>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOT PAYNE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE THE HONORARYRESOLUTION. I WILL INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW UP
TO ROGNIZE NO MENTHOL SUNDAY. >> GOOD MORNING. WELCOME EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO, I AM SO HONOREDO BE HERE TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE NO MENTHOL SUNDAY. A LOT -- NOT A LOT, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS
GROUP STANDING HERE WITH ME TODAY I BELIEVE WE STARTED RECOGNIZING NO MENTHOL SUNDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS 17 YEARS AGO. SO, A MUCH YOUNGER VERSION OF MYSELF WORKED WITH THESE WOMEN IN THE
BLACK CHURCHES TO EDUCATE AND TO ALSO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THO AFFECTED BY TOBACCO AND TOBACCO COMPANIES,O THIS IS ALWAYS BEEN A THING IN THE MONTH OF MAY WHERE WE DECLARE EVERY SUNDAY IN THE MONTH OF MAY AS NO MENTHOL
SUNDAY. SO, WITH THAT I WILL READ THE RESOLUTION DECLARING MAY 17, 2026 AS NO MENTHOL SUNDAY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHEREAS ON SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2026, THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOS JOINS THE COALITION, FAITH LEADERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY, CELEBRATING NO MENTHOL SUNDAY. WHEREAS, NO MENTHOL SUNDAY IS A NATIONAL DAY OF ON CERT ADVANCE AND SUPPORTED LOCALLY BY THE COALITION AN
CHURCHES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND WHERE AS, NO MENTHOL SUNDAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAITH LEADERS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF USING COMMERCIAL TOBACCO, INCLUDING E-CIGARETTES AND MENTHOL
PRODUCTS, HIGHLIGHTING WAYS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR BLACK AMERICANS AND FOR CADES, THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY DELIBERATELY TARGETED BLACK COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY KIDS WITH MARKETING FOR MENTHOL CIGARETTES. IN THE 1950s, LESS THAN 10% OF BLACK SMOKERS USED
MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND TODAY THAT NUMBER IS OVER 85%. WHEREAS, MENTHOL CIGARETTES ARE A MAJOR REASON WHY COMMERCIAL TOBACCO USE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATH AMONG BLACK AMERICANS, CLAIMING 45,000
BLACK LIVES EVERY YEAR AND WHEREAS MENTHOL IS A CHEMICAL ADDED TO CIGARETTES AND OTHER TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS THAT CREATE AS COOLING SENSATION. TOBACCO COMPANIES DESIGNED MENTHOL PRODUCTS TO BE MORE APPEALING TO
YOUTH AND MORE SMOKERS, MORE ADDICTIVE AND DIFFICULT TO QUIT. WHEREAS MINNEAPOLIS IS ONE OF THE FIRS CITIES IN THE NATION TO RESTRICT THE SALE OF MENTHOL AND OTHER FLAVOD TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO PROMOTE HEALTHIER KIDS AND COMMUNITIES TARGETED BY
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, INCLUDING BLACK RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE RACIAL HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE NOT THE CONSEQUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL HABITS OR POOR CHOICES, BUT RATHER REFLECT CENTURIES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT WE NEED TO CONFRONT
WITH INCREASED ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND RESOURCES, AND WHEREAS WE INVITE COMMERCIAL TOBACCO USERS TO SEEK THE NECESSARY RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, INCLUDING FREE QUIT HELP AVAILABLEHROUGH MINNESOTA'S QUIT PARTY, WHICH OFFERS ONE-ON-ONE COACHING AND
HELPFU TOOLS 24/7. AND WHEREAS ONE YEAR AGO, THE FDA PROPOSED RULES TO PROHIBIT MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND FLAVORED CIGARS, PROTECTING KIDS FROM TOBACCO ADDICTION, SAVE LIVES,
ESPECIALLY AMONG BLACK AMERICANS, WHEREAS WE MUST CONTINUE TO UPLIFT ONE ANOTH AND ADVOCATE FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE AND PUT HEALTH ABOVE TOBAO INDUSTRY PROFITS. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO RECOGNIZE MAY 17, 2026 AS NO
MENTHOL SUNDAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND COMMENDS THE OBSERVANCE TO ALL ITS CITY'S RESIDENCE -- RESIDENTS, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WANT
TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERAND THAT AS BEFORE I FINISH COLLEGED, THEY WERE PASSING OUT MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND THEY WERE IN THE COMMUNITIES YEARS AGO, PASSING OUT LITTLE PACKS OF THREE OR FOUR MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND
MAKING IT ATTRACTIVE TO SMOKE CIGARETTES. NOW, WE HAVE A WAY TO AVOID THAT. SO I THANK ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US HAVE THIS TIME. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> WE JUST DON'T WANT TO STOP WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE
THANK OUR MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. WE WANT THIS TO BE STATEWIDE. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU FOR THE NEXT GOVERNOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA. AMEN. >> AMEN. >> ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE]. >> ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE SAID IT
ALL. THANKYOU. >> WE'RE GOING TO GET A PHOTO REAL QUICK. WE'RE JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S SQUEEZE IN. >> NEXT WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME
UP COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO
RECOGNIZE RANDY.
>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR PHENOMENAL STAFF MEMBERS HERE, RANDY HAGER FOR HIS 18 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS. SO ME AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE WILL READ THE RESOLUTIONND THEN PASS THE MIC OFF FOR SOME WORDS. ALL RIGHT, WHEREAS RANDY HAGER COMMENCED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ON NOVEMBER 6, 2007,
STARTING WITH 7 YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN ACCOUNTANT TO SUPPORTING EIGHT GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS, ALONG WITH THEIR FEDERAL GRANTS. HE SUPPORTED THE WATER ENTERPRISE FUND FOR FOUR YEARS, TWO YEARS AS A MANAGER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNTING AREA,
SIX YEARS AS A FINANCE MANAGER OVERSEEING THE FULL PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNTING GROUP AND MANAGING OTHER AREAS OF THE COMPTROLLER'S DIVISION, WHEREAS HE STEPPED UP
MAGNIFICENTLY WHEN THE CITY WAS WITHOUT A REGULAR CONTROLLER AND DEPUTY CONTROLLER, CONTINUING THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTING TO THE COUNCIL, AND WHEREAS MR. HAGER GUIDED THE
$487 MILLION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WAS A KEY LEADER MILLION CAPITAL BUDGET, OVERSEEING THE PAYROLL ACCOUNTING FOR THE CITY'S ENTIRE WORKFORCE, AND MANAGED THE
ACCOUNTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE MINNEAPOLIS BUILDING COMMISSION. >> WHEREAS MR. HAGER TOOK THE LEAD ROLE IN THE ROOF DEPOT'S PROJECT FINANCIAL REPORTING AND WHEREAS MR. HAGER PARTICIPATED
IN ENTERPRISE ENDEAVORS, INCLUDING ASSISTING IN STAFF RECRUITING AND HIRING, ACQUISITION OF AN ERP SYSTEM, AND CONSULTING FIRM PROCUREMENT INITIATIVES TO KEEP THE CITY COMPETITIVE, AND SERVED AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, AND
WHEREAS MR. HAGER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED FOR HIS DEEP ANALYTICAL INSIGHTS, WHICH HE SHARED WHEN PASSING ON KNOWLEDGE TO MANY ACCOUNTANTS AT THE CITY, AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED AS A LEADER, COLLEAGUE, AND FRIEND BY THE FINANCE AND PROPERTY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STAFF. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HERE BY PRESENT THIS HONORARY RESOLUTION TO RANDY HAGER IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR SINCERE THANKS AND WELL WISHES AMONG THIS OCCASION OF
HIS RETIREMENT. [APPL [APPLAUSE]. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SHARE FAREWELL WORDS WITH MR. HAGER?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I AM THE CITY CONTROLLER AND I WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO RANDY. HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE I MET WHEN I FIRST GOT TO THE CITY A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO YEARS OR SO AGO AND HE
IS VALUABLE IN TRAINING ME IN AND KEEPING THINGS GOING AND EVERYTHING. I JUST HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE TO SHOW RANDY AND ALSO JUST TO WISH HIM AND HIS FAMILY AN AWESOME RETIREMENT AND A LONG LIFE AND ALL THAT TOO. THANK YOU RANDY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT WE WILL
MISS YOU. [APPL [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MAYOR AND STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. IT CLEARLY
SURPRISED ME. IT'S A GREAT HONOR. HAVING WORKED IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WITH A COUPLE NON-PROFITS BEFORE THIS FOR 40 YEARS NOW, HAVING BEEN A RESIDENT FOR ALMOST THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, IT'S BEEN A GRE HONOR
AND PLEASURE TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY AND FELLOW STAFF AND JUST THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE. [APPL
[APPLAUSE]. >> WELL, LET'S DO THE HONORARY
PICK HERE. I THINK WE HAVE TO SMOOSH.
>> THANK YOU. >> NEX UP, WE WILL AGAIN WELCOM TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL PUBLIC
WORKS WEEK. >> OH, WOW. HERE WE GO. PUBLIC WORKS ALWAYS COME DEEP. HERE WE
ARE. WE NEED TO GIVE Y'ALL INTRO MUSIC. YOU'RE GO. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION HONORING OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF CHAIRING OUR CLIMATE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WHERE WE TAKE UP A LOT OF THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HERE LEADS ON AND MAKING SURE YOUR STREETS ARE GREAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE BIKE LANES, AND ALL SOURCES OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION MODES, AND WORKING PRETTY REGULARLY AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS CAN GET AROUND OUR CITY ACCESS POLICE, EQUIT EQUITABLY, A FREELY. I'M EXCITED TO DO THIS ALONGSIDE MY
VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, WHERE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION WILL CELEBRATE THE 66th ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, WHICH WILL BE HELD THE THIRD WEEK IN MAY WITH THE THEME, ROOTED IN SERVICE, POWERED BY
THE COMMUNE. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IS A CELEBRATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE OUR COMMUTY BETTER BY CONNECTING, COLLABORATING, AND RESPONDING TO PRIDE SERVICES WE AS A CITY DEPEND ON AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC
WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF A VITAL IMPORTANCE TO A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT CITY, WHEREAS THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND COMFORT OF THIS COMMUNITY GREATLY DEPEND ON THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE A SAFE, CLEAN
DRINKING WATER -- WE DO HAVE GOOD WATER, SOLID WASTEND RECYCLING COLLECTION TO HELP MINNEAPOLIS REMAIN A CLEAN AND LIVABLE CITY. >> THEY MANAGE THE STORM WATER AND SANITARY SEWER NETWORK TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF OUR RIVERS, LAKES,
AND CREEKS. ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS EXCELLENT WORK CULMINATE IN THE CENTRAL CITY PARALLEL TUNNEL STORM WATER PROJECT WINNING THE 2026APWA PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT OF THE YEAR ENVIRONMENT PROJECT, AND WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS
EMPLOYEES DESIGN, BUILD, AND MAINTAIN THE THOUSANDS OF MILES OF STREETS, ALLEYS, BRIDGES, BIKEWAYS, SIDEWALKS, AND STREET GHTS, SIGNALS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND SIGNAGE T SAFELY KEEP THE CITY MOVING, AND WHERE
PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES KEEP THE PLOWS, GARBAGE TRUCKS, STREET SWEEPERS, AND SO MANY MORE RUNNING, EVEN ON THE COLDEST DAYS AND NIGHTS OF WINTER, AND WHEREAS EVERY DAY PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING MINNEAPOLIS BETTER AND MORE
EQUITABLE FOR ALL. >> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNIFICANT DAILY CONTRIBUTION THAT EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS PROVIDES TO THE
CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY, WE CAN CLAP. [APPLA [APPLAUSE]. >> WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME
WORDS?>> THANKS, JUST REAL QUIC BEHALF OF THE 1,300 STRONG PEOPLE IN PUBLIC WORKS, I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL R THIS RECOGNITION. SO OFTEN THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO, IF WE'RE DNG IT RIGHT, WE DON'T GET RECOGNIZED, WE DON'T GET
THOUGHT ABOUT, SO THIS IS THE TYPE OF RECOGNITION THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND IT'S VERY WELL DESERVED I WANT TO CALL OUT ESPECIALLY OUR TEAM FROM SURFACE WATER AND SEWERS, THEY MANAGE ALL THE STORM WATER AND SEWERS IN THE CITY. THE CENTRAL CITY STORM WATER TUNNEL PROJECT
REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE, FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE PARK BOARD, FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND ESPECIALLY OUR TEAM HE. THAT PROJECT REALLY ENSURES THAT WE DON'T HAVE SEWER OVERFLOW -- EXCUSE ME, OR
FLOODING DOWNTOWN IN MINNEAPOLIS. IT WAS A HUGE PROJ PROJECT, A CHALLENGING TECHNICAL PROJECT, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU DON'T SEE, YOU DON'T NOTICE, BUT WE DID A GREAT JOB AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY THAT IT GOT DONE RIGHT. SO
THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY TO OUR SURFACE WATER AND SEWER TEAM, BUT AGAIN, A BIG THANKS TO ALL 1,300 PEOPLE IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY. >> GREAT WAY TO CLOSE OUT. LET'S GRAB A PHOTO WITH -- OKAY.
>> SQUEEZE IN.
>> NEXT UP, WE WILL RECOGNIZE HAITIAN FG DAY WITH COUNCIL
MEMBERS CHAVEZ AND WARREN.
>> TESTING. >> TEST. >> ALL RIGHTY EVERYONE. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HONOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAITIAN FLAG TO THE PEOPLE OF HAITI AND SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF THE HAITIAN FLAG DAY. WE'RE
JOINED BY OUR ESTEEM GUESTS. WHEREAS IN 1492, E INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DISCOVERED THE LOST MERCENARY OFF THE COAST OF WHAT WAS KNOWN THEN KNOWN AS HAITI, A NAME DERIVING FROM THE LANGUAGE AND ONE WHICH WAS RESTORED AFTER
INDEPENDENCE WAS WON FROM THE FRENCH AND WHEREAS AFTER THE PAYNEFUL VICTORY OF INDIGENOUS GENOCIDE AND CRUEL EXATION ON VASTUGAR AND COFFEE PLANTATIONS THAT TRANSRRED
WEALTH TO EUROPEAN POWERS, IT REMAINS THE ONLY NATION ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF A SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTIONARY UPRISING OF ENSLAVED AFRICAN PEOP. WHEREAS, HUNDREDS OF HAITIANS HAVE MADE THE TWIN CITIES THEIR HOME, OFTEN AS REFUGEES, A THE CIVICALLY
ENGAGED COMMUNITY IS A UNIQUE PART OF THE DIVERSITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR VIBRANT ARTS, COMMUNITY SCENE. >> AND WHEN HAITI WAS HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN 2010, THE HAITIAN
DI -- DIASPORA GATHERED RESOURCES AND SUPPLIES TO SEND HOME AND THE LOCAL HAITIAN COMMUNITY CREATED A HAITIAN COMMUNITY OF MINNESOTA TO ALIGN EFFOR FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO LOCAL HAITN FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THIS
ORGANIZATION AND WHEREAS THE CITY RECOGNIZES THE EFFOR AND THE WORKS OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITIES OF MINNESOTA WHO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR HAITIAN PEOPLE LIVING ININNESOTA AND HAITI AND WHEREAS HAITIAN FLAG DAY IS
CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON MAY 18th, MARKING THE DATE OF CREATION OF THE HAITIAN FLAG SEWN BY CATHERINE ON MAY 18, 1803 IN HAITI. >> AND WHEREAS THE HAITIAN FLAG
IS A SYMBOL OFPRIDE, UNITY, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, AND IS TIGHTLY LINKED TO THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY OF STRUGGLE AND FREEDOM. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 18th AS
HAITIAN FLAG DAY, RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANC OF THE HAITIAN FLAG TO THE PEOPLE OF HAITI AND SUPPORTS THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF HAITIAN FLAG DAY. CONGRATULATIO [APPL
[APPLAUSE]. >> WE'RE GOING TO ASK MAMA ROSE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> YES, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, ALL THE PEOPLE AND ALL THE
PEOPLE IN THE DIASPORA. TO ALL HAITIAN, TO ALL THE HAITIANSND ALL THAT LOVE THEIR COUNTRY IN
THE CRITICAL MOMENT THAT HAITI IS IN DESPITE THIS DAY, WE ASK
FOR ONE THING, ALWAYS. WE ASK FOR ONE THING, ALWAYS. TAKE A MINUTE TO ASK GOD FOR OUR NATION. TO ASK HIM FOR GRIT FOR
HAITI TO BE BETTER AND TO LIVE IN PEACE AND TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU. KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYER BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE BEER DAYS TO COME AND I KNOW
HAITI WILL NOT GO DOWN. >> WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
[SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGGE]. >> THANK YOU.
[SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE]. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> AWESOME, WE'RE GOING TO POSE
FOR A PHOTO THEN RIGHT HERE.
>> NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.
>> ALL RIGHTY EVERYONE. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE. OKAY, LOOKS LIKE I'M READING IT ALONE. I'M KIDDING. SO TODAY WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH AND CELEBRATING THE HERITAGE, CULTURE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. WHEREAS EACH
YEAR DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, MINNESOTA HONORS AND CELEBRATES AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH AND WHERE AS IT KICKS OFF WITH A POWWOW AND AMERICAN INDIANS ARE THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES OF THIS
LANGUAGE, HERE LONG BEFORE THE UNITED STATES EXISTED AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF BUREAU ESTIMATES NEARLY 9.7 MILLION AMERICANS IDENTIFIED AS AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE ALONE OR A COMBINATION OF AND WHEREAS IN MINNEAPOLIS, IT
IS HOME TO ONE OF THE DENSEST URBAN AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND WHEREAS LITTLE EARTH IS HOME TO 1,000 RESIDENTS, 50% UNDER THE AGE OF 21, WITH 38 TRIBAL AFFILIATIONS,
PRIORI PRIORITIZING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS FOR MORE COMMUNITIES TO MOVE FORWARD AS WELL TO ADDRESS EXISTING CONDITIONS AND WHEREAS THEY HOLD A DEEPLY ROOTED SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY INCLUDE
STORIES OF TRAGEDY, TRIUMPH, AND PERSEVERANCE THAT NEED TO BE SHARED WITH FUTURE GENERATION, AND WHEREAS AMERICAN INDIANS HAVE MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TOSS THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IN MANY FIELDS INCLUDING AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE,
MUSIC, AND ART. WHEREAS THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES TO CULTURAL MEDIA AND HOST THE MINNEAPOLIS AMERICAN INDIAN RELATIONS RADIO SHOW ON NATIVE ROOTS RATIO, AND WHEREAS THE
CITY VALUES AMERICAN INDIAN EMPLOYEES AND SUPPORTING THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP, THE AMERICAN INDIAN NETWORK. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CELEBRATE AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH AND THE TRIBAL NATIONS AND STRONG
CULTURES THAT MAKE UP THE URBAN INDIAN COMMUNITY, UPLIFTING THE VOICES AND STRENGTHS THAT EXISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE VISITORS OF THE EVENTS BEING HELD OF THE INDIAN RECOGNITION MONTH AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
EVENTS THIS MONTH THAT WE HOPE THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO SHOW UP TO. >> SO I HAD INVITED A COUPLE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS, SO I WILL HAND IT OVER TO TRAVIS, OUR INCOMING METROPOLITAN INDIAN DIRECTORS
CO-CHAIR. [APPL [APPLAUSE]. >> GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE CELEBRATED AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH FOR OVER 50 YEARS. IT STARTED OUT AS A WEEK TO EDUCATE THE CHURCHES AND THE SCHOOLS ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AMERICAN
INDIANS HAVE MADE. NOW THAT IT'S A FULL MONTH OF CELEBRATIONS, WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND HAVE INDIVIDUALS COME VISIT OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR
HONORING US TODAY WITH THIS RESOLUTION. I AM GOING TO PASS IT OFF T RUTH BUFFALO. >> GOOD MORNING MINNESOTA, INDIAN WOMEN RESOURCE CENTER INVITES EVERYONE TO JOIN US FROM
2:00 TO 6:00 P.M. FOR FOUR HOURS OF FUN AT 2300 15TH AVENUE SOUTH FOR OUR OPEN HOUSE AND OUR SPRING COMMUNITY FEAST. WE'RE VERY THAT'SNKFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND WE KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY IS A DAY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF US TO DO
GOOD AND TO HONOR EACH OTHER'S ANCESTORS AND LEGACY. THANK YOU.
>> HI, MY DAKOTA NAME IS BLUEBIRD BOY. MY GOVERNMENT NAME IS DANIEL LACROY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS. MINNEAPOLIS
IS DAKOTA AND ANISHINAABE ANCESTRAL LAND AND TODAY WE MAKE UP MAYBE 1.5% OF THE POPULATION. I THINK INTERNALLY AS AN ENTERPRISE, THAT PROBABLY REFLECTS THE SAME DEMOGRAPHIC
FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANTER FO-- IMPORTANT FOR US TO FORM A GROUP FOR SUPPORT IN SUCH A BIG ENTERPRISE TO KEEP THE CITY
GROUNDED IN AWARENESS THAT AS NATIVE PEOPLES, WE ARE STILL HERE AND WE ARE RESILIENT AS EVER. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CULTURE THAT WE JUST WANT TO SHARE AND EXPOSE EVERYONE TO AND
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND JOE, COME OVER HERE. COME HERE. BEFORE WE TAKE A PHOTO, I JUST WANT TO
RECOGNIZE TODAY, OBVIOUSLY IT'S AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUNG LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. I RECOGNIZE THAT THE LEGISLATURE JUST ENDED AND THERE WAS A DEAL ON THE FUTURE OF THE DEPOT BUILDING WITH THE CITY AND FOLKS IN THE EAST PHILLIPS
NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GOING TO COME TOGETHER TO BUILD THIS AMAZING PROJECT ROOTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, ROOTED IN LAMB BACK, ROOTED IN THE PEOPLE OF LITTLE EARTH, AND THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THISAND WHO HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON THIS PROJECT. I WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT JOE HAS DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL. ON AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH, THIS LONG FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS COMING TO AN END WITH THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER SAYING WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN. AT
LEAST I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE IN THIS FIGHT AS WELL, BUT ALSO THE WORK OF YOUNG LEADERS LIKE JOE WHO REALLY NEVER GAVE UP ON THIS VISION TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN, AND I WANT TO AT LEAST MENTION THAT TODAY. I CANNOT MENTION IT. I AM NOT SURE IF YOUANTED TO SAY A
FEW WORDS JOE. >> JUST A FEW, I OWE, LIKE I'M STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GREATS. I KNOW ALL THE LEADERS BEING REPRESENTED AND BEING HONORED TODAY SHARE THE SAME. I BELIEVE IN THIS WORK OF ADVOCACY, WORKING WITHIN THE
SYSTEM, I KNOW EXTERNALLY WITH OUR COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS THAT CAN BE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE RESULTS RIGHT AWAY. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH LEADERSHIP THAT ARE LONGSTANDING ANDOOKING TO THE FUTURE, THAT'S 7 GENERATIONAL
TEACHINGS THAT WE ALWAYS INSTITUTE IN HOW WE STRATEGIZE AND HOW WE MOVE EVERY DAY. I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM A BENEFICIARY, MANY OF US ARE BENEFICIARIES OF WHO CAME BEFORE US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK WE'RE DOING TODAY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT SEVEN GENERATIONS FROM NOW, OUR FOLKS WILL BE IN A
BETTER PLACE, OUR COMMUNITIES WILL BE IN A BETTER PLACE, AND THIS WORLD WILL BE IN A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF IT. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, CONTINUE TO DO IT EVEN IF IT'S HARD, AND IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM BECAUSE WE NEED EACH OTHER, AS MUCH AS WE
NEED TO BE WORKING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER NOW MORE THAN EVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO RIGHT HERE AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING DOWN TO CITY HALL AND ALL OUR LEADERS THAT MADE THIS
HAPPEN.
>> NEXT UP, WE'RE RECOGNIZING NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING. I'M SO HONORED TO BE RECOGNIZING JUNE 2, 2026, AS NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY
IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I WILL JUST GET STARTED AND COLLEAGUES WILL. WHEREAS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS ONE OF OUR NATION'S MOST ICONIC AND VITAL WATERWAYS, SPANNING APPROXIMATELY 2,350
MILES FROM MINNESOTA TO LOUISIANA AND UNITING 10 MAIN STEM STATES AND 32 STATES IN ITS WATERSHED AND WHEREAS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS BEEN DEEPLY WOVEN INTO THE LIVES OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, SUSTAINING COMMUNITIES THROUGH NOURISHMENT, TRAVEL, AND TRADE, WHILE ALSO CARRYING ANCESTRAL SIGNIFICANCE.
>> WHEREAS THE RIVER IS THE HEART OF A MIGRATORY FLY AWAY FOR 60% OF NORTH AMERICA'S BIRD SPECIES, PROVIDES HABITAT FOR
FISH SPECIES, AND MAKING IT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS, WHEREAS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS UNDER THREAT FROM POLLUTION, HABITAT LOSS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS SOORS, WHI
IMPACTS THE COMMUNITIES, ECONOMIES, AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT DEPEND ON IT, WHEREAS PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER REQUIRES COLLABORATION ACROSS STATE AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, AND COMMUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE REGENERATIVE
CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES, RESTORE WETLANDS AND FLOODPLAINS, AND REDUCE AGRICULTURAL AND URBAN RUN OFF TO IMPRE WATER QUALITY AND -- >> WHEREAS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONNECTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, REFLECTING OUR SHARED HISTORY,
CULTURE, AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE VITALITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND WHEREAS, ONE MISSISSIPPI IN ITS NETWORK OF 78 ORGANIZATIONS AND 20,000 RIVER CITIZENS INVITE EVERYONE TO TAKE
ACTION WHETHER THROUGH CONSERVATION EFFORTS, ADVOCACY, OR SIMPLY ENJOYING THE RIVER AND BUILDING COMMITY, ESPECIALLY THE ONE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAYS OF ACTION JUNE 1 THROUGH 15, WHEN PEOPLE ACROSS THE REGION
COME TOGETHER TO RESTORE, CELEBRATE, AND ADVOCATE FOR A HEALTHIER RIVER. >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE JUNE 2ND AS NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI
RIVER DAY AND URGE ALL PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE, PROTECT, AND RESTORE THE MISSISSIPPIIVER AND ITS WATERSHED BY PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS, SIGNING UP AS ONE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CITIZENS, AND TAKING ACTION TO SAFEGUARD THIS INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE'RE SO FORTUNATE IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT WE HAVE PROTECTORS LIKE THE GROUPS WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIVER IS SAFEGUARDED,
THAT THE WILDLIFE ON THE RIVER IS. THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL EAGLES IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS ON THE RIVER, THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE THERE TO WATCH THEM AND WATCH THE WILDLIFE IN GENERAL. WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE RIVER NOW IN NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS THAT WE NEVER HAD BEFORE. SO, I AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN TO BRING THAT TO US AS A FORMAL PARKS COMMISSIONER AND HAVING ANOTHER FORMER PARKS COMMISSIONER ON THIS COUNCIL, WE
KNOW HOW VALUABLE YOUR WORK IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEP IT UP. REALLY, KEEP IT UP. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN AND THANK YOU COUNCIL AT-LARGE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION. THIS DAY FOR THE RIVER AND
REALLY WHY OUR CITY IS HERE. THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS LONG BEEN HOME IN A CENTRAL PLACE FOR PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, PEOPLE LIVING, PEOPLE RESIDING, PEOPLE FINDING SUSTENANCE FROM THE RIVER, IN PARTICULAR OUR DAKOTA RELATIVES
HAVE BEE HERE FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS. THIS WAS THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION, WHICH LED TO THE LOCK AND DAM SYSTEM THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN ON THE RIVER. OF COURSE IF YOU GO DOWNTOWN, THAT'S THE START OF
THAT 29-STEP STAIRCASE, THAT FERRIES WATER ALL THE WAY DOWN. NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAY IS ONLY IN ITS SECOND YEAR AND WE ARE THRILLED FOR THE CITY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THIS DAY. WHAT COMES NEXT IS OUR ACTIONS. WHAT COMES NEXT IS OUR SHARED
COMMITMENTS. SO, AS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW WAS UPLIFTING, THERE IS A CALENDAR OF 40 EVENTS, MANY LOCALLY, AND I WILL PASS IT OVER TO THE MISSISSIPPI MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION TO SHARE ABOUT THE LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES HAPPENING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL
ANDERSON. I'M A CITIZEN OF MINNEAPOLIS BUT I WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATION ONE MISSISSIPPI, WHICH THE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, UNITES ORGANIZATIONS, ALMOST 80 OF THEM FROM MINNESOTA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOUISIANA AND THESE RIVER CITIZENS, THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WT TO LEARN MORE, THAT WANT TO GET
CONNECTED, AND WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO, AS WE APPROACH THE OFFICIAL DAY JUNE 2ND, I'M THRILLED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT THE RIVER IS DOING WHAT IT HAS ALWAYS DONE, AND THAT IS BEING THE GREAT CONNECTER AND SO WITH THIS NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI
RIVER DAY PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, OF COURSE OUR CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, BUT THEN OUR DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBORS AS WELL ARE JOINING THE CALL. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE HAS JOINED, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY WHICH WE TURN TOWARDS EACH OTHER, TURN TOWARDS OUR SHARED VALUES, TURN TOWARDS LIFE, WHICH WE KNOW IS WATER. SO, I'LL PASS IT OFF TO ABBY
MOORE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. I WILL BE BRIEF. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT 2026 IS AN IMPORTANT YEAR FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BECAUSE IN 1926, THE RIVER THROUGH THE TWIN
CITIES WAS DECLARED DEAD. THREE LIVE FISH WERE FOUND BETWEEN ST. PAUL AND RED WING. SO IN 2026, WE ARE RECOGNIZING 100 YEARS OF IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THEN. WE NOW HAVE A HEALTHY FISHERY, AS YOU HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW
MENTION, THERE ARE EAGLES, WE SEE THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE. THERE IS A REALLY HEALTHY AND VIBRANT ECOSYSTEM, BUT THERE IS STILL A WAYS TO GO AND WE MUST REMAIN COMMITTED TO THIS WORK. SO WE'RE SO HAPPY TODAY TO HAVE THE CITY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS RIVER. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. [APPL [APPLAUSE]. >> AND BEFORE WE LEAVE, I ASKED TO COME DOWN TO HELP WITH THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR YOUR EFFORTS. AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT GREW UP IN MINNEAPOLIS AND LIVED BY THE RIVER, I GREW UP IN NORTHEAST AND NOW I JUST LIVE A
STONE'S THROW FROM THE RIVER. IF MY ARM WAS STILL GOOD LIKE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I COULD THROW A ROCK INTO THE RIVER FROM MY HOUSE. [LAUGHTER]. >> TO SEE THE CHANGES OVER THE YEARS WITH THE FENCES BEING TAKEN DOWN AND THE WALLS AND THE BARRIERS FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN
TO ENJOY THAT RIVER IS JUST, IT'S SO GOOD. IT'S SO NECESSARY AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ADVOCATES LIKE YOU THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL GATHER FOR A
GROUP PHOTO. >> FINALLY WE WILL WELCOME BACK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ TO
RECOGNIZE GEORGE FLOYD.
>> ALL RIGHT EVERYONE. SO TODAY WE'RE RECOGNIZING MAY 25, 2026 AS A SIX YEARS SINCE THE POLICE MURDERED GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT SPARKED A GLOBALCAT -- GLOBAL CATALYST FOR
JUSTICE. HE WAS BORN IN 1973 IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, LATER MOVING TO HOUSTON, TEXAS WHERE HE GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND WHEREAS IN ADULTHOOD, MR. FLOYD WORKED HARD TO MAKE CHANGES IN HIS LIFE,
WITH MESSAGES OF ANTI-VIOLENCE, AND WHERE MR. FLOYD MOVED TO MINNEAPOLIS AREA IN 2014 WHERE HE WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER AND PROVIDED SECURITY AS A BOUNCER AT A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS. HE WAS A BELOVED FATHER, RELATIVE, AND FRIEND WHO DECLARED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE THAT HE
WOULD ONE DAY CHANGE THE WORLD, AND HE DID. >> ON MAY 25, 2020, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE NOW KNOWN AS GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, HE WAS
CONFRONTED BY FOUR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS WHOSE ACTIONS LED TO HIS HORRIFIC MURDER, AND THE KNEELING ON HIS NECK FOR 9
MINUTES, THE CAPTURE OF THE MURDER WAS TAKEN BY A BYSTANDER AND MINOR AT THEIME WHO'S QUICK THINKING AND INSTINCT PROVED INTEGRAL FOR THE PROTEST OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND SYSTEMIC RACISM. THE MOVEMENT FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS FOR THE FOUR OFFICERS AND THE VIOLATIONS OF HIS CIVIL RIGHTS. AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ACTIVISTS, AND ORGANIZERS CAME TOGETHER TO PRESERVE ARTWORKS AND OTHER OFFERINGS AND TO REGULARLY ASSEMBLE A GEORGE
FLOYD SQUARE ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTIONS TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC RACISM, INCLUDING THE 24 DEMANDS, AND ON THE GROUND MEMORIALS LIKE THE SCULPTURE AND THE GARDEN, AND THE SAY THEIR NAME CEMETERY. >> WHEREAS MR. FLOYD'S MURDER
LAUNCHED LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES' DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INTO THE VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS BY MPD. THE PROBE LASTED OVER 3 YEARS AND RESULTED IN A COURT ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT DUE TO FINDINGS OF PATTERN AND
PRACTICE THAT MPD "USES EXCESSIVE FORCE" INCLUDING UNJUSTIFIED DEADLY FORCE AND UNREASONABLE USE OF TASERS, UNLAWFULLY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE AND NATIVE PEOPLE IN ITS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THES YOU OF FORCE
FOLLOWING STOPS, DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISABILITIES WHEN RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BEGAN CRAFTING AND IMPLEMENTING POLICE REFORMS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE MURDER
OF GEORGE FLOYD AS INVESTIGATIONS HAPPENED. THIS INCLUDED BANNING THE USE OF CHOKEHOLDS, REQUIRING OFFICERS TO REPORT AND INTERVENE WHEN THEY WITNESS UNAUTHORIZED USES OF FORCE, MAKING CHANGES TO THE
USE AND PROTOCOL OF CROWD CONTROL MUNITIONS AND OTHER IMPORTANT REFORMS. >> AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CONTINUES TO CONFRONT THIS LEGACY THROUGH MOURNING, HEALIN AND THE PURSUIT OF EQUITY OF TRANS
FORMATION. THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO ON GOING WORK THAT RECOGNIZE IT IS TRAUMA CAUSED BY THE POLICE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD THROUGH RACIAL HEALING AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVES, TRANSFORMING TRADITIONAL POLICING, INVESTING IN UPSTREAM
SOLUTIONS, AND DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC RACISM AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS TRANSFORMING TRADITIONAL POLICING IO A COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM BY IMPROVING COMMUNITY ACCESS AND INPUT INTO THE
OVERSIGHT OF POLICE, INVESTING IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, AND RACIAL HEALING INITIATIVES, ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MODELS, AND CO-LOCATING POLICE PRECINCTS WITH OTHER
SERVICES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE HOLISTICALLY AMONG OTHERS. LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZE MAY 25, 2026 AS THE SIXTH YEAR SINCE THE POLICE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD THAT SPARKED A GLOBALCAT LIST FOR
JUSTICE AND RECOGNIZE THERE IS MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS HERE WITH US TODAY. I WILL PASS IT TO JANELLE AND WHOEVER WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU MAY.
>> GREETINGS, MY NAME IS JANELLE AUSTIN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RISE AND REMEMBER. WE PRESERVE STORIES OF RESISTANCE TO RACIAL INJUSTICE AND WE CURATE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO
GRIEVE. WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF GEORGE FLOYD ON OUR BOARD WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS WILL BE COMING IN THIS WEEKEND TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR RISE AND REMEMBER FESTIVAL TO WHICH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS INVITED. ON BEHALF OF THEM, WE
THANK THE CITY FOR THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM FOR GEORGE FLOYD TO CONTINUE TO BE REMEMBERED AND RECOGNIZED. I ALSO STAND HERE AS A NEIGHBOR AND AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER OF GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. WE PUT OUR
BODIES ON THE LINE AND WE PRESERVE THE ART AS PROTEST AND WE STOOD AND CONTINUE TO STAND FOR JUSTICE BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK BODIES. WHEN DEREK CHAUVIN PUT HIS KNEE
ON THE NECK OF GEORGE FLOYD AND LYNCHED HIM FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, IT SPARKED SOMETHING IN US AND AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY SAW OUR OPPRESSION HERE AS BLACK PEOPLE HERE IN AMERICA FRANKLY. THAT OPPRESSION CONTINUES TO EXIST, EVEN AFTER
GEORGE FLOYD, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE WINSTON SMITH, AND DAUNTE WRIGHT, AND AMIRA LOCKE, AND THE NAMES CONTINUE. THIS IS NOT A PRO TEST THAT WAS, THIS IS A PROTEST THAT IS. WHAT DEREK
CHAUVIN DID THAT D WAS IGNITE A FIRE AMONG PEOPLE WHO HATE MY VERY SKIN COLOR AND BODY, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN ALSO SEE THE STRATEGIC ROLLING BACK OF OUR VOTES ACROSS AMERICA. THIS IS
ALL TIED, THIS IS ALL CONNECTED. SO, WHILE IT IS LOVELY THAT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS RECOGNIZING WHAT HAPPENED AND SOME OF WHAT STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN, I ASSURE US THA THE
DEBT TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS GREAT. THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS LACKING. IT REQUIRES ALL OF US TO DO SOMETHI AND TO CONTINUE TO STEP UP AND TO CONTINUE TO NOT IGNORE THE
VOICES OF THE PEOPLE AND THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO BE FREE AND TO BE LIBERATED. SO TRUST US. TRUST
US. I WISH TS RESOLUTION SPOKE MORE TO THE WAYS IN WHICH THE PEOPLE ARE RESISTING AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THE PEOPLE ARE GROWING AND DEVELOPING AS TO THE PERFORMATIVE MEASURES TO MAKE
THE POLICE SEEM BETTER, BUT THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT EXISTED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. IT'S NOT FIXED. WE'RE STILL SUFFERING. SO, I ASK US TO COME TOGETHER AND TO CONTINUE TO RESIST, TO COME TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO
STILL STAND BECAUSE WE IN MINNESOTA HAVE DEMONSTRATED TO THE WORLD THAT WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. [APPL
[APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU, IF THERE ARE NO OTHE WORDS, WE WILL TAKE A PHOTO AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR WORDS JANELLE.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL THE REGULAR MEETING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.
>> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE
HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME REMIND MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A MEANS TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO
BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR EECH SO CAPTIONS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE SKU ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED OF THEIR COMMENTS. THE AGENDA IS BEFOREUS. WE HAVE TWO
ITEMS RELATED TO A MORE TURN -- MORATORIUM OF DATA CENTER USES AND ITEM NUMBER 1 AND ITEM NUMBER 4, I WILL ASK THAT WE DISPENSE WITH THOSE ITEMS FIRST AND I AM GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE UP THOSE ITEMS PRIOR TO
THE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA INCLUDING THESE REVISIONS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER? >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO BRING FORWARD THE DATA CENTER USE REGULATIONS ORDINANCE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER TWO DATA CENTER
IT ITEMS, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM ALL AT ONCE. >> THERE IS NO ACTION WE NEED T TAKE FOR THE NOTICE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ALL AT ONCE. >> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A
MOTION TO ADOPT THE AYE AGENDA WITH THOSE REVISION? >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITI >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE VICE. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. THE NEXT IS ACCEPTANCE OF OUR REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 7TH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES, FINALLY WE HAVE THE REFERRAL PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND REPORTS TO
PROPER COMMITTEES. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AY. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED. AS
DISCUSSED WE WILL TAKE ON ITEM NUMBER 1, WHICH IS A PROPOSED MORARIUM ON DATA CENTER USES PURSUANT TO NOTICE, THIS IS A NOTICE FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOWDHURY AND CHAVEZ, TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER PROVIDING FOR A
MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, RE-ESTABLISHMENT, OR EXPANSION OF DATA CENTER USES AND TO REFER SAID ORDINANCES TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION AND SPEAK TO THE ITEM? >> YES COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WILL
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TEMPORARY PAUSE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL ITEM IN THE WAY THAT IN INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL, IF THIS BODY MOVES IT FORWARD, IT GOES INTO EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY AND I AS AESULT HAVE A LONGER PRESENTATION TO WALK THROUGH THE THOUGHT OCESSES AROUND A PAUSE ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THERE IS ALSO AN AMENDMENT TO
THE ORDINANCE THAT IS ON THE FLOOR THAT DOES MAKE SOME EXEMPTIONS AND THAT IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. I AM GOING TO SPEAK TO JUST THE BROADER PAUSE. SO, WITH THAT I AM GOING TO BEGIN. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND CLOOENLS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THIS
TEMPORARY PAUSE ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. I KNOW THAT THIS WILL RUN PARALLEL TO AND COMPLEMENT THE SEVERAL ORDINANCES I AM NOTICING WITH COUNSEL COLLEAGUES TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR DATA CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS. I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT A COMMON SENSE PAUSE IS AND WHY THE CITIES HAVE THIS TOOL IN THEIR TOOL BOX TO BE USED JUDICIOUSLY. PAUSES CAN BE USED WHEN THERE IS A SPECULATIVE RUSH OF DEVELOPMENT AND CITIES ARE INUNDATED. THAT IS ONLY ONE REASON. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS NOT THE REASON WHY I AM
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I AM BRINGING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE CITIES ALSO USE PAUSES TO UP DAYLIGHT ZONING, REWRITE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, AND BETTER ALIG WITH LONG-TERM COMMUNITY GOALS, ESPECIALLY WHEN REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS ARE OUTDATED AND INSUFFICIENT TO
MEET THE MOMENT. CITIES USE PAUSES TO CREATE TIME TO EVALUATE NEW AND EMERGING INDUSTRIES THAT MANAGEMENT PEOPLE'S LIVES. THE STATE HAS RECOMMENDED AND OFFERED PAUSES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH CANNABIS, PAUSING TO STUDY LOCAL IMPACTS AND CRAFT, SMART POLICY.
THIS PAUSE IS NOT TO BE PUNITIVE. THIS IS NOT A BAN. THIS PAUSE IS NOT ANTI-GROWTH. THIS PAUSE ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT BEING AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND PRIORITIZING SMART GROWTH, FUTURE-PROOFING OUR CITY, AND BRINGING THE
PUBLIC INTO A PROCESS WITH US AS POLICYMAKERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A HOT BUTTON TOPIC. THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY IS RAPIDLY GROWING AND CHANGING AND BIG TECH CORPORATIONS BEHIND THEM ANSWER TO THEIR SHAREHOLDERS AND NOT OUR RESIDENTS. THEIR GOAL IS TO TURN A PROFIT. OUR GOAL MUST
BE TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR PEOPLE FIRST. I CAN TELL YOU, PEOPLE IN EVERY SINGLE WARD OF THIS CITY ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF DATA CENTER GROWTH ON THEIR LIVES, ON THE GREEN ZONES, ON THE RESOURCES WE ALL RELY ON.
THEIR CONCERNS DO HAVE VALIDITY AND IT'S OUR WORK TO LOOK OUT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MINNEAPOLIS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM WE FACE. A DATA CENTER IS A STRUCTURE FILLED WITH SERVERS, CHIPS, STORAGE EQUIPMENT, NETWORKING HARDWARE. THESE FACILITIES ARE THE
PHYSICAL BACKBONE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE CALL THE CLOUD. THEY POWER YOUR E-MAIL, YOUR STREAMING SERVICES, INCREASINGLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT TECH COMPANIES ARE RACING TO BUILD. YES, DATA CENTERS EXIST TODAY IN OUR CITIES,
SMALLER SCALE ENTERPRISE FACILITIES THAT POWER THE NEEDS OF BUSINESSES, BANKS, HOSPITALS, AND UNIVERSITIES, BUT DATA CENTERS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TODAY ARE NOT SMALL SERVER ROOMS OF 20 YEARS AGO. THESE ARE NOT THE DATA CENTERS OF YOUR MOM OR GRANDMA. THE INDUSTRY HAS
RAPIDLY CHANGED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS EVEN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES WITH MASS COMPUTING POWER, ESPECIALLY THOSE POWERS GENERATIVE AI, WHICH SOCIETY IS CONTENDING WITH THE ETHICS OF IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. A SINGLE
50-MEGAWATT DATA CENTER DRAWS ROUGHLY THE SAME POWER AS 40,000 TO 55,000 AVERAGE AMERICAN HOMES. UNLIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD OR SHOPPING DISTRICT, IT RUNS AT FULL CAPACITY, 24 HOURS A DAY,
365 DAYS A YEAR. RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY DATA STRONGLY SHOWS THAT ONCE A MAJOR DATA CENTER PROJECT IS PERMITTED OR BUILT IN AN AREA, ADDITIONAL DATA CENTERS BECOME MUCH MORE LIKELY TO FOLLOW. THIS IS ONE OF THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
INDUSTRY. ECONOMISTS, PLANNERS, UTILITIES, AND DEVELOPERS DESCRIBE THIS AS THE CLUSTER EFFECT OR THE NETWORK EFFECT. THIS MAKES COMMUTATIVE IMPACT OF MANY MID TO LARGE SIZED DATA CENTER IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AWARE OF AND BUILD GUARD RAILS
AROUND. THE SCALE IS ENORMOUS AND AS A GOVERNMENT, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE WORK TO REGULATE IT. WATER CONMPTION IS SIGNIFICANT AS WELL. THESE FACILITIES REQUIRE BETWEEN 10 TO 100 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER YEAR JUST TO COOL THEIR MACHINES. IN SOME CITIES, THE
WATER COMPETES DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTIAL WATER PRESSURE AND FIRE SUPPRESSION CAPACITY. AS WE SEE CONTINUED GROWTH IN AREAS THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE FOR DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT IS NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE TO ASK AND ANSWER WHAT THIS MEANS FOR WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT, WHAT CAPACITY WE'RE
LEAVING FOR OTHER USES, WHAT FUTURE PLANNING REQUIRES. AT THE VERY LEAST, WE OWE IT TO OUR CONSTIENTS TO KNOW EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SET STRONG GUARDRAILS INSTEAD OF RUSHING THROUGH PROJECTS. THE SAME GOES FOR ENERGY. WE HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED HOW MUCH SLACK IN OUR
ENERGY GENERATION WE MUST PRESERVE FUR USES OTHER THAN DATA CENTERS. WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED HOW MUCH ENERGY WE AS A CITY WANT TO PLAN FOR, FOR TH NEAR THAT DETERMINATION TODAY. WE OWE OUR RESIDENTS A TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTING OF HOW WE
ARE PROTECTING THEM FROM SUBSIDIZING DATA CENTER ENERGY USE AND WE OWE THEM CLARITY ON WHAT POTENTIAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS MIGHT EXIST. WE ALSO HAVE TO BE SOBER ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CORPORATIONS BEHIND NEW GENERATION DATA CENTERS HAVE
CONSISTENTLY SOLD OUT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NDAs, CLOSED DOORS, SWEETHEART DEALS, FACILITIES POWERED BY HIGH EMISSION ENERGY SOURCES AND BLACK AND GROWN COMMUNITIES TREATED AS SACRIFICE ZONES, WATER AND POWER EXTRACTED TO THE
POINT WHERE RESIDENTS LOSE WATER PRESSURE AND SEE THEIR BILLS RISE, AND I HEARD THE ARGUMENTS ON WHY THAT WANT HAPPEN HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE ACTORS AND THEIR ETHICS DON'T CHANGE. THE REALITY MUST BE MET WITH A STRONG GOVERNANCE PRACTICE TO ENSURE ALL HARMS ARE PREVENTED
ON THE FRONT END. SO, HE'S WHAT MULTIPLIES OUR PROBLEM. MINNEAPOLIS HAS A SERIOUS REGULATORY GAP AND I REALLY WANT TO GET THAT ACROSS TO FOLKS. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A DEFINITION OF A DATA CENTER IN OUR ZONING CODE. RIGHT NOW, THESE
FACILITIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS COMMUNICATION EXCHANGES, A CATEGORY DESIGNED FOR TELEPHONE SWITCHING AND OTHER COMMUNICATION-STYLE USES. THAT OUTDATED CLASSIFICATION PERMITS DATA CENTERS WITH A CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT AND IN ALMOST EVERY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY. EVERY PARCEL OF LAND IS FAIR GAME. >> THAT IS YOUR FIRST SPEECH. >> THANK YOU. WE DON'T DIFFERENTIATE BY SIZE. A 2,000
SQUARE FOOT ROOM IS TREATED IDEAICALLY UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE. THAT'S NOT A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, THAT'S A GAP. OUR ENFORCEMENT TOOLS ARE LIMITED AND WEAK. STATE LAW CURRENTLY RESTRICTS US TO REGULATING BY SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT NOT BY MEGAWATTS, WHICH IS A HUGE
PROBLEM BECAUSE THE ENTIRE LANGUAGE OF THIS INDUSTRY IS MEGAWATTS. WE CAN MAKE ROUGH CONVERSIONS AND GUESSTIMATES FROM SQUARE FOOTAGE TO MEGAWATTS BUT THAT'S A SHORT-TERM FIX. THE INDUSTRY'S GOAL IS TO PACK MORE COMPUTING POWER INTO LESS SPACE.
TWO FACILITIES OF THE SAME FOOTPRINT COULD CONSUME WILY DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF ENERGY AND WATER AND WE WOULD HAVE NO MECHANISM TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THEM. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE ASKED TO MAKE PERMITTING DECISIONS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE TOOLS WE NEED TO MAKE RESPONSIBLY. IT'S
NOT EVEN US EVEN MAKING THOSE CALLS, IT'S OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS WHO NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM THIS COUNCIL TO DO THEIR WORK WELL. IF WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR CANNABIS
DISPENSARIES, WHERE THEY CAN GO, WHERE THEY CAN'T GO, WHAT CONDITIONS APPLY, AND WHAT RESEARCH BACKS OUR DECISIONS, WE SURELY MUST DO THE SAME FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT IS FAR MORE COMPLICATED AND MOVING FAR FASTER. NOW I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT I WON'T. I'M VERY PASSIONATE
ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT'S VERY DEEP D LAYERED AND THE WORK IS CUT OUT FOR US. I WILL JUST SAY THIS, THE STAKES ARE HIGH FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM PEOPLE ACROSS OUR CITY. EVEN OUR WORKERS, I GET
IT. I GET THAT JOBS ARE ON THE LINE AND THEY MATTER. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS WORK. 57 JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE HAS
ENACTED ACTIVE PAUSES TO GIVE THEMSELVES BREATHING ROOM TO PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITIES. I THINK WE CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S ALL OF OUR VALUES THAT WE WANT GOOD DEVELOPMENT AND NO ONE WANTS BAD DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WE CAN AGREE, NO ONE WANTS BAD DEVELOPMENT. THIS PAUSE IS NOT SAYING MINNEAPOLIS IS CLOSED
FOR BUSINESS, IT'S SAYING LET'S CREATE A TABLE WHERE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS CAN HAVE A SAY IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. HAVING TECH COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS THAT AREN'T WILLING TO DO BUSINESS ABOVE BOARD IS NOT BUSINESS THAT OUR CITY SHOULD BEND ITS VALUES TO IN
ORDER TO GAIN REVENUE. I DOESN'T ALIGN WITH WHO WE ARE AND OUR GOVERNANCE ETHOS UP UNTIL THIS POINT. SO I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS, I WILL WARN YOU, IT'S GOING TO SOUND A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC. I BELIEVE IF WE TAKE THIS BREATHING ROOM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON
A SOLID REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. I KNOW THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT PERSONAL PROPERTIESES -- PERSPECTIVES ON THIS COUNCIL. IF WE GIVE EACH OVER THIS BREATHING ROOM, WE CAN HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME WORK, WITH OUR CITY STAFF
TO WORK ON THING MEANINGFUL AND CUTTING EDGE, TALK TO THE WORKERS IN THIS ROOM TODAY, AND SHARE OUR CONCERNS WITH THEM. WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TRULY BE PROUD OF. THE OPPORTUNITY IS LITERALLY RIGHT
THERE AND WE JUST HAVE TO GO FOR IT. SO IN CONCLUSION, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO MY POLICY AIDES AMY AND BEN. THEY HAVE POURED SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY INTO THEESEARCH OF THIS WORK AND CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THANK YOU TO THE CONSTITUENTS THAT CAME TO OUR TOWN HALL, THANK YOU TO EVERY
COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT THIS, THANK YOU TO THE TRADES WHO TALKED TO ME FOR SEVERAL HOURS LEADING UP TO TODAY'S VOTE. THANK YOU TO THE RESEARCHERS AND THE EXPERTS THAT CONNECTED WITH MY OFFICE AND I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE AND I ASK FOR EVERYONE'S SUPPORT ON THIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS MOVED THIS FOR REFERRAL TO THE BIZ COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A SECOND FOR THAT. >> SECOND.
>> THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES, I WILL SPEAK TO THE MORATORIUM BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I TOO WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND THE DISCUSSION THAT WE ALREADY STARTED AROUND DATA CENTERS. JUST ABOUT ALL OF US HAVE CO-AUTHORED THE REGULATION
ORDINANCE AND/OR THE STAFF DIRECTIVE THAT YOU WILL SEE BEFORE US IN THIS CLUSTER OF THREE ITEMS. TO ME, THAT IS ENCOURAGING. TO ME THAT SAYS WE WANT TOO THIS RIGHT AND WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER. WE ALL NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED WE HAVE TO DO RESEARCH, TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE WE HAVE JURISDICTION, AND I KNOW THERE IS FEAR AROUND MEGAWATTS. IF YOU DIDN'T WATCH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AT THEIR LAST SESSION, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. THERE IS SOME REALLY EXCITING AND THOUGHTFUL THINGS COMING FORWARD AROUND
REGULATION THAT I THINK MANY OF THE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF. A LOT OF GOOD ANALOGIES AROUND ENERGY USE THAT ARE VERY EASY TO SHARE AS AN EXAMPLE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO WATCH THAT MEETING AND TO HANG IN THERE
WITH ALL THE ENERGY DETAIL. ALSO, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT SETTING SOME GUIDELINES OF USE IN OUR CITY. WHILE I THINK BOTH OF THOSE PIECES OF WORK ARE VALUABLE, WE HAVE THIS STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR THOUGHTFUL COLLABORATION, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AND TIMELY WORK THAT I
AM EXCITED ABOUT. I WANT TO ALSO AFTER MY COLLEAGUES THANK ALL OF THE LABOR TRADES WHO HAVE SHOWED UP TODAY, INCLUDING SMART LA LOCAL 10 AND THE MINNEAPOLIS TRADES COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE YOUR STRONG ADVOCACY AROUND THE
IMPORTANCE OF JOB OPPORTUNITIEI IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND THE FACT YOU ARE HERE MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU. THERE ARE REAL OPPORTUNITIES AROUND SMALL SCALE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT, RESTORING COMMERCIAL VALUATIONS, SUPPORTING UNION JOBS, DRIVING INCREASED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
TO HELP RELIEVE THE HOMEOWNER IMPACT THAT WE'RE ALL HEARING FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND HELP US GET US CLOSER TO OUR CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS, THROUGH INCRSED FRANCHISE FEES TO INVEST IN WEATHERIZATION OF HOMES AND GREEN ZONES, AS WELL AS INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY
SOURCING INTO OUR CITY'S DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM. THESE ARE NOT HYPER SCALE DATA CENTERS. THE DATA CENTERS BEING PROPOSED TO MINNEAPOLIS ARE SMALL, TARGETED, AND FIT WITHIN
OUR EXISTING FOOTPRINT. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT IS REAL. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNION JOBS IS REAL. IN RESENT WEEKS, SHIFTING TO THE MORATORIUM, THE COUNCIL JUST TALKED ABOUT THEIR
INTEREST AROUND A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS AND IT INCREASED THIS CHILLING EFFECT ON POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS. GUESS WHAT? TODAY WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, WE'RE TAKING REAL ACTION. TODAY IF WE SUPPORT
A MORATORIUM, WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT? NO EXPANSION PLANS UNDERWAY FOR CURRENT DATA CENTERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY CAN CONTINUE. NO EXPANSION. NO NEW PROJECTS CAN BEGIN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
TRADE WORK SLOWS. TODAY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE DOWN THE MORATORIUM AND UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT JOBS. MANY OF US WERE ENDORSED BY THE PEOPLE WE SEE BEFORE US AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT PERSPECTIVE. ADDITIONALLY,
IF WE SUPPORT A MORATORIUM, WE MAKE HEADLIS. AGAIN, COMMUNICATE THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS WEARY OF INVESTMENT. GUESS WHO ELSE HAS VACANT OFFICE SPACE AND NO MORATORIUM? ST. PAUL. LET'S NOT STEP OUT WITH A MORATORIUM
LIKE ST. PAUL STEPPED OUT WITH RENT CONTROL, ONLY TO REALIZE IT HAD REAL ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THEY HAD TO WALK BACK FROM QUICKLY. AS COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION AND STAFF DIRECTION AND AGAINST THE MORATORIUM. LET'S SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE VALUE BUSINESS
INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY ONCE MORE AS WE BEGIN THIS RESEARCH, THIS IMPORTANT RESEARCH AND REGULATION PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. DATA
CENTERS IS A HOT TOPIC, EVERYWHERE YOU TURN ON TV, IT'S A NATIONAL TOPIC. I THINK IT'S VERY SMART TO PAUSE AND APPROACH IT IN A BALANCED WAY. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE CREATING THE
JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITIES, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN AND BE RESPONSIBLE LAWMAKERS WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WILL BE BRINGING A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL
MORATORIUM FOR MORE APPROACHED BALANCE. I BELIEVE THE MORATOUM IS TOO LONG AND TOO BROAD. SO MY CHANGE WILL MAKE IT SHORTER AND TARGETED. HERE'S WHAT I MEAN. DOWNTOWN NEEDS FLEXIBILITY. WE TALKED ABOUT
THAT A LOT. I VISITED SLEEP NUMBER, WHICH ACTUALLY SHOWED ME A LOT A JOBS FOR CONSTRUCTIONS AND ELECTRICIANS AND SO ON. THAT WAS REALLY SMART. THE SMALLER DATA CENTERS, UNDER 350 SQUARE
FEET IN DOWNTOWN CORE CAN STILL MOVE FORWARD. THIS PROTECTS JOBS AND DEVELOPMENT. I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR UNION WORKERS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND CREATE MORE JOBS.
SO, THIS ALSO ORDINANCE IS -- SORRY, MOTION WILL STILL PROTECT NEIGHBORS, LARGE DATA CENTERS OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN WILL STAY PAUSED WHILE THE CITY'S STEAD ANY IMPACTS LIKE NOISE AND LAND
USE. THIS WILL ALLOW REASONABLE PROJECTS TO CONTINUE WHILE STILL GIVING STAFF TIME TO FINISH THE WORK. SO MY COLLEAGUES, LIKE I STARTED MY CONVERSATION IN THE BEGINNING, MY MOTION WILL LIMIT
THE TIMELINE FROM ONE YEAR TO SIX MONTHS WHILE WE STUDY IT. ALSO, MY MOTION WILL HAVE 350 SQUARE FEET BUILDINGS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING A DATA CENTER. AS I VISITED SLEEP
NUMBER, IT WAS 181 SQUARE FEET. SO, I THINK THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN CAN STILL CONTINUE THEIR WORK AND HAVE THEIR PLANS BUT THAT'S JUST
AROUND DOWNTOWN. AROUND THE CITY, IT DOES MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE CITY. IT DOES MAKE SENSE FOR OUR STAFF TO TAKE THE TIME THAT IS NECESSARY TO STUDY AND PUT ORDINANCE THAT IS A LOT. IT WILL MAKE IT REGULATED
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER MENTIONED, I AM A COAUTHOR OF THAT. SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY'S THINKING AND APPROACH OF PAUSING AND HAVING
THE TIME TO THINK. TO ME, I THINK SIX MONTHS IS ENOUGH TO PAUSE AND AT THE SAME TIME, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA CENTERS WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN CONTINUE AND ANYONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT HAVING A SMALLER DATA CENTER IN DOWNTOWN ARE STILL ABLE TO DO IT WITHIN SIX
MONTHS. I'M HOPING THAT I CAN GET THE SUPPORT FOR THIS BALANCED APPROACH OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. THANK YOU. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN HAS MOVED TO AMEND THE REFERRAL TO
CHANGE THE PERIOD FROM ONE YEAR TO SIX MONTHS AND TO CREATE AN EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTERS THAT ARE LESS THAN 350,000 SQUARE FEET IDENTIFIED BY INTERSTATE 94
PLYMOUTH AVENUE AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE UP THIS AMENDMENT AND THE UNDERLYING MOTION AS ONE ITEM. COUNCIL
MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. SINCE ENDORSEMENTS WERE INVOKED THERE THIS CONVERSATION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME FOLKS ON THIS BODY VOTED AGAINST CITY EMPLOYEES WHILE SERVING ON THE PARK BOARD. COLLEAGUES, WITHOUT THIS TEMPORARY --
>> PLEASE KEEP TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE TOPIC. >> WITHOUT THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM, WE'RE SAYING THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS OPEN FOR POLLUTION AND ANYTHING GOES. I WILL REPEAT THAT, WITHOUT THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM, WE ARE SAYING THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS OPEN FOR POLLUTION AND THAT ANYTHING
GOES. WE NEED TIME TO SET UP A STRONG REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, WHICH THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM IS ALLOWING US TO DO. WHETHER IT'S AN URBAN CORE, THE SUBURB, THE ROLL OUT OF DATA CENTERS LARGELY POWERED BY AI IS A
RESULT OF A CORPORATE STRATEGY, BUL BULLYING MUNICIPALITIES LIKE MINNEAPOLIS INTO ACCEPTING THEM, PRIORITIZING SPEED OVER ACCOUNTABILITY. WHY ARE THEY
BEING BUILT OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE? BIG TECH, CRYPTO MINING, THE MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDUSTRIES ARE THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF THE EXPANSION AND THEY ARE PROFITING FROM IT. EXPANDING DATA CENTER CAPACITY POWERS AI-DRIVEN SURVEILLANCE
TOOLS USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE ICE AND CORPORATE VENDORS TO SPY ON US, DEPORT OUR NEIGHBORS, AND PROTEST AGAINST STATE POWER. ALSO LOST IN THIS CONVERSATION WHICH IS FOCUSED LARGELY ON DOWNTOWN IS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUST THAT THIS FORTUNATELY IMPACTS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. WHETHER IT WAS THE SMITH FOUNDRY, THE HURT IN WA
WARD5, HISTORY SHOWS US THAT POLLUTING PRODUCING FACILITIES ARE PLACED IN DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES LIKE THE ONE I REPRESENT. TO GET MORE IN TARGET OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER LAST YEAR DIRECTING THE EPA TO IDENTIFY
SUPER FUND AND BROWNFIELD SITES FOR DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT, WHILE WEAKENING REQUIREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. WEAKENING THEM. THE EPA ACTIVELY DIRECTED BIG TECH TO LOOK FOR CONTAMINATED SITES NEAR
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES. THE EPA NOTED THESE SITES ARE VIABLE EVEN IF CLEAN UP IS ONGOING AND THAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN. IN MY WARD, IN EAST PHILLIPS, IT SITS ON A SUPER FUND SITE WHERE ARSENIC CONTAMINATION HAS NEVER
BEEN CLEANED UP. IT'S A BROWNFIELD SITE, SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING FOR. I WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO POLLUTE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR MAKE IT EASIER TO POLLUTE THE NEIGHBORHOODS I REPRESENT IN WARD 9. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF TALKING
POINTS ON HOW THIS WILL AFFECT DEVELOPED AREAS AN DOWNTOWN, BUT I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS CONVERSATION TO BE JUST ABOUT DOWNTOWN WHEN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED IN THIS CONVERSATION AND IN THIS WORK AS WE BUILD OUT THESE
MASSIVE DATA CENTERS. ONE, I AM GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE WITHOUT IT THE MORATORIUM FAILS AND THIS MORATORIUM DOES MATTER TO ME. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS AMENDMENT BUT I DO
THINK THAT THIS TEMPORARY PAUSE IS IMPORTANT SO WE CAN BUILD OUT A ROBUST FRAMEWORK TO MAKE SURE THESE DATA CENTERS ARE NOT BUILT IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M CONCERNED OF THE EMPTY PARCELS OF LAND IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WHERE BIG
TECH WILL RAISE THE BILLS ON PEOPLE AND DEVASTATE OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THAT'S A BIG CONRN I HAVE WITH THIS. I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS CARVE OUT DOES AND WHY I HAVE CONCERNS WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I NEED IT TO PASS. EXEMPTING DOWNTOWN FROM THIS
MORATORIUM OPENS UP THE DOOR TO LOCKING UP THAT PARTICULAR LAND FOR FUTURE DATA CENTERS INSTEAD. INSTEAD OF USING THAT LAND FOR HOUSING, FOR A FAMILY-FRIENDLY DOWNTOWN, FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING CUSTOMERS TO DOWNTOWN TO BUILD A FLOURISHING DOWNTOWN WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELCOMED,
WE WANT TO BUILD DATA CENTERS IN DOWNTOWN INSTEAD OF BUILDING INFOR A STRUCTURE THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE BACK TO DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY. I DON'T THINK THE SIX MONTH TIMELINE GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHILE
I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH IT. WITH ALL THE PROMISES ON HOW DATA CENTERS WILL SUPPORT THE BOTTOM-LINE, WE NEED THIS MORATORIUM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME UP WITH AN EQUIT EQUITABLE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO REGULATE THESE DATA CENTERS
BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOLKS JUST SAYING, IT'S ABOUT DOWNTOWN BUT THE FOLKS TALKING ABOUT JUST DOWNTOWN ARE IGNORING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LIKE MINE AND THAT IS JUST WRONG. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU TO MY COAUTHOR ON THE MORATORIUM PAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD HIGHLIGHT OF AN EXAMPLE OF THE CONDITIONS AND THE WAY THAT INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS MAY BE
DIFFERENT FROM RURAL AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES. THE WAY THAT ACTORS THAT BUILD THESE OUTDO NOT CHANGE, RIGHT? THERE IS UNETHICAL PRACTICE IN WHICH THESE GENERATIVE AI FACILITIES FOR DATA CENTERS ARE BEING BUILT OUT. THAT'S A REAL REALITY. I
THINK EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER IS BRINGING THOSE PERSPECTIVES INTO OUR CHAMBER, AS THEY SHOULD. THIS IS A MOMENT FOR US TO LEAN IN AND BUILD OUT SOMETHING GOOD. I WILL SAY TO
COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING FORWARD THIS MOTION. YOU AND I TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IT, A VERY DIFFICULT TIME WITH IT BECAUSE
YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE THING THAT MATTERS A LOT TO ME IS COMMUTATIVE IMPACT, RIGHT? LIKE YOU CAN HAVE ONE-50-MEGAWATT DATA CENTER AND THEN YOU BUILD ANOTHER, AND YOU BUILD ANOTHER, AND THEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT 150-MEGAWATTS. WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT CLUSTER EFFECTS. WE'RE SAYING HYPER SCALE IS NOT HAPPENING, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE OF MEGAWATTS AND HYPER SCALE, THAT'S CONCERNING. I THINK THIS EXEMPTION IN DOWNTOWN IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN SUPPORT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
THERE ARE VOICES THAT WANT TO SEE THESE PROJECTS CONTINUE AND I KNO THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL THAT WANT TO SEE THIS CONTINUE. I THI DURING THIS PAUSE, WHILE WE HAVE IT, AND WE HAVE THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT, WE GET TO HAVE A LONGER
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DOES ZONING LOOK LIKEN DOWNTOWN, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN THE RESIDENT OF OUR CITY, WHAT USES ARE WE NOT ACCEPTING, AND I ALSO THINK IT'S A GREAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PERSON THAT IS AN EXPERT
UP HERE ON DATA CENTERS, NOT BY A LONG SHOT AND THERE IS A LOT WE CAN LEARN FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY DATA CENTER FACILITIES. IT DESERVES TO BE EXPLORED. THIS IS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD REALLY PUT OUR WHOLE EFFORT BEHIND. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY. I THINK LIKE ONE THING I DO WANT TO GET ACROSS IS AGAIN, LIKE THIS IS NOT ABOUT BANNING
SOMETHING AND CREATING AN ALL OUT CHILLING EFFECT. I THINK AS GOVERNMENT, IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE A PROCESS AND THEN WE GET TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE ZONING AND LAND USE WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.
I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE MAJOR PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE I WANT TO SEE DATA CENTERS BANNED. LIKE I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE THERE IN OUR GREEN ZONES. I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >>. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE TRUE WORKERS THAT CAME DOWN TODAY. DON'T LET THE SUIT AND TIE FOOL YOU, I WAS IN LOCAL 17,
UP UNTIL MY 40s. I GOT THE SORE HIPS AND BACK TO PROVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING YOUR VOIS BEING HEARD. I APPRECIATE DAN, THE EFFORT YOU LED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO MY COLLEAGUE AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO VOTE ON
THIS, I AM SO PROUD TO SERVE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ADVOCATES AND ADDTY -- ACTIVISTS. THAT'S HOW WE REPRESENT NOT ONLY OUR WARD BUT THE WHOLE CITY. IT'S A BIG STEP NOW TO BECOME A GOVERNING BODY.
THIS DOES NOT TAKE THAT STEP. IT DOESN'T INVOLVE ALL 13 OF US IN THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE THIS LANGUAGE WAS PUT FORWARD. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS A GOVERNING BODY, WE RUN AN
ENTERPRISE, AN ENTERPRISE THAT IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF 425,000 CITIZENS, 4,000 CITY EMPLOYEES, A $2 BILLION BUDGET WE HAVE TO MANAGE FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITIZENS. FOR
THAT SUCCESS, IT TAKES THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS, DECISIONS BASED OFF RESEARCH FROM STAFF, FROM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM TESTIMONIES LIKE THE WORKERS WHO ARE DONE -- DOWN HERE TODAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
COMING DOWN. IT ALSO TAKES AND PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS, SPEAKING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT THE AREA THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD IMPACT. YOU KNOW, I AM LITERALLY 10-FEET AWAY. MY DOOR FROM ONE OF THE AUTHORS, BUT
NOTHING WAS SAID. IT WAS JUST THROWN OUT THERE. >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME, CHAIR? YOU DON'T REPLY TO MY TEXT MESSAGES. >> I HAVE THE FLOOR. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE POLICY AND NOT THE INDIVIDUAL. >> I DID NOT SAY A NAME. LISTEN
TO MY WORDS. [LAUG [LAUGHTER]. >> OKAY. >> CONTINUE COUNCIL MEMBER. >> A WELL RUN GOVERNMENT RUNS ON FACTS, NOT FEARS OR ACCUSATIONS.
WE ARE ON THE VERGE, I AM CONVINCED THAT WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF A NEW GENERATION OF BUILDING USE, OF DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS YOU THAT WILL BRING BACK OUR TAX BASEME, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO SPEND THE MONEY ON
SOCIAL SERVICES THAT THE STATE AND COUNTY IS NOT SPENDING THE MONEY ON. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO RAISE CITY FUNDS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ELECTED TO SERVE. SO, THINK ABOUT ALL THAT, NOT ABOUT IDEOLOGY, NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU
HOPE OR THINK COULD HAPPEN, BUT LET'S BASE OUR DECISIONS BASED ON FACTS, NOT FEARS AND ACCUSATIONS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR BRINGING THE UNDERLYING MOTION WHICH I STRONGLY SUPPORT. BIG TECH IS NOT TRYING TO PUT DATA CENTERS INTO EVERY CITY, SUBURB, RURAL AREA ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
SERVE US. THEY WILL BUILDING THEM FOR PROFIT. THAT'S POINT-BLANK AND PERIOD. DATA SINNERS ARE NOT FOR US AND THEY ARE FUNDAMENTALLY EXTRACTIVE. THEY TAKE UP SPACE, EVEN A SMALL OR MEDIUM SIZED DATA CENTER IS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT COULD BE USED FOR
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, PUBLIC ART, GREEN SPACE, OR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE SUSTAINABLE REVENUE AND COMMUNITY WEALTH. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT LET THE SHORT-TERM BENEFITS OF DATA CENTER COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE CITY IN THE
IMAGE OF A CONNECTED AND CLIMATE FRIENDLY AND IS THOUGHTFUL ON HOW WE'RE BUILDING HOUSING, ALL THINGS LAID OUT IN OUR 2040 PLAN. THESE DATA CENTERS TAKE UP WATER, OUR PRECIOUS CLEAN WATER
THAT SUSTAINS OUR CITIES AND EACH ONE OF OUR FAMILIES. THAT WATER IS THE CROWN JEWEL OF OUR STATE. THOUSANDS OF WATER PROTECTORS KNOW THIS AND HAVE PUT THEIR BODIES ON THE LINE TO
PROTECT THAT WATER SOURCE ACROSS CORPORATE POLLUTION. THEY ARE WILLING TO FORCE RESIDENTS TO BEAR THE RISK ANYWAY. IT'S ABSURD TO ME THAT AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS EVEN HERE, BUT LOOKING AT THE ONES IN GREATER MINNESOTA, IN OUR SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY ARE TAKING THE THREATS POSED BY DATA CENTERS MORE SERIOUSLY THAN WE ARE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S QUITE DISAPPOINTING TBE IN THIS MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE
POLITICALLY ON THIS ISSUE. WE ARE TO THE RIGHT OF UTAH, TO THE RIGHT OF NEVADA, AND EVEN LOOKING LOCALLY, WE ARE TO THE RIGHT POLITICALLY OF EAGAN ON THE ISSUE OF DATA CENTERS AND
THE APPROACH OF A MORATORIUM. MINNESOTA HAS BEEN A STAUNCH ADVOCATE IN LABOR PROTECTIONS AND BEING THOUGHTFUL HOW WE TAKE ON CORPORATION INTEREST. SO I AM TRULY SURPRISED AT THE EAGERNESS THAT SOME ARE SHOWING TO THROW THAT ADVOCACY AWAY, TO THROW THAT LEGACY AND HISTORY AWAY
BECAUSE OF THE HOLLOWED PROMSEIS SOLD TO US BY BIG TECH. DATA CENTERS ARE BEING PUSHED HERE BY TECH BILLIONAIRES THAT HANDSOMELY PROFIT IN THEM AND THOSE WHO HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THEM AS WELL, LIKE OTHERS ON THIS DAIS, I HAVE A
LONG E-MAIL FROM THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL SAYING THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF DATA CENTERS AND OF COURSE DO NOT SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM. THE REALITY IS, THE MINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN COUNCIL HAS ALSO TAKEN POSITIONS ON WHATEVER THEIR DONOR-BASE, OR CORPORATE INTEREST HAVE TOLD THEM TO TAKE.
MINNEAPOLIS HAS SEEN IT FOR YEARS WHEN IT COMES FOR WORKERS ADVOCATING FOR A BARE MINIMUM OF $15 WAGE. OUR DOWNTOWN COUNCIL TOLD US TO OPPOSE IT. WHEN UBER AND LYFT --
>> PLEASE KEEP COMMENTS GERMANE TO THE TOPIC. >> I AM AND THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE. WHEN UBER AND LYFT WAS NOT PAYING OUR WORKERS A $15 MINIMUM WAGE POLICY, AND THOSE
CLAMORING FOR THE DATA CENTERS SAID LET THOSE LOW WAGE IMMIGRANT DRIVERS CONTINUE TO LIVE IN POVERTY. I DO NOT WANT TO BE PART OF SUPPORTING EFFORTS THAT ASK US TO PUT THE INTEREST OF BIG MONEY OVER THE LIVELIHOODS OF OUR RESIDENTS, WHO ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES WHO
MAKE OUR CITY THRIVE, BUT WOULD BEAR THE ULTIMATE COST OF THESE IMPACTS OF THE DATA CENTERS IF WE ROLLED OUT THE RED CARPET AS SOME OF US WOULD LIKE TO DO. I HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE IT IS IM AWARE THAT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DATA
CENTERS. THESE COMPANIES KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC IS RIGHTFUL IN BEING DISTRUSTFUL OF SILICON VALLEY CORPORATIONS, LARGELY BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE KNOWN TRUMP ALLIES THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY USED THEIR MONEY TO SUPPORT REGULATION, SUPPORTING
LOCAL GROUPS THAT FINANCIALLY BENEFIT FROM DATA CENTERS TO BECOME PROXIES TO OFFER THESE EXPLORATIVE TECH COMPANIES LEGITIMACY AND CREDIBILITY. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS MAYOR FREY WILL BE MET WITH TONS OF POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM THESE TECH CORPORATIONS AND THEIR
ALLIES TO ADVANCE WEAK REGULATIONS OR ABANDON ALL REGULATORY EFFORTS TOGETHER. IN FACT, THEY HAVE LOBBYISTS WORKING OVERTIME TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PERSUADE US THAT THESE DATA CENTERS ARE FOR THE BEST OF OUR
WELLBEING AND WILL PRESERVE THE FURTHER FALL OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ARE THE ECONOMIC GOOSE EGG OF SAVING OUR CITY. IT'S SAD BUZZ THESE AMENDMENTS ARE A REFLECTION OF THAT, THAT PRESSURE BY THE POLITICAL FORCES
TIED TO THESE DATA CENTERS. THIS IS AN EFFORT TO WEAKEN THE UNDERLYING MOTION FOR A MORATORIUM. IT'S LIKELY TO PREVAIL BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE KNOW WHAT THESE TECH COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS. IT IS TO SERVE THEMSELVES AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT'S JOB IS TO PROTECT OUR CITIES FROM EXPRATIVE FORCES LIKE BIG TECH TO ENSURE OUR CITY CONTINUE TO BE WALKABLE AND SUSTAINABLE, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE CLEAN WATER AND RELIABLE POWER, AND TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS
ACTUALLY FULL OF LIVING WAGE JOBS AND HEALTHY WORKPLACES AND DATA CENTERS IMPACT ALL OF THAT. SO, THIS IS WHY I AM ALSO AUTHORING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOWDHURY AND OSMAN THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THIS ITEM, ON
THE IMPACTS THAT DATA CENRS HAVE AND WILL HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE SEEING THE EXHUMELION OF SMALL AND MIDSIZED DATA CENTERS. I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE GOING TO SEE LOTS OF CONVERSATION BEING DRIVEN AND POLITICAL PRESSURE TO NOT ENTERTAIN SOME OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL COME FROM THAT ANALYSIS. BUT THAT SAID, I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THE LOCAL IMPACT BECAUSE WARD 2 IS ALSO GETTING A DATA CENTER. I LEARNED THIS AT A COMMUNITY MEETING. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE
CURRENTLY AND I HAVE NO TOOLS TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF WARD 2 FROM THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT THE DATA CENTER WILL BRING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I RATHER HAVE A PROTECTION AS OPPOSED TO NOTHING AND I URGE THE RESIDENTS TO KEEP AN AYE ON THE DISCUSSION
AND TO CHAMPION EVERY PROTECTIVE MEASURE WE CAN FROM BIG TECH COMING IN TRYING TO SHAKE UP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PROFITS AND NOT OUR WELLBEING. >> YOU'RE AT TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. JUST A QUICK NOTE, I WANTED TO
GIVE A NOD TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, COUNL MEMBER OSMAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER HERE, AND ALL OF THOSE ON THIS BODY, IF WE LOOK ACROSS THE ACTIONS AS IT RELATES TO DATA CENTER USAGE,
DATA CENTER MORATORIUMS, IT'S ALMOST A UNANIMOUS VERSION OF SUPPORT THAT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOME REGULATIONS AROUND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS, I THINK WHAT WE ARE MISSING HERE IS THIS IS A LOT OF AROUND THE MARGINS. WE'RE VERY CLOSE ON SOMETHING THAT I THINK FITS
FULLY WITHIN THE POLITICS OF THIS BODY AND IT IS IN THESE MARGINS THAT WE'RE ALL DISCUSSING AND DEBATING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THIS MEASURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN IS MOVING THAT REFLECTS A ROBUST
COMPROMISE THAT ENCOURAGES INTENTIONAL PROGRESS WITHOUT STIFLING GROWTH. I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED BY WHAT I HOPE TO BE A UNANIMOUS EFFORT TO DEVELOP DATA CENTER REGULATIONS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY PASS HERE SHORTLY. WHAT WE WERE SEEING, THIS IS THE
PART THAT EXCITE ME AND HAS EXCITED ME FOR A WHILE. YOU SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE UP HERE THAT ARE FRUSTRATED WITH A LOT OF THINGS, AND THAT MEANS WE'RE PROBABLY DOING WORK. THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY MEANS. WE'RE COMING THROUGH AND COMPROMISING AND ENGAGING IN GOVERNANCE THAT
MATTERS FOR EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, NOT JUST ONE CORNER. WE'RE NOT JUST ONE AREA, NOT JUST ONE INTEREST GROUP, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MEASURE TODAY BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES THE CITY TIME TO DO RESRCH AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND HOW WE
CAN GOVERN WELL WITHOUT DISMISSING THE BOOM THAT DATA CENTERS MAY OFFER TO OUR CITY, IN PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND WE HAVE TO BE SURE OF HERE IS THAT WE ARE NOT HOPING TO STOP THIS, WE'RE HOPING TO SLOW IT DOWN. WE'RE HOPING TO SIT BACK AND SEE HOW WE CAN BEST
ADVOCATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, FOR THE INTEREST DOWNTOWN, FOR OUR WORKERS, AND THERE IS A LOT OF US HERE TODAY AND I WOULD LIK TO NOTE SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE ISNE THING THAT I THINK WE ARE MISSING HERE. A LOT OF
THE PEOPLE IN FRONT, IF THE PUBLIC CAN'T SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORKERS HERE. MANY OF THESE MEMBERS HAVE GROWN UP HERE IN THIS CITY THAT LEARNED IN OUR SCHOOL, IN OUR CLASSROOMS, THAT HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN THE CITY
OF MINNEAPOLIS, THAT GOT INTO APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS TO HELP THIS CITY AND BUILT A CAREER ON TRADES AND WORKING AND ENSURING THAT YOU KNOW, WE ALL SUPPORT STORIES LIKE THAT ANDHAT WE HAVE TO EMBRACE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND CREATE JOBS AND
JOB PATHWAYS THAT PROVIDE A PATH TO MIDDLE CLASS AND OUR NEXT GENERATION OF RESIDENTS. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS IS, I HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, I HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, WE
NEED TO HAVE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS, THAT WE HAVE WORK PATHWAY PROGRAMS, THAT WE ARE GETTING OUT OF WHAT THESE CENTERS AREOMING INTO OUR CITY. SO, THIS IS A VERSION THAT I THINK I C SUPPORT AND WHILE I'M NOT THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT
IT, IT'S CALLED GOVERNANCE. SO, AGAIN I THINK WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR CITY, ALL OF OUR WORKERS, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE ARE FIGURING THAT OUT, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS, EVEN THOUGH IT TENDS TO COME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FRUSTRATION THAT
THIS IS THE EFFORT WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH, I AGREE AND WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS WHOLE CATEGORY O WORK AND PUT SOME SHRUGTURE AROUND IT BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THAT STRUCTURE IN PLACE. I AM JUST
WONDERING, I SEE MEMBERS OF THE CPED STAFF HERE, IF YOU COULD JUST IN LIGHT OF NOT JUST THE MORATORIUM BUT THE TIMEFRAME AND SOME OF THESE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE COMING FORWARD TODAY, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO HIGH-LEVEL WHAT YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN AND CANNOT REGULATE AS WE MOVE INTO
THIS WORK. IT CAN JUST BE BUCKETS IF THAT IS ENDABLE. >> WELCOME, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> JASON, CPED PLANNING MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. CPED HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS TOPIC FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. WE ARE ENGAGING IN INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE. WE HAVE A WORK PLAN
THAT ANTICIPATES BRINGING THIS TO A PUBLIC HEARING IN OCTOBER, BEING BEFORE THIS BOD IN THE FALL. WE ANTICIPATE REGULATIONS THAT WOULD GOVERN THE SCALE, IN
TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE USE, WOULD INDICATE WHICH ZONING DISTRICTS THIS USE WOULD BE ALLOWED IN, AS WAS NOTED EARLIER, THIS FALLS UNDER A COMMUNICATION EXCHANGE CURRENTLY IN OUR CITY ZONING CODE, IT'S
NOT A PERFECT FIT AND ALLOWED QUITE BROADLY ANYTHING THAT WE COME UP WITH IS VERY LIKELY TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNICATION EXCHANGE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CITIES IN
MINNESOTA DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADOPT REGULATIONS THAT EFFECT BUILDING COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE STATE BUILDING CODE, WHICH MEANS CITIES CANNOT ADOPT THINGS LIKE THEIR OWN ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, THEIR
WATER USE STANDARDS. I'M HAPPY TO TALK IN THE COMING MONTHS WITH YOU ALL AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT THE EXACT SCOPE OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE PLACED ON US. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE KIND OF THAT, JUST AN OFFERING OF
WHAT YOU LEARNED SO FAR IN THIS RESEARCH PROCESS AND I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH CPED AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE LRO GROUP IN REALLY LEARNING EVERYTHING THERE IS TO LEARN AND FINDING OUR LANE. SO, THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. >> I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION ONE THING THAT WAS MENTIONED AROUND KIND OF THE STACKING OF 20 MEGAWATTS HERE, 20 MEGAWATTS THERE. THAT IS ALL VERY TRANSPARENT, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
MEETING. THAT IS DEFINITELY ON THEIR RADAR. THOSE ENTITIES WOULD BE ROLLED UP INTO A HYPER SCALE FINANCING MODEL WHERE THEY'RE PAYING THE PREMIUM RATE. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE JURISDICTION OVER NOR DO WE NEED TO FEAR BECAUSE OF WHAT THE
STATE WORK THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IS A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE WE CAN STEP UP AND WE DO STILL HAVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS THAT NOTHING RADICAL WOULD COME
FORWARD, EVEN WITHOUT A MORATORIUM THAT WE MIGHT BE FRIGHTENED OR FEARFUL ABOUT. WITHOUT THIS BODY'S INPUT AND WITHOUT THIS BODY'S APPROVAL. SO, I FEEL, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT A MORATORIUM IS MORE OF A
PLACATING MEASURE FOR PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE IT SIGNALS SOMETHING WHEN IN REALITY -- >> PLEASE DO NOT ASCRIBE MOTIVES. >> SORRY. I DON'T THINK THIS MORATORIUM REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED BECAUSE OF THE
MEASURES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE LIMITED. SO, I WILL NOT BE OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING THIS AND I THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ENGAGING AROUND THIS ISSUE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE POSITIVE
DISCUSSIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR OUR CITY AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME TO DRIVE INVESTMENT AND TO DRIVE JOBS, AND SO THE MORATORIUM DOES NOT FIT WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK FROM MY
VIEWPOINT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. IN 1957, MINNESOTA BECAME THE HOME OF THE FIRST SUPER COMPUTER VIA CONTROL DATA. SO, WE FOUNDATIONALLY HAVE BEEN A
HUB FOR THE LEGACY BUILDING AND STREAMLINING PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS THAT INSTRUMENT CHANGE HISTORICALLY. THAT'S JUST BEEN A THING, OKAY? AND SO DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN HERE. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE, THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. PEOPLE ARE RUNNING DATA CENTERS OUT OF THEIR HOMES FARMING CRYPTOCURRENCY, OKAY? SO DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN USED. I AM COMPLETELY FOR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND STUDY AS WE DIG
DEEPER AND LOOK AT AGAIN, THE COMMUTATIVE PRACTICES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT LONG-TERM EFFECTS ARE AND HOW THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD BUT I AM NOT FOR THE WORD MORATORIUM. I AM JUST, I AM REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME WITH
THAT WORD MORATORIUM. IT HAS BEEN THROWN AROUND TOO LOOSELY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF ME SITTING HERE ON THIS DAIS AND I WISH THAT WORD WOULD GET FLUSH DOWN THE COMMODE. I AM OVER THAT
WORD, MORATORIUM. I AM REALLY, REALLY FOR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES. I AM REALLY FOR LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DIG DEEPER AND COME TOGETHER WITH IDEAS AND ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND YOU
KNOW, REALLY LEAN IN TO LEARN MORE AS WE GO ON THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE NO ONE HAS ALL OF THE ANSWERS BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US IN COLLECTIVE EFFICACY TO ASK DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
IT IS THAT WE ARE GOING FUTUR FUTURISTICALLY. SO, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE MORATORIUM BUT I AM SUPPORTING THE CONTINUED LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH IN THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM AND ON THIS DAIS WHO REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT DATA CENTERS ARE A VIABLE SOLUTION TO THE
CITY BUILDING VACANCY PROBLEM AND THIS KIND OF THINKING, I THINK IS SHORTSIGHTED AND IS ONE THAT PRIORITIZES PROFIT OVER PEOPLE, PRIORITIZES IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OVER COMMUNITY CENTERED DEVELOPMENT.
DATA CENTERS POSE A RISK TO OUR GRID TO OUR WATER, AND TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. THAT IS A FACT. THE EPA IS FAST-TRACKING DATA CENTERS BECAUSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY BIG TECH. LAST
SUMMER, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ACCELERATING FEDERAL PERMITTING OF DATA CENTERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND DATA CENTERS, AND OUTLINING THE CALL FOR INCREASED ENERGY FROM COAL AND NATURAL GAS TO POWER THEM. THAT MASSIVE AND RUSHED PUSH FOR DATA CENTERS
WITHOUT CARE FOR CONSEQUENCES IS NOT AN ORGANIC ONE. IT'S NOT BASED ON REAL DEMAND. IT IS A CAMPAIGN THAT IS FUNDED BY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR WEALTHY FIGURE HEADS TO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WHO WILL DO ANYTHING, ANYTHING
FOR ANOTHER DOLLAR TO ADD TO THEIR BILLIONS. IF WE ALL KNOW THAT, IF WE ALL CLAIM TO OPPOSE THAT, THEN ENACTING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM IS A REASONABLE AND MEASURED PATH FORWARD. TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE RUSHED DEVELOPMENT OF DATA CENTERS IN
OUR CITY WITH NO REGULATION IN PLACE, WITH NO SAFEGUARDS ESTABLISHED IS TO ALIGN WITH THE OLLIE GASHINGS AND THE TACTICS THEY USE ON THE WORKING BACKS OF
PEOPLE. WITH THIS RUSH OF DEVELOPMENT OF DATA CENTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN TELL ME THAT IF WE LET THESE DATA CENTERS GROW AT THIS PACE, WE WON'T 10 YEARS FROM NOW BE STARING AT ONCE AGAIN VACANT BUILDINGS WITH NOW AN ADDITIONAL CRISIS TO OUR
ENERGY AND WATER SUPPLY. DATA CENTERS ARE NOT A SOLUTION, THEY ARE A POISON. I AM SO PROUD OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT'S ADOPTIVE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, ACHIEVING SOME OF THE STRONGEST AND AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS IN THE
COUNTRY. OUR CITY IS INVESTING ON TOP OF THAT HISTORIC RESOURCES TO BUILD RESILIENCE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND DEDICATING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO THIS EFFORT. FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS, I REPRESENTED THE CITY AS A MEMBER OF THE CLEAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP AND ONE
OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE SEE IN OUR EFFORTS TO MEET OUR CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS IS THE DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT IS USED BY THE COMMERCIAL ANDNDUSTRIAL SECTOR, EVEN IF EVERY SINGLE HOME IN MINNEAPOLIS WAS FULLY WEATHER-WISED IN USING CLEAN
ENERGY ALTERNATIVES, EVEN IF EVERY PERSON IN OUR CITY REDUCES THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT WITH INTENTION, THE CITY CANNOT MEET OUR CLIMATE GOALS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTOR'S ENERGY USAGE. WE HAVE KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS. A SINGLE
MIDSIZED DATA CENTER USES AS MUCH ENERGY AS 40 TO 50 THOUSAND HOMES. WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING A ADOPTIVE CLIMATE GOALS AND INVESTING TIME AND MONEY TO MEETING THEM IF WE'RE GOING TO
ALLOW DATA CENTERS TO UNDERMINE ANY PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING? IF YOU, LIKE I DO, BELIEVE IN PEOPLE OVER PROFIT, IF YOU BELIEVE IN REAL LASTING AND COMMUNITY CENTERED SOLUTIONS TO OUR VACANT BUILDING PROBLEM, IF
YOU BELIEVE THAT MINNEAPOLIS TAP WATER IS SUPERIOR TO EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY AND NEEDS TO STAY THAT WAY, IF YOU BELIEVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS REAL AND THAT MUST MEET THIS CRISIS WITH THE URGENCY IT DESERVES IF WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WEATHER AND
SURVIVE, THEN YOU WILL JOIN ME IN VOTING YES FOR A MORATORIUM. IF IT WERE UP TO ME, TODAY WE WOULD JUST BE PASSING A YEARLONG MORATORIUM WITH NO EXEMPTION. I KNOW THAT IS NOT HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHERE THE WILL OF THIS BODY IS,
AND IF THIS AMENDMENT THAT THE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT FAILS, WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE NO MORATORIUM AT ALL AND RISK ALL MY NEIGHBORS WAKING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO AN UNREGULATED POWER SUCKING AND
WATER POISONING MONSTROSITY IN THEIR BACKYARD. I FIND THAT UNACCEPTABLE, SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE SOME MEAN MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TODAY, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN AS
THE OFFICIAL SPOKEN WORD ARTIST OF THE COUNCIL, YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT WORDS. WORDS ARE IMPORTANT AND MORATORIUM IS A TERRIBLE WORD FOR US TO USE FOR THIS SUBJECT. SO, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT. WE
COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY THAN USING A MORATORIUM AND WE ARE ALL SRT ENOUGH TO DO THAT IF WE TALK TO EACH OTHER AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT
PAYNE. I THINK I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT AGAIN, THERE ARE VARIES PERSPECTIVES UP HERE AND THOSE PERSPECTIVES REPRESENT THOSE VARYING PERSPECTIVES THAT EXIST IN OUR CITY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF WORK TO DO POPULAR EDUCATION AROUND THIS ISSUE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS
MEANS FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR WATER SYSTEMS AND OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU ARE OUT AND YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE WATCHING THE COUNCIL MEETING, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. LIKE THIS IS A MOMENT TO
LEAN IN. IF YOU ARE IN THIS ROOM, SCHEDULE MEETINGS WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO GET OUT OF THIS LIKE, TENDENCY THAT WE CAN HAVE TO GO INTO OUR CORNERS WHEN WE REALLY DO HAVE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND MEET RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ONE IS FOR ONE IS FOR MR. WHITENBERG IF
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THE 350,000 SQUARE FEET AND WHAT THAT CORRELATES TO AND HOW CPED OFFERED THAT TO US. >> MR. WHITENBERG. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.
THERE IS NOT A GREAT DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE POWER USED IN MEGA WATTS AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A DATA CENTER. GENERALLY OF COURSE THE LARGER THE DATA CENTER, THE MORE POWER CAPACITY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
THERE. WHAT THE RANGE IN MEGA WATTS OF A 350,000 SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTER COULD BE TREMENDOUS. IT COULD ACCOMMODATE A 40 MEGA
WATT DATA CENTER. IT COULD ACCOMMODATE A 75 WATT DATA CENTER. I WILL SAY THAT DATA CENTERS ARE GETTING MORE EFFICIENT IN THEIR USE OF SPACE. THEY'RE PUTTING MORE POWER CAPACITY INTO SMALLER SPACES
COMPARED TO THE DATA CENTERS THAT WAS HISTORICALLY EXISTED IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO HIGHLIGHT HOW CPED KIND OF PUT THAT TOGETHER AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE AROUND SQUARE FOOTAGE AND MEGA WATTS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE TO FIGURE OUT. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO FOLKS WHAT'S ON THE TABLE IS A 6-MONTH PAUSE. THE 350 SQUARE FEET IN DOWNTOWN.
WHICH IS THAT RANGE THAT YOU SHARED, WHAT WAS IT 40 TO 50, 75, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT EXEMPTION. I ALREADY MADE MY FEELINGS KNOWN ABOUT THAT. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO JUST TAKE A SECOND TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS.
SO IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, THEN WE WILL HAVE THIS GO TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE WILL SET A PUBLIC HEARING, I BELIEVE, ON JUNE6TH.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THE ACTION ON JUNE 25TH. SO THERE ARE OTHER POINTS OF ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE. AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO A HUGE PART OF WHY WE'RE TAKING UP OUR
ORDINANCES. BUT ADDITIONALLY THIS PAUSE IS LIKE THIS WORK, THE RESEARCH THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH TEAM IS GOING TO DO ALONGSIDE CPED TO BETTER EDUCATE US AND GIVE US REAL FACT-BASED INFORMATION WILL NOT ONLY COME TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT IT WILL
BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S REALLY NEEDED IN THIS SPACE. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE NEXT STEPS. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME
HERE TODAY TO WATCH THESE PROCEEDINGS. IT IS NOT FUN. YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS AT THIS POINT. I JUST NEED TO LEAD WITH WHERE
I'M COMING FROM ON THIS. AND THAT IS THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE FREAKED OUT ABOUT DATA CENTERS. I HAVE GOTTEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF EMAILS SAYING WE DON'T WANT ANY DATA CENTERS AT ALL. FOR THE ADVOCATES OF DATA CENTERS, YOU HAVE NOT CONVINCED MY NEIGHBORS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
THIS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VITAL. IF THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE SCREAMING AT ME THAT THEY DO NOT WANT DATA CENTERS, THEN I HAVE TO AT LEAST LISTEN TO THAT IN SOME WAY. SO I NEED FOLKS WHO ARE UP HERE SAYING THAT DATA CENTERS ARE
GOING TO SOLVE A OF OUR ISSUES, YOU'VE GOT TO TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS FIRST BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORS COME FIRST WHEN IT COMES TO THIS CONVERSATION. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I LIVE IN A SPECIAL WARD.
I HAVE MANY, MANY LIUNA MEMBERS, MPA, I HAVE MANY WORKERS IN MY WARD. THEY'RE ALSO RESIDENTS TOO. AND SO WHEN I'M LOOKING OUT FOR THE NEEDS OF WORKERS, I ALSO NE TO BE LOONG OUT FOR THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS.
THERE IS HUGE RISK TO OUR ENERGY BILLS HERE. WHEN WE EXPAND DATA CENTERS AND WE NEED AN UPGRADED SUBSTATION AT SOME POINT OR NEW LINES OR SOMETHING, THAT IS WHAT EXCEL PASSES ON TO RATE PAYERS.
WE NEED PROVISIONS, WE NEED REGULATIONS THAT'S GOING TO SAY DATA CENTERS ARE GOING TO INDUCE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, SPENDING BY EXCEL, THAT THOSE EXPENSES NEED TO BE PASSED ON TO THE DATA CENTERS AND NOT TO YOU SO THAT YOUR ELECTRICITY BILLS
ARE NOT GOING UP. TO SUBSIDIZE DATA CENTERS. IT'S A LITTLE IRONIC THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND REALLY PUSHING BACK ON ANY SORT OF MEANINGFUL REGULATION AND PAUSE WHEN WE JUST HAD THE RIVER
RESOLUTION WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE RIVER WAS ECOLOGICALLY DEAD BEFORE AND NOW WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE IT IS SO MUCH HEALTHIER AND YET STILL WE KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.
SO THIS ALSO GETS INTO WHAT IS A CITY FOR? A CITY IS FOR HOMES. A CITY IS FOR JOBS. A CITY IS FOR AMENITIES. WE KNOW DATA CENTERS WILL CREATE BUILDING JOBS. AND ONCE THEY'RE BUILT THEY REALLY DON'T INCLUDE A LOT OF JOBS AFTERWARDS. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY
SHOULDN'T EXIST AT ALL. IT JUST IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. AND CURRENTLY, OUR REGULATIONS ARE ACCORDING TO STAFF REALLY NOT AWARE OF ALMOST ANYTHING. SO WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO DIG INTO THIS TOPIC AND I KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO DIG INTO THIS TOPIC. BUT THESE ARE ALL REASONS WHY A VERY TEMPORARY SIX-MONTH PAUSE IS INCREDIBLY REASONABLE AT THIS POINT. THIS AMENDMENT IS REALLY AN EXAMPLE OF COMPROMISING. THE MAYOR HAS SAID HE WILL VETO
ANYTHING THAT IS LESS THAN 100 MEGA WATT MORATORIUM. AND SO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS DAIS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANT 0 DATA CENTERS IN THE CITY. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS BETWEEN 40 AND 75 MEGA WATTS, THAT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
THIS IS COMPROMISE. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT'S COMPROMISING, THIS IS EXACTLY IT. SO I JUST GOT TO SAY THAT NOBODY IS GETTING WHAT THEY WANT HERE IN THEIR ENTIRETY. THIS REALLY IS A PRODUCT OF COMPROMISE.
AND SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MORATORIUM BECAUSE WE DO NEED A PAUSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING ON DATA CENTERS. AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, A FEW YEARS BACK --4, 5
YEARS BACK, THERE WAS A POLAR VORTEX. REMEMBER WHEN TEXAS FROZE AND THAT ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR WAS IN CANCUN. WHEN THAT HAPPENED, OUR GAS BILLS SPIKED BECAUSE THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF GAS BECAUSE IT WAS COLD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE NEED DATA CENTERS TO HAVE BATTERY BACKUP SO THEY'RE NOT INDUCING INCREASED GAS SPIKES THAT WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR TODAY. YOU SEE IT IN THE NEWS HEADLINES OVER AND OVER. EXCEL AND THE PUC FIGHTING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO
PAY FOR THAT SPECIFIC SPIKE. THIS IS JUST ONE VERY SMALL EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT OUR REGULATIONS NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND CURRENTLY OUR REGULATIONS ARE AWARE OF NOTHING. SO WE DO NEED TO DIG IN, AND WE DO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S
GOING TO BE SMART. INCLUDING SO GOING TO BE SMART IS SOMETHING THAT TAKES IN PUBLIC FEEDBACK. THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN SO CLEAR TO ME THAT THEY WANT A MORATORIUM. AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT IN ON THIS CONVERSATION A LOT, A LOT MORE.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN ACCEPT DATA CENTERS AT ALL. I JUST CAN'T GET PAST THIS POINT ABOUT HOW MY NEIGHBORS ARE TELLING ME NO DATA CENTERS AT ALL. SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT UP HERE IF ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE TELLING ME SOMETHING ELSE?
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT DATA CENTERS ARE A PART OF OUR FURE, WE NEED TO BE BRINGING OUR RESIDENTS ALONG WITH US. THAT'S JUST NONGAUCHABLE. THEY NEED TO HAVE INPUT IN THIS. AND THEY WILL HAVE INPUT IN THIS BY HAVING SIX MONTHS TO THINK, TO TALK, TO LISTEN, AND TO
GRAPPLE WITH FUTURE REGULATIONS. THIS IS THE START OF A CONVERSATION. THIS IS NOT THE END OF A CONVERSATION. I WANT TO THANK DAN FOR HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT THIS. I WANT TO THANK OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT THIS.
I HAVE A MTING SET UP WITH THE SHEET METAL WORKERS. AND I NEED MORE MEETINGS. I SEE SOME OTHER LOGOS OUT HERE THAT I DON'T HAVE A MEETING WITH YET. SO PLEASE, LET'S SCHEDULE THAT. WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. AND I NEED TO TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS. MY CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT ON BOARD
WITH DATA CENTERS. AND I NEED TO BE SPEAKING WITH THEM ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING TO THEM. AND LASTLY, WE NEED REGULATION THAT IS GOING TO PROTECT EVERYONE. THAT BEING RESIDENTS, THAT BEING
WORKERS, THAT BEING OUR TAX BASE, THAT BEI THE RIVER AND OUR WATER SUPPLY, THAT BEING THE AIR, AND THAT BEING A POPULATED AND THRIVING DOWNTOWN. IF WE DEVOTE A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF OUR DOWNTOWN TO DATA CENTERS, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF OUR DOWNTOWN THAT IS NOT HOUSING. THAT IS NOT OFFICE SPACE.
THAT IS NOT RETAIL. THAT IS NOT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE. OUR DOWNTOWN SHOULD NOT BE QUIET EXCEPT FOR THE HUM OF DATA CENTERS. OUR DOWNTOWN NEEDS TO BE ABUNDANT. >> YOU ARE AT TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.
>> THANK YOU. MY LAST COMMENT ON THIS; I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WHICH IS THE LEG WORK. I WENT TO DOWNTOWN, TALKED TO THE DATA CENTER FOLKS. HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM. AND MY APPROACH HERE IS A
BALANCED, RESPONSIBLE WAY OF APPROACHING. AND WE DON'T NEED TO BE ONE SIDE EXTREME. WE HAVE TO APPROACH THE WORK WE DO AS A BALANCED WAY. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 424,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.
AS I UNDERSTAND THE GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR DOWNTOWN. BUT ALSO BEING RESPONSIBLE APPROACH OF DATA CENTERS ALSO HAS AN IMPORTANCE. WE CANNOT JUST GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT AND SAY NO MORATORIUM, NO
NOTHING, LET'S JUST DO EVERYTHING. THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU APPROACH ANY BUSINESS. SO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS. I'M NOT JUST HAVING ONE OPINION AND RUNNING WITH IT. YOU HAVE TO APPROACH IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
WE VISITED A BUILDING. WE SAW THE CAPACITY. WE CALCULATED THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH. IT'S A CALCULATED NUMBER. THAT WILL NOT STOP WORK. THAT WILL HAVE MONEY
OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW COMPANIES IN OUR DOWNTOWN TO DO BUSINESS, GIVE WORKERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK. AT THE SAME TIME, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORS, AS COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ TALKED ABOUT, AS PLACES WE SPEND,
PLACES WE PLAY, WE SLEEP. BEING RESPONSIBLE. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ALL ARE OBLIGATED TO DO IT. IF YOU LIKE A DATA CENTER OR NOT, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HERE. IT'S ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY. AND MY APPROACH HERE, PLEASE
TELL ME IF THIS NUMBER IS A PROBLEM. IS THERE A JOB THAT WILL STOP FOR THIS NUMBER? IS THERE A BUILDING THAT WILL STOP DOING WORK BECAUSE OF THIS NUMBER? IN OUR CALCULATION AS WE TALKED ABOUT MANY DAYS HERE TALKED TO MANY EXPERTS, THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME FOR
WORKERS TO CONTINUE WORKING, FOR DATA CENTERS TO CONTINUE EXISTING IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORE WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING MORE ACTION HAPPENING. AND I THINK THAT IS MY POINT OF
APPROACHING AND BEING BALANCED IS THE WAY TO APPROACH IT. OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP GETTING ONE-SIDE VOTES AND VE VETO EVERY TIME. IF WE DON'T COME TOGETHER, IF WE DON'T COMPROMISE, IF WE DON'T DO
WHAT MAKES SENSE, THE BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE THE SAME WAY AS WE'RE GOING TO SEE VETO AND THE MAYOR THIS BEING VETOED BEFORE IT EVEN GOT HERE. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES THAT PEN.
IT'S JUST THAT WE'RERE ASKING H TO BE ON THE TABLE AND THINK ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS. YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THINK ABOUT THE CONCERNS.
NO ONE SHOULD BE ONE SIDED SUPPORT. YOU HAVE TO BE BALANCED IN A WAY. AND THAT IS NOT US ONLY, BUT ALSO THE MAYOR. SO FOR US, I'LL GIVE MY STAFF THUMBS UP FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE.
FOR THE LEG WORK THEY DID, FOR THE CONVERSATION WE HAD, WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR, WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THEM. AND COMING UP WITH THIS NUMBER IS WHAT MAKES SENSE. SO LET'S ALL OF US VOTE FOR THIS NUMBER AND THIS COMPROMISE
BECAUSE IT'S NOT EXTREME, IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR MR. WHITENBERG, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING AT COUNCILMEMBER
OSMAN AND ALSO MAYBE A QUESTION KNOWS AS WELL, JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AS I'M READING THE ADDITIONS HERE IN SUBSECTION C, WE ARE TALNG ABOUT THE RESTRICTION IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO DATA
CENTERS CONSISTING OF LESS THAN 350,000 SQUAR FEET OF NEWER EXPANDED SPACE. SO WHEN WE ARE TALNG NEW SPACE PARTICULARLY, IF I AM A DATA CENTER DEVELOPER, CAN I BUY A
BUILDING LARGER THAN THAT 350,000, CAN I INVEST IT INTO A 350,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT I CAN ONLY USE 350,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THIS SIX MONTHS; IS THAT CORRECT OR A I READING THAT WRONG? >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, THANK
YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THAT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING. YOU COULD PURCHASE A MILLION SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND ESTABLISH A DATA CENTER UP TO THAT 350,000 SQUARE FEET. >> AS THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN HERE, WITH THIS 350,000 SQUARE FEET, I CAN BUILD OUT A FACILITY
UP TO 350,000 SQUARE FEET OF DATA CENTER USAGE FOR THIS SIX-MONTH MORATORIUM PIECE? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. IT SOUNDS LIKE IN MY UNDERSTANDING -- HAPPY TO HAVE
CPED OR OTHERS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG -- BUT THE SLEEP NUMBER SPACE I THINK A LOT OF US TOURED, I THINK THEIR CURRENT BUILD OUT IS AROUND 200,000 SQUARE FEET. SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THAT 350,000 SQUARE FEET NUMBER. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD HAVE ANOTHER 150,000 SQUARE FEET THAT
THEY COULD BUILD UP TO WITHIN T. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE TO COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN'S POINT AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE, DON'T WANT TO STIFLE THAT BUSINESS AND CURRENT BUILD OUT BUT ALSO PUTTING SOME PARAMETERS AROUND IT. JUST WANTED TO GET THAT AND
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, DATA CENTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS AREN'T POISONING OUR WATER. THEIR CURRENT USE OF WATER DOESN'T ACTUALLY DEVIATE THAT MUCH FROM THAT OF OTHER
BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. I MOVED TO MINNESOTA DUE TO IBM. THEY MOVED ME HERE TO LITERALLY WORK AS AN ACCOUNT MANAGER ON DATA CENTERS. WORDS MATTER. AND ACTING AS THOUGH THESE RELATIVELY SMALL DATA CENTERS ARE MASSIVELY POLLUTING OR
POISONING PEOPLE, THAT'S BOTH FALSE AND IT'S OFFENSIVE. SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS, THOUGH I AM TRYING TO FIND MIDDLE GROUND. USING SQUARE FOOTAGEOR DATA CENTERS IS NOT A GOOD LEVER. LIKE MR. WHITENBERG SAID,
THERE'S ENORMOUS VARIATION THERE. I'D BE SURPRISED IF THERE AN'T ALREADY 350,000 SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTERS HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE WHEN I MOVED HERE. THEY WERE WHEN I WORKED IN THEM. AND BY THE WAY, WE WEREN'T POISONING PEOPLE THEN EITHER.
I DON'T MEAN TO SCARE YOUR NEIGHBORS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS IS THAT WE HAVE REALLY SKILLED STF WHO HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS ALREADY FOR
QUITE SOME TIME. I BELIEVE IN YOU, CITY STAFF. AND I THINK YOU COULD COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS VERY QUICKLY. IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS FOR SURE. BUT TO MY COLLEAGUES, CAN I GET YOUR COMMITMEN THAT AS SOON AS STAFF COMES BACK WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK? THAT MIGHT BE SOME GOOD MIDDLE GROUND. I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE IN MORE LIKEIX WEEKS. I THINK THAT YOU PUT THIS
MORATORIUM TOGETHER IN THE WRONG WAY. I THINK YOURE DOING THIS IN THE WRONG ORDER. AND I DO NOT SEE MIDDLE GROUND OR COMMON SENSE IN THIS NUMBER THAT YOU SAY IS A NEGOTIATION. IT IS NOT MIDDLE GROUND, 350,00. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU BROUGHT
IT TO ME. BUT THAT'S FINE. BUT YOU CANNOT SAY THAT THIS IS MIDDLE GROUND. COUTING POWER HAS GOTTEN VASTLY MORE EFFICIENT. WHAT WE ALL WALK AROUND WITH IN OUR PHONES IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT. BUT DATA CENTERS EXIST.
AND IF YOU USE YOUR PHONE, IF YOU USE YOUR LAPTOP, YOU'RE USING DATA CENTERS TOO. IF YOU LOOK THINGS UP ON THE MODERN DAY INTERNET, YOU NEED THEM TOO. THE IDEA OF THIS 0ATA CENTERS IN OUR CITY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT
HASN'T BEEN THE CASE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE SINCE 1957. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.>> YEA A COUPLE MISCONCEPTIONS TOO THAT I HEAR FROM THE DAIS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF CONSTITUENT ENGAGEMENT. IF YOU LOOKED AT THE TIMELINE DETAIL, THERE WILL BE 60 DAYS OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING. I'VE HEARD INFORMALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT CPED AND OTHERS
ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOTF MISINFORMATION AND THERE IS LEGITIMATE FEA AS WELL AROUND WHAT SOME OF THESE HYPER SCALE DATA CENTERS ARE BNGING TO OUR SUBURBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. AND WE DO NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL
AROUND ALL OF THIS. BUT I AM THE FIRST ONE TO RAISE MYAND AND SAID WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL, NONCOMBATIVE DISCUSSION AROUND AN ISSUE THAT
I THINK HAS BECOME BASED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT EMOTIONS. SO I LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PUBLIC COMMENT AND HEARING FROM CONSTITUENTS. NUMBER TWO, THIS IDEA THAT ALL OF OUR ELECTRIC BILLS WILL GO UP HAS ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
THE ANALOGY THEY GAVE AT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WAS A GROUP O FRIENDS COMING TO HAPPY HOUR AND THEN ORDERING NACHOS, AND THEN THEIR HUNGRY RUNNER FRIEND SHOWS UP AND WANTS TO ORDER A STEAK. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR H STEAK. HE HAS TO PAY FOR HIS STEAK AND
EVEN IF HE DIDN'T EAT THE NACHOS, HE'S PAYING FOR PART OF THE NACHOS BECAUSE HE'S AT THE TABLE. THERE WILL BE A PREMIUM RATE AND THEY WILL ALSO PAY PART OF THE REGULAR RATE. AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY HELP FUND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH
PRIVATE MONEY THAT REGULARLY EXCEL WITH HAVE TO FUND TO PUBLIC DOLLARS. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY AGING OR MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED OR UPGRADED OR EXPANDED WILL BE PAID FOR BY THOSE WHO NEED THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WILL BENEFIT THE WHOLE. SO THE IS DATA THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT IS TRUE. THAT ACTUALLY IN THE CASES IT IS DRIVING DOW RESIDENT'S RATES.
THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION BECAUSE TIME IS OF ESSENCE ON THIS ISSUE. INVESTMENT WILL GO ELSEWHERE. AND I JUST WANT TO READ THE BEST EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE OF WHAT IT DOES FOR A COMMUNITY'S PROPERTY
TAX BASE IS IN LOUDON COUNTY, VIRGINIA. DATA CENTERS THERE COVER JUST 4% OF COMMERCIAL LAND. T THEY GENERATE HALF OF THE PROPERTY TAX REVEE. AND THE COUNTY HAS CUT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX RATES EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR THE PAST
DECADE AS A RESULT. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. THAT'S PROBABLY A HYPER SCALE EXAMPLE. BUT WE CAN DIG INTO ALL OF THE EXAMPLES AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESEARCH THAT CPED AND OERS WILL BRING
FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN CLARIFY SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION. THAT WE CAN CLARIFY IDEAS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT MAY NOT BE GROUNDED IN REALITY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
TO M COLLEAGUE'S QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE APPETITE OR THE WILL FROM THIS BODY TO ADOPT REGULATIONS THAT ARE A PRODUCT OF CPED STAFF'S WORKN DATA
CENTERS, I WOULD POINT THE BODY AND THOSE WATCHING ALONG TODAY TO OUR AGENDA. AND UNDER THE NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS WHICH WE'LL GET TO HERE SHORTLY, I SEE COUNCILMEMBERS SHAFFER, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, VETAW, WARREN, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, CHOWDHURY, PALMISANO, AND MYSELF WILL BE GIVING A NOTICE OF INTE TO ADVANCE THIS POLICY.
I THINK THE WILL TO ADOPT REGULATIONS IS VERY CLEARLY THERE. I SEE IT ON THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO JUST
ADDRESS IS WHAT FEELS TO ME LIKE MINIMIZING OR INFANTAILIZING CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXTENT OF DATA CENTERS ACROSS OUR CITY AND
IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT IT IS MINIMALIZED OR IN INFANTILIZED AS FEAR OF THE FUTURE, FEAR OF REALITY, FEAR OF OUR CHANGING ECONOMY. AND I THINK THAT'VE HEARD
THOSE TYPES OF CONCERNS SAID FROM THIS DAIS TODAY. I'VE ALSO HEARD THEM COMING FROM ADVOCATES. WHAT I WANT US TO BE GROUNDED IN
IS THE FACT THAT ON TOP OF THE $25 MILLION THAT GREG BROCKMAN WHO'S THE FOUNDER OF OPEN AI GAVE TO THE TRUMP SUPER PAC, HE ALSO CREATED A $100 MILLION
SUPER PAC WITH THE SOLE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF FIGHTING REGULATION OF AI SAFETY AND REGULATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS.
THERE IS A CONCERTED, HEAVILY MONEYED, $100 MILLION FIGHTING REGULATIONS. OPLE ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE FUTURE. I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE FUTURE.
CRITICS OF THE EXPANSION OF DATA CENTERS ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE FUTURE. WE'RE RIGHTFULLY CRITICALF THE FAR RIGHT BIG TECH OLIGARCHS
FIGHTING REGULATIONS SH AS THIS. I THINK THAT THAT'S A SHARED MINNEAPOLIS VALUE. I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE AND VOTE ON THIS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION WITH THE OSMAN AMENDMENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> CAN I CLARIFY ONE THING?
ARE WE VOTING ON -- YOU MENTIONED ALL THREE? >> NO, NO, NO. THIS IS JUST THE REFERRAL OF THE MORATORIUM AS AMENDED BY VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> OKAY. DID WE ALREADY TAKE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? >> I'M DOING THEM TOGETHER. ARE YOU REQUESTING THAT WE TAKE
A DIVIDED VOTE? >> OKAY, THAT'S FINE. >> MR. CLERK. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO.
>> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FIVE
NAYS. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS A STAFF DIRECTION RELATED TO DATA CENTERS. AS TS IS FEDERALS COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, I WILL ASK HER TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM
AND MAKE A MOTION F APPROVAL. >> THIS IS T STAFF DIRECTION, CORRECT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANDREW HAWKINS FROM OUR LR TEAM SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A
SECOND TOIND OF COME INTO THE ROOM. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR DATA CENTERS IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY DIFFERENT PARTS
OF OUR CITY AND THE CONSIDATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE. AND SO WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THE STAFF DIRECTION. ME, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, AND MYSELF, TO LOOK AT SEVERAL AREAS THAT FEELS IMPORTANT TO RESEARCH.
AS A CITY. THAT INCLUDES DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA CENTERS, LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS ACROSS GOVERNMENTS, UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY IMPACTS.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE DIRECTOR HAWKINS MAYBE JUST LIKE A MINUTE TO KIND OF SHARE WHAT THE PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT YOUR TEAM WILL BE WORKING ON COOPERATIVY AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH CPED.
>> GOOD MORNING OR ONE MINUTE FROM AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ANDREW HAWKINS THE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT. ANYTIME WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO MINNEAPOLIS, WE'RE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT.
THE ROLE OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT IS NOT TO REPLACE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IN THE CITY. RATHER TO SUPPLEMENT THE AVAILABLE RESEARCH AND DATA GATHERING. WE HAVE A VERY TALENTED TEAM AND LIKE OFTENTIMES WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS THROUGH OTHER CONNECTIONS WE MADE JUST ACROSS
THE DIFFERENT CITIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS SINCE OUR STAND UP. FOR THIS ONE, I THINK THE IMPORTANT PIECE IS RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE BY THE CITY'S CPED STAFF IS GOING TO BE TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING FOR WHAT THAT WORK ENTAILS, WHAT'S
CURRENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN, AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE'S AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPLEMENT TH AVAILABLE RESEARCH, LOOK AT ADDITIONAL AREAS, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO BOLSTER WHAT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ENSURE YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE TASKED WITH MAKING. IT'S ALSO AGAIN THE NATURE OF
OUR RESEARCH ISN'T TO COME TO ANY DISTINCT CONCLUSION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LEFT FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE TO SPEAK TO THEIR SUBJECT MATTER AND WHAT THEY THINK WILL BE THE BEST PATH FORWARD FOR THE CITY. A WORST CASE SCENARIO IS
SOMETHING BEING DONE BY ANOTHER CITY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THEM, HIGHLIGHT IF THEY DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, THEY CAN SIMPLY EXPLAIN WHY TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL IS ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION IT FEELS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. HAPPY TO BE COLLABORATIVE AND
MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I ALSO WANTED TO OFFER SOME INFORMATION AROUND WHAT IS REQUESTED IN THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT REALLY POINTS TO WHY IT'S CRITICAL FOR THIS BODY
TO HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE AS WE DEBATE WHAT A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR DATA CENTERS WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE COMING MONTHS. AND I THINK OF THIS AS DOING A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT WHEN YOU MENTIONED WHAT'S THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE LOOKING LIKE AS IT COMES OR PERTAINS TO DATA
CENTERS. AND WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TELLING HORROR STORIES ABOUT WHAT DATA CENTERS PROMISE INITIALLY, WHAT THEY DELIVER. ALL POINTING TO THE NEED FOR US TO BE CAUTIOUS AND TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE TIME TO GET INFORMATION AROUND WHAT THE IMPACTS COULD
BE, WILL BE, AND HOW TO BEST PREPARE. JUST THINKING OF SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES; THIS PAST TUESDAY THE L.A. TIMES POSTED A STORY CALLED
THE SURGE IN A DATA CENTER -- ELECTRICITY SUPPLY -- WHAT IS LIKELY TO CAUSE ELECTRICITY RATES TO GO UP FOR THE NEARBY TOWNS JUST OVER THE BOARD. ANOTHER STORY HIGHLIGHTED A DATA CENTER IN GEORGIA WHICHET UP
TWO UNAUTHORIZED WATER PIPES AND DRAINED 30 MILLIONALLONS OF WATER FAR BEYOND THE THE AMOUNT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO. AND REGULATORS ONLY STEPPED IN WHEN RESIDENTS REALIZED THE WATERRESSURE IN THEIR HOMES
WAS EXTREMELY LOW. AND THE DATA CENTER HAD TO PAY BACK THE COMPANY FOR THE STOLEN WATER. BUT YOU CAN'T GET WATER BACK ONCE IT'S BEEN USED. ANOTHER STORY RECENTLY POINTED TO A GROUP OF RESIDENTS IN TEXAS WHO ARE SUING A BIG TECH COMPANY FOR A DATA CENTER ALLEGING CONSTANT NOISE AND LOW FREQUENCY
HUM FROM THE SITE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS HEALTH ISSUES FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS INCLUDING CARDIAC PROBLEMS, TENITIS, PERMANENT HEARING LOSS, AND INSOMNIA. A RECENT POLL FROM GALLUP ALSO FOUND SEVEN IN TEN AMERICANS
OPPOSE DATA CENTERS. SO THERE IS MORE UNITY IN THIS COUNTRY THAN THERE HAS EVER BEEN FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR POLITICAL PARTY. AND I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT FOR WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS OPPOSED TO WALKING IN JUST
INTENTIONALLY AND EXCITEDLY WITH A RED CARPET. IN LIGHT OF THIS, I WILL NAME TWO WITH THIS LACK OF INFORMATION -- NAME TOO, WITH THIS LACK OF INFORMATION, WE RUN INTO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS MORNING WHERE I CAME INTO THE OFFICE WHERE I WAS MET OFF THE ELEVATOR WHERE I WAS MET WITH
THIS SIGN THAT SAYS DON'T PUSH JOBS AND INVESTMENTS OUT OF OUR CITY. I THINK THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DATA CENTER OVER HERE, THIS SHINY BUILDING. BUT I WILL NOTE EVEN FOR THOSE, AND I THINK THIS IS MOVING OR ASKING US TO OPPOSE THE DATA CENTER, BUT IT DOESN'T EVENSE THE WORD DATA CENTER BECAUSE
THERE'S A COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND SOME INFORMATION AROUND WHAT IS EXISTING IN THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE, DATA CENTERS ARE BEING PERCEIVED AS TOXIC. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE HAVING TO GENERATE INFORMATION THAT WE
WILL LOOK AT BECAUSE THEY BEAR THE PROACTIVE COST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEANING INTO THE PLATITUDES OF GROWTH AND PROMISES THAT BIG TECH IS MAKING TO US THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH DATA WITHOUT MAKING SURE WE GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED OURSELVES. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GREEN LIGHTING BIG TECH'S NEWEST PET PROJECT WHICH ARE DATA CENTERS WITHOUT HAVING THAT TA. SO THIS IS WHAT THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE DOES. IT ASKS FOR IMPACTS AND INFORMATION ON WATER USE, WATER
TEMPERATURE IMPACTS, ENERGY GRID CAPACITY, ENERGY COSTS, ZONING, NOISE POLLUTION, JOBS, TAXES, REVENUES, AND SO MUCH MORE. AND THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM INFORMATION THAT ANY RESPONSIBLE LEGISLATIVE BODY WOULD NEED AS WE CONSIDER HOW TO REGULATE THE
EXISTENCE OF DATA CENTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND I REALLY URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. -- THIS MOTION. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. IN THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTION FOR RESEARCH, I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT A LOT OF THE RESEARCH AND INFORMATION THAT IS
CURRENTLY BEING DONE AROUND DATA CENTERS ARE IN STATES THAT DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THEM AT ALL. SO THE HORROR STORIES THAT WE'RE HEARING AROUND DATA CENTERS AND AROUND DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT
IN STATES LIKE NEVADA, ATLANTA, TEXAS, MICHIGAN, ARE THOSE PLACES THAT ALREADY HAD FAILING INFRASTRUCTURES ALREADY. OKAY? MICHIGAN'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WAS FAILING. TEXAS'S ELECTRICAL GRID IS SO
CHOPPY, IT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHICH DIRECTION IT WANTS TO GO. OKAY? AND GEORGIA, THESE ARE HOTTER CLATE STATES ALSO TOO. YOU KNOW. SO LOOKING AT THE CLIMATE AND THE CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
THE FACT THAT AGAIN SINCE 1957, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF CONTROLL DATA HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THE HOME OF THE FIRST SUPER COMPUTER, WE HAVE HOSTED DATA CENTERS THROUGHOUT HERE. NOW WHAT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER INFORMATION AND
RESEARCHED INFORMATION THAT IS BROUGHT BACK TO THIS BODY, THAT WE ACTUALLY HEAR AND HEED THE TRUTH THAT IS IN THAT AND NOT BE OPPOSITIONAL TO THE TRUTH AND UNDERSTANDING AND TRUSTING OF
WHATEVER EXPERTISE AND LEGAL ADVISEMENT AND COUNCIL THAT IS GIVEN TO THIS BY BECAUSE HISTORICALLY I'VE NOT SEEN THAT BE VERY TRUE FOR US. THAT WE'LL HEAR SOMETHING, WE'LL KNOW AND UNDERSTAND IT TO BE
TRUE, TO BE RIGHT AND EXACT, COMING FROM, YOU KNOW OUR DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTORS OR OUR LEGAL TEAM. AND THEN THERE'S OPPOSITION TO WHAT IT IS THAT'S BEING SAID. SO I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL
ABOUT TAKING THE INFORMATION THAT IS GIVEN AND THAT WE USE PROPER MEASURES AND METRICS TALKING ABOUT THE JURISDICTION AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN
MINNESOTA. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO COMPARISON CONTRAST WHEN WE'VE BEEN THE HUB IN LEADING INDUSTRY AROUND TECHNOLOGY AND THE ADVANCEMENT HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. WE START THE MISSISSIPPI, EVERYTHING COMES FROM US.
SO LET'S JUST TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION HERE IN THE LAND OF OVER 10,000 LAKES. IN THE LAND OF LAKES, OKAY. AND LOOK AT HOW THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BENEFITED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HERE WHICH IS THE REASON WHY
WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUCH GRAVE ADVANCEMENT AND SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO THE COUNTRY AS IT STANDS. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT THERE. WE STAND HERE, MINNESOTA, AT THE TOP OF THE MAP FOR A REASON. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THAT HAS MADE THE HEADLINES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. I WANT TO WELCOME THE RESEARCH BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS AND HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. HOWEVER, I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT MYSELF, IN ADDITION TO MEMBERS OF THIS BODY, TAKE THE
INFORMATION AND TRULY ABSORB WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
SO COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER I KNOW HAS BEEN WORKING ON GETTING SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. AND JUST WONDERING HOW THIS DIFFERS, THIS LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTIVE THAT HAS JUST COME BEFORE US, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER HAS BEEN DOING THUS FAR AND IT FEELS LIKE THESE VOTES ARE OUT OF ORDER, LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE HEARD FROM COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER FIRST. I MEAN SHE'S THE ONE WHO HAD
BEEN GIVING BACKGROUND THIS PAST MONTH WITH EVEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A MORATORIUM SAYING THAT THE GOAL WAS TO GET SOME STAFF DIRECTION AND TO WORK TOWARDS UNDER UNDERSTANDING HOW WE LEAD THIS WORK IN THE CITY. SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THIS
STAFF DIRECTION DIFFERS FROM THIS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE TO INTRODUCTIONS THAT HAS A LOT OF NAMES ON IT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO OFFER THE SAME THING? >> I'M NOT SURE WHO THAT'S A
QUESTIONFOR. I MEAN -- >> AS A CO-AUTHOR, I'LL NAME WHAT WAS ALREADY LAID OUT PROCEDURALLY IS THE ITEM AND MEASURE THAT COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER AND A NUMBER OF OUR COLLEAGUES ARE BRINGING FORWARD DOES NOT REQUIRE A VOTE. IT DOES NOT GIVE A DIRECTIVE FOR
ANY STAFF TO COME AND ACTUALLY EXECUTE ON SOME OF THE BROADER THINGS AND REQUIRED THINGS. THIS IS WHAT THIS LEGISLATIVE MOTION IS ASKING OUR STAFF TO DO AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. WE ARE ASKING THEM TO CARRY OUT ANALYSIS THAT'S PART OF THE OVERALL PROCESS THAT WE'LL DO IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS WHILE THE
MORATORIUM IS IN PLACE. >> OKAY, GREAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IF IT'S AMENABLE WITH THE AUTHORS, I WOULD LOVE TO
CO-AUTHOR THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE WITH THEM. EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.>> YEA. I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THIS. IT WAS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THAT I INTRODUCED THE TIMELINE AFTER SPEAKINGITH CPED STAFF.
AND REALLY CHATT WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY AND OTHERS ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS, BUT WAS ASKED TO DELAY IT UNTIL THIS TIME, MAY 21ST. SO I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD THIS WEEK.
BUT THROUGH DIALOGUE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I FEEL THERE COULD BE VALUE TO DOING THIS AT THE SAME TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATED SOME OF THE EDITS THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT WHAT IS IN THE LIMS FILE IS NOT WHAT'S BEFORE US HERE.
AND I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY HAS ADDRESSED AT. BUT BASICALLY WHAT'S IN THE LIMS FILE UNDER THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY? >> YEAH, THEY NEED TO UPDATE THE LIMS FILE BECAUSE WE BROUGHT THE REVISED VERSION THIS MORNING. >> JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, I
BELIEVE THIS REVISED VERSION IS MUCH STRONGER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE LIMS. AND IT HAS A DATE OF AUGUST 18TH TO GET THIS INFORMATION BACK TO US BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT THIS ALLOWS US TO REALLY HAVE A LOT OF THIS RESEARCH AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY AND I ARE REALLY GOING TO BE WORKING AND TRYING TO BRING THIS TOGETHER, KIND OF DOVETAIL THESE ACTIONS TOGETHER. YOU'LL NOTICE ONE OF THE ITEM PHRASES I ADDED AT THE BOTTOM
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO COMPETING INITIATIVES HERE. THIS DIRECTIVE IS TO WORK CLOSELY AND CORPORATIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WITH CPED. WHO S ALREADY SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS RESEARCHING THIS. SO THEY ARE TAKING THE LEAD.
BUT WE ARE ALSO DOING ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF RESEARCH THAT MAY BE BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF CPED TO DO IN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES. BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO LEAN HEAVILY ON WHAT CPED HAS ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO RESEARCH. SO THAT'S SOME COMMENTS AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'M TRYING TO LOOK IN MY DOCUMENTS, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED. COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER, ARE YOU BRINGING FORWARD ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE I DON'T SEE ON HERE? >> NO, I'M BRINGING FORWARD THE MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE CHANGES AROUND DATA
CENTERS. >> SO THE NOTICE OF INTENT WHICH IS NOT A DIRECTIVE TO STAFF. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SO THE PUBLIC ISN'T CONFUSED. >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO INTO THAT FILE AND LOOK BECAUSE THERE'S ABOUT THREE PAGES OF HOW THAT WORK WILL UNFOLD. >> BUT YOU'RE NOT BRINGING FORWARD A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE?
CORRECT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, THERE IS NO LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE BEING FORWARD. TH I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO GET
CONFUSED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE OF NOTICE OF INTENT AND STAFF DIRECTION. COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER IS BRINGING A NOTICE OF INTENT WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AUTHORS. THE ONLY ONES BRINGING A STAFF DIRECTIVE ARE CHOWDHURY, OSMAN
AND WONSLEY. POINT NUMBER THREE IS ASKING FOR AN ANALYSIS ON THE POTTIAL FACE CAL -- FISCAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WANT TO ADDRESS AND I HOPE IT'S
ADDRESSED WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US, IS THE DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DOES THAT INCLUDE WORKERS, THE IMPLICATION OF JOB LOSSES? ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE WITH AI DATA CENTERS IS THAT IT WOULD MAYBE LEAD TO POTENTIAL TEMPORARY JOBS, BUT THEN LITERALLY LAY OFF A WHOLE BUNCH
OF OUR WORKERS WN WE ITEMIZE THE TYPE OF WORKHAT -- AUTONOMIZE THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN OUR CITY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AUTONOMOUS CARS THAT STEAL THE JOBS OF OUR
UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS. WE TALK ABOUT AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS THAT STEAL THE JOBS OF OUR TRUCK DRIVERS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCLUDE WORKERS. I GUESS IF THE AUTHORS COULD ANSWER THAT, DOES THE DEFINITION
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE WORKERS HERE? >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> I WOULD DEFER TO DIRECTOR HAWKINS AS HE'S GOING TO TAKE UP THE RESEARCH. FOR ME, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING JOBS AND IMPACT ON WORKERS ACROSS THE
BOARD. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, TO COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AGAIN WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO DO WITH THESE REPORTS IS BE VERY, VERY CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE'RE DEFINING ANY SPECIFIC AREA. SO IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, I THINK AS WE GET
INTO THAT PART OF THE RESEARCH BEING ABLE TO SPELL OUT WHAT THIS IS EXPLICITLY REFERRING TO. I KNOW THERE'S STUDIES OUT THERE THAT WOULD LOOK AT VARIOUS PARTS THAT WOULD ALL FALL UNDER THAT LARGER ECONOMIC UMBRELLA. FOR ANY SPECIFIC REPORT SECTIONS THAT COME FORWARD, I THINK IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT
STAFF ARE DELIBERATE ABOUT DEFINING IT. THIS HAS COME UP ALREADY ON THIS TOPIC. THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS BECOME VERY NEBULUS, WHAT IT MEANS, WHAT'S BIG, WHAT'S SMALL, WHAT'S MEDIUM. ANY WORK AROUND THIS NEEDS TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR IN DEFINING THE DEFINITIONS IT'S USING IN ORDER
TO HAVE THE VALUE AND BE HELPFUL FOR ANY DECISION MAKINGROCESS THAT WILL FOLLOW. >> THANK YOU. I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE WORKERS ARE GOING TO BE EFFECTED IN THIS STAFF DIRECTION, I GUESS IT'S A MOTION, AND IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT AHEAD OF TIME SO WE CAN BRING FORWARD THAT ACTION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP. BUT I SUPPORT THIS. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE MOR CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS HAS BEEN THE IMPACT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE. SO THAT' SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO LOOK AT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO UPLIFT THE FACT THAT WE'RE FINDING WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND I WANT TO THANK THE
CO-AUTHORS ON THIS, BUT I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. SO INITIALLY WITH THE NOTICE OF THAT SHE WAS MOVING THAT FORWARD AND THEN I HAD SHARED WITH HER OH WELL I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT NOTICING THESE ORDINANCES AS WELL. AND IT TURNED INTO A CONVERSATION WHERE LIKE OKAY, WE
ARE WORKING ON THIS TOGETHER AND WE'RE CO-AUTHORING. AND WE HAVE BEEN DIALOGUING AND I WAS APPRECIATIVE THAT SHE TOOK MY ASK AND MY ADVICE TO BRING ALL OF THE DATA CENTER STUFF TO THIS DAY AND JUST KIND OF LINE IT UP.
AND THEN SHE HAD SOME PRETTY HELPFUL FEEDBACK FOR THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. OF COURSE THERE ARE THREE AUTHORS, BUT EVERYONE ON THE BODY HAS A VOICE AND A VE ON THE MATTER. AND WE'RE CO-AUTHORING THE
ORDINANCES THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS. AND SO IT DOES GO HAND IN HAND. AND I'LL SAY THIS PROVIDES US TO REALLY UTILIZE WHAT OUR LRO TEAM IS FOR. WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES DEEP RESEARCH AND
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO CPED WHO IS VERY BUSYN OUR ENTERPRISE ACROSS SEVERAL ISSUES, LIKE THIS IS WHERE LRO CAN REALLY SUPPORT AND DEEPEN THE SCOPE. I THINK IT'S A GD THING TO CELEBRATE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR LRO TEAM.
AND I KNOW LRO IS DOING LEARNING LABS. I PUT ON AS A SUGGESTION THAT ONE OF OUR LEARNING LABS BE DATA CENTERS, AND I THINK IT IS RELATED TO THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AND I THINK IT GOES BACK TO YEAH, MORE INFORMATION IS GOOD
FOR US. AND WE SHOULD KNOW TO THE FULLEST EXTENT EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN KNOW ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT SEVERAL OF US HAVE BROUGHT UP. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS GOOD WORK THAT IS HAPPENING. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF WORKING TOGETHER, I WOULD LIKE TO BE LISTED AS A CO-AUTHOR IF THAT'S POSSIBLE AND ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LISTED ON THE OTHER ONE THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN BEING A CO-AUTHOR. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. AND TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MAY I ASK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE JASON CHAVEZ A QUESTION. WERE YOU ASKING ABOUT JOBS
CURRENT AS THEY STAND? >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> YES, I WILL ANSWER E QUESTION. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU BUILD DATA CENTERS AND YOU START BUILDING THESE FACILITIES, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY CREATE SHORT-TERM JOBS. MY CONCERNS WITH DATA CENTERS IS
THAT IS WITH JOBS IN THE LONG-TERM WHEN YOU START TO AUTONOMIZE JOBS IN OUR CITY. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. BECAUSE I THINK WE JUST HELPED A FEW PEOPLE BECOME JOBLESS AROUND THIS MORATORIUM THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAN INTO THE UNION
AND WAIT TO BE DISPATCHED OUT INTO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. SO IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING THAT PEOPLE CAN FEED THEIR FAMILIES AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR BILLS AND SEND THEIR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL AND DO WHATEVER
WITH THE MORATORIUM THAT W JUST RECENTLY VOTED ON, WE JUST EMPLOYED SOME FOLKS WHO ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT WITH THE HELP OF THE UNION TO BE DISPATCHED OUT TO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. AND ALTHOUGH UNIONS DO PROVIDE
OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS WITH THE INSURANCE OF JOB STABILITY, THERE IS A STAYED PERIOD THAT THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO DISPATCH THEM OUT TO ANOTHER JOB. SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT
SINCE WE WERE QUESTIONING ABOUT IF INDIVIDUALS WERE GOING TO BE WORKING SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND HOPING AND BIDDING ON THE BEST OPPORTUNITY
HOPEFULLY THAT COMES THEIR DIRECTION THAT IS GOING TO MEET THEIR PAY SCALE ACCORDING TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEIR JURISDICTION IS UNDERNEATH THE UNION. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
UPLIFT BECAUSE THOSE JOBS DON'T COME BY EVERY DAY. AND WE HAVE VERY SKILLED WORKERS THAT SERVE IN THE UNION. I'M UNION RAISED. MY FATHER WAS A FOREMAN FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS RICH DEPARTMENT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW UNIONS WORK AND THE FACT THAT A LOT O THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE MINORITIES. AND WE FIGHT VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT MINORITIES ARE DISPATCHED OUT TO WORK AND THAT WE GET FAIR ANDQUAL TREATMENT WITHIN UNIONS. IF WE'RE JUST WORRYING ABOUT
JOBS AND FOL INCOME, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT RIGHT THERE. THE END. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL NOTE TOO, THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BETWEEN WHAT WAS SUBMITTED BECAUSE I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE NOT ONLY WITH THE SHARED CONCERN ABOUT JOBS ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO DATA TO AFFIRM WHAT WE JUST HEARD AROUND JOB LOSS, WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW AT T SCALE OF HAVING A CUMULATIVE ADDITION OF SMALL TO MID-LEVEL DATA
CENTERS, ACTUALLY HOW MANY LONG-TERM JOBS ARE COMING FROM THAT? AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION THAT MANY OF US WILL HAVE WITH OUR LABOR LEADERS WHERE IT'S SAD THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE SEE IN OUR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SOME OF OUR MOST CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES AND OUR
PRIORITIES AROUND LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT, OFTENTIMES LABOR OR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ARE PITTED AGAINST THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND IT'S USED AS A BASIS OF IN ORDER FOR YOU TO EARN A LIVING, YOU NEED TO DO THIS HARMFUL THING. AND IT'S ALSO A SHORT-TERM THING.
SO THIS IS WHY I'M ACTUALLY GLAD ABOUT TAKING A FULLER ANALYSIS AS OPPOSED TO BEING OKAY WITH THE DOPAMINE HIT OF WE MIGHT GET SOMETHING READILY, BUT NO ONE IS WORKING TO SUSTAIN THESE DATA CENTERS FI YEARS OUT, ONE YEAR OUT.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. ANOTHER THING THAT IS NOT FULLY SPELLED OUT THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS ALSO THE REVENUE. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE TAX REVENUE COMING IN, REFERENCED THE SLEEP NUMBER BUILDING SPECIFICALLY. AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF
THAT REVENUE IS COMING INTO MINNEAPOLIS TO HELP US BUILD HOUSING AND WHATEVER ELSE. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS PART OF THAT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE SCALE OF REVENUE? ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE ALL APPARENTLY ON BOARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE BRINGING IN NEW REVENUE STREAM THAT DOESN'T
ALLOW PROPERTY TAXES TO BE THE MAIN DRIVER OF THAT REVENUE. AND MEANING REGULAR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. SO I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE PEOPLE PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. I WANT TO NOTE TOO, THAT FAIR
SHARE MEANS ACTUAL CORPORATE COMPANIES PAYING INTO IT. NOT THESE IMMEDIATE HITS. NOT THESE PROMISES OF POTENTIAL REVENUE STREAMS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THAT ACTUALLY CAN SUSTAIN OUR CITY'S RESOURCES A OUR
RESIDENTS. SO I WILL NOTE THAT ALSO IS NOT FULLY SPELLED OUT IN THI DIRECTIVE. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AS WELL. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. >> OKAY, GREAT. WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU.
>> I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE. JUST KIND OF REFLECTING I'M OF THAT GENERATION THAT GREW UP ON THE INTERNET. I'M ABOUT AS OLD AS YOU CAN BE AND STILL BE A MILLENNIAL. I STILL HAVE THE NOSTALGIA FOR THAT WHINE OF THE DIAL-UP MODEM
CONNECTING TO A SYSTEM. FROM WHAT THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS BACK IN THE '80s OR '90s TO NOW, THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT SCALES OF IMPACT. AND I THINK ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COME FROM A WORLD OF NOSTALGIA, THERE WAS A LOT OF POSITIVE
ASSOCIATION WITH TECHNOLOGY. AND EUPHEMISMS LIKE THE CLOUD TO DESCRIBE FAIRLY INTENSIVE SCALE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I THINK LANGUAGE LIKE THE CLOUD OBFUSCATED THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I THINK THAT THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS SO
VALUABLE BECAUSE WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A MORE TRANSPARENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE. BECAUSE I THINK THE ENTIRE BIG TECH INDUSTRY HAS PRIVATIZED THEIR PROFITS AND SOCIALIZED THE COSTS. AND THOSE COSTS ARE NOT JUST LABOR COSTS, THOSE COSTS ARE
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, THOSE COSTS ARE THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE FROM COMPARING THEMSELVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. LET ALONE, THE UNKNOWN COST THAT MIGHT EMERGE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT IT MEANS TO DEPLOY AI
WITHOUT A WORKER PROTECTIONS. AND I THINK THAT WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE IN LRO, BUT THESE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS THAT ARE EXISTENTIAL IN MANY WAYS. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THIS TOPIC IN SUCH A DEEP
WAY AND IN SUCH A COLLABORATIVE WAY. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT MOVING THIS FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO.
>> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES.
>> THAT CARRIES. AND OUR LAST THING IS THE NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION WE PULLED THE FIRST ITEM UP. AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE READ OFF THIS NOTICE AND TAKE A SHORT RECESS, ERYONE, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A FULL ACTUAL M. SO ON THE NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION, COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER, CHOWDHURY, PAYNE, RAINVILLE, VETAW, OSMAN, WARREN, WHITING, AND PALMISANO GIVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL -- >> YOUR MIC.
>> NO, IT'S ON. >> GIVE -- INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THEEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING CODE, AMENDING REGULATIONS FOR CERIN USES
ASSOCIATED WITH DISTRIBUTION AND USES OF ELECTRIC POWER INCLUDING DATA CENTERS, ELECTRIC OR GAS SUBSTATIONS, BACKUP GENERATORS, UTILITY BOXES, AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. AND IF THERE'S NO ONE IN QUEUE, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE TWO QUICK COMMENTS. AND THAT IS NUMBER ONE, THANK
YOU FOR EVERYBODY ABOUT JOINING IN ON THIS WO. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND I THINK SOME OF IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING AND MAYBE HAS AN OVERLAP BROADER THAN DATA CENTERS. IN PARTICULAR, BACKUP GENERATORS. I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY'VE BEEN
PLUNKED DOWN BY APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR HOTELS. >> SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE MICS. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INTERESTING ERLAP TO OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSES OF CONCERN IN OUR WARDS AROUND SOME OF THESE TOPICS LIKE GENERATORS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET CLEARED UP. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY KIND OF EXCITING TO HAVE SOME STRUCTURE AROUND. IT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME BENEFI I THINK, NOT JUST FOR DATA CENTERS, BUT FOR SOME PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THANKS. >> OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, THAT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE TAKE A RECESS SO FOLKS CAN GRAB FOOD. HOW BRIEF WOULD WE LIKE THAT
RECESS TO BE OR LONG? LET'S RETURN AT 1:00. [RECESS] [CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS MEETING IN
RECESS]
>> THE TIME IS NOW 1:TEN AND WE ARE RETURNING FROM RECESS AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT.
>> SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHT. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
WE HAVE A QUORUM. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THOSE ARE TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BEGINNING WITH THE REPORT OFHE BUSINESS, HOUSING, & ZONING COMMITTEE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S VOICE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, &ONING COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING 13 ITEMS FORWARD. ITEM ONE APPROVES A LIQUOR LICENSE FOR CAFE HARMONY, ITEM TWO APPROVES AN EXPANSION OF PREMISES FOR INDEED BREWING COMP COMPANY. >> MIC.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. ITEM NUMBER THREE APPROVES AN INTERIM USE PERMIT FOR 222 BLAISDELL AVENUE. ITEM FOUR APPROVES THE 2026 HUD ACTION PLAN. ITEM FIVE APPROVES FIVE LIQUOR
LICENSES. ITEM SIX APPROVES TEN LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL. ITEM SEVEN APPROVES A GAMBLING LICENSE. ITEM EIGHT RENAMES SEE CAR -- CAESAR CHAVEZ TO 4th AVENUE
NORTH. ITEM NINE A COMMENT FOR PUBLIC ART.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A BOND ANNUAL REPORT. ITEM 12 IS A CONTRACT FOR NORTHPOINT HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. ITEM 13 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE. AND ITEM 14 IS A REZONING FOR 1914 WASHINGTON AVENUE. WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ALL ITEMS FORWARD. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS
MOVED THE COMMITTEE REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I AM ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER 9 THE STREET NAME CHANGEOR
CESAR CHAVEZ AVENUE TO 4th AVENUE NORTH BETWEEN EAST LINDALE AVENUE NORTH AND BORDER AVENUE NORTH. CAN I SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? >> WHY DON'T WE TAKE THAT SEPARATE AND WE'LL TAKE UP THE REST OF THE ITEMS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER INVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE.
>> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES.
>> THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT, WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER NINE, AND I'LL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. TODAY'S ITEM TO RESTORE THIS PORTION OF CESAR CHAVEZ BACK TO
4th AVENUE NORTH COMES TO A MOMENT WHEN COMNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE REASSESSING HOW PUBLIC SPACES AND INFRASTRUCTURE HONOR HISTORICAL FIGURES. IN LIGHT OF THE NEWLY REPORTED
SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING CESAR CHAVEZ, CITIES AND STATES NATIONWIDE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING, RENAMING, AND RECONSIDERATION OF STREETS AND HOLIDAYS AND PUBLIC
COMMEMORATIONS CONNECTED TO CESAR CHAVEZ FOLLOWING RECENT INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS FROM LABOR LEADERS AND ADVOCATES. AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WE DON'T WANT TO ABSTRACT HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LABOR AND TO THE LABOR INDUSTRY AND THOSE THINGS. BECAUSE IT WAS VERY PIVOTAL AND VERY INSTRUMENTAL. HOWEVER, IN LIEU OF THIS NEW INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE LEARNED, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED IN THESE INSTANCES BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR VICTIMS TO HAVE THEIR VOICES BE HEARD AND TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS GO ON.
AND SO MANY TIMES WITHIN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, THAT HAS BEEN ABSTRACTED AND OUR VOICES ARE EXTRACTED IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. SO FOR WARD 5, THIS ACTIONS ABOUT LOCAL CLARITY AND CONTINUING TO RESTORE THE
ALIGNMENT WITH OUR EXISTING STREET GRID FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESS, AND NAVIGATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF PUBLIC WORKS, CPED, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN HELPING MOVE THIS THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS. AND I BELIEVE THIS STREET
RENAMING REFLECTS BOTH RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE AND RESPONSIVENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY CONCERNS. SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER WARREN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. SHE PUT HER NAME ON THIS APPLICATION WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT BECAUSE SHE PUT HER NAME ON THIS, SHE CAN'T VOTE FOR IT WHICH IS WHY SHE IS ABSTAINING, IT DOESN'T MEAN SHE DOESN'T SUPRT THIS. BUT REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR
COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS AND REALLY THANKFUL FOR HER WORK. >> I'LL NOTE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. CLERK, IF YOU COULD RECORD HIS VOTE FOR THE CONSENT.
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE ROLL CALL ON ITEM NUMBER NINE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ.>> AYE. >> WARREN.
>> ABSTENTION. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 12 AYES AND ONE ABSTENTION. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES AND THAT CLEATS THE BHZ REPORT. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR. COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO ASK
VICE CHAIR STEVENSON TO GIVE THE REPORTS SINCE HE CHAIRED THAT MEETING. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE C&I COMMITTEE HAS 17 ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD. APPROVING THE RBC GATEWAY FOOD TRUCK BLOCK EVENT PERMIT. TWO, APPROVING THE DOWNTOWN
WEDNESDAYS BLOCK EVENT PERMIT. THREE, APPROVING THE ANNUAL SALOON PRIDE BLOCK PARTY EVENT PERMIT. FOUR, APPROVING THE TASTE OF MINNESOTA BLOCK EVENT PERMIT. FIVE APPROVING THE MINNESOTA UFC SOCCER CELEBRATION COMMERCIAL
BLOCK EVENT PERMIT.SIX AUTHORIN AGREEMENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD FOR THE LAKE HARRIET PARKWAY AND WILLIAM BERRY PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION. SEVEN, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTAON FOR THE NICOLLET AVENUE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER I-94 PROJECT. EIGHT, ACCEPTING THE LOW BID FOR OLIVER AVENUE SOUTH STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. NINE, ACCEPTING THE SOLE BID FOR HEAVY TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT BODY WORK.
TEN, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH JJ KELLER & ASSOCIATES FOR THE CDL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. 11, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MINGER CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES FOR THE COMBINED SUER OUTFLOWS
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 12 AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH WSB LLC FOR 35TH AVENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. 13, AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION FOR CONNECTING CAMDEN RAILROAD GRADE SEPARATION
PROJECT AND THE COMMITMENT OF LOCAL FUNDS FOR THE APPLICATION. 14 APPROVING PAUL WU FOR APPOINTMENT FOR THE LYNDALE-LAKE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. EARLY SIGNATURE REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR.
APPROVING JASON KRAMBER FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE UPTOWN SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. EARLY SIGNATURE BY MAYOR REQUESTED. RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE 2026 LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT ORDERS.
PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND 2025 ANNUAL REPORT. AND AUTHORIZING PUBLIC WORKS TO SUBMIT THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE FULL REPORT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE.
>> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AY >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.>> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES.
>> THAT CARRIES. AND THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT. NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WILL BE BRINGING SIX ITEMS FORWARD TODAY.
ITEM NUMBER ONE APPROVES FOUR AUDIT COITTEE APPOINTMENTS. ITEM NUMBER TWO APPROVES ALLISON'S LAW POLICY RESOLUTION. ITEMS 3 AND 4 APPROVE TWO GIFT ACCEPTANCES FOR MAYOR FREY FOR TRAVELING. EM NUMBER FIVE IS THE
FINANCING AND SITE ACQUISITION FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY, TRAINING, AND WELLNESS CENTER. THIS ITEM WAS SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER SIX APPROVES A GRANT APPLICATION FOR YOUTH GANG PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ITEMS 1
AND 2 AND 6 FOR APPROVAL. I'LL MOVE ITEMS 3 AND 4 FOR APPROVAL AND REQUEST A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. AND THEN I'LLOVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I'LL MOVE TO DELETE ITEM
NUMBER FIVE FROM THE AGENDA AND PULL THIS FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE AND ASK FOR A SECOND ON ALL OF THOSE MOTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME AGAIN. CAN YOU REPEAT THOSE MOTIONS? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
ITEM 1, 2, AND 6 I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> OKAY. >> ITEM 3 AND 4 ARE MOVED FOR APPROVAL AND I'LL REQUEST A SEPARATE VOTE AND DISCUSSION ON THAT.
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER FIVE I'LL MOVE TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA AND PULL FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. >> GOTIT. ON ITEMS 1, 2, AND 6, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, ARE YOU IN QUEUE FOR THOSE ITEMS?
>> YES. >> GO AHEAD. >> THANKS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR UNANIMOUSLY MOVING FORWARD THE SUPPORT FOR ALLISON'S LAW AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. AND HOPEFUL THIS BECOMES A
PRIORITY FOR STATE LEGISLATURE NEXT SESSION. THANKS. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT OUR PULLING OF THE VARIOUS ITEMS. CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE TO ME WHAT DELETING IN THE AGENDA MEANS BUT ALSO VOTING AND DISCUSSING? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
COMBINATION OF THINGS DOES. >> WE'LL THAT I CAN THAT MOTION UP SEPARATELY AND TAKE THAT IM UP AT THAT TIME. ON ITEMS 1, 2, AND 6, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> ON ITEMS 1, 2, AND 6 IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REPORT. COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >>AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE.
>> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS -- DO YOU
WANT TO TAKE 3 AND 4 TOGETHER? WE WILL TAKE UP ITEMS 3 AND 4 AT THE SAME TIME. AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST PULLED THESE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AS BOTH OF THESE GIFT ACCEPTANCES ARE LATE AND THE GIFT HAS ALREADY BEEN USED
AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE ADOPTED POLICY HERE AT E CITY THAT LAYS OUT EXACTLY HOW GIFTS ARE TO BE SOLICITED. THE FORMAL PROCESS THROUGH WHICH THEY ARE ACCEPTED AND I THINK
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ADHERING TO OUR ADOPTED POLICY. I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE PAST. I'VE MADE CLEAR IN THE PAST THAT ANY GIFT ACCEPTANCES THAT COME BEFORE THE BODY FOR APPROVAL THAT ARE AFTER THE DATE OF THE
GIFT I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST. SO WANTED TO REMIND COLLEAGUES OF THAT COMMITMENT AND THAT'S WHY I PULLED THE ITEM FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
I WILL ALSO WILL BE VOTING NO ON ITEMS 3 AND 4. WE HAVE A PARTICULAR POLICY THAT ARTICULATES HOW WE'RE ABOUT TO GO ABOUT ACCEPTING GIFTS.
WE CONSTANTLY HONED THIS IN AND TRYING TO SET A STANDARD FOR DEPARTMENTS TO DO THIS. AND WE'VE SEEN SOME PROGRESS. SO TO GIVE AN EXEMPTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THAT. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TONS OF STAFF AT THEIR DISCRETION TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE GIFT ACCEPTANCES IN ON TIME AND ALSO
IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICY. SO I TOO WILL BE NOT SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. >> COUNCILMEMBERPALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THAT IS TRUE AND I APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF THIS WHOLE BODY TO TRY AND GET THESE THINGS IN
BEFORE THE DATE OF TRAVEL. I DON'T KNOW THE SUATION WITH THIS. I DO THINK THESE THINGS COME UP FOR SOME OF THE HIGHEST PROFILE PEOPLE IN OUR ADMINISTRATION. IN THIS CASE, WITH THE MAYOR. BUT ULTIMATELY I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT RIGHT NOW DENYING THIS REQUEST WILL
ULTIMATELY COST THE TAXPAYERS SOMETHING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE FREE. SO THAT'S WHY I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT TODAY. THOUGH I DO THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH THAT I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING THIS OUT. I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE TRYING TO ADHERE BETTER AND GET THE DISCIPLINE OF GETTING THESE THINGS IN.
WE REGULARLY DEAL WITH WALK-ON ITEMS FOR TRAVEL FOR OURSELVES AS A BODY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. BASED ON OUR COUNCIL PROCEDURES, THIS IS NOT ALLOWED.
AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BETTER ADDRESS IN THE FUTURE. I'M GOING THROUGH OUR ENTIRE AGENDA, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT GIFT ACCEPTANCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCEPTING TODAY. AND THOSE HAVE FOLLOWED THE CURRENT PROCEDURES SET FORTH BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THESE TWO HAVE NOT. IN THE PAST, I HAVE ALLOWED SOME OF THESE TO HAPPEN. BUT I WAS VERY CLEAR WHEN COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI ONCE SAID THAT SHE WAS NO LONGER GOING TO SUPPORT THESE, I SAID OKAY, WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT. THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DO NOT COME ANYMORE IN THIS FASHION
BECAUSE WE HAVE COUNCIL RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS JUST THE LAST TIME WE DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS -- THE REST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE FOLLOWED THE ACTUAL PROCESS SET FORTH BY OUR RULES FOR OTHER GIFT DONATIONS IN OUR AGENDA THAT WE'RE VOTING
FOR TODAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANKS, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS INITIALLY IN AGENDA
SETTING, SO THE STAFF PERSON THAT SHOWED UP FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE THAT THIS WAS A PRACTICE THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED
WITH ADMINISTRATION-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS. AND THEY WERE PRETTY APOLOGETIC ABOUT IT AND COMMITTED IN THE FUTURE TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN COMING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I DID ALSO MAKE A COMMITMENT THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS HAPPEN, I THINK LAST TERM, THAT I WOULDN'T
VOTE IN SUPPORT, BUT I HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE A LEARNG OPPORTUNITY. YEAH, I HOPE IT'S LOOKED AT AS MORE OF A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY THAN LIKE A PUNITIVE MEASURE. SEVERAL OF US HAVE MADE THIS COMMITMENT SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THAT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> I'M JUST LEARNING THIS. IS THE ADMINISTRATION OR MAYOR'S OFFICE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? >> I DO NOT BELIEVE I SEE ANYONE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THIS VISIT WAS ABOUT AND HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS? >> I COULD TRY TO OFFER SOME CLARITY FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN AGENDA SETTING. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT THERE WERE
THESE EVENTS THAT THE MAYOR WAS GOING TO ATTEND AND LAST MINUTE THEY WORKED OUT A WAY TO DO A GIFT ACCEPTANCE. I BELIEVE THAT HIS OFFICE WAS ORIGINALLY CONSIDERING HIM PAYING SOME OF IT OUT OF POCKET,
BUT THEN LAST MINUTE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE GIFT ACCEPTANCE AND THEN WE SHARED WITH THEM AND REITERATED OUR POLICY. SO I THINK IT WAS JUST, FROM MY VIEW, AN HONEST MISTAKE. AND I THINK WE GIVE THEM A
CHANCE. >> MY QUESTION IS NOT THE TRAVEL PART. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE EVENT ABOUT? WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS WHA WAS THE EVENT ABOUT? WHAT IS THIS
TRAVEL ABOUT? I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR HAS BEEN TRAVELING, AND GREAT, BUT HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT? >> YEAH. >> A TRUMP DINNER? >> NO. THIS IS THE 2026 IDEAINGS CONFERENCE CONVENING IN WASHINGTON, AND THEN THE GIFT ACCEPTANCE IS FOR THE FOURTH
ANNUAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT FOR THE US DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL OF AMERIC. >> OKAY. THANKS A LOT. >> COUNCMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BUT I CAN CLARIFY WHAT I MEANT BY OTHERWISE THE TAXPAYERS WOULD BE
PAY FOR THIS IF WE VOTE NO TO ACCEPT THIS GIFT AND THAT IS IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, HIS OFFICE'S BUDGET THE ME WAY WHEN WE TRAVEL TO PLACES, WE WOULD TRAVEL OUT OF OUR OWN OFFICE BUDGET. SO THAT IS WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY
OTHERWISE THIS IS AN EXPENDITURE OF THE CITY TAXPAYERS. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THERE WAS AN ENT I ATTENDED BACK IN MARCH AND I WAS ABLE TO ACCEPT A GIFT ACCEPTANCE BUT I DIDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LATE SO I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT I DID NOT BRING THAT
GIFT ACCEPTANCE HERE AND INSTEAD HAD TO PAY THROUGH OUR OWN WARD BUDGET BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE LATE SO I'M SETTING THE MAYOR SOT SAME EXPECTATIONS I WOULD HOLD MYSELF WHICH IS WHY I DIDN'T COME BEFORE THE BODY TO
GET THE GIFT ACCEPTANCE EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER. >> COUNCILMBER CHUGHTAI. >> IF A GIFT ACCEPTANCE THAT IS BEFORE THE BODY FOR CONSIDERATION AS COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO HIGHLIGHTED AND THE BODY DOES NOT ACCEPT THE GIFT OR
DOES NOT VOTE TO ACCEPT THE GIFT THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO EITHER PAY FOR THE GIFT THEMSELVES OR IT COMES OUT OF POCK. THAT'S AN OPTION AS WELL. AND I THINK FOR ME THERE IS A STANDARD IN THE
LAST TERM AS COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY HIGHLIGHTED, WE HAD, IT HAD WELCOME BECOME A HABIT FOR GIFT ACCEPTANCES TO COME LATE IN VIOLATION OF CITY POLICY. AND
THE MOST OFTEN THOSE GIF WERE COMING FROM EITHER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK IF BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE HELD TO A STANDARD OF ADHERING TO CITY POLICY AND THEIR BOSS GETS A WAIVER IT DOESN'T SET US UP FOR
SUCCESS IN BUILDING A CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE I HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD. SO AS SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPRESSED HARSH CRITICISM OF DEPARTMENTS THAT BRING IN GIFT ACCEPTANCES LATE, I WANT TO HOLD EVERYONE TO THE
SAME STANDARD AND NOT PICK AND CHOOSE WHO GETS A PS VERSUS WHO DOESN'T. THANK YOU. >> I SEE THE MAYOR STAFF IN CHAMBERS IF SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION FOR THE MAYOR STAFF. COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PAYNE. AS A NEW COUNCILMEMBER I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE T FORM EXISTS WHEN YOU WANT TO ACCEPT A GIFT AND WHO YOU CAN ACCEPT A GIFT FROM, HOW MUCH IT CAN BE FOR OR AGAINST OR WHATEVER ELSE THE CASE IS. SO BEING THAT, AND
I'M NEWLY ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, NO ONE SAT DOWN WITH ME AND SAID, HEY COUNCILMEMBER WARREN IF YOU WANT TO ACCEPT A GIFT HERE'S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO AND THE FORM YOU GOT TO FILL OUT AND WHEN IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED BY SO MANY DAYS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I PAID OUT OF MY WARD BUDGET FOR
MYSELF AND ONE OF MY STAFF TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN DC. AND I WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT I COULD HAVE RECEIVED A GIFT TO DO SO. I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE WAY THAT IT GOES. YOU EITHER PAY FOR IT OUT YOUR POCKET OR IT COMES OUT YOUR WARD BUDGET. SO
IF I'M NEW AND THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE OF ARMS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSTANTLY CYCLING IN AND OUT OF THE CITY I THINK THAT IT'S ONLY FAIR BECAUSE OF SUCH GRAVE LEARNING CURVE THAT HAPPENED IN BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR WHERE MAYBE
INFORMATION MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED BECAUSE IT SURE WASN'T RELAYED TO ME. SO WE WERE UNDERNEATH A WHOLE ATTACK BY A FEDERAL INSURGENT AND PEOPLE WERE NOT IN THE OFFICE EXPLAINING THINGS AS DETAILED AS NORMAL THAT THINGS WOULD BE IN NORMALCY. SO IF THIS IS A NEW STAFF PERSON AND
THIS WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON THEIR HANDS, YOU KNOW, I SUGGEST GRE, BECAUSE SOMEONE STILL HAS NOT EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT THE GIFT ACCEPTANCE AMOUNT IF IT'S $2 IF IT'S $3, SOMEBODY GIVE YOU A BUS TOKEN. NO ONE'S TOLD ME WHAT IT IS THAT'S TO BE GIVEN TO
YOU IF IT'S OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT YOU NEED IN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND WHERE THE FORM IS TO FILL OUT THE BRING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR WHATEVER. SO I JUST SAY GRANT A LITTLE GRACE IN THIS SITUATION. THIS PERSON WAS VERY APOLOGETIC. THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOT
INTENTIONAL FROM WHAT WAS EXPLAINED, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAME AND SAID, HEY, THIS WAS NOT OUR INTENT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE HUMAN, LET'S TAKE HUN ERROR, YOU KNOW, IN THIS GRACE OF THIS SITUATION, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S HAPPENED REPETITIVELY BEFORE AND
BEFORE AND BEFORE AFTER YOU GUYS SAID IT LAST YEAR. WE DID JUST CHANGE ARMS. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF HIGH STRESS, SO THINGS GOING ON AROUND HERE. SO I JUST SAY WE GRANT A SMALL AMOUNT OF GRACE TO THIS SITUATION. THAT'S
IT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, DID YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF? >> YEAH. MY QUESTION WAS WHAT WAS THEVENT ABOUT? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW THAT BENEFIT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> IF YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> I'LL JUST MOVE THIS WAY DOWN. THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MY NAME IS JEN SCHMIDT, THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR MAYOR FREY. I'M THE ONE WHO SUBMITTED THESE TWO REQUESTS FOR GIFT ACCEPTANCE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR THE JEWISH DEMOCRATIC CA, I DON'T REMEMBER, COUNCIL ASSOCIATION, I DON'T REMEMBER THE FULL NAME. WHERE HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT OPERATION METRO SURGE AND OTHER, SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT WERE DONE ON
THAT BEHALF. WE DID NOT DECIDE ABOUT HIS TRAVEL AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HIS TRAVEL IS VERY FLUID OR HIS SCHEDULE IS VERY FLUID. SO WE DIDN'T DECIDE ON THIS UNTIL AFTER THE DATE OF SUBMISSI. SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON. AND YES, THIS IS NOT
THE PRACTICE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE, ABSOLUTELY NOT. BUT IN THIS CASE IT WAS NECESSARY. AND THE CAP IDEAS WAS THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS CONFERENCE, SAME SUBJECT. HE WAS SPEAKING
ABOUT OPERATION METRO SURGE. >> I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING TO ME, YES, MAYOR HAS BEEN SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY
ESPECIALLY WHAT WE WENT THROUGH. WELL, THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANKS. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL AND REMIND EVERYONE THAT GIFT ACCEPTANCE IS REQUIRED
TWO-THIRDS VOTE. >> COUNCILMEMBERAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> NAY. >> CHUGHTAI. >> NAY. >> WHITING.
>> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> NO. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE NINE AYES AND FOUR NAYS. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT WE
WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 5. AND I WILL RETURN TO A QUESTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER HAD. THIS WAS FORWARDED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AND WE DO NEED TO DISPOSE OF THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM ALSO REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS
VOTE. AND COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI MADE A MOTION TO DELETE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA WHICH WOULD DISPOSE OF THAT ITEM. IT WOULDN'T PUT IT IN LIMBO. AND I WANT TO JUST DOUBLE-CHK AND MAKE SURE IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? >> SECOND. >> OKAY. SO THE MOTION BEFORE US WOULD BE TO DELETE THIS ITEM
FROM THE AGENDA, WHICH WOULD DISPOSE OF THE ITEM. AND IT WOULDN'T FORWARD IT FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE MAYOR. THIS WOULD HELP US PREVENT AMBIGUITY OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS. COUNCILMEMBER WHITING.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING, DOES THIS, THE DELETION FROM THE NUMBER FIVE FROM THE AGENDA, THAT DOESN'T, DOES THAT REQUIRE TWO-THIRDS? SIMPLE MAJORITY? >> YEAH, SIMPLE MAJORITITY. >> THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR I'LL BE SPEAKING AGAINST THIS MOTION. IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO PASS UP THIS OPPORTUNITY. POLICE REFORM IS A UNIVERSAL GOAL OF THIS BODY. I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR YOU ALL WHEN I SAY THAT. AND THIS IS
OUR CHANCE TO PURSUE THIS GOAL TOGETHER AND IN A COMMITTED AND MEANINGFUL WAY. THIS PROJECT IS A PART OF THAT REFORM. FOR SIX YEARS NOW, SINCE THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, MINNEAPOLIS HAS DEBATED WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY COULD
AND SHOULD BE. AND I'VE BEEN HERE ON THIS BODY FOR ALL OF THOSE SCUSSIONS. THE PUBLIC HAS TOLD US CLEARLY THEY WANT REFORM. AND WE PROMISED THEM THAT. THEY TOLD US THEY WANT SAFER RESPONSE IN MOMENT OF
CRISIS. THEY SAID THEY WANT BETTER CRISIS RESPONSE. THEY WANT TRAUMA-INFORMED RESPONSE. THEY WANT INTERAGENCY COORDINATI. THEY WANT DE-ESCALATION TRAINING. AND THEY WANT RESPONDER WELLNESS. THIS PROPOSAL IS ABOUT BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED FOR
THAT PROMISED REFORM AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE. THIS IS HOW WE GET THERE. IT'S ABOUT FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING TOGETHER AND NOT INSEPARATE SILOS. IT'S ABOUT IMPROVING OUR RESPONSE TO CRITICAL EVENTS IN EMERGENCIES. IT'S ABOUT STRENGTHENING
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING STANDARDS. EXCUSE ME. >> LET HER FINISH. THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKING IN THIS SETTING. >> IT'S ABOUT SUPPORTING BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE. IT'S ABOUT HELPING EMERGENCY PERSONNEL MAKE BETTER DECISIONS
UNDER PRESSURE. AND JUST AS IMPORTANT AS A SAFE AND JUST RESPONSE IS SUPPORTING AND CARING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE WE ASK TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE ON THE WORST DAYS OF THEIR LIVES. NOT ONLY DO WE WANT THAT FOR THEM, WE OWE THEM THAT. THEYEE AND RESPOND TO
HORRORS THAT NONE OF US CAN IMAGINE. REFORM MATTERS. AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE O THAT. THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER WE'RE WILLING TO INST IN MAKING REFORM REAL. IF WE WANT SAFER AND MORE ACCOUNTABLE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND WE WANT THAT DELIVERED IN MINNEAPOLIS, THEN WE MUST BE WILLING TO BUILD THE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE NEED, AND THIS IS PART OF THAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENTAYNE. BEFORE I DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION I DO WANT TO GET CLARITY FROM THE CLERKS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A BACK-AND-FORTH WITH THIS ITEM AS OPPOSED TO JUST TAKING A VOTE TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY IT BY VOTING IT DOWN. BEFORE WE HAD A MEASURE TO HAVE IT BE RETURNED
TO STAFF WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WOULD NOT COME BACK. AND IT'S BACK BEFORE US. SO I JUST WANT TO GET CLARITY ON DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VOTING TO DELETE AND THE VOTE TO JUST DO A DOWN VOTE. IF BOTH PATHS ALLOW
FOR IT TO BE BROUGHT BAC IN FRONT OF THIS BODY IN SOME DIFFERENT ITERATION AND TO JUST HAVE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. >> MR. CLERK. >> SURE. MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY'S QUESTION, THE LAST TIME THI BODY DEALT WITH A SIMILAR VERSION OF THIS ITEM THEY
REFERRED TO TO STAFF. I THINK GENERALLY WITH A MEDICATION TO REFER TO STAFF THE ASSUMPTION IS STAFF IS GOING T COME BACK WITH SOME CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL. A MOTION TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA IS A BIT FIRMER OF A DECISION IN TERMS OF SAYING WE'RE DONE WITH
THIS ITEM FOR NOW. I DON'T THINK IT NECESSARILY PRECLUDES IT FROM COMING BAC BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS NOT AFFIRMATIVELY SAID YES OR NO, THEY JUST SAID WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ITEM FOR NOW. IMULTANEOUSLY YOU MENTIONED THAT THE COUNCIL COULD
VOTE TO AFFIRMATIVELY APPROVE OR DENY THIS ITEM. I'LL REMIND COUNCIL TT IF SOMEONE MOVES TO APPROVE THE ITEM AND IT FAILS THAT IS NOT A DISPOSITIVE ACTION; THAT IS SIMPLY A FAILURE TO APPROVE. SO THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO
ACTUALLY DENY TO AFFIRMATIVELY KILL THE ITEM, IF YOU WILL. >> JUST ALARIFICATION. YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN A VOTE TO DENY, BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE MENTIONING IS ALSO THE ASPECT OF DISPOSAL WHICH A
DELETION FROM THE AGENDA COULD SERVE AS THAT PURPOSE? >> I THINK THEY'RE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. A MOTION TO DELETE WOULD SAY LE I SAID WE'RE JUST DONE WITH THIS FOR NOW BUT WE'RE NOT UNWILLING TO CONSIDER IT POTENTIALLY COMING BACK. A MOTION TO DENY WOULD BE AN ACTION THAT'S GOING TO GO TO THE
MAYOR AND SAYS WE ARE DENYING THIS. THE MAYOR COULD THEN APPROVE OR VETO YOUR ACT IN THAT CAPACITY A ONCE THE BODY HAD ACTED ON THAT VETO, THE MATTER WOULD BE DONE AND DISPOSED OF AND COULD NOT COME BACK IN THE SAME FORM. >> OKAY. SO A MOTION TO DELETE
ESSENTIALLY WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS ITEM TO BE SENT FORWARD TO THE MAYOR AS WELL AND THEN SUBJECTED TO MAYORAL ACTION. >> I THINK THAT'S CORRECT A MOTION TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA IS SIMPLY REMOVING IT FROM YOUR AGENDA. IT WOULD NOT GO TO THE MAYOR. >> OKAY. AND THAT'S FOR NOW?
>> CORRECT. YEP. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> AS A GENERAL ADVISORY I'LL ANNOUNCE THAT COUNCIL'S RULES DO NOT PERMIT COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC EXCEPT DURING A PROPERLY NOTICED HEARING OR COMMENT PERIOD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO CONDUCT THE
BUSINESS OF THE CITY. IT IS NOT A FORUM FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS UNDER THE MINNESOTA OPEN MEETING LAW, MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC F THE PURPOSE OF OBSERVATION ONLY, CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL RULES INDIVIDUALSWR
DISTURB THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE AND INTERFERE WITH THE BODY'S ABILITY TO CONDU THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. THOSE WHO REFUSE TO FOLLOW THENSTRUCTIONS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL STAYING RESPECTFU AND I'LL
RECOGNIZE COUNCILMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDE PAYNE. YOU KNOW, I WILL PASS FOR NOW, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.
>> I'M ALSO GOING TO PASS. >> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER WARNER RAISING A QUESTION. >> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, ANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING THAT. CAN WE YOU NANNOUSLY
DECIDE TO MAKE UNANIMOUSLY DECIDE TO MAKE THAT A RULING THAT IS READ AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH COUNCIL MEETING AND RECESS SO WE HAVE PROPER DECORUM HERE EVERY ME? I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR. BECAUSE IT ALWAYS HAPPENS TO BE READ AFTER
AN OFFENSE. SO I THINK IF WE JUST MAKE IT A STAPLE IN THE BEGINNING OF EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, THEN WE CANAY THAT WE SAID IT AND IT'S AT THE INTRODUCTION WHEN YOU CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OR WHEN ANY MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER THAT IS NOT GIVEN SPACE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND EVEN WHEN IT IS GIVEN SPACE TO PUBLIC COMMENT IF THAT IS READ SO THAT THERE IS A LEVEL OF DECORUM THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THIS BODY AND IS ALSO REFLECTED WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. >> THIS IS PART OF OUR FORMAL RULES. THAT'S CONSIENT
THROUGHOUT. I THINK WE CAN HAVE A BROADER DISCUSSION ON HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THAT BUT I THINK WE SHOD CONTINUE ON OUR DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER, I'M SORRY,ICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU. JUST. >> YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION, COUNL PRESIDENT. I'M SORRY, VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A
BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE RULES THAT ARE ADOPTED BY T BODY. AND I THINK THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR THAT CONVERSATION. AND WE SHOULD STICK TO THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE US. >> BUT THAT'S THE RULE. >> THE RULES ARE FORMALLY ADOPD BY THIS BODY. IT
CURRENTLY IS THE RULE AND I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK OFFLINE BUT WE SHOULD CTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON THISTEM. VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MADE MY COMMENT YESTERDAY THAT I WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF WHY I'M
VOTING NO ON THIS PROJECT AT THIS TIME. I SUPPORT TRAINING AND WELLNESS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE THAT SERVE OUR RESIDENTS EVERY DAY DO DESERVE STRONG TOOLS AND MODERATE BUILDGS AND TRAINING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND
ALL THOSE THINGS. MY CONCERN IS NOT JUST THE MISSION. IT'S THE TIMING AND THE PLANNINGND THE LONG-TERM COST OF OUR CITY. WE ARE FACING A REAL BUDGET PRESSURE. AND WE KNOW THAT BIG
PROJECTS COST A LOT OF MONEY. AND THE IDEA OF JUST PURCHASING THE BUILDING AND WAITING FOR MAGIC THINGS TO HAPPEN IS NOT REALLY A WELL PLANNED. IGHT NOW THE STATE CAPITOL SHOWS LITTLE INTEREST, AND W HAD DELEGATES OF CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS COME OUT AND SAY THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO BE SUPPORTING AT THIS TIME. AND I DO ALSO BELIE THAT A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD BE A REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, SHOULD INCLUDE. AND WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PURCHASING
OF THE BUILDING, SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY PROTECTING ALSO TAXPAYERS. I THINK WE CAN STILL IMPROVE TRAINING AND WELLNESS WITHOUT COMMITTING A HUGE PROJECT. THERE ARE OTHER
OPTIONS WE CAN DO AT THIS TIME OF OUTSOURCING THOSE NEEDED SERVICES IN OUR CITY. RESIDENTS EXPECT US TO BE RESPONSIB AND WHAT I'M GETTING RIGHT NOW IS THAT LET'S BUY THE BUILDING AND
LET'S JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND THAT IS NOT A SMART MOVE AT ALL. OUR FOCUS IS TO KEEP MINNEAPOLIS MOVING FORWARD A ON PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE PROTECTING OUR TAX FINANCIAL STABILITY AND MAKING CALCULATED DECISIONS. SO I WILL BE
SUPPORTING NO ON THIS ITEM. SO THK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> COUILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW A MOTION TO DELETE ON
LAND PURCHASE FUNCTIONS IN PRACTICALITY? IS THAT A DENIAL OR IS THAT LEAVE I IN LIMBO? >> MR. ATTORNEY. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. IN ORDER
TO GO FORWARD WITH THE LAND PURCHASE, THE CITY WOULD NEED APPROVAL. SO THE MOTION TO DELETE IS NOT APPROVAL. THE CITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAND PURCHASE. THERE ARE CERTAIN WAYS THAT IT COULD GET BACK ON THE AGENDA. AND THAT IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE
TIMING OF SOMETHING POTENTIALLY GETTING BACK ON THE AGENDA AND THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH I THINK FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES WOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO SPEAK TO. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, DIRECTOR O'BRIAN, YOU
WOULD LIK TO ADD TO THAT? NO? OKAY. I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THAT WAS WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH. YES, WE COULD SAY NO TO THIS TRAINING CENTER, WE CAN'T SAY NO TO THIS TRAINING CENTER. AND
BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS APPROVALS. SO COULD YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR THOSE OF US THAT MAY HAVE NOT WALKED THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS STEP BY STEP ABOUT WHO IS HIRED, MAYBE NOT WHO BUT THE CONSULTANT
THAT WAS HIRED, THE MONEY WE'VE SPENT ALREADY ON THIS PROCESS. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS SORT OF HOW THIS FITS INTO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> YEAH, I'M SORRY, YEAH. >> AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR. SO THE MDHR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
DOES NOT EXPRESSLY REQUIRE A TRAINING FACILITY. WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE RESOURCES SUPPORT PORTION OF THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS FOR THE CITY TO CONCT A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT AND THEN MAKE A PLAN AND DEVELOP A TIMELINE TO IMPLEMENT THE ASSESSMENT. SO THE CITY HAD A
COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS AND HIRED A VENDOR TO CONDUCT THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT AND THERE'S ACTUALLY I THINK SEPARATE ASSESSMENTS LOOK AT USE AND CONDITION OF FACILITIES. THE VENDOR RECOMMENDED NEW TRAINING FACILITY, I THINK THE STRONGEST RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT WAS IN THE USE ASSESSMENT.
THE CITY THEN ASKED ALIEF WHO IS THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT MONITOR TO APPROVE THE TRAINING FACILITY AS PART OF THE CITY'S OBLIGATION TO IMPLEMENT AN EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND FACILITIES RESPONSE PLAN IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. ALIEF APPROVED THAT PLAN AND WILL BE EVALUATING T
THE CITY ON ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THE PLAN. IF THE CITY CHOOSES NOT TO BUILD THIS NEW TRAINING FACILITY THEN IT WILL NEED TO FIND A NEW WAY TO ADDRESS THE FINDINGS IN THE FACILITS ASSESSMENTS AND GET APPROVAL FOR ALIFA FOR THAT CHANGE TTHE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY AND FACILITIES RESPONSE PLAN.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. SO WE HAVE ALREADY EXPENDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, ENERGY AND STAFF TIME ON THIS PROCESS. WE WENT THROUGH A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT. THE EXPERTS DECIDED THAT A NEW FACILITY WAS THE BEST ROUTE FORWARD AFTER ASSESSING ALL OF
OUR CURRENT FACILITIES. THAT ASSESSMENT WAS APPROVED BY ALIFA. AND WARE UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO FULFILL OUR APPROVED ALIFA CONTRACT OR MAYBE IT'S NOT A CONTRACT BUT
AGREEMENT. SO IF WE GO AGAINST THIS CURRENT DIRECTION AND YOU'RE SAYING WE COULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO START THIS PROCESS AGAIN, AND WE WOULD BE OUT OF APPROV WITH ALIFA AND WE
WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD BECOME, CHECK THAT BOXF UPGRADED FACILITIES WITH ALIFA IN A DIFFENT MANNER WITH SPENDING MORE MONEY. IS THAT, AM I SUMMARIZING THAT CORRECTLY.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER, I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY WE'D BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. ESSENTIALLY THOUGH THE CITY BECAUSE ALIFA HAS APPROVED THIS THE CITY WLD NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD GAIN ALIFA'S APPROVAL, AND
I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO WHAT THAT MIGHT BE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. >> OKAY. THANK Y. AND I WILL HARKEN BACK TO LAST TUESDAY WHEN COUNCILMEMBER WHITING WITH YR EXPOSURE TO THIS TOPIC, TALKED ABOUT THAT IT WOULD, YOU DID NOT SUGGEST THAT WE AS A BODY WOULD
MOVE AWAY FROM ALIFA'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE OF THEMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON A ALIFA ON A ANNUAL BASIS. THAT IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT COST THAT WE ARE INCURRING AS A CITY. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER WE WANT TO
CALL THE SAFETY AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE, I MEAN THIS COMMUNITY, FACILITY, NOT COMMUNITY. SAFETY FIRST RESPONDERS COMMUNITY. I MEAN SORRY. IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING. FACILITY. FACILITY. WE CAN REALLY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT
BUDGET ALL WE WANT AND THAT 38 MILLION IS A BIG NUMBER. BUT THERE ARE OTHER COSTS. AND YES ON TUESDAY I REALLY ASKED FOR THOSE COSTS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WE D NOT HEAR ANYTHING BACK YET AROUND WHAT ARE WE SPENDING ON DECENTRALIZED
TRAINING CURRENTLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT MAYBE EXTENDED ALIFA CONTRACTS AND THAT'S MAYBE A SEPARATE BUCKET. BUT DIRECTOR O'BRIAN WOULD YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE AROUND THAT AT THIS POINT? I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT TO ASK JUST TWO DAYS AGO. BUT IF
YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS APPROPRIATE TO DECISION-MAKING I WOULD APPRECIATET. >> IN ONE MINUTE AND FIVE SECONDS. >> COUNCILMEMBER O COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO
COMPILE THE LONG LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU HAD SHARED. IT'S NOT JUST PROPERTY SERVICES EXPENSES THAT CAN BE REFLECTED. SPECIFIC TRAINING DOLLARS IS WHAT YOU ASKED FOR, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST ANSWERED BY THE
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO HAVEHAT PREPARED FOR YOU. >> OKAY. >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU S MUCH. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CLERK. IS THERE ANY MOTION THAT WE COULD MAKE TO DELAY THIS
INFORMATION UNTIL WE GET THIS DATA AROUND WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON TRAINING ELSEWHERE AND WHAT THAT COST COMPARISON IS TO WHERE WE'RE HEADED? I MEAN THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION AND I KNOW, I'M SORRY, YEAH. >> MR. CLERK, YOU HAVE TEE
SECONDS. >> MR. CLERK I WOULD ASK THEN THE SAME QUESTION. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE TO COUNCILMEMBER WHITING'S QUESTION, I WOULD DEFER TO STAFF HERE, BUT I MEAN IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO POSTPONE
THE ITEM IF IHINK STAFF HAS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOGISTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD BE MOVED TO POSTPONE IT. I DON'T KW THAT A MOTION TO POSTPONE WOULD BE IN ORDER RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S ALRDY BEEN MOVED TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA. SO IT
WOULD NOT BE IN ORDER RIGHT N UNTIL THE BODY HAS DEALT WITH A MOTION TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA. BUT IF TT FAILS, THAT MOTION WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN ORDER, BUT STAFF WOULD THEN HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOGISTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. >> THANK YOU >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'M GOING TO SPEAK JUST I THINK TO THE BASIC SPECIFICALLY WE WERE HOPING TO DO. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A MOTION IN FRONT OF US THAT WILL DELETE THIS SO THE MOTION WE WERE GOING TO BRING IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD NOT BE GERMANE TO
ADD IT INERE. BUT WE ARE HOPING TO IN COLLABORATION WITH COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT TS RESOLUTION WOULD PAIR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPOSED COMNITY SAFETY TRAINING AND WELLNESS SITE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WORKING
GROUP THAT INCLUDES COUNCILMEMBERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FOLKS THAT HAVE DEEPLY INTERESTD ITHIS WORK. THIS GROUP WOULD ADVISE ON SPACE NEEDS FOR THE FACILITY AND DESIGN AND PRODUCE A FINAL REPORT THAT WOULD INFORM SITE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED
FACILITY SITE PURCHASE BEFORE US TODAY IS THE FIRST STEP IN A LONG PROCESS WHICH CULMINATED IN A MAJOR MULTI DEPARTMENTAL PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENT. I HAVE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES, THE PUBLIC, THE DESIRE TO MAKE THIS PROCESS A DEVELOPING THE CENTER MORE TRANSPARENT. WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD HAVE DONE
WAS BROUGHT ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, DIRECTLY INTO THE PLANNING PROCE BY CREATING A WORKGROUP WHERE WE'D HELP ENSURE THE PROSS OF DEVELOPING THE CENTER AS TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE AS POSSIBLE. THAT IS NOTOING TO COME UP BEFORE US TODAY. SO, SORRY TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND OTHERS THAT
PUT A LOT OF WORK. I APPRECIATE IT NONETHELESS. YOU BUT DO WANT TO WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO ASSESSMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS. I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, DOES IT NECESSARILY REQUIRE IT, THESE
ARE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO I WILL READ VERBATIM AS I LIKE TO DO, PARTICULARLY FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS SETTLEMENT AEEMENT. SO ON PAGE 79, PARAGRAPH, DID I
FORGET THE PARAGRAPH HERE? GIVE ME ONE SECOND HERE. CAN READ IT VERBATIM. I WON'T READ IT VERBATIM BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT PULLED UP ON MY COMPUTER. BUT MORE OR LESS WHAT THE CITY IS
REQUIRED TO DOITHIN 120 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREEMT IS THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO DO AN ASSESSMENT. AND THAT WAS THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT. WHAT THAT ASSESSMENT DOES BECAUSE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS DRAFTED BY LAWYERS, HAD COUNCILMEMBER
INPUT, COPS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ETC., DURING THIS DRAFTING STAGE. YOU DO NOT HAVE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS PROCESS. SO WHAT CONSENT DEDEGREE CITIES WHA SETTLEMENT CITIES DO IS CONSULT T TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE
TO DO THOSE ASSESSMENTS. IF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SAID THERE ARE OBLEMS WITH THE BROKEN WATER PIPE ON PAGE 3, RIGHT, THE SETTMENT AGREEMENT DOES NOT DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO DO THAT. YOU FARM THAT OUT TO FOLKS THAT HAVE THAT EXPERTISE. WHAT THE SETTLEMENTGREEMENT BECAUSE IS
SAY THE ASSESSMENT MUST BE DONE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS SO THEN THE IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS BECOME THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO BE FULFILLED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. IN ADDITION IF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE PROBLEMS THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT WOULD BE 8,000 PAGES LONG. WHAT WE SAY IN THESE ASSESSMENTS IS THAT THESE THINGS ARE THEN THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS TO MOVE FORWARD AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST SPOKE TO. AND SO AS SOMEBODYHAT IS FULLY COMMITTED TO EVERY SINGLE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THEN BECOMES A REQUIREMENT AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE THOSE ARE ONE OF THOSE PIECES. WE HAVE FOUR TO FIVE OTHER ASSESSMENTS ON VASTLY DIFFERENT THINGS. THE MOMENT WE START TO CHOOSE AND DECIDE WHICH
RECOMMENDATIONS BECOME REFORM IS WHEN I BELIEVE AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS CONSENT DECREE CITIES THE MOMENT THESE THINGS HAPPEN IS WHEN REFORM STARTS TO FALL APART. AND I APPRECIATE THEY ARE VALID CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FACILITY. THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY ARE. AND I'VE BEEN
REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH COLLEAGUES TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD IDENTIFY AND RECTIFY THOSE CONCERNS. >> YOU ARE AT TIME. >> BUT I'M OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU, M PRESIDENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. ANOTHER, I'M JUST REITERATING MY CONTINUED OPPOSITION TO THIS
PROJECT. AND FIRST CLERK CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW MANY VOTES IS NEEDED FOR THE MOTION TO DELETE? >> MR. PRESINT, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE IS NEEDED TO DELETE THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA. >> OKAY. I WILL NAME THE CONCERN OF THIS COME BACK BEFORE
THE BODY AFTER WE'VE DONE BACK AND FORTH AND PLAYED TIT FOR TAT DOES MAKE ME NERVOUS AND I WILL NAME MY HESITANCY ON THE DELETION OF I WANT MAYOR FREY TO HAVE TO TAKE A FIRM POSITION ON THIS. HE HAS NOT SHARED MUCH
ABOUT WHY HE'S PUSHING FOR THIS, WHY IS THIS SUCH A KEY PRIORITY WHEN WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT INVESTNTS IN SOCIAL HOUSING, PUBLIC HOUSING, WHEN WE ALSO HAVE OTHER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES WE JUST ACTUALLY GET HONORARY RESOLUTION TIED TO GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE AND THERE'S MASSIVE
THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AS PART OF THE 38TH STREET IN CHICAGO CAPITAL PROJECT. LIKE WE COULD BE POURING RESOURCES INTO THAT AS OPPOSED TO THIS. AND IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING OF BASICALLY GIVING FREY ANUT TO HAVE TO TAKE A POSITION ON DO
YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO SPEND $40 MILLION OR MORE ON A FORTRESS WITH SIMULATIONS AND WELLNESS ROOMS AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT DO NOT ACTUALLY GUARANTEE SAFER COMMUNITIES. IT'S A WISH LIST. IT IS NOT A NEED. A I WANT SEGUE THAT
INTO THIS COMMENTARY AGAIN OF IF YOU ARE AGAINST THIS PROJECT THAT MEANS YOU ARE AGAINST REFORM. THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE ALIFA REPORT OR ANYWHERE THAT SAYS THAT. OU DO NOD NOT NEED A FACILITY IN ORDER TO RID A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS
DECADES OF DOCUMENTED BRUTALIZATION OF BLACK, BROWN AND INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS. THEY WERE DOING THAT WITH EXISTING FACILITIES. THEY ARE STILL DOING THAT WITH 100 MILLION OF DOLLARS ALREADY TO THEIR EXISTING FACILITIES AND WITH ADDITIONS OF NEW ONES. THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING. TO MAKE IT
SEEM AS IF THIS FACILITY IS GOG TO BE A DETERMINANT OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE COPS THAT KILL YOU OR NOT IS JUST PREPOSTEROUS. AND THAT IS NOT TRUE. AND IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR US TO PRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO ALIFA WHICH SOMEONE NOTED THE COST OF ALIFA. ALIFA
IS SOMETHING THAT'S FIXED IN OUR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THAT'S $1.5 MILLION. THAT'S NOT CHANGING. WHAT COULD CHANGE IF THERE WAS THE WILF OUR CITY LEADERSHIP AND FREY ADMINISTRATION IS TO PRESENT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. FROM THAT LET'S THEN TALK ABOUT UNLOCKING THE 6 MILLION TO 38 MILLION THAT
WE KNOW IS LIKELY GOING TO BE ABOVE MORE THAN THAT TO GO TOWARDS SOME OF THESE OTHER KEY PRIORITIES. THAT IS THE CONVERSATION THAT I WANT TO HAVE. WE KNOW THERE IS A MASS HAVE NEED FOR HOUSING. AND WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE ABOUT T FACE EVICTION BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT PUT EVICTION
PROTECTIONS IN PLACE BECAUSE OF OPERATION METRO SURGE. WE COULD BE USING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PROVIDE FOR THAT NEED OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND THERE IS NOTHING IN THE ALIFA REPORT, NOTHING IN OUR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT PRECLUDES US FROM HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND PRESENTING SOMETHING MUCH MORE MODEST THAN
WHAT WE' TALKING ABOUT DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS PROJECT. SS WEAPONIZATION OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO CONSTANTLY BE USED AS A TOOL TO RUBBER STAMP EVERY REQUEST BY MPD. WHAT WE CAN
LEARN FROM OTHER CITIES IS WE DON'T NEED TO BANKRUPT OURSELVES BY FULFILLINGHE NEEDS OF CONSENT DECREES FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT. AND WE COULD ACTUALLY MEET THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT CONSENT DECREE AND NOT IN 20 YEARS AND THEN WALK AWAY WITH A
BILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG. I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING FISCALLY CONSVATIVE. I THINK RESIDENTS WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DOESN'T CONSTANTLY PUT THEM IN THE RED WHEN IT COMES TO THE FANS OR PUTS THE CITY IN A NEGIVE RED WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY. THAT IS
WHAT WE HAVE AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND FOR ME AND MY LITTLE LEFTY DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST SELF TO BE LIKE LET'S DO FISCAL CONSERVATIVE. THAT SAYS A LOT TO BE LIKE LET'S TAKE A MOMENT AND BE LIKE LET'S NOT DO THAT. THIS IS ME PUTTING ON MY INNER REPUBLICAN HAT. THIS IS THE
TIME. THIS IS THE TIME. IF THERE WAS EVER ONE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. [APPLAUSE]
SO WE'RE BACK HERE AGAIN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING THE LAND FOR THIS FACILITY. AND AS THE WARD 5 NORTH MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTATIVE, EVERYONE IS
WHOOPING AND HOLLERING ABOUT HAY DON'T WANT TO BUILD A COP CITY, HOWEVER THEY ALLEGE TO BE ULTRA CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO BLACK AND BROWN BODIES. OKAY? BLACK AND BROWN BODIES THAT MAKE
UP A MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE BOTH OF THE TRAINING FACILITIES CURRENTLY EXIST, SPLIT BETWEEN TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS. ONE IN WARD 5, ONE IN WARD 4. IF WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR LANDSCAPING AND THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN NORTH MIEAPOLIS AND THE FACT THAT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS NEEDS THE SPACE TO EXPAND AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEN GUESS WHAT.
WOULDN'T MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO GO AHEAD ANDEMOVE THE TRAINING FACILITY OUT OF RTH MINNEAPOLIS. OUT OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, AWAY FROM THE INDIVIDUALS WHO YOU ALLEGE THAT YOU ARE SO DEEPLY INVESTED IN
PROTECTING AGAINST HARMS. THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD REMOVE IT FROM. EXPEDITIOUSLY. QUICK, FAST, AND IN A HURRY. BUT INSTEAD THERE IS A CONSTANT PAUSE. THERE IS A STOP. THERE
IS A POST. AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE YOU ONLYENEFIT WHEN A BLACK BODY OR A BROWN BODY IS NO LONGER EXISTIN THEN YOU CAPITALIZE OFF THE PAIN OF MY COMMUNITY. BUT YOU STILL
CONTINUE TO PERPETRATE THOSE SAME SOCIETAL HARMS ALLEGEDLY ON MY COMMUNITY, BUT NO ONEEES A SENSE OF URGENCY OR A BIG ISSUE. THEY DON'T THINK THAT THISS A VIOLATION OF THE CONSENT DECREE. THEY DON'T THINK THAT POLICE REFORM HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH COMMUNITY REFORM. THEY DON'T
THINK THAT REAL HEALING AND REFORMATION HAS TO DO WITH THE REMOVAL OF SOMETHING OF THIS WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION. WHAT AM I MISSING HERE, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN? I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING THIS DISCUSSION OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WHEN YOU HAVE BLACK AND BROWN BODIES THAT ARE STANDING UP AND
SAYING, HEY, GET IT UP OUT OF MY BACKYARD. GET IT OUT OF MY BACKYARD. THAT'S WHAT WE ASKING FOR. SO I DON'T CARE WHERE IT'S BUILT. SPEND THE MONEY. THE
6 MILLION ACQUIRE THE LAND. BUT GET IT OUT OF MY BACKYARD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASNG FOR REPEATEDLY. WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT. NORTH MINNEAPOLIS NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT. I JUST GOT HERE. I AIN'T BEEN HERE THAT LONG. BUT I WAS
A CONSTITUENT BEFORE I SAT IN THIS SEAT. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN THERE. WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT TO BE REMOVED. SPECIFICALLY. SO WE FOUND A SPACE. WE GOT THE LAND. ACQUIRED THE LAND. AND LET'S
BUILD THE PLAN. BUT WORK ON GETTING IT OUT OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SO THAT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE THE SPACE THAT THEY NEED TO GROW. THAT'S
ALL I'M ASKING FOR. THE END. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY SAFETY TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER. ALTHOUGH I DID SEE THE RESOLUTION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER WHITING IS BRINGING FORWARD TO ESTABLISH A WORKGROUP. I THINK OBVIOUSLY SINCE WE'RE VOTING ON THIS ITEM, THIS WON'T BE RELEVANT TODAY, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKGROUP IT WOULD BE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET RID OF THESE SES FROM NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AS BEING TOLD
BY MY COLLEAGUES AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT AS A PHWAY FORWARD, BECAUSE I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS CENTER. I THINK IT WOULD COST MORE THAN $40 MILLION TO BUILD BUT I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF NOT WANTING IT IN NORTH SIDE AND I BELIEVE THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK
YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE I GOT HERE CERTAINLY D SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS BODY HAS SPENT NEARLY $100 MILLION ON PRECINCT UPGRADES, MASSIVE OVERSPENDING
BY MPD YEAR OVER YEAR. JUST BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ALREADY DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD CONTINUE COUNTY THE SAME PATH. THE SUNK COST FALLACY IS CALLED A FALLACY FOR A REASON. IT IS NOT LOGICAL TO CONTINUE WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY ENT MONEY ON IT. IF
THE IDEA IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, AND THIS IDEA IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, WE SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. WE DO NOT NEED TO WASTE MONEY IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE MISSPENT MONEY IN THE PAST. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN MEET WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. E'VE
GONE OVER THIS. WE CAN FIND A NEW WAY. AND WE SHOULD DO THAT. ONE THAT IS RESPECTFUL THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND ONE THAT IS RESPECTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY IN MY COMMUNITY WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS
MURDERED, THAT SET OFF THIS WHOLE THING, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INVESTMENT IN THAT COMMUNITY, THE 38TH STREET THRIVE PLAN, WHICH WAS AUTHORED BY MANY, MANY FOLKS, INCLUDING MY PREDECESSOR, IS ABOUT
INVESTING IN THE HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITY, IN ENDING BLACK DISPLACEMENT AND REVITALIZING THE 38TH STREET CORRIDOR, WHICH IS A BLACK COMMUNITY CORRIDOR. LET'S INVEST IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND LET'S INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SUFFERED THE HARM OF GEORGE FLOYD BEING
MURDERED THERE. WE DO NOT NEED TO SPEND ALL OF OUR MONEY EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WE HAVE TOWARDS CHASING A TRAINING CENTER THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. THIS IS NOT THE BEST IDEA WE HAVE. ITAME UP IN 120 DAYS. WE CAN SPEND THE NEXT 120 DAYS FINDING A
BETTER IDEA OF HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR TRAINING FACILITIES. AND WE SHOULD DO THAT RIGHT AWAY. WE NEED TO DROP THIS PROPOSAL. IT'S SIMPLY NOT THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO BE INVESTINGN OUR COMMUNITIES. IN HOUSING, IN
BUSINESS INCUBATION, IN OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE 38T STREET CORRIDOR. I MEAN COME TO MY COMMUNITY AND SEE PLACES THAT ARE JUST SITTING VACANT, SITTING LYING AND WAITING FOR US TO INVEST IN THEM. WE CANNOT KEEP SPENDING MONEY FRIVOLOUSLY AND
THEN WONDERING WHY BLACK DISPLACEMENT IS HAPPENING IN MY COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE 38 STREET THRIVE PLAN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS YEARS AND YEARS IN THE WORKS. AND IT'S TIME TO ACTUALLY DO IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR.. I BELIEVE IN INVESTING IN THE WELLNESS OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. THE PEOPLE WHO DELIVER SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY EVERY DAY.
I BELIEVE IN DOING, MAKING THOSE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS IN THE WELLNESS OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO HEAR ABOUT HOW WE MUST SPEND NEARLY $40 MILLION ON A BUILDING BECAUSE WE BELIEVE SOMEHOW THAT IS WELLNESS. WELL,
AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE FACING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CRISES. WELLNESS IS BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR WHEN YOU NEED TO. WELLNESS IS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SERVICES WHEN YOU NEED TO. AND OUR CITY
EMPLOYEES ARE FACING INCREASES TO THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. THAT IS THE WELLNESS PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, NOT THE NEED -- NOT A NEW BUILDING. IN
THE WAKE OF OPERATION METRO SURGE WE KNOW THAT HUNGER IN OUR CITY IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. THAT'S A REAL THREAT TO THE WELLNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR BROADER COMMUNITY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADDRESS. AND A BUILDING ISN'T GOING TO
CONTRIBUTE TO WELLNESS OF OUR BROADER COMMUNITY. A FEW WEEKS AGO WE JUST LISTENED TO THE MAYOR GIVE HIS STATE OF T CITY ADDRESS WHERE HE SPOKE REPEATEDLY ABOUT THE NEED TO GET BACK TO BASICS. ON THE NEED TO
SCALE BACK PROGRAMS AND SPENDING THAT MAY ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS, THAT MAY BES A BY RACIAL, THAT THAT THAT MAY BE ASPIRATIONAL, THAT WE MAY LOVE, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW A $40 MILLION BUILDING THAT WILL
HAVE INDEFINITELY MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY COSTS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE SCALE YET IS GETTING BACK TO BASICS. DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN JUSTIFY THIS KIND OF NEW EXPENSE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SAYING WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR A TIGHT BUDGET YEAR
WHERE WE WILLAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS THAT WILL INCLUDE MAKING CUTS. TO ME IT'S THE HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY TO PURSUE A NEW PET PROJECT BUILDING BEFORE MPD HAS MET A VAST MAJORITY OF
ITEM IN THE CONSENT DECREE, BEFORE THEY HAVE CREATED A NEW AND BETTER TRAINING PROGRAM AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT DECREE WHILE THE REST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES ARE BRACING FOR INCREASED COSTS AND SCALING BACK OF PROGRAMS.
THAT'S WHY I CANNOT SUPPORT THI. I'LL EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE MOTION I MADE TO DELETE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA. A MOTION TO DELETE SOMETHING FROM THE AGENDA IS A DISPOSITIVE MOTION. AND
EFFECTIVELY KILLS AN ITEM. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT REQUIRES NINE VOTES FOR APPROVAL. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOTION TO DELETE IS CONFUSING. THERE'S A DESIRE FROM COUNCILMEMBERS TO
TAKE AN ACTION THAT IS ABLE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR IN THE FORM OF AN OFFICIAL ACT AND CLOSE OUT THIS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. SO HOPEFULLY WITHOUT
OBJECTION FROM COLLEAGUES I WILL MAKE -- I WILL WITHDRAW THIS MOTION AND MAKE A MOTION INSTEAD TO DENY THIS ITEM AND ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> THAT'S BEEN MOVED. THE
MOTION TO DELETE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED WITH A MOTION TO DENY. AND THAT'S BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AS THE QUEUE GETS RESET? COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.
>> YES. I'M GOING TO NEED CLARIFICATION ON DENY. BUT ANYWAY, THAT CAN COME LATER. THAT'S JUST A REGULAR VOTE UP OR DOWN? >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE THING. AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT COUNCILMEMBER VETAW
AND COUNCILMEMBER WARREN FOR CONSISTENTLY GOING TO BAT AROUND THIS ISSUE FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND THE SOC. IF I WERE TO SAY ANYTHING MORE AROUND THIS TODAY IT WOULD BE THAT REASON ALONE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH REASON FOR US TO PURCHASE THIS LAND, FORM A WORKGROUP, DECIDE WHAT WE CAN DO SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR SENTIMENT. BUT
NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S NOT A PRIORITY UNLESS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS NOW. SO WILL, I'M JUST, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE
TO THINK ABOUT IS WE HAVE CREATIVITY AROUND THIS SITE. AS WE KNOW, SOMEBODY ON-DEVICE MENTIONED A REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY. IF WE DON'T PURCHASE THIS LAND, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THINK ABOUT A
REGIONAL PARTNER. THERE IS FIVE ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE AT ALMOST TWICE THE PRICE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REGIONAL INVESTMENT TO SHARE COSTS IF WE WERE TO BUY THIS LAND AT THIS POINT IN TIME? SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE MY
COLLEAGUES DO THIS FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, DO THIS TO HONOR THE WORK OF STAFF SINCE 2018. AND DO THIS FOR FLEXIBILITY AND RESPECT FOR THE ALIFA PROCESS TO DATE AND FOR ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS. OF WHICH MY SON IS
ONE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WE NEED TO DO THIS NOW FOR OUR COLLEAGUES ANDOR THE COMMUNITY. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> NOVEMBER 15, 2015, JAMAR
CLARK WAS KILLED LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE GUN RANGE ON PLYMOUTH AVENUE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. NOVEMBER 15TH, 2,015TH, JAMAR CLARK WAS MURDERED ON PLYMOUTH AVENUE LESS
THAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE GUN RANGE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND INDIVIDUALS ON THIS BODY WANT TO SIT UP AND TELL ME ABOUT THE DISPARITIES THAT EXIST WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS WHERE BLACK FOLKS JUST WAS ACCEPTED AT BEING AT AND HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. WAS NOT A HISTORICALLY BLACK OR JEWISH COMMUNITY. THAT'S NORTH SIDE.
THAT'S WARD 5. THAT'S WHERE I AM. WE'VE BEEN THERE. THE DISPARITIES HAVE EXISTED THERE. THE SAME THINGS THAT W GERTRUDE BROWN WERE TALKING ABOUT IN 1925 ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT WE'RE
EXPERIENCING IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS TODAY. TALK ABOUT DEINVESTMENT, TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE MISSING AND THAT ARE CONSTANTLY ABSTRACTED. I'LL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS SPACE. WANT
TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING DISPARITIES? I GOT HOUSING DISPARITIES IN MY WARD. HUGE. OVER 200 VACANT UNITS RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROPERTY THAT'S PRACTICALLY SINKING IN THE GROUND. ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS
SPACE. THAT'S IT. SPACE. GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE SPACE THAT IT NEEDS TO THRIVE AND GROW. WE ARE OVERSATURATED WITH CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO NOT HELP OUR TAX BURDEN OR
ASSESSMENTS IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. OVERSATURATION. FANNY LIEU HAMMER TIRED OF TH THAT. COME GET YOUR STUFF. GIVE US THE SPACE THAT WE NEED. LET'S BUY A LAND WHERE WE SAID
WE WERE GOING TO PURCHASE IT AT AND ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS WHAT IT NEEDS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE. DON'T SIT UP AND TALK ABOUT VACANT BUILDINGS
AND LOSS OF STORES OR STORAGE OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH THAT'S MOVING AT A SNAIL'S PACE, DOG GONE IT, COME OVER TO MY SIDE OF TOWN. WE SPENT $38 MILLION BUILDING A WHOLE NEW
THIRD PRECINCT AFTER THE FIRST ONE WAS BURNT DOWN. TURNED IT INTO A DEMOCRACY CENTER WHEN EVERYONE COULD HAVE WENT PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO GO INTO THE BUILDING NOW. WE COULD HAVE JUST USED THAT SAMEEMOCRACY
CENTER AND TURNED IT BACK INTO A THIRD PRECINCT AND WE'D HAVE HAD THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET RIGHT UP FRONT AND CENTER TO BULLED A NEW TRAINING FACILITY FOR OUR SAFETY OFFICERS AND PUBLIC RESPONDER AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL FOLKS AND
EVERYBODY TO BE IN A CENTRALIZED LOCATION. ANIMAL CONTROL, WARD 5. OFF TO THE SIDE IN THE CUT.
NEAR NORTHERN METALS LOCATION. GUESS THAT'S GOOD FOR THE ANIMALS. THEY CAN JUST BE RIGH WHEN DO PEOPLE JUST GET TIRED OF
HEARING THEIR SELVES SAY THINGS THAT ARE REDUNDANT? IT'S TIRING. LISTENING TO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WHEN YOU GOING TO START LISTENING DIFFERENT? DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I DARE
YOU. TRY IT. ONCE. BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER. WE GOT TO PULL TEETH, SPIN AROUND IN A CIRCLE, GO TO WINDOW 5, DO 80 JUMPING JACKS TO GET
SOMEBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS IS VALUABLE. CONSTANTLY TRYING TO REWRITE THE NARRATIVE TO MAKEURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDED WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS IS GOING ON. NOBODY SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT OR
THAT IT'S MEANINGFUL FOR MY COMMUNITY. OR THAT THE CHILDREN IN MY COMMUNITY DO NOT DESERVE. YEAH, I'M CONSTANTLY ADVOCATING FOR THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SHOULDN'T BE
THIS DIFFICULT OF A REQUEST. WE FOUND SOMEWHERE FOR IT TO GO. THE TRAINING FACILITY IS RIGHT NEXT TO, GUESS WHAT, AEMETERY. AIN'T BOTHERING NOBODY. THAT LAND PARCEL SITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF A CEMETERY. AIN'T NOTHING
RIGHT THERE. AN OLD BUS SHELTER. THE FLOWER SHOP, BACHMAN'S IS AROUND THE CORNER ON LYNDALE. IT WOULD BE OUT THE
WAY. COMPLETELY OUT OF THE W WAY. SO LET'S MOVE IT OUT THE WAY. SO ALL I'M ASKING. THE END. >> I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY MAYOR FREY. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE, WELL, MAYOR,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AT ALL? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SPEAKER MANAGEMENT QUEUED UP. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, NO, I DON'T HAVE SPEAKER MANAGEMENT QUEUED UP, I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO GOT IN LINE FOR ME BUT I HAVE TO BE AT A MEETING IN A FEW MINUTES. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.
>> DON'T PUT ME ON THE SPOT. >> GO AHEAD, MAYOR FREY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. SO I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR HAVING ME. TO MAYBE MAKE AN EFFORT TO BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE A LITTLE
BIT. THIS IS NOT AN ITEM THAT CAME IN AS A PRIORITY FOR ME WHEN I TOOK OFFICE OR EVEN GOING INTO THIS TERM. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I GO TO BED AT NIGHT AND WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
THINKING ABOUT. BUT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WAS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY THIS BODY MULTIPLE TIMES. I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY THIS BODY IN OCTOBER OF 2025, IN
FEBRUARY OF 2026, AND SO IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR HYPOCRISY LOOK NO FURTHER THAN CHIDING PEOPLE FOR SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT WE ALL ONCE DID. AND SO I BELIEVE
IN CONSISTENCY OR AT THE VERY LEAST YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR POSITION BUT LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE IT WHEN WE DO. IT'S OKAY TO CHANGE OUR POSITIONS AND I RESPECT BOTH THAT AND YOUR VOTE. YOU ALL HAVE YOUR VOTE, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR POSITIONS IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT COME UP. IT'S OKAY TO CHANGE
WHAT'S ON THE IGR AGENDA. IT'S OKAY TO CHANGE WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE. AND THIS IS NOT MY PRIORITY OR AN ISSUE THAT I SUPPORT SIMPLY FOR THE SAKE OF BUILDING A BUILDING. IT'S ALSO FOR THE SAKE OF COMPLIANCE WITH
CONSENT DECREE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WHERE WE HAVE PROVIDED A PLAN TO MEET BOTH TRAINING AND WELLNESS FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, AND THIS PARTICULAR PLAN INCLUDING THE WELLNESS CENTER, HAS BEEN
APPROVED. IF THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF DOING THAT, BY ALL MEANS, I AM ALL EARS TO IT. IF THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF DOING IT WITHOUT SPENDING MORE MONEY, I'M ALL EARS TO IT. BUT THE WAY I
SEE IT IS THAT IF THE PROPERTY ISN'T PURCHASED AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE IT LATER, WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON THE THING WE DON'T WANT TO BE SPENDING MONEY ON. THE PRICE TODAY WILL LIKELY GO UP DEMOCRAT MATTICALLY. WE SPEND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO DOING THE THING EVEN IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO DOING IT, THERE IS AN OPEN QUESTION WHICH AGAIN IS DO WE NEED TO. I'M SURE WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IN PARTICULAR IS IN THE FACILITY. I'M SURE THERE'S AN OPEN
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BOTH SPEND EFFICIENTLY BUT ALSO DO THE IMPORTANT WORKS OF TRAINING AND WELLNESS AND COMPLIANCE. SOMETHING I THINK EVERY COUNCILMEMBER UP HERE AS WELL AS MYSELF AGREES WITH. I'M OPEN TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS. WHAT
I REJECT IS, AGAIN, MAKING THIS PERSONALIZED, WHEN IN FACT THIS WAS A PERSONAL VOTE TAKEN BY EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT TOOK ONE. UNANIMOUSLY. MULTIPLE TIMES. WE CAN CHECK THE RECORD.
WE CAN PUT IT OUT THERE. LET'S NOT MAKE THIS PERSONAL. BECAUSE IT'S NOT. LET'S MAKE THIS ABOUT DOING RIGHT BY THE CITY, LET'S MAKE THIS ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY WHICH WE CAN ALL DISAGREE ABOUT, ABOUT DOING WELLNESS AND TRAINING IN THE CITY. AND I WOULD VERY MUCH
WELCOME A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO GET THAT RIGHT WITH ALL OF YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DID NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN TODAY. I WAS HOPING WE COULD
HAVE JUST VOTED AND MOVED FORWARD. BUT I START TO GET UPSET WHEN I HEAR THINGS LIKE WHAT WELLNESS IS. WELLNESS IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN MY VISION
FOR THIS PROJECT THIS ENTIRE TIME. COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THIS TO NOT BE IN THEIR FRONT AND BACKYARDS. BOTH OF THESE FACILITIES. AND I HEAR IT. I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, WE WANT
TO WORK WITH THE NORTH SIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. BUT LITERALLY HAS NEVER HAPPENED. IT'S JUST ANOTHER TALKING POINT ON THE DAIS. NO ONE HAS COME AND SAID COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, WE REALLY, PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT HAVE A COMPLETE DIFFERENT POSITION THAN
I DO, HAVE NOT COME TO ME AND SAID WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR THE NORTH SIDE. HEY, CAN WE CO-HOST A COMMUNITY MEETING ON THE NORTH SIDE SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE YOU ON THE SOUTH SIDE. HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? IT'S NEVER HAPPENED. SO IT'S JUST TALKING
WHEN PEOPLE START SAYING I SUPPORT THE NORTH SIDE, BUT I REALLY WANT TO GET, I REALLY WANT THIS TO HAPPEN SO THAT THE NORTH SIDE DOES NOT HAVE TO ENDURE THIS, BUT I'M REALLY NOT DOING ANYTHING. A WE ALL
REPRESENT COMMUNITIES HERE. AND I'M CERTAIN WE ALL BELIEVE WE REPRESENT THE BEST OF THE BEST. WHAT I HEAR BEING SAID CONSTANTLY WHEN YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE, YOU WILL.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE DISEBB FRANCHISEMENT IN THE NORTH SIDE. YOU TALK ABOUT DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN THE NORTH SIDE. YOU TALK ABOUT THE POLICE AND HOW THE NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY IS IMPACTED AND YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS. BUT WHEN THE NORTH SIDE LITERALLY SAYS WHAT THEY WANT YOU GOT TWO NORTH SIDE COUNCILMEMBERS UP HERE TELLING
YOU WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT COMMUNITY IS SAYING WE WANT. THEN IT'S LIKE OH, OKAY, WE HEAR YOU, BUT WE REALLY DON'T HEAR YOU. AND I HAVE LITERALLY BEEN BEGGING MY COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THREE ELECTION CYCLES. THIS IS
LIKE YEARS OF ME ASKING TO JUST HELP US TO JUST GIVE US HOPE. THIS IS MULTIPLE SOUTH SIDE PROJECTS OF VOTING AGAINST THINGS THAT I THOUGHT SHOULD BE A DIFFERENT WAY BUT TRYING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF MY COLLEAGUES SO WHEN MY TERM CAME PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE THE SAME GRACE AND RESPECT THAT I'VE HAD FOR THEM. I HAVE NOT AGREED WITH A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON THE SOUTH SIDE BUT I'VE CERTAINLY VOTED WITH MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I TRUST AND BELIEVE THAT THAT IS BEST FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE NOT GETTING THE SAME RESPECT IN
NORTH MINNEAPOLIS NOR ARE WE GETTING THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION, NO ONE'S TAKEN OUR WELLNESS INTO CONSIDERATION. WELLNESS IS NOT JUST ABOUT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS FROM A WELLNESS PERSPECTIVE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS OR THE FIREFIGHTERS OR THE VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTERS OR WHOMEVER GOING TO BE IN THIS BUILDING I'M TALKING ABOUT WELLNESS OF THE 66,000 RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE PAST THESE BUILDINGS EVERY
DAY AND ASK FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THEIR WELLNESS. WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THEIR WELLNESS LIKE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER WANTED TO WALK INTO THE SOUTHSIDE OR PRECINCTS WELLNESS. THAT CERTAINLY WAS INTO CONSIDERATION. AND IT'S
NOT ABOUT, IT'S FAR BEYOND PITTING SIDES AGAINST EACH OTHER. IT'S THINKING ABOUT THIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS AS A GOVERNING BODY WHO CARES ABOUT THIS ENTIRE CITY AND DOING THINGS TO MOVE OUR ENTIRE CITY FORWARD AND NOT CONTINUING TO LEAVE THE NORTH
SIDE BEHIND AND USING THAT AS ANOTHER DISPARITY, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. WE'VE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED BY THESE TWO BUILDINGS BEING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON BROADWAY AND LAURY, THEY'RE
LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMMUNITY ON OUR BLOCK. AND NO ONE IS TRYING TO HELP US CHANGE THAT ON THIS BODY. AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY BUT I CERTAINLY HOPE THIS
DOES NOT BECOME ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NO LONGER CARE ABOUT AT ALL, THAT THIS GETS TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA AND WE'RE FORGOTTEN FOREVER BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU AS THE NORTH SIDE COUNCILMEMBER THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IS HAPPENING HERE TODAY. AND IT FEELS LIKE
MY COLLEAGUES WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. STRONG LANGUAGE IS BEING SAID ABOUT REMOVING, GETTING RID OF, TAKING IT AWAY, ALL OF THIS IS DISGUSTING AND TERRIBLE TO HEAR AND FEEL WHEN I
KNOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN JUST REMOVE AND SAY OKAY, LET MEMORANDUM CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH IT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT. F THE ACTION TODAY IS TO TAKE IT FROM OUT OF OUR FACES AND ACT LIKE THE PROBLEM DOESN'T EXIST
IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, SHAME ON US. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS. >> [OFF MIC] >> PLEASE, YEAH, AUDIENCE,
PLEASE KEEP COMMENTS DOWN. >> [OFF MIC] >> LET'S -- YEAH. LET'S TAKE A BEAT HERE. AGAIN, THERE'S NO
PUBLIC COMMENT HERE. SO PLEASE KEEP COMMENTS TO THE MINIMUM. I'M REFERRING TO EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE INCLUDING THE SNAPPING. AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO ASK TO REMOVE ANYBODY. BUT LET'S JUST CONTINUE ON THE DISCUSSION.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO ESCALATE OUR RULES AND HAVE TO REMOVE ANYBODY. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. IT LOOKS LUKE I DO GET, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI
HERE. I SPOKE TO IT A LITTLE BIT. I'M MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND ITEM NUMBER 5. THE FINANCING AND ACQUISITION FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER AND ADDING THAT RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU, COLLEAGUES, AS A SUBITEM 3
UNDERNEATH THAT. CAN I HAVE A SECOND ON THIS MOTION? >> SECOND. >> MR. PRESIDENT, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I BELIEVE THE MOTION IS TO DENY THIS ITEM. SO I DON'T THINK COUNCILMEMBER WHITING'S AMENDMENT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME. I'M NOT SURE IT MAKES SENSE TO BOTH
DENY THE ACQUISITION AND APPROVE THE WORKGROUP. >> THAT'S WHY WE'RE INCLUDING THEM TOGETHER AS A SUBITEM NUMBER 3 UNDERNEATH. AND SO IT WOULD BE TAKING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AS ONE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MISUNDERSTANDING BUT IF WE DENY THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY. >> HAS TWO SUBSECTIONS, ONE, TWO, ASK AND WE ARE AMENDING TO ADD THIS RESOLUTION AS SUBITEM 3
UNDERNEATH 5 THEY WOULD BE VOTED ON TOGETHER. AND SO IF THIS IS APPROVED, THIS WOULD COME ALONG WITH IT. IF IT IS NOT MOVED FORWARD IT WOULD ALSO NOT MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T TAKE IT UP AFTERWARDS. I GUESS I MEAN WE COULD TAKE IT UP BEFOREHAND.
>> THE EFFECT WOULD BE DENIED AS A PACKAGE. >> CORRECT. >> AND THAT IS YOUR INTENT? >> YEP.
>> ALL OF IT DENIED. >> YES. >> IT'S WEIRD TO DO IT THAT WAY BUT. >> MR. CLERK. SO I THINK THE AUTHOR'S INTENT IS THAT IF THE WHOLE PACKAGE GETS DENIED, THIS
IS A COMPONENT OF THAT PACKAGE THAT GETS DENIED. >> CORRECT. >> IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO THE BODY, I'M NOT SURE IT QUITE MAKES SENSE TO ME. IF THE BODY AT SOME POINT DECIDES TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION THEN I BELIEVE
THE WORKGROUP MAKES SENSE BUT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDI WHY THE WORKGROUP WOULD MAKE SENSE TO GO ALONG WITH THE DENIAL OF THE ACQUISITION. >> AND I WOULD SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORKGROUP IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY IF THIS GETS DENIED.
JUST BRING THAT FORWARD SEPARATELY. >> [OFF MIC] >> YEAH. I THINK FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S QUITE BIT OF
CONFUSION HERE, BECAUSE YOUR WORKGROUP IS SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. >> CORRECT, YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY. >> I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR CONCEPT OF THE WORKGROUP BUT MAYBE NOT SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THIS PROPERTY. >> SURE. >> MR. PRESIDENT LET ME EXPLAIN ONE MORE ELEMENT OF MY CONFUSION. SO IF THE BODY WERE
TO DECIDE TO DENY THE ACQUISITION, THAT GOES TO THE MAYOR, RIGHT? THE MAYOR CAN VETO THAT AND IT COMES BACK TO THE BODY. JUST AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER BARNETT, THE ACT, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO SUSTAITHE MAYOR'S VETO THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THE ACQUISITION IS GRANTED. IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE BODY THEN HAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION AND TO ME ALONG WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ACQUISITION THAT'S WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME WOULD BE TO CONSIDER ALSO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKGROUP. >> SURE. YEAH. WE CAN PULL IT
FOR NOW. THAT WORKS. THANK YOU, CLERK. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND THANKS FOR THE CLERK'S FOR HELPING CLARIFY A LOT OF THAT. I JUST WANT TO NAME A COUPLE THINGS. I REALLY WISH WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITYO ENGAGE WITH THE MAYOR. I THINK
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. AND ONE THING I JUST WANT TO NAME BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES IN EXCHANGES AROUND LIKE KEY PRIORITIES OF THIS BODY AND US MAKING DECISIONS. WHEN WE ARE TAKING DECISIONS THAT MIGHT
NOT BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR, THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S A PERSONAL DISPUTE OR IT'S A PERSONAL CONFLICT OR THAT IT'S ABOUT PERSONAL ISSUES. IT'S LITELLY THIS BODY AND A MAJORITY OF US WHO HAVE SCRUTINIZED FOR SEVERAL YEARS
NOW THE ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT AND SAID IT FALLS SHORT. AND WE COULD DO BETTER. AND WE COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A PERSONAL DISDAIN OF THE MAYOR. IT'S A DISAGREEMENT WITH A PROJECT THAT THE MAYOR IS PUSHING FORWARD. AND THAT IS
DEMOCRACY. AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE MAYOR WOULD RESPECT THE WILL OF THIS BODY WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHEN WE'VE MADE A MAJORITY DECISION THAT IS IN DISAGREEMENT WITH WHAT HE WANTS AND HIS WILL. WE'RE JUST SAYING LET US DO OUR
BUSINESS. IT MIGHT BE A DISAGREEMENT BUT WHAT I'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS CONVERSATION IS SAYING LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO REROUTE THESE RESOURCES ELSEWHERE AND NOT TO THIS PROJECT. AND BRINGING ME TO THIS, I THINK IT IS JUST MY
FLABBERS CAN'T HELP BUT BE GASTED AT THE THOUGHT OF COMING UP ONHE ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD AND ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE SAY THEIR NAMES MOVEMENT WHO WERE KILLED AT THE HANDS OF POLICE, THE YOUTUBE IDEA THAT THE BEST WAY TO HONOR THEM IS TO BUILD A FORTRESS FOR
THOSE WHO CAUSED THAT DEATH IS JUST CRAZY TO ME. OR THE IDEA THAT IF YOU ONCE AGAIN ARE AGAINST THIS PROJECT THAT MEANS YOU'RE AGAINST NORTH SIDE AND IF THIS SOMEHOW YOU'RE AGAINST THIS PROJECT YOU'RE NOT ONLY AGAINST NORTH SIDE BUT YOU'RE ALSO AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE AND YOU'RE
ANTI BLACK. THE REACHING OF THIS IS INTERESTING TO ME. AND I THINK THIS IS A DYNAMIC WHERE IT'S NOT, IT IS NOT THAT. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS AN OPTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS, OF
THE SHOOTING RANGE EVEN TODAY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE FOURTH PRECINCT. IN FACT THERE'S DEDICATED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE NORTH COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER THAT IS GOING TO BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS AS PART OF THAT OVERALL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION PACKAGE FOR MPD.
WHERE THAT COULD BE A COMPONENT. AND I HEARD THAT ON TUESDAY. NOT ONLY A COMPONENT BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPOSING GETTING A NEW BUILDING FOR THAT FOR THE FOURTH PRECINCT BUT TO GET THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT ONCE EXISTED THERE PUTTING THAT BACK IN THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO IT'S PART OF THAT MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS NOT A
GUN RANGE AS PART OF IT. THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPOSAL HAPPENS SO THAT AGAIN BLACK WORKING CLASS PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AND AS I MENTIONED ON TUESDAY RESIDENTIAL WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND WINDHAM WHO HAVE A SCHOOL 400 FEET FROM
WHERE IT'S BEING PROPOSED AO DON'T HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF HOUSING A COP CITY. SO IT'S NOT TO BE AGAINST THIS PROJECT MEANS YOU HATE BLACK PEOPLE, THAT YOU DON'T TAKE BLACK PEOPLE'S VIOLENCE, THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED AT THE HANDS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT SERIOUS. THAT IS COMPLETELY FALSE FROM THE TRUTH. AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO BRING IN LITERALLY THIS WEEKEND FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM THE SIX-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER BY THE POLICE BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS NEGLECTING TO FULFILL ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO
GIVE EVERY RESIDENT SAFETY, THE IDEA THAT THE WAY WE REWARD THAT MEMORY IS THROUGH GIVING POLICE CHECKING AN ITEM ON THEIR WISH LIST, THEIR AMAZON WISH LIST, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT
THAT IN THE SPACE. AS SOMEONE WHO IS BLACK IT'S LIKE OH, DANG, I DIDN'T KNOW I HATED BLACK PEOPLE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE A $40 MILLION NOT GO TOWARD INVESTING THINGS THAT KEEP BLACK PEOPLE SAFE, HOUSING, EDUCATION. AND WE ALL AGREE THAT HAS NOT
BEEN HAPPENING AT THE HANDS OF OF THE CITY. THERE HAS BEEN A LONG DOCUMENTED HISTORY OFDY INVESTMENT IN WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY. WHY WASTE $38 MILLION ON BUILDING A SPACE THAT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING,
DOESN'T PROVIDE A HOUSING, APARTMENTS AT 30% AMI, DOESN'T PROVIDE GROCERIES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. CHILDCARE. SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT. AND AGAIN SAY I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF GOING TO
ALIFA WHO AT NO POINT HAVE SAID THEY'RE RESISTANT OF THIS IDEA OF US TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IN A MODEST REASONABLE WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO MOVE MONEY TO WHERE IT ACTUALLY MATTERS MOST.
>> I WILL REAFFIRM THAT WE ARE GROUNDING THIS CONVERSATION IN THE ACTION IN FRONT OF US, WHICH IS TO DENY THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. AND IT IS NOT PERSONAL, AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THOSE COMMENTS IN THAT SPIRIT AND I WILL RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WISH MAYOR FREY WOULD HAVE STAYED HERE, BECAUSE HE DID NOT TAKE THE TEMPERATURE DOWN. BUT HE ALSO DID FAIL TO MENTION THAT THIS BODY ACTUALLY VOTED TO REMOVE FUNDING FOR THIS BACK IN DIS. SO I AT LEAST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, BECAUSE WE DID TAKE AN ACTION ON THE CITY
COUNCIL REGARDING THAT. I WILL SAY THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE SITES NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND I PERSONALLY RECOMMEND STAFF TO GO FIND LEASES SOMEWHERE ELSE TO MOVE THOSE SITES OUT OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT IS A CONCERN MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED UP HERE. BUT IT DOES NOT
REQUIRE A NEW $40 MILLION PROJECT TO REMOVE THESE SITES NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. I DO WANT THESE SITES IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS BASED ON THE CONCERNS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID BUT AGAIN IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A $40 MILLION INVESTMENT TO DO THAT. IT JUST DOES NOT. IT'S NOT PRACTICAL. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND IT
WOULD NOT BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO I AT LEAST WANT TO MENTION THAT. BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IN THIS BODY WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT OUR COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING THEY DON'T WANT IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I AM HOPING TO JUST CORRECT THE RECORD ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THE MAYOR'S BRIEF APPEARANCE HERE TODAY. THING NUMBER ONE, THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED TWICE TO UNANIMOUSLY TWICE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. I GUESS THAT'S A VERSION OF THE TRUTH. WHAT THE BODY DID VOTE ON UNANIMOUSLY
TWICE WAS ADOPTING THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND POLICY POSITIONS. SO OUR LOBBYING PLATFORM. IN IT THE BODY IS NOT
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE US TODAY. IN IT THE BODY IS EXPRESSING UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR ASKING THE STATE FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO HELP PAY FOR HALF OF THIS PROJECT. SESSION JUST ENDED. DID WE GET
$19 MILLION TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT? NO, WE DID NOT. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME THEN FOR US TO, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN FOR US
NOW TO DENY THIS ITEM. SO I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE MISCONSTRUED THAT THIS BODY SOMEHOW VOTED TWICE UNANIMOUSLY FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN THAT'S QUITE LITERALLY NOT WHAT HAPPENED. THE SECOND THING I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD ON IS I REALLY APPRECIATE
BEING GIVEN THE FEEDBACK OF OWNING WHEN I CHANGE MY MIND, THAT COUILMEMBERS OR THIS BODY SHOULD OWN WHEN WE CHANGE OUR MIND ON SOMETHING. AND I KNOW THAT IT IS TOUGH SOMETIMES TO
TRACK THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE ON THIS DAIS FOR OTHERS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS A VERY BUSY ONE. SO MAYBE THEY DON'T
HAVE TIME TO WATCH OUR PROCEEDINGS, AND UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING BEFORE OFFICIAL ACTS ARE PRESENTED TO THEM. I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT SEVERAL TIMES
WHEN THE IGR PLATFORM HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS ITEM, I HAVE HEARD MY COLLEAGUES OWN FROM THIS DAIS IN PUBLIC THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO
THE IGR PLATFORM, THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE -- I'VE HEARD US OWN THE OVERSIGHT THAT CAME WITH NOT SEPARATING OUT THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND TRAINING WELLNESS FACILITY GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND
REQUEST FOR THE STATE. SO I JUST, I THINK THE INTENT OF TRYING TO BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN AND THEN SAYING CONDESCENDING AND INFLAMMATORY THINGS IS TOUGH TO HOLD. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> YEP. DECORUM, I KNOW. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO GO BACK AND SAY AS SOMEONE WHO PUBLICLY SUPPORTED THE PROJECT, HAVING A NEW BUILDING, BETTER FACILITY, I WILL SUPPORT THAT
ANY DAY. AND I DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS FROM THE MAYOR BEFORE HE LEFT. I WOULD'VE ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PLAN OF PAYING THIS $38 MIION? HAS HE, YOU KNOW,
STARTED TO GO TO THE CAPITAL AND ASK FOR FUNDING? WE HAVE ABOUT, WHAT, 12 DELEGATIONS, SENATE AND HOUSE, WHO HAS HE BEEN TALKING TO? HAS HE SAT DOWN WITH THEM? IS HE LOOKING INTO CITY
MINNEAPOLIS ONLY PAYING THIS PROJECT? THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE RAISED. AND LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS CLEAR ABOUT WHERE I STAND
AND NOT BACK DOWN HOW I, WHAT I VOTED FOR. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BETTER LEADERSHIP, BETTER CLEAR ANSWERS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY THIS. AND REMEMBER THIS, THIS WAS LIKE WHAT IS IT A COUPLE CYCLES AGO? THIS ITEM IS
ABOUT TO DIE LIKE TODAY WE WERE GOING TO VOTE IT DOWN. I GAVE A LIFELINE AND GAVE THAT ADMINISTRATION AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK WITH BETTER PLAN. ONLY PLAN I HAVE HEARD FROMHE MAYOR'S LEADERSHIP OR ADMINISTRATION WAS THAT LET'S
JUST HOPE WE WILL FIND THE MONEY IN THE FUTURE. WELL THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $6 MILLION PLUS THE UPKEEP OF THE PROPERTY AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WE'LL BE SITTING ON THERE. MIGHT BE NEXT 20 YEARS. THAT IS NOT A SMART
DECISION. SO AGAIN, I REALLY HEARD AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY HONEST, CLEAR, I HEARD MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE IN NORTH SIDE DESERVE TO BE LISTENED TO, DESERVE TO BE SUPPORTED. AND
THEY ARE SAYING THAT HAVING THE SHOOTING RANGE IN THE NORTH SIDE IS A PROBLEM. LET'S JUST ADDRESS THAT THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO ADDRESS IT. WE CAN HAVE ADMINISTRATION START WORKING ON A DIFFERENT PLAN THAN THIS TODAY. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY
ANSWER. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN HAVE THAT REMOVED FROM NORTH SIDE AND TAKEOUT SOURCE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION'S DUTY AND WORK FOR US IS TO SUPPORT IT. AND I AM MAKING THE COMMITMENT AND
SUPPORT THAT I HEARD MY COLLEAGUES THEIR FRUSTRATION. AND I WILL BE LISTENING AND SUPPORTING ANY CAPACITY I CAN. I'M SORRY TODAY THIS IS JUST ONE WAY OF SUPPORTING. BUT BECAUSE
OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF NOT HAVING $38 MILLION AND NO ACTION BEING TAKEN FROM THE STATE, NO, I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD US JUST TALKING TO THE DELEGATION. WE HAVE MINNEAPOLIS DELEGATION, WHO
REPRESENT MINNEAPOLIS, WHO CAME ON AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT? THAT IS A LACK OF LEADERSHIP IN THE TOP OF THE CITY IN MY OPINION. WE SHOULD BE HAVING OUR DELEGATE FIGHT FOR US. AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT. SO THERE'S THAT GAP BETWEEN THAT
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. SO AGAIN, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF BETTER FACILITIES AND BETTER TRAINING FOR R FACILITY, FOR OUR STAFF. AND LET'S JUST DO IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN JUST BUYING AN EMPTY BUILDING AND BEING STUCK WITH FOREVER. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE GONE AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND ON THIS ISSUE. AND HONESTLY WE ALL KNEW HOW WE WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS WHEN WE CAME IN HERE TODAY. I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD NOW HOW EVERY ONE OF US WAS GOING TO
VO ON THIS WHEN WE CAME IN HERE TODAY. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS CHANGED THEIR MIND SINCE THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF, TWO HOURS OF THIS DISCUSSION. AND I AM BEGGING YOU LET'S PLEASE VOTE AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. WE ALL KNOW EXACTLY
HOW THIS VOTE IS GOING TO GO. SO LET US PLEASE DO IT. I AM CALLING THE QUESTION. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. THIS IS NOT OPEN FOR DEBATE. >> ON THE MOTION TO END DEBATE,
COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE.
>> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FIVE NAYS. >> THAT REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS TO SUCCEED. SO THAT MOTION FAILS. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE I BELIEVE
IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER WARREN WAS IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BECAUSE I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HEARTFELT SENTIMENTS THAT
ARE COMING FROM MY COLLEAGUE ON THIS DAIS AND ON THIS BODY. MY ONLY REQUEST IS THIS: THIS IS MY ONLY REQUEST RIGHT NOW AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS ISSUE: IS THAT WHEN THINGS ARE COMING UP IN
REGARDS TO THE SAFETY CENTER OR THE TRAINING SENT, GETTING MOVED AND DOING THIS AND THE GUN RANGE AND WHATEVER ELSE, DON'T PAINT IT AS SOME BOOGIE MAN AND SOME BOOGIE MONSTER AND WHATEVER ELSE IS CASE IS TO ALL THE KIND OF FOLKS IS ACTING LIKE THEY'VE LOST THEIR INTERNATIONAL MINDS
ABOUT IT, AND THEN THERE'S ALL OF THIS GRAVE HESITATION BECAUSE THAT'S HOW NORTH SIDE DOESN'T GET WHAT IT NEEDS. YOU TURNED IT INTO A MONSTROSITY OF A NIGHTMARE FOR THE CITY, FOR THEM TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
BOOGIE MAN IS COMING. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS PLACE WHERE COPS AND COPTERS ARE FLYING IN AND OUT AND IT GOING TO BE THIS WHATEVER THE CASE IS. I HAVE NO IDEA. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. OKAY? BUT THE WHOLE
THING IS, IS THAT THEN ALL THIS OPPOSITION COMES. I HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY OH, YES, WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE NORTH SIDE AND YOU KNOW WHATEVER AND LET'S JUST THINK OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO IT. BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE REQUEST A NEW GUN RANGE FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT OR A TRAINING FACILITY SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY'RE GOING TO PAINT IT AS ANOTHER COP CITY OR A COP WHATEVER, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE VOTED DOWN AND SHUT DOWN AGAIN. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. ANY TIME IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE
POLICE 12, ONE TIME, WHOEVER, Y'ALL WANT TO CALL THEM, IT'S ANY TIME IT'S SOMETHING FOR THAT, GUESS WHAT. IT'S GOING TO GET VOTED DOWN AND SHUT DOWN. BECAUSE THERE ARE MEMBERS THAT DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
LIKE THEM FOLKS WHATEVER. >> PLEASE DON'T ASCRIBE MOTIVES. >> I'M NOT, LISTEN, HEY. SO. [LAUGHTER] HERE WE ARE. >> GOES BOTH WAYS. >> HERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW. AND SO MY REQUEST IS THAT WHEN IT'S
BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AGAIN NOW NEXT TIME, NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE COST IS, BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING NOW, FOR IT TO BE OUT OF NORTH SIDE, SO NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE COST IS BECAUSE THE GUN RANGE GOING TO COST SOME MONEY AND YOU GOT TO FIND SOMEWHERE FOR IT TO GO. AND IF IT'S A
STAND ALONE GUN RANGE IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME SPACE TOO, OKAY? SO IT'S GOING TO COST YOU. AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR NOTHING ABOUT THE POLICE DARTMENT OVERBUDGET AND ALL THE REST OF THIS OTHER STUFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOU HEARD THE CRIES OF NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS. YOU SAID THAT YOU HEARD THE CRISES OF THE REST. MY COUSIN'S HOUSE BUTTS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FOURTH PRECINCT. THIS IS SERIOUS. LIKE WE'RE ASKING. WE'RE ASKING. THAT WAS OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE'RE ASKING. THOSE THINGS ARE HARD TO COME BY ON THE NORTH SIGH. WE'RE ASKING. SO THE NEXT TIMEHAT IT PRESENTS ITSELF WE'RE HOPING NOW PRAYING
THAT PEOPLE WILL HEAR OUR HUMBLE CRISES AND THE CRISES THAT WE CARRY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS TO SAY YEAH, WE GOING TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY FOR
ANYTHING THAT COMES, WHEN WE S WE WANT IT OUT OF NORTH SIDE, IT'S GOING TO COST SOME MONEY. THAT'S ALL'M GOING TO SAY IS IT'S GOING TO COST SOME MONEY. AND I HAVE TO KEEP SAYING THAT. BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I DON'T
KNOW. WE CAN'T GET A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT'S GOING TO COST SOME MONEY. IT'S GOING TO COST SOME CHANGE. CHANGE COSTS. SO
WE EITHER PAY NOW OR WE PAY LATER. PAY NOW OR PAY LATER. BUT IF WE DON'T PAY NOW DOG GONE IT I WOULDN'T CARE IF IT WAS TOMORROW AT 2:00, THEY BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BODY AND SAID WE GOT
SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THE GUN RANGE, AND THE SOC TO GO, EVERYBODY BETTER BE IN ALL APPLAUSE WITH ALL OF THAT. APPLAUSE OTHERWISE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SHOOTING DOWN EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TRANSFORMATION OF MY COMMUNITY.
THAT'S UTTERLY RIDICULOUS AND IT'S DISRESPECTFUL AND I WOULD SAY THEN PEOPLE DON'T DO NOTHING BUT LIE AND PLAY IN YOUR FACE, WHICH I DON'T ACCEPT. I'M NORTH SIDE. THE END. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SOMEBODY BEFORE ME IN QUEUE BEFORE, BUT WITH NOBODY ELSE SPEAKING UP I WILL JUST GO AHEAD. I NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I HAVEN'T VOTED TWICE ON THIS. I'VE BEEN VOTING FOR SEVEN YEARS TO HAVE THIS AS A PRIORITY ON THIS CITY COUNCIL. S
A RESULT OF THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT. THAT IS WHAT REIMAGINED IT ACROSS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN IT ENTERED THE CAPITAL PLAN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. I HAVE
BACK WITH MADERA AS OUR CHIEF, BROUGHT CHIEFS THAT ALL WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND METRO TRANSIT AND THE COUNTY TO GIVE THEM A PRESENTATION AND DO A BONDING TOUR WITH LEGISLATORS ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD BE. THIS
ISN'T A SHORT-TERM THING, FOLKS. THIS PROJECT WAS ON THE BOOKS AS OF 2019 AS POLICE ONLY. IT WAS IN 2022 AS A NEW REENVISIONED STATE. IT WAS IN 2023 AND 2024
AFTER THE MDHR SETTLEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY, THAT WAS WHEN THE FACILITIES TRAINING AND WELLNESS ASSESSMENTS WERE COMPLETED, BECAUSE WE HAD TO, BECAUSE OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. GUESS WHO WAS INTERVIEWED AND HELPED TO GET THAT IN THERE AS A PRIORITY? IN
2025 CAPITAL FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED FOR PREDESIGN. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COO PRESENTED ON COMMUNITY SAFETY FACILITIES AND COUNCIL APPROVED THE STATE BONDING LIST. THAT'S NOT SAYING THE MONEY DOESN'T
EXIST. IT DOES. THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THIS PROPER IN THE INTERIM. YOU'VE ALL HEARD THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE WILLING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF. THAT'S NOT SAYING IT COULDN'T BE SOMETHING ELSE. I SPOKE TO THAT ON TUESDAY AND I WON'T REPEAT
MYSELF. AND COUNCILMEMBER WHITING HAS BEEN TRYING TO VET A PLAN WITH YOU ALL TO COLLABORATIVELY DECIDE HOW THIS WORK HAPPENS TOGETHER. WE HAD AUTHORS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND MY COLLEAGUES WENT TO THEM AND TOLD THEM NOT TO SPONSOR IT AND BACK AWAY FROM IT THIS YEAR. MY
POINT HERE IS NOT TO TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LONGER THAN YOU ALL, BUT I HAVE. MY POINT IS, AND I DON'T CARE WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS HERE, IT HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME. AND IT HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL
BODIES ENTIRE COUNCIL BODIES. COUNCILS THAT SHOWED UP READY TO GOVERN IN THE MOMENTS THEY WERE IN. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO DENY ITEM NUMBER 5. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.
>> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> NO. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.
>> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE'S SEVEN AYES AND SIX NAYS. >> THAT MOTION PASSES. AND ITEM NUMBER 5 IS DENIED AND THAT COMPLETES THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REPORT. [APPLAUSE]
NEXT IS THE REPORT ORIENTER PRIZE SPASTICITY LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY ITS CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THE ELR COMMITTEE HAS 12 ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD. ITEM IS
AN ETHICS EDUCATION ORDINANCE. 2 IS A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS A BID FOR PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING ELEVATOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. ITEM 4 IS A BID FOR THE TRAFFIC MAINTENANCE
FACILITY REROOF PROJECT ITEM NUMBER 35 IS A CONTRACT WITH BERRY, DUNN, MCNEAL AND PARKER FOR ERP PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. THAT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT. ITEM NUMBER 6 IS A CONTRACT WITH HCM ARCHITECTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING
DESIGN SERVICES FOR OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION FACILITY PROJECT. ITEMS NUMBER 7, 8, 9 AND 10 ARE LEGAL SETTLEMENTS. THESE ARE THE WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS OF TROY, CHRI CHRISTINA,
STAFFAN AND MICHAEL, SORRY, ITEM NUMBER 9 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT OF A WORKERS COMP PLAIN FOR MICHAEL TRACY. ITEM 11 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT THAT IS NOT A WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM IT IS KORTO VERSUS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE
PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT AND SAFER COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE FULL REPORT. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANKS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'D JUST LIKE TO MOVE
ITEM NUMBER 8 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. NO NEED FOR DISCUSSION. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MOVED TO TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 8 AS A SEPARATE VOTE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT? SEEING NONE I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL
ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT ITEM NUMBER 8. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 8. AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> WARREN.
>> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> NAY. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE TEN AYES AND THREE
NAYS. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. AND THAT COMPLETES THE COMMITTEE REPORT. NEXT WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EQUITY COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD 16 ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 1 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH THE FOREST LAKE SPORTSMENT CLUB FOR POLICE IN SERVICE TRAININGS AND OUTDOOR RANGE FACILITY USE. ITEM 2 AUTHORIZES
CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH AGE AND ASSOCIATES INC. AND GBR INC. FOR INTERPRETING AND TRALATION SERVICES. ITEM 3 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CERTIFIED LANGUAGE INTERNATIONAL FOR REMOTE INTERPRETING SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 4
AUTHORIZES THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR BOMB DETECTION EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. ITEM NUMBER 5 ACCEPTS THE ASPRA NORTHERN TIER SHELTER INITIATIVE GRANT FOR SPAY AND NEUTER TRAINING. ITEM 6 ACCEPTS
THE ASPCA NORTHERN TIER SHELTER INITIATIVE GRANT FOR ANIMAL WELFARE CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE. ITEM 7 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE CHATEAU HEALTH AND WELLNESS RECOVERY CENTER. ITEM 8 IS GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM NEW MEXICO TECH. ITEM 9 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE
AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH. ITEM 10 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE FOUNDATION. ITEM NUMBER 11 AUTHORIZES A JOINT PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR PROVISION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCACY SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 12 APPROVES A RENTAL DWELLING LICENSE RESTATEMENT FOR 4010
DUPONT AVENUE NORTH OWNER RILEY O'NEILL. ITEM 13 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH MINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR SAFETY OUTREACH SERVICES AND REQUESTS AN EARLY SIGNATURE FROM THE MAYOR. ITEM 14 AUTHORIZES A SPONSOR A KENNEL PROGRAM FOR MINNEAPOLIS ANIMAL CARE AND
CONTROL. ITEM 15 APPROVES A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PARTICIPATION ON THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE. AND ITEM NUMBER 16 APPROVES A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO POLICE POLICY AND PROCEDUS QUARTERLY REPORTS. I MOVE APPROVAL OF
THESE ITEMS. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. BEFORE WE DISPOSE OF THIS, WITHOUT OBJECTION MR. CLERK, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT ITEM NUMBER 8. >> AS A NAY. GREAT. THAT WILL
BE UPDATED TO REFLECT NINE AYES AND FOUR NAYS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE PHSE REPORT? SEEING NONE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> ONE MORE TIME. COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE.
>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> TRE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED AND THAT COMPLETES THE REPORTS OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE THREE NOTICES TODAY. WE TOOK UP ITEM NUMBER 1 AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR
MEETING. ITEMS 2 AND 3 ARE FROM COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ WHO GIVES NOTICE OF AN INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE SUBJECT MATTER OF TWO ORDINANCES AMENDING THE HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE. THE FIRST DECRIMINALIZING THE POSSESSION OF CANNABIS PARAPHERNALIA AND THE SECOND DECRIMINALIZING THE
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA NAIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I EMAILED ALL OF YOU YESTERDAY REGARDING THESE TWO NOIS RELATED TO CANNABIS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. DURING THE PROCESS OF THIS AND THE PREVIOUS
PARAPHERNALIA PROCESS I HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATION THAT MORE TIME WAS NECESSARY TO STUDY THIS ISSUE AND WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PEOPLE. I HAVE DRAFTED A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE ASKING STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND AS WE@WAIT TO HEAR BACK ON COMMENTS FROM
STAFF ON THEIR THOUGHTS I WANT TO BRING FORWARD THESE TWO NOIS THAT WILL BE CONNECTED TO THAT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AND A FEW POLICY BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE I WANT TO BE CLEAR THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIMELINE ON REGARDS TO THESE POLICIES BUT
UPPED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE NOTICED FOR FUTURE DATE. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE THOSE NOTES ARE HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR. AS WE DISPENSED WITH ITEM 1 AT THE BEGINNING. MEETING WE WILL PROCEED TO ITEM 2 WHICH IS A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, OSMAN, CHUGHTAI AND CHOWDHURY TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATION CODE ADDING A NEW SECTION 18.210 RELATING TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENTS CONCEALMENT OF IDENTITY FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD AT THE JUNE 3 MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO IMPROVE THIS INTRODUCTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THAT'S MOVED AND APPROVED.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY.
>> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND THE ITEM IS REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINE IS RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE SEVEN RESOLUTIONS ON OUR
AGENDA TODAY. ALL OF WHICH RECEIVED PRESENTING AS AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING. DO COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO ADD? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE RESOLUTIONS? >> SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TODAY. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THE CONSIDERATION OF AN APPEAL SUBMITTED BY 1717 DEVELOPERS LLC REGARDING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE TYLER
STREET NORTHEAST JOHN KOCH HOUSE WHILE POTENTIAL PROPERTY SALES BEING FINALIZED I'M GOING TO MOVE TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THIS TO OUR JULY 16TH MEETING. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. I WILL ASK THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE.
>> VICE PRESIDENT OAN IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND WE WILL TAKE THIS UP AT OUR JULY 16TH MEETING. HOPEFULLY NEVER AGAIN. NEXT WE HAVE RECONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S
VETO OF COUNCIL ACTION 2026A-0328 DENYING CONSENT TO THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF TODDRICK BARNETT TO THE APPOINTED POSITION OF COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY SAFER SAFETY FOR A TERM ENDING JANUARY 2030. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO EXPLAIN OUR NEXT STEPS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, AS YOU NOTED
THE MAYOR VETOED COUNCIL'S DENIAL OF CONSENT TO THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF BURNETT TO THE APPOINTED POSITION OF COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER. THIS MATTER IS CONTAINED IN LIMS FILE 2026-00261 WHICH IS LINKED FROM
TODAY'S AGENDA. PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.4C3 OF THE CITY CHARTER AND COUNCIL RULE 7.8 AN ACT VETOED BY THE MAYOR IS RETURNED TO COUNCIL FOR RECONSIDERATION AT ITS NEXT MEETING. AT MATTER IS NOW BEFORE THE BODY IN THE EXACT SAME FORM WITHOUT DEBATE AND WITHOUT AMENDMENT. AND THE
IMMEDIATE QUESTION TO BE DECIDED BY COUNCIL IS AS FOLLOWS: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAND NOTWITHSTANDING THE VETO OF THE MAYOR? IF AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNCIL OR AT LEAST NINE MEMBERS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THE MAYOR'S VETO IS OVERWRITTEN AND THE ORIGINAL ACT
IS ADOPTED MEANING THE APPOINTMENT IS REJECTED. IF THERE ARE FEWER THAN NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES THE VETO IS SUSTAINED AND THE NOMINATION REMAINING PENDING BEFORE THE BODY UNTIL COUNCIL TAKES DISPOSITIVE ACTION. WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M PREPARED TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE
RECONSIDERATION OF THAT ITEM. >> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN? >> YEAH, THIS COULD BE, THE CLERK, I DON'T KNOW IF OR THE CITY ATTORNEY. HOW LONG CAN THE MAYOR DO THIS BACK AND FORTH,
BACK AND FORTH? RIGHT? I'M JUST SAYING. AND THEN IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THESE THREE THING RULE WHERE HE HAS THREE TIMES. >> I THOUGHT THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. >> IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION. >> CLARIFICATION OF THE PROCESS. >> COUNCILMEMBER IT'S JUST A
QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO GET THE PROCESS OF I HEARD ABOUT THE THREE RULE OR THE THREE TIMES RULE, HE HAS THREE TIMES TO NOMINATE. AND THEN WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND SOME SUGGESTIONS AND THEN FOR HIM TO
CHOOSE ONE. >> FOCUSING ON THE PROCEDURE FOR THIS VETO, MR. CLERK. >> YEP. OR MR. ATTORNEY. >> I WOULD DEFER T THE ATTORNEY I THINK THOSE QUESTIONS ARE GENERALLY IN ORDER BECAUSE THEY ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN SO I'LL DEFER TO THE ATTORNEY.
>> SURE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. THIS MATTER CAN CONTINUE UNTIL IT IS DISPOSED OF. SO EITHER THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO, THEN IT'S DONE. IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S
VETO BUT CONSIDERS THE MATTER AGAIN VOTES IT DOWN AGAIN, THE MAYOR CAN VETO IT AGAIN AND IT WOULD JUST KEEP GOING UNTIL THERE EITHER WERE A VETO OVERRIDE OR A VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO NOMINATE THE
COMMISSIONER OR IF THEY NOMINATION WAS WITHDRAWN. THE THREE TIMES REFERENCE IS IN CHARTER THE MAYOR CAN APPOINT, CAN NOMINATE THREE SEPARATE PEOPLE. >> OH, PEOPLE, OKAY. >> AND IF THAT, THOSE
NOMINATIONS FAIL OR THE MAYOR FAILS TO TIMELY MAKE THE NOMINATIONS, THEN THE CITY COUNCIL CAN PICK A SLATE. BUT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS. THE MAYOR HAS FULFILLED HIS OBLIGATION TO MAKE A NOMINATION AND UNTIL THIS NOMINATION IS DISPOSED OF WE DON'T GET TO
TALKING ABOUT NUMBER TWO. >> JUST ONE MORE. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AUGUST 2ND? DEADLINE? DOES THAT INCLUDE, THAT'S WHEN THE NOMINATION STOPS
OR OUR VETO STOPS OR? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, THAT ISN'T RELATED TO THE VETO. THAT'S HOW LONG THE HOLDOVER PERIOD ENDS. SO WHERE THE HOLDOVER PERIOD IS RELEVANT IS THE MAYOR HAS TO MAKE A NOMINATION WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE END OF A HOLDOVER
PERIOD OR ELSE THE COUNCIL CAN PICK FROM THE SLATE. THE MAYOR MADE HIS NOMINATION BEFORE THE END SO HE MET HIS OBLIGATION. AT THE END OF THE HOLDOVER PERIOD THE MAYOR WOULD NEED TO APPOINT SOMEONE AS AN INTERIM
COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER AND THAT COULD BE COMMISSIONER BURNETT OR IT COULD BE SOMEONE ELSE OF THE MAYOR'S CHOOSING. >> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SO TO SUMMARIZE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VETO OF THE DENIAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF TODDRICK BARNETT, TO OVERRIDE THE VETO REQUIRES AT LEAST NINE
AFFIRMATIVE VOTES. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> NO.
>> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES AND SIX NAYS. >> THAT MOTION FAILS. AND THE MAYOR'S VETO IS SUSTAINED. AT THIS POINT THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO DENY THE APPOINTMENT DOESN'T STAND. WITH THAT I'LL
MOVE TO REFER THE NOMINATION OF COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER TO CITY CLERK TO BE PLACED ON FILE WHILE WE FINALIZE A PROPOSAL FOR NEXT STEPS. WHAT THIS MOTION WOULD DO IS ESSENTIALLY FREEZE THIS ITEM IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS PENDING SOME FURTHER DIRECTION OR ACTION BY THE BODY. IF ADOPTED THE CONSIDERATION OF
THIS APPOINTMENT WOULD TEMPORARILY BE DISPOSED OF BUT CAN BE RECALLED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION VIA NOTICE ON CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. THIS MOTION WOULD PAUSE THE CYCLE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN WHICH AS THE ATTORNEY JUST STATED IT'S AN
INFINITE LOOP OF WHATEVER THIS IS, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN US SENDING AT LEAST TWO OFFICIAL ACTS TO THE MAYOR THAT WERE SUBSEQUENTLY VETOED. M I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT MOTION IS ADOPTED. THAT NOMINATION IS FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK. NEXT WE HAVE THE ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS, ITEMS 1, 2 AND 3. THESE ARE THE MAYOR'S NOMINATIONS OF ERIC HANSON AS THE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR,
TIM SEXTON AS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND RACHEL AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. ILL MOVE TO REFER THESE NOMINATIONS TO THEIR APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TOUCH ON A STANDARD PROCESS WE'VE BEGUN FOR ALL MAYOL NOMINEES. I WILL BE
SOLICITING QUESTIONS AND THEMES TO BE ASKED OF NOMINEES. THIS IS TO DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED FRAMEWORK FOR QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE POSED TO MAYORAL NOMINEES. QUESTIONS WILL BE COMPILED INTO MAJOR THEMES AND OVERARCHING QUESTIONS AND WILL BE PROVIDED TO COUNCILMEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND THEN PROVIDED TO
NOMINEES PRIOR TO THEIR PUBLIC HEARING. THIS WILL ALLOW NOMINEES TO PREPARE WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THESE MAJOR QUESTIONS AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF COUNCILMEMBER PRIORITIES THAT THEY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SPEAK TO. THIS WILL BOTH HELP NOMINEES BE MORE AQUIPPED TO ADDRESS COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE MORE OF A STRUCTURED PROCEDURE THA
ENSURES ALL COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS AND PRIORITIES ADDRESSED. MAY YOU HAVE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION. >> SECOND. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> I'M ACTUALLY IN QUEUE FOR THE PREVIOUS ITEM, WELL, NO, I HAVE THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE.
>> OH, CORRECT. YES. >> YES. I WAS STRUCKED BY THE CLERKS TO GET IN QUEUE AFTERWARDS BUT THE QUEUE DIDN'T LOAD SO YOU WERE ALREADY IN A FLOW. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, GO AHEAD. >> AWESOME. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN
FRONT OF MANY OF YOU ALL THAT'S TITLED REQUESTING IMMEDIATE NATIONAL SEARCH FOR QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEXT COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY OR PUBLIC SAFETY HERE. SIMILAR TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED, I THINK I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE UP
HERE WHO WANTS TO CONTINUE IN THIS ENDLESS CYCLE OF A BACK AND FORTH WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MOTION THAT WE JUST VOTED ONTO REFER TO THE CLERK DOES OFFER A BIT OF A REPRIEVE. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE HAVE STILL NOW TAKEN TWO VOTES TO VOTE DOWN
THIS NOMINEE, AND I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF US WHO HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD AND ALSO HAVE LAID OUT VERY CLEAR EXAMPLES OF WHY WE FELT THERE WAS A NEED FOR A NEW COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. AND PARTICULARLY I THINK OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE TO
HAVE A COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY WHO IS EFFECTIVE, INNOVATIVE AND WILL DELIVER MEASURABLE RESULTS AND WHO IS SERIOUS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE CITY SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES ACTION PLAN. AND WE ALSO NEED FURTHER STABILITY IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM. SO THIS RESOLUTION IS ASKING THE
MAYOR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SEARCH AS WE'VE DONE WITH MANY OF THE EXECUTIVE POSITIONS. AND FINALLY GIVE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHO WILL EXCEL AT KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES AND CITIES SAFE. SO I HOPE THIS
COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UNITY AS WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ITEM. AND WITH THAT I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED TO PASS THE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING FOR A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR THE SAFETY COMMISSIONER. AND THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. PRESIDENT PAYNE, I'M SORRY. I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY, BECAUSE I PREFER A DIFFERENT ROUTE WITH
THIS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE US TO DO AN EVALUATION ON THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NATIONAL SEARCH ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER PERSONALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HAD TWO PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMISSIONERS. I THINK WE'RE IN A UNIQUE POSITION WHERE WE CAN TAKE SOME TIME AS A BODY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND TIGHT FUNDING COMING UP AND OTHER THINGS, I WOULD PREFER TO DO AN EVALUATION OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT BEFORE WE MAKE A
DECISION TO START WH A NEW NATIONAL SEARCH AND INVEST IN THAT AT THIS TIME. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH. WAS THERE A FISCAL NOTE ATTACHED TO THIS? I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE THE FUNDING FOR THIS NATIONAL SEARCH IS COMING
FROM. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> YES. IF COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER MAY RECALL WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITHIN HR TO DO EXACTLY THIS, WHICH IS TO DO SEARCHES. SO THIS IS ALADY PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET OF AN EXISTING DEPARTMENT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR
CLARIFYING THAT. AND YEAH, I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS TAPER THE REASONS COUNCILMEMBER VETAW BROUGHT FORWARD. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I BELIEVE THAT MY COMMENT THAT I WAS GETTING READY TO MAKE AS YOU WERE EXPLAINING
THE NEW PROCESS FOR APPOINTEES, LINES UP WITH THIS RESOLUTION AND THIS ORDINANCE. I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR TO ALL OF THE NEW NOMINEES THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED BEFORE US THAT WE DID
NOT HAVE A PROCESS THAT WAS SAME OR SIMILAR TO THIS TO ALLOW THEM TO STUDY THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING BEFORE THEM WHEN THEY CAME BEFORE THIS BODY. AND NOW WE HAVE CHANGED UP THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY
SLIGHTED BECAUSE IT JUST KIND OF GIVES AN IN AND TO HOW DOES THIS PERSON FEEL ABOUT THAT PERSON OR WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND EVERYONE'S FEELINGS GET ALL MUSHY AND IN THE AIR. AND SO I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT NEW PROCESS. I DON'T THINK WE VOTED ON IT BEFOREHAND. I'D LIKE TO
KEEP MY VOTE TO MYSELF PRIVATE. AND THIS RIGHT HERE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR ANYBODY UNTIL WE CLEAN UP THE HOUSE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW AND RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THIS CURRENT HOUSE IS A MESS, WE GOT TO CLEAN IT UP, AND THEN WEAN GO LOOK FOR WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED, NOT WHAT WE WANT, JUST BECAUSE IT FEELS DIFFERENT. BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST GOING TO END UP WITH MORE OF THE SAME. ONCE YOU FIND
OUT THAT YOU REMOVED ONE THING, IT REALLY COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S THE PROBLEM AND YOU TAKING OUT THE TOILET AND IT REALLY WAS THE SINK THAT WAS LEAKING. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. SO THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS. AND I DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT THE GAME THAT
WE'RE PLAYING WITH THE SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO JOE BLOW AND THEN WE'LL LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU SAID THING. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT EITHER. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I ALSO WILL NOT
BE VOTING FOR THIS, BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW HAD SAID. THIS IS THE TIME TO THINK BIG. AND THIS IS NO REFLECTION ON THE AUTHOR'S IDEA. BECAUSE I AGREE. BUT BUT I THINK WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT. WE WANT DIFFERENT PUBLIC SAFETY BUT ARE
WE GETTING IT? THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE. ARE WE GETTING WHAT WE PAID FOR WITH THIS WHOLE DEPARTMENT? AND LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ANSWER THAT AND THEN ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION
ABOUT ANSWER THAT >> IF THERE SHOULD BE A COMMISSIONER. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ? >> WE CAN VE. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN
QUEUE I WOULD ASK FOR THE ROLL. (ROLL CALL.)
>> THERE'S 6 AYES, 6 NAYS AND 1 ABSTENTION. >> THAT MOTION FAILS CORRECT? OKAY. NOW ON TO NEW BUSINESS. AGAIN, WE HAVE ITEMS 1, 2 AND 3
WHICH ARE THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR CPED, TIM SEXTON FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND RACHEL SAYRE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL DIRECTOR I WILL MOVE THESE NOMINATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES AS I SAID ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING, AND AGAIN, REQUIREMENT
THIS PROCESS OF STANDARDIZING HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THESE NOMINEES THROUGH. MAY I HAVE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
(ROLL CALL.) >> THERE ARE 13 AYES.
>> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE NOMINATIONS ARE REFERRED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEES IN THE NEXT CYCLE TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NO. 4 IS A STAFF DIRECTION THAT WE DISPENSED OF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND FINALLY WE HAVE THE ORDER OF
ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I AM GOING TO GIVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO BE INTRODUCING A
REFERRAL FOR A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS ACCOUNTABILITY STABILIZATION EFFORTS AND COORDINATED CITY RESPONSE EFFORTS AT HERITAGE PARK APARTMENTS TO BE FORMALLY INTRODUCED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL
CYCLE, AND REFER THEM -- THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTION -- DIRECTIVE ALSO TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES FOR CONSIDERATION SO DUE TO THE NUMEROUS DIFFERING ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING, AT HERITAGE PARK,
I DO NOT SIT ON ALL OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES BUT I WILL BE SUBMITTING INFORMATION TO -- >> YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH THE STANDARD COMMITTEE PROCESS. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A MEMBER. >> OKAY, I'M JUST -- THIS IS JUST PART OF MY ANNOUNCEMENT. >> IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OR FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS IS USUALLY FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, UPDATES -- >> SO I WAS TOLD BY KC KARL TO REPORT THIS DURING ANNOUNCEMENT TIME. >> OKAY. >> MAY I CONTINUE? >> SURE. OKAY, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO THIS IS NECESSARY BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO GO ON THE RECORD DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY BEEN DOING AND RIGHT NOW I'M KIND OF
HITTING A TOP FAST SO I NEEDED TO GET THIS OUT SO THIS DOES GO ON RECORD SO PEOPLE WILL STOP PLAYING IN MY FACE BECAUSE I DON'T PLAY THAT OKAY? SO THAT'S WHY I HAD TO SAY IT SO IT COULD BE SAID, ALL RIGHT? SO THIS IS -- THIS IS
DEFINITELY NECESSARY TO ENSURE TIMELY GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT AND COORDINATED INTERDEPARTMENTAL ACTION CONCERNING THE ONGOING RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS RELATED TO HEALTH, SAFETY, HABITABILITY, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY
CONCERNS AND LONG-TERM STABILIZATION PLANNING AT HERITAGE PARK. SO HERITAGE PARK IS HAVING A MAJOR ISSUE RIGHT NOW. I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THIS TO THIS BODY AS WE WERE VERY PARTLY DISCUSSING THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AS IT RELATES TO
HOUSING, AND IT'S IN MY WARD, IT'S IN MY COMMUNITY IT NEEDS SUPPORT SO I'M PUTTING EVERYBODY ON NOTICE THAT THIS IS MY BABY IN THE BACKSEAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME FUSSING ABOUT FOR THE NEXT HOWEVER LONG AT ALL UNTIL WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN HAPPENS THANK YOU.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SUBJECT MATTER THAT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE. DO YOU AGREE, MR. CHAIR? >> SURE. (LAUGH.) >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS TO THE RIGHT PLACE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OUR STAFF CAN HELP -- >> YES, I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVEN SATURN? >> -- STEVEN SUN? >> YEAH, I HAD A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD. ON SATURDAY RISE REMEMBER IS HAVING A NIGHT OF HONOR WHERE WE HONOR -- THE COMMUNITY HONORS ADVOCATES FOR RARGE JUSTICE. IT'S A GALA. IT'S A WONDERFUL TIME, MUSIC, FUN, FOOD AND EVERYTHING YOU GOT TO BUY TICKETS FOR THAT AND SO PLEASE GO ON THE WEBSITE AND DO
THAT. THE NEXT IS PERRY TALKS. THIS IS A PANEL DISCUSSION, AGAIN, ON RACIAL JUSTICE PUT ON BY RISE REMEMBER. THIS IS ON SUNDAY THE 24TH AT 2:00, AGAIN, GO ON THE WEBSITE AND SIGN UP. I'D REALLY ENCOURAGE IT. GOOD MONDAY ON 25TH. ALL DAY
FESTIVAL ON GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE ON 38TH AND CHICAGO. IT HAS MANY, MANY NAMES. SO PLEASE COME DOWN AND COME TO THE FESTIVAL. IT'S AN AMAZING FESTIVAL. THERE ARE A LOT OF VENDORS, A LOT TO DO. THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE, A LOT OF HOPE AND A LOT OF RESILIENCE AND WE'RE
CELEBRATING THE COMMUNITY AND LOOKING TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE SO PLEASE, PLEASE COME. >> 38TH AND CHAI. >> HE IS SHY. >> IF YOU SAY CHEE YOU DON'T KNOW --
>> OKAY, OKAY. >> WITH THAT WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY. WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. .