>> GOOD AFTNOON! MY NAME IS JASON CHAVEZ. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M DOG TO -- GOING TO CALL TO ORD OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11th. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY
REMINDER TO THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC -- THESE INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGL 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'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUUM. >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE.
>> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. IS ABSENT. RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON. >> HERE. >> OSMAN IS ABSENT. . CHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> JENKINS IS ABSENT. CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT.
>> VICEHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> 10 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS AN HONORARY RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ATTORNEY ERIK NILSSON. I INVITE
THE AUTHOR TO WOR THEIR WAY UP. >> IF THOSE WHO WANT TOP READ THE PROCLAMATION COME UP FRONT. AND T IF THE GUESTS FOR ERIK
NILSSON WANTO COME UP FRONT,
WE'LL GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY.
ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE UP HERE ERIK. WE KNOWON WE'RE HERE TO M MAKE YOU A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE BUT HONOR YOUR WORK. I'LL STA BY
INVITING MY DEG DEGREE COLLEAGUES TO READ THE RESOLUTION. >> HONORING ERIK. WHEREAS HAVING EARNED HIS LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JOINED THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 10th, 2001. THERE BY LAUNCHING HIS CAREER AS MUNICIPAL LAWYER. AND, WHEREAS MR. NILSSON HAD A SUCCESSFUL TENURE SPANNING 24 YEARS, DURING WHICH TIME HE SHARED AS THE
MAYOR'S AND CITY ATTORNEYS HE'LL GO ON TO BE THE CITY OF ATTORNEY OF AND FOR THE CITY OF MIN MINNETONKA. >> AND WHEREAS MR. NILSSON HAD A
NUMBER OF PROGRESSIVELY RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DURING HIS CAREER BEGINNING AS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN 2016, BEING PROMOTED TO THE APPOINTED POSITION OF CHIEF DEPUTY FOR CIVIL DIVISION OF THE TY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WHERE,
IN ADDITION TO HIS OWN WORK, HE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR DIRECTING AND M MENTORING THE ENTIRE TEAM OF ATTORNEYS SERVING AS A CIV LEGAL COUNSELORS AND ADVISORS TO THE CITIES ENTERPRISE. INCLUDING ITS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED
EXECUTIVES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS. AND ALL OPERATING DEPARTMENTS. AND -- >> WHEREAS MR. NILSSON WHEN MAYOR FRYE APPOINTED HIMITY ATTORNEY IN 2019 TO FILL THE
TEMPORARY VACANCY WHEN SUSAN LEFT THE POST TO ACCEPT THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT TO THE MINNESOTA COURT OF APPEALS. AND TO PROVIDE STEADY STEWARDSHIP OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RING THE TRANSITION PERIOD. AND --
>> WHEREAS MR. NILSSON MADE MANY CONTRIBIONS TO IMPROVING THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DURING HIS TENURE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHH INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO -- LEADING EFFORTS THAT RESULTED IN MAJ IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND BUILDING CODES TO ADDRESS LANORD AND
TENANT ISSUES, INCLUDING A PILOT PROJECT TO CHANGE THE CITY'S ENFORCEMENT OF RENTAL HOUSING CODES FROM A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION APPRCH EFFORT TO A CIVIL PROSECUTION APPROACH AND FOCUSING ON MAINTAINING TENANT OCCUPANCY WHILE ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE,N EFFORT THAT
RESULTED IN PERMANENT AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT OPTION THAT WAS CODIFIED BY CITY COUNCIL AND RESULTED IN THE CITY'S ADOPTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION ORDINANCE APPROACH TO
ENFORCEMENT; >> HELPING TO SUCCESSFULLY SHEPHERD STATE LEGISLATION GRANTING LOCAL AUTHORITYOR THE PASSAGE OF A PARK DEDICATION ORDINANCE, DONE I CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD O COMMISSIONERS AND ITS ATTORNEY, RESULTING IN
THE COLLECTION OF MORE THAN $30 MILLION TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES;TAKING THE LEAD IN 2008 TO DRAFT THE ORDINANCE, WHICH ESTABLIED THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, D.I.D. AT THE BEHEST OF MAYOR
RTRYBAK. SERVING FOR THE BULK OF HIS CAREER AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AS THE CITY'S LAND E AND ZONING ATTORNEY, COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON NUMEROUS ORDINANCES, POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT, PROPOSALS, AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN WHICH ALSO INVOLVED DEFENDING THE
CITY PRIORITIES, POLICIES, AND POSITIONS IN THE COURT AND DEVISING AND ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES IN LAWS TO BENEFIT THE CITY'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND; >> TWICE MY SIZE! WHEREAS
MR. NILSSON HAS EXEMPLIFY ALL THE VALUES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE LEGAL PROFESSION, AND THE BEST IDEALS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, INCLUDING A COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS AND EXCELLENCE IN PROVIDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ADVICE JUSTLY
EARNING HIM THE RESPECT OF ALL WHO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM AND THOSE WITH WHOM HE HAS SERVED;AND >
[ AWAY FROM MIC ] WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE, MR. NILSSON HELPED SHAPE AND MENTOR A TALENTED AND DIVERSE TEAM OF ATTORNEYS, PLAYING A CRITICAL ROLE IN FORGING AN INCREDIBLE PUBLIC LAW FIRM, AND
ENSURING THE FUTURE QUALITY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OICE FOLLOWING HIS DEPARTURE;AND WHEREAS MR. NILSSON WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITY'S SELECTED AND APPOINTED OFCIALS, DEPARTMENT HEADS, STAFF, AND MOST ESPECIALLY HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY ATRNEY'S OFFICE AND HIS
FRIENDS FROM ACROSS THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE. >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL HEREBY COMMEND AND OFFER THEIR MOST SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO ERIK NILON FOR
HIS SERVICE AND EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND EXTEND TO HIM AND HIS FAMY THEIR BEST WISHES AND HAPPINESS IN ALL FUTURE ENDEAVORS. PGH [APPLAUSE]
>> IT TOOK A TEAM TO PUT IT TOGETHER. IT'S INCOMPLETE. YOU'VE BEEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY DURING PERIODS OF MY TENURE. WE KNOW OF YOUR CAPABILITIES. ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMORIES, AND I'LL PASS IT OFF TO OTHERS WHO HAVE EVEN MORE HISTORY WITH YOU. I'VE NEVER FELT SO, UMM, SO
SATISFIED AND HONORED IN A -- WHEN I HAVE BEENN A ROOM DEALING WITH DIFFICULT ZONING CISIONS. YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO
SAY "NO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK." I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT SOMETIMES TAKES GUTS, AND IMPORTANTLY, YOU ARE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WOULD TELL US HOW WE CAN DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. SO I'M GOING TO LET SOME OF THE CITY
ATTORNEYS SPEAK. I'LL START WITH THE CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY >> I'VE ONLY CRIED TWO TIMES IN THIS JOB. THE SECOND WHEN YOU TOLD US YOU WERE LEAVING US. I
THINK THE DISPLAY OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE OFFICE UP HERE SHOWS HOW BELOVED YOU ARE, ERIK. EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'RE A GREAT LAWYER! EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. BUT I THINK WHATEVER ALSO KNOWS, YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD HUMAN. YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT. EVEN WHEN IT'S
HARD. YOU ARE THE VOICE OF THIS IS THE WAY THAT THINGS SHOULD BE DONE. AND YOU HAVE THE CRAGE TO SAY THOSE THINGS WHEN IT'S NECESSARY. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE NEVER COMPROMISED YOUR VALUES IN THIS ROLE. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO
BE SO, SO PROUD OF. AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST MISS YOU SO MUCH [ APPLAUSE ]
>> IS PETER UP HERE? DOES PETER WANT TO RUN FROM THE BACK? PLEASE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT
OFTEN WHY SOMEBODY LIKE ME SHOWS UP TO THE ROLE. RIGHT. AND YOD VALUES. AND OFTEN PRINCIPLES AND VALUES DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE WEEDS. BUT ANYBODY WHO WORKED IN CITY GOVERNMENT KNOWS THAT IF YOU WANT TO EXECUTE ON THEM IN A MEANINGFUL WAY FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE WEEDS. AND IN MY TIME
HERE, YOU'VE BEEN SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN SO THOROUGHLY IN THE WEEDS WHILE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE ENTERPRISE IS FOR. WHICH IS TO DELIVER ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND I THINK YOU'VE TAKEN THAT SERVICE, THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS IN THE
WAYS YOU REPRESENT OTHERS. YOUR TEAM, THE BROADER PUBLIC, REALLY SERIOUSLY. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED. I HOPE YOUR FUTURE EMPLOYERS KNOW HOW GOOD OF A BARGAIN THEY'RE GETTING! MEBODY AS BRIGHT AND AS PRINCIPLED AND AS IN THE WEEDS
AS YOURE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ERIK. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU! I KNOW I SENT A TEXT RIGHT AWAY WHEN I GOT THE MESSAGE. I WAS SO SAD. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT DOWN HERE, YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTION SAYS YOU MENTORED A LOT OF
ATTORNEYS, BUT YOU ALSO MENTORED ONE WARD 4 COUNCILMEMBER, TOO. ON A LOT OF THINGS! SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH KNOW EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT WARD 4. LIKE, EVERY PIECE OF LAND. W
TO USE IT, HOW NOT TO USE IT. IT'S GOOD FOR SOMEBODY WHO WAKES UP WITH IDEAS. RENEE STOLE MY THUNDER. YOU KNOW HOW TO SAY NO JUST AS WELL AS I DO. I LIKE IT! IT'S LIKE A NO C COMPETITION! THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR PUSHING BACK ON THE RIGHT THINGS. AND, REALLY, NOT PUSHING BACK, BUT REALLY JUST SHOWING ME HOW TO LOOK AT THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. BUT ALSO ACCOMPLISH WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU'RE MASTERFUL AT THAT! LIKE I COME IN THINKING IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING AND YOU'RE LIKE "IT CAN BE THAT BUT THISS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET
THERE AND THE TIMELINE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE." I'LL ALSO SAY, I REMEMBER THE FIRST MEETING WITH YOU. I THOUGHT, "WOW! HE'SEALLY TALL!" AND THEN YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD TRIPLETS! THERE'S GOING TO BE FOUR OF THEM! LIKE REALLY TALL
PEOPLE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HUMOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, SHARING PERSONAL STORIES. JUST TAKING THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW ME AND PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE O KNOWINGRIK FOR THE 24 YEARS SINCE HE STARTED. IN THE CITYAE FIRST WENT INTO THE ZONING AND LAND USE AREA, WHICH BECAME,
OBVIOUSLY, HIS STRENGTH. AND ERIK HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE SURE HE'S ABLE TO GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY HE WORKS WITH. WHETHER IT'S HIS COWORKERS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S THE
DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT HE DEALSW HE'S ALWAYS GIVEN HIS BEST EFFORT TO GIVE THE BEST ADVISE HE CAN. AND OFTEN COMPLEX AND DIFFICULTSSUES. AND AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLI FOR 50 SOME YEARS NOW. I ALWAYS HATE TO SEE
REALLY OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS LEAVE THE CITY. ESPECIA CHANCE TO WORK WITH. BUT ALSO REALLY AM HAPPY FOR ERIK T MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP OF HIS CAREER AND BENEFIT THE CITY AND
CITIZEN OF MINNETONKA. [ APPUSE ] >> DID ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO ERIK HIMSELF. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS.
>> THANK YOU. WOW, ERIK. I GUES-- I ECHO ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS EVERYONE SAID THUS FAR. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK YOU WERE THE ACTING CITY ATTORNEY DURING THE GLOBAL
PANDEMIC AND THE RACIAL UPRISING. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TIME FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND YOU GUIDED US THROUGH IT WITH GRACE, DIGNITY.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE >? >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING OUT WITH THE VAN BEURN
LAND MESS. I KNOW YOU THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW AND PALMISANO. YOU HAD A POLITE WAY OF SAYING NO TO ME MANY, MANY TIMES. THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> THANK YOU. I'M OVERWHELMED. ANY THOUGHTS I MIGHT HAVE HAD, HAVE LEFT MY HEAD. I CAN SAY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF US KIND OF TOGETHER IN THIS MOMENT. I THINK THAT'S THE WAY WE CAN HOPEFULLY OPERATE MORE IN THE
FUTURE. AS A CITY RESIDENT, AS SOMEBODY WHOILL STAY A CITY RESIDENT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE, AS WELL. I'M EXCITED FOR MY NEW OPPORTUNITY, BUT I'VE BEEN A CRAZY COCKTAIL OF EMOTIONS, I'VE TOLD PEOPLE. A
VERY WISE PERSON ONCE TOLD ME, CASEY -- [ LAUGHTER ] -- THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE A PLACE THAT YOU'VE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. YOU GO TOUGH SOMEWHAT OF A GRIEVING PROCESS. AND THERE'S SOME TRUTH TO THAT. I'VE KIND OF BEEN FEELING THAT WAY. NOW I'M STARTING TO --
IT'S BECOMING REAL AND I'M STARTING TO GET EXCITED BUT IT HAS BEEN A GRIEVING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, AS A YOUNG PERSON COMING OUT OF GRAD SCHOOL, IN THIS CASE, I DIDN'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY -- I WAS SOMEWHAT
CYNICAL. I DIDN'T POSSIBILITY OF DOING MEANINGFUL WORK. EVERYBODY SAYS THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO MEANINGFUL WOR I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY POSSIBILITY. I WAS HOPING TO GET ENOUGH TO PAY A RENT, PAY A STUDENT LOAN BILL, AND GO OUT WITH MY FRIENDS ON THE WEEKENDS. THAT WAS GOOD
FOR ME. AND I HAD THE GREAT FORTUNATE OF BOTH BEING A LAW CLERK IN THE CIVIL DIVISION FOR TWO YEARS IN LA SCHOOL. AND THEN GETTING HIRED AFTER A JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP. AND IT HAS BEEN THE MOST REWARDING
EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. IT'S THE ONLY CAREER I'VE KNOWN. AND IT'S BEEN BECAUSE THE WORK IS MEANINGFUL. IT'S FOR A CITY I LOVE. AND WHEN YOU DO MEANINGFUL WORK AND ESPECIALLY IN WORKING WITH CPED, YOU DO WORK THAT IS MADE MANIFEST. YOU
CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU'RE GOING ABOUT THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING. YOU HAD A SMALL PIECE IN ADVISING ON OR WORKING ON. AND THAT'S INCREDIBLY GRATIFYING. I'M ALSO EMOTIONAL BECAUSE LIFE AND LIVING HAPPENS WHERE YOU'RE SOMEWHERE FOR A
LONG TIME. AND IN MY CASE, I, YOU KNOW, WHILE I WAS WITH THE CITY, LIVING IN THE CITY, I MET MY WONDERFUL WIFE MELISSA, WHOM I LOVE DEARLY. WE HAD TRIPLETS, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED. [ LAUGHTER ] VERY MUCH.
[ LAUGHTER ] THANK YO. >> HAVE! I WAS ON PATERNITY LEAVE. WE HAD THEM AND IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THE COUNSEL ADOPTED THE FIRST PARENTAL PAID LEAVE POLICY. THE CITY ATTORNEY
CALLED ME TO OFFER ME THE DEPUTY POSION. I HAD BEEN ON PA TREN PARENTAL LEAVE. WE TOOK OUR OWN TIME. AND I WAS SO COMPLETELY DELIRIOUS. SHE COULI WOULD HAVE SAID YES. [ LAUGHTER ] SO IT'S JUST EMOTIONAL WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT ALL THE FACTORS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE WORK. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FORTHE IT. AND I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU. AND THEN TO STAFF, I SAID IT BEFORE, CPED WILL BE CLOSE TO MY
HEART. THEY'VE BEEN MY NUMBEROY CAREER. PLANNERS ARE THE BEST CLIENTS A LAWYER COULD HOPE FOR! THEY PLAN BEFORE THEY DO. [ LAUGHTER ] AND AS A LAWYER, THAT'S THE BEST THING THERE IS. AND THEN TO MY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, I LOVE
YOU GUYS! AND I'LL TALK TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY. I PREFER TO DO THAT RATHER THAN GIVE A MESSAGE HERE. BUT THIS WILL COME AS NO SURPRISE TO THE E ELECTANTS. IF YOU WANT TO BE HERE, YOU WILL
ULTIMATELY OUTLAST THOSE WITH ELECTION CERTIFICATES. THAT'S JUST A FACT. AND IT'S THROUGH THOSE TRANSITIONS THAT YOU FORGE BONDS AND YOU WORK ON CHALNGING THINGS AND YOU ACHIEVE GOOD OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY. AND IT'S THOSE RELAONSHIPS THAT WILL SUSTAIN YOU IN THE LONG RUN. AND THAT'S
WHAT SUSTAINED ME FOR 24 YEARS. SO STICK TOGETHER. BE GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ALLLLRIGHTY. I WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY AND COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS PRESENT. ANYBODY ELSE? GREAT. THE FIRST ITEM -- OH, WELL. THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN UP. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS
REFERRING TO STAFF AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND ITEM THREE IS POSTPONING TO FEBRUARY 25, 2025 THE BOULEVARD ORDINANC MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION ON BOTH
ITEMS? COUNCILMEMB PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. NOT ON BOTH. BUT I WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE BOULEVARD ORDINANCE. WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THIS, AND WEANT TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO BE HAD. AND WORK
T SOME FINAL ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY AROUND PERMITTING. BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDING THE USE OF OUR CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO DOT DO THE OTHER AUTHORS, I'M THRILLED FOR THE LESS DEN DENT --
RESIDENTS TO GROW MORE THINGS IN THE BOULEVARDS. RIGHT-OF-WAY N BE USED FOR COMMUNITY BEAUTIFY INDICATION AND OTHER PURPOSES OF PUBLIC GOOD. WE'LL GET THERE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT
RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR, UMM, CONSIDERING THIS POSTPONEMENT ON MORE CYCLE. >> THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. I THINK PALMISANO SUMMED IT UP PRETTY WELL. I'LL MAKE A NOTE TO THE PUBLIC AND
THE BODY. MY OFFICE IS WORKING ON PULLING TOGHER A COMMUNITY MEETING AND THE FELLOW AUTHORS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE OF INTEREST IN JOINING ARE WELCOME TO. OBVIOUSLY, WITHIN THE RULES OF OPEN MEETING LAW.
BUT I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND TAKING ANOTHER CYCLE TO REALLY CLARIFY TO COMMUNITY WHAT THIS ORDINANCE MEANS. AND WHAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND CODE MEANS PRESENTLY. PRESENTLY OUR CITY CODE DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE WONDERFUL PLANTINGS AND EDIBLE
GARDENS THAT OUR CITY WANTS TO SEE. AND I REALLY HOPE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTENT IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE TO DO IN THE BOULEVARDS, ESPECIALLY PROVIDING FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND GROWING
HEALTH NUTRITIOUS FOOD. OR BEAUTIFYING A BOULEVARD WITH FLOWERS AND PLANTIN THAT YOU LOVE. SO THERE WILL BE INFORMATION ON MY NEWETTER. AND OFFICIAL PAGES ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY MEETING. AND JUST APPRECIATE USAKING THE TIME ON THIS ONE. >> THANK YOU. ALL RHT,
COLLEAGUES. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF, ACTLLY, ITEM ONE. WHICH IS THE NILSSON HONORARY RESOTION. ITEM TWO WHICH IS REFERRING TO STAFF AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO NUMBER OF T TENANTS AND POSTPONING THE BOULEVARD
ORDINANCE TO FEBRUARY 25, 2025 MEETING. AND SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION -- ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS? AND THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. AH, NEXT WE'LL
VE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION PORTION OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING. FIRST IS APPROVING A REQUEST THE CITY AUDITOR FOR AFTER ACTION REVIEW OFHE CITY AND MPD'S ACTIONS RELATED TO THE DEATH OF ALLISON LUSSIER. I'LL PASS IT ON TO COUNCILMEMBER
WONSLEY TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. ALLISON LUSSIER WAS A 47-YEAR-OLD INDIGENOUS WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER NORTH LOOP APARTMENT IN FEBRUARY OF 2024. SINCE HER DEATH, FAMILY MEMBERS,
AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCES HAVE BEEN DEMANDING THAT OFFICIALS LOOK INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HER DEATH, AND SPECIFICALLY THE ROLE THAT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE PLAYED, OR THE LACK THEREOF IN
INVESTIGATING THE DETAILS OF HER DEATH. DATA HAS SHOWN INDIGENOUS WOMEN DISPROPORTIONATELY FACE VIOLENCE IN MINNESOTA. ACCORDING TO THE 2019 MINNESOTA MISSING AND MURDER INDIGENOUS WOMEN TASK
FORCE. DESPITE INDIGENOUS WOMEN MAKING UP 1% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION. 9% OF ALL MURDERED GIRLS AND WOMEN FROM 2010 TO 2019 WERE NATIVE AMERICAN. AND COMMUNITY AND FAMILY MEMBERS
HAVE ALL SHARED THAT MS. LUSSI WAS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THEY HAVE RAISED CONCERNS AS TO WHETHER ACTIONS OR INACTIONS TAKEN BY THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTED TO HER DEATH OR HAVE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED HER FAMILY'S ABILITY TO RECVE THE JUSTICE
THEY DESERVE. COUNCILMEMBERS ARE WELL AWARE THAT ABOUT A WEEK AGO, THE COMMUNITY COMMISSIONED A POLICE OVERSIGHT TOOK A FORMAL POSITION AND REQUESTED AN AFTER ACTION RELATED TO THE CITY'S ACTION AND RELATION TO THE CIRCSTANCES SURROUNDING THE
DEATH OF ALLISON LUSSIER. THEY REQUESTED THIS BODY ALSO APPROVE AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW. AND THAT MOTION WAS SENT TO US ON JANUARY 31st. CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALLISON'S FAMILY SAYING MPD FAILED THEM SIMPLY
CANNOT BE IGNORED. AND WE, AS CITY COUNCIL, HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE WISHES AND REQUESTS OF ALLISON'S FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE WISHES AND DEMANDS OF HER COMMUNITY TO ENACT A THOROUGH AND INDEPENDENT AFTER ACTION
REVIEW. JUST AS WE DID SEVERAL MONTHS AGO FOR DAVIS MAUTURY. WHEN HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN BY . THE PATTERN AND PRACTIC OF
IGNORING COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY IS HOW WE ENDED UP IN CONSE DECREES. AND ALLISON'S FAMILY DESERVES TO KNOW IF DIFFERENT ACTIONS BY MPD OR THE CITY COULD HAVE MEANT THAT ALLISON COULD BE WITH US TODAY. OR TT JUSTICE FOR HER DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN SERVED.
OR COULD BE SERVED EVEN NOW. AND IF APPROVED TOD BY MY COLLEAGUES, THE AFTER ACTION REH REVIEWOULD GIVE ALLISON'S FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PUBLIC, AND THIS BODY AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THOSE ACTIONS. AND CLARIFICATION ON
WHAT ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE AND WHAT THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION CAN TAKE TO ADDRESS ANY IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. SO WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE. AND WE'LL ASK FOR A SECOND. >> AH, THERE'S BEEN A --
COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY MOVED APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. GIVEN ERE'S MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR. I DON'T THINK WE NEED A SECOND. AND NOW IF COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE OR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
SO VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> YEAH. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESSY GRATITUDE WE'RE MAKING THIS REQUEST TO THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE SMALL THING THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY BODY. BUT I REALLY DO WANTO EXPRESS
MY GRATITUDE TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT IS HERE IN OUR CHAMBERS TODAY. ASKING FOR JUSTIC NOT ONLY FOR ALLISON BUT FOR ALL INDIGENOUS WOMEN WHO GO MISSING AND MURDEREDN OUR CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND I THINK THIS IS IN LINE WITH
ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNALED BY THE STATE LEVEL IN ADDRESSING HOW WEROTECT INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY BROADLY. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL
PICTURE OF ALLISON YOU'RE HOLDING UP. AND I HOPE THAT HER SPIRIT IS WITH US TODAY. AND I JUST SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILY. >> THANK YOU. I THINK VERY
PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY. I WANT TO THANK JANA, ALLISON'S FAMILY FOR CONTINUOUSLY SHOWING UP TO THE STREETS DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY, ACTION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. I THINK THAT WE
KNOW THAT IN THIS STATE THERE IS MANY ISSUES WITH HOW OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY IS TREATED. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MISSING, MURDERED I INDIGENOUS GIRLS. WE KNOW
THE STORY WE'RE HEARING ABOUT ISN'T JUST ABOUT ALLISON. IT'S ABOUT OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY WHO CONTINUOUSLY EXPERIENCES DISPARITIES IN NOT ONLY OUR CITY BUT OUR ENTIRE STATE. THE MINNESOTA MISSING AND MURDERE INDIGENOUS WOMEN TASK FORCE
FOUND THAT IN ANY GIVEN MONTH FROM 2012 THROUGH 2020, 27 TO 54 INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS WERE ACTIVELY MISSING. AND I BET YOU THAT'S AN UNDERCOUNT. THAT IS DEFINITELY AN UNDER COUNT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
CONTINUOUSLY HAPPENS TO OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO SHARE THOSE DETAILS ALONG WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMB WONSLEY SAID. THE STARK DISPARITIESES THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE FACING. PARTICULARLY OUR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY. SO, UMM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I READ THOSE STATISTICS OUT
LOUD. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR. >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE.
>> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> OSMAN IS ABSENT. CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 12 AYES AND ONE ABSENT. >>ND THAT WAS APPROVED. [ APPLAUSE ] IT WILL GO ON TO FULL COUNCIL. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA IS
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RELATING TO A FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ACTION PRESENTATION AND PASGE OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING LITIGATION AUTHORITY TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO COME UP FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND SPEAK TO
THE RESOLUTION IN DETAIL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS. AND COUNCILMEMBE WONSLEY'S REQUEST,
OUR OFFICE PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION ON FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND OTHER FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT MAY IMPACT THE CITY OR ITS RESIDENTS. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS AT THE OUTSET. FIRST, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE DON'T KNOW. I'M SURE
EVERYBODY HAS SEEN IN THE NEWS THERE'S CONSTANTLY LAWSUITS BEING FILED, EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND OTHER THINGS BEING STAYED. NEW EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMING OUT. QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPLIANCE. SO THIS IS REALLY AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN
TIME. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ANSWERS. IN A SECOND PIECE, IN SOME OF OUR SLIDES, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE. THAT IS LANGUAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. IT IS CERTAINLY NOT OUR LANGUAGE. SO I'M GOING TO -- FOR THE AGENDA,
I HAVE A WHOLE TEAM HERE THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS. IT IS GOING TO PRESENT VARIOUS PIECES. THE FIRST PIECE IS WHAT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IS. THEN A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE FEDERAL SPENDING AND FUNDING
DEVELOPMENTS. THEN A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE K EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT IMPACT THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. AND THEN, FINALLY, TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS DOING IN THIS AREA. SO NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HAROLD TO TALK ABOUT
EXECUTIVE ORDERS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVEZ, VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M AN ASSISTANTTY AORNEY IN THE OFFICE. AND BEFORE WE DIG INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, I WOULD LIKE
TO SORT OF JUST GROUND US IN REALITY AND ARM US WITH FACTS ABOUT WHAT EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE, WHAT THEIR LIMITATIONS ARE, AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THESE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND JUST GENERALLY HOW TO THINK ABOUT THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ANY FUTURE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT WE
LEARN ABOUT COMING UP. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT, SO THAT WE CAN GROUND OURSELVES IN REALITY AND START WITH THE FACTS AND THEN LET THE FACTS LEAD US TO OUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. IT WILL HELP
US TO APPROACH THEM IN A MORE REASONABLE AND BALANCED AND GROUNDED WAY. SO, FIRST AND FOREMOST, EXECUTIVE ORDERSES ARE UNILATERAL ACTIONS BE I THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT GENERALLY MANAGE THE OPERATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE A WAY THAT THERESIDENT CAN GUIDE THE OPERATIONS OF THAT BRANCH. THEY CAN DO A VARIETY OF THING THIS IS A NONEXHAUSTIVE LIST.
FOR INSTANCE, THEY CAN DELEGATE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY. SO THE PRESIDENT CAN TELL A CABINET-LEVEL SECRETARY OR HEAD OF AN AGENCY TO DO XYZ. THEY CAN DIRECT AGENCIES TO FORMULATE REGULATIONS. THE CAN REORGANIZE EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
AND THEIR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS TO SE EXTENT. THEY CARRY THE FORCE OF LAW BUT THEYE NOT LEGISLATION. AND THAT POINT SORT OF REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION. WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE. THEY PASS A BILL AND IT GETS SENT TO THE PRESIDENT AND THEN IT'S SIGNED. AND BECOMES THE LAW OF THE LAND. EXECUTIVE ORDERS DON'T GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THEY GO THROUGH SOMETHING CALLED T INTERAGENCY PROCESS, OR THEY GENERALLY DO THEY. THEY
SHOULD. I WON'T EXPLAIN WHAT THAT PROCESS IS. IT'S NOT IMPORTANT FOR OUR PRESENTATION TODAY. BUT THEY CARRY THE FORCE OF LAW WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. SO DESPITE THE FACT -- AND PARDON ME, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LEGISLATION, THEY CAN BE REVOKED OR RESCINDED BY A NEW
PRESIDENT. AND, IN FACT, WE SAW WHEN THERUMP ADMINISTRATION CAME IN ON THE FIRST DAY. THEY RESCINDED 78 BIDEN-EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT WERE OPERATIVE DURING THAT ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON. ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE IN PARTY BETWEEN ONE PRESIDENT
AND ANOTHER. PARDON ME. LIKE A LAW, THEY CAN BE CHALLENGED AND FOUND TO BE UN UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR ILLEGAL. LIKE A HANDFUL THESE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS HAVE BEEN PAUSED TO BE LIKELY UN UNCONSTITUTIONAL. A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL DISCUSS A HANDFUL OF ORDERS. ONE THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION EARLY ON WAS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT PROPORTED TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSP. THAT WAS
CHALLENGED, I THINK THE NEXT DAY. AND SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT AS OF YESTERDAY, THAT PAICULAR ORDER HAS BEEN PAUSED OR PUT ON HOLD IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BY THREEEDERAL
DISTRICT COURT JUDGES. THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE BEING CHALLENGED AND LITIGATED AS WE SPEAK. ONE FINAL POINT, OR SECOND TO LAST FINAL POINT, ACTUALLY, EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT OVERTURN EXISTING LAW. ONLY ANOTHER ACT OF CONGRESS CAN DO THAT. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
CANNOT SAY THE PRESIDENT HERE BY RESCINDS THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. IT WOULD TAK AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO DO THAT. AND THE FINAL POINT ON GENERAL POINT ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS. IS THAT THEY -- THESE PARTICULAR ORDERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ARE
DIFFICULT TO ANALYZE. THEY ARE QUASI LEGAL AND TY ARE ALSO POLITICAL POSITIONING STATEMENTS. HEY ARE ILLUSTRATING THE ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS THEY WANT TO TAKE. AND JUST BECAUSE THE-- IT'S STATED
IN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, IT'S NOT EXACTLY CERTAIN THAT THE AUTHORITY EXISTS TO EXECUTE ON THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. SO SOMETIMES THAT CAN CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR US ATTORNEYS AS WE ARE ANALYZING THEM. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE THESE QUASI LEGAL, QUASI
POLITICAL DOCUMENTS. SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE AMY WHO WILL GIVE A BRIEF REVW OF SOME OF THE FEDERAL SPENDING ACTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WEEKS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M GOING TO TALK OUT THE OVERALL IMPACTS ON SPENDING AND FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HAVECCURRED SO FAR AS A RESULT OF THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. SO IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING HIS SECOND INAUGURATION, PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED A SERIES OFXECUTIVE
ORDERS, WHICH AT LEAST IN PART, DIRECTED FEDAL STAFF TO REDUCE OR SUSPEND OR TERMINATE A VARIETY OF FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES. AS A RESULT OF THESE ORDERS, THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ISSUED AMS
GOING TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE THE DISBURSEMENT OF A HUG MAJORITY OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THIS HADMPACTS WIDE SPREAD IMPACTS ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING, INCLUDING A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING THAT WAS PASSED THROUGH TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES. IN
RESPONSE TO THAT OMB MEMO,SEVERG MINNESOTA, FILED LAWSUITS SEEKING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS WHICH WOULD PREVENT THAT PAUSE FROM GOING INTO EFFECT. TWO DAYS AFTER THAT OMB MEMO WAS RELEASED, THE OMB BACKTRACKED ON
ITS MEMO. RESCINDED THE MEMO AND SAID THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO THE PAUSE. BUT THEN THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IN DIFFENT AREAS OF THE ADMINISTRATION INDICATED IT MIGHT STILL DO A PAUSE. THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY COMING FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THEY WERE GOING TO DO
WITH RESCT TO FEDERAL FUNDING. AS A RESULT OF THAT UNCERTAINTY, FEDERAL COURTS DID GO AHEAD AND GRANT TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS WITH RESPECT TO THAT IDEA OF AN OMB PAUSE ON FEDERAL FUNDING. THERE ARE CURRENTLY TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDERS IN PLACE THAT WOULD PREVENT OMB FROM PAUSING FEDERAL FUING. THAT BEING SAID, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS INDICED IT STILL INTENDS TO GO BACK AND IMPLEMENT EACH OF THE FUNDING RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE LISTED IN THE UNDERLYING EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
THERE ARE CONTINUING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT OR WHETHER THAT IS PROHIBITED, ALSO, BY THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER. SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME IN FEDERAL COURT CASES. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THESE
FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS PLAYUT NOW OR WHETHER THEY PLAY OUT IN THE FUTURE, I THINK WE CAN VIEW THESE AS A ROAD MAP OF WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION HOPES TO PLEMENT WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL FUNDING. AND WITH A REPUBLICAN FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, IT WOULDN'T BE
SURPRISING TO SEE THE TWO ANCHES COMING TOGETHER TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE RESTRICTIONS IN A MORE TANGIBLE WAY. AND SO FOR THAT REASON, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS, AND HOW THEY IMPACT THE CITY. AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO TOUCH ON THOSE FEDERAL FUNDING
RESTRICTIONS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WITH YOU. NOW. >> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JLIN
BREMMER. I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE UNLEARNING AMERICAN ENERGY EXECUTIVE ORDER. THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IS INTENDED TO REVERSE YEARS OF WHAT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION CHARACTERIZES AS, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, "BURDENSOME AND
IDEOLOGICALLY REGULATED MOTIVATIONS" WHICH THEY CLAIM IMPEDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICA'S NATURAL RESOURCES BY IMPLEMENTING NEW PICIES AND REVOKING SEVERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE --
IS INTENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROMOTE AND ENURAGE ENERGY EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPING BY REVISING THE PERMITTING PROCESS, REVOKING OR REVISING EXISTING REGULATIONS, AND PROMOTING DOMESTIC MINING AMONGST OTHER CHANGES. THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER SETS FORTH NEW POLICIES ENCOURAGING ENERGY EXPLORATIONS IN REDUCING REGULATIONS ON ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMER GOODS. AND ELIMINATING THE, QUOTE, "ELECTRIC VEHICLE E MANDATE."
PURSUANT TO THIS POLICY, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ALSO DIRECTS AGENCY HEADS TO REVIEW, REVISE, OR RESCIND ALL EXISTING REGULATIONS, ORDERS, GUIDANCE, DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, OR OTHER ACTIONS THAT IMPOSE THE UNDUE BURDEN ON THE IDENTIFICATION,
DEVELOPMENT, OR USE OF DOMESTICY OIL, NATURAL GAS, CHOLESTAS, HYDROPOWER, BIOF BIOFUELS. AND DIRECTS THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO RESTART REVIEWS OF
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LNG PROJECTS. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER REVOKES NUMEROUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. ALSO KNOWN AS NEPA PANE DIRECTS AGENCIES TO MAKE CHANGESELATED TO CONSIDERATION AND CALCULATION
OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. -- THROUGH THE INFLAON REDUCTION ACT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT. GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF OMB LATER
CLARIFIED THE PAUSE APPLIED TO FUNDS SUPPORTING PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, OR ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRAVENE THE POLICIES OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. AND THAT AGENCIES MAY CONTINUE TO DISPERSE FUNDS AS THEY DEEM NECEARY AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET. THE FUNDING FREEZE H HAS A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER. I'LL PASS IT TON TO L A LEX. >>
>> THANK YOU. I'M A ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. RELINING THE U.S. REFE REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM. THE PRACTICAL ADMISSION OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS REFEE ARRIVALS WILL BE INDEFINITELY SUSPENDED. THE POLICY SECTION
OF THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER STATES THAT REFUGEES MUST BE ABLE TO, QUOTE, "FULLY AND APPROPRIATELY ASSIMILATE." THIS POTTIALLY, OR THIS ENTIRE EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS SEVERE IMPLICATIONS FOR FAMILIES OF MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO SETTLE IN
MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH THE U.S. PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO GUIDANCE BY THE STE DEPARTMENT, ALL PREVIOUSLY-SCHEDULED TRAVEL REFUGEES TO THE UNITED STATES IS BEING CANCELED AND NO NEW TRAVEL BOOKINGS WILL BE MADE. RECENTLY THE JOURNAL REPORTED THAT
MINNESOTA WAS SLATED TO REIVE ABOUT 6,500 REFUGEES BETWEEN OCTOBER 1st 2024, AND SEPTEMBER 30th OF 2025. OF THOSE 1,118 MADE IT TO MINNESOTA BY THE END OF DECEMBER 2024.
AND SO BASED ON TT INFORMATION, THE REST OF THE REFUGEES ARE WAITING AND DO NOT HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHEN TS EO WILL BE -- EXCUSE ME, WHEN THE
U USRAP PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE. THEY HAVE A FEDERALLY-FUNDED OFFICE IN MINNESOTA DEPARTMT OF HUMAN SERVICES. THAT SUPPORTS THE EFFECTIVE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES IN MINNESOTA. THE MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS WITH STATE'S PROGRAM. NOR DOES THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHICH WERE THE TWO DEPARTMENTS WE WERE CURIOUSE FROM THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR THAT PURPOSE. BUT ONE MORE ADDITIONAL UPDATE OR MOST RECENT
DATE. YESTERDAY ON FEBRUARY 10, THREE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES TO REFUGEES, AS WELL AS NINE INDIVIDUALS JOINTLY FILED A LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL THE CRT IN WASHINGTON STATE SEEKING TO DECLARE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ILLEGAL AND RESTORE ALL REFUGEE-RELATED
FUNDING. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON HOW THAT LAWSUIT PROCEEDS FROM HERE. NEXT IS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER TITLED "PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP." THIS IS THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED, 22 STATES SUED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. STATES OF WASHINGTON, ARIZONA, ILLINOIS, AND OREGON FILED EMERGENCY MOTIONS F TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS PREVENTING ENFORCEMENT OR IMPLEMENTATIO OF
A ORDER. THE FEDERAL JUDGE IN SEATTLE HALTED ENFORCEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DER. HOLDING AND THIS IS NOTE WORTHY, EXCUSE ME. THERE'S A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT PLAINTIFFS WILL SUCCEED ON THE MERITS OF THEIR CLAIMS. THAT THEXECUTIVE ORDER VIOLATES THE
14th AMENDMENT AND IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITYCT. SINCE THEN, ON FEBRUARY 5th, FEDERAL JUDGE IN MARYLAND ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION INDEFINITELY BLOCKING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. AND JUST YESTERDAY, ON FEBRUARY 10th, A
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ALSO ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. SO THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IS EFFECTIVELY PAUSED. NEXT YOU'LL HEAR FROM
MR. BURT.. >> THEY CALL THE OLD GUY "MISTER." THANK YOU FOR LETTING US TALK ABOUT SUCH A SOBERING SUBJECT TODAY. AS LAWYERS YOU KNOW, WE LOOK TO LAWSUITS AND LEGAL ACTIONS PROBABLY MORE THAN
MOST. I CAME ACROSS A GREAT LINK IN THE NEW "NEW YORK TIMES" FROM SUNDAY. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. IT'S CALLED A "QUICK GUIDE TO THE L LAWSUITS AGAINST THE TRUMP ORDERS." IT'S A NICE CLEARINGHOUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS OUT THERE. PENDING AT THIS
POINT. THE TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT ARE CALLED VERY DRAMATICALLY "SECURING OUR BORDERS AND PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST VASION." THESE TWO ORDERS ARE JUST SHOT THROUGH WITH THREATS
AGAINST SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES. AND THE THREATS INCLUDE DENYING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND, OF COURSE, THREATS OF REMOVING FEDERAL FUNDING. THE THREATS IN THESE TWO EXECUTIVE
ORDERS ALSO INCLUDE THREATS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HERE AND DEEMED BE I THE ADMINISTRATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION HERE WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION AND THOSE WHO ASSIST THEM. ONE OF THE ORDERS CONTAINS A SUGGESTION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL USE THE U.S. MILITARY TO ENFORCE THE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS IN AMERICAN CITIES. AND THE ORDERS SUGGEST THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL SEEK VOLUNTARY, AIR QUOTES, DEPARTURES OF PEOPLE IT DEEMS TO
BE HERE ILLEGALLY. THE ORDERS SPEAK ABOUT CREING A REGISTRATION LIST OF PEOPLE WITHOUT THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION. AND THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS IN THE SECOND ORDER ABOUT BUILDING LARGE DETENTION
CAMPS. AND SO IT'S VERY FRIGHTENING MATERIAL IN THESE TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS. AND I THINK THESE ORDERS WILL ME MEAN MEAN A LOT TO THE PEOPLE OFMINNL WE CAN DO IS TAKE THE ADMINISTRATION AT ITS WORD WHEN IT THREATENS THINGS LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS IAN. I'M HERE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT THE THREE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATED TO DEI, GENDER IDENTITY, AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINOR THE FIRST ONE THAT THE TITLE IS REPRODUCED IN THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS FOCUSED ON DEI. NEVER DEFINES
DEI OR DEIA. OR IDENTIFY WHO DEI OR DEIA PROGRAM ALLEGLY HARMS BUT IT CLAIMS THAT DEI PROGRAMS UNDERMINE OUR NIONAL UNITY. AND IT HAS -- THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS FULL OF
DIRECTIVES TO FEDERAL AGENCIES TO END,HANGE, AMEND THEIR OWN DEI PROGRAMS. BUT AS FAR AS LANGUAGE THAT IMPACTS THE CITY OR CITY RESIDENTS, IT'S LARGELY RELATED TO FEDERAL CONTRACTING. CONTRACTS AND GRANT AWARDS MUST
INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT THE RECEIVING PARTY DOES NOT OPERATE ANY PROGRAMS PROMOTING DEI THAT VIOLATE APPLICABLE FEDERAL ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS. NOW, AT THIS POINT, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT KINDS OF PROGRAMS PROMOTING
DEI ARE DOING SO IN A WAY THAT VIOLATES FEDERAL ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW. THERE WAS AN ACTION BROUGHT LAST WEEK IN THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ASSERTING THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONALND HOPEFULLY THAT LITIGATION CAN GIVE US SOME INSIGHT IN IT. OR AT LEAST HALT THIS FOR SOME TIME. BUT WE
EXPECT FURTHER LITIGATION AN PERHAPS GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS FROM RELEVANT AGENCIES COULD CLARIFY WHAT EXACTLY -- WHAT DEI PROGRAMS VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW. AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW. AND ANOTHER EFFECT OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS RESCIND A PRIOR EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT
REQUIRED FEDERAL CONTRACTS TO HAVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS. FEDERAL CONTRACTORS ARE NO LONGER REQUIREDDED TO HAVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS. AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDEALSO HAS A SECTION CALLED "ENCOURAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR" FLAGGING HERE IT'S SAYING
ENCOURAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR. IT'S NOT -- IT DOESN'T CHANGE EXISTING LAW, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY TELLING FEDERAL ADMINIRATIVE AGENCIES HOW TO INTERPRET THE LAW AND ITSDIRECTL TO REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT HOW
TO USE EXISTING LAWS TO GO AFTEI WILL ASKING THE AG AND OTHER AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE ACTIONS OR, REALLY, ASKING THEM WHO CAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT
OF IN LITIGATION ENFCEMENT ACTIONS. AGAIN, THAT LITIGATION MIGHT HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT CONSTITUTES ILLEGAL DEI. BUT WE DON'T KNOW. AND THEN IT HAS SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT MAKING SURE SCHOOLS FOLLOW THE SUPREME COURT
CASE FROM A YEAR OR TWO AGO ABOUT RACE-BASED ADMISSIONS IN COLLEGE. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. DEFENDING WOMEN TITLED REPRODUCED ON THE SCREEN, AS
WELL, THIS IS THE ONE FOCUSED ON SEX AND GENDER. A GOOD PORTION IS A POSITION STATEMENT, LIKE WE TAED ABOUT. BUT IT ESSENTIAL I WILLS THERE'S TWO SEXES. MALE AND FEMALE. THEY'RE NOT CHANGEABLE. THE CONCEPT OF SEX
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CONCEPT OF GENDER IDENTITY AND EENTIALLY THERE'S NO FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR GENDER IDENTITY IDEOLOGY. AND A LOT OF DIRECTION IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDERO INTERNAL FEDERAL OPERATIONS, THINGS LIKE CHANGING PERSONAL RECORDS AND
FORMS. AND AGENCIES NEED TO REMOVE STAT STATEMENTS FROM THEIR WEBSITE. THAT KIND OF THING. ONE OF THE BIGGEST TANGIBLE IS WITH PRISONS, FEDERAL INMATES, IT'S DIRECTING PRISONS TO CHANGE HOW THEY HOUSE FEDERAL INMATES. THERE'S BEEN TWO ACTIONS BROUGHT ABOUT THAT. AND RESTRAINING ORDERS,
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS WERE ISSUED TO STOP MOVING A FEW INMATES AROUND IN THE FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM. WHEN IT COMES TO DIRECTIVES OUTSIDE OF THE DERAL GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL OPERATIONS, IT'S DIRECTING AGENCIES TO ENFORCE THEIR LAWS
IN KEEPING WITH THE DEFINITIONS, WHICH WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO CITIZEN. AND THE FIRST INSTANCE, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHERS, AND THE OTHER ONE I'LL DISCUSS, FEDERAL FUNDS. THEY'RE DIRECTED TO AGENCIESO ASSESS GRANT CONDITIONS AND GRANTEE
PREFERENCES TO JUST COME INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THAT WILL PLAY OUT. THERE'S THE LITIGATION ABOUT THE SPENDING FEZE. BUT BEYOND THE MONEY INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO FALL INTO LINE WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. THE FIRST ONE TITLE IX ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN TITLE VII EMPLOYMENT LAW, GENDER IDENTITY IS CLEARLY PROTECTED UNDER SUPREME COURT AND CASE LAW. BUT IT'S NOT AS CLEAR
UNDER TITLE IX AND THE ORDER ESSENTIAL I WILLS SIGNALS TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES THAT THEY ARE PERMITTED TO BE RESTRICTIVE ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTIFIED WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS, BATHROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS, FACILITIES. THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ORDER TRECTS A L -- DIRECTS A LOT OF RULE CHANGES AND GUIDANCE DOCUMENT CHANGES FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES. HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS A RULE ABOUT EQUAL ACCESS TO SAME SEX EMERGENCY SHELTERS. THIS ORDER
ASK THE RULE BE RESCINDED. THE EEOC HAS GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS ON HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE. THAT'S GOING TO BE AMENDED. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS A LOT OF RESOURCE DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT TRANSGENDER YOUTH IN SCHOOLS. THOSE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PULLED,
PROBABLY ALREADY. AND ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION. AND AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT GOES, THEY'VE DIRECTED AGENCIES TO MOVE TH THEIR -- MODIFY THEIR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN KEEPING WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE YET. I THINK, FOR ONE, WE CAN
PROBABLY EXPECT THAT THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMSION WILL NOT BE BRINGING MUCH ENFORCEMENT LITIGATION IN THE COMING FEW YEA ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTITY. AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT I HAVE, THE TITLE REPRODUCED FOR YOU.
THIS IS FOCUSED ON GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS. IT IS ESSENTIALLY STATED IN THIS THAT THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES IS THAT IT LL NOT FUND, SPONSOR, OR PROMOTE NDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS. AND, AGAIN, THE MAJOR IMPACT WILL COME THROUGH
RESTRICTIONS ON RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS. FEDERAL AGENCY HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO ENSURE THAT INSTITUTIONS RECEIVING GRANT MONEY ARE NOT TO PROVIDE GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR CHILDREN. AND IT'S DIRECTING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO
PUT YOUR WEIGHT BEHIND ENDING THIS PRACTICE. USE THE TOOLS IN YOUR PORTFOLIO. PERHAPS THE MOST NOTABLE ONE IS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVES. THEY'RE DIRECTED TO USE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BY WAY OF CONDITIONS OF
PARTICIPATION, CONDITIONS OF COVERAGE TO RESTRICT CHANGE, CURTAIL TS PRACTICE. AND OTHER AGENCIES MIGHT HAVE AN IMMEDIATEFFECT ON CITIZEN, THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, THEIR HEALTH CARE PLANS, IT WILL COME OFF THEIR HEALTH CARE PLANS. MILITARY MEMBERS, TRICARE,
HEALTH CARE, THIS IS COMING OUT OF THEIR PLANS. AND THE DOJ IS DIRECTED TO WORK WITH CONGRESS ON DRAFTING LEGISLATION IN THAT REGARD. AND THE FINAL NOTE ON THIS, I'LL FLAG, ONGOING LITIGATION THAT WAS BROUGHT JUST LAST FRIDAY. T STATE OF MINNESOTA JOINED AS A PLAINTIFF
WITH THE STATE OF WASHINGTON A OREGON AND A FEW OTHER PHYSICIANS TO ALLEGE THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THAT WAS BROUGHT IN MARYLAND. AND IT SEEKS, YOU KNOW, SEEKS RESTRAINING ORDERS AND
DECLARATIONS AND HOW THAT WILL PROCEED REMAINS TO BE SEEN. THOSE ARE ALL OF MY ORDERS. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HAROLD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING FOR AWHILE. I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELFR ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. BEFORE I MOVE ON. THIS IS T FINAL EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING ON.. >> THANK YOU. NO ONE ON QUEUE.
I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO WAIT. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FINAL EXECUTIVE ORDER GOES HAND AND HAND WITH THE ORDERS THAT MY COEAGUE IAN PRESENTED ON. THE TITLE THERE, OF COURSE, IS KEEPING MEN OUT OF WOMEN'S SPORTS. THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS
UP THE POLICY THAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS PUTTINGORWARD. THE POLICY SPECIFICALLY IS THAT -- I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE TO GO SLOWLY TO MAKE SURE I SAY IT CORRECTLY. THAT INDIVIDUALS
ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO MAY PLAY IN WOMEN'S SPORTS. IS WHAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS SORT OF ADVOCATING FOR. IT INCORPORATE'S THE DEFINITION OF MALE AND FEMALE AS IN PRESENTED
IN HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT HE JUST DESCRIBED TO US. IT DIRECTS THE AG TO COMPLY WITH THE FURTHER RESCISSION OF ANOTHER BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT, OF COURSE YOU KNOW, IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPIRIT AND POLICY WITHIN THIS EXECUTI
ORDER. THE ORDER ALSO SAYS THAT, JUST LIKE MANY OTHERS, THERE WILL BE A RESCISSION OF DERAL FUNDS FROM INSTITUTIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE A POLICY IN LINE WITH THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER. AND IT ALSO DIRECTS EXECUTIVE
AGENCY, PARDON ME, EXECUTIVE BRANCH STAFF TO CONVENE MAJOR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE POLICIES IN LINE WITH THIS ORDER. WE'VE SEEN THIS BEAR FRUIT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIONLREADY. JUST A DAY AFTER THIS ORDER, THE NCAA
PUT OUT OR PUBLISHED THEIR OWN POLICIES THAT WAS EFFECTIVELY THSAME THING AS THIS ORDER. AND THAT IS, OF COURSE, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE MINNESOTA -- LET ME SEE IF I GET IT RIGHT. THE MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL STATE LEAGUE, I THINK,
COCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT CORRECTLY. I DON'T THINK I DID. THE POSITION THEY'VE TAKEN, WHICH IS THAT THE MINNESOTA STATE LEAGUE IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW MINNESOTA STATE ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS. SPECICALLY THE MINNESOTA HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, WHICH PREVENTS,
PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY. SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ING TO HAVE SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR ATHLETES HERE IN THE STATE AND IN MINNEAPOLIS. PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE COLLEGE LEVEL ATHLETES. SO WITH
THAT, I WILL PASS OFF TO DAN ABLESON, UNLESS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR EXECUTIVE ORDER. >> THANK YOU, DAN ABLESON, AGAIN. I GOT THE EASY PART. THE BEGINNING AND THE END. I'M
GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. FIRST, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THESE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS AS THEY COME IN. THERE'S NEW ONES ON VARIOUS TOPICS ALMOST EVERY DAY. THE SECOND IS WE HAVE SORT OF
MULTIPLE TEAMS. E HAVE AN INTERNAL TO OUR OFFICE IMMIGRATION TEAM. CONSISTING OT SERVICES GROUP, CIVIL LITIGATI, AS WELL AS CRIMINAL LITIGATION LOOKING AT ALL THE ISSUES SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION. D THEN WE'RE ALSO
PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ENTERPRISE WORKING ON QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP RELATING TO IMMIGRATION. THERE'S ALSO ENTERPRISE GROUP THAT OUR OFFICE IS PARTICIPATING IN ON FEDERAL FUNDS TRACKING. TO GET -- TO
REALLY GET A GOOD HANDLE ON OUR FEDERAL FUNDS. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS ON THEM. AND WATCHING THOSE ISSUES, FINALLY, WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS, OTHER CITIES, STATES, COUNTIES. ON THESE
ISSUES WHERE WE HAVE A COMMON INTEREST. AND THE FINAL PIECETG TO TALK ABOUT IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS BEFORE YOU ON PARTICIPATION IN FRONT OF THE COURT OR MAKING BRIEFS. AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY FOR CERTAIN LITIGATION. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, KRISTIN ANDERSON. CITY ATTORNEY. MEMBERS OF THEOMMITTEE, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION THAT MY OFFICE TEED
UP FOR YOUR DECISION MAKING. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF LAERS WORKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS RELATED TO NOT ONLY THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, BUT OTHER RELATED FEDERAL ACTIONS. AND WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MORE FEDERAL ACTIONS AS TIME
PROGRESSES. SO THERE ARE IN ADDITION TO KIN OF THE INTERNAL WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THE RESIDENCE LIKE T -- RESOLUTION TEES UP TWO WAYS IN WHICH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN REPRESENT THE CITY'S INTERESTS, BOTH OUR POLICY INTERESTS AND LEGAL INTERESTS AS IT RELATES TO
FEDERAL ACTIONS. ONE I BY SUBMITTING AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO DO UNDER A RESOLUTION FROM 2022. WHICH GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO
SUBMIT OUR PARTICIPATION IN AMICUS OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S VALUES AND INTERESTS. AND THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN REPRESENT, AGAIN, THE CITY'S POLICY INTERESTS ON MATTERS THAT END UP IN COURT
THAT WE'RE NOT PARTIES TO. AND PROBABLY WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT LEGAL INTERESTS ON. BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE POLICY INTERESTS ON. AND WANT THE VOICE OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HEARD AS INFORMATIONAL VALUE TO COURTS.
AND THAT'S IN THE NATURE OF AMIC BRIEFS. WE ALREADY HAVE SIGNED ON TO A BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE ENTITIES THAT ARE CHALLENGING THE ORDER ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. AND WE WILL CERTAINLY GET OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES FORTHCOMING TO JOIN OTHER AMICUS BRIEFS. SO THE RESOLUTION ESSENTIALLY HAS THIS BODY AFFIRMING, AGAIN, THAT YOU SUPPORT THE CITY'S ATTORNEY
OFFICE JOINING THOSE AMICUS BRIEFS. THE OTHER IS DEALING WITH THE SITUATIONS THAT MAY ARISE. WHERE THE CITY NOT ONLY HAS POLICY INTERESTS IN AN ACTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT ACTUALLY HAS OUR DIRECT GOVERNMENTAL LEGAL INTEREST IMPLICATED RIGHT NOW WITHOUT
THE RESOLUTION, IN ORDER FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BRING SUIT AS A PARTY, WE HAVE TO FIRST CO BEFORE THE BODY, PRESENT THE PIECE OF LITIGATION AND GET YOUR SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PIECE OF LITIGATION. WHICH
NORMALLY WORKS JUST FINE. BUT WE ARE IN A WORLD RIGHT NOW WHERE THINGS MOVE FAST. AND WHERE THE IMPLICATIONS AND THE IMPACT ON THE CITY MAY NEED US TO MOVE FASTER TO PROTECT THE CITY'S LEGAL INTERESTS THAN WOULD BE TYPICAL. SO LET ME
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THAT WOUND UP NOT ARISING. BUT WHE WE FIRST GOT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING THE FEDERAL FUNDING FREEZE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO IMMEDIATELY SEE THE CESSATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
THAT CLEARLY AFFECTS OUR LEGAL INTERESTS DIRECTLY. AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY GOING TO NEED TO SCRAMBLE TO GET TO THIS BOD TO GET AUTHORIZATION TO BRING SUIT TO PROTECT OUR LEGAL INTERESTS OF COURSE, THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS RESCINDED. AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN
A FUNDING FREEZE. SO THE NEED DID NOT MATERIALIZE. BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT IT COULD HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, WE PE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. BUT IT COULD HAPPEN THAT OUR LEGAL INTERESTS ARE DIRECTLY NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY FEDERAL ACTIONS. AND WE WILL
NEED TO BE IN A POSITION TO FILE EMERGENCY MOTIONS FOR RESTRAINING ORDERS OR OTHER SUCH THINGS. SO WHAT WE'RE AING THIS BODY FOR IS THE FLEXIBILITY, THE AUTHORIZATION, SORT OA BLANKET AUTHORIZATION FROM MY OFFICE THAT WHEN WE
DETERMINE THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO DO SO, TO PROTECT OUR LEGAL INTERESTS, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO QUICKLY MOVE TO FILE THAT LITIGATION WITHOUT FIRST HAVG TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY. IT'S, OBVIOUSLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, THOUGH, THAT YOU ALL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOUR
ATTORNEYS ARE DOING. SO THE RESOLUTION ALSO PROVIDES THAT WHEN WE DECIDE TO FILE ACTIONS, WE WILL HAVE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, SO YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. AND THEN AT THE VERY NEXT REGULARLY-SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING, WE WOULD COME BEFORE THE BODY AND LIKELY IN
CLOSED SESSION, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT LITIGATION HAS BEEN FILED. WE PUT A SUNSET DATE ON THE RESOLUTION, SO SUNSETTING AT THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETI IN THE 2026 TERM. SO THAT W CAN SORT
OF SEE HOW IT GOES. AND THE COUNCIL CAN BE IN A POSITION OF EITHER RENEWING OUR NOT RENEWING. AND, AGAIN, THIS IS A PROTECTIVE ACTION. IT MAY BE THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE OUR LEGAL INTERESTSIRECTLY IMPACTED, AND WE WON'T HAVE A NEED TO FILE
DIRECT LITIGATION, BUT IF WE DO, WE MIGHT BE IN A POSITION OF NEEDING TO MOVE QUICKLY. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE UPDA. AH, COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY
ON QUEUE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICEOR BEING PROACTIVE ON THIS. THIS IS A VERY, UMM, CHAOTIC TIME IN OUR COUNTRY. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GIVES ME CONFIDENCE HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS JUST YOUR
COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THE VALUES THAT WE ALL SHARE. AND I THINK THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF THAT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ACTION. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVE
ALSO, I WANT TO ECHO GRATITUDE FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, AND BOTH PUTTING TOGETHER THESE UPDATES FOR TODAY. AND, ALSO, DOING THE BRIEFINGS WITH COUNCILMEMBERS TO GEA LITTLE BIT MORE IN-DEPTH INTO PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT
COUNCILMEMRS HAD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC IMPACTS THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON AND RELATED TO ORDINANCES THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON OR CONSTUENT ISSUES, TOO. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND, ALSO, TO VI CHAIR CHOWDHURY WHO ALSO MADE SURE TO
INCORPORATE OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS STAFF INTO THE MEETINGS. WE KNOW THERE IS INTERCONNECTEDNESS THERE, TOO. BUT I DID HAVE A COUPLE FOLLO UP QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THE SLIDES. SPECIFICALLY THE USRAP PROGRAM.
I DON'T RECALL WHAT NUMERICALLY WHERE THE STRID SLIDES FELL INTO. THE LAWSUIT YOU MENTIONED. THERE WAS A LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED. I DID WANT TO KNOW THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TRO
BEING ISSUED IN THE CASE OF THAT ONE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER WON WONSLEY. I DON'T KNOW. I
HAVEN'T READ THE COMPLAINT. I CAN READ THE COMPLAINT AND SEE IF THEY'RE SEEKING TRO AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. G BACK TO YOUR OFFICE. >> OKAY. >> BUT IT'S HARD TO ASSESS. EVEN IF THEY ARE, IT'S HARD TO ASSESS THE LIKELIHOOD. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANOTHER INTERPRETATION OF THIS EXECUTIVE
ORDER YET. I'M HAPPY TO READ THE COMPLAINT. AND GET BACK TO YOU. >> OKAY. I'LL JUST NOTE THAT FOR OUR STAFF FOLLOW UP. IN TERMS OF JUST FOLLOW UP ON T THE R.A.P. AND THE COMPLAINT FILED ON THAT PARTICULAR EXECUTIVE ORDER. AND THEN
FOLLOWING ON TO NEXT SLIDE RELATED TO DEI. ALSO, JUST ARIFICATION ON THIS. SINCE YOU MENTIONED IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THERE WASN'T ANY ACTUAL EXPLICIT DEFINIONS GIVEN IN TERMS OF WHAT DEI OR DEIA
CONSISTED OF. YET WE SAW A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS BENDING PROGRAMS. AND I HAD ASSUMED IT WAS THE BASELINE OF FEAR OF NOT LOSING FUNDING. I MEAN, WE SAW IT HERE WITH TARGET GETTING RID OF THEIR OWN PROGRAM. SO I'M CONFUSED. WE
HAVEN'T DONE THE SAME HERE. SO IS THERE SOMEWHERE. I GUESS I'M -- YES. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED IN WHY THERE WAS SUCH A HURRIED RESPONSE OF DIFFERENT
PUBLICND PRIVATE BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT DECIDED TO OFFLOAD THEIR DEI PROGRAMS CITING LEGAL RISK. IF THERE WASN'T ANY LEGAL DEFINITION FOR WHAT THIS ACTUALLY CONSISTED OF
IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. >> SURE. CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER, MY SUSPICION IS THAT COMES DOWN TO THE RISK TOLERANCE OF A GIVE ORNIZATION. , YOU KNOW,
WITHOUT A DEFINITION -- ALL THOUGH CERTAIN TERMS, YOU KNOW, DEI DEIA WERE NOT DEFINED IN THERE. I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL UNDERSTDING OF WHAT SORTS OF PROGRAMS, MDATES
AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS PROGRAMS CONSTITUTE DEI AND WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEING IS THE PENDULUM SWINGING AND RISK TOLERANCE OF A GIVEN ORGIZATION DECIDING TO GO WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE
WIND IS BLOWING WHEN IT COMES TO THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. AND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. BUT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A STRICTLY LEGAL DETERMINATION BY THAT ORGANIZATION. OR BY AN ORGANIZATION >> AY. I'M GUESSING CAN THE
DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ARE THEY ABLE TO JOIN ON TO THE LAWSUITS? THAT, LIKE, CERTAIN STATES ARE FILING ON? I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, IN TERMS OF AMICUS BRIEFS. JUST TO BE SAY WE SUPPORT THESEEGAL CHALLENGES. IN TERMS OF THEM TO
DECLARING THEM TO BE UNLAWFUL MORALLY AND LEGALLY. >> I'M SURE AT SOME POINT. THERE'S THE CURRENT DEI LITIGATION THAT IS IN MARYLAND WAS BROUGHT B TWO OR THREE INTEREST GROUPS. I THINK IT'S
THE NAONAL ASSOCIATION OF DIVERSITY OFFICERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. I THINK TWO OR THREE OTHER INTEREST GROUPS AND THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE. I IS A DIVERSE COALITION OF PLAINTIFFS THAT ARE BRINGING THAT CASE. AS FAR AS
OTHER PLAINTIFFS JOINING OR OTHER RTIES FILING AMICUS BRIEFS, THERE MAY BE A POINT IN TIME THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. I THINK AT THIS STAGE, THE COURT IS PROBABLY JUST EVALUATING THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER THAT WAS BROUGHT. AND IT HASN'T BEEN RULED ON YET.
>> OKAY. AND THEN YOU SPOKE ON THE GENDER-RELATED EXECUTIVE ORDER. >> YES. >> YOU MENTIONED THAT THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION WOULD NOT BE MAKING ANY OR BRINGING ANY LEGAL CHALLENGES. I WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHY THAT WAS
NOT HAPPENING. >> IT SEEMS UNLIKELY TO ME, COUNCILMEMBER. THERE IS A COMMISSIONER, A BODY, I THINK FIVE CMISSIONERS HEAD OF THE EEOC AND THREE WERE REMOVED, I
THK THEY'RE DOWN TO ONE OR TWO. AND THE CHAIR, THE ACTINGI DON'T RECALL THE EXACT TITLE IS COMMISSIONER LUCAS. AND HER PUBLIC STATEMENTS INDICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ON BOARD WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER. ANDHOUGH GENDER IDENTITY IS PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY FAIR TO ASSUME THAT THE EEOC IS NOT GOING TO BE PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT BEHIND IN ENFORCING ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS ON GENDER IDENTITY GROUNDS.
>> OKAY. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THEN. UNFORTUNATELY. THAT'S A THE QUESTIONS I HAD. JUST A BRIEF COMMENT, TOO. I THINK THIS WAS THE FIRST THOUGHT RELATED TO THE FUNDING OR FEDERAL FUNDING FREEZES. AND, ALSO, SEEING LAST NIGHT TO THAT
I THINK I FGET WHICH COURT FOUND THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WASN'T FOLLOWING THE TEMPORARY ORDER, WHICH YOU CALLED OUT. I KNOW, IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THOSE, I THINK RELATING TO THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF HEALTH FUNDING. IN TERMS OF THE CUTS THAT THEY'RE RELAYING FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS THAT I KNOW IS GOING TO ALSO IMPACT SPECIFICALLY UNIVERSITIES. LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FUNNG LANDSCAPE OF THAT UNIVERSITY AND
AS WE'RE GOING INTO THE LEGISLATION CYCLE. WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT JUST THE PRECARIOUS NATURE OF, LIKE, WHAT FUNDING IS LOOKING LIKE. IT'S INTERESTING HERE ABOUT THAT CAP AND HOW THEY'RE STI LOOKING AT
SLASHING FUNDING. ANYONE PURSUING THAT. AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR UNIVERSITIES HERE AND HOW THEY'RE GOI TO THE CAPITOL IN LIGHT OF THAT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SUPPT HERE. I'M SURE A COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY ARE GOING TO B BUSY. IT SEEMS
LIKE YOU ALREADY ARE AT THE CAPITOL. YEAH. IT WAS UNFORTUNATE TO HEAR THAT. WHICH I'M NOT SURPRISED. REALLY, HE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE REALLY A FOLLOWER OF LAW. BUT YES. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS I HAD. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE. JUST WANT TO TNK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ALL THE STAFF TODAY THAT CAME AND GAVE US THIS PRESENTATION. IT WAS THOROUGH AND HELPFUL. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MEANING OF THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE. SO
I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO TAKE THE ROLL ON ITEM FIVE. PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING LITIGATION AUTHORITY TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW.
>> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> OSMAN IS AENT. CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES.
>> THAT CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEMS NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN ARE PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE. I'M TURN THE MEETING OVER TO PRESIDENT PAYNE AS CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTE >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. SINCE ITEM SIX AND
SEVEN ARE RELATED. WE'LL TAKE THEM TOGETHER. BOTH ARE AUTHORIZING CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH STORM TRAINING GROUP WITH SERVICES RELATED TO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT ACADEMY RECRUITS. THIS IS FOR USE OF FORCE TRAINING AND DEESCALATION TRAINING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. I SEE COMMANDER BROWN IS IN THE AUDIENCE, IF MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> SORRY, COUIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. IT WILL BE FOR AFTER THESE ITEMS ARE TAKEN UP. >> GOT IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ON THESE? COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU. I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THE TWO ITEMS. I COULDN'T FIND IT IN THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION. >> I BELIEVE ONE OF THE CONTRACTS IS FOR EXISTING OFFICERS. AND THE OTHER
CONTRACT FOR RECRUITS, IF GOT IT CORRECT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RAVILLE. >> THANK YOU. COMMANDER BROWN, JUST QUICK QUESTION. HOW IS IT GOING WITH THE NEW INTENSIVE
TRAINING? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE STORM? ARE THEY FULFILLING YOUR EXPECTATIONS? >> YES, SIR. >> COMMANDER? >> COUNCIL PRESINT, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE CONTRACTED VENDOR FOR ARREST AND CONTROL, WHICH IS S.T.O.R.M. WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING WHEN WE HAD STAFFING. WE WERE UTILIZING THE TECHNIQUES
THAT ARE TAUGHT BY S.T.O.R.M. AND IS BASICALLY RESEARCH-BASED APPLICATION OF USE OF FORCE OR DEESCALATION, IS PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT. WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING THAT TECHNIQUE FOR PRIOR TO CONTRACTING WITH
S.T.O.R.M. SO S.T.R.M. WAS A CERTIFYING ONE. WE LOST OUR STAFFING AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FULFILL IT YET. WE STARTED CONTRACTING DIRECTLY WITH S.T.O.R.M. TO PROVIDE THAT TRAINING. WE'VE BEEN MORE THAN PLEASED. IT DEFINITELY HAS BEEN
INSTRUMENTAL IN CONTINUING TO TRAIN THE OFFICERS EFFECTIVELY IN THOSE TECHNIQUES. SO THANK U. >> THANK YOU. JUST SO TO DWELL ON WHAT YOU SAID. WE HAVE TO FARM THIS OUT TO A VENDOR, WE
DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO TRAINING IN HOUS >> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT BROWN. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU. I
WAS CURIOUS HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS WERE EXPECTED TO GO THROUGH THIS TRAINING THIS YEAR AND INTO MARCH. DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER IS IT OUR SWORN FORCE?
YEAH. JUST CURIOUS. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AND COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, YES. SPECIFICALLY THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GOING THROUGH TRAINING THAT IS TAUGHT BY S.T.O.R.M. THEY'LL BE CONDUCTING ALL THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TRAINING WE'RE DOING
IS A THREA-TRAIN TRAINING THAT STARTS IN APRIL. AND WILL GO UNTIL THE SECD WEEK OF AUGUST. SO IT'S BROKEN UP. THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GOING TOUGH THAT. THAT'S FOR THE INSERVICE PORTION OF THE TRAINING. AS FOR THE PRESERVICE, SO THAT'S THE CONTINUING EDUCATION. AND THE
PRESERVICE, WHICH IS OUR POLICE ACADEMY, THAT TRAINING THEY ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN TRAINING BOTH OF OUR BRAND NEW OFFICERS WHO ARE COMING IN WHO HAVE NO PRIOR LIMITER EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO TRAINING IN ALL OF OUR LATERAL OFFICERS THAT COME FROM OTHER AGENCIES. TO MAKE SURE THAT
TH IMPLEMENT OUR POLICIES WHEN THEY'RE WORKING IN OUR AGENCY. >> WHEN IS PRESERVICE SET TO BEGIN? >>RIGHT NOW, MADAM. >> RIGHT. >> YES, MA'AM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PAUSE BETWEEN OUR -- DID YOU SAY IN SERVICE OR PRESERVICE? >> PRESERVICE.
>> YEAH. WE HAD AN ACADEMY A LATERAL ACADEMY, WE CALL THEM ORIENTATIONS. IT'S BASICALLY WE HAVE THEM SCHEDULED WITH THAT S.T.O.R.M. YOU'LL SEE ON THE CONTRACT, THEY HAVE A PRICE POINT OF SAYING THIS IS HOW MUCH IT COULD COST BUT IT COULD COST
AS MUCH AS THIS COST. AND THE REASON THAT IS, WE BREAK UP THE COST OF EACH INDIVIDUAL LATERAL COURSE. AND WE HAVE SCHEDULED TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE A LATERAL ORIENTATION. SO AN ACADEMY FOR PREEXISTING OFFICERS
THAT WE BRING OVER WITH THE POLICE OFFICER EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE THEM SCHEDULED FOR EVERY MONTH AS WE HAVE CANDIDATES. AS WE BRING AND ONBOARD BACKGUND NEW OFFICERS COMING WITH EXPERIENCE, WE WILL TRAIN THEM IN AND SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THEM, WE DON'T HAVE STAFF
STANDING AROUND. WE DON'T PAY THAT PORTION OF THE CONTRACT. SO WE HAVE LATERAL COURSES SCHEDULED FOR EVERY MONTH. BUT WE HAVE THREE SCHEDULED TRAINING ACADEMIES FOR ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. FOR
FEBRUARY, JUNE, AND OCTOBER FOR THE GENERAL ACADEMIES. AND LATERALS, LIKE I SAID, EVERY MONTH. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YES, MA'AM. >> IN I ANY OTHER
DISCUSSION? 'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF BOTH ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. AND I WILL RETURN THE CHAIR BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. NEXT WE'LL RECEIVE REPORTS FROM
STANDING COMMITTEES ON MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE FULL COUNCIL THIS THURSDAY. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU. I HAD A MATTER
RELATED FOR THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR THE CAO KRISTIN ANDERSON. I KW WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. BUT I
WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF IF YOU CAN SHARE AN UPDATE WHEN WE CAN ANTICIPATE THE NEXT UPDATE RELATED TO THE DOJ. ESPECIALLY IN LHT OF THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. I ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED A BRIEF UATE TO BE INCORPORATED WITH THAT PRESENTATION. BECAUSE THAT ALSO WAS PART OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS
IN TERMS OF A FREEZE WITHIN DOJ R CIVIL LITIGATION. SO IS THERE -- YES A TIME IN WHICH COUNCIL CAN EXPECT TO GET AN UPDATE O THOSE PROCEEDINGS? >> CITY ATTORNEY ANDERSON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE A SHORT UPDATE. RIGHT NOW. IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE BODY. SO INTERESTINGLY THE MEMO. THE DOJ MEMO WAS EXTREMELY AMBIGUOUS ABOUT WHAT
SORT O THE POSITION OF THE DOJ MIGHT BE ON FILED LITIGATION. YOU OW, IT'S CERTAINLY TOLD THE DOJ TO STAND DOWN ON ANYTHING SORT OF IN THE PIPELINE. BUT REALLY NOT CLEAR TO ME, AT LEAST, ON EXACTLY WHAT THE DIRECTIVE IS ABOUT FILED
LITIGATION. AS YOU KNOW, WE JOINTLY, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FILED A MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT DECREE. SO UNLESS AND UNTIL THE DOJ DOES SOMETHING FORMALLY IN FEDERAL COURT,HAT
MOTION IS STILL, AGAIN, A JOINT MOTION AND PENDING BEFORE THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE. WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATED THE JUDGE WOULD NEED SOME TIME TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS. IT IS, OBVIOUSLY, A
VERY LONG, COMPLICATED CONSENT DECREE. WE'RE SORT OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN WAITING FOR THE JUDGE TO REEACH OU -- REACH OUT TO US TO SCHEDULE A BRIEFING AND COURT DATE. >> UH-HUH. THANK YOU. AND A QUICK FOLLOW UP. IS THERE, AH, JUST AN ULTIMATE DEADLINE IN WHICH THE JUDGE HAS IN ORDER TO
MAKE A DECISION? COCIL ? >> COUNCILMEMBER NO. FEDERAL COURT JUDGES ARE IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN CALENDAR. HE'S NOT BOUND BY ANY PARTICULAR TIME FRAME. >> OKAY. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I KNOW AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS IT
SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS AT LEAST SOME TYPE OF CONCENTRATED TIMELINE IN TERMS OF A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, 6060 60 DAYS OR SO. THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. >> AND MAYBE, COUNCILMEMBER, IT'S SORT OF WHAT I ANTICIPATE
VERSUS WHAT THE COURT IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO FLOW. ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. >> OH, YES. CAN YOU PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THE REQUIRED. >> THERE'S NO REQUIREMENTS IN THE RULES ABOUT HOW FAST A COURT NEEDS TO RESPOND TO A JOINT
MOTION LIKE THIS. IT'S UP TO THE JUDGE AND HIS TIMELINE. >> UH-HUH. OKAY. SO THAT CAN TAKE AS LONG AS THEY WANT. INDEFINITELY TO THE END OF THE YEAR. TO NEXT YEAR. LIKE,
YEAH. >> COUNCILMEMBER, I MEAN, TRULY, ERE'S NO DEADLINE BUT IT WOULD BE VERY UNUSUAL FOR A DISTRICT COURT TO JT SIT ON SOMETHING INDEFINITELY. I WOULD ANTICIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO TO BE HEARING FROM THE
COURT. I CAN'T PROMISE IT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE RULES IT'S REQUIRED. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT BRIEF UPDATE. I KNOW A NUMBER OF US HAVE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF CONCERNS AROUND HEARING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AROUND THE
DOJ'S, ALSO, FREEZING OF CIVIL LITIGATION AND WHAT IT MEANT FOR THE CONST DECREE. AND I KNOW HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR OPTIONS, IN CASE THE WORSE HAPPENS. SO DEFINITELY WILL BE CONTINUING TO PURSUE THAT WITH YOU ALL. WITH THE CAO AND MY COLLEAGUES TO
MAKE SURE THAT, YEAH. WE CAN GUARANTEE COMPLIANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DOJ CONSENT DECREE AT ANY COST. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BRIEF UPDATE. >> AWESOME. NEXT STANDIN
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS THURSDAY. IF YOU CAN GIVE THE UPDATE ON MINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. >> YEAH. WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD 16 ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM
METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL AND LODGING. AND THEN THE SECOND IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM NEW JERSEY EIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF REGISTRATION. AND THE THIRD IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM HELLO HEART OF TRAVEL, LODGING, AND
MEALS. FOUR IS A BID FOR BRIDGE 9 A PED BIKE BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI IMPROVEMENTS. NUMBER FIVE IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH SENIOR SERVICES PROVIDERS. SIX IS CORNER STONED A S ADVOCACY SERVICES.
SEVEN IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH HU BROKERAGE, INC. FOR HAULING AND DISPOSAL OF AGRICULTURAL LINING MATERIALS. EIGHT IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH FAMILY TREE CLINIC FOR SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR YOUTH. NINE IS CONTRACT WITH ADVOCATES FOR
BETTER HEALTH AS FISCAL AGENT FOR MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY INSTITUTE. 10 IS LEGAL SETTLEMENT WITH MOHAMED SHAHIDULLAH, CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 11 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER IN MINNEAPOLIS EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. 12 IS LEGAL SETTLEMENT WORKERS COMPANY SITUATION CLAIM OF RICARDO MURO. 13 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM OF JONATHAN PETRON. 14 IS A LEGAL
SETTLEMENT WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAI OF MICHAEL GRIFFIN. 15 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM OF LEWIS PEREZ. AND 16 IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE LOOKING AT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT RECRUITMENT LAND LANDSCAP I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT ON TO VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FOUR ITEMS TO
THURSDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS APPROVING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CAPITAL LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SEAT SIX. TWO IS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY HAL PROJECT FOR AV BROADCAST AND
CAPTIONING EQUIPMENT FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION MOVING FUNDS TO THE MINNEAPOLIS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, OR 9-1-1. TO SUPPORT THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR AN EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. AND, FINALLY,
ISLE ITEM FOUR IS CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION APPROVING VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUNDING FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY. THIS ITEM WAS FORWARDED WITHOUT RECOMMDATION. THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP,
BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT TO THE SLICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THE BIZ COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 12 ITEMS. ONE IS BAR
HARMONY LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION. IT WAS FORWARDED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION BUT HOPING THATOUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE IS SORTED THINGS OUT WITHHE BUSINESS BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY. TWO IS APPROVING A RENTAL HALL AND EXTENDED HOURS LICENSE FOR THE
1893 AT THE HISTORY INGRAIN BELN APPEAL TO RICHARD HUTSELL FOR 3120 WASH BURN AFTER. FOUR IS CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AT THE PROPERTY OF 204 FIFTH
AVENUE SOUTHEAST. FIVE IS APPROVING THE LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION. SIX IS APPROVING LIQUOR LICSE RENEWALS. SEVEN IS RENTAL LICENSE REINSTATEMENT. EIGHT IS APPROVING 17 BUSINESS DISTRICT REVITALIZATION GRANT AGREEMENTS. 18 IS APPROVING A
NEIGHBORHOOD REVI REVITALIZATION. 10 IS ADDITIONAL -- 2116 NICOLLET AVENUE SOUTH. 11 IS A PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING HATE
CRIME PREVENTION GUIDELINES. AND EXTENDED HOURS LICENSE FOR LOWRY HANDY STOP. THISTEM WAS FORWARDED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO READ THE ATTORNEY'S MEMO ON THIS ITEM. AND THAT WE CAN GET THAT
APPLICATION APPROVED AT FULL COUNCIL, AS WELL. THAT'S ALL. STAND FOR QUESTIONS. WE HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE ON CUE. > QUEUE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ONHIS, AND COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN FOR
JUMPING INTO SUPPORT. I'VE SINCE HAD AN OPPORTUTY TO SPEAK TO THE OWNER OF THE HANDY STOP. SPEAK WITH THE PRECINCT SPECTOR. AND I'M WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS TO POTENTIALLY FINE WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO CONSIDER. I THINK PART OF THIS WAS PERHAPS AN
INADEQUATE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION OR MAYBE A MISCOMMUNICATION AROUND HOW OUR BUSINESS LICENSING STAFF IS GOING TO BE ENGAGED WITH T BUSINESS FROM NOW UNTIL MAY. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME HEIGHTENED ENGAGEMENT AROUND ENSURING THAT THERE AREN'T ANY INCIDENTS THAT WOULD NECESSITATE
SECURITY. AND TRE WAS SOME DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN SOME OF THE DATA THAT THE CONSTITUENTS REQUESTED WITH SOME OF THE GUIDANCE THAT WE GOT INITIALLY. AND SO I'M JUST HAVING OUR CITY ATTORNEYS REVIEW THAT. THERE
MIGHT BE SOME REFINEMENT HERE. OR I'VE GOTTEN REASSURANCES FROM STAFF HO HOW THEY'LL BE ENGAGED WITH THE LICENSE BETWEEN NOW AND MAY. IF WERE THERE TO INCIDENTS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND MAY, THERE MIGHT BE SOME HEIGHTENED NEED FOR SURITY.
BUT I'M STILL GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY. AND STAY TUNED. >> ALL RIGHT. NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE. NEXT TO THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTUREOMMITTEE.
I'LL PASS IT TO THE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU. WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD EIGHT ITEMS. FIRST PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE FOR THE GAS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. SECOND IS A PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT. THREE IS THE MOUS WITH CENTER POINT AND XCEL ENERGY. FOUR IS SUBORDINATE SUNDAYING AGREEMENT WITH
--- FIVE IS AUTHORIZING UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SIX IS AUTHORIZING THE SUB MILT TAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO APPLY FOR THE INVESTMENT PLANNING GRANT FOR AG
GEOTHERMAL PLANNING. EIGHT IS DIRECTING STAFF TO RESEARCH AND ANALYZE NATIONWIDE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSISTANT PROGRAMS. AND LASTLY GEORGE FLOYD SARE CONCEPT LAYOUT WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY CLERK TO BE PLACED ON
FILE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A COMMENT ON THE NUMBER NINE. SO LAST WEEK IN THE CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, WE VOTED TO REFER THE 38th AND CHIGO CONCEPT LAYOUT TO THE CLERKS. THIS
ACTION BUILDS UPON THE COUNCIL PASSING A RESOLUTION ON DECEMBER 5th OF LAST YEAR SUPPORTING THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CONCEPT PLAN. THIS ACTION FROM LAST WEEK PUTS THEPEN FLEXIBLE CONCEPT LAYOUT ON PAUSE.
ENSURES THE ENTIRE WORK DONE TO DATE IS NOT LOST. I'LL BE WALKING ON A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THIS THURSY ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC WORKS TO COME BACK WITH FINDINGS OF FACT LATING TO THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CONCEPT PERO THE STATE STATUTES GUIDING THIS.
ALLOWING PUBLIC WORKS TO PURSUE THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CONCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATUTE WITHOUT LOSING THE WORK ON THE FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT THEY'VE DONE. THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE HAS BEEN WORKEDN IN CONSULTATION WITH AND WITH WITH INPUT FROM THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK, CY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS LEADERSHIP. I RECEIVED A DRAFT COPIES OF THIS AS WELL AS A PUBLIC WORKS TIMELINE FOR ALL OF THE WORK THEY PLAN TO DO IN THE COMING WORK -- IN THE COMING MONTHS. TO MY E-MAIL DURING THIS MEETING, SO I WILL BE SHARG THAT WITH ALL OF YOU AND THE CLERKS BY THE END OF TODAY.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CHAIR JUST TALKED ABOUT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A MOTION TO FORWARD TO THE CLERKS THE RECOMMENDED CONCEPT LAYOUT FOR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE.
AND THE MOTION ESSENTIALLY PUTS THIS ON HOLD OR ON PAUSE OF THAT CONCEPT LAYOUT. WHILE THE MMITTEE EXPLORES A PEDESTRIAN MODEL ORDINANCE. THAT MOTION RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF VOTE IN COMMITTEE AND POISED TO RECEIVE A MAJORITY VOTE AT THE COUNCIL.
I'LL BE WALKING ON A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL FOR PILOTING PEDESTRIAN PZA AND MALL MODEL INS THE INTERIM TO DEMONSTRATE THESE MODELS TO BUSINESS OWNERS, NEIGHBORS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCEHEM BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION ON THE POTENTIAL
PEDESTRIAN MALL ORDINANCE. THE ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE SAID LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AND AFTER CONCURRING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, I'LL SHARE THE FINAL DRAFT OF THAT LEGISLATIVE RECTIVE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND CLERKS, LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE LAST TWO COMMENTS. AND/OR NUMBER NINE.
COUNCILMEMBER CHMAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY WHY YOU FEEL THIS IS IMPTANT TO DELAY THIS PROCESS. AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY THE QUESTION FOR
COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. THE PILOT PROGRAM, WOULD TT COME AFTER RECONSTRUCTION? I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU PILOT A PEDESTRIAN MALL. CAN YOU SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. >> FOR SURE.
>> SO FIRST I WANT TO HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. AND THEN SECONDLY FROM COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMBER JENKINS. I'LL ASK COLLEAGUES THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE WALK ONS. I HOPE THAT THERE'S CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ABOUT THESE WALK ONS. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW. I
WOULD LIKE TO STRICTLY KEEP IT ON THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ICE. THE MOTION THAT WAS TAKEN AT CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE. >> WELL MY QUESTION -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKING ] >> IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO NUMBER NINE.
>> FOR SURE . I HOPE THE AUTHORS OF THE DIRECTIVES TALK TO COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS AHEAD OF THURSDAY. ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS. IF PEOPLE WANT TOP STAY LONG, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JENKINS. I ARECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS PUT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AT 38th AND CHICAGO. AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT THE CPED HAS PUT INTO THE RFP FOR THE PEOPLE'S WAY, WHICH IS ONGOING
RIGHT NOW. THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OFOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO REVIEW AND WEIGH IN ON THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S WAY. THAT WORK IS ONGOING. I'M
APPRECIATIVE OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT MEMORIALIZING THE ART. THE PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PIE, WHEN THE OPEN FLEXIBLE CONCEPT CAME BEFORE THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, IT WAS REALLY UNCLEAR TO ME AND A
LOT OF OTHER FOLKS WHAT THE PEDESTRIAN COMPONENT OF IT WAS. THEY DID SAY IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO PEDESTRIANZATION OF THIS SPACE IN THE FUTURE. WITH GATES. WITH DETOURS. WITH LOW S
CLOSURES FOR THETREET FOR EVENTS. THE DETAILS WERE NOT LAID OUT FOR US. WHERE WOULD THE DETOUR GO? WHERE WOULD THE GATES BE PLACED? HOW OFTEN WOULD THE STREET BE CLOSED SO PEDESTRIANS CAN GATHER? I THINK
WE DESERVE AS A COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY TO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN COMPONENT, A STRONG PEDESTRIAN COMPONENT TO THE PLAN SO PEOPLE CAN GATHER AND MEMORIALIZE GEORGE FLOYD AT THIS SQUARE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THIS IS
GOING TO BE A 50-TO 70-YEAR PLAN. WE ONLY HAVE ONE SHOT TO DO IT RIGHT. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE PEDESTRIAN PIECE NEEDS TO BE FRONT AND CENTER FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THIS SPACE. >>THAT'S WHY WE HAVE FOUND A
WAY WITH PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEM TO EXPLORE THE FINDINGS THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH STATE STATUTE AND BRING A DESIGN THAT WOULD BE LEGLY PERMISSIBLE. THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIANZATION OF SE FORM TO OCCUR HERE. >> LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE REQUIRES
51% OF ALL THE OWNERS TO BE IN AGREEMENT. WHICH DOES NOT EXIST. >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I'M LITTLE FRUSTRATED THAT THE MAYOR CHOSE TO PUT OUT THAT INFORTION WHEN WE WERE VERY, VERY CLEAR. >> IT'S TE. WHO YOU DIDN'T
THANK -- >> OKAY SO -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> THE HUNDREDS OF CITY RESIDENTS. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS -- >> WHO YOU DIDN'T THINK WAS HUNDREDS OF CITY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PLAN. >> I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE PEDESTRIAN PORTION THAT
WE'RE ASKING FOR -- >> AND WOULD STAY -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> YOU ASKED THE QUESTION OF COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN IS TRYING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, PLEASE PROCEED WITH ANSWERING THE QUESTION. WE'RE IN CONVERSATION, SIR. >> AND THIS IS COMMITTEE.YOU ASKED A QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER
CASHMAN IS TRYING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, PLEASE PCEED WITH ANSWERING THE QUESTION. >> THE PART OF THE SQUARE THAT WOULD BE PEDESTRIANIZED ONLY GOES TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE PEOPLE'S WAY PROPERTY. FROM 38th TO THE NORTHERN END OF
THE PEOPLE'S WAY PROPERTY. SO THERE'S ONLY TWO PROPERTY OWNERS IMPLICATED. ONE IS UNITY FOODS AND ONE IS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS? Y OTHER QUESTIONS? OTHERWISE WE CAN CONTINUE AT FULL COUNCIL WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS
CONVERSAON HAPPENING ANYWAYS. >> SURE. FIN >> COOL. >> DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, SIR. >> I'M TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL HERE. OKAY. COOL. ALL RIGHT,E
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT TO THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD SEVEN ITEMS TO THURSDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. THE FIRST IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING
ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS FROMHE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY GRANT. NUMBER TWO IS AUTHORIZING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEENHE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR INTERAGENCY COORDINATION. THREE
IS A AUTHORIZING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDG BETWEEN OSBURG UNIVERSITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. FOUR IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH MINNESOTA RECOVERY CONNECTION TO IMPLEMENT THE PUBLIC HEALTH RENERATIVE
LEADERSHIP SYNERGY GRANT. FIVE IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND ACCEPTING A CONTRACT WITH CITYMATCH FOR THE WORK -- THERE'S A TYPO IN HERE. FOR THE WORK ON THE HEALTHY FAMILIES COMMUNI-BASED
PRENATAL HEALTH INITIATIVE. SIX IS DIRECTING STAFF TO RESEARCH AUTONOMOUS FOOD DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY AND THE IMPACT ON WORKERS. AND THEN SEVEN LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO INFORMATION ABOUT THE
ADMINISTRATION'S 2025 SUMMER SAFETY PLAN. WITH THAT, I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. NO ONE ON QUEUE. SO, MEMBERS, WITH THAT, WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TO COME BEFO COMMITTEE TODAY. AND
HEARING NO OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.