--------- GOOD MORNING. WELCOME. MY NAME IS AWRN CHOWDHURY, THE CHAIR OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE. AT THIS TIME, FULL-TIME GOING TO CALL -- AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR MTING FOR APRIL 29, 2025. I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL
COMMITTEE MEMBE, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THESE MESSAGES ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENAE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF
THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED THEIR CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. I'LL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL. >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT.
>> WONSLEY IS ABSENT. VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN IS ABSENT. CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> JENKINS IS ABSENT. CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> KOSKI IS ABSENT. PALMISANO.
>> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. I'LL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE ARE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY, SO MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN. AND WE
JUST HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON FEDERAL AND STATE ACTIONS AFFECTING THE CITY. I'LL INVITO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM. >> GOOD MORNI. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COULD BEES
COUNCILMEMBERS. HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON STATE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS. WE'LL START WITH AN UPDATE ON THETATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND THEN PAUSE THERE TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND THEN TRANSITION TO FEDERAL UPDATES. SO THIS IS OUR LAST SCHEDULED UPDATE FOR YOU BEFORE THE END OF
THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH SENDS MAY 19th. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE IN-DEPTH. THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THE IGR TEAM HAS BEEN TALKING TO LEGISLATORS TO THROUGHOUT SESSION. WE'LL TOUCH ON TSE THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH
AN UPDATE ABOUT WHERE THINGS STAND TODAY. AS MENTIONED, THE REGULAR SESSION ENDS MAY 19th. AT THIS TIME, MOST OF THE BUDGET BILLS IN THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN
PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE AND MOVED INTO WAYS AND MEANS AND FINANCE AND SOME HAVE PASSED OFF THE FLOOR. AT THIS POINT. S THE NEXT STEP FOR THOSE ARE FOR CONFERENCE COMMITTEES TO BEGIN. SO THE HOUSE AND SENATE CAN WORK OUT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BUDGET BILLS. SO THIS JUST IS
AN JOVAN VIEW -- OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. THE BODY HAS THEIR OWN VERSIO OF POLICY OR FINANCE BILLS BASED ON DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS. IF THE CONTENT OF THE BILLS IS NOT THE SAME, FOR ALL OF THE BUDGET BILLS, IT'S NOT THE SAME, THEN THE BODY HAS TO
APPOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE WITH MEMBERS FROM EACH PARTY. BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS TIED, THERE WILL BE AN EVEN SPLIT OF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS O THE HOUSE SIDE FOR EACH CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. ON THE SENATE SIDE, THEY'LL HAVE A DFL MAJORITY.
DURING THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROCESS, THEY, WOO OUT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BILLS AND COME TO A CONSENSUS.AND THEN THEY RELEASE WHAT IS CALLED A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT. AND ONCE THAT'S PASSED OUT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AND SENT BACK TO THE FLOOR, IT CANNOT BE A34E7BD MENDED. -- AMENDED.
TH VOTE YES OR NO. IF THEY DON'T PASS OFF THE FLOOR, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. SO NOW I'M GOING TO COVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DIFFERENT BUDGET BILLS THAT HAVE MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. ALL THOUGH I'M STARTING WITH TWO TOPICS THA
HAVE NOT MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS YET WHICH ARE TAXES AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT. THESE BILLS DO, UMM, ARE ALWAYS RELEASED LAST. THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET THE FINANCE DEADLINES THAT THE OTHER FINANCE COITTEES HAVE TO MEET. AND SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN TAXES OR
CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILLS IN THE SENATE OR HOUSE YET. THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WHAT THEIR TARGETS ARE. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE BEEN DISCUSSING. SO IN THE HOUSE, THE TAX COMMITTEE HAS A $40 MILLION REDUCTION AS A TARGET. WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO FIND
0 MILLION IN SAVINGS. EITHER THROUGH CUTTING TAXES OR CUTTING EXPENDITURES IN THEAX BILL. TAX BILLSES DO HAVE TO ORIGINATE IN THE HOUSE, SO THEOUSE WILL RELEASE THE TAX BILL FIRST. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT'LL HAPPEN. BUT POTENTIALLY THIS
WEEK OR IF NOT THIS WEEK, LIKELY NEXT WEEK. THE SENATE TAX TARGET IS A $365 MILLION REDUCTION. WHICH IS, OBVIOUSLY, MUCH LARGER THAN THE HSE'S REDUCTION. BUT THE SENATE HAS HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT INCREASING REVENUE. WHEREAS THE
HOUSE GOP HAS VERY FIRM I WILLED THEY'RE NOT OPEN TO INCREASING REVENU WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY REVENUE RAISERS IN THE HOUSE BILL. BOTH THE HOUSEND SENATE HEARD PROPOSALS FOR A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA TAX. WHICH WOULD TAX SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES THAT HAVE
MORE THAN $100,000 -- 100,000 MEMBEROR SUB SCREEN SCBERS -- SUBSCRIBERS IN MINNESOTA. IT WOULD BE A SALES TAX. THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED A SALES TAX EXPANSION. EXPANDING THE BASE BUT LOWERING THE RATE.
IT WOULD RAISE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. SO SOME -- THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE. AND WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OUT WHEN TAX BILLS ARE RELEASED. JUST AS A REMINDER WITHIN SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ARE THE CREDIT THE
CATALYZING UNDERUTILIZED BUILDING CREDIT. GIVEN THE TARGETS, IT MAY BE TOUGH TO FUND THIS YEAR. WE'RE HOPEFUL ITAN MAYBE BE IN ONE BODY. EVEN IF IT'S A SCALED-BACK AMOUNT THAN THE REQUEST FOR. WE HAD A
HEARING ON A T T.I.F.F. PROPOSAL ALLOWING MINNEAPOLIS TO CREATE A SPECIAL T.I.T. -- T.I.F.F.
DISTRICT. WE'LL KOFNT WORK -- CONTINUE WORKING ON THEM. CAPITAL INVESTMENT,E DON'T HAVE BILLS BUT WE HAVE TARGETS. THE HOUSE HAD A SMALL TARGET ALLOWING FOR A $700 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILL. THAT'S
NOT A VERY BIG BONDING BILL. THERE'S FAR MORE THAN THAT IN REQUESTS JUST FROM STATE AGENCIES. AND SO IT WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR A TON OF LOCAL PROJECTS. WE HAVE, OF COURSE, BEEN TALKING WITH OUR DELEGATION AND WITH CAPITAL INVESTMT LEADERS ABOUT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES, WHICH INCLUDE THE
NICOLLET AVENUE BRIDGE, THE WATERYARD, AND THE 36-INCH WATER MAIN. AND WE DO FEEL LIKE IF THERE'S ROOM IN A BILL, WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION. BUT IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO HOW BIG THE BILL IS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK
EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILLS REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY. THEY HAVE TO BE BIPARTISAN. AND SO THAT JUST MEANS IT CAN BE MORE DIFFICULT TO COME TO AGREEMENT. THE SENATE DOES HAVE ROOM IN ITS TARGET FOR A LARGER CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILL. WHICH WOULD
ALLOW FOR MORE LOCAL PROJECTS. THEY HAVE A TARGET OF $27 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A $1.35 BILLION BILL. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING IS THAT THERE LIKELY WON'T BE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILL UNTIL THE'S JOINT TARGETS. WHICH AS
PART OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROCESS, HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP AND THE GOVERNOR COME TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A GLOBAL SET OFUDGET TARGETS FOR THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEES TO WORK WITH. AND SO THAT'S LIKELY WHEN WE'LL SEE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILL, WHICH IS STILL PROBABLY AT LET A WEEK OR MORE
AWAY FROM HAVING JOINT TARGETS. MOVING ON THEN TO SOME OTHER ISSUE AREAS THAT THE CITY FOLL FOLLOWS CLOLY. WORK FORCE, LABOR, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS ONE WHERE THE HOUSE BILL HASN'T BEEN
RELEASED YET. THE LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE IS STILL WORKING ON IT. THE SENATE RELEASED A JOBS BILL THAT INCLUDED AN $8 MILLION INCREASE. THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE P.R.O.M.I.S.E. ACT THAT WAS PASSED IN 2023
IT WAS FOR FUNDING FOR RECOVERY ON LAKE STREET AND IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. RECOVERING FROM THE UNREST IN 2020. IT ALSO HELPED AREAS OF SAINT PAUL AND OTHER PARTS THE STATE, AS WELL. SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS AREN I ARE AN INCREASE IN
THE LOAN AMOUNT BUSINESSES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR. THAT MONEY IS IMPLEMENTED BY MDC. AND HAS HELPED A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF SOME DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOCATED IN MINNEAPOLIS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR WAS AN INCREASE -- BA INCREASE TO THE MINNESOTA YOUTH PROGRAM. WHICH IS A STATE WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT OGRAM. THE MONEY GOES TO LOCAL WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, ILUDING MINNEAPOLIS. THEN WE USE IT TO FUND STEP UP. THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS NOT INCLUDED
IN THE BILL. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A SMALL TARGET AND SO THEY CERTAINLY COULDN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL LIKELY CONTINUE BE ADVOCATING FOR GOING INTO CONFERENCE AND THE FUTURE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE PROGRAM. IT'S AN IMPORTANT
PROGRAM FOR US. THE HOUSE BILL IS BEING NEGOTIATED STILL. THERE'S A NOTE ON HERE ABOUT DISCUSSIONS ON PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE. I'LL COVER THATG ON TO HOUNG AND HOMELESSNESS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK THIS SESSION ABOUT MISSING, MIDDLE, AND ZONING REFORM. THERE WERE SEVERAL HEARINGS. THERE WAS A GOAL TO CREATE A MINIBILL AROUND MISSING MIDDLEAT
MOVE FORWARD IN QUITE THAT WAY. IN THE HOUSE, THEY ENDED UP INCLUDING A PROVISION IN THE HOUSING BUDGET BILL THAT WOULD GIVE -- WOULD REQUIRE THE STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY TO GIVE EXTRA POINTS IN THEIR SCORING SYSTEM TO PROJECTS LOCATED IN
CITIES THAT HAVE DONE SORT OF PRO DENSITY POLICIES. WE REVIEWED THAT LANGUAGE AND ARE COMFORTABLE THAT MINNEAPOLIS WOULD ALREADY MEET THIS STANDARD THATS WRITTEN IN THAT PROVISION. BASED ON THINGS WE'VE DONE THROUGH 2040 AND OTHER POLICIES. THERE IS
ANOTHER HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK ON ANOTHER ZONING REFORM BILL IN THE SATE. AND THE SENATE AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. IT'S A SLIGHTLY SCALED DOWN VERSION OF SOME OF THE PREVIOUS BILLS. IT IS FOCUSED ON FROM VISIONS
AROUND REDUCING MINIMUM PARKING MANDATES, ESTHETIC MANDATES, SO MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS AND ESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS. AND SOME ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESSES, AS WELL AS SOME RESTRICTIONS AROUND HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS. WE'LL BE SHARING SOME FEEDBACK
WITH AUTHORS THIS WEEK. I THINK SOME OF IT WE -- ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IS RESTRICTIONS ON PLACEMENT OF WINDOWS. FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, THE CITY DOES REQUIRE FRONT-FACING
WINDOWS. SO IT'S TRANSIENT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. WE'VE TALKED WITH LEGISLATORS ABO THIS THROUGHOUT SESSION, AND GENERALLY PEOPLE SEEM OPEN TO THAT CONCEPT. THAT IF WE'RE DEVELOPING HOUSING AS TRANSSENT
ORIENT DEVELOPMENT, WE COULD HAVE SOME DESIGN STANDARDS OUND THAT. WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE AUTHORS ON THAT. I'M NOT SURE IF IT HAS THE VOTES TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL SEE THIS WEEK. AND BUDGET BILLS, THERE IS SOME ONGOING FUND FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND THE FAMILY HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS HELPFUL. ON THE HUMAN SERVICES SIDE, WHICH ISHERE THE BRIDGE TO SHELTER PROPOSAL WAS HEARD. THIS IS THE FUNDING FOR SHELTERS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY
AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SHELTER FISCAL CLIFF. THEY HAD CUT TARGETS ON HUMAN SERVICES SIDE. THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH REDUCTIONS THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FUND THE BRIDGE TO SHELTER PROPOSAL. THERE WAS $1 MILLION INCLUDED IN NEW EMERGENCY
SHELTER FUNDING STATEWIDE. AND THERE IS SOME BASE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM. F COURSE, WE HAD BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE BRIDGE TO SHELTER PROPOSAL KNONG THAT SOME OF THE NEW SHELTERS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY ARE FACING THE FISCAL CLIFF. SO I THINK, YOU
KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS DURING CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. BUT THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY AND PROVIDERS ABOUT WHERE TO GO FROM HERE ON THAT. >> DIRECTOR TOPINKA. WE HAVE
ONE QUESTION, I THINK, ON THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES. BEFORE THAT, I'LL RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIEMBER WONSLEY, JENKINS, AND ELLISON HAS JOINED THE MEETING. THE QUESTION IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M
REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE, ADDS A CITY, ADVOCATING FOR BRIDGE TO SHELTER. AND THERE'S OTHER STUFF LIKE THE SUPPLEMENTAL RATE STUFF WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT ABOVE MY HEAD. HOPEFULLY THOSE THINGS CAN MOVE FORWARD AND PREVAIL. SOUNDS LIKE BRIDGE TO
SHTER IS IN REAL DANGER OF NOT PREVAILING AND NOT HAPPENING. FOREST FIRE MY -- FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO LET MY COLLGUES KNOW AND THE PUBLIC KNOW. HENNEPIN COUNTY IS FACING A $16 MILLION CLIFF AT THE END
THE YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT? >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, IT MAY BE IN THAT RANGE. >> THAT RANGE. THAT'S $13 MILLION WORTH OF SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TBE NEED TO BE CUT FROM THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF
ADDRESSING HELESSNESS. AND, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHERS FEEL ABOUT THAT. BUT $13 MILLION A YEAR SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. LIKE A LOT OF SERVICES CUT. AND, YOU KNOW, KI OF MAKES ME WONDER, LIKE, IF THERE ARE CURRENTLY $13 MILLION WORTH OF SERVICES HAPPENIN THAT ARE KEEPING
PEOPLE EITHER, YOU KNOW, PARTIALLY HOUSED OR ERM INNOCENTLY HOUSED OR HELPING THEM TRANSITION TO BEING HOUSED. HOW MANY PEOPLE IS ESSENTIALLY SITTING THE STREETS IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THIS FUNDING? I'M SURE YOU ADOPT KNO -- DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. IT'S A QUESTION THAT M COMING UP FOR ME
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS. IT FEELS LIKE OVERALL I KNOW WE AT THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE TALKING ABOUT BRIDGE TO SHELT. IT FEELS LIKE ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, I DON'T KNOW THAT FOLKS UNDETAND THE, LIKE, LEVEL OF VERITY WE'RE SORT OF HEADING TOWARDS. AND THEN ANOTHER
QUESTION I HAD THATAYBE YOU DO KNOW THE ANSWER TO, BUT, LIKE, THE BRIDGE TO SHELTER FUNDING DOESN'T JUST AFFECT MINNEAPOLIS AND HENNEPIN COUNTY. IT'S NOTLS GOING TO EXPLO. DO YOU KNOW THE CLIFFS FOR RAMSEY COUNTY.
HOW IT MIGHTMPACT SAINT PAUL OR THE SEVEN-COUNTY METRO. >> CHAIR CHOWDRY, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. SO THE PROPOSAL ITSELF INCLUDED ABOUT, I BELIEVE, $70 MILLION STATEWIDE. AND THEN THE PORTION FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY WAS THAT
$13 MILLION. I DON'T KNOW IF THE, Y KNOW, PROVIDERS IN LET'S SAY RAM SAY COUNTY HAVE THE SAME SITUATION AS THE PROVIDERS IN HENNEPIN. BUT I DO KNOW, YOU KNOW, STATEWIDE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WERE ABLE TO SCALE UP IN TERMS OF
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SERVICES. BECAUSE OF ARPA FUNDING. AND ARPA FUNDING HAS GONE AWAY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE FACG THIS ISSUE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. AND I'M ASSUMING OTHER COMMUNITIES, IF IS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, HAVE SOME SIMILAR CHALLENGES DUE
TO ARPA FUNDING NO LONGER BEING AN OPTION. >> SO I GUESS LAST THING I'LL SAY. THIS IS NOT A QUESTION. FOR US TO BE THINKING ABOUT UP HERE. I MEAN, I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW OF AT LEAST IMMINENTLY A MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE COULD BE FACING AS A BODY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A
POSITION WHERE, YOU KNOW, I GET IT. IT'S COMPLICATED. EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. IT WORRIES ME WHEN WE HAVE CERTAIN ELECTED POSTURING AS IF WE SOLVE THIS ISSUE AT THE TIME WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT A $13 MILLION CLIFF AT THE COUNTY. IT'S JUST CONCERNING TO ME. AND IT
DOESN'T JUST IMPACT US HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. LIKE THESE NARRATIV NARRATIVES WILL HUR R RAMSEY AND SAINT PAUL AND THOSE AROUND US. I'M WORRIED
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BUZZ AROUND THIS CONVERSATION THAT THE FUNDING WON'T PREVAIL. IT'S A GOOD WAY TO SAVE TAXPAYERS' MONEY ONLY FOR US TO TURN AROUND IN THE BEGINNING OF 2026 AND PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING EXPLOSION OF HOMELESSNESS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THEY WEREN'T
ANTICIPATING BECAUSE NOBODY TALKED ABOUT IT. I GUESS I'M VOICING THAT. I HOPE THAT'S A PLACE WE CAN GET TO WITH OUR PARTNERS AT T COUNTY AND AT THE LEGISLATURE TO VIEWHIS AS A PRIORITY. >> YEAH. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. ON FRIDAY, WE DID HAVE JUST A CHECK IN WITH OUR IGR TEAM. THAT WAS ME AND VICE CIR RAINVILLE. AND THAT'S ALSO KIND OF WHERE WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE REALITY OF BRIDGE TO SHELTER. A ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE DISCUSSED DOING IS HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR O IGR TEAM TO WORK WITH US AND LEADERSHIP TO GET INFORMATION WITH HENPIN COUNTY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD OCCUR IF WE DON'T GET THIS FUNDING FROM THE STATE. AND, ALSO, LIKE, WHAT STRATEGIES DO WE HAVE LT
AT THE TABLE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING IS ABOUT $1 MILLION IN EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDER FUNDING. AND THAT'S, LIKE, A DROP IN THE BUCKET. SO WE'LL
KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT CONVERSATION. AND I THINK, YEAH, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO KIND OF SPEAK PUBLICLY. AND RAISE THE ALARM ON THIS SITUATION. AND JUST WANTED TO ECHO I SHARE THAT URGENCY WITH YOU. I KNOW
WE HAVE HEADING HOME HENNEPIN, I THINK TOMORROW. I THINK IT'LL BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, AS LL. AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. JUST ONE LAST THING. IT LOOKS BETTER TO HAVE $1 MILLION THAN NOT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT $1 MILLION DOESN'T ADDRESS THAT
CLIFF AT ALL. RIGHT. IT SORT OF IS KIND OF MAINTAINS SOME CURRENT LEVELS. OR DOESN'T ADDRESS TH $13 MILLION CLIFF, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY, LIKE, THE COUNTY HAS A LIST. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS. I'M SAYG FOR THE PUBLIC. 24-HOUR SHELTERS
GONE. AH AVEVO VILLAGES GONE. AT LEAST A THOUSAND PEOPLE RIGHT THIS MOMENT THAT'LL BE GONE. AND SERVE MORE THAN THAT GOING FORWARD. AND SO, LIKE YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW THIS IS, KIND OF, LIKE OVERSIMPLIFYING IT. ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE HITTING THE STREETS IN JANUARY?K PEOPLE NEED TO BE FRAMING THE QUESTION IF THE COUNTY ACTUALL HITS THIS CLIFF WITHOUT ANY KIND OF READDRESS. >> NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
YEAH. I WOULD UPLIFT WHAT COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON IS RAISING HERE. AND JUST SAY THAT IN MY TIME IN OFFICE, THERE'S BEEN SUCH A HOT POTATO GAME PLAYED ACROSS JURISDICTIONS ON THIS COMPLEX TOPIC OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND THIS WAS -- THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ALL OF THE RIGHT JURISDICTIONS IN ALIGNMENT. AND IF THIS IS GOING TO FALL APART AT THE STATE, WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHTACK WHERE WE WERE. AND I THINK -- YES. IT'S EY TO SAY THAT IT IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY
FOR HOMELESSNESS. BUT IT ACTUALLY IS -- THE CHALLENGE HAPPENS IN OUR STREETS. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT. AND SO TO PUT A FINER POINT ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON IS TALKING ABOUT. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES TO MEET THE GAP? THE NEED WILL BE
THERE. WHETHER OR NOT THIS LEGISLATION PASSES AT THE STATE. SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT FINER POINT ON IT. >> THANK YOU. I'M NOT SEEING ANYMORE QUESTIONS. I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. IF I CAN COMMENT BRIEFLY ON COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON'S COMMENT AND THE MILLION DOLLARS. THAT WOULD BE MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE STATEWIDE. THERE IS A ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THE BASE. AND I'M TRYING TO CHECK ON WHAT THE AMOUNT IS. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IF I GET IT WHILE I'M MEETING, I'LL TELL
YOU. THAT'S MONEY THAT PROVIDERS CAN APPLY FOR STATEWIDE. IT COULD POTENTIALLY ADDRESS A PIECE OF THE FISCAL CLIFF. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. WANTED TO
NOTE THAT. THE SENATE BILL INCLUDES A POLICY PROVISION THAT WOULD REMOVE THE PREEMPTION IN STATE STATUTE FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HANG PLASTIC BAG BANS. SO THIS WAS PUT INTO
STATUTE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. MOSTLY PSUMABLY IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS' PLASTIC BAG BAN THAT WE THEN ADJUSTED TO BE A PLASTIC BAG FEE. THIS WOULD REMOVE THAT PROVISION. AND WOULD ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HAVE A PLASTIC BAG BAN, IF THEY CHOSE TO DO SO.
IT'S IN THE SENATE BILL AND NOT IN THE HOUSE. IT WILL HAVE TO BE SORTED OUT IN CONFERENCE. THE SENATE BILL INCLUDES $2 MILLION FOR GEOTHERMAL PLANNING GRANTS. AND THEN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE BILL HAVE -- SO THE GOVERNOR HAD
PROPOSED A FEE INCREASE FOR WELL MANAGEMENT FEES. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. WE HAVE DELEGATED OVERSIGHT OF THE PROGRAM AND SUPPORTS OUR WORK TO IMPROVE DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCREASE WOULD HAVE
HELPED TO FUND T TRAINING AND STAFF FOR THE PROGRAM. HOUSE AND SENATE TOOK OUT THE FEEINCRE IT IN THERE. IT SUPPORTS WORK DONE HERE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IN THE HOUSE BILL, THERE IS FUNDING INCLUDED FOR
PREWEATHERIZATION WORK AND WEATHERIZATION ASSISNCE PROGRAM. THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT AREA. MOVING ON TO HEALTH. THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE BOTH RESTORED FUNNG FOR CANNABIS-RELATED PREVENTION AND
EDUCATION PROGRA. THOSE WOULD BE GRANTS FOR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. BOTH BILLS ALSO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR FOOD SHELF PROGRAMS. THE SENATE A THE HIGHER LEVEL THAN THE HOUSE.
AND THEN MOVING ONO TRANSPORTATION. BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE INCLUDE MONEY FOR TRAFFIC CALMING. IN THE SENATE BILL, IT'S MILLION DOLLARS FOR CITIES OF THE FIRST CLA, WHICH, OF COURSE, INCLUDES MINNEAPOLIS. AND IT CREATES AN ACCOUNT. SO THAT IS POTENTIALLY
COULD BE AN ACCOUNT FUNDED IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL. THE SENATE BILL DOES REMOVE FUNDING FOR THE NORTHERN LIGHTS EXPRESS RAIL PROJECT. AND IT MAINTAINS FUNDING LEVELS FORHE TRANSPORTATION ADVANCEMENT ACCOUNT, WHICH IS AN ACCOUNT WE USE TO FUND PROJECTS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE HOUSE BILL
INCLUDES TRAFFIC CALMING MONEY. IT'S GREAT WE HAVE IT IN BOTH PLACES. THE HOUSE INCLUDES IT AS A $5 MILLION DIRECT APPROPRIATION TO MINNEAPOLIS. WE THINK IT'S UNLIKELY IT WILL STICK AT THE LEVEL IN CONFERENCE COITTEE. BUT IT IS GOOD IT'S IN BOTH BILLS. THE HOUSE
TRANSPORTATION BILL ALSO DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF CMATE MITIGATION PROJECTS A POINT OF CONTENTION ON THE FLOOR DEBATE YESTERY. AND DID LEAD TO A NUMBER OF DFL MEMBERS OPPOSING THE BILL. BILL PASSED OFF
E HOUSE FLOOR YESTERDAY. AND IN THE HOUSE BILL, THEY INCLUDE A PROVISION THAT WOULD REQUIRE DOING AN ANALYSIS OF THE BLUE LINE EXTENSION AS BRT RATHER THAN LRT. COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON DID COME OVER EARLIER IN SESSION TO TESTIFY AGAINST A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED FUTURE --
PREVENTED SPENDING ON FUTURE LRT PROJECTS. THIS IS SORT OF AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT. WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT. THIS WOULD BE A STUDY AT OKING AT IT AS A BRT PROJECT.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUDICIARY. THE BILLS DO INCDE FUNDING ON A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. INCLUDING PROGRAMS FOR THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, CRIME VICTIM SERVICES AND PHILANDO CASTILE TRAINING ACCOUNT. THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE MONITORING. AS YOU CAN SEE
HERE, THE AMOUNTS ARE SIMILAR FOR THE FIRST TWO ITEMS. BUT THE HOUSE HAS QUITE A BIT MORE FOR TRAINING IN ITS OMNIBUS BILL. THAT'LL BE SORTEDUT IN CONFERENCE, AS WELL. TO WRAP UP, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF POLICY ITEMS THAT ARE
EITHER MOVING OR UNDER DISCUSSION. AND THEN CAN PAUSE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY. THERE HAS BEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION ON PAID FAMILY MEDIC LEAVE AND POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE BILL THAT WAS ADOPTED. SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED ARE DELAYING IMPLEMENTATION FOR ANOTHER YEAR. OR SOME ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES. WE ANTICIPATE THIS LL BE SORTED OUT END OF SESSION NEGOTIATIONS AMONG LEADERSHIP. AND SO WE'LL
SEE WHERE THAT GOES. THE SENATE LIQUOR BILL PASSED OFF THE SENA FLOOR YESTERDAY. IT DID INCLUDE A PROVISION ALLOWING SOCIAL DISTRICTS IN ANY CITY STATEWIDE IF A CITY CHOSE TO DO SO. AND SO IT WOULD BE UP TO
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PASS AN ORDINANCE MEETING THE STATE STATUTE. IT WOULD GIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE HOUSE BILL. SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE SORTED OUT IN COERENCE. THE ZONING REFORM I ALREADY MENTIONED AS A POLICY
ITEM. I THINK WVE ALREADY COVERED THAT. THAT'S ANOTHER SORT OF OUTSTANDING POLICY PIECE THAT IS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION. AND THEN LASTLY, ANOTHER POLICY ITEM THAT ISTILL BEING DISCUSSED IN THE TRANSPORTATION AREAS AROUND MUNICIPAL STATEID DESIGN STANDARDS. SO THERE IS A
WORKING GROUP WORKING ON POTENTIAL MODIFITIONS TO THE STATE DESIGN STANDARDS. ESPECIALLY RELATED TO SAFETY. THESE ARE FOR MSA ROADS. SO ROADS THAT WE PUT INTO OUR MSA SYSTEM. AND MR. HUGHES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CLOSELY. IF
THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS ON THE DETAILS, HE CAN ANSWER THOSE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE REMAINING POLICY ITEMS UNDER DISCUSSION. BUT THEULK OF THE WORK FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL, OF COURSE, BE ON THE BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL WE HAD PREPARED TO PRESENT TO YOU. HAPPY TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY. >> YES. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TOPINKA. WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE ON QUEUE HERE. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. DIRECTOR TOPINKA, CAN YOU SPELL OUT LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S
INCLUDED IN THIS $103 MILLION FO THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMMING FUNDING. UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY. >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR THE RECORD, STEVE HOUSER WITH
IG R. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WITHOUT HAVING IT IN FRONT OF ME, COUNCILMEMBER. THAT FUNDING GENERALLY FUNDS A WIDE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS. THEY CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE RECRUITMENT RETENTION, THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO, LIKE, COMMUNITY SAFETY-PE WORK. SO
THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM MONEY WE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR. IT KIND OF RUNS THE PLIC SAFETY GAMETE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE IN MIND, MY GUESS IS, THERE SOMETHING THAT WOULD APPLY WITHIN THAT ARRAY OF GNT PROGRAMS.
>> OKAY. JUST -- AND THIS IS ABOUT THE STANDARD AMOUNT THAT THEY USUALLY GET? OR I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE O IF THERE WERE ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS. I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, GOVERNOR WALZ HAD SOME SPECIF PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS
HE WANTED TO BE ADVANCE THROUGH THE SESSION. I WASN' SURE IF THERE WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT. >> CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER, WITHOUT HAVING THE SPREAD SHEET IN FRONT OF ME, I'D HAVE TO TAKE AND LOOK AND SEE HOW THE AMOUNT COMPARED TO THE BASE. WHETHER
IT WAS A REDUCTION FROM BASE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WRONG THING ON THE RECORD N. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >> OKAY. YEAH. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BECAUSE I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE $103 MILLION. AND, OF COURSE, JUST THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT. AND WANTING TO KNOW THE BREAKDOWN.
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVG AROUND, FOR INSTANCE, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE DIFFICULTY IN IDENTIFYING $13 MILLION TO ESSENTIALLY HELP US MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING BASIC
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES AND PROVIDERS. SO JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIZATION OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR PUBLIC SETY DEPARTMENT. LIKE HOW ARE THESE PROGRAMS EITHER SUPPORTING PREVENTIVE EFFORTS
OR -- AND JUST HOLISTICALLY AT SOME OF THESE OTHER PRIORITIES WE'RE SEEING WORK FORCE, LABOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S TARGETS OF REDUCTION. AND I THINK OF THESE ARE TYPICALLY -- AS YOU MENTIONED, GRANTS THAT SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYDAY
PEOPLE FROM A HUMAN SERVICE SIDE. SO WANTED TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING INTO THAT $103 MILLION. WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME ALIGNMENT BETEN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE SIDE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, DO YOU WANT A ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP?
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> I'LL NOTE WITH CLERKS TO WORK WITH IGR. >> AWESOME. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I DID HAVE IS
REGARDING -- THERE WAS ALSO CONVERSATIONS AROUND IN THE SENATE SIDE. THIS IS ON A KIND OF POLICY ASPECT. AROUND I94 AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN THE POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. DO YOU KNOW WHERE
THOSE CONVERSATIONS STAND? I KNOW THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION ADVANCE TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. >> CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER, MY BEST RECOLLECTION ON THAT CONVERSATION WAS THAT PROVISION IS, TO THEEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, NOT INCLUDED IN EITHER
TRANSPORTATION ONMIBUS BILLS. THOSE WERE FOR THE STAND ALONE BILLS. IT DOESN'T MEAN -- IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY THOSE WOULD MOVE INDEPENDENTLY, AT THIS POINT, IN THE SESSION. AND UNLESS SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE -- MY BEST ASSUMPTION IS UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS WITHIN THE NEGOTIATION IN THE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TO BRING THE THE TWO TRANSPORTATION BILLS TOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT BEST OPPORTUNITY TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD. BUT FOR THIS SESSION, I DON'T KNOW IT WOULD -- IT WILL PROBABLY PROGRESS. I CAN ALSO
LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. IF THAT'S SOMETHING -- GET A LITTLE BIT ME DETAIL FOR YOU ON THAT, AS WELL. >> THAT WOULD BE GOOD. I'LL NOTE THAT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP ON THAT ONE. I FORGET THE SPECIFIC NAME OF THE PROVISION. ANDHE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, I KNOW A LOT OF THE SPORTS OWNERS OR STADIUM
OWNERS ALSO WENT TO THE CAPITOL THIS SESON. ALSO LOOKING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC SUBSIDIES FOR RENOVATIONS. WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF KIND OF WHERE THOSE THINGS LANDE OR CONVERSATIONS LANDED, AS WELL. IF WE SHOULD
BE EXPECTING THE STATE LEGISLATOR TO BE ALSO PROVIDING FUNDING TO THOSE ASSET HOLDERS. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COCILMEMBER WONSLEY, I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION. SO THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DID COME FORWARD
WI A REQUEST FOR, I BELIEVE IT'S AND $300 MILLION IN APPROPRIATION BONDS FOR XCEL ENERGY CENTER AND, ALSO, REVAMP OF THE RIVER CENTER. THEY HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF INFORMATIONAL HEARINGS ON THEIR BILL. AND AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT'S UNCLEAR
WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. IF IT IS GOING TO BE FUNDED, IT WILL LIKELY BE EITHER IN THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT OR TAX BILL, IN SOME WAY. I KNOW THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON IT. THE TEAM AND THE
CITY. BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT WILL BE INCLUDED THIS YEAR. I THINK IS RECEIVED SORT OF MIXED FEEDBACK. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE MINNESOTA SPORTS FACILITY AUTHORITY, WHICH OWNS U.S. BANK
STADIUM, HAS A PROPOSAL FOR APPROPRIATION BONDS TO FINISH THE SECURE PERIMETER THEY GOT INITIAL FUNDING FORAST YEAR. AGAIN, THAT'S AN APPROPRIATION BOND REQUEST. AND THEY'VE AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING, AND WE, LIKELY, WON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF
IT'LL BE INCLUDED UNTIL THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILL COMES OUT. I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY ASKS THIS YEAR THAT HAVE COME FORWARD. AND -- SO, AGAIN,
I THINK TO BE DETERMINED. BUTTN ARRAY OF OPINIONS ON WHETHER OR HOW THE STATE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN SPORTS. AND THAT HA BEEN BROUGHT UP IN CONVERSATION. >> AND THEN FOR THE U.S. BANK STADIUMS' PROPOSAL,
SPECIFICALLY, FORHE SECURE PERIMETER. IS THAT MOSTLY FENCING IN D? DO YOU KNOW? IS THAT FOR THE FENCING. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, YES. IT'S FENCING THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TO COMPLY WITH SOME FEDERAL, I BELIEVE IT'S HOMELAND
SECURITY STANDARDS FOR MAJ EVENTS. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT MONEY. >> HUH. IS A ADNISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. IF YOU HAVE WHAT THAT DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FENCING PROVISIONENTAI
IN THE THEME OF SPORTS IN ATHLETICISM, ATHLETICISM -- SPORTS BETTING. WHERE DID THAT LAND? JUST SNOWING THAT WOULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT IN MY WARD. AND JUST CONCERNS OHOW THAT WILL RELATE TO THE ATHLETIC SCENE THERE. AND LOTS OF
THOUGHTS. BUT, YES. I KNOW THAT WAS MOVING ITS WAY THROUGH THE LEGIS LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR. NOT SURE WHERE IT ENDED HERE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. ITID NOT MOVE FORWARD THIS SESSION. THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE HEARING. BUT IT DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF
COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE. AND I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK THERE WERE HEARINGS IN THE HOUSE. I'LL LET MANY HOUSER ADD MORE. >>HAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. THERE WAS IN ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEE ACTION THIS SESSION, RELATED TO
THE BILL, THERE WAS, IF I'M RECALLING, AN ATTEMPT TO REREFER THE BILL OUT OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE IT'S CURRENTLY IN. OR OUT OF -- I WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. IT'S NOT IN COMMERCE COMMITTEE, BUT THERE WAS A FLOOR MOTION TO TRY TO REFER THAT BILL BACK TO THE
COMMERCE COMMITTEE TO TRY AND MAYBE DO FURTHER WORK ON IT. THAT VOTE DID NOT PREVAIL. SO THE BILL HAD A NEGATIVE VOTE IN COMMITTEE. IT CONTINUES TO STAY IN THAT COMMITTEE. UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER VOTE RETAKEN TO MOVE IT. SO IN AN ATTEMPT TO
MOVE IT OUT TO FLOOR ACTION THE SENATE ALSO FAILED. WOULD BE -- I MEAN, THIS TYPE OF YEAR, I WOULD SAY THINGS ARE NEVER QUITE ZERO, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY UNLIKELY, I THINK, FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN THIS SESSION. UNLESS SOMETHING -- SOMEBODY CHANGES THEIR MIND OR SOMETHING ELSE
CHANGES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. >> YEAH. I'LL NOTE THERE'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP ON THE FENCING FOR U.S. BANK STADIUM. I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER PROVISION THAT WE DIDN'T GET CLARITY ON THE NAME OF. I'LL JUST REQUEST THAT MR. HOUSER AND
COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, AFTER MMITTEE, MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLERKS JUST KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO. OKAY. I'LL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS THEN COME BACK TO MYSELF. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
ANTHANK YOU, DIRECTOR TOPINKA FOR THE UPDATES. I'M CURIOUS. YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME O THE HOUSING LEGISLATION THAT'S GNG FORWARD. BUT, YEAH. YOU TALKED, I THINK YOU
MEIONED PARKING SITUATION. BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER BILLS BEING SUPPORT BY COALITION. ARE YOU FAMILR
WITH THE STATUS OF THOSE BILLS.G THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. >> YES, CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COUNCILMEMBER Y JENKINS. THEREN
SPORTING A PACKAGE OF BILLS AROUND ZONING REFORM AND HOUNG DENSITY. SO THERE WERE PRIMARILY THRE BILLS. MAYBE A FEW MORE THAN THAT. BUT A FEW DIFFERENT BILLS THAT WERE MOVING -- >> I THINK AROUND FIVE. >> YEAH. ONE WAS A PARKING
MINIMUM. GETTING RID OF PARKING MINIMUMS. THERE WAS ONE AROUND AESTHETIC MANDATES, A COUPLE AROUND ALLOWING D DUPLEXES AND TRIFLEXES STATEWIDE. AND SOME AROUND MISSING MIDDLE AND REQUIRING SPECIFIC ZONING STANDARDS SO THAT CITIES WERE
ALLOWING FOR MORE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SO FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE BILLS DID NOT MOVE FORWARD OUT OF COMMITTEE. IN THE HOUSE, THEY WERE HEARD IN
THE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND THEN MOVED TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE WHERE THEY DN'T END UP HAVING A HEARING. IN THE SENATE, THEY SIMILARLY WERE HEARD IN HOUSING AND THEN MOVED TO THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. AND ENDED UP NOT BEING HEARD THERE EITHER.
HOWEVER, ON THE HOUSE SIDE, THEY DID INCLUDE A PROVISION IN THEIR BUDGET BILL. ND THIS IS WHAT I REFER TO EARLIER. THAT REQUIRES MNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY TO INCLUDE POINTS FOR PROCTS. SO THIS IS HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE
APPLYING FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE. THEY WILL GET MORE POINTS, IF THEY'RE LOCATED IN CITIES THAT HAVE SOME SPECIFIC POLICIES AROUND BEING PRO DENSITY. THE LANGUAGE IN THE PROPOSAL IS LARGELY THINGS WE
ALREADY DO. SO WE FL COMFORTABLE THAT PROJECTS IN MINNEAPOLIS WOULD COMPETE WELL FOR THAT. THO POINTS. ON THE SENATE SIDE, THEY JUST YESTERDAY SCHEDULED ANOTHER HEARING IN THE STATE AND LOCAL COMMITTEE THIS
THURSDAY. THE THEY'RE HEARING SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT BILLS. SO THAT'S KIND OF, I THINK, THE LIKELY PROBABLY THE LAST HEARING ON THAT. THIS SESSION. IT'S
NOT ENTIRELY GETTING RID OF PARKING MINIMUMS. BUT IT'S SAYING CITIES CAN ONLY REQUIRE, I BELIEVE, ONE. I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THE LANGUAGE. ONE PARKING SPACE PER UNIT. IT AND HAS SOME REQUIREMENTS AROUND AESTHETIC MANDATES. SO SAYING CITIES CAN'T REQUIRE THINGS LIKE
BALCONIES OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED ON MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. AND THE IT HAS SOME ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. SO THINGS SAYING REQUIRING A CERTAIN PART OF PROCESS CAN BE DONE THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS RATHER THAN PUBLIC HEARINGS. OR SOME
OF THE PROVISIONS. AND SO THAT'S --HAT HAS A HEARING THIS THURSDAY. WE'LL SEE IF THAT MOVES FORWARD. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. THE INITIAL COMMENTS YOU MADE ABOUT
POINTS FOR CITIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN DENSITIES. I MEAN, THE GOAL, I THINK OF THE COALITION IS TO EXPAND HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND COMMITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE DENSITY GET MORE POINTS. THAT'S
NOT REALLY HELPING THAT ISSUE, PER SE. BUT THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, THIS COALITION, AND HOPEFLY MANY OF YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEM. THEY'RE TRYING TO INCREASE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS THE STATE. IN ORDER TO BRING DOWN COSTS ET. CETERA, ET. CETERA. SO HOPEFUL SOME OF THESE BILLS WILL GET FURTHER HEARINGS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DIRECT TOPINKA, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE TRAFFIC CALMING MOVE THROUGH. I REALLY DISHEARTENED TO HEAR ABOUT THEEMOVAL OF THE $194 MILLION FOR THE EXPRESS.
CAN YOU, MR. HOUSER, SHARE WHAT IT MEANS TO THE FUNDING BE REMOD? >> ADAM CHAIR, THE $194 MILLION IS BEING RECOMMENDED IN THE SENATE BILL. THE HOUSE DID US NOT SPEAK TO
THE PROVISION. SO THAT MONEY, BASED ON MY RECOLLECTION OF THE DISCUSSION OF THAT PROVISION IN THE SENATE SIDE, THERE IS SOME IDEAS ABOUT OTHER MONEY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED TO THE STATE RAIL OFFICE. SO POTENTIALLY CONTINUE THE WORK THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE DONE AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT FEDERAL
FUNDS WOULD POTENTLLY BE AVAILABLE GOING FORWARD FOR THE PROJECT, ALSO. THERE'S ALSO THAT DYNAMIC COMING INTO PLAY OF HOW MUCH. IT'S A QUESTION TO THE LEGISLATORS OF HOW MUCH STATE RESOURCES SHOULD GO TOWARD FEDERAL MONEY THAT WOULD POTENTIAL I WILL NOT BE THERE.
SO THAT WAS THE KIND OF DEBATE RELATED TO THE PROVISION. I COULD NOT TELL YOU FOR SURE WHAT WILL COME OUT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE RELATED TO THAT. T WAS AN AREA OF THE BUDGET THAT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND THE SENATEAD ACCESS TO. THEY
HAD, I BELIEVE, THEY HAD A ZERO TARGET IF FOR THEIR COMMITTEE. SO IT WOULD BE, IF I'M ANTICIPATING A QUESTION, IT'S HARD TO GUES WHAT THE CHANCES ARE OF THE PROVISION. WHETHER THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OPTIONS COULD BE TO LEAVE IT ALONE, ZERO IT OUT, OR DO SOME SORT OF A CUT. BUT LEAVE SOME
MONEY AVAILABLE TO THE STATE TO WORK WITH OTHER PARTNERS ON THAT PROJECT. >> JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. THIS FUNDING IS SEPARATE FROM THE MATCH THAT WAS THE MATCH THAT WAS APPROPRIATED LAST MAY. OR IS IT THE SAME AMOUNT? I
KNOW IN 2023, I THINK IT WAS AROUND THE SAME FIGURE, $194. >> I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT, MADAM CHAIR. THE $194 MILLION PASSED IN THE 2023 BUDGET FOR '24-'25.. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IF WE DON'T HAVE A LOCAL MATCH A THAT
LEVEL, WE WON'T -- THERE'S NOT A CHANCE FOR US TO GET FEDERAL GRANTS. EVEN IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY IS NOT FRIENDLY TO MINNESOTA OR STATES LIKE OURS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? SHOULD THIS EVEN BEFORE CONFERENCE N PASS, LIKE, DOES
IT MEAN DESIGN WORK JUST STOPS? DOES THAT MEAN THE PROJECT TALL PROJECT STALLS OUT? WILL WE NOT SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MINNESOTA AND DULUTH. >> I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT COULD KILL IT OUTRIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PART OF THE DISCUSSION THERE WAS POTENTIALLY OTHER OPTIONS R THE STATE TO
CONTINUE WORK. OBVIOUSLY NOT AT THE ME KIND OF OF A LEVEL THAT THE194 MILLION APPROPRIATION COULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW FOR. BUT I CAN GET BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ON MORE OF THE SPECIFICS OF, LIKE, IF THIS THEN
THAT KIND OF SCENARIOS. IF THIS IS ZEROED OUT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE TO CONTINUE WORK ON THAT PROJECT. >> THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. I KN THAT WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL A BOARD AROUND THE NORTHERN
LIGHTS EXPRESS AND OUR PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I TNK, WITH VICE CHAIR RAINVILLE, YOU'RE THE MEMBER ON AT. THE OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE TRANSPORTATION PART, THIS STUDY FOR BRT BLUE LINE EXTENSION INSTEAD OF LRT.
IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THAT? >> MADAM CHAIR, I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. I BELIEVE IT'S A DIRECTIVE OF THE MET COUNCIL TO DO SO THE STUDY. I WOULD HAVE
TO GET BACK TO YOU. >> OKAY. AND IS THE THOUGHT BEHIND IT TO KIND OF PUT A PAUSE IN THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING. OR THE WORK WILL CONTINUE AND THE STUDY WILL HAPPEN COURRENTLY. >> MADAM CHAIR. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE WORK
WILL CONTINUE. NOTHING WOULD BE DELAYED BY DOING THIS. IT WOULD BE A DIRECTIVE TO THE MET COUNCIL TO STUDY THE VIABILITY AND THE OPTIONS OF BRT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO LRT. >> YES. AND MY LAST QUESTION, I
HEARD SOME OF THE RUMBLINGS OF THE DELAY OF CLIMATE MITIGATION RELATED TO ROAD PROJECTS. FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE REST OF THE BODY, DETAIL OUT WHAT CLIMATE MITIGATION IN THE SCENARIO MEANS. >> SO IN THE 2023 LEGLATIVE
SESSION, THE TRANSPORTATION BILL INCLUDED A PROCESS WHERE WHENEVER A ROAD PROJECT IS, I BELIEVE THE CRITERIA -- THE BASIC CRITERIA IF IT'S LOOKING TO EXPAND EITHER LANES OR SOMETHING THAT IS SUBSTANTIVELY DIFFERENT TO THE VOLUME OF
TRAFFIC. OR PROPOSING TO EXPAND THE TRAFFIC ON A ROADWAY, THESE STUDIES WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT TO DISCOVER WAYS TO MITIGATE THE INCREASED C CARBON AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THE PROJECT WOULD POTENTIALLY PRODUCE. IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE SAYING THAT THE
PROJECT COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. IT WOULD ASK THAT THE PROJECT THEN -- THE PROJECT LEADERS IDENTIFY THEN HOW TO OFFSET THE INCREASES TO THE GREENHOUSE GASES. WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION
OMNIBUS BILL IS TO DELAY -- AND THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR DEBATE YTERDAY ON THE TRANSPORTATION BILL. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT, WOULD BE AN APPROXIMATELY THREE-YEAR DELAY. LEGALLY THAT POLICY IS IN EFFECO
EFFECT OF FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. IT WOULD BE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AROUND WHETHER TO CALL IT A DELAY OR A HALT. IT'S TECHNICALLY THE LAW NOW. AND SO THIS, I THINK, MADAM CHAIR, THAT KIND OF ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.
OR YOUR QUESTION. SO, YES. THAT IS WHAT THE LAW IS DOING. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE A PAUSE OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS. AND THEN THE ADVOCATES HAVE SAID THIS PAUSE WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME
OF THE SUBSTITUTI -- DISCUSSI OF HOW DO YOU FIND THE OFFSETS. WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S CORRECT METRICS TO CALCULATE WHAT THE IMPACTS OF A PROJECT WOULD HAVE. THAT SORT OF THING. >> AND THE SENATE HASN'T ENTERED INTO THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE
PROVISION YET. I IMAGINE THERE'S PRETTY STEEP OPPOSITION. >> MADAM CHAIR, MY ASSUMPTION, THIS HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE SENATE SIDE. IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE SENATE OMNIBUS
BILL. I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE SENATE AGREED TO. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION AND FINDG AN SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT ON SOME OF THE BILLS, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S A VERSION OF THIS COULDN'T GET DONE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS. THESE ARE TWO APPROACHES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT TOGETHER. SO IT'S HARD TO -- IT'S A HARD ONE TO ANTICIPATE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. MY COMMENT ON THAT, JUST TO PASS ALONG IS, I THINK THE CLIMATE MITIGATION GISLATION THAT PASSED IS
REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH MINNESOTA CAN SCALE ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE ON A STATE LEVEL. WITHOUT THAT DATA AND INFORMATION TO OFFSET, LIKE, THE NUMBER ONE WAY THA WE MAKE EMISSIONS AS A STATE. EVEN FOR THREE YEARS. ESPECIALLY AS
WEE SEEING THE TEMPERATURE RISE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I THINK WE HIT 1.5 CELSIUS THIS PAST YEAR. IS REALLY, REALLY UNSETTLING. AND I DON'T THINK ININE WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO I
APPRECIATEUST YOU GOING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT. AND THEN I WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUSE FIRST IS FOR YOU, MR. HOUSER. IT'S ABOUT MSA ROUTES. THERE'S
MORE AND MORE INTEREST -- I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S MORE AND MORE VOCAL INTEREST IN TRAFFIC CALMING ON OUR CITIES MSA'S ROUTES. IN FACT, WE'RE WORKING ON ONE THIS YEAR AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IN THE CITY. I REMEMBER HEARING THAT, UMM,
BASED ON THE COMMITTEES' WORK, DO YOU FORESEE NEW DESIGN STANDARDS THAT MIGHT ALLOW FOR THESE KINDS OF FEATURES IN THE FUTURE? I T DON'T THINK WE'RE WORKING TO FULLY REDESIGN THE MSA ROUTES. THE REASON WHY
THEY'RE MSA ROUTES IS IT'S MEANT TO MOVE TRUCKS, TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY VEHICLES FASTER. IN OUR TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES WE HAVE TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL CHANGES
THE CITY MAY REQUEST TO MUNICIPAL STATE AID ROUTES TO BETTER ALIGN WITH OUR UPDATED STREET TYPOLOGIES. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE FOLLOWING THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK, IS THIS GOING IN OUR DIRECTION? WITH STATE LEGISLATORS INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF THING OR GOING IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. I WOULD SAY,N GENERAL, IT'S LIKELY GOING IN OUR DIRECTION. I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT AN AGREEMENT CAN BE STRUCK TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN
THE PURPOSE OF THE MSA SYSTEM WITH THE SAFETY NEEDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR, YOU KNOW, NONVEHICLE. YOU KNOW, MOVEMENT IN AND AROUND THOSE INTERSECTIONS, ESPECIALLY. AND SO THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, MYSELF
AND SOME STAFF FROM PUBLIC WORKS ARE PARTICIPATING IN SOME STAKEHOLDER WORK THAT IS HAPPENING TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW CITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING. THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES A VARIANC-- WHAT CHANGES
TO THE VARIANCE PROCESS COULD LOOK LIKE. RE THERE THINGS THAT ARE IN CURRENT RULE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY CHANGED IN STATE LAW TO ALLOW FOR THINGS LIKE LANE WIDTH? WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DESN
ELEMENTS OR OTHER DESIGN STANDARDS THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO MSA PROJECTS. THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE SAFETY CONSIDERATIONSO BE CONSIDERED. DESIGN ELEMENTS TO BE CONSIDEREDDED THAT AREN'T CURRTLY PART OF THE DESIGN MANUAL. I THINK ONE THING WE'RE
LOOKING AT, THESE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE CREATED BY STATE, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ENGINEERS AND SO THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR PROFESSION THAT ARE CREATING THE DESIGNS. AND SO WE'RE THEN LOOKI AT HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN -- POTENTIALLY MAINTAIN
THAT WHOLE PROCESS. WHILE BALANCING THAT OUT WITH THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF COMMUNITIES. AND SO THAT IS THE WORK THAT MYSELF AND, LIKE I SAID, A COUE OF PUBLIC WORKS ARE PARTICIPATING IN. HOPEFULLY, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION BETWEEN US
AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERSES THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE PROJECTS, I DO THINK THAT WE N -- I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC SOMETHING CAN BE PUT FORWARD TO THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AND COME OUT OF THAT. THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO EVEBODY.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. THE OTHER CLARIFICATION I WANTED TO MAKE IS SOMETHING DIRECTOR TOPINKA HAD IN HER SLIDES. IS THE $57 -- $5.7 MILLION GIVEN TO
EAST PHILIPS FOR THE ROOF DEPOT SITE? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, YES. THE WATER YARD IS RELATED TO THE ROOF DEPOT PROJECT. THE WAY IT WOULD LIKELY HAPPEN IS THE FUNDING WOULD COME TO THE CITY FOR THE FUTURE WATER YARD. BUT IT WOULD BE PART OF THE
AGREEMENT AT WAS MADE WITH THE EAST PHILIPS NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE AND ALLOW FOR THE SALE TO MOVE FORWARD. >> WE ALLOWED IT ONE EXTRA YEAR? MOST RECENTLY? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, YES, CORRT. I BELIEVE THE CURRENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT EXPIRES SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. I DON
RECALL EXACT DATES. >> THANK YOU.. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JEINS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I APOLOGIZE, DIRECTOR, I DIDN'T
ASK THE QUESTIONS. WELL, IN MY FIRST QUESTIONING. I'M CURIOUS, ARE THERE ANY ANTI-LGBT OR TRANS YOUTH LEGISLATION MOVING FORWARD THE LEGISLATURE? AND IF SO, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THOSE
BILLS? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, NO, THERE IS NOTHING MOVING FORWARD. EARLIER THIS SESSION, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF HEARINGS IN THE HOUSE EITHER PRIOR TO WHEN THEPT
INTO PLACE. OR AT A TIME WHEN ONE OF THE GOP CHAIRS WAS HOSTING COMMITTEE. THEY DID HAVE A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND TRANS YOUTH IN SPORTS. BUT THEY HAD HEARINGS AND THEYDR
TO THE POWER SHARING AGREEMENT BEING IN PLACE IN THE HOUSE. BUT NOTHING PASSED. AND SINCE THERE'S BEEN THE POWER SHARING AGREEMENT IN PLACE, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN FURTHER FLOOR DISCUSSIONS. AND GIVEN THE MAKEUP OF THE LEGISLATURE AT THIS POINT, DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. .
>> THANK YOU I'LL ASK ONE LAST TIMEEFORE WE MOVE TO THE FEDERAL PORTION, IF ANY OF COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE STATE PART OF THE PRESENTATION. I'M NOT SEEING ANY. SO,
DIRECTOR TOPINKA, LAUREN OLSON, WE CAN MOVE AHEAD TOHE FEDERAL PART. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBERS. I LAUREN OLSON, SENIOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I CAN'T
PROVIDE YOU WITH ANYTHING NEAR COMPREHENSIVE JOVAN OVERVIEW. WE'RE FOLLOWING A L OF THINGS IN THE NEWS. I'LL HIT ON HIGHLIGHTS AND TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THE ENTERPRISE AND OUR ABILITY TO SERVE RESIDENTS.
FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE BUDGET TALKS THAT ARE COMING UP RIGHT NOW. SO CONGRESS RETURNED FROM THEIR RECESS. I TNK YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE THE DISCUSSION
BECOME MORE ROBUST ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND SPECIFICALLY, AS YOU KNOW, CONGRESS EXPECTS TO USE PROBABLY THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS. AND THAT WILL ALLOW SLIM REPUBLICAN MAJORITY TO PASS SOMETHING
WITHOUT DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT. IN ORDER TO USE RECONCILIATION PROCESS, YOU NEED THE SENATE AND HOUSE TO AGREE ON THE EXACT TERMS. IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THEM BAUSE TO REACH SOME OF THE TARGETS, YOU DO HAVE TO
TOUCH THE PROGRAMS THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS DO VALUE. AND HAVE BEEN PUSHING BACK ON. SO CURRENTLY THE HOUSE IS WORKING ON A PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR $1.5 TRILLION TO CUT. AND THE SENATE IS TO LOOK TO CUT AT LEAST $4 BILLION IN
CUTS AT THE MOMENT. AND SO THE COMMITTEES THAT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN SUECT MATTER ARE WORKING, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE EACH COMMITTEE COME FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE JURISDICTION, LET'S SAY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THEY HAVE RECOMMENDS
ABOUT WHERE TO TRIM THERE, FOR EXAMPLE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CAREFULLY WATCHING FOR THINGS COMING OUT OF NUMBERING NUMBERING -- COMING OUT OF ENERGY AND EXERCISE. AVERAGING MEDICAID AND OTHER PROGRAMS. I THINK WE CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS CARE AUT. AS DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE GOAL OF
THE HOUSE IS TO CUT $888 BILLION OVER 10 YEARS FROM THE BUCKET THAT INCLUDES MEDICAID. BUT MEDICAID MAKES UP SUCH A BIG PORTION OF THAT BUCKET, TOO, AGAIN, IT'S LIKE -- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THERE, IF YOU
WANT TO REACH THAT TARGET. SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT ENTIRELY POPULAR WITH A LOTF PUBLIC. THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT IN REALITY HOW TO HAVE THE CUTS. THEY NEED THE CUTS, AS YOU OW, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO
EXTEND TAX CUTS THAT BENEFIT T WEALTHIEST AMERICANS. IN ORDER TO EXTEND THAT, THAT'S WHY THEY'RMAKING THE CUTS. THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE DEBT CEILING. INTERESTING THING TO KEEP AN EYE O IS THAT ON THE SENATE SIDE, SOME IN THE
SENATE ARE TREATING THOSE TAX CUTS AS IF THEY'RE IN PLACE AND, THEREFORE, THEY DON'T NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THEM GOING FORWARD. AND THEY CAN PRETEND IT'S NOT A COST GOING FORWARD. WHEREAS THE HOUSE SIDE, THEY HAVE SAID THIS IS GOING TO COST US
$4.5 TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS, IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE THESE. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT WITH THE CUTS OR BY INCREASING THE DEBT CEILING. BUT SOME FOLKS ON THE SENATE SIDE ARE TRYING TO SAY THAT, "OH, WE HAVE THIS IN PLACE ALREADY. WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT TT
THIS COSTS US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN." SO INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS GOING FORWARD ON THAT. WE ARE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR DELEGATION ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES ON THIS. INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. WE'RE
IN D.C. TO HAVE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS FACE-TO FACE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET PRIORIES. THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER WAS IN D.C. HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS. WE WORK WITH THEM RULARLY. AND REPRESENTATIVE OMAR WAS RECENTLY VISITED ONE OF OUR SCHOOL-BASED
CLINICS AND GOT HEAR MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANT SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE THROUGH FUNDING. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAI TO -- AND THE PAYMENTS THAT MEDICAID PROVIDES TO SUSTAIN A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT PEOPL ACROSS THE STATE RELY ON. INCLUDING RURAL
HOSPITALS. BUT, YEAH. WE'RE IN GREAT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR DELEGATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT WE DON'T COVER ALL THE EXECUTIVE ORDERERS HERE. I THOUGHT MAYBE WE SHOULD TOUCH ON A COUPLE THAT CAME IN LAST
NIGHT. OR TO BUSINESS YESTERDAY. IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST. ONEF THOSE ORDERS WAS ABOUT UNLEASHING LAWENFORCEA NUMBER OF PROVISIONS. SOMEF INTERESTS REQUIRES WITHIN 60
DAYS FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REVIEW ALL ONGOING FEDERAL CONSENT DECREES. AND ESSENTIALLY LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD CONTINUE. AND THEN THERE'SLSO A PLAN TO
CREATE A MECHANISM THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE LEGAL DEFENSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACCUSED OF WRONG DOING. THERE'S ALSO A REFERENCE THERE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR PRO BONO REPRESEATION. AND I'M WONDERING FOR THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE LAW FIRMS FOR THATURPOSE.
BUT THEY WANT TO CREATE A MECHANISM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION IN THERE ABOUT MAKING, YOU KNOW, MILITARY EQUIPMENT MORE ASSESSABLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN
SOMETIMES IN THE PAST. AND THEN THERE'S LANGUAGE HERE ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PRIORITIZING PROSECUTION OF ANY APPLICABLE VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW. WITH RESPECT TO STATEND
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. I'M READG DIRECTLY FROM IT. SINCE WE GOT IT LAST NIGHT. WHOSE OFFICIALS PROHIB LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM CARRYING OUT DUTIES NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND WHOSE OFFICIALS UNLAWFULLY ENGAGE IN DISCRINATION BASED ON
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. I THINK YOU'RE AWARE, TOO, THAT THE WORD "DISCRIMINATION "GET USED IN A MANNER BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE THOUGHT OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE PAST. ON THAT NOTE, TOO,
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE HAS SEEN A HUGE LOSS IN STAFFING. EY USUALLY HANDLING DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE MORE
FAMILIAR TO US. BUT THEY WENT FROM 380 TO, I THINK, 140. I WROTE IT DOWN SOMEWHERE. 380 TO ABOUT 140 STAFF. SO AS THE
ADMINISTRATION REALLY TRANSFORMS ALL TH THINGS THAT THEY WANT THAT DIVISION TO IF BE FOCUSED ON. -- TO BE FOCUS ON. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AGAINST A JURISDICTION I'LL LET THE
LAWYERS SORT THAT OUT. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS. ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER YESTERDAY REQUIRES THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
PUBLISH A LIST OF S& SATUARY JURISDICTIONS WITH, THEY TEND TO NOTIFY THE JURY DICTIONS HOW THEY THINK THEY'RE VIOLATING VARIOUS FEDERAL LAWS. THEN THEYNTEND TO IDENTIFY FUNDS FOR SUSPENSION OR
TERMINATION. AND THEN IF JURISDICTIONS ARE DEFIANT TO THEIR VIEW, THEY'LL USE LEGAL AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION. SO THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF STEPS. THIS IS KIND OF PAR FOR THE COURSE. IN
TERMS OF WE'RE SEEING SIMILARTHO AFTER PEOPLE THEY SEE AS INCOISTENT WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATION POLICIES. WHATEVER THEY MAY BE. THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER ALSO INCLUDES THIS LANGUAGE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSING THEY BELIEVE STATE
AND LOCAL OFFICIALSSE THEIR AUTHORITY TO VIOLATE, OBSTRUCT, AND DEFY THE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. THEY LIST SOME WAYS THEY FEEL THAT LAWS THEY THINK ARE VIOLATED. THEY CALL THIS A LAWLESS INSURRECTION. AND
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ARICANS IN FAVOR OF ALIENS. THEIR TERMS "ILLEGAL ALIENS." THIS IS ANOTHER -- NOW IT'S DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AMERICANS. TERMINOLOGY LIKE "INSURRECTION" DEFINITELY IS
CONCERNING. IN TERMS OF WHAT TOOLS, I THINK THEY WANT TO -- HOW THEY'RE VIEWING THIS AND THE TOOLS THEY WOULD WANT TO USE. PIVOTING A LITTLE BIT. JUST TO THE GENERAL TOPIC OF KIND OF
SOME OF THE THREATS TO SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE RELY ON. THIS IS A SAMPLE OF ISSUES. AS YOU KNOW, KIND OF JURISDICTN
HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS TO LAW BACK MONEY OR THREATEN MONEY. A RECENT EXAMPLE. THINK IT WAS APRIL 24th. THE LETTER CAME OUT FROM THE SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION ABOUT KIND OF IN THEIR WORDS, CLARIFYING WT THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS COME ALONG WITH RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS. I THINK THERE SOME DISAGREEMENT WHETHER INGS LISTED ARE OBLIGATIONS. THEY KIND OF PROPORT TO SAY THOSE ARE THE
TERMS OR THIS IS WHAT YOU AGREE TO WHEN YOU AGREE TO TAKE FUNDS. AND IF YOU ARE NOT COMPLYING WITH ALL OF OUR KIND OF -- IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU'RE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PEOPLE. AND, AGAIN, THEIR VIEW OF
DISCRIMINATION, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU GUYS GET IT. BUT INVOLVES -- DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BASED ON SEX, BUT IT'S ABOUT SUPPORTING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR VIEW OF DISCRIMINATION IS DIFFERENT. SO
THE LETTER THREATENS. IF YOU'RE SCRIMINATING AND ALSO NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THEY SEE AS THE FEDERAL STATUS OF FEDERAL LAW, IT WOULD LOOK TO MAYBE TERMINATE FUNDS. ND ALSO HOPE TO RECOVER FUNDS THAT WERE ALREADY EXPENDED, WHICH IS
SOMETHING NEW THERE. U.S. WHY LIKE WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDERERS AND THIS, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CAVEAT THAT, OBVIOUSLY, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT LEGAL WHEN YOU WRITE IT DOWN THIS WAY. BUT THIS WAS SENT TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THEIR VIEW OF THE OBLIGATIONS ANDHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IF PEOPLE ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THEIR GOALS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE CONTENDING WITH THAT IS FAIRLY
NEW. ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED THAT HAD A MORE POSITIVE RESOLUTION. SO SOMETHING POSITIVE HERE. THE FEMA INFORMED RECIPIENTS CERTAIN GRANTS THAT WENT TO CERTAIN
JURIES DICTIONS THAT -- OR IDENTIFIED AS S&LING WARE CITIES WOULD UNDERGO GREATER SCRUTINY FOR POTENTIAL TERMINATION. THIS WAS A FEMA HELAND SECURITY
COLLABORATION. THEY COULD NOT STOP THOSE PROGRAMS BASED ON
THIS. SO I THINK A BIG ISSUE GOING FORWARD. IN MANY OF THE ATTEMPTS AT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CLAWING BACK FUNDS HAVE MET SOME
SERIOUS OBSTACLES. A VERY BIG ISSUE TO CONTEND WITH GOINGFORWW GRANT AGREEMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE EXECUTED AGREEMENTS, WE'RE GETTING CONTRACTS WITH DIFFERENT TERMS IN THEM. THAT SOME WHICH MAY NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO US AS A
CITY. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE LEGAL PUSHBACK, TOO, IN TERMS OF NEW AGENCIES. WE KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR EXAMPLE, IS STILL WORKING ON THEIR NEW TEMPLATE FOR THEIR GRANT AGREEMENTS. I'M SURE
THERE WILL BE SOME CONCERNS THERE. MORE EXAMPLE OF SOME POSITI THINGS. SO AS YOU KNOW, CITY WAS A PARTY TO SAN FRANCISCO BEAT TRUMP. WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION KIND OF ORDERED AGENES TO WITHHOLD FUNDS FROM
SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS. WHAT THEY DEFINE AS A SANCTUARY JURISDICTION. AND THE COURT GRANTED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PROHIBITING THE ADMINISTRION FROM WITHHOLDING FUNDS ON THE BASIS. OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS A GOOD
THING. I WOULD EXPT THERE WOULD BE AN APPEAL BUT I CAN ASK HAROLD QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. ALSO, REGDING THOSE COVID-19 FUNDS. THERE WAS
AN ATTEMPT T CLAW BACK MONEY PROVIDED FROM CID-19. MINNESOTA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF AORNEY GENERAL ELLISON JOINED A LAWSUIT WITH OTHER STATES OVER THAT. $11 BILLION IN NATIONAL INVESTMENT. GOT A
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER TO RESTORE THE FUNDS. THOSE FLOW THE STATE. AS WE KNOW, WE MIGHT STILL BE WORKING OUT THE COMMUNICATION IF WE CAN START TO
UTILIZEHOSE FUNDS AGAIN. IN ORDER TO TRACK, YOU KNOW, THESER CITY PROCESSES AND PROTOCOLS. AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ABOUT HOW
TO ACCEPT A GRANT GOING THROUGH FORMAL STEPS. WE HAVE SOME INTERNAL TRACKING TOOLS. WE MAKE SURE WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES OR THREA TO THE FUNDS THAT IT GETSES INTO A SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT INFORMATION. WE
ALSOAVE PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE GETTING NEW CONTRACT TERMS OR REVISED CONTRACT TERMS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH CITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES. THERE'S SOME INTERNAL WORKING GROUPS THAT INCLUDE A LOT OF
FINANCE FOLKS THAT ALSO HELP TO MAKE SURTHAT WE ARE TRACKING THE FUNDING THREATS, AS WELL AS A GROUP THAT LOOKS AT IT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE. THOSE ARE
SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MAYBE HIGHLIGHT FOR TODAY SORRY. SORRY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. YEAH, THE FEDERAL PRESENTATION I DON'T THINK IS ONE WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANYMORE IN THIS COMMITTEE. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK, A LAURA, IN PUTTING TOGETHER AND TRACK IT. I KNOW THAT ITSELF IS A CHALLENGE. TO DO. BUT REALLY
IMPORTANT. AND I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. AND THIS IS MAYBE FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY. KIND OF WANTED TO SEE IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND KIND OF WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE. AND WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR. I KNOW THAT IF THERE'S APPEAL, THE INJUDGES COULD BE REMOVED. I YOU CAN CLARIFY FOR US.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WHERE WE ARE IN THAT, WE HAD ORAL ARGUMENT LAST WEEK. THE JUDGE IN THAT ORAL ARGUMENT WAS INCLINED TO GRANT THE PRELIMINARY INJUDGES. AND THE
LLOWING DAY HE DID JUST THAT. WHAT IT DOES, IT PREVENTS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM WITHHOLDING FEDERAL FUNDING BASED OFF OF THEIR DESIGNATION OF CITIES OR JURISDICTIONS AS
SANCTUARY JURISDICONS. MOVING FORWARD, WE GENERALLY EXPECT AN APPEAL OF THAT. IT HAST COME THROUGH AS A CHECKING -- I CHECKED THIS YESTERDAY AFTEOON. I HADN'T SEEN IT. I CAN CHECK WITH THE LITIGATS AFTER THIS MEETING TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAS COME THROUGH. WE
GENERALLY EXPECT ONE, THOUGH. THRF THERE WAS IN THE PREVIOUS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THERE WAS A LAWSUIT VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE -- THAT N FRANCISCO BROUGHT IN AND WE'RE A PARTY OF TO. IT WAS, TO MY RECOLLECTION, APPEALED, AS WELL,
WITHIN THE NINTH CIRCUIT. IT WAS UPHELD. THE APPEAL WAS UPHELD. WE CAN LIKELY EXPECTTHE DON'T -- THERE'S NOT A LOT MORE TO REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. I APPREATE IT. YEAH. I MEAN, THE ACTIONS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE COMING DOWN AND GETTING I THE REPORTS ARE TRULY REPREHENSIBLE. I KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FEELING A LOT OF
ANXIETY. AND I THINK THEY'RE FEELING SOME SAFETY IN BEING IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN CLEARLY COMMUNICATE OUT TO OUR IGR TEAM AND ANYONE LISTENING, PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS. ESPECIALLY WITH THE
IMPENDING CUTS TO M MEDICAID AND MEDICARE. ONE THING I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBS ASKING US, AND PERHAPS YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME INFORMATION OR UPDAT, IS AROUND THE
REVOCATIONS OF VISAS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MHT BE USING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO TAKE A POLITICAL POSITION. ALSO WE'VE BEEN SEEING PEOPLE GOING TO GET THEIR CITIZENSHIP AND BEING STOPPED RIGHT BEFORE THAT. WE'VE AN INSTANCE AT THE UNIVERSI OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS.
AND THEN, ALSO, IN MANKATO. AND THEN, ALSO, EXPERIENCES BY TRANS AND NONBINARY, GENDER NONCONFORMING COMMUNITY MEMBERS STRUGGLING TO GET IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTATION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU IS ANY UPDATES, OR IF OUR
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS WORKING ON ANYTHING IN W REGARDS TO THESE INSTANCES. >> YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS OR IS NOT. BUT H OFFICE HAS BEEN
DOING AN AMAZING JOB ON TOUCHING SO MANY ISSUES. IT'S A COMPLICATED QUESTION. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY, THOUGH, I WOULD REMIND CONCERNED RESIDENTS THAT WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF HELPFUL RESOURCES ARE ASSESSABLE TO THEM. AND ONE WAY
TO DO THAT IS TO GO TO THE WEBSITE FO THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT REFUGEE AFFAIRS. AND THEY'LL FIND A LOTF RESOURCES. AND INFORMATION THERE ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS. AND WE'LL ALSO BE -- WE'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S GOOD RESOURCES THERE. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.
I CAN'T REMEMBER OFFHAND. IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL -- AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS JOINED THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGE AND SUCH. BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE RECENTLY. >> WE CAN LEAVE THAT UP TO ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. JUST GETTING ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OR ANY OTH STATES OR CITIES ARE DOING IN RESPONSE TO THESE EGREGIOUS ACTIONS THAT ARE
VIOLATING PEOPLE'S CIVIL LIBERTIES AND BASIC RIGHTS WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. BUT HAVE APPRECIATED THE WAY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, ALL TOGETHER, HAVE STEPPED UP TO JOIN ON TO THESE LAWSUITS. AND JUS TAKE THIS PRO ACTIVE AND REACTIVE ACTION.
THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY SHARING OUT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AS THEY'VE BEEN ASKING. EVEN IN MY OWN OFFICE HOURS OR IN COMMUNITY. I'M SURE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE EXPERIENCED QUESTIONS ABOUL LEADERS. AND I'LL JUST SAY,
JUST A COMMENT TO YOU ALL, AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OR IN OUR NEXT UPDATE IN THIS COMMITTEE. IF THERE'S WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN CTINUE TO SEND UP SOME OF WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR. WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
RESIDENTS TO OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION THAT GOT THE CONVERSATIONHAT WE GOT TO HAVE WITH SENATOR SMI, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, AND CONGRESSMAN OMAR WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPACTFUL FOR THEM. EVEN AS THEY SHARED IN OUR CONVERSATIONS. AND SO WANT
TO CONTINUE OFHAT DIALOGUE. EVEN AS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR ANHER YEAR. IF WE CAN KIND OF BRAINSTORM ON WAYS TO DO THAT TOGETHER. THAT WOULD BE GREAT! COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE FEDERAL PORTION OF THIS
PRESENTATION? OKAY. I AM NOT SEEING ANY OF THAT IN QUEUE OR FROM MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE. SO SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED. Part: 2
. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON CHAVEZ AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETING FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2025. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT T
OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETING ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL
SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODATE THE SPEED AND
CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> CASHMAN IS ABSENT. JENKINS IS ABSENT. CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT.
>> KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> AND CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE NINE MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY, WE THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM. OUR FIRS AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE SUBCOMMITTEE. I WILL TURN THE MEETIN OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
CHAVEZ. WE HAVE ARESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW. IILL WELCOME UP RUSSELL FUJISAWA TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RUSSELL FUJISAWA. I'M THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS PARTMENT. JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR DISCUSSION
TODAY. WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THE OPCR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND STAFFING BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE LANGUAGE. WE'LL REVIEW THE COMPLAINT REVIEW PROCESS IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE REQUESTS
TODAY. TAKE A VERY BRIEF LOOK AT OUR TRAINING. AND AS TIME ALLOWS, WE'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. THIS, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AS OF
JULY 2024 WHEN DIRECTOR MICHELLE PHILLIPS CAME TO THE CITY AS THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS. I JUST REALLY WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE EIGHT VACANCIES WHICH REPRESENTED ARLY 50% VACANCY RATE IN THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDU REVIEW
OBVIOUSLY DURING A TIME WHEN THEY WERE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT BACKLOGF CASES AND OF WORK WITHIN THE OFFICE. IN CONTRAST TO WHAT YOU'R SEEING HERE, THIS IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AS OF TODAY. MAINLY, AGAIN, I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
THE REE VACANCIES THAT REMAIN. OF WHICH ALL THREE WILL BE FILLED BY M 22ND. SO IN LESS THAN A MONTH. AND WE WILL HAVE GONE TO A FULLY STAFFED OFFICE
OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW FROM THE 50% STAFFING WE HAD LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. THE LANGUAGEF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE TODAY, I'M HERE WH THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW TO TALK ABOUT OUR INTAKE PROCESS, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR OFFICE NOT
ONLY WITHTAFFING BUT YOU KNOW, PROCEDURALLY, OPERATIONALLY, TRAINING DEVELOPMENT, RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY NEED TO HAVE A GREATER PRESENCE, TO FACILITATE THAT COMPLAINT INTAKE. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS HOW WE ARE WORKING TO CLEAR THE CURRENT BACKLOG. HOW WE'RE
WORKING TO PREVENT A FUTURE BACKLOG. BEST PRACTICE FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, OTHER CITIES, OTHER DEPARTMENTS. A LOT OF THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN A LOT OF
THE WORK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH OUR STAFFING, AND REALLY, THE REORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW. IN JULY OF 2024, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE A NEARL 50%
VACANCY RATE, BUT THE STAFFING JUST WAS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE BODY OF WORK OR WHAT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT IS NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE. AS YOU CAN SEE THE FIVE INVESTIGATORS THAT WE DID HAVEN THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW SWITCHED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN INTAKE AND
INVESTIGATIONS. THIS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE BACKLOG. IT WAS A PERSONNEL CHALLENGE AND A CAPACITY CHALLENGE. BUT GOING BACK AND FOR BETWEEN THOSE TWO BODIES OF WORK IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO CREATE A BACKLOG IN ONE OR THE OTHER DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FOCUS IS. ALSO, YOU'LL
NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF POLICY PROACTIVE POLICY ARM OR RESPONSE TO THE BODY OF WORK THROUGHHE CASE INVESTIGATIONS. TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICYDEVELOPMENT, TRAINING DEVELOPMENT, AND REALLY, AGAIN, TO ALIGN WITH WHAT IS BEST
PRACTICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN ALIGNMENT WITH CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH MANDATED REFORMS. LOOKING AT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE AND THE CURRENT STAFFING. I THINK I WANT TO CALL FIRST THE ATTENTION TO THE THREE SUPERVISOR POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. AND I WILL CREDIT
DIRECTOR MICHELLE PHILLIPS, AND WITH A LOT OF THIS VISION, BUT PUTTING IN THIS LEVEL OF SUPERVISION ABOVE THESE DIFFERENT BODIESF WORK WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW DID A NUMBER OF THINGS. STAFF THEY SUPERVISED. INCREASED
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE TOP DOWN AS WELL FROM THE BOTTOM UP TO ENSURE THERE'S APPROPRIATE ALIGNMENT AND EXPECTATIONS. AND ALSO, DELINEATION OF WORK ACROSS THOSE DIFFERENT BODIES OF OPCR.
INTAKE WORK BETWEEN INVESTIGATIONS AND BETWEEN THE POLICY AND RESEARCH WORK THAT IS NOW STAFFED. I THINK IT'S NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL BUT WE HAVE THE RIGHT ROLES TO SUPPORT THE BODY OF WORK TO CLEAR THE BACK LOG BUT ALSO TO
PREVENT A FUTURE BUILD UP OF CASES AS WE HAVE SEEN HISTORICALLY. I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THE ROLES AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. OVER THE NEXT TO 12 MONTH, WE WILL ASSESS IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OR
PERSONNEL NEEDS. LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE INTAKE PROCESS AND THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW IS RESPONSIBLE F COMPLAINTS THAT ORIGINATE WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SO THAT INITIAL CONTACT WITH OUR OFFICE
IS REALLY WHAT STARTS THE INTAKE PROCESS. CONTACTS CAN EITHER BE INQUIRIES OR COMPLAINTS. INQUIRIES ARE QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK WITHIN AN EXISTING
OFFICE. CONTACTS CAN ALSO BE DEEMED COMPLAINTS. COMPLAINTS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROCESS, OUR OFFICE RECEIVES CONTACTS, INQUIRIES, WE ARE TO ADHERE TO
VERY STRICT TIMELINES. THAT REALLY GUIDES A LOT OF THE PRIORITIZATION OF OUR WORK AND HELPS FACILITATE EFFICIENT A EFFECTIVE CLEARANCE AND HANDLING OF THESE CASES AND COMPLAINTS. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE ALS AS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE
RECEIVE CONTACTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REFERRING THESE OUT AS APPROPRIATE TO DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE COMPLAINT ORIGINATES WITH A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, WITH A DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITY, ET CETERA. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
PER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND PER THE CONSENT DECREE TO MAKE SURE THESE COMPLAINTS ARE ROUTED TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES. COMMUNICATION WITH COMPLAINANTS. I KNOW WE DO SO WITHIN THE
CONFINES OF THE MINNESOTA DATA, WHAT WE CAN WITH COMPLAINTANTS, NEED FOR INFORMATION, PROVIDING THEM STATUS UPDATES AS PERMITTED. THAT'S A FOUNDATIONAL THING FOR OUR OFFICE TO BLD
THAT COMMUNITY TRUST THROUGH OUR PROCESS AND THROUGH OUR WORK. AS I DISCUSSED, OUR WORK STARTS AS SOON AS WE'RE CONTACTED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, WE DETERMINE IF IT IS A COMPLAINT AND IF THERE IS AN ALLEGATION OF MISCONDUCT THAT IS
ALLEGED, THOSE COMPLAINTSOME IN THROUGH A NUMBER OF WAYS AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. IN-PERSON. PEOPLE CAN CALL 311. PEOPLE CAN CALL OUR OFFICE DIRECTLY. THERE'S AN ONLINE COMPLAINT FORM. WE HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS. COMPLAINTS CAN BE FILED AT
PRECINCTS. THEY CAN BE MAILED VIA SNAIL MAIL. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO ELIMINATE AS MANY BARRIERS TO FILING COMPLAIN AS POSSIBLE. ONCE WE DO RECEIVE THAT COMPLAINT AND H BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE IS AN ALLEGATION OF POLICE MISCONDUCT
WITH AN MPD OFFICER, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBITY TO ANALYZE ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US. THAT'S BOTH FROM MPD AND CITY SYSTEMS AS WELL AS EVIDENCE THAT'S PROVIDED BY COMPLAINANT. ULTIMATELY, IT IS A SUPERVISORY
REVIEW DECISION ON HOW TO ROUTE THAT CASE FOR APPRRIATE DISPOSITION. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK HERE AT WHAT THOSE POSSIBLE DISPOSITIONS ARE AFTER THAT INTAKE PROCESS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, THAT COMPLAINT INTAKE. THAT IS THAT ITIAL RECEIPT OF
COMPLAINT AND INVESTIGATION. COMPLAINTS CAN BE HANDLED AS YOU ULD SEE HERE, THEY CAN BE DISMISSED. THEY COULD GO THROUGH MEDIATION, COACHING OR POLICY REVIEW, OR A FULL ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MEDIATION COMPONENT IS STILL AORK IN PROGRESS UNDER THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CONSE CONSENT DECREE. W HAVE THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE COMPLETED MEDIATION TRAINING. THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS NEUTRAL MEDIATORS. WE HAVE HAD EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S LABOR AND EMPLOYNT OFFICE TO DETERMINE IF IT IS AN OPTION FOR THOSE ST INTERMEDIATORS. BUT THESE ARE ULTIMATELY THE WAYS IN WHICH A COMPLAINT GOES THROUGH INTAKE
PROCESS AND IS ULTIMATELY ROUTED FOR THESE DIFFERENT DISPOSITIONS. THIS IS JUST A REPRESENTATION OF THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS THAT OUR OFFICE HAS HAD OVER THE LAS 12 MONTHS. THAT INCLUDES INQUIRIES AS WELL AS
COMPLAINTS. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME ABNORMAL SPIKES TOWARDS THE END OF 2024. I THINK THIS IS IN LINE WITH HONESTLY WITH US HAVING A BETTER PRESENCE IN COMMUNITY AND DOING THE WORK. THE MORE THAT WE CAN GET OUR
WORK OUTHERE AND THE PROCESS AND THE FILING MECHANISMS AILABLE TO PEOPLE, THE MORE WE WILL SEE COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES COMING TO OUR OFCE. THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO BE DOING. WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT BARRIER TO FILING THOSE COMPLAINTS SO WE CAN
APPROPRIATELY INVESTITE AND DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ROUTING FOR ALL OF THOSE COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS AND A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THE BACKLOG. OUR OFFICE IS WORNG
TIRELESSLY TO CLEAR IT AS FAST AS WE CAN. I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT EACH OF THE ARMS OF OPCR IS DOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AROUND THE BACKLOG AND TO PREVENT A FUTURE BACKLOG FROM
BEING, FROM PRESENTING ITSELF AND BEING A CHALLENGE TO THE CITY. AND OPCR. I THINK FOR INTAKE REALLY IT IS AROUND PUTTING IN THAT LEVEL OF SUPERVISION AND TO HELP WITH PRIORITIZATION OF CASES TO HELP
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE APPROPRIATE, THAT WE ARE LEGATING THE APPROPRIATE CASE LOADS TO THE APPROPRIATE INTAKE STAFF BASED ON COMPLETY, BASED ON THEIR TENURE OF COMFORT. IT'S ABOUT TRAINING AND EQUIPPING THESE INVESTIGATORS WITH THE
SKILLS AND TOOLS NEEDEDO THOROUGHLY, ACCURATELY, FAIRLY, TIMELY CONDUCT THEIR INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE. IN TERMS OF PREVENTION, PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE
CONSENT DECREE WORK IS CREATING A VERY DETAILED, COMPREHENSIVE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE THAT DICTATES AND GUIDES OUR INVESTIGATIONS. AND HAVING THAT PROCESS CODIFIED IN THE SOP, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, IS REALLY CRITICAL TO INVESTIGATORS
BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THE WORK THAT THEY ARE BEING TASKED WITH ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION SIDE, IT'S ABOUT STAFFING. RIGHT. IF WE D'T HAVE INVESTIGATORS, WE CAN'T INVESTIGATE THE CASE, THE COMPLAINTS.ND WE CAN'T COMPLETE THE PROCESS.
DITIONALLY, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING FOR CONDUCTING THOSE INVESTIGATIONS. AGAIN,N A FAIR, TIMELY, EFFICIENT WAY. I WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL IESTIGATOR WILEY REBER THAT HAS SUPPORTED SOME OF
THIS WORK DURING THE PROCESS. IT THE END OF OCTOBER, THEY DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CITY COMPUTERS, CITY SYSTEMS, MPD SYSTEMS, FOR EVIDENCE, FOR REALLY ANY CASE MATERIAL WAS COMING THROUGH OUR OFFICE. NOT ONLY WERE THEY NOT
CONDUCTING THEIR INVESTIGAONS IN A TIMELY MANNER, BUT THEY WERE ALSO TAKING TIME AWAY FROM THE LIMITED STAFF IN OUR OFFICE TO CONDUCT THEIR WORK. SO SINCE NOVEMBER, WE'VE GOTTEN THEM ACCESS. WE'VE GOTTEN THEM COMPUTERS. WE'VE GOTTEN THEM ACCESS. THEY ARE MUCH MORE
SELF-SUFFICIENT AND COMPLETING CASES AT A RATE THAT IS FASTER THAN WAS ORIGINALLY NEGOTIATED WITH THE CITY. WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THAT. WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGED BY OUR WORK INTERNALLY. SOME OF THAT GOES TO THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, THE SOP, THE WORK
TEMPLATES THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH BEST PRACTICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EXPECTATION FOR A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT OF INVESTIGATION THAT COMES THROUGH OUR OFFICE. THAT LEVEL OF SUPERVISION REALLY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BETTER COLLABORATION, BETTER
CHECK-INS, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR INVESTIGATORS, OUR SUPERVISORS AND MYSELF. THE REVIEW PANEL BACKLOG. EVEN THOUGH AN INVESTIGATION LEAVES OUR OFFICE, IT DOES NOT LEAVE -- IT IS NOT TECHNICALL A COMPLETED INVESTIGATION UNTIL IT GOES TO
THE REVIEW PANEL. AND THE CHIEF ULTIMATELY MAKES THEIR DECISION. SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO HERE AS WELL. IT'S FILLING THE VACANCIES ON THE CCPO, THE COMMUNITIES COMMISSION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT. IT'S ENCOURAGING THEM TO ADOPT AND FORMALIZE A
CALENDAR THAT SETS REVIEW PANEL DATES OVER THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING OUR TRAINING AND OUR ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR THOSE COMMISSIONERS, ESPECIALLY AS WE ANTICIPATE A NUMBER OF NEW COMMISSIONERS STARTING IN EARLY
JUNE. WE'VE WORKED WITH CITY I.T. TO ENSURE THE ARE SELF-PACED TRAINING MODULES THAT CAN BE DONE OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS HOURS, OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHEDULE FOR OPCR TO COORDINATE THOSE. THEY'RE SELF-PACED. THEY'RE SIMILAR TO THE E-LEARNINGS WE
HAVE IN THE SYSTEM. WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDEHEM WITH THE TOOLS TO START TO JUMP INTO ROLE AND BE SUCCESSFUL FROM DAY ONE. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE HAD BETTER COMMUNICATION. WE'VE MAINTAINED BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH CCPO LEADERSHIP JUST TO ENSURE
ALIGNMENT WITH PRIORITIES IN CLEARING THE BACKLOG. ADDITIONALLY, AS I REFERRED TO BEFORE WITH THE POLICY AND RESEARCHOORDINATOR AND ARM OF OPCR, THAT IS A DIRECT REQUIREMENT OFHE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO HAVE STAFF THAT SUPPORTS THE CCPO. AND THROUGH
THE HIRING, THROUGH OUR STAFFING, WE HAVE DONE SO. IT IS ALREADY PAYING DIVIDENDS. WE'VE HAD MORE REVIEW PANELS I THINK YEAR TOATE THAN WE DID IN I
THINK THE LAST QUARTER OF 2024. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. THERE IS STILL BACKLOG THAT SITS AT THE FEET OF REVIEW PANEL AND OPCR. BUT WE HAVE THE
PLACE TO WORK THROUGH IT AND TO COMPLETE IT AND TO FINISH IT OFF AND TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. AND THAT LEADS TO THIS. GENERALLY, THE STRUCTURE OF OPCR THAT EXISTS NOW IS MORE IN LINE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE THE
PERSONNEL. WE ARE TRAINING PEOPLE. WE'RE BETTER PREPARED AND BETTER INSULATED FROM A SHOCK. A SHOCK SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. WE HAVE BETTER PRIORITIZATIO OF THE WORK. SOME OF THAT IS DICTATED BY THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. BUT SOME OF THAT IS ALIGNED WITH
BEST PRACTE IN HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE THESE COMPLAINTS IN A TILY, FAIR, AND EFFICIENT WAY. ON TOP OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND THAT WE'RE TASKED WITH DOING AS AN OFFICE IN TERMS OFANDLING MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS, WE'RE ALSO
WORKING TO BUILD A BETTER AND STRONGER COMMUNITY PRESENCE AND INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A PRIORITY ACROSS ALL OF CIVIL RIGHTS. AND THAT COMES FROM DIRECTOR MICHELLE PHILLIPS. BUT I KNOW THERE IS A SPECIFIC
EMPHASIS ON OPCR HAVING STRONGER COMMUNIT PRESENCE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR SERVICES EXIST. IF WE CAN'T GET TO THE PEOPLE T THEN WE'RE FAILING. SO WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF EFFORTS TO DRIVE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE
WORKED WITH NCR TO BUILD OUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN WITH OUR CCPO RECRUITMENT. I'VE MET WITH A NUMBER OF YOU AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOUR STAFF TO ATTEND OFFICE HOURS, TO ATTEND WARD MEETINGS, TO HAVE A PRESENCE TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE RECENTLY MET WITH THE PERSONNEL, THE CITY PERSONNEL AT THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER ABOUT HAVING OFFICE HOURS. NOW THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, WE CAN PLAN
TO HAVE OPCR INVESTIGATORS AND OTHER PERSONNEL, COMMUNITY AT THOSE SITES. I KNOW LAST WEEK AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, AN MOU FOR OUR EXTERNAL INVESTIGATOR WAS PASSED THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
CONDUCT THEIR COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS AT THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY HELPING TO PROVIDE A LOCATION THAT'S MORE CENTRAL FOR COMPLAINANTS. THEY DON'T HAVEO COME TO CITY HALL. THERE'S MASS TRANSIT THAT'S AVAILABLE THERE. IT'S JUST A MORE ACCESSIBLE WAY
OF CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS AND CONDUCTING OUR WORK. YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE MEET WITH, THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THAT WE TRY TO EDUCATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE ALSO ARE HAVING THIS SIMILAR CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF HOW COMPLAINTS ARE FILED. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE
COMPLAINTS. WHAT DOES THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE. SO IT'S VERY MUCH WORD OF MOUTH FROM THE BOTTOM UP. BUT THAT'S REALLY ERE WE'RE AT. WE NEED TO ENGAGE WITH AS MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT NOT ONLY THE SERVICES OF OPCR BUT ALSO CIVIL RIGHTS
BROADLY. WE ARE IN TALKS, IN EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH TRYING TO BUILD A PARTNERSHIP WITH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH PUBLIC SAFETY FROM A YOUNG AGE. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MORE INTEIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE MADE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY FACILITATE INTAKE, THAT WILL IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY OF WHAT OUR OFFICE IS DOING. NOT ONLY OPCR BUT CIVIL RIGHTS MORE BROADLY. VERY BRIEFLY, I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE HAVE STAFF, WE
CAN INVEST IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH. WE HAVE ALL OF OUR NEW INVESTIGATORS DATING BACK TO THE ONES THAT BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER I STARTED IN NOVEMBER HAVE ALL PARTICIPATED IN FBI INTERNA
AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS. I MENTIONED WE HAD THREE STAFF MEMBERS COMPLETE TRAINING. WE HAVE INVESTIGATIVE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES TRAINING. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
COMING ON JUNE 16TH AND 17th TO TRAIN BOTH OPCR AND IA STAFF AS WELL AS NEW CCPO COMMISSIONERS. JUST ON BEST PRACTICE, ON CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS, AND JUST ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED TO EQUIP O STAFF AS WELL AS COMMISSIONERS AND TO
CLEAR THIS BACKLOG, TO PREVENT A FUTURE BACKLOG, BUT ALSO TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CONSENT DECREE. WE KNOW THAT THE CONST DECREE AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ARE THE
FLOOR OF WHAT NEE TO BE IMPLEMENTED. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT WHAT IS BEST PRACTICE FOR OUR OFFICE AND SUPPORT OTHERS IN DOING SO AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR OFFICE, PLEASE DO SO. BUT THEN I THINK
WE HAVE A FEW MOMENTS FOR QUESTIONS NOW THAT I AM DONE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. BEFORE I GO TO QUESTIONS, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY UNCIL MEMBERS CASHMAN,
JENKINS, ELLISON. I AM CHECKING THE QUEUE. JUST GENERAL QUESTION AROUND OPCR A JUST THINKING ABOUT THE OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY ECOSYSTEM THAT WE EXIST WITH THEM. I'M CURIOUS IF YOUAN EXPLAIN OR EXPAND ON HOW IA,
OPCR, CCPO, AND ALSO WE HAVE OUR CITY AUDITOR ALL AS KIND OF INDEPENDENT OR SEPARATE ENTITIES THAT SHOULD BE CONNECTING IN SOME WAY TO COMPREHENSIVE OVERSIGHT SYSTEM LET ALONE OUR INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR, IF YOU
COULD JUST SPEAK TO HOW OPCR FITS INTO THAT NETWORK. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE VERY CLOSE PARTNERS WITH INTERNAL AFIRS. THE SOP, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE DOCUMENT IS A JOINT DOCUMENT. THE INTENT AFTER, YOU KNOW, ELEFA AND MDHR REVIEW IT
IS TO SPLIT SO WE HAVE INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTS. BUT THEY WILL BE LARGELY THE SAME. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH THAT HAS BEEN A VERY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO BE IN CLOSE CONTACT AND HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. WE'RE DOING VERY SIMILAR WORK. WE NEED TO HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION FOR APPROPRIATE REFERRALS OF CASES. AND THERE IS A NEED -- THERE'S A SHARED NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING. AS I
MENTIONED NACOLE IS COMING TO TRAIN OUR NEW CCPO STAFF, OUR NEW CCPO COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS OUR NEW STAFF. WE HAVE ALSO INVITED INTERNAL AFFAIRS BOTH
SWORN AND CIVILIANO TRAIN. MORE COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT. IN TERMS OF THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME INDIVIDUAL CASES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS AROUND
INVESTIGATIONS OUR OFFICE HAS CONDUCTED AS WELL AS OVERLAP. W HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHERS IN THE CITY. UNDERSTAND WE HAVE OUR OWN RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS. BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WHOEVER
OWNS THE INVESTIGATION, IT IS BEING DONE IN THE MOST THOROUGH, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, FAIR WAY POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANT TO GO BACK TO SLIDE 10.
JUST TO SEE IF YOU COULD SHARE THOUGHTS ON WHY SPECIFICALLY NOVEMBER 24TH. IN DECEMBER 2024, WE SAW SUBSTANTIAL UPTICK IN INQUIRIES. I COULDN'T SEE THE
ACTUAL NUMBER ATTACHED TO THE C >> SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR DECEMBER 2024 WAS 28. AND 174 INQUIRIES. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T
SPEAK TO THE SPECIFIC NUMBER AND WHAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. I WILL SAY GENERALLY BECAUSE OUR OFFICE IS SO PUBLIC FACING, WE DO GET LOTS OF INQUIRIES. AND WHETHER THAT'S SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK
WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT RELEVANT TO OUR WORK OR EVEN RELEVANT TO POLICE MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS. BUT AGAIN, IT IS OUR JOBND THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR STAFF'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE 174 COMPLAINTS, INQUIRIES, EXCUSE ME, DO NOT CONTAIN ANY EMENT OF POLICE MISCONDUCT. THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF CLOSE ATTENTION TO DETAIL TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERLOOKING WHAT IS A COMPLAINT.
AND SO THOSE TWO MONTH -- I MEAN, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, THOSE WERE ALL PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING MONTHS BECAUSE OUR STAFFING LEVELS WEREN'T WHAT THEY ARE NOW AND PREVIOUSLY. BUT THIS PUTS A
STRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES AND TIME. BUT AGAIN, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NOT ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT OF ANY OF THESE 174 INQUIRIES OR ANY INQUIRIES THAT WE RECEIVE. >> ESPECIALLY CONNECTING TO THE
OUTREACH PIECE. I KNOW IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMI COMMITTEE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW YOU'VE INCLUDED THAT IN SLIDE 13. I KNOW WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COME BEFORE AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING AROUND COMPLAINT
PROCESSES. AND WANTED TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON HOW YOU ALL ARE RELATING TO THOSE GROUPS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE FUNDING ANY OF THEM. SO MANY OF THEM ARE DOING IT SEEMS LIKE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLAINT INTAKE WORK. THROUGH IN KIND PURPOSES.
SO YEAH, WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY OF HOW YOU ALL ARE TRACKING THAT AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE STAYING TRAINED AND COORDINATED AROUND A VERY SENSITIVE OCESS. >> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL
MEMBER, ARE YOU REFERRING TO COMPLAINTS THAT ARE RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF OUR OFFICE? >> I BELIEVE SO. YES. YEAH. WHERE THERE WAS BELIEVE IT'S SIX LOCATIONS. AT LEAST THE GROUPS PRESENTED TO US. I THINK YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM.
SPECIFICALLY. YEAH. >> YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. I WOULD JUST ADD WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE RTAINLY STAY IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH COMMUNITY
GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN H CONNECTED TO WHERE THEY CAN MAKE COLAINTS. AND AM CERTAINLY IN FAVOR TO CONTINUING TO HAVE COMMUNICATION WH THOSE GROUPS AND MAKING SURE FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THE PROCESS AND STEPS.
>> THKS. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION AROUND LOOKING AT -- IT'S GREAT TO S YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT PARTNERSHIP WITH MPS, BUT OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, COUNTY SERVICES THAT PROVIDE
SUPPORT TONHOUSED OR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS. THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL AOW YOU TO GET IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENTLY, TOO. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF AND THE CAPACITY TO DO SO, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PRIORITIZE THAT ENGAGEMENT. WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST IMPACTED POPULATIONS. WHERE
WE HAVE THE MOST DISPROPORTIONA REALLY NOW HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD SUCH LIMITED CAPACITY. THERE WAS SUCH A LARGE BODY OF WORK. THERE STILL REMAINS A BACKLOG
AT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH. WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE BREATHING ROOM AND INCREASINGLY MORE TO PRIORITIZE THIS ENGAGEMENT AND HAVE MORE TARGETED, MORE FOCUSED ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE POPULATIONS THAT YOU DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY. >> OKAY. AWESOME. WITH THE
PARTRSHIP WITH MPS, SIMILAR TO THE LAKE STREET CENT, SHOULD WE ANTICIPATE MOU ONCE THAT DOES GET KIND OF DONE? >> I THINK THAT'S DEPENDENT ON MPS. THEY ARE AFTER SOME INITIAL CONVERSATIONS, THEY'RE TAKING IT
TO THEIR PENT AND FAMILY ADVISORY TO SEE IF THERE IS AN INTEREST AT THAT LEVEL. THE GROUPS THAT WE CONNECTED WITH DID NOT WANT TO MAK THE DECISION ON BEHALF OF PARENTS AND FAMILIES. WE'RE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE AND FURTHER
DISCUSSION. IF THAT'S ITS THE PATH, WE'LL SEE AS WE GO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS LITERALLY ABOUT THAT SAME SLIDE. I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. BUT I'M JUST
CURIOUS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NATURE OF THE INQUIRIES ARE OFF HAND? >> OFF HAND, NO. I MEAN, IT RANGES, AGAIN, FEEDBACK, TRYING TO GET AN UPDATE ON AN EXISTING
CASE OR COMPLAINT. A TOTALLY UNRELATED, HOW DO I DO XY AND Z. HOW DO I CHECK WITH MY PROPERTY TAX. IT RUNS THE GAMUT FROM ADJACENT TO POLICE MISCONDUCT TO NOT EVEN REMOTELY RELEVANT TO
OUR OFFICE. BUT AGAIN, IT IS OUR -- WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE SUREHERE IS N AN ALLEGATION OF POLICE MISCONDUCT. AND TWO, IF APPROPRIATE, IF THERE IS, BUT IT'S NOT OUR JURISDICTION, GET THAT TO THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY OR JURISDICTION, MUNICIPALITY,
ET CETERA. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WAS DRIVING THOSE. I WILL SAY THAT HISTORICALLY AND EVEN PRIOR TO MY TIME WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF
CONTACTS WITH OUR OFFICE. AND SOME ARE ROOTED IN ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT. BUT HAVE SEEN A TREND UPWARDS OF CONTACTS THAT ARE RELATED TO SOME CONCERNS OF MENTAL HEALTH. WE'RE TRYING TO
ADDRESS THAT WELL IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THE PROPER RESPONSE IN TERMS OF HOW TO HELP AND HANDLE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WITH PEOPLE IN CRISIS. FLSH AGAIN, THAT'S
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS AS THEY ARISE. BUT ALSO DIVERT WHERE APPROPRIATE TO GET MORE APPROPRIATE HELP AND SUPPORT. >> YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING AS WELL THAT PRETTY
MUCH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REMAIN RELATIVELY SIMILAR FROM MONTH TO MONTH. >> MM-HMM. >> VERY INTERESTING. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >>HANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. HELLO.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OR ROUGH PERCENTAGES SEEM TOUGH, BUT JUST A PROPORTIONALITY OF COMPLAINTS. HOW MANY OF THEM GET DISMISSED, MEDIATED, HANDLED
ADMINIRATIVELY OR GO TO THE REVIEW PANEL? DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF GENERAL THUMBNAIL ON THAT OR DOES IT CHANGE? >> IT'S VARIABLE. ROUGHLY. AND THIS EVEN GOES AGAIN PRIOR TO MY
TIME, THERE'S THIS ESTIMATE THAT NEARLY 20% OF THE CONTACTS OR COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET ULTIMATELY RESULT IN FULL INVESTIGATIONS. BUT THAT VARIES
WILY. OBVIOUSLY, LOOKING AT THE TRENDS HERE THAT'S GOING TO VARY ALMOST 100% IN SOME OF THESE MONTHS. SO IAN'T PUT A CONSISTENT NUMBER ON OR PERCENTAGE ON THOSE CASES. >>UT FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, YOU ARE THEN PLANNING THAT
PROXIMATELY 20% OF A PERIOD, A LONGER PERIOD THAN JUST ONE MONTH WOULD THEN BE GOING -- WOULD NEED THAT EXTRA REVIEW PANEL TIME AND SCHEDULING AND ALL THAT. >> YEAH. SO THAT'SEEN SORT OF THE MOVING TARGET. RIGHT. AND IT'S FROM A STAFFING
PERSPECTIVE. IT'S ALSO FROM STAFFING THE CCPO, RIGHT, WITH THE SEVEN VACANCIES THAT EXISTED THAT IS SEVEN FEWER COMMISSIONERS THAT CAN SIT ON REVIEW PANELS. >> RIGHT. >> NO MATTER HOW FAST WE'RE MOVING, 20% OF CASES THROUGH OUR
OFFICE TO REVIEW PANEL, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE CHIEF'S OFFICE THEN IT CREATES THIS BACKLOG THAT SITS AT THE REVIEW PANEL. BECAUSE THE OPCR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STAFF REPORT OF THE CCPO, THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE OBVIOUSLY MANDATED TO DO IN
TERMS OF SUPPORTING. AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOLY A HUGE CHALLENGE PRIOR TO THIS RECENT RECRUITMENT FOR THE CCPO COMMISSION SEAT, ET CETERA, FOR OSE TERMS ENDING IN MAY. WE
WANTED TO ENSURE WE'RE DOING A ROBUST RECRUITMENT, THOROUGH VETTING, APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPOINTEES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, STAFFING APPROPRIATELY INTER INTERNALLY, AND STAFFING THE COMMISSION APPROPRIATELY. HAVING
THAT ALIGNMENT WITH CCPO ADERSHIP, CLEARING THE BACKLOG IS OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS REORGANIZATION AND THE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY THAT YOU'VE MADE ON FILLING VACANCIES. I
APPRECIATE THIS NEW STRUCTURE. AND I THINK IT PROBABLY WILL END UP IN A BETTER SYSTEM DESPITE A LOT OF FLUCTUATION, AS YOU SAY. >> THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE
AND FILE THIS ITEM. AND I WILL RETURN THE CHAIR BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR ONLY DISCUSSION ITEM, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR POSITN
WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS REFERRED FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE YET. IL INVITE BRENDA MILLER FROM HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. WELCOME.
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, I NEED JUST A MOME TO LOAD MY PRESENTATION. >> NO WORRIES. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR CHAVEZ, AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I'M BRENDA MILLER. TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE NEW DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS POSITION. THEIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS IS IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND REPORTS TO THE
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTHY HOMES. IT WAS RECENTLY CONVERTED IN 2022 TO THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENT. SO THIS POSITION EXISTED PREVIOUSLY. THIS IS FOR A NEW
DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS OVERSEES THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS BUSINESS UNIT FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT WAS EVALUATED AT GRADE 12.
THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR 2025 RANGES FROM $126,000 TO $149,000. THE 2025 INCREMENTAL COST WILL BE PAID FROM HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAM FUNDS AND CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST OF
2025. THIS POSITION MEETS THE CRITERIA OF SECTION 201010 OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. I REPORTS TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR. IT'S A MEMBER OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S MANAGEMENT TEAM. IT LEADS THE
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY GOALS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS BUSINESS UNIT. IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP, VISION, TEAM BUILDINGS AND STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION. AND LASTLY, IT ESTABLISHESPOLICIES, GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER OF HEAL. WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU FIND THAT THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS MEETS THE APPOINTED CRITERIA AS DEFINED IN SECTION 201010 IN THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES AND FORWARD IT TO
COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >> THANK Y SO MUCH. IS ANYBODY ON QUEUE? ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE . SEEING THAT THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, IL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. CAN I GET A SECOND? >> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. FINALLY, COLLEAGUES, WE WILL RECEIVE REPORTS FROM THE STANDING COMMITTEES. WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVEIGHT COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 31 ITS. THE FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE
FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FOR TRAVEL, LODGING, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, AND MEAL EXPENSES FOR AMANDA HARRINGTON TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN JUNE. TWO IS A
GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS OF REGISTRATION, LODGING AND AIRFARE FOR DAMON CHAPLIN TO
ATTEND NACCHO. -- FOUR IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FORHE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF REGISTRATION, LODGING, AIRFARE.
NUMBER 5 IS A GIFTCCEPTANCE FOR THE POHLAD FOUNDATION FOR TRAVEL, LODGING, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, AND EXPENSES FOR MELANIE RUCKER AND JARED JEFFRIES TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE
IN JUNE. 6 IS A GIF ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATIONFFICIALS OF TRAVEL STIPEND, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, AND TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES FOR ADAM HAYOW TO ATTEND THE NACTO'S DESIGNING
CITIES 2025 CONFERENCE. 7 IS A BID FOR HAWTHORNE OFFICE BUILDOUT PROJECT FROM MORCON CONSTRUCTION INC. EIGHT IS A BID FOR LEAD SERVICE LINE
REPLACEMENTS YEAR TWO PROJECT. NINE IS A BID FOR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. 10 IS A BID FOR RAMP C WATERPROOFING AND STRUCTURAL REPAIRS PROJECT FROM RAM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES OF
MINNESOTA LLC. 11 IS A BID FOR 12 SIGNALS AND CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FROM THOMAS AND SONS CONSTRUCTION, INC. 12 IS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLICCHOOLS OR ITS AFFILIATES FOR DANCE
EDUCATION PROGRAM. 13 IS A CONTRACT WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL AGENT SERVICES FOR THE AMERICAN INDIAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR METROPOLITAN URBAN INDIAN DIRECTORS. 14 IS CONTRACTS WITH
VARIOUS VENDORS TO REDUCE GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. -- 16 IS ESTABLH A CONSULTING POOL OF 18 VENDORS FOR IT STAFF
AUGMTATION CONSULTING SERVICES. 17 I CONTRACT ASSOCIATIONS. 18 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH CLARE HSING FOR HIV SITE-BASED HOUSING SUPPORTIVE SINCLAIR SISTER
STATION. 19 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH TOUCH OUTREACH FOR YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SEICES. 20 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH VARIOUS IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS OFFERING FREE
IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES FOR CITYRESIDENTS. 21 IS CONTRACT FOR COSTAR REALITY INFORMATI INC. 22 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CERTIFIED LANGUAGES INTERNATIONAL, LLC, FOR REMOTE
INTERPRETING SERVICES. 23 IS IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. 24 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL AID FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME MINNEAPOLIS RENTERS.
25 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH NORTHLAND BUSINESS SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND CLOUD HOSTING MIGRATION. 26 IS CLAIM SETTLEMENT BLAISDELL
PORTFOLIO, LLC. 27 VARIOUS CLAIMS CONCERNING VARIOUS STORM WATER FLOODING. 29 LEGAL SETTLEMENT. MICHELLE GROSS AND JANET NYE. 30, SEPARATION
ORDINANCE OVERVIEW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND 31, BID FOR MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER MEETING ROOMS REMODEL PHASE 3 PROJECT. WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I
KNOW IT WAS LONG. >> LOOKS LIKE NO ONE IS ON QUEUE. WE'LL GO TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> WE'LL BE BRINGING 17 ITEMS TO
THE THURSDAY COUNCIL MEETING. NUMBER ONE IS MOTHERSHIP PIZZA PARA PARADISE. NUMBER TWO IS APPROVING RENTAL LICENSE FOR ROYALSN SQUARE. THREE IS
APPROVING A LICENSE FOR FRO YO SOUL. ITEM FIVE IS CONSIDERING A PERMANENT EXPANSION FOR STATE FAIR BREWING. THIS ITEM WAS SENT FOR RECOMMENDATION. JUST
RECEIVED O EMAIL THAT TWO PARTIES HAVE MET AND ARE OKAY WITH US MOVING THI FORWARD ON THURSDAY. ITEM 6 IS PASSAGE OF FOR PERSONNELING YARDS FAMILY HOUSING. EIGHT IS APPROVING 41
LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM 9 IS APPROVING CONTRACT. ITEM 11 IS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION AUTHOR
THE NACC HOUSING PROJECT. ITEM 12. ITEM 13 IS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING APPROPRIATION FOR DEMOLISHING STRUCTURE AT 1001 WEST BROADWAY.
ITEM 14 IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY. EYE -- LASTLY,
APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT ITEM 17 DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR NEW NICOLLET MALL PROJECT. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YO I'LL PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, I ALREADY COVERED IT. BUT I JUST
WANTED TO REITERATE ITEM 5 FOR THE FAIR STATE EXPANSION. IF FOLKS WERE WONDERING WHY IS THERE QUESTIO AROUND FAIR STATE. NOT REALLY A QUESTION. BUT ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS REFUTING AN EASEMENT THERE. AS
COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN SAID WE GOT WORD FROM STAFF THAT THE PARTIES RESOLVED. WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD NEWS. THANK E
AND INFRASTRUCTURE COITTEE. I'LL PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD SEVEN ITEMS. 1 IS DESIGNATED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR STREET RESURFACING PROJECT.
2 IS IMPROVING CONCEPT LAYOUT FOR 35th AVENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. ITEM 3 IS APPROVAL OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LEASE
AMENDMENT. ITEM 5 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE EAT STREET ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM 6 IS SUBMITTAL OF GRANT LICTION APPLICATION FOR THE EPA GRANT MAKING PROGRAM. AND ITEM 7 IS
AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE BUSH FOUNDATION. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS ON THESE ITEMS. >> THANK U. AND NEXT UP WE HAVE THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
>> WE JUST HAVE ONE ITEM. IT'S A RECEIVE AND FILE ON FEDERAL AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. BUT NOTHING TO SEND TO COCIL. >> THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE THE PLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. I'LL PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THE PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD NINE ITEMS. PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS,
AMENDING PROCEDURES FOR EFFIENCY. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND CHAVEZ, I SWEAR I'M READING THAT AS THIRD PERSON. BUT WE WL BE BRINGING A MOTION TO COUNCIL WITH TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. SO WE'LL AO BE SENDING AN EMAIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN REACH OUT WITH QUESTIONS BY THURSDAY IF THEY
HAVE THEM. NUMBER TWO IS ACCEPTING NEHA-FDA RETAIL FLEKDSIBLE FUNDING MODEL GRANT FROM THE SMRK THREE IS
AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT. NUMBER FOUR IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR A SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MEDIA CAMPAIGN. NUMBER 5 IS AUTHORIZING AN MOU WITH WILEY REBER LAW FOR UTILIZING
SPACE IN THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER. SIX IS ACCEPTING THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCEGRANT. NUMBER 7 IS
AUORIZING AN MOU. ITEM IS EIGHT IS -- ITEM 9 IS AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE TO A CONTRACT WITH FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES FOR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUTRITION FOCUS CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION PROJECT. WITH THAT, I WILL STAND
FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I'L PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THEAUTHORS, COUNCIL
MEMBER CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. WE HEARD SO MUCH OVERWHELMING SUPPORT AND IMPORTANT STORIES DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AND WAYS WE SOMETIMES LIKE TO IMAGINE WOULD NEVER OCCUR. THERE WAS ALSO ONE
SPEAKER, COMMISSIONER BURNQUIST, THAT BROUGHT UP CONCERNS ABOUT SMALL CHANGES TO MAKE. AND WE'VE THOROUGHLY GONE BACK AND GOT AN ADDITIONAL REVIEW FROM CIVIL RIGHTS IN OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THANK YOU, ALEX KAINE.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'LL BE BRINGINGNE MINOR MODIFICATION FOR THURSDAY. IT WILL BE TOWARD THE GOAL OF AVOIDING CONFUSION. THE POTEIAL MISINTERPRETATION COULD LEAD PEOPLE IN THE ORDINANCE TO BELIEVE THEY COULD SIMPLY CHOOSE TO GO TO DISTRICT
COURT INSTEAD OF GETTING THEIR CASE HEARD BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO THIS SMALL LITTLE WORDING CHANGE JUSTOPES TO CLEAR THAT UP. SO THANKS FOR LETTING ME EXPLAIN THAT, AN THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THAT CHANGE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PALMISANO. AND YOU ARE DIRECT. AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS RIGHT NOW TO PASS TO OUR CLERK'S TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM READY FOR THURSDAY. THAT IS ONE OF THE CHANGES. THE REST IS JUST ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF HEIGHT AND WEIGHT, WHICH HAS BEEN RECEIVED. WE KNEW
IT PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. BU WE WANTED TO AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL A FULL COUNCIL. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT WILL BE A CHANGE WE'RE HOPING TO GET APPROVAL FOR THIS BODY ON THURSDAY. I KNOW WE HAD OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS REACH OUT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE WHO WAS
ALSO REACHING OUT. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL STAYING ENGAGED IN THIS. SEEING THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIS OR COMMENTS ON THIS, I WILL -- YEAH, WE'RE DONE. WITH THAT, WE'VE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. AND HEARINGO
OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.