. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AURIN CHOWDHURY AND I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY
REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND TO THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. 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. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL AND
VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN.
>> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE NINE MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON IS
ABSENT RESPONDING TO CONSTITUENT NEEDS AS THERE WAS AN ICE PRESENCE AT LAKE AT BLOOMINGTON. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. FIRST, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CONSENT
AGENDA. THE ONLY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS A PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE NICOLLET BRIDGE OR THE MINNEHAHA CREEK. STAFF INFORMED US THIS ITEM WAS NOT READY FOR
LAST WEEK'S CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING. IT IS BEFORE US NOW. STAFF IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. SEEING NO QUESTIONS
OR DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION
CARRIES. AND I WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO HAS JOINED THE MEETING. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL 2025 MINNEAPOLUS CONTRACTS BEING AUTHORIZED. I
WILL NOW WELCOME UP DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEA LAKES FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY FOR A SHORT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WELCOME, DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP TODAY. MY NAME IS LEA LAKES. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. WELCOME TO THIS VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION. THIS IS ABOUT APPROVING OUR
ABILITY TO SIGN CONTRACTS FOR THREE ADDITIONAL ZONES FOR COVERAGE FOR MINNEAPOLUS VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION SERVICES. THESE SERVICES AS A REMINDER ARE THOSE BOOTS ON THE GROUND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WE CONTRACT WITH TO CHANGE
BEHAVIORS AND REDUCE RETALIATION CYCLES THROUGH ENGAGEMENT AND PREVENTING VIOLENCE BEFORE IT OCCURS. THIS APPROACH IS GUIDED BY THE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE OF CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL. AND THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ARE IDENTIFIED
BASED OFF OF DATA FROM CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL AND INPUT FROM COMMUNITY. BRIEF REMINDER, THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL IS ONE THAT IS A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH THAT
TREATS VIOLENCE LIKE A DISEASE WHERE WE CAN INTERRUPT THE SPREAD OF THAT DISEASE THROUGH INTERRUPTING CONFLICTS, CHANGING BEHAVIOR, AND CHANGING NORMS. THE AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED
THAT NEED INTERRUPTION SERVICES THROUGH THE MINNEAPOLUS CONTRACTS ARE IDENTIFIED HERE ON THIS MAP. THE INCIDENT TABLE YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT IS THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS BY ZONE. AND
PREVIOUSLY, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED CONTRACTS FOR ZONES 2, 6, AND 9 FOR A -- I'M SORRY. PREVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL APPROVED CONTRACTS FOR ZONES 1, 4, 7, AND
8. FOR THE MOTHER'S LOVE ORGANIZATION, FOR RESTORATION INC. ORGANIZATION, FOR SABATHNI ORGANIZATION. TODAY, WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS
ZONES, 2, 6, AND 9. FOR A MOTHER'S LOVE, T.O.U.C.H. OUTREACH, AND METRO YOUTH DIVERSION RESPECTIVELY. THIS IS A MAP OF ZONE 9 WHERE THE COVERAGE WOULD INCLUDE THE
CEDAR-RIVERSIDE AREA. THIS IS THE MAP OF AREAS 1, 2, 4, AND 3, WHERE 1 AND 2 ARE COVERED BY A MOTHER'S LOVE. AND ZONE 4 IS COVERED BY RESTORATION INC. THE
OTHER ZONES HERE, 5, 6, 8 AND 7 ARE SHOWN AS WELL AS THE INCIDENT NUMBERS FOR EACH OF THESE ZONES. HERE YOU CAN SEE T.O.U.C.H. OUTREACH FOR 6, T.O.U.C.H. OUTREACH FOR 8, AND
THEN SABATHANI FOR ZONE 7. THIS MAP OUTLINES WHICH WARDS HAVE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION COVERAGE ZONES. YOU SEE HERE IS WARD 4, 5, 6, 8, AND 9 ARE THE WARDS THAT INCLUDE PIECES OF THE
ZONES. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. I STAND READY FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR LAKES. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. AND I'M ASSUMING THEN THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTRACT HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. THE TESTING AND THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT DELAY HAS BEEN ADDRESSED? >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, WE ARE IN PROGRESS WITH ALL OF THOSE. THEY ARE ALMOST ALL DONE. YES. >> SO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH US LETTING THIS CONTRACT OUT EVEN THOUGH THAT WORK HASN'T BEEN COMPLETE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, I DO. WE DO HAVE ONE GROUP THAT'S
OUT ON THE GROUND ALREADY. GROUP FOR ZONE 4 RESTORATION INC. HAS BEEN SIGNED. THE OTHER CONTRACTS ARE CLOSE BEHIND. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. >> NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND
THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ZONE 5, AS YOU KNOW. WHICH IS THE PART THAT DOES COVER 19th AND NICOLLET, WHICH IS AN AREA IN WARD 7. WARD 6 HAS UNDERGONE GUN VIOLENCE,
AMONG OTHER GROUP VIOLENCE ACTIVITIES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY. LOTS OF EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN SET ABOUT THIS SERVICE COMING TO WARD 5, INCLUDING THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS
GROUPS AT A TOWN HALL. AND ANOTHER WAS A CONTRACT WITH MAD DADS THAT WE PASSED WHICH THEN WENT OUT TO THOUSAND COMMUNITIES MEMBERS SETTING EXPECTATIONS THAT THIS SERVICE WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I'M INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED BY THIS NEWS AND THE TIMELINE OF THIS
SERVICE BEING PUT OFF AND A CONTRACT BEING APPROVED THAT'S NOW GOING TO ACTUALLY NOT BE DELIVERED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR COVERAGE IN WARD 5. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. I WILL
HAVE TO RESPOND IN A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THAT. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME AN INDICATION OF WHETHER AN OFFER WAS MADE FOR ANY OF THESE OTHER GROUPS TO COVER AREA 5? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, I'M GOING TO LOOK TO OUR ATTORNEYS
TO SEE IF THAT'S A QUESTION I CAN ADDRESS. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION. >> THE FIRST GROUP THAT WAS SELECTED TO COVER AREA 5 WAS MAD DADS WHICH THEN DECLINED THE
CONTRACT. I'M WONDERING IF ANY OTHERS. >> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE? >> I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION. >> SO DO YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR
FINDING A NEW GROUP TO COVER AREA 5? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, I NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE PLAN FOR THAT. >> OKAY. WHEN CAN I EXPECT THAT INFORMATION? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON A TIMELINE AS
WELL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WE WILL NOTE THAT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP FOR CLERKS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN? ALL RIGHT. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I
ACTUALLY WANTED TO NAME ONE SOME THANKS AROUND I SEE THIS AS A RESPONSE TO THE ACTION THAT COUNCIL TOOK UP ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHERE WE PASSED A RESOLICITATION MOTION FOR I
BELIEVE THIS IS AREA 2, NOW THAT A MOTHER'S LOVE WILL BE COVERING. AND ALSO IN RESPONSE TO EXTENDING OR PRESERVING COVERAGE IN CEDAR-RIVERSIDE, WHICH IS NOW NUMBER 9, AND MOVING FUNDING TO DO SO. I WOULD
SAY THANK YOU TO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY FOR MOVING AT REASONABLE SPEED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE REQUESTS AND MAKING SURE THAT GAPS IN SERVICE WEREN'T BEING, YOU KNOW, PERPETUATED IN PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT THESE TYPES OF SERVICES ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WILL ECHO SIMILAR CONCERNS, THOUGH, IN TERMS OF WE'RE NOW IN JUNE. AND I KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN I BROUGHT FORTH THE MOTION AROUND MOVING SERVICES OVER TO THE COUNTY, WE WERE GIVEN A HARD KIND OF DEADLINE TO THIS BODY OF
THESE SERVICES WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING BY APRIL 1ST. AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY -- OR THAT ACTION WOULD HAVE LED TO A DISRUPTION. BUT NOW IT SEEMS THOSE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF RESTORATION INC. FOR
ZONE 4 HAS NOT WENT OUT INTO THE STREETS. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, OR COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE ASKED A QUESTION AROUND BACKGROUND CHECKS. THOSE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ACTING AS BARRIERS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN CAN WE EXPECT -- I KNOW
DIRECTOR HARRINGTON NAMED IN HER MOST RECENT UPDATE THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL HAPPENING. FOR HOW LONG DO WE FORESEE THIS TAKING PLACE? BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S JUNE. WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN WARMER MONTHS. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT PLAY OUT. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE SAME
SITUATION LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD AN ABSENCE OF THESE SERVICES, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY SAW MINNEAPOLIS BECOME THE CITY THAT HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST HOMICIDE RATES IN THE COUNTRY. IT'S CONCERNING AROUND WHAT'S GOING
ON IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATIONS. AND NOW BEING ALMOST TWO MONTHS OUT FROM THAT APRIL 1ST INTENDED DEADLINE. I'M INTERESTED WHAT, WHERE ARE WE ACTUALLY AT IN THIS PROCESS? YOU SAID THEY'RE NEAR COMPLETION. DOES THAT MEAN THE
ORIGINAL FOUR GROUPS ARE READY TO SIGN? THEY'RE READY TO BE OUT ON THE STREETS? LIKE CAN RESIDENTS EXPECT TO SEE THESE SERVICES ACTUALLY BEFORE AUGUST EVEN AT THIS RATE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THE GOAL
IS TO SIGN THESE CONTRACTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND TOP PRIORITY IS THE SERVICES HERE THAT YOU'RE SEEING BEFORE YOU IN GETTING THOSE OUT THE DOOR SO THEY ARE HELPING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THAT IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEM TO GET THOSE SIGNED AND THOSE SERVICES OUT
THE DOOR. >> AND JUST FOLLOW UP CLARIFICATION BECAUSE FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING LAST TIME, WHEN WE -- OR IT WAS AT LEAST MINE'S. BY THE TIME A CONTRACT REACHES THIS BODY FOR APPROVAL, THE SUBJECT WAS THEN NEGOTIATIONS
ARE FINALIZED. GROUPS WERE READY TO BE OUT ON THE STREETS AGAIN BY THAT APRIL 1ST DEADLINE. AND THEN WE WERE TOLD ACTUALLY AGAIN NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL HAPPENING. SO WILL THESE GROUPS THAT YOU JUST NAMED EVEN FOR TODAY, MOTHER'S LOVE, DIVERSION
CENTER, ARE THEY READY? ARE THOSE CONTRACTS ACTUALLY DONE? OR IS THERE SPACE, OR EVEN T.O.U.C.H. OUTREACH WHICH IS STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR OTHER COVERAGES. WILL THESE SERVICES ACTUALLY BE OUT AND READY BY THE
INTENDED DEADLINE OF JULY 1ST? >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THAT IS THE GOAL. EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN OUR CONTROL IS TO REACH THAT GOAL. >> OKAY. SO THERE STILL COULD BE A PROCESS EVEN IF THIS BODY
APPROVED THIS CONTRACT THAT NEGOTIATIONS COULD HAPPEN AND MAYBE THE JULY 1ST DEADLINE MIGHT NOT BE REACHED IF NEGOTIATIONS STILL RUN LONG? >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, I --
LET ME RESPOND TO YOU IN A WRITTEN RESPONSE FOR THE TIMELINE. >> OKAY. AND JUST FOR THE CLARITY OF, AGAIN, IT'S BY APPROVING THESE CONTRACTS TODAY, ARE WE NOT REPLICATING THE SAME SITUATION WHERE THESE VENDORS
WILL ACTUALLY BE READY. THERE'S NO NEED FOR ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN VETTED. ALL PARTIES INVOLVED ARE COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE DELIVERABLES EXPECTED FROM THESE CONTRACTS AND ARE READY TO THEN ADMINISTER
SERVICES OR ARE WE STILL AT A PROCESS WHERE WE CAN BE IN FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE THOSE SERVICES ARE RENDERED? SO THAT'S THE QUESTION THEN TO HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP TO. >> I'LL ADD THAT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. >> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, AND THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GROUP. SO THE ZONE 2 IS A PART OF WARD 4. THE GROUP THAT IS
ALREADY OUT RESTORATION INC., THEY'RE IN WARD 4, TOO. WHAT PART IS WARD 4 IS ZONE 2? WHAT ARE THE ZONE 2 GROUP -- WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO VERSUS WHERE THIS ZONE IS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, GOOD
QUESTION. I PULLED UP THE MAP OF THE DIFFERENT ZONES SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE BORDERS. WHERE RESTORATION INC. WILL BE PROVIDING SERVICES VERSUS WHERE A MOTHER'S LOVE WILL BE PROVIDING SERVICES. >> OKAY. SO THEY JUST KIND OF JUST CUT OFF AT THE PARK. THE
NEW GROUP. AND THEN THE OTHER GROUP JUST KIND OF PICKS UP FROM THERE. OKAY. OKAY. SO LIKE WHEN YOU REVAMPED, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GROUPS BEING ABLE TO HAVE SO MANY STAFF PER CONTRACT. DOES THIS MEAN THE GROUPS WHO HAVE
TWO ZONES GET TO HAVE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF STAFFING AND DOUBLE THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. SO THE ONE GROUP, A MOTHER'S LOVE WOULD HAVE TWO
CONTRACTS. ONE FOR ZONE ONE. AND ONE FOR ZONE 2. >> OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE -- WHAT IS HAPPENING? YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD BACK FROM THESE GROUPS THAT IT'S INSURANCE THAT THEY CAN'T COVER IS WHY THEY HAVEN'T FILLED -- LIKE, HAVEN'T
SIGNED THESE CONTRACTS. IT'S THE NUMBER OF STAFF. AND I'VE HEARD INSURANCE IN MULTIPLE WAYS. MEDICAL INSURANCE THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR STAFF. INSURANCE FOR THEM TO BE OUT ON THE STREETS PATROLLING. THAT SORT OF INSURANCE. I'VE HEARD
THAT THE CONTRACTS JUST AREN'T ADDING UP TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE OVERALL AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO GET THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS. IT'S NOT ADDING UP. WHAT ARE WE DOING? I SEE THE NUMBER BEFORE US, BUT I'M WORRIED THAT THE NUMBER IS GOING
TO CHANGE SOONER THAN WE THINK. AND THAT'S FINE IF THAT'S HOW WE GET PEOPLE OUT. ARE WE REALLY LOOKING THROUGH THAT AND SPENDING THE TIME ON HELPING THESE PEOPLE TO GET FOLKS OUT AT A RATE WHERE THEY PAY THEIR STAFF GOOD MONEY, A GOOD COST OF
LIVING. YOU KNOW. LIKE THOSE THINGS. WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING THAT -- WE HAVE ONE GROUP THAT'S OUT THERE. THEY'RE THERE. BUT THESE OTHER GROUPS AREN'T? >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION. NSD IS
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME HAVING ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS, GROUP CONVERSATIONS, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DIRECTORS AND THE GROUPS, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROGRAM MANAGERS AND THE GROUPS, CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE GROUPS, CONVERSATIONS WITH COMPLIANCE
AND THE GROUPS. WE ARE GOING SO FAR AS TO CONTACT THE COMPANIES FOR INSURANCE TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE'S A THREE-WAY HELP THAT WE CAN DO FOR SOME OF THESE GROUPS. NSD IS VERY DEDICATED TO SETTING OUR PEOPLE THAT WE CONTRACT WITH
UP FOR SUCCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. SO WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING ALL OF WHAT WE CAN TO HELP THEM. >> I APPRECIATE THAT BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'VE BEEN LIKE SPENDING TWO MONTHS, AND
IT'S SIMPLY THE CONTRACTS JUST AREN'T ENOUGH. LIKE WE'RE NOT PAYING THEM ENOUGH. I FEEL LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THEM IS WE'RE NOT PAYING THEM ENOUGH TO COVER THE EXPENSES AND THAT'S WHY THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CAN'T GET THE
INSURANCE COVERAGE. THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH A BUDGET TABLE FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THAT BREAKDOWN WE DID THAT SHOWS ALL
THE WORK WE DID TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE CONTRACT. LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. >> AND MY LAST THING IS, ARE WE PROVIDING THE PROPER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THESE GROUPS? BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A GROUP THAT HAS DONE IT, MAYBE THIS IS THE PERSON WE SHOULD BE CONTRACTING WITH TO HELP THESE GROUPS GET
THIS DONE. IF WE HAVE A GROUP THAT'S GOT A CONTRACT SIGNED. THEY'RE OUT WORKING. WORK WITH A GROUP WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY DONE IT TO HELP THOSE OTHER GROUPS GET THIS DONE AND NOT HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON, YOU KNOW, LIKE --
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID. YOU ALL ARE WALKING THROUGH WITH PEOPLE. BUT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DO THIS. MAYBE THE PERSON WHO SUCCESSFULLY DONE THIS SHOULD BE THE PERSON TO DO IT. MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE GROUP THAT HAS
SUCCESSFULLY DONE IT. >> THANK YOU. AND I WILL NOTE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP FOR EVERYONE. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET THAT BUDGET TABLE INCLUDED IN THAT MEMO. I HAVE MYSELF IN QUEUE NEXT. AND BEFORE
I SPEAK, I WILL RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI HAS JOINED US IN THIS MEETING. I WANT TO JUST ENSURE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT. THE
CONTRACTS, 1478, THOSE WERE SET WITH THE DATE OF APRIL 1ST FOR THEM TO BE EXECUTED. IS IT EXECUTED TO THE POINT OF LIKE THEY WOULD THEN START BEGINNING THE WORK OR TAKING THE FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTING THE WORK?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER -- OR VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THAT IS THE GOAL. THE GOAL WAS APRIL 1ST TO HAVE ALL OF THIS DONE. DUE TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, THE GROUP THAT IS OUT RIGHT NOW AND
HAS EVERYTHING SIGNED IS RESTORATION INC. BUT YES, APRIL 1ST WAS THE GOAL DATE AS THAT WAS THE DATE THAT THE OLD CONTRACTS EXPIRED. >> OKAY. AND SO A MOTHER'S LOVE
IN ZONE 1, AND THEN SABATHANI IN ZONE 7, AND T.O.U.C.H. IN ZONE 8 HAVE NOT BEGUN THE WORK. WHAT POINT ARE THEY AT WITH THE CONTRACT? IS IT THAT THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED THE CONTRACT OR THEY HAVE SIGNED THE CONTRACT
AND NOW IT'S BEGINNING THE WORK OF IMPLEMENTATION? WHAT'S THE BARRIER THERE? >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, LET ME WRITE A RESPONSE BECAUSE THEY'RE EACH AT DIFFERENT PLACES. SO LET ME GET BACK TO YOU WITH A WRITTEN RESPONSE. >> OKAY. WE'LL NOTE THAT WITH ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. COULD
YOU SHARE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF A COMMON THEME IN TERMS OF BARRIERS FOR CONTRACT EXECUTION FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS? I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW APTLY NOTED MAYBE A LACK OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM ORGANIZATIONS? IS THERE A
THEME THERE? >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I WOULD SAY I THINK A LOT OF THE THEMES THAT THE VENDORS WANT TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. LIKE THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED AND THEY WANT TO DO GOOD WORK AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE
SAME PAGE AND SET UP FOR THAT SUCCESS TOGETHER. SO I THINK THERE'S JUST BEEN CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT. THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT FLEXIBILITY WITH THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS. THERE'S BEEN THINGS WITH TRAINING, WITH SCHEDULING. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S
KIND OF A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. >> TRAINING, SCHEDULING, WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT QUESTION JUST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU TO OUR CLERKS FOR
NOTING ALL OF THESE. THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ASKED, BUT HAVE THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INDICATED THE ONES THAT GOT THE PRIOR CONTRACTS INDICATED A TIMELINE IN WHICH THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
START OR IS THERE A GOAL TIMELINE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT? YOU HAVE JULY FOR THE ONES THAT WE ARE TAKING UP TODAY. WHAT WOULD BE THE ONES FOR THE PREVIOUS ALLOCATION THAT WE DID? NOW THAT THE APRIL 1ST
DATE HAS PASSED. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THE GOAL IS ALWAYS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO I GUESS THAT'S THE ANSWER. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> OKAY. SO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT HASN'T SET A DATE TO REACH. I TOTALLY GET AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE LIKE TO DO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT YOU HAVE TO SET A DEADLINE FOR YOURSELF. IS THAT NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DECIDED INTERNALLY YET? >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THE PRIORITY LIST FOR NSD HAS THIS
AS THE TOP PRIORITY. SO WE HAVE A PRIORITIZATION OF WHAT TO FOCUS OUR ENERGIES ON AND WHAT TO FOCUS OUR TIME ON. AND THIS IS OUR TOP PRIORITY. THE
DEADLINE IS HARD TO SET IN A WAY THAT IS REASONABLE BECAUSE EVERY ORGANIZATION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO SETTING A TIMELINE MAY NOT BE HELPFUL FOR SOME AND IT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR OTHERS. SO WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE TIMELINES OR DEADLINES SET UP
WHERE WE WOULD SAY YOU DON'T GET A CONTRACT IF YOU DON'T SIGN BY THIS DATE. THAT'S NOT AN APPROACH WE'RE TAKING. >> OKAY. WELL I ENCOURAGE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY TO SET AN INTERNAL TIMELINE FOR YOUR OWN ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS TO REACH. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. MY
LAST QUESTION BEFORE I PASS IT ON IS ONCE THE CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED AND THEN EVERYONE IS ON THE GROUND, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR EVALUATION, PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION? >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THE PLAN FOR EVALUATION IS FOR THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND THE BUSINESS ANALYST TO WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR TECHNICAL ADVISOR. THE TECHNICAL ADVISOR CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL STORES THE INFORMATION
AND HAS THE SOFTWARE THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS USE TO INPUT THE DATA. SO THAT GROUP OF THREE PEOPLE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE DATA IS ENTERED CORRECTLY AND THAT WE ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
>> OKAY. AND THEN WILL THAT BE PRESENTED BEFORE THIS BODY? AND IS THERE A CERTAIN POINT IN THE CONTRACT PERIOD WHERE THERE'LL
BE AN EVALUATION? IS IT HALFWAY THROUGH THE CONTRACT'S LIFE? IS IT AT THE END OF CONTRACT? >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THE EVALUATION PERIOD WILL BE HAPPENING IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS
DATA IS ENTERED. THEN THERE WILL BE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT AT ANY TIME TO COUNCIL AFTER THE DATA STARTS COMING IN. >> OKAY. YEAH. HAVE YOU MADE ANY DETERMINATIONS ON THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH YOU WANT TO REPORT BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE? >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AT ANY SPEED AS THE DATA IS MOSTLY LIVE. SO WE CAN HAVE A REPORT READY AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE COUNCIL, THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD
LIKE IT TO BE SENT TO THEM AT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME. I'M GOING TO CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> EXCUSE ME, MADAM VICE CHAIR. CAN YOU REPEAT THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED THE STAFF FOLLOW UP? >> I THINK WE MIGHT JUST NEED TO
GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WAS RECORDED. BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH QUESTIONS WERE THE ONES THAT I SPECIFICALLY NOTED FOR MYSELF. >> OKAY. >> YEAH. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MY STAFF SEND THAT DIRECTLY TO YOU. GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FIRST OF ALL, COMING TO CEDAR-RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST ONCE BUT COUPLE TIMES TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS. I THINK THAT THE REASON WE'RE DOING ALL THIS IS TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY
SAFE, AND THIS IS VERY TIME SENSITIVE PROGRAM. DURING THE SUMMERTIME, THOSE ARE WHEN WE NEED THE PROGRAMS. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY DID THE NEGOTIATIONS START SO LATE WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT STARTED LATE. WE DID HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE HAD TO SELECT WHAT VENDORS WE WANTED TO START NEGOTIATION WITH. AND SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING NEGOTIATIONS FOR
QUITE A LONG TIME. SO I GUESS I'M NOT SURE A GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. >> OKAY. YEAH. SAME WAY COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WAS MENTIONED HERE. THEY WERE READY
FROM DAY ONE TO REALLY GET TO WORK. AND THE START DATE WAS PUSHED FROM APRIL TO JULY. AND THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO OUR RESIDENTS. WE EXPECT DEPARTMENTS OF SAFETY TO REALLY STEP IT UP
AND GET THIS DONE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LEGAL STUFF. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT. BUT BEING PREPARED IS REALLY A GOOD WAY TO FINISH. AND I DON'T
THINK THIS IS FINGERPOINTING ORGANIZATIONS. THERE'S WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THAT HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS SO THEY KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THE PROCESS. IT'S JUST THE DEPARTMENT WHO IS PUBLIC, DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY
THAT CONTINUES TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BASICALLY. SORRY. IT'S NOT YOU. YOU'RE DOING WONDERFUL WORK. IT'S JUST THAT WE NEED A BETTER CLEARANCE AND BETTER LEADERSHIP WITH THIS DEPARTMENT. THE FOLKS SHOULD BE
ON THE GROUND BY NOW. AND I JUST -- IT'S NOT THE ORGANIZATION'S FAULT. AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, LACK OF MONEY, LACK OF RESOURCE. WE GAVE YOU THOSE RESOURCE. IT'S JUST THE LEADERSHIP WITH THIS DEPARTMENT
THAT NEED TO GET THIS -- ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE COMING UP ARE VALID. IT'S LIKE WHY ARE WE NOT ON THE GROUND? WHY ARE WE NOT HELPING THOSE FOLKS THAT NEED THE HELP. WE PROVIDED THOSE RESOURCES. THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOME KIND OF SOLUTION BY NOW. IT'S JUST THIS DEPARTMENT THAT
NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND GET THIS NEGOTIATION START EARLY AND SIGN THE CONTRACT AND GET THE WORK DONE. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. I'M FRUSTRATED THE SAME WAY MOST COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FRUSTRATED HERE THAT WE'RE STARTING THIS PROGRAM LATE. AND ALSO, LET'S
JUST -- I'M GOING TO REALLY MENTION WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN MENTIONED, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT WAS OFFERED, WE WERE ON THE LIST ON 19th AND NICOLLET. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ZONE 5. I'M
NOT SURE. THAT IS STILL, IT'S LIKE, THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO. WHAT TO TELL STEVEN SQUARE. THESE NEIGHBORHOODS CONTINUE TO GO. WE REPORT BACK AND RELY ON
INFORMATION FROM THOSE DEPARTMENTS. BUT IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL THE STEVEN SQUARE NEIGHBORS AND SO ON. OVERALL, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO GET THEIR
ACT TOGETHER AND GET THESE CONTRACTS SIGNED A LONG TIME AGO. WE'RE HEADING TO SUMMERTIME AND PEOPLE NEED THE SERVICES. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR YOUTH, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE'RE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. ESPECIALLY SUMMERTIME. THERE SHOULD BE A SUMMER SAFETY
TIME. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. WE PASSED IT LAST YEAR. I'LL CLOSE IT DOWN. UNDERSTAND MY FRUSTRATION. IT'S NOT TO YOU. YOU'RE A WONDERFUL PERSON WHO SHOWED UP IN THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLAINED TO
RESIDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WILL ECHO THE SENTIMENT THAT I THINK YOU'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB
WITH A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE ENTIRELY OUT OF YOUR CONTROL, AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR BEST TO MANAGE. NOW I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU, AND I CAN APPRECIATE IF YOUR ANSWER TO ANY OF THEM IS GOING TO BE "LET ME GET BACK TO YOU IN WRITING."
BUT IF THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR ANSWER TO ANY QUESTION I'M GOING TO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY. EITHER YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO ME IN WRITING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, OR YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO ME IN WRITING BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE ANSWER OR YOU'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S LEGAL FOR YOU TO TELL ME. IN THAT
CASE, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY. OR YOU CAN'T GIVE ME THE ANSWER BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN THE DIRECTION TO NOT SPEAK ABOUT SUCH A THING IN PUBLIC. BUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS. >> POINT OF ORDER, MADAM CHAIR. >> I'M SORRY. >> I'D ASK THE CLERK FOR A RULING PLEASE.
>> IT'S HER TIME. >> I'M SORRY. >> I HAVE THE GAVEL. >> SORRY. >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SECOND. COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU. SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ZONE 5 ACTUALLY SEVERAL TIMES SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND RESTART HOW I'M APPROACHING ZONE 5. ZONE 5 INCLUDES PORTIONS OF WARD 6,
PORTIONS OF WARD 7, AND PORTIONS OF WARD 10. I KNOW IT IS BEING PAID IN PART BY A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTO THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT -- OR THERE'S BEEN THIS INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE IN THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD PREDATING THE COVID PANDEMIC THAT HAS GONE UNADDRESSED. AND SO IT IS IN PART TO ADDRESS THAT CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN THIS
COMMUNITY. CAN YOU TELL ME -- AND ZONE 5 WAS GOING TO BE CONTRACTED WITH MAD DADS IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY. THAT FELL THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE STEPS OF NEGOTIATION. HAS ANY -- IS THERE
A TIMELINE FOR FINDING A VENDOR TO PERFORM THESE SERVICES IN ZONE 5? THIS YEAR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT AN ESTABLISHED TIMELINE TO WORK ON THAT. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. EVERYTHING
IS PRIORITIZED, RIGHT? SO ALL OF US HAVE TO-DO LISTS THAT ARE NEVER ENDING. BUT WE ALL KIND OF KNOW WITHIN OUR TO-DO LISTS WHAT MATTERS AND WHAT DOESN'T AND WHAT IS AT THE TOP OF WHAT
MATTERS THE MOST AND WHAT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF WHAT MATTERS THE MOST. NO JUDGMENT ON THE PRIORITIZATION. BUT I WANT TO KNOW IS THIS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT MATTERS LIKE AS IN AS BEING WORKED ON PRETTY ACTIVELY. OR IS IT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET TO AND IT DOES
MATTER AND OF COURSE WE CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE BUT IT'S NOT BEING DONE ACTIVELY. AND THERE'S NOT A PLAN OF A PLAN TO WORK ON IT ACTIVELY THIS YEAR. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS BEING WORKED ON. >> OKAY. >> SO IT IS BEING WORKED ON.
YES. >> AWESOME. THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL FOR ME TO KNOW. NOW EARLIER YOU WERE ASKED IF THERE HAS BEEN AN OFFER MADE TO ANY VENDOR SINCE THE CONTRACT WITH MAD DADS FELL
THROUGH, THERE'S BEEN AN OFFER MADE TO ANY VENDOR TO PERFORM THESE SERVICES. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THAT QUESTION AGAIN. HAVE WE ATTEMPTED AT ALL TO ENGAGE ANY VENDOR TO PERFORM
THESE SERVICES IN ZONE 5? I BELIEVE I HAVE A NEED TO KNOW. >> I AM SEEING LOOKS AT EACH OTHER. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THROUGH THE CHAIR, I DON'T SEE CITY ATTORNEY IN
QUEUE, BUT I SEE YOUR HAND UP, SO I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. SO WHAT'S NOT PUBLIC DATA IS LIKE SPECIFICS. RIGHT. SO YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHICH VENDORS HAVE BEEN MADE, OFFERS,
ET CETERA. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS NOT ASKING FOR SPECIFICS. IT'S JUST ASKING WHETHER AN OFFER WAS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAPPENED. AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, VENDORS. I MEAN, THE INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC VENDORS IS NOT
PUBLIC DATA. YOU KNOW. THE NEED TO KNOW PIECE IS NOT QUITE RIGHT IN THIS SETTING BECAUSE IT'S AN OPEN PUBLIC FORUM AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEARN NOT IN A PUBLIC SETTING. THOSE
WOULD BE THE LIMITATIONS FOR AN OPEN MEETING. >> SO JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT IS A QUESTION THAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES CAN ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S NOT ASKING ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC GROUPS. IT JUST HAS A VENDOR -- OTHER VENDORS BEEN ASKED.
>> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE NOT ASKED ANOTHER GROUP TO COVER THIS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND IN WRITING WITH 100% BECAUSE I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK IF THAT'S CORRECT. >> EXCELLENT. I WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. AND IF ANOTHER GROUP HAS NOT BEEN ENGAGED TO PERFORM SUCH SER S SERVICES, WHEN WILL THAT HAPPEN? I REALLY HEAR YOU. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A PRIORITY.
THIS IS AT THE TOP OF YOUR LIST, RIGHT? SO WHEN IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN AT, LIKE, I KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE MAY BE YOUR ANSWER. I REALLY HEAR YOU. I DON'T WANT TO PUT A CALENDAR REMINDER ON MY CALENDAR TO EMAIL YOU ABOUT THIS
EVERY DAY HOPING THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE MIGHT BE HAPPENING THAT DAY. SO LIKE SHOULD I BUG YOU ABOUT THIS IN A WEEK, IN TWO WEEKS, IN A MONTH, IN TWO MONTHS? I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO TELL MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE
BUGGING ME ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW -- AND THAT'S MY JOB. IT'S MY JOB SO I'M HAPPY THAT THEY'RE BUGGING ME ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY. I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW OFTEN CAN I BUG YOU UNTIL WE MAY BE ABLE TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, OR
CHUGHTAI, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION A LOT. LET ME WORK ON A COMMUNICATION PLAN WITH YOU SO THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING IN SYNC WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON A TIMELINE WE HAVE INFORMATION ON. SO LET ME RESPOND IN WRITING TO
THAT. BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW IS THE ANSWER. >> OKAY. SO THAT WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE NOT CHAIRED THIS COMMITTEE, I THINK ONCE BEFORE. SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS BODY, INCLUDING SPEAKERS UP AT THE PODIUM SPEAK THROUGH THE CHAIR,
AS PER THE USUAL RULES WITHIN OTHER COMMITTEES. I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL IN US MOVING THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION. AND THEN I WILL REMIND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT AS CHAIR, I'M TASKED WITH PRESERVING THE ORDER AND DECORUM
IN PROCEEDINGS. IF THERE'S A POINT OF ORDER REQUESTED, PLEASE GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO RESPOND TO THAT AND WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS. I CAN TELL THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PASSION UP HERE. IT IS -- WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ALL DEEPLY CARE ABOUT THAT. SO JUST
TAKING A SECOND TO BRING US BACK AND WE'LL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. WHAT
I'M HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR IS THAT YOU'VE ADDED A LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THIS PROGRAM THAT HAS NOT BEEN HERE. A LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR. A LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE ASKED FOR. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT MESSAGE BACK. YOU'RE DOING
A GREAT JOB DESPITE ANY CRITICISMS THAT MIGHT BE LEVELED AT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANKS. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE
BODY? I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. SO I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT FIRST -- SORRY. THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT PART OF THIS. I BELIEVE WE
NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT, AND THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE A BRIEF
PRESENTATION ABOUT -- I APOLOGIZE, COLLEAGUES. NOW WE'LL TURN THIS MEETING ACTUALLY OVER TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AS THE CHAIR OF THE SETTLEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. FIRST, WE HAVE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS. I'LL NOTE THIS WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RECENT SEMI ANNUAL REPORT FROM ALEFA, OUR INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR. THEY HIGHLIGHTED A LOT OF THE STRIDES WE HAVE MADE IN OPCR. STAFF
EXPERTISE. BUT THEY ALSO CAUTIONED A RISK THAT OUR OUTSIDE FIRM WAS QUICKLY MOVING THROUGH OUR CONTRACT DOLLARS, AND THIS ACTION IS AIMING TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT WITH THAT OUTSIDE FIRM SO THAT WE DON'T
CONTINUE TO HAVE CHALLENGES AROUND ACCUMULATING BACKLOG. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY RELATIVELY ON TOP OF THAT BACKLOG AND WORK THROUGH IT WITHIN OPCR AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT MOMENTUM. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ACTION IS ABOUT. IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, THEY ARE AVAILABLE. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I ACTUALLY DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF IF THEY COULD COME UP.
>> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON A COUPLE OF THINGS IN LIGHT OF ONE, I JUST WANT TO NAME, I'M EXCITED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF
EXTENDING THIS CONTRACT. BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY HAVING A BACKLOG RELATED TO MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND I THINK THERE'S ALREADY COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT THAT AS A CITY THERE'S
NOT A REPEATED PATTERN OR PRACTICE. BUT FIRST, I WANTED CLARITY ON THE CONTRACT IN TERMS OF ASKING FOR EXTENSION FOR 18 MONTHS WHICH WAS PERMITTED UNDER THE CONTRACT PASSAGE 2024 WHICH STATED IT WOULD COST $1 MILLION
ANNUALLY, BUT YET IN THE FISCAL NOTE IT NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE $0 WITH THIS EXTENSION. JUST WANTED TO GET CLARITY AROUND THE FUNDING COMPONENT OF THIS EXTENSION. IF YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, THROUGH THE CHAIR, MICHELLE
PHILLIPS, CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR. THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WE ARE ASKING FOR A NO-COST EXTENSION BECAUSE THERE WAS KIND OF A SLOW START TO THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT. IT WAS EXECUTED IN MAY OF 2024. I WAS NOT HERE AS OF
YET. AND THERE WAS SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PROCESSING AND ASSIGNMENT OF CASES THROUGH OPCR AT THAT TIME TO THE EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS AS WELL AS EXPECTATIONS AND EVALUATIONS OF THE WORK OF THE
EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS. SO ONCE WE GOT DIRECTOR FUDGISAWA ON BOARD IN OCTOBER, AND WE ALSO HAD OUR INVESTIGATIONS SUPERVISOR APPOINTED AT THAT TIME AS WELL, WE WORKED WITH
WHAT WAS PROCESS WOULD BE. HOW WE COULD VET. THEY KIND OF GOT INTO A SYSTEM FLOW. SO WE WERE NOT MOVING THROUGH THE EXPECTED AMOUNT OF CASES AT THAT TIME. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE EXECUTED THE CONTRACT, THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ASSIGNED
TO THIS CONTRACT. SO WE COULD ONLY ADD CAPACITY WITH TWO ADDITIONAL FOLKS WHILE WE WERE STAFFING UP. IN JANUARY, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS ASSIGNED WITH THIS CONTRACT WITH THE LAW FIRM. SO WE DID NOT
EXPEND THE FUNDS AT THE PACE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPENDED. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR A NO-COST EXTENSION. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS AROUND THE AMOUNT OF BACKLOG CASES THAT
ARE GOING TO BE COVERED UNDER THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION. I KNOW ON MAY 23RD, AND I BELIEVE EVEN AT THE MAYOR'S STATE OF ADDRESS FOR THE CITY, THAT IT WAS SHARED THAT THE OPCR AS WELL AS IA
BACKLOG CASES WERE NEARLY ELIMINATED. BUT IN THE RCA FOR THIS ITEM, IT CLEARLY OUTLINES THAT THERE'S A BACKLOG OF CASES IN BOTH OPCR AND IA, INTERNAL AFFAIRS. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND AND RECONCILE THOSE TWO PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND THE NEED FOR THIS CONTRACT IN TERMS OF, YES, WAS THIS ACTUALLY TRANSLATING TO FOR THIS EXTENSION. >> ABSOLUTELY. THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, SO WHAT WE'RE EXTENDING THIS FOR IS
AN AD HOC CONTRACT. SO THIS WILL BE AS NEEDED. SHOULD THERE POTENTIALLY BE ANOTHER ISSUE OR CHALLENGE THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WHERE THERE MAY BE AN INFLUX OF CASES THAT OPCR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE AT THAT TIME, THEN WE
WOULD HAVE INDIVIDUALS ON CALL. WE TEND TO HAVE ON-CALL CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF ISSUES OR CHALLENGES THAT MAY HAPPEN. ADDITIONALLY, RIGHT NOW, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 35 CASES FROM THE BACKLOG. WHAT WE'RE
WORKING ON AND FOCUSING ON IS MAKING SURE CASES THAT ARE CURRENT AS WELL AS BACKLOG CASES ARE ASSIGNED SO WE DON'T ADD OR HAVE ANOTHER BACKLOG CASES. WE'RE SIMULTANEOUSLY ASSIGNING CASES THAT ARE BACKLOGGED TO OUR
STAFF WHILE WE'RE TRAINING THEM UP AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE CAPACITY. SO AS WE FOCUS ON OUR HIRING PLAN THAT WE JUST EXECUTED. THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING SURE OPCR IS FULLY STAFFED. AND ALSO MAKE SURE THEY'RE TRAINED TO HANDLE THE CASES AT THE SKILL LEVEL THEY NEED TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT'S 180 DAYS. WE DO NOT WANT TO BACKSLIDE. SO THIS IS A SAFETY NET. SHOULD WE NEED TO USE THEM, THEY ARE AVAILABLE. BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE OUR FIRST COURSE OF ACTION. OPCR HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE CAPACITY. WE
ARE UNCLEAR AS OF YET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AND HAVE A SAFETY NET TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT CREATE ANOTHER BACKLOG. >> OKAY. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE EXISTING BACKLOG. THIS CONTRACT IS TO OFFER
ASSISTANCE AS YOU MENTIONED TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T INCREASE. BUT THERE IS A BACKLOG. BECAUSE I THINK I IMMEDIATELY GOT HIT UP BY SOME CONSTITUENTS SAYING SO
YOU DO OR DO NOT HAVE A BACKLOG. BACKLOG ARE WE SAYING FROM THE FILING PROCESS TO THE INTAKE? THAT MEANS WE'RE ELIMINATING IT OR UNTIL IT REACHES A DECISION BY THE CHIEF, LIKE THE CHAIN OF COMMAND OF WHAT IT TAKES TO
ELIMINATE A CASE. YEAH. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, GREAT QUESTION. SO THE BACKLOG THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN THAT IS USUALLY IN THE ALIFA REPORTS, ARE THE HISTORICAL BACKLOGS. THE 234
CASES. WE DON'T STOP CONTINUING TO HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS COME IN. SO THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT. THAT WAS OPCR'S FOCUS AND INTAKE. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 150 DAYS.
CLEARLY WITH THE BACKLOG, WE DIDN'T HIT THAT TIME. ALEFA HAS GIVEN US SOME BUFFER IN THE FIRST YEAR AND SECOND YEAR TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO. RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON TRACK TO CLEAR THE HISTORICAL BACKLOG OF
THE 234 CASES BY AUGUST. WE DO HAVE CASES THAT HAVE COME IN THAT ARE NOW OVER 180 DAYS. BUT ARE LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. SO AS WE START TO CLEAR THAT OUT, AND WHEN WE SAY CLEAR, WE MEAN OPCR
WILL CLEAR OURS. MEANING COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS. WE HAVE THE PANEL. WE HAVE MORE CAPACITY. THEY'RE MOVING THEIRS THROUGH. AND THEN THEY WILL GO TO THE CHIEF FOR THE FINAL DECISION. WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OPCR'S. WE'RE MAKING SURE THE CAPACITY FOR THE
PANEL HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO GET THE REVIEW. WHEN WE SAY WE ARE COMPLETED WITH OUR PORTION OF THE BACKLOG, THAT IS THE EXTERNAL INVESTIGATOR AND OPCR INVESTIGATIONS. THEY WILL SIT
FOR THE PANEL AND THE CHIEF. FOR THE SAKE OF THIS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE'RE COMPLETING THIS, WE DON'T START PILING THINGS UP. THIS IS TO CATCH US IF WE POTENTIALLY SLIDE OR SLIP BACK. BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO
BE OUR FIRST COURSE OF ACTION. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> I AM ADDING MYSELF TO QUEUE, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S WORKING. MAYBE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. BECAUSE IN READING THE REPORT, I'LL QUOTE IT. THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION
TEAM HAS EXPRESSED ITS CONCERN THAT THE OUTSIDE FUNDING IS QUICKLY BEING EXHAUSTED. AND IF THE CONTRACT CAP IS NOT INCREASED, THE USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIVE CASE BACKLOG WILL RETURN TO UNMANAGEABLE LEVELS. WERE THEY CONFLATING TIME AND
MONEY IN THIS? WAS THERE ACTUALLY ENOUGH FUNDING IN THE CONTRACT BUT THAT 18 MONTH WAS EXPIRING? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK FOR ALEFA. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY
SPEAKING ABOUT THE IA BACKLOG. AND THEY HAD A SEPARATE EXTERNAL FIRM WHO WAS ASSISTING THAT. >> GOT THAT. SO SHOULD WE ANTICIPATE CONTRACT EXTENSION REQUEST FOR THAT CONTRACT? >> I WILL NOT SPEAK FOR MPD OR IA ON THAT, SIR.
>> OKAY. GREAT. WELL I THINK THAT CLEARS UP MY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIR, GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU. I HAD TO REFRESH MY SPEAKER MANAGEMENT BECAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH THE SAME ISSUE
AS YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR PHILLIPS, FOR KIND OF TAKING SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS AND GOING THROUGH THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE NUMBERS HERE RIGHT. SO IN ORDER
FOR IT TO BE A HISTORICAL BACKLOG, IT'S 180 DAYS SINCE MAY OF 2024? OR WHAT'S THE -- YEAH, WHEN DO YOU CLARIFY HISTORIC BACKLOG? >> PRIOR TO ME COMING HERE,
THERE WAS AN AGREED UPON DATE, WHICH WAS MAY 2024. BACK ANY CASES THAT WE HAD THAT WERE CLASSIFIED AS HISTORICAL BACKLOG. THOSE CASES WERE CONSIDERED HISTORICAL BACKLOG AND THE CASES WE WERE FOCUSED
ON. IT CAN'T BE A MOVING TARGET. SO THAT BUCKET IS WLA WE ARE WORKING THROUGH. AND THAT IS THE SAME BUCKET THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING COMPLETING BY AUGUST 31ST. >> OKAY. AND THAT'S THE BUCKET THAT HAD 234 CASES, CORRECT? >> YEAH. THAT WAS THE BUCKET OF
CASES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN 180 DAYS, 300 DAYS OLD. I THINK ONE WAS WELL OVER 1,000 DAYS. THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES WITH TIMELINES. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR PAST DIRECTORS, BUT STAFFING
CAPACITY AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT INFLUX OF A BACKLOG. >> GREAT. IN THE ALEFA SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, THEY SHARED THAT AS OF MARCH 31, 2025, 65
CASES WERE STILL INVESTIGATION AND 17 PENDING ASSIGNMENT TO AN INVESTIGATOR. HAVE THOSE NUMBERS CHANGED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN? >> THEY HAVE. I'M HAPPY TO SAY
UNDER DIRECTOR FUJISAWA, THERE ARE 52 THAT ARE ACTIVELY BEING INVESTIGATED BETWEEN OPCR AND OUR EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS. SO WE ARE ON TRACK AS OF RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT CARRIES. AND OUR NEXT ITEM IS A STAFF DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY REGARDING THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. I WILL TURN THE MIC OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO SPEAK MORE ON THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO ALL OF US ARE AWARE THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION PAUSED THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR PRESIDING JUDGE, AND ALSO HAD MOTION TO EXTEND THAT PAUSE MULTIPLE TIMES. AND THEN ON MAY 21ST, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MOVED TO END THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE, AND A FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE BY
THE PRESIDING JUDGE IN THE COMING WEEKS. I THINK WE'RE ALSO VERY AWARE THAT THE FINDINGS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAD TO A FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE, WHICH IS A BINDING LEGAL AGREEMENT THAT WILL HAVE MANDATED ABOUT 400 INDIVIDUAL REFORMS THAT THE CITY
WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES NOT ENGAGE IN PATTERNS OR PRACTICES THAT VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTIONAL OR FEDERAL LAW. AND THIS IS INCLUDES EXCESSIVE
FORCE, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACK AND NATIVE RESIDENTS, AGAINST PEOPLE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISABILITIES, AND VIOLATIONS OF FREE SPEECH. SOME OF THOSE PROVISIONS ALSO ADDRESS PURSUIT AND CHASES WHICH HAVE LED TO THE DEATHS OF
CIVILIANS CAUSED BY M.P.D., INCLUDING LINEL FRAZIER. M.P.D. MUST CHANGE ITS PRACTICES WITH ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH MINORS. I KNOW IT'S SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERING WE'VE HAD AN INCREASED NUMBER OF OUR CITY'S YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGING IN
ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE PUT THEM IN INCREASED CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, SPECIFICALLY ALSO WITH M.P.D. THESE PROVISIONS ENFORCE THE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS PROVIDED
THOUSANDS OF OUR RESIDENTS WITH HIGH QUALITY AND EQUITABLE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. IT'S BEEN STATED BY MAYOR FREY HIMSELF THAT HE PUBLICLY SUPPORTS ENACTING THESE PROVISIONS INCLUDED WITHIN THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE. WHILE THAT'S ENCOURAGING, I ALSO
BELIEVE MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS DESERVE NOT ONLY A VERBAL AGREEMENT, BUT A LEGALLY BINDING ONE TOO. SINCE JANUARY, I HAVE MADE GREAT EFFORTS TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION, THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND MY COLLEAGUES TO INITIATE A FORMAL PROCESS TO WORK WITH THE MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO MODIFY OUR EXISTING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO INCORPORATE MOST IF NOT ALL OF THOSE 400 PLUS PROVISIONS IN THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE THAT ARE NOW AT RISK DUE TO THE TRUMP'S DOJ MOTIONING TO DISMISS THE
COMPLAINT. I WANT TO NOTE THIS WAS WIDELY ANTICIPATED BY MANY OF US WHICH IS WHY WE ASKED FOR THIS PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT NOW IT'S JUNE AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW TO SAY THAT A PROCESS HAS BEEN STARTED WITH
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE TO EXPLORE INTEGRATION OF THOSE FEDERAL PROVISIONS INTO OUR EXISTING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THE LIMITATIONS OR POSSIBILITIES WITH THAT. WE DON'T KNOW IF A TABLE HAS BEEN COMPRISED WITH
CITY LEADERSHIP, AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO FORMALIZE EFFORTS TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN. AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I, AND I KNOW MY CO-AUTHOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, DECIDED TO BRING FORWARD THIS MOTION WHICH IS
INTENDED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT. THIS COUNCIL HAS INTENDED TO USE EVERY TOOL WE HAVE TO HOLD THIS MAYOR AS WELL AS FUTURE MAYORS ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING OUR RESIDENTS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES THAT RESPECT THEIR HUMAN AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
THAT SAID, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MYSELF, RECEIVED A MEMO LATE LAST NIGHT OUTLINING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RATIONALE FOR WHY THIS BODY SHOULD NOT PROCEED WITH DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PROCEED
WITH A FORMAL PROCESS TO ULTIMATELY HAVE THIS GOAL OF THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE TERMS BE CODIFIED WITHIN OUR LOCAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITHIN THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. I KNOW A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MYSELF,
ARE STILL PROCESSING MANY OF THE VERY SURPRISING AND I WOULD SAY DISTURBING ARGUMENTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THIS MEMO THAT ALSO REPEATEDLY REFERENCES GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AS A BASIS OF THESE CLAIMS. THAT SAID, I DO THINK THIS MEMO SHOULD BE PRESENTED ON
BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THEN COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION. AND FOR US TO DISCUSS ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN EXPLORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN INITIATE A FORMAL
MODIFICATION PROCESS WITH OUR MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PARTNERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO THIS. I KNOW COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE HAS AN ITEM BEFORE US THAT WILL ASSIST US IN EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS OR POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL OPTIONS,
AND I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT MOTION WHEN WE CONSIDER HIS STAFF DIRECTIVE. BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR THIS MATTER WARRANTS ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. AND I DO WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM
TO THE NEXT COW ON JUNE 17TH. I THINK IT'S ALSO TIMELY. SORRY, JUNE 16TH. MY APOLOGIES. JUNE 16TH. THAT WOULD BE, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY IS
WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO ALSO GET OUR CURRENT INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR, ALEFA, TO BE ABLE TO COME PRESENT AT THAT MEETING TOO ON THEIR PROGRESS REPORT. THIS ALL WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IN
HELPING US MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS TO ENSURE WE'RE NOT JUST MAKING VERBAL COMMITMENTS WHICH IS EASY AND HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE OF CITY LEADERSHIP THAT HAS GOTTEN US IN THE PREDICAMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CODIFY AND
HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THOSE COMMITMENTS ACTUALLY BRING REFORM INTO A MATERIAL REALITY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND TO THAT MOTION. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS
MOVED TO POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT CYCLE. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY NEXT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO -- I'LL SPEAK TO THIS WHEN I GET TO MY TURN. BUT
MY STAFF DIRECTION, I'LL ALSO BE POSTPONING FOR THE NEXT CYCLE AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK THIS SHOULD ALL BE DONE AS PART OF A PACKAGE. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO FORMALLY ASK THE
CLERKS TO NOTE ME AS A CO-AUTHOR ON THE ITEM. AND I THINK IN THIS MOMENT IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WITH
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DOJ MOVING TO DISMISS, A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FOLKS WHO ARE PARTNERS IN POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ARE REALLY, REALLY WORRIED THAT THE
PROVISIONS THAT WERE LISTED IN SOMETHING THAT WE VOTED ON WILL NOT BE INCLUDED AND WILL NOT BE TAKEN ACTION ON. AND PARTICULARLY AROUND FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AROUND PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES. THESE ARE PROVISIONS THAT WE KNOW ARE NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE ACTIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WITHOUT THEM, WE LOSE A LOT OF TRUST.
AND I ALSO THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD MOMENT FOR GREATER PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY. WE HAVE NOW HAD TWO REPORTS FROM EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL, WHICH IS OUR INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR. I
THINK IT IS HIGH TIME THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION WHERE THEY GET TO PRESENT AND TALK ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS. SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN UNDERSTAND MORE DEEPLY THROUGH THE DIALOGUE THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THEM WHERE PROGRESS IS AT
AND IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE MDHR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WHERE THERE ARE PLACES WHERE WE STILL MIGHT BE BEHIND. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF GOALS THAT WERE ACHIEVED IN THIS FIRST YEAR, BUT THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, I BELIEVE 17 OUT OF 24 GOALS THAT WERE NOT AT COMPLETION OR APPROVED BY THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS. I THINK IT'S A
SOBERING CONVERSATION. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE IN A MOMENT OF SELF-CONGRATULATIONS. FIVE YEARS HAS PASSED FROM 2020. HOWEVER, WE ARE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS WORK. IT HAS ONLY BEEN YEAR ONE. AND IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY. HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE PROVISIONS LAID OUT IN THE DOJ CONSENT DECREE ARE COMPLETED AND MAKE SURE THERE IS AN ACTUAL
MECHANISM TO DO IT, NOT JUST VERBAL COMMITMENTS. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND HOW OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE BEEN UNDER A CONSENT DECREE HAVE IMPLEMENTED PROVISIONS AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THIS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT
COMPONENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY THAT'S NEEDED TO NOT ONLY ENSURE REFORM HAPPENS, BUT CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS LED TO RACE-BASED POLICING AND
VIOLATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. >> SIR, WE NEED TO STICK TO OUR BUSINESS. SO I ADDED MYSELF TO
QUEUE. I WANTED TO JUST SAY I WALKED THIS STAFF DIRECTION ON BUT TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH OUR POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM SINCE MAYBE JANUARY-FEBRUARY. SIMILAR TO THE
TIMELINE IN WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN PURSUING A MORE FORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MDHR WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE MIGHT BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MIGHT DO. A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN GROUNDED IN SPECULATION AND ASSUMPTION. YOU
KNOW, THERE WAS SPECULATION ON WHAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MIGHT DO. THERE WAS ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW THE COURTS WOULD RESPOND. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO ASSUME A LOT ABOUT THE COURT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE DECISION FROM THE JUDGE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING TO DO THAT I THINK PAIRS WELL WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS TRYING TO DO IS REALLY CONTROL WHAT WE CAN CONTROL. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CONTROL AND OUR PURVIEW BOTH AS CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY AS A
GOVERNMENT, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN OUR CONTROL. THE STAFF DIRECTION OUTLINED HERE IS TRYING TO EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE A LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT AROUND THESE REFORMED PROVISIONS SO THAT WE'RE DOING
MORE THAN JUST A VERBAL COMMITMENT BUT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS TO MAKE SURE THESE REFORMS ARE GETTING IMPLEMENTED IN A WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND AND TRUST. I'M GOING TO HOLD THIS OVER AS WELL FOR
ANOTHER CYCLE. I WILL AS CHAIR MAKE THAT DECISION IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION. I THINK THE GOAL HERE IS REALLY TO SAY WHAT IS THE LANE THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT? WHAT IS THE LANE THE MAYOR HAS? WHAT IS THE LANE THE CITY HAS? BECAUSE
AGAIN, SETTING ASIDE ANY LEGAL OPINION ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT PROCEDURAL METHODOLOGY IS, WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF WHAT MDHR WOULD AGREE TO. WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF WHAT THE COURT OR THE JUDGE WOULD AGREE TO. AND WE SEE IN THE FEDERAL COURT, A JUDGE
THAT WAS ACTUALLY HOSTILE TO THE IDEA OF THIS CONSENT DECREE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A STATEMENT FROM THAT JUDGE. IN THE COURT'S VIEW, THE CONSIDERAL SUM OF TAXPAYER MONEY -- AND EXECUTION INCLUDING PAYING THE MONITOR $750,000 PER
YEAR WOULD BETTER FUND HIRING POLICE OFFICERS TO BOLSTER THE CITY'S DWINDLING POLICE FORCE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT IS THAT JUDGE'S OPINION. I DON'T THINK WE SHARE THAT JUDGE'S OPINION WHEN IT COMES TO REFORM AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN CONTROL NOT JUST AS CITY COUNCIL BUT AS A CITY. AND I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE MAYOR AND IDEALLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR TO HAVE A SHARED VISION ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER ON THOSE COMMITMENTS. RIGHT.
BECAUSE AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST, WE CAN MAKE COMMITMENTS ON PAPER AND THOSE COMMITMENTS CAN FAIL OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE COMMITMENTS FAIL. THERE WAS A COMMITMENT TO BAN NO-KNOCK
WARRANTS. AND HERE WE ARE WITH A FAMILY GRIEVING THE LOSS OF ANOTHER BLACK MAN KILLED AT THE HANDS OF A POLICE OFFICER. HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE COMMITMENTS. I'M GOING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CITY
ATTORNEY. I'M GOING TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR TO SAY HOW DO WE AS A CITY, NOT AS COUNCIL, NOT AS MAYOR, AS A CITY, MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSENT DECREE. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO
MOVE THAT WE HOLD BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND THIS STAFF DIRECTION TO OUR NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON JUNE 16TH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT
CARRIES. AND THAT COMPLETES ALL THE BUSINESS OF OUR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT COMMITTEE. AND I WILL RETURN THE CHAIR BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. NOW WE WILL BE RECEIVING AND
FILING A PRESENTATION OF TWO PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ANALYZING M.P.D.'S RESPONSES. FIRST, I'LL WELCOME THE GROUP GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> THANK YOU. >> HELLO. SORRY FOR THAT DELAY.
MY NAME IS CHERYL THOMAS, AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN. WE ARE BASED IN MINNEAPOLIS, BUT DO WORK ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE PROFOUND DANGER PRESENTED TO THE
PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS BY THE FAILURE OF OUR POLICE TO RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EFFECTIVELY AND PREVENT FURTHER MURDERS SUCH AS THAT OF ALISON WHO'S SON IS
HERE WITH US TODAY. IN JUNE 2023, GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKING GROUP, SOME OF WHOM I SEE ARE HERE TODAY WITH
US. PUBLISHED THIS INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS THAT YOU HAVE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE REPORT WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST IN 2017 FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CONDUCT OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. THE
COMMISSION WAS CONCERNED THAT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE PRACTICES WERE PUTTING PEOPLE'S SAFETY AT RISK AND NOT HOLDING VIOLENT OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE. TO PRODUCE THE PREPORT, GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN AND THE WORKING GROUP EVALUATED OVER 100 POLICE
REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, FILES, POLICIES, RECORDS OF 911 CALLS, NOTES FROM RIDE-ALONGS WITH POLICE, INTERVIEWING DOZENS OF SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, INTERVIEWING AND OBSERVING PRACTITIONERS. I,
MYSELF, DID TWO RIDE-ALONGS WITH POLICE ALL OF WHOSE JOB IT WAS TO AS PRACTITIONERS TO RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSIBLY. WE EVALUATED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE SURVIVOR.
THIS REPORT IN MY HANDS THAT YOU HAVE ALSO WAS PUBLISHED TWO YEARS AGO. THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS WERE -- ARE ALL LISTED IN THE REPORT. AND ALSO INCLUDED
A NUMBER OF NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY AGAINST SOME OF WHOM ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. WE ARE PART OF THE WORKING GROUP. CORNERSTONE, ESPERANZA UNITED, DOMESTIC ABUSE PROJECT. CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ACTORS, THE POLICE, COUNTY ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY. ALL THOSE PARTICIPANTS, IN FACT, I WOULD JUST DIRECT YOU TO ITS FIRST PAGE OF THE REPORT FOR THE NON-GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT PARTICIPANTS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE WORK CONTINUES. I SEE
WHEN I CAME IN TODAY THAT THERE IS A REPORT FROM THE WORKING GROUP ABOUT THE WORK THEY ARE DOING ON RISK ASSESSMENT. AND THAT IS A VERY GOOD THING. GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN NO LONGER PARTICIPATES IN THESE MEETINGS STANDING IN SOLIDARITY
WITH JANA WILLIAMS, ALLISON'S AUNT. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED PUBLIC ADVOCACY AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ACHIEVE CHANGE. GLOBALLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST NOTE, AND WE'VE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOO, BEFORE I GET TO THE
GAPS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN OUR INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS, GLOBALLY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS CONTEXT BECAUSE WE EXPERIENCE IT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS ALSO. AN ESTIMATED 736 MILLION WOMEN, ALMOST ONE IN
THREE HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME. MOST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS PERPETRATED BY CURRENT OR FORMER HUSBANDS AND INTIMATE PARTNERS. MUCH OF THIS VIOLENCE GOES UNREPORTED. AND WHEN IT IS
REPORTED, PERPETRATORS, I WOULD SAY IN MY EXPERIENCE, ARE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT -- NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE. RESULTING IN THOSE PERPETRATOR'S ABILITY TO CARRY OUT VIOLENCE WITH IMPUNITY AS IS THE CASE UNFORTUNATELY HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS. ACCORDING TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE -- SECOND IN NUMBER ONLY TO DRUG CASES IN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ENTIRE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT CASE LOAD. IN HENNEPIN COUNTY COURT, DOMESTIC
ABUSE RELATED FAMILY CASES WERE THE MOST FREQUENT TYPE OF FILING IN ALL NINE TYPES OF FAMILY CASE FILINGS 2022. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A RED ALERT. THESE NUMBERS ARE A RED ALERT. OUR
COMMUNITY HAS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY PROBLEM, AND A DANGEROUS RECORD OF FAILING TO ADDRESS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE THAT SHOULD NO LONGER BE TOLERATED BY OUR CITY LEADERS. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE NOW TO THE GAPS THAT WE
IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT. BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. AT LEAST ONE OTHER SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE HERE TODAY. EACH OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE MADE IN OUR REPORT IS WE CALL A GAP AND IT'S ACCOMPANIED BY A DETAILED
RECOMMENDATION FOR CHANGE. DETAILED RECOMMENDATION FOR REFORM. IT'S REALLY A ROAD MAP FOR CITY LEADERS THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ALL OF YOU. ALL CITY LEADERS. I WILL FOCUS ON THE GAPS MOST RELEVANT TO ALISON
LUISIER SO WE CAN CONNECT THESE WORDS AND STATISTICS WITH A HUMAN FACE. AND BEGIN TO EMPHASIZE THE URGENT, URGENT NEED FOR REFORM IN OUR CITY. AGAIN, OUR REPORT WAS PUBLISHED, THE REPORT OF GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN AND THE WORKING GROUP, TWO
YEARS AGO. TWO YEARS AGO. AND IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, ALISON LUSIER WAS MURDERED. WE FOUND -- I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON NUMBER ONE HERE -- WHEN ABUSERS FLED THE SCENE BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED, OFFICERS AND FOLLOW-UP
INVESTIGATORS OFTEN DID NOT ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THEM AT ALL. LEAVING VICTIMS IN A MORE DANGEROUS POSITION, MORE VULNERABLE TO FUTURE VIOLENCE. THIS IS VERY COMMON IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES. WHEN ABUSERS KNOW IT IS A CITY POLICE
PRACTICE TO NOT FOLLOW UP, THEY ARE EMPOWERED AND THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS. SECOND GAP PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO ALISON LUSER'S CASE. IF ABUSERS WERE NOT AT THE SCENE OF
THE INCIDENT WHEN VICTIMS MADE THOSE COMPLAINTS TO POLICE, THERE WAS OFTEN NO FOLLOW-UP ACTION. AGAIN, EMBOLDENING ABUSERS IN THE CITY TO VIOLATE ORDERS. IN ONE INSTANCE IN
ALLISON LUSIER'S CASE, THE POLICE WERE PRESENT WITH CHUCK, HER ABUSER -- POLICE ALLOWED HIM TO LEAVE THE SCENE WITHOUT ANY DETENTION OR ARREST. THE NEXT
FINDING I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON. OFFICERS OFTEN DID NOT INTERVIEW WITNESSES TO THE ABUSER'S CONDUCT, INCLUDING CHILDREN. LESSENING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
PROSECUTION OR PROBATION ACTIONS THAT COULD PROTECT VICTIM SAFETY. POLICE FAILURE IN ALLISON LUSIER'S CASE TO INTERVIEW WITNESSES, TO GET THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, TO FOLLOW UP IS DOCUMENTED THROUGHOUT THIS CASE BOTH BEFORE
AND AFTER ALLISON LUSIER'S MURDER. NEXT FINDING THAT I WILL FOCUS ON HERE, AND THIS IS THE TOPIC OF THE WORKING GROUP'S MATERIALS THAT THEY OFFER YOU HERE TODAY AND THAT IS RISK
ASSESSMENT. THE CURRENT RISK ASSESSMENT PRACTICES STILL TODAY PERSIST. THE POLICE DO NOT USE RISK DATA TO PRIORITIZE THE USE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESOURCES TOWARD THE MOST DANGEROUS OFFENDERS IN OUR CITY. AND I
HAVE TO TELL YOU IN MY 34 YEARS OF DOING THIS WORK ON REFORM, LEGAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I HAVE RARELY SEEN A MORE DANGEROUS ABUSER THAN CHUCK VOSS WHO WAS
ALLISON LUSIER'S ABUSER. NEARLY EVERY SINGLE SIGN OF A HIGH RISK OFFENDER WAS PRESENT IN THIS CASE. GLARING THINGS LIKE STRANGULATION, THREATS TO KILL
HER, THREATS THAT SHE BELIEVED HE WOULD KILL HER. NOT ONLY ARE FACTORS PRESENT IN THIS CASE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY DOCUMENTED IN THE REPORTS THAT THE POLICE DID WRITE. WHERE WAS THE URGENCY TO SAVE THIS LIFE? WHERE IS THE
URGENCY NOW TO HOLD THIS IT VIOLENT MAN ACCOUNTABLE? AGAIN, THIS REPORT WAS PUBLISHED TWO YEARS AGO. LONG BEFORE ALLISON'S MURDER. GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN AND OUR TEAM HAVE KNOCKED ON
COUNTLESS DOORS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, IS ELECTED OFFICIALS, LOCAL AND NATIONAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS BOTH IN MINNEAPOLIS, IN
OUR STATE AND OUR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES. I WAS LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS ONE HERE TODAY, ACCOUNTABILITY. OUR LEADERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS
DISPROPORTIONATELY TO THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED, NATIVE WOMEN, WOMEN OF COLOR, IMMIGRANT WOMEN. LEADERSHIP IS WHAT HOLDS THOSE PRACTITIONERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR REFORMING THEIR PRACTICES AND
ENDING THIS DEVASTATING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE NEED LEADERSHIP, WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE NEED A FIRM COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THERE WILL BE NO MORE VICTIMS LIKE ALLISON LUSIER, WHERE SYSTEMIC
NEGLIGENCE DUE TO RACIAL AND GENDER BIAS ULTIMATELY COST THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. >> CITY COUNCIL, YOU MUST GET INVOLVED. TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. WE NEED YOUR INVOLVEMENT. YOUR INTERVENTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK WE WILL SAVE QUESTIONS UNTIL THE SECOND PRESENTATION IS DONE SINCE THEY'RE SO INTERRELATED. SO NEXT I WILL ASK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKING GROUP TO COME UP AND
I'LL WELCOME NOT AMARINTHNY. >> NICOLE MATTHEWS. >> OKAY. WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU. I'M NICOLE
MATTHEWS WITH THE MINNESOTA -- MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS TASK FORCE. I WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE ON
THIS IN REGARDS TO THESE ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO NATIVE WOMEN. NATIVE WOMEN MAKE UP ABOUT ONE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HERE IN MINNESOTA, AND WE REPRESENT OVER 8 PERCENT OF THE MURDERED
WOMEN HERE IN MINNESOTA. THE RATE OF VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION ARE HIGHER THAN ANY RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ALARMING CONSIDERING EVERYWHERE THAT WE STAND ON THIS LAND IS INDIAN LAND. WHETHER WE ARE ON A RESERVATION OR NOT, THIS IS OUR
LAND. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE FROM. WE ARE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE. WHEN WE WERE DOING A REPORT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD A PRACTICE OF DOING IS LISTENING TO THOSE FAMILIES AND TO THOSEHO HAVE BEEN MOST
IMPACTED BY THIS ISSUE. AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM FAMILIES WERE OF THEIR RELATIVES THAT HAD BEEN MURDERED, AND IT WAS CLASSIFIED EITHER AS AN OVERDOSE OR AS A SUICIDE. BUT
THEIR FAMILY KNEW THERE HAD BEEN THREATS TO THEIR LIVES. THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS A MURDER. THE COMMUNITY KNEW WHAT THE THREATS WERE AND WHAT THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE WAS FROM THAT PERSON, AND YET, NOTHING WAS DONE. AND IT WAS ALWAYS THE FAMILIES THAT WERE PUSHING AND PUSHING AND
PUSHING, AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH ALLISON'S CASE. WE HAVE SEEN HER AUNT PUSHING AND PUSHING AND DEMANDING THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT SYSTEMIC
FAILURES THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DRUG INVOLVED. WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A DISMISSAL OF THEIR VICTIMIZATION AND OF THE VIOLENCE THAT IT'S CAUSED AGAINST THEM BECAUSE OF A PERCEIVED WRONGDOING. RIGHT. AND
WE'VE SEEN THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE'VE SEEN IN THE MEDIA WHERE MANY TIMES, INSTEAD OF OUR RELATIVES GETTING THE, YOU KNOW, THE WONDERFUL PICTURES THAT MAKE US FEEL SORRY AND THE GABBY
PETITO STORIES. WHERE WE ARE CONCERNED, THE WHOLE NATION IS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. WE GET PICTURES OF HER MUG SHOT. SHOWS PEOPLE'S NEGATIVE SIDE THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO ASK WHAT DID
THEY DO TO CAUSE THEIR OWN DEMISE. WE SEE THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR NATIVE WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR. IT PERPETUATES THIS CYCLE OF DISMISSING US, OF NOT RESPONDING TO US, OF NOT GETTING JUSTICE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES. I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS. I
GREW UP IN THIS CITY. I RAISED MY KIDS IN THIS CITY. THIS IS MY CITY. AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN CREATE SYSTEMS WHERE WE WILL FEEL MORE SAFE TO
COME FORWARD. THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY RELY ON OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR SYSTEMS TO SHOW UP, TO INVESTIGATE, TO PROSECUTE, AND THEN TO ADMINISTER THE CORRECT FORM OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT ONE OF OUR HIGHEST FORMS OF LOVE FOR OUR PEOPLE AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS WITHIN ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WE HAVE TO HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE. WE HAVE TO HAVE JUSTICE FOR OUR RELATIVES. WE
HAVE TO DO MORE, AND WE HAVE TO FIND ALSO WAYS. I THINK WHEN WE CREATE SYSTEMS, WE CAN ALSO CREATE SYSTEMS OF PREVENTION SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ALLISON LUSIER. WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER FAMILY WHO IS TALKING
ABOUT THE FAILURE TO THEIR RELATIVE, TO THEIR FAMILY, TO THEIR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, I
WILL WELCOME UP AMARINTHNY, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. WELCOME.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND ABOUT THE PILOT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH. SO MY NAME IS AMARINTHNY KEITH.
>> I'M ALLISON, I WORK FOR CORNERSTONE. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. I AM ALLISON. I WORK FOR CORNERSTONE. WE HAVE A DOMESTIC
ASSAULT UNIT AT THE M.P.D. >> I'M EMILY OLSON, I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU AT THE M.P.D. >> SO AS CHERYL SAID, THERE WAS A REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED WHERE OUR WORK GROUP HAD PUT
TOGETHER AND SPENT MANY, MANY MONTHS AND WEEKS AND HOURS LOOKING THROUGH A LOT OF DATA TALKING WITH VICTIM SURVIVORS, TALKING WITH POLICE OFFICERS, TALKING WITH STAFF FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES TO LOOK AT WHAT THE RESPONSE WAS FOR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. AFTER THAT REPORT WAS PUBLISHED, THAT SAME GROUP WANTED TO STAY TOGETHER AND BE ABLE TO NOT JUST HAVE PUBLISHED THAT REPORT, BUT REALLY COLLABORATE TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE OUTLINED AS A PART OF THAT WORK.
AND SO ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE AT THE TIME ARE NO LONGER PARTICIPATING, THE AGENCIES REMAINED. AND SO RIGHT NOW, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM, THE MAIN AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. AND SO WE HAVE HENNEPIN
COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT, WE ALSO HAVE VICTIM WITNESS AS WELL AS THE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE CENTER. WE ALSO HAVE HENNEPIN COUNTY PROBATION, SPECIFICALLY THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT. THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE HAVE HAD, I WILL SAY, AN
EXTRAORDINARY SHOWING OF LEADERSHIP FROM THE M.P.D. AT OUR MEETINGS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN REALLY GRATEFUL FOR. THE MINNEAPOLIS NAVIGATOR PROGRAM, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NAVIGATOR AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE NAVIGATOR
TEAM. CORNERSTONE, TUBMAN, AND THE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROJECT. AGAIN, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT. AND I WILL SAY WITH TAKING THE PROJECT AND CONTINUING ON, PART OF WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO
WAS TO BRING THE DV WORK GROUP INTO COMMUNITY. WHILE THE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROJECT FACILITATES THE GROUP, IT'S REALLY HELD BY COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AND THE REST OF THE AGENCIES AS A WHOLE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK GROUP RIGHT
NOW I WILL SAY IS TO BETTER SUPPORT AND REALLY ASSIST POLICE AND THE REST OF THE AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS WORK GROUP AND REALLY IMPROVING OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S INTO THE JUST ONE
SPECIFIC AGENCY THAT STRUGGLES WITH RECOGNIZING AND ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT'S A RIPPLE EFFECT. AND THAT WE GLOBALLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE. AND THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS, EVEN THOUGH THE FOCUS IS ON M.P.D., WE ALL RECOGNIZE THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO TO
SHIFT. HAVING THAT SHIFT WITHIN M.P.D., CHANGE AND BETTERING THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT ADVOCACY, THROUGHOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. AND SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY COMBLOEF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR VICTIMS AS THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH JUSTICE PROCESS. THE
PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHILE THERE'S SEVEN GAPS, WE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON FOUR SPECIFICALLY. THE FIRST IS THE RISK ASSESSMENT. WHAT M.P.D. WAS USING WAS REALLY OUTDATED. AND WHAT WE REALLY IDENTIFIED WAS THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO BE ABLE
TO RANK HIGH RISK CASES. AND SO IF WE CREATED A NEW RISK ASSESSMENT FORM, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL THE RESOURCES THAT ARE LIMITED TO HIGH RISK CASES WHERE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR CHANGE FOR THAT VICTIM. THE NEXT WAS GONE ON
ARRIVAL CASES AS WELL AS ORDER FOR PROTECTION VIOLATIONS. AS CHERYL STATED, WHEN THOSE TWO THINGS WERE HAPPENING, THERE WAS A LACK OF RESPONSE. BEING ABLE TO PRIORITIZE HIGH RISK CASES WOULD ALSO HELP TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS. BIAS WAS SOMETHING
THAT WE KNOW WAS IMBEDDED IN ALL THE GAPS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, AND SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN ALL THE CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS WE MAKE AS A COMMITTEE. THE CCPO AND THE CONSENT DECREE AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS ALSO
ADDRESSING BIAS SPECIFICALLY. AS FAR AS THE WORK GROUP GOES, IT'S REALLY ABOUT INCREASING SAFETY FOR VICTIMS, FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. ONE OF THE RESEARCH
POINTS THAT'S COME OUT MORE RECENTLY IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT MASS SHOOTINGS, 70% OF FOLKS -- WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT INCREASING COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REALLY RECOGNIZING GLOBAL IMPACT IN THE WAY THAT WE PROVIDE
SERVICES, BUT ALSO GLOBAL IMPACT IN THE WAY THAT IT LANDS IN COMMUNITY. THE OTHER IS INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR US IN THE WORK THAT WE DO. AMONG EACH OF US IN OUR AGENCIES. AND ALSO INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE WAY WE'RE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE AND THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE WITH EACH OTHER AS HELPING PROVIDERS. >> SO WITH THOSE GOALS IN MIND, AND THE KNOWLEDGE WE GAINED FROM THE ANALYSIS, WE DECIDED TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THE RISK ASSESSMENT GAP. WE'VE BEEN
WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED AND EVIDENCE-BASED RISK ASSESSMENT. THIS NEW RISK ASSESSMENT WILL BE USED IN OUR UPCOMING PILOT PROJECT, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, TO EXAMINE POSSIBLE WAYS TO SHIFT
SYSTEMS RESPONSES AND FOCUS OUR RESOURCES ON THE MOST HIGH RISK CASES. OUR INTENTION IS TO INCREASE VICTIM SAFETY, IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS, AND INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY. SHARED LANGUAGE
THAT WILL BE USED AMONG ALL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PARTNERS AND AGENCIES. WE WILL UTILIZE ASSESSMENTS TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING BAIL DECISIONS, TREATMENT AND SAFETY PLANNING
FOR THE VICTIMS. THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE WILL ENHANCE OUR COLLECTION OF RISK INFORMATION AND USE THAT DATA TO INCREASE SAFETY FOR SURVIVORS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. WE REALIZE THAT UPDATING THE RISK ASSESSMENT IS A REALLY
BIG TASK BUT IS A CHANGE THAT WILL HAVE GLOBAL IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND SHOULD RESULT IN COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS.
>> SO OUR CURRENT PRACTICE IS THAT THE M.P.D. OFFICER HANDS THE VICTIMS THEIR RISK ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS AND THEY ASK THE VICTIM TO FILL IT OUT. IT'S OUTDATED. WE FOUND THAT WAS NOT THE BEST PRACTICE. SO WE ARE GOING TO UPDATE THE PRACTICE. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE OFFICERS
TO FILL OUT ♪THE RISK ASSESSMEN, THEREFORE, ENGAGING THE VICTIM. THEY MIGHT ASK ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. IT JUST GETS RAPPORT GOING BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND THE OFFICER MAKING THEM BOTH FEEL CALM AND SAFE. MARKED AS
FLAGGED FOR CONSIDERATION OF HIGH RISK CASES. SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ON THE RISK ASSESSMENT ARE ABOUT PHYSICAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION AND THREATS, STRANGULATION, CONTROL,
ISOLATION, AND VIOLENCE DURING THEIR PREGNANCY AND ACCESS TO GUNS. ALL OF THOSE WILL BE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK AND A RISK FOR LETHALITY. >> AND JUST AS PART OF THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS
CHANGE WILL GIVE OFFICERS A CHANCE TO BUILD BETTER RAPPORT WITH OFFICERS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING. THEY'LL BE BETTER EQUIPPED AND GET THEM TO SAFETY
SERVICES IN A MORE SEAMLESS AND TIMELY WAY. WE HOPE THIS WILL ALLOW VICTIMS TO FEEL SAFER IN PROVIDING THE CONTEXT OF THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES. >> OKAY. I KNOW WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT TIMELINES TODAY. SO JUST
TO PROVIDE CONTEXT AROUND OUR TIMELINE. IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE PROJECT OR THE ORIGINAL REPORT WAS WRITTEN. AND SO WANTING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY IT TOOK TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE RISK ASSESSMENT
THAT WE'RE USING. SO A LOT OF EFFORT AND INTENTION WENT INTO CREATING THE RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH. THERE WAS A LOT OF LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONTENT THAT WAS LOOKED INTO, HOW TO ADMINISTER RISK ASSESSMENT. WHAT ARE EVIDENCE
BASED RISK ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS, AND WHAT ARE DETERMINED HIGH RISK. THERE ARE ALSO LOTS OF EXPERIENCES THAT RUN PARALLEL TO RISK AND IMPACT RISK ASSESSMENTS. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THAT VICTIMS OFTEN TALK ABOUT HAVING THEIR PROPERTY TAKEN.
THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A BENIGN ISSUE BUT THAT OFTEN LEADS TO THEM TRYING TO GET THEIR PROPERTY BACK. GOING BACK TO THE PERSON THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SEPARATE FROM, AND IS REALLY TIED TO POWER AND CONTROL. AND SO WHILE IT SEEMS LIKE A BENIGN
ISSUE, IT RUNS PARALLEL TO A PRETTY BIG RED FLAG. WE ALSO LOOKED AT FATALITY REVIEW REPORTS IN MINNESOTA TO THE HOMICIDE REPORTS IN MINNESOTA. AND THEN TALKED WITH LOCAL
ADVOCATES AND SURVIVORS AND TALKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. WE THEN MOVED IN TO ACTUALLY TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT AN ASSESSMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE. WE TALKED TO JURISDICTIONS AROUND MINNEAPOLIS AND GATHERED THE
TOOLS THAT THEY WERE USING. WE LOOKED AT THE FREQUENCY OF THE TOOLS THAT WERE USED AT NATIONAL LEVEL. AND WE ALSO TALKED WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHAT THOSE TOOLS WERE LOOKING LIKE. WE PUT TOGETHER A MASTER LIST, A MEGA LIST OF RISK
ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS. AND THEN AS A COMMITTEE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST PAINFUL PART OF THE PROCESS, LOOKED AT ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND DETERMINED WHICH ONES WE WERE GOING TO USE. AND WHITTLED IT DOWN TO WHAT SEEMED LIKE A SUSTAINABLE AMOUNT OF
QUESTIONS TO ASK THE VICTIM. WHAT SEEMED SUSTAINABLE FOR POLICE OFFICERS. THE POINT WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW IS IDENTIFY THE
QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS TOOL USEFUL WHERE EVERY SINGLE QUESTION DOES NOT BECOME -- LIKE IF ONE QUESTION GETS ANSWERED YES, IT DOESN'T GET FLAGGED FOR RISK. BUT THERE ARE A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS. WE'LL FLAG THAT AS A HIGHER RISK CASE THAT WE'LL PRIORITIZE. >> SO THE ACTUAL PILOT PROJECT. OUR GOAL IS TO LAUNCH IT IN
JULY. WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT DATA THREE MONTHS. UNDERSTANDING HOW IT'S USED AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS. THAT WE'RE DOING WORK AS A GROUP WITH A GOAL OF SEEING HOW THIS SHIFT IMPACTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES AS THEY
MOVE THROUGH THE JUDGE SYSTEM AND COURT PROCESS. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, WE'LL TRAIN OFFICERS ON HOW TO USE IT. HOW TO ASK THE QUESTIONS. WHAT INTERVIEW QUESTIONS WE WANT ASKED. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT BASED ON RESPONSES IN OUR NEW
ASSESSMENT. SO OVER THE THREE MONTH TIMELINE, MEMBERS OF THE DV GROUP, WE WILL MEET AND MONITOR THE CASES. WE'RE GOING TO PICK THE CASES AND ASSESS THE COMPLETION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS HOW WE WANT THEM TO ASK THEM. SO WE
HOPE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A POSITIVE SHIFT WITH THE RAPPORT OF THE VICTIMS. THE OFFICERS RESULTING IN BETTER INFORMATION GATHERING. THE MORE RAPPORT THEY HAVE, THE MORE INFORMATION WE GET. VICTIM FEEDBACK ABOUT EXPERIENCE WITH THE OFFICERS,
AND VICTIM ENGAGEMENT WITH OFFICERS, COURT PERSONNEL, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. SIMULTANEOUSLY, OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO GIVE FEEDBACK AS WELL ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE, HOW EASY IT IS. IS IT EFFECTIVE. DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BETTER RAPPORT WITH THE
VICTIMS AS WELL. WE WANT TO SEE HOW THE CHANGE IMPACTS VICTIM SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. SO THE OVERALL TOTAL LENGTH OF THE PROJECT IS OPEN ENDED. IF WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH FEEDBACK FROM START TO FINISH OF THE PROJECTS, WE WILL EXTEND THE PROJECT IF WE NEED
TO. LASTLY, DURING THIS TRIAL PERIOD, THE DV WORK GROUP WILL BE PULLING SEVERAL CASES OVER THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE RISK ASSESSMENT THAT WILL INVOLVE LOOKING AT THE EFFECT AND OFFENDER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HISTORIES, RISK
ASSESSMENT DATA, HISTORY OF 911 CALLS, ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE TO DETERMINE WHAT RESPONSE WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE TO SHIFT THE TRAJECTORY FOR HIGH RISK CASES. >> SO OUR GOALS ARE TO BY THE
END OF 2025 RELEASE AN UPDATE TO THE ORIGINAL REPORT. THAT WILL INCLUDE THE PROGRESS OF OUR PILOT PROJECT WHEREVER WE ARE WITH IT. IT WILL INCLUDE DATA FROM FOCUS GROUPS SO THE VICTIM SURVIVORS. SO WE WANT THIS TO BE
VICTIM DRIVEN AND MAKE SURE THAT'S VICTIM CENTERED. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING TO VICTIMS THAT HAVE CALLED 911 DURING THE PROJECT TIME PERIOD. IT WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT OFFICER EXPERIENCES. WE WILL BE TALKING WITH COMMUNITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROVIDERS
TO GET FEEDBACK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HOW IT SHIFTED THE PROCESS. WE'LL BE DOING THAT ANALYSIS THAT DC OLSON TALKED ABOUT. THE VERY LAST THING THAT DC OLSON TALKED ABOUT IS AN
EXAMPLE OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE TEAM MODEL, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER THING WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK INTO TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO MOVE TO AS A CITY DEPENDING ON HOW SUSTAINABLE IT IS, HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS, AND IF IT'S A MODEL THAT
WORKS FOR US. SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENED, IMPLEMENT WITHOUT PILOTING. SO PROBATION HAS DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BOTH GET TRAINED ON RISK ASSESSMENTS SO THEY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO UTILIZE
DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FOLKS THEY'RE SUPERVISING. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO INCORPORATE THE ASSESSMENT. SO THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE PRE-TRIAL EVALUATIONS, AND POST
ADJUDICATION SUPERVISION CASES. >> SO SOMETHING WE KINDA TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS ACROSS EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTACT WITH VICTIMS. AND SO WE AS ADVOCACY AS FOUND THAT WE CAN DO BETTER TOO. AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON TRAINING ADVOCATES ON HOW TO UNDERSTAND
THE LETHALITY FACTORS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS SO THEY CAN BETTER RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS. THIS IS GOING TO HELP THEM MORE QUICKLY IDENTIFY CASES WHERE SERVICES ARE NEEDED. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON TRAINING THEM TO UNDERSTAND VARIOUS ROLES OF PEOPLE WITHIN
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT VICTIMS WILL COME IN CONTACT WITH AND HOW THOSE SYSTEM PLAYERS KINDA INTERACT WITH DOMESTICS. AS AN ADVOCATE MYSELF, AT LEAST A PAST ADVOCATE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND EACH SYSTEM PLAYERS ROLES SO YOU CAN HELP THE PARTICIPATE, IN MY CASE VICTIM, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. WHO IS GOING TO TALK TO THEM. WHY ARE THEY ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS, WILL THIS BENEFIT ME, WILL THIS NOT BENEFIT ME? JUST HELPING
ADVOCATES, ESPECIALLY NEW ADVOCATES UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PERSPECTIVES ARE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SO WE CAN ASSIST AND SUPPORT VICTIMS BETTER. >> AND THE TRAINING ADVOCATES
WILL BE OFFERED TO 92 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, NOT JUST IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO SHARE IS LEARNINGS THUS FAR. WE KNOW THAT COLLABORATIONS ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS IS VIOLATTAL FOR O
SERVE VICTIMS EFFECTIVELY. WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ROLES AND WHY WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE. WHAT REALLY DRIVES THE PERSPECTIVES WE HAVE, AND WHAT THINGS WE CANNOT DO WITHIN OUR ROLES. AND HOW THAT IMPACTS BIAS WE HAVE WITHIN OUR
FIELD AROUND DIFFERENT POSITIONS. HAVING A COLLABORATIVE RESPONSE REALLY HAS HELPED BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS AS A WHOLE SO THAT WE CAN EFFECTIVELY WORK WITH VICTIM SURVIVORS. THE SECOND IS THE NEED FOR SOMETHING LIKE A DIVERT TEAM SO THAT WE
HAVE A WAY TO STRUCTURE HIGHLIGHTING AND PRIORITIZING HIGH RISK CASES IN A WAY THAT'S OBJECTIVE, AND INCLUDES PARTICIPATION AND PERSPECTIVES.
AND THEN THE LAST IS THE NEED FOR ECOSYSTEM SUPPORTS WHICH I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY AGREES WITH AND KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THTHE DAY, IF WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT
SURVIVORS, IT MAKES IT WORSE FOR THE SURVIVOR, ACTUALLY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? THE ONE THING I DIDN'T PUT ON HERE IS THIS DOES TAKE TIME. WE'RE NOT DOING CULTURE CHANGE WITHIN EACH AGENCY, WE'RE ALSO DOING CULTURE CHANGE AS A COLLECTIVE AS WE
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS WORK COLLABORATIVELY. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS A REPORT AT THE END OF 2025. WE MEET A MINIMUM OF 10 TIMES A YEAR. SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE MEETING EVERY WEEK, WHICH I KNOW EVERYBODY LOVES ME FOR THAT. WE CONTINUE TO EXAMINE
THE IMPACT OF THE WAY THAT WE WORK AND HOW THAT IMPACTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS SPECIFICALLY. WE ARE GOING TO START WORKING ON THOSE OTHER GAPS. SO WE MIGHT BE WORKING ON MULTIPLE GAPS SIMULTANEOUSLY AS WE ARE PILOTING A PROJECT AND STARTING TO INVESTIGATE THE NEXT GAP. AND CONTINUING TO INCREASE
COORDINATION AMONG OUR AGENCIES. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS? >> M.P.D. IS NOT STRUGGLING. THEY'RE FAILING. TWO YEARS FOR A PILOT AS WOMEN ARE ASSAULTED,
ABUSED AND KILLED. CITY COUNCIL, YOU MUST INTERVENE. >> I'LL ASK MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. >> OR NOTHING WILL CHANGE. >> WE DON'T ALLOW ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. REALLY APPRECIATE
IT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS IN QUEUE. AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES, THIS IS QUESTIONS FOR OUR CURRENT PRESENTERS OR THE PREVIOUS PRESENTERS AS WELL. I'LL CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR COMING AND GIVING THIS PRESENTATION. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND I WORK TOGETHER TO BRING THIS FORWARD. HONESTLY, AFTER ALLISON LUSIER'S FAMILY CAME TO CITY HALL
REPEATEDLY AND ASKED US TO NOT ONLY BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT HAS SEEMED TO BE A FAILURE FROM OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM THE CITY LEADERSHIP IN RESPONDING TO WHAT HAS BEEN CLEARLY INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE THAT LED TO HER
DEATH, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT NO OTHER FAMILY IS EVER HAVING TO BE PUT IN THAT PREDICAMENT AGAIN. IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT NOT ONLY DID WE REQUEST THIS PRESENTATION WHERE WE LEARNED FROM THAT PROCESS THAT THERE WAS A REPORT DONE TO ACTUAL ANALYZE
HOW OUR CITY WAS APPROACHING DOMESTIC OR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THE AREAS IN WHICH WE WERE FAILING. WE ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW WHERE RIGHT NOW MORE THAN HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT OUR CITY AUDITOR
IS GOING TO BE CARRYING OUT AND HAS ALSO APPROVED. BUT I WANTE O ABSOLUTELY NAME ALLISON LUSIER WAS THE MOTIVATOR OF THESE PRESENTATIONS AND CONTINUES TO
BE A MOTIVATOR TO ENSURE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND AS WAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT IS THE REALITY THAT INDIGENOUS WOMEN ARE FACING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND OFTEN ARE NOT GIVEN THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. SO I JUST WANT
TO HOLD SPACE FOR THAT, AND ALSO THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE SHOWN WHAT WORK HAS GONE INTO MOTION TO NOT JUST LEAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SHELF TO
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EFFORT THAT'S BEEN MOVED FORWARD. I DO WANT TO FLAG ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS LIKELY WILL BE ROUTED TO OUR OWN STAFF. >> OKAY.
>> AWESOME. SO THAT SAID, I DID WANT TO ACTUALLY ASK A QUESTION AROUND THE DECISION MAKING BEHIND PURSUING A THREE-MONTH PILOT. BECAUSE I KNOW AT THE CITY LEVEL EVERY PILOT FROM THE BCR, BEHAVIOR CRISIS RESPONSE,
THE CITY AMBASSADORS, THOSE ARE ALLOTTED A YEAR TO ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS, AND DATA AND ALL THOSE THINGS BEFORE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FULL ADOPTION OR NOT. I KNOW M.P.D. STAFF MENTIONED THAT THERE IS
OPENNESS TO EXTEND IF NEEDED. BUT JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHY ARE WE STARTING JUST WITH A THREE-MONTH WINDOW? >> SO WE WANTED TO START WITH THREE MONTHS JUST SO THAT WE WOULD GIVE OURSELVES A DEADLINE TO START LOOKING AT DATA AND
START ANALYZING IT. IF LOOKING AT THE DATA AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM VICTIM SURVIVORS AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OFFICERS SHOWS THAT WE ARE GETTING MORE INFORMATION, MORE CONTEXT AROUND THE VIOLENCE THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE RISK ASSESSMENT HAS TWO QUESTIONS VERSUS WHAT IS GOING
TO ENDS UP BEING APPROXIMATELY 12. SO TO US HAVING A SHORTER WINDOW AROUND MAKING THAT CHANGE, GIVEN THAT THE IMPACT CAN BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FOR VICTIMS SEEMED LIKE A BETTER ROUTE FOR US TO GO. AS FAR AS THE LONGER TERM IMPACT, WE WANT
TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOT JUST WITH OFFICERS AS A FIRST POINT OF RESPONSE, BUT ALSO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT GOES TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHEN IT GOES TO HENNEPIN COUNTY, AND HOW IT HELPS WITH MAKING CHARGES. HOW IT HELPS WITH
ASSESSING FOR RISK AND ASSESSING FOR HOW WE MIGHT PULL RESOURCES. SO I WOULD SAY THE THREE MONTHS IS JUST SO THAT WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE IN HOW WE AS A COMMITTEE ARE PUSHING OURSELVES FORWARD GIVEN THAT IT HAS BEEN
TWO YEARS. SO IT'S MORE OF THAT INTERNAL DEADLINE. AND GIVEN WHAT WE FIND OR IF IT FEELS LIKE WE NEED MORE TIME, THEN WE WANT TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF BEING OPEN TO PUSHING IT FOR IT TO BE LONGER. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST FOR
CLARITY, THE WORK GROUP IS HOLDING THIS PILOT. >> YES. >> AND THAT'S WITH THE PARTNER -- CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHAT AGENCY OR WHAT PARTNER OF THIS WORK GROUP WILL BE THE LEAD FOR THIS. >> YES. SO THE DOMESTIC ABUSE
PROJECT RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY IS THE FISCAL SPONSOR. SO WE ARE THE ONES THAT TRY TO FUND RAISE FL IN ORDER TO HAVE A COORDINATOR. WE REALLY MAKE COLLABORATIVE DECISIONS AS A
COMMITTEE. ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS THAT IT TOOK TIME IS THAT THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE REPORT WAS REALLY ABOUT DATA MINING AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GAPS WERE. BUT THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. AND SO THE PEOPLE ON THE
COMMITTEE NEED TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND HAVE CONNECTION TO OR THEMSELVES ARE FOLKS THAT CAN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT PROCEDURE AND DOCUMENT ATION CHANGES AS AN EXAMPLE. WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE
IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN M.P.D., WITHIN THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH FOLKS. SO THAT WE AS A COLLECTIVE CAN MAKE THESE SUGGESTIONS. THEY CAN GO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH WHOEVER IS PART OF THEIR SPECIFIC AGENCY. AND THEN WE AS A
COLLECTIVE CAN SAY THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. >> OKAY. I THINK THAT'S CLARIFYING. AGAIN, I KNOW JUST TYPICALLY WITH PILOTS, EVEN WHEN THERE'S A DEMOCRATIC OR A COALITION TABLE AROUND IT,
SOMEONE IS BOTTOM LINING IT. SO JUST MAKING IT CLEAR WHO IS THE BOTTOM LINER. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED THE DATA MINING. HOW THAT RELATES TO US
ACCESSING THAT INFORMATION. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ALSO WORK WITH YOU ALL AGAIN ONCE YOU REACH THAT THREE-MONTH WINDOW OF SEPTEMBER TO COME BACK AND PRESENT FINDINGS OF WHEN YOU HAVE COMPILED A REPORT FOR THAT.
ON THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS SIDE, WE HAVE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU WITHIN M.P.D., ARE THEY WORKING WITH THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT INNOVATION TEAM? WE HAVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE HOLDING OUR PILOT WORK WHO COME BACK AND PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS.
SO JUST MAKING CLEAR WHO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE. >> YEAH. AS OF THIS MOMENT IT'S -- THIS FEELS WEIRD TO SAY, BUT IT IS THE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROJECT THAT IS FACILITATING AND DRIVING THAT. AS FAR AS
PUBLISHING THE REPORT, LIKE WHO IS THE PERSON TO TALK TO TO GET A COPY OF THAT, IT'S US. AS FAR AS DECISION MAKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES, IT'S A COLLECTIVE. >> THIS QUESTION WOULD LIKELY BE
RELATED TO OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. I DON'T THINK ACTUALLY M.P.D. YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS. BUT I WAS ACTUALLY EXCITED TO LOOK OR SEE ON SLIDE 9. AND YOU SPOKE TO THIS THAT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME FORWARD FROM
THIS PILOT IS FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THIS MICRO PILOT DOMESTIC RESPONSE TEAM. THE REASON I GOT EXCITED ABOUT THAT IS THIS LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR THAT THIS BODY FUNDED BACK IN 2023.
WE FUNDED THREE FTEs TOWARDS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NAVIGATION PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY. BECAUSE WE HAD LONG HEARD ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. IT IS UNCLEAR NOW TWO YEARS LATER WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT FUNDING. AND WHERE IS
IT. YOU NAME IN TERMS OF HOW THAT RELATES TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S ON THE ONUS ON THE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROJECT TO SPEAK TO THAT.
>> YEAH. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I WILL SAY THAT THE DIVERT TEAM IS DIFFERENT FROM THE NAVIGATOR. BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> NO. THIS WAS THREE FTEs THAT COUNCIL FUNDED TO MOVE, SORRY, ONE PROJECT NAVIGATOR, TWO PROJECT MANAGERS THAT WERE MOVED TO COMMUNITY SAFETY. >> SO THE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM HAS
SINCE MOVED UNDER M.P.D. AND THERE ARE STILL DOMESTIC NAVIGATORS THAT ARE IN THE PRECINCTS. AND WE STILL UTILIZE THEM. CC IS WITH US TODAY. SHE
WOULD BE A PART OF THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE DIVERT TEAM. SO WE STILL UTILIZE THEM. WE HAVE THEM ACTUALLY IN THE PRECINCTS, AND WE ALSO HAVE NAVIGATORS IMBEDDED WHERE THE DOMESTIC UNIT IS LOCATED. JUST TELL THEM BRIEFLY
ABOUT WHAT YOUR ROLE IS. SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HER ROLE. >> HI, EVERYBODY. AGAIN, MY NAME IS CECILIA OLSON. EXCUSE ME, I'M DEALING WITH SOME ALLERGIES. I HAVE BEEN HERE WITH
THE CITY FOR JUST OVER SEVEN YEARS. I AM OUT OF THE FOURTH PRECINCT. I AM HOUSED OUT OF THE FOURTH PRECINCT THAT BEFORE THE NEW NAVIGATORS CAME IN, I WAS COVERING ALL THE CASES THAT CAME
THROUGH THE CITY. NOW I'M PREDOMINANTLY FOCUSING ON THE FOURTH PRECINCT. WE HAVE ONE IN THE FIFTH PRECINCT. ONE IN THE THIRD PRECINCT. AND MYSELF IN THE FOURTH PRECINCT. WHAT MY
WORK LOOKS LIKE IS MORE ADVOCACY, REFERRALS, FOLLOW UPS WITH 911 CALLERS WHO ARE CALLING FOR DOMESTIC RELATED SITUATIONS. SAFETY PLANNING WOULD INCLUDE PROVIDING RESOURCES TO OTHER AGENCIES, WRITING PROTECTION ORDERS, GOING TO COURT WITH
INDIVIDUALS, DOING OTHER REFERRALS FOR HOUSING, FOOD, SOME BASIC NEEDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN ALSO DOING THE COMMUNITY WORK. AND FOCUS GROUPS LIKE THIS ONE. I'VE BEEN PART OF THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH THAT HAPPENED, OH GOSH,
FIVE YEARS AGO. I STARTED WITH THAT RESEARCH GROUP AND THEN HAVE CONTINUED TO BE ON THAT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS PROVIDING INPUT FROM A POLICE STANDPOINT, VICTIM STANDPOINT, AND FROM A SERVICE PROVIDER STANDPOINT AND
TRYING TO CREATE CHANGE WITHIN THE SYSTEM. SO AGAIN, THAT IS MY REALLY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MY ROLE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> AND THEN CLARIFICATION. SO WE HAVE YOU AT THE FOURTH PRECINCT. >> CORRECT. YES. >> AND THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NAVIGATORS AT THE THIRD PRECINCT. SPLIT BETWEEN TWO. >> THERE'S ME AT THE FOURTH PRECINCT. ONE IMPLEMENTED AT THE FIFTH PRECINCT AND THE THIRD PRECINCT. THEY'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO BE FOLLOWING UP ON DOMESTIC
RELATED CASES. >> THOSE ARE TWO OF THE THREE. I'M JUST LOOKING BACK AT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. IT ACKNOWLEDGED, I BELIEVE, YOUR POSITION THAT WAS STILL IN EXISTENCE. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO. ESSENTIALLY, THESE ARE THE
POSITIONS THEY WENT AND IMBEDDED IN TWO ADDITIONAL PRECINCTS. DO YOU KNOW IF THEY IMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS BECAUSE I IMAGINE THERE'S SOME OVERLAP WITH THAT TOO. >> THEY DO. >> OKAY. I THINK THIS IS, AGAIN,
IF THERE'S WAYS WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR DATA POINTS AROUND THE IMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS, WHAT THEIR EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF WORK LOOKS LIKE. BECAUSE WE HEAR ANECDOTALLY THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK. BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING I
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NAVIGATORS, THAT WE HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NAVIGATORS IN PRECI PRECINCTS. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT THESE ARE
SERVICES THEY CAN ACCESS. THOSE ARE QUESTIONS I HAD AND ALSO COMMENTS TO SHARE. AND JUST TO REITERATE TO THE PUBLIC MAKING SURE THAT OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS, BLACK RESIDENTS, WHOEVER IS EXPERIENCING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, THAT SHOULD
NOT BE HAPPENING IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE LOSING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE ON OUR SIDE OF THINGS. AND THIS IS WHY A LOT OF US SUPPORTED THAT AFTER ACTION BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE AN ACTUAL INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS THAT IDENTIFIES WHAT
EXISTING BARRIERS, YOU KNOW, STILL EXIST. BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVEN AN INCIDENT THAT'S TAKEN PLACE SINCE THIS REPORT AND SINCE THESE MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. AND ALSO TO CONTINUE LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING,
I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO HAVE YOU ALL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE PILOT FINDINGS AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ROBIN WONSLEY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> -- A SERIES OF INCIDENTS THAT LED TO SOMEBODY'S DEATH, ALLISON LUSIER. BUT I DID WANT TO JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF MY OWN ABOUT
WORKING WITH DOMESTIC NAVIGATORS, AND CE CE SPECIFICALLY. IT WAS STARK TO -- AND YET, NOT A SINGLE ONE HAD
BEEN CHARGED IN HOWEVER FAR I LOOKED BACK. NOT A SINGLE STRANGULATION CASE HAD BEEN CHARGED. THAT WAS REALLY ALARMING TO ME. INSTEAD OF THIS COMMITTEE -- THIS COMMITTEE GOT TOGETHER. AND INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING TO POINT FINGERS AT WHY
DIDN'T YOU CHARGE, WE HAD THIS CLEARLY IN OUR REPORT. I LOVE HOW AND PARTICIPATED IN THE
TRAINING LAST YEAR, AND LEARNED FROM CE CE AND OTHERS IN M.P.D. ABOUT HOW WE'RE TRAINING OUR OFFICERS BETTER TO NOT JUST ASK THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS, BUT COLLECT BETTER EVIDENCE SO THAT
WE CAN GET THESE CASES CHARGED BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN. WE DO KNOW THAT, I'M SURE CE CE KNOWS THE TALKING POINT, DEPUTY CHIEF OLSON OR MS. KEEF
KNOW THERE ARE STATISTICS THAT SHOW THAT PEOPLE WHO STRANGLE AN INTIMATE PARTNER SO OFTEN LEADS TO SOME KIND OF MURDER LATER ON. AND THESE CASES ARE REALLY HARD, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE VERY COMPLEX. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON
WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVE, EVEN ON GONE ON ARRIVAL CASES. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITY AS THERE ARE IN PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIPS. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS AND
FIGURING OUT HOW EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE. THIS WORK GROUP COULD DO BETTER. AND PART OF IT FROM THE M.P.D. SIDE I'VE GOT TO WITNESS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS SINCE SEVEN YEARS AGO. AND ONE OF THEM IS
REALLY ABOUT HOW WE ASK ABOUT, COLLECT EVIDENCE, AND SUBMIT CHARGES FOR THINGS LIKE STRANGULATION. AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF THE GREAT WORK AND ALL OF YOU DO TO BRING LIGHT TO THIS SITUATION. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PALMISANO. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL TO EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED ON THIS. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT ALLISON LUSIER SHOULD BE HERE.
SHE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE HERE. AND IT'S DEVASTATING THAT THERE WERE SO MANY POINTS WHERE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN INTERVENTION THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE LOSS OF HER LIFE. AND I THANK HER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY FOR
BEING HERE. AND IT MAKES ME REFLECT ON THE MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES RALLY THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND HOW HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY CAME OUT TO STAND
WITH OUR INDIGENOUS SIBLINGS. AND IT JUST SHOWCASES HOW MUCH THIS RESONATES WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND IMPACTS THEM. FOR ME, CERTAINLY, I HAVE HAD TO SUPPORT MANY PEOPLE IN MY LIFE
THROUGH EXPERIENCES WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND IT IS ANGERING AND HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THESE GAPS. THESE ARE GAPS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVOCATING AND ARE REACHING OUT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE WHO ARE QUIETLY SUFFERING AND NOT REACHING OUT TOO. THOSE AREN'T BEING REPORTED. THESE ARE FOR THE INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE REPORTS AND WHERE THERE ARE INTERVENTIONS. AND THIS BODY HAS
DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AROUND SUPPORTING EFFORTS AND ADDRESSING THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AND GENDER EXPANSIVE COMMUNITY FROM
ADDING FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA SUPPORT FOR OFFICE OF MISSING BLACK WOMEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THAT AFTER ACTION REVIEW FOR ALLISON LUSIER. I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO JUST OFFER UP MY PARTNERSHIP IN
WORKING ON THIS PILOT AND THE NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT WAS IN YOUR INITIAL PRESENTATION FOR ACTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN. BECAUSE WHEN THERE ARE THOSE SEVEN GAPS THAT YOU LISTED OR MANY MORE, THOSE GAPS ARE WHAT PEOPLE FALL THROUGH AND END UP
GETTING HURT OR WORSE. AND I JUST, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU GAVE US. SPECIFICALLY, THE FIRST PRESENTATION, AND HAVE
THAT AS A WAY TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW THAT WE GOT AND COMPARE WHERE THOSE GAPS LINED UP AND WHERE WE FAILED ALLISON LUSIER. ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR THE RISK ASSESSMENT PILOT IS THE FLAGGING PROCESS. IS THERE GOING TO BE A TYPE OF TIERING SYSTEM IN ORDER TO MONITOR AND TRACK DIFFERENT CASES? MAYBE THERE
AREN'T GOING TO BE CASES THAT IMMEDIATELY BECOME SUPER, SUPER HIGH RISK BUT ARE TRENDING TOWARDS THERE. HOW AREOU THINKING ABOUT ANALYZING THAT? >> YEAH. THAT'S PART OF WHAT A DIVERT TEAM WOULD LOOK AT. LET'S SAY THAT PILOT GOES WELL, AND
WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE RESOURCES TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THEN WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IS -- LIKE THE WAY THE MODEL WORKS IS SOMEBODY, AN ADVOCATE OR SOMEBODY THAT'S
ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC ROLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY WOULD PULL HISTORY FOR THE VICTIM AND THE OFFENDER FOR WHETHER IT'S GONE IN ARRIVAL CASES, IF THAT'S WHAT WE CHOSE TO FOCUS ON OR IN CUSTODY CASES. AND PUT TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY DO THEIR OWN RISK ASSESSMENT AND PUT TOGETHER THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HISTORY OF BOTH PARTIES. LOOKING AT ALL OF THE PREVIOUS POLICE REPORTS THAT MIGHT BE IN THE SYSTEM. EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE THE REPORT TODAY LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LOW RISK CASE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLLECTIVE HISTORY, WHAT YOU
MIGHT SEE IS THERE'S A PATTERN OF VIOLENCE OR A PATTERN OF VIOLENCE THAT'S SHOWING ESCALATION. SO IF THE COMMITTEE THEN MEETS AND LOOKS AT THAT AND IT'S POLICE OFFICERS, IT'S AN ATTORNEY, IT'S AN ADVOCATE COLLECTIVELY LOOKING AT IT FROM THOSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES,
THEY MIGHT DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT CASE AND FLAG IT AS HIGH RISK BECAUSE WE HAVE A MUCH MORE DEPTHFUL PERCEPTION OF THAT VICTIM'S CASE AS WELL AS THAT OFFENDER'S HISTORY. >> YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WALKING ME THROUGH THAT. WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER IT'S FLAGGED IN THIS PILOT? LIKE LET'S SAY YOU COME ACROSS A HIGH RISK CASE AND YOU'RE DISCUSSING IT, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS IN ADDRESSING IT? >> YEAH. I WILL SAY THAT IS IN PROCESS. THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE HAVE -- LIKE LET'S SAY WE HAVE
20 GONE ON ARRIVAL CASES, AND THE RESOURCE IS THAT WE CAN'T ADDRESS ALL 20 OF THOSE CASES. BUT WE KNOW THAT THREE OF THEM WERE FLAGGING AS HIGH RISK, THEN THE RESOURCES WILL HOPEFULLY BE PULLED INTO THOSE THREE HIGH RISK CASES SO WE CAN FIND THOSE
THREE OFFENDERS THAT WERE GONE ON ARRIVAL. >> THAT'S HELPFUL. MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WAYS IN WHICH THIS BODY CAN HELP SUPPORT THIS WORK? ARE THERE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON THAT ARE IN NEED?
>> I WILL SAY FUNDING IS ONE. AND I WILL ALSO SAY AS AN ADVOCATE WHO KNOWS VERY LITTLE ABOUT A LOT OF THE BUREAUCRACY AROUND THINGS, BUT I DO -- I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT GET IN TROUBLE IF I SAY THIS OUT LOUD. I KNOW
THERE'S A LOT OF RED TAPE AROUND HOW POSITIONS CAN GET HIRED, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS BUILDING OUT DIFFERENT TEAMS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW MAYBE THAT'S -- >> THAT'S HELPFUL. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT
OFFLINE. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YEAH. >> I'M GOING TO ASK AND SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. I WILL ASK THE CLERK
TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT SECOND PRESENTATION AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. >> WHAT YOU CAN DO IS OPEN THE WORKING GROUP TO THE PUBLIC AND PUT GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN THAT WROTE THE REPORT SPECIFIC TO MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE WORKING GROUP.
>> ONE QUICK THANK YOU TO YOU. >> YES, YOU MAY. >> WE WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKING GROUP. WE FELT OUR POSITION WAS BETTER AS A PUBLIC ADVOCATE AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALLISON LUSIER. AND I JUST WANT
TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR POINTED QUESTIONS, YOUR LEADERSHIP. 30 YEARS AGO A REPORT WAS WRITTEN BY THE BATTERED WOMEN JUSTICE PROJECT ABOUT THE POLICE RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY. IT WAS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ONE WE RELEASED
TWO YEARS AGO. SO LEADERSHIP ON THIS HUGE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE HAS BEEN WHAT'S MISSING IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND YOU ARE PROVIDING IT TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT. I HOPE YOU WILL DEMAND IT OF YOUR OTHER LEADERS IN THIS. THE
MAYOR, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, ANYBODY, COUNTY ATTORNEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE. THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I HOPE WE CAN TALK AFTER THIS MEETING. WOULD BE REALLY HAPPY
TO. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, WHO CAME TO OUR MEETING FOR THIS PORTION OF IT. I'LL ASK THE CLERKS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT SECOND PRESENTATION. AND NOW COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO RUN THROUGH THE COMMITTEE
REPORTS. AND THE FIRST PLACE WE WILL START WITH IS ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WITH CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 18 ITEMS. THE FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE
FROM CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES ALLIANCE FOR MEGAN HOYE. THE
SECOND IS GIFT ACCEPTANCE. THREE IS A CONTRACT FOR SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRICKSON INC. FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD. NUMBER FOUR IS -- MINNEHAHA PARKWAY. FIVE IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR DATA
ANALYTICS CONSULTING SERVICES FOR SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT RECRUITMENT AND HIRING. SIX IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR EGAN COMPANY FOR STREET LIGHT INSTALLATIONS. SEVEN IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH GRIES
LENHARDT LEGAL SERVICES. EIGHT IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH WIESER CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC. NINE IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT. 10
IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH RESTORATION AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC FOR THE HILTON RAMP WATERPROOFING PROJECT. -- 12 IS
A BID FOR ROOF AND MASONRY. 14 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM OF ANTHONY
KUCZEK. 16 A LEGAL SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF JAI THAO. -- >> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO
BUDGET WHICH WILL BE REPORTED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE -- ITEM 2
IS -- 3 IS THE 2025 LOCAL BOARD OF APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION REPORT. I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> GREAT. NEXT WE WILL GO TO BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING.
>> THANK YOU. BHZ IS GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD 18 ITEMS. IT'S THE USUAL STUFF. AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND ALL 18 ITEMS WILL BE READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST READ IT. >> I THINK WE'RE GOOD. >> JUST READ THE ITEMS. WE'LL BE GOOD TO GO. IT'S POSTED. AND IT WILL GET READ ON THURSDAY. BUT I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> DO YOU SEE HOW COUNCIL MEMBER
WONSLEY READ ALL OF HER AO ITEMS? >> COMMENDABLE. >> THIS IS SENIORITIS. OKAY. WE'LL GIVE YOU ONE PASS. ALL
RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, CASHMAN. >> I'M STILL A FRESHMAN, SO I'M GOING TO BE AN OVER ACHIEVER. SO THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IS BRINGING 20 ITEMS
FORWARD. -- PROJECT APPROVAL IN ADOPTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE KENWOOD REHABILITATION PROJECT. THREE, AMENDING 2022
STREET LIGHT CORRIDORS. 4 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL TWO GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION METRO LOCAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 5
AUTHORIZING A PIPELINE. 6 EDINA ART FAIR. THE NEXT ITEMS ARE ALL LARGE BLOCK PERMITS FOR NOONS ON NICOLLET, TASTE OF MINNESOTA, WELCOME DOWNTOWN CORE WEEK.
TRAFFIC ZONES, RESTRICTIONS AND CONTROLS REPORT. 11 UPDATING PARKING AND MOBILITY SERVICES FEE AND RATE SCHEDULE FOR THE IMPOUND LOT. 12, BOARD APPOINTMENTS TO THE UPTOWN SPECIAL SERVICE ADVISORY BOARD.
13, ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 14 APPROVING APPOINTMENTS. 15 IS AUTHORIZING A BIANNUAL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
16, DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE AS -- 394 BRIDGE. 18, ANOTHER LARGE BLOCK PERMIT. 19 IS A SOUND PERMIT FOR WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE. AND 20 IS DIRECTING STAFF
TO PRODUCE AN ANALYSIS OF STATE COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OVER NOISE POLLUTION. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE JUST ONE MORE LEFT, WHICH IS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. THE FIRST IS HONORARY RESOLUTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. 2 IS MUNICIPAL STAND ALONE PUBLIC RESTROOM PROGRAMS.
THREE IS HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS. FOUR IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT GRANT PROGRAM. AND FIVE IS
AMENDMENT -- >> STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> WITH THAT, WE'VE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS FOR TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS
MEETING ADJOURNED.