>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOT PAYNE, THE PRESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. BEFORE WE CONVENE OUR MEETING, WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF TWO HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. FIRST, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT RECOGNIZES WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS CHUGHTAI AND WONSLEY. >> ALSO, IF SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN SOLIDARITY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, SHAFFER, WARREN, PALMISANO.
>> MEN TOO! ALL RIGHT. GOOD
MORNING EVERYONE. HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH! WOO HOO! [ APPLAUSE ] SHOULD HAVE HAD BEYONCÈ PLAYING "WE RUN THE WORLD" AS WE WALKED OUT. NEXT YEAR! JUST WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR JOINING US. ALSO, TO OUR WOMEN EMPLOYEES AT WORK. HELPED PULL THIS TOGETHER. A PHENOMENAL BREAKFAST TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY JUST SHOWING UP TODAY, THIS MORNING, BUT BEING
THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY. AND OUR CONSTANTLY COMING FORWARD WITH BRILLIANT, WITH PERSISTENT, AND CARING FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. AND FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO
START OFF READING THIS RESOLUTION. AND THEN I'LL PASS IT DOWN TO MY COLLEAGUES. SO HONORING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, CELEBRATED ON MARCH 8, ORIGINATED TO HONOR WOMEN'S
ROLES IN THE LABOR MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA IN THE EARLY 20 CENTURY AND WAS ADOPTED GLOBALLY IN 1977 AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT; AND
WHEREAS, THE MONTH OF MARCH IS NATIONALLY AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRAT COURAGEOUS WOMEN WHO HAVE GUIDE THE COURSE OF OUR HISTORY AND COINUE TO SHAPE AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES, AND
WORKPLACES; AND WHEREAS,. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WOMEN' MOVEMENT HAS HISTORICALLY LEFT OUT BLACK, INDIGENOUS, TRANSGEN WOMEN OF COLOR AND WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES, AND IT IS CRUCIAL TO RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FACED BY
MARGINALIZED GROUPS OF WOMEN IN OUR QUEST FOR TRUE EQUITY, ELEVATION, AND INCLUSION; AND WHEREAS, THERE IS A COLLECTIVE NEED FOR US ALL TO CHALLENGE GE DIVERSE REPRESENTATION AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH
TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY; AND -- >> WHEREAS, CURRENT CITY COUNCIL BODIES FOR BOTH MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL ARE WORTHY OF RECOGNIT BECAUSE THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY CO
CURRENTLY HAS A WOMEN MAJORITY WITH 7 OF OUR 13 SITTING COUNCI MEMBERS BEING WOMEN -- [ APPLAUSE ] OF WHICH FIVE ARE WOMEN OF
COLOR -- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL IS MADE UP ENTIRELY OF WOMEN WITH FIVE OUT OF SEVEN BEING WOMEN OF COLOR, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THE SAINT PAUL MAYOR IS A WOMAN AND A WOMAN OF COLOR.
[ APPLAUSE ] YES! >> WHEREAS, ALL WOMEN ARE LEADE REGARDLESS OF THEIR FORMAL ROLE OR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE
SYSTEMIC BARRIERS AND BIASES THAT IMPACT WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT BOTH IN PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SPHERES; AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CONTINUES T OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR
ORGANIZAON WHERE WOMEN, ESPECIA BLACK, INDIGENOUS, TRANSGENDER, AND WOMEN OF COLOR, ARE EQUITABLY REPRESENTED AND THRIVING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND ROLES; AND TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ENTERPRISE, THE WOMEN OF MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEE NETWORK (WOMEN), WAS FORMED IN 2017 AS
AN EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP (ERG FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE ADVANCEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES; AND AT ITS INITIAL CREATION, THE WOMEN ERG WAS CALLED ‘THE 29% CLUB', WHICH WAS TH PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WORKFORCE; AND WHEREAS: THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS' WORKFORCE IS NOW CONSTITUTED OF 33% FEMALE, OF WHICH 38% IDENTIFY AS FEMALE OF COLOR; AND THE WOMEN ERG OFFERS
EMPLOYEES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEE SUPPORT, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, WELLBEING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; AND THE
WOMEN OF MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEE NETWORK IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE COMMUNITY I GUIDANCE TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, SUPPORT, AND EMPOWER WOMEN LEADERS WITHIN THE CITY'S WORKF
┘NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVE┘ THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN AND THEIR ROLE OF THE REGION AND THE NATION, AND WE JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE ANNUAL
CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY . [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AMAZING! I WANT TO MAKE SURE, TOO, I KNOW
WE POSSIBLY HAVE GUESTS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN US HERE. I KNOW WE ALSO HAD SPEAKERS. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SHARE THE MICROPHONE, FIRST. HA-HA. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS KAREN, SHE/HER RECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS. I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS EXECUTIVE SPONSOROR WOMEN. AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY OF WOMEN WHO ARE JUST AMAZING! AND EVERY DAY I LEARN FROM. TO SEE
HOW THEY MANEUVER AND DO SO MUCH. AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AS YOU SAID, OUR CITY HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH. NOT JUST IN THE SIX MONTHS, LAST THREE MONTHS, BUT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND BEFORE THAT.
BUT CERTAINLY WITHIN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS WE'VE SEEN HOW WOMEN SHOWP. FROM THE TINIESH TST THING TO MAKING SURE CHILDREN GET TO SCHOOL, THEY HAVE RENT. WOMEN SHOW UP
AND THEY DON'T ASK FOR THE RECOGNITION. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKEN CARE OF AS A COM COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY IT HAPPENSN COMMUNITY BUT WATCHING HOW THESE WOMEN ARE TAKE I THINK CARE OF EACH OTHER. WE'REXHAUSTED, TOO. AND THINKING ABOUT PLANNING FOR
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE HAD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? THE WOMEN WHO WERE EXHAUSTED SAID "I'M EXHAUSTED" AND OTHER WOMENSTEPP THE WAY THAT WE DO. EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO THANK YOU TO EVERY WOMAN EMPLOYEE. TO EVERY
EMPLOYEE IN MINNEAPOLIS WHO SUPPORTS THE WOMEN AND THE WORK WE DO. THANK YOU TO THE EXECUTIVE SPONSOR, OR THE EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR BEING AMAZING AND HOLDING EVERYTHING DOWN. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE WOMEN WHO EVERYDAY JUST SHOW UP AND GET IT DONE. AND NEVER ASK
FOR THE RECOGNITION. JUST THAT WE DO IT AND DO IT WELL AND WE MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE MORE SPEAKER. THAT'S IT. OH, WOW.
SURE. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, RIGHT. HA-HA, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR! DIRECTOR FOR PRESIDENT. WE WOULDN'T BE IN
WORLD WARII NOW! WE'LL GATHER FOR A PICTURE. OKAY DO WE STAY HERE? SQUEEZE IN. LIKE WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
HERE WE GO.
>> NEXT WE'LL RECOGNIZE RAMADAN.
>> SO, THIS IS .. OKAY. THIS IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN. IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US. WH
THE HO MONTH OF RAMADAN IS OBSERVED BY MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE A A TIME OF FASTING, PRAYER, REFLECTION, AND COMMUNITY. THIS HOLIDAY BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THE CRESCENT MOOND
WHEREAS, RAMADAN IS ALSO A TIM GENEROSITY AND SERVICE, WITH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED THROUGH ACTS OF CHARITY AND KINDNESS; AND WHEREAS, DURING RAMADAN, SLIMS PRACTICE FASTING BETWEEN SUNRISE AND SUNSET. THIS SERVES
AS A PRACTICE OF SELF DISCIPLINE, SPIRITUAL OWTH, AND EMPATHY FOR THOSE FACING HUNGER AND HARDSHIP; AND >> WHEREAS, THE CALL TO PRAYER AND THE BREAKING OF THE FAST, O
ARE IMPORTANT TRADITIONS THAT BRING FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS, AND FAITH COMMUNITIES TOGETHER IN OBSERVANCE OF THIS SACRED TIME;D WRADZ, MINNEAPOLIS IS HOME TO AND GROWING MUSLIM POPULATION, INCLUDING ONE OF THE LARGEST SOMALI AND EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE CITY; D WHEREAS, IN DECEMBER 2025, MIN SAW AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN XENOPHOBIA AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OUR SOMALI, EAST AFRICAN, MUSLIM,
AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AS TH ADMINISTRATION DEPLOYED THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE; AND
>> MANY OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE STILL FEARFUL OF LEAVING THEIR HOMES TO PARTICIPATE IN CELEBRATIONS DUE TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT;D
WHEREAS, NEIGHBORS ACROSS MINN ACROSS ALL BACKGROUNDS HAVE STOOD UP IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS AGAINST THE HATRED AND HARM BEING HARM BROUGHT BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SHOWCASING A CITY
UNIFIED IN VALUES OF INCLUSIVITY, UNDERSTANDING, AND RESPECT FOR ALL RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND BACKGROUNDS; AND WHEREAS, MINNEAPOLIS IS A PLACE WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR. AS A CITY WE RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF RAMADAN, THE RESILIENCY, THE CR THE INGENUITY, AND POSITIVE
PRESENCE OF OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY; AND >> WHEREAS, RAMADAN CELEBRATES THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. WE COURAGE ALL OUR NEIGHBORS IN OUR CITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER'S CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS AND JOIN IN THINKING OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT
HAVE THE MEANS OR PRIVILEGE TO ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER, SAFETY, OR SHELTER; AND IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND DIVISION, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVERO
UPHOLD THE VALUES OF COMPASSION SOLIDARITY, AND MUTUAL RESPECT THAT RAMADAN EMBODIES; AND WHER THIS YEAR, RAMADAN BEGAN AT SUNSET ON FEBRUARY 18 AND CONTINUE FOR A FULL LUNAR MONTH, CONCLUDING WITH THE CELEBRATION
OF EID AL-FITR; ┘NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED┘ THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZE AND
THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN, EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES TO ALL WHO ARE OBSERVING, AND REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE CITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND F. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. ESPECIALLY OUR GUESTS FOR
JOINING US TODAY. I'M, FIRST, GOING TO HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF MINNESOTA SPEAK. >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO
THANK THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE MAYOR. AND JUST RECOGNIZE WE ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING IF FOR THE BEAUTIFUL MONTH OF RAMADAN TO START. AND IT CAME AT NO -- IT CAME AT THE
BEST TIME. THIS IS A MONTH THAT BRINGS PPLE TOGETHER. IT'S A MONTH THAT MAKES EVERY PERSON RECONNECT WITH THEIR CREATOR, AND MOST IORTANTLY, REFOCUS ON THINGS THAT MATTER THE MOST. TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A MONTH
THAT, I THINK, FOR US AS MUSLIMS, IT'S A MONTH OF AN IMPORTANT REMINDER OF WHAT IT IS TO BE A PART OF THIS INCREDIBLE FAMILY. AND THE ROLE THAT EVERYBODY HAS. ESPECIALLY IN THESE TRYING TIMES. WE'RE IN
PRAYER FOR NOT ONLY OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY HERE AND THIS COUNTRY, BUT ALSO THE WORLD. WE'RE REMINDED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL MONTH TO THINK ABOUT THOSE LESS FORTUNATE. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO GO HUNGRY, THOSE WHO FEELHEY CANNOT FIND HOMES, AND THOSE WHO
OFTENTIMES ARE ON THE FRINGES. THIS MONTH WE THINK ABOUT ALL OF THEM. WE FIND A WAY TO BE A SOURCE OF GOOD FOR THE WORLD. AS NOT ONLY THINKING ABOUT THEM, BUT FINDING WAYS WE CAN GIVE BACK. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE BRAVERY AND
URAGEOUS WORK FOR THIS DIFFICULT TIME FOR OUR CITY AND STATE. WE DIDN' LOSE THAT MOMENT IN ANY OF YOU. YOU HAVE STOOD UP FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO COME TO OUR MOSQUES. WE ARE HAVING EVENING PRAYERS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. I WAS SO
IMPRESSED. I WENT TO ONE OF THE MOSQUES, THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE PLACE TO PRAY AT. WHICH SHOWS THE RESILIENCY OF OUR COMMUNITY. THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NOT ALLOW THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION TO LIMIT OUR FREEDOM OF PRACTICE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAU ] >> THANK YOU. NEXT I AM GOING TO HAVE R.I.S.E. MINNESOTA GIVE SOME WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> MAY PEACE AND BLESSINGS BE UPON EVERYONE. AS MY BROTHER POINTED OUT, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE RESOLUTION AND THE CITY IN THIS MOMENT. WE ARE COMING OUT OF A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF METRO SURGE. AND OUR
COMMUNITIES AND THE SOMALI-AMERICANS BEING TARGETED. AND SCAPEGOATED TO INVADE OUR STATE. IT'S A DELICATE TIME. RAN RAMADAN LOOKS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. MOSQUES ARE NOT AS FULL. FAMILIES ARE AFRAID TO GATHER. OUR MALLS ARE
PRETTY MUCH EMPTY. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT TO STAND WITH YOUR MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE APPRECIATE YOU, CITY COUNCIL, IN THE WAY YOU SHOW UP FOR OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> AND NOW I'LL ASK IF ANY OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO SAY ANY WORDS. OKAY. I'LL CONCLUDE BY SAYING
RAMADAN IS A MONTH FOR US AS OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND BE IN THIS PLACE OF REFLECTION. BUT IT ALSO, THE UNDERSTANDING FOR COMMUNITY EXTENDS TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON. AND SO WHILE WE ASK YOU TO BE IN SOLIDARITY WITH
YOUR MUSLIM NEIGHBORS AND STAND UP WITH US, FOR US, WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE STANDING UP WITH EVERY SINGLER SGLE PERSON THAT IS STRUGGLING. OUR LATINO BROTHER,
SISTERS, SIBLINGS, OUR SOMALI BROTHERS, SISTERS, SIBLINGS. BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEARING WITNESS FOR THIS RESOLUTION. NOW WE'RE GOING TO JOIN TOGETHER
TO TAKE A PICTURE.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MARCH 5th TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT.
>> THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME REMIND ALL THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A MEANS TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS
TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SECH 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. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE
US. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA? >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE.
>> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES FROM
THE REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 19th. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVEON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ.
>> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION, PLEASE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE
ROLL. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE.>> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE
MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES. DUE TO OPERATION METRO SURGE, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE THAT HAS CONDENSED ALL STANDING COMMITTEES INTO A SINGLE SUPER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, TO PRESENT THE REPORT. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDE. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS BRINGING FORWARD 58 ITEMS TO TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. THE FIRST FOUR ITEMS LISTED WERE PUBLIC AND QUASI JUDICIALS HEARINGS. ITEM NUMBER ONE WAS A SITE PLAN REVIEW THAT WAS
WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT YESTERDAY. THEREFORE, I WILL DELETE THIS ITEM FROM OUR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A VARIANCE APPEAL FOR THE HIAWATHA CHURCH. I'LL NOTE, WE SENT IT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. IT WILL NEED TO BE PULLED.
THREE EXTENDED HOURS OPERATION FOR JOE'S MARKET ON 8th. AND APPROVED TEMPORARY PRESEX NOTICE EXTENSION ORDINANCE. FIVE THROUGH EIGHT ARE LEGAL SETTLEMENTS. NINE ESTABLISHES A BOARD. ITEM 10 AUTHORIZES AN AGREEMENT. 11 APPROVES
QUARTERLY DONATION REPORTS. 12 APPROVES TWO ETHICS COMPLAINTS. AND 13 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT. ITEM14 THROUGH 16 ARE LIQUOR AND GAMBLING APPROVALS AND RENEWALS. ITEM 17 ACCEPTS THE
2025 FALL BROWNFIELD GRANTS. 18 AND 19 ART CONTRACT AMENDMENTS. 20 ACCEPTS A GRANT FOR THE KMOJ PROJECT. AND, LASTLY, 21 APPROVES A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE RENTAL LICENSE
ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTATION. ITEMS 22 THROUGH 26 ARE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES. 27 THROUGH 29 ARE MASTER CONTRACTS THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ITEM NUMBER 30 IS AN AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN
COUNTY. 31 AND 32 ARE GIFT ACCEPTANCES. ITEM 33 APPROVES SOUTH SIDE GREEN ZONE APPOINTMENTS. ITEMS 34 THROUGH 37 ARE PROJECT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. ITEM 38 IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. 39 IS A
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 40 IS A STREET PROCT. ITEM NUMBER 41 IS A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING COMMENTS. I WIL NOTE THIS ITEM WAS SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE. SO WE'LL NEED TO BE PULLING THAT. ITEM NUMBER 42 IS
WASTE AGREEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 43 AUTHORIZES A TEMPORARY EASEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 44 THROUGH 47 ARE GIFT ACCEPTANCES. I'LL NOTE HERE, WE'RE DELETING ITEM NUMBER 45 FROM THE AGENDA. 48 THROUGH
53 ARE VARIOUS BIDS, CONTRACTS, AN GRANTS. ITEM 54 IS A REQUEST TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE RELATED TO CITY DATA SECURITY. ITEM NUMBER 55 IS APPROVING A BLOCK PERMIT FOR DROP KICK ICE. THIS WAS A LATE ADDITION. WE
ADDED AT COMMITTEE. ITEM NUMBER 56 IS ACCEPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SCHOOL-BASED CLINICS GRANT. THIS WAS ALSO A LATE WALK-ON AT COMMITTEE. ITEM NUMBER 57 APPROVED A STA DIRECTION RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY
TRAINING FACILITIES. AND I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDING AN AMENDMENT. SO THAT MAY NEED TO BE PULLED. ITEM NUMBER 57. SO, I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE MEMBERS, IF THAT IS THEIR WISH. AND THEN LASTLY,
ITEM 58 IS CONSIDERATION FOR AN APPOINTED POSITION FOR A WELLNESS DIRECTOR IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THE RELATED SALARY SCHEDULE, I WILL NOTE THIS ITEM WAS ALSO SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION FROM COMMITTEE AND WILL BE PULLED. OKAY. WITH ALL OF THAT, I WILL
MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. I MOVE TO DELETE ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND 45 FROM THE AGENDA, AND PULL THESE ITEMS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND DISCUSSION: 2, 4, 41, AND
THE FEW THAT I MAD A NOTE OF THAT COMMITTEE REPORT. IF THE CLERK IS ABLE TO HELP ENSURE WE HAVE THE FULL LIST OF WHAT WAS PULL BY ME. TT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL! AND THEN I
MOVE THAT FOR APPROVAL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS MOVED THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MINUS ITEMS 1, 2, 4, 41, 45, 46, 57, AND
58. >> MR. PRESIDENT, NUMBERS 1 AND 45 DON'T NEED TO BE PULLED. THE ACTION HERE IS TO DELETE THEM FROM THE AGENDA, AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE ONLY ONES PULLED ARE ITEMS 2, 41, 57, 58.
46 IS THE ONE BEING DELETED FROM THE AGENDA. >> ITEM 4, AS WELL. >> AND ITEM 4. 2, 4, 41, 57, 58. >> OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL ASK --
I'LL CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST NTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 20, THE KMOJ PROJECT. THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, COLLEAGUES. KMOJ HAS LONG BEEN THE SOURCE OF HOW WE RECEIVE OUR NEWS IN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE THEY GET A BUILDING ON LOWRY AVENUE ON OUR CULTURAL CORRIDOR. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT! THE COMMUNITY IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, AS WELL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS
THROUGH. THEYAVE A PLOT OF LAND UP ON LOWERY AND PENN AVENUE. AND T VISION FOR THIS PROJECT IS REALLY BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND SHOWCASING HOW WE COME TOGETHER ON THE NORTH SIDE AS A COMMUNITY. SO, GOOD JOB TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS
HAPPEN! AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US. THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW KMOJ BUILDING. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.
>> AYE >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THOSE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 2, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE UNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY TO MAKE A MOTION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SO, BEFORE YOU, COLLEAGUES, IS A MOSE ON THE VARIANCE APPEAL FOR 4155 41st AVENUE. IT'S A MOTION TO GRANT THE APPEAL. WE WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS,
AND OUR DEPARTMENT-LEVEL STAFF TO SHARE THAT THERE IS A UNIQUE CHALLENGE THAT EXISTS IN COMPLYING WITH THE ORDINANCE. BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES UNIQUE TO THE PROPERTY. THE UNIQUE CIRCUMANCES WERE NOT CREATED BY A PERSONS PRESENTLY HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AND NOT
BASED IN ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS ALONE. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES PRINCIPLE STRUCTURE THAT SAW ITS LAST MAJOR ADDITION BEFORE THE ADOPTION AND INCORPORATION OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ABILITY REQUIREMENT INTO THE STATE BUILDING CODE. THE BUILDING CODE WAS DESIGD WITH
SPLIT-LEVEL -- THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED WITH SIT-LEVEL ENTRIES FROM THE STREET NECESSITATING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THENTERNAL LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING TO INCORPORATE ELEVATOR LIFT FACILITIES, ACSSIBLE RESTROOMS, AND IMPROVE INTERNAL PATHS OF TRAVEL. THESE FACTORS CONSTITUTE A UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCE, WHICH CREATES CHALLENGES IN COMPLYING WITH THE ORDINANCE. AND WE WERE NOT CREATED BY PERSONS PRESENTLY HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I'LL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THAT ARE ADDED ON TO THIS MOTION ARE COITIONS. I THINK THIS
WAS A GOOD COMPRISE BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS AND THE APPLICANT. THEY HAVE AGREED TO REDUCE ADDITIONALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MAXIMUM LOT COVER. THEY'RE ASKING FOR. AND REDUCE MAXIMUM
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA THAT WOULD COVER. I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL TO SEE THE APPLICANT REACH OUT AND SHARE THEY WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS. WE ASKED THEM IN COMMITTEE, IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER IT. AND THEN THEY SPOKE WITH OUR CITY-LEVEL STAFF. AND, FINALLY, THERE WAS
A PORTION INCORPORATED ABOUT RAIN GARDENS AND THEIR PLAN TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE FACTOR. AND SO WE JUST ADDED A CONDITION SO IT WAS CODIFIED IN GRANTING THE
VARIANCE. AND WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. AND ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS MOVED TO GRANT THE APPEAL WITH CONDITIONS. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL
ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. NEXT ITEM NUMBER 4, THE TEMPORARY PREVICES NOTICE EXTENSION. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WE'VE
HAD AMPLE DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSAL FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS. SO I'LL TRY TO BE CONCISE IN MY COMMENTS. THERE IS SIMPLY NO DEBATE OVER THE REALITY THAT MINNEAPOLIS HAS A LOOMING EVICTION CRISIS THAT WILL BE SOON HERE. UNLESS THERE'S SIGNIFICANT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PUT INTO THE COMMUNITY SOON.
IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT THE CITY'S CURRENT FINANCES MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DO MORE ON OUR END. WE'LL HAVE TO RELY ON THE STATE AND PHILANTHROPY TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE WHAT IS COMING. THE COUNCIL, THOUGH, NEEDS TO UTILIZE ALL THE TOOLS THAT WE
HAVE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE AS WE NAVIGATE WHAT WILL BE A MULTIYEAR RECOVERY EFFORT. AND WHAT COUNCIL DOES HAVE CONTROL OVER IS THE ABILITY TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS MORE TIME. W WE CAN GIVE RESIDENTS MORE TIME TO
-- GIVES 30 ADDITIONAL DAYS AND EXTENDS THROUGH THE SUMMER SO THAT IF RENTAL ASSISTANCE COMES FORWARD FROM THE STATE, OUR RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE TIME THEY NEEDO ACCESS THOSE FUNDS AND STAY HOUSED. AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS. THIS
ORDINANCE ULTIMATELY GIVES RENTERS MORE TIME TO PAY YOU. THIS IS NOT FORGIVING ANYONE OF THEIR RENT. PEOPLE LITERALLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY YOU RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM THE TIME THEY NEED TO GET MONEY TOGETHER TO, AGAIN, PAY YOU. AND IF WE DON'T GIVE
THEM THAT TIME, YOU WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE RECEIVING THE MONEY FROM THEM. INSTEAD, YOU'LL BE SPENDING MONEY TO EVICT THEM. AND IN THE LONG-TERM, YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS CITY WILL BE PAYING FOR THE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF A HOMELESSNESS. AND IT'S
MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT EVICTION RATHER THAN TRYING TO REHOUSE SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY BEEN EVICTED. SO THAT SAID, THIS SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE THWAY TO A MASSIVE PROBLEM. AND, QUITE FRANKLY, I'M SURPRISED THERE'S SUCH HESITANCE TO MOVE ON THIS. IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR FELLOW GOVERNMENT LEADERS RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS MO TIME. THE STATE RIGHT NOW IS CURRENTLY MOVING FORWARD A BILL THAT WILL PUT, ALSO, ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS ON TO THEIR EXISTING PREEVICTION NOTICE THAT IS AT 14 DAYS.
BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THERE NEEDS TO BE A BLANKET STATEWIDE PROTECTION TO GIVE RESIDENTS TIME TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO STAY HOUSED. SAINT PAUL, RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER, THEIR CITY COUNCIL JUST INTRODUCED THEIR OWN VERSION
YESTERDAY. LIKE THE ORDINANCE WE'RE CONSIDERING, THEY ARE EXTENDING THEIR PREFILING NOTICE FROM 30 DAYS TO 60 DAYS. AND THERE'S WILL GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF 2026. SO, ACTUALLY, GOING BEYOND OUR OWN EXPIRATION DEADLINE. SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP. AND PROVIDED SAFETY NETS FOR THOUSANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED AND TARGETED AND ATTACKED WHILE WE'VE HAD TO NAVIGATE THIS OCCUPATION BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND I DO NOT SAY
THIS LIGHTLY, BUT DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE OCCUPATION, IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT RESIDENTS STEPPED UP AND EXCELLED IN PLACES WHERE GOVERNMENT SIMPLY FAILED. IT LOOKED LIKE NOT JUST WATCHING SILENTLY WHILE RACIALLY TARGETING KIDNAPPINGS HAPPENED ON THEIR STREETS. IT LOOKED
LIKE MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO WERE BEING TARGETED BY A FASCIST GOVERNMENT MADE SURE THOSE NEIGHBORS HAD GROCERIES. A WAY TO GET THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. HAD A WAY TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE EVEN DISCUSSING NOW. THEY COULD KEEP
A HO OVER THEIR FAMILY'S HEADS. BECAUSE OF THEIR FEARS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AND COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THESE DEADLY I.C.E. AGENTS. OUR NEIGHBORS STEPPED UP AND PROTECTED ONE ANOTHER. AND TOOK ON THE ROLE THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PERFORMING. AND THAT SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN EXHIBIT POLITICAL COURA TO MATCH JUST THE ADMIRABLE COVERAGE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED FOR OVE TWO MONTHS NOW. UNDER THIS OCCUPATION. SO
I LL HOPE, AGAIN, WE COULD ALL SHARE IN THE AGREEMENT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE OUR NEIGHBORS MORE TIME. IT'S BEEN OFFICIAL FOR THEM IN STABILIZING THEIR HOUSING. IT'S BEEN OFFICIAL FOR LANDLORDS WHO NEED THE MONEY TO KEEP THE HOUSING THEY QUOTE,
UNQUOTE, PROVIDE TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> AND MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF IS ORDINANCE. SPHWHR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY MOVED FOR APPROVAL AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED. COUNCIL MEMBER
WHITING. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'M MOTIONING TO AMEND THIS ITEM. AND HAVE A BRIEF SECOND TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT. WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I'M INTRODUCING AND WILL BE
WITHDRAWING THIS AMENDMENT FROM CONSIDERATION TODAY. I THINK WE ALL KNOW AND CAN COUNT THE FINAL VOTES HERE. IT'S CLEAR THIS UNDERLYING ORDINANCE IS GOING TO PASS. AND WILL MOVE FORWARD IN ITS UNAMENDED FORM. AS I WILL BE ABSTAININ FROM THE FINAL
ROLL CALL HERE WHILE I STRONGLY SUPPORT PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS AND WILL NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF THIS WELL-INTENTIONED IMMEDIATE RELIEF, I CANNOT ENDORSE A POLICY THAT ALL OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS HAVE COME AND TESTIFIED THIS
WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO HARM THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE MOST HOPE TO PROTECT. AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. IT' HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THIS UNDERLYING POLICY WILL COME BACK TO US. I'D LIKE THIS, AS AN OPTION, AND LIKE TO NOTE WHEN
THE ORDINANCE COMES BACK TO US, THAT THIS LANGUAGE IS READY AS A STARTING POINT FOR THAT CONVERSATION. THAT AS A COMPRISE THAT BOTH OUR MAYOR, OUR HOUSING PROVIDERS, AND COUNCIL WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO EXECUTE AND MOVE FORWARD. I
THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS ANOTHER INDICATION THAT WE HAVE SEEN HISTORICALLY HOW PAUSES IN EVICTION MORATORIUMS HAVE PUT THOSE MOST VULNERABLE AT-RISK TO CONTINUED EVICTION. I THINK
THIS VERSION IS AN ABILITY TO TARGET, NOT HAVE A BROAD BLANKET EVICTION POLICY ACROSS OUR CITY. BUT TARGET THOSE THAT SPECIFICALLY N MEET THE NEED AND GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND THEN WITHDRAWAL OF THIS AMENDMENT. AND I HOPE TO COME
TO SOME LEVEL OF COMPRISE, AT SOME POINT IN TIME. THANK YOU. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THA YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WAS THAT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER? OKAY. SO IT'S WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT UNDERLYING MOTION. OKAY. GREAT. WELL, I THINK I EXPRESSED MY TAKE ON THIS DURING THE TUESDAY MEETING. C.O.W. MEETING. AND I WANT TO
THANK, FIRST OF ALL, MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REALLY PUTTING THE WORK ON WALKING THE WALK. I'LL PUT IT. WE HAVE DONE A LOT EVER SINCE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE DAMAGE IT HAS CAUSED OUR RESIDENTS. WE HAVE DONE -- BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THE RENT ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE DONE THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, WHAT WAS NOT POPULAR FORHIS, BUT MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
ADOPTED AND IT PASSED. AND I'M HOPING THIS ALSO WILL PASS. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MOST CRITICAL ONE, IN MY OPINION. BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TARGETED WERE IMMIGRANTS. PEOPLE THAT HE BEEN CALLED OUT BY THEIR PRESIDENT WAS IMMIGRANT. AND PEOPLE THAT ARE
FACING EVICTION DUE TO THEM NOT GOING TO WORK WERE IMMIGRANTS. AND I'M HOPING THAT AS WE HEAR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO CAME AND SHOWED UP AND, YOU KNOW,
SPOKE OUT AND GAV THEIR REASONS WHY WE SHOULD HAVE THIS, I THINK THAT WAS A HUGE NUMBERF PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC THAT CAME. AND I HEAR ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS/PROVIDERS WHO CAME AND SHOWED UP. I KNOW THE PRESSURES
ON THEM. I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO KEEP WHAT THEY HAVE. THEY ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING. BUT, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE RENTERS MUST COME FIRST, AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND THOSE
LEERS THAT CAME AND SAID THIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY HURT MANY RENTERS. AND THEY MIGHT FACE EVICTION. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT GIVING SOMEBODY TIME TO COME UP WITH EXTRA INCOME FOR THEM TO PAY. BECAUSE THE MISSED WORK. I
THINK THAT IS A REASON FOR US TO SUPPORT. AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS, SOMEONE WHO LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. LARGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS,
LARGE OF THEIR PORTFOLIO ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE ARE IMMIGRANTS. RIGHT. SO IF WE TAKE THOSE OUT -- NOT GIVE THEM -- NOT BE PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT DOING THE WORK. RIGHT. SO I
WANT THOSE LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MANY OF THEIR RESIDENTS. MANY OF THE IMMIGRANTS THEY HAVE THAT CALL HOME. FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW THOSE RESIDENTS ARE ONE OF THE BEST RESIDENTS, IMMIGRANTS TO
HAVE. THEY PAY THEIR RENT ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH. HEY DO ALL THE GREAT THINGS. AND FOR US TO PROTECT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY DESERVE SOMEBODY TO STAND UP FOR THEM. ESPECIALLY AFTER EVERYTHING THEY WENT
THROUGH. AND I WANT TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT -- AND I WANT TO TALK TO THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS GOING TO PASS FULL COUNCIL TODAY. AND IT'S GOING TO GET TO THE MAYOR'S DESK. AND I'M REALLY HEARING
RUMORS THAT HE MIGHT BE VETOING. ALREADY CALLING OUT SOME OF THE LANDLORDS SAYING HE MIGHT VETO IT. IT'S SOMETHING I HEARD. I CAN'T CONFIRM BUT I HEARD THAT. AND THIS IS A TIME FOR HIM AND FOR THE MAYOR TO STAND UP FOR
IMMIGRANTS. THE SAME IMMIGRANTS THAT HE CONTINUED TO SHOW UP FOR THEIR BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, TAKE PICTURES, BE PROUD OF, BEING PART OF THE SOMALI IMMIGRANTS. SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE. THIS IS THE TIME THEY NEED YOU THE MOST. RIGHT. ALL THOSE PROMISES ARE GREAT, BUT
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WE NEED YOU TODAY. IMMIGRANTS NEED YOU TODAY. GIVING THIS EXTRA 30 DAYS IS NOT REALLY GOING TO HURT ANYBODY. I UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPERS AND YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS COULD BE PRESSURING YOU.
I FELT THAT PRESSURE, TOO, WHEN I WAS GETTING CALLS. AND FOLKS TELLING ME ME NOT TO VOTE FOR THIS. SO I HOPE YOU CONSIDER. I HOPE YOU DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS. I HOPE YOU KEEP YOUR PROMISE THAT YOU STAND WITH IMMIGRANTS. I APPRECIATE YOUR
WORK ON DOING THE, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGING TIME. BUT IT WAS ALL TALK. IT WAS ALL MEDIA. THE ACTUAL WORK STARTS TODAY AND HAS STARTED. SO LET'SEE. LET'S SEE H YOU STAND UP FOR IMMIGRANTS AND SAFE AND GIVE
THEM 30 DAYS EXTRA. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. AND I HOPE IF HE VETOES, AND IT COMES BACK, WE REALLY CONSIDER OUR NEIGHBORS AND OVERRIDE THAT VETO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU. ACROSS DEPARTMENTS IN OUR CITY, WE ARE VERY DATA DRIVEN. THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND I APPRECIATE ON TUESDAY COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSING CONCERN THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL, LISTEN TO EXPERTS ONTHI
REACHED OUT TO KEIRA, THE CENTER FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS TO GET SOME WORD FROM THE EXPERTS. PEOPLE WHO STUDY HOUSING POLICY AND WHAT THEIR EFFECTS ARE. THEY SPEND THEIR LIVES STUDYING THIS. THEY GOT BACK TO ME AND SAID THAT
EXTENDING THE EVICTION TIMELINE IN MINNEAPOLIS, SAINT LOUIS PARK, AND I BELIEVE BROOKLYN CENTER. IT ACTUALLY REDUCED EVICTIONS THAT WERE FILED AND THEN ENDED UP HAPPENING IN COMPARISON TO SURROUNDING COUNTIES. THIS IS WHAT THE EXPERTS HAVE FOUND. THE EXPERTS
HAVE FOUND THAT IF WE EXTEND THE EVICTION TIMELINE, WE WILL KEEP MORE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. THIS IS THE EXPERT TESTIMONY. TO THAT END, I WANT TO CALL OUT ONE THING. I WANT TO THANK VICE PRESIDENT OSN, FIRST, FOR
SPEAKING HIS EXPERIENCE AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING EMPLOYEE. I WAS, ALSO, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING EMPLOYEE. AND THE ONE THING THAT ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS DID NOT SHARE, BUT IS VERY MUCH THEIR MOTIVATIONS, IS THAT THEY ARE BROKE. THEY ARE IN A TERRIBLE FINANCIAL
SITUATION, AND THEY ARE AFRAID OF GOING UNDER. THEY ARE, HOWEVER, WRONG THIS IS GOING TO PUT THEM UNDER. THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND HENNEPIN COUNTY NEED TO STEP UP ANOTHER TIME AT ANOTHER MEETING TOIX THE FACT
THAT WE ARE NOT FUNDINGAFFORDAB WE'RE PUSHING THE NONPROFITS TO THEIR DEATHS. BUT THAT IS NOTW. WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW IS ARE WE GOING TO D WHAT THE DATA SAYS IS GOING TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS IN THEIR HOMES? AND THIS DATA, IT COMES FROM A TIME
WHEN THERE WAS NOT CITY-WIDE, STATE-WIDE, COUNTRY-WIDE FUNDRAISING TO KEEP THEIR NEIGHBORS IN THEIR HOMES. WE CAN EXPECT BY PASSING THIS FROM THDATA THAT WE WILL KEEP NEIGHBORS IN THEIR HOMES, AND WE CAN GO AND WE CAN GET MONEY FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS. WE CAN DO BOTH OF THESE THINGS. AND SO I'M URGING MY COLLEAGUES, IN LIGHT OF THIS NEW INFORMATION, TO SUPPORT THIS. AND THEN TO WORK WITH ME AND WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND THE MAYOR TO GET THE MONEY FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS. WE CANO BOTH THINGS. WE CAN
STOP AN EVICTION CRISIS AND WE CAN FUNDFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS CITY. SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES, AND I URGE THE MAYOR TO SUPPORT THIS. YEAH. AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN PASS THIS. BECSE DELAY IS
NOT HARMLESS. DELAY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO RESULT IN EVICTIONS. IT'S GOING TO RESULT IN HARD-WORKING, INNOCENT, ANDBELOG THEIR HOMES. T DELAYIN IS DANGEROUS. DELAYING IS HARMFUL. LET'S PASS IT. IT'S
THE RIGHT POLICY FOR THE TIME. IT'S LIMITED IN SCOPE. AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP THE VERY FEW PEOPLE THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS WITH THE THIN THEY NEED. WHILE WE'RE ALSO HELPING PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN QUEUE PROPERTIES. ME, IN MY LANDLORD. MY NEIGHBORS. YO KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSINGHO ARE GOING TO BE HELPED BY THIS. THEY DON'T HAVE CASE MANAGERS WHO CAN COME AND WORK WITH THEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE A LINE TO A CEO WHO IS RESPONDING TO PHILANTHROPY AND THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER THING. THEY ARE LIVING IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE WHO RESPOND TO SHAREHOLDERS. AND SHAREHOLDERS DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT EVICTIONS. SHAREHOLDERS CARE
ABOUT MAXIMIZING PROFITS. WHAT WE CAN DO NOW IS KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS IN THEIR HOMES.. WE CANELP AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IN REALITY, MAKE THE PROFITS FOR THE SHAREHOLDERS BY GETTING THE RENT SUPPORT TO OUR NEIGHBORS. PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS IN LIGHT OF THE EXPERTS'
TESTIMONY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS INTRODUCED. THERE'S NOTHING ON THE DAIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENI. THERE'S NO AMENDMENT TO BE HERE BEFORE US. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S INTRODUCED. I D'T KNOW WHAT'S
BEING WITHDRAWN. I'M SUPER CONFUS. >> WE ARE DISCUSSING THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE. >> THERE WAS -- TO BE CLEAR, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST INTRODUCED. IT'S NOT BEFORE US. >> IT WAS WITHDRAWN. >> IT WAS WITHDRAWN.
>> HOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING NOT SHOWN TO US. NOT HERE. THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. IT'S CONFUSING. HA-HA. THERE IS NOTHING IN FRONT OF US. HOW CAN SETHING BE WITHDRAWN IF IT WASN'T PRESENTED. >> MR. CLERK. MR. PRESIDENT,AYBE FOR
CLARIFICATION. THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT. AND BEFORE THE MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING INDICATED HE WASN'T PLANNING ON OFFERING THE AMENDMENT, A THIS TIME. BUT WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT. I BELIEVE THAT'S JUST A MISUSE OF TERMS. THERE WAS NO FORMAL AMENDMENT. HE SIMPLY WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. WE SHOULDN'T REFER TO IT AS AN
AMENDMENT. THERE WAS NOTHING IN FRONT OF US. >> I WANT UP T TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. THERE WAS NOTHING. NO AMENDMENT TO VOTE ON. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. IF PEOPLE WANTO CHANGE POLICIES, -- THIS IS THE ONLY POLICY
BEFORE US. AND IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN AMENDMENT, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING ANY I.C.E. HIT LISTS THAT THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS IN THE DAIS ABOUT CREATING AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BE TAILORED TO SPECIFIC GROUPS OF PEOPLE. THAT'S AN AMENDNT I WOULD CALL
AN I.C.E. HIT LIST. I WOULD 1,000% VOTE TOWN AND NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, IS EASY TO CUSS AT I.C.E. IT'S ACTUALLY MORE HARDER TO DO POLICY WORK TO HELP PEOPLE STAYING IN OUR CITY. IT HARDER TO PASS POLICY TO
KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. WE'RE GEING PEOPLE MORE TIME. WE'RE SAYING THAT THE IMPACT THAT I.C.E. HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY IS WRONG. PEOPLE DESERVE MORE TIME TO STAY WITH THEIR FAMILIES. MORE TIME TO SEEK RENTAL ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS, FROM WHEVER,
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PREVENT THE MASS DISPLACEMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT I GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS CITY AND ALREADY HAPPENING. NOT ONLY HERE BUT ACROSS OUR STATE. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL. THEY'LL MAKE IT STRONGER. IT'S
SAD TO SEE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE RIVER ARE GOING TO HAVE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. BUT RIT HERE, WE'RE BARELY GOING TO BE ABLE TO PASS THIS. AND WE'LL BE FACING A LOOMING VETOO BUT PROUD OF YOU, SAINT PAUL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS. I PROUD TO BE A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS. I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAK IT
CLEAR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVICTIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE, POOR PEOPLE, IMMIGRANT PEOPLE WHO ARE SHELTERING IN PLACE. AND IT'S NOT SPECK WILL TAIF.
IT'S NOT A NARRATIVE WE'RE LLING OUT OF THE SKY AND IMAGINING. THESE EVICTIONS ARE COMING FORWARD ARE REAL. THERE HAVE BEENEVERAL COUNTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SHARED OF EVICTION NOTICES SHOWING UP ON ALMOST ENTIRE -- THE ENTIRE DOORS OF A WHOLE APARTMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI
MENTIONED THAT. I, AS A COUNCIF THIS -- OF THE TIME I'VE BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER LAST TERM AND THIS TERM HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY MESSAGES BEFOREBOUT EVICTION NOTICES, PEOPLE RECEIVING THEM, UNTIL THIS PRESENT MOMENT. SO I JUST WANT
TO SAY THAT THIS IS REAL. BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN RHETORIC AND DISCUSSION KIND OF MAKING IT SEEM LIKE IT'S NOT A ACTUAL REALITY WE'RE FACING. AND THE BRUNT OF THIS POLICY, NOT
PASSING THAT'S GOING TO FALL ON TO PEOPLE, OUR WORKING PEOPLE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE LANDLORDS, THE NONPROFITS, IT'S GOING TO BE WORNG PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE LIVELIHOOD AND DIDN'T HAVE A LOT TO BEGIN WITH.
THE PEOPLE I HAVE TALKED TO OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT HAVE NEEDED RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE KINDNESS OF NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE FUNDRAISED HAVE LOOKED LIKE A SGLE MOTHER WHO NOW HAS TO TAKE CARE OF HER DAUGHTER, BUT THE FATHER WAS
DETAINED. AND THERE IS NO BREADWINNER IN THE HOME. SHE'S FEARFUL OF BEING DETAINED. I LOOKED LIKE A GIRL MUCH YOUNGER THAN ME, 20 YEA OLD, BEING FEARFUL TO GO TO WORK BUT STILL HAVING TO GO, IN PART, TO SEE IF
SHE CAN COBBLE TOGETHER SOME FUNDS FOR HER AND HER AUNT. BUT THAT NOT BEING ENOUGH. IT LOOKED LIKE ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED AND HERIANCÉE WAS TAKEN. AND
THEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE IS PREGNANT. IT IBRUTAL. IT IS CRUEL. AND NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THIS IS THE PERCT POLICY. NO ONE IS SAYING THE 60-DAY PREVICES IS A PERFECT POLICY. IT'S A HARD CHOICE TO MAKE. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT. W UNDERSTAND THAT IT PUTS PRESSURE ON LANDLORDS AND THE NONPROFITS THAT DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BUT IT'S THAT PRESSURE COMPARED TO PEOPLE'S LIVES BEING CPLETELY TORN APART. AND IF WE CAN HELP
SAVE LIVES THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THAT'S WT WE'RE GOING TO DO. ALSO, THERE'S NO WAY TO TARGET THIS. THERE'S NO WAY THAT I HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WHERE WE CAN TARGET THIS JUST TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY OPERATION METRO SURGE. BECAUSE
OF THE PRECARTY OF IMMIGRANT PEOPLE BEING ON A LIST OR HAVING TO ASK A LANDLORD TO GRANT THEM A PREEVICTION NICE UP TO 60 DAYS OR SAY "DON'T EVICT ME." WE N'T RELY ON THAT GOO WILL. BECAUSE WE EVEN KNOW OUR CURRENT
TENA POLICIES AREN'T UPHELD BY MANY OF THE SLUMLORDS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT'S JUST THERUTH. OUR COMMUNITY
IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T SEEN MASS EVICTIONS RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE LINES AND RAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEMSELVES. PEOPLE ARE ADOPTING RENT. WORKING-PEOPLE ARE ADOPTING A RENT, SAVING THEIR
MONEY TO PAY SOMEONE EE'S RENT. AND THE MEDIA, THE NATIONAL URGENCY IS GONE SO THE FUNDRAISING HAS SLOWED. WE NEED MORE TIME TO BUILD IT UP. RI RIGHT. THAT'S A SNARE OWE. I'LL SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WITH THE $1
MILLION WE PASSED FOR RTAL ASSISTANCE, HENNEPIN COUNTY, I TALKED TO A STAFF MEMBER THE OTHER DAY HAS AGREED FOR THAT PREEVICTION NOTICE ITSELF TO BE THE TRIGGER TO ALLOW FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO BE GIVE. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PUSH FOR AT THE STE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO
BE THE TRIGGER, AS WELL. TO GO DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS, IF THAT'S NECESSARY TO HELP PEOPLE. WHAT WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR IS THIS PREEVICTION NOTICE FOR APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST. THAT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE EXPERIENCED DURING COVID-19. AND I ALSO BELIEVE IN THIS HARD CHOICE THE LANDLORDS, THE NONPROFITS, THE THINGS THEY DO NOW IS SAY, "HEY, WE FACE THIS CRISIS. THERE'S A
60-DAY PREEVICTION NOTICE TO THE LIST OF DONORS THAT I HAVE THAT I FUNDRAISED FOR EVERY YEAR. I'M ASKING YOU TO CHIP IN SO WE CAN DO RENTAL RELIEF SO OUR BALANCE SHEET ISN'T IMPACTED." THAT IS A CHOICE THAT CAN BE
MADE. IT'S ALSO A CHOICE THAT THESE DEVELOPERS, THESE LANDLORDS, THESE NONPROFITS CAN MAKE TO SAY, "OKAY, 60-DAY PREEVICTION NOTICE. I'M GOING TO KEEP ON COMING TO MY TENANTS WEEK AFTER WEEK TO CHECK IN AND MAKE A PLAN WITH THEM TO REMIND
THEM YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR RENT. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GET BACKGGED TWO MONTHS. IF YOU GET TO TWO MONTHS, IT'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH. YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO OVERCOME IT." THOSE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS AT THE HANDS OFHESE LARGE, LARGE ORGANIZATIONS. AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THEM BRING THAT FORWARD.
TO SAY WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THIS MOMENT. THEY CAN PROVIDE RENT RELIEF. THEY CAN TAKE DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS. WE ALL ARE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE HARD CHOICES. BUT THE HARDEST CHOICES ARE MADE RIGHT NOW BY OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ON WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO STAY SAFE OR THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO
WORK SO THEY CAN STAY HOME AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE RELIEF THERE. SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE TODAY. AND TO THE MAYOR, PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR VETO. WE CAN DO SOMETHING BIG HERE. WE CAN JOIN WITH THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL. IF
THIS IS VETOED, PLEASE, JOIN IN OVERRIDING IT. LET'S MAKE HISTORY AS A CITY. LET'S SHOW UP. LES CONTINUE TO STAND TOGETHER. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, WE HAD A LENGTHYDY
NOT TO REHASH MY PREVIOUS COMMENTS THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE WILL OF THE BODY. THERE IS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT THAT W NEED TO HELP THOSE IMPACTED BY OPERATION METRO SURGE. THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS POLICY IS LIMITED TO.
THERE IS NOT A GOOD OR SAFE WAY TO ONLY EXEMPT THOSE THAT HAVE NEEDED TO SHELTER IN PLACE. IT'S FOR EVERYONE. AND IT GREATLY DISRUPTS OUR HOUSING ECOSYSTEM. AND ULTIMATELY PUTS MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREET. THIS
IS ABOUT DISAGREEMENT OF WHAT POLICY SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE INTERESTED BY OPERATION METRO SURGE. I'M HERE FOR SOLUTIONS. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING FOR TRYING FOR WEEKS HERE UP UNTIL LAST NIGHT. I'VE
BEEN ABLE TO FIND AND READ THE LETTER FROM THE 14 TRUSTED. ITY KIRA IS THE EXPERT. THESE ARE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY
BUILDING AND MANAGING CLIENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE TELLS US THAT PAUSING EVICTIONS IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THIS CRISIS. IT'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE. WE NEED OTHERS LIKE THE STATE AND THE FED TO STEP UP. THIS
ISN'ABOUT DEVELOPERS. IT'S ABOUT THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF BAD POLICY LEADING TO HOUSING INSTABILITY. AND THAT COMES WITH UNPAID RENT AND THEN EVENTUALLY EVICTION. SO IT'S NOT OKAY. IT'S NOT OKAY TO INCREASE SOMEONE'S DEBT LOAD AND
THEN DELAY THE EVICTION FILING THAT IS REQUIRED TO GET RENTAL ASSISTANCE. IF THE COUNTY JUST CHANGED THAT, AS COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY SAID, IT'S NEWS TO ME. I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN ANY SORT OF FORMAL NOTICE FROM THE COUNTY TO THAT REGARD. I HOPE WE CAN DO. BUT THIS BECOMES A DOUBLE WHAMMY OFHE WORST SORT.
IT LITERALLY WORKS AGAINST PREVIOUS ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS POLICY DUE TO THE R UNINTENDEDONG-TERM
IMPACTS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION. THANK YOU, CLERK, FOR EXPOUNDING UPON THAT. AND IF I CAN BRIEFLY TALK TO KIND OF LANGUAGE HERE. AND I KNOW I'VE HAD
NVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF YOU ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT. THAT WAS WITHDRAWN. AND, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ SAID IT RIGHT. I THINK IT'S HARD TO TARGET. IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF MY BRAIN. THIS IS NOT COMING FROM MY OFFICES. THIS I COMING FROM L.A. COUNTY. WE ARE USING
DIRECTION AND LANGUAGE THAT HAS COME FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT USE LANGUAGE TO HELP TARGET THOSE IN MOST NEED. A BLANKET POLICY, AS WE HAVE SEEN, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, CONTINUES TO HARM THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO
THESE ISSUES. WHAT WE SAW FROM HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN 2020, IS IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY AFFECT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. IT IS THE COMMUNICATION OF A BROAD, NON-TARGETED EVICTION MORATORIUM THAT WILL CAUSEPEOPLT
BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO PAY RENT. BUT BECAUSE, AS WE ALL UNIQUELY AND ACUTELY, I THINK KNOW. THOSE IN LOW-INCOME SITUATIONS KNOW BEST WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR MONEY. THE MOMENT THAT YOU HEAR THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TRIAGE YOUR DOLLARS
TO AREAS THAT ARE MORE AFFECTED, YOU' DO THAT. IF YOUR PHONE BILL COMES UP AS THE MOST PRESSING, YOU'LL PAY YOUR PHONE BILL. IF YOUR HEAT BILL COMES UP THAT IS MOST PRESSING. YOU'LL PAY THE HEAT BILL. IF RENT HAS 60 DAYS AND, AS I THINK MANY OF US HERE UNDERSTAND, IS
THE TOP OF THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY. IF YOU GET FAR BEHIND, IF YOU GET TWO MONTHS BEHIND, WE KNOW STATISTICALLY THAT IS ALMOST IN INSURMOUNTABLE TO OVERCOME. THE MOMENYOU DO THAT, YOU WILL BE OUT ON THE STREET. AND NONE OF US WANT THAT. THAT IS WHY WE SAW EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF OUR LARGEST, AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFIT THAT TARGET THOSE AT 80% TO 30% AMI, T MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, COME AND TELL US THAT THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. NOT JUST BECAUSE NOT JUST A HYPOTHETICAL, BUT BECAUSE THEY'VE SE IT. AND I
APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, TAING ABOUT THE DRASTIC VERSION THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. AND WE SAW IT LAST TIME. IN 2020. NO ONE CAME TO THEIR AID. AND TT IS
WHY THEY ARE IN THIS EXACT SAME SITUATION. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE COMING TO US IN THIS TIME NOW TO SAY, "WE DID NOT HAVE THAT AID BEFORE. WE' ON THE BRINKS OF CLOSING.." THE MOMENT THEY CLOSE, THE MOMENT THE SHUT THEIR DOORS, THEY SHUT IT DOWN, AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO ON
THE STREET. OR THEY SELL IT TO PRIVATE EQUITY. AND THAT INSTANT I WILL TURNS INTO MARKET-RATE HOUSING. SO WE HAVE A MOMENT JUST LIKE ALL THIS. WE ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT. IF WE BELIEVE THIS IS EMERGENCY, I BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US DO, THEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK THE
RESPONSIBILITY AND OBLIGATION, TO COME TOGETHER. I HE NO ABILITY OR WILL TO PLAY CHICKEN WITH THE MAYOR. ON A VETO. LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT WILL ACTUALLY PASS. ACTUALLY GET THROUGH. AND I DON'T THINK -- THAT'S WHY I PULLED -- IT SOUNDS
LIKE IT WAS A COMMENT AND NOT AN AMENDMENT. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING THROUGH. RIGHT. AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT. WE'RE GOG TO SEE IF THE MAYOR WILL VETO IT OR NOT. I THINK THERE'S A WAY WE COULD HAVE COME TOGETHER WITH THE MAYOR TO MOVE IT FORWARD. AND THAT'S I DON'T
THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO AT THIS MOMENT. THAT'S OKAY. I THINK WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. THINK THE DELAY, WILL, AGAIN, AS COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON SAID, A DELAY WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO BE HURT. AND IF WE ACTUALLY WANT TO DO THAT, WE COULD HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET OUTSIDE OF A DELAY. THANK YOU.
>> COUNC MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. LET'S TAKE THE LANDLORDS OFF THE TABLE. LET'S LOOK AT THE FACT THAT INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN THESE
POSITIONSND SITUATIONS WHO ARE STRUGGLING. WHORE MOST VULNERABLE RIGHT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME AREOT MAKING THE MOST MONEY. PERIOD. LET'S LOOK AT THECONOMY. LET'S LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE OF THINGS. OKAY. SO
I HEARD NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES COME IN AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY MAKE BARELY $500 OR $600 A WEEK IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT. I LOOK AT THE MARKET RIGHT NOW FOR RENTAL AND
HOUSING THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN HAVE AN EFFICIENCY. AND IT'S $1200 OR $1,300 OR $1,500 A MONTH. OKAY. THE FACT THAT NOW THERE'S BEEN AISRUPTION IN THE INCOME, THE LIKELINESS FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL TO FIND EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT. THAT'S GOING TO PAY THEM A LIVABLE WAGE. THAT IS AT THE SAME OR BETTER THAN WHAT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY BEING PAID BEFORE. THEY WERE DISRUPTED BY THE INSURGENCE OF I.C.E. IS SLIM TO NONE. A LOT
OF EMPLOYERS WERE NOT HOLDING JOBS AND HOLDING THOSE SPACES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK. SO NOW YOU'RE PIECEMEALING TOGETHER ONE OR TWO JOBS OR MULTIPLE JOBS. IF YOUR SPOUSE WAS ABDUCTED, AND LET'S
SAY HE HAD A JOB. AND HE WAS MAKING $32 AN HOUR FORKLIFTING, DOING SOMETHING, ROOFING, WHATEVER THE CASE IS. HAD A CERTIFICATION. DOING HIS JOB. HE'S MAKING MONEY. TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD. BEING RESPONSIBLE. WHOEVER YOUR PARTNER IS. NOW HE'S BEEN REMOVED FROM THAT SITUATION, YOU
MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME SKILL SET AS YOUR PARTNER TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME NANCIAL VALUE THAT HE WAS BRINGING OR SHE WAS BRINGING INTO THE HOUSEHOLD. OKAY. SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU DIG A
HOLE FOR YOURSELF. AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PIECE IT TOGETHER. THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE WITH YOUR LANDLORD OR PROPERTY MANAGER OR WHOMEVER SHOULD BE A HEALTHY COMMUNICATION. I WOULD SAY, IN THIS SITUATION, THE BEST THING
WOULD BE TO DO IS TO DO A MUTUAL TERMINATION AGREEMENT. SO YOU DON'T END UP WITH A LARGE DEBT ON YOUR RECORD THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM MOVING FORWARD TO A BETTER NTAL SITUATION. WE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUNG
IS GOING TO ALL OF A SUDDEN COME AVAILABLE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS AT THIS TIME. THOSE HOUSING LISTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS AND SECTION 8 AND 42 ARE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO 10 YEARS LONG. IT'S NOT GOING TO
BE ANYTHING INSTANTANEOUS. WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, A LOT OF THEM ARE IN FEAR WITH WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES. BECAUSE, AS ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SAID, IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR
NAME ON AN I.C.E. HIT LIST. RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM IN THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS. E DON'T. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD BARRIERS OF DEBT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULTOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOMEONE MOVING
FORWARD IN ANOTHER SITUATION. HOUSING COURTS GOING TO BE SO BACKED UP THAT IT'LL BE 120 DAYS OR MORE BEFORE YOU EVEN GET AN APPOINTMENT. THAT IS AMPLE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH
SOMEBODY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A TOMORROW THING. JUST BECAUSE YOU GET AN EVICTION NOTICE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN GO TO COURT THE NEXT DAY. SOMET SOMETIME IT'S THREE OR SIX MONTHS OUT. WHEN YOU GO TO COURT, THEY GUESS WHAT
THEY HAVE YOU DO? TALK WITH THE MEDIATOR. WHAT CAN YOU WORK OUT WITH THE LANDLORD? WHAT THINGS CAN BE RESOLVED IN THIS SITUATION? NOW WE'LL PUTHE LANDLORDS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS INTO EQUATION. IF YOU OWN A PIECE OF
PROPERTY, 90 DAYS. GUESS WHAT THEY'RE FILING? FORECLOSURE NOTICE. OKAY. YEAH. YOU HAVE A SIX-MONTH RECOVERY PERIOD. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INCOME FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT. GUESS WHAT YOU CAN'T DO? RECOVER. IT MEANS EVERYBODY IS OUT ON THE STREETS. YOU LOSE
YOUR PROPERTY. WE HAVE SMALL MOM AND POP LANORDS WHO OWN DUPLEXES AND SMALLER UNITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE THE HITS OF THE LARGER CORPORATIONS EITHER. WHO ARE DOIN EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER IN ORDER TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES WHO ARE REACHING OUT TO ME AND SAYING, "PEARLL, I HAVE NOT RECOVERED FRO COVID PANDEMIC." I CANNOT ASK FOR MY MORTGAGE COMPANY TO ROLL BACK
DEBT ANY FURTHER ON MY LOAN. I'M GOING TO LOSE THE PROPERTY. SO THEN EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE OUT. I DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY. BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS BEEN AFFECTED. EVERYBODY. NOT JUST IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. WE ALL
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE EFFECTS OF OPERATION METRO SURGE. IT'S NOT JUST OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR TO JUST SAY IT'S JUST THEM. WE ALL HAVE BEEN IMPACTE I HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO
STOOD UP HERE ON TUESDAY AND TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY GAVE THEIR RETIREMENT. GIVING THEIR SAVINGS. PORING INTO FOLKS, WHICH IS ADMIRABLE. AND I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE T DO THOSE THINGS A
LITTLE BIT LONGER. THIS IS NOT AN EASY FIX. THIS IS NOT A REMEDY THAT IS GOING TO BRING LASTING RESULTS. THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO AND WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THESE HOUSING PROVIDERS. WHEN YOU HAVE SECTION 8 AND DIFFERENT HOUSING.
FILE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. IF YOU'RE LIVING IN THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THINGS. LET THEM KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE INCOME. SO THEY CANDJUST YOUR RENT. BUT THERE IS GOING TO CONTINUETE COLLECTIVE EFFICACY THATOES
INTO THIS WORK. THIS ISN'T IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT PAYNE. A COUPLE OF THINGS. I WANT TO NOTE FOR ANYONE IN THIS POSITION OF BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER. YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY, AS MANY OF US HAVE, TO BRING THE SOLUTIONS FORWARD THAT YOU THINK SERVES FIT FOR ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS AS BEING COMPRISED UNDER ORATION METRO SURGE.
ONE OF THE KEY CONDITIONS WE'RE WALKING TOWARD IS FURTHER HOUSING INSTABILITY. OPERATION METRO SURGE INTERRUPTED OUR HOUSING MARKET. THAT WAS ALREADY UNSTABLE. AND WE KNOW
EVEN LI RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION. PEOPLE ARE WALKING INTO TWO MONTHS OF BEING BEHIND ON RENT. THAT'S A REALITY RIGHT NOW. SO WHEN YOU SAY, "OH, GIVING PEOPLE ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS THAT WILLONLS
PROTECTION THROUGH AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, THIS IS NOT EVEN INDEFINITE. YOU'RE SAYIN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR." YOU'RE SAYING I'M NOT GIVING YOU. YOU'RE ABDICATING YOUR POWER. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING UNDERLINES THIS BEING I'M CONCERNED FOR THE
LANDLORDS. YOU'RE SAYING, "NO, GO WORK IT OUT WITH YOUR LANDLORD AND BETTER HOPE YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO CARES ABOUT YOU TO PAY YOUR RENT. IF NOT, THAT LANDLORD SHOULD RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EVICT YOU AND MAKE YOU HOMELESS EARLIER."HAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ULTIMATELY. AND MAYOR FREY, IF YOU VETO THIS
POLICY, THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT'S NOT A CAR ABOUT PRESERVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET. THIS IS LITERALLY ABOUT PREVENTING WHAT WE KNOW IS THE LOOMING CRISIS. PEOPLE WILL BE EVICTED WHAT WE HEARD FROM LANDLORDS, SPECIFICALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING LANDLORDON TUESDAY, WAS THEY
WANT THE ABILITY TO EVICT SOONER. THAT'S ESSENTIALL WHAT THEY HEARD. AND WE'LL SHARE SOME AGREEMENT ON THIS. I AGREE, THIS CONVERSATION IS ABSOLUTELY ELIMINATED THE FACT THERE ARE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERSRE CONSTANTLY
NAVIGATING. THEY DO NOT GET THE ABILITY TO HAVE PROFIT MARGINS. TO ALLOW THEM TO FLOW ON IN THEIR OPERATIONS LIKE SOME OF OUR MORE CORPORATE LANDLORDS DO. BUT IT DOESUT INTO LIGHT, TOO, OF THESE CHANGES WHEN ANON
RECENTLY ACCEPTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PUBLIC SUBSIDY AND SELL ONE OF THE LARGEST AFFORDABLE COMPLEXES IN THE METRO. THEIR TOP EXECUTIVES EARN HIGH SARIES. I THINK THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO BE APPROACHING THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING NONPROFIT COMPLEX THAT DOES NOT SEEMO ALSO OFFER LONG-TERM STABILITY A STATISTIC. WE NEED TO THINK OF PUBC SOLUTIONS AND OPTIONS TO THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DEBATING NOW. WE'RE DEBATING GIVING PEOPLE ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS. TO WHAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE TO GET THEM THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE CURRENT I WILL NOT AVAILABLE. PEOPLERE NOT RAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS THEY WERE JUST FEW WEEKS AGO. TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH MARCH. THROUGH APRIL. THROUGH JULY. AND THE IDEA THA WE WOULD SAVE RESIDENTS I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. RUN FOR OFFICE. I'M
NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. I'M NOT GOING TO EXERCISE MY POWER TO EVEN TRY. I NEED YOU TO KEEP SHOWING UP. WHILE PATROLLING, WHILE MAKING SURE YOU PUT YOUR BODY BETWEEN I.C.E. OFFICIAL AND THEIR GUNS TO PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBOR. KEEP GOING OUT THERE AND SUPPORNG YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND, YES, KEEP PULLING INTO YOUR 401(k), YOUR
SAVINGS. KEEP MAXING OUT YOUR CREDIT CARDS. GOVERNMENT OFFIALS AND THE MAYOR THEY DON'T SUPPORT THIS POLICY. THAT'S THE OPTION THEY'RE PRESENTING TO YOU. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S A DISDAIN FOR POOR PEOPLE. IT SAYS ITUCKS FOR
YOU YOU LANDED IN A POSITION OF POVERTY. IF YOUR LANDLORD DOESN'T HAVE GRACE FOR YOU, OH, WHOOPEE DO. THAT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS TO BE IN. THAT MEANS
NOTHING IF WE CAN'T EVEN STAND UP FOR THE MOST VULRABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I'LL NAME THAT. MAYOR FREY, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE A LEADERN THIS MOMENT. YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE THAN JUST GIVE GRANDIOSE SPEECHESHAT IS
EMBODIED BY THE COURAGE RESIDENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED. NOT GOVERNMENT LEADERS. BUT EVERYDAY FOLKS HAVE DONE MORETHR ELECT THE OFFICIALS. AT ALL LEVELS. INCLUDING OUR MAYOR. AND IT'S GREAT YOU GET TO GO AND TALK ABOUT THAT WORK TO THE
ENTIREORLD. BUT IT MEANS NOTHING IF YOU CAN'T EVEN USE THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE. AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S PUTTING YOUR VETO PEN AWAY. LAND APP CHILL ON I.C.E. SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE TIME TO GET RESOURCES. SO OUR
START PARTNERS CAN DO WHAT THEY CAN TO MOBILIZE FUNDING. SO LANDLORDS, YOU FAVORITE BASE OF PEOPLE CAN GET PAID. >> COUNCIL MEMBER YOUR TIME. >> I WANT TO NAM THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UMM, ON TUESDAY, WE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME HERE TO CITY HALL. LOTS OF PEOPLE TAKING DAY OFF OF WORK. AND ADJUSTING THEIR SCHEDULES TO BE HERE TO COME TO THEIR LOCAL LEADERS AND TALK TO US ABOUT, UMM, WHAT WE
CAN DO TO HAVE THEIR BACK IN THIS MOMENT. WE HAD 81 PEOPLE TESTIFY. WE HAD OUR CHAMBERS, OUR OVERFLOW ROOM, AND HALLWAYS WERE FULL. WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE HERE. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY PERSON WHO CAME OUT
TO OFFER THEIR TESTIMONY T BEAR WITNESS TO LOCAL DEMOCRACY AT WORK. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF BUILDING THE CITY WE DESERVTO LIVE IN. I THINK SOMETHING I HAVE REALLY
STRUGGLED WITH AS THIS DISCUSSION HAS UNFOLDED IS HEARING FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS AND NONPROFITS TALKING ABOUT THEIR WORST FEARS. WHICH IS PEOPLE WILL FALL
MULTIPLE MONTHS BEHIND RENT AND NEVER ABLE TO CATCH UP. AND AS A RESULT, MORE EVICTNS WILL HAPPEN. I HAVE A TOUGH TIME WITH THAT. RIGHT. BECAUSE
THERE ISN'T THIS MASS AVAILABILITY OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW THAT IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATE. AND. AS WE WAIT FOR THAT TO COME INTO EFFECT AND BECOME AVAILABLE FOR IMPACTED
RESIDENTS THAT WE NEED TO BUY TIME TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. AND TO DO NOTHING IN THIS MOMENT IS ONLY GOING TO ME MORE EVICTIONS HAPPENING. RIGHT. THAT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO BE OVERLOOKED. RIGHT. THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT HYPOTHETICAL FEARS THAT NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO CATCH UP ON RENT. WHILE IGNORING THE FACT THAT EVICTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. AND EVICTIONS RESULT IN HOMELESSNESS. A HOMELESSNESS IS EXPENSIVE. IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BUYING 30 ADDITIONAL DAYS OF TIME. IT
JUST IS. THAT'S A FACT. WE KNOW FROM THE EXPERTS WHO STUDY THIS THAT EXTENDING A PREEVICTION NOTICE, DELAYING EVICTIONS FROM HAPPENING REDUCES HOMELESSNESS. REDUCES EVICTIONS. THAT'S,LSO, A
FACT. I THINK SOMETHING I STRUGGLE WITH IN THIS CONVERSATION IS WHO WE DETERMINE EXPERTS TO BE. I THINK I HAVE A TOUGH TIME WITH COLLEAGUES REALLY ASSERTING THAT THE ONLY EXPERTS WE SHOULD BE LISTENING TO IN THIS MOMENT ARE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS. LET'S REFRAME WHO EXPERTS ARE. THE PEOPLE LEADING IN THE MOMENT. PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. EXPERTS IN THIS MOMENT ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS AND MUTUAL AID NETWORKS THAT HAVE RAISED
$6 MILLION THIS YEAR TO PAY FOR PEOPLE'S RENTS. $6 MILLION WORTH OF EVICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRENTED BY NEIGHBORS STEPPING UP AND GIVING MORE THAN THEY HAVE. MAXING OUT THEIR CREDIT CARDS. WE HAD AN ELDER WHO WAS HERE TESTIFYING ABOUT
HOW THEY GAVE $10,000 OUT OF THUNDE THEIR RETIREMENT FUND. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF SACRIFICES PEOPLE ARE MAKING IN THIS MOMT. I HAVE PERSONALLY TALKED TO SO MANY RESIDENTS WHO WERE BEHIND TWO OR THREEONTHS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO
WORK SINCE THE START OF OPERATION METRO SURGE IN EARLY DECEMBER WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIG THEIR WAY OUT OF BACK RENT AND STAYN THEIR HOMES AS A RESULTF PEOPLE STEPPING UP. THEY'RE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAS BENEFITED FROMHE
$6 MILLION RAISED TO PAY RENT FOR RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. THAT MONEY HASN'T COME FROM PHILANTHROPY. THAT MUS MONEY HASN'T COME FROM THOSE HAVING THE MEANS TO GIVE. IT'S COMING FROM ORDINARY PEOPLE DIGGING INTO THEIR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS. DIGGING INTO THEIR
SAVINGS. DIGGING -- MAXING OUT THEICREDIT CARDS. THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE THE EXPERTS. EXPERTS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO US AND SAYING, "I'M BEHIND ON RENT. I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. I'M WORKING WITH MY
NEIGHBORS AND CONNECTED TO A MUTUAL AID GROUP. I'M CONNECTED TO WHATEVER." AND I'M TRYING TO GET THE MONEYOGETHER. I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. WE'RE TELLING THEM THEY'RE NOT EXPERTS. ARE G YOU SERIOUS?
THE EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, THOSE DIRECTL IMPACTED, AND THOSE WHO ARE SUPPORTING THEM ARE TELLING US THIS IS A BARE MINIMUM SOLUTION. LET'S LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS. THANK YOU.
>> COUNC MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION ABO EXPERTS. I DID, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, I DID FORGET TO BRING SOME PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE THAT I DID HAVE. I ALSO TALKED TO HOMELINE. IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, THEY HAVE SEEN MORE
CALL FOR RENT ASSISTANCE THAN EVEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. AND ANY QUARTER, ANY ONE QUARTER IN THE COVID-19 NDEMIC. WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, IS SEEING AN EVICTION CRISIS LOOMING THAT IS BIGGER THAN COVID-19. THAT IS THEIR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE. ON TOP OF THAT, WE WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'REECIDING WHO SHOULD FEEL THE PINCH. SHOULD PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE OUT ON THE STREET, PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE DEVASTATING EVICTION
RECORDS ON THEIR RECORD, SHOULD THEY BE THE ONES FEELING THE PINCH. ORHOSE WHO HAVE -- THOSE WHO HAVE -- WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? DEVEPMENT DIRECTORS, PUBLIC RELEASES DIRECTORS,
SHOULD THO PEOPLE FEEL THE PINCH? THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, PEOPLE, IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, THOSE LAID OFF FROM THEIR PCA JOBS, THEY DO NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS. THEY DON'T HAVE PUBLIC SPECIALISTS. PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALISTS. WHAT THEY HAVE IS THEY HAVE
THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEY HAVE THE GOVERNMENTS THEY VOTED FOR. WE ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE AND WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. WE ARE, IN FACT, THE ONLY ONES WHO WILL PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. SO LET'S STEN TO THE EXPERTS. YOU
QUESTIONED WHETHER KIRA WAS AN EXPERT. AND IT'S THE EXPERT BECAUSE THEY HAVE Ph.D.S IN THIS. THEYPEND EVERY DAY STUDYING THIS. AND IN A TIME WHEN EXPERTISE AND WHEN TRU IS SOMA LINED, I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS. WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS AT
HOMELINE. WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS. WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS ON THE GROUND. AND WE SHOULD LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFITS WHO SAY THAT THE REASON THEY'RE HERE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE BROKE. AND WE SHOULD GO AND HELP THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFITS NOT BE BROKE. WE SHOULD FIX
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS CITY AND STATE AND THIS COUNTRY. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DECIDING TODAY. WE'RE DECIDING TODAY WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS IN THEIR HOMES. WE HAVE A DATA-DRIVEN WAY OF DOING THAT. WE CAN KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS IN OUR HOMES. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT. IF WE PASS THIS
POLICY NOW AND IT GETS SIGNED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE CAN DO THESE THINGS. WE ARE NOT CHOOSING. WE'RE NOT CHOOSING BETWEEN THEM. WE'RE CHSING WHETHER WE WANT TO THE HELP OUR NEIGHBORS OR WHETHER WE DO NOT. SO THANK YOU AND
PLEASE, PLEASE, SUPPORT THIS MEASURE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'LL BE BRIEF. I HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THIS DISCUSSION. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE -- I GUESS
GAINED AN EXTRA LEVEL OF CLARITY ON WHY WE'RE MOVING THIS POLICY FORWARD AND WHY I'M HERE. WHY I RAN TO BE ON THE COUNCIL. AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO DO IT. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL DEFINITELY
MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT IN THIS DISCUSSION, IN THIS TERM ABOUT WHO IS THE EXPERT AND WHO IS NOT. AND TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND THEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WORKING PEOPLE AND POOR PEOPLE WILL SPEND THEIR
MONEY IS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE 1 100% HAVE A MAJOR CLASS RATIFICATION ISSUE. WE 100 HAD% DO. WE FAIL CONTINUOUSLY AS A CITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. AND THAT IS TRULY WHY WE WILL NEVER FIX
POVERTY IN THE CITY, UNLESS WE CHOOSE TO CHANGE IT. IT'S LITERALLY WHY WE'LL NEVER FIX IT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CLASS OF ULTRA WEALTHY FOLKS WHO CAN DONATE A LOT OF MONEY TO RENT RELIEF. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OWNING
CLASS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS WHO ARE DONATING OR CONTRIBUTING AND WORKING-CLASS FOLKS THAT ARE, AS WELL. I WOULD ALSO SAY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, A CLASS OF FOLKS THAT ARE OFTENTIMES IN THE SHADOWS OR SEEN AS UNTOUCHABLE.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT LOOKS LIKE OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, OUR UNHOUSED COMMUNITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND THE REALITY OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS WE'RE PICKING A CLASS INTEREST. WE JUST ARE. AND WHAT I FEEL VERY CLEAR ON,
AND WHAT MY LIFE EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN ME, AND WHAT THIS JOB HAS SHOWN ME FROM BEING A POLICY AID TO BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT THE WORKING-CLASS, THE POOR PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNTOUCHABLE IN SOME REGARDS, THEY NEVER HAVE THE FIGHTERS. THEY NEVER HAVE THE ORGANIZED
MOMENTUM. AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ALWAYS, IN A CRISIS, FACE THE MOST HARM. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STEPPING UP TO DO. AND I WANT TO CHALLENGE WHY AREN'T WE ASKING THE WEALTHY, THE
NOROFITS WHO DO GALAS EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO FUNDRAISE TO PAY FOR THE RENTAL RELIEF OF THEIR RESIDENTS. IF THERE'S A PREEVICTION NOTICE. WHY AREN'T WE ASKING THEM TO DO IT. TELEON
TELETHONS, RADIO. GET THAT MONEY. BUILD OUT A PLAN FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX MONTHS TO TALK TO THE RENTERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT. AND REMIND THEM, HEY, YES, YOU HAVE A LIGHT BILL. YES YOU HAVE THIS OTHER BILL. BUT YOU NEED TO PAY YOUR RENT. SEND THEM
LETTERS EVERY SINGLE DAY, IF YOU HAVE TO. SEND PEOPLE COMING AND KNOCKING. BE A FRIENDLY FACE. THERE ARE WAYS AROUND THIS. IT JUST FEELS LIKE A LACK OF TRUST IN THE WORKING PEOPLE AND THE POOR PEOPLE. WE'RE TRYING TO HELP. THEY ARE JUST AUTOMATICALLY SEE THEY GET 60
DAYS AND WON'T PAY THEIR RENT BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE TO. THERE ARE WAYS TO MITATE IT. AND THAT'S RELIANT ON THE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND LANDLORDS TO JUMP IN AND BE IT. IT'S NOT AN EASY CHOICE. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH CHOICE. I FELT LIKE IF I LET THE MOMENT
PASS TO TALK ABOUT THE REALLY CLEAR CLASS STR STRATEGY INDICATION THAT HAS NEVER FELT CLEARER. WE'RE IN AN EMERGENCY. IF I DIDN'T SPEAK ABOUT IT, THIS MOMENT WOULD PASS. I FEEL THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT COMES TO HEAD FOR THE NEXT YEARS TO COME. IT JUST FEELS
VERY, VERY CLEAR TO ME. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. UMM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UMM, JUST VERY, VERY BRIEFLY, UMM, YOU KNOW, I -- I'VE READ THE LETTER FROM
THE 13 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFIT PROVIDERS. A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT REALLY STRIKES ME ABOUT THAT LETTER IS THE NUMBER OF FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES AT THE ORGANIZATIONS. THAT THEMSELVES
ACTUALLY ARE REACHING OUT TO MUTUAL AID NETWORKS TO PAY THEIR OWN RENT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST STRIKES ME AS IRONIC THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE RESOURCES FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND STATE GOVERNMENT, THAT, YOU
KNOW, AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PARTNER IN THAT WAY. WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION OF BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ABSOLUTELY. BUT IT JUST -- IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT TO BE LOOKING INWARD RIGHT NOW. ABOUT HOW THEY CAN PERHAPS
SUPPORT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES IN BEING ABLE TO PAY RENT WHO ARE REACHING OUT TO MUTUAL AID NETWORKS NOW. BECAUSE THEY'RE AT-RISK OF EVICTION THEMSELVES. SO JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. AND, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD JUST REQUEST TO THE AUTHORS TO BE
ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS POLICY. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO OBJECTION. I THINK THE CLERKS CAN GET THAT DOCUMENTED. AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> ABSTAIN. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.
>> AYE. >> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES, FIVE NAYS, AND ONE AB STATION. ABSTENTION. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT UP 41. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
AS I MENTIONED AT C.O.W. ON TUESDAY I WOULD WORK WITH OUR STAFF TO BRING FORWARD AN AMENDED LANGUAGE THAT REPRESENTS THE INTENT OF THREE-PLUS YEARS IN ORGANIZING THE RETHINKING I-94 PROJECT THAT REALLY WILL SHAPE, AGAIN, WHAT IS THE FUTURE
OF THIS HIGHWAY. AND HOW CAN WE BE INNOVATIVE ANDSE IT AS WAYS TO SHOW WE'RE INVESTING IN OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE HARM THAT HIGHWAY HAS CONTINUED TO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SPECIFICALLY DESTABILIZING AND
TEARING APART PREDOMINATELY BLACK COMMUNITIES. AND THE HARM IT CAUSES FOR BLA AND BROWN RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG IT, EVEN IN OUR CURRENT TIMES. SO THAT SAID, THE LANGUAGE THAT I'M PROPOS PROPOSING IN THIS AMENDMENT WILL SUGGEST -- AND
IT'S ALREADY REFLECTED IN YOUR PACKET ANY ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO. ESSENTIALLY IT SAYS THE CITY DOES NOT SUPPORT OR STRONGLY OPPOSES ANY ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS THAT COULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD
FROM MNDOT THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO OF A HIGHWAY. THERE IS ALREADY BEEN SHARED UNDERSTANDING AND CONVERSATIONS AND AGREEMENT THAT WE CANNOT KEEP THIS HIGHWAY AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS IN LIGHTF
EVERYTHING THAT I SHARED. SO THIS AMENDMENT CHANGE REFLECTIVE OF THAT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL.. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.
>> YES, THANK YOU CH, CHAIR WONSLEY, FOR CHANGING SOME OF THE WORDING. I THINK THESE ARE STRONG CHANGES. THAT SAID, I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS TODAY. BECAUSE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT I GOT JUST YESTERDAY FROM PUBLIC WORKS. TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE
INTO THIS PROJECT. SO, FOR NOW, I'LL STILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS. B I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE CHANGES. I THINK THEY'RE POSITIVE. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 41,
AS AMENDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >>YE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO.
>> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE NINE AYES AND FOUR NAYS. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT UP 57. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.
>> > SORRY FOR THE DELAY. YEAH, I BROUGHT FORWARD THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE I WANTED TO ADD IN THAT -- I WANTED TO CHECK HAVE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY WHETHER
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO TRAINING WISE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT THIS. AND ALSO TO CHECK, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE HAS IT, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE
NEED IT. SO, I WAN I WANT A MOREULL ANALYSIS. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS GETTING AT. I DISCUSSED WITH ONE OF THE AUTHORS SOME HESITATION AROUND THE WORDING OF THIS. I'M -- I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS CONFUSINGLY WORDED. BUT
I -- AT THIS MOMENT, TRUSTING STAFF THAT THEY'VE TAKEN WHAT I'VE SAID AND THAT THIS, THE WORDING THEY HAVE HERE MEANS WHAT I JUST SAID OUT LOUD. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD CHECK. >> ARE YOU MOVING TO APPROVE THIS? >> YES. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. >> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, M MR. CHAIR. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING. I WAS ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE DOING THE WORK. AND THEY ULTIMATE I WILLED, YES, WE FEEL THIS AMENDMENT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SCOPE OF OUR WORK.
SO THAT'S FINE THAT WE WANT TO BE EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE WANT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI WHO DID A GOOD JOB YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO BE AT THIS UNPLANNED RESCHEDULED MEETING. I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB SUMMARIZING WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. AGAIN,
THERE'S NOT A RETURN DATE ON THIS. BECSE THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE INFORMATION IS NEEDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE NEEDS AND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF FUNDING A PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING AND WELLNESS FACILITY. I THINK
GETTING THIS UPDATED INFORMATION IS WARRANTED. THIS IS ASKING FOR THINGS LIKE EMERGING TRAINING TECHNOLOGY, SPACE UTILIZATION, RENOVATION VERSUS NEW CONSTRUCTION, FUNDING CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING OPTIONS, THAT SORT OF THING. I'VE DONE A LOTF WORK ON THIS.
BUT THAT WORK WAS SIX YEARS AGO. AND THERE ARE CHANGING TIMES AND CHANGING NEEDS. SO IT DOES DESERVE A REFRESH. I'M ALSO AWARE THIS ISN'T REINVENTING THE WHEEL. MPD IS VERY AWARE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF
THEIR TRAINING FACILITIES. WE SHOULD SPELL IT OUT FOR EVERYBODY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SO. THERE'S THINGS LIKE SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING THAT I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE. TO OBSERVE. THERE'S SPACE FOR LARGE-GROUP TRAINING THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.OUTDOOR
TRAINING EXERCISES THAT WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS DAIS ABOUT. ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS OF DOING THAT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. SPACE FOR MULTIDEPARTMENTAL TRAINING EXERCISES, LIKE MPD TRAINING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS,
AND THERE'S A LOT MORE. I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF COMING BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION FOR US ALL SOON. IN THE MEANTIME, I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THESE KINDS OF FACILITIES AND THE WAYS THAT THE OWN FACILITIES, OUR OWN FACILITIES
THAT WE PROVIDE ARE INCREDIBLY DEFICIENT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 57 AS AMENDED BY UNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHANNEL VEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 58. AND SHOULD I CALL ON STAFF TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE WERE CONSIDERING HERE?
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK PERHAPS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY COULD EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENT WE JUST PUT OUT. THAT WAS REQUESTED BY HER OF STAFF TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS I THINK THAT WERE RAISED AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. AND IF SHE NEEDS HELP, I KNOW STAFF ARE HERE TO FURTHER
EXPLAIN. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. YEAH. JUST TO SUPPORT THE CONVERSATION THAT HAS BEEN LEAD BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. IT WAS FLAGGED ON TUESDAY AT THAT C.O.W. MEETING AROUND THE SHARED
DESIRE TO SEE THE SOCIAL WORKER POSITION NOT BE USED TO THEN FUND THE CREATION OF THIS DIRECTOR POSITION. AND BEING ABLE TO THEN SEE SOMETHING UNTANGIBLE THAT AFFIRMED THE CHIEF'S COMMITMENT IN MPD'S
LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT TOWARD FINDING A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE. SO THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU. THE AMENDED RCA THAT ORIGINALLY HAD. THE SOCIAL WORKER POSITION. AND THE OTHER COMPLIANCE POSITION REFLECTED IN
THERE. IT'S AMENDED TO REFLECT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD OUND MPD NOW IDENTIFYING A VACANT FORENC SCIENTIST II POSITION THAT WILL THEN SUBSTITUTE THAT SOCIAL WORKER EMBED ED SOCIAL WORKER POSITION. SO HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES CONTEXT
FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL BETTER IN MOVING THIS ITEM FORWARD. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> UMM, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WHILE I APPRECIATE, UMM, THAT THE -- THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT A -- A -- DIFFERENT VACANT POSITION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EMBED ED SDED SOCIAL WORKER PROGRAM REMAINS FUNDED TO ITS CURRENT
LEVELS, UMM, I AM WONDERING IF SOMEONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT CAN SPEAK TO WHETHER -- AND I WOULD IMAGINE IT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE SERGEANT, CAN SPEAK TO WHETHER THE FORENSIC SCIENTIST II POSITION IS ONE THAT YOU WILL
BE SEEKING T COME BACK AND REFUND OR ADD. I WONDER IF MAYBE DIRECTOR TROSWICK MIGHT BE THE RIGHT PERSON, ACTUALLY. >> WELCOME. IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> THANK YOU. VIKKI TROSWICK.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, WE DON'T INTEND TO RETURN FOR THE FORENSIC SCIENTIST II POSITION IN THE '27 BUDGET. WE WILL CONSIDER OTHER VACANT POSITIONS AS THEY BECOME VACANT. DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AT THE TIME.
>> AND THEN THE OTHER POSITION, THE COMPLIANCE POSITION, YOU'LL STILL -- YOU STILL PLAN TO COME BACK FOR THAT ONE? >> THE SETTLEMENT AGREE POSITIONS ARE ALWAYS BEING EVALUATED. I FEEL LIKE THEY DO HAVE A LARGER ASK. IT PROBABLY WOULD INCLUDE MORE COMPLIANCE
SPECIALISTS, AS WE DEVELOP MORE POLICY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO AUDITS. I WOULD EXPECT THAT POSITION TO ALWAYS BE EXPANDED UNTIL WE GET THROUGH COMPLIANCE. >> THAT'S HELPFUL. SO -- THAT'S ALL FOR YOU, DIRECTOR. COLLEAGUES, I
THINK -- WHAT I -- I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A POSITION THAT THE CHIEF HAS ASKED HIS TEAM TO WORK TO QUICKLY BRING BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THE DIRECTOR OF POLICE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WHAT CONCERNS ME, THOUGH, IS THE PROCESS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN TO BRING THIS FORWARD. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A POSITION THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO BRING FORWARD THROUGH THE STANDARD BUDGET PROCESS. TO MAKE A REQUEST TO THE MAYOR, AS THE BUDGET AND RECOMMENDED
BUDGET IS BEING PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. WHEN YOU COME FORWARD AND YOU ARE USING TWO VACANT POSITIONS, ONE OF WHICH YOU INTEND T BRING BACK, AS STATED IN COMMITTEE YESTERDAY. WE'RE JUST -- WE'RE
GOING THROUGH THIS CONVOLUTED PROCESS TO ELIMINATE A VACANT POSITION THAT WE INTEND TO BRING BACK IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, AND INSTEAD WE COULD JUST BRING THIS DIRECTOR OF POLICE HEALTH AND WELLNESS POSITION THROUGH THE STANDARD BUDGET PROCESS.
INSTEAD OF TAKING A VACANT POSITION YOU'LL REQUEST AGAIN FROM THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR. SO I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE MAKE A MOTION TO RETURN THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF. I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE CREATION OF NEW APPOINTED
POSITIONS, IN PARTICULAR, IN A DEPARTMENT WE KNOW IS GOING TO RUN OVER BUDGET THIS YEAR. BASED ON JUST THE OVERTIME IMPA FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AS THE CHIEF PRESENTED ON YESTERDAY. RIGHT. IT'S OVER
$6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT SINCE JANUARY ON OVERTIME ALONE. SO I WOULD REALLY REQUEST THAT WE RETURN THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF, AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT BRING THIS THROUGH THE STANDARD BUDGET PROCESS. AS IS APPROPRIATE. I WOULD ASK FOR A SECOND ON THAT
MOTION. >> IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO RETURN THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF AND SECONDED. I'LL RECOGNIZE VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MISSED YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION
OR DISCUSSION. I DO WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF'S LEADERSHIP YESTERDAY. WATCHED THE ENTIRE MEETING. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL -- COLLEAGUES WHO REALLY STAND UP TO SAY NO
CUTTING A SOCIAL WORKER. YOU KNOW, GOING FROM FIVE TO THREE. IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD LOOK. WE DO CARE ABOUT, I CARE ABOUT THE WELLNESS OF OUR OFFICERS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ALSO DESERVE SOME KIND
OF -- DESERVE TO HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER. AND FOR THE CHIEF TO SAY, HEY YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO BACK AND COME UP WITH A PLAN. THAT WAS LEADERSHIP. AND I WANT TO THANK THAT. I DID TALK TO HIS OFFICE, YOU KNOW, THIS MORNING. AND THEY ASSURED ME IT WAS COMING. SO IT'S WONDERFUL.
I DO SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD. AND I DO THINK WE SHOU RETURN IT BACK TO THE STAFF BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT HAS SHOWN THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL. AND, YOU
KNOW, WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. WE CAUGHT THE MISTAKE AND HOPING THAT END OF DECEMBER YOU'LL COME BACK AND FILL UP THAT MISSING SOCIAL WORKERS AND HAVING, HOPEFULLY, THE FIVE
ORIGINAL FULL-TIME STAFF TO BE FILLED UP. BUT AS THE MOTION STANDS RIGHT NOW, TO RETURN IT TO STAFF, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THAT. AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO STAFF AND THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND FOR LISTENING TO THE COUNCIL SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PREDENT PAYNE. I APPRECIATED THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, AND THE -- THE CHIEF THING I WAS STRUGGLI WITH WE WERE PITTING SOCIAL WORK AGAINST WELLNESS. AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS
RIGHT. AND I COULD NEVER IN GOOD CONSCIENTIOU CONSCIOUS CUT DOWN THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS. WE HAD FIVE FOR EACH PRECINCT AND CUTTING DOWN TO THREE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. ESPECIALLY IN A MIDDLE OF A TIME
WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE ONGOING SOCIAL SERVICE NEEDS FROM OUR COMMUNITY. I, FRANKLY, THINK WE, AS A BODY, SHOULD PUSH FOR MORE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS. FOUR IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH. I HAVE APPRECIATED THE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE
HAD WITH THE DEPARTMENT. PRIMARILY THE CHIEF OF STAFF, AND THEN IN PUBLIC HERE WITH THE CHIEF ABOUT CHANGING THE POSITION. AND I THINK THE CHANGE TO FORENSIC SCIENTIST II MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY CURRENT
SERVICE LEVEL IMPACTS IN THAT. WE WON'T LOSE AN EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. I THINK THAT'S A BIG WIN. AND WHILE I COMPLETELY RESPECT THE POSITION OFUR BUDGET CHAIR ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCE, I DO THINK WITH THIS WELLNESS
POSITION, THERE'S AN EMERGENT NEED GIVEN THE BACK-TO-BACK CRISES OF ANNUNCIATION SHOOTING AND THEN EXPERIENCES DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE. AND JUST THE DAY-TO-DAY. WE ALL KNOW
THAT OFFICER WELLNESS HAS BEEN AN IUE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND IT LEADS TO BAD OUTCOMES FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE OFFICERS. WHEN OFFICERS ARE O ON DUTY AND ARE NOT WELL. AND FOR THAT REASON,
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS POSITION TODAY. AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE TO SUPPORT TO REFER IT TO STAFF. I WILL SAY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE, I THINK, A DUE AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY ON BUDGET
ITS. AND THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF PROCESS. YOU ARE GOING TO. RIGHT. THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE QUESTIONS. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE OVERSPENDING FROM LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A PRIMARY CHALLENGE THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH DURING OUR BUDGET
PROCESS. AND SO I HEAR WHY THE BUDGET CHAIR IS CONCERNED. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I HAVE APPRECIATED THE DIALOGUE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE AROUND THIS ITEM AS A BODY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO
SAY THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS FAIR FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO ASK THE CHIEF AND THE DEPARTMENT T FIND A DIFFERENT SOURCE FOR THIS POSITION. AND THEY DID. THEY CAME BACK WITHIN 24 HOURS AND FOUND A DIFFERENT SOURCE. I
APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENT SOURCE. VERY MUCH. I ALSO BELIEVE WE'RE LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. THE RESPONSE THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE HAD TO MAKE TO SO MANY JUST HORRIFIC INCIDENTS AND TRAGEDIES THAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR CITIES. WHAT I
WANT IS FOR THE POLE DEPARTMENT TO SAY, "WE NEED HELP." WE NEED HELP AND WE WANT HELP. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THIS, BUT THIS IS -- THIS IS, LIKE, UNPRECEDENTED FOR THEM TO ASK
FOR HELP IN THIS WAY. TO SAY THAT WE NEED SERVICES FOR OUR OFFICERS. FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. FOR THEIR WELL BEING. THERE'S SO MUCH STIGMA WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO BE VULNERABLEO TALK TO A MEDICAL PROVIDER. I WANT TO TALK TO A SOCIAL
WORKER." AS A POLICE OFFICER. AND THEN, FOR ME, IF THEY WOULD FEEL LIKE WE'RE REJECTINGHEM. I WOULD NEVER DO THAT. I WOULD NEVER REJECT SOMEONE THAT IS REACHING OUT FOR HELP AND RESOURCES. I MEAN, I FIND THERAPY AND COUNSELING TO GET ME
THROUGH WHAT I NEED WITH THIS JOB! I'M NOT RESPONDING TO THESE SCENES. BUT I SOMETIMES I HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF BEING THE ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS D THAT'S NOT EASY. THAT'S NOT EASY FOR ME. THAT'S NOT EASY FOR MY STAFF. THAT'S
NOT EASY FOR MY FAMILY. AND I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IT'S NOT EASY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SHOW UP DAY AFTER DAY, TIME AFTER TI, COUNTLESS AMOUNTS OF TIMES. LIKE, WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT EVERY INCIDENT THEY SHOW UP TO. WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THEM SHOWING UP TO PLACES WHERE CHILDREN ARE BEING ABUSED AND
THEY NEED HELP. AND THEY SIT WITH THAT. FOREVER. AND YEAR AFTER YEAR. I'VE BEEN ON RIDE-ALONGS WITH POLICE OFFICERS WHO EVERY SINGLE BLOCK, THEY CAN POINT OUT A HOUSE AND TELL YOU SOMETHING SO TRAUMATIC AND TRAGIC THAT'S HAPPENED. I MEAN,
IT'S HEARTBREAKINGO LISTEN TO. AND SO WHEN THEY COME AND SAY "WE NEED HELP." I WILL NEVER EVER VOTE AGAINST THAT. AND I HOPE NONE OF US WOULD. IT'S NOT EVEN JUST VOTING AGAINST IT. IT'S DELAYING IT, ALSO. THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO DELAY GIVING
HELP TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING US FOR IT. I MEAN, THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT AT ITS MOST VULNERABLE SAYING "HELP US." AND FIGURING OUT A WAY FOR US TO HELP THEM. IF THEY COME BACK TODAY AND THEY HAD CHOSE A
PATHWAY WHERE WE COULD A AGREE ON, I WOULD COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND SAY GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN. I WAS READY TO VOTE ON THIS ON TUESDAY. I'M SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S NECESSARY. AND I THINK IT'S -- THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT I'M HOPING WILL
GROW. I'M HOPING THEY WILL COME BACK ONE DAY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE STAFFING. BECAUSE MORE OFFICERS ARE COMING IN THE ROOM! NOT IN SECRET. BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE OFFICERS DON'T EVEN WANT ANYONE TO KNOW THE NEED HELP. IT IS A SECRET. I NEVER WANT THAFOR PEOPLE. IF YOU
NEED HELP, YOU SHOULD FEEL GOOD TO GO SAY "I NEED HELP!" HAD A TERRIBLE INCIDENT THAT I SHOWED UP AT, AND I WANT HELP. AS I SAID THE OTHER DAY, IT'S NOT JUST OFFICERS. IT'S CIVILIANS IN THE DEPARTMENT, TOO, WHO SHOW UP TO THE HORRIFIC SCENES TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND SUPPORT OUR
OFFICERS. I MEAN, IN THE TIMES THAT WE LIVE IN NOW, OUR COUNSELORS NEED COUNSELING. OUR THERAPISTS NEED THERAPISTS. ALL OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS NEED SUPPORT BECAUSE THINGS ARE HARD. WE ARE LIVING IN VERY HARD TIMES IN THE WORLD. AND NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY. WE A
KNOW IT. WE ALL FEEL IT. THE CHIEF DID A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY THE CHIEF DID A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW CALLS THE DEPARTMENT WENT ON. JUST I.C.E. RELATED CALLS. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
AND I NEVER WANT TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE IT AGAIN. WHAT I KNOW IS WHEN I GO IN MY HOUSE TONIGHT I WANT TO KNOW IF SOMEBODY ASKED ME FOR HELP, I GAVE IT TO THEM. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I SIGNED UP TO DO THIS WORK, IT'S TO HELP PEOPLE. IT'S WHO I AM AS A PERSON.
AND I WISH WE ALL WOULD DO THAT AND SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS. THIS IS AN HISTORIC THING FOR PEOPLE TO DO BECAUSE OFFICERS ARE FINALLY SAYING I NEED THE HELP, I WANT IT, I WANT MORE
HELP, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUST ASK FOR IT AND GET IT. SO I HOPE WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER TODAY AND VOTE FOR THIS AND SUPPORT WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR. AND SUPPORT WHAT THEY WENT BACK AND DID WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO
AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE REFERRAL OF ITEM NUMBER 58 BACK TO STAFF. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING.
>> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> NO.>> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.
>> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> NO. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE THREE AYES AND TEN NAYS. >> THAT ITEM FAILS. SO WE ARE BACK TO THE UNDERLYING MOT MOTION. I SEE A FEW FOLKS LEFT IN QUEUE.
ANYBODY WHO IS IN QUEUE STILL WANTING TO SPEAK? COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS POSITION IF WE NEED TO DO THAT AND ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL ASKHE CLERK TO
CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT ITEM IS OPTED AND THAT COMPLETES THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REPORT. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE SEVEN NOTICES TODAY. THE FIRST FOUR NOTICES ARE A PACKAGE FROM COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON, CHAVEZ, AND ME THAT ALL RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ADULT BATHHOUSES AND SEX VENUES, AMENDING FOUR DIFFERENT TITLES IN THE CODE AS ON THE
AGENDA. THE FIFTH ITEM IS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS CHAVEZ, CHOWDHURY, AND CHUGHTAI, WHO GIVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEX REGULAR MEETING THE SUBJECT OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MISLAINS OFFENSES CODE TO ADD A NEW SECTION RELATED TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONCEALMENT OF IDENTITY. ITEM SIX IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ AND ME GIVING NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LICENSE AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE REGARDING TENANTS PRIOR TO EVICTIONS
ACTIONS DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF RENT OR OTHER EVICTION ACTIONS. FINALLY, A SUBJECT MATTER AMENDING THE HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 237, ESTABLISHING PROVISIONS OF A TEMPORARY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT REPORTING
POLICY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE NOTICES? SEEING NONE, THOSE NOTICES ARE HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. FIRST PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCILMEMBERS CHAVEZ, CHOWDHURY, AND CGHTAI INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTERS OF TWO ORDINANCES TO PROPOSE TO CODIFY THE CITY'S STATUS AS A CITY THAT WELCOMES ALL GENDERS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY,
AND EQUITY COMMITTEE. SECOND, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCILMEMBERS CHAVEZ, CHOWDHURY, CHUGHTAI, AND OSMAN MOVE TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HOUSING CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EQUITY COMMITTEE PROHIBITING INQUIRIES INTO IMMIGRATION
STATUS DURING THE RENTAL SCREENING PROCESS AND CREATING PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS BASED ON RETAIL R RETALIATION BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND? >> MOTION. >> SECOND.
>> ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THOSE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.
>> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE MATTERS ARE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEES AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS, BOTH
LISTED ON THE AGENDA. DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO ADD? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE RESOLUTIONS? >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS TODAY. ITEM ONE IS THE RECEIPT OF RESOLUTIONS FROM BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA RELATED TO IMMIGRATION SURGES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS?
SEEING NONE, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO FILE THOSE REDS -- RESOLUTIONS. ITEMS 2, 3, AND 4 UNDER NEW RESOLUTIONS ARE RELATED TO TODDRICK BARNETTE AS CITY
SAFETY, MARGARET ANDERSON KELLIHER AS CITY OPERATIONS OFFICER, AND KRISTYN ANDERSON AS CITY ATTORNEY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.
>> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES.
>> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE NOMINATIONS ARE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IN THE NEXT CYCLE TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE ORDER OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCI MEMBERS THIS MORNING? COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT RESONATED WITH ME WHEN I TOLD MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SITTING TO THE RIGHT OF ME, CHAVEZ, THAT I WAS GOING TO BE
ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR AND I AM NOT, BECAUSE WELL BEHAVED WOMEN RARELY MAKE HISTORY. SO THIS IS A HISTORICAL MOMENT FOR ME AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DECORUM
ON THIS DAIS AND THIS IS TO ADDRESS ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN THE WAY IN WHICH WE HOLD THESE SUPER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETINGS. FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME IN HERE AND SPEAK TO SITUATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN COMMUNITY IS MORE THAN ACCEPTABLE.
BUT FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT SIT AMONGST THIS BODY TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO COME IN HERE AND ATTACK THE CHARACTER OR THE NATURE OR THE ROLE OF WHAT THEY THINK, FEEL, OR BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL INDIVIDUALS WHO SIT AND REPRESENT THIS BODY IS
REALLY NOT PROPER DECORUM. SO I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DECORUM THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A LEVEL OF DECORUM AMONGST OURSELVES AND ALSO HOLD THAT EXPECTATION TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ENTER INTO TS I DON'T EVEN
WANT TO CALL IT A COURTROOM, BUT ENTER INTO OUR CHAMBERS HERE, THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO HOLD THAT AND HOLD OTHER PEOPLE TO THAT STANDARD. AND I WON'T EXPECT IT ANY OTHER WAY. I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INNATE
CULTURE IS ON THIS DAIS AND AMONGST THIS BODY, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHAOS AND CONFUSION AND I AM UTTERLY CONFUSED. I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE ELECTING FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HOMES OR IF WE'RE ELECTING FOR THEM TO LIVE ON THE STREETS, IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO CARRY DRUGS, IF WE
WANT PEOPLE TO NOT CARRY DRUGS. I DON'T KN WHAT THE WHOLE CULTURE IS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHICH DIRECTION IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING. BU I THINK THE DECORUM IN THAT IS TO BE RESPECTFUL TO ALL PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES. AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE DAY ONE
AND I DON'T KNOW FIE -- ANY OF YOU PEOPLE FROM A CAN OF PAINT, I DON'T. WE HAVE NOT HAD COFFEE, WE HAVE NOT SAT DOWN. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYBODY, YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME. BUT I WOULD SAY GIVE ME THE SAME RESPECT THAT YOU WANT FOR YOURLVES AND ENSURE THAT OTHER PEOPLE UPHOLD YOU WITH THAT RESPECT, BECAUSE I WILL CHARGE
OTHERS TO DO THE SAME FOR YOU. SO IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, I'M GOING TO LET THAT BE TEA, AND WE CAN DUMP THAT ON THE FLOOR, CHAVEZ. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> TO BE CLEAR, PEARLL WAS NOT
COMING FOR ME. >> I WAS NOT. >> LET'S BE CLEAR. >> SOUNDS LIKE IT -- I WAS NOT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
I JUST WANTED TO -- I HADN'T REALIZED THAT WE GOT A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM BERKELEY, THE CITY OF BERKELEY. AND I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A READ AT IT AND THEN MY COEAGUES, THE TITLE OF IT IS URGING MINNESOTA
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ TO ENACT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT DURING THE I.C.E. TERROR CAMPAIGN. I THINK IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS A LOT THAT ANOTHER CITY FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS REACHING OUT TO US TO SAY THAT THEY SEE SO CLEARLY THE HOUSING INSTABILITY
THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GOING TO FACE. AND I JUST DIDN'T WANT THAT RESOLUTION TOASS BY, THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE HAS ALSO INSPIRED THEM TO TAKE ACTION AND
TO CREATE A JOINT TASK FORCE ON HOUSING. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO LET THAT PASS BY. AND I ALSO DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONEF THE ORDINANCES THAT WE REFERRED THAT COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, MYSELF, AND COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI HAVE GIVEN NOTICE TO.
AND IT IS AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THE CONCEALMENT OF IDENTITY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT WHICH HAS CREATED SUCH SEVERE IMPACTS TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HAS ERODED TRUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
I HOPE TO GET A 13-0 VOTE ON THIS WHEN IT COMES THROUGH. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO STATE IT HASN'T JUST BEEN I.C.E. THAT HAVE BEEN CONCEALING THEIR IDENTITY. WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SHERIFFS DEPUTIES DOING THIS AS THEY HAVE USED FORCE ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT IS A CONCERN.
NO ONE SHOULD CONCEAL THEIR IDENTITY. NO ONE SHOULD CONCEAL THEIR FACE. AND I HAVE APPRECIATED THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN SUCH A LONG TASK IN THE REFORMS THAT ARE PUT FORWARD THROUGH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE
IS THAT BASIC PREMISE OF HAVING YOUR BADGE NUMBER OUT, SHOWING YOUR FACE, HAVING A CLEAR BADGE THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT DEPARTMENT YOU'RE FROM. SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND JUST SAY VERY EARLY ON THAT WE HOPE TO GET EVERYONE'S SUPPORT ON THIS AND
WE'RAVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DOWN THE LINE. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, WITH THAT WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY. WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED.