>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR JUNE 23, 26. MY NAME IS AURIN CHOWDHURY AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. I WILL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK
THE CLERK TO CALL THEOLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE IS ABSENT. WONSLEY. PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> SHAFFER. >> PRESENT.
>> STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING IS ABSENT. PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 11 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> THANK YOU, CLERK. LET THE
RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THEEETING LET ME OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLICPARTICIPATION. THE BRDCASTS INCLUDES REAL-TIME CAPTIONING TO INCREAS ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY. BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BRDCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO PLEASE MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. COLLEAGUES, OUR AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US AND WE WILL BEGIN
WITH OUR REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. AFTER THAT, WE'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION AND THEN A RECEIVE AND FILE. OKAY. I WILL FIRST MAKE MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA AND ADD AN ITEM TO
CONSENT. BEFORE YOU COLLEAGUES, THERE SHOULD BE A PRINTED COPY OF THE REQUEST FOR COMMITTEE ACTION. THIS IS AN ITEM REQUEST FOR A BLOCK PARTY REQUEST PERMIT FOR THE MINNESOTA UNITED AND BRITS PUB FOR THE WORLD CUP WATCH PARTIES. VERY FUN. STAFF
FROM BUSINESS LICENSING ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PEOPLE MAY HAVE. BUT I WILL PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE THAT UP AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING AS A CONSENT ITEM. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ORDER OR ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDNTS? OKAY.
WE MADE THE MOTION TO -- MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGDA AS REVISED? >> SECOND. >> OKAY. GREAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSE SAY NAY. GREAT.
NEXT, WE WILL BEGIN BY TAKING OUR REPORTS OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEE, STARTING WITH THE ENTERPRISE LABOR COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ITEM
1 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT OF FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY VERSUS FORNIER. ITEM TWO -- ITEM 3 IS ELECTION JUDGEND DEPUTY CITY CLERK APPOINTMENTS FOR THE STATE
PRIMARY. ITEM 4 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM LOCAL PROGRESS FROM BOTH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AND CNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. ITEM 5 WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. ITEM 6 IS A CONTRACT WITH GUIDE HOUSE FOR ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
SERVICES. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NEXT GET A REPORT ON OUR BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE GIVEN MY CHAIR OSN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. THE BUSINESS, HOUNG AND ZONING COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING 27 I COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM 1 IS APPOINTMENT TO ERIK HANSEN T THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. TWO APPROVES FOR INDEED BREWING COMPANY. 3 MILLENNIUM EVENTS CENTER. FOUR APPROVES A LANDSCALE AT 3726
LOGAN AVENUE NORTH. ITEM 5 APPROVES AN ORDINANCE RELATED T TAILGATING. ITEM 6 IS ORDINANCE RELATED TO ADULT BATHHOUSE AND VENUE SENT WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 7 -- ITEM 8 APPROVES TWO LIQUOR LICENSE. ITEM 9 APPROVES 42 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. 10 APPROVES FOUR GAMBLING RENEWALS. 11 APPROVES THE BUSINESS LICENSE
OPERATING CONDITION FOR WUNDERCYCLE PEDAL CARS. 12 BUNESS LICENSE OPERATING CONDITION FO URBAN EATS. 13
WORKFORCDEVELOPMENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS. ITEM 14 -- ITEM APPROVES 16 MINNEAPOLIS APPOINTMENTS. 16 IS APPOINTMENT TO THE MINNESOTA BALLPA AUTHORITY. THIS W SENT FORWARD
WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 17 ACCEPTS A WORKFORCE AND OPPORTUNITY ACT GRANT FM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. ITEM 18 AUTHORIZE AMENDMENT TO THE NEW NICOLET REDEVELOPMENT. ITEM 19
APPROVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE NICOLET PROJECT. ITEM 20 FROM THE U. DEPARTMENT HOUSING
OF URBAN, CPED. 21 REZONING FOR 2007 STEVENS AVENUE 22 -- 23 RENTAL RECLA. -- ITEM 25
AUTHORIZ A CONTRACT WITH MPHA FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY. ITEM 26 AUTHORIZE CITY CENSUS TRACT RANKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM. AND LASTLY, ITEM 27 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT EXTENSION
WITH GUTHRIE THEATER FOR 20 YEARS. I WILL STAND WITH ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL GO TO -- COUNCIL MEMBER
RAINVILLE, GO AHEAD. YOUR MICROPHONES ARE -- >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT THE AIR TO KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS. WE DON'T NESSARILY HE TO DISCUSS THEM. >> AND WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE RIGHT NOW ON THIS. >> RIGHT. BUT I'M JUST PREPARING EVERYBODY. >> OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
THURSDAY. OKAY. EXCELLENT. >> YES. >> DO YOU- ARE THEY ALREADY ITEMS THAT MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, WE DON'T NEED TO MOVE THEM AHEAD AND GIVE THE CLERKS A HEADS UP. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
NEXT, WE WILL GO TO A REPORT ON THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE GIVEN BY CHAIR WONSLE >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS 20 ITEMS TO BRING
FORWARD. THE FIRST IS THE VAN WHITE MEMORL BOULEVARD RESURFACING PROJECT. TWO IS PROJECT APPROVAL AND ASSESSMENT.
THREE IS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. NUMBER 4 IS 35th ENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. FIVE IS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MINNEHAHA CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT AND MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION
BOARD FOR STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE. SIX IS BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. SEVEN IS PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. EIGHT IS UNIVERSI AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND 4TH STREET SOUTHEAST MASTER UTILITY AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. NINE IS 35th AND 36th STREET REINSTRUCTION ACQUISITION PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EASEMENTS. 10 IS SIDEWALK REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENTS. 11S A BID FOR
PUMP STATION 6 ELECTRICAL RM REHABILITATION. 12 IS BID FOR FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. 13 IS A BID FOR SMALL DIAMETER SANITARY PIPE CLEANING PROJECT.
14 IS CONTRACTS FOR 2026 THROUGH 2029 VEHICLE AUCTION SERVICES. 15 IS THE ROOF AND MASONRY. 17
IS BID FOR LOGAN PARK INDUSTRIAL PHASE 1 INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS. 18 IS CONTRACT WITH FOTH INFRASTRUCRE AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
LLC. STORM AND SANITARY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 19 IS OLIVER EVEN SOUTH FLOOD MITIGATION PJECT WITH MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD. 20 IS PLIC ENGAGEMENT AND REDESIGN OF HIGHWAY 280, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION. WITH
THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUES >> ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, 'LL GET OUR FINAL AGENDA RORT FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, EQUITY COMMITTEE FROM ITS CHAIR, CHAIR CHAVEZ.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND EQUITY MMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD 24 ITEMS. ONE IS APPROVING THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF RACHEL SAYRE TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. ITEM 2 IS ORDINANCE RELATED TO ADULT
BATHHOUS AND SEX VENUES HEALTH AND SANITATION. THREE IS ORDINANCE RETED TO ALL GENDER AND SEXUALITY WELCOMING CITY ORDINAES. ITEM 4 IS AHORIZES A REVENUE CONTRACT TO PROVIDE
BOMB DETTION SECURITY SERVICES AT TARGET CENTER. ITEM 5 ACCEPTS THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION RETAIL FLEXIBLE GRANT AND AUTHORIZES AGREEMENT FOR THE GRANT. ITEM 6
ACCEPTS THELOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIC GRANT. ITEM 7 IS ACCEPTING A GIFT FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COUNTY
AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS. ITEM 8 IS ACCEPTING A GIFT FROM THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE ON RACE AND EQUITY FOR THREE RACE, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AND BELONGING STAFF MEMBERS IN DETROIT
MICHIGAN. ITEM 5 APPROVES FIVE APPOINTMENTS TOHE MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 10 APPROVES 9 APPOINTMENTS. 11 APPROVES SEVEN
APPOINTMENTS. 12 APPROVES 11 APPOINTMENTS TO THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS FOODCOUNCIL. 13 APPROVES TWO. 14 APPROVES SIX APPOINTMENTS TO THE SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP. 15 MEMORANDUM TO WORK WITH CAPSTONE STUDENTS AT THE HUMPHR AFFAIRS. 16 -- 17 APPVES A
DIRECTION TO THE CITY ATTOEY'S OFFICE. 8 APPROVES A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO ALTERNATI SITE FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO USE FOR GUN RANGE FACILITY. 19 APPROVES A STAFF DIRECTION TO RESEARCH AND ANALYZE OF INSTITUTIO THAT PROVIDE
COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES. ITEM 20 DIRECTS THE CITY CLERK TO FORM A PLAN AND RECOMMENDATION TO UPDATEHE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. ITEM 21 CALLS FOR THE MINNESOTA
LE LEGISLATURE TO SPECIFICALLY PROTECT -- RESTRM FACILITIES. 22 APPROVES A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO GENDER NEUTRAL ACCESS AND EFFORTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES. ITEM 23 CONSIDERS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT. ITEM 24 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SURFACES INTERNATIONAL INC. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR THAT REPT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO DISCUSSI, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO TAKE ON OUR WALK-ON ITEM FOR THE WORLD CUP EVENT PERMIT. I'LL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE ON THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR DISCUSSION AGENDA. I'M ACTUALLY GOINGO HAVE US
TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 2 UNDER DISCUSSION. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S A RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN REGARDING OUR COMMITMENTS AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND I BELIEVE COUIL MEMBERARREN HAS A MOTION. SO I WILL PASS IT TO HER TO START US
OFF. >> THANK YOU, CHR. I AM GOING TO REFER THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF. IT WAS BERTHED OUT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. I HAD A VERY DETAILED CONVERSATN
WITH CHAIR CHOWDHURY. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND FIGURED THAT IT W DISCUSS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I REFER IT BACK TO STAFF. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE REFER IT
BACK TO AUTHOR. >> REFER IT BACK TO AUTHOR THEN. >> THERE YOU GO. PUT IT BACK. I'LL TAKE IT. >> REFERRING IT BACK TO RACHEL. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. I JUST
QUICK WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT TO HAVE AS AN ITEM IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING. I HAVE COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE THAT THIS IS AN ITEM OF INTEREST FOR US TO TAKE UP. REALLY APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT
OF YOUR RESOLUTION. I THINK ALL OF US WANT TO COME TOGETHER ON SOME COMMITMENTS WITH EACH OTHER AROUND CIVILITY AND DIGNITY ON TH BODY. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO THAT MOTION HAS BEEN
MADE AND SECONDED. I'M SEEING IF ANYONE ELSE IS GETTING ON QUEUE. SEEING NO ONE ELSEN QUEUE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >>HOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE
WILL PICK UP ITEM ONE WHICH IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REGARDING THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CHANGES AND INTERIM CHIEF UPDATE. I WILL ASK FOR ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO SPEAK MORE ON THIS. COUNCIL MEER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHUR SO THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS IN RESPONSE TO FORMER CHIEF BRIAO'HARA'S RESIGNATION LAST MONTH. I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE IN HAVING CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERSEACH OUT WITH
SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT MPD'S CURRENT STATUS AND WHATS YET TO COME. THERE WERE SEVERAL CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE CHIEF'S RESIGNATION THAT APPEARS AS HUGE RED FLAGS AND BEGS THE QUESTION WHETHER THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS CHANNELS AND
SAFEGUARDS WITHIN MPD TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T REPEA THE SAME SYSTEMIC FAILURES THAT RELATE NOT ONLY TO THE SITUATION PERTAINING TO THE CHIEF BUT ALSO TO THE CONSENT DECREE WE'RE IN. WITH THAT IN MIND, SECTION ONE AND TWO OF THE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTIVE IS MEANT TO HELP THE COUNCIL AND -- ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND PROMOTIONS AND WHETH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY HAS A FUNCTIONAL AND EFFECTIVE ROLE IN THAT OVERSIGHT OF MPD. IT LOOKS
LIKE IN THIS -- JUST BASED OFF THE PRESS RELEASE SHARED THIS AFTERNOON BY MAYOR FREY, IT DOES FEEL LIKE THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS PRODUCING RESULTS. THIS AFTERNOON WE LEARNED THAT
MAYOR FREY DOES INTEND TO -- WH 2.8. AND I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S STATEMENTS WHERE HE EMPHASIZED THAT HE IS GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT. BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE SOMETHING THAT I'VE SAID BEFORE MANY, MANY TIMES, LIKELY I'LL SAY IT AIN IN THE FUTURE. THERE IS NEVER
GOING TO BE ONE POLICE CHIEF WHO IS GOING TO SINGLE HANDEDLY SAVE MPD. ONE PERSON IS NOT GOING TO BRING SYSTEMIC AND TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE. AND THE RESIGNATION OF THE FORMER CHIEF
PERIENCE UNSTABLE OR SUBSTANDARD LEADERSHIP IN MPD. I'M GLAD TO SEE THE MAYOR HAS A PLAN TO HIRE A NEW POLICE CHIEF. BUT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS HOW THE DEPARTMENT OVERALL WITH HIGH QUALITY LEADERSHIP AND TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE STRONG POLICIES
IN PLACE SO WE DON'T END UP BAC IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. THAT IS ALSO WHY INSTEAD OF JUST ASKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, SECTION 2 HAS POLICIES AND MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMEN AND POTENTIALLY OUTSIDE OF IT, WHO
HAVE HIGH QUALIFICATNS, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND MORAL CHARACTER NEEDED TO SUPPORT FORM AND TO SERVE AS OFFICERS IN OUR CITY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE HING AND PROMOTION PROCESSES WITHIN THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT FULLY SUPPOING OR ALIGNING
WITH BEST PRACTICES AND IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT OVERSIGHT IS IN PLACE OUTSIDE OF MPD TO ENSU PROMOTING INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL SUPPORT THE CITY'S GOAL OF MEETING OUR REQUIRED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND BEING AONSTITUTION AND EQUITABLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M ALSO UNAWARE OF ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT TURNOVER IN LEADERSP AMONGST DIVISIONS ONCE THERE HAS BEEN NEW LEADERSHIP BROUGHT ON. IN 2022, INTERIM CHIEF AMELIA
HUFFMAN MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. MANY OF THOSE CHANGES RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC OUTCRY BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE WHO WERE BEING PROMOTED HAD REALLY EXTENSIVE MISCONDUCT HISTORIES. I SHARED THAT WITH MPD AND THE CITY AT THAT TIME IN TERMS OF
WHAT STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS ARE WE HOLDIN WHILE THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO, IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT THOSE PROCEDURES OR PROCESSEARE. AND THEY HAVE REMAINED UNANSWERED. SO PRIOR TO THE CHIEF'S RESIGNATION, MAYOR FREY REPEATEDLY STATED THAT BY
NOT APPOINTING BRIAN O'HARA HIMSELF, THE STABILITY OFHE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE JEOPARDIZED. NOW THAT HE'S GONE, A NUMBER OF US ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE AGAIN ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SHAKE-UP IN LEADERSHIP AT MPD DURING AN
INTERIM PERIOD. WHEN A NEW CHIEF IS APPOINTED, WILL WE ONCE AGAIN SEE A MASSIVE FLIP. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN STABILITY OF OUR DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND TH, WHAT IMPACTS WILL IT HAVE ON THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS? THE REST OF THE
SECTION ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND MAYOR FREY'S PLAN FOR STABILIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT DURING THIS INTERIM PERIOD. SECTION 3 RELATES TO OFF DUTY AND SPECIFICALLY THE SCHEDULING MANAGEMENT. CITY COUNCIL AND THE
PUBLIC NEEDS CURNT INFORMATION AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MPD IS APPROACHING OFF DUTY. ESPECIALLY SINCEHERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT TURNOVER IN BOTH LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF MPD. AND THERE'S ALSO STORIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE CHIEF'S RESIGNATION THAT HIGHLIGHTED SCENARIOS IN WHICH
OFF DUTY WORK MAY HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND RAISED QUESTIONS WHETHER THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS EFFECTIVE AT ALL. IT IS ALSO CONCERNING TO ME THAT THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS THAT POLICE OFFICERS MAY BE HIDING THEIR OFF DUTY HOURS OR POTENTIALLY DOUBLE DIPPING WORKING OFF DUTY WHILE ON AN ACTIVE SHIFT WITH THE
CITY. IT'S EVEN MORE TROUBLING THAT THE HIDING OF THESE HOURS WERE ALLEGEDLY DONE AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL OF MPD. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE BIDEN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ALREADY NOTED MANY TIMES YEARS AGO THAT
MPD'S OFF DUTY SYSTEM WAS RIPE FOR CORRUPTION. AND COUNCIL HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO TRY TO TAKE ACTION TO REIN THIS IN. WE'VE PASSED ORDINANCES THAT HA ADMINISTRATION TOOLS TO TAKE ACTION TO REGULATE THIS. BUT NONE OF IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
SO I AM HOPEFUL WITH THIS INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE OFF DUTY MOTIONS THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND EQUIT COMMITTEE THAT WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION HOW AS A BODY WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR OVERSIGHT OFF DUTY. THECITY'S
POLICY SURROUNDING PAY ADMINISTRATIVELY. THE CHIEF'S ADMINISTRATION HIGHLIGHTED THE PRACTICE THAT IS VERY UNCLEAR ON HOW LEAVE IS ADMINISTERED, WHEN MISCONDUCT ALLATIONS ARE APPLIED TO MPD LEADER. I'M
DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT WE MIGHT BE SENDING A MESSAGE TO POLICE OFFICERS BY NOT IMPLEMENTING CLEAR POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS THAT THERE'SO ACCOUNTABILITY OVER THIS. IN LOOKING AT SURROUNDING JUSDICTIONS, WHEN
ALLEGATIONS ARE MADE SPECIFICALLY OF MISCOUCT TOWARDS RESPECTIVE POLICE CHIEFS, WE HAVE SEEN THOSE JURISDICTIONS ACTUALLY PLACE POLICE CHIEFS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING INVESTIGATION. SO THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE ASKS
THE FREY ADMINISTRATION RATIONALE AS TO WHY THEY DECLINED TO -- AND INSTEAD APPLIED IT TO A LOWER RANK OFFICER TIED TO THE INVESTIGATION INTO FORR CHIEF O'HARA. AND ALSO ASKS FOR CLARITY IF THERE'S WRITTEN POLICIES IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT
PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE IS USED IN A STANDARDIZED AND UNIFORM WAY. AND ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR WHO ARE THE DECISION MAKERS IN ENACTING THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVES.O THAT SAID, SECTION 5 OF THIS DIRECTIVE DOES GO INTO INTERNAL
AFFAIRS. AND I KNOW WE'LL GET INTO THIS PART DEEPER WHEN WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELEFA REPORT REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT W NEED TO HAVE FURTHER CLARITY ON HOW THE
ADMINISTRAON IS LOOKING TO STABILIZE THE MISCONDUCT PROCESS THAT'S BEING BACKLOGGED WITHIN IA AS WELL THAT CONTRIBED TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAW IN THIS RESIGNATION OR THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT CONTINUED
FAILURE TO INTERVENE AND ADDRESS FAILURES WITHIN STABILIZING THIS DEPARTMENT, THE CONTINUOUS INSTABILITY OF LEADERSHIP IN MPD, THESE ARE THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE LIGHTLY ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT SELECTING A NEW CHIEF AND IDEALLY NOT
PUTTING OURLVES IN THIS POSITION THAT ALLOWED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BECOME- TO BE PUT IN A POSITION OR PLACE THEMSELVES IN A POSITION TO BE UNDER POTENTIALLY TWO CONSENT DECREES. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT RED FLAGS WITH HOW MPD'S
OPERATING. AND REDENTS, THIS BODY, THE PUBLIC DESERVES TRANSPAREN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. AND WHILE THE MAYOR IS THE SOLE AUTHORITY OVER MPD, THE DIRECTIVE DOES ASK HOW DID THINGS GET SO BAD, AND THEN WHAT IS THE PLAN TO TURN THINGS AROUND, AND WHAT IS COUNCIL'S
ROLE IN THAT. AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO US USING THE INFORMATION FROM THIS DIRECTIVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR OVERSIGHT CAPABILITIES SO THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT IN THIS PLACE ONCE MORE. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK
FOR AECOND AND MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. OVER THE
LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH CONSTITUENTS, OPEN OFFICE HOURS, AND COMMUNITY TOW MANY QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE
CHIEF'S RESIGNATION THAT I HAVE GOTTEN. WHAT IT'S MEANT TO HAVE AN INTERIM CHIEF. AND ALSO JUST WHAT DOES THIS MEANOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE CITY. ALSO, AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW DO WE HAVE CLARITY IO WHAT ARE THE SAFE GUARDS THAT WE HAVE IN
PLACE OR DON'T HAVE IN PLACE IN REGARDS TO THE COMPLAINTS THAT LED TO THE RESIGNATION OF THE CHIEF AND THE INVESTIGATION THAT SHOWED THAT HE WAS TAMPERING WITH INVESTIGATION. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT'S GOING TO BRING THI INFORMATION TO LIGHT. I'VE HEARD
THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT THE PERSONNEL ROLES WITHIN MPD HAVE CHANGED UNDER THE NEW INTERIM CHIEF. AND I ALSO WAS REALLY ALARMED WHEN WE SAW THE
RESIGNATION, ESSENTIALLY OVERNIGHT. AND WE HAD LED UP TO THE NOMINATION PROCESS AND THERE WAS A THEME IN THAT SAYING THAT IF WE DID NOT APPOINT THE CHIEF, IT WOULD LEAD TO A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY AND INSTABILITY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAFETY. AND THAT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY URGENT LANGUAGE. AND NOW WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A CHIEF. AND SO IT MAKES ME WONDER THAT SAME TYPE OF ALARM.
LIKE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR PUBL SAFETY FOR CONSTITUENTS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THEM. SO I AM SUPPORTING THIS. I ALSO WANTED TO ASK IF I COULD BE ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THOSE ARE ALL MY
COMMENTS. MEMBERS, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WITH THAT MOTION BEFORE US, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. >> NAY.
>> CLERKS, YOU NOTED THAT DOWN? EXCELLENT. NOW ON TO OUR LAST ITEM OF THE DAY. WE'LL BE RECEIVING A REPORT ON TENANTS RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. THIS WAS STAFF DIRECTION ON ISSUES LAST TERM -- THAT WAS ISSUEDAST
TERM AND REISSUED THIS TERM. I WILL HAVE SARA RENNER FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE AND RESEARCH OVERSIGHT DIVISION GIVE THIS PRESTATION. WELCOME, SARAH. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M SARAH RENNER.
I'LL BE PRESENTING ON TENANTS RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. AND AS MENTIONED, THIS CAME FROM A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT ASKING IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, ASKING TO
EXPLORE OPTIONS TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW MINNESOTA STATE LAW ON ATTEN TENANTS RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. ASKED ABOUT CURRENT CITY EFFORTS I THIS REGARD, AND EXAMPLE CITY
EXPERIENCES. FIRST I WILL ELABORATE ON WHAT MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA'S TENANT RIGHT TO ORGANIZE ENTAILS. INFORMAON WENT INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY OF
LAST YEAR. IN THE LEAD UP TO THE LAW'S ADOPTION, ADVOCATES TESTIFIED THATOME OWNERS OR THEIR AGENTS HAD TO BREAK UP TENANT ORGANIZING SPECIFICALLY
BY CALLING POLICE ON TENANT MEETINGS, THREATENING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, RAISING RENTS OR FILING EVICTIONS. ADVOCATES TESTIFIED TESTIFIED THAT -- AND HAD THE FEWEST TOOLS
TO RESPOND SO MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE RESPONDED BY ADOPTING THE TENANT RIGHT TO ORGANIZE LAW. THE LAW HAS TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART PROVIDES TENANTS THE FIRST RIGHT TO
ORGANIZE AND LIST THE PROTECTED ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES. THE COND PART PROHIBITS LANDLORDS FROM RETALIATING AGAINST TENANTS FOR ORGANIZING AS WELL AS FOR REPORTING PROBLEMS. THE STATE LAW IS ONE OF JUST A FEW IN THE
COUNTRY THAT EXPLICITLY DOES BOTH. ON THE SLIDE HERE IS THE FIRST PART OF THE LAW WHICH PROVIDES SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS TO ENABLE TENANT ORGANIZING. ACCORDING TO THE LAW, OWNERS MUST ALLOW TENANTS AND TENANT ORGANIZERS TO DISTRIBUTE
INFORMATION IN COMMON AREAS AND TO INDIVIDUAL UNITS, INITIATE CONTACT WITH OTHER TENANTS. SO CANVASSING AND EMAILING ABOUT ORGANIZING ARE EXPCITLY LEGAL
AND ALSO MUST ALLOW CONVENING MEETINGS AT THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. THESE ARE PROTECTED ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LAW. EXPEENCE HAS PROVEN THE NEED TO ELABORATE SUCH ACTIVITIES IN DEIL. UNDER THE LAW, TENANT ASSOCIATION MEETINGS MUST BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF
OWNERS. THE OWNER OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ARE PROHIBITED FROM ATTENDING UNLESS THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY INVITED BY THE TENANT ASSOCTION TO DISCUSS HOUSING MATTERS. ON THIS SLIDE IS THE SECOND PART OF MINNESOTA'S LAW WHICH PROHIBITS
LANDLORDS FROM RETALIATING AGAINST TENANTS WHO ORGANIZE OR REPORT PROBLEMS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LANGUAGE ON THE SLIDE, LANDLORDS ARE SPECIFICALL PROHIBITED FROM DOING THINGS LIKE FILING LEGAL ACTIONS, CONTACTI IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OR INCREASING THE
RENT AFTER A TENANT ENGAGES IN A PROTECTED ACTIVITY. PROTECTIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE JOINING A TENANT ASSOCIATION, REPORTING A HOUSE OG CODE OR SAFETY VIOLATION, SEEKING ASSISTANCE FROM A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE
IMMIGRATION STATUS OF RENTERS ORDINANCE BY THIS BODY IN MAY OF THIS AR, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS ADOPTED THIS PORTION OF MINNESOTA LAW INTO ORDINANCE. MINNEAPOLIS PROHIBITS LANDLORD RETALIATION USING THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE AS THE
MINNESOTA'S RIT TO ORGANIZE LAW. SINCE OUR FOCUS IS O ENFORC ENFORCEMENT, I WANT TO ZOOM IN A BIT ON MECHANISMS. UNDER STATE LAW, TENANTS CAN SUE FOR VIOLATIONS. THIS IS KNOWN AS
PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. IF A LANDLORDS ALLEGED IS -- THIS IS KNOWN AS A RETALIATION PRESUMPTION. IT'S CONSIDERED KEY TO MAKING
SUCH PROTECTIONS PRACTICAL AND ENFORCEABLE. WITHOUT A RETALIATION PRESUMPTION, IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT IN A COURT, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PROVE THAT MY LANDLORD INCREASED MY RENT BECAUSE I REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THE PIPES. THE LANDLORD CAN
ALWAYS CLAIM COINCIDENCE. IF TENANTS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN COURT, THEY CAN RECOVER FROM THE LANDLORD UP TO $000 PER OCCURRENCE AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES. THE CITY OF MINNEALIS CAN NOW IN THEORY ENFORCE ITS PREDICTION AGAINST
RETALIATION BY ISSUING CITATIONS AND FINES. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO DEDICATED MECHANISM IN THE CITY TO INVESTIGATE TENANT CLIMBS OF -- CLAIMS OF RETALIATION. THE REPORT CONSIDERS A RANGE OF CITY
LEVEL MECHANISMS FOR ENFORCING BOTH PARTS OF MINNESOTA LAW. FIRST, THE TENANTS AFFIRMATIVE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. THIS IS THE MINNESOTA LAW. ONLY NOW INTATE LAW. IT SEEKS TO PREVENT LANDLORDS FROM INTERFERING AND ORGANIZING. THAT'S THE SHORT HAND. AND SECOND, THE PREDICTION
ON LANDLORD RETALIATION, WHICH AGAIN IS IN BOTH MINNESOTA LAW AND MINNEAPOLIS ORDINANCE. AND TO BE CLEAR, THE RT OF THE REPORT CONSIDERS POTENTIAL CITY ENFORCEMENT AS AN ADDED LAYER ON TOP OF THE PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION PROVIDED IN MINNESOTA'S
TENANT RIGHT TO ORGANIZE LAW. LOW INCOME AND OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED TENANTS RARELY HAVE THE TIME OR RESOURCES TO SUE THEIR LANDLORDS, GIVEN POWER EM BALANCES, TENANTS CAN ALSO BE
FEARFUL TO PURSU LAWSUITS. PARTICULARLY THE CASE AGAINST SUING RETALIATION. FEAR AND INTIMIDATION ALSO PREVENTS SOME TENANTS FROM REPORTING VIOLATIONS OR REQUESTING REPAIRS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE
FOR IMMIGRANT TENANTS WHO MAY FEAR DEPORTATION OR DETENTION. PARTICULARLY NOW IN POST SURGE CONTEXT WITH CONTINUED STEPPED UP IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. ACTION CAN HELP ALLEVIATE FEAR
AND INTIMIDATION OF INDIVIDUAL TENANTS. THESE REALITIES HAVE DRIVEN SOME CITIES TO EXPAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LANDLORD RETALIATION AND IERFERENCE
BEYOND PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. CITY LEVEL MECHANISM FOR ENFORCEMENT. THE CITY'S RESEARCH FOR THIS REPORT USED THE FOLLOWING TOOLS: THE CITY-LED ENFORCEMENT MEANISM. CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS AGAINST LANDLORD RETALIATION. MEET AND
CONFER OBLIGATIONS. AND THEN FINALLY, EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND OUTREACH. I WILL DISCUSS EACH PROVIDING A CITY EXAMPLE AND CONSIDERING FEASIBILITY FOR MINNEAPOLIS. CITY-LED ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. SEVERAL
CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THESE. AND THE FIRST COMPONENT IS SIMPLY INVITING TENANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT INTERFERENCE IN ORGANIZING AND OR LANDLORD RETALIATION. WHERE
THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE, THESE CITIES ISSUE FINES OR CIT NONCOMPLIANCE. EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT INCLUDE SEATTLE, LOS ANGELES, AUSTIN, WASHINGTON
D.C., AND EVANSTON, ILLINOIS ILLINOIS. SEATTLE, FOR EXAMPLE, INVITES TENANT COMPLAINTS, BUT THERE'S NOT A SINGLE DOCUMENTED CASEF ENFORCING ANTI-RETALIATION OR TENANT
ORGANIZING PROTECTIONS. LOS ANGELES' ANTIRETALIATION AND HARASSMENT ORDINANCE FAIRS BETTER. BUT AN AUDIT FOUND THAT ONE HALF OF 1% OF TENANT COMPLAINTS WERE REFERRED TO THE
CITY ATTORNEYS FOR POTENTIAL ENFORCEMENT. LOOKING ACROSS CITIES, I SAW AT LEAST TWO REOCCURRING CONSTRAINTS TO ENFORCING SUCH ORDINANCES AND PRACTICE. THE FIRST IS
INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITY TO HANDLE WHAT ARE COMPLEX BEHAVIORAL ALLEGATIONS. BOTH SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES EXPLAINED THAT TENANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT LANDLORDS OR THEIR AGENT'S BEHAVIOR ARE MORE DIFFICULT AND TIME CONSUMING TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT PHYSICAL PROPERTY. THERE IS TYPICALLY
LESS EVIDENCE IN SUCH CASES, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE TENANTS RARELY SEE THEIR LANDLORDS TEARING DOWN SIGNS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR RECORDING THEM. THEY DON'T RECORD TM MAKING VERBAL THREATS. THE SECOND REAS
PART OF CITY REGULATORY UNITS TO GET INVOLVED IN DISPUTES. THESE UNITS STRIVE TO REMAIN IMPARTIAL. THEY ARE ALSO NOT TYPICALLY TRAINED TO CATCH AND DOCUMENT BEHAVIORAL VIOLIONS.
SO LOOKING AT CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS COULD ADOPT AN ORDINANCE MIRRORING THE STATE'S TENANT RIGHT TO ORGANIZE IN FULL. THFOLLOWING THE CITY
EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT, ENFORCEMENT WOULD REQUIRE A FEW THINGS IF WE WERE TO ADD ENFORCEMENT ELEMENT. THE FIRST IS CLEAR PROTOCOLS OR THRESHOLDS FOR EVIDENCE FOR DEALING WITH TENANT COMPLAINTS. THIS IS NEEDED TO GUIDE DECISIONS FOR
WHEN COMPLAINTS MERIT INVESTIGATION OR CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION. L.A., LOS ANGELES LACKED SUCH PROTOCOLS DESPITE A
TON OF TENANT COMPLAINTS. THE SECOND IS DEDICATION CAPACITY. THIS MIGHT REQUIRE NEW FTEs OR CONTRACT SUPPORT. LOS ANGELES HIRED ABOUT 14 STAFF DEDICATED TO ENFORCING ANTI-RETALIATION
AND HARASSMENT. AND THEY EXPECT TO HIRE MORE. TRANSLATED DOWN INTO MINNEAPOLIS' POPULATION, THE EQUIVALENT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT TO 14 IN L.A. IS ONE
TO TWO. WH THAT SAID, THERE COULD BE STEPS TAKEN TO LEVERAGE MINNEAPOLIS' CAPACITY IN THE FORM OF THEOUSING LIAISON'S TEAM AND REGULATORY SERVICES. THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF
HELPING. WORKING WITH TENANT ASSOCIATIONS AND TENANT ORGANIZERS. INPUT FROM STAFF AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH TENANT MIGHT BE EMPLOYED TO TARGET ENFORCEMENT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY MIGHT
ISSUE WARNINGS OR PENALTIES TO OWNERS WHO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO TENANT ASSOCIATION MEETINGS UNINVITED.ND THIS IS DIRECTLY IN CONTRADICTION TO THE LAW. IF WEANTED TO NARROW IT, IT COULD BE LIMITED TO BUILDINGS WITH
MORE THAN 3 TO 9 UNITS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE TENANTS HAVE SI TENANT ASSOCIATION. FURTHER TO MINNESOTLAW, THE CITY MIGHT INCLUDE A REQUIRENT THAT LANDLORDS ALLOW TENANT GROUPS TO
ACCESS COMMON SPACES FE OF CHARGE FOR MEETINGS. TENANT GROUPS RARELY HAVE THE FUNDING TO HOLD MEETINGS IN OUTSIDE VENUES. ENFORCEMENT, AGAIN, MAY BE NEEDED IF LANDLORDS BLOCK ACCESSO COMMON SPACES. PER DAY FINES WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
ANY INVESTIGATION CAPACITY THE CITY MIGHT MANAGE TO COBBLE TOGETHER THROUGH HOUSING LIAISONS, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE PRIORITIZED TO CASES IN COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF
RETALIATION AND HARASSMENT. EVIDENCE FROM OTHER CITIES, NOT FROM HERE, SUGGEST THAT THIS IS THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DISPROPORTIONATE RETALIATION ARE IMMIGRANT RENTERS AND TENANTS LIVING IN AREAS WITH INCREASED
RENT PRESSURES. ANOTHER OPTION HERE IS THE CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTION AGAINST LANDLORD RETALIATION. UNIQUELY THE CITY OF MADISON, WISCONSIN, ADDRESSES
INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES ORDINANCE IT MAKE BUILDING CODE COMPLAINTANTS A PROTECTED CLASS. 66 CASES IN
2022 BEFORE THE ORDINANCE TO 155 IN 2023. THE CHANGE WAS INITIATED AFTER A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATORS NOTICED THAT THEY HAD MANY CASES WHERE THEY COULD NOT LINK. THERE WAS NO PROBABLE
CAUSE LINKING LANDLORD BEHAVIOR TO DISCRIMINATION, BUT THE BEHAVIOR WAS RETALIATORY. IN MADISON, THE TENANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT LANDLORDS RETALIATING ARE DOCUMENTED AND PASSED TO CIVIL RIGHTS. AND INVESTIGATORS LOOK
FOR PROBABL CAUSE TO SUGGEST IF THERE'S MERIT TO TENANT CLAIMS. I SPOKE TO THE INVESTIGATORS IN MADISON AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT WORKS BECAUSE CIVIL RIGHTS HOUSING INVESTIGATORS ARE QUITE ACCUSTOMED TO INVESTIGATING DISCRIMINATION WHICH IS AKIN TO
RETALIATION. MERITED CASES TYPICALLY END IN MADISON IN DIATION WITH THE LANDLORD AGREEING TO PAY SPECIFIED RE Y REME REMEDIES. TO ADDRESS RETALIATION, MINNEAPOLIS COULD CONSIDER ADDING BUILDING CODE
COMPLAINTANT AS A PROTECTED CLASS. MOST TEN MOTIVATED BY MAINTENANCE ISSUES. AND THEY MAY VIOLATE BUILDING CODES. ONE ADVANTAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS APPROACH IS IT OFFERS POTENTIAL REDRESS TO TENANTS FACING
RETALIATION IN THE FORM OF LEASE NONRENEWALS. LANDLORDS DECIDING NOT TO RENEW THEIR LEASES. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS COULD FOLLOW SUIT BUT THERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS. CAPACITY, AGAIN, IS AN ISSUE. MADISON HANDLES NOW
WITH BUILDING CODE COMAINTANTS ABOUT 155 CASES PER YEAR. AND MINNEAPOLIS HANDLES AROUND 30 CASES OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS PER AR. THERE ARE FOUR INVESTIGATORS INHE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS
DIVISION, BUT THEY HANDLE NOT JUST HOUSING, ALSO PUBLIC RVICES, EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER AREAS. THEY ALSO ARE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTANT INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION DOES NOT HAVE A HEARING EXAMINER AS IN
DISON. AND SO THAT LIMITS THE CAPACITY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. THERE'S SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IN THE REPORT.
SAN FRANCISCO'S MODEL IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THE EXAMPLE IS ACTUALLY RATHER EXCEPTIONAL FOR ITS IMPACT. IT HAS GENERATED SIGNIF OUTCOMES AS DOCUMENTED IN THE REPORT. THERE UNION AT HOME ORDINANCE MAKES TENANTS
ORGANIZING A HOUSING SERVICE, WHICH IS ON PAR WITH WATER AND GARBAGE COLLECTION. THE ORDINANCE ALSO BLIGE TO MEET AND CONFER IN GOOD FAITH. FOR
EXAMPLE, RESPONDING TO REASONABLE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, NEGOTIATING WITH TENANT ASSOCIATIONS. THESE OBLIGATIONS AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT INCENTIVIZES -- THE
SAN FRANCISCO ORDINANCE APPLIES TO BUILDINGS WITH MORE THAN FIVE UNITS OF WHICH THE MAJORITY OF -- IN BERKELEY, WHICH HAS ALMOST IDENTICAL ORDINANCE, THEY APPLY IT TO ALMOST ALLENTAL
BUILDINGS. BUT ONLY THOSE THAT EMPLOY A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICE. THROUGH BERKELEY AND SAN FRANCISCO'S RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCES, THEY HAVE A STRONG ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. IF LANDLORDS
INTERFERE IN ORGANIZING OR DO NOT CONFER IN GOOD FAITH, CAN PETITION THE RENT BOARD FOR REDUCTION. IT'S ABLE TO MEDIATE DISAGREEMENTS, HOLD HEARINGS
THROUGH A HEARING EXAMINER, AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT HAVE RAMICATIONS IN COURT. THEY CAN DECIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO ORDER A LALORD TO LOWER THE RENT FOR AN ENTIRE BUILDING COMMISERATE WITH A HOUSI REDUCTION SERVICES. THUS, LANDLORDS IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND BERKELEY HAVE A POWERFUL INCENTIVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH QUALIFYING TENANT ASSOCIATIONS. SAN FRANCISCO'S ORDINANCE APPLIES TO BUILDINGS -- I SAID THAT ALREADY. AS THIS MECHANISM RELIES ON RENT STABILIZATION,
IT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS TENANT ASSOCIATIONS HAVE REPORTED DIFFICULTY GETTING OWNERS OR THEIR AGENTS TO RESPOND TO THEIR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS IN GOOD FAH. REGULATORY SERVICES MIGHT
EXPLORE WAYS TO ILORE THE TIER SYSTEM AND MEET IN GOOD FAITH WITH QUALIFIED TENANT ASSOCIATIONS. EXAMPLE, LANDLORDS WHO NEGOTIATE WITH TENANT ASSOCIATIONS AND PUT AGREEMENTS IN WRITING MIGHT BE REWARDED. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
BE EXTREMELY SPECIFIC IN THESE KIND OF MECHANISMS. IN BUILDINGS WHERE A MAJORIT OF TENANTS HAVE SIGNED ON, MINNEAPOL MIGHT HELP TENANT ASSOCIATIONS BY CONNECTING THEM TO AVAILABLE HELP TO EMPY MINNESOTA'S RENT
ESCROW LAW. THIS CAN BE A VERY POWERFUL LEVER TO MOTIVATE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. AND FINALLY, TENANT ORGANIZING CAN BE ENABLED THROUGH EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND OUTREACH. IN THE
LEAD UP TO THIS REPORT, REGULATORY SERVICES COMMITTED -- ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS'S NEW IMMIGRATION STATUS OF RENTERS ORDINANCE. COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDE NEWS BITES FROM THE CITY, INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING
ON CULTURAL RADIO SHOWS, AND ATTENDING THE TWIN CITIES IMMIGRATION FORUM. IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS, MINNEAPOLIS' HOUSING LIAISON TEAM WORKS WITH TENANTS TO HELP THEM DOCUMENT CAS OF LANDLORD RETALIATION AND HARASSMENT. IN
THE LAS 10 MONTHS THEY'VE HANDLED AROUND 37 SUCH CASES. THE TEAM IS A PRETTY UNIQUE R RESOURCE. I DIDN'T SEE ATHING EQUIVALENT IN THE OTHER CITIES I RESEARCHED. SOME ADDITIONAL IDEAS THAT THE CITY COULD
CONSIDER IN THIS AREA, THE CITY COULD ENGAGE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AROUND REPORTS OF INCREASING TENANT INTIMIDATION, ENGAGING IMMIGRANT RENTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT HELP THE CITY DEVELOP PROTOCOLS. THE CITY
MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER DEVELOPING A SHARED PROTOCOL WITH PARTNERS TO RESPOND TO CLAIMS OF LANDLORD RETALIATION. I FOUND THE SYSTEM RATHER FRAGMENTED. AND THE LACK OF A UNIVERSAL TRACKING ALSO MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE
TRENDS, AND PEOPLE MAY HEAR DIFFERENT THINGS DEPENDING ON WHO THEY CALL. FINALLY, THE CITY COULD LOOK INTO POTENTIALLY PROVIDING MORE RELIABLE FUNDING TO SUPPORT TENANT ORGANIZING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE IN QUEUE. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK
YO ALL DID ON THIS REPORT. I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 6. ITAYS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CAN IN THEORY ENFORCE THIS PROHIBITION ON RETALIATION. COULD YOU
PLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER? >> SURE. BY ADOPTING THE PREDICTION PROHIBITION, THE SAME ONE IN THE STATE LAW, IT'S ALREADY IN THE MAINTENANCE CODE AND CAN BE ENFORCED USING
LICENSING ANDARD. IT'S THE SAME ENFORCEMENT IS AVAILABLE AS AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE MAINTENANCE CODE. PRIVATE RIGHT CAN BE DONE. IT'S JUST WHEN A COMPLAINT COMES IN CLAIMING
RETALIATION, THERE'S NO PROTOCOLS OR STANDARDS OR MECHANISM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER IT'S VIOLATION OR NOT. SO THAT WAS THE SUBANCE OF THE REPORT. IT'S JUST TO SUGGEST WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN THAT REGARD.
>> DO YOU THINK AN ORDINANCE CAN HELP GIVE MORE CLARIFICATION ON HOW THAT CAN BE ENFORCED? >> IT COULD. >> OKAY. >> IT COULD OFFER MORE CLARIFICATION. AND IT'S A MATTER
OF I THINK CAPACITY. SO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SORT OF LIMIT IT IN THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM MIGHT ALSO MAKE IT MORE ENFORCEABLE. >> COOL. THANK YOU. I AUTHORED THIS STAFF DIRECTION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAE, AS WE
HEARD CONCERNS FROM MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE MIRRORING STATE LAW. SO WE'D JUST LIKE SOME ASSISTANCE IN THAT. AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS ARENTERESTED AS WELL. SO WE CAN CONNECT OFF LINE. I GUESS I'LL TELL MY COLAGUES TODAY
THAT WE'LL BE DOING A NOTICE OF INTENT IN THE FUTURE AND LET THS THAT I'M LETTING YOU KNOW THIS AHEAD OF TIME. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE. >> THANKS. WE'LL GO TO VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI NEXT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK
YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION, SARAH, AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE TEAM DID TO COMPILE THE REPORT THATOU'RE PRESENTING ON BEFORE US TODAY. AND I'LL START WITH SAYING WHAT CAUGH MY ATTENTION WAS THAT THE HOUSING LIAISON
TEAM OVER A PERIOD OF 10 MONTHS HAS RECEIVED 37ASES OR PROCESSED 37 CASES THAT ARE RELATED TO LANDLORD RETALIATION AND HARASSMENT. AND YOU KNOW, 37 CASES OVER 10 MONTHS BREAKS DOWN TO SOMETHING LIKE ONE CASE A
WEEK. AND I THINK THAT'S A SEVERELY UNDER REPORTEDND SEVERELY UNDER REPORTED AND UTILIZED RESOURCE IN THEIRST PLACE. BUT IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT AND WORTH NOTING AND I THINK SHINES AERY SMALL LIGHT INTO THE SEVERITY OF SOME OF THE
EXPERIENCES THAT OUR RENTERS IN THE CITY BUT I PARTICULAR MOST MARGINALIZED RENTERS THAT HAVE A CERTAIN IDENTITY THAT MAKES THEM MORE VULNERABLE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESOURCES. I JUST THINK THAT,
YEAH, THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM IS VERY UNDER REPORTED AND UNDERSTOOD. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IN THE REPORT THAT'D JUST LOVE TO HEAR SOME ADDITIONAL
PERSPECTIVE ON. FIRST, REGARDING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM OF ENFORCEMENT OR A POLICY OR A MECHANISM FOR EVEN ISSUING CITATIONS TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS TH ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE EXISTING POLICY RIGHT
NOW. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOWOU ARRIVED AT THAT CONCLUSION? I FULL TRUSTEDT BUT I IMAGINE THAT YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH REGULATORY SERVICES, WITH 311, JUST TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE CAPTURING THIS INFORMATION AND
HOW WE'RE RPONDING TO IT. SO WOULD JUST LOVE SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHT FROM YOU HERE. >> YEAH. I DID SPEAK TO ALL THOSE THAT YOU MENTIONED. AND I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS SO RECENT THAT IT WAS JUST MAY THAT WE
ADOPTED THE TI-RETALIATION ORDINANCE OR THE PROHIBITION ON RETALIATION. THAT THEY'RE JUST STARTING TO PROCESS THAT AND THINK THROUGH THE OPTIONS FOR WHAT IT MEANS IN PRACTICE.
AND I THINK DOING THIS RESEARCH SORT OF ACCELERATED THAT AND HOPEFULLY HELPS INFORM EVERYBODY'S DECISION MAKING IN THAT REGARD. BUT IT WAS JUST A MONTH AGO. >> YEAH. THAT'S HELPFUL TOKNOW.
I MEAN, IN ONE OF OUR NEW TENANT UNIONS ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGE IN STATE LAW IS THE IPG TENANT UNION BASED LARGELY IN THE 10TH WARD BUT IN DIFFERENT POCKETS OF SOUTH
MINNEAPOLIS. AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CONSTITUENTS AT DIFFERENT BUILDINGS OWNED BY THIS ONE OWNER AND OPERATOR THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE A LIVING IN AN UNINHABITEDABLE
CONDITIONS. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY PROUD OF AND REALLY HONORED TO REPRESENT MY CONSTITUENTS WHO WENT TO THE CAPITOL AND ADVOCATED FOR TS POLICY AND TESTIFIED AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY IN SUPRT OF IT. AND I THINK THE POLICY THAT WE SEE IS
CLEARLY A REFLECTION OF A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT BY TENANTS A THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. AND I THINK IT'S WHY SO MUCH IS ARTICULATED AND ENUMERATED WITHIN STATE LAW THAT REALLY DEALS WITH RETALIATION AND INTERFERENCE
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE FIRST TWO MOST COMMON WAYS THAT EFFORTS BY TENANTS TO ORGANIZE AND LEVERAGE COLLECTIVE POWER ARE UNDERMINED, RIGHT, BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING THAT'S ROBUST. I THINK YOU MENTIONED
THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION, B THE REALITY OF MINNEAPOLIS' LANDSCAP AS IT RELATES TO THIS CHANGE IN STATE LAW, THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE, THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE COLLECTIVE POWER, RIGHT
NOW THE BIGGEST RESPONSE THAT WE SEE FROM LANDLORDS A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES WHERE TENANT ASSOCIATIONS ARE BEING FORMED OR TENANT UNIONS ARE BEING FORMED, IS THE TACTIC OF IGNORING THEM COMPLETELY.
REFUSING TO TAKE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS ANY TYPE OF HOUSING CONDITION ISSUES, AND YOU KNOW, ENGAGING IN WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS RETALIATION. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD MEET THE
THRESHOLD OF THE STATE LAW. SO THE MEET AND CONFER OBLIGATIONS EXAMPLE THAT YOU LIFTED UP OUT OF SAN FRANCISCOS ONE I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN. CAN YOU SPEAK AT ALL TO WHETHER THERE
ARE ANY ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS WITH A POLICY LIKE THAT THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF FOR NNEAPOLIS? >> YEAH. I THINK THAT PARTICULAR MODEL IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT
FROM THE MINNESOTA LAW. SO PASSING AN ORDINANCE TT REQUIRES MEETING AND CONFERRING IN GOOD FAITH WOULD PROBABLY -- IT WOULD AT THE VERY LEAST NEED TO BE CONSULTED WITH THE CAO,
AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISSUES THERE. BUT IT'S BASICALLY AN INCENTIVE MECHANISM ENFORCED BY A VERY STRONG MECHANISM TO HOLD LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE. S I
TRIED TO LOOK AT WAYS. WE HAVE AN INCENTIVE SYSTEM WHICH IS OUR TIERING SYSTEM. AND WE HAVE A PRETTY SONG LEVER THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY OTHER STATE THAT I COULD FIND WHICH IS THE ESCROW ACCOUNT LAW, RENT LAW,
WHICH ALLOWS TENANTS TO PUT THEIR RENT IN AN ESCROW AND PAY TO THE COURT RATHER THAN TO THEIR LANDLORD. USUALLY THERE'S SOME SORT OF ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT ALL HAPPEN. BUT THAT'S A PRETTY POWERFUL
POTENTIAL COMBINATION AS WELL. >> THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. THIS IS ALL REALLY HELPFUL. A I'LL JUST NOTE FOR COLLEAGUES THAT I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THE MEET AND CONFER OBLIGATION. SO IF ANYONE ELSE HERE IS, PLEASE REACH O TO MY
OFFICE AND THEN I'LL GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE A HEADS UP RIGHT NOW THROUGH DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ABELSON THAT I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN GREATER DETAIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? GREAT.
AND I'LL JUST MAKE A VY QUICK COMMENT TO SAY TWO THINGS: JUST THE OTHER DAY I HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADER APPROACH ME TO SHARE THAT IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TO
TRY TO FIND A WAY TO ENGAGE WITH ALL THE RENTER COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE 12th WARD AND THE LARGE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND SHE AND I BOTH SHARED THAT THERE'S THIS
REALLY BIG SENSE OF ONE LIKE NEED FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING WITHIN THE BUILDINGS, AND THEN ALSO CONNECTING RENTERS TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTHSID AND I THINK THIS
COULD BE -- THI BILL CAN BE A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ACCNTABILITY BUT ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL FOR JUST COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ORGANIZING AND ACCESSING RESOURCES MORE POWERFULLY AS
RENTERS. BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THERE'S JUST THIS LEVEL OF ISOLATION THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN REERS AND FOLKS THAT LIVE IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I THI THAT'S INTERESTING AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT FEEDBACK FROM AN ORG
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT THIS STATE LEGISLATION PASSED IN 2024 IN A TENANTS BILL OF RIGHT, AND THAT REALLY CAME FROM LEADERSHIP IN MINNEAPOLIS. IT WAS SENATOR MOHAMMED WHO LED THIS EFFORT IN
THE SENATE AND THEN REPRESENTATIVE ESTHER BOJE IN THE HOUSE. THIS IS COMING FROM DELEGATION AND LEADING THIS AND GETTING THIS PASSE THROUGH THAT BODY AND ULTIMATELY SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND THEN I WILL
RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH, I WILL JUST CONFIRM WHAT I'M HEARING AROUND THE RENT ESCROW TOOL AND HOW POWERFUL IT IS. EVEN IN JUST THE SIX SHORT MONTHS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE IN
THIS ROLE, WE HAVE SEEN THAT POWER CE TO ALMOST FRUITION AS SOME UNSUCCESSFULLY, SOME ON THE VERGE OF HAVING THAT ABILITY. D WHAT REALLY DROVE THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAS SPROUTED UP
IN PARTICULARLY THE LORING PARK AREA HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION EVENT THAT WE HEAD AS WARD WID BRINGING HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS TOGETHER FOR A DISCUSSION AROUND RENTERS RIGHTS. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT
FOS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN STARTING THEIR TENANTS UNION WITH THOSE THAT HAD ALREADY DONE THAT PROCESS, SOME MORE SUCCESSFULLY THAN OTHERS, AND HAVING THAT CONNECTION AND PLATFORM ACROSS VARYING RESIDENTS REALLY WAS HELPFUL IN,
NUMBER ONE, GIVINGOPE TO THOSE RENTERS THAT WERE CAUGHT IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION WITHOUT THE RESOURCES OR THE KNOWLEDGE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH TSE WHO HAD ALREADY WALKED THE ROLE OR WALKED THAT PROCESS AND HAVING THAT KIND OF AN INFORMAL
MENTORSHIP ACROS BUILDINGS IN A VERY HIGH DENSITY, LOCALIZED AREA THAT HAS BECOME VERY FRUITFUL FOR US I OUR WARD 7 OFFICE. AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ONE TENANTS UNION THAT WAS STARTED IN OVER 200-UNIT
BUILDING IN OUR AREA I THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT ALREADY CAME DIRECTLY FROM THAT RENTERS RIGHTS COMMUNITY MEETING. SO THE POWER OF INFORL CONNECTIONS IS REALLY STRONG. AND JUST TO TESTIFY, AGAIN, THAT THAT RT ESCROW IS A POWERFUL TOOL WHEN
WE CAN GET IT ORGANED IN SUCH A WAY TO BENEFIT THOSE IN NEED. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THIS LOVELY PRESENTATION. I
AM A BIG SUPPORT OF TENANTS RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE. I'M JUST WONDERING, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO NAME IT. THAT IN THIS PROCESS OF TENANTS HAVING THE
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE, I REALLY WANT THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT BRINGS A LOT OF INSIGHT AND DIRECTION AROUND WHO THEN GETS THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP. WHEN ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION LIVES IN A SPECIFIC SPACE THAT WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WHO THESE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE AND WHO THESE DEVELOPERS ARE THAT THEN BECOME TAGGED WITH THE WAY THAT THEY TREAT AND SUPY
HOUSING. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HOUSING IS SO SCARCE. IT'S PLENTIFUL BUT IT'S SCARCE TO FIND A GOOD LANDLORD JUST LIKE LANDLORDS, GOOD LANDLORDS, YOU KNOW, GOOD TENANTS ARE HARD TO
COME BY. BUT IT'S SCARCE TO FIND A GOOD LANDLORD AND TAKE THE RISK. AND IT'S EXPENSIVE TO MOVE AND KEEP MOVING AND GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE CHANGES THAT REALLY RESUL IN A LOT OF HOUSING INSECURITY, YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE YOU'RE LIVING IN CRISIS MODE IN A FIGHT OR FLIGHT MODE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE STABLE, AND YOU WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE YOURSELF AND YR FAMILY CAN TRULY SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. SO
I REALLY WANT TO ENSURE THAT IN ALL OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, AND WE'RE RETAINING IT AND UTILIZING IT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR AND CONSCIOUS DECISIONS
ABOUT WHO WE ALLOW TO DEVELOP AND WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP IN OUR CITY SO THAT WE CAN REACH A HPY EQUILIBRIUM WITH BOTH OUR LANDLORDS AND OUR TENANTS. GREAT WORK. THANK YOU.
>> JUST TO ADD ON THAT, WHEN THEY'RE REATED THROUGH HOUSING LIAISONS, WHEN THERE ARE REPEATED CASES OVERTIME OR OVER BUILDINGS OF SIMILAR TYPES HAVET
UP TO THE UNIT AND THEY CAN DO A PORTFOLIO.HEY LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF A PORTFOLIO IPECTIONS WOULD HELP TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S REOCCURRING AND THERE'S A SINGLE OWNER. BUT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE
CORRECT OWNER IS ANOTHER QUESTION. >> THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, THOUGH. >> THANK YOU. MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS PRESENTATION? GREAT. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THANK YOU,
AGAIN, SARAH, FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU TO DISCUSSION. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THIS REPORT. AND PRESENTATION. AND WITH NO OBCTION, AND NO BUSINESS BEFORE US, I DECLARE THIS
MEETING ADJOURNED.