIC AROUND THE ACTIONS THIS BODY IS TAKING TO ENSURE. WITH THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THE MOTION TO
POSTPONE ITEM NOW 5.3, I THINK IS WHAT IT IS. 5.4, THANK YOU, CLERK CARL. WITH THAT, I WILL MOTION ITEMS 5.1, 5.2 FOR APPROVAL.
>> LET'S TAKE THOSE UP ONE AT A TIME. WE'LL DO 5.1 AND THEN WE'LL DO 5.2 SEPARATELY. AND STILL ON THIS MOTION FOR PRIVILEGE, I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
QUESTION ON THAT SECOND PART. I HAVE AT LEAST THREE POINTS TO MAKE HERE ALL IN REGARDS TO THE WAIVING OF PRIVILEGE. I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE TIME. .1, AS MENTIONED THIS MORNING ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
TOPIC, A LOT OF STAFF TIME IS GOING INTO THESE. THIS PROVISION HAS EXTRAORDINARILY TAKING AWAY FROM SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE ON. ALL OF THIS TAKES TIME AWAY FROM WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COULD OTHERWISE BE FOCUSING ON,
INCLUDING LITIGATION AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WOULD ALL AGREE IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY GIVEN THE POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE, NOT PRESENTATIONS TO US ON INFORMATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. POINT TWO. WE SEEM
TO THINK IT'S POLITICALLY CONVENIENT TO WAIVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE NOW. YET, THAT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE THE CASE, AND THIS REALLY, REALLY OPENS THE DOOR TO WHAT WILL BE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW AND
WHEN WE WILL RECEIVE NECESSARY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM OUR ATTORNEYS. THIS FEELS LIKE AN UNNECESSARILY DANGEROUS SLOPE THAT MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN THAT DOOR. POINT THREE, LET'S TALK ABOUT RISK IN OPENING UP
OURSELVES TO MORE LIABILITY THAN NECESSARY. SOMETHING WE EACH HOLD HERE, OUR BASIC OATH OF OFFICE THAT WE TOOK THAT COMES WITH OUR ELECTION CERTIFICATE, IT AFFIRMS RIGHT AFTER SUPPORTING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, SUPPORTING OUR STATE LAWS, OUR ADHERENCE TO THE
CHARTER. THIS IS ABOUT OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING THE BUREAUCRACY, AS MANY A SKEPTIC MIGHT THINK, BUT IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR CITY
BUDGET. AND NOT OPENING OURSELVES UP TO ADDITIONAL LIABILITY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY BY OATH IS TO PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS. THE WHOLE CITY. AND THAT'S ABOUT OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I HEAR A LOT ABOUT OUR
EFFORTS TODAY ON CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING. THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND WE ALSO NEED CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATING BY NOT VOLUNTARILY ADDING MORE AND MORE TO OUR OWN CITY'S LIABILITY. LIKE VOLUNTARILY. LET ME ADD A FOURTH
POINT HERE. THIS SURE FEELS LIKE ANOTHER HUGE WASTE OF TIME JUST FOR SHOW, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT SOMEONE ALREADY LEAKED THIS MEMO TO A NEWS OUTLET YET AGAIN. AND I JUST NEED TO SAY THIS, I KNOW OF ONE ATTORNEY UP HERE ON
THE DAIS, MAYBE ONE OF THE REST OF YOU WENT TO LAW SCHOOL AND PASSED THE BAR, BUT SHE, ATTORNEY ANDERSON IS OUR LEGAL ADVISOR. NONE OF US UP HERE ARE ATTORNEYS THAT I KNOW OF TODAY. AND I FIND IT COMPLETELY
INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK LEGAL ADVICE FROM ONE ANOTHER, OR AS WAS DONE A FEW MINUTES AGO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, FROM ELEFA. THEY'RE NOT OUR LEGAL ADVISORS. NEITHER I OR OUR COLLEAGUES ARE LEGAL ADVISOR. WE
HAVE ONE CITY ATTORNEY GIVING US LEGAL ADVICE, AND IT NEEDS TO STAY THAT WAY. >> I'LL REMIND COLLEAGUES TO NOT IMPUTE MOTIVATIONS AND FOLKS' ACTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO
QUESTIONS. ONE IS OF COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. SO YOU'RE ON THE COUNCIL THE LAST TIME THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE WAS -- I'M SEARCHING FOR THE TERM, REVISED. >> WAIVED. >> WAIVED. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS
THAT CIRCUMSTANCE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, IT WAS A WHILE AGO. CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY AND TELL ME WHEN ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE WAS ON THIS DAIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.
>> WE WERE TOLD IT LAST HAPPENED IN 2021. >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WE WAIVED ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE FOR? I DO NOT REMEMBER. >> I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. DO YOU KNOW, ATTORNEY ANDERSON,
THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO CALL ON CLERK CARL BECAUSE I THINK CLERK CARL HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT SITUATION WAS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY OR
CLERK CARL, WHO WANTS TO TAKE IT? >> I'M PRETTY SURE CLERK CARL WILL REAFFIRM BECAUSE IT'S IN THE LIMS FILE. BUT THIS HAPPENED BACK ON JUNE -- SORRY, THIS
HAPPENED APRIL 24, 2021, AND THE MATTER WAS RELATED TO THE USE OF LESS LETHAL WEAPONS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> THANK YOU. MY SECOND QUESTION IS FOR ATTORNEY, WHAT ARE WE GIVING UP BY WAIVING THIS? WHAT IS THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS? YOU
KNOW, CLEARLY THIS IS CLIENT-ATTORNEY PRIVILEGE IS INSTITUTED FOR A REASON. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE PURPOSE OF THE PRIVILEGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT LITIGATION
MATTERS IS SO THAT THERE CAN BE FRANK DISCUSSIONS RELATING TO LITIGATION MATTERS WITHOUT THAT SHARING OF INFORMATION CREATING ANY SORT OF RISK TO THE CITY'S LEGAL INTEREST AND LITIGATION. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, PRIVILEGE
SHOULD BE PRESERVED TO AVOID ANY RISK. AND I GENERALLY RECOMMEND AGAINST WAIVERS. BUT IT'S NOT MY DECISION WHETHER TO WAIVE PRIVILEGE. IT IS THE CLIENT'S DECISION. AND THE CLIENT IS THE
CITY ACTING THROUGH ITS DUALLY AUTHORIZED CONSTITUENTS, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE OFFICIALS THAT ACT AS THE CITY IN THESE MATTERS. SO ESSENTIALLY, IT'S PRESENTATION, A VOTE BY THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTATION TO THE
MAYOR. LIKE OTHER LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS. SO IT'S NOT UP TO ME TO DECIDE WHETHER PRIVILEGE SHOULD BE WAIVED. AGAIN, IT IS NOT MY RECOMMENDATION THAT PRIVILEGE BE WAIVED IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF THINGS. BUT NOT MY DECISION.
>> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO MY QUESTION IS VERY SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE'S IS WHAT IS THE RISK OF OPENING UP THIS MEMO TO THE PUBLIC. ATTORNEY ANDERSON, WHO IS THE
PERSON THAT WE MIGHT BE AT RISK OF BEING SUED BY? WHAT IS THE RISK OF SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC? >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, SO, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE IN LITIGATION WITH MDHR. YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY, AGAIN, ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT MDHR MATTERS COULD BE USED AGAINST US BY MDHR. COULD BE
USED AGAINST US BY POTENTIAL INTERVENERS. YOU KNOW. I DON'T WANT TO SORT OF SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT THE RISK MIGHT BE. I MEAN, I MARKED IT ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH ONGOING LITIGATION. SO YOU
KNOW, IF IT WAS JUST AN OPINION JUST ABOUT GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WITHOUT APPLICATION TO A LITIGATION MATTER, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MADE OTHER LEGAL OPINIONS ABOUT GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE PUBLIC. BUT BECAUSE THIS HAS TO
DO WITH LITIGATION, THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT THE PRIVILEGE. >> SO THE GROUPS IN THE LITIGATION, YOU'RE THINKING OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS? BECAUSE I DID SEE
COMMISSIONER REBECCA LUSERO TOLD AXIOS THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO -- INTO THE STATE LEVEL AGREEMENT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH US IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. >> SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET
TOO MUCH INTO WHAT THE MEMO TALKS ABOUT. BUT THE MEMO IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DO, NOT JUST YOU, BUT ALSO WHAT THE MAYOR CAN AND CANNOT
REQUIRE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NOT QUITE -- THE FACT THAT THE COMMISSIONER MAY OR MAY NOT BE OPEN TO MODIFYING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT
THE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE MEMO. >> I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TO AN OUTCOME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONSENT DECREE PROVISIONS BEING FOLDED INTO THE MDHR SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT. IF THAT'S OUR GOAL THEN HOW CAN WE GET THERE THROUGH THE SERIES OF ACTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY. I SEE THE NEW ONE THAT WAS ADDED ASK FOR A PUBLIC MEMO TO EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURAL PROCESS. SO IF THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED,
THEN WHY ARE WE LOOKING TO WAIVE PRIVILEGE ON THE OTHER MEMO? >> IS THAT A QUESTION FOR ME, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AS I HIGHLIGHTED IN MY
COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, IT'S TO GET TO THE BASIS OF WHAT MANY OF US ARE STILL UNCLEAR OF. THE SECOND IS TO SAY COME TO OUR NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH A MEMO AND A PRESENTATION ON HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE WHAT YOU NOTED THE MODIFICATION PROVISION
THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE MDHR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. SO IT'S A FULL PRESENTATION ON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THEY'RE SAYING WE CAN'T. AND THEN TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON HOW. SO THOSE ARE BOTH COMPLEMENTARY. AND YOU CAN'T DO
THAT WITH A MEMO JUST BEING LEAKED TO THE PUBLIC. WE'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE MADE FULLY PUBLIC THROUGH THE MECHANISMS OF THIS BODY SO IT CAN BE ADDED TO LIMS, AS OTHER LEGAL MEMOS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST. EVEN THE ONE I REFERRED TO IN 2021. THE
CITY ATTORNEYS EVEN UPDATED A MEMO THAT THEY FELT WA-- THAT'SN OPTION FOR THEM AS WELL. BUT THERE'S NOTHING AROUND ACTUAL RISKS RIGHT HERE. I JUST ATD AT
LEAST WANTED TO REITERATE. >> CITY ATTORNEY ANDERSON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ANOTHER THING I GUESS I WOULD POINT OUT. IF WHAT THE BODY WANTS IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL OPINIONS. WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE CLOSED DISCUSSIONS. I'VE TALKED WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO HAVE A CLOSED DISCUSSION TO DISCUSS BOTH MY OPINION ON THIS MEMO AND MY ULTIMATE LEGAL OPINION REGARDING WHETHER WE CAN OR CAN'T MODIFY THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE CONSENT DECREE TERM. THOSE CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS ALLOW FOR, AGA AGAIN, A FRANK DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE ATTORNEYS. SO IF THE
GOAL IS TO GET THIS BODY TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. >> COLLEAGUES, WE ARE AT 3:58 P.M., AND WE HAVE THIS ROOM FOR TWO MORE MINUTES. I WOULD
SUGGEST THAT WE TRY TO TAKE THIS ITEM UP FOR A VOTE. >> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> IT'S REALLY QUICK BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD, US WAIVING PRIVILEGE,
THAT IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND THAT'S FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, RIGHT? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THE PRIVILEGE WAIVER, AGAIN, HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY THIS BODY AND THEN IT GETS PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR AND THEN THE MAYOR CAN VETO IT OR APPROVE
IT. IT'S THE NORMAL PROCESS FOR PASSING AN ACTION. >> SO IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL? >> YES, IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL. >> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD BECAUSE A MEMBER ALLEGED THAT WE WERE POTENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY TROUBLESOME TO PUT INTO THE RECORD SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE CLARITY. >> IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING VERY QUICK? >> YES, I DO. IT WOULD SEEM THE
PRUDENT COURSE TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION ON WEDNESDAY. LET'S DO IT RIGHT AND DO IT CORRECTLY PER OUR CITY TOEATTORNEY'S ADVICE. THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. YOU HAVE THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT
TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION. >> I BELIEVE IT IS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S. WE STILL HAVE TO DISPOSE OF THIS. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> THAT'S ON APPROVAL? >> THIS IS ON APPROVAL OF PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION 5.1, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. THE WAIVER. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> ABSTAIN.
>> JENKINS. >> NAY. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES, FOUR NAYS, AND ONE ABSTENTION. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT, WE WILL TAKE UP. >> SPEAKER. >> THAT PASSES, AND WE WILL NOW TAKE UP ITEM WHAT IS NOW 5.2,
THE WONSLEY MOTION ON THE MECHANISM FOR AMENDING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE.
>> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> I JUST WANT TO STATE I WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD DISCUSSION ON
THIS ITEM PRIOR TO CALLING THE VOTE. BUT NO. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FOUR
NAYS. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM WAS AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION OF WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME. SO I -- >> CHAIR, WE CAN TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES. >> WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES ON THAT. OKAY. JUST VERY QUICKLY.
>> YOU SHOULD HAVE USED THAT FOR THE LAST ITEM. >> ITEM 4 IS A LETTER THAT WAS DRAFTED TO SHARE WITH THE MAYOR. ITEM 4 WAS A LETTER THAT I DRAFTED TO SHARE WITH THE MAYOR ALONGSIDE WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES.
>> SPEAKER. >> ITEM -- ACTUALLY, 3 IS A LETTER THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE MAYOR EXPRESSING THIS BODY'S INTENTION TO COLLABORATE ON A SHARED COMMITMENT TO
IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSENT DECREE. AND TO HAVE THOSE PROVISIONS BE IMPLEMENTED DIDN'T WAY THAT OUTLAST BOTH THIS MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER MAY BIND THE
ADMINISTRATION BUT ONLY SO MUCH AS IT BINDS IT TO ANOTHER MAYOR WHO IS WILLING TO CONTINUE THOSE PROVISIONS. A FUTURE MAYOR COULD RESCIND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT MECHANISM TO BIND THIS
INSTITUTION TO THESE PROVISIONS. IT REQUIRES BOTH AN ACT OF COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. IT REQUIRES A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO SIGNED ON TO THIS LETTER. THERE'S A SUPER MAJORITY OF SIGNERS TO THIS
LETTER, AND IT SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO POLICE REFORM, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO BIND THIS INSTITUTION TO DELIVERING ON THOSE PROVISIONS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THIS HAS BEEN PASSED ALONG TO THE MAYOR. I WAS HOPING TO HAVE A BUNCH
MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION ON THE MATTER. BUT AS I SAID IN THE PREVIOUS ITEMS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS PROCESS PLAY OUT IN PUBLIC. PLAY OUT IN PUBLIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE IN OUR CLOSED SESSION ON
WEDNESDAY ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT BALANCE OF PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVILEGED IS. BUT I THINK PART OF WHAT IS GOING TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF REFORM IS NOT JUST THAT WE SAY THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS BUT THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN TRUST THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THOSE THINGS. AND THE WAY THAT WE BUILD THAT TRUST IS
THROUGH OPENNESS, HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHEN WE'RE FAILING. AND I THINK THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FAILING IS AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS THE COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY. SO YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS EXPRESSED PREFERENCES IN THE PAST OF JUST PICK UP THE PHONE
AND CALL ME. BUT THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THIS LETTER IS A PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO OUR DESIRE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE MAYOR TO REALLY FIGURE THIS OUT. THIS
IS GOING TO BE NOT FIGURED OUT IN THE NEXT CYCLE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIGURED OUT IN THE NEXT TERM. IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL DELIVER ON THE LEGACY OF GEORGE FLOYD. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE ACTION HERE IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE. WE NEED TO CREATE A NEW LIMS FILE.
IT'S NOT TO VOTE ON THE LETTER. THE LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MAYOR. FOR CLARITY. >> CORRECT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY. DO WE WANT TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES OF DISCUSSIONN
THIS? I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO ON QUEUE. >> MR. CHAIR, I WAS IN QUEUE FOR THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WE HAD ZERO TIME LEFT AND HAD TO VOTE ON. I DON'T FIND IT APPROPRIATE IN THE STEWARDSHIP OF THIS BODY THAT THE TIME KEEPER GIVES EXTRA TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR
LETTER GETS DISCUSSED. I HAD A SUBSTANTIVE QUESTION TO THE AUTHOR ON THE LAST ONE AND HAD TO TAKE A VOTE WITHOUT IT. AND SEEING IT UP HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT DID NOT ALLOW ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO HER
BEFORE HAND. SO THAT'S THAT. MOVING ON, JUST LIKE YOU, I DON'T NEED PUBLIC TRANSMISSIONS OF MEMOS AND RECEIVE AND FILES OF THINGS MADE PUBLIC BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO DISCUSS MATTERS WITH HIM.
>> WELL, WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL ITEMS ON THE SUB COMMITTEE AGENDA. I CAN PASS THE CHAIR BACK OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME FOR REPORTS. >> WELL WE ARE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO GET YELLED AT AFTER THIS MEETING. FINALLY, WE
RECEIVE REPORTS FROM THE STANDING COMMITTEES. WE'LL FIRST BEGIN WITH THE AEO COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I'M GOING TO PULL A COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AND JUST READ THE
HEADLINE. THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD 24 ITEMS. THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ON LIMS. JUST BEING COGNIZANT OF TIME. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE. >> WE HAVE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT WITH THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD TWO ITEMS. ALL OF YOU WERE IN COMMITTEE THIS MORNING WHEN WE BROUGHT THESE UP. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT OVER TO
VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THE BHZ COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING 16 ITEMS TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I STRUGGLE JUST READING THE HEADLINES FOR THIS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT. NUMBER
ONE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING. NUMBER TWO, APPROVING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. NUMBER THREE, APPROVING LICENSE SIDEWALK LICENSE FOR BLACK SHEEP PIZZA. NUMBER 4, APPROVING NINE
LIQUOR LICENSES. 5, APPROVING 54 LICENSE RENEWALS. SIX. SEVEN, AUTHORIZING GRANT SUBMITTALS. NUMBER 8, ACCEPTING AND AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION GRANT
FROM THE STATE FOR THE UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL OUTDOOR MUSIC VENUE. NINE, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR THE PROJECT AT 2714 BRYANT AVENUE. 10, MITIGATION PLAN FOR THE UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL. 11,
AUTHORIZING A GREAT STREETS LOAN TO THE LATINO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 12, APPROVING 21 APPOINTMENTS TO THE MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HOUSING. 13, APPROVING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. 14, APPROVING
TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE 2025 LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE RELATED TO WINDOW CLEANING AND SAUNA ESTABLISHMENTS. 15, APPROVING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS SKYWAYS. 16, APPROVING A STAFF DIRECTION RELATED TO PET RESTRICTIONS IN
RENTAL PROPERTIES. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAS SEVEN
ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT SEWERS. THE SECOND IS LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. THREE IS A VARIOUS REQUEST FOR LAKE HARRIET PARKWAY. FOUR -- FIVE IS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. SIX IS
PRIORITIZING A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT LIST. AND SEVEN IS APPROVING COMMENTS ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND SUBMITTING THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MET COCIL. I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. NO ONE IS ON QUEUE. AND LASTLY, WE'RE GOING
TO GO WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH HAS FOUR ITEMS. 1 IS -- TWO IS ACCEPTING AND AUTHORIZING A GRANT FOR THE MINNESOTA AUTO THEFT PREVENTION WITH MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THREE IS
CONSIDERING A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH STATE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS ITEM WAS FORWARDED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AND LASTLY, 4 IS APPOINTMENT TO SAFE AND THRIVING WORK GROUP. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND SEEING NO QUESTIONS, WITH THAT,
WE'VE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COMMITTEE TODAY. AND HEARING NO OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED ON TIME. BYE.