. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FORJULY 28, 2026. 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
THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY IS ABSENT. RAINVILLE IS ABSENT. VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> SHAFFER. >> PRESENT.
>> STEVENSON IS ABSENT. CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 10 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> THANK YOU, CLERK. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME OFFER A FRIENDLY
REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDE REAL-TIME CAPTIONING TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL SPEAKERS BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS
CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO PLEASE MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. SO COLLEAGUES, OUR AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US. ARE THERE ANY
AMENDMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. AND THEN BEFORE WE GET INTO A REPORT
OF STANDING COMMITTEES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE A BIG WELCOME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, THE VICE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BACK. SO WE'LL START
WITH OUR REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEE. STARRING WITH THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY CHAIR OSMAN. >> THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD 20 ITEMS ON
THURSDAY COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM ONE IS APPROVES ENRIQUE VELAZQUEZ FOR DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY SERVICES. ITEM TWO IS
INTERIM E PERMIT OF PEOE SERVING PEOPLE. ITEM 4 IS AN APPEAL FROM FG & C RECORDING 3 VERY 3000 MINNEHAHA AVENUE, AKA
THE DEMOCRACY CENTER. ITEM 7 APPROVES GAMBLING LICENSE. ITEM
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. ITEM 9 AMENDS LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE FOR TOW TRUCKING SERVICES FREE. ITEM 10 CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR
MacPIL MUSIC CENTER. 11 AUTHORIZES -- 13 ACCEPTS A BID FOR REPLACING FLOOR BOX AT CONVENTION CENTER. 14 DELEGATES
AUTHORITY TO CPED DIRECTOR OF THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB OGRAM. 16 AUTHORIZES A
CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 17 APPROVES -- 18 AFFORDABLE CHANGE FOR AHTF. 19 AUTHORIZES A PROGRAM CHANGE TO NATURALLY
ACCORDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR NOAH. AND LASTLY, 20 IS REZONING ALLEY VACATION. THIS ITEM WAS SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. WITH THAT, I
WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. >> COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE REPORT. I WILL BE GIVING THAT REPORT.
THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS 13 ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD. OF 1 IS DU NORD EVENT PERMIT. TWO IS BANANA BALL GAMES BLOCK
EVENT PERMIT. THREE IS SKYWAY EASEMENT FOR A PORTION OF 2ND AVENUE NORTH. FOUR IS METRO GRNLIGHT EXTENSION. AGREEMENT NUMBER 14. ITEM 15 IS MINNEAPOLIS STREET LIGHTING PLAN
AMENDMENT. ITEM 6 IS CEDAR LAKE ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT. ITEM 7 -- 8
IS THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MUNICIPAL INFILTRATION AND INFLOW GRANT FOR REPAIRS OF EXISTING SEWERS AND CROSS-CONNECTION ELIMINATION. NINE IS A BID FOR 2026-2027
PUBLIC WORKS TREE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL. ITEM 11 IS COLUMBIA HEIGHTS MEMBRANE PLANT ROOF REPLACEMENT. 12 IS A CONTRACT
AMENDMENT WITH CS MCCROSSAN CONSTRUCTION FOR BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS. 13 IS THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. SEEING NONE, WE
WILL NEXT GO TO THE REPORT BY THE ENTERPRISE AND LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE. >> ITEM 3 IS A CONTRACT
AMENDMENT WITH SHAW LUNDQUIST FOR CITY HALL RESTACK AMENDMENT. FOUR IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SABA SOFTWARE. ITEMS FIVE AND SIX ARE LEGAL SETTLEMENTS. SEVEN IS A CLAIM SETTLEMENT
WHERE WE ARE RECEIVING MONEY. ITEM 8 IS AN INDEBTEDNESS AND BOND AUTHORIZATION. NINE IS AN APPOINTED POSITION IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 10 IS OUR
COMMITTEE WORK PLAN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS, WE WILL NOW GO TO THE LAST REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND
EQUITY COMMITTEE GIVEN BY ITS CHAIR, CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> T PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD 7 ITEMS. ONE CONSIDERS THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF DR. FREEMAN TO APPOINTED POSITION OF FIRE CHIEF. THIS WAS SENT FORWARD WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION. TWO IS CONTRACT WITH HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE. ITEM 4 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE CENTER FOR
MULTI-CULTURAL MEDIATION. THE FIVE AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH A MOTHER'S LOVE INITIATIVE. SIX ACCEPTS A GRANT FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE FAMILY HOME VISITING SERVICES AND AUTHORIZES AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA FOR THE GRANT. SEVEN APPROVES LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW TURN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. OUR ONLY ITEM TODAY IS A SPECIAL
LAW APPROVAL FOR FOOD HALL LICENSES. THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE ALSO HERE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS ITEM. WITH THAT, DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM? GREAT. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IILL MOVE APPROVAL OF TS CONSENT AGENDA. CAN I GET A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.
>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT CARRIES. NOW MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. THIS NEXT ITEM IS A GRAN APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. IT IS FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL
INTEGRATED BALLISTICNFORMATION NETWORK MODERNIZATION PROGRAM KNOWN AS NIBIN. I WILL HAVE MPD COMMANR KRIS BROWN COME TO
SPEAK MORE ON THIS ITEM.
>> WELCOME, COMMANDER. >> MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND WELCOME BACK, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THE GRANT IN THE NIBIN MODERNITIZATION PROGRAM GRANT. SORRY FOR MY VOICE. I LOST IT ON SUNDAY AND I HAVEN'T FOUND IT
YET. THE NIBIN MODERNIZATION GRANT, IT'S FOR MODERNIZING THE TECHNOLOGY. THE DOJ HISTORICALLY PROVIDED THE FUNDS FOR THIS, NOW IT'S PROVIDED IN THE WAY OF A GRANT FOR EXISTING NIBIN AGENCIES. SO AGENCIES THAT CURRENTLY HAVE NIBIN HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FILE IN FOR THIS GRANT. SO NIBIN STANDS FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATED BALLISTIC INTEGRATION NETWORK. THIS PROVIDES FUNDING FOR REPLACING THE OUTDATED NIBIN EQUIPMENT AT EXISTING SITES ONLY TO GIVE THEM
MODERN NIBIN COMPATIBLE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES. THIS WILL HELP STRENGTHEN INVESTIGATIONS AND OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE VIOLENT CRIME IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND AS WELL AS JURISDICTIONS THAT ALSO USE THIS AS WELL. BECAUSE IT'S VERY MUCH
A PARTNERSHIP. SO THE GRANT FUNDING PAYS FOR NEW NIBIN COMPATIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDES IT IS FOR FIVE YEARS OF UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE WHICH WILL REDUCE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON MINNEAPOLIS. WITHOUT THIS GRANT, MINNEAPOLIS WOULD OWN THE COST
OF IT. THE GRANT IS OVER FIVE YEARS, IT'S $300,000. SO THIS IS LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE GRANT. SO IT'S THOSE INCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS WERE INVITED TO ATTEND TO APPLY FOR
THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. SO THERE'S 170 AGENCIES THAT CURRENTLY USE NIBIN, AND THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT TO MAINTAIN AND UPGRADE THEIR CURRENT EQUIPMENT. SO NIBIN IS A PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED BY THE ATF.
NIBIN IS A DATABASE THAT CAPTURES, STORES AND CORRELATES DIGITAL IMAGES, WHICH WE OFTENTIMES WOULD CALL FINGERPRINTS OF DISCHARGE CARTRIDGE CASING. DCCs. SO AFTER
YOU SHOOT THE GUN, THE BULLET ITSELF IS EXPELLED OUTSIDE OF THE GUN. BUT IT LEAVES EITHER IN THE GUN OR ON THE GROUND A SPENT CASING. SO THE SPENT CASING IS WHAT THIS EQUIPMENT ANALYZES. AND WHAT'S UNIQUE TO THAT PARTICULAR THING IS THAT THAT
CASING AND THE INDENTATIONS THAT YOU AND I CAN'T SEE THAT ARE ON THAT PARTICULAR CASING, NIBIN EQUIPMENT CAN SEE THOSE THINGS. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THAT. IT IDENTIFIES THE GUN. IT'S THE FINGERPRINTS OF THAT GUN, THAT SPECIFIC GUN. SO FIREARM
EVIDENCE FROM ONE CRIME TO ANOTHER IS COMPARED WITH THE PURPOSE OF DETECTING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SEPARATE SHOOTING INCIDENTS THROUGH THE FIREARMS EVIDENCE. THAT'S ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. NIBIN AIDS IN PREVENTING VIOLENCE AS WELL AS FINDING OUT WHO
PERPETRATED THE VIOLENT CRIME THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED. UP ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. ON THE MONITOR RIGHT THERE GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER A SPENT CASING IS PUT THROUGH THE SYSTEM. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT IF YOU KINDA THINK OF IT AS A
FINGERPRINT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT THAT IS UNIQUE TO ANY CASING THAT WAS SENT THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR WEAPON. SO NEXT TO IS IS THE BOX THAT YOU PUT THE CASING ON AND IT ANALYZES IT AND SHOWS UP ON THAT. THEN THAT
INFORMATION IS SENT DOWN TO ATF TO ANALYZE FURTHER. SO MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PART OF THE NIBIN PROGRAM SINCE 2002. EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED IN 2014. YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
CHANGES AND A LOT OF ADVANCEMENTS SINCE 2014. UPGRADES IN TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS VERY IMPORTANT. EARLIER ON, WHEN WE REPORTED NIBIN, WE WOULD SUBMIT AS NEEDED THESE CASINGS INTO THE
SYSTEMS AND THAT CREATES QUITE A BACKLOG. SO WHEN WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY, IT WOULD TAKE WEEKS OR POSSIBLY EVEN MONTHS BEFORE WE WOULD GET THE RESULTS BACK. WHICH IS REALLY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO USE THAT INFORMATION FOR INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN. SO THE
CURRENT PROCESS ELIMINATES THAT WAIT TIME BY PROACTIVELY PROCESSING EVERY DISCHARGE CASING WE COME UP WITH, EVERY DCC. AS WELL AS WHEN WE RECOVER ANY FIREARM, IN OUR LABORATORIES THROUGH THE FORENSICS LABS, WILL FIRE THAT WEAPON AND WE'LL USE
THAT CASING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT RECOVERED FIREARM AND PUT IT THROUGH THE SAME SYSTEM. SO NOW WE HAVE THE FINGERPRINTS OF THAT GUN THAT WAS RECOVERED. AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN LINK IT TO OTHER GUNS IN OTHER CRIMES THAT WE'VE HAD HAPPEN. SO THE STEPS
OF NIBIN ARE, SO MPD WILL COLLECT AND SUBMIT THAT EVIDENCE INTO NIBIN. THERE'S A TURNAROUND THAT'S AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE WANT OUR INVESTIGATORS TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT INFORMATION. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IT CAN BE DONE RUSHED, IT
COULD BE DONE IN THE SAME DAY. OTHERWISE AVERAGE TIME IS FIVE TO SIX DAYS TO GET THE INFORMATION BACK. BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING AND WE CAN LINK THAT GUN TO OTHER CRIMES THAT HAVE HAPPENED
WHEN CASINGS ARE DISCHARGED. THERE'S A FOLLOW UP WITH PROSECUTION INVESTIGATIONS. I WAS HERE LAST WEEK PRESENTING. WHILE I WAS IN THE LOBBY WAITING, I WAS HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE PRESENTING ON THE FAST TEAM. LIEUTENANT SCHROEDER GOT
SIX HITS WHILE WE WERE WAITING. NOT SAYING YOU GUYS TOOK TOO LONG. BUT WHILE WE WERE WAITING, HE GOT SIX HITS OF CASINGS WHILE WE WERE WAITING FROM NIBIN. ASSOCIATED THAT GUN WITH ANOTHER CRIME THAT HAPPENED IN
MINNEAPOLIS. THOSE ARE JUST OUR HITS REGARDING WHAT WE ARE SUBMITTING THEM FOR. THIS IS CRITICAL AND ESSENTIAL TO MINNEAPOLIS. SO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NIBIN RELIES ON COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF
DISCHARGE CASINGS AT CRIME SCENES AS WELL AS RECOVERING FIREARMS AND FORENSIC DIVISION TO ENTER THAT IN THERE IMMEDIATELY. THE OPERATION ADOPTS A REQUIRED MINIMUM REQUIRED OPERATIONS STANDARDS.
THE GOLD STANDARD IS WITHIN TWO DAYS OF COLLECTION OF THE FIREARM OR THE DCC GETS ENTERED INTO NIBIN SO THERE'S NO DELAY. SO THE FORENSICS DIVISION CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL
STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH GUN VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING THIS ACTIONABLE CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE TO INVESTIGATORS AS WELL AS USING FORENSIC DATA TO NOT ONLY SOLVE CRIMES BUT TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLENT CRIMES AS WELL. TAKE A MOMENT HERE. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A CASE STUDY
FOR USE OF THE NIBIN PROGRAM. SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING. SO I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT HAPPENED IN 2023. IN AUGUST 9TH OF 2023, MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE
INTERSECTION OF THOMAS AVENUE NORTH AND OAK PARK AVENUE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. THE REPORT WAS FOR SHOTS FIRED AND A WOMAN SCREAMING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED
AT THE HOSPITAL. VIDEO DOOR BELL CAPTURED THAT INCIDENT. LOCATED A VIDEO OF A CARGO VAN THAT WAS LIKELY USED IN THE INCIDENT. THE FOLLOWING DAY OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO LOCATE A POSSIBLE SUSPECT VEHICLE THAT WAS USED IN THIS
CRIME. OFFICERS INSIDE THE VEHICLE WERE ABLE TO, AFTER A WARRANT WAS OBTAINED, DISCOVERED A SPENT DCC FROM A .10MM CASING
FROM THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING INDICATING THEY HAD BEEN SHOT FROM THE SAME WEAPON. THIS IS A PARTICULAR EXAMPLE OF HOW THE NIBIN MACHINE WAS USED. THE VIDEO CASE LED TO THE SUSPECT
VEHICLE. BUT THE NIBIN EVIDENCE LINKED TO THE CRIME. SO THE NIBIN MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. BY RECEIVING THIS GRANT AND GETTING THE APPROPRIATE UPDATES AND
MAINTENANCE TO THE EXISTING MACHINE SYSTEM, WHICH ARE NOW REACHING THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE, MAKING REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT PARTS, AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT IF WE WERE TO MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING EQUIPMENT WITHOUT THIS
GRANT. MAINTAINING OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY WITHOUT THE MODERNIZATION, AGENCIES WILL RISK DOWN TIME AS WELL AS DEGRADED PERFORMANCE THAT COULD RESULT IN DELAYED BALLISTIC EVIDENCE PROCESSING, WHICH WILL
AFFECT CRIME GUN INVESTIGATIONS. NEWER NIBIN TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES FASTER PROCESSING, HIGHER QUALITY IMAGES AND BETTER MATCH CAPABILITIES, HELPING INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFY FIREARMS MORE QUICKLY. UPGRADING THE
SYSTEMS MAINTAIN CAPABILITY WITH NIBIN SOFTWARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO ATF IS EVOLVING AND IMPROVING THEIR SOFTWARE. OUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IF WE DON'T HAVE COST COVERED AND WE DON'T MAKE THESE
CHANGES, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARTICULAR PROGRAM. THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY BRIEF ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN SPEAK TO THEM NOW. >> THANK YOU. MEMBERS, PLEASE GET INTO QUEUE IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR COMMENTS. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ IN QUEUE. GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I'D LIKE TO FIRST EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABO THIS MATTER. I WISHED THE PRESENTATION AT LEAST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THE HARM TO IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS. I AM NOT DISPUTING THEEED FOR FUNDING TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN OR THE CONCERN TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY. BUT I AM DPUTING THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO MENTION IN THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HARMFUL RHETORIC NOTED ABOUT OUR UNDOCUMENTED
NEIGHBORS. THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TAETS STATES THAT THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING, TO LOCATE AND APPREHEND QUOTE ALIENS" IN ADDITION TO BEING QUOTE UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE
UNITED STATES, INVESTIGATED CRIMES COMMITTED BY QUOTE ILLEGAL ALIENS. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR TO MY COMMUNITY THAT THIS LANGUAGE IS VERY DISRESPECTFUL. IT IS DEHUMANIZING AND IT IS NOT IN VALUE WITH THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS. ACTIVITIES FROM DIRECTLY OR UNDIRECTLY QUOTE IMPEDING FEDERAL -- FAILURE TO HONOR DHS NOTICE REQUEST. IN THIS NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY OPERATES UNDER A
SECTION WHICH IS ITSELF NAMED THE BRIDGING IMMIGRATION RELATED DEFICITS EXPERIENCING NATIONWIDE BY THE REIMBURSEMENT FUND. QUOTE ALIENS WHO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW. IN ADDITION TO BEING
QUOTE UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MOU ATTACHED ALSO STATES THAT EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE NIBIN PARTNER AGREES TO PROVIDE ATF WITH ACCESS TO ALL
INFORMATION, REPORTS, AND ANY INFORMATION REGARDING TO CRIMES WITH EVIDENCE -- HISTORICAL AND CASE ADJUDICATION INFORMATION ON THE USE AND RESULTS AND THE USE OF NIBIN PROGRAM AND/OR SYSTEMS OR RELATED SERVICES BY PROVIDED
BY ATF. CAPTURING OF INFORMATION AND OTHER STUFF. I WANT TO FIRST STATE THAT I DO NOT ACCEPT THE PREMISE, IMPLICIT OR EXPLICIT IN THIS OR ANY FEDERAL INSTRUMENT THAT IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS ARE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY REQUIRING LOCATING AND
APPREHENDING. I BELIEVE THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE A DUTY TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE ARE APPLYING FOR AND ACCEPTING FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE DO NOT LEND THE CITY'S NAME TO A -- I DO NOT ACCEPT THE IDEA
THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE QUOTE ALIENS OR QUOTE ILLEGAL. AND I DO NOT ACCEPT THE PREMISE THAT EXPRESSING THESE CONCERNS ARE ROOTED IN RHETORIC WHEN THESE CONCERNS ARE COMING FROM CARING ABOUT OUR IMMIGRANT
NEIGHBORS IN THE CITY. IF WE ARE GOING TO PURSUE THIS, I WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO AACH A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE USE OF CALLING OUR NEIGHBORS ILLEGAL OR ALIENS, AND THAT OTHER CONDITIONS WILL HAVE TO BE
APPLIED. SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS TODAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. NEXT, WE WILL GO TO VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, COMMANDER BROWN. ALWAYS A
PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU IN THE CHAMBERS. I AM WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AND SPECIFICALLY, I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN HELP
ARTICULATE HERE THE CITY HAS CONTRACTS WITH A NUMBER OF AGENCIES IN THE REALM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. I KNOW WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE'S BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION, THE
BCA. I THINK THAT ONE IS RELATED TO ASSISTANCE WITH FORENSICS. I THINK THERE'S BALLISTICS AND OTHER ASPECTS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED IN YOUR
PRESENTATION. SO JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO UTILE THIS GRANTHEN WE HAVE DE MORE IMPACT ON IT. THIS ONE MAY BE ONE I CAN HANDLE. WE HAVE
LOTS OF DIFFERENT MOUs AND WE SUBMIT OUR EVIDENCE TO THE BCA AND PAY FOR IT ON MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THIS IS THROUGH THE DOJ AND ATF. IT'S A
BROADER NETWORK. THIS IS JUST LOOKING FOR FUNDING TO MAINTAIN, UPDATE THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE PROGRAM THAT STILL EXISTS. >> GENERALLY SPEAKING, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT MOST OF OUR
PARTNERS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL HAVE SOME SORT OF RELATIONSHIP WITH AN AGENCY THAT HAS NIBIN ACCESS? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, I CAN SAY THAT THERE'S
170 AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING NIBIN. BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE PRIMARILY LARGE AGENCIES. AND SO IT DOES BEHOOVE US. BECAUSE SOME OF THE CRIMES THAT WE'RE FINDING WEAPONS FOR ARE GOING TO
BE HELPING OUR PARTNERS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, SUBURBS AND THE SUCH. THE GUNS WE CAPTURE CASINGS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO SOLVE OTHER CRIMES AND PREVENT FUTURE CRIMES FROM HAPPENING AT ALL.
>> I THINK WHAT I'M TAKING AWAY HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT -- THE CITY ISN'T GOING TO LOSE ACCESS TO A SYSTEM THAT IS CRITICAL AS A RESULT OF NOT
SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT. I THINK THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM INSTANCES IN THE PAST IHINK WHEN WE'VE HAD CONTRACTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT FOR APPROVAL BEFORE THE BODY, AND THE CHOICES BETWEEN HAVING A SYSTEM O
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT OR ADDRESS, I'M LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT RCA HERE. THE CONCERN RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ABOUT THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE
APPLICATION. CAN YOU TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, I CAN JUST TALK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY. >> SURE. SO WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE -- SO WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO IS THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
THAT'S PUT OUT BY THE DOJ. ALL LANGUAGE FOR FEDERAL GRANTS, WE DON'T WRITE THEM. >> SURE. I KNOW. >> THE LANGUAGE DOES COME FROM WHOEVER THE CURRENT FEDERAL ADMINISTRATOR IS. SO WE DON'T MAKE UP THAT. WHENEVER WE
RECEIVE A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, WE RUN ALL THAT THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND VET IT BEFORE WE EVER MAKE ANY AGREEMENTS OF ANY WAY. SO TRADITIONALLY, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SENDING -- THIS INFORMATION WOULD HAVE COME TO YOU AFTER
THEY DECIDE. WE JUST WERE RUNNING LATE ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE SO WE SENT THE WHOLE PACKAGE TO YOU AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY ATTORNEY'S WERE LOOKING AT IT. THE LETTER DID NOT COME WITH AN EXPLANATION BY THE CITY ATTORNEYS AT THIS TIME. AND IT CURRENTLY DOES. >> SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE
LOOKING FOR THIS FUNDING AND APPLYING THROUGH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AND PART OF THEIR NOTICE OR APPLICATION INFORMATION, IT INCLUDES THE
LANGUAGE THAT ISEEN TO BE WHAT WE HERE EVERY DAY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHICH IS ILLEGAL ALIENS AND LANGUAGE LIKE THAT. THAT IS
ACTUALLY, IT IS A CONCERN. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS COULD RELATE TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING AS IN OUR DEPARTMENT. IT'S VERY
CONCERNING. IT HAS BEEN CONCERNING EVER SINCE TRUMP TOOK OVER OFFICE. BUT FOR US, WE ARE, AS A DEPARTMENT, I'M GUESSING WE'RE APPLYING. WE APPLY A LOT
GRANTS THROUGH THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTICEHAT THIS GRANT IS GOG TO HELP US REDUCE CRIMES AND HELP US CATCH BAD
GUYS THAT ARE COMMITTING CRIMES. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ONE MORE ABOUT ACCEPTING THIS GRANTS. WHAT IS THE -- ARE THERE ANY ATTACHMENT ON IMMIGRATION OR ANY
THINGS THROUGH THE CITY THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS? AND HOW IS THAT RELATED TO IMMIGRATION, ACCEPTING THESE GRANTS? I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD THAT. BUT IF THERE'S ANY CITY ATTORNEYS HERE ACCEPTG THE GRANTS, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, CITY ATTORNEYS WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS AMY SCHUTT, LEAD ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, TO YOUR
QUESTION GENERALLY SPEAKING ABOUT PROBLEMATIC GRANT TERMS. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE THESE TERMS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND THAT IS THE REASON THAT MY OFFICE HAS SET UP A PROCESS FOR REVIEWING TERMS FOR ALL GRANTS THAT THE CITY IS APPLYING FOR. SO THIS GRANT AS
WAS MENTIONED, WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS JUST AS MANY OTHER GRANTS DO. I HAPPENED TO BE THE ONE WHO RECEIVED THAT FOR REVIEW AND I REVIEWED THE GRANT AND ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS REFERENCED IN THAT NOFO FOR ANY PROBLEMATIC TERMS
AND CONDITIONS. THAT INCLUDES TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WOULD SEPARATE THE ORDINANCE. AS WELL AS ANY TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY TO ACT IN A WAY THAT IS ANTITHETICAL TO OUR VALUES. MY DETERMINATION IN
REVIEWING THOSE DOCUMENTS WAS THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY -- THERE'S NO INFORMATION IN IT AT THIS POINT THAT DOES REQUIRE US TO ACT IN A WAY THAT IS ANTITHETICAL TO OUR VALUES.
WHILE IT DOES HAVE PROBLEMATIC LANGUAGE IN IT, IT HAS INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IN IT RELATED TO OUR UNDOCUMENTED NEIGHBORS. THAT LANGUAGE DOESN'T IMPLICATE ACTIONS OF THE CITY THAT WOULD FORCE US TO NOT ACCEPT THE GRANT.
>> THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THAT. I WILL SUPPORT THIS ACCEPTING THIS GRANTS. ALSO THAT I DISAGREE WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT ADMINISTRATION SAYS. BUT AS A CITY, IF WE'RE
FOLLOWING OUR SEPARATION ORDINANCE AND DOING THE RIGHT THING AND DOING THE VETTING, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO CONTROL WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION SAYS BUT WE JUST GOTTA KEEP ING AND DOING WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS SAFE. AND THIS GRANT HELPS OUR
POLICE OFFICERS CAPTURE THE BAD GUYS AND PUT THEM IN JUSTICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT COMMITTING MORE CRIMES. AND THIS IS A TOOL THAT COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLANATION THAT
THIS IS NOTHING TO DO WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. BUT AGAIN, WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OUR PRESIDENT SAYS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.
>> FIRST, I'LL SAY I AGREE WHOLE HEARTEDLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ'S ADMINGS OF THE LANGUAGE
USED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HERE. THIS IS IMPORTANT LANGUAGE AND ALSO AGREE TO GET THIS MACHINE'S UPKEEP FUNDED. THE TERMS OF THIS GRANT AS THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST MENTIONED ARE WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. NONE OF
THESE TERMS REQUIRE US TO ACT IN A WAY DIFFERENT TO OUR COMMON VALUES HERE. JUST YESTERDAY I WAS SPEAKING WITH A LOCAL UPTOWN RESTAURANT OWNER WHO HAD SHOTS FIRED INTO THEIR RESTAURANT LAST
WEEK, AT THEIR RESTAURANT MANAGER THROUGH A WINDOW. AND THIS TEAM OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES LIVES IN FEAR AND HAS BEEN WAITING ANXIOUSLY, EAGERLY, TO GET THOSE CASINGS PROCESSED. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COMMANDER
BROWN. COMMANDER BROWN, YOU MENTIONED THE MPD MEETS THE ATF'S GOLD STANDARDS FOR NIBIN ENTRY AND IT'S TWO-BUSINESS DAYS. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE MEETING THAT. YOU'RE PROUD OF
THAT. DOES THAT MEAN REENTRY IS GETTING RESULTS? >> YES, IT GETS ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM WITHIN TWO DAYS. IF IT WAS A CASE THAT WAS GIVEN A SPEEDY, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A RESPONSE. IT COULD BE UP TO
SIX DAYS. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE SPECIFIC, I CAN PROVIDE A FORENSIC DIRECTOR U HERE. >> I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO WE END UP WITH BACKLOGS BASED ON A NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY THESE LAST TWO WEEKS OR IS THAT NOT REALLY A THING?
>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BACKLOGS BECAUSE WE BASICALLY PAY IT FORWARD BY PROCESSING EVERYTHING AS WE GET IT. ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING IS A HURRY DOESN'T HAPPEN. >> OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. THAT IS
HELPFUL, AND IT'S HELPFUL AS WE CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE. BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP OUR NIBIN SYSTEMS COMPLETELY UP TO DATE AND PROCESSING THINGS QUICKLY LIKE THIS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED IN THE SLIDE. EQUIPMENT BREAKING DOWN OR HAVING PROBLEMS OR NOT
BEING ABLE TO GET REPLACEMENT PARTS. LIKE, THIS IS PROBLEMATIC. IT IMPACTS VICTIMS WHO ARE SHOT AT. IT IMPACTS AN INVESTIGATION. IT MEANS LESS CASES WILL GET SOLVED. SO THAT IS WHY I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. A QUESTION FOR MPD. DO WE HAVE CONFIRMATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THEY WOULD INTERPRET US ACCEPTING THIS GRANT AS HAVING US TO ENFORCE
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT LAWS? >> I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AT ALL. I KNOW THAT -- >> YOU HAVEN'T? >> I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SPOKEN THROUGH THEM. I KNOW OUR CITY ATRNEY'S OFFICE IS LKING AT
WHAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO DO UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. AND THAT WAS EXPRESSED EARLIER. >> CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? >> YES, MS. SCHUTT. >> WHY IS EVERYBODY LKING AT ME LIKE THAT? I GET TO ASK THESE
QUESTIONS IF IT'S TALKING ABOUT MY COMMUNITY. >> I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THE LAST THING THAT YOU SAID. >> HAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNICED WITH US THAT IF WE WERE TO APPLY AND ACCEPT THIS GRANT THAT WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO DO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT?
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW SURROUNDING THIS AREA. >> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE APPLYING FOR A GRANT THAT TALKS ABOUT QUOTE ILLEGAL ALIENS AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING THAT INFORMATION? SO I
WOULD LIKE THAT AS A FOLLOW UP TO GET AN ANSWER TO THAT. COLLEAGUES, THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A VOTE TO APPROVE THIS. IT NEEDS SEVEN VOTES. IT'S GOI TO NEED NINE VOTES ANYWAY. SO I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION
THAT I'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S EXPRESSING CONCERNS OF THIS LANGUAGE IN THE NOFO. CALLS THEM ILLEGAL, CALLS THEM ALIEN, AND PUTS REQUIREMENTS IF THIS GETS ACCEPTED. BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT IS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THINGS THAT ARE GOING
TO BE HURTING OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. I'LL BE REACHING OUT AND I'LL BE ATTACHING IT TO THIS NOFO. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. CLERKS, DID YOU GET THAT? >> YES, MADAM CHAIR. THE QUESTION RELATED TO WHETHER OR
NOT THERE'S BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT THIS ONE. >> COMMUNICATION AND THEN IF THERE IS A WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OF IF ENTERING INTO THIS GRANT AGREEMENT, IT WOULD
BE INTERPRETED INTO ENFORCING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AS DETAILED IN THE BIDENED FUND ACT. >> THANK YOU. >> I PUT MYSELF I QUEUE NEXT. I THINK WE NEED TO JUST SAY WHAT TH ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS.
THIS IS LIKE A DEEPLY, DEEPLY TOH POSITION THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ARE IN. MYSELF, INCLUDED. AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY CLEARLY COMMUNICATED IN OUR AGENDA SETTING BECAUSE THE NOFO
HAS LAID OUT LANGUAGE FOR PURPOSE OF FUNDING THAT DOES SPEAK TO OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN DEHUMANIZING WAYS, REFLECTIVE OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD IN OPERATION METRO SURGE. AND I THINK FROM WHERE I SIT, THE FEELINGS THAT MEMBERS OF THIS
BODY HAVE AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL HAVE IN UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING AND WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM ARE VALID. IT'S UNSURPRISING TO ME THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING HARD REACTIONS TO THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE REALITY OF THIS. I THINK THE
QUESTION BEFORE US IS SHOULD WE APPLY FOR THIS GRANT OR NOT. THAT'S LARGELY A GOVERNANCE APPR APPROACH. FOR ME, I AM PERSONALLY TROUBLED THAT THIS
COMES FROM THE BRIDGING IMMIGRATION DEFICITS EXPERIENCED NATIONWIDE PROGRAM. BASICALLY, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT REIMBURSEMENT FUND FOR STATE GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, OTHER UNITS. AND IT'S KIND OF HARD F US TO SEPARATE THAT. I
DON'T OBJECT TO NIBIN. I UNDERSTAND THE TOOL. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN SHOWING CLEAR DELIVERABLES. I DON'T THINK NOT APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT MEANS WE DON'T UPDATE IT. IT DOES MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE
TO LK TO OUR OWN BUDGET TO D IT. WHICH IS ALWAYS THE CHANCE IF FOR SOME REASON, ONE, WE APPLY AND THIS DSN'T GET ACCEPTED. TWO, WE APPLY AND THERE'S TERMS WE CAN'T AGREE TO BECAUSE THE SAME REVIEW THAT THE
CITY ATTORNEYS DO IN APPLYIN FOR SAID GRANT, THATAME LEVEL OF SCRUTIN HAS TO HAPPEN AGAIN ONCE THE GRANT IS BEFORE US. AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THINGS
TO WEIGH. I DO WANT TO JT ASK A QUESTION, AND I NOTICED THIS LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS PREPPING FOR COMMITTEE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IN ORDER FOR US TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT, IT HAS TO PASS THROUGH THIS BODY. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH FINAL ACTION ON
THURSDAY. AND THEN IT HAS TO BE SIGNED OFF BY THE MAYOR. AND OUR FINAL VOTEN THIS IS ON THE 30th. I NOTICED THAT THE DEADLINES LISTED IN THE NOFO ARE BEYOND THAT TIME. SO THE
GRANTS.GOV DEADLINE IS 7/27. WHICH IS NOW PASSED. AND THE JUST GRANTS DEADLINE IS 7/29, WHICH IS TOMORROW BEFORE OUR COUNCIL MEETING. I'M WONDERING HOW ARE WE APPLYING FOR THIS IF
IT'S PAST DEADLINE? >> MADAM CHAIR, ACTUALLY, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT IT'S BEEN EXTENDED BEYOND THAT. I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST. I CAN GET YOU THE EXACT DATE IF YOU'D LIKE. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. IF YOU WANTED -- IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL IT UP OR IF YOU WANT TO DO IT V ADMINISTRATIVE
FOLLOW-UP. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. YEAH. LET'S DO ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP, COMMANDER. DON'T WORRY ABOUT PULLING IT UP. IF YOU CAN GET IT AND SEND IT OUT VIA EMAIL, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. THOSE ARE
MY COMMENTS. AND I MEAN, GIVEN THE NATUREF THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ASKED, AND JUST LIKE FROM MY VIEWPOINT ON THE GOVERNANCE APPROACH IS I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL
COMFORTABLE ENTERING INTO THIS GRANT. AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENCY ON THE NOFO. WE HAD GRANTS COME BEFORE US, LIKE THE BURN GRANT, THAT DIDN'T HAVE THIS TYPE OF LANGUAGE AND DIDN'T COME FROM THIS BIDENED FUND THAT
WAS PREDICATED ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. SO I WILL NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDE PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PARTICULARLY MS. SCHUTT. I THINK THIS IS REALLY DILIGENT LEGAL ANALYSIS.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MS. ROBINSON, MS. LATHROP. WE JUST RECENTLY WON A CASE IN THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT PROTECTING OUR SEPARATION ORDINANCE. I MEAN, OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS FIGHTING DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO REALLY STAND UP FOR THE VALUES OF THE
CITY. AND I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT TS IS ACTIVE AND ONGOING LITIGATION AND LEGAL CONFLICT WITH THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID AT THE BEGINNING OF 2025 WAS AUTHORIZE THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PROACTIVELY ENGAGE WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN WE RENEWED THAT BECAUSE WE HAD SET AN EXPIRATION DATE FOR THE END OF 2025. WHEN WE REALIZED FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE AN ACTIVE LITIGATION AND ACTIVELY FIGHTING OUT THE
VALUES OF THIS CITY. THAT'S JUST THE BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT I WANT TO SHARE WITH WHY I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT OPERATING IN A REALLY STABLE LEGAL TERRAIN RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. THIS
LANGUAGE IS EXTRAORDINARILY TROUBLING AS COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS HIGHLIGHTED. AND WE'VE GOT STRONG LEGAL ANALYSIS. BUT THAT LEGAL ANALYSIS I BASED ON TODAY'S CASE LAW. AND WE ARE NOT DONE LITIGATING WHAT THAT CASE LAW IS GOING TO BE AS IT RELATES TO OUR RELATIONSHIP TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO IF WE WERE UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMA CIRCUMSTANCES, I MEAN, THE VALUE IS CLEAR. THE NEED IS CLEAR. I AM HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
NOT OPERATING UNDER A DISMANTLED SYSTEM. WE HAVE A FUNCTIONING SYSTEM. WE ARE AT RISK JUST DUE TO AGE THAT THAT SYSTEM WON'T BE FUNCTIONING ANYMORE. BUT IT'S NOT A NON-FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM AT THIS TIME. AND I JUST THI THAT THE RISK OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, LIKE EVEN WH STRONG LEGAL ANALYSIS, WHICH I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK THAT STRONG LEGAL ANALYSIS REALLY MATTERS WHEN THEY WIL EXECUTE OUR RESIDENTS. WHEN THEY WILL ASSAULT ME PERSONALLY. I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT BIASED
HERE. BUT MY OWN PERSONAL 4TH AMENDMENRIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. NOT HYPOTHETICALLY, LITERALLY. AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT RISK IS WORTH IT AT THIS TIME. AND MAYBE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY STRONG LEGAL
PROTECTIONS IF THIS DOES MOVE FORWARD. BUT AGAIN, THIS DOES HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A FINAL VOTE. BUT I DON'T EVEN WANT TO ENTERTAIN IT AT THIS TIME GIVEN THAT CONTEXT. IN FACT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO FORWARD THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. IF
THERE'S A SECOND FOR THAT. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I DON'T
KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED, BUT MY QUESTION REALLY IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. BECAUSE I DO THINK YOU GET TO ASK WHATEVER QUESTION YOU WANT. TO COUIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, THE QUESTION IS YOU RAISED THE POINT ABOUT LIKE WHAT WE' REQUIRED TO DO. WITH
THE CONTRACT. AND I'VE BEEN WAITINGOR CLOSE TO TWO YEARS FOR DOLLARS TO BE RELEASED FROM THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIO BASED LANGUAGE THAT THEY, LIKE, VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED IN A CONTRACT FOR A
RAILROAD GRANT THAT LITERALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IMMIGRATION SERVICES. AND SO THEY HAD ACTUAL LANGUAGE IN THIS CONTRACT THAT SAID WE NEEDED TO WORK WITH ICE, ESSENTIALLY, TO
GET THE MONEY, AND WE HAD TO LITIGATE THAT FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. I MEAN, IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC. IT WAS NOT VAGUE AT ALL. THERE WAS NO QUESTION WHAT THEY WERE REQUIRING FOR US TO DO, AND THAT IS WHY WE REJECTED THE GRANT. SO MAYBE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, I MEAN, THE THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN IN LITIGATION HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT LIKE WHAT THE EXPECTATION WAS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR US TO RECEIVE MONEY, I THOUGHT. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, SO I BELIEVE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONNECTING CAMDEN GRANT WHICH IS STILL PEING. >> YES. >> AND IT DID HAVE LANGUAGE IN THIS PERTAINING TO ICE AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. ECIFICALLY, SOME OF THE SIMILAR TERMS TO WHAT WE SAW HERE. AND WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE
INJUNCTION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THOSE TERMS. AND SO WE HAVE, TO YOUR POINT, NEGOTIATED THOSE TERMS OUT TO THAT GRANT SO THAT THE GRANT IS STILL NOT COMPLETE, TO YOUR POINT. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR FINAL SIGNATURE ON
THAT GRANT. BUT THE DRAFT OF THE GRANT THAT IS THE MOST RECENT GRANT DOES HAVE AN EXCEPTION TO THOSE TERMS DUE TO THE LAWSUITS WE NEGOTIATED. >> I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT HERE IS NONE OF THIS MONEY WE WANT TO COMPROMISE WHAT
WE FEEL AS A CITY. NOT ONLY WAS THE CONNECTING CAMDEN GRANT, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY, REJECTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, I THINK ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAME IN WITH THAT SORT OF LANGUAGE HAS BEEN REJECTED. AND WE WORKED AS A CITY
ENTERPRISE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T COMPROMISE OURSELVES OR THE RESIDENTS LIKE THAT. I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO ASK THIS BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS KEEP COMING UP. LIKE IS THIS GOING TO BE THE SAME THING FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? ARE
OUR CITY ATTORNEYS AND THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE SAME WAY WEAVE SINCE THIS ADMINISTRATION TOO OFFICE? LIKE IS THAT THE COMMITMENT FROM ALL OF US AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR ARE WE WILLING TO
COMPROMISE WHO WE ARE AS LEADERS AND LET SOMETHING SLIP THROUGH? I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE CASE HERE. AND SO I'M OKAY WITH SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MANY CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH NOT ONLY THE ATTORNEYS FOLKS THAT ARE SUING ALONG WITH
OUR CITY IN LAWSUITS SIMILAR. OTHER CITIES WHO'VE HAD TO SUE, THAT WE'VE HAD TO MODEL WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE WON'T COMPROMISE WHO WE ARE AS A CITY TO RECEIVEONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GORNMENT AT ALL. LIKE I THINK THAT'S BEEN CLEAR SINCE
DAY ONE. THAT WE WILL NOT DO THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO
COMPROMISE OUR RESIDENTS. WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF EXPRESSING THAT'S NOT HOW WE ROLL AROUND HERE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD COME INTO THIS CHAMBERS BEFORE THIS BODY, BEFORE THE MAYOR, BEFORE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY THINK WOULD
COMPROMISE WHAT WE'VE STATED VERY CLEARLY ON OUR OWN PERSONAL PLATFORMS, PROFESSIONAL PLATFORMS. I THINK EVERY SINGLE THING WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OF THIS ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN AROUND,
WE'RE STANDING TOGETHER AS A CITY. AND IF THE ONE THING WE CAN AGREE ON FIGHTING, IT IS THIS ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE COMPRISING WHO WE ARE AS MINNEAPOLIS. SO I'M HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I'M ALSO CONFIDENT IN THAT IF
SOMETHING CAME UP NOT ONLY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I KNOW YOU ALL CERTAINLY N'T WANT ANOTHER SCANDAL ON YOUR HANDS. AND SO I'M CERTAIN THAT FOLKS WILL COME AND TALK TO US IF SOMETHING IS OUT OF ORDER HERE. BUT WE HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT WT THIS DS FOR -- WHAT THIS GRANT WILL DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE IN A BUDGET CRISIS RIGHT NOW. LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. IF THIS GRANT CAN ASSIST US IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST TRY. IF
METHING COMES UP THAT IS COMPROMISING US, THEN I'M WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, I SAY NO, PERIOD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITG. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
AND PROBABLY A FEW QUESTIONS. I THINK WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT PROGRAM AND KIND OF GRANTS. I'M TRYING TO GET A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND WHAT THIS GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. AND SO FOR KIND OF THE LANGUAGE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ IS
SPEAKING TO, AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT, WITHIN THE KIND OF NOFO, THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, CAN YOU -- AT WHICH YOU CAN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO US ABOUT WHAT NOFOs ARE
BROADLY AND WHERE THIS LANGUAGE IS COMING FROM? >> SURE. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITG, NOFOs ARE NOTICES OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. THEY ARE DOCUMENTS PUT OUT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENTS AT
VARIOUS LEVELS PROVIDING SOMETIMES COMPETITIVE AND SOMETIMES UNIFORM GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. SO ANY INTERESTED PARTY CAN READ THE NOFO AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING. SO THIS
PARTICULAR NOFO IS FOR THE -- I FORGET THE NAME. IT IS LONG. THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED BALLISTIC INFORMATION MODERNIZATION PROGRAM THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. AND THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM, THE NIBIN PROGRAM,
FOR SHORT, COMES FROM A RECENTLY PASSED SECTION OF TRUMP'S I BELIEVE IT'S THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. THE PTICULAR SECTION OF THAT BILL THAT AUTHORIZED THIS GRANT PROGRAM
AND FUNDING HAS LANGUAGE IN IT RELATED TO VARIOUS THINGSHAT THE GRANT FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR. AND AMONG THOSE THINGS ARE USES SUCH AS ENHANCING THE
CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENTS TO LOCATE AND APPREHEND QUOTE ALIENS WHO HAVE COMMITTED -- AND LANGUAGES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ READ. THOSE ARE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWABLE UNDER THAT AUTHORIZING STATUTE. THEY
ARE NOT THE ONLY USES OF FUNDING ALLOWABLE UNDER THAT STATUTE. >> THANK YOU. AND JUSTO I CAN K THESE KIND OF NOFOS ALLOW FOR A PURPOSE OF FUNDING ANDSE
ARE, TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ'S POINT, LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR AVENUES SUCH AS APPREHEND ALIENS OR ILLEGAL ALIENS AS NOTED IN THE NOFO. BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT REQUIRES IN EITHER THE NOFO OR
AN ATTACHED MOU, THE'S NOTHING THAT REQUIS THIS GRANT TO BE USEDOR THOSE SPECIFIC PURPOSES. >> THAT'S CORRECT. THE SECTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ READ FROM WAS FROM THE FIRST SECTION OF THE NOFO. THE PURPOSES. BUT
THAT IS NOT THE SECTION THAT IS REQUIRED USE OF FUNDING. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS FUNDING SECTION THAT INCLUDES MORE SPECIFIC TARGETED USES OF THE FUNDS, AND THEN AS I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL
YOU MORE ABOUT, AS AN APPLICANT, YOU PROVIDE A PROGRAM NARRATIVE OF HOW YOU INTEND TOSE THE FUNDS THAT COMPORTSITH THOSE GOALS AND OBCTIVES. >> THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BALLISTIC TESTING, AND I REALLY WANT TO SOLVE THE UNSOLVED
MURDERS AND HOMICIDES AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT HAVE PERPETUATED VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T SUSPECT THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO APPEAR TO
BE ONE WAY TOWARDS US CAN BE ANOTHER WAY TOWARDS SOMETHING ELSE. AND I DON'T KNOW HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, I'VE NEVER SEEN AN ALIEN BORE IN MY LIFE. OKAY. I'VE NEVER SEEN A
SPACESHIP PULL UP. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY GREEN JUMP UP OFF OF THERE OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORTS. BUT IF THEY COME HERE AND CUTTING UP, I NEED TO KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING PUT IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN DEAL WITH THOSE
PEOPLE ACCORDINGLY. I KNOW THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTING CRIMES, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE DID NOT SUSPECT BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE DOING. THEY APPEARED ONE WAY TO US AND THEY DO SOMETHING ELSE
SOMEWHERE ELSE. MARILYN MANSON, GREAT PERSON. WONDERFUL DAD. ALL OF THESE GREAT THINGS. BUT THEN A HEINOUS SERIAL KILLER DOING METHING ELSE. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. BUT IF THIS MACHINE AND THIS EQUIPMENT AND THESE
TESTINGS ARE GOING TO PROVE THAT SOMEONE WAS INVOLVED OR THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACE IT BACK TO FIREARMS LIKE I WANT TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON THAT PART OF SOLVING CRIMES BECAUSE I JUST REALLY WANT SAFER COMMUNITIES. AND IF IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO END
UP APPREHENDING SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EVEN IN LAW ENFORCENT OR APPREHENDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN OTHER FIELDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING, THEN GUESS WHAT? NOBODY IS WITHOUT BEING REPROVED. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT. SO IF THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE
IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE CHARGING PEOPLE APPROPRIATE WITH THE CRIMES THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED AND ACCOUNTABITY IS GOING TO BE PRESENT, THEN SIGN ME UP TWICE. I DON'T BELIEVE IN
INDIVIDUALS BEING TARGETED AROUND ANY TYPEF IMMIGRATION STATUS A ALL WHATSOEVER. DO NOT TARGET ANYONE BASED ON THEIR CITIZENSHIP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE NEVER HAVE SEEN AN ALIEN BEFORE IN MY LIFE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO
THIS GRANT APPLICATION THING IS CALLING ALIENS BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY. BUT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTING CRIMES WHO ARE DOING THINGS OUT HERE THAT THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS DOING, THEN THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY. AND I WAS HOPING THAT THERE WAS A PLAN
IN ORDER TO GET THEM OFF OF THE STREET SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN GO ON WITH THEIR NATURAL LIVES. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. AND SO I'M INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE I WANT CRIMES SOLVED. I DO. THERE IS A LOT OF
SITUATIONS WITH UNSOLVED MURDERS AND CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND ELDERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED AND INJURED BY FIREARMS, AND I JUST WANT ANY WAY THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, THEN LET'S
GO WITH THAT METHOD OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CRIMES THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED. >> THANK YOU. >> THE END. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WHEN THEY'RE SAYING ALIENS, THEY'RE REFERRING TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THE CONTEXT THEY'RE EXPLICITLY NAMING UNDOCUMENTED NEIGHBORS AS ALIENS
AND ILLEGAL. I WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SHARE THE LANGUAGE THAT I HAVE DRAFTED ON A RESOLUTION THAT I WL BETTACHING TO THIS NOFO THAT LITERALLY CONDEMNS THE WAY OUR UNDOCUMENTED NEIGHBORS ARE BEING CALLED ON IN THIS
DOCUMENT THAT PUTS REQUIREMENTS ON THIS, IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SEEKING THIS GRANT ASKING FOR WRITTEN CLARIFICATION FROM THIS AGENCY ON IF THEY WOULD INTERPRET OUR SEPARATION ORDINANCE BEING IN VIOLATION IF
WE WOULD SEEK THIS. WHAT THEY WOULD MEAN BY DHS NOTICE. WHETHER THEY WOULD INTERPRET US ACCEPTING THIS GRANT, US VIOLATING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE BECAUSE CIVIL RIGHTS IS MENTIONED IN THIS NOFO, AND OTHER STUFF THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE WRITTEN CLARIFICATION
FROM. BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T BELIEVE IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE KNOWN TO LIE ABOUT COMING TO MINNEAPOLIS TO ADDRESS CRIME, BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS TAKING INNOCENT MOMS, FATHERS AND DADS AWAY FROM OUR CITY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF FOLKS ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THIS, I'M GOING TO ATTACH A RESOLUTION BECAUSE I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT MY CONSTITUENTS AND MAKING SURE THE CITY IS NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES, I'LL BE BRIEF. THANK
YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR SHARING YOUR HEART. AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU BRING FORWARD AROUND THIS RESOLUTION. AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INDEED ATTACH, I APPRECIATE THAT WORK. I ASKED TODAY I HAVE TO SAY ON THE HEELS OF WARD 7 BEING ON THE
BORDER OF WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK AND THE TREMENDOUS VIOLENCE, THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO SUPPORT. WE SEE WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY BRINGS TO INSIGHT FOR MPD IN TRYING TO
FIND OUT THE PERPETRATORS OF SOME OF THESE CRIMES. AND WE CANNOT HAVE THIS BECOME THE NORM ON OURSTREETS. WE NEED THESE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE WHO ARE COMMITTING THESE HEINOUS CRIMES. AND GET THEM OFF THE STREETS. AND SO I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS. I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED AT THE CONVERSATION. BUT WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR PROCESS . BUT I JUST REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR THE THOUGHTS TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? >> I MOVED FOR FORWARDING WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. THAT WAS SECONDED.
>> GREAT. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN DISCUSSION. SO ON THE MOTION, CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE.
>> WARREN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 11 AYES.
>> THAT MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM IS A STAFF DIRECTIVE FR COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER AND VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. IT IS RELATED TO THE BUDGET PROCESS AND ANALYZES OTHER FACTORS. DO EITHER ONE OF THE AUTHORS WANT TO SPEAK MORE TO
THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES. THIS IS JUST A STAFF DIRECTIVE. AS WE HEAD INTO OUR BUDGET SEASON LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES, OTHER PROCESSES MIGHT BE HAPPENING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TO GLEAN INFORMATION
FROM. AND HAVE TALKED WITH LRO STAFF ABOUT THIS AND I'VE INVITED ANDREW TO COME AND GIVE JUST A BRIEF COUPLE MINUTE OVERVIEW OF WHERE THIS DIRECTION WOULD HEAD.
>> WELCOME, UP, MR. HOGGINS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, VICE VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI, MY NAME IS ANDREW HOGGINS. THE STAFF
DIRECTION RESEMBLES A LOT OF THE PIECES THAT WE SEE I STAFF DIRECTIONSLRO I THAT IT ASKS US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE LANDSCAPE OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET PROCESS AS IT EXISTS IN COMPARABLE CITIES AND PULL OUT ANY EXAMPLES THAT WOULD BENEFIT
THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AS WE KINDA HEAD INTO THIS TRANSITION FOLLOWING THE MAYOR'S BUDGET ADDRESS AND DELIVERY ON TH24th OF AUGUST TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING TIMELY TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN ADVANCE OF THAT
TIMELINE SO THAT ANY TOOLS THAT WE OBSERVE ACROSS OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND COMPARABLE BODIES TO LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT ARE ABLE TO BE CONSERED AND KIND OF ADOPTED FOR USE IN THIS PROCESS. THIS SHOULD COME TO NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THIS WILL BE A
CHALLENGING BUDGET PROCESS. ONE THING THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A BIT OF AGREEMENT ON. FROM OUR STANDPOINT, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THIS BODY WITH CONSIDERATIONS AS THIS PROCESS BEGINS IS SOMETHING THA WE WANT TOURSUE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT
MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL RETURN TO OUR RECEIVE AND FILE PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL'S WORK SO FAR
IN 2026. I'LL WELCOME UP ANDREW HOGGINS AGAIN FROM THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH OVERSIGHT TEAM FOR THIS PRESENTATION. >> ALL RIGHT. HELLO AGAIN. I WON'T INTRODUCE MYSELF TWICE. SO
FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK THE ONE THING YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTICE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, STARTING IN 2026, THE ROLE OF REPORTING BACK OF THE REPORT, WE TOOK THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR TO IMPLEMENT THE DASHBOARD
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LINKED AND QR CODED AND WILL LINKED TO OUR WEBSITE SHORTLY. HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS MORE TRANSPARENT, PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE
BODY SO THAT THEOUNCIL AND IT'S COMMITTEES FOR CONSIDERATION ON ANY GIVEN WEEK. THIS PRESENTATION FOCUSES A LOT MORE ONIND OF WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDED. I THINK SUBSEQUENTLY FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS WE'LL BE ABLE TO FOCUS
ON EXPANDED FUNCTIONALITY AND ADDITIONAL DATE POINTS AND DO A CULMINATING REPORT ATHE END OF THE AR. HOWEVER, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ONE, IT'S ALMOST DELIBERATELY LIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DRAG
PEOPLE TO THE DASHBOARD ITSELF. TO GET FEEDBACK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE IMPROVING AS WE GO. SO AGAIN, LIKE A LOT OF OUR WORK, OUR KEY REASONS FOR TAKING THIS APPROACH WITH PUBLIC
TRANSPARENCY, HAVING PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD, ACCESSIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS COUNCIL. IT ALSO REDUCES A BURDEN ON ENTITIES. COUNCIL OFFICES THAT HAVE ISSUED LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, WHEN OUR OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR BRINGS
BACK AUDIT REPORTS THAT HAVE FINDINGS. HISTORICALLY THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE STATUS OF THOSE. REMEDIED BY THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS. AND SO I THINK MAKING THIS
TRANSPARENT AND ACCEPTABLE SIMPLIFIES THAT. THE ABILITY TO CALL THAT STUFF OUT WHEN WE SEE THERE'S THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. JUST AGAIN, THE ONE DATA POINT I DID INCLUDE TO HIGHLIGHT, 774
TOTAL COUNCIL ACTS. 520 ACTION ITEMS. THE ACTION ITEMS BREAK DOWN INTO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO CUT ACROSS THESE. I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON WHAT'S THE MOST IMPACTFUL. WE CERTAINLY CAN THROW OUT ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF STATS. BUT
IT'S IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH THE BODY AND GET SOME FEEDBACK TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE THE MOST INTERESTED IN TRACKING AND HOW WE BREAK THAT OUT ACCORDINGLY. THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY DUE TO THE SITUATION CREATED BY OPERATION METRO SURGE, LIKE THE SHIFT TO A
LOT OF WHAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY GONE THROUGH COMMITTEES TO THIS COMMITTEE CREATED CHALLENGES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON AS WE GO FORWARD. SIMILARLY FOR THE
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AND STAFF DIRECTIVE TRACKING THAT WE'RE DOING, WE HAVE OUR LROs DASHBOARD IS DIRECTLY PLUGGED INTO LIMS. UNFORTUNATELY, IN IS THE ONE AREA WHERE WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET UPDATES ON THE STATUS THROUGH
LIMS. I SHOULD ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO AMALIA FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE, AND TIM FROM IT FOR THEIR HELP PULLING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND GETTING EVERYTHING PUBLISHED IN TIME TO ENSURE WE HAD A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD
FOR ACCESSIBILITY TODAY. FOR THE ONGOING DIRECTIVES THAT WE'RE TRACKING, RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN, I NOTICED A COUPLE THAT SOMETIMES THEY COME THROUGH IN DIFFERENT FORMATS BASED ON MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR REQUEST. WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS REFLECTIVE. ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO REACH US OUT AND WE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S ADDED. BUT WE HAVE OCS QUARTERLY UPDATES. TECHNICALLY IT NEVER REALLY CLOSES SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO CAPTURE THAT CORRECTLY. I KNOW THE SHOTSPOTTER WILL BE RETURNING IN Q4 ALONG SIDE THE AUDIT RECORD ON THE SIMILAR TOPIC. THE SOUTH
LYNDALE MASTER CORRIDOR PROGRAM. I'M PRESENTING THAT ONE. THE NON-FATAL SHOOTING TASK FORCE. THERE WAS A QUARTERLY REPORT JUST PRESENTED ON 7-22. THAT'S ONE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY IN THE DASHBOARD ITSELF.
WHICH THERE'S A LINK AND QR CODE IF YOU WANT TO FIND ON THESE THAT I'M GOING TO POINT OUT ON A LATER SLIDE. THE ONES I WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT. THE RESIDENTIAL ORDINANCE. THREE-PART SERIES. THE FIRST WAS ON 5/13. 8/15 IS THE NEXT. AND THEN I KNOW THE
THRIVE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS A DATE OF 9/30. MOVING IN TO STAFF DIRECTIVES. WE HAD SIX THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED FROM JANUARY 1ST TO NOW. FOR THE EIGHT THAT ARE BEING TRACKED. I
KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER ONES THAT NEED TO GET ADDED IN HERE. I CAN SPEAK TO THE ONES FROM LRO. FOR THE CHARTER COMPLIANCE, MUNICIPALITY OVERSIGHT. THAT ONE IS ONGOING. CHARTER IS Q3
TARGET. THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICIES AND PRACTICES, THAT ONE ACTUALLY IS COMING FORWARD TO PHC NEXT CYCLE. PRESENTATION IN AUGUST. AND PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES IS ALSO TARGETING
AUGUST 25TH. AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY ON CUE FOR ASSIGNMENT. DASHBOARD USING THE LINK ASSUMING THERE'S INTERNET IN HERE, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS. IT CONTINUES TO BE UPDATED. IT PULLS IN A LOT OF
DATA. ANY TIME THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE KIND OF CLEAN UP AND BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS THAT I'M SURE WE'LL BE DOING FOR A LITTLE BIT. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FUNCTION ALMA MATER THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE BUILDING OUT. CUTTING ACROSS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES SO WE CAN DIVE IN TO WHAT'S HAPPENING
ACROSS DIFFERENT COMMITTEES TO GIVE PEOPLE THE MOST INSIGHT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FOR THINGS THAT ARE EITHER GOING THROUGH COUNCIL, THAT ARE COMING IN THE FUTURE, OR THAT WE JUST COMPLETED. WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS THE PREVIEW REVIEW PAGE. THIS IS THE FIRST TAB THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE WHEN THEY GO TO
THIS DASHBOARD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IT LOOKS FORWARD 14 DAYS AND BACKWARD 14 DAYS JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA FOR WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE. ALL OF THESE ITEMS, IF YOU CLICK THE MORE INFO TAB ON THE RIGHT SIDE,
WE DO HAVE LINKS TO THE LIMS FILES THEMSELVES. NEXT, WE HAVE THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE STATUS. THIS PULLS FROM A DIFFERENT DATA SOURCE BUT TRYING TO TRACK ALL THE DIRECTIVES WE HAVE OUTSTANDING. ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE WHO THE RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT
WAS. IF YOU HOVER OVER THE TAB ON THE RIGHT, IT HAS RESPONSIVE INFORMATION AT LEAST FOR THE ONES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING. THOSE WILL CONTAIN THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP
EVOLVING AND WE WANT TO COLOR CODE. FLAGS THAT TURN RED, YELLOW, GREEN, ET CETERA. AND LAST, YOU HAVE THE LIMS FILE SEARCH. SO AGAIN, THIS IS SIMILAR TO SEARCHING LIMS. IT HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTIONALITY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ADD FIELDS
IN THERE THAT YOU CAN SEARCH BY JUST TO FIND LEGISLATIVE FILES. WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP, IT WILL EVERYTHING FROM THE ENTIRETY OF THIS YEAR. IF YOU SEARCH THE LIMS FILE NUMBER OR SUBJECT FILE FIELD BY ANY SUBJECT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, IT WILL LIMIT THAT TO ANYTHING THAT WILL BE
RESPONSIVE TO THAT SEARCH. NEXT STEPS, LANDING PAGE. SO WE WANT TO HAVE A HOME PAGE THAT OUTLINES WHAT'S COVERED. HOW TO USE THIS DASHBOARD AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ADDED UPDATES
SO THIS IS UPDATED IN REAL TIME. IT ALSO DOES SORT OF ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE OUTSTANDING DIRECTIVES TO BE UPDATING THAT INFORMATION AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BECAUSE IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO THE DASHBOARD ITSELF AND REFLECT TO ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED. AND
EXPANSION OF FUNCTIONALITY THAT I TALKED ABOUT. ENSURE WE'RE BEING DELIBERATE ABOUT HOW WE BUILD IT OUT. HAVING A TAB THAT EXISTS WHERE WE CAN TRACK AUDIT FINDINGS AND THEIR RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO WILL ALLOW MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS
WHEN THEY COME UP SO WE'RE ENSURING THE CITY IS BEING DELIBERATE ABOUT HOW IT'S RESPONDING TO AUDIT FINDINGS. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TRE MIGHT BE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDREW. MEMBERS, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO
GET INTO QUEUE? PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOGGINS. I THINK THIS TRANSPARENC IS SO HELPFUL. I THINK OUR DAY-TO-DAY IS SUC A WHIRLWIND IT'S NICE TO
TAKE A STEP BACK, ZOOM OUT AND AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THAT GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS BUILDING TRUST AND FAITH IN WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT. APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT CAN SHARE TOO JUST FROM TALKING
TO STAFF WITH THE WILD CARD SEARCH. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT HAPPENS THAT WE CAN LOSE SIGHT. SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP, I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE MUCH WITH THAT THIS YEAR. I PULLED UP THE DASHBOARD. I THINK THERE WERE NINE DIFFERENT LEGISLATIVE FILES
THAT CAME UP ON THAT TOPIC THIS YEAR. IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ANY SPECIFIC TOPIC TO RESEARCH ALL THE LEGISLATIVE FILES TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND FOLLOW ALONG. >> WONDERFUL. NEXT, WE WILL GO
TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> COUPLE THINGS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DATA FORMAT UNDERNEATH THE ITEM WILDCARD SEARCH? I GET THIS QUERY FUNCTIONS AT THE TOP. BUT THEN FOR SOME REASON CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT WE SEE UNDERNEATH
THAT AND THE VALUE OF SEEING ALL THAT? >> YUP. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE AGAIN THAT PULLS FROM LIMS. THERE'S A LOT
OF DATA. THERE'S A LOT IN THE MORE INFO TAB. SO IF YOU HOVER OVER THAT IT WILL OPEN A BOX. WE'RE STILL ORGANIZING THAT AND EVERYTHING. IT'S THE LIMS FILE NUMBER. WHICH IS LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
IT WILL HAVE THE FILE SUBJECT. THE ACTION DATE IS GOING TO BE THE DATE THAT THE ACTION WAS TAKEN. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE IT IN ACTION. THOSE COLUMNS REFLECT THE TITLES AS THEY EXIST IN LIMS. IT'S SOMETHING WHERE I WANT TO UPDATE THEM. BUT WHEN I
START EDITORIALIZING THOSE, IT AFFECTS OTHER THINGS. THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO BE MORE DELIBERATE. IT WILL SHOW THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ACTION WAS TAKEN. AND SO ALSO IF YOU CLICK ON THE MORE INFO ON THE DASHBOARD ITSELF, THERE SHOULD
BE A LINK THAT POPS UP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BUBBLE THAT TAKES YOU TO THE ACTUAL LIMS FILE FOR EACH RESPECTIVE ONE. THE REASON THESE WERE PICKED IS TO SHOW WHERE THINGS ARE MOVING THROUGH. OBVIOUSLY, THIS YEAR BEING UNIQUE WHERE WE HAD CONSOLIDATION OF THINGS IN TO
COW FOR A WHILE, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AS MANY DIFFERENT COMMITTEES REFLECTED AS THERE WOULD NORMALLY BE. AS WE GO FORWARD, THAT WOULD BE POPULATED NOW THAT COMMITTEES ARE RUNNING IN THEIR NORMAL CAPACITY. WHAT THIS DOES THAT'S INTERESTING, JUST FOR THE TAILGATING
ORDINANCE, IS IT REALLY DOES SHOW THE LIFE CYCLE OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS. LIKE THE SOMETIMES COMPLEX ROUTE THEY CAN TAKE FROM INTRODUCTION TO REFERRAL AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ULTIMATELY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION. >> OKAY. SO IT'S KIND OF A
SCROLLING FUNCTION. IF YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE WORD TO PULL IT UP ON QUERY. >> CORRECT. I THINK THE DATE FUNCTION WAS ONE THAT WE CAN ADD AS WELL. BUT THE LIMS FILE SUBJECT. I MEAN, YOU CAN REALLY GO IN AND TYPE IN ANYTHING. SO
IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT -- I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING. SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES. IF YOU TYPE THAT IN TO THE LIMS FILE SUBJECT, EVERY FILE THAT HITS WITH THOSE WORDS WILL COME BACK. AND IF YOU WANT JUST LOOKING AT HOUSING, LOOKING AT PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU COULD KEYWORD
SEARCH IT. AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE FILE SUBJECT AS WELL AS THE ITEM TITLE, IT WILL PULL BACK ALL OF THOSE RESULTS. SO SOMETIMES, AGAIN, WE KNOW ROUGHLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR BUT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, IT CAN OFTEN BE HARD TO GO BACK AND IDENTIFY THOSE ITEMS.
I KNOW OUR ACTUAL LIMS SITE HAS SOME SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY. BUT THIS ONE OPERATES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. IT'S QUICKER TO SCROLL THROUGH BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE DASHBOARD ITSELF. IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE FULL LIMS FILE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL
YOUR WORK ON THIS. IT WILL BE INTERESTING. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR YEAR-TO-YEAR? LIKE WILL THIS ALL COLLAPSE INTO 2026 BUT IT WILL ALL -- YOU DO A QUERY IT WILL ALL PULL UP ONGOING YEARS? WHAT'S YOUR VISION?
>> THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION. THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WANT TO KEEP BUILDING. MORE IS MORE. SO THOUGH 26, 27, 28. IT WAS HARD GETTING IT TO DISPLAY
IN A WAY THAT WAS DIGESTIBLE IS WHEN WE HAVE COMMITTEES THAT CAN CHANGE NAMES. IT WILL START TO DISPLAY A LOT MORE. SOMETIMES IT'S NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. COMMITTEE A TO COMMITTEE B IN ANOTHER CYCLE. I THINK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO ADD IN EVEN HISTORICAL DATA IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. THIS IS SOMETHING WE INTEND TO CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE DATA AS WE MOVE FORWARD. >> IT'S VERY EXCITING AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. I AM NOT SEEING
ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE. SO I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THAT PRESENTATION AND REPORT. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 5. WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO RECEIVE RELATED TO OUR APPOINTED BOARDS
AND COMMISSION STATUS. I WILL INVITE UP JULIE HOFLAND FROM THE CITY CLERK'SFFICE TO KICK THIS PRESENTATION OFF. WELCOME.
>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'M JULIE HOVLAND, THE ABC PROGRAM MANAGER, AND I'M EXCITED TO SHARE OUR PROGRESS ON BOARD REFORM. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
VALUES ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE WAYS FOR RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. BECAUSE ABCs ARE OFFICIAL CITY GROUPS, THEIR WORK MUST ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL
FRAMEWORK AND THEIR OWN ENABLING LEGISLATION. ABC REFORM IS ABOUT MAKING IT EASIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. IT GIVES ABCs A CLEAR STRUCTURE TO THEIR WORK AND IT MAKES THEIR
WORK STAY ALIGNED WITH CITY PRIORITIES. IT ALSO SUPPORTS SMOOTHER, MORE MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY STAFF AND ABC BODIES. EVERY ABC HAS NOW BEEN
PLACED INTO A TIER. MOST OF OUR WORK HAS FOCUSED ON TIER THREE AND FOUR ADVISORY BODIES. IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS CREATING AND ACTIVELY USING STANDARDIZED TEMPLATES FOR PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENTS, BYLAWS RULES, AND ESTABLISHING RESOLUTIONS. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING. WE CREATED AND PUBLISHED COMPREHENSIVE ABC OPERATIONS MANUAL WITH ALL
POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND STANDARDS REGARDING ABCs IN ONE PLACE. WE ALSO COMPLETED MAJOR LIMS UPDATES, ADDING MUCH NEEDED AUTOMATION AND NEW TRACKING FEATURES FOR WAIVERS AND SERVICE RESTRICTIONS. A NEW MEMBER
PROFILE WAS DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED. THE REQUIRED ONLINE ETHICS TRAINING IS NOW ALIGNED WITH MEMBERS APPOINTED TERMS. THE TRAINING ITSELF WAS REDESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE MEMBER EXPERIENCE AND ENSURE CONTENT IS MORE RELEVANT. A MAYORAL
EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS SECURED AFFIRMING THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK AS THE CENTRAL AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ABC OPERATIONS. WE DELIVERED A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING COURSE FOR DEPARTMENT BOARD STAFF LIAISONS FOCUSING ON
ABC OPERATIONS, BEST PRACTICES AND COLLABORATION WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE. TO TRACK RECURRING ACTIVITIES, WE CREATED AN ANNUAL ABC OPERATIONS CALENDAR. WE REVAMPED MONTHLY
BSL TEAM MEETINGS TO INCLUDE A MIX OF QUARTERLY GROUP MEETINGS PAIRED WITH ONE ON ONE SESSIONS AND TECH LABS. IN 2025, WE CREATED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EIGHT TIER 3 ADVISORY BODIES AND
CREATED ONE TIER 4 WORK GROUP. FOLLOWING REMAINING TIER 3 BODIES WILL BE REFORMED THIS YEAR. LOOKING AHEAD TO 2027, WE PLAN TO REFORM OUR TIER 2 AND 5 BODIES. THESE WILL BE MORE COMPLEX BECAUSE THEY ARE ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE RATHER
THAN RESOLUTION. LIKE ALL DEVELOPING PROGRAMS, CHALLENGES HAVE EMERGED. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PINCHPOINTS IN THE ABC PROGRAM IS MANAGING RECRUITMENT CYCLES. AN AREA NOT DIRECTLY ADDRESSED
IN THE REFORM ORDINANCE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ASSUMED RECRUITMENT PROCESS TWO CYCLES SPRING AND FALL. EACH CYCLE INCLUDES ABOUT SEVEN STEPS FROM ADVERTISING A SEAT DURING OPEN
APPOINTMENTS TO HAVING A FULLY SEATED MEMBER READY TO SERVE. ONE CYCLE TAKES ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS. ABC RECRUITMENT WORKS A LOT LIKE AN HR HIRING PROCESS. WE TYPICALLY PROCESS OVER 400
APPLICATIONS A YEAR. HOWEVER, IN REALITY, WE ARE MANAGING THREE RECRUITMENT CYCLES: WINTER, SPRING AND FALL, PLUS MANY, MANY OFF-CYCLE APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS CAUSED BY UNSUCCESSFUL
RECRUITING, RESIGNATIONS, SEAT FORFEITURES AND OTHER FACTORS. THE NOMINATING AND APPOINTMENT PROCESSES IS IN BACKLOG. WITH ONLY 12 MONTHS IN A YEAR AND A
PROCESS THAT CAN STRETCH FOR MORE THAN 12 MONTHS, DELIVERING A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. IN 2027, WE HOPE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE THIS SYSTEM. OTHER ITEMS
UNDERWAY FOR NEXT YEAR INCLUDE CREATING AN ONLINE MEMBER OR ORIENTATION PROGRAM, IMPROVING HOW WE VET APPLICANTS, ENHANCING THE ON BOARDING AND OFF BOARDING EXPERIENCE FOR ABC MEMBERS, AND STANDARDIZING WORK PLANS AND
ANNUAL REPORTS. THANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ONABC REFORM. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION. DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. JUST WANTED TO NOTE JUST A LEVEL OF THANK YOU. I KNOW THIS IS A LARGE LIFT HERE. I KNOW I HELPED KIND OF ON THE OPPOSITE END WHEN I WAS IN THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND KNOW THE LARGE LIFT THAT COMES WITH ALL OF THESE ABCs BROADLY. IT IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF EFFORT. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. >> THANKS. >> OF COURSE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. YEAH, ALSO A BIG THANKS. SO MUCH OF YOUR WORK IS FOCUSED ON LOGISTICS. AND I ALSO WANT TO ELEVATE THE ROLE OF ABCs AND WHAT THEIR POTENTIAL IS TO BE PART OF OUR PARTNERS IN
GOVERNING. PART OF OUR PARTNERS IN POLICYMAKING. AND I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO ARE SO CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND THEY ARE FREQUENTLY EITHER CONFUSED WHEN THEY SHOW UP AT CITY HALL AND DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING OR EVEN FOR
THE FOLKS WHO SIGN UP TO BE ON AN ABC AND THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO GET THEIR VOICE REPRESENTED IN POLICY. NOT ONLY FOR US TO GET THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING PEOPLE ONBOARDED AND GETTING APPLICATIONS REVIEWED, WE ON THE DAIS NEED TO DO A
BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE WE'RE EMPOWERING THOSE VOICES AND PUTTING THEM INTO ACTION. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE HOWEVER MANY PHASES OF REFORM THAT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST ONE DISTINCT PHASE. AND I'M HAPPY TO BE A PARTNER IN FURING THAT OUT. >> YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT. FLSH.
>> THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT. THIS AND JUST SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS. I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT BECAUSE COMING IN AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, IT WAS PRETTY TASKING TO LOOK THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS AND HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DECIDE AND UNDERSTAND AND GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. SO TO CENTRALIZE THE INFORMATION
AND CREATE A WHOLE -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. YES. >> THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THAT PRESENTATION AND REPORT. NOW I WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER
WHITING TO CHAIR OUR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO HOLD ON THAT JUST ONE SECOND. DID YOU HAVE? >> [ OFF-MIC COMMENTS ].
>> THAT'S RIGHT. PERFECT. OKAY. NOW WE'LL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. SWITCHING ON
OVER TO OUR SETTLEMT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE SUBCOMMITTEE. OUR CONSENT DECREE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE HAS TWO ITEMS ON ITS AGENDA TODAY. FIRST IS A PRESENTATION RELATED TO AN UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTING THE REFORMS WITHIN THE PROPOSED
CONSENT DECREE. I'LL INVITE OUR CITY ATTORNEY KRISTYN ANDERSON. THANK YOU. >> HELLO, CHAIR WHITING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S NICE TO SEE THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S BEEN A BIT OF TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
COME A BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS. I'M ALWAYS PLEASE TO COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION. MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS REALLY AN UPDATE ON THE WORK THAT THE ENTERPRISE HAS BEEN DOING ON IMPLEMENTING THE REFORMS OF THE CONSENT DECREE. AND JUST FOR
KIND OF BASELINE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NEW AND/OR WATCHING, WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF IN PLAY IN TERMS OF POLICE REFORM: ONE IS AN ACTUAL COURT ENFORCEABLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RIGHTS THAT WE ENTERED INTO AND WAS ISSUED AS A COURT ORDER IN JULY OF 2023. AGAIN, COURT ENFORCEABLE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKINGN THAT PROJECT OF POLICE REFORM REALLY FRANKLY
FROM BEFORE THEN ONCE IT WAS NEGOTIATED. BUT ALSO THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT RESULTED IN A NEGOTIATION FOR WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE. AGREEMENT OVER THE COURSE OF, I MEAN, ACTUALLY, WE NEGOTIATED IT PRETTY FAST. AND COMPLETED THE NEGOTIATIONS AND WENT TO COURT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OFUSTICE
DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ASKING FOR THE COURT TO ISSUE THAT AS A COURT ORDER AND THEN THERE WAS THE CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATIONS AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY DISMISSED THE LAWSUIT AND WALKED
AWAY FROM THE CONSENT DECREE. SO MAYOR FREY DETERMINED THAT ALTHOUGH WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE A FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE IN COURT, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO STILL DO THE REFORMS THAT WE HAD NEGOTIATED IN THAT CONSENT DECREE. AND SO HE ISSUED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IMPLEMENT THE REFORMS IN THE CONSENT DEGREE AND THOSE REFORMS ARE REALLY DEFINED AS REFORMS THAT ARE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THOSE THAT EXIST IN THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT. SO WE REALLY HAVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND THERE ARE PROVISIONS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT ARE ENFORCEABLE BY AN EXECUTABLE ORDER BY OUR MAYOR. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THOSE ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS. ANOTHER SORT OF GROUNDING THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS BETWEEN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE SUBJECT MATTERS THAT ARE COVERED IN BOTH. THERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL SUBJECT MATTERS THAT ARE COVERED
IN THE CONSENT DECREE THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. BUT IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN BOTH DOCUMENTS, THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION ON USE OF FORCE. AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES CERTAIN THINGS. AND THEN THE
CONSENT DECREE REFORMS REQUIRE A FEW MORE THINGS ON TOP OF THAT. SO KIND OF IN OUR IMPLEMENTATION WORK AROUND THIS, WE START WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS BEING OUR BASELINE. AND THE WAY
THAT WE SORT OF BUILDING THIS REFORM INFRASTRUCTURE, IT STARTS WITH CREATION OF POLICY, CREATION OF TRAINING, TN ACTUALLY DOING THE TRAINING, AND THEN HOLDING OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE POLICIES AND THE THINGS THAT THEY TRAIN.
AT THE GROUND LEVEL OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ARE BUILDING POLICIES THAT ARE GROUNDED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. B AS LONG AS WE ARE DOING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE ARE BAKING THOSE CONSENT DECREE ADDITIONAL REFORMS INTO THOSE.
IN THE KIND OF EXAMPLES THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ARE WORKING IN THE FRAME. THAT WE'RE CREATING
ARE COMPLIANT WITH BOTH. SO I'M
GOING TO START WITH MY SLIDE. IN
THE CONSENT DECREE, IT REQUIRED MORE OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND REQUIRED THAT OFFICERS NOT ONLY NOT CONSIDER RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THEIR
POLICING DECISIONS BUT ALSO -- UNLESS THERE ARE DESCRIPTOR OF A SUSPECT AND THERE IS ADDITIONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. USE OF FORCE POLICIES ARE ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF THINGS FROM THE CONSENT
DECREE THAT WE ADDED ON TO THE USE OF FORCE POLICIES. AND IN FACT, WHILE WE WERE NEGOTIATING THE CONSENT DECREE, AS WE WERE NEGOTIATING THINGS ALONG, WE WERE STARTING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE HIGHER STANDARDS INTO OUR POLICY WORK UNDER THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ANYWAYs. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SITUATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO AGREEMENTS THAT CONFLICT BECAUSE AS WE WERE NEGOTIATING THE DOJ CONSENT DECREE, WE WERE VERY MINDFUL. WE WANTED TO BE CONSISTENT IN WHAT
WE ACTUALLY SAW BETWEEN THE TWO, THE PROVISIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WANTED WERE IN MANY, MANY RESPECTS EXACTLY IDENTICAL TO WHAT THE MDHR WANTED. I THINK BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM SAW SOME OF THE
SAME THINGS AND ONE OF THEM HAD FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND THE OTHER HAD STATE JURISDICTION, THE REFORMS WERE CONNESISTCONSI LET'S SAY THAT. WE HAD A LOT OF THE SAME GROUND. THERE WAS JUST NOT A LOT OF CONFLICT BECAUSE WE
AS THE CITY'S NEGOTIATORS MADE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO WIND UP WITH -- IN USE OF FORCE, SEVERAL THINGS HAVE BEEN --
LIMITATIONS ON USE OF CHEMICAL SPRAY OF PEOPLE IN THE CAR. --
WE'VE -- FLR -- AFTER REVIEW BY EITHER HIGHER LEVEL SUPERVISORS OR REVIEW BODY. THEN BODY WORN
CAMERA. ANOTHER POLICY THAT WE HAD OPEN IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK FOR THE MDHR AGREEMENT AND ADD FROM THE CONSENT DECREE THAT THERE IS A SELF-REPORTING
REQUIREMENT NOW.
[ PLEASE STAND BY ] IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE MPD LIMITATIONS OF HOURS WORKED, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT YOU GAVE US THE UPDATE ON TODAY.
IS THE NEW LIMITATION ON HOURS WORKED, AND I KNOW YOU NAMED A COUPLE OF NUMBERS, THE 16 HOURS IN A DAY OR IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD, AND THERE WAS A SECOND ONE, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT IS THIS CONSISTENT WITH A PREVIOUS POLICY ON LIMITATION OF HOURS WORKED?
IS IT THE SAME NUMBER OF HOURS OR HAS ANYTHING CHANGED THAT YOU CAN TELL -- THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT? >> IT IS CONSISTENT. MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED
AS WELL. I CAN'T TELL YOU AS I STAND HERE WHETHER THERE WERE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CONSENT DECREE, BUT IT IS -- I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME HOUR THRESHOLD THAT WAS ARTICULATED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
SO, IT IS NOW INCORPORATED IN THAT POLICY. I ALSO CAN'T TELL YOU IF THAT POLICY RIGHT NOW IS IN DRAFT OR IF IT'S BEEN ADOPTED. AND I COULD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. BUT IT'S 16 HOURS PER 24-HOUR DAY AND 74 HOURS PER WEEK.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OVERVIEW, WITH BROAD STROKES, TO KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN WITH EACH OF THE CATEGORIES, I REALLY
APPRECIATED YOUR METHOD OF PRESENTATION. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION AROUND, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE DETERMINED OR THOUGHT ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF SOME OF THESE DIRECTIONS THAT WE ARE EMBARKING ON AND HAVE
WE LAID OUT A FRAMEWORK FOR 2027 -- OR 2027, YEAH, 40 HOURS TIMES X NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING IS GOING TO LAND IN APRIL '27, WE NEED TO CONSIDER OVERTIME BUDGET FOR THAT. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO HOW WE -- HOW WE ARE
MONITORING WHERE OUR INVESTMENTS ARE LANDING SO THAT WE CAN BETTER PLAN FOR THEM AND TELL THE STORY, IF IT IS RELATED TO OUR OVERTIME, I'M NOT SAYING IT NECESSARILY IS, BUT I THINK WE -- I KEEP HEARING ABOUT ALL THE VARIOUS HIGH LEVELS OF TRAINING THAT
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO IMPLEMENT, WHICH ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT BUDGET OR FISCAL IMPACT. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M NOT THE BEST PERSON TO ASK THE
BUDGETARY QUESTIONS. WHAT I CAN SAY, THE PARTICULAR TRAINING THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS TRAINING FOR INVESTIGATORS IN THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW, WHICH IS IN CIVIL RIGHTS, AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, OVERTIME THOSE FOLKS
WOULD NORMALLY INCUR AS A NORMAL COURSE, AND I THINK FOR THIS KIN OF TRAINING, IT'S REALLY A VERY FINITE AND SMALL GROUP, AND THE TRAINING WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THEIR, YOU KNOW, REGULAR WORK EXPECTATIONS. SO THIS TRAINING ITSELF WOULD
NOT -- >> MAYBE NOT THIS ONE, BUT MORE OF A CUMULATIVE IMPACT AS WE LOOK BACK. I JUST THINK THAT PIECE OF THE STORY NEEDS TO BE TOLD IN OUR OVERTIME IF IT IS, IN FACT, AFFECTING THAT. AND I JUST HAVE NO VISIBILITY ON THAT. HEADING INTO THE BUDGET SEASON. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT,. IN CASE IT IS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A WORK PLAN, IT DOESN'T JUST COME FOR FREE, RIGHT, WE'VE GOT THE ALIFA DOLLAR AMOUNT, THAT'S KNOWN, BUT BEYOND THAT I FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE ANY HANDLE ON WHAT THAT IS COSTING US LAST YEAR,
THIS YEAR, THE NEXT TEN YEARS, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHEN THAT'S COMING. >> CHAIR WHITING, COUNCIL MEMBER, CERTAINLY -- I MEAN, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES A HUGE AMOUNT OF TRAINING FOR OFFICERS AND,
FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE WE COULD DO THIS POLICE REFORM IF NOT FOR THE TRAINING. YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEVELOP AND WE DO DEVELOP REALLY AWESOME POLICIES BUT IF THE OFFICERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY SAY AND PRACTICE THEM, WHICH IS REALLY
WHAT HAPPENS IN TRAINING, AND FORGIVE ME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THAT MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT CONSENT DECREE, BUT ONE OF THE KIND OF, FOR THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND THE CONSENT DECREE, THERE'S THIS REALLY COOL, IN MY VIEW,
EMPHASIS ON ADULT TRAINING TECHNIQUES. THAT ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO INSTRUCTS FOR MPD TRAINING HAS TO THEMSELVES GO THROUGH A TRAIN THE TRIPPER EXERCISE TRAINING IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW TO TEACH USING ADULT
LEARNING TECHNIQUES. AND THESE ARE VERY SCENARIO BASED, SOMETIMES THEY'RE LITERALLY PHYSICALLY RUNNING OUTSIDE. THAT KIND OF TRAINING IS THE KIND OF TRAINING THAT, REALLY, POLICE REFORM ADVOCATES REALLY ARE STRESSING BECAUSE THIS IS
THE WAY THAT WE CHANGE CULTURE, THIS IS THE WAY WE MAKE MUSCLE MEMORY SO THAT WHEN OFFICERS GET IN PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS, IT'S NATURAL TO REACT IN THE RIGHT WAY. SO THE TRAINING, IT'S A
HUGE -- YES, IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT AND IT'S, IN MY VIEW, ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. WHAT THE EXACT BUDGETARY IMPACT AND HOW THAT'S BEING TRACKED I THINK IS REALLY A BUDGET OFFICE QUESTION.>> WELL,T SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES AND
SEEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO GET AN ANSWER. AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT TRAINING IS KEY TO SEEING CHANGE, RIGHT? BUT ALSO WITH US BEING THE STEWARDS OF -- AND I KNOW I'M NOT SPEAKING TO THE RIGHT PERSON HERE, BUT FOR US BEING THE STEWARDS OF THE BUDGET, FOR US NOT TO HAVE THAT
INFORMATION IS REALLY -- IS REALLY AMISS IN MY MIND. AS WE TELL THE STORY THAT WE KNOW OR WE'LL HAVE TO HEAR THE STORY IN UPCOMING MONTHS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MPD. AND, SO, MAYBE WE CAN SPEAK
OFF-LINE AND I CAN TELL YOU THE PLACES I'VE CHECKED AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANSWERS SO I NEED SOME MORE DIRECTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, IF I MAY, TOO, FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. SO WE WERE IN THESE QUARTERLY MEETINGS THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO ON THIS NEXT ITEM, IN CONVERSAON WITH OCS AND
OTHER FOLKS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT FOLKS FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE AND THOSE RELATED TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, CONSENT DECREE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE PRESENT AND THERE FOR QUESTIONS. SO HOPEFULLY I THINK THAT WILL BE AN AVENUE OR VENUE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. >> MY ONLY FINAL POINT TO MAKE,HENEVER YOU START ON A
JOURNEY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING. AND KNOWING THAT BUDGET PIECE WOULD BE A HUGE HELP IN KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WHITING.
I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE RECENT REPORT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE NOT MEETING THEIR GOAL IN. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS GOING TO ADD MORE EXPENSE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MEETING THE GOALS AND IT'S MAKING US TAKE LONGER TIME IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT
RECOURSE DOES THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT? AND, TWO -- YEAH, I GUESS I'LL START THERE. >> CHAIR WHITING, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE COUNCIL DOESN'T DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION.
OBVIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REPORTING TOOLS AND I THINK THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, A REALLY IMPORTANT ACCOUNTABILITY ITEM. YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE ORDINANCE THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE
INTRODUCED AND WILL BE COMING SOON. SO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL'S TOOL OFTENTIMES IS IN INFORMATION AND IN MAKING INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND AVAILABLE IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND HEARING THOSE
REPORTS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HAVING ALIFA COME SO YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT OUR INDEPENDENT MONITOR, AND REMEMBER, THEY ARE -- I MEAN, THEY DON'T WORK FOR US, WE WORK -- WHICH IS SORT OF A STRANGE SITUATION THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM BUT THEY ARE
REALLY OUR OVERSEERS IN THIS WORK AND THEY ARE THE ONES WITH THE EXPERTISE AND ARE REALLY GAUGING OUR ACCOUNTABILITY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PAYING THEM. IT'S A CATCH RATE OF $1.5
MILLION, BUT THEY ARE REALLY THE ACCOUNTABILITY, AS WELL AS THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ULTIMATELY THE COURT. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> I JUST HAVE A BRIEF QUESTION. I WAS LISTENING TO YOU IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE WERE ALTERNATE MEANS AND METHODS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO REPORT INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT HAPPENED WITH OUR PREVIOUS POLICE CHIEFS,
WHY THOSE ALTERNATE MEANS WERE NOT UTILIZED AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MADE CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF AS WE'RE MOVING AROUND ADMINISTRATION IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE
THESE ALTERNATE MEANS TO BE -- TO REALLY FEEL SUPPORTED, RIGHT, IN THEIR ROLE SO THAT THEY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF I DO NOT FEEL SAFE AND TRUSTED IN SHARING THIS INFORMATION OR I'M IN FEAR OF SOME TYPE OF RETALIATION THAT
THESE THINGS WILL BE READILY MADE AVAILABLE AND THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND CREATE A BETTER CLIMATE AND CULTURE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISIONS AS IT STANDS CURRENTLY? >> CHAIR WHITING, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO, THERE ARE ACTUALLY
MULTIPLE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RAISE CONCERNS, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW HAS REPORTING PORTALS THAT ARE ON THE WEB, HUMAN RESOURCES RECEIVES REPORTS, THE
OFFICER -- SORRY -- OFFICER -- THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY RECEIVES REPORTS, AND THE ETHICS LINE ACTUALLY IS, YOU KNOW, WE OFTENTIMES GET IT REPORTS THROUGH THE ETHICS LINE THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY ETHICS COMPLAINTS BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO
GET A CONCERN TO THE CITY. >> AND ARE THOSE OFTEN RESPONDED TO AND PEOPLE ARE ADHERING TO THEM LIKE ACTING IN SOME IMMEDIACY AROUND THE INVESTIGATION OF THOSE THINGS? >> CHAIR WHITING, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES. THERE ARE PROCESSES, THERE ARE
FOLKS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE FOR INTAKE AND REVIEW OF -- IN EACH DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY. >> REALLY? >> YES. >> AND THOSE HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME? >> YES. >> OKAY.
I'M JUST WONDERING, JUST BASED ON PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE JUST HAD, AND I'M NOT NAMING ANY NAMES OR ANY SPECIFIC SITUATION, BUT WE KNOW THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE LIKE CLEAR SO THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICERS BEING REMOVED AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT AND STUFF NOT GETTING DONE AND PEOPLE NOT GETTING THE RESOLVE OR THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY NEEDED AROUND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
ISSUES. I JUST REALLY WANT US TO BE ABLE TO WORK BETTER AND HAVE A BETTER CLIMATE AND CULTURE AROUND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE WHAT OUR INTEROFFICE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION LOOKS LIKE
REFLECTS ON HOW WE RESPOND TO THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITY ABROAD, RIGHT? AND, SO, IF THAT'S CLEAN AND OUR HOUSE IS CLEAN, THEN WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEIR HOUSE AND BEHAVIORS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO I JUST REALLY WANT -- THAT'S HUGE TO ME, LIKE, REALLY REALLY BIG. AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING DEEP-ROOTED INVESTIGATIONS ABOUT WHO WE LET INTO OUR HOUSE, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF THE CULTURE AND THE CLIMATE THAT WE WANT TO HOLD
AROUND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT THAT ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS LIKE. SO IF THERE'S SMEAR CAMPAIGNS -- AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE HATERS IN THE WORLD BECAUSE THERE JUST IS, OKAY -- BUT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID ABOUT CONDUCT AND WHAT HAVE
YOU THAT THERE ARE DEEP-DIVE, VERY SERIOUS INVESTIGATIONS BEING DONE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE'S GARBAGE. WE JUST DON'T. SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE METHODS, MEANS, WE'RE PUTTING THOSE THINGS IN PLACE AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S A THING.
SO I'M GONE KDWB NAH REST AND ASSURED THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S A THING, CITY ATTORNEY. THE END. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. LAST QUESTION HERE, HONESTLY, A LITTLE BIT OF MAYBE A REFRESHER FOR ME, AND I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR THE BODY AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, IF
YOU COULD KIND OF JUST MAYBE TALK BROADLY ABOUT THE AREAS OF WORK, BODIES OF WORK THAT ARE KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. SO THINGS THAT DO STAND ALONE THAT ARE LARGER, IN THOSE LARGER BUCKETS IN THE CONSENT DECREE. >> CHAIR WHITING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, SO, THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY -- I MEAN, IT'S FEDERAL, RIGHT? THEY HAVE BROADER JURISDICTION THAN THE STATE DID AND THEIR INVESTIGATION WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE WIDE RANGING THAN MDHR'S.
SO, THE SPECIFIC SECTIONS THAT ARE IN THE CONSENT DECREE THAT ARE NOT IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND I'M NOT GOING TOET ALL OF THEM BECAUSE YORE ASKING ME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO LET'S REMEMBER -- SEE HOW WELL I REMEMBER WHAT I NEGOTIATED.
THERE'S A SECTION ON ADDRESSING INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT IS -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S LITERALLY ONE PARAGRAPH IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ABOUT HAVING A BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE. THAT'S IT.
THERE'S A WHOLE REALLY ROBUST SECTION IN THE CONSENT DECREE REFORMS ON THAT. THERE'S A ROBUST SECTION IN THE CONSENT DECREE REFORMS ON FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITY. YOU KNOW, HOW POLICING HAPPENS WITH PROTESTS AND THOSE SORTS
OF THINGS. SO THAT'S UNIQUE. THERE IS A SECTION ON SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT, WHAT WE THINK OF AS OFF-DUTY, SOME OF WHICH IS KIND OF IN PIECES IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BUT IS ITS OWN STANDALONE IN THE
CONSENT DECREE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND. THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY THE SIGNIFICANT ONES. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOUTH ENGAGEMENT. >> OH, YES, INTERACTIONS WITH
YOUTH. THANK YOU. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. >> YEAH, PERFECT. >> AND, AGAIN, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PIECES OF THAT IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE STANDALONE.SEE,S WHAT I NEGOTIATE BETTER THAN WHAT I DID. >> SORRY FOR THE COLD CALL, BRINGING YOU BACK TO LAW SCHOOL.
WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE, I WILL ASK THE CLERKS TO FILE THAT PRESENTATION. AND REPORT. LASTLY, O LAST ITEM HERE -- AND THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY ANDERSON.
MOVING TO SUBCOMMITE ITEM NUMBER 7, OUR LAST ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING ON JULY 14th. AT THAT MEETING WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM ELEFA AND THIS REPORT COVERED THE END OF 2025, GOING INTO 2026. THE ACTION TODAY IS SIMPLY
JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE -- I GUESS NOT EVEN RECEIVE BUT TO FILE THAT ELEFA PRESENTATION. WANTED TO NOTE HERE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. AT THAT PREVIOUS MEETING, I KNOW IT WAS CLEAR THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF HAD SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUESTIONS AND FINDINGS IN
ELEFA'S MOST RECENT REPORT. AND CONCERNS WHICH I SHARED. I'VE EXPRESS Mr.ED TO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES A DESIRE TO SET UP A REGULAR CADENCE OF REPORTING FROM MPD, OCS, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OPCR, I.T., BUDGETARY UPDATES, AND OTHER
DEPARTMENTS AS RELEVANT, USING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE AS A MECHANISM TO RECEIVE CONTINUOUS QUARTERLY RESULTS -- SORRY --UARTERLY UPDATES ON THE CITY'S PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE.
MPD CURRENTLY HOLDS WEEKLY INTERNAL REFORM STAT MEETINGS WHERE KEY STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE MEET TO WALK THROUGH THE STATUS AND PROGRESS OF REFORMS RELATED TO THE CONSENT DECREE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. OUR GOAL HERE IS TO PRODUCE SIMILAR MEETINGS FOR COUNCIL,
FOR THAT KIND OF OVERSIGHT MEASURE. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MPD AND OCS AND EVERY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT WHICH THIS WORK TOUCHES THROUGH THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEY'VE AGREED TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO PRESENT OUR OWN REFORM
STAT-LIKE MEETINGS DIRECTLY TO THIS BODY, MAKING THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE CITY'S PROGRESS, BOTH TO INCLUDE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS THAT ELEFA WILL BE PRESENTING IN FRONT OF THIS BODY ON A SEMI-ANNUAL
BASIS AS WELL. SO THE FIRST OF THESE PRESENTATIONS WILL OCCUR SOMETIME HERE IN AUGUST, DEPENDG ON INDIVIDUAL'S SCHEDULES, BOTH COUNCIL 8 COLLEAGUES' SCHEDULES AND SCHEDULES OF KEY STAKELDERS. SO LKING FORWARD TO A TIME
HERE IN AUGUST. DID I SAY SEPTEMBER? AUGUST. AUGUST. FOLLOWED BY PRESENTATIONS QUARTERLY, NOVEMBER, FEBRUARY, AND MAY OF THIS YEAR AND THEN NEXT YEAR AS WELL. AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO
MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. AND WANT TO THA MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE FOR THE COLLABORATION AND CITY HALF FOR ORGANIZING THIS -- CITY HEAVY FOR ORGANIZING THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER HAS A QUESTION.
>> THIS IS TOP OF MY MIND BECAUSE I TOURED YESTERDAY AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THAT TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AS WELL. IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHEN ELEFA SPOKE TO US THAT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE IN PROVIDING A NEW TRAINING FACILITY OR AN APPROPRIATE TRAINING FACILITY. WE HEARD THEM CLEARLY THAT DAY IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY SO I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. BUT I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE AS A COUNCIL ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT FACT BECAUSE I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ THAT WE ARE ON A
CLOCK WITH ELEFA, THAT WE HAVE THESE IMPORTANT DEADLINES THAT WE NEED TO MEET, AND IF THAT IS ONE THAT THEY ARE CLEARLY TELLING US, I GUESS I WANT TO HAVE A FRANK DISCUSSION, AN OPEN DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO MOVE THIS WORK FORTE. LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO
THAT? IF WE VOTED DOWN THE LAND, YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT IDEA, THEN WHAT IDEAS DO WE HAVE THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE? AND I GUESS I'M ASKING WHEN WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT? >> YEAH. IN THINKING ABOUT T I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED THIS, SIMILAR WITH STAFF FROM OCS,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST VENUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AS IT RELATES TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REFORMS AND THE COMPLIANCE MEASURES FOR THAT, I THINK PARTULARLY MAYBE TO THIS ITEM, SOME LEVEL OF COUNCIL BRIEFINGS OR POLICY BRIEFINGS THAT WE DO IN SMALLER GROUP SETTINGS SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE
LARGER DISCUSSIONS, BUT ALSO I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN COME UP IN THESE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AS WELL. SO THE HOPE IS THAT ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS -- AND MY KIND OF HOPE FOR THESE MEETINGS IS THAT ALL 13 OF US CAN HAVE A LEVEL OF EXPERTISE ON EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING
THROUGH THE REFORM PROCESS BROADLY. SO I THINK ANYTHING GERMANE TO CONSENTECREE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REFORM PROGRESS I THINK IS OPEN AND VALUABLE FOR CONVERSATIONS CONCERNING THOSE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> OFOURSE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WHITING.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET A BETTER EXPLANATION FROM ELEFA BECAUSE THAT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW I INTERPRETED WHAT WAS SAID. I HOPE MOVING FORWARD IN THESE CONVERSATIONS THERE'S A REPORT BACK ON THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS BACKLOG IN THE CONSENT DECREE -- NO, IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THAT IS A BIG ISSUE.
THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT. THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH UNEVEN PROGRESS ON POLICY AND TRAINING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN FLAGGED ACROSS MULTIPLE REPORTS NOW. MDHR SAID THE CITY REMAINS FAR FROM TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE.
SO THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN JUST THIS SAFETY CENTER. SO WANTED TO ADD MORE CONTEXT. >> YUP, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS HERE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO AGAIN FILE THAT PRESENTATION. PERFECT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT
OVER TO CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, WITH NO OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING
ADJOURNED.