>> GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MY NAME IS AURIN CHOWDHURY AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THIS MEETING. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TEMPORARILY RESTRUCTURED INTO A SINGLE SUPER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
THIS MEANS WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY CONSOLIDATED ALL OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES INTO A SINGLE BODY. ALL ITEMS CONSIDERED TODAY WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS CONSIDERATION AT THE MEETING THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH.
AS USUAL, THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST AND LIVE STREAMED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNELS AND THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY. AFTER THIS CYCLE, WE HAVE ONE MORE SUPER COW AND COUNCIL CYCLE REMAINING. WE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE ADOPTED STRUCTURE AND SCHEDULE
BEGINNING ON MONDAY, APRIL 13TH WITH ALL OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES MEETING DURING A REGULAR TWO-WEEK CYCLE. I KNOW THAT ALL OF US ARE REALLY EXCITED TO GET IN THAT STRUCTURE. SO THERE IS AN END VERY NEAR TO
THIS TEMPORARY STRUCTURE. HAVING SAID THAT, I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN FOR THEIR PATIENCE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND ALL OF THE STAFFOR THEIR METROPLEXIBILITY IN
ADOPTING TO THIS TEMPORARY STRUCTURE. AND A SPECIAL TNK YOU TO OUR CITY CLERK'S TEAM FOR THEIR NIMBLE WORK. WITH THAT, I WILL CALL THIS MEETINGO ORDER AND ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE IS ABSENT. WONSLEY IS ABSENT.
RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> OSMAN IS ABSENT. SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING.
>> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI I ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >>PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> WE HAVE TEN PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REALTIME CAPTIONING TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL
SPEAKERS BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO PLEASE MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS AND THEN IF THEY COME AND SPEAK AND APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE BEFORE US TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. SO COLLEAGUES, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PRINTED AGENDA THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ITEMS TO ADDRESS TODAY. NOTHING NEW FOR SUPER COW. I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN HOW I'LL BE
PROCESSING THE AGENDA AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE WE'LL BE FOLLOWING FOR THIS MEETING. FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP AND DISPOSE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL NOTE THAT IF A CONSENT ITEM IS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION, THE ITEM WILL BE ADDRESSED AT
THE END OF THE MEETING TODAY. AND AFTER WE DISPOSE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'LL TAKE UP THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE QUA QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING THAT WE HAVE NOTED ON THE AGENDA.
AS WE MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS, I HOPE WE CAN COMPLETE A SET OF ITEMS BEFORE LUNCH AND THEN I WILL CALL US FOR A ONE HOUR BREAK BEFORE WE RETURN TO HANDLE THE REST OF THE REMAINING DISCUSSION ITEMS.
AND ANY ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT, I KNOW SOME COLLEAGUES HAVE SCHEDULING CONFLICTS FOR TOMORROW. SO I'LL MAKE AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT TODAY'S MEETING FINISHES TODAY RATHER THAN CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. THAT'S LIKE THE ABSOLUTE GOAL FOR ME.
AS IT WAS NECESSARY FOR OUR LAST SUPER COW, AND I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO BREAK ANYMORE RECORDS FOR LONG MEETINGS. I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW THE ORDER OF DISCUSSION THAT I'M GOING TO PLAN ON TAKING, IT'S NOT THE SAME ORDER THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKETS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR YOU AND THE CLERKS. THE FIRST ITEM WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IN DISCUSSION IS THE FIRE CHIEF GRADING POSITION. AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THE ITEM REGARDING FIRE EQUIPMENT. THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE ITEM
REGARDING THE 2026 ASSESSMENT. THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE THREE ITEMS RELATED TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THE FIRST BEING A PRESENTATION OF THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY.
THEN WE HAVE AN ITEM BROUGHT FORWARD, A PROPOSAL BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER WHITING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND THEN WE HAVE A PROPOSAL AFTER THAT BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THEN WE HAVE AN ITEM
REGARDING BIDS FOR THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. THEN THE HOPE IS WE BREAK FOR LUNCH. THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCY FUND. AND THEN THE TRAINING SAFETY CENTER POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM PRESENTATION AND THEN THE ITEM
ON THE TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER ITEM RELATED TO LAND ACQUISITION AND THE BUDGET ITEM ATTACHED TO THAT AS WELL. WE'LL ALSO BE MINDFUL IF THE SECOND HALF OF THE MEETING GOES
LONG TO TAKE A COUPLE BREAKS FOR MEMBERS AS NEEDED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORDER FOR THIS MEETING BEFORE ADOPTING THE AGENDA?
COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. FOR THE DISCUSSION? I DO NOT HAVE THE ITEM NUMBERS LISTED FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE CLERKS SEND THOSE NUMBERS AROUND TO
EVERYONE SO THEY KNOW THE ORDER IN WHICH THE DISCUSSION WILL GO. JUST THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY.
CLERKS, IF I COULD GET AN ASSIST ON THAT TO GET THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA SENT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY AND VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI HAVE JOINED THE MEETING.
WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE WILL TAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA. FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, I'LL NOTE WE'LL BE TAKING THE
COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE QUASIJUDICIAL HEARING ITEMS. WE INVITE YOU TO REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE LOCATED IN THE CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THIS CHAMBER. YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE CLERKS AS WELL
OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE. PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES NOW TO REGISTER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. AND THEN I WILL NOW SUMMARIZE OUR CONSENT AGENDA WHICH INCLUDES ITEMS NUMBER 4 THROUGH 65 ON AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER FOUR AUTHORIZES A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. ITEM NUMBER FIVE CREATES A STILLBIRTH POLICY. ITEM NUMBER SIX APPROVES APPOINTMENTS TO THE LOCAL BOARD OF APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION. ITEMS 7-11 ARE APPROVING CONTRACTS, CONTRACT AMENDMENTS, AND MASTER CONTRACTS.
ITEM 12 IS ACCEPTING REIMBURSEMENT DOLLARS FROM URBAN SCHOLARS, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH PARTNER AGENCIES. ITEM 13 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT. ITEM 14 IS RECEIVING AND FILING THE 2025 QUARTER FOUR STAFF
PURCHASE LETTERS AND JOINT PURCHASE REPORT. ITEMS 15 AND 16 ARE LIQUOR AND GAMBLING LICENSES. ITEMS 17 AND 18 APPROVE APPOINTMENTS TO THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. ITEM 19 REVISES THE PROCESS FOR
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS. ITEM 20 IS A BOND ISSUANCE REFUNDING CONSENT. ITEM 21 APPROVES THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION. ITEMS 22-24 ARE SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR VARIOUS MATTERS.
ITEMS 25-29 AUTHORIZE VARIOUS AGREEMENTS. ITEMS 30-32 ARE GIFT ACCEPTANCES. ITEMS 33-35 ARE RELATED TO VARIOUS GRANTS. ITEM 36 IS A STAFF DIRECTION RELATED TO TENANTS RIGHT TO ORGANIZE.
ITEM 37 IS A STAFF DIRECTIVE REQUESTING INFORMATION AND DATA RELATED TO OVERTIME COSTS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMEN DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE. ITEM 38 SETS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
DECRIMINALIZATION ORDINANCE. ITEMS 39 AND 40 ARE ORDINANCES BEING REFERRED TO STAFF FOR FURTHER WORK AFTER BEING INTRODUCED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM 41 IS AMENDING THE 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION TO
REALLOCATE FUNDS. ITEM 42 AUTHORIZES AN AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITY. ITEM NUMBER 43 IS AUTHORIZING EASEMENTS RELATED TO HENNEPIN AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS. ITEM NUMBER 44 IS LICENSE
AGREEMENTS FOR THE SHARED BIKE AND SCOOTER PROGRAM. ITEM 45 IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE EV SPOT NETWORK. ITEM 46 IS RELATED TO A STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
ITEMS 47-51 ARE ACCEPTING VARIOUS BIDS. ITEMS 52-55 AUTHORIZE VARIOUS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND A MASTER CONTRACT. ITEMS 56-58 ARE GRANT AND GIFT ACCEPTANCES.
ITEMS 59-61 ARE RESOLUTIONS EXPRESSING POSITIONS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS AND CALLING ON PARTNERS NAMED TO TAKE ACTION. ITEM 62 IS A CONTRACT WITH STORM TRAINING GROUP. ITEMS 63-65 ARE SETTING A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF THE COMMISSIONER COMMUNITY SAFETY, THE CITY OPERATIONS OFFICER, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS COMPLETES MY SUMMARY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WILL PULL ITEMS 59-61 FOR
DISCUSSION. AND THEN PUT THAT AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA. BEFORE WE MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUMMARIZED AND WITH THOSE ITEMS THAT I'VE ALSO PULLED, ARE THERE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS FOR COMMENT OR DISCUSSION?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE? >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 37. >> GREAT. AND WE WILL PUT NUMBER 37 AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. GREAT. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU.
I SENT THE CLERK'S OFFICE THIS NOTE YESTERDAY. SO I APOLOGIZE IF THERE'S A LITTLE CONFUSION. BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 44 AND ITEM 46. >> GREAT. ITEM 44 AND ITEM 46.
AND THEN WE'LL PUT THIS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA?
OKAY. SO THEN JUST TO REITERATE, IT'S ITEM 37. IT WAS 44, 46, AND THEN 37 AND
THEN 59-61. WITH THAT, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES. I'LL HAVE THE CLERK -- NEVER MIND. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS REFLECTED IN ITEMS NUMBER 1 AND 2 ON THE AGENDA.
ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP FOR THESE ITEMS WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES EACH TO TESTIFY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEE THE CLERKS OUTSIDE THIS CHAMBER AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE. FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR
COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER THIS NOTICE. THESE HEARINGS ARE BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST. BOTH THE RECORDING AND THE BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. BY ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE
AND YOUR TESTIMONY OR ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THAT LAW. THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR NA, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY
OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE WHICH INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD FOR THIS MEETING. SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST HEARING IS FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT UPGRADE FROM NO LIVE ENTERTAINMENT TO LIMITED ENTERTAINMENT FOR RAAG
PROGRESSIVE INDIAN RESTAURANT AT 3812 50TH STREET WEST. WELCOME BUSINESS LICENSING MANAGER, AMY LINGO. YOU MAY GIVE US YOUR BRIEFING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AMY LINGO, I'M THE MANAGER FOR LICENSES AND
CONSUMER SERVICES WITHIN CPED. I'M PRESENTING AN APPLICATION FROM RAAG PROGRESSIVE INDIAN RESTAURANT LOCATED AT 3812 WEST 50TH STREET IN WARD 13. THEY'RE LOOKING TO UPGRADE THEIR ENTERTAINMENT LEVEL FROM NO LIVE
ENTERTAINMENT TO LIMITED ENTERTAINMENT. THIS APPLICANT HAS HELD TEN TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF ENTERTAI WITHOUT ISSUES. THANK YOU. THIS UPGRADE OF ENTERTAINMENT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT NEED TO CONTINUALLY PULL
TEMPORARY PERMITS IN ORDER TO HAVE THEIR EVENTS. THE BUSINESS PLANS TO OFFER CULTURAL NIGHT, KID AND FAMILY FRIENDLY LUNCHES AND PRINCESS-THEMED EVENTS. ON MARCH 3, 2025, 175 PUBLIC
HEARING NOTICES WERE SENT TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 600 FEET OF THE PREMISES. NOTICES WERE ALSO SENT TO THE FULTON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE SOUTHWEST BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, AND COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. WE RECEIVED THREE RESPONSES FROM
THE COMMUNITY. TWO RESPONDENTS WERE IN HIGH FAVOR. ONE RESPONSE ADDRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED. THAT NEIGHBOR WAS CONCERNED THAT THE MUSIC MIGHT BE A DISTRACTION WHILE DINING. THERE HAVE BEEN NO 311 OR POLICE
CALLS AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATIONS. THE LICENSES AND SERVICES DIVISION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FROM LIMITED TO NO LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP AND WE'LL WELCOME THEM. SOHAIL GURA. PLEASE COME UP. YES, RIGHT OVER THERE.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M THE OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT AT RAAG AT THE INTERSECTION OF MINNEAPOLIS AND EDINA. I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS EXPANSION. WE DID SOME LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR FAMILY FRIENDLY, KIDS
FRIENDLY EVENTS LAST YEAR. VERY WELL RECEIVED. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING I THINK THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS IN THAT LOCATION. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE?
SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, I WILL NOW CLOSE THIS HEARING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONSR DISCUSSIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
WE VALUE HAVING RAAG AND THE INDIAN CUISINE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HE'S HAD SOME TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN HIS SMALL SPACE OVER THE YEARS. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING SOME COUNCILMEMBERS THERE,
COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI AND I SPENT QUITE SOME TIME THERE LATE LAST YEAR. REGARDLESS, THIS APPLICATION IS CERTAINLY WELL RECEIVED. WE DO ENJOY IN WHAT IS THE FULTON NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL OF THE ENERGY AND POSITIVE CELEBRATIONS AND THE ATMOSPHERE THAT SOHEIL
PROVIDES FOR HIS CUSTOMERS. WE ARE EAGER TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD SO I WILL RECOMMEND THIS FOR APPROVAL. >> ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
THAT MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS RELATED TO SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR 42nd STREET ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I'LL INVITE THE PROJECT ENGINEER TO GIVE US THE STAFF BRIEFING ON
THIS ITEM. WELCOME. DO YOU NEED A SECOND FOR IT TO COME UP? >> I THINK WE'RE GOOD. >> YOU'RE GOOD? ALL RIGHT. WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MY NAME IS RYAN GOTSLABEN.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN PUBLIC WORKS HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ON THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 42nd STREET ALLEYS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION ORDERING THE WORK TO PROCEED IN ADOPTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$159,505.36 FOR THE ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION AUTHORIZE THE CITY'S ISSUANCE AND SALE OF ASSESSNT BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $159,505.36 FOR THIS PROJECT.
THERE ARE TWO ALLEYS BEING RECONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. ONE ALLEY IS LOCATED BETWEEN 12th AVENUE SOUTH, 13th AVENUE SOUTH, 42nd STREET EAST, AND 41st STREET EAST AND WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1951. THE OTHER ALLEY IS LOCATED BETWEEN 13th AVENUE SOUTH, 14th
AVENUE SOUTH, 42nd STREET EAST, AND 41st STREET EAST AND WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1954. PUBLIC WORKS HOSTED A VIRTUAL MEETING ON MARCH 17, 2026. THERE WERE 47 INVITATIONS MAILED. AND ONE ATTENDEE CAME TO THIS
MEETING. ON FEBRUARY 5, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED THE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED TO THE ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. PROPOSED ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS WERE DETERMINED BY APPLYING THE 2026 UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES TO THE LAND AREA OF BENEFITED PARCELS
LOCATED WITHIN THE INFLUENCE ZONE ANG THE IMPROVED ALLEYS. INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE NOTICES MAILED TO THEM AS TO HOW PERSONS MAY PREPAY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN FULL WITHOUT INTEREST IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
CITY COUNCIL HAS PASSED RESOLUTIONS WHEREBY A DEFERMENT MAY BE OBTAINED BY SHOWING HARDSHIP IN ANY HOMESTEADED PROPERTY BY A PERSON AGE 65 OR OLDER, PERMANENT OR TOTAL DISABILITY, OR MILITARY
PERSONNEL ORDERED INTO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE. THIS COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, MR. GOTSABEN.
I WILL NOW OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF THERE IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM AND ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE. >> MADAM CHAIR, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR NUMBER TWO. >> EXCELLENT. WE'RE NOT SEEING ANYONE.
YES, WOULD YOUIKE TO SPEAK TO THE 42nd STREET ALLEY? >> YES, MA'AM. I DID NOT SIGN UP. I DID NOT KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO BE SPEAKING OR NOT. >> WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND AFTERWARDS WE'LL HAVE YOU SIGN IN WITH THE CLERKS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS DAVID GUNSCHER.
I AM A RESIDENT OF THE PROPOSED AREA. IT HAPPENS TO ABUT MY PROPERTY ON THE ALLEY. THERE WERE NOTICES SENT OUT THAT THERE WILL BE A REBATE TO I'M
ASSUMING THE DAMAGE DONE TO OUR. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND THE ASSESSMENT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, ROUGHLY OVER $3,000 PER PROPERTY. I HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE MY PROPERTY HAS A RETAINING WALL
RIGHT ON THE ALLEY LINE. I'M FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH CONSTRUCTION TO KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS COST OVERRUNS. AND MY PROPERTY IS VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF MY
NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT EITHER REBUILDING THE RETAINING WALL OR, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS AND WHAT HAPPENS TO ME AND MY PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN THERE 30 YEARS. OKAY, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND THEN THERE'S A TABLE OUTSIDE OF HERE WHERE YOU CAN SIGN IN AS WELL AFTER WE HEAR FROM STAFF OR RIGHT OVER THERE ACTUALLY. WONDERFUL. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT'S WISHING TO ADDRESS THI
COMMITTEE? SEEING NO ONE ELSE, I WILL CLOSE THIS HEARING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I'M THOUNOT SEEING, BUT I WILL
ASK -- I SEE A NUMBER OF THEM. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> SO THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN OF THE RESIDENT AT THAT 42nd STREET ALLEYWAY PROJECT, IS THERE GOING
TO BE REMEDIES, IS HIS SITUATION GOING TO BE INDEMNIFIED BY THE WORK THAT IS DONE THAT HE'LL REMAIN WHOLE AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALLEYWAY? >> WE'LL INVITE STAFF UP TO TAKE THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER WARREN, MY NAME IS TRACY LINDGREN, I A PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN PUBLIC WORKS. AND AFTER THIS MEETING, WE WILL DISCUSS WITH THE RESIDENT ABOUT HIS PARTICULAR CONCERNS SO WE
CAN ADDRESS THEM. >> OKAY. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S MORE THAN FAIR JUST TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY REMAINS WHOLE IN THE SITUATION AND IF HE'S GOT SOME SPECIAL SHOOP-DE-DOOP HAPPENING
WITH THIS PROPERTY AND IN HIS ALLEYWAY, HE SHOULD BE INDEMNIFIED IN THAT. AND WE SHLD TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO JUMP INTO QUEUE AS WELL. I'LL SHARE WITH STAFF, I THINK THAT QUESTION ABOUT RETAINING WALL AND GETTING THAT ADDRESSED WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME IN TODAY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TO CITY HALL TODAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN
DISCUSSION, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND, OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW WE'LL TAKE UP ONE OF OUR
FAVORITES. QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING SHOWN ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS AN APPEAL REGARDING THE DECISION OF THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION TO DENY A DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC RESOURCE APPLICATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1700 50TH
STREET WEST. WELCOME, MR. ROB SKALECKI, SENIOR CITY PLANNER. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE A
BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS
MATTER. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROB SKALECKI, A SENIOR CITY PLANNER IN CPED PLANNING. TODAY I'M PRESENTING AN APPEAL OF THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION
COMMISSION'S FEBRUARY 10TH DECISION TO DENY DEMOLITION FOR E PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1700 50TH STREET KNOWN AS THE MOUNT OLIVETTE EVANGELICAL CHURCH. THE APPELLANT IS THE APPLICANT
AND OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. IT INCLUDES A CHURCH ROOTED IN THE ENGLISH TRADITION. THE BUILDING IS 2.5 STORIES AND HAS A CROSS-SHAPED PLAN WITH A GABLE ROOF AND WINGS. THE BUILDING INCLUDES A ROOF THAT APPEARS TO INCLUDE ITS
ORIGINAL SLATE ROOFING. STONE WORK IS RECTANGULAR CUT. AND THE CHURCH INCLUDES A SQUARE THREE-STORY TOWER AT THE NORTH OF THE EAST ELEVATION. THE PROPERTY HAS LANCET WINDOWS AND GOTHIC AND SEGMENTAL ARCH
WINDOWS THROUGHOUT. PARAPETS, MASONRY BUTTRESSES, THESE ARE DEFINING FEATURES OF THE BUILDING. THESE ARE ALL HALLMARKS OF THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE. THE PROPERTY WAS DESIGNED BY MINNEAPOLIS ARCHITECTS BARD &
VANDERBILT. AND THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED BY JM CARLSON IN 1929. THE FIRST BUILDING WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1939, AND THE BUILDING WAS DEDICATED ON OCTOBER 1, 1939. IN 1933, WE DETERMINED IT WAS A
HISTORIC RESOURCE THROUGH HISTORIC REVIEW LETTER. THAT LETTER CONCLUDED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS ELIGIBLE FOR LANDMARK CRITERIA OUTLINED IN MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 599210.
IT APPEARED ELIGIBLE FOR ARCHITECTURE AS AN IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF A GOTHIC REVIVAL CHURCH IN MINNEAPOLIS. THAT LETTER ALSO RECORDED THE PROPERTY APPEARED ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERION SIX AS THE WORKS OF MASTER ARCHITECTS BARD AND VANDERBILT SINCE IT APPEARS ONE
OF THE BEST REMAINING EXAMPLES OF THE FIRM'S CHURCH DESIGNS IN THE CITY. AND THE CITY HAS NOT YET DESIGNATED A CHURCH DESIGN BY THE ARCHITECTS AS A LANDMARK. IN DECEMBER 2025, THE PROPERTY OWNERS SUBMITTED A DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC RESOURCE APPLICATION
REQUESTING TO DEMOLISH THE CHURCH. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD A NEW COMMUNITY-FOCUSED BUILDING ON THE SITE WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR A BREWERY, COFFEE SHOP, AND MEETING SPACES. IN ORDER TO APPROVE A DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC RESOURCE APPLICATION, THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MUST
MAKE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS, ONE, THE DESTRUCTION IS NECESSARY TO CORRECT AN UP SAFE OR DANGEROUS CONDITION AT THE PROPERTY. OR TWO, THAT THERE ARE NO REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE DESTRUCTION. IN DETERMINING WHETHER REASONABLE ATERNTIVES EXIST, THE
COMMISSION MAY CONSIDER BUT N BE LIMITED TO A THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPERTY, B THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROPERTY, AND C THE ECONOMIC VALUE OR USEFULNESS OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE INCLUDING ITS CURRENT USE, COST OF RENOVATION, AND FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE USES. IN THEIR APPLICATION MATERIALS, THE APPLICANT ARGUED THAT
FURTHER STUDIES SUGGEST THAT THE PROPERTY DOES NOT CONTAIN SIGNIFICANCE WORTHY OF LANDMARK CONSIDERATION AS ORIGINALLY NOTED IN THE HISTORIC REVIEW LETTER. THE APPLICANT RETAINED LOCAL HISTO HISTORICAL CONSULTANT TO DRAFT AN ELIGIBILITY STUDY. THAT SUGGESTED THAT THE PROPERTY
IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LOCAL DESIGNATION DUE TO LACK OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE APPLICANT ALSO ARGUED THAT RETAINING THE CHURCH, REHABILITATING THE CHURCH AND PLACING IT INTO A NEW USE WAS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE ESPECIALLY GIVEN REPAIRS THAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE NEEDED.
THEY PROVIDED ESTIMATES FOR REHABILITATION WORK. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOTED THAT REUSE WAS ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED, BUT THAT THE COST OF REHABILITATION AND REUSE WAS TOO PROHIBITIVE AND WOULD NOT ACHIEVE THE GOALS DESIRED BY THE
CHURCH FOR A NEW SPACE. THEIR APPLICATION WAS HEARD AT THE FEBRUARY 10, 2026, HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING. THE HPC CONCURRED WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS NOTING THAT ONE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS SIGNIFICANCE UNDER
LOCAL CRITERION 4 AND 6 AS STATED IN CHAPTER 599210 AND RETAINS HISTORIC INTEGRITY TO CONVEY ITS SIGNIFICANCE. THEREFORE THE PROPERTY IS ELIGLE FOR DESIGNATION AS AN INDIVIDUAL LAND MORNING. TWO, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS RECOMMENDED AS INDIVIDUALLY
ELIGIBLE IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 2005. THREE UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BE PROVEN TO EXIST AT THE PROPERTY. AND FOUR, THERE ARE REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEMOLITION CONSIDERING THE SIGNIFICANCE,
INTEGRITY, AND USEFULNESS OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY THE DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC RESOURCE APPLICATION, AND DIRECT THE PLANNING DIRTOR TO PREPARE A DESIGNATION STUDY FOR THE PROPERTY. THE APPELLANT IS APPEALING THAT
DECISION. THE LAST THING WE'LL NOTE IS THAT STAFF HAVE RECEIVED OVER 45 COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH'S PROPOSED NEW PROJECT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THOSE WERE FORWARDED FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDERATIONS TODAY. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HERE TO SPEAK AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT, I WILL JUST SHARE
WITH THE COMMITTEE. ACTUALLY FOR THAT, I WILL OPEN THE HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION AND THEN I'LL ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN HAS JOINED US FOR THIS MEETING. IF THE APPELLANT IS HERE WHICH THEY ARE TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, WE'LL ALLOCATE FIVE MINUTES FOR THEIR COMMENTS.
AFTER THAT, ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE. SO WITH THAT, I WILL WELCOME THE APPELLANT FOR ANY COMMENTS. WELCOME, PASTOR LOWES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL, FOR HEARING OUR APPEAL. I'M GOING TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE THE HEART OF THIS APPEAL WITH REALLY THREE WORDS OR THREE WORDS DISTINCTIONS. THE FIRST IS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOMETHING THAT'S HISTORICAL AND SOMETHING THAT'S HISTORIC. ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE PAST IS HISTORICAL.
ANY SPEECH OR EVEN SERMON GIVEN IS HISTORICAL. BUT NOT ALL CONTINUE TO HAVE ONGOING SIGNIFICANCE. LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL IS HISTORIC. THE ADDRESS I MAKE TO YOU TODAY ALTHOUGH I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HISTORIC.
THE 1700 BUILDING WE WOULD MAINTAIN IS HISTORICAL, BUT IT'S NOT HISTORIC. WHILE BART AND VANDERBILT WERE PROLIFIC ARCHITECTS THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERED THEN OR NOW PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURAL IMPACT.
THE 1700 CHAPEL IS NEITHER THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THE NEO GOTHIC STYLE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BETTER EXAMPLES FROM THE ARCHITECTS. I DO HAVE PICTURES BUT DID NOT PLUG THEM IN AND MANY, MANY MORE SUCH CHURCH DESIGNS ACROSS THE
LANDSCAPE OF THE CITY. IT'S NOT BART & VANDERBILT ONLY OR EVEN PREFERRED ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. BARD DESIGNED THE BUILDING FOR HIS HOME CHURCH IN A SPANISH REVIVAL STYLE. THE ONE CHURCH OF THEIR DESIGN THAT IS CONSIDERED HISTORICALLY
MORE SIGNIFICANT WAS ST. AUSTIN'S CHURCH AND MODERN INFLUENCES THAT BEARS ALMOST NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE 1700 CHAPEL. THE SECOND DISTINCTION I WANT TO MAKE IS BETWEEN FEASIBLE AND POSSIBLE. THE CRITERIA AS I READ IT STATES
THAT YOU NEED TO DEMONSTRATE NO FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO DEMOLITION EXISTS. OUR INITIAL DESIRE WAS IN FACT TO USE AND ADAPT THE EXISTING BUILDING. I CANNOT OVERSTATE THAT. BUT BASED ON THE FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT, WE
DISCOVERED THAT IT WOULD TAKE $8 MILLION SIMPLY TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING MOLD AND ASBESTOS ABATEMENT, REPLACING HVAC, ROOFING, ELECTRICAL, AND MORE. MAKING IT ADA CODE COMPLIANT
WOULD TAKE ANOTHER $3.4 MILLION. HAVING INVESTED ALL OF THAT, IT WOULD STILL NOT BE FIT FOR USE AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE. THERE'S ONLY ONE SMALL ROOM IN THAT BUILDING, APART FROM THE SANCTUARY WARE THAT IS ABOVE GROUND. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH MORE IT WOULD TAKE TO MAKE IT ADEQUATE
FOR OUR INTENDED USE. SO THAT DISTINCTION, IS IT POSSIBLE TO RESTORE THE 1700 CHAPEL, YES, TO WHOMEVER WANTS TO INVEST $11 MILLION ON A BUILDING BUILT ON WOOD TIMBERS SUNK INTO ONE OF THE WETTEST
AREAS OF THE CITY. AND AFTER YOU DO THAT, YOU KNOW IT WILL STILL BLEED HEAT IN THE WINTER AND AIR IN THE SUMMER. IS IT POSSIBLE? IS IT FEASIBLE? IN THE SENSE OF IT BEING PRACTICAL AND RESPONSIBLE, NO. NOT FOR US, AND I HONESTLY BELIEVEOT FOR ANYONE THAT
WOULD WANT TO TAKE ON THAT LEVEL OF COST. BECAUSE THE COST O RESTORATION AND CODE COMPLIANCE WAS SO EXORBITANT, WE DID NOT CONDUCT A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS PRIOR TO OUR MEETING WITH THE HPC. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST STEP AND CONDUCTED A
MOISTURE INSPECTION. OF THE SIX INSPECTED WALLS TESTED, THREE WERE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE THOUGH NOT IDEAL LEVELS. THAT'S BETWEEN 5-15% MOISTURE. THE OTHER THREE WALLS WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE, WITH ONE AT 16.6% MOISTURE.
ANYTHING OVER 15% IS CONSIDERED HIGH RISK. AND TWO WALLS THAT CAME AT 39.8% AND 40% MOISTURE WHICH IS CONSIDERED EXCESSIVELY HIGH RISK FOR MOLD AND RAISE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THOSE PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE ALL OF WHICH COULD
ADD CONSIDERABLY TO THE COST OR MAKE IMPOSSIBLE FULL RESTORATION. THE THIRD DISTINCTION I WANT TO MAKE IS MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT. THAT IS BETWEEN THE WORDS PARISH AND CONGREGATION. THOSE WORDS ARE USED ALMOST SYNONYMOUSLY TODAY. BUT PARISH WAS ORIGINALLY NOT AN ORGANIZATIONAL TERM, BUT RATHER
A GGRAPHICAL DESIGNATION. THINK ABOUT COUNTY CORK IN IRELAND MADE UP OF 200 DIFFERENT TERRITORIAL PARISHES. WE THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE PLACED IN AS OUR PARISH, WHETHER PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR CONGREGATION OR NOT, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AND
INTEREST IN CARING FOR THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM. AND WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF CARING FOR ITS PARISH. THE CARE VIEW HOME IS CONSISTENTLY RATED AMONG THE 3% OF THE TOP ELDER CARE FACILITIES IN THE STATE AND NATION. ROLLING ACRESS ONE OF THE MOST
TRUSTED PARTNERS IN THE METRO AREA CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THE COUNSELING CENTER HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 35 YEARS, HAS A SLIDING SCALE OPEN TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. AND MORE RECENTLY, THIS IS OUR GOAL FOR THIS BUILDING TO MAKE A COMMUNITY SPACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GATHER IN.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PANDEMIC OF ISOLATION, ABOUT THE RISE OF LONELINESS, THE POLARIZATION, WE WANT TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER TO SOCIALIZE, TO GATHER, TO VOLUNTEER AND MORE. I THINK I SHOULD STOP. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE ON THIS ITEM? YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WISHING
TO SPEAK. SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THIS HEARING AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU,ASTOR LOWS FOR
BEING HERE TODAY. WE UNDERSTAND YOU HAD TO CANCEL SOMETHING MAJOR TO BE HERE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION FOR THE PROPOSAL. I WILL ADMIT IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE TO GET HERE. FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I HAVE BEEN BRINGING SLIDE DECKS
OF MR. SKALECKI'S IDEAS FOR HOUSING REUSE TO MT. OLIVETTE. BUT I REALLY SUPPORT THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IDEA, PASTOR LOWS AND YOUR WANTING TO OFFER THE
WHOLE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY AND YOUR PARISH AREA A PLACE TO INTENTIONALLY GATHER AND TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER. I INITIALLY WANTED FURTHER CONSIDERATION FOR CREATIVE USES LIKE HOUSING. BUT IO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIMITS OF THIS PROPERTY REALLY LIMIT WHAT CAN REASONABLY BE
CONSIDERED. THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL SPACE AS COMPARED TO OTHER CHURCHES, THERE'S NO ADA ACCESS, NO ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS, AND THE ONLY ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS ARE IN THE BASEMENT. THE COST OF REUSE WOULD BE NEARLY DOUBLE THE COST OF THIS SPACE.
TO MAKE THE BUILDING FUNCTIONAL AND ADA COMPLIANT WOULD BE $11.4 MILLION, AND THAT'S BEFORE ANY COSTS FOR RENOVATION OR REUSE. TO BUILD A NEW, ENVIRONMENTALLY FORWARD AND SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE WOULD BE $6 MILLION TO $7 MILLION. I SEEM TO RECALL YOU'VE ATTEMPTED TO USE THIS SITE OVER
THE YEARS FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT PURPOSES, NONE OF WHICH REALLY WORKED OUT. A YOUTH SPACE, A WEDDING CHAPEL, AND POSSIBLY AS A COUNSELING CENTER. THIS IS SOMETHI THAT THE 13th WARD REALLY NEEDS. OTHER THAN OUR PARK BUILDINGS WHICH ARE SMALL, HAVE NO
AIR-CONDITIONING OR ANY AMENITIES, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY COMMUNITY SPACE. AND I REALLY APPREATE THAT MT. OLIVETTE RECOGNIZES THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS AND ALREADY USES YOUR MAIN BUILDING FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING BECAUSE YOU
WELCOME EVERYONE IN. FOR A NUMBER OF OUR CITY-FOCUSED MEETINGS, WHETHER IT'S A PUBLIC WORKS MEETING OR A TOWN HALL, YOU WELCOME EVERYONE. I ADMIRE MT. OLIVETTE'S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING PRACTICES AND ALSO REUSE OF SOME OF THESE
MATERIALS. IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE APPLICATION, STAFF FOUND THAT ONLY TWO OF THE SEVE DESIGNATION CRITERIA WERE MET SO FAR. THE DESIGNATION STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE APPLICANT AND COMPLETED BY LANDSCAPE
RESEARCH TWO YEARS AGO FOUND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT HISTORIC AND DOES NOT SUPPORT THE FINDINGS ON STAFF ON EVEN THOSE TWO CRITERIA. IT IS NEITHER THE FIRST OR EVEN A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE CHURCH. AND THE ARCHITECTS ARE BETTER KNOWN ACTUALLY FOR A DIFFERENT
STYLE, NOT GOTHIC REVIVAL. SO THIS STUDY IS IN THE APPLICATION PACKET IN OUR LIMS FILE. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO FORWARD THIS APPEAL AND APPLICATION TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND DIRECT STAFF TO FIND FACTS IN SUPPORT OF THE
APPLICATION WITH INTENTION TO GRANT THIS APPEAL ON THURSDAY. SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, FOR YOUR MOTION. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE INAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES AND WILL BE FORWARDED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. WE ARE AT THE DISCUSSION POR N PORTION. WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 66 WHICH IS FOR AN APPOINTED POSITION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE CHIEF. I'LL WELCOME BRENDAN MILLER FROM HUMAN RESOURCES FOR A
PRESENTATION ON THIS POSITION.
WELCOME, MS. MILLER.
>> COMMITTEE, I'M BRENDA MILLER, THE CLASSIFICATION SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE APPOIN APPOINTED FIRE CHIEF. THE FIRE CHIEF LEADS THE
DEPARTMENT AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTING MINNEAPOLIS FIRE AND MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE. THE CHIEF HAS BEEN EVALUATED AT 790 POINTS GRADE 17. THE 2026 SALARY SCHEDULE RANGES FROM $195,000 TO $231,000. AND THE SALARY SCHEDULE REFLECTS
THE FINDINGS OF A CUSTOM MARKET STUDY FOR THE FIRE CHIEF JOB WHICH FINDS THAT THE CURRENT FIRE CHIEF SALARY IS APPROXIMATELY 13% BEHIND MARKET. THE 2026 COST IS IN THE BUDGET AND CHANGES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE MARCH 26, 2026.
WE BELIEVE THIS POSITION MEETS THE CRITERIA OF SECTION 20.1010 OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. IT APPOINTS THE COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER. IT'S A MEMBER OF THE COMNITY SAFETY TEAM'S EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM. IT LEADS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CITY POLICY
GOALS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP, VISION, TEAM BUILDING, AND STRATEGY IM IMPLEME IMPLEMENTATION. ANDT ESTABLISHES STRATEGY GOALS AND POLICY GOALS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR, CITY
COUNCIL, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER. WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU FIND THE FIRE CHIEF MEETS THE APPOINTED CRITERIA AS DEFINED IN SECTION 20.1010 OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES AND FORWARDED ON TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MS. MILLER. I HAVE ONE MEMBER IN QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE REPORT ATTACHED TO THE LIMS FILE ON THIS ITEM.
AND THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY PURSUED THIS CHANGE,T LOOKS LIKE THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, I MISSPOKE. PURSUED THIS CHANGE WAS BECAUSE
THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURE AND THAT THIS JOB HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED SINCE 2022. CITES THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM. AND THEN CONTINUES TO SPEAK
ABOUT THAT THE EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM AND THAT IT WILL BE BROUGHT IN HOUSE. BUT LIKE WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH AN EXTERNAL VENDOR RIGHT NOW. SO I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHAT IS CHANGING THAT'S BEING
COMMUNICATED TO US IN A CLASSIFICATION REPORT AND NOT LIKE IN ANY FORMAL SETTING. AND THAT SEEMS LIKE INCREDIBLY ODD TO ME. AND THEN I AM WONDENG IF YOU
CAN SPEAK TO THAT OR PERHAPS I SEE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY HERE. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMPENSATION AS IT EXISTS TODAY VERSUS WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE IS GOING TO BE ABSORBED.
AS YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS RUNS OVER THEIR APPROPRIATED BUDGET DUE TO OVERTIME DEMANDS. AND SO YEAH, HOW ARE TY GOING TO PAY FOR THIS? >> I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO MY FRIENDS AT THE OFFICE OF
COMMUNITY SAFETY. >> WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. MAYBE I CAN PARSE OUT YOUR QUESTION. >> CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> JARED JEFFREYS, DIRTOR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. SO YOUR FIRST POINT ABOUT THE BCR REFERENCE, I THINK THAT WAS IN THE JAQ OR THE JOB DESCRIPTION ITSELF. I THINK THAT REFERENCE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IT FORMALLY FINDING A HOME WITHIN A CITY
DEPARTMENT, NOT ACTUALLY BEING BROUGHT IN HOUSE. SORRY, I KNOW WHAT'S ON THERE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU WHAT I THINK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. BECAUSE THE CITY IS MOVING TOWARDS CONTINUING A CONTRACTUAL SERVICE, SO THERE IS NO CHANGE TO WHAT THE STATUS QUO IS THERE.
>> THAT'S SO HELPFUL, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. WHAT I STRUGGLE WITH THEN IS IF THE BASIS OF THIS REEVALUATION IS AN EXPANSION OF ROLE, THAT INCLUDES BRINGING A PROGRAM IN HOUSE, AND THAT IS THE BASIS FOR
THIS INCREASE IN SALARY, THEN THAT TELLS ME THAT IF YOU ARE RIGHT NOW PURSUING THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, THIS IS AN INAPPROPRIATE TIME TO DO AN INCREASE TO SALARY BECAUSE IT IS NOT WARRANTED.
YOUR JUSTIFICATION IS A THING THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> IT DOES, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND IHINK THE RATIONALE IS STILL THAT THE CITY HAS PLACED THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS PROGRAM IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT
OVERSIGHT OF A CRITICAL PROGRAM FOR THE CITY. SO NO MATTER WHETHER IT IS A CONTRACT OR WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFF, THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT JUSTIFIES THAT. I MEAN THAT IS ONE OF THE CITY'S KEYSTONE 911 RESPONSES. >> SURE.
I MEAN I APPRECIATE THAT THAT'S YOUR PERECTIVE ON IT. I'M JUST SAYINGHAT THE EXTERNAL VENDOR THAT COMPLETED THIS ASSESSMENT REACHED THE CONCLUSION ON THE BASISF THE EXPANSION AND THE BRINGING OF
THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM IN HOUSE. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT SUPPORT DONE ON IT. SO AMY AND I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU COME BACK -- I MEAN I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU COME BACK WHEN YOU
WANT TO BRING THIS PROGRAM IN HOUSE WHEN AN INCREASED SALARY FOR THE FIRE CHIEF WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE. >> I COMPLETELY HEAR YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK THE POINT ON THE TIMING TOO IS THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY HIRING FOR A FIRE CHIEF. AND JUST ON THE MARKET STUDY ITSELF THAT WE ARE BEHIND OTHER
PEER JURISDICTIONS. SO I HEAR YOU, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND THEN, BRENDA, DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION -- ON THE BUDGET IMPACT, I WOULD HAVE TO
SPEAK TO THE NUMBER, THE DIFFERENCE, THE NEXUS BETWEEN WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE NEW PROPOSED. BUT MY RECOLLECTION IS WE'RE TALKING BETWEEN $10,000 AND $20,000 LOOKING AT MY HR
COEAGUES HERE. >> WELCOME BACK, MS. MILLER. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRE CHIEF CURRENT SALARY AND THE
PROPOSED SALARY IS ABOUT $25,000 TO $26,000. >> OKAY. AND WHERE IS THAT GOING TO BE PAID FOR CURRENTLY? >> I THINK THAT WILL HAVE TO BE PART OF THE BUDGE RECALCULATIONS THAT ANY
DEPARTMENT HAS TO DO AND LONG TERM. SO FOR THIS YEAR, IT WILL HAVE TO BE EATEN THROUGH, IT WILL HAVE TO BE RECONCILED THROUGH THE BUDGET AND CORRECTING IT FOR 2027 AND BEYOND. I THINK THAT IS USUALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ANYTIME WE DO ONE OF
THESE RECLASSIFICATIONS. >> CERTAINLY. I JUST THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION WHERE IT'S A FULLY STAFFED DEPARTMENT. THERE AREN'T SALARY SAVINGS TO LOOK TO. THERE ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CONTRACTUAL SERVICES DOLLARS THAT DON'T GET USED. WHERE IS THE MONEY TO PAY FOR
IT? THERE JUST ISN'T. SO YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OVER BUDGET AND COMBINE BOTH THAT, THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INCREASE IS NOT WARRANTED AT THIS TIME GIVEN THAT YOU ARE
CONTINUING A SERVICE VIA A CONTRACT. AND THAT THERE IS NO FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET TO ABSORB THIS COST, SO IT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE, I DON'T KNOW. WHERE ARE YOU PROPOSING TO PAY FOR IT?
THERE ISN'TEALLY A PLACE. SO I THINK WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE TO RETURN THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WANTED TO STAY UP THERE, I KNOW
YOU'RE PROBABLY COMING ON BACK. MAYBE HAVE AN IDEA YOU TAKE IT OUT OF MY BROTHER-IN-LAW'S SALARY. JUST A FEW QUESTIONS HERE, MY ASSUMPTION AND UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS A VERSION OF THIS THAT IS MOVING FORWARD, THE
INCREASE IN THE SALARY HERE FOR OUR FIRE CHIEF PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR FILLING THAT ROLE RIGHT NOW. IS THAT CORRECT UNDERSTANDING? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THE POSTING FOR THE FIRE CHIEF
SEARCH IS A NATIONAL POSTING CURRENTLY OUT THERE, YES. >> AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ABOUT 13% BEHIND SIMILARLY SITUATED CITIES? >> I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT AS WELL. >> PERFECT. CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON KIND OF THAT SEARCH PROCESS RIGHT NOW?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH OTHER KEY DEPARTMENT HEAD SEARCHES, WE HAVE ENGAGED A NATIONAL FIRM TO HELP US FIND KEY LEADERS IN THE SPACE KNOWING THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY
ECOSYSTEM, ESPECIALLY NOW OVERSEEING THE CRISIS RESPONS PROGRAM. AND SO WE'VE ENGAGED WITH AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN PUBLICAFETY TYPES OF ROLES. SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEY'VE HELPED US DEVEL THAT
POSTING AND IT'S NOW ACTIVELY TAKING APPLICATIONS. >> PERFECT. AND I GUESS, THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER, MAYBE MORE OF AN INVESTMENT. WHEN IS THE HOPE OF FILLING THAT ROLE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER, TO THE QUESTION ON TIMING, I THINK WHAT
WE PROJECTED IS KEEPING THE POSTING OPEN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. AND I THINK WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH NOW THAT TIME PERIOD. AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE AN INTERNAL GROUP OF INTERVIEW PANELS WITH CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE OCS DEPARTMENTS AND AROUND THE ENTERPRISE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
I THINK WE'D PROBABLY PROJECT HAVING A CANDIDATE SELECTED, I WANT TO SAY PROBABLY IN Q2 OR Q3 AND MOVING IT THROUGH COUNCIL SINCE THAT POSITION IS SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL.
>> I KNOW IN CONVERSATIONS WITH MFD FIRE UNION AS WELL, THEY WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I'M SUREHAT'S PROBABLY HAPPENING, BUT JUST KIND OF ADVOCATING ON THEIR BEHALF AS WELL. >> ABSOLUTELY, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI FOR RAISING SOME OF THE POINTS REFERENCED IN THE REPORT THAT ACTUALLY I OVERLOOKED MYSELF IN TERMS OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS INCREASE FOR THE FIRE CHIEF POSITION WHICH I THINK ON THE
BASIS IS ACTUALLY FINE. BUT THAT IT'S BEING PLACED IN A NONEXISTENT THING. SO FAR THIS BODY HAS FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL OR A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD TO USE
EACH BUDGET CYCLE TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR BCR AS ITS STANDING. AND EVEN TO GET APPROPRIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM WHICH IS WHY WE HAD TO MOVE IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IN THEIRST PLACE BECAUSE OCS WAS NOT DOING EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. ASHE DEPUTY JUST HIGHLIGHTED IS ONE OF OUR KEY CORNERSTONE SAFETY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT HAS TREMENDOUSLY HELPED TH GENERAL.
SO THERE HAS BEEN A BIG BASIS OF DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO JUST PRESERVE THE PROGRAM AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS. I THINK A NUMBER OF WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE EXPANSION. THIS IS WHY I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT FUNDING PROPOSALS TO ADD ADDITNAL EQUIPMENT THROUGH TRUCKS AND
THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND EVEN TO SPORT STAFFING OR PERSONNEL NEEDS RELATED TO THE CONTRACT. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST POINT THAT WE'VE EVER HEARD OF AN INTENT TO NOT ONLY JUST BRING THIS IN HOUSE, BUT QUOTE UNQUOTE EXPAND IT AND THERE'S NO LEGITIMATE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT ON
THE TABLE. AND IT FEELS WEIRD TO BE BLIND SIDED WITH THAT WITH A REQUEST FOR A SALARY INCREASE FOR WORK THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADVANCED BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. I WOULD SAY IN MAKING THE MOTION
TO FORWARD THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THURSDAY, I WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI TO SEE ACTUALLY COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO BROUGHT FORWARD DURING LAST BUDGET CYCLE A SUPPLEMENTAL BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE
FUNDING LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK JUNE 11, 2026, TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO EDIT THAT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO HAVE OCS DO THE HOMEWORK THEY'VE DONE AROUND
SUGGESTING PUTTING IT IN THIS REPORT S WE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF THAT BEFORE WE'RE GOING AGAINST BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. AS OPPOSED TO SAYING SUPPORT THE INCREASE FOR THIS POSITION AND ACTUALLY YOU ALL DO NONE OF THE WORK TO MAKE THAT EXPANSION HAPPEN OR A LEGITIMATE THING. SO I WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT WITH
OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BRINGING MAYBE AN EDIT TO THAT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT'S ALREADY IN MOTION THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO BRING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT FACTUAL AS A MEANS TO
JUSTIFY I THINK THERE IS A SHARED AGREEMENT. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LEADERSHIP BE ADEQUATELY PAID. BUT LET'S NOT BASE IT ON NONFACTUAL DETAILS AND TO
SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT A NUMBER OF US HAVE HAD TO FIGHT TO KEEP AS PART OF OUR SAFETY SERVICES OVERALL. WANTED TO NAME THAT AS ALSO A POTENTIAL PATHWAY FORWARD. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
YOU. THE JOB IS ALREADY POSTED. IS IT POSTED AT THE SALARY RAPING YOU'RE REQUESTING OR POSTED AT THE CURRENT SALARY RANGE? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON, IT IS AT THE CURRENT SALARY RANGE.
>> OKAY. DO WE HAVE APPLICATIONS IN FOR THAT? >> I BELIEVE WE DO. WE'VE BEEN GETTING APPLICATIONS, YES. >> THAT WOULD MAKE IT SEEM LIKE PEOPLE WANT THE JOB AT THE CURRENT SALARY RANGE WHICH SAYS ENOUGH TO ME. JUST AS A COMMENT AND THEN I'LL PASS IT BACK. CITY, WE ARE OVERPAYING OUR TOP
STAFF SO MUCH. WE DON'T NEED TO BE PAYING OUR TOP STAFF SO MUCH. WE'RE IN A BUDGET CRISIS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HARD YEARS IN FRONT OF US. WE DON'T NEED TO BE PAYING OUR CHIEFS, OUR COMMISSIONERS, OURSELVES AS MUCH AS WE ARE AND WE GOT TO STOP THE INCREASE. THIS COMES DIRECTLY OUT OF THE
POCKETS OF OUR FRONT LINE WORKERS, FIREFIGHTERS THEMSELVES, PUBLIC WORKS, EVERYONE. SO YEAH, WE SHOULD NOT BE INCREASING THE SALARY. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE MYSELF ON QUEUE.
SO I AM SURPRISED TO SEE THAT ERE'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF BRINGING BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE IN HOUSE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS JOB CLASSIFICATION WORKSHEET. I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT THAT'S NOT HOW WE WANT TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR DECISIONS TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD PRACTICE OF GOVERNANCE. THAT'S A MAJOR DEPARTMENTAL CHANGE. SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A REAL BASIS IN MY VIEW FOR AN INCREASE TO THE SALARY. WE POINTED OUT MARKET CONDITIONS
AND COMPARING IT TO OTHER CITIES. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A HIGHER DEMAND OF WORK THAT EXISTS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE OF CALLS TO FIRE STATIONS STEADILY OVER THE YEARS WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF STAFF OVER TIME. SO WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A
QUESTION FOR THE DEPUTY JARED JEFFREYS IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING BACK UP. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO REWO
THIS FIRE CHIEF CLASSIFICATION WORKSHEET AND TAKE OUT THE PORTIONS THAT NAME BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE AS THE REASON FOR THE NEED OF THE INCREASE? AND THE PORTION ALSO ABOUT BRINGING BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE IN HOUSE SO WE CAN
ACTUALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION AS A CITY AND BRING FWARD THE MANY OTHER REASONS WHY THERE'S A REASON TO INCREASE SALARY AND ANGE THE GRADING? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, I'LL ANSWER IT IN TWO PARTS. DEFINILY WOULD BE WILLING TO
TAKE BACK THE PART ABOUT BCR COMING IN HOUSE, BECAUSE THAT'S FACTUALLY INCORRECT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ACCURATELY REFLECTED IN THE ANALYSIS DONE BY THE EXTERNAL VENDOR FOR THIS CLASSIFICATION. 100%.
ON THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM BEING LISTED AS A FACTOR IN THI FIRE CHIEF'S SALARY, I DO THINK THAT SHOULD REMAIN. AND I SAY THAT BASED ON THE LAST TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING PREVIOUSLY WITH THE CHIEF AND NOW WITH CHIEF RUCKER, THE
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE FIRE LEADERSHIP, IN PARTICULAR THE FIRE CHIEF, HAS TO DO IN HELPING ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM, IT IS SIGNIFICANT. AND I THINK JUST FROM THAT, WE AS THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE FIRE
CHIEF'S SALARY. >> YOU ALSO MAKE OTHER UPDATES AS TO WHY THIS IS NEEDED? >> I'M SORRY? >> THE INCREASE IN SALARY. I THINK AS COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI POINTED OUT, TO HER AND TO ME BCR BECOMES ONE OF THE
CENTERPIECES FOR THE INCREASE IN SALARY, AND IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE MAIN CENTERPIECE ALONE. >> YEAH, I CAN'T SPEAK, I'M NOT AN HR SPECIALIST, CLASSIFICATION SPECIALIST, I CAN'T SAY WHAT THE
WEIGHT WAS OF BCR VERSUS THE MARKET STUDY. BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DID DISCUSS IN OUR CONSULTATION WITH THE CLASSIFICATION SPECIALIST WAS THAT THIS IS A FACTOR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WEIGHT WAS GIVEN TO THAT FACTOR THOUGH. >> OKAY. AND THEN I'LL ALSO JUST NOTE, I
THINK THIS IS LESS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, MORE ON OCS BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I SOUGHT THIS INFORMATION OUT. LIKE IF OVERSIGHT OF BCR IS SO A PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN ALSO OCS, I SOUGHT OUT IN EARLY NOVEMBER, I THINK IT WAS
THE 1st OF NOVEMBER FOR JUST BASIC CONTRACT INFORMATION WITH CANOPY ROOTS. AND I HAVE HAD TO FOLLOW UP SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES. AND STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE
CONTRACT. AND SO, I THINK IF BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE IS A CENTERPIECE OF THIS WORK, THAT IS SOMETHING AS A RESPONSE TO ME IS -- AS SOMEONE WHO DOES OVERSIGHT WORK, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
APPRIATED. I DO APPRECIATE THE FIRE CHIEF BEING ONE OF THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS THAT PULLED ME IDE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND SAYING THAT IT'S OCS LEADERSHIP THAT WILL GET ME THAT INFORMATION. BUT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION JUST ABOUT THE BCR
CANOPY ROOTS CONTRACT SINCE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT SINCE WE'RE DISCUING THE RELATIONSHIP OF BCR TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY COMMENTS.
I WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> CHIEF POSITIONS CHANGE OVER TIME. THE EXPECTATIONS THAT I HAD ARE NOT THE SAME JUST A FEW CYCLES LATER. THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT IN FACT. AND A BIG ONE WAS POINTED OUT
WITH THE ADDING IN, FOLDING IN OF BCR. I HAVE NEEDED THE CHIEF HERSELF INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE MOST BASIC CONSTITUENT NEEDS WITH BC THIS PAST WINTER. I APPRECIATE HER ATTENTION TO TH. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT HOW THIS JOB HAS CHANGED, I THINK THAT'S FAIR. BUT I DON'T SEE THIS AS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DID IN THE BUDGET JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THIS TYPE OF A SITUATION AS WE LOOK AND WE TRY TO DO NATIONAL SEARCHES FOR CHIEFS, FOR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE SWORN TYPES OF POSITIONS IS ROUTINE. IT'S EXPECTED. IT'S TYPICAL. WE'RE HIRING. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED AN ACCURATE JOB DESCRIPTION WHICH I TRUST THAT STAFF DOES, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE ATTRACTING CANDIDATES WITH A FAIR AND UPDATED SALARY RANGE.
WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES IN OUR OWN POSITIONS, THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S GOVERNED BY STATE LAW. BUT IT IS DURING THE TURNOVER THAT THINGS GET READJUSTED. AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION THEN A COMMENT. BECAUSE I READ THE RCA A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I INTERPRETED IN HOUSE AS INSIDE TH FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT THE BCR HAD BEEN MOVED INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RECLASSIFICATION BECAUSE WE MOVED THAT DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE FIRE CHIEF'S IMPACT OR THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN THAT. DEPUTY JEFFREYS, CAN YOU COME
UP? PLEASE. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THERE'S NO BCR, IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, IT'S NOT CHANGING IN HOUSE. I INTERPRETED THE WORD DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AND I KNOW YOU STATED THAT LIT BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS THIS
RECLASSIFICATION IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECLASSIFIED THIS JOB SINCE THE BCR HAS BEEN A PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON THE CHIEF'S POSITION AND DOING A RECLASSIFICATION? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY,
COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, YES,HAT IS CORRECT. IT IS AS I SAID BEFORE FACTORS INCLUDING BCR BEING MOVED INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO JUST THAT THE POSITION IS LAGGING BEHIND OTHER COMPETITIVE JURISDICTIONS AS WELL. >> SO THE 13% IS JUST THE
POSITION IN ITSELF, NOT EVEN INCLUDING THAT THE BCR IS AN ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT THAT LOTS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS DON'T EVEN HAVE? >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, ADDING BCR INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS A FACTOR IN ADDITION TO THE
SALARY STUDY THAT WE DID LAST YEAR. >> SO YOU DID THE SALARY STUDY, YOU PUT IN A NEW ROLE AND LOOKED AT FIRE PARTMENTS THAT HAVE SIMILAR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND WE CAME UP 13% SHORT? >> THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK MY COMMENTS ARE REALLY CENTERED AROUND HOW EXCITED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE TO HAVE THE BCR AS A PART OF THE TEAM. THEY WERE VERY WELCOMING TO THE BCR.
I TALKED TO CHIEF RUCKER A LOT AND STAFF IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO WORK WELL WITH THE BCR AND THEY'VE BEEN WORNG TOGETHER ON LOTS OF THINGS. I GET UPDATES ALL THE TIME WHEN I ASK FOLKS JUST IN PASSING, HOW
ARE THINGS GOING? HOW'S THE COLLABORATION WORKING? AND I THINK IT'S OKAY TO NOW LOOK AT HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THIS HAS ON THE CHIEF'S ROLE SINCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW CHIEF AND WE'RE ASKING THIS PERSON TO COME IN AND MANAGE THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE WAY
THAT THIS BODY ELECTED. WE CHOSE TO MOVE THE BCR OVER. WHETHER WE LIKE IT O NOT, IT IS CERTAINLY A FACTOR IN THE JOB AND HOW MUCH A PERSON IS PAID TO DO THIS WORK. IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT SOMEONE
SHOULDN'T GET A RAISE BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD OR I MEAN IT'S SMART TO THINK OF THE GREAT WORK WE WANT TO COME OUT OF THIS CHIEF. WHO WE WANT TO ATTRACT AS THE NEXT FIRE CHIEF. AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY A
$25,000 RAISE IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD IS 13% LESS THAN WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING IS THIS INTENSE OF A CONVERSATION. I MEAN WE WANT THE BEST. WE WANT THEM TO MANAGE THIS PROJECT. WE WANT THEM TO MANAGE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS LATER ON. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A PLAN TO FIGURE THIS OUT IN THE FUTURE. AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE FACED WITH THIS SORT OF A DECISION WHEN THE NUMBER SAYS $200,000
ALREADY FOR THIS POSITION, B YOU CERTAINLY DO ATTRACT PEOPLE BY CHANGING THE $25,000. IF THERE'S ANOTHER CITY THAT'S PAYING $50,000 MORE, I MEAN WE'RE GETTING RIGHT ON TRACK HERE. WE'RE NOT GOING ABOVE WHAT OTHER MARKETS ARE PAYING, WE'RE LIKE
ON TRACK NOW AT THIS POINT. SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE'RE BASICALLY ON THE LOW SIDE IF WE'RE JUST GETTING TO THE 13%. AND SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE HIGH SIDE. BUT IF WE'RE JUST MAKING IT THERE, THAS OKAY.
IT'S OKAY FOR US TO GIVE THE $25,000 RAISE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE NEED TO RECLASSIFY. AND THEN LOOK AT LATER IF SOMEONE ELSE IS CHANGING IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, THIS HAPPENS, THIS COMES UP. THINGS CHANGE, THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE, I THINK ALL OF US ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE BCR HAS A HOME IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I THINK IT'S JUST TWO SEPARATE THINGS TO LOOK AT AND TO EVALUATE IN THIS MATTER WITH THIS POSITION.
BECAUSE IT IS THERE. HOW LONG IS THE CONTRACT? IS IT STILL TWO MORE YEARS? THE END OF THIS YEAR? AUGUST. OKAY, SO THAT CONTRACT WILL COME BEFORE US AND I THINK THEN THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DECIDE ON IF IT'S STAYING IN THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT OR WHEREVER IT IS. I DON'T THINK THE TWO THINGS NEED TO BE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER KIND OF SORT OF. OR LIKE THE CHIEF AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO HOLD IT FOR THE NEW PERSON TO GET A RAISE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
JUST ANOTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF. LOOKING AT THE BUDGET BOOK AND I SEE THAT THERE ARE 441 FTE'S ASSIGNED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M LOOKING AT THE JAQ AND THERE ARE 90 POINTS WEIGHED FOR THIS
RECLASSIFICATION BASED ON A STAFFING AT 476 PLUS. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF SOMEONE CAN SPEAK TO THE 35 FTE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY ALLOCATED AND THE CHIEF IS
OVERSEEING AND WHAT IS LISTED HERE. LIKE WHO'S 35 FTE'S IS THE FIRE CHIEF SUDDENLY OVERSEEING? >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY,
CHR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI, I THINK ON THAT AGAIN I HAVET REVIEWED THAT, BUT I THINK, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT EXTRA 30 IS COMING FROM. THAT IS AGAIN SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. YES. >> WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT, MR. JEFFREYS. AND AGAIN, I THINK JUST REITERATES FOR ME THE IMPORTANCE OF SENDING THIS BACK TO STAFF SO THAT THE WORK CAN PROPERLY BE COMPLETED BEFORE IT IS COMING BEFORE THEODY FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >> I THINK WE JUST NEED CLARITY ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
>> I MADE A MOTION TO SEND THI ITEM BACK TO STAFF. >> OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER RAVILLE. >> THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS
RAISED ABOUT OVERTIME AND COULD SOMEONE SPEAK TO WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OVERTIME FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? AND PERHAPS HOW THE SHORTAGE OF FIREFIGHTERS AFFECTS THAT
OVTIME? >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE -- >> COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> YES, SORRY ABOUT THAT. MY NAME IS TODD BARNETT, COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. I HAVE MET WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT
LEADERSHIP I THINK IT WAS MAYBE LAST WEEK TO TALK ABOUT OVERTIME. NORMALLY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY THAT'S USUALLY THE
LOWEST TIME FOR THEIR OVERTIME. AND IT HAPPENED TO BE PRETTY HIGH. WE'RE ON PACE I THINK RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE ESTIMATES EXACTLY NOW. BUT WE'RE ON PACE TO BE OVER
THAT OVERTIME. WE'RE VERY CLOSE. BECAUSE OF METRO SURGE AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF LEAVES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEAVE THAT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS DEALING WITH. WE HAVE LEAVES FOR PSD, WE HAVE LEAVES FOR INJURIES. WE ALSO HAVE LEAVES FOR FMLA AND PFMLA. IF YOU WANT A MORE DETAILED ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, I CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU AND
GET BACK TO YOU. >> YES, THANK YOU. AND I DON'T NEED THOSE ANSWERS TOMORROW OR BEFORE THE MEETING ON THURSDAY. BUT I'M CURIOUS, I KNOW THAT WE AVERAGED ABOUT 32,000 RUNS
IN 2010 AND LAST YEAR WAS 65,000, YET WE HAVE THE SAME IF NOT LESS FIREFIGHTERS. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND DO WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR 20 OR 30 MORE FIREFIGHTERS TO ALLEVIATE THIS OVERTIME
SITUATION? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, THAT QUESTION WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TH PURPOSE OF THAT MEETING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTNT IS TO GET A HANDLE ON THE BUDGET AND WHERE
WE ARE AND LOOK AT THE LEAVES. ALSO THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING AS COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI AND COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER KNOW THAT WE'R GOING TO MEET MONTHLY STARTING IN APRIL TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR BUDGETS.
AND WE'RE PREPARING FOR THOSE MEETINGS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON WHERE WE ARE. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERTIME, IF YOU COULD TAKE THE TIME OR SOMEONE ON YOUR STAFF COULD TAKE THE
TIME TO SPEAK TO US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE THAT OVERTIME NEED. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SO I HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS A REFER TO STAFF.
WHICH MEANS IT WOULD GO BACK TO STAFF OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEENG FOR IT TO COME BACK. I AM HEARING THAT THERE IS LIKE A SENSE OF URGENCY TO ME FORWARD ON THIS. AND I'M INCLINED TO CONSIDER THAT.
I KNOW THAT THIS JOB CLASSIFICATION REQUIRED A THIRD PARTY KEYSTONE COMPENSATION GROUP IN ORDER FOR THIS JOB CLASSIFICATION TO BE COMPLETED. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR CHANGES AND
UPDATES TO BE MADE BY THE THURSDAY MEETING AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF? OR WOULD YOU NEED TIME TO GO BACK TO KEYSTONE COMPENSATION? WELCOME BACK, MS. MILLER. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
IT WOULD TAKE PROBABLY A WEEK OR TWO TO GO BACK TO KEYSTONE AND HAVE THEM REVISE THE FINDINGS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I JUST NEED TO KNOW. BECAUSE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE IN A DAY OR TWO, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST
WE MOVE IT WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY. BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A VERY CLE NEED TO UPDATE THIS JOB CLASSIFICATION. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, AND WITH THE MOTION BEFORE US TO REFER TO STAFF, MAY I HAVE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO.
>> VETAW. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> I'M SORRY, WARREN? >> NO. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE.
>> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE SEVEN AYES AND SEVEN
NAYS. SORRY, SIX NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT WILL BE REFERRED BACK TO STAFF FOR THOSE UPDATES. I'LL JUST NOTE TO THE CLERKS, YOU ARE COMING VERY QUIET THROUGH YOUR MICS SO JUST SPEAK
A LITTLE BIT LOUDER INTO YOUR MICS. YES, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN? YOUR MIC IS OFF. >> THE VOTE WE JUST TOOK THAT WAS TO FORWARD WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION -- >> NO, THAT WAS TO REFER IT BACK TO STAFF BECAUSE THEWOULD NEED ABOUT A WEEK TO UPDATE THE JOB CLASSIFICATION. >> AND DID THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T DO IT UNTIL THURSDAY? >> YES, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT BY THURSDAY.
CORRECT.>> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 71 WHICH IS RELATED TO CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WILL INVITE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS AMENDMENT REALLOCATES EX T EXISTING UNALLOCATED PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS TO ADDRESS URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE CRITICAL SAFETY
EQUIPMENT ANDURN OUT GEAR TO REPLACE THE CURRENT OUTDATED EQUIPMENT. AND THERE'S STAFF HERE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS PROPOSAL. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT USE
AND ELIGIBLE USE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AID SO JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR. >> GREAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION FOR STAFF TO
SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. I KNOW THERE WAS INTEREST IN AGENDA SETTING TO PULL THIS. BUT IF THERE ISN'T, THAT IS ALL RIGHT TOO. GREAT. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? >> I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION. >> SECOND. >>OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT CARRIES AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 67 WHICH IS THE 2026 ASSESSMENT REPORT. I'LL WELCOME CITY ASSESSOR REBECCA MONQUIST TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO GET
EVERYTHING QUEUED UP.
>> GOOD MORNING. SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING THIS TIME DURING A VERY, VERY BUSY TIME OF YEAR AND A VERY FULL AGENDA FOR US TO PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 2026 ASSESSMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR CREATING THE REPORT WITH ME. AND I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT I DO HAVE SOME OF MY TEAM WITH ME. IF YOU'D GIVE A QUICK HAND RAISE. ROB WILLIAMSON OUR DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENTS, BRIAN I DON'T THINK BRIAN'S HERE YET.
MARCO IS OUR MANAGER OF ASSESSMENT SERVICES. BRIAN MESSER, APPRAISAL SUPERVISOR IS NOT HERE. KELSEY AND JOY ARE OUR APPRAISAL SUPERVISORS. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OF OUR AMAZING ANALYSTS KELSIE ZIMMERMAN.
SO FIRST, A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY AND REMINDERS ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL. WE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE JANUARY 2, 2026, ASSESSMENT OF THE ESTIMATED MARKET VALUES FOR APPROXIMATELY THE 131,000 PROPERTIES HERE IN THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS AND IT IS DICTATED IN STATE STATUTE. THE NOTICES OF VALUATION AND CLASSIFICATION ARE WHAT WE COMMONLY REFER TO AS THE VALUE NOTICES HAVE BEEN MAILED. WE MAILED THOSE ON APPROXIMATELY I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY,
MARCH 13TH. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE THAT THE 2026 ESTIMATED MARKET VALUES ARE WHAT'S GOING TO BE USED TO CALCULATE THE 2027 PROPERTY TAXES. SO WE VALUE PROPERTY IN ONE YEAR. THEN THE BUDGET AND THE LEVY ARE
SET. AND THEN TAXES ARE PAYABLE IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. BUT WE KNOW THIS CAN BE CON FEUDING BECAUSE PROPERTY TAX STATEMENTS ARE MAILED AT A APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME AS VALUE NOTICES. THE PAYABLE 2026 PROPERT TAX
STATEMENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING, THOSE WERE CALCULATED USING LAST YEAR'S 2025 MARKET VALUE. ANOTHER IMPORTANT REMINDER IS THAT AS ASSESSORS, WE DO ACT AS HISTORIANS IS WHAT I LIKE TO SAY. THE DATA THAT WE USE TO SET THE ANNUAL ASSESSMEN IS DICTATED BY
THE STATE. SO THE SALES RANGE, THE SALES DATES THAT WE USE TO SET THE JANUARY 2, 2026, ASSESSMENT ARE ACTUALLY OCTOBER OF 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2025. MEANING WE LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAS
HAPPENED AND THEN WE SET THE VALUATIONS PEOPLE CAN APPEAL, TAXES ARE SET, ET CETERA. IT IS A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS. BUT IT DOES ALLOW FOR THE APPEA. SO IN MINNESOTA PROPERTY TAXES PROVIDE A VERY SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. PROPERTY TAXES ARE MINNEAPOLIS'S GENERAL FUND'S LARGEST AND MOST FLEXIBLE SOURCE OF INCOME AND SUPPORT MANY OF THE CITY'S CORE GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES. EACH PROPERTY'S SHARE OF TAXES
IS BASED ON ITS MARKET VALUE, ITS PROPERTY USE, AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS WHICH THEN BECOME THE TAX RATE. YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN FOR A SIMPLIFIED ILLUSTRATION. SO MARKETVALUE, THAT IS THE PRICE A PROPERTY WOULD SELL FOR IN THE OPEN MARKET.
THE ASSESSOR'S ROLE IS TO REFLECT THE REAL ESTATE MARKET AND SET FAIR AND ACCURATE MARKET VALUES BY FOLLOWING MARKET TRENDS. THE ASSESSOR ALSO CLASSIFIES PROPERTIES ACCORDING TO THEIR USE. DIFFERENT USES OF PROPERTIES
EVEN IF THEY HAVE THE SAME VALUE PAY DIFFERENT TAXES BECAUSE OF THE CLASS RATES THAT ARE SET BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. I WILL PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN A MOMENT. AND THEN THE TAX RATE IS DETERMINED USING THE BUDGETS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SUCH AS HERE AT THE CITY, THE COUNTY,
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WATER SHEDS. THE INTERMEDIARY STEP IN CONVERTING VALUE IN TAXES IS CALLED THE TAX CAPACITY. THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES HOW THIS WORKS AND SOME COMMON TYPES OF PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. THE CALCULATION FOR TAX CAPACITY
IS THE MARKET VALUE WHICH IS IN THE SECOND COLUMN MULTIPLIED BY THE CLASS RATE IN THE THIRD COLUMN. FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ON THE FIRST LINE AND A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON THE BOTTOM LINE. BOTH ASSESSED AT $300,000 WILL
PAY DIFFERENT TAXES AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE CLASS RATE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS 1% AND THE CLASS RATE FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPER IS 2%. AS A RESULT A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WILL PAY APPROXIMATELY HALF THE PROPERTY TAXES OF A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, I MUST NOTE THAT THIS IS A VERY SIMPLISTIC MODEL ILLUSTRATING TAX CALCULATION. THERE ARE MORE COMPLEX FACTORS THAT DO AFFECT TAXES SUCH AS HOMESTEAD, THE STATE GENERAL
TAX, AND FISCAL DISPARITIE DIS. THIS IS AN ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE. EMV FOR THE CITY INCREASED BY JUST OVER .5% THIS YEAR TO
$65.2 BILLION. THIS DOES HOWEVER NOT INCLUDE UTILITIES AND RAILROADS BECAUSE THEY ARE ASSESSED BY THE STATE. AND THEY E DISTRIBUTED TO US IN THE SUMMERTIME. THIS AMOUNT INCLUDES NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PERMIT WORK
TOTALLING APPROXIMATELY $480 MILLION THIS YEAR. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE DISCLAIMER THAT THE MARKET VALUES ARE NOT STATIC. THIS WAS AS A POINT IN TIME WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SET THE ASSESSMENT. BUT THESE ARE ALWAYS EVER CHANGING AND THEY WILL CONTINUE
TO CHANGE UNTIL ALL APPEALS, PETITIONS, ANDBATEMENTS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AND THAT CAN TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS. THIS SLIDE IS A VISUALIZATION OF THE BREAK DOWN OF THE THREE MAJOR PROPERTY TYPE CATEGORIES.
THE 2026 TOTAL MARKET VALUE ON THE LEFT AND THE TAX CAPACITY ON THE RIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE CALCULATION OF VALUE TO TAX THAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE THREE CATEGORIES WHEN WE MOVE FROM ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE ON THE LEFT TO THE TAX CAPACITY ON THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT RESIDENTIAL VALUES IN GREEN MPRISE OVER 64% OF THE TOTAL CITY MARKET VALUE ON THE LEFT. HOWEVER WHEN THE CLASS RATES ARE APPLIED, THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE TAX CAPACITY AND THAT
BURDEN IS JUST OVER 55%. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COMMERCIAL VALUE IN BLUE COMPRISES OVER 14% OF THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE, YET WHEN THE CLASS RATES ARE APPLIED, IT COMPRISES NEARLY 25% OF THE TAX CAPACITY AFTER THE RATES. SO THEN LET'S TAKE THIS COLUMN
ON THE RIGHT AND LOOK AT THIS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THIS CHART IS A HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE TAX CAPACITY AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL TAX CAPACITY BY PROPERTY TYPE. SO IF WE COMPARE 25 AND 26, THE
TWO BARS FURTHEST RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE YEAR TO YEAR SHIFT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL, APARTMENT, AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IS 2% FROM THE COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL WITH APARTMENT REMAINING RELATIVELY CONSTANT. OVERALL THIS MEANS THAT THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WILL
AGAIN BEAR A GREATER BURDEN OF THE TAXES I PAYABLE 2027 THAN THEY DID IN PAYABLE 2026. THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGE IN TOTAL MARKET VALUE ACROSS ALL OF THE PROPERTY TYPES BY YOUR WARDS.
EACH WARD IS REPRESENTED BY A BLUE BAR AND THE PERCENT OF INEASE OR DECREASE IS AT THE LABEL AT THE END OF EACH BAR. THIS IS A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL VALUE CHANGES.
SO AGAIN THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE WAS ALL VALUES INCLUDING COMMERCIAL APARTMENTS. THIS IS JUST FOCUSED ON OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO OVERALL ALL RESIDENTIAL SAW AN INCREASE OF 2.8% THIS YEAR.
WHILE THE PREOUS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES AN OVERALL VALUE INCREASE FOR THE THREE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, THIS DOES BREAK IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER INTO OUR THREE MAIN CATEGORIES FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING TOWN HOMES AND CONDOS, DUPLEX TRIPLEX AND OURINGLE
FAMILY CATEGORY. WE SAW INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF THESE MARKETS THIS YEAR. AND THERE WAS ABOUT $127 MILLION ADDED IN NEW CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS UP FROM $118 MILLION LAST YEAR. SO OUR ASSESSMENT IS VERY
CLOSELY SCRUTINIZED BY THE STA TO ENSURE ACCURACY AND EQUITY. WE FOLLOW REQUIREMENTS MANDATED BE I -- BY THE STATE WHICH ARE BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL ASSESSING OFFICER STANDARDS ON RACIAL STUDIES AND STANDARDSN MASS APPRAISAL.
THIS DATA REFLECTS THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET. THE ANALYSIS IS OF PROPERTIES THAT HAVE SOLD SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE OUR ASSESSED VALUES TO WHAT THEY ARE SELLING FOR TO ANALYZE HOW ACCURATE AND EQUITABLE VALUES ARE IN COMPARISONO THE SALE PRICES.
THE FIRST MEASUREMENT I WILL REVIEW IS THE SALES RATIO WHICH IS THE THIRD COLUMN. THIS IS A MEASURE OF THE LEVEL OF THE ASSESSMENT. IT IS A COMPARISON OF THE ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE TO THE SALE PRICE OF A PROPERTY. SIMPLY STATED IT IS THE SALE
PRICE DIVIDED BE -- BY THE MARKET VALUE. LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM ROW OF THE 3,952 SALES, THE MEDIAN RATIO IS 95.07%.
AN ACCEPTABLE RATIO IS BETWEEN 90-105%. WE DON'T WANT TO BE AT A SIGNIFICANTLY DFERENT ASSESSMENT LEVEL THAN OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND JURISDICTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE
VALUING BUILDINGS AT A MEDIAN OF 95 AND HAVING ST. LOUIS PARK OR EDINA VALUING PROPERTIES AT 90% GIVING SOMEWHAT OF A TAX ADVANTAGE TO THOSE PROPERTIES. AGAIN THE LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT. WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE CITY BORDERS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS
IN THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO ASSURE THAT WE GET THIS CONSISTENCY. OUR ASSESSMENT DOES MEET THE RATIO REQUIREMENTS. THE SECOND MEASUREMENT IS THE COEFFICIENT OF DISPERSION OR COD. IT MEASURES THE UNIFORMITY OF THE ASSESSMENT. IT ESSENTIALLY MEASURES HOW FAR AWAY ALL OF THOSE OTHER RATIOS
ARE FROM THE 95.07%. IT IS WELL WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE FOR RESIDENTIALROPERTIES AND BEING LESS THAN 15% SO WE MEET THIS REQUIREMENT AND I AM PROUD OF THE TEAM BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DATA POINT THAT
HAS BEEN IMPROVING OVER THE PAST YEARS ENSURING A MORE AND MORE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT. THE LAST MEASUREMENT, THE PRICE RELATED DIFFERENTIAL OR PRD IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL. BECAUSE IT MEASURES VERTICAL EQUITY. WHEN LOW VALUED PROPERTIES ARE
VALUED GREATER PERCENTAGE OF MARKET VALUE THAN HIGHER VALUED PROPERTIES, THE ASSESSMENT WOULD BE CONSIDERED REGRESSIVE. WHEN LOW VALUED PROPERTIES ARE VALUED AT LOWER PERCENTAGE THAN HIGH VALUED PROPERTIES, THE ASSESSMENT IS CONSIDERED PROGRESSIVE.
BUT ASSESSMENTS FOR TAX PURPOSE SHOULD BE NEITHER OF THESE, PROGRESSIVE OR REGRESSIVE. OUR ASSESSMENT IS WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE FOR PRD WITH CONDOS BEING SLIGHTLY JUST OUTSIDE OF THAT 103 WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON OUR INTERNAL
DEPARTMENT WATCH LIST. THIS IS A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE REQUIRED STATISTICAL MEASURES THAT OUR ASSESSMENT IS JUDGED FOR BOTH ACCURACY AND EQUITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN SALES VOLUME SINCE 2022 AT THE PEAK OF
6,686 SALES. OUR SALES THIS YEAR OF 3,952 IS A 41% DECREASE FROM THERE. WE ALWAYS SAY THE MORE SALES WE HAVE, THE MORE DATA WE HAVE TO SET MORE ACCURATE VALUES. SO OUR SALES VOLUME IS DOWN
PROVIDING US SLIGHTLY LESS DATA. HOWEVER THE COUNT IS UP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE COMPARISON OF A MEDIAN SALES PRICE IN BLUE, TO THE MEDIAN MARKET VALUE IN ORANGE. THESE LINES SHOULD BE CLOSE TOGETHER AND GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS MEASUREMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPROVING.
OUR MEDIAN ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE INCREASED BY 4.6% THIS YEAR. AND IT INCREASED FROM 333,400 TO 348,900 WHICH IS A NUMBER THAT WE WILL USE ACROSS THEITY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
WORKING WITH THE BUDGET TEAM AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO TAXPAYERS. THIS ILLUSTRATES THE BREAK DOWN OF RESIDENTIAL VALUE BY HOW MUCH THEY CHANGE, BY THE PERCENT CHANGE FROM 25 TO 26. SO NEARLY 54% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES SAW AN INCREASE UP TO 5%. I WILL POINT OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME NEWS STORIES LATELY WITH RESIDENTIAL VALUES IN THE 10% TO 20% INCREASE RANGE. AND YES, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME PROPERTIES THAT
INCREASED MORE THAN 10%. BUT THIS IS USUALLY BECAUSE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO THE PROPERTY. OR BAUSE WE'VE REVIEWED THE PROPERTY RECENTLY, WE FOUND THAT THE DATA THAT WE HAD ABOUT THE PROPERTY WAS INCORRECT. WE MADE THE CORRECTIONS AND IT
INDICATED A HIGHER MARKET VALUE. THIS IS A MAP OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CHANGES BY PARCEL AND WARDS. SO THIS VISUALLY REINFORCES WHAT WE'VE SHOWN EARLIER ON THE BAR CHART WHEN WE LOOK AT WARDS 11,
12, AND 13. YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE MORE GREEN HIGHLIGHTED PARCELS THERE. ANOTHER WARD BREAK DOWN HERE. IT'S A COMPARISON OF THE
RESIDENTIAL VALUES AND THE SAME STATISTICAL MEASUREMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. SO THE COMPS TO THE LEFT ARE THE 2025 OVERALL VALUE THERE COMPARED TO 2026. HOW MUCH NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS ADDED AND THEN THAT CHANGE IN TOTAL VALUE. THEN AS WE MOVE ACROSS THE CHART, YOU'LL SEE THE MEDIAN
MARKET VALUE, THE NUMBER OF SALES THAT WE HAD IN EACH OF YOUR WARDS, THE MEDIAN SALE PRICE, SALES RATIO, AND COD. SO I WANT TO MENTION HERE THAT THE RANGE OF SALES RATIOS FROM 94 TO 96 IS A VERY TIGHT RANGE INDICATING THAT THE ASSESSMENT
ACROSS THE CITY IS QUITE CONSISTENT AND EQUITABLE, UNIFORM. THEN THE COD ACROSS THE CITY RANGES FROM 7.3 TO 10.07, ALL VERY MUCH WITHIN ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS AND PROVIDING UNIFORMITY ACROSS THE CITY.
LET'S PIVOT TO THE COMMERCIAL ASSESSMENT. SEPARATING COMMERCIAL FROM RESIDENTIAL, YOU'LL SEE WE HAD AN OVERALL DECREASE OF ABOUT 9.8% FOR OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND JUST OVER A 1% DECREASE FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES. AND WHEN YOU TOTAL THOSE ALL TOGETHER, IT'S AN OVERALL
DECREASE OF 8.22% THIS YEAR. HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE COMMERCIAL VALUATION, YOU'LL SEE HERE IT'S DOWN OVERALL AGAIN, WE'RE AT $9.7 BILLION THIS YEAR. TO TELL A MORE COMPLETE STORY,
WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO MARKETS BY GEOGRAPHICAL SUB MARKETS. SO THIS SLIDE SEPARATES DOWNTOWN ON THE FAR LEFT FROM THE UPTOWN MARKET THEN WE HAVE ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN. AND THEN INDUSTRIAL.
SO IN SOME YEARS IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE SEEN SOME INCREASES IN THE TWO BARS ON THE RIGHT STILL SEEING DECREASES ON THE LEFT. BUT THIS YEAR WE DID STILL SEE DECREASES ACROSS ALL OF THOSE SUBMARKETS.
COMPARING THE STATISTICS HERE, THE MEDIAN SALES RATIO AND COD ARE ALL WITHIN ACCEPTABLE RANGE. THE PRD IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER, SO IT'S A SLIGHTLY REGRESSIVE. AND THIS IS DECHFINITELY SOMETHG WE WILL BE ADDRESSING AS WE GO
AND BEGIN ON THE 2027 ASSESSMENT THIS SUMMER. APARTMENTS, A QUICK LOOK AT OUR APARTMENTS, THE OVERALL MKET VALUE THERE, LESS NEW CONSTRUCTION IS UP JUST UNDER 1%. THERE WAS $271 MILLION ADDED IN
NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE APARTMENT MARKET. AND THIS IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEEN ADDED ACROSS THE CITY. AGAIN THE STATISTICAL MEASUREMENTS OR THE COD, PRD, AND SALES RATIO ARE ALL WELL WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE RANGES
WITHIN PRD MAKING A DRAMATIC AND REALLY SOLID IMPROVEMENT. SO REALLY PROUD OF STAFF FOR HONING IN THAT MARKET. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A FAIR AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT EXEMPT PROPERTIES.
AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO THE CITY. SO THIS IS WHERE I JUST TOOK AND MADE YOU A QUICK PIE CHART TO SHOW YOU THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE CITY'S TOTAL ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE IS $65 BILLION. WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
ALMOST $20 BILLION IN EXEMPT PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH REVIEWING APPLICATIONS OA 3 AND 6-YEAR CYCLE, PHYSICALLY VIEWING AND VALUING.
AND AS WE FURTHER BREAK DOWN THE 19.5 BILLION INTO THE MAJOR EXEMPT CATEGOES, YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE IN YELLOW. GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES MAKE UP OUR BIGGEST SHARE OF THE EMPT PROPERTIES FOLLOWED BY SCHOOLS. AND THEN SOME SMALLER BREAK
DOWNS THERE. ANOTHER SLIDE WE DECIDED TO ADD THIS YEAR BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST IMPTANT TO NOTE IS THAT IF WE LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF VALUE THAT'S ACTUALLY EXCLUDED FROM OUR TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF THIS CITY AND IN THE VERY FIRST
COLUMN IT'S THE VETERANS EXCLUSION. AND SO WE HAVE $132 MILLION THAT'S BEING EXCLUDE THAT FALL INTO THAT STATE PROGRAM.
AND SO APPROXIMATELY 1.92% OF THE $65 BILLION IS EXCLUDED FROM PROPERTY TAS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, VALUE NOTICES ARE IN THE MAIL. THEY'RE COLOR CODED IN BLUE THIS YEAR. SO THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE TNT NOTICE THAT THEY'LL GET IN NOVEMBER WILL BE BLUE AND THEIR TAX STATEMENT IN 27 WILL BE BLUE. ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT CONTACTING OUR OFFICE A THE APPEALS PROCESS IS ON THE VALUE NOTICE. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE NOTICE, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN ACTUALLY
FIND THE APPRAISER RESPONSIBLE AND THEIR PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADESS SO THEY CAN CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY. AND THEN WE HAVE ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT IN THE PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH THE APPRAISER'S REVIEW VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY. THEY CAN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION
AND THAT INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL ALONG WITH OUR APPRAISERS WILL SEND A LINK TO THE APPLICATION SHOULD THEY WISH TO FILE A FORMAL APPEAL. AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE RESOURCES THAT WE DO MAKE AVAILABLE TO OUR PROPERTY OWNERS
TO ASSIST THEM IN DECIDING IF THEY BELIEVE THAT OUR ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE IS CORRECT AND FAIR OR IF IT SHOULD BE APPEALED, WE HAVE OUR PROPERTY INFO TOOL ON THE TOP LEFT. WE HAVE A SALES FINDER TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS SEARCH FOR SALES. AND WE ONLY INCLUDE GOOD TRUE
SALES THAT WE WOULD USE IN OUR SALES RATIO STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE USING THE SAME DATA THAT WE ARE. AND THE TOP RIGHT IS THE LEVY IMPACTS ESTIMATOR WHICH GETS USED DURING THE BUDGET SEASON AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS MORE DATA THAT'S OUT ON OPEN GOV THAT
PROVIDES INFORMATION, MEDIAN LUES, AND DATA POINTS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICS. WE ALSO DO HAVE SOME VIDEOS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE TO HELP EXPLAIN THE PROCESS. SOME KEY DATES FOR YOU MOVING DOWN TO THE SECOND ONE, LOCAL
BOARD OF APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION WHICH YOU APPOINTED YOUR MEMBERS TODAY ON CONSENT. WE CONVENE APRIL 14TH. WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONVENE DAY AFTER DAY UNTIL WE'VE HEARD ALL OF THE CASES. LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO WRAP UP IN TWO DAYS.
SOME YEARS WE'VE HAD TO GO EIGH. IT WILL DEPEND ON THE VALUE OF APPEALS. IF PROPERTY OWNERS STILL DISAGREE WITH OUR VALUE, THEY CAN APPEAL TO THE LOCAL COUNTY BOARD. AND AS WE PIVOT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT AFTER APPEALS SEASON, IT'S OUR APPRAISAL STAFF BEING BACK IN THEFIELD,
KNOCKING ON DOORS, DOING THE PHYSICAL REQUIRED INSPECTION. AND THE PROPERTIES IN THE LIGHTER BLUE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE WILL BE IN FOR THIS SUMMER. AND SO I'VE ALREADY HAD A
CONVERTION AT LEAST WITH ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. WE DO OUR BEST TO INFORM THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND YOUR TEAM THAT WE'RE COMING OUT SO YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING IN YOUR NEWSLETTERS. WE LET THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS KNOW. WE LET 911, 311 KNOW SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN OUR STAFF AREUT IN THE FIELD BECAUSE
THEY DON'T DRIVE CITY CARS, BUT THEY WEAR A FLUORESCENT VEST AND HAVE THEIR CREDENTIALS WITH THEM, THAT PROPERTY OWNERS CAN EXPECT US, WE MAIL A POSTCARD TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO INFORM THEM, BUT WE WILL BE
VOTING AND ASKING YOU TO HELP COMMUNICATE THIS AS WELL. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOW IT IS EVEN MORE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HELP PEOPLE FEEL MORE SAFE AND SECURE WHEN OUR STAFF ARE KNOCKING ON THEIR DOORS. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR THIS MORNING.
I THANK YOU AGAIN ALL FOR YOUR TIME. I DO WANT TO OFFER UP ONE SUGGESTION OR ITEM TO YOU AS WE CLOSE IS THAT IN THE PAST MAYBE BACK LEADING UP OR IN COVID WE
OFFERED ONE ON ONE TIME WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT YOUR WARD-SPECIFIC DATA IN CASE YOU'RE GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR WARD. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE ASSESSOR DOING HERE. SO JUST REACH OUT. HAPPY TO SCHEDULE ONE ON ONES TALK ABO THE NEIGHBORHOODS
SPECIFIC IN YOUR WARD AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING. AND GIVE YOU SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT IF THAT'S HELPFUL. SO I'LL SEND OUT A REMINDER AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE THAT, I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. I'D LIKELY BRING THE APPRAISERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO YOU CAN SEE THEM FACE TO FACE,ET TO MEET THEM
AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM. WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO FILL THIS TIME ON A VERY BUSY AGENDA. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR MALMQUIST FOR THE ALWAYS THOROUGH AND VERY HELPFUL PRESENTATION. WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. SO I WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
SHAFFER. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND DIRECTOR MALMQUIST. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU ONE ON ONE. I WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. AS WE SAW WARD SEVEN IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED IN ITS ESTIMATED VALUES AS COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
WE KNOW THAT'S PART OF DOWNTOWN. BUT AS YOU PULLED UP YOUR MAP, IT WAS SIGNIFICANT IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF CONDOS IN WARD SEVEN. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAVE EVERYONE'S TIME TODAY ASKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE TRENDS HIGH
LEVEL. BUT I THINK THIS DOES APPLY CITY WIDE. AND MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS, WHEN YOU HAVE THE CONDO MARKET SHOWING AT 103% SIGNIFICANTLY ASSESSED OVER THE VALUE OF THESE CONDOS AND YOU SAID IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A FLAG. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN THEN FOR 2027
TO ADDRESS THAT OVERAGE? BECAUSE I HAVE HEAR MANY COMPLAINTS FROM CONDO OWNERS THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEIR VALUATIONS DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT THEIR HOA FEES ARE INCREASING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE UNABLE TO STAY IN THEIR CONDOS ANY LONGER.
AND THEN WHEN THESE PROPERTY TAXES ARE THEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE VALUATION, PEOPLE ARE UNDERWATER SO THAT THEY NO LONGER FEEL LIKE THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR CONDOS. SO IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR 2027 TO GET THAT
103% MORE IN LINE WITH 95%? >> TO THE CHAIR AND TO COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I JUST BROUGHT BACK UP THE SLIDE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONDOS AND THE TOWN HOMES HERE. SO LET'S GO ACROSS THIS LINE. WE HAD 950 SALES. OUR SALES RATIO IS ACTUALLY 95%.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, THE ASSESSMENT IS EXACTLY WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BECAUSE OUR TARGET IS 95%. THE COD NEEDS TO BE BELOW 105 AND THAT MEASURES THE UNIFORMITY. IT'S THE PRD THAT YOU REFERENCED
THAT'S AT 103, SO THAT SPEAKS TO THE VERTICAL EQUITY. SO WHAT THAT IS TELLING ME IS THAT THE LOWER VALUED PROPERTIES ARE BEING VALUED HIGHER THAN THE HIGHER VALUED PROPERTIES. SO WE TEND TO BE HIGHER ON THE
LOW VALUED PROPERTIES, AND LOWER ON THE HIGH VALUED PROPERTIES. AND THAT IS TYPICALLY BECAUSE OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE. THERE IS SOME BIFURCATION IN THE
CONDO MARKET. WHAT WE NEED TO BE WATCHING OVERALL IN THE CITY AND WE CAN SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT WARD SEVEN AT ANOTHER TIME. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HIGHER LEVEL PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE PUSHING THEM HIGH ENOUGH. AND THAT THE LOW VALUED PROPERTIES WE'RE NOT PUSHING THEM TOO HIGH.
SO THAT IS OUR PLAN. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME A HOW THAT HAPPENS? IS THAT A FORMULA? CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO W THAT PROCESS HAPPENS WITHIN YOUR OFFICE? >> YES. SO TO THE CHAIR AND TO COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER, SO WHEN WE VALUE PROPERTY, WE DON'T VALUE EACH PROPERTY
INDIVIDUALLY. WE USE MASS APPRAISAL TECHNIQUES. SO WHAT THAT TYPICALLY MEANS IS WE LOOK AT A UNIVERSE OF CONDO PROPERTIES. WE'LL PROBABLY START AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL BECAUSE WE'LL GET THE MOST SALES THEN AND SEE WHAT DO OUR STATISTICS LOOK LIKE. IF AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
THEY'RE LOOKING OKAY, WE'LL DRILL DOWN AND LOOK AT IT AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. HOW ARE EACH NEIGHBORHOOD DOING AS FAR AS CONDOMINIUMS. BECAUSE A CONDOMINIUMS COULD BE TWO BUILDINGS OR TWO UNITS IN A HISTORIC BUILDING OR IT COULD BE
A COMPLEX OF 500 PROPERTIES AND THOSE ARE NOT THE SAME MARKET TYPICALLY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE DRILLING DOWN AND LOOKING CLOSER AND CLOSER AT THE MARKET AND THE SEGMENTS OF THE MARKET THAT WE ARE ENSURING CONSISTENCY AND WE'RE APPLYING CONSISTENT
INCREASES AND DECREASES ACROSS THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES. BUT IT DOES GET PRETTY INTRICATE ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START AT A CITY-WIDE LEVEL AND THIS IS THE CITY-WIDE DATA. AND THEN WE'LL GET SMALLER AND SMALLER AND LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PARTICULARLY ONE OF
YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING AS FAR AS THE VERTICAL EQUITY PERSPECTIVE. SO IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO LOOK AT THIS JUST FOR YOUR WARD DATA TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU TELL A BETTER STORY. >> YES, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU. AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS IT'S
BEEN A FEW DAYS SINCE THESE VALUATION NOTICES HAVE HIT HOMEOWNERS AND CONDO OWNERS, ET CETERA. WHAT HAS THE RESPONSE RATE BEEN TO YOUR ASSESSORS TO DATE AS FAR AS PEOPLE REACHING OUT BEFORE
THE APRIL 2ND, APRIL 3RD DEADLINE. >> FOR THE FORMAL APPEALS. THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COMMISSIONER SHAFFER, I WOULD SAY COUNT WISE THE INQUIRIES WE'RE GETTING IS SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM LAST YEAR. THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
HOWEVER, WE'REOING TO NEED ANOTHER WEEK OR SO TO LET CALLS COME IN AND LET THE PROCESS WORK THROUGH BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY CALLS WE HAVE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE BEING RESOLVED. SO WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT INFORMATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MALMQUIST AND THANK YOU TO HER TEAM THAT'S ALL HERE TODAY. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FROM US UP HERE. YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE A DIFFICULT JOB IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE ESPECIALLY WHEN
VALUATION STATEMENTS COME IN AND THE QUESTIONS START. OUR ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE FROM YOUR PRESENTATION IS FLAT FOR A THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. BUT OUR SPENDING AND PROPERTY TAX LEVY IS . AND THAT'S A RECIPE FOR A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FROM RESIDENTS.
IT'S NOT ENJOYABLE FOR ANY OF US OR YOU TO TRY AND EXPLAIN TO RESIDENTS THAT THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY IS BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THEM AND SALES OF SIMILAR PROPERTIES IN THEIR AREA. AND A FREQUENT COMPLAINT THAT I
HEAR IS THAT A RESIDENT HAS DONE NOTHING TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY, BUT YET THEIR VALUE HAS GONE UP. AND THAT'S HARD TO BEAR IN THE PRESENT, BUT WE TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT IT WILL BE GOOD UPON SALE OF THE PROPERTY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY GET TO ENJOY ANY UPGRADES TO THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THEY'RE PAYING MORE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ENJOYING ANYTHING MORE PER SE. IT'S NO SURPRISE TO SEE RESIDENTIAL THEN CONTINUING TO SHOULDER A LARGE SHARE OF THE NET TAX CAPACITY FOR OUR CITY'S BUDGET.
YOU HAD ON SLIDE 22 A STARK REALITY ACTUALLY OF OUR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL VALUATIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS DRIVEN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BY LOSSES IN DOWNTOWN A UPTOWN. YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE A -- IF
THAT'S ACCURATE, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND HISTORY WITH VALUATIONS. AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE SEEN COMMERCIAL DOWNTURNS LIKE THIS BEFORE AND IF SO, HOW HAVE THEY
COME BACK? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO HELP WITH VALUATION REBOUNDS THAT YOU'VE SEEN? >> THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND VERY GOOD QUESTION. AS FAR AS LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT
THE DOWNTOWN MARKET BECAUSE I'M JUST SAYING IT'S BEEN A FOCUS LATELY. AND WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN OUR WHEN WE CLASSIFY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, WE CALL IT OUR AB BUILDINGS, OUR
C BUILDINGS, THAT'S HOW WE CLASSIFY OUR OFFICE BUILDINGS. WE HAVE SEEN ABOUT A 20% DECREASE IN LARGE BUILDINGS THIS YEAR. THAT'S A LARGE DECREASE. I WILL SAY THAT AS WE MEET WITH BROKERS AND BUYERS AND SELLERS, IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A
SENTIMENT THAT THERE IS SOME RAYS OF HOPE AND LIGHT. I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT APPEALS, THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN LITIGATION AND TAX COURT ON ALL OF THESE OPERTIES.
A LOT OF THESE, OUR DOWNTOWN CORE PROPERTIES, A LOT O THEM ARE APPEALED EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE'RE LEARNING MORE AND MORE. WHEN WE SET THE ASSESSMENT FOR JANUARY 2ND, WE SET IT WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. BUT WE OBTAIN A LOT MORE INFORMATION AFTER THAT ABOUT THE
SALE. AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE USUALLY USE WHEN WE ARE GOING INTO LITIGATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OFFSETTING ANY SORTS OF THESE SHIFTS FROM RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL AND TO OUR PROPERTY OWNERS, IT'S REALLY
GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM A LEGISLATIVE ACT. AND I KNOW THIS YEAR IN SESSION THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING THINGS LIKE LIMITED MARKET VALUE AGAIN. THEY ARE PROPOSING THINGS LIKE LIMITED MARKET VALUE BUT JUST FOR SENIORS. AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER
PROPOSALS IN THE WORKS TO PROVIDE RELIEF. AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT CAN'T PROVIDE THAT RELIEF. BUT WHEN WE HANDLE APPEALS, BECAUSE YOUR PROPERTY TAX IS THE
ONLY TAX YOU CAN APPEAL, THAT WE TAKE THAT PROCESS VERY SERIOUSLY HERE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I BELIEVE IN THE LOCAL BOARD OF APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION AND THE FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY THAT THAT BRINGS TO OUR PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO APPEAL THEIR MARKET VALUE. THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO APPEAL THE VALUE.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO AGAIN IF PROPERTY OWNERS ARE CONCERNED THAT THEIR VALUE IS UNFAIR, THAT THERE ARE METHODS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCURATE SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW THAT THEY'RE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE. >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENTING TO US. I STEPPED OUT AND THEN I CAME IN HALFWAY THROUGH A QUESTION THAT I WANTED ANSWERED FOR MYSELF AND SO I MISSED SOME OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IF YOU'LL FORGIVE ME. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING
SURE LOW VALUE PROPERTIES WERE NOT OVERTAXED AND HIGH VALUE PROPERTIES ARE NOT UNDERTAXED. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT AGAIN. >> YES. THROUGH THE CHAIR AND TO COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. WHAT WE REFER TO AS VERTICAL EQUITY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NO
MATTER AT WHAT PRICE POINT A PROPERTY IS VALUED AT THAT IT IS VALUED AT THE FAIR 95% OF SALES PRICE AS WELL. WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU CAN GET INTO A REGRESSIVEITUATION IS
THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE DATA ABOUT THE LOWER VALUED PRERTIES. WE HAVE A LOT MORE SALES TRANSACTIONS. SO WE HAVE SOLID INFORMATI AND WE CAN VERY CONFIDENTLY SET THOSE MARKET VALUES. WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH MARKET VALUE, BUT WHAT IS THE TRUE
TOP? ESPECIALLY ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. WE MAY HAVE TRANSACTIONS IN THE FIVE MILLIONS OR WHATEVER, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE 100 OF THEM TO TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE HAVE A LOT MORE LIMITED DATA, SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW HOW FAR TO PUSH THE TOP END OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. BUT WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
WE CONTINUE TO DO ALL OF THE SALES VERIFICATION THAT WE CAN. WE TALK TO THE BUYER AND SELLER ON THESE TRANSACTIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS DRIVING THAT SALE PRICE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEBODY PAID THE AMOUNT
WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE PAID ON THE UPPER END, BUT WE DO ON THEOW END. THE P.R.D. IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. IT IS CRITICIZED AT
THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. I AM ALWAYS IN THE RANGE. >> THE P.R.D., IF THE NUMBER IS HIGHER THAN 100, IT IS MORE EQUITABLE OR LESS EQUITABLE? >> IT'S MORE REGRESSIVE.
>> REGRESSIVE. >> SOHEN WE SAY REGRESSIVE, THE LOWER VALUED PROPERTIES ARE AT MARKET VALUE OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE AND THE HIGHER VALUED PROPERTIES ARE NOT QUITE AT
MARKET VALUE. >> SO IF WE WERE TO BE PROGRESSIVE, WE WOULD BE JUST BELOW 100 AND IF WE WERE BEING REGRES REGRE REGRESSIVE, WE WOULD BE ABOVE 100. >> TO THE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT.
IF YOU SEE THE APARTMENT SIDE, APARTMENTS ARE 99.3. WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT NUMBER, 100 IS PERFECT BUT ANYTHING IN THOSE TOLERANCES IS ACTUALLY REALLY, IS REALLY GOOD. 103 IS REALLY STILL QUITE WELL, GOOD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
IT IN COMPARISON TO WHERE IT COULD BE. WE HAVE TIGHT STANDARDS HERE IN THE CITY, IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. >> DO YOU KNOW HOW OUR VALUES ARE LINING UP AGAINST PEER CITIES OR OTHER CITIES IN MINNESOTA?
>> TO THE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, IT' ABOUT 3%, BUT OUR COMMERCIAL DECREASES IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE SUBURBS. >> SORRY, I MEAN OUR P.R.D. VALUE --
>> TO THE CHAIR AND STECOUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, WE ARE COMPARABLE ACROSS THE STATE. >> DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY OF SIMILAR SIZE? >> TO THE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, YES, MINNESOTA
HAS VERY HIGH STANDARDS, BUT WE ALL FOLLOW THE STANDARDS, SO IF ANOTHER STATE FOLLOWS THE IOO STANDARDS, THEY WILL BE BELOW 103 AS WELL. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR HAVE ANYTHING FOR DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A
MOTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IS THIS A RECEIVE FILE? SORRY, THERE IS NO MOTION NEEDED. I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN
FOR THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT MEMBERS, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP NUMBER 72, WHICH IS AUTHORIZING A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
MINNEAPOLIS RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION. I WILL ASK AMY TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM AND I WILL
JUST CLARIFY TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE NEXT COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TAKING UP, NUMBER 73 AND 74. WHILE THIS ITEM IS FOR $1 MILLION, THERE IS
A PROVISION IN PLACE FOR ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE SHOULD WE TAKE IT UP AS A BODY TO BE A PART OF THIS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. >> HI.
>> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M A PROJECT COORDINATOR WITH THE HOUSING DIVISION OF CPED. I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH
HENNEPIN COUNTY TO ALLOW $1 MILLION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM. UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, A MINIMUM OF 80% OF THE $1 MILLION MUST BE USED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS. IN THIS CONTEXT, ELIGIBLE ASSISTANCE INCLUDES THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. UP TO 20% OF THE FUND, OF THE $1 MILLION MAY BE USED FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOME LIGHT WRAP AROUND SUPPORT
SERVICES, ESSENTIALLY PROVIDING GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICES TO OUR APPLICANTS. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE ASSISTANCE, APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. FIRST THEY NEED TO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THEY NEED TO HAVE AN INCOME AT OR BELOW 30% OF
AREA MEDIAN INCOME. I WANTED TO GIVE A CONTEXT OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. THIS INCOME IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD AND COUPLE OF EXAMPLES I PULLED TODAY TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU IS SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, A MONTHLY INCOME OF $2,300, AND FOR A
FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT IS APPROXIMATELY $3,300. SO IN ADDITION TO LIVING IN MINNEAPOLIS AND HAVING AN INCOME AT OR BELOW 30% A.M.I., YOU NEED TO HAVE A 30 DAY NOTICE OF EVICTION FROM YOUR LANDLORD. THAT VARIES FROM WHAT THE
HENNEPIN COUNTY PROGRAM TYPICALLY ALLOWS, WHICH HENNEPIN COUNTY IS TYPICALLY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AT 30% A.M.I. AND HAVE A SUMMONS FOR AN EVICTION FILING. WE
EXPECT THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN START APPLYING FOR THE FUNDING IN MID-APRIL. HENNEPIN COUNTY -- IF THIS J.P.A. IS APPROVED, HENNEPIN COUNTY WILL BE CONTRACTING WITH THEIR COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS TO HELP WITH PROGRAM NAVIGATION, APPLICATION ENTRY, APPLICATION
REVIEW, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DETERMINATION. FOR THOSE SEEKING ASSISTANCE OR FOR THOSE HELPING OTHERS APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE, YOU WI NEED TO WORK WITH ONE OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED CONTRACTEDED PROVIDERS. INITIALLY THESE WILL
INCLUDE CLUES, MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER. IN ADDITION TO WORKING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS TO ENTER AN APPLICATION, RESIDENTS CAN REACH OUT TO THE TENANT RESOURCE CONNECTION CENTER, TENANT CONNECTION GROUP TO START
AND APPLICATION FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE'RE STILL GATHERING CONTACT CHANNELS FOR THE COMMUNITY-BASEPROVIDERS, BUT ONCE WE HAVE THOSE, THEY WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND PROVIDED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR NEWSLETTERS. WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. FIRST IN QUEUE, W >> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TO US. FIRST QUESTION, KIND OF QUICK. AS CHAIR CHOWDHURY MENTIONED, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO
HOPEFULLY PUT FORWARD SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. I THINK MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THIS ABLE TO BE AMENDED IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT? >> MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY -- SO THEY WERE
OUT AHEAD OF US IN THE APPROVAL OF THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. HENNEPIN COUNTY THROUGH THEIR ACTION AUTHORIZED UP TO $2 MILLION TO BE ENTERED TOUGH THIS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. SO WE COULD EASILY ADD $2 MILLION IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO EXECUTION
OF THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. FOR THE ADDITIONAL, FOR ANY FUNDS IN ADDITION TO THAT, I BELIEVE HENNEPIN COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY BOARD FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE FUNDS, BUT WE WOULD GO THROUGH AN AMENDMENT PROCESS WITH THE
$2 MILLION MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM ALREADY. >> OKAY, SO SORRY, I AM JUST CLARIFYING FOR MYELP HERE. SO, RIGHT NOW WE CAN, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF $2 MILLION THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE AMENDED WITHOUT --
>> CORRECT, WITHOUT GOING BACK. >> OKAY, THAT IS HELPFUL TO KNOW. THEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICULARLY, IS THE 30% A.M.I. WHAT HENNEPIN COUNTY PREVIOUSLY USES THAT KIND OF TYPICAL FOR WHAT THEY USE OR
IS THAT SOMETHING WE ADDED? >> THAT IS HENNEPIN COUNTY'S STANDARD. THEIR PROGRAM HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VALUE. BECAUSE OF WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM, IT'S PRACTICALLY 30% OF A.M.I.
>> PERFECT. LAST QUEION HERE ABOUT THE RECEIPT OF A 30-DAY NOTICE OF EVICTION. IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AN EVICTION SUMMONS, SO WE ARE KIND
OF PRESS -- PRESCRIPTIONING THE NOTICE ITSELF. >> YES. >> THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. >> I PUT MYSELF NEXT IN QUEUE AND THIS IS ALSO JUST CLARIFYING. THIS IS WHAT I WAS SAYING IN THE MIC EARLIER AND I WILL ALSO NOTE TO MEMBERS, IF
THERE ARE THINGS YOU NEED TO SHARE WITH ME, YOUR MICS ARE ALSO QUIET. SO I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AS THE ONLY ONE GIVING ME THE FEEDBACK TO BE LOUDER. SO, I WILL BE MINDFUL OF THE MIC AS WELL. WE HAVE, FOR
ITEM NUMBER 73 AND 74, THERE IS THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION AND THEN THERE IS A SECOND. THERE IS A .2 THAT SAYS AUTHORIZING JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT
OF WHATEVER X-AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO DO. MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF AUTHORIZING THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT? BECAUSE IF WE AUTHORIZE IT WITH THE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING, THE COUNTY BOARD STILL NEEDS TO APPROVE ACCEPTING THE FUNDING. COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE, SHOULD WE APPROVE THIS $1 MILLION AND THEN LOOK TO THE NEXT FEW ITEMS, SHOULD OTHER ITEMS PASS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. YES, SO THESE HAVE BEEN STRUCTURED THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. OKAY. I WILL GET REALLY CLOSE. >> PROJECT. >> OKAY, I NEED IT TALLER. SO HOW THESE HAVE BEEN SET UP IS SO
AT IF YOU PASS THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE $1 MILLION, AUTHORIZED IN THE J.P.A., EACH OF THE NEXT TWO HAVE THE SECOND POINT THOSE MOTIONS IS TO INCREASE THE J.P.A. THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AUTHORIZE FIRST WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AMOUNTS. NOW, AS YOU JUST HEARD
ABOUT HENNEPIN COUNTY, THEY ALREADY APPROVED THE J.P.A. WITH UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, SO RIGHT AS WAS STATED, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MATCH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND PRESUMABLY GET APPROVAL, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE COUNTY'S PROCESS WOULD
BE, BUT THEY WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY BOARD TO AUTHORIZE UP TO WHATEVER AMOUNT THE CITY IS GOING TO PUT INTO THE J.P.A. >> GOT IT. >> SO THE FIRST VOTE WILL BE J.P.A. UP TO $1 MILLION, THEN HOWEVER THE COUNCILANTS TO DO
IT, THE SECOND BULLET POINT FOR THE NEXT TWO WILL COVER THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WILL GO TO THE J.P.A., WHICH WILL BE FINALIZED WITH THE COUNTY. >> THANK YOU. THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL. THE CURRENT, UP TO AMOUNT IS $2 MILLION? >> YES. >> OKAY, SO IF THERE IS ANYTHING
ADDITIONAL, I NEED TO GO TO THE COUNTY BOARD. IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WE WOULD THEN NEED TO TAKE AS A BODY OR WOULD WE BE DONE ON OUR END? I'M LOOKI TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS. >> MY APOLOGIES. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT?
>> SO IF WE GO OVER THAT $2 MILLION CAP AND THE COUNTY NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION, WOULD THIS COME BACK TO US AS A BODY OR WOULD WE BE DONE? >> WE WOULD BE DONE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS CLARIFICATION SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. THEN, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. COULD YOU REPEAT THE PROVIDERS THAT WILL BE HPING DISTRIBUTE THIS FUNDING? >> SURE, FOR THE INITIAL $1 MILLION THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED WHEN WE DRAFTED THIS JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT, IT WOULD BE CLUES, AYE SORT ROON, AND MINNESOTA'S INDIAN WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER. >> AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE THE JURISDICTION THAT WOULD DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY AND PASS IT ALONG TO THE ORGANIZATIONS OR HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> NOPE, SO THE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD RECEIVE THE APPLICATION. THEY WOULD DO THE DETERMINATION. ONCE THE DETERMINATION IS MADE ON WHETHER THEY MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND HOW MUCH ASSISTANCE THEY NEED, THOSE REC
COUNTY AND THEN THE COUNTY ISSUES CHECKS DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORDS ON THEIR BEHALF. >> DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD. OKAY, THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION, WHO DOES THE CHECK GO TO, IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD, AND THEN THIS FUNDING AND FUTURE FUNDING SHOULD WE
APPROVE MORE UNDER THIS J.P.A. WOULD STRICTLY FALL FOR RESIDENTS WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS? >> YES, I VER CLEARLY MADE THAT REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE J.P.A., THAT THEY NEED TO VERIFY THAT EY ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. THEN I WILL
MAKE A COMMENT. I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL, ONE THAT THIS IS FOR THE BORDERS OF OUR CITY, BUT TWO, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT INSTEAD OF NEEDING TO WAIT FOR AN EVICTION FILING AT THE END OF
THE MONTH, WE JUST USE THAT 30-DAY PREEVICTION NOTICE IN PLACE OF A POLICY FOR RESIDENTS TO USE FOR ELIGIBILITY. THAT WAS A LARGE PIECE OF DISCUSSION FOR US AS A COUNCIL WHEN WE FIRST TOOK UP THE 30-DAY PREEVICTION
NOTICE, CREATING TIME FOR INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. IT TAKES SOMETIME. I AM GRATEFUL THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE 30-DAY PREEVICTION NOTICE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THAT ESCALATORY STEP OF AN EVICTION FILING. WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. NEXT
WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO YOU SAID ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE MAKING 30% A.M.I. OR LESS. I WAS CURIOUS HOW THAT IS CALCULATED IN THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING -- OH SORRY, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY USES 30 DAYS OF PREVIOUS INCOME, SO THEY LOOK BACK 30 DAYS, CALCULATE -- THEN THEY EXTRAPOLATE YOUR ANNUAL
INCOME FROM THAT AND WITHIN THE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION, THAT WOULD BE WHAT -- THAT IS THE INCOME THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE CALCULATION. >> OK. SO, YEAH. OKAY. THEN,
AM I CORRECT, I SAW IN HERE THAT 20% OF THE FUNDS ARE USED FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUNDS? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES. >> IS THAT A TYPICAL AMOUNT? >> YES, THAT IS A FAIRLY STANDARD AMOUNT. WE HAVE RUN OTHER RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
AND IT RANGED FROM 10% TO 20%, TOANAGE THESE FUNDS WITH OUR PARTNERS. >> OKAY, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO MIWRC OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO THE COUNTY? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL
MEMBER STEVENSON, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY IS CURRENTLY NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY OF THOSE FUNDS AND THEY WILL BE GOING TO THE NON-PROFIT PROVIDERS. >> OKAY, DO WE -- I MEAN OUR VERY NEXT ITEM IS APPROVING MORE MONEY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. DO
WE THINK THAT IT WILL STAY AT THAT 20%? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, JUST TO CLARIFY THE QUESTION, DO YOU MEAN ALL OF THE ASSISTANCE? THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 20/80, OR THE
ORGANIZATIONS WILL ONLY OPERATE WITH THE $200,000 OUT OF THE MILLION DOLLARS. >> KIND OF BOTH QUESTIONS. >> SURE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE HAVE -- WE EXPECT -- HOW WE HAD THIS STRUCTURED WHEN WE
ORIGINALLY PUT IT FORWA WAS THE 20/80 SPLIT. FOR THE FIRST $2 MILLN, THAT WOULD BE THE EXPECTATION THAT IT WOULD STAY THIS 20/80 SPLIT, BUT IT WOULD BE FOR THE TOTAL OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. SO, CLUES, AYE SORT ROON, AND INDIAN
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER COULD BILL UP TO 20% OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE TOTAL J.P.A. FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN.
>> THANK YOU. LOOKING AT THE REQUIREMENT TO QUALIFY, YOU HAVE TO MEET ALL THREE TO QUALIFY. FOR ME, I SEE A PROBLEM HERE.
30%, IT'S A HUGE BIG DEAL IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEN I'M THINKING OF THE NUMBERS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT $36,000 FOR FAMILIES A YEAR, THAT'S A VERY, VERY LOW FOR PEOPLE TO QUALIFY. PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
EFFECTED HAVE BEEN WORKING. IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF COUPLES THAT EVEN MAKING EACH $36,000, THAT'S ALMOST LIKE 60%. IS THERE A WAY TO AMEND THAT, TO TELL THE
COUNTY THAT TS IS REALLY LIMITING, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT THIS WAS A NON-NEGOTIABLE ELEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO PURSUE, WE WOULD HAVE TO LIKELY
FIND -- WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO RENEGOTIATE WI THEM OR WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE GRANTOR TO WORK WITH TO PLACE THESE FUNDS. >> I REALLY SEE THI AS A HUGE PROBLEM. I WOULD SAY MAJORITY OF
OUR RESIDENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, LIVE 60%, THAT NUMBER MAKES SENSE, BUT YOU ARE WRITING OFF A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST INCOME THAT WERE MAKING, YOU
KNOW, LIVABLE WAGES AND WE'RE LIMITING. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO NOT CHECK. OUR INTENTION IS TO HELP PEOPLE BUT THOSE REQUIREMENTS, UNDERLINE PRINT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS TO SEEK HELP. I THINK WE
SHOULD GO BACK, NEGOTIATE, AND TALK ABOUT TODAY. WE WILL BE SENDING MORE, MORE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE COUNTY, MAYBE WE NEED A DIFFERENT APPROACH, SEE
HOW WE CAN GIVE THIS FUNDING TO EITHER INTERNAL OR OTHER WAY OF GETTING THIS FUNDING OUT AND HELPING THOSE FOLKS. I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING ONLY 30% QUALIFY. MY LAST
QUESTION IS, ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRTED TO THE COUNTY, ARE THEY ACTIVELY WORKING? CAN PEOPLE GO TODAY TO GET HELP? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, CURRENTLY THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE -- THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THE COUNTY'S CORE PROGRAM,
THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO THEM TODAY TO APPLY FOR CITY OF MINNEAPOS RESOURCES BECAUSE THE PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN SET UP AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONTRACTUAL RELATIO AND COUNTY. >> OKAY, I WILL DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT WE GO BACK TO THE
NEGOTIATION TABLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE FROM 30% TO 60%. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I GUESS I NEED TO CLARIFY, SO THE MILLION
DOLLAR AGREEMENT WE'RE IN, IS THAT CURRENTLY A NON-EXISTING MILLION DOLLARS ORS THAT THE MILLION DOLLARS WE VOTED FOR A COUPLE MONTHS AGO? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH. >> OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THANK U. SO THAT MLION DOLLARS IS NOT
GOING INTO THE TRADITIONAL HENNEPIN COUNTY ONCE A YEAR, WHATEVER RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THIS POT OF MONEY. OKAY. GOT IT. MY SECOND THING IS I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESELECTION
OF GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING. SO, SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE RED FLAGS FOR ME. THEY ARE KNOWN SOUTH SIDE GROUPS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE ON
THE NORTH SIDE. I KNOW CLUES, I WORKED WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THEIR REACH IS NOT DEEP ON THE NORTH SIDE. ALSO, AYE SORT ROON, IN YOUR WORK COUNCIL MEMBER -- SORRY, WARD 9. WE HAVE
FOLKS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT MAY NOT BE CONNECTED TO THOSE. IT'S THE SAME WITH THE INDIAN RESOURCE CENTER. I JUST ALSO WANT TO SAY, I FEEL LIKE THE HMONG COMMUNITY IS LEF OUT OF THIS. THERE IS A
LOT OF WORK ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH THE HMONG COMMUNITY AND THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE ACKNOWLEDGE IN THIS, IN MINNEAPOLIS. SO I WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT T GROUPS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH REFLECT
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THIS LIST FOR ME DOES NOT REFLECT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AT ALL. I THINK THERE ARE SOME GREAT GROUPS THAT WORK ACROSS ALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE THEY NEED. I
WILL PLUG NORTH POINT. THEY WORK WITH ALL COMMUNITIES IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND CAN BE A GREAT PARTNER. THEY ARE A HENNEPIN COUNTY AGENCY. I REALLY HOPE WE CAN GO BACK TO LOOK AT THIS LIST OF FOLKSND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE GOING TO REFLECT OUR ENTIRE CITY AND IT
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S ONE PART OF THE CITY AND THAT WE CAN MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND THAT INCLUDES NORTHEAST TOO. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM NORTHEAST THAT REACHED OUT TO ME THAT WANTED SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE WERE COLLECTING ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT FELT LIKE A
LOT OF THINGS WERE GOING TO THE SOUTH SIDE TOO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MY
SENTIMENTS EXACTLY WITH RESPECT TO WHAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SAID, THAT THIS IS VERY STEERED IN HOW WE ARE APPROACHING THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE NEEDED ACROSS THE CITY WITH INDIVIDUALS HAVING
BARRIERS, INDIVIDUALS HAVING FEAR OF EVEN DEALING WITH THESE AGENCIES. NOW YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL CLEAR ACROSS THE CITY TO ARTICULATE WHATEVER YOUR NEED IS. IT'S NOT VERY FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY. ALSO,
YOU STATED THAT IT WAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR RENTAL, BUT THEN YOU ARE ALSO PROVIDING UTILITY SUPPORT AS WELL, SO THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE COMPONENT IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT SHOULD BE
TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT AND IT'S NOT JUST RENTAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF UTILITIES ARE ALSO INCLUDE IN THAT, IT'S WHATEVER ACTIVATES THE EMERGENCY. SO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE GAS IN YOUR HOUSE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY, IF YOU DON'T -- YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHATEVER THE TARGETED EMERGENCY IS, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DIUSSED AS LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT, IF YOU WILL. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL
MEMBER WARREN, THE HENNEPIN COUNTY PROGRAM PROVIDES BOTH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. >> CORRECT. >> AND KEEPING IN TRACK WITH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ESTABLISHED PROGRAM, HOWEVER WHAT TRIGGERS THE NEED IS THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. YOU CANNOT APPLY
INDEPENDENTLY FOR UTILITY ASSTANCE AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT IS, AS YOU WERE JUST SAYING, IT'S CHALLENGING TO HAVE TO GO TO ONE ORGANIZATION TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE. IT'S EVEN MORE CHALLENGING TO HAVE TO GO TO MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR
ASSISTANCE. SO THE THEORY BEHIND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE WHEN THE HAVE A RENTAL CRISIS IS TO STABILIZE THEIR HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN TOTALITY THROUGH ONE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROCESS. >> I AM GOING TO DISAGREE WITH
YOU ON THAT BECAUSE IF ALL OF YOUR FUNDING HAS TO BE UTILIZED TO TARGET YOUR EMERGENCY, IF I USED ALL OF MY FUNDS TO PAY MY RENTAL SERVICE, BUT THEN I STILL NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH MY
UTILITIES IN ORDER TO KEEP MY FOOD IN MY REFRIGERATOR COLD OR KEEP THE HEAT ON, OR WHATEVER ELSE THE CASE IS BUT ALL OF MY FUNDING WENT TO THAT, IT STILL TARGETS AN EMERGENCY OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. THEY WOULD STILL BE EGIBLE FOR THAT. YOU
SAID THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR THOSE THINGS AS WELL. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, TS IS A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SO THE EMERGENCY THAT IS CREATED IS FOR THE -- CREATED BY THE INABILITY OF THE 30-DAY EVICTION NOTICE. WHILE I HEAR THAT PEOPLE MAY
HAVE PRIORITIZED THE USE OF THEIR FUNDS TO PAY THEIR RENT IN LIEU OF PAYING FOR THEIR UTILITIES, THERE ARE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE LINKS TO THOSE
PROGRAMS AS PART OF MY INFORMATION THAT IS PUBLISHED ON THESE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AM AWARE OF THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION WHEN YOU WERE
SAYING RENT AND UTILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS. SO THEN MY NEXT AREA OF CONCERN IS ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS JOINT POWER AGREEMENT, IF THEY ALREADY APPLIED FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE, WILL THEY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS
FUNDING BECAUSE HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS A ONE TIME IN 12 MONTH TIME PERIOD THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR THAT. SO WILL INDIVIDUALS WHO APPLY FOR THIS, IF THEY ALREADY RECEIVED EMERGENCY ASSTANCE THROUGH THE COUNTY BEFORE, WILL THEY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS
ASSISTANCE, SHOULD THEY HAVE TO COME AND APPLY AGAIN. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. THE COUNTY JUST INSTITUTED THE $10,000 LIFETIME CAP, ANNUAL CAP. MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY ARE
PROCEEDING, HOW THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS IF YOU ALREADY RECEIVE $10,000, YOU WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING. IF THEY WERE GOING TO ANALYZE A FUTURE APPLICATION IN
YOUR RECEIVED CITY FUNDING, THE CITY FUNDING WOULD APPLY TO THAT $10,000 CAP. >> AND THE $10,000 CAP STARTED WHEN? >> I AM UNSURE. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY AND ASK THEM. >> OKAY. I AM REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW WHEN THEY STARTED THE CLOCK
ON THAT $10,000 CAP. FOR WHAT A FAMILY IS ABLE TO RECEIVE BECAUSE THAT IS EASY TO COUNT UP WHEN IT'S A SECURITY DEPOSIT, FIRST MONTH'S RENT, SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO MOVE INTO SOME
PLACE, AND CALCULATED EMERGENCIES. IF YOU HAVE A $10,000 CAP OVER YOUR HEAD WITH A FAMILY SIZE OF WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THAT CAN DEFINITELY QUITE SPENDY.
>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION. YOU NEED TO BE -- TO USE THESE FUNDS AND TO ACCESS THESE FUNDS, YOU WOULD NEED TO BE IN AN EXISTING UNIT. WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THINGS LIKE SECURITY DEPOSITS AND HOUSING RELOCATION
COSTS AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. IT IS JUST FOR BACK RENT AND IN SOME CASES FORWARD RENT DEPENDING -- >> NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I AM SAYING FOR THE COUNTY'S $10,000 CAP BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOES. SO IF THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE HAD UTILIZED COUNTY
ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THOSE COSTS ON THE OTHER END, THIS, THIS MIGHT BE A BARRIER ON THE BACK END. THAT'S WHAT I'M STATING. >> THANK YOU. >> YES. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I JUST
WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO TURN THIS AROUND AND IT'S REALLY AWESOME THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE HERE RIGHT NOW AND I FEEL LIKE IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT THE GOAL HERE IS
FOR THIS FUNDING TO BECOME AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO APPLY AROUND MID-RIL. AM I CAPTURING THAT CORRECTLY? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, YES. WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL BE INACTIONABLE BY MID-APRIL.
>> THAT'S SO EXCELLENT. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE TO FALL BEHIND AND YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE RATES OF PRE-EVICTION FILINGS AND EVICTION FILINGS CONTINUING TO INCREASE THAT AT A PACE THAT IS
DRAMATIC AND DOES NOT FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH, SO IT'S JUST SO CRITICAL THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS FUNDING IN JUST A FEW WEEKS HERE, IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS HERE. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- I KNOW ALL THREE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
YOU LISTED ARE ONES THAT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WERE CRITICAL IN THAT IT HEL CONTRACTS TO DISPERSE RESOURCES THROUGH WHAT RENT HELP M.N. AND OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS LIKE
THAT. SO, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATION AS TO HOW WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS A RESOURCE AVAILABLE? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, YES. WE HAVE
STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY WILL BE THERE. THEY ARE THE CONTRACT HOLDER WITH THOSE ENTITIES. WE STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY ON HOW OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE
PROVIDERS ONLINE VIA E-MAIL, VIA TELEPHONE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET BECAUSE WE'RE EARLY IN THE DAYS OF FINALIZING THAT WORK WITH THEM.
ONCE THAT IS OBTAED, I WILL POST IT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND DISPERSE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU THROUGH NEWS BITES. I WANT TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY
WERE AN IMPORTANT VECTOR ON HOW THIS INFORMATION IS DISSIMULATED TO PEOPLE AND GET THE WORD OUT TO FOLKS THAT NEED THE ASSISTANCE. >> THAT'S REALLY EXCELLENT. I AM JUST WONDERING, KNOWING THAT ALL THREE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS IN
MOMENTS OF CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, I CANNOT IMAGINE YOU HAVE THIS DATA ON HAND SO I AM GOING TO SAY THAT ON THE FRONT END. IT'S TOTALLY OKAY AND I WOULD LOVE A FOLLOW UP. I APPRECIATE THERE ARE CONCERNS AROUND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE LISTED HERE AND WHETHER THEY ARE SUFFICIENT FOR THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM THAT IS FACING OUR COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE ALSO FROM THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY PERSPECTIVE, BOTH CPED AND THE
COUNTY, THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO DILIGENTLY AND SWIFTLY GET THESE RESOURCES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY O ALL THE RELEVANT LAWS AND THAT
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. I THINK SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP ALLEVIATE THIS CONCERN IS IF WE CAN GET SOME DATA THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND JUST HISTORICALLY THE GEOGRAPHIC POPULATION THAT EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WAS ABLE
TO SERVE THROUGH THEIR PROGRAMS AND HOW THAT COMPARED TO RATES OF EVICTION. SO LET'S SAY THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CITY, SO NORTH SIDE, NORTHEAST, MADE UP
THE MAJORITY OF EVICTION FILINGS, BUT THE ASSISTANCE THAT WENT OUT, YOU KNOW, ONLY 30% OF IT WAS GOING TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CITY. I FIND THAT CONCERNING. I THINK YOU WOULD TOO. OR I THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE,
THE CASE MAY BE. IF WE COULD GET DATA ON THE POPULATIONS THAT WERE SERVED GEOGRAPHICALLY FROM RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, HISTORICALLY, I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLE TO GATHER?
>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI,LY HAVE TO ASK THOSE PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS. I KNOW I WORKED WITH CLUES VERY CLOSELY WHEN WE HAD FEDERAL EMERGENCY RENTS ASSISTANCE AND THEY PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO OUR SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I DO KNOW THEY HAVE BROADER GEOGRAPHIC PRESENCE OR SERVICE AREAS OTHER THAN JUST FOR THEIR PHYSICAL PRESENCE HAPPENS TO BE IN THE CITY. I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNTY AND ASK WHAT INFORMATION MAY BE AVAILABLE. >> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> ITEPPED OUT, SORRY. MAYBE YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING THE GOAL IS TO REALLY GET THE MONEY OUT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT NEED IT MOST AND
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED OF COURSE IS THE REQUIREMENT PIECE AND ALSO THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVING NORTH SIDE SUPPORT. WE HAVE ONE DAY LEFT.
IF THERE IS A WAY WE CAN MEET OR HOPE TO MEET COUNTY ADMINISTRATI OR COUNTY INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OR THE LEADERSHIP TO SEE EVEN IF WE CAN GET A FIRM
ARGUMENT THAT SOMETHING COULD BE AMENDED. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, I CAN ATTEMPT TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE COUNTY BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED THIS J.P.A. WITH A 30% A.M.I. REQUIREMENT. IN CONVERSATIONS PREVIOUS WITH
THE -- IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY, THEY SHARED WITH ME THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PROVIDERS TO THE J.P.A. WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY BOARD BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T TRIGGER A COUNTY BOARD AMENDMENT, BUT IF WE WERE
GOING TO CHANGE THAT LEVEL OF REQUIREMENT, I BELIEVE THEY WOULD WANT TO REOPENHE J.P.A. NEGOTIATION COMPLETELY AND THAT WOULD SET US BACK TO HAVING TO GO TO COUNTY BOARD, SO AN IMPLEMENTATION IN MID-APRIL WOULD LIKELY CHANGE TO AN
IMPLEMENTATION IN MID-MAY BECAUSE THE COUNTY BOARD ONLY MEETS ONCE A MONTH. >> OKAY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN HAPPEN TO OUR RESIDENTS AND REQUIRES SOME KIND
OF WAY OF BEING, OF MOVING AROUND THE SYSTEM WE HAVE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR RESIDENTS. THE COUNTY DOES GREAT THINGS BUT AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, OUR VISION FOR US IS TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED. SOME OF YOU DON'T SEE IN THE CONTRACT, IT REQUIRES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY BRING THAT PIECE OF HAVING EVICTION NOTICE. DO YOU HAVE A
JOB? IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY YOU BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU WILL PAY NEXT MONTH OR THE FOLLOWING MONTH. WE NEED AN OFFER LETTER FROM YOU. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT PUSHES
PEOPLE EVICTION AND FOR THEM GETTING T MONEY AT LEAST THAT MONTH AND FOR THEM TO PAY THEIR RENT. THEN THEY CAN THINK ABOUT HOW THEY WILL PAY FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTHS. IS THAT REQUIREMENT INCLUDED IN THIS?
ARE PEOPLE REQUIRED TO HAVE A JOB TO GET THE FUNDING? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROGRAM IS IT'S AN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT'S NOT THEIR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THAT'S E.A. OR E.G.A., THOSE ARE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITH DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE WILL NOT BE A TEST THAT PEOPLE -- LIKE A TEST I GUESS I WILL SAY, THAT REQUIRES, THAT LOOKS TO SEE IF THIS IS A TENABLE SITUATION ONGOING. IS THIS GOING TO KEEP
YOU IN YOUR APARTMENT RIGHT NOW? >> OKAY. HELPFUL. YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME KIND OF CONTACT BEFORE THURSDAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED MY QUESTION
BUT I WAS RAMBLING BEFORE SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPAND THE LIST OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, I BELIEVE SO. I CAN REACH OUT TO T COUNTY. WHEN WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT
THIS, IT WAS A $1 MILLION PROGRAM. WHEN YOU THINK OF A $1 MILLION PROGRAM, THAT'S $333,000 ESSENTIALLY GOING TO EACH ENTITY. THE MORE MONEY YOU HAVE, THE MORE ABOUT YOU HAVE TO EXPAND PROVIDERS. SO I WILL GO BACK TO TALK TO THEM TO SEE IF
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, TO SEE WHO THEIR EXISTING CONTRACTORS ARE THAT WE MAY PARTNER WITH THE CITY'S FUNDING TO REACH BROADER GEOGRAPHIC AREA. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. WHY I AM PUING ON THIS IS COMING UP THERE COULD BE MORE MONEY GOI
INTO THIS POOL OF MONEY, RIGHT? SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM GOING TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR CAP HC, A COUNTY PARTNERSHIP THAT I SIT ON THE BOARD OF. THEY DO RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THEY DO UTILITY ASSISTANCE, AND THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS HAS WENT UP
ASTRONOMICALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD A NEED FOR BACK FILL AND THEY SPAN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, IN EVERY COMMUNITY, AND AS I SAID,
A SOUTHEAST ASIAN PARTNERSHIP, ONE OF THE OTHER GROUPS, I MEAN THE GROUPS YOU NAMED, I THINK THEY DO FANTASTIC WORK. NOTHING I AM SAYING IS AGAINST THE GROUPS WHO HAVE BN SELECTED. WE ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE SERVICE FROM PEOPLE WHO LOOK
LIKE THEM, PEOPLE THAT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK. THAT IS A LOT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO NAVIGATE THROUGH WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED OF SOCIAL SERVICES. SO I AM NOT BE NO MEANS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE GROUPS THAT ARE SELECTED. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THESE GROUPS NECESSARILY
COVER WHERE I'VE HEARD AND SEEN THE NEED FOR IN THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. SO, IF WE COULD LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD A COUPLE MORE PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE MONEY ADDED TO THIS, I JUST THINK THAT IS FAIR TO EVERYONE TO FEEL REPRESENTED IN THE DECISIONS
WE'RE MAKING HERE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, THAT IS INPUT THAT WE HAD NOT CONCERNED -- CONSIDERED WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THEM INITIALLY. I WILL TALK TO THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN BROADEN OUT THE PARTNERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW AS ONE OF THE LEAD AUTHORS ON THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I AM THANKFUL TO STAFF AND THEIR EXPERTISE AND GUIDING THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME PRETTY CLEAR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM A NUMBER OF THE BODY YING THERE IS A CONCERN WITH A BLANKET APPROACH AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A TARGETED FOCUS OF HOW WE'RE GETTING THESE
DOLLARS TO THOSE MOST IN NEED AND WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED THE MOST. SO, I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE A J.P.A. THAT SPELLS THOSE THINGS OUT SO CLEARLY AROUND PEOPLE THAT HAVE FRAGILE AND VULNERABLE AND A MADE MORE
VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF OPERATION METRO SURGE. I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN'S CONCERNS AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO GET THIS MEETING IF POSSIBLE WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT AND T HEAR THE FEEDBACK AROUND EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF PROVIDERS, ESPECIALLY
IF WE'RE ABLE TO PASS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THE MORE, THE MERRIER. SO WANTED TO NAME, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN THAT WE PASSED THIS IN FEBRUARY WITH THE GOAL OF
GETTING THESE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND HAVING A LEGAL AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO BE VERY PRECISE IN WHO WE ARE TRYING TO TART AND TRYING TO EITHER VERY RI FROM THAT TO THE POINT WHERE IT DELAY
IT IS ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE DOLLARS FURTHER, THAT POINT CONCERNS ME. SO I AM OPEN TO TAKE THE NEXT DAY, HOPEFULLY AHEAD OF THURSDAY, TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THESE CONCERNS. WITH TH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
>> SECOND. >> AWOME. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY JUST DID,
BUT JUST TO SPEAK BRIEFLY. IN DEFENSE OF THE 30% A.M.I. REQUIREMENT, I HEAR ERYONE HERE SAYING LIKE WE WANT TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. OBJECTIVELY, PEOPLE AT 30% A.M.I. ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT THE MOST. THAT'S WHO WE'RE
HELPING. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT AS A RESULT OF OPERATION METRO SURGE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE CITY'S OWN STUDY OF THIS, OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE EXCEEDS
APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION A MONTH, THAT SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN HOURS OR REDUCTION I HOURS OR JOB LOSS HAS HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF BUSINESSES SHUTTING DOWN. SOMETHING I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS J.P.A. AND HOW THIS
MONEY IS GOING TO BE DISPERSED IS THAT IT'S LOOKING NOT AT YOUR WAGES FROM THE ENTIRE PREVIOUS YEAR AND YOUR FAMILY'SNCOME FROM THE ENTIRE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT JUST THE PREVIOUS MONTH. IF YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY A LOSS OF HOURS IN
YOUR SERVICE JOB BECAUSE YOUR BUSINESS ISPEN LESS BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL OCCUPATION AND NOW SUDDENLY YOUR ECONOMIC POSITION HAS CHANGED, THAT YOUR LIKELIHOOD TO QUALIFY IS GOING TO INCREASE, THAT IF YOU LOST
YOUR JOB ENTIRELY. YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY YOU WOULD NOTAVE QUALIFIED WITH THE 30% A.M.I. REQUIREMENT BUT YOUR CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR ELIGIBILITY. SO,
REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SPEAK IN HIGH REGARD FOR THIS REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF EACH APPLICANT OR EACH RESIDENT THAT IS SEEKING
ASSISTANCE. THIS IS A REALLY EXCELLENT THING, REALLY EXCITED TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND URGE OTHERS TO JOIN ME IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE OPENING UP RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY AS EARLY AS 2 TO 3
WEEKS FROM NOW. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I SECOND THE REMARKS ON 30% A.M.I. AND STAYING ON THE TEAM LINE IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN
APRIL. I SECOND THE REMARKS ABOUT BEING GEOGRAPHICALLY INCLUSIVE TO THE NORTH SIDE. IF WE CAN GET INFORMATION BY OUR MEETING ON THURSDAY ON WHICH PROVIDERS THE COUNTY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEDICATE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT AND I THINK
THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS BODY TO MOVE FORWARD UNANIMOUSLY. I THINK THAT IS A REALLY EXCELLENT POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN BROUGHT FORWARD. SO MEMBERS, I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN DISCUSSION. NOT SEEING ANYONE
WITH THE MOTION BEFORE US TO MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TCALL THE ROLL. >> PAYNE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINLLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE.
>> OSMAN IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE 10 AYES.
>> THAT MOTION CARRIES. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY -- >> AYE. OSMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE MARK IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. >> WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, YES.
>> NO, TO MOVE IT FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATION. SO I HAVE AN AYE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, I NEED TO GET THE VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SVENSON AND THEN COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE
HAVE 13 AYES. >> EXCELLENT, WITH THAT MEMBERS I AM GOING TO BREAK US FOR 10 MINUTES FOR A BIO BREAK AND THEN WE WILL RETURN AND WE WILL FINISH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PORTION AND GET TO PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES AND THEN WE WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH.
>> EXCUSE ME, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH? [BREAK] [THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS
IN RECESS] [GAV [GAVEL]. >> ALL RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE TIME IS 12:36. OUR NEXT ITEM
IS ITEM NUMBER 73, RENTAL ASSISTANCE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID FUNDING. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? >> WOULD LOVE TO. THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. BRIEFLY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION MOVING FORWARD HERE.
I JUST WANT TO FIRST NOTE THAT I'M TRULY HEARTENED WITH THE CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE. I HAD CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, PARTICULARLY ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE NEED IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. PREVIOUSLY, I KNOW WE PUT $1 MILLION
FORWARD. EVERY ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN SOME WAY TO PUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE FORWARD AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT NOW AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS PROBABLY UNTIL THURSDAY ABOUT THE BEST WAY AND BEST VEHICLE TO MOVE THIS THROUGH. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IS WATCHING, YOU HAVE TWO KIND OF RESOLUTIONS IN FRONT OF US, ONE OF THEM --
NOS IT'S NOT A BOTH, IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A TOTAL OF CLOSE TO $6 MILLION FROM THE CITY, WITH THE $3 MILLION MATCH FROM THE WILSON FOUNDATION. SO WITH THAT, I
THINK THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US RIGHT HERE IS ON YOUR DESK RIGHT NOW. YOU WILL SEE AN AMENDMENT FOR THAT $2 MILLION. I THINK WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT TO $2.8 MILLION FROM ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BUT THAT WILL BE IN
CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT T REST OF THE WEEK AS WELL. SO, I WILL BE MOVING THIS ITEM FORWARD, HOPEFULLY MOVING IT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER IT ON THURSDAY AND WELCOME ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS BOTH TODAY,
TOMORROW, AND HOPEFULLY BEFORE THURSDAY SO THAT WE CAN COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CONSENSUS OF OUR BODY HERE. BEFORE WE KIN OF MOVE THAT, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MR. WILSON. HE IS PROBABLY HAS
STORIES, HE WAS IN THE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND RAN INTO A FRIEND OF MINE, JOHN MET THE OCCASION AND SAID WHATEVER THE CITY DOES, I WILL MATCH IT UP TO $3 MILLION. I HAVE BEEN IN A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS WITH JOHN AS HE IS A MINUTE POLL TAN ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE. HE HAS COMMITTED UP TO $16 MILLION ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND SPECIFICALLY AS OF THIS MORNING, HE SAID IF YOU PUT $3 MILLION, I
WILL MATCH THOSE FUNDS. IM EXCITED ABOUT HIS EFFORTS AND MOVEMENT INTO OUR CITY AND FIGURING OUT WE ARE DOING THE MESSY DIRTY WORK OF FIGURING OUT HOW BEST TO DO THAT. I'M EXCITED THAT WE WILL COME TO SOME RESOLUTION HERE, BUT I WANTED TO JUST NOTE THAT BUT MOVING THIS
FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, AS THIS WILL PROBABLY TAKE A DIFFERENT SHAPE BEFORE THURSDAY. THANK YOU. >> THAT MOTION NEED AS SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE A SUBSTITUTE
AND WOULD ASK THE CLERK FOR ASSISTANCE. I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT WE WANT TO GET CLOSER TO THE $2.8 MILLION AS WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO FULL COUNCIL AND THE SUBSTITUTE WOULD BE DECREASING THE AFFORDABLE TRUST FUND BY $1.9 MILLION, AND INCREASING THE FUND BALANCE BY
$900,000, WHICH WOULD GET US TO 2.# -- $2.8 MILLION. THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, I HOPE THAT WE GET THE SUPPORT OF EVERYBODY. WE ARE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS AHEAD OF THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING BUT THE REALITY IS THIS WOULD BE A SUBSTITUTE, SO THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT WE WOULD BE APPROVING AS THIS BODY SHOULD THIS PASS ON THURSDAY WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $2.8 MILLION. I THINK THAT THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD HERE ON THE
DAIS, MAKING SURE WE'RE GEOGRAPHICALLY BALANCED AND HAVING ALL THE PARTS OF OUR CITY BEING REPRESENTED WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS RESOLUTION AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE AHEAD OF THURSDAY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY --
AND I UNDERSTAND WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTS IT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE ACROSS THE CITY BUT I THINK THE TALKING POINT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE FOLKS IN THE NORTH SIDE CAN WALK, BIKE, YOU KNOW, DRIVE TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO RENTA ASSISTANCE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE NEED TO
CHANGE ANYTHING AHEAD OF THURSDAY, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. WE ARE ABLE TO GET TO THAT SAME RESULT, AS WE MEET WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY BEFORE THURAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE IS INCREASE IT AN ADDITIONAL $2.8 MILLION AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE ACROSS THE CITY. SO, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE IN QUEUE AND WE WILL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION. I'LL ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. I WILL GO TO MR. CLERK, CLERK CARL TO EXPLAIN HOW WE WILL APPROACH THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND THE MOTION THAT IS
CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THE PROCESS OF SUBSTITUTING IS A LILE BIT MORE COMPLEX THAN WE NORMALLY DO THROUGH AN AMENDMENT. AN AMENDMENT SEEKS TO REFINE OR PERFECT AN EXISTING PROPOSAL THAT IS ON THE TABLE.
AN AMENDMENT TAKES THE ORIGINAL SUBJECT MATTER, TAKES EVERYTHING OUT AND REPLACES ALL OF THE DETAILS, SO IT KEEPS THE FRAME OF THE ISSUE BUT GETS RID OF ALL THE DETAILS. SO THE WAY YOU PROCESS A SUBSTITUTE IS THAT IT HAS TO BE BEFORE THE BODY BY A MOTION AND SECOND, WHICH WAS
DONE. NOW THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS ACTUALLY PENDING IN FRONT OF THE BODY RIGHT NOW. IT' THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN HAVE TWO MAIN MOTIONS PENDINGHEN YOU MOVE TO AMEND BY SUBSTITUTION. SO YOU
HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, TO PUT FORWARD $2 MILLION. THE MOTION AND SECOND IN SUBSTITUTE SPOKEN TO BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER WOU WOULD -- COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ,
WOULD REPLACE EVERYTHING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING'S NAME TO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND MULTIPLE AUTHORS ON IT. SO THERE IS THE DISCUSSION ON THE TWO MAIN MOTIONS AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE PERFECTIONS TO THOSE MOTIONS. AND THEN A VOTE ON
WHETHER THEY WANT TO ADOPT THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ORIGINAL MOTION. IF THAT MOTION PASSES, YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY REPLACED THE WHITING MOTION WITH THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND THAT IS THE MOTION IN FRONT OF THE BODY. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT THAT'S THE ESSENTIAL
FUNCTION OF THE SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW, TO DECIDE WHICH OF THOSE MAIN MOTIONS YOU WISH TO PURSUE. >> GREAT, THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING. THAT'S WHAT IS BEFORE US TO DISCUSS. I WILL GO
TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS RELATED TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING AS A COAUTHOR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. I THINK FIRST IT'S IMPORTANT TO OFFER SOME CLARITY AROUND WHAT THIS PROPOSAL AIMS
TO DO. SO, THE LAST TIME WE TOOK UP RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THERE WAS A LARGE DEBATE AROUND THE FUNDING SOURCE. ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST AND THEN THE PROPOSAL THAT PASSED WHICH TOOK
THE 1 MILLION FROM CASH BALANCE. AT THAT TIME, WE ALL, OR A NUMBER OF US HAD A SHARED AGREEMENT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PIT PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CRITICAL NEED WITHIN OUR HOUSING MARKET TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO HOUSING FACING A NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS AS A RESULT OF OPERATION METRO SURGE. WE HEARD THAT SAME SENTIMENT AND CONCERN RAISED AGAIN AS WE WERE DEBATING HOW CAN WE INCREASE THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE THIS TIME AROUND, SO THE 2.# FIG8 FIGURE
WE CAN REACH MORE PEOPLE. THIS PROPOSAL IS COGNIZANT OF THAT. WE LEARNED FROM STAFF BEFORE COMING INTO THE MEETING THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST HAS $2.8 MILLION IN IT. OUR PROPOSAL WILL LEAVE $1 MILLION IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST AND
TAKE THE REMAINDER FROM CASH BALANCE. WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF PARITY OR LAHA, AND MAYBE STAFF NEEDS TO CONNECT BUT YES, WE WERE JUST INFORMED THAT THERE WAS $2.8 MILLION TO WORK WITH. WE JUST WANT TO BE COGNIZANTHAT WE'RE LEAVING AND
NOT BANKRUPTING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THIS NEED TO DO RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THIS CURRENT MOMENT. SO, RIGHT NOW OUR BREAK DOWN IS INCLUSIVE OF THE 1 MILLION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JAMISON AND MAYOR JACOB FREY. WE'RE ADDING $9,000 ADDITION TO THAT. THAT WILL BRING THE TOTAL FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST TO $1.9 MILLION. THEN TO REACH THE 1.8, WE HAVE A
$900,000 GAP LEFT. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO TAKE FROM CASH. SO, I HOPE THAT OFFERS MORE CLARITY AROUND HOW WE'RE REACHING THAT 2.8. IT'S
INCLUSIVE OF THE 1 MILLION THAT WE'RE ALREADY DISCUSSING. SO I WANTED TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ON THAT AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND REALLY FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BACK FILL INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST DURING OUR BUDGET CYCLE, TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE LEVELING THAT UP. WE HAVE TAKEN FROM THAT
PRETTY EXTENSIVELY IN THIS TERM THUS FAR. THAT SAID, WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING AS A RESULT OF OCCUPATION METRO SURGE. IT'S
VERY CLEAR WE'RE WALKING INTO AN EVICTION CRISIS, IN FACT THE SAME WEEK THAT MAYOR FREY SAID IT SAVES LIVES, EVICTION FILINGS INCREASED 300% FROM LAST YEAR'S
FIGURES. THAT TREND IS CONTINUING AS OF LAST FRIDAY, MINNEAPOLIS IS SURPASSING EVICTIONS FROM 2025, WHICH IS A RECORD BREAKING YEAR. IT'S VERY CLEAR THEN THAT TIME AND MONEY IS NEEDED TO MITIGATE AGAINST THIS GROWING CRISIS.
$2.8 MILLION WILL BE MATCHED BY A LOCAL BUSINESS LEADER AND THAT WILL RESULT IN ALMOST $6 MILLION GETTING INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT IS A BIG WIN FOR RESIDENTS WHO NEED THESE FUNDS AND FOR THE CITY ITSELF TO SHOW UP IN THIS MOMENT. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
CONCERNS ABOUT SPENDING MONEY ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY'S CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION,UT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT SPENDING THIS MONEY NOW IS MORE COST-EFFECTIVE IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER TO PREVENT EVICTIONS THAN TO REHOUSE PEOPLE AFTER
THEY HAVE BEEN EVICTED. THE REALITY IS THAT WE WOULD, IF WE DON'T PASS ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSIANCE AND CREATE EVICTION PROTECTION POLICIES, PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE CHOICE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO MITIGATE THAT
AND THIS RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. IT ALLOWS US TO BRING $2.8 MILLION TO THE TABLE TO BE MATCHED BY OTHER BUSINESS LEADERS SUCH AS MR. WILSON IN THE COMMUNITY THAT GETS US TO
THE NEARLY $6 MILLION FIGURE. THIS IS HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THE HOMELESS CRISIS AFFECTING OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE WORKI WITH OUR STATE AND DELEGATION LEADERS. IT'S JUST
AGAIN, I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING WE NEED BOTH AND APPROACH, WE NEED MONEY AND TIME, AND WE NEED TIME FOR THESE DOLLARS TO GET OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES, TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHICH WILL DISTRIBUTE THEM TO LANDLORDS. WITHOUT MONEY AND TIME, WE
CANNOT PREVENT EVICTIONS. THAT'S WHY I AM HOPING COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT BOTH THIS MOTION, REFLECTING AN INCREASE IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS AHEAD OF THURSDAY OR ON THURSDAY, OVERRIDE MAYOR FREY'S VETO OF PAUL'S EVICTION AND SAVE LIVES.
I WILL ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUE TO SUPPORT. >> I AM JUST GOING TO TAKE MYSELF OUT OF QUEUE AND COME BACK LATER. WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS A LOT AND I DON'T WANT FOLKS TO BE CONFUSED.
THERE IS $2.8 MILLION ON LAHA MONEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING IS INTRODUCING $2.8 MILLION, ALL OF IT, LIKE BASICALLY ALL OF IT. >> IT'S 2 MILLN RIGHT NOW.
>> NO IT'S 1 MILLION. >> SORRY. THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, THE AMENDMENT AS PROVIDED RIGHT HERE WOULD BE $2 MILLION TOTAL. I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO BE IN CONVERSATION. >> CAN I JUST INTERJECT. >> PLEASE. >> LET'S GO TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY. >> GREAT. SO UP TO THIS POINT, Y'ALL HAVE APPROPRIATED $1 MILLION IN THE RESERVE FUNDS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. YOU DID THAT IN A PREVIOUS ACTION AND TODAY YOU APPROVE, YOU FORWARDED
THE J.P.A. FOR THE $1 MILLION. RIGHT NOW, FIRST YOU WERE CONSIDERING COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING'S PROPOSAL OF AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION IN LAHA. YOU NOW HAVE THIS SUBSTITUTE MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU AT THE
SAME TIME, SO TWO SEPARATE IDEAS. THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS FOR $2.8 MILLION. OF THAT, $1.9 MILLION COMES FROM HTF LAHA
AND THE OTHER FROM THE RESERVED BALANCE. NEITHER OF THEM HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND A MOTION USES HTF LAHA.
>> I AM TRYING TO GET IT CLEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER JAMISON, I THOUGHT THERE WAS $2.8 MILLION TAKEN. >> THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR
$2 MILLION, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN MOVED. >> BUT IT' COMING UP. >> WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO. >> WELL. >> YOU CAN'T TAKE IT. >> OKAY. >> MAY I? AS THE CHAIR, CAN I TRY TO EXPLAIN IT. I MIGHT MAKE
US MORE CONFUSED, BUT THE CLERK WILL JUMP IN. SO WE HAVE TWO THINGS IN FRONT OF US. WE HAVE THE $1 MILLION FROM LAHA THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING IS BRINGING FORWARD AND THEN WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT IS
$1.9 MILLION FROM LAHA AND ANOTHER $900,000 FROM CASH BALANCE, FOR A TOTAL OF $2.8 MILLION. WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT BOTH OF THESE SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THEN WE WILL
NEEDO MAKE A MOTION FOR WHICH ONE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD. WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY AT THIS TIME TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO BOTH OF THE MOTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE US. DID I GET THAT RIGHT CLERKS? >> YES MAD CHAIR, CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL ADD MY COMMENT THAT SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND WAS A NO GO ZONE. THIS WAS THE SOURCE WE NEVER GO TO AND NOW WE'RE CLEANING UP THE WHOLE THING AND TAKING. I THINK THAT
GETTING THIS GENEROUS DONOR MATCHING IS A NO-BRAINER, WE SH ENTER AND HOW WE DO THAT, I WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT MY THINKING IS
THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS SOMETHING THAT HAD LASTED AND HELPED MANY RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, IS A LONG-TERM PROGRAM THAT REALLY BRINGS AFFORDABLE UNITS IN OUR CITY AND WE'RE LEAVING
$1 MILLION AS PROPOSED BUT COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ALSO, OVERALL, THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK BUT I'M HING WE WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO THE
QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN RAISED ON HERE AND PREVIOUS VOTE THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME KIND OF SOLUTION ON THURSDAY, MAYBE BRING SOME KIND OF LANGUAGE WHERE IT SAYS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
AGREEMENT, THE PERCENTAGE PART OF REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE INCREASED, THAT IS SOMETHING I MIGHT BE BRINGING FORWARD. TO ADD THE LANGUAGE, AND I'M DEFINITELY ADDING A SIDE ORGANIZATION THAT CAN PROVIDE FOR THE NORTH SIDE, DEFINITELY A
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO AND REACH OUT. SO THAT'S IS ALSO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT I MIGHT BE TALKING TO THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND OTHERS TO THINK ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU, THAT WILL BE IT FOR ME. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I AM JUST WONDERING -- >> EXCUSE ME CHAIR, I WAS IN QUEUE. SOMEONE TOOK ME OUT OF QUEUE. >> OH, YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN -- >> MY APOLOGIES. IT IS COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN IS UP NEXT. >> YEAH, OKAY. APOLOGIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. SO, HERE'S MY CONCERNS, IS THE FACT THAT WE HAD MADE A MOTION
BEFORE TO UTILIZE LAHA FUNDING, EVEN PUT AN EXPIRATION DATE ON THE BACK END AND IT DIDN'T PASS THROUGH IT THE LAST TIME. SO NOW COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING WANTS US TO GHOST RIDE THE WHIP WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS NOT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS, WHO WILL GIVE UP AN IMAGINARY BAG. WHERE IS HE AT? LET US SEE THE MONEY BECAUSE I DOT UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN AGREEING TO PUT A BAG UP AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN
SEEN, YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS SEEN THIS MAN AT A BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CONCERT. >> I HAVE TALKED TO HIM. >> YOU HAVE SEEN HIM BEFORE? HE'S REAL? I AM JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. SOMEBODY ELSE DID SEE.
>> I'VE TALKED TO HIM BEFORE AND HE GAVE $2 MILLION. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, WE ARE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU. YOUR MIC NEEDS TO BE TURNED ON. >> IT IS, IT'S COMING BACK. SOMEBODY PUT ME BACK IN THERE. I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY REAL, THAT IT'S HAPPENING. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING MONEY FROM LAHA AND IF THERE IS 2$2.8 MILLION THERE, I
THAT WHAT YOU SAID MINORITY LEADER WONSLEY, IT'S 2.8 WITH ADDITION OF THE FUNDING LEFT IN THERE? >> YES. >> SO WE'RE TAKING ANOT
ADDING 9? >> YES, JUST A TOTAL OF 1.9 WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE 2.8. >> FROM THE 2.8. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU DON'T MIND ME INTERJECTING. >> NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD CHAIR. >> LET'S HAVE DIRECTOR PORT
CLARIFY THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND/LAHA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M THE HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY PLAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND
LAST YEAR HAD $18 MILLION. THIS YEAR WE COMMENCED WITH $17 MILLION, $1 MILLION WAS REALLOCATED TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY SHELTER RESPONSE LEAVING US WITH
6 MILLION. OF THAT $16 MILLION, 2.85 OF THAT WAS EARMARKED, WAS SOURCED OUT OF LAHA. SO BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING,
WE HAD $2.85 MILLION IN LAHA. THE LAST ACTION ITEM YOU TOOK ALLOCATED $1 MILLION. YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD NO. >> WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. >> SO THERE ARE $2.85 MILLION
THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, FUNDED THROUGH LAHA. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WHILE I'M STILL HERE, AFFORD ME TO ADD
THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BUDGET ENCOMPSES MULTIPLE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, FEDERAL HOME DOLLARS, TIF, TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, AND THAT POOL IS
GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING A FISCAL CLIFF IN 2027. A REDUCTION BY $4 MILLION FROM THIS YEAR'S AMOUNT TO NEXT YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO PLANT THAT SEED AND IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL STAND OR I AM
IN THE BACK AND I'M WILLING TO ANSWER ANY. >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR PORT. I APPRECIATE YOUR CLARITY IN THAT. THIS IS WHY I AM STILL AT A PLACE WHERE I AM STRUGGLING WITH MOVING THOSE FUNDS FROM OUT OF
LAHA BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS SO MANY OTHER VERY CRUCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE IN THE CITY AND WE HAD A HARD TIME MOVING IT FROM THIS
PLACE BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ENDED UP BACK HERE AGAIN AND WHAT THE REPLENISHMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IF YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT US GOING FORWARD. IS THAT -- AM I CLEAR IN HEARING YOU STATE THAT? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL
MEMBER WARREN, YOU ARE CORRECT IN THE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE ON THE TRUST FUND. I REFERENCED THAT THE TRUST FUND PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO CREATE AND PRESERVE
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. THE TRUST FUND IS LEVERAGED WITH OTHER SOURCES, TAX CREDITS AND BONDS AS AN EXAMPLE. WE ARE GOING TO GET
ABOUT $70 MILLION IN BONDS AND WITH THAT CAPACITY, WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT LAYERING, WE NEED SOME RESOURCES IN THE TRUST FUND TO ENABLE US TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. WE HAVE 3 YEARS TO
SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. IF WE DON' PERIOD, WE LOSE IT. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF IMPACT WE HAVE. >> I RESPECT THAT. BONDS NEED TO BE PAID BACK. WE NEED A COUPLE OF DOLLARS IN RESERVE. THE LAST TIME WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT
MOVING FUNDING FROM LAHA, WE HAD AN EXPIRATION DATE ON THE BACK END OF THE FUNDS IF THEY WERE NOT UTILIZED, THEY WOULD BE RETURNED BACK TO THE ACCOUNT. IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, IF WE HAD AN EXPIRATION
DATE ON THERE, IT WOULD HAVE WENT BACK. I THINK IT'S 90 DAYS, WE WERE PUTTING A SPIN ON THAT? >> IT WAS PROPOETSED BUT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD. >> IT WAS PROPOSED BUT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS BODY HAVE
PREHENSION ABOUT THAT. THAT'S WHERE MY APPREHENSION LIES. I WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN PULL SOME MONEY FROM SINCE WE GOT SOMEBODY THAT DEFINITELY IS GOING TO MATCH WITH US, I AM JUST REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME
PULLING IT FROM THERE. >> THANKS EVERYONE. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> YES, THANK YOU. I THINK -- THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY FOR THE CLARIFICATION. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN FRONT OF US IS A
PROPOSAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT. THAT TO ATTORNEY'S POINT IS NOT IN FRONT OF US, IT HASN'T BEEN MOVED. IS THAT
CORRECT CLERK CARL? I HAVE NOT MOVED AN AMENDMENT FORWARD. >> MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION AND I AM GOING TO ASK ATTORNEY TO CORRECT ME WHERE I AM WRONG AS SHE EXPLAINED IN PREVIOUS ACTION, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED
A $1 MILLION ALLOCATION AND A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, I THINK, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEI CARRIED OUT. TO THE ORIGINAL $1 MILLION, THE ORIGINALCTION BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING MOVED WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION IS A PROPOSAL TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON THE PAPER IN FRONT OF ME, WHICH WOULD THEN MAKE A TOTAL, IF THAT WERE APPRED OF $3 MILLION FOR THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE. TAKE ASIDE WHAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO
AFTER IT. THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED PROPOSES TO TAKE $2.8 MILLION AND PUT THAT INTO THE ORIGINAL 1. SO IN TOTAL IF EITHER IS TO PASS, THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT
PUTTING $3 MILLION TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR $3.8 MILLION. WE KNOW THERE ARE TECHNICAL PIECES THAT THE COUNTY ALERTED STAFF ON WHAT THEY CAN ACCEPT RIGHT NOW AND THERE NEEDS TO BE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ON THE END TO ACCEPT
ANY OVERAGE. WE ALLOCATED $1 MILLION FOR US NOW AND THE PROPOSAL TO 2 OR 2.8 TO ADD TO THE ORIGINAL 1. >> THANK YOU, THAT IS VERY HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION CLERK CARL. APOLOGIES, I DID NOT HAVE YOUR AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I EXPLAINED THE AMOUNTS. I AGREE WITH CLERK CARL'S SUMMARY THAT THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS AN AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION RATHER THAN
1 MILLION. >> PERFECT, THAT IS HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CLERK CARL? >> I WOULD ADD ONE MORE PIECE PROCEDURALLY BUT SINCE WE'RE ON IT, THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS MOVED WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION. THE SUBSTITUTE SEEKS TO REPLACE THAT, THAT MEANS THE MOTION ON
THE TABLE, WHETHER IT'S THE SUBSTITUTE OR ORIGINAL IS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. IF THAT PIECE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, THE PEOPLE BRINGING THE SUBSTITUTE NEEDS TO CHANGE THAT AS WELL. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SENDING SOME PROPOSAL TO FULL COUNCIL ON THURSDAY WITH NO RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
COMMITTEE MEETING. >> YES, THANK YOU. THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FOR CLARIFICATION THERE. I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER, A LITTLE BIT CLEANER IF WE MOVE THIS ONE FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND THEN IN 74, AS IT IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT
IS GOING ON. I THINK IT'S A VERSION OF MAKING THAT SUBSTITUTION THERE WITH RECOMMENDAON. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. IF THAT'S NOT THE WILL OF THE BODY, IT'S NOT THEILL OF THE BODY. I THINK IT'S CLEANER IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. FIRST, THIS NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT. THIS IS ENTIRELY TOO MUCH CONFUSION OVER SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE IN AGREEMENT OVER, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO MATCH IT. I WILL GET TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
WARREN IN A SECOND. I MEAN THIS IS WAY TOO CONFUSING. IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WHAT WE'RE VOTING -- EVEN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WE'RE VOTING FOR ANYMORE, WHAT IS CLEAR AND WHY? I HAVE QUESTIONS
ON WHY WE CHOSEN 2$2.8 MILLION.I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ON THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS THAT HAVE GONE UP. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY SAID 300%. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM OR THOSE STATS. I HEARD ABOUT A
HOTLINE SEEING A 300% INCREASE IN INQUIRIES ABOUT RENTAL ASSISTANCEUT NOT EVICTIONS GOING UP TO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. I WOULD LIKE DISCUSSION ON THE
NUMBER OF EVICTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW, WHERE THE 2.8 NUMBER CAME FROM. WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING AND THE MAYOR, I SAW THEM ON THE NEWS SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO ASK FOR 1 MILLION AND THEN THEY HAD
SOMEONE THAT WILL MATCH 1 MILLION. THAT'S $2 MILLION AND NOW WE'RE UP TO ALMOST $6 MILLION. WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING? IS ALL $6 MILLION GOING TO HENNEPIN COUNTY SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT WE JUSTOTED ON? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY'S BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR
THIS WAS $10 MILLION, SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY GIVING THE COUNTY THEIR ALMOST 70% OF THEIR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING THE PROGRAMS THAT WE TAKEN FUNDING FROM AT THE CITY
OR PROGRAMS THAT IS IN THE QUEUE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE QUEUE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE HELPING. SO, I JUST HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS -- I DO APPRECIATE YOU MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION AND I
CERTAINLY SUPPORT US PUTTING MONEY INTO HOUSING ASSISTANCE. AGAIN, IT CANNOT JUST BE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. DO WE ASK THE PERSON THAT IS DONATING THEIR PRIVATE DOLLARS, HOW CAN THEY HELP WITH
MORTGAGES AND FOLKS WHO NEED OTHER KINDS OF ASSISTANCE? I N'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY PROGRAM DOES. SO, DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE HERE WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND MAYBE HELP EVERYONE WHO NEEDS HELP OUTSIDE OF JUST RENTAL ASSISTANCE? IS THE
$6 MILLION -- WELL, NOW IT'S $7 MILLION BECAUSE $7.9 MILLION OR 7. $7.8 MILLION BECAUSE WE APPROVED $1 MILLION LAST MONTH. I HOPE WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT, NOT FEEL RUSHED TO DO SO. WE JUST VOTED ON $1 MILLION TO GO
TO THE COUNTY TO HELP WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE. WE KNOW THAT'S NOT THE END. I CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SETIME TO WORK THROUGH MAKING SURE WE GET THIS MONEY INTO THE RIGHT HDS OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO
NEED SUPPORT RIGHT NOW. TO YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, I TALKED TO MR. WILSON OF THE WILSON FOUNDATION AFTER THE DAVE CHAPPELLE CONCERT. HE KNEW ONE
OF MY AIDES FOR A LONG TIME. I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HIM WANTING TO HELP WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SPECIFICALLY HOUSINGASSISTANCE. WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, BUT HE DID WANT TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND
THE STATE, NOT JUST MINNESOTA. HE SAID HE WAS WILLING TO MATCH DOLLARS THAT FOLKS WERE GOING TO PUT UP. THE WILSON FOUNDATION DID DONATE $2 MILLION TO NORTH
COMMONS PROJECT. SO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH IF YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT HIS CHECKBOOK. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE IS REAL. YOU LIKE DRAKE. >> IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, I AM SURE HE WILL BE HAPPY TO AND I'M SURE HE IS WATCHING THE MEETING.
I THINK IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MATCH, CERTAINLY WE WANT TO DO IT. WHERE I AM JUST CONCERNED IS THAT WE DON'T TAKE AWAY FROM OURSELVES TO GIVE TO THE COUNTY, WE STRATEGICALLY USE THE MONEY IN A WAY THAT FOLKS CAN GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY
NEED, BUT WE ALSO DON'T END UP HARMING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROTECTING, THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS PROTECTED. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI HAS A POINT OF ORDER. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I
WONDER IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL SINCE MOST OF THE DISCUSSION SO FAR FOR THE LAST 30 MINUTES HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, THAT IT MIGHT MAKE THE MOST SENSET THIS MOMENT FOR US TO BREAK FOR LUNCH AND FOR US TO RESET AND COME BACK AND LIKE MAKE MOTIONS AND
START THE DISCUSSIO FROM A CLEAN SLATE AND FIGURE IT OUT FROM THERE. I JUST THINK THAT IS INHE BEST INTEREST FOR US HAVING A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION THAT IS CLEAR TO EVERYBODY, BOTH HERE AND WATCHING ALONG. >> YES. >> THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION
MADAM CHAIR. >> I CONCUR WITH THAT. >> SECOND. [LAUGHTER]. >> THERE WE GO. SO WE WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH FOR AN HOUR. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR AN HOUR BECAUSE IT'S A LONG DAY. WE WILL
RETURN AT 2:12 P.M. >> ON TIME. >> ON TIME. WE WILL START THE MEETING WITHOUT YOU IF YOU ARE NOT HERE AT 2:12 P.M. [BREAK FOR LUNCH]
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE . >> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK SUPER COW. I WILL NOW ASK THE CLERK TO
CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE IS ABSENT. WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE IS ABSENT. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK, YOU ND TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOUDER. >> I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT. MY
APOLOGIES. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. SPEAK UP, MICHAEL. >> OKAY. VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> SCHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> STEVENSON.
>> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> WE HAVE 12 PRESENT. >> ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, WE STILL
HAVE THE MOTION FOR A SUBSTITUTE BEFORE US AND WE WILL JUST RESUME AS WE LEFT OFF. THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE HAVE FIRST IN QUEUE IS COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YEAH, BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY I KNOW I'LL BE LOOKING
AT DIFFERENT SOURCES FOR THESE FUNDS AND WHAT NOT AND WILL HAVE MA DISCUSSIONS BUT I WANT TO MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATION. >> WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION? >> WITH. WITHOUT? >> WITHOUT. >> WITHOUT. >> JUST DO WITHOUT. >> OKAY. WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY. SO THEN THE MOTION BEFORE US IS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION FOR FULL COUNCIL. SO CLERK CARL, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US WHAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
>> MADAM CHAIR, WHAT THE MOTION SEEKS TO DO IS TO CONFIRM THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION AT THE DAIS IN FRONT OF YOU MOVED PREVIOUSLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ WITH SEVEN AUTHORS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO FULL COUNCIL THIS THURSDAY. THE ACTION ITEM ON RENTAL
ASSIANCE THAT SEEKS TO DECREASE THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUSTFUND BY $1.9 MILLION TO USE FUND BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $900,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $2.8 MILLION FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE HOUSING AND TO AUTHORIZE THE JOINT POWER
AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY TO IMPMENT THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS PART OF THE PREVIOUS ACTION ALREADY TAKEN. THAT'S THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US. AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON THIS WILL MAKE THIS THE MAIN MOTION IN FLONT FRONT OF THE
BODY. IT DOESN'T DISPOSE OF IT. IT GETS RID OF THE ORIGINAL WHITING MOTION WHICH WAS FOR $2 MILLION FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. THE VOTE IS PROCEDURAL SAY THIS IS THE MAIN MOTION IN FRONT OF THE BODY NOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CLERK
CARL. MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? GREAT. WITH THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS SUBSTITUTE MOTION FORWARD, THE CHAVEZ
MOTION IS A MAIN ITEM TO COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, COULD I PLEASE HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN.
>> AYE. >> SCHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE 12 AYES. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT PUTS
THIS MOTION IN FRONT OF US. UNLESS THERE'S NEED FOR FURTHER DEBATE OR DISCUSSION, BECAUSE YOU HAD A UNANIMOUS VOTE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT BE THE FINAL VOTE AND WE REFER THIS MATTER TO COUNCIL THURSDAY. >> GREAT. WITHOUT OBJECTION,
THAT MOVES FORWARD AND CARRIES TO COUNCIL, AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ON IT ON THURSDAY. ONCE IT'S BEFORE US. AND THEN CLERK MICHAEL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOUR MIC SPECIFICALLY, BUT AT THE LAST THING YOU SAI I WAS STILL NOT
ABLE TO HEAR IT. SO JUST 12-O. OKAY. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ITEM 74, RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTINGENCY FUND. I WILL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO INTRODUCE AND DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO MOTION TO WITHDRAWAL THIS ITEM IN LIGHT OF US MOVING THE OTHER PROPOSAL THAT WE JUST CONSIDERED FORWARD. >> YES. THE MOTION YOU WANT TO THE AGENDA. >> ALL RIGHT THEN I WILL MAKE
THE MOTION TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSE SAY NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. JUST
TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC AND THEN ALSO STAFF THAT IS WAITING TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS, THE NEXT ITEMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP IS THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER BID, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE SMALL BUSINESS
RESILIENCY FUND. THEN IT WILL BE THE SAFETY AND WELLNESS TRAINING CENTER PAR REPORT. AND THEN IT WILL BE THE TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER CONVERSATION AROUND LAND ACQUISITION AND THE
ATTACHED BUDGET PROPOSAL. SO THEN NEXT IS ITEM 68, WHICH IS THE BID FOR SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. I'LL WELCOME PROJECT MANAGERYLE ERICSON TO GIVE A PRESENTATION
ON THIS ITEM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MY NAME ISYLE ERICSON, I'M THE CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER AND WITH PROPERTY
SERVICES. PERFECT. THANK YOU. I'M HERE TODAY WITH COLLEAGUES FROM PROPERTY SERVICES AS WELL AS THE CITY'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER TO BE LOCATED AT
THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 2633 MINNEHAHA AVENUE. FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT DELIVERY TIME LINE FROM ACQUISITION TO COMPLETION. THE
SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETYENTER IS AN EXCITING NEW CONCEPT FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IT WILL BE A BUILDING THAT IS WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK OR VISIT MINNEAPOLIS. THE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE SAFETY SERVICES RELATED
TO THE PREVENTION, RESPONSE, RESTORATION, ALL CO-LOCATED IN ONE SPACE. THE SAFETYERVICES PROVIDED IN THIS FACILITY WILL INCLUDE TH POLICE, 3RD PRECINCT, A 311 SERVICE DESK, THEOUTH CONNECTION CENTER, AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS. THE CMUNITY SAFETY PILOTS THAT WILL BE HOUSED OUT OF THIS FACILITY ILUDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, CULTURALLY SPECIFIC NAVIGATORS, AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NAVIGATORS. FOR THE PRESENTATION DELIVERY TIMELINE, I WILL TALK THROUGH THIS IN FOUR STEPS. THAT BEING THE SITE ACQUISITION, PROGRAMMING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND CONSTRUCTION
COMPLETION AND OCCUPANCY. STEP ONE WAS SITE ACQUISITION. IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, COUNCIL PROVIDED ACTION TO ACQUIRE 2633 MINNEHAHA. SHORTLY AFTER RECEIVING APPROVAL, THE CITY
STARTED DUE DILIGENCE AND BEGAN THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO COMPLETE AN ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT. THIS ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT INCLUDED A PHASE ONE STUDY WHICH WAS BASICALLY INFORMATION GATHERING OF THE BUILDING AND THE SITE. IT THEN
FOLLOWED UP WITH A PHASE TWO STUDY WHICH WAS MUCH MORE IN DEPTH IN INVESTIGATION WITH THE BUILDING MATERIALS N ONLY ON SITE BUT IN THE BUILDING COLLECTING SAMPLES AND RUNNING ANNALYSIS TO VERIFY IF THEY NEEDED ANY REMEDY OR ANY PRECAUTIONS. UPON THE COMPLETION
OF THE PHASES THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS, WE ALSO COMPLETED A SITE SURVEY OR CONTRACTED FOR A SITE SURVEY. THAT ALLOWED US TO CONFIRM EXISTING UTILITIES AND AS BUILT
SITE CONDITIONS. IN MAY 28TH, 2024, THE CITY FINALIZED THE PURCHASE AND BECAME THE NEW OWNERS. 2633 MINNEHAHA IS
LOCATED IN THE STEWART NEIGHBORHOOD IN WARD 2. THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED IN THE MAP OR THE IMAGE TO YOUR LEFT IS IDENTIFIED WITH A BLUE DOT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED TO THE EAST OF HIAWATHA AVENUE AND TO THE NORTH OF LAKE
STREET. LOOKING TO THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THE RED POLYGON IS THE SITE PROPERTY AND WITHIN IT IS THE BUIING. THE EXISTING BUILDING I WANT TO NOTE IS IT
MAY LOOK AS TWO BUILDINGS BUT IN REALITY IT'S ONE BUILDING. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING SHOWN AS MORE OF A SQUARE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1994. AND THEN THERE WAS AN ADDITION THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1998, AND THAT'S THE DARKER
BLACK RECTANGLE. ALTOGETHER IT'S APPROXIMATELY 78,500 SQUARE FEET. PRIOR TO THE CITY OWNING THE PROPERTY, IT WAS FCTIONING AS A PRINTING COMPANY. SO THERE WAS AN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR PRINTING AND STORING MATERIALS AND OFFLOADING. YOU MAY HAVE TO SQUT BUT IN THE
IMAGE YOU MAY SEE SOME LOADING DOCKS ON THE SOUTHSIDE AND MAIN EXISTING ENTRY ON THE SOUTHWEST LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE ILDING. SO STEP TWO OF THE PROJECT DELIVERY IS PROGRAMMING
AND DESIGN. IN AUGUST OF 2024, AN RFP WAS ISSUED FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN SERVICES. MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMNG, FIRE
PROTECTION, SITE FOR THIS PROJECT. WE RECEIVED FIVE PROPOSALS FROM QUALIFIED AE FIRM FOR THESE DESIGN SERVICES. ALL FIVE PROPOSALS WERE EVALUATED AND INTERVIEW BY AN EVALUATION PANEL AND A SELECTION
WAS MADE WITH WALD ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING. COUNCIL PROVIDED ACTION TO PROCEED WITH A CONTRACT WITH WALD. AND SHORTLY AFTER, WE BEGAN THE DESIGN IN NOVEMBER. T DESIGN PROCESS TYPICALLY INVOLVES FIVE PHASES. THIS INCLUDE
PROGRAMMING, SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND BIDDING. STARTING WITH PROGRAMMING, THE ARCHITECTS ASELL AS PROPERTY SERVICES MET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE PROPERTY BEING OFFIC AND COMMUNITY SAFETY, 311 SERVICE CENTER, POLICE AND OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND
PROGRAMMING AND THE FLUIDITY OF SPACES SINCE THIS IS A SHARED FACILITY. UPON GATHERING INFORMATION, WE PROCEEDED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND STARTED LAYING OUT SPACE DIAGRAMS AND ADJACENCIE
ADJACENCIES. ROOM SIZES AND PROCEEDING TO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION. THAT IS THE FULL SETF DOCUMENTS THAT IS ULTIMATELY BID ON AND USED TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT. WE PROCEEDED TO BIDDING. AND THAT KIND OF WRAPPED UP THE
NOVEMBER 2024 TO DECEMBER 2025 TIMELINE. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT DURING THE DESIGNROCESS THERE WAS PROGRESSIVE COST ESTIMATING THAT WAS COMPLETED. SO THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE TRACKING COSTS AND HAD A THIRD PARTY ESTIMATING FIRMSSIST WITH PROVIDING COST
ESTIMATES. THIS ALLOWED US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE M POTENTIALLY BE OVER BUDGET AND REASSESS WHERE WE COULDIND COST SAVINGS OR SLIGHT REDESIGNS. SOME OF THESE SAVINGS OR SOME OF THIS TRACKING ALLOWED US TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE COU
REUSE EXISTING PLUMBING, WHERE WE COULD REUSE EXISTING WALLS. AND BASICALLY HAVE A BETTER MECHANICAL LAYOUT THA SHORTENED THE DUCT RUNS. THAT LED US TO HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS WITHIN BUDGET AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GO OUT TO BID BECAUSE WE ARE
ER BUDGET. THE FLOOR PLAN THAT IS SHOWN RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY THE BUILDING AS ITS DESIGNED TODAY. IT IS THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT AND THEN THE SPACES IN THE CENTER THAT ARE COLOR COORDINATED. IF NORTH IS UP AND
MINNEHAHA IS TO THE LEFT THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH, THE TWO MAIN ENTRY POINTS ARE DESIGNATED OR DENOTED BY THE GREEN AND BLUE ARROWS. THE GEN ARROW IS THE MAIN NEW ENTRY FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO ANYONE LOOKING
TO VISIT THE 311 SERVICE DESK, WHICH IS SHOWN IN YELLOW. ATTEND A COMMUNITY MEETING OR USE COMMN GREEN. THE COMMUNITY ROOM IS RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK IN TO THE RIGHT. AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND NAVIGATORS, THEY
HAVE THE RED SPACE BEHIND THE SERVICE DESK. SO THE MAIN ENTRY IS THE MAIN ACCESS POINT TO ALL THESE COMMUNITY FUTIONS. DOWN, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE YOUTH CONNECTION CENTER IS THE ORANGE SQUARE RTANGLE TO THE NORTH
THAT HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE ENTRY. THAT ENTRY ALSO DOUBLES AS A BACK OF HOUSE ENTRY F SERVICE CENTER AND EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS.OVING DOWN ON THE BUILDING TO THE BLUE ARROW, THAT'S THE EXISTING ENTRY THAT IS BECOMING THE POLICE
PUBLIC ENTRY. THAT IS WHERE ANYONE WOULD LOOK TO VISIT WITH AN OFFICER, FILE A REPORT. THEY WOULD ENTERHAT POINT. AND BEYOND THAT IS THE POLICE FUNCTIONS FOR THE 3RD PRECINCT.
THE POLICE FUNCTIONS ARE TYPICAL TO ANY PRECINCT. SUPPORT SPACES FOR REPORT WRITING. OPEN OFFICE SPACES FOR PROPERTY CRIME AS WELL AS ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR ROLL CALL, THE LOCKER ROOM, GEAR
STORAGE AND SUCH. THE LIGHTER BLUE AREA TO THE RIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE THE EAST END OF THE BUILDING, THAT IS INDOOR PARKING FOR POLICE SQUADS MARKED AND UNMARKED VEHICLES. LASTLY, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS
A SMALLMESNINETEEN IN THIS PROJECT. THAT FUNCTIONS PRIMARILY AS A MECHANICAL SPACE AND THEN SOME SMALLER SLEEP ROOMS FOR POLICE. THE EXTERIOR
APPEARANCE FOR THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER CAN BE SUMMED UP IN ONE ROOM, SIMPLE. WHEN YOU HAVE A WAREHOUSE THAT'S DESIGNED MONOTONOUS FINISH TO APPLY NEW FINISHES TO. SO AN EFFORT WAS
MADE TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH WHERE YOU SPENT RESOURCES AND REALLY MAKE THE ENTRANCE THE FOCAL POINT. THE ENTRY IS PRETTY MUCH IN THE CENTER OF THIS IMAGE. AND TO THE LEFT IS GOING TO BE THE NAMING OR SIGNAGE FOR THIS
FACILITY. THAT LOCATION IS EVIDENT WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO THE PARKING LOT. IT ALSO IS COMPLEMENTED BY A WARMER WOOD-LOOKING METAL PANEL. IT'S MEANT TO DRAW ATTENON TO THE
ENTRY AS WELL AS SOFTEN SOME OF THE EXISTING CMU. THE BUILDING WILL RECEIVE FRE PAINT AS WELL AS AWNINGS THAT HELP WITH SUN SHADING ON THE WDOWS WHICH YOU SEE ON THE TOP IMAGE IS THE COMMUNITY WINDOWS, AND THE SOUTH
FACING WINDOWS AS WELL. WHAT THISMAGE DOESN'T SHOW YOU ARE THE ENERGY ENHANCEMENTS OR DAYLIGHTING BENEFITS THAT WERE ADDED TO THIS BUILDING THROUGH THE ROOF. THERE IS GOING T BE A NEW ROOF ON THIS FACILITY ALONG
WITH SKYLIGHTS AND SOLAR TUBES BRING DAYLIGHT INTO THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING. THERE'S ADDED INSULATION IN THE ROOF, SURROUNDING WALLS, AND IN ADDITIONO THE ENERGY INSULATION, THE ROOF IS BEING STRUCTURED FOR A FUTURE SOLAR IF
THAT IS DESIRED DOWN THE ROAD. SO AT THIS POINT IN THE TIMELINE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, THE PROJECT ISONE WITH DESIGN. IT WAS ISSUED FORBID ON DECEMBER 2025,
AND WE RECEIVED BID PROPOSALS FOR THE PROJECT. DURING THE BID REVIEW, CIVIL RIGHTS FIGHT THE ITEM THAT REQUIRED THE PROJECT TO BE REBID. PART OF THIS WAS ADVISED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE AS WELL. TAKING THIS DIR DOCUMENTS AND WE STILL HAD HIGH INTEREST IN THE PROJECT AND RECEIVED FAVORABLE BIDS. S IN FEBRUARY-MARCH OF THIS YEAR, A LOW RESPONSIVEIDDER HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS EBERT CONSTRUCTION. SO WITH THIS COUNCIL ACTION WITH EBERT CONSUCTION, THIS WOULD BE MORE OR LESS STEP THREE. THE CONSTRTION OF THE PROJECT. IT'S ALSO A MILESTONE FOR THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER AS IT'S ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING THIS BUILDING A
REALITY. THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS WITHIN BUDGET. FUNDING IS FULLY SECURED THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET PROGRAM. IF WE GET APPROVAL TO PROCEED, WE WOULD START AN ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION DATE IN
MAY 2026. THIS WOULD BE A FAST MOVING PROJECT. WE WOULD SIT DOWN WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO IDENTIFY WRE WE COULD SPEED UP THE CONSTRUCTION AND WORK WITH THEM ON AN EXPEDITED OR CONDENSED SCHEDE WHERE POSSIBLE. ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO
GET TO STEP FOUR AND WE WANT TO OPEN THIS BUILDING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND COMPLETE THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUT FOR COUNCIL ACTION FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADVANCING THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PROJECT DELIVERY. THANK YOU. >> THANK Y SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. REALLY APPRECIATE
IT. I AM GLAD THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON CONSTRUCTION. IT IS A REALLY BIG MILESTONE. AND THANK YOU TO ERYONE THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS. I WILL SHARE
THAT SINCE I WAS ELECTED TO BE THE COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING THE 12th WARD THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE 3RD PRECINCT WHERE I BELIEVE 150,000 RESIDENTS PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WAITING IN GREAT ANTICIPATION FOR THIS CENTER TO
OPEN. WE GET MESSAGES TO MY OFFICE ALMOST WEEKLY ASKING WHEN WILL THIS CENTER BE OPEN. AND AS TIME HAS GONE ON, THE OPEN DATE
HAS MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE HOPE WAS THAT IT WOULD B OPENED BY THIS CALENDAR YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE CHALLENGES. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SHARE TO STAFF, AND THEN ACKNOWLEDGE TO
MYOMMUNITY THAT HAS EXPRESSED TO ME THAT I HEAR YOUR USTRATION. I REALLY HEAR YOUR FRUSTRATION. I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS OPEN. S THE SERVICES THAT ARE HERE CAN BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A NUMR ONE ASK THAT I HAVE RECEIVED
YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND THEN THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHAT IS NOW THE ANTICIPATED OPEN DATE? ARE WE THINKING IT WILL HAPPEN IN 2026 OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL MOVE INTO
2027 TO BE MORE ON THE ME I GUESS SAFE SIDE OF ESTIMATING TIMELINES AT THIS POINT. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THANK Y FOR THE QUESTION. BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND
UNDERSTAND THEIR SCHEDULE. I DON'T WANT TO PROMISE A DATE WE CAN'T DELIVER. BUT IT IS IN ALL OF OUR INTEREST TO DELIVER THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> OKAY. SO THEN AT THIS POINT WE ARE NOT GIVING THE COMMUNITY AN OPENING DATE OR TIME. AND
I'LL JUST SAY LIKE WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY GIVEN TIMES AND THESE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY MOVED BACK. THAT REMAINS TO BE A CONCERN FOR SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND A POINT OF FRUSTRATION. BUT GLAD THAT THIS STEP IS HAPPENING. SO I WILL MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
AND IF I COULD HAVE A SECOND. > >> SECONDED. >> SECOND. >> GREAT. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I DID HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING ACTUALLY THE BUDGET ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE
UNCLEAR TO ME OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. I KNOW THE CAPITAL REQUEST HAS THE TOTAL COST BEING $29 MILLION, $29.7 MILLION. JUST LOOKING BACK AT THE MEMO, IT
INITIALLY SHARED THAT THERE COULD BE A COMBINED TOTAL OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT BETWEEN $21 MILLION TO $22.5 MILLION, WHICH WE'RE CLEARLY EXCEEDING. BUT THEN
THESE FIGURES WERE BASED ON A 12-18 MONTH TIMELINE FROM DESIGN CONSTRUCTION TO OPEN. SO HAS THERE BEEN UPDATED FIGURE OF WHEREE AT ACTUALLY ACCURATELY AROUND THIS TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT. CONSIDERING I DON'T KNOW IF THE MEMO NUMBERS THEN
ARE A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED WITH THAT $21 MILLION TO $22 MILLION. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YUP, THE BUDGET GHT NOW IS -- WE'VE HAD A FEW
CAPITAL PROJECT NUMBERS. ONE WITH THE SITE ACQUISITION. AND THEN ONE WITH THE DESIGN WITH WALD THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND $1 MILLION. AND THEN WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION BID THAT WE RECEIVED THAT'S RIGHT AROUND
$18.25 MILLION I WANT TO SAY. >> THE TOTAL COSTS THOUGH. I SAW IN THE RCA, YOU HAVE THE FISCAL NOTE OF THAT $18 MILLION BE REFERENTSED. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITAL REQUES TA COMING IN OR UNDER
BUDGET. IS THA $29.7 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL REQUEST. IS THAT THE TOTAL COST AS OF NOW? I'M SEEING DIRECTOR O'BRIEN SAY YES. THIS IS INCLUDING THE KIND OF UNCERTAIN OPEN TIMELINE, CORRECT? SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE INCREASES IN THIS
BASED OFF OF THE UNDEFINED CONSTRUCTION DATE. OKAY. [LAUGHTER] >> MY NODDING. CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THE BUDGETS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE
REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE KNOW TODAY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION BIDS THAT HAVE COME IN. SO THOSE ARE REAL NUMBERS. WE'LL BE ADVANCING WITH THIS CONTRACT. AND WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED TIMEFRAME THAT WILL
COVER THIS BUDGET WILL COVER THAT TIMEAME. >> OKAY. SO $29.7 MILLION WILL BE -- THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITG. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. JUST A QUICK THANK YOU. WKED ON THIS PREVIOUSLY IN MY
CAPACITY IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT FOR YEARS NOW. AND SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO KIND OF SEE IT KIND OF TAKE SHAPE AND KIND OF GET CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE. HOPEFULLY THERE, GETTING THERE. BUT I WIL CONTINUE TO URGE OUR CITY AND
CITY LEADERS TO CONTINUE KIND OF USING THE BROADER ECO SAFETY EFFORTS THAT WE DO AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS A VERSION OF KIND OF MEETING THE EXCELLENCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY ACROSS OUR CITY. REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FACILITY AND ENCRAGE US
TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THOSE EFFORTS AS WE BUILD OUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM BROADLY HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND MEET ALL THE EFFTS THAT WE KNOW ARE SPECIAL FOR OUR CITY. SO JUST A DEEP THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOING THIS RK. I KNOW IT IS A LONG AND ARDUOUS
PROCESS, EXCITED AND CLOSE TO GETTING THERE. I KNOW CLOSE IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHO IS ASKING. BUT APPCIATE Y'ALL WORK. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I TOO JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVING ALONG. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES KNOW BUT THE CURRENT 3RD PRECINCT BUILDING IS NOT ONE TH I THINK IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR OUR OFFICERS. THEY'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF ISSUES IN THAT BUILDING. WE WERE JACENT TO THEM AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS SNIFFING BLACK MOLD OR SOMETHING
OVER THERE. I CAN OY IMAGINE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BUILDING WITH THE 3RD PRECINCT OFFICERS. I THINK WE'VE STEPPED UP AND WE'V MADE A COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN THIS AND WE NEED TO KEEP ON, AND WEEED THAT COMMUNITY TO HAVE A SAFE AND
SECURE PRECINCT. AND SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITY SPACE. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SPACE NOT JUS FOR THE OFFICERS BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND I'D LOVE FOR US TO JUST CONTINUE WITH HAVING THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD SO OUR OFFICERS CAN MOVE INTO THE NEW THIRD PRECINCT AND WE CAN START
TALKING ABOUT A NEW FOURTH PRECINCT. INSPECTOR ADAMS, I'M CHRING FOR INSPECTOR GOMEZ, BUT I'M REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT A NEW FOURTH PRECINCT BUILDING AT SOME POINT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.
>> THANK YOU. I BRIEFLY WANT TO PASS ON MY THANKS TO STAFF FOR STICKING IN THERE. THIS IS A GREAT PLAN ANDE'VE HAD A LOT OF STOPS AND STARTS SINCE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENTND
INSPECTOR GOMEZ, PLEASE PASS ON MY NOTE OF GRATITUDE FOR THE PATIENCE THAT THE OFFICERS. I HAVE VISITED ROLL CALLS AND IT IS TERRIBLE, TERRIE WORKING CONDITIONS. I'LL BE SO HAPPY TO WALK INTO THIS NEW FACILITY. ALL
OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DESERVE A GOOD WORKING SPOT, AND YOUR WORKERS HAVE NOT HAD ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY FURER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
THIS ITEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN IS ABSENT. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE.
>> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> E. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE 12 AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE PREVIOUS VOTEOR T MOTION WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? >> YES. YES, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WE' HAVE THE CLERKS
NOTE THAT. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCY FUND LEGISLATIVE DIRECTE. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TAKE UP THE SMALL BUSINESS
RELIENCY FUND ALTOGETHER. I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I HAVE EVERYTHING HERE. OKAY. DIRECTOR HANSON, WELCOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS ERIC HANSON. I AM THE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCY FUND. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU APPROPRIATED IN ABOUT A MONTH AGO. AND $7 MILLION WITH SOME
GUIDANCE ABOUT HOW TO APPROPRIATE OR HOW TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING BASED ON LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AND I'M GOING TO REPORT ON THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AND WE PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE WERE COMING BACK WITH WITH THE ALLOCATIONS. I WANT TO
GROUND US. OPERATIONURGE HAD A IMPACT TO THE COUNTY. IN JAARY, WE BELIEVE THERE WAS $170 MILLION IN IMPACT OF THAT $81 MILLION IN DIRECT IACT TO CUSTOMER SERVING BUSINESSES WHICH EQUATED TO ABOUT
$47 MILLION IN LOST WAGES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. THE CITY IS REFINING THOSE NBERS AND WE WILL BE PRODUCING NEW REPORT IN ABOUT A MONTH WITH BETTER DATA. BUT THAT IS JUST SCALE. WE THINK THOSE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE THAT
UNDERCOUNTS THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY INHE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. YOU HAD 10 QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANTED US TO PONDER WHEN YOU ASKED US ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. I'VE SUMMARIZED THEM HERE ON THIS
SLIDE. BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU WANTED US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH LOANS IF WE WERE TO DO ONE. DO WE HAVE AUTHORITY FOR IT? WE DO HAVE AUTHORITY. BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT OUR APPROACH IN A MINUTE. YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE
CONSIDERING ACTIVATING COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL CORRIDORS AS BEST AS WE CAN. YOU WANTED US TO PRIORITIZE THE BUSINESSESHAT WERE IN THE MOST NEED. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A FOCUS ON FOOD-BASED BUSINESSES IN A MINUTE. AND THEN CULTURAL
MALLS AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ACROSS. YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT OUTREACH EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS RESOURCES AVAILABLE. YOU WANTED US TO B EFFICIENT AND USE EXISTING CITY PROGRAMS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK
AND WRITE NEW PROGRAMS SO WE COULD GET THE MONEY OUT QUICKER. YOU ASKED US TO DO THIS EQUITABLY. YOUANTED US TO LOOK AT A CITY-WIDE APPROACH. YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL 13 WARDS WERE IMPACTED BY THIS USE OF THIS RESILIENCY FUND. YOU
WANTED US TO LOOK AT CUTTING RED TAPE IN GENERAL. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF APPROACHES THAT WE WILL BE PROPOSING ABOUT CUTTING RED TAPE. YOU WANTED US TO LEVERAGE NATIONAL SUPPORT. KEEP THE STORY OF MINNEAPOLIS PROMINENT IN THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE, NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENED
IN JANUARY BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR RECOVERY. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YOU ASD US TO COORDINATE WITH IGR WHILE THE RILIENCY FUND IS NOT NECESSARILY A LEVERAGE FOR OTHER
RESOURCES, WE ARE WORKING WITH IGR ON STATE FUNDING, AND PONTIALLY SOME FEDERAL FUNDING. THE COUNTY, THIS IS FOR ALL THOSE WATCHING, THE COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES WITHIN HENNEPIN COUNTY THAT NEED HELP WITH PAYING A MORTGAGE
AND/OR RENT. THAT PROGRAM IS EN UNTIL TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, THE 25th AT 4 P.M. SO IF Y'RE A SMALL BUSINESS WATCHING THIS, PLEASE LOOK TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT PORTUNITY. AND THEN LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CHALLENGES
IN FRONT OF US. AND THE CHALLENGES ARE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS HOW DO WE BUILD ON TOP OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE. WE SAW THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER
AND PERFORM MUTUAL AID NETWORKS REALLY GET OUT AND STAND UP TO THE TYRANNY THAT WE SAW ON THE STREETS. SO HOW ARE WE AS A CITY BUILDING ON THAT ENERGY. SO THE TAKEAWAYS WE HAVE FOR THE
RESILIENCY FUND DESIGN HERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, WHICH YOU ASKED US TO LOOK AT IN THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AND I CAN GO OVER THEM. CITY-WIDE AVAILABILITY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AVAILABILITY BOTH PARTS OF THE RESILIENCY PART FOR BUSINESSES AND GROUPS THAT CELEBRATE EVERY CORNER OF MINNEAPOLIS. YOUSKED FOR SPEED. WE ARE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY OUR PROCESSES. YOU'LL SEE IN A
MOMENT THAT THERE'S DIRECT FINANCIAL RELIEF THAT WILL REQUIRE NO ACTION BY A BUSISS. IT WILL JUST BE AUTOMATIC. YOU WANTED US TO ACTIVATE AROUND COMMUNY ENERGY. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. WE HAVE SOME INTERESTING COMPONENTS TO THIS
RESILIENCY FUND THAT'S HOPEFULLY HELPING ENLIVEN THE ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE WITHHIS FUNDING. DIRECTOR BEN JOHNSON IS IN THE ROOM TOO TO TALK TO THAT. BE SMART ABOUT IT. WE KNOW IT'S
$170 MILLION OF IMPACT SO FAR. HOW ARE WE BEING EFFICIENT ABOUT USING THESE FUNDS. AND THEN LEVERAGING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE PROGRA, BTAP PROGRAM, OUR LICENSING PROGRAM. WE'RE USING
EXISTING PROGRAMS SO WE CAN GET MONEY OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND REALLY TELL OUR STORY. CELEBRATE MINNEAPOLIS. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS MAYBE A WAY TO BOLSTER WHAT'S HAPPENING IN COMMUNITY. HOW WE STOOD UP AND HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
RESILIENCY FUND IS ESSENTIALLY TWO BUCKETS. DIRECT FINCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ACTIVATION AND MARKETING. DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IT'S $4.5 MILLION BROKEN INTO TWO CATEGORIES. $4 MILLION INTO LICENSE FEE RELIEF, AND $500,000 INTO
CULTURAL MARKET GRANTS. THE $2.5 MILLION IS IN SIX PROGRAMS THAT HELPS WITH ACTIVATING COMMERCIAL AND CULTURE -- MMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY AND TELLING OUR STORY. IN THE DIRECT FINANCIAL RELIEF
COONENT, WE HAVE $4 MILLION. $4 MILLION WOULD BE FOR ALL FOOD-BASED BUSINESSES THAT HAVE A LICENSE FEE WITH THE CITY. THAT WOULD BE PAID. IT WOULD BE THEIR FOOD LICENSE AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE PAID TWICE A
YEAR. THEY'RE SEMI-ANNUAL PAYMENTS. ONE HALF OF THAT. SO THIS WOULD HIT ABOUT 2100 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND WITH ABOUT AN $1,800 AVERAGE IMPACT SAVINGS FOR THE BUSINESS. AND THIS WOULD
BE MEDIATE. SO WHEN WE WOULD DO THIS PROGRAM WITH YOUR APPROVAL, BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE IN THE FOOD. SO FOOD, RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES, CONVENIENCE STORES WOULD
GET AICENSE RENEWAL. BUT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY A FEE FOR . SO THAT WOULD BE IMMEDIATE. ALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY WOULD GET IT ALL WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES WITHOUT HAVING TO DO A THING. THE $500,000 IS FOR CULTURAL MALLS. WE KNOW THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN HIT PRETTY HARD BY OPERATION METRO SURGE. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE STOOD UP DURING THE COVID -- AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC. THIS GIVES $50,000 IN GRANTS TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE MAL FOR LIKE SECURITY, MARKETING, COMMON AREA
MAINTENANCE. THIS IS A WAY TO DEFRAY COMMON COSTS FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE MALL. ON THE OTHER SIDE OFHE FUND IS $2.5 MILLION IN MARKETING. BUSINESS DISTRICT SUPPORT. AS YOU KNOW THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL
YEARLY. WE REISSUED -- WE HAD A NOFA THAT WENT OUT IN NOVEMBER. WE STOPPED THAT PROCESS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND RE-ISSUED THAT NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON HOW
WOULD YOUR ORGANIZATION COMBAT THE IMPACTS OF OPERATION METRO SURGE. WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN THOSE -- WE'VE RECEIVED THOSE APPLICATIONS ALREADY. THE $350,000 YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU WOULD BE ADDED TO THE $650,000 THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SOE'D
HAVE $1 MILLION FOR ACTIVATIONS THROUGH THE BD PROGRAM IN THE ACTIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU WOULD ALSO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO ME SO THAT WE COULD MOVE QUICKLY TO GETTING THESE, YOU KNOW, CUT SOME BUREAUCRATIC TAPE SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK. WE WOULD MOVE QUICKLY TO
REVIEW, APPROVE, AND THEN GO TO CONTRACTING SO THAT WE COULD GET THIS FUNDING OUT. SO IT'S AVAILABLE FOR LATER THIS SPRING AND INTO THE SUMMER. THE BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANC PROGRAM. WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER
$500,000. SO THERE'S $1 MILLION FOSMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WE'RE SEEING A SURGE IN NEEDS FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND MARKETING. AND JUST GENERAL BUSINESS CONSULTING. WE WOULD --
THERE'S AN ACTION WITHIN THIS REPORT THAT IS ALSO ASKING FOR SOME PROGRAM GUIDELINES UPDATES. AND THIS BASICALLY ALLOWS FOR SOME BUSINESS OUTREACH, WHICH IS TO BE AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE SO THESE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS CAN GO OUT AND CONTACT BUSINESSES DIRECTLY SO THEY'RE NOT WAITING PASSIVELY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK IN THE DOOR. IT'S A WAY TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIER TO KNOWING THIS RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE. AND IT ALSO INCREASES THE CAP ON
ORGANIZATIONS. RIGHT NOW IT'S $50,000 THAT AN ORGANIZATION CAN GET FROM US IN A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN DEMAND, WE WANT TO RAISE THAT TO $75,000. CULTURAL BUSINESS WEEKS. WE HAVE $170,000 IN OUR BUDGET FOR
CULTURAL BUSINESS WEEKS. THIS WOULD BE ADDED ON TO THAT SO THAT WE COULD INCREASE CULTURAL BUSINESS WEEKS. THROUGHOUT THE CITY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A BLACK BUSINESS WEEK AND LATINO BUSINESS WEEK. WE'RE SEEING IF WE CAN ENHANCE WHAT'S IN THOSE TWO WEEKS, BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER CULTURES THAT WANT TO DO
BUSINESS WEEKS, WE WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO FLOURISH THIS YEAR. THE NEXT COMPONENT OF THIS IS FEE-FREE EVENTS IN 2026. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUPS, BUSESS ASSOCIATIONS, FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO WANT TO DO EVENTS LIKE BLOCK EVENTS OR FARMERS MARKETS OR CRAFT FAIRS. IF THEY WANT TO DO THOSE EVENTS, THIS IS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS DOING SOME THINGS, CELEBRATING MINNEAPOLIS. THEY WOULD COME TO THE CITY. AND THE FEES THAT THEY
WOULD PAY FOR LIKE -- THE FEES THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THOSE EVENTS FROM THE CITY WOULD BE COVERED THROUGH THIS. AND THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD COME TO IT, THEY STILL NEED PERMITS. BUT THEY JUST WALK IN, TY WANT TO DO A BLOCK EVENT AND IT WOULD BE
FOR $0. THE $600,000 IS MORE THAN WE EXPECT IN A YEAR. LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED ABOUT $400,000 ROUGHLY IN FEE REVENUE. WE THINK WE WANT TO SEE AS MANY OF THOSE EVENTS COME BACK. AND THEN THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO GET
MORE. WE DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE A LACK OF FUNDING FOR EVENTS. THIS WOULD BE A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED FUND. LAST TWO, THESE AR
CULTURAL AFFAIRS. THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT VENUE AND MUSIC ACTIVATION. AND THE SECOND ONE IS CREATIVE MARKETING ACTIVATION. IF DIRECTOR JOHNSON WANTS TO COME UP. YUP. OKAY. HE'S GOING TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THOSE TWO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, AND COUNCIL. I'M BEN JOHNSON. I'M ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THE THREE PRIMARY AREAS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FOR MUSIC ACTIVATION. AND WHY MUSIC TO BEGIN WITH? BECAUSE I THINK
IT HAS THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC AND CREATIVE DRIVER IN OUR CITY. IT'S ALSO THE BEST WAY TO PRACTICE INCLUSION IN OUR CITY AS WELL AS DO COMMUNITY COHESION. THE IDEAS THAT WE'RE COMING TO THE TABLE WITH ARE ONE, WE WANT TO USE SOME OF THIS FUNDING FOR AN EVENT CALLED FAMILY NIGHT OUT. SUPPORTING
NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC VENUES AND BREWERIES, RESTAURANTS, TO HOST MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY AND YOUTH-BASED EVENTS DURING SUMMERTIME. AMALI'S BARBECUE IS GREAT. SMALL INDEPENDENT
BUSINESSES. AND SUMMERTIME IS WHEN THEY MAKE THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WE WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH MINNESOTA NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION AND HOSPITALITY, AND CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC VENUES TO
MAKE THIS PROGRAM WORK. IN INITIATIVE RECOGNIZES THERE ARE VERY FEW FAMILY SPACES AND PROGRAMS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS INITIATIVE WOULD FOCUS ON WEEKEND AFTERNOONS AND PLANNED IN COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND FAMILY MEETUP GROUPS. THIS PROGRAMS HAS BEEN CONCEIVED IN A
WAY TO SUPPORT COMING TOGETHER IN POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL WAYS THROUGH MUSIC AS WELL AS THE IMPACTS -- FAMILY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'VE CONCEIVED OF IS THE MINNEAPOLIS GIG FUND
WHICH IS TO SUPPORT MUSICIANS, MUSICAL GROUPS, QUARTETS, ET CETERA, TO PERFORM IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY, UPTOWN, LAKE STREET, DINKYTOWN, NORTHEAST, AND DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE MINOR FUNDING TO PROMOTE ONGOING
FUNDING FOR MUSIC EVENTS. DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS EQUITABLY. WE ALSO HAVE A BIG IDEA CALLED MILE OF MUSIC MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S A NEW PROGRAM MODELED AFTER MILE OF MUSIC IN
APPLETON, WISCONSIN. FOCUS WILL BE ON NICOLLET MALL AND LORING PARK AREA, THROUGH WHITTIER, AND 8TH STREET CROSSING. COORDINATED EFFORT TO PROGRAM LIVE AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC AT REGULAR AND
HAPPY HOURS. FOR EXAMPLE, THURSDAY NIGHT COULD BE MILE OF MUSIC ON NICOLLET. THIS IS POSITIONING NICOLLET AS OUR VERSION OF BOURBON STREET IN NEW
ORLEANS OR HONKYTONK HIGHWAY IN NASHVILLE. FOR THE CREATIVE MARKETING ACTIVATION, IS US WORKING THROUGH OUR ARTS
SPECIALIST LISTS. WE WOULD WORK WITH MEDIA. THIS IS TO COORDINATE UP TO SEVEN INFLUENCERS IN MEDIA PER WARD TO TELL THE STORY OF EACH WARD OF THE CITY. ASIAN MEDIA ACCESS AND
SOUL OF THE SOUTHSIDE WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING IN THIS WAY AS PART OF THE INITIATIVE. THE GOAL IS TO TELL UPLIFTING STORIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNREPRESENTED OR HAVE BEEN UN-INSTAGRAMABLE. THOSE ARE THE WAYS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS THE ALLOCATION JUST TO SHOW IT ALL ADDS UP TO $7 MILLION. AND THEN WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, WE'LL USE THAT LATER -- WHAT'S IN
FRONT OF YOU IS SIX ACTIONS. AND IT BASICALLY GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY INTO THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND THEN UPDATES SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND THEN GIVES
AUTHORITY TO THE CPED DIRECTOR TO CUT THAT RED TAPE TO GET THESE FUNDS OUT ON TO THE STREET AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S THROUGH THE GRANTS AGREEMENT, THE BUSINESS DISTRICT SUPPORTS AND RESTARTING THE CULTURAL MARKET PROGRAM AND GETTING THOSE
OUT. SO THE NEXT STEPS THEN IF PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BDS GRANTS THAT ARE IN. WE ARE EVALUATING THOSE NOW TO START STRUCTURING A CONVERSATION WITH THE BUSINESSES
THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE FEE RELIEF. AND THEN GETTING THE OTHER NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITIES OUT. AND THEN COMMUNICATING IN GENERAL. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR ENGAGENT GROUP WITHIN CPED AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH CITY COMMS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE WIDE RANGE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN A PARTY THIS YEAR AND YOU WANT TO DO IT IN A BUSINESS DISTRICT THAT YOUR FEES ARE FREE AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST MENTIONED. AND I'M HERE. THIS IS
A BIG LIFT FOR THE CITY, FOR STAFF, FOR CPED. WE'VE HAD COLLABORATION FROM NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND THERE'S PROBAB A COUPLE OTHER THAT I'M MISSING. BUT THIS WAS A BIG LIFT FOR US IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK THEM AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TO DISCUSSION. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I WILL NAME WHEN I SAW THE PROPOSAL JUST BASED OFF OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD INITIALLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING THIS FORWARD. OF
COURSE, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES. THAT'S BEEN MOST IMPACTED BY OPERATION METRO SURGE. AND BEEN EXCITED TO SUPPORT AN ADDITION OF $2 MILLION TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE FUND. BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE CO-AUTHORS, INCLUDING
MYSELF, WERE INSPIRED BY THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH STAFF, BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL USE OF RESOURCES TO HELP STABILIZE BUSINESSES ON THE STREETS. I AM SURPRISED BY THE PROPOSAL WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ASKING US TO
UTILIZE NEARLY 70% OF THE FUNDING FOR FEES. MEANING THAT THE CITY WILL ESSENTIALLY KEEP THE BULK OF WHAT I BELIEVE MANY OF US HAD INTENDED TO GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS SUPPORTING BUSINESSES OR BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND THIS FEELS LIKE IT'S TOEING THE LINE OR COULD THAN GETTING RESOURCES INTO THE HANDS OF BUSINESSES. THAT SAID, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW IN THE RCAs STATE THAT CO-AUTHORS. WHICH CO-AUTHORS
WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS PROPOSAL? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS CHUGHTAI, CHOWDHURY, AND CHAVEZ JOINED US IN A WORKGROUP RIGHT AFTER THE APPROPRIATION WAS APPROVED. >> OKAY. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN GREAT IF THERE WAS A BRIEFING WITH ALL CO-AUTHORS. BECAUSE I COULD HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THIS AND LOVED GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK. OF COURSE THE EMPHASIS ON EQUITY
AND HOW WE'RE CONSIDERING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS FUND. AND SPECIFICALLY THE $4 MILLION THAT'S BEING APPROPRIATED TOWARDS FEES. SO I DID WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY OF HOW YOU CAME TO FACTORING EQUITY WITHIN THE $4 MILLION AND
DEVELOPING THISPROPOSAL. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YEAH. THIS, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS WAS A VERY QUICK LIFT AND A SUBSTANTIAL LIFT. WE WERE THINKING ABOUT SPEED TO GET THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL BY TODAY.
THAT WAS OUR AGREEMENT. IT TOOK A LOT. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF EXTRA TIME, UNFORTUNATELY, TO GET THERE. I APOLOGIZE IF I RAISED EXPECTATIONS ABOUT A LOT OF COORDINATION. I'LL TAKE THAT. ON THE EQUITY QUESTION, SO THERE
IS NO PERFECT PROGRAM WHEN IT COMES TO POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT LOANS OR ANY KIND OF THING THAT GOES OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES. WHILE THIS IS A FEE-RELIEF PROPOSAL, IT IS A COST TO A BUSINESS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WOULD THEN REDUCE THE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL BUSINESSES TO HAVE TO FIND OUT THAT IT'S THERE, FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, COMPLETE A LOAN AGREEMENT, AND THEN HONOR THE
ELEMENTS AND THE CONTRACT TERMS IN THAT LOAN AGREEMENT. THIS THEN PUTS IT TOWARDS ALL FOOD BUSINESSES IMMEDIATELY GET THE RELIEF. AND THAT IS CASH. YOU
EQUATED IT TO A REVENUE REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A COST TO A BUSINESS AND THIS IS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO IMMEDIATELY GIVE RELIEF TO A BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY US. IF THEY'VE ALREADY PAID THEIR RENEWAL FEE, WE WOULD REIMBURSE
THEM AND THEY WOULD GET THAT MONEY BA. THIS IS A WAY TO GET TO 2100 BUSINESSES WITH BENEFIT. >> RIGHT. I'M GLAD YOU FACTORED IN THE PIECE TOO THAT I HAD CONCERN AROUND THE EQUITY. WE'VE HAD MULTITUDE OF CONVERSATIONS
AROUND HERE ABOUT PROPOSALS. OPERATION METRO SURGE WHERE THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS AROUND A BLANKET APPROACH. THIS FEELS LIKE THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT. WANTING TO GET A SENSE OF WITH THE BLANKET APPROACH OF WAVING FEES, ARE WE ALSO NOT CONCNED THAT WAIVING FEES FOR
BUSINESSES WHO WERE NOT ACTUALLY IMPACTED MIGHT BE A FACTOR INTO THIS. AND ALSO WOULD LOVE TO GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE BUSINESSES THAT'S WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES THAT YOU MENTIONED LIKE HOSPITALITY, RESTAURANTS, CONFECTIONARY. I WOULD SAY THAT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT WAIVING FEES FOR CONFECTIONARY BUSINESSES. WE'VE HAD LONGSTANDING DEBATES ABOUT OUR CERTAIN DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES THAT ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN PROFITS DURING THIS TIME OF OPERATION METRO SURGE AND WERE ABLE TO WITHSTAND. IS THAT ON PAR WITH BUSINESSES ALONG EAST LAKE
STREET WHO DID NOT HAVE THAT REVENUE COMING IN BUT BOTH ARE GETTING THEIR FEES WAIVED. COULDN'T THAT YET YIELD MORE RESOURCES FOR BUSINESSES THAT ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE REVENUE COMING IN? I REALLY WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF WAS THAT CONSIDERED TOO? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL
MEMBER WONSLEY, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, THERE'S NO, AGAIN, THERE'S NO PERFECT SYSTEM. WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE IN THE CATEGORY. SO WE LOOKED AT FOOD-BASED BUSINESSES. GROCERY STORES, RESTAURANTS, CONFECTIONARIES. AND BECAUSE
WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM -- AND OUR DATA ISN'T PERFECT. THAT'S THE OTHER THING. THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS I PUT UP THE IMPACT IS OUR DATA ISN'T PERFECT. BUT WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDERS, BUSINESSES DIRECTLY IS THERE WAS NOT ONE BUSINESS THAT WASN'T IMPACTED BY
OPERATION METRO SURGE AND THAT'S ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES. AND SO WE LOOKED AT BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE HELPING WITH THE MUTUAL AID WERE TYPICALLY IN THE FOOD-BASED BUSINESSES. AND A LOT OF RESTAUNTDID CLOSE. I DON'T
HAVE DATA TO TELL YOU WHETHER A BUSINESS ON LAKE STREET VERSUS DOWNTOWN SUFFERED OR DID NOT SUFFER, PROFITED OR DID NOT PROFIT IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. I DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DATA. BUT I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO -- WE'VE TALKED TO BUSINESSES ALL
THROUGHOUT THE CITY INCLUSIVE OF DOWNTOWN AND THERE'S BEEN SOME IMPACT. >> I'LL NOTE MY REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FOLLOW-UP. I'D ALSOIKE TO SEE WHY AREN'T WE USING A STANDARDIZED
DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESSES. BTAP HAS 500 EMPLOYEES OR LESS. FOR OUR MINIMUM WAGE POLICY HAS 100 EMPLOYEES OR LESS. SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY WE AREN'T MOVING WITH A STANDARDIZED DEFINITION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WITH THE ACTIVATION COMPONENT OF THIS PROGRAM, ARE WE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEET MINNEAPOLIS. SO A PORTION OF THIS FUNDING GOING OVER THERE. I ALSO LOVE TO KNOW HOW ENGAGEMENT WENT. I KNOW IT'S A SHORT TIME. BUT WITH BTAP
PROVIDERS OR LOCAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS LIKE WEST BROADWAY. I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE GOT TO A PLACE OF 70%. SO I WANTED TO NOTE THAT. AND I CAN EMAIL THOSE OVER. >> GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YES, THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE, HOW SOON WOULD THIS TAKE EFFECT? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, AS SOON AS IT'S EFFECTIVE AS SOON AS IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED IN FINANCE AND COMMERCE, WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD BE AT THE END OF
THE WEEK. SO IT WOULD BE NEXT WEEK. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE BUSINESS DISTRICT SUPPORT EVALUATIONS OF THEIR PROPOSALS. THE FEES, WE WOULD NOTIFY PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR LICENSE FEES. WE'D
START THAT NEXT WEEK. WE'D HAVE TO GET THE COMMUNICATION PLANS PUT TOGETHER. AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE SUBJECT TO NOTICES OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY BASED ON THEIR PROGRAM. >> K ON -- OKAY. I WAS ASKING -- >> SO RIGHT AWAY. >> I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT MAY DAY AND IF THEY'RE
HAVING EXTRA DIFFICULTY GETTING OFF THE GROUND THIS YEAR GIVEN A LOT OF THINGS. SO I'M GLAD THEIR FEES WOULD BE WAIVED RIGHT AWAY. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FESTIVAL MAY DAY. SECONDLY, THE FEE RELIEF IS FOR FOOD BUSINESSES.
DID YOU CONSIDER DOING RETAIL AS WELL? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, WE DO NOT HAVE LICENSE REQUIREMENT FOR MOST RETAIL BUSINESSES. >> GOOD TO KNOW. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. SO A LOT OF RETAIL
BUSINESSES DID SUFFER REALLY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPACTS. DO YOU SEE WAYS OUTSIDE OF ACTIVATION THAT THEY'LL BE BENEFITING FROM THESE MONIES? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, OUTSIDE OF THE CULTURAL, IF THEY'RE A RETAILER IN A CULTURAL
MALL, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL MARKET PROGRAM. THERE ISN'T A DIRECT, YOU KNOW, WE PICKED FOOD BECAUSE -- FEE REVENUE, THE AMOUNT OF FEES WE GET FROM BUSINESS LICENSES EXCEEDS
$7 MILLION. SO IF WE TOOK THIS APPROACH WITH ALL BUSINESS CATEGORIES, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THEM. SOME BUSINESSES LIKE RETAIL, UNLESS THEY HAVE TOBACCO AND OTHER THINGS, DO NOT HAVE LICENSE FEES. SO THE ACTIVATION IS INTENDED TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND
HOPEFULLY PATRONIZING THESE RESTAURANTS OR THESE RETAIL BUSINESSES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IF WE WERE TO DO LIKE A FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM THAT WAS OPEN IT ALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY, THAT MONEY WOULD BE FEWER BUSINESSES THAN THE 2100 WE COULD HIT. AND IT
WOULD TAKE MONTHS IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THE MONEY OUT. THEY'D BE OPEN TO IT BUT IT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL LOTTERY. WE'RE ALSO PROMOTING FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY. THERE'S STILL FUNDING FROM PHILANTHROPY. AND WE'RE
WORKING WITH IGR AROUND POTENTIALLY SOME SMALL BUSINESS LOANS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE. BUT THAT'S STILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. >> OKAY. THAT'S ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HANSON. I REALLY LIKED
THIS PROPOSAL. YOU KNOW, I WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE TURNAROUND AND HOW QUICK WE COULD SUPPORT BUSINESSES. ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD ALMOST ALWAYS WHEN I WAS TALKING TO BUSINESSES ABOUT THE HIT THAT THEY TOOK DUE TO OPERATION METRO SURGE WAS THAT IF THEY COULD RECOVER SOME OF
THE FEES FOR THE LICENSES IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT WOULD HELP OUT A LOT. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT IS WHAT THE BULK OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR. AND THAT FEELS LIKE IT COULD BE SPREAD AROUND THE CITY
EQTABLY. YOU'VE CAPTURED A GROUP OF BUSINESSES THAT WE KNOW HAVE BEEN IMPACTED GREATLY. I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE GROCERY STORES AND OTHER BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE WITH FOOD IN THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN HIT HARDER THAN, YOU
KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES. I MET WITH A LARGE GROUP OF FOLKS OVER AT PLAZA MEXICO LAST WEEK. SO THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT FUNDING GOING TO THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AND
NOT NECESSARILY HAVING THE MONEY COME TO THE OPERATORS. I THINK THERE'S 70 OPERATORS IN THERE. THEY CERTAINLY NEED HELP WITH MARKETING AND GETTING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE PLAZA. BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO
BE -- WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD HELP WITH THOSE BUSINESSES IN THAT MALL OUT OF THIS PROPOSAL? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE IN THE CULTURAL MARKETS, IT WILL DEFRAY
SOME OF THE COSTS. SO WE KNOW THAT THE CULTURAL MARKETS ARE FEELING THE PINCH FROM THE REDUCE -- LIKE, THEY'RE REPORTING LACK OF RENT COLLECTIONS. SO THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE RED RIGHT NOW. >> MM-HMM.
>> THERE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THE TENANTS WITHIN THOSE MALLS IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. BECAUSE THAT CAN HELP YOU. BECAUSE WE CAN GIVE MARKETING ASSISTANCE TO THESE BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY
CAN GET LIKE THEIR OWN BRAND OUT INTO LARGER MARKETED AREA NOT JUST KNOWN FOR BEING IN THE MALL. THEY'RE ALSO THE TENANT IN THE MALL. THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS
MARKETING ACTIVATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS HOW ACA CAN BRING IN CONTENT CREATORS TO LOOK AT THOSE NON-INSTAGRAMABLE BUSINESSES. HOW DO THEY START TO RAISE UP THE PROFILE OF THESE BUSINESSES
THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT SEE DRIVING BY ON LAKE STREET OR WEST BROADWAY. BUT THEY'RE INSIDE THE BUILDING SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE. >> THAT'S GREAT. ESPECIALLY THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PIECE. THAT WAS CLEAR THAT THEY NEED
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. SO THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN ALSO IF THEY QUALIFY FOR REDUCTION OR REIMBURSEMENT IN FEES, CAN THEY ONLY APPLY FOR ONE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, THE LICENSE FEES WILL BE AUTOMATIC. EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPEN TO WHATEVER THOSE PROGRAM GUIDELINES ARE. IT WILL NOT RESTRICT THEM. >> THAT IS SO AWESOME. SO THE LICENSE FEES ARE GOING TO BE AUTOMATICALLY TO THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LICENSES UNDER THIS
CATEGORY. >> YEAH. >> AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE OTHER PROGRAMS. >> RIGHT. >> THIS ISFANTASTIC. THANK YOU. >> AND IF I MAY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, IF BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, CALL THE
SMALL BUSINESS TEAM AT 612-673-2499, AND WE CAN CONNECT YOU TO A SERVICE PROVIDER AND THAT SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR FREE. AND THAT'S AVAILABLE TODAY. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT COULD YOU ALSO EMAIL THAT TO US? I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR
THE CITY TO PUT SOMETHING OUT ON -- THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AT COMMUNICATIONS. SO WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING OUT ON CITY COMMUNICATIONS. WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING OUT ON HOWEVER CPED DOES AND NEWSLETTER, IN THE ART DEPARTMENT. I THINK ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
TOUCHING THIS MONEY NEEDS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. >> YEAH. >> WE HAVE TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO FOLKS. SO WHATEVER NEWS BITES OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE -- GREAT THAT YOU SAID THE NUMBER. BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET PEOPLE UERSTANDING WHEN
THIS -- I'VE HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS $7 MILLION AND WHEN IS IT GOING TO BECOME AVAILABLE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT. SO THE MORE WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH FOLKS WILL BE GREAT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THIS IS REALLY GOOD.
THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I DO WANT TO ADD CLARIFICATION. THERE WASN'T NECESSARILY A WORK GROUP ON THIS. IT WAS JUST ONE MEETING. AND I FOUND OUT ABOUT
THIS PPOSAL WHEN PRESIDENT PAYNE WAS ASKED TO BE A PART OF A PRESS RELEASE. SO IT WASN'T LIKE I KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING. SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK WHEN WE COMMIT TO WORK GROUPS AND WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE SHOULD FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE
RECORD ON THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS WITH THE $4 MILLIO FOR LICENSE FEE FORGIVENESS. YOU KNOW, WE ASKED YOU TO GET MONEY
OUT QUICKLY WITH REDUCED HURDLES AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. AND THIS DOES EXACTLY THAT. THIS IS MUCH FASTER THAN CREATING A PROGRAM, CREATING AN APPLICATION PROCESS, EVALUATING APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN AND FINDING SOME
WAY TO DISTRIBUTE WHAT'S AN AGGREGATE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN AN EQUITABLE WAY. I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AS THE BEST OPTION THAT WE HAVE TO GET THIS OUT THE DOOR AND IMPACTING BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THIS AS A REGULAR AND SOMETIMES VERY
SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS EXPENSE IN THE VERY SHORT TERM. SO THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HANSON. NUMBER ONE, WAS THERE A REVENUE BAR FOR THE RESTAURANT GROUPS OR WAS IT
ALL RESTAURANTS CAN YOU REMIND ME OF CITY WIDE. OR WAS THERE A REVENUE BAR EVERYBODY UNDER THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT. >> CAN I CLARIFY THE QUESTION? WAS THERE A REVENUE CAP FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD RECEIVE -- >> WHO COULD QUALIFY FOR THE
LICENSE FEE WAIVER. >> TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, NO, IT'S ALL LICENSE HOLDERS IN THAT CATEGORY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S AMAZING. AND NUMBER TWO, THE SECOND QUESTION IS ARE YOU GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, THE DETAILS OF IT AT THE SAME TIME
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OR WILL WE GET THATNFORMATION A LITTLE BIT PRIOR? CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW -- OBVIOUSLY RKSS, THIS IS YOUR FIRST STEP IN IT BECOMING PUBLIC. NEXT STEPS. >> WE DID A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT. AND SO WE'RE IN
FACT THE CLERK KNOWS I DELIVERED THE PRESENTATION YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS MORNING. SO THAT'S HOW MUCH THIS IS JUST IN TIME. WE HAVE TO DO AN ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE EXPECTATION IS TO HAVE MULTI-LEVEL, MULTI-CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS SO THAT YOU AND
YOUR COLLEAGUES WOULD HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION. SO WE NEED YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES TO PUT IT OUT ON YOUR NEWSLETTERS AND ALL OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDI CHANNELS, AND THEN WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING THROUGH CPED'S AND CITY WIDE. WE WOULD LOOK AT OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL. WE
WANT OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, THIS IS WHY WE PUT IT IN THE BTAP PROGRAM CHANGES OUTREACH AS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE SO SERVICE PROVIDERS CAN BEGIN KNOCKINGN THE DOORS. THEY CAN ALSO PROMOTE THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE
LIKE OUR 2% LOAN PROGRAM OR OWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FUND AS A WAY TO GET INTO THE BUSINESSES. THIS WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO GET OUT THERE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A -- WE'LL ALL HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND ALL DO IT TOGETHER. >> GREAT. WELL THANK YOU. I JUST
WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE CREATIVITY TIME AND EFFORT THAT THIS TOOK TO GET IT TO US HERE TODAY. AND I THINK YOUR CREATIVITY HAS BEEN SHOWN CLEARLY. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. AND WHAT I ALSO REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU CHALLENGE NEIGHBORHOODS,
NONPROFITS, OTHER GROUPS TOEET THAT CHALLENGE OF CREATIVITY WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS TO COME FORWARD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST A CITY COMMITMENT TO RECOVERY, THIS IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEING COMTTED TO HOW WE WANT TO SEE RECOVERY HAPPEN IN OUR SPACES. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE IDEAS
THAT ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR JOHNSON, FOR THE MILE OF MUSIC IDEA. ALL OF THESE IDEAS I THINK WILL REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GIVE BACK AND LEVERAGE WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED AS A COUNCIL FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE
GREATER GOOD OF RECOVERY. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD FROM THE BEGINNING. AND I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY AN EXCITING TIME. AND WITH ALL OF THESE INFLUENCERS GETTING A PIECE OF THE STIMULUS TO HELP DOCUMENT THIS, I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON THIS MONEY WITH A LOT OF PRIDE AND USE IT TO DRAW PEOPLE TO COME TO MINNEAPOLIS FOR THESE EVENTS WITHIN OUR METRO AREA BUT EVEN BEYOND. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY.
>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, THANK YOU FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT THIS WAS NOT JUST MY CREATIVITY, IT WAS A TEAM OF STAFF ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, AND IT ALL CAME TOGETHER I THINK NICE FOR
US TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM TOO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR HANSON, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE PRAISES HERE FOROU AND YOUR STAFF. THIS IS REALLY A VERY GOOD SOLID
PROGRAM. I'LL BE VOTING FOR IT. I AM PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THE LICENSE FEES GET TAKEN CARE OF IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S A GOOD WAY FOR US TO TELL THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL HELP THEM TOMORROW. SO HOW
LONG IF WE VOTE THIS UP ON THURSDAY, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS RELIEF? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK. >> WONDERFUL. AND THEN THE OTHER PART THAT'S SO IMPRESSING, AND I SAW BEN NODDING ABOUT GETTING
THE WORD OUT. BEN, REMEMBER, PART OF THE CITY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER. SO WE NEED SOME HELP OVER THERE. INOW SOMETIMES THE GEOGRAPHY IS A LITTLE CONFUSING. EXCUSE ME, NORTH OF HENNEPIN AVENUE. CITY
EXISTS ON THAT NORTH SIDE. SO PERHAPS NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A PHONE CALL SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN HELP THESE CTURAL GROUPS AND BUSINESS GROUPS AVAIL THEMSELVES OF NOT ONLY YOUR PROGRAM.F I COULD GET A CONTACT NAME FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL FROM CPED. THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE MYSELF NEXT IN QUEUE. I JUST FIRST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I THINK YOU WERE NOT GIVEN AN EASY TASK AT ALL. THERE WAS NO WAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET THIS PERFECT. WE HAD THE CHALLENGE OF DOING
SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY. $7 MILLION. AND HAVING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT NEEDS. AND THEN ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE MOST ACCESSIBLE WAY TO GET MONEY OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY VERY QUICKLY. SO I JUST FIRST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT TO THAT,
TO YOU DIRECTOR, AND TO THE ENTIRE STAFF TEAM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER SORENSON,
WHITING, EVERY SINGLE CO-AUTHOR THAT WORKED ON THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCY FUND RESOLUTION. ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF APPREHENSION AND MOVING FORWARD ON IT. I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD WE MOVED
FORWARD WHEN WE DID SO WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT GOES ON INTO COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE NOTICED. AND THEY ALSO WANT TO CHIP IN AND DO THEIR PART AND
FEEL THAT URGENCY TO DO SO. ONE CONCERNS AS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU, DIRECTOR HANSON, IS AROUND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION TO
BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE MUSCLE MEMORY OF REACHING OUT TO THE CITY AND ASKING FOR SUPPORT. I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR THE FEE-FREE EVENTS SINCE IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. I WORRY THAT BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NOT
HAVE AS MUCH ACCESS OR ABILITY TO NAVIGATE CITY SYSTEMS WILL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE RESOURCES. HOW DO YOU PLAN ON REACHING BUSINES BE EXCITED TO DO EVENTS BUT IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE FOR THEM TO ACCESS IT UNLESS THEY ARE MET
EARLY IN THE FRONT END? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. SO THE CITY IS PRETTY GOOD AT GETTING THE WORD OUT TO BUSINESSES THAT NOT ALWAYS IN THE MAINSTREAM. WE SEE
THAT IN THE RESULTS IN OUR PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. OUR BTAP PROGRAM, BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT PROGRAM, 2% LOAN PROGRAM TYPICALLY HAS SEVEN OR EIGHT PARTICIPANTS OUT
DEPEND ON COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY GET OUT AND GET THE WORD OUT TO BUSINESSES. THAT'S ONE OF THE, AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT A CHANGE AT BTAP PROGRAM GUIDELINES SO THEY CAN DO OUTREACH PROACTILY GOING OUT
AND FINDING BUSINESSES THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR SERVICE AREA OR CULTURAL COMPETENCE TO BRING THAT TO THEM. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN BACK AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CALL THE INVISIBLE HANDSHAKE
VISIBLE TO ALL. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL CITY IF THOSE WHO ALREADY HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IS FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CHANGING OUR PROGRAMS, CHANGING OUR
REQUIREMENTS, BEING MORE VOCAL TRANSLATING THINGS, GETTING THINGS OUT, USING VIDEOS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS TO TRY AND ENGENDER THAT KIND OF RESPONSE THAT THIS CITY IS FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIAY IF YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS FOR YOU, WE WILL HELP YOU OPEN THE DOOR.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A SPECIAL NUMBER FOR BUSINESSES. THAT'S WHY WE TRY AND MAKE IT AS DIRECT AS POSSIBLE. WE STILL DO NOT GET, WITH ALL OF THAT, WE STILL DO NOT GET ALL THE WAY THERE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE AS OPEN AND SUPPORTIVE OF
ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS SO THAT SOMEDAY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE IN THE CITY. >> AND IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION TO YOU. A LOT OF HOW THE WORD WAS SPREAD ESPECIALLY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THIS ICE OCCUPATION
WAS JUST LOTS OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, AND THEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT DECIDED TO CANVAS. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF THERE WERE PRINTED MATERIALS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT WE COULD DISTRIBUTE TO
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, SO THEY CAN JUST GO DOOR-TO-DOOR AND BU ACCESSIBLE BY LANGUAGE, SPANISH, SOMALI, HMON AROMO. THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY TO
DO THAT WORK SO THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW YOU CAN APPLY FOR THIS FEE-FREE EVENT OR IF THEY'RE A CULTURAL MARKET, LETTING THEM KNOW OR GETTING THEM INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE LICENSE FEE FGIVENESS AND WHAT THAT
MEANS FOR THEIR BUSINESS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO MEET BUSINESSES WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND THEN ALSO TAKE SOME WORK OFF OF CITY STAFF FROM DOING T BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORK. I THINK THERE'S PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE THERE. THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF MY REQUESTS TO YOU.
>> WE WILL TAKE THAT ADVICE. ABSOLUTELY. >> YEAH. AND THEN NCR HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB. DROPPING OFF THOSE FLYERS IN OUR MAILBOXES. LIKE THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FLYERS. WE'VE TAKEN THEM AND
DISTRIBUTED THEM AT COMMUNITY EVENTS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. COMMUNICATING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR NEWSLETTER. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE BECAUSE MY TIMER IS NOT ACCURATE. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO
OVER MY SPEAKING TIME. I'LL JUST CLOSE ON THIS QUESTION OR THIS COMMENT AS WELL. AND I THINK I WILL SEND SOME COMMENTS VIA EMAIL ASWELL. I REALLY WANT US
TO THINK ABOUT THE MUSIC AND VENUE ACTIVATION. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S GOING TO EAT STREET. AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT CORRIDOR IN SPECIFIC. BUT IT MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT LAKE STREET. IT MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT CENTRAL AVENUE THAT WAS REALLY
HIT HARD. MINNEHAHA AVENUE. I THINK AS A CITY WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE NICOLLET MALL A VERY ACTIVE PLACE. BUT NICOLLET MALL HAD A BIG ST. PAICK'S DAY PARADE.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS HAPPENING AT NICOLLET MALL. IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A COOL EVENT IN A CORRIDOR THAT OFTEN DOESN'T HAVE IT AND
OFTENTIMES NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE PRESENTATION, AND THEN I'LL ASK
THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCY FUND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. OSMAN IS ABSENT. SHAFFER. >> AYE.
>> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING IS ABSENT. PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIRCHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE 11 AYES
>> THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT IS ITEM 75 WHICH IS A REPORT RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITIES. I'LL WELCOME DWIGHT MILLER FROM POLICY AND RESEARCH TO PRESENT
ON THIS ITEM. WELCOME. >> HAD TO LOWERHE MIC THERE FOR A SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. MY NAME O
TALK ABOUT THE TRAINING FACILITY. I THINK THE COUNCIL PASSED THIS DAYS AGO. SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF LEARNING. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN OUR RESEARCH ACROSS WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS BOTH IN THE METRO AND ALSO IN
THE COUNTRY. JUDGEST TO BE ABLE GROUND US IN OUR WHY, WHY WE'RE HERE. THERE WE GO. ON MARCH 6TH, THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE DIRECTED THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO UNDERTAKE THIS
KIND OF RESEARCH. REALLY FOCUSING ON LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO LOOK INTO BEST PRACTICES FOR TRAINING PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. ANALYSIS ON THE FACILITIES THAT ALLOW FOR
TRAINING TO OCCUR IN COMPARISON TO MINNEAPOLIS. KIND OF COMPARING WHAT WE HAVE TO WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE NATION. A LITTLE BIT REPORTING ON THE COSTS AND ESTABLISHING HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO ESTABLISH THESE THINGS AND ALSO SOME OF THE THINGS WITH OPERATION COSTS. AND
ALONG WITH THAT, JUST SOME SENSE OF WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE STATUS QUO, OF SORT OF KEEPING THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE. I UNDERSTAND THIS BRIEF IS NOT HAPPENING IN A VACUUM. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ON NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY WELLNESS FACILITY. HOWEVER, THE SCOPE OF THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION IS FOCUSED JUST ON WHAT WE HAVE CURNTLY IN MINNEAPOLIS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN METRO AND
NATION. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, MINNEAPOLIS 911, THE CITY ATTORNEYS WHO HELP ME GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE CITY. AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO
SIOUX FALLS POLICE DERTMENT, CITY OF LAKE FIELD AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO GAVE ME CORRESPONDENCE THROUGH VIDEO OR EMAIL. PEOPLE WERE EXCITED TOEAR ABOUT A, HOW TO
HELP WHAT WE WERE THINKING, AND ALSO, THEY WERE EXCITED TO SHARE WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR BEST PRACTICES. ALWAYS EXCITING TO DO THIS WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO FIRST NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. SO ONE THING THAT WAS SORT OF SURPRISING FOR
ME IS THAT THERE ISN'T JUST SAY HERE ARE THE STANDARDS, BEST PRACTICES, GOOGLE IT. A LOT OF IT IS FROM PRAITIONERS CONNECTING AND CONFERENCING ONE ANOTHER AND DEVELOPING THE PRACTICES AS THEY'RE GOING AS THEY ADAPT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN THE FIELD IN THEIR CITY. I WAS ABLE TO SUSS OUT SOME OF THE FOUR BIG NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES THAT I KIND OF SAW CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT. THE FIRST IS HAVING PURPOSE-BUILT SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING ENVIRONMENT. SO HAVING ENVIRONMENTS THAT WERE DESIGNED
AND CREATED IN ORD TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING WHETHER THAT WAS FIRE, WHETHER THAT WAS EMS, OR WHETHER THAT WAS POLICE DEPARTMENTS. SO JT HAVING THESE VERY SPECIFIC TYPES OF TRAINING ENVIRONMENTS TO BE ABLE
TO REPLICATE AREAS IN URBAN SETTINGS. THAT WAS SOMETHING I FOUND THROUGH RESEARCH. THE OTHER THING WAS THE CO-LOCATION. THE IDEA OF HAVING FIRE, EMS, 911 DISPATCH AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL TRAINING TOGETHER IN THE SAME AREA, AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME
AREA TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FRICTION FOR LOGISTICS. THAT WAS ANOTHER THING I SAW THAT WAS A VERY COMMON PRACTICE ALONG WITH INTEGRATED SIMULATION THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS WAS THIS SENSE OF WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF VIRTUAL SIMULATION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE -- GIVE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE WHO HAVE LIVES IN THEIR HANDS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES AND ADDRESS DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER AND SAFE MANNER. AND THENLSO HAVING THE SUFFICIENT SCALE. THROUGHOUT ALL
OF THE FOLKS I SPOKE WITH DIRECTLY A LOT OF THEM IT WAS EITHER REGRET THAT IT WASN'T BIG ENOUGH WHAT THEY'D DEVELOPED OR WE DIDN'T QUITE THINK ABOUT OUR SPACE OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEEDED
OR WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT A LOT OF SPACE IN ORDER TO BE AABLE TO EXPAND. IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT THE SPACE, IT'S MAKING SURE THE SPACE IS ABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT IT TO DO IN ORDER TO HAVE IT AT SUFFICIENT
SCALE. SO I JAUS WANT TO GIVE SOME VARIABLES.S I WAS READING ABOUT THESE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE. SOME OF THESE REGIONAL FACIL FACILITIES, WITH THE REALITY BASED TRAINING, THEY'RE USING
THAT TO MARKET BECAUSE THEY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER JURISDICTION AGENCIES. VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATORS. BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT V-SIMULATORS, BEST
PRACTICES OF SIMULATION IS THESE 350 DEGREE SIMULATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE POLICE OFFICERS GO INTO THE SPACE TO RUN DRILLS TOGETHER INSTEAD OF IT BEING A SOLO THING. ALONG WITH THIS, I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE -- SOMETHING
I FORGOT TO MENTION IN THE LAST SLIDE. REASON WHY COORDINATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT AGENCIES IS IMPORTANT IS TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH MAJOR EVENTS. SOMETHING THAT CAME UP INTERNALLY WITH FOLKS WAS THE I35W BRIDGE THAT COLLAPSED AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
COORDINATION. ALONG WITH THAT JUST BEING ABLE TO TRUST FOLKS AND KNOW THAT WE ARE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE AND WE MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH ONE ANOTHER AND BE ABLE TO SHAVE SECONDS THAT IS LIFE SAVING SECONDS. REALITY BASED TRAINING. ONE THING YOU
WILLEAR JUST IN THE FIELD IS THE IDEA OF HAVING MOVEABLE WALLS FOR POLICE OR THE THINGS LIKE HAVING BURN BUILDIS. BURN TOWER IS A REALITY-BASED TRAINING FOR FIRE. SO JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT IN ORDER TO
HAVE FOLKS WORK IN ENVIRONMENT AND IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN SITUATIONS AS FAR AS NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE WE ARE AT CURRENTLY AS A CITY. ONE OF THE TRENDS OR
TAKEAWAY IS A LOTF OUR TRAINING FACILITIES ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT MINNEAPOLIS. THERE'S NO ONE-STOP SH. WE'RE KIND OF MOVING THROUGH THE CITY THROUGHOUT THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION. FIRST, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH IS MINNEAPOLIS FIRE MAIN TRAINING FACILITY. THIS IS LOCATED IN MINNEAPOLIS/FRIDLEY. IT'S ALWAYS RIGHT THERE ON THE BORDER OF WHAT'S HAPPENING UP THERE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. BUT THIS FACILITY HAS A BURN TOWER. IT
HAS CLASSROOMS. AND ALSO IS WHERE THEY HOST -- MFD HOLDS THE FIRE CADET. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WITHIN EOTF. SPEAKING TO MFD, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT
CREATES A LOT OF JUST SPACE PROBLEMS WHERE THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY OUTSOURCE PART OF THEIR SPACE. PART OF THEIR TRAINING FROM THE EOTF WHEREAS MOST OF THEIR TRAINING HAPPENS TO STATION 21, WHICH IS NEAR CLOSER TO SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S
ACTUALLY IN THE BASEMENT IS WHERE THE TRAINING IS HAPPENING FOR IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND PARTULAR TO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR MFD, THE EMS PATHWAYS PROGRAM. THAT IS A YEAR AGO I HAD A
PRESENTATION ABOUT DIVERSIFYING THE FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENT. AND THE PATHWAY WAS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE REACHING OUT, CREATING PATHWAYS TO BECOME EMSY
THE FIRE FIGHTING SERVICE EMPLOYEES. ALONG WITH THAT, THERE'S SOME SHARE WITHIN MPD. MOSTLY JUST WITH PRACTICING WITH DRONES. THAT IS SORT OF HOW THAT EO FACILITY. MINNEAPOLIS 911 HAS TRAINING HAPPENING WHIN
CLOSE BY TO THEIR MAIN OFFICE. BUT REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHENEVER I WAS DOING RESEARCH WAS JUST HOW DO YOU CONNECT AND TRAIN WITH MFD AND MPD? BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CONRSATIONS WITH FOLKS EXTERNALLY WAS LIKE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR
DISPATCHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO THE FIRE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HELPS SAVE LIVES. AND IN TALKING WITH MINNEAPOLIS 911, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAW WITH THE LIMITATION WAS THEY HAVE -- EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL HAVE
SEEN THE 911 FACILITIES WHERE YOU HAVE THE MULTIPLE SCREENS AND THEY'RE REALLY JUST GOING THROUGH THE CALLS. WHENEVER THEY GO OUT -- THEY ARE GOING OUT OF THE 911 DISPATCH CENTER AND GOING OUT INTO THE FIELD TO DO TRAINING WITH MFD AND MPD. THEY
HAVE RADIO AND THEY HAVE A LAPTOP. WHICH FOR A PINCH MIGHT DO FINE. BUT DOESN'T REALLY ALIGN WITH THE REALITY-BASED TRAINING OF BEING ABLE TO USE THE ACTUAL MONITORING THAT MONITORS THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE IT DO THE DISPATCH CALLS. ONCE AGAIN, NOT
REALLY ALIGNED WITH SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES WITH EMERGENCY TRAINING. SO FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR CURRENT
FACILITY IS CENTRALIZED IN HAMILTON SPECIAL OPERATIONS CENTER OR COLLOQUIALLY CALLED THE SOC. THAT'S BEEN THE CASE SINCE 2006. THIS IS A 51,000 SQUARE FOOT, 4.5 ACRES IN AN OLD
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS IN THE CAMDEN WEBER NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDES, VERY HEAVILY RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT IS LEASED FROM MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR AROUND $200,000 A YEAR. ALONG WITH THAT, THIS
FACILITY, THERE ARE SOME MAT ROOMS. BUT REALLY THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS FROM THE WALD ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS IN 2023, THAT WAS RELEASED IN 2024, THIS FACILITY FACES SEVERAL
CONSTRAINTS. A THAT CAME FROM MPD, BUT ALSO FROM THIS INDEPENDENT ANALYS AND ASSESSMENT FACILITY ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PART OF THE CONSENT DECREE A SETTLEMENT PROCESS THAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PART
OF THIS DECADE. WHAT THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIED WAS LIMITED OUTDOOR SPACE. LIMITED ACCESS TO POTABLE WATER. A LONG-TERM SOLUTION AND ACCESS
WALD ACTUALLY, AND I QUOTE, SAID BUILD A NEW DEDICATED ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ALL TRAINING ACTIVITY. THIS IS ALL HAPPENING GEN THAT THIS FACILITY COSTS AROUND $1 MILLION A YEAR JUST ABOVE
$1 MILLION A YEAR TO LEASE AND ALSO TO OPERATE. IN 2026 TO 2026 IT'S BEEN AROUND $20 MILLION THAT THE CITY HAS SPENT ON THIS FACILITY. AND BASED ON JUST THE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT IS NOT NECESSARILALIGNED WITH THE
NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES O REALITY-BASED SITUATIONS AND PURPOSE-BUILT FACILITY. NOW LOOKING AT COMPARABLE FACILITIES, AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, I WOULD SAY
THAT PART OF THIS WAS GETTING NATIONAL AND REACHING OUT TO NATIONAL FOLKS. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET SOMEBODY NATIONALLY ON THE PHONE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM JUST BECAUSE OF THE QUICK TURNAROUND. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET GOOD
LOCAL EXAMPLES. AND YOU'LL SEE WHY. PROBABLY PROVIDES A BETTER ONE-TO-ONE FOR US. ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS NONE OF THESE FACILITIES ARE AS CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS THE SOC IS CURRENTLY. AND ALONG WITH THAT,
TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVE A SURROUNDED BY GREEN SPACE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. FIRST, THE NORTH METRO PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINS LOCATED IN MAPLE GROVE. IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY THE
BROOKLYN PARK, MAPLE GROVE, AND PLYMOUTH. THESE CITIES COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE COSTS. ALONG WITH THAT, THEY AREN'T THE ONLY AGENCIES THAT USE THIS. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR SMALL AGENCIES WHO WANT TO USE THE
FACILITY. THAT IS AROUND $763 PER OFFICER PER YEAR TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS FACILITY. AND THAT IS FOR ACCESS TO FOUR HOURS OF USES FOR THE FACILITY FOR THOSE OFFICERS. THIS NORTH METRO HAS
BEEN AROUND FOR A BI BUT AS FAR AS COMPARATIVE NUMBERS FOR THE COST, IN 2023,THEY WENT TO A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION THAT W AROUND $17.5 MILLION. $3.5 MILLION OF THAT CAME FROM
THE STATE. EQUIPPED WITH FLEXIBLE CLASSROOMS. HAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE FIRE AND ARM RANGES THAT YOU CAN PUT VEHICLES IN SO YOU CAN PRACTICE TACTICAL. I WOULD SAY ACTIVITIES WITH VEHICLES AROUND. IT ALSO HAS A
DEDICATED MAT ROOM AND REALITY-BASED TRAINING ENVIRONMENT. AS FAR AS THE ASSROOMS, THE SOC HAS TWO CLASSROOMS. WHEN I SAY CLASSROOMS AT THESE FACILITIES, A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE
CAPACITY OF 80 TO 100 OFFICERS. SOC BASED ON CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH MPD. SO THAT IS THE NORTH METRO PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY. I WILL SAY THAT THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HEARING WHAT MINNEAPOLIS WAS DOING. AND WERE VERY OPEN
ABOUT TAKING ON TOURS, BEING ABLE TO SAY, HE LET'S SHOW YOU AROUND TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE DO. SO THERE WAS AOT OF ENTHUSIASM FROM THE NORTH METRO PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY. NEXT IS THE HERO TRAINING
FACILITY, WHICH IS IN COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA. 48,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY IS ON NINE AER C OF LAND. YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE RIGHT THERE. NOT REALLY NEAR RESIDENTIAL SPACES. THIS
BUILDING WAS OPENED IN 2020. $11.5 MILLION CAME FROM THE STATE. AND $10 MILLION CAME FROM WOODBURY AND COTTAGE GROVE. IT HAS SIMILAR FEATURES TO THE NORTH METRO FACILITY. NORTH
METRO IS FIT FOR FIRE BUT THERE'S NO FIGHT DEPARTMENTS USING IT. THAT'S SOMETHIN THEY WANT TO CHANGE. THE HERO HAS INDOOR REALITY SIMULATIONS WHERE YOU CAN LADDER NOT ONLY TO THE FIRST LEVEL BUT SECOND LEVEL. IT
HAS OUTDOOR BALCONIES AND STAIRS. JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET INTO THE REALITY-BASED TRAINING THAT IS WE'VE SEEN AS BEST PRACTICES. THERE ARE 60 PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY PARTNER WITH THE HERO CENTER. I DO WANT
TO SAY THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HERO CENTER BECAUSE OF THEIR MOTTO IS REALLY TRYING TO GET AGENCIES TO UTILIZE THEM. I ASKED ABOUT CAPACITY AND THEY SAID THERE IS CAPACITY TO UTILIZE THEIR FACILITIESES FOR FIRE AND FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY CHARGE
OR WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP IT WILL BE WILL DEPEND ON NEGOTIATIONS. BUT THERE WAS SPACE AND CAPACITY WITHIN THE HERO CENTER. AND THEN AS FAR AS OUR KIND OF NATIONAL EXAMPLE, WHICH I KNOW REGIONAL IS REGION
BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT THERE IN SOUTH DAKOTA. IT WAS A NATIONAL EXAMPLE THAT I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH. I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH SIOUX FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A VERY LARGE-SCALED CAMPUS. IT'S PURPOSE-BUILT. IT IS A
$55 MILLION FACILITY ON 42 ACRES OF LAND. ACTUALLY, THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS BOUGHT 100 ACRES OF LAND IN ORDER TO GROW AND EXPAND AS THE CITY GROWS AND EXPAND. IT WAS DESIGNED TO REALLY REPLACE
THIS FRAGMENTED SYSTEM THAT THEY HAD. AND IT'S ALSO SORT OF PUSHED TO THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF SIOUX FALLS. IT HAS ALL THE THINGS I MENTIONED BEFORE ALONG WITH A DRIVING -- THE NICKNAME IS A RACE TRACK FROM THE POLICE DEPTD DEPARTMENT. THEY DON'T
LIKE CALLING IT A RACE TRACK. BASICALLY A PLACE FOR TACTICAL DRIVING. IT HAS A MINI SET OF SIOUX FALLS DOWNTOWN. SO IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE THE BUILDINGS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH AND TRAIN. AND ALSO, IT HOSTS THE DATA
CENTERS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND ALSO CO-LOCATES FIRE, POLICE, EMS AND ALSO THE DISPATCH. RECRUIT FROM FIRE AND POLICE ALSO ARE IN THE SAME FACILITY. SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE CO-TRAINING FROM THE
JUMP WHEN THEY'RE TRAINING AS CADETS. AND ALONG WITH THAT, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS FACILITY RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY KIND OF PART OF A BROADER NATIONAL TREND THAT I SAW. I WASN'T ABLE TO SPEAK WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS.
BUT I WAS ABLE TO PROFILE THAT. THIS WAS 42 ACRES. AUSTIN HAD A 48-ACRE FACILITY. ATLANTA'S FACILITY WAS 85-ACRES. PITTSBURGH IS TRYING TO BUY AND ACQUIRE 168 ACRES OF AN OLD VA
HOSPITAL. THE TREND SEEMS TO BE MAKING THESE VERY, VERY LARGE FACILITIES. THE REASON WHY YOU MIGHT -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I PREFACE BY SAYING I AM NOT SAYING BASED ON NATIONAL PRACTICES THAT THAT IS A MUST.
BECAUSE WE SEE HERE WITH THE HERO CENTER AND ALSO WITH THE NEW YORK METRO CENTER AND OTHER REGIONAL FACILITIES THAT YOU CAN GET SIMILAR, CHECK OFF THE SAME BOXES WITH A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I EMPHASIZED THAT BEFORE
YOU THINK I'M SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE 55 ACRES OUT IN SIOUX FALLS. AS FAR AS ALL OF THESE AREAS OF NSIDERATION, I HAVE FOUR HERE BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THREE OF THEM. FIRST AREAS TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE
THINKING ABOUT TRAINING FACIL FACILITIES, OUR OWNS COMPARED TO OTHERS. ARE WE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRAINING THAT IS GOING TO MIMIC WHAT FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUT ON THE FIELD AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S NOT EVER 100% CHANCE OF
EVER BEING PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE CO-LOCATION. HOW ARE WE AS A CITY VIEW CO-LOCATION? HOW DO WE MAYBE GET MORE CO-LOCATION AND FACILITIES AND MAKE SURE FIRE,
POLI, DISPATCH, ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE REALLY ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND TRAIN FOR MAJOR EVENTS THAT OCCUR. AND ALSO JUST WHENEVER WE'RE THINKING ABOUT COSTS, I THINK THERE'S A SENSE WHENEVER THINKING ABOUT MAKING CHANGE, THERE'S A COST TO THE
CHANGE. BUT THERE'S ALSO A COST TO THE STATUS QUO. BEING ABLE TO WEIGH IN THE COST OF STATUS QUO WHICH CURRENTLY FOR US IS ABOUT $1 MILLION FOR HAMILTON'S SOC TO BEING BETTER IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU, DWIGHT, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THIS IS SOMETHING
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AS A COUNCIL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND WE'RE SO LUCKY HERE ON THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE THE LRO TEAM THAT CAN BE A PART OF PULLING TOGETHER INFORMATION AND HELPING INFORM THE COUNCIL IN THE MANNER THAT
IS INDEPENDENTND FAR MORE TIMELY. TO HELP INFORM OUR DECISIONS. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR IS THERE DISCUSSION? I WILL FIRST RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR
CHUGHTAI. I WAS JUST GOING TO NOTE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR ITEM 70, THE SMALL BUSINESSES. >> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING BEING NOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THAT ITEM? I'M NOT SEEING ANY. CLERKS
WILL NOTE THAT. WAS THAT ALL? >> YEAH. >> OH, AWESOME. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. SORRY WE LEFT YOU WITHOUT SOMEONE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT UP HERE FOR A
LITTLE BIT. ONE QUESTION I HAVE AS YOU RESEARCHED THESE FACILITIES, THANK YOU FOR SPECCING THIS UP SO QUICKLY FOR US. ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW HEAVILY UTILIZED THESE FACILITIES THAT YOU RESEARCHED ARE BECAUSE MOST
OF THEM ARE USED BY NUMEROUS AGENCIES. DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE ON MORE AGENCIES? I ASK BECAUSE LIKE YOU, A LONG TIME AGO, THOUGH, THE HERO CENTER MIGHT HAVE HOURS. BUT HOW MANY HOURS DO
THESE FACILITIES AND OTHERS HAVE? AND I ASK BECAUSE THERE IS A COUNTER ARGUMENT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD JUST USE OTHER FACILITIES ELSEWHERE AROUND. BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE'S SPACE FOR THE
TOTALITY OF NEEDS IN MINNEAPOLIS SINCE WE ARE STILL THE BIGGEST DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE FROM A POLICE STANDPOINT. >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE HERO CENTER. WE CORRESPONDED VIA
EMAIL SO THAT MIGHT TAKE MORE FOLLOW UP. WITH THE OTHER REGIONAL FOLK, I ACTUALLY SPOKE CANDIDLY WITH NORTH METRO AND SAID WHAT IF MINNEAPOLIS WANTED TO UTILIZE THIS. HE WAS VERY CLEAR SAYING WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, WE WOULD HAVE TO
REARRANGE THINGS AROUND TO ACCOMMODATE YOU. THIS IS GOING CLOSER TO SPECULATION THAN, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PREFACE IT WITH THAT, THAT IF IT WAS TO BE OUTSOURCED, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE OUTSOURCED TO ONE FACILITY.
YOU'D HAVE TO INCLUDE SOUTH METRO, HERO CENTER. THERE'S A KIND OF NEW EAST METRO CENTER BEING DEVELOPED. CENTER IN LAKEVILLE THAT'S GOING TO OPEN IN 2026. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SORT OF PIECEMEALED TOGETHER. I
WOULD SAY THAT ACTUALLY RISKS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISPERSION, THAT'S INCREASING DISPERSION TO OUTSIDE THE CITY. DOES THAT HELP? >> YES. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHILE THE NUMBERS OF OFFICERS HAVE DECREASED QUITE
SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE FIRST TIME I STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, THE NUMBER OF HOURS IN SERVICE TRAINING HAS GROWN A LOT. AND I THINK THAT COMMANDER BROWN PROBABLY HAS A GOOD SEN OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR TRAINING FOR
POLICE. AND I HAVE NEVER FOUND ANYTHING BUT DRIPS AND DRIBBLES IN TERMS OF AVAILABILITY ANYWHERE ELSE. AND THAT WAS ONLY WITH MY OWN LOOKING INTO IT. >> ESPECIALLY FOR NORTH METRO -- SORRY, THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NORTH METRO
CENTER, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE HASHED OUT WITH THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THOSE OFFICERS GET FOUR HOURS EACH. SO LIKE ONCE AGAIN, COMMANDER BROWN, YOU HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF EXACTLY HOW THAT FITS. BUT THAT SORT OF STATUS OF AVAILABILITY ACROSS THE METRO.
>> YEAH, IT SOUNDS SPOTTY. THANK YOU. >> MY PLEASURE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. IN YOUR RESEARCH, WERE THESE OTHER FACILITIES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS LIKE THEY ARE
HERE CURRENTLY? >> SO ST. PAUL'S ROAN RICHARD FACILITY, RICHARD ROAN FACILITY WHICH IS JUST POLICE, IT'S NOT COMPLETE PUBLIC SAFETY, IS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE CLOSEST
RESIDENT I WAS ABLE TO GOOGLE MAPS IT, WAS KIND OF DOWN THE STREET. IT WASN'T ACROSS. IT WAS SORT OF MAYBE .2 MILES AWAY FROM THE FACILITY ITSELF. BUT THEY WOULD CALL THAT A RESIDENTIAL. HE WENT AND SAID THIS WAS KIND OF A MORE RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE
OTHER PLACES, I MEAN, AUSTIN KIND OF PUT THES FAR AWAY CLOSER TO THE AIRPORT. SIOUX FALLS IS KIND OF IN THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION. THERE WAS NOT REALLY ANYWHERE WHERE IT
WAS -- IT WAS NOWHERE COMPARABLE TO SOC WHERE IT'S I GET OUT AND I SEE NEIGHBORS. THAT WAS NOT THAT CLOSE. NONE THAT I COULD FIND. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN THOSE OTHER CENTERS, THEY HAVE THE FIRE TRAINING IN THERE, AND 911?
>> SO T OTHER CENTER, SO NORTH METRO IS SET UP FOR FIRE. THEY SAID WE CAN HOST SOME FIRE TRAINING. NOT THE SAME REALITY-BASED TRAINING THAT MAYBE THE HERO CENTER COULD BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAV SPACE
AND IT'S DESIGNED FOR FIRE. SIOUX FALLS YES. AUSTIN DEFINITELY HAS SPACE FOR FIRE. METRO, I COULDN'T GET ANYBODY ON CALL WITH THEM. BUT THEY DO HAVE FIRE. THEIR FOUR-PARTNER CITIES
HAVE THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENTS TRAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH METRO FACILITY. SO I WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THERE'S SOME LEVEL OF FIRE TRAINING HAPPENING THERE. BUT YES. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION AS FAR AS THE SCAN OF FOLKS THAT MOST OF THEM THAT I LOOKED AT HAS FIRE. AND I WILL
SAY THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A RESEARCH BIAS BECAUSE'M LOOKING AT COMPARISONS OF OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES THAT HAS THE WHO KITTEN AND CABOODLE. I DIDN'T SCAN ALL THE TRAINING FACILITIES IN THE
COUNTRY TO SEE IF, DO STATS ON WHO HAS FIRE AND WHO DOESN'T HAVE FIRE. I JUST SAW THE TREND IS CO-LOCATING POLICE IN THE SAME AREA. DOES THAT HELP? >> IT HELPS. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION IS SO I THE
CENTER WERE TO THE BUILT, THE USAGE BY MPD, THE FIRE, 911, OTHER CITY AGENCIES THAT WOULD UTILIZE THAT, DO YOU HAVE THAT
PROJECTION? HOW OFTEN IS THE NEED THERE FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO USE A FACILITY LIKE THIS? >> I THINK THAT IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF MY RESEARCH. I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY BEST ANSWERED BY THE PRESENTATIONS HAPPENING RIGHT AFTER MINE. >> OKAY. GOOD WAY TO PASS THE
BUCK. WOULD THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, FOR THIS LAST QUESTION, FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO RENT THIS FACILITY? >> ONCE AGAIN, AS FAR AS THIS,
IF YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELLNESS FACILITY THAT IS PART OF ALL DISCUSON WITHIN OCS, THIS WAS ABOUT JUST COMPARING OUR CURRENT ASSETS TO THE ASSETS THAT WE SEE OUT IN THE FIELD. NOT NECESSARILY FUTURE LOOKING. I
WOULD ONCE AGAIN PASS THAT BUCK OVER TO THE OCS TEAM TO DISCUSS WHETHER THAT WOULD BE FITTING. >> UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MY PLEASURE. >> NEXT, WE HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE BIG TRENDS, AND YOU WERE VERY CLEAR
IN GIVIN YOUR CAVEAT THIS WASN'T YOUR HARD RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE THE TREND WERE THESE FAIRLY LARGE SCALE FACILITIES. WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, CO-LOCATION IS FIRST AMONG THEM. REALITY-BASED TRAINING SEEMS TO
BE REALLY CRITICAL. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALITY-BASED TRAINING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RACE TRACKS OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DESCRIBE THEIR EVASIVE DRIVING TECHNIQUE LOCATION. FIRE TOWERS. FAIRLY LARGE FOOTPRINT FACILITIES. AND
IT LOOKED LIKE FOR A LOT OF THOSE, THEY WERE PRETTY FAR OUTSIDE OF LIKE AN URBAN CENTER. AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE QUITE HUGE FACILITIES. I'M JUST CURIOUS IN THAT LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS DID IT LOOK LIKE THE BIGGER THE FACILITY, THE FURTHER AWAY IT WAS FROM THE CITY
CENTER, AND THEN DID YOU ALSO SEE ANY PATTERNS AROUND THE LARGER THE FACILITY, THE MORE AGENCIES WERE UTILIZING THAT ASSET? >> GREAT QUESTION. I DIDN'T SEE ANY CORRELATI BETWEEN IF THIS
FACILITY IS BIGGER THAT MEANS IT'S GETTING MORE UTILIZATION. PARTICULARLY, IF I'M COMPARING THE HERO CENTER, WHICH IS 9 ACRES TO SIOUX FALLS, WHICH IS 55 ACRES, I THINK THAT I WOULD
HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THAT QUESTION OF HOW MUCH OF A CORRELATION THERE IS TO SIZE AND UTILIZ UTILIZATION. >> VERSUS LIKE A SINGLEGENCY OR A SINGLE JURISDICTION. THIS IS THE JURISDTION'S SOLE ASSET
VERSUS THE BIGGER IT IS, THE MORE AGENCIES OR MUNICIPALITIES ARE UTILIZING IT. >> THAT'S SUPER INTERESTING BECAE I THINK I FOUND THE OPPOSITE. PARTICULARLY WITH THE METRO AREAS, THOSE FACILITIES ARE PRETTY SMALL COMPARED TO THESE ATLANTA, SIOUX FALLS,
AUSTIN. AND THEY SHARE THOSE FACILITIES WITH OTHER AGENCIES OR THEY OPEN THEM UP TO BE ABLE TO GET USED BY OTHER AGENCIES. THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT IS A REGIONAL TREND THAT BUCKS AGAINST THE NATIONAL TREND. THAT WOULD
PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE BITORE RESEARCH INTO UNDERSTANDING THAT. YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. >> THE SIZE OF THE FOOTPRT, THE BIGGER IT IS, THE FARTHER AWAY IT LOOKS FROM ANYWHERE REMOTELY LOOKING LIKE A CITY.
>> OH YES. I THINK I PROBABLY NEED TO DO MORE RESEARCH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. EVEN JUST LOOKING AT THE TRENDS, THE BIGGER IT IS, THE MORE ACREAGE
IT IS, THE FARTHER AWAY IT'S GOING TO BE FROM THE CITY. IF YOU'RE BREAKING INTO GETTING TO 10 ACRES OF SPACE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THAT AWAY FROM THE CITY JUST BECAUSE OF THE COST PER ACRE IS GOING TO INCREASE IN THE CITY. WHERE THE SOC IS AT 4.5 OR LIKE 5, IT'S
PROBABLY MORE IN LINE WITH WHERE WE SEE IN METRO. SO THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE COMPARABLE TO A 55-ACRE IN SIOUX FALLS. DOES THAT HELP? IS THAT HEFUL? >> MM-HMM. >> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER THANK YOU. NEXT IN QUEUE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I GUESS I DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. >> JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY HERE. PITTSBURGH I BELIEVE IS THE ONLY
OTHER CITY ON THERE THAT HAS BEEN UNDER CONSENT DECREE FOR POLICING INITIATIVES. DID YOU IN YOUR KIND OF RESEARCH LOOK AT ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSENT DECREES OR CURRENTLY UNDER CONSENT DECREES? >> SORRY. THROUGH THE CHAIR,
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, I TRIED REACHING OUT TO BALTIMORE, I TRIED REACHING OUT TO OTHER CITIES. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT LRO IS WHENEVER WE THINK ABOUT EXTERNAL FOLKS, IT'S ARE YOU GOING TO READ OUR EMAIL? ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND? ARE
YOU GOING TO FIND TIME? AND THAT JUST WASN'T ABLE TO HAPPEN. IF IT WAS A LARGER RESEARCH PROJECT, THAT DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOU WANT TO TRY TO DO AND HAVE A HARDER EFFORT. HAVE MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. THE ONLY REASON I ADD
IS I DID SOME RESEARCH MYSELF SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT FURTHER OF SPECIFIC CONSENT DECREE CITIES BUILDING OUT FACILITIES AT THE MOMENT. BALTIMORE HAS PROPOSED
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY FOR JUST POLICE AND FIRE WHICH I THINK IS AROUND $330 MILLION. FERSON I THINK DID ONE AROUND $50 MILLION. PORTLAND AROUND $14 MILLION. LOUISVILLE IS OUR
MOST CONTEMPORARY, $6 MILLION IF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AS WELL. >> YES. >> THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. >> NO PROBLEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY. I AM NOT SEEING ANY. SO I WILL HAVE THE CLERK FILE THAT REPORT. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 76, WHICH IS FINANCING AND ACQUISITION FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY TRAINING AND WELLNESS
CENTER. I WILL ASK DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JARED JEFFRIES TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. WE WILL HAVE COMMISSIONER TODD BARNETTE GIVE THE PRESENTATION. WELCOME, COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. GOOD
AFTERNOON. I AM TODD BARNETTE, THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE COMMUNITY SAFETY TRAINING AND WELESS CENTER. ALSO YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR COO MARGARET
ANDERSON KELLIHER, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND REPSENTATIVES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. WE ARE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, HEREO PRESENT ON THIS PROJECT AND TO REQUEST FUNDING
AND APPROVAL TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 146 60th STREET WEST. THE AGENDA OF COURSE FOR THIS IS AN OVERVIEW
OF THE TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER. THE CURRENT FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE AND LOOKING FORWARD. AND THEN THE PROJECTED TIMELINE AND THE PROPOSED SITE ACQUISITION AS WELL. AS I THINK
ALL OF YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT AND BUILDING IS TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE TRAININ AND WELLNESS CENTER THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY
SAFETY EMPLOYEES TT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH LEVEL TRAINING AND ALSO THE WELLNESS RESOURCES NEEDED IN ORDER TO BEST SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND SITORS. WE WANT TO BE A LEADER IN COMMUNITY
SAFETY REFORM THAT REQUIRES A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. THIS PROJECT, OF COURSE, ISN INVESTMENT. AND OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING JOBS IN THE CITY.
AND WHENE HAVE WELL TRAINED EMPLOYEES AND WE PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO HELP THEM, WE BELIEVE YOU GET A SAFER RESPONSE. ALSO, BY BUILDING OUT
THIS FALITY, IT FORGES STRONGER COORDINATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE AND
LOCAL LEVEL. I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THIS FACILITY WHICH SERVED 911, FIRE, WHICH HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE, EMERGENCY
NAGEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY LEADING THE CITY IN ITS LARGE-SCALE RESPONSE TO INCIDENTS,HE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND NEIGHBORHOOD
SAFETY AS WELL. SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE ON WHAT WE SEE AS A SHARED CENTER AND WHAT IT WOD ALLOW FOR. BACK IN THE
FALL OF 2024, THE CITY IN ONE OF THE FINAL THINGS TO DO FROM ITS FEMA TRAINING, THE CITY HAD BEEN DOING TRAINING AND TABLE TOPS HERE IN THE CITY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. AND SORT OF THE FINALE
WAS OUT EAST IN EMMETTSBERG WHERE ABOUT 70 EMPLOYEES WENT OUT THERE FOR FEMA TRAINING. IT WAS TO GET ALL OF US TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE. AND FROM THAT, I RELY DO BELIEVE THAT BACK THEN
WE BECAME STRONGER TOGETHER. THAT WE H A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND COMMITMENT THAT ENABLED US TO RESPOND BETTER IN A MORE COORDINATED WAY TO LARGE-SCALE EVENTS. I THINK
WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HERE. THE BENEFITS OF BEING UNDER ONE ROOF AND HAVING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IN ONE
PLACE, I REAY DO BELIEVE THAT THAT GETS US IN A MORE CRS-FUNCTIONAL WAY THAT TRANSLATES INTO REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS. BETTER CROSS-DEPARTMENT TRAINING CAN RESULT IN MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE BY OUR
DEPARTMENTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS. I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT PROVIDES A GRE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE REGIONAL AND INTER-JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. IT ALSO ENABLES OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY BE ABLE TO RESPOND IN MORE COORDINATED MANNER. WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTERS, WE BELIEVE TT IT WILL HELP U BUILD TOWARDS MORE BETTER COMMUNITY SAFETY ECHO SYSTEM WHICH IS A GOAL OF THE
SAFE AND THRIVING REPORT. THAT RERT WAS CONDUCTED BY A TEAM OF EXPERTS LED BY DR. ANTONIO OFTELIE. TO PUT US IN A PLACE TO BE NATIONAL LEADERS IN A SAFETY
SYSTEM. THAT REPORT REALLY LOOKED AT THREE BIG SERVICE AREAS. THOSE SERVICE AREAS WERE PREVENTIVE, RESPONSIVE AND RESTORATIVE SERVICES. BUT THERE'S SOME KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT REPORT I BELIEVE REALLY LOOKED A WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR CENTER. AN INVESTMENT IN TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDING TRAINING AND CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR CUTTING EDGE PRACTICES. INCREASING ADDITIONAL TRAINING
CAPACITY. DEVELOPING AN EMPLOE WELLNESS PLAN. AND REINFORCING THE STAFF'S WELLNESS PLAN TO ADDRESS SECONDARY TRAUMA BY SHOWING DEBRIEFING AND RESILIENCE CONTENT IMBEDD IN
ALL TRAINING OPERATIONS. ULTIMATELY, THIS PROJECT IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE NEED SUPPORT TO OUR CITY COMMUNITY SAFETY STAFFY PROVIDING CRITICAL SAFETY SERVICES TO OUR
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THIS PROJECT ALSO HELPS US MEET SOME OF THE OBLIGATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MDHR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. SPECIFICALLY, THOSE ARE IMPROVING TRAINING PROTOCOLS
LIKE HAVING ADULT LEARNING AND SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING. ELEVATING TRAINING AND WELLNESS STANDARDS, AND CREING A PLAN FOR PROVIDING MPD EMPLOYEES WITH THE NESSARY FACILITIES AND SUPPORT. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED THE CITY TO CONDUCT SEVERAL ASSESSMENTS BUT LOOKED AT TRAINING FACILITIES AND ALSO WELLNESS. EACH OF THESE ASSESSMENTS FOUND THAT THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN
THESE CATEGORIES. THOSE ASSESSMENTS ALSO LOOKED AT HOW WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE MPD TRAINING. HOW WE NEED TO ELEVATE EMPLOYEE SUPPORT AND WELLNESS STANDARDS. AND THEN IT ALSO REQUIRED THE CITY TO PROVIDE AND
CREATE A PLAN THAT ADDRESSED THE DEFICIENCIES IN THOSE ASSESSMENTS. THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT DID SPEFICALLY FIND THAT BUILDING A FACILITY FOR TRAINING WOULD BE RECOMMENDATION
OPTION TO REACH COMPLIANCE WITH THE SETEMENT AGREEMENT. I BELIEVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SIMILAR PRESENTATION WITH THE SITES THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM
OF THIS SLIDE. MOVING AWAYROM THE OVERVIEW, I'LL NOW TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE NEED THESE FACILITIES. AND I THINK THAT THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION DONE MY MR. MILLER ALSO OUTLINED
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE. BUT WE REALLY USE TWO FACILITIES FOR TRAINING. ONE IS OF COURSE THE SOC, WCH IS THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS CENTER. AND THEN WE USE THE EMERGENCY OPERATION AND TRAINING
FACILITY WHICH WE REFER TO AS THE EOTF. THE SOC IS PRIRILY USED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR TRAINING AND FOR STORAGE. THE EOTF IS REALLY USED BY THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. OF COURSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE TWO FACILITIES, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR SPECIFIC PLACE FOR 911. FOR TRAINING OR
WELLNESS. ALSO, THAT'S T SAME FOR NSD AS WELL. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SOC, SO THIS WAS REPEATED EARLIER SO I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THINGS HERE. THAT FORMER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1962. WE LEASE THAT PROPERTY. SO TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES ARE NOT POSSIBLE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A SIMILAR PICTURE THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATION AS WELL. THIS FACILITY, OF COURSE, HAS RESIDENTIAL AREA IN WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DO ANY OUTSIDE SCENARIO-BASED ACTIVITIES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EOTF WHICH IS
PRIMARILY USED BY FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THERE IS A LIMITATION. FOR FIRE, WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR EMS PROGRAM, THE PATHWAYS PROGRAM THERE, THEY
CAN'T DO THE CPR EXERCISES AT THAT FACILITY. THEY HAVE TO DO IT IN THE BASEMENT OF A FIRE DE LARGE-SCALE EVENTS, LIKE WERE TALKED ABOUT EAIER, LIKE THE COLLAPSE OF THE 35W BRIDGE. YOU
LOOK AT ANNUNCIATION, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THE SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR THESE LARGE-SCALE EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE. I'LL TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAMENT SPECIFICALLY IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES HERE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, USES THE EOTF FOR SEVAL
FUNCTIONAL AND TRAINING RELATED EXERCISE, WHICH WE REFER IT TO THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS NIMS. AND ALSO THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, WHICH WE REFER TO ICS. BOTH OF
THESE ARE EMERGENCY PREPARATION AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS, AND THEY'RE USED TO TRAIN ON A NATIONALLY WIDE BASIS WITH OVERREACHING PURPOSES BEING THAT YOU'RE USING COMMON SYSTEMS WITH THE SAME TECHNOLOGY SO THAT NO
MATTER WRE YOU ARE AS A FIRST RESPONDER, IF YOU'RE HERE IN THE CITYF MINNEAPOLIS, IT HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THE RESPONSE WILL BE. UNDERSTAND EMERGENCY MANAGE
SEVERAL DIFFERENT TRAININGS IN THEIR FACILITY. SPECIFICALLY, THEY HAVE TWO DAY-LONG ENTERPRISE-WIDE TRAININGS AND FOUR COMMAND-SPECIFIC TRAININGS. IT'S NOT JUST THOSE THAT THEY DO.
THEY CONTINUE TO TRAIN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. THE CITY AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ALSO UTILIZES THE EOTF TO HOUSE NIMS
AND T HOUSE THE ICS-RELATED FUNCTIONS DURING COMPLEX LARGE INCIDENTS. AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT INCLUDES HAVING EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, WHICH IS THE EOC, ALSO THE JOINT INFORMATION
CENTER WHICH IS THE JIC. AND ALSO THE INCIDEN OR UNIFY COMMAND THERE AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN YOU HAVE THESE LARGE-SCALE COMPLEXVENTS WHICH HAVE HAPPENED TO US RECENTLY, IT'S
JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR THEM TO OPERATE THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO. EXCUSE ME. YOU'LL ALSO HEAR IN THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPLICATIONS OUT THERE WHE YOU LOOK -- WHEN YOU HEAR FROM FIRE ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES WHEN THEY HAVE
THE DET TRAINING THERE. ULTIMATELY, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE NEW SAFETY TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER IS THAT WE
BELIEVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR LARGE-SCALE COMPLEX INCIDENTS. ALSO, THAT WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION LIKE ST. PAUL TO HAVE SPACE FOR EOC, TO HAVE SPACE FOR A JIC, AN
INCIDENT OR UNIFIED COMMAND. BUT ALSO IMPORTANT, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME DEDICATED SPACE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ALSO
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AND 911. I RUCKER FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> WELCOME, CHIEF RUCKER.
>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS MELANIE RUCKER, I'M IERIM FIRE CHIEF FOR MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. AS WAS STATED BEFORE, MAJORITY OF THE FIRE PARTMENT'S TRAINING OPERATIONS ARE AT THE
EOTF. AS NOT NOTED, THE EOTF HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE DONE OUR FIRE TRAININGEFORE THE ACTUAL EOTF BUILDING WAS BUILT. PRIOR TO THE EOTF BUILDING PROPERTY BUILDING
BEING BUILT, WE HAD DOUBLE-WIDE TRAILERS TT WERE OUT THERE AS CLASSROOM SPACE LIKE WHEN I CAME ON AS A CADET. WE HAVE OUR BURN TOWER AS WELL AS WE HAVE OUR TRAINING TOWER. SO THE BURN
TOWER IS ACTUALLY A BURN SIMULATIONUILDING WHERE WE ACTUALLY LIGHT WITH GAS TO LIGHT AND SMOKE UP THE BUILDING FOR OUR CADET TRAINING, AS WELL AS OUR TRAINING TOW WHERE WE DO OUR REPEL OPERATIONS. OUR RESCUE
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING AS WELL WITH OUR FIRE CADETS. WITH THE NEW EOTF EXPANSION BUILDING, WE NOW SHARE THE PROPERTY WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS
THE SIC WITH THE MPD. SO THAT TRAINING SPACE IS CONDENSED FOR US. WE HAVE THE INTERIOR CLASSROOMS THAT ARE ALSO SHAD WITH ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO THAT LIMITS OUR SPACE F OUR
TRAINING AS WELL. IN EVENTS OF A LARGE INCIDENT OPERATIONS, AGAIN,S YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE EOTF IS ONE OF THE FIRST SPACES THAT ARE GETTING UTILIZED AND TAKEN. SO IF WE HAVE A CADET CLASS GOING ON DURING THAT TIME
OF THAT EMERGENCY EVENT OPERATIONS, THEN OUR CADETS ARE CHALLENGED TO CONTINUE THEIR TRAINING AND OPERATIONS OUT THERE. AS WELL AS PARNG SPACES, AS WELL AS WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR ANNUAL FIRE TRAINING
AND DRILLS. WE HAVE TO DO 120 HOURS OF FIRE TRAINING TO KEEP UP OUR FIRE ONE AND TWO OPERATIONS AS WELL AS WE HAVE TO DO 40 HOURS OF TRAINING TO KEEP UP OUR EM SERVICES AND
CERTIFICATIONS. WITH THE EMS PORTION AS WAS STATED FOR OUR RECRUITMENT WHICH IS BIG FOR OUR DIVERSITY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE OUR EMS PATHWAYS INTERNSHIP. THAT INTERNSHIP IS HELD ONCE A YEAR. AND THAT INTERNSHIP, THAT
TRAINI, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO UTILIZE THE EOTF FOR THAT TRAINING. SO THAT TRAINING AS WELL AS ONGOING EMS TRAING CERTIFICATIONS HAPPEN IN THE BASEMENT OF FIRE STATION 21. SO IT IS ACTUALLY A BASEMENT WHERE
THERE ISOLD AND MILDEW AND IT'S LIKE MAKESHIFT THAT WE ARE DOING OUR TRAINING OPERATIONS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO OUR ONGOING TRAINING WITH OUR FIREFIGHTERS, WE WILL HAVE FIVE FIRE TRUCKS THAT ARE IN A RESIDENTIAL SPACE TRYING TO COME
IN TO DO TRAINING WHILE ON SHIFT. WE HAVE GOTTEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS THAT DO NOT IN THE WINTER TIME HAVING FIRE TRUCKS IDLE ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. SO TRYING TO KEEP THOSE LARGE TRUCKS OFF OF THE STREETS
FOR RESIDENTS AND TRYING TO PARK THEM ON APPARATUS BAY WHERE THERE ISTILL FIRE OPERATIONS AT FIRE STATION 21, THEY ARE STILL IN SERVICE. AS WELL WE'RE DOING THE TRAINING AS WELL AS THE INTERNS ARE THERE. THEY ARE STILL IN SERVICE. THEY ARE
RESPONDING TO TWO FIRE INCIDENTS WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO TRAIN. ON TOP OF THAT, WE ARE ALSO FOR DRIVING SIMULATIONS, WE DO NOT HAVE A DRIVER SIMULATION. ANY
TOOLS OR TECHNICAL ASPECTS WHERE WE CANNOT HAVE TO UTILIZE OUR FIRE TRUCKS. SO WE ARE DOING THE WEAR AND TEAR ON TRAINING, ON TRAINING OUR CADETS HOW TO DRIVE AND TRAINING OUR FIRE OPERATORS HOW TO DRIVE A FIRE TRUCK HAVIN
FIRE TRUCK. AND SO OTHER ASPECTS WERE WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE, THE FOOTPRINT OUT THERE TO ACTUALLY DO IF WE'RE DOING PHYSICALLY MOVING THAT LARGE FIRE TRUCK AROUND, WE ARE GOING OUT TO ST. CLOUD. SO AS WE ARE
STATING THE NEWACILITY THAT WILL HAVE SPACE FOR, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THEY WERE SAYING TY WERE CALLED RACE CAR TRACKS. THAT SPACE CAN ALSO BE ULIZED FOR FIRE MANEUVER OPERATIONS TO TRAIN FIRE VEHICLES. WE ALSO DO
HAZMAT TECHNICAL RESCUE TRAINING, WATER RESCUE TRAINING, AND AS WELL AS I WAS SAYING THE FIRE MODAL OPERATION TRAINING. WE DO SOME OF OUR ROPEESCUE BECAUSE WE DO URBAN RESCUE. WE DO ROPE REPELLING, WE DO
CONFINED SPACE. WE DO TACTICAL BREACHING ANDBREAKING. WE DO ALL THAT TYPES OF HEAVY RESCUE. AND SOME OF OUR ROPE RESCUE, WE'RE DOING OUT OF ONE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS. WE HAVE ACTUAL MOUNTING AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT ARE BUILT WITHIN FIRE
STATION 6 WHERE WE'RE USING ANCHOR POINTS THAT ARE BUILT INTO FIRE STATION 6 AS WELL AS SOME CONFINED SPACE UNITS AT FIRE STATION 6. SO AS SO, AS WELL AS KEEPING OUR RESCUE ONE, WHICH IS UTILIZED
STATEWIDE, THAT VEHICLE IS HOUSED AT THE EOTF. SO OUR APPARATUS BAYS ARE FILLED WITH, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY RESPONSE EQUIPMENT THAT ALSO WE HAV TO UTILIZE WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR
CADET TRAINING. OUR CADET TRAINING HAS TO GO ON OUT THERE. WHEN WE DO RCUE PROPS AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING RESCUE PROPS IN THE BACK OF THE FACILITY. SO WHEN I SAY WE HAVE A STATE RESCUE TEAM, THAT RESCUE
TEAM COMES AND TRAINS AT THE EOTF. THEN ALSO, ANOTHER FACILITY THAT IS HOUSED OFF PROPERTY THAT WE ALSO RENT IS R WELLNESS RESOURCES. SO, OUR
WELLNESS RESOURCES ALSO RENTED IN A SPACE OVER SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND IT'S JUST AN OFFICE SPACE. SO WHEN WE'RE DOING CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFINGS OR A WELLNESS TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THAT SPACE PROBABLY HOUSES 7 TO 10 PEOPLE,
AT THE MOST. SO, IT IS ALSO NDENSED SPACE. OKAY. SOALONG
WITH JUST THE FIRE, THE E.M.S., AS WELL AS THE B.C.R. TRAINING, THE INTERAGENCY TRAINING IN COORDINATION IS KEY FOR ANY LARGE RESPONSE. THAT KIND OF INTERAGENCY AND COORDINATOR TRAINING WE DO, I'LL SAY WITH
POLICE, AS WELL AS OUR MECC, OUR DISPAT DISPATCHERS IS MASS INCIDENT SHOOTINGS. WE PRACTICE FOR THAT. WE COORDINATE ANDE TRAIN TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING INTO THESE INCIDENTS
TO SAVE LIVES AND QUICKLY WORK TOGETHER. WITHOUT THAT TRAINING, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS WE HAVE. EVEN WITH THE MITCHELL SHOOTING, FIRE RESPONDED WITH P.D. THEY WERE
UTILING ONE OF OUR FIRE TRUCKS FOR COVERAGE AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO UTILIZE THE FIRE TRUCKS FOR COVERAGE AND KNOW HOW TO WORK WELL WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS FROM THAT TYPE OF TRAINING THAT WE DO TOGHER
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS FIRE HAS INCORPORATED B.C.R., WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT CRITICAL SPACE AND TRAINING TOGETHER THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAK SURE WE'RE RESPONDING TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THE CORRECT RESPONSE GOES
OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. B.C.R. IS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST IN THEIR OWN FACILITY AND CURRENTLY THE RESPOND, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCT'S RESPONSES AS WE ARE BRINGING THEM INTO FIRE, WE
ARE STARTING TO WANTING THEM TO RESPOND FROM FIRE STATIONS,O THEY ARE COVERED WIDE AND THEIR RESPONSE TIMES GO DOWN. SO WH THAT COORDINATION AND WORKING TOGETHER, IT IS NOT ONLY JUST T THAT COORDINATION TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE A COORDATOR RESPONSE
WITH ALL OF OUR CRITICAL RESPONSE TEAMS AND MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY GETS SERVED. SO, I THINK WITH YOU KNOW, ALSO THAT THE DEDICATED SPACE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SIMULATIONS AND THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, P.D. IS GOING TO
COORDINATE, FIRE CAN ALSO UTILIZE THOSE SCREENS IN THAT IMAGERY TO REAL LIFE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. WHEN WE DO OUR PROMOTIONAL EXAMS, WE BRING DISPATCH AND WE ACTUALLY PUT ON A MONITOR, YOU KNOW, SIMULATING
FIRES AND BUILDINGS AND HAZMAT MATERIAL, AND HAZMAT RESPONSES THAT HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THESE CRITICAL INCIDENTS SAFELY AND NOT HAVING TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MANEUVER THOSE ON A PROJECTOR
SCREEN TT WE HAVE. THAT IS NOT UP TO DATE TECHNOLOGY. SO, THAT IS WHAT THIS WELLNESS -- I MN ALSO INCORPORATING OUR WELLNESS CENTER IN THIS FACILITY. I AM
OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION. WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEY LIMITED ME TO TWO MINUTES SO I
PROMISE TO MAKE THIS BRIEF. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU AS WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I AM COMMANDER CHRIS BROWN, I OVERSEE THE TINING DIVISION FOR M.P.D. WE CONDUCT THE MAJORITY OF THE
TRAINING AT THE OPERATION CENTER, CURRENTLY REFERRED TO AS THE S.O.C. ALL ARE VYING FOR CLASSROOM ENLARGED GROUP TRAINING SPACE. THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE OCCUPYING THE SPACE
INCLUDE 32 CURRENTLY, 32 RECRUITS THAT ARE IN A 16-WEEK ACADEMY. 30 OFFICERS THAT ARE RRENTLY ON F.T.O. AND RETURN TO THE S.O.C. FREQUENTLY FOR COMBAT TRAINING AND REMEDIAL TRAINING AS NEEDED. 71 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER CURRENTLY THAT
TRAIN THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT THE S.O.C., 26 CADETS THAT CONDUCT THEIR ORIENTATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THEY GO THE HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN ORDER TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATION TO START THE RECRUIT ACADEMY. 30 TO 35
OFFICERS, THAT THE NUMBER WE DO, WE SEEK OUT FOR ATTENDANCE FOR IN-SERVICE TRAINING. HISTORICALLY IT WAS ONE OR TWO TRAININGS PER YEAR, FOR ALL OFFICERS AND THEN AS YOU HIT SPECIALTY TRAININGS, YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING. RIGHT NOW
WE HAVE OVER 60 HOURS OF TRAINING PER YEAR, JUST AS A BASELINE AND HAVE UP TO 160 HOURS OF TRAINING FOR EVERY OFFICER ON THE DEPARTMENT. SO, CLASSROOM AND LARGE SPACE IS AT A PREMIUM. ADDITIONAL M.P.D.
ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS SUCH AS BRIEFINGS AND EVENTS ALSO VIE FOR THE S.O.C. WE HAVE PEOPLE HANDING OUT GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, ALL KINDS OF EVENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY USES THAT SPACE FOR, FORUT REACH
PURPOSES FOR THE CITY. CURRENTLY THE S.O.C. HOUSES THE TRAINING DIVISION AND SEVERAL OTHER UNITS. THE TRAINING DIVISION MAKES UP FOR 19 FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK THERE AND THERE ARE MORE THAN THAT, THAT OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE FOR
TRAINING. A SPACE THAT IS DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY FOR TRAINING RIGHT NOW IS FIVE STANDARD CLASSROOMS. OF THE STANDARD CLASSROOMS, TWO OF THOSE ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 TO 35 STUDENTS, THOSE WERE, THOSE CLASS
CLASSROOMS AREN'T SUFFICIENT FOR THE SIZE OF THE CLASSES THAT WE'RE GETTING, AS WELL AS OUR IN-SERVICE. SO, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 32 RECRUITS IN OUR RECRUIT ACADEMY. WE ARE ALSO PROJECTED TO BE SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO 50 IN THE JUNE CLASS. SO, WE HAVE TO
SPLIT THE CLASSES UP INTO MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS OR TRAIN THE SAME THING TWICE, JUST TO HAVE THE PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM SPACE. WE HAVE ONE OFFICE SPACE THAT WAS CONVERTED INTO A SMALL MAT ROOM, AND WE HE TWO LARGE
TRAINING SPACES. THE TWO LARGE TRAINING SPACES THAT WE HAVE, ONE ISUR GYM. THE GYM ACCOMMODATES SAFELY 25 TO 30 TRAINEES AT A TIME, AND THE AUDITORIUM SPACE, WHICH IS SMALLER, IS 20 TO 30 TRAINEES. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR
CLASS SIZES, FOR RECRUIT CLASS SIZES WE HAVE THAT COULD BE ON AVERAGE 30 TO 40 CADETS OR RECRUITS IN THO CLASSES, AS WELL AS VYING FOR SCHEDULING, FOR IN-SERVICE, WHICH IS THE CONTINUED EDUCATION FOR THE OFFICERS. SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING
TO JUGGLE WHO GETS PRIORITY OVER IT AMONGST THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT NEED THE SPACE. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE NO DEDICATED SPACE FOR SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING, SPECIFICALLY REALISTIC TRAINING, ENVIRONMENTS THAT REFLECT THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT OFFICERS WILL BE ENCOUNTERING IN THE FIELD. CURRENTLY WE USE CLASSROOMS THAT
WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION WHEN THEY KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY AT YOU ARE NOW ENTERING AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND WHILE THAT IS A CLASSROOM SPACE, OTHERWISE WE USE THE GYM AND HALLWAYS. WE HAVE ONE SMALL
WORKOUT AREA THAT C ACCOMMODATE 10 TO 15 PEOPLE AT A TIME. THE RECRUITS IN THE ACADEMY DON'T HAVE A LOCKER ROOM, THEY USE A SMALL CLASSROOM FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT AND GEAR. THE FACILITY ONLY OFFERS 6 MALE SHOWERS AND 2 FEMALE SHOWERS.
THE S.O.C., I THINK ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT THE STORAGE. THE STORA WITH THE MULTIPLE UNITS USING THE S.O.C., WE SHARE THE STORAGE SPACE THAT IS NECESSARY. SOME OF THE THINGSHAT M.P.D. STORES LIKE OUR TASERS AND SOME OF OUR
V.R. EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE SECURED SO THAT LIMITS THE ABILITY TO MULTI-ACCESS THE AREAS. SO ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THIS WAS BROUGHT UP IN PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AS WELL, THERE IS ONLY ONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND NONE OF THE WATER AT THE FACILITY IS
POTAE. WE MAKE DO WITH HAVING WATER COOLERS IN THE AREA. THE NEXT PART WILL BE MY COUNTERPART HERE. >> THANK YOU, HELLO CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND OTH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DR. MEREDITH, THE HEALTHND WELLNESS MANAGER FOR MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE WELLNESS UNIT AND OUR CURRENT SITUATION. IF YOU IMAGINE AN OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IMAGINE THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, THAT IS THE WELLNESS CENTER. SO MY OFFICE IS LITERALL THE OLD PRINCIPAL OFFICE. WE HAVE TWO PRIVATE
OFFICE SPACES, SO IT'S MYSELF AND THEN THE HEALTH A WELLNESS COORDINATOR, A SERGEANT IN OUR UNIT, AND THE COORDINATOR WORKS OUTSIDE IN A SHARED DECOMPRESSION SPACE THAT I WOULD SAY SITS AND 8 TO 10 PEOPLE.
OTHERWISE, THAT IS THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS UNIT. SO, WE HAVE THE TWO PRIVATE OFFICES, THAT LIMITED DECOMPRESSION SPACE, AND THEN OTHERWISE IT'S CEILLY JIG JIGSAWING AVAILABLEPACE TO FIND VABLT AVAILABILITY TO HOST
BRIEFINGS, SUPPORT MEETINGS, AND ONGOING TRAININGS FOR SWORN AND NON-SWORN STAFF. SO THAT IS OUR CURRENT CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE. I WILL ALSO JUST SAY THAT WE ARE BUILDING OUT IN THE OLD FIRST
PRECINCT AN INTERIM WELLNESS FACILITY, SO THAT IS ACCOMMODATING THE NEW WELLNESS DIVISION, WHICH HOUSES HEALTH A SAFETY UNITS, AND THE EARLY INTERVENTION UNIT. SO THAT WILL
HAVE SEVEN PRIVATE OFFICES, TWO THERAPY OFFICES THAT WILL OFF ONSITE THERAPY SERCES TO STAFF AND THEN WE ALSO WILL HAVE JUST A WAITING ROOM SHARED DECOMPRESSION SPACE, BUT AGAIN IN THE INTERIM SPACE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE SHARING
SPACE WITH TRAINING UNITS FOR ONGOING TRAININGS, PEER SUPPORT TEAMS, AND CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFINGS.
>> COMMANDER, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN TWO MINUTES. [LAUGHTER]. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU GET TO DEAL WITH ME AGAIN. SO, NEXT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BASELINES OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE
WITH THE NEW FACILITY. SO, THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SEVERAL NEEDS THAT UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF A NEW TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER. THE NEW FACILITY WILL SERVE MANY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS, HOWEVER I AM JUST GOING TO GO OVER FOUR QUICK HIGHLIGHTS FOR
YOU. SO, REALISM IN POLICE TRAINING. SO ENSURING THAT POLICE OFFICERS TRAINING REFLECTS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT OFFICERS ENCOUNTER IN THE FIELD.
BOTH I THINK IT'S THE JENSEN HUES IDENTIFIES THIS IS THE LARGEST NEED WE HAVE FOR TRAINING, PROVIDING THE REALISTIC SCENARIO-BED TRAININGS, AND THE VIESHLT TO DO SO. THIS IMPROVES DECISION
MAKING FOR OFFICERS UNDER STRESS, COGNITIVE AND THEIR EMOTIONAL READINESS. THE NEW FACILITY WILL HAVE DEDICATED SPACE FOR THIS. NEXT IS SAFE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT. SO 13% OF ALL POLICE OFFICER INJURIES OCCUR DURING TRAINING. SO
PROVIDING A DEDICATED SECURED AREA, FREE OF LIVE WEAPONS, WHERE SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING CAN BE DELIVERED AS CRUCIAL. TRAINING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE CONTROLLED, SECURE, MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TO PASSING VEHICLES, IN
PARKING LOT OR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, REDUCING DISTRACTIONS FOR THE STUDENT AND PROVIDING THE BEST TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION. THIRD IS COMMUNITY IMPACTS. POLICE TRAINING, I HANDLED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OVER
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND MOST OF WHICH WERE NECESSARY. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS POLICE TRAINING SHOULD NOT REQUIRE THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DO NOT WISH TO OBSERVE THIS TRAINING TO HAVE TO HAVE THIS TRAINING
CONDUCTED OPENLY WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, IN CONTRAST TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE MEMBER FROM THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO ARE ASKED TO OBSERVE THE TRAININGS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH. SOME OF THESE, JUST TO NAME A FEW, REIMAGING COMMUNITY
SAFETY, M.P.D.'S PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE REACHED OU OUT. WHEN IT COMES TO OBSERVING TRAINING, WE HAVE CITY ATTORNEYS, WE OPEN UP FOR OPCR, WE HAVE CCPO COME OUT TO OBSERVE
THE TRAINING, AND WE HAV MDHR, WE OPEN UP OUR TRAINING AND I INVITED EACH ONE OF YOU. I CONTINUE FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME OUT AT ANY TIME, REACH OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT TRAININGS ARE AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT'SMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW
WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT AND YOU CAN SHARE TT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THE CONSTI NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ME UP ON THAT. FINALLY, THE LARGE GROUP TRAINING SPACE. RECRUIT
ACADEMIES, LATERAL OFFICERS, ORIENTATION, DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, NEEDING LARGER SPACE AND THE ONGOING IN-SERVICES ARE IN HIGH DEMAN FOR THE LARGE TRAINING SPACES. SO SOME OF THOSE LARGE SPACE NEEDS ARE FOR
OPERAT OPERATIONAL BRIEFINGS. WE USE LARGE MATS SET UP IN THE LARGE TRAINING SPACES FOR EVERYONETY HAND DEFENSE TRAINING, DEESCALATION, USE OF FORCE TRAININGS. THE HANDS-ON LEARNING THEY DO DEMONSTRATE IT IS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES THEY TAKEN FROM THE POLICY TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE PRIOR TO THAT. IT ALSO OPENS UP WITH THESE LARGER SPACES OTHER AVAILABLE AGENCIES AND MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND DISCIPLINES TO BE ABLE TO JOI US WITH TRAINING. IT DOES OPEN
UP A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE JOINT TRAININGS. >> THANK YOU COMMANR. IN TERMS OF WELLNESS, SO FIRST WE HAVE ON THERE THAT THIS SPACE COULD EXPAND UPON ON-SITE THERAPY
SERVICES. I MENTIONED IN THE INTERIM SPACE, WE HAVE TWO ON-SITE THERAPY OFFICES. WHEN WE SAY THERAPY, WE'RE MEANING IN A HOLISTIC SENSE. IT'S NOT JUST MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY BUT AS COMMANDER BROWN AND CHIEF RUTGERS MENTIONED, PHYSICAL
THERAPY, THINGS TO REHABILITATE FARES -- FIRST RESPONDERS, NOT JUST IN BRAIN, BUT IN BODY AS WELL. WE BELIEVE IN ALL THE PILLARS OF WELLNESS, SPIRITUAL, FINANCIAL, SOCIAL, AND BEING
CENTRALIZED WITH OTH COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERS, THIS WILL HELP INCREASE HELP SEEKING BEHAVIORS BY CENTRALIZING THE SERVICES, ESPECIALLY WITH TRAINING. IT'S REALLY INTENTIONAL THAT WELLNESS IS PARTNERED WITH TRAINING BECAUSE THE MINUTE A RECRUIT COMES THROUGH THE DOOR, WE WANT
TO NORMALIZE HELP SEEKING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE MAKE A POINT TO GET OUT, INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO THE NEW FOLKS, BUILD A RELATIONSHIP, SO THAT THE MINUTE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN OR THEY'RE FEELING CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING, THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO COME AND SEEK SUPPORT. SO, IT IS A REALLY INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH
TRAINING. LASTLY, SUPPLIES ADEQUATE OFFICE SPACE FOR WELLNESS STAFF. THIS WILL CENTRALIZE AND CO-LOCATE WELLNESS STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND SUPPORT INTERDEPARTMENTAL INCREASES OF SUPPORT SERVICES. A LOT OF FOLKS
HAVE SPOKE ON ENUNCIATION. WE NEED TO OFFER SUPPORT THAT DAY AND IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AFTER AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO
THAT. THANK YOU. >> JUST QUICKLY HERE, HERE ARE A COUPLE OF THE FEATURES THAT YOU ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM THI
PROJECT IN THIS FACILITY TO MEET ONLY OF THE UNMET TRAINING, WELLNESS, AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS FROM OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENTS. THEN OF COURSE YOU
KNOW, I KNOW DIRECTOR O'BRIEN WILL SCOLD ME AT SOME POINT FOR THIS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE NOT AT THE DESIGN PHASE, BUT YOU KNOW WE REALLY DO LOOK AT THIS CILITY TO HELP US WITH OUR
TRAINING AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE STATE, TO HAVE INTERJURISDICTIONAL TRAINING FOR COMPLEX INCIDENTS, TO BE PREPARED FOR WN THOSE THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN. ONCE
WE'RE BEYD THIS PHASE IN THE PROJECT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT MORE FORMALIZED PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN WHAT THE DESIGN OF THIS BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE. I AM GOING TO HAND IT
OVER TO OUR C.O.O. MARGARET ANDERSON KELLER. >> WELCOME. >> I ALMOST SAID GOOD EVENING CHAIR CHOWDHURY, WE'RE CLOSE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PATIENCE TODAY. I'M MARGARET ANDERSON, THE C.O.O.
FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I AM BEFORE YOU TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE HOW AND THE WHERE WITH DIRECTOR O'BRIEN. SO, WE WILL MOVE TO THE
REQUESTED ACTION. FIRST, I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT THERE ARE TWO PAR OF THIS ACTION THAT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU TODAY. ONE PART OF THE ACTION IS THE FUNDING PORTION OF THE ACTION.
THIS IS NEEDED BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE SITE THAT THE COMMISSIONER TOLD YOU ABOUT EARLY ON IN THE PRESENTATION. THAT IS OF COURSE SOMEWHAT OF A LIMITED WINDOW OF BEING ABLE TO BUY THIS UNIQUE
SITE FOR THIS PURPOSE. SO, TO GET THERE, WE DO NEED A REALLOCATION OF CAPITAL DOLLARS AND THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY WE ARE LISTENING HARD TO ALL OF YOU AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET TO
YES ON THEOLLAR AMOUNT. THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS IS A LITTLE OVER 3.7 MILLION FROM ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL. THIS IS ALL FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT BOND AUTHORITY. THE REASON FOR
THIS IS THAT WE ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY TO THE REALIZATION THAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR NEW ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL FACILITY, NOT KEEP PUTTING MONEY INTO THE CURRENT ONE, WHICH IS UNDERSIZED FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING, FOR THE
NUMBER OF ANIMALS WE'RE SEEING, FOR THE TYPE OF RESCUES WE HAVE, AS WELL AS FOR THE ADOPTION SERVICES. SO, THIS WAS ALL MONEY PLANNED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND WE THINK THAT IT IS FOR RIGHT NOW A
BETTER USE TO GO INTO THIS SITE ACQUISITION. THE SECOND IS NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS THAT YOU KNOW, IT IS A REDUCTION FROM THE BUDGET ITEM TR022. THAT ITEM
WILL STILL HAVE ALMOST $6 MILLION IN IT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRA SHOULD YOU TAKE ACTION ON THIS PROPOSAL. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO THAT
ORIGINAL AMENDMENT DID TAKE FROM THIS PROJECT. SO THAT IS WHY THE CHOICE OF THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT AGAIN I WANT TO ITERATE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO YES WITH ALL OF YOU SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP WORKING ON THE SOURCE. THAT WOULALLOW US TO HAVE THE
DOLLARS FOR THE CLOSING COST AT 146 60TH STREET WEST. THE PURCHASE PRICE IS $6 MILLION AND THERE IS A CLOSING COST OF $100,000. I DO WANT TO GO OVER JUST BRIEFLY A BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON THE CAPITAL
BUDGET. THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, THE 6-YEAR PLAN IS $1.76 BILLION. THIS YEAR ALONE, THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS $368 MILLION. VESTMENTS IN ALL SORTS OF
THINGS ACROSS THE CITY, CERTAINLY IMPROVEMES FOR RESIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, BUT ALSO A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PROJECT. 123 PROJECTS ARE COVERED BY THIS IN THIS
YEAR'S CAPITAL BUDGET AND THIS DOES GOING FORWARD IN '27 AND '28 INCLUDE MORE RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER. THE GAP IS REALLY IN 2026 FOR THE LAND
PURCHASE, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE. THIS IS LEVY-FUNDED DEBT. THIS IS BT. THIS CANNOT BE
USED IN REAL-TIME FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. I HEARD THE PRESENTATION FOR THE BUSINSES AND COMMUNITY. THIS MONEY WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS IS DONE BY CAPITAL FUNDS, CAPIT FUNDS ARE VERY
STRICTLY RESTRICTED, BOTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY CAN BE SPENT ON. SO THE LAND ACQUISITION IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN RE. I AM GOING TO HAVE DIRECTOR O'BRIEN COME UP, WHO IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS THE PROJECT TIMELINE.
>> WELCOME DIRECTORO'BRIEN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M BARBARA O'BRIEN, THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTYSERVICES. SHOWING NOW IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE
ANTICIPATED TIMELINE FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT. IN 2021, THIS PROJECT WAS ADDED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS A MULTIDISCIPLINE ACROSS DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING CENTER.
SINCE 2021, THE SCOPE INTENT INCLUDED FIRE, POLICE, 9-1-1, AND E.M.T. TRAINING A WELLNESS SPACE. THE MDHS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY CITY
COUNCIL IN 2023. FOLLOWING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT COMPRENSIVE FACILITY ASSESSMENTS WERE COMPLETE. THE FINDINGS OF THESE ASSESSMENTS IDENTIFIED VARIOUS SHORTFALLS IN SPACES DEDICATED TO TRAINING AND
WELLNESS THROUGHOUT OUR PORTFOLIO. FUNDING WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-DESIGNED WORK AND TE CRITERIA IN 2025. A SITE SEARCH RESULTED IN
SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFYING A PROPOSED SITE, WHICH WE ARE ADVANCING FOR COUNCIL DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. SHOULD THE PURCHA AGREEMENT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE CITY MOVING FORWARD THROUGH
DUE DILIGENCE PHASE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND A FINAL CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. OUR PROJECTIONS HAVE A CONTRACT FOR DESIGN TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD IN LATE 2026. CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATED TO START
IN 2027, AND THE OPENING OF THE MINNEAPOLIS TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER FORECASTED TO OCCUR LATE IN 2029 OR EARLY 2030. THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION
SITE IS LOCATED AT 146 60TH STREET WEST. THIS PROPERTY IS 4.77 ACRES. IT IS ZONED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE INTENDED
USE. IT ISUTSIDE OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES AND NEAR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES FOR ACCESS EASE. THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE
PROPOSED SITE. THERE IS ONE FACILITY ON THE PROPERTY, WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE IS OPEN. OUR PROPOSED USE, A COMMUNITY SAFETY AND TRAINING WELLNESS CENTER WL BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE SITE.
ACTIVATING THIS SITE WILL INCLUDE GREENING THE CORDOR WITH BOULEVARD TREES AND PLANTS, WELL LIT CORRIDORS, AS WELL AS A FACILITY THAT IS DESIGNED AND BUILT TO GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS AND EFFICIENCIES. THE
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS COMMITTED TO OWNING AND OPERATING HIGH-QUALITY FACILITIES AND BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS WHIN THE
COMMUNITY. >> I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO, MARCH 10th THERE WAS SURROUNDING BUSINESS AND RESIDENT MEETING, OVER 2,400 MAILERS WERE MAILED OUT TO THE AREA. THAT IS THE
TYPICAL RADIUS FOR US IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS. 15 PEOPLE FROM THE IMMEDIATE AREA COMMUNITY DI ATTEND THAT SESSION. ON MARCH 12th, THERE WAS A MEETING OF THE WYNDHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL, AND THE
WYNDHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL DID INCLUDE AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE THIS, A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE IN LIMS TODAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO. THEY SAY
IN THIS THAT TY ARE EXCITED AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT COMING TO THE WINDOM NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. NCR, OCS, AND PROPERTY SERVICE ALL
PARTICIPATED IN THESE COMMUNITY INFORMATIO SESSIONS. THERE WAS A FAQ THAT WAS CREATED OUT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE DID BRING UP AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALSO POSTED IN LIMS. SO I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT WORK. FINALLY, YOU KNOW, WHY NOW? WHY RIGHT NOW? THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY OF A SITE. WE DON'T GET THESE OPPORTUNITIES VERY OFTEN IN THE CITY TO HAVE A SITE
THIS LARGE IN AN AREA THAT IS ZONED COMMERCIAL. IT HAS BEEN A PROJECT, AS YOU HEARD FROM DIRECTOR BARBARA O'BRIEN, THAT HAS BEEN IN QUEUE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. THEN OF COURSE THE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF
BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE TRAINING ALL-IN-ONE PLACE UNDER OUR OWN ROOF THAT WE CONTROL, THAT WE CAN DO A NUMBER OF THINGS WITH, COST SAVINGS FROM THE DIVESTMENT IN THEEASE FOR FIRE, E.A.P.,
AS WELL AS THE S.O.C. LEASE. THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER COST SAVINGS THAT WE CAN ENUMERATE, AND THEN IT BUILDS ON THE ASSESSMENT PLAN AND THE WELLNESS PLAN, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING
PLAN THAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR POLICE, AND ALSO THE BENEFITS FOR FIRE, 9-1-1, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL.E STILL HOPE THAT THE STATE WILL INVEST IN THIS. THEY HAVE INVESTED IN, WHEN YOU HEARD MR. MILLER'S
PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE THEY INVESTED IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES. I ACTUALLY DID SOME MATH ON MR. MILLER'S PRESENTAON. ANYWHERE FROM 63% OF THE COST ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SOMETHING LIKE 16% OF THE COST.
SO THERE IS A STRONG HISTORY IN THE STATE OF MINSOTA TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE SORTS OF PROJECTS. I THINK BEING ABLE T SAY THAT WE HAVE A SITE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I BELIEVE THAT CCLUDES OUR FORMAL
PRESENTATION AND WE WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WILL FIRST GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> COLLEAGUES, YOU MIGHT HAVE
SEEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND IN AN E-MAIL THIS MORNING FROM THE CLERK TO USE A DIFFERENT PUBLIC WORKS FUNDING SOURCE. AFTER CONVERSATIONS AND CONCERNS FROM COLLEAGUES ABOUT THISRIGINAL FUNDING SOURCE, THAT WAS AN IDEA SUGGESTED IN RESPONSE TO TSE
CONCERNS BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IS NOT THE PROPOSAL BEFORE FORWARD WITH RIGHT NOW. STAFF ARE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO FIND A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE RESERVATIONS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I
APPRECIATE THAT, EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO, ON THE ORIGINAL FDING PROPOSAL THAT STAFF ARE STILL WORKING ON IMPROVING, THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO SPEAK ON HERE. WE'VE SPENT THE PAST 7 YEARS MAKING
STEADY PROGRESS ON IT, MAY NOT YOU BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T ELECTED DURING THAT TIME, BUT WE HE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 7 YEARS. LAST YEAR, THIS BODY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE CENTER AS OUR TOP PRIORITY BONDING ASK FOR STATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. WE KNOW OUR
CURRENT FACILITIES FOR FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING AND WELLNESS ARE INADEQUATE. THIS IS PERSOL TO ME. I STARTED WORKING ON THIS IN 2018 AND FINALLY UNANIMOUSLY GOT IT INTO THE CAPITAL BUDGETING PROCESS MANY YEARS
AGO. THIS PROJECT HAS GROWN AND CHANGED OVER TIME AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE ALL WANT BETTER OUTCOME FROM THE POLICE AND BROADER DEFINITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY OVERALL. I THINK WE ALL SHARE THE SAME REFORM GOALS, BUT THOSE CAN'T BE ACHIEVED UNLESS
ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE WELL AND WELL TRAINED. IMPORTANTLY, SOME O THE ARGUMENTS I HAVE HEARD AGAINST THIS INVESTMENT ARE DOWNRIGHT DISINGENUOUS. ONE, THIS IS NOT A COP CITY. THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF MANY DEPARTMENTS, POLICE, FIRE,
BEHAVIORALRISIS RESPONSE, 9-1-1, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. I HOPE YOU HEARD THAT DING THE STUDY SESSION AND TODAY. THIS TRAINING FACILITY IS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE COORDINATED PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM. THE C.O.O. ALREADY SAID THIS. THIS IS MY
NUMBER TWO, THAT THIS MONEY CAN'T BE USED FOR RECOVERY OPERATION METRO SURGE. IT CANNOT BE USED THAT WAY. A VOTE AGAINST THIS IS A VOTE AGAINST A SLOW AND STEADY JOURNEY OF POLICE REFORM THAT WE EMBARKED ON AS A
CITY IN 2020 AND A PRIORITY I T PROFESSED TO SHARE. THIS PROJECT HAS CHANGED TO REFLECT THAT. IT DID BEGIN EXCLUSIVELY AS A POLICE TRAINING AND WELLNESS FACILITY. IT WAS REIMAGINED TO SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER OR BROADER
RATHER AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. POLICE REFORM IS NOT JUST A CAMPAIGN TALKING POINT, IF WE ARE SERIOUS, IT REQUIRES INVESTMENT AND TRAINING AND THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT IS AND THE HIGHER THE COST OF NOT HAVING IT TO THE
COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL SERVE. THAT ISHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND THAT IS WHAT THIS STEP IS ABOUT. AFTER 7 YEARS OF WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, STARTING WITH A BONDING TOUR THAT I ALMOS PERSONALLY GAVE THAT PRESENTATION BACK IN
2019 UP AT THE EOTF, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY. THE MOTION IS AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY LISTED IN THE AGENDA AND THE PURCHASE PRICE IS
$6.1 MILLION. I MUST CLARIFY AS I HAVE NEEDED TO EVERYDAY, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR $40 MILLION IN CITY FUNDS, IT WILL EVENTUALLY TOTAL $19 MILLION FROM THE CITY AND IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE YEARS TO GET THE REST OF THAT MONEY FROM THE STATE. I WILL SAY, WE
FINALLY, AFTER YEARS HAV A SITE TO SECURE THAT WORKS, AND WE HAVE A MODERN LEADING EDGE PROPOSAL. ALL THAT SAID, KNOWING THAT ENOUGH OF YOU ARE NOT YET READY FOR THIS WITH THE FUNDING AS YOU HAVE SUGGESTED, OR AS
STAFF HAD SUGGESTED, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE WORK TO DO. TO THAT END, ISK THAT WE MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THURSDAY TO SEE WHERE WE LAND. THANK YOU. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO FORWARD THAT RECOMMENDATION AND A
SECOND, SO THAT IS BEFORE US. WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU. A FEW THINGS, WE'RE IN AITUATION NOW WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO DECIDE WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN OUR BUDGET. WHERE
DO WE WANT TOPEND OUR MONEY AS WE SEE REVENUE GO DOWN AND WE SEE OUR EXPENSES GOING UP. SO WE'RE DECIDING WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SPEND ON AND WHAT IS A SECONDARY THING, A WANT RATHER THAN A NEED. SO THIS PROPOSAL
HAS NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED TO US. THEY ALLOCATED $0 FOR IT THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. OUR STATE PARTNERS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR WITH US THAT THEY DO NOT SEE THIS AS A PRIORITY EITHER AND THEY ARE NOT WANTING TO GO TO THE MAT TO GET MONEY FOR THIS
PROJECT. FRANKLY, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CLEAR WITH ME AND MANY OTHERS THAT THIS IS NOT WHERE THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR DOLLARS GO. IN MY MMUNITY, WE ARE LIVE AND BREATHE THIS CONVERSATION OF REFORM, OF
INVESTMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. WE WANT TO KNOW WHEN INVESTMENT WILL GO IN IS A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT GNG TO BENEFIT A COMMUNITY THAT WAS HARMED THE MOST BY THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD? SO, HERE WE ARE,
WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES IS THIS WHERE WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY AT THIS EXACT MOMENT? THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ME IS A RESOUNDING NO. THIS IS NOT THE PRIORITY. WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES. THEY ARE INVESTING IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. THEY'RE
INVESTING IN THE NICOLLET PROJECT. THEY'RE INVESTING IN VACANT LOTS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. THEY'RE REPLACING THE FIRE STATIONS THAT HAVE MOLD AND ARE CRUMBLING BEFORE US. WE HAVE SO, SO MANY PRIORITIES IN THIS CITY.
THIS SIMPLY DOES NOT RISE T THE TOP. IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL WHERE WE NEED TO GO OUT OF OUR REGULAR BUDGETING CYCLE. WE NEED TODEFUND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WILL DIRECTLY SAVE LIVES IN MINNPOLIS. THIS IS JUST NOT
THE PRIORITY THAT NEEDS US TO DO ALL OF THESE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE IT FORWARD. LASTLY, I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE NEED TO BE INVESTING IN PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE VIBRANCY,
SATY, AND TAX-BASE OF THIS CITY. MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT IS MOVG FORWARD WITH AN ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL LIABILITY THAT IS NOT GOING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND THE VIBRANCY OF THIS CITY. SO, I LL BE SUPPORTING FORWARDING THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >>HANK YOU. WELL, I SEE IT A LOT DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU DO. I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE NEED AND WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. COULD
SOMEONE ANSWER ME AFTER THE SHOOTING, HOW MANY OF OUR STAFF SOUGHT HELP AFTER EXPERIENCING THAT HORROR OF HELPING THOSE POOR CHILDREN THAT WERE SHOT? FIRE, POLICE, 9-1-1, HOW MANY PEOPLE ASKED FOR HELP?
>> HELLO. SO THROU THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY OF THE OTHER AGENCIES BUT PARTNERING, LOOKING AT OUR PARTNER AGENCY WELLNESS THAT PROVIDES THE MENTAL HEALTH, WITHIN THE FIRST -- I SHOULD SAY
WITHIN THE FIRSTONTH OF US STARTING TO TRACK IT WHICH WAS JANUARY 2026, IT WAS 78 PEOPLE I BELIEVE REACHED OUT FOR INDIVIDUAL THERAP IMMEDIATELY AFTER ENUNCIATION WITHIN OUR OWN UNIT, IN TERMS OF PHONE AND
IN-PERSON CHECK INS, IT WA AROUND 120-PLUS. I COULD GET YOU THE ACCURATE NUMBER BUT I DON'T WANT TO OVER ESTIMATE IT. >> SURE, I BELIEVE IN AN EARLIER PRESENTATION, YOU SAID THERE WAS NO FACILITY. YOU HAD TO SPREAD IT OUT. THERE WASN'T THE PRIVACY THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THIS BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FACILITY. >> CORRECT, SO AGAIN THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, YES. SO ON THE DAY OF, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH STARBUCKS ACTUALLY AND THEY LENT US THEIR BASEMENT. WE WERE ABLE TO USE
THE BASEMENT OF THAT FACILITY TO HOST THE CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFING THAT HAPPENED RIGHT TER. IN TERMS OF THE FURTHER DEBRIEFINGS THAT WERE OFFERED 48 TO 72 HOURS AFTER, WE HOSTED THOSE AT THE S.O.C. SO I HAD TO
COORDINATE WITH COMMANDER BROWN TO RESERVE THAT SPACE THA WAS NECESSARY AND WE HELD SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS SO MAXIMUM PEOPLE COULD ATTE. I SHOULD ALSO SAY IN THOSE DEBRIEFINGS THAT WERE 48 TO 72 HOURS AFTER, THEY WERE INTERDEPARTMENTAL. SO WE WORKED WITH FIRE WE WORKED
WITH E.M.S. TO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE DEBRIEFINGS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION, COMMANDER BROWN, YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN THE SUBSTANDARD FACILITY, WITH THE RENT AND UTILITIES, IT'S ABOUT $MILLION
A YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, ACTUALLY I DIDN'T SPEAK TO THE COST. >> OKAY, I AM SORRY. WHO SPOKE TO THE ST? COMMANDER BROWN, YOU ARE SUCH A COMPELLING SPEAKER, I THINK YOU ARE ALWAYS A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT WAS IN THE THING EARLIER. >> CERTAINLY THROUGH CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, A MEMO WAS SHARED WITH COUNSEL MEMBERS EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT OUTLINED THE
GENERAL COSTING FOR THE OPERATIONS AT THE FACILITY. IT IS 1 MILLION, 98 THOUSAND, $375.02 ANNUALLY.
>> GREAT, THAT'S MONEYE DON'T SEE ANY RETURN ON. IT'S PAID OFF. >> THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, BUILDING LEASE, IT'S THE PARKING LEASE, THERE IS A SMALL PARKING LOT THAT WE LEASE, THAT IS UTILITIES, THAT IS GROUND MAINTENANCE, THAT IS CUSTODIAL
AND CLEANING. SO IT IS A NON-RETURNABLE INVESTMENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE BEST TO ANSWER, PERHAPS THE C.O.O. SO IF WE DID NOT SECURE STATE FUNDING, WE
STILL HAVE OPTIONS ON THIS LAND, CORRECT? WE DON'T HAVE TO -- WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO BUILD THIS FACILITY THERE, WE'RE JUST USING THIS TO SHOW THE STATE THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AND TO ENTICE THEM FURTHER INTO GING US FUNDING.
>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, I THINK I WOULD MAYBE PHRASE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN THAT WE ARE -- THIS IS A COMMITMENT TO BUY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND
IT DOES SHOW THE STATE THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. THIS IS CALLED SITE CONTROL IN THE LEXICON OF STATE BOING. HAVING SITE CONTROL IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR WHAT THETATE FEELS THAT AN ENTITY CAN GET DONE. AS COUNCIL
MEMBER PALMISANO MENTIONED, IT MAY TAKE US A COUPLE YEARS AT THIS. NOW, LE I SAID, OF ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS OF . MILLER, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MINNESOTA FACILITIES HE MENTNED HAS STATE DOLLARS IN IT. ANYWHERE FROM AGAIN 16% TO A
WHOPPING 63%, I KNOW WHO DID THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD 63% OF THEIR COST COVERED BY THE STATE. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACTUALLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON WAS SAYING ABOUT WHAT THE BDEN IS ON MINNEAPOLIS. SO
THAT'S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET SITE CONTROL AND WE GO BACK AT THIS AND GO TO THE STATE, HAND IN HAND, AND WORK ON THIS. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN WE VOTED TO MAKE THIS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN OUR BONDING BILL, I REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE MOVIN FORWARD ON THIS ITEM. YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THESE
FACILITIES, TWO OF THESE TRAINING FACILITIES ARE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. I GUESS I AM KIND GROWING TIRED OF US AS A BODY TALKING ABOUT HOW UNDERSERVED NORTH MINNEAPOLIS IS, YET WE'RE DOING NOTHING TO HELP CHANGE
THAT. I VOTED IN SUPPORT OF A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES WITH -- I MEAN IN PARTICULAR, THE THIRD PRECINCT THAT JUST PASSED EARLIER TODAY, I THOUGHT IT SHOULD GO IN THE OLD BUILDING, BUT COLLEAGUES TUGHT YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY STEPPED UP AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT IT IN
THE OL BUILDING. THEY WANTED SOMETHING NEW AND THAT HAPPENED. I'M ASKING FOR FOLKS TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THE NORTH SIDE. WE STOOD ON THE SIDELINES AND WATCHED THE SOUTH SIDE GET SO MUCH SUPPORT AROUND WHAT THEY NEED AND THIS IS THE ONE OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE NORTH SIDE
COULD GET THE SAME. I KNOW I AM ONLY ONE VOTE, BUT MY VOTE CERTAINLY MATTERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SOUTH SIDE GETTING THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. SO I AM REALLY GROWING TIRED OF THIS CONVERSATION OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, WHEN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS SAYING JUST LIKE THE SOUTH
SIDE COMMUNITY SAID, WE DON'T WANT A TRAINING CENTER OUTSIDE OF OUR FRONT DOOR. WE DON'T WANT LOUD NOISE AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE OFFICERS ARE TRAINING OUTSIDE OF OUR FRONT DOORS. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO OUR CHILDREN WHAT IS
HAPPENING. I USUALLY KNOW WHEN TRAINING IS HAPPENING BECAUSE MY PHONE IS BLOWING UP. OFFICE CELL ONE, E-MAILS, EVERYTHING. SO I AM JUST ASKING FOR SOME SUPPORT HERE AND SUPPORT THAT YOU ALREADY COMMITTED TO. WE ALREADY SAID WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS AS
A BODY AND NOW EVERYONE IS LIKE WELL, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE. I WAS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF BLINDSIDED B PROJECT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET AFTER A COMMITMENT TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY AND THEN
TOLD BY SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK THAT 500-0000 BUT IT IS OUR NUMBER ONE LEGISLATIVE PRRITY. NOW WE'RE SAYING IT'S NOT A PRIORITY ANYMORE. I MEAN A VOTE AGAINST THIS IS REALLY VOTE AGAINST THE NORTH SIDE. IT'S REALLY SAYING WE DON'T MATTER TO THIS
CITY LIKE OTHER PLACES DO BECAUSE I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT IFHIS TRAINING FACILITY WAS IN SPECIFIC WARDS IN THIS CITY, IT WOULD HAVE BEE MOVED. THIS COUNCIL WOULD HAVE BEMADE THE
NECESSARY MOVES TO GET IT OUT OF CERTAIN WARDS SO THEIR CONSTITUENTS DON'T HAVE TOOOK AT IT. WE MATTER ON THE NORTH SIDE. IT'S TIME FOR US TO PUT UP THE MONEY AND SHOW THE NORTH SIDE THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEM
TOO. IT REALLY IS LONG OVERDUE. EVEN THE FOURTH PRECINCT. I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR FOUR YEARS SAYING WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR OUR TURN. THE SOUTH SIDE GETS SO MANY THINGS. THE SOUTH SIDE SAFETY CENTER. NEW PRECINCT. THE OLD PRECINCT BUILDING IS GOING
TO BE THE DEMOCRACY CENTER. ALL ESE THINGS AND WE'RE WAITING AND THEN WHEN WE'RE UP, NOW IT'S LIKE OH NO, WE CAT DO THIS. THIS I NOT A COP CITY, IT'S A COP CORNER STORE COMPARED TO COP
CI. COP CITY IS 85 ACRES. THE CURRENT FACILITY IS ON A CITY BLOCK. IT'S IN A SCHOOL, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT REMEMBER THEIR KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL THERE. NOW IS -- I MEAN
IF WHAT WE'RE BUILDING IS COP CITY, SO IS THE FACILITY THAT IS IN WARD 4 RIGHT NOW. HOW IS IT OKAY FOR US TO CURRENTLY HAVE A COP CITY? GET COP CITY OUT OF WARD 4 THEN. LET'S FOLK ON THAT. IF THE NEW FACILITY IS COP CITY,
SO IS THE CURRENT FACILITY. CAN WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO GET COP CITY OUT OF WARD 4? WE'RE TIRED OF IT. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT TO BE MOVED FOR YEARS, WAY BEFORE ME, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT TO GO AWAY. THE
OTHER FACILITIES IN THE PRECINCT, IF YOU'R NOT FAMILIAR, THE PRECINCT USE TO BE A COMMUNITY CENTER. THE COMMUNITY WANTS I BACK JUST LIKE THE OLD THIRD PRECINCT. EVERYONE WANTED TO GIVE THAT TO E COMMUNITY. THE NORTH SIDE WANTS PLYMOUTH. WE WANT THE WAY BACK. WE WANTE IT BACK FOR
DECADES. MOVE IT ALL OUT, EVERYTHING, GIVE US SOMETHING DIFFERENT. JUST THINK ABOUT THE MINNEAPOLIS. IT IS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S NOT ON MAJOR CORRIDORS LIKE THE REST OF YOUR PRECINCTS. WE ARE ASKING FOR SE RELIEF HERE. I AM SO TIRED OF BEGGING FOR THIS.
THIS FEELS LIKE I AM BEGGING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO HELP ME ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR NEIGHBORS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES JUST SATERE AND SAID IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO BETTER ANODY'S LIVES. IT WILL IF YOU
LIVE ON 42nd AND DUPONT OR IN THE WEBER CAMDEN NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IN ANY O THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU HAVE TO DRIVE BY THERE. SO, I AM ASKING U TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE HE AND NOT
POLITICIZE THIS INTO SOME RIDICULOUS FIGHT WITH THE MAYOR OR WHOMEVER ELSE. FOR ME, THIS IS SOLELY ABOUT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS FINALLY GETTING WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR, FROM THIS CITY, THEIR -- THEY ARE
TAXPAYERS TOO. THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THIS OUTF THEIR LITERAL FRONT YARDS. THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A FOO SHELF. PEOPLE ARE STANDING IN LINE AT A CHURCH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. ONE OF THE THINGS I AM DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IS THAT W DIDN'T DO COMMUNITY LISTENING
SESSIONS ON THE OTHER END OF THIS. WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE IT WAS GOING, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. THE CITY SHOULD HAVE WENT OUT TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASKED PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS A THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES. THAT IS WHAT SHOULD HE HAPPENED.
AGAIN, THE NORTH SIDE ALWAYS OVERLOOKED. IN THE FUTURE, IF THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, I AM GOING TO HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THAT TOO. C.O.O. AND COMMISSIONER, THOSE SESSIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS IN THE WEBER CAMDEN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL OR YOU COULD HAVE JUST CALLED MY OFFICE OR DID A DATA REQUEST. I AM TIRED OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. WE GOT TO BE CARING ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO KEEP
FORCING THIS ON THE NORTH SIDE IS GETTING REALLY OLD. IT REALLY IS. WE GOTO DO BETTER AS A CITY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHATEVER WE'RE TRYIN TO MAKE THIS ABOUT A COP CITY OR THE INVESTMENT. IF WE DON'T INVEST IN THIS, THE MONEY IS NOT GOING TO OTHER THINGS. IF IT WAS, YOU CAN SIGN
ME UP TO PRIORITIZE A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE WANT ON THE NORTH SIDE ITEAD OF THIS, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO LET'S BE REALISTIC HERE, USE THE MONEY FOR WHAT IT'S FOR AND DO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS TO OUR LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I WILL SAY I RECEIVED OVER 400 E-MAILS ASKING ME TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT, WHICH I WILL BE. IN THOSE REQUESTS OF OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT, RESIDENTS HAVE
NAMED THIS FOR EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. IT IS A COP CITY. HOW DO I KNOW THAT? JUST FROM THE PRIOR PRESENTATION. LET'S JUST COMPARE THE DESCRIPTIONS OF BOTH THIS AND THE ATLANTIC PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, WHICH WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE POLICY AND RESEARCH
REPORT THAT WE JUST NAMED OR DISCUSSED. THE ATLANTIC PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER SAYS THEY BUILT A CENTER TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS FOR DEDICATED TRAINING SPACE WITH MODERN FACILITIES FOR PERSONNEL. THE NEW CENTER ALLOWS SWORN OFFICERS, CIVILIAN
RESPONDERS, FIREFIGHTERS, E.M.S., AND 9-1-1 STAFF TO TRAIN LOCALLY AND COLLABORATIVELY USING MODERN PHILOSOPHIES AND METHODOLOGIES ROOTED IN HARM REDUCTIO LET'S GO TO OUR DEFINITION. THE WELLNESS CENTER
WILL BE UTILIZED BY ALL COMMUNITY SAFETY FUNCTIONS, NEU 9-1-1, FIRE, SAFETY AND POLICE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LARGER MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ALSO EXIST. IT'S THE SAME. IT'S NOT DEFINED BY ACHERS, IT'S NOT DEFINED BY THE
SIZE OF YOUR PARCEL, IT'S LITERALLY AROUND THIS IDEA OF BUILDING SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY NOT A NEED BUT A WANT OF PARTICULAR SEGMENTS OF OUR WORKFORCE, TYPICALLY M.P.D. AND PUTTING THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF
OTHER NEEDS. I HAVE TO COMBAT THIS MISS INFORMATION THAT IS SHARED THAT WE CAN'T MOVE MONEY FROM THIS PROJECT TO OTHERS. THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN DECEMBER. IT WAS A PRIORITY TO INVEST IN OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDING A.D.A. REPLACEMENTS AND TRAFFIC
CALMING BECAUSE THOSE HAVE BEEN DIVESTED IN AND THAT ELEVATES THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. OVER 9 COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED TOOVE MONEY AWAY FROM THIS PROJECT TO INVEST IN THOSE ONLY THEN TO BE ASKED TO DEFUND THOSE PROJECTS, ANIMAL
CONTROL AS WELL, TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF A SPACE WHERE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS CAN HAVE NEW MATS AND RECEIVE MASSAGES, WHILE ALSO PRACTICING SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING THAT OUR REPORT ALREADY SAYS YOU'RE DOING GREAT. YOU'RE DOING GREAT IN YOUR TRAINING, WE JUST NEED YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR
TRAINING ACTUALLY. SO, THIS IDEA THAT WE CAN'T DO MORE IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. WE COU REAPPROPRIATE AS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, AWAY FROM A.D.A., AWAY FROM ANIMAL CONTROL, WE COULD ACTUALLY USE THESE SAME DOLLARS AROUND THE PUBLIC OR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND WELLNESS CENTER AND SAY YEAH, WE WANT TO INVEST THOSE DOLLARS INTO OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE THE NEW NICOLLET, SO IT CAN INCLUDE GEOTHERMAL OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH WOULD BENEFIT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND
INCREASE OUR TAX BASE BECAUSE WE HEARD EARLIER TODAY THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING ON THAT END AND MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAVING TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF CARING FOR OUR CITY AND MAINTAINING OUR CITY. WE COULD INVEST IT IN 38th AND CHICAGO WHERE WE HAD A DEBATE ABOUT THE
DIVESTMENT INTO THAT COMMUNITY. THAT IS ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECT LIST RIGHT NOW THAT WE COULD BE MOVING THOSE DLAROLLARS TOWARDS IT'S LACKADAISICAL IN OUR IMAGINATION TO BUILD A WELLNESS FACILITY INSTEAD OF PRIORITIZING
THINGS WE KNOW WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS. THIS IS NOT A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. ALSO, THERE IS AN OVERSATURATION OF THESE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTERS IN THE METRO. THE COP CITY MOVEMENT HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET LOTS OF MONEY FROM THE STATE TO FUND IT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PUBLIC
SAFETY CENTER IN EDINA, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN MAPLE GROVE, THE HERO CENTER IN WOODBURY, ALL OF WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ALL OF OUR STAFF TO TRAVEL 20 TO 30 MINUTES AND THEY CAN HAVE ALL THEIR NEEDS MET THERE. THEY CAN DO THE COLLABORATIVE E.M.S. AND FIRE
TRAINING THEY ARE ASKING. THEY CAN DO THE OUTDOOR SIMULATION. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO OUTDOOR TRAINING THROUGH ANOTHER VENDOR. IN EXCHANGE, THEY
PROVIDE MUTUAL AID IN DOING THEIR BOMB DETECTION. WE KNOW THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH TO HAVE THESE NEEDS MET WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE $40 MILLION. WE CAN WORK WITH THE JURISDICTIONS THAT ALREADY BOUGHT IN THE OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY CENTERS. WHY WOULD
THEY COME HERE? WE CAN WORK WITH LAW ENFOEMENT AGENCIES THAT ARE NOT UNDER CONSENT DECREES, LEARN HOW THEY ARE DOING BETTER, BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, AND PAY SOME RENTALS TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. SO I WANTED TO GROUND THIS, THIS IS A COP CITY PROJECT. IT'S NOT A
WANT RIGHT NOW. WE COULD BE DOING SO MANY MORE THINGS AND THAT'S THE CONVERSATION I WANT TO HAVE. THAT GETS AT THE NORTH SIDE PIECE TOO. RIGHT NOW AFTER THIS PROJECT, WE ARE GOING TO ASK OR BE ASKED AS A BODY TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
NORTH COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER PROJECTS THAT ALSO HAS A PRICE TAG OF OVER $20 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BRING OUR TOTAL INVESTMENT INTO M.P.D.'S FACILITIES TO OVER $100 MILLION IN ITSELF. SO, W ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO
ACTUALLY RENOVATE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR A NEW BUILDING FOR THAT PROJECT. THAT'S A WAY TO LOOK AT REROUTING THOSE TRAINING ISSUES THAT IS PLAGUING THAT COMMUNITY TO A DIFFERENT SITE AS WELL. WE WILL BE GETTING TO THAT THIS YEAR. THIS IS NOT A NEED. THIS IS ONE THAT COULD BE
FULFILLED THROUGH OTHER INTERIM SOLUTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I AT LEAST WANTED TO NAME THAT AND SAY THANK YOU ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT BROADER CONVERSATION ON HOW TO MAKE INVESTMENTS USING OUR BONDING
DOLLARS THAT HELPS OUR CITY BE VIBRANT, BE MORE EQUITABLE, THAT ALSO BRINGS IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AS OPPOSED TO FLATTENING OUR BUDGET AND PUTTING APPROACHES LIKE THIS ON THE CITY'S CREDIT CARD THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS
AND OUR CITY AS A WHOLE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I AM JUST GOING TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS HERE AND SIMPLE. I BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS FOUNDATIONAL TO ANY SUCCESSFUL
CITY. PUBLIC SAFETY, CORE CITY SERVICES IS WHAT MAKES A CITY A GREAT PLACE TO INVEST IN, A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME. I DO BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY PROVIDES OUR RESIDENTS A VERY
IMPORTANT SERVICE. OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE A PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM THAT IS WELL TRAINED, THAT HAS A CARING ATMOSPHERE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF
CRISIS. WE HAVE A CITY THAT IS LIVED THROUGH ENUNCIATION, A CITY THAT LIVED THROUGH MASS SHOOTINGS, WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH GEORGE FLOYD, WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH NAVIGATING FEDERAL TROOPS IN OUR STREETS. WE HAVE ASKED OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO DO
THINGS THAT MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED TO DO. I THINK IT IS PUZZLING TO ME WHY MY COLLEAGUES WOULD NOT SUPPORT INVESTING IN THESE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE FRONT
LINES OF CRISIS ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS, DIRECTLY ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. SO TODAY, I AM JUST AGAIN, PUZZLED WHY WE WOULD NOTANT TO INVEST THIS SMALL $6 MILLION TO EXPLORE
THIS OPTION, SHOW THE STATE WE ARE READY TO BRING MONEY TO THE TABLE IF THEY WILL MEET US WITH BONDING DOLLARS, AND MAKE THIS INVESTMENT IN THE TRAINING AND WELLNESS OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY
DAY IN AND DAY OUT, 24/7. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ACTIVISTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CALL IT COP CITY DOESN'T MAKE IT COP CITY. IT'S JUST A TERM, RIGHT? I LIKE HERO CENTER. THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE
IN COTTAGE GROVE. I WANT TO CALL THIS THE HERO CENTER OUT IN WARD 11. LET'S TAKE ON THAT NAME. IT'S JUST A MADE UP THING THAT PEOPLE USE TO DIMINISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT CLABORATIVE EFFORTS AROUND SERVICES AND
PUTTING THEM UNDER ONE ROOF. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS. THIS IS LITERALLY ABOUT DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO WITH TRAINING OUR OFFICERS AND TRAINING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I DON'T KNOW WHO SAID THAT WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT ARE JUST FINE. SINCE I'VE
BEEN HERE, SINCE I WAS ON THE PARK BOARD, THAT OUR FACILITY SUCK. THAT WE ARE GOING EVERYWHERE. I HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE RACETRACK OR WHATEVER Y'ALL CALL IT THAT WE USED TO TRAIN OFFICERS WITH DRIVING. I HAVE
BEEN TO THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE THAT WE USE ROOMS IN SOMETIMES. I HAVE BEEN TO THE FOURTH PRECINCT FOR THE GUN RANGE. I HAVE BEEN TO HAMILTON SCHOOL TO SEE 30 ADULTS CRAMMED IN A LITTLE CLASSROOM AND CAN'T EVEN
MOVE DOWN, CAN'T GET ON THE GROUND AND THEN YOU SEE HALF OF THEM LINED UP IN THE HALLWAY AT A SCHOOL, AND SOMEONE CAN'T EVEN GO TO THE BATHROOM. YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, YOU HAVE TO ASK 15 TRAINEES TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY TO GET IN. I HAVE SEEN
THESE FACILITIES FIRSTHAND. THERE IS NO ONE THAT WILL SAY THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE JUST FINE. THAT IS A FLAT OUT LIE. THEY ARE NOT JUST FINE, THEY ARE TERRIBLE IN COMPARISON TO SOME. SOME OF THEM WERE PRESENTED TO US BEFORE IN THE PRESENTATION
BEFORE US. IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS TO COMPARE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ATLANTA TO FOUR ACRES IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, NOT EVEN CLOSE. IF WE WERE DOING THAT, I THINK WE WOULD ALL TAKE ISSUE WITH THE COMMISSIONER
COMING BEFORE US AND SAYING I WANT TO BUY 85 ACRES OF LAND TO ILD THE FACILITY. THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. THAT'S NOT WHATS HAPPENING AT ALL. EVEN IF AND WHEN I DON'T TRUST THAT WE WILL, I FEEL LIKE AS
SOON AS IT'S TIME FOR THE FOURTH PRECINCT TO GET SOME INVESTMENT, THERE WILL BE A NEW POLITICAL WHATEVER, SOMETHING, TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT READY FOR THAT EITHER, EVEN IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE CHANGING THE FOURTH PRECINCT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO
CHANGE THE HAMILTON HOOL. THAT SCHOOL IS STILL GOING TO EXIST ON 42nd AND BRYANT, DUPONT, WHEREVER, TO NEIGHBORS IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO LIKE WHAT ARE WE SAYING HERE? ARE WE SAYING THAT OKAY, WHEN WE GET TO THE FOURTH
PRECINCT, WE WILL GET YOU A NEW PRECINCT. WE WILL LOOK AT THAT FACILITY, MAYBE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. JUST DEAL WITH THIS UNTIL WE GET THAT. WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TRAINING FACILITY. WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OUT TO MOVE
THINGS AROUND IN THIS CITY SO THAT FOLKS HAVE ADEQUATE TRAINING. I WILL JUST SAY, I TALKED TO FIRE AUT THIS AND I HAVE ALSO TALKED TO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ABOUT THIS YEAR AGO BEFORE THE TWO FOLKS WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP IN THIS POSITION WERE
EVEN IN LEADERSHIP. IEMEMBER TALKING TO OUR FORMER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR ABOUT HOW THEY STORE THINGS AT THE CENTER, LIKE PET FOOD AND ALL THESE
THINGS THEY NEED FOR US IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IN THE WORLD I LIVE IN, WE HAV A NEW PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE MORE BECAUSE MINNEAPOLIS IS GROWING. WHAT WE HAVE NOW, THE FACILITIES WE HAVE NOW AND THE EMERGENCIES WE ENDURED SINCE THE 35W BRIDGE. I
MEAN EVERY SINGLE TRAGEDY THAT COULD HAPPEN IN A CITY HAS ALMOST HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS. TO PREPARE FOR THAT, FACILITIES IS A PART OF THAT. WANT US TO BE PREPARED. MOST OF US WENT OVER TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CENTER AND THEY WERE ALL CRAMMED ONE ROOM, BARELY MOVING, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS BEING OPERATED PROPERLY, WHILE TRYING TO SHOW US A PRESENTATION. YOU GO IN THE BACK TO THE FIRE TRUCKS, THERE ARE FIREFIGHTERS IN THE ROOM DOING TRAINING IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. I MEAN
THIS IS UNNECESSARY. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE. I AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT THIS IS
EVERYONE'S PRIORITY BUT IT'S MINE. IT SHOULD BE EVERYONE'S PRIORITY. WE SHOULD WANT OUR EMERGENCY TEAMS TO HAVE ROOM FOR GROWTH, NOT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER
WARREN. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. I HOPE IT'S A COP CITY, A COP UNIVERSITY. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS SPENDS SO MUCH MONEY ON THE BACK END BEHIND THE AMOUNTS OF VIOLENCE AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE UNRPREPARED FOR, WHERE IT
PERTAINS TO OUR OFFICERS. IF OUR OFFICERS HAVE THE SPACE TO GET THE TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING THEY NEED, THEN I AM ALL FOR IT. I RATHER PAY THE MONEY ON THE FRONT END THAN SPEND IT ON THE BACK END. LAST YEAR, WE GAVE
$900,000 FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AROUND OUR CITY IN T-SHIRTS LIKE SOMEBODY DUMPED A BAG OF SKITTLES IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE GAVE TOUCH OUTREACH $1.6 MILLION LAST YEAR AND THAT COULD HAVE WENT TO HELP BETTER PREPA OUR SAFETY
OFFICERS AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS AND WHATEVER. INSTEAD, WE'RE GIVING IT TO 21 JUMP STREET COS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO OR WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE, BUT IT'S NOT SERVING OUR PUBLIC AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE IS JUST AS MUCH HARM LIKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SAID, BEING DONE TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE HAVE THEM EXPOSED TO AS IT PERTAINS TO THE POLICE
TRAINING CENTER ON DUPONT. IT'S NOT SAFE, IT'S NOT FAIR, IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THE KIDS. IT'S A SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL SHOULD OPERATE AS A SCHOOL. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWING POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO STRETCH AND MAKE THE ROOM THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IN
NORTH SIDE VERSUS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. THEY GET A LOT OF ATTENTION AND PATS ON THE BACK AND BUTTERFLIES AND FAIRIES AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT EVERYONE KEEPS RESOURS AWAY FROM NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND
I AM AGAIN TIRED OF IT. IT'S REALLY RIDICULOUS. IT IS. WE HAD TO SIT HEARING DEBATE ON THIS DAIS TO ENSURE OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ON THE NORTH SIDE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO RENTAL HOUSING FUNDING THAT WE ALL
AGREED TO INSURE, AND EVERYTHING SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. WE CAN'T GET A POLICE TRAINING FACILITY MOVED OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. WE CAN GIVE MONEY
TO T-SHIRTS, WE CAN GIVE MONEY -- DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MAKING ANY SENSE AT ALL. SO I HOPE IT'S A COP CITY. I HOPE IT'S A COP UNIVERSITY. I HOPE COPS CAN GO THERE AND GET ALL
THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING, THAT IT SAVES US AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THE BACK END OF THINGS SO OUR OFFICERS ARE NOT EASILY STARTLED BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAINED IN TIGHT CLOSET ROOMS, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO PREPARE THEMSELVES TO OPERATE AT
THEIR MOST SUPREME, AND BEST BEHAVIOR AND DOING THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT WHEN THEY GET OUT ON THE STREETS ON THE BACK END OF THINGS. I HOPE THEY HAVE THE SPACE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. WE PAY THEM IN OUR TAX DOLLARS TO SHOW
UP THAT WAY. WE SIT HERE AND WE SPEND $7 MILLION ON BUSINESS FUING, WE SPENT MONEY ON RENTAL STUFF. YEAH, OUR TAXES ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. SO I HOPE EVERYONE PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE TAX ASSESSMENT
PRESENTATION BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HOSTING TOWN HALL MEETINGS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR WARD BECAUSE HOW OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK GOING INTO THE END OF THE YEAR. WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR IT AND RIGHTFULLY SO. THE CITY IS IN CRISIS. IT HAS A NEED
BUT BE PREPARED TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS. IF APE -- I AM SACRIFICING FOR ONE, I SACRIFICE FOR ALL. I HAVE SIX KIDS.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO NEED TO COVER THEMSELVES IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES. SO BE PREPARED. I'M TELLING YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND CITIZENS OF THE GREAT CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, OUR LOVELY CONSTITUENTS, BE PREPARED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO IT. IT'S
THE END OF IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO PREPARE PEOE TO SHOW UP IN THEIR BEST WAY POSSIBLE. IF WE CAN SPEND IT ON OTHER STUFF, WE CAN SPEND IT ON THIS. THAT'S IT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. IF WE CAN -- I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS THROWN OUT. CAN YOU CLARIFY THE TOTAL COST OF THIS BUILDING? WHAT WILL IT
COST TO CREATE THIS SHOOTING RANGE WELLNESS CENTER, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION. >> WHAT IS THE COST OF THE
PROJECT, THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT. >> CERTAINLY. SO WE DO KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THE SITE ACQUISITION IS. THAT IS A SOLID NUMBER. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING, I'M ASKING ABOUT THE OJECT. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS $6 MILLION
FOR THE SITE ACQUISITION. WE HAVE NOT DESIGNED THIS PROJECT YET. WE KNOW THAT GENERAL SCOPE, WE KNOW GENERAL SIZING. >> SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT. IN
BRIEFINGS, WE WERE TOLD OVER $38 MILLION. DIRECTOR, IS THAT ACCURATE? >> IT IS ACCURATE. $38 MILLION WOULD INCLUDE THE SITE ACQUISITION. >> SO $38 MILLION-PLUS IS HOW MUCH THIS WOULD COST. THERE ARE
A BUNCH OF STUFF, ON TOP OF $1 MILLION TO OPERATE ALL YEAR. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER OR NO? >> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU -- >> I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE TOTAL COST OF THIS WHOLE. >> THE TOTAL PROJECTED COST OF
THIS PROJECT IS $38 MILLION TO INCLUDE THE SITE ACQUISITION. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT. CAN YOU CLARIFY THE LOCATION AND WARD WHERE THIS INVESTMENT WOULD GO INTO? >> SURE, THE LOCATION AGAIN, I
CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE. SO AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE, IT IS 146 60TH STREET SOUTHWEST. >> SO THIS $38 MILLION WOULD GO INTO SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS GETTING MORE RESOURCES. I THINK INSTEAD WE CAN REDISTRIBUTE THAT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES MORE EQUITABLY TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY ACROSS THE CITY. I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE HOW
MUCH IT WOULD COST THE CITY AND ITS CREDIT CARD AND WHERE IT WAS LOCATED, WHICH I ALREADY KNEW, THAT THIS WOULD BE IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AS WELL. YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE WORK THAT TOUCH OUTREACH IS INCREDIBLE.
WHAT THEY DO IS KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. IT'S A GROUP THAT KEEPS PEOPLE SAFE NOT JUST PUTS ON T-SHIRTS. I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT WAS MENTIONED AND COMMENTS WERE MADE ABOUT THEM. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THEY'RE
GREAT, THEY DO VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND THEY KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WILL REMIND US THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND CAPTIONING WILL BE FINISHED AT 6:00 P.M.
COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> YES, THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR RAISING THE POINT AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BENEFITTING FROM THIS FACILITY OR BUILDING ITSELF. ALSO, THAT
WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS WITH THIS PRODUCT OF -- PROJECT SAYING THAT WILL SHORE UP THE ASPECT OF WORK THAT WILL LOWER CRIME RATES OVERALL FOR OUR CITY, MAKING IT THE ALL TIME LOW. WE HAD MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS WHERE M.P.D. THEMSELVES HAVE SAID THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS BY THEMSELVES. SO, I ABSOLUTELY WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK AND IT'S THIS BODY THAT HAS DONE A GREAT DEAL IN EXPANDING THAT WORK. WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THIS
BUILDING FORWARD TO SUPPORT THEM, THIS IS ALSO COMING ALONGSIDE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ASKING TO CUT 5% OF THEIR OWN FUNDING. SO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCTIONS IN THAT SAME SERVICES, AND JUST A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO, WE WERE POISED TO ELIMINATE AN EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER, THAT REQUIRED COUNCIL HAVING TO INTERVENE TO SAVE THAT POSITION ALONE. SO WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE ADMINISTRATION WALK BACK ITS COMMITMENT TO ACTUALLY ADVANCING OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION, OUR RESTORATIVE
SERVICES, THE THINGS THAT AGAIN HELP NOT ONLY ADDRESS CRIME ONCE IT HAENS, BUT PREVENT IT ALL TOGETHER. SO THAT IS ALSO WHY I CAN'T TAKE THIS PROPOSAL FROM OCS IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A DOUBLE CONTRADICTION OF THOSE THINGS. I AT LEAST WANTED
TO SAY THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD WITHOUT THOSE KEY PARTNERS. THEY ALSO, I KNOW IN A STUDY SESSION, OCS COULDN'T ANSWER WHERE THEY CURRENTLY TRAIN. THERE IS A BUILDING THAT HAS TONS OF SPACE, THAT IS ROOTED IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT THOSE PROVIDERS
SERVE, PARTICULARLY OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AND THOSE DOING GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION WORK. THAT IS A BUILDING THEY HAVE DONE TRAININGS AND LEVERAGED SPACES IN. THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR THIS. SO, THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE WE
COULD BE MAKING USE OF EXISTING SPACES THAT ARE MEETING THE NEEDS AND THE TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A WHOLE NEW BUILDING BEING BUILT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE CREATIVITY FOR US TO BRING A PROPOSAL FORWARD THAT ACTUALLY SCALES DOWN A NEED OR A PROPOSAL FOR A WHOLE NEW FACILITY TO SAY LET'S LOOK AT WHAT IS IN EXISTENCE. LET'S LOOK AT HOW WE'RE EXPANDING OUR SAFETY SERVICES FOR EVERYONE, AND THEN
THINK OF -- SORRY I'M TALKING. BUILD A FACILITY AROUND THOSE NEEDS. SO LET'S DO THAT WORK AND THIS BODY HAS ASKED FOR THAT FOR THREE YEARS, BUT WE WERE BUM-RUSHED WITH THIS AT A TIME IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE IS NOT A FLUSHED OUT PLAN FOR THIS. I
JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT PIECE AND ALSO TO SAY WHILE THERE HAS BEEN NOT A FIRM COMMITMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IN ADVANCING ALL LIGHT ASPECTS OF OUR SAFETY WORK WITH PARITY, THIS BODY HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO IT AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
CHAMPIONING. ANY OTHER FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AROUND FACILITIES AND PROJECTS RELATED TO PUBLIC SATY. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANTED TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUE
THROUGH YOU MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, FOR HER CANDOR. I REALLY DID. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR. I THINK I WROTE DOWN WHAT YOU SAID A COUPLE TIMES. I HOPE IT IS A COP CITY. I HOPE IT'S A COP UNIVERSITY.
THANK YOU FOR TELLING US THE TRUTH. THANK YOU FOR TELLING US THE TRUTH AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO TELL US THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE THE REST OF US WHO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BUILDING A COP CITY, A COP UNIVERSITY, WE'RE GETTING
GASLIT. WE'RE GETTING GASLIT, WE'RE GETTING TOLD IT'S NOT A COP CITY. IT'S DIFFERENT FROM ATLANTA. AT LEAST YOU HAVE THE BACKBONE TO TELL THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S MY
TIME SO I AM GOING TO USE IT. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER IF SHE HAD A SECOND MADAM CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. >> PROCEED. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. WHAT DID YOU
CALL THEM, 21 JUMP STREET COPS? >> YEP. >> 21 JUMP STREET COPS, $1.6 MILLION, YOU TOOK OFFENSE TO THAT NUMBER, YEAH? >> I DID. >> DID YOU KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FUNDED AT $230 MILLION, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS $97 MILLION, SO
TOGETHER THEIR DEPARTMENTS MAKE UP $330 MILLION, SO WHY DO YOU FIND SO MUCH OFFENSE IN THE $1.6 MILLION WHEN THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS COMBINED HAVE A $330 MILLION PROJECT. >> BECAUSE I HELPED WRITE THE
CURRICULUM FOR ONE OF THE BEST YOUTH OUTREACH AND INTERVENTION TEAMS THAT EVER CAME THROUGH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS UNDERNEATH THE INSTRUCTION OF THE MAYOR. I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ON THE BLOCK. I HAVE DONE THE WORK MYSELF. I KNOW HOW MUCH IT COST TO MOVE. I KNOW WHAT EFFECTIVENESS LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT INEFFECTIVENESS LOOKS LIKE,
AND I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS, ON THE BLOCKS MOVING AROUND LIKE A DANG PARADE, WITH T-SHIRTS, AND LIKE I SAID, TELLING THE TRUTH, I
HAVE SEEN THEM MOVING AROUND LIKE A PARADE OF A BUNCH OF SKITTLES DOING ABSOLUTELY DOING NOTHING, BEING ON THEIR PHONES, NOT ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY OR DOING ANYTHING. IF OUR OFFICERS AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING PAID THAT TYPE OF MONEY, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY GO TO
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES AND GET DEGREES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MOVE OUT THERE AND GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE TRAINING TO BE PAID TO DO THE WORK THAT IS DONE IN INSTRUMENT, RISKING THEIR LIVES WHY THEY ARE PAID THE WAY THEY ARE PAID. IF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WANT TO GET PAID LIKE THAT, GO GET THE PAPERWORK TO SUPPORT IT. >> SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I AM JUST -- I STILL DON'T THINK I HAVE AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION WHICH IS WHY A 1.600-0000 BUDGET IN THE FACE OF A $330 MILLION
BUDGET OFFEND YOU SO MUCH. SO YOU KNOW, I GUESS LIKE LET ME TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID. SO, YOU KNOW THE MOUNTED PATROL BUDGET IS ALSO PRETTY BIG AND ALL THEIR ROLE IS GOING TO THE STATE PATROL. THOSE
ARE HORSE COPS, SHITTING EVERYWHERE, THAT'S THEIR ROLE. DOES THAT OFFEND YOU? >> SORRY, THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHO IS OFFENDING WHO. THE TOPIC I THE TRAINING AND SAFETY CENTER.
I AM GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THAT. >> I'M SORRY. >> AND MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS BECAUSE WE WILL SPEND THE MONEY IN OTHER AREAS, LET'S NOT BE AFRAID TO MAKE THE $6 MILLION SACRIFICE FOR LAND PURCHASE. >> IN ADDITION --
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO CROSS TALK. >> SHE ASKED ME A QUESTION. >> IT'S $38 MILLION. >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO CROSS TALK COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE ONLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT TIME LEFT, WE HAVE 7 MINUTES LEFT OF THIS MEETING. WE HAVE AMPLE TIME ON THURSDAY TO
CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC BECAUSE WE HAVE DECIDED TO PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I SEE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE, INCLUDING A POINT OF ORDER. I AM GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES WOULD
IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION INTO THURSDAY SO THAT WE MAY COMPLETE THIS MEETING IN TIME FOR OUR CAPTIONERS THAT WILL BE CONCLUDING AT 6:00 P.M. I AM SEEING THA COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN HAS JUMPED OFF OF QUEUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS? >> I WILL DEFER TO YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I WILL RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR THURSDAY. >> IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED. [LAUGHTER]. >> THANK YOU KINDLY. ALL RIGHT. ON THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, ALTHOUGH IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [AYES EXPRESSED] >> THOSE OPPOSED. LOOK AT THAT. THAT CARRIES AND IS FORWARDED. WE ARE NOT YET COMPLETE. I HAVE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE
WE ARE OUT OF HERE AT 6:00 P.M. SO COLLEAGUES, ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON THURSDAY WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION WHICH WILL SAVE US TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF IT ANY MY TO COMPLETE BUSINESS TODAY. THEREFORE,
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL DIRECT THE CLERKS TO FORWARD THOSE ITEMS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THURSDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING AND WE WILL TAKE THOSE UP AT THAT TIME. WITH THAT, HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S SUPER C.O.W. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
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